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VOLUME XXV
IB MEMBERS ARE SHERIFF GtLUGAN
SENTENCED FOR THEIR I ENDS [HE BUCK
CHIME DURING Ms AT HIS OLD POST
Five Men Are Sentenced as !
Result of Act In Remov
ing Joe Needeman From
the Williamston Jail.
four ar¥found ]
GUILTY BY JURY
Others Had Pleaded Guilty !
of Being Accessories Be
fore the Fact—Needleman
Charges Are Dropped.
(By the Antedated Press)
Williamston, N. C., May 13.—Senteno- (
es at hard labor in the state prison rang- \
in* from 30 years down to two years were >
imposed in the Martin County Superior i
Court here today o» the five principal 1
defendants convicted of multilating Jos- '
eph Needleman on March 28th after re
moving him from Martin County jail. *
Henry Dennis Griffin, alleged leader of <
the mob, drew a sentence of 30 years, f
while the lighter sentence of two years 1
was given Claro Heath.
Sentence was imposed on defendants I
after F. W. Sparrow, Jr., who had not ►
been tried along with the other four, sub- <
mitted to the charge of mutilation. Sen- *
traces imposed were as follows: '
Henry D. Griffin. 30 years; F. W. *
Sparrow Sr„ F. W. Sparrow, Jr., and
Julian Bullock six to ten years, and 1
Claro Heath two to three years.
Williamston, N. C., May 13 (By the *
Associated Press). —Twenty-seven men *
faced Judge X. A. Sinclair in Martin •
County Superior Court today to be sen
tenced for their part in the removal from '
Martin county jail ou March 28th of i
Joseph Needleman and his subsequent
mutilation. It was the first time in 1
the history of North Carolina that a
mob had been indicted, tried and con- 1
victed en masse. '
Four of the men, Henry D. Griffin, t
Julian Bullock, F. W. Sparrow. Sr., and <
Claro Heatii, were convicted yesterday
of mutilation by a jury which deliberat- 1
ed just a few minutes over three hours.
The penalty for the crime may be as .
great as sixty years imprisonment ex
cept .for Heath for whom a feoouimenda
tion/ for mercy was added, which will
the possible extreme penalty in his
case ten years. Nineteen of file then !
pleaded to being guilty of being aeesso
ries before the face. One defendant, .
F. W. Sparrow, Jr„ remained to be tried
for mutilation when court opened today ]
while another, Sam I .illy, will be ar
raigned at a later date as an accessory 1
if lie recovers from self-inflicted wounds 1
Three men pleaded not guilty of being 1
accessories, and it tvas indicated the ’
state woHld not press these.
Coincident with the return of the ver- .
diets yesterday. Solicitor Don Gilliam an- '
nounced for the state that a directed 1
verdict of not guilty would be accepted •
in the ease against Joseph Needleman, ‘
for which he was awaiting arraignment 1
in Martin county jail when the mob
broke into the jail and committed the
crime against him.
“DRY” LAND FORCES WILL
BE REORGANIZED NOW
Plan to Make Changes So They Can Bet
ter Co-operate With the Forces .at
Sea.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, May 13.—With the sea
offensive well underway, reorganization
of the land forces of prohibition enforce
ment has started with a view to co-or
dinate the campaigns.
One of the first moves has been in
the consolidation of special forces operat
ing under the general agents in nineteen
states with the staff of state directors.
The effect will be to give a unified or
ganization which will be need under the
present plans exclusively on conspiracy
cases and in major raids. '
As the strategical plan develops, other
federal agents will be transferred to the
general field until the state director re
tains only enough agents to do inspec
tion work, sue has investigating appli
cations for permits and seeing that drug
stores obey the laws in dispensing medi
cal liquor. „
Continues Charges Against Nurmi and
Ritola.
