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MB) LI 1 ME li ■nee Sends Scores Os Bianghai W orkers Back Vo Posts After Strike |Hnali>t Labor Leaders §Sj Marshal Sun Chuan 1.. Reach Agreement. VH\ edit ions Plaited. Honese caught ■ rniiX THE CITY ■w t re in French Set- Holding Meeting HBrißc .May Break Out |Hjn at Any Time. |H. . _’4.— (A>) —A truce ' . eontiiet between, .a Shanghai and the j HH,. : . Mafilial Sun ('iiuan proclamations sent i:> 1- of workers back HH n,l call'd off the oxe- C.an rail 1.1 I’ao Chang, commissioner. who ; HH. ~’.iii 100 agitator*: dur mmwalkout which in- i HHt.OOO Chinese. HH ’..-uan to wane at once. ! Hu. c Lack to work partly ( .f funds and partly HH, .spii.-re of terrorism Lung over the native city irated the foreign oet- Hv;:/iv tlie strike started. Hulking official was ob- HHm verify the report, it was g|H U-nerai I.i's agents pene- - ! H . .i-t thirty members of ; H . ; u:-;,r<u■ s who were holding this evening. A few I HH:-. ,iN>> were reported from! M-’tlemeuts. but could H^Bnlirna'd. ere taken to (ien. 1 and their fate is 1 H carnations issued by m lie revoked orders i aduntu the shootings and airied out by his decree; .a-- five days have total.ed ' of which were in public. : I^Hctii•■ials believe at least liH> ' • \piuted in tin l military ■ defense authorities. labor union issued the in which its offi- that t’aey had "taken HH i" ending the strike H *■ The laborites HH*' • • er, that tlie present HH- •■ i \ a truce, and that they HH ; - .-Tike again when the HH]'*-. . Tlii.- is taken to mean HH v "\id art when the military HHI more definitely fav- nationalists. BH' ' uieting reports here L's miles eouth of in;- taken a position for HHr against the approaching The reports said Mar- were looting tlie rice HHsnop- there, and that many H'-'i.'’e iia.i been executed by leader- ill all effort to main- and faee riie southern I^Hnerna 1 ionnl News Service) La.. Feb. L’4. —For the hi the history of the local the entire student body |^Hh n io number—meets twice a HH tl>** -'diool auditorium and |^H' : ' with old time plant- and the leading patri of the nation. This in tlie school has helped to endear the school to pupils. Also, it has W'-nte a spirit of loyalty on "i every student for sing- - were pur |^Ht‘,' ■r ~. mid more will be pur- the principal. Prof. R. The State depart |H : education at Raton lugh y commended the prin- HH - hool for showing such of Oliver Twist. IH 11 - k'b. 24. —As all lovers of know, the scene of Oliver HH ll ''audacity in asking w Mint Street Workhouse, : 'id the local authorities 1 - acquire the freehold |H ,|! ' art of the workhouse, -'d -pine time ago for It was the home in i |K 11 '‘f Oliver Twist, and I r which the gruel was 1 |H basin held by the of the pauper boy is 1 '""-'ion of the borough 1 also in the locality >*"c"t Wurkhouse that |H t*‘tit her childhood HjH > ‘ td arch For Missing Guil fni’d Baby. Lob. 2d. —Widespread |B , conducted for the 19- |H ’ ! is. Nannie Brown HB tig since Sunday after- IB' dare officers are work -aory that the child was |HK Latin*!*, who is estrangetl H 1 >* other. ; ko watches. No two (, ach man believes in Heather forecast. K rr " : ' iy ,f) iiiJ?bt and Friday, ; u temperature. Mod northwest winds. THE CONCORD TIMES * , . i. w ' : .' $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. J SURVEY OF WOMEN IN l INDI’STRV NOT WANTED ’ Clamor for Survey Died Down As Suddenly As It Started And Is Dead Issue For Present. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. By .T. C. BARKER.VTLLE. Raleigh. Feb. 24.—“ Such is grati- . tude.—when you give them what they j want they don’t want it." said Rep- I j resentative R. O. Everett today ini discussing the bill he has introduced j : setting up an “Agricultural and I«- , dustrial Labor Commission" which J ! would be emjiowored to conduct a sur- ; ; vey similar to the “Survey of Women |in Industry" for which the various I women's organizations of the state ! clamored so loudly last summer, and .which clamor ceased so suddenly some months ago. All of which bears out the state ment of this correspondent several days ago that the move for the sur vey of women in industry had been i definitely abandoned by the various | interested women's organizations, at j least for this session, because they i could not agree as to the kind of snr ! vey they wanted or on who or what ! agency was to make it. Some thought that it should be conducted by women only for women only—a sort of harem affair. Still another faction thought that