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• DISPATCHES • VOLUME XXIV NORTH CIU REFORMED CUB WILL MEET IUY E 9 Ninety-Fourth Annaul Ses sion ito Convene at St. Marks Church in Guilford County Next Tuesday. CLASSIS WAS FORMED NEAR THERE IN 1831 A Number of Items of Im portance Will Engage the Attention of the Members of the Body. The ninety-fourth annaul session of the Classic of North Carolina, Reformed Church in the Vnited Staten, convenes in St. Marks Reformed Church of Guil ford county May 0-R. This is the an nual meeting for the Reforinial Church in North Carolina, a church numbering mere than 7,000 members and more than 0,000 members enrolled in the Sun day school. St. Marks Church is a rural church, located six miles from Burlington. St. Marks is a very o'.d congregation, or iginally a union church. The present organization was effected by (the Rev. Dr. George TV. Welker .Tannar.v, 1855. The old building was erected 1802. This was replaced by a new building during the ministry of Dr. ,T. M. L. Lyerly in 1022. The Classis of North Carolina was organized in the Brick Reformed Church near St. Marks in 1831. Pour minis ters- and four elders were present at the first meeting. The present meeting wii | be attended by- more than thirty minis ters and an equal number of elders, rep resenting the twenty-eight pastoral charges of the Reformed Church, The program for the religious serv ices beginning- Tuesday night, May 0, at 8 o’clock, is: Annual sermon by the retiring president. Rev. John A. Koons, of Maiden. Wednesday night the ad dress will be delivered by the Rev. Jairus P. Moore. D. D., of Sendai, Japon. Dr. Moore went to Japan in 1885 and has-been in continuous serv ice and expects to return to Japan af ter the time of his furlough' beast ex pired. Thursday night thVre will be Ml*-rfddtosses . fc - Rst,d, 3. Adams, runtt field worker for the Board of Home Miwdons. wif leprak on tht> subject in which he lias specialized. Rev. En gttene L. McLean, of Philadelphia, treas urer of the Board of Ministerial Relief, will speak for the work he represents. These man and others wil lspenk when these subjects arc presented on the- floor of the Classis at the business sessions. There are a number of items of im portance that will engage the attention of this Classis. The most important is that which concerns Catawba College. The Classic purchased the Normal and Industrail Institute building at Salis bury for the purpose of opening an “A” grade college. The board of trustees se<t as a goal $150,000 for endowment from the Reformed churches in- North Caro lina. Rev. Shuford Peeler, of Char lotte, has been in charge and will report that more than 80 per cent, of this goal has been secured. Rev. J. H. Keller, of China drove, went to the churches North to raise a fund of $200,000. He has met with an encouraging re sponse in a limited time of work. The Classis will do everything to open up the college at an early date. The Nazareth Orphans’ Homo at Cres cent is an institution of the Classis. This home has begun a much-needed building program. A dairy barn is in the course of construction. Plans and specifications for a girls’ dormftory and modern dining hall have been accepted. A number of new churches are being built at this time. Shiloh Congregation at Faith, in Rowan county, is finishing a new building built of native cut stone. The congregation at Rockwell has begun The foundation work for a new building, the brick for the building being on the ground at this time. Trinity congre gation here will build a modern plant during the summer months. The new church at Mt. Pleasant hag opened just a little- more than a month ago. Rev. J. O. Leonard, D. D.. of Lexing ton, is Stated Clerk of the Classis, hav ing served ns such for 32 years His predecessor was Dr. G. If. Welker, for 52 years pastor of the Guilford charge of which St. Marks Church is a part. Lorenz Laromts lipstick. New York, May I—Dr. Adolph Lo renz, noted Austrian orthopedic surgeon sailed on the liner Duilio today for Vien na, after a seven mouths’ stay in the Cuited States, during which time he per formed hundreds of bloodless operations He said American girls were the most beautiful in the world, and had the finest physiques, but their natural attractive ness is spoiled by “paint and lipsticks, which make at least one elderly man shy to kiss them.” * WHAT SMITTVB WEATHER CAT SAYS Fair and mild tonight and Sunday. The Concord Daily Tribune DIRHAM WILL RENDER 1 HOMAGE TO GEN. CARR Funeral Servlets Will Re Sunday After noon From Somerset Villa. Durham. May 2-—Durham is prepay ing to render homage to Gen. Julian S. Carr, the eifyVi most beloved citizen, in a fashion that has never before been | paid to n local * son. The entire city is i mourning over the demise of its grand I old men who for many years had been | one of the most prominent men of the .slate and south and one of the mns( ■ I active supporters in the cause of right: Official recognition of his greatness will » he paid by a committee appointed by I the city council and other civic bodies of the city. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from Somerset villa, the beautiful home of the de ceased. with Rev. W. W; Peele, .pastor of Trinity Methodist chnreh of which the deceased was a member, officiating. , assisted by Rev. R. C. Beaman, of Liimberton. and former pastor of the ! deceased, and Rev. R. Hibberd. of this . city. Interment will be in Maplewood cemetery. It was the general's request that no flowers be sent to his funeral when he i died but local florists have already re ceived many orders and it is expected that, (he floral offerings will be the largest, that have ever been seen at a local funeral. Tito general always loved flowers and. seldom was he seen with out his favorite flower in the lapel of his coat. (Vnfederate veterans of the R. F. Webb camp and all visiting veterans, and the Julian 3. Onrr chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and all visiting Daughters will form an escort of honor to the cemetery where his remains wi'l be laid to rest beside the body of his wife who preceded him to the grave several years ago. Other people from all walks of life are expected to attend the funeral. Some of the state’s best, known men are numbered among the list of hon orary pallbearers while the sons and nephews of the deceased will net ns active pallbearers. The body will lie in state in the I home all day Saturday to permit the people of the city to see him before his mortal remains are committed to their final resting place. This will be the first time the grounds of Carr home have been thrown open to the public since the city joined in a public cele bration of the general's 75th birthday. SORROWING FRIENDS PAY HOMAGE TO GENERAL CARR Long Lines of Citizens of Durham Pass ed Coffin to Get Farewell Glimpse of His Face. (By the Associated Press,) k Durham, May 3.—Long lines of spr ing ns those among whom he bad spent Ilia lifetime and for whom he had lnboV ed in every good cause, sought to get a farewell glimpse of his face. The body arrived last night from Chicago, and the today. This morning the doors were op family was left alone with its dead until ened that Durham might pay its trib ute of respect and sorrow. Hundreds of Durhamites met the train on which the body was brought home, and formed a silent escort to his late home. Among these were Confederate veterans and negroes for whom he had done a great deal during his lifetime. The funeral services will be held to morrow afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock. STATE’S REVENUES SHOW INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR Up to Present About 25 Per Cent. More Has Been Collected This Year Than Last Year. (By the Associated Press.) Rnlcigh, May 3.—Revenue collected up to Hie present date this year is about 25 per eeit. greater than the collection for the same time of Inst year, according to a statement issued by Commissioner of Revenue Doughton. During the first four months of this year the department, collected $3,053,000, the report shows, as compared with $3,138,580 during the first four months of 1923. April collections this year wore $307, 900 as compared with $338,300 for April 1923. Mississippi Stop Law. Went Into Effect May Ist. Jackson, Miss., May 3. —Mississippi’s law requiring drivers of all motor-pro pelled vehicles, using the publie high ways in this state, to tftop before cross ing any railroad track where such track intersects the public highway at grade, became effective on May Ist. By the passage ,of this law Mississippi has joined Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina in the effort to decrease the number of collissions between automo biles and trains at grade crossings by enforcing a greater degree of caution on the part of the drivers of automobiles and trucks. The law requires, substantially, that it shall be unlawful for any person op erating a motor vehicle to drive upon a railroad track which crosses a highway or street at grade without first stopping at a distance of not less than ten feet nor more than fifty feet from the track and looking for an approaching train. Violation of the law is made a mis demeanor, punishable by fine or im prisonment. Under the law all rail roads in Mississippi were required to erect large signs, bearing the words, “Mississippi Law Stop,” on the right side of the road fifty feet from every crossing. Arbuckle Heads N. C. Academy of Science (By the Associated Press.