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- Houston. The
W' ■ representatives.
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
AGREEMENT BK THE
UNITED SHIES AND
! TURKEY ANNOUNCED
, Commercial Pact is Drawn
i Up Pending the Out
i come of Lausanne Trea
ty in the U. S. Senate.
DUTIES WILLL BE
LOWERED BY PACT
American Goods Can Be
Sent to Turkey With
out the Prevailing High
Tariff.
Washington, Feb. 26.—OP)—The
j Commerce Department nnonunced to*
day that a temporary commercial
| agreement had been entered into by
the. United States and Turkey, under
which each country grants to the
products of the other **most favored
nation's t^atment.
The agreement which is in the form
of notes exchanged between Rear Ad
miral Mark L. Bristol, American' high
commissioner at Constantinople, and
the Turkish government, is a modus
vivendi which provides for temporary
neutral agreement daring the pen
dency before senate of the Lau
sanne treaty with Turkey, which
would establish peace time diplomatic
and commercial relationship.
A direct effect of the agreement is
nullify discriminatory duties
dfcities against American good! export
ed to Turkey and which come compe
tition with the exports there of the
allied nations. The Turkish govern
ment recently raised its tariff sched
ules in eoerdance with its treaties
with the allied countries, but the rates
applied to goods from other than al
lied nations were considered unfair.
THREE XHARLOTTE MEN
ARE HELD IN DALLAS
Sons of Legislator Said to Have Been
Guilty of . Mann Act Violations.
Charlotte, Feb. 28. —Two prominent
Charlotte men, sons of W. R. Mat
thews, Mecklenburg legislator, are be
iing held in Dallas, Texas, on Mann
act charges. It is expected that they
will make their bonds of SI,OOO each
in the United States court at Dallas
tomorrow.
«>»& amXW. Xk**n<l H D.
Matthews, both of: whom have wives
here, wim have sworn out warrants
chargins non-support and abandon- .
ment.
The two Matthews men, with J. P.
Matthews, 19-year-old brother, disap
peared. on January Bth. J. P. Mat
thews was arrested, but subesquently
was released in view of the fact that
on the way to Texas he had married
the .woman whom he had accompanied
away froip Charlotte. The charges
against hip will not be pressed.
The women are Mrs. Florence Lipe;
Matthews, who married the younger
brother, her daughter, Miss Lena
Lipe, said to be thirteen years old.
and Mrs. Pearl Lambert, whose hus
band is now in Florida. Mrs. Flor
ence Eipe was a widow before her
marriage to the youngef Matthews.
The womeh wefe all of this city, Mrs.
Lipe recently coming here from Co
lumbia, S. C*
"W. D. and P. M. Matthews have
waived preliminary hearings in Dal
las and their cases will be prosecuted
in federal court there.
State warrants have been sworn
out by the wives of W. M. and P. D.
Matthews, charging abandonment and
non-support, and a warrant charging
W. M. Matthews with abduction has
been sworh out by C. E. Lamber.t
THE WATSON-PARKER BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Bill Sets Up New Methods of Settling
Railroad Labor Disputes.
Washington, March 1/ — VP) —The
Watson-Parker bill to set up new
methods of settling railroad labor
disputes, was passed today by the
House.
The measure, which now gees to
the Senate, would provide for aboli
tion of ,the Railroad Labor Board.
Final action was taken after the
House had defeated, 292 to 16, a mo
tion by Representative Blanton, dem
ocrat, of Texas, to send the bill back
to the Commerce Committee with in
structions to provide for he enlarging
powers for an emergency board which
the measure provides as a last resort
in settlement of disputes.
Butlers Borrowed by Society Matrons.
Palm Beach ; Fla., March 1. —"If
you’ll lend me a couple of butlers for
Saturday night, I’ll lend you two or
three for your party Tuesday."
This has been a not uncommon
conversation among matrons,
for the practice of borrowing butlers
for special occasions has sprung up
this season.
