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VOLUME XXV
Rehabilitation is Task
Now In Stricken Areas
Saddened by Burial of Their
Dead, Persons in tornado
Regions Nevertheless Go
to New Tasks With Hope.
MUCH WORK FOR
STRICKEN CITIES
Some Must Be .Built Again
While In Others Building
Task Is One Demanding
' Time and Money.
Chicago, March 23 (By the Associated
Tress).—Saddened by the final tragedy'
of its greatest tornado disaster, the
burial of the dead. Southern Illinois and
Indiana turned undaunted to the mam
moth task of rehabilitation to which it
plans survivor* of last Wednesday's cat
astrophe will be returned to the same
conditions as existed before the storm.
All injured have received medical at
tention and all homeless have been pro
vided wilh temporary sh’elter it was an
nounced, ns plans got underway for re
building of the wrecked structures. A
colossal task faced the agencies engag
ed in reconstruction work as arrange
ments were inpde for complete surveys of
the storm territory.
It was anticipated that four months or
more would be required to clear hundreds
of acres of ruins restore thousands of
shattered homes, rebuild factories and es
tablish new systems of snnitatiou.
Henry M. Baker, head of the disaster
rel es committee of the Red Cross, an
nounced that his organisation expected
to rehabilitate every family affected by the ,
storm.' Ife also stated an emengency unit (
of the Red Cross had been established
in every stricken town, and that tempor
ary relief to the injured and homeless
had been fully taken care of.
With funds for the storm sufferers be
ing raised in all parts of the country,
through appeals in churches, newspapers,
by radio and many other agencies, the
national headquarters of the Red Cross in
Washington announced an appropriation
of $50,000 to augment similar funds be
ing raised by local chapters.
Card Blown SIO Miles By Storm In
Illinois.
Murphysboro, Ills., March 22:—A
calling card picked up In Murphysboro
by Wednesday's twister was carried to
Taleetine, Ills., 210 miles distant.
The Rev. H. W. Abbott, pasfftr of the
■ new First Baptist church, which was
of the card. On a book case in his stndy
in the parsonage adpoining the church,
were 500 railing cards. The tornado suck*
ed up the cards along with houses, tele
phone poles, trees and other loose
things. Yesterday he received -m tele
phone call from a man at Palestine
whom he did not know, and who said
that one of the cards had been found
there.
IVEY LANIER DEAD OF~
Al'TO CRASH INJURIES
Manslaughter Charges Brought In High
Point Against Sam Tucker.
High Point, March 21.—Ivey Lanier.
50-year-old merchant of this city, who
was injured when the automobile lie was
driviug collided with a car driven by
Samuel E. Tucker on the Thomasville
highway near here last night, died) at
the Guilford General Hospital this morn
ing at 6:30 o’clock. Lanier never re
gained consciousness.
The warrant issued last night for the
arrest of Tucker, charging him with as
sault and battery, was amended today
to charge mgnslaugther. Tucker was
released under $5,000 bond. R. R. Ra
gan, of this'eity. signed the bond. Date
for the preliminary hearing has not been
set, but Tucker probably will be ar
raigned in court here next week. C. C.
Barnhardt, local attorney, has been re
tained as counsel for the defendant.
It was learned today from presons who
claim to have seen the accident that
Tucker was attempting to pass two au
tomobiles going in the same direction.
All three cars were being drivep at a
rapid rate of speed. Lanier, driving ft
Ford touring- car, was about to meet the
other machines. He steered his csr to
the extreme right, but there was insuf
ficient space for Tucker to drive his car
between tbe other automobiles and the
collision resulted.
Tobacco Companies Get Tax Refund.
(By the Associate* Press)
Washington, March 23—Tobacco man
ufacturers who pay the additional "floor”
■tax” of 65 cents per thousand upon cigar
ettes, imposed by the revenue act _of 1918,
are entitled to a refund of that tax on
cigareftes that were imported, the u
preme Court so held today in a case
brought by the government against P. Lo
riHnrd Company.
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PROGRAM FOR WEEK OF
MARCH 23-28
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
BUSTER KEATON in
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In 7 Reel*. One of his special pictures.
