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Five Wounded as Mob
Attacks Jail at Dallas
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All Those Injured, With Ex
ception of Sheriff, Were
Citizens.—3o Shots Fired
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NEGRO BROTHERS
WERE IN PRISON
Had Been Indicted In Con
nection With Murder and
Assault—Mohr Members
Defeated by the Officers. i
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Dfllos, Texan. May 2p.—Five men
were wounded, one seriously. in an ex-|
change of shots between officers guarding |
therpallas County Jail and a mob of about
30ft persons shortly after 1 o'clock (his
morn'ng.
The mob. bent on taking Frank And
Lorenzo Noel, negro brothers indicted
yesterday in connection with two mur
ders and criminal assault cases, was driv
en back after about thirty shots had been
tired. All the injured were civilians. The
only officer wounded was Sheriff Schuy
ler Marshall, who was struck by a flying
brick.' r
Ttm wounded arc: Dwight Stewart, N.
E. Duncan, >T. J. Toting, Tim Jolly and
C. J. Pullman. Stewart was seriously
wounded, being shot in the side. His re
covery is doubtful. The others were on
ly slightjy wounded. About 100 men and
a woman were arrested and placed in jail.
No charges were filed against them.
After the-attack the crowd about the
jail, at one-time estimated at 5.000,
• greatly dispersed, although several hun
dred persons maintained all night vigil.
The rush which resulted in the shoot
ing started when a band of men armed
W'ith rocks and bottles attacked the line
of policemen and firemen guarding the
west side of the fail. Efforts of firemen
to beat the moh back with streams of wat
er were unavailing, and the mob broke
through the lines. At this point firing
began and the police standing by opened
fire, discharging 30 shots, roost of them
into the air. The mob immediately fell
back and the attack subsided. The
wounded were treated at hospitals.
Adding to the night's excitement' were
several fire alarms, all false. They were
considered the work of persons who desir
ed to divert tfte firemen from guard duty
at the. jail.
Arnted with machine gnus, shot guns,
sale -arms,. 4eur bomb* and fire hose,
ijfcout 75 officers maintained guard* over
■ the jail' throughout she night. The jait
is considered mob-proof. The two negroes
are confined on one of the top floors
of the eight-story structure. The' only
access to the upper floors is by means of
a small elevator, which in times of emer
gency can be automatically fastened to
the top of the shaft.
The negroes were arrested Friday and
indicted yesterday after one of them was
said to have confessed to' the killing of
Ryan Adkins, and the assault, on his wom
an companion on a lonely road north of
the city the night of April 12th. Frank
Noel also was indiefed for the murder of
W. L. Mllstend, and an assault upon his
woman companion the night of April 25.
STILL SEEKING THE MAN
WHO SHOT MRS. TOWNS
Woman ji In Serious Condition Now-
Think Assailant Kidnapper Her Niece.
(By the Associated Press)
Winthrop, Me., May 21.—The second
man finntr within a month through the
woods of northern New England was
in progres today for the man who shot
down Mrs. Emma M. Towns at her cot
tage oh Lake Maranacook early yester
day, and is then believed to have kid-,
napped her 35-year-old niece, Aida Hay
ward, after getting Are to . the cottage.
Mrs. Towns is in a serious condition
in a hospital with two bnilet wounds
in. her body. She told a story of being
halted ah she entered her house with her
niece, by a mfin who fired twice without
warning. She fell, heard the man speak
to her niece about money, and jewelry,
nml then saw them ieave both together.
The man returned, she said, and appar
ently taking her for dead set fire to the
house. The flawing building - roused the
town and sent armed posses. into the
woods in much the same manner as cit
izens searched the hills of Addison coun
ty. Vermont, three weeks ago for Burl
Woodward and eleven-year-old LuelUe
Chattorton, his employer’s daughter.
American Ranch in 'Mexico Attacked.
Mexico City. May 21,—A special dis
patch from Saltillo today said bandits at
tacked the nearby 'American owned Sab
airlla ranch and killed the Mexican man
ager, Jose Perez. The dispatch says the
American consulate protested and the
military authorities hre sending troops
H pursue the bandits.
Charlotte Cushman, whose bust has
been placed in the Hall of Fame of . New
York University, was the first great
actress—the first to attain
world-wide recognition and distinction.
