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VOLUME XXIV
Definite Measures to
Help Stricken Regions
Relief Workers Are Active
in Stricken Districts and
Friends and Neighbors
Are Aiding Als o.
SOUTH CAROLINA
AIDING SUFFERERS
Central Committee in That
State is Supervising Work.
Many Agencies Are Lend*
ing Support.
Atlanta, On., May 2 (By tin* Associat
ed Bretts). —With the number of dead clef
iuilely placed ut 1 (if), reconstruct inn and
relief measures rapidly were being put
into effect today in portions of seven
Southeastern States. which were laid
waste Ttiesdoy and Wednesday by wind
storms of unparalleled intensity.
Not.' until the outcome of injuries sus
tained by all those hurt is established
will the final death toll be known, but is
is believed today that all fatalities i n the
stricken areas have been listed. In many
of the districts communication was not
restored until late yesterday.
The injured; of whom many may not
recover, number more than 500 from the
best estimates available, while those ren
dered homeless by tip* disaster were pollut
ed by the scores. Preliminary estimates
of $10,000.(100 damage to property may
be conceded when complete reports nre
compiled.
The number of known deaths was re
dueed somewhat Inst night when it wns
definitely learned hat six deaths had
been erroneously reported in South Car
olina, but the mortality spore was swell
ed again with word of addition::! fatali
ties in Georgia, North Carolina ant! Vir
ginia .
The known dead today were divided ns
follows:
South Carolina 73, Georgia 14, Ala
bama 11, North Carolina 5. Virginia 1.
Louisiana 1, and Arkansas 7: total 106.
Relief agencies in all localities super
vised by the American Red Cross, were
operating at top speed today to provide
shelter and food for those made destitute
by the storm.
Central Committee at Work.
yesterday to supplement the work nf
Columbia, 8. C., Slay 2.—Organized
local agencies, a central committee to
day prepared to assist victims of Wed
nesday’s tornadoes which took-a •tin of
moo* than -seventy lives and rendered a
thousand homeless in Sotffti" <’a roll no:
The committee opened headquarters in
Columbia, and assumed charge of the
general situation.
The death, list as compiled early to
day sl.-'wed 73 dead, with reports of
four others received but questioned or
. unconfirmed. The latest tabulation by
counties follows: Richmond county
23, Sumter county 20, Florence 14, Lex
ington 8, and Anderaon 8; total 73.
Three additional deaths were reported
in Florence county but there appeared to
be some question as to the authenticity of
the record and they were not included.
The reports fatal injury of a child in
Lamar on Wednesday has not been con
firmed, and is not included in the tabula
tion. Early telephone reports that six
liersons were killed in Lee county were
later declared to have been in error.
WANT FASTER ACTION
ON THE TAX MEASURE
Spokesmen of Roth Parties Favor Moving
Ahead With All Possible Speed.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 2.—Entering the sec
ond week of consideration of tax reduc
tion bill, the Senate tried again today to
speed tip the discussion with spokesmen
of both parties urging prompt action.
Democrats nt n conference last nigh:,
went. on re<*ordd as favoring a speed up
program, while Chairman £moof of the
finance committee, in charge of the bill,
for the majority, late yesterday threatened
night sessions to expedite disposal of the
measure.
CUBAN GOVERNMENT V
PREPARES FOR WAR
600 Troops Gathered Near Rebel Center
and Warships Are Patrolling all the
Coasts.
(By 'he Associated Press.)
Havana. Cuba. May 2.—The govern
ment today had 600 troops around Cien
fuegos, near the chief center of the anti-
Zayas government, its warships were
patrolling the coasts, and some of the
morning papers declared thut President
Zayas had sent an urgent request to
Ihe United States government for 10 air
planes to be used against the rebels.
Systematic Starch for Major Martin.
rOn board the Coast Guard • Cutter!
searching for Major Martin, May 2 (By
Ihe Associated Press)) —Eteven, British
Columbia.—Search for Major Frederick
L. Martin, mining American • world
flight commander, has been divided into
four parts, and early today was proceed
ing systematically.
WHAT BMITTI’B WEATHER CAT
SATS
TM
Fair tonight and Saturday, little
change in temperature.
