mm '
It Yesterday by
■eavicst Gales
I Years and in
jes Snow Fell.
Sng up
I SOME NOW
I That at Least;
(ns Died as Re-;
brm and Fifty
fre Hurt.
|Tf<'und I>ixio shiv-
I emerging from the
Line March. The
|t>(h directly or indi
junseasoiiable weath
thile injury was sot
Ipped the mountn’ns
ptioits today, but iu
Falong the feasts cf
p ami the Gulf the
L slowly warming.
[in some portions of
Lhanies last night.
j(Ps remained on the
I of tornado or gale
[ was in southern
L the Atlantic sea
|a to Virginia. Strag
[lTight indicated that
I stand as the toll in I
jtviml storms. At least
I injuretl when their
lislied.
I Atlantic coast, the ,
lie proportions at (
I net a new reconl at ■
Ip the gale blew at a }
Ip. the hardest blow ;
■), 1022. Lightning ;
■tnpanied the winds,
■lie coldest point in f
Iht. the temperature ,
■i wind blowing and
. ]
I HOI SE j
In BY SPEAKER ,
E . ■ 1
Mi Tells President of ,
i in the Next Twq ,
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Irii 1 ,-f/P)
■timed to President [ 1
■ tentative legislative 1
fclouse for the next j l
■eh'would include | ]
■aviation legislation. 1
I claims, and Span- t
■ speaker said, holds j
■tus as to priority. (
■e agriculture com
■Rehed a decision on j
I before it. j
■ar pensions measure j
■id and ineapactiat
■ts cost has been es
■o.ooo a year at the j
K to a maximum of j
■hen decreasing.
■e, Mr. Imngworth j
■al aviation program }
I without any addi- ,
■he treasury, by ad- .
■ the navy budget, j
I be the first avia- j
■taken up. probably ,
iederal aid in good !
P. be said would be ]
Congress and would (
Isent appropriation •
Ijidge discussed the ,
prom tlie standpoint .
pd. His attitude on j
I was not disclosed.
UPMARKET
|n set tied Weather in '
Advance in Prices.
April I.—(>P)—Pr'os
thxl weather in the
holidays with
Liverpool cables led
f cotton market early
frday s sellers for a
y were covering, and
f!tl! y at advances of
active months soon
5 Bto 13 noirts.
to I s .*7 and October
dug was fairly ac
a"(“' m>*t some selling j
)«’ts v.ere offered more j
Minas :ate yesterday, 1
!, t the rains looked!
i at the end of this
O' "wed by prospects
t mr opfore the mar
s business Monday.
’ sa], l liquidation in
f, e.i offset by trade
ting.
' opened seadv. Mav i
f' : Ult - 17.06; Dec.'
:
airj Drops Dead at 1
penoer
• Frank Stans
, tne Southern Rail-
EP 1 oh the
S«t wmle on the way
bad been at work
alth ,r s; api)urent, y
He is presumed
an _ a track of acute
_ ‘'o oil years of age.
°f tile ox
t<-. 1 v race
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10 -Hcrtlake, a
f,‘ u . tO , ,he official
f yardf' tlree hun ‘
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Promising
■tat '"s ■ 'af'vP-' s. As
* SEB
Ju
s V. .V...
One of the most promising young
players on the roster of the Chi cage
Cubs this spring is Art Jahn. out
fielder. He joined the Cubs late in
the 1925 season and showed enough
to warrant a trip to the training
camp. .Jahn came “up” from the
Flint club of the Michigan -Ontario!
.• League.
THE TOBACCO GRAWERS’
ASSOCIATION HEARING
Judge Meekins Held a Night Session
Last Night.
Raleigh Bureau of
The - Concord Daily Tribune
Raleigh, April I.—The hearing on
the petition for a receiver for the
Tobacco Growers Co-operative Mar
keting Association dragged through
another day, and night. yesterday
without even the interchanges of per
sonalities to lighten the tedium. In
order to bring to a quicker and what
has every appearance of an all but
endless case. Judge Isaac M. Meekins
held a night session last night, amid
inward groans from a'H concerned.