Florenz Ziegfeld, J. J. O’Brien and
Joseph Riter are among those who
loaned Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury eight
butlers for her party last night. Mrs.
Statesbury’s staff of servants num
bers 49, but she professed to be short
of butlers and had to send out the
80S.
Part ,of Disconsin Law Void.
Washington, March I.— VP) —A
part of the Wisconsin inheritance tax
law, taxing gifts made within six
i years of deatfy as made in anticipa
tion of death, was declared void and
unconstitutional by the supreme
court today in a case brought by the’
executors oft Vie estate of Ferdinand
Schlesinger.
BUILDING BLOWN UP
■ AS FIREMEN LEAVE
I Twelve Fire Fighters Felt
1 Walls Tremble So They
Fled Second Before the
Blast Ruined Structure.
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[ Chicago* March I.—o4*)—Twelve
firemen fighting a blaze in a frame
building on the South Side early to
day. missed death by a few seconds
when a trembling of the two-story
structure warned them to the street
just before an explosion blew the
structure into kindling wood.
The blast, believed by some to have
been caused by a dynamite bomb,
splintered every timber in the house,
shattered neighborhood windows and
showered roofs and streets with char
red or burning particles.
Mike Castelli operated a grocery in
the building Castelli, reported to be
wealthy and the owner of several gro
ceries, recently had received extortion
threats, police were informed. The
damage was estimated at $50,000.
COL. R. M. JOHNSTON,
VETERAN EDITOR, DEAD
Retired From Active Management of
Houston Post Six Years Ago.
Houston. Texas, Feb. 28.—C01. R.
M. Johiaston, 76. veteran Houston
newspaper man abd at one time an
important factor in democratic polit
ical circles, died at a hospital here
late today. He had been in ill health
for some months.
Colonel Johnston was appointed to
the United States Senate in 1913 up-,
on the resignation of Senator Joseiki
Weldon Bailey, of Texas. For years
he was editor in chief and president
of The Houston Post.
He retired from active work in
1919, but remained as a member of
the board of directors of The Post
until the consolidation of that paper
with The Houston Dispatch in 1924.
At the time of his death he was a
member of the board of directors of
The Houston Post-Dispatch.
Colonel Johnston was a native of
Georgia. He began his newspaper
career in a printing shop in his home
state. He was a Confederate vet
eran and at one time was vice presi
dent cf the Associated Press.
BROWN KETNER DIES
FROM GAS POISONING
Rowan County Man Found Dead in
Bod in Cincinnati Friday.—-Body
d«th ; t
Brown Ketner. Rowan county man,
in Cincinnati Thursday night was
caused by gas, aecordi ng to a mes
sage received this afternoon by
Chief Cauble, of the Salisbury police
force, In answer to an inquiry sent
the chief of police of Cincinnati.
Mr. Ketner was found dead in his
bed Friday morning. News of bis
death was received iiere by his par
ents and brothers but no particulars
were obtainable. The body has been
ordered sent to Salisbury for burial
and interment willl be made at Eb
enezer church in the ebunty. Mr. Ket
ner has a wife and one child, he hav
ing married since leaving Salisbury
some years ago. Mrs. Ketner was not
in Cincinnati when her husband died.
D. A. R. IS TO MEET
TUESDAY IN CHARLOTTE
—r
An Unusually Interesting Program
Has Been Arranged.
Clrfirlotte, Feb. 27.—Representa
tives of the 2,000 members of the
North Carolina society of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution will
gather Tuesday in Charlotte for the
26th annual state conference, with
Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory, of Salisbury,
state regent, presiding.
An unusually interesting program
has been arranged for'the convention,
which will last from Tuesday night
through Thursday afternoon, with
headquarters at the Hotel Charlotte.
Among tiae principal speakers will be
Dr. R. D. W. Connor, of Chapel Hill;
Mrs. Carl Vrooman, of Illinois; Judge
T. B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro,
and Ex-Governor Cameron Morrison,
of Charlotte.