The Concord Daily Tribune
—. ; —i—
FIVE PERSONS IN /
THIS STATE DEAD
Death of Baby and Negro
Thursday Brought Storm’s
Death Toll to 5 in North
Carolina.
I
(By the Pffiw.)
Raleigh, May 2. —With reports com
ing of the death of e baby at Bynum.
I’hathnm county, and that of *a negro in
Martin county yesterday, the death toll
in North Carolina of the tornado that
swept the soatheastarn states Wednes
day increased to live. No accurate num
ber could be obtained of tho«e injured
in the storui. but it is known that they
were about, fifty.
The loss to property was estimated nt
$26(1,000, and many persons were made
homeless and ill ns a result of exposure.
Relief workers are. uetivc in the
stricken district, and friends and neigh
bors of (he sufferers arc rendering aid.
Martin County Starts Rehabilitation
, Work.
Rocky Mount, N. C., May 2—Martin
county today turned to the task of re
habilitating its tornado-torn seetion.
More than 300 eitizens, business and
professional men. under the leadership
of Mayor T. H. Oox. of Robersonville.
closed their places of business, halted
their avocations, and went into tty* fields
to clear them of the storm debris in
preparation for replanting destroyed
crops. Men and women, whites and
negroes, and even school children joined
in the task. j
The county commissioners of Martin
available SI,OOO for relief of the desti
count.v last* night made immediately
tute.
The emergency hospital established
immediately after the storm on Thurs
day was closed today. The more se
verely injured were taken to hospitals
at Greenville and elsewhere
FIND LONG-HIDDEN RICHES
IN OLD BONAPARTE MANSION
Demolition Contractors Strike Secret
Chamber and Gobi Coins, Jewels and
Other Relics Roll Out.
Baltimore. May 2.—ln razing the
historic Bonaparte mansion. Park
avenue and Centre street, workmen,
moved a secret panel in the wall and
brought to light an antique iron casket
filled with gold pieces, gold crucifixes
•*sti otter, vqteahle relics collected by* the
nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. AA’il-
Mam 11. Callahan. Jr., is the contractor
for the work. The old residence is to
give away to a modern apartment house.
Callahan and his partner. George Potts,
when they began demolition of the fine
old house, built.' in the ’3o’s by Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte, son of. Prince Je
rome Bonaparte and Betsy Patterson
Bonaparte, soon found more than 70
hidden niches and cupboards in the mas
sive walls, nil of which were empty.
Then they broke down a rudely brieked
up section: the two-foot embossed chest
came to light and out rolled gold coins
minted’ before the civil war, jewels and
erneifixes.
The contractors claim their new-found
treasure, but Mrs. Charles Bonaparte,
widow of the distinguished lawyer and
attorney general, declared today she
would not permit the frightful posses
sions" of the Bona partes to pass out of
the family without a strpggle. She tote
how Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, her
father-in-law, had with such meticulous
care carried out bis hobby of building
secret chambers in his mansion, some
times with the help of workmen and
sometimes qrith his own hands. It was
more than a mere hobby, however. Per
haps during the Civil War, when he, like
olliers, feared seme sudden turn of events
would see. his home ransacked, he con
cealed the gold at the same time he
sought to make the plnce impregnable
by erection of Steel doors, bars and other
guards.
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, a stanch
Catholic, must have plnced the money
and the sacred images there, Mrs. Bona
parte insisted tonight. He married Su
san May Williams, a Presbyterian, who,
of course, was not likely to have known
of the treasure cache. His son, the
late statesman, was borne about the mid
dle of the last century, a little late to
have had a hand in the plan.
It'* was no' secret that many hidden
compartments were built into the old
home. Most of them had long since been
found. Not long ago, just before the
house passed from the family, an un
suspected door slid back, revealing a
little room in which vaukble old foils
and other fencing acoohtrements lay
covered with dust.
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Don’t fail to take some shares in the
rcw series of the Citizens B. & L. Asso
ciation, now open.
You will find many excellent May bar
gains at Robinson’s. (
You can get an excellent Sunday dinner
for 66 cents at the Central Case. See
menu in another column.
The Standard Buick Co.' has several
used cars for sale or exchange.
