t DISPATCHES 5
VOLUME XXV
nm
OF NEEDLEMM Wli
BE TRIED AT ONCE
Men Charged With, Taking
Him From Jail and Muti
lating Him Will Be First
Tried at Special Term.
SPECIAL VENIRE
CALLED FOR TRIAL
Most of Those Charged With
Being Accessories Before
the Fact Pleaded Guuty
to the Charges.
(By the Associated Press)
Williamston. N. C., May s. — With Jos
eph Needleman, indicted on a charge of
attacking a young white girl, eight other
men on n charge -of mutilating Needle
man, and 24 others as accessories before
the act of mutilation, the superior court
of Martin county toduy was marking
time awaiting the scheduled appearance
this afternoon of a special venire of 200
men from whom an effort will be made to
get a jury to try the caijes.
Four of the eight men indicted on the
mutilation charge spent the night in jail
while the others were kept in jail. Claro
Heath, one of those facing this charge,
will go on trial tomorrow morning and
will be the first of the defendants to face*
ii jnry. Needleman, against whom the
most serious charge is placed, was Skid
in jail last night. It was indicated bp
would not be tried until the court has dfip'
posed of the charges against thosejanlt
are alleged to have been members
mob which removed him from the Jsaainn
county jail.
The legal fight, it appeared today,
would center around those charged with
mutilation. A strong array of counsel
was on hand to defend the men, and the
state also had reinforced its legal forces
preparatory to opening of the trial to
morrow. All but three of those eharged
with being accessories before the fact
pleaded guilty yesterday to the charges
or entered ideas of nolo contendere. Sen
tence will not be passed until after the
triul of the three resisting the charge.
However, it was stated a number of
those pleading gniity would be used as
state's witnesses. a,
None of those chnrgqd with mutilating
bwdj . ritatkili .JPltengftf- th*-n. >&erg
'eflboth with mutilating and accessory be
fore the fact pleaded gitijty to the latter
clmrge, they have maintained their Inno
cence of the former 'ndictment.
The mutilation charge carries a maxi
mum penalty of sixty years in 'the peni
tentiary.
True Bills Against Needietnan and His
Assailants.
Williatoston, May 4.—True bills of in
dictment against 32 defendants, charg
ing them with being members of a mob
that removed Joseph A. Needleman, to
bacco salesman, from the Martin county
jail Sunday morning March 20th, and ,
performed a serious operation on him.
were returned by a Martin county grand
jury late this afternoon. Fight of this
number are specifically charged with par
ticipating in the and 24 are
charged with being accessories before the
fact. This is the first time in the his
tory of North Carolina that an alleged
mob, in its entirety, has been indicted.
The. grand jury also returned a bill
of indictment against Needleman, charg
ing him with making an attack on a
young white woman.
Judge N. A. Sinclair, presiding, this
afternoon ordered a special venire of 200
men to report tomorrow afternoon, at
which time the drawing of a jnry will
begin. The oases against the 3 defend
ants will be grouped and . the trials are
expected to begin Wednesday morning.
No date has been set for the trial of
Needleman,
Judge Sinclair intimated this after
noon that be would hold the grand jury
together until the end of the term, as
it is expected that several of those enter
ing pleas of guilty will turn state’s evi
dence, thereby involving others in which
case the grand jury will be needed to con
sider other presentments.
DUKE OF YORK IS TRUANT
FROM RELIGIOUS MEETING
Attends Races Instead of Making Sche
duled Speech.
Condon, May 3.—The Duke of York,
as a patron, was announced to speak at
the recent world convention of Sunday
schools, at Glasgow, but at the last
moment he sent a message that another
engagement prevented him from being
present.
“The newspapers disclosed thnt the
Duke’s engagement was a race meeting,”
Rev. W. 8. C. Leach told the Primitive
Methodist Synod at Mansfield today.
