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IN FULL BLAST
Look Ahead Buy What You Need Now
Opportunity Is Knocking At Your Door
PRICE SLASHING SALE
This includes every single item in every Department in the entire chain of 31 stores. Crash go
the prices. It is a shameful slaughter. For the lack of space we are unable to quote but a small
portion of the mountains of values that await you.
HI
Gauze Vest, 10c
L adies' full shape, fine constructed Gauze Vest, 35c
Value this morning from 9 to 9:30, Special . . . . 10c
SPORT SILK, $2.65
39-ineh Sport Silk and brocaded plaid effect, value that
recently sold at $7.50 per yd. Sale Price $2.65
SILK SHIRTING
32-inch all silk Tub Shirting, Sale Price 65c
32-inch satin stripe Tub Slik Shirting, sold last year as
high as $4.00 per yard ; regular Price today $1 AS. Special
Sale Price " $1.00
32-inch all silk Crepe-de Chine Shirting. Sale Price ....
$1.65
BLACK TAFFETA, 98c.
Good heavy quality yard-wide Black Taffeta. Sale price
98c
VOILE VOILE.
35 and 45c beautiful colored voiles new spring patterns all
on one big counter, Chain Sale Price 25c
DIMITY QUILTS
63x90 Dimity Quilts $1.45
72x90 Dimity Quilts $1.65
80x90 Dimity Quilts $1.85
54 in. full mercerized table Damask we retailed short
while ago at $1.00 a yd. 9 to9:30 Saturday morning at. .
33c
14 M IT 5 YDS. . .
LOOK AT THESE PRICES.
100 doz. Ladies' Black Cotton hose, bought specially for
this sale 10c
We have about 200 doz. Towels of different sizes and
prices that we are going to throw on counters at almost
your own price.
One lot of men's 25c Collars odd sizes to go in this sale
; .....5c
One big lot of children Sox, Pink and blue Tops going
it - .25c
"25c full tape gauze vest, Chain Sale Price . . . . . . . . . . 15e
SILK FOR 95c
One table including Colored Taffeta Silks, Mesaline,
every weight Pongee, other, . Novelty Silks, Values up to
$2.50 per yard. Sale price. .... . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 95c
9-4 SHEETING, 25c
Monroe 81-inch Brown Sheeting, bought at a special
Price for this sale, regular 50: quality on sale this morn
ing, limit 10 yards to a customer, at ... 25c
' SILKS AND DRESS GOODS
Ladies, now is a good time to get that cool dress for these
hot days. We are going to sell all silk pongee at only
,,. . . . . . ... kjj ...... 85c
EFIRD THROWS A BOMB THAT FAIRLY SHAT
TERS PRICES ON
Women's
Ready-to-
Wear
Our entire stock of Dresses as high as $35.00 at one price
.... $15.98
All Dresses as High as $25.00 at one Price $9.75
$5.00 Colored Voile Dresses, .at . . .... ....... $3 85
$9.50 and $9.95 Organdy Dresses at ... . .... ... . .$6.65
All Organdy Dresses Worth. $12.50 at .. ....... $8.95
All organdy Dresses, Values to $16.50 at . . .. . . $11.85
All Organdy Dresses Worth up to $7.50 at ... . . .$3.65
Bungalow Aprons that sold as high at $1.50 at . . . . 85c
Gingham Dresses as higs as $2.98 at $ 1.79
All $3.98 Gingham Dresses at . . . . . . ...... . .$2.85
$5.00 Gingham Dresses at ........ . . . , ... . . . . . $3.65
Come and Pick Out.
FINE SHIRT WAISTS.
At Less Than Thev Can Be Made For.
$3.50 Beaded and Embroidered Georgette Waists in all
Apron Ginghams
Saturday morning from 9 to 9:30 we will sell genuine
Domino Indigo Apron Gingham, 12 l-2c quality.
Special at ........ ... 5c
the new light Summer Shades, at
$1.85
to
SHEETING 2 l-2c
2 bales narrow width Sheeting to go on sale Satur
day morning 9 o'clock and while it lasts, per yard
Limit 10 yards 2 l-2
Broken lots of extra line Georgette Waists. Values
$7.50, at one. price , . ' $2.65
$1.50 White and Colored Voile Waists 85c
One lot of 98c White V oile Waists on opening hour as
long as lot lasts, at .. , ..49c
$1.00 Middy Blouses in White and Colored at 69c
$1.50 Middv Blouses at 98c
$3.50 Middy Suits $2.65
$3.98 Colored Voile Dresses at $1.85
Entire Stock of Women's Suits, values to $50.00 at
... ........ $10.00
$1 .50 Kimonos at ...... ..85c
$3.98 Kimonos at . . ... . . $2.98
Children's Colored Voile Dresses at $1.39
CLOTHING
MEN AND BOY'S CLOTHING
Now Men and Young Men you have been waiting to get
a good suit at your own price. We are going to sell a
guaranteed all wool suit in blue serge and fancy mixtur
es well worth $37.50 for " . . $25.00
Blue Serge and Fancy Mixture well worth $28.00 for
$19.95
One lot of young men's fancy mixed suits w,orth $25.00
for only $15.00
Any Palm Beach suit in the house cheap at $16.50 for
only $11.95
RED CROSS LOW SHOES, $2.89
About 300 pair ladies' Red Cross. Pumps,. Oxfords .and
ties, values that retail at $14 per pair, all to go on sale
Saturday morning at $2 89
PULLMAN OXFORDS, $1.85
Ladies' Pullman oxfords, pumps and etc, in all leather
and sizes, sale price : . $1 85
CHILDREN PLAY OXFORDS, 95c
One big table misses, and children's play oxfords, some of
various sizes, sale price 95c
WORK SHIRTS AND OVERALLS.
