E Y’ Drive This
\ With Confidence
I ho Will Can-
Confident Peo-,
pay For Excel-
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£ TO START (
To Be Made at
, a t V Tomor-|
hTi lU ,ioer campaign
r k „tfirinls of tbe-
L<tir>» Association
[sms for dr.VP
L, the drive Will be
I • ,1.4. a luncheon
|, lv> .ciittion building.
iVx.cuiive committee
I trains which will
L he present at
L-eive ca rds' and final
I t i,eir leaders
■will begin at 6:30.
I will start Wednes
fc.j-, when the team
It’ the Y. The first
1,,!,. Wednesday night
■her luncheon nieet-
L.exetiitfve commit-
I ,heir report as the
■ meeting-
I sight is not raised
ft,. drive will be con
■ w jf, the final re
th, at (I ; :UI at an
■eeting.
Kp pxe utive eommit-
Kmimign with opti-
Kr-m-il i has done a
■tiring the past xear,
■ they are confident
■hip i< willing to pay
H service.
from scnool chi'.-
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Ii the advantages ui \
mblie today by Sec
ant. The letters
ptl. (’. A. is the best
[1 boys to go to next
t contest is one of
[that has ever been j
L children of Con- j
L-tulpe ’t toe “Y” i
avKr'X.
■much.
Istival which is got- i
■r by the “Y ’ is a
■bat I enjoy is the
■ow. The pets that
I are always inter-
I last Mother and
■v and had a good
■ fine thing to bring
B daughters together.
■ the best secretary
■ and hope you will
Ball your life.
■ has done so much
L
flv AK« IllHAl.lt
■ how much the “Y"
I girls, Mr. Denny
ol and gives us ex
i so much for us
ng and healthy. |
are than a hundred
d it has the Fath- •
luets. Mother and j
ow. the May Day
Hallowe'en parties
than 1 can count. |
iybe some folks who
are not able to go
e Reach they can go
It has "Y” pic-
Iday night free. It ;
>r big boys and gilds!
m classes for little 1
It does .more for I
thing in the world. 1
noon it has a meet-1
lay Gang” for boys
to church every Sun
lizens when we grow
pedate the. things it
I will say it would
[e town if the “Y”
IP.
Irs truly •
I JAMES McRAY.
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
ESCAPED CONVICT
WOULD LIKE TO RETURN
Kelly Tankird Wants to Come Back
i apd Complete H ! s Term.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, May 10. —One Kelly ,
Tankird. colored “guest” in the Xor
| folk, Va., city jail, former "resident I
of the Greenville, N. C„ jail, which
he left rather abruptly some time ag> >
[Without saying good bye to the jail- j
er, has written Gov. A. W. McLean I
of North Carolina to toe efTect that j
he would like to return to the Old {
North, State where he is willing to j
eouplefe his term. The letter was i
today turned over to H. Hdyle Sink. \
commissioner of pardons and’paroles,
for investigation.
Kelly, in his letter to the governor,
relates that while he was in the
Greenville jail, a plot got underway
for a jail delivery and that the jailer
told him that if he would help pre
vent it, he would be released or oth
erwise rewarded for what he would
be able to do. He avers that he
gave sufficient information to the au
thorities to avert the jail break, but
that he was entirely forgotten as far
as any lessening of his term was con
cerned. He states further that he
was treated very poorly in the jail,
much so. in fact, that he later
took “French leave.” He did not
give the reason for his present stay
in the Norfolk jail, but said that his
"life was in danger” and asked that
he be returned to North Carolina at
once.
Air. Sink is now looking up his
record and says that he undoubtedly
will be brought back to finish his term
at Greenville an soon as his Norfolk
t term expires.
! FOREST FIRES UNDER
CONTROL GENERALLY
Weather Conditions, However, Are
‘ Still Dangerous.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. May 10. —Assistant State
Forester W. C. McCormick, of the
North Carolina department of con
servation and development. this
morning has telegrams front District
Foresters Sebring and Wheaton in
connection with western forest fires,
i which tend to show' that fires general
ily are now under control, although !