Pounds and Pounds of fish Inst receiv
ed at J. F. Dayvault & Bros.’
Everything • in men’s clothing, hats,
shirts, neckwear, hosiery, etc., at Hoov
er’s.
Eflnfs has just received a big ship
ment of dress linen, at 80 cents a yard.
The Hoosier sale of kitchen cabinets at
H. B. Wilkinson's closes Saturday.
Lord Cecil, who married Miss
Cornelia Vanderbilt, will tdke out
naturalizatmn papers and become not
merely a citizen of tbe United - States,
but of North Carolina-
JUDGE LANDIS GIVES '
HIS OPIKION ABOUT
ENFORCING DRV LW
| Says People in Chicago Seem
to Have Plenty of Pre-
War Stuff on Hand When
They Have Parties.
GOVERNMENTHAS
DONE VERY WELL
With Material and Men If
Has Had Judge Landis
Says—Talks to Daugherty
Committee.
IBy the Associated Press.)
Washington. May 2.—With the pic
. turesqiie emphasis that made hint fa
mous long before baseball took him from
the Federal bench to become its high
t commissioner. .Kennwmw Mountain Lan
dis today gave the Senate Daugherty
committee his opinion of prohibition en
forcement and other administrativi
questions ns they have been dealt with
I in recent years by the Federal govern
ment.
At dinner parties in Chicago, he said,
I pre-war stuff still appeared to be hold
. ing out remarkably well, and he 'con
fessed that lie himself hnd not been
able to resist the enticing invitations of
j his hostesses to try some of it. But
lie added tliat the Department, of Jus
tice appeared to be doing the best it
could in view of the fact that it did not
always have the best lawyers on its pay
roll.
Called to testify about the house of
correction sentence he imposed on Philip
Grossman for liquor law violations, he
said he could not understand to save his
life how Grossman got his pardon from
President Coolidge. He' thought Fred
I’pham. treasure? of the Republican na
tional committee, and other Republican
leaders in Chicago were to be criticised,
and he told the committee in away no
one could misunderstand that he believed
polities should have' no more to do with
executive clemency than with the deci
sions handed down from the bench.
PLATING MAH JONG NO CRIME
NEW VORK MAGISTRATE SAYS
Frees 17 Chinese. Telling Detective*
Boisterous Language I* Not Criminal
iStlier.
Now A ork. May 2.—By a decision
handed down by Magistrate Joseph E.
Corrigan in Tombs Court today when he
dismissed 17 Cliine.se students haled oo
charge of disorderly conduct, the ques
tion which has threatened to plunge all
New Y'ork into internecine strife, seems
to have been settled. Said Magistrate
Corrigan : “Playing Mali Jong is not a
crime.”
It seems that the 17 Chinese were
having a polly game in an apartment.
The west wind, wafting out of the win
dow, carried more than the frngranee'of
flowers upon it. It carried jubilant cries
of "pung” and "('how” and the delicate
clatter of tiles on tables.
All these it carried to the alert ears of
two detectives. of the special service
division, who glanced meaningfully at
each other, drew their revolvers and
crept warily up the sairs.
All of a sudden the south wind blew
the door open and 1? Chinese, glancing
up, found themselves confronted by two
blue drngons.
The detectives seized tiles and racks
and herded the ent-ita* party off to the
police station. Magistrate Corrigan ex
plained the matter to the sleuths and
compelled them to return the seized
tiles.
“But they were tnlking terrible bois
terous language,” protested the sleuths.
"Sometimes one does," sighed the
Magistrate, “but it’s not a crime.
NEW REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN
AA’m. M. Butler, of Massachusetts, will
Manage Republican National Cam
paign.
AA’ashington. May 1. —AVilliam M. But
ler. of Massachusetts, will manage the
11)24' Republican national campaign, und
succeed John T. Adams, of lowa, as
chairman of the Republican national com
mittee if President Coolidge is nominated
a tthe Cleveland convention ns the Re
publican standard-bearer.
President Coolidge decided today that
if he is nominated by the Cleveland con
vention he will recommend selection of
Mr. Butler, his pre-convention campaign
manager, to the new Republican national
committee for the chairmanship and in
accordance witli custom liis recommenda
tion undoubtedly will be adopted.
