North Carolina Newspapers

• MSOaATBD* VOLUME XXV Judge Denies Motion To Quash Indictment ■■ a i * . Judge Raulston’s Decision at Dayton Upholds Constitu tionality of Tennessee Anti- Evolution Law. 1 FOURTH DAY OF THE SCOPES TRIAL Judge Raulston Spent Most® of Tuesday n Writing His ! Decision, Which Was Very Lengthy. r- - '•• 1 (By the Aiaeelate* Press> Dayton, Jnly 15. —Judge John T. Raulston today denied tlie defense mo tion to quash the Indictment against John T. Scopes. The judge's decision upheld the constitutionality of the Ten nessee anti-evolution, law. The motion to quash was made Mon day and most of the day was spent in arguments on its merits. Judge Rauls ti.n Hpent most of yesterday in writing his decision, which was Very lengthy. The decision took up each contention of the defence and ‘rtititd that the de fendant would be required to plead fur- ' tber. '■ ;gf 5 •)**?(• (j liefore reading the. decision on the. de fense motion ito qpash Judge Raulston consented to pose for photos with the > decision in Dayton, Tenn., July 15. —The Rev. j ('has. Francis Potter, pastor of the West Side Unitarian Church, of New York, opened the Scopes evolution trial today with prayer. Mr. Potter was called to the platform by the court after President Stribbling, of the Dayton pastor's association, had announced his name as a visiting min ister as the choice of tbe association. Judge Raulston announced yesterday that he would ask the Dayton Pastors’ Association to nominate the minister to make the opening prayer each day. This followed a protest from the defense at the custom of having daily prayer. Just after the brief prayer John R. Neal, of the defense counsel, gained the floor to make bis attitude dear on the question of prayer in the court. He objected to any religious atmos phere in the court room during the trial of the case. S. K. Hicks, of the State counsel, an nounced that the State denies that there is k religious controversy in the cast; and objected qu behalf of the. «l»j»ecutlan to '“{his heeklifig” oVery j morning "'tit thU subject of prayer and asked that the court stop'fhe daßy protest and pjace it in the record. Judge Raulston said he had no regard for denominational lines in selecting mi nisiera for the morning prayer. He hoped that the prayer would "do some good. They 'will not hurt anyone and may help." Clahenoe Harrow noted an exception to the remark of the court. Attorney General Stewart stated that lie made a remark in court yesterday which he desired to withdraw. He ex pressed himself in a tPscourteoiis manner to Mr. Hayes, of the defense, he said. *‘l feel very mueh ashamed that I have not been <-ourteous to Mr. Hayes, and there was nothing back of it but ruffled temper,” he said. Mr. Hayes replied that be happily ac cepted the apology .of ; the .Attorney Gen eral and aslmd, that the State attorneys avoid reference to the States from which the> defense attorneys come, and nlqo eco-* nomic. religious, and political ,beiiefs: \ 1 Judge Raqlstqu asked ;'tij<\ Attorney General then tq-remcjyr from the record a "sneering" .retdark ajjegeif lo have been made towatyk tlie defense counsel. The . crowded court room listeneed in tently today while Judge Raulston read his decision, on the, defense motion to quash the indictment against the Dayton high school isntructor. The‘court read hi? ruling in a quiet voice. The document was long and the judge conserved his vocal strength. Quiet was'in contrast to vigorous tones of dashing attorneys a few moments ' earlier. -< , Mr. Bryan wore a collar today. The defendant yawned as he sat listlessly between Dudley Field Malone and W. O. Thompson, of his counsel. ;. Po’icemen kept warning tbe crowd at the door. Dudley Field Malone Aped by Aa Ape. Dayton. July 15.