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Affered the
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ly Is Again
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eeking Way
lers.
■( !i 22.- —(-4 s )—An
ton growers of the
(‘urn and cattle
to Mtlve the farm
-.ted to the House
co today by Hep-
Deniocrat. South
gating F. M •
urican eouneil of
the cotton farm-'
join in some na
ving agriculture,
‘l-went his fourth
ati'in o.n the mid
plegation’s bill to !
ps by assessing i
agricultural com
-1 Representative
understand why
wanted to handle
ied that the corn
f such united ac
lat agriculture as
unc problem.
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dge Show No 111 j
3 in the Verm-wit
arch . 22.— UP)—
was hack at his
ly suffering no ill
e to raw weather
ermont where his
Saturday. Mrs.
he President had
ly. also appeared
f health.
engagements will
t period of niourn
flepeets to deliver
ere arranged for*
.
Irs. Jardine have
for’a dinner they
tomorrow night in
iml Mrs. Coolidge.
JR.. AND
FTHREE SAFE
~r
After Drifting at
t Seven Days.
March 22.— UP) —
1 here today by
fiton. said W. E.
of the New York
row of three rneu
ariiave Hal. Fla.,
drifting helpless
ly.
f Stokes to Miss
toil need receently.
Stokes yacht, the
*ked March 15,
lie port of t'har
that lie and the
a in a small boat,
rience wer.e lack
>
aolidge AdminLs
n.
■li 22.—OP)—The
ion “'lias gouo
r of secret diplo
doors and under
I Senator Tlarri
-sissippi, today in
present visit of
on and' Minister
to foments attrib
>ng conditions in
the Ambassador
i starting ‘‘a sub
tear up the work
: to do.”
l :ase of Oil Con
sy.
h 22 f/P)’_The
■ed today to re
visions cancelling
•'s which Erward
d with Albert B,
the interior.
as e are the Elk i
v,i in California,
"'tween Doheny’s
government by
>te has construc
»nks for the navy
«il base at Pearl
n Bill Passes Sen
h 22.— (4^)—The
'"-•lit offices ap
fi'.viug $463,000,-
I>iii'ea’n, and $23,-
ffiung b ard, was
' S-na,,. „ now
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House and Sen
s Mi*, j. M .
•it her home in
‘"ported as being
rd to take snuff!
n ' ke the # strongest
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
POLICE SEARCH FOR
SAFE DEPOSIT BOX
l| AND IIS CONTESTS
Part of $500,000 Loot of
Numerous Crimes i n
Four Cities Believed to
j# Be in the Box.
WHITTEMORE BEING
HELD BY POLICE
| Hope to Link Him Up
With Several Murders
Which Were Committed
About One Year Ago.
New York, Month 22.—OP)—A safe
i deposit box which the police believe
1 holds part of the loot of
numerous crimes in four cities, alleged
i to have been commuted by a gang led
was Richard Reese Wittemore, esenp
| od convict, was sought today.
The police also were working on
! evidence tending to link the gang to
j seven murders committed a little more
than a year ago in Baltimore. Buffalo,
i New York City and New Jersey.
As the result of evidence found on
| one in the seven men under arrest,
state officials were undecided today
j whether they would permit the extra
i dition of Whittemore to Baltimore for
trial for slaying a Maryland peniten
tiary guard during his escape last
year, or attempt to epnviet him and
others of the gang for killing two
guards in a $03,000 holdup in Buffa
lo last October. /
Among the murders laid at the
gang's door are those of two former
members of the gang. Simon L. Oil
den. whose body was found in Trinity
churchyard in December; "Chicago
Tommy” Lagrella. found dead in New
Jersey. The seventh supposed victim
is former police captain Henry Hel
wag. who disappeared after a band
recently held up two jewelers on Fifth
Avenue and escaped with $150,000 of
unset diamonds.
First Question Lists Placed in the
Malls.
