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© © PRESS © © DISPATCHES © ©©©©©©©© VOLUME XXIII POLICE CHIEF WILL BE THIED ON NINE CHARGES TOiRROW Charges Range From First Degree Burglary to Simple Assault.—Klan Interested in the Case. TO CALL CASES IN LUMBERTON Two Other Men Will Be Tried With Police Officer— Women Allege That They Were Whipped. • ■ Lumborton. April 25 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Facing nine charges, ranging from first degree burglary to simple assault, as a'result, of alleged whipping of Mrs. H. F. Purvis and Mrs. Mary Watson, B. M. I.awsou, - chief of police of Fairmont ; John Hedgepeth, and Jule Brogden, both of Proctorville, are scheduled to be fried in recorder's court here tomor row. \ I The warrants were issued by W. B. I Ivey, recorder here, following an ac-1 count of the alleged flogging given by I Mrs. Purvis last Thursday. The i woman cffflnred site and Mrs. Watson ' were removed from the former’s home as Proctorville on the night of April 34th by eighteen masked and white rolted men,. carried to a negro church near the town and whipped severely mi the naked flesh with a leather strap. y Mrs. Purvis told authorities she was told by the men that they were mem bers of the Kn Klux Klan, and that if she revealed the punishment ad ministered iter she would hi l punished again. The men are said by Mrs. Watson to have whipped Iter because of alleged improper treatment slit' tic corded her husband while lie was ill. Site denied the allegations. The Lumbertoti Itobesonian lias the following to say of the case: Charged with being members of a hand of eighteen masked and white rob ed men who on Saturday night. April 14, took Mrs. 11. F. Purvis and Mrs. Mary Watson front the former's home at Proctorville, carried them to the Proctorville negro church, about a quarter of a mile away, and gave them a severe lieatlng on their naked flesh with a leather strap. B. M. Lawson, chief of police at Fairmont. John Hedgepeth and Jule Brogden of Proc torville, will tie tried in recorder’s court in Lumherton Thursday of this week, at 10 a. in. These men were arrested Thursday night on warrants issued by Recorder W. B. Ive.v, after Mrs. Purvis told her story Thursday, the warrants naming fifteen charges, ranging front first-de gree burglary to simple assault. The arrests were made by Kttral Police man D. C. Hatley, and A. It. Pittman, who brought their prisoners to Luin lterton and kept them under guard that niglit. Many witnesses were summon ed from Fairmont and Proctorville for trial at 10 a. m., Friday,-Jjjit the prosecution was not ready with its witnesses and the trial was postponed. Lawson, Hedgepeth and Brogden were released by Recorder W. B. IYey, np on agreement by the attorneys, under a joint bond of SIO,OOO, signed by C. W. Graham, of Proctorville, D. li. Lawson, of Orrum, and D. A. .loses, of Fnirmont, R. F. I)., the bond to be forfeited if either of the defendants falls to appear for trial. According to the story told by these woman, they were bent over a log. their skirts raised and lashes applied on the hare flesh. They were threat ened with pistols when they started to scream and under fear of death they say they were forced to endure the lash in silence. A spot light was turned on them while the lash was being applied, the women sa.v, and the one who applied the strap occasionally would, ask a tall member of the hand, whom he ad dressed ns “judge,” if that was enough ; and only when the “judge" was satis lied did the flogger stay his hand. Black and blue and bruised and an gry flesh it week after the event ItenrS mute and humiliatiflh testimony to the brtital treatment these defenseless Hvomen received on that terrible night, when, according to their story, foe gn hour and a half, from 10 to 11 :80 'o’clock, they were subjected to torture at the hnnd» of these men, who said they 1 were members of the Ku Klux Klnn and three of whom Sirs. Purvis is itositive she recognized. Two of these three men Hedgepeth and Brogden, Mrs. Purvis says, also were recognised by her 10-year-old son, Con rad. Mrs. Purvis says she was told she had to go to her husband, who has been working at Rocky Mount for some time, within ten days, and that If they told what had Iteen done to them they would be punished, that, the men were members of the klan, that there were 10,000 of them and that she could not go so far but what they could get her. In the house lit the time of the visit i of the hooded hand were Mrs. Purvis, her three children, Conrad,,, 16, and two Other hoys, nged 13 and 10; Mrs. Mary Watson, wife of 8. O. Watson, Itoliceman at Proctorville and her two daughters, Miss Norlne. 18, and Nnthn lee, 12; and Miss Line Hatley, who has lived in th» Purvis home for many years. About 10 o’clock Mrs: Purvis saw (.Continued on Page Three.) ■ U • ■■ ■a> •* i-, - ~ ,y' ' ' ’• ■ v- .