TODAYS
NEWS
TODAY.
"HE CONCOttb DAILY TRIBUNE IX I
VOLUME XXIII
CONCORD. N. C MONDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1P3
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Tragedy at Manhattan
Asylum Brings Inquiry
Full Investigation Will Be
Made by Eight Agencies,
in Effort to Place Blame
.for Fateful Fire,
25 PERSONS IN
BUILDING BURNED
Twenty-Two were Inmates,
and Other Three Were
Loyal Attendants, Who
Fought Blaze Bravely.
NEW MEMBER OF
SUPREME COURT
Now York. Feb. 10 ( Hy the Akwm f-1
led Pre). Mud! inquiries were
underway today Into, the tragcilv on
Ward's Island, ii Utile jntilHK rin k In
tli" suii-ilng teuton of Hell (;i,..
Where yesterday lire swept 11 ward of
ill" Manhattan state I loNpitnl for the
Insane, killing 22 pntHnt nml throe
mule u 1 1 em hints
Nineteen bodies had hem reiiivered
Is-foro dusk dm) removed to the city
morgue, Imt six mon remained in the
ire covered ruins These. It wnii fenr
ed. hiid lieen cremated.
The blaze wns believed to have Is-on
Hinted by n terrllie blast In Hell
Gnte. which broke the insulation on
electric wiring, causing n short cir
cuit. The one unit of the 75 on the island
that wns attack.! by the fl.-unos, hoiis-i-d
the most, violently insane men of
bomicilnd tendency who uilght at any
niomeiit hnve liiicd at the throiils of
their rescuer.
Rut leiti they did not. A few strug
gled as guard IrliHl in push their way
to safety through smoke and flame,
but. not a single attack upon nu at
tendant was reported. The authori
ties starting or projecting investiga
tions were the tire marshal, medical
examiner Harris, the statu .architect.
the chairman of the state hospital
commission, the district attorney's of-
nce. me nnspiinis hoard ot managers.
nml ctty detectives, while Brigadier
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HI ll incnl-V til ell l' ili'l.W't I ' i 1 s I ii.
UilKlUllr bv ihe dl-mliroi-s u-hm I lie i-l.i-.
theory were' advaim-d seriously he
would inaugurate an investigation nl-
TO BE CONDUCTED SOOlfl
Campaign In North Carolina Will He
Held Early In March.
(By the AaaocMird Pmn t
. Raleigh, X. C, Feb. 10. The ogri
culluml extension service of North
Carolina State College utm the De
partment of Agriculture, ln'eo-opern
Hon with the Putted States Btolqgj.
cal Survey, is planning a state-wide
cuiuimlgn against ruts. Nine counties
already have lieen orgnnizeil to con-
iluct drives during the week March
JO. f
Workers of the extension service es-'
limine there is u lpss of live to ten
million dollars annually from rat
depredations in North Carolina. He
plies to circulars sent out by E. It.
'ltnney, of the Farm Engineering Di
vision, show an average loss of live
per cent, in corn kept in storage. This
represents a loss of $R,ouO,000 when
.applied to the states $10,000,00 corn
nop
"While the loss to corn prima hly
represents the largest single damage,
It is only a small per centage of the
total damage," stated J. Silver, of the
t'nited States Biological Survey, wljo
Is in Baleigh'lo assist in tho oniii
imigii. "Hats destroy all manner of
farm produce from the time of plum
ing until Una! consumption. These
liests destroy hy pollution ten times as
much as they ent.
' "Losses in storage on the farm. In
transit, In warehouses. In markets and
in store all effect the ultimate price to
the consumer. Nor does the loss stop
with foodstuffs; all lands of dry goods,
furniture, other house furnishings and
miscellaneous merchandise are con
stantly being destroyed by their inces
sant knawlng. Floods are caused by
the rats knawing lend pipes and hy
their burrowing in emlmnkments ;
foundations of buildings are weaken
ed by their tunneling, while destruc
tive (tree often are caused by them.
"To this list of Indictments, I also
add the more serious one of their men
ace to public health. The best means
of (getting rid of rats is tbe co-opera
tive drive against them, followed by a
general cleaning, up and where possi
ble, to guard against them In con
st meting new buildings and in mak
ing repairs, ho said.