Will Cut Output of Alcohol.
New York, March I.—( A* )—John
A. Foster, recently appointed to take
charge of the supervision of the alco
hol industry throughout the country,
said today that he plans a sweeping
cut in the output of alccfaol manu
factured under government permits.
It is his aim, he said, to reduce the
present output from 6,000,0000 gal
lons to 2,000,000 gallons per year.
French Steamer Now Safe.
St. John’s N. F., March I.— VP)
The French steamer Kentucky, dam
aged about the bok by ice last week,
has been reached by the stealing
steamer Terra Nova 250 miles south
east of Cape Spear, and is being
towed stern-first to this por£.
Wreck Interior of Church in China.
Chunking, China, March I.— VP)
Students and soldiers during an anti-
Christian demonstration today wreck
ed the interior of the American Ad
ventist Church. Many persons were
arrested.
The March meeting of the Minis
terial Association will 6e ’held at the
Y. M. C. A. tonight at 6 o’clock.
Several important matters are ex
pected to come before the meeting,
it is said.
With fifteen consecutive victories
to its credit University
basketball team entertains high hopes
of finishing the season without a de
feat. _< t
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1926
SIXTY-TWO KILLED
: IN ACCIDENTS LAST^
; -
Florida Led in Deaths and
Injuries, the Former Be
ing Sixteen and the Lat-j
ter Twenty.
TEN KILLED IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Most Serious Accident Oc
curred in Georgia, Moth
er and Four Children
Dying.
VP) —The South’s weekly toll franii
automobile, railway train, trolley an<l !
motorcycle accidents lost week was 63.
dead and 320 injured, it was revealed
by a survey conducted by the Associ-j
nted Press today.
Florida led the 11 states in which]
the survey was conducted, both inf
deaths and injuries, the former being;
16 and the latter 80.
Mississippi brought up the bottom!
of the list with no deaths and only:
injuries recorded.
The outstanding accidents of. the
week were recorded in Georgia. On'
Friday night the chief -of police
another policeman were chasing a
speeder at Hapeville, near Atlanta
when the policeman met his death
in an ensuing accident. The chief is'
in a serious condition in an Atlanta
hospital.
Last nighi a mother and four chil >
dren were killed and the fa-:Uer ami it
son seriously hurt when a Seaboard*;
Air Line train crashed into tbeiti
machine at Elberton, Ga.
A tabulation of states includes* \
North Carolina : 10 dead, IS injur
ed.
South Carolina, $ dead 4 injur ‘d.:
THE COTTON MARKET
Activity and Weakness Characterised
the Opening, First Prices Fluctu
ating.
New York, March I.—VP)—Activ
ity and weakness characterized the'
opening of the cotton market today.;
First prices were 12 points lower to
2 points higher. The qoarket subse
quently declined to 18.50 for May
pnd 17.40 for October, declines. of[
abi/ 10 .o 20 points under Satur<
day’s close, and the lowest for the
movement cm old crops and for the
season on new crop positions. Spot
house brokers were heavy sellers of
March and there also was considerable
pressure from Liverpool, the South
and from traders who had purchased
cotton toward the close of last week,
expecting a rally. Heavy selling of
July contracts was believed to have
represented hedge operations.
News features continued about the
same as at the close of last week but
speculative seqtiment appeared Co
have become fiiore bearish over the
week-end outside of purchased shorts
and the trade there was little support
to the market.
Cotton futures opened barely steady
—March 19.20; May 18.60; July
18.00; October 17.50; December 17.19.
Mrs. Ida Moore Young Is 'Dead in
Charlotte.
Charlotte, February 27.—Mrs. Ida
Moore Young, wife of tbe late Jcseph
H. Youug, died at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Dodsworth, the latter
her daughter, after an illness of sev
eral months. She was nearly 76
years of age, having been borne April
13, 1850. The funeral services will
be held Sunday afternoon at the
Dodsworth home. Dr. Albert Sid
ney Johnson, pastor of the 'First
Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs.
