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VOLUME XXV
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FIRED UPBN TODAY
IK FRHTIIG ZONE
One Chinese Steward on a
Vessel Was Wounded But
All Passengers Escaped
Without Wounds.
HANKOW~CALM
AFTER RIOTING
Eight Japanese Killed When
They Attacked British Vol
unteer Armory After Fight
on the Wharves.
Canton. June 12 (By the Associated
Press).—Foreign steamers were fired up
si! today as they moved within the fight
ing lines established by rival milita'V
leaders who continued battling for Can- -
ton, which is now held by the defending
Yunannese army. One Chinese steward
on the steamer Saion wns wounded 'se
verely, today when he was struck while
aboard the craft.
While the gun fire continued from both
sides today after a night of continuous
shooting neither ’army gained ground.
Identify Troops Who Fired on American
Ship.
Hong Kong, June 12 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —It is asserted that the
troops which fired on the American gun
boat Pampanga near the island of Wham
poa in the Canton region yesterday were
of the Kwangsi, and not the Yunannese
forces.
Russians Send Money to China.
Moscow. June 12 (By the Associated
Press). —The central council of trades
unions of soviet Russia has telegraphed
50,000 rubles to Peking to assist the
striking Chinese and the families of those
killed in the rioting.
Calm at Hanchow
Hankow. June 12 (By the Associated
Press). —Comparative calm has been re
stored this morning after last night’s
rioting in which eight Japanese were kill
ed an an undetermined number wounded,
while attacking the British volunteer
nnhory.
The trouble incited by false reports
published in the vernacular newspapers,
started on,the wharves vrbers Japanese
p*+’4fo broke up a rioiing mob and made
a dozen arrests.
The rioters rushing to the bun, dam
aged several Japanese shops, mauled the
shopkeepers and then broke down the bar
ricade and advanced against the volun
teer armory.
Circulars Against Communists.
Shanghai, June 12 (By the Associated
I Hess). —Circulars have been distributed
by the striking element in the French con
cession here charging the communists
with taking advantage of the disturbances
to earry out their own plots. Assertion is
made tliat the local, communists have re
ceived large shipments from Russia.
The circulars made the demand for re
dress for the “foreign aggrelions’’ and
conclude:
“We weep for the deaths of our breth
ren while the communists laugh in the
dark:"
Missionaries Ordered to Hanwok.
New York, June 12 (By the Associated
Press). —American missionaries and their
families in the Hup Rep province have
been ordered to return to Hankow imme
diately, according to a cablegram receiv
ed today by the Episcopal Mission head
quarters.
The message read: “Situation serious.
Women, children and misiouaries have
been ordered to this port.”
Fifty American missionaries and their
families were scattered about the prov
ince.
Reply to Chinese Note.
Peking, June 12 (By the Aasoc’rated
Press).—Representatives of foreign pow
ers here today replied to a note of the
Chinese foreign office by saying that the
most appropriate means of re-establishing
law and order at Shanghai would he to
discuss on the spot the best measures to
bring about the desired end.
15,000 Chinese Again on Strike.
Shanghai. June 12 (By the Associated
Press).—Fifteen thousand Chinese mill
workers who lmd struck and returned te
work, walked out again today.
The recrudenscence of the strike was
considered /an immediate result of the
sharp disorders at Hankow where nearly
a dozen have been killed in a series of
riots.
- Five Community Playgrounds.
Salisbury, June 11. —Five community
centers and playgrounds have been
opened in the city- They are located in
different sections and will be in charge
of directors each day. The children will
use the grounds between 3 and 6 each
afternoon except Saturday, and Satur
day afternoon nnd evening grownups
will nee them) Justus M. Hull, city
director oftheae playgrounds, has as
sumed his new work. „
STAR THEATRE
TODAY ONLY
Grounds for Divorce
Big Special—Dontt Miss It.
With Florence Vidor, Matt Moore, Harry
Myers nnd Louise Frazenda,
We have put in the very latest cooling
system. Ccme and keep cool and enjoy
a good picture.
—COMING—
“THE TEN COMMANDMENTS”
You always see the very best pictures
that can be put on the screen
The Concord Daily Tribune
Wear Necklace
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IF you draw a V from shoulder
line to waistline, and then scoop
out the material Inside the.V you
I uncover quite an expanse of back.