Good Blue Chambray work shirts every day of this sale
at 48c
Cow Hide Overalls, Union made, going in this sale at only
. ...... 85c
Iron Alls, the best overall made in this sale $1.45
ENGLISH LONG CLOTH, 10c
Full yard-wide English Long Cloth, quality that retailed
short while ago at 35c. Special every day during this
sale 10c
J. & P. COATS COTTON, 5c
J. & P. Coats 100 and 50-yard spool cotton every day of
this sale, special, limit 6 spools , . .... 5c
32-INCH ROMPER CLOTH, 16 l-2c
Several cases 32-inch Romper Cloth, for boys play suits,
blouse shirts, dersses etc.,. 35c quality perfect short
lengths .... .... ............ .. ...... ....16 l-2c
$1,00 ATHLETIC UNION SUITS, 68c
Men's advertised brand Athletic Union Suits, full stand
ard best $1.00 numbers. Sale price 68c
BARKER MILL BLEACH, 15c
Saturday morning and every day of this sale while it lasts
we will sell the genuine Barker Mill and Fruit of the
Loom Bleaching, two best brands manufactured, at..
15c
Limit 10 yards.
81X90 SHEETS, 98c
Full size 81x90 Seamless Sheets, a short while ago $2.00
value, sale price today and while they last .... ... ,98c
9 to 10 o'clock Saturday morning, $1.00 White Voile
Waists,' at
$1.50 Bungalow Aprons at
$1.98 Kimonos at . . ....
$5.00 to $6.50 Colored Voile Dresses at ..... .
Ladies' $2.50 Gingham Dresses at ....
$1.50 Whiteand Colored Voile Waists at ....
36-INCH INDIAN HEAD, 15c
3,000 yards full yard-wide Indian Head with name on tlfe
fabric, regular 35c quality, for today and while it lasts. .
15c
PARIS GARTERS
Saturday morning 9 to 9:30 we will sell the genuine
Paris Guarter, for men only per pair 15c
...49c
.. 85c
. . .85c
.$3.85
.$1.79
...85c
Come expecting to see all your friends Saturday for they will be at
EFIRD'S DEP.'T. STORE
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DESTRUCTIVE STORM
VISITS LINCOLN
One of the most terrific rain and
wind storms of years visited the sec
tion west of town last Friday after
noon. Large buildings were blown to
pieces, roofs were taken off, trees
twisted off, live stock killed and crip
pled and human beings had narrow es
capes. !At the farm of Dr. R. B. Killian the
storm developed into a cyclone. His
large stock and feed barn, one of the
largest in the county, was completely
destroyed, flattened out on the ground,
and part of the roof carried a consi
derable distance upon a hill by a terri
fic wind.
In the barn when the storm came
were Dr. Killian, Ransom Killian, Max
Blackburn, and Demps Logan negro,
and two negro boys, all of whom by a
miracle escaped from the farm as the
cyclone caused it to crash to the
ground.
In the barn also there were several
animals, hay, tools etc. The best mule
on the farm was killed our right and
the doctor's bay mare received a
wound by a timber piercing its body
that may cause death, one milk cow
was killed. Six calves were completely
pinned under neath the barn and had
narrow escapes, being removed by
men. One cow lost one horn and had
a narrow escape from death.
Robert Rhyne and about 29 men on
an adjoining farm came to the aid of
Dr. Killian following the storm ami
assisted in clearing up the debris and
releasing the stock pinned under the
demolished barn. A large herd of
fine cattle of Dr. Killian's were in the
field and escaped injury. Some mules
hitched in the barn standing near a
gasoline engine escaped injury only
by reason of the fact that the engine
supported the timbers until tney couia
he rescued
Wheat in the fields in that section
was scattered and damaged; growing
crops suffered severely, but no loss of
human life is reported.
One half of the. roof of the Ketorm
COUNTRY AS R2VEALED
CENSUS 94,822.431
Increase For The Past Decade Was
Only 16 Per Cent The Negro 6.5
Per Cent
Washington, June 23. The racial
enmnosition of the' nonulatinn of the
United States in 1920. announced to- row was patched up today. Henry Lin
jiight by the census bureau shows the 'coin Johnson, speaking for the North
country to contain 94,822,431 white! Carolina negroes who protested again
personsi 10,463,013 negroes, 247,959 1 t the confirmation of the republican
After Hearing Statement Say They
Misunderstood Him Confirmation
Is Likely.
(By H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Observer)
Washington, June 24 The Linney
Indians, 111,025 Japanese, 61,686,
Chinese and 9,485 others. The Japan
ese race exceeds by far the rate of
growth in the last 10 years of all
other classes.
Unofficial estimates in the number
of Japanese in the United States, par
ticularly on the Pacific coast, were
borne out in the official tabulation
which revealed a rate of expansion of
53.9 per cent during the decade of
1910-30. California absorbed 30,596
of the total growth of 38,868 Japanese
in this period. January 1, 1920, there
were 71,952 Japanese in California.