“It is an insnlt to a Christum institu
tion for the Prince of the royal house
to put the race course before a religious
convention - where 52 nations were repre
sented.”
The applauded loudly.
Ford Would Turn Railroad Over to New
Company.
Washington, May 5 (By the Associat
ed Press).—Henry Ford asked the Inter
state Commerce Commision today for au
thority, to turn over the Detroit, Toledo
A Iron ton Railroad to a new corporation,
the Detroit & Ironton, for the purpose of
“better financing its ownership and oper
ation.”
From 300 to 500 dozen of frog legs
are shipped daily from Oshkosh, Wis
consin, duritig the slimmer season.
Twelve Pages Today
' Two Sections
; ’ •.u’. ■ t-'/ I• '■ •*’* ” j • )•:
'•i- ,'v' t*’- d‘/‘, ' Is,
The Concord Daily Tribune
“Beloved Thief’*
■ v|P@6,
r'SmKi
vj jSjl&siitr"" *
Mno R. Wlllsey. known to police a*
he 'beloved thief." because she baa
gnlted herself out of a dozen or so
wbbery charges. Is now awaiting
nal at New York charged with tak
rut jewelry, furs and gowns valued
it *4OOO. Police say ah* 'took valu>
jbtaa from the home of Mrs. Pear*
dyers. Riverside Drive, where sM
I jt ' ■ bed been a guest, *
HOW STONE MOUNTAIN
f COINS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
Mere Than 8.000 Banks Will Co-operate
■‘.y y. 1n Their Distribution.
<. Aygjta. Ga., May s.—Details of the
Wider which more than 8.000 banks
In Mm southern states will co-operate in
'.ttpflmstribution of one million Confed
■fife memorial half dollars, recently
SpntHl by the United States government,
were announced today by Robert F. Mad
dox, chairman of the southern bankers
committee, supervising the issuance of
the coins.
Simultaneous release of the memorial
coins is to be made all over the nited
States on the morning of July 3rd. when
commercial banks co-operating in irhe
distribution are /authorized to redeem
coin certificates for actual half dollars.
Certificates entitling their holders to
coins will be on sale by all banks prior
to July 3rd.
In a circular addressed to the heads of
all southern bankH. the plan is outlined
as follows:
“Previous to July 3rd there will be
issued to subscribers to the Confederate
memorial in every city certificates en
titling the holder, on or after July 3rd,
to an equivalent number of memorial
• Will -be- -hacked- m
the public through two agenies.
“a —The commercial banks in each
community co-operating in this nation
wide distribution.
“b—Volunteer organizations of public
spirited citizens, which are to be formed
under the direction of the Stone Moun
tain Monumental Association, and the
auspices of a nationwide committee of
sponsors.
“The allotment of coins to individuals
and families through the commercial
banks will begin as soou as these insti
tutions have forwarded their initial or
ders and received their • quota of coins
from the district Reserve Bank, and have
been supplied with the necessary coin
certificates. ~
“Every, commercial bank is invited,
therefore, to immediately place its or
der for .the memorial coins now on de
posit in the district Federal Reserve
banks.
“If the unsolicited orders thus far re
ceived by the Stone Mountain Memorial
Association may be taken as any index
of the sentiment, not only of the South
but of the nation, the demand for the
coins will far exceed the supply avail
able at this time, since a part of the
coinage issue is being reserved by, the
association for future needs.
“Only those holding coin certificates,
therefore, can be absolutely certain of
receiving these coveted mementoes to
which each year will add an additional
premium:”
AMERICA TO OFFER
SUGGESTIONS AT MEET
Suggestions Will Be Offered at Confer
ence For Control of Traffic tai Arms.
Geneva, May 5 (By the Associated
Press). —The United States will have cer
tain constructive suggestions to offer the
international conference for the control
of traffic in arms. Representative Theo
dore Burton, of Ohio, told the conference
today.
