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VOLUME XXIV
Two Fold Bonus Plan
Is Offered-Committee
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Plan Provides Options of
Full, Cash Payments or
Paidup 'lnsurance—Demo
crats Backing the Plan.
ANTI-BONUS FUNDS
GETTING ATTENTION
So Far S9MOO~Has Been
Spent by League Fighting
Bonus—Says League Now,
Has About 20,000 Members
(By (hr AnaMitnl Preaa.)
Washing ton. March r>.—A two fold sol
dier bonus plans providing options of full
rash payments or paid up insurance was
proposed to house ways and means com-1
mittee today by n committee of veterans
representing House democrats.
Representative Jeffers of Alabama,
chairman of the democratic committee,
who presented rtie plan, argued that tiie
government owed former service men ad
justed, compensation which should be
offered in the "eoin of the realm."
h'ull cash payments would eliminate
administrative difficulties and cost involv
es! in other bonus programs, Mr. Jeffeps
said, and would enable the government to
settle the whole question in a year.
if all veterans eleeted to take the easlt
payments, Mr. Jeffers said, it would
cost $1..'{10,500,000, which could be met
by a bond issue. He favored compensa
tion for any officers up to the rank of the
captain.
The same basis of figuring adjusted
compensation used in the bill passed the
last session—sl a day for home service
■ and 51.25 a day. for overseas service—
would be applied in the plan, and pay
ments would be limited to SSOO for home
service men’s anti-bonus league. Knowl
ton Durham, president of the organisa
tion. presented a list of contributors to
the league, and explained that it was op
erated on contributions, the SI.OO dues
of members being optional.
The league now has about 20,000 mem
bers. Durham said, and SOO,OOO hns been
spent in its operation, the expenses now
now running about $2,000 a month.
thurbkrl>Tprilon
AT TIME OF EXPLOSION |
Police Had Hoped to Leant From Him'
About Wall Street Explosion. |
(By (he Aim .elate* )PvM*.\ {
. i Ing the mystery of the ttmtnn Well
■ Street explosion through the reported
confession of Ralph Thurber "fTfiltered ,
and vanished today when the police were
advised that fnmrber was in the San
Quentin penitentiary in California, when
the explosion occurred.
• Thnrber’s story which was made known '
to District Attorney Ranton through n
telegram from Secretary of State Hughes
to Governor Smith, was seriously ques
tioned by detectives after they had failed
to find the addresses of two men who
Thurber in an affidavit in a London
prison, had implicated in the explosion.
Renortc from other cities, the police,
said, indicated that other details in the
coirfessioa were valueless. 1
Thurber, advices said, was sentenced
to San Quentin prison in February, 1920, !
. for a three-year term. He was released
two years later. The Wall Street ex-!
plosion which killed thirty persons and ,
injured scores, occurred on SeptembT
IC, 1920. •
OIL COMMITTEE TO
HOLD SESSION TOMORROW
Adjourned Without Hearing Any Wtt
nesses Today.—Examines Telegram.
(By the Associate* -mu..
Washington, March 5. —Without hear
ing any witnesses the Senate oil commit
tee adjourned after an executive session
today until 10 a. m. tomorrow.
The committee this morning examined
additional telegrams sent nnd received by
persons involved in the inquiry.
Big White Sale at Eflrd*s.
With their warehouses stocked, their
shelves filled and their counters loaded,
Efird's are' starting off the spring with a
great White Sale which will start Fri
day morning, March 7.
This White Goods Sale will give you
the opportunity to purchase the things!
you desire for Spring wear at greatly re-1
ditoed prices. This is the chance to getl
your new Spring wear'and save money.]
The thrifty woman wilt be greatly pleAs-]
ed ami will welcome the opiiortunity to I
buy the bargains that are to be offered •
during Eflrd'H White Goods Sale. See
double |iage ad. today and you will find
out how you can save money.
Committee Confers With Crim.