The remainder of the increase was dis
tributed largely in the states of Wash
ington where 13,388 make their homes,
Oregon 4,151, and Utah, Colorado and
New York, with between two and 3
thousand each.
Only 16 Per Cent Expansion.
The white population showed only a
16 per cent expansion for the decade
and the negro 6.5 per cent. Both the
Indian and Chinese groups dwindled
8.6 per cent and 13.8 per cent, re
spectively. The growth in the white
population was considerably less than
the rate for the previous decade which
was 22.3 per cent. This decline, the
statement said was due principally to
the marked reduction in immigration
during the world war. An estimate
based on the excess of births over
deaths, and the excess of immigration
over emmigration showed a difference
by only a small fraction of one per
cent from the total vrHtes enumerated.
The greatest numerical increase in
the white population was shown in the
east, north central division, embracing
the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Michigan and Wisconsin, where the in-
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ea cnurcn at uanieis was mown on -ti anA .,t ,, W(1.f
and this entailed considerable damage.
The rain and wind was so terrific
that it was impossible to see more
than a few feet distance during the
storm.
HARDING'S REFUNDING
BILL IS CRITICISED
Washington, June 24. Criticism
of the administration bill for refund
ing the $10,0000,000,000 r.llied debt
was voiced today in the senate .
Senator Ashurst. democrat, Ari
zona, protested against giving the sec
retary ot tne treasury nutnonty to ex
tend payments of 'interest; Senator
McKellar, democrat, Tennessee, as
sailed provisions which lie said would
permit the secretary to "swap'' Amer
ica's good credit for "worthless Ger
man. Austrian or Turkish repara
tion bonds," and Senator Smoot, re
publican, Utah, said "frankly," that
the bill would confer "too much pow
er" 'on Secretary Mellon.
The principal attack was made
by Senator McKellar, who said the
provision authorizing the acceptance
from debtor nations of their bonds
or those of any other nation, in the re
funding process, should be stricken
from the bill.
SAUCE FOR SIMS IS SAUCE FOR
HARVEY.
Washington June 23. Senator Pat
Harrison, the dynamic and eloquent
young orator and statesman from
Mississippi sees no justice in the
recall or Admiral Sims for his alleged
slander of a part of the American peo
ple unless Ambassador Harvey, whom
he accuses of slandering all the peo
ple as well as the Government, is also
recalled. He had introduced a resolu
tion requesting the President to re
port whether he (Mr. Harding) was
consulted or knew of the speech before
it was made; whether he or the Secre
tary of State have protested or re
primanded Harvey; whether there is
as much reason and justification for
the reprimand or recall of the Am
bassador as there is for the Admiral
whether the order recalling Admiral
Sims was issued at the direction or
with the approval of the President,
and why a similar order was hot is
sued against Ambassador Harvey;
whether the President or Secretary
Hushes has received any communica-
tion from the Ambassador in reply
to any protest, and, if so to trans
tnit the same to the Senate. The re
solution on objection from Senator
Curtis (Kan.) the Republican Whip,
went over under the rules .
" Senator Harrison paid tribute-to
General Pershing, the men of the
American army and navy, naming
Sergeant Alvin York. Col. Whittle
sey, and Quentin Roosevelt for their
special acts of heroism and said: '
"This statement of Ambassador
Harvev is an insult to every soldier
and sailor and marine who helped to
win this war. There is not a mother s
son of them who was prompted by the
thought that they were afraid not to
fight' when he went he went into this
war and blazoned in letters of gold
glory for the Stars and Stripes,
There was not a mother in this land
nor a woman who went across or
stayed here and contributed her mite
to win it and sustain the boys who
thought it was a war that
was being fought because
we were afraid not to fight.'
There is not a man in this country, I
.ni not how noor and humble he may
be. who bought a Liberty bond or
did the minutest thing to win the war
who believed that we were fighting
Bimply because 'we were afraid not to
fight.' ' '
tral portions the wHiites showed
combined increase of 3.586,107.
Negro Increase Lowest on Record.
The rate of increase in the negro
population, which was not perceptibly
affected by immigration or emigration,
was the lowest on record, according to
the statement
'Evidence of the migration of the
negro to the north and west was found
in the figures showing nearly thre
fourths of the increase in the negro
population, or 472,418 of the 635,250
gain, in these sections. A growth of
only 162,832, or about one fourth, was
reported for the south, despite that SI
per cent cf the t.nagWMee is sf
Below the Mason-Dixon line. The per
centage Increase of the negroes in the
west was 55.1; in the north 43.3 per
cent and in the south 1.9 per cent.
Michigan with 68,081 negroes led
all states in percentage with 251 per
cent.' Illinois and Ohio with increases
of 67.1 per cent showed further evi
dence of the northward movement of
negroes.
Pennsylvania's negro population
growth for the period was 46.8 per
cent, its black race now exceeding in
number those of Maryland and Ken
tucky. Decrease in the Indian race in the
10 years' period Was probably due in
part, it was said, to the enumeration,
as Indians in 1910 and as whites in the
1920, persons have slight traces of In
dian blood.
Georgia leads with the largest ne
gro population, numbering 1,206,365
Other states having more than 100,000
negro inhabitants are: Mississippi,
935,184; Alabama, 900,652; South Car-
QiXA 710. W.,-fh ftrnlmi 7f,S
Texas 741,723; Louisiana, 700.Z57; Vir
ginia, 690,017; Arkansas, 472,220; Ten-essee-
451,758; Florida 329,487; Penn-
sv vania 284.494: Maryland. 244,479;
New York, 198,433; Ohio, 186,183; Ill
inois. 182.254; Missouri, 178,241; Okla
homa, 149,407; and District of eolum
bia 109,966.