—The story is told in Dayton today of how Dudley Field Malone was aped by an ape. One of tbe animals brought to Dayton by publicity seekers was carried to “the mansion" last night for a visit) with the proposed scientific witnesses for the de fense who are making the house their headquarters while hero, the story said. Interested with the animal, the scien tists are said to (lave placed it in Ma lone’s chair at the . table around which thev were grouped. While discussing the ape and subject ing) it to various tests Malone entered ihe room. , The conclusion of the story was that Malone, disliking the farce, called an au to and sent the ape and its owner back to town. j The State, Board of Equalisation !a composed of of Reve nue. chairman; the.ehnirman of the Cor poration CommßsiOn, and tha Attorney General. The drttf sis this board !s to hear and appeals torn valua tion of property by *jwes»ing officers in the several bounties amt <to order counay board of etyjtfjjption to raise or lower assessments (ft pt the} may be relatively just and iinlXiiAp. lhe board meets at Hi., call of (*njjgjas4«ner of Revenue, A monument erected In New Orleans •W 1»M to commemorate the charity of Margaret » Saugbert, “The Orphans’ Friend,” was the first statue ever erected to a woman in tbe United States. 1 " ai, ',l .' ‘ 1 .ijijt "VI-;). ,' ■ ? .... . i ' ! It .■ • • ' - . ' ■' '* '• —a ? Cydone^ ■RRD&QBS&S ll hs ■* baby cyclone swept 4own on Cta clnnatl and flattened out a good share of the buildings in the Union Stockyard# with thouaanda of dol lars* damage. This shows a small segment of the devastated area. THE CROP REPORT Unusual Hot Weather Furnished an Ideal Condition for Cotton; (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, N. C., July 15.—Unusually hot and dry weather, it was' pointed out in the North Carolina crop report for June, issued today, furnished nn ideal condition for cotton, but most other crops hnve suffered for lack of moisture. The northeastern counties, said the report, have had sufficient rain and in many in stances too much, with considerable hail damage in several sections. / The report, issued by the North Caro lina nnd United States Departments of Agriculture, jointly, said: “With a cowdit’—i #f» 80.-per c#nt> of normal and 53.000 acre* in cultivation, the prospects for the Irish potato crop are 4.020,000 bushels. This production is only T 4.5 per cent, of the Crop produc ed last year. This is due.'in part, to ten per cent reduction in acreage and to a considerably smaller yield than was produced last year. “The national potato acreage was re duced 5.7 per cent, last year and with a condition of 84.1 per cent, normal, will produce 350,000,000 bushels or a erop 23 per cent, less than last year's. The acre age is the lowest since. 1007. Drought at planting lime contributed to this re duction. •'North Carolina sweet potato acreage increased 2 per cent, this year. With a 2 |>er cent, increase in acreage, the pres ent condition of 84 per cent, estimates a 10.200,000 bushel production. This crop is 3.4_per cent, less than the aver age erop for the past live years and is • about 10 per cent, more than was pro duced last year. Because of tlie open weather during the season, good cultiva tion has been facilitated and the plants were enabled to utilize all the fertilizer applied, and -the growth was unusuaiiy good. “The national sweet,, potato acreage was increased 8 per cent, over lost year.- The condition of 77,2 per cent, was 9 per cent, less than the past 10-year av erage and forecasts a crop of 87,000,000 bushels. "Oomlitionß in the mountain counties have been unusdally poor for hay this year, due to extremely dry conditions, and counties lying in the Western Piced mout territory will show low yields also. Tame hay crops were reported as 74 per cent, of normal, meadow hays 83 per cent,, clovers 03 per cent., alfalfa and pasture land-70. The average condition of these crops is very low. "Soy beans show a 15 per cent, increase in acreage over last year and a condition' of 00 per cent. The increase in acreage has been steady for the last few years, al though last year’s acreage was short, due to Unfavorable weather cond'tions. The feather has been unusually favorable in eaftrftA (polities' this year. 1 “Cowpeas—Due to the high priee and scarcity of seed, the com pea acreage’ in North Carolina was reduced 15 per cent, from last year’s acreage. For several practical reasons cowpeas are losing fav or with tbe farmers of Notth Carolina, and the 78 per cent, condition at present inay tend toward further discourage ment.” i • :,t; - "... . ... -« ■- i Concord Theatre : (THE COOI* SPOT) | TODAY AND THURSDAY | BETTY COMPSOty. in H . I “Ramshackle i | House” Pj Her Latest Success U —EXTRA— " | “TELL IT TO A POLICE- jj 1 GOOD IIUBIC^aAMk: y PRICES LtS5-'I CHRISTIAN CHINCHES OF I j THE WORLD TO MEET Great Mwiins to Be Held at Stockholm I Next Month. i! Stockholm, July 15.