If this bothers you at all, follow the
plan of Carmel Myers arid wear one
of the new back necklaces of dia
monds and pearls—just like the
pendant effects tliat were once worn
down, the front. It breaks up the
dead white of the shoulders and
offers some explanation for the cu)
of the frock. Really, it's a very
smart thing to da these d.;ys.
INCREASED RATES ARE
ALLOWED RAILROADS
Hauling Certain Products From Caro-!
Unas and Southeast to Mississippi Val
ley Centers.
♦By rile ASMactnfrd Press.)
Washington, June 12.—Railroads con
cerned in traffic from Carolina and the
southeast territory to the Mississippi
Valley destinations will be permitted on
July Ist to make rate increases on less
than carload shipments of clothing, sad
dlery. tobacco furniture and syrup. The
Interstate Commission held to
day that cancellation of commodity rates
on the commoditise named and the sub
stitution therefor of class rates was justi
fiable. A considerable number of ship
pers protested the railroad proposals
which in almost every case involves in
creases in existing rates by per centages
ranging front five i»er cent, to twenty-five
per cent.
RELIEF SHIP CONTINUES
ON TO ARCTIC WATERS
Ship Expected to Reach Spltzbergen Not
Later Than Noon Tomorrow.
S. . Ingertre, Bound for Spitzberger,
June 12 (By the Associated Press). —The
Ingertre bearing Lutzow Holm and his
little band of fliers northward to search
for the Amundsen Polar expedition today
was plowing the desolate Greenland Sea.
the only speck of life in all that watery
waste.
Her position as last taken wns 71.20
North, 11.27 East, or approximately 440
miles from Advent Bay, Spitzberger,
which she is expected to reach by noon
tomorrow.
DUNDEE AND TERRIS TO
FIGHT AT CONEY ISLAND
Postponed Fight WBI Feature Opening of
New Coney Inland Stadium.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, June 12.—The postponed 15-
round fight between Johnnie Dundee and
Sir Terris. New York lightweights, will
feature the delayed opening of the new
Coney Island stadium tonight. Rain pre
vented the clash Tuesday night in a re
turn bout, Terris having won the decision
in their initial meeting at the dosing
show of Madison Square Garden.
Their weights Tuesday were: Dundee
131 and Teris 135.
Borghim Involved in $3,000 Damage
Action.
Bridgeport, Conn., June 11.—Trial of
an SB,OOO damage suit brought by the
James .MeCreery Realty Corporation of
New York, against Gutzon Borglum, of
Stamford, internationally known sculp
tor, began here today. The realty eor
, [location claims Borghim personally
guaranteed the payment of rent for the
International Sporting Club of New
York and to responsible for pne year
and a half rent that never was paid. Mr.
Borglum. in defense, claims he guaran
teed the rent as an officer of the club
but not as an individual.
' Shoals Commission to Report *in Fall.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, June 12. —Assurance was
j given today to President Coolidge by
Chairman McKenzie of the Muscle Shoals i
commission, that a final report would be
in the executive’s hands early in Novem
• her. This would give the president time |
to study the commission’s recommends-,
tions and to touch on the Muscle Shoals
problem in annual message to Congress.
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Robbers’ Bullets Prove Fatal.
> (By the Associated Press)
Bentonvllle, Ark., June 12—Lou M-
Stairt, president of.Hie Bank of Sulphur
Springs, Ark., who was injured severely
7 by robbers in exebrane of shots, following
an attempt to rob the bank, died early to
’ day at a Joplin, Mo., hospital.
Two
8 Twelve Pages Today
iiSli :
ROBERT WHITE NOW
IN CKICiID REM
FI wn CASE
Missing Witness Walked In
to Court Room and Told
. Attorneys He Was Ready i
to Fight Case to the End. J
LONG SEARCHIS
MADE FOR HIM
About Time White Appeared,
Man Appearing as Deputy j
Said Prisoner In Pitts
burgh Was Also White.
Chicago, June 12. (By the Associated
Press). —Robert .White, long missing wit
ness in the Shepherd . trial, unexpectedly
walked into- thh court room this morning,
and reported to .Tos. Savage, assistant
state's attorney.
“Here I am, Mr. Savage.” said White,
who immediately rushed to the office of
the state's attorney. He was accompanied
by his wife and two children.
“I am here to sight 1 this thing to a fin
ish. There is more to it than you know,”
Savage said White had stated.
Must Have Been a Ruse.
