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VOLUME XXIV
Oil Atmosphere Felt
At Chicago Meeting
Atmosphere at Republican
Convention in 1920 Sur
charged With Oil, One
Witness Declares.
WITNESS DELEGATE !
FOR GEN. WOOD
Said the Oil Interests Were!
Ready to Give Votes If '
Allowed to Name New Sec
retary of Interior.
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♦By the Ai«rtot,4 Prekß.l
Washington. Mareh 19.—The atmos
plere of tho Chicago republican conveu-I
tion in 1920 was surcharged with stor
ies of "oil deals." the oil committee was 1
tolil today by Tiffin Gilmore, deputy sec
retary of the state of Ohio, who was at,
Chicago as a Wood supporter.
One story was, Gilmore said, that oil
operators had pro|iosed to throw delegate
support to Major General Wood if they
were permitted to name the Secretary |
of tlte Interior. lie declared he knew!
nothing about it "first hand." but that '
it was common talk that "a deni had,
been consummated between oil operators j
and the possible nominee."
“Who were the operatorsV” ho was
asked. , |
“1 do not know, except that they were
big operators in the western district." j
"Who made the proposition?”
"1 do not know, 1 could not say. The'
proposition wns made to General Wood." t
In a conversation lie had after the
convention with Carmi Thompson, an
Ohio republican leader, who as the ffoHL
ineo of his party for Governor in 1922.
Gilmore said, there was some discus-1
sion of a land claim Thompson wns in-'
tcrested in.
"What land diil you refer to when
you asked Carmi Thompson if he gad got
the land?” asked Senator IJnrsnu, re-1
publican, of New Mexico.
“The whole air was so surcharged 1 i
cannot tell. My impression wns that it j
was some land adjacent to Kakcrsficld.
Cal. 1 had never heard of Teapot Dome,
at that lime.”
"Did you gather the impression that i
Mr. Hamon (.Take llnmon. republican
national committeeman for Oklahoma)
had anything to do with it?” i
"I don't know what oil companies were
in it. 1 do think, however, Hint a young
man named Meltor told me Hamon-was
mixed up in it.”
by Senator,,Wnishf, democrat”, of
if -h’.k»nv what
“WrlWtriffuT nfMFW (Tin propawlt iMßfore
said: i
”1 was told he walked up and down at:
his hotel, and said it was n shady deal:
tlint lie would have nothing to do with it, |
and that they would have to defeat him.”
Witli that the witness was excused,
and the committtee called .Ins. G. Dar
den. a man of mnuy adventures, whose
name has been interwoven with disclos
ures in both the Daugherty and Teapot
Dome inquiries. Process servers had
reported failures to locate him for near
ly a month, but he denied he had tried
to avoid service. He said he was away
from home a good deal Dut had seen
from.the -newspapers he was sought,
and immediately notified Wm. .1. Burns.
Darden said he had known President
Harding a long time, mid became inti
mate with him during the. pre-convention
campaign in 1920. He said he did ev
erything he could to uominntc Harding.
"Did you raise any money?”
”1 did. now and then, a very little."
' Where did you raise the money V
“Among my friends, some of my dem
ocratic friends, including North Caroli
na.”
Darden said lie met .Tos. Hall, of New
York during the Harding campaign. He
also became intimate with Attorney
■ General Daugherty during the campaign.
Senator Walsh took the inquiry to
Teapot Dome, and Darden launched in
to a long recital of how he got claims ih
the Salt Creek field as well as in the
naval reserve. He said there were ICO
acres in Teapot involved, and twice as
much outside. It was during the Wilson
administration, Darden said, that he
took the matter up with the Interior
Department.
Asserting that a Mr. Taylor had de
cided to contest with him his right to
the Bind on Teapot Dome, Darden con
tinued :
“Mr. Taylor came down and employ
ed a Mr. Wilson, the President’s broth
er. ’ Mr. Payne, the Secretary of the
Interior, decided in our favor for a small
acreage. He never said anything about,
the ICO aeres.
