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H| i ME El *ring Halfway Mark, ions Begin Another eek With Hugh Tasks H;-,! at Beginning of H W eek Were Re- WSm. f »n \ppropriations, and Roads. ■s' SALARIES Hf iP IX SENATE Increase Total for Salary and Himv Broughton Hh[ p Next Friday. wm Neal ing the BHH rheSrare H|H til'th \v<‘fkV begin ■H ;i week-end recess. :■< in! mure direct- HHH a.ajt'i- rimiinirtee re «H mi appropria education and HH i . .!-11111>ortant question UgH . In tin- background. vrliool question. ■|H ... - work before recon- H|H)' outstanding interest. 'lie house of the bill H, ve Woodard, of Nash H|H iors.-d by the State insur . which would in ■|H. noil-medical exam- from $2.( it It) to $5,- Inate had before it tonight its busiest session thus far, neasures that ’have provoked i are down as special orders leration. and another mear,- was considered as possibly l a tight was put on for spec it the request of the author, f these special order meas- J e bid providing for increase | y of Supreme and Superior ges to a total of SB,OOO for d expense accounts. This resent an increase of $1,500 present compensation for •owl special order was the to change t’he automobile li* r from the fiscal year ruu i July Ist to June 30th, the , to the calendar year. The tvas held up for further iu n last week when Senator nf Trenton, read an estimate higlni-.v comtpissioE imlkat ;Vu> change would involve ah ,o the state of about $150.- le of the senators thought accrued interest on the fees for the six months period ry instead of June would eet this additional expense lenator from Jones counfy i an impression with his ex gures that t’iie bill had been for further consideration, al special order in the sen night was the bill requiring stores and pharmacists to t a cost of $1 annually, roughton bill providing forj its to the death penalty law doled for a special order KOOPS IN CHINA V TO FILL VACANCIES Would Take Place in 15th V of Men \\hos<) Time Is Eton. Jan. 31. —>>P)—The it are to. New larch Bth for China are part inger.t of 200 recruits for Infantry stationed regularly it was said today at the War mi were requisitioned some to fill vacancies in the 15th, e expiration of enlistments. Men For China Service, p. Jan. 31. — (A*) —The Dan-! t recruiting station has re var department bulletin say thirty-five specially qualified i may be recruited here for China. The men would re port Slocum uot later than d. and would sail by army from New York on March BOY IS 0, STRUCK BY CAR ** f ’* ( * f° r Recovery •Hni.W :ir .oid Johnnie McCall. an. du.—Little hope is recovery of Johnnie Mc- I son of Mr. and Mrs. < all. who was run over by HjH"':.: lnuv while has was rid ■Hricyele. Ilfl ! > suffering with a frac otul lacerations about the :s Monroe hospital. *'k by a car driven by "• Monroe, and dragged |H ‘I s bicycle was demoln said Strawn was s \<w when the lad dart- HH I"‘iiind another automo- I'ail been made late to- Jhmroe poliep. IH tls v >‘ w Bells Are Worn Out ■■ With Old Age. IH I’Service.) 1 ’Service.) 31.— 80 w Be.ls. the 'he tower of Bow |H 'heapside district of ' ! I 'Midon. are silent — ' eaid, through con |H age. that every per hearing of Bow . ' ockney. |H • dollars will put tin ,' ~ ;t -ain.according to th* vs the church, THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ; SHOULD NORTH CAROLINA - REHABILITATE HER CRIPPLES * Statewide Plan of Orthopaedic Clinics Is Described. Tribune Bureau • Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh. Jan. 31.—Should North J 'Carolina rehabilitate its cripples? This (question asked in a new and interest- Ij ing' bullet in just published by the Divi -1 sion of Vocational Education of the ll State Department of Public Tnstruc . tion. 1 1 This bulletin graphically sets forth the accomplishments of vocational re habilitation with many interesting pic , tvires of cripples before and after re , lmbilitation. One illustration is that . of a man who lost both legs in a rail road accident, and had been a wheel . chair inmate of a county home for two years at a cost of $.384. He was . rehabilitated at an expense to the . State of $86.44. Since his rehabilita- I tion four years earnings have averaged S2O per week, making a total of $4,160. His support would have cost the county $768 during this time, but for’the vocational rehabilita tion service. The $86.44 of the State money invested iu the rehabilitation of this man in only four years has brought a return of $4,028 in savings effected and material wealth produced. This return is small as compared with some