North Carolina Newspapers

» ASSOCIATED * © PRESS a © DISPATCHES « aaaaaaaaa VOLUME XXV INTERNAL TROUBLES MOP WORK OF WATCHING LEGGERS Six Members of Coast Guard Have Been Court Mar tialled for Smuggling Li quor It Is Now Known. NINETEENTH AVE BEEN ARRESTED Officers Hesitate to Discuss Case Against Men—Short age of Crews Is Also Hand icap in the Work. (By the Associated Press) New York, May 18. —Internal troubles are proving handicaps to coast guards men blockading New York's rum row. Six members of the coast guard have been court martinlled for smuggling li quor, and three for intoxication, it was revealed today. Officers have refused to discuss the affair, but it is known that nineteen men have been confined for varying pe riods in the county jail on Staten Is land awaiting court martial for various offenses. The six convicted of smug gling have been sentenced to six mouths imprisonment, and the three got three months each for intoxication. A far greater handicap is ttie prospect of a;*hortage of men in the fleet. Ful ly W per cent., it is said. Fully 30 per cent., it is said, will not re-enlist when their service terminates July Ist. Conditions on the const guard ships call for unusually hard work, and few and brief shore leaves. These are sufficient reasons to induce the guards men to seek other occupations. GERMANY WILL STICK TO THE DAWES PLAN Foreign Minister Says New Government Is Favorable to the Plan. Berlin, May 18 (By the Associated Press). —Foreign Minister Stresemann announced today to the reichstag that flie German government would continue to carry out the Dawes plan. Minister Stresemann said no country more than Germany welcomes the ef forts of tlie Dawes plan to accomplish the economic pacification of Europe. He said'even those who oppose acceptance of the ( Dawes plan are convinced that with out it Germany would never have been able to establish its currency on a se cure basis, and would have been obliged to wage a bittle struggle for its economic , existence. Herr Stresemann said ‘we shall con tinue to carry out the Dawes plan in tlie same manner as we have heretofore. Parliamentary majorities and govern ments may change, but I canot conceive any administration which would depart from the program and policies we have 1 adopted.” . He said Germany's relations with the I'nited States are most satisfactory and < all signs iudiente that in the I'nited States a genuine understanding of Ger- 1 many’s needs is increasing. SECRETARY WILBUR TO SPEAK IN THE STATE Will Deliver Commencement Adress at Duke University.—President Invited to Chapel HHI. (By the Auwfrtrl Press.) Washington, May 18. —R. L. Flowers, secretary of the Duke University. Dur ham. N. C\, announced here today that Secretary Wilbur had accepted an invi tntion to deliver the commencement ad dress at the University on Wednesday, •Tune 10th. About 125 will be graduated. H. W. Chase, president of the L'nver sity of North Carolina, called on Presi dent Coolidge with Commissioner of In ternal Revenue Blair, who is a native North Carolinian. President Coolidge was invited by Pres ident Chase to attend the exercises to be held October 12th at Chapel Hill in connection with the 50th aniversary of the re-opening of the University of North Carolina after the Civil War. President Coolidge took the invitation under advisement. j __ State Merchants Association to Meet in Charlotte. Statesville, May 18. —J. Paul Leon ard, secretary of the North Carolina Merchants’ Association, today announced details of the 23rd annual convention of the association to be held in Charlotte May 10-21. He stated that there would be visit<?rs present from all parts of North Carolina and South Carolina, and speakers from these and other states. On the evening of May 19th the pro gram calls for group meetings represent ing various branches of merchandizing. The conventioh will hear a number of well known speakers, including Harry. Collins Spillman, of New York; A. L. L. Wiggins, of Hartsville. S. C.; Stephen H. Talkes, of Washington. D. C.; Franc is E. Hamper, of Atlanta; Edward E. Stretcher, of Raleigh, and others. “The North Carolina Merchant’s Asso ciation has made gratifying progress dur ing the past year,” said Mr. Leonard'. “A number of new organizations have been formed and activity among local associations has been marked.” Wants Bulgaria to Reduce Size of Army. London, May 18 (By the Associated Press). —It is learned in official circles that the British government in an agree ment with other allies, does not feel in clined to authorize retention beyond May 31st of the excess troops which Bul garia was allowed to raise to care for recent disorders in that country. An international wireless exhibition is to be held next Fall In Geneva. The Concord t)AiLY Tribune In Babe’s Shoes .m * Here’s Ben Fanchal, the hard-hitting outfielder of the Yankees, who has broken Into the spotlight through the Illness of Babe Ruth While not • quite the fence-buster the Bamb Is, ] Paschal has nevertheless been flll . Ing the substitute role acceptably. He looks like a comer. MEANS WANTS REVIEW BY SUPREME COURT If That Court Denies Appeal He Will Be Ready to Start Prison Sentence. v (By the Associated Press) AA’ashington, May 18.