TWO AVIATORS IN BOMBING
TESTS OF ARMY ARE KILLED
Washington June 22.t-Two of the
leading fliersf of the army air service,
I Captain Howard T. Douglas and Lieut
Marl! J. Plumb, were, drowned in
Chesapeake Bay today after a collision
of their planes h the course of a
bombing raid directed at the hulk of
the old battleship San Marcos off
Tangier Island.
Reports received by the War Depart
ment from Langlev Field. Va., said the
accident was one of the most peculiar
on record. Lieut. Plumb flying a fast
single-seat plane, was dropping bombs
and Capt. Douglas, in a. similar ma
chine, was observing the raid from
above. Plumb's plane had just drop
.ped a bomb and was climbing Upward
as is the custom after releasing the
weanon when it struck Captain Doug
las' machine cutting off it tan.
Both planes fell into the bay and
Thev gave a big ovation to Bill Hay-
wnnd when he reached Russia. He is
leader of the state, said that Mr. Lin
ney's attitude had been misunderstood.
He explained that, after hearing Mr.
Linney state his views and explain
his position and action, he felt that the
urot.es! should he dronned.
It looks now as if Linney would be
conhrmed within a week or 10 days
and the rest of the republican slate
duly sent to the senate. No doubt
there was a getting together of ele
ments. A scbre or more of leading
negroes from various states called the
North Carolina colored delegation
down today.
The capital looked like an old-time
republican convention today. It was
well filled with white and colored poli
ticians in their best clothes.
e Where Butler Stands
There is some curiosity to know just
were Marion Butler stands tonight. He
did not want any compromise on the
negro issue, and the impression is that
is what happened.
National Committeeman Moreheail
was in the city today but not at th.
capital at the time of the hearing, Gil
liam Grissom was not about. Neither
was A. E- Holton.
At the hearing before the sub-corn
mittee, which was appointed to hear
testimony for and against confirmation
Frank A. Linney, the nominee, said the
letter sent out by the republican state
committee during his absence, wa
his name attached, expressed his sen
timents on the negro in politics, but it
did not mean that, if he were made
district attorney, he would fail to do
his full duty by the ncp;ro in court. He
said his attitude had been misunder
stood. Issac M. Meekins took the respon
sibility for the Linney letter that pro
voked the protest from the negroes
He said he wrote all of it except one or
two paragraphs which were written by
A. E. Holton, of Winston-Salem, and
Gilliam Grissom, of Greensboro. He
also explained that, unable to locate
Mr. Linney on the long-distance tele
phone, thev sent the letter out. Mr
Meekins told the committee that the
.letter expressed his sentiments exactly
and he had nothing to retract. He de
clared that if Linney's nomination
was turned down no white republican
in the state would serve as dis
trict attorney.
Black Committeeman Speaks
After Dr-D. C. Suggs,, president
of Livingston college, had read the
protest against the Linney appoint
ment and Mr. Linney had stated his
case, Henry Lincoln Johnson, the
negro leader of tieorgia, addressed
the committee, as the representativ
of the protestants, and said they
were satisfied with Mr. Linney s ex
planation, and would not push the
matter further. He said there had
been a misunderstanding and that
negroes were now ready to drop the
fight.
Two negroes, one from Salisbury
and the other from Winston-Salem
told the committee that registrars
refused to put their names on the
registration books, and they were
deprived of their vote. They said
the Linney letter not doubt had
something to do with the action of
the registrars.
Mr. Lenney was asked if negroes
made charges against registrars "f
he would prosecute them. He
answered in the affirmative. He said
the letter in no way had any refer
ence to the law, Senator Cummins
asked him if he thought any good
citizen should be willing to prevent
a negro from voting just because h
was a negro, and he answered in the
negative. He had him say that he
would presecute any registrar who
had discriminated against a negro
because he was a negro.
"I would no more hesitate to in
dict any one on account of his in
terference with a negro who was
entitled to vote than I would an illicit
distiller,' said he. "I am opposed to
illiterates, both white and colored,
Voting."
Says "Linney Yielded.'
When the meeting wa3 over Dr.
Suggs said, "Linney yielded.'
Prominent republicans have been
very busy on the Linney case, and
today when it was anounced that
the sub-committee would close its
doors for the hearing it was appar
ent that Linney would win. The
subcommittee at first agreed to have
open hearings. That was an unusual
attitude, for it was against precedent.
At the time that understanding was
reached leading republican senators
had taken fright on account of the
negro protests and were trying to
have the President withdraw Lin
ney. After that negro politicians
were asked to can on tne worth
Lieut. W. B. Maynard and W. B.
Stuart addressed an appreciative au
dience at the- Lincolnton auditorium
Friday evening. Speaking under the
auspices of the Maccabees. Lieut
Maynard's account of his experience
as a flier which has won for him his
famous title of "flying parson" proved
very thrilling and exceedingly instructive.
