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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advancfe.
TURKISH TROOPS
MOVING ON MOSUL
It Is Reported the French
I Have Given the Turks
Permission to Cross Syr
| ian Territory.
London, Nov. 2.—</P)—A dispatch
to the I>aily Mad from Beirut, Syria,
.-ays bodies of Turkisii troops are
moving toward Mosul from Turkey.
The Daily Express has a similar re
! P It put the number of Turks at
5,000 and alleged that the French had
given them permission to cross Syria.
The report said Great Britain had
protested to the French government.
The suggestion is that the'French
commanders in Syria are favoring the
Turkish preparations to check Brit
ish action against the Mo-ul bound
ary.
JOHN SPRINGS MYERS
DIES IN CHARLOTTE
j Prominent Citizm, of Qureu City.
Passes After Long Illness.
I ( harlotte, Nov. l-—John Springs
Myers., father of Mrs. George Steph
ens, of Asheville, and a prominent
citizen of Charlotte, died this atrer
noon at 5 o'clock at his home in the
city after a long illnes-;. He was a
son of the late Colonel and Mrs. W.
!IL Myens, of Charlotte, and was
born November 1,184 T, at the home
of hi.s maternal grandfather, John
Springs, at York, S. C.
He is survived by his widow, .and
five children: Mrs. Stephens, of
Asheville; It. A. Myers and Rawlin
>on Myers, of Charlotte; Mrs.
Harold C. Dwelle. of King’s Moun
tain, and Woodard Myers, of Con
nelly Springs. Also surviving him
are three sisters. Mrs. Hamilton C.
Jones’. Sr.. Mrs. C. L. Hunter and
Mrs. W. I*. Myers.
He served as alderman for years
and was the first citizen to donate
land for a parkin Charlotte, For 50
yearn he way a vestryman of St.
Peter’s Episcopal church,, being
senior warden. He was the first to
vision Myers park. land which had
belonged to his father, and which
was named' for the family. He served
in the legislature in 1883- He mar
ried Miss Mary RawUnson, of South
Carolina. ' '
.Counties Invaded by Mexican Been
Beetle.
-Raleigh. N. C. Oct. .Tl.—OP)—
Eight more counties in the state liavc
beep,, iijv’flded by the Mexican bean
beetle during 1025, Dr. R. W. Leiby,,
entomologist of the State Department
of Agriculture has stated.
Recent scouting workers of the di
vision of entomology shown that.coun
ties into which this pest has spread
I during 1025 are: Stokes, -Rockingham. ;
j Forsyth, Guilford, Davis, Davidson. ;
j Rowan and Cabarrus,
i ‘‘This pest,” says Dr. Leiby, “is
spreading over the United States much !
as the boll weevil spread over the j
cotton belt. About seven years ago. !
it became established in Alabama, hav
ing been accidentally introduced frofn
Mexico. The two counties of Clay
and Cherokee, in the southwest cor
ner of the state, were invaded early in
1921. Thereafter the spread was east
ward and northward in the state, at
the rate of 35 to 75 miles a year. The
invasion now extends as far north as
Ohio.”
Treatment of the bean plants with
“poison to kill the beau beetles in their
imature stages" is recommended by J
Dr. Leiby.
Price of Soft Coal Rises in Greens- !
boro.
Greensboro, Ocr. 30. —With the j
advent of really cold weather t#day
the price of coal went up a dollar a
ton here today and soft coal is re
tailing at sll per ton. It is explain
ed that the anthracite coal strike
has resulted in the use of large
' quantities of soft (bituminous) coal
i for übstitute and thus made the
supply scarcer and the demand more.
Dealers were bombarded with orders
today.
have been carrying on in this battle
of votes is here in order. This added
special prize of the $O2l Ford coupe
presents the opportunity for you
make a double killing at the expense
of The Tribune and Times. It makes
the last and final' two periods of
this generous offer doubly important
for all your new business is counting
two ways while the old subscriptions
are counting toward the same goal,
anything from the Buick Brougham to
a ten percent cash commission, M e
will also state here tjiat In case the
! contestant Who wins the Ford coupe
! turns out to be one of the candidates
i who qualifies only for the ten percent
1 cash commission, that commission will
not be paid on the business which
I contributed toward winning the h ord.
This should be understood by each
one.
Chance Foe Regretters.