hnndicapi>ed persons whose earning capacity has been increased as much as S6O i>er we<*k or three times as much as this case. r Through the vocational training, orthopaedic treatment, and other assis tance provided by the rehabilitation service, more than 400 dependent cripples have been made productive and self-supporting. The average age of these 400 re habilitaed cases is thirty years. They, I therefore, have an average period of work expectancy of twenty years. An average increased in earning capa city of $lO per week due to rehabili tation woul be a very conservative estimate. In round numbers this would amount to SSOO per year of SIO,OOO for the period of work ex pectancy for each case. This multi plied by 400, the number rehabilitated, equals a combined earning capacity of $4,000,000 produced by rehabilita tion. The cost of rehabilitation to the stfate is but 2.7 per cent of the increased earning capacity. For every dulW of &t*t« moato» t<ji v«*ted Hi to hnlrilitation, $37.04 are returns to society in the form of increased earn ing capacity. The savings effected for tlie communities in relieving them of the care of these 400 cripples on an average of twenty years apiece has not been included in the above figures. a state-wide plan of orthopaedic clinics is described in the bulletin. The districting of the state and loca tion of these clinics is shown by -a small map. During the first year of operation of the clinics 1,670 cripples were examined and treated. Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs are sponsor ing aud supporting clinics at the fol lowing places: Fayetteville, North Wilkesboro, Charlotte, Wilson, Waynesville, Win ston-Salem, Reidsville, New’ Bern, Wilmington, Aseville, Burlington and Weldon. WANTS GREAT BRITAIN TO KEEP TROOPS FROM CHINA Foreign Minister Says Troop Move ment May Not Be Understood by Chinese, Peking. Jan. 31. — UP) —H. Y. K. Wellington Koo, foreign minister of the northern government, today ad dressed a note to the British legation here, protesting against the dispatch ing of British forces to Shanghai, and asked that it be transmitted to Lon don in the hope that the British gov ernment would “give necessary in structions for the immediate withdraw al of troops dispatched to China, eo nothing untoward may happed to mar the friendly relations of the two na tions/’ The foreign minister’s note declared the “dispatch of additional naval and military forces to China is contrary to the spirit of the league of nations cove nant. It cannot be over-emphasized that the national spirit of the Chinese people has been developed, and the military movement on the part of the British government is' liable to lead to serious misunderstanding,’' ~ Dr. Koo further declared that if the object of the expedition was 1 mere ly to protect the Shanghai internation al settlement such ia unnecessary, maintaining that the Chinese authori ties are capable of doing that, while “the presence of a large number of foreign troops in this area might lead to unforeseen complications, for which the Chinese government could not be held responsible.” NEWSPAPER OFFICE TOTALLY DESTROYED Chatham Record Building and Equipment Burned; Will Issue Pittsboro, Jan. 29.—The Chatham ] Record’s office ajid entire contents “ | were totally destroyed by fire Fri day night at 9 o’clock. A job press of Gregson and Jones in the same ? building was lost. The Record’s loss v i is estimated at $3,000.00. the lass on f the job press S<SOO.OO, with no in - Hurance on contents or building. The i- origin of the fire is not known. O. -mT. Peterson, editor, states that he •- has made arangements so the Record v to come out on time next week. e Nicaragua’s navy consists of one e small patrol 'boat, which is stationed on the Pacific aide. DIARV AND LETTERS BK"PEACHES' NOT : PUT INTOjYIDEIICE Justice Seeger Rules They i ) Have No Real Bearing on Married Life of the | Brownings. [PART OFJLETTER IS ACCEPTED Browning Lawyers Wanted to Show Something of Woman’s Life by Means of a Diary. White Plains, N. Y'., Jan. 31.