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a'ent to Detroit with a college degree
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life insurance policy. He is head of
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ILLITERACY CRCSADE IS
PLANNED BEFORE CENSUS
New York Has Enough Illiterates to
Make a City the Size of Denver.
"Washington, March 29.— UP) —The
federal census takers of 1930 would
be unable to discover any illiterates
in t’lie United States, if the national
illiteracy crusade, jurst organized here,
had its way. Captained by William
Alien White, the Kansas editor the
crusade plans to (jo-ordinate the ac
tivities of several organizations that
have been seeking to stamp out illit
eracy.
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, nation-1
al director of the group, who is in
charge of.the newly-opened headquar
ters here, and who has been active
in educational work in the south, dis
closed these findings:
There are 10,000 who cannot read
or write in the city of Washington.
Philadelphia has nearly 00,000 il
literates.
New York City has enough to make
a city the size of Denver.
'Pennsylvania has enough to popu
late two states the size of Wyoming.
Ohio has more native born white
illiterates than has the state of Mis
sissippi.
There are many counties in the
United States where twenty-five to
thirty per cent, of the people are un- I
able to read and write and some
counties where forty to fifty per cent, j
are illiterate. '
Five million men and women in
this country have completely missed
school.
The lead pencil business would be
increased $3,000,000 annually, by the
wiping out of illiteracy.
“More can be done during the next
five years in Eliminating illiteracy
than has been done in any fifty years
before,” said Mrs Stewart. “Many
states and communities are now wag
ing a war against illiteracy, and
they are determined that the federal
census takers of 1930 shall not find
one in their neighborhood who can
not read or write. They feel that
illiteracy ia-a disgrace.
“The slow processes of the public
and private schools cannot cope un
aided with illiteracy. These schools
have done their best but 5,000.00 men
and women in the United States have
missed them, and must uow be cam
paigned info school. Our program
{ is to put the fight into every section
lof the United States. We will help
where existing organizations or the
school authorities are attacking adult
illiteracy and where the campaign
has not penetrated, we shall aid the
local and organize yrork in the prisons
and in addition make a vigorous cam
paign among the Indians.”
THREE NEGROES
PERISH IN FIRE
I -
Burned to Death in Bed When
Shanty is Destroyed.
Favetteville, March 27.—Felton
McMillan , Eugene McMillan and
Lacy Evans, negroes employed by
the state highway commission, were
burned to death in their beds when
a shantytruck in which they were
sleeping was consumed by flames at
3 o’clock this morning. The tragedy
occurred at a camp southwest from
Fayetteville, on the Wilmington road,
Route 21.
Plague of Seagulls.
London, March 26. —Fishermen at
Deal are complaining of the losses
they sustain through seagulls. The.,
birds follow outgoing sprat-fishing
boats like a great cloud; they swoop
down on the catches as they are be
ing hauled in and devour the sprats
by thousands. Then they will invade
the boats themselves and, not content
with the sprats they size by thou
sands on the beach, follow.the catches
to the railway station and in many
instances to the canning establish
ments.
Governor Reiterates Confidence in
Sink.
Ra’eigh, March 27.—Governor Mc-
Lean today, discussing the prison
controversy in which Chaplain W. S.
Shacklette and Pardon Commission
er Hoyle Sink hold the state, reiter
ated his statement that Mr. Sink
has been most cautious in the hand
ling of pardon and parole matters,
and left nobody in doubt as to his
confidence in the commissioner.
/
TIL OF CRANFORD
WILL BE STARTED
TUESDAY MORNING
State Was Not Ready to
Proceed With Trial of
N. C. Cranford in Albe
marle Court Today.
murdeeTcharge
AGAINST CRANFORD
Former “Convict Boss” of
Stanly County Is Charg
ed With Deaths of Two
Convicts.
