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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Defender
imps!
Major Russell B. Putnam of the ma
rines will defend Col. Alexander \Vi|.
Hams at the latter's court-martial in
D ‘ ego T the court-martial that’
was ordered as a result of General
Smedley Butler's charges that i
Williams served cocktails at a party
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VIC FESPERMAN QUITS
RACE IN’ MECKLENBURG
One of Leading Candidates For
Sheriff Will Hold Post as Police
Chief.—Other Charlotte News.
Charlotte, April 7.—Viictor P.
Fesperman, chief of rural police, to
day announced his withdrawal from I
the race for sheriff in the June!
Democratic primary, affording local
politicians one of the choicest mor
•selrt of discussion of the year.
Mr. Fesperman has been identified
with the jxilitical life of the county
for years and came within an inch
of beating Sheriff W. O. Cochran in
a hot second primary race two yeans
ago. He has a large following in the
county and would have received
strong support had he remained in
the race for sheriff.
Insistence of the county commis
sioners that he remain at the head of
the rural police organization was
cited by Mr. Fesperman as one of
the primary reasons for his decision
to quit the race for sheriff.
Congressman A. L. Bulwinklc, of
Gastonia, who represents the ninth
district in Congress, is optimistic
oven the outlook for Democratic suc
cess in the congressional elections
this. #MI. The congressman was here
for a few hours while ou a short
visit home from Washington.
Dissension in the ranks of the
leaders of the Republican party and
the disgruntled farmers of the west
who are aroused by failure -of the
Republicans to enact a farm relief!
measure will help the Democratic
cause, Major Bulwinkle believes.
Bellman Sherrill, 35, of West
£land street, and May Thornburg, 30,
were being held by local officers as
parents of a seven-weeks-old baby
girl found on the porch at the home
of Fred Kirkpatrick, Park road
farmer, Saturday night. 1
One hundred and fifty-five work
ers today started in the annual mem
bership. campaign of the Y. M. C. A.,
the goal being 15,000 points. The
local organization is contesting with
the Wilmington and Raleigh associa
tions in the membership compaign.
The will of Morris McDonald, 1
deputy state revenue commi*»sioner,
and for many years one of the lead
ing business men of this city, who
died recently, filed for probbate here
leaves the entire estate, valued at
approximately $200,000 to his wife
and children. i
REYNOLDS SAYS HE IS
CONFIDENT OF WINNING
Candidate For Senate Makes Visita
tion at Henderson and Talks of
Outlook.
Henderson, April 5. —R. R. Rey
nolds, of Asheville, candidate for the
United States Senate against Sen
ator Lee S. Overman, who is now
rounding out his fourth consecutive
term in office, paid Henderson a I
visit ou Friday. He spent the better j
part of the day here in company
with G. H. Macon, of Warren coun
ty, who is his manager in this sec
tion of the State. It was talked
that J. M- Peace was named as his
county manager as one result of the
visit, but Mij. eace would not con
firm this rumor.
'The candidate got about consider
ably over the city while he was
here, met many leading citizens, and
shook hands with hundreds, taking
many names and asking their sup
port in the June primary. He made
the confident declaration that he
would win the nomination, and said
that he would do his best for the
Statae.
Mr. Reynolds is making a personal
visitation to every county seat and
all the leading cities in the State.
He said when here that he did not
expect to get back home much in ad
vance of the primary, which is to be
on Saturday, June 5. He has yet to
cover practically the entire eastern
section of the State in his trips, but
said that where he had been he had
been enthusiastically received, and
was encouraging reports as to the
progress of his candidacy. He claims
Buncombe will go almost so'idly for
him, and that many ofthe western
counties will give him a majority
’ Two Found Dead Near Burning Oil
Reservoir.
I San Luis Obispo. Calif.. April 8.
? —W S ) —A. H. Seeber and his son.
- William F. Seeber, were found dead
today about 300 yards one of
the large burning oil reservoirs of
. the Union Oil Company.
ROWAN OFFICERS IN
SEARCH FOR NEGRO
FOLLOWING ATTACK
7 ’ < ■ .
J Negro Is Said to Have At
i tempted to Attack White
Woman at Her Home
Near Salisbury.
WOMAN ALONE AT
HOME AT TIME
Negro Visited House Sev
eral Times and Grabbed
the Woman on His Third
Visit.
Salisbury, April B.—C4»)—Sheriff
Krider. of Rowan county, and depu*
ties, spent last night and this morning
scouring the western part of the coun
ty fbr an unknown negro who at
tempted to attnek a white woman
about fifty years old late yesterday
afternoon at her home about five miles
west of this city. The negro ap
peared at the home and asked for a
drink of water, which was given him.