Young had been a devoted member,
will conduct the service.
Mrs. Young was a daughter of the
late Samuel Moore and Mary Ann
Bethel Moore, of Caswell county.
She was married to Mr. Young in
1872. Five children were born to
this union, of whom four survive.
They are Robert B. Yoiing, of Sa
vannah, Ga.; Mrs. Gillespie Sadler,
of Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. L. A. Elods
worth and Mrs. M. Young, of
Charlotte. Mrs. Young and her hus
band moved to Charlotte from Con
cord in 1885.
Mrs. Young was a sister-in-law of
the late Col. Thomas Holt, governor
of North Carolina.
(Mrs. Young’« husband Was a
brother of the late Alfred B. Young
and Dr. Robert S. Young, of Con
cord.—Ed.).
Os Interest to Chair-Warmers.
London, March I.—How many
times can a man sit down without
wearing out the seat of his trousers?
A definite answer to this question
now can be obtained in round num
bers from a novel textile testing ma
chine devised to measure the dura
bility of cloth used in making uni
forms for . Britain’s army and navy.
When applied recently to a new
quality of cloth its was fouud that
the wearer could sit down 97.000
times before the eloth showed the
least sign of wearing through.
-- 1 " i —i ■■■■i in.
In boosting the “eat-more-com"
movement as a result of the crop
surplus, many places in the corn
belt are accepting coin as money.
Marriage ceremonies at Kingston.
111., can be paid for at the rate of
$1.50 a bushel. Two bustiels will
l>aj for a year’s subscription to a
Unrmi. HI., paper. The store* ftoete
will accept com | D payment for
merchandise. An armful of ear corn
will alao buy « movie ticket.
* SECRETARY DAVIS
MAY BE CANDIDATE
Secretary of Labor in Cab
inet May Decide to En
ter Gubernatorial Race
1 In Pennsylvania Soon.
%
i Washington, March I.—VP)—Seo
-1 Davis, of the labor department,
I has under consideration the question
of entering the race for the governor
ship of Pennsylvania.
Returning today from a trip to
, IN ilkes Barre, he said he had been
asked by a delegation there to be
, a candidate, but he declined to
give an indication of this course.
'• Several inen influential in Pennsyl
[ Vfl nia, he said, had urged him to make
the move.
t REFUSED TO PAY $2 000
\ ; FOR BATTERY PARK HILL
Tom Dixon Recalls Realty* Values in
in Western Carolina Many Years
i Ago.
* _ Asheville, Feb. 28.—Disregarding
t] his physician’s orders to remain
| bin room and tight a threatened cold.
-j Thomas Dixon, Carolina’s most fa
} mous author and playwright, arose
{ from a sick bed today just long
enough to address the Asheville Ivi
wnuifl club during its weekly 'lunch
eon at the George Vaudervilt hotel.
Dr. Dixon wos received with gen
j erous applause and his address,
, which touched a varied number of
f topics, brought hie audience to the
j highest pitch of enthusiasm that has
been witnessed at a luncheon dub iir
some time.
Referring to the real estate move
ment in western North Carolina. Mr.
? Dixon stated that to his knowledge
land in the mountain section had al-
I ways been acclaimed as being too
I high but that he did not beneve the
! peak had yet been reached.
| ‘‘This section,” said Mr. Dixon,
] "was reputed to be high in its real
Restate values when I was a boy of
I 14, my father refusing to pay $2,000
at that time for the 15 acres that
> comprised the famous Battery Park
hill, believing the price demanded
was unreasonable although he was
willing to pay SI,BOO for the tract.
My coming back to this section of
North Carolina was influenced by
- many things. My eyes were first
opened to the grandeur of the moun
tain region when as a boy of 17
I made a speech on the crest of MtY
Mitchell. The vision and imagination
which possessed me at that fitne has
.gjwaye remained a most vivid men
tal picture. 1
"Another thing that influenced me
was that while in New York I was
constantly being brought in contact
with the fact that Yankees were
their money, time and en
ergy in unbuilding the great south
and it wals a matter of pride that I
should co-operate with them in
bringing prosperity to a section for
which I had been working these
many years.