1 weather conditions are still danger
i oils. _ _ .in—- ■
l One telegram from Mt\ Sebring re-
I ports that the fire near Grandfather
! Mountain in the Boone division of
Pisgah national foreot is “about out.
1 Six thousand acres burned. One j
hundred and fifty fighters at woik j
on fire. Our conditions otherwise
better. No large fires.” The tele
gram was a night letter sent May 7th.
At the same time Mr. Sebring report
-1 ed three small fires wtoich burned 82
: acres. The weather still ie dry and
• windy. . ,
District Forester Wheaton wired:
1 “Weather conditions still favor fires.
Showers predicted for Saturday. One
1 small fire reported in Buncombe.”
The fire referred to in the national
-forest, near Grandfather Mountain,
which burned six thousand acres of
ten-year-old new growth on cut-over
land, has been reported in press dis
" patches as covering 20,000 acres.
LIQUOR CONSPIRACY
REVEALED TODAY
Involves Importation ©f Many Mii
j lion Dollars Worth of Liquor.
New York, May 10.—04>)-A con
spiracy involving the importation of
manv ‘million dollars worth of liquor
was' revealed today when United
States District Attorney Buckner op-,
ened a sealed indictment returned Las^
week. hi
The alleged conspiracy centers
and,, around Port Chester. N. Y., r
the Connecticut line. The aeeii
all of whom already are under
previous charges involving pr<
tion violation, are Emil ”
Irving Austin, Harry
Harry Nelson, Edward biegal
Berg and Robert Olsen. ired
Wormser, an alien who Vtes,
twenty .years in the nlt %nts
Iwas described by
as a “millionaire
side Drive.” /
DEATH OF MRS. iPPER
ARTHV
Senator Capper's Wife/.
timore Hospital rs Ar _
Baltimore, May Capper,
|thur Capper, wife of /clock this
of Kansas, died at / WO men in
morning at the hospj nn( j m em-
Maryland Senator £t her bed
bers of the family/
s i de ' a patient at
Mrs. Capper hft, weeks, hav
the hospital for a) ma jor opera
ing been f or W o
tion. She
weeks, then suff
.i ft T Irumv ia a
~ ■*_. ~71 1 know is a
The stingie» iver has, change
friend of mi n f)lley car.
when he S etß j n j know is my
The stingi#j. a di 0 an( i goes to
neighbor wh£ht to listen-in so
our house fwn battery,
that he say rson j know is a
The st’-4n uptown transfer
man who/ the conductor be
and argwt him travel down
cause he/
. town wijl
tanager and promoter
E One fence declares that the
1 of muctennis stars are as a
1 famouinperamental 'than a
s rule lima donna.
I grand
Ml MRPUNE FLIES
OVER NORTH POLE
FOR THE FIRST TIME,
An American, Lieut. Com.'
Richard Evelyn Byrd,
Sailed Over Pole Suuday ■
in American Plane.
ONLY EIGHT MEN i
WERE WITH HIM
Trip Made in 15 Hours and
j 30 Minutes. —Amundsen
and Ellsworth Congratu
lated Byrd at Once.
New York, May 10. —<4*)—An air- j
plane has flown over the north pole
for the first time. >
The second successful polar expedi
tion. like the first, was American, led
bv a man of the American navy as
was the first trans-Atlantic airplane
flight. . ,
/ Lieutenant Commander Richard Ev
elvn Byrd shares with Admiral Rob
ert E Peary the honor of having led
the only, expeditions over the top of
the world Commander Byrd sailed
ever the North Pole yesterday in nr
American built plane, the first of
nine Arctic expeditions this year to
1 achieve its goal. Only eight men
have seen the north pole. Four were
Esquimaux with Admiral Peary, one
was Matt Henson, Admiral Peary s
1 negro follower, and one chief petty
officer. Floyd ?*efinettl, Commander
! Byrds mechanic. , ..
L Radio and cable broght back to the
New York Times and St. Louis Post
i>i spa toll news that the Byrd exposi
r tion had made in lit hours and -w
minutes yesterday a trip that took
» Admiral Peary eight months by ship
" and dog sled. The objective was
achieved 33 days after the expedi-
tion sailed from New YOrk to King’s
Bay, Spitsbergen. Peary was out
of contact with civilization 429 day*.