Lieut Maynard obligingly answered
all questions asked by the audience in
reference to airplanes, ana bis exper
ience as a flier, in France, during the
war and during his race across the
United States, when he won tne great
est air race ever pulled off using one
of Uncle Sam's planes equipped with
the Liberty Motor. This expert nier
says Uncle Sam has as good if not the
best plane engine in the world. Fol
lowing his address here the audience
had the pleasure of meeting and shak
ing: hands with the flyme parson, who
is a handsome young man, of a sunny
disposition. He is now preaching and
engaged in Christian work in the
great-city of New York and has been
in his native state on a vacation. He
returned to New York Saturday.
Lieut Maynard was introduced by
Rev. J. A. snow, of this city. The Lm
colnton brass band furnished music at
the auditorium before and during the
evenine; s entertainment.
"The Flying Parson spoke for
nearly an hour on ' The Conquest ot
the Air and My Experiences in the
Air. He gave some interesting his
tory of America's flying operations
during the World War, showing our
inefficient equipment when we first
entered the war telling of the Strug
gles of the country in developing the
Liberty Motor, and of how we finally
became "masters of the air" on the
fighting front before November 18.
He thinks that America s flying ac
complishments shortened the war by
several months; that the Germans saw
their utterly helpless condition so far
as air hghting was concerned, and
gave up early as the only reasonable
thing to do. He also went into de
tails as to his cross continent . race
after the armistice, of his experiences
in crossing the Rocky Mountains, and
the dangers and difficulties overcome,
and of his final run to victory back to
New York as the winner. He told,
it seemed, just what the average
person present wanted to know most
about flying, and about the detailed
experience of a daring aviator, In
telling of his experiences with snow
storms thousands of feet above the
peaks of the Rocky Mountainl, he
stated that ordinarily rain storms bo
thered the flyer very little. wW
cWred that a swift machine would fly
around and past a thunder cloud
within three minutes time, and that
the same was generally true of snow
storms.
Lieutenant Maynard's address was
very gripping and he supplied just e
ough wit and humor during the course
of his talk to keep his hearers in the
proper mood.
The Flying Parson is a most inter
esting character. He is easy to ap
proach, and is very democratic in his
makeup. Despite the fact that he is
honorized wherever he travels thru
put the United States, he is just a
plain "Tar Heel" Baptist preacher
Not Right To Turn Him Loose On So
ciety Judge Finley Says Jury Ac-1 Raleigh, June 24. -Governor Mor
quitted Peacock Solely On The In- rison and his council of state, sitting
tor more than four hours today, prac
tically concluded to call upon the
municipalities of North Carolina for
sanity Plea.
Greensboro, June 23. Dr. J. W. Pea
cock, who was acquitted of the murder "sh rfnum' of t-Vioir finniBl n
of J. E. Taylor, Thomasville chief of Ait inns hfnr frivino- fnrthar nnei,lpr
police by a Rowan county jury at Lex-' ation to the extra session of the legis-
ingioii ween oeiore lasi, was commut
ed to the asylum for the criminal in
sane at Raleigh for the remainder of
his life by Judge T. B. Finley after a
hearing held here yesterday afternoon,
the order being signed by Judge Fin
ley about 3 o'clock.
Dr. Peacock, was in the courtroom,
being in the custody of Sheriff Fred
C. Sink of Davidson county. He did
not show very much interest in the
.discussion but appeared to be slightly
nervous, rubbing his hands together
frequently.
In announcing his decision to place
Dr Peacock in an insane asylum. Judge
Finley declared that this action was
not done in order to punish the de
fendant who had been acquitted of the
charge of murder by a jury but to
protect society; that experts had testi
fied that Dr. Peacock was insane, that
he was suffering from an insidious
lature proposed in the resolution re
cently adopted by the municipal asso
ciation. Every member of the council of
state attended the double session
today, three hours this morning and
nearly two this afternoon. Attorney
General James S. Manning also sat
through the entire session. Another
meeting is to be held tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock but after the
conferences today there are many
reasoned to believe the special session
is a long ways off.
The information the cabinet wants
is the information the association
went on record as opposed to giving.
Mayor Gallitin Roberts, president
of the association, and Willard
Dowell, the secretary, thought the
figures ought to be given the govern
nor at the time the resolution was
presented r equesting him to convene
hcivuus uiseuse which is progressive; rne lawmakers in extraordinary ses
that he is likely to lose his senses on , sion. Publicity of the financial con
slight provocation on account of thejdition of the cities was opposed by
disease from which he is suffering
Judge Finley declared that the jury
acquitted him solely on the testimony
of experts who declared him crazy and
that if he is not now crazy, as Mr.
Raper contended, he is likely to be
come a menace to society as he could
pretend to have a lapse of sanity, per
form any crime and plead insanity as
an excuse.
Solicitor Bower and H. Hoyle Sink
appeared for the state while E. E.
Raper, leading counsel for Dr. Pea
cock in the trial at Lexington, appear
ed for Dr. Peacock. No evidence was
presented nor was the testimony of
the alienists at the trial read, all at
torneys agreeing that Judge Finley
who presided over the trial at Lexing
ton, was familar with the case.
tne mayor oi statesviue and two or
three other members of the associa
tion and the minority view finally
prevailed.
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER DE
PLORES LOWERING OF MORAL
STANDARDS.
Des Moints, Iowa, June 22. The
year of 1921 marks a "crisis of the
j-ges,' the Hon. Ernest L. Tustin, pre
sident of the North Baptist Conven
tion and a well-known lawyer of Phil-
adelpma, declared today m his open-
i ing address at the fourteenth annual
convention ot Northern l.aptists in
session in this city.