} Durham. May 3.—H. B. Arbuckle, of Davidson College, was elected President of the North Carolina Aoadmey of Sci ence atv, the closing session of the 23rd annual convention. Joe O. Foil, of the Senior Class of M. P. C. 1., will take a talk at the Lutheran Church in China Grove tomorrow morn ing and in Salisbury tomorrow night in behalf of the Collegiate appeal fund. He is a son of Major and Mrs. W. A. Foil, of Concord. CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1924 Cupid Was There to Greet Them I iPRRHBufr > Cupid crossed the p«;h of Miss Cornelia Vknderbilt and Lord Cecß some time ago. but when they left the church at BHtmory, N. c„ attar their wedding—there he -vas again. Also there was a long line of flowar girls, as shown in the picture. SAYS MISTAKE MADE ABOUT MUSCLE SHOALS Engineers Says Mistake Has Been Made About Horsepower Plan Can Pro duce. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. May 3.—Muscle Shoals instead of having potential power of 850,- 000 horsepower, as hits been contended, actually can produce an average of only 241.300 horsepower of commercial current tite year round. IV. (1. Waldo. engineer employed by the Tennessee River Im provement Association, told the Senate Agriculture Committee at today's hear ing. He contended that 257.000 horsepower would be required to produce the 40.000 tons of fixed nitrogen that Ford would be required to manufacture under his bid, anil this accounted for his demand for the Gorgas steam plant as a supplemental unit. ■•■a .Sitddn- declared that tW horsepower ] tttTMrfiisl Sarieitf’ , S?reaft.v !ft«Whng Id the' stage of the river, but the average would ] be only 241,300. For this reason, he said, the commit tee would be compelled to decide if Mus cle Shoals was to be used primarily for | fertilizer production or for power distri- | but ion, as it could not produce sufficient 1 power to serve both purposes. Major General C. C. Williams, chief of army ordnance, concluded his testimony which started yesterday. . j GOVERNOR SMITH REFUSES TO CONTEST WITH “NATIVE SONS” Goes to Convention Unpledged on the League Issue and Will Not Barter Prospective Cabinet- Posts. New York. May I.—“ Governor Smith will not attempt to wrest the Democrat ic Presidential nomination from’ any na tive son," Franklin D. Roosevelt, leader of the Smith campaign, announced today. Roosevelt’s denial was called forth by offers from Smith’s friends, iu States I where native sons are in the delegate j race, to bring about the election of rival tickets committed to the New York can didate. “Neither Governor Smith nor myself j believe in achieving the nomination over the mangled bodies of other Democratic candidates,” Roosevelt declared. “We will leave the steam roller for our Re publican friends, who are already in pos session of it.” Roosevelt today received reports indi cating strong support for Governor Smith from nine states exclusive of New York. One of these states was Massachusetts, where Brigadier General Charles H. Cole, a Smith backer, recently ran second to Senator David I. Walsh in the primary election of delegates to the National Con vention. Roosevelt declined to divulge the other states. i Governor Smith will go to the conven tion unpledged on the League of Nations issu.e Roosevelt said. He also will re- June to “barter prospective cabinet po sitions or ambassadorships” for support, the chairman of the New York State committee asserted. Roosevelt tentatively promised to have the preliminary list of committee mem bers ready for publication Monday morn ing. Additions will be made subequent ly from time to time, he said. Figures on Wheat Trading. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 3. —The grain fu tures administration in its report to the Senate on future wheat trading declared today that transactions in futures on the Chicago board of trade last year amount ed to sßax 2, 000,000 bushels, counting one side of each transaction, or a daily average of 28.500,000 bushels. Japanese Take Pictures of Fort Adams. (By the Associated Press.) Newport, R. 1., May 3.