* .r- , •>;* •- i, • 'egy - ’ -s’’ ■ ” • The Concord Daily Tribune ! GASTON MEANS CHARGED WITH •SHAKIER DOWN’ LIQUOR PEOPLE Former North Carolinian and Prin cipal in King .harder Las-? at Con cord Again in Sericas Trouble. H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Observer. Washington, April 24.—Gaston B. 'Means, well connected and well known in North Carol"mi. is in Trou ble again if affidavis filed with the de partment of justice can be backed up j with reliable evidence. This a track comes from Chicago, where he is tlis ! liked by a group of wealthy bankers [ connected with the old murder cltarge at Concord. | ‘Department of justice agents are searching for Means, formerly em (plcyed for ui work by William J. Bums, director of the' buroau of investigation. They are investigating charges made by certain owners of warehouse liquor who- claim that he. representing himself as an agent of the department of justice, swindled them out of large sums of money. John W. H. Crim. assistant attorney general in eharge of criminal prose cution. explained that Means nad been engaged by Mr. Burns, and That !Mr. Burns was in California and had not made a report to him on Means. “We ar.e hunting for Means.” said he, “and I am going to get the facts about Ills connection with t!*e depart ment from Mr. Burns. It takes a nt,- tle time to do these things. This is a matter that deserves . seriptis and careful attention. It must have prompt, vigorous and intelligent con sideration. “Mr. Burns can tell just when Means quit the department, and what Ihe did while here. I shall not rush I through his papers to get the facts, I but shall let hint tel! me the story.” | Mr. Crim declared that lie had seen la copy of tba affidavit sent to the [treasury department by E. M. Salomon, of Chicago, who accused IMeSns and an associate, with “shak ing” him down for thousands of dol lars on a promise to have his liquor transferred from a warehouse. Salo mon declared that his loss was more than SIOO,OOO. Charles W. Johnson, of Philadelphia, claims to have lost from $15,000 to $20,000 in the same way. More people are ready to make similar affidavits. Treasury officials believe that th* complaints will run up a half hundred or more. |The Means scheme, it is said, mm memed to operate last fall. Acting Attorney General Augustus T. Sey mour said today that the last record be could find of Means drawing money from the department for work done was in February, 1922. He ex plained that Mr. Burns had employed Means. Speaking for the department, Mr. Sevjjiour said: > “As far as I can determiner tmm newspaper articles and rummers, cer tain persons tvho desired immunity from pun'shment x<jr protection againht prosecution by the department of justice claim to have paid cer tain sums of money to Gaston B. Means and others upon their promise to obtain such immunity or e>o tection. Up to this time no one has claimed that either''Means or anyone else lias been successful in obta ning the desired results. If promises nave been made to obtain favors from tire department of justice, no one lias been able to do iver such favors. As between men who have attempted to purchase such influence and men who have promised to deliver such in fluence for payment, I » interested to the extent only that if any one nas offered or paid a bribe to any em ploye of the department of justice while in th,-» service of the govern ment it would ‘be a serious k*fime on the'part of both parties to the trans action. “Mr. Orim reported to me some of these facts 10 days ago, and he has been conducting an investigation since that time. He is in full charge of the criminal work of the de partment aftd undoubtedly will see to it that any person who has oven promised immunity from punishment wi’l be put on trial as speedily as possible, and anyone who lias he*Mi guilty of crime under the federal statutes will be promptly prosecuted.'’ IMeaps has been in the limelight for five or six years. He was charg ed with killing Mrs. King, a wealthy Chicago woman, for whom he had worked, at his old home. Concord. N. C„ and was tried and acquitted. Soon after Mr. Burns was appointed head of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice he en gaged Means to do some special work. For 10 or more years prior to mat time Means had worked for the Burns Detective Agency In various capaci ties. He and Mr.