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VOLUME XXIV
CHLORINE GAS USED
TO HUMS
MORN SESSIONS
I
Gas Discovered in State Sen
ate of Rhode Island After
Senate Had Been in Ses
sion Since Tuesday.
FOUR SENATORS
WERE'OVERCOME
Gas Placed in Newspaper
Behind Rostrum Draperies
Opposed to Ad
journment to Give In
(By the Associated Preu.)
Providence, R. 1., June 10.—Chlorine
gas wan let loose in the senate chamber
today after that body had been in session
since Tuesday at 2:05 p. in. The fumes
were so strong that it was impossible to
stay in the room, and the factions that
have prevented adjournment agreed to
an hour’s recess in order to dear the
gas from the cliamber.
Three republican senators and one dcin
.ocrat were overcome by the gas and
treated by physicians. An hour ami a
half after the gas was discovered, physi
cians announced that the four senators
were out of danger.
Ineut.-Gov. Toupin. pale and nauseat
ed. mounted the rostrum and announced
that the Senate would proceed with busi
ness. The four stricken Senators were
not in their places.
Governor Flynn declared that he “was
going to the bottom of this and find out
who did it.”
When the Senate reconvened and the
Lieutenant Governor noticed the absence
of the three Republicans who were over
come by gas, he ordered the deputy sher
iffs to bring them into the Senate cham
ber. The deputies reported they were un
able to do so. The Lieutenant Governor
then deputized 15 civilians to compel
the attendance of the republicans. He
ordered them to break down the doors of
the committee room where the stricken
senators were. A squad of fifteen Provi
dence police wus prepared to resist such
violence.
The gas was in a newspaper discov
ered tiebind the rostrum draperies. Gov
?rnAr Flynn, who appeared m tlie clyim
>: W.J Js4jrfjf « five--*!)- s' Jbeoviif ' -of ■ tfee
soaked newspaper, declared an atteHSpt
had apparently been mnde to suffocate
the Lieutenant Governor, wholi showed
the effects of the fumes.
AVliru the fumes became apparent, sen
ators and spectators became groggy. Soon
Senators Sherman, Sanderson and
Sharps, republicans, and Powers, sank
into a coma and were carried out.
The filibuster was started by the Dem
ocrats on the first day of the session,
January Ist. The democrats hnve be
fore the Senate a resolution submitting
’to popular vote the question of calling a
convention to revise the state constitu
tion. The republicans are trying to se
cure the passage of the annual appropria
tion bill, but the democrats under their'
leader. Lieutenant Governor Felix A.
Tupin. the presiding- officer, refuse to let
the bill come up for n vote until the ma
jority republicans agree to puss (uot
vote upon) the constitutional convention
resolution.
The republicans agree to vote upon, but
refuse to puss the constitutional conven
tion resolution. The democrats have of
fered to vote for an amergency appropria
tion bill which the republicans claim
would not relieve the needs of state em
ployees. many of whom have not been
paid for months. The Lieutenant-Gov
ernor keeps up the filibuster by consist
ently refusing tto recognize any motions
made by republicans.
Wants Republicans Arrested.
Providence, R. 1., June 19. —As a re
sult of the loosing of poisonous fumes
in the state senate chamber, the republi
can members .who constitute a majority,
today refused to attend the Senate ses
sion, and were arrested on a warrant ob
tained by Lieutenant Felix A. Toupin,
the democratic president of the senate.
Senator Arthur A. Sherman, republi
can floor leader, was in a hospital suf
fering from the effects of gas, and High
Sheriff Jonathan Andrews refused to
force the other eighteen republicans to
enter the Senate chamber.
Mr. Toupin declared that he was “in
first class shape,” and other democrats
asserted that the republicans were bluf
fing ns tot their condition so ns to absent
themselves from the chamber and hold
up senate proceedings.
The sheriff in support of his refusal
to compel his attendance by the republi
cans, produced a certificate signed by a
physician, stating that the senators he
had excused were unfit for duty. The
Lieutenant-Governor then obtained a war
rant for their arrest. The Lieutenant-
Governor declared a recess and a meet
ing of Democrats, was held in the Gov
ernor’s office to discuss legal steps to
meet the sheriff’s refusal.
Gov. Smith Denies Rumor.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, June 19.—Governor Smith
today denied knowledge of efforts to
bridge the gap between himself and Wm.
Randolph Hearst, reported in morning
newspapers.
There is as much difference between
self-reliance and self-conceit as there is
between the north and south poles—all
the difference in the world.