Later he returned and went off again,
but came back the third time and find
ing the woman sitting on the porch
alone grabbed her. She made an ef
fort to run into t'.ie house, but he
caught her before she entered. The
woman, wife of a farmer of that
neighborhood, lives at a point between
the Statesville highway and the West
ern railroad.
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SUMMER CAMP FOR
ROTARIANS PROPOSED
Plans for Construction of Artificial
Lake In Pisgah National Forest.
Asheville. April B.—( A *)—Plans for
construction of a Rotary summer
camp and artificial lake in Tisgah
National Forest for Rotariar.s and
their families, boys* work in general,
and choice of Spartanburg. S. C., for
the 15127 meeting, occupied the prin
cipal places of discussion on this
mornings program of the 1926 con
ference of Rotnry Clubs of the 38th
district, which are meeting here.
The problem of the camp was
brought up by Rev. W. L. Hutchins, of
Thomasvllle, N. C., who reported on
a boys’ work round table breakfast
which w r as held early todaj- His re
port was followed by an uimk , »» ( l on
behalf of the youth of the Carolina*
by rienry Wood, an Asheville high
school student. The boy delivered
an indictment of those who condemn
ed the younger generation. The youth
of today is no worse than the youth
of fifty years ago, he declared, al
! though the attitude of the younger
generation has changed. If there is
anything seriously wrong he declared
it is the lack of co-operation between
parents and the child.
LUTHERAN MISSIONS TO
CONVENE AT SALISBURY
There Are Forty Such Congrega
tions Within the Synod of North
Carolina-
Liberty, April 7. —The mission
committee of the Lutheran Synod of
North Carolina will hold its annual
meeting in the offices of the First
National bank, Salisbury, April 8.
The purpose of these annual meet
ings is to consider the progress and
needs of mission work in the synod.
At present there are twenty such
fields in the synod with a total of
forty mission congregations. All mis
sion of the South Atlantic
states are under the supervision of
Dr. A. D. R. Hanchor, whose head
quarters are at Richmond, Va. The
mission committee of the North Car
olina synod is composed of Dr. J. L.
Morgan. Salisbury; Rev. A. M. Huff
man, Kings Mountain; Rev. H. P.
Wyrick, Burlington; B. B. Miller,
Salisbury, and A. R. Rhyne, of Char
lotte. Mission pastors of the synod
will present reports at this meeting
on the work of their respective
charges. ,
! FELT IMPELLED BV A .
SUPERNATURAL FORCE
Says Miss Gibson When She Made
the Attempt on Mussolini’s Life.
Rome, April 8. —( A »)—Miss Violet
Albina Gibson, the 50 year old sister
of Baron Ashbourne, made her at
tempt against the life of Premier
Mussolini yesterday because she felt
impelled by a “super natural force en
trusting her with a lofty mission.”
Carload Sale of Sellers Kitchen Cab
inets.
The Concord Furniture Company
are now having a big sale of Sellers
kitchen cabinets to continue through
next week. During this sale you can
get these famous kitchen cabinets at
a very low price. You can pay only
one dollar down and the balahce in
small payments. If you buy a Sel
lers npw you get free a 32-piece set
of dinner China. The set consists of
enough plates, cups, saucers, bread
and butter, fruit dish, vegetable dish
and platter for six persons. See
big ad, on page six.
Remus Will Have to Serve One Year
in Jail.
Cincinnati, April B.— (A*) —Under an
an opinion handed down by the U. S.
Circuit Court of Appeals here today,
George E. Remus, former Cincinnati
l bootlegger, will have to serve one
year in jail at Dayton, 0., unless he
appeals to U. 8. Supreme Court and
• obtains a reversal of the opinion.
Mrs. Leonard Brown is confined to
E her home on South Union street by
illness.
/
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926
Investigate Burning
Os Bank Os Midland
At Early Hour Today
DR. SOPER AGAIN HEARD
AT GOLDSBORO MEETING
Discusses “Spirtual Maturity” Be*
■ fore Methodist Sunday School
i I Conference.
j Goldsboro, April 7. —At the morn-j
! ing’s sesmon of the North Carolina
J Methodist Sunday school conferences
j Dr. Edmund D. Soper, dean of tliM
i; school of religion of Duke univerwityj
1 brought his second and closing
wage to the conference. The subjeetl
, of the address was, “Spiritual Mu*^
I turity—ls it ah linpc&dble Dream?”
