L
Io Jury That
e Officer Was
he Time of
ED
)RGANTON
ms He Was
France.—The
n Is Packed
Trial.
1 11.--OP)—1)<-
ssp Van J >yke. 25. |
in superior court !
(’. C Lybn. -of |
argue to the juVy I
ie defendant was
at the time of
A. L. Painter, of
ary 14th.
he was gassed
G. F. during the
lerwent treatment
for live months.
:hat Van Dykejs
and died in the
organton.
»d with he evi-
Two witnesses.
It. Sweatt. Cher
were called from
lent weather, the
lin packed l**yond
:pectators. Judge
er frequently.
ounsel Smarted.
11. — (A 3 ) —Closing
» star witnesses,
R. Sweatt, Cher- i
•ailed to arrive in j
> test : fv, the state '
)yke murdt>r trial
at 11.87 o’clock, j
a clear sky, at
te announced they
ting a single wit
i the young meat
enatoi* Carl Car
argument for the
lie jury for aver- J
ter, and nothing
ir. Carpenter will
hey Strcr.:p, Sodp-
A. E. Woltz, and
enter, all four for
oey will close for
•ase will probably j
0 o'clock tojrgut, |
s MARKET
Cnclianged Prices
lints.—May Off to j
h 11.— (A 3 )—The I
d steady today at i
to a decline of 8
ths relatively easy
te<l by lower Liv-1
ufavorable reports |
ids markets.
.8.52 and October
first few minutes,
iwerable covering
some trade buying
old crop months,
rop was probably
of rains in the
msidered likely to
art : cularly in the
rices steadied up
rallied to 17.63 1
0 the market rul
fo 3 points lower
st hour.
ened steady: May
October 17.24;
anuary 16.94.
advertisers.
multiple disc-in
rd car in the new j
eid Motor Co.
isel offered by the j
Trust Company
o you.
the mail order!
ant a good tire— 1
Wadsworth Co.,
3u up with a
cluck from dying
•01. Get it at the
atch with a lumin
and efficient. See
Miller-Parker Co.
have fresh carpet
grass, and Maine
itatoes.
viwaU \mendment Ac
cepted.
March 11— (/P)_ I The
■BBmB '■ "lay agreed to accept
to
with the added pro-
HHH I -'v,. h ( . accepted that
aid -nifettuard the
4BSj|H«|9 '"ate:- and other f<-r
--■
’lliiillH 1 ~r vas rtia( ‘bed be
fißß - Snell, of the House
dlv 'JP* an- Representative
; ..* I a-moeratic
■HBt o.ai-o of the resohi-
AHBB I - ■ It will el'minate
"f a'killu for a cottfer-
H"’•!"*■ and Senate
■ ■
to K' i n Mayor.
Mat h in.-l.(>!p)_
n ation today
of§ ■! 'oji" -a ito abolish
this city and es
ipro manager last by
- tion yester
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
FRANCE IS TALKING
' AGAIN ABOUT DEBT
r TO THIS COUNTRY
_
; Has Reopened Discussion j
; | With United States For
’! Settlement of the Big
j War Debt. *
i ITALIAN PLAN j
BEING WATCHED i
If It Is Accepted by Con-’
gress Then New Plan
i For France Will Be De
vised Soon. >
Washington, March 11.-^W 5 ) —j
! France has reopened discussions witti I
this country for sett'.ement of her
$4,000,000,000 war debt.
Ambassador lierejiger, the riewly
appointed French envoy here, has
been in conversation on the subject
wjj'u Secretary Mellon.
While the secretary declined to dis
cuss the negotiations, today it was
disclosed that lie had advised Presi
dent Coolidge that settlement of the
French debt hinges to some extent
upon the action of Congress on the
Italian agreement now’ under fire in
t’ae Senate.
It is believed therefore that the |
French negotiations willl not be hast
ened until the Senate acts upon the
pending pacts.
The French debt is the largest re
maining to bo settled by the debt
commission. Several ineffectual ef
forts to make a funding agreement
have taken place since t"he close of
the World War.
