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VOLUME XXIII
SIM BULLETS
SENT INTO VILLA’S,
BODY BY ASSASSINS
Seven Unidentified Assassins
Shot Him From Ambush
on the Outskirts of Parral
Friday Morning.
FOUR OTHER ALSO
SHOT AND KILLED
The Assassins Fled to the
River Bed and Sped Off on
Their Horses, Which Had
Been Hidden Near By.
Parrnl, Chihuahua, Mexico, July 21
tßy the Associated Press J. —The body of
Francisco "Pancho" Villa. Robin Hood
of Mexico, the most interesting charac
ter of contemporary Mexican history, a
strauge combination of horse sense and, q
fiery' impulse, lies in’ the city hall here
w(th thousands of persons flocking to
see it.
Heavily guarded as always, a part of
liis military strategy learned in a hard
school of experience. Villa met death yes
terday morning about S o'clock on the
outskirts of Parrnl when seven unidenti
-tied assassins from ambush sent sixteen
bullets into his body and head.
Col. Miguel Trillo. Villa's secretary:
Rosalio Morales, one body guard, and
one bystander whose name has ‘not beeu
learned, also were killed. One Villa
guard was wounded.
The attacking band totalled seven,
the bandits' unlucky number. The as
sailants' were on foot while Plincho's
men were mounted, leaving l’arrnl on a
happy go lucky journey to his rquch at
Canutillo, Durango.
The assassins fled to the riyer bed
and sped- oft on horses which had been
bidden in the river bed near Ilie bridge.
General E. Martinez, commanding a
detachment of 1100 Federal soldiers, cap
tured three of the attaokiug seven late
yesterday near here.
General Martinex, who hurried here
from Chihuahua City for a personal in
vestigation, is (adding the men under
orders from President Obregon. The
General said the assassins used SO-30
rifles. Military detachments left Jimiu
ez and Valle Ue Allehde to trail the mur-
Fe&erid rr<mjisTufve*fp> iie*f(f CfinftfltVr
in anticipation of possible disorders at the
Villa ranch. Affairs affecting Villa’s
estate admittedly are mixed, and some 1
opinion is opeuly stated here that, the
ranch may revert to the state. 1
Two theories are advanced 'by author
ities here investigating. One is that de
serters from Villa's guards committed
the killing. The other is that of re
venge. I
Villa Will Not Be Buried With Full Mil
itary Honors.
Mexico City. July 21 (By the Asso
ciated Press) .—President Obregons
plan to accord full military honors to
(ien. Francisco Villa, former bandit
chieftain, who was killed yesterday, will
not be carried out, it was announced of
ficially at the War Department iate
last night, because Villa's name was* not
carried tipriff the official military rolls of
the government. ,
VILLA’S DEATH CONFIRMED
Friends of Dead Rebel General say Mur
derers Will Be Captured Soon.
Chihuahua City, Mexico, July _2O. —
Official telegrams received at military
headquarters confirm the death of Fran
cisco Villa near Parrall this morning and
exonerate his secretary, Mugne) Trillo, of
ail blame for his death, earlier telegrams
having said Villa was killed by his sec
retary.
The assassination of Villa and the
brief fight which followed are said to be
the outcome of political disturbances.
General Eugenio Martinez left here
at 11 a. m v . today with 100 soldiers oh
the wfay to Parrall.
According to the official reports. Villa
left Parrall accompanied by Trillo, t\yo
guards nn3 a chauffeur, early this morn
ing. While going over the Guanjuato
bridge near Parrall, the party was as
saulted from both sides by a number of
men. ■
Villa and Trillo we'te killed at the
same instant, together with their com
panions, the official telegram says. The
bodies were taken to Parrall.
The largest seed-oyster supply in the
world, in the James Rivet, Virginia, is
threatened with destruction because of
the effects pollution of the water.
