f alrn Route
To Pus Thru ML Airy
RHhvtn*, Va., IMhr at laat wank
■rf daflwita«y i*fM tha root* ta
bined afftwla at ei'ixana of Charlotte
and BluafleH and tha iula laillH
towns, there baa baa much Intaraat
4m * L ^ ||M — . . , m *J — V. „.aa *
HI tnf vRrlOUJI HBTllUIli niH-NUVII UIUIU
two pninta aa ta tha route that would
ha followed. At a meating of tha
director* nf the three atatea held in
Bluefleld some weeka ago K. A. Ter
rall. director from Chariot ta. offered
a reaolution leaving tha Blatter of
tha route throuirh the threa stataa to
the dlrertnra of aaeh state and thia
method waa determined upon. Tha
Waat Virginia director* at once tuua
ad the route from Huntington up
Tug River to Bluefleld.
Now romea word that the Virginia
directors have voted to connect with
thia route in Bland county, coming
through Wytheville, by Jackson's far
rv and HiTlaville and down the Fancy
Gap, which laada right Into Mount
Airy. The action of the dimrtora
followed a grant effort by aeveral
sections to pull tha route other waya.
There wna a strong movement start
ed aome time ago to route the high
way through Grayson and Alleghany
count!ea, hot the directors represent
ing Virginia did not daem thia roota
a practical one on aseaont of a long
Mnk in it which eoold not poaaibly ha
built for aaveraj yeara. Already tha
Virginia authorities are teat grading
thia city and Hitlaville and next sum'
mar should aaa the work of hardaur
fccing thia atratck at raad almoet
nam plated. Thia work ia ma da poaei
Ma by tha county of <" arroll advanc
ing to tha State Highway " niiaisaina
fMft.Mt, which arill be repaid to tha
«nmr a tour years unaer a upacni
road act of that state. Gum —■
Trinkle is in hearty accord with this
Movement and in an address to the
Association mm time a*" assurad
the members that hie state would da
•verythin* In it* power to ctmplete
the constrnctioa of this proposed
route through Virginia, reaching from
the state tine on the Fancy Gap to
the West Virginia line near Bluefietd
W. Va.
The directors from Virginia whose
task it waa to name the mote through
their Mate are R. P. Johnson, of
Wythevill*; Judge Fulton Keglar. of
Bland; J. P. Cameo, ef Galax; and
W. D. Tompkins of HitlsviUe
The action of the director* of hath
the state* of Virginia and West Vir
ginia in nomine the route thus se
lected makes it imperative that th«
North Carolina directors also select
a route that will connect op with it
To do this the route most past
through Mount Airy. After leaving
Mount Airy there are miril avail
able routes. Om could ha tmmi
tsadtec down through Tadkin ixj
Iredell to Charlotte which would paai
through BIkia and Statesvilfe. Stfl
—nthsr route wry much disrwsssl
to paas a» the F—cy Pay. TV
Mewat Airy; A. 0. Click, tth
Waadrow McKay. Lastegtoa: mm* *
A. "IWraB, at Chy tolls
suicide at 1 o'clock last
morning by shuatliig hlm*»tf wtth a
shot ran
Hr. Cain, who wu H years old,
•mw about 12:88 a. a. innal, gat
that hia wife had awakened, ha turn
ed toward the bad and aaid: I am
now tailing you goodbye." Ha than
walked oat the door, refusing to haad
a call from hia wifa to row back.
Mr*. Cain than awakanad one of
' the daughter*, and aa aoon aa the
two could draaa, they want in search
of the husband and father, but be
fore they reached him they heard the
Kun fire.
Mr. Cain waa found about 1M
yard* from the home. He waa ty
ing on the ground dead, with the en*
tire tap of hia head Mown off. Ona
piece of the akull, about the sise of
a man'* hand, waa discovered noma
distance away, while the brains ware
also acattared around on ona side of
a tohacee barn.
An inquest waa held aa soon aa
Dr. S. T. Flippin, coroner, could se
cure a jury. The »erdict rendered
waa that the dsraaaad came to his
death by a gunshot woand, inflicted
by hia own hand.