(By (he Associated Proas.) I
Washington, March s.—The special]
Senate committee appointed to invest!- 1
gate Attorney General Daugherty today
called into conference John W. H. Crim,
in charge of the veterans bureau grand
jury proceedings at Chicago. His advice
was sought as to proceedure in securing
information from the Department of Jus
tice and elsewhere.
WIUT SAT'S BRAK SAVB
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Showers and cooler tonight: Thtrtrsday
fair, cooler in east and central portions.
The Concord Daily Tribune
♦—
APPROACH TO YADKIN '
BRIDGE BEING BUILT
D. K. CreiPs Sem Company of Lexing
ton Has $12,000 Contract Dropped
By Elliotts-
Spencer, March 4.—A contract has
been let .to the D. K. Cecil’s Sons firm
of Lexington-for grading and building
,ft' connecting link in the state highway
] of 2.000 feet on the Rowan county side
of the new concrete bridge spanning the
Yadkin river at Spencer, and work was
1 started today on excavating.
, The job is in immediate charge of H.
Ritchie who has a large force of
men. tractors and mule teams busy
| grading down the hill adjacent to the
I new bridfce. It is estimated that it will
; take 30 days to grade the 2.000 feet and
it will then require 30 days additional
to build the road which is to he IS feel
1 wide, with a 5-inch concrete base and a
2 inch black ton of sheet asphalt- The
contract price is $12,000.
The contract was originally let to
Elliott and Sons who failed and the
bonding company which guaranteed the'
completion of the work rclet the con
tract to D. K. (Veil's Sons. A year or
more has lapsed since the original con
tractors took charge of the work and
this has caused considerable de'ny in
completing the An immense fill is
to ho built at the Rowan end of the now
Bridge. It is expected now that the miss
ing link in the state highway will bo *
completed by the time the new bridge,
being erected by the Hardaway com
pany. at a cost, of $200,000 is finished in
May, permitting of a grand celebration
nt the opening ns now contemplated. A
small jmmint of grading is to be done
on the Davidson side of the river and
this is also to have attention in due
time.
VIRGINIA COMMISSION
WITHDRAW SITS CASE
Was Appealing to the I. C. C. About
Freight Rates in Virginia.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh. March s.—The action insti
tuted'by the Virginia Corporation com
mission before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, charging discrimination be
tween intra-state freight rates in North
Carolina and interstate rates between
j North Carolina and Virginia, has been
I withdrawn, according to a telegram re
ceived today by the North Carolina Cor
| poration Commission from the Interstate
| Commerce, Commission. •
Lid New Formally Filfd.
prirailifaiii i nr i 1 i ~ - ii nihil ir i
Jaid before the Interstate Commerce
Commission in connection with complaints
Os the Virginia Corporation Commission
! that intra-state rates- in North Carolina
were discriminatory against Virginia
shitqiers have been withdrawn, it became
j known here today. The action, while
1 laid before the Commission, was never
formally filed with the commission, it was
stated.
PRESIDENT PI .EASED
WITH GENERAL WOOD
Also Declares Time Has Not Come For
Philippine Independence.
(Ay .he Associated Press.)
I Washington, March s.—President
Coolidge informed tjie Philippine iude
i peudence mission'today that in his opin
ion the time *ad not yet come for the
| separation of the Philippines from the
1 United States.
t In a letter to Manuel Roxas. chairman
of the mission, the President also de
clared that the United States govern
ment "Iras full eonfidence in the ability,
good intentions, fairness nnd sincerity of
General Wood.
“In (lie present state of world rela
tionship,” the letter which is 3,000 words
long, said “the American government owes
an obligation to continue extending a
protecting arm to the people of these is
lands.” •
CHAIN GANG SENTENCE
FOR DRUNKEN DRIVERS
Judge Lane Will Send AD Defendants
Guilty of This Act to Chain Gang.
(By the Associated Press.)