The President's decision was announc
ed in the following statement by him
made public at the White House tonight:
"After conference with Chairman Ad
ams, who has indicated to me that after
organization of the incoming Republican
Republican national committee he does
not wish to continue as chairman, 1 have
decided to present to the new committee
for their consjderatiou for the chairman
ship, the name of William M. Butler, who
has mnnaged the primary campaign.”
a Condition of Col. Burch Unchanged,
tßy the Associated I’roxx.) ,
AA’ashington, May 2.—The condition of
Col. A. W. Burch, general manager of the
Charlotte Observer, who is ill with heart
trouble at his borne here, today was re
ported as unqbanged from yesterday. The
Colonel still is permitted to see no one.
Treasury Provision Rejected. t
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 2. —A treasury pro
vision in the' revenue bill, limiting tax de
ductions In relation to income (top) tax
exempt securities, was rejected today by’
tbe Senate by a vote of 37 to 86. ’
CONCORD, N. G, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1924
| BEPRETARY TO FORD
TALKS TO COMMITTEF
Tells Committee. Which Had His Sub
pctzueik That He Knows Little of Mr
FtrtTs Plans.
(Hr the ’Associated Press.)
Washington, May 2.—Henry Ford’*
private secretary, R. G. Liebold, appear
ed Sjefore the Senate Agricultural Lorn
mitlee ’r Muscle Shoals hearing today it
response to a subpoena, and declared In
had only limited knowledge of Ford - *
Muscle Shoals plans.
He asserted, however, in reference t(
recently published telegrams from Tlioma*
Martin Miller to bjm. purporting to quoti
President Coolidge |ui the Muscle Shoal
mbjeef. that Xliller was authorized only
is a representative of Ford's Dearbori
Independent, and lad no official stand
ing ns an agent £ any Muscle Shonb
negotiations. ,4j
Liebold expressem ignorance of any tel
egrams which .Chairman Norris said hr
wns informed: bad, been exchanged be
ftveen President Coolidge and cabinet
members, and Henry Ford. He promis
ed Chnirtnan Norris that if any sueh tele
trams existed, .he would urge Ford to
send them to the cobimiflpe.
Major General C. C. Williams, chief
of the army ordnance, told the commit
tee that he did not consider Muscle
Shoals as a necessity for production ol
explosives during the war. or fertilize!
for farmers due to the increased produe
tion of private enterprises-* since Muscle
Shoals was 'built. The Genei*nr submit
ted a lengthy technical comparison of the
four bids before the committee and the
hearing adjourned until tomorrow.
Prior to hearing Liebold the commit
tee heard Fret! M, Allen representing
the Gastonia, N. Chamber of Com
merce. He told the agriculture com
mittee that the needs of North Caro
lina's industries for power explained the
State's interest in Muscle Shoals. •
Waterpower resources of North Caro
lina would be tided up by 1.030, he said,
and then "we must look elsewhere for
lower. ' Use of coal was not practi
cal, he said.
"AA’c want Muscle Shoals operated, but
unless the development comes under the
Waterpower Act. the industries of tile
South would be undermined.” Allen de
clared. "AA’e are opposed to letting any
one exploit the property.”
Allen said he wqs not interested in
any particular bid, but hie? organization
wanted the natural resources
conserved by bringing the Shoal* proper
ty under the jurisdiction of the Federal
AA’aterpower Act.
THE COTTON MARKET
Comparatively Quiet During the Early
Trading—Advance Checked by Early
Liverpool Cablet.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
New York. May L-jyTlie eotton mar
ket . was eOmparatiHJF qnlet. in today’s
early trading. JThe Why ing movement
responsible for yesterday’s advances ap
peared tohe cheeked by realtively easy
Liverpool cables, a more favorable
weather map, and reports of small sales
of eotton goods in the Fall River mar
ket for the week. The opening was
one point lower on May, but generally
seven to ten points higher on overnight
buying orders, after which prices eased
off under local, southern and some com
mission house selling. May declined
from 30.00 to 29.02 and October eased
off tot 24.46 with the market ruling
about 5 to 10 points net lower in the
early dealings.
