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It also was 1 reported that an organization of I>an- < cash ire mills had approved the pro- i posal to shut down for the week be- i ginning May 3rd. ’ t i Committee to Consider Report. < Washington, April 29. — — Nearly 2,000 strong, representative Demo crats from all sections of the state went into session here today at the biennial state Democratic Convention. Hundreds of others had gathered to witness the convention scenes, and as delegates with split votes for the en tire voting strength of the body was limited to 1,963. « During the morning the delegates, spent their time in the district cau cuses at which district organizations were effected, and members named to various convention committees and minor offices. A large group of Democratic lead ers was busy drafting the platform of which nothing could be learned in advance of its presentation on the floor. > Meeting Had Not Started at Noon. Raleigh, April 29.— UP) —Though the big city auditorium in which the ■ Democratic State Convent : on was be t ing held today was filled at noon with 1 h mass of milling delegates and the galleries were rapidly filling, there -! was no indication when the meeting > would get underway. Thirty minutes ? later the same condition prevailed, al -1 though there were signs that the lead i ers were getting ready to call the as e semblage to order. s STATES TIE SOUTH ATLANTIC AREA IS Oil SOUND FOOTING Erich W. Zimmerman, of University of North Car olina, Addresses Trades Council Meeting. GREAT FUTURE IS SEEN FOR SECTION i Says This Section Has Learned How to Handle Raw Material in Most Beneficial Manner. Charleston. S. ('.. April 2f).— (A 1 ) —I The entire South Atlantic area has! entered a new phase in its economic development and /strength and thej base and sound and growth above as sure future development, the Nation al Foreign Trade Council was told today by Erich W. Zimmerman, pro fessor of commerce and lesourves fit t’.ie Eniversity of North Carolina. “Instead of producing raw muteri-1 als for export, the South Atlantic) area has learned to manufacture these) crude products of its soil into highly finished goods. This has had the in-1 | evitable tendency of partially with-j Molding from the export market the i commodities which have always fur l nished the bulk of its foreign com merce, Prifetisor Zimmerman said. "On the other hand, the finished: products of the factory are as yet j largely sold at home. The relatively j small portion which finds its way to | foreign markets is still as a rule sold 1 through the older established trading) centers of the North. How soon, or to what extent this situation will change is hard to predict.” In summing up the situation in the | South Atlantic section._Profe.ssor Zim merman declared that the value of its economic resource*? depends in the first pint**' on their exceptional variety and on the uniqueness of some that bor ders almost on monopoly. T’iie new South, he said, is the child of an electric age, j>oiuting out that the de velopment of tremendous waterpower resources would eventually result in wide dlffustion of industries, dinbrac ing perhaps a larger field t{itto other section. ' Tt'RNFR IS BEN?RNm ■% TO PRISON FOR LIFE I Accused of Having Dynamited Mine So He Could Collect Insurance on Own Life. Pikeville. Ky., April 2D. — UP) — i William H. Turner, on trial here j charged with the murder of two min ers and defrauding an insurance com pany of $89,000. was given a life im prisonment sentence by the jury in Pike County Circuit Court today. The jury deliberated three "hours and forty minutes, part of that time last night and the remainder today. Turner was accused of having dy namited, the mine of which he was superintendent, in order to collect in surance on his own life. Henry Wil son and another miner never identi fied, were killed, and Turner disap peared after tlie explosion a year ago, and the unidentified body was be lieved for a time to be his. The Turner family collected the insur ance. On the stand yesterday Turner said that an Austrian named Paul Tope had engineered the insurance fraud, and that the actual explosion took place while he (Turner) had gone for mild to tamp down the dynamite. He taid Tope urged him to flee and that he wandered around the coun- finally going to Europe. The State claimed it had never been able to find any one who knew Tope. Redwine Announces Wish For Judgship. Monroe, April 29. —Hon. R. B. Redwine, of this city, has announced 1 himself as a candidate for Superior court judge from the 13th judicial district subject to the action ot the Democratic primary on June the fifth. Mr. Redwine is now an emerg ency Judge, having been appointed to this position by Governor Mc- Lean, and has been much praised for his efficiency in this position where ever he has acted. Would Change Rule of the Board of Trade. Chicago, April 28. — UP) —An amend ment to the rules of the Chicago Board of Trade, authorizing trading in fifty bale cotton contracts instead of the present minimum of 100 bales was posted today. At least ten days must elapse before the proposed amendment can be voted upon. The action was taken at the request | of the smaller shippers who desired a smaller unit of contract. I With Our Advertisers, j On Friday. Saturday jind Monday l the Parks-Belk Co. will give 10 per j cent, off on all shoes and oxfords, ex -1 cept special lots which are already i advertised. See half page ad. in this | issue. i The Citizens Bank and Trust Com -1 pany offers strongly organized facili i ties for economical banking with ' helpful co-operation for large and small accounts. Little hardware at little prices. Take a look at the articles in Yorke & Wadsworth Co.'s show window. Twentv thousand workmen labored • 17 years to build the Taj Mahal, re garded by many as the jnoet perfect I structure in' the world. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1926 Postmistress' I |FBb| H I Miss Helen G. Smith, postmlstresi ot i Mohawk, Mich., is the youngest post i : mistress in the United States, tO'ta) j nothing of being one of the prettiest. ] Shortly after she passed her twenty first birthday she got her appoint^ . ment from President Coolidge., tVHITENER IS GIVEN NEW CHANCE FOR LIFE j- . - ~ 1 .Man Who Killed High Point Officer Given a New Trial. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, April 29.—( A *)—.1 oh ii Whitcher, once convicted of murder of a High Point police officer, yeeterday was given a new chance for life by tlie State Supreme Court, when he was granted a new trial on bis appeal ! fiom the judgment of the Guilford | county superior court. The Supreme court's decision, wrlf j ten by Chief Justice Stacy, was that Judge Schenck, trial judge, had erred in refusing to allow .he defendant to testify on the admissibility of the confession he wan alleged to have and it was on those grounds thnr a new trial was granted. * Whitener was accused of having killed Officer Fred G. Claywell In High Point on June U, 1925. when the policeman, with others, had attempted to break up a gambling game in Whitener* s hodse. Whitener was wounded in the same gun battle in which the officer was killed and for •several weeks lay in a hospital under heavy guard. It was while a helpless prisoner that Whitetaer made the confession "gainst him, and he [contended tPnt he made it ,under duress and that his statement of his own guilt was false. During the trial, his counsel of fered to place him on the stand, in ! the absence of the jury, to testify to | fnets which, it was claimed, would I prove the falsity of the confession. Judge Schenck states that “the evi dence of the prisoner, had he been al lowed to testify and had lie been be lieved, would have rendered the al leged confession inadmissable." In the case of J. H. liolick vs. the City of Charlotte, the judgment of the trial judge in Mecklenburg superior court, overruling the defendant’s de murrer, was affirmed and the cane must proceed. The court did not pass upon what it terms ‘‘other in teresting questions involving the suf ficiency of notices,” but merely upheld the overruling of the demurrer, which it terms a “speaking demurrer.” bILL BILL APPROVED Would Give Commission Control Over Air Communications. ■Washington, April 29.—UP)—Ignor ing President Coolidge’s warning to Congress against establishing any more independent federal agencies, the Senate Interstate Commerce com mittee today approved the Dill radio bill providing for a commission to have control of air communications. The commission would have su preme power in its field, the com mittee having eliminated a provision for appeals to the courts to eompel the issuing of broadcasting licenses or to prevent the rescinding of them. The committee also proposed that I the commission have five instead of three members on salaries of $12,500 each. The bill’s proponents will seek to have it passed at this session, hollding that recent court decisions in a Chi cago case has made immediate legis lation imperative. The White House disclosed recent ly that President Coolidge was in clined to favor a bill already passed by the House, placing the control of radio under the commerce department instead of an independent commis sion. Morrison Gets Ovation. Raleigh, April 29.— UP) —Former Governor Cameron Morrison "was giv en a rousing ovat : on when he came to the platform of the state democratic convention here to second a resolution offered by R. O. Everett, of Durham, in honor of the late Wm. Jennings Bryan. A beautiful and striking trib ute was paid to the Great Commoner by Mr. Morrison. Negro Seent to Prison. Madisonville, Ky., April-29.— — Trials of three negroes charged with an attack on a Mobile, Ala., girl here a fortn ght ago, were completed to day when the jury convicted Columbus Hollis and fixed his punishment at 20 years in the state penitentiary. The California state prize of t' ie American Legion national contest for the best essay on the United State* i flag Aas been won by Fumie Yan-a* i fisawa. a 13-year-old school girl of \ Bcrk.ey, !