One of the moot important, he said,
concerns, adidtonal measures to deal with
traffic in poisonous gases with the hope
of {educing the barbarity of modern war
fare.
With Our Advertisers.
The Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. han
dles Bpartan dairy feeds. Phone 5711 V.
The Automatic refrigerators save ice
for you. See ad. of Concord Furniture
Co.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. carries a
complete line of Benjamin Moore & Co.
paints and varnishes. Phone 30.
The Sanitary Grocery Company handles
Western beef regularly.
For only $2.05 you can buy a good
pair of oxfords at the Removal Sale of
the Browns-Cannon Co. Scores of other
big bargains. See ad. today.
The Gurney is a refrigerator of advanc
ed deeign. Sold by H. B. Wilkinson, at
hit) four stores at Concord, Mooresville,
Kannapolis and China Grove.
Get your bathing suit now. The Ritchie
Hardware Co. has them.
Want Demonstration Against Von Hin
{ denburg.
(Br the Associated Press)
Hanover, M«y s.—The communists
> havh appealed to trades union and so
cialists to bold an anti-Hindenburg dem
onstration Thursday, the day on which
the bourgeois? bodies are planning an im
pressing manifestation for the President
elect. •;
HOUGHTON IDORESS
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BV BRITISH PRESS
British Journals Lay Special
Emphasis Oh That Part of
Address Which Dealt With
Plans For Peace.
PEACE OFGOOD
WILL IS NEEDED
Nations Must Show They
Want Such a Peace If the
United States Is to Con
tinue Her Aid to World.
London. May 5 (By the Associated
Press). —The leading journals of British
opinion today emphasize the significance
of the address before the Pilgrims So
ciety lost night by the new American
ambassador, Alanson D. Houghton, in
which he declared that unless a peace
based on good wilil were reestablished
, in Europe he feared the United States
would cease to play a sympathetic part
in the task of reconstruction.
Fresh from his conference with Presi
dent Coolidge and Secretary of State
Kellogg, the latter of whom he succeeds
at the court of St. James, the ambassa
dor reached the crux of his address when
he said:
“The full measure of American help
fulness can be obtained only when the
American people are assured that the
time for destructive methods and policies
have passed and that the time for peace
ful upbuilding has come.”
Washington Views on Adress.
Washington, May 5 (By the Associated
Press.) —While Ambassador Houghton
spoke on his own responsibility in. his ad
dress in London last night at Pilgrmi's
dinner, President Coolidge is hopeful
that the Ambassador’s interpretation of
the American attitude towards Rurope
will be helpful to European statesmen and
peoples.
Private American loans abroad, the
President believes, would be helpful in
some countries in restoring financial sta
bility and correcting exchange questions,
while in other countries such loans would
be of doubtful value.
In the light of Ambassador Houghton's
remarks it is obvious that/the adminis
tration here did' not intend to aprove
.»«*♦- 0,,
military preparations -hr *Ey European
country.
UNITARIANS MARK ONE*
HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
Principal Celebration of the Event Will
Be Held in Boston.
Boston. Moss., May 5. —Today rounds
out a century 'of existence for the Amer
ican Unitarian Association, which was
founded and still has its headquarters in
Boston. By an interesting coincidence,
unknown to one another, both the Brit
ish and American Unitarian Associations
were organized on the same day, May
5, 1825. In mutual observance of the
joint centenary, there is to be an ex
change of delegates.
The principal celebration of the Amer
ican Unitarian Association centennial will
be held in this city, the exercises to begin
next Sunday and continue through the
week Programs similar to that in Bos
ton will be carried out in many other
cities. Five leading Unitarian minis
ters from England are here to take part
in the American celebration. Immedi
ately after its close they will sail in
company with an equal number of Amer
ican ministers to attend the London cele
bration of the British Unitarian Asso
ciation, which is to be held during the
week of May 25th.
