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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI PLEA FOR NATIONAL PARK IN WESTERN CAROLINA IS MADE Judge T. D. Bryson, in Mas terful Address, Pointed Out Advantages of the Proposed Park. v PIEDMONT SECTION VITALLY INTERESTED Source of Water Power for Hydro-Electric* Compa- nies Comes From the Mountains. Concord people at the Merchants nnnd Manufacturers Club Monday night heard an eloquent and powerful plea for support of the proposed Smoky Mountain National Park from a man who was born and reared in those mountains and who spoke from personal observations and wit's a zeal and ambition aroused by great love for his native mountains. The speaker was Judge T. D. Bry son. of Bryson City, who is in Con cord this week as the presiding officer at Cabarrus Superior Court. Judge Bryson spoke last Friday night in support of the proposed park, his au dienee then being directors of the Chamber of Commerce. His address then so appealed to the chamber of ficials that they asked film to repent it Monday night so that a more rep resentative audience could hear it. The latter part of the address was devoted to an eloquent picture of the mountain country, with here and there a fine interpretation of the mountain people, who have not benefitted from the great progressive movement that Mas revolutionized the Piedmont and Coastal plains section of the state. In the greater part of the address _ Judge Bryson utilized his time in pointing out to his hearers the direct connection between the mountains in the western part of the state and the industrial development of the Pied mont section. Without the great forests which protect tile headwaters of the rivers which furnish electric power for this section, there could not have been the industrial develop ment which has made the Piedmont section the richest in t*.ie state and one of tbb most notable in the South, Judge Bryson said, and he issued %V> Wiwon tarring-that unless those tor ests are protected now, the present development in this section will be halted. Three great constructive eras have resulted in the present North Caro ' lina, Judge Bryson said, defining them as the development of the rail road, the campaign for education that was led by Charles B. Aycock, and the building of the system of highways. “And I believe,” he said, “that the movement for the conservation Us our virgin forests in the jSmoky Moun tains is of as great importance to the state as any of the t'iiree. If you could visualize what it means, it would stir you hearts until you gave not only of your efforts but of your substance.” Judge Bryson pointed out that President Roosevelt was in terested in establishing a national park in the east, but the people o£- North Carolina then were not inter ested, so tire matter was dropped un til a Congressman from Virginia in recent yearß sought to establish a park in the Shenandoah Valley. Continuing 'his outline of the steps . taken so far in the movement for the park, Judge Bryson told how govern ment park experts, sent into the Ap palachian Mountains to find a park site failed in their work until they reached the great Smoky Mountains. “They went but little distance in these mountains until they stopped,” the judge continued. “They gazed in wonder at the grandeur and scenic beauty. They were astonished. They went no further for their task was completed. They had found a spot t unexcelled in natural beauty in any place in the United States.” It is proposed. Judge Bryson ex plained further, to purchase 700,000 acres of land, half of which is in North Carolina, to be turned over to the federal government which will create and maintain a national park. “Persons in all sections of the state have been asked or will be asked to contribute to the purchase fund be cause the project is a statewide one,” Judge Bryson said, and he then ex plained why the entire state and es pecially the Piedmont section is af fected. "Major Welch, federal park expert, disinterested except for the natural • interest any man would have in the creation of such a park, estimates that 1,000,000 persons would be at tracted to such a park each year. They would spend on an average of $1 at least, and you can figure for your self what their coming would mean in 'V the way of increased gasoline con sumption. Our roads must be paid for, and if for no other reason we should be interested in the park from thiH financial point of view. When the time comes for the road bonds to be redeemed persons in all parts of the state must pay their part. Then any movement that tends to aid in the payment of these bonds is of statewide interest and appeal.” Judge Bryson