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VOLUME XXIII
EVERVTHIN6 FIXED
AGAIN FDD FIGHT
»I SHELBY, I*l.
K . Fight Was Suddenly Called
Off Last Night at Mid
night, But All Differences
Have Been Settled.
LAST SIOO,OOO HAS
NOT YET BEEN PAID
Dempsey and Manager Agree
/or Fighter to Enter Ring
and Take Chance on Get
ting Money Later. *
ißy the A»N<»cinf**«l PtetM i
Great Kalis, Mont.. .July 3.—Til* Jji.-i;
Dempsey-Tommy Gibbons- Geuvyweiicii
championship light, suddenly called off
at midnight last night was put back on
its feet again today and will be decided
in Big Kin bowl at Shelby tomorrow as
scheduled.
Jack Kearns, manager of the world's
heavyweight champion at n conference
which broke up at 2:45 today, agreed to
send Dempsey into the ring against the
St. Paul challenger tomorrow and gam
ble for the final SIOO,OOO installment il.ie
Dempsey on his $300,060 guarantee. The
promoters guaranteed the preliminary ex
penses of tha show, which includes the
payment of the boxers of the preliminary
bouts, $5,000 to the referee and other in
cidental expenses Which probably will
-amount to $30,000.
Major E. .1. Dane, of Tanvistowii, Mon
tana, who resigned us trustee for the
promoters yesterday after failing to'
raise, Dempsey's SIOO,OOO, decided to con
tinue as trustee, and assist the piomot
ers in untangling tile muddled finances.
Kerns will have jurisdiction over all
gate receipts- until the champion's SIOO.-
000 is obtained. Gate receipts then will
revert to the promoters.
. Boy .1. Molumhy, of Great FalLs, who
signed the articles assuring the cham
pionship bout for Shelby, today is back
* in control as promoter, assisted by his
assistants who originally conceived the
idea of having Dempsey risk his title in
the boom town of the plains. Mayor
Jim Johnson, of Shelby, who personally
sank" $150,000 in the venture, also is
back. "
The fight was actually called off at
12.30 this' morning after an angry ar-.
-gljineul between Jack Kerns, the cham
pion's manager, and Stanton, in a room
crowded with' newspaper correspondenty.'
Stanton appeared to tell .Kerns that the
•" $11,0,000 which the champion's manager
had demanded was not available, and he
saw no prosper# of raising It.
FRANCE TO. PL NISH
WIFE BEATERS NOW
Right of Correction 1« Denied ..Hus
bands.
Paris. .July 3.—Kemiul.ni has won
ye't another victory in Trance. U'ife
beating now is classed as a misde
meanor. The Criminal Chamber has just
annulled a judgment of the Police Court.
Which released a husband who struck
' his'wife, the fiiagistate havitig viewed |
the affair as an "exercise of the right of
. correction.” The high court, in reversing
that decision, said: "?<ot'.nt all. Tim
husband employed means of coercion
which constituted an infraction of the
penal law.” '■
This also reverses a court imlgment
handed down in 1872 denying a plea for
separation brought, by a wife That
court, admitting that the husband nail
beaten his wife,' decided it -was. the.
“duty of a husband to direct his wife,
to comp’ete her moral ' education xlicn
she was young and take with love, but
with, firinneess Hit: neceessary meal«■ .of
doing so.”
TRI-PART-t AGREEMENT
i SOI’GHT BY JAPAN
That Nation Wants to Ratify Washing
ton Naval Agreement With America
and England.
Tokio, July 3 (By the Associated
Press.) —Japan lias decided to approach
America and Great Britain with a view
of reaching a tri-party agreement to en
force the provisions of the Washington
naval treaty without awaiting ratifica
tion by France.- it was asserted <onfi
dently today in Japanese newspapers
vbich print statements believed to be
reliable.
Says Weevils Didn’t InVada Berry
'Patch.
Salisbury, July 2.—Reports that the
bolL weevil had got _ into blackberries
and made them unfit for human con
sumption, gained such headway in
parts of this county that Dr. IV. A.
Armstrong, county health officer, has
issued a denial. W. G. Yeager, who
calls himself The weevil’s most un
compromising foe in the county, also
has come 4>ut on the pest's side in this
case to soy that no weevil lilies black
licerries and to advise human to eat
and preserve all, they can.
