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■ tions at Montreat..
B.y. July L*. —( h-ganiza- j
Bk tv.d; committee which l
nnijor. executive and j
K] affairs of the Presby-
Ervii in the Faired States j
Brin! here next Tuesday. j
Bt c.mmittee will take over |
Bbu of affairs from !
Bt<> committees which were ‘
Hwnci the new plan was ’
B the last general assembly
B e ft j
B«nee's membership of 44
BiM into six Executive and
Btlsub-omiiiiirtees. each min- J
Btssume charge of a partie- j
Btl activity. This will ab-
B tie work formerly done by !
B<? commirtees on foreign 1
Hkue missions. t’hristian
ministerial relief, publica-
B Sabbath School work.
Bp. men's work ami women's
■trill be fixed for each of the
■frees, proper adjustments
Bdt. and plans will be laid
Bn?the budget in the church
Bt present year.
Bt committee holds powers
■ trciu the general assembly
referred to as the "lit-
Bh hs actions are subject
Bb.v the main body.
B*>t Thompson. <'harleston,
■thiruan of the survey com-
general assembly which
■ ftpurr leading to adoption
0* witralissation pan. will '
BtTuesday's meeting.
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B®tnii>li on the floor of the
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THE CONCORD TIMES
J. B. SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher
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WEAVERS LOSE TO THE
TOWELERS IN THE
r MORNING TILT
The Kannapolis Towelers won j
another game from the local Weav
ers thie morning, getting the long
end of a 7 to (5 score in the first
of the Fourth of July games.
The second game will be played
tlrs afternoon at 4 o'clock at
Kannapolis.
I
MT. PLEASANT NEWS.
Mt. Pleasant. July I.—The\ Light
I Prigade of the Lutheran Church will
hold a public meeting Sunday eve
j ning at 8 o'clock. Everybody is in
v'ted.
Prof. (i. F. McAllister and Rev. J.
W. Link spent a few days last week
in.&mthport fishing.
Dr. and Mrs. McCauley have been •
visiTtng- Prof, and G. F. Me
I Allistor. They are foreign mission
aries to India. Sunday morning Mrs.
McCauley talked of their work .in
India at the Lutheran church. Sun
day night Dr. McCauley talked of the
work to be done on the foreign fields.
Miss Emma Grace Heilig returned
Sunday from Rocky Mount, where she
had been visiting her sister, Mr*.
Skinner.
Mrs. Sara Misenheimer left Sun
day for Winston-Salem to visit Mr*.
C. B. Smithdeal.
M ss Mary Lee Seaford. who is in
training at the Charlotte Sanatorium,
spent, a few hours with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Seaford, Satur
day.
Miss Rosalie Faggart, of Kannapo
lis. was the week-end guest of Miss
S Margaret Lentz.
I Miss Mariam Sh : rey has been elect
ed delegate from the Mt: Pleasant
1 Luther League to attend the national
J convention in Salisbury July 2-5.
Miss Bernitic and Geneva Hahn
| will leave Friday to attend the con
t vention to be held in Salisbury July
! 2-5.
Mr. and Mrs. John Herion, of Sal
; spent the week-end with Mrs. I
Heriou’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
’T- Seaford. C. E.
! SAYS i . S. AND BRITISH
FLEETS W ILL NOT MEET
This Is One of Things to Be Re-
I membered in Considering Naval Ar
maments. Says Britisher.
Geneva. July 4. — CA 3 ) —One of the
things to be especially remembered in j
the deliberations of the naval limita
tions conference, a British statesman
has declared, is that the fleets of Great
Britain and the United States never
will war against each other.
The spokesman was speaking in
formally on the necessity of striking
a mutual balance on mutual needs,
emphasizing that thi* country was
seeking a large flotilla of cruisers be
cause she required them to protect her
commercial fleet, which he described
as the life-blood of the British em
pire, and not for offensive purposes.
