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* Associated*’ • dispatches * $&& S @ VOLUME XXIV 'RUM WOIM SUVS OF Sf ATIIEiT of ne jeus Miss Roxie Stinson, Who Al •so Testified Before Senate Committee, Makes State ment About Testimony. NOT FORCEDTO TALK, SHE SAYS Also Declares Means Only ' Knows Her Casually and That He Knew Nothing About Her Testimony. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 22 (By the As sociated Press), t—Miss Roxie Stinson, one of the Senate committee’s star wit nesses in the investigation of Harry M. Daugherty, former United States Attor ney General, today characterized iculou*" a purported statement from Gas ton B. Means, former Department of Jus tice agent to the former Attorney Gener al in which Means repudiated his testi mony before the committee. Miss Stinsou. former wife of Jess Smith, whose name also figured conspicu ously in the investigation, denied state ments contained in Means' repudiation in which he said Miss Stinson like himself had given testimony “inspired by Sena tor Burton K. Wheeler, prosecutor of the investigation,” aud denied that coercion bad been used in obtaining her testimony. “It is perfeqfly ridiculous,” she said. “I rfin only casually acquainted with Mr. Means. How could he know anything about my testimony? I did not say any thing under coercion. No one forced me| to go to Washington.” Means' repudiation was made public here yesterday by Mr. Daugherty in con nection with a letter he sent to John W. Davis, Democratic Presidential candidate. The former Attorney General severely criticised Mr. Davis for “referring to alleged misconduct of my administration without first learning the facts." A copy of Means" repudiation was sent Mr. Davis with the letter. Means declared in his statement that all testimony he gave before the commit tee, was prompted by SeqMor Wheeler, and declared that the Montana tfenator _knew. tjie ,testimony was untrue. “Up men I said, “I was getting information to furnish the Attorney General's depart ment. When I was told that Daugherty ' had said that I could go to hell I testified to what I did.” Means declared he had in his posses sion information which would prove that 'his testimony was untrue and could submit physical evidence to further sub stantiate his statement. “The testimony against Dnngherty was all a tissue of lies,” he said “and the on ly reason I made the statements the way I did was because of the message I re ceived from Mr. Daugherty just before I took the stand.” Senator Wheeler's Version. Aboard Wheeler Special, en route td Bloomington, 111., Sept. 22.—Gaston B. Means, investigator and star witness in Daugherty inquiry, whose repudiation of his own testimony was published Sunday, called Senator Wheeler, independent vice presidential candidate over long distance telephone last night, and gave a startling version of that episode, Senator Wheeler announced today to correspondents. “Means asked me to call the Senate in vestigating committee together in order that he might present documentary evi dence and personal testimony which would prove, he said, even greater cor ruption in the executive departments at Washington than was alleged in the tes timony before the hearings last spring,” Senator Wheeler deeclared. BELIEVE WHOLE FAMILY KILLED IN ACCIDENT Oar in Which They Were Riding Crash ed Through Fence and Fell Into Chan nel. (By the Associated Press.! Boston, Sept. 22.—An entire family as yet unidentified, was wiped out, the i>o iice believe, when an automobile owned by Michael Debroval, a chauffeur, crash ed through an iron - fence, on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston, last night, and plunged into the Fort Point Channel. Five bodies, including that of the chauf- had been recovered today and rhe police were dragging the waters of the channel for a sixth. H. B. Varner is Married Again. Lexington, Sept. 21.—Henry Bran son ‘Varner, of this city, newspaper pub lisher and; operator of a chain of theatres in this section, was married in Alexan dria, Va., at 3 o’clock yesterday after - noon, to Miss Evelyn Pearce, of Jack sonville, Fla. News pf the marriage was received here from New York where Mr. and Mrs. Varner will spend several days before returning here. The bride is' a member of a promi nent Florida family and has recently been living in Washington. Mr. Varner retired from the newspaper game thir teen months ago, bpt a week ago again asßumed ownership of the Dispatch. , Bingham To Go on Trial Again Conway, S. C., Sept. 22. —Edmund Bingham, of Florence County, alleged slayer oh five members of his family, will be Wrought here today from Florence and is scheduled to come to trial.