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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
New Hampshire Bey Holds Record
For Being Saved; Nearly Dead 8 Times
Claremont, X. H-, May -i — Eight
yearn old and he has been .saved from
death eight times, once 'for every
i year of his life.
1 This its the record of Harry Carry.
His last escape took place a few
days ago when Harry fell into Sugar
River, was carried by the .swift cur
rent 1.000 feet, and pitched, in full
view or a score of horror-stricken
people, over a dam twenty feet high
to the crags below.
A group of men pulled young
Carey from the wafer and he was
found to be not seriously hurt.
“Well, 1 ('bought that was the
last of me," Harry ga-pm. when re
vived after going over the dam.
.V year ago Harry was struck by
an automobile, but soon recovered.
CHAUTAUQUA OPENS
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
j
Much Interest Being Taken in the
Excellent Program For Five Days. . j
The Chautauqua will open in the !
big ten on the primary school !
[grounds next Monday night with a
concert by the Greenfield Orchestra
Quartet, to be followed by a lecture
"The Science Story" by U. B. Am
brose. the electrical wizard. The
quartet has made a big hit every
where it has appeared, and Mr.
Ambrose is the talk of the town
everywhere he goes.
Each member bf the Greenfield Or-;
chcstral Quartet, notable Chaujtau- ]
qua feature, is an artist of outstaml- |
ing individual attainments, while ten !
years of playing together have pro- i
ducetl a perfection of ensemble play- i
ing rarely attained.
Max Greenfield, violinist, saxo- j
phonist and manager, has been asso- ;
cut ted with the orchestra of the Chi
cago Civic Opera Company, and with
the St- Paul Symphony Orcestra.
Edith Greenfield, violinist, has ap- j
peared extensively in rocital and
concert, notably in New York and
Chicago, and has scored distinctive ;
successes always.
Mo’.lie Greenfield, pianist has also !
a goodly number of New York and j
Chicago appearances to her credit in i
the course of many recitals and con
cert engagements the country over. |
She has been soloist with he Chicago!
Philharmonic Orchestra.
1. Greenfield, clarinetist, saxopho- i
nist and bass viol artist, ha.-*. like!
the other members of the quartet, an
exceptionally suecessfull record of
api>earance«.
With first-rank artistry the quar
tet present classical and semi-clas
sical ensemble selections, varying
with popular numbers.
‘‘The Science Story,*' is as thrill ing
as an tvwimi ul limgrC. ThectHciy is
Mr. Ambrose’s subject, and he holds
his audiences spellbound with his
astounding demonstrations.
Mr. Ambrose carries with him a
remarkable collection of electrical
instruments and devices. With these
instruments he produces many al
most magical effects.—He does not
rely on trickery, blit makes applica
tion of little known physical anil
electrical laws that lend themselves
well to interesting demonstrations.
Among the feats he performs- is
the welding of nails by electricity,
permitting the current to pass
through his body.
He holds two carbons in his hands
to form an arch light.
A cannon is fired and a flag sent
up the flag pole by use of rays from
an ordinary flashlight.
Yet. during all his elusive and
puzzling exhibitions, Mr. Ambrose
explains each step clearly and con
cisely and shows how each is based
in scientific facts and reasons.
CHILD WAGE EARNERS
BECOMING PROBLEM
William Green Says Wages of Child
ren Greater Menace Titan Prod
ucts of Prisoners. «
Atlantic City, N. .T.. May 27.— UP) —
The competing products of 2.000,000
j child wage earners form a much great
er menace to adult workers than to
those of 20,000 convicts. Win. Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, today told the general Fed
eration of Women's Clubs.
States which voted for the prohibi
tion, income tax and woman .suffrage
amendments, he remarked, have voted
against the Federal child labor pro
posals. He held it was ridiculous to
coutend that the proposed child labor
amendment would prohibit a girl
from helping her mother to do bouse
work, or a boy from assisting his
father in farm work.
“While employer’s associations and
chambers of commerce strange to say,
are fighting the Federal legislation
which will take children out of the
workshops and factories, they are at
the same time fighting against the
sale of prisonunade good* on the open
market,” he said.