The spokesman pointed out that the
United States had more destroyer*
than any other nation. He presumed
this was because she needed them, and
he contended that Great Britain’s
great need for cruisers should be sim
ilarly recognized.
SAYS NEWSPAPERS IN
SOUTH ARE BLESSED
Can Look to Future W’ith Great Con
fidence. John A. Park TeHs South
ern Newspaper Men at Atlanta.
Atlanta. Ga.. July 4. —South-
ern newspapers supported by the ‘ad
vancing intelligence of a native born
population under improving living
codit’ons” may look with confidence to
the future. John A. Park, retiring
president, reported to the Southern
Newspaper Publishers Association in
convention here today.
Mr. Park, publisher of the Raleigh,
X. c.. Times, asserted that newspa
pers worked with “improved labor
conditions, modernized equipment,
plenty of news print, and more im
pwjved highways.” and were supported
also by “unsurpassed soil and climate,
and better schools.’’
With Our Advertisers.
Exquisite bedroom suites in walnut
and mahogony at the Bell-Harris Co.
The Southern Railway announces
a seashore excursion to Charleston,
S. C., on July 14th. Round trip from
Concord, only $7.00. See ad. for par
ticulars.
Efird’s offers dependable merchan
dise for the whole family at low
prices.
Tomorrow Belk's Department Store
will offer mid-summer frocks at from
$3.95 to $9.75. Hundreds of season
able frocks in this group of dresses.
Heat Kills 40.
Cleveland. July 2.—Forty persons
are dead in Ohio as a result of the
heat wave which ha* gripped the
State for the past four days. Relief
was in sight tonight with cool
breeze* from Lake Erie and prospec
tive thundershowers are expected to
topple the mercury from its record
breaking perch.
Five Prisoners Escape.
Memphis, Tenn., July 4.— UP) —Five
negroes, including three convicted mur
derers. escaped from the jail at Tun
ica, Miss., last midnight. Sheriff Wil
liam Nichols, of Tunica county. ad- (
vised police gt Memphis today. They
escaped through a coal bin, 1
HEROIC DEEDS BY
HEROES OF STATE
ARE PAID HOMAGE
t *
Shaft Unveiled Today at
Gillespie to Memory of
Tar Heel Warriors Who
Fought at Liberty’s Side.
HERE FERGUSON
MET OFFENSIVE
Shaft Marks Spot Where
Americans in Revolu
tion War Halted British
Under Ferguson.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Little Switzerland. X. C.. July 4.
Future travelers will pause at Gill
espie (Jap, three miles from here, in
the heart of the Blue Ridge, to read
the story of how. on Friday. Septem
ber 21), 1780, sturdy mountaineers
: passed the *pot on their way to de
feat General Ferguson and his British
force* at King's Mountain. This bit
of history is writ on a bronze tablet
fastened to a granite shaft, which was
formally unveiled at 11 o’clock today
in the presence of a large company of
people. Mountaineers were there, with
their families, having come from the
hills and valleys round about. Lim
ousines belonging to city folk were
parked along the way, as their owners
and occupants joined with the hillfolk
And paid homage to their ancestor*
who not only defeated Ferguson but
who gave the world a line of posterity
that helped to make up the 30th di
vision which broke the Hindenburg
line iu France during the World War.
A bountiful pienjic dinner followed ex
ercises featured by addresses by for
mer Governor Cjamerou Morrison and'
Brigadier General J; Van B. Metts.
Music, both vod-al and instrumental,
enlivened the occasion.
Governor Morrison’s address was a
tribute to the “Heroes of King’s
Mountain” and General Metts' trib
ute to the mountaineers of the 30th
division. The exercises were presid
ed over by Judge Thomas M. Pitt
man, chairman of the North Carolina
Historical Commission, and the an
nouncements were made by Associate
Justice Heriot Clarkson, member of
~:taijqpMweM*»~ iJoJlawing *»u*iv py
the Spruce Pine band, the invocation
was delivered by Rev. .Tames Thomas,
pastor of the Chestnut Grove Baptist
Church, and the benediction was pro
nounced by the Rt. Rev. Joseph M.