Last Deeemherand op April 10, of 1923,
wild ducks were picked n P helpless on'
the New Jersey coast dt. Cape May. The
oil-coated waters gummed the feathers of
the birds and prevented them from fly
ing. Inland waters are also polluted by
factory wahte, causing the death of j
thousands o£ fish. ,
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j THE KIWANIS MEETING
Interesting Address Made by Mr. R. D.
Goodman and Mr. W. B. Brown.
A meeting full of interest was held by
the Kiwauis Club at the local' Y. M. C.
A. on Friday evening, when addresses
f were made by Mr. R. D. Goodman, farm
demonstration agent for Cabarrus eoun-
I ty, and Mr. W- G. Brown, the new Rond
, 1 Superintendent for this county. The
} Kiwanians were' also fortunate in hav
| ing with them Miss Sarah Barnhardt,
! who furnished the music for the meeting
. ! in the absence of Misq Nell Herring, who
*I is out of the city. ■
1 j Only a few matters of business were
| brought before the meeting. Secretary
‘ Cline called the v attention of the mem
bers tor the approaching District Con
vention which will be held on August
1(1 and 17 in Wrightsville; also to the
Sandhills Peach Show at Hamlet on Fri-
I day of next week, to which the Klwanis
are especially invited. At present about
one dozen persons from this city have
■ expressed their intentions of attending
the peach show, which promises to be,
the largest and bast ever held.
I Joe Pike called the attention of the
club to. the fact that the outside doors at
the postoflice are locked every night at
a comparatively early hour, thus work
ing an inconvenience on many persons,
l.’pou passage of a motion. President
! Spencer nppointed Joe Pike, Boyd Grady
and John S. Palmer as a committee to
tqke up this matter with the postoffice
officials and see if better arrangements
cannot be made.
Jake Moose, captain of Team No' 5
, took charge of the meeting nnd introduc
ed Demonstration Agent Goodman, who
made an interesting talk on farm prog
ress, and th<; problems that are now fac
ing the farmers, who jre at the founda
tion of the country's prosperity and
progress. He also called attention to the
changes that are going on. and how ag
riculture is being forced to compete with
industry in order to hold labor on the
farms. He nlso spoke for better home
conditions on the farm, nnd that the
farm homes be made more attractive.
Mr. W. G. Brown, the new road sup
erintendent. in his talk, gave some facts
as to the rdad problems of the county
and told what is being accomplished. He
stated that the Road Commission of the
county receives approximately $72,000 a
year to keep up the roads, which in his
opinion, ought, to maintain the roads in
pretty good shape. Cabarrus Cpunty
has something like 900 miles of high
ways, of which about 300 miles are main
county highways, and ought to be kept
in good condition. The smaller cross
roads and branch roads should be kept
in fair condition, but at present it will
not be possible for the county with its
present budget for road work. to keep up
the entire 1)00 miles of roads.
New nud adequate road machinery has
recently, been purchased, continued Mr.
* -ftHoww. t&rfMife nnrtdiiijsoCbh'hsh oiMu-'i*'
on Mouday give promise of splendid re
sults. In the first four days they were
i used, the fnachines practically rebuilt
four miles of roads—or a mile a dny
on the average. The new equipment con
sists of a large caterpillar tractor, a
smaller tractor. , and heavy road ma
chines. They are at present working on
the Poplar Teut road, near the Iredell
, County line, and are giving splendid re
sults.
As for its plans in the future, Mr.
Brown said Vie Highway Board for
this eouuty has one idea in mind—to give
the county a dollar's worth of roads for
each dollar it expends. The Commis
sion. he stated, is composed of very cap
able men, and Cabarrus Couuty may
consider itself fortunate in having such
men at. the head of its road work.
■' The attendance prize, given by Dr.
Wadsworth, was drpwh by Caleb \V.
Swink.
CHARLOTTE WITHOUt
STREET CAR SERVICE
Stopped at 11:30 Last Night by an Ex
plosion at the Power Plant.
(By the Associated Press.)