For a time yesterday afternoon it
appeared that the case might come to
an abrupt conclusion.
“If the other gentlemen appearing
for the plaintiffs havelpo serious ob
jections. I should like to confer with
the two attorneys for the defendant
and Cob Buford,” Judge Meekins an
nounced as court convened for the
afternoon session. Col. Buford is
the only attorney for the plaintiffs
vhd. was not made a party to the ,
chafes o£. conspiracy and fraud eon- .
famed in the defendant’s first plea
for abatement, and, consequently, has
not participated in the bitter cam
paign of invective against Aaron
Sapiro, chief counsel for the associa
tion. ]
“I though, your honor, we had been
behaving beautifully,” Judge Horton,
of counsel for the plaintiffs, remarked. 1
“So you have, but I want it to
keep up and I do not know what
might happen at close quarters,” the <
judge returned. 1
For more than half an hour, the ]
judge was conferring with the at- <
torneys for the two sides and it was
freely predicted in the court room i
that the case was at an end. Some ’
thought that the judge was seeking an i
agreement between counsel as to an
appointment of a receiver; others i
thought that the judge was making
Mb position plain before granting the i
first plea in abatement, his ruling on ~
which still is held in abeyance. Pro
ponents of the latter idea based their 1
position on the judge's remark made
previously, that he doubted the juris
diction of the court in the matter.
Those who foresaw' an immediate re
ceivership pointed to the judge’s
statement that he would not require
proof of fraud in the original sign-up
to grant the petition for a receiver.
After some thirty-five minutes of
conference, however, the judge re
turned to the bench and the case pro
ceeded. While no public announce
ment was made as to what went on
in chambers, it is understood that the
judge was merely advising counsel
for the plaintiff to drop certain is
sues as unnecessary to the matter in
hand.
Most of the day was taken up with
the introduction of exhibits tending
to prove that- far less than the re
quired fifty per cent, of the poundage
in North Carolina and Virginia had
been represented in the original sign
up. Excerpts from the Federal
Tyade Commission’s report on the in
vestigation were read, showing that,
instead of having fifty per cent, of
the total poundage, the association
j received only thirty-five per cent., in
its best year, its receipts ranging
from that dow’n to twenty-two per
cent.
The association’s defense in this
is that the discrepancy represents the
pounds which contract breakers failed
to deliver.
Considerable time also was taken
| up with exhibits intended to show the
enormous profits made by seventeen
J of the directors through re-drying op
! erationß which they are said to have
conducted as a private enterprise
Evidence was introduced Beeming to
show that the profits were in excess
of SBOO,OOO, which sum, the plaintiffs
contend, would have accrued to the
members had the directors not chosen
to make it an individual matter. Evi
dence also was introduced to show
that the re-drying charge to grower’s
through the system inaugurated* by
the directors was greater by some 90
per cent., than they would have been
otherwise.
*
Among the ancient Mexicans in
temperance was accounted a grievous
crime, and was punished with im
. prisonment and other severe penal
ties.
/
m FIGHT UK
HOUSE DEBATE OH
ENGLISH CHARGES
Argument on Floor Be
tween Representatives
( Mills and Rankin Al
most Led to Fist Fight.
MILLS OBJECTED
TO RANKIN MOVE
Started Over to Speak to
Him, It lis Believed, and
Rankin Rushed From
His Seat to Meet Him.'
Washington. April I.—G4>)—A near
fist fight on the House floor resulted
today from an argument between Rep
resentative Mills, republican, of
New York, and Representative Ran
kin. democrat, Mississippi, over pro
ceedure in the impeachment charges
against Federal Judge George W.
English, of Illinois.
After Mr. Rankin had demanded
that a quorum be present when debate
was resumed. Mr. Mills* walked quick
ly to the democratic side of the House
apparently to urge the Mississippian
to withdraw h/s motion, but Mr. Ran
kin met him halfway on the-double
quick. Other members, eonv : need
convinced that a physical encounter
was threatened, kept them apart.