Blount Cheshire, D. D.. bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of North
: Carolina.
The monument w’as unveiled by the
following young women: representing
the United States. Miss Kimesia
Henry; representing the South, Miss
Anna Jackson Preston, great grand
daughter of Stonewall Jackson; rep
resenting North -Carolina, Miss An
gelia Morrison, daughter of former
Governor Cameron Morrison; repre
senting the mountain people, Mirfses
Virginia Queen and Edith McKinney :
representing western North Carolina.
Miss Isabelle McCall; representing
Little Switzerland, Miss Carolyn Chal
mers Jvirkpatrick.
Former Governor Morrison paid a
glowing tribute to the mountain men
who left their home* in the cause of
independence and joined forces with
their sturdy neighbors and friend* in
their march to the south to face the
British forces. He gave an outline
of the campaign and mentioned the
leaders. These included many whose
names have been permanently honored
through the naming of towns and
counties in the Carolinas and Ten
nessee.
General Metts said in parts:
“The monument unveiled today rep
resents the 'first and the last’—the
Revolutionary War and the World
War —the first a fight for the inde
pendence of our country against Brit
ish oppression, and the last a fight
against the German aggression and
the liberty of the world.
‘lt is a strange coincidence that to
day.” General Metts continued, “in
commemoration of the heroes of the
historic battles fought in this vicinity
and of those who fought in the World
War, we find it was on Friday. Sep
tember 29. 1780. that a large body of
the American Army passed this spot
on their march to the battle of King s
Mountain; and it was just one hun
dred and thirty-eight years later, Sep
tember 29. 1918, that the 30th Di
vision, composed of men from North
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennes
*ee, broke through the Hindenburg de
fense and gained their objective, com
pletely routing the enemy and open
ing the way to the armistice.
“Those men who fought the Revo
lutionary War suffered many hard
ships, due to the lack of food and
clothing, but with all the modern im
plements of use in the World War.
and the terrific bombardments, even
ten miles behind the front lines, the
men had food, clothing and medical
attention.
“The 30th Division was made up
of two brigades of infantry (59th Ten
nessee and South Carolina) (60 Noith
Carolina regiment) a brigade of field
artillery. (North Carolina and Ten
nwsee) and other smaller units. This
"division organized at Camp Sevier,
South Carolina, went through a period
of intensive training, embarked for
overseas service early in May, 1918,
landed in northern France and was
assigned to a British command.
“The field artillery of the division
went acros* later and was used in
' the American sector, hence never re-
~ CONCORD, N. C., MQNDAYTTULY 4, 1927
OFFICERS MARKED
CARS BUT RAINS
NULLIFIED THE WORK
Saturday's heavy downpour
played a trick on Concord traffic
officers.
Just before the rain started
shortly before 2 o’clock officers •in
' the downtown section made their
. ronnd, to mark all cars so a check
could be made later to see which
cars were left parked longer than
•I the hour allowed by law.
! When the rain was over noth
ing of the marks was left and the
I! auto owners were given another
f hour’* grace before coming under
. j the ban of the law.
i joined the 30th Division until after
the armi*tice.”
i General Metts then went on to tell
of what these mountain boys, deseend
‘ ants of those who defeated the Brlt-
L ish general. Ferguson, accomplished in
France.
“The troops of 1 the 30th accom
plished their mission but. due to cer
tain conditions, the 27th failed to
materially advance.”
Telling of the battle in which t»
North and South Carolinians awl
Tennesseeans broke the famous HiJ
denburg line. General Metts said : *
"This battle was fast and furious.
Begun in a most dense fog and heavy
ifunoko screen, with heavy artillery,
machine guns and rifles in action,
and the bursting of the enemy shells,
one may well wonder how men got
through the wire and followed the
barrage to a gloriou* victory.