* Burns have been very close friends for years. During the -world war, but. before the United States entered it, they Were engaged by various na'tions for particular jdbs. Means was one of the lieutenants of Boy-Ed, head of the German de tective fhree in this country. (When It became known that Means was connected with the department of justice, protests from Chicago, North Carol'na. and tther places Pe can to pour In. Senator Summons, ol North Carolina, Rsked Mr. Burns about Mean’s connection, and Mr. Burns wrote him that he was doing certain special work the nature of which could not he made public. Soon the storm against Means beenme so strong and widespread that Attorney General Daugherty had him suspend ed. iStill conip'alnts came. It was as serted toy people fn the department i who knew Cleans that he was still oceupy'ng a roonr there. But, after a few'months, the. talk about him died down, ntid he lived here at a popular northwest hotel, and conducted n private business. It h-as gem-rally understood that he had resumed his old place with the Bums agency. Severa' weeks ago S-eretary Mellon was informed thrt Means was engaged in a luc?at!ve 1 (Continued on rage Two.) CONCORD, N. C„ WE I ——c. : , = Two Counts of Murder Returned by Grand Jury Tuesday Afternoon i Tuesday was another busy (lay in | Cabarrus County Superior Court, a 'number of cases lieing disposed of lie- 1 fore Judge James L. Webb. I The grand jury was also busy Tues- 1 day. True bills charging murder were returned against Maurice C, Howie, of] Monroe, who is alleged to ha it; run I down a small girl here with his auto; I and. Will Bray, negro, charged with ' killing another negro. 1 C. S. Smith, Clarence Shaping and , Charles Dees, charged with carrying' concealed weajKins and with assault; with deadly weapons, were tried Tues day and all found guilty.' Sentence has not been passed,. The men were, charged with firing at Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Means and daughter and threaten-‘ ing several other Concord men on the: Kannapolis road several weeks ago. E. W. Cailes. the fourth man in the' IUEBOOMN IS BEEN CSNCELLEG Commerce Commission De cides to Revoke , Recent Order Authorizing the Sale of the Books. (By (he A**oolnted Pre*».> Washington. April 25, —Orders of the Interstate Commerce Committee re qulring railroads to begin the sale of Interchangeable mileage hooks at 2(» per cent, reduction on regular passen ger fare rates on May 15th were re voked today and the effective date of the mileage hooks sale postponed un til January 1, U 124. , The action of t lie Committee, which follows the granting of an injunction in Boston against the coinniissiiyi's or der resulted directly from an appeal j for postponement from the western carriers. Though the court order only restrain-1 ed the sale of the books by 50 railroads, j the commission decided to forestall the confused situation which would re sult from the sale and use of mileage, in other parts of the country, and of possible court action by southern and eastern railroads. WANT BARTON PAYNE A WITNESS IN MORSE CASE Subpoena For Former Chairman of the Shipping Board Issued pi Washing-1 ton Court. i ..., i' ‘ (By the Associated Pres*.) Washington, April 25.—-A subpoena for John Barton Payne, newly ap pointed American Commissioner td Mexico, anil former chairman- of the shipping hoard, was issued today in! the District of Columbia Supreme j Court at the request of counsel for j (’lias. W. Morse- and others, on trial ; for charges of conspiracy to defraud j tlie Federal government. Mr. Payne's duties would take him I to Mexico City for an indefinite period, j Calling" attention to this Attorney 1 Nash, of New York, asked Whether lie had been sumtfloned by the govern- j ment, and would be present for the trial informed it was not certain when the government would use him , ns a witness. Mr. Rockwood requested that a subpoena be drawn immediate- ; l.v, and Justice Stafford directed that 1 it lie done. j HIIJSO FREE 'AGAIN IS TO START CAMPAIGN ! I Wants Democratic Nomination for Governor of Mississippi. (By tbe Associated Press".» Oxford, Miss., April 25.—Theodore G. Bilbo, former governor of Mississip pi, was released from the county jail here early today after serving a sen tence of ten days’ imprisonment for contempt of court. Mr. Bilbo an nounced lie- would open his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Governor on Saturday. Automobile Production Increasing. Washington, I>. C„ April 25.