Pittsburgh, June 12.—David Williams,
representing himself ns a deputy of stale
attorney Robert E. Crowe, of Chicago, to
day told Police Inspector John Barry (hat
Frank Laros, alias Coleman, held in the
county jail here for forgery and false pre
tense, is Robert White, miss’ng witness
in the Shepherd case.
Admits That He Lied.”
Pittsburgh Pa., June 12. —Maintain-
ing for several hours that lie was Robert
White, missing witness in the Shepherd
case at Chicago Frank Laros told Inspee
| tor of Dettectives John Barry this as-
Iternoon that he had lied about it.
j Lares, held on foregry and false pretense
j charges, maintained that he was White,
until lie wts* confronted with the news
from Chicago to the effect that White
had appeared in the court there today.
I-arris said, however, that he was as
sociated with White while the latter was
in Pittsburgh early in June. He said
he sent a number of telt>grams and made
several telephone calls to Chicago for
White.
MRS. MORGAN HEADS
LUTHERAN W. M. S-
She Succeeds Mrs. G. W. McClanahap
As State President.—Mrs. Crigier Vice
President.
Charlotte. June 11.—Mrs. J. L. Morgan
of Salisbury, was elected president of
the Woman Missionary Society of the
North Carolina synod, of the United
Lutheran church at this afternoon’s
session of the annual convention at St.
Mark’s Lutheran church here.
Mrs. Morgan has long been promi
nently identified with missionary work
in this state, her husband being presi
dent of the state synod. She succeeds
Mrs. G. W. MeClanahnn. of Gibsonviile,
who served during the past year. Mrs.
J. F. Crigier. of this city, wife of the
pastor of St. Mnrk’s ehpreh. was elected
vice president, defeating Mrs. McClana
hnn and Miss Laura Efird. of Raleigh.
Other officers will be named and com
mittees selected nt the concluding ses
sion of the convention tomorrow morn
ing.
The annual banquet was held at (1
o’clock this evening nnd tonight an
inspirational service wns held at ■ the
church with Dr. C. P. Wiles, of Phila
delphia. and Mrs. M. O. J. Kreiis, of
Columbia, S. C., as the principal speak
ers. This afternoon Mrs. C. I’. Wilkes,
national mission study secretary, spoke.
An open forum in “Paternal Respon
sibility nnd Law Enforcement.” was
he'd this morning, with Mrs. E. A.
Shenk, of Greensboro, as the leader.
Do* Meat an Article of Diet in Ger
mßhy.
Berlin. June 11.—Dog ment is still an
article of human diet in Germany nnd
the Berlin chief of police has decreed
that the inspection regulations govern
ing other meat shall apply in the future
to this article. The regulations pre
scribe also that dogs destined for
slaughter must be examined both before
a-nd after killing.
The Fisk University Singers Entertain
Royalty.
Windsor. June 12 (By the Associated
Press).—The jubilee singers Fisk
University at Nashville. Tenn., sang be
fore the King and Queen at Windsor
Castle last evening.
Science can make a house comforta
ble. but it cannot make a home.
1 Concord Theatre !
I jjj (Coolest Place In Town)
TODAY ONLY
I l PATSY RUTH MILLER j
I !! RALPH GRAVES, EDNA MUR- )
i it PHY and PHILO MeCI'LLOUGH 3
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| i “Daughters of \
Today” .
| A Tlmrty Picture
• ii ADDED jj
jj PATHE NEWS and COMEDY
l SATURDAY AT 10 A. M.
jj Special Show For the Children -s
For 5c
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1925
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Prominent, lawyers conferred with John T. Scopes, Tennessee teacher under
indictment for teaching evolution, when he visaed New York. This picture shows
left to right, Clarence Dairow. famous criminal lawyer; Dudley Field Malone, for
mer collector of the port of New York, and Scopes.
THINK YOUNG COUPLE
MADE SI'ICIDE PACT
This Given as Reason for Shooting of
Priscilla Amidon and Sterling Mills. ,
Wesley Fur ms j Mass., June 12 (By the
Associated Press).—The Norfolk County
prosecutor's office today assumed fuil
charge of the investigation of the unex
plained fate of 15 year old Priscilla Ami
don and the wounding of Sterling Mills,
her schoolboy sweetheart, who were
found in a lonely* wooded district here
with bullet wounds in their heads last
Tuesday. Mills lay in u Newton hospital
today in a grave condition.