Mi«s Cushman was a great, woman as
well as a great actress, and i« regarded
as eminently fitted to take her plaee be
side the Wveral women previously hon
ored in the Hall of Fame—Harriet Beech
er Stowe, the author; Mary Lyon anti
Emma Willard, pioneers in the eause of
women’s higher education; Frances E
Willard, the temperance reformer, and
Mhrla Mitchell, astronomer and scientist.
Miss Cushman began her public career as
a singer hnd only “turned to the speak
ing stage after she had lost her sinking
voice through the effects of a change of
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ANCIENT OHV'HCH PAPERS
I HAVE BEEN FOUND
1 Missing For Two They Are
Recovered by Accident.
New York. May 21. —Priceless docu
ments, for which historians have search
ed for many years, hate been found, cov
ered with dust, in a .full of an
cient Christmas tree ' ornaments at St.
James Lutheran Church, 73vd Street and
Madison Avenue. New York City. Among
the papers foilnd is the Original ordina
tion certificate, dated 1708. of Kev. Jus
i tns Fa'ioknerjj. "The first clergyman to
be regularly ordained in the Western
World.” .. “V
Many other historic records of the
1 Lutheran Church in the Colonial period
W(*re found with Justus Faickner* or-
I dination papers. According to Rev. Wm.
IF. Sunday, Ph.-D., pastor of St. James
Church, ino adequate explanation has
been reached as to how they came to be
placed in the drawer, but it is assumed
that some one not knowing their value
pul them there shortly after the creation
of the present St. James, about 85 years
ago. The last prior record of the ex
istence of several of the documents was
when Rev. Wm. Herkeumeyer, on tak
ing charge of St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church at Broadway and Rector Street
in 1725, listed them as part of the papers
of that ehurcb.
Dr, Sunday has liotl the papers placed
in a vault, and a historical committee
is at work appraising the effect of the
find upon the known history of tile Co
lonial period.
The ordination of Justus Faickner, said
to be the first recorded ordination of a
minister of the church to take place
on American soil occurred on Novem
ber 24. 1703. at the Swedish Lutheran
Gloria Dei Church at Wipcaeo, Pennsyl
vania. now part of Philadelphia, the of
ficiating clergymen being Pastors Rod
man, Bjoerk" and Sandel, all of whom
had churches along the Delaware. Pas
tor Andreas Rudman had been commis
sioned by the Archbishop of Sweden to
ordain young Faickner, and had been
creates! a suffragan bishop for the pur
pose. ' Faickner. as a student for the
ministry'at the University of Halle, Ger
many. had written a hymn ‘’Arise, Ye
Children of Salvation,” which is still
sung in the churches of two continents.
But when it came to entering the minis
try he “shrank from assuming the tre
mendous responsibility,” and having ac
quired the power of attorney for the sale
of William Penn's lands in Pennsylva
nia, left for America with his older
brother. Daniel. ..
WOMAN ADMITS THAT
SHE PURCHASED CHILD
Did So Because Her Husband Had So
Desired Offspring.—Got it at “Baby
Farm.” *
(By the Associated Press)
New York, May 21. —Nat Bass, a
wealthy clothing manufacturer, who for
nine months proudly regarded himself as
the father of a baby boy, was today a
dis-illusioned man.
Mrs. Bass has admitted to Asistant
District Attorney Pecora that she bought
the baby from a baby home for $75 and
pretended it was her own because her
husband longed for an offspring.
The publicity attached -to the state’s
investigation of' the infantorium of Mrs.
Qeisen-Volk, where 45 children have died
since 1018, led Mrs. Bass to confess tier
hoax. She said she feared she might be
called in the investigation. She told her
husband first and then Mr. Pecora.
It was at the Geisen-Folk institution
that the baby was placed in bed with
her, she said. Her husband was notified
that the stork had arrived. Now he re
fuses to keep the child, though he and
Mrs. Bass love ft, because/he “doesn’t
want to live a lie.”
Steps have been taken to place the baby
with the Society , for Prevention of Cruel
ty to Children. Mr. Pecora is trying to
find the real parents. A midwife signed
a “birth” certificate.
Mias Mildred McCubblns is Engaged to
James K- Jones.