—A week’s de lay was granted today in the District of Columbia Supreme Court in the forgery charge of Gaston B. Means, and mean while Means’ counsel is expected to de cide whether he shall surrender and go to Atlanta to begin service of a two years' prison term imposed upon him in New York. Means is accused here in connection with signing of the name of Chairman Brookhart, of the Daugherty investiga tion committee. Tlie charges grew out of tlie hands of certain records sought by the committee. The defense counsel today with the approval of the district attorney sought a delay, explaining that the mandate of (the New York appellate court denying Means a new trial on his conviction of conspiracy, there, is due today. Means is seeking to stay the mandate in order to apeal to the Supreme Court for a re view. Should he be Unsuccessful his counsel said he would be ready to go to Atlanta In which event the Washington indictment would probably not be press ed. GOLDSBORO MAN AND HIS DAUGHTER ARE DROWNED Feed Thompson and Daughter Perished When tlie Boat In Which They were Rowing Capsized. (ty tbe Associated Press) Goldsboro, N. C., May 18. —Fred Thompson and his five year old daughter. Julia Mae, were drowned at Stephens Mill, 12 miles north of Goldsboro on Sun day afternoon when a boat in which they were rowing capsized into the mill pond. Tlie child is said to have suddenly reach ed out for some object floating in the water. She lost her balance and fell in to the pond. Her father plunged after tier, capsizing the boat. Both were drowned. An elder sister, Helene Thomp son, who was with them, managed to right the boat and get back into it. i MAN KILLS WIFE AND TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF John W. Moody, of Richmond, Thought Death Was Best Way to End His Troubles. (By the Associated Press) Richmond. Va., May 18.—John W. Moody, Oil. fatally slashed his wife, aged 65, at their home here today and then tried to end his own life with a razor and gas. He told detectives he thought | hie act was “the best way out of over whelming troubles.” Mrs. Moody had been ill about three months. SumAier Conference of Methodist Protes tant Church. The annual Rummer conference of the Methodist Protestant young people will be held at High Point College, the insti tution of the denomination in North Car olina, June 15-25 with Rev. H. M. Har rison, Jr., dean of men at the college, director. The largest attendance of any of the conferences is anticipated this year. They were formerly conducted nt Weaverville with an average attendance of 300 per sons. It is expected taht 500 will be present this summer. The visitors will find lodging in the college buildings. Killed in Fight With Officers. Hattiesburg. Miss., May 18. —South- wick Erion, 35, of Memphis, was killed in a fight with county officers on the outskirts of Hattiesburg early today and his brotherin-law, Wiley F. Brown, also! of Memphis, was arrested later, charged with having liquor in his possession, and with firing on officers. Caillaux Candidate For French Senate. Le Mans. France, May 18 (By the As sociated Press). —Finance Miniated Jos Caillaux today accepted tlie candidacy for tbe Senate from this district, offered by the radical party. He will replace Senator Gigon, who offered his resigna tion in order to permit the return of the finance minister to parliament. To Make Debt Funding Proposal Soon. Paris, May 18 (By the Associated Press).—The Temps said today it Under stands a definite proposal will be made within fifteen days by the French govern ment to the United States and Great Brit ain for settlement of the French war debts. $ No Such Thing as the Unwritteri Law, Says Judge N. A. Sinclair (By the Associated Press) Williamston, N. C., ilay 18.