SB:.: I 111 HELD LEuEO ATTACK that' He Seized Ejq Cousin, But Onlv to Play a h Her. [led self h lone path lut and Seized the 5 She Passed. — ounds I sed by ; in Hunt. j,, : |u* attacked a r i-f a pmininent Ca v vcsn f| lay afternoon Ik Laljtli Safrit.' young •a- lodged in the county wa~ stated at the court nioin ng that specific j nut yet .been lodged pending■further inves nint y i fficers. the report brought to P ]]_ who arrested Safrit. is marie near the Cruise where the girl attends h j; is <a : d. concealed | latcli of pine trees which 'me path which the girl to use on her way to pol, and when she pass > the path, encircled her L hand and closed her jhe other. ias' so badly frightened recognize the man. she k . but did know that it jhand which closed her liso told the officers that [ a red stripped sweater j jred pants. She manag- j [ray. she said, and reach I liemls, where she told of lack. leans of the sweater and Irit was suspected. Sher ■ated. The officer was I Safrit. wearing such leen at the school ilur- Ind had been seen there Before the alleged attack. Secured at Rockwell, and ■ trail, tracked Safrit to Bis grandfather. Martin ■;*■* was arrested, lb. . a uc.vs ip. El this morning young ■22 years of age. freely ■ matter. He said he ■din is his cousin, com ■path, so hi' decided-to ■ot realizing the serious ■glit ensue. He did not ■ her. he insisted, and I that lie made no at- I her when she started ■ght : ng in his arms. He ■ the home of his grand fte saw the girl, so he I there. He admitted ■he man .sought shortly •rested. Sheriff Caldwell! I ■ts of the attack were ■he Rimer neighborhood, ■ed tile Cruise school. Ifrit and the girl live, a perns joined in the hunt, Koine went to Rockwell pounds, while others as fCaldwcll in his search Iwell stated this morn llanned a fuller inquiry l.v and would probably I charges after the in of John Safrit. well knt and fanner. He is j [school now. he said, be- Pse. He was a student j [he t’ru'se school, and I pterday to see friends. I in the county jail this pt seemed calm at first. If he did not realize the hie* charge against him. ft he had done nothing F° Play a joke.” After j reporter a few minutes! [little more nervous. He pug a red striped sweater e<‘d pants. "hi was said to have [' frightened that she : coherently when she th ' - alleged attack, she f r during the afternoon. H I" question her again ftCVIKHMI. frtli (arolina Number. Rail ign J’.ureau of Fii“ Tribune fln h J.) The May i^sue fill ■ (', i , .., ' ■ . . -'.Mine magazyie ■' 1 ;r '' ' ‘ a special 1 '"•*". according to L lol,,v ' 1 yesterday by 1 lie principal ar- Jjiarcu b, :i staff repre- P" n.cgazine, who spent [ tb “ " ta; ° k'.st fall and [f u l' <m C‘e governor for Rting his stay. The r , 1111 nt,f 'uiy illustrated Frits Os scenes in all sec htate. l- *’ s riir-xlay. mm -' 'A)~ 118 -all up in H ■■l' Federal I* - VWeek. HU , " The IIH ' today <le gg* - a] legis- THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. *ep, It’s Him! MB MU 1 ' In case you don’t recognize the ball player with the dimmers, we’ll let you in on the secret. It’s your ol<J : friend, Tyrus Cobb, manager of the Petroit Tygers. The photo was snapped at the Augusta. (Ga.) train- Ing camp of the Detroit team just after Cobb had arrived from Balti more where he underwent an opera tion fer the removal of a growth t nnxn - ■ ■ ■ ■ i GEORGE REMUS MOVES TO THE WINDY CITY W ill Start Real Estate Business in Chicago.—Prison Life Not So Bad. Chicago, March 25. —OP)—Gkorge Remus, erstwhile Cincinnati bootleg ger. whose activities led to a term in the Atlanta penitentiary, is to make Chicago his future home and real es tate his business. 4 Remus, who formerly was a lawyer before he amassed a fortune in li quor activities in the Ohio city, an nounced his intention after lie had lost a court effort to save 1,500 cases of pre-war wfhiskey. The circuit j court of appeals ordered it destroyed. “Penitentiary life wasn’t so bad.” ! Remus said. “You see. I could send out for most anything I wanted, aird really my bill for the eighteen months I put in amounted to $17,000. I gave many parties there.” Remus maintained that his wife had possession of most of his money, and said that when his divorce hear ing comes up in Indianapolis May Oth he would ask the court to order returned liis property. SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS GATHER IN GREENSBORO Group Meetings Featured Opening^ Session of Meeting This Morning. Greensboro, March 25.