CHARLES J. SUTTON
PASSES AT CHARLOTTE
! Mrs. A. P. Phifer, of Marshville,
Dies in Hospital—Negro Woman
, Murdered. I
I Charlotte, March 10.—Charles J. j
Sutton, aged 55, formerly a well
known business man of DeFuniak
Springs, Fla., but who has Jived in
Charlotte for the past several years,
died late last night at the home of a
daughter. Mis. E. L. Shealey, on
North Church street. Funeral ser
: vices will be held tomorrow* with Dr.
Luther Little, pastors of the First
Baptist church, officiating. Mr. Sut
ton is survived by his widow, a son. j
H-. H. Sutton, of this city, ami a i
daughter, Mrs. ’ Shealey.
A dramatic tournament for the!
championship of western North Car
l olina will be held here Friday night :
| with dramatic clubs from high
schools of Charlotte, Asheville and
i Winston-Salem taking part. The !
| winners in the tournament will go to i
I Chapel Hill to compete with eastern <
I Carolina winners for state honors. i
Mrs. A. P. Phifer, 50, of Marsh
! ville, died early this morning at a :
local hospital ivhere she had been
j under. treatment for two days. The
! body was taken to Marshville this i
; morning apd funeral services will be ■
[ held there some time tomorrow. Mrs.
I Phifer is survived by' a son, Heath
Phifer,and a daughter, Mrs. J. L.
Bivens, of Marshville.
John pa vis, negro, was being
sought by the police today on a mur- I
dCr charge following the killing of ,
Ella Wilson, negro woman, who was ;
shot to death early this morning at
a card game in the negro section.
Davis is said to have walked into the
house, shot the woman and walked (
out. In a short time he returned to
the house to see if the woman was ,
dead. He then drove off in an auto
mobile and the police have been un
able to find him.
COLLEGE BUILDING
IS BURNED DOWN
Training School at N. C. C. W.
totally Destroyed Yesterday.
Greensboro, Mar. 10- —Fire start-
I ing at 4 o’clock this afternoon de
' stroyed the training school build- 1
ing on the North Carolina College |
I for women campus Here, with loss of
; valuable records of the dean, of edu-
I cation and director of the summer
' school of the college, in addition to
the SIOO,OOO building going up in
smoke.
Iu the building when the fire was
discovered were about 50 persons, in
cluding 45 pupils, .children who at
tend the school. Their teachers calm
ly marched them out of the -building,
iu actual fire drill, the children
moving out without a semblance of
panic.
The blaze was found at 4 o’clock.
At 5:15 two of the walls had fallen
in and the structure was a roaring
furnace. All the fire-fighting equip
ment of the city was called to the
blaze, but it had gained such head
way that it could not be checked.
Standing almost in the center of
| the campus, the building was a men
ace as -it burned, to others, but for
tunately the fierce winds of March j
had abated somewhat this afternoon,
and the firemen protected other
buildings, none of which caught fire.
Col. Coolidge Slightly Better.
Plymouth?, Vt., March 11. — (A 3 )—
The condition of Col. John C. Cool
idge, father of the President, who is
ill at his home here, showed a slight
improvement today, his physic’an, Dr.
Albert W. Cram, of Bridgewater, said
after a morning call at the Coolidge
farm house. i
Oldest active fire chief in any of
the large American cities is George
A. Wallace, of Cleveland, who is now
in his , 78th year. Mr. Wallace has
been a fireman in Cleveland for 57
years and the chief of the depart
ment for 25 years.
“Wets” Ahead On First 60,000
Votes; Interest Grips Nation
Tabulation of the first returns in
! the nation-wide prohibit’on . roferen-
I dum conducted by XEA Service and
j The Tribune shows the “wet” senti
ment getting away to a substantial
!lead.
This is. perhaps, to he expected.
J The returns received at the Cleveland
office of NEA Service thus far are in
| complete and scattering. A large per-
I centage of them comes from admitted
fly anti-p:*ohibit : on tenters, and many
; “dry” strongholds have not been
■ heard from. These first ,day figures
can in no sense be accepted as final,
|as later returns may bring about a
i complete overturn.
There have been 59,075 vetes re
ceived by NEA Service thus far.