“Get on your side of the House.”
shouted Rankin, shaking his fist. “You
can’t insult ipe. You are a dirty,
contemptible socundrel.”
The Sergeaut-at-Arins helped quiet
the Mississippiau. Mills, apparently
unexcited, then moved away and the
debate proceeded without a quorum
call.
Colleagues near the two members
said that Mills approached the Mis
sissippian and said :
“It’s a damn mean thing to do, to
keep twenty men here ”
His sentence was unfinished, Ran
kin rising and exclaiming
“You can’t talk to me that way.”
The heated exchange followed. Rep
resentative Doughton. democrat, of
North Carolina, first intervened.
Members said no sooner had Rankin
hurlfld tihe vile language at Mills
than he said:
‘TH withdraw that remark. I won’t
call any white man that."
f After* aftah* alt. iiam:w fdt<»
press correspondents that he: regret
ted the incident. He said Mills was
approaching him, speaking as he d : d.
had angered him beyond control.
REV. A. T* ABERNETHY,
FORMERLY GOT DRUNK
Rev. W. E. Poovey. of Marion
Makes the Accusation.
Wilmington, March 29.—Repre
sentative Blanton’s colorful contri
bution '&> the house debate was made,
he said, to illustrate the inclinations
of some of those who want modifica
tion of the present prohibition
regime. He referred particularly to
Rev. A- T. Abernethy, of Rutherford
College, N. CL. who he said had ad
vocated amendment of the Volstead
act. As testimony on the subject of
that minister’s standing he presented
a letter, he said, which had been
written by Rev. W. E. Foovey, a
\lethodist minister at Marion, N. C.,
saying that Abernethy in 1908 was
ju a drunken spree for aeveral
weeks, and had come into chapel
•with his breath heavy with alcoho
lic fumes.” The letter also said that
iu\ 1907, while holding a license to
preach in a church in Philadelphia
Abernethy “had at least three living
wives from whom lie had not been
divorced.” ,
Rev. Mr. Abernethy Says He Did
Not Write Letter.
Charlotte,. March 29.—Rev. *A. T.
Abernethy, of Rutherford College,
when asked tonight over long dis
tance telephone concerning the refer
ence made to him by Congressman
Blanton as advocating amendment
of the Volstead act, stated that he
had an article in Collier’s Weekly of
the 27th giving hie views on prohibi
tion, and that this was probably
what the representative from Texas
referred to in his speech today be
fore the chouse. Mr. Abernethy stated
that he had not written to any con
gressmen as to his views on prohibi
tion or the dry law enforcement. He
added that he had received a request
from the committee in Congress in
vestigating prohibition to appear be
fore it next ’jveek -and that he plan
ned to appear before the committee.
Appeal For Clemency For Raleigh
Detective.
Raleigh, Mar. 29.—Attorneys here
are arranging to go before Governor
McLean the middle of next month
with an appeal for clemency in be
half of Jesse Wyatt, former Ral
eigh police detective, who wet to
state prison March 15 under an
eight to 18 months indeterminate
sentence for slaying Stephen Ho.t,
prominent Smithfield attorney.
Wyatte was convicted of man
slaughter in Wake superior court
last November. He killed Holt when
he mistook his car for a rum-runner
and fired in an attempt to stop it.
Especial interest attaches to news
oi the forthcoming appeal in his be
half because of the 'nvestigation now
underway dt Charlotte into the
shooting of an alleged rum runner
by police of that city last week.
i Newspaper bootleggers in Italy
■ clandestinely sell newspapers which
■ exceed the limit of criticism allowed
by the Fascist government.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL l. 1926
CHAPMAN BEGINNING
TO REALIZE HE HAS
I LITTLE CHANCE Ms
• i Counsel for the
i 1 Bandit Tell Him • Go*|
■j emor Hag Refused f§
) Grant Reprieve.
