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»;e i Kwin Is President ■ Building And Loan league For Next Year losen as Con ity at Final State Conven- Today. <AMED president i Honored by jntion. Re litted and Ac 'inal Session. t! s . selection of the :ind reports of oom rmiriuding business l( . meeting of the biilding and ,an ~| its annual con dav. i were: in. Elizabeth Uity, Irix. Con cord. First ' ston-Salem, Second liui.iigton. Secretary I rcted again as the itv. the invitation (ieorge K. Wooten. s***r there- was over contest with Dur- tending invitations 'inelmrst. Italeigh the officers the ex will be composed Lenoir, and E. Y. irlotte. Delegates tt> the State league re League meeting . Wooten ami Mr. | • mittee were heard ileveloped some dis interest being paid he legislative com ; the littee. all of which re: ;es paid by assoeia •reate fund for su-. I tion be allowed to opertv outsi.le ‘*ie s offices are located i in adjoining coun- \ uilcs of the associa-1 is be permitted if it funds not in ex ■nt. of their assets, j moriai funds corn 'd that three trus ter. G. R. Wooten ! k have supervision ’ unds of whirfi the 'ague shall be cus-; I nn bulletins recom- i f ague have a bulle- • nonth as a supple-. rican Building As-, 1,1 copies to be sent the membership of report was adopt eommittee expressed 11V courtesies shown ■ paying special st ubs, the newspaper mcord management. Rue also were corn work during the recommended that lls, ‘ its influence to do* l nited States IKIiT convention the State League dig in Asheville at "f the convention ded after midnight a dance given by aii( l Manufacturers a fifty, couples were e as the climax to 'business and social usiness sessions kept W for several hours ras a hurried drive ,r an inspection of * and Caen another hr Jackson Training i offered a short I ’°gram. Following t which lasted sev- R ’ as featured by an 1 ai 'd a delectable fines Promote or ‘ lh .. of the Building s> - was the subject p S ‘ on at the after lalks were made by ?' oint; '1 iiomas F. • and J. E. Brinn, fj‘ on °f other maf ed the attention of 1(1 afternoon ses |"(! * >y b>cal Kiwan '' " t * u ‘ r individuals e wlnsked to the ' to the Training Ae giant i nip l' 011 .' 1 be visited 4 i . 11 r ln this brief S aw enough ;es- o fllll ll ' 1 1 1 ret‘Og -- ts hind in the denis Vt the appear ,ns ;. tbe ‘oanner of 'hev ,! P m ‘° ldß they " er * told that «1 aff H!lt ' f be stu er leaving the THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. This statement was later used as l a challenge by Leon ('ash. of Wins ton-Salem. Speaking at the banquet several hours later Mr. ('ash men- I tipned this splendid record and asked j if the average citizen of the state of North Carolina are producing boys and young men that turn out &> per cent, successful Dr. T. N. Spencer was tonstmnster r at the banquet, served in the assembly hall of the hotel and given by the - courtesy of the three local building and loan associations. In addition to the visitors quite a number of i Concord persons were guests of the 1 associations and enjoyed to the ful lest the feast fine things offered. In addition to the addresses, a solo by Mrs. H. G. Gibson, with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Leslie Cor rell. and a reading by Miss Loraine Blanks, were thoroughly enjoyed. Lat ler in the evening several members from a troupe of vaudeville artists at the Concord Theatre were seen and heard in dances and other mu sical numbers. i At the banquet Mrs. Gibson ren dered in her usual charming way, two delightful songs, “A Little Brown Bin! Singing,” by Hayden Wood, and I "Sweet Miss Mary,” by Xe : dlinger. C. Clinton .Tames, president of tlm Fnited States League of Local Build ing and Loan Associations, was the first and most prominent speaker of the banquet. Before beginning bis 1 prepared address Mr. James took occasion to commend North Caro linians for the progress of their state and their spirit of optimism. In his address he paid tribute to Senator Simmons, ranking senator from North Carolina, declaring that Senator Sim mons ever had proved a real friend to building and loan men .when aid was needed in the capital, j In concluding Mr. James paid trib ute to the late Edward L. Keesler, of Charlotte, saying he would not ”be true to my Own feelings if I did not