These are divided as follows:
For the present prohibition law —
10,320.
For repeal of the prohibition law —
| 27.848.
For modification of the law so as to
allow l : ght wines and beer —20,912.
The percentage to date, according
ly, is nearly five to one against the
present statute.
The returns come from fourteen
states in all parts of the country.
A NEW ORGANIC ' ,
CHEMICAL IS FOUND
University of Illinois Professor. Dis
covers Rare Element Which is
Known as No. 61-
I’rbana, IU.. March 10.—Nearly
20 years of research in the "rare
earth" group of the chemical held
finally has resulted in the discovery
of one of the five unknown, nut sup
posedly < xastent elements; which
make up all known compounds.
The discovery, the first ever made
in America, was announced today by I
the University of Illinois.
It was the work of Dr. li. S- Hop
i kins, professor of inorganic chemis
try, assisted by L. F. Yntema and
J. A. Harris, of the chemistry staff.
Known As No. 61.
The new element is known as
No 61. No name ever has been, sug
gested for it.
In the list of 92 known and un
known, elements on the earth a place
has been saved for an unknown ele
ment between No. 60, neodymium,
aud No. 62, smariura.
Previously the newest element
was hafnium, djscovery of ’ which
was announced in Copenhagen in
1923- That announcement created
great interest, but the element has
remaiithd comparatively litth* known.
Helium is the youngest familiar ele
ment.
Whether No* 61, which ia_ of
metallic nature, may prove of high
value commercially or -otherwise has
not been predicted. It mfcy prove to
be exceedingly scarce however, since
only one-half ounce remained of the
original 400 pounds of "rare eartii"
material used by the researchers.
No. 61 may remain the only chem
ical element discovered in ' America
because the other four unknown
elements are the objects of very
definite researches iu other parts of
the world.
Every known element may be
made to produce X-rays which af
fect photographic plate in a definite
manner and it is possible by using
the X-ray to tell exactly what ele
ment is being examined. Especially
constructed X-ray machinery was de
signed and manufactured on. the
University of Illinois campus for the
work
“ The rare earth group is a very
complex group 6f chemical elements
which resemble each other very
closely and whose separation is ac
companied with great difficulty, said
Dr. Hopkins.
"Rare earth ores are not scarce
and some of the rare earth elements
are relatively common, but in gen
eral these elements are very little
known.”
FIVE STATES COVERED
WITH SNOW DURING DAV
' Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
i olina, Georgia and Tennessee Re
port Snow,
By the Associated Press, March 11.
—The Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir
f;inia, North Carolina, South . Caro
ina, eastern Tennessee and northern
Georgia were blanketed with snow,
today.
Rain which began yesterday turned '
into snow and sleet in the mountain
sections of the South, ranging in
depth from a thin coating of white
at Denderson, S. C., to five inches at
Spartanburg, eight inches at Ashe
ville, N. C., and more than nine
inches in Chattanooga.
Rising temperatures, however, were
rapidly melting the snow.
In the coastal plains and other sec
tions of the South the overhanding
clouds brought only rains.
The temperatures were moderate
throughout the South hovering near
the freezing mark in mountainous
sections, and ranging upward over
the remainder of the area.
In the District of Columbia it was
snowing steadily, with the tempera
ture at 45, aud colder weather iu
prospect. i
Can File Separate Tax Rretums.
Washington, 1 March 11.— (A 3 ) —Hus-
bands and wives in the 7 states hav
ing community property laws which
will be permitted to file separate tax
returns on thCir property as usual.
Commissioner Blair, of the Internal
Revenue Bureau announced today
pending receipt of a ruling by the De
partment of Justice.
Linwood and Irene Childers, chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Childers,
. are confined to their 'home on Cedar
street with influenza.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1926
These states are Michigan. Wyoming.
Ohio, Washington, California. Maine,
Maryland, Washington, California,
Arizona, New Mexico. Oklahoma, Ne
braska and Montana. Seventeen news
papers have sent complete returns.
More often, however, they have sent
only the result of the’r first day's
vote. Thus a city that is "wet” on
the returns thus far received may re
verse its position and show a prohi
bition majority when the final figures
are reached.
