North Carolina Newspapers

I ME’ U ■ - onuTnn I otißnuns lit™ Eld i report ■in it tee of the Sen m< Senator Front ■ Should Not Be I Senate Seat. ■Y SHOWED ■mNG ILLEGAL ■W as Made at In lot' Senator Walsh, ■rought Up Matter ■ Senate Floor. B 2*.—(4>>—Tim ■ <:.•!!UJ. republican. of' in the senate was ■ ■ report of phe sen .•isnnitieo that iuv«*s- H, - against him. members rec-om ■ : i Large* which re payment of SIOO,- ■ tik ia 1 be dropped. ■ t>f Senator Gould's ■ < made at the in s' • Walsh, democrat. ■ r ! ' based his demands ■ Senator Gould had to former Pre ■].. New Brunswick. ■ wit.i a contract for a i ■ r. the witness stand fraud was involved. ■I.L STRIKES SNAG. |l in Concur in the .Sen-! \inendmeo;. ■ Tribune Bureau, ■ Sir Walter Hotel, ■-k 1>. — The bill to ore-j ■ rit was thought it' ■ enacted. when the ■ > •"iirur ill the senate H-r the $750 allow- H solicitors in addi |H regular salaries. B - < _ >f the amendment HSy my. when it was v.>-ri< could be started [■' ■ rict the State, it |S at agreement in jß'i ;■••• reached on the ■: " bill, when those B in favor jj£ ie finally B;e.- if. If this expenae* |B - Tutors was elirni wm was done, the bill} |B - It was generally B lull would not have |B ' agreement to re- ■ the act. by elimi- B the cost of the four ad been included. -'-n a're-inserted the the expense allow and the house |Hwan; this b‘ll. as it does PTi-itory." said Repre ■'t: S. pi ires in discussing B I agi-e«*d to vote for it B>'‘ ' <-<’unties tliat really B til*- s..li<itors are not - • \n allowance of! and if the senate j B d.-in uais fur this ainend |Bn, v. tu table the whole B< al<>iig as we now are B''' eady compromised. B>t accept it. they can go judicial districts at ex presses! the senti jßiaujoidy of the members B "I - n *t there are to be B <li>trict.s rests on the eiTorts of tlie confer-j c<«mi>osed of Repre-i of Durham, Me-j and Nash of Rich-j B matters ironed out. H Si »"ti On New College ■ Buildings. ■' —Following closely B; ’ho announcement tlmt B e available for a B I'l-ogram to be umler- B • Khyne College, came President 11. B. B ''"nstruetive work on B s ' cost approximately B' Wr, idd be started with- B T . ’ These buildings will hall and a BF - girl students. The .'u-hfd to completion to have them ready Btii" opening of the fall 'f the North C’aro -1: ' V! ’-‘'d at its meeting the resolution of the ! -Khyne College for ■ '-50,000 in bonds for f,, r tJ ie institu- B i; "'-' the plans for the B 1 her of buildings on ■ li: d' is. In addition to sis 1 " 1: 'l issue, the college B> u gift of $50,000 ■ ! W. K. Mauney, of B ' :ia, T §150,000 from B t of Atlanta Crook. B — R. D. Foster. ( ■ cauiioned upon his i'cvvnre of thieves, to- B - h> had not taken B " i ' l ' B ti-sis he was inet B. -ioi-dav by two B 1 Tiim that thieves B. • ; *apy enterprising Br'";' 1 however, to take B. ‘ end companion's B" 'hey tjxik a stroll. B • h‘ »nt ...th streets !,l 'k to the starting ''-‘o had befriended B ‘ ; 1,1 them went |B' 1 ' ’ THE< CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly j B j • I STKWK # M-Ai.- .*• 2X -leaders of the general railway strike call ed ton days ago were being arrest i ed today charge! with seditious a« - i tivities among the workers. It D i alleged that they intended to bring about considerable destruction to tracks and railway stocks und that they wep*» inviting to openly rebel* i Hons attitudes. BARTON IS SENTENCED FOR DEATH OE NTRSE Found Guilty of .Manslaughter And <«fts 10 tu ir» \ears AT Hard [ i-a her. ; Asheville, Feb. 2t».—Will Rartou. * ; negrti taxi driver, was ser.teneoil by !.lu«lge Thtuims 1. Shaw. «>f Greens : boro, to serve 10 to 15 years in the {state prison at hard labor, following ,Tiis conviction in Suj>erior court lute tmluy on a charge of manslaughter in Connection with the death of Miss Mary Maguire. 71-year-old dietitian. ‘ j The jury returned the verdict after deliberating ait hour and a half. The jury had retired with a ringing s|R-eeh by Solicitor It. M. Wells in which he pictured Miss Maguire as a law abiding citizen, being struck and rag ged to her death hy a rum runner. The defense had based its plea upon the allegation that the confession ob tained from Barton was by means of force and .duress and that' it was not ' given of his own fre will and accord. Barton on the stand in his own de fense late today told a colorful story , of how he was bulldozed into making i the confession, which was “written out by one of the officers.” He states! j | that they promised that be would only { get from four to 18 mouths and that if they found the guilty man in the meantime they would pay him $5 a j day for all the time he was in jail or i Raleigh. They further urged him. jhe testified, that he admit the crime! land escape being electrocuted. A number of the officers who worked on the case, including Captain Fred 1 | Jones and Chief W. It. Messer, took the stand and emphatically denied * j that any such methods were used, i They declared that the confession was •ptirely voluntary. AFFIDAVITS ALLEGE PATIENT MISTREATED i i — Bill Now Before Legislature to .In-i vestigate State Hospital At Mor-! ganton. Raleigh, Feb- 2ti.