ONE WEEKMORE
!! MADE IN PLE4
I I It Was Agreed That New
I Evidence Had Been Se
i; cured to Aid Doomed
Man.
Hartford. Conn., April. 1. — (/P)— ■
Gerald (Chapman, bandit, is beginning
to realize that bis chance cf escaping
the gallows early next Tuesday ark
slight.
This statement came today from
his counsel after they had informed
him in State prison Chat Governor
Trumbull had refused to grant n re
prieve.
Frederick A. Groehl, Chapnrnji’s
counsel, urged the government to
grant Chapman a reprieve of at least
one week because of new evidence,
but the governor said “No, not for an
hour.” He said that it would be an
unwarranted interference with t’ae
judicial departments to stop execution!
now. “Chapman has had his day j
in court.”. Governor Trumbull saidJ
“The ease has been heßrd in the]
courts before several judges.”
A petition urging Governor Truin-1
bull to grant a reprieve was being*
circulated today by two Hartford
club women. They will offer it to
4he governor in case the motion fov
new trial is overruled. They ob
tained 150 signatures last night, soon
after the petition was started.
Chapman is under sentence for
killing a New Britain policeman in
a burglary.
Carries Fight to Supreme Court Ju»-1
tice.
Washington, April 1. —04*)—An ap
peal for stay of execution of Gerald
Chapman, the mail bandit under sen-i
fence to be executed April 6th for the]
murder of a New Briton, Conn., po-e
liceinan, will be made today to a jus-]
tice of the Surpeme Court.
Ray M. Wiley, of Springfield,!
Mass., of counsel for Chapman,]
fir bed Washington today' ii>
the appeal. The Supreme Court is
in recess and the case must be handled
with the justice individually.
It is understood the grounds are
that Mr. Wiley wants to bring up
for review some new phases which
recently have arisen in the case.
It is within the power of an indi
vidual justice to grant a stay pending
the submission of the case to the
court.
Granting a stay would depend up
on the ability of counsel to satisfy
the justice that there has been a de
velopment iu the ease sufficient to
warrant it. since n writ for review
was recently denied Chapman by the
court. Should a stay be granted, it
would be impossible for the ‘ court to
pass upon any petition until it re
assembles April 12th.
FROST IS PREDICTED
FOR STATE TONIGHT
Crider Weather Expected to Con
tinue Until Some Time Tomorrow
Washington, April I. — (/P) —The
first of April has played a joke on
spring over most of the nation and
(he sunny South in particular. Af
ter a shivering adieu to March, its,
cold blast, rain, snow and frost, April
but continued the unseasonably' cold
weather today.
Although clear weather will pre
vail today and tomorrow throughout
the South, frosts are probable for.to
night in North Carolina, South Car
olina and Georgia, the weather burehu
foreeast says. Storm warnings re
main displayed on the Atlantic coast
from Cape Hatteras to Eastport,
Maine.
Storm Warnings Are Given on the
Gulf Coa&t.
Washington, March 29.—Storm
warnings are displayed ou the east
gulf coast from Bay St* Louis, Miss.,
to Tampa, Fla., the weather bureau
announced tonight in its report of
conditions, with a disturbance of in
creasing intensity over tne Rio
Grande Valley wihch will move east
northeastward and cause strong
southeast winds tonight shifting to
north Tuesday afternoon or night.
Temperatures have fallen decided
over the south plains states, north
west Texas and the Rocky Mountain
region.
The outlook is for rain Tuesday in
the East Gulf states and for rain
Tuesday and Wednesday in the
South Atlantic states. It wiM he
colder Tuesday in the west portion
of the east ’gulf states and Wednes
day in the south Atlantic and east
gulf states.
Joseph A. Kester Dies in Office of
Physician. _
__ Salisbury, March 27.—-Joseph A.
, Kester, Aged 76, whose home is near
Rockwell, this county, died suddenly
, in a physician’s office here thus after
noon. Mr. Kester, who was in town
. on business, was stricken while in
, a bank and was carried to a physi
, cian’s office, where he expired before
the physician arrived. The wife and
several children survive. The funeral
takes place Sunday afternoon at J
7
i W. Harry Montgomery, of Char
-1 lotte, was here this morning on his
way to Greensboro.