Charlotte, X. C., July 21. —Charlotte
folks who do not possess automobiles
either walked to work today, or were
giveu lifts by their more fortunate neigh
bors, for all street enr service was stop
ped at 11:30 last qight by a minor ex
plosion at thV ilower plant of the Sontb
err Public Utilities Compn-v, which
operates the local car system. There
are practically no jitneys here.
Tile explosion of what is -ailed an
•‘oii switch” deranged the wiring at the
piaDt and for a time all city lights were
out also, but they were turned on again
just before midnight. Workmc.i were
started in as soon as possible to make the
repairs necessary to turning on the pow
er that operates the trolley cars.
It was said later at the plaur that
cars could not be operated before the
middle of the, afternoon.
Girl entertainers in the public da&re
halls of Beattie have formed a mutual
protective organization, naming it the
Women Dancing Entertainers' Associa
tion.
The Argentine government has taken
. steps to establish arbitration courts
wl)ich are to deal with all questions aris
! ing between railways and their em
ployes.
Ampere was an acknowledged scientist
r | and great mathematician at the age of
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CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1923.
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I HIMt,C. BO,
■ L. & N., Owned by the Coast
Line, Proposes to Operate
Clinchfield Railroad Under
a 999 Year Lease.
IS TO ASSUME ALL ITS
i ITS INDEBTEDNESS
L. & N. and A. C. L. Will
Then Acquire* 'a New Out
let for Its Kentucky Coal
Trade, It is Said.
(By the Associated Press.)
Wasßingtou, July 21. —The Atlantic
Coast Line and Louisville & Nnshville
Railroads made formal application to
the Interstate Commerce Commission to
day for authority to take over and oper
ate the Carolina. Clinchfield & Ohio Rail
road system. Tile Louisville & Nashville
Company, which is owned by the Atlan
tic Coast Line, proposes to operate the
Clinchfield's 309 miles of road under a
999-year lease.
I’nder the proposal, the Louisville &
Nashville nnd the Atlantic Coast Line
will assume all the mortgage indebted
ness of the Clinchfield system. In addi
tion, 25,000.00 ft of the common stock of
the Clinchfield will be left outstanding in
the hands of its present owners and the
leasing companies guarantee to. pay div
idends upon this at the rate of 3 per
cent, until 1925; to increase the pay
ment to 4 jier cent., between 1928 and
1938: nnd to pay 5 per cent, thereafter.
The liouisville & Nashville expects by
this plan to acquire a new outlet for its
Kentucky coal traffic, the application
said, nnd in addition will have an im
portant link across the Appalachian
Mountains.
The consolidation proposed was said
to be in harmony with'the general con
solidation proposals which the Interstate
Commerce Commission has' made under
the transportation act.
FINANCIERS STUDY
AFFAIRS OF BARRET & CO.
Attempt to Hold Together the House of
the Large Cotton Factors.
(By the Assoc!.**,} Press* i
Augusta. July 21:’—Financiers of New
Orleans. North and South Carolina,
plan to continue here»today their efforts
to hold together the tumbled house of
Barrett & Company, cotton factors, re
puted to be the world’s largest. Lia
bilities and assets, which, according to
James M. Hull, Jr., of the counsel for
the firm, are to be studies at a, meet
ing of the visiting bankers today and
a committee apointed to deal with the
firm’s officials.
Tentative plans for liquidating were
worked out at meetings yesterday, ac
cording to Mr. Hull, the creditor bank
ers having had representatives on the
field before the company’s troubles be
came publicly known.
Frank H. Barret, president of the
company, gave out a . brief statement
saying he had given up. his seats on the
New York and New Orleans exchanges,
because he tfas unable to meet his ob
ligations. Tiiere was no other state
ment of the causes of the firm’s plight
forthcoming. Obligations were placed
at approximately one million dollars.
Local banks are not involved, a state
ment by the clearing house association
said.
Probably a hundred telegrams were
received during the day by the elder
Barrett from friends expressing sympa
thy for his predicament and offering any
assistance they could render.
Mrs. Barrett Leaves Wrightsville Beach
For Home.
