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VOLUME XXIII
Death List at Camden
Increased Now to 75
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About Sixty Bodies of Uni
' dentified Dead Buried in
One Grave Friday Near
Scene of Awful Holacaust.
FORTY-ONE CHILDREN
/PERISHED IN FIRE
Were Also 16 Women and 17
Men Among Dead.—Today
Most of Bodies of Identifi
ed Dead Will Be Buried.
Camden. 8. C„, May Ift (By Hie As
sociated Preps).—The death list in
the Cleveland schoolhou.se Are of
Thursday night was definitely fixed to
day at 75. Tom- B. Humphries. of
Camden, died of injuries in a hospital
here during the night.
. Approximately (to bodies of the un
identified dead late yesterday were
buried in the Beulah ehurohyard with
in u few hundred yard* of the seer.e
of the ( flre, nnd today most of the iden
tified dead will lie interred. Two oth
er funerals were held In the same
churchyard after the unidentified had
lieen buried.
Some confusion over the exact num
ber of dead was caused yesterday by
the condition of the bodies of the dead,
it was stated here today. The commit
tee in charge of the burial of the uni
dentified dead announced that 02 lmd
ies had been buried in Che one big
grave, Including several thi# had been
identified. Undertakers paid they
could state positively thut more than
50 bodies were in the grave, with pos
sibly others.
The committee announcement stated
that 10 women, 41 children and 17
met. were known to have perished,
making the death list, up to the time
of Humphries' death. 74.
With the dead ae<*ounted for and
most of them buried, thoughts today
turned to the relief of the survivors.
Gov. last night issued a proc
lamation to the people of the state,
asking thnt financial aid lie extended.
Offers to aid from throughout the na
tion yesterday were declined tty Mayor
Garrison, of Camden, who heads the,
committee in charge of this work. The ;
American Red Cross has notified offi- 1
elals thnt funds in at.y a mould needed .
nre available. A 'total of $1,244 was
—lSlJtesd locally yesterday jind aqreraL
aewwiUijieTS throughout' the ’ state' are
raising funds in addition to the fuhd
lieing raised as a result of the GrtV- 1
ernor’s proclamation.
The Cleveland schoolhouse, located
in the sparsely-settled rural commun
ity’. wus one of the Itest school liuild
' Inga in K'eridiaw county, according to
n statement made last night by Alien
, M. Murchison, County Superintendent
of Education, lie said it was to have
been .abandoned after Thursday night
in favor of a modern constructed high
school.
The Superintendent said that 6.000
out of every 10.000 children in the
county attend just such schools, in il
that if he could help It there would not
lie another opportunity for such an oc
currence. "I will never permit, if I
can prevent it, the holding of auother
such gathering in any of the school
houses—and the Cleveland school was
aliove the average—until adequate fire
protection has been provided,” the
Superintendent said.
Sixty-Two Buried, in One Grave.
Camden, S. C., May 18.—Bathed in
the g.ory of a setting South Carolina
sun, 62 bodies, that less -than 24
hours before had been fun-loving men,
women and children, late today were
placed in one ibig grave in Beulah
'Methodist church yard. Three thou
sand South Carolinas, led by gov
ernor Thomas G. McLeod, gathered
from all parts of the state to pay a
last .tribute to those who had perish
ed in the burning of the Cleveland
school’ house last night, stood with
Commencement at Mt. Pleasant
Starts Tomorrow at 11 A- M.
Commencement at Mount Pleasant
Collegiate Institute nnd Mont Arnoona
Seminary, the two Lutheran schools
located at Mt. Pleasant, will begin to
morrow morning at 11 o’clock, when
the iMiccalaureate sermon will lie
preached to the members of the grad
uating classes of the two schools by
Rev. George ,T. Gongawnre, D. D. I>r.
Gongaware is pastor of. St.* John's E.
li. Church, of Charleston,- S. C„ nnd is
recognized as one of the most scholarly
divines in the Lutheran Church. Sun
day night Rev. H. Brett Schaeffer will
address the Y. M. C. A.
Monday morning at 10:30 a. m. the
Declniiner's Contest will lie held by
students of the Institute nnd Monday
afternoon Dr. Ashley Chapi>el, of Ashe
ville, will deliver the literary address.
Dr. Chapell is pastor of the Central
Methodist Church, Asheville, nml Is
much In demand as a commencement
shaker.