Everything Becomes Petrified In River.
Burlington. July 2.—J. D. Payne, a
former Burlington man. and well known
to many of our people, recently pur
chased a place on the Cain- F'ear river,
near Elizabethton, says the Burlington
News. A few days ago his nephew
found a prefeetly formed pda nut in the
shell that had , been petrified. A,.peeii!i
nrity of the water In the river fit that
place is that nearly everything left In
the water for a definite length of time
jmtrifiea —logs that have been in the
water become petrified and.are used as
grindstones and whetroeks, making the
finest kind of whetroeks. Mr. Egyne
says be is thinking of starting a whet
stone factory at bis boatlanding.
The Concord Daily Tribune
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TAX ON BILLBOARDS
AND SB WANTED
BY SH CURTISS
Kansas Senator Thinks Signs
Which Are Springing Up
Like Mushrooms Should
Bring in More Revenue.
WILL BRING THE
MATTER UP LATER
When Congress is in Session,
and May Ask for Tax Bias
ed Upon the Square Feet
of Each of the Signs.
4By the Associated Pre»a.)
Washington, July B.—A new source of
revenue probably will be promised at the
next session of Congress by Senator Cur
tis. of Kansas, republican whip of tin*
Senate.
While lie has not perfecte<l details of
his bill. Senator Curtis said today lie
had given much thought to the billboards
and signs which are springing up like
mushrooms along the highways of the
country as a legitimate subject for Feder
al taxation and virtually had decided to
place a tax upon them based ti|M>n the
square feet of each.
•in the opinion of Senator Curtis such
a tax would prove a fruitful source of
income without imposing a burden upon
the public at large. It is not his inten
tion to suggesf a tax upon signs expos
ed by dealers njHm- their own property.
DECLARES TRIAL MARRIAGES
ARE ALREADY IN FORCE
Tells. Methodist Social Conference That
American Family is in Danger of
Destruction.
Lake Juualuska. July 2.—Asserting
that through the alarming, increase in
the divorce rate, the American family
is in danger -of destruction. Dr. (Jus
Dyer, professor of political economics
a4ul sociology of Vanderbilt T'niversity. I
'stated in n lecture on the "Family, the
’Child and Divorce ' .before.the social eon
feyenoe of the M. E. Church. South, here
today tliaft America is virtually living in
a state of legalized polygamy and that
trial marriage already is in force, sanc
tioned by law through the divorce evil.
He pleaded for a re turn to the old
fashioned home, standing lo itself away
frftm crowded centers and,, with (ts _own
industrial system thtkmgh wlticlr every
member of the family was a producer.
The average mail cannot, produce enough
to support a ..wife- and several children
under modern city conditions, he de
clared.
The speaker took -a rap at much of
the modern education "and said that there
had never been such a mania for going
to school, and so little interest in edu
cation. He dec’ared college* are filled
up with people who have nti interest In
education and s-aid they are blocking-ediL-_
cation. Hi- continued that the average
girl graduate is all dj-essed up ami lias
nowhere to go. The professor thought
it took an optimist to become enthused
ovt-r the results of education today.
The speaker protested against the ten
•deticy to turn all of education over to
the schools, declaring that a child's par
ents were primarily its best teachers.
He declared it .is a day of big problems
and little men and will be until we re
turn to God's system, which bad its cen
ter in the home.
Various aspects of tilt- home, the child
and. the family will-be discussed further
during the progress of the conference.
Full Stop Ban- Being Flagrantly Vio
lated.
Raleigh, July 2.-—ls all the drivers
of automobiles who, failed to obey the
law by coming to a full stop at the Sea-
Board-Southern railway crossing between
Raleigh and Cary yesterday were hailed
into court .and convicted their fines
would amount to- $lO,llOO and the gross
imprisonment of the entire docket would
be slightly more than 543 years, accord
ing to estimate of two reporters who
watched the crossing to see how well
the law was being observer. The law
requiring drivers to bring all vehicles to
a full stop at railroad crossings became
effective yesterday.
The reporters estimated that 45 per
cent, of tiie drivers passing tile crossing
brought their cars to a full stop this side
the rail, but few of-them stopped outside
the 50-foot limit imposed by the law.
Charlotte Gives Governor Ovation At
Informal Meet.
