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committee
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trial today by Jus-
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offer of
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admit the .statement
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that lime, and con
not a witmvs in Llie
L„ held that under the
JVven before a congres-
LJf could not be used
fir 5 s fenvinc it in any
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t 0 t he ruling of Justice
,i, f Faii-Dohery trial last
putting statements by
te dants in that case. Jus-
Ijihi ♦>?<? statements were
3;t. and consequently do
ja'ihe prohibition of the
rvas a severe blow to
eon ml who bad hoped
the trial jury much
ptory which the oil op
iljjert B. Fall gave iu
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littee during the days be-
KStijation took a sensa
s#riy in 1924, after Fall
the'Teapot Dome naval
U Sinclair.
jtat given by Sinclair on
1823, was that he went
New Mexico, to see
ihung Teapot Dome, and
iiiae Indian lands in Ok-
KB. Oct 27. — UP) —Direct
Sit $90,000 in bonds were
s the safety deposit box
j, M after the lease of
uto Harry F. Sinclair,
Ecedby the government to
ll'll cf the two men for
piracy.
tear was given by Z. T.
Bat cashier of the First
Sci of Pueblo, Colorado,
xll. T. Everhart, sen-in
il and a director of the
4 the bonds with him on
£2. after a trip to the
testimony wa* resum
?t ruling by Justice Sid
ing testimony of Sinclair
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MISS ELDER ABLE
TO LEAVE LISBON
Flew to Madrid And Is Go
ing From There to Paris
For a Short Visit.
Madrid, Oct. 27.—OP)—Ruth
Elder, American aviatrix and her
co-pilot, Captain George W. Hal
deman, arrived here in a Junkers
plane from Lisbon at 2:16 p. m.
today. ,
The American flyers were sent
to American Ambassador Ogden
Hammond and the commanding
officer of the Spanish aviation ser
vice.
After the reception she and
Captain Haldeman went to the
embassy where they will be guests
until their expected departure for
France.
The plans for the American fly
ers call for their departure for
Bayonne, France, by express train
tonight, and continuing on to
Paris by airplane tomorrow. They
hope to board the steamer Maure
tania for home on Saturday.
TWO CHURCHES TO •
BE CONSOLIDATED
West End and Centenary In Win
ston-Salem to Be Pronounced One.
Winston-Salem, Oct. 24. —The for
mal Tinion of West End and Centen
ary Methodist churches, this city, a
project that has been under contem
plation for some time, -will take place
Wednesday of next week when Bishop
Edwin D. Mcrazon, of Charlotte, de
clares these two churches united at
the Western North Carolina Con
ference. This announcement was
given out by the Bishop during his
visit to this city. He returned home
today. Bishop Mouzon also declared
at the same conference he would name
a pastor for the united churches and
a junior pastor- He also stated tnat
the term junior pastor didn’t neces
sarily mean the younger pastor, but
that since the two churches would be
united there must necessarily be a
unit head to the organization who
would be the senior pastor. • ’
Church services will continue at
both churches much as heretofore,
Bishop Mouzon said, dne to the fact
that neither building is large enough
to care for both organizations. How
ever, he advised that the women or
bo A churches unite in their mission
ary work and that other church acti
vities be coordinated.
“We go into our new church in
Charlotte on next Sunday to worship
for the first time and I want you, be
fore you build your church here, to
come to Charlotte. I would have you
see the tragedy of not buying enough
land on which to build. The Charlotte
church is scattered out like a rail
road train. The congregation there
could have well taken $60,00 off the
building and put it in more land and
had a finer place.
“When you build here, build for a
hundred years and get plenty of
land.”
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm Today at an Advance
of 8 to 25 Points on Continuation
of Buying Movement.
New York, Oct. 27.—C4 5 ) —The cot
ton market opened firm today at an
advance of 8 to 25 points, on a con
tinuation of yesterday’s late buying,
evidently prompted by a tendency to
scale down crop estimates.