Greensboro, March s.—Road sentences
for ail defendants admitting their guilt
or being convicted of the charge of driv
ing automobiles while intoxicated was
1 the edict of Judge Henry P. Lane in
I Superior Court here today. After in
j forming those in the court room of his
I intention to protect the public to the
full extent of his authority from drunk
en drivers, he sent R. H. Hill and C.
|F. Caviness, of High Point, both white
.men, to the county roads for terms of
thirty days each.
Former Coart Clerk Is Under Indict
ment-
Greensboro. March 4.-r-Thomns L.
!' East, former clerk of the city court
here, was today indicted by the Guil
ford county grand jury on charge of
’ embezzlement, on 14 counts, it being
charged that the total embezzlement of
funds entrusted to his care totaled about
SBOO.
Eqst was arrested some time ago.
It isStheged that he took the money
from the funds in his possession as /
clerk of the court.
N. A W. Wants to Issue Bonds.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 5. —The Norfolk
A Western Railroad today asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission to au
thorize an issue of $12,000,000 in equip
ment trust certificates. The road pro
poses to purchase 6,000 seventy-ton steel
hopper cars.
Committee Completes Wheat Inquiry.
(By the Asss Sates crass. •
Washington, March 5 —The trait com
mission today delivered to President
Coolidge a report on Us wheat inquiry,
and the President expected soon to pro
claim an increase in the present duties
on wheat and wheat products.
CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1924
JOHNSON SAYS COOLIDGE MEN
ARE PLAYING DIRTY POLITICS
Charger, President’s Supporters In Mich
igan Put Man Named Hiram John
son CP Primary Ballot.
Washington. 1). C„ March s.—Preei-
Coolidge’- supporters were charged
directly this week by Ren. Hiram John
son, of Cn'ifornia. with; the responsi
bility ter the placing of a man nnmed
Hiram Johnson on the primary ballot
in Michigan as a candidate for Presi
dent-
■‘Thjs is simply a trick,” said Senator
Johnson, “which would disgrace the
meanest kind of petty politics."
The California Senator, whoso name
also is on the Michigan Presidential/
ballot, denied that lie had abandoned
his campaign for delegates from New
York State, and charged tliai the “sys
tem now rontrol'ing the Republican
party" is seeking to prevent a fail
expression oh the Presidential nomina
tion in the primary States.
"I have not abandoned New York,
and don’t intend to." he said. ”1 will
have a fair proportion of delegates from
that State. Os course. I am devoting my
personal efforts to Slates having a
presidential preference primary.
"I begin again Tuesday in Michigan
for three days, thereafter two days in
Illinois. From there 1 go to North Da
kota for the windup of the primary eam
'paign March IS. nnd then into Son llt
Dakota for the primary of Mareli “25.
"It took me two Supreme Court de
risions to got on the ballot in the In
dependent Republican column in South
Dakota.
“In Nor’h Dakota Senator LftFollctte
withdrawn as a candidate, but. not
withstanding his positive declaration,
•every effort is still being mnde to put
Itis name on the bal’ot.
"In Miehigart the Coolidge people, I
am advised by telegram, found a man
named Hiram Johnson, and have put'
his name on the primary ballot- as a
candidate for President. -Strange, isn’t
it. if the Coolidge people are so certain
of success, they resort to such methods?
The fact is. they know they are beaten
wherever the rank nnd file have a
,-hanco freely and fairly to vote. I ask
only a fair contest, before the members
of the Republican party, ami they arc
using every expedient to avoid this."
OPPOSITION TO THE
KNIGHT APPOINTMENT
Senate Mt»y Try to Keep Californian
From Being Appointed by the Presi
dent.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March s.—While the oil
committee was obtaining more informa
tion in a private examination of tele
grams todnj% opposition developed to th.-
California oil lands from the Standard
Oil Company of California.
Senator Walsh, of Montana, announced
that he lad been “reliably informed"
that Mr. Knight is counsel for the Equit
nble Trust Company, of New York, which
is a Rockefeller bank.
According to this infirmati n. Sena
tor Walsh said, Mr. Knigflt .now is en
gaged in litigation for that bank in
California. He added that if the story
proved correct, it would be made a basis
for opposing confirmation by the Senate.