The, news brought congratulations
from President Coolidge. Secretary of
the Navy Wilbur, Secretary of War
Davis, and from fellow explorers
Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ells
worth, whose Italian-built dirigible,
the Norge, is at King’s Bay to at
j tempt the jrame flight, were among
the first to congratulate the -Am***-
■ rjr 11-11.. ,q , -,t— _ z-Ttfmmi ■#,
Work of Bight Months.
New York, May B.—Commander
Richard Evelyn Byrd, in flying to the
north pole, from Kings Bay and
back today in 15 hours and 30 min
utes, demonstrated tlat wings could
! do in less than a dgv what Admiral
Peary, discoverer of the north pole,
consumed eight moiths in negotiat
ing by dog sled. Thji slos made Byrd’s
: the first of nine editions attempt
[ ing the feat, to re<:h the north pole
this year.
His giant thre m <>tor airplane car
• ried him safeV over wastes which
1 Amundsen las'- vear pronounced un
. safe for airpb e «nd the dis
-1 tance travel!' rou & hl y I*ooo miles,
was qual t more than a month’s
f mushing ih ,e * rcti ? umU ‘ r the most
r ideal cm< ua for <*<£ f ,
>- The rr »t that Byrd, who last
. . acc' ,)an * MacMillan into the
/ally had reached the pole
north, r r 7 ,V“V
before Urnin ß to his base, was re
ceived ith amazement here, as the
an „J‘ ( i plans for his fii-st flight
calif nly for np ff° tiatin ß the 400
iv 4 © Peary Laud and return, a
s in itself was considered a dar-
Pfcat because of the paucity of
ng places on the jagged Aret?
lains, but Fue flight of at
miles involved in a round fiP
to the pole rivalled the host
itiraistic hopes of observers this
» /ight.
nflow Byrd Knew When He Was in>
V Vicinity of the North Pole.
INew Ytork, Alay 9.—Lieutenant
Commander Byrd, who flew over the
north pole today was able to know
that he had accomplished that feat
by making observations of the sun’s
position. Using a new sextant car
rying an artificial horizon, Command
er Byrd was able to locate the pole
within twenty miles.
Before sailing north he explained
tJiat he would know he was over the
pole when the altitude of the sun
above the horizon equalled the sun’s
declination, which was given in the
nautical almanac he carried.
To Distribute 400,000 Auto License
r Plates.
Tributie Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel *
Raleigh, May„ 6.—Preparations for
the distribution of the nearly 400,-
000 automobile license plates in North
Carolina that will be issued June Ist
by the department of revenue are now
going forward. Truckloads of license
plates are being dispatched from Ra
leigh daily to various distribution
points aver the state. . Monday, sev
eral thousand plates were sent by
truck to n number of the Carolina
motor club offices where they will
be available after June Ist. Al
ready, a carload has been sent to
Charlotte for further distribution.
With Our Advertisers.
You will find some unusual shoe
values at Markson Shoe Store, from
50 cents up to $4 59. j
Arrived today at Fisher’s, the new
est in sport apparel. Special voile
dreeses, $2.95.
Special values in new summer
frocks, $9.75 to $24.75, at Parks-
Beik Go’s. About 500 new frocks
specially prieed. Big lot' new Bum
mer hats too.
CONCORD N. C., MONDAY, MAY lb, 1926
Honored
. Ifitnico Jan Paderewski famous
piarflfct. was presented with the
•Amer\can Legion’s distinguished aer
vice medal at a dinner in New York
at which he was the guest of legion
' offichls. He recently gave the pw>
ceedsof four concerts to the legion’•
: fund for disabled veterans. Abovs
> irt a picture t>f Paderewski and
tacaimile of the medal.
FOR*Y KILLED IN At^TO
WRECKS LAST WEEK
And 19 Were Injured in the Eleven
Southern States.
By to Associated Press. May 10. —
Forty frsons were killed and 189 in
jured i the week ending last night,
it was >hown to<lay in a survey of
eleven outhern states by the Asso-
Flora and Tennessee occupied th
■ head othe list of states in the me*'
her kisd. witLi eight each. A ( ail ‘
! road Week at Philadelphia. nn v
early i the week boosted ♦*? J otal
for tht state. Virginia Alabama
and reported <r y one death
each.