Liverpool did not fully meet, yes
terday’s local advance, and was a
moderate seller here, but buying was
Sufficient to send active months 14 to
26 points net higher in the early trad
ing, December selling to 21.23 and
March to 21.54. THb advance was
checked by realizing and there ap
peared to be some southern selling
which caused reactions of a few points
from the best by the end of the first
hour.
The market was unsettled later un
der realizing or liquidation by recent
buyers,, while there also appeared to
be some local and southern selling on
the decline. December sold off to
about 20.77, and March to 21.00, or
about 23 to 30 points net lower.
Cotton futures opened firm: Dec.
21.10; Jan. 21.27; March 21.50; May
21.65; July 21.50.
LEXINGTON MAN IS
VICTIM OF SUICIDE
Walter F. Lopp Borrowed Pistol With
Which He Killed Himself in Bor
rowed Auto.
Lexington, N. C., Oct. 27. —OP)
After an automobile he was driving
had crashed into a wire guard on top
of a South Main Street fill here to
day, the body of Walter F. Lopp, 49,
veteran merchant, was found on the
scene with a bullet wound in the head.
A coroner’s jury returned a suicide
verdict.
Mr. Lopp had borrowed the automo
bile from a brother-in-law, and the pis
tol from a hardware dealer a few
minutes before the tragedy. A har
ware clerk said Mr. Loop had P
chased eix cartridges for the pistol,
with the explanation that he intended
to leave the gun with his wife whi.e
he was away on a trip.
Relatives said Mr. Loop had suf
fered a nervous attack Tuesday but
had apparently recovered and was
feeling better this morning.
Mr. Loop was a trustee of the
Lutheran Orphans Home at Salem,
Va. Funeral services will be held
at 11 o’clock Saturday morning.
The Gulf of Mexico Coast line of
the United States is nearly one
thousand miles longer than the Paci
fic Coast line.
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Bessie Morse is on trial at New
Brunswick, N. charged with i
plotting to kill aged father and
two other members of her fam- ;
ily to gain $100,0(30 inheritance.
Despite allegation that he was<
intended victim, her father is;
financing heiv fight in court,
HAVE FEDERATED WOMEN
VOICE IN OWN POLICIES?
Or Must They Accept Rulings ana
Edicts of National Federation With
out Protest?
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. Baskervyj.
Raleigh, Oct. 27.—Which is the re
lationship of the various Women s
clubs in the state to the National
Federation of Women’s Club? Must
the individual clubs accept the rulings
and edicts of the national federation
with blind allegieuce, or may they
question national policies and decide
for themselves whether they will ac
cept them or reject them?
These questions have bjen thrust
violently to the fore in the Raleigh
Women’s club, have divided it into
two factions, and bitter warfare now
threatenes as a result of the invitita
tion that has been extended by the
“Insurgent” group to Mrs. Atwood
R. Martin, of the Women’s club of
Louisville, Ky., to speak in Raleigh
on the policies of the Women’s Con
gressional Committee, through which
the National Federation conducts its
lobbying in Washington. The Louis
ville Club was summarily thrust out
of the National Federation by the Na
tonal officers when it refused to in
dorse the full legislative program of
the Federation without first examin
ing, into it itself.
And now because one group of
members of the Raleigh Women’s
club has decided that it wanted to
know both sides of the question, and
because it felt that it was entitled to
know the facts in the case, the “stpid
pat” members of the club have raised
the cry of heresy and disloyalty
against those members who desire to
seek out the truth for themselves,
rather than to blindly accept the dic
tates of the National officers with re
gard to policies and legislation spon
sored by the Women’s Congressional
Committee.
“The claim that we are disloyal to
the Raleigh Women’s club or to the
National Federation is ridiculous,”
said Mrs- Kenneth Gant and Mrs. C.
B. Barbee, who with Mrs. H. B.
Johnson compose the committee which
is arranging for the coming of Mrs.
Martin from Louisville, and who will
here sometime next week —the
exact date has not yet been set. “And
we do not see how the desire to
hear the facts in the case, as pre
sented by Mrs. Martin, can be con
strued as disloyalty, unless the desire
to know the facts in the case and to
decide for ourselves what stand we
shall take, be disloyalty. We are not
defending the Louisville club or Mrs.