It’s a Metro Goldwyn
WEDNESDAY—ONE DAY ONLY
“THE SWAN"
With Adolph Menjou, Ricardo Cortez,
and Frances Howard. A Paramount
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
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• SATURDAY
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I ALL DOUBT OF A STATE
I DEFICIT IS NOW’ GONE
Governor McLean Has Settled The Db
pnte in a Matter-Of-Fact Way.
Tom Bast in Greensboro News ,
• Raleigh. March 21.—Doubt or ‘ the
ancient deficit in State finances is now
gone and the first McLean matter-of
fact statement placing the debit bal
ance” at $10,251,6*0,57, nearly uvo
months after the perferyid demonstra
tion of former Governor Morrison that
there is. no Such 'tiling ns a state short
age, settles it in ii state Wav of doing
biisinrap. t '
Aftdii two months of administrative
work, daring which' time the collections
naturally have been low, the deficit Ims
climbed considerably more than "half a
million above the figures shown by the
budget commission and accepted by the
finance committee of the two houses.
The March raid on incomes will help
to bring down the balance against tbe
state, but there is very little likelihood
of lessening the grand total by Jnly 1,
1925, when Mr. McLean deals with the
situation in his own name.
The argument of Former Governor
Morrison was momentarily' impressive.
It was difficult to resist his appeal that,
revenues which were levied by him and
accrued after his day" should not go to
the reduction of the delcit shown at the
end of his rule. But when anybody ask
ed a member of the finance committee
why the state did not apply these re
ceipts to the deficits, a’ways the reply |
was that the state had no receipts and ■
would have none. The present shortage
seems to show that there is nothing
which can reduce the whole.
It so happens that there was a sjate
deficit four years ago, one eight, 12j 16
ami so on. Each executive taking tip
government bean where it was left off
by hie predecessor and Mr. Morrison' did
the same thing. -He picked up the
Bickett administration where the retir
ing executive had left it and there was
million dollar deficit caused by the
state’s taking something from the gen
eral fund when bonds went bad. But
there was a cash surplus ot *660.000
and an accrual of $1,000,000 which Mr.
Morrison inherited: The state went on
and now Mr. McLean takes over a $9.-
617.000 deficit against which lie can
employ the accruals of the Morrison
Regime.
There will hardly be any more fury
about tbe deficit. It is now big enough
tor everybody to see and after July the
state will begin to handle it in an in
With Our Advertisers.
The big shoes and hosiery sale at the
Bichmond-Flowe Co’s, is still going some.
It has gone far beyond all expectations,
and they have found it necessary -to put
in additional stock. Sec new ail. today.
Store opens at 9 •o'clock Tuesday morn
ing.
Note the big ad. today of the Metro
politan Life Insurance Co. The fol
lowing represent this excellent company
in Concord. F. H. Adden. assistant man
ager ; H. S. Hahn, J. R. Cress, H. E.
Widenhouse, C. G. Scott. W. H. Cline,
and A. E. Gardner. Office on fourth
floor of Cabarrus Bank building.
You will find'all kinds of new mer
chandise for Easter and spring wear at
Efird’s.
Note a few specials in the dry goods
department of the Parks-Belk Co. in the
new ad. today. Note especially the
Vanta baby department.
Oliver spike tooth harrows at Yorke
& Wadsworth Co’s. All other farm im
plements,- too. 5
Fresh garden seeds in bulk at Pearl
Drug Co. Phone 22.
Get automobile insurance from John
K. Patterson. & Company covering fire,
theft, collision, liability and property
damage.'
Best lime, cement, plaster and coal at
K. L, Craven rand Sons.
Flaoons d ! orsay at Gibson Drug. Store.
Fragrances: Chypre, Charme, Chevalier,
and Fleur de France.
Fine fresh shad Thursday or Friday )
at Sanitary Grocery Co.
You can snve money in three ways by
buying a Gurney refrigerator. See H. B. j
Wilkinson’s new ad. Four 1 stores. Con
cord, Kannapolis,, China Grove, and
Mooreaville.
Series No. 55 in the Cabarrus County
B. L. and S. Association is now open. All
stock in this Association is non-taxable.