— UP) —The diary kept by Mrs. Frances (Peaches) Keenan Browning, prior to her marriage was ruled out as evi dence today by Supreme Justice See ger. The diary was said by Browning’s attorneys to have contained tfoe names of several “boy frieuds” of the young wife before the marriage. They were to be used as character witnesses, it was promised, should the diary I have been admitted as evidence. Three letters identified Wednesday by Mrs. Browning np having been written to girl friends also were ruled out by the judge. “I don’t think it will help me very much,” he said, “to go into the lives of eit’lier of these persons before their marriage. I think 1 can decide this case on the basis of actions during the marriage.” The letters, counsel for Browning told the court, referred to a “poker party” attended, he said, by the young woman before she became the real es tate man’s wife. The justice later modified his order slightly to allow some of the evidence regarding Mrs. Browning's pre-inarital life to be introduced iu order that it “might be on the record” and “as there is no jury to be influenced.” Justice Seeger said that he would halt the testimony when he thought it had gone far enough. Miss Marian Tussey, who testified for Mrs. Browning last week, was re called to the stand as the first wit ness today and denied having told her landlord about the improper actions of Mrs. Browning. -i Margaret Lew, employed by Bondyi Miss Tussey had said that Mrs. Browning had gone out with a ”k>t of men.” She denied that Miss Tus sey had told of knowledge of improp er acts of Mrs. Browning. Louisa Croner, wife of the landlord, denied that Mr. Browning had said in her presence that he would “make it worth while for anybody to “recol lect” things against Mrs, Browning. I.ieslie Fullenwider, who works for a newspaper feature syndicate, testi fied that he saw Mrs. Browning on the Thursday before she left her hus band. “She told me Mr. Browning was becoming unbearable, and asked, “what shall I do?” said the witness. “I said, ‘we are newspaper people, not lawyers’.” Nothing, he said, was said about writing any articles at that time. The following Tuesday, he said, he saw her aud her mother, but news paper articles were not discussed un til Wednesday. A contract was sign ed for SI,OOO. It was introduced as evidence. City’s Powers Limited Says Mayor Abernet K y. Charlotte. Jan. 29.”—‘Mayor Abor methy announced today that all thr city could do to stop the American Rescue Workers fom operating here was to refuse to give a permit to solicit alms. “It can not stop the organization from caring for charity patients within it« home anymore than it could a private individual,” the Mayor said. If some individual or Sunday school class decided to contribute tb the support of the American Rescue Workers’ ..Home here that would be no affair of the city, was the; an nouncement. Seek Negro Charged With Slaying • Another Negro. Elizabeth City, N. C., Jan. 31. — UP) —Berkley Hill, negro, shot Clyde Saundbrs, negro, to death at alum . ber camp on the edge of Dismal Swamp in Newland township this couhty, Sunday. Today the police sought Hill, who used a shell loaded with small bear ’ ings believed to have been taken from 1 an- old automobile. I g ", JJ. - 'T— The Progressive , Farmer k FREE j for a whole year to every sub i ' ecriber of [ The Concord Times i Who pays his subscription a full year in advance. » This offer may be withdrawn at 1 any time, so we advise you to pay your subscription as early as possible. CONCORD, N.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1927 None of Important Measures Have Yet Come From Legislative Committee The Tribune Bureau i Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKEKVILL 1 Raleigh, Jan. 31 —Things are be ginning to lag in the general assem bly and unless both houses, and espe cially the committees, get down to werk in a good earnest way this cqm . ing week, the usual legislative jam at the end of the session will again be ■ come a very likely probability. This was the opinion of a number ! of the older heads in both the senate | and the house today, at the end of | the fourth week of the geueral assem i bly. For while the session is almost j half gone, none of t’.ie more important i! measures have as yet come from the committees to be put upon the cal endars. True, most of these import i ant bills' have been introduced, but a number of them have been reposing in committee for two weeks or more. The first committees to finish their task are the senate and house appro priation committees, which complete the joint hearings on the appropria tion bill Friday, and hope to have the bill ready to report by Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest. But al though thi« joint committee has speed ed up its work, it really is of little use, since it must hold back the ap propriations bill until the senate and house finance committees complete their work on the revenue bill. And this promises to be one of the longest tasks of all. Hearings just started this week, and but very slow progress' has