"The 30th Division broke the Hin
denburgh line between Cambrai and
St. Quentin, at its most formidable
point, on September 29th. 1918, the
first time this defense system had been |
broken through during the war aqd j
thereby helped to bring the war to j
an end much sooner than was expect
ed. brought honor to the three otates j
ami everlasting glory to the men who j
composed it and whose patriotism and
valor *hould never be forgotten, but !
should be emblazoned upon the minds !
of generations to follow.”
This afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock
the Raleigh Business and Profession
al Women's Club will dedicate its
hand*ome club house at Little Swit
zerland.
Little Switzerland, X. C.. July 4.-*-
(A 3 )—The sturdy young mountaineeers i
who passed through Gille*pie Gap 3 j
miles from here on their way to fight I
the British at Kings Mountain, and |
the stalwart youths who passed ,
through 138 years later on their way !
to France, stood shoulder to shoulder
in the affection of North Carolinians
today.
- -Hundreds of persons gathered i»K*S)C
little settlement to dedicate u monu
ment to that portion of the American
army which passed there on Septem
ber 29, 1780, and to their descendant*
whom the Old North State gave to
the famed Thirtieth American Divis
ion.
The marker, done in granite and
bronze, was sponsored by the North
Carolina Historical Commission. Aidr
ed by Associate Justice Heriot Clark
son of the State Supreme Court,
mountain folks and men and women j
from the cities arranged for signifi- i
cant exercises.
Cameron Morrison, former governor
picturing “the heroes of King’s I
Mountain” and Adjutant General J. j
Vanß. Metts, describing the 30th Di- i
vision’s experiences in France, wer«' ;
the principal speakers.
The Revolutionary soldiers’ rnemor- j
ialized by the speaker*, converged on i
Kings Mountain on October 7th, 1780. j
Taking the British General Ferguson |
by surprise, they attacked his force of
1,000 men from three directions and j
whipped them within an hour.
Must Sign Up Soon For Paris Trip. |
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, July 4.- —Less than two
week* remain in which to make
reservations for the second A. E. F.
to France this fall for the American
Legion convention in Paras ue*own
ing to Janie* A. Leonard. depart
ment of North Carolina France
travel officer.
Mr. Leonard announced that more
than 200 North Carolinian* have al
ready filed their applications am!
that the space alloted to this state
is becoming limited. The party irom |
North Carolina will sail on the j
steamship Pennland, leaving Hamp-;
ton Road* on September 8.
“I made a *pecial trip to New
York a few weeks ago and made a
personal inspection of the Penn
land.” said Mr. Leonard, “She is a
fine boat- Dont’t be left on shore
when she sail* on September Bth
from Hampton Road*.”
As the time grows sin».«'r for
making reservations, legion officials
report that interest in the Paris
trip is mounting and they expect
that the number that ha* already
filed applications will be greatly in
creased during the remaining days
that the lists will be left open.
Among those that have already made
app'ication is a large number of
women.
Husband Shoots Man Found With
His Wife.
Charlotte, July 2. —Carl Fink,
i young white man of Mecklenburg
i County, in the Hoskins section, put
I a bullet in Carl Lippard. of th : *
city. Friday evening, it was learned
i here this morning, shooting Lippard
, because he found Lippard in hi*
( home, Fink said.
Lippard has a wound in the hin
and is in a hospital, whi’e Fink i*
’ in jail. Fink said he went home
and heard Lippard and Mrs. Fink
! talking in the dinning room; that he
secreted himself and listened, and
that Lippard became “fresh” with
» Mr*. Fink. Then Fink came out with
5 a levelled pistol, grappling with Lip
pard. The latter started to run. beg
) ging for mercy, and was shot in the
i ipn. Fink said he did not shoot to
- kill
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Liberty Bell, famed relic preserved in Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, as it appears today. The bell proclaimed the;
i iigninj: of the Declaration of Independence 151 years ago. .