Associate Justice Edward
Sanford Takes Judicial
Oath This Morning.
lb rtele ft,la. I
Washington, Feb. 19 Associate
JusCer- Edward T. Sanford, of Ten
nessee, took tin- judicial oath us m
the reconvening of ihe Supreme Court
today after IhrW weeks rise. Chief
Jdtlco Taft ndmin'stcrcd the oath
immediately after the coart met, the
n H jnvtin' wenrlyg Ids Judio'nl roln'S.
repealing it after him while Ihe court,
bur and iiud'etiee stood, lie Mien
whs conducted to his seat at the ex
treme left of the Chief Justice, tilling
the bench for the first lime since the
1. 1. -cut term of the Supreme Court
began in October, amD thus making
likely the early cvtiMiirr.i t ion of.a
number of cases which have been pm
off. due to the vacancies. I
193,1 st.m poinds
OF TOBACCO SOU)
In Independent Warehouses in Httate
. During the Past Year.
Raleigh. N. C. Feti. 1!) . Hy the As
sociated Tress I. "The independent
warehouses otierating in Xonh Caro
lina thls"s'ason have sold lftUMjQSM
iHiunds of producers' rpbaero nt tni
average of.ftJ7.7-J Kr hundred ishiiios.
iieconllng to their reporls. Tbe co-opl
eratlve association hud nvivisl ."it!,
TTI.I.'rl iMiuuds I iv January 1, which
aceonnts for 3St.9taVttt7 pounds of the
liil'J crop to date."
This annoiini-uienl ras made ti
nlght by Frank l'arker. statistician of
the Tniled States and North Carolina
departments of agriculture.
"iMSt year, at this date, 228,50G,(0
pnii mis had lieen marketed in this
state ut $24.18 ier hundred pounds,"
he continued. "This amount wns til
tier cent, of the 1121 crop, mid. ac
cording to forecasts of the lf!22 crop,
the 251.000.000 pounds reportinl on are
82 per cent, of that crop.
"Sales during the jiast season were
reisirtiMl as follows: August 1S.1.V.,.
5S0 iHiunds: September 45,2 Hi.lUti : th
tdtier tt2.a2.(KtO: November 30,140,132 ;
Deee'mlier 1S,14T,I52: January 0S,
010. I.af reports not included in
these amounted to 5,800,000 pounds
"Last year, tbe Jannury auction
sales showed I" TiMi.iWiy jijnimls coin
iwreil with the OilfifflMXto" sold this year
during January, when the co-pemth'e
association received its share."
The following is u rejiort of ris-eipts
in the Bright I-tif lnlt, furnished the
department by the association:
Iteceipts to January 1,102:1:
North Carolina 50,771,454 pounds.
Virginia 30,025,070 pounds.
South Carolina 15,S5(I,040 poundii.
In 1021, it was stateil, receipts in
Kentucky, Indiana. West Virginia
a mj Ohio were 120,000,000 pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowe Testify
for Defense in Thomas Case
TrvCanay of Mr. ami Mrs. H-rt
lwe hMtinwl Satunlr' i uaim at
the Thoua trial Tlw fntlnwlag U
the SalMuiry IVist't story, of the trial
fatnntay : ,
Then- was aaoiher dramailc mo
tion in Kowja Kiiper'itr cuurt lo r
today, during rh trial of o N. iBed.i
Ttxiftoj . i1iarlMU uutomotillr sales
man. harged with the murder ofAr
tbur Allen, Concord master to ml., r
when Mm. Rols rt towe. who was la
the ar it., lo.iii of ihe hianic'de. with
'mt- In her ey ami half Hmkin
betwien nbs. deAcriU.I ihe Incident
rorrolHirniing Thomas' erMence In U-
mil and luainl.iinci iim.r of any
improper relations ever having e -t.d
between her ami the defendant.
Mrs. IiOv was assisted to and from
the si a ml by her hilslian.l. Her H -I I
nioiiy innk n little less lliiui an hour.
Mrs. Iiwe, nerrous and trembling
T.alaCa (rll
for the drfene II
lo .mil ll. i
by Ihe dafensp's
TIk- ennn a
n.Mni hour. It
asiralug and
TV- huge
Barly i.nners
to lusr the pror4ii .'
u.-re til e I th al
1
do
oiirt f
rushed
related Imt stojy of Ihe murder. She the Infant.
hint left a sli-K lie.1 .'n Mislivllle l nil
--.re.1 hewrlly
late lieiug unable
l.trwce pn M Wed
irmm a
o-.t riiortlr after
rn.nven.' Mnaalay
Ihe hearings,
m wa nicked
to the front rows
The i, .
spectators.
Kveryone ItsteBdB eaierly Mrs.
I.n.-s i, iiinu.ny aj" Hint of In r hits
hand wa- of .i Mm nial 'haractar
tbroiighint.