Mr. Cain waa a prosperous tiller
of the soil and is survived by hia wife
and several children. The cause of
his raah act ia not known. Aa he waa
thought to be enjoying very good
health and hia domeetic relatione
wars regarded ia ovary way pleasant.
Officials hi
Fail to Qualify
Newton, Dae. 5.—Two of the now
Republican county officer*. Russell
Signton, of Newton, elected Agister
of Jeeda, and L. R. Rink, of Hickory,
elected to the office of treasurer, de
clined to qualify when the new board
of county commissioners organised
Monday. The hoard then elected
Carroll Akwrnethy, of Hickory, regis
ter of deeds, and D. M Clonmger, of
Newton, treasurer. Both the latter
V-cepted and entered1 upon the work.
Mr. fhrmon w.m> to have douhted
his ability to do the work. Mr. Rink
cutild not afford to more to Newton
for the salary of the office of tress,
urrr. he said.
The chance of officers, in compli
ance with the recent election, divides
the administration of affairs in Ca
awfea county about equally botneen
the two parties. The Republican*
have the five county commissioners,
resistor of deed*, treasurer and coro
ner. The Democrats have the mem
bers of the school board, superinten.
dent of public instruction, sheriff
sad clerk of the court.
ml
U Dead After I
Capetown. Dae. 1,—Tank- Allen,
the terns of South African Hum, baa
died hers, but only after he i
for SM of the
a native of Texaa,
Africa 1? years a*o to rid Britiah
African company's ranchee of
tf e* W a )ofc. His bay of liens
is a record, even far Iwlk Africa,
ij Allan's imrtpllsa of a Mm ana
lit
The erfcts of the
; had ite inception in
on Un groands tfcat two wahn of
th* grand Jury which in June return
•4 the oriariratl linlktliwt, held stock
In tit* iWwwl i iirpsrnrt*n Mid «■«•
Judge E. T. Webb, pieeidlug over
the nominal trrm at Federal court,
had not heard >rfnmnit on thr pit*
but Mr. Lannay proceeded to place
the mum Mil prMmUd In June to tiM
irrand jury now wrrlnf Mid since a
true bill waa found it make* no dif
ference, attorney* my, what is the
outcome in rwgarrt to the plea for
abatement.
The juror* named In the plea pm
oentad by attorney* who nought to
nullify the indictment are W. A.
York, of Round Faak, and Robert L.
Hasting*. of Kerner*ville. The two
men, it waa argued, ware ineligible
to paaa on evidence In the Bailey case
hecauae they ware holders of stock
in the Bailey company.
The indictment returned yesterday,
identical with the one returned In
June, chargaa that officers and stock
talesmen of the company made fraud
ulent use of the mails to promote the
*aie of stock from August, 1971, to
March, 1923. Stock was sold it is
alleged, when officers of the company
and salesman knew the company waa
Insolvent.
Each officer of the company is
under bond at 110.000. Tom C. Tay
lor. who is said to have directed the
sal* of stock, is alaa under bend of
110.00®. Each .alrsoan waa repair
ed to give <6,000 bond.
ConrMr PMi • Liwt O*
H—ri— mt PitJm Cmm
Raleigh. Dk. S.—Unless partlnn
intan are spatially invited to bring
their clemency petition* before him,
Owrnor Morrison will hear no
more oral arguments until after
Christmas. ha uinooKwi thin after
noon.
He not only cannot hear these ar
iruments. hi> excellency says, but he
cannot Me people in theee appeals
"*rrpt those who have capital eaae»
before him.
"All parties interested in pard'-n
cases will be notified to file briefi
md documents pertsminrr to the vari
ous cases before m".** Governor Mor
rison said, "and they will be given
every possible consideration. But ir
cident to groin* oat of offies impera
tive official duties will make It im
possible for me to continue to five
my entire time, as I have haws doing
for three weeks now, to Staring par
don cases. ■ la any case I fee) that
t should tee parties, 1 will ask upon
my own motion that they come be
; fore me; otherwise, 1 will Mt heal
people under any circumstances.