He laid emphasis upon the "great
extravagances in living, ' the "deplor
nhlp lnwprinc nf yyinrnla in nnr unpin!
Mr. Raper, who Was chief counsel : nf n, mnrl WoMcntinn oni lo.
for Dr. Peacock at the Lexington trial 'down in the habits of our young peo
and whose chief defense in his speech 'ple . the morais jn 0Ur local politics
to the jury, it is said, was the plea of perhapS lower than ever before" and
insanity, protested vigorously aprainst the "non-church-going and non-reli-the
commitment order He declared gious people) whoae knowledge of the
that there was no evidence that Dr. 1 8acraments is chiefly confirmed to
Peacock is now an msane man. He those of marriage and of death" as
told the court that he had no doubt evidence of such a crisis. There is he
but every alienist who testified during deciared, "a clear, distinct call thru
the Lexington trial, would now declare out the land for the unification of all
Dr. Peacock a sane man. He further- forces of christainitv to consider the
more declared that every expert tes- great questions confronting the poli
tifyinp' at the trial admitted on cross- tical bU8;ness and religious world."
examination that Dr. Peacock was not, Countless thousands oi our peo
insane; that he had beer, only tem-'pie are rmr)ng beyond their means,
porarily insane. Clyde R. Hoey, at- and livi without the economic care
torney for the prosecution, according and saving of our forefathers, Mr.
to Mr. Raper, told the jury that Dr. Tuatin sai(L "There has come into the
Peacock was a sans man Mr Kaper minds of the many a desire for equal
asked Judge Finley to forget about ity 0f condjtion. In business lines,
the crime He contended that a jury the whole assumpti0n seems to be
of men had acquitted him and that for t mon get it honestly if possible
this reason he could not be held liable but get money. In our local politics
to any punishment for the crime. the moTale is lower perhaps today than
Mr. Raper contended that Dr, Pe-ever before. In nearly every city of
cock was made temporarily insane by,our country the word of the boss is
reason of the burning of his barn the cr,.,
.night before the murder of Chief Tay-j Aa an evidence of the lowering of
lor occurred; that on account of the our social morals, Mr. Tustin cites the
nature of the disease from which the ten.ible indictment" of young women,
murderer was suffering his mind was contained in the advice recently given
The Association of Superior Court
Clerks of North Carolina will hold its
annual convention at Wrightsville
Beach July 6-7, the program of which
has just been issued. The annual ad
dress will be delivered by Judge John
H. Kerr.
Shelby, June 23. Thomas S. Ewers
who died Tuesday afternoon in Greens
boro of heart trouble, spent most of
his later life in Shelby, where he was
twice married, the first time to Miss
Mamie Borders, and the second time
to Miss Stella Lipscomb, a nooular
lady who ran a millinery store nere at
the time of their marriage. One
daughter, Mrs. Charlie Williams, of
Lexington, survives. Mr. Ewers Was
about 60 years of age and a native of
Virginia, being a cousin of the late
railroad multimillionaire. Thomas
Fortune Ryan.
It is high time that the law re
garding the stealing of automobiles
be provided with a few teeth. Unless
something is done to put a stop to
the epidemic of car thievery, it
won't be safe soon for a car-owner
to allow his car out of his sight.
Some time ago a girl in S. C. claim
ed damages from a young man for
breach of promise. In court she made
the astounding statement that the
youth had kissed her 3,764 times. His
counsel challenged the statement. But
the girl produced her diary wherein
every kiss had been recorded with the
date. She won.
Dr, Peacock, the man who on the
insanity plea escaped the electric chair
or a life term in the pen for the mur
der of Thomasville Chief of police,
now goes to the criminally insane asy
lum for life. But who had not rather
be in the pen for life than to be in
an insane asylum for life, that is un
less you were insane.
Road Superintendent Eddleman was
in Cherryville yesterday looking out
a location for the convict stockade.
The Gaston County convict force will
be here within the next two or three
week to begin the hard surfaceing of
the Burke road from Freedmen town
to the creek at the Lincoln Count. j
line". Cherryville Eagle.
Raleigh, June 24. Dave Settle,
prominent Greensboro man, was
today paroled by Governor Morrison
from a road sentence imposed for
carrying concealed weapons, upon
condition that he pay a trustee the
sum of $1,500 for the use of Mrs
Settle. Settle had served two months
of a six months' term, according to
the records filed with the applica
tion for a parole. The governor re
ferred tr the need of Settle's wife
and children for his services, but
before turning him loose required the
trust fund to be raised. Any viola
tion of the conditions of the parole
will automatically put him back on the
roads.
unbalanced by the incident. However
by another denomination, which
He appears much younger than one Mr. Raper declared that he does not cnarged them not to swear, to give up
iiuvv ue..:ve ui. jtculuik. a neuai:e dr,nking, quit gambling, refrain from
to society and that he believed he immodest dress and stop joy-riding,
would not have any other outbreaks. He said that there was an "equal
(Solicitor Bower spoke but a few degeneration and let-down in the ha
minutes. He declared that he was b;ts 0f our young men.'
astounded at the remarks by Mr. Rap-, ThR cure, he said, can come onlv "bv
at times, unmistakably mirroring the er. Mr. Raper, stated Mr. . Bower, I a unjted effort of all Protestantism."
soul of the man within. Those who hammered the idea of insanity, into the fhe marked decrease in church mem
failed to hear him missed a great treat minds of the jury and succeeded in ob-1 bership he said, while fraternal and
might expect from one of his prom
inence and experience, having almost
the face and manner of a boy. He is
full of life, and that dashing, daring
spirit literally buddies out as he talks.