1 In this address Dr. Soper seemed to
literally feel his way into the heart.
of bin subject and then in the clear
est maimer possible he uafouided to
his hearers that which lies at the
very heart and core of a personal
religious experience. The hearts- and'
mind of serious and intelligent peo
ple were touched by the searching
implications of the speaker’s roes-,
sage.
The scriptural basis of the address
was Ephesians 4:11-13. He began
by saying that when speaking of
spiritual maturity to a Methodist
audience he was dca.ing with a sub
jett which bore the marks of famil
iarity since Methodism has nlwuyis
made a specialty of the study of ex
perience. They reminded of the
necessity at times to rethink their
way through things which had be
come familiar.
The question was raised, “Is spir
itual ,maturity a possibility?” The
average person will say, "Yi**, there
are saints; eertaiu marked men and
women but they are not normal.” It
is difficult for many people to recon
cile sainthood with a narmal whole
some way of living. But Paul in the
passage quoted makes uo such dis
tinction. It was a very humble peo
ple to whom I*Blll was speaking. A
peop’.e only recently come from 1
paganism, a people without a Chris-]
tinn heritage or a Christian tradi
tion, a people most of whim were
unable to read or write, probably.
"The difficulty with us is tuat we
have been so satisfied with medi-,
ocrity, with being as good as most’
church members,” said Dr. Soper.
“The chief mark of a Christian is
discontent. There must be an urge, a;
reaching and a desire to possess*
more than we have at present. \Ve ;
se« this illustrated as we read the
lives of the great saints of history
nlnjk trafe the connection between,
discontent, their realization of
their own imperfections and “fheir
final attainments after pushing on.
The deeper we go the more we re
alize the necessity of going on. which
realization is a guarantee of the ele
ment of growths. Dissatisfaction
with present attainment is the in
dispensable necessity for growth.
The speaker then proceeded to up
several misconceptions of maturity.
The first is that “we Methodists in
our emphasis ■ upon experience have
sometimes overemphasized it. We see
that in the unnecessary years some’
people spend in trying to get an ex
perience just like some one else. We
must take account of our own emo
tional life and our own intellectual
processes and be sure that our ex
perience is real.
“Some people become most quiet
when their emotions are stirred the
most deeply.
“The experience of being caught up
and swept off ones’ feet doesn’t come
to every one.
“The chief difficulty here is that
many sincere people with a refin
ed selfishness keep their eyes turned
inward when they should look out
on a world of service.”
Another misconception of maturi
ty is that “something essential to
our nature can be eradicated by the
coming of the holy spirit. Modern
pysehology teaches us that God has
made us with certain instincts not to
be oradieated. They are not to be
eradicated but inthe spirit of Christ
and by His power they are to be re
directed in new channels. Spiritual
maturity means not eradication of
these instincts but redirection.”
Congress to Adjourn Next Month.
Washington, April B.— (A*) —Presi-
dent Coolidge was told today by Chair
man Smoot, of the Senate finance
committee and Chairman Madden of
the House appropriations committee
that Congress probably would adjourn
between May 15 and June 1.
The legislative calendar, they said,
was in good shape, with nothing of'
major importance in sight outside of
deposing of the remaining appropria
tion bills, the Italian debt settlement,
and possibly passing some form of
farm relief legislation.
Congressional Investigation in Porto
Rico.
Washington, April B.— UP) —A Con
gressional investigation of the polit
ical. industrial, economic • and social
conditions in Porto Rico' was pro
posed in a resolution introduced to
day by Senator Pittman, Democrat,
of Nevada.
I
Garage and Two Autos Burned.
! Fire discovered about 3 o’clock this
morning burned a garage belonging to
the White-Parks mill and two auto
• mobiles owned by employes of the
mill.
i Mr. Greendiek owned one of the
. cars and the other belonged to C. C.
, Riddle, superintendent of the mill,
i It is not knoYvn how the fire start
? ed.
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1 The Concert: H?gj, School Band will
accompany the “Sundav Gang” to
Charlotte Friday, and “play for the
} march up Tryon street. The band
r is composed of 27 pieces and has been
in training for two months.
Sheriff R. V. Caldwell, Jr.,
and State Bank Exam
iners Work on Case Dur
ing the Day.
fCASHIER OF SANK
WAS IN BtJILDING
jHe Reports That Some
One Struck Him and
Then Set Fire to Bank
Building.