*T never discussed oil with Mr. Hard
ing or Mr. Daugherty iu iny life until
this matter came up,” said the witness.
Durden explained that he got ,his
claims from the Belgo Company, one of
those Harry F. Sinclair bought out af
ter ho received the Teapot lease. He
presented what purported to be a copy of
the deed which was included in a bill of
complaint against the Mammoth Oil
Company by Darden and his partners,
John F. Campion and Robert G. Tay
lor.
“What did you pay for your share of
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS.
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increasing cloudiness followed by rain
late tonight or Thursday.
The Concord Daily Tribune
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CAROLINA COTTON MILL
FAR AHEAD OF ENGLISH
Head cf Rig Liverpool Cotton Firm'
Amazed by Conditions in Villages.
Charlotte. Mareh IS.—The worker in
English cotton mills cannot eonceive
I working conditions so nearly perfect as
prevail in cotton mills of North Carolina,
‘ according to K. H. Blackburn Sr.,
president of Alexander, . Acelcs and pom
, pany of Liverpool, the largest and one
jof the oldest cotton firms in the world.
| Mr.'Blackburn. E. 11. Blackburn, Jr..
'J. W. B. Blackburn, all of Liverpool,,
Louis M. Bourne, of Dallas. Texas and
| Hen J. Humphrise. of Memphis, Amcri-
I can partners of Mr. Blackburn, arc meni
' hers of a party of textile capitalists now
i in Charlotte on an inspection tour of tho
j cotton mills in this, section.
| ”1 really do not know to express my
self when 1 look iuto the happy condi
| tions surrounding your cotton mills and I
the operatives," Mr. Blackburn declar
j od, "and I can't imagine workers being
j hostile to mill owners who have taken
so much trouble to create ideal condi
i tions for workers to live in. The Eng
lish mill worker could not understand
it, so much better are the conditions l ore
than those obtaining in the big textile
centers of my country.
I ‘The mill owners seem to have taken
every opportunity to make conditions
ideal for the workman. The workers
ought not, it seems tto me, put any ob
stacles in the way' of the operators."
j Mr. Blnekburn was especially struck
■ by the sanitary condititons found at the
| mills visited by his party, declared that
! the arrangements here to guard the
health and general welfare of the opera
, fives is far above the stnndard obtaining
j in English textile communities,
i The party visited Albemarle and
Kannapolis and were high in their com
mendation of the situntion there. "There
i is nothing in nil England,” Mr. Black
burn said, "tike that village of Kannapo
lis with its swimming pool, club rooms
and neat nomes especially built for the
mill workers' needs. I did not go
through the gaitls but from what I .am
told and Iriimi’JitsiHe abpearaiiecs,there
'TsTtm? fi.fcJb’afctred Vlic way STroic
| venlenees and comfort of the operatives.”
Conference for Social Service.
I " (By the Associated Press.)
Charlotte, March 19,—The twelfth an
nual meeting of the Nortli Carolina
Conference for Social Service will be
held in this city March 25, 2ti and 27,
it has been announced here.
Among the principal speakers will be:
John J. Tigert, U. S. Commissioner
of Education, who will talk on "Educa
tionand Public Welfare, Dr. ASva Tay
lor, secretary of tile Board of Temper
ance and Social Welfare of the Chris
tian Church; and Dr. Wortli M. Tippy,
social service secretary of the Federal
Council of Churches.
A number of well known North Caro
linians will also speak, among them Dr.
William Louis Poteat, Dr. E. C. Bran
son, and Commissioner Kate Burr
Johnson.
A whole morning will be devoted to
the discups’siou of the church and social
service with the Rev. Louis Taylor, of
Roanoke Rapids, presiding. At other
meetings industrial social progress will
be discussed. There will be considera
tion of prison problems and of the coun
ty ns a unit for social work.
