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VOLUME XXIV
New Field Opened Up In
The Daugherty Hearing
Failure of Department of
Justice to Fight Narcotic
Sales Intimated by Testi
mony lof One Witness.
SEC. WEEKS WILL
BE QUESTIONED
Records Taken From Thomas
F. Lane, Who Recently j
Was Dismissed From Legal'
Stag of Army Service.
<B>- the Associated Pnu.)
Washington, April 4.—The Senate
committee investigating the official acts
of Harry M. Daugherty, reached out to
day in several new directions.
Having failed to induce M. S. Daugli- ■
erty, brother of the former Attorney
General to come here with records of his .
Washington Codrthouse, Ohio, bant, the
committee decided to make a trip to :
Ohio to enforce its .demands that the
hank's books be thrown open to it.
The date of the trip is yet to be fixed.
From Secretary of War Weeks the
committee men received a batch of army
air service records bearing on charges of
failure to prosecute war time frauds.
The documents were examined in execu
tive session and the Secretary's personal
appearance for questioning wns delayed
until later.
Senator Wheeler, prosecutor of the in
quiry, then called to the stand J. E.
P.vche, now an Oklahoma City prohibi
tion agent, and formerly warden of the
Atlanta penitentiary. He testified about
narcotic prosecutions. Among other
things he said he had “kept after - ’ Hebcr
A'otaw. superintendent of prisons in the ’
Justice Department for nearly a year,
trying to get him to send agent's to stop
drug trafficking. -,
The aircraft records sent to the com-,
mit tee were those taken by the air ser-!
vice officers from Thos. F, Latte, who tes- •
lifted yesterday that he had been dis- [
missed as a legal adviser to the air ser
vice chief after refusing to stay away •
from the investigating committee. Secre- •
tnry Weeks asked that in view of the im-!
portant evidence involved, bearing on
prosecutions now pending, the documents
be kept in confidence. t
M. 8. Daugherty, whose books will be
..'.Ax a mined when the committee goes to
rosiamdAo a commit
nftnk/TneMmTaml
ton- Courthouse, permitted an- examiner
sent by the committee to begin inquiry I
into its records, and then required hint '
to suspend work because of the wide lat- 1
itltde given him by the committee. The i
bank also has refused to send its rec- ’
ords here for examination. (i
The questioning of Pyehe, who recent- i
ly testified before the oil committee, mark- '
ed a departure of the investigation into !
an entirely new field. He eomplniued in
detail about the failure of the Justice I
Department to curj> the drug traffic, par- i
tietilarly in the Atlanta prison.
The witness said there were 650 vio- i
la tors of the narcotic law ip the prison f
when he went there. Drugs came into «
the prison in various ways, lie said, and !
many convicts became addicts after their I
conviction. There, was evidence thajfc j '
some of the guards took iu the narcotics, i
he said. I <
After he had urged Votnw for a yeur J
to do something, he declared, Bprns final- 1 :
ly seat three "under cover" men. Four | 1
prison guards finally were indicted but i
none were convicted.
A'otaw came down when the guards
were indicted, and insisted to the Unit
ed States Attorney in his hearing that 1
the investigations cense uutil the four ’
guards were tried, Dyohe said.
"Did he assign nny reason ?” asked :
Senator AVheeler.
"Unfortunately the matter insisted on
getting into the papers. His objection j-1
seemed to be the publicity. He gave ,
another reason, that it would disorganize. -
the prison, but there was nothing to
that.”
"And the traffic was still going on?”
"It's going on today.”
It was brought out that an inspector
of prisons went to Atlanta to “intimate”
to Dyche that Daugherty wanted to get
him out. The inspector said the Attor
ney General "was in a jam”, Dyche said,
and he resigned.
The witness .said he had reported the
drug tjaffle conditions personally to the
Attorney General, Daugherty, but that
."he already knew it."
"The thing that seemed to be wearing
on the Attorney General was the fact of
the publicity,” Dyche said. “He object
ed to the publicity.’’
Dyche said he had been associated
with Jake Hamon, of Oklahoma, in po
litical matters, and was appointed ward
en at Atlanta on July 1, 1921.
AVm. J. Burns was then summoned
with the records in the Atlanta case.
Asked about the Atlanta drug inves
tigation, Burns said his agents told him
“that Mr. Votaw stopped it.” The di
rector also said he had told Assistant
Attorney General Holland of the situa-'
tion and thought he had also told Daugi>.
erty about it.