Albemarle, March 29. — UP) —The
State was not ready today to proceed
with the trial of N. (3. Cranford, for
mer “convict boss" of Stanly county,
charged with first degree murder in
connection with the deaths of two
convicts, and the ease will not begin
before tomorrow.
This was announced by Solicitor 1
Don Phillips shortly before the noon ■
rcess.
A large crowd had surrounded the
court house here, and at 9 o'clock,
an hour before court was scheduled
to convene, many persons had already
taken seat*.
An imposing array of counsel faced
each other for the trial, led by Solici
tor Don Phillips for the prosecution,
while J. R. Price, If. L. Smit’.t. G.
I). B. Reynolds, H. C. Turner and the
firm of Brown & Sikes represented
the defendant.
Albemarle. X. C., March 29.—04^
X’. C. Cranford, “convict boss,” went
on trial here today in Stanly County
superior court, charged with first de
gree murder in connection with the
death of tw’o negro convicts.
| Cranford's trial grew out of the '
I deaths of James Terry and James
Howell, who died while serving on his
ehaiugang crew in 1918.
It is charged that the men were
beaten unmercifully by Cranford, wiio
at the time w r as superintendent of the
Stanly county convict system.
Court was convened by Judge A. M.
Stack at 10 o’clock. Calling a venire
was the first matter before the court,
and indications were that the defense
would press for a jury from another
county.
HAMBSCH APPOINTED
TO FLORIDA POST
Named Prohibition Administrator
t For Florida by Secretary Andrews,
i Washington, March 29.— UP)— F.
P. Hambseli was appointed prohibi
j tiou administrator for Florida today
|by Assistant Secretary Andrews in I
charge of prohibition enforcement.
Hambsch has been ass'.stant ad
ministrator and he succeeds D. T.
Simmons, who resigned recently. He
will make headquarters at Tampa.
‘ James H. L?e has been named dep
uty administrator with offices at Jack
sonville
The changes will become effective
April Ist.
With Our Advertisers.
If you are going to need furniture
for a porch this summer, don’t fail to
see the Bell & Harris line.
Everything for Easter for women
and children at Parks-Belk Co’s.
Georgette and crepe dresses, Easter
Millinery—a wonderful stock to select
from. See new ad..
Coats for Easter day—they’re sure
to please in every way—at J. C. Pen
ney Co.’s only $14.75. The mater
ials are smart, sturdy and new'.
Your bank book grows more inter
esting with every deposit. See new
Rd. of the Citizens Bank and Trust
Co.
The Cabarrus County B. L. & Sav
ings Association's new series is now
open. Take some stick in this series,
if only a small amount.
Banishing Typists' Troubles.
New York. March 26.—A device
has been invented which, it is claim
ed w'ill relieve typists of eye-strain.
It’ is a bar enamelled in nine colors,
and clips over the typewriter space
bar. The tints are arranged to form
a strong contrast, and for typists ac
customed to glance at the keyboard
> the invention is claimed to minimize
the ill effects of glare.
Farmer Dies While Working in Gar
den.
Goldsboro, March 26.—While at
work in his garden late Wednesday
afternoon at his farm on the high
way in Fork township, death came
suddenly to Charles Howell, a w’ell
known and highly esteemed farmer
of the Rosewood section, aged about
55 years- He is survived by his wife.
New Irea From Berlin.
Berlin, March • 26 — l The street
cleaning department of Berlin has a
new truck equipped to meet all street
cleaning prob’ems. In summer it is
a street-sweeper and a sprinkler. In
the winter it is employed as a snow
plough. In addition, there is enough
pressure of water to use the truck as
an extinguisher in case of fire.
Henry Brown lives alone on an iso
lated farm in Massachusetts. His
niece. Ida, who lives in town, had her
uncle put in a telephone so she could
speak to him in case of an emergency.