Hauling of Water Major Occupation.
Madison, May 26. —The hauling of
water has lately become the major
occupation of farmers in this vicin
ity. Some of the water is being used
in planting tobacco but more than
half of it is being fur own on plant
beds. The beds, must b~e watered or
■ the plants will dry up- Much com
t plaint of wells failing is also heard.
This is attributed, however to the
[ drought of last summer.
Counter Revolt Against PilsudsUL
Berlin, May 27.— (A 3 )—A countei
( revolt against the Pilsudski govern
ment has broken out in East Galicia,
according to rumors reaching the Pol
j ish legation here.
f 50 Men Saved From Mine.
Scranton. Pa., May 27.— UP) —Mon
I than 50 men trapped in a buruinf
1 mine today were rescued after beini
a caught behind the fire for severa
hours.
Two yearrt ago lie was rescued from
a swamp hole into which lie had
fallen.
Neighbors recall how he broke his
collar bone, sliding down the veranda
stops to th(' street. And others re
member when In* was almo.it scalded
to death and doctors and nurses only
gave him -a few hours to live-
Rosy-cheeked and sturdy, it is
difficult to believe that Harry has
had every contagious disease that
came to town. But lie has. and he
always m-overs.
His mother says she thinks the
boy was born under an unlucky star,
but the Lord has been good to him.
because he has given him as many
liver; as a cat.
BRIEFS SUBMITTED IN
NEWTON HIGHWAY CASE
Supreme Court Will Hear This Case
Which Has Now Become Famous.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. May 27. —Agreement to
submit the Newton highway case ap
peal to the Supreme Court on briefs
has been reached and attorneys for
Xewtdn are expected to file ffieir
briefs in the case today. The state
filed its briefs several days ago and
they are now being printed, according
to Attorney General Dennis G. Brum
mitt. today.
This action now places the case on
the Supreme Court docket for this
term and while the period for oral
argument has expired, t’he case will
now come before the court at this
term, under rule 10. which permits
the docketing of cases after the ex
piration of the regular term, provided
they involve matters of public mo
ment sufficient to warrant such 'hear
ing.
No case has come before the Su
preme Court in recent months around
which more interest has been cen
tered than the appeal of the Newton
road case, in w'hich it was ruled by
Judge .T. L. "Webb that the State
highway department must build the
link of highway No. lft so that it
would pass by the “court house door”
in Newton, instead of t'iirough the
northern limits of the city, as the
highway department had surveyed it.
The construction of this portion of
the road is settled by the Supreme
Court.
“Tiie thing that Newton people
and people in the section are most
interested in now is the completion
of the highway, and not so much the
route it shall take through
said Assistant Attorney General Ross
in discussing tiie case. "We cannot
help but feel that the-Supreme Court
will look at the case from the stand
point of the State highway depart
ment. because of the serious precedent
involved. We are hoping for an
early decision.”
PASSENGER PLANE IS
FORCED TO HALT TRIP
Broken Water Connection Forced
Capt. Roscoe Turner to Seek Land
ing at Abbeville, S. C.
Atlanta, May 27. — UP) —A broken
water connection in one of the mo
tors forced Captain Roscoe Turner
to make an emergency landing near
Abbeyville, S. C., today an hour anff
half after he had taken off from At
lanta in his big Sikorsly plane on a
proposed one-day fljght to New York
City.
The plane came down at a farm
house just outside Abbeyville. The
s’uip jumped several ditches and came
to a stop' with one wing reciting in an
apple tree.
Repairs to the motor will be neces
sary before the flight is resumed, and
just when it will hop off is not de
termined.
The plane carried representatives
of the Atlanta, Jr., Chamber of Com
merce and the municipal government.
Vote of Confidence.
Paris, May 27. —(/P) —The Briand
government today was given a vote
of confidence by t'iie Chamber of dep
uties, 320 to 209.
The Briand cabinet thus survived
the first onslought of the socialists,
communists and part of the radicals
who had determined to provoke im
mediate debates on France’s finances
and foreign debts.
The government put the question
of confidence squarely on the demand
that these matters be postponed un
til after the discussion of the electoral
reform law bills.
