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■ Hope Held Out For The
■ifty Men Trapped in Carolina
fl Mine After Three Explosions
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■ FROM II
BBfter the Tragedy Six
HBj| bodies W ere Local-
HPd Two .More W ere
BKj During the Night.
m WORKERS
gfl ,■()>TINTE TASK
Hi! They Have Given
||Kii Hope of Finding
mm Any of Their En-
Est-d Comrades.
■ L al,:(l'.y the Associated
''t hope that some
MSm mure miners en
..... t iiia Coal Company
m,: he rebelled alive
HB, \\Vnt uii: today in the heart
lii'ntitih the night
HH'.;,. of the
, us the
H^B,' ;r . - survived the
v .'. w hi. il ('.used their
|KH, : i \ tei icir. rescue workers
■B ];.• ijes ll ife tliis belief, which
night, they
the effort
;suited comrades of
t. ; aii! hundreds of men,
,-i. relatives of the en
.. ned against the bar-
- dusky
BHB'ilr
HHjva. ear from West
\va> ordered by the.j
t-'day was expected
SB i work of rescue.
BK. .1 - believed the men would
BBi; die mam shaft after a wall
bcMi cleared away.
BB a .1 itii»• i' relief facilities were
BBnho to care for any men who
88i.t.! md alive. A hospital unit
lli.iee. sent here yesterday,
BBui aid should its .services be
(ieneral .1. Nan I» Motts
a survy of the situation to-
BBrr lb (lies Taken From Mine.
\ (’.. May 28 (By the As-
-The bodies of Geo. N.
BBi.: .tight to the surface at 3 :30 j
a. iirli.g’iig the total number
HHr«:*. mine disaster here to S.
BK *A ■ found 1 .'siKi feet down
tioil • s will be shipped to Bir-
Ala., tlmir homes.
search Cent limes. „
X ('.. May 28 (By the
!' ■ u r.eneath a summer
BB !* search for the en-
H of i lie Carolina Coal
BB -o r of yesterday con
|K iimilated by federal
ti after the steady
■B'"' kei's for twenty-four
' i’-ar..,; main shaft of the
' " •*;. ..,. :i »en still remained
and little hope was eu-
the umn would be reached
mm tlirousli tlie night had
Wm -> grief .stricken relatives
Bj^B , " ::;, "’' i I: "'" **tanding near the j
eaniestly and densely as
ie! irue.l from the lower levels, I
j^H a *-> al-na.l..i:ed early today when
|K‘ : -*' an almost .solid wall of
the main shaft of the
catling the men behind it
;nr , ' au * s, ‘d by the three
ll, *ai surface, hut at the
cfleetually closing off tlieir
* : fr. Experienced
opinion that the men
B^B 11 \*! ieatd before tomorrow
:11 '!i"si. and when it was not
■H UI,V wmibi |,e alive. Mine of
|K a s . less contident that
renmviHl alive after the
BB within the mine had
H (leniotisi rat ion today by
|B .’acKi-d as closely about the
|B ; of yesterday had been
b\ despair today, hut
’in at il calm today.
BB ' * l ' an outburst of grief,
|B .''''-aiives of the entombed
BB'"'" 1 ! inner grief, intensi-
ilin * night of vigil.
a,! legion Auxiliary of
, local chapter of the
were on duty min
■; 1 ■ nliysjeai wants of the
|^B MK '.' ! ', !n '" u b'h the black hours
de women stood by with
|BL * k '**.d’. , .'"*n**s for the workers.
had worked all
Sanford.
.1" "'clock a car from
at Washington ar
|B in _ charge of T. T.
j. ‘ i ‘’' director of the bu
(,i ,!T. foreman of op
v n experts were aeeom-
B^Hfc, nv ) workers of the bu
|B]a,p JU ' t’-doirional crew was ex-
IHcl aj tro,n Birmingham,
BB' t, f ' l’° !ntw Immediately
H , <: strived they went ovei
|B, : * !,I fne mine with those in
* it was announced
BB : ' A "I experienced work
THE CONCORD TIMES
ero could be obtained, the task of going
forward in the shaft would proceed at
once. Men estimated it would : be; to
morrow or later before the recesses of the
mine believed to hold the greater num
ber of the ;nen would be reached.