pay tribute to Mr. Keesler, your friend and my friend.” j In his address President James pointed out the marked progress of building and loan associations, pre dicted greater growth in the future, urged associations to take part in 1 thrift campaigns and urged cam paigns of education among tbe rank and file ho that more faith Would be created in the associations, ana of ficials of the associations would bet ! ter understand their work, j “According to statistics of 1920, Norttf* Carolina ranked eighteenth in 1 assets and memberships in the Cnited ; States league,” Mr. James said, “and in 1924 you had moved to sixteenth * place. i “In 1920 the total number of as ' soeiations in the state was 141, and in 1924 it was 247. In 1920, your total membership was 53,121, ami in j 1924, it was 85,000. In 1920, your | total assets were $23,452,711, and in ! 1924, your total assets weraj£7o,ooo,- 000. In 1920, your assets 1 was $3,999,771, and in 1924, the gain was $12,130,435. “The building and loan associations the country over have shown an av erage increase for the past five years of 100 per cent, while the figures are not available from the secretary’s report to the present time, it is esti mated that the building -and loan as sociations throughout the country last year gained approximately $500,- 000,000. I predict that by 1931. «*.ien we celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the first building and loan association in the United States.” The big problem confronting the building and loan men of the United States today is the problem of educa tion, according to Dr. Horace F. Clark, educational director of the Americans Savings, Building and Loan Institute, at his address be fore the banquet. In spite of the tremendous growth of these neighborhood associations, the average man in the street is not fytmiliar with their operations, ac cording to Dr. Clark, and one of the principal difficulties is that in the past, building and loan secretaries have been too busy with other mat ters to learn how to acquaint the people with their business. The need for better education, both for secre taries and through them for the gen eral public 'has been recognized by the leaders in the national movement, and today systematic courses are being studied by more than 1,200 building and loan men in thirty-five local chapters of the institute which Dr. Clark heads. A standard textbook has been writ ten by Dr. Clark and his colleague, Frank A. Chase, who is also well known in North Carolina. This book is the basis of the course now being offered both to resident students and by correspondence. North Carolina has a splendid development of build : ing and loan associations, but its as ■ sets of $81,000,000 are only one sixty-eighth of those of the United ■ States, instead of one-forty-eighth us s they should be. ? Dr. Clark is a college professor with ; a classroom as big as the nation, for t his students are found in every cor r ner of the United States. His mes s sage to the North Carolina delegates i was a plea for a wider vision of the - great problems that confront the bus » iness. With the increase in the bus iness, outsiders are trying to enter it s in order to line their own pockets at - the expence of the members of their f associations. New plans are being y presented as panaceas, when as a t matter of fact many of the new sug gestions have been tried out years e ago and found to be unsound. North (Please Turn to Page Two) POLICE CHIEF WAS PEPPER SUPPORTER IN LAST PRIMARY Letter He Sent Out “In structing” Men That He I Wanted Big Pepper Vote j j Read Before Committee, j j AUTHOR HEARD BY COMMITTEE ! Letter Read After He Told Senators He Made No Effort to “Line Up” Vote For Pepper and Fisher. Washington. June 24.—04*)—A let ter in \vh ; ch Peter I\ Walsh. Pitts burgh superintendent of police ‘•in structed” members of the force that “we expect a large majority’’ in their respective districts for the Pepper- Fisher ticket in the recent Pennsyl vania primary was produced today before the Senate campaign funds committee. The lettei was read by Chairman Reed after Walsh himself, called to the stand as a surprise witness, had insisted that no one asked him to sup port the pepper-Fisher coalition, and that he made no effort to “line up the forces”, for the renomination of Sena tor Pepper and the selection of John 8. Fisher for Governor. The Police Superintendent acknowl edged his signature at the end of the letter, but said it had been sent only to the detective force, who as a rule had charge of “getting out" the votes. YOUNG PEOPLE WILL END MEETING TONIGHT Election of Officers and Naming cf Convention City Will Conclude the Program. Raleigh, June 24.