said that water-pow er development in the western part of the state has been the redemption of Piedmont North Carolina. “Ypu ran go east, north or sooth and you won’t find streams for hydro-electric 4 development. To get these you must m go west. Then, I warn you, it is (Continued on Page Five) The Concord Daily Tribune :x '• . North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily * \ Will Astrid Ever Wear These? This composite photograph shows tho jewels that Princess Astrid of Swe den will wear if. as reported, *h* becomes the bride of the Prince of Waleo* They belonged to the prince** grandmother, the late Dowager Queen Alexandra, and in_ber will ihe left them to his wife—should he ever, marry* I ————— a—i _ - ——, - I, . CAPTAIN COITOI IS j PNEUMONIA VICTIM i Was Commander of the Scout Cruiser Richmond and Was a Native of Wilson, N. C. ''Norfolk. Jan. 12.—W)—Capt. Ly , >RML. Atkinson .Cotton, commander of 1W scout cruiser Richmond, native of Wilson. N. C., died of pneumonia at the Naval Hospital here this morning. He was stricken Saturday when his vessel put in here en route to Cuban waters, for winter maneuvers with : tile Atlantic fleet. The body will be shipped tomorrow under naval escort to Greenville, N. C., where funeral services will be held Thursday. Captain Cotton was 51 years of age, and was graduated from the Nav al Academy in 1898. He served aboard the United States steamship Columbia ‘ during the Spanish-American War. and commanded the submarine chaser base at Plymouth, England, during the World War.- He is survived by hie parents. Colonel and Mrs. R. R. Cotton, of Cottondale, N. C., his wid ow, Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson Cot ton, formerly of Salisbury, N. C., and ' two sons, Lyman A. Cotton, Jr., and John Henderson Cotton. SALISBURY BOY WILL GO TO HELSINGFORS 1 Harold McCurdy Chosen Represen tative to “Y” Conference. Other Salisbury Items. ’Salisbury, Jan. 11.—Harold Mc- Curdy, of this city, has been selected as one of the two young men to represent North Carolina at the world conference of the Young Men’s Christian association which eonfer ! enee will be held next summer at : Helsingfors, Finland. The young man is Henry Rqufk. of Raleigh, i These two were selected from the ; number who were nominated at the older boys’ conference held recently in the state. Young McCurdy is a son of Mr. I arid Mrs. M. G. McCurdy and is a , senior at the Salisbury high school. , He is n bright young nmn and I stands high in his studies. He is editor in chief of the school paper [ and is a cartoonist of no mean \ ability. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Leave For Cherbourg. Salisbury, Jan. 11.—-Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H Wiley, of Salisbury, who for seven years have lived at Oporta, Portugal, where Mr. Wiley has been j American consul, are leaving for | Cherbourg, France, to which place ' Mr. Wiley has been transferred. The transfer is in the nature of a piomotiou, as Cherbourg is the : largest port in France arid ; s visited by large American liners. 1 Political Movements Reported in Spain J Paris, Jnn. 12.—(A*)—A dispatch 1 from Madrid to the Havas Agency, 1 says that many rumors are circulating 1 in the Spanish capital of political 1 movements under the direction of Gen. ’ Weyler, now the Duke of Rubi, other s soldiers and men formerly prominent ,• politically. A strict censorship i# in ■ force. The basis of the rumors is in -1 definite. j To Investigate Health at Former Gov . emor MeCray. Washington, Jan. 12.—(A>)—An in l vestigation of the health of former e Governor McCray of Indiana, who is t serving a prison Sentence at Atlanta t has been directed by President Cool idge, to .determine whether he should be granted executive clemency. ISTUOENTS PROTEST AGAINST DECISION Not Satisfied Because Dav ivdson Faculty Refused to Accept Barr as Editor of Their Magazine. Davidson, N. C., Jan. 12.—(A 3 ) — Dipsotisfaelioii was apparent <vn tbjf ’Davidson' College campus today with students expressing themselves as op posed' to the action of the faculty in refusing to accept T. C. Barr ns editor of the Davidson College maga zine. a student periodical. Barr was elected editor following the ousting of C. F. Monk by the facnlty recently because of the publi cation of an article, “Dim Morning.” held undesirable by President Martin and his staff. The article, published under a nom de plume, was written by Barr. Shortly after the announcement that Barr was not acceptable, the board of editors of the magazine re signed en masse. “Dim Morning” was an article dis cussing what was termed “the neck ing and petting evil” and was passed unnoticed by President Martin and members of the faculty for some time before notion was taken. A Davidson College magazine has been published regularly by the stu dents for more than a quarter of a century. ~ •„ ■ MAYOR BEHRMAN, OF NEW ORLEANS, DEAD Death Came After an Extended Ill ness.