What Will Be Effect of Bus
Franchise To the Seaboard?
i
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, July 4.—Now that the
j railroads are to be allowed to ex
tend their service by bus lines over
the highways of the state, as is per
mitted by the State Corporation Com
mission. in allowing the Seaboard to
operate bus lines from Rutherfordton
to Chimney Rock, Lake Lure and
Boone, will the next move on the
part of the railroads be an applica
tion to extend their freight lines by
I motor truck, and remove the last
I oportunity for competitive service?
There is by no means a unanimity j
I of opinion in Raleigh, or in the state. |
it apjiears. that the Corporation Com
mission has acted in conformance with '■
a desire to render “the best service," I
as it say*, ip grunting Jhe petition
• of the Seaboard to ojiernte its own
bps lines. True, rt may be for the
“•best service” of the Seaboard and
the direct territory served by it. But.
whether it will be for “the best ser
vice” of the people of the state as
a whole, remains to be seen.
For many feel that had this railroad
petitioned for permission to extend j
I its rail lines to certain points, over j
its own right of way, that the granting
of the petition would have been
j justified; but who also feel that the
i commission has not been entirely
j justified in granting this railroad the
use of the public highways, in lieu
lof an extension of its own lines,
j Esjiecially is this true in the face of
i the contention that existing bus lines
| are supplying all service,
j The commission, however, held that
the existing bus lines were supply
! ing a local rather than a through ser
j vice, and it seems to have been on
| this point more than any other upon
which the situation hinged. But the
j bus lines are far from satisfied, and |
I General J. Albert Cox, who represent
j ed them at the hearing, has annouuc
j ed that the tight will be carried into
j the courts, via the injunction route.
I if necessary, before the bus lines will
cease their fight.
But assuming that the railroad will
win out eventually—and the railroads
generally do —having gained the first
point of bus exnension service for pas
sengers, why not a supplemental truck
service for freight? In other words,
why not a short line railway service
over every highway?
So it is the precedent involved in
the situation, and not merely the in- ,
stitution of one or two bus lines, that
i is muking people think.
At first, bus lines were instituted
! in response to the demand from the
j public for better transportation ser
: vice, and which the railroads would
j not at first provide, until the bus
lines forced them to it. Now that
this bus service has become establish
ed through private enterprise, the
| roads now wish to step in and benefit
i from it, many believe. Atul through
this latest decision, they have obtain
ed- an important toe hold
Thus, within the next few years,
I as short rail lines becomes unprofit
able, why cannot these roads ask for
and obtain permits to give the same
| transportation service, both passenger
! and freight, by bus and truck t It
i would be a distinct advantage to the
i ■; —=
ENDS HIS SERVICE AS
MERCHANT DIRECTOR
Mr. Leonard. However. Will Con-
I tinue As Editor and Insuurance
Manager.
Statesville. July 4.—Friday mark
led the end of l‘aul Leonard's service
to the North Carolina Merchants
' Association in the capacity of exe-
Icutive secretary, and doubtless the
passing of the State office from
Statesville, but it does not mean that
Mr. Leonard is serving his eonnec
jtion with association work. He will
! continue to serve as secretary and
i general agent of the Merchants
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of
which he has been the active head
since its organization eight years
‘ ago. and will also- continue, to edit
► The Caro inn Retailer. The home of
-1 lice of the insurance company ahd
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
roads, for there would be no roadway
or right-of-way to maintain—the State
would do that. There would be no
expensive and extensive -rolling stock
to keep up—merely a fleet of trucks
and blisses. Yet virtually the same
revenue could be expected.
But such a move would prove
ruinous to the farmer, it is pointed
out by those familiar with one of the |
farmer's greatest problems—market- j
ing. For at present, out of every I
car of ruit or vegetables which a S
North -Carolina farmer ships to
Philadelphia or New York, out of
each SIOO which the carload of pro
j duce brings at the final destination..
| the farmer receives but $40 —most of!
: the remaining S6O going to the rail
j roads for transportation. These fi- ’
| gures were brought out this week at
tho refrigeration hearing before the
Interstate commerce Commission fx
aminer in Wilmington.