The Briand cabinet was saved by
the nationalists opposition which as
s ter some hesitation tinally decided not
j to vote against the ministry.
A Novel Liquor Container.
; (By International News Service)
Asheville, May 27.—‘‘Tne last
word” in a rum runner’s automobile,
which was confiscated by police here
together with gallons of bottled 1
in bond liquor, won even the admi
ration of officers for cleverness.
Beneath the floor of the sedan was
j a small sheet metal trough with ap
| proximate dimensions of four feet by
! two feet and a half by six inches,
j while the rear seat covered a similar
I trough nearly ten inches deep. The
box-like arrangement ran even behind j
the rear seat.
Filled to capacity the automobile
probably would hold between two and
three hundred quarts of liquor, it was
said.
Briand Government Wins.
Paris, May 27.—The Briand gov
ernment today was victorious in the
chamber of deputies in its demand
that debate on financial matters and
foreign debt settlements, including the
Washington agreement, be postponed.
~ Unofficial figures give the government
I a majority of 100.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 27,1926
Boston-New York Flier Wrecked, 25 Hurt
- ' 4 -
This picture shows the wreckage resulting when the “Owl,”* New York to Boston flier, ran
into a freight, train at Mansfield, Mass. One trainman was killed and twenty-five persona
were injured.'
NEW NORTH CAROLINA
MARCH SONG BEING HEARD
Composed by Paul M. Hendricks, of
Asheville.—Adoption Is Strongly
Urged.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. May 27. —An audition is
being held here today of the new
North Carolina March Song, composed
by Paul M. Hendricks, of AsLeville,
with a view to its adoption as the
official song of the state, particularly
to be used in connection with North
Carolina’s part in the July fourth
celebration at the Sesqui-eentennial in
Philadelphia. Charles Piequet, of
Pim'aurst, who has lieen asked by
Governor McLean to take charge of
organizing musical talent over the
state for participatipn in July fourth
song festival at the exposition, was
present for the audition. All those
who were interested were invited.
No announcement as to the ultimate
decision has yet been made.
Adoption of the song was strongly
urged upon Governor McLean by the
Federated Woman's Clubs of -Ashe
ville, wllo sent a telegram warmly
commending Mr. Hendrick’s song.
**T'. shite needs n song ef-thi- ryfS
ture and we recommend ’it be en
dorsed and adopted by the state,” the
wire read which was signed by Mrs.
C. (’. Lentz, chairman State Federa
tion of Woman's Clubs, anil a long
list of Ashevill club women prominent
in musical circles.
TIIE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Deeline of 2 Points
on June But Generally Unchanged j
to Higher.
New York. May 27.— (A 3 )—The cot
ton market opened steady today at a
decline of two pouts on Jlino but gen
erally unchanged to .1 ]>oints higher
in response to higher Liverpool cables,
continued brought complaints from the
Eastern belt and fears of showers in
the southwest.
July sold at 18.45 rfnd December at
17.58 after the call but the bulge
seemed to attract realizing and the
market worked off 2 to 3 points from
the best before the end of the first
hour. Private cables reported the
absence of selling pressure tin Liver
pool with prices higher on covering
and trade calling, but said it was a
preholiday market. Proximity of the
local holidays probably had a restrict
ing effect on business here.
Cotton futures opened steady:,Ju
ly 18.40: October 17.70; December
17.437; January 17.49; March 17.52.
Parks-Belk Co’s. May Drive Ends
Saturday.
T)terc are only thfee more days of
i*he big May drive at the Parks-Belk
Co’s., Friday, Saturday and Mon
day.
With each boys’ knee pants suit
from $2.98 to $4.98 you buy, you get
a baseball bat free.
With each boys’ knee pants suit,
$5.00 to $9.95, a watch and chain
free. All boys’ long pants suits,
$9.95 and up, your choice of any
shirt in the boys’ department free.
With each man’s suit at $12.50 to
$19.95, choice of any $1 shirt in the
store free.
With each man's suit $22.50 to
$24.95 choice of any $1.50 shirt in
the store free.
With each man’s suit $27.50 and
over, choice of any shirt in the store
free.