Aceomponyiag U ll.n. Iho wife
of Ihe deceased lagfi. were ber thtre
sens, tin- njiicst lasfcg 7 years of ng
ami ihe ynnngetH lVm nlh. During
the hearings, the yofui:c-t ildld, whMn
she kept in her lara muttered exprcs
sTous in hi- Imby latkuage at intervals.
She left the conn ro m twice with
defense .-latiii. She was visibly weak.
She was ctnNcly followed by lu'r bus
baud to the stand. .Mr. I .owe made n
Th. mills u'ere A Ihr'; liluc suit nml
ill order to testify, attorneys for thfla black overall when he entered the
court nsmi shortly g-forc i-ourt oH-ned
its morning esshigs Mrs. Thomas
enlere.1 with a glrfifrieud. .Mr-. A I
giHMl witness. He stall1.! tluiMte leu was also ais'thp- I by Mrs.
knew of the trips Mrs. UtWC, hls'wife. Meyers, n ministerV wife from 'on
luid taken with Mr. Thomas and cord. - .
others ami staled that Mr. and Mrs.; Mrs. I)we. a yotig woman around
riiomas, Mrs. I.owe and himself, were thirty, wore a dark . t a dark blue
REVENUE BILL IY
BE PRESENTED TO
ASS0IBLY T
House Finance Committee
Working on Bill Now, and
It May Be .Ready for Pres
entation by Tonight.
on
MILLIKEN BILL
UP IN SENATE
Not Known What That
House Will Do With It, but
Opponents Say It Will Be
Defeated on the Floor.
"the liest of friends
In addition to tbe testimony of Mr.
and Mrs. Iowe. the defense put oh n
number of character witnesses and sev
eral other witnesses, of minor signifi
cance, who gave corrohora live evidence.
suit and a rat. Wfore going on Ihe
stand, she removed-ber hat.
Mr. Lowe! a traveling salesman, is
heavy set. middle ed. partially bald,
i
(Concluded om Page Two.)
Orphans in State Need
Greater Facilities Now
Present Institutions Are Doing Great Work, But They
Are Unable to Care for 6,400 Children Who Need Care
and Training. Featunts of Some of Orphanages.
4t
Haleigh, N. C. Feb. 19 t By the As
sociated Press). in the twenty-live
orphanages in North Carolina. '12.H40
aepenaeut c-liildren are being cared
for at present, according to ii survey
of these particular institutions just
completed and made public today hy
tne state' Hoard or fhtfrilleS mid Puli
lic Welfare. The results, which luiTe
lSH'ti tabulated, give i npreheusive
view of luiw the otpliannges. are meet- TYia Mochino
Ing tlie problem of the dependent child ,
m tins state and form a basis of rec-j W ere Kit
ommeniiniions for lii)provemeiits. I y.v a
Tllie.,IWlut;)o juiL Bflees..nl half. "y A.
Ffhe li'nniFier of North fa I'ollna depend-1 GoldsborO
em eiiimreu. ollKlnls state. Hivause
of hick of room, the orphanages are
forced to turtt away yearly more chil
dren than they can admit. Estimates
THE COTTON MARKET
I ndnnzed to 1-4 of a Point
Lower Wlih Nrar Months Relatively
Firm.
(Br the Associated I'resn.i
New York, Feb. 1!). The cotton
market opened unchanged to 1-4 point
lower with near months relatively
lirmer on continued covering by March
shorts for trade buying. It seemed.
however, tBat the advances of late Inst
week had eased the technical position
to some, extent, and the later months
were easier under realizing or selling
for reaction 'which was promoted by
lower Liverpool cables than expected,
and ri'isirts of continued good weather
In the South.
Cotton fulut'es opened .fairly steady.
March L'S:4t); May 2:70; July 28:30;'
Oct. 23.82 Pec. 25.50.
WANT FARM CREDITS BILL
TO GET CONSIDERATION
TWO MEN KILLED IN
AUTOMOBILE WRECK
Kaleigh, X. C Pah. 19 (By Iho As
Focinted Press I. -While Ihp Mouse
RltM Coinntitteo giithei-ed Js-re to
day for full consideration of the gen
eral revenue bill, Senators were pre
paring to receive the .Milliken bill fori
the regulnt.on of secret orders from
the committee which is now consider
ing it. j
What the Semite will dotto the Mil-
llllcln bill no Senator will say. but tin
I House memlH'rs who opiHis.nl that leg
lishuion express themselves by saying
(that the bill would not live long once
jit came to the floor of the Senate. Prb
IllMinontS of the measure, however, while
rfiredtcting Hissibly a sharp light, de-
ibtri'd there was no cause for fear,
and I bey said tbe bill would pass with
out further aniemlnienl in the form in
which it was sent to the upper body.