Monday evening the utnnnl drama
will be presented by students of the
two schools. This year the drama, will
lie “Esmeralda.” , •
Tuesday will be Alumni Day and
Rev. L. A. Thomas, of this city, will
dellVer the address before the .alumni
at 10:30 a. m. In the afternoon the
students of the Institute will hold
their annual debate, the question this
year being, “Resolved, That the United
States Should Enter the league of
Nations.” ' ,
Tuesday morning at 10 O’clock Jibe
The Concord Daily Tribune
bared heads throughout the brief, sim
ple funeral service.
The bod es were those of me 73
dead which could not be idenrmed
They were buried within a few uun
dred yards of the spot where on last
night they hnd gathered for the com
mencement exercises of .the com
munity school nnd where, an oil lamp,
dashed* from its hanger on the cei ing
over the auditorium stage, had Turn
ed the lit: e country school m a
funeral pyre.
Last night was to have been me
last use of the structure as a school
building. There were reports today
that it hnd lieen condemned, out
County Superintendent of Education
Murchison said that the building was
being abandoned because of con
solidation of three schools and mat
it had not been declared unsafe. The
school was to have held its annual
picnic today.
Sheriff Weich, of Kershaw coun
ty, late, today anouneed that owing to
the fact that there were so jnany eye
witnesses und that the"cause of the
deaths was established without duubt,
there would be no inquest.
"Sometimes wi‘h tearless eyes
we’ll see anti sometime we'll under
stand,” the ■choir composed of the
best voices from the churches in
Camden and other parts of the coun
ty sang.
Tears stood in the eyes of many.
Strong men wept, holding in their
arms little tots orphaned liy the lire
some of them sleeping.
Banked high with flowers the
freshy made grave, 46 by 12 feSt in
freshly made grave, 40 by 12 feet lr.
the qiiiet peace of those who a scant
20 hours ‘before were planning with
joyous antlcljiation the visit to the
little schoolhouse to see the comedy
playlet, “Miss Topsy-Turvy,” pre
sented as part of the eommeneeme. :
exercises of the Cleveland (giad ;
school.
Relief Worker is ,Scnt to Camden.
Greensboro. May IS.—Summoned
from his sCat in the conference cliani
lier. of tin* Red Cross State conference,
lieitfg held in tills city today, Joseph
C. ixigtin. manager of the Southern
division of the American Red Cross,
rereiveil over long distance telephone
detailed information of the Camden
fire with its toll of 73 dead.
Mr. laigan stated that the Red C“s«
would co-operate with the local peo
ple in every way to relieve the suffer
ing and distress which confronts relo
.tives of the dend and injured and. iui-,
mediately dispa telied Carter Taylor!
director of disaster relief, to the scene.
Mr. Taylor left on the train for
Camden a nth will represent the divis
ion manager in extending aid to the
stricken people. ’
Is Second Greatest Disaster on Record
Columbia, S. C„ May 18—The
Cleveland school house fire with its
death toll of more than 70 ranks as
the second greatest disaster m the
history of South Carolina and first, in
point of number of immediate deaths,
according to records searched out hjre
today. The Charleston earthquake nr
1886 rankk first with i total of 83
deaths. but( on'y 27 of these perished
Immediately, the others dying at inter
vals over a period of several days. A
coincidence remarked today was thnt
the Cleveland fire occurred within
three, miles of the scene of another
great diseaster, in which 24 persons
lost their lives. This was the capsiz
ing of a raft -at Boykins pond du ; ing
a celebration (May p. 1800. The Char
leston hurricane of'l9ll resulted in 15
deaths and* the/e has been a number
of instances where storms have killed
a dozen or more.
Special Permission for 399 Immigrants
i To Enter.
Washington, May If).—Special per
mission for the entry into the United
States from Halifax, of 30ft immi
grants from the United Kingdom, who
arrived on the steamer Cameronin,
was granted today liy Commissioner
General Husband.
Board of Trustees of the Institute will
meet. Special interest attaches to
this commencement as the board is ex
pected at the meeting to make definite
arrangements for the erection of a
new dormitory, the first unit in the en
larged and modernized plant design
ed for the Institute, nnd because of the
size of the class to gradtiate. There
are 30 Seniors and there will lie the
largest graduating class thnt has ever
gone oiW from Mt. Pleasant.