Greensboro, March 20.—The first
copies of the questionnaire adopted
by the executive committees of the
North Carolina Farmers Union and
the North Carolina Federation of La
bor for candidates in t*ais state went
out from here thin morning, mailed
to Jieaator Lee S. Overman, at Wash
ington, and Robert R. Reynolds, at
Asheville, who is opposing Senator
Overman for the Democratic nomina
tion fer United States senator. R.
W. H. Stone, president of the Fann
ers Union, mailed the questionnaire,
which was adopted at a joint meet
ing of the members of the two com
mittees here last Monday.
Answers are expected to the ques
tionnaire, which was 35 questions.
Dairy Feeding Schools in Stanly.
Albemarle, N. C., March 22.— UP) —
As a result of the dairy feeding schools
held in Stanly obunty- by A. C. Kim
rey, dairy specialist of State College,
several dairy farmers are planning to
grow more feeding crops, such soy
beans ami stock beets, this year, re
ports County Agent O. H. Phillips.
One farmer expressed the opinion
that if he ffed his cow according to
Mr. Kimrey’s reeommendaUons, he
was sure she would prouce more milk,
and profits would be greater. The gen
eral opihion is that leas cotton and
more dairy feeds should be grown,
and many farmers are planning to
follow this program, the county agent!
says. [
. Five Men Rescued.
Washington, March 22. —OP)*—Five
men aboard a schooner adrift off the
Ccsta Rican coast last week were res
• ued by the Norwegian steamer Ny
liawen, and the ship sunk by gunfire
from the destroyer Moody. .
An intercepted radio dispatch re
ceived today by the navy department
said the schooner adrift from
the steamer Santa Inez.i
Notables to Attend Funeral.
Copenhagen, March 22.— UP) —King
Haakon, of Norway. King Gustav, of
Sweden, and probably the Prince of
Wales will be present at the funeral
next Sunday of Dowager Queen Lou-j
ise, of Denmark, who died Saturday j
from a heart attack superinduced by j
pneumonia.
L. T. Hartsell, Sr., May Make the
Keynote Speech at State Convention
Tom Bost in Greensboro News.
Raleigh. Mar. 21. —Senator Luth
er T. Hart.sell, Sr., of Cabarrus, will
make the keynote speech at the state
Democratic convention April 20, ac
cording to Salisbury people who are
in Italeigh.
Thej; give it to the Daily News bu
reau as it came to them, which is
to say that Mr. Hartsell has been
asked by Chairman John G. Dawson
to speak the word in season. The eli
mination of speakers was very dif
ficult.' In the east were Josephus
Daniels. ,T. W. Bailey, J. C- B.
Eiringhaus and W. L. Long. But it
was not the time for the east to talk,
ilt keynoted two .years ago. really,
and again in 1922. though Secretary
W. N. Everett, of the department of
state, was not exactly an easterner.
He was very close to Governor
morrison though, and that was im
portant
i i How close Messrs Daniels, Bailey,
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of the House of Representatives, taken at his home in Danville, 111. Can
non is in failing health, and this may prove the last photograph ever taken
of him.
TALBER IS WED IN
HOSPITAL CEREMONY
v
Charlotte Man, Seriously Hurt at a
“Stag” Party, Claims Miss Stewart
as His Bride.
Charlotte, March 20. —T. L. Tal
bert, Jr, prominent young business
man, whp sustained serious injuries
Thursday night during a “stag” party
at the Hotel Charlotte, in celebra
tion of his approai/aing marriage, this
afternoon married Miss Edna Stew
art. well known local young woman,
at the hospital. Rev. John F. Crig
ler. pastor of St. Marks Lutheran
Church, conducted tin? service, which
was witnessed by ouly a few rela
tives and close friends of the young
couple.