Burns said be believed the investiga
tion would have received “the men high-'
er up” if it had been allowed tto go on.!
He skid it was “unquestionably trne that 1
an influential ring” was bringing drugs
luto the country.
The director stated that Edward B. 1
McLean had resigned as a secret agent
of the Department. He also revealed 1
that Fred W. Upham, of Chicago, Treas
urer of the Republican National Commit-1
tee, tad served as a dollara-year secret
agent of tbe Department. He said
Upham was enrolled because he was go
ing to Europe, and tbe badge and com
. mission would save him- trouble.
Dyche in his- testimony said he bad
beard prisoners talk of money payments
The €tlncord Daily Tribune
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CAROLINA SHAD FISHING
; IS BEST IN MANY YEARS
' Elizabeth City Fishing Company Brings
; In Thousand Boxes of Fisli.
Elizabeth City. April 3.—Shad fishing
I is the best in years, according to E. R.
1 Daniels, of Wanchcse. president of the
Glebe Fish Company, of Elizabeth iCty.
, who was in the' city Tuesday,
j The water is, fine and clear with salt
water extending well into the sound,
according to Mr. Daniels and the shad
j are coming in in large numbers this
. week.
The vessels of the Gl6be Fish Company
arriving Monday night brought approxi
mately 1,000 boxes of shad and herring.
The Pompano and the E. R. Daniels
brought in about 350 boxes each, the
Hattie Crees close to 200 boxes, while'
the schooner Flossie M. Muir swelled |
| out the total.
Captain Daniels reported that Carlie!
Daniels caught 1.000 shad in one day,
. while A. C. Daniels caught 1,100. Both
are AA'anchesp fishermen. Several other
' lealohew o|f (|lose to j 1.000 shad were
made. i
Shipments of shad to various points
on Saturday after the arrival of the
boats Friday night totaled 1,020 boxes.
New A’ork received the largest eonsign
ment, 455 boxes and Philadelphia the
second largest, 240. The business is
now considered to be normal and better
in some respeets than in former years.
PRIVATE SMITH IS
HELD FOR MURDER
Fort Bragg Man Identified as Having
Been Seen With F. R. Mason on the
Night of Murder.
Lexington, S. C.. April 3.—James E.
. Smith, private, second field artillery.
Fort Bragg, X. C„ late today was hold
by a coroner’s jury to answer to the
, charge of having murdered Floyd R.
' Mason, St. Albans, \ T t., itinerant sales-
I man, whose body with the head battered
| and throat cut was found beside the
lioxington-Columbia highway, near here.
i March 22nd,
) At the inquest W. T. Taylor identi
i tied Smith as the man who on the mip
| posed night of the murder, left Mason's
auto in the highway, about a score of
miles from the place where the body
was found, and J. H. Crawley, farmer
' living near the scene of the murder,
identified Smith'as the man who accom
panied Mason to the Crawley home on
March Ith, the supposed day of Jhm
time arrested fn >onhectfo?f~wftir
tfce murder, testified that he wfte with
Smith in Augusta. Ga., on March ltth.
Aj’hen Mason hired the man. This
Smith denied, emphnsizingtethat he had
never seen Rodgers. Sheriff Roof, of
Lexington county, testified that an entry
in Mason's diary staled that Mason was
returning from Augusta with “Jim,”
whom the sheriff interpreted as meaning 1
Smith.
Colonel D. J. Smith, of the United
States army, now situated in Columbia,
aestified that he was at the camp of
the dead man in the afternoon of March
Ith, the supposed date of the murder,
that- “Smith” according to his best re
collection, was the man who wad with '
Mason there at the time.
for paroles, but had no first baud knowl
edge of corruption. He disclaimed any
knowledge of a piiotostate produced by
Senator Wheeler, purporting to show a
contract by which Elias H. Mortimer was
to receive $50,000 upon the parole of
Chas. Vincente, of Baltimore, a liqnor
law violator who never was paroled.
The little green bouse on K Street
came into the testimony near the end
of the session, when Daniel E. Smith,
formerly butler for Howard Manning
ton at the green house, testified that
whiskey had been delivered there in
20-case lots, carried by express com
pany wagons under the protection of “a
man with a badge and a gun.” Harry
M. Daugherty, Harry F. Sinclair, Will
Orr, and "Mr. Christian” were named
by the witness as among Mannington's
visitors.
You can apply the same system
Ax.