Des Moipes, la.; May 13 (By the As
sociated Press). —A statement charging
F. W. Reubin, secretary-treasurer of the
Amateur Athletic Union with a desire
ot “whitewash” the famous Finish ath
letes, Paavo Nurmi and Willie Ritola,
and their interpreter-manager, Hugo
Quist, recently accused of attempts to
collect exorbitant expense accounts, was
issued today by K. L. Wison, athletic di
rector of Drake University, one of their
accusers.
The advent of radio has added approx
imately five thousand words to English
I language.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Auction Sale of County Home
Property on Kannapolis Road
will be conducted Wednesday,
May 20, 2:00 P. M. instead of on
May 21, as heretofore announced.
Ford |Car to be given Away Free
Balloon Ascension
Remember the date of sale and
Be On Hand at 2:00 P. M.
Linkere & Barnett
The Concord Daily Tribune
Sheriff Returns to William
son County After Leaving
In February When County
Was Torn by Parties.
READY T(TmAKE
PEACE WITH ALL
Sheriff Was On Job When
His Deputy, Ora Thomas,
Was Killed In Gun Fight
With Glenn S. Young.
Marion, 111., May 13 (By the Associat
ed Press). —Exiled since February '"Si,
when he signed an agreement with Gov.
Small to leave the county. Geo. (lail'ghn
was again in the sheriffs office of Wil
liamson county today. Homesickness
urged him back, he said.
Reaving in the interests of peace in the
strife-torn Williamson County, Sheriff
Ualligan returned talking of harmony and
good will toward all factions. He said
he had visited Gov. Small at Springfield.
111., last week and that the executive
bad made no serious objection to the
sheriff's return, (loveruor Small advis
ed that lie wait, however, for changes in
the city administration at Herrin, 111.,
which went anti-Klan in a recent elec
tion, Galligan added.
It was in Herrin that Sheriff Galligan,
avowed anti-Klansman, was a center of
trouble. Elected to office in June, 1922,
Galligan opposed the appearance more
than a year later of S. Glenn Young, spec- j
tacular raider of the Ku Klux Klan.
Thirteen months after Young's first
raid, Galligan’s chief lieutenant. Deputy
Sheriff Ora Thomas, fought a duel with
Young iu a Herrin hotel. Both were '
killed. 1
Sheriff Gallagan described his leave '
taking as a "vacation for sixty days" 1
while county officials expressed the belief
that he had gone on a “two years’ vaca
tion.” 1
SALESMAN ASSAULTED^
AND HIS CAR STOLEN 1
Brown, of Salisbury, Beaten Up By
Highwaymen, But Not Seriously In- <
jured.
Salisbury, May 1£. —P. A- Browu, a
phonograph salesman for a local furni
ture company, was held up by two
white highwaymen on the road between
Fork church and the Cooleemee-Mocks
ville road, in Davie county intersections,
last night about 10 o’clock, who, after
assaulting him took possession of his
automobile and drove off. Not having
any money on his person, the automobilt
was the only thing taken.
Mr. Brown made his way to a farm
house, from which communication was
had with this city and a physician and
an ambulance was sent after him and
lie was brought to the hospital here.
His wounds were found to be not of a
serious nature, being about the head
and had rendered him only in a tem
porary dazed condition.
Sheriff Krider and the head of the
furniture company went to the scene in
an effort to get some clue to the high
waymen.
With Our Advertisers.
“Fixtures of character the modern
way” is the slogan of W. J. Hethcox,
the electrical man. Phone 069.
Choice fresh meats, groceries, fresh
fruits and vegetables at Sanitary Grocery
Co.
Savings accounts benefit the entire
community. See the new ad. today of
the Cabarrus Savings Bank.
Patt Covington has just received a
bunch of men’s coats.
The most beautiful summer pumps are
now being shown at the Ruth-KesJer
Shoe Store.
Efird's has graduating and party dress
es in a big assortment. See new ad.
The Standard Buick Co. has several
used cars for sale 'or exchange.