See the page ad. of Easter fashions
-today by Dave Oestriecher, of Salisbury. ■
The latest at. this store in Easter cos
tumes, hosiery, scarfs, gloves, neckwear,
jowelery, handkerchiefs, handbags, para
sols, (umbrellas, fcte. The ensemble suit
in many delightful version?, sometimes
with the rock and coat of cloth, again
with separate, frock of silk, is at this
store. Lhvely ip ways of gSrnlture, beau
tifully made in every detail.
Roscoe Arbuckle to Wed Doris Deane.
(By the Associated Press)
Beverly Hills, Calif., March 28. —Doris.
Deaifc, motion picture actress, and Ros
coe Arbuckle, former comedian of the
films, will be married .tomorrow night
at the home of the bride's mother, at
San Marino, near Pasadena. An er-,
roneous report last night stated they
had been married last week. Arbuckle’s
former wife, Mrs. Menta Arbuckle, some.
weeks ago obtained a divorce in Paris.
Another Job For Gen. Pershing. i
(By the Associated Press) '
Washington, March 28.—Gen. Pershing
bas been appointed to supervise the Tac
na Arica plebiscite.
Tbe White House today announced his.
selection as head of the commission which j
is to oversee the election under the rec- <
ent Chilean-Perqvian arbitration award.
Ten Pages Today
Two Sections
i CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925
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Some Effects of the Storm at Murphysboro, Illinois
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The efforts of a lifetime were smashed to bits by the tornado which crushed in houses like so many eggshells an,l
left a trail of death and havoc in its wake. This picture, taken at Murphysboro. HI., one of the town's hrdest. hit by the
twister, foves some conception of the tornado's fnry. Note the solid concrete walls In the foreground snatched from their
foundations and hurled far and 'wide. ;
2* BODIES HAVE BEEN
RECOVERED FROM MINE
Rescue Workers Still Hoping They WHI
Find at Least Two Miners Alive in
the Mine.
(By the Associated Press)
Fairmont, March 28. —Rescue workers
expected to learn definitely, today whether
there are any survivors - among the 33
men imprisoned last Tuesday night by
the explosion at the Barraeksville mine
of the Bethlehem Mine Corporation. The
hope has not been abandoned that two
miners escaped death as they are believ
ed to have been working in remote sec
tion of the mine when the blast went off.
It was admitted at the same time, how
ever, that there is no evidence any sur
vivors will be found.
The removal of fifteen additional bod
ies yesterday brought the total of bodies
from the mine up to 29.
A development yesterday was arrest by
policemen of Chas, Grove, former employe
for investigation. Three , others are be
ing held also for questioning in eon nee- <
Aha*-. >’o date
has been Ri»t for the official investigation
that will be made.
HUNDRED WITNESSES ON
HAND FOR EDWARDS TRIAL
Batlf Sides Ready to Proceed With Case,
and a Speedy Trial is Expected. 1
(By tbe Associated Press)
Bessemer, Ala., March 23.—More than
100 witnesses were on hand today when
I)r. Geo. T. Edwards was called for trial
on a charge of wife murder.
Both sides were ready to proceed with
rhe case, and such speed was made in '
the opening hour that it is expected the
jury* will be sworn in during the after
uoon session of the court.
Judge J. O. B. Gwin. wiio presided iu
the first hearing, which resulted in' a
mistrial, again occupied the bench. /
The defeendant, who is charged with
slaying his wife in their Valley Road 1
home on December 2nd, appeared in ro
bust health.
Will Sentence Rickard Next Week.
Trenton, N, J„ March 23.—At the re- 1
quest of defense counsel. Federal Judge 1
Bodiue today deferred for one week im-!
position of tentence on Tex Rickard and j
others conv.ctedi last week of conspiracy j
in the interstate transportrition of films I
of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight.
New Theatre To Be Ready Easter Mon- i
day.
,V M. Meriwether, of Lexington, is in the
city today. Mr. Meriwether will be the
manager of H. B. Varner’s new theatre
;Bow approaching completion here. Mr.
Meriwether tells us he expects to be
ready to start up the new playhouse on
Easter Monday.
An attractive advertisement
' by the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company appears in
this .paper headed
“HEARTS
AND •
DOLLARS”
We are glad to tell the people
in'this locality that this Com
pany has an office here and
we shared in the achieve
ments spoken of in the adver
tisement.