Were 53 Men in the Mine.
Coal Genu, X. (!., May 28 (By the
Associated Press).—A careful re-cheek by
the timekeeper of the Carolina Coal Com
pany s mine, it was stated, showed that
there were 53 men recorded as having
been in the mine at the time of the ex
plosion. Os these, 27 yere white, and
2l> negroes. Eight bodies, five white
and three negroes, had been recovered.
Records of the mine showed that 59
men, 39 white and 20 negroes, had com
prised the crew which went into the
mine at 8 a. m., while mine officials re
ported that 71 miners’ lainjis were out
and it was believed the entombed list
might be increased when finally checked.
Hope was expressed tonight by Bion
H. Butler, vice president of the mining
company, and William Hill, of the Cum
nock Coal Mine, nearby, that the en
tombed men might still live. Miners
from the Cumnock company aided
throughout the day in the I work of res
cue.
Air Clear In Mine.
Mr. Hill said that the air was clear
in the mine below where the bodies were
found and this was held to indicate by
officials that the entrapped men might
still survive. The were kept going
all day purifying the inner recesses of
the mine, that eager fellow workers and
those from nearby points might pene-
Itrate_iurther into the dark passages that
were believed to hold tie victims of the
disaster.
Mr. Butler newspaper men to
night that his information was to the
effect that the first explosion was in
the second right lateral of the mine,
approximately a thousand feet from the
entrance. He added that if this was
true the main shaft may not have filled
with gas, but merely was blocked with
debris.
The two subsquent explosions were
bMieved by officials to have occurred be
tween the second right shaft and the
opening. The second and thin! explo
sions came at half hour intervals after
that at 1) :30 o'clock which had blocked
the men from the entrance
Mine authorities said the finding of
the six bodies climaxed what appeared;
to be almost a rescue for them, the men I
apparently having died only a short time !
before they were reached.
Scene of Sorrow.
This section tonight presented a scene
of sorrow and suspense, with women and
children, composing the families of the
men caught in the lap of the disaster,
gathered as near the scene as possible,
waiting and praying that their father or
brother might be returned safely to them,
yet grimly realizing that only a miracle
could have saved them.
Many, too, awaited hopefully for rescue
cars rushing across neighboring states to |
the aid of the pens-in miners, and hoped
against time that they fmight not be
too late. Leaders of the rescue work
had been authorized of action taken by
the bureau of mines at Washington to
lend aid and were looking forward to
their arrival, although feverish workers j
toiled as rapidly as passible that they j
might if possible effect a rescue at any j
hour.
Little hope of reaching the entombed
men before tomorrow was held, those in
charge admitted.
"While two lorries of troops from Fort
Bragg were sent to the scene, their serv
ices were declined. Adjutant General
Metts, representing Governor McLean,
is on the grounds and declared that he
would remain at the mine for two or
three days.
NO PROGRESS SO FAR
IN SHEPHERD TRIAL
Robert White Is Still Missing and Only
Few Jurors Have Been Chosen.
Chicago, May 28. —Interest the
swiftly moving side drama of the Shep
herd case, depicting alleged bribery and
attempted jury fixing is now divided be
tween the thusfar unsuccessful flearch in
New York for Robert White, State’s
witness, and disclosures said to have been
made to the State’s attorney’s office dis
closing the reasons why White fled from
the city.
Nearly as unsuccessful as the search
for White has been the selection of a
jury that is to try William D. Shepherd
on charge of murdering W illiam N. Mc-
Clintock. No progress was made in yes
terday's questioning of venire men, and
the—call of veniremen was well down
lin the third special panel of 100 today.
Only three jurors were definitely ac
cepted.
Sanford Legion Auxiliary Quick to Give
Assistance.