As finance committeemen settled to
the consideration of the tax measure
in the hope of being able to make a
favorable report tonight or tomorrow,
the sub-committee of the educational
group in the House was preparing to
mii MiMTirn wit
in HuHT Hull WF.ETI1
.l U. Ills, H.rd l ( l.f T lire I.I
Br M. 1,1 in W Uu!. This Nrr4.
AilsuU. Om , Fefc. It. Mem- MVhis
la wleatifie dtatraetioa of Hie boll
MfVH, as well as itrtln.tr pian for
oonrcr.cd rt.on by al the Inter r'
larolved In the American ctton .
iutr. are expcet.d to result fmni .
Mat oral Cotton onference whlrti
will meet in Atlanta on Tuesday and
Wednesday, for which a Urge attend
in re Is expected.
The powlbllity of urtny poion gas
n d roylng the weevil will be dis
cussed hy D. B. Bradner. tnf
liembt of the government ' hrmlra
Warfare Service and cvjicrinienls in
:h" use of X-rays a stetili.rui
tgint in pr venting pr ugition of
'.he insects will be desriibid by Dr.
M cluud I. Pitoin. one of tbtiatlon's
foremost electrical rienti-tr. nml l
aiem'ier of the fscul of I'ottnUda
University of ,:w York. Other uts-
tlnguishiHl .mis'- who will speak
at the confercm-e arc Hudson Maxim,
who wit discuss the lmportanev of
scient.flc co ail ination of effort in the
warfare upon th;' weevil, and Dr.
Miller It.ese Hutchison for many
years chief engineer for Thomas A.
Edfton and now managing director, of
the- National Campaign for Boll
Weevil Control.
fine Atlanta conference will be
unique in that it will assemble in this
city the m:n who have dine pioneer
work in the search for a toll weevil
destruction agent and many leaders
in the vnr.ous branches of the cot
ton industry who are anxious to find
more effective means of combatting;
this menac; to the cotton industry
NEAR EAST RELIEF
DRIVF COUNTY
art .. . k lirvT liirri
olWllolltAI littrv
Rev. J. Frank Armstrong,
Local Chairman, Says Ev
erything is Now Ready for
Campaign Opening
QUOTA THIS YEAR
SAME AS BEFORE
County Will Be Asked to'
Raise $3,200. Chairman
Feels Certain Local Quota
Will Be Easily Raised.
Cabarrus county's campaign for Ihe
Near Rust Relief will lie held from
February 25 to March 4 and will start
next Sunday with speakers who have
lH.cn through the horrors of Turkish
misrule over Christians In the Near
Kast addressing loi-al churchgoers, it
was announced today bj' Kev. j. Frank
Armstrong, county chairman.
ltecentvevents in Asia Minor, and
particularly the horrible massacre at
Which They
Was Struck
.Train Near
meat places the total of the state's di
pendent children at S,fMK 'at the very
iowt?st."
ference by Dr.
entomologist; Dr. W. D. Hunter, in
charge of Southern Held crop investi
gations, and Dr. B. R. Goad, head of
the government laboratory at Tal'u
lah. I-a., who developed the use of
calcium arsenate as a weevil poiaon.
The cotton manufacturing interests
will be represented on the program by
C. E. Hutchison, of Mt. Holly, N. 0.,
president of the American Cotton
Manufacturers Association. and
Robert C. A.nory. of R.iston, president
conclude Its hearing in connection of the National Cotton Manufacturers
with lr. K. i . Brooks, state supetnn-1 Association.
tendent of Public Instruction, with a
view to being able to. report back to
the full committee on education at
leasl by the middle of the week, or
Smvnm. have awakened renewed in-
I'Jie federal Department of Agrictil- forest in the sense of this grent Su
ture will be represented til the cm-I manilnrian organization which has
ir. L. 0. Howard, chief 'saved over a million people fnsn
Ex-Oovernor R. I. Manning, o?