Charlotte. July I.—-Governor Morri
son and daughter, leave Tuesday morn
ing for Asheville where they will spend
the summer. During his stay in Olinr
lotte the governor lias been shown many
courtesies.
He spoke / by special invitation to
night at an informal gathering of
citizens, receiving an ovation. He spoke
of matters vital to the state’s interests,
its present and future.
■ He is in fine spirits and pleased with
the progress of the program mapped
out. by his administration.
He expects to • spend about two
months at Asheville. returning to
Raleigh petitions for clemency by
prisoners. /
With Our Advertisers.
Spartex on your floors is waterproof
and scar proof. Sold here by the Ritchie
Hardware 00. .*
Kanak prevents fishy butter and on
iony milk. Only SI.OO at the Pearl Drug
Company.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. of
fers yoa a safe deposit box’ in its fire
and burgWr proof valut that' will bring
you peace of mind.
One of the advantages of the Hoosier
kitchen cabinet is the patented shaker
sifter. See new ad. ,
M.murinl to Nath, and Men Who Participated in the Battle of Coil,
ford Court House, North Carolina. The Monument Is Erected on What Is Now
Known as the Guilford Court House Battle Ground.
MOST BUSINESS HOUSES
TO BE CLOSED TOMORROW
The Postoflice, Banks. Bibrary and All
Grocery Stores of City to Be Closed.
Most of the business houses in Coil -
cold will be closed tomorrow. July the
Fourth. * A few stores will be open,
but in most instances the day will be
a holiday for the business houses of tin
city.
The postoflice will observe holiday
rules. That means there will be no
c-ity delivery, and the general delivery
window will be open only from ts to U
a. :n.
-'ll of the banks of the city will be
closed as will be library. All groov-.v
stores will be closed, also. and.the -.\\Vi
hardware stores will also observe a holi
day. ‘ ■
As many people probably will be cai
ia their cars, the garages will be’open,
to cl'er gas, oil and ran a r work.
. There will be no issji:' ,f Tile Tribune.
. the Fourth' of July being one of tin- few
in." •> '■ .vhr i the
fci-pe i< given a holiday.
N ei'elirtion has been planned f or
the oily; Many members of the country
club expect to spend the day on tli • g-df
rotH-sc. and at the gun.club a shoo' will
he. I t'd, with “barbecued meat an added
feu I oh .
THE COTTON MARKET
Selling Movement Which Started Yes
terday. Was Continued Today. .
IMy the AnNoctaied rren«.»
New York, July 3.—The selling move
ment which followed the publication of
yesterday’s government report was con
tinued in the cotton market this morn
ing. Cables were lower than due while
early weather news was favorable and
after ( pening fairly steady at a decline
of 15 to 28 points active months sodn
showed net losses of 30 to 40 points with.
July selling off to 26:15 and October tp
23.75, or into new low ground for the
movement.
Cotton futures opened fairly Steady.
Jule 26.35; (let. 23.00; Dec. 23.30; Jan
23.12; March 23.10.
GASOLINE TANK BIJIVVS
I P, KILLING TWO
Accident Occurred in Maryland When
the Tank Exploded While Being Re
filled.
IBs- the Associated Press.)
Frederick, Md., July 3. —Two -mem
bers of an automobile touring party
from Watertown, X. Y„ were burned to
dentil and three injured near here early
today when a gasoline tank exploded
while being refilled.
The dead are:
Mrs. Andrew Miller, aged 26, anil her
dasghter, Viola, aged 5.
The accident occurred at 3:30 this
morning near I’rbaua, five miles south
of Frederick while Air. Miller was filling
the tank from an emergency container.
The explosion sprayed the occupants of
the machine with gasoline and quickly
enveloped the Miller family in flames.
The Summer Capital at Asheville.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, July 3. —With the removal for
the summer months of Governor Morri
son to Asheville, the executive office of
the state temporarily will be in that
city.
Governor Morrison’s ofliee here, will of
• course remain open and will be in charge
of Secretary Richardson. The present
office force also will remain in .Raleigh,
However, the interest which usually at
taches to the presence of the executive
will go to the mountain city.