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Asheville,
is president of the North Carolina Con
ference for Social Service, and Miss
Minnie E. Harman, executive.
The Bloodhound Vindicated.
Salisbury, Mar. 18.—Friends of the
bloodhound as a tracker of law-break
ers elairn another demonstration, of the
unerring instinct of the animal. Deputy
Sheriff Brown, of Rowan, was called
on to bring his dogs down into Cabarrus
to track n murderer or murderers. A
negro boy about ten years old had been
shot and killed and two other negro boys
said they saw some white boys do the
shooting. These negro boys were helping
the sheriff look for the white boys when
Deputy Brown put his dogs down for
the. trail. The dogs failed to take up
any trail except one that led to the
sheriff’s party. This aroused the
suspicions of the officers and one of the
, negro boys aged about 17 was searched
i and a pistol was found on him. lie and
' the other boy were arrested and lie is
, said to have later confessed that he
> shot the boy but. claimed that it was an
< accident.
It usually happens that about the
! time a Chap gets himself loaded with
the idea that he ig the big fun of the
f establishment he is fired.
this?” asked Senator Waist-.
“I don’t know exactly. Campion and
Taylor were to finance it, and I was to
pay my proportion.”
Robert 8. Bright, counsel for Darden,
said the land was gained as a result of a
compromise with the Belgo Company
which had a dispute over claims with
Campion and Taylor.
Darden declared he had learned through
gossip two months in advance that Sin
clair was to get the lease.
The committee which adjourned until
10 o’clock tomorrow, expects at tomor
row’s session to again question O. D.
Wahlberg, former secretary to Harry F.
n Sinclair, and op Friday to recall Sin
clair himself.
CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1924
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SUBMARINE SINKING
\ WITTI 44 MEN ABOARD
Vessel Part of Japanese Navy and Was
Damaged During Maneuvers.
Sasebo. Japan,' March 19 (By tlie As
sociated! Press.) —The 800-Jbn subma
rine 43, of the Japanese navy, collided to
day with the warship Talsnta during
minor maneuvers and sunk with four
officers and forty men in 29 fathoms of
water, 10 miles outside of Sasebo har
bor. Several, hours /Inter the navy of
fice ascertained that while attempt)* at
rescue were proceeding, there was little
hope there would he any survivors.
The submarine went down suddenly
after the collision..
The -13. constructed two years ago, is
the second submarine of the Japanese
navy lost in the past seven months, an
other having Sunk oft’ Kobe last August.
With Our Advertisers.
The 53rd series of (he Cabarrus Coun
ty I!. L. & Savings Association is now
open. All slock is non-taxablc.
11. S. Ritchie, administrator of Luther
Ritchie, will sell at public auction in Mt.
Pleasant on Friday. March 21, a lot of
personal property of the deceased. The
sale will begin at 11 o'clock a. di. See
notice in this paper.
Music, souvenirs and fruit at the for
mal opening of the Concord Furniture
Company's new store this evening from
, 7 to It) o'clock. The Big Anniversary
Sale will start Thursday morning.
Now is the lime to let Bob's Dry
Cleaning Co. get your summer clothes
ready for service.
\V. A. Overeash has received a new
shipment of Briber suit eases, hand bngs
and trunks.
See IV. J. Hetheox for anything eleo-
I trieal. Phone (Kit).
The Musette has just received the
spring, and Summer line of Spalding ath
letic goods.
New silk material at Efird's—all
shades and designs in figured .crepe de
chine.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be
coffee days at' I)ove-Bost Co.'s when
their demonstration of Feradell Coffee
will give you au opportunity to learn
about coffees. Sandwiches, relish, dress
ing, etc., will be served from 10 a. m. to |
5 p. m.
A safe investment is assured by the
certificates of, deposit of the Citizens
Bank and Trust Co.
Prehistoric Skeleton Found in Side of
Cliff.
(By (lie AmorltirS Press.)