—Bill of Repre-' tentative A. I>. McLean, of Beau fort, calling for investigation by the attorney-general of the alleged mis-! treatment of H. B. Wil.iaurs,. A*f WaNhlarw., X JR, while a -xjiaiicTit at the Morgantou state hospital, was reported to the senata today follow- 1 !mg its parage by the houee last night. Mr. McLean said he personally knew nothing about the matter and had made no formal application t > the hospital board to investigate but j | that his measure was based on as-1 fidavita. copie* of which he gave j Representative J. Hamp Gile«, of i Burke, who also is a member of tho board of directors. The affidavits, signed by his j widow and two children, allege H. B. Williams. «2. who died January 22. this year, was taken to the ho*-; pital on advice of Dr. Jo*hua Tay-! I or. of Washington, because of fail- { ing mental condition on december i HU. lust, that lie was kept in a dirty mom, that he was partly frozen, starved, his lips parched for want of water, hi* knee infected, and his body covered with filth and that iie was returned to his home at Wash ington, N. C where he died. Hospital Head says Claims Are Ex aggerated. Morganton, Ftd). 26. — McCamp- j bell, superintendent of the state hos pital for the insane here *aid today i that the claims made in connection { j with the death of H. B. Willias "are j overdraw and evaggerated.” Regard j ing the proposed investigation by the ! attorney-general he «aid. “we arc | preparing a paper for the iuvestiga- j tiou now.” WTLL GET JURY FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTY Guilford Men To Pass On Merits of Suit For $252,000 vs. Southern. Lexington, Feb. 26. —A jury to try the $252,000 damage case of exec utors of Brown Finch, of Thomasville, j against the North Carolina Railroad i Company will be secured from Guil ford County. Counsel for the South ern Railway Company which is de fending the suit, moved today for jury from out-side Davidson and ! plaintiff’s counsel agreed that a venire of 35 should come from Guilford. The case bad been specially set in Superior Court for Monday, but was continued until Tuesday to permit time for sum moning veniremen. Brown Finch, a young manufactur er of Thomasville, was killed by a ; Southern .Railway train at a grade j crossing in Thomasville early iu 11)25. ; He was the sonT)f T. J. Finch, founder , and head of a large chair manufac- [ turing concern and former sheriff of , Randolph County. The suit is the biggest of its na- j ture ever brought in this county, says court officials. Driver in Jail For Manslaughter. Greensboro, Feb. 27. —Luther Watson, negro of Northwest Guil ford County, is in the county jail and will be charged with manslaugh ter a* result of the death of Drexa i Brown, Stokesdale man on Saturday i night when Brown’s car and that ; of Watson collided. Watson was * caught Sunday afternoon -at the i home of a Stokesdale negro. He was . hurt to some extent himself. Oscar Walker, one of five negroes ’ in the car with Watson, is in the 1 clinic hospital here' with a broken t shoulder as is n'so Ernest Alley, white companion of Brown. npOPLE j IBttff TO noN n . Bodies of Aviators Killed in Crash Lay in State at Military Club in Buenos Aires. BRING BODIES TO j UNITED STATES Other Airmen in “Good! Will” Flight Will Re-! sume Journey From Ar gentine Tomorrow. , j Buenos Aires. Argentine, Feb. 28. — (/P>—A sorrowing nation today was! paying homage to two American army aviatot* ki.led in Saturday's crash lie- • tween the planes New York arid De- j troit. The bodie* of Captain Clinton F. 1 Woolsey and Lieutenant John E. Ben- j ton. of California. pan-American good ! will fivers, lay in state at the inili-1 tary club. There was a continuous i procession of Argentine citizens pass- { ing the bier. Arrangem nits were made to put the bodies ou the statemehip Vauban this i afternoon, for the journey to the Unit | cd States, after services at the Epis i copal Cathedral. Cavalry, artillery and aviation sections were ordered