—Auto mobile production in March increased and was the highest on record, exceed ing by 64.006 cars and trucks the high production of last June, accordiug to reports received by the Department of Commerce through the Census, in co operation with tlie National Automo bile Chamber of Commerce, it was an- 1 nonneed Sunday night. Passenger cars producted amounted to $318,424 and trucks to 34,503 in March. England and America Should Pull Together, Col. George Harvey Says •London, April 25 (By the Associated Press.) —Memories of American war time hospitality were revived last night at the annual pminion of the British War Missions to tbe United States, and the Anglo-American rela tions came in for critical analysis. “All Americans should revere Eng land ; all Englishmen should he proud of America, ndt jealous of her,” sum med up Col. George Harvey, Ameri can ambassador, after covering the Held of economic, industrial and his torical relationships. I(o assured his distinguished audience that the vogue of tlie American people, who live in the broad belt of country stretching from New England across the middle west to the Pacific are English in their antecedents and present sympathies. Early in the eveniugStanl.v Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, had said he was only recently admitted to the] ranks of the British War Mission re union but in view of his dpbt funding, I he was convinced he had paid the ESDAY, APRIL 25, 1923 party, did not shoty up for trial, he having been released recently on a [ SIOO bond, which s'* forfeited. The * jury recommended jiercy for Dees. I John Barbee plead!.guilty to a charge of carrying a compiled weapon. He { was fined SSO and ts-y costs. He was cleared h.v a jury oh a charge of ns ! snult with a deadly, weapon, i John Staton was freed by a jury on a charge of robbery, i. Tom Madison, colored, and Charles : Wilson, charged with larceny, were sentenced to the chain gang. The former will serve 00; days and tlie lat ter four months. Most of the jurymen that were call ed Monday were discharged by Judge ! Webb. Most of them were farmers , and were excused so they could con , tinue their farm wof k. RIVERS ANB NIRBORS MONEY BEING SPENT About $40,000,000 of the Sum Appropifated by Con gress Has Already Been Alloted. s ■ Washington, April 25 <By the Asso ciated Press K —About $40,000,000 of tlie $50,580,000 appropriated by Con gress over the protests of the budget bureau for improvement of rivers and harbors, already been allotted by Sec retary Weeks, and.the remainder will lie distributed among various-projects later. The budget director had rec ommended an appropriation of only $17,000,000 and it has been intiinnted that might hold the expenditure to that figure, i The allotments already made in clude : I Waterway Norfolk Va., to Beaufort | Inlet. N. „C„ $400,000: Mehriti River. N. C„ $2,000; Pamlico and Tar Rivers, X. ('.. $12,000; NefJfee River, N. C„ j $12.000; Waterway connections Core , Sound and Beaufort Harbor, N. $30,000; Cape Fear River, N. C„ at and below Wilmington, $200,000, above Wilmington $12,000; Northeast- River $3,000; Black River, N. C„ $2,000. THE COTTON MARKET [ Opened Firm at an Advance of 5 to 38 Points on Stilly Cables. (By the New York, April 25. —-The cotton market opened firm at an advance of 5 to 38 points on relatively steady ca bles, and an unfavorable weather map, and rumors that trade interests in j tended to take up the first May no ; tices. The latter was estimated at ; 7,600 bales, and May contracts were ] well enough taken to cause some in crease in the premium over July dur j ing the early trading, j May contracts fluctuated, between [ 28.15 and 28,25; while July sold up to '27,25 and October to 24.80, or about 20 . to 33 points inet higher. I Cotton futures opened firm: May 28.25; July 27.15; October 24.75; De cember 24.25; January 24.00. I —, THREE MEN PUT TO j DEATH IN IRELAND ! Free State Takes Lives of Three Men j Who Were Fighting Against It. I Tralee. Ireland, April 25 (Bv the As ]sociated Press). —Richard' Hatheway, James McEnry, and John Greaney , were executed here today by tlie Free | State authorities. ! Hatheway was a deserter from a regiment and was captured in a recent seige of a cave in which a band of ir regulars was holding out. Thomaxville Telephone Company In creases Rates. (Hr the Associated Freni*.) | Raleigh, April 25.—Increased rates I of 75 cents each on special line busi -1 ness telephones, 50 cents each on du plex line telephone lines, and 25 cents each on special line residence plumes, all monthly charges, today were au thorized for the Thomasville Tele phone Company by tlie State Corpora tion Commission. The town officials and business men approved {lie in erea se. ' Mr. William A. S. Shaw, Jr., of Char lotte, spent several hours In the city today on business. highest entrance fee. “Your payments to America nre the cheapest insurance any country could have,” responded Ambassador Harvey. “I would like to sec Germany or any other power attack England now.” “Wo have got the money in the bank over here,” concluded the ambassa dor, amid applause. Colonel Harvey deplored what be tenmed the British tendency to refuse to co-operate ecbnomically with Amer ica, and cited Incidents where Ameri can manufacturing products were not welcomed in England, merely because they were American. He then paid emphatic tribute to England for her wonderful recovery during the first few years, saying it was a mistake to