But the old man doesn’t take to new
fangled things and refuses to use the
contraption on the wall. Whenever
he hears the phone ring he mumbles
! “Ida wants me’ and hitches up his
old horse and drives to town to see
what Ida wants.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1926
Christ Visited in This Home
Oil Holy Week Wednesday
Here are the ruins of the home of Mary and Martha in Bethany near
Jerusalem, whither Christ retire*! on Wednesday of Holy Week—the day
before He returned to Jerusalem for The Last Supper
SAFRIT BOUND OYER
TO SUPERIOR COURT
Waives 'Preliminary Hear
ing When Taken Before
’Squire G. M. Lore at the 1
Court House Today.
Ralph Safrit, 22-year-old
mau of the Rimer community of this
county, waived preliminary hearing
this morning and was bound over to"
Cabarrus Superior Court.
Safrit was carried before ’Squire!
G. M. Lore at the court house and
his counsel, J. Lee Crowell, Sr.,
waived the preliminary'hearing. Bond
was fixed in the sum of SI,OOO by
’Squire Lore. Protest to this amount
was made by Mr. Crowell but Judge
Lore declined to reduce it.
Safrit was charged in the warrant
with an attack on a girl with intent
to rape. The warrant was signed
by her brother, court attaches said.
The girl was in the court room xvith
her mother and ether relatives. She
appears to be about 14 or 15 years of
age.
Safrit conferred only with his law
yer. If he had relatives present they
did not speak to him before the hear
ing was started. He left the court
room once to Confer with Mr. Crow
ell.
SENATOR JOHNSON IS
AFTER SOME INFORMATION
Wants to Know About Land Grant
to Mexican-Japanese >»>...>u. k e.
Washington, March 29. — UP) —The
Senate foreign relations committee
was asked today by Senator John
son. Republican, of California, to in
quire into a 2,000,000-acre land grant
on Magdalen Bay, Lower California,
recently given by the Mexican govern
ment to a Mexican-Japanese Syndi
cate.
Senator Johnson’s request was sub
mitteby Chairman Borah, who said
he too wanted the facts about the con
cession.
Senator Borah previously had tak
en the matter up with the State de
partment. which as a result is expect
ed to make inquiries as to the nature
’ of the transaction. ~
REAPER CLAIMS
EDITOR CARPENTER
Had Enjoyed Brilliant Career in
Journalism—Was Native of South
Carolina.
Fayetteville, March 25. —Albert M.
Carpenter, editor of the Fayetteville
Observer, died at 6:00 o’clock last
evining in the Cumberland General
hospital, after an illness of three
weeks.
Mr. Carpenter came here last Oc
tober from Spartanburg, S. C., where
he was editor of the Daily Sun for
eight years. His health was not
good at the time and Mr. Carpenter
mixed little with the public, but
those in this city who knew him
esteemed him most highly.
Will Continue Sale of Memorial Coins
in State.
Atlanta, Ga., March 29. —OP) —
Confederate Memorial half dollars re
maining unsold in southern banks will
be withdrawn April 1 except in the
states of Virginia, North Carolina and
Missouri, Hollins N. Randolph, pres
ident of the Stone Mountain Memo
rial Association, announced today*
Thinks Settlement Still Possible.
Washington, March 29. — UP )—
Complications that have arisen over
suspension of the plebiscite in Tacna-
Arina are not regarded by Secretary
Kellogg as constituting a barrier to
the mediation offer of the I’n : ted
States for settlement of the Taena-
Arica dispute between Chile and Peru.
Harlan F. Stone, who is 54 is <*ie
youngest of the justices of the Su
preme Court of the United States.
“They’re trying to take off their
caps to the ladies.”
NEW TAX SCHEDULE IS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK
All New Rates Went Into Force
This Morning.—Refunds Will Be
Made.
Washington, March 29.—With the
close of business Saturday the treas
ury said good-bye to the out-of-date
tax law of 1924. Wheu the doors
c p«ned this morning the tax law of
1926 came into full force.
| Some of the provisions of the new
j statute, including the income tax re-
I adjustments, became effective when
I the President affixed his signature.