Mr. Talbert was reported after the
wedding as resting well. bride
groom was the victim of a peculiar
accident on Thursday night when he
sustained a severed jugular vein and
other injuries during the celebration
party. According to published re
ports other members of the party
began “joshing” him and one was in
Ulie act of throwing wafer on him
when the glass slipped, fell to the
table, 1 broke and one of the pieces
struck Talbert on the neck. He bled
profusely before medical aid reached
him and for a time it was feared
that he would , not live.
Mrs. Talbert, the bride, is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Thomas Stewart, of tftTls
city. She was educated jiere and at
Flora McDonald College and is well
known and popular.
Mr. Talbert is prominently identi
fied with the construction business
here. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. L. Talbert, of Euclid Avenue.
Will Realize S6OO From BroKers.
Newton, N. t\, March 22.— UP)— C.
H. Rockett, of Conover, in Catawba
county, will net over S6OO through
the sale of broilers from his poultry
flock this year, reports County. .Agent
J. W. Hendricks.
Five hundred fifty have already
iaeon sold, and he has 1.000 more
which will be ready for the market
within the next 15 clays. The aver
age weight ‘ of those sold was 1.9
pounds, and Mr. Rockett finds a ready
market at good prices for all he can
produce of this weight. This is Mr.
Rockett’s first attempt at raising poul
try for the market, and according to
the county agent, he is so well pleased
withthe results that he is planning to
increase his flock another year.
Two billion dollars worth of mer
chandise are in daily transit on rail
roads iu the United States. .
Ehringhaus and Long are to the exe
cutive is not certain. But any of
them could have made a whale of a
keynote hail there been an inclina
tion and invitation. When the west
was flighted the difficulty was just
as greaat. There were Broadhurst
and Scales, of the Gate metropolis,
bnt they would probably be a little
too swift for the day. There was
Governor Morrison and he would
have been a headliner to beat the
wor’d, but Mr. Morrisdh before the
convention might have done a Br y van
act. Clyde Hoey had done the speak
ing within six years. Max Gardner is
a candidate. Bob Reynolds is ditto.
And then, says Salisbury, Mr.
Dawson though of Senator Hartsell,
a most impressive campaigner who
doesn’t bother with politics very
much, but when he does always de- i
livers. They say in the west that he
is going to make that speed) over
which Chairman Dawson .is alleged to
have agonized both day and night.
CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1926
iHREE KILLED IN
CROSSING SMASH
Effort Made to Drive Car Across
Track Ahead of Oncoming Train.
Albemarle. Mar. 20. —Marvin Hill,
aged 22, Walter Green, 35, and !
, Charlie Green. 21. brother of Wal- j
' ter Green, are dead and Raymond i
Green, ten-year-old son of Walter I
Green, is seriauely injured as a re
sult of a grade crossing collision on
the Charlotte branch of the Nor
folk Southern Railway at Aqundale,
ten miles South of Albemarle, at 4
o’clock thifl afternoon.
, Walter Green and Hill were iiy
istantly killed. Charlie Green died at
10:30 o’clock tonight at a hospital
I here to which he and Raymond
' Green were brought following the
. accident. It is thought that the boy
| will recover but it will not be known
definitely as to thie until later.
The victims of the accident all
lived in the Aquadale section. They
were on their way to Albemarle and
were traveling in a rouring car
which was struck by an oncoming
train. The car waff literally smashed
into fragments.
It is stated that the driver of the
car seeing that he could not cross
ahead of the train turned the auto
mobile to cut down beside the track.
When he did so the car ran in a
ditch, turned over and landed partly
on the track.
The train was No. 31, leaving
Raleigh at 7:30 a. in. for Charlotte,
H. G. Hunt, of Raleigh, conductor,
and W. B. Thomas, of Ra’eigh, en
gineer.
Walter Green is the father of
seven children while Marvin Hill
leaves hi« wife and one child Char
lie Green was unmarried. Both the
Greens were members of well known
families and had many relatives in
Stanly county.
TRIPLE FUNERAL HELD
FOR ACCIDENT VICTIMS
Five Thousand Attend Services For
Men Killed in rossing Crash.