refer to “old England” and assuring his hearers that “England is only a middle aged country, and never more 1 solid, never more steady and confident than today; all that is necessary Is to I give a leg-up to the bulwark of tlie : j country—the middle classes.” YVINEUOFF SCHOOL CLOSES ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR Closing Exercises Began "Last Week and Were ('cue luded Monday Night. The Wineroff High chool closed this year's session on last Monday night, April 23rd, with the class day and I graduating exercises. Thp class of 1’23 .has five members and 'they took part in tlie evening exercises as fol lows : President's Address —Leroy Uinlier her. Class History—Annie Cline Burn liardt. Class Poem—Gillon Lee Fisher. Class Prophecy—Ada Rebecca Cas tor. Last Will and Testament—Brad Houston Stroud. * Valedictorian—Annie Cline Barn ha rdt. New features of flic commencement Ithis year were the awarding of an et jiicienc.v prize .offered by Mrs. j). B. Castor to her room, and won by Ruth I Umlierger and Clinron Hartsell: and the awarding of a gold medal to Frank Litaker, offered the High School h.v Mr. R. I). Goodman : and the award ing of a gold medal in recitation to Es telle Ezzell, given to the High School by Mr. H. A. Scott. Twenty certificates for perfect at tendance were awarded to pupils in this school, notwithstanding the epi demics. These were awarded with appropriate words by Prof. Robertson. Rev. T. X, Lifwrence made the lit erary address on "Service as the Measure of Success.” His address was pointed and practical and thoroughly enjoyed. The school (luring tiie year has made several valuable improvements, and among these was the installation of a new electric lighting system. These were used to good effect during com mencement. Winecoff takes special pride, both in the number of young people it now has in college and the number of young people it Ras had to graduate from college in the last few years. Monday evening’s program marked tlie close of another good year's work done at Winecoff. COTTON LAW TALKED AT CHARLOTTE MEET. New Cotton Standards Law Outlined by Representatives of Government. I Charlotte, April 24.—Cotton spin-, ners, merchants and besiness men in general from! a radius of 50 miles were here today to attend a confer ence at the Chamber of Commerce be tween representatives of the bureau of markets of tlie department of ag riculture at Washington and cot ton manufacturers, merchants and growers, on tlie new cotton standards law which becomes effective August: Ist. The speakers spoke exhaustively upon The iUbjWts'"up ftu' discussion. The representatives from tlie Wash ington bureau were R. 8. Tenny and A. IV. Palmer. The conference was inaugurated at 1 o’clock with a lcnch- ! eon at the Chamber of Commerce. t Also present, as speakers, were W, It. . Meadwos, T. W. Tanner, in charge of the local office, and D. M. Jones, of Gastonia, representing tlie American Cotton Manufactures’ Association. The new cotton standards law is compulsory, and the purpose of this conference was to have government officials confer -with the spinners and others concerned: in onier to advise them' of the regulations and to secure their advice and counsel in framing of such additional r rules as tlie situation may require. ■ After August 1 all cotton shipped must lie in accordance wifli the new standards and all Dills of lading, ware house receipts, insurance contracts, shipping domtments. newspaper and private quotations by grade, invoices and other documents must he stated in terms thermit'. Similar confer ences will he held in Spartanburg and Greenville. Want Money for Preachers’ Families. St. Lotus, April 25, —Plans for the raising of a $10,000,000 endowment fund for superannuated ministers, the widows and orphans of minister of the Methodist Episcopal Clinuoh, South, will he presented to each of the thirty-eight annual conferences of the church for approval this year, it was announced today by the Board of Fi nance of the Clmrch which concluded a yieeting here. Mrs. Chapman Killed When Auto Turns Over. Durham, April 24. —Mrs. J. J. Chap man. of Keokuk, lowa, was instantly killed this afternoon about 4 o’clock at Bullock, on the national highway, ten miles from Oxford, and her bus band, .1. J. Chapman, a prominent western hanker, was dangerously in jured, when the car in which they were riding and operated by Mrs. Chapman plunged into an embankment. It is believed that Mrs. Chapman lost control of the automobile and was un able to right it before tlie crash came. Harding Prepared to Fight For His International Court Plans (By tbe A««odated Pr•»»«.) Washington, April 25. —Having plac ed before the country liis reasons for advocating American membership to the International Court. President Hurtling returned to bis desk today