Governor Morrison p'ans to have a
, stenographer at the Grove Park Inn
, where lie will maintain the summer cap
ital and he will be in dose touch-at all
times with his Raleigh office. He plans
it. is said officially, to return to Raleigh
once or twiee during the summer, the
- first visit to be the first Monday in
, August when he will be here for three
days to hear petitions for pardons and
. commutations of sentences of prisoners
. now in the custody of the state.
Governor Morrison Off For Asheville.
Charlotte, July 3.—Governor Morri
; son left here today for AshevlTYe, where
he is expected to spend several weeks
■ this summer. He had been erroneously
• reported yesterday as having left early
in the morning.
CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1923.
$45,000 OF PROPERTY
Bl RACED TO GET $270
Kflrd's High Point ’ Store is Robbed.
Fire Following.—Left Big Kiun in
Safe.
High Point. July 2.—(’racking open
the.rear end of the safe in Efird's de
partment store. Alain Street, hear Wash
ington Street, in the heart of the busi
ness section of this city, robbers at about
3 o’clock this morning made their get
away with about $270 in silver, which
was located ill a bag ill the safe, over
looked about $2,100 sin paper currency.
$l,lOO in liberty bunds. $715 in war sav
ing stamps and $37,060 of insurance pol
icies which were tucked in a cigar box.
After their safe blowing the robbers
evidently set fire to the store as a means
to cover their crime. In a short time
after the fire started the building was
enveloped in flames, the loss to stock and
building being about ,$-15,000.
all of which is cbver«l by Insurance.
The entire stock ofcgoods in tne store
-hff* -rttwp-twtir Soaked
beyond any salvage. All that remains
standing of the building, a two-story
brick structure, owned by Mrs. Bruce
Carrawa.v, are the walls. The fire evi
dently started in the rear of the building
and spread quickly to the.front.
Fireman Honeycutt stated today that
he heard a loud noise about 3 o’clock
this morning, awoke from his slumbers
and notified another fireman of the inci
jdent. Shortly afterwards the alarm of
fij-e Was turned in and when the fire de
partment arrived the store was in a mass
of flames, which were rapidly eating tln
stock and fixtures .in the department
store.
AV. A. Scott, deputy insurance eom
'missioner of North Carolina, was hen
today investigating the cause of the dis
astrous fire. Ho stated that it was his
opinion that the floors of the store and
goods had been soaked with kerosene.
He based this belief on the fact that
the fire made too great a headway, the
store being enveloped in flames at prac
tically the same time.
Some have advanced the opinion that
the fire was caused by the explosion in
the cracking of the safe. However,
firemen discount this belief, stating that
such an explosion would not start a fire
even if very inflammable materials were
in the immediate vicinity of be explo
sion.
Al. F. Crooks, manager of the local
department store, this afternoon refused
to give any indication of the damage to
the stock. He. also, refused to state the
exact amount of money which was IFft
untouched by the robbers. All money
of the Saturday night business was
locked in the safe. Mr. Crooks yester
day afternoon stated that nothing defi-1
nite could be given out until appraisals,
'of the Efird chain stores arrived in this!
city. Asked if $50.0f10 would cover the |
loss, lie stated that lie did not believe I
it would be that high.
He was unable to advance any reason j
for the burglary. Robbers gained ac- 1
cess to the store, it is believed, through |
a skylight or by pryiug open a fire-door i
opening from the side of the storeroom I
to the roof of several store building on |
Washington Street. Once inside the,
building, the yeggmen, wlm left all tile j
earmarks of being professionals, tied a
rope from the window in order that they .
might quickly slide to safety, had they
been interrupted.
The cracking of the safe appears to
be the work of professional crooks rather
than amateur burglars. The robbers
Irilled a small hole in the rear of the
safe, which was located in the rear of
the building and on the second floor.
Once the small hole was drilled, it is
believed that the robbers inserted some
high explosive in the safe, which caused
the blowing of a large bole in the rear
center of the safe. The hole was just
about large enough- for n hand to be in
serted' in the safe.
Prohibition Heading America Toward
War.
New York. July 2. —Rear Admiral
Bradley A. Fiske, t’.'S. X.. retired, in
a statement published today, suggested
that the United States is “drifting to
ward war.’’ because of prohibition. He
advocated a conference of 100 citizens
of the country to find » way to eli
minate the international friction caused
by the application of prohibition to
foreign ships in American ports.