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WHY IS HE SO SUCCESSFUL?
We'll tell you why.
Every successful man knows enough
to STAY INSIDE his income.
He is smart enough to build up a
SURPLUS that is later expressed by in
dependence.
' You would be surprised if you knew
I how many successful men invest a part
J of their incomes with us.
THEY know that our plan is safe.
I They know also, that our dividends
; are higher.
j You ought to know it, too.
Running shares cost 25 cents, per
' share per week. Prepaid shares cost
' 72.25 per share. All Rtock is non-taxa
ble.
Your business appreciated with us
. large or small.
j CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & BAV.
j ASSOCIATION
' Office la the Concord National Bank.
START NOW
CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1924
Latest He licopter
Tills is the new Berliner helicopter built near Washington, I>. It has proven successful in a series of experiments
made by Lieutenant H. It. Harris. The machine can turn Übse down and gliHe safely to the earth from a height of
J only 100 feet. ,
Another breakfast
CONFERENCE CALLED
President Coolidge Confer
ed With Eight Republi
can Senators at the White
House Today.
(By the Associated I'.ess.)
Washington, April 4.—The Senate
legislative program was the subject of
another White House breakfast confer
ence today, attended by eight Republi
can senators.
The conference was the second of its
kind within three days for the purpose
of agreeing upon a concrete program
for the remainder of the Senate session,
and speeding up legislation to allow
Congress to adjourn by June Ist. Sen
ators attending said the situation was
discussed only in a general way.
One of -the legislative proposals con
sidered was a farm relief measure.
BGD£ OF J. I. BRYAN IS
FOUND IN YADKIN RIVER
Uhlftfellffii..Had Been Missing Since
flHiiHPPPifttt*
"w melon-,-smeiii. April ft.—The body
of J. Irvin Bryan, was found early this
morning iu I lie Yadkin river by South- ■
era Public Utilities company at the
IKHvcr plant of the Southern Publiet
Utilities company, near Clemmons, 12
miles from Winston-Salem. The negro
was removing some trash from under 1
tilt l wheels at the plant when he dis
covered a man’s arm and shoulders in 1
the river near the bnnk. He reported the
metter to the superintendent and the 1
body was taken out and brought to an
undertaker's here', for investigation. For 1
several hours no one wns able to toil
whether the body was that of a negro
tnnu or white, as the flesh had fallen off
of the hands and arms, indicating that
the |K-rson had been dead at least sev
eral weeks.
Later it developed that it was Jesse
Irvin Mryan. who had been missing
since February 12. The coroner's jury
rendered a verdict that the man came to
his death from a bullet, wound, and
that he was shot through the head. It
was also decided that the shot entered
the bnek of the head and came out of
the forehead. Foul play was of course
suspected, it being believed that Bay a n
was thrown in the river after he was
shot. ‘
DR. PATTERSON KILLED
WHEN CAR TURNS OVER
Tire Blew Out and He Grabbed Wheel.
—Skull Crushed'; Dies Instantly—
Boy Hurt.
Liberty, April 3.—Dr. R. L. Patter
eon, of Ijibeity, was instantly killed
about 7:30 tonight jsome eight miles
east of Liberty on the Grahnm-Asheboro
highway when the automobile in which
he was riding turned over. His skull
was crushed.
Mrs. Patterson, wife of Dr. Patterson,
was driving with Dr. Patterson by her
side oil the front seat. A tire blew
out. Dr. Patterson reached over and
grabbed,the wheel. The ear was ca
reening badly at the moment, whether
from the blow-out or from the action
of Dr. Patterson in taking the wheel it
is not known here. The ear turned
completely around and fell on its' side.
Dr. Patterson’s head was badly crushed
anil he wns dead when he was picked
up.
Man Kisses It-Year-Old Girl Which
Costs Ilim Just $249.15.
Gulfport, Miss.. April 3.—For kissing
an 11-year-old girl against hot - will,
Mitchell Owen, local grocer was'ordered
to pay her $240-15 by a circuit court
jury here today. He was sued for $2,000
by the girl’s father as her next friend. *
The parent charged that when his
(laughter returned to Owen's store witli
merchandise which had beeu found un
satisfactory, the grocer seized her and
implanted n kiss upon her mouth,
“thereby injuring her and also her feel
ings.”
Owen denied the charge.