been made with the result that there is no definite time in sight for the completion of the bearings. “Unless the finance committees get down to work a whole lot harder than they have been working this past week or two. things are going to get into ns bad a jam as has ever existed.” said a veteran member of the house and io? eideutally of the finance committee, today in talking-of the situation which in h;6 opinion is far from eneouragf ing. > > ‘•There is a lot of talk about econ omy, but very little of it put into prac tice,’’ said one of the newer members of the legislature. “I believe in wise economy and in putting it into prae* tice and already I have seen enough - 1 r . . WIFE SLAYER CHANGES HIS STORY OF MURDER William Coffey Now Admits He Killed Wife With Baseball Bat j While She Slept. Lancaster. Wis., Jan. 30.-—Witt liam N. Coffey, confessed slayer- oi, his bride, Mrs. Hattie Hales Coffeys; with whom he contracted a bigan*G«Sj killed. woman while she slept and that he j had planned the killing for soon* time, accordipg to Sheriff Lynll! Wright,' of Juneau county. Previously. he had maintained that he struck the woman accidently ( with a baseball bat during a quarrel, j Today the sheriff said Coffey ad- 1 mitted that he struck the woman with the bat while she slept And then beat her over the head with a ham mer. Coffey also changed the scene of the crime, declaring the slaying oc curred in a woods about five miles southwest of Patteville, Wis., near where he directed searchers who re covered parts of her dismembered I body Friday. Previously, he had said he killed her near Sandy Hook, while they were camping along the Wis-: consin banks of the Mississippi river. INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO WILLIAM SMITH Was Run Over Saturday Night Near Gastonia.—Driver of Car Not Known. Gastonia, Jan. 31.— UP)' —William Smith, aged about 60 years, died in . a hospital in this city today as a result of being run over by an un known driver Saturday night. The county board of commissioners has of fered a SIOO reward for the apprehen sion of the driver, who is said to have been in a small roadster. Mr. Smith was leading a cow along the right side of the road, going to McAdenville, seven miles away. Two men in a nearby store heard the im pact of the car, and darted out in time to see the huddled figure of the old man and the retreating car. The victim’s skull was crushed. . , i TOOTH IS EXTRACTED AND SIGHT RESTORED Woman, Blind For 28 Years. Re gains Vision in Most Astinishins; Manner. Denver, Colo., Jan. 29.—After 28 years of total blindness, Mrs. Wil liam H. Dunagan, 38, of Denver, has regained her sight. Extraction of an abscessed tooth early this week ended long years of the “darkness,” known on’y to those who are blind. Dental surgeons and eye special -1 ists here described the case as one of the most astonishing ever to come under their observation. Mrs. Dunagan said she lost her sight in San Diego, Calif.,- when she was 10 years old, following an attack of scarlet fever. MUST BOOTLEGERS PAY INCOME TAX? U. S. Supreme Court Is Asked For a Ruling on the uestioin. Washington, Jan. 31.—A Supreme Court ruling as to whether bootleg gers must pay a Federal income tax upon their liquor sales profits or snb mit tax retuns showing such busi ness wasr asked today by the Gov ernment. The questions arose is a case from Charleston, S. C., where Manly S. Sullivan refused to report tax re turns on alleged bootleg profits. He took the position that income tax re t turns could not be compelled nor the 7 levies imposed on same derived from >. criminal operations. sos the State’s money wasted by t # .ie j legislature so far to take eare of many lof the requests of institutions and departments Which its committees will probably say it can’t affprd. There are too many pages, too many clerks; there is too much time wasted and not enough of the members of the general Assembly take their work seriously. The Saturday and Monday sessions are pure fancies. But 1 can’t afford to come otit and say this—at least not Jet.” | And there is quite a number who ifeel the same way about Phe situation. Committee meeting* are desultory af fairs, with often only a handful of the members present. No one seems to think that time is passing and that something must be accomplished. There are many important bills coming up that have not even been introduced, all of which must make their torturous way throng’ll eommit 'teea to the floor. Among these are the county government reform meas ure, sponsored by the administration, the