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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES —r —■ , VOLUME XXVI Virtually Agrees Upon Building Program For The Naval Air Service House Naval Committee Read to. Spend $100,000,- 000, Two-Thirds of Total Suggested by Moffett, i FINAL DECISION COMES TOMORROW Under Present Plans $20,- 000,000 Per Year Would v c Be Spent to Make Air Service Adequate. Washington, Feb. 10.— OP) —The House naval committee has virtually agreed upon a five-year building pro gram for the naval air service, to cost 0100,000,000. This amount is about two-fifths of that recommended by Hear Admiral Moffett, naval air ehief, ns necessary to provide an adequate air service for any emergency. Final decision on the program is ex pected by the committee tomorrow, and, if adopted, a bill to authorize this expenditure probably \Vill be in troduced in the next day or so by Chairman Butler. In its present form the program would authorize an annual expendi ture of $20,000,000 f,»r five years. This would provide: Two dirigibles eaeh three times the size of the wrecked Shenandoah. One thousand new planes at the end of the five-year period. r An appropriation, the amount as yet undetermined, for the Navy to contract with the aircraft develop ment eoriioration. backed by Ford in terests, for an all-metal dirigible. 'Representative Vinson, of Georgia, rankuig Democrat on the committee, said today that members were prac tically united in their views, and that a bill to carry out a building pro gram already had been drafted. Admiral Moffett had urged approx imately $230,000,000 to be spent in five years, but the committee reduced this $130,(11)0,000 by omitting a pro vision for a new airplane carrier of the Lexington-Sarutoga type, and by reducing by 230 the number of new planes to be built. It also effected a reduction by withholding any recom mendation for planes for the eight . school cruisers authorized by the lust coign**.: - *'**«** TbS Committee bill in its presenf form does not provide for an addition al assistant' secretary of the navy to handle aviation, as recommended by the President's air board. Women Taught How to Smile Polite. ly. Paris. Feb. 16.—A laughing school has been added to one of the largest beauty parlors here. Women in quest I of beauty are taught to tfiugh easily, | gracefully and. if passiible, musical ly. ' Women should be most beautiful when smiling or laughing, it is stat ed yet many squint their eyes, wrin kle their noses, and get red necks when they indulge in a “polite society” laughter. These pupils are taught to suppress the heartiness of their amusement, and to practice disdainful smiling. Only private lesson have been given so far, but as the courses prQvo successful a class in laughing is promised- Rules Against Gift Tax. New York, Feb.' 10. — UP) —Federal Judge Hand in an opinion handed down today held that the so-called gift tax under which many millions of dollars had been paid into the fed eral treasury is unconstitutional so far as it affects gifts not made in con templation of death. War Department Oppropriation la Passed. Washington, Feb. 16.—(A>)—The war department appropriation bill carrying $331),500,000 was passed to day by the House. y>AMk says: 1 It’a tunny. But aomettmea ' whan a mother goes In tor a i lap dog her daughter goat n tor tha devil 1 And finds him { too old Caablonad to be enter urintng. * i Wat ok (hit paper far far | ther newt of Joanna't thrilt ino love ttorp. i Whet Would You Do With • Miiliop Dollars? The Concord Daily Tribune / t 1 North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily ♦ WASHINGTON CHECKED I'P “MYSTERY” BILL OF WIFE It Impressed Him As Being Sant;- I I what Mysterious, He Says.’ , | New York, Feb. 16.—OP)—A bill I l incurred by Mm. Martha Parke Cur-! tis before her marriage ,to George | Washington and which bobbed up for | payment, with interest added, nine 1 years later, impressed her husband ns “somewhat mysterious - ; and in need of "fnrther explanation” before settle ment Washington disclosed this attitude in a letter written to William Neale, October, 1767. In the communica tion. which recently was sold by the American Art Galleries ns a part of the Americana of the late A. R. Turner and Charles A. Munn. the general expressed a willingness to pay ' the principal, but no more. “I have received your letter of the 15th ulto., the contents of whlt'.i are somewhat mysterious, and stand in need of further explanation before I ran' be satisfied of Ike equity of fol lowing 100 pounds to Col. Moore with Int. thereon since Octr. 1753,” he wrote. “True it is. that previous to my, marriage, by wife inform'd me that she had engag’d to purchase filings at Mr. Chamberla.vne'ssale to the amount of 100 pounds; but what was done in consequence of it she knew