MARSHAL FOt’H SEND&
.MESSAGE TO LEGION
Says France Is Fighting for the Same
Principles As Are I'pheid by the Am
erican Legion.
(By tlie Associated Press.)
Indianapolis. Ind.. July B.—France at
the present time is fighting for the same
principles as are upheld the American
Legion, Marshal Koch declared in an In
dependence Day message received at nat
ional headquarters of the Ijegion here
today.
The message from the French war he
ro follows:
"I am happy to repeat to the Ameri
can Legion on the occasion of Independ
ence Day'my sentiments of sincere at
tachment. The Legion has demonstrated
that it remains faithful to the principles
that governed its foundation. These prin
ciples are those for which France is
lighting at this time. The Legion has
recognized this fact, and our common ac
tion as In the dips that have passed for
defense df righr in Hie Ittnifl cunhof 'fnii
to continue to work for the highest wel
fare of our two countries.“
Miss Sallie Alexander, of Charlotte.
Apoplexy Victim.
‘Charlotte. .July 2.—Miss Sallie Alex
ander. daughter of the late Dr. Amzi
Alexander, of Mecklenburg county ami
sister of Dr. Charles L. Alexander,
noted dentist, died today at the home of
her sister. Mrs. George B. Hanna, Tenth
avenue. \
Miss Alexander suffered a stroke of
apoplexy several days ago hut regained
her speech yesterday and was generally
better. The second stroke came today
and she never rallied.
Miss Alexander was born in Char
lotte and was one of six children, the
others being Dr. Alexander. Mrs. George
IL Hanna. Mrs. Bessie Alexander Pat
terson. John B. Alexander, of Spartan
burg, and Mrs. John Springs, of Hick
ory. She was 4>4 years of age. Since
girlhood she had been a devoted mem
ber of the First Presbyterian Church.
She was widely beloved. All the family
were here at the time of her. death.
Shoot at Concord (inn Club.
The (’uncord Gun Club’ will have a
shoot at the trap tomorrow. July the 4th.
The first event will be staged at ID a. m.
Members and their friends will be able
to purchase a barbecue lunch on the
grounds.
All spectators are asked to be very
quiet during the shooting. Laughing
and talking handicaps the shooters. /
A large number of trap shooting fans
are expected to attend the shoot, which
will he the biggest the local club has yet
[•held.
1 Mr. W. F. Hall, an expert rifle and
j pistol shot, will be at tin* shoot at four
.o'clock in the afternoon and will give an
I exhibition in rifle and pistol {shooting.
i
] New ‘Coue Formula’ Stirs Paris, But
Professor Disavows.
Paris, July 3. —"The new formula
attributed to me. ‘Oh. hell. I nill well.'
j is a canard, and I beg you to deny it."
Professor Emile Coue , telegraphed from
Nancy today.
j "I still use my old formula, 'Every
-day ill ever)’ way,' etc., and I do not
, think it oau he improved upon.”
Despite Professor Cone's disapproval,
the new formula has taken popular
fancy in Paris, ami people on the street,
can be heard muttering in in every |
kmfftii language.
Belgians Reply to British.
Brussels, July 3 (By the Associated
Press) .—The Belgian answer to the
British questionnaire on the Franco-Bel
ginn reparations policy has been sent to
the Belgian ambassador in London who
is expected to deliver it to Lord Curzou,
the British foreign secretary, later in
the day.
Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Beasley and family
are joining a party of frifnds for the
week-end on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. O.
C. Venable at their summer camp,
“Camp Rest ft Bit,” near Charlotte.
Calls For Bank Statements.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 3.—Comptroller of
the Currency today issued a call for the
condition of all National Banks at the
close of business oil Saturday, June 30.
NEW YORK ASSEMBLY
AND GOV, AL SIC
ASSAILED BY BRYAN
Bryan Declares Their Action
Showed the Wet Forces
Are For Unbridled and
Open Lawlessness.
SAYS ACTION WILL
HELP DRY FORCES
For It Shows the Free Spirit
of the Wets and Will Make
Drys Work Harder in the
Future.
(By tbe AMOdated Press.*
-Richmond, July B.—Breaking his si
lence on the action of Governor Smith
and the Xew York assembly in remow
ing the Xew York state prohibition en
forcement law. William Jennings Bryan
declared here last night that the wet
forces have thrown off the mask and are
for unbridled and open lawlessness with
out restraining of any sort.