radio station bill, and aleo an ad ministration measure, the bill to limit the ad valorem tax rate in eities and counties, just introduced in the sen ate, ami the bill to change the manner of administering State banks thrown ißto receivership. All Os these, of course, in addition to tiie revenue and appropriation bills, around which will center die principal debate of the pres ent session. * % Os almost equal importance—and perhaps of even greater importance, at least in the amount of time that will be consumed—are several meas ures still before the committees on ed ucation, of which the bill to bar the teaching of evolution is undoubtedly the foremost. In addition to this bill are several others relating to edu cation, including die bills to levy a statewide ad valorem tax for educa tional purpose*, which are bound to produce piolonged’ and heated debates both in committee and on the floor should they reach it. Then there is the Smith-Hargett highway bill—a storm cloud to be reckoned with and j many others. Thus there is due cause for alarm at the excessive delay so far. *-■ .... ! -v ■ ■ a j I BUSY SESSION FOR THE STATE SENATE TONIGHT ( Number of Bills Which Already Have i Been Presented Will Be Discussed. ] Raleigh, Jan. 31.—(INS)—The Sen ' ate will be faced with a busy session . when it meets here Monday night, jj In addition to new matters which j mny come up, the Senate, is Scheduled “ « tnilte -wctwin em ir -nWmberi- of h»lh»- j which were deferred at Friday's ses sion. I The bill to change the automobile • license registration date to the first of the calendar year will be taken , up at Monday night's session. Another bill, requiring registration of drug stores and pharmacies is on Monday night’s calendar. Action on the bill was deferred by its author, ! Senator Hancock. j The bill authorising the State High way Commission to pay half of the expenditure of erecting a bridge on the North Carolina-Virginia lien also is scheduled to be thrashed out Mon day. I The bridge bill would enable the Highway Commission to save from $30,000 to $50,000 in construction of | the bride at a point 250 yards across the line in Virginia, as the bridge at I this point would necessiate a shorter j I route than if the bride was construe- ! ted on the State line. | ' LINDSEY DENTES HE IS FREE LOVE ADVOCATE Says He is Offering What He Be lieves to Be a Solution of the Prob lem. Denver, Colo., Jan. 30.—Because of a deluge of denunciation from a'l sections of the country by clergymen and laymen alike, whom he charac terized” as misunderstanding me,” Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the Den ver juvenile court, tonight issued a statement declaring he was “not ad vocating free love in America.” “Rather, he said, “I am offering what I believe may be a solution to the problem of free love now ram pant in the country.” “Because I care so much for the sanctity and permanence of the American home, I am bitterly * op posed to ‘free love’ and so-called ‘trial marriages’ as they exist under the present marriage code, he said. “Most of the-'present marriage code, of course, I heartily approve.” INVESTIGATE DEATH OF ; boy, struck by train Conductor W. L. Lyerly Said to Have Been Operating Engine at Time of Accident. ; Brevard, N. C., Jan. 31.— W)— The particulars in the death of Dawson Hogsed, fifteen-year old youth of Cal . vert, who was killed by an engine at , the Southern railroad yards in Bos nian last Thursday, were brought be fore the Transylvania grand jury, meeting with Superior Court here to day, following the findings of the cor , oner’s jury which directed court ac tion; charging W. L. Lyerly and the Southern railroad with manslaughter. According to the findings of the coroner’s jury, reported to the court, Lyerly, a conductor, was operating ; the engine at the time the tragedy ‘ occurred. Contract For Dormitory. Chalotte. Jan. 29. —Contract for ' the erection of a dormitory at ■ Queen* College here was let yester - day by the building committees. The ? total cost is expected to be approxi mately $BO,OOO. Work will begin at ; once and the building probably will i be ready for occupancy by August 15. *• HUNDREDSFLEETO ESCAPE FLOODS IN ARKANSAS BOTTOMS A. ; (Thousands of Acres of Rich Farm Land Under the Water and Many Rivers Are Still Rising. LEVEES HOLDING WATER BACK NOW ; Should They Break Sev eral Towns Would Be Flooded.—Many Homes Now Deserted. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. ‘3l.