not, nl tho she had declar’d her readiness to pay tlie money at any time when call'd upon for that' purpose by tlie late Speaker (who she look’d upon ns an'acting person in that affair). “Certain it also is that once, if not 1 twice, since my marriage, 1 have spok- 1 en to that Gentleman, to know what 1 was done in consequence of her En- ' gugement. What was to be tlie iyue of it. In short. Wont I had to ex- 1 pect or apprehend from it. and his 1 answer, to the best of my remem-' J brnnee. was that he eoul’d not well j tell what to say about It, or some- • thing to tills effect; from whence I 1 concluded, and not I think improper, ly that I was considered in the light ' of a security only for that sum when demanded (which in trutlj, 1 never expected w'd be she case after 9 years ! silence). “How It comes to pass then that Col. Moore should be charg’d with it and„I l have no Intimation hereof in all this time, notwitbataiiding I en- F.jcaaa- tvho con'd. , Bolt inform me, and why Col. Moore should take upon himself to all in terest thereon, without my privity or consent (who alone was interested ami concern'd in the event), I really cannot tell; but so extraordinary it appears that you will please to let him know, that I shall always be ready to settle the matter (if we can) in an i amicable and friendly manner, that I 1 will strictly comply with whatever ! j honor and justice may demand from my wife's engagements, but I cannot 1 i (under knowledge I have of the as- ' fair), conceive myself bound by honor i or good conscience to pay more than fae original sum .(of 100 pounds at ’ any rate) as she, before marriage, and ' I ever since marriage, have always < been ready and willing to settle and i pay to the utmost extent of hCr promises.” In the co’lcctions, there were sev- 1 eral other letters and documents writ ten by Washington. There was a lottery tieket which had been signed by him. It read: » < Numb. 572. 1768. This tieket (No. 272) shall entitle the Possessor to whatever PRIZE may happen to be drawn against it's Number in the < Mountain Road Lottery. G. Wash ington.” FRANK PAGE STRESSES FEDERAL HIGHWAY AID Asks For Appropriation of SBO,- 000.000 Annually For Several Turn. Washington, Feb. 15.—Federal- ap propriations of $80,000,000 annually for several years to aid states in building roads, as provided in a pending bll, was urged before the House road committee today by Frank Page, chairman of the North Carolina Highway Commission and president of the American Associa tion of State Highway Officials. Tlie appropriation made last year ' was $75,000,000. Mr. Page said that j during the year 30 states had ex j oeeded their quotas in providing ; funds to be added to tbe federal allotment and but eight states had fallen below their pro-rata share. Mr. Page said that miles of hard surfaced roads had increased only one-fourth as rapidly as the number of rericles. “Federal aid,” he said, “is a | continued incentive to states to keep up their highway programs." In North Carolina, be added, tIOO, 000 had been expended by the ltste while the government was spending about 5.000,000. File Demurrers. Washington, Feb. 16. — (A s)—Coun sel for Albert B. Fall, Edward L. Do heny and Edward L. Doheny, Jr., to day filed demurrers to the indictments here charging them with bribery In connection with the leasing of the nav al oil reserve lands in Kern County, Cal. Even if the government changes were correct there was no crime com mitted, counsel held, because the sec retary of the navy and not the secre tary of the interior had exclusive right to make the leases. Fall was charged with accepting a SIOO,OOO bribe from the Dohaneys while he was head of (he interior de partment, to make over the leases to Dohany oil interests. ' v CONCORD, N.C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1926 And Now The Teams Can Fight /a ' - ah W ip \\ m J Athletic teams at Brigham Youn g University. I’hovo, Utah, call them selves “The-Cougars.” So someone p resented the athletic department with i this mascot, a three-months-old eoug ar kitten, captured in northern Ari zona. 1 ALLEGED MURDERERS ARE; NOT TO DIE FHIIJA.Y Court Grants Them Writs of Super sedas So That Evidences in Cases Can Be Reviewed. Springfield, 111., Feb. 16.—(/Pi- Henry Ferneckes, "Midget bandit,” and two asociates, sentenced to hang for murder at Chicago next Friday were granted writH of supersedes by the State Supreme Court today. Pe titions by Ferneckes. John Flannery and Daniel McGcorghean for a review of the evidence were granted. The court's action merely suspend ed execution of sentence until it can be determined whether the three men -received a fair trial. Oral arguments in support of their appeal will be heard in April term when the court may either take the matter under ad visement of return an immediate de cision. The three were convicted less than a month ago for the robbery and mur der of Michael Swiontkowski, of the Pulaski Building & Loan Association of Chicago. It was charged that they blocked his automobile otre the way to a bank and took $11,030 from him. , _ Efforts of the prosecutor to get a “spe«3y justice, the three declared, robbed them of a fair trial. 