Fisherman Gets Trout Sporting
Gold Watch.
Saranac Lake, N. Y., May 27. —
A. J. Bernard of this place ifi the
Adirondaoks’s luckiest fisherman.
Yesterday while trout fishing in the
north branch of the Saranac River,
near Goldsmiths, he noted what ap
peared to be the gleam of gold in the
midst of some submerged brush. As
the hook neared the bright object
I there was a vicious strike.
The next instant the astounded
fisherman found himself in posses
sion of an eight-inch trout and a
handsome gold watch. The line had
caught in the fob when the trout
struck.
There was no name in the watch,
which had evidently been in
water a long time.
The partnership of J. C. Query hhd
j W. P. Mabery has been dissolved by
i mutual consent, Mr. Mabery having
i purchased the interest of Mr. Query.
CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE
Fails Down in View of the Faet That
It Was Close to t' Actual Crop.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, May 27.—1 n view of the
widespread and severe criticism di
rected against the government cotton
•crop forecasts last fall, it is interest
ing to note that the estimate for the
North Carolina cotton crop was clos
er to the actual than that of anj
other cotton state, according to the
figures given in the final report on
the quantity of cotton ginned from
the crop of 1025, just issued* by the
United States census bureau. This
i« held to be most significant fact
by the officials in the crop reporting
department of the State department
of agriculture, as it will -be remem
bered that many statement were made
last fall to the effect that the esti
mate of the United States crop .re
porting service was from I.ftftft,ftfto to
4,000,000 bales too high.
The actual ginnings now show that
the highest estimate, made as of De
cember 1, 1925, instead of being too
was not high enough, being 3
per cent, below the crop actually pro
duced.
The estimated crop for North Caro
lina was 1,090.000 bales of 500 pounds
to a bale. The final ginnings showed
1.101.000 bales, or one per cent, more
than had been estimated.
The following shows by states what
per cent the final December estimate
was above or below the final gin
nings: Virginia, 4.5 below; North
Carolina, 1.0 below; South Carolina,
1.05 below; Georgia, 1.1 below; Flor
ida, 4.8 above; Missouri. 11.7 above;
Tennesee. 513 below; Alabama, 1.5
below; Mississippi, 3.0 below; Lousi
ana. 1.1 below; Texas, 1.0 below; Ok
lahoma, 8.3 below; California, 4 5
above. All other states, the estimate
was 0.5 per cent, under the actual
ginning, and for the entire United
States the estimate was 3 per cent,
below production.
KRIM IS NOW INSIDE
THE FRENCH BOUNDARY
Arrived at Izo Marouene Early This
Morning on His Way to Taza.
Paris, May 27.— UP) —Abd-El-Krim,
Riffian chief who announced his sur
render yesterday, has arrived inside
the French lines and will be escorted
immediately to Taza. Announcement
to this effect was made by Premier
Briand after n cabinet meeting today.
On Way to Taza.
Fez. French Moroco. May 27.—C4 5 )
—Abd-El-Krim. the surrendered Rif
fian chief, arrived at 5:15 o’clock
this morning at Izo Marouene. north
of Targuist, where he was presented
with his suit to the commanding gen
eral of the Moroccan division. Later
he was conducted to Bou Red. taking
the military road toward Taza, where
he is expected to arrive tomorrow.
Spencer Facing Serious Water Short
age.
Salisbury. May 26—A serious
shortage of water threatens Spencer.
according to word received from the:
railroad city today, and all inhabi- j
tants of the town are urged by Su
perintendent G. C. Evans to econo
mize in every way possible on the
use of water.
Tiie continued drought of several ,
weeks has cut short the supply of i
water, and the shortage is now said !
to have assumed serious proportions.
Superintendent Evans calls attention
to the danger of fire should such
break out, and asks the customers to (
aid in every way in conserving the j
supply until the shortage is over.
First Passenger Plans From Atlanta
to New York.
Atlanta, May 27. — UP) —Captain
Roscoe Turner took off from Cand.er
Field here today for New York 'pilot
ing what was said to be the first
passenger carrying plane. from the
South to the metropolis. Several
Atlantans were taken as passengers.