Again we wish to call the ifttenticn
of all t'aose who have regretted not
having entered this campaign to the
fact that here ie the opportunity to
est your conscience atrest. Here is
the chance to do something for your
! self, the time to get into the compe
tition while there is genuine_ oppor
tunity for making at least $35 a day
for yourself for the next 18 days.
There are loads and loads of people
Wao are not now on the subscription
lists of the Tribune and Times whose
business will count you double value
toward the Ford coupe and one of
the original prizes offered lie t ag°
now. at top speed, for the next three
weeks and be riding in our own car
at the end of that brief time.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
KILLED WHEN BOS
J IS HIT BY TRAIN
-
J Six Children Were Killed
and at Least 24 Injured
in Accident Which Oc
curred in Georgia.
BUS WAS NEAR
ITS DESTINATION
Was Crossing A. C. L.;
Tracks Near the School
House in Mahunta, Ga.,
When Accident Occurred
Me.hunts, Ga., Nov. 2.—C4 3 )—Six
i were killed and at ll'a-t 24 children
! injured when tin* Atlantic Coast Line
fast New York to Florida train No. j
81 crashed into a loaded school bus at |
a grade crossing here shortly after 8 j
i o’clock here this morning.
The bus. which collected rural chil- I
dren in this vicinity, was nearing the
town school when it was struck mid
section hy the train. r l v :e force of
the impact seal tered the children about
, the track and road.
The bodies and the injured children
I were placed on board a special A. (\
L. train and hurried to WayCross,
j where they were sent to a hospital.
' L. Roy Strickland. IS. the driver
of the bus, is said to be seriously in
jured.
I’p until 9:30 o’clock (lie families
of the children were unaware of the
tragedy. Parties were being organ
j ized here to call on the families who
i live from two to seven miles away and
j inform them of the crash.
BARN BURNED TO
HIDE A MURDER?
Headless and Footless Charred Body I
Recovered at Albemarle.
Albemarle, Nov. I.—The headless,
j footless and charred body of a white
*%an lies today in a local undertaking
parlor, with no evidences of its iden
tity. The body was found on the
old Mabry place, about two miles
north of the city. All. present evi
dences and circumstances point to the
fact that the man was murdered,
led, placed in the barn and the barn
I set on tire.
Sheriff Furr and his deputies have
*pent the day in an attempt to learn
I iome>hing of the identity of the
j body and some clue to the person or
j persons who committed the crime, if
! crime it is. The body presents noth
ing by which it may be identified.
The head is gone. Some shells like
bones may have been parts of the
skull, the feet and, bands and
arms are gone. The bones of both
j legs are severed jiust above the
! knees.
Sheriff Furr, who helped recover
: the body, says that in his opinion
j the body was nmltilatod and packed
j into some kind of container and ear
| ried to the barn.
At knee, where the leg was
bent, the fles«h was not charred, and
it was thus learned that the person
whs white. The body was found in
the shed, where the heat could not
have been/ so intense, it is said,
i No one lives on the "farm but the
owner of the barn states that the
main barn was locked.
No word has come from any sec
tion roundabout of any person be
ing missing. No suspicion rests on
any local person for having eommit
j ted the crime. The only clue found
Iby Sheriff Furr are footprints of
; some persons leading to the building
I from a nearby railroad, and the same
j footprints leading from the building
I across fields. But this gives no clue
of the person making the footprints.
The trunk, legs and stubs of arms
indicate a body of a rather small
man- All circumstances point to a
ghastly murder, undertaken to be
covered by arson.
It is stated that the body will be
held a short time for possible identi
fication.
Seaplane. Skimming Surface, Hits
Submarine Periscope.
Rome, Oct. 31. —An unusual ac
cident occurred at Spezia when a
flying machine collided with a sub
marine.
> A navy seaplane skimming over
the surface of the bay preparatory
to a practice flight the peri
scope of a submarine traveling sub
merged at right angle to the plane’s
course. The seaplane turned over, but
both its occupants escaped unnurt.
The periscope of the undersea craft
was torn away by the force of the.
impact.
The submarine commander, acting
promptly, brought his craft .to the
surface ‘ almost before the crew
realized the danger they had just
gone through safely.
