PAGE FOUR ■Mill Entered as second class mwl matter §|\ der the Act of March 3, 1879. P?' SUBSCRIPTION RATES of Concord by Carrier Mentha 1.50 I One Month .50 Outside of the State the Subscription Rpj.V Is the Same aa in the City r ' Out of the city and by mail in North EaggCarnlina the following prices will pre- Ffine'Tear $5.00 P* 'fix Months —,, 2.50 By»sree Months „ 1.25 H,;.%ess Than Three Months, 50 Cents a i I j Month BMAU Subscriptions Must Be Paid in ,! Advance ■Of RAILROAD SCHEDULE Mafp In Effeet June 28, 1925 KfP Northbound * IliSo. 40 To New York 9:28 P. M Hgl No. 136 To Washington 5:05 A. M, 1 No. 36 To New York 10:25 A. M. K No. 34 To New York 4 :43 P. M. fc No; 46 To Danville 3:15 P. M. h No. 12 To Bichmo.id 7:10 P. M EpNo. 32 To New York 9:03 P. M. I No. 30 To New York 1:55 A.M. R :-3F ... - . Southbound I No. 46 To Charlotte 3:55 P. M. f No. 35 To New Orleans 9:56 P. M. No. 29 To Birmingham 2:35 A. M ■' . No. 31 To Augusta 5:51 A. M Iv No. 33 To New Orleans 8:25 A. M. No. 11 To Charlotte 8:05 A. M No. 135 To Atlanta 8:35 P. M No. 87 To New Orleans 10:45 A. M No. 39 To New Orleans 9:55 A. M. |i Train No. 34 will stop in Concord i Ao take on passengers going to Wash I ington and beyond. Train No. 37 will stop here to dis % Charge passengers coming from be ' yond Washington. ?JL bible^thoughtl I FOR TODAY—I , ffl Bible ThoagrLts memorised, will prove % Jal rfi. nrieelees heritage matter seem joi Wi REWARD or HUMILITY:— ! £ : ; Whosoever exalteth himself shall be ; El-abased: and he that hmnb’eth 'him- U Belf shall be exalted. Luke 14:11. Kft But in lowliness of mind let each . P7esteem other better than themselves, i | Look not every man on his own | things, but ever man also on the , k things of others. I‘liilippians 2:3-4. I' THEY ALWAYS SEEK THE ALI BI. By “pitch" Anderson, who in death is ; it-. pictured as the soil of a noble Danish Kyi family and who in life was a notor |i ions criminal, got started wrong be- K; cause he was mistreated in a South gt. Carolina prison camp, according to a jEt friend who has .given facts about him |; since his death. Ku . This friend says that Anderson be- , H came confirmed in hi* attitude of hos- , E. tility toward human society by an ex- i B, perience in South Carolina, where he i |i was gonvicted of a crime, "because ft there teas no onp else to hang it on.” I and sent to serve his sentence as a || leased convict in a South Carolina R; turpentine camp. K‘ We do not beliavc tlii-. Anderson Ip probably told the friend this, but he p; was not telling the truth. Criminals 1 nil are like that. They always seek I Ft to prove some reason for their orim fpal records and in most instances f" they lay the blame on some individ ual, sonic law or some custom. They RjV Will never admit they are criminals because they are criminal. Bl;-, Governor McLeod denied the An- Bf-iperson accusation and gives fact- to pgiiipport his contention. He says: “Neither could Anderson, if he came to this country at the age of 20, g «s his attorney stated, have worked as ; • leased convict at all. Convicts in : fhis state have never been leased P.to turpentine camps, the governor ? Said, and they have not been leased g|As farm and railroad laborers for over 6 26 years. At one time convicts were ■ leased to phosphate mine operators, but list was abolished by law in I ;; 1885.” r. ' Anderson had the sanise opportun > ity to make good in the United States Hi any other immigrant had. In fact Hpfehad a better clmncc, for we are to MBt'jWHlertftund that he came from an edit ■pMbted. noble family. He decided to ■B'Ruudt his theories in the face of the Kgj||tW' and he paid, for his crime. REqlle • wanted to have some excuse Rjtihea he talked to his friend. That B&.>r twe of the peculiarities of the hu- S| Man race. No matter how low a |p Man may sink headways tries to hang E'an to some thread of respectability. Kj'JHe always has some reason or rather Hjfc-iennf excuse to offer. ip "Dutoil” Anderson was about as Ik "hard-boiled" as a criminal ever bc i Kf'.cxancs but with it all he was unwilling ; R, Jgf let his friend think lie was as mean g| at hcriVf us be was in practice, lie ■Staled to find the alibi flint all crimi- Hpsacek. lie wanted to put the bin KaP society when he was to blame bim- Ilft ;•, • -.vc - 1 ■' —r" i we learn that somethin* of the same movement has started wlt{t its goal “manager form” of government for /wwintiae * vwUflilWi Writing in the Conn try Gentleman, Herbert Quick predicts that the leg islative meetings of next winter in many states will bring movements for “county-manager” systems. Mr. Quick’s idea of the county-1 -manager system may sound somewhat radical to many ftmHiar with the style of county government we have in this part of the country. Under it, he says, “wc should elect no county officers except the members or the county board, 'rile board would put the running of the county affairs in the hands of the county manager and he would hire and