Sanford. May 27.—Sanford unit.
American Legion Auxiliary, was the first
organization on the ground with food
and other essentials for the Cumnock
mine disaster today. The Auxiliary pro
vided day. and night shifts, aiding ma
terially the families of the dead. Rescue
I workers were directed by Miss Fail Ed
-1 wards, president and Mis« Nannie U.
I Riddle, secretary of the Auxiliary.
Secretary Weeks I'ndergoes Operation.
Boston. May 28.— Secretary of War,
John W. Weeks, was operated on today
at the Philipps House, Massachusetts
General «ospital for gall stones. A bul
letin issued by Dr. Daniel Fiske
the operating surgeon, said that Mr.
Weeks’ condition was good.
Old Rosebud’s Kentucky Derby record
of 2:03 2-5, wstablished in 1914, still
stands.
NAMES OF THE DEAD
REMOVED LAST NIGHT
Men at Carolina Coal Mine TJuried I’nder
20 Tons of Rock.
(Banford. May 27.—Two score men were
trapped eight hundred feet under ground
in the Carolina Coal Mine nine miles
from here today when three successive
explosions of gas wrecked the shaft,
blocking all escape and none among the
mining experts who are directing the res
cue work holds tint the faintest diope that
any of them will be removed dive.
Twelve hundred feet from the mouth
of the slanting shaft into the mine a
handful of relief men work feverishly
with a mountain of crumbled slate and
timber. Beyond the wall of debris a fire
rages, and the thousands who wait si
lently about the mouth of *he shaft can
only wonder what else goes on beneath
the quiet earth beneath their feet.
Six of the men are known to be dead
and their bodies were brought -%it at 8
o’clock tonight. Superintendent Howard
Butler who rushed into the shaft imme
diately after the first explosion saw them
caught there beneath the tangled mass of
slate and timber. A second explosion J
shook the mine and the young superin
tendent was scarcely able to fight his
way back before a third and final deton
ation closed the throat of the shaft and
hid the men from his s : ght.
Tonight rescue workers are attacking
twenty tons of rock which block the
shaft just beyond the point where the
first bodies were recovered. While the
bodies removed showed some signs of
burns, it appears (hat they were killed
by falling rock.
The six men whose bodies \tere brought
(o the surface tonight and sent to a San
ford undertaking establishment were:
\\ hite—A. L. Holland, \V. E. B.verly,
Hollis Richardson and Zeff Rimer.
Colored—Will Irick and one other uni
dentified.
PRESBYTERIANS READY
TO CLOSE ASSEMBLY
Which Has Been in Session in Lexing
ton, Ky., Since Last Thursday.
Lexington, May 28.—The General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church in the
1 nited States met this morning for its
last session of the 46th annual gather
i >ug. Most of its butdneas transacted, the
i church court was expected to act before
adjournment on the partial report of
| the bills and overtures committee, report
on men’s work, finance and the budget,
and a proposed change in the church year.
The majority and minority reports of
the Montreat Association near Asheville,
N. C., were submitted last night, and
were before the court when adjournment
was taken today. The two reports indi
cate different methods of vesting control
of the Association in trustees of the
church.
Convening last Thursday, the Assembly
received reports of more than a score of
committees, and more than 200 overtures
from various Presbyteries and Synods.
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS
MAY BE FURTHER CUT
General Staff Asked to Make Study of
Effect Another Reduction Would Make
Upon Military Establishment.
i "Washington. May 28 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —The army general staff
has been directed to make a study of
the effect upon the military establish
ment of further progressive reductions
in army appropriations, should that be
ordered under the administration’s econ
omy program.
The study is understood to have been
ordered on the basis of a White House
communication to the war department.
Whether other government departments
have received similar budget economy
suggestions has not been disclosed. At
the navy department Secretary Wilbur
would uot say whether the naval budget
officers were engaged in a study similar
to that in the war department.
PRESBYTERIAN BUDGET
IN STATE IS $850,084
North Carolina Synod Asks For the
Largest Amount in the Assembly.