State bank examiners and county
officers are investigating the burning
of the home of the Bank of Midland
at an early hour this morning, in an
effort to determine whether money
was taken from the bank and to lo
cate the men who are alleged to have
rendered unconscious Cashier C. T.
Blakeney, who was in the bank at the
time it was fired.
Sheriff R. V. Caldwell, .*t., was
tified at 6:30 this morning that
someone had entered and robbed the
bank, killed the cashier and set fire
to the building. The rumor that Mr.
Blakeney had been killed became cur
rent when he was found in an uncon
scious condition near the door of the
bank, first persons reaching him being
of the opinion that he was dead. He
regained consciousness during the
early morning and several hours af
ter the fire was discovered was able
to discuss the ease.
According to information received
by the officers Mr. Blakeney went to
the bank about 4 :30 this morning to
start his day’s work, it being stated
that he starts to work at this hour
often when he is rushed. Soon after
entering the bank. Mr. Blakeney is
quoted as saying, he heard a noise in
the rear of the building. l Investiga
tion failed to disclose any one in the
building, but the cashier is said to
have found the rear door open. Push
ing the door shut Mr. Blakeney is
further quoted as saying he went to
the front door, which he locked.
That is the last he remembered. Mr.
Blakeney said, until he regained con
sciousness. Be had a faint recollee-.
tion of getting hot. he said but did
not know whether he was in or out
<rf the bank at the time. «. *
boy passing by the bank about
5,;30 saw the body of Mr. Blakeney
and at the same time detected the fire
in the building. He gave the alarm
and soon a number of persons gath
ered to fight the fire. The first two
men to reach the scene carried the
cashier to his home, and an examina
tion by his physician is said to have
shown that he was struck over the
head with some blunt instrument.
The bank building was burning so
briskly when the first fire fighters ar
rived that it could not be saved. The
adjoining building, occupied by the
Midland Hardware Company, was not
burned, the fire wall protecting the
structure.
Persons who reached the scene first
stated that it appeared that the fire
had been started in the rear of the
bank, and it was burning faster there
than in the front. The entire inter
ior of the building was gutted, only
the vault and walls being left.
It was impossible this morning, it
was said, to determine whether mon
ey had been taken from the safe. The
vault door was open when the first
person entered the bank after the fire
died down, but the safe door was not
open. This door was partially opened,
it was said, but the metal on it was
so hot bank officials and bapk exam
iners present could not get it open.
It is reported that more than $4,-
000 was deposited in the bank yester*.
day. When Sheriff Caldwell reached
the bank he found several thousand
pennies scattered about the vault
door, but he could find no other mon
ey -
Several bank examiners started an
investigation abdut 9:30 this morning.
It is reported [that they started an
examination of Ihe bank's books yes
terday but hadl not completed ~their
work. When asged if lie had any in
formation concerning the case one
of the examiners stated that he knew
nothing except what was on the sur
face.
Mr. Blakeney is quoted as telling
i friends he did not know how he got
from the bank bpilding. He came
through the front door, he thinks, due
to the fact that he was found lying
near the front door, but he does not
remember whether he was carried
from the building or whether be crawl
<ed out.
The Bank of Midland was organized
about four years ago and Mr. Blake
ney has been connected with it .in
the capacity of .cashier for about two
years. He is 6aid to have lived in
Jefferson. S. C.. before going to Mid
land. One official of the bank stat
ed that the banking company, which
owned the building, had it insured
and also carried burglary insurance.
The amount could not be learned this
morning due to the fact that Mr.
Blakeney had prepared the papers and
was not in condition to discuss that
phase of the case.
It was apparent this morning that
records and money in the vault were
safe. Constructed entirely of brick
and. cement, the vault withstood the
fire and unless some one entered the
safe its valuable?! are believed to be
I intact. Bank examiners planned to
try again this afternoon to get into
the safe. ”
Asked if he saw any one or heard
any one just before he lost conscious
ness, Mr. Blakeney is reported to
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THE COTTON MARKET
Opening Was Steady at Decline of 2
Points to an Advance of 2 Points.
New York, Apx - il B.—o4 s )—The cot
ton market was irregular in today’s
early trading. Liverpool was rela
tively easy and some traders placed
a more favorable interpretation on
Jhe weather map which they thought l
pointed to clearing conditions. Oth-
however, apprehended a renewal
of unsettled weatheri owing to the
pressure oxfow oii the Pa
cific Coaet which they feared would
move eastward. On the whole or
ders were fairly well divided.
The opening was steady at a decline
of 2 points to an advance of 2 points.