Twelve Pages Today
Two Sections
The Concord Daily Tribune
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Joseph Caviezel, first class seaman fro m Los Angeles, who miraculously escap
ed the blast in the turret of the battleship Mississippi an San I’edro. At the first
shoek he either dived or was propelled t lirough a momentarily open hatch below
the guns, landing on the deck below but slightly hurt. Relow an inset of the
turret that became a death chamber to 48.
MEANS, TRIAL
Jacob Stein Tells About $5,000 That
Was Paid to Gaston B. Means.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. June 18.—Jacob Stein,
former Brooklyn lawyer, testified today
at the trial of Gaston B. Means, former
department of Justice agent, charged
with violating the prohibition law, that
$5,000 had been paid on account in a
whiskey deal in 1922. and had been kept
Jters,
Stein said he took Harry Steinfield,
of this eity, to see Means, and arranged
for a whiskey withdrawal from a New
York warehouse. Steinfield paid Means
$5,000 on account, Stein said, but the
whiskey was never moved, and Steinfield
did not get his money back.
Counsel for Means objected to this
testimony and moved for a mistrial on
the ground that the evidence was il
legal, but the motion was denied.
Shein also testified that he took Chas.
W. Johnson, former distiller, of Union
town, Pa., to Means for his aid in get
ting fifty barrels of whiskey from a dis
tillery, The witness said Means in
structed him to bring to Means’ hot*!
only persons who had ’’the cash, S2OO a
barrel.”
Stein admitted upon cross examination
that he had served a 30-day jail sen
tence in 1919 for criminal assault, for
which he was debarred from practicing
law, and that he had been indicted in
Brooklyn in a liquor case which had
never been tried. Last June, he said,
he was appointed a Department of Jus
tice agent, nnd assigned to investigate
Means.
10.000 KIDDIES TO
SEE QUEEN CITY SHOW
Southern Railway General Manager
Provides For Entertainment.
Charlotte, June 17.—Ten thousand
children of Charlotte, or however many
of them may be in the community, will
be guests of R. E. Simpson nnd out of
State friends of his. at the Shrine Cir
cus to be held in this city June 18-28.
To J. E. Stecre, executive of the Boy
Scouts, Mr. Simpson lias mailed 550
tickets, each good for five admissions,
for use among the Boy Scouts of the
community. He has sent 125 tickets for
the ehildren of the Thompson Orphan
age and to the Alexander Rescue Home,
Mr. Simpson :has sent 50 tickets.
In addition to those that went to
these ’tfiiVe
725. Mr. Simpson gathered up nn arm
full of tickets and sent them to Clarence
Kuester with the request that he dis
tribute the tickets to every child mak
ing application for them.
“Realizing what a circus is to a
kid,” wrote the railway executive, “It
is my earnest with to have every child
in Charlotte attend this Shrine Circus
as my guest and in order to make this
possible, I have gotten some of my
friends to join me in purchasing
enought to enable me to send every boy
and girl in Charlotte to the circus free
of charge.”
Re meal Sale Specials at Eflrd’s.
The big Removal Sale at Efird’s lias
seen hundreds of bargains secured by
shoppers but the company still has
hany attractive features left.
Special price features are being of
fered for Friday and Saturday. For
thirty minutes each morning the com
pany will sell standard dress ginghams
for 5 cents a yard and ftajaina checks,
short lengths, at the same price. .
Every day in the store many fine fea
tures can be found. Many of these
are enumerated in the two-page ad. the
company is offering in this paper today.
It will be to your advantage to read .the
ad. very carefully and buy some of the
features offered.
A regret for the mistakes of yesterday
must aot blind us to the tasks of today.
McADOO RUSE WOULD
DO AWAY WITH RULE
Delegates to Be Deluged With Protests
Against Two-thirds Requirement.
New York, June 19.—A shrewd move
to smash the two-thirds rule in the
Democratic National Convention here .
next week and “put over” William G.
McAdoo as the Democratic Presidential
nominee has been planned by the He-
Adbo managers. , f
way is a “popular propaganda" against
the time-honored rule of Democratic
conventions. With the rule abrogated,
they believe McAdoo can command the
necessary majority—sso votes —that
would give him the nomination.
At the appointed time before the rules
are finally adopted, according to the
plan, McAdoo leaders in virtually every
State will begin deluging delegates with
telegraphic demands for the abrogation
of tjie rule which they fear may prove
fatal to his chances for the nomination.