—" Men must be taught they can trust the courts , and that any man can come inffi court I and redress his wrongs in a lawful man ner." declared Judge S’. A. Sinclair in I the Superior Court here when, foliowiug 1a trial that consumed more than"a ;week, ho was ab::ut to pass sentence on twenty three men connected directly or indirect ly with the inutilation of Joseph Needle man, tobacco salesman, on the morning of Sunday, March 20th. "The old idea that there is such a thing as the un written law," he continued, is all false. There is no such a thing as the unwrit ten law. What is called the unwritten law is but the excuse of cowards to justi fy their own lawlessness.” The judge was accorded close atten tion. Twenty-three men, grouped inside the bar and occupying scats in the jury box, awaited their fate. Four had been convicted of inutilation. one had, after hearing the verdict of guilty against them, entered a plea of guilty, and others had entered pleas of guilty to be ing accessories in the inutilation 'when court opened. Relatives, including wives, mothers, cousins nnd brothers of the men about to be sentenced, were also present, awaiting the judgment of tlie court. Spec tators who had come through curiosity also gave close attention. "I think this case is a demonstration of the fact that the people of North Carolina can trust the courts,” began Judge Sinclair. “I have been surprised to read in the public press,” he continued, "and to hear intelligent men say that the courts are not functioning, an implied justification of the people taking the law into their own hands. It is a lie and a slander upon the government of the State, and I hope that the press of North Carolina will stop that carping spirit of criticism which, to a great extent, has created a feeling that the courts cannot be trusted. You can trust the courts. They never fail. “Men have no excuse, no justification for taking the law into their own hands. “The old sentiment that because some woman lias been wronged you must re vert to barbarism and become savages taking the law into your own hands anti redressing such wrong, is a reflection upon civilization. Men who ought to know better from time to time attempt to justify and excuse such conduct. It is absolute poison running through the state and the men who express such sentiments are bad citizens and a posi tive menace to the government of the state. That spirit must be stamped out in North Carolina. Men must be taught that they can trust the courts and that any man can come into court and re dress his wrongs in a lawful manner,"' Here the judge- d#noum.-«F iftt-'- Idea that there is such a thing as unfritten law,” which he declared to be the “ex cuse of cowards.” Continuing. Judge Sinclair said: “This outbreak of lawlessness in this county lias been very expensive to your county and shows what lawlessness will bring about. All the expense that hus been incurred by reason of the outrage upon Needleman—guards, hospital and doctor bills, as a matter of law Martin county has to pay and it ought to be paid immediately. “It is hard for your county to have to pay it but the county that failed to prevent this sort of thing must pay the penalty. There is no excuse for the county government; it 'need not complain about paying these bills. It ought to pay them and that is all there is about it. "I know there has been a great deal of feeling in the county. I have heard a great deal of criticism, pro and con, not only here but in other parts of the state. “I want to say that while some peo ple thought that Martin county lost caste, in the eyes of the other people of the state, I find the sentiment to be otherwise. The people of the state are sympathizing with Martin county, be cause it is generally understood that pub lic sentiment in this county is sound and wholesome. There is no disposition among the people of the state to hold Martin county in disrepect or to dis credit them because of the act of a few criminals. “f am glad the case was tried in this county. I believe the popular impres sion that the case should be moved on account of local influence and a feeling that it would not be proper to try it has been demonstrated to be without founda tion, for the people of Martin county have themselves vindicated the law.” Judge Sinclair declared that “the only way to break up mob law in North Caro lina is to punish offenders.” He ad ded : * “I don’t know why it is, but three or four years ago we had no spirit in North Carolina which endorsed mob low; for the last three or four years we have had more mob outrages perhaps in this state than we have had in fifty years. It is getting time to stop it. “The object of punishment of crim inals, of course, is not 60 much to pun ish offenders as it is to protect the pub lic and to deter other people from com mitting a like crime. “There is no idea of vindictiveness or revenge in the administration of the criminal cour. “I am sure everyone—l do myself— feels a deep sympathy for any man who is so unfortunate as to break the law and have to suffer the penalty, but we Crisis At Geneva Averted. Geneva, May 18 (By the Associated Tress). —The crisiß in the international conference for control in traffic in arms and munitions which had been created by American refusal to have the league of nations council appoint the central office I for arms control was averted today by the I decision to abandon the plan to establish 1 the proposed central bureau. j The United States produces 49 per cent, of the world’s copper and uses 44 per cent. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925 must think about the public. “The only way. to protect tlie public is to punish the violator of !a\y and deter others." Concluding his remarks, the tijmlge paused nnd glanced over the court room, room. Then, from the bench, tlie names of those indicted and convicted and those Who. following their indictment, had en tered picas of guilty, i were called. The climax has preceded this occasion. It had been reached On tlie previous day when, late in the afternoon, the jury, after three hours of deliberation, hail re turned a verdict of jnilty as to Henry Dennis Griffin, Julia*! Bullock, F. AV. Sparrow and Claro Heath. Mercy had been asked for young Heath. In fact, on the first ballot the jury took, when there was a unanimous verdict against Griffin, Bullock and the elder Sparrow, the're were two votes for Heath's acquittal. The remaining ten jurors voted to adjudge him guilty of mutilation without malice. Thw two who voted for acquittal joined in with the others, after the ten had promised the two they would join with them in a plea for mercy. This agreement was carried out. Bullock, Griffin and Spar row were adjudged guilty of mutilation with malice. In the meantime F. AV. Sparrow, Jr., who a week ago had shown symptoms of diphtheria and whose ease was tempo rarily displaced, entered a plea of guilty and sat beside his father, waiting to be 'sentenced. He was attired in a light suit and wore a soft collar. In the I plea for mercy that was made for him by one of his attorneys, it was stated that young Sparrow had starred as a baseball, football and basketball player on the team of the Kinston high school and that there had never been a.vthing against his character. The good charac ter plea had also bee nentered by the boy’s father, and by Claro Heath. Young Sparrow. 20, is the age of Needleman, the man mutilated. Father and son —the two Sparrows— drew the same sentence —from six to ten years in the state's prison. Julian Bul lock, convicted of the major offense, with malice, drew the same, while the heav iest sentence fell upon Henry Dennis Griffin, who had been identified by Needleman. on the stand, as the man who, after he had tried to get others to do it and they had refused, had actually performed the operation. Griffin was given “thirty years in the state's prison, the maximum sentence for murder in the second degree.” Throughout the trial the State cen tered its evidence around Henry Dennis Griffin. He had neither confessed to having participated in the major crime jus h having hod- an d)*rt in,-it. On the stand, in an effort to build up an alibi, lie appeared to become confused under cross examination. The State centered on him; Needleman identified him, and his attorneys fought for him. Throughout the trial, his wife sat by his side, manifesting a marked interest in every word that was uttered about him. Claro Heath's testimony and the man ner in which he gave it and stuck by it was the subject of comment, inside the court room and out in town. The feature of the case, jn the opinion of many, was the weakness of Griffin’s alibi and the strength of Heath's. This opinion was borne out by tlie jury and was taken into consideration by the judge who gave Griffin thirty years and Heath an indeterminate sentence of from two to three years. Two of the defendants, Ben Lilly and John A. Griffin, were put under appear ance bonds of S2OO each for two years. They must, during this tinte, appear at every term of criminal court in Martin county and show good behavior. Judge Sinclair ordered one defendant fined SSOO. “Mr. Clerk, change that,” he said a few minutes later, “I am go ing to require that he pay SSOO toward the expenses of this special term of court.” He imposed the same sentence on nine others, one of whom must serve a prison sentence also. Opnions were expressed showing that both court officials and spectators re garded the guilt of the numerous de fendants as varying widely—shading down from the man who actually muti lated Needleman to those who had only minor parts in the affair. The whole incident of Needleniau’s mutilation was shown in court to have been a well devised and well-organized affair. Tes timony to that effect was offered through out the trial. Tlie sentences imposed by Judge Sinclair bore out the opinion, also. At no time was there any suggestion of disorder. The special term of court, called by Governor McLean to investi gate the taking of Joseph Needleman from jail and his subsequent mutilation began Monday. Slay 4th. The cases went on trial Wednesday, May Oth, and the verdict as to those who entered pleas of not guilty was returned on Tuesday, May 12th. Tlie judge had announced that he would not leave on the Martin county docket any case that resulted from the action of the mob in taking Needleman from jail on the early morning of March 20th. He left the docket clear Wednes day, following the imposition of sentences on principals and accessories in the mob cases and the formal dismissal of tlie case against Joseph Needleman, charged with attacking a young woman. Electrical Storm Causes Damage. (By the Associated Press) Fayetteville, N. 0., May 18.