Martin —for we are not familiar with
the facts. All we want is an oppor
tunity to hear Mrs. Martin, aKer
which we may or may not agree with
her.”
< But the “stand pat” wing of the
Raleigh club aready looks upon the
“liberal” wing as a group of heretics,
and xefer to them as “those women.”
Members of the club who have been
friends fbr years now pass each other
on the street with eyes staring
straight ahead, as a result of the in
tense feeling that has sprung up be
tween the two groups.
The “stand paters’” maintain that
the liberals are openly defying the
club in inviting Mrs. Martin to Ra
leigh, since the club itself declined to
extend the invitation. On the other
hand, thf» liberals maintain that the
question of whether to invite Mrs.
Martin or not was never decided by
the club, since the motion was tabled,
and that hence they have a right to
ask her to come to Raleigh and pre
sent her side of the question.
The opposition on the part of the
“stand pat” element in the local club
is not so difficult to understand when
it was learned that the position of
the club is largely being dictated by
Mrs. Palmer, who for years has been
the virtual ruler of the Raleigh Wom
en’s club, and who also happens to
be vice chairman of the National
Legislative Committee of the Nation
al Federation. Naturally, she does not
fancy being put in the position of
CONCORD.N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927
Bowie Says There is Plenty of
Sentiment in State for Smith
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Oct. 27.—Interest in the
candidacy of A1 Smith as the Demo
cratic nominee for president in 1928
is stronger in North Carolina now
than it has yet been and prejudice
against him is diminishing daily, ac
cording to Thomas C. (Tam) Bowie,
of West Jefferson, and an enthusiastic
Smith supporter, who is in Raleigh ap
pearing before the Supreme court.
Bowie is generally regarded an being
the spokesman for and the leader of
the Smith forces in North Carolina.
Although the opposition to Smith
claims that there is less interest iu
him and his candidacy in the state
now than six or eight weeks ago, and
that the wave of interest that at that
time seemed high has since subsided,
this is vigorously denied by Mr. Bowie,
who says that while there may not
be so much surface talk and discus
sion as there was, that at the same
time there is greater crystallized sen
timent for Smith now than at any
time so far.
“Os course, there is still some op
position to Smith by the various Prot
estant churches and religious organi
zations, and some of these will un
doubtedly continue to fight him to
the bitter end. But there seems to
be a more and more liberal attitude
being shown all over the state toward
him, especially with regard to his
religion. More and more people are
coming to realize that the fact that
Smith is a Catholic should not be al
lowed to prevent him being nominated
or elected president.”
More and more Democrats in all
parts of the state are gradually com
ing to the conclusion that Smith is
the only candidate which the Demo
cratic party can name which has any
! chance of winnfhg the Democratic
| vote in all sections of the country,
| especially in New York, Massachu
| setts, Maryland and other eastern key
i states. And if the Democrats in the
! South will support him, as they should,
Smith- can be elected president, Mr.
Bowie believes.
“And when it is realized that at
last the Democrats have a candidate
who has a chance of winning the elec
j tion, even the stand-pat North Caro
lina Democrats will get off the fence
and rally to him, and vote for him,”
having her own club take issue with
the program which the committee of
which she is vice chairman, has out
lined.
It is reported that the officers and
members of the “loyal” wing of the
club have asked a number of the Na
tional Federation officers to come to
Raleigh, in a& attempt to keep tb&
“revolt” from spreading, and 4it is
rumored that a resolution may be
presented to the “loyal” members,
forbidding them to attend the lecture
by Mrs. Martin. If thie is done, a
packed house is expected.
At any rate, the schism is more
than a mere “fuss,” and is one that
may spread to the entire State Fed
eration. v
Johnson Mentioned as Possible Man
ager of Cleveland Indians.
(By International News Service.)
Cleveland, Oct 27. —Walter John
son, former Washington American
league pitcher, is the latest possibility
mentioned in connection with the
1928 management of the Cleveland In
dians. “The Big Train” recently re
quested his unconditional release from
the Nats.