Geosi, wsß wdi-jt ‘n *»»* *n
the nuinter iujuwt, , 47 ; 0n . 4 ?
being nett with 3P, Mies.Bß.pm with
five injur.l, repot-* 4 «» * owest
her.
The survey '' d » d ' 4
automobile. tr»- “o ll '' 7 aml an0,,, -
er traffic ca/ s - . . ...
A tabular 11 by states follows:
dni ty ! et 7 '
North Ca/‘ aa ’ ‘l™ 4 ;
iureil • ' juth Carolina, two dead,
seven ii dred; Georgia, five dead. 47
iniured Pl° rida <fight dead. 38 in
iured Alabama, one dead fifteen in
ii,red' Mississippi, three dead, five
- ii,j u /d 1 Louisiana, one dead 25 iu
> j ur^ ; Tennessee, eight dead, 27 in
; j u^d ; Arkansas, two dead sixteen in-
I l.ed; Kentucky, two dead, nine in
j/red. Totals: 40 dead. 209 injured.
lomes into contact
WITH ELECTRIC WIRE
Boy is Killed and Horse He Was
Driving Stunned By the Shock.
Greensboro, May 6. —Bruce B,
Walker, aged 15, son of Mrs. Lucy
Wa’ikel-, a widow living six milee
north of here in the Lee Chapel flec
tion of Guilford county, was killed
by a live electric wire «hortly after
noon today. He was riding a horse
home for dinner, after plowing all
morning, and is thought to have come
in contact with a transmission wire
of the Southern Power company.
Tis brother, Howard, aslo plowing
in the field, had taken his horse to
water and feed and waved to Bruce
to stop work for the morning. How
ard war, drawing water from a well,
looked up and saw horse and boy
prone in the field. Directly aDove
where he fell was a low hanging
transmission electric wire.
The horse recovered from the
shock, but the boy did not become
conscious before death.
Suit For $25,000 Against Beauty
Parlor is Settled.
Charlotte, May. 0. —Miss Jean
nette Friedley, now of Florida, but
formerly of this city, has settled a
suit for $25,000 against the beauty
parlor at Efird’s department store
for s3so>. it was learned today, al
leged that her hair was ruined by a
treatment given at the beauty parlor.
The case .was scheduled for trial in
Superior court this week.
Takes Her Husband Back to Chain
gf ng-
Greensboro, May 6.—The wife of
Jake-May, White man, today took
him back to the county chaingang
. from which he escaped Monday. He
Jiad been given a six-months sen
-1 tence on the charge of possessing
narcotics. When May escaped he
stayed hid n few days and then went
' to his home on Lee Street, this city.
' His wife promptly informed him
that he had a penalty to pay the
' county and back he mnat go, and she
• took him to the county camp to
i Superintendent Greesan, delivering
■ him to hard work. May was a trusty
when he escaped,
i
DELLINGER NOT TO
GO EftST FOR SOI
TIME, IT IS STATED
In Connection With Ex
pressed Belief That He
Is the Missing Charley
Ross, of Philadelphia.
SPENT SUNDAY
NIGHT IN SHELBY
f
Will Return to Denver For
the Present.—Mrs. Starr
Plans to Visit Rocky
Mount, She Says.
Charlotte, May 19.—t A *)—The Char
lotte News says today that it can say
on reliable information that Julius
<Homan Dellinger will not go East
so« some time in connection with the
expressed belief that he is the long
miising Charlie Ross.
’ihe publication says that Dellinger
sptpt last night in Shelby with J. F.
Gatney, and will return to Denver for
the ; present. It is added that his
pirns are “entirely in the hands” of
iln. .Pierce C. Starr, second cousin of
Ros.
3rs. Starr at present plans to visit
ltoky Mount and Lillington in con*
necion with the case, according to the
s tojy.
STVTE IS TO COLLECT
S2O AUTO JJCENSE
Outers of Cars Having Over 24-
„ lorsepower Affected by Ruling.