Leaders in the American Legion are
said to be at the head of the movement
to change the rule. But the “popular
propaganda” will come from rank and
file Democrats as well.
This demand from “the people” is ex
pected by the McAdoo forees to have a
profound effect on the delegates, par
ticularly in the event of the imminent
deadlock between McAdoo and Smith.
Unbiased observers concede that .Mc-
Adoo will hnve in excess of 400 votes on
the first ballot. With nearly 500 dele
gates uninstructed, the McAdoo man
agers believe their candidate can pick
off more than enough to give him a ma
jority in the early balloting.
Gov. “Al” Smith, of New York, with
approximately 300 votes and the con
trol of about 100 more in the hands of
anti-McAdoo forees, holds the veto pow
er so long as the two-thirds rule re
mains in effect.
COTTON SEED CRUSHED
During Ten-Month Period Ended May
31st Number, of Tons Crushed Was
3,223.257.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 19. —Cotton seed
crushed during the ten-month period,
August Ist to May 31st, totalled 3,220,-
257 tons, compared with 3,192,895 tons
in the same period a year ago; and cot
ton seed on hand at mills May 31 to
talled (50,127 tons, compared with 23,675
tous a year ago, the Census Bureau an
nounced today in its monthly report.
With Our Advertisers.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
the Coneord Army and Navy Store will
have a special sale. Everything in the
store will be reduced to before the war
prices for these three days only.
The Sanitary Grocery Co. wants to
supply you with extra nice home-made
cake.
Read the new advertisement today of
the Citizens Rank and Trust Co.
You can’t go wrong by buying your
coni now. See new ad. of K. L.
Craven and Sons.
Don’t fail to attend the big Manhat
tan shirt sale at Hoover’s. See new
ad. today for big price reductions.
White hats, in straws and braids, at
the Specialty Hat Shop.
When you are shopping around, don’t
miss Robinson’s.
The big Birthday Sale at the Parks-
Belk Co. will start tomorrow. All of
the goods in the store will be marked
down for the sale. See new ad. in this
paper and be ready for the opening to
morrow morning.
Youth Killed by “Live” Wire.
Charlotte, June 9.—Worth Rogers, 8
years old, son of A. M. Rogers, was in
stantly killed here last night when he
came in contact with a 2300-volt power
Hue which had been 'blown down during
a heavy wind, rain and electrical storm.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1924
UNION HINDIS MID
MINE GUOS ID
DURING THE NIGHT!
Fight Followed and Union
Hall Was Burned and One
Man Wounded as a Result
of Battle.
NON-UNION MEN
WORKING IN MINE
This Thought to Have Caus
ed the TrouUe.—Fight Oc
curred at pßrady, • Near
Morgantown, W. Va.
(By the Associated Press.)
Morgantown, W Va.. June 18.—One
man was wounded, the Union Hall was
destroyed by fire, and a number of
houses occupied by miners were fired
upon during a battle early today between
mine guards, and a group of union miners
at Brady, near here, Sheriff W. M. Yost
reported on his return from the scene.
The battle which began at midnight, ter
mnated shortly after dawn.
Four men, one of them wounded, ar
rested by the sheriff nnd his deputies, j
and brought to the county jail here, said I
they were union miners formerly em-1
ployed by the Brady Warner Coal Cor-1
poration, owners, of the mine, which re
sumed operations recently with non-;
union labor, after the union men re
fused to return to work under the 1917
scale.
Special mine guards employed to pa
trol the Brady property defended the
mine against the attack of the men who
secreted themselves in a hil loverlooking
the operation. Automatic riflecs were
used, the sheriff reported. When the
battle started women and children took
refuge in the basements of their homes.
These houses, the sheriff said, were
“shot full of holes.”
TOTAL OF 340" CHILDREN
IN BARIUM ORPHANAGE
Serious Falling Off in Orphanage Funds
During the Summer.—Hard to Make
Ends Meet.
Barium Springs, June 18. —Twenty-
tbe Presbyterian orphans' home so far
this month, making a total of 340 chil
dren here. There »•». on an average.
Iff" ' fretf" nppfTcafiati* -'for admission ev
ery week. By September .Jet the ca
pacity of the institution will be 300,
and the general manager states that
applications for nearly that many have
already been accepted.
The summer time, a season of re
laxation. when church workers and
others slow down in the varied activ
ities .brings on the usual failing off in
orphanage contributions. "During the
summer funds reach such a low
ebb ” says General Manager Joseph 15.
Johnson, “that we are put to it to make
ends meet.” “Less than one-third of
what is required to meet pur expense is
collected during the summer,” he ad
ded.