it should be conducted by the Department of Imbor Women’s Bur eau in Washington—that is. a federal survey—while others wanted it con ducted by Mrs. Kate Johnson of the ! State Department of Welfare or not | at all—and there the matter hung. So it is not surprising that this bill, | tossed into the hopiier of the house by i Representative Everett, should have ; created consternation and opposition— ! the more so because none of the var i ios would-be women leaders in the women-in-industry survey were con sulted in its preparation. “In the first place, I think tliat u survey should be made to determine if conditions are really as bad as the club women say they are," said Mr. Everett, “and then I wanted to see if tlie women wanted this survey as ? much as they said they did. Conse quently this bill was prepared with the end in view of making the survey possible, and of actually determining conditions. But the real question se*ms to be more of who was going to get the credit for the survey rather Jtha.’»- tha survey itself.'’ This bill sets up what he considers to be a representative commission, which would be able to make a thorough and unbiased investigation, and return an accurate report, Mr. Everett says. It includes five mem bers named in the bill itself —the com missioner of Public Welfare, the At torney General, as the legal advisor of the commission, the Secretary of the State Board of Health and the State Superintendent of Public in struction —with three other members to be appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be a representative of the laboring element —a wage earner. And Frank Carter, of the Child Wel fare commission, the indirect cause of the collapse of the survey last summer, is eliminated. But still, according to Mr. Everett, the woman will have none of it, and are goiug to tight the bill. So the old question arises—do the women really waut a survey of women in industry—ore they really interested in the welfare of the workers—or are they more interested in as to who will 1 get glory—or the blame? It is a question for the thoughtful to ponder. GRADY’S SUCCESSOR HAS NOTHING TO SAY Any Statement Must Come From Grady or the Imperial Wizard, Says Morgan S. Reiser. Raleigh. Feb. 23.—“1 have no state ment for the public and organization business will be transmitted in the usual prescribed manner,” declared Morgan S. Belser, of Atlanta, who has been designated by Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard, to assume charge of the Ku Klux Klau in the realm of North Carolina on Satur day. Any statement, Mr. Belser said here today, must come from the imperial wizard or Judge Henry A. Grady. Mr. Belser was in Raleigh, he said, to get acquainted with the office af fairs before assuming control Satur day. He said he will not be grand dragon of North Carolina, to succeed Judge Grady, resigned, unless he is officially appointed by Dr. Evans and ; his appointment is ratified by klan delegates in regular session. This can not be done under 30 days, Mr. Belser said. Rudner fa Convicted in Don Mellett Case. Canton, Ohio, Feb. 23. —Ben Rud ner. Massillon, Ohio, hardware mer chant, was convicted today of sec ond degree murder in connection with the slaying last July of Don R. Mellett, Canton editor. The verdict carries a penalty of life imprisonment. E. L. Mills, defense counsel, told Judge Agler he would file motion for a new trial. I Husband Beating Wife With Chair Is Shot By Son. Springfield, Mo., Feb. 23. — Angered, he said, because his father was beat ing his mother with a chair, Calvin Frederick, Jr., 11, today shot and pro bably fatally wounded Calvin Freder ick, Sr., 45, formerly of Harrison, Ark. The charge from a shotgun struck Frederick in the temple and , blew off the top of his skull. “I’m not sorry and I’d do it again,” the boy told neighbors. ! LITTLE HOPE THAT i CONGRESS WILL 00 i MUCH DOR! WEEK With Adjournment Set for Tomorrow Week, Little Chance for Other Major Legislation to Pass. filibusterTs I DEATH TO BILL Halted Action on Boulder! ; Canyon Measure.