Federal Court nugiiu Hear
b| of Bukjr Bratben Case
a ci loot was qmci m iwfi pro
witop. three mnttuns of the fcfiwi'
being ursuuled by Judge Webb, wttk
exceptions noted.
Defendants trf rtpfimntfd by dtf
■option* corer all
Madding reached
The motioa* to
stock iale*; that there la al
of conspiracy to milk a
cy, potting defendant! In
double jeopardy, and 0a contrary to
constitution, and that two msmbirs
of grand jury which ntuinsd origi
nal Indictments wore purrhosm of
■lock. All of the actions failed.
Death and disease have stricken
the ranks of the defendants since the
return at the indictments, J ale Young
having died. A certificate was read
to the effect that i. M. Richardson,
another defendant, is ill in a hospital
at Rab-igh, subject to epilepsy.
Counsel for Mumfurd Bailey, of
Winston-Salem said - his physician
considers it unwise for him In his phy
sical condition to stay In the court
room, and he was allowed to retire,
to be ready, however, foe orders of
the court.
r. i. nacKrtt is ui, mm other de
fendant ■ were not in court. the min
ing one* being M. L. Crtwi, Glenn
Harris, P. G. Middlebrook ud H G.
Larsen, papers not having bam serv
ed on the last named.
Conditions of the prosecution, as
Made in the bill of indictment, are
that officers and stock salesmen of
the Bailey Brothers Tobacco com par y,
of Winston-Salem, now defunct, wag-1
ad aa energetic stock sailing cam
paign while they knew the company
was insolvent; that misrepraaaatation
was made through the Mails as to a
fwtd for guarantee of dividends aa
to cost of the campaign and aa to the
Worth of the stock.
The company went to the wall and
waa sold to satisfy creditors through
bankruptcy orders.
Appearing aa eoanael for the da
are: A. U Brooks. W. P. By- j
P. P. Hobgood, John N. Wilson,
rw Joyner, Jr., and B. 8. Par
ker, all ef Greensboro; W. G. Bram
ham. Durham; J. H. Whicker, Win
ston-Aalem; J. P. Parker. Charlotto;
S. C. Brawley, Durham! E. Jt Hast
inga. Winston-Salem; G. A. MewHn,
Lenotr; Hoyle Sink, Lexington; J.
C. Rtmupa, Hickory, P. E Parrish,
Winston-Salem.
District Attorney Prank
r, of Boom, la chief prom
b» Prank Patton. of
J. Harkina. ef Oskrville.
ntnrk wton ttoy know that BaiWy
V. — A
nrOHIBl Wrri mK) I "PTi I,
Tto trial win probahty l*at for
throw «Mh, —wiiif to CNrt rf
flctala. A lirp nuihac of wttaaaaaa
wdl to to»H m Mi Mm and ttor*
is • irwt array of lawym.
FIRE AT RALEIGH
DESTROYS 199 AUTOS
tta %■( . J, ,
orrtipiad by Motor Sai fltia branch
number two. wWrt moat of tha aoto
moMlaa wm atorad. .
Early today. Panto Omnt, aiana
*er of the motor milw company
and W. P. Smith, of the tranafer
that tfca total
The fir* I* aaid to
shortly after 4:M o'clock hi
tor aerriea company. ht.t the caaaa of
the Mata la aa yat undetUi mined.
Tha flra which waa practically oat
thta mnrnhw, after tha antira M14
1» M km J t a , .. — a mm a ■■ LaJ
mf ITM Its rnnunw MM nffB COW
«umed. waa tha moat apectacnlar In
RaM(h In many yaara. Tha exploa
iona of tha raaoHna tank* of tha many
automobiles rendered tha work of
control mora difficult and tha prox
imity of twa raaollne fill In* atationa
■•'inatantly endangered tha fir* figrht
arw.
Tha nutomnMlaa in tha hefldinff
were, for tha moat part, tha pmpartj
of Hidividuala who had atorad tham
there for tha niirht. An accurate Hat
of tha owner* waa unavailable early
today.
About 175 cara ware in tha place
when tha fire hecan hot 40 of tham
were removed from tha hoildlnf be
fore tha flamaa rot to tham.