Prices fluctuated within a range of
3 or 4 points during the first hour,
May selling around 18.78 and October
18.48, or about 1 to 3 points net low
er.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
18.83; July 18.25; October 17.50;
December 17.19; January 17.10.
WEBB WANTS LIQUOR
LAWS STRENGTHENED
Federal Judge Says 18th Amend
ment Will Not Be Repealed.
Charlotte. April s—Scorn for per
sons who assert that the prohibi
tion laws of the nation have failed
and advocacy of stricter dry laws
than are now provided was express
ed by Judge E. Yates Webb, of
Shelby. Monday, in a charge to the
grand jury in the Federal district
court hero.
“The thumbs of America have
been turned down on liquor and ef
forts of the wets to repeal the eigh
teenth amendment will not prevail,"
he declared.
He urged that the courts be “given
the power to imprison, in the peni
tentiary any man found guilty of
transporting.
Judgge Webb belittled thft efforts
of the anti-prohibition group. Drug
gists can sell preparations of eight
een and twenty per cent alchoholic
content for medicinal use, he said
but, when they sell it for beverage
purplkes, then they are gui.ty of
violation of tho Volstead law.
With Our Advertisers.
The Yprke & Wadsworth vo. is of
fering special cash prices on Rogers
paint. Complete line of colors. See
big ad. today for prices. Everything
you need in the way of paints and
varnishes.
-Progressive banking facilities with
a cordial welcome for both large and
small accounts at the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co.
The Silver Cross Circle of King's
Daughters will meet Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock with Miss Ellen White
on Georgia Avenue.
have answered in the negative. The
noise he heard in the rear of the bank
was the' only thing that attracted his
attention and he saw no one when he
went to make an investigation. He
did not say. it is reported, why he
failed to lock the rear door after h : s
tour of inspection.
The case has created great interest
throughout the county. Hundreds of j
persons motored to Midland when a ,
report of the fire reached Concord,
cord manv being attracted by the false
report that Mr. Blakeney had been
killed. ~
The youth who first saw Mr. Blake
ney's body near the bank and other
persons who reached tho scene quick y
thereafter stated that they saw no
strangers about the place. V hoever
visited the bank is believed to have
left in an automobile.
I
ANOTHER CHARGE IS
MADE AGAINST JARDINE
Congressman. Says Secretary' Has
Been “Rabbit Footing” w> Farm
Relief.
Washington, April B.—UP)—Secre
tary Jardine again was accused of,
“rabbit footing” today at a hearing
! before the House Agriculture commit-
I f|»A ,*
! -
I Representative Kincheloc, democrat,
j.ef Kentucky,- saitl the Secretary was
1 “holding secret conferCifSM'.'' 'dlwnss
ing some mysterious bill, and allowing
nobody to know where he stands.”
Defending the Secretary, Represen
j tative Tine Tier, republican of Kansas,
j said there never had been doubt of h : s
I position at which Mr. Kincheloc eall
-1 ed Mr. Tincher “the dog barking friend
! of the administration.”
“I mpke the point of order that I’m
not a dog,” retorted the Kansas rep
resentative. .
RADIO COPYRIGHT BILL
ASSAILED BY SPEAKER
j E. C. Mills Says Bill Is Merely Price
Fixing Measure.
| Washington, April B.— UP) —The
radio copyright bill which has been
vigorously supported by broadcasters
at the joint hearing of the Senate
and House patents committee, was as
sailed as a price fixing measure today
by E. C. Mills, chairman of the ad
ministrative committee of the Ameri
can Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers,
Some members of the Senate and
House committees which have heard
the Society attacked as a combination
in restraint of trade, have reached the
conclusion that enactment of such a
bill would be extremely difficult at this
session of Congress.
GIRL IS KILLED WHILE
LEARNING TO RUN CAR
Miss Hettie Davis Loses Life Near
Danville WTien Auto Plunges Into
Creek.
Danville, Va., April 5. —Miss Het
tie Davis, 28. was killed near Dan
ville this evening when a car in which
she was riding with Marion M. Bark
er, of this city, left the Stoney Mills
road and plunged into a creek. Miss
Davis’ head was caught between a
boulder and the side of the cartas it
turned. Barker remained pinioned
fbr twenty minutes or until negro
boys could bring assistance. He was
not hurt.
Cliaplain Shacklette Discharged.
