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! The Concord ribune ! TODAY'S NETS TODAY. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUltt Y Y III CONCORD. N. C, WEDNFSDAY. FEB. 14, 1923 NO 39. c - SELECTH Of JURY THE THOMAS TRIAL Cue Was Called Early To day in Rowan County Su perior Courtr-Jury Will Come From Special Venire MUCH INTEREST IN THE TRIAL Large Number of Witnesses From This City and Kan napolis Were on Hand for Opening of Court. o. (1. tiled Thomas, Charlotte futn salesman, is again on trlui for Ihe filial shotting of Arthur J. Alien, of I. iK l ily., in Kuiiniinilis on the uighl of (Icfolier 25, IKfl. The second trial nt Thomas (tot underway in Salisbury this niorninK in llowan County Su liexlor Court, and the case wan given precedent over everything on the crnn itiHl docket in. that court. Judge James I.. Webb, of Shelby, is presiding at the triul. At the Ural trial Judge. . I. Bis Ray presideil. There bus been n hie change in tlie personnel of Thonas' counsel since iiic lirsl trial. Alio, Only one Concord lawyer is taking mi active part in the defense, now, that lieing T. I. Mnness, while nt the former Irhtl Mr. MnneSD whs nsslsted hy rYniik Arnilield. M. B. Nherrln, .1., JH' C4Hiwe.il mid John M. ogleshy ofllhis city. (Itber lawyers HIiIM-iiring for the defendant now arc Una and Unn. R. Ie Wright and T. S. Carlton; all of Salisbury, and E. T. Cannier nuH John J. 1'itrker, of Charlotle.. who tool; part In the first trial, nlxo. The personuel of the State's counsel lias not undergone such a radical change. H. S. Williams and L. T. Mart sell will a'gain appear In the easel ' us will I,. V. Caldwell, of StntesVlllp. mid Hayden Clement, of Salisbury. The latter was solicitor at Hie ftrsi trial. Xcliulon Umg. of Statesville, Will represent tlie Slate, as solicitor al the present trial. More InU-rest than expected Is lie rttg shown in the c.ise. lu'cordlng hi re-Vorts- from Salibnry today, When ease was called i s luorjujur. say liaeUed. mid the ase is litung discus sed very freely in that. city. It is generally believed In Salisbury that thnt Thomas will get an Impartial trlrtl' in that city, judging from com ments made by Salisbury people. About forty people from this city and Knnnnpolis went to Salisbury this morning, having liecn summoned as witnesses. Some (if them expect to complete their testimony in tlte early stages of the trinl. while others be lieve they will have to remain In Sal isbury for several days. The entire s session of court this morning was taken up with the selec tion of jurymen, which are to be chosen from a special venire of 100, picked Monday afternoon. It- is -believed the trial will not be completed under a week's time. Five Jurors Chosen. (By the Awwelalea I' Salisbury. Feb. 14. Selection of a Jilry to try O. i. ( lted l Thomas, Char lotte auto salesman, charged with having. killed Arthur J. Allen last year al Kiinnupolis. was begun In Super ior Court here today and dive jurors had lieen chosen by noon. The ease was brought here on a change of venue after Thomas hnd lieen convicted once and granted n new trial. Mrs. Robert l,owe, who t est i lied at Thomas' llrst trial when ho was sen tenced to 18 years in the state peniten tiary, is seriously ill in Nashville, Tenn., it waik said by attorneys for the State. The prosecution claims she waa riding In an automobile .with Thomas on the night 'Of the killing, and the defense asked each venireman -if the fact that a married woman hndJ been ruling with a married man would influence tneir vernier. 8 Cent Sale at Kurd's. In a page ad. today in this paper Klird's announces n big 88 Cent Sale for Thursday. Friday nnrt Saturday. It will Is- to your Interest to read the ad. carefully and 1 see Just what, the company will offer fdr 88 cents dur ing the sale. The sale will continue for three days" only. Be on hand at the open ing nml get then the goods you select when yon rend the aD Piedmont Theatre TODAY AND TOMORROW Roy Stewart -151 "A Motion to Adjourn' From tlie itoturday Evening Post Sly by Peter B, Kyne. Also a Rolin Comedy "Soak the Shiek" COTTOH IHDUSTRY li HI F Industry During Last Month Showed Greatest Activity in Its History, According to Lute Statistics. ACTIVE SPINDLES WERE 35,240,853 Cotton Consumed During the . Month Totalled 610,375, an Amount Exceeded Ojily Twice in History. (Br thm Anaoclnlra Washington, Keb H. Cotton ninun- fili'turliig showed greater' activity dur ing January than at any time in the history of the industry. The number of cotton spindles active during the month iiassed the :i.