His first stop will be at Fayetteville,
N. C. Another will be made at Bol
ling Field, Washington.
The Greensboro News a few days
ago contained a large cut of Mrs.
Martha C. Stockton and a sketch of
her life. Mrs. Stockton is the moth
er of Mrs. S. J. Ervin and has many
friends in Concord.
PRIMARY LAW FORBIDS
SPLITTING OF TICKETS
A Voter Cannot Be Beth a Republi
ean and a Democrat.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, May 27. —The State pri
mary law expressly forbids the “split
ting” of tickets in the primary, ac
cording to Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Frank Nash in an opinion pre
pared at the request of R. C. Max
well, secretary of the State board of
elections. %
"No Democrat has a right to vote
for any particular candidate on the
Republican side of the ticket, nor can
a Republican vote for any one on the
Democratic side of the ticket,” said
Mr. Nash in his opinion. The ticket
must be voted straight, either Demo
cratic or eßpublican. The burden
of proof 4 is put squarely upon the
registrars anil judges by Mr. Nash,
who says that frauds upon the pri
mary act can “be prevented absolute
ly by them.”
“So many inquiries have to come
to this office as to t’ae right of Re
publicans to vote the Democratic
ticket that we deem it wise to re
state what is contemplated by the
statute in this regard,” says Mr.
Nash in his statement. “The gen
eral purpose of the state-wide primary
act is to provide a method by which
each of the greater political parties
us the state may select its candidates.
“The tickets voted in the primary
are required to be headed by the name
of the political party whose ballot it
is. Consequently, as the statute is
written, omitting exceptions, there
are generally two ballots to be voted.
One the Democratic party ballot and
the other the Republican party bal
lot.
“When an elector offers himself
and expresses the desire to vote in a
primary held under this article, he
shall declare the political party with
which he has declared himself to be
a member, but any one may at any
time any elector proposes to vote
challenge his right to vote in the pri
mary of any party upon the ground
that he does not affiliate with such
party,” the opinion continues, in
which other opinions are cited.
Can’t Keep Out of Jail.
(By International News Service)
Miami, Fla., May 27. —Probably
there are such things as “complexes.”
Anyway, Ji/in Ross, 00, of Beuna
Vista, just can't keep out of jail. -
Ross —"In Again, Out Again”
Ross, they call him —completed a 30-
day jail seutence for intoxication at
7 o’clock the other night. At mid
night a patrolman brought in a drunk.
It was Ross.
_ At 4 o'clock the next morning, af
ter he had sobered up, he was re
leased on bond. .Tust at 7 o’clock
the patrol wagon charged up and de
posited a plain drunk. It was Ross.
"I'm back home again,” he said.
Money Washed and Returned.
(By International News Service)
Miami, Fla., May 27. —Police In
spector Gibson today had "sworn off”
stuffing his bank roll in his pillow
before retiring.
He stuffed .$197 in currency in his
pillow and went to sleep. The next
morning he was aroused to answer an
emergency call and forgot the roll.
A maid sent the pillow-slip to the
laundry. The laundry washed and
returned it. • The money was there.
"All I had to do was iron it out,”
he said.
Makes Example of This State.
Atlantic City, May 27. — (A 3 ) —Wil-
liam Green, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, in a plea
to the eighteenth biennial convention
of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs for increased activity for the
adoption of the federal child labor
amendment, singled oat North Caro
lina as typical of objectionable condi
tions of child labor.
Earthquake Causes Dam to Break.
| London. May 27.—0 P) —The Tokio
I correspondent of the Evenings News
Lays a sharp earthquake today at
Hakoade. northern Japan, burst the
dam near the town, washing away
fifty houses and drowning eighteen
persons.
Mount Iwo. which erupted Monday,
has resumed its rumblings and minor
earthquakes are terrifying the sur
vivors of the eruption disaster.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
OIL CONSERVATION j
DISCUSSED BEF n >’
WASHINGTON GROUP
•
Charles E. Hughes Says
Science and Not Politics
Must Be Used to Save
Oil Supplies.
POLITICALACTION
IS NOT ENOUGH
'Too Often It Proves Diffi
cult and Unsuccessful,
the Former Secretary of
State Says.