—Was Serving Fifth Term as Mayor of the City. New Orleans, La., Jan. 12.—(A s ) Martin Behrman, mayor of New Or leans for his fifth term, died this morning at his home at 7:20 o'clock after an extended illness. Early fun eral arrangements were for a public funeral. The cause of his death was heart trouble which grew out of complica tions that had their beginning with the mayor attending the convention of the Intra-Coastal Canal Association at Orange. Tex., contracted a severe cold. This developed into grippe in n persistent form. t With Our Advertisers. Tlie January Clean-Up Sale at Ivey's will mean a big saving to you if you will take advantage of it. Special for ten days—Buck's all cast iron range at the Concord Furni ture Co. Libernl allowance will be made for your old stove or range. C. H. Barrier want your hens at 20 cents and your turkeys for 30 cents. Must be in before Wednesday, January 20th. Phone 787 and Bob's Dry Cleaning Co. will send for your garments and make them look almost like new. A policy of good service bas re ■ suited in the steady growth of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Case of Alleged Lyncher Given Jury. Clarksdale, Miss., Jan. 12.—(A*) — The fate of Gold C. Crane, charged with murder in connection with the lynching of Lindsey Coleman, negro, was in the hinds of the jury this af ternoon. Argument was concluded at 11:40 o'clock and the case passed to • the jury for determination. 1 * l Plot Leaden Under Arrest. Mexico City, Jan. 12.— (A*) —Former i Colonel Gregoria Casillas and Pnnfilo i Barajas, who supposedly were impli • cated in last Week's rebellious plot at I Guadalajara have been captured and executed at Los Reyes. \ CONCORD, N. C. t TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1926 SIX PERSONS KIOWN 10 HIVE PERU WHEN HOTEL BURKED Six Bodies Have Been Re covered From Ruins of Johnson Hotel Which! Burned Last Night. OTHER ROOMERS STILL MISSING Nine Persons Received In juries Either From Fire or From Jumping From Windows in the Hotel. Nntcliez, Miss., Jan. 12.—(A 3 )—Six bodies have been recovered from (lie ruins of the Johnson Hotel at Feiri- 1 day. La., which together with an ad joining block of frume buildings and the Vannoy Hotel across the street, was destroyed by fire early this moan ing. Others Reported to have occu pied rooms in the hotel arc missing and it is feared that the death list will mount higher. The loss is esti mated at more than $75,000. Nine persons received injuries from burns nnd by leaping from the second story of the hotel. Four of the six bodies found have been identifier! as a father and apn named Kenne; others identified were I D. W. Roberts a planter, of Deer Park, La.; and W. C. Hastings, a mail carried of Ferridny. J. F. Shepherd nud two traveling men have been guests at the hotel are missing, and it is believed .that, they perished in the flames. It is also feared that an unidentified ten year old girl perished. Six Perish in Fire. Rerriday, La., Jan. 12.— UP) —8ix persons are known to be dead and a score injured in a SIOO,OOO fire which swept a block in the business district early this morning. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 1 Point to an Advance of 3 Points. New York, Jan. 12.— UP) —The cot ton market opened steady today at a decline of 1 point to an advance of 3 points,- arid sold about 4 to 9 points net higher in early trading on cover ing by near month shorts, with some tre.de .and commission bouse bivySg encouraged by steady Liverpool cables. Manchester advices stating that Hpinner organizations recommended additional curtailment of 8 3-4 hours per week in the American section hnd rather an unsettled effect on senti ment, but on the whole appeared to be offset by the belief that the British tex tile trade was not improving, and oth er cables reporting that auction sales of cotton cloths in China had been re sumed after seven months’ suspension. March sold up to 19.87 nnd October to 18.12, or 4 to 7 points net higher/ with the market quiet but fairly steady at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady: March 19.80; May 19.35 ; July 18.77 ; October 18.12; December 17.90. ASKS AN ORDER OF SALES. FOR MECKLENBURG MILLS N. Y. Bank Enters Suit in Federal Court to Close Affairs of Defunct Charlotte Company. Greensboro. Jan. 11.