Others mentioned as being con
sidered for the Cleveland post are
Billy Evans, American league um
pire; Tris Speaker, former Indian
manager and more recently center
fielder for Washington and Roger
Peckingpaugh.
A change in management, if one is
made, is expected to materialize in
November when a proposed sale of
the Cleveland club is expected to be
consummated.
21 Children in 25 Years.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 26. —(INS) —
Twenty-one children in 25 years and
only one set of twins in the lot.
Such was the record of Anna Mor
row, negress, of Memphis, and she
issued a challenge to another mother
anywhere to beat it. Anna said she
has her hands full in taking care of
her “little” family, taking in washing,
ironing and cooking, while her hus
band goes about his job as a loborer.
Former Salisbury Woman Dies In
Wadesboro Home.
Salisbury, Oct. 24.—Mrs. Estelle
Cowan Blalock died in Wadesboro
and the body is being brought to Salis
bury. Funeral and interment take
place Tuesday morning at 10:30
o’clock. Mrs. Blalock was a memoer
of one of the oldest and best known
families of Rowan county. She left
Salisbury some years ago.
MAGRUDER LETTER
WITH PRESIDENT
In It The Rear Admiral
Asks That Orders Reliev
ing Him of Present Duty
Be Revoked.
Washington, Oct. 27.—0P>—A
letter of Rear Admiral Magruder
to President Ooolidge asking for
an interview and revocation of the
order which relieved him from the
Philadelphia Navy Yard command,
was delivered at the White House
today by Secretary Wilbur.
There was no ’ comment forth
coming from the naval secretary
regarding his conference with Mr.
Goolidge, although he spent up
ward of a half hour with the
President.
It has been arranged, Mr. Wil
bur 6aid, for Rear Admiral Ma
gruder to confer with him in
Washington on November sth.
Whether the President will grant
or decline the admiral’s request
for an interview before that time
was not stated.
Mr. Bowie said.
The principal opposition to Smith
in the South is based upon his atti
tude toward prohibition, rather than
upon his religion, according to Mr.
Bowie, since people' are taking a more
and more tolerant attitude toward him
from a religious standpoint. But the
opposition to him because of his per
sonal beliefs on prohibition are just
as ungrounded, Mr. Bowie thinks.
“It must be remembered that the
eighteenth amendment is an amend
ment to the United States Constitu
tion, put there by the sovereign states
of the nation, and that no one man
or group of men can ever hope or ex
pect to change it, even if they so de
sired,” said Mr. Bowie, “and Gover
nor Smith at no time has indicated
, that he intended to seek nullification,
but has repeatedly stated that he
would enforce the law —and he will.
“In fact, I believe that prohibition
' would be enforced here in the South
much better with Smith as president;
than it has ever been enforced by
any of the Republican administra
tions. And for this reason: the pres
ent federal prohibtion enforcement of
ficers in the South for the most part
Republicans, who have secured the
jobs through political pull and who do
as little dry law enforcing as pos
sible.
“But if Smith were tp be elected
president, this would all be changed
because the enforcement of the fed
-1 eral prohibition law would be in the
hands of Democrats, who know the
South and conditions down here, and
they in turn would be assisted by en
forcement oficers who also would be
Democrats—and there would be real
; dry law enforcement for the first time
without any scandals and the present
1 inefficiency under Republican admin
istration.”
The only possible modification of
: the prohibition law possible is the re
vision of the Volstead act, but this
can only be done by Congress, and
there is very little likelihood that
Congress will ever consent to even re
vise the Volstead act, according to
Mr. Bowie. So on the whole he
thinks that the opposition to Smith
; because of his personal attitude toward
f prohibition, is .very poorly grounded.
“The opposition is crumbling from
every angle,” Mr. Bowie says, “and
! not only will Smith be nominated —
he will be elected.”
TROOPS IN ROUMANIA
HELD IN READINESS
Internal Situation in That Country
Has Never Before Been So Critical.
Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, Oct. 27.
OP) —The Internal situation in Rou
mania following rumors of Carol’s
reported intention to retam and claim
fbe throne has never before beep so
crtical, it was. indicated today in
advices from Grada Almare, Bucha
rest, end Temesvar.