♦*;*: & ********* * * I * ESCAPES NIAGARA * * FALLS; KILLED BY * jfc ORANGE PEELING * % London, April 29. —OP)—A % dispatch to the Evening News from Christ Church. New Zeal- and. says that Bobby Leach. who went over Niagara Falls I in a steel barrel in 1911. is dead ii: from injuries received when he slipped on a piece of orange peel- ing in the street. -4: & Leach broke a leg wh ch it M was found necessary to ampu- '"¥■ late. ♦ *********•*•**♦ ' il. - J. 11 - i SOMETHING NEW IN NORTH CAROLINA A John G. Campbell Folk School Started in Cherokee and Clay Counties. Raleigh, April 29.— UP) —The Brass-1 town community of Cherokee and Clay counties, in the far southwest j ern end of the state, is the scene |of somefhing new in North Carolina I education and co-operation, according to staff members of the State depart ment of agriculture, recently re turned from a study of what i*; oc curring in the Basstown community. In that locality has been estab lished what is known as the John C, Campbell Folk School, modeled af ter the folk high school of Denmark, which is characterized as “an experi ment in adult education.” “Education is not a process to be measured by academic grades and de gress,” according to the Danish con ception. “The humbler tasks of farms, shop, and home have a cul tural value more fundamental than that of books. Education should not discredit such • labor, but should give it meaning, breadth and depth. Brasstown was selected for this ex periment, in the words of a depart ment of agriculture agent, because it is “a section poor, but capable of ag ricultural development, a natural cen ter for an area of some fifty square miles. It is on a good highway, within eight and one-half miles of Murphy, the terminus of two rail roads, and is about 100 miles from the markets of Asheville, Knoxville 1 and Atlanta. i “Its greatest asset is its citizen-1 ship, a strong group of small farm ers with a high reputation for in tegrity. Ninety-seven per cent, are landowners. “Their desire for a school which will help the country is partially in dicated by the following pledges made by 116 citizens: Over SBOO in cash ; locust posts; telephone build ing logs: building stone; and native shrubs, trees and bulbs. A total of 1.405 days of labor, 397 with teams, is likewise pledged dur ing the first three years of the school. Three hundred eighty-eight days of! labor, yearly, without time limit, has j a!«o been pledged. In addition, 30 acres of land as a site has been of fered the school.” As one of the initial steps in this “enterprise in co-operation,” it is said, a savings and loan association has been organized in the community. Sixteen men and women joiued the association at the initial meeting, aud subscribed 18 shares of stock. This is (Me first savings and loan aaeocia-1 tion to be organized in this section of North Carolina. CRIME COMMISSION SUBMITS ITS REPORT Thinks State and Individuals Can Control the Situation. Washington, April 29.— UP) —The national crime confession after in vestigations covering a period of nine months has concluded there is no universal panacea for crime but the application of remedies with individ ual states and individual citizens. The commission’s attitude was set forth by its d xecu s ve commmittee which submitted a report through Richard Washburn Child, chairman of the organization, recommending eeration of State commissions by State legislatures or by private citi zens. Mr. Child reported the committee had rejected a proposal for a national crime survey believing it would be impracticable. __ DECLINE TO INDORSE OVERMAN CANDIDACY Durham Democrats V- te Down E, J. Hill’s Resolution For Sake of Party Harmony. Durham, April 24. —Senator Over man failed to get indorsement of the Durham county Democrats for a re u turn to the United States senate at the County convention, not that the majority did not seem to favor just that, but refusal was on the ground of party harmony, since there are wo Democrats in the field. S. C ■ trawley, candidate for representa tive, opposed E. J. Hill’s resolution m that ground and the resolution was lost, .i resolution indorsing the ad ministration of Governor McLean and other state officers was adpted, -he convention being harmonious and enthusiastic. French Reply Received. Washington. D. C., April 29. — UP) —France’s reply to the American re quest for revision of her debt settle ment offer lias been received here, and will be taken up by the debt com mission late today. Robert B. Dula D-ad. New York, April 27.—OP)— Robert B. Dula. director of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., died today at his Park Avenue home. Sixth in 1923, fifth in 1924, and second last year, Connie Mack be lieves be will land the .Philadelphia j Athletics at the top this season. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher COMFER OK METHOD TO SECURE TIMBER FOR PAPER MM Officials of the American Paper and Pulp Associa tion Meet With Govern ment Officials. WILL FOR OWN SUPPLY Secretary of Association Says This Will Be Done if the Best Methods Are Demonstrated. Washington, April 29. — UP) —Re- search problems connected with pro ducing an adequate supply of Umber for paper manufacture were discuss ed at a meeting here today attended by officials of the American Paper & Pulp Association and forestry offi cials of the Department of Agricul ture. Hugh P. Baker, secretary of the paper aud pulp association, declared the paper industry stood ready to produce its own timber as soon as re search shows the way. Already, he said, many large paper companies are growing timber crops on their lands. Chief Forester Greely outlined the research activities conducted by the Forest Service, including its study of forest taxation, co-operative, work with the states in the prevention of forest fires, aud the new pulping methods worked out by the forest pro | ducers laboratory at Madison, Wis consin. WE’RE ALL MOULDY .SCIENTIST ASSERTS Prof. Tissot Informs French Academy Disease and Life Have This Source. Paris, April 29. —Born pessimists have another subject for lamentation j since hearing the report read yester l day to the French Academy of Sci ence in which it was said that life and all its manifestations are nothing but mould. Raising the ancient cry of distress, “Vanity of vanities; nil is vanity.” Prof. Tissot announced; “All is mouldiness.” Then he propounded the startling theory, that upsets all biological no tions hitherto cherished by scientists. Prof. D’Afftonval, who communicated Tissot’s paper to the academy, told the latter his colleague demonstrates that animals and vegetables are noth -1 ing but organized mould and has suc- I ceeded in dividing different species and tracing them back to their respective ancestral moulds. Prof. Tissot says he has also discov ered that mould is the orig : nal cause of all disease as well as the source of all life. He first worked to identify various known viruses of infectious diseases. The following clasification was the result: I Typhoid fever comes from the mould of Indian corn, diphtheria from a bar ley mould aud cholera from the mould of certain mushroom fungi, measles from lettuce, searletina and rabies from carrots, exauthematie typhus from oats, smallpox and cowpox from potatoes, chicken pox from tomatoes, aphthous fever from potatoes and ma laria from rice. One of the most important discov eries claimed by Prof. Tissot is that cancer is enused by a virus springing from a mould in the human body it self. while tuberculosis in the same way develops spontaneously in the human organism. The professor attributes the virus of syphilis not to spirocheles ns hith erto* believed but to the ancestral mould constituting the monkey. The practical consequence of the new theory, according to Tissot, is that most diseases could be eliminat ed by preventive measures. Cancer and tuberculosis notably ought to give way to approved methods of checking the development of man’s ancestral mould in himself. Biologists are most interested in Prof. Tissot’s revolutionary explana tion of life—animal and vegetable— by the development or organization of ancestral mould from its genesis to life in all its varying forms as it is known today. Will Reply This Month to Peace Pro posals. Oudja, French Morocco, April 29. — C4 s )—The liiffians have accepted the Franco-Spanish demand for a reply to their peace terms before May Ist. A courier from Adb-el-Krim was ex pected to arrive from Targuist dur ing the afternoon and tfhen the con ference reconvenes at 6:30 p. m. a decisive turn in the negotiations eith er toward war or peace is expected. I Tomatoes 5 Cents a Can. Onex>f the big grocery specials at the Parks-Belk Co’s, on Friday. Sat urday and Monday will be No. 2 fancy can tomatoes for only 5 cents a can. Only 12 cans Jo a customer. You will find many other big bargains in the grocery department. Anoth er car of sugar and apples received. A solid carload of rug* and big lot of dishes also received. See page ad. in this paper. T'ckets to the Carolina Playmak ers’ play, “The First Year." at the high school auditorium next Tuos-day night are now on sale at Gibson Drug Store. Prices SI.OO. 75 and 50 cents. Students of the school may sit any where in the house on a 50 cent tick et. Padlocks i B JRI jB 1 1111 l H 'W': v frag * «& 1 '"'■'^9 / ' sy.-’f ’ ■* *'Jj.-(i ■H - -<. • This is Chicago's padlock expert Miss Mary I>. Bailey, assistant I\ S. district attorney. In one year she has closed up 408 moonshine dispen saries and blind pigs. Bhe handles all the federal prosecutions in the dis trict. ELEVEN CANDIDATES WERE TURNED DOWN Os the Unsuccessful 11, Three .Are Democrats and Eight Republicans. Tribune Bureau Sir Waited Hotel. Raleigh, April , 25). —Only eleven out of the two hundred odd notices of candidacies filed with the state board of elections were turned down. Judge W. H. Neal, chairman of the board, announced Wednesday even ing after he had completed hi*< final check of the filings and certified his list of candidates to the secretary of state. The unsuccessful candidates were: Fred 1). Hamrick. Rutherfordton, candidate for superior court judge. Lewis Goodman, Wilmington, can didate for solicitor. F. H. Brooks, Smithfield. candi date for state > senator. O. F. Pool. Taylorsville, candidate for Congress. F. G. Gwaltney, Taylorsville* can didate for state senator. G- D. B. Reynold*. Albemarle, candidate for solicitor. * • ** R. G. Foster, Graham, candidate f