Lexington, Ky., May 27.—The general
assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States (southern), in ses
sion here, today made up the budget for
the coming year. The various synods
were classified on the membership per
capita basis.
Six synods were placed in the highest
per capita quota, that of sl2 per year.
Oklahoma’s quota was placed at $5 and
Snedecor Memorial (negro) synod, $2
per capital.
North Carolina in sl2 classification,
asked for the largest amount, $850.084;
Virginia second. $728,788; South Caro
lina third, $403,183.
Laborers Needed on Eastern Truck
Farms.
• Raleigh. May 28.—Frank D. Grist,
commissioner of labor and printing, has
issued a statement to the effect that 2.000
laborers needed in the trucking sec
tions of eastern North Carolina for the
next sixty days. to. pick peas, beans, etc.
Mr. Grist stated that the wages ranged
fro ms 2 to $4 a day for men and women.
• WHh Our Advertisers.
Bride’s gifts of jewelry at the Starnes-
Miller-Parker Co.
The Bell-Harris Furniture Co. has
just "unloaded a solid carload of fiber fur
niture is many finishes.
The Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery
Co. carries a full line of girl graduate
and memory books. Headquarters for
Parker duofold fountain pens.
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PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C-, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1925
In* Bronze
m *
A bust of Jefferson ’Davis, first pres
ident of the Confederate States, has
been made in brofijto by Celo Nelli
sculptor, of Dallas Tex. Replicas
will be placed Jn the schools
throughout the south.
DEAD LETTER OFttCE
WASTIi IS AVOIDABLE
Week of June 1-7 tu Be Observed as
“Bette)- Mailing Week.”
Washington. May 2^ —Pok t mas ter Gen
eral New has determined to attempt to
curb and prod
parcel imSf who are responsible for
a draflPvAhe postal service which causes
an enormous economic and considerable
financial loss each yegr.
With a view to reducing dead letters
and parcels, now going to the dead let
ter office at the rate of 21,000.000 let
ters and 803.000 parcels a year, the post
master general has designated the week
of June 1 to 7 as “Better Mailing
I Week," during which a nationwide cam
paign will be conducted to educate ev
eryone to use more can? in the addressing
of mail.
"If everyone who maile.d a letter or
parcel put a return address on the en
velope (and the proper place is the up
per left-hand corner, not the back),” says
the postmaster general, “the dead letter
office could be closed and a vast .amount
of money, time and energy More
than 99 per ceiK. of iWrtd Wtetn contain
no clue to the sender on the envelope.
“Mistakes are bound to occur, but in
vestigation of claims and complains di
vulges that in the vast majority of cases
it is the mailer rather than the postal
clerk xvho makes the error. We are
going to try to do better. We are striv
ing for that goal of perfection, and we
would like for you to co-operate with us
and help reducing that appalling dead
letter revenue. It can be done by:
“Addressing letters plainly, leaving out
nothing that will help the carrier make
delivery;
“Putting return address in upper left
hand corner;
“Using strong cord aiid stout paper."
Os the 21,803.000 pieces of mail which
went to the dead letter office last year.
100,000 letters were in perfectly blank
envelopes. Cash removed from dead
letters amounted tot $55,523 which was
turned into the United States treasury
because its owners could not be located
owing to lack of return and other ad
dresses . Postage stamps amounting to
$12,105 were similarly found in unde
liverable and unYeturnable mail. Checks,
drafts and money orders amounting to
$3,546,452 likewise were found but they
represented only so much paper because
they could not be cashed and have to be
held a year for reclaiming, then to be
destroyed.
The revenue of the dead letter office
is sufficient to keep that institution func
tioning but it is not nearly enough to
pay the annual bill for support of the
“Nixie,” as postal employees call a let
ter or parcel so improperly addressed that
it cannot be delivered to the addresse
nor returned to the sender without spe
cial treatment. This special treatment,
called directory sefvice, casts the tax
payers $1,740,000 a year. In New York
City alone it costs SSOO a day to look
up addresses. Approximately 200.000.-
000 pieces of mail yearly are given di
rectory service. The simple addition
of a return address would obviate it. en
tirely post officials say.