South Carolina, wil represent the cot
ton planters and Ctorgo V. Shutt of
New York, nres dent at the New York
perhaps s tor. Dr. Brooks, chief i -'ton Kxehange will speak as the
fratner of the ground work of the edit-1 ,epro8entalive of the dealers in cot
ealional bill, expressed satisfaction ov-jton. The national aspects of thi bolt
er the proceedings thus far. wewll problem will be presenteo Dy
The House totiighvwill take ui Ihe t(.m(,r Senator Hoke Smith ' uT
Howie railroad bill 'under special or-. Gec-iR, nmi Senator N. Ii. Dial', or
der, and while the f rumors exiK-et to ',--,.,.1, harniliui
Umt. siitif .wsuuv..aiii(ul)tii.e i etrer--rrcrB-llta --r.il -rh-Wi
iiowie annoupi-eii mar ins ameiiniiiein f,.rnce program are J. S'. Wanna
to limit the amount of appropriation : mukc.. present of the Ani -'riean
which might be called for. to IIO.UUU,- C(,ton' Association; J. J. Brown,
(MMk had dispens.'il with the Objections G(M,rg-a commissioner of Agriculrure;
of many niemjKMs. ; David R. Cokcr. of Hartsville. S. C;
Road Bill for tabarrus. ' Howard W. Ambruster and Bradley
Haleigh. Feb. 19. -Representative Stouhton, of New York, internatKm
John B. Sherril announml today that aUy recognized engineer who will dis
be will introduce a road commission enss the ealcluni arsenate shortage;
hill for Cabarrus County at Hie night George D. Smith. Associate Entom
sessiou of the House of Represents ologist of the Florida State Paint
Duaru. WHO uevtr.uucu mr a ...i m
j Method" of nghting the boll weevil
fives.
(By the Asaoelatrd Press.)
OoldslKiro, N. ('.. Feb. Ii). Two men
...a.. i I-III...I ..1,1 ...... r..
from reports Bled with the depart- r!,iU. inillrod ' when ., ,,,ion,dhile i
which they were tiding was struck
by an Atlantic Const Line passenger
train nt a crotMlng on Ihe outskirts
A visit to every orphanage recently of this city about 10 o'clock last niglit.
was made by Miss Mary G. Shotwell, The dead are James H. Register,
of the Bureau of Child Welfare, a part E. R. I'lgford, and Herbert Bnther-
or tne state Hoard of Charities and. land, all of Clinton.
Public Welfare. The 'administration Sutherland was removed to a local
and work of each was studied and a hospital in an uncorteelous condition
full report written. To each snperln- and died about four hours after the
tendent, wns sent a questionnaire deal- crash. The bodies of Register mul
ing with five phases of institutional I'lgford were horribly mangled. The
management: nihiiinlstration, finances, victims of the accident are said to
number of children received and dis- hnve beeni prominent citizens of Clin
missed, education and physical care. top.
One thousand, five hundred and An investigation will be held as soon
eighty-one applications were received as flip engineer of the train ciin be
by the InstitutKins in North Carolina summoned to testify.
last year, according to the survey,
while only 431. children were admit- TOWNSHIP SUNDAY.
ted. Of the 331 children dismissed SCHOOL INSTITUTES
from ornha inures rliirinir fhts oeri.,,1 .
"47 were graduated; 155 returned' to Being Held Now in This County.
relatives: 31 nlaced In homes: 28. ae. Every TowlnshlP to Participate.
cured positions: 21 entered college: Tup eounty school officers purpose
27 riin away: 3 sent to Caswell Train- 10 MM a Sunday School institute in
IDS School : 2 d hi . and 17 were other- eacn lownsntp peiore April l. es-i
wise disposed of (no explanation of terdoy afternoon they held an tasti-; reported, which was a composite draft
their distiosition having been made bv tute nt Mt. Olivet (Jhureh in No. 4 nhndvlnff features of more than a
superintendents.)" ' township. Last evening they held nn S(.ore of child labor resolutions which
Of the 2040 children now in orphan- institute in Westiord Church in No. the committee has been fighting over
ages of tlie state, 280!) were in school 11 township. Last Sunilay a week for weeks.
hist year, dlstrllMitiHl from the first to "so they held an institute in Oileadj The committees cliild labor amend-
the eleventh grade. It was found tnurcn in .-vo. townsnip, ami two j meilt would provide :
that there is "marked decrease" in weeks ago in the llarrlsbursr Church -That Congress shall
MAY VOTE ON CHILD . Eugene R. Black, president of the
LABOR AMENDMENT Atlanta Trust Company, and Frank H.
n . , n 77t t c i t i I Barrett, prominent cotton factor of
Resolution Providing for Submission AugU(ta Qa
of Question to Voters Favorably Re- j The Vnnference will convene Tues-n"r,etl-
- rJav morning at 10 o'clock in the At-
tBy tkr Aocintr! Prr.i I lanta Baptist Tabernaete. which has a
Washington. Keb. 1ft Advocates '" t satiurr capaclly ;f more than three
a child labor constitutional amend
ment won the first stage of their light
today when the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee ordered a favorable report on a
committee resolution providing for
submission of such nn amendment to
the states.