I TRUSTEES OF STATE
! PRISON DECLINE TO
l| MAKE ANY INQUIRY
f Into Charges That Have
[ Been Made Against H.
► Hoyle Sink, Prison Com
missioner For the State.
NO RIGHT TO
MAKE INQUIRY
' This Is Decision of Board,
Which Holds That Law
l Does Not Give It Right
to Make Such Inquiry.
Raleigh. April 1. —Decision
that it had no authority to investi- 1
gate the charges, no matter what their
made against H. Hoyle Sink,
pardon commissioner, was announced
at the opmiug of the meeting here to
day of the trustees of the state pris
on. The meeting was called for the
purpose of probing fully charges plac
ed before it by a member, B. E. Ever
ett. that prison chaplain W. S. Shack
lette had charged Prison Supt. Geo.
Ross Pou and Commissioner Sink with
trafficking in pardons.
In a statement road before the
[meeting at the opening of the hearing,
the board said Mr. Shacklette denied
. placing any charges of trafficking
| against Mr. Pou. and that therefore
| iu this -respect there was nothing to
1 investigate. It added that Mr. Sink
I was not under authority of the board,
land the board therefore felt- it could
- not investigate any charges against
him made by Mr. Shacklette or any
other person, because of lack of jur
isdiction.
With this statement the board an
nounced itself ready to hear any oth
er charges to receive supporting state
ments, and to investigate them fully.
It referred to certain statements al
leged to have been made by Mr.
j Shaeklette at the meeting last week
j that certain reports had been made to
him of violation of law by certain
, prison officials, which meeting was ad
j journed at Mr. Shaeklette’s request
| until his counsel could be present.
j USUAL DEFICIT FOR THE
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
‘ Operating Deficit of $28,000,000 For
Fiscal Year of 1926 Is Estimate of
Joseph Stewart.
Washington, April 1. — VP)—Oper
ating deficits of the Post Office Depart
ment for the fiscal year 1926 was es
timated today at $28,000.000 by Jos
eph Stewart, executive secretary of j
the -Department, before a state com- i
mittee considerfhg postal rate cliarges.
The cash defie : .t was placed at $lB.-
000.000 because it was discovered that
unexpected appropriations would be
turned back, principally from the fund
to pay for railroad mail transporta
tion. This was due to a diminution in
the quantity of mails carried under
the rates now in effect.
ANNUAL MUSIC MEET
FALLS ON-APRIL 23-24
Contests Will Be Held in Auditor
ium of Coolege For Women.
Greensboro, March 31.—The sev
enth annual music meet for high
school of the State, beit/g planned
for by the authorities at North Caro
lina Co”e»e for Women, will find
she new Music building open for
visiting, bqt the contests themselves
will be held in the nudiorium of the
.college, Apri! 2# and 24.
State Income Tax Collections Fall
Off.
Raleigh Bureau of
The Concord Daily Tribune
Raleigh. April 1. —State income
tax collections for the first three
months of the present year fell little
more than $30,000 short of reaching
the coveted $5,000,000 mark, accord
ing to figures given out by A. S Car
son, cashier for the department of
revenue, yesterday evening. Collec
tions from the source alone, up
through March 31st, totalled $4 969,-
853 34. or more than $1,800,000 more
than in the same period in 1925.
A sizeable volume in income tax re
turns still is to come in, as a number
of large corporations were granted ex
tensions. It is considered not at all
beyond the realm of probability that
the final total will reach $5,800,000.
Collections of taxes from all sources
during the month of March alone to
talled $5,106,642.82.
With Our Advertisers.
All the banks of Concord will be
closed next Easter Monday, Ajpnil
sth. .
( Deposits made at the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company before April 10th
will bear interest from April Ist.