Wilmington, N. C., July 21.—Mrs
Frank H. Barrett, wife of the Augusta
cotton factor whose financial difficulties
created a furore in <-otton circles, left
for her home in Augusta this morning.
She lias been at Wrightsville Beach for
the past few weeks.
HARDING WILL NOT CALL
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
Feels That the Public Thinks she Coun
try is Beneflttting by the Recess.
On board steamship Henderson with
President Harding, July 21 (By thy As*
sociated Press). —President Harding, it
can be declared positively, has no inten
tion of calling Congress into session' in
advance of its regular meeting in De
/ cember. , -
While the chief executive himself has
made no direct statement, those among
his party on his tour of Alaska who
reflect liis views, say that he has no
idea of heeding a demand for an extra
session made by Senator Brook hart, re
publican. of lowa.
Mr. Hhrding these associates of his
say, feels there is ligtje or no need for
any immediate assembling of the Fed
eral legislative body, and furthermore
that the leaders in Congress iq eom
[ mon with the public generally are of the
opinion that the country is beneflttting
by the current recess of Congress.
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North Carolina has just put into ef
fect a new law to prevent speeding at
grade crossings by the erection of signs
at all auch places with the simple words
in red ink: "State law: Stop.” We can’t
see that this ia a great improvement on
the familiar “Stop, look, and listen," but
I possibly the reference to the State con
| ijurea up Images of the omnipotence of
| the laW more forcibly than a plain wam
| ing without such a background.—Phila
| deiphifc Record.
I Sixty thousand people in the English
’ «**» WO® the filth-.
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§ ITEMS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA. j|;
!ji " v the Associated Press)
Os States, North Carolina stands first in j!
|i| number and nSignitude of its available waterpowers; when { 1
']![ development apd utilization of waterpowers is considered, I]! 1
I the state lifadslthe union. ’ Ji|!
Lijf Throughoit the Western section of the state, devel- j!||
‘!ji opment of water power facilities on small streams has |!|
» ]i| made it possible for numerous small ynanufacturing plants ijJ
j'.jjt to operate. . ? ]i|'
»'] [ All natflr; t' resources of the state being considered, Ijil
iji tlhere is not Qip which is of greater importance than its ]!|!
!j! water power i: ‘connection with its present and future in- '!'
]!| dustrial develc linent. X
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1 i DR. ALLEN AJ RESTED
I Is Charged With VioUtthm of the Mann
I Act In Connection With His School
for Girls. «
(By the AMfSmsfed Prem.)
Los Angeles, Cal., Jaf},’ 21.—1)r. H. B.
. Allen, said to be the founder and super
, intendent of a girts fjehool at Sabot,
, Va:. was arrested lit 111® Hollywood res
idenee yesterday an in jidirtmerit charg
ing him with violation ;«f-the Mann act
, in transporting one' of;,his 57 adopteil
, daughters from Sabot |j) Pittsburgh.
The Department of Justice agents who
, arrested Mr. Al|en also jtobk into custody
a woman who said shif was his house
keeper. and two young women who stat
ed they were his adopted daughters.
According to Federal .officials Dr. Al
len founded a school fern girls in North
Carolina fourteen yearsS ago and later
’ moved the institution to Sabot, legally
adopting the girls in Ijis care. When
, indicted the officials allege Alien lied
west and his wife departed for New York
with seven of the glrlsTy
Dr. Allen declared "tile iudictn onjs
were the result of spitfepvork. and sad
he was willing to' retuAt’ Id the Eas' ( i
tight the charge.
Allen Is Wanted by the iVirginia Officers.
Richmond. Ya., July —H. 11. Allen,
arrested in Ix>s Angeles -on charges of
violating the Mann Actijvws been sought
by Federal and Virginia state authori
ties since February,' fast), when he disap
peared just prior to the dosing of the
Paul Gray Plantation School at Sabot,
Va., by the Virginia sfrjte welfare .de
partment. The Behoof was closed on
February 24th on the grounds of "grave
suspicion of immorality.f At that time
a proclamation was issued by the State
Wehvare department, urging that sup
port be cut off und tbaf_ no assistance be
given the Cullowhee mountain school at
FIVE COUPLES SECURE
LICENSE IN A BUNCH
Independently of Each Other, They Drive
Into Newton, Get Permits and Arc
Wed.