Unitnrianism began in Hungary in the
middle of the sixteenth century. The
name “Unitarian” is supposed to have
originated in n league fog tolerance,
whose members pledged themselves to
work for the abolition of religious per
secution. But its purpose was weak
ened by a rift arising from a difference
of belief in the' dogma of Trinity. Those
who rejected “God in Three Persons”
in favor of “God in One” remained loyal
to tie league and continued to be called
“Unitarian.”’
For a century the attitude of the Uni
tarians in matters of belief has brought
down accusations of “heresy” and “non-
Christianity” upon the American Uni-1
tarian Association, which traces its or
igin to the “club of some twenty-five
liberal-minded and public-spirited citi
zens,” organized for social and philan
thropic purposes in Boston in 1825, fol
lowing their separation from New Eng
land Congregationalism, The associa
tion now has a membership of more than
100,000.
The Unitarian position was clearly
stated in the early days of the movement
by William Ellery Channin£ who was
one of the devout adherents of the
church. Other men and women of
eminence who have been classed as Uni
tarians include Longfellow, Lowell, Em
erson, William Cullen Bryant, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, George Bancroft,
George Lathrop Motley, Nathaniel Haw
thorne. Francis Parkman, Daniel Web
ster, Horace Mann, Peter Cooper, Louis
Agassiz. Maria Mitchell, Charlotte Cush
man, Margaret Fuller, Susan B. An
thony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy
Stone. Julia Ward Howe, Mary A. Liv
ermore, and Louisa M. Alcott.
Noted Swedish Official Dead.
Stockholm, Sweden, May 5 (By the
Associated Press).—Former Finance Min
ister F. V. Thomson died today. He
1 was recently, elected to succeed the late
• Premier Hjaimar Branting as head of the
. social democratic party.
1—
There were 3,()81 Weat Point graduates
■ who served in the army during the Wvrld
Wnr. j ■
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1925
-—— i' i :
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j soon to begin Work of
CLASSIFYING STATU EMPLOYEES
Governor Satisfied With the Personnel of
the Commissions Staff.
[ (By the Associated *».l
I Raleigh. N. C„ May 4.—Governor Me-
ILean has indicated (liar he expects the
■ Salary and Wage C finim’ssion to hove
I enough data at baud witbip .'about thirty
k days to begin the Tat* of classifying the
I State employes.
The Governor expressed satisfaction at
[the personnel of the com mission’s staff
['of experts. He referred especially to
f I-onis, W. Merriam. Vale O. Millington.
1 R. B. Eutsler and R. E. I)r«wn.
I Mr. Merriam, said Governor McLean,
has been loaned to the North Carolina
Commission by the Institute of Govern
ment Research ■ art Washington. He
p . nted out that jke has had wide ex !><v
ience along the line in which he will
' serve North CarOtiiiL
“Mr. Merriam,” 4mid the Governor,
r “worked with the personnel classification
board created ȣ, thejeqnest of President
' ilson, in 1920, £or% lie ciasisfieation of
. employees in depart niton t of the Federal
Government. He hadVlmrge of preparing
data for this board (and has also done
work for several state governments, in-
I chid'ng that of Maryland,
i “The Institute of Government Research
- is not a government organization.” eon
• tinned the Governor, “but an organizn
i tion set up by a number of business men
i and private citizens fir the improvement
■ not only of federal departments hut of
I State departments a- well. Its presi
-1 dent. It. 8. Brookings, is chairman of the
board of trustees of‘the University of
Missouri and was formerly n member of
• the War Industries Board, during the
‘ • Wilson administrationi He is one of the
'Heading political economists of the cotin
j try. David F. Houston secretary of ag
1J rioulture in Mr. Wilson’s cabinet, and a
native of North Carolina, is also eon
' [ nected with the institute. There are
1 numerous others.”
Mr. Millington is librarian at the North
1 Carolina State College and hns been loan
ed to the Salary and Wage Commission
for this special assignment. Messrs. Eut
sler and’Brown Seniors'nt the University
of North Carolina: were loaned l>y the
Department of Economics of that institu
tion.