—Will Try to Pass as Many Laws as Possible Now. Washington, Feb. 24. UP) —Facing adjournment a week from -tomorrow’, and with the filibuster germ that practically killed Boulder Dam leg islation for the present session spread ing to other controversial measure**, (’ougress today entered upon a pro gram to clean up as many bills as it can. but with little prospect of pass , iug much additional major legislation. Although the Sw’iug-Johnson bill to] dam the Colorado River at Boulder] Canon was due to come up again to-1 day in the Senate at 2 p. m., after its] siionsors were blocked in their efforts I to bring it to a vote by a three senator j i filibuster during a 30-hour session, there appeared little prospect for ac tion since the republican leaders had planned to displace it two hours later with the alien property return meas ure. Once laid aside in the Senate, the bill will stand virtually no chance of a vote in either house at this session, since the House steering committee has decided that it will not be taken up in the House unless acted upon in the Senate. Meanwhile under an agreement reached at another night session the Senate had planned to deviate its first two hours today to consideration of other subjects including the Tyson emergency officers’ retirement bill, while 'republican leaders hoped to pb > taiu an agreement to take up the ad« ministration'* prohibition aud cus toms reorganization measure. Two hours have been set aside for consid eration of Muscle Shoals legislation tomorrow. The House, proceeding under a ten tative program mapped out by its steering committee, gave rfgirt of way today to naval appropriations bill con ference report, including the contro verted senate amendment providing $1,200,000 to begin work on three light cruisers which the House already hat, rejected in modified form. After disposing of this subject it plans to take up the $03,400,000 defic iency supply bill, and the Hawley medicinal whiskey measure; then two bills authorizing approximately $30,- 000.000 for various naval activities including funds for improvements at five naval bases, modernization of the battleships Oklahoma and Nevada, and completion of the airplane car riers Lexington and Saratoga, and the submarine V-4. Would Give Pardon Conimisioner More Power. Sir Walter Hotel. Tribune Bureau Raleigh. Feb. 23. —The Governor and the Commissioner of Pardons are given the power to subpoena witnesses and put them under oath in connec tion with hearings on pardon matters, under the terms of the bill introduced in the senate by Senators Broughtou and Woltz, and which is assured of passage. The bill was prepared by Senator Broughton especially at the sugges tion of Governor McLean and H. Hoyle Sink Commissioner of Pardons. Frequently -the Governor has been hampered in securing the necessary witness at as pardon hearings, since at present it is not possible to sub poena witness, or to put them under oath. Under the terms of this bill, it ■ w r ill* be possible for the neceessary witnesses to be subpoened for any given hearing, also to have them sworn, which will eliminate much of the delay which has heretofor at tended many of the hearings. It will be possible, under this bill, for the commissioner of pardons to subpoena a number of witnesses* in advance in various parts of the state, and be sure of having them present on the-date set for the hearings, thus! materially reducing the amount time that heretofore has been consum ed by these hearings. The bill seems to be assured of speedy passage in both the senate and. house. Inventor of the Voltaic Battery’. Rome, Feb. 24.— Within the next ten days Italy will enter upon an elab orate commemoration of the one hun dredth anniversary of the death of Alexander Volta, a son of Italy wbo ranks among the world's greatest physichists and students of electricity. Volta was born at Como in J 745 and died March 5, 1827. In 1799 he pro duced his voltaic battery after many yeans of study in atmospheric elec tricity. He was professor of physics in the Royal School at Como for sev eral years and later was appointed professor of physics in the University of Pavia, where he remained for twenty-five years. Napoleon Bona parte made him a count and gave him a gold medal in recognition of his electrical discoveries. It is also a ! matter of bistory that while in Paris I Volta became acquainted with Benja min Franklin* and was deeply im pressed with the American’s genius aud learning. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1927 VESSELS CRASH IN FOG; PASSENGERS; ESCAPED INJURIES Steamer City of Richmond and City of Annapolii Crash at a Point off th i Virginia Coast. (ONE VESSELIN CRASH RUINEI j There Were More Than 100 Passengers on the Two Steamers But They AM Escaped Injuries. Baltimore, Md , Feb. 24.