Congress provided, however, that
many of the charges in miscel’ancous
levies should be delayed for a 30-day
period, \vhich expires at midnight to
i morrow.
One of the reduced rates which
goes into effect Monday morning i«
the tax on passenger automobiles,
which is cut from five to three per
cent.
Other taxes which will be reduced
then are those on cigars, stamps, ad
ti is.'ion and dues. The Jl& per cent.
ts: tn admissions will apply begin
nii*" Monday on tickets costing more
titan 75 cents, instead of on those
costing more than 50 cents.
In addition, the government will
give refunds to automobile and cigar
dea’ers of the difference between the
old and new taxes for the amount of
stock on hand Monday when the new
rates became effective.
Reports made public today by the
internal revenue bureau showed that
$8.642146 in additional taxes was col
lected last month as n result of in
vestigations of delinquent taxpayers.
1 The bureau made 38 668 investiga
tions during the month of which 17,-
448 were the cases of those who failed
to file any returns.
BLACK MOUNTAIN WOMAN
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Was Fired Upon When She Opened
Door to Her Home at 1 O’clock
This Morning.
Asheville, March 29. — UP) —Mrs.
John Melton, xvho lives near Black
Mountain, was shot repeatedly from
ambush when she opened her front
door at 1 o'clock this morning in
answer to a call from a messenger
announcing that her son, Harry, had
been hurt in an automobile accident.
The person or persons who did the
shooting were concealed in a group
of pines in tho yard near the door,
and as the door swnug open fourt
shots from an automatic j&otgun and
one from a 32 calibre pistol were un
loaded in her direction, the pistol shot
entering her abdomen, and . the oth
ers taking effect in her thighs, it is
reported.
Mrs. Melton is seriously xvounded
but alive at her home. Attending'phy
sicians are doubtful as to the outcome
of her injuires, it is said. It is
thought the perpetrators of the crime
intended to shoot Mrs. Melton s hus
band and son, but were unable to
recognize the figure who appeared at
Pile door and fired into her by mis
take, investigating officers said.
Bloodhounds arc being used in an
effort to trail the offnders. The shoot
ing probably resulted from activities
of Harry Melton in combatting moon
shine operations. Sheriff E M M'teh
ell, of Buncombe county, said.
Seeks Delay in Ratifying Debt Settle
i ment Plan.
I Washington, March 29 — UP)- p°-
i lay in the ratification of the Italian
1 debt settlement was urged today in
1 fae Senate by the Democratic floor
leader, Senator Robinson, of Arkan
sas.
■ He said the possib’e value of the
i settlement for the promotion of peace
I and good will “can be better deter
mined after Italy has displayed her
j intention in the proposed disarma
ment conference to contribute in the
j most substantial and certain way pos
-1! sible to her own political and econo
-1 mic stabilization.”
Duke of Bivoua Dead.
Madrid, March 29.—OP)—The Duke
t of Bivona, former Governor of Bar
■ celona, is dead. He has no heir.
Ban Johnson has been president
‘ of the American League since its
organization thirty-tw'o years ago.
DRY CHIEF PLANNING
SWING AROUND THE
COUNTRY IN FUTURE
i Secretary Andrews Going
1 to Visit;All Parts of the
! Country to Make a Per
sonal Survey.
i COMING SOUTH
L at the jump
' Later Will Visit the Pacific
Coast and Then He Will
Swing to the Canadian
Border.
Washington, March 29. — CP) —A
nation-wide survey of prohibition con
ditions will be made this summer by
Assistant Secretary Andrews in charge
of the treasury’s dry enforcement or
ganization.
Soon after July Ist Mr. Andrews
plans to make a swing around the
country. He will inspect first the
southern border, proceeding to the Pa
cific coast, and returning byway of
the northern boundary lines.
I This will be the first checkup of
his field forces, Mr. Andrews will have
an opportunity to make since he en
tered office a year ago.