At a'.l events it is evident that the j
referendum is arousing an amount of
popular interest that exceeds the ex
pectations of the editors who inaug
urated -it. Os the hundreds of pa
pers that are conducting polls, oily
17 have furnished totals, and. of th|po
all but a few are incomplete. And yet
nearly 60,(MK) votes have been record
ed !
In some cities leaders of prohibition
and anti-prohibition forces are mak
ing house to house canvasses to get
out the vote. In other places, factor
ies and offices are being polled. Min
isters have urged their congregations
to vote; editors report that citizens
are coming to their newspaper offices
. The Vote As It Stands Today
Up to this hour (12 o’clock) 343 votes have been cast in
the matter of prohibition enforcement. The vote stands
as follows:
For strict enforcement, 254.
For repeal of Amendment, 26.
For modification of law, 43.
Get in your vote not later than Friday, as the ballot
ing will then close.
The votes will be completed in the office of the News
paper Enterprise Association, Cleveland, 0., Saturday,
March 20, and announced to the papers by wire.
Please mark vote in only one place.
ASK DEMOCRATS TO PREPARE
FOR PRIVATE BALLOT!
League of Women Voters Appoints
Committee to Appear Before Con
vention.
Charlotte, March 10.—The Xorth
Carolina League of Women Voters atj
the final session today of its sixth j
annual convention adopted a resolu-)
tion creating a committee of threefto!
appear befeve the Democratic State)
convention' in April and ask for in- 1
sertion in the party-.platform of a
plank favoring a law for the Aus
tralian ballot system in whia state.
The league is .very much in earnest
in its advocacy of secret ballot.
An unustial show of harmony, or
perhaps it was organization, marked
the closing sessions. The resolu
tions,’ which were discussed yester
day, were passed unanimously this
morning, including the endorsement
of the league representatives in call
ing for a survey of women in in
dustry in the state.
Tie attitude of the members of the
league is significant, of at least one
thing—they are presenting a solid
front in securing those measures they
have set out to work for. And al
though some of the best known wom
en politically in the State are here
they have left their axes to grind at
home, or at least are keeping them
away from the convention.
The surprise of the morning was j
a proposal to hold a regional con-1
ferenee and school of citizenship in
Asheville June to July 22nd,'
when the ten southern states which
comprise the third region will meet
for discussion and classes in various
phases of government. County gov
ernment will be the special study of
the convention. An invitation to
come to Asheville from civic bodies
there was unanimously adopted.
COMMITTEE AGAINST
WALLACE McCAMANT )
i Votes 7 to 2 Against Nomination
j to Be Federal Circuit Judge. |
I Washington. March 11.— (A 3 )-- I The
Senate judiciary committee voted 7
to 2 against the nomination of Wal
lace McCamant, of Oregon, to be a
federal circuit judge.
Seven members of the committee
were absent and it was agreed that
they-should be polled before report
on the nomination was reported to
the Senate. Chairman Cummins
hopes to complete the poll within
a day or two.
Holding Secret session.
Geneva, March 11.—OP) —Members
of the Council of the League of Na
tions went into secret unofficial ses
sion late this afternoon to resume ne
gotiations on the problem of recon
structing the council and of Ger
i many’s election to a permanent seat
which broke up sensationally lust
n ght. Premier Briand replaced M
| Paul Boncour as the French repre
. | sentative.
•, r
Jury Selected- for Marshall Case.
:L Philadelphia, Mnrch 11.— OP)—Tie
, 1 selection of a jury to try David
Marshall, charged with killing Miss
Anna May Deitrieh and dismember^
• j ing her body, was completed at 11:25
) a. m. today after 146 talesmen had
| been examined for jury duty.
. Charles Darwin, in his boyhood,
■ was accounted a dunce by his teach
ers.
to get ballots.
A strict check is being kept in ev
ery newspaper office to see that no “re
peat” votes are cast. Every effort is
being made to see to it that this big
referendum is as accurate a represen
tation ot the people's wil os is hu
j manly possible.