— UP)— Tt * bay steamer City of Richmond wjj i returning to Baltimore today with 41 * passengers and crew, 303 persons i i all, of the steamer City of Annapolii which the former craft rammed an sank in a dense fog in Chesapeake Ba; about 2 a. m., a mile off Sinitb'n Point i Va., wireless messages to thp Chesa** j peage Steamship Company, owner <4 1 | both vessels, stated today. The wir<£ j j letw said that none of those micuea | suffered dangerous iujuries. The City j of Richmond with her bows stove i* | was expected at Baltimore about noon. There were 53 passengers, incur, women and children, on board the Annapolis, about half of whom were wnid to be from Baltimore. The City of Annapolis sailed from West Point, Va., last nig’iit; the City of Richmond was bound from Baltimore for same port with about fifty passengers. Captain Charles O. Brooks, of the Bay steamer City of Baltimore, tele phoned from Old Point to the Mari time Exchange here this forenoon that his ship arrived off Smith's Point just as the last survivor was being taken ] off the sinking vessel. He said : "It was foggy, one of those dripping thick kind thut shut out ewj erytbing. I can easily see how a coE lisiou might have occurred. When 5 1 saw there was nothing to do, I kept! on down the Bay.” The City of Annapolis lies iu about sixty feet of water, with her two smokestacks protruding above the sur face. Tlie owners have sent a tug to convoy the City of Richmond td port. UK HOPEH PREACHING l MAY BE KKVITAIJZRto San Francisco Minister Quits sls.- i 000 Pulpit in Order to Do “Free j | , Lance” Work. San Francisco, Feb. 24. —In a city “of not less than a million ! population,” the Rev. James L. Gor-j I don. former .Congregational minister! of Washington and San Francisco, j will establish a “Metropolitan Puj- 1 pit” in which he will serve as a freb j lance.” He is not going to establish a new 1 church, he emphasized, but merely j exercise the perogatives of “Old Tea- j tament Days” when preachers and j prophets were not restricted by ro| many creeds “but could preach re- j ligion as they were inspired.” The, noted pastor who resigned a j SIS,<XM) a year pulpit to "start out | anew without a congregation or a eliurch or financial organization,”! said his sermons will be founded on i the belief that: "Tlie old time sermon has gone to seed and that its power can only be revitalized by making it interesting enough to compete for an audience with the movie, the drama, the radio and the automobile., “That a preacher doesn’t have to be mad at somebody to preach. “That oratory is not necessary, but eloquence is. “That to interest the masses a preacher must talk common sense ns it is linked with the spiritual. \ “That when the scientist actually, proves an existing theological be» lief wrong, theology can be bent to conform wthout detriment to re ligion. Negress I mites Deputy To Buy Liquor —Regrets. Asheville, Feb. 20. —Lizzie Walker, the sheikess bottleggeress of Velvet street in Asheville darktown, lured a deputy sheriff from the rural moun tains into her den today, much to her dismay. While strolling along Velvet street Lizzie, seeing it was unusual for a white “pusson’ to be so strolling with lout looking for something, “axed” him if he didn’t need “about ’er half or whole gallon ’uv liquor.” The deputy said he’d would need some, as he felt like he would need it. Reporting to the sheriff’s office, the mountaineer deputy was instructed to proceed again to Lizzie’s place and “buy.” As the “buy” was being put over the other deputies, who know Asheville, entered and Lizzie was cap tured. .Lizzie declared “them white gemmen air certainly perfunctious.” With Our Advertisers. Hundreds of new spring rugs are now ready for your inspection at the Bell & Harris Furniture Co. Go see them. New spriug hats that speak in terms of chic at the millinery department at Efird’s. Prices $2.95 to $3.95. .Funeral Riles Held For Lexington Auto Dealer. Salisbury, Feb. 22.—Calvin O. Cutting, automobile man, was buried 1 at Lexington today. Mr. Cutting died in a Philadelphia hospital. 1 where he had been taken a few days ago for treatment. The funeral was ■ held at the home and the body was i taken to Lexingtori, where it was given a Masonic burial. More Talk Os Special Session Os Legislature Heard This Week The Tribune Bureau ; ' Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BAHKERMLL | . Raleigh. Feb. 24.