— UP) —With a consecration service, an address by Associate Supreme Court Justice W. J. Brogden, and a sight seeing tour as the features of the day’s program, the North Carolina Baptist Young Peoples Union prepared to conclude •its convention tonight at Meredith College with the election of officers and the selection of the next annual meet ing place. _ Mvtedith GhUrge, xvking to Ith-ve ! the Union meeting there regularly each year, is in a lively contest with Win ston-Salem and Ridgecrest for next year’s gathering. At a consecration held early this morning more than 50 young people signified tlie'r intention of devoting their lives to somespecific religious work. At the regular morning session the address by Judge Brogden on “Good Citizenship.” and an ovation given to Perry Morgan for the past six years the general secretary of the B. Y. P. U., department for the board of missions were the features. In addition to the election of officers and selection of the convention city at the concluding session tonight, an address will be delivered by the Rev, Herman T. Stevens on “Going the Second Mile.” Woman Quits Race in Favor of Good Looking Opponents. Augusta, June 23.—Miss Lavonia Seals, who~ announced her candidacy for governor several weeks ago, to day withdrew in favor of “the good looking gentlemen in the race.” Miss Seals’ announcement of with drawal, made through The Augusta Herald, said in part: "Just three weeks ago I made my announcement as a .candidate for gov ernor of Georgia. “I will let the curtain drop for an other political performance. With love and best wishes for everybody, especially to the good looking gentle men in the race for governor of Georgia.” Store-wide Sale for Men at Browns- Cannon Company. A- big sale of everything in the store will be inaugurated Friday morning at 9 o’clock. June 25th, by the Browns-Cannon Co., clothing and furnishings for men. They are clos ing out the entire shoe department, and none must be left. All high shoes at half price. On Friday morn ing at 9 o’clock sharp they are go ing to give each adult that enters the store and makes a purchase of $5 or more a one dollar bill. This applies to the first 25 doing this All $2 neckband shirts, only $1.35. But read the page ad. in today’s Trib une and Times for fuller particulars. Conference on the New Uses for Cot ton. Montgomery, Ala., June 24.—Other states will be represented at the con ference for new use for cotton to be held at Birmingham July Ist, accord ing to Edward A. O’Neal, president of the Alabama farm bureau federa tion. The conference was at first intended only for Alabama farmers and manufacturers, he said, but the movement has created more than state-wide interest, and representa tives from several other states will be in attendance. With Our Advertisers. Big Sale Saturday at Fisher’s of madeira table linens. Beautiful qual ity, hand made centers, doilies, mats. See ad. Lawn hose at \ T orke & Wadsworth Co.’s 25 foot sections $2.95, 50 foot Sections $5.90. An unusual collection of dresses for June at J. C. Penney Co.’s only $4.98. CONCORD, N.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 2471926 How Farmers Stand oh Prohibition Raleigh, N. C„ June 24. —The Progressive Farmer here announces to day the results 6f a prohibition straw vote among Southern farmers as fol lows : 1. For strict adherence to the Eighteenth Amendment and enforce ment of the Volstead Law __ 3,309 2. For modification of the Volstead Law to permit the sale of light wines and beer on a local option basis i 334 3. Fcr repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and a return to state control of the liquor problem T 807 Total i 4,570 Percentage for Prohibition J 73.7 Percentage for Mod fication 7.3 Percentage against Prohibition*. 18.9 MORE THAN $2 000,000 ADDITIONAL ACCRUED To the Highway Department Up to .June 1. 1026. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, June 24.