“These assistants,” said the Governor,
“are now working' on questionnaires, and
collecting data and information from
which the Commision will get much ma
te-ial that will aid it in the v.oifc of per
sonal classification. It will take about
thirty days. I should say, to get proper
data in hand to enable the Commision to
take up the work of readjustment and
classification.”
'J he Governor did not give any indica-1
tion as to what he expected the Conimis-;
sion to do in the way .of readjusting sal
aries nf State employes. • He did say.
h; wever, that it was npt the purpose of
therrf’niMttnqoa 'iSuyiHic unfairly.
As n matter of fact, he.'vtimntod that
therp might be cases where increases
would be advisable. But he'did not defi
nitely commit hiimself on any of these
points. The first work of the Commis
sion, he indicated, would be to get all
available data in hand and then to thor
oughly study it with regard ,to the em
ployes, affected. A complete study of the
duties of various employes will be made.
Also a duplication of effort will bo look
ed into. Inequalities in pay, if any ex
ist. will be investigated. Then, after all
that, the Commisison will undertake
steps toward whatever wage-fixing it finds
necessary, subject to the approval of the
Governor.
The final findings of the commission,
when approved and adopted as a stand- 1
ard wil lautomaticallybecome public doc
uments. However, the Commission, un
der the law creating it may continue to
function, making changes in scales and
classifications, from time to time, subject
to the approval of the Governor, at
whose call they meet.
State employes, for some days, have
been busy filling out their questionnaires.
These questionnaires, which are, given to
minute details ns to the employes’ work,
do not go into their private affairs. Work
of gathering them up will be pushed to
completion, in order that the Commis
sion and its corps of asistants may begin
the work of classification within the
next month.
I It is expected that the Salary and
Wage Commision's work will be rounded
out in time lor their findings to be taken
into account with the beginning of the
new fiscal year. The present fiscal year
for the State will end on June 30th.
May Bargain Days at Parks-Belk Co.
May Bargan Day Sale will begin at
the Parks-Belk Co's, on Wednesday, May
6th. Their buyers have just returned
from New York, where they bought thou-
I sands of dollars worth of new goods, and
big shipments are coming in every day.
Hot weather specials will be offered at
very low prices for this sale. With ev
ery $2.50 purchase or over in the boys’
department will be given free a baseball
with rubber center. Regular 50c ball.
Auction Sale of Land Saturday.
Next Saturday, May Oth, at 10:30 a.
m., the Carolina Land Co., will sell at
auction the E. D. Underwood property
located near the Cabarrus Cotton Mill,
known as the ball park. The sale will
. be conducted by the famous Pitts Bros.
Lunch will be served on the grounds. Miss
Betty Martin, the woman balloonist, will
' leap from the balloon in the big parachute
at a height of over 3,000 feet. See half
' page ad. in this paper.
I ?'v .
NOTICE!
| City privilege license are due
‘iMay Ist. Call and get! your li
■J . *
> cense tags for private autos,
s!
• trucks, cars, trucks and drays for
I
hire.
J CHAS. N. FIELD,
City Tax Collector.
; RIFFINS PREPARED
! FOR 9 ATTACKS OR'
: THE FRENCH POSTS
t
> Aviators Scout Tribesman’s
Forces and Report That
Three French Posts in Mo
' rocco Are In Danger.
SOME OUTPOSTS .
1 NOW SURROUNDED
: French Are Anxious to Break
Through and Relieve These
J Posts—French Are Taking
Strong Positions.
Fra. Morocco, May 5 (By the Aseo-;
i ciated Press). —The Riffinx are prepared
. to attack the french forces at three
principal points, it was reported today
by French aviators after Gen. Colombat’s
column had engaged the invaders near
I>ejba! Vibani, to relieve tire French out
posts still surrounded by the tribesmen.