—The possibility , |of an extra session of the legislature | ip T92S loomed as an even more likely possibility today as a result of the introduction of a UHI by Representa | v tlve Francis D. Winston, of Bertie, i providing for a revision of the State I! constitution, and its ratification by k I three-tifths of the members of the gen ’ ] era! assembly in special session, after j-which it would be submitted ‘to a vote *jof the people in the general election of ( 1928. If ratified by the people, it would become effective with the be ginning of the fiscal year of 1929-30. Tais bill by Representative Winston | follows close on the heels of the bill introduced by Representative “Sandy" Graham, of Orauge, providing for the creation of a tax commission, to make a thorough ntudy of the tax structure of the state, with a_ view to shifting the tax burden somewhat and to get it on a more equitable basis. And to do this a constitutional amendment or amendments would be required, and a Siberia 1 session of the general assembly would be necessary before the amend -1 uient could bo submitted to a vote, of the people two years heuce. But evidently thfa was not sufficient [for Judge Winstou. who thinks that j instead of amending the constitution, ! the entire document should be revised and brought up to date. And there is no doubt iu the minds of those who have devoted serious thought to the question that this is the case, and ffiiat the present taxation muddle—ami a muddle it is—will uever be solved un til certain substantial changes are made in the constitution. v Hence, since it is generally admit ted that the greatest defect in the state's governmental system at pres -1 ■ COMMENDS EFFORTS TO HALT STEALING [ Roberts Finds Officers Determined to j Break Up Auto Stealing Ring. The Tribune Bureau j Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Feb. 24.—Commendation of the efforts of western North Carolina I sheriffs who are banding together in j an effort to break up the automobile ■: theft ring that is focusing its activ ities in the vicinity of Asheville was made today by C. W. Roberts, vice president of the Catorliua Motor Club, in commenting on the wave of thiev j ery in tlie Land of the Sky. Between December 15tli jind Feb- I ruary 15tb there were 341 cars stolen Asheville, Mr. Roberts ppinted ont j —an average of 70 f>er month, j This number will show a perceptible 1 increase. Mr. Roberts believes, fo'.low j iug repeal of the registration law by the South Carolina legislature. ! “Many of the stolen cars in the past { have been spirited across the state | line into Tennessee, which has no j title Mr. Roberts said, “and I easily disposed of. With the South j Carolina line less than fifty miles I away and paved all the way this as -1 fords another boulevard for the car j-fuief —both the so-called professional I “rings” and gangs who make a regu- I lar business of trafficking in stolen | machines and parts and of the indi- I vidiuils who steal ears to haul a load ] of liquor or to make their way south.” | j Motorists themselves are making it I easy for the car thieves, Mr. Roberts \ I says, pointing out that in a majority : ! of the 341 cases teh owners admitted the cars had been left unlocked. “By nil mea/is lock your cars,’ ’he urges. "If it is a closed car lock the doors and and be sure all windows and the wind shield are closed. Asheville's peculiar topography lands itself admirably to i fiie purposes of car thieves because | they can roll a car off—in many in- i stances for several blocks —and pick locks at leisure. “During the two-month period nine cars were stolen belonging to mem bers of the Carolina Motor Club. Eight of these have been recovei*ed through the efficiency and effective ness of our stolen car system. One of the cars recovered was returned for the second time having been stolen during November. In each instance the owner left it unlocked. Lock the car even if you expect to be gone only a few minutes and leave it in a con spicuous place.” FIND TW O BODIES IN BURNED BRITISH TANKER Ship So Hot Following Explosion Thorough Search Could Not Be Made. New Ybrk, Feb. 24.— UP)— Two bodies have been foundjn the hulk of the burned British oil tanker Black Sea, which is beached on Red Hook Flatß in the harbor off Brooklyn. A’ wireless dispatch from the tug Resolute, which is standing by the tanker, to police headquarters today requested that a police launch be sent to the scene. When the police launch reached the tanker, two bodies, presumably those of seamen, were found on ttie port side of the steamer. The starboard side of the craft was still red hot as a result of yesterday’s explosion off Bayonne, N. J., and firemen and po -1 licemen were unable to determine “ whether there were other bodies in the 1 wreckage. i Mooresville Votes For $50,000 School Bonds. Mooresville, Feb. 23.