“The south has always been the
garden spot of the hemisphere but
it took generations for us to bring
its beauty and attractiveness to the
attention of the world. Had the
south seen the economic faults of
the slave system before a war whs
necessary to remove it the country
would have attained its position as
the greatest garden, spot there was."
With Our Advertisers.
Friday, March sth, will be Oliver
Day at Yorke & Wadsworth Co’.s
store. Lunch will be served at noon,
and a string band will furnish music.
You are cordially invited to be the
guest of the store on that day. Read
the particulars in ad. in this paper
Let the Yorke & "Wadsworth Co.
put a Pathfinder tire on your car
and you’ll thank them. It sells for
only $7.75. See new ad.
The Parks-Belk Beaty Shoppe spe
cializes on permanent waving and
marcelling. Phone 892 for an ap
pointment. ’ ■■
See the new ad. today of the Reid
Motor Co. about the Ford’s three
point motor suspension.
■ Everything in restful bedroom fur
niture at Bell & Harris Furniture
Co’s,
Spring frocks, only $14.75 at J. C.
Penney Co.’s. Both the style and
color are fetching.
Governor Will Address Auto Men.
Greensboro, March 1.— 04*) —Gover-
onr Angus W. Meftean has accepted
an invitation to before the an
iiual convention Os the North Caro
lina Automotive [Trade Association
which will be held in Winston-Salem
March 17-18. The governor made
known his acceptance here today. He
will deliver his addres on the evening
of March 17th at the annual ban quet
lof the association. Harry Clenden-
I in, of Greensboro, is president of the
State Automotive Trade Association.
Lynn M. Shaw, assistant manager of
the National Automotive Dealers, As
sociation, and W. B. Brurruss, kales
expert, will attend the convention.
Many Stockings Exported.
AVashington, Feb. 26.—(^) — After
satisfying the demands of the flapper
and the more conservative needs of
| her family, the United State* shipped
6,425.175* dozen pairs of full length
j stockings rolled tops and socks, val
ued at $10,754,644 .to foreign coun
! tries during 1925-
J These figures, made public today by
the commerce department, showed,
however, that the American flappers
counterpart abroad ii not mitten
particularly on silk, more than two
thirds of the total exporta being made 1
up of cotton bowery.
1,.i i *——*
According to some aathoritiea. the
pureat Ei*li*h in the world la spok
jen in Dub in, Irelanu.
Andrews Wants Chief
Executive To Appoint
Dry Board Os Inqui^’
TROY FITZGERALD ENDS
LIFE IN STATE’S PRISON
Alleged Efland Bank Robber Uses
Sheet to Strangle Himself to Death.
Raleigh, Feb. 28.—Troy Fitzgerald,
untried prisoner who was being held
in the State penitentiary for safe
keeping, hanged himself this after
noon in a death cell at the State’s
. prison and when found about 5
o’clock, he was dead.
Fitzgerald, who ( wa« captured with
the recent gang of alleged Efland
bank robbers, was a thorough dope
fiend whase suicidal mania had shown
itself in other attempts. At Under
taker Fab Brown’s tonight it was
said that Fitzgerald sought to kill
himself when a prisoner in Durham
jail. He was brought here six days
ago and lodged in the prison for
t-afety. He had not been tried. His
testimony was that the other robbers
framed him and caused him to be
found with enough money to make a
case agaiust him. Dope, however, is
credited with jnuoh of his story.
Fitzgerald slew himself this after
noon by pse of the sheets which were
furnished him in his cell. He made
a crude rope and choked himself to
death with it. He had been dead half
an hour or more when he was dis
covered by prison people.