Troops were said to be concentrated
near Bucharest in anticipation of a
possible revolution.
Telephone and telegraph communica
tion with Roumania have been sus
pended, and conversations over the
frontier are cut off if of a political
nature.
The advices state that M. Manu,
leader of the peasant party which
was supposed to hold an important
meeting today, was arrested yester
day but escaped The advices also
declared that premier Bratiano was
assuming virtual dictatorship in the
situation, neither discussing nor con
sulting with any members of the
regency the measures which are being
taken^
Get Oedit for SI.OO on State License.
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Oct. 27. —Holders of coun
ty hunting licenses who desire to take
out state licenses will be allowed cred
it for the dollar paid to the state for
the county licenses, according to in
structions sent out by J. K. Dixon,
assistant director of the Department
of Conservation and Development, to
all selling agencies.
When such an exchange is made,
Mr. Dixon declares that it will be nec
essary for the licensee to pay the is
suing fee as required by the law to
the selling agent. In each case a new
application must be made out.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner & Beane.
(Quotations at 1:25 P. M.)
Atchison 185%
American Can 62%
Allied Chemical 147
American Smelting 161%
American Tel. & TeL 176
Baltimore & Ohio ll7
Bethlehem Steel 50%
Chesapeake & Ohio 208%
Chrysler 53
Corn Products 59
New York Central 160%
Dupont 819%
Erie __ 63%
Fleishman 65
General Electric !_ 124%
Gold Dust - 67
General Motors 130
Gen. Ry. Signal 121%
Houston Oil 148%
Hudson Motors 68%
Mo.-Kans. & Texas 42%
Kennecott Copper .73%
Kans. City Sou. Ry. 60%
Liggett & Myers 121
Lorillard 37%
Mack Truck 105%
Mo,-Pacific Pfd. 54%
Montgomery-Ward 81%
Nash Motors 83%
Packard Motors 46%
Penn. RR. 65%
Phillips Pete 40%
“B” Rey. Tob. Com. 147
Rock Island RR. 104
Sears Roebuck 76%
Std. Oil of N. J. 39%
Sou. Pac. RR. 122
Studebaker Corp. 54
Union Carbine 130%
Wabash RR. * 68%
Westinghouse Elec. Co. 79%
West. Mryd. RR. 49%
Yellow Cab and Truck 29%
Woolworth 176
11. S. Steel 134%
Coca-Cola 123
Conley Robinson, Lawyer
Os Charlotte Dies From
Wound Rec ved In Fight
- t
Was Shot Last Night in a
Scuffle With Sister, Who
Collapsed as She Found
Her Brother Was Dead.
SAY ROBINSON
ATTACKED WIFE
Sister Tried to Part Couple
and in Scuffle Over Pis
tol, Taken From Robin
son’s Bed, He Was Shot.
Charlotte, Oct. 27. — OP) —Conley E.
Robineon, young local attorney, died
at the Presbyterian Hospital here at
9:10 o’clock this morning ae a result
of a pistol wound inflicted when a
gun in the hands of his sister, Miss
Katherine Robinson, was discharged
late last night during a scuffle at
the Robinson home.
Mies Robinson, who had been held
at the police station overnight, col
lapsed and was placed under the care,
of a physician when she learned of
her brother’s death.
Robineon is alleged to have come
home late last night under the influ
ence of liquor. In a dispute that fol
lowed, he and his sister engaged in
a scuffle. * A gun ehe picked up dur
ing the scuffle was discharged, the
bullet' striking the young attorney in
the groin. Miss Robinson claims the
shooting was accidental.
Miss Robinson was hurried to the
hospital accompanied by Mrs. Eloise
B. Brown, police woman, Mrs. Robin
son and another sister, Miss Louise
Robinson, when word was received
that Robinson was dying.
They arrived at the door of the hos
pital room just a moment before the
young attorney expired.
Miss Katherine Robinson and her
sister-in-law grew hysterical as Dr.
R. M. Gallant, attending physician,
arose from the bedside and confirmed
the word of a nurse who met the
women. They were both placed un
der the care of physicians and re
mained at the hospital.