Through the efforts of Governor Bry
! an, of Nebraska, the, price of gasoline
in tjiab State hits been reduced from
22 1-2 cents to 13 1-4 cents since last
, July. Governor Bryan plans to sell
from independent refineries • six million
gallons of gasoline.
Mrs. J. J. Bunn underwent an opera
tion in the Concord Hospital several days
;~-«go and her condition today is reported
|
BIG DAMAGE IS ('.VISED
BY FIRES IN MOUNTAINS
Around 10,000 Acres Burned Over and
I-siss May Ttoal Upwards of $250.-
000. j
KutherfordWn. 'April 3.—Forest fires
raged all last Week and are still burn-1
ing in sections ‘on Cherry Mountain,
South Mountain and other nearby see- I
lions. From 8,000 to 10,000 acres of .
land were burnM over on Cherry and |
South mountains, a few miles west of
Hollis. Much damage was done to
wood and timber. The Amos Owens
home, the Hodge house and the Sweeze
house were destroyed by fire. The
loss has been estimated at from SIOO,-
000- to $250,000. Flames leaped to the
top of tall trees and in places burned
them to the ground.
It is thought that some one set fire,
in the mountains. Efforts are being ’
made to apprehend the guilty parties. '
The county has no fire wardens. Lead
ing citizens of that section called on!
Sheriff Reason the litter part of the
week for help. The light could be seen
for many miles at night.
THE COTTON MARKET
Continued Firmness Prevailed During
the Early IVading.—Liverpool Cables
Firm.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, April 4.—-(’on tin lied firm
ness prevailed in thejdfion market dur
ing opening'
was 5 points lower'■fS'aju points higher,
near months being a shade easier under J
overnight realizing sales, but the gen
eral tone was firm, and May quickly ;
sold up from 29.40 to 29.95, dr 40 points
net higher. The buying was promot
ed by the firmness of the later Liverpool
cables, reports of increased business in i
the cloth market, and rains in the oast- j
ern end central belt sections, following 1
yesterdty’s rains in the southwest. New
crop months advanced to 25.28 for Oc
tuber, or 36 points above yesterday's j
closing quotations.
Cotton futures opened steady: May j
29.40 to 29.50; July 28.45 October
25.00 December 24.70; January 24.33.
REP. LANGLEY PLEADS
NOT GI'ILTY IN COURT
Representative From Kentucky Arraign
ed in District of t'olumbia Supreme
Court. *
(By the Associated Press.!
Washington, April 4. —Representative
John W. Langley, republican, of Ken
tucky, entered a idea of not guilty when
arraigned in the District of Columbia
supreme court today on conspiracy
charges in connection with alleged illegal
liquor withdrawal permits and asked the
court for an early trial.
With Our Advertisers.
Fresh fish at J. F. Dayvnult and
Bro’s. Phone 85 and 524.
See the Mad Dog Ordinance in anoth
er column of thiß issue.
Running shares in the Cabarrus Coun
ty Building and Loan Association cost
25 cents each week. Prepaid shares,
$72.25. worth SIOO a tmaturity.
Apples, changes, grapefruit, celery,
lettuce, tomatoes, at the Piggly Wiggly.
. You need ice now to protect and save ,
your food. See ad. of A. B. Pounds.
Eat Milk-Maid bread for lunch. Con
cord Steam Bakery.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. in
vites banking by mail accounts.
Bacon, hams and shoulders at Cabar
rus* Cash Grocery Co.
Handsome new suites of diningroom
furniture at Bell & Harris.
Nice fresh fish at the Sanitary Gro
cery Co., phone 686.
"Pay as you get paid,” is tl_c slogan
at Farley’s. Dresses for women ana
misses and suits for men and young
men. Pay only a small part down and
open a charge account. See big ad.
on page seven.
If it’R anything to fit, C. -H. Barrier
and Co. have it.
Get the little one a baby carriage!
and keep it in God’s out of doors. At |
H. B. Wilkinson’s.
You get the best fresh fish at J. F. I
Dayvauit and Bro’s. Phone 86 and 524.
What is better for Easter gifts than
jewelry? Choice of many beautifu
things at Stanies-Miller-Parker Co.
Before Easter Sale at Ptarks-Bolk Cos’s.
The Big Before Easter Sale at the
Parks-Belk Co. is still going on, and
they have hundrl)ds of great bargains
for you. They have one of the largest
stocks of shoes for womea, men,'misses,
boys and children ever seen in the state.
You will find big bargains in men’s and
i boys’ clothing too.
