North Carolina Newspapers

Co-op Measure Draw* Legislature's Largest Crowd An hour for Mdl side wu afrved upon and every mbiota of that tint waa taken op wHh diacueaion of law and economics. Hnw sn interest than waa (n plenty and thia raarhid its cli max when Mrs M. O Winatead. f Nash county, waa Introduced by George Rosa, chlaf of the State divis ion of markets, to make a statement. In black dreaa and aa old-faahioned bonnet, she (poke to the committee and the audience in a real human way aad whfls there were many eloquent address* s. none were more striking or Impressive than hers. Braawefl Ofm Argmrt Dr. J. C. Bnmll, Introducer of the Ml. npltiwd that while he had in troduced the bill "by renti-st," as he had all other bill* ha had 'nfredted ia the legislature, yet he had after atudying the aituation wiahed that he had not pot this Mil aa be In* ly request. In the name of common Jus tice and of common honesty he asked the comas it tee to rem ore what ha de clared was rank injustice. He paid ki» compliment to high aalaried offi cers of co-operativea who sit In rpah loned chaira, fanned by electric fans fa mimmer and protected from (ha cold In winter. Arrwe PalaU af Law Representative H. G. Connor, of Wilson, ar(Md the constitutional law for the proponents of the measure and J. Bayard Clark, of Payetterille, for the opponents. George Roaa, floor manarer for the opponent* of the meaatire, opened for hia aide with a brief atatement of why he opposed the mea»ure, declaring that it waa a broadside at the forty associations in the State hecauae of the diaaatlsfac tion of some members of the tobac co aaaociation. A a member of two of these aaaociationa and a eervant of the people, he could not do less than oppose auch a propoaal, ho de clared. U. B. Blalock, general manager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Aaaociation, next took the floor for the opponents of the bill, declaring there waa neither common aenae nor iwaaon in auch a law. If the eoaualt tee waa going to ha Influenced by «rowda and hand clapping, he sug gested that adjournment for twenty four hours he taken to Riddiek field or the Raleigh city auditorium, and he would guarantee to have a bigger crowd. Says Lift Up Te Contract It bto»< almost aa experience Meeting u B. L Jamn, of Foriyth, and A. H. Oliver, of Duplin, added their testimony to Uyt of the lady from Naah that if tkoaa who ware seeking relief from their contract* would fo back home and lie# up tt» their contract* they would he satis fied members instead of dls satisfied members. Decorated With WM There was plenty of applause i«r the co-operathres as petnt* were made in their faeor bat more the anti a* there war* mora of them in the hall, each ef them waaifwg a ribbon upon which waa Inscribe^ Tar the Bras wait bin." There would ha occasion al "whoopees" that would break the taaaa stiRneaa that obtained during moat of the argument "Toe saa ere* kill yoaraelf If you wast te, bat the only way yam can gat UK yonraaif." Intoil Toha Connor m ha 4ror* home tha fart the Kln« of BndMtf Mr mlpi their et her of the cotton imriiHw for mm law thai would pwatt dta»atl«fl«4 nMnbm to get oat, and then ohm J. J. Croom, of Lenoir. who Mid bo Iff ed his wife and children more thin be did his contract and that therr hud boon a wide diffaranea in tha prieaa received by Mibm of tha tobacco uMcfation and tbaaa <rntald* of it. 6. Vernon Cowper, Kinston lawyer, devoted bis ramarka to ■treoalng tha point that tha tobacco association ba ramc the first contract breaker by insisting on delivery of tobacco by tenants, which tha Supreme court mid they had no rifht to do. "Tat thay hava the audacity to conM hare and ■ay that thoao here are ahnoat th levee, if not thieves." ha azriaiasad. COOUDGE SIGNS POSTAL PAY SILL Action Mm— Hktmm of Abovt $300 • Yoor to Poatel , Washington. Fab. 28.