Albemarle, March 21.—The three
victims of the Saturday afternoon
grade crossing tragedy at Aquadale
in Southern Stanly, 10 miles south
of Albemarle, were all- laid to rest
this afte.rnoon in the same cemetery.
Walter Green and hi« brother, Char
lie Green, were both buried in the
same grave while Marvin Hill was
buried in another part of the ceme
tery at Silver Springs Baptist
church, which is located twQ or
three miles from the place where
the boys lost their lives. A crowd
estimated at 5.000. people attended
the trip’e funeral.
Raymond Green, the 12-year-old
son of Walter Green, is still living
and a report from the hospital phy
sician is that there is hope for the
boy’s recovery. This boy is the old
est of Walter Green seven children.
The triple death has caused a
pall over the entire county and peo
ple from all parts attended the fun
erals.
It is stated that the car in which
the three men and boy were riding
was swerved suddenly to the right
when the driver saw that he wou’d
run into the train and the automo
bile turned on its side and threw the
occupants under the oncoming train,
('rossties stacked along the highway
and railroad are said to have ob
structed the view. It is also stated
that> tie automobile was coming at a
rapid rate of speed. Just what the
facts are as to the cause of the wreck
are yet unknown. The grade crossing
though has again taken its toll.
The hite Auto Go. will give 500
votes in the California tour contest
for each dollar received for used cars
this week. ,
The United States Steel Corporation
was the first billion-dollar corporation
to be formed in America.
PROHIBITION TALK
CONTINUES IN ALL,
PARTS OF COUNTRY
\ Foes and Friends of 18th
Amendment Watch Ev
ery Move for Opening in
Verbal Warfare.
BUCKNER WANTS
LAW MODIFIED
Thinks States Should Take
More Active Part.—Pub
lic Hearings Ordered by
- the Committee.
■ New York, March 22. — UP) —A flood
of prohibition discussion has eome
with . spring, but unlike the balmy
nature ,of the opening of the new
1 >‘et;«on there was nothing mild in the
1 {Views on the question set forth today
tps a result of a busy week-end of
F 'Speeches and statements in various
Jgcities.
1 1,. The hopes of the wets rose a bit
’when Emory R. Buckner, who since
Reaving the law firm of Elihu Root
f -to become federal attorney in New
"York City, has made an extraordi-
I h/ir.y drive to enforce the Volstead
i act by padlock, suggested that the
law be modified to permit each state
to define intoxicating liquor..
Mr. Buckner’s suggestion was
made in an address at Fordham Man
or Church. A similar solution on
enforcement problem was proposed in
n statement in New Y’ork by William
> H. Hirst, formerly counsel for the
, brewers’ association.
, Mr. Buckner said a patrnership
between the United States and the
states was necessary for prohibition
enforcement and that; at present there
was a “muddle and carnival of crime”
where thibe were no state enforce
ment acts.
Public Hearings on Prohibition.
Washington, March 22. — UP) —Pub-
lic hearings on the prohibition ques
| tion were ordered today by the Sen-
I ate judiciary committee:
Senator Walsh, democrat, of Mon
tana, alone bpposed the recommenda
tion of the sub-committee of five in
favor of open hearings. The sub-com
mittee will conduct the hearings, giv
w* six days to the wets and an I
efiual length of time to the drys.
has been set for The hear
ing. which will be confined to jive
modification measures not before the
committee. One would amend the
18th amendment so that states which
were wet before the prohibition
amendment, would again be wet with
the government manufacturing, sell
ing anil distributing liquor.
Three of the other four measures
proposed to legalize beer, one- for 4
per cent, beer, one for .75 per cent,
beer, and the other for beer “non-in
toxicating ’n fact.” The fourth would
remove the restrictions on prescription
whiskey.
Senator Means, republican, of Colo
rado, is chairman of the sub-commit
tee, and the other members are Goff,
West Virginia, and Harreld, Okln.,
republicans; and Reed, of Missouri,
and Walsh, of Montana, democrats.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened at Decline of 2 to 6 Points,
But Soon Steadied on Buying.