The Starnes-Miller-Parker Co. has
many beautiful graduation presents, such
as wrist watches, rings, bracelets, bar
pins, pearls, fountain pens, etc.
diaries Store to Be Opened Friday.
The Charles Stores Co. will open its
I Concord store next Friday, May 15,
from 7 :30 p. m. to 9:30 p. m. No mer
chandise will be sold on that day. There
. will be souvenirs for the ladies and music
,by an excellent orchestra. This store
will handle the following lines: £
Candy and cakes, stationery, music, i..
hosiery, ribbons, laces and embroideries, r
, millinery, notions, dry goods, jewelry, j
, toys, toilet goods, hardware, household i
, goods, glassware shoes, wearing apparel r
for men, women and children.
Trot iky Given Ovation. j"
Moscow, May 13 (By the Associated {.
. Press). —Leon Trotzky, deposed head of ;
! the soviet army, who recently returned £
from seclusion in the Caucasus, was today |»
elected a member of the Presidium by the f
federal congress of soviet states.
He was given an ovation by the Con- K
gress. t
Dr. McDaniels Re-elected.
Memphis, Tenn., May 13 (By the As- ?
sociated Press). —Dr. Geo. W. McDan- I;
iels, of Richmond, Va., was unanimously t
re-elected President of the Southern Bap- j!
tint Convention at the opening session of
their annual meeting here today.
French Begin Movement In Morocco. j
Rabat, French Morocco, May 13 (By j
Whe Associated Press). —The French |
troops began a movement last night for j
the relief of the beselged outposts sur- j
rounded by Abdel Krim’s Rifflan tribes- {
men, says a communique issued today. ;
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1925
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'Dorothy May Nourse. 16. of Roxbury. Mass., who in a year has won eight
beauty prizes in her home state, saya her beauty ts natural, but rite ehowe
excellent technique In handling her Up stick. Exercise, swimming nad
idlng horseback has enabled her to fill her home with beauty trophies,
ah c_ nay a.
HISTORY OF NAVAL OIL 1
LEASE MADE AVAILABLE
Facts as Given at Senate Inquiry Pre
sented Before Special Grand Jury.
•By tile Associated Press)
Washington, May 13.—The history of
the naval oil lease, as recited in doeu-,
mentary evidence, was made available to
day to the Federal grand jury considering
charges of conspiracy in cases arising
from the senate investigation. t
Special government counsel arranged
also to have F. C. Finney, assistant sec- j
retary of the interior, continued his tes
timony begun yesterday, and to hear from
George Otis Smith of the Geological Sur
vey.
Rear Admiral John K. Robinson, chief
of the Bureau of Engineering, who ap
peared in the senate inquiries as a strong
supporter of the leases, kino was sum
modey today. At the hearings, Admiral
Robinson testified to his belief tjtat the
policy of erecting oil storage facilities
and paying for them out of the royalty
oil was essential for the national defense.
NEGRO WHO OUTRAGED
GIRIy TO DIE IN CHAIR
Arthur Montague is Speedty Tried For
Assault on Child in School For Deaf.
Morganton, May 12—The, jury which
tried Arthur Montague, the negro wh
outraged a little deaf girl, a crime com
mitted at the School for the Deaf nere
April 24, was out only seven minutes
this afternoon bringing in a verdict of
guilty. Very promptly Judge Albron
Dunn, in Burke Superior court sen
tenced him to die June 19, and within
15 minutes after the case went to the
jury the negro was in his way by au
tomobile to the state prison in Raleigh,
acempanied by a special deputy T. M.
Brinkley, and Officer Fred Snttlemyre.
Kuester Twins to Be in Big Pageant.
Charlotte. May 12.—The Kuester
twins, Clarence and Faison, inseparable
young sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence O.
Kuester, the former manager of the
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, have
been given parts in the big Mecklenburg
pageant to be staged in the Inde
pendence Park amphitheatre each night
of May IS through May 22.