—With a regis tration of but 301 voters, an issue i of $50,000 bonds for schools was au thorized by a special election here. . Os those registered for the election, I 212 voted for the issfue. . The Instituto Boutantan in Sao i Paulo, Brazil, is one of the most re i markable of the world’s establish < raeuts. Here are housed thousands of i -makes for the .purpose of determin ing antidotes to their venom. I j ent is it«s basis of taxation by which the heaviest burden is' imposed upon I the property owners in the counties, r and since it is generally admitted that cannot be remedied without a ; j thorough study of the situation and - the enactment.of certain constitutional . amendments, there is a decided senti . inent in favbr of attacking the prob > lem immediately, and calling a special . session if necessary to finish the job. But Representative Winston .fa . nothing if nor an astute and far-seeing , statesman, which is as it should be. , since he is past seventy years of age . and has the wfadom of years together ! with the vision' of youth—for his mind is as young and virile as any i member of t’.ie house. Hence he de ‘ oided that since a special session of , , the general assembly in 1928 fa al , most inevitable anyway and since the “ constitution would have to.be amend , e<l, that now was the time to set the 1 1 necessary machinery in motion for a general revision of the constitution in i its entirety. , | Hence his bill proposes that as soon as the present session of the general assembly adjourns that tlie house and senate committees on constitutional amendment* at once undertake the task of rc-writing the constitution. The bill provides that all necessary funds be provided (V>r this work, and that the committees shall have the assistance whenever in need of the members of the supreme court. It is further provided that when the constitution has been re-written that the committees shall then report to the governor who will then c-all a spec ial session of the general assembly to consider the re-written constitution and decide wh’ether or not it be submitted to a vot'e of the people. So what at first appeared to be only the vaguest possibility, now emerges into the realm of very real likelihood. [HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL , Tournament in march Many Sclrools Expected to Take Part i in the Tournament at State Col- I* lege. Raleigh. N. (\, Feb. 24. —The size iof the Second Annual High Schoo. | Basketball Tournament at State Col- j lege, according to athletic officials at j the local institution, will be limited | I only by the member of boys who can i be cared for iu the College dormitor , ies. To date, more than 330 nigh (school squads, made up of approxl ' mately 3300 players, have applied i for admission. Tournament dates are j March 4 and 5. j The number of high school .stu dents who are planning -to spend two days on the campus is only slightly les* than the number of students enrolled in the College. With the College dormitories al ' ready filled to capacity, the problem jof absorbing almost an equal num ber of youngsters presents a good many difficulties. State College students, it is stated, are cooperating wholehearted ly in providing quarters for the great throng of visitors. 1 The various fra ternities, county clubs, and other organizations, as well as- individual students, are working shoulder to shoulder with the athletic authori ties in arranging to care tor the ; crowd. ' . The playing schedule and the pair ings for the first round of the tour (nainent will be announced on Mon j day, .February 28. According to ten tative plans, two games will be play ed’ simultaneously on the courts ot the Frank Thompson gymnasium, be ginning early in the morning of each day and continuing until 31 jp. m. -Finals in each class will be played on the large varsity court on ! Saturday evening, March 5. ' / ! Trophy cups will be awarded to the winner and runner up in each ! class, and the players representing , the first and second place teams in ! each division will also receive Souvenir watch fobs. The Spalding Tn phy, emblematic- of the champion ship, will go to the winner in Class ; A. Leaksville won this trophy last vear. History of Moravians. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Feb. 24.