—The e'oal nnd Iron National bank, of New Y'ork, today stated in the office here pf the clerk of western North Caro lina district court ail action in equity against the Mecklenburg Mills company and E. F. McGowan, of Charlotte, trustee in bankruptcy, asking for nn order for foreclosure and sale of the properties of the company. It is alleged that there is due the plaintiff, as purchaser of the bonds of the company, $515,000.' with in terest from April 1, 1923. Default wan made in principal and interest, . it is alleged. What is sought is the winding up of the affairs of the company which, ! until it failed in June. 1923, operated four cotton mills—the Mecklenburg ■ at Charlotte, Newton and Clyde at Newton, and Nancy at Tuckertown. Tbe mills have been standing idle since the company failed. Women Profit From Rug Manu facture. Asheville. Jan. 11.—The women of Tweed Community, Buncombe Coun ty, has made an unusual record in ! money-making projects in the past year or two. Last winter twenty . eight women who were organized ' into a home demonstration elub under the leadership of Mrs. Sarah 1 Porter Ellis, county borne agent, de cided to resort to the fine old art of i making rugs as a means of incrcas ‘ ing their income. The work move rapidly and skill ’ fuly frqui the tiirst, nnd in a few ■ months they had established a de mand tor their products which* threatened to overwhelm them. The • Asheville gift shops found , sale for a ■ large per cent of their output, aud I many others were shipped to distant ‘ points by Mrs. Bilis. 'Die order , which she handled for this club - nlone aggregated more than S7OO. t Mrs. C. P. Stroups wbo is president > of the club has been much in de mnnd recently by other women’s dubs to demonstrate the art of hook ing rugs r ' > Babe Ruth once entertained an - ambition !to become a heavyweight t pugliist and In order to becoms 1 familiar with ; the game acted as a second for several fighters. Triumphs j> jj W BB; iw«Mr Hr WmM ■ hJH <4Ol 1 v •' IMMIk mjHB BEk ,y M ■ Hobert Stoll of Baylor. Tex., lost his ' sight In ah accident at the age of 19. ■ i But he was graduated from the Uni. verslty of Texas, with high honors! I at the age of 28, completing the course in three years, Inventing and selling candy and cigar slot machines , ; u> pay his, Wfty_thn>mtu / SAYS NITRATE CAN BE BOUGHT CHEAPER The Operation of Muscle Shoals Would “Material ly” Reduce Nitrate Costs Says Farm Bureau Man. Washington, Jan. 12.—(AD—Ma treial reductions in nitrate costs can be made by operating the government Muscle Shoals properties, R. F. Bow er, of tlie American farm bureau fed eration, told the House commerce com mittee today. Testifying at the committee's in quiry into crude rubber monopolies, lie said the nitrate cost could be pared ’ down below that of Chilean nitrates if the Shoals property were operated. He added that the reduction in cost ; would not be 50 per cent, as some per ' sons have contended, but would con -1 stitute a “material” decrease. ' NO AGREEMENT TO \ SETTLE COAL STRIKE - Representatives Fail to Reach Basis For Settlement of Differences. J I New York. .Tan. 12.—OP)—The an thracite joint conference which resum ed negotiations December 29th ad journed today without reaching a set tlement and without settling any date for renewal of negotiations. 1 The conference had been hopelessly deadlocked over the principle of ar ■ bitration. The operators insisted to the end ' upon complete arbitration, while the miners insisted that if they accepted any arbitration, it should be so only on the basis of increasing wages and without any reduction. Immediately after the conference broke up John L. Lewis, president of the United Mines Workers, called ■ newspaper men and dictated this statement: 1 “As predieted in my statement yes • terday, made to the conference, the operators were determined to break I up the conference without, an agree ment. ' “After a period of fruitless discus sion this morning, the operators moved 1 an adjournment without delay, and ' demanded that the mine workers see ■ ond the motion. Conscious of all i responsibility and still imbued with ‘ the hope that an agreement might be reached through the operators aban doning orbitrntion, the mine workers ' refused to do so.’’ “The operators later seconded their ' own motion and the chairman put the " question as to adjournment.” SouSiern Railway Will Extend Block Signal Protection. j Atlanta, Ga„ Jan. 12.