—More than 2,- 000,000 additional accrued to the eof fers of the highway department up to June 1, 1920, than in all of (he previous fiscal year of 1924-25, he cording to records in the motor ve hicle bureau of the department of revenue. But not only did collec tions show a big increase both in the highway and theft funds but a de cided decrease in the expense of ad ministration of these two funds is also noted, resulting in a net sav ing of $7,091.10. The increase in the collections/ of course, is easly explained by the stead ily increasing number of automobiles in the state, and the collections of the highway fund up to June Ist amount ed to as compared with $9,308/350.47 for the entire previous fiscal year, which is a gain of $2,- 160,648.25 in eleven months as com pared with the previous twelve months. If is expected that the total figures for tbe entire fiscal year, which ends June 31, 1920, will be well over M2,- 000,000. 4 • Collections of the theft in 1924-25 over the full twelve moi*hs period to June Ist, amounted to $139.- 387.50, which represented a gain of: $17,148.27. The total net gain in collections of both highway and theft funds for the eleven months period is $2,177,790.52. And now comes the surprising part. With the decided increase in collec tions, it would naturally be expected that additional help would be neces sary in the offiees to take care of this increase. But this evidently was not the case, judging from the records of the department. For while it cost $287,290 20 to collect the smaller fund in 1924-25, the expense of collecting the larger sum was reduced to $278,- 131.19 ,in _tl>e _ fiactvL.y£M_Af up to June Ist, at decrease of'‘skJ',- 165.10. A slight increase in the cost of the collection of the theft fund was noted—3,474.oo —but this was more than compensated by the gain of $17,- 148.27 in collections. EDMUND GREER LOSES HIS LIFE IN WATER Lenoir Youth Drowns in Lake Broy hill While Playing In the Water With Four Other Youths. Hickory, June 23.—Edmund Grier, aged 15, was drowned this afternoon at Lake Broyhill, south of Lenoir, while playing in the water with four other youths of about the same age. None of the boys could swim and when young Greer ventured into deep water he was unable to save himself. In nn effort to rescue his comrade, Hay den Land almost lost his life. Aid was summoned by the boys but if was a half hour or more before the body was recovered by Frederick Dula, who dived into the lake and brought it to shore. State Forester Sebron, who has a wide reputation as life saver, and two doctors of Lenoir worked for over two hours in an effort to resuscitate the lifeless body. Greer was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Greer, of east Lenoir. Hearing on Jesse Wyatt Petition. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, June 24.—1 t will probably be several days or a week before (iovernor A. W. McLean makes any decision with regard to the petition for a parole for Jesse Wyatt, former Raleigh police officer, serving a term in State prison for the killing of S. S. Holt, Smithfield attorney, on July 1, 1925, Governor McLean indicated today. Hearing of the petition was held before the governor Tuesday after noon, hut no action was taken, and he declined to discuss the case. Wyatt and some other officers were out watching for an automobile which was believed to be transporting li quor. A ear passed them and failed to halt when ordered to do so. Wyatt fired after the car, as a signal, he claimed.- When the car was finnlly overtaken and stopped, Holt was found to be fatally wounded. The Eucharistic Congress. Mundelein, 111., Jane 24.—OP)—In nature’s great sanctuary flooded by brilliant sun the last rites of the 28th international eucharistic congress were celebrated today before throngs num bering in hundreds of thousands. Before a huge altar canopied in silk and velvet overlooking from the top of the grass carpeted 4»iD* two-mile sweep of the lake, Cardinal Bonzano celebrated solemn pontifical mass under the fairest skies of the congress. Laymen of Central Methodist Church will hold a banquet at the Church tonight at 7 o’clock. Dr. Bar nett, of Nashville, will bbe the princi pal speaker at the banquet. ♦ ‘ —' ■ " 11 Unless the pitching staff shows an early and marked improvement the Washington Senator soon will b e ou * of the pennant race for this ye ar - ' MRS. RODGERS CLEARED BY A DIRECTED VERDICT State Fiilg to Make Out Case Charg ing Her With Death of Her Sen. Raleigh, June 22.