Lewiston, Idaho, March 19.—A huge
skeleton, believed to be that, of a pro
historice human being, has been discov
ered in the Salmon river country, south
of here, byt two members of tile state
highway department who have brought
their find to this city. The lower jaw
and vertabrn will be sent to the Smith
sonian Institution at Washington. D.
for analysis as triTh* probable date
* ' —w- >• .
The bones were found in'flic side of a
cliff at, a depth estimated to be 50 feet.
Nearly the entire skeleton was recover
ed the excavators proceeding with mote
care after determining that the find
might prove to be of scientific value.
Measuring more than eight feet in
height and possessing numerous strange
features, the skeleton has aroused wide
spread interest. There physicians who
examined it pronounced it to be that of
a woman.
Belief thnt the person wns of a her
bivorous race has been expressed, ow
ing to the peculiar formation of the
paws and teeth. Both the upper and low
er paws have only 10 teethe eneli and all
are intact.
For Underwood or McAdoo.
Atlanta, Ga„ March 19.—Delegates to
the Democratic national convention to
be held at New York next June arc be
ing selected by Georgia voters, in a
State-wide primary today. The 24 del
egates from this State will cast their
votes either for Oscar W. Underwood,
of Alabama, nr William G. McAdoo, as
the only candidates enered in the pri
mary.
Glorify Your Work
; Working with a hap
py heart
I No job is little if you but make it big.
| “I thank God for an unconquerable
< soul” —that is the spirit in which you
s. should save or do any . other decent
i thing.
Whether you push the keys of n
<typewriter or stand behind a dry goods
; counter or run a drill press or preach
i or doctor or do aught rise: you are go
: ing to learn that when you start saving
money, life takes on greater meaning and
greater happiness.
■ Nothing can paralyze the spirit of the
real Saver. ,
I You need us. ,
, And the latch-string is always out.
Series No. 53 Now Open.
1 Running Shares Cost 25 Cents Per
week
1 Prepaid Shores Cost $72.25 per share. .
All Stock Non-Taxable.
START NOW.
1 CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & SAV
INGS ASSOCIATION
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Family Altar Great Need
Os World, Bishop Declares
Bishop Penick Believes the
Problems of World Could
Be Solved Through Power
of Family Prayer.
BIG CONGREGATION
SERMON
Unpardonable Sin Discussed
by Bishop, Who Gave His
Opinion In Instructive
Explanation.
Striking a responsive cord in the
hearts of all his hearers with a master
ful senm n on the home, which was ut
tered ns- a idea for family prayer. Bishop
Edwin A Penick, of Charlotte, preached
to the largest congregation cf the week
it All (saints Episonmtl Church Tues
day evening Bishop Penick started his
series of sermons in this, church on Sun
day ami lie has been heard with such
interest and benefit that bis congrega
tions have increased in size with each
succeeding night service.
The ln«t service will be held tills ev
ening at 7:30 and at this time Bishop
Penick is to discuss modernism and fun
damentalism in an effort, he declared in
announcing the text for the service, to
show that the church is not going on
the rocks as so many, people are inclined
to believe following a series of discus
sions in various parts of the country
as to modernism and fundamentalism.
One of the 'matt interesting features
cf the night services has been Bishop
PenickV discussion of questions submit
ted by hi* bearers. The questions are
handed in just before or just after each
service and their explanations as offered
by the bishop have proved most benefi
leiai and instructive. ’ One of the ques
tions submitted just before the Tuesday
night service rclatcd-to the unpardonable
sin, and Bishop Penick gave a most
instructive explanation. No one spe
cific art, he stated, ."constitutes an un
pardonable sin. “It is a state or condi
tion arrived at after a series of acts
have seared the conscience,” Bishop
Penick explained. People stifle con
science so much, he pointed out, that
in many instances- they are unable to
distinguish between ifjod and the devil,
or between good and evil. It. is this
slate, he said, that, loads one to commit,
the unpardonable sifi of denying the
Holy Ghost which (n man is his con
science.