—T0 further , increase the capacity of its Chatta- I nooga-Atlanta and Atlanta-Maeon lines, to take care of the constantly j increasing traffic, the Southern Rail way System will immediately begin installation of improved electric block . signal protection from Coltewah Junc tion, Tenn., to Augusta, Ga„ and from l Atlanta to Macon, Ga. Signals will . be of the three position, upper quad , rant type, operating by alternating t current. On the 208 miles of track . involved, 438 signals will be installed. | When the work is completed, the en > tire line between Cincinnati and Ma i eon, 578 miles, will be equipped with . signal protection. f On the double track line between - Washington and Atlanta, 637 miles, substitution of improved color light - signals for the present semaphore sig t nals has been authorized by the man - agement, necessitating replacement of r 821 signals. The new signals wiU be r of the latest design. i Between Meridian and ElUsville, l Miss., and between Eastabouchie and t Hattiesburg, Miss., installation of au r tomntic signals has also been author • ixed. This will require 226 signals • and the equipping of 72 miles of track, t Reichbrnik Lowers Discount Rate. 9 Berlin. Jan. 12.—CP) — The reich ' bank today lowered its discount rates from 9 per cent, to 8 per cent, and the. rate on loans or securities from 11 to J 10 per cent. t r s The New York Giants played i tbeir first game- under John Mc- Graw's management July 19, 1902. Will Plan Campaign For Park Funds Here Committee Named Monday Night Will Meet Tonight to Formulate Definite Plans For Campaign Here For Funds For Smoky Mountain Park. Initial steps in the campaign for Cabarrus funds for the proposed na tional park in the Smoky Mountains were taken Monday night at the Mer chants and Manufacturers Club when an executive committee to conduct the campaign was chosen. J. F. Cannon was elected chairman cf the eominitee and G. Ed Kestler was chosen as secretary. The fol lowing are the other members: Rev. J. C. Rowan, Frank Armfield, H. I. Woodhonse, Mrs. H. S. Wil liams, H. S. AViiliams, F. R. Shep herd, Prof. A. S. Webb. F. C. Nib lock, (). T. Umbergpr, A. E. Harris, Dr. Rawlette, A. B. Palmer. G. ],. Patterson. J. L. Hartnell and Dr. T. N. Spencer, C. B. Wagoner. L. I). t'ol trane, W. L. Burns. W. W. Flowe, 1.. M. Richmond, H. W. Caldwell. W. A. Overcnslt Jno. G. Parks, C. F. Ritehie. Dr. W. H. Wadsworth, W. R. Odell. W. D. Pemberton, Mr. Meis, Dr. W. C. Houston, Arthur Odell, Ernest Hicks. H. W. Calloway, A. F. Hart sell, C. S. Smart, Julius Fisher, Dr. K. M. King, Dr. Rankin, Wm. Sher rill, Dr. H. C. Hiring, .T. B. Worn ble, C. H. Barrier, Alex Howard. W. B. Bruton, Geo. Richmoud. D. R. Col trane. W. It. Odell, J. B. Sherrill, Df M. L. Marsh, J. L. Miller. T. H. Webb, E. C. Bernhardt, Chas. Field, L. T. Hartsell, Sr., L. T. Hartsell. Jr., P. G. Sherbondy, Lee Foil, A. N. James, E. J. Sharp, E. Sauvain, W. M. Linker. R. E. Ridenhour, J. O. Moose. J. A. Ivenett, J. P. Cook, J. E. Davis, O. A. Swaringen. J. F. Day vault, H. W. Blanks, B. E. Harris, F. ' MTttMTO' OPEN ITS RECORDS Senator Are Told Alumi num Company Offered Books to Department of Justice for Examination. Washington, Jan. 12.— (A 5 ) —Senate investigators of the case against the Aluminum Company of America, in which Secretary Mellon is a heavy stockholder, were told today by As sistant Attorney General Donovan that the company had ngreed freely to a full examination of its books by the Department of Justice. Mr. Donovan made this disclosure in resuming before the Senate Judi ciary committee his story of the De partment’s part in the case. Under instructions from the Senate the committee is inquiring why the De partment did not institute coutempt proceedings agaiust the company after the federal trade commission had ac cused it of violating a court decree against certain trade practices. GRAND JURY SCORES IMMODEST TEACHERS South Carolina Body Takes School ma'ams to Task for Their Gen eral Deportment. Spartanburg, S. C., Jau. 11.—The Spartanburg county grajid jury took up the cudgel against “immodesty” in dress and deportment of school teachers in its final presentment to the court of general sessions here to day. Teachers who do not dress in a "modest” manner, who take automo bile rides at night, aatteud dances and keep late hours were censured as not living up to “what is expected of one engaged in developing future citizenship.” The text of that part of the pre sentment dealing with the teachers said : “It has come to our attention that some of the young lady teachers in the county forget the influence they exert over the young people under their care in the communities where they are teaching, and lack modesty in their dress and are not circum spect in their conduct. The practice of taking automobile rides at uight, attending public dances and keeping late hours is not what is expected of one engaged in developing future citizenship. We hope that a mere reference to this will be sufficient." Charge Improper Allowances Were Made. Washington, Jan, 12. —(A>)—lm- proper treasury allowances of $210.