Washington, May 27.— UP) —En-1
couragement »;f scientific effort rather!
than political regulation of produe- j
tion was suggested as the best oil con
servation policy for the government by
Charles Evans Hughes in an address
today before the Federal Oil Conserva
tion Board. The former Secretary of
State represented the American Pe
troleum Institute.
"Political action" he asserted, "is
superficially attractive but difficult
and unlikely to succeed. Something
might be accomplished by removing le
gal obstances to intelligent operation.
“Scientific effort holds the promise
of the future.
The cracking process has done more
for conservation than any legislative
schedule coulil do under our constitu
tion.”
He cited figures to show that the
cracking process by which crude oil is
made into gasoline has doubled the
nation’s potential gasoline resources.
ALL OF SOUTH IS NOT
IN NEED OF RAIN NOW
North and South Carolina and Geor
gia Suffering Worst From Lark of
Rain.
(/P)—Southeastern Florida was the
wet spot on the Southern weather map
today.
With North Carolina. South Caro
lina and Georgia generally suffering
from lack of rain, and high tempera
tures. Miami and Southern Florida
were being drenched with cool show
ers every few hours.
North Carolina and Georgia felt a
serious need of rain, and South Caro
linians have been conducting special
services for a break fn the
drought- Central Tennessee and
Southern Alabama also reported dry
weather, anil showers are needed in
western Tennessee, but the backward
ness of crops there and fn northern
Alabama are attributed largely to the
untoward Spring weather.
Eastern Louisiana and
western Florida farmers were not
troubled with the dry weather, al
though there, as well as in Mississ
ippi and Kentucky more rain might
be beneficial. Virginia with general
rains yesterday was content.
Temperatures ranged from 76 at
Tampa to 86 at Atlanta and upward
to 93 at Nashville. South Carolina
and southern Georgia temperatures
hovered slightly above 95.
HEART MALADY FATAL TO
MRS. E. E. BLUME HERE
Aged and Beloved Woman of City
Died Last Night at Home on Cor
bin Street.
- Mrs. E. E. Blume* aged and beloved
woman of Concord, died last night at
her home here after an illness of sev
eral months. Death was caused by
a malady of the heart with which
she had' suffered for three or four
months.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row afternoon at 3 o’clock at the
home of Mrs. C. A. Cook and inter
ment made in JJakwood cemetery.
The services will be conducted by
Rex. L. A. Thomas, pastor of St.
James Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Illume was 81 years of age.
having been born in July, 1844. She
was a daughter of the late Allison
and Elizabeth Earnhardt and had
spent practically all of her life in
this city. She was a member of the
Lutheran Church.
Surviving are the following chil
dren : Mrs. C. A. Cook. M. L. Blume,
J. C. Blume and Miss Ida Blume, all
of Concord.
Supreme Court Rules Against Mansel.
Raleigh, May 27. —C4>)—Alvin Man
sel, Buncombe county negro, convict
ed of attacking a white woman, must
die in the electric chair at State's
prison, the State Supreme Court de
cided today. No error sufficient to
order a new trial was iound by the
court. June 11th. the third- Fri
day after the certification of the opin
ion. is automatically set as the date
for the electrocution.
Five Reported Hurt In Fire.
Scranton. Pa., May 27. — UP) —In a
fire which is said to have followed an
explosion in Mount Lookout mine at
Wyoming. Pa., today five men are
reported to have been injured, and at
least eighty men were still in the
mine at noon. The mine is owned
by the Temple Coal Company.
With Our Advertisers.
The Browns-Cannon Co. will have
a special suit sale Friday and Satur
day at one-fourth off see ad. today.
Tropical suits, stylish and cool, at
J. C. Penny Cos. from $9.90 up.
Best grade of binder twine $6.90
per bale or 70 cents per ball, at the
Yorke & Wadeworth Co.'s.
Robert Talbirt. of Cherryville. is
spending several days here with
! home folks.
WV TIGHTENING
'"or vULSTEAD Es
AT PRESENT Ti
|
In Talk Before the House
i Committee Sec. Andrews
Urges Material Tighten
ing of the Law.