For that is the only reason the
vote is being taken. Ne’ther the ed
itors of NEA Service nor this paper
have any ax to grind. A clear expres
sion of the ration’s seutiinont. what
ever that may be, is nil that is
sought.
Above all. it is important that these
first figures be not accepted as final,
in any sense. Only 17 cities out of
hundreds have reported; most of
their figures are incomplete.
As a rule —though not universally
the \etes thus far received at the,
.main office of NEA Service are from
the larger cities, where the anti-pro
hibition sentiment is strongest. Hence
today's figures must not be taken as
indicative of the feeling of the nation.
It will be two weeks before final re
sults can be announced. They.will be
presented to you first in this paper.
Meanwhile, if you haven’t voted
yet—vote!
TOBACCO ASSOCIATIONS
ARE NOW UNDER FIRE
; Members Would Dissolve Two Tobac
co Co-operative Associations.
Louisville, Ivy., March 11.— UPh —
I While shits were being filed to dfs
i solve two co-operative tobacco market
i ing associations yesterday, farmers :
1 were be : ng advised not to overplant
' tobacco this year, and today they were
) wondering what effect if any. these ae
i tions would have on prices of the
product.
Seventy-one members of the Dark
Tobacco Growers Co-operative Market
ing Association filed suit here asking
that a receivership be appointed for
the Association, ami its subsidiary cor
porations. They charge the Associa
tion is insolvent and asked for a
“dissolution, accounting and settle
ment of affairs.”
Five members of the Tri-State Ta
bacco Growers Co-operative Market-;
ing Association residing iu Virginia!
asked that a hearing be given to show i
why a receiver should not be appoint- 1
ed. Their complaint, which was filed
at Raleigh, N. C., charges fraud and
misrepresentation.
yl Dreams oF Love-
Hopes of Happiness
t round the
of a fyr l
V if who emerged from
1 }r£ her cocoon—a woman
jrSolden
§• Cocoon
j.|| •RUtit'cßOSS
The first chapter of this
great serial story will begin in
The next Monday,
March 15th.
Sues Mother-in-Law for $100 # (X)0
Lorrain L.
mother ■ in •
I \ : ';- / /
* \ /
SHIPPING BOARD WILL
RETAIN PRESENT POWERS
| Congress Not Likely to Make Any
Change at Present Session, Presi
dent Hears.
Washington, March 11.—OP)*—
President Coolidge was told by Sena
tor McNary, Republican, of Oregon,
today there was little prospect of ac
tion by Congress at this session of
legislation to curtail the powers of
the shipping board and place opera
tion of the merchant fleet under a
single executive.
Mr. McNary, who is a member of
the Senate commerce committee which
has jurisdiction over such legislation,
said a majority of the committee was
opposed to reporting a bill to carry
out such a program as recommended
by the President.
Senator Edge, Republican, of New
Jersey, who is a commerce committee
member. oaßed np the White House
and likewise expressed the view that
; the action favored by the President
was improbable.
New Line For A. C. L.
Washington, March 11.—OP)—The
Interstate Commerce Commission to
day authorized the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad to construct a new line
approximately 21 miles long in H:lls
boro aud Tasco counties, Florida.
I _.
Great Interest Everywhere in the
Work of Duke University at Durham
By R. P. Harris.
Durham. March 11.—Dr. William
i Preston Few. president of Duke
university, returned home a short
time ago, after an extensive tpp to
the larger educational institutions in
the North, East, and 'Midd’e West,
filled with renewed enthusiasm over
the future growth of “the world’s
wealthiest educational institution-”
One of his first remarks, in an in
terview shortly after his arrival at
Duke, wds to the effect that inter
est in the mammoth undertaking *s
just as marked in the big education
al centers as it is in his own North
Carolina.
“I found.” President Few said,
“that the people of Boston and New
York and Chicago are just as inter
ested and just as enthusiastic as
are the people of Greensboro or Ral
eigh, or Winston-Salem, or Char
lotte. or—or even Durham. Every
where I traveled, wherever I w(K
entertained, I was literally battered
with questions concerning our future
developments.” He admitted that he
had not spent a more pleasant three
weeks in many years.