prepared to argue out the differences over tlie issue which have arisen among republican lenders. Among supporters and oppcrfients of the idea alike, the President’s address in New York yesterday at a luncheon of the Associated Press was regarded ns an unequivocal reaffirmation of Ills stand in favor of the membership pro posal he laid before the Senate at the last session. Senators and others who have opposed It have been in confer ence here for several days, and it was indicated today that no opportunity NEGRO EXODUS (UTS PLANTING IN’ SOUTH Government Survey Shows Big Migra tion of Farm Workers to North. Washington, Apri. 4—lA general movement of Southern negro tanners to Northerrn industrial , Centres, where high wages are obtainable, is inicated in a special survey of farm ing districts in the Soutli made by the Department of Agriculture. Unprofitable cotton growing, due to ball weevil conditions, unrest among returned, negro troops, who ex perienced more attractive living con ditions away from farms during and after the war, and the breakdown of the contract labor system are cited in the report, made public today, as con tributory causes of the migration. Approximately 13 per cent., or 32,- 000, of the total number of negro farm-hands in Georgia is estimated to have moved North (luring the Jast twelve months, and the movement continues, although crops for me present season are already started. A large abandopment of acreage-is reported, and tlie labor shortage is expected to be a major factor in limiting acreage this season. The situation in Georgia is declared to be much worse than that prevailing generally. From South Carolina about 22,750 negro farmers, or about 3 per cent, of the total negro farm population, have departed. The movement from Florida is es timated at about 2 per cent, on negroes living in or near farming communi ties. Alabama reports that approximate ly 3 1-2 per cent, of Us negro farmers has moved North since the last crop season. Arkansas shows a movement of about 15,000 negro farmers, or about 3 1-2 per cent, of the negro tarm population. Movement from Kentucky has Deen very s-mall, and from Missouri, North Carolina and Oklahoma no migration is reported. Louisiana reports an exodus of about 1 per cent., Tennessee about 4,- 500 negro farmers, since April, 1922, while in Texas tlie farm labor situa tion apparently is not so serious as in the Eastern cotton-growing States. . HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAM To Make Extension Enlargement Dur ing 1923-1924. Raleigh, April 25. —The program for home economics during the school year 1923-1924 involves extensive enlarge ment of our evening home economics work, in addition to the steady devel opment of tlie day school program, ac cording to an announcement by T. E. Brown, state supervisor of vocational education. “Tlie state Ixiard for vocational edu cation* is anxious to extend the ser vices of tiie division to. as many of' tlie housekeepers and mature young women, out of school as possible,” lie said, “In order to do this, it is planned to put on four local full time teachers of evening home, economics classes who will devote their energies to the giving of home maying courses to groups of women desiring this special instruction. In addition to tlie four local teachers, there probably will be one or two itinerant teachers who will go from place to place in the state, giving short unit courses in various honiemakiiig subjects to meet the needs of the groups of women apply ing- *; “The federal funds appropriated to the state of North Carolina for home econothies education will lie used largely for this particular phase of tiie work.” Find Cows Grazing on “Brick-Paved Streets." New York, April 4.—Cows were grazing on what had been represented as brick-paved streets in glowing ad vertisements of Muscle Shoals land development. George N. Morgan, a rep resentative of the Better Business bureau, testified today at a trial of charges of defrauding investors lodged against Howell, and Carves, real es tate promoters. Morgan described a visit lie had paid land near tlie United States nitrate plant in Alabama last February, when lie was accompanied by Postoffice In spector Suggs. ‘ He testified that in other spots des ignated as streets were swamps, sur rounded by woods. The play which was to have been given at the Pitts schoolliouse on April 30th. has been indefinitely postponed on account of sickness in the families of some of those who were to take part in the play. Announcement as to the changed date will lie made later. Reuben Utley, who lias been a mem ber of our carrier force for several years, now lias a position in the of fice before and after school hours. He will work regularly after the high school closes. would lie found in the near future to