New York, March 22.— UP) —The
cotton majrket opened today at a de
cline of 2 to C points in response to
rather disappointing Liverpool cables,
but very soon steadied.
Liverpool and the continent were
both sellers hero in the early trading
but offerings were absorbed by cov
ering or trade buying. There also
may have been"* some 'fretfa demand
for new crop months inspired by pros
pects fer rains in the eastern belt.
May sold up to 18.66 and October to
17.53 before the first hour, the gen
eral market showing net advances of
about 4to 7 points. Private cables
attributed the decline in. Liverpool
to hedging and continental selling,
promoted by a bearish interpretation
of Sunday’s census report on ginnings
for the season.
Cqtton futures opened 6teady. May
18.60; Julv 18.05; Oct. 17.47; Dec.
17.18; Jan. 17.12.
Contest For Best High School Paper.
Lexington. Va., March 22. U P) -
The best high school newspaper in
the South will be selected in an all-
Southern journalism contest announc
ed by the Lee School of, Journalism
of Washington and Lee University, it
has been announced. Invitations to
enter the contest have been mailed to
more than 650 high schools and pre
paratory schools in Southern states.
The best high school magazme and
the best high school annual will also
be chosen. ' ‘
Silver loving cups will be awarded
as prizes in the contest at a banquet
which will close the Southern Inter
eholastic Press convention at W ash
ington and Lee University April 6 ;
Washington and Lee, where the
high school editors will gather to dis
cuss editing and financing problems,
was the first college in the world to
offer definite instructions in journal
ism. General Robert E.‘ Lee inaugur
ated a series of press scholarships in
1869.
Two Japanese Officers Killed.
Tokio, March 22. — UP) —A naval
seaplane crashed today jit Yokosuka,
a naval station thirteen miles south
west of Yokohama, and two officers
were killed and two injured, probably
fatally.
The Vote in North Carolina
The follownig is the vote in North Carolina on the prohibition
question as recorded by the papers named : ,
For Pro- For lM>* at3r
TT • i r\ n bl bit lOH nvuT'OTI
Hickory Daily Record 518 9 (W
Durham Sun 47{) m
Asheville Times rnr
High Point Enterprise : 27 819
Greensboro Record 4r> “o
Winston-Salem Journal R7k Jmj <ya-r
I Elizabeth City Advance 286 m
I Gastonia Gazette 212 i *
| Concord Tribune 528 -,o
_ ___
# Total North Carolina 4001 1007
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State Totals
The following is the vote by States
in the nationwide poll conducted by
the XEA Service and associated news
papers :
-y For * For
Prohi- For Modifi
bition Repeal cation
Alabama 125 • 480 1.003
Arizona _ __ 5,903 2,339 7,474
Arkansas 3,292 892 3,026
California _ _ 23.56 S 34,019 90,142
Colorado 39,915 80,041 83,968
Connecticut _ 1.513 7,246 16,547
Dis. of Col.__ 612 938 3,802
Florida _ __ 6.021 3,610 6,45.8
Georgia 1,256 1,663 1.376
Idaho 747 1,926 1,994
Illinois ___ 7,942 4.417 11,121
Indiana _ __ 21,308 34,489 48,753
lowa _ _ __ 9,121 8,020 18,282
Kansas 3,282 622 1.295
Kentucky _ _ &279 5,135 4,547
Louisiana _ _ 1,875 797 1,855
Maine 6,675 2,800 4,403
Maryland _ _ 582 14,101
Mass! 11,808 9,657 25.447
Michigan 5,120 1,622 6,307
Minnesota 2.134 1,833 4.0(51
Mississippi _ 381 581 881
Missouri _ 3,109 13.451 12,534
Montana 1.971 1.986 5,558