—OP) ' Flood waters continued to strike men ’ acingly at river levees in Arkansas to day with hundreds of families already driven from their homes, and thous ands of acres of rich farm landß uri ; der water. Workers still were engaged in strengthening two important levees where breaks would cause heavy dam ages. One of the levees is on the White River near Derails Bluff. Workers were more hopeful today that their ef forts there would be rewarded. The other i® the St. Francis River levee near Marked Tree, inhere a break would cause the flooding 1 * of the entire town, according to reports. Breaks in a White River levee six miles north of Des Arc have resulted in the flooding of more than 20,000 acres of land, much of which is in cultivation, and have forced from 300 to 400 families to take to higher grounds. The refugees from the flooded areas are being cared for in the homes of friends and in / rescue camps. In some places the waters have receded sufficiently to enable families to re turn to their homes. The highest waters in ten years in some sections of the state have re {suited so far in no less of life and lit tle loss of livestock, although the dam age to farm crops is reported to have been heavy. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 3 to 4 Point* Under Soiling, March Going ton ■ market opened steady today as a decline of 3 to 4 points Under southern selling and realizing or liqui dation, prices easing off to 13.29 for March and 13.70 for July during the first few minutes, or about 4 or 5 points net lower. Liverpool made a relatively firm showing, however, while spot houses ! were buyers of March here. Some trade buying in later months led to rallies, the market selling back to about Saturday’s closing quotation by the end of the first hour. Private cables said there had been calling and covering in the Liverpool market, and that manufacturers of cotton goods were well engiaged with 'home trade improving. Cotton futures opened steady: March 13.31; May 13.51; July 13.70; Oct. 13.95 ; Dec. 14.10. j THREE WOUNDED OFFICERS ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER Sheriff Janies L. Turner and Deputies Fired Upon While Raiding Still. Sanford, N. C., Jan. 31. — UP) — While the sheriff’s office was closed today, the conditions of Sheriff James L. Turner, of Lee county and his two deputies was reported better at the hospital. The sheriff, Deputy William Utley and Deputy Leonard Craig, were wounded by moonshiners Sunday at a still in the Lifek Creek neighborhood near here. Sheriff Turner was re covering from a shot in the head. Utley from buckshot in the side, and 'Craig from shots in the arm. If no complications set in all three will re cover, doctors said. Raleigh, Jan. 31.— (A*) —Three al leged moonshiners were arrested about twenty miles from here today and jailed here following the shooting of Sheriff Turner, of Lee county, yester day. The three, Macon Harrison, Ned Ray and Buston Tilley, were later in the day taken to Sanford on war rants in cohneetiofn with the shooting. . Tom Davis, IV„ was captured and held in the Durham jail. ADVERSE REPORT ON TILSON NOMINATION Had Been Nominated by President to Be Federal Judge in Georgia. Washington, Jan. 31.—C4 s )—The ’ nomination ojf William J. Tilson to be Federal judge for the new of Georgia was adversely reported today by the Senate judiciary committee. ’ Tilson was opposed by Senators George and Harris, democrats, of Georgia, grounds on which the oppo sition was based including the claim that he was not a resident of the dis ■ trict. % ’ Alexander 8. Calbraith Dies Sudden : iy. Brevard, N. C , Jan. 31.-— UP) — Alexander S. Calbraith, retired travel ing representative of the New York Central railroad, died suddenly Sun • day at the home here of his daughter, t Mrs. W. C. Austin. He was seventy - years old. Death was attributed to i heart disease. . r He was well known in railroad cir t eles, and retired two years ago to make I his home in the mountains. The t body will be taken to Oneida, tj. Y., for burial. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher FLAT FEET IN NAVY CAUSED BY CHARLESTON I (By International News Serv ; Oakland, Calif., Jan. e Charleston causes flai AA*** least, that’s the belief " eruiting men. V S. C. Wowns. Recruiting officer for the United States navy in Oak- I land, declared that of the last 64 prospective- recruits more than half had been rejected. "Twenty-six were turned down '; because of flat feet,*’ Wowns de ! dared, “and ten were refused be | I cause of rapid heart action. Most j of file rejected applicants admitted they were Charleston enthusiasts.