* jaleigh. May 10. —Dodge automo-!
kilt owners and all other automobile
oxxters with cars bearing a horse
fioFer rating of a fraction more than
24|iorsei»ower must pay S2O for their
dOpl-27 license instead of $12.50, it
wb stated by State Revenue Com
, mnioner R. A. Doughton. Automo
bll dealers have failed to make out
a hse in the Supreme Court, and un
[ dp. the law the revenue commission
eris forced to collectiji license fee of
i s2j on all cars with a horsepower
rajng even a fraction of a point more
thta twenty-four
for a number of years the revenue
. overlooked the teehnical
• jtj of the Hw' which provides that U
• Cl tae resffli shall be $7.50 more for all
above twenty-foim
Miis' oversight was discovered Ujr the
Jighway department, and Frank Page,
chairman of the North Carolina High
way Commission, called Revenue Com
missioner Doughton s attention to the
oversight.
Asked to Collect.
Commissioner Doughton said last
night that Mr. Page had requested him
to collect the excess license fees due,
and that he was going to do it unless
some action is taken to change the
nature of the problem before him.
Even of there has been an oversight
in the past. Governor Doughton feels
that he cannot afford to neglect ad
ministering the law according to the
very letter of it in this case, since his
duty has been clearly pointed out to
him. And he is one who will have to
pay he told dealers recently that he
has an automobile which comes under
the classification of having slightly
more than a 24 horsepower rating.
While the North Carolina Automo
bile Trade Dealers appeared before
Commissioner Doughton and State,
Highway Commissioner Page request
ing that som£ action be taken to stop
collection of S2O for license until the
dealers had an opportunity to appear
before the legislature and ask fdr a
modification of the law that would
have license fees determined by the
weight of automobiles instead of by
horsepower.
Promised Assistance.
Air. Page and Mr. Doughton told
the dealers at that time that they
could not hold up administratiou of
the law. Mr. Doughton told them that
if they wanted to take the case to the
Supreme Court he would not delay
them or attempt to block them in any
way. In fact, he promised to assist
them in making out a case.
However, no action lias been taken
at this v time, and Commiss.oner
Doughton expects to begin collecting
the extra $7.50 when tags are placed
on sale next month.
Several makes of automobiles are
rating, and will be affected by the new
said to be just above a 24 horsepower
nterpretation of the law.
Governor Doughton was in W inston-
Salem several days last week repre
senting the plaintiff in a case tried by
Judge Raymond G. Parker in County
Court.
INDUSTRIAL GIRLS ARE
TO PRESIDENT
One Hundred and Fifty From Char
lotte and Gastonia in the Party.
Washington, May 10. —04*) —Busi-
ness and industrial girls numbering
150 from Charlotte and N.
C.. who are members of the Home Eco
nomics night classes conducted by the
North Carolina State Department of
Education, were presented to Presi
dent Coolidge today by Senator Over
man and Representative Rulwinkle of
North Carolina.
They have come to Washington on
a sight-seeing tr : p which concludes
their year’s work. They presented
the President with samples of their
handwork in cloth.
‘ AH Supplies of Newsprint Command
©red.
, London, May 10.—0P>— The gov
j ernnient today commandered all aup
r plies of newsprint not in the hands
D f publishers.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publish**
-HOSTS OF RACING
FANS GATHER IN
CHARLOTTE TODAY
Are There to Attend the
250-Mile Auto Race to
Be Run in the Bowl of i
the Charlotte Speedway. |
FOURTH EVENT
OF THE SAME KIND
Sixteen of Leading Racing
Pilots Gather to Com
pete—Peter DePaolo As
signed No. 1.
Charlotte, May 10.—Hosts of racing
fans, sportsmen from* every section of
the country, are the guests of Char
lotte today. They are here to attend
the 250-mile automobile race to be
run this afternoon in the big bowl
of the Charlotte speedway.
They,, these maddened racing fans,
reached here on special trains and au
tomobiles. Hotels are booked to ca
pacity as the scramble for rooms took
place. Train after train pulled in
to this city to turn loose the-greatest
crowd of tisitoys the Queen City "'f
the South eyer entertained.