Proponents of the resolution, how
ever, declared they would prevent this
adoption by the Senate.
There was no record vole by the
committee in ordering the resolution
thousand. The Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce and the Atlanta Conven
tion Bureau will cooperate in the en
tertainment of the large number of
delegates who are expected to he
present.
CHARACTER WITNESSES
AT THOMAS TRIAL
Seventeen Introduced During Day.
Trial Will Continue All Week. .
Salisbury, Feb. 10 Seventeen wit
nesses most of whom testified to the
character of the defendant, followed
each other in rapid success'ou on tbo
stand at the opining of the fifth day
death by starvation in tbe lust four
years. It has caused the people of
America to realize thpt these unfor
tunate Christian martyrs are not beg
gars who are allowing America to
feed tliein.tuit loyal Christian people
whose every move to rehabilitate them
selves is frustrated by their stronger
Mohauimednil foe.
Mr. Armstrong is issuing nn urgent,
appeal for funds this week. These
should be handed to him or to Mr.
L. D. Coltrnne. treasurer. He has the
active support of priicti.rilly i.ery
minister in the county. He points out
that for every $5 sent in. the life of
one orphan of a Christian martyr or
Armenian war herb will ho saved for
a month, so efficient is tlie work of
the Near East Relief.
Cabarrus county's quota is $3.21(1.
the same as last year in spile of the
tremendously increased need as the re- I
suit of over 00,000 people being driv- .
en from -their homes as a result of
toe miww...r,,w.w!s. .uioW k--
pie are now ill Thrace, destitute and
Without food or clothing, except what
the Near Hast Relief i. able to pro
vide. Tlie amount of (he quota will pro
vide for the fifty-four little children
assigned to the county's sacred care
and who are lieiug built into tlie new
Armenian nation by the American
people through the Near East relief.
North Carolina is taking care ot .l,:44
of these tots and for this reason rais
es $200,000 annually. Joseph us Dan
iels is Honorary State Chairman and
Col. George H. Bellamy of Wilming
ton is State chairman for this work.
The children are the paramount
consideration of the Near East re
lief. However, all funds raised over '
the county's quota, or over the state's
quota this year, will lie used to help
feed the refugees' from the Smyrna
disaster.
CHARGES LAWYERS ARE
CONTROLLING CONGRESS
Chairman Johnson Says Members ot
Ear in New York City Have Great
Influence. v
(By in- AaiftCiHted I'm I
Washington. Feb. 10. Charges
that a clique of lawyers of New York
City buy and sell the inHtieuoe, of
senators ami Representatives with
out their knowledge was made talay
before ihe House rules committee' hy
ciuiirninii Johnson, of the House ltn-
luive power
the number of children who are in ln 9 township. The institutes are eoneunrent with the several states, to
limit Or prohibit the labor of persons
under the age of IS years."
grades higher than the sixth. Six in- being well attended by appreciative
atitutlons send their children to the uudiences.
public schools in the community In " "ext Sunday afternoon nt 2:30
which they are located. Three send at Aiount Olive Church In No. town-
their high school pupils to the city sh'P. these workers will hold an in-
uchools and two others receive salary atltute for townships Nos. 0 and 7
from the county for one or more teach- Jointly. The other townships of the
era employed in the orphanage school, county win noiu tneirs in tne niontn ,
The numts-r of volumes in the libra- ' March. The organization, the real
..in. .. ii... ...... i. ...... ...... .. work, and workings of Snndnv schools uoopieo
i icv ,'i in, in j ui.i ii.it,, b i .... iiiiiii hi i - , .... T I
Spectacular Klrcs Strike Melropolis.
New York, Keb. 18.-Jcw York to
day was a city of spectacular Ores.
A unit of the Manhattan state Hos
pital for the insane on Ward's is
laaid, was destroyed w.h a loss of 25
4I.
A million dollars' worth of films
were incinerated ln a movie studio
fire in Harlem.
A woman dropped dead from heart
failure at u n r in the Bronx alter a
fireman had been hurled from a truck
which had run into arlmiiw bank wnlle
rcsponaing io ine inarm.
Firemen on aerial ladders res
cued a woman and her daughter Jimt
s they were going to Jump from a
rourib story ledf In their home In
Harlem.
Seven Cent Street Car Fare Tomorrow.