The destructive storm of last Satur
day. which devastated much of the
country five miles from this place, did
very little damage around the orphanage.
Outside of a little wheat that was blown
down nnd one of the shade trees on the
campus that was uprooted no loss has
been reported.
THREE KILLED AS RESULT
OF A TRAIN ACCIDENT
N. C. & St. L. Passenger Train Collided
With Work Train at Adairsviße, Ga.
(By the Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga., June 19.—Three persons
were killed and four others injured to
day when the Nashville, Chnttauoogn,
St. Louis southbound passenger train
No. 3 collided with a work train 1 1-2
miles' south of Adairsville. Ga.. accord
ing tto local officials of the road.
The dead are: H. J. Robinson, engi
neer of the work train, and J. L. Lock
ridge and John Tomlinson, brakemen on
the work train. All of the injured were
members of the train crews. None of
(he passengers were hurt.
POSTAL WORKERS AT
MONTREAL ON STRIKE
1300 Workers Left Job When Union Of
ficers Told Them Strike Had Been
Called.
(By the Associated. Press.)
Montreal, June 19.—The order suppos
edly sent by officials of the Canadian
Federation of Postal Employees, defer
ring yesterday’s strike order for 24 hours,
today was branded as false in it telegram
to local postal employees. As a result
of the message. 1300 Montreal postal
workers left their jobs this morning.
Weather in the State Mostly Favorable
For All the Crops,
Washington, June 18.—Crop and
weather conditions in (southern states
during the week ending yesterday were
summarized by the department of agri
culture today as follows:
North Caroilua : Generally favorable
for most crops, except too much rain
Really and scattered damage by hail.
Cotton continues to improve, except
some wet areas, mainly in east; progress
fair r.na condition poor to fair. Corn,
tobacco, peanuts, sweet potatoes, truck
and minor crops made good progress,
except \vhqre some lowlands too wet.
Wheat Dearly ready to harvest.
300 Men Fighting Great Forest Fire.
’Denver, Colo-, June 18. —A serious
forest fire is raging one quarter of a
mile south of West Portal of the Mof
fat tunnel, according to a telegram re
ceived here late today by the Moffat
tunnel commission. Three hundred men
are fighting the flames, 1
WIDOW IS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING DEATH
OF FIRST WIFE OF HER LATE HUSBAND
The Eggleston home in Lamed, Kan., and Mrs. Eggleston (below),
David Ely (upper right), and W. C. Pool (lower right).
I The town of Larned, Kan., is stirred by charges marie against Mrs.
j Mary K. Eggleston, widow of E. E. Eggleston, pioneer merchant. She
1s accused of plotting to end the lives of David Ely, real estate man,
I and Mrs. Laura Eggleston, first wife of Eggleston. WC. Pool, a la
borer, told police the accused woman tried to hire him (o give poison to
Ely and Mrs. Laura Eggleston. That failing, he was to shoot them.
Mrs. Mary Eggleston denies all of the charges. Ely says he believes her.
INNOCENT PICKANINNY
SOUGHT BY TWO CLANS
Durham Almost Witnesses a Real Bat
tles as Heads of Two Families Fight
For Him.
Durham. June 18.—A near riot was
precipitated in Superior Court here yes
terday between the Parker and Barrett
elans win* Judge Oliver Allen handed
down a decision giving Frank Sneed, a
little uegro pickaninny, over whom the
two factions were fighting for, into the
custody of his mother. All went well
until Bettie I’hrker, mother of the boy.
started from the courtroom wdth the
boy in her arms. The little fellow had
not lived with his mother for four years
and had'-Jforgotten her, therefore he set
ftp a pWintive' cty as he was fusheff
from the presence of the judge and the
court spectators. Tire grief of Frank
awoke the slow miud of John Barrett,
whose home hod sheltered the little ne
gro for four years and where every love
and kindness had been lavished upon
him, to the true state of affairs and he
immediately followed the triumphant
mother into the corridor of the- second
floor of the court house with his wife
at his heels, and here pandemouium
broke out. Madeline Barrett became
hysterical and demanded that her child
be returned to her. She made a grab
for the innocent cause of all the trouble
and bragged him by one chubby, black
little foot while Bettie. the boy’s mother,
held on to the child’s arms. At this
point the two heads of the opposing
families or factions got into action and
but for the arrival of the minions of the
law a riot would have broken loose in 1
the temple of justice. The air wus 1
electrified witli excitement and when Jno.