Great. Brains Not Always Big
New Y’ork, May 28.—The announce
ment from Paris that the brain of the
late Anatole France, the great French
writer, has been found to have been be
low the average age in sized and weight
in but another proof of a fact that has
long been known to the scientists, name
ly, that the size and weight of the brain
are no index to its mental capacity. The
mental superiority of a man. say the
scientists, is due rather to the qualify
and organization of his brain than to the
size.
The usual weight o£ a man’s brain, is
said to be 49 1-2 ounces, as against a
woman’s 44 ounce*. Many celebrated
men in the past have possessed brains
weighing less, than the average of 49 1-2
ounces of mankind generally. A brain
weighing over 60 ounces —said to have
been the heaviest known—was the poss
ession of a man who was scarely up to
the average in intelligence and who
earned but a small wage during the
whole of his lifetime.
Potomac Bankers to Meet in Delaware.
Charlotte. May 28. —Wilmington, Del
aware, was chosen as the next conven-
I tion city of the Potomac State Bankers’
Association, which closed here today with
the date to be selected later. L. E.
Storck. of Parkersburg. W. Va.. was
chosen as president for the ensuing year.
VETERAN EXPLORERS
FEEL AMUNSEN AND
FRIENDS ARE SAFE
Despite the Fact the Explor
ers Have Been Gone Seven
Days Relief Measures Are
Not Underway Yet.
STATE REASONS
FOR OPINIONS
Men Who Have Explored the
Frozen North Hold That
Party Could Be at Number
of Places T)f Safety.
New York, May 28.—Although almost
seven days have passed without word
from the Amundsen-EUsworth North Pole
aerial expendilion, plans for the organi
zation of relieving parties in Norway and
America have been halted on the advice
of veteran explorers. The concensus
appears to be the fliers are in no im
mediate danger.
Knud Rasmussen, the Danish explor
er. points to the possibility of Amundsen
going to Fort Cogner. or Cape Columbia,
in which case nothing could be heard
from him until the first mail from Thulle.
about this time next year. Bernon L.
Prentice, brother-in-law of Lincoln Eils-
Avorth. financial backer, and member of
the expendition, says he is ready at any
time in his rapacity as chairman to call
the American advisory committee togeth
er to raise funds for the relief party
but that thus far no alarm is felt. He
also declared that Amundsen intended
heading for Alaska from the Pole if con
ditions were favprable.
Donald B. McMillan, who will head
the all-American expedition into the
it was too early to become alarmed for
it was too early tot become alarmed for
the safety of the party.
CONTROVERSY WILL BE
STUDIED BY COMMISSION
Modernist-Fundamentalist Controversy Ls
Given Over to 15 Men For Study.
Columbus, 0., May 28. —The eventual
outcome of the modernist-fundamentalistic
controversy in the Presbyterian Church
of the United States rested in the hands
of a commission of 15 to study the entire
issue whqri the General Assembly of the
-Church adjourned hero yesterday- - Mlßb.
bers of the commissoi ranebpN etaoinnu
bers of the commisison are to be appoint
ed by the new moderator. Dr. Chas. R.
Erdman, and the body will report back
at the next Assembly.
Hie controversy, thought to have been
settled, flared up again in the closing
sessions of the Assembly. The modernist
faction asserted that if the action of the
Assembly holding acceptance of the Vir
gin birth necessary for the licensure of
ministers is ratified by the church body,
a general split in the denomination is in
evitable.
THIRTEEN RUM SHIPS
ARE OFF FOR SOUTH
Had Been at Halifax Since Being Driven
Off Rum Row by Coast Guard Cut
ters.
Halifax, N. S., May 27 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Two steamships and elev
en schooners, members of the liquor fleet
which put into Canadian ports after the
establishment of the United States coast
guard blockade, have departed from Hali
fax and Lunenburg and today are sail
ing for St. Pierre and southern ports, in
cluding Havana. Nassau and Bermuda.