However, the farmer has one means
still left him to combat rising rail
transportation Cost—and that is mo
tor truck transportation. The result
is that already in many communities
farmers are organizing and operating
j regular truck lines to the larger mar
keting centers, on a cooperating basis,
on which they are earning real divi
dends. besides placing their products ,
on the market from 12 to 24 hours
quicker than they could if they shipped |
by rail.
Another advantage to the farmer in
particular, but to any shipper, of ship
ping by truck, is the elimination of ,
haulage to and from the railway. For
{ the truck delivers directly to the door
!of the purchaser, without any re
handling. „
Only a few people realize to what i
an extent shipping by motor truck
has grown in this state, except the
railroads. And they are doing every
thing they can to improve their ser
vice, so as to hold their business.
For they realize that they have al- (
ready lost the local passenger busi
ness to the bus lines, and the freight ,
and through passenger business is all
th*it remains. And it is the freight
that is most profitable.
But during the strawberry season ,
that has just passed, regular through
shipments were made by truck to
Philadelphia and New York, more
than 2,000 cases of strawberries hav
ing been shipped direct by this means.
And without exception, the motor
truck shipments reached the market
from 12 to 24 hours ahead of the
refrigerated freight shipments. And
on the return trips, the trucks brought
I crates that sold for less than half the
price of new crates shipped by rail.
Thus it is that the farmers of the
state, because of the good highways
which have been built from their
i taxes, have a means left them where-
I by they may compete with the rail
-1 roads, and thus force au equable ad
! justment of rates.
But should the corporation commis
sion ever permit the railroads to oper
ate motor truck freight service oyer
the state —which would not be an im
possible assumption in view of the
recent bus decision —the last means of
competition would be removed, and
shippers everywhere would be at the
mercy of the railroads and their rate
makers.
the editorial office of The Carolina
Retailer will continue in Statesville.
Herbert O. Sink of Lexington,
who has served the association a*
. field secretary since last fall, as
sumes the duties of executive secre
tary until a meeting of the new
, board of directors is called this
. month by President M. E. Newsom
’ of Durham, upon his return from a
, trip to Europe.
I
Gunn Wins in Golf Tourney.
Garden City, N. Y., July 2. —
l Overcoming the medalist jinx which
I has held good with only three ex
» ceptions in the history of major
: tournament competition. Watts
1 Gunn. Georgia Tech senior. f today
; won the Intercollegiate Golf Asso
ciation’s championship by defeating
■ Roland McKenzie. Brown Umiver
-1 sity’s sophomore, 10 to 9.
HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS
RESULT IN DEATHS
IN VARIOUS STATES
Eleven Dead and v In
jured Known Toll in the
South of Drownings and
Auto Accidents.
CHILDRENDIE
IN ACCIDENTS
Many Did Not Wait Until
Today to Start Celebrat
ing But Begun festiv
ities on Sunday.
(By the Associated Pres*)
Eleven dead and fifteen injured was
the known toll today of the 4th of Ju
ly eve drownings and automobile ac
cidents in Southern states.
Five persons were drowned in two
states. Six were killed in automobile
crashes in three states, while all the
injured were hurt in the collisions.
I>r. B. (J. Rogers collapsed in shal
low water when he went to the rescue
of two girls near Laurel, Miss., and
was dead when taken from the water.
The girls. Sallie May O'Daniel, 14.
and Wylene O’Daniel, 16, were drown
ed before rescuers could reach them.
Robert A. Suyder, 45, was drown
ed in Lake Virginia at Winter Park,
Fla., while trying to teach a nine
year old girl to swim. The girl was
rescued.
An unidentified man died in the
surf at Daytona Beach. Fla.
Four negroes were killed, 3 injur
ed when their automobile was hit by
a train near Cumberland (Jap, Tenn.
Mrs. Elijah Holifield, 60, died from
injuries received when her automobile
overturned near Laurel, Miss.
Several Deaths Reported.