, Cotton futures opened steady. May
30.00; July 28.40: Oct. 24 58; Dec
24.02; Jan. 23.70.
Dempsey and Wills Will Meet in Ring.
New York. May I—Jack Dempsey
will defend his world’s heavyweight
erown against Harry Wills, giant negro
contender, in a 12-round match at
Boyles Thirty Acres. Jersey City on the
afternoou of September 6.'
This announcement, which paves the
way for attainment of a goal Willis has
sought for nearly three years, wns made
today by Tex Richard, after he called
off all further negotiations with Luis
Angel Firpo, temperamental Argentine
fighter who has announced his retire
ment from the ring and has rejected the
promoter's $500,000 offer for battles
with AA’ills and Dempsey.
School Girls Drive a Truck Themselves.
Albemarle Press.
Twenty school girls, living in the ter
ritory contiguous to Albemarle, are de
termined to have an education. When
their six months' term was out, under
the consolidated system, and the boys
gave up school, the girls wanted to con
tinue coming to Albemarle school until
the term was complete.
There were no boys to ilriye the trucks
and that left the girls stranded. But the
difficulty wns overcome when Misses
Pauline and Vera Kirk qualified as effi
cient truck drivers. Arrangements were
made with the county school board for a
a truck, and now the twenty girls are
going to school ns if uothing 1.-ad hap
pend.
Senate’s Rights Challenged.
(By the Associated Press.)
’Washington. May 2.—The right of the
Senate to compel testimony or the pro
duction of doeumenls before investigat
ing committees was challenged and de
fended in briefs and oral arguments pre
sented today in the District of Columbia
Supreme Court in the Senate contempt
proceedings against Harry F. Sinclair,
lesese of Teapot Dome.
Secretory Everett Doing Nicely.
(By the Associated Pram.)
Charlotte. May 2.—Secretary of State
W. N. Everett, who is recovering from a
series of major operations at a local hos
pital, today wns reported by hospital at
tendants as doing nicely. The Secretary
rested well last night, it was stated.
Embargo on Anna Shipments to’ Cuba.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 2.—President Cool
idge today issued a proclamation declar
ing an embargo on arms shipments to
Cuba, effective at once. Tbe action wns
taken at the request of the Cuban gov
ernment. *
ALDERMEN PUT BAN
ON LEFT TURNS AT
THE PUBLIC SQUARE
Hereafter Autos Must Go
Either to Right or Straight
Ahead When They Get to
the Square. •
POLICE SPONSORED
NEW TRAFFIC LAW
Hogs Can Now Be Kept in
City on Certain Condi
tions as Result of Action
by Aldermaniac Board.
Passage of an ordinance prohibiting
left turns at the square, at the inter
section of Union and Depot streets, was
the moot important action taken by the
aldermen at their regular May meeting
at the city hall Thursday night. Run
ning a close second to tiie left turn or
dinance in general interest was the
amendment to . a present law outlawing
hogs in the city which permits pigs and
hogs to be kept within the city limits
provided their pens are not within 300
feet of another dwelling or business
house. /
-The left hand ordinance is being car
ried out now. Patrolmen have been
on duty at the square throughout the
day and they have been advising auto
drivers of the new law. The law means
that persons cannot enter West Depot
Street from South Union Street or East
Depot Street from North Union Street.
It also means that cars cannot turn
around on the square hereafter. It is
understood the law- was sjionsored by
police officers, who, it i.s said, have had
much trouble in regulating traffic at the
square. Persons driving up West De
pot Street from the Southern station
cannot turn at the square, and it is
believed this fact will throw much traf
fic from Depot Street, a narrow thorough
fare. to Corbin Street, a very wide
thoroughfare.
It is understood that the law outlaw
ing pigs was bitterly opposed in many
sections and for that reason the law was
amended . The new law will permit the
(keeping of pigs in some sections of the
city, but not In many, for the pens
must not be built within 300 feet of any
dwelling business house.
The alflerinennt the meet ing decided'
to engage another regular fireman and
Mayor Wonible, Alderman Flowe and
Fire Chief Miller were, authorized t.o
make the selection.
Hereafter persons cutting through
the paved streets of the city .will bo
charged $lO per square yard as the
result of action taken by the aldermen on
motion of Alderman Ivey, chairman of
the street committee.