The twins arc always found together
and in the pageant they will enact a
twin-role also. They will be twins sons
of Scotch parents who came to Mecklen
burg in 1750 and will make their initial
stage appearance in Episode I of the
big historical drama.
Body Found in River.
Memphis, May 13 (By the Associated
Press.) —The body of Earl Simonson, a
fireman of the ill-fated Steamer Norman,
today was recovered from the Mississippi
River a few miles below the point where
tlie steamer went dowu last Friday eve
ning with a loss of 23 lives. i
Buying n Home Is a Wonderful Ex- jj
perience ; i |
We don’t believe there is any other experience in. life that can H
compare with the joy of planning fqfr and attaining a home.
> Our institution specializes in loans for home building and buying. j“j
We help people to home ownership by a practical plan that means a 14
very small initial investment—a very reasonable and convenient repay- M
ment schedule, and fine protection against loss both for the borrower H
and the institution.
Citizens Building & Loan Association |
Office in Citizens ißank Building P
1 NUMBER OF BABIES
DIED AT “BABY AFRMS”
Records of Deaths Turned Over to As
sistant District Attorney Ryan in New
York.
New Y’ork, May 13 (By the Associated
, Press). —Records of the bureau of vital
satieties were made public today show
ing that forty-four babies died in two
"baby farms” conducted by Mrs. Helen
, Auguste Geisen Volk in this city since
1918. Mrs. Geisen Volk is being held
| in .$30,000 bail on charges resulting from
an investigation of the institutions.
The records of the deaths were turned
over to Assistant District Attorney Ryan
who is in charge of the investigation of
charges against Mrs. Geisen Volk. These
charges are that she substituted babies
placed in her cate, and that she exceed
ed tho limit of hey wAltli department
license in- the number of babies accepted
by her institution.
The bodies of two babies are being ex
humed today to determine the cause of
their death after they had been in the
"baby farm” on East 80th Street.
Tlie bureau of vital satisfice figures
show one baby died each year from 1918
to 1920 in a so-called infantorium which
she conducted on upper Park Avenue.
Six babies died in this institution in
1921 and five in 1922. Tlie records for
the East 80th Street institution show
nine infants died there in 1923 and sev
enteen died in 1924, while four have
died since last January Ist.
EARTH TREMORS ARE I
’ RECORDED DURING DAY
Tremors Felt In Several Towns and
Cities In Illinois and Kentucky.
(By the Associated Press)
Mayfield, Ky., May 13.—A distant
earth tremor lasting half a minute was
felt here at 8 o’clock this morniug. The
windows and dishes rattled and a slight
rumbling noise accompanied the disturb
ance.
Felt in Chicago.
Chicago, May 13.—A slight earthquake
shock was recorded us 6:35 a. m. Cen
tral Standard time on the weather bureau
seismograph nt the Univsity of Chicago
today. Disturbance lasted only one min
ute ami five seconds.
Also Felt at Metropolis.
Metropolis, 1)1.. May 13. —A distant
shock lasting several seconds, believed
to have been an earthquake, was felt here
early this morning.
May Make Liquor Treaty With Japan.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, May 13.—Negotiation of
a liquor treaty with Japan wotfld be in
line with the purpose of the United States
i to make similar agreement with the mnr
■ ititffir nations of the world. None of
these treaties so far negotiated have ap
t plied to the waters of the Philipipnes.
CM'S POLO 1
FOR FINANCES WILL j
GET PULL SUPPORT 1 !