Fitzgerald was bady wanted, more
for the testimony that he could give
than for the actual part which he
took in the robbery. The prisoner
would have made almost sure the
conviction of those with him, it was
said, but officers were doubtful to
night whether the State could make
a case without him. * !
The dead man will be sent to High
Point tomorrow for burial. He was
married, but his wife, Mabel Perdue
Fitzgerald, is said to have left him.
He had no children, but his adopted
son’s picture, found on the clothes
of the prisoner, proclaimed his affec
tion for the body.
The marks of the dope habit are
written all over the body of this
crippled man whose age is given as
37.
NO TRACE FOUND OF
GEORGE MELCHOR
Salisbury Brother of Missing Man is
Puzzled Ova- Sudden Disappear
ance. ,
Salisbury, Feb. 28.—Ray Melchor,
'tm employe of the North ' Carolina
Public Service Company in this city,
whose brother, George Melehor, mys
teriously disappeared 'from this city
about two mouths ago, stated Satur
day afternoon that no word has yet
been heard of him or his present
whpreabouts. The missing man wae
employed as a plumber by Beaver
Brothers, of this city, and boarded
cn East Thomas street. He left
his watetpin his room at his boarding
house 'and also his outfit of work
clothes. '
' Ray Melehor is very much con
cerned over the sudden leaving of
his brother but has an idea that he
fiiay possibly be working “at his trade,
t)aat of a plumber, in some nearby
cjty, or town, but .why he would leave
so mysteriously, wfthput -telling -rela
tives or friends of his intention, is
not known,
i'lj was thought by some that prob
ably he bad taken a sudden notion to
•go Jo Florida but his brother does not
believe he went there, and even if
he did is at a loss to understand the
mapner of his.leaving, for which no
reasbn cab be assigned by any one: '
The mother of the man!
lives in Cabarrus county and she is ■
veyy much distressed over the affair.
Glass That Will Rend.
London, March I.—" One of the
most important discoveries of recent
years,” is the verdict of a high official
of the Institute of Patentees on a
new substance kfiown as “organic”
glass, which will shortly be placed
on the market.
This substance is produced at a
price no higher than ordinary glass,
yet it bends, bounces and breaks with
i out a trace of slpintering. Its weight
is only half that of common glass,
and it can be broken in the hands
without risk, the edges being .neither
sharp nor jagged.
During tbe course of experiments
to test its potentialities, a small ball
made of the. substance was dropped
on to a stone floor. Not only was
it unebipped, but it bounced.
. It is expected ,«that. the. new glass
soon be in general use in auto
mobiles, where it reduces to a min
imum . the menace to human life
caused by splintering glass when ac
cidents occur. Another big point in
its taxor is .that it retains its crys
tal clearness in all atmospheric con
ditions.
•Planes Leave For Florida.
Charleston, 8. C., March 1. —04*)—
Two seaplanes piloted by Commander
John Rogers and Lieutenant L. W.
Curtain hopped off here todoy for
Fernandina-, Fla., on their way to
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they
will jain the United States fleet in:
maneuvers. ’ ‘
’ The planes arrived here Sunday af
ternoon from Hampton Roads, \ a.,
via Morehead City, N. C. . . <
Fines a la Cafbterta.
Chicago baa adopted machine for
traffic court use that will enable a
Violator to automatically pl«*a
guilty by pulling a lever. In return
be will receive a ticket stamped wtb
the amount of the fine owed- Thi*
unique piece of apparatus i* Intend
ed to relieve judges.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Head of Dry Law En
-1 forcemeat Bureau Says
* Public Should Be Given
All tiie Facts.
! SEES great” need
OF REPORT NOW
r •
’ Public Does Not Know
» Just What to Believe
! Says the Dry Chief in ;
i His Proposal. '
i Washington, March 1— OP)—Crea
l tion of a commission to study the
i general prohibition question in all its
i aspects was proposed today by As
p sistant (Secretary Andrews, of tjie
i treasury, in Charge of dry law en
! forcement.