—T)m poatal j pay and rata increase MS was tonight by President Coolidge. Announcement at the Whit* Ho that the President had signed the measure came aa • surprise, aa ear lier indication! were that ha would •and it to tha peat office and tka bndgit bureau for for* taking aedso. Tha hill, which was received today | at tha White Hooae, provides for aa average tocreaae of about ISOO an nually ia poatal employee aalariaa, af fective aa of January 1, this year, and htcreaaee poatal rates, effective April It, next, to raiaa about $60,000, 000 of the 168,000,000 required for the pay advances. • The hill also rarriee a "rider" re commended by the senate campaign fund committee strictly limiting cam paign expenditures of congressional candidates. The salary increase! are similar to those carried in the ure passed at the laat seasion which was vetoed by President Coolidge on the ground that no provision made to meet the expanse incident to such a raise in salaries. Veteran. Loan Ad b Invalid Raleigh, Fab. 2fl.—The VHmni' loan fund act of the IMS general as sembly, designed to aid the n-iervW men to acquire home* and provldhf for two million dollar bond issue, is invalidated for the reason that the authorisation to Issue bonds has not been approved by a Majority of the qualified voters of the state, the su preme court decided yesterday in pav ing on the teat caae aent up from Wake superior court. "The authority to issue bonds has aot been approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the state, a« required by the express provisions of raid act, and said bonds, if issued, would not be valid and binding oh I gat ions of the state of North Caro line.'* the opinion set forth. Associate Justice Heriot Clark son filed • dissenting opinion. hoi.llng that a majority of tlioae voting had .. -"d the act. wordin»; of that section of <be act providing for a referendum developed the uncertainty as te its validity and prompted the teat caae. The section was so worded that »tate officials could not determine whether a majority of tboee voting on the aet act was neceeaary for ratification or a majority of tka qualified voters. A majority of thoae voting on the pr*> posal were favorably, but the measure got little more than a third of the to tal votes cast in the election. a NftoM fxpluilfin. Ntv Yofk i many itorWj caayoaa of Mm) and eoa crtu felt Um aback, too. In fact, re ^orta from utawrm at Fordham ani Venrtty mU that tba taif for mot* than two minutes, vara tha itrmifaat aw fait la the aMtro polts. Tha Mafia of tha Fordhaai tude of seven inches. The distorbance appeared to havel baen of varied intensity. Described | by aeiimographic experts at George town university hi Washington aa "vary severe," the quake was said to have latted IB to 20 seconds in Hart ford. Conn., bat for more than two minutes in teveral other cities, in cluding New York. Although the Cwr|fUiw» butn ment traced the disturbance in I northerly direction from Washington, • report from Florence, 8. C., «m re ceived saying that • (light tremor wu felt there at 9:28. Faint trem on continued to be re corded on seismographs throoghoit the evening, hot these shock i ware so ■light that they prnnd unnoted by the mill Ions at people who had been frightened by the more intense vibra tions between 9.21 and 9.28 o'clock. The (hock played many pranks. Bells rang in church steeples, hooka toppled from shelves and pictures from walls, doors slammed and win dows rattled. Plastering Ml in rooms and in scattering points tele phone and electric light wires were snapped. New Yorkers, accustomed to the ceaseless vibration of tracks and trains, were worried, especially thoae who make their homes tn Chinatown, the lower east side and the negro quarter of Harlem. Police and newspapers were obliged in many cities to detail men to answer querries of frightened citisens. who hastened to their telephones to learn what it waa all about. Scientists at the Fordham station estimated that the center of the dis turbance was at least miles from New York with the period of greatest intensity, six seconds. The Fordham records showed that the shocks ware first noticeable here at 9.21. The tremors continued vig orously for about four minutes, and then trailed away. Found Dead on Floor; Revolver By Hia Side Burlington, Fab. 28.