Salisbury, May 20.—Announcement
is made of the engagement and ap
proaching marriage of Miss Mildred
Stevenson MeCubbins, of Salisbury, to
James Russell Jones, of Charlotte, the
wedding to take place June 10. On ac
count of a recent bereavement in "the
family of'Miss MeCubbins the marriage
will.be a very quiet affair and will be
solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Rouzer, the latter a sister of Miss
MeCubbins. *
Thefbride-to-be is a daughter o' the
late J7 Samuel MeCubbins and is a
musician of distinction. She had been
organist of tfie First Presbyterian
church npd recently had been secretary
of the young people’s work of that
church and secretary to the pastor.
Mr. Jones is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Jones, pf Thomasville. He and Miss
MeCubbins are both deeply interested
in church mission work and expect to
take up that Dork with.the Presbyterian
church later. However, for the present
they will make their hpme in Charlotte,
where Mr. Jones is engaged in business.
No Great Rush for 4.4 Per Cent; Beer.
(By the Associated Press)
Windsor, Ont., ’ May 21. —The antici
pated rush of thirsty Detroiters to taste
Ontario’s new 4.4 per cent, spirit proof
beer failed to materialise when the new
beverage went on sale legally at 7 a. m.
today. Up to 9 a. m. traffic across the
river from Detroit was little if any above
normal, and ferry boats were not crowd-
Laellle Wunsch Exonerated by Coroner**
Jury.
H&&& £sr 2i ’-. Luc ? i } e
co ners ury ay.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925
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1 shown by the arrow, is sitting at the counsel table with his attorneys.
' SUMMER SCHOOL FOR
RELIGIOUS TRAINING
TO Be Conducted by the Protestant Epis
copal Church of the State.
Gastonia. May 21.—The Protestant
Episcopal Church of the Carolinas will,
conduct a summer school for religious'
training at Valle Crucis. July 4-10, it
was announced here today by the Rev.
J- W. C. Johnson, member of the com
tee in charge.
The direction of. the school will be
in the care of three dioceses of North
and South Carolina, these being the
North Carolina, upper South Carolina
and western North Carolina dioceses.
“Leading men and women in educa-'
tional work have been chosen as guides,
for the work of the school,”, said Mr.
Johnson, whose fellow committeemen
are: the Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton, of
Spartanburg. S. C„ and the Rev. Charles
B. Seovil, of Concord. "The dioceses of
East Carolina and South Carolina have
been invited to participate in the advant
ages of the sehool.” he said.
“Guides for .the work,” said the Gas
tonia rector, “include the bishops of at
least three dioceses; bliss Annie Morton
Stout, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Rita
McK. Griffith, of Asheville; the Rev. H.
W. Star, D. D., of Charleston, S. C.;
Mrs. Frank N. Challen, of Greenville.
S. C.; the Rev. (1. Floyd Rogers, rector
of St. Peter’s at Charlotte, and others.
» - “Th «!i ceajsa tfhwsfijrraS'W
work of preparation fob.religious educa
tional service and leadership. The in
spiration of a new grasp upon the
Christs’s life and teachings of tlie church
will be sought for the teachers in the
church's work. Besides those actually
teaching, appeal is being made for the
attendance of young men and young
women who may gain confidence for re
ligious work by ten days spent in a
summer school, in the famous ‘Valley of
the Cries,’ in Watauga county, commonly
knowq as Valle Orucis.
“The best days of the summer have
been chosen for the high privilege of re
ligious meditation ami study in the heart
of the great mountains, at an elevation
of 3.000 feet, on a valley floor noted for
beauty and vigor of climate.”
HADE GREER 18 KILLED
BY PULLED-UP STUMP
After Pulling Stomp From the Ground
Young Greer Could Not Get Out of
Its W»y.
Lenoir, May 20.—jHade Greer, 19-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Greer, of this plaee. was almost in
stantly killed Tuesday afternoon about
3 o’clock when a- stump which had just
been pulled rolled over and caught him.
The accident occurred about one and a
half miles from Spruce Pine where the
young man was working for a construc
tion company building a road between
Spruce Pine and Marion. Greer was
driving a team and had just pulled a big
stump in the clearing for the roadway.
He had stopped the team and turned
and had spoken to) one of the men help
ing him. When he spoke the team pulled
off and started the stuiqp to rolling
down the 'mountain. Before he could
pump aside bis foot was caught and the
next moment the stump itself crushed
him to the ground. He lived only , a few
moments, and did not regain conscious
ness.
Will Run Schools All Year Around.