make known dearly at the White House the reasons on which objec tions to the President's course'are bas ed. Meantime, all the lenders were spar ing in tlieir predictions of just what the Heterrninntion of the administra tion would mean in the end. Most- of them still were studying the phrase ology, of the New York address, and they were unwilling to express an opin ion*4mtil they had advised themselves more fully. The President's formal appointment list for the day Included a number of Senators, but it was thought most of the expected conferences over the court issue would be postponed until later in the week. ® TODAY’S © © NEWS @ » TODAY m NO. 97. YOUNG WOMAN SENDS IN TO DEATH WITH A FREE CONSCIENCE Citizeness Anna Gluzman, Presiding Judge of Moscow District Court, Sentences 25 Men to Death. SENTENCES GOOD FOR HER NATION Says She Has Not Lost Mo ment’s Sleep or Been Trou bled by Her Conscience Because of Executions. Moscow, April 2.1. (By the Asso ciated Press). —Citizeness Anna dust man. the 23-year-old presiding judge of Moscow District Court, who a few days ago sentenced seven men to deatli for robbery,, informed the Associated Press correspondent today that she had imposed the death penalty on about twenty-five persons since Feb ruary, and bad not lost a moment's sleep or been troubled by her con science because of them. Asked how as a woman «he felt when doomed men were shot,fshe re plied that the question of individual lives could have no consideration when crimes against the safety of the state and the public were involved. She would administer justice according to tln> law of evidence, though she tried to temper her decision with mercy when possible. With a cigarette held firmly between tight lips, and the fire of an enthusiast in her brown eyes, the girl judge spoke of her court experiences. She is slim and short, hut not at all pret ty: her brown wavy hair is bobbed, and parted on the side like a man’s: her jaw is stern. Dressed as she was today Citizeness Gluzman might, have posed as a typical woman communist; SUPREMACY IN COTTON PRODUCTION THREATENED W. L. Clayton Delivers Warning Be fore Meeting of Associations of Cot ton Manufactures. (By the A »isoelate«t Presa.l Providence, R. 1., April 25.—The supremacy of this ■country in cotton production is threatened said W. I/. Clayton, of Houston, Texas, in an ad dress prepared for delivery at the con vention of National Association of Cotton Manufacturers here today. To maintain it, he asserted, the es sential things are elimination of the present "dumping system" whereby "a commodity is forced on the market in five months which ran only be con sumed in 12 months:” effective con trol of tt»e boll weevil and the inven tion of a simple practical cotton pick ing machine. “Thirfy-oent cotton,” he said, “ia a powerful stimulant to production in other countries. If during this pe riod of high prices these other coun tries succeed in getting their produc tion policies well underway it will not he easy for America to compete.” IS GERMANY WARRANTED * ‘ IN MAKING PROPOSALS? This One of the Perplexing Questions Now Before the German Chancellor. Berlin. April 25 (By the Associated Press). —Whether Germany is war wanted in coining forward with a rep arations offer in view of her internal financial situation is one of the ques tions perplexing Chancellor Cuno and his cabinet, according to well inform ed political circles. The ■ government is represented as being desirous of showing accommodat ing attitude in response to Lord Cur zon’s recent appeal to Germany to make the first move for the settlement, if Herr Cuno decides to fix a figure which in his opinion and that of the cabinet members and reichstag lead ers would actively promote objective discussion with the entente political circles believe that it will be largely in deference to the "psychological at mosphere" created by Lord Curzon's remark in the House Os Lords. Fox “Monte Cristo” is Hailed as a Masterpiece. One of the several big William Fox productions being shown this year, is "Monte Cristo." by Alexandre Dumas. It is to lie shown here at the Piedmont Theatre today and- tomorrow. John Gilbert and Estelle' Taylor head the all-star cast of this famous play. It is said to he one of the most dramatic screen productions ever produced. Certainly the original story contains a large number of dramatic momens. Many African' natives consider cas tor oil the sweetest perfume in the world. s “MONTE CRJSTO” A Fox Superspecial The immortal tale of adven ture,, mystery and revenge, from the pen of Alexander Dumas Piedmont Theatre ■ ;• . ,><■„ y. Today and Tomorrow /
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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April 25, 1923, edition 1
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