"This coarse is mtori absolute
ly necessary as there are ether im
portant duties of the governor's of
fice which most have attention dur
ing the last few weeks h* is in of
fice."
o# the party that
to Chicago fcihr«< It «nU not ba|
ryrltlni if on ail ftiture trip#
iIwbK chooee to travel aa he dkl
Railroad officiate.
tha union nation.
a presidential party always
tha greatest responsibility on the
railroad over which the executive
chooses to trawl, and tlw trainmen
who took Mr. Cpoiidge to and frtim
Oiicafn frankly asserted that hia use
of regular equipment hardly leadened
this responsibility.
Tha train on which Mr. Coolidga
returned waa mure private and spe
cial in its nature than tha one on
which ha made the trip to tha mi*
nois city. Because of tha addition of
tha two cars occupied by tha party,
tha regular train waa split at Hil
lard, Ohio, and theaa coaches with a
through Chicago-Washington sleeper
and observation car were made into
a first section.
The executive passed most of tha
long day's ride resting after the busy
hoars in Chicago. Ha and Mrs.
Coolidge, as on tha westward trip,
took their meals in the diner and at
hraakfaat he discomfited the dining
car steward with one of his dry bita
of humor. That official appeared
near the end of the meal to inquire
if the President and First I^ady had
found their coffee to their liking. |
-It waa delicious," replied Mrs.
Coolidga, smilingly, adtereupon the j
President with solemn face aakrd
"Why, did yon think there w
The train mad* only a ftw atop*
■ the day and at only on# of
thm-CemtlMni, Pa.—had a crowd
gathered to groat the President. The
aasaa town had given him a greeting
o* Ma westward trip, and today there
was a gathering of several hundred
at the station with a hand and a bas
ket of flower*. Both the President
and Mrs. Coolidge left the luncheon
table to acknowledge the greeting
from the rear platform. The Presi
dent shook hands with several mem
bers of the band and thanked them
for their music.
When the basket of flowers we*
handed op, a man in the gathering
; stepped forward to explain r
"Mr. President, we want you to
know that there flowers are from a
girts' musical organisation and that
these girls persuaded a lot of demo
crats to vote for you."
"Well, 1 guess somebody did a
good deal of that sort of work," the
President replied srith a faint smile.
•f A.
and Y. Held Valid
Raleigh. Dee. S.—The supreme
court today held that the "disaaem
heimeiit" sale of the Cape Fear and
Yadkin railroad was within the law
and that the state waa stopped by
laches in the suit brought by the at
torney general at the direction of the
IMS general assembly.
J oat ice W. J. Adaau wrote the
opinion and Justice Heriot Clarkaon
handed down a concurrence, in which
he says be concurs solely en the
11 — jk t —. * „ - a ——— I a -— _ _,. ji ~ ^ - ,
v wf€t IIV®M WffUt into •MwTlllrjr$ AIM! QR9 j
at the worst rrtwn in tha state'*
■nnala *u nyktoi Mortimer N.
Kin* and Pruk Htntll wm» «!»«
mwli< In tfce it—tli claakw o# the
etate'a baatila for (Mr of
Major Samuel R. McLeary, of tba
United States army.
The halla in tha penitentiary of
fleea ran* • o'clock and «ra tha ■a'!
ray» pierced tha gloomy darkness of
tha priaon enclosure, a lartra i ruwd
«f curious man had gathered at tha
prie«n gates. Thar* ha a seldom haan
rach a lartra crowd on hand for an
electrocution.
Both men want to their death ad
mitting Uvea of ainfnlnaaa, bat both
lipid confidently to the love of a
Christ, whom they believed to have
forgiven their black ain.
Harrell went first. At 5: SO the
'ieath warrant waa read to him by
Captain Evan* of the priaon guard.
In the death house with the doomed
men at the time win Rev. Dean Crmin,
<haplain of the penitentiary, who
prayed with the men and held op be
fore them the love of a Savior.
Karrelt Waa Was nam
Witnesses were admitted to the
little chamber of death for the exe
cution of Harrell at <1:19 o'clock.
Foot minutes later Harrell was
brought in. With him was Chaplain
Train. He took his seat in the bigr
onken chair. He coughed. He clear
Mi his throat, and then he waa ask
ed if he had any final statement to
"My good friends," he began, and
there waa a tremor in hie voice. "If
I had lived for God, I would not ha
here today."