Richmond, Vg., May 20.—The chil
dren of Arlington, smallest county in
Virginia, will begin an indefinite schoo’
term soon. The state board of educa
tion yesterday adopted a plan to run the
public schools of Arlington upon an all
year basis. It will be the first 12-menths
school -year in the history of the com
monwealth and officials say it will prob
ably be the firat of its kind in scope in
the entire United States. - Arrangements
for the schools will be adapted to con
ditions in Washington, owing to the
proximity to the nation’s capital.
Catawba College Trustees Hold Meeting.
Salisbury, May 20.—The board of
trustees' of Catawfea College held their
annual session in' this city Tuesday, at
tending to routine business and hearing
reports about the college which is to
open in Salisbury in September. Four
teen members of the board were pres
ent and expressions were heard indicat
ing that they are well pleased with the
1 financial campaign and the prospects of
• the college opening with a large attend
ance. t
Fifty Thousand French Troops Along
i the Morocco FYmit.
Rabat, French Morocco. May 21 (By
• the Associated Press).—^The French. It
i j was learned ttSday, had 50,000 men along
(the 120-mile front in the northern part
••of the French zone, braced for an early
’ attack by the Rlffians. who, tit la be
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REDUCTION FIVE PER
CENT. INSTEAD OF. SEVEN)
To Be Applied to Appropriations of the
State Department
Raleigh, May 21, —Five per cent, in-;
stead of seven, as heretofore contemplat
ed, will be the reduction applied to'
appropriations for State departments, in-: 1
stitutions and agencies for 1025-26,' it I
was announced by Governor McLean last
night. ,
"Based upon tire new estimates just
received,” said the governor in a formal
statement, “ the director of the budget
is glad to state that the per centage of
reduction is lowered two points, making
the net pro rnta reduction in the 1025-
26 appropriations fivs per cent.”
The statement appeared in the form
of a communication to' departments, in
stitutions and agencies.
“This five per cent, reduction,” con
tinued the governor, ‘'should therefore
be applied to your biennial and quar
terly estimates' now called for. For
example, if your total appropriation for
she fiscal year 1925-26 is SIOO,OOO. you
will deduct five per cent, or $5,000, leav
ing a net balance of $95,000 upon which
you will base the biennial estimate and
also the allotment ‘request for the first
quarter.” '
Going further into details, the gover-,
nor. in his statement, paid:
“The fallowing revised summary will
SjtdicsteitJie tgetFod SV urfiyTag at tbe
pro fata reduction : i
“First—The total appropriations for
the fiscal year of 1925-26, of $12,937,362.
less total interest, sinking funds and
bond redemptions of $2,866,844, leaves
$10,070,518.
“Second—The total estimated reve
nues, (as revised) for the fiscal year 1925-
26, less total interest, sinking funds and
bond redemptions of ‘*52,866.844, aggre
gate $9,558,844 as the net amount avail
able for pro rata distribution.
fTTiird—The total revenue available
of $9,558,844 divided by the total net ap
propriations of $10,070,518 equals ap
proximately 95 per cent, which will be
available .as of July I, 1925.
“To apply this to your own case, it
will be necessary in the light of the
latest returns and estimates, for you
to reduce your appropriation only 5 per
cent .instead of 7 per cent, as originally
estimated. This per centage will be
subject to subsequent increase or de
crease, as determined by revenue during
the year; but on the estimate herewith
submitted, you will apply a reduction
of 5 per cent.”
In conclusion, the governor asked the
earnest co-operation of departments, in
stitutions and agencies and urged the
heads of these to help expedite the filing
of estimates.
HALF OF A CITY BLOCK
AT SALISBURY IS SOLD
The Property of Mrs. Frances Frereks Is
Bought By Charlotte Investment Firm
Salisbury, ’ May 20.—One of the
largest single real estate transfers tak
ing place here in years has just been
consummated. The Frereks property
facing on Lee, Innis and Council streets
and embracing half of n city block pass
es from the possession of Mrs. Frances
K. Frereks to the Southern Securities
and Investment company, of Charlotte.
This property is nlmost in the center of
the business section and the price paid
for it is said to be in excess of SIOO,OOO.
No announcement has been made as to
the plans of the new owners.
Livingston College Summer School Has
Bright Outloah.
Salisbury, May 20.—The seventh an
nual session of the Livingston college
summer school will be held from June
11 to July 17. The 1925 session promises
to eclipse all others from the standpoint
of attendance and the many attractive
features of summer school life.