Mr. Knight was selected by President
Coolidge to bring action under a resilu
tion offered by Senator Wal3h nnd
unanimously adopted by both the House
and Senate.
Foregoing its usual public hearing to
examine telegraph records sent here from-
Palm Beach, the oil committee today
found -further references to the “princi
ple" mentioned in one of the McLean tel
egrams previously rend into the record.
Some committee men said they regarded
these telegrams as of possibly high im
portance. Every effort will be made to
establish the identity of the principal.
Iro E. Bennett, an editorial writer oi»
the Washington Post, was the author of
one of the “principal” messages sent from
Washington on January 29 to Edward B.
McLean, publisher of the Post. The
committee has information that tl-e ref
erence was not to Attorney General
Daugherty, as he was himself in Florida
nt that time. The Bennett message Naid
there would be “no rocking of the boat,
nnd no resignations."
Special Counsel Not Ready For Action.
Washington, March s.—Special gov
ernment counsel in the oil annulmfeut
suits have not completed their prepara
tions to go into court, and they expect
to have no action to announce before to
morrow.
Abolishing Gloom.
New York, March s.—Enottgh gloom
prevails in the world without -the sombre
hearses passing through the streets to
remind people of- death, in the opinion
of the Associated Undertakers of New
York, who today voted to disguise their
hearses as ordinary limousines.
It is -the purpose of the association “to
surround death with reverence and
beauty and try not to remind the world
of what it seeks to forget,” Frank I).
Campbell, president, stated.
The association last year eliminated
Mack gloves at funerals, and voted to
make its mortuary establishments bright
and attractive. The membership of the
organization extends into Connecticut
and New Jersey.
To Continue Debate on Ford Offer,
i»t th* tnwniM nm.!
Washington. March s.— The House to
day set aside business usually in order
on Wednesday, to continue consideration
of Henry Ford's offer‘for Muscle Shoals.
This was done on the motion of Iteiwescn
tative Longworth, the republican leader,
who declared there should be no interrup
tion in the debate begun yesterday.
Among the most interesting pencils
made is one used only by surgeons. For
marking out lines or divisions on the sur
face of a patient’s body before perform
ing an operation the use of a pencil is
sometimes necessary, and as the ordinary j
pencil is useless, a special one is mnde
which marks the skin as clearly as an !
ordinary lead pencil will mark a ' sheet
of paper.
Another New Scandal
Threatens Washington j
Not Only Charges Against
i 2 Congressmen But Other
Alleged Misconduct Will
Be Aired in Capital.
GRAND JURYTO
GET EVIDENCE
1/ • ' '
All Kinds of Reports Are
Heard in Connection With
Latest Scandal Which May
Break At An} Time Now.
'■» (he AmM-toied Press.)
Washington. March s.—Nat only the
charges against two members of Con
gress. but evidence re/iiting to other sug
gestions of wrong rfojng by officials in
Washington as well, krill be laid before
a Federal grand jury here immediately.
White House officials, said today that
all phases of the evidence adduced re
cently by the Chicago grand jury and
not passed on there because of the lack
of jurisdiction would lm gone into hv -t
grand jury here.
Subjects expected to come under the
inquiry involve charges that one or more
1-tgli officials used official information for
purposes of speculation : that liquor per
mits were wrongly procured through the
use of money, and thm official govern
ment files were turned over to persons
not entitled to them.
For the present, nb official will dis
cuss the details of these charges, nor dis
close in what direction the inquiry may
lead. The development has created a stir
in official circles, however, seeond only to
that which followed tie oil disclosures.
President Coolidge announced last
night that the charges against the two
members of the House, involving accept
ance of money in conrtectiou with the re
lease of Federal prisoners would be thor
oughly investigated by a grand jury.. Prior j
to that the Senate Veterans* committee )
had held two sessions to consider the l
charges, and a resolution for investiga- j
tion had been introduced in tie House.