Predictions of racing officials, ho
tel men, and others are that the crowd
here eclipses by thousands that at
tending any previous race here. It
is the fourth 250-mile event for Char
lotte and the holiday spirit is in the
air.'’ I
Sixteen of the leading racing pilots j
lof the country are to compete for j
$25,000 in prizes. Harry Hartz. win
ner of the event at Atlantic City on
May Ist. set a new track record here
in qualifying. Harry covered the
mile and a quarter in 32.3 seconds,
traveling at a speed of 138 miles per,
just about eight miles an hour slower
than the world's record made by Ben
nett Hill at Atlantic City.
This is the final race for motors
carrying a piston displacement of 122
cubic inches. The next time the
drivers take to the track they will
be at the wheels of motors having a
piston displacement of 91 5.
With the larger type motors sing
ing their swan song here, the opinion
of racing experts is that the race will
be one of the fastest of the year.
There are three drivers who will
be watched more closely than any of
the other thirteen. These pilots are
Peter DePaolo, Bennett Hill ami
Harry Hartz. DePaolo, 1025 cham
pion. is leading the parade in fioints
scored so far this season. Ranking
next to the ohampion is Hartz, and
Hill comes third.
Should either of these drivers win
this event he will have a good start
toward the title when the boys line
up for the race at Indianapolis on
May 31st with the smaller type mo
tors propelling them about the two
mile oval. There i« much specula
tion as to how the smaller motors will
compare with toe present type of en
gine.
Drivers in this race lean toward
the Miller Special, ten of the entrants
selecting Millers. There are three
Dusenbergs, one Junior 8 Locomobile
special, oue Boyle valve special and
a Nickel Plate special. The Deueen
bergs will be piloted Ijy Peter De-
Paolo. Eddie Hearne and Ben Jones.
Cliff Woodbury will drive the Boyle
valve special, Ralph Hepburn the
Junior 8, and Earl DeVore the nickel
plate.
DeVore is regarded by racing au
thorities as the dark horse of the
event. His nickel plate racer set
the pace at Atlantic. City for a while,
but was unable to stand the pace.
Officials figure that DeVore has profit
ed by his experience at Atlantic City
and will have his motor all tuned up
for the race here.
By virtue of winning the champion
ship in 1925. Peter DePaolo has been
assigned No. L Speedway officials
announce the official list of numbers
as fol-ows:
DePaolo, Duesenberg, 1; Eddie
Hearne, Duesenberg, 2; Harry Hartz,
Miller, 3; Bob McDonough, Miller,
4; Ralph Hepburn, Junior 8,5;
Frank Elliott, Miller, 6; Fred Com
er, Miller, 14; Cliff Woodbury, Boyle
Valve, 9; Norman Batter, Miller, 8;
Peter Kries, Miller, 15 ; Bennett Hill,
Miller, 16; Earl Devote, Nicklq Plate,
17; Dr. Wm. E. Shattuc, Miller, 22;
Dave Evans, Miller, 28; Ben Jones,
Duesenberg, 35; and Zeke Meyer,
Miller 41.
Sixteen Roar Away on the 250-Mile
Drive.
Speedway. Charlotte, May 10.— if)
—Sixteen of toe leading automobile
racing pilots of America roared away
at 2 p. m. today on the 250-mile
championship drive here.
Harry Hartz was the first to start
the starting line and the others fol
' lowed in quick succession around the
’ mile and a quarter pine bowl. Many
thousands were on hand to see toe
’ Confederate Memorial Day. race. Oth
r ers were still passing the turnstiles
and it appeared that the attendance
would pass the record of approxi
* mately 40,000 which attended last
May.
The day was ideal for racing. A
1 warm sun lent a summer air to the
! scene and toe crowd was rather col
. orful.
Bennie Hill was second to get away
and Peter DePaolo was next.
Under toe intriguing name of “Jet
- sam.” a little antique shop has been
- opened in London by the daughter of
j Louis N. Parker, the English author
and dramatist.
Peace In The British Strike
Appears AsFar Off AsEver
FOR BETTER SEED TO
COMBAT BOLL WEEVIL
j Proper Method Says D. E. McCuen,
j President of Atlantic Cotton Asso
: eiation.