One of the longest pugilistic matches
' on record took place near Melbourne in
i 1855, when Australian Kelley defeated
I Jonathan Smith in a contest that last
ed six hours and 15 minues.
job perished in
: SlMlli BLUE
j Two Women Died Thursday,
Another Died This Morn
ing and Man Died From
Burns Thursday Night.
(By tile Associated Press.)
I Morgnnton, April 4.—Deaths in the
I fire that destroyed the north wing of
I Broad Oaks Sanitarium here yesterday
I were increased to four when Mrs. Cor
| nelia Gaines, of Georgia, died today at
' a lftcal hospital as a result of burns. Two
i women were burned to death in the fire
and a man died last, night. No others
were injured.
The fire, which damaged the private
institution for the treatment of nervous
diseases, resulted from| /undetermined
t cause. Mrs. Isabella Hereford of Union.
I W. Vn., and Mrs. Julia Hamilton, of
Jacksonville, Fla., perished in the de
struction of the wing of the building. J.
P. Green, Charlotte contractor, died last
night of burns received in saving other
patients.
Hr. J. W. Vernon, who operates the
sanitarium..announced that he would re
( build 3t onfe?."~
' POLICE CHIEF WELLS, OF
WOODBURY. GEORGIA. DEAD
Died in Atlanta Hospital at Result of
Wounds—Negro Lynched as Alleged
, Assailant.
(By the Associated Press.!
Atlanta, April 4.—Chief of Police Al
bert Wells, of Woodbury, Ga., died at
' a local hospital this morning of pistol
j wounds about the head,
j Beach Thrash, 15-year-old negro boy.
j was lynched yesterday afternoon after
Ihe had been taken from the Woodbury
jail by a 1110 b, where he was being held
charged with shooting Wells. Wells
i was said by witnesses to have been ar
j resting the negro boy when lie was shot.
STONE APPOINTMENT IS
ASSAILED BY JOHNSON
Constitutes Re-Dedication of Adminis
tration to Reactionary Principles, He
Charges.
(By the Associated Press.!
Chicago, April 4.—Senator Hiram W.
Johnson said in a campaign speeeh here
today that appointment of Harlan Fiske
Stone, of New York, ns United States
Attorney General constitutes a re-dedi
calion of the present administration to
reactionary principles. Senator John
son was re-opening his drive for the
Statu Presidential, preferenoe at next
Tuesday’s primary.
Another Big Winter Resort to Be Es
tablished.
Fayetteville, April 3—Plans are be
ing made here for the establishment of
another winter resort in North Carolina
similar to Pinehurst, according to a
statement made here by Percy Roeke
! feller, of New York. Mr. Rockeweller
has an estate. Overhills, near here, and
the general plan upon which he is work
ing. it was said, will be to lay out the
resort between Fayetteville and this es
tate. He asserted that he would con
tinue his preliminary planning and prob
ably would have a definite announce
ment to make in a few days.
Pinehurst has come to be one of the
leading winter resorts of the country.
With several golf courses, polo, tennis
and other winter sports, it yearly draws
hundreds and thousabds from all sec
tions of the country. Many of the
winter residents of Pinehurst have been
going there for several years and are
well known to tbe North Carolina in
habitants of the town. •
i
| Credit Men Meet in Charlotte.
(By the Associated Press.)
Charlotte, April 4.—With T. H.
I Tregoe, of New York, secretary-treasur
i er of the National Association of Credit
i Men as the principal speaker, credit
men from North Carolina and South
Carolina met here today for a one-day
. convention. Problems of the men who
> decide who shall have credit and how
1 much were on the program for discus
; sion.
t
Dramatic Institute at Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill, N. C.. April 4.—The first
j institute of the Carolina Dramatic As
sociation, recently organised, opened
here today with representatives of tbe
s dramatic associations from throughout
i tbe state in attendance. The meeting
1. is being held under the auspices of the
- Bureau of Community Drama of the ex
tension department of tbe University.
IRRIGATION ENRICHES
LANDS IN CALIFORNIA
Applications to Irrigate Involved Inst
Year More Than 4,000.000 Acres.
(By (he \ssnclnted Pres*.)
Sacramento. Cal., April 4.—Applica
tions to irrigate lands in Californi Miit
volved more than 4,000.000 acres
year, an area as large as that now uW
irrigation, it was announced by 11. A.
Klttegel, chief of tlie division of water
rights in the State 'department of pub
lic works.