Andrew:, to Be Witness.
"Washington. March 29.—CP)—As
sistant Secretary Andrews, of the
Treasury, in charge of dry enforce
ment organization, was summoned to
day as the first witness to appear next
Monday before the Senate Judiciary
Committe at hearings to modify the
prohibition law.
Three Amendments Offered.
Washington, March 29.—CP)—Three
amendments to the Edge resolution
proposing a nationwide referendum on
prohibition were offered today by Sen
ator Borah, republican, Idaho. Each
is in the form of a question to the
voters which would be placed on the
ballot. The three questions are:
“Do you favor such an amendment
to the constitution of the United
States that will eliminate or wholly
repeal the 18th amendment?
“If you are in favor of amending
the Volstead Act, is it your desire not
withstanding such amendments that
the law remain so as to prohib : .t the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
beverages, in United States.
“If von 4a vor amending the Volstead
act so as to permit manufacture and
! sale of light wines and beer, is it your
understanding that Such light wines
and beer are to be so linrted in aleo
. holie content as to be non-intoxicat
ing?”
THE COTTON MARKET
Reports of Unfavorable Weather in
the South Reflected in Advances in
Prices.
New York. March 29 —CP)—Re
norts of unfavorab’e weather with
! further delays in southern farm work
were reflected by advances in the cot
ton market early today.
The opening was firm at an ad
vance of 12 to 16 points. Active
months sold about 18 to 20 points net
higher before the end of the first hour,
May advancing to 18.90 and October
to 17 85 on covering combined with
some trade buying and commission
house by new crop months. While
the weather was the chief factor, old
j crop positions held their own, with
’ater months, and there was little or
no change in the differences between
May and October.'
i Liverpool was relatively . steady on
trade calling and continental buying,
according to private cables.
Cotton futures opened firm May
■ 18.84; July 18 34; Oet. 17.75; Dec.
, 17.50; Jan. 17.44.
A $12,000 VERDICT
AGAINST J. B. IVEY CO.
Damages Awarded Dick Jacobs in
Gaston County Court.
Gastonia, March 27. —A verdict of
$12,000 was returned in Gaston su
perior court in favor of Dick Jacohs,
15, local high school boy, who was
injured when run into by a negro
driven truck of the J. B. Ivey com
pany, Charlotte, near the corner of
Franklin avenue and Oakland street,
on August 20, 1925.
The jury was out seven hours.
Attorneys for the Ivey company,
Carpenter & Carpenter and J. Law
rence Jones, the latter of Charlotte,
gave notice of appeal to superior
court after Judge G. V. Cowper re
fused to set the verdict aside.
John Cameron, Sage of Sharron,
Answers Call.
Kinston, Mar. 28. —John E- Cam
eron, grand master of the grand
lodge of Ma*sons of North Carolina,
died at his “Rose of Sharon" home
at 1 o’clock this morning. He was
59 years of age and the head of a
large family. Probably no man in
America had held so many Masonic
honors, according to grand lodge of
ficers. in so many years. He was
prominent in politics, having held
the offices of deputy United States
j marshal and deputy collector of reve
i nue for long terms. was a leader
of his party in the second congres
sional district, and though, a repub
lican, he was appointed to the state
highway commission as one of its
original members.
The Tri-States Baseball League,
with a circuit of six cities in Arkan
sas, Tennessee and Alabama, wil. open
its second championship season . I.a?
3rd. The schedule calls for a split
season, with August 31st as the clos
ing date.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Started It
jflP
Amanda Ziegler of York Pa., has
had bobbed hair for the paat 60
years, and is thus several, furlongs
ahead of the earliest flappers. She
doesn’t approve of lipsticks, rouge
or rolled stockings, however.
WHAT ATTITUDE WILL
CHAPLAIN SHACKLETTE TAKE?
Hearing to Be Continued Thursday.
—Speculation Is Rife.