Six other vessels of the fleet sailed last
Aveek.
Honorying the Memory of Locke Craig.
Asheville, May 28.— Honoriug the
memory of the late Locke Craig, gover
nor of North Carolina from 1913 to
1917, Asheville will open a park on the
scenic Swannauoa River May 30th.
The Craig Memorial Park is planned
as a large playground centered around
a thirty-acre lake, with drives surround
ing the water. There will be a large
open air swimming pool, a dance pavilion
extending over the waters of the lake,
and other recreational devices.
A particular feature of the park will
be a zoo, planned along lines that will
alloAv Avide growfh. The collection of
animals so far is largely native with AA’ild
cats, skunks, racoons, civet cats, elk
and bears, all from the Carolina moun
tains. . Native and foreign snakes will
be placed in the collection as soon as
they can be caught.
One of the beet equipped tourist camps
iu the state also is planned in connec
tion with the park grounds. The Avhole.
together with tiie other city parks and
playgrounds, is to be administered by a
committee of the Chamber of Commerce,
under the supervision of the city commis- 1
sioners The Asheville baseball club
is administered in the same way and is
said to be the noly municipality OAvned
club in the country.
Parks-Belk Co.’s
The Parks-Belk Co. is striving to make
Two Mere May Bargain Days at the
tha month of May the biggest month in
the history of the store. With that aim
many big sjiecials are being offered and
as only two more days remain you had
better go Friday and Saturday and get
your share of the bargains. See half page
ad. today in both The Tribune and The
Times.
, Kirby Held Without Bail.
! Winthrop, Me.. May 27. —Harry A.
Kirby, charged Avith the murder of Miss
Aida Heyward, whose body was found
last Saturday in a cottage which Kirby
had occupied at Lake Maranacook, was
held without bail for the September grand
jury when arraigned today in municipal
court.
Modernist-
Finals at Tavo Schools
At Mt. Pleasan^eM
WHERE BACHELORS ARE TAXED
In Argentina Bachelors Have to Pay a
Substantial Tax.
Wellington. D. C„ May 28.—1 f Flori
da s proposed taxation on the unmar
ried bad materialized, it would not be the
first time that bachelors have been com
pelled to pay foF Choir* single blessed
ness. History recounts that in rhe time
of Elizabeth the bachelors in England
Avere compelled to pay the sum of about
one dollar a year during their celibacy.
Considering what a man sometimes
has to pay nowadays for a Avife, there
are probably many who would prefer
to chip in a dollar a year in the way
of a bachelor’s tax. But even today there
is at least one country when it scarcely
pays to remain celibate. In Argentina
the bachelor has to pay a substantial
and progressive tax. If he has not taken
a wife by the time he has reached his
twenty-fifth birthday he must pay a fine
of five dollars a month to the Govern
ment; if at-thirty-five he has not seen
the error of his ways the fine is increas
ed to ten dollars a month, and at this
figure it remains for fifteen years.
But if at fifty he still fights shy of
the altar he is looked on as more or less
hopeless, and the fine is diminished
every year until at eighty he is exempt.
Recently a mail in Buenos Aires Avho
had paid his fine cheerfully up to the
mature age of exemption celebrated his
freedom by getting married.
THE COTTON MARKET
Very Quiet Early Today. With Opening
Steady at Unchanged Prices to Inline
of 5 Points.
Npav York. May 28. — The cotton mar
ket A\as very quiet again early today
and traders still seemed to be waiting
for the govrenment report early next
A\*efk. The opening was steady at un
changed prices to a decline of five points,
under selling influence by relatively easy
cables. „ The effect of lower cables Avas
offset to some extent by a lower private
condition report, and after selling off to
22.32 for October or about six points net
lower, the market rallied to approximate
ly the closing prices of yesterday on cov
ering. A southwestern authority esti
mated the condition of the crop at 73.3
per cent, or considerably below the aver
age of recent private figures, and placed
the probable increase in acreage at 4.6
per cent.