The Session has been a successful
one, both ns regards the attendance
and work done. With an enrollment
Os 101 representing jiatronage from
Maryland to Florida, the Institute has
been greatly handicapped or. account
of limited dormitory capacity. The
new dormitory promised will, there
fore, relieve a situation thnt has lieen
an embarrassment and n/hind ranee to
growth. . It is hoped that «U who have
made pledges to the building fund, es
pecially Cabarrus County folks, will
make It a point, to liquidate the same
at filr early date. The Institute can
be an even greater asset to Cabarrus
apd Piedmont Carolina! If It is pro
vided with the necessary equipment.
The usual large attendance at com
mencement Is expected. Already a
goodly number of alumni, gnd former
students have Indicated that they
w<mld be present, and many former
students and friends of the two schools
passed through Concord today en route
to Mt. Pleasant to attend all of the
t exercises.
CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1923.
THE YIC.II. Fill
KUO* IK SIGHT Os
THE DESIRED GOHL
Total of $18,832 Was Reach
ed at Friday Night’s Meet
ing of Workers When
Their Reports Were In.
ALL EXPECTED BY
MONDAY NIGHT
When Compaign Will Close,
Was Originally
Praise Service to Be Held
Monday Night
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* ONLY ABOUT SI,OOO fa.
* SHORT OF Y. M. C. A. GOAL fa
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fa At the meeting held at noon to- fa
fa day of the captains and teams of TIT
fa the Y. M. (\ A. campaign, it was ?!:
fa foni.d when the /reports were &
fa turned in thnt tlie amount sub- fa
fa scribed now is only SI,OOO short fa
fa of the goal, whidh is $21(500.
This is a fine showing. Everyone KS
Who has not yet subscribed and Tfc
fa. who will do so, is urged to hand fa
fa in the subscription before noon &
fa Monday. fa
fa fa
+ fafafafafafafafa fa fa fa fa ■+
The high totaf of $18,832 was reach
ed Friday as the corps.of workers as
sembled in the Y gymnasium for their
report at the end of the third day of
the $21,500. campaign. Enthusiasm
ran high as the reports from the va
rious captains were made, and each re
port swelled the total until tin* filial
figures of $18,832 were reached. No
one a few days ago dared dream that
a campaign for the Y in Concord would
reach so near the goal on the third day.
However, no more loyal corps of work
ers lins-ever assembled in Concord for
a campaign of any sort. Scores of men
have practically sacrificed their busi
ness nearly all week in an effort to
make the drive a success on schedule
time. For a while) Friday it looked 11s
if the drive would lie completed by
noon today but there are so many folks
.ja*t to he I ?eCz why. are considering
their subscription that at a meeting
of all the campaign lenders, captains
and colonels, it was decided to run
the campaign through to Monday night
as originally planned. It was also evi
dent, that the total will be reached at
that time and Mondav night will lie
a praise service for nil the men -who
linve labored hard to make the cam
’iaign a success.
Captain Caswell, of Team No. 1.
started the ball rolling agniu Friday
night nnd added $203 to the total
Contain Rldenhoiir and A. F: Hart
sell. division teammates, added $230
and $21)0, resectively, as tlieir report
Gaptnl/is Love. Pharr and Jarrett of
the Navy, reported $l2O. $220 and $35.
and $35 was added by inendiers of the
Hi-Y elnli. r
The Air division reported onnsider
abe difficulty in making a landing but
were delighted to report a total of
$1,072. the high score of the day. Os
this nmounf Captain Odell got $777
Richmond S2OO nnd A. S. Webb SOS.
The executive committee reported n
total of $545 making the grand total
of $2,728.50 for the day, or $18,,832.50
for the week.
Lnncji Avill again lie served todnv.
The Trinity Church ladies deserve
,secial credit for the wav they are per
forming their port of the program.
TOBACCO MEEN WARNED
OF DRIVES BY ANTIS
A Goiod Flve-Cent Cigar Is Also Said
to Be a Possibility Once More.
Washington, May 19.—Cigarettes
made in America in Jammy, Feb
ruary and March of this year number
ed 15.000,000,000, compared "with 10,-
000.000,000 in the same months of
1922, Dr. Julius Klein, Director of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, said today in an address to tim
annual union of the Tobacco Mer
chants’ Association.