* second time* when bis case !b called in the cir cation was stayed by an appeal to the Court which granted him a The Concord Daily Tribune Prince Starts the Presses ■ w i vjMßffLv T'j KLH. - jgr. . jl ' j| H|l;j M Mill \ The Prince of Wales took a hand in giving New Yorkers the world’s news ' the other day. He started the presses roiling in the plant of the New York Trib une. Here he is seen pushing the button that started them rolling out the edition. At his side is John Lynch, pressroom foreman. PREACHER CONFESSES TO MURDER OF WIFE Police Soys Rev. Lawrence Hight Admit ted He Killed Wife and Also Wilford Sweetfn. , t <By the An* eclated Prana,) Mt. Vernon, 111., Sept. 22.—Rev. Law rence M. Hight. Ina pastor, confessed early this morning to poisoning his wife and Wilford Sweetin. In a statement to authorities declared that the murder of his wife was prompted to “relieve her of her sufferings.” He claimed to be temporarily out of his, mind at the time. Rev. Hight said be put poison in Sweetin’s water to put ' him out of pain. Hight declared in his confession that there, never had been anything between himself and Mrs. Sweetin and absolved him of any com plicity in the double crime. Opened Barely Steady Today at Decline of 8 to 17 Points. (By the Presa.) New York. Sept. 22.—The c.itton mar ket opened barely steady today at a decline of 8 to IT points, December eas ing off to 21.82 in the first few minutes, or about 13 to 16 points net lower on the active positions. The decline was at tributed to liquidation and little South ern selling but enough covering absorb ed the comparatively small offerings, i nd prices recovered to within 3 or 4 points of Saturday's closing quotations. , Cotton futures opened hardy steady: October 22.45; December 21.85; January 21.87: March 22.16; May 22.35, COTTON SPINNING IN AUGUST ON INCREASE Active Spindle Hours in Month Number ed 5,309,542,681 Report Shows. (By the Assvclatcd Press.lt Washington, Sept. 22.—Cotton spin ning activity showed a slight recovery in August after several months of de cline, according to a Census Bureau re port issued today. Active spindle hours in August numbered 5,399,542,661, or an average of 143 per spindle in place; com pared with 5,157,779,728 or an average of 136 in J*ly this year, and 7,569,061,615 or an average of 202 in August last year. Twenty-three yenrs ago the flour mills of the Carolinas were neighborhood af fairs. Today $10,000,000 is invested in commercial mills that produce flour and feed valued at more than $30,000,000. OOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOO j I THRIFT ia the basis of success in every walk of life. Be thrifty and 1 you will score a certain measure of success in whatever you undertake. . ! i We welcome you to make this OLD RELIABLE BUILDING AND i LOAN ASSOCIATION your thrift headquarters. Arrange to take '| some shares in Series No. 54 now open and put by each pay day a j certain amount of what you receive. ( 8 NOW IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE IS THE OLD RELIABLE \ | | CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAV § INGS ASSOCIATION i X 8 X Q • I Office in the Concord National Bank | — . ii - . CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924 PEACOCK’S ESCAPADES VERY SENSATIONAL Killed Officer, Escaped From Prison and Then Mysteriously Disappeared. (By (he Associated Press. 1 Raleigh, Sept. 22.- After eluding ar rest for more than two years. I)r. J. W. Peacock. Thomasvillc physician, who es caped from the criminal insane depart ment of the state prison here, has been captured at El Cajon, near Los Angeles, Cal., according to a telegram received from Warden Samuel Busbee, who made the arrest. Governo- Morrison issued extradition papers for the retunr of Dr. j Peacock more than n week ago. I)r Peacock shot and killed Chief of Police J. E. Taylor, of Thomnsville,. in April, 1921. At his trial he pleaded tem porary insanity aud the jury found aim not guilty of murder, declaring him to be the criminal itisane department of the state prison. On August 29, 1922 the physician made a sensational escape from the prison. CAROLINAS, EXPOSITION OPENED DURING DAY Large Collection of Exhibits Assembled , in the Exposition Building. (By (he Associated Press.) Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 22.