- 663,360 in tax free deductions from incomes for amortization of war facil ities of manufacturers and miners, was charged in a report submitted to the Senate today by the special com mittee which investigated the Inter nal Revenue Bureau. Odd Fellows Meet in Fayetteville. Fayetteville, N. C., Jan. 12.—(AD — At the call of Grand Master David Gaster a conference of Grand I.odge officers and other leaders of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows in North Carolina will be held here this everting. The Grand Master has plans to present which are expected to great ly enliven Odd Fellowship in North Carolina. McFadden Bill Given to House. Washington, Jan. 12.— (AD—The McFadden bill to authorize national banks under certain restrictions to do branch banking was reported today by the House banking and currency com mittee. .T. Haywood, A. It. Hoover. C. E. Ro ger, Rev. 1,. A. Thomas, P. M. Raf ferty. A. B. Pounds, H. B. Wilkin son. W. G. Caswell, (’. W. Sw’nk. ,T. B. Robertson, Z. A. Morris, W. W. Morris. This committee will meet at the club again tenight at 7 :30 to discuss plans for the public campaign. It was decided at the meeting Mon day night to hold a mass meeting on Friday evening. The place for the meeting will be announced tomorrow by Chairman Cannon. At the meeting Friday night Judge T. D, Bryson, who spoke at the Mon day night meeting, will be 'heard again. The committee is anxious to get the proposal before all of the peo ple and the mass meeting was deemed the best method of doing this. Judge Bryson is familiar with all conditions pertaining to the proposed park; he is a native of the region in winc'd tlie park is to be located and he is one of the ablest speakers in the state. For these reasons he was asked to speak again Friday night that his message might be taken to hundreds of persons in the city. Thy executive committee np named Monday night plans to conduct an ac tive. campaign in Cabarrus county in the near future. The committee was named after Judge Bryson’s Monday night address, those present agreeing that the subjebt was masterfully handled by Judge Bryson. Full plans for the campaign will be announced by the committee follow ' ing tonight's meeting. ImST IN FLORIDA MERGED The New Company Has Aggregate Assets o f $80,000,000, Its Officials Have Reported. New York. .Tan. 12.—CAD —Forma- tion of the Florida Power and Light Company which will Unbrace nine op erating utilities in that stnfe with ag gregate assets of $80,000,000, was an nounced today by the American Bow er & Light Co., which will own the stock in the new company. The organization of the new com pany in which S. R. Inch will be president, will consolidate under one management the following companies: Miami Electric Light & Power Co.; Miami Gas Company ; Miami Beach Electric Co.; Southern Utilities Co.; Daytona Public Service Co.; Ormond Suply Co.; Lakeland Gas Co.; St. John's Electric Co.; and Southern Holding Co. It will supply electric power and light service to more than 60 communities. PAYS WIFE TO WATCH THEIR ERRANT HUSBANDS They Sometimes Use Florida as an Excuse for Running off With Pretty Neighbor Girls. Greensboro. Jan. 11.—It pays wives who have husbands supposed to be in', Florida making a fortune, but really gallivanting around in a North Carolina city, to read the papers. Mrs. G. C. King of Faison, read in the paper that her husband and Bettie Ezzell. also of Fnieon. had been arrested here on charge of violating the hotel laws and she sent the sheriff of Sampson county, A. A. Jernigan, after Mm. The man and the girl were returned to Faison, King to his wife and seven children and the girl to her parents. Both said here before they left that they would not again run away from home. • Faison is a mighty small town, the girl said and it was too dull for her there. The man said he still loves his wife and children, but farm work was very dul and monotonous. So he killed his hogs, put his farm aad business affairs in order and told his wife that he was going to Florida. He left her S6OO. Instead of going there he came here with the girl and they stayed two weeks. They were sent back home Saturday iqgrning. The girl is the same age as King’s eldest child, a son. Suggests Skull and Crossbones Em blem on Marriage Certificates. Camden, N. J., Jan. 11. —Wonder ns to what the clergy of Elkton, Md., would have to answer for, "if there is an equitable distribution of punishment,” Was expressed today by Vice Chancellor Learning in the Camden chancery court. His remarks were made at a hearing in the suit for divorce brought by Anna Tulico against her husband, Levy Tulice. They were married when 16 and 17 respectively ip the Elkin “Gretna Green," Octo ber, 1923. “I see on your marriage certifi cate a vase of flowers,” said the vice chancellor. Instead of flowers there should be a skull and cross bones. It is amazing how much un happiness is born in Elkton. “Some day the clergy of Elkton will get their due share. I notice ' this man calla himse’.f a minister of God and a minister of the Gospel. I wonder which he holds to be the higher estate.’’ THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 7 SOI BANDITS Wil KILLED PASSENGERS SLAIN BY SOLDIERS Federal Troops in Mexieo Seek to Capture or Kill Bandits Who Murdered Passengers on Train. ; LOOT TAKEN~BY BANDITS FOUND ; All Has Been Recovered and Will Be Returned to Owners. Bandits Be lieved to Be Fleeing. 1 Mexico City, Jan. 12.— (A*) — An un- . ■ known number of the bandits who 1 massacred passengers and guards on a train running between Gundalajartt 1 and Mexico City, have been killed in a I fight with Federal troops. Eight oth i ers who were captured were illimetli- I ately executed. All the loot secured . i by the bandits has been recovered, and i the bandits are believed to have been • entirely dispersed. » This announcement was made early this morning by tlie War Departto«iß 1 here. Dispatches from Zamora in the i state of Michoacan previously maid the 1 bandits had passed through that city fleeing from the Federal troops, and ; that later they were surrounded. ; -;sa After the bandits on Saturday night ruthlessly murdered passenger* and guards. 4,000 troops started scouring tlie mountainous regions of the states of Guerro, Jalisco and Michoacan. They were under orders to bring in the bandits dead or alive. 5 BROTHERS TOTAL ',31 403 YEARS OF AGE Descendants of Their Father New Number Over Six Hundred. Lexington, Jan. 11.—While not laying definite claim to a record among its sister counties, Davidson County claims in the Myers brothers of Reeds community several miles west of here, a family perhaps as remarkable ns any in North Car olina. These five brothers have a combined age of 403 years, according to information secured from one of the quint, ! Perhaps a more unusual feature than this thought is the fact that! the combined length of happy ivwF^ 1 ded life of the five is in exeess of two hundred and fifty years. Fite golden weddings have been celebrat ed by the five brothers, despite the fact that one is now living with his second wife, being widowed more than fifty years after his first mar- \ riage and then taking another mate. : Here is still another item that other families can take a shot at. In the matter of direct descendants the count goes up into the hundreds. 1 Exa<t information is not now avail able, but three years ago a census j taken by a member of the Mycrclan revealed that the descendants of their father numbered around six hundred. There have been more addi tions than decreases since that ; time. The brothers had art only sis ter who lived to about or beyond the fourscore mark when she passed away several years ago. j|| Here are the name of the broth ers and their ages: R. Barton Myers. 85 years: Albert 1,. Myers, 83 years; James A. Myers, 81 years; j. N. Myers, 78 years; W. W. Myers, 76 years. Young Prisoner is a Secoia; Houdini. Rocky. Mount,. Jan.. 11.—Paul J Joyner, young white man is ttgi| object of a search by police, but at the- same-time he is generally d*s» cussed locally as some sort of a near Houdiui in that he made liis escape's after being handcuffed to the steer* -■ ing wheel of a police automobile. !|§l It appears that Joyner and Zodie : Tharrington, another young matt* were captured by Officer Zimmer man near the fair ground. Fifteen ; galions of whiskey were found ill the automobile, which Joyner is al i leged to have been driving, and Joy- ; , ner was first captured. Officer Zira , merman handcuffed one hand of the; captured man to the steering wheel'! \ of his ear while he put Tharrington under arrest. As the officer was giv ing chase to and capturing Tharrilep ton, Joyner, who was of extremely slight build, in some manner slipped his hand from the handcuff and \ made good his escape. The men were riding along the. . highway when Officer Zimmermnj*; first spied them. The peculiar MV; tions of the men caused the office!* to think they were making an' effort ; 1 to elude and he gave succesgftttf chase. [ Holy Cross College, at Worcest*?,. , Mass., has graduated more star baseball players into the big leagudi than all other colleges put together,;'! i BAT’S BEAR SAYS I "fi m I Parti, cloud, and slightly coldfc e tonight; Wednesday partly cloudM Moderate northwest winds. ,s*3