Patrolmen of the city will purchase
new uniforms and the aldermen agreed
to pay $25 toward the purchase of each
of the new uniforms.
The books of the city treasurer, tax
collector and chief of i>o!ice were or
dered audited by the aldermen and this
work will be done at once.
Two Charlotte Men Are Seriously 111.
Charlotte, May I.—Two prominent
citizen* of Charlotte are seriously ill,
Walter S. Alexander, at Battle Creek,
Mich., and A. W. Burch, business
manager of The Observer, at his home
in Charlotte.
Death just missed two little children,
aged 5 and 3 respectively, children of
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, when a wall fell
during the storm yesterday morning
They were struck by several brick* and
escaped the falling wall by a miracle.
Miss Anna L. Abrahnmsoii, of Boston,
is one of the few women in the United
States engaged in the manufacture of
paper boxes. Miss Abrnhamsen is the
proprietor and active manager of a
plant turning out. 80,000 boxes a day.
I There can be no harvest i[ i
Unless we plant the seed J l l
HOW TO SAVE
The man or woman who wants 1 1
to save and to make those savings ]l [
earn more money and thus bring in 1 1 1
a continuous income, can:
—Have by getting higher wages. ]l [
—save by cutting expenses.
—or save by both methods.
Here is the practical tiling to ]I [
do: First determine that you will i i
save and then cut and watch ex- 1 1 1
ponses so that you can save.
You will find your wages in- i i
creasing automatically because the 11
man or woman who is smart!
enough to save is smart enough to i i
earn more, AND DOES.
NEW SERIES NOW OPEN |
CITIZENS BUILDING &
LOAN ASSOCIATION
Office in Citizens Bank
Building' i
May Day Fete
Proved Event of Interest
FUNNERAL OF GEN.
CARR ON SUNDAY
Services Will Be Held at the
’ Home in Durham Sunday
Afternoon at 3 O’clock.
i
(By the Associated Press.)
Durham, May 2.—The body of General
Julian S. Carr, former commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate Veterans, is
expected to arrive here late today from
Chicago, where the General died on
Tuesday nighl of pneumonia. Funeral
will be held at the Carr home at three
o'clock Sunday afternoon and burial will
take place in Maplewood Cemetery.
The funeral party will arrive in Ral
eigh at 5 o'clock this afternoon and
will be met by friends here. The body
will be brought through the country from
Rnlpigh.
Rev. W. W. I’eele, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church, of which General
Carr was a member, will conduct the
funeral services, assisted by Rev. (!. T.
Adams and Rev. R. Hibbard.
At the funeral services Col. Bennehan
Cameron, a lifelong friend of General
Carr, will represent General Haldentan,
commander-in-chief of the United Confed
erate Veterans, who is unable to attend 1
personally because of illness. Among the
Confederate Veterans who will attend
the funeral will be a party of thirty or
more from the Soldiers' Home at Raleigh.
■D RY IS HURRIED OUT
AS ACTRESS COLLAPSES
Dramatic Incident in Trial of $500,000
Suit Against New York Millionaire.
Xew A ork. April 21).—Helen .1 esiiier.
model and motion picture aetress. eol
lapseil after being called to the witness
stand twlay in the Supreme Court in her
suit for $500,000 damages against Philip
Morgan Plant. 20-year-old millionaire,
as the result of an automobile accident.
Miss Jesmer had just listened to the
testimony of Dr. William Steinach. of I
Bellevue Medical College, in which he
enumerated the injuries sustained by the
young woman, including the partial loss
of the sight of one eye. the destruction
of her facial beauty and Irreparable in
jury to her nervous system.’’
Miss Jesmer then was called to the
stand. She shaded flic scarred side of her
face with a handkerchief and swayed
noticeably as she was being sworn. Op
posing counsel asked for a recess and
the Judge and jury had no sooner left
tbs courtroom than she fell to Ike floor*
For some moments she sobbed, niter
iintoly clutching her face and sinking
her fingenails into points. Her
mother finally succeeded in comforting
her.
In a short time she indicated that
she was prepared to give her testimony.