—With what was said to be the largest collection of Carolinas products ever assembled in one place, everything was in readiness this morning for the formal opening at 3 p. m. of the fourth annual Made-in-Caroli nas Exposition here. Governor Cameron Morrison was scheduled to deliver an ad dress at the formal opening of the event which is to continue two weeks. Practically every industry mid enter prise in North Carolina and South Caro lina is represented by exhibits in the ex position. Exhibit of textile machinery and textile products sent here by a north ern concern, also is expected to attract much attention. Horse Shoe Pitching Club. (By the Associated Press) Asheville, N. C., Sept. 22 An old time horse shoe pitching club has been organized in Asheville with 14, charter members, it has been announced here. A course right in the heart of the commer cial district has been tendered the club by E. W. Grove, Members of the club to start practice immediately and organ ize intra-clum teams as well as a club team tf> compete with other clubs else where. HAKRELL KE { today Gaston B. Means Again Talks of Charges Against Harry Daugherty (By the Asti®eluted Press.) Glares Testimony He Gave Before Senate Committee in Columbia they have occupied sine Concerning Former Attorney General Were Made sec5 ec » use ot Issued by Senator Wheeler, of former soldiers, were to be arraigned in Montana. , court of general sessions hero today on a charge of murdering Major Samuel H. Columbus, Ohio, Sepr. 21.—Kepudia-IM. Daugherty and the department of MeLeary, U. S. ASfciy. tion as a “tissue of lies" of aT that he I justice in particular and the current ad- King and' Harrefl. according to con- told the senate committee in its investi-1 ministration: sessions ffcey are S*Jd by officers to have gation of the administration of Harry “On February 8. 1924, at Palin signed, killed tb«; army officer eleven M .Dnughertv as attorney general, has Reach, Fla.. I received a telegram from miles south of Chela w, this county, on been made in a signed statement by my wife in Washington stating that the afternoon of J) ly 2. last, after he Gaston B. Means, former department of United States Senator Burton K. had picked them wp on rhe Rnleigh-Co- instice agent and star-witness for the Wheeler, of Montana, through a very lumbia highway give them a lift. Daugherty investigators, according to a jclcse friend, had requested that I see (Whether or not | leir trial will begin copy of the statement made public at him in connection with the above men today was not know this morning. bis home here today by Mr. Daugherty, tioned investigation. The information in / The Means statement was incorpornt- this telegram came to me in connection FARMER ROYVWIAROED «l in a letter sent by Mr. Daugherty to with other information at that time. I WHKILLING AUNT John W. Davis, the democratic nominee promptly reported this to a close friend .. „ ii i i ■ f° r President, in whicli the former at- of Mr. Daugherty. The suggestion was tt*_ i w-Lm' tor,le v-general takes the presidential made that I see Mr. Daugherty and ar tessen to uuraer>®i airs, tana w essm- candidate to task for statements which rnngemeuts to this end were to have ***"" Daugherty’s letter says Davis has made been perfected, but no such arrnnge tßy the (ntrliod Press.) in the course of an address over the incut cu’niinated successfully. Columbia. S. C-| Sept. 22.—Asbury country “suggesting improper conduct “I was advised to go ahead and get Wessinger, 14 year"old farmer boy, was by me in my official capacity.” The let- in touch with Senator Wheeler and in jAil here today a charge of mur- ter was dated September 19. find out what information Senator der following bis Confession last night United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler was seeking and what was the that he fatally wojftided his aunt, Mrs. Wheeler, of Montana, prosecutor of the basis of any attack Senator Wheeler was Lina Wessinger, and seriously injured committee, now vice presidential candi- about to launch against Mr. Daugherty her three children with an axe Saturday, date on the LnFoilette, ticket, is and the department of justice. I called Although an inquest over the body of charged in the Means statement with to see Wheeler and held numerous con- Mrs. Wessinger, who died several hours having “put this tissue of lies" into the ferenees with him. both at his home and after the attack, had been postponed in- mouth of Means “and the majority of at. his office, all of which I have a definitely, a warrant charging youDg other witnesses. record of. Wessinger with murder was sworn out “These witnesses and myself were “The only evidence that Wheeler had iby Lexington County authorities. The persuaded to make these false state- of any jiossibility of an attack on the attack occurred at New Brooklaud, -a ments.” continues the Meaus statement, department of justice and Mr. Da ugh- Columbia suburb. 