Take “Beauty” Out of Barber Shops
Hartford. Conn, Nov. 2.—ln Con
necticut a man may no longer have j
the preetty manicure fix up his nails (
while he is getting shaved and having |
his hair trimmed, nor can the flapper
have her hair bobbed to cabaret ac
companiment. Under a ruling of
the State beard of hairdressers and
cosmeticians effective today barber
shops must henceforth remain barber
shops and beauty parlors must be some
thing else again. Manicuring or,
hairdressing shops must be in an en-,
titrely different room from barber j
shops and if operated by the same
proprietor must have separate out-j
1 side entrances. #
M
j y 0 improvement is reported today
in the condition of Mrs. D. L. Plott
| who confined to her home on Mc
| Gill Street by illness.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1925
Ohio Klan’s Oldest and Youngest
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Thia photograph shows the oldest and youngest members of Ohio’s Ku
Klux Klan. Mrs. Anna Doss, left/ is 86; little Theodore Heck Jr., is 6
I months. He is being hold by his mother, Mrs. Theodore Heck, wife of the
chief of Ohio’s Klan..
SLAIN BANDIT IS
“DUTCH” ANDERSON
Positively . Identified by
Finger Prints, the Offi
cers at Muskegon, Mich.,
State.
Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 2.—(/P)—The
bandit slain here Saturday night af
ter lie had shot and fatally wounded
Chas. Hammond, n city detective, was
positively identified today as “Dutch”
I Anderson, noted thug and pal of Ger
i aid Chapman.
I The identification wns made today
by finger prints of the slain bandit,
and those of Anderson. Secret service
operators who arrived here this morn
ing also aided in the identification.
VISIT OF WASHINGTON
IS COMMEMORATED
Memorial Tablet Unveiled and Tree
Dedicated Yesterday at Salis
bury.
Salisbury. Oct. 30.—A memorial
tablet was unveiled and a tree dedi
cated hen* today obmniemonating the
visit of General Geofge Washington
to Salisbury on his Southern trip-
The exercises of the day were under
the auspices of the local chapter D.
A. R. and the principal address was
by Senator Lee S. Overman who was
especially happy in his remarks to
his home town folks.
Mrs. Wil iam N. Reynolds, chair
man of the committee 1o mark
Washington’s journey through North
’aroltra was also persent and ad
iressod these gathered in the court
house Mrs. Lyman Cotton dedicated
the tree which stands on the court
house lawn-
The tablet is on the Washington
building.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at Advance of
From 8 to 14 Points.
New York. Nov. 2.— UP)—' The cot
ton market opened steady today at
an advance of 8 to 14 points on cov
ering and trade buying. Over-Sun
day selling orders were readily ab
sorbed, the market soon selling up to
18.54 for January contracts, or about
13 to 34 points net 'higher on active
months. The disposition to take
profits on short contracts after the
big break last week probably was pro
moted by the proximity of the election
day adjournment and the relatively
steady showing of Liverpool.
The comparative activity of trad
ing for delivery next October featured
early dealings today, being the first
trading in that delivery.
Cotton futures opened steady: De
cember 19:00; January 18.30; March
18.04; May 18.73; July 18.35.
THIRTY-NINE PERSONS
HAVE BEEN INDICTED
For Alleged Participation in the Jack
Daniel Whiskfcy Withdrawal Plot.
St. Louis, Nov. 2.—OP)—U. S. At
torney Curry today made public the
names of 39 persons including prom
inent officials and politicians in St.
Louis, Indianapolis and Cincinnati,
who were indicted at Indianapolis Sat
urday by a Federal grand jury on a
charge of conspiracy in the $1,800,000
Jack Daniel whiskey withdrawal plot.
Included in the list was Imogene
Remus, wife of the former Cincinnati
bootlegger wlio has become estranged
from him since his recent release from
the Atlanta penitentiary. Remus, who
testified before the grand jury, was not J
indicted.
j Col. Coolidge Going to Washington,
Washington, 1). C., Nov. 2. —Col.
John Coolidge, aged father nf the
President, is planning to forsake his
Vermont , home for a winter stay in
the White House.
It is probable that he will arrive
here before his Plymouth farm is
snowed in. and will remain here nn
| til the winter breaks.
I
With Our Advertisers.
j Coat and dress values that will sur-
I prise you at the J. C. J?enn€ly Co.
| Read the new ad. in this paper today.