Beginning on Tuesday, February
20th, tbe car fare on tbe street cars
lu Concord, operated by tbe North
Carolina Public Hervlee Coiiquiiiy. will
bo i educed to 7 coats.
Drive Begun in Congress by Lenders
of the Farm Bloc.
(Br the AMoclntrd Press.)
Washington, D. C Feb. 10. A drive
was begun today hy leaders of the
farm bloc to force Immediate consider
ation of the agricultural credits legis
lation in the House.
Representative Dowell, Republican,
of Iowa, began the movement, by circu
lating a petition demanding that leg
islation pending before" tbe banking
committee be brought out.
Hargis With Carolina Motor Club,
Illy the Aaaaelated Press. V
Greensboro, N. C, Feb. 10. Richard
It. Hargis has been appointed ndvcrtls-
iua and publicity manager of the
CaSollna Motor Club, officials of tbe
organization announced tonight.
Mr. Hargis Is a graduate of the
I'nlverslty of Girgia, where he so
cialized in advertising and publicity.
Id, will tief ns mni.it.rei' of the Cfirolimi
Mr.rn.-lnr n n.nnlhlv mnnilnn until sh- fOllll Ot I llOCtorS. I I llOllUStS ailll 11 HllVatt A. UHSSolll
ed by the club and also will have nurses to look after the health of the from Florida., after 27 days in tne
nhnrm of conuilliiie a convriffhtcd cniioren is snowii. unty -u in tne ji sluggish waters ot i nomas ure.u. zi
mileage table of Carolina highways, ; n pn.imcc.uui.
Including n historical tour of tlie es; m uimisn loom i.msiun ; in iow-
ei.s alio -a. asocioi us.
"Mental tests have lieen made in on
ly one Institution," reads the state
ment. "These were given by Dr. Har
ry W. Crane, psycho -pathologist ot the
State Board of Charities and Public
Welfare. All children in this orghnn
Want Forsyth Separate Judicial Dis
trict.
(Br 111.- 1 ll 1 n-o.i
Winston-Salem, Feb. 19. The For
th County Kar Association litis
forwarded to tlie North
. .. . . , . 1 1 . i i . i ..; .i.
in ihe 'small homp nu to three thons- are being considered vat these med- r-""""" ,
in me snuiii nonie up to uuee inuus th ,,,.,,. -H.-iiiir a set of resolutions requesting legis
nnd in the larger, making a total of ln8s- "Hence tne nuetings are giving i,ieh tvnniri mnk-e this ennntv
150T.0 in all the institutions with a vital impetus and real development I la,im wl'uh "ould ,m " ' oum-v
,','"''" 'UK 1Hl"""""8. won. a . i. oetionls separate judicial district. The con
total of 120 magazines. to our Sunday schools. gested condition of the district, court
(Seventeen of the twenty-five idstl- LAST CHAPTER GRI880M calendar was given as one of the
tutlons require a physical examination TRAGEDY AT GREEXSIHlKO ! chief reasons for the separate dis-
or eacn cnttit tqion enininee ; iour : trict.
have a physical examination nt regit- Druggist Who Has Drowned In
lar Intervals and eight hnve regular Florida is Brled Sunday,
dental examination. Only one orphan- Greensboro, Feb. 18. The last
of the trial of O. G. Thomas, here migrat en committee
today.
The Charlotte automobile
There is in New York City." said
illusion.. u-lio Is oluiriroil witli the Mr. Johnson, a place absolutely
murder of Arthur J. Allen, n master known as the den of forty thieves, a
plunier of Concord, was not expected building full of h wyers who make a
to know his fate until the latter part living representing to persons that for
of the week, as the state is under- a stated sum they can obtain the in
stood to have much rebuttal testi-. liuence of memlier.s of Congress,
mony. "I know of one case where friends
, of an Immigrant were told that for
Proponents of Shipping Bill Lost Point WrOOQ the infiuence of a certain mem
Washington, Feb. 1(1. Proponents ber of the House could be hud to get
of tlie administration shipping Mil the immigrant into the country under
lost a strategic battle today, the Sen- bond. 1 know that the memlier of the
ate voting 44 to 42 not to table n mo- House has not the knowledge of this
Hon bv Senator Ijidd, republican, of matter. These lawyers got the money
North Dakota, to lav aside the ship- and got the Man In under bond wlth
plng legislation and take up the filled out ever going near tlie representatives
milk bill. , could obtain."
whose Influence they claimed they
British Give French Railway Line. 1 "Why hasn't Hint case been prose
Cologne, Feb. 10 i By the Associated etited?" asked Chairman Campbell.