4 “by Senator Wheeler, under threats of erty which- lie disclosed to me, were “1 lost my temper." the boy told offi- indictment in (tome cases, and by some records in regard to bringing into cers when asked his motive for the crime, promises of gain and aid in others. Washington of moving pictures of the BODIES OF MADREN AND DAUGHTER TAKEN HOME North Carolina Malt and His Daughter Killed in Tunnel. (By the Associate'! Pleas.) Lynchburg,'Va.. Sept. 22. —The bodies of J. E. Madren, tiff years old, and his daughter, May, IS, Wiled yesterday while walking through the Rivermont tunnel of the Southern Railway, were taken to their late home nearj Elon, N. C., today. The father und daughter with their son and brother, H. D. Madren, of this city, and his 14 year olds son Clyde, and J. M. I’hillipi aged 26, of Gibsonville, N. C., had left their automobile at the mouth of the tunnel and started to walk through. About midway (hey were overtaken by frieght trains approaching from (both ends. They lay on a plank walk about 2 feet wide betweeotthe trains. What happened then the th*;eo .survivors who v wwre -uuinji* ned todjufeiisf' tell. SENATOR MENDENHALL ENTERS SHARP,DENIAL No Truth, He Says, In Meekins’ State ment That He Sneaked Bill Through. High Point, Sept. 20.—Charges by Col. I. M. Meekins, Republican candidate for governor, in a speech here that Sen ator O. E. Mendenhall, of Guilford coun ty, sneaked a bill through the general as sembly to give Insurance Commissioner Stacey Wade oue-fifth of one per cent, of ail stock sold under the blue sky law, brought denial from Mendenhall today. “There is absolutely no truth in the statement that I sneaked the bill through the legislature,” declared Mr. Menden hall. He indicated that Mr. Meekins was not informed in this as in other mat ters of state which lie has discussed with such scathing freedom in the political campaign. With Our Advertisers. A thought for you—thrift is the basis of success in all undertakings. See ad. of Cabarrus County R. L. & S. Associa tion. ' Allen A. Silk Stockings. Price $1.50, 12.00 and $2.50. For sale by the Rich inond-Flowe Co. Buck's hot blast heaters, sls to $35, at the Concord Furniture Co. Other heaters and hot air furnaces also. See ad. Citizens Hank and Trust Co. has an ad. of interest to the farmer. Look it up. Beads of all kinds to suit everybody— at Cline’s Pharmacy. Take inventory. See the ad. of Jno. K. Patterson & Co. in regard to your insur ance. The Carolina Automobile Co. of Char lotte wants 100 used ears. This is an excellent opportunity to sell your used car to good advantage. See big ad. in this paper today. 1 K. L. Craven & Sons say you get an \ honest ton of honest-to-goodness coal at 1 their yard., 8,000 Meals to the Veterans. (By the Associated Press.) ( Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 22.—More than i 8,000 meals were served by the Cbam i her of Commerce to the veterans of the | civil war during their three day eonven i tion here which startfd -on Tuesday last, 1 according to a statement issued by Miss [ Effie Squires, who was in charge of the i dining room, while the Confederates were 1 gathered here. | Meals were served three times on Tues i day and Wednesday and twice on Thurs | day. At no time did the number of meals i served fall below t|ie thousand mark, i said Miss Squires, while the largest num ] her of meals served at one time was es i timated to be over 1.200. 1 The veterans coinplimeated both Miss | Squires and the Chamber of Commerce on the meals served them. Death of John M. Knox. (By the Associated Press.) Salisbury, Sept. 22.—John M. Knox, i aged., 68, long a business man and lead • ing citizen of Salisbury, died this morn ing at his summer borne at Blowing Rock. He was a large mill owner and success ful manufacturer. j Jones Leading Amateurs i Ardmore, Pa., Sept, 82.-—(By the A«- | seriated Press) Bobbie Jones of Atlanta, | was leading in qualifying play for the [ National Amateur Golf championship | when he finished today’s 18 holes in } 37-35-72, making a total of 72-72-144 for the 36 hole teet. Columbus. Ohio. Sepr. 21. —Keptidin-1 tion as a “tissue of lies" of nT that he ■ told the senate committee in its investi-1 ■ gation of the administration of Harry i M .Dnugherty as attorney general, has i been made in a signed statement by ‘ Gaston B. Means, former department of . iustice agent and star-witnesa for the . Daugherty investigators, according to a i copy of the statement made public at his home here today by Mr. Daugherty. The Means statement, was incorporat ed in a letter sent by Mr. Daugherty to ' John W. Davis, the democratic nominee for President, in which the former at torney-general takes the