1,000 APPLICANTS For Work in Commissioner Dough .ton’s Department. Raleigh. Feb. 16.—UP)—Commis sioner of Revenue R. A. Doughton is being almost overwhelmed with ap plications for employment in his de partment, he says. “The applica tions nre becoming so numerous it ac tually is interfering with the work of the office,” said the commissioner. He estimates that he must have at leaat 1,000 persons, mostly young women, on his waiting list. lie de clares that evidently there is a large amount of unemployment in the state, for he points out that the applica tions do not come from Raleigh alone, but “from all over the state.” Many of the applicants arc young women who wish to earn money with which to pursue theig education, the commissioner said. He estimates that he can give employment to about one tenth of the applicants during the rush season of the motor vehicle li cense bureau. There is much complaint that em ployment is given to too many Raleigh people, Mr. Doughton said. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices to Decline of 4 Points. New York, Feb. 16. —(A>)—The cot ton market opened steady today at unchanged prices to a decline of 4 points. Overnight buying orders and furth er covering of Marc’ll and May shorts, owing to nearer approach of the first notice day and the compartively small amount of cotton here avail able for delivery were supplied by li quidtation or selling against purchases of later deliveries and the market eased shortly after the calls in sym pathy with different Liverpool cables and reports of continued good weather for early farm work in the South. March sold off Jto 20.02 and Oc tober to 18.20, tlie market showing net loses about 3 to 5 points at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady. March 20.07; May 10.48; July 18.87; Oct. 18.23; Dec. 17.80. Hymans Will Resign. Brussels, Feb. 16.— 1A") —Paul Hy mans, former foreign minister, is re signing as Belgium's representative on the council of the league of nations. M. Hymans confirmed the published reports to this effect today. Selling lunch cars such as are to be seen on street corners and in vacant lots In many cities is the business of Mrs. Lee Brown Connor of Boston, and she is believed to be the only woman in the world In her particular line. As some of the larger and more ornate cars cost as much as SIO,OOO each, Iter proposition is one that many experienced salesmen would not care to tackle. A number of women in New York City now have their jewes brought to them from tbe banka In armored cam. i - CLASH ON 20 CENTS IN POSTAL PRINTING j National Editorial Association Cites! Deficit of $2,000,000 in Envelope Orders. Washington. Feb. 10.—The post of fice department ’.ins become involved in a row with the National Editorial Assoeiation over the question of what can be done with 20 cents. The ns- ] sociation asserts that what the post \ office department has been doing with 20 cents in the last ten years resulted in a deficit of more than $2,000,000. For more than thirty years, accord ing to the editorial association, the post office department has engaged in the business of selling stamped and printed envelopes and for tlie print ing of the return card in the upper left-hand corner it has charged 20 cents per thousand envelopes. With this 20 cents, it is contended, the department pays post office em ployees for taking the orders, payh rout motors for printing the envelopes, payit.for the transportation of the or der {including registration, pills in surance. In other words, the depart ment has been able to do wizardry ,in finance that would credit to a Houdini. 4- It is alleged delivery of 1,000 of these envelopes within a distance of 300 miles, costs 34 cents, so that the post office is out 14 cents on every 1,000 envelopse sold, assuming the 20 cents takes care of all other charges. The department last year sold 3,000,- 000.000 return envelopes, some of which were shipped to more distant points. If shipped to the eighth pos tal zone, for example, the cost would be sl.lO per 1,000. The editors point out that the deficit must be made up from taxes. In ad dition the post office department en ters into competition with the print ers ofthe country and after taking a big loss compels the printers to pay their share of the taxes. PAULINE ARMITAGE TAKES HER OWN LIFE Actress Commits Suicide by Leaping From Room in Hotel. New York, Feb. 10.