See the live alligator from iflorida
in the window of the Yorke & Wads
worth Co. He is keeping warm by
moth's E.ot-blast. i
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ACCIDENTS CAUSE
DEATHS OF MANY
Twenty-One Persons in the
Southern States Killed in
Accidents Over the
Week-End.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2.—(A 3 )—Traffic
accidents in Southern states claimed
a f(ill of at leasl 21 deaths and 50 in
juries over the week-end. The slip
pery condition of pavements in the
cities, due to the general rain over
the South, was blamed for a large
portion of the accidents.
North Carolina reported the heav
iest toll of deaths. Dunn reported
four killed and three injured, while
Greensboro reported four dead and
eleven injured.
NEW YORK OPERA SEASON
Season Which Promises to Eclipse all
Others to Open Tonight With “La
Giaconda.”
New York. Nov. 2.—With every
prospect of eclipsing all records for
jk’nriejj l ' and brilliancy. New York’s
annual season of grand opera opens
tonight with a performance of “La
Gioemda” at trie Metropolitan Opera
House.
Director Gatti-Casazza. has prepar
ed a number of-novelties for the sea
son. These will include “Lo Ros*
fugnoF’ by Igor Stravinsky, in French;
“La Vida Breve,” by Manuel de Fal
’a. in Spanish: “La Cena Delle
Reffe,” by, Umberto Giordano, in
Italian: “La Vestale.” by Gaspare
Spontini. in Italian, and "Skyscrap
ers," a ballet by John Alden Carpen
ter.
In* addition there will be the fol
lowing nptable revivals “L’Huere Es
pagnole,” by Manuel Ravel, in
French: “Don Quixite,” by Jules
Massenet, in French ; “The Jewels of
‘he- Madonna.” by Krmanno Wolf-
Ferrari, in Italian; “Gianni Sclric
chi,” by Giacome Puccini, in Italian ;
“The Barber of Bagdad,” by Peter
Cornelius, in German, and “The Bar
tered Bride,” by Friedrich Smetana,
in Gorman.
The Wagner “Ring" cycle, so sue
coissfully revived last season, is to
be repeated in response to universal
request, again in special matinees,
during the last two weeks of next
February.
One of the most popular of the
new signers and one in whom great
public interest has been aroused wil
be the young Kansas City girl, Ma
rion Talley, former prodigy coloratura
soprano, whose progress has been suf
ficient to justify presenting her in
opera during the latter half of the
season. Newcomers from abroai
will include Elizabeth Kandt, a Ger
man lyric soprano of the "Frankfort
Opera; Lauritz Melchior, tenor froni
the Berlin Opera and Beyreuth ; Dor
othea Flexer. an American mezzo-so
prano; Carmela Ponselle, mezzo-so
prano. and Vittoria Fullin, a dram at-,
ic and lyric tenor from Italy..
The Pimlico Futurity, richest of
the stake offerings at the Maryland
Jockey Club meeting to open on No
vember 2nd, is a comparatively new
turf fixture, having been establisried
in 1921. In that year Morvich, un
beaten as a two-year-old, won the rich
stake.
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m MILLS TO GET
MORE POWER *
0
* Charlotte, Nov. 2. — UP)- —Re- *
duetion by one-half day of the
r& curtailment program required of W
industry in this section as a re- &
SK suit of the hydro-electric
Wx shortage. was announced here FK
today at the offices of the South-
M ern Power Co., which supplies 4?
•fc electric power to many industrial
plants including approximately
-
nas. The announcement stated W
that this reduction was ordered
in anticipation of more favorable
stream flow. The plants will X
continue to suspend two days
per week until conditions become &
more favorable, it was said.
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Mitchell Wants Davis
And Wilbur To Talk
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MAN BEING HELD
IN MURDER CASE
| W. M. Pyrtle Held in Con
nection With Death of
Pearl Childers Green in
j Hickory Suburb.
t Iliekory. Nov. 2. — UP) —Pearl Chil
ders Green, 21, known through this
i section as Mrs. Green and Miss Chil
ders, was shot and killed last night
while in her room at the Martin board
ing house in Brookford, suburb of
Hickory. W. M. Pyrtle, an employe of
the Brookford Mills, was arrested and
is being held without bond on a charge
lot’ murder of the woman. The prelim-
I inary hearing is set for 2 p. m. to
morrow before City Recorder M. 11.