Raleigh Bureau of
The Concord Daily Tribune
Raleigh, March 28.—Excitement
caused in State capitol circles by the
rather sensational charges of Rev.
W. S. Shaoklette, prison chaplain,
against Prison Superintendent George
Pou and Commissioner of Pardons H.
Hoyle Sink, had simmered down to
day. but speculation was rife as to
the attitude the chaplain will take in
next Thursday’s continued hearing of j
the prison board.
Then, with his attorney present,
he will have no good excuse for reti
cence concerning his allegations and
the sources of his information. In
yesterday’s hearing he denied having
connected Superintendent Pou with
the alleged “sale” of a pardon to
W. W. Green and refused to discuss
his charge against Commissioner
Sink, in the same connection. In
view of the fact that undisputable
proof has been advanced to show that
Governor McLean granted the pardon
to the , prisoner Green against the
wishes of Commissioner Sink, who
had assisted in the prosecution of
that case through all the the
charge against Mr. £ftnk, which Mr.
Sbacklette refused to diseusS, was
Branded on all sides os utterly ab
surd.
What proof the chaplain could pos
sibly advance in support of such an
allegation no one could conjecture and
it was freely predicted that this
charge, too. will be withdrawn when
the board again convenes. That is
no more than guesswork, however, and
is based on nothing that Mr. Shack
lette has said. In fact, the chap
lain has said nothing since the board
began .its investigation about these
charges. He returned to Caledonia
'yesterday e\ r ening and dec'ined to dis
cuss the matter before he left. ,
Persons who have watched C'm-|
missiener Sink’s conduct of his office j
were astounded that any such charge
should even be breathed against him,
much iese preferred in such a man
ner as to get before the public Those
familiar with the tria’s of such a po
sition declare that he has resisted
in every instance all pressure, polit
ical and otherwise, that has been j
brought to bear on him to ■secure the
release of certain prisoners, a, fact
which has won him the highest re
spect of everyone cognizant of the
Straightforward course he has pur
sued.
There will also be those persons
who believe that pensonal or political
friends should be given preferential 1
treatment in matters of governmental
administration. It is no particu’ar
secret that Mr. Sink has been called
upon to recommend leniency for pris- 1
oners by men who, in their own opin-1
ion, at least, were influential in the
state. So firm has the commissioner j
been in hits refusals to be swayed by
any such demands, that the custom
has languished in Xcrth Carolina and
such calia now are few and far be
tween.
For those reasons, charges such
as have been made by the ebapain. i
strike Mr. Sink's intimate friends as j
ridiculous in the extreme; mr would,
they arouse more than indignation i
were seemingly indisputable proof of
their impossibility not availab.e. j
As for the additional charges said (
to have been made by the chaplain
against Superintendent Pou when he
exonerated him from any complicity
in the Green matter, but little thought
is being given them. No hint has
been given as to their nature, but
the prevalent belief is that they ac- i
cuse him of mistreatment of prison- j
ers. Friends of Mr. Pou are not i
worried on that score and even those;
not on particularly friendly terms
with him do not incline to the be
lief that any such accusations can
be substantiated.
Not to Honor Osdildeston Requisi
tion.
Asbury Park. N. J., March 29.— UP)
—Governor Moore in a statement tele
phoned from Trenton, announced that ;
he would not honor any requisition
papers which might be presented to
him for the return to Binghamton. N.
Y.. of Dr. Edkin Osdildeston. 93 year
old physician, and Crimean War vet
, eran.
Dr. Osdildeston was arrested Fri
: day -on 45 year old charges that he \s
a horse thief and- an escaped prisone.
The arrest was made By deputy sher
iff S. Foster Black, of Binghampton.
N. Y., who himself is 91 years old.
598 KILLED DURING
3 MONTHS IN SOUTH
mmm
Figures Compiled From
Records of, Associated
Press.—North Carolina
Second on the List
floridaTeader
IN THE SOUTH
115 Deaths Occurre4 in
This State and 285 Were
Injured During the Same
Period.