Riarrett ."reached threateningly for his
hip pocket two attorneys and a news- 1
paper man made a rush for the office of
the sheriff.
The Parkers managed to drag the 1
child to the first floor before officers in- :
tervened and then went on her way re
joicing over her victory.
THE COTTON”MARKETT
Opened Steady at Declines of 5 to 12
Points Under Realizing.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, June 19.—The cotton mar
ket opened steady today at a decline of
6 to 12 points under realizing, apparent
ly promoted by prospects for cooler
weather in the Southwest and belief
that the technical position of the mar
ket has eased through recent covering.
Liverpool made fairly stady showing,
however, and after selling off to 28.75
for July and 26.03 for October, the mar
ket here rallied a few points. Business
was quiet and fluctuations were narrow.
The opening prices were; July 28.83;
Oet. 20.12; Dee. 25.35; Jan. 25.10;
March not quoted.
Bill Brennan’s Funeral Is Aattended by
5,000 Persons.
New York, June 18. —The funeral of
Bill Rrenan, heavyweight pugilist, slut
to death by gangsters who sought him
out in his Bronx cabaret last Sunday
morning, was held today.
Two thousand admirers followed the
hearse to the Roman Catholic Church of
St. Rose de Lima, where 3,000 more
joined the mourners.
Life’s deepest thrills nnd its greatest
surprises are found in the path of duty.
Smith Still Favorite in Betting,
McAdoo Next; Coolidge in Election
New York, June IB. —Gov. Smith still
is first choice in Wall Street betting on
Presidential nominations on the Demo
cratic ticket, according to an announce
ment yesterday by J. S. Fried Sc Co., No.
20 Broad Street. The odds offered
against his receiving the nomination are
2 to 1.
McAdoo comes next, anil the odds
against bim are 2 1-2 to 1. Ralston is
third, with odds of 3 to 1; Davis, 4 to
' 1; Glass 5 to 1, and Copeland 5 to JL.
STATESVILLE WOMAN
TAKES HER OWN LIFE
Took Overdose of Poison in Greensboro
Hotel—Used Assumed Name.
(By tile Associated Press.)
Greensboro, June 19.—A woman, ap
parently 30 years old, who had registered
at the O Henry Hotel Saturday as “Mrs.
C. M. Fesperman, Philadelphia,” but
identified last night by her husband. J.
H. Renton, of Statesville, committed
suicide in her room at the hotel yester
day by taking an overdose of poison.
She left no note to explain her act.
There was considerable difficulty en
countered in identifying her or telling
of her home address. It developed,
though, that she had beep a patient at
8 state Institution at Raleigh as a drug
addict. Coroner Schoonover, who field
a post moterrn examination, pronounced
it suicide, and stated that he had in
formation that the woman had made an
unsuccessful attempt to take - her life
a day or two ago. when a physician re
fused to give her a drug. She tried
to slash her throat with a knife at that
time, he said.
SAYS CONGRESSMEN
HINDER ENFORCEMENT
Mrs. Willebrandt Declares They Make
“Unreasonable” Request For Liquor
Permits-
Washington, June 17.—Polities and
politicians are responsible for most pro
hibition enforcement troubles, Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant
Attorney-General of the United States,
told "the Senate Daugherty investigating
committee in three hours of breezy
testimony today.
Senators and Congressmen themselves
make enforcement hard by unreasonable
requests for issuance of whisky iiermits
to ’ persons who shouldn”t hnve them,
and for appointment of men as dry
agents who are “crooks or useless,”
Mrs. Willebrandt said.
For three hours, Mrs. Willebrandt, in
full charge of prohibition prosecutions
for the Government, indignantly re
futed charges of laxity and ineffioiency 1
of enforcement by the Justice Depart
ment. and threw the accusations back
in the faees of the Senators.
New York’s Narrowest Store.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. June 19.—High .rents
have caused cramping in New York,
both in dwellings and in business build
ings : but it is" doubtful whether any
one has solved the problem more thrift
ily than a locksmith and electrician who
has just opened a shop in Seventh Ave
nue. The entire facade of his store is
just eighteen inches wide, and he gets
the use of it for sls a month.
Five feet back from the sidewalk the
shop widens to three feet, allowing
room for a drill press in addition to a
machine- by which keys are made while
you wait. Customers, however, must
do the waiting on the sidewalk.
Communist Group Oposed By Magnus.