Yount. i“
Three witnesses testified before the
coroner’s jury which was assembled
yesterday afternoon that. Miss Chil
ders had told o/ threats Pyrtle had
inajle against her life. Pyrtle testi
fied that lie was in hey room a few
minutes before he heard the shot and
said when he rushed back he found her
on the floor dying.
THE Al TO RACES
Speed Kings to Return, to Charlotte
Speedway November 11.
Charlotte, Nov. 2. —Fortified by a
' string of victories on the motor speed
ways from coast to coast, premier
-speed kings of America return to the
Charlotte speedway, November 11th.
Armistice Day, primed for a contest ;
wriieh will test t tie skill of drivers and
the performance of the fastest cars in
racedom.
Drivers who were placed far down
the list of winners in the first two
Charlotte rades since (have had o
taste of victory. They are coining
back able to point to achievements on
the other speedways as proof that
theirs is no disputed claim to the
victor’s crown.
A setting has been given the ap
proaching race entirely different from
the way the speed demons stood prior
to the last Charlotte race in May.
Pete DePaolo is fresh from his ter
rific of 500 miles in the In
dia-napqris event, but will be hard
pressed by a coterie of daring aces
who have tuned their speedy mounts
in gruelling contests that brought
fresh laurels to who could net
the fastest pace.
The youngsters Bob McDonough,
clinched his claim to a place in racing
annals by capturing the Labor .Day
classic at Altoona. The Fresno race,
produced a victory for Fred Comer,
always among “the also rank” at
Charlotte.
Harry Hartz. wrio makes a special
ty of stirring second place finishes, i
was second at Syracuse and fourth i
at Altoona. Bennett Hill gave Com
er a run for his money and was
placed second at Fresno.
Two other {mights of the roaring
boards, who were forced out of the
! ast Charlotte race by engine trouble,
have been “in the money” on other
trackls. Dr. William Shattuc, mil-,
lionaire racing physician, drove a!
smashing race at Fresno, wriile Jerry |
Wonderlich, the daring “Sheik of |
Hollywood”, was among the first few j
at Syracuse. Hartz, by virtue of
his ownership of the car piloted by I
Comer and Du ray, in three races
saw his fleet gather in one first place,
two seconds and a fourth.
If recent performances count for
anything in recokning possibilities in
the next 255-mile championship fea
ture at Charlotte, it will be far from
a one man victory. Success in re
cent racing ventures will materially
heighten the thrill of the dash for a
■share in the $25,000 in prize money
and a higher standing in annual
championship of motor racing.
Reserved seats for trie Charlotte
classic have been put on sale at the
S. & W. Cafeteria in Charlotte. Mail
orders are receiving prompt atten
tion from Osmond L. Barringer, gen
eral manager, Charlotte, N. C.
S- A. L. Train Hits Auto, Two
Killed, One Injured.
Cheraw, S. C., Nov. I.—Two were
killed and one seriously injured when
Seaboard Air Line train number 4
struck an automobile at a crossing
17 miles south of here, near Midden
lorf late today.
The, dead are:
Raymond and Daisy Wilson, Jean
nette, Pa.
Lewis Helzell, also of Jeannette,
was seriously injured:
Helzed and the bodies of the
wo dead men were taken to Hamlet,
3. C.
24-Mile Stretch of Route 20 to Be
Finished By December 15.
Chimney Rock, Nov. I.—State
highway number 20, which extends
from ‘Wilmington to Asheville; via
Charlotte, Rutherfordton and Chim
ney Rock, it is now anticipated will
be completed between Chimney Rock
and Asheville by December 15. This
J 3 the expectation of the contractor,
but travelers over this rout have
been so accustomed to being promis
ed this short cut route on given dates
luring the past two years of de
'ay, that it isYhard to put credence
n any statements issued.
Increase Not Just.
Washington. Nov. 2. —(>P)—An in
crease of five cents per hundred
pounds in the export rates on tobacco j
moving from Carolina territory to ■
Newport News for storage and ware
housing en route is unjustified, the
Interstate Commerce Commission held
today, and railroads which proposed
to revise their schedules were ordered
to maintain existing rates.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
! Aviation Officer **
Court to Sumn % i*wo
Cabinet Members as Wit
nesses in the Case.
OTHER OFFICIALS
TO BE CALLED |
Name of President Cool
idge Did Not Appear on
List of Witnesses the De
fense Wants.