He has a keen eye that fairlv bashes
It was worth the admission fee just to
see him and shake his hand
SHELBY TO VOTE IN JULY
ON SCHOOL BOND ISSUE
Shelby, June 24. The board of
aldermen of Shelby have issued a call
Ji .1 :ii- J l.:- t - .
mining a veruieu oi not, gumy iui ins wordy organizations are increasing in
client, a man who had committed one membership, is due to the fact that
of the most horrible crimes occurring roai av nt t.he followers of
in North Carolina in many years. Mr, ' Christianity of the present day is that
naper maue me point miring uie irmi, we do not possess the fervor, the heart
declared the solicitor, that paranoia is throbs, which characterized the Chris-
a progressive disease, ne ciaimeo at tianitv of a century ago. We allow
rhaf fimo thar rhn lunnun fnrtthiYmi-l n x J i- J,,-.
for a special election to be hed Julyh the" excRemet "SaS'rf the ZHIZ life.
Mu,qu?rWIr"""'r""'fire, caused Dr. Peacock to murder a, Better Sunday schools and Bible
So Z 1 r.:Z1"!.man in c.!d bl00d a"d yet- aald. M,r-'schools would counteract the moral let-
rJ T. cower mis same attorney actually down amon voung pe0ple today, he
comes before the same judge who pre- deciared. He urged the Northern Bap-
sided over that trial and declares that tjsts tQ sustain the develop-
debtedness incurred in the erection of
a new colored building last fall and
a temporary wooden structure to
the rear of the present main build
ing to take care of the overflow.
The remaining $50,000 will be
used for the erection of a grammar
school building in the southern part
of town which will be more acces
sible to the patrons than the pres
ent bu ilding in the northern part
of Shelby. It is planned if the elec
tion carries to have the new build
ing ready for occupancy in the fall of
1921. I
disappeared with their pilots, whoie Carolina negroes.
bodies had not been recovered tonight t . oviHon tndnv that thp nd
although sought by a number of army ministration had used its rabbit foot
and navy crart ordered to tne scene to reijeve. the situation for prominent
after the accident. negroes were at the committee room
to smooth down ruffled feelings.
BRISTOL. THREATENED .inknn AiA thp trick The snh.
. , BX PR committee will meet within a day or
Bristol,.- va.-ienn., June two, vote to recommend the con-
10:30 o'clock tonight police began no- flmation of Linney, and the full
tifying merchants that the business committee will follow that lead.
district of Bristol was threatened with Senator Borah, first to protest
a flood. The waters of Beaver creek, 'agl,ingt the Linney appointment, has
rising at the rate of four feet an hour, ineMntJ.A that h would not nersist
had backed up in the lowlands and res- it u. i.jnnov ponvinred him that hp
idence in several sections of the city wouid enf0rce the law regardless of
were nooaea. color.
Merchants of West Side street be
gun moving their goods to safety. At j CLOUDBURST IN
the nresent rate it was said that the
creek would overflow into the main Bristol, Va. Tenn.
street in an hour.
TENNESSEE
Jdne 24. One
Prenarations were woman was killed and several severe-
under sentence for twenty-four years also being made to rescue those who ly injured by a cloudburst this af ter
ror a crime in America. The trouble might be caught in their homes by the noon. Several Btreets in the business
with Russia in that some of its leaders onrush of water, section were flooded and great damage
ponfound conviction of crime with Hundreds of people crowded the was done to property.
persecution. Haywood and other cri-, bridges across the creek to watch t
minak. welcomed in Russia, do that rise. The flood is caused by a cloud-
country great hum. burst to the north of Bristol.
BAND OF AUTO THIEVES
NOW BEHIND JAIL BARS
Declaring peace is not making it.
Springfield Republican.
LENOIR COLLEGE SUMMER
SCHOOL.
On June 14th the second summer
school for teachers to be conducted at
Lenoir College, opened and the school
is now in full swing. The attendance
this year is 200. These teachers have
come from twenty counties in the
State of North Carolina and from
three states beyond North Carolina.
A strong faculty of eleven instructors
are doing excellent work. Dr. Q. A.
Xnehner Ph. Dr., professor of Educa
tion at Lenoir College, is director of
the state aproved summer school. Pro
fessor M. S. Beam of Newton is direc
tor of the county summer school.
Courses are being given to meet the
requirements of any certificate of
fered by the State Board of Education.
The school is fully approved and full
credit will be given for all work.
Most of the courses given in the
state school are of college grade, and
college credit will be given for them.
This summer schools, will be able to
secure the degree of Bachelor of Arts
as full graduates of the college. This
fact will doubtelss be of great advan
tage to the teachers and is very much
appreciated by them.
For The Defense.
Let us not be unreasonable. People
went crazy before there were mov
ing picture shows. Toledo Blade.
Dr. Peacock is now a sane man; that ment 0f twenty - two col-
he is not a menace to society; and that Wna nnrl 4.1 aphonia of the denomina
although he admits that one bit of ex-'t;on) and t0 earnestly strive for the ro-
ciiemein urove nun io nminm a, mur- iig,0us education of all our peop;e
der he does not believe it will happen frnm the cradle to the grave. He al-
.agam. Mr. Bower declared that it so nre.ed the practice of tithing upon
wouiu De a travesty on jusuce lor ur. the denomination.