to t render military honors. President de j Alvear, who on Friday had greeted ! the members of the good will squadron at Mar Del Plata, the summer eapital, i returned to Buenos Aires to attend j the eervices. T'ue flight will be resumed tomorrow ! with a bop to Asuncion, Paraguay. Major Herbert A. Dargue, iu com- | mand of the squadron, and Lieuten- i ant Ennis Whitehead, re*erve pilot of the New York, had a narrow escape from death. Lieutenant Whitehead injured his left ankle when he touched the ground with his parachute, and walks with some difficulty. Ihe remaiuiug plaues. the St. I»uis and San Francisco, will hop off to- i morrow morning. When they reach Montevideo they will await the San i Antonion which has been lagging be- j hind the main squadron tunce it was j be d up at Tumaco, Colombia, because j of engine trouble. The Sau Antoniol is now at Taleamutno. iu Chile, aintfj, P*-expected to reach 1 MANSION MILL BE BIILT AT RESORT; Cone to Erect $65,000 Summer Pal- | ace at Blowing Rock- Boone, N. C., Feb. 28.—A deed j filed at the courthouse here Friday j conveyed to Herman Cone the site i for his $65,000 summer mansion v at j Blowing Rock. The .site comprises I five lot* in Mnyview Park, wfiich j were bought by Mr. Cone at aue-j tion last August. Mr. Cone's bid was I $7,500. The lots were sold under the u*ual | Mayview Park restrictions, that it* must he used for residence properly j only, that it must face the street, j that no cows nr pig* Ik* kept on the j premises, but that a private stable may be kept provided it be sanitary, and that service houses be screened with plants or trellis work. Work on the Cone mansion has al ready-.been started by the contrac tors. J. A. Gardner, of Char'otte and Paul Klutiz, of Blowing Rock. HALIBUT FLEET GOES BACK TO ITS DUTIES \ 1 Ships in Fleet Escaped Fury of Hur ricane Which Threatened Them All Saturday. Seward, Alaska. Feb. 28 — (JP) — Alaska’s halibut fishing fleet, the largest in the world, took up its work again today, after having survived one of the worst storms in recent yearn, a hurricane whitdi sent Ihe 270 small craft scurrying for safety Satur day, and threatened for a time to ; swamp the lighter vessels. Only the i sudden cessation of the storm prevent ed disaster, as the vessels carrying i nevly 1,000 fishermen were caught in i the open sea. Apparently all of the : craft weathered the storm. Good Time That Leaves Goo<J Taste Is Urged. Charlotte. Feb., 26. —“A good time that leaves a good taste,” is one of the aims of the Young People’s branch of the Woman’s Christian Temper ance Union here, as announced by officers of the branch. They are lively young people who form its membership, but they do not believe that one must seek question ; able pleasures iu qrder to have a good ; time. , They have just celebrated the [birthday of Frances Willard, founder jof the Woman’s Christian Temper i mice Union. j The membership is composed of young people of the ’teen age. More Troops In Nicaragua. Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 28.— CP) —American forces on the west coast of Nicaragua today totaled I,SOO, further small detachments of sailor* having been landed at Corinto from the destroyer tenders Altai and Mel ville. With the arrival of the transport Henderson, scheduled to reach Corinto in a week, the total probably will be swelled to 3,000. De Pinedo in Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 28.— UP) — The Italian flyer, De Pinedo arrived here at 11 :05 o’clock this morning from Rio Janeiro. CONCORD, N, C . MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1927 j Sentiment For More Money for The Public Schools of the State Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. BASKF,ItVI LLE. Raleigh. Fob. 20.—The smouldering resentment against the larger institu tion* of the state getting the lion’s lshare of the appropriations, esfieeiull.v | the higer educational institutions, and in favor of the public schools getting. [more, broke through the surface in .the house today and for a tinu* 'threatened to engulf if in a tidal-wave of retrenchment, when the amendment ,'by Representative Folger of Surry, to i make a horizontal reduction of 50 per ■ cent in the permanent improvements (appropriations for all state iustlfu itions. educational and eleemosynary. ! was prevented from coming to a vote , by the narrow margin of but five votes. (This amendment would have reduced ‘the appropriations for jiermmient im provenients to all state institutions ! from $5,247,000 to $2,623,500. And as a result of this sentiment 1 against