Intensive drives against all forms
of tobacco has been inaugurated in all
parts of the country, “iw'th tlrs avow
ed object of burying toliaco in the
same grave with John Barleycorn,”
Jessq A. Bloch of Wheeling, W. Va„
President of the association, told the
400 members who met in convention
here today.
Every attack, upon tobacco. Mr.
Block said, “brings forth an addition
al flood of. scientific authority testify
ing to the harmlessness of tobacco.
But whi’.e our victory In recent
anti-tobacco war has been almost
complete, the menace has not yet
passed, and it is not likely to pass so
able to pass their hats and collect the
coin.”
Hope was he’d out to the American
smoker to day that he again may *n
poy a good five-cent cigar. Advocating
a reduction in tobacco taxes, Henry
G. Wemnner of Lima, Ohio, said an.
effort would be made to have the
the next Congress d«fcrease the
taxes. If relief is afforded, he added,
the pub ic will benefit in lower prices.
Tobacco taxes today, Mr. Wemmer
declared, are high as at any time dur
ing tho war. Despite this and the
fact that cigar manufacturers are
obliged to pay more for leaf than be
ore the war, and wages have more
than doubled, retail prices, be added,
are at least 20 per cent below the war
peak.
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THE KTWANJS MEETING
Committee Appointed to Take Up the
Matter of Having All Trains Stop
Here.
Kiwnninns at their meeting at the
Concord Y.'M. C. A. on Friday evening
took up several matters of business,
among them being the matter of get
ting the Southern Railway Company
stop all trains at- Concord. This mat
ter was brought up at the meeting two
Weeks ago, nnd tlie Secretary wns in
structed to present the matter to the
Railway, asking that Concord lie made
n regain r stop for trains 37 nnd 34
which do not hOw stop. The reply re
ceived from the railway officials was
not favorable, nnd. at the meeting o:i
Friday evening a committee was ap
pointed consisting jif Will Foil, John
B. Sherrill and . Fred Shepherd, to con
fer with General Superintendent R. E.
Simpson, at Charlotte, and se what Can
lie done. /
The coming Kiwinis International
Convention, which will convene in At
lanta, Georgia the last four drtys of
May was called to file attention of the
memliers. and ft was urged that every
Kiwoniun who'can possibly do so at
tend this great event. A letter from
District Governor Lumpkin, at Colum
bia, South Carolina, advises that al
ready nearly 7.0(K) persons have made
reservations for this occasion) and it
is prolinfile that more than KMMK) will
lie in attendance.
Messrs. R. E. Kerr and \V. L. Barns
were present at guests of Caleb Swink.
while Mr. (’has. J. Harris, of this city,
was the guest of ids nephew, Bre
vard Harris.
Major Will Foil, Captain of Team 7.
which on next Friday evening, an-i
pounced that he is planning now to put!
on at the meeting tLjls week.
guileoriTcounTy leads
IN NUMBER OF AUTOMOBILES
Car For Every 7.9 Inhabitants in That
County.—Cabarrus Ranks Sixteenth
in State.
The University News Letter has
just made public' statistics showing the
manlier of autos in each county in the
State nnd the ratio of cars to inhabi
tants. According to the figures Guil
ford has the largest manlier of cars
and Graham the smallest manlier. Ca
barrus ranks sixteenth in the State.
Guilford has an nuinmohile for ev
ery 7.!) persons nnd) Graham bus an
auto for every 16H.4* persons, tin Ca
barrus there is a cyr tor every 11.7
jiersons.
Mecklenburg county ranks second in
the number of autos lint {bird in the
ratio of cars to Inhabitants. There
ore 8.976 autos in that county, or an
auto for every ft.s persons. Guilford
has 10,777 cars anti Davidson with
4,081 cars, or a car for every 0.1 per
son. ranks second lit the State.
Rowan has 4,854 ears and a car for
every 0.7 persons baton .Uasi_Lhsft
Cars and a car for every 11.2 persons:
Iredell pas 3,274 cars and a "car for
every 11.0 persons: Montgomery has
1,168 cars and n car for every 12.4
persons; Stanly has 2,041 and a car
for every 14.6 persons.
There are 3,086 cars in Cabarrus
county*.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
SCOTIA WOMEN’S COLLEGE,
To Embrace This Year From May 20
to May'23, Inclusive.
The commencement exercises at Sco
tia Women's College will embrace this
year Miry 20-23. inclusive. The fol
lowing will he tlic program:
Baccalaureate Sermon. Sabbath
May 20, 4 :00 p. m.