Peacock to be turned loose and he ask- ( Let Us try humbly, prayerfully and
ed Judge Finley to merely consider sincevely with the opening of this con
the evidence given by witnesses for venti0n to inaugurate a tremenodus
the defense during the trial at Lexing- forward movement for another Pene-
ton; , , , ' . . Itecost," he said in closing.
H. Hoyle Sink, appearing with Soli-i . . - ,
citor Bower, stated that one of the EpwnRTH LEAGER OF
principal arguments made by lawyers LEXINGTON DROWNED two men in Greensboro
Organized Thievery Is Believed
Broken Up By Arrest At Columbia
And Elsewhere.
Columbia, S. C, June 23. Four men
are behind the Richland county jail
bars and others are to be arrested,
and the Richland county authorities
believe they have rounded up what
was a regularly organized business
in automobile thievery. Other ar
rests are to be made and other cars
recovered. So far 15 stolen machines
have been found belonging to owners
in the two Carolines.
The four men under arrests here are
Will Burns, Asheville, N. C.,; Emory
Rickard, Lexington, S. C. J. E. Wil
liams, of Asheville, and Will Glenn, of
Greensboro, Williams, in a signed
statement, tells how he began the
business of stealing automobiles a
year ago when he was a cigar store
clerk in Spa'rtanburg. The men would
bring their cars to Rickard's place in
Lexington county, where a large barn
was fitted up as a shop and where the
cars would be disfigured, numbers
erased, bodies changed and where they
would be stored pending initial
searches by the officers.
Cars were stolen from owners in
Columbia, Spartanburg and Batesburg
S. C, Greensboro, High Point and
Randleman, N. C. and other places.
The operations of the Richland offi
cers carried them to points through
out the two Carolinas. For more
than a month they have kept up a
strenuous search for the thieves.
Under arrest in Florence and Eugene
Miller, L. J. Miller and Lawrence Tin
jlall and in Greensboro, Harry Hall
and George Reddick are held as lead
ers in another gang of automobile
thieves. Requisition papers have been
issued for the return to this state of
for the defense during the hearing at Morganton
Lexington, including Mr. Kaper him-'whiph cast a
self, was that Dr. Peacock would be ton nnd hrn'itrht. orief to
confined in an insamo asylum for life tire Knworth league conference
if he were acquitted. One of the at- .ssinn here. was the drowning
torney's for the defense. John J. ate this afternoon or' young Roy
Parker, told the jury that if they ac- Grouse, of Lexington one of the
quitted the defendant he would not delegates from the Lexington
ask that he be turned loose, declared leairue. The young man and a
Mr. Sink. The jury accepted this number of companion had gone
statement and acquitted Dr. Peacock,; to Asbury's lake about four miles
said Mr. Sink, and how one of his at-1 from Morganton, to go in bathing
torneys asks that he be turned loose. and swimming. Just how Crouse
Dr. Peacock was taken to Kaleigh Was drowned will probably never
yesterday afternoon on No. 22 leaving ,e known, but since he could swim
Greensboro about 4 o'clock. He was and had swam across the lake
accompanied by Sheriff Sink. No mem- opce with the other boys, the most
ber3 of his family were present at th'; plausible theory advanced is that
hearing yesterday and .only a few peo- he had a heart attack while in '.he
pie heard the ar-rur-iei'ts which ware water. When the others were at-
made just prior to the convening of tracted by his apparent struggle
Superior court for the afternoon, he was going down for the last
Judge Finley stated that the order of time.
commitment Dr. Peacock could b.e re-1 The body was recovered in a
leased from the iifylum by only two sh0rt time but all efforts at re-
methods. A special act of the legisla-1 suscitation proved futile. It
ture will have to be passeo 0r a writ brought to Morganton and
ui ftaoeas cur,ua isaueu tiiiu Biutru uy
the solicitor. I
These arrsts
June 22. A tragedy are believed to be a stinging blow to
gloom over Morgan- wholesale automobile stealing in this
the en- section, and will probably put an end
in, to the general disappearance of auto-
moDies wnicn nas Deen so conunvn in
the Carolinas in recent months.
HEARST DENOUNCED BY GOM
PERS. Denver, Colo., June 23. William
Randolph Hearst was denounced on
the floor of the convention of the
American Federation of Labor today
by President Samuel Gompers as a
"traitor to the cause of America, to
the cause of freedom, and enemy of
labor and of humanity.
The statement with many other de
nunciatory remarks regarding Hearst,
made by President Gompers in reply
to a question from the floor to his
stand on the Irish question, were
cheered and applauded by the dele
gates. The veteran leader declard Hearst
was; had attacked him because he had de-
pre- clined to be "chained to his mad chariot
pared for burial. Disposition , for the presidency of the United
awaits advice from his relatives ; States" and because he had tried "to
in Lexington but it is presumed see to it that Mexico shall go undis
come that the remains will be sent , turbed and not overrun by the Amer
ican forces."
A hundred little pleasures
along every week. If you are clever home tomorrow
enough to enjoy them just as they -
com you will always be happy. 1 At any rate two can fliv as cheap
Queen's Gardens. , i ly as one Baltimore Sun.
Liberty bond ma;
not liberty itself.
be retired; but
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