fire all the rest of the employes.” Probably that would be going a lit tle too far to suit most of u(t In onr present view of county affairs. There are some offices, such as that of sher iff, for instance, which many people wduld insist should be filled by popu lar election. However, It may be that Mr. Quick is referring only to the administrative work of the county government, and in that case it might s well be that a county manager plan might be put into effect with marked betterment in the average county. Under the plan there would be somebody available at all times to 1 carry on the administrative work and , the people would kno\ to whom to turn when certain things had to be attended to. . , Os course it is not very probable , that many counties wifi adopt the plan at this time, but it is interesting to note the trend in government as- 1 fairs. - 1 THE UNEXPECTED. , Statesville Daily.' Two negroes were tried in Asheville , last week for attacks on white worn- . en. On account of the frequency of these in Asheville and vicinity feel ing was very tense. An attack, had j beqn made on the jail in an attempt ] at lynching, and it was necessary to have soldiers present at the trial to j prevent a possible mob attack.,—4q each case the victim the ac- , eased, anil iu each -ease an attempt , was made t6.establish an alibi. Both , defendants had counsel who appar ently did their best for their clients. , Judge Stack, who presided, served , notice that if in his opinion aver- , diet of guilty was not warranted by the evidence he would set it aside. , In charging the jury ip each case iif- | ter testimony and_ argument were . concluded. It’s honor emphasized the , fact that only the evidence and the law must be considered; that it was , not a matter of public opinion, or per- , sonal feeling, to settle. The jurors ] wehe urged to consider it just as , they would consider any other case, unbiased, without reference to per- j soliql feeling. ,In the first case the defendant was . convicted arid sentenced to death. In J his attempted alibi there l was a half hour of his time unaccounted for and ( the circumstances seem to,warrant the | verdief. In the second case there was , an acquittal. The prosecuting witness , was very positive in her identification, , but the jury, composed of citizens of , Asheville and Buncombe county, , K-eaelied a verdict in a short time. They were of course, convinced that the , woman was mistaken as to the man. This last verdict isn’t exactly un jirecedented. but it was unusual un- ■ der the circumstances. It means that a local jury of white men heard a charge against a uegro ithat arouses | such passions as to make it almost im possible to give the case unbiased con- , sideration. But as becomes honest ( jurors who have regard for their oath, , this jury evidently considered the • case dispassionately, free from i>er sonai feeling. It took courage to do , that. The verdict will not be l popu- ( lar among a large element of the i«-o ple. Usually identification by tbe vic tim in such ca-cs is considered the last word, although it is realized how easily a mistake could be made; and in these cases ordinarily the doubt, if , any, is resolved against the accused | rather than iu his favor. Not only personal feeling but regard for the public feeling overrides scruples if there are scruples. But the Buncombe county jury rose above all that and passed on the case as jurors should. Evidently they were thoroughly con vinced that the accused was innocent. Their verdict indicates that. The Law Winks. The Pathfinder. The violation of the liquor law is well-nig'i universal, apparently. The act says very plaiuly that “it shall be unlawful to advertise, by any means or method, liquor or the manufac ture, sale or furnishing of the same,” or “to advertise, manufacture, sell or possess for sale any utensil, contriv ance, machine, preparation, com pound, tablet, substance, formula, di reehiuu or recipe” for use in making intoxicants. And yet every day we see, right on the principal streets of the national capital, big signs stating that “beer” is on sale; and leading hardware stores display in their windows cop tier tubing to be used for making stilts, and all sorts of “contrivances” and “preparations” ( for producing the cup that cheers and I likewise inebriates. We can realize how difficult or im possible it is fer the authorities to enforce the prohibition laws when so' many prominent merchants openly vi olate the law. The officials of course know of these violations but they wink at them. Perhaps too many of their friends would be hit if there was strict and honest enforcement. Name dF Judge Metlmis Linked Special te Greensboro News. Washington, Nov. 10.