“A very large proportion of the de
velopment proposed," said Mr. Klttegel,
“is not at present feasible because set
tlers and capital are lacking. Never
theless. the number of filings bears rela
tion to the demand for irrigation and
power development.”
j The applications last year represent
led about five times the average yearly
increase during the last decade. What
irrigation has done is shown in one of
the older central California irrigation!
i districts started in about IXOO. In this I
district the population has increased
eight times; the number of farms in
creased from eight to 2.025. The land
in IX9O awas valued at about S3O an
acre and now eonseravtive estimates
place the average value at $250 an
j acre. Thirty-four years ago the dis
trict had a total estimated value of
.$2,500,000; today it has'reached $20,-]
000.000.
RUNAWAY WEDDINGS
FEATURE OF WEEK!
Spencer Reports Three Runaways For
the Present Week.
Spencer. April 3.—Spencer furnished |
the grootn and I.umbcrton the bride in
an interesting runaway marriage, the]
contracting parties being Porter P. Holt. I
a well known young man of this place,
and Hiss Anna Lawrence, of Ltmiberton. {
While the details of the marriage have
not been learned it is know that the
.voting couple made a dash.from Lumber
ton to Hamlet where the services of'a
minister were secured and the young cou
ple continued their flight. It is said ob
jections on the part of the parents of the
young Indy were the main obstacles and
that her wather has been in hot pursuit |
since Monday when the ceremony was
performed, visiting a number of places in
the State in search of his daughter. It
is said the young couple were to reach
■Spencer Tuesday but learning thnt Mr.
latwrenee was here awaiting their ar
rival they changed their plans and went
elsewhere. Mr. Holt is a popular em
ploye of the Southern and Mrs. Holt is
said to be a lovable young woman.
A second runaway marriage of inter
est here occurred when Miss Alice Pea
cock. of Trading Forth became the bride
of Stepp "Wheeler, of Spencer. The
young couple wended their way to Rock
well in order to avoid the attention of
tin cmjdoye-'of the Southern at Spencer.
'Pile bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Peacock, and tl: ecnuple will re
side at Trading Ford.
A third runaway marriage staged here
a few days ago brought into wedlock
Miss Mildred Hickman, of Oatesville. a
suburb of Spencer, and John Wise, of
Charlottesville. Va. The parents of the
bride, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hickman, reg
istered strenuous objections and the only
course left open for thy.voting folks was
t oelope to Virginia where they were
married. Until recently Mr. Wise had
been employed by the North Carolina
Finishing (Vrmimny near Spencer, and
has many friends here. The bride is a
native of Tennessee and had resided here
for a year or more.
WILMINGTON SEA TRADE
CONTINUES TO INCREASE
Entrances and Clearances at Port Dou
bled During the Month of March.
Wilmington, April 3. —During the 31
day of March 111 cargo laden vessels ar
rived and discharged at the port of Wil
mington, and during the same period 14
sailings were recorded at the customs
house. The total arrivals and depart
ures for the month were, therefore, 30
ships, which number doubled the en
trances and clearances recorded during
the months of January and February.
Practically every one of the vessels
that made this port last month brought
in a full or part cargo of fertilizer ma
terials from South America, Germany.
France, or front coastwise ports. How
ever, several of the arrivals brought car
goes of molasses, salt, petroleum products
and general merchandise.
The vessels sailing from Wilmington
in March, generally speaking, departed
in ballast, but several sailed for for
eign ports with cotton and tobacco.
The Clyde Line did a big business
tferc last month. Practically every one
of this company’s ships arrived from
New York with heavy cargoes of gener
al merchandise, and sailed with much
lumber, ties and raw materials for man
ufacturers.
Fine Prospects iVr Large Peach Crop.
Candor, April 3.—To drive t.hrough
the Candor peach section is like k ‘ng
through the “Garden spot of the wv. - IS,
for now it is indeed a garden of behvkj
tiful peach blossoms. The State higlC
ways are good all Over the section, so a
ride through the different orchards is an
ideal drive. You will see 400.000 peach
trees pink with their beautiful blos
soms. Nothing for you to do but in
hale the fragrance of the flowers, while
the growers are praying for good weather
as they can ship at least 1,000 cars
from the Candor section, which will be
gin around May 20th.
night of Airmen Postponed.
(By the Associated Press.)
Seattle, Wash., April Jas ■■ r *^ i arture of
the tour U. 8. arnuugppoPlon their
flight around the postponed
today until tomorrow on account of ad
verse weather reports received from
along tbe route.