F. H. ADDEN, Asst. Mgr.
H. C. Hahn C. G. Scott
J. R. Ci'ess W. H. Cline
H. E. Widenhouse A. E. Gardner
,;f •' Office i. Fourth Floor Cabarrus Bank Bldg.
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NEARLY r : i s
( FROM GASOLINE TAX
Practically Entire Revenue From This
Source Collected Last Year Went Into
Road Building.
Washington. March 21.—Motorists in
35 states and the District of Columbia
'last, year paid $7,0.734.490 in gasoline
taxes, of which sum $48,711,326 was
used in state road maintenance and
construction. Much of the remainder
collected was, turned over to county and
local roads funds.
Tbe department of agriculture, in ans
-nouncing these figures tonight, estimate
ed that only half of the motorists in the
country contributed to the fund, al
though all but 13 states levied a gaso
line lax. The average amount paid an
nually where the . tax - was imposed was
$10.30 per vehicle:
California, with ir 2 cent tax, col
lected $11993,222, •of which $5,996,611-
was applied to state roads. Pennsyl
vania collected $9,089,541, the second
[ largest sum. with a 2 cent levy, but the
department had no record of what part
of it was used for highways. Wyoming’s
j one cent tax brought only $200,319, all
j of it being used for roads. Tlie state has
; increased the tax to 2 1-2 cents per gal
j lon.
I Arkansas’ 4 cent tax, the largest of
! all states, brought the state $22768,535.
I of which $2,268,535 was applied to road
' work.
Get Silk Valued at $40,000.
(By tbe Associated Press)
New York, March 23.—Armed men
held up watchmen today on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad 26th pier on the Hudson
River, and escaped with silk valued by
the railroad officials at's4o,ooo.
THE COTTON MARKET
Heavy General Belling Occurred at tin
Opening on Reports of Rain in South,
west Texas.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, March 23.—Heavy general
selling occurred at the opening of the
cotton, market today owing to reports
Os ’ rain in southwest Texas and re'a
tively easy Liverpool cables. In addi
tion to liquidation of old long accounts
there appeared to be considerable pres
sure from southern and local sources.
After opening easy at a decline of 20
to 48 points, active montlis soon showed
net losses of 30 to 49 points. May selling
off to 25.21 and October to 24.88. The
decline uncovered a good many orders
to buy for trade account and this with
covering of reeent sellers checked the
break, and prices rallied 10 or 15 points
from the lowest by the end of the first
hour.
Gorton futures opened easy: March
25.25; May 25.40; July 25.55; October
25.00; Deflember 24.95. '
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DIES IN CHARLOTTE
Prominent Citizen of Lexington Passes
Away Suddenly in Hotel.
Charlotte. March 22.—Stephen Edwin
Williams, of Lexington, died suddenly
in his room at a local hotel at an early
hour this morning, heart trouble being
the cause of death. He was in his
usual health yesterday.
M> Williams was of Lexington, but
he had spent the greater part of his time
in Charlotte for the last year as his
daughter, Mrs. ••E. C. Sweeney resides
here.
Mr. Williams was born February 28,
1857 in Yunreyville, Caswell county.
Coming of a family of prominence and
notable mentality He married Miss
Luimii Williams, of Marchmont, and
they have two children liviug. Mrs. Wil
liams resides in Salisbury.
ALBERT HOUSE, NOTORIOUS
CRIMINAL, ESCAPES JAIL
Officers Express Belief He Had Outside
Aid in Successful Effort to Law Out
of Prison.
(By the Auoelatsl Press.)
Tampa, Fla., March 23.—Albert House,
said to be a notorious criminal, early to
day escaped, from the Hillsborough Coun
ty jail where he had been confined for
one week. House in sawing his way out
of the institution, officers said,, had been
aided from the outside.
House Is wanted by the Indiana author
ities for murder, apd a series of bank
robberies, officers said.
\ He was being held here for having en
gineered the Hava Tampa robbery here
a year ago in which $24,000 was taken,
and also several yeggman “jobs.”
■ Two Measures To Be Ratified by People.
Raleigh, Marqll 21.—When the general
assembly adjourned, it was found that it
had referred only two measures to the
people to be voted on in the next gen
eral ’ ejection.