Raleigh, April 7. —OP)—The board
of trustees of State Prison today dis
charged prison chaplain W. S. Chap
lam W. S. Shacklette, the discharge
to be effective at once, so far as his
duties are concerned. The chaplain
will be allowed to draw his full sal
ary for this month and to occupy his
present residence uhtii the end of the
month. The action was taken, said a
statement issued, “as his usefulness”
as prison welfare officer “is at an
end.”
Watching For Disturbance*.
Lisbon. April 7. —04 s ) —The Por
tuguest government having received
reports concerning intended disturb
j ances, has adopted preventive meas
! ures. ,
Competent critics seem agreed that
in the Victoria Cougars the Western
Hockey League, sent the greatest team
cast to play for the Stanly Cup that
has ever represented the West in the
in the world championship series.
The first British artificial silk ex
hibition is to be held in London the
week of April 19th.
STATE REPUBLICANS
GATHER II DURHAM
FOR BIG GRIEGS
Frank W. Mondell, of Wy
oming, Present to Deliv
er Keynote Address Dur
ing the Morning.
CANDIDATES TO
BE ENDORSED
It Is Predicted That Cool
idge Policies Will Get
Full Endorsement of the
Convention.
Durham. April B.—G^Vr—After po
litical maneuvers had been on sched
ule for la*;t night and most of this
morning, the State Republican con
vention formally opened at 11 a. m.
today.
Frank W. Mondell, of Wyoming,
was scheduled to deliver the keynote
address shortly after the convening
of the session today. It was ex
pected to deal generally with Repub
lican policies and would probably en
dorse without exception the policies
of the Coolidge administration. Pres
entation of the platform was awaited
with interest, as were the contest for
various offices as this convention will
endorse candidates to oppose the Dem
ocrats in the lections in the fail.
What Children Must Have.
Angelo Patri, the well known edu
cator and writer, in an article in the
American magazine, outlines in away
that is unusually convincing the sort
of training that 'parents should give
their children if they expect them to
grow up to be self-respecting, useful
and orderly citizens. “If this gen
eration is to grow in grace and pow
er,” says Mr. Patri. “these six funda
mental needs of childrent must be
; met:
1. Routine, that they may obey
the rhythmic law of their growth.
2. Play, that they mak grow poy
ously.
3. Work, that they may obey the
inward voice that commands them to
' carry their race one further step
ahead.
4. Encouragement, that they may
know the power of love, the bond of
brotherhood that, alone makes life on
'earth possible -or worth while.
5. Clear aim, that they
whither their path leads, and so ar
rive without haste or waste but with
power and dignity, as a man should,
6. Self-judgmetit, that they may
follow the way of the Father of us
all, and, withdrawing a step from the
task and looking upon it, pronounce
it very good.
Seriously Injured Wien Struck By
Car.
Salisbury. April 7. —Henderson M-
Brown, junior, 13-year-old son of H:
M. Brown of the Salisbury Evening
Post force, was struck and serious
ly injured this afternoon wheu he
alighted from a car near hrs dome on
East Innis street. John Kluttz. liv
ing on the same street, and who is
said to have been driving the car
which struck the youth, was arrest
ed by Sheriff Krider and held pend
ing the outcome ofthe boy’s injuries.
A fractured skull is the main injury
sustained.
John Ellis, 86-year-old negro, who
disappeared from his home in the
Barber neighborhood Tuesday of
last week, died near the highway
and his body has been found after a
search of some days. It is thought he
died-n natural death.
Dealers in Narcotics Get Prison Sen
tences.
Charlotte, April 7 Four men,
rounded up here some time ago in
anti-narcotic raids, were today sen
tenced to serve terms ranging from
two years to a year and a day in tbc
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
Those/ sentenced: Lum Parbara,
2 years; John Allen, 18 months;
Fred McCorkle, 18 months, and Sig
mund Reid, a year and a day.
No sentence had been passed by
Judge E. Y. Webb, presiding on D.
L. Sharpe, music teacher, who has
plead guilty to violation of the Har
rison Uarcotic Act.
Minister of Interior Resigns,
Paris. April ft.—(4*)—Le Temps
says Louis Malvy has resigned as
minister of the interior because of ill
health.
Visitor —Your picture of the Fiery
Dragon i* a masterpiece.
Schram the r Artist—Fiery Dragon?
Where did you see that?
Visitor —In the middle of the wall
in the next room.
Scram—Oh, that is a portrait of
my mother-in-law.
. SAT'S BEAR SAVSs
;
Generally fair and colder tonight*
fair Friday, colder in east portion.
Fresh southwest winds shifting to
northwest by tonight.
NO. 80