The text for the foermon is found in
the sth verse -or Gtasttrst ■chapter of-
Patil’s second epi*tle of Timothy: "When
I call to remembrance the unfeigned
faith that is in thee, which dwelt first
in thy granmother Lois and thy mother
Eunice; and I am persuaded that it is
in thee also.”
When this epistle was written. Bishop
Penick explained, Paul was nu old man.
He realized that the end was near; he
could see the shadow of the grave. His
hair wns gray, his body bent and his
faee wrinkled, but fpom beneath the
tired lids there shone from sparkling
eyes a something that showed without
doubt that Paul had fought a good fight, i
had finished the course and had kept the
faith and he wanted't* leave a last mes
sage that in this manner hie work might
go on.
“It is interesting to note,” said Bishop
Penick, “to whom the latter is addressed.
There were churches and congregations
that needed help on Christian doctrines,
or about, the (administration of temporal
affairs, but Paul passed these up. He
did a very human thing.. He wns yearn
ing for companionship, lie wanted to feel
‘the touch of comradeship, so lie sent a
personal letter to Timothy.
“In his letter lie touched on several
themes. He discussed the cardinal prin
dinal of the Christian faith
life everlasting through the death of
Christ: life brought into the light
through the resurrection—but he went
further and told Himothy it was his duty
to perpetuate the heritage of his fam
ily tradition. He told Timothy i* was
his duty to remember the faith of his
grandmother and mother. He in real
ity glorified the sactity of the human
family.”
The family is a divine institution.
Bishop Penick pointed out, in noting
that from the time of the creation of
man down through the disciples God
pointed out the importance attaching to
tho home.
“One of Gods first creative acts,"
Bishop Penick declared further, "was
the making of woman as a companion of
man. Thus was the family established
and God used the family as an agency
to repeople the devastated earth. Tho
patriarchial age is but a record of faith
ful family life. Then the family was
the only unit of life.
“The first recorded saying of Christ
is significant. He referred to God as
, His Father. God bad been designated
as the Creator. Sovereign Ruler but to
, describe God’s attitude toward us Christ
• selected a word with which we are most
familiar—Father. And the last re
corded words of Jesus referred to His
. Father: ‘Father into Thy bands I
commend my Spirit.’
“It was also significant to note that
Christ performed His first miracle at. a
wedding. He sanctified the wedding
by His presence and it. was a home wed
diug. Instead of cnlling the multitudes
together and proclaiming to them that
He was the Savior, Christ went quiet
ly into the home where a wedding was
being observed and sanctified for all
times marriage relationship.
“It is interesting to note that during
■ Ills last earthly days Christ had a re
treat in the suburbs of the city in which
he lived. There he had flowers, trees,
soft winds, peace and relaxation. Christ
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RUSHING MEN TO
HONDURAN CAPITAL
Fear American Lives and
Property in City Are in
Danger During the Pres
ent Revolution;
(By the AuMlatrt -*reae..
Washington, March 30.—A landing
force of 1(!7 sailors and nine officers
from ilie cruiser Milwaukee at Amapala.
Honduras, is being rushed today from
that port to Tegucigalpa, the Honduran
capital, where wild disorder prevails.
The landing force was asked, for by
the American Minister Morelos for the
protection of the American legation and
consular offices tired upon by drunken
soldiers, over which the Honduran min
istry has last all control.
• Consular advices from the Honduran
capital also said that many innocent
persons were being shot down, and loot
ing was rampant.
Losses estimated at $400,000 have
been suffered, principally by British.
Chinese and American merchants.
CHANGES ARE ADVISED
BY DIRECTOR HINES
Wants “Shake-Up” in Veterans’ Bureau
Offices Ijocated in Charlotte.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 10.—As a result
of an investigation of the administration
of the Veterans’ Bureau sub-district of
fice at Charlotte. N. C.. Director Hines
has recommended a "shake-lip" there in
volving .1. P. Waters, sub-director man
ager. and V. G. Brawley, sub-district
chief of rehabilitation.