The sdopc will be twofold in that
there will be in reality two summer
schools—the county summer school and
the approved state summer school The
county school is maintained especially
for negro teachers of Cabarrus, David
son. Davie, Iredell, Rowan and Stanly
counties who do not hold state certifi
cates. \
The approved school usually attracts
teachers from the same counties, in
cluding the principal citlea in the coun
ties. and for many other points hi tbe
state.
“Baby Farm” Owner la Indicted.
(By toe Associate* Preeel
New Yorh, May 21.—Miss Helen Au
gusta Geiaen-Volk. owner of a “baby
farin’’, in East, 86th St,, today was in
dicted for first degree manslaughter by
the grand jury after investigation which
showed that Wm. Winter, six months old,
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j THE COTTON iMARKET
Opened Steady at Unchanged ‘Prices to
a Decline of t Points—duty Up to
23.88.
i ' (Sy the Associated Press)
New York. May 21. —The cotton mar
j| ket opened steady today at unchanged
prices to a decline of 9 points, owing
.to relatively easy Liverpool cables and
J realising by some of yesterday’s buyers.
Renewal of covering by near month
shorts, however, strengthened prices al
most immediately, July advancing to
23.88, or 22 points net higher.
New crop months were held back by
the favorable view of the weather news
and October worked up to 22.56, or 1J
points net higher in sympathy with the
old crop strength, and the market held
fairly steady in the early trading.
Part of the early buying was believed
to be encouraged by reports of slightly
more active demand for cotton goods.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
23.30; July 23.04; October! 22.37; De
cember 22.57; January 22.18.
PRESBYTERIANS OF SOUTH
IN ANNUAL MEETING
Feature of Morning Session Was Address
by Retiring Moderator, Dr. Thornton
Whaling.
I (By.the, Associated Ptcm)
Lexington. Ky., May 21.—Matters de
lating to the future growth of the 'Pres
byterian Church in the United States.
South and plans for work during the
coming year were before the General As
sembly of the church which convened in
its 65th convention here today.
The keynote of the Assembly was
sounded by the retiring moderator, Dr.
Thornton Whaling, of Louisville, in his
annual sermon thin-morning.
Election of a moderator and his induct
ion to office was the first on the pro
gram for the business session this after
noon.
With Our Advertisers.
Place your order for a Dodge car with
the Corl Motor Co's, salesman, J. B.
Kaiford. >
You always get tTie very best work in
■dry cleaning and tailoring at M. R.
Pounds’. Phone 420.
Let E. B. Grady figure with you on
a new bath room or any kind of plumb
ing. Phone 334 W.
New fibre suites of unusual beauty at
H. B. Wilkinson's stores at Concord,
Kannapolis, Mooresville and China
Grove.
Efird’s store bere was closed tfida.v at
1 o'clock to get the stock in readiness
for the opening of the sale Friday morn
ing . Articles on sale will include a
large assortment of both cotton and silk
cloth, dresses, undegwear, rugs, shoes,
men’s suits, hats. etc. A full liue of
household linen will also be included.
If you will look up the four-column
ad. of the ,T. C. Penney Co. on page
five today you will find many splendid
bargains enumerated. Big values in
silk hose, strap pumps, Nation-Wide
sheetings, Congo Mieetingfc, /silks, /and
jeores of other things.
Now is the time to select your gradu
ation slippers. See ad.- of the Ruth-
Kesler Shoe Co.
Large pieces of aluminum, 98 cents at
the Charles Store.
One thousand one and two-piece men's
suits, special Friday and Saturday, at
the Parks-Belk Co. Oh Saturday eve
ning music will be furnished by a 7-
piece brass band.
Commencement at Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Hickory, May 21.—Commencement at
Lenoir-RUyne College will begin Sunday,
Jlay 31« t, when the baccalaureate ser
mon wiM be delivered by the, Rev. M. G.
0. Sherer, D. D., secretary of the United
Lutheran Church in America .with head
quarters at New York. At 8:15 in the
evening the Rev. Jacob L. Morgan, D.
D., president of the Evangelical Lutheran
Synod of North Carolina, will address
the Christian organisations at the col
lege.
The speaker on Tuesday, June lst r
before the exercises on that date will be
Daniel IT. Grant, general secretary of the
alumni association if the University of
North Carolina. His address will be
delivered at 11 o'clock.