Nebraska _ _ (5.679 4,109 12,4512
Nevada 42 / 360 258
N. Hampshire _4,094 7,730 8,122
New Jersey _ 4,G19 15,805 20,477
New Mexico _ 1,827 2,557 2,715
New York __ 16,245 102.793 144.458
X. Carol 4,595 1.251 4.045
Ohio 15,701 52,722 69,032
Oklahoma _ _ 12,747 6,847 7.159
Oregon 1.874 1.975 8.576
Penn. _ __ 17,257 39,175 60,813
Rhode Is. _ _ 53 87 137
S. Carolina _ 4.433 187 1.749
S. Dakota _ _ 2.151 1.152 3.363
Tennessee _ _ 3,994 2,086 4,406
Texas 13,482 7,793 16,832
Utah _ 2,050 2.938 6.214
Vermont 665 1.237 4.146
Virginia ___ 4.885 6,700 12.174
Washington _ 6.000 3,825 1.866
W. Ta. _ Jit- 7.196 1.798 5,465
Wisconsin _ _ 8,491 14,628 23,505
Wyoming _ _ 430 1.851 1,513
Total _ _306,171 512,316 803,602
With Our Advertisers.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co.,
officers invite you to come iu and let
them explain the safeguards offered by
their trust departments.
New Goats, Dresses and headwear
for your Easter promenade at Fish
er’s.
Don’t get dishragged when you go j
to buy your tires. Let the Y'orke &
Wadsworth Co. show you a Goodyear
next time.
Dresses that melt your heart, in the
chosen silks ami colors for Spring at
J. C. Penney Co.’s.
One thousand new ladies’ dresses
have just arrived from New York at
the Parks-Belk Co.’s. -Prices range
from $8.95 to $30.50.
The White Auto Co. will give 500
votes in the California tour contest
for each dollar received for used ears
this week.
Miss Doris Thompson Weds William
T. Lilly.
Badin, March 20.—A marriage of
much interest throughout the state is I
that of Miss Doris Thompson and,
William T. Lilly which * took place I
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at the ■
Presbyterian manse, Rev. A. S. An
derson performing the ceremony. The j
bride is the daughter of Mrs. Lucy:
Thompson, of Albemarle, and is aj
pretty brunette with a winning per- 1
sonality. The groom is the son of i
Mrs! Allie Lilly and is one of Badin’s j
most popular young men. They will j,
be at home to their,friends in Badin. j
McLendon Dies Suddenly at Wheel
i of Hi» Auto.
, Rockingham, March 21. —G. R. Mc-
Lendon, prominent Rockingham at
torney, died very suddenly late this
afternoon while out riding with mem
bers of bis family near Osborne.
He had stepped the car for his
children to gather flowers. When
they returned he had fallen across
the steering wheel and death resulted
in a few minutes.
Mr. McLendon was 43 years of age
and was a native Qf Union county. ,
Catawba Wins From Cabarrus Y 8
* to 2. %
Salisbury, March 20. —Freshman
Boone had entirely too much stuff,
for the Cabarrus “Y”’ team of Kan
napolis to solve the Catawba College
turned in a well earned 8-2 victory
this afternoon in Kannapolis in the
opening game of the season. The
Catawba team played beautiful ball
and gave the bunrlers splendid sup
port. Jimmy Flowe. Asheville in
fielder, starred for the loser*.
Germany May Withdraw Applica
tion.
Berlin, March 22 UP)— Foreign
Minister Stresemann told the reich
stag todav that Germany reserves the
right to withdraw her application for
entry into the league of nations in
the event the decision of the new com
mission regarding reconstruction of
the council does not correspond with
Germany’s expectations.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
jPEACH BLOOMS
ARE UNINJURED
? Biggest Crop of Fruit Ever Picked
r in Sandhills Now Anticipated.