-,.(kki.imni mark. Or the first time, the Cerisns Bu reau s monthly report Issued today, showing the number to'hiivc been :t.V Consumption of cotton during Jan; uury totalled ;iu;i7. Imles which has ki'ii exisedeil nnl.v twice. In March IlllC. and in May 1017. The growth of tin col ton spinning Industry in cotton growing states is largely rcNtonsihle for the increased ndllvity. In January cotton growing slates consumed more cotton than in any other month In their history, nml the inimlier of active spindles was larfter than ever lafore. Cot Ion ( 'mistimed During January. Washington. Keb. 14.Cottnn consum ed during January amounted to Old,. STo bales of lint and 40X04 of llnters. compared with IKTJUO of lint and 40, 078 of 1 inters in December; and 520, 008 of lint and 43,026 .of linters in January last year, the Census Bureau announced today. Will i I) MUZZLE PAPERS FtekUn Would Prohibit I'liblirulimi of v Exerittion Stories. Balelgh, Keb. i:t. B. B. Kicklin. of Greenville, meinlier of the state pri-sou board, made public tonight a bill to be introduced In the legislature, toluor- 'te,',' Wm-&,v.it ciitiotis lo wlTnessi's aiid iilllcidls and jiroliitiiting the pnbllciilbai of descri- tive ai-counts of elect nsail Ions in the. newspapers. Mr. Kicklin announced some weeks ago his intention to have this bill in troduced, declaring that the elaborate and. in many instances, harrowing ac counts of electrocutions wpre creating an unjustified sentiment against cap ital punishment. The state prison board today endorsed the proposal of Mr. Kicklin and voted to support his bill. Tlie prison authorities also sup port the measure. Display before the public of the gruesoiuness of electrocutions has become so elabroate. during the last few years as to Vause ularm in offi cial circles and among persons who recognized the necessity for the penalty. Much of tlie descriptive writ ing about electrocutions ims been in ketping with the confessed efforts of some news writers to emit a senti ment In favor of abolishing capital punishment by painting harrowing' pie dirt's' of executions. As a matter of fact, there Is noth ing in an electrocution that is more gruesome, or harrowing than any death scene. Pen pictures of death Cu the sick lied can be, and nave been, painted with as pathetic effect and horrifying reaction as .those of electrocutions. Kleetroeutions nt the Vilate prison, at least In the experi ence of this correspondent, have been carried out with a serious raatter-ofi factness In keeping with the judg ment of the courts. Any scene of death affords material for the greatest of dramatic effect, however, and the scenes at the state prison have been worked excessively THE COrfDN MARKET Opening Decline in Response to Low er Cables From Liverpool. (Br (kt IImmMH rrvmm. New York, Feh. 14. An opening de cline of !i to 1(1 points In the cotton market today was in response to lower IJveriavil cables and overnight selling orders which appeared to come from the. South. New Orleans and Wall HI reel sources. There was a good deal of buying on the bullish report of the Census Bureau on domestic consump tion for the monllr of January, how ever, and prices firmed up right after the call with May advancing from 28.1:1 to 28.83; and' with the general list soon showing net gains of 0 to It points Cotton futures opened steady : March 27.87; May July 27.r; October 2."i.20 ; December nnquoted. Thirty-Seven Schools Close In Bun combe Comity. Amoelntml Pimi.1 Asheville, N. ('., Feb'. 14. Thirty seven six-mouth term schools have closed their annual session to open again in August. The remaining 3D long term schools will continue until the seven, eight and nine mouths terms have been completed. The only French word In the Bible Is "Bruit," meaning a noise or distur bance. It occurrs in Jeremiah 10 :22 and the reas u it got there was because nrniaii-Frneh was the official Ian- iguage at Ihe time nf .the Bible's first translation Into English. OR COUNTRY Search of Jones Grave Will ile Made at Once iBr IS A. r,.lV New Tor, Feh. 14 Preparalbma n made thin nxmiug In open ihr Brooklyn grave of Snan James Ji-uc" . to ilt l. : ii.lm- whether In- Mf ket contained any of tlw Russian crown jc.w, Is A full i ifuipoiir of nldnr jo nod iiic military guard which ha bee op ilmy for more linn n month m M. NallOal cemetery at Cypres Hill. The company wn drawn up in front of the ceruetery gate, and an n'HiiufDji'Hi wax in ila tbnl no one would he pertained t0 w.i it. Kir ill Internment csec.pt Mn- military and agents of Ihe treasury detainment. Hcn-aiinnnl rumor regarding the I llnlan rmwn Jewels have been our-1"" rent ever since the death of "ir Nicholas. 