— UP) —With approximately 200 social workers and individuals who are interested in bet-, tering conditions socially in North Carolina present, the 14th annual meeting of the North Carolina Confer ence fori Social Service got underway here this morning with six group meet ings held at 0:30 o'clock. The six groups which make up the conference are: Travelers Aid Societies; Family Welfare Soeieries; Recreation Organ isations; Childs Welfare Agencies; Juvenile Court "Workers, and the Anti- Capital Punishment League. Meet ing separately with their different chairmen in charge, they discussed the problems peculiar to their groups, and heard speakers from their own ranks. Agree on Holidays For State Officers. Raleigh Bureau of The Tribune Ralgigh. March 25. —Holidays rec ognized by the salary and wage com mission will be observed by all state employees and regular office hours kept on all other legal holidays, heads of state / departments decided in a meeting with the salary and wage j commission here Wednesday after.- : noon The decision was unanimous, j In its report, presented to and ap proved by the governor last fall, ob servance of seven of the twelve holi days recognized in the state was rec ommended by the commission and that recommendation became a part of the regulations for the conduct of state offices. , Washington's birthday was one of i the holidays not to be observed. On February 22nd last, a few of the de partments closed their offices for all or part of the day, but, /in general, usual office hours were observed throughout the state department. In order to make, holiday observ ance uniform in all departments, the matter was presented to the depart ment heads by the commission and left to them to decide what should be made the general practise. With- out a dissenting vote, tfiey decided to abide by the commission’s regula tions hereafter. Only routine matters were taken up by the commission in addition to the question #of holidays. Some 100 applications for advancements were considered, of Avhich approximately 25 per cent. Avere approved, 50 per cent, turned doAvn and the remainder continued pending further investiga tion. Spring Opening and Easter Drive at Parks-Relk Co. The Big Before Easter and Spring Opening at the Parkß-Belk Co. begins Friday morning, March 26. Every de partment in this big store will be loaded with specials. NeArer before has there been such a display of love ly fashions as will greet your eye for Easter buying. Everything for Eas ter and after, in clothes for sports, (laytime and festive occasions—acces ories of e\-ery description. In both The Tribune and Times to day you will find four pages of read ing that will sound good to you inas much as it points the way to wonder ful selections and bargains. Says Julius Dellinger Is Man Who Thinks He Is Ross, Long Hunted GOVERNOR McLEAN NOT " SPONSORING DIRT DEALS Is Net ’lnterceded m Wild Acres or Any Other Real Estate Develop ment. Raleigh Bureau of , The Tribune Raleigh. March 25.—Questioned yesterday evening rumors that he was in some way connected with the Wild Acres development near Little Switzerland, Governor A. W. McLean denied emphatically that he had “gone into the real estate busi ness or that ’.ie had any interest, financial or otherwise, with that or any other enterprise. The rumors evidently arose from the publication, in an advertisement of the names of an “advisory com fnittee,” presumably for the Wild Acres project, of which Governor McLean's name was first. He had consented to having his name used as a member of an ad visory committee when approached by Thomas Dixon, the creator of Wild Acres, the governor explained, but only after he had been assured that the coinmitttee was to foster the de velopment of an arts clubs and was j for civic purposes only, i The governor is inclined to be lieve that the advertisement from which the erroneous impression was gained was written without the sanc tion of Dr. Dixon, and made public a telegram he received from him even before the advertisement had been called to his attention. “Shocked to discover the use made of our advisory board in advertising lots.” the telegram read. “Wired Mr. Hines peremptory order not to repeat this. While we must have ten thousand people there to realize our plan and while every dollar made in the sale will be used to build wat erworks. lights, clubs, streets, ho tels and auditorium, I will not per mit such use of our board. Pleaee' accept my apologyy with assurance that the blunder will not be repeated. Titos. Dixon.” The board roster included the names of the governors of South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi, the presi dents of all the important educational institutions in the state and a num ber of others high in educational and art circles outside the state. FUNERAL OF LEWIS HLj, ™ * JOHNSON THIN AFTERNOON Conducted at 2 O’clock at Forest Hill Church.