I Cbar’.eston. S. C., May 10.—(A*) —
, Reiter varieties of seed mther than
[ the early maturing varieties is the
i proper method of combatting the boll
f weevil and improving the cotton crop,
IP' P’ M**Fuen, president of the At
lantic ('otton Association, told the
members of the association at his an
atldrpss horp todny.
The Atlantic Cotton Association is
ft component • part of the American
Cotton Association, and is made up
of members from the states of Ala
bama. Georgia, North Carolina. Bout£
Carolina, Virginia and Florida.
“Recently I was talking to the head
of the extension bureau of one of
our agricultural colleges, who stated
that they had advocated these quick
maturing varieties," said Mr. Mc
(*uen, "but that they had now come
to the conclusion that it was a mis
take, that the way to combat the boll
weevil was through intensive cultiva
tion, the picking np and burning of
squares, duet mg and spraying. The
same agricultural college is now try
ing to correct the evil by instroduc
ing better seed.
“The way to increase the use of
better seed is first through intelligent
propaganda, second intelligent selec
tion of seed for the original planting,
and the intelligent selection on the
farm for replanting from year .to
year. If I had iny way about it, I
would have the federal government
or state government confiscate every
1 pound of seed at the gin, and crush
{ them so they would go out of ex
j istence, and give back to the farmers
seed which intelligent judgment ad
vised for the purpose for which cot
ton was to be used.”
MeCued also took occasion to decry
agitation to revive the existing futures
contract.
“Who is to say that the remedies
proposed are for the best interests of
all concerned?" he said. “Who is to
say that the evils complained of are
not the outgrowth of economic condi
tions which have nothing whatever to
do with the futures contract? Who is
to say that during the coming season
we will not have a surplus of tender-
grades instead of a dearth of
them, and that the remedies proposed
now will not become a boomerang, to
the hedge market and become depress
ing factors at the tjnd uu.gnitun’.
all know what the present futures con
tract is. and how it operates. It is
well to experiment? We must all re
member that the first interest to be
considered is that of the producer. We
I must not through any selfish desire
for experiment do anything thkt will
increase the burdens of the men who
till the soil and bring into existence
the articles we distribute.
BIG PRICE REDUCTIONS
IN THE CHRYSLER CARS
Reductions as Mach as $250 Went
Into Effect Saturday Night.
Detroit. May B.^—Walter P. Chrys
ler, president of the Chrysler corpora
tion, announced the most remarkable
price reductions in the history of his
company effective at ‘ midnight to
night. These reductions are on the
six-cylinder “70“ model and range
from SSO Io $250. Mr. Chrysler
adds, to his announcement that in the
accomplishment of 'these lower prices
l!ieye is absolutely no change in engi
neering or manufacturing specifica
tions or in equipment, but • that the
reductions have been made possible
by a tremendous increase in the com
pany’s six-cylinder production. Re
tail deliveries of the Chrysler “70”
for the first quarter have been thirty
one per cent, greater than for the
same period a year ago, with orders
on hand assuring even / greater in
creases in the coming quarters.
THE COTTON MARKET
Unsatisfactory Weather Reports From
Southwest Cause Advance.
New York, May 10.—OP) —Unsat-
isfactory -weather reports from the
southwest with rather more encourag
ing cable advices were reflected in
advances in the cotton market early
today. Liverpool made a very steady
showing, the labor news seemed little
more favorable, and there were reports
of further rains at some points in
Texas.
The market opened steady at an ad
.vance of 5 points to a decline of l
point, and sold 7 to 14 points net high
er in the early trading. May selling
around 10.05 and October 17.04 at the
end of the first hour. A good deal of
covering by May shorts was readily
supplied at a premium of about 45
point* over July. There also was
some buying of December contracts
here against sales in the New Orleans
i market.
Private cables rei»orted continental
buying in Liverpool.
Cotton, futures opened steady: Ju
ly 18.55: October 17.57; December
17.50; January 17.47. March 17.50
Georgia Solona Open With Hymns
a a Well as Prayer.
Atlanta. Ga.. May 10.— (A*) —The
House of Representative* of the Geor
gia general assembly has a tradition
al custom of opening its sessions
with hymn singing, which # is in addi
tion to the daily prayers by the
chaplain. Almost every one of the
207 members participate.