Accounts can be opened with a de
posit of SI.OO.
Easter is the great dress up day
for the nation. - Men, the Browns-
Cannon Company is ready f r r you.
All suits are made from 1926 ma
terials and cut from 1926 patterns—
everything up-to-date.
Victor dance records for April at
Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery Co.
Go in and let them play these for
you. See list in new ad.
New Victor records for April at
Bell-Harris Furniture Co.
Those who delight in' exquisite
things will enjoy a visit to Starnes-
April Fool’s Day originated in an
ancient pagan festival, such as the
Huli festival of the Hindus, or the
i ’ Feast of Fools, celebrated by the
Romans oh February 17th.
Don’t Believe AU You See
keopP, ; S ~ if they oan I Today being April 1. this little
the land e ~ aCt ° d ° n many a 9treet Cori >er in many a city throughout
BRIDE STANDS BY #
ERRING HUSBAND
“He’s Just a Boy,” She Says, as She
Hears of Rcklessness With Law.
J Charlotte, March 31.—Frankie Jhr
reli, demure and pretty bride of six
{lays, languished in tears and doubt
iff the Y. W. C. A. Monday night a
few hours after the long arm of the
law had reached into her dreams ahd
her youthful husband had confessed,
not only to the theft of an automo
bile and to indiscreet tampering with
checks, but to an entirely different
name from the one Frankie had been
led to believe was his and to the one
that was signed to her treasured mar
riage license, according to an article
in The (Charlotte Observer.
The. axe of justice fell mercilessly
jnsfc-as the couple were searching for
an apartment to begin Housekeeping,
and after a brief seige, the bridegroom
admitted that his name was not Eu
gene Gibson, but Ralph Cline, and
that his home was not in Castlewood.
| Va., mut Davey, W. Va. He was
j, Charged with the theft and transpor
tation of an automobile from Virginia
and with passing a bad check.
Miss Jarrell, or Mrs. Cline. Mon
day night told a story of a brief ro
mance. beginning when she left her
home in Hickory to begin training at
the Presbyterian. Hospital as a nurse,
her infatuation for the young grocery
clerk, a hurried marriage at Gastonia
—and then t'he tragedy,
j The young bride began loarning
thihgs at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon,
she Said. Her lesson began with a
telephone call to the bank where she
has been eipp’oyed and consequent
revelations of her husband’s
eol'ege student in Virginia first, sfae
said, then trouble and a flight from a
Virginia ref rm school, the confisca-'i
tion of a schoo’mate’s name and ad- j
'dress and the beginning of a string
of petty crimes. . .
'‘Cline was apprehended when a
stolen tag was recognized on the ear
and an investigation resulted. Rela
tives of the bride wired his father
in Virginia and paternal aid was
promised.
-'The girl was obdurate in her fidel
ity.
/‘He’s just a boy,” she wept, “just
past twenty. And 4ie’s been crying
ail day and begging to know if an
other ceremony can’t be performed.
I think it’s ail a bad dream, any
how.
“Certainly I still Jove him. I can’t
help it—no matter what he did.”
She insists that her name is Mrs.
Gibson.
-- - I
To Condemn Property for Railroad. 1
Raleigh Bureau of
The Concord Daily Tribune I
Raleigh, April I.—Approval of the
Southern Railway’s, petition for per-
to condemn a strip of land
in Salisbury for the purpose of car
rying out its double tracking pro
gram between Salisbury and Majolica
was contained in an order issued yes- j
terday by the State Corporation Com- 1
mission. *
The land in question belongs to
Eliza B. Henderson, Eliza Hender
son Cotton, Mary F. Henderson. John
S Henderson and wife and M. C.
Henderson. In its petition, the rail
way 'company set forth that it had
been unable to purchase the land at
a reasonable price.
Arguments in Tobacco Case.