Police authorities here have held to
the theory that the death of the girl nnd
the wounding of the young boy were the
result of a suicide pact. Except a few
words stammered by Mills when he was
first found which apparently confirmed
the suicide theory, the police have obtain
ed no direct information of the circum
stances immediately preceding the tragedy.
The revolver, identified ns the property I
of the girl's father, had been tired three
times', but only two bullets have been ac
counted for. Efforts are being made to
discover the third bullet which Mills is
said to have stated !p fired at a tree. I
With Our Advertisers.
Window screens 5!) cents each and fly !
swatters 5 cents each at the A. & P. Tea
Co.’s store.
Are you planniug to buy furniture? If
so. you are invited to inspect the excel
lent stock of the Bell & Harris Furni
ture Co. Everything bought in car load
lots. ;
You will find many specials nt the j
Charles Store tomorrow, June 13th. See
big ad. today on page ten.
Lady-Lyke corsets at J. C. Pennv I
Co.'s assures n stylish figure. Prices AS
cents to $4.08.
Parker s Shoe Store -is closing out cer
tain numbers to make room for new ar
rivals that are coming in early. See
quarter page ad. today for some of the
bargains.
Everything new except service and
quality at the Browns-Cannon Co's. j
Auction Saturday night from 7 to 11
o’clock at Patt Covington's.
Sehloss Bros’, cool suits, $25 to S3O.
at Hoover's.
Another new one at Ivey’.-, and its
only $7.00.
Today only “Grounds for Divorce,” at
the Star Theatre. This theater has
just put in a modern cooling system.
Don't forget the special show for the
children at the Concord Theatre tomor
row morning ai 10 o’clock. Only five
cents. |
Wants Policy of Economy For France.'
Paris, June 12 (By the Associated
Press). —Finance Minister Cnillaux today
urged a policy of economy at a meeting
of the French cabinet. Ministers promis-1
ed him they would trim expenses to the
utmost. M. Cnillaux said France must
live within her income, and must get thnt I
taxation alone if she expected the world
to have confidence in’ French finance.
Stands to accommodate 15,000 specta
tors will be provided at the Atlantic
City track for the Cornell-Princcton and
Oxford-Cambridge international meet to
be held at the big seaside resort on
July 18-
j Seventy-fourth Series
| CONCORD PERPETUAL BUILDING AND LOAN I
' ASSOCIATION
Starts Saturday, June 6th
BOOKS NOW OPEN AT
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CONCORD AND KANNAPOLIS, N. C.
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C. W. Swink, President. H. I. Woodhouse, Sec. & Treas.
P. B. Fetzer, Asst. Sec. & Treas.
AMERICA HAS NO PART
IN NEW SECURITY PACT
Washington Government Has No Desire
i to Accept Job as Custodian of Treaty.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, June 12.—The United
States will play no part in western Eu
rope security [met now under considera
tion by the allied governments and Ger
many.
Adhering to its determination to avoid
any possible complications in Europe the
Washington government has no desin- to i
accept the duty as custodian of the treaty
as suggested by Germany.
It was made clear here in a State De
partment pronouncement 'that no such
proposal had been received and none is
expected in view of this government’s j
known. attitude. Although the United
States would merely take charge of the ,
completed treaty, even this is held might .
lead to difficulties which the administra
tion had no wish to encounter.
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FREIGHT RATES ORDERED
| . REVISED FOR FEW STATES
Rates From Western States to South
| west arid Mississippi Valley To Be Re.
vised. I
(By the Associated Press)
I Washington, June 12.—The Interstate
Commerce Commision today ordered a re
vision on rates on grain, grain products
and hay from numerous points in Idaho,
Montana, Oregon. Utah, Wyoming, Colo
rado, Kansas. Missouri. Nebraska, and
Oklahoma, to points in the southeast and :
i the lower Mississippi valley,
j October Bth was named as the effective 1
date for the changes.
NOVA SCOTIA STRIKERS
CALM DURING DAY
No Disorders Reported Following Serious
Disturbances of Thursday.
Sydney, N. S„ June 12 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Quiet was reported
I thtreughout the southern colliery district
of Cape Brenton following yesterday’s se
i rious disorders growing out of the strike
in the plants operated by the British Em
pire Steel Corporation.
The miners of that district are said to
be in conference, but the general opinion
was that there would be no further seri
out disturbances.
Negro Electrocuted at State Prison.