STALKER BILL IS
FINDING FAVPft
Mrs. Mabel Walker Wjl
lerbrandt, Assistant At
torney General, Favors
Enactment of the Bill.
| Washington, May 27. — (4*)—Ma
terial tightening of the Volstead act
i so that the-country "may know what
national prohibition means” waß
urged today by Assistant Secretary
Andrews, of the treasury, niftibndl
dry chief, before the House judibfary
committee.
He spoke in favor of a bill drafted
by the treasury to give the prohibi
tion unit power to inspect at anV
time a factory, manufacturing
beverages.
“It is common knowledge.” he said,
"that in wet areas beer is being sold.
It can be stopped, and should
stopped, if for no other reason tha«
that the people throughout the coun
try may know What the national pro
hibition law may mean.”
Mr. Andrews testified after Mrs,
I Mabel Walker Willebrandt. assistant
j attorney general, had endorser the
! Stalker bill to make prison sentences
mandatory for first conviction sot
sale, manufacture and transporfatfofl
of intoxicating liquor.
PISGAH FOREST AGAIN
IS MENACED BY FJJSE
Reported to Be Sweeping Along
North Prong of Big Ivey Creek—
Another Blaze Coder Control.
Asheville. May 2(s.—Fire waa
sweeping through the holdings of the
United States government along the
north fork of the Big Ivey creek in
Pisgah national fore* late today, ac
cording to reports received at the
forestry offices in Asheville. No defi
nite information could be obtained
by the foresters here as to the ex-,
tent of the blaze. Another fire that
broke out two days ago near Pisgah
was placed under consol .this morn-..*,
ing after fire wardens had fought
and guarded it for two days.
M. A. Mattoon, supervisor of Pis
gah national forest, today issued an
appeal for care on the part of these
living in forested areas or passing
I through them. The dry weather that
has held sway in western North
Carolina has again caused the men
ace of fire to loom in the section, h©
said.
Lumber companies have placed
their trains on night schedule in eo*
operation with the foresters, it is
said- Sparks from the engines ignite
the forest more readily when the sun
is shining than at night when 'there
is a protective humidity and dew
noticeable in the mountains.
One Can Make and Possess Five Gal
lons of Wine.
(By International News Service)
Gulfport, Miss., May 27. —As a re
sult of the Mississippi Supreme
Court's decision that it is lawful for
persons to make and possess five gal
lons of wine—provided it is for home
consumption and is not sold — the
fruit and berry industry along the
Gulf coast is fast being developed.
It is blackberry season along the
Gulf at this time of year, and hun
dreds of persons are engaged' iii friHt
ing them. And most of the berries
are going into wine.
Bears, since it has been <Ji s °overed
here that they make an excellent
grade of wine, are gaining in popu
larity. One reason for this, it was
pointed out, is because they famish
more juice than grapes. That means
more wine.
During the past satsuma season, it
was said, growers used the sn\all fruit
for making orange wine. This, it
was claimed, had a remarkable re
semblance in taste and effect to rfiam
pagne.
The granting of the people of the
right to make wine for home use ha«
created an oasis in the Mi s Ki**ippi des
ert, and is making the fruit and berry
industry more fluorishing tlmn’ ever.
None of the fruit growers, it is
claimed, ever sell their home-made
wine, but keep it strictly for home
consumption.
Forced to Return to Miami.
Miami. Fla., May 27. —t/P) —Flying
into a .violent ra : n and wind storm
about 100 miles northeast of Miami,
Bernardo Duggan and bis two com
panions in the seaplane Buenos Aires
were forced to make a hurried return
to Miami at 9:45 o'clock this morn
| ing.
British Chaino No Match For Bobbie. ,
Muirfield. Scotland, May 27. —04 s ) r
—Bobbie Jones, Amercan champion,
eliminated the British title holder
Robert Harris. from the amateur
championship tournament this after
noon by a decisive score of 8 up and
C to play.
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THE WEATHER
Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday,
local showers tonight and in south- ,
west portion Friday ; somewhat cool- «
er tonight. to fresh north
east winds.
NO! 94