presidential candidate to task for statements which Daugherty’s letter says Davis has made in the course of an address over the country “suggesting improper conduct i by me in my official capacity.” The let ter was dated September 19. United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, prosecutor of the committee, now vice presidential candi date on the LnFoilette, ticket, is charged in the Means statement with having “put thiß tissue of lies” into the mouth of Meaivs “ami the majority of other witnesses. “These witnesses and myself were persuaded to make these false state ments.” continues the Means statement, “by Senator Wheeler, under threats of indictment in slime cases, and by promises of gain and aid in others. “The testimony given before the Wheeler committee by Roxie Stinson. R. Momand, .myself and the majority of other witnesses was nothing more than a tissue of lies put in the mouths of these witnesses by Senator Wheeler, primarily to confound and discredit the department of justice and the ad ministration,” the Means statement de clares. t The Means statement was made in Washington on September 11, according to Mr. Daugherty, who said it was given to him voluntarily. According to the former attorney general, Means is now in seclusion, preparing additional data eoneerning his former false testi mony. Mr. Daugherty himself left his Golumbus home today without announc ing his destination. In hia letter to Mr. Davis, ,Mr. Dnugherty wrote: “No. lawyer, much less one pi your recognized ability, would qnder 'any circumstance tolerate for one i.moment the character -of , the testimony with ’Which the (Wheeler committee) burdened its reeords. “One of the witnesses (Remus) short ly after your Seagirt speech, -in which you made reference to his testimony, published a full retraetion.und repudiat ed his testimony before the committee. “The whole contemptible conspiracy of fraud and deceit will be laid bare in due season. When that time comes you and the country will be astaunded by the revelations, even though two ot the members of the senate committee now are seeking high political plates in the nation.” The former department of justice agent, in his statement, says he testi fied as he did before the Wheeler com mittee for only one reason. That was. his statement said, because on the day before ‘he was to take the stand, friends of the then attorney general told him that “Mr. Daugherty said I could go to hell.” In his statement Means declared he has* in his possession “documentary; evidence with which by a quick review | of the testimony of the Wheeler com mittee,” he said, “it can be proved con-1 elnsively that Senator Wheeler knew; that he was framing Mr. Daughesty and | the republican administration, and to j some extent this involves the oil j scandal.” Following is the text oi the Means j statement incorporated in Mr. Daugh- j ertv’s letter to Mr. Davis; Text of Means Statement “To whom it. may concern: “I, Gaston B. Means, desire to make j the following statement of facts regard ing my connection with the Hivack recently mahe by the Brookhnrt-WUeel er senate investigating committee against former Attorney General Harry Dr. J. W. Peacock Now Under Arrest in El Cajin, California Raleigh, Sept. 21. —Dr. J. IV. Pra eock. of 'njomasville, N. C., who es caped from the criminally insane ward of state’s prison here on- August :!<!, 11122. and for whom a nationwide search was instituted, was .captured at El Cajon, Calif., yesterday, state prison official* announced tonight. Prison officials received word of the capture today from Warden S. J. Bus bee. of the prison, who effected the man re-arrest. Warden Busbee lmd been sent to California on a “tip” that Dr. Pencock was in that state. The trial of I)r. Peacock for the kill ing of Chief of Police J. E. Taylor, of Thomasville, his subsequent committal to the insane department of state's prison, his escape and the nation-wide search which it precipitated, formed one of the most noted criminal cases in the annals of North Carolina. Chief Taylor was shot down by the physician in the street of Thomasville early in April, 1921. Peacock was jail ed, and at his trial in June of that year was found to be insane by the jury and was committed to the insane department of state prison. On August 30, 1922, Teacock escaped from the prison by sawing the bars of his cell ;and tying his blankets into a rope down , which be descended. Prison officials im | mediately instituted a search, and last year Peacock wad seen by a North Carolinian in Florida, who reported the jM. Daugherty and the department of justice in particular and the current ad- I ministration: “On February 8. 