PAYS WITH LIFE, FOR JEST
ON WIFE’S SNUFF HABIT ,
Woman Grabs Revolver anti Shoots’
Husband to Death-
Paris. March s.—Chaffing his wife be
cause she took snuff cist a shop messen
ger 'his life this afternoon. The couple
were conversing peaceably after lunch
when the woman i-eiy^ed^H-J^-rsuiitlfri
"You are perfectly riifleuioii; to take
snuff at your age." remarked the hus
band.
- “You think so? Yon will be more ri
diculous in a few minutes," retorted the
wife, and, seizing a revolver from a
drawer, shot the man dead.
i
ACTRESS WOUNDED
Miss Bessie Sorrell. Wbnnded by Police
man’s Pistol in Rkdihomt.
(By the Associated Press.) -
Richmond, Vo., March s.—Miss Bessie
Sorrell, 22 years old. an actress, known
on the stage 1113 Billie Carrell. was grave:
ly wounded here today with a revolver
belonging to Policeman Harry Taylor.
Taylor lias been suspended from the po
lice force, pendiug complete investiga
tion. He and the girl declared the shot
was fired accidentally while she was ex
amining the policeman's pistol in her
room at a local hotel.
Conceding the Facts.
New York, March s.—Commissioner
Enright's remark that oven clergymen are
adopting the practice of carrying hip
flasks is denounced as "an insult to the
cloth" in statements from Rev. Samuel
L. Hamilton, superintendent-of the Met
ropolitan District of the Anti-Saloon
League of New York, and his associate
Rev. A. D. Batchelor, today.
Quite differently believes Rev. diar
ies Francis Potter, iiastor of the West
End IJhitarinn Church. "There is
doubtless some carrying of pocket flasks
in church circles, and possibly some min
isters may have them; but I believe the
number would be small," he said.
"We are seeing mauy people drink to
day that never drank before, through n
mistaken sense of personal liberty. 1
am beginning to lx- sorry die prohibition
law was passed, because it was in advance
of the mass of public opinion. We need
a campaign of education to make people
not wnnt to drink.
”1 am a prohibitionist, and I have
been one since 1 was 14: but there's no
use shouting for it and refusing to see
such facts as Commissioner Enright point
ed out.”
» : i
Members of Ex-Sheriff Lakey’s Family
Are Charged With His Death in Yadkin
Winston-Salem, March 4.—Acting un
der true bills returned by the grand jury
in Yadkin county Superior Court last
week, Sheriff C. E. Moxley has had Mrs.
A. R. Lakey, Emory Lakey, Austin Lak
ey and Odell Lakey placed under arrest
charged with murder in connection with
tl-e killing of Ex-Sheriff Lakey the latterj
part of last August. Mrs. Lakey is the
widow of the deceased, while Austin and
Emory are sons. .Odell is a grandsou.
who made his home with his grandpar
ents. Some of the prisoners were
brought to Winston-Salem this alffi'r
noon and lodged in jail, as facilities in the
Yadkin jail will not iiermit them to be
kept separate. The arrests were made
Monday afternoon.
Ex-Sheriff Lakey, who was serving on
the grand jury at the Angust term of
Yadkin court, failed to show tip one morn
] ing and an inevstigntiou was made which
- revealed his lifeless body lying in a
! shack on bis farm. There was every irr*
: dicat ion that he had been killed with a
shotgun. It is understood that Mr.
McDonald proposal is
SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED
Demilitarization of Allied Military Con
trol Mission Practically Agreed Upon,
Paris, March 5 (By the Associated
Press).—The demilitarization of the al
lied military -control mission in Germany
was practically] decided upon by allied
council of ambassadors today. At a
session attended by Marshal' Foch and
with thd United States represented by
Sheldon Whitehouse, couneJlor of the
American embassy, the ambassadors re
ceived a favorable opinion from the in
ter-allied military committee a-,- to the
suggestion made by Prime Minister Mac-
Donald. of that the pres
ent military mission J 0 ultimately suc
ceeded by the allied committee on guar
antees.