*’ WILL EXPECTED “STORM” BREAK IN LEGISLATURE? Or Lill It Turn Out to Be a ‘Tem pest in a Teapot?” The Tribune Bureau i Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Jail. 31.—Will the long heralded and much-rumored “storm’’ S break in the general assembly this week? It has Been scheduled to, ac cording to the most reliable lobby gossip. But there are a number who merely smite at this report. In the first place, what is the “storm” going to break abont? True, it has been generally circulated around that the “insurgents”, under the generalship of Representative Walter Murphy, of Rowan, would launch their attack, chiefly on the gov ernor and the appropriations budget bill. But since there is little possi bility that the budget and appropria tions measure will reach the floor of the house this week, although it will be completed, many are at a loss to understand how any “attack” can be made on the governor except through the appropriations budget measure, or some other administration bill. And since no other administration bill of importance is expected to come up, it is being wondered if any one will have the temerity to make an independent onslought without the bolateriug alibi of some measure to which exception can be taken. There has been a feeling in some quarters that Governor McLean was using his influence to block the enact ment of the Austrian ballot bill and direct chargee to that effect have been made in an article appearing in a Raleigh morning newspaper. Howev er, those closest to the administration maintain that the governor not only is not seeking to defeat the bill but i® really in sympathy with the meas ure. However, he is not taking an active part in the discussion of the bill for the reason that he feels that it is ,<a matter for the members df the gencral ygcmhjy, to decide among This bill has the strong support of all the women’s organization® in the state, and seems to have a very good chance, respite some determined opposition from certain localities. For a tim* l there appeared that there might ue a rift over the bill designed to increase the number of su perior court judges in the state might cause a rift, since the administration recommended a measure to increase the number of judges through a sys tem of permanent emergency judges, so as not to have to create new dis tricts or additional solicitors. And at first when Representative Everett, of Durham, offered his bills to increase the number of judicial districts, there appeared that there might be some kind of a contest on this point. How ever, Mr. Everett has eince announced that he will be in favor of the perma nent emergency judge plan if it is found to be permissible under the con stitution. And assurance is given now that the system is constitution al. Thus it seems that in the absence of any issue or measure over which a “storm” can break, there is much likelihood that the storm may turn out to be a tempest in a teapot, or merely a cloud of rumor. With Our Advertisers. Four flours, four grades, but all good, at Cline & Moose’s. Fresh ship ments just in. The coat you want for Spring is at J. C. Penney Company’s. Spring coats for women and misses, only $14.75. The new process wire glass trans mits violet rays. Get it' at the Ritchie Hardware Co. Little hardware at little prices at Yorke & Wadsworth Co.’s. See partial list of new Victor rec ords for February at Bell & Harris Furniture Company. Only one week left of the big Jan uary Clearance sale at the Parks-Belk Co. You will find new specials every day. Slavery in India is Abolished by British. Hangoon, Burma, Jan. 27—The British government has ordered the abolition of slavery in India. ’ Sir Harcourt Butler, governor of Burma, at a reception of the Kacbin : chiefs of the district known as the ; triangle, announced that “henceforth slaves must not be sold, given as part of dowries or in settlement of feuds, neither may families of salves be brok [ en up.’ ’ Immediate arrangements will be ■ made for the release of slaves and compensation will be paid the own* ' ers by the British government. Woman at 87 Starts Alone For W orld Trip. Attica, N. Y., Jan. 31. — Age has ' failed to daunt the spirit of Mrs. ' Amelia Chesbro, who has started a : trip to Europe and the Ho y Land ■ without escort or eompm./.-n at the ■ age of 87. With no more bustle or excitement » than leaving for a days shopping trip. Mrs. Chesbro took her train aud • said goodbye to friends for 00 days, i She is a profound student of the » Bible and will realize a lifetime wish , to see the land her researches have told her so much about. Pno"'JUION OF THE ’ uni I ED STATES IS 118,678,000 solls | j | Computations by Govern ment Census Experts i Say Population July Ist ! Will Be Above Number. AN INCREASE OF 12,917,380 Since the 1920 Census Was Taken.