—The North Caro lina Historical Commission has ju«t j distributed the third volume of Rec- I ords of the Moravians in North Caro ! lina, edited by Adelaide L. Fries, I arehivfat of tne Moravian Church in I America, southern province. Volumes II and 11, containing the records be tween the years 1753 and 1770, were published by the historical commission in 3922 and 1925, respectively. The current volume covers the years 1770 to 1779. Miss Fries is now at work on the fourth volume, whit'd will cover the remainder of the Revolutionary period. Thfa series of records con tains much new information on the ' j eighteenth century history of North ! Carolina, has been widely used by his ’ toriaus of this country and has at ! | tracted some attention'iu Europe. i 1 , Judge Shoots Dice With Prisoner. r (By International News Service) Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 24. — , Throwing dice with a defendant, with , a “pass" or a “natural" meaning freedom, is the latest of many legal eccentricacies devised by Judge 11. I B. Aberanthy, of county court of mis demeanors. , Judge Abernathy gambled recently [ with Jubilee Early Richards, negro, [ arraigned on a gaming charge, to de termine whether the culprit would toil on the county roads. Handing the defendant a pair of enormous wooden dice, nearly a foot equare, the jurist > -commanded: “Shocjt!” , » The negro threw a four and groan - ed. Bolling desperately, sweat soon t flouring down his brow. Jubilee fin - ally made his point and was allowed to depart in peace. T. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher Australian BALLOT : BILL DOOMED WITH HOUSE "^n House Votes to Table Bill and Puts on ‘‘Clincher’,, Which Keeps It With the i Committee. ■! Sgame bill is GIVEN APPROVAL Bus Franchise diii Moves! Along But the Width of the Busses Will Remain as at Present. Raleigh, Feb. 24. —04*)—Virtual en actment into law of statewide game measure and a death dealing blow to the Australian ballot, bill stood out in legislative procedure today. Roth j houses were bent on working day and night. house kil'ed the Australian, or secret ballot bill, 08 to 49, iu a suc cessful motion to table, to which vote the “clincher motion” was_put. mak ing it unparliamentary henceforth to move to pull it from committee. Numerous proposed amendments flowed into the chair in the midst of debate carried on from yesterday's dis cussion, including 27 proposals from representatives to exempt as many counties from t'.ie provisions before the adverse vote closed the debate. Passage of the measure which cre ates a state game commissioner and provides for uniformity of game regu | lntion throughout the state alone ; awaits a nominal step, ratification by I House Speaker Fountain, to put it j ! into effect. I I The Senate passed the bill 40 to 3! intact, and without amendment. Lieut.! Governor Long presiding said it was the first time in his many years’ leg islative experience that Ihe had had opportunity to see final passage of I j suCh a bill. Final passage'also was given to the j Hnu*e bus bill in which a Senate vote was 38 to 3, after the Senate had adopted an amendment which gives the bus companies a six;year fran- I chiee. Permitted width of the bus | remains at 84 ihehes. Second reading in the house of the I $30,000,000 road bill saw it-advanced to third, reading ,inta.pt and without amendment by a vote of 99 to 7. The House Judiciary No. 2, received the senate unmasking bill passed unanimously in the upper i body yesterday. A two-thirds house vote necessary to secure suspension of the rules to enable immediate passage failed. A bill introduced by Senator Han cock, of Granville, and Royall, of Wayne, to place a tax of 1-2 of 1 per cent, on the stock of foreign corpora tions would, Mr. Hancock said, put $4,000,000 in the equalizing fund for schools. . f This tax was abolished several years ago when there wae about $375,000,- 000 worth of stock of this nature list ed. Senator Hancock said that a much greater amount would be put on the tax books if the owners had the assurance that the rate on this class of property would not consume a large part of the dividends on this class of stock. The Senate also received a bill by McDonald, of Moore County, to in crease the salary of the Governor from $6,500 to $7,500. Other consti tutional officers would get increases of ; $1,500 each, making their salaries $6,-1 000. ATTACKS REED AND IS ATTACKED IN RETURN Missouri Senator Answers Charges Made by Senator Robinson, of In diana. Washington, Feb. 24 .