'hc first concrete evblemi' that the Cheaper Gas For City is Promised After March 1st Concord & Kannapolis Gas tary Reduction of 10 Cents Per 1,000 Cubic Feet Further Reductions May Be Made at Later Dates. Cheaper gas for Concord Is assured by the announcement made today hj th' Concord & Kannapolis lias Cora liuny Mini beginning March lirsl it will renins' its rate In Concord and Kan iinpolls 1(1 cents per 1.(100 cubic. feet ihe announcement was made bv Mr Walter Whetstone, of I'hilad'elphhi i'resldenf of Ihe company, who sikii! Tuesday and tislay with .Mr. John S rainier, manager or the lisitl gn plant. "Beginning March first." the an nouncement of the company states, "the charges for gns will lie reduced Id cents iier 1.000 vubic foot, making the rate un ami after thnt date $2.40 gross, $2.30 net." The minimum rate will lie continued ils at the present. $1.00 per month. In announcing the reduction Mr. Whetstone declared the company "had kept the public trust" hy the fact that It "made no promise but Indit-ntcd thnt as soon as It got Its property into the black Instead of the red it would take a chance and voluntarily reduce its rate. "The reduction is made voluntarily on the part of the company." he stat ed, point tin; mil that permission oi Im to-lie seciiriMl before Ihe .reduction could la made, as such permission had to lie secured lielore the last increase was made. Mr. Whetstone 'stated that the com imny hoped to so popuia rize the use of gas that the "community will make larger use of this particular public utility." "We appreciate very much the long suffering of the general public," he continued, "and we have not continued the high rate longer than was abso lutely necessary. "Gas is a necessity in a community as is indicated by the fact that com munities not enjoying gas as a public utility are making daily overtures to us to build them a plant. It is not profitable to build such plants due to the fact that it tajjes at least five years to bring the plant up to economic pro duction, and during that time the rates have" to ls so much higher than the; rate In Concord that a new com munity would not be able to stand for it." Mr. Whetstone .was of Ihe opinion that the reduction aniiounced for March llrst would not Ite the only one to lie made by the company in the near turiire. 11 tne renucnon in price causes more people to use gas, or the present usetrs to consume more gas, an other reduction. In rates will lie made and Mr. Whetstone expressed the hope thut this can lie done In the near fu ture. "We hope to tie able to progressive ly continue these rate reductions," he said, "and we believe if is now up' to the present consume to become a laiost er for the local gas plant and Induce bis neighbor to use gn. When the cNiisiiuiptiou of gas under the rediu tlon rate increases enough to counter act the loss in income caused by the rate reduction, the company plans to make another cut In price. The lust Increase granted the com pany was in January, 1922, when the Corporation Commission granted a request of the company to be allowed to Increase Its rate to $2.50 gross and $2.-4fl net. In its announcement the sought only because "for months dur ing and after the World War it con tinued to serve gns to this, community at a considerable loss," and that when it appealed to the commission it "in dicated that as soon us possible it would reduce the rate voluntarily." Mr. Palmer, manager of the plant, states that the local gas company was the lust one In the State to ask the Commission for an Increase In price and is the first In the State to an nounce a voluntary price reduction. The gas company in (last on la today made a slmllnr price reduction an nouncement, but It Is owned by the same conn amy ' which Owns the local plant, of which Mr. Whetstone Is pres ident, and hut one company is really represented by the two plants. The local gas plant was built .III P.I12 and at present serves about 1,000 homes ami business houses in this city and Kannapolis. i Uouslng accomodation is provided for 22.000 people by the Peabody Trsl, in I smdon Kenslnaton Palaee Was ode nf ihe first buildings in England to be decorated with wall paper. Called Hiatea l nt waa - lag tin- (pan aa A- i n i-aav rarly laat uvmlh arte W , It. Wlli.ia. special navni f Jpr imktmrf depart mini admitted be w:i inv .