—Sheriff Chirhi D. Story and Coroner Dr. R. M Trox Icr war* Thuraday morninf lummon ed to the Thompaon Mill aection In 8outh Alamance, where they found John Moeer, an unmarried nan of it, lying dead on the floor of hi* one room hooae. In which he lived alone.1 Reaide hia body lay • 82-calibre piatol with which he had evidently blown hia braina oat. He owned • Urge farm and had tenanta who lived In the large home acme dlatance from where the body waa found. Ha had been miaainr aer aral day* but it waa thought ha had gone away until the body waa dlaeor ered. Ha had been deed aevrral day*, the coroner aaid. In hia pocket waa found a roll of Mill amounting to aev rral hundred dollan, and in hia room were found aevaral mortgagee. Some time age he waa injured while work ing an a bridge and waa confined t* hia bed aome time. It la thoeght thia mjery affected Ma mind. Ttai* •ftemoon Ciwiuy1! war flat* on tend Mid m war* aH at half-maat by order of General Von Baeckt, com maader of t>M Oman army and a-, military band will play Uuuaghaut the republic except at Ehert'a fnaeral un til the country'* Socialist president baa been laid to raat Republican flags of Mack, red and geld, looped with crept, line tbe atraeta of Berlin and Potadam and the *aiiden*d public quietlpr await* the morrow wbicb al ready had been naiad a general day of Mornty throughout the republic for thoee fell in the war. Chancellor iaither will deliver the oration at the funeral Wedneaday. which will be held in the executive mention in the Wilbehnatraaae at Fraa Ebert'a nqmat. Aa Germany haa no precedent* for a preeldential funeral, the official* who are arrang ing the (at—any are having a diffi cult taak and ware unable to com plete plana today. The palace whleh fa uaed aa the executive manaion la not Urge enough K haa a large court and. If the pleaa ant weather continue*, aaata will ha arranged In the open air. Stop Your Car To Lat ChiMroa Croaa Street Listen, Mr. Motorist I Have you ever had thia experience? Tou came to a corner and noticed a child, or maybe two or three children, on the sidewalk about ready to croaa the street. Have yoe every thought of the thought* that might be turbulent ly disturbing tbe little one's mind? He has been told to be careful in croaataig the street, and haa been warned of all the dire mishapa that Might occur to him. He haa been told alao that be oraat get to school on time. The child stand* on the corner and when he *ee* an opening, get* ready to daah acroaa. Then your ear loom* up like *ome gigantic ogre barring hi* pathway. The child darta back to the curbing, almost rea dy to cry with vexation and disap pointment, and no 4oubt with hia heart pounding rapidly. Now ia year chance to prove that you are human! Step on the brake, throw the dutch out and put the gear in neutral; then wave to the child to Immediately afterward you will have a remarkable feeling of aatia faction that will more than repay yon for the few momenta that you may have loet. There is something about a child'* *mile that cannot he meaaar «d In terma of thia world'* good*.— Hygeie. Gambling Away Big Ferttmee New York, March 1.—Mayor John V. Hylan, upon hit return from ■ month'* varitlon at Paha Beach. an nounoMi that ha would be a candidate for a third torn. "! an la the hand* of the people If they want n« to ran," the mayor aaid. "1 an a candidate for mayor and I urn for the fire-cent tare. I am • ■raiaat thoae who want ta Increaae »■* fare." Diaruaaing the tranait aKuatlnn. the mayor aaid he waa certain the aoh wayi could be opetated on a fl^e-wat fare baria. "Borne at the tiatU«i people who' aw makinjr the praftta." he added, "are ranbtiac It away aa hi*h aa MS,. 000 a nlfht down la Florida. t Great Cypres* At New Bern Is At Least 700 Yean Old M.T ib MMk hm m. ■n.fctt l» I ■« Mt StF. Particularly at jnat thia time inter - nt ia Mac re-arooaad in the traa and efforta ara bfbif made bjr ita owner to piw M Ha i ditioa and proloaf ita Itfa. Although it ia atill ia excellent condition, a ear itjr, SO fact lai|, with a maximum width of three fart, haa been diecov arad at Ha baart, cauoed by inaioai of carpenter ants Traa surgeons ara at preaaat getting oat the decay. utar fllxing the holes. and patting ia bracea and aurfiral fillings that wit] keep tha traa for many mora year*. Two thoaaaad aata, aoaaa of them thrae-qoartera of an inch ia laarth and some with wings. have baaa re moved from the hollow, having tun neled paaaagaa there in the laat three yaara. Two more" years of inatten tion might have canoed the traa to hecoaM ao weak aa to Mow down dur ing a had atorm. Over a ton of ce ment ia heiag used to fin tha eavHy. While working on tha wood, tha surgeons found two bullets oa the in side, about six inches fro* tha bark. No holes war* evident, having baaa