11l a letter to Mr. Bryson, district
manager of the Charlotte division. Di
rector Hines left to the former’s discre
tion. the "method relative to the dis
charge” of these men from flic service,
or their "transfer to other duties.” He
further asked a new sub-district man
ager be installed there, and that he be
"a competent ex-service man agreeable
to that, locality.”
Davis G. Arnold, chief of the bureau’s
control service, said today that the find
ings in the investigation of the Char
lotte office were reviewed by both as
sistant directors of the bureau in charge
of claims and insurance, and the re
habilitation divisions, and were approv
ed by himself as chief of inspection di
vision, which comes under control ser
vice.
Brawley, according to records, is a
nou-serviejp man, and was sub-district
mail at Charlotte before being rApTneed
by Waters.
TIIE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm at Advance in Response to
Relatively Firm Liverpool Cables.
(By the Associated Press.)
New Vork. March 19.—The cotton
market opened firm at an advance of
15 to 20 lHiints in response to relatively
firm Liverpool cables, spot sales in the
English market, advances in foreign ex
change, and an unfavorable weekly re
view of weather farming conditions in
1 the South by the weather bureau. The
price of May advanced to 29.26 and Oc
tober sold at 25.99 or 19 to 26 iioints
net higher, but there was considerable
realizing and theimprovenieut was not
fully maintaibed during the early trad
ing.
Cotton futures opened firm. March
29.00; May 29.15; July 28.00; Oct.
25.97; Dec. 25.55.
Dr. C. G. Vardell. Jr., Wins Shirley
Cup.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Chapel Hill, March 19.—Charles G.
Vardell, Jr., a member of the faculty
of Salem College, has been named the
winner this year of the Shirley Cup.
which is given annually by Dean H. A.
Shirley, of Salem College, for the best
composition of music by a North Caro
linian. The contesd is under the aus
pices of the North Carolina Music
Teachers’ Association of which Profes
sor Paul ,T. Weaver, is president.
Mr. 1 Vardell is a native of Red
Springs and a son of the president of
Flora McDonald College. His manu
script is a sonata for piano and violin
and was selected from a group of 25
compositions submitted. It was played
at a gathering of teachers at the North
Carolina Education Association in Ra
leigh last week. Mr. Vardell won the
cup two years ago with au organ sonata.
The three judges whose decision was
unanimous, were Dr. J. S. Ninn'is, of
Queens College, Conrad Lahser, of
Greensboro College for Women, and K.
C. Mondam, of Statesville.
Professor Weaver stated that, most of
the manuscripts submitted were of a
very high class.
Yokohama Population Gains. But Still
Far Below Normal.
(By the Associated Press.)
Yokohama, Japan, March 19.—Al
though tens of thousands of citizens
driven from this city by the great quake
of last year arc struggling back and
trying to re-establish their homes, the
population of Yokohama is still 156,000
less than it was on the morning of the
fateful first of September, according to
police statistics.
Yokohama's population now is 291,-
250; on September 1 it was approxi
mately 450,000. •
No Agreement bo Give Immunity to
Bergdoll
Washington, March 18—War and
State Department officials today jointly
announced that the Washington govern
ment would enter an agreement to el
i tend immunity to Grover Bergdoll, a*
an inducement for his return from Ger
many. The government. has taken bo
part in steps to have the draft evader
rmfrti.
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SURMISES GALORE IN
THOMA.SY'ILI.E TRAGEDY
Some Guess Jenkins ami Woman Agreed
to Die Together. Bui Bis Nerve Failed.
Thomasville March 18.—Since the
crimp of last Thursday morning was
committeede there have been many «*>••
mises expressed by citizens as Btate
motive which Chief of Police J(
might have had in the alleged
the shot, which ended the life of Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Jones.