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French People Do Not Ac-1 2
cept It With Enthusiasm j
But They Will Give It Full *
Test In Future. ,
CAILLAUX~GETS
MUCH SUPPORT <
People Believe He Can Save J
Them Even If They Are
Not So Anxious to Adopt t
Policy He Suggests. i
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Paris, May 13 (By the Associated 1
Press).—M. Caillaux's financial plans. I
as outlined by the minister before the! 1
chambers finance committee are accepted I
with resignation if not enthusiasm by -1
the French public, which continues its
confidence in his ability to salvage the ’
nation's finances. 1
Members of the committee are reported ‘
to have been on the whole favorably im- 1
pressed with the outline of the minister’s ’
program although the socialists were dis- 1
appointed that their schemes were disre-, 1
garded. i 1
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CHARLOTTE LAWYER IS <
FACING GRAVE CHARGE I
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Fortner. Arrested On Warrant From |,
Plymouth, Is Charged With Seduc-;,
tlon. ;
Charlotte, May 12.—A. B. Fortner. ,
local attorney, who came here several j
months ago from Plymouth, Washingtou j
county, today was arrested by local au- (
thorities on a warrant from Washington |
county charging seduction.
Late this afternoon Fortner was mak- |
ing an effort to arrange bond, although j
local officials had not decided the amount ,
of surety they would request pending |
more information from the Washington ,
county sheriff as to the amount desired |
by that county. ,
Fortner, in a statement here this as- 'j
ternoon, hinted that he considered the j
proceedings a frameup. "The case will
never be called in court ns it was in- (
stituted solely to embarrass me.” ,
A prominent citizen of Plymouth, said ,
to be the father of the young woman
in the case, signed the warrant. The
name of the girl was not divulged by the ,
officers. V
WIFE TAKES VENGEANCE
FOR DEATH OF HUSBAND
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Mrs. Greene Bowman. Statham, (la..
Meets Husband’s Slayer; Shoot Him
Down.
Winder, Ga., May 12. —Mrs. Greene
Bowman tonight was held in the county
jail here charged with having killed Guy
Thurmond, slayer of her husband.
Thurmond killed Bowman during a
quarrel at Statham, near here, last fall.
He was acquitted at a preliminary hear
ing and the grand jury refused to indict
him.
Today, Mr. Bowman met Thurmond on
Statham’s maiu street.
“Guy, I want Dick's (her husband) pis
tol,” witnesses said she told Thurmond.
Thurmond replied he did not have the
pistol; that it was in Winder.
“X know you have it and I want it,”
the woman continued excitedly. “I have
taken as much from you as I am going
to. I have been to Winder and they
said they have not got it.”
Thurmond walked away, witnesses
said, and Mrs. Bowman, who had kept
both hands in her pockets, drew a revolv
er and began firing.
Wounded twice, Thurmond ran into
a store. Mrs. Bowman followed and
sent three more bullets into his body.
The man ran to the sidewalk, where he
fell and died within ten minutes.
THE COTTON MARKET
• Several Factors Sent Market Off to New
Low Prices for Movement in Early
Trading.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, May 13.—Continuation of
the recent selling movement stimulated
: by reports of very favorable weather in
i tlie South and further declines in the
i Liverpool market sent the cotton market
off to new low prices for the movement
' in today’s early trading.
The opening was easy at a decline of
19 to 40 points. July selling off to 21.83
and October to 21.70 under liquidation,
local and southern selling. Stop or
ders were uncovered on the break, and
: after their execution the market rallied
several points under covering and trade
buying, the latter being partly son foreign
accounts.
July stiffened up to 22.02. and Oc-j
tober to 21.83 by the end of the first
hour, but tlie tone was unsettled with
offerings reported liberal on the advance.
) Cotton futures opened easy : May 22.00;
| July 21.95 to 21.83; October 21.05 to
121.78; December 21.99; January 21.05.
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* MARTIN BOST IS *
* GRANTED NEW TRIAL *
IK A telegram received in Concord
iK shortly before 2 o'clock this after-
noon by counsel for Martin Bos- _
advised his attorneys that a net
% trial had been granted, the re-henA^—-
ing to be given in the next term of
* court.