When the jury returned and tile case
was about to be resumed Miss Jesmer
looked directly at Plant for the first
time since the case began. She recoiled
and again threw her hands to her face.
A few words from her counsel steadied
her and she gave her answers in a
scarcely audible tone.
She said she met Plant in 1!120. that
he told her he loved her and had insisted
that she go on the motor trip to New
Haven, which resulted in the accident.
Just before the accident she said. Plant
and the three young men with him went
into a road house and got some whisky.
She asserted she took a drink given her
by Plant, and did not. remember any
thing else until she regained conscious
ness in a hospital.
A photographer, who preceded Miss
Jesmer on the stand, said he used to pay
her $lO for each pose she did for him,
and that she frequently made S4O in a
morning at this work. The accident had
rendered her unavailable for is'sing. he
said.
Northern mktiiodists
FAVOR THE COURT PI-AN
Goieral Conference Voted in Favor of
lotted States Joining the World
Court.
(By the Associated Press.)
Springfield, Mass., May 2.—Ti c Meth
odist Episcopal General Conference vot
ed today in favor of the United States
joining the world court for the settle
ment of international disputes. The res
olution was presented by Henry Wade
Rogers, of New York, judge of the IT.1 T . S.
Circuit Court, and was adopted without
a dissenting vote.
Strawberry Season is a Month Later
Than Usual.
Raleigh. April 30.—Practically a
month later than the usual time for
shipping, the 1024 North Carolina
strawberry season has now begun, says
a statement at. the State College of
Agriculture here. Tile first shipment
was two orates sent by express from
Chadbourn on April 22, according to a
report received from tile Wilmington
office of the Atlantic Const Line rail
road. Four crates were routed by ex
press from the Rose Hill section the
following day. it was said. The carlot
movement bean on April 2(1 when a ear
of 81 crates (usual ear contains 224
1 crates! left Chadbourn for Philadelphia
i by refrigerator freight. Wallace moved
1 a car on Tuesday. The opinion was ex
i pressed that the movement, should be In
1 full swing within a few days.
Dean C. Worcester Dead.
(By (he Associated Press.)
> Manipal, P. 1., May 2.—Dean C.
I Worcester, Philippine Secretary of the
Interior, from 1901 to 1918, died sud
denly today of heart disease.
_
Proportional Presentation Ml* Defeated.
London, May 2 (By the Associated
Press).—The House of Common* this
afternoon rejected by a vote of 288 to
144 the proportional representation bill,
sponsored by the liberal*.
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NO. 102
Thousands o f Interested
Spectators Were Present
When Fete Was Presented
at the Y. M. C. A.t
jKEEN INTEREST
SHOWN BY ALL
Children Had Been Well
Drilled and They Present
ed Scene of Rare Beauty
in Costumes.
The weather man wax gracious and
good in ):ix behavior and what looked like
gloom wax soon turned to glndnexx when
before one of the largest crowds ever
gathered round the Y, Miss Margaret
Morrison was crowned Queen by stately
ly Prime Minister Wallace Moore. The
crown bore every semblance of royalty
and the crown bearers. Master Only
Odell and Fred Batte, were indeed mas
ters of their profession. The throne was
a scene of beauty, covered with Spanish
moss, and flowers of every description,
with every thought ns to a royal suite.