the big appropriations for the j (state institutions, especially the State : University, State College and North t'arolina Women’s college at Greens boro. there ap;*enred a very decided j sentiment iu favor of more money | for the public schools of the slate —If j not n state-wide tax for school pur-I | poses, at least a state equalization ■ fund of at least $4,000,000. For when ;it wfis announced by Representative j Winston that his bill, advocating uu ; jqualizatiou fund of this amount,' had ! been set as special order for Monday ! ; night, a wove of applause swept the house. At the same time, ihe senate was de bating the various educational bills [ that have been reported by the com mittee ou education, and finally passed j | the Wolf* bil calling for an equnli2a* | I tion fund of $2,500,000 with a mini- j I mum tax of not less than 42 cents, to [be levided, collected and expended in Ithe individual counties for the nmin ! tenauce of the six mouths school term, as well ns for the creation of an equal- | ization commission, jo work out a new basis for apportionment of the equalization fund. But while this j bill was passed, several senators gave j notice that they would seed an increase | in the equalization fund at least, ami i even a state-wide tax for school imr- j }>oses in addition. But it was in the house where the ; storm first broke, and raged well on i into the afternoon, and where for j more than an hour it seemed altogeth- j er probable that the Folger amendment would carry, despite spirited and L earnest defense of the bill as it stood bu- Representative Nat Townsend of* Hk rnett. Representative R. t>. Everett , I off Durham and others. For the rural l (Counties had risen in almost united j revolution, demanding that this time i Ttb • feast they a share, anti ' that the other institutions could wait f for at least two years more while the public school system was given a chance to catch tip. However, after the vote on the motion as to whether or not amend ment would be voted ou today, and when it appeared that it could not be, Representative Turlington, in charge of the bill as chairman of the appro* i print ions committee, after conferring ; with both sides, finally agreed that further consideration of the bill should be postponed until after the bills re lating to the financing of the public ■ ■■‘■Hg-i.aßer—= THE COTTON MARKET Showed Continued Fitness In Early Trading. May Going to 14.30 and October to 14.68. • New York, Feb. 28.—(4*)—The cot ton market showed continued firmness in today’s early trading. Liverpool cables were rather disappointing, but there was buying here on reports of good spot demand r.nd unsettled weather In the Southwest. Opening prices were steady at a decline of 2 points on March, but generally four to 5 point* higher, and active months showed net gain* of 7 to 10 points by the end of the first hour, all positions making new high ground for the move ment. May sold up to 14.30 and Oc tober to 14.68 on covering by recent sellers, and a broadening demand which appeared to include considera ble Wall street and commission house buying, as well as a moderate demand from the trade. Private cable* said trade calling in Liverpool bad been offset by hedge selling and realizing or liquidation, but reported an exten sive cloth demand. Cotton futures opened steady. March 14.06: May 14.22; July 14.44; Oct. 14.64: Dec. 14.84, YEGG MAN AT MIAMI GET VALUABLE JEWELRY Jewels Estimated to Be Worth $75.- 000 to $125,000 Taken From Jew elry Store. Miami, Feb. 28.— UP) —Five yegg men, who are believed do have worked ; all of last night, blew the safe of the Sutton UP) Gibson jewelry store in the downtown district at 7 :30 o’clock this morning and made off with cas'i and jewels variously estimated to be worth from $75,000 to $125,000. Own er* said they eou'd not make known tho exact loss until an inventory had been taken.' Two men who lived in the building were held prisoners by the yeggmen while they worked. England Turns to Horse When Auto Taxes Rise. (By International News Service) London, Feb. 26.—Heavy taxation on all kinds of commercial motor ve hicles is responsible for the horse com ing back into its own again on the roads of Britain, according to the Royal Veterinarian College. “Business firms are finding it more economical to revert Go. horses,” says the secretary of the College. “This is particularly the cgse with milk, brewery, and other such concerns, when their conveyances have to make frequent stops, and do not cover large distances.” ,jschools and tho equalization fund, as well as the general maintenance ap propriation hill, has been considered. t Consequently, the Graham educa lional bill, providing for a uniform .state-wide tax fur school purposes, t"gelher with a bill by Representa- M?e Winston for an equalization fund 2 l e;is t $4,600,000. will be taken (. 