Considerable significance is attached
to this decision, apart from its bearing
upon ‘ the 'relations between the allies
and Germany . It is the first sugges
tion of tin* new British labor cabinet to
be accepted and acted upon by the al-
I ied body.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm at Advance of From II (o!
32 Points.
(By tb« Associate* Pres*.)
New York, March a.—The cotton mnr
.,.Pt "betted firm at nn advance of 11 to
32 points in response to higher Liverpool
cables and private . cable advices an
nouncing a conference tomorrow at which
the Lancashire labor disputes may be
settled. There was considerable realizing
at the opening advance, and early fluc
tuations were somewhat irregular, but
the general tone of the market was steady
with May selling up to 2*.8« and July to
2K25, or 38 to 43 points net higher.
Cotton futures opened firm: March
25.25: May 28.75; July 28.15.: October
2.1.30; December unquoted.
| SUIT AGAINST WALTER
j CANDLER STARTS TOMORROW
Continued Today Because of Illness of
Counsel for the Defense.
I (By (he Associated Press. >
| Decatur. Ga.. March s.—The trial of
•Mrs. Sarah G. Bayfield’s suit for SIOO.-
| 000 agaist Walter T. Candler was again
postpone!] w-hen called in Superior Court
I here today on account of the continued
illness of William Schley Howard, of
the defense counsel. It was agreed to
begin hearing the suit tomorrow, regard-
lews of whether Mr. Howard is present.
Miss Brachen has two specials"in hats
for Saturday—a silk and satin hat for
$2.95 and pattern hats for *3.95 and
$4.95.
Sport clothes should always bo clean
and Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. can do it
for you.
! Big specials in Ginghams Saturday nt
Robinson's, from 15 to li!) ,-cuts a yard.
Cline’s Pharmacy.
CibsQu Drug Store recommends Yinol
highly.
I Make your skin smooth b.v using Mel-
Bro Lotion.
The new shades of hose just received
by the Specialty Hat Shop.
Let W. J. Hethcox show you about
anything you want in electrical work or
supplies.
The style young men like are found in
Kuppenheimer good clothes at W. A. Ov
ercash's.
The ten-piece dining room suite at Bell
& Harris’ will win you approval. See
cut in new ad. today.
Fibre furniture is the thing for spring
time. At 11. B. Wilkinson's.
John J. Parker Not Candidate For Gov
ernor.
Charlotte. Mar. 4.—John .1. Parker,
four years ago Republican nominee for
governor of North Carolina, in a state
ment given out here today denied re
ports that he was a candidate for
nomination this year. "1 am not either
an active or receptive candidate for the
governorship nnd could not and would
not accept the nomination.”
Mr. Parker said he considered pra«-
pects very bright in the state for the
party this year and asked for party
harmony.
Referring to mention made of his
name in newspaper dispatches Mr.
Ptfrker added that tiie use of his name
"was entirely without my knowledge or
consent.” After stating that he was not
a candidate, he added "four years ago
the party honored me and I made the
best tight I could. The party should
nominate another man this time." He
added that his professional engagements
were such that ho could not make the
race “under any circumstances.”
Lakey was room in* in the shack because
of trouble that existed in his family.
It is said that Mrs. Austin Lakey, the
wife o£ oue of the prisoners, testified at
the coroner's inqueat that she and others
heard a gun fire in the direction of the
shack during the night before the find
| ing of the body, and that they saw Aus
tin Lakey coining from that direction.
The defendants cannot be tried before
August unless a special term of crimi
nal court is ordered for Yadkin county
before tliat time. Tire delay in the find
of true bills was due to the fact that
there has not been d term of criminal
court since the killing.
The body of Ex-Sheriff Lakey was
found by W. 'L. Kelly, who went to look
for him when he failed to show up as a
juror.