At five p. m., the grand herald of the
court, Miss Ruth Pudolsjty. entered the
•yard and immediately the grand march of
the Imperior Conrt began. The Queen's
own jesters. Misses Brown and Troutman,
from the private court, entered and
amused the audience with their antics,
i the two lovely ladies in waiting. Misses
Mary MacLuughlin and Elizabeth Wood
house. three charming little flower girls
carrying flowers in baskets which they
distributed along the queenly way, next
came and as they ascended the royal bov
a pigeon of various colors came out of
the basket and carried messages back to
Merrie Old England that another queen
would soon be crowned. The flower
girls. Margie Orpin, Sister Mabry and
I. Perdue, were beautifully gowned as
befits royal flower girls. Amid great ap
plause the queen. Miss Morris, entered
j under the beautiful canopy borne by the
King’s canopy bearer. Stuart Henry. The
scene could not have been more beautiful,
the five little pages, Virginia Pharr, Mar
garet Niblock, Marian Francis Bamhardt,
Louise Parks and Jane Ivey, bearing the
train of the queen, each carrying ex
quisite bouquets of lily of the valley, iu
gowns that made them appear as fairies
right from fairyland. Next came the
queen's private ballet dancers, a/treraen
dous si}*)ut rang from the assembled erow.d
as this beautiful bevy of life entered, rob
trnne, Catherine Davis. Wjllian Smith,
Margaret King. Mary Louise Means,
Miriam Cannon. Sybl Odell, Loniae
Parks. Margaret Brown. Colly Niblock,
J. Grier Pharr, Margaret Newmann,
Lorraine Blanks, Lillian Batte, Cora
i/ce Means, Esther Brown. Mildred Lin
ker, Caroline Ivey, Helen Dortnn and
Francis Rarnhnrdt made a wonderful
scene and many who saw this group say
that no queen’s court ever saw a more
beautiful group.
The dancers of the court came next to
gret the queen and added more beauty to
the wonderful sight, gowned in original
butterfly costumes this group made a
great addition to the big white throne as
they assembled at the foot of the stairs.
The court dancers were: Douglas Archi
bald. Ida Patterson, Orchard Lafferty,
Claudia Moore. Sarah Frances Fisher,
1 sirene Penninger, Virginia Smart, Sa
rah Johnston, Frances Bodenheimer.
Elizabeth Solomon, Nancy Linker, Wini
fred Blackwelder, Pauline Dorton, Hazel
Gardner. Louise Blame. Bernice Moore,
Alice May Fuller, Margaret Peele. Eliz
abeth Parks, Nancy Day vault, Annie
Elizabeth Utley, Pauline Widenhouse,
Pauline MacFadyen, Nancy Pike.
Entering the lawn came the sprite
dancers, who with their magnificent col
ored costiirnes, completely captured the
audience and as they entered and formed
around the ballet court another chapter
in beauty was added to the already su
perb setting. This group comprised the
following young ladies:
Misses Clarice Troutman, Jnlia Row
an. Annie Gussy Dayvault. lamine Webb,
Bessie Webb, Net Flemming Harris,
Frances Batte, Elizabeth MacFa'dyrn,
Nola Bnrrier. Hazel Rogers. Askins Ivey,
Margnret Melchor, Ethel Gnskel. Mabel
Henry. Adelaide Foil, Susie Muud, lolii
Litaker, Mary Virginia Query. Elizabeth
Ross. Alice Wall, Mary Lore h'lowe,
Ainslee Alexander. Ruth Dayvault, Vir
ginia Dayvault.
Finally came the Seasons in their mag
nificent colored gowns that gave a setting
to the already beautiful scene that even
those who have seen a court scene in gay
Paris had to own that they had never
seen such an array of beauty as was
brought to the Royal Queen as came with
these mnidens.
Following were dancers of Seasons:
Misses Annie Ix*e Litaker, Viola Hitt,
Era Linker. ’Kathleen Smith. Mav.
Ritchie. Jennie Brown. Dorothy Roberts,
Lucy Crowell, Georgie Calloway, Janie
Collett, Eleanor Crowell, Grace Winceofl,
Sara Crowell, Helen Dayvault, Blanche
Dick, Louise Yow, Mary Orchard Bogcr,
Francis Roger. Willie White, Virginia
Reed, Virginia Moser. Zula Petrea, Yeona
Broome, Rosa Turner, Fay Perkins, Mil-
Hcent Ward, Margaret Barrier, Dorothy
Normnn, Mary Grady l’arks, Muriel
AA’ollf. Margaret Swink. Mildred Propst,
Nannie Kliittz, Miriam Coltrane, Vir
ginia I sen hour. Alda Winecbff.
/A magnificeht spectacle before thou
sands of people, who aat thrilled with ad- '
miration as they looked on the d sailing
throne, .when out walked Mother Gooso
and announced that some of teg children
would appear for the benefit of the lovely
quehn. Everyone of their beautiful char-
Actcrs acquitted tifcf&Btlreg ifa a fittwer
1 ters so well that it wZfd be Mly “Try
toexplam Danee to your daddy by
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