-—Three Japan ese observed taking photographs of Fort Adams and Newport Harbor have been questioned by the police and their roll of film has been taken from them. The film will be developed. No effort waa made to detain the trio, but their names were taken and they left for New York after being released. The Lumberton Robesonian is to come out daily for the next five weeks to give as;- much publicity as possible to the ertfngelfstic campaign being conducted in tbt Robeson eapitai by Rev. George T. ORGANIZED RELIEF WORKERS IN ALL STRICKEN REGIONS Red Cress Field Workeis Are Supervis inf Work Being Done in the Tornado ! Stricken States. I Atlanta. May 3 (By ihe Associated Press). —With organised relief well un derway in virtually all localities, the Southeast today continued slowly recov ering from the series of tornadoes which during the mid-week, laid waste to sec tions of seven states, taking a toll of lfHi lives, injuring bbndreds, rendering hundreds of others homeless, and dam aging property to the extent of about $10,000,000. i Supervised by field quits of -the Amer ican Red Cross, the various relief agencies today bent their efforts toward penetrating to the outermost fringes of the storm areas, to complete as far as possible a definite survey of the stricken i regions. "MBS. St-BAV 5 JtHWiItER * ’- ” ~ j MOOTER OF DAUGHTER Certificate Shows Child Was Recently Bom to Mrs. Tucker ami Her Young I Husband. (By Hie Associated Press.) - Hempstead. New York. May 4.—A cer -1 tifiqnte tiled today with the town dork showed that a daughter had been boru recently at Baldwin to Mrs. Susan j Simpson Tucker. 47 years old. of Jersey I City, and her 17 year old husband. Bur ton S. Tucker, of South Essex, Mass., whose marriage has been the object of an inquiry in Jersey courts. Tlie certificate revealed that Mrs. Tucker’s daughter. Peggy by her first husband, had succumbed to a progressive malady. It was on the contention that a change of climate was necessary for Peg gy, who was 7 years old, that the Tuck ers obtained postponement until fall of their trial on a charge of fraud in con neetion with their marriage. TIIE COTTON MARKET Selling Movement Which Developed in t Cotton Yesterday Continued at Opm -1 ing Today. (By the Associated Press.) New York, May 3.—The selling move ment which developed in the cotton mar ket late yesterday was resumed at the opening today. First prices were barely steady at declines of 3 to 10 points, and active months sold IX to 19 points net lower in the early trading, July declin ing at 28.94 and October to 24.10. There were reiterated reports that re planting was necessary in the southeast. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. May 29.70; Julv 28.05; Oet. 24.20; Dec. 23.60; Jan. 23.30. 1 The close was barely steady. May i 29.70 to 29.75; July 27.98 to 28.05; Oet. 24.20 to 24.22; Dec. 23.60 to 23.62; Jan. 23.25. Red Cross Workers Go to Storm Area. Atlanta, (la.. May 2.—Four additional American Red Cross workers tonight are en route to South Carolina to aug ment the staff already administering re lief in various localities of the state which suffered most from the series of high tension storms which struck the southeast Tuesday and Wednesday. In telegraphing here for more work ers,* Henry M. Baker, of Washington, director of the Red Cross relief in South Carolina, advised local officials that un official estimates placed the death toll there at 81. Baker reported that more than 200 persons were injured more or less seriously and that fully 500 are des titue or homeless in the nine counties in districts surrounding Columbia, which were ravaged by the storm. Eighty houses alone were destroyed in Sumter county, he said. Woman Candidate for House of Dele ' gates in Vrlglnla. Durham, May 3.—News has been re ceived here of the candidacy of Mrs. Re becca Lovestein, formerly of this city, for the Virginia House of Delegates. She was the first candidate to announce for this office and the Democratic ticket. Her husband. Attorney Benjamin Love stein, will be her campaign manager. Mrs. Levcstein is her husband’s law part ner and it was aaid that she is the first woman ever to be admitted to the Vir ginia bar. Before her marriage she was Mias Rebecca Greenberg, of this city. I HAVE NOT MN IIP HOPE IH SEARCH TO FIND MAJOR MARTIN Party With Dog Teams Starts From Chignig to | Make Search Along Bering J Sea for the Officer. j COMRADES THINK ' I HE IS ALL RIGHT In Messages Sent to Wash ington Other Aviators De clare Major Had Matches and Some Food. False Pass. Alaska. May 3 (By the Associated Press).