Mrs. Brown remained at the hos
pital with Miss Robinson, but soon
afterward Chief of Police Alex West
announced that the girl would be al
lowed freedom on SI,OOO bond.
Police investigation disploeed that
Robinson, under the influence of li
quor, attacked his wife with a hand
mirror, Chief West said. The mirror
was shattered and he continued at
tacking Mrs. Robinson with his fists.
Miss Katherine Robineon, just two
weeks out of a hospital from an ap
pendicitis operation, stepped into the
room and interfered. A pistol was
hidden under Mrs. Robinson’s pillow.
Both brother and sister made a grab
for it. The sister reached it first.
She stood in the middle of the bed
commanding her brother to stop. Then
the chief said the girld told him, Con
ley drew a knife and shouted that he
would kill her.
She fired once in an effort to fright
en him, the bullet hitting the wall
above the door. He continued to ad
vaqce and seized the pistol. In the
ensuing scuffle, the gun was discharged
again, the bullet striking the attorney
in the groin.
Even after he was wounded, the
struggle continued until finally Rob
inson, weakened by the loss of blood,
fell over on a bed. The police chief
said a trail of blood about the house
revealed the extent of the struggle.
Even after he had fallen on the bed,
the attorney pleaded for the pistol,
the sister told the police. “Katherine,
you have shot and killed me,” the girl
quoted the attorney as saying, the
chief said. “But I don’t hold it
against you. You are the best sis
ter I have, and I love you.”
Describing the scene, the chief said
the girl told him, “Oh. I was so tired.
I felt like I was going to faint, but
I knew I had to hold on to that gun.
I knew if he got it he would kill me,
and Dot (Mrs. Robinson) too.”
Robinson’s young son was ill In
the room with tonsillities at the time
of the battle.
COX IS FREED.
Shot Friend Monday Night While Out
Hunting For Deer.
Asheville, Oct. 25.— 0 P A.
Cox, 19, farm laborer, was freed of
blame at a coroner’s inquest here
today in connection with the death of
Hilliard C. Gardner, 42, who was kill
ed shortly after sunset Monday by
a charge of buckshot. Cox said he
thought he was firing at a deer on the
farm of S. C. Ingram, near Asheville.
The coroner’s jury found Gardner
met his death accidentally after listen
ing to testimony of T. L. Meredith,
of Oteen, and of Mr. Ingram.
According to their testimony, he
and Cox were in IngramV garden
about dusk to hunt deer. Raising his
gun and firing, Cox exclaimed, ac
cording to the testimony.
“I think I got a deer.”
The hunters rushed to a tree about
75 yards distance, to investigate. There
they found Gardner shot to, death. A
basket of apples had been placed under
the tree as “bait” for-deer, and it was
thought that Gardner seeing the fruit,
had gone to investigate.
Says Healthy Pupils Don’t Need
Vacation.
Cincinnati, Oct- 24.—1 f children
are in good health a three-months
summer vacation from school is not
necessary, Samuel M. Allen, presi
dent of the National League of Com
pulsory Education Officials, believes.
Mr. Allen, director of public school
education of Nashville, Tenn., schools,
referred to the success which Nash
ville has had in three years of opera
tion under the 12-months school plan.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance
X £•’ PROGRESS UNDER
A NEW COUNTY MEASURES
Co\ \ in Eastern Part of State
S to Conform With tjw
Law.
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Oet. 27. —The majority of
the counties in Eastern North Caro
lina are excellent progress un
der the new county government laws,
and are co-operating fully in attempt
ing to conform to them fully, accord
ing to Charles M. Johnson, executive
secretary of the County Government
Advisory Commission, who ba* just
returned from a trip through the east
ern part of the state.
The best record for collections of
taxes that has yet come to the atten
tion of the county government com
mission, according to Mr. Johnson, is
in Greene County, where SherifE E. A.
Rasbury has already collected and ac
counted for 99.5 per cent of the 1920
taxes.