-Mgsihaj u . -niri Dial HJMNnoi worth were burled m I hi' Rrajjko lemejecy. The story waa Iter tin- j,n,-U had been rini'Kii'd Into thin xmtry in 1C20 lii tin- i-uflka of i hi- sailor who d'ed on an amrjr tr.u irt at Cllir.il tar in August. I'Oi. wha the ves4 wax on Its w.iy from Vladivostok to tin Inlted Statea. No Jewel- Found. New York. rM 1 1 None of the Russian crown jewel- was found in '"n,n "f '" James Jnr when the ImhIv buried in a Brooklyn cemetery, was dlaltiiorril today by the government Company Announces Volun s BREAK 100 POINTS After Advances of 28 to 72 Points at Opening, Market Broke 100 Points, the Max imum Allowed (By tV AuMclm.'d Prmiht New York, Fell. 14. After advances of 28 to 72 points at the upening of the raw sugar futures market today, prices broke 100 points, tlie maximum tlm liiation allowed In one day s trad ing, by the exchange. Yesterday s spectacular advance oi 100 points-had left many buying around the ring. Today thc orders were ex ecuted, causing ftByadvance May and July selling as high:is n. Id. Alter the execution, however, there was ben yvy liquidation, nnd prices tumbled one cent it pound in tlie prst hour's trading. 51KTH0DLST PRO'l'KSTATS WILL COMPLETE COLLEGE Campaign For Funds in Interest ok High Point institution Has Keen Authorized. High Point, Feb. 13. Meeting heri today, trustses of the North Carolina Methodist Protestant ccllege laid plans looking towards the completion of the college administration building and the erection of two dormitories in the immediate future so that the institution might upon its doors ai the earliest possible time. The trustees also discussed the formation of a cur riculum and the choosing of a faculty for the college. The first step of the trustees pok ing towards completion of the cot lege was the authorization of Dr. it. .VI. Andrews, chairman of the board, to draw up plaus tor a state-wide cam paign for funds, and to appoint and direct a commitUe to carry out the plans. The trustees also instructed Her bert B. Hunter, architect, to com plete the 'plans for two dormitories. It was intimated that work on tnese buildings would b" started as soon as the plans are finished. Arrangements have not been made for the opening, of the college uext fatl, but the trustees are anxloui that the Institution open as soon 'as pos sible, and, according to enthusiasm shown by them today, they will push the completion of the college. ' The administration building now lacks only the finishing touches, out the trustees say that they do not want to open the colli' ce until the two dormitories are built and the co'lege ia aide to care adeirnately for its stu dents. INVESTIGATION STARTS Federal Coal Commission Starts In vestigation Concerning Civic Rights of Mine Workers. inr k uwm-iate Pmi.l C. ..!.!. ...I .... I.-.. I. 11 4 I.,....,.:.,., of American citizens have been abridg ed or denied during labor controver sies in the coal industry, and whether I ....... ..I. . ... ,.f ..I,-!! s... ....Imlnnl l.ai I,.., .. lUMHI i II t .1 ,,, I It'll ll U 1111-tMkUft ,.f (t' i ..o,.uii.;'i;i , ...ut i,..,...., t,i..c i.v the Federal cooi commlBKlon. Former are mailed In the United States, 1,400 -Ytce Preoldent Marshall, one of the 000 letters. To carry this great vol commisslon memlx-rs, was detailed to ! ume of mall during the lnst fiscal jeiir make the preliminary examination. I there was soli 14,000,000 (KM) porta g( J t stamps, .77,000.000 siierlal delivery Gives Radium to Winston-Salem Hos-1 stamps, 8,(K,0(KI,000 iiewspajier wrap pilal. pew, and over 1,H)0,000,000 postal (By tw u3i4tt4 Pr. Winston-Salem, Feb. 14. Mr. Bow man Gray, of this city, has presented to the City Memorial Hospital a suf ficient quantity of Vallum for use In all cases lo which it Is applicable in treatment. Dr. Thomas Redfern, sup erlntemtent. has announced. Of all living crctiteurs the most ter rible In combined jaw power and ! ((lu'.nment of teeth is the. shark. The' hammer-head shark may have as many S as five rows of triangular teetli, while Hirer abark can sever a man's hodv with a single bite, exercising a jaw 'potter of at jfast a ton. ALLIED