—Death Occurred Yester day Afternoon. Lewis H. Johnson, well known resident of Concord, died yesterday afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock at the home here of his daughter. Mrs. J. Leighton Brown, with whom hp had j made his home for a number of years. Mr. Johnson had been in declining , health for several weeks and death • was hastened by a stroke of apoplexy which he suffered several days ago. Funeral services were conducted at Forest Hill Methodist Church this af ternoon at 2 o’clock by the pastor of j the church. Rev. T. F. Higgins. He ! Avas assisted by Rev. R. S. Arrowood j and Rev. Mr, Hansel. Interment was made in the cemetery at Lower Stone Church. Mr. Johnson was 73 years of age. having been born in Davidson county on November 22, 1852, a son of the j late Calvin and Mary Johnson. He was married on November 14, 1875, to Miss frances Griffin, of Gold Hill, and earlk in life became a member of the Methodist Church. For tpe past thirty years Mr. Johnson |had been a resident of Con cord, being engaged in textile work here. Before moving to this city he was engaged for a number of years in the gold mining industry. During his residence here Mr. John son active in Republican ranks, and also was actively engaged an the work of Forest Hill Methodist Church, where he moved his member ship soon after moving to Concord., i The deceased is survived by the fol-' lowing children, all residents of Con-' cord: Mrs. Brown, with whom he lived, J. Thomas Johnson, Mrs. Eu gene Morgan, Mrs. L. C. Barringer, J. Albert and Walter H. Johnson. Pall bearers at the funeral were: H. S. Williams, J. E. Elwood, T. J. Smith, W. P. Babery, A. J. Wine coff and R. B. Dees. With Our Advertisers. The White Auto Co. is having a big sale of used cars at bargain prices. They are determined to sell out tie entire stock in a few days. See ad. or page five. The Cabarrus County B. L. & S. Association will help you finance a deal to buy a home. Get ready by taking some shares in Series No. 57 now open. All stock is non-taxable. The big shoe and hos s ery sale of the Richmoml-Flowe Co. is still going on at the old J. E. Love stand. In a quarter-page ad. today they quote attractive prices on shoes and hosiery. It will pay yqu to investigate. Oil Fields Partially Burned.^ Long Beach., Calif., March 25. — UP) —Fire early today ate its way through the northwest extension of Signal Hill oil field near here, totally destroying tAvo derricks and four oil tanks, and enveloping in flames three other rigs. The damage at 4a. m. was estimated at a quarter of a mil lion dollars. The condition of Mrs. T. D. Man ess, who entered the Charlotte Sana torium Sunday for treatment, is re ported as being unchanged. Her con dition is not serious, however. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926 In Article Today Asheville Times Gives Story Se cured by Reporter From Gastonia Carpenter. LONG THOUGHT HE WAS ROSS Man Is Quoted as Saying j He Had Felt For Many Years That He Is Person j Lost in Year 1874. ( ; Asheville. March 25. — (A) —The . | Asheville Times in a copyrighted "1 story today declares that .Tilling Cole I j man Dellinger. Gaston county ear .' penter, is the man who believes nl j most to a certainty that lie is Charlie . Ross, son of a Philadelphia mil'ion . aire, missing since 1874. In an interview with Robert Bun nel'e, Times reporter yesterday; Mr. Dellinger revealed himself as the man who confronted more than forty years ago with information that his real name was not Dellinger, bad spent the greater part of his time since in tracing down his real identity, with the result that today he lias a large batch of papers which undoubtedly will give him a hearing on his claim of being the real Charlie Ross, sought for fifty years by relatives. Mr. Dellinger declares he has spent a fortune in tracing down his nncea* try. and has a picture of himself ay hen a baby Avhicli he hopes will ear tablish his claim finally Avhen com* pared with photographs in possession of the Ross family. His earliest investigations, he said, seem to point to the fact that his fasther Avas L. D. Dellinger, a States- A-ille man now dead, and whose body i« buried in Asheville, He adopted that name. Within the past few months, however, he declares he has discovered that the son of L. D. Del linger. who was abducted about the same time as Charlie Ross, had com mitted suicide and that his body is buried in Birmingham, Ala. He pro duced affidavits which corroborated his statement. The rest of Mr. Dellinger's story reads like a novel, but with inescap able logic which he present# teethe .oi.