— (A 3 ) —Pauline Armitage, an actress who has been in ill health, leaped from her room on the fourteenth floor of the Shelton Hotel on Lexington Avenue today. She was instantly killed. Miss Armitage clad in a pink night dress, landed on the 49th Street side of the building in front of the ser vants’ entrance. The manager and police, at first un able to identify the body, located tlie room by the screams of Valerie Brandt, Miss Armitage's maid. She told the police that when she went to answer the telephone she heard Miss Mritage move, and turn ing saw her leap from the window. MOONSHINERS SEND GOODS TO BERMUDAS There Is Is Doctor«l and Sent Back to America as “Real Stuff.” Raleigh. Feb. 16.— UP) —Moonshin ers in eastern North Carolina are do ing a big export business to the l!er mudas and Bahamas, according to in formation Hamilton Jones, U. S. Com missioner, states he has received from reliable sources. Corn whiskey manufactured in huge stills hidden in Carolina swamps, is slipped to British-owned isiunds where it is "doctored” to resemble popular brands of Scotch nnd Irish whiskeys, says Mr. Jones. It is then poured in to bottles bearing old familiar labels and shipped back to the United States as the “real stuff.” Piedmont Carolina Chamber of Com -Ballsbury, Feb. 16.—OP)—Repre sentatives from some forty cenirnl Carolina cities and towns are expected to meet here on Thursday, February 18th, to consider further plans for the organization of a Piedmont Caro lina Chamber of Commerce. Fred N. Tate, of Charlotte, who was chosen temporary chairman at a 1 pre-organisation meeting some time 1 ago, will preside. I'ae mayors of Reidsvilie. Greens : boro, Burlington, Durham, Winstons Salem, High Point, Thomasville, Sal isbury, Statesville. Hickory, Albe : marie. Qonoord, Charlotte, Gastonia ; and Kings Mountains have signified I fceir intention of attending the rneet ln«. T^Canada? ijH ST* j ft£ jMT ■ . i Ufll fal ypvj r I w f i ■ # »m Wlllingdon, former governor of Bombay, Is mentioned at London as l -possible successor to Lord Byng is governor general of Canada. 1 Oils picture, taken while he waa srossing Canada en route to China, ihows him wearing his first raccooa skin coat. SUMMER ANNOUNCEMENT WILL SOON BE MAILED Os the Two Summer Schools at North Carolina College. Greensboro, Feb. 10, —The prelimi nary announcement of the two sum mer sessions at North Carolina Col lege. dated June 15 to July 24 and July 20 to September 3, will very shortly be mailed to the thousands of people in this state and in the south interested in the work of the sessions, according to Dr. John H. Cook, dean of the school of educa tion and director of the summer work. The summer catalogue is soon to fol low the bulletin. Persons interested in the two pub lications may assure themselves of copies by sending their names to the director of the summer sessions. Tile preliminary announcement will carry the news of sm&tp courses to be offered during the summer montips and of other things of- specinl inU terest to teachers. The bulletin will announce that there is noj dormitory reservation fee to be paid sty students tins year. Tile stun of $47.50 will cover the entire cost of a term of six weeks, it announces. That fig ure. of course, does not include the cost of textbooks. Among other things the announce ment carries statistics to show the rapid growth of the school within the last few years. From an institution caring for the. needs of 380 students in 1919 the summer school had grown to one satisfying the demands of 1910 patrons in 1925, according to the figures. Attention is also brought to the fact that the institution is one of the few colleges in the south grant ing full college credit for profession al work done during the summer ses sions. The regular x summer catalogue, which bears a fuller description of courses and the names of the mem bers of the faculty will be mailed out P‘ ssibly about the first of April. THE “WIRED WIRELESS" SYSTEM UNDER INQUIRY Practice of American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Will Be Investigat ed. - Washington. Feb. 16.—(A")—The Senate today directed an investigation of use by the American Telephone & Telegraph Company of the “wired wireless” system of the multiplex tel egraphy without compensation to the inventor. The investigation was asked by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mon tana. The secretary of commerce is directed to make a full report to the Senate on the subject. Senator Walsh’s resolution sets out that of the “wired wireless” system was developed by Major General Geo. O. Squier, former chief signal officer of the army, aided by a $30,00 Con gressional appropriation made in 1910. When patented the govern ment by virtue of the inventor being in government service, ucquired the right to use the invention without royalty payments. The circuit court of appeals, the resolution said, has held that General Bquier is not entitled to payment from the American Telephone & Tele graph Company for use of the inven tion because he "gave it to the pub lic.” The system was designed to in crease the carrying cnpacity of tele phone and telegraph wires. Commencement Dates at N. C. Col lege. Greensboro, Feb. 16.