—The Hearat newspapers, including the Herald of this city, have been running a series ■Of articles relating to the office of the alien property enetodian. This office has long been under fire, and Thomas W. Miller, who served as_ eustodiau Under the Harding administration, has heen indiejed on a conspiracy charge, the specific allegation in this case being that Mr. Miller accepted Liberty bonds from a Genqan corpo ration whose assets were returned while Miller held the office. Today John A. Kennedy, a special writer for the Htarat interests, brought into his series the name of Judge I. M. Mtekins. The Kennedy effort today follows together with a statement which Judge Meekins made available to the Daily News bureau, and in which it is declared that he awaits any proposed investigation M his con duct with entire confidence: “A thorough investigation into up wards of $40,000 in fees paid to I. M SMeekius. of Elizabeth City, N. C„ ! now federal judge for the eastern dis trict of North Carolina, while he was liquidator of enemy insurance com panies under former Alien Property Custodian- Colonel Thomas W. Miller, is under way. • “The money was paid from assets of properties administered by the cus- ; toifiuu in 1923 Meekins was up- > pointed judge by President Coolidge January 31. 1925. He is a leading Republican of the south. I “Comptroller General J. R. Mc- Cairl, now auditing the alieut property custodian’s office at request of -Presi dent Coolidge, is seeking to determine ' whether acceptance of the fees was i contrary to law. The department of i justice is investigating. 1 “As trustee and < my insurance companies, to which he 1 was appointed by Colonel Miller. 1 Judge Meekins received SIO,OOO a year salary and living expenses of l S6OO a month at the Waldorf-Astoria t Hotel in New York City. “While drawing this money. Meek- 1 ins collected a $7,500 fee from the > Prussian Life Insurance Company, a I concern uiyler his direction It was ’ paid for legal services, it is ex- < plained. “Omptrol’er McCarl is seeking to ascertain if it were legal for Uiui to reeeive such a fee when lie was being < oaid salary and expenses. “Judge Meekins declares he was * oermitted to do so in the contract between,himself and Millai and an iroved by Harry M. Daugherty, then att rney general. “While serving as liquidator. Meek : ins also waif made one of three gov- 1 “rinueut trustees of the Roeesjer- ‘ Hasslacher Chemical Company, t’ucn under control of Miller. c “The trusteeship paid a salary df 1 $3,000 a year. The trustees were to - act in a capacity similar to that of an 1 ;XBcusor of an estate. • . 1 “While yecelring this salary fjroiq * ‘lie turn* of the Roessler-Hasslachef J Company, Meekins arranged a con- ■ ference between Assistant Secretary • of the Treasury McKenzie Moss and < attorneys for the company. Moss was I assistant to Meekins when the later was general counsel of the alien prop- 1 erty custodian's office. “As a result of the conference, in - come tax returns for the company < and two of its subsidiaries, the Perth- [ Amboy Chemical Company and the * Niagara Electro Chemieul Company 1 were consolidated at a saving of more _ than $700,000 to the concerns as- 1 fected. "Attorneys for the companies of- ' sered to split the SIOO,OOO fee re- 1 ceived for the work with Judge Meek « ins, allowing hiui one-third or $33,- ' 333 ' "Meekins states he felt that sum 1 too high, but that he did receive S2O,- 1 000. 1 “Comptroller McCarl is attempting to ascertain whether Meekins’ serv ices should not have been considered 1 part of the duties of a trustee for which Judge Meekins was being paid 1 a salary, and if payment of the SIOO,- . 000 from assets of the three com panies did not constitute an exorbi tant charge for services performed.” The explanatory statement of Judge Meekins is to the following effect: “A newspaper story from Wash ington today is manifestly calculated to create an atmosphere of suspicion concerning my conduct as an attorney and in my relations to the office of the alien property custodian. No chafes are preferred against me but the story referred to ‘thorough investi gation' of 'Tees alleged to* have been paid me, and states that an official of the government is seeking to deter mine whether alleged fees paid me were paid contrary to law. Thus without directly charging me with wrong doing the luibliiation tends to place me in an uufavotable light. If any conduct of mine is under in vestigation or is to be investigated, I know nothing of it.. If any in vest l> gation is on foot, all the facts wilr appear in due course. Meantime l assure all concerned that the resu't of tny investigation along the line suggested in the Washington stoiry call be awaited with entire confidence It appears to me not to be seemly to go into a detailed explanation under the provocation of insinuations con tained in the story as published. “I understand that the author oi the story is Mr. John A. Kennedy, of the Universal Service, Incoroprated. at Washington, District 61 Columbih He came to see me at my home at Elizabeth City on the night of Oc tober 25th, Subsequently ou Novem ber 2nd Mr. Kennedy wired me for ’* suitable statement for use in event any story became jiecessary)! indicat ing that he might* send out a story .......1.... i,.