- With both the Senate and House
t preparing to take steps to inquire in
i to conditions under prohibition, and
with- Wet hud dry organizations en
* gaged in bitter controversy over it,
> Mr. Andrews declared he believed the
> time had come for a thorough study
» of the question in its economic, social
: and all other phasea.
Unwilling to make an estimate of
the various effects of the law him
> self, secretary declared that if
! enforcement was to proceed with suc
cess, some action must be taken to
quiet the public mind.
> In the six years since the 18th
; amendment, to the constitution was
adopted, no more of a similar nature
( has been made hy an authorized ad
ministration official, although Con
i gress has been asked by various
i groups on numerous occasions to or
* der Such a proceedure. *
Mr. Andrews emphasized it was his
[ business to enforce law rather than
) to judge its benefits or disadvantages,
- and be suggested the study be left to
a commission to be appointed by the
' President which wqpld have trained
i experts and wide inquisitorial pow
i ejrs. He thought, the. investigations
being proposed in Congress would be
helpful, believed they would Je
suit. ultimately in. the recommenda
* tion for appointment of a general
commission to be composed of men of
i high standing and whieh would be
■ outside of the political Jeld.
Enforcement of the fiw s6'’ftfrvhP
, said, has'not been a fair test of the
i workitfg of probibitioifT shml v fair
. test cannot be made until a judiciary
* and police sufficient to carry out the
' law are available.
Complaining against- the continu
ous agitation against the law, the as
sistant secretary said this was re
i sponsible for the trend of drinking.
* He said he hoped for the time when
1 hostesses would apologize for serving
: liquor, rather than for not serving it,
which latter condition he said now
CxfstS t<s a' lrijs degree.'
OVERMAN WILL AGAIN ...
ENTER SENATORIAL FIGHT
Junior Senator Formally Announces
His Candidacy For Another Term.
Washington, Feb. 27.—" With this
long experience, J. feel that I qtn bet
ter prepared to serve North* Caro
lina in the future,’’ Senator Lee 8.
Overman stated today in an ufficiol
announcement that he will, be a
candidate for • re-nomination As
United States Senator in the Demo
cratic primaries this spring.
In his announcement, Senator
Overman makes no mention' of the
I opposition "of R. R Reynolds, of
! Asheville, who announced himself as
a candidate a short time ago.
In his announcement, Senator
Overman states that be wilt not
leave, Washington to campaign the
state for re-nomination. No organi
zrtion plans weto announced by the
junior North Carolina Senator.
“I shall remain at my post of
duty here where I belong,” Senator
Overman states, “and I have the ut
most confidence that my interests in
this and other matters will be secure
in the hands of my loyal friends.
At Senator Overman’s office it j
was stated that all letters from the j
state indicated that there is no rea- j
son for Senator OvermaiT to ex
pect serious opposition from Mr.
Reynolds.
Rev. H. M. Pressly Dies in Char
lotto.
Charlotte, Feb. 28.-£-Rev. Harvey
M. Pressly, a prominent minister of
the Presbyterian church, died at his
home in this city this morning after
an illness of ten days Mr. Pressly
was borii in Illinois September 19,
1945. * His mother was a Caro
linian and his father a Kentuckian.
He was educated at Monmdath Col
lege, Illinois, and studied for the
ministry at Xenia Seminary, Ohio.
He had resided in Charlotte for ten
years or more, being the first pastor
of the West Avenue Presbyterian
Church, and afterward supply pastor.
He. was universally beloved in city
and county. He was a man of wjde
learning and was beloved throughout
Mecklenburg county.
Methodists to Gather in Charlotte
This Week.
Charlotte, Frt>. 27.—The Sunday
School Conference which is to be
held H» Tryon Street Methodist
March Ist. 2nd and 3rd will bring
to Charlotte several hundred Meth
odist Sunday School workers trom
ill over the conferences, his meeting ,
will be the first of the kind held in
western North Carolina. The three
delegatss appointed by the pastor of:
Tryon Street Church are: Dr. 8. B.