On the night of Tuesday, June 2nd,
Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle, of Gas
tonia, will deliver the literary address.
Former Governor of Kansas Acquitted
of Bribe Charge.
Topeka, Kans., May 20.—Former
Governor Jonathan Davis, of Kansas,
was tonight acquitted by a jury of a
charge of conspiracy to solicit bribes for
pardons during his term of office.
Another criminal action . remains
• pending against him and bis son Rus
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The jury deliberated three hours.
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■ Former Kansas Governor
1 Freed Last Night of Charge
m of Conspiracy to Solicit
1 Bribe While Governor.
'AnothebTcase
MAY DEVELOP
Hinted That Pardon Scandal
Which Broke Just Before
He Retired May Lead to
Additional Charges.
(By ike Associated Press)
Topeka, Kans.. May 21.—Cleared by
a jury in the first case in which the
State asked his conviction, former Gov
ernor Jonathan M. Davis today faced
the prospect of trial on another bribery
charge growing out of the pardon scan
dal which broke in the last days of his
administration early this year.
A jury after deliberating three hours
and taking four ballots last night re
turned a verdict of not guilty for Mr.
Davis on a charge of conspiring with
Carl J. Peterson, former state bank com
missioner. to solicit a bribe for a par
don for Walter Grundy, convicted bank
wrecker. On the first ballot the jury
stood ten to two for acquittal.
MAN “DEAD” FOR FOUR~
~ YEARS IS DISCOVERED
Virginian Supposed to Have Been Sui
cide is Found Alive and Well in
Florida.
Petersburg, Vti., May 20.—Since De
cember 13. 1920, Mrs. Nancy D. Bird
song has been n widow, legally, and is
now so listed in the directory of Peters
burg where she came with her two sons
to live following the supposed suicide
of her busbnrid on that day. But today
she is n wife again. Yesterday her hus
band. Frink L. Birdsong, “dead” for
over four years, came to life in Sarasota,
Fla., and is now on his way back to
Virginia and to bis family here.
Mr. Birdson, 58 years -old, former
commissioner of revenue, and weH
known throughout Sussex county, dis
appeared just before Christmas, in 1920.
On the following day after he failed to
return home one night ,iv juit.e, JwejehqiJ
down Ms hat. was found on Free-]
man's bridge over the Nottaway rivet
near Homeville. where he resided at the
time with his family. The message indi
cated that he had ended his life in the
water below and that his body might be
found somewhere at the bottom of the
river. After a careful examination and
extensive search, which revealed noth
ing. his family accepted his death and a
notation proclaiming him dead was en
tered in court records.
At that time Birdsong's assets were
listed at between six and seven thou
sand dollars; his liabilities at. nearly
twenty thousand. His life hnd been in
sured with several companies. One of
them refused to meet -their policy obli
gation to his estate and instituted an
investigation of their own. After 53
months search their efforts were re
warded yesterday when a representative
of the company located Birdsong Ttvery
must alive” and doing business in Sara
sota. He readily admitted his ..identity
and is returning voluntarily to Vir
ginia-
WILLIAMS PRESIDENT
OF STATE MERCHANTS
Wilmington Man Chosen President of the
North Carolina Merchants’ Associa
tion.
(By the Associated Press)
Charlotte, May 21.—,T. C. Williams,
of Wilmington, was elected president of
the North Carolina Merchants’ Associa
tion today.
- Goldsboro was chosen as the 1926
convention but the date is to be
set later.
Other officers of the association named
were: D. T. Hanes, of Greensboro, vice
president; John Paul Leouard, of States
ville, treasurer, re-elected .
Boulevard is Step Nearer Actuality.
Salisbury, May 20.—A 50-foot hard
surface street expending ail the way
through Spencer and up to Steel street
in Salisbury is a step nearer realization.
The county commissioners have joined
with the city authorities of the two
towns and the state highway commission
in the plan t»> divide the costs between
these departments and tl|* property
owners and street car people. This
stretch of road which is on both q state
and national highway is said to be more
extensively traveled than any road in
the sixth district of the state highway
map.
BeHiS to Build Huge Store in Charlotte.
Charlotte, May 20.—Plans of Belk
Bros, operators of a chain of depart
ment stores in the Carolinas, for con
struction of a store building which will
' give the company an establishment here
representing an investment of close to
, $1,000,000 were disclosed In an an
nouncement Tuesday. The construction
work will cost from $600,000 to $750,-
000 it was estimated. Construction work
| will be started probably the latter part
of June and It is expected that the
building will be completed about De
! cember 1.