—June 5,6, 7 • and 8 are the dates set dowu in the . catalogues of North Carolina college 1 for commencement actvities at that institution. A great garnering of ' alumnae is being looked for June 5, when reunion classes will come to gether for a big day on the campus, i Appropriate programs are now being , arranged for the four days. Robbers Get Bank’s Cash. St. Louis, Feb. 16—-(Ah—Six » young men today held up the Water ■ Tower Bank and escaped in an au • tomobile with all the money on hand, 1 estimated between SB,OOO and $lO - 000. The teller fired at the fleeing • robbers but nonl of the shots took effect. Spectacular Battle Is Waged By Firemen 40 Stories Above Ground —: * ~A Cv COMMISSION STARTS THE ALUMINUM INQUIRY Officials of Affiliated Companies Are Officers cf Aluminum Company cf America Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 10.—( A s)—Offi cers of affiliated companies who are also officials of the Aluminum Com pany of America were named today during the Federal trade commission inquiry into the alleged monopolistic practices of the parent organization in which Secretary of the Treasury Mellon holds an interest. The names were placed in the rec ord by Geo. R. Gibbons, vice presi dent and . secretary of the Aluminum Company by request of R. P. White ley. commission counsel. The wit ness explained that all officers and directors of the companies owned out right by his company were officials of the parent concern. He listed 20 companies in which the Aluminum Company holds a controlling or part interest. Os these 20 companies, he said, only four of the officers and 30 of the directors are officials of the Aluminum Company of America, a minority except in a few instances. Officers of the 12 companies, and di rectors of six are not officials of the parent company, GiLbons sn : d. A two-hour adjournment was order ed by Commission Examiner W. Shell pard in order to give Gibbons time in which to produce some 800 Alumi num Company of America letters and documents subpoenaed by the com mission. Gibbons explained that he had not had sufficient time to gatli ed the material. Whiteley insisted that the originals or photostatic cop ies be produced. W. W. Smith, com pany counsel, wanted some assurance that the originals would be returned to the company, and Examiner Shep pard said he would see that the doc ument showed clearly that the docu ments were to he returned. At the outset today Gibbons resum ed reading the list of affiliated com panies. He concluded with three for eign concerns, two in Italy. Examin er wanted to know something about Italian bauxite, of which aluminum is n*£do. Witness told of great quanti se# of the ore in northern Italy. He Ijfimitted that labor in that section 1 f’ynis cheap, as was waterpower. LOSES 2 TOES FROM VERV RARE DISEASE Seaman Contracted Ailment Known as Ainhum While in Africa. New York, Feb. 10.—Ainhum. one of the rarest diseases, necessitat ed yesterday the amputation at the base of both small toes of John Davis, a seaman, who contracted the disease while on an exploration trip in the African jungles. Surgeons said that removal of the diseased tis sue was the only cure known. Davis is in the Long Island College Hos pital. What causes the disease is not known. It usually first appears, sur geons at the hospital said, as a ring of fibrous tissue around the base of the little toe. As the ring continues to grow it cuts through the muscles, tendous, nerves, bone, and last of all he blood vessels, causing the toe to wither and drop off. It is said to bo entirely painless. Then it may appear at the base of other toes and repeat the process, or it may develop further hack on the foot. There was one case of record, surgeons said, when the painless natural amputation took place 00 times until an entire leg was gone. Apparently it is not toxic amt does not affect the system. Although no germ or other organ ism causing the disease has been found, it is said to resemble a para sitic disease. It is rare everywhere but more common in Southern Africa. Davis had lost most of both small toes when the Elder Dempster Steamship Line, in whose ervice he is employed, sent him to the hospital. Congress Congratulates Crew. Washington, Feb. 16.