Mr. Bryan said he believed the ulti
mate effect of this flat repudiation of
the law will be to the advantage of the!
J dry c ause. “The wets have abandoned
their hypocritical assertions that thdy
are not against reasonable prohibition/'*
he said. “They make no further pre
tense jn Xew York of limiting the sale
<>f intoxicants to light wines and beer.”
‘The wets have used their control of
the Xew York Legislature to bring
about something far worse than the
saloon of the olden days,” he declared.
MEMB ERSHIP CAMPAIGN
FOR MEMBERS GOING FINE
Many Showing Much Interest in Cotton
Growers* Co-operative Association.
The membership campaign of the Cot
ton Growers’ Co-operative Association is
going fine afid not only the members, but
those who do not belong yet. are show
ing much interest and we have no doubt
but that the association will market this
year the greater part of the cotton grown
in Cabarrus county.
Meetings have already been scheduled
in each township with the members, pre
paratory to an entertainment which will
be given by each local. Speaking,
music, and contests for prizes will be the
main features of the seeond meetings.
Thursday evening, July sth, at 8:80
oVTock the local members of Rocky River
will give a delightful program. Re
freshments will be served*, and a worth
while prize will he given the lucky one.
Come, you may get the prize..
Friday evening. July 6th. at 8:80
o’clock, the Harrisburg local requests
everybody to he present at their program
and besides the amusements some one
will be pleasantly surprised by winning
a valuable prize.
Saturday evening. July 7th. at 8
o clock, the people of Xo. 2 township
have the pleasure of being entertained at
Poplar Tent the members of that
community. Some one will get a prize.
It may be you.
LEVIATHAN WAS NOT
DAMAGED BY GERMANS
Engineers M ho Reconditioned Vessel De
ny Reports That Germans Tried to
Cripple Ship.
Xew York. July 8 (I»y the Associated
Press). —Announcement today by engi
neers who reconditioned the Leviathan
that wartime tales of German attempts
to cripple the liner were false has left the
shipping board in a quandary as to what
to do with $15,000 worth of elaborate
souvenir booklets containing a detailed
account of the alleged sabotage which
were to have been distributed tomorrow
on the ship’s first voyage as an Ameri
can liner.
F. 11. of Gibbs Bros., engineers,
who prepared the giant liner for service
as an American passenger vessel, said
that damage to the vessel originally sup
posed to have been the result of German
sabotage, had been found to have been
tlie result of an accident in docking the
vessel on her last trip to tiiis country
under the German Hag of 1011.
BOK WILL OFFER RIG
LEAGUE ENTRY PRIZE
Retired Editor Plans SIOO,OOO Award
For Best Plan to Get United States
In.
Xew York, July B.—Edward Bok. of
Philadelphia, who ended, in 1010, 80
years of service ns editor of the Ladies*
Home Journal, and has since that time
devoted himself to public service, nas
agreed to offer a prize of $1005)00 to
the author of a formula that will bring
tlie United States into the League of
Xafions.
Announcement of the prize and of tlie'
terms under which it will be awarded
j will be made within a fortnight t>y a
' board of trustees now in process of or
ganization.
Half of the prize will be awarded, it
is understood, when a plan shall have
been accepted by the trustees. Tlie re
maining half will be awarded when, and
if, the United States Seenntc shall have
ratified entrance into the League on the
" j basis of the plan.
Seventeen Road Contracts Awarded.
(By the AiMocialeU Previ.)
, Raleigh, July B.—Seventeen road proj
ects totalling $2,488,018.12 have been let
to contract or construction, it was an
nounced by the State Highway Commis
-1 sion here. The committee met last week
! to consider bids which had been received
| on thirty projects, but thirteen were re-
Ijected, the bids being considered exces
sive.
L. - -
* j Launcelot Blackburne who became
! ! archbishop of York was a private in
»his youth.
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HIGGINBOTHAM SAYS
- JPED TABERT
ACCORDING TO LAWS
Former Whipping Boss in
Florida Camp Declares He
Was Hired by Law to Whip
the Convicts.
GAVE TABERT BUT
VERY FEW LASHES
Says He Did Not Put His
Foot on Tabert’s Head and
Gave the Man But Eight
Lashes With Whip.