Senior Preparatory Entertainment,
Monday. May 21. 7:00 p. m.
Class Day Exercises, Tuesday, May
-22, 1 :30 p. m.
Annual Address. Tuesday evening.
May 22, 7:3o—Rev. Geo. Lnccockr I).
D„ Wooster, Ohio.
Commencement Exercises, Wednes
da.v, May 23, jjj :3<l a. in.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at an Advance of from
8 to 13 Points.
(By the AMociatcd Press. 1
1 New York. May 10.—The cotton nmr
'ket opened steady at ah advance of 8
‘to 13 points with active months seil
'ing 11 to 23 points net higher right af
ter the eall on trade inlying of July
'and covering inspired by prospects of
'unsettled and showery, weather in the
((South over the week end. After the
'ihitia! buying orders had been sup
plied there apparently was little delay
'ami prices soon eased off under scat
tering liquidation, making net'declines
of abont 8 to 16 points on the more ac
tive positions.
1 Cotton futures opeijbd steady . Mav
26:85; July 25:35: Oct. 23.11: Dec.
22*08 ; Jan 22:38 hid.
American (infers Defeat British.
St. Andrews, May 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —The American ama
teur golf team retained possession of
the Walker cup by defeating the Brit
ish team In the second day tournament
ending today, 0 matched to 5, with one
halved.
The enn was won' only on the 35th
green of the 12th match, when Dp. O.
F. Willing, of Portland. Ore., playing
W. A, Murray, of the British team,
sank a 3-.vard put to Wlr. his watch by
2 and 1.
New Judge in Higginbotham Case.
<Br tSc AunriaM Press.)
Tallahassee, Fla.. May Ift.—Govern
or Hardee today assigned Judge A. G.
Campbell, of tbe first judicial circuit,
to preside over the i rial at Cross City,
of Walter Higginbnrliam. charged with
murder in connection with the death
of Martin Tabert, of North Dakota.
Judge Cainpliell was appointed to take
the place of Judge Mallory Horne, dis
qualified by the defense yesterday.
Four Cars Derailed.
Greenwood. S. C.. Miy 17;—Express
nnd iwiggage ears mid one passenger
coach of Southern Railway passen
ger train No. 18, Greenville to Colum
bia, were derailed near Ninety-Six at
11:30 today. Railroad men srald no
one was injured.
ULTIITUN BEHALF
OF CHINESE BAITS
TOTHEGOVERIENT
Marcel Berube, Who Was Re
cently Released by Ban
dits, Now on Way to Pe
king to Present Ultimatum
-A
TIME EXPIRES
NEXT TUESDAY
After Which, Unless Troops
Besieging the Bandits Are
Withdrawn, Two Anglo-
Americans Will Be Killed.
London. May Ift. (By the Associated
( Press.}.—Mu reel Berube, recently re
leased by the Snciiow train bandits, is
journeying to I’ekii g to present an ul-
Ijiimlmn to tlie Chinese government on
behalf of tlie bandits, says a Reuters
dispatch from Tsnocliwtuig. The ulti
matum, according to the dispatch, is
that Hiq government troops beseiging
| the bandits Ik- withdrawn by next
[Tuesday, failing which, two of the
Anglo-American captives will be killed.
May Abandon Negotiations for the Re
lease of Hostages.
Peking. May Ift. (By the Associated
Press.)—Telegrams from Tsaoehwang,
near which 15 foreign captives were
held by the mountain outlaws of Shan
tung. indicate that tlie government’s
representatives are no the point of
abandoning negotiations for tlie re
lease of the hostages because of the
bandits' extravagant demands.
Soldiers Selling Ammunition to the
Bandits?
Washington, May Ift.—A situation
threatening defection of the govern
ment troops sent in pursuit of the ban
dits in Shantung province, China, was
reported today in Slate Department
-advices, it was said tlie soldiers had
pot been paid for 18 months and were
reported to be replenishing tlieir peck
ers by selling ammunition to the ban
dits.
As a result of this and other compli
cations the foreign diplomatic consul
in Peking has decided to make new
and stronger representations to the
Chinese government for release of the
foreigners still Weld enpt lye iu ( the,
bandit Camp.
In their efforts to placate the ban
dits. the Peking officials are said to
have granted a demand that Suen Mei
Yne and other leaders of the band In
given army commissions, nnd to have
f greed to withdraw the government
roops gradually in return for tlie re
lease of tlie captives.