Marshal Lyaute.v began a general in
spection of the area along the expected
: line of attack to satisfy himself of the
French preparations for resistance, and
for counter attacks, and also to ascer-;
. tain the state of mind of the local tribes
men whose uprisings the invaders are at
tempting to cause. This possible up
rising is feared by French authorities
mere than the actual onslaughts of Ab
del Krim's forces.
Situation Considered YVca in Hand Now.
Rabat, French Morocco, May 5 (By
tlie Associated Press). —The situation
arising from the invasion of the French
zone in Morocco by Abdel Krim’s RriiEn
tribesmen, which was at one time most
serious, is now considered. well in hand,
due to the punishment inflicted on the
invpders by the French forces.
Marshal Lyautey, conducing the op
erations from Fez, has aligned against
the tribesmen eighteen batallions of in
fantry. six squadrons of cavalry, twelve
batteries of artillery and a well equipped
aviation corps.
NORTH CAROLINA ’
NEEDS A BLI'E BOOK
| Which Contains Up-to-Date Data Con
cerning the State and Its Resources.
Raleigh. May 4.—?‘‘l am constantly re
ceiving letters as to the State's resourc
es,” said Governor McLean today. "Here,
foe ,inijt4i»ef is o#« Jrom. an. important
concern in New England. I regret that
I cannot furnish the information I should
like to in this case. At present, we
have no ‘Bine Book' in North Carolina
which contains up-to-date data about
North Carolina.
"Many of the State departments get
together information along various lines
that is very valuable, but this, under the
present system, is not co-ordinated. It
is scattered and it is, therefore, difficult
to summarize it.”
In this connection, the governor stat
ed that he hoped just this need would
be supplied by the State department of
conservation and development.
"As I stated in my inaugural address
and in my first message to the general
I assembly,” the governor continued, “I
have in mind a department of conserva
tion and development which, when
thoroughly organized, will get together
such data as will answer questions simi
lar to those asked in this letter I have
just referred to.
"It is not proposed to do away with
what the State departments are under
taking but to use the material they gath
er at some central place. In other words,
to stati it plainly, I want the department
of conservation and development to be
a sort of clearing house, or central agen
cy, for information about the state. I
am firmly of the opinion that this will
help the state wonderfully. " As a mat
ter of fact, a lot of North Carolinians
don’t know as much about the resources
of their state as they should. Then,
too, there is a lot we can ‘tell the world'
about North Carolina—not boosting or
boasting, but just plain, honest, mean
ingful facts.”
Governor McLean indicated that he
was not ready yet to announce his full
plans as to the organization of the de
partment of conservation and develop
ment but that he was giving the matter
thoughtful consideration. His plans will
probably be announced sometime between
now and July Ist .when the department,
heretofore known as the State geological
and economic survey, will start out on
a reorganized basis, as the State de
partment of conservation and develop
ment. It will npt be a new department,
but a reorganized department.
R. LEE WRIGHT IS AN
EMERGENCY JUDGE
Commissioned by Governor McLean to
Hold Court at Albemarle Next Week.
Salisbury Post.
R. Lee Wright prominent Salisbury
; lawyer and former judge of the Rowan
county court, has the honor of being one
; among the first emergency superior court
judges to be appointed by Governor Mc-
Uean, these emergency judges being pro
vided for by an act of the last legislature
in lieu of the creation of new judicial
districts and the naming of new all time
judges.
Mr. YVright goes to Albemarle next
Monday to open and hold Stanly county
superior court. He was commissioned by
Governor McLean for this duty. He will
i preside over this court in place of Judge
T. D. Bryson, of HVyson City, who has
been designated by the Governor to pre
side over a special term of Moore county
’ court at Carthage next week, this special
- term being for the trial of a negro charg
ed with a criminal assault upon a white
woman.
New Jersey school teachers must read
six verses daily aloud from the Old
Testament.