—A1l the Chrisfintf churches of the world are ti> meet to gether in Stockholm next month for fi conference on “Life and Work.” Alto gether there Wllf be some 2.000 delegates! in attendance, including many from the United States and from all parts of the .British Empqre. . : j ■»*T Every Eur6pean : country, with the ex ception of Alban’n. will be represented. , as wed as most Eastern countries. Eight I delegates are being sent from the Ecu , menical Patriarchate of* Constantinople; sixteen are comiug from the chnrrh in i Greece; the Patriarchate of Alexandria and the Coptic Church are sending repre- j sent«lives, and the church in is also expected to be represented. Those in chnige of the arrangements for the gathering confidently pred'et that it will be the most representative Christian con ference ever held. For five years commissions in England. America. Germany, France, IVdand. Greece, Rnumauiu, Czecho-Slovakia, Scan dinavia, and various other countries have been working on tbe problems which are to be brought before the coming confer ence for consideration anil act on. These, problems are: The church's obligation, in view of; • God's purimse for the world. ' ■ ‘ The church and economic and industrial! problems. .* The church and social and moral prob ilems. r :e. * ■ Tbe church and international relations. The church and ttirißtkiD education. Methods of co-operattfe and federative efforts by the Ohriat’an communities. The reports of the commissions will be considered in private in Stockholm a week before the conference begins its general sessions. The common finding will then be discussed at the conference. So important is the conference consid ered in Sweden that the King has Issued a proclamation, in which he says: , “With the object that the Spirit of (*hrist should reign more fully in the hearts of men and in the lives of peo ples. chosen representatives from the greatest part of Christendom will gather in Stockholm, after profound preparations during several years, for the Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work, iu August, 1025, if so be God’s will. The Lord make His face to shine upon the meeting so that the way may be* discern ed and the will strengthened with one ac cord to walk in the way of love. May the church, and congregation of Christ iii our land help in the undertaking with faithful prayer. "The thoughts and efforts of men are powerless. But God's strength is made perfect in weakness,’’ ciiHistlamty Dr. Weatherford Talks of “The Right Relationship of All Persons to God ami Man.” Lake Junainska. July 15.—" The great est need of young people is to have Christianity put in simpler terminology and re-interpreted in such terms that they may see its application to everyday life,” Dr. IV. D. Weatherford told nein-1 here of the young people's ramp con ference here. He defined true Christian ity as “the right relationship to ail per sons, God and man.” t>r’. Weatherford told of some of the “misapprehensions" that lie said existed in the minds of some people concerning the religious life. “One of these mis apprehensions.” he said, "is the belief that one must give intellectual assent to certain creeds; another is that in order to be a Christian it is only necessary to ,lop off bad habits and put on a few good habits, while others are of tbe opinion that the beginning of the Chris tian life is to be found in some great esctatic motion. . “You do not have to accept a full theological system,” he said, “before you can make a start on the Christian life. It is important to know the truth, but few people hnve settled all of the great questions. ,“And there is more to the gospel than the gospel of good turn. To be a Christian is not simply to go to church, read the Bible, say your prayers. “All these things,” he proceeded, “have a big place, but simply to fallow a cer tain routine will not make one a Chris tian, ’if) i ‘T hhve seen men pray on their knees oil Sunday and prey on their neighbors on Monday, but they were not Chris tians. , “As to emotions—emotion is a normal part of life that entere Into all rela tionships and when we fined out what the Jesus life Is there will come a reaction of joy and peace and happiness." , Defining the religious life ss the nor mal life, the speaker declared that not knowledge about Christ but knowing Him at first hand would result in the relationship to God and man that would bq.’Wvealea in Chriht and help’ in ful flijlng His will, Jesus set a hirii moral standard, he said, not by jhyiflg down elaborate codes but* in love apd saari-i fi» for httajanitj; .