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VOLUME XXVI
MELLON STATES HEW
TM MEASURE HILL
ROII RUIN COUITAY
While the Reduction Was
More Than He Thought
Wise, He Does Not Ex
pect Any Deficit.
GIVES WARNING
ABOUT FINANCES
Says the Budget Figures
Must Be Followed Care
fully Unless a Debt is
Soon Piled Up.
Washington, Fob. 25.—iP)—Al
though the new tax bill somewhat ex
ceeds the reduction in revenue which
the Treasury believes sate. Secretary
Mellon said today it was generally
satisfactory to the edminlstrntion.
As the bill now stands, the Secre
tary said, the government should have
little serious difficulty in meeting its
financial, needs. He explained, how
eveK that any appropriations by
Congress not now contemplated would
create a deficit for the Treasury.
The Treasury believes that the re
troactive features of the estate tax
will not cause embarrassment to.the
Treasury.
The 1027 fiscal year surplus will
he small if there is any in the opinion
of the Treasury head, but he suggest
ed that the revenue reduction will'
have little effect on the current fiscal
year. Such surplus as is available
for the current year is being applied
to reduction of the public debt and
that policy will continue to the end
of the fiscal year, June 30th.
Coder Secretary Winston predicted
that the law would be productive of
some increase in revenue. It has
been proved, he said, that the lower-'
ing of the tnx levies was conductive
to business extension and the open
ing up of new sources of taxation.
The under secretary snid present
indications were for revenues some
what in excess of expenditures for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1027, the
first full fiscal year after the bill be
comes effective. He. however, added’
that tVse calculations were predict-
of jUte. government es-
ps'Xjiendit •-e? tie fiscal
Resents Staging of Stunt In Which
He Was “Elected” Mayor of Char
lotte.
Charlotte, Feb. 24.—“ Sure I’m a
friend of the people which the Rotary
Club is not.” Tom P. Jimison, for
mer Methodist minister and labor
leader, and recent addition to the le
gal profession here, said Wednesday
in an attack on the Rotary Club for
staging a stunt at its weekly lunch
eon Tuesday in which he was “elect
ed” the new mayor of Charlotte.
Said Mr. Jimison: “They said I
am a friend of a people. I sincere
ly hope I am but I cannot say that
much for the Rotary Club. I believe
in can best serve the interests of the
people by remaining away from the
city hall.
“I notice that the two things urged
in m.v favor are that I was defeated
for the position of mayor of Winston-
Salem and that I have the backing
and friendship of former. Governor
Cameron Morrison. I think the for
mer is a good r(Commendation and
I want to say that I would rnther be
a street sweeper in the city of Char
lotte than to be mayor of the village
of Winston-Salem.
“I might ask the magnanimous Ro
tarians, who tried to have fun at my
expense, that my name be given no
further consideration by them, and
that some one be elected to whom the
salary would be an attraction.”
Anti-Evolution BUI Finally is Pass
ed By Mississippi’s Senate. ,
gs.- Jackson. Miss., Feb. 24. —The
F anti-evolution bill passed the Missis
; sinpi Senate today by a vote of 29 to
16.
The vote came after three hours’
of excited debate, the bill passing
without amendment, in tae same
form it passed the House, 76 to 32.
making it illegal to teach any theory
“that man ascended or descended
from a lower order of animal.” A
motion to indefinitely postpone con
sideration was lost, 26 to 18.
A motion to re-coneider was fore
cast when Senator Brooks changed
his vote from "no” to “aye.”
Deadlock Reported Settled.
Peking, Feb. 25.— <At —It is unof
ficially stated that the deadlock grow
ing out bf the closing of the ports of
- Canton and Whampoa by the Com
missioner of Customs at Canton has
been settled,
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that's what Judge P. E. Keeler called her when he gave her a decree. Hi
laid he “couldn’t understand why her husband would desert such a sweet
pretty wife.”