—Based on Avail able Data of Various I Kinds. Washington, Jan. 31. — UP) —Compu- tations by the government’s census experts indicate that the populating of continental Untied States on s\&f 1, 1027 will be 118,628,000. This is an increase of 1,492,000 cNr er the estimate for July 1, 1926, and un increase of 12,917,000 over the fig ures for January 1, 1920, when the last actual census was taken. The new estimate, announced to<fay by the census bureau, is based, amhfi# J ? other filings, on available data gardiqg births, deaths, immigration and emigration. Estimates for each of the states were made by distribut ing the total estimated increase lit the same proportion® as the actual in crease between the two of 1910 and 1920 was distributed. Those states which showed a decrease he-, tween 1910 and 1920 or between 1920 and 1925, however, were not credited / with having made any increase slats. No figures were announced for sed graphical divisions smaller than th#* , states. The population of North Oarcflina is given at 2.897.000, an increase of 337,877 over the actual census figures of 1920. ENGLAND SELLS WAR SUPPLIES FOR 3 BILLIONS Biggest Sale in World's History Closed as Old Stores Are Disposed Os. BY F. A. W T RAY International News Service Staff Correspondent. London, Jan. 31.—The greatest f “sale" in the world's history' ha® just been completed aud wound-up- * of War Store®, belonging to rhe 1 British Government. Only five ©ffieia’s now remain of a staff of 47.000 persons, who, eight years ago, set out to dispose of war material which cost the British Em pire untold million® of dollars. It® actual coat will, probably never be known. But. out of the debris $3.- 400,000.000 ha® been recovered and gone to the relief of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for war debts aud other payments. The difficulties encountered in this wind-up can be judged by the fact that there were more thail 350.000 distinct varieties of stores, scattered in dump® in various parts of the world, which had to be dealt with bv the “Liouidation and Dis posal Commission.” Many Depots. It was necessary, therefore, to place 500 depot® in various countries % and to send out expert valuers and salesmen.- The stocks to be disposed of varied from ordinary office pens and penei’s to ocean-going steamers, eom- # rdete railroad®, factories, roads, and even vast tracts of,desert land. 'They inc’uded animals, explosives, food stuffs, mechanical and horse trans port. barges, medical stores and furniture. Hundreds of ; miles, of roads, constructed in such countries as Macedonia. Iraq and Palestine, together with locomotive and trucks, had to be spld at whatever price* they would fetch. One of the greatest difficulties with which the Commission vra* faced was to find and identify tie}i* stock before it could be valued and L catalogued. For instance, hundred® of boats and barges had to be local- j ed on the canals of France and Bel- ’ gium, and brought together for «ale. Sold to Contractors. As much of the property as wag | suitable, \yas sold to contractors'. in Britain and other countries? to be re tailed to the public, but this «*A® 1 only part of many deals running itfc to millions of pounds sterling/ witp foreign Governments.- British buyer® took, in all, about one-third of the total stock —about $1.200,000/000, , The Governments of France anil Belgium took good for which they | paid in cash abont $215,000,000. | Iraq paid $45,000,000. Egypt and Palestine, about $40,000,000. India $50,000,000. The United States and Canada about 815.000.000, and Ire and nearly $5,000,000. During past years these sale® have been windfalls to successive Chan cellors of thp Exchequer, but, after a sma 1 contribution this year, they will now cease. " - *■** ' • i WoolUl Keep Allen Property to Settle Claim®. Washington, Jan. 31. — UP) —Forty j per cent, instead of 20 per cent, of ■ the alien property held by the Ameri* • • ‘ can government would be retained fop g the settlement of claims of American i Nationals against Germany under an ■ amendment to the alien property re turns bill approved today by the Sen ate finance committee. ; I WEATHER FORECAST. — Fair tonight and Tuesday, colder in i the east and central portions tonight. f t Moderate northwest shifting to north east winds. t NO. 61
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