Tobacco Averse* m Higher in
Stat* Than During 1923
IUMHi. Jan. 24.—Tobacco sold In
North Carolina during the past seas
on, which endnl December 19, in the
*R MrahoMN reporting, ia placed at
30ft.SK.480 pounds, according to a
report compiled by the United States
and North Carolina departments at
agriculture.
The tobacco sold for an average of
WS.M per hundred poonda. as com
pared with »*>.» for 2*!,M8.a»S
poonda sold In IMS. The total crop
nmdncad lost year, accord in* to the
report is rnjaofino poonda. aa com
pared with 4M.BM400 pounds pro
duced la IMS.
Catawba Profiting Fran
Walnut Trooa
Hickory. Jan. tt.—Two thoaaaad
rounds of Mart walnut kernels were
•hipped to Philadelphia Wednesday
by the Catawba Cnaawry Company,
consigned to a Philadelphia lee cream
factory for the manufacture of wal
nut cream The wabiat kernels ware
-Tt meted from walaata ptn on the
farms in Catawba county and wars
mostly a by-product In which ths chil
dren racairsd inai|isaaathm The
kernels were brought to the looal
rreaamry and wvighad tn4f fct rtlp
meat Prom on* tree J. E. gtsphsai,
lac to MtmtCSL~a prolific
to* y**rh^fhTW*ht * rm*'
TWrw-TW HHITTTJfW
B.pne.atotina Mm and Tap*
lanncbed tbe bill to repeal »■»>■■■■
utln Bowie'* act, adnptid by the
ronetrw-tirm of t wllwM to the
"Ldt huitaw" of tk* aaetani part
cf the ltd*. Trrrmmt Attorney Gm
eral Jaatea 8. Maiming >ml the frtm
mt attorney imml, D. G. Rmmnitt,
H«*» declared tba act unmnatltattonal
and m work baa bam atarted an tba
"Loet frwten" llna alwce prebaM
nary —r»aya wara mailt ahoat t year
a ro. A at bora of tba repealer Ml]
haVa explained that tba awaaara la
Heaigaed chiefly to rtartfy tba aitaa
tioa aad to protaet tba a»ate'a cre
dit aralnat any effect tba Bowie bill
might have apon H.
Tba Bowie MB, dactaiad B pruaa
tathra Meae tonight. phm "abaolato
ly no Baiitatlon open eipeniltaroe
for tba propoeed railroad out lata
through tbe weat. although H apeci
flea a bond iaeae of tor
Many Local BHIa
Tbe tntrrxtartkm of a Mr batch of
local Mtla featured torlrbt'f aaaaioa
of tbe bnoae. Beaidea, there were
two ootatandinr MBa of atatewida
important, beine TorBngton'a meaa
ore deaigned to enable towna of over
TOO® to regulate traffic erhh refer
ence to atop ordinance*, ^nrt Haan'a
meamire to chant* the dato of lb*
•itate-wide primary.
Matthew* Divorce Bill
Another state-wide bill iiitrrnliiwd
tonight *«• that by Matthews which
woold make two jrwui of separation
ground* for divorce, inateed of (hi
IWH
Th' honse voted to defer action on
the bill which would require horae
drawn vehicles traveling on pchik
r ada to display lights at night. Re
oresentative Massenburg offered an
amendment which woold Make the hill
apply only to state highways.
Representative Turlington explain
ed that in the hilly country the ctxni
try roads were the ones where this
hill. If passed, would do most good.
The only pnbHc hill pa—si waa that
styled "for the relief of the sheriffs
and tax collectors'* which pgovidss
that the heirs may collect settlements
for the period of 1919-1MM.
Senator Carter's constitutional
amsndm—t would rsdnce the IMa
stead exemption to (M for a mar
ried citizen and $100 for a single par
son and woold permit cat uisheeing
beyond W a wash for a married per
pcrson. The Mil pimidsa for a re
ferendnm on the question at the ltM
gsnaral slection and states that It
■hall become effective If a majority of
the voters east favorable hallota. 1*1
other word* the vetiac won Id not ha
against the registration. '
The state merchants aseociation has
endorsed the hBl. declared Senator
Cane la «SMM
tnm Mr. Kelly'*
with the firat bulletin.