1924, at Palin Beaoh, Fin., I received a telegram from my wife in Washington stating that United States Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, through a very -clew friend, had requested that I see him in connection with the above men tioned investigation. ’Hu* information in this telegram came to me in connection with other information at that time. I promptly reported this to a close friend of Mr. Daugherty. The suggestion was made that I see Mr. Daugherty and ar rangements to this end were to have been perfected, but no such arrange ment eu'minated successfully. “I was advised to go ahead and get in touch with Senator Wheeler and find out what information Senator Wheeler was seeking and what was the basis of any attaek Senator Wheeler was about to launch against Mr. Daugherty and the department of justice. I called ft see Wheeler and held numerous con ferences with him. both at his home and at. his office, all of which I have a record of. “The only evidence that Wheeler had of any jiossibility of an attack on the department of justice and Mr. Daugh erty which lie disclosed to me, were some records iu regard to bringing into Washington of moving pictures . of the Dempsey-Oarpcntier fight. Senator Wheeler had this evidence more or less in documentary form and stated to me lie was going to use this as an attack on Sedretary of State. Hughes, President Oooliilge and others who attended the exhibit of these pictures. “A former agent of the department of justice either directly or through some friends had furnished Senator Wheeler with this information und evidence. I rejiorted to friends of Mr. Daugherty that this was the only ‘evi dence that. Senator Wheeler had. “In the meantime. Senator Wheeler, because of publicity that he was about to get or had, offered a resolution to inves tigate the department of Justice and Mr. Daugherty began to have many callers at his office with the most sensational statements and stories as to conditions that existed at the department of jus tice. In each and every instance I ex plained to him that there was nothing of BoWawteq h*. ton -tMatoments... that, those' Visitors were - giving • lilm. an# showed why the statement could not be true and that they were emanating from people who had been discharged from the department of justice. “Upon my return from Florida and at a conference with Senator Wheeler, it was agreed that I was to assist him in the investigation of the attorney general and the department of justice iu the way of furnishing of evidence, examina tion and coaching'of witnesses, etc. “Wheeler grew desperate in his ef forts to find some information on which he could base charges against the ad ministration and against the depart ment of justice, saying that he was working with LnFoilette and had cer tain jilans in ’view that made ft impera tive that he make good in connection with his public statements as to ■ the conditions in the department of justice, aud that the .department, of justice be connected with the alleged oil scandals. .These facts.and what was going on in j Senator Wheeler’s office and that an ef fort was being made to frame Mr. Daugherty were reported to Colonel | Thomas Miller, the alien property cus j todinn, an official and personal friend jof Mr. Daugherty, with the request | that he give ‘this information to Mr. [Daugherty. Colonel Miller reported back | that Mr. Daugherty said that it would Ibe impossible for anybody to successful - [ly frame him up and that he “did not j give a dam“ about what was going on iin Senator Wheeler’s office. However, Colonel Miller, understanding more of the details of what was going on re quested that the efforts to secure this information not be dropped, but be re ported to him, which I did, from day to day. (Continued on l’age Three) matter. The doctor had api>eared before Florida officials, had himself examined and derlaned sane and resumed the practice of his profession. Governor Morrison at once requested his extradi tion by the executive of Florida, and a bearing took place in Tallahassee. It was announced that Peacock would bo returned to North Carolina, but before, the papers could be issued he disappear ed. He had not been under arrest while the hearing was in prograss. A. few weeks ago he was traced to Doe Angeles, California, but there he disappeared. East week prison officials were notified that a man believed to be Peacock was at El Cajon, California, . Governor Morrison, at th£ request of Superintendent Pou, of the prison, is sued extradition papers naming Warden Busbee as the agent of North Caroliiia. Warden Busbee left at once for the western