Lincoln’s Bed >
When a corner section of the historic
Taylor Hotel at Havana, 111., caved in.
crushing the frame drug store below, n
bed in which Lincoln slept when he rode
the circuit in Illinois caught on the edge
of the floor. It can be seen hanging in
. the air.
Copyright, 1025, NEA Service, Inc.
I ~8- in-
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened at Decline of 3 to 18 Points,
With Net Losses of. 15 •to 20 Points
During First Hoar.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, May s.—Reports of con
tinued favorable weather in the South
were reflected in relatively easy Liver
pool cables here again today and the cot
ton market here opened at a decline of
three to 18 points. Some trade buying
was reported at the new low prices, also
covering by recent sellers, but the de
mand appeared to be readily supplied
and active positions showed new losses
of 15 to 20 points before the end of the
first hour, July selling off to 23.60 and
October to 23.18.
Private cables said Liverpool had been
steadied by trade buying but had eased
later under selling promoted by further ,
advance in Sterling. Houses with Liv
erpool connections were sellers against
purchases abroad, presumably to take
profits on straddle aceoHuts, as the" dif
ference between the two markets is now
the narrowest of the season.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
23.60: July 23.70; Octobtfr 23.25: l)e
--cemBer 23:4Tt January 2&12.
DR. HENDERSON DECLINES
Offer of Presidency of the Oklahoma
University'.'
Chapel Hill, May 4.—Dr. Archibald
Henderson will not accept, the presi
dency of the University of Oklahoma.
He formally declined the offer tonight in
a telegram sent to Judge A. A. Mc-
Donald, chairman of the board of
regents, which was made public. At the
same time he issued a statement to: the
press in which he said that "the crucial
factors in my decicsioq have been the
great promise of the University of North
Carolina as the center and spontaneous .
expression of desire on the part of our
people that I remain in North Caro
lina.”
Discussing the matter informally, Dr.
Henderson said that his deeply rooted
affection for North Carolina. ’ coupled
with hundreds of expressions trom Tar
Heels urging him to stajv"' were the
fnctors in his decision that more than
offset the offer of the leadership of an in
stitution offering a bigger salary and
with a student body twice the size of
that here.
CONTINUE INQUIRY AS
TO CATHEDRAL BOMBING
The Most Interesting Evidence Is Not
Allowed to Become Public, However.
(By the Associated Press)
Sofiia. May s!—Examination of the
forty witnesses continues in the case
growing out of the bombing of the Sveti
Krai cathedral here, with the loss of one
hundred and sixty lives, but the most in
teresting evidence is not allowed to be
come public, the doors frequently being
closed. Eugene Leger, a Frenchan em
ployed by a local bank, yesterday ad
mitted having dealings with some of the
conspirators, notably Captain Ninkoff,,
who was killed when he resisted arrest.l
M. Leger, however, denied knowing the I
names of the plotters.
Must Pay Farmer Because Convicts In
vaded Premises.
Washington, May 4.—The District of
Columbia government must pay $7,500
damages to Howe Totten, a Virginia
farmer, for permitting prisoners at its
workhouse at Oecoquan, Va., to escape
and invade his premises, frightening his
family and making it difficult for him
to keep farm hands. The District of
Columbia court of appeals upheld today
a decision of the district Supreme court
awarding Totten this amount of dam
ages. He owned his land before the work
house was built on an adjoining site, he
| asserted, and finally was forced to
' leave his place because of the activities
| of the prisoners.
Seeking to Drive Off Liquor Armada.
New York. May 5 (By the Associated
Press). —Twenty-one boats of the U. S.
’ Coast Guard steamed out of the Clifton
' Bay, Staten Island base this morning,
bound for rum row to open an offensive
1 which will seek to sweep the liquor ar
' mada off the Atlantic seaboard by June
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The first farmers’ institute aver held
; in America was held at Hudson, Wis
consin, .in 1885.