—Tele phone and, telegraph communication in nnd around Fayetteville-were interrupted by a severe electrical storm which visited this section last night. Poles between Fayettevile and Dunn were blown down by the high winds that accompanied the electrical disturbance. The damage was expected to be repaired today. Miss Jessie Deaton spent Sunday in Greensboro with relatives. i CHARLOTTE BEGINS CELEBRATION TIT KIB USTI WEEK Celebration Is to Commemo rate the 150th Anniversary of the Signing of Mecklen burg Declaration. PAGEANTBIGGEST FEATURE OF WEEK Pageant Will Enact Historic Background of Mecklen burg’s Fight For Feedom From Great Britain. Charlotte, May 18 (By the Associated Press). —AT week of celebration commemo rating the 150th aniversary of the sign ing of the Meeklenburg Declaration of Independence will he inaugurated here today with sundry festivities attended by many personages of note, including a Congressional delegation, Major (Jen. Henry T. Allen, and officials from sur rounding states. A pageant composed of more than 800 persons will nightly enact the historic background of the Mecklenburg fight for freedom from England and signing of the declaration fully a year before the nat ional declaration. An open air amphi theatre with a seating capacity of 8,000 has been constructed for the pageant. THE NORTH CAROLINA MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION Annual Convention to Begin in Char lotte Tomorow. Charlotte, May 18.—The twenty-ninth annual convention of the North Carolina Merchants’ Association will convene in Charlotte tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Vanguard delegates arrived this afternoon. More are expected tonight. A large attendance upon the sessions of the convention is indicated. The opening session will be called to order by AV. N. Dixon, of Winston- Salem, president of the state associa tion. The Uev. It. H. Daugherty, of Charlotte, will offer the invocation, after which Clarence O. Keuster, secretary of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, will welcome the visiting merchants to the city. J. C. Williams, of Wilmington, will deliver the response. Reports of officers, directors and stand ing committees will consume the re mainder oF the afternoon. Tuesday evening will be devoted to group meetings, starting at 8 o'clock, and on Wednesday morning there will be addreses by visitors from other states. Francis E. Hamper, of Atlanta, former president of the National Retail Grocers' Association, will speak. He will be fol lowed by Stephen H. Talkes, of Washing ton, D. C.. secretary of the Associated Retail Credit Men of the national capi tal. Following an open discussion of credit problems there will be held the annual meeting ,of the Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Company. There will be a banquet Wednesday night, when the principal speaker will be Harry Collins Spillman, of New York. Thursday's sessions will be devoted to topics of interest to merchants, and at night the delegates will be the guests of the Charlotte Pageant Association at the pageant celebrating the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ ence. On Thursday afternoon there will be a presentation of the silver cup donated by Wilson S. Bell, of Tarboro, to the local association showing the greatest progress during the past year in its re port to be sumbitted to the convention. MRS. COURTNEY. OF LENOIR. IS STATE WAR MOTHER Frank D. Grist Makes Address at Con cluding Session of Annual Conven tion. Lenoir, May 16.—At the afternoon session of the State convention of War Mothers, in session here, the following officers were elected for the esning year: State War Mother, Mrs. M. M. Court, ney, Lenoir: first vice War Mother. Mrs. W. D. Pemberton, Concord; second vice War Mother, Mrs. AV. O. Nisbet, Char lotte; third vice AVar Mother, Mrs. J. M. Parker, Asheville; fourth vice AA'ar Mother, Airs. L. C. Phillips, Ashboro; corresponding secretary. Mrs. J. M. Tut tle, Lenoir; recording secretary, Mrs. J. AV. Roark, Charlotte; treasurer. Mrs. AA\ H. Lewis, Gastonia; registrar, Airs. C. I’. Robinson. Gastonia: state organizer, Mrs. John K. Patterson, Concord; par liamentarian, Alr6. E. P. Tinsley, Char lotte. During the election Airs. H. C. Boone, State AA'ar Alother of Kansas, presided. F. D. Grist, commissioner of labor and printing, delivered an address at the morning session, taking the place on the program of Col. John Hall Alanuing, of Raleigh, who was unable to be present. Air. Grist spoke on “Adjusted Com pensation.” Pays to Prepare Land Well For Pasture. Charlotte, Alay 16.