„ , < ji Spillway at Lake Waccamaw. ijwillbington, July 15.—Work on the spillway at Lake Waccamaw is underway] rfliort motorists returning from thatl Hfbtioa. The spillway is being built of Hbrth Carolina tong leaf pine pilings. The work is being done by the county nnd state,e jointly, with the federal gov ernment also taking part. The object o( the spillway will be to increase the depth of the lake, which is the property the state . i O yThe law governing the appointment of the State Board of Charities and Public | Welfare by the Governor, subject to con firmation by the Senate, provides that one member shall be a woman. The Board serves for expenses only. The first modern building for hunslnf State departments other than those In ehted in the capitol was bnilt in 1011 And ready tor occupancy ip 1013. |<^j y Screens are nice, but they keep you. fcrnm kicking the Cat out of the window' *wl»aYp*n . vXXttOl - .. CONCORD, N. G., WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1925 | LKE FATHER, LIKE SON iZTySBsESSIt:*. .ivtiiSliL:.,, fllifffißrail js iifl |HhL, eP / * • him 'i 1" hi s n°'\V i Ui» ,„ A i U ' P - '‘‘ f ‘ i l WiUia P J< ‘ nnin * 8 Angles lawyer. whoTurried to v c *? n,,, . RS Bryu "’ Jr " a T. Scopes. njt ° U t 0 aid h,H fa,h “ r prosecution of John ~ ■ 1 f THE VAN SWEARINGENS I DENY THE STATEMENT * That Their Status as Interlocking Dl-1 r rectors of Several Railroads Is Uidaw < fuL 1 (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 15.— J0. P. and M. ’ J. VanSwearingen denied m statements filed with the lnter*tslte Commerce Com mission today that thfiv status as inter locking directors of the Xiekle Plate, Chesapeake & Ohio aid Hocking Valley railroads was unlawful. .. The charge was mfide bv minority stockholders of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, who are fightiug the Van Swear ingen Xiekle Plate consolidation plan. In additional to a genefel denial the Van Swearingens deciarKajyjke .minority repre sentatives had no Delr interest in the af fairs of the Chesapeake lie Ohio which I would entitle them to ask the commission for aid. The answer was supplemental to a previous statement filed in behalf of tbe other Xiekle Mate railroad directors who also serve on the Chesapeake & Ohio railway board. *50,000 FIRE IN STATE ‘ • CAPITAL DURING NIGHT Almo Tbeatre Destroyed anfi Two Other Buikßngs Badly Damaged’ by Midnight Blaze. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh. N. C., July 15.—Fire of tin. known origin early today destroyed the Ahno theatre, Raleigh’s oldest motion house. The loss has not been computed but members of tlie fire depart ment said it would approximate if not exceed $50,000. The pbiee was insured. Two adjoining structures were dam aged by the blaze, but the fire was kept tinder control and a general spread was prevented. The fire occurred shortly af ter midnight. For a time -the situation appeared threatening. The site of the fife is in the heart of the business sec tion of Raleigh. 1 ' 'more legs and less neck .Skirts Sixteen Inches FYom the Floor •t the Autumn M«M Show at Hotel • Astor. (Bg the Associated Press) New York, July 15.—More legs and less neck will be on view next fall if the conceptions of the automun models for women prevail as revealed at the annual show of the National Garment Retailers Association. Skirts 15 or 16 inches off the floor were not unnsual at the show at the Hotel Astor while collars were in variably higher. For tailored dresses there were vests that buttoned high about the neck. Sleeves are either long and tight or long aud flowing, but) always long. The waist line suggested is more defi nite than in recent seasons. j*«ooooooooo6oooooooocxx)ooooooooooooooooooooooo6oooQcx- Clean Up Week j; ; The Board of Aldermen have ordered that the week be- [ i i ginning July 27th, and ending August Ist, be clean-up week. ! [ All citizens are requested to clean up their premises ’ ’ J j; | and have all trash gathered up so as to be ready to move the < 1 same into the street on the days set for their ward. > 1 Move your trash into the street on the following days [ I and not before or after. j Ward No. I—July 27 and 28, Monday and Tuesday. , ‘ i ! Ward No* 2—-July 28 and,29th —Tuesday and Wednes j day? ‘ ' *! | Ward 3.