completely healed by time They were probably (»hot into tha traa scoraa of yean ago. A I* FMh— Hi For the flrat tiaM the heart of the tree ku boon ruuninil by npnti and its ap estimated accurately. J' dging bjr the number of rings on 'r* *11 surfaces of wood from tbe .tart, George A. Stoeer, of York, Pa., and hie aaeiatanta, Hugo Hotmatrom. at Dnluth, Minn . and M. D. Smith, of Cleveland, O., trained and exper ienced workmen. say that the tree hi unquestionably at leaet 700 years old and that H is possibly a thousand year* old. The tree ia a handsome specimen of cypress. growinr in the back yard of Mrs. Samuel W. Smallwood. near the banks of the Nuese. Its circum ference at the baee Is over 17 feet; its diameter is 44 inches; the greatest extension of its limbs la almost 100 feet; it is about 70 feet high. Such trees have always been val ued by nations of the world. In the United States there have been the Charter oak, the Washington elm and the apple tree at Appoaaattox Court House. The notorious dram tree at Witmingtoa. too, has rewlwd much publicity. In a magazine article pub lished sosw time ago, the New Bern cyprsss was classed aa one of the twenty most important tree* ia the United States, the only other tree mentioned in North Carolina being the one at Davidson planted by Weod row Wilson. Nfw Bern bu been particularly fortunate In the put hi having* had wvrral Important trees. Two otter ordinal forest trees grew there until recently; one an old hickory in Christ Episcopal church yard; the othar, a cedar tree in the yard of the lata Mr*. F. C. Roberta. There used to be alao two large willow tree* In the yard of the First Baptist church, at New Bern, cottlnff from a Raleigh tree planted by Mrs. John R. Bryan from a small slip of a willow tbat grew above the tomb of Napoleon oa the island of St. Hilwa, The oldest and only remaining impor tant tree la the city, however, and probably the oldest tree In (fee state, is the ftaaltwaed cypreaa. The facts that a* ladlaa treaty had been signed there aad that the first boat baiH in the slats had ha Anotbt QmnI Wright StanUy. •tor who lost 14 Revolution and who later HM Gov ernor 8 (night la a M foagfct at New Bern. Stanley Ut the *200,000 to tha half-famiahed leaa am;. Grama and Ma m heart. The arary >u i mediately and drtoriw portent eriaaa in the fhwl winning of While George Washington waa president of the republic, he eaaM M a visit to New Barn town. Gay ra in hia honor at the home, the Col. Joseph Leech home aa East Front street and other piaeaa. All Waahington maud to enjoy; bat ha was not satisfied ontil ha had boa shown the spot where Gr local patriots. Aa additional i flcanea for tha tree cams then the riait of Washington. Tha prmat ears af tha free by to ownsr aad the intarsat of New flaintaai insures its | If fwdtem permits, for of years. Looking down for oa tha ptuglsss and advance of < lag citisena will be tha monarrh. tags of tha past. *pride of the eat and harbinger of tha futura. Mrs. J. F. A. CsctL Nee Vaa derbilt, Bears Baby Sw Asheville, N. C, Feb. 27.—A son was born early today to Mrs. Joha F. A. Cecil, formerly Cornelia Van derbilt. at Riltmore House. Mr. Ce cil was formerly First Secretary of the British Embassy in Waahingtea. The child weighed eight and one-half nounda. Both mother and eon were said to be doing wall. The child is George Henry Vander bilt Cecil. George is for Mrs. Cecil s father. Henry for Mr. Cadi's brother *nd in compliment to Henry Ander son of New York, counselor of tha Vanderbflt estate. Mrs. Cecil, a daughter of Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt. waa bora at Riltmore aad there ssads her debet, celebrated her twenty-Brat birthday M waa married la tha Htla pal Chareh. Mr. Cecil whoae father la Lord Itam Cecil, third son of tha of Exeter, entered the British Diplo matic Service la 1911 He cease ta Washington in September, 1923. Policeman Kill* Boy WW Trying to Stop Speodor. Rock m\ ft. C„ Fab. 28.—R. M. Mc Feddai., K k Hill poHceoun. atteaapt H to ator a rxwdin* aatombtla by firinr M iU ti • iat»- last night, ana of th- ballots u.ttairtly ki'M Df*r Simpson. yung of a pro minent Ch. •tar family who with (km other CTwatcr youth* oeenpM th* aa »omob:lr. MrFaddrn told his story to a w nn«r'a jury today and mi Ml •Me ot had pending r-mpMion an th. In.