—A party with dog teams will go today front Chignik, Alas ka. to the north side of the Alaska pen insula. to search for Major Frederick 1.. Martin, missing globe flyer, along the Bering Sen. Tlie weather early in the morning promised well here, and it was believed that three other aviators who left Santa Monica. Cal., on March 17tli with Major Martin, would depart soon from Dutch Harbor, 180 miles west of here, for Atka Island, 350 miles southwest. Natives scattered along tlie Alaskan peninsula have told searchers that on last Wednesday they saw Major Martin headed northwest in the Chignik lakes and tlie Bering Sea. Wireless calls were broadcast today to all vessels in that body of water. Comrades Think He Is Safe Washington, May 3.—Comrades nt Dutch Harbor. Ahiskn. of Major Martin, believe Mnrtin and his companion arc safe and will be located. A message from Lieut. Lowell Smith, senior officer with the planes at Dutch Harbor, re ceived today by Major General Patrick, chief of the air service, declared Martin and Sergeant Harvey had matches and emergency rations with them sufficient for several weeks. Lieut. Smith added that some accounts published ns to the bad weather ou the day Major Martin set out on his flight, were exaggerated. BURNS HIS MONEY’ AND THEN ENDS HIS LIFE Stone Mason Drinks Furniture Polish Si -c CfeWM*. 1i . Jw Altoona, Pa., Slay h—Frank Urban), an elderiy resident of Cressoq, commit ted suicide today in a sensational man ner. Going to the bank at Cresson. he withdrew $1,400 in money, collected S6OO more in cash and changed the silver to bills. Putting the money on the kitchen table, lie struck a match to it, watched it burn slowly and then drank a pint of furniture polish and ate a can of wail cleaner. He died several hours later. Urban was a stone mason, about 65 years old. His wife, who survives, could not. ascribe any reason for his act. With Our Advertisers. New sport flannels at Robinson’s from 95 cents to $3.85 a yard. All, electrical accessories kept by W. J. Hethcox. There's no substitute for safety. See new ad. of the Cabarrus Savings Bank - today. Open a Thrift account for your child by taking out some shares in the new series of tlie Citizens 11. & L. Associa tion. Pay your bills by check —that's the best receipt. See new ad. of Citizens Bnnk and Trust Co. oonoooeooooooooooooooooooo 1 !V - I It 'saßqy! • That little bundle of humanity O | ' "’ill grow to childhood, to boy- 11 ] | hood, to young manhood and event- ! \ i i ually he must take his place and 1 j | fight for existence and success in V i , a stern world. ] | i i The value of money, how to earn 11 | | it and suve it—these are the great* \ j i i est lessons towards success that a i i ' ' boy can learn. i i Open a thrift account in the ba- i r 11 by's name. 11 ] | Interest the child in it. i i Show him how to earn money. < i | 1 And how to save some, i ' That program is a part of the ] I i i duty of all parents since the snc- 11 ] | cess of the child is their dearest J \ i | ambition. i , i i No matter, how small, we al- 11 j | ways welcome such accounts. ] j NEW SERIES NOW OPEN | J CITIZENS BUILDING ft J | j ; LOAN ASSOCIATION ; ; \ Office is Citizens Bank Building j , TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE AMONG NEGROES OUT IN HALF And Health an.i Living Conditions Among Them Have Improved, (Br the Associated Prt“ lialcigh. May 3.—The t o among the negroes of North Carolina as . the result of tuberculosis has been eut l in half since lilt", according to Flor ! ence C. Williams, negress, direetor of j’Health Edueation and Organization for ' Negroes in North Carolina. Net. only ' has the death rate been cut in such i great proportion but health and living | conditions among the negroes over the ’.state have improved materially, says the I director. j The director of health edueation and organizations for negroes works under I the extension department of the North 1 1 Carolina Sanatorium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis and in co-operation with the Bureau of Tuberculosis of the State Board of Health, it was explained, and the wrk separately and directly among the negroes has been in operation since September, JOl7. During the first two years of operation under the separate and direct plan for negroes, ,800 community leagues were organized of which 500 are still