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1 The first cow testing association in
1 the United States was organized in ’
Michigan in 1906.
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600 Students of the Asheville
High School Paraded the
Corridors During the Day
With Neckties Missing.
SCHOOL HEAD IS
AGAINST STUDENTS
But Boys Claim the Right to
Show Adams’ Apples If the
Girls Are Going to Show
Their Knees.
(By the Associated Press.)
Asheville, May s.—Sir, hyudred boy
students of the local high Jschool paraded
Through the corridors of the school this
morning with their neckties removed as a
protest against girl students who "roll
their stockings.” A half dozen boys who
appeared wearing neckties had this piece
of their clothing taken off by the other
boys,
J. W. Griffith, principal, announced at
assembly that "the removal of the neck
ties was foolishness" and that the boy
students may not. go to class without
neckties. Some of the teachers admitted
the youths, others excluded them.
The necktie strike followed ]K)st : ng of ,
notices in the corridors yesterday by the
boys that unless the girls desist, in "roll
ing their stockings” the boys would come
to school sans neckties. The boys hate
come back with the. statement that if
they are kept out of classes the same ac
tion should be taken against the girts. ' “If
they can show their knees., we ought to
be allowed to show, our Adams' apples;”
said the youths.
HAM AND BACON SHOW
To Encourage the Coring of More and
Better Meat at Home.
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh. May 4.—To encourage the
curing of more and better meat at home,
a VI lain and Bacon” show will be held
at the North Carolina State Fair during
the weT*k of October 12. it was aunoUuced
today by L. 11. McKay of the Animal In
dustrl Division of the State College.
Mr. McKay said that prizes- of about
S3B would be offered for the best hams, of
S2B soy the best shpulders and S2B for the
stdor. oL bacon. The (Erst prize for the
hams is sl2 and for the best shoulders
and bacon $lO.
Mr. McKay stated that the contest
would be limited to meat cured on the
farms of North Carolina and that deb
itors would be required to furnish their
recipes for curing meat aud to explain
how the work was done. Each piece of
meat, he said must be cut and examined
carefully and a small sample will be •
samped to test its quality. The meat
can either be sold or returned, according
to the wishes of the exhibitor.
f ‘\V« will give preference to ham
weighing weighmg between 10 and 25
IHHindx.” said Mr. McKay, “and to ba
cau that ib without ribs or fat back.
The judging will be based on 80 per cent,
for cure and quality and 20 per cent, on
sizes and trip. We expect, to have the
co-operation of the farm and home agents
in this matter and to hold one of the
most successful shows ever attempted in
the South.”
“Delicatessen Wife” Blamed For Divorce.
For Divorce.
Baltimore. May. 5.—A “delicatessen
wife” in the opinion of Mrs. John D.
Sherman, president of the General Feed
oration of Women's Clubs, is a cause of
divorce.
Speaking before the Maryland Founda
tion of the YY’omen's clubs, Mrs. Sher
man said she had no patience with wom
en who enjoy themselves away from,
home and rush back at the last minute be
fore the husband arrives, or even after, to
buy their dinner at a delicatessen store.
“No wonder divorces have increased
from one in every 30 marriages 25 years
ago to one in every five marriages now,”
Mrs Sherman said, adding that “the in
creased desire for jazzy, exciting things is
another cause of weakness in the Ameri
can home.”'
Mrs. Sherman declared the blame for
I the conduct of modern youth should rest
upon tne parents, and mentioned more
honesty and fundamental religion as nec
essities in the home.
Denies Report.
New York, May 5. —-Owen D. Young,
chairman of the board of the General
Electric Co., in a letter to Samuel Un
termyer made public today, denied that
the company is controlled by J .P. Mor
gan & Co., or any other banking group or
interest.
Votes for Return to Gold Standard.
London, May 5 (By the Associated
Presss). —The House of Commons passed
through its third reading without a divi
sion on the bill providing for a return
to the gold standard.
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