Chicago, July 4. — UP) —Premature
celebration of Independence Day caus
ed several deaths and many injuries
throughout the country although the
fatality list was small compared with
some previous years, due to stringent
fireworks laws.
In Milwaukee the police conducted
a vigorous campaign against violators
of county and city fireworks ordin
ances, arresting more than 500 persons
up to last midnight. The law prohibits
premature celebrations of the holiday
and outlaws certain explosives. In
spite of- the- precautions five ymrt+ts
were burned by fireworks Sunday and
six lives were attributed to celebra
tors.
The first death was reported Sat
urday from Tramway, Wisconsin,
where Arnold Ford, 8, was killed
when he put a giant fire cracker in
an empty gasoline storage tank,
causing an explosion when gas fumes
were ignited. Harold Behling, 14,
was seriously injured at the same
time, and young Ford's parents were
burned in attempting to rescue the
boys.
A smewhat similar accident at St.
Louis resulted in the death of Haden
Harris, 12, who succumbed to burns
suffered when he shot a blank cart
ridge into a gasoline can. Ninety
persons were treated for injuries in
the Missouri city.
LINDBERGH HONORS
HIS FALLEN COMRADE
Drops Flowers From His Plane on
Casket of Lieut. J. V. Johnson.
Ottawfy, .Duly 4. — UP) —Flowers
dropped from the air by Col. Chart. A.
Lindbergh today adorned the casket
of Lieut. J. V. Johnson. U. S. army
aviator, killed while escorting his
famous comrade to Ottawa Saturday.
For fifty miles as the funeral train
of the army flyer proceeded from Ot
tawa toward Fenton, Mich., where
burial will take place. Lindbergh flew
low overhead in the Spirit of St.
Louis and tossed out blossoms.
Then as Lindbergh turned back to
ward Ottawa he waved a handkerchief
out of the small window of his plane
in a last farewell to his brother.
The flowers that fell upon the train
were gathered by the train crew and
placed on the stars and stripes that
covered the casket.
WOMEN GO WILD
OVER “DICK” BYRD
Flyer Is Hugged and Kissed By
American and Other Women at
Paris.
Paris, July 2. —Upon his arrival
at the Continental Hotel from the
St. Lazara Station today Comman
der Byrd was hugged and kissed in
the name of the Byrds of Virginia
and all Virginians by pretty Mrs.
John Marshal, of Orange. Va. She
“represented” her best friend, Mrs.
Mary Byrd Consilio, of Baltimore,
the commander's cousin and a fam
ous Virginia beauty
“lsn’t lie handsome,” Mrs. Mar
shal exclaimed when the aviator,
still blushing from her greetings,
was claim**! by others. “All the
Byrds are that —one of the finesr
families in Virginia—and all are as
brave as they are beautiful.”
Finis Garrett To Run F’or l'. S. Sen
ate Seat.
Dresden, Tenn., July 3. —Represent-
ative Finis J, Garrett, minority leader
in the house of representatives for the
last six,years, announced today he
would be a candidate at the demo
cratic primary in August for the Un
ited States senate seat now held by
Senator K. D. McKellar.
A« evidence that baseball i>
“catching on” in England is tin
news that Oxford and Cambridgt
recently played their first inter
university game.
MILLER'S DEATH IS
CLIMAX TO MANHUNT
i. M CLAIMED MANY
■lNegro Slayer of Fifteen
s Year-old White Girl Was
l Killed Sunday Morning
Near Linville Falls.
BODY IS BURIED
*| IN STATES VlJ^g
l Man Who Was Reared in
Mountains Killed Negro
After Latter Had Kfpd
His Only Shot at Him.
Morganton, X. C„ July 4.— (A 3 )—*
5 [ Like an animal at bay. hunted by hup
- i dreds of men for the past twelve days,
- j Broadus Miller, outlawedu negro slay
er of fifteen-yea r-ohl Gladys Kinciilfl,
> of this City, was caught and killed a»
■ he rested on a, rock boulder one-hall?