—P. A. Irwin, of Sharon township in Mecklenbury county, has found that it pays to prepare land well for pasture, says. County Agent Hope Elias. , He reports that Air. Irwin preparer! his'land well and sowed a gobd grass mixture. He grazed the pasture lightly the first year and then went over it cutting out the sprouts, briars and troublesome weeds. I “As a result,” states Air. Elias, “when I was at the farm recently, his cows were grazing on grasses halfway up to their knees. I More than 20,000 women and girls in New York City are employed as tele phone operators. Sir Arthur Cona.r) Dovle--* Aitthar aP “The Loc.fc Wcu-lri? The Absorbing Serial Story Now Running in The Tribune. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Easy Today at Decline of 2 to 24 Points—July Erased Off to 22.0«. (By the Associated Press) New York. Alay 18.—-The cotton mar ket opened easy today at a decline of 1 2 to 24 points, showing net losses of 2 to 14 points in the early trading under liquidation by recent buyers, with local and southern selling promoted by con tinued talk of mill curtailment, relative ly easy Liverpool cables and a favorable view of crop progress in the South. July eased off to 22.02 and October to 21.77 but at these figures the decline was checked by covering and there were rallies of several points from the lowest before the end of the first hour on re ports of too much rain in some parts of the western bent and low night temper ature. | Private cables said the decline in Liv erpool was (Sue to local and continental selling. COMMUNISTS ACTIVE IN SOFIA AGAIN NOW Armed Bands Composed of Desperate Men Are Harrassing Countryside in Central Bulgaria. Also. Sofia, Alay 18 (By the Associated Press). —A resumption of communist ac tivities has been noted in the last fep •lays, Several armed bands composed of desperate men. all good marksmen, and possessed of good knowledge of the ter rain, are harassing the countryside in central Bulgaria. They operate only nt noght and thus far have eluded the troops and i>olice sent after them. A large supply of explosives has been discovered at Ichtiman, between Sofia and I’hilippopolis, while in the latter city two machine guns and much ammu nition was found in a communist home. KNOW 43 PERISHED IN MINE EXPLOSION In Addition to Those Killed 27 Others Were Injured in the Explosion. (By the Associated Press) Dortsfeld. Germany, Alay 18. —The number of known dead in the mine ex plosion here Saturday has reached 43, with 27 injured. The work of the trapped miners' com rades in recovering the bodies and res cuing the wounded constitutes one of the heroic pages in mining history of this region. With Our Advertisers. Silk thread, in all shades, Corticello. the kind that don't tangle, only 6 cents a spool at J. C. Penney Co’s. .T. &P. Coats' thread, white, black and colors, only 4 cents a spool. See big ad. to day for other bargans. Aladge Kennedy and Conway Tearle at the Concord Theatre today and to morrow. Shoes for service, dress, play and for every use at Efird’s. The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has Good year tires from $6.25 tip. All new stock. No seconds. Phone 30 Heisey’s glassware is of the highest quality. Sold here by the Ritchie Hardware Co, Don't forget to visit Parks-Belk Co’s, beauty shop. All kinds of beauty cul ture work and hair cutting. For SBS the Concord Furniture Co. will sell you a complete four-piece bed room suite, bed, dresser, chair and rock er, all to match. Light colored suits and bright colored neckwear at Hoover's. Sale of silk hosiery now on at Fisher's from 95 cents to $1.05. The removal sale at the Browns-Can non Co. is stil lon. Vaudeville, the Campbell sisters, at the Concord Theatre all this week, matinee and night. Curtain scrims, nets and draperies at the Parks-Belk Co’s. Alany other spe cials now on at this big store. Special prices on window shades Tuesday, only 39 cents, at the Charles Store Co. Speedy “Reduction” Through Surgery. Kinston, Alay 15.