Amid the entanglements of the situa
tion several have suggested a possible
agreement between the two parties
something like the following:
Mrs. Jones said. "You shoot me and
then shoot yourself.” To this Jenkins
responded. “Wo agree and I'll do it.”
The woman then turned her back and
the fatal shot was fired into her body.
Then Jenkins left with the intention of
carrying out his part of the agreement
at some other place.
But the second thought seized his brain
and his nerve failed hint or in some
way lie was restrained.
An officer hero states that a rigid and
searching investigation was being plan
ned with tip- purpose of revealing, if
possible, the maritial relations, if any. of
Jenkins, and that Jenkins had reason
to believe that such a course had been
determined upon. It is believed by peo
ple who were in close touch with the
man that Jenkins and Mrs. .Tones had
been considering together the disgrace
that would follow an exposure of their
conduct aud that tho decision between
them to end it. all was the result.
An insurance man here states that
the second day of February this year lie
wns filling out an application for in
surance Tor Jenkins and in response to
the question, are you married? Jenkins
answered, "yes." but the insurance man
to be sure asked him again the question
and lie replied, "no." so the application
went into the local Woodmens lodge
with an untruth on its face for now
Jenkins states that ho has a wife and
two children at Greenville, S- C.
The late Mrs. Jones when leaving
home at Appalachia. Va.. stated her
husband. Thomas Jones, here yesterday,
had a nine-cluster diamond ling and a
wrist, watch, both of which she was
wearing at that time, but when she was
found after death she did not have on
either and neither could lie found among
her belonging. As to what became of
these valuable articles, both of which
were gifts to her from Mr. .Tones, can
not be determined nt this time by any
person here.
It is said Mrs. Jones was with her
husband at. the homo iu Virginia about
20 days before the tragedy here which
ended her life and neither she nor tile
little girl even hinted a word in his
presence of the alleged escapades of his
wife in North Carolina.
Mr. Jones and adoped daughter Pearl
aceompanied the hotly to Memphis
where they arrived tonight.
' Jewish Feast of Purim.
New Y’ork. March 19.—Sunset this
evening ushers in one of the most im
portant and joyous festivals in ‘the Jew
ish religion. This is the feast of Purim,
which is held on the 14tli day of Adar
according to the Jewish calendar.
Tho events celebrated are usually be
lieved to have occurred between 150 and
100 B. C. Ahasuerus. Kingof Persia,
wanted another wife, and picked upon
Esther, the adopted daughter of Morde
cai the Jew. Later on Mordeeai
fell foul of Hainan, 'the King's chief
minister. Byway of revenge. Hainan
persuaded the King Ito issue commands
for the massacre by all tho Jews in
Persia.
Misled by false statements, Ahasuerus
gave the order, and Hanuin then cast
“lots” (purim) to decide the day upon
which to carry it out. Choice fell upon
the 14th day of Adar.
Mordeeai, however, with Esther's help,
frustrated the plot. He delivered his
compatriots from their peril, slew Ha
inan and his tert sons, and brought
about the slaughter of some 75,000 of the
enemies of the ehoson i>eople. Mordeeai
then became chief minister and ordered
a feast to be held every year, in thanks
giving for their deliverance.
This order has been faithfully obeyed
through all the centuries, and Purim
is the time of great rejoicing among the
Jewish people all over the world. It
is variously celebrated by the exchange
of gifts, feasting, entertainments such
as Purim plays, fireworks, and donations
to the poor.
Stingless Bees Appear.
(By the Associated Press.)
Tacoma, Wash., Mar. It).—Stingless
bees now are available to add to the
scientifically developed world under
class—the spikeless cactus, the string
less bean nnd the seedless grapefruit.
The stingless bee is an exhibit shown
to beekeepers in this region by E. .T.