Oscar Carpenter Seeking Office.
I Raleigh, N. C., April 4.—Cheat B. Car
! penter, cotton mill manufacturer of
l Kings Mountain, today formally announe
: ed bis candidacy for the Democratic
t nomination for Corporation Conunission
- er, subject to the statewide primaries on
. June 7th,
• NEWS €1
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NO. 78
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Senator RobwfjjjMM
eratic Leader.
crats Have Not rWpHMBh
Any Senate Work.
SEN. PEPPER IS .%S]
ALSO ATTACK«J|p|
j Senator Robinson Says Sen- 1
I ator Pepper Is Trying to, \
| Hide Himself and Party
by Propaganda.
(By (he Associated Prsss.>
Washington. April 4.—Senator Lodge.
!of Massachusetts, the republican leader,
| was directly charged on the floor of the
Senate today with pigeon-holding Presi
dent Harding's world court proposal in
I I he foreign relations committee.
. The charge was made by Senator
Robinson, of Arkansas, the democratic
j leader, during a denial of charges that
! the democrats had by continuing inves-
I'tigation delayed legislation. He also
charged Senator Pepper, republican, of
Pennsylvania, who attacked the demo
lerats in a speeeh yesterday at Portland
with "trying to hide himself and his po
• litieal assistants behind the dead Presi
dent.”
“That is one of the measures I had iu
mind when 1 referred to those the Sena
tor from Massachusetts wanted to
block,” Senator Robinson said In the
course of his speeeh. “I say now. the
chairman of that committee (Senator
I Lodge, of the foreign relations eommit
' tee) has effectively and I think perma
nently. pigeon-holed the world court pro
posal.”
Charging that Senator Pepper and
Representative Longworth. republican
house leader, who attacked the democrats
last night in Philadelphia, had loaned
themselves to an organized propaganda.
Senator Robinson insisted that the ef
forts to charge the Democratic minority
in the Senate with obstructing legisla
tion was unsupported by the facts. Some
measures pending before the Senate had
not been acted upon, he said, because
the republican majority did not want ac
tion-
in the bnek yard is not the safest pltfbe
to preserve it, is the opinion of Curtis
Whitley, Bridgeton negro, who Is in jail
here on three counts involving liquor
following a double raid on him by police
officers and deputy sheriffs.
Patrolman John Willis ami W. H.
Ipoek overhauled Whitley while he was
driving an automobile while under the
influence of whiskey. The car was
searched and a quart of the forbidden
found. Negro and ear were seized and
up went two black marks against the
former. A few hours later Deputy Sher
iff W. H. Whitford and others dug up
Ten gallons of rum back of Whitley’s
home in Bridgeton. He. .Will be tried
in recorder's court.
Roy Latham, negro went to the roads
today to serve a 30-day sentence because
he couldn't pay a tine of SSO and the
costs for driving an automobile while
he was drunk.
Early Shows Ease Rush.
New York. April 2.—The heart, of the
subway circulatory system at. Times
Square breathed more easily at the be
ginning yof the evening rush hour today
when an experiment, designed to get
heatre-goers home ahead of the workers
by early curtains at the matinees was
declared successful.
Rush hour trains were started eight
minutes earlier than usual. Fpllowing
plans sponsored by the Producing Man
agers' Association, the theatres speeded
up their performance in time to conclude
the shows at 4:40 o'clock. The ma
jority of matinee attendants were on
their way home before the shops poured
out their masses of workers at 5 o’clock,
subway afficiais said.
Charlotte Decides Not to Wage War on
Mosquitoes.
Charlotte. April 3.—Charlotte people
must do their own mosquito eradicating
this summer. N. W. Wallace, commis
sioner of public safety, today recom
mended to the city commissioners that
the city not engage, in a campaign on
mosquitoes this year. Mr. Wallace
based his recommendation on the ground
that a campaign would cost too much.
Figures prepared by United States pub
lic health engineers here studying the
situation indicated that a campaign
.would cost $9,125.
* Preference in Convention in lowa.
Davenport, lowa, April B.—The State
Democratic convention adjourned at
5:30 this evening without, considering
a proposal that it endorse a Presidential
candidate. No such proposal was made
. fvom the floor but prominent party
workers declared the lowa delegation
! selected to go to the New York conven
tion would favor William G. McAdoo.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
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1 Rain tonight and Saturday; not much