(By the AHMOdnieri Prema.)
Lake City. Fla., July 3.—Tims. Wal
ter 'Higginbotham, convict whip
ping boss of the Putnam Lumber Com
pany. told the jury here today in his
(rial for the murder of Martin Tabert,
of North Dakota, that it "was my duty
to whip criminals.'' He said he ga.’o Ta
bert eight lashes. The state is eon:end
ing that Tabert diet! from extensive whip
p.ng administered by Higginbotham state
witnesses testifying that from 5 to It'd
j lashes were applied.
in his sworn testimony Higginbotham
gave in detail his duties its a whipping
boss or deputy warden in a convict camp.
He gave his age as ilo years and claim
ed lie weighed 13K pounds. In reply to
questions by Hoy Chapman, of the de
fense counsel, he said he was a native
Floridan and had served in France for
more than a year as a member of the
American Expeditionary Forces. The wit
ness told the jury he had whipped Tabert
because he was reported for not working.
He said Tabert had been reported three
times. He did not whip him the first or
second time, he said, because lie himself
was not feeling well and the convicts had
been working in the rain all day, their
clothing was wet and lie did not think it
was right.
When Tabert was reported the third
time Higginbotham testified be had him
called out.
"Tabert got down on the ground and
1 applied the strap," he said.
"How many licks'did you give him?"
was asked.
"Eight licks," was the reply.
"After you finished what did you do?”
"I told him to get up and he went
back into the copvict line," said Higgin
botham.
“Did 'you put your foot on Tabert's
head while you were whipping him?” ask
ed Mr. Chapman.
"I did not,” replied the witness.
MEMORIAL TABLET TO
LATE AMBASSADOR PAGE
Tablet Was Unveiled in Westminster
Abbey- by Foimer Foreign Secretary
Viscount Grey.
London, July- 3 (By the Associated
Press). —A memorial tablet to the late
American Ambassador Walter Hines'
Page, was unveiled in Westminster Ab
bey this afternoon in the presence of em
inent merieahs and British.
The tablet, modest in design and pro
portions, was unveiled by Visyount Grey
of Falladon, who as foreign secretary,
was closely associated with Mr. Page.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and
several members of the present govern
ment also attended as did Herbert As
quith and David Lloyd George, two of
Britain's prime ministers during Mr.
Page's term of office.
In the large congregation were Mrs.
Page, Arthur Page and wife, the late am
bassador’s daughter, Mrs. Leorings, and
his three grand-children.
STRENUOUS DAY FOR
PRESIDENT HARDING
President to Attend Oregon Trail Cele
bration, to Re Held in Village of
Meaeham.
On Board President Harding's Spe
cial Train, July 3 (By the Associated
Press).—President Farding faced today
tlie most strenuous day's program of his
western trip in the smallest town he has
yet visited. The program had to do
with Oregon Trail celebration and the
town is Meaeham, Oregon. 10 utiles from
n railroad, and with a population of 51
persons.
The population of the little town, how
ever, was augmented greatly by visitors
from all parts of the state and from ad
joining states who joined in celebration
of tlie 80th anniversary of the arrival of
the first kagon train in the Wi|liamette
Valley. Reports received by the Presi
dential party said automobile parties had
been arriving in Meaeham for several
days, and that by the time the chief ex>
eciftive arrives there the population will
have increased just 1,000 times.
NAMES RECEIVER FOR
PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK
Samuel of Illionis, Appoint
ed SiixeAxer of the Defunct Salisbury
Rank. ,
(By the Auoclatnl Preaa.) -
Winston-Salem. July 3.—A special to
the Sentinel from Washinftou states that
Samuel F. McLean, of Illinois, has been
named as receiver for the Peoples Na
tional Bank at Salisbury by the Comp
troller of Currency and will go there in
a few days to take over the institution
•which was closed several dnys ago.
France May Ratify Naval Program.
Paris, July 3.—ln order to make cer
tain that the Washington naval treaty
will be ratified by the Chamber of Depu
ties before the close of the present ses
■ sion, Premier Poincare ImH decided to
keep Parliament sitting until July 13, ac
cording to Echo de Paris.
‘ Bessemer steel was first made in the
t United Stated in 1864 at an experimental
'plant ut Wyandotte, Mich.