„ of -signed statements, pSSkF j graphs and affidavits. For the past five years, he declared, he has written ! an a\ r erage of one hundred letters a Aveek in an effort to find out who he is. with the result he has been able to trace his history back to the tjme [ he was brought to Gaffney. S. C., as a child by a man who called himself J. H. McCale. and a woman supposed to j have been McHale’s wife, Avliose ' I maiden name Avas Mary Jane Cath [ cart. That was a year after Charlie Ross had been kidnapped in the East on July 1. 1974. , ■ His earliest recollection, says Mr. ; Dellinger, is of a large white two story house surrounded by a high iron j fence. He must have been a child of not more than two or three years j then, he said. There Avere lights in the distance, he remembers, and a , little creek that ran near his home. [ The description, it is declared by [ those who followed the case, coin cides with the location of the Ross ! home in Germantown, Pa. THE COTTON MARKET Less Favorable Weather Reports and Steady Gables Caused Active De mand. New Ydrk, March 25. — UP) —Less favorable weather reports and rela tively steady cables seemed responsi ble for active demand "at the opening of the cotton market today. First prices were steady at advances of 5 to 10 points. Active months sold 15 to 18 points net higher after the call, May selling up to 18.75 and October i to 17.55 on covering by recent sell ! ers, New Orleans and local buyers, i NeAv Orleans also bought cotton here, but after the first spurt of de mand had been supplied the volume of business tapered off and prices showed reactions of a few points from the best at the end of the first hour. The outlook for unsettled Aveather, Avith shoAA'ers or rains and lower tem peratures in the South led to appre hens:ons,of delayed farm Avork. Cotton futures opened steady. May 18.66; July 18.11; Oct. 17.47; Dec. 17.22; Jan. 17.16. SUBMARINE V-2 MAKES NEW RECORD ON TRIAL TESTS Goes More Than 200 Feet Under the Water.—First In Its? Class to Go to Such Depth. Portsmouth, N. H., March 25. — (A) —The V-2, the latest giant of the United States submarine navy, is here today after having reached a record depth for vessels of its class in trial tests. The ship submerged to the depth of 220 feet yesterday, off Prov incetown, Mass. It remained there more than thirty minutes. Only once before has a United States submarine reached .a greater depth. During the World War an accident to ballast forced the L-4 to 315 feet in the Irish sea. The V-2 never again will be called on to go farther doAA'n than one hun dred feet. Navy regulations forbid sumbarines to sink to a greater level. A minor mishap, the brusting under pressure of a low blow line was tl»« i only untoward occurrence yesterday* One other srfnp of the V* class al ready is in action, while lour more are building. When Ice Jam Swept Bridge Away TC . "^Tiiiar 4 — ll ** n "* -r; «* • Thousands of tons of ice borne downstream by the flooded Alleghany river at Franklin I‘a exerted «i.eh tremendous pressure that a ste*l bridge was broken in half and part of it swept away. The picture shows two w ten first carried away, but Avere late an ice gorge some distance below their original location They overturned spans of the bridge lodged, upright, inr get upright by the pressure. x»ey overturned SCHOOL PEOPLE TO BE GUESTS AT EXPOSITION Details Will Be Given to Public at an Early Date. - Raleigh Bureau of The Tribune Raleigh, March 25.—The North Carolina boy or girls of high school age who most conspicuously embodies the highest ideals of American youth and the woman school teacher who has accomplished the greatest good for the pupils of the state will be the guests of the Sesquicentennial Inter national Exposition at the exposition in Philadelphia the week of June 28th to July st}i, nceording to announce ment made by Governor A. W. Me-, Lean yesterday evening. ’ AVord to that effect was received by him only yesterday from W. Free land Kendrick, mayor of Philadelphia and president of the exposition. The honored teacher and boy or girl will have a place of honor on July 4th at the 150th anniversary observance of American independence, when Presi dent Coolidge will be the orator of the day. ‘ Each state in the Union is in vited to select suc'n representatives. Governor McLeau is asked to serve as honorary chairman of the State committee of award which will se lect the teacher to be honored and supervise the selection of the boy or girl. The actual choice of the lat ter, however, will be left in the hands of the youth of their OAvn age. ac cording to the plans of the award. Mayor Kendrick suggests that the State committee be made up of the State official in charge of education, ( the tAA’o members in North Carolina ( of the national advisory commission , of the exposition, the mayor of Ra-' leigh, the capital city, the superin-] tendent of schools in the governor’s I district, a president of Rotary, Ki- j Avanis and Lions