Cotton futures opened steady : July
22.97; October 22.35; December 22.51;
January 22-10; March 22.35.
THAW" EXPLAINS ABOUT
ATTENTION TO DANCER
Admits “Deep Admiration” For Dancer
on Whom He Has Been Lavishing At
tention.
New York, May 28. —The New York
American today quotes Harry K. ThaAv
in explanation of his association Avith
Miss Fawn Gray, dancer, who the paper
says has received $5,000 AA’orth of dia
mond bracelets from him :
“I shan’t say I love her, but I will ad
mit a deep admiration.’’ Thaw is quoted
as saying. "I Avas struck by her enchant
ing personality and grace. She remind
ed me much of the girls when I was a
young blood.
“I’ll bet she will be married to some
other man within a year. It is ridicu
lous to think anyone cares anything
about me.”
| Executive Clemency Declined.
Raleigh, May 28.—Governor McLean
has declined to extend executive clem
ency to the folloAving:
\V. B. Chilton, Guilford county, serv
ing three years in the State’s prison on
the charge of larceny.
Forest Armstrong, Edgecome county,
serving six months on the roads on the
charge of violating the prohibition law.
S. E. Rogers, Mecklenburg county,
serving six months on the roads on the
charge of receiving stolen goods.
F. L. Hoffman, Gaston county, serving
ten months oil the roads on the charge
of violating the prohibition law.
Mayo Granger, Columbus county, serv
ing twenty-five years in the State's pris
on on the charge of second degree mur
der.
Amos Alsobrooks, Union coutny, serv
ing eighteen months on the roads on the
charge of an assault with a deadly weap
on.
Will Douglas. Yadkin county, serving
six months on the roads on a charge of
immorality. t-
Lonnie McCall, Mecklenburg county,
an inmate of the Morrison Training
School.
Marcus Dale. Burke county, serving
twelve months on the roads on the charge
of violating the prohibition laAV.
Howard Bethea, Wilson county, serv
ing tAventy years in the State’s prison
on the charge of murder in the second de
gree.
Montrose and Oscar Gore. Columbus
county, serving twenty-four and fifteen
months on the roads on the charge of an
assault.
A. W. Hilton, Catawba county, serv
ing four years in the State’s prison on
the charge of burning a barn .
Gus Dutton. Richmond county, serv
ing four months on the roads on the
charge of gambling.
Clifford Brown. Hoke county, serv
ing two years on the roads qn the charge
of violating the prohibition law.
Edward A. Motley. Guilford county,
serving ten years in the State's prison
on the charge of storebreaking .
Melvin Mangum, Franklin county,
serving eighteen months on the roads on
the charge of an assualt with a dealy
Aveapon.
Frost Injures Crops in Buncombe.
Asheville, May 26.—Crops in certain
sections of Bunemobe county were dam
aged by the frost last night, according
to Dale Thrash, county agent. Mr.
Thrash said he could not estimate the
damage at this titme.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
E. Mt. Pleasant
Collegiate Institute and
Mont Amoena Seminary
Attended by Big Crowds.
PROGRAM PROVED
UNUSUALLY GOOD
Finals Started Several Days
Ago and Were Concluded
With Graduating Exercises
Held Yesterday.
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Digir'fied and impressive ceremonies
marked the closing exercises of Mount
Pleasnat Collegiate Institute and Mont
Amoena Seminary, held Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o’clock iu the Auditorium at
Mt. Pleasant.
Larger numbers than has ever been
seen in Mt. Pleasant at any graduation
exercises attended, according to Col. Geo.
F. McAllister, head of the Institute. This
A\’as more gratifying, he added, in view
of the fact th&t practically every school
in recent years has experienced a reduc
tion in the number of persons attending.
The finals were begun by members of
the Senior Class at the Seminary who
read essays. Chosen for this honor were
Misses Edith Amick. Itdris Isenhour,
Kate Hammill and Blanche Fink. This
was followed by a spirited contest for the
orator’s medal by represeutatßes of the
Senior Collegiate Class, the six orators
being B. W. Cruse. 11. V. Goodman. S. R.