Campbell, of Tenino. Wash. The bee,
which is of the Adel strain, has no of
fensive armament whatever, and if at
tacked has no recourse save flying away.
According to Campbell, the Adel bcc
is an excellent honey gatherer and a
great little playmate for the children.
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DULL SESSION HELD
RV THf DAUGHERTY
Military
tuira tow
Seantor Wheeler, Moving
Spirit in Investigation,
Confined to His Home To
day by Illness.
ORR AND STEWART
, GIVE TESTIMONY
Orr Talked of the Film and
Whiskey Deals and Stew
art Complained About the
Running of Lotteries.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. March 19.—The Daugh
erty investigating committee had a brief,
duH* session today because Senator
Wheeler, the committee prosecutor, had
a bad cold, and remained at home.
Will A. Orr. former private secretary
to Governor Whitman, of New York,
was waiting to be questioned further
about film and whiskey deals, on which
he testified yesterday, but the committee
turned aside to hear briefly Maeo Stew
art. a Galveston, Texas, lawyer, who
complained in his 'testimony yesterday
that the Department of Justice had been
remiss in prosecuting lotteries, and to
hear briefly also T. D. Dawkins, a Texas
post office inspector.
Attorney General Daugherty's counsel
brought out on cross examination that
the government had been prosecuting
the concerns Stewart complained of. but
the witness insisted they had not been
prosecuted under the lottery law as lie
contended they should have been.
The attorney general’s counsel an
nounced they did not wish to cross ex
amine Orr and he was excused indefi
nitely. The hearing will be resumed at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
REPUBLICAN STATE
CONYTSNTION MEETS
H. S. Williams Member of Platform
Committee.—Col. Miller Makes Ad
dress.
(By (be Associated Press.)
Raleigh. N. tMarch 19.—The repub
lican state convention met here at noon
today.
'A. A. Whjtener, of Hickory, temporary
chairman, was made permanent chair
man of the convention, ('has. A. Green
was chosen secretary.
■ Imiiiedia'fely fipon " eoilventnfc" "Hr.
Whitener announced the appointment of
• variou scommitteps.
The platform committee is composed of
, J. .1. Parker. W. R. Chambers, Mrs.
■ Fred Kent, IV. Giles Mebane. R. H. Slm
ford. Irvin B. Tucker, J. J. Hayes, H.
. S. Williams, C. H. Reynolds and W. P.
Byrd.
I. M. Meekins, of Elizabeth City, at
torney to the alien property custodiaD.
then introduced Col. Thos. W. Miller, of
Delaware, alien projierty custodian, who
1 addressed the convention.
; R. C. MANSON INJURED
IN FALL FROM HOTEL
, Police Trying to Determine Just How
Carteret Man Fen From Hotel.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, March 19.—R. C. Munson, a
delegate tc the Republican state con
vention from Carteret, county, Is in a
, serious condition here today as a result
. of a fall from the second story window
; of a local hotel. J out how Manson
, came to fall from the window has not
[ yet been determined, two stories having
I been told to police, and as a result of
. the first one Andrew Killikens, also a
delegate from Carteret, is held in SIOO
I bond pending .investigation.
, Manson, suffering from a fractured
. jaw bone and nose, abrasions about the
■ head and face, and with the teeth on
. one side of his mouth knocked out, was
, found by members of the News and Ob
, server staff lying between the hotel and
newspaper office last night. He was
unconscious.
Voters in Georgia at Pol Ls.
Atlanta, Ga., March 19 (By the As
; Rociated Press). —Voters of Georgia went
‘ to the polls today to express their pres
' idential preference in a statewide demo
■ (ratio primary. with two candidates.
Win. G. McAdoo, a native Georgian, anil
1 Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Ala
• bama, in the field.
Crew of Dirigible Killed.
Tokio, March 19 (By (he Associated
. Press!.—A small naval dirigible caught
> fire and fell late today in baraki prefect
i ure. northeast of Tokio, killing the crew
of five men.