Southern Pine. March 20.—The
warming weather after three weeks
•of forbidding temperature relieves
. the orchard man of the Sandhill
, peach section, for in spite oi the ex
{ treme low temperatures it is found
[ that the peach blossims are not iu-
I jured. A few of the surplus blos
, soms have suffered, but the number
|i left ifi so great that the biggest crop
. ever picked is now anticipated, and
, the cold weather is believed to have
\ been beneficial in destroying insect
, pests.
' Every spring it is the desire of
peop e from a distance to see the
sandhill orchards when in bloom.
| The spectacle this year will probably
be the most brilliant ever known in
’ this section, and the blossoms, if
the weather continues warm, will be
’ ont in a very few days. Already the
pink is showing, and between now
and the first of April it is likely the
display will bo at its most gorgeous
phase.
The stranger who comes this way
to see this brilliant show can cover
the most ground if he will take his
road map and note that he should
traverse as much as possible of
Route 50 between Lakeview and
Miarston, Route 70 between Candor
and Aberdeen, and the roads from
, those main routes out into the reg
, ion around Jackson Springs, Ellerbe,
Hoyman and nearby points ". The
, group of orchards around Hoffman
, and Marston, those around Samar
kand and dow the ridge to Pine
hurst, the Big Maniee orchard near
Pinehurst and Jackson Springs, and
the Marlboro orchard near Aberdeen,
are among the show places of the
peach belt. Much of the road b
paved or oiled, and good roads lead
into all the peach belt.
FEDERATION MEETING IN
CITY WAS BIG SUCCESS
Large Audience Enjoyed Program
Offered Saturday Afternoon at Y.
M. C. A.
Many farm women of Cabarrus
county met here Satmday for the
regular meeting of the Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs, the
meeting being described ns one of the
most interesting in the history ot
the organization.
Practically every club in the
county was represented and the pro
gram was > wide in scope and inter
jesting in make-up.
The Winecoff Club provided the
musical part of the program, present
ing a string band which renuered
several numbers and a group of
children who were heard with keen
appreciation.
The chief address was made by
John Choats, of Charlotte, interior
decorator with Ivey’s store. Mr
Chofcts jn his talk pictured a bare
room, and starting with the floor in
structed the women as to how such
i room should be fitted out. He had
with him materials for draperies and
other room furnishings and in a
very attractive manner he showed
how these materials can be used
most effectively.
J New officers were not chcsen at
the meeting due to the fact that sev
• oral members of the nominating eom
, rr.ittee are ill with influenza and
1 could not be present. This business
! will be transacted at the next meet
ing.
Committees appointed at the meet-
I ing were:
Refreshments — Mrs. E. S. Erwin,
I Mrs. John Price and Mrs- A. H. j
l White* ,
j Program—Mrs. Tom White, Mrs.
LB A- Sappeufield and Miss Cooley.
At the conclusion of the business
| session sandwiches, cake and hot
cocoa were served.
COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
DATE HAS BEEN CHOSEN
Exercises For County Schools Will
Be Held Here on Saturday, April
24th.
Commencement exercises for pu
pils of the county schools will be held
here on Saturday, April 24th.
The date was announced this morn 1 -
ing by Prof. J. B. Robertson, super
intendent of the schools, who stated
that the speaker’s name would be
announced later.
The usual interesting program, in
cluding music, awarding of certifie
entes, recitation and declamation con
tests, and the literary address, has
been arranged. Certificates in spell
ing, library reading, 'attendance and
graduation will be awarded.
Just prior to the commencement,
under a plan used successfully in
former years, county-wide examina
tions will be given in the schools. As
all schoos may be organized before
the beginning of another scholastic
year, Tull examinations will be offer
ed to sixth grade pupils as well as
to seventh grade pupils.
Mrs. Ada R. Gorman, Mrs- L. T.
Hartsell, Sr.. Mrs. R. S. Young, of
Concord, and Mrs. Frank Minter and
Miss Grace Montgomery, of Charlotte,
form a party who are leaving this
afternoon for an Avon trip to Flori
da. They expect to be away a week.