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh. June 12.—Will Williams, h
negro of Scotland county, was electroeut
. ed at the state’s prison here today for
j the murder of Frank Green, a negro
! farmer. A vigorous effort for clemency
lmd been exerted by those who had inter
ested themselves in William's behalf. Af
ter investigation had been made by Pnr
j don Commissioner Hoyle Sink, the Gov
-1 ernor announced he would not interfere
with the electrocution.
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Find Missing Man Sitting Under Tree.
Greensboro, June 11.—Searchers for
J. C. Johnson, Randolph .county man.
! who disappeared from the Levei Cross
- community of that county Monday
I afternoon, found him sitting under a
i tree some miles from where lie vanished.
; the hunt ending last night. It is feared
that his mind is affected.
| SOUTHERN AIR MAIL ROUTE
Questionnaire Addressed to Business Men
of the South. |
| Raleigh. June K. —Prospects for
early establishment- of the Sopt*-'' ~ **,l
mail route have caused W. A U*”
postmaster at Raleigh, to add! * >^r
ter to business men. asking to\ rf rfaf ex
tent they would suport such service and
furnishing them with air mail rates, and
other data. The letter is in the form
of a questionnaire.
j "A survey of the ‘probable amount of
; air mail service is being made over the,
territory covered by two proposed routes.”
; writes the Raleigh postmaster, “as fol
lows :
"The Atlantic coastal route—New
York to Miami, via Philadelphia. Balti
more, Washington, Richmond, Norfolk,
Wilmington, Charleston. Savannah.
Brunswick. Jacksonville, Daytonna and
West Paint Beach.
“The central trunk line—Cleveland,
(connecting with the trans-corttinental
route) to Miami, via Columbus. Cincin
nati, Louisville, Nashville, Chattanooga,
Atlanta. Macon* Jacksonville, Daytonna
and West Palm Beach.
“It is very probable that the post of
fice department will establish only one
of the proposed routes in the immediate
future, and that will, be the route show
ing the larger volume of prospective busi
ness. For the purpose of comparison
and to furnish information upon which
the department and contractors may de
termine the more profitable route, it is
requested that you indicate below the
route you prefer, and the estimated
amount of business you will give this
route each week, if established.
“Air mail rates:
“First 1,00 miles —10 cents each ounce
or fraction thereof.
”1.000 to 1.500 miles—ls cents each
ounce or fraction thereof.
“Over 1,500 miles—2o cents each
ounce of fraction thereof.”
Then follows the* questionnaire.
These circular letters are being wide
ly distributed among business men who
are patrons of the Raleigh postoffice.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at an Advance, Generally
1 to 4 Points Higher—October Up to I
22.85.
fßy the Associated Press)
New \ T ork, June 12.-—The cotton mar
ket opened steady today at an advance
of 1 to 8 points, generally 1 to 4 points
higher, in response to steadier Liverpool
cables and failure of the early weather
advices to show any rain where most
needed in the southwest.
A private crop report estimating a con
dition of 73.7 per cent, as of June 6th
compared with 75.2 per rent, two weeks
previously promoted buying after the call
which sent the price of October up to
22.58, or six points net higher. It was
lKunted out, however, that there had been
beneficial rains Os the
South since the end of last week and the
market was quiet at the end of the first
hours, with prices holding four or five
points above yesterday's closing quota
tions.
Cotton futures opened steadv. July
22.00; Oct. 22 53; Dec. 22.73; Jan.
22.2!): March 22.49.
Get Chie to Mother Who Abandoned
Babe in Winston.
Winston-Salem, June 11.—Informa
tion has been received by, the county
welfare authorities that the young wo
man who left the baby at the Billy Sun
day tabernacle on Sunday morning. May
1. had offered to surrender the child to
an institution on the morning of the
same day. being refused because of the
infancy of the baby. The matron of this
institution has positively identified the
baby as the one offered to that institu
tion on the morning of the day it was
left at the Billy Sunday tabernacle.
Acting upon this information the
authorities expect to follow the clue
and if posible locate the mother of the
child. The woman gave her name at the
institution as residing in Winston-
Salem. but this is believed to have been
to avoid identity.
A. IV. Cline, superintendent of pub
lic welfare, states that it is the purpose
of the department to prosecute to the
fullest extent of the law any mother who
attempts to or does abandon her off
spring.
Semi-Annual Shoe Sale, at Ruth-Kesler
Shoe Co.’s.