Bivens. Mr. B- 8. Kirby nd Mrs. A.,
H. Wear*. . I
RIGHT OF RADICALS
TO HFFT AND TftLK
ASKED
Supreme Court Will De
cide Question on Case
Being Carried Up From
. Michigan Lower Courts.
NO VIOLENCE AT
MEETING PLANNED
I Defense Contends Com
munists Can Meet Pro
vided They Do Not Plan
Any Act of Violence.
Washington. March I.—OP)—The
right of radicals to meet and dis
cuss the aims of the communist party
provided on overt acts of violence
are committed, was asserted today in
a brief filed in the supreme court in
behalf of Charles E. Rutbenber, who
is challenging the criminal syndical
ism law of Michigan.
, The case, which probably wsl be *
reached for argument at the present
term of court, reviews some aspects
of the celebrated Whitney case from
California. In that instance the
court upheld the conviction but a re
hearing has been granted.
Ruthenberg was convicted after a
meeting of a secret convention of the , "
community party of America in the
sand dunes neag, Bridgman, Mich., in
August, 1922.
The brief filed today declared the
Michigan supreme court in sustaining
Ruthenberg’s conviction, did not give
sufficient consideration to the right
of “assembly.”
“Our constitutional and criminal
law ought not to mean one thing for
communists and another thing for
others,” said the brief.
COVRT ADJOURNED WHEN
NO CASES DEVELOPED
No Qriminal Cases Docketed For the
March Term' of Vance Superior:
Superior Court.
Henderson, N. C., March 1. —CP) —
Within an hour and a half after it
opened here today, the March crimi
nal term of Vance County Superior
Court adjourned because of lack of
business to handle. There were no
criminal cases docketed for trial.
Only one bill of indictment was gir
eh to the grand Jury and th ; s was
continued until the next term of court.
The Vance County; Jail has been
empty since the first week fn Jan
uary when the January term of court
disponed of criminal cases awaiting
trial.
The vacancy of the jail and the
short term of court are said to be al
most unprecedented in this section, and
court attaches state of their defimte
knowledge that the March,-term Sts
a record for a number of yl|rs, if not
for all time.
WILL BURY RICHARD E. v
REEVES AT iff. AIRY
Body wm Be Taken on Special Car
From Summit. N. J., Where He
Died Saturday.
Winston-Salem, March I.—C4*)
The funeral of Richard Early Reeyes,
of Summitt, N. J., who died in New
York City Saturday afternoon, is to
be conducted from the First Method*
ist Church at Summit this afternoon.
A special car will bring the body,
members of the family and other
friends of the family to Mt. Airy, ar
riving there at noon Tuesday. A brief
service be held as the body hi in
terred in Oakdale Cemetery and the
accompanying the remains will
raeturn to New York late the. same
afternoon. .
LmnVana Tax on Corporations Up
held.
Washington. March I.—CP)—Louis
iana tax upon corporations doing
business in but not domiciled in that
state, was sustained by the supreme
court today in an appeal by the Gen
eral American Tank Car and other
corporations against the sheriff of the
Parish of East Baton Rouge.
It was contended by the corpora
tions that a tax imposed on their tank
cars operated within Louisiano was •
an invalid restraint upon interstate
commerce, and unjustly dkierimixia
tory. » I
Hsmbsck Gets Temporary Promotion.
Washington, March 1. —C 4» F.
Hamback, first deputy prohibition ex
aminer for Florida, Mas played tem
porarily in charge of the Florida-dis
triet today by Assistant Secretary
Andrews.
B. T. Simmons, administrator, re
tires today on account of ill health.
Declaring enforcement conditions in
Florida bad considerably
Mr. Andrews said be would reorgan
ize that district at an early date.
BATS BEAR SAYS* .
1
Cloudy tonight, Tuesday fair, cold
er. Fresh to strong southwest shift-
I ing to northwest winds.
NO. 68