Newton, July 20.—The office of the
register of deeds Thursday afternoon was
a veritable gretna green parlor. Mrs.
Josephine Taylor! and her two assist
ants, Misses Alice Wesley and Mary
Woodward, suspended all other business
to write out marriage license for tivs
couples.
The first two couples departed happily
With tlie treasured papers iu the pockets
o| the bridegroom, but the third couple,
an extraordinarily pretty girl and a
handsome man, sent for Rev. George
P. Drum and were married before leav
ing the office.
Before the congratulations were over,
in stepped another good looking couple.
The preliminaries were quickly conclud
ed and Mr. Drum made them man and
wife right on the same spot. As they
were departing a fifth couple came in
the door and Mr. Drum was engaged
to repeat the ceremony for them, but
they preferred a more private wedding
nnd accompanied the preacher to his
home on College Street.
The regrettable ' part about this un
usual new's item is that your corre
spondent was pledged not to print any
names. But he feels at liberty to say
that all were from outride Catawba
county. They represented Burke, Mc-
Dowell. Haywood and Gaston counties.
Then* was no concert of notion among
the couples. All hit Newton at about
the same time, 4:30 p. m., from different
directions, iu the same mission. All
came in automobiles, were well dressed,
artd good looking and apparently pros
perous and gentile young folks.
Each bridegroom handed the parson a
rtioe fee aml the last your correspondent
sow of him lie was hastening back to
the courthouse to see if the tide was
still on the inflow.
Auto Dealers Win in Sale* Tax Case.
Charlotte, July 20.—A writ -enjoining
tlite state collector of revenue from col
lecting the SSOO annual sales tax on each
make of automobile offered for sale iu
this state was issued here today by Judge
; W; F. Harding, of Superior Court, who
heard a plea for auch a writ yesterday
from automobile dealers.
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rcitizens'1
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NEW CAFE OPEN
l The Carolina Case Would Be a Credit
I to Any City.—Connor Brothers Pro
prietors.
One of Concord's long felt needs was
filled here this morning, when the Car
. oiina Case, which will rank well with
any in this State, threw its doors open
. to the public.
The Carolina Case, located at No. 70
t South Union street, opposite the Court
1 House, is thf) result of the activities of
.1. IV. nnd (Kjs(V. Connor, who until re
, eently were conducting the St. Cloud
j j Hotel. The new eating place is modern
.| in every respect. The building in which
.jit is located has been remodeled com
pletely. ami all the furnishings und tix
- tures are new and modern in every re- J
i speet. One shipment of the fixtures, iu
- eluding cigar eases and a few other ar
■ tides, has not yet' arrived, but the
, management decided to wait no longer
I j for this shipment, and will add them later
: when they' arrive.
_ The kitchen, the part of a case on
‘ which most depends, will be efficiently
I handled by Mr. .1. H. Willis, a chef of
> many years' experience, some of which
were spent in North Carolina's largest
. ] cities and best hotels. Hhe will have
. several assistants to help in liis depart
s meat.
t I The lunch counter will be in charge of
- ] Mr. George B. Jackson, a young man
. with a number of years’ experince in
> i this kind of work. Mr. Jackson and his
, j family have moved here from Greeu
. j ville, South Carolina.
i j The Carolina Case is a very attract
* | ive place, and the Messrs. Connor are
:| to be congratulated upon the splendid
■ 1 addition they have made to Concord's
- business houses. There will be twelve
* tables, including (three private dining
l rooms for ladies; also a ladies' wash
I room, and y public lavatory. The com
-sprt oflhe : guests will be Increased by
* the large exhaust fau which lias been
* | placed iu the rear of the building, which
will change the air in the dining room
, j every few minutes. Additional ceiling
I fans are also installed, as well as brack
jet and ceiling lights, which will add
. much to the attractiveness of the place.
| The usual case hours will be observ
ed by the Carolina Case, which will ebu
. | form to the hours fixed by the City Al
, dermen. v
BRITISH NOTE DELIVERED
TO ALLIED AMBASSADORS
By the End of Another Week die
' British Expect to Have Answer.