The Semi-Annual Shoe Sale at the
Ruth-Kesler Shoe Store Co. will begin
tomorrow morning .at 0 o’clock. The en
tire stock of high grade shoes for all the
family will be put on sale. Many fine
values in shoes for men, women and
children. During this sale you can get
$1.50 silk hose for 85 cents. Read the
full page ad. iu today's paper for many
other bargains.
A. 11. Howard left last night for At
lanta, where he was called on account of
the serious illness of his father.
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NO. 140
FREir.H AND SPANISH ■
CONFER
CONCERNING WIRFIRE
iWill Begin Conference In
Madrid On Wednesday to
Outline Plan For Meeting
Morocco Situation. *
PAINLEVE NOW
ON WAY HOME
Has Been to Morocco to Get
First Hand Information On
What Has Been Going On
Along Battle Line.
Paris, June 12 (By, the Associated
Press).—Franco-Spanish conference to
arrange a joint action against Abdel
Krim. the Iliffian chief, will open at Mad
rid on Wednesday, it is officially an
nounced. /
On the same day Premier Painleve is
expected to appear in the French cham
ber of deputies when he will tell wlmt
he saw during his present trip to Mo
rocco and wbat he has decided to do.
Premier Painleve Returning Home.
Fez, French Morocco. June 12 (By
the Associated Press). —Paul Painleve,
the French Minister, started for the
Freneh-Riffinn front at 6:30 this morn
ing after having discussed the military
campaign plans most of the niglu with
Marshal Lyautey, Governor General of
French Morocco.
STICK TO CHARGE
OF CRUEL BEATING
| Gaston Jury Reiterates Assertions That
Prisoners Are Inhumanely Treated.
Charlotte. June 11.—A Gaston county
grand jury, in a revised report made pub
lic today, reiterated its former allega
tions that prisoners at the Gaston coun
ty prison camp were whipped by guards
and that eight, of them were beaten with
a Atiek “six feet long” until the blood
ran. However, various modifications iu
the original report were made.
The former charges of improper con
duct of the camp were modified and the
revised report withdrew the definite re
quest for the removal of A. H. Kirksey,
camp superintendent, and urged that
those responsible for the brutal treat
ment of convicts be removed.
Both she original and revised report#
were made by the Gaston county grand
jury to Judge James L. Webb, of Shel
by. At the time of the report Judge
Webb was presiding over the Superior
Court of Gaston county. The revised
report was sent to him here, where. he
is presiding over the Mecklenburg Coun
ty Superior Court.
In the revised report the statement
is made that "thirty-one men are re
quired to sleep in a room twenty by
thirty feet, with very poor ventilation.”
The report further asserted that the
grand jury found Camp No. 2 for wibte
prisoners “in a most miserable and de
plorable condition” and that sleeping
quarters were entirely too small.
"Eight prisoners have been overwhip
ped." the report continues. “Several
have the skin broken on their arms and
legs and others have had the blood cut
of them. The punishment was inflicted
with a stick six feet long The prisoners
were whipped while at work. Mr. Kirk
sey. the whipping boss, inflicted the pun
jshment while under the influence of
whiskey, we are told.”
“We recommend that the man or men
responsible for, these conditions be re
moved ; also that the sleeping quarters
be enlarged and properly ventilated, new
bedding placed, and a general improve
ment in camp conditions be made,” con
cluded the report.
Preparing Defense For Scopes.
(By the Associated Press)
New-York. June 12.—While John T.
Scopes, high school teacher, was returning
today from New York to Dayton. Tenn.,
his counsel was rushing up on the in
tricacies of the rise of man and there was
much discussion of the part radicals are
playing in arrangements for the defense
of Scopes on a charge of violating the
state law on teaching evolution.
Verdict of Not Guilty in Woodfln Case.
<By the Associated Press)
Raleigh, June 12.—The federal jury
sitting on the ease of the Slate of North
Carolina vs. W. E. Woodfln, federal pro
hibition agent, charged with the murder
of Grover C. Bradley, returned a verdict
of not guilty late last night. The jury
deliberated for more than four houra.
Once during that time it reported it was
unable to agree, standing 8 to 4.
At Eflrd’s Chain Sale.
Efird’s Annual Chain Sale is still go
ing on. This is a good opportunity to
fill your summer needs for all kinds of
merchandise. You will find everything
there for men, women and children, and
at especially low prices during this sale,
WHAT SATO BEAR SAYS
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Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, .',
probably local showers Saturday in the
west and south portions, slightly warmer
tonight in interior of north portion.