Raleigh, April 1. —01. E. P
Buford of plaintiff’s counsel, opened i
the argument in the Tri-State Tobac-,
CO Co-operative Association case as
court convened today and spoke for
• more than two frours. He reviewed f
the entire case from the plaintiff*
standpoint, and argued that the facts
presented justified granting the re
» quest for appointment of a receiver.
At the close of Col. Buford s argu
ment, Aaron Sapiro, of counsel for
i the association, addressed the court
i with the remark he intended to dis- 1
‘ pute every statement made by Mr '
; Buford. ( Mr. Sapiro tten launched
into his rebuttal argument. |
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
MEDLIN GIVEN FREEDOM
ON HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
Bond Fixed In Sum of $5,000 at a
Hearing Before Judge Schenck hi
Albemarle.
A message received this afternoon
at 1:45 o’clock front Albemarle stated
that A. B. Meillhi. Concord police of
ficer and deputy sheriff, had been re
leased on bond in the sum of $5,000 af
ter a habeas corpus hearing before Su
perior Court Judge Schenck m Albe
marie. Medlin had been held in the
jail at Monroe following ihe fatal
shocking by him o Mark Simpson, a
Union county fanner, last week.
The hearing was arranged on ha
beas corpus proceedings instituted by
lawyers retained to defend the officer!'
A number of Concord men motored
to Albemarle to attend- th* hgoring.
No witnesses were called, it is said,
as Judge Schenck was to make his de
cision from the records of the prelim-1
inary hearing before Recorder Lem
mond in Monroe, several witnesses
having bepn called at that time. A
copy of the testimony was given to
Judge Schenck and he was,expected to
make his decision from this record.
After hearing several witnesses in
Monroe Recorder Lemmond ruled that
the case was a bailable one but that
he did not have jurisdiction. Friends
of the officer are confident that Judge
Staek will allow him bail.
*
CHAIRMAN MARVIN IS
ATTACKED BY COLLEAGUE
Held Reepons'.W? For Commission’s
Failure to Reduce Certain Textile
Tariff Rates.
Washington, April I.—VP)—Chair
man Marvin of the tariff eommissior
*'»B blamed today by cne of his dem
; cratic coleagues. Commissioner Den
-1 njs, for the commission’s fa lure t
consider any reduction in woolen tex
tile tariff rates.
Mr. Denis infodmed the senate tar
iff investigators that the commission
had been told these rates were so
high as to constitute ah embargo, but
that action was blocked by Marvin,
who appeared before the House ways
and means committee before he was ap
pointed to the commission, in an es- j
fort to get higher duties on woolens, i
“He makeß. his opposition on the I
grounds that the subject is too com-1
plex,” said Dennis.
“If that is so. why is the chair
man conducting an :nvestigation.head
ed toward increased duty in the pot-,
tery industry which is just as com- j
plicated? We are up to our necks in j
pottery investigations now.”
I He declared the commission had
, pigeonho-lcd the vegetable oi! case,
j Commissioner Dennis suffered a se
vere nervohs attack wh : ln testifying
After scleral minutes in another}
room he returned to the stand, but j
was unable to read his notes
The* committee adjourned until}
Monday.
' Impeachment Charges Taken Up in
| i , * House.
Washington, March 30. —(A*) —The j
House today took up formal charges f
of impeachment that its judiciary
ermmittee has brought against Fed
eral Judge Ge6rge W. English, of Il
linois.
An unusually large percentage of!
the House membreship was present i
when Chairman Graham, of the corn-;
mittee called np the articles of im- j
peachmeot.
i Public schools of the city will
close tomorrow afternoon fog Easter.
Under the plan adopted by the school
officials work in the school will be
suspended Monday, giving an extra
holiday for Ea»ter. It is said that
many teachers plan to spend Easter
at their homes. •
Preparatory services will be he’.d i
at Trinity Reformed ’Church tonight j
,at 7:45 o’clock. The sermon will
I be preached by Rev. M E. Hansel.
pastor of the Second Presbyterian,
, Church.