—0 P) A res-1 olution to express the appreciation ofj Congress to the captain and crew of the liner President Roosevelt for gal-| lant action in rescuing the crew of i the British freighter Antinoc was no proved today by the House merchant marine committee. Say Man Held Is Not O’Neill. Danville, 111., Feb. 15. The ina n held here as Luke O’Neill, who con fessed that he killed Catharine Gore iu New York last September, is not O’Neill, New York officers declared to day after questioning the prisoner. John D. Larkin Dies. Buffalo. N. Y„ Feb. 15. —John Durant Larkin, 81 years 01.1, soap manufacturer and organizer of a national “factory to family'” sales organization, died today after an ill ness of four weeks. It was recently announced that as ; a result of 9,325 interviews given to applicants for positions as telephone operators in the British postoffice service, -only 1,551 girls were found suitable. Among the principal causes for applicants being turned down were defective or slovenly speech, un desirable accent and bad spelling. * j— “Noise can be kept out of a room, just as well as a snow storm can,” ■ says Dr. Paul 8. Heyl, chief of , Bureau of Standards laboratory. - "The main difference is that to keep i out snow the stouter the . wall the t better, while to*ward off noise .the flimsier the wall the better." N 0.37 . I Fire Was in the Eqi Building, One of larg est Office Structures in the World. JUMPED ABOUT AMONG STORIES Fire Started in Basement and Leaped to Top of the Building Through an Electric Shaft. New York, Feb. 1(1.— (A I ) —Forty stories above Broadway firemen to day waged a successful and spectacu lar battle against fire in the $30.- 000.000 Equitable Building, one of the largest office structures in the world. Most of the damage, estimat ed at $60,000, was in the 34tli and 35tn floor offices of Daniel Guggen heim qnd tiie American Smelting & Re fining Co. The blaze originated in the basement of the sky scraper which is in the heart of the financial dis trict. ami leaped a shaft containing electric lines and cables to the 11th, 16th, 24th and 34th floors, skipping those that intervened. Four engineers and repair men were trapped in . tile pent house, a three-story superstructure on the roof chiefly containing elevator machinery and were found by firemen on a nar row ledge 43 stories above the street level nearly 400 feet up. Tlie only ladder available was a short one which was played on the shoulders of the tallest fireman to reach the trapped men. More than 100 char women were ' driven from the building carrying ! mops and pails. Firemen carried hose to the upper floors in the elevators which operat- , ed continuously. The elevator stall- j ed between the 28th and 39th floors with five firemen in it. They had to , chop their way out. Five other firemen suffering from , smoke suffocation, were attended by \ ambulnnce surgeons after the fire. The fire was discovered by a steam j fitter in the basement who saw sparks ■ among the electric cables. , BOY DIES AFTER ' i. \ ( SEVERE BEATING Father Fra lied Baby With a Broom stick and Mother Beat Him With Leather Strap. ! Baltimore. Feb. 45—Mr. and . Mrs. Ralph T. Courser were charged with the murder of their five-year-old son, Eldridge, in blanket indictments re- 1 turned against them today by the i grand jury. The authorities allege i that Eldridge was beaten to death ! with a strap and a small broomstick ’ wielded on separate occasion by Cour- l sey and his wife. The indictment i covers charges of first and second de- i gree murder and manslaughter. i An autopsy showed the child to ] have died from the effects of “blows administered with a blunt instru- < ment” and from shock and convul- I sions. The Courseys. in statements ' •o the police prior to their indict- < ment. dcc’ared Eldridge to have been i ‘unruly" and to have caused trouble : between them. Once, Oursey said. ! (here were two bananas on the mantle, I “Eldridge ate them and told his moth er I took them, and she reprimanded i me.” he said. Also, he said. Eldridge | had told Mrs. Coursey that ‘“father i didn’t love her anymore.” Coursey admitted beating the boy with a broomstick the night before his death because he was slow on an errand, and Mrs. Coursey admitted that she had beaten him twice with the broom stick, just before he died, because he j refused to get into the bathtub. El dridge died February 6th. With Our Advertisers. The Riehmond-Flowe Co. has the exclusive sale in Cabarrus county of the Maybank fertilizers, and it is a | fish guano they highly recommend. See quarter page ad. today. | TVs week the Kidd-Frix Co. is offering five votes for one on every | silver or metal pencil—lngersoll, Wahl Eversharp, Parker or Scripto. See ad. Spring Stetson and Schoble hats at Hoover's, $5 to $9. New Spring caps. H. B. Wilkinson has just received a solid car load of fibre furniture. Prices to suit every purse. Plenty of parking space. You will find a department for ev erything at the big store of Parks- Belk Co., as well as a big bargain basement. Reserved seats for the big Arman M’nstrels at the Concord Theatre on Wednesday night at 7:30 are now on sale. A tremendous crowd is ex pected—better get your tickets early. Prices, 50 and 75 cents and SI.OO, with tax added. Next Recess For Students Will Be Monday February 22- Greensboro, Feb 16.