McBRAYER INVESTIGATION
Dr. Rankin Says Or. McPrayer Is tlie
Only Man in the State Who Could
Have Made the Successful Adminis
tration He Has.
ißy )bt- AMMoclnlpil PrpN,.)
Raleigh. May !!>.—-Declaring on cross
examination (lint in his opinion Dr. 1,.
B. Mcßrnyer is the only available man
in tlie state who could have made the
successful administration of tin- State
Sanatorium for the treatment of tu
berculosis as had in the past eight
years. Dr. Wntkin S. Rankin, secretary
of the State Board of Health today tes
tified before the half day session of
the legislative committee making the
investigation of the institution.
“The Sanatorium from its liegin
ing,” l>r. Rankin said in a prepared
statement to the committee “has been
the source of much trouble. Its found
er died prematurely from a crushed
ambition aid a broken heart. It is
located on a hill that was once, a vol
cano and ail evil genius set-ms to haunt
the place and distrub the serenity of
the place.”
With tlie exception of the alleged
relation of Dr. Mcßrnyer and mem
bers of ids family with the Sandhills
Orchard Corporation, and the alleged
traffic between tlie institution and this
corporation. Dr. Rankin as executive
officer of the board which until the
last legislature supervised nnd controll
ed the Sanatorium, said lie lmd heard
most of the criticism of tin- institu
tion before and thnt. it had lieen called
to tlie attention of tin- lionrd of health.
"The Sanatorium is today,” Dr. Ran
kin told tlie committee, "as can tie
shown by official reports, made by offi
cers of the American Tuberculosis As
sociation, one of the model state insti
tutions ri tlie United Stntes.”
Southern Women’s Golf.
Fort Worth, Texas. May Ift.—The
eyes of feminine golf players through
out the South will lie turned toward
Fort Wyrtli during tlie coming week,
on the occasion of the nnuuul cham
pionship tournament of the woman’s
Southern Golf Association. Officials
of the Rivercrest Country Club, un
der whose auspices the tournament
will be held, have made arrangements
for the entertainment of the visiftng
players.
President Will Return From Trip by
Water.
iHy the AMoemtea Pr«a.l
Washington, May Ift.—Definite plans
for President Harding to return from
Ids Alnska trip by water, through tlie
Panama Canal with a stop nt Porto
Rico were perfected today by Chair
man I,ußker of the shipping board
who designated a hoard vessel for the
return trip.
The district conference of the Salis
■bur district of the M. E. Church,
South, will be held at Gold Hill July
6-7.
COMMENCEMBENT AT
MOUNT PLEASANT
To Embrace May 20-23.—Fu11" Pro
gramme of the Exercises.
The commencement exercises of the
Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute
will embrace this year May 20-23. The
following will lie the programme:
Sunday. May 20. 11 a. m.—Bacnfct
aureate Sermon—The Rev. George
Gongaware, D. D.
Sunday, May 20, 8 p. m.—Address
Before Y. M. C, A.—The Rev. H. Brent
Schaeffer.
Monday. May 21. 10:30 a. m.—De
clnimer's Contest: B. W. Cruse, J. B.
Ilalin. ,1. 11. Keller. M. L. Penuinger,
IV. C. Thomas. C. W. Weiser.
Monday, May 21, 3:30 p. m. —Lit-
erary Address—Dr, Ashley Chappell.
Monday, May 21. 8:30 p. m.—Annual
Drama. “Esmeralla.”
Tuesday, May 22, 1:00 p. m.—Meet
ing of the Board of Trustees.
Tuesday, May 2*J. 10:30 a. m.—Ad
dress Before tho Alumni —The Rev. L.
A. Thomas, Class IftOft.
Tuesday. May 22, 3:30 p. in.—Con
test in Debate: Query, Resolved, That
the United States Should Enter the
League of Nations. Affirmative: J. O.
Foil, D. L. Heglar, H. G. Watson: neg
ative, F. O. Conrad, ,1. A. Kern, G. E.
Kohn. x
Wednesday, May 23, 10:30 a. m.—
Orator's Contest by representatives of
the Graduating Class—R. L. Fisher, S.
E. Griffin, It. C. Harris, J. 1). Shep
pard, G. C. Smithdeal, J. E. Walker.