SHIPS STILL FLOATING IN WATER Bluffs" Made bv Turks Are Playing Out With Allies, Who Will Not Complv With Ultimatum. AUJED ANSWER SENT TO TURKS Who Have Not Sent a Reply to It Believed the Terms of Lausanne Treaty Will Be Accepted. Taris, Feb. 4 (By Ihe Associnti-d Press t. The representative nf the An 'gora government al Smyrna has not yet delivered the reported ultimatum for the withdrawal of the warshins 'there to the allied chiefs. In French diplomatic circles the opinion is expressed that the Turks have reached the end of their string of "bluffs." and now are anxious to i settle matters definitely and 'the feel ling is that the Ijiiisanne terms will lie I accepted without import am modfflcn j Hons. ;'r Answer I'llinmttim. .omlon. Keb. 14 (By Ihe Associated ho. The wording of the joint the allied high commissioners In Constantinople were to have handed yesterday to Ad ran Bey, Turkish nat ionalist representative in reply to the demand for the withdrawal of war ships from Smyrna harbor, ,was left to the discretion of the allied repre sentative on the scene, but It Is un derstood in oiticia I circles the note declares the Turkish .demands are un acceptable. ANOTHER CATHOLIC CHURCH DESTROYED Church Recently Pordavifd by Syrian Catholics in Canada Destroyed by Fire. iB' I lie Aaaortatel Prcaa.. , Montreal. Feb. 14. Trinity Church. I the oldest Anglican church In Canada, t which rocnilc iMissed Inlrf the hniids . of Svrlan Catholics, was destroyed by llije early today. The. cause uf.WMvblngn has not boon determined. The church, was the 14tlt Catholic institution In Canada to be attacked by Haines, within the Inst yea r. Private Detectives (ttiard Home of Harold McCormick. Chicago, Feb. 13. -Guarded oy a score of private detective, Harold F. iMcCormick," head of the executive committee of the International Har vester company, and his Paris bride. Oanna Wa'ska Puacz, Polish prima donno, who were re-married today to comply with the Illinois divorce laws, remained in seclusion tonight at the estate of Mr. iMcCormick's mother in Lake Forest. AHhough the ceremmony was Mme. Walska's fifth and Mr. MeCormiek's third, it was marked by all the usual flourishes. A truck load of (lowers fll'ed the hOMse, 20 musicians played the wedding march and a caterer trom a downtown hotel served an elaborate wedding breakfast for the small party he bride anil bridegroom, Mrs. C. H. McCormick. Sr.. and Mrs. Emmons Blan? the bridegroom's sister, and the Rev. Fred V. Hawley, who performed the ceremony. The wedding took place at noon the license for the marriage to legalize in Illinois the ceremony per formed in Paris ast August having been obtained (luring the morning. ine names ami asro wiiucu uf"1 records were as foUows: "Harold Fowler McCormick, 50 years old. "Ganna Walska Puacz, 31 years old." The re-marriage was made neces sary by the provision of the Illinois law forbidding the marriage of di vorced persons within a year after granting of the decree. Five Community Fairs in Mecklenburg grills Year. (Br tbc Aaaaelalcd Piaa.t Charlotte, N. C. Feh. 11. Five communities Sharon, Dixie, Steel Creek, llnntersvllle and Black Creek have voted to hold fairs during the fall of B)23. This step was taken in line with the rehabilitation of the .Mecklenburg Community Fair Associa tion. What the Mall Carrier Docs 1 In every single hour of the 24, then1 ; curds. Debt Funding Bill Gets Consideration, in Senate (Br (be AinoclatrA Prru.l Washington. Feb. 14. An agrne- ment between Senate republican nud democratic leaders on the British debt fondinir bill reported to have been reached Informally today, would strike out the House provision aumoruiug im rxnc.vrc thi Dr TH OK J. J. WIUKKH RaMgk Patter RHsrte ratal Woastd May ml Hatr Hera Netf lafiboafi. Kibtj(li. Feb. 14. A larnoir's lu !pirKl Int.. the dt-nlL of J J. Wilkf i.f Atlanta, (to.. traVeltug aalo who did lm local bpilal ' lialay 1 1. in, wounds ahonl Ibr ! will la- held Mo. afterauua. W ill.. - was removed to a blal Pun day night be wan Milferiiig fnau a ae- verr nil just behind Ihe left eir. and a wound iu die lack of lis, head. Wilkes was found lying la a pool f blood la bis aunt al a ll bou-l Miueby night. He told (he polbv. they say, thai he recelvrfl the wound bai4c of his 'ear when he .tumbled and i' it on a nail file. Iter. siwrding to the polio-, Wilkes declared thnt be had iMfti in a liquor pai i with some women and had la-en "drugged