Harrell baa been frequently naked
about other crimes of which he waa
"A* for murdering anybody in
North Carolina." ha Mid, aa U break
ing1 the Middle of a conversation
about hia put: "I swear to God I
did not. AH I got from Major Me
Leary waa eight dollar*."
He then told of none of the events
following the NcLeary minvier He
and King. he said, drove the ear away.
King drove most of the time. Near
Canton. N. C_ the car ran into a
ditch when King loat control of it.
That ended their flight.
"I confess I have done a lot of
wrong."* Ha: -ill confessed, as he sat
m the chair. beat a lot of people
at t-otVin mills; I beat hoard bills.
But I had a good mother who never
tnujrht me to do wrong. I had a
good father, and be taught me not
to do wrong. I hope the Lord will
forgive me."
Harretl seemed to hold on to the
last minute to a hope that he would
escape the doom which the law fixed
anon him. He declared he had not
<*ommitted crime heinous enough to
bring him to the chair.
Too fed that your sins have
brought yon here?" Chaplain Grain
asked of the nun in the chair.
"Well, no" he replied; "1 wont ad
mit anything wrong, unleaa my law
yer says so."
"Do yon believe God has forgiven
your sins?" the chaplain naked;
"and that ha will save you?"
"Tea", Harrell replied is lam voice,
and the chaplain continued: "He
fl*ed mi King's bead. "All at \
yoa will know In * few ariautaa■
At 8:40 o'ctoek the switch 1
thrown; in three arimtM and M i
and* the phy*ician nodded hia
and the circuit wu broken,
had (ton* with Harrail to face a Gad
of eternal lava and jndimmt hi tha
death houae whan tha execution waa
■tag ad.
M- *. a J
.Shortly after the army officer had
dropped from sight, authoritiea af
both tha Carolina* were notified of
the war department to ha an tha
watch for him. Ha suspicion of foal
play waa aroused, however, itntil the
major failed to call for money wired
to a hotel in Columbia from
M. C. At ftrmt It waa thought
he had suffered a mental aberration,
and hia wife joined in thia theory.
Traced by the major'* automobile,
which he and hia accomplice had
driven away from tha aeana at tha
killing. King waa arraafe-d two waaha
later at hia Canton, K. C., home. H
waa then that the remain* of the
murdered officer waa located. King
directing the officer* acroaa tha
.Sooth Carolina Una to a apot a abort
diatanee from the highway where tha
ody had bean left.
King confeaaed on July 14, impli
cating Harrail, for
waa iaatigated. Harrail
brother Gerald, were arreatad hi
Nashville. Tenn., on a charge of va
grancy, the night of July 22. No im
portance waa attached to tha arraat
by the NaehviUe official* until tha
following morning, when a circular
sent oat by the (tat* of South Caa»
lina described Frank Harrell waa re
ceived. HarretT* identification re
sulted and he waa returned immedi
ately to South Carolina after waiv
ing extradition rights. Hia arraat
brought to a close * search through
out the south.
Immigration Into U. 5. Mere
Than Doubled Durimg
Put Two Ymti.
Washington, Dk. 7.—Immigration
into tb« United State* ha* marc thaa
d>>ubi«d atnee 1922. the bureau of im
migration declared today in its an
nual report to the secretary of labor.
The figure increased from 309.5545 in
1922 to 622319 in 1923 and 7MJM
IB 1984.
The increase was due principally
the report shoved to the greater
number of immigrants coming from
European countries Immigration
from Turkey and southern and east
era Europe decreased front nearly a
million in 1922 to lMjBM in IM4.
as follows: from England. Scotland
and Waloa, fro* **,12» In IMS to
in 1924; Ireland. 1#>7» to IT.
>11; Geeasany. 71. 9«1 to TtHl;
Scandinavian coontrios 14.CS5 to Mr
577; MtM North America. 4ljnr
to SMjM*. and Mexico 19.SS1 to M.
Under the qoota limit law, the »
port stated. »i nld "W4 of pan