Members of the Georgia senate,
however, do not follow the example.
t The batting of Gny Sturdy, the
l nifty first baseman, is helping the
• Tu’sa Oilers to ran at high speed in
the Western League pennant race.
NO. 89
Great Britain Enters Sec
ond Week of the Striki.
—Use of Military Forces
Assure Food Supply.
POLICE SERGEANT
STRUCK BY HAMMER
i ° *
Forty Persons Sent to Hos
pitals After an Attack on
Bus.—Many Unionists
“Not Enthusiastic.”
London, May 10. —(A*)—Great Brit
ain today entered the second week of
the general strike, with peace appar
ently as far off as ever, and with the
government making increased use of
military forces to assure the food
supply. *
The outstanding development of the
week-end was the successful convoy
ing of food trucks by cavalry and arm
ored ears from the Victoria dock to
the distributing center of Hyde Park.
The strikers newspaj>erß denounce
this use of troops as “ridiculous and
unnecessary” and said it was done “to
create the belief that the strike has
reached violent revolutionary aims.”.
The government in a statement at
noon today said the introduction of
military convoy insured ample food
supplies for London. Military demon
strations of the last few days, it was
asserted, have greatly disheartened the
Trades Union Congress, and have cre
ated the deepest, impression among
the population of London's “dock
land/’
The trades union Congress announc
ed that permits issued to union mem
bers to assist in the distribution of
foodstuffs have been withdrawn. This
action was taken in view of the con
fusion caused by the union offer which
was made to Premier Baldwin, but
which, it was stated, has not been an
swered. In order to avoid confusion
between authorities and the strikers
the permits were recalled.
The governments spokesman in his
noon statement said the general strike
of the country after the week-end was
quiet. The most serions trouble thus
far reported during the strike from
th>standpoint of casualties occurred
in the Camden section of London last
night. Forty persons were sent to
hospitals after an attack on a bus
manned by volunteers.
A police sergeant was struck by a
hammer aucf a special coustaSde was
stabbed in the back at the Nine Elms
depot last night. At Birmingham a
member of city council named Sawyer
was arrested for saying: “All special
constables are traitors.” A mass
meeting at Norwich passed off peace
fully, and no inflammatory speeches
were made.
All reports from the north, accord
ing to the government, show that the
bulk of trades unionists except the
miners are “not enthusiastic about
the strike.” while in London and
South England there is a growing con
fidence among the population that the
government has the situation well in
hand.
Practically all the London suburban
railways are providing skeleton ser
vices. The volunteer workers are ex
ceeding the demands at the moment.
numbers of Oxford and Cam
bridge under-graduates are being sqpt
to work on the docks of London,
Southampton and other ports.
The government’s steps to maintain
order and law include Hie parking in
the south London district of a num
ber of heavy tanks, with a detachment
of guards in steel helmets and full
equipment ready to move at shortest
notice. ' ‘
The beginning of the second week
of the strike found transportation fa
cilities for the thousands of city work
ers much improved. There was good
service on Riibway trains as well as an
increased number of busses, enabling
people to arrive at their offices earlier.
The West End stores greeted a larger
number of shoppers, due to better ser
vice from the suburbs.
In the labor* d’strict of Poplar all
the public houses and saloons were
dosed today. The majority of the li
censes premises ceased business Sat
urday at noon when their supplies of
liquor were exhausted.
Japan to Exhibit Tower of Pearls at
Philadelphia.
Tokyo. May 10.-t-lA*) —A minia
ture tower of pearls, both cultured
and natural. will form part of
Japan’s exhibit at the Philadelphia
Sesquieentennial exposition. It will
have a value of approximately $350,-
000. .
The exhibit is constructed in the
shape of a pagoda, is elightly oter
three feet high and contains 201.230
cultured and 20.270 natural pearls of
varying sizes. Tbe disp’ay has re
ceived the approval of the En,piW».
The laziest man we can imagine is
one who sits up all night to keep from
wash'ng his face in the morning.
SAT'S BEAR SAYS*
* I fi. ®
,
, Local thundershowers tonight am
. Tuesday, slightly warmer in extrem<
i west portion tonight. Moderate sootl
winds.