Washington, Nov. 2.—(/P)—Col. j
Win. Mitchell, on trial by court mar
tial as a result of his criticism of the
conduct of the government air scr-
today asked the court to sum
mon Secretary Davis, of the War De- j
partment, and Secretary Wilbur of
the Navy Department as witnesses. I
Several other high officials of tlioj
two departments, several members of
Congress and more than sixty army |
and navy officers also were named by
the defense in a Fst of those it would
like to question.
The name of President Coolidge
did not appear on the list. The Colo
nel and his counsel after assessing the
legal obstacles that would stand in
the way of a subpoena for the Presi
dent, had made up their minds not to
try to summon him.
It was apparent from the Colonel’s
action in seeking to bring cabinet offi
cials and members of Congress into
the trial that he hoped to thresh out
in court the whole range of issues in-]
j volved in the air controversy and thus ;
present a justification for his charges
that the air services had been admin- !
istered with criminal and almost trea- j
son able negligence. Whether the court
will admit that proceedure is ques
tionable.
The court proceeded with the ac
tual opening of the trial without in
dicating whether it would /-ufnmon
those named on Col. Mitchell’s list as j
witnesses. Another motion by Mit-j
ehell’s counsel to dismiss the charges
on the ground that the court had no
jurisdiction was quickly rejected.
Then the prosecution called* to the
stand as its first witness A. W. Yea
ger. reporter for the San Antonio Tex
as Light, to whom Col. Mitchell gave a
copy of his San Antonio statement
containing the accusations that led to
his court martial.
ORDER TROOPERS
TO Tipiß ARORY
; Asheville Cavalry' Will Be Held {n
Readiness for Trouble at Trial.
Asheville, Nov, 1. —Members of
Trot!]) F. Cavalry, North Carolina
National Guards weVe tonight ordered
tq ‘their armory to be ready for call
In the cveiit Adjutant General Metts
] or, Sriefiff E. M. Mitchell thinks their
service is needed tomorrow morning
when Alvin Manse!, . negro, goes on
trial on a charge of criminally attack
ing a white woman on Sunset Moun
tain, near this city, in September^
Indications tonight were that there
would be no necessity fop calling out
the troops, but authorities said that
• everything would be in readiness
I should the slightest disposition be
] /shown to cause trouble.'
Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe, who
will preside over triis week’s term of
Superior Court, arrived in the city
this afternoon and was in conference
with Solicitor J. Ed Swain tonight.;
Following this conference, il was said i
that Mansel will lie placed on trial j
tomorrow. Thh negro is held in the
Mecklenburg county jail at Charlotte
and is not expected to be brought to
Asheville before the opening of court
tomorrow morning.
Adjutant General Metts was ex
pected to arrive in the city from Ra
leigh tonigrit and go into conference
with Major E. F. Jones, who will be
in command of any troops which may |
be called out. Jones is the]
cavalry troop commander.
B. N. Duke Gives Additional $5,000
to Negro Hospital.
Durham, Oct. 30.—Durham’s negro
population is rejoicing over an ad
ditional gift of $5,000 from Benjamin
N. Duke and wriieh is to be used in
the liquidation of all debts of the new
Lincoln Hospital, which was thrown ]
open to the public a few mouths ago |
and which is conceded to be one of |
the best equipped hospitals for ne- (
groes in the South. Mr. Duke had ,
previously donated $25,000 to the
■hospital fund and his additional gift
cf $5,000 came just when the insti-l
tution was most in need of more j
money with which to pay pressing j
debts.
Recommend Five University Men
For Rhodes Scholarships.
Chapei Hi!, Nov. 1. —Five univer
sity students have bceu recommend- |
ed by the university’s committee of
selection of Rhodes Scholarships, j
They Hre John Feimore Cooper, of 1
Clinton; William J. Cocke, of Ashe
ville ; C. li. Jonas, of Lincolnton: W.
B- Pipkin, of Reidsville. and R. B.
Raney, of Raleigh. There are other
candidates from other institutions.
Only one Rhodes scholar will be
chosen. The final selection by the
state committee will be announced
December 12.
Trying to Stop Flow of Beer.
Washington. Nov. 2.— UP) —Prorii-
bition enforcement officials today
1 sought the aid of the taxing power j
j of the government as a means of
checking what they described as the (
“tremendous flood of high powered
beer sweeping the country.”
j |
Blueberries seven-eights of an inch ,
in diameter have been produced by ]
experimenters in New Jersey.