—*Without intro-1 dueing any evidence in the ease against Mrs. Helen Rodgers, charging' her with the killing of her son, Pres [ ton liodgers, Jr., December 31st, last, the defense I'liis afternoon won a di rected verdict when Judge M. V. 1 Barnhill took the ease from the jury. Mrs. Rodgers was not charged with | murder in the first degree but had she been indicted on any other count j whatsoever the result would have been i the same. The state had hardly a scintilla of evidence. All the wit | nesses relied upon were for the de fense. Solicitor Evans couldn’t , get started. He used witnesses in the Rodgers house the morning of the fa tality, to show the’ pistol shot and the subsequent killing. Rwt all of them were for Mrs. Rodgers and there wasn’t a thing to do. Mrs. Bonnie Baste, beauty parlor bennty, was the state’s chief reliance and she was a friend of the Rodgers. Mrs. Baste was an entirely different young woman today from the femi nine creature beheld by the curious nearly six months ago. Then she was deeply depressed, gloomy, melancholy in the last degree. But she was fresh from the tragedy which she described today as a nightmare. But she was able to laugh today. She said that when the pistol fired and killed Pres ton B. Rodgers, Jr., Mrs. Rodgers, the defendant, was within five feet of Mrs. Baste. The witness didn’t see the shooting. The poor dead youngster was silly drfink, riie said. The boy had no sense and seemed un able to get himself together. Mrs. Baste couldn’t say whether the boy killed himself with the pistol given him by his mother or not.' THE COTTON MARKET Generally Favorable VieW.of Weather Conditions and Crop Progress, New York, June 24. — <JF) —The cot ton market opened today at a decline of 8 to 13 i>oints in resimnse to easier Liverpool cables, a generally favor able * view of weather conditions and projmble crop progress in the SouPii. Considerable liquidation of July de veloped in preparation for possible no tices toiporrow, that delivery selling off to 17.70 while December declined to 10.42 =at the start. Covering at these figures which appeared to be inspired by failure of favorable new crop reports to bring jn more selling presssure, however, rallied the market tpward the end ot the first hour. July sold up to 17.84 or within five points of yesterday’s quotations, while the new crop months just about recovered the early losses, December selling at 16.49. A private crop report pointed to a decrease of .5 per cent in the acre age placing the condition at 77.7 per cent, and the indicated yield at 15,- 700,000 bales allowing for 3 per cent, abandonment of acreage. Cotton futures opened steadv. July 17.80; Oct. 10 48; Dec. 10.42; Jan. 16.16; March 16.37. DORIES AND TYROS IN DURHAM FOR MEETING Members of Viza Temple No. 248 Pouring Into City to Have Part in Celebration. Dui-ham, June 24.— UP) —Members of the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan of Viza Temple No. 248, were pouring into Durham today to take part in the day’s program and celebration. Approximately 500 Do kies, Tyros and other visitors were expected. A street parade ill which Pythians ! from various sections of the state were expected to participate, a bar becue, and the initiatory work are included in the day’s program. Candidates for membership were to be initiated from Durham, Greens boro, Rocky Mount. Wilson, Wil mington and Raleigh. Ask Assembly to Put Uniforms on Deputy Sheriffs. Raleigh, June 23.—The next gen eral assembly may put deputy sheriffs and rural officers in uniform if sug gestions from /official state circles, prompted by the constant reports of automobiles searched or fired upon, win favor with the solons. Notwithstanding frequent warnings from court officials and state and county authorities, the use of fire arms by officers in attempting to halt au tomobiles suspected of law violations is still largely practiced, complaints received here indicate. Scarcely a week passes that the office of Gover nor McLean does not receive a report of a car fired upon, or halted and searched without a warrant by men in civilian garb, the reports usually accompany requests for any investi gation. Highway Men in Session. Wilmington, June 24.