in operation, it was said. The work says the director has now reached vast fields. In the rural dis tricts alone, she states, that 70.000 ne groes have been reached and lifted from unhealthful living conditions into a life of cleanliness and health. Nutrition programs have been inaugurated in many of the schools and the children and parents alike, are taught the proper foods that should eaten and those I that are most nourishing. Two motion picture ears have also been put on the road, it was said, while the interest in the improvement of health among the negroes and the fighting of tuberculosis has grown to such an extent that, the negroes of the rural districts alone raise an average of SB,OOO annually through the sale of stamps. Through the co-operation of the white people of the state and the officials of the health department those interested in the welfare and health of the negro were enable to secure au appropriation of SIOO,OOO from the General Assembly for a new building for negroes at the tubercular sanatorium. i(( was stated. Through the use of this building, it was said that, the officials at the sanatorium have been enable to treat many more negro patients then ever before. Dr. L. B. Mcßrayer. director of the Bureau of Tuberculosis of the State Board of Health, and N. C. Newbord, of the bureau of negro education of the department of education, were named as ♦ lie leading persons of the state in the promotion and the making of the work a success. * , Dtyccw# rtm-vnuc- WtHhrtns -tfeetared that everywhere in the state she had met with the best of co-operation from the white people and that it was this co-operation of the public and the offi cials of the state from the governor to the smallest office holder that caused the undertaking to be a source of so much good in the building up of the negro health and morale standard in the state. North Carolina, it was declared, is the only state in the TTnion with a ne gro health education bureau which is supported entirely by the state. In this respect it was pointed out that the work of the bureau lmd been so note worthy that public welfare organizations and health officials of other states are writing here to find out just what meth ods were pursued in the carrying out of the work. West Virginia became so interested in the succeep of North Carolina in this line, that the health officials of that state persuaded the health department of North Carolina to lend Director Wil liams to them for one year. West Vir ginia is now paying her salary nnd she will reurn to timt state within a few days to complete here year in the same work that she carried on here. SEN. WALSH IS NOW AFTER BLAIR COAN Contempt Proceedings Against Coan Suggested by Montana Senator. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. May 3.—Contempt pro ceedings against Blair Coan. one of the star witnesses in the Senate's investiga tion of the indictment of Senator Wheel er. were suggested in the Senate today by Senator Walsh, of Montana, prose cutor of the oil committee. The proposal was based on reports that Conn had claimed to have uncov ered evidence in Montana warranting Senator Walsh's indictments. The Sen ator rend a telegram from Coan deny ing lie had made such claims, but added “I have a statement of several newspa per men that he did make such a state ment.” Greece Now Republic. Athens. Ma.v I.—The Republic of Greece was inaugurated this morning with the singing of a solemn te deum in the cathedral. Tlie provisional president. Admiral Couudouriotis, and the cabinet ministers were present in the church, and the square outside was parked with thousands, who took the oath of fidelity to the republic. In the afternoon the oath was admin istered to the amry at a military cere mony in the Champs de Mars. Vetoes Bursmn Bill. (By 'ho Assni’lnteil Press.) Washington, May 3. —President Oooi idge today vetoed the Bursum omnibus pension bill on the ground that the meas ure would entail au unwarranted drain on the Treasury. The King's Daughters will meet Mon day night at 8 o'clock at the home of Miss Lottie Boyd. If anyone has an envelope that baa not been turned in they are asked to bring it or send it at this May meeting. Paul and May Smith, children of Mr. 1 and Mrs. H. R. Smith, of No. 5 townabip, on Friday submitted to operations for the removal of their tonfsils. **todM*2 • TODAY « NO. 103 iMiffoi ufIVES HWMH FOR SCENE OF REVOLTS President ZayaS Wants to Get in Troubled Zone So He Can See Just What Has Been Going On. SITUATION NO" MORE SERIOUS But President Felt That He Should Get First Hand Data—Chief of Staff on Trip With Him. (By (he Associated Press.) Havana, Cuba, 3.