CRANFORD PROBABLY
WILL NOT BE TBIEB
• AT PRESENT TERM
It Seems Almost Certain
Now Charges Will Go
Over Until the Next
Term of Court.
GRAND JURY DID
NOT TAKE ACTION
On Request by Solicitor
That New Bills of In
dictment Be Returned
Now.
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Albemarle, April I.— C4>) —All in
dications today were that N. C. Cran
ford. former convict superintendent of
Stanly county, would not face charges
of first degree murder in connection
with the death of two negro convicts
during present term of Superior
Court.
While Judge Michael Schenck had
two motions yet before him, One to
quash the present indictments, and
another, to move the trial to another
county, he had as yet made no prom
ise to either, and attorneys
were inclined to opinion that he
would wtit until.the next court to
render a decision.
A grand jury sitting yesterday
heard Solicitor Don Phillips ask for
new indictments against Cranford,
but tlie body adjourned leaving the
request as “unfinished business.”
The motion of the defendant to
quash is based upon alleged deroga
tory remarks by Judge McElroy who
addressed the grand jury when the
original indictments were returned.
Cranford is charged with whipping
i James Terry and James Howell, con
j victs, in 1918, so severely that they
died later.
RUMOR THAT BROWNING
WILL WED YOUNG GIRL
Latest “Cinderella” Tale of Wealthy
New York Real Estate Man Pub
lished.
New York. March 81.—Edward
W. Browning, e’derly and wealthy
real estate operator has again as
sumed a role in a Cinderella talc.”
Tills time he is playing the part of
prince, following bis disastrous at
tempt to be fairy gudlMJker to Mary
Lfluis Spas last year. His secretary
today confirmed reports of fiis en
' gagement to Frances Heenan. form-
I erly of Cqlumbua, O-, 17-year-old
daughter of a trained nurse, win be
announced this coming .Tune when
I the new Clinderella reaches her 18th
birthday.
France* is suffering from burns
on the face, the work, according so
Mr. Browning, of “some fiend” who
, entered her bed room while she slept
j and threw acid on her. Eight detec
| tives are searching for the ma'.efac
tor and four nurses are attending
the girl. .
He refused to confirm his secre
tary’s admi&sion of the engagement
p’ans, saying “it is a question I can
not -talk about at present.” He add
ed that Frances was a “lovely girl”
; —very refined.
Her mother. Mrs. William Heen
an, expressed no surprise at the re
•r<s «f a romance.
Frances ha« not accepted any gifts
o'her than flowers and candy from
I hrr admirer, the mother said* The
"xtensive wardrobe, automobile, jew
els and other presents Browning lav-
Vhed on Mary Louis Spas during the
brief period of her adoption before it
was discovered she was not 16 she
! c’airaed but a mature 21, have no
‘ pqrt in his latest romance.
Frances, her mother said, is not
i attending school at present. She is
“too busy socially.” They came here
from Columbus. 0., four Tears ago,
: Mrs. Heenan said. She is separated
I from her husband. a automobile
! salesman who she believps, is work-
I ing at Hempstead, L. I.
The phy«ici*n who attended Fran
-1 "es after the mysterious acid throw
ing said the burns would not be
I <eriou« and probably would leave no
| i>ermanont scar*. Mr- Browning said
j the matter of the scar is unimport
ant anyway, so far as his regard for
his .new Cinderella is concerned.
Mrs. Matheson. 84. Dies at Taylors
ville.
j Charlotte, Mar. 81. —Mrs. Boomer
Matheeon. aged H 4. a member of one
I North Carolina’s prominent fam-
I ilies and the mother of Dr. J. P.
| Matheson. of Charlotte, died Wed
j nesilay at 7 :30 j>. m. at her home in
, Taylorsville., Mrs. Matheson iiad
' been ill for three months. She was
‘ a members of the Presbyterian
church and a leader in it« enter
prises.
BATS BEAR SATSt
r 1 ■
Fair and continued cold with frost
Friday fair with slowly ris
ing Diminishing west
j and northweat winds becoming vari
| able
NO. 77