—C4*)—The sixth annual meeting of the South Atlantic Coastal Highway Assoeia-i tion, Inc., which operates the Atlantiq Coastal Highway, was opened here this morning with approximately 150 delegates from the states from New York to Florida in attendance. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher CONFERENCE ENTERS UPON FINAL DAY OF ITS DELIBERATIONS This Morning the Reynolda Conference at Winston- Salem Was Opened by Dr. D. Clay Lilly. THREE ADDRESSES WERE MADE TODAY Afternoon Session Was Given Over to Summar izing the Accomplish ments of Conference. Winston-Salem, June 24. — UP) — This morning the Reynolda confer ence entered upon the final days of its deliberations. The session was opened at 10 o'clock by Dr. D. Clay Lilly, the director, and the first speak er was I)r. W. O. Shewinaker, of the department of Bible in Southwestern University, at Memphis, Tenn., speak ing on economy. Dr. George YV. Richards, president of the Theologic al Seminary of *he Reformed Church in the United States, was the next speaker, taking for his subject civic and political matters to be included in the curriculum of religious education. The third address of the morning was by Dr. Robert Kelley, executive sec retary of the council of church boards of education in New York, who talked on “The State’s Stake in Religious Education.’’ Dr. J. I. Foust, president of the North Carolina College for Women, spoke on the “Fixing of Objects and Adopting Theories and Programs to the Tax Supported Schools” and the session was closed by the address by Dr. O. I). Foster, on the fixing of programs to schools and colleges other than those tax supported. The afternoon session was given over to summarizing accomplishments of the conference. The members of the conference were guests of Pr. and Mrs. Lilly today at noon at a luncheon. PAROLES ISSUED Convicted on a Smell, Roy Sigmon is Free on a Smell—Other Cases. - , Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, June 24.—Convicted on a smell, Loy Sigmon today is free be cause of that same smell—and be cause the smell was the only evidence against him. Sigmon had been sen tenced from Catawba county to a term of ten months in jail because officers detected the odor of liquor in i the rear of his roadster. It has since developed that he was not guilty of transporting, and the trial solicitor was the leader of those who jisked that he be paroled. Governor A. W. McLean readily granted it, along with two others. Applications on the part of six other prisoners for paroles were denied. John G. Price, sentenced to from three to five years in State prison for forgery from Wake county in 1924, was paroled for the remainder of his’ term on the recommendation of the trial judge and others. The judge stated that he gave iiim the sentence that he did in order that he might have treatment for the excessive use of drugs and liquor; that he now ap pears to be completely cured, and that in view of his good record as a pris -oner, he was entitled to parole. Jesse Summers, sentenced to serve from four to six years for assault with a deadly weapon from Robeson county, is paroled for the remainder of 'his term, at the request of the trial judge and solicitor and others in terested in his case. He has a 1 splendid record as a prisoner and this helped him gain the parole. Applications for clemency' for the 'following were denied: Oscar Wil liams, Pitt county; Robert Jones, Brunswick ; Walter Almond,. Gaston ; Robert Reap, Catawba; Clarence Carswell, Burke, and James Hanhook, Durham. The Opening of -Evil Days.” (By International News Service) Little Rock, Ark., June 25.—The opening of “evil days” in the game of hide-and-seek in the liquor busi ness is bringing mental and physical torture to prohibition enforcement agent?. Physical discomfiture ranging from insect we’.ts to slow death from snake bite is all part of the liquor law en forcement game now that summer has began, according to the agents. “It’s not so much the rebellion of the liquor distillers and transporters,” one agent explained, “as it is the ter ror spread through the wooded wilds of the interior country by ticks, chiggers, rattlesnakes, copper heads, black gnats and mosquitoes.” Deficiency Bill Reported. Washington, June 24.