UP) —Eleven Southern States yield
ed a total of 598 dead and 3,316 ip
jured in traffic accidents during the
first three months of 1926, a consoli
dation of weekly surveys by the Asso
ciated Press revealed today. This con
solidation left out the remaining three
days of March, wiuding up the period
with last night.
Accidents by trains, automobile*,
trolley cars and motorcycles wep§ tak
en into account in the combination of
the survey.
Florida and North Carolina led isl
chalking up the larger number of
deaths, Florida’s toll being 120 for
three months, while North Carolina
registered 115. Arkansas trailed tha
list with only 29 deaths for the period,
Florida also led in the injuries col
umn, with 066. Again North Caro
lina with her 115 deaths came fifth In
the list of injuries, with 285. fthe
was led by Georgia. Virginia and
I isiana in addition to Florida. South
Carolina brought up the rear in this
column with 68.
There were no particular outatund
:ng accidents which yielded a large
number of deaths recorded during the
| period of the survey.
A tabulation by states for the quar
ter includes: North Carolina 115
deaths, 2&5 injured. South Carolina,
39 deaths 68 injured.
TOBACCO CO-OPS HAVE
ANSWERED SUIT CHARGES
Plea in Abatement Alleges “FYaud,
Conspiracy and Misrepresentation of
Facts”
Raleigh X. C., March 29.—OP)—A
plea in abatement alleging “fraud, con
spiracy and misrepresentation -of facts”
in securng plaintiffs to file - proceed
ings against the Tri-State Tobacco
Growers Co-operative Marketing As
sociation was filed in U. S. District
Court here today. The plea was made
as a portion of the answer of the As-*
soeiation on the injunction proceed
ings seeking its dissolution. Five
Virginia tobacco growers, members of
the association, are named as plain
tiffs in the proceedings.
Court recessed shortly after 11
; o’clock until 2:30 this afternoon in
; order to give plaintiff attorneys time
to prepare an answer to the charge*
| eonta'ned in the plea of abatement.
The hearing opened with a motion
i by the pla : ntiff's attorneys to add 72
Virginia members of the Association
to the bill of complaint ns plaintiffs.
The motion was registered by Aaron
SJapiro, counsel for the Association, on
the ground that the Associatioivwould
enter a plea in abatement charging
fraud and misrepresentat : on in secur
ing the five plaintiffs who signet! the
original complaint. Judge I. M. Meek
ins presiding, took the motion under
advisement. The answer of the de- j
fendant Association then was read 5
through the plea in abatement when .
court was recessed.
The plea in abatement charged
that in two particulars the plaintiffs
; attorneys had practiced “fraud, con- !
j spiracy and misrepresentation of
facts” iij obtaining plaintiffs for the
, action.
I It wah alleged that the complaint
was drawn without knowledge of wbo ;
the plaintiffs would be, and then sent
! to Virginia, where one of counsel se
cured five s gnntures. It waft further
alleged that the five plaintiffs did not
read the bill of complaint or know the
nature of its contents.
The second ground was that the five
j plaintiffs had already broken their
! contracts with the association and
! therefore bad no rights in court a*
! plaintiffs. In supi>ort of this conten
j tion figures were given show’ng that
j in 1922 the five growers had markpted
I o total of 56,000 pound* of tobacco
! thhough the association, while tin
j 1926 they had marketed an amount
slightly greater than 1.00(1 pounds.
24 Lawyers Disbarred.
Washington, March 29.— UP) — *
Twenty-four lawyers have been dis-f
barred from practice before the Trra*- f
| ury department, as a result of an in
' vestigfltion of charges of collusion be-
S tween Ahem and employe* of the Inß
- Revenue Bureau. jj 3
-SAT'S BEAR SATSt
v
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, fol-|
owed by rain Tuesday. Moderate,
s utheast shifting to northeast wind*.
NO. 76