Government Using Confiscated Cars.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, May 21.—Thirty motor
• cars seised from bootleggers were turned
against Canadian border rum runners to
i day by the Treasury which for the first
. t!mc made use of recent legislation under
which the government is Empowered to
uqe confiscated vehicles.
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TWO PROPOSALS ARE .
IfIUII
AT VETERANS’MEET
One Is Proposal That the
Government Take Over
Pensions and Other Deals
With Stone Mountain.
OPPOSITION TO
FIRST PROPOSAL
Many of the Veterans Op
pose the Plan—Will Be No
1 Union Figure Placed on
Memorial Mountain.
(By the Associated Press) ' /
t Dallas, Texas. May 21.—Confederate
- Veterans at tlieir reunion here today con
sidered two proposal on which many of
I the delegates expressed divergent views.
One is a resolution asking that the gov
ernment take over Confederate pension
1 rolls from the Southern States and pay
the pensions of former Confederates just
; as they do the Union survivors. The
8t her is a proposed request to place sev
eral officials of the organization on the
executive board of the Stone Mountain
Memorial Association.
Many of the veterans are opposed to
asking the Federal government to take
over pensions. A resolution suggesting
this was introduced yesterday and is be
fore the resolutions committee.
Officials of the Stone Mountain Memo
rial Association here have taken issue
with the resolution asking further repre
sentation on the executive board.
Hollins N. Randolph of Atlanta, repre
senting the Association and Roger 8.
Winter, publicity director for the Associa
tion, said that almost every member of
the Board was a Confederate veteran or
a son of a Confederate veteran. Mr.
Winter denied there had been any sug
gestion whatever to place a Union figure
on the memorial as stated in the resolu
tion now before the convention.
WILL GET QUICK ACTION
ON EVOLUTION TEST CASE
Special Grand Jury to Get Evidence and
Special'Term of Court Will Be Called
If Neeesaniy.
(By the Associated Press)
Dayton. Tenn., May 21.—Events today
went moving swiftly'-toward (be second
stage of the teat of Tennessee's law pro- *
hibiting teaching of evolution in public
school* of; the state.
Four days before tbe date set yester
day by Judge John H .Raulston for a
special session of the ReP* county grand
jury May 25th. attorneys fo_r tbe State
and defense were being assured of a
special term of court to spfed the ease,
upward toward Supreme Court.- j I
-The special session of she grand jury
will consider the charges against Prof.
John T. Scope alleged to have violated
the B(jt In teaching science' in the Rhea
county schools.
BRYAN IS OPPOSED AT
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY
Militant Fundamentalists Will Fight Dr.
Thornton, the Bryan Choice For Mod
erator.
(By the Associated Press)
Columbus, Ohio. May 21.—The 137th
general assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of Ameri
ca opening here today saw militant fundn-,
mentalists going into the fight for the
moderntorship at odds w. ! th Wm. Jen
nings Bryan, most prominent of the con
servatives in the group's selection of a
candidate.
Mr. Bryan is standing firmly for Dr.
W, O. Thompson. President, of the Ohio
State University of Columbus. Ohio, for
the post, while other fundamentalists at -
the conference decided to back Dr. Laps
ley A. McAfee, of Berkeley, Cal.
Salisbury. Spencer Road at Last a Pop.
slbfllty.
Salisbury, May 20. —A 50-foot hard
surface street extending all tfie way
through Spencer and up to Steel street
in Salisbury is now a possibility. Tbe
county commissioners have joined with
the city authorities of the two towns
and the Stat 4 highway commission in
the plan to divide the costs among these
departments and the property owners and
street car people. This stretch of road
which Is on both a state and national
highway is said to be more extensively
traveled than any road in the sixth dis
trict of the state highway map.
Virginia Railway & Power Co. To B 4
Sold.
(By the Associated Press)
Richmond, Va„ May 21. —Negotiations
have been concluded for the sale of con
trolling interest by Frank J. Gould in
the Virginia Railway A Power Co., to
Stone & Webster, of New York, Thos. 8.
Wheelright, president of tbe company an
nounced today. The company operates
street car and {lower service in Rich
mond, Norfolk, Petersburg and Porlli
moutb.
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