— (A*) —Car- rying a total of $43,372,000, of which $14,156,000 is for new public build ings throughout the country, the sec ond deficiency appropriation bill was reported to the house today by its appropriations committee, • Ambassador Jay 111. Beunos Aires, A 3 ) Peter Augustus Jay. United States ambassador, is critically ill with bron chitis-pneumonia. Three physicians are in attendance on him. The Los Angeles team, whieh has been leading the Pacific Coast League, won 14 out of the 19~ games played on its last road trip. Mystery H mm IK- ___ H w M aai wb Sylvia Gaines, of Lynnfield, Mass., was mysteriously beaten to death while visiting her father near Seattle. Wash, j BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLES' UNION Opened Tuesday Night in R&leigft With Nearly 1,000 Delegates in At tendance. Tribune Raleigh Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, June 23. —Annual State convention of the Baptist Young Peo ple’s Union was formerly opened last night when nearly 1,000 delegates to to the convention were formally wel comed to Raleigh by overnor A. W. McLean, I>r. Charles E. Brewer, president of Meredith College where the convention is being held, and oth ers. Governor McLean expressed his! pleasure at seeing so many of the younger generation who are interest ed in Christian living and Christian work and said that the hope of the coming generation was ;n the devel opment of leaders of character and that this eould only bze done through organizations such as the B. Y. P. U. working in conjunction with the churches. Other notable speakers are Jo ad dress the convention today and tomor row, when it comes to a close. C. 8. Green, of Durham, is president of the association. CAMPAIGN PLANS FO% MORE BAPTIST TQTHERS Southern Church Plans Drive to Se cure 500,000 Tithers in Church, Nashville, Tenn., June 24.— (A 3 ) — By direction of the Southern Baptist convention, the co-operative program commission has apportioned to each state in the church’s territory a quar ter of the 500,000 tithers campaign. Plans will be made immediately to each of the states to reach the re quired goal. The apportionment was based upon the proportionate numer ical strength of Baptist membership in each state. The apportionment: Alabama 37,- 8504 Arkansas 21,250; District of Co lumbia, 2,000; Florida, 13,650; Geor gia, 55,950; Illinois, 8,700; Ken tucky 42,950; Louisiana, 16,800; Maryland, 2,450; Mississippi, 30 l 00 0; Missouri, 31,400; New Mexico, 1,- 500; North Carolina, 50,000; Okla homa, 17,000; South Carolina, 29,- 500; Tennessee, 37,500; Texas, 71,- 500; and Virginia, 30,000. D’Annunzio Invents New Wine; Pope Approves It. Paris. June 24.—Gabriele d'Anun zio has invented a new liquer. A French man of letters and personal friend of the poet, Marcel ftoulenger. describes it as being manufactured with cherries. The aviator-poet told Bonlenger that he was planning a sort of factory monastery to be built on Lake Garda, where the monks would make his new elixir. He said the pope had endorsed it as “most excellent” and added “I will allow you ten monks picked from the thinnest in all Italy.” Evidently the Vatican is aware of the poet’s prejudice against obesity in men of religious orders. 5 Alaska’s Fur Production Nearly Hundred Million Seattle, June 23.— UP) —Furs ship ped from Alaska to the United States since its purchase in 1807 have been appraised at $98,800,000. The value of last year’s output was $3,000,- 000. Ninety percent of the world's fur seals and in a herd owned by the United States government in the PribLof Islands, of the coast of Alaska. The herd number approxi mately 700.000. Government sales -of fur seal skins during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, totalled $528,- 823. Coley’a Body Will Be Taken to Rockwell For Burial. Salisbury. June 22.—Claude Coley, youthful aviator who died today at Norfolk from injuries received yes terday when his airplane crashed I while he was carrying a passenger from Norfolk to Elizabeth City, was a former Salisbury boy and his body will be brought here tomorrow. The body will be taken to an aunt’s, Mrs. Paul Boat, at Rockwell, and the ' funeral will be conducted from Or-} gan church Wednesday afternoon. , Snapshot photographers taken un der water are now being used for tbe study of the rolling of ships. ! F»M«OINS ’ HANGED FOR DEATH OF ANOTHER WOMAN Mrs. Lois Colvert Hanged in Strangeway Jail For the Murder and Robbery . of Landlady. MANY PETITIONS ASKED FOR MERCY Home Secretary Said H« Found No Grounds t# Ask King to Interleft ' With Court’s Order. Manchester. England, June 24.