ALLSPECTATORSftT
Tn, ’!S OF NEGROES
MUST BE SEARCHED
Court Room Cleared and
Every One Searched as I
! Entrance Was Made Into
i the Court Room.
TROOPS IrEADY
FOR EMERGENCY
* Negroes Are Charged With
Attacking Two White
Women near or in Ashe
ville Recently;
Asheville, Nov. 2.—C4 s )—Surround- J
! e<l by ti detachment of National Gunwl ,
I troops and deputy sheriffs. Alvin Man*
I sel and Preston Neely, negroes, eharg
|ed with criminal attacks on white
j women were arranged in superior j
; court here this morning.
Shortly after Judge A. M. Stock
j took his seat on the bench, he ordered i
the crowded auditorium of the court *
room cleared, and told deputy sheriffs j
to readmit the audience one by ono
after they had been searched for wen>
j>ons.
Every precaution is being taken to
prevent violence against the prison- $
ers. Members of Troop F, N. (\ Nat
ional Guard, under command of Maj.
■ E. F. Jones, mobilized tit their armory
yesterday and remained under arms
! all night. . *
The troops passed through the bus
j iness section this morning and a de- \
\ taehment of ten troops went to the
I jail to accompany the prisoners into 1
the court room. A half dozen deputy
sheriffs 'swelled the bodyguard. All j
were heavily armed.
The etliod used in returning trie
prisoners to the city was not disolos- -1
I ed, but it was learned this morning
1 that both Mansel and Neely were in J
the local jail. Mansel had been held
at Charlotte and Neely was kept at
Greensboro whence they were taken to
thwart mob attacks.
Judge Stack charged the grand jury
this morning that it is to investigate ri
the case wherein Neely is alleged to
have attacked a woman in West Ashe- :|]
ville section on Thursday, Actober 22. . ril
A gpecial venire was ordered for the
trial of Mansel who was indicted sev- .* :*i
cral weeks ago.
As the crowd was readmitted no
weapons were fownd, other than a few * t
pocket ’ knivoK of Targe' size, which \
were confiscated by officers.
lii charging the grand jury Judge
Stack said he intends to see that'the
defendants receive art impartial trial.
If a defendant is found guilty when
it is manifest to the* court fie is not , j
guilty the verdict will bo set aside,
the judge said. Judge Stack said
the time has come when trie law niust
assort itself, and no infringement np
pn the scope or dignity of tire 'law
will be tolerated.
The court ordered a special venire
of 100 men from which the jfiry to
try Mansel will be chosen. This
jury is ordered to report in court at
2:30 p. in. Tuesday, at which time
Mansel’s trial is expected to oiien!
After the prisoners had been
brought into court this morning three
guardsmen seated themselves about the
negroes. Other troops were in the
auditorium. The soldiers are equipped
i with Springfield rifles and ammuni
| tion while officers are armed witri pis
tols.
Veteran attorneys said today this
isrihe first time in their memory that ]
troops have been used in a local court
room to protect a prisoner.
Mansel is slight of stature and is «
only seventeen years old. Neely is
23, black of skin, and ordinary size.
Lyle Jonen was appointed by the
i court to assist tlie defense of Mansel
; and Colonel I». S. Lusk was named
to represent Neely,
Missionaries in Cliina Teach Christ
at Own Consequences.
Chicago. Nov. 2. UP)—Metho
dist missionaries to China go to
preach the teachings of Christ and
must take any physical or legal eon
i sequence**.
The board of foreign missions has
j ruled that missionaries in foreign
; lands, especially in China, should npt
j request protection of courts and
powers other than tho«se of China nor
a-k extra-territorial exemption be
i cause they are American citizens.
The Italian Debt Mission Arrive*.
New York. Nov. I.—Another im-
I portant phase in the effort of the • !
! United States to fund its war credits
/opened today with the arrival here
jof Onint Giuzppe Volpi di Musurata,
] Dalian finance minister .and five
! members of the Italian debt mission
lon the liner Dulio. A delegation
from the state department beaded by *
. Ambassador Henry p. Fletcher, who ; s
; Ls here from Borne on vacation, met
| the visitors at Quarantine.
SAT'S BEAR SAYS:
Showers tonight and Tuesday.
] Fresh nortseast winds.
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