, London, July 21 (By the Associated
Press).—Tile British note in reply to
the German reparations communication
lias been delivered to the allied ambas
' sudors, and all the members of the .Brit
’ ish cabinet have departed to the country
I for the week-end. It is understood that
the French cabim-t nfrets tomorrow.
, With the BritTsii note seeking allied
i and American views on the reparations
t issue safely in the hands of the various
; deplimatio representations for transmis
i sion to the respective governments, there
was evident a feeling of relief and sut
. isfaetion in Downing Street this morn
. ing. The Brit'sh foreign office officials
• left for a week-end vacation, but a num
ber of American embassy staff members
[ will not be ub e to enjoy such recreation
for they were busy coding messages' for
Washington, so that the note might be |
. on the State Department's desk early
I : Monday morning.
tj By the end of another week the Brit-
I ish expect to have answers from the al
_! lied and American governments.
. Nr’e Received at Fiviteh Foreign Office.
I Paris. July 21 (By the Associated
, Press).—The British note on reparations
1 i was ft-eoeived at the foreign office today.
, i Knowledge of the note’s contests is
„ limited to a small group of'foreigu office
officials, each bf whom promised Pre
mier Poincare to keep the information to
. himself, the' Premier saying the French
; government hud given its word of honor
to observe absolute secrecy until the
l British government agreed to the note's
i publication.
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[dr. BLAND CONTINUES
BIKUCAL CRITICISMS
Says Old Testament Teaches Many
Things Not up to Moral Standard of
Jesus Christ. r- •
■ (By the Associated Press.) ,
Lake Junaluska, X. C., July 21.4
j though the Old Testament writings were
I freely revised and set aside by Jesus
.Christ and St. Paul, nevertheless they
deserve and will continue to deserve rev
'erent study, said Dr. S. G. Bland, of
, Toronto, Ontario, in his sixth lecture on
{“Biblical Criticisms." before the leader
ship School of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, in session here. His sub-
Lject for the sixth discourse was "The
-. Groat and Permanent Value of the Old
Testament."
"The Old Testament Scriptures are
not all authority for use," declared the
speaker. "We have no master but Jes
us, the Lord. They were freely revised
and set aside by Jesus and St. Paul and
the unknown writer of the Hebrews. But
they deserved and will continue to de
serve reverent study.”
Dr. Bland outlined the following reas
ons why the Old Testament holds its
great value 'as a source of Christian
teaching:
"1. They were the Bible of Jesus,
anil it is difficult to see how Jesus could
be thoroughly understood without them.
“2. They are necessary to the under
standing of the moral and religious edu
cation of the race. We cannot under
stand the present nor anticipate the fu
ture unless we know the past.
"3. They are all indispensable fac
tors in the education of children. The
Old Testament can do some things the
New cannot. Every individual repro
duces the development of the race.
| "4. There is a discipline of awe in
the Old Testament unequaled else
where.
“5. They have an inspiration nnd
guidance for business and politics not
given in the New Testament.
"With the exception of Jesus the writ
ers of the New Testament have largely
lost iuten*st in the world around them.
They stand tiptoed waiting for the end.
But the glorious Hebrew prophets were
practical statesmen and social reformers
and the pulpit of today peeds to know
first the teaching of Jesus and then the
teaching of the Hebrew prophets.”
* Dr. Bland's Fifth Lecture,
Lake Junaluska. July 21.—The only
real difficulties in the Old Testament oc
cur where its moral teachings conflict
with the teachings of .Tesus Christ, de
clared Dr. S. G. Bland, Toronto. Can
ada. in the fifth of liis lectures here on
the subject of Biblical Criticism before
the leadership School of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. Tile subject
of Mr. Bland's lecture was "Old Testa
ment Difficulties in the Light of Pro
gressive Revelation."
jflt is to t)e srapk)y Jjwf, thjra
are 'difficulties'* in trie Aid''Testament.'”