Di*. Few stated that he believes
that to be able to start with a
“clean slate/ unhampered by re
strictions or prejudices, will prove
a great drawing card for prominent
men in all branches of education
who are looking for the chance to be
given free rein, with ample financial
and moral backing and with all pos
sible resources and equipment. And
although he did not mention any j
names, he intimated that only j
recognized leaders in thought and
achievement are being secured by [
the university.
“We are living in a new era. one i
of great material prosperity,” presi
dent Few (said, “and there never was
a greater opportunity ior an educa
tional institution of wide scope and
power. The Old South has never had
a really great endowed university |
| before- And in addition to this ma- j
! terial growth must come a growth
| in thought and a falling away of the ;
I old provincia’isms and prejudices.” j
I He further stated that it is his hope ?
to see idealism festered, rather than j
gross materialism, and that all that
is best of the Old South may he pre
served in the new civilization.
In a written statement concerning
*h:s trip, President Few states the
following:
I “I have had to go away from
| to get a full sense of the opportunity j
and responsibility that have come to j
us here. Thrge weeks contacts with ,
a half-dozen and more of the impor-;
tant centers of education in this
J. B<- SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
CITY AUTO TAX OF $5
IS DECLARED INVALID
• '
O it! ilia nee Contradicts Statute Which
Fixes Amount of Municipal Levy.
Italeigh, March 10.—The New
■ | Pern automobile tax ordinance today
• | was held invalid by the State supreme
, | court. The ordinance imposed a city
■! tax of five dollars upon automobile
; owners which .the court held was in
: | contradiction to tfie statute which
■ j provides that no such municipal tax
t’l Schaal exceed one dollar.
j The case came up on an appeal by
: j the state. Z. V. Jones was convicted
ij of violation of the ordinance and
, j Judge Albion Dunn held the law in
i valid. The state appealed tq the
• higher court.
1 In making its decision tlie court
points out that the tax is clearly one
upon automobiles, since it- is levied
; upon the owner of a car, rather than
> A driver’s license fee, ants .therefore
is invalid.
De Valera Resigns.
Dublin, March 11.— UP) —F.amonn
de Valera, Irish republican leader,
has resigned the presidency of the
Sinn Fein following rejection by the
Ard Fheis or republican general as
sembly to his motion favoring repub
lican representation in tfae Dail
Eireann and Ulster parliament.
country have __convinced me that
many enlightened Americans look
upon the chance to build a strong*
endowed university in the Old South
as the outstanding educational event
in thh world today. It is but the
sober truth to say that in the cir
cles in which I moved the interest in
the Duke foundation and Duke uni
versity is just as keen as intelligent
in distant" cities. like Bo6tonj and
Chicago as in cities of North Caro
lina.
‘‘There is a new interest in the !
South and a distinct trend of North
ern people toward the South. The
Florida boom and the material i
progress of other Soutiiern states,
notably pur own North Carolina,
are signs that ihe new' day of the
American South is at hand. The
natural interest in the building and
founding of a university is enhanced
by this striking tendency so manifest
in this country today.
“The educators realize that it is
possible to build up a new university ;
without the limitations of traditions,
which are so hampering the o’d uni- j
versities. The chance to start with a j
clean slate makes a strong appeal to j
men of vision who would like to .
have a part in building a law school,
a medical school, or other eehpol,
just as they think a school should be
1 built and can be built when re
sources are nvai able and the “dead
hand’ is removed.
| “Again, there are many who be
|lieve it well within the range of pos
jsibility that the best rallying ground
j for idealism may after all be in the
! South. But this will require the
keeping of. the fine things in our
Southern civilization along with the
benefits of a growing material pros
perity. And an endowed university,
enlightened enough to maintain the
highest standards of excellence and
strong enough to withstand the gusts
of unwisdom that inevitably arise in
a democracy, will have a contribu
tion to make to Southern civilization
and perhaps to American civiliza
jtion. Hence the widespread interest
iover this country in the building and
j founding of an endowed university
|on the soil of the Old South,”
During the past few months, Duke
university has been visited by numer
ous prominent men of science and
j letters who ha\e come incognito to
confer with Duke officials and see
just what is taking plSce at the Mw
1 university. It is believed that *im
-1 portant and startling announcements
concerning new faculty members and
! new department heads will be made
during the next two months.