Graduating Exercises, Awarding of
Diplomas, Presentation of Medals, and
announcements.
Marshals.
Ludwig Society—ll. H. Alexander,
chief; J. M. Hurry, It. C. Harris, N. H.
Caughhmn, J. X. Smith, J. E. Walker,
H. G. Watson.
Gerhafdt Society—R. S. Riser, G. C.
Smithdeal, G. B. Johnston, F. O. Con
rad, S. E. Griffin. J. M. Duncan.
Preparatorian Society—S. R. Mc-
Eachern, L. Cameron, J. Goodman, S.
L. Petren, W. G. Ritchie, B. L. Allen.
■Music by the Roanoke Orchestra.
Motto: Alis Dolat Propriis.
Flower: Sweet l’ea.^
Colors: Purple and Gold.
Officers: R. R. Roberts, president;
W. F. Smithdeal, vice president; E.
\V. Sechler, secretary.
Class Roll—Hugh Harris Alexan
der, Peter Boger Bust, Walter Brown
Bost. N'esliit Harper Caughnum, Rob
ert Lingle Cobb, James Meek Duncan,
Dalton O’Farrow Eagle. Roy Linn
Fisher, Stephen Earl Griffin. John Me-
Kannle Harry. Clarence Gilbert Hei
iig, Jr., Marshall Dewey Herrin, Mos
es Holmes, George Beneini Johnston,
Harold Miller O'Brien, Fred Henry
Quante, Jr., Rupert Summer Riser,
Robert. Ray Roberts, David WinStou
Ruffin. Lewis Glenn Russell, Ernest
William Seeliler. Robert Edwin Se
horn, Rudolph Seigling, Jr., John Dil
lon Sheppard. Clinton v Broietimxi
Smithdeal, George Curtis Smithdeal.
Albert Cecil Vestal, .Tames Ernest Wal
ker, Robert Chalmers Harris.
Two Men Are Given 30 Years in
Prison.
Charlotte, May 18.—Malloy Friday
and Hilliard Hal), negroes, convicted
in Superior Court in the second degree
for murder of W. B. Beach, on the
night of April 15. were sentenced to
30 years each in the state penitentiary
by Judge George 11. Brown. Clara
Davis, tried on Ihe same charge and
convicted, was sentenced to tlie coun
ty roads for two years. The evidence
tended to show that Davis was not ac
tually a participant in the shooting,
but had piloted tlie While limn and
his companion. Robert Gordon, to the
scene of tlie murder.
Friday and Hall confessed in court
to decoying Peach and Gordon to a
point on jjhe Southern Railway near
Hill street, and to have committed
the crime, after which they took
about $25 from the dead man’s pock
ets. Davis was arrested by Charlotte
officers on the night of the murder
and gave evidence which led to the
arrest of Friday and Hall, a few days
later at Durham, X. C.
Gos|>el Misionaries to Meet.
Minneapolis, Minn., May Ift.—Mis
sion folks frijin the East. West, North
and South are gathered in this city for
the tenth unuiial convention of the In
ternational Union of Gospel Missions,
which will have its formal opening to
morrow. Missions in several hundred
American cities will lie represented. A
new feature entitled ’A Clinic in Re
generation” will tic staged during the
meeting, and a number of outstanding
converts, men who have made good in
the business and in the profesional
world, will give short testimonials on
each of the five nights of tlie conven
tion.
Iu ancient Greece * a law provided
that if a man divorced his wife he
could not subsequently marry a wo
man younger than Ills discarded part
ner.
11. B. Wilkinson lias just received a
car load of tlie famous Simmons ueds
Read his new ad.
Obregon Says Bombing Was an
Effort to Hinder Negotiations
Mexico. May Ift. (By the Associat
ed Press.) —President Obregon said to
duy that lie considered yesterday's
bombing which damaged the office of
a Mexican attorney in the building
that houses the United States consul
general, ns au effort to hinder the gov
ernment in its recognition negotiations
with tlie United States.
‘•What could it lie but a profound
displeasure?” he said. “I believe It
concerns a maneuver against the gov
ernment to hinder us in reaching a
good understanding with tlie United
States.”
After 24 hours of investigation, the
municipal police und- federal secret
service agents enrly today had found
no clue warranting an arrest in cen
nection with the explosion.
1 El Universal published a report of
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NO. 119.