'Jp as special order Monday night at . j J *'cka*k, after which the general i maintenance hill will be considered. Then, when the course of the house has been decided n|*on in these inat- 1 trea, it will take up the permanent { i)nprovemeuts appropriation bill as } special order Tuesday morning, as j special order. | And the outlook now is that unless j the friends of higher education in the house mend their fences speedily and; strongly between now and Tuesday.} tji«l the amount th»»t. will be left for} 1 the jiertnanent improvements in the ‘ifate educational institutions will not be very great. The back country is on the warpath, and the under-privilag ed counties are out to get. better schools at home, and let the other educational institutions get along on i what they have. | The impression that the majority of i the bouse are opjtosed to giving any- | ithiug so the University und other i educational institution, however, must not be gained. IThat is not the ques- ] jtioii. The merely feel that since these ] institutions for the most part have ] ! reived every two years what they i have asked for. that now it would not ( be imposing up undue hardship upon , them to wait two more years, the elementary schools are given an ] opportunity to catch up a bit. | jl The only particular nppropriu lions < which drew an unusual amount of - were the appropriation of < $625,000 for the new’ library at the < ! University of North Carolina, and ' the appropriation for a $30,000 resi dence for the president of State Col lege on the campus. There seemed to be an overwhelming sentiment against these two items, and an amendment , ! offered by Representative Moss of Nash to strike these out, if it had been put, would have gone over by a ' large vote. However, it was with- , drawn when it was decided to further consideration of the bill off until Tuesday. , Representative Towifsend showed ■ hts ability as u leader ami as one of ; the outstanding thunders iu the house. s’hen he came to the defense of the bill as reported by tbe i committee, and for more than half an hour pleaded for its adaption, amid a veritable barrage of questins that ibeeame almost heckling at time, from members of the opporitkm. lie told them that they \atedvvfor . *s30 r .fW)O.O('O for roarter und ret were unwilling to vote for $5,247,000 for J the various institutions of higher educ- ! ation in tla* state; that fhey were more j interested in material things than in ; educational advancement; that they • would build roads, but let minds go to waste for lack of sufficient facilities to train them. And there is little doubt that the forceful and fightiyg i-plen made for these institutions by j Townsend saved the day for them. And at the battle has only started, and the majority are agreed that Tues day is not even likely to witness its ! end. I • ■ " . ■■■' ■' ■' ■ ' ■'!■■■' ■ -■■ ■ "■■■■' ; j PROPOSED WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL i Designed to Protect the Purchasers of Any Commodity. Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Feb. 28. —The pnqioscd weight* and measures bill, as intro duced by Senator Askew, is designed “to protect the purehnaer* of any commodity, and to provide one standard of measure of length sur face and weight throughout the State, which must bo in conformity : length, weight aud capacity estab- i Wished by Congress.” Senator Askew's bill provide* that i the provisions of the act shall be ad ministered by the State Departineni ji of Agriculture, known as the super- i intendent of weights and measure-, j j In administering the provision* ofji this act, the Department of Agri culture would be empowered to make such rule* and regulations as might ' be necessary to make it - effective. There would be inspectors to work in various sections of the State,' police powers. They would be eru- 1 powered to inspect any and .u scnles and other device* for determ ining quantity and could inspect goods being delivered, to see if they measure up to the required standard Under the terms of this act, material offered for sale in packages would have to bear a statement as to the weight of tbe contents, and this in -1 formation would have to do with net, not bu’k, weight, i The superintendent of weights and : i mea«ures, or his deputies, would be empowered to condemn scales anu ; other implements for oeterminmg j ! quantity that did not come up to i ! standard and to have them destroyed J where they could not be repaired. It' would be a serious offense to the part of anyone who tried to imper sonate any of these officials; also, the bill, if enacted into law. would make the violation of any of its pro visions a misdemeanor. j Governor Wants to Know About Re- Reporta. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 28.—04>) Newspaper reports that the Sunday laws were violated yesterday by mem bers of the winter tourist colony at Aiken will be investigated by Govern or John G. Richards, he said today, and if substantiated, the officers of j ■ the county will be required to explain why they did not enforce the laws. i i - t A Philippine telephone company’s ,; free service to the public includes ■ information as to fhc location of an ■ • approaching ship and what vessel will be next to arrive in port. MAJOR WATTERS 111 j STATE LEGISLATURE I FOR CLOSING WEEK) Major Questions of Finance! and Education Must Be| Solved by the State So lons Now. LAST SCHEDULED WEEK IS BEGUN Number of New Bills Pre sented in House.—Cock Fighting Comes Up for Attention. Raleigh. Fob. 28.—(4*)—Ilarrassed I by major questions of finance and L education, the House of Rerpresenta- ! live today began the last scheduled j week of tbe 00-day legislative session I here with the Senate not meeting until ! tonight. New bills received by tho House I included one by Bullard of Cumber- j laud, to amend the charter of the' Fayetteville Graded School; Byrd of j Wayne, to amend tbe law in Wayne county ou damage done by dogs: Giles of Burke, to provide the Australian -ballot fur Burke county: Bridger of Bladen, to prohibit cock fighting aud bull baiting iu Bladen county ; Kluttz of Catawba, to amend the law on Australian ballot in that county, and one to provide for election of Catawba County board of education by popular vote. Would Stop Cock Fighting. Raleigh. Feb. 28.— (4*) —Cock fight ing, dog fighting and bull baiting ex hibitions with prize money for single event* running as high as $2,500, and a* many as a dozen numbers on a j program are Being held in a regular- ' ly constructed arena within 100 mile* | of the state capitol. it was cha-rged iu i the House of Representatives today by ; Representative Bridger, of Bladen; County. Tbe charge was made when Mr. i Bridger introduced a bill to outlaw ! these sports in Bladen County, and j making violation a misdemeanor, pun- I ishablc by fine and imprisonment. “People down my way arc all beet l'd up,” Mr. Bridgen said in discus*- ing the bill, adding that a delegation wh* ready to come to Raleigh and support such a bill, if necessary. - The fight arena in question 1m said j to be located on state highway No. j 21. about two mile* from the toyvn ofj Dublin. Printed programs displayed j in the House, stated that the sports j were to be made “permanent institu- j tions and patrons positively would be \ protected.” Local residents who said they had j seen the plant said it consisted of | stands and regulation fighting pits, j and represented an outlay of several i thousand dollars. It has been in op- 1 eration for some time, it was said. The programs, printed on pink pa- ( per, listed events with entrance fees I and prize money, in the same manner I as racing odds. For one cock fighting j event, entrance fee was placed at $25, l and first prize money at $1,250. Other j events carried large prizes, ranging a* 1 high as $2,500. Present state laws i prohibit such exhibition* and Mr. I Bridger said be did not know whether} lus measure was in conflict with that j law or not, but he had introduced it i at the request of prominent Bladen j county citizens. j Southern’s Asheville line To Have; Electric Signals. Statesville. Feb. 25. —The Southern railway is to have in the near future an automatic electric block system installed on the Salisbury Asheville line of the Asheville division. The . work of setting poles has been complet ed from Asheville to Statesville, and ! three gangs are now engaged in dig ging holes and setting poles on tbe section between here and ■Salisbury. It is expected that tbe poles on the line will be set within a month, and stringing the wires wil begin immed- j iately. ’ Last Call! During Month of FEBRUARY ONLY | The Progressive Farmer FREE for a whole year to every sub scriber of The Concord Times Who pays his subscription a full year in advance. This Offer Will Be Withdrawn March Ist, 1927 J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher ' I ~ " ' ' j OIL LEASES GIVEN TO DOIIENY MIST BE CANCELLED NOW i ■ - ■— Washington. Fob. 28. —( A *)—The government today won its tight cancel the oil Icuts ami coatmcY awarded to Ed want L. Itohnit, while Albert B. Fall was secretary'i of the interior. The court in deciding the ease declared that evidence produced in the lower courts was sufficient to 1 warrant the finding that fraud and ’ corruption tainted the leaser. DOHENY MUST GIVE UP OIL CONTRACTS f Leases and Contracts Giv | en by Albert B. Fall Nul lified Today by the Su preme Court. Washington, Feb. 28.