Dr. Bland asserted. “Scientific or his
torical errors need not trouble us. A
moral revelation to be effective must con
form in non-essential respects to the ac
cepted ideas of the time ns it must use
the language of the time whatever its
limitations.
"Doubtless God could have corrected
the ideas of the Hebrews 2,000 years
ago as to the nature of the universe, the
geography and history of the world but
how that would have furthered their
moral education is not discernable.
"The only real difficulties are the mor
al teachings of the Old Testament where
they conflict with the teachings of Jesus.
We wrong the Bible and we wrong our
own minds where we try to explain away
discrepancy. Men and women who are
held ill) as worthy of admiration say
things in the Old Testament about God
and about their enemies and do things
which all as Christians must pronounce
un-Christian. And yet all, may find these
religious and moral ideas negatively right
or at least undeserving of censure be
cause the best and highest possible in
all earlier stage of the moral education
of the race and an improvement in still
earlier. Then there are many expres
sions in the Psalms which Christ has
taught us that we must not use. They
breathe a spirit of vengeance and hate.
Yet because they were prompted by
honest indignation against cruelty and in
justice they were a necessary phase in
the moral development of mankind. The
j sweetest .-apples have their sour period.”
Terminal Hotel Is Closed at Salisbury.
Salisbury, July 20.—Judge Stable
Linn iu county court has issued an or- i
dcr closing the Terminal hotel for a
period of 12 months, declaring the hotel j
to have become .a, nuisant e. H. B. ■
lseuhower. who liaif charge of the hotel, j
signified liis willingness to have the i
hotel closed, and Roy enable, who was
managed of the place, waived his lease
rights. Tlie place got iu bad several
days ago when the housekeeper turned
things up following an affray with the
manager.
Isenhower was fined .S2OO following
a conviction of running a bawdy house
along with his manager and housekeeper
and a negro porter. The rental of the
hotel amounts to $3,300 for the time it
is required to be closed. Jsenhower
was fined $l5O for having whiskey in
big possession.
Southern’s Shopmen Get Wage Increase.
| Cincinnati, July 20.—Wage increases
of from one to three cents an hour for
shop crafts employes of the Southern
railwfay have been authorised as the re
sult of conferences in Washington, it
was stated at the general manager's of
fice of the road's lines west here to
day.
According to- - word received here,
metal trades workers in shop crafts are
to receive increases of three cents an
hour: par repairers two cents aud ap
prentices and helpers are to receive one
'cent an hour raise in pay. It was
said that from 18,000 to 20.000 men
will share in the increases in pay.
Washington, July 20.—Southern rail
way olßcials here today said the wage
increases granted their shop workers
were retroactive to July 1.
- ,’ ‘ ; Hon. Hoke Smith Here.
HoujJMoke Smith. of Georgia, gnd
niembpre of his family passed through
,Coftw>t» today in their automobile, and
' took luneh at- the New Oaroihui Gefei
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NO. 172.
JUDGE SINCLAIR
JMUS
LETTER YESTEHMY
The Letter Advised Him to
Use His Influenc and Brain
in “Exonerating These
Guiltless Servants.”
LETTER MAILED AT
LUMBERTON FRIDAY
The Letter Was Printed in
Pencil as Was Also the One
Sent to Mr. Mclntyre, Who
is Prosecuting Case.
(By the Associated Press.)
I.umbrrton, July 21.—Judge N. A. Sin
clair* presiding at the triai here of the
three men charged with the flogging of ,
two women received nD anonymous let
ter this morning advising him to “use
your influence and brain. Lfc. exonerating
these guiltless servants?'
The letter bore a postmark indicating
that it was mailed here at 5:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, the same time that
was stamped on an unsigned letter to
Stephen Mclntyre, volunteer assistant to
Solicitor T. A. McNeill, accusing Mcln
tyre of "persecution."