■ j mile north of the Linville Falls sta
tion at 10:30 o’clock yesterday morn
■ * ing. And the man who ended the
? j long and tedious chase was Commo-
I i dore Burleson, white, young jnoun
■ ! taineer, who had led man hunts ovep
• I those rugged hills before Broadus Mft‘-
' J ler’rt head was priced at $2,000! ' ' '
After it was learned yesterday morn*
' j ing that .a negro had broken ifito a
’ ! store at Ashford, near this place, the
’ j search for the negro killer was re-
I newed. Burleson probed ahead of tfie
j other members of his posse and as he
climbed over a rocky cliff he canto
face to face with Miller. The negro
cried “Halt”, and Burleson jumped
behind a stump iu time to save fiim
self from a full load of shot fired from ,
a 12 guage gun by the negro.
Burleson fired six times at the out
law in that lonesome mountain du« t
and the last shot struck Miller just
below the heart. Men rushipg up
heard a groan, and the negro clutched
at the wound in his side. When
others arrived ho was dead.
Broadus Miller was put in a ear
and rushed down to Morganton. The
automobile bearing the dead outlaw
passed another car coming up, and itt
it were Pardon Commissioner Edward
Bridges, Sheriff Halliburton and S.
; J. Ervin. Jr.. Morganton attorney.
The commissioner's car went on to
Linville Falls, and he learned
>- had - tu-tMPI
Bulled al Statesville. ’
Statesbille. N. July
j The body of Broadus Miller, negro
j slayer of Gladys Kincaid, of Morgnn
i ton, who was killed when W resisted
I arrest yesterday, was buried in a lie
| gro cemetery here today.
|
TYPHOID FEY’ER IS
RAVAGING FAMILY
One Member Is Dead and Others
Are in a Serious Condition.
Hickory. July 2.—Typhoid fever,
entering the home of J. Cjcero
Wright, manager of Wright's Tele
phone Exchange, several miles from
Hickory, has already claimed one
victim and has laid its grip upon
eight other members of the family.
Wright is lying at doath’s door, ac
cording to information reaching
here, and his two sons are waging
[an uphill battle for life. The cbndi-
I tion of Mrs Wright and four daugh
ters is not considered as serious as
that of the other members .of the
family.
The oldest son, Marvin Wrighf,
became ill about two weeks ago iron}
typhoid fever, and died several days
, later. He was a cripple from, birth. -
Mr- Wright is one of the
statiding characters in lower Rprke
County, juid is well known as on*}
, of the pioneers in the campaign for
law and order progress. He is owner
of Wright’s Telephone Egehnpge
located in the South Mountain sec
tion. Neighbors ate doing all that
! can be done for the family, all 6|
whom are ill from the fever.
Clarence Call Dies in WUkfift.
j North Wilkesboro. July 3.- —s»tate
Senator Clarence Call. prominent
- citizen of Wilkesboro, died this
afternoon at his summer home on
the Brushy Mountains. His age was
58 years. Death was caused by
► apoplexy or heart failure, it is said.
The death of Mr. Call came a* a
r great shock to the people here, a*
t he was apparently in good bea}}b
-yesterday, and able to look after hi*
1 vast business interests. It is learn
■ ed. however, that he had suffered
- during the past few months with
i high blood pressure, but his condi
t tion was not considered serious.
* Three Negroes Are Sentenced to
Die.
. Beaufort. S. (*-. July 3.—Frank
- Francis, Paul Francis and Abraham
Cadsdcn. negroes of this section
- were found guilty of the murder of
; E. F. Langford, rural policeman in
general sessions court last night and
s were sentenced to die by electrocu
r tion on Friday. August 12.
s Ethel Francis and Robert Adam*
tried with the others were found
gui’ty recommendation to
- mercy and were sentenced to life
imprisonment while Sain Simmons,
- found guilty of manslaughter. wa*
r sentenced to serve ten years in tbo
? penitentiary.
1 WEATHER!
t* Fair and cooler tonight, Tuesday
•- fair, slowly rising, temperatures in
west portion.
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