SEVERAL TOWNS 111
PENNSYLVANIA ARE
DAMAGED BY WATER
Business in Oil City Was
at Standstill, With Sev
eral Hundred Persons
Driven From Homes.
MELTINGSNOWS
CAUSE TROUBLE
I N
i Some Rivers Are Many
Feet Over Flood Stage,
With Rain Predicted for
the Night. •
i
Oil City, Pa., March 22.—UP)—In
-1 dustr.v was at a standstill, the princi
pal markets of the city closed, and sev
eral hundred persons driven from
their homes here today ns a result of
| flood conditions which followed a par
tial movement of the 25 miles series of
. ice gorges in the Alleghany River
last night. The river was rising and
f a weather forecast of rain for tonight
, find tomorrow gave the situation a
still mpre serious aspect.
j The low lying sections of Franklin
i .were inunated. The river stage tliere
f | was 20.6 feet more than five feet
j !above flood level.
i Sections of Oil City were from one
r to five meet of water, with Oil Creek,
i a tributary, of the Alleghany, near
3 the 25 foot mark.
Practically all the largo industrial
plant* were affected and their work
men were idle. Traffic between
| Franklin and Oil City was open by
f way of a hilly dirt road, the two con
| crete Irghways being closed.
Parts of the Big Rock Bridge near
j Franklin, which fell during the gorge
. movement, lay in the ATleghany Riv
er Channel.* Ice was jammed high
! around the under structure of the Re
, no bridge here.
Franklin was faring much better.
. temporarily at least, with the French
■ Creek clenr of ice and receding this
morning. The ice that moved through
, here last night lodged against the
• solid jams on bars and islands, forc
i ing water to back into Oil City. Loos
ening of that pack, river men declared,
would afford relief to Oil City, but
would flood the lower end of Frank
lin.
I Among the Oil City buildings flood
ed here were the City Hafl, Federal
1 Building, telephone office, and fire de
partment. Telephone operators were
ferried in boats to and from the build
; ing.
No suffering has been reported. The
Salvation army made its facilities
available to those driven from their
homes.
Junior Club Work.
Fayetteville, N. C., March 22.
UP) —A total of 80 projects are being
carried on by boys in the junior club
, work of Cumberland county, accord
ing to the county agent, N. B. Stev
ens.
These projects are divided as fol
lows: Corn. 22; Cotton 16; pig feed
ing for pork production, 30; poultry
7; calf 2; and potato growing 1. Ac
cording to Mr. Stevens, many of the
members are carrying two allied proj
ects. such as corn growing and pig
feeding. Much interest »is being shown
in this work among the young folk.
At a recent meeting of the Gray’s
Creek Club, more than 50 members
were present to receive instructions '
in starting their club work, for the
year.
Negro Unit in Orthopaedic Hospital.
Gastonia, N. U., March 22.— 64*)
The negro unit of the State Orthc-
I paedic Hospital here will be dedicated
on March 24. it has been announced
by the trustees.
The dedication service was to have
been held on March 17th. but was
postponed until the later date, on ne
| count of the inability of Governor
McLean to be present at the services
on the earlier date. At the later
date. Governor McLean, who is a
member of_the board of trustees of
the institution, will be present, ac
oord:ng to R. B. Babington, president
of the hospital.
Death of Mrs. Susiana Whitley.
Mrs Susiana Whitley, aged 81.
died suddenly this morning at 10
o'clock at her home at 2(54 Elm street.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made
Mrs. Whitley was born in Stanly
county, being a daughter of the late
Edward Whitley. She had made
her home '.iere for several years.
Surviving are ene son, W. P. Whit
ley, with whom the deceased had been
living, and tone brother, W. M. Whit
ley, of this city.
SAT’S BEAR SAYSt
-
Increasing cloudiness, followed by
rain tonight and Tuesday,, rifling
temperature in central and west por
tions tonight and in central and east
portions Tuesday. Moderate to frekh
southeast shifting to southwest winds.
NO. 74