Press). The British today turned oV- "It will lie prosecuted," replied Sir.'
With Bill Rouer again coaching fheier n six-kilometer strip on the west. Johnson, "just ns soon ns possible."
Tigers football is bound to go om at end of their zone, so us to give Ihe "It, should have been prosecuted
age, according to the survey, employs chapter in the GrlssOm tragedy was p,.ceti,n nPXt Fall. Roper lhas been French and Belgians complete Control without delay," declared Mr. Ctimp-
u uiiiriiir ut p..,,r.cn. niuiniiuu. written nere in.s au-emuoi., wiieu makinE gridiron history at Princeton of the double track railroad line frmu Ml.
tntiil nl IS .l..,.t..i. lA .Inntlula nml O ii A 1, 1 . , I .... i - " p . - . ... .... .. ...
wi.v.. percy Hatigbton at Harviru jiuossckion. a snort strip ot wnnn
7 iluvu fn rhn . ; . I . , . . ,. .. r, . t . i .
a few years back.
'ran through the British area.
two states.
Tbe annual meeting of the club will
be held In May. according to E. Stem
berger, who added that be expects the
membership to num 1st '-',." hi at that
time.
Among .those who will nttetid the
miles north of Jacksonville, was laid
to rest In Green 1 1 III cemetery bore.
The body, accomplished' by his faltb
fi -friend and business associate, L.
W. Jenkins, arrived late yesterday.
From the morning ot January i!).
when bis automobile vas found !n
the creek, where it had plunged off a
road, .brldgeless. a "persistent search
FORD PROPOSAL FIGHT
IS AGAIN RENEWED
Gave Friend Drink and
is Held For His Death
1v the a Mortal eat Pneo.1
Richmond, Va., Feb. 10. Roland L.
...invention u ill lie lleoien C. I lellll ! II ge, ,U it 111 lUUIlllor. W0-O IllVHllll Hint WIUI mAK at sffeftm Ulld ill "
president of the American Automobile Kcus of alsmtj 40 or 30 and given Bwamp on either side, lasting 10. days, Andrews was being held without liond
Association, and M. C. Kldrhlgo. of group Intelligence test. In all those !w;rh a lav.sh use of dynamite, uut today while police authorities s.in
M nshlugfon, executive chairman. case lu which the child did noticeably waterB refused to dldclase their pleted an Investigation Into the death
Th- ns.' it im.ir.1 of) iiiieeiois isior work III this test nml ill which
of the club will meet within the next their general conduct or school rec
few weeks to decide tbe exact lime rl of the instltutiqn suggesting that
and place for the meeting. (the individual was not adjusted. Indi-
, , . . vidual mental examinations were also
Small chance tor Battling Sikl to tfyen. ' , , j .
hor u. tendon sh he wl I not tvi-n be I An n result. It was foimd that 43 of
pv.iaittcd to land. '
(Continued ou Page. Two.)
secret until their own time, when on Saturday night of James A. Newton
February 14 a fnrm?r, making His who, detectives charged, died after
semi-annual trip do n Thomas Creek drinking whiskey containing a large
on a raft of logs found the body float- quantity of poison. An autopsy will
lug on tbe surface. .lie performed on the body today by
t At ,. AmImmm wa. nn U(a n-.V karvlr IWnii. limn. Wliltflnl.l
Ml. WIIWI1I - ' W MHIB 141 'I "'"' ,, ....... ...
to Greensboro from a ahart stJV In According to
Florida when ho ran Into. the creek, drews and adwiU
tRthoritk1
EITert i Being Made to Get Action
n Proposal at Present Session of
Congress.
(Br ttar Aunrlsted !
Washington, Feb. 10. The flgbt for
action by the House at this sessional
Congress on Henry Ford . m.er Tor
Cordon, a farmer of Glen Allen, gave MlIK,.(. shoals was renewed todiiv bo
Newton some "bottled in bond" whis- fo.A committee with Chair
key Saturday afternoon. Boon after- miin ttmupbell reiterating h's opposl
ward he went into convulsions and U)m tUe ground that MrTord had
died. Andrews and Gordon were gtatetl he would not accept the proisi
questioned, after which Hie latter wa HitUm contained In the bill reported
released. hy the military committee.
Andrews, a former business assort- " p
nf Hi. .Innrl m.n I. ilil lir rlntt. i utrtr. 1.111 uc a mttny ruicrunumi
Uvea to lie tbe beneficiary under
$15.(100 life insurauei' policy carried
Litn, narinuing ai