—A patient in Par rott Alemorial Hospital here Is con valescing after an unusual operation. Twenty-seven pounds of fat were re moved from the abdomen of a woman Whose 325 pounds of avoirdupoise were burdensome to her. Dr. Albert DeK. Parrott, of the hospital staff, perform ed the operation. The patient is “doing nicely,” it was stated at the institution today. An incision was made from rtank to flank and a layer of flesh eight inches wide laid back to remove the fat. A "pad" weighing 27 pounds was taken off andthe patient was “sewn up again weighing less than 300 pounds.” She came here from a down-country point. *o*99*oo* * TODAY’S • * NEWS * * TODAY • No. 117 SHEPHERD-ON TRIAL Of 1 IfE’MOSTER SON The Trial of W. D. Shepherd, Charged With Murder of William McClintock, Cre ating Much Interest. STATE’S ATTORNEY CROWE TO PROSECUTE Said That Attorney General of Illinois Will Keep Close Watch On Case—Trial Will Be a Lengthy One. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, Alay 18.—Caught in the trail of disaster that Ims followed (the Mc- Clintock fortune for generations, Wil liam Darling Shepherd, the last titular owner, today faced trial for murder. He stood charged with slaying by typhoid fever germs the last possessor of the $1,500,000 legacy, William Nelson Mc- Clintock, a youth, who was ward of Airs. Shepherd, had lived with them six teen years. Shepherd counter charged that it was a plot fostered by a dozen cousins of AlcCiintock to break the will in order to come in for a division of the fortune and thereby deprive him of his inherent rights. He entered an absolute denial of the 21 counts of the murder indict ment. State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe will direct prosecution. It was indicate that the office of the attorney general of Il linois will keep close watch on the pro ceedings through an observer at the trial. Selection of the jury was expected to,, consume two or three weeks. Will Ask Death Penalty. Chicago, May 18.—William D. Shep herd went on trial today charged with AVm. N. McClintock. with the proxecn the murder of his mililonaire foster son, tion indicating that it woull ask for the death penalty. Clias. C. Faiman, head of th > schopl of sciences, indicted with Shepherd, and who confessed he instructed the latter in the administration of typhoid germs and suplied him with cultures, was granted a separate trial on motion of State's Attor ney Robert E. Crowe. Faiman is slated to, be the state’s star witness. The first and second veniremyo exandn ed for jury service were excused by I lie state after they had said they have con scientious scruples against imposition of caital punishment. ORDER OF GEN. METTS Says That All Checks to National Guard Must Be Presented Within Six Months. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, N. C.. May 16.—Adjutant General J. Van B. Aletts has issued an order declaring that all cheeks made pay able to members of the North Carolina National Guard will in the future be null and void if not presented within six ty days after issuance. This applies also to all checks issued more than sixty days prior to the issuance of the order, in cases where where they have not been cashed. “All officers commanding National Guard United holding for delivery armory pay cheeks, and all others having in their possession any check or checks issued sixty (60) days or more prior to the date of this order are directed to return promptly such check or checks as direct ed herein," reads a portion of General Aletts' order, “with information concern ing cancellation, non-delivery or the is suance of a new. check." General Metts indicated that the or der was based on an opinion from the Attorney General. The General Assembly of 1925 passed a law requiring all cheeks issued by the State to be presented within sixty days, else they were to become null and void. Hood Over Great Salt Desert. Salt Lake City. Utah. May 16.—The Wendover Road, which experts consider one of the most unusual pieves of road construction in the United States, will be officieially opened by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine during his Western tour of inspection next month. The new highway leads through Salt Lake City, to the Utah-Neva line and traverses the Great Salt Desert- It is built for a considerable portion of the distance over solid beds of salt and completes a section of the transcontinental route. Get Conviction in Only Five Minutes. Wilson, Alay 15.—The shortest con tested barn burning case on record here was disposed of in Wilson Superior court today before Judge N. A. Sinclair in five minutes after the case was called. H. D. Whitman, white, 56 years old, was convicted of burning the barn and stables of Mrs. W. AV. Williams, near the Edgecombe county line, on the morning of March 21, 1925, and sen tenced to the penitentiary for not more than 10 and not less than seven years. WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS I Unsettled with local thundershower! tonight and Tuesday^