clubs, one clergyman each of the Protestant. Catholic and, Jewish faiths, an American Legion j commander, the state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolu-* tion. the president of the State Fed- i eration of Women’s Clubs, the presi- 1 dent of the state or a local League of I Women Voters, a woman official' of a parent-teacher assccia#on, adult ex ecutives of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and the Camp Fire Girls and others at large to bring the number to 25. GoA’errtor McLean will nunounce his decision on details left to him at the earliest possible date. SMOKES CIGARETTE AS HE PREPARES TO DIE Father of Condemned Man Praises Him as He Sets in the Electric Chair. Milledgeville, March 25.—( A *)—Ted L. Coggethall, of Clayton, 111., and Floyd McClelland, of Brockton, N. Y., Avere electrocuted here today for the murder a year ago of Prof. W. C. Wright, superintendent of Put nam county schools. McClelland went to his death at 12:49 p. m., eastern time. CoggeshalPs aged father and broth er. Sam, entered the death chamber a few moments before the condemned youth, and quietly took their seats af ter being searched. As Coggeshall was being strapped in after he had calmly lighted a cig arette, his father stood before him and grapsed his hand and a smile that seemed to be of pride illuminated his face. “Look lat him, gentlemen,” he said. “He is as clean and innocent as the day he Avas born.” Coggeshall looked him squarely in the eye, but did not reply and father continued: “YouNvere a good boy, and the fu ture will f&ow it. You have been a good' boy all your life, and I am proud that you are dying like a man.’ CoggeshalPs voice a\’Bs as clear as a bell as he calmly replied, “Good-bye dad.” The two died with denials of guilt on their lips, although earlier in the day it had been announced by Warden D. H. Dunaway, of the State prison, that McClelland had confessed to a Macon social Avorker, Want Steck Seated. Washington, March 25. — UP) —A majority of the senate elections com mittee voted today to recommend the unseating of Senator Brookhart. re publican, in favor of Daniel F. Steck, democrat. Every Easter morning the old town iof Winchelsea elects its mayor. A Avater-bailiff, having a silver oar as his badge of office, is also still ap pointed, although the sea has retired several miles from the town. CASES AGAINST HILLSBORO OFFICERS UOLLE PROSSED ’ News- of Interest to Auto Drivers Throughout the State. 1 Raleigh Bureau of The Tribune i Raleigh, March 25.—Governor Mc ! Lean was notified yesterday that the i case against S. D. Eubanks, Grange | county justice Os the peace against J ' whom many eomplainst had beim reg- 1 I istered by tourists, had becen nolle ‘ grossed by Solicitor L. P. McLendon after.the former justice had agreed to resign and return $95 of county funds which lie is alleged to have mis appropriated. A similar case against ( his son. A. H. Eubanks, constable, also has been polled. According to complaints registered : by irate motorists, the son. in his role of constable, would stop drivers on traffic charges and take a deposit for their appearance in court at some later .day. ‘This deposit is said not to have been treated as a bond, but Avas used to pay fines and “costs” assessed by the father, as justice of the peace, when the offnders would fail to appear for trial and a judg ment of “guilty” had been entered. The governor has received a num ber of letters from persons residing cut of the state, complaining of the treatment they were accorded in Orange county while driving across the state. He had no comment to make yesterday on the disposal of The case. ! BROGDEN TO SPEAK AT , . COUNTY COMMENCEMENT ■ State Supervisor of Elementary ' Schools Accepts Invitation to ] Speak in Concord. L. C. Brogden of Raleigh, State J Supervivor of Elementary Sctiool, will be speaker at county com | menoement here on April 24th. \ Prof. J. B. Robertson, superin- I tendent of the county schools, Avas , advised this week that Mr. Brogden J \vou d be able to accept the -invita . tion to speak before the graduating l classes of the county, and he will be heard in the high school auditorium on the afternoon of April 24th. Last year a change was made in thekcommeneement plans so as to entire program in the after noon. Thi change proved so success ful that the same plan wiil be used this year. This plan makes it pos sible for farm people to spend the morning at work and 'enjoy the en tire program in the afternoon. * The program this year promises to be as interesting as those vof the j past. A. B. Medlin Kills Man Near Monroe. . Friends in Concord Avere notified by telephone this afternoon that A. B. Medlin. police officer at the Hartsell Mill, this