—July 29 and 30, Wednesday and Thursday. • Ward No„ 4 —July 30 and 31, Thursday and Friday. 1 8 Ward No; s»—July 31 # ■ TJlfc Sanitary officer has bjgfen instructed to begin a rigid [ Q inspection on; August 3rd, sc»as to save yourself from trou -8 ble take advantage of this opportunity. , ; 9 This applies, also to vacant !bts. |> lAh C. H. BARRIER, Mayor THE COTTON MARKET , Nervous and Unsettled During the Early | Trading.—lß to 23 Points Lower at End of First Hour. (By the Associated Press) New tork, July 15.—The cotton mar ket was nervous nnd unsettled during to day's early trading. After opening bare ly steady at a decline of 10 to 14 points in response to relatively easy cables from Liverpool, the market recovered on n con tinuation of yesterday’s buying move ment. Tlie bulge to 24.40 for October met In creased realizing or selling for reaction, however, nnd prices eased off again, Oc tober selling down to 24.27 and Decem ber to 2L35 by the end of the first hour, or 18 to |i3 point* net lower., „ Private reports of showers around Dal las aud Fort Worth probably to loeal selling although early crop advices from Texas were generally bullish. Cotton futures opened steady. July 24,17; Oct. 24.40; Dec. 24411; Jan. 23.87; March 24.23; May 24.45. With Our Advertisers. W. J. Hetlicox will be glad at any time to estimate on any electrical work you may want done. Cabinets worth 369.00 for only $46.00 at the Concord Furniture Co. Sale closes Saturday night. All other furni ture at from one-fourth tot one-half off. Better get your furniture now while you can save big money on it. Gibson stringed instruments are easy to learn. At Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery Co. "Pay cash an you go”—See new ad. of tlie J. C. Penney Co. Betty Compson in * "Bamshnokle House,” at tlie Concord Theatre today and tomorrow. Also “Tell It to a Po liceman,” a Pnthe comedy. Urges Attention to Rural Problems. (By the Associated Press) Lake Junaluska, July 15. —Urging that his denomination meet and grapple with rural problems and seek to aid in their solution, the Rev. \V. A. Newell, of Winston-Salem, presiding elder, addressed the social service conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held here. He pointed out the need for social service in rural districts. “The Methodist church can abate pov erty and own the South, if it makes up its mind to throw its strength to cor rect some of the conditions that exifit in country sections and lead the people to initiate plans for working out their own salvation,” declared Dr. Newell. He de clared that “that is more poverty, heart ache. cruelty, illegitimacy, ignorance and other undesirable elements in the country than anywhere else, but the movement to remedy these things must come in a Christian way.” AMERICA'S POLICY OF j ISOLATION REBUKED Bishop Cintoa Addresses Social Service Conference at Lake Junaiuska. tßy the Ad»oeliift Prm» Lake Junahiska, July 14.—America's 1 "policy of isolaron" was sternly rebuked by Bishop James Cannon Jr., of the Methodist I'Mettopal Church, South, ad - dressing tfce social service conference in session here.' His subject was "The Ob ligation of America to the Heat of the World.’’ j * Bishop Canm n spoke in detail of Am ■ erica's attitude in regard to the League lof Nations, the World Court, the IVo ; totol, and sa'd that, in his' opinion, the ' treaty of Lauzamie "is the blackest spot jin 20th century history when America I failed to back statesmen of Christian na j tic.ns and they refused to intervene with | Turkey on behalf of the Armenians. I "Tile whole world is wondering" said Bishop Cannon, "what they can count on , I fr.,m America in the future, because Aiu -1 erica is a nation which appears to iiave j been endowed with greatest power ami strength and wealth of any nation in the tvoild. Christians should consider what is (Sod’s plan for sueh a country.” In this connection he presented the following questions: “Are we going to shirk our duty, or are we going to claim our leadership, in view * of the fact that America was founded on I Christian principles with a historic bnek- I ground ? I "How can a world order be built in j which all notions and races may find it * I easy to live together as brothers and j ehildreu of (Jod? What is the future of .. the. nations; are the present national Sfbhp* to be maintained or shall they be i&figeil into a wider system? "Does patriotism mean repugnance to other nations or can it be combmed witlq a desire to serve? Is it not a Christian duty for a nation to consider the effect of its legislation on other nations? ‘How far can a country with a monop oly or certain product exact exorbitant prices from other countries? "How far is a nation responsible to al leviate the misery of other nations? , ‘ How- far is a nation responsible for ; 1 ttlo r< *lief of ignorance, for spiritual What should be the attitude of n Christian nation toward profiting by sell ing imprements of war to a belilgerent nation ? 4 Has a highly developed country the ! r # ht to govern a less highly developed ' government? What is the duty and ob ligation of the church as a body in inter national affairs? How can the church build up a conception of international pa triotism?*’ Bishop Cannon said these were ques tions which would be considered by the peace conference in Washington, in De cember, at which 15 nations would he represented. ’ ’CARTA In 'J. R. rH'RHAM '' ACCIDENTALLY KILLED Believed to Have SI lot Himself While He Was Looking for Imaginary Prowl ers About the Place. Gastonia, July 14.—Funeral services of ! Captain R. J. Durham, T 9, one of the oldest and most highly respected eiti- J zens of Dallas, were held in Dallas to- ' day, hundreds of .people attending. Mr. Durham had been in failing health for some time, and frequently wfis obsessed ' with tile idea that burglars or prowlers' ' were entering his home. While labor- 1 ing under this delusion early Sunday ‘ morning, he arose while the inmates of 1 the house were asleep and went to the barn back of the house. He was found * about an hour later under the low-hang- ' ing branches of an apple tree, and it is j presumed that the pistol was discharged I by coming in contact with the litnb of 1 the tree as Mr. Durham was raising it j •to fire at an imaginary marauder. ' A scalp would across the forehead was the extent of the injury, but the shock of | the acciednt. coupled with Mr. Durham’s weakened condition and fraif constitu tion, produced complications which end ed in death. He never regained con sciousness. Woman and Two Children Drowned In 1 Saluda River. Greenville. S. C„ July 14.—Mrs. Lula 1 Os teem Hatnby nnd 12-year-old daughter,’ c Lois Hamby, and B. F. Greer, nine-year- 1 old son of Mr. and Airs., Jim Greer, all . of Pelzer, near here, drowned this as- 1 ternoon on the Greenville side of the Sa- c luda river that divides Greenville and * Anderson counties. , The little boy waded into the river after leaving a fishing party and got be yond his depth. The girl went to his as- ' slstanee and got beyond her depth. The mother of the girl went to the as sistance of both and the three were drowned. , Mrs. Hamby was the wife of Jim \ Hamby. The bodies of the mother and girl were j recovered, search for the boy continuing. . Leaps to Locomotive As It Hits Motor. \ Syracuse, X, Y„ July 15.—Monday, , the thirteenth, was a lucky day for Ger- | aid Larrabee, Syracuse motorist, when ■4is automobile was struck by a New i York Central Railroad train passing through the center of this city. Larrabee drove his coupe from a side Street in front of the train and. saw ] he could not escape being struck, ro he i opened the door of the car, took a flying , leap atid rode on the pilot of the engine \ for several hundred feet,, watching his ' automobile ground to wreckage before the train could/be stopped. ! Medical 'A-xitOi nation Allowed ■" Larra bee to be bruised only slightly. i Melville Stone Visits President and Mrs. Coolldge. (By (k« Associated Proas) Swaiupscott, Mass.. July, .K»j->-Melville E. Stone. Counsellor Os hie' Associated Press, arrived today as White Court to be a house guest of W*MU>nt and Mrs. Coolidge. ■ ~; ■ j ,■■•. ...r, ■" The pure dopddwv passed by .the gen , Mai assembly of Iso{K ahabridCd In 1905 I and re-drafted and padsed as a new act in 1007, forbids the manufacture or sale V adulterated food or beverages and 46 agricultur* PUT! 1 ■" ' NO. 168 mow BILL ’■■SisaHK Bill Returned by Wake Coun ty Grand Jury Thrown Out Because Wrong Man Was Sitting on the Jury. PRESENT ANOTHER BILL TO JURORS Case Not Expected to Come Up at This Term of Court Because of Delays That Have Come Up So Far. (- t the Associated Press) Raleigh, July Is.