The police were unalilc to gain from Wilkes whether he had cugaged in a light. City authorities yesterday iaaned a warrant charging Wilkes with at tempting to commit suicide. Ralnlt. Fell. 14 J. J. Wilkes, a traveling salesman of Atlanta. III., who was found with a deep gash in his Miro.it at a local hotel Suiiday night. died nt a Italeigh hospital early tialny. A warrant was issued by fo-lb-e authorities yesterday . lunging Wilkes with attempting lo commit suicide. The aiUhorities are trying to locate Wllke's relatives in Atlanta. AVIIkes is said to have lived at one time, in Charlotte, where he owned a home. POM RI ClJU.MS Hi: HAL BKKN FALKKLX ACCCSED Richmond Man Held on Murder liarge (ritiri.es Newspapers. lib i i a ii ml. Va Fell. I.'!. Breaking the rigid silence he has maintained since his arrest. Thomas I'ollard, young real estate man, who is on trial here for the murder of Mrs. Thelina Ham lticlutrdson, a pretty divorcee, who wis killed at the, I'ollard homo on the night of DecemlM'.r 11, In an Interview with new8Mipermen today declared his innocence and insisted that the shoot ing of the woman was an accident. I'ollard declared that be had been "falsely accused." and exptessed the hope thnt "the public will withhold judgment until the facts are presented in their true light in court." Refer ring to stories printed in the newspa pers I'ollard launched a bitter criti cism of the. press and declared that the newspapers "poison the public mind." He denied reports' thnt he had attended a number of public functions "'nee his arrest and declared that nt "NW left his home except wheu lie compaiiicd by his counsel. ''"he interview look placi The interview look nlnco in Pol lnril's cell in the city jail, to which , ' ! w '" "o y lm was committed yesterday by Judge . " Kicnaros m. wikt nrri wmr tlie defendant could not be granted freedom during the trial. Pollard had been at liberty under slii.iiuu bull which he made on the night of the tragedy. Fourteen talesmen were In the. jury box when court adjourned shortly af ter noon today. The special venire of 75 men who reported this morning was exhausted within three hours with only ten of the number qualify ing as tentative' jurors. Six more are needed to complete the tentative panel of 20 men. from which the Jury of 12 men will be seiectd. Another venire of fit) men has been summoned for to morrow nnd opposing counsel expres sed confidence tonight that the jury will be completed in another day. RICHER IS hn-LED AD MISS (TYLER INJU RED Automobile Turns (Her on Them Miss CnjierN Buck is Broken. Richmond, Va., Feb. 13. A burred windshield and a yvet roadway were stiid by police tonight to have lieen re sponsible fbr the automobile accident in which Benjam'n '. Rucker, mem ber of a local tobacco firm, was kill ed and Miss Grace Barton ruylor,' prominent New Yoik society girl, was seriously injured late last night, when the car in which they wers riding overturned in a western suburb. It -tfas said that Rucker was I "nd- n i ed by a mist which had collected on I chain. The wife of the murdered man the yvindshleld and drove the macuinejhas had medical attention since the off the pavement When the driver at tempted to steer the machine back to the roadway, It Is said, the car over turned, pinning Mr. Pucker and Miss Cupler beneath. Rucker was killed in stantly. Richard S. Pauletts, a local lawyer, and Miss Josephine """BucliSSfT also of New York, were thrown clear of the car and escaped injury. Miss Cuyier, whose back was brok en, as reported in a serious condi- lion luuigni. riiyimiuus ai me iionyi tal. however, entertain hope for her recovery. Large Tobacco Sales Reported. (By the Aaaoclftted Preaa.) Winston-Salem. Feb. 14. A total of ; 31.,477,M0fl pounds of leaf tobacco has been sold ip the local market since the season opened last September, officials have announced. The tobacco has brought growers $8.447,fi!J71 in cash. The average for the season Is $2li.H:? per hundred pounds. Fair at Greensboro in October. Greenslwro, N. C, Feb. 14. The Central Carolina fair will be held in Greensboro the second week in Octo ber this year, according to an agree ment nwohed by the directors. the President to rfpprove similar set tlement with other debtor nations-and would sulKitllute the amendment of Senator Robinson, democrat, of Ar - kansas. requiring future proposal be submitted to Congress. RUMORS OF RECESS FOR i fp,SUTURE .aaar1 House i Votes to Continue Special Committee Mak ing Check Now of Finan cial Standing of State. PLAN TO GET REPORT LATER Auditors Think It Will Be April First, Perhaps, Be fore They Have Completed Their Examination. Italeigh. X. C, Feb. T4 (By the As sisiated Iress. All minors relative to an expected recess of the (leneral Assembly were laid to rest today when ISwnker Dawson of the House, intro-dm-ed a resolution providing that the spei ial finance committee be continued in force and report back to the Gov ernor and council Of state after the sieciiil committee reported that the au dit ordered by the committee would not lie ready before April 1. The reiHirt of the special committee stated that the auditors would not ls ready during the legal period of the session, which euds on March :t. and Mr. Dawson's resolution passed unan imously after it had lieen amended to provide that printed copies of tlie re jsirt lie mailed to members of Ihe Oen era I Assembly. Italeigh. Feb. 14 ( By the Associat ed Press l. Refusing a .substitute bill, but accepting an amendment to the original measure, the Senates to day by a roll call vote of 42 to 2, pass ed on Its third rending the bill which proposes to raise the "age of consent" to It! years. The amendments to the bill provide that a female defendant under the promised law woula lie charged with n "misdemeanor" Instead of a felony : that marriage of the de fendants would lie a bar to further prosecution: and that all defendants under Hi years of age would lie ia the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. The Senate majority registered In favor of the bill does not indicate the nature of the debate which preceded the rU 4U. thai was vigorous anil - , fi,, r'i v efforts io send the bill back to committee. Reasons assigned for the movement to re-refer were not fundamental objections to the proposed legislation, but the con tention that the details of the measure were undesirable and that the numer ous amendments were confusing. The bill now goes ' to the House for con- . currence.. NEGRO KILLS WHlTj: MAN NEAR LUMBERT0N Metco Horn, Father of Six ChihWii, Murdered By Brack Prudie, Who Escapes. Lumberton, Feb. 13. -Brack Prudie, negro, shot and instantly killed Metco Horn, white man, at Horn's home about seven miles north of here, at 7 o'clock thifr morning. Two shot3 were fired by the negro, both taking effect. A quarrel over -40 cents seems to have started the trouble. A posse or ganized shorty after the shooting came within 300 yards of tlie negro, who was trying to escape, and fired several shots at him, but late this afternoon he had not bent captured. The murdered man leaves a wife and six children. An 11-year-old daughter and two sons, nine and six, were the only eye-witnesses to the shooting The escaping negro told his grandfather that he shot after Mr. Horn had assaulted h'm with a trace shooting, she being in a condition such that she could not withstand the shock at the affair. Macon Po'ice Shoot at Reflections and Ruin Plate Mirrors. Macuu,, Gii., Feb. 13. -Danncnbarg department store officials late today after what they termed a "careful in vestigation" declared that the polios who entered their establishment San day night in search of burglars en- 1 gaged in a gun battle between tnem i selves iind thetr vpfleeMnns in Ihe htsr mirrors in the store. Officials further declared that there were no burBiars in the store at the time. Bullets shattered several hundred dollars worth of mirrows In addition to damaging much wearing appiuo!. A ight was b-rnlng In the rear of ths store when the police arrived and as they entered the second floor, facing a nunraer of mirrors their shadows in the soft darkness presumably nad the appearanoe of burglars moving about the store, officials said. Armour ft Co.. Stock Dodines in Price Chicago, Feb. 14. Armour & Com pany preferred shares dropped 17 In value today to $86, with trading in the stock the most active ever known. Sell ng of the shares was, Influenced by announcement that the control of J. Ogden Armour's interest in ths packing industry had ben 'transferred to Junkers for a period of trve years. WIU Not Pay Fine. Berlin, Feb. 14 (By the Associated Press). The municipality of Gelsen- klrchen. according to adviocs ratfaaaaaaa1 here, has declined to p 1 J?
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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