HEAVIEST RAIN ON
RECP tM ls TODAY
f m HflUiOllS TEXAS
U. S. Weather Bureau There
Says Guage Showed a Pre
j cipitation of 13.54 Inches
Within Three Hours.
GREAT DAMAGE
DONE TO PROPERTY
Loss Will Probably Reach
| $750,000. —Telephone Girls
Go to Work in Bathing
Suits.—Boats on Streets.
(By the PresH.)
Beaumont, Texas, .\lfiy 10.—The
! greatest eoueentrated downfall of raiij
i in the I'nited States was recorded here
j today.
!- John Bender, in charge of the Unit
ed States Weather Bureau here, de
clared the gunge showed 13.54 inches
precipitation within three hours.
Between $500,000 and $750,000 prop
erty dnnthge was estimated in a check
up. Henry Franks was probably fat
ally burned. He slipped through a
pool of burning oil when lightning hit
two oil storage tanks of 55.000 barrels
capacity catch. The tanks belong tot
the Magnolia Petroleum Go. One was
burned with a loss placed at s<‘>o,ooo.
Girls of the Southwestern Telephone
Go. went to work In their bathing suits,
lint 3.000 telephones had gone out of
commission, and they all plunged
home in the relentless showers.
The townsfolk turned out generally
in bathing suits. Motor ttouts took the
place of jitneys in low places of the
city. Street car lines went out early
in the morning and not a wheel turn
ed the rest of the day.
Havoc of the storm included SIOO.-
000 loss to the city throngh buckling
of wood block pavements.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN TRAIN
GOES THROUGH BRIDGE
Conductor and Fireman Missing.—ls
Thought They Are Buried Beneath
Wreckage.
(By tbr Amocialed Press.)
Norfolk. May 10.—Search waa-belng
made fofta.v "hfr W» ‘MGWsnl,'oahtluct
or. and Jesse Gould, negro fireman, of
n Norfolk Southern freight train, the
engine and car of which went through
the Perquimans River bridge Itetween
Edenton and Elizabeth City, N. <\,
last night. It Is believed at the gen
eral offices of the road that the two
men, who resided in Norfolk, were
buried lieneath the wreckage.
, Great Disaster Barely Averted.
Washington, N. ('., May 18.—Only a
freak of circumstances prevented the
gayety of the Shrine Ceremonial from
being blighted by a terrible catastro
phe last night when two spans of the
great bridge across tile Pamlico Riv
er collapsed lieneath the weight of
three thousand spectators and sagged
to within two feet of the water.
One hundred iteople or more were
on the section of the bridge that gave
way. Three thousand people were orj
the entire bridge. Cooler heads pre
vailed as the span collapsed and there
was no disorder or panic as the huge
bridge was emptied of its throng.
There were no injuries.
The accident took place as /the
crowd was observing the fireworks be
ing displayed which was being given
in connection with the Shrine cere
lnonial. It was without wanting.
There was a grind of concrete on con
crete ns the great structure sagged,
women screamed and there was a rap
id, but orderly move to safety. Just
as the recently completed bridge seem
ed nltout to precipitate its human load
into the waters of the Pamlico River,
the sinking spans came to rest, just
two feet above the river. t
As a result of the collapse of the
bridge traffic to New Bern was oblig
ed to detour miles up the river.
Bonar Law Looks Tired and Old.
London. May 1!>. (By the Associated
Press.)—Prime Minister Bonar Law,
who lias lteen on a voyage for liis
health, arrived in London this after
noon from Paris. He looked tired and
ill and failed to respond to the cheers
of the crowd at the station. He did
not go to his Downing Street residence,
hut instead was taken to his private
house where he will receive treat
ment under Sir Thomas Harder, noted
specialist.
| the inquiries, purporting to prove that
the 1 tombing had no political signifi
cance. but was rather the work of ene
mies incurred by Attorney Castillo
while he was intimately associated
with' Esteltoan Cantu, Governor of
Lower California.
Newspaper men learned from Gll
berto Valenzuela, under secretary of
the interior, that Charles B. Warren
and John Barton Payne, the American
members of the mixed recognition com
mission, received auan.vmous warnings
soon after their arrival on May 11 that
they rnnst leave Mexico within 72
hours. Traffic past the Escanbon Pal
ace in which the delegates are staying
wbb prohibited last night, and heavy
forces of lopioe maintained a watch
outside tile building.