-‘-(/P) —The methods of Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri, in conducting campaign funds inquiry were assailed in the Senate today by Senator Robinson, re publican. of Indiana, who in turn was accused by Reed of making a “cow ardly insinuation that the doe* not dare to make openly.” Robinson assailed particularly the lone hand investigation of Reed in Indiana, as chairman of the senate campaign funds investigating com mittee. declaring the Missourian had basked there as one “in the sunlight of publicity.” He also opposed granting Reed’s committee authority to hold meetings during Congress’ recess, declaring that although he did not know that Reed would do so, it would give him the. opportunity to "go into states and get I delegates to the Democratic National I Convention.” “Insinuation is the last refuge of a coward,” Reed shouted when Roberts had concluded. “A manly man stands up like a man and says what be has to say.” .Sees No Necessity for Trip. Washington, Feb. 24.—04P)—After , consulting with President Coolidge. j Secretary Kellogg has vritten Chair man Borah indicating that the admin ‘ istration sees no necessity for the projected visit to Mexico and Nicar agua by the Senate foreign relations Committee. The Secretary who is ill. ■ said the committee eould obtain full J information regarding the situation in : those countries from two state Dep artment offieils who were directed to 1 appear before committee at its session E today. Members of a religions sect »n 1 Siberia reside underground from the - age of forty till death. The cave 1 dwellers call themselves ‘Subterran ean Dwellers.” GREAT BRITAIN TO "END CRUISER T 0 NICARAGUAN PH Vessel Will Be “Plac* of Refuge” for All British Endangered by Warfare There. NO CHANGE IN POLICY OF NATION Cruiser Sent Because Jhfc Americans Could N&f Guarantee Protection! (& the British. London. Feb. 24—(/4>)-~The«Br*tish government has decided to -send a cruiser to Nicaragua as “a place of refuge" for British subjects endang ered by t*nc civil warfare goinjjf oh there, it was officially stated today. Dispatch of the cruiser, it is under stood. does not indicate a departure in the fundamental .British policy fn Central America, nor a change in the attitude toward the Mouroe Doctrine. A definite decisfon to send a ertfise? came after the British charge de af fairs at Managua notified his gof’erq-. ment that the American minister could not guarantee to protect British and property in the event of renewed! street fighting. Washington. Feb. 24.—W*)—The Brifish ambassador formallynotified the State department today that this British warship Colombo would ar rive at Corinto, Nicaragua, Februflify j 26th, for the “moral effect” its jfres j enee might have, but that under n* j circumstance* would British naval I forces be landed. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance of 4 tdHi Points7 May Going Up to 14.14. New York, Feb. 24.—G4*)—The cot | ton market opened steady today at an advance of 4 to 10 points in re" spouse to the persistent firmness of Liverpool and the rather bullish im pression made on sentiment by stop page of March notices issued here yes terday. The advance met considera ble realizing and some southern sidl ing, and after selling at 14.18 at the start, May reacted to 14.14. October sold off from 14.58 to 14.55, hut enough covering and trade buying held the market steady at net advance* of 5 or 0 points at the end of the first hour.* Additional March notices aggregat ing somewhat over 10,000 bales were reported in the market. A feature of the early new* was the continued active spot business in Liverpool where sales of 18.000 bales were reported, including 13,000 bales • of American. Cotton futures opened steady. Match 14.05; May 14.18; July 14.36; j 14.58 ; Dec. 14.74. Locomotive Whistle* Costly. At least $8,000,000 is spent, yearly by the railways of the United States in blowing tJie locomotive whistle*, according to estimate*. Each Hew of continuous use for one whistle consumes about four tons of water and 1.200 pounds of coal, says Popu lar Mechanics Magazine. Suggestion* have been made that the whistle la* moved ahead of the smokestack, sd that its sound would be deflected much less, and that it he construci jed to give a high-pitched note which i would have n longer range of | audibility. i “Meanest Man” is Back Aflflftfl} ■ Robs Blind Host* New Bern. Feb. 22—Charged With highway robbery of a blind man and assault on another, Willie Hit!, hi held under SI,OOO bond. He was given a free motor H<le into the city, then turned on flfs benefactors, beating Ernest Denver with a heavy cane and robin* the lind man of $45 and a chec k f >t, $5.50. C • Last Call During Month of . 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