MeEachern; and W. C. Thomas. S. R.
McEachern of Concord, Avas the winner of
the medal. hiH subject being "The Need
of the World”.
Fallowing the orator’s contest were
the awarding of diplomas, presentation
of medals and announcements. Most)
noteworthy among (he announcement!*
Avas the statement that the new dormi
tory at the Institute, built to take care
of the overflow of students, will be ready
for o<i!cupanoy by the beginning of the
next school year. The following medals
were* presented the Colegiate Institute
students: Scholarship medal, M. B. Dry,
of Gold Hill: Greek medal. M. L. Pen
ninger. of Mt. Pleasant: History medal,
(a new addition to the list of prizes), to
C. A. Honeycutt, of Gold Hill; French
medal to A R.. Reitzer, of Lexington;
Orator’s medal. S. R. McEachern. of Con
cord ; Debater's medal to P. O. Stogner,
of Southmont, and Declaimer’s medal to
S. A. Grovenstein, of Chattanooga. The
Scholarship medal from the sitmiury
Avenf to Miss Kate Klutfz. of Mt. Pleas
ant.
The loving cup, given to the best of the
literary societies of the Seminary, was
won by the Alpha Chapter of the Been
heim Society, the grade for the year be
ing 94.6 per cent.
A feature of the Commencement Exer
cises was the play which was given on
Monday night by members of the two
schools, coached by Mrs. George F. Mc-
Allister. “If I Were King’’ by Justin
H. McCarthy, was presented with great
success. Very flattering comments were
made by the audience, the concensus of
opinion being that it AAas one of the
most entertaining plays given in years.
An overfloAV audience greeted the play*
ers.
Collegiate Institute graduates who re
ceived their diplomas were William Thom*
as Ballard, Richard Bowie Bennett, Ber
nard William Cruse, William Rudolph
Lingle, Sleimau Rutledge McEachern,
Alex Henry MacLaughlin, Charles Phil
lips MacLaughlin, Murray Leonard Pen
ninger. Arthur Raymond Reitzel, Walter
Carr Thomas, Charles Klunpelberg Wal
ters, Richard Vann Wheless and Albert
Kenneth Weisner. ‘Certificates were
awarded to the following: Howard Bos*
tion Cline, Marvin Adam Boger, Charles
Glenn Farmer, Ree Veit Goodman, Rob*
ern Brown McAllister and William Thom
as Mock, Jr.
Commencement exercises began for the
students of the t aa - o institutions on Fri
day night when they met for the annual
reception Avhich was held at the Collegiate
Institute. The feature of the night’s
program, in addition to the social part,
was the dedication of the first edition of
an Annual, “The Tour Path", to Col.
George F. McAllister.
On Saturday afternoon at 6 o’clock, the
Senior Class of Mont Amoena gave their
Class-Day Exercises on the campus of
that institution.
Rev. E. R. McCauley. D. I).. of Ral*
eigh, delivered the baccalaureate sermon
Sunday morning, making a forceful and
inspiring address to the graduates. The
address before the Y. M. C. A. was deliv
ered Sunday night by Rev. IT P. Wyrick.
The Declaimer's contest for a Gold
Medal was held by members of the Pre
paratory Literary Society, the following
declamations being rendered : S. A. Grov
enstein, The Rider of the Black Horse;
A. L. Horne. The Roman Sentinel; P.
H. Lipe. Truth and Victory; F. A. Mos
er. The Traitor's Death Bed ; H. H. Sloop,
A Plan For Permanent Peace; and J. H.
Taylor, Southern Chivalry. The winner
was S. A. Grovenstein.
Due of the most entertaining features
(Continued on Page Two)
WIL\T SAT’S BEAR SAYS
Fair tonight, warmer in extreme weaf
portion; Friday unsettled, warjner in ex*
trerae west portion. 4
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