t -mMm ■ IS ■ T iM B- Mrs. Sweat, fggUl Bke and John /' t * v 'Ben H ear mgs Day. IS THIS CITY If That Wat- Killed and His in an Old Albemarle. 1— 4 s i— Thr-- &£'*-\*s3*B ,! • w* vt> being ' : ;!l ''"titipc £* li'-r "f "I>:ui" disappeared I. <■•• rLan-fd in l ' n( ' ruins S r. i\ m Drake ..•■■• are the four ta< ■ alb-ged f ;;.,] in tho debris - and head cut •::: LMdoii, S. _ r . and placed in •■ri.--r arrests fol --. ■ ' arrested in 1” >' :■ testified to • ' ; Gray telling :..-\v all about "the ffirefljSaaßd :»•;! at tiie proper *: testitied *' \ jjißn Sw-ut and I 'rake e ''Jlgjgrißl US u]) the Salis night of the al got *•£ ***!>, According to !.*• said he |*if|||||Qsß< f- the man was rauspßfßen ’' u ' oli '. v motive yi:.g of Watkins. m.m*m in dike ■|||||i|t;y i. \; i\ i m ass of This Depart l ndergo Ke- Br S|,Bf; of Duke T'ni -*smu need today, in .'ti:V‘,V i "S-o-''B r ‘ Z:r ’ of 'i-vi-ral BHHBHHi'.ivo -.ty admit:iv- T'nder the reor 'Mi; I. F'lowers. vi-fsity, is made |BanOjß| the institution in I>r William dean of the uni vice president- in G' l "- The third Dr- Edmund D. *. -i of religion. division, w,:,. pn>f.-s6or of a - 1 ’■>• y-ars chair ■mmmh £ committee, is * igHMBBi T v - i'tossi dent of h administra !• his direction sP*ljflßflk is made, paying S J wBB , - v “ : " ! "" , - i, t ’* Be :yo-r:.iss. During BflflNß. t-ths addition of i-mjieatiug its paying no less wfIHBBB <i--v*-lop:i;eut of a BHB to a remarkable P. Bs. vice president of ffiHSSBHT-'--' of the Duke en t.s-d by several of X-w York. Colonel t||||g||||H)b' and J. C. Hub- I'niversitv t-«dav BHBIHc: over the building BHBHBh-- • U s Mid was ||glg|B] the progress being "bs Bondm tors Get liaise. M trch I.—OP)—A BHBBBI - ''ents an hour for ''" 1(1 motormen and its been agreed to ™pga 1 u not o t.-f-s repre §§§g»B thte company, it '"From this |HHB he adjusted once a ' h the purchasing lfg§|g|B'Em r as set forth by ago. The base ShßkK‘ " I' ll ' l "'-cent rate ■Bn 1925. ' st For Investiga- PMlßg| M ivh 1. —(/P) —A •1IS!b 0: til* l Senate immi- B|HB* lnjs h<-eii called for tli*' petition of A-- .atc n of comity f ,r a Con hHßßß'- ‘'-'n cf outlawry -n issued the call > jflHß|B l ‘'"itinn of the peti- •-"■lit*• < 1 to the Sen- J|B|||||jW • Vice President Again Try for the Bislat are. - s .—f*f much in l|l|glß - political oir )\ B‘ r i, : ‘ iliat I)r. Z. K will again make I!* us*- of Rep- H-rs mentioned as 9BB|Bat.'s include Miss Shßßß^'' 1 u • K. Matthews, j|!!!pf|f;-B'‘> 1- Robinson. E. - 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. —r 5? [ 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

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