SK Martin Bost was sentenced to 7
years in the penitentiary by Judge
5K Stack for the alleged killing of Jesse
% Vanderburg last fall. He has been &
SK out since notice of appeal was given 4:
by his attorneys on a $15,000 bond. %
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HOLDS REGULAR MEETING
Matter of Selecting Successor for Mr.
Blanks Discussed—Other Matters Tak
en Up.
At the meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Chamber of Commerce held
in the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening,
a committee was appointed consisting of
Dr. T. N. Spencer. L. M. Richmond and
H. IV. Blanks to investigate into the
matter of selecting a successor for Mr.
Blanks, whose resignation takes effect on
July Ist.
The commmittee will take up the mat
ter of a successor at once and will re
port ou it as soon as a suitable man
can be chosen. Mr. Blanks' resignation
was made last winter when he decided
that it would be better for him to de
vote his entire time to his work as sec
retary of the Y. M. C. A. July til’st
! marks tlie completion of a year’s work'
on the part of Mr. Blanks as secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce.
A number of other matters of interest
were taken up by tlie Chamber in its
Isession. The property belonging to the'
I colored Lutheran Church ou Corbin
Street, now used as a church and school,
was discussed and a committee was ap
pointed to confer with the authorities
in regard to getting them to move tlie
church and school to another part of
the city.
It was the concensus of opinion that
the property would make admirable busi
ness lots and that the presence of two
wooden buildings made the fire hazard in
that section of the city greater than it
would be otherwise. The fact that
buildings occupied by negroes was lo
cated on one of the best business streets
in the city detracted from the desirabil
ity of the adjacent lots, it was argued.
The committee appointed to investi
gate the matter of moving the church
and school consisted of T. D. Maness,
chairman; George Ij. I’attcrson and A.
F. Hartnell.
The same committee was asked to take
charge of the matter of the opening ol
Spring, street from Chestnujt street wbfjre.
it now ends to Tribune street where the
Spring street extension begins. The
eommittee was asked to bring the mat
ter before the board of aldermen at their
next meeting.
Another matter which was to bo
brought before the board was the instal
lation of an incinerator for the disposal
of refuse. This was sponsored by Mr.
Blnnks last fail and was tabled until
the present year because it was felt that
the city did not have sufficient funds at
the time.
It was decided to move the tourist
camp from it spresent location, both on
account of complaints from people in the
city and because of the fact that the
size of the present camp is insufficient
to warrant more work being done on it.
The committee in charge .of this phase
of tlie chamber's work was advised to
seek a location for the camp at once.
New firms arc to be canvassed with
a view to joining the chamber and old
ones that have not jained are to be
asked, it was decided. Fair week as a
home coming week was placed before the,
board of directors and acted favorably
on. The closing of the stores on Thurs
days during the summer months was
discussed but aetion in the matter was
left up to the Merchants Association. A
eommltte will be appointed, it was de
cided, to get priees on putting out a
suitable booklet relative to the advant
age of Concord.
I Sugar Cane Area to Be Planted in Cotton.
I By the Associated Press.)
Washington. May 13.—The likelihood
of some of the sugar cane area in Porto
lltica may be planted in Sea Island cot
ton instead of sugar cane should the pres
ent prices for sugar continue, was report
ed to the Department of Agriculture to
day by W. F. Callendar, chairman of the
Federal Crop reporting board, who lias
just returned from a tour of the island.
Get Food to Surrounded Troops.
Moroccan Rabat. French Morocco. May
13 (By the Associated Press). —French
troops today successfully supplied with
food and water two outposts surrounded
by Abdel Krim's bandits forces, an of
ficial communique today said.
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No. 113
SLEEPING SICKNESS
t gsmE DEATH
a^ e
r OFI/ISCQUHTMLNER
Former British Secretary of
of War Had Been Suffer
ing With the Disease for
Past Several Weeks.
MANY CASES OF
DISEASE REPORTED
In Most Cases Patients Have
Not Been Seriously 111, But
Lord Milner Became Worse
Suddenly.