One of these , is a proposed eonstitu- j
tional amendment designed to permit the
governor to be inaugurated on the open-1
ing day of eadh biennial session of the]
general assembly instead of later on in t
I the session. i
The other measure is a proposed $2,-1
000,000 soldiers’ loan fund, carrying the 1 j
same provisions as the “Grist bill” passed
by the 1923 general assembly and thought
to have been ratified in the general elec-,
tion of 1924 but which was declared tin- !
constitutional by the supreme court dur-'
ing the regular biennial session of 192."). j
Verdict for Mrs. Waterhouse. {
(By the Associated Press)
London, March 23.—The jury which
had been hearing the casd of Mrs. Muriel
Waterhouse against Lady Wilson Barker
to recover 10,075 pounds, which the plain
tiff claims the defendant had extorted
from Alfred Francis Waterhouse, hus
band of the plaintiff, now deceased,
brought in a verdict this afternoon in 1
favor of Mrs. Waterhouse. It found
that R. P. Sheldon, named as an alleged
party to the extortion, had not conspired
with Lady Wilson Barker. .
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Five Soviet Officials Reported Killed. |
(By the Associated Press)
Moscow, March 23.—A Reuter dispatch
says five soviet government officials were
killed whin a military airplane flying
from Tiflis to Suehum caught fire in
mid air and crashed to the earth,
niOOURT
IS BUOY FOR THE
BEOOfTT ffi NOW
W. H. Bennett and Wife Go
On Trial Charged With the
Murder of Mrs. Augusta
Hoffman Years Ago.
MURDERED WOMAN
WAS KINSWOMAN
500 Prospective Jurors Sum
moned by Court as Cage
Has Attracted Such Inter
est—Elements of Mystery.
Cattanooga, Tenn., March 23. (By the
Associated Press).—Five hundred pros
liective jurors, 300 more than the usual
number summoned, were called to Hamil
ton, county court today for the trial of'
IV. H. Bennett and his wife, Mrs. May
Bennett, of Rome, Ga., indicted on a
charge of murdering Mrs.'Augustus Hoff
man, aunt of the defendants.
Elements of mystery as to the details
of the alleged crime were to be explained
as the trial began. Mr. and Mrs. Ben
nett were indicted on the charge of mur-l
der in September. 1924, following the dis
covery of bones said to have been those
l)f a woman under the house they had oc
cupied at their residence of more than
four years In Chattanooga.
The state claims the bones fouDd by
workmen while making repairs, on the
house were those of Miss Hoffman, whom
the prosecution contends "disappeared”
after coming to make her home with her
nephew and family.
Jury Chosen.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 23 (By the
Associated Press).—Selection of a jury
for the trial of W. H. Bennett and his
wife, Mrs. May Bennett, Rome, Ga.,
charged with the murder of Miss Augus
ta Hoffman, required only one and one
half hours in Hamilton county criminal
court here today.
JURY OF MEN CHOSEN
FOR ELLINGSON CASE
Slxteen-Year-Old Girl Goes on Trial for
the Killing of Her Mother.
(By the Associated Press)
San Francisco, March 23.—Dorothy
Ellingson, sixteen-.vear-old stenographer
who shot -bee ; mother to death last-Oc
tober when her parents objected to the
hours she kept with men friends, came
into the Superior Court here today with
cue hope—that the jury which will try
her on a charge of murder, will be com
posed entirely of meh.
■ ■' The young defendant hasglonfessed the
killing of her mother, Mrs. Anna Elling
son. The girl attended a party pn the
same night.
The girl's attorneys have indicated they
will make a plea of temporary insanity,
but that she shot “on an impulse.” She
has submitted to a series of examina
tions designed to establish her mental
and physical status.
Representative From Fort Bragg in City
Fort Bragg, X. C., March 23. —A sjie
cial citizens' military training camp rep
rteentatlve, Lt. W. S. Bryant, is being
sent to Concord, and should arrive there
about March 23rd. His purpose > s to
assist Mr. J. T. Cline, the local C. M. T.
C. represenative. in giving personal in
formation relative to the C. M. T. C.,
which will be held at this post between
2nd and 31st of July. General Bowley
is interested in increasing the enrollment
from Cabarrus county, which was one
young man at last year’s camp.
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; Prepaid shares $72.25 per ii
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Running shares 25 cents ■
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All stock is Non-Taxable. ?