—(A*)—Ed ward L. Iloheny must .give up the naval oil leases and contracts award ed to him when Albert B. Fall wne secretary of the interior. Nor will he receive back the money he spent in attempting to carry the agreements into effect. In an opinion amounting to a com plete victory for the government, the Supreme Court held today Unit the agreements not only were fainted by fraud, but. that the Fall leasing pol icy under which they were made was illegal. It was under this same j>oliey fa at the Teapot Dome lease was given to i Harry F. Sinclair, although the suit to cancel that lease was not directly involved in today's finding. « The opinion of the court was an nounced by Justice Itutler, and there was uo dissent. It completely affirm ed the tiudings of the eourt of appeals. Molding that the Doheny lease* and contracts are invalid, and that Doheny i is entitled to no compensation. : WILL THE WOMEN RESTORE KING COTTON TO THRONE? ' They Say They Can, at Least. In North Carolina. Fayetteville, Feb. 28.—(INS) —Can j American women restore King Cotton, | long the monarch of the sunny South land, to hi« rightful throne? j The North Carolina .Federation* of j Women’s Clubs says they can, und .f lies. K. H. Williamson, of Fayette- { j ville. head of the Fereratlon’s ‘'Wear j j Cotton .Campaign,“ says they are go* J 1 ing to do it. j Leader? in the movement believe I | that a national campaign for the more j {extensive wear of cotton garments is j {imminent, and point to the faft that i j North Carolina led the way. In a recent tour of Eastern cities, ! Mrs. Williamson said she found '“wonderful encouragement.” lit Phil adelphia and New York, particularly, . 'she said, the movement has assumed j ; a definite shape. The Federation women are insist ent that the movement is not sectional in scope and that business men of the East with which the committee chair men talked concurred heatily in this view. That the federation women are [getting somewhere in the "wear eot j ton” campaign was evidenced Satur day night when the city of Greensboro j staged its Cotton Ball. | According to federation officials of j jollier club towns of the state probably J will stage events along the same line I in the near future to enocurage the! I wearing of cotton clothes. The biggest day of the Federation's j convention in Durham this May will j be known as “Cotton Day", the second j day of the convention. At that time j every woman attending the convention t I will be required to wear a cotton | ilress. Prizes will be awarded for dresses, spreads, towels, and other cot- I ton-made things. The members of the state committee in charge of the “Wear Cotton" move ment are: Mrs. E.' H. Williamson, j FayettevilU*. chairman; Mrs. C. W. j Bradshaw, ; Mrs. James j i Brides, Henderson ; Miss Ruth Burke, ! | LaGrange; Mrs. S. W. Tucker, I»ur- j ham; Mrs. John Gilmer, of Winston- | Salem, und Mrs. J. L. Staten, of j Charlotte. Bill Reducing County Salaries to Be Offered. Raleigh. Feb. 24.—The Meekletv ! burg county fee bill, regulating the compensation of local officers, will be introduced within the next few days, members of the Mecklenburg delega tion said today. The county officers affected by the proposed legis'ation have agreed on the _bill. The extent of reductions to be made iu the offieia fef s was not disclosed. In Love With Radio Vo'.ce, Takes Life. Berlin. Feb. 2G.—Katherina Pot chak, r»2. a cook of Vienna, commit ted suicide because she had fa'len in ! love with the voice of a radio star whom she did not know, but whose voice she heard every evening wnen he broadcasted from the Vienna sta tion. Cloture Rule for Prohibition Measure. Washington. Feb. 28.—04*)—The cloture rule, limiting debate, was in voked by the senate today to force action on the prohibtion and customs reorganization bill put forward by fae administration. Not Limit Debate. Washington, Feb. 28.