—: UP) —Inside the grey walls of Str*U#e« way jail a woman, the motfcief three children, one of them a b*4 if, was hanged this morning. Mrs. Lois Colvert, 33 years °M, W»rs executed for strangling her lan(ff#4?; Mrs. Lillie • Waterhouse, and the* robbing 'her. To the end the ffd#* | demned woman asserted that she fM innocent. Thousands of persons had petitioned i the Home Secretary Sir Wfftfgftf | Joynson Hicks for clemency. m ; William said he found no grouliidil - I to justify his in asking the Km( to | interfere with the due course ot iho ij law. Among those most energetic in circulating petitions was Mrs, C«il vertas husband from whom she separated at the time of t’ie mofdef. Mrs Colvert was taken into custodf April 2nd, and the sentence of death was imposed May 7th. Prior t* be ing sentenced she appealed for ft sffay of execution on the ground that she soon again was to become a mother, A jury of women was empaneted to investigate her claim. The medic*! i evidence did not support it. . | The last execution of a woman In | England was in 1923, when Mrs. I Edith Thompson, convicted with ! Richard F. Bywaters, was hanged for j complicity in the murder of her hu»- . band. I PROMINENT RABBI DIES IN ASHEVILLE Canadian Rabbi FaUs Dead While I Delivering an Address. I Asheville, June 23. —Herbert J. l Samuel, 42, rabbi of the congregation of Temple Emanuel, Montreal, Can ada, fell dead here this afternoon a , few minutes after delivering an ad- • dress before the central conference of American rabbis in convention here. Physicians tonight ascribed Rabbi Samuel’s death to 'heart failure. Rabbi Samuel was seen to suddenly fall over in his seat, and before med ical attention could be summoned he was dead. t A meeting of the executive hoard o£ the conference was called immediately i following Rabbi Samuel's death, and j it was decided that all scheduled so cial events would be cancelled and that the -remainder of the conference will be devoted strictly to business. Rabbi Samuel was one of the beat known of Canadian rabbis. He was born in England and was graduated from Jews College, London. Ylfc was . rabbi of a congregation at Swansea, Wales, before coining to Canada, where for fourteen years he was rabbi of the congregation Sharet TephH» at Winnipeg, Manitobia, until la#t August. ALLEGED KIDNAPPERS HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN Two Men and Woman Who Are Al leged to Have Kidnapped EVMl gelist Are Being Sought. Dougins, Ariz , June 24. — UP) —The search for two men and a woman whom Mrs. Aiinee Semple McPhersWi said kidnapped her at Ocean Park on May 18th and held hpr captive in Mexico until she escaped Tuesday, was continued through t’he country south of the international boundary. Identification Made. Ariz,, June 24. — (A)- Identification of the woman brought to a 'hospital here yesterday from Agua Prieta across the line in Mexi co. as Aiinee Semple McPherson, L?* Angeles evangelist, missing since May 18th, was made this morning by Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, her mother. Mrs. ; Kennedy arrived from I>om Angelp* and went immediately to the hospital w'iiere she greeted her daughter. (Jig Fees For Worthless Diploma*. (By International News Service) Providence, R. 1.. June 24. —Rev*» lation of tbe existence of fake beauty schools, which charge Rhode Island girls SIOO for valueless course* and an additional $lO for a worthless diploma, have been made by State * board examination in beauty culture now in progress here. From one of those schools, which has been operating for five years, ' not one girl Mas succeeded in passing the State test, it was learned. Skin on the feet of Binghi new* in Australia is said to be the thick est found on any human beings. The Binghi have been known to put hobnails in the soles of their feet and proudly exhibit them, ... THE WEATHER \ Partly cloudy tonight, shower* in I northeast portion. Friday fair. Ris ing temperature in central and north portion. Gentle variable winds be- 1 coming moderate southwest. NO. Ktt