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WUIITSMHE
BEING MADE IB THE
Planned to Give the Case to
Judge Kennedy Not Later
Than Tomorrow Night.—
Pomerene First Speaker.
LIMIT SPEAKING
TIME OF LAWYERS
Court Is In Session But Four
and a Half Hours Each
Day and Only Few Speech
es Are Scheduled.
(By the Associated Press) ’
/ Cheyenne, Wyo., March 23.—Attorneys
in the Teapot Dome lease annulment suit
started on the hist leg of the trial today
with a view of having the case submit
ted to Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy
by tomorrow afternoon. A schedule
agreed to by attorneys last night calls •
for the argument of Atlee Pomerene of
government counsel, to occupy one and
a half hours, beginning today. The rest
of the day then will be occupied by J.
> W. Lacy, 6t the defense counsel, who will
(submit the technical argument.
The court day of four and one-half
hours will be divided among Martin W.
Littleton and Geo. P. Hoover, of the de
fense counsel, and Owen J. Roberts, gov
ernment attorney, tomorrow. It is hoped
the case will be completed before the
eoure by Tuesday night,
THIRTEEN KILLED
IN' TRAIN WRECK
Two Fast Southern Pacific Trains Col
lidge During Fog; Five Are Injured.
New Orleans, March 22. —Thirteen
persons lost their lives in a wreck early
today when t.wo fast mail trains of tliet
Southern Pacific Railroad collided during
a fog at Ricohoc, La., between Franklin
and Patterson. Four of the dead were
white men. the others negro passengers.
Five were seriously injured.
Tlie official report said Engineer Mat
thews, of the eastbound San Antonion
express, came through the fog and passed
the switch at Ricohoc. where he was
scheduled so have put in for the west
bound mail. About 900 feet pas the
switch._the two trains came together.
The baggage ear aud the front pas
sepger gMgif: .of -the-eaHthound tearo -tele-' -
The fender and baggage Coach of the
scoped. The negroes occupied the coach,
other also telescoped. Egineer Mat-,
thews telephoned railroad officials that
lie was badly hurt and too nervous to
talk. He was said to have stated he
became lest in the fog and did not know
he had passed the switch.
BORROWED AIRPLANE FOR
HIS FIRST TRIP IN AIR
private at Bolling Field Started Home
In Plane Without Permission to Use
It.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, March 23.—The com
manding general of the district pf Wash
ington is endeavoring to figure out what
should* be done with a buck private who
undertook to Hy an airplaue without pre
vious experience.
Private Floyd B. Eiifritz, of Bolling
Field, borrowed a majoVs plane, made a
beautiful take-off. circled the field and
then headed to Washington. Officers say
he explained later he was “going home.”
which understood to be somewhere on
Pennsylvania Avenue.
Eiifritz forgot, however, to open the
radiator of the craft, and it got so hot
as it reached the city limits that he
turned back. When lie landed, the en
tire personnel of Bolling Field assisted
him from the wreckage. He was not
injured.
Co-operative Training School Began Sun
day Afternoon.
The Cabarrus County Co-operative
Standard Training School for Sunday
School leaders was opened ’yesterday af
ternoon at the Central Methodist Church
at 3 o'clock. Following a short period of
worship and opening remarks, the school
was organized into classes.
Two class sessions were held, the first
at 3:25 and the second at 4.20.
Classes will be held tonight beginning
i at 7 :30 and continuing 'on through 9:30.
The school will end next Sunday. This
school is conducted under the auspices of
the Methodist and Presbyterian denomina
tions of Cabarrus county.
Still Fighting For Shepherd’s Release,
(by the- Associated Press)
Chicago, March 23.—A legal battle to
obtain' the release on bail' of Wm. D.
Shepherd, indicted on a charge of inocu
lating his foster son. Wm.'N. MeOtintook,
with typhoid germs, w«6 resumed today.
At the same time a coroner's inquiry
into McClintock's death was scheduled to
come up with an announcement by Chief
Justice Harry Olseu of the municipal
court, that he had subpoenaed new wit
nesses for the bearing. Their names
were not divulged.
WHAT SMimre CAT SAYS
Fair tonight and Tuesday, warmc#
j Tuesday in western portion.