Austin Lakey, It is stated, moved from
his father’s farm to Shacktown, three
miles southeast of Yadkinville. soou after
the killing of' his father. He was the
first of the prisoners to be arrested yes
terday afternoon.
[FACTS ABOUT PROGRESSIVE
| PROGRAM OF PRESBYTERIANS
; Scut hern Presbyterian Church Ashed to
| Raise 84 750 IXIO For Benevolences
This Year.
| The following facts about tie Ex''
[ greoeive Program of the 3outhe*|W'jf*,v®-'
byterian Church explains some lUh'wri-i,
I purposes of the program :
The membership of the SouthernjaMwSe
byterian Church is 428.292. according
to statistics submitted to the general as
sembly of the church of 1923. It is
safe to estimate the total income-of the
, church during 1923 at not less than
$300,000,000. The tithe of this income
is $30,000,000, and this tithe alone i<
more than six times the amount that
is being asked of this church for next
year in support of the benevolent causes
of the general assembly—foreign mis
sions. Christian education and minis
terial relief, publication and Sabbath
school work, the general assembly's
training school at Richmond. Va., and
the American Bible society.
If the membership of this chureh
would contribute the coming year 35
c<‘fits toward the evangelization of each
of the 32,000,000 people in heathen
lands, for whose evangelization South
ern Presbyterians- are responsible, and
sixty cents to aid in the evangelization
of 5.000.000 people in home mission ter- )
ritory, and if the salaries o fall of the
pastors of the church should be made
what are recognized as “living salaries."
the annual budget of the church would
amounk probably to not more than $12,-
000,000. which is 1 but little more- than
one-third of the tithe of the income of
the members of tiie church for one year.
The progressive program of the church,
directed b.v the stewardship committee
of the general assembly, is railing upon
the eh 11 reh for $4,750,000 for benevo- 1
fences for the coming year, less than
one-sixtieth of the total ineome of the
membership for one year. and. as stated
above, less than one-sixth of the tithe
of this annual income. Special effort is.
being made to get each member of the
church to recoguize the duty of setting
aside the tithe of the income for the
work of the laird, in keeping with the
scriptural injunction in this connection,:
I ami to recognize that giving upon the' 1
part of the individual does not begin 1
In /ii.’* ha ' be ‘' n donp - Reports from,
all of the synods of the general assembly
show that- the number of tithers is in
creasing rapidy. and due to this fart
the financial obligations of the church
"ill be the more easily met.
COOLIDGE FORCES
DENOUNCES ACTION 1
Na ™. , of , Jj ram Johnson YYiH Be
Stricken From Ballot in Michigan
Lansing. Mich.. Mar. 4.-Sc<rctarv of
State Charles .1. Delaßd decided Mondav
to the names of .--Senator Robert
the list of certified candidates for the
-Michigan presidential primary April 7 :
as soon as he hears from Johnson that
he dors not wish to be a contestant, He
i‘X|w-]s a letter from Johnson today.
I-a Fol let te had already asked that his
candidacy be withdrawn.
State officials and Republican leaders
who have been aetive in the Coolidge
eampaign in Michigan today sided with
Hiram W. Johnson, of California, can
didate for President in the primaries
here April 7th, in denouncing the at
tempt to put the name of Johnson on the
ballot.
Less Titan 60 Days Gasoline Supply on
Hand.
Los Angeles. March 4.—-All essential
need exists for constant exploration for
oil to meet increasing demands. Paul
Shonp, vice president of the Southern
Pacific Railway company and president
of tiie Pacific nnd Associated Oil com
panies, declared today in a statement
saying that less than a (10-day ssupply
-if gaso ine is on iiand in the United
States.
He declared that three great flrodne
ing fields of California. Saute Fe
Springs. Huntington Beach and Long
Beach, have not returned the money in
vested in them, although producing
$250,000,000 to date. Tiie American
public must come to realize the neces
sity for search for new oil fields, he
said.
The three California oil fields, Shonp
said, produced up to date 228.136.000
barrels at an estimated value of $250,-
000,000. He enumerated expenses for
this production totalling $217,800,000
exclusive of taxes and other costs as
support for his statement that the
field laid not been profitable.