Grand Forks, N. I)., June 18. —Sen-
ator Magnus Johnson, of Minnesota,
who arrived here to give a series of ad
dresses in North Dakota said that al
though he had been invited to speak at
the farmer-labor convention in St. Paul,
he had refused as he did not approve of
the communist element which was in
power there-
Previous odds agninst Smith and McAdoo
were 2 1-2 to 1, and 3 1-2 to 1, respect
ively.
In spite of the recession in the odds
against Smith for the nomination, Fried
& Co. continue to quote odds of l to 7
that he will be the next President of the
United States.
Coolidge, hotvever. continues to be the
favorite in Wall Street betting. Howev
er, the odds on his re-election have drop
ped from 0 to 5 to 8 to 5.
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Certain Plans .'to Be Put in
Platform as McAdoo Men
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M’ADOO ARRIVES
TO TAKE CHARGE
Begins Conferences With His
Leaders Who Have Arrived
in the Metropolis From
All Parts of Country.
(By ihe Associated Press.)
New York. .Tune ID. —Wm. G. McAdoo
today took active charge of his own cam
lmign for the Democratic Presidential
nomination, and begifn a series of con
ferences at his headquarters at the Van
derbilt Hotel.
Among those with whom he talked
were Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia,
Homer Cummings, Bruce Kremer of Mon
tana, vice chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, Thos. B. Dove, of
Texas, a national committee man, and
Frank H. Harris, Missouri state chair
man.
David Ladd Rockwell, who has been
managing Mr. McAiloo's campaign, said
that work had already been started in
framing planks acceptable to Mr. Mc-
Adoo. ■ Mr. Rockwell .said that the Mc-
Adoo forces expected to control most of
the convention committees, including that
on resolutions.
Anti-McAdoo leaders began confer
■ ences, seeking to select possible oppon
ents. Senator Pat Harrison, of Miss
issippi, already selected for temporary
chairman of the convention, is the lat
est to be mentioned ns a possible compro
mise candidate for the nomination.
George E. Brennan, Illinois leader,
who arrived yesterday, came out strong
ly agninst the Ku Klux Klan.
On the subject of whether the conven
tion would be long in session, or wheth
er the nominations would be made quick
ly, Mr. Brennan said, VMy guess and my
prediction is that the convention will take
more than five, and possibly more than
ten ballots, before a Presidential nomi
inee is darned. There will be no quick
nomination.''
SHIP AND WATER REPORT
ENDORSED BY MERCHANTS
Report Unanimously Endorsed by N. C.
Merchants’ Association.
(By the Associated Tress)
Morefcead City. N. C.. .Tune ID. —The
North Carolina Merchants Association to
day unanimously endorsed the recom
mendations of the State ship and water
transportation commisson. The action
of the Governor and the Council of State
in calling a special session of the General
Assembly to consider the matter also was
endorsed.
The resolution adopted by a standing
vote, gave unqualified endorsement to the
report and the action of the Governor.
During the brief discussions preceding
tlie vote, however, it developed that many
of the merchants feel that the legisla
ture should take final action instead of
carrying the proposals to a vote of the
people. ,
The convention is expected to elect
officers and choose the next meeting place
today.
STORM CAUSES HEAVY
DAMAGE IN CLEVELAND
Shelby and Other Towns in County Dam
aged During Wind, Rain and Elec
, trical Storm Last Night.
(By the Associated Press)
Shelby, June ID. —Damage estimated
at more than 55,0000 was done in Shelby
and vicinity last night by a wind, rain
and electrical storm. In the city $50,000
damage was done when lightning set fire
to the Thompson Lumber Co. plant, and
destroyed it. Fire caused by lightning
also damaged a residence and the Prin
cess Theatre, doing $5,000 damage to the
residence. Heavy rain that followed ex*
tinguished the Dames in the theatre.
Reports from Stubbs, four miles east
of here, said that the roof was blown off
the Buffalo Cotton Mills there, and a
number of other buildings damaged. Tel
egraph and telephone lines are down, and
great damage to crops is reported.
Nine Cent Sale at Fisher's.
Friday, June 20th, marks the begin
ning of the Nine Cent Sale at Fisher’s,
which will Inst for nine days. If you
will read the big four column ad. on
page four today you will be surprised at
the many things you can get for only 9
cents, as well as for 19, 39c, 49c, 59c,
and so on.
■When salt 1* sprinkled on meat, fish
or vegetables, it extracts water from
them, forming a saline solution so strong
thut bacteria cannot grow in it.
WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT
HAYB
Generally fair tonight and Friday, ex*
cept widely scattered thundershowers, '