— The bill of indict* ment returned yesterday • against Jesse Wyatt, suspended Raleigh policeman,, charging him with the murder of H. 8. Holt, attorney of Kmithfield, was quashed in Superior court here this morning by Judge W. A. Devin. It is the second true bill returned against. Wyatt to be quashed and Solicitor Evans announced that a new bill will be seat to the grand jury at once. The indictment was quashed on the' ground that the wrong man wds sening <■ on the grand jury? 1 ' It winebrought out*?* in court that W. H. Hughes. Jr., was a membep of the grand jury which returned the bill while the records show that his father, W. H. Hughes, was the man who should have been summoned for jury duty. Hughes appeared before the rourt and statist he sometimes left "Jr" off bis name so that when he was summoned he thought nothing of it, presuming the of ficer serving the summons knew who was wanted. The first true bill returned was quash ed on the ground tliat a 12 year old boy drew the jury list in violation of the law which provides that a child under 10 years of age must draw the list. Solicitor Evans indicated today after the second indictment was quashed that even if the grand jury, returned a third true bill the case probably will not be tried at the term of court because of the delays thus far. He said it probably would come up at the September term of court. WADE ADDRESSES FIREMEN twi Them to fWtefn* h. * Civic Affairs. 1 (By the Associate* Press) Asheville, .Tnly 15.—The firemen of the state were urged to take a greater interest in civic affairs of the community by Stacy W. Wade, state insurance com missioner. in an address this morning before the North Carolina Firemens’ As sociation in session here. My. Wade's address was tlie principal event on the program of the convention which has been in session since Tuesday morpiug and will complete the business deliberations this afternoon with the elec tion of officers for the ensuing year. Thursday will be devoted to special contests in which firemen participate. These contests will be in reel work 100- yard dash, water chemical grab and a hand reel demonstratiton. Prizes will be given to the winners. NEW MINISTER TO CHINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS Is Conveyed to the Executive Mansion in Ceremonial Conch. (By the Associated Press) Peking, July 15—The new American minister to China. John A. McCurray, today presented his rredentails to the President. The minister was conveyed to the eveeutive. mansion in the red cere monial conch built for the late Presi dent Yuan Shi Kai, with uniformed out riders as a military guard. The American minister made to Pres ident Tuan Chi Kai a formal statement of the policy of the United States re garding China. WHIPPED AT POST FOR WIFE t BEATING Ten Lashes Applied by Sheriff by Reg. illation Black Snake Whip. (By the Associated Press) Frederick, Md., July 15. —Robert Shroyer, 28 years old, convicted of wife bearing. today was whipped at the post by Sheriff Ingomar A though, of Freder ick county. Ten lashes were applied with a regulation black snake whip under a sentence imposed Monday by Magistrate Guy K. Mdtter. Shroyer shook ha mis with the sheriff when the sentence had been carried out. ■OoL Coolidge Recovers From Recent Ill ness. (By (he Associated frees) Swampseott. July 15.—John C. Cool jdge, aged father of the President, has made such complete rccoverd from a re cent illness and operation that Dr. James Coupal, White House physician, found it possible to return to duty here, WHAT BATS BEAR BAY! Portly cloudy, probable show** fax night and Thursday, with little ig temperature. ; -L:'.