City, is being detained in Monroe as a result of the killing of a man, whose name is unknown here, on the farm of Mr. Medlin. near Mon roe. Facts in the case are meagre here. Mr. Medlin stated in a telephone con- A'ersation with a friend here that he he had gone to his farm in Union county, according to the Concord man he A\’as in conversation with. Upon ar riving there and in looking over his farm, he encountered a man in one of his fields. During the conversation beteen Mr. Medlin and the other man, Mr. Medlin states, the man threatened to kill him (Medlin). Whereupon Mr. Medlin, who is a police officer, shot the man. Following the killing Mr. Medlin Avent to Monroe and surrendered to the authorities there. State Press . Executive Comm it ice Meeting Today in Salisbury. J. B.* Sherrill left about noon fori Salisbury to attend a luncheon meet- j ing of the executive committee cf the North .Carolina Press Association, f scheduled to be held at the Yadkin Hotel at 1 o’clock for .the purpose of, i considering the time and place for the annual summer meeting. The other members of the committee are: James W. Atkins, of Gastonia, pres ident ; Miss Beatrice Cobb, of Morgan ton, secretary, ex-officio; C. A. W ebb, Asheville; Lee B. 'Weathers, Shelby; J A. Parham, of Charlotte; Frank Smethurst, Raleigh, and H. Galt j ■ Braxton, Kinston. Women are now taking , pari, in every phase of Egyptian life, and it is no unusual oecurrenance for , leading Egyptian newspapers to de vote space to the feminine question A domestic science school in Chica [ go has started a course in meat car\-- | ing to aid husbands. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher RHINELANDER AGAIN IS LOSER IN THE COURTS Justice Morsclmuser Refused to Set Ashle Verdict cf Annulment Suit, Poughkeejisie. X. Y., March 25. (A) —Supreme Court Justice Mors [ chauser today denied Leonard Kip j Rhinelander a new *triaTin his annul -1 ment action against his negro wife, | Alice Jones Rhinelander. The first [ trial Avas before Justjce Morsehauser in Westchester County Supreme Court at White Plains last Novem ber. It is understood ’ Rhinelander will appeal to die appellate division in Brooklyn from Justice Morschaus-! er’s ruling. > In the- two words “motion denied,” Justice Morsehauser Vv'used to grant i the motions of Isaac K. Mills, Rhine lander's counsel, to set aside the ver dict of the jury which was that Rhinelander, a member of an old and wealthy NeAv York family, should not receive an annulment from his wife; and to grant a new trial. At the same time Justice Morsehauser allows Lee Parsoffs Davis. Mrs. Rhinelander’s attorney, an additional sum of $12.- OCO for his services in the trial, and subsequent proceedings to date. OPPOSE IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE ENGLISH Minorily Report of Houte Judiciary Comcuitlse Will Be Pmeated to the House. _ . Washington, March 25. UP)—Op position to impeachment of Federal Judge George W. English of Illinois, is expressed in a minority report be ’'ng prepared by three members of the House Judiciary Committee. Insufficient evidence is the basis of t the arguments which are being written by Representative Bowling, democrat, of Alabama; Hickey, In diana ; and Wea\ T er, democrat, North Carolina. Representative Yates, republican# Illinois, another member, has announc-1 ed he may file additional views. The position of Representative Wel ler. democrat of New York, has not been made knoAvn, He was the only, member of the special committee of seven who investigated the case last summer, to vote against recommending impeachment. JOHN S. TURNER DIES AT HOME IN COUNTY Had Been Prominently Identified With Life of County For a Number of Years. John Si, Turner. Tor many years prominently identified with the busi ness, religious and political life of Ca barrus County, died this morning at 1 p’clock at his home in No. 10 town ship. He had been ill for some time, Mr. Turner was 87 years of age and was born andj'eared in this coun ty. Although he spent hig entire life on the farm he was always interested in all county-Ariide matters, gave much attention to political mattery and was successful as a farmer. Mr. Turner is survived by three daughters and seven sons as follows: Mrs. Daniel Kluta. Mrs. D. M. Long. Mrs. James Chaney, all of this coun ty ; Cebe Turner, of Texas. Walter, James, Paul. William and John, of thr’s county, and Curtis, of Stanfield. The funeral service will be held at Love's Chapel at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Start Work Scoft on New Yadkin Bridge. Albemarle. March 24.