“While there may be some other
counties that have done as well or
. even better than Greene County,” said
Mr. Johnson, “it is the only -county
that has been brought to my atten
tion as yet where the uncollected bal
, ance of 1926 taxes amounted to only
, one-half of one per cent., and L think
that Sheriff Rasbury is to be com
mended for the excellent work he has
, done. It is certainly indicative of a
very efficient officer.”
In the course of this trip, Mr. John
son visited counties in the order in
which he came to them, and confer
red with the county officials with re
gard to the new county laws in Nash,
Wilson, Pitt, Beaufort, Wayne and
1 Greene counties, and found the of
ficials interested in getting all the in
formation they could about the new
laws.
“Even in those few counties where
very little has been done toward put
ting the new laws into effect, we
have found that most of this has re
sulted not from a lack of willingness
to co-operate, but from a lack of un
derstanding of the Jaws. And as soon
as the various phases of the laws are
explained, and the troublesome places
untangled, we have no more trouble,”
Mr. Johnson says. “The result is that
more and more counties are attaining
a higher rating each month.”
SAYS TUNNEY WILL
RETIRE AFTER 5 YEARS
Until That Time He Will Devote Him
self Exclusively to His Ring Work.
New York, Oct. 25.— UP) —The New
York Evening World says today that
Gene Tunney will retire from the ring
within five years, but still as the
heavyweight champion of the world.
Until that time the title holder is
quoted as declaring he will devote all
his time to the “perfection of physical
and fistic equipment shunning all
stage or similar work of a title-com
mercializing nature.”
Gene expects to retire to the work
he has planned for the future a mil
lionaire several times over from his
glove endeavors.
“Maybe after my ring farewell in
1932,” the champion said, “I will get
married —but I don't think it will be
even as soon as that. At 84 I have
decided that I will be too old to fight
—too old to get married —if you like..”
NO DECISION SO FAR
IN THE TAYLOR CASE
Coroner's Jury Still Deliberating in
Asheville’s Latest Tragedy.
Asheville, Oct. 25.— UP) —The cor
oner’s inquest into the death of Mrs.
Cora Warren Taylor, continued from
yesterday to allow time for a more
thorough investigation, was scheduled
for this afternoon.
Mrs. Taylor was killed Sunday
night as she sat in a chair at her
home, by a bullet fired from a rifle
in the hands of her husband, Burgin
L. Taylor. Taylor, who is now held
in jail awaiting the verdict of the cor
oner’s jury, declared that the shoot
ing was accidental. He appeared
very nervous today, and was seemingly
much concerned about attending Mrs.
Taylor’s funeral. '
“It will kill me,” he said, “if I
don’t get to go to her funeral.”
Early Fogs Bring Heavy Losses to
English Railroads.
London, Oct. 27. —Usually early
fogs in England are calling the atten
tion of the railroad companies to the
enormous financial loss caused by
tkeae nuisances.
~i.n average of $150,000 a day is
a very moderate estimate of the
a< cual out-of-pocket cost to the rail
roads, in the London area, on ac
count of fog. This does not include,
jf course, indirect losses, such as
dislocation of traffic and loss of busi
ness, especially g >ocUKrarrying.
All work on tLi permanent way
has to be suspended, and the plate
layers become look-out me ; thou
sands of these have to be kept at
work day and night and *ae over
time bill is correspondingly heavy.
Millions of detonators, or tog
signals, are used, and the cost of these
at forty per sl, is a heavy item. Then
the slower running of trains when
drivers have to “feel” their way along
means a much larger consumption of
fuel.
Wolfpack In Fine Shape After Win.
I Raleigh, Oct. 24.—The Wolfpack
came out of the Florida game without
l injury save for the minor bruises re
, ceived in usual scrimmage, trainers
• announced today on return from
. Tampa.
A light workout was today’s pro
gram as the squad settled down for
I the grind before the Carolina game.
Managers said advance sales of
! tickets for the annual contest here
. Saturday indicated that a large crowd
. would attend.
lEWTREATIEItI
EYE TROUBLE 1Y j
HELP TARKIHGTOH
Noted Writer May Not
Lose Sight in Left Eye
as Result of New Treat
ment Used in His Case.