BRIAND RETURNS TO
1 DELEGATES SI
GENEVA CONFERENCE
'
Doing All He Can to Pre
vent the Council Recon
struction Crisis From
'r Wrecking the League.
GERMAN REQUEST
GETS APPROVAL
Committeee Votes to Give
Germany Membership in
League.—Many Prob
lems Not Settled. *
Geneva. March 11. — UP) —Premier
Priand was back from Paris in an
active consultation with the other
leaders today in an effort to prevent
the council reconstruction crisis from
wrecking the league of nations. The •
outstanding development this fore
noon was the unanimous adoption by
l'lie council’s full political committee
of the sub-committee’s report recom
mending Germany's admission to the
league.
M. Briand arrived at 9:15 a. m.
and immediately conferred with M.
Paul-Roncour and Louis Loucheur, of
the French* delegation, who described
for him the developments of the coun
cil controversy since his departure
for Paris to adjust the Frem/a min
isterial crisis.
In adoption of the sub-commit-tee’a
report the assembly's political com
mittee smashed precedent by renounc
ing the right to convoke representa
i tives of the German delegation to
give information concerning Ger
many’.‘Tlnternational status in her de
sire sincerely to conform with her
international engagements. '
Renunciation of this privilege pre
vented further complication of the
delicate situation as it was realized
that the German leaders in view of
the uncertainty over the council mem
bership question might well decline
to send delegates before the commit
tee.
, TEXTILE PLANTS
TO BE AUCTIONED *
•
Court Orders Sale of Four ol Meck
lenburg Mills.
Greensboro, March 10.—An order
providing for the sale at auction of
the four ccftton mills of the Mecklen
burg Mills company wns tiled in the
federal district court clerk’s office
here today, the order being made by
Judge E. Yates Webb, of Shelby,
judge of the western North Carolina
district.
The sale will be held at Newton on
n day to be set by the special mas
ter, who is also named in the urifipr.
He is Sidney S. Alderman an attor
ney. of this' city. The property to be
sold consists of the Mecklenburg
Mil’s, at . Charlotte, Newton und
Clyde Mil’s, at Newton, and Nancy
mills, at Tuckertown, Montgomery
county.
It is provided that no bid be re
ceived for less than $250,000.
The property will be sold so satis
fy the bond holders, represented by
„ the Coal and Iron National bank, of
New York. The amount due- the
bond holders, who were secured by
a deed oft rust on the properties of
the mills company, is $010,802. j
The bonds were sold April 1, 1922.
The mills company went bankrupt
October 17. 1923.
J. D. Norwood, formerly of Salis
bury. now of Birmingham, Ala-, was
president of the Mecklenburg Mills
company. He was tried in federal
I court here last December on a
charge of violation of the national
banking laws and sentenced to serve
i three yeain the federal prison at
Atlanta. He haA appealed from the
sentence and the appeal is pending.
Ho was chairman of the board of
directors of the Peoples National
Bank of Salisbury, when it was clos
ed in June. 1923, and much paper of
the Mecklenburg Mills company was
found in the bank.
Tunney-Stribling Cancelled
Miazi, Fla., March 11. —G4 5 )--The
• match between Jene Tunney anil
j Young Stribbling for Friday night
1 was declared off today.
Tunney’s manager, Billy Gibson,
l announced that the match was off,
saying he would not let Tunney take
part because he said the promoter*
had been unable to meet their ad
vance obligations by March Ist, ac
cording to contract, and he saw no
hope of obtaining the st : pulated mon
ey.
Perhaps the longest will on rec
ord is that of an English woman
which contained 05.940 words and
made four large volumes. The short
est will on record was written ou
the back of a sailor’s identity
check.
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SAT'S BEAR SAYS:
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Cloudy with rain and colder in the
east portion tonight; Friday partly
cloudy. Fresh to strong northeast
i winds on Friday.
NO. 71