— (A*) —The Renale today declined to limit debate on the public buildings bill, defeat ing a motion to apply the cloture rule to the measure. BLSCKF EFFORT IX ' CLEARING OP CASE George Colburn, Real Es tate Dealer, Tells Police He Killed Woolsey Wi#i His Auto. WAS AFRAID TO TELL OFFICERS -—A -» Said He Did Not Know He Had Struck Man Uzd9 He Had Carried Body Car for Several Blocks. Miami, Feb. 28.— (A*) —George Col burn, 20 years old, real estate dealer of Miami Beach, confessed today to the killing of Milthorne Woolsey, 7$ years old. financier, of Miami Heath and New*'York, who was run down aud killed by a motorist at Miami Beach the night of January 18th.' * Colburn's confession was made to the police following hi* arrest in Ir lando. Fla., Saturday. Three men whose names are withheld hare been arrested on suspicion of having at tempted to blackmail Colburn. The mutilated body of Mr. Woolsey was found iu a vacant lot the morning of January 20th. The }K>licc said k apparently had been dragged there af ter the aged mau was struck and kill ed by the automobile. Colburn told the police the killing of Mr. Woolsey was accidental. Hh* sa d he was driving home shortly af ter midnight when his vision wa* blinded by a newspaper that blew in to his face. He felt bin car strike something, but speeded on when be saw what he believed to be another automobile, because he feared an at tempted holdup. Some blocks farther on he stopped his car and the body of Mr. Woolsey dropped from the bump er. he said. Crazed with fear, be said he drove to his apartment, telling on ly his mother. He said she advised him to tell the police, but be was afr&fl to do «o. Police'say they ob tained their firsi clue to the identity of the driver of the automobile from one of the three men held on suapic km of having attempted to obta’n money from Colburn us the price of silence. With Our Advert Is* i-*, —X* I For this \week only the Ritchie j Hardware C«. will «sell you a iunr of ! shears for 11.48 and give you a butcher knife for one cent, or only i 11.50 for both. See nd. which tells I you a!l about it- Victor dance records just received !at the Bell-Harris Furniture Co. See liea in new ad. today. New spring fabrics. Everfast Play time prints, big range of patterns • and colors, only 4S cents a yard, i Peter Pan. (15 cents, at Kfird's. • Myers Spray Pumps and shallow and deep well pumps and cylinders at the Yorke & Wadscworth Co. At the store of the Parks-Belk Op. you will find a special showing of new merchandise in* a wide rauge of col ors. New spring coats $0.95 to $29.50. New things in ladies’ lints. Contract Awarded For Advocate Plant. Greensboro. Feb. 20.— Methodism throughout the State is interested in | the fact that contract has been let I for the new $85,000 plant of the • I North Carolina Christian Advocate. ! Walter Kiddc mid company se j cured, the contract and the building will be ojtened here on West Gaston [street not Inter than Augtwt 1; llcv. jA- W. Plyler. editor* and Rev. T. A. Sikes, business manager, are confi dent that the new plant will rake care of the Advocate’s needs for years to come. The building com mittee includes D. B. Coltrnue. Con cord : T. C. Hoyle. N. I>. Eure and T. A. Sikes., this city: Rev. M. T. ! Plyler. Raleigh ; 11. A. Page, Aber j deeii; and Dr- W. P. Few. Durham. I Tenor Guarded- New York, Feb. 28. —Rumors of a new threat against the .fife of ; Beniamino Gigli, Metropolitan [brought a guard of 21 detectives and ■policemen to the Century .Theatre j today when the singer gave a con cert to 4,200 person*. Gigli sang uu i aware of the heavy guard. A year ago he left 18‘troit and 2.000 ticket holders when a letter signed ‘the tru friends of Italy" warned him not to "adorn a slab in the morgue." There was no disturbance. No Trace of Baby. Greensboro, Feb. 25.—Absolutely no trace has vet .been found of .the 20-mouths-o'd son of Mrs. Minnie Brown Baldwin. The boy disappear ed 'ast Sunday afternoon. The moth er is prostrated a* the hunt goes oil. The father, who has not lived wUh the mother for some time bn- not been located and it L< not known yer whether he kidnapped the-child or whether someone else had taken it. No Reply to Russian Note. London, Feb. 28. —(4>)—Foreign Secretary Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons today that the British government did not propose to send an answer to Soviet Riisma’s re ply to the recent British note protect ing against Soviet propaganda. WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy, probably followed by snow or rain late tonight and Tuesday: not much (Mange in temperature. Mod erate north and northeast winds. NO. 69