S DISPATCHES ® * ft © © VOLUME XXIV Two Fold Bonus Plan Is Offered-Committee - 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 - 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 5 NEWS 4 I TODAY 4 NO. 52. 1 JOINT CONFERENCE | ! ____ 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.