—.... ...... THfi CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE aril counsel f r the alien property custodian. The same is true with regard to the enemy insurance com panies in New* York which I ergs liquidating from January 10, 1923, to January 31. 1925, ami in this capeotfy I was neither an officer nor an em- ! ploye of the government but a liquida tor of the insurance oomuanlyz with the duty cf collecting their aosafg and paying their liabilities under their (nsurance treatits. The records speak (with regard to my official eon duct while general counsel for tie alien property custodian and the pjjc ords of the enemy insurance com panies speak with regard to my con duct while liquidating them. My em ployment as liquidator of the enemy insurance companies was purely con tractual, based upon a definite and specific contract between the •HfP property custodian and myself. It seems to me only fair that you sqly mit to me the story before it is pub lished in order that I may make in telligent reply thereto if I «eo desire because if therf is any ini.-ichief in A story one is always at a disadvantage in correcting it after it is published; therefore I Shall be pleased if you will send me text of your story 1 so that I may consider it. If you are net inclined to do this and decide to publish a story about me I wish you would publish this to'tgram at same time in parallel colunius. : (Signed) I. M. MEEKINS. N “Not story was submitted to me gad I heard nothing further from Mr. Kennedy. “I shall not permit myself to be drawn into any newspaper contro versy becaust I think that is entirely unnecessary. As stated, all of my acts as a government official' (general counsel of the alien property custo dian) and all my acts as liquidator of. tbe enemy insurance companies, when I was not a government official ir employe, and not on the payroll of 'jie government, are in the record; I am content to stand on the record. “I think it only fair to Tiidge Mc- Kenzie Moss (at present assistant secretary of the treasury) to say that the reference to him in the story is wholly incorrect. Judge Moss was deputy commissioner of internal rev enue handling tax matters other than ncome taxes. There was never any .•onferencp between Judge Moss and myself with respect to the Itoessler- Hasslaeher income tax question or any other income tax question. . * "Finally, some of the stdtemipts eribed to me in the story are un tuthorized The only statements l iave authorized are those in the tele gram of November 2nd. hereinabove, (Signed) “I. M. MEEKINS.” Comptroller Net Concerned, At the office of the comptroller tdr day the Daily News was told that the matter of the payments to Judge Meekins of fees by insurance com pany and pllier corporations had re ceived little attention, and that tm> st ate me*! hgd been made, nor wottlS be made, except to rite I’residentr The President will get no report un til the audit of the affairs of the alien property custodian shall have been completed, and men in imnie liate charge, of the investigation said, in reply to a direct question, tla. : hey did not understand that Mr. I Meekips was an employe of the gov- : ernment at the time of his employ- : ment by the companies in question, since his salary was not p|ld by the, | federal government, but out of tiie7> maets of the ci rporations seized dur- 1 ing the war period. They had not, ‘ my said, reached the contract into 1 which Mr. Meekins entered with die alien property custodian, for lega. ! services, • and which is said to eon- ‘ tain a prevision that Mr. Meekins ■ would retain the privilege of continu- ! ing his private law practice while i acting as liquidator or trustee of the \ seized corporations. Chicago passei the 3,000,000 mark not long ago and now has only 25.000 j "ewer population than Paris, which ranks fourth in the world. STOP COUGHING Photo by Toal’s Stidio - J J. E. HARE Columbia, 8. C.—“ Several year* ago I contracted a cough which Keeirff*’” ed to sap the very life out of me, arifb lo what I would I could not break it up. I got weaker and more misera ble and turned against food. As night the cough) got worae so I could Golden Medical Discovery and began not oleep. I heard of pr. Pierce’s - lu. ip ~l til iliil„ -il .1,1 1 Worn Uiiilaliihtog to Pirn s Heavy ' automobile accident near LiHiugum today. The extent of their injuries ' to pass_a_ ojn Auothw conveyance was obtained and they were rquhed on to Albe marle, Where they were placed in a hospital. " Mr- Brooks Is a civil engineer of Beaufort and Is well known through out the state. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks came to Albemarle to attend tbe funeral j>t Miss Annie B. Hartsell. * - Ye Ei flew From TtmptitlMi William Soqthern, in Independence (Mo.) Examiner. “All my life there have brim a few people who get on my nerves. I never could figure it out, but o«6e in a whilp I meet a man or n woman who rubs me the wrong- way. 1 have often watrtied dogs when they meet for the firtt time. One walks around the other and the hristles on his back rise up straight and both gfbwl all kind* cues words at each other. Some men and a few women at feet me that way. My bristles ris'c and I feel like cussing. A physician friend of mine sgys Jk is the magnetic re piftsion: just as a magnet will «t --iract or repel a piece of iron, so people who are full of magnetism either attract or repel. Thk* may be correct theory; I do not know; I am simply stating facte. There is one woman I know who sets my nerves going every tiqje I come into the room. She is n fine woman and a useful woman, but somehow I do not want to be in the same room with her. On the other hand. I am often so attracted to women that I go right | home where my wife is and keep out of temptation.” Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief DELL-ANSI 25* and 75* Packages Everywhors NOBODY LQtES YOU. ft is impossible' to get anywffieK J you are a erzb. Nobody loves you To be successful you must have a bindly, lovable disposition. You can not have this with an unhealthy liver ;aad stomach. They don’t go to gether. Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy has given complete and permanent re-1 suits in thousands of such cases. Our [advice to everyone troubled in this ■ way, especially when Accompanied with bloating in the stomach, is to try this remedy. It ig a simple, harmless preparation that removes the cfftarrhal mucus fropi the intestinal ■tra<»t and allays the inflammation which causes practically al) Stomach, ’Uver and intestinal ailments, includ ing-appendicitis. At the Gibson Drug Store and druggists everywhede. BEWARETHE COUGH OR COLD THAT HANGS ON Persistent coughs and colds lead to serious trouble. You can stop them now with Creomulsion. an emulsified creosote that is pleasant to take. Creo mulsion is a new medical discovery with two-fold action; it soothes and heals the inflamed membranes and in hibits germ growth. , Qf »11 known drugs, creosote is rto egnixed by high medical authorities as one of the greatest healing agencies for fislent coughs and colds and other pis throat troubles. Crwwulaion afns, in addition to creosote, other ing dements which soothe antrheal infected membranes and, stop the inflation and inflammation, while the mreueote goes op to the stomach, is afa. sorbed into the Used, attacks the seat as die trouble and checks the growth. . Creomulsion is guaranteed satirize lory in the treatment of persistent coughs and colds, bronchial asthma, bronchitis and other forms of respirs-, lory diseases, and is excellent for build ing up the system after colds or flu. Honey refunded if any cough or odd if art relieved t 'ter taking according to directions. Ask year druggist. Geo mulsion Company, Atlanta, Ga. (arf~.) • K V w will make/vou /i I OWNER STORIES I li'i ini mt-ii 'ii i i ■- J _"i Sate of Ttat Much. Mike: “What ere thoae hole* in, that fence for?" Ike; •‘Thoee are knot-holes” I know better. They •re hole*.” Getting V**®r Every Minute. Cnei* Life* bought « doefc and found It very food company. He would lie awake night* to hear it tick. Ode night the' clock got out iof order and began to strike. The oH man awoke and counted one him* , dred and two. He promptly sat up in be<£ and, calling to his wife, said: “Cynthy, get up, get up! It’s later than I’ve ever knew it to be.” He Behaved All Right. 1 "Did you. behave in church?” asked ah interested relative when Junior re turned from the service. “Course I did,” replied Junior. “I heard the lady back of us say she never saw a child behave so.” 1 ) Time to Retire, “Paw?” 1 “Now what ?” 1 “Why didn't Noah swat both_the flies when he had sut’a a good chance?” “You go to young man!” ' lie’s Married Now. “I hear, Oap’fr dat you needs a. waiter on board dis mkn-o'-wkr.” “Yes. Silas; but did yon Jiot ask for your discharge about a year ago?” v • “So I did Caji’n but the ship was going to the West indes an’ I was J engaged to my gal.’ | “Well,, the ship is lining to China J now. Silas.” . * > “So I heerd, Cap’n, but I’se mar- 1 ried now. . I Wodid Give Him Wifd He Deserved. S Sam, impaneled lor jury hcgvice at 2 a. murder trigl, had seemed a little I too anxious to serve. > “Do yoti know the accused?’' be m plied realtxhy: that if he made an affirmative answer he would be dis- ] barred from serving. “Have you made up your mind sc 1 io his guilt or innocence?” “Oh, no. stih.” i i “Yon think, then, that' you could iiyc this case a fair hearing?” “YaAsuli.” replied Sam. “least ways, ex fair ex de old scamp de serves.” The idea of>« chain of stores under jae management was originated by i ■George H. Hartford in 1850. I —~l The finest import ed! Flower Bulbs, n • ; ( 1 Narcissus Hya cinths, Choice Tu lips and Lilies dl l' rest from France "'nd Holland. —at— Pearl Drug Co. 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