The letter to Judge Sinclair was very
brief, compared to the one Mr. Mclntyre
received, and reads as follows;
“You have showed a relentless spirit
against these honorable men, and we
warn you to use your influence and brain
in exonerating these guiltless servants.”
The letter to Judge Sinclair was print
ed in pencil as was the one to Mr. Mc-
Intyre. which told him that among any
twelve men that could be selected that
“part of them are imbued with the Her
culean spirit and giant strength of the
Invisible Empire. Therefore your ef
forts are as chaff before a storm.”
The missive commanded Mr. Mclntyre
to show the warning to Solicitor McNeil,
saying “it is as much to him as it is
to you, and the same penalty on him
if he exposes.”
“They can't scare me," was McNeil's
comment last night. Mr. Mclntyre did
not see his warning until this morning,
as he had gone to bed before his law
partner, James Proctor, found the let
ter in their post office box. He re
flated any com incut .on -it-.today-.
remaricfnif: “Why, the letter speaks fur
itself.”
Addresses to the jury, with prospects
that the twelve men would get the ease
by 2 o'clock, were on today's program.
The three defendants. Jule Brogden,
Johnson Hedgepeth and B. M. Lawson,
chief of police nt Fairmont, denied on
the stand that they are members of the
Ku Klux Kinn, or that they had any
thing to do with the flogging of the two
women.
The trial of A. H. Taliaferro, charged
with attempting to tamper with witness-*
es in the flogging ease, and who, accord
ing to the police, claimed to be a Ku
Klux Klan detective, is scheduled to La l
started as soon as the flogging case jury
retires.
LAWYER IN FLOGGING
CASE IS THREATENEP .
Mrs. Purvis and Britther-In-Law Al
leged to Have Told Britt They Would
“Get Him.”
Lumberton. July 20.—Attorney W. S.
Britt, who made the closing speech for
the defense this afternoon, was the tar
get of serious threats less than 30 min
utes after he closed his argument, Mrs.
Hattie Purvis, the star prosecuting, wit
ness in the flogging case, shaking her
finger at him aud saying “I'm going to
get you.”
Just as she had uttered the threat,
C. Lawson Purvis, her brother-in-law,
who was standing beside her, said: “Yes,
she's going to get you and I'm going to .
help her.”
During the attorney’s speech Mrs.
Purvis seemed to become very much
1 heated over his remarks to the jury.
Mr. Britt surprised eye witnesses by
j laughing over the matter and did not
■let his anger be shown. His brother
and law partner. E. M. Britt, who was at
; close range, and who heard the threat,
stated to the threatening parties that it
was tiie opportune time to get some
body.
No warrants have been issued and
Mr. Britt is taking the matter very un
concernedly.
Invisible Empire Is Supreme. Says Note.
Lumberton, July . 20.—“ Surely you
must know among any 12 honorable
men that could be selected that part of
them are imbued with the herculean
spirit and giant strength of the invis
ible empire,” read a letter received here
tonight from unidentified persons by
Stephen Mclntyre, volunteer assistant
counsel to the state in the Proctorville
flogging eas4 in progress here. "There
fore your efforts are as chaff before a
storm.” The letter directed Mr. Me- ,
Intyre to convey the message contained
in it to Solicitor T. A. McNeil, stating
that “it is as much to him as it is to
you.” When shown the letter tonight
Solicitor McNeil's only comment, was
"They can’t scare me.”. The trial has
failed to produce any Ku Klux Klan rec
ords sought* by the State in subpoenas
against V. IV. Keith, of Fairmont, and
E. F. Randolph, of Warsaw. Keith has
filed a return saying he has no records;
and no return has been made on the
Randolph subpoena, which so far at
known, has never been served.
Greemboro Now Claims Some Real
Population.
Washington, July 20.—-A special cen
> sus taken in April shows that Greens
i boro, in her. enlarged form, contains 48,-
l 525 people. 31,31,943 of*which are white
and 11,682 colored. - ><■,