—Students and members of the faculty at North 1 Carolina college will take a dny’s rest next week because Washington’s | birthday comes on Monday. La»t year they were denied the privilege ■ because Sunday andthe 22nd hap pened to come at once. After that day Easter vacation for , them is not far ahead. The days from the first to the seventh of April, in* ' elusive, are being counted as the . spring holiday by college auinori i ties. > C. H. Long is confined to his home ion Kerr Street by illness. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY! v ' 1 ' : IMIS wto mi .-«uiiTEKIISKE Helen Wills Fought Great Battle With Suzanne Lenglen, But Fate Was Against Her. ONE POINTALONE NEEDED TO WIN In Second Set Ball Played by French Star Was CaUed Safe But Seemed Out to Many. Cannes, Feb. 16.— UP) —Miss Helen Wills’ quest for world supremacy lias failed, but failed gloriously. The store was 6-3, 8-6. The 20-yen r-old American cham pion went down today before the wiz ardry of Suzanne Lesglen, hailed by many as the greatest woman tennis player who ever stepped on a court. Suffering from a gasli in the knee which she sustained in a fall yester day, Helen extended the redoubtable Suzanne as she never has been ex tended since her memorable default to Molla Mallory after the loss of a set at Forest Hills in 1921. Miss Wilis staged one of the most dramatic tennis struggles in history of the game and the result was iu doubt until the last point. The American girl was within a point of winning the second set when a ball from Mile. Lenglen’s, racket which appeared to many to be outside, was allowed by the linesman. Then for the first time in her ca reer, Helen faltered. She appeared physically tired and at one time put her hands to her head and staggered as if about to fall. Both girls played a careful game, taking no chances and sticking close ly to the base lines. Never was a tennis match disputed under such extraordinary conditions. The spectators applauded and cheered as though witnessing a stirring prize fight. Suzanne several times stopped play and turned to the stands saying “Please don't.” She also pleaded wittu. rtte peole who clung to roofs of a garage and house overlooking the courts to make less noise. TREE BLOWN ON A SPEEDING TRAIN Seaboard Number Three Suffers Mis hap at Tar River Bridge. '' Henderson, Feb. 15.— Seaboard Air] Line fast train No. 3^ -southbound from New York to Jacksonville, nar rowly escaped what may have been , a serious and perhaps fatal, accident Sunday afternoon during the terrific wind and hail storm that passed over the lower section of Vance and the upper part of Franklin counties. Just after the train passed over t’ue high steel bridge over Tar River a tall pine tree was blown across the fast moving train. The tree barely cleared the engine and tender and fell atop one of the baggage ears, was dragged the short space to the end and fell between two v cark. The coupling was severed, and the engine and tender and a baggage car was broken away from the remainder of . the train. The rear ears were broug’at to a dead standstill in a few minutes by the sudden application of the emer gency brakes, caused by the breaking of the coupling. It is said the wheels of one car passed over the limbs of the tall pine, but none of the oars nor the engine or tender of the train was derailed. As soon! as the engine could be stopped, it l backed to the stranded baggage, mail and passenger cars, coupled again and made l'ae distance to Frariklinton, where the bard car is understood to have been set out. Negro Kills His Son. Statesville, Feb- 15. Wesley Tuck, negro delivery boy for a local grocery store, died this morning about 9 o'clock as a result of a blow on the head inflicted by his father, Jess Tuck, ‘meat cutter in u local market. The difficulty started over a trivial matter at their borne in a negro settlement in North States ville. The boy’s death followed a few hours later. Joss Tuck was placed la jail on a charge of murder. Resolution Affects Nickle Plate Mer- Washington. Feb. — W) —The interstate commerce commission would be directed to withhold action on the proposed Nickle Plate railroad consol idation under a resolution introduced today by Senator Wheeler, democrat of Montana. • ■ SAT’S BEAR SAYS! Fair tonight and Wednesday, slight ly colder in noeaheast portion tonight, rising tempera fiire Wednesday. jjfd • minisbing northwest and north wiail becoming variable.
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Feb. 16, 1926, edition 1
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