—r-A force of j the Atlantic Bridge Company ie noAv; on the grounds and is making rapid preparations to begin the actual eon -1 struction work of the steel bridge ! across the Yadkin at Stokes Ferry, i about ten miles north of Albemarle. A contract for construction of this bridge was given to the company I several weeks ago. ! R. L. Smith, one of the owners of [ this bridge, stated today that the bridge was to be completed and ready for traffic by July Ist. The bridge will be privately owned and there fore will charge toll but it will serve a large territory and will furnish a short route between important towns. ’ Says Alleged Slayers Have Confessed. j Milledgevile. Ga . March 25.—C4*) —j Floyd McClelland,, of Brockton, N. Y., under sentence of electrocution ; here today, and Ted Coggeshall. of i Clayton,- 111., for the murder of Prof : W. C. Wright, superintendent of Putnam eounty schools, has confessed to the murder, Warden B. H. Dnna- j way. of the State prison, was told to-, day by a Macon social worker. TREASURY GETTING AS MUCH CASH AS T GOT LAST YEAR I income Tax Payments For the First Quarter Alost as Big as Those of Last Year. MELLON CHANGES HIS PREDICTIONS Treasury Department Al ready Has Received More Than He Predict ed for the Month. Washington. March 25.—UP)—In come tax collections for the first quarter under the new revenue, law are noyv expected to reach $435,000.- 000, or within six millions dollars of collections a year ago under she higher rates. This total, predicted today at the , Treasury, exceeds by $35,000,000 the first estimate of Secretary Mellon on the collections for this quarter. These figures take into account only the income tax collections, but i considerable reductions are expected in the miscellaneous tax collections, since the new law repealed many of these levies. The increased returns, despite the lower rates, was attributed by Secre tary Mellon today to the large profits last year, and to the stimulation in business which he believes resulted ! from the anticipation of tax redue | tions, ADD $200,000 TO DAVIDSON FUNDS Announcement Mado of Raising $125,000 to Match Offer of Board. Davidson. March 24.—Announce ment was made today by F. L. Jack son treasurer of Davidson College, that $125,000 has recently been raised for the endowment rund of Davidson, to match the offer of $75,- 000 made by the General Education Board of New York if Davidson would raise the $125,000 by March 15. It was stated that this amount" was raised with the assistance of $70,000 which was not included In. the campaign of several yearn ago. In launching the $600,000 cam paign of several years ago Davidson College had the two-fold purpose of increasing its endowment and the' building equipment. First efforts j were turned toward the erection 6t I a third of New Chambers building, | and with its completion the officials turned to the endowment fund- Since the designated amount lias been raised for the endowment, the col lege will now focus its efforts on the raising of money to complete the re maining two-thirds of Chambers building. 'Die present wing of the new | bpi ding cost approximately $200,- | 000,and It. is estimated that to com plete it will entail a cost of $400,- 000 more. The original amount plan ned to be used on the building was $400,000, but the plans were en larged, and when completed the building will be valued at approxi mately $600,000. In the j>ast 15 yearn the endow ment of Davidson College has grown from *250.000 to $800,000; the building equipment has jumped from a \ r alue of $250,000 to $900,000; the budget of the eo’lege has been en ’arged from $35,000 to $200,000. and the enrollment of the students has increased from 300 to 600 student*. Mere Than 80 Deal In River Dis aster. Rio Janeiro, March 24.—Eighty passengers, the captain and the first and second engineers of the Brazil ian river steamer Paes De Ga radio perished when the steamer sank in the Solimones River, one of the up per forks of the Amazon, near [ Manats, according to despatches re ceived here today. The' disaster was caused by an explosion. Reventy-elght passengers and sev eral members of the creAv were rea cued. Wants Cost of Wheeler Cane. Washington, March 25. — UP) —By a A’Ote cf 61 to 13, the Senate today di rected the Department of Justice to. transmit to it a detailed statement of the money spent in the prosecu | tion of Senator Wheeler, democrat, of j Montana. Will Try New York-Paris Flight. Paris, March 25. — UP) —Capt. Rene Fonck, France’s foremost nee of the Avorld war, announced today that he Avould attempt a non-stop flight from New York to Paris in May. He said he would sail for New York at the end of April. SAT'S BEAR SAYSt ■ Showers tonight, /bolder in west portion; Friday partly cloudy and I colder, showers on coast. Fresh south j west lifting to northwest winds* NO. 75

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