—President Zayas left Havana today for Clara province, where nrmed men are in revolt against his government. He was accompanied by Secretary of the Interior Iturralde. and General IJerrero. chief of staff. The President's departure was kept a secret- until some time after his special train with a military guard lmd left the city. It was understood he was going to Cienfuegos, near where most of the trou ble has centered for the last few days. It was declared at the Interior De partment that President Zayas desired to ascertain personally the exact situation, nnd that his departure for the scene of the anti-Za.vas and anti-reeleotion out break did not mean that the situation was more serious. Cubans Want to Buy Arms. Washington. May 3.—The Cuban gov ernment facing "a condition of violence" in Santa C'ara providence, caused by revolutionists has appealed to the Wash ington government for the purchase of u considerable nmount of arms and ammu nition for use by the Zayas forces gainst the revolutionists. The appeal today was approved by the State Department, and forwarded to the War' Department, where it is re garded as certain that the amis and am munition asked for will be made avail able to the Cuban authorities without, delay. In the absence of Secretary Weeks. War Department officials declined to re veal the amount of munitions asked for, but indicated there, would be no trouble in tUltngVheuawder from the supply. ■•«£ .... 'Mreiwar supplies held by the army. Newspaper Suspended. Havana.’ Cuba. May 3.— The morn ing newspaper El Sol. was suspended to day nad copies of the [taper were seized oil the street by the police, actiug on orders of the government. It was officially de clared that the chief reason was publi cation today by the newspaper of what purported to be a message from Dr. Fed rico Laredo Bru. who recently fled, 'ap parently to avoid arrest on suspicion of being implicated in the armed revolt in Santa Clara province. Two Conflicts Mentioned. Havana, May 3. —Details of two en gagements yesterday near Cienfuegos be tween forces of the government nnd reb el troops, and notice that he had other news which he ‘‘cannot give” were sent to the newspaper La Prensa today by its Cienfuegos correspondent. TOBACCO GROWERS ARE SAILING FOR EUROPE Want European) to Lift Boycott Said to Have Been Imposed Upon American Tobacco. (By the Associated Press.) New York. May 3.—A tobacco growers commission of southerners, representing the three largest tobacco eo-operafive ' marketing associations in the United States, sails for Europe today on the Leviathan in an effort to lift a boycott said to have been imposed upon Ameri can tobacco, and to study general mar keting conditions abroad. The associations, said to represent 250,000 farmers, are: The Burley To bacco Growers’ Co-operative Associa tion of Kentucky. Ohio. Indiana, Ten nessee and West Virginia; the Tobacco Growers' 00-operative Association of North Carolina. South Carolina and Vir ginia; nnd the Dark Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association of Kentucky and Tennessee. KINSTON LAWYER HEADS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION G. V. Cooper Elected New President.— Miss Alexander, of Chartottf, One Vice President. (By the Associated Press.) Pinehurst, May 3. — G. V. Cooper, of Kinston, was elected president of the North Carolina Bar Association at tbe closing session of the annual convention here toady. .T. A. Spence, of Ashboro, Albion Dunn, of Gibsonville. and Miss I Julia Alexander, of Charlotte, were elected vice presidents. J. H. Bridgers, of Henderson; T. C. Guthrie, of Charlotte, and S. G. Bernard, of Asheville, were appointed delegates to the American Bar Aseociation meeting. Isaac Wright, of Wilmington, and T. T. Hicks, of Hendcrso'n, were named , members of the executive committee. Changes in V. W C.~ A (By tbe Associated Press.) , New York, Msy 3.—Delegates to the national convention of Young Women’s Christian Association today voted to ' change the basis of membership in the i Association and to extend voting priv i lieges to girls of all creed* not previously : eligible to vote. Throughout manhood U_ we search . frantically tor something that isn’t , there; when old age esmee, w* mourn rte toet opportunities that were just at f&ii
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