Referring to the present oil investiga
tion. he asserted that the “great oil in
dustry supports the view that the truth
shoo’d be brought forth and prevail.”
“But.” he added, "it must likewise be
true that partisan polities, personal
animosity and political hysteria should
not have controling voices in this sad
situation.”
The music for the Choral Club lias ar
rived and a rehearsal will be given at
the Y. M. C. A. Thursday night at 8 :30
o’clock.
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NO. 52.
1 JOINT CONFERENCE
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County Commissioners and
Highway Commissioners
Held Joint Meeting at the
Court House Tuesday.
START SOON ON
UNION LINE ROAD
Additional Equipment to Be
Purchased So Road Work
Can Be Increased In All
Pails of County.
Meeting in conference at the nurt
house Tuesday members of the board of
county commissioners and members of
the county highway commission adopted
plans whereby road work in the county
can be doubled in the immediate future.
The conference was held at the invita
tion of the road commission, which de
sired to discuss with the county com
missioners plans for the year’s work.
It was announced after the meeting
that the highway officials were instruct
ed and authorized to buy additional ma
j chinery so that road work in the county
can be greatly increased. Enough ma
chinery probably will be secured, it was
reported, to complete all new roads this
year.
Under present plans the road from
■ this city to the Union county line will
be completed as soon as possible. Offi
cials of the highway department stated
at the meeting that their representatives
would visit the No. 10 township section
j today and make plans for the construe
| tion of the road from Thunderstruck
Bridge to the Union county line.
* Work on the Poplar Tent road is still
underway, but that work will not inter
fere with work on the road to the Union
line, it was reported. It is hoped to
.have the Union line road, as well as
! the Poplar Tent road, completed this
1 year.
| The completion of these two roads will
give the county a good road leading in
every direction. The roads from Con
,eord to Charlotte, Albemarle and Salis
bury are kept up by the State, so this
county is not concerned with their up
keep..and can devote its energies to other
..Siff/jfr. lending tbrongjj. No.
'IIUTiWffS-BltT “tf'nr"n?*TffSctTeairy re6uiTit~
(luring the year, under present plans, the
j wo 1,0 Parted in the near future.
While the road commission has been
very active during the past year it has
not been able to do all of the work re
quired because of the lack of oquiuDa»nt
and it was to relieve this shortage that
the county commissioners authorized the
purchase of additional machinery.
When this machinery arrives and is
Placed in operation the commission will
be ,n position not only to rebuild roads
I hat are badly run down, but also to
keep in condition all roads where drag-
Ring and small repairs are needed.
Livingston’s Cotton Letter
New York, March 4.—With the with
drawal of bear pressure the tendency
of the market is apparently toward re
covery. The market looks to us sold out
and heavily oversold but confidence has
been badly shaken ns a result of the pro
longed decline and prices yield to pres
sure when it appears owing to lack of
sustained buying power. Prices appear
to have reached a point which invites a
broadening demand, and is bringing a
better inquiry for goods. Ueactions are
to be expected and possible sharp dips,
but we are inclined to believe the worst
is over for the present and that, the
market will show increasing resistance
below this level.
The tone today was distinctly better
and more confidence was displayed. The
sharp recovery from the early dop was
due to good trade buying and active
short covering with the supply of (con
tracts rather light. Better Manchester
advices, reports of a better spot demand
south and better reports from Fall
River and Worth street were the
stimulating influences. Bdlievw the
market is in a position to have a good
recovery and with any fresh inspiration
in the nature of a settlement of the
threatened Lancashire lockout a sus
tained improvement in the demand for
goods and spots or unfavorable weather
developments for new crop preparations.
LIVINGSTON ANI> COMPANY
Report on Porto Rico Bill.
Washington. March s.—The bill to
give Porto Rico the right to elect iis
own government was reported favorably
today by the House Insular committee
by a. vote of, 13 to 5.