-If. • boy," he told Kelly. Kelly
A few
"Ttrtaa!" he
Blathwa!" Kafiy
"Mr goodneaa, Kelly!" ha Mid.
-What 4a you think 4 It'a triplets—
two boya and a ghH!" Kelly's Jaw
droppad one-third of an inch.
Then, a few minutes later, Charlie
Rofm appeared far the fourth and
laat time. In a voice hoarae with re
spect he told Kelly that another lit
tle gbri had arrived.
"Yon cant draw torn of a Had,"
he added aoftly. "Y :ou drew two
pair—qoeani and Jacha."
But Mr. Kelly did not hear him. He
was loat in thought.
Squire John Wilkinson as he tu
known tu born Dae. 17, 1828 and
died at Hillaville, January 1«, IMS.
Ha waa 96 years and It days old.The
funeral waa bald Saturday January
17th.
Mr. WUkinaoa wait bora in Owiy
County, N. C., from than ha mored
to Cripple Creek, Vh giaia, and later
from there to Hillrrille, where ha
made his future hocne. In ISM ha
marrM Mill Eliisbstii Andcnon Mid
to thia marriage waa horn six chOd
Tha twa Mat in front of tw hoUL
ranaral, Yoaag, Fa
itroppinr to tha grand with fatal
Young (had from a
tha haart, atthoogh ha
Uao in th» right hraaat. Thesa
to report*, i
fcy
Tbamaa Killed
When cttlxmi mtmd the shop *
Pew minutes after aa richinfi of 40
w M shots they found Young dead
ilumped to the floor and died on the
ray to the dty hospital
F or bee lay dead or the aidawalh
>utaide, (hot throarh the baae of the
ikoB. Warner died hi the hoayttal
mo hours later.
Versions of the battle vary. It hi
mown however, that it uuaiiJ hi
he Canary Cigar Stent and barber
>bop la the front of the European
Hotel, a reputed renderrous of anti*
Kb Klux Klan adherents.
Accounts agree that a akot waa
fired, a few minutes before the out
break. from aa alley adjacent to a;
restaurant operated by Young. The
rall^t lodged in a telephone pole.
Roaa Ltzenby a Herrte policeman said
rhomas fired the shot at him. Spec
tators fled and Thomas la reported
o have gone te the hotel, a block dis- •
ant, as a call waa sent out for Young
lytnpathizers to mobilise.
The anti-Klan trminn U that
fount nix) hit com pan km* thereupon
rent to the hotel to aeek Thome*
tnd "(hoot it oat."
The Kian woiunt im thet Younu
tnd the other* were attacked a* they
n a
i
o#
laMfi Jan. 22.—Principal CM
Frank Harkatt Had to eal the North
Ca
in* hi the abaawfi of
pni
Pr«-T»in W. R. j Banrwyn. both mt
To
and kf
of frw that wm
at
vro-taaa had not
Lon».
if aaeh lark; a aaw '
of expansive make waa the
contribution to tha fla
had no insurance oa tha ear.
Senator Mark Skjoirea. of Catdwad,
p'to loat an aatomoMIe hi the fire;
Not he satisfied himself early hi tha
rv rninr that tbara waa nothtn* ha
r»ulH do about H and waa present at
the open in* of tha maata to taha orar
the naval at the nqaiat of Pilmlpal
Oeik Harkett.
Sfortury of Stat* Km»tl M
both of kin car* in (Im fir*.
"Shorty." the negro chauffrm of
R. O Everett. >it Durham, <u til—>
in the TVjrhara i ( pi umtitirt'i M*
chine. The amoke awl than awak
ened hhn and ha drove the car to wfa
ty.
Among the wwbara of the lighla
were: ■
H G. Conor. Wilaoa; O. K. Ma»
>i»nhaH. High Point; O. P. Makepaaoa,
nf Stanford; *W. L. Pnwhoe, Durham;
W. T. Watd, Duplin county; J. 0.
Rnach. Avandak; J. M. Sharp, Riidi
rifle; W. A. Foil. Concord; D. P.
linger, Chenj»BW; K. P. Bacon.