RIGHT EYE IS
OF LITTLE GOOD
It Is Hoped That Treat
ment Will Save Left Eye
and Eventually Restore
Sight to His Right Eye.
Kennebunkport, Me., Oct. 27.— UP)
—By means of a new treameut which
has been very successful, Booth Tark
ington, the novelist and dramatist,
may have preserved for many years
the sight of his left eye, Mrs. Tark
ington 6aid today, with references to
reports that he was threatened with .
blindess. He practically lost the sight
of his right eye two years ago
Mrs. Tarkington who said that her
husband preferred that she speak for
him on this subject, said that he first ,J;
had troubles with his eyes about 10
years ago, with the result that he has
had little use of his right eye the last
two years. Dr. John Ray Newpomb,
of Indianapolis, his eye specialist, has
been giving him a new treatment
which he calls the “serum treatment.”
This has never been tried before,
Mrs. Tarkington said, but has been
very successful. ' “The doctor has ar
rested the trouble in the left eye, and
does not think he will ever lose his ’
sight entirely in that eye. I have
hopes that eventually the sight of
his right eye will be restored by this
treatment.”
Mrs. Tarkington said he had been
working right along, and is able to
do his work without assistane. He has
written a number of essays this fall,
and is now correcting proofs on his ~
new novel “Claire Ambler.”
“There has been no furious rush of
work that he might complete several
works before he became totally blind
as reported,” she said.
FOREST SEEDLINGS
. ARE NOW AVAILABLE
r -
State Has About 237,000 Seedings
For Fall and Spring Planting. »
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, Oct. 20j—Approximately
237,500 forest seedlings are -available
for distribution at the State Forest
Nursery for fall and spring planting,
according to an announcement by F.
H. Claridge, assistant forester.
Rules of distribution, according to
Mr. Claridge, confine the use of the
tree seedlings to forest planting and
not for ornamental purposes. A
small charge to cover shipping costs
and part of the cultivation costs is
made for the seedlings.
The estimated number and species
of seedlings that will be furnished by
the Forestry Division of the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment are as follows: j
2-year loblolly pine, 30,000
1- loblolly pine 170,000
2- shortleaf pine 12,000
1- locust pine 8,500
2- longleaf pine 9,000
2-year longleaf pine 500
1-year slash pine l 7,000
1-year maritime pine 5,000
In addition to those varieties, the
State Foreet Service will be able to
secure for North Carolinians approx
imately 375,000 seedlings of other va
rieties at reasonable prices from oth
er sources. These include Norway
spruce, white pine, Scotch pine, Am
erican red pine, Japanese larch, and
Bank’s pine.
Fall planting season begins in East
ern Carolina around the middle of
November and moves westward with
the season. Instructions for plant- v
ing may be obtained from the state
forester at Raleigh.
Start Work On Chevrolet Assembly
Plant.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27.—(INS)—
Ten steam shovels will begin work
this week in starting construction of
the $2,500,000 southern assembly
plant of the Chevrolet Motor Com
pany, according to an announcement
by officials of the company.
The new plant will have a payroll
of over $2,000,000 annually and will
be one of the most elaborate automo
bile building plants in the South, It
was said. *
THE STOCK MARKET
Price Changes Were Narrow and Ir
regular at Opening of the Market.
New York, Oet. 27.—C4*)—Price
changes were’ narrow and irregular
at the opening of the stock market to
day. Houston Oil and DuPont start
ed the day with a two point reces
sion, while Loose-Wiles Biscuit op
ened a point higher. U. 8. Steel was
fractionally lower at the outset.
Dempsey and Flynn in Disagreement.
El Paso, Tex., Oct. 20.—Although
reiterating his denial of serious trou
ble with his manager, Jack Dempsey
intimated here today that certain fi
nancial matters remain to be adjust
ed if Leo Flynn is to continue to
handle the former champion.
“Flynn, like all other managers,”
Dempsey said, “wants a lot of money | :
and when you are not making big
money you can’t afford to give them
everything they want.”
Dempsey, who is on his way to I
New York, said his future in the
ring was up to Tex Rickard.
WEATHERI
Cloudy tonight and Friday ij
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