London, May 13 (By the Associated
Press). —I.oM Milner, former secretary
of war. who has been ill some time, died
here today. Lord Milner had been suf
fering with sleeping sickness.
Viscount Milner's death is the first
fatality in the epidemic of sleeping
sickness which has affected several hun
dred persons throughout Great Britain.
Physicians are not able to explain the
sudden appearance of the disease. The
eases have been mild, and the patients
have usually recovered rapidly, most, of
them being in bed about ten days.
Lord Milner was reported improved on
Sunday, but yesterday he weakened and
it was announced that his condition was
causing grave anxiety.
GRAND LODGE I. O. O. F.
Will Meet at Greensboro in 82nd Annual
Session Next Week.
Raleigh, May 13. —A week hence the
Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd
Fellows will assemble at Greensboro in
its 82nd annual session and preparations
are in the making for an interesting and
profitable meeting. .Tonli D. Berry, the
grand secretary, is advised that members
of the order in the "convention city” are
bestirring on Tuesday, May 19th. The
grand secretary is busy. too. getting
ready for the event and the end of the
week will find his office fully prepared
to give an account for itself.
The Grand Lodge will assemble on
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock for a
business session at which time reports
of the committee qn credentials will be
submitted, the Grand Lodge degree con
ifer-red, standing committees appointed,
reports of grand officers received, peti
tions and resolutions presented and mis
cellaneous matters considered.
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock a public
meeting will lbe held in the Grand Thea
tre. Hon. W. N. Everett, North Caro
lina's secretary of state, is to be the prin
cipal speaker. Mr. Everett is a member
of the order of long standing, haying
tilled all stations in his local lodge and
-served the state body as grand conduc
tor. The welcome address on behalf of
the city will be delivered by its mayor,
Hon. C. A. Kizer; on behalf of the Odd
Fellows, by Frank C. Boyles. Response
by Grand Master S. L. Whitmore. The
. exercises will be interspersed with ap
• propriate selections by the orphan home
- band soon to begin a tour of the state
; in the interest of that institution.
Elaborate plans for a big fraternal pa
■ rade have been inaugurated, this to oc
> cur on Wednesday afternoon. May 20th.
Three bands of the Three-Link Fratern
i ity will participate in this “pageant” and
I floats representing various fraternal and
; civic organizations are expected to en
i liven the occasion. A special train is
> to be operated bettveeen Fayetteville and
r Greensboro to accommodate the many
- Odd Fellows who expect to journey to
< the ‘‘Gate City” for the purpose of in
i during the Grand Lodge to select their
. ‘‘home town” as the meeting place for
-192 G.
ONLY TWO BODIES OF
SHIP’S DEAD FOUND
Mitch of Boat’s Superstructure Demo
lished and Watch Is Sri For Floating
Bodies-
Memphis, Tenn.. May 12. —The su
perstructure of the United States steam
er M. E. Norman which capsized and
sank in the Mississippi river near here
last Friday after noon, today had vir
tually all been stripped from hull, as
a result watchers for bodies expected
to be released when the upper works
were wrecked had redoubled the lookout
and planned to stand by for miles down
the river throughout the night.
None of the 21 bodies that have been
missing since the disaster had been add
ed up to tonight. The body of little Ed
ward Bosard, who died as a result of the
accident, was taken to La Fayette. Ind.,
today for burial. That of Pro. Walter G.
Kirpatrick, of the University of Miss
ississippi still at a local undertaking
establishment. These two were the only
bodies recovered.
Forms New Belgian Cabinet.
Brussels. May 13 (By the Associated
Press). —M. Van de Vyvere today suc
ceeded in forming a new Belgian cabinet
to succeed that of former Premier Theu
nis, which resigned several weeks ago.
WHAT BATS BEAR BATS
•j
i Unsettled tonight and Thursday, show
| ers along the coast tonight and in wes<
i portion Thursday.