state, and experienced no diffi culty according to dispatches received here, in locating Peacock and effecting his arrest. Warden Busbee notified Su perintendent Pou that Peacock will fight extradition, but. in anticipation of this, the warden was given authority to etilploy counsel in the matter. George Robb Pou, superintendent of the state prison, today issued the fol lowing statement to the press: . w. nfmfrtu. (Continued from ge Two) «*****•*« $ TODAY’S o;'i @ NEWS O @ TODAY • NO. 223. ‘ == '■ m of mi ioio ACCIDENT Sin Deceased Was En Route From Savannah Home to Richmond With Several of Her Relatives. CAR WRECKED ON KANNAPOLIS ROAD Accident Occurred When Car Slipped From Road Into Mud, Skidded and Struck High Bank. Mrs. Walter D. .Tones, age 52 wife of a prominent retail druggist of Savanah, f*L was fatally injured in an automobile accident near this city Saturday after noon. Air. Jones received slight cuts and bruises, his sister, Miss Jones, suffered a fractured wrist and his daughter the other occupant of the car, escaped with out injury. The accident occurred about 3:30 Saturday afternoon on the Ooncord-Kan napolis highway, about 3 miles south of Kannapolis when Mr. Jones started to drive his ear, a Ford sedan, around another car. Just as Mr. Jones pulled over to pass the car ahead the wheels of his ear slipped from the paved road, struck a mud hole, skidded against a bank and turned ever. The car was complete ly wrecked. Mrs. Jones who was on the rear seat direetly behind her husband who was driving, in some manner was pinned be neath part of the wreckage and she was moved from the car only after it* was picked up. Other occupants of the car were able to free themselves. Mrs. Jones never spoke after the ac cident. She was rushed to the Concord Hospital here, but was dead when plac ed upon the operating table. Misses Jones and Mr. Jones accompanied her to the hospital where the injured persons had their injuries dressed. . Motorists who witnessed the accident were heard to remark that Mr. Jones was not driving rapidly, and Mr. Jones him self declared he was driving between 18 and 20 miles an hour. The party was en route from their to leave the party in Richmond and drive MwTSSttty - on to Washington for the sessions of tbe National Druggists Association. Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband, one daughter, one son, W. D. Jones, Jr., of Savannb, and two brothers. Joseph Drum, of Savannah, and John Orum, of Pleasantsville, Ala. The body was carried from the hospi tal to the Bell & Harris Undertaking parlors, where it was prepared for burial. Accompanied by relatives the body left Concord yesterday morning on train 29 for Savannah and funeral services were held there sometime today. COUNTRY’S DEBT MAY BE PAID OFF IN 25 YEARS Government New Working With This f End in View, Assistant Secretary of The Treasury Says. (By the \uoetatni frewl Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 22.—Complete retirement of the gigantic public debt of the United States in the next 25 years is now contemplated by the Treasury. Federal fiscal affairs have reached the state. Assistant Secretary Dewey, of the Treasury, disclosed in a statement pre pared for delivery to the annual conven tion of the Investment Bankers Asso ciation today, where the Treasury has been warrantee in mapping out a pro gram contemplating the wiping out of the entire debt, now about 21 1-2 billion dollars, in the next quarter of a century. Tornado Kills Nineteen. (By the Associated Press.) St. Paul, Sept. 22.—Nineteen known dead, at least ten injured and property damage estimated at hundreds of thous ands of dollars, was the toll of torna does and swindstorms that swept across Minnesota and Wisconsin late yesterday. Unconfirmed reports place the number of dead at 30. Shanghai Troops Hold Firm. ' Shanghai, Sept.' 22 (By the Associ ated Press). —After battering at the,Che-, kiaug defensive lines since daybreak the Kiangsu artillery was unable tot push the Shanghai troops back in the fighting which was in progress today between Hsangfu and Kiatiug, 15 miles went: of Shanghai. J ,C. Collins Takes Own Life. (By tbe Associated l’.rwq Wendell. N. C„ Sept. 22.—Suffering from despondency following a nervous breakdown. J. C. Collins, aged 42, local business man early yesterday morning ended his life by tiring a bullet through his chest. He left a note to his widow reading: “Julia, do not worry. It is all right. Please forgive me.” ' - : -"==- ‘ =» WHAT BMITTVB WEATHER OAT SAYS iff! ea IL. 1 • ■ ,■. t ’ Genially tSSrTnd Tumd.,; cooler tonight. -. • V-vAy* -- -- 1
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