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GREECE IPPHLS TO
LEAGUE Os HUMS
; Wants League to Settle
Dispute Over Fixation
of the Greco-Turkish
Frontier.
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appealea to tne league of nations
against Turkey for settlement of the
dispute over fixation of the Greco-
Turkish frontier.
, Greece’s appeal is made under the
second (paragraph of article 2 of the
league covenant, which declared it to
be “the friendly friendly right of each
member of the league to bring to the
attention of the assembly or of the
council, any circumstances whatever
affecting the international relations
which threaten to disturb internet- 1
ional peace or the good understanding
between nations upon which peace de
pends.”
Massachusetts Company Pleads In-
Fringement.
Greensboro, Feb. 24.—Bliss I'ay
yan and company, of Boston, .Mass.,
today filed in the office here of
cl rk of United States court, west
ern district of North Carolinn a bill
in equity asking that, the Aiieeu Cot-.
, ton mi'ls. of Bison, he restrained
from using the trade mark “krink
lettc” on good manufactured, claim
ing that it is an infringement on the
trade mark “ripelctte” used by the
plaintiff company for its bedspreads,
cotton piece goods,etc., manufactured
by it. It is further asked that the
defendant be ordered to pay to the
Boston concern what profits it has
made off of sale of “krinklette”
goods. The matter will be decided by
judge, of the court, E. Tates Webb
of Shelby.
New Tax Measure Is Sent to White
House For President’s Signature
I Washington, Feb. 24—Congress
! today ordered the $387,000,000 tax
. reducti bill sent to President
' Coolidge, completing work on its <
I first and probably most important
■ piece of legislation of the Beason.
The President iA expected to make i
the hill effective with his signature
■ at an early date, although allowed
* 10 days in which to study it.
Senate Accepts 01-10.
Final congressional approval of
the measure cume late today with
- the acceptance by the senate. 61 to
- 10, of the compromise reached in
f conference with the house. By a
- similarly overwhelming vote, the
s house ratified the compromise yester
day.
Carrying provisions for relief of
virtually every federal taxpayer, Its
, effects will begin to be felt when
, first income tax installments fall due
I March 15. More than 2,300,000 who.
! paid income taxes last year will be
t relieved of. all taxes under the meas
-1 art.
* Those, voting against the bill
5 were: .1
* Republicans—Frasier and Nye; of
* North Dakota; Howell, of Nebras-
J ka; LaFollette, of Wiaconsln, and
“ Norbeek, of South Dakota—o.
IE Democrats —Blease, South Caro.
IE lina; Trammell, • Florida, and Walsh,
IE Montana—4-
IE Farmer labor —Shipatead, Minne
|E aota —1.
K Total—lo. '»
► President to Sign.
EITHER USEVO
01 TEACHERS’HEAD
J. O. Kinsland Said to Have
Been Attacked by Fath
er of Boy He Whipped
For Breaking Rule.
Kinsland. principal of Garden Creek
School in Haywood county, is in a
hospital at Canton as a result of be
ing struck on the head with a piece
of iron by the father of a boy he
whipped Monday for violation of a
rchool rule, according to information
received here this morning from the
office of William C. Allen, Haywood
county superintendent of schools, in
Waynesville. The man who struck
the principal is one Turpin, it was
tgaid. Although severely injured,
'Mr. Kinsland is expected, to recov
er, it was learned.
Pretty Girl Swindles Greensboro
Stores.
Greensboro. Feb. 24.—A pretty
girl giving her name ns S. M. Long,
and her father’s name u-. J. Long,
faying that she was a college stu
dent here, and her father, a resident
of Charlotte, has stung two mer
chants here with had checks and
flitted, away. Merchants' Association
officials here said today- Inquiry at
the college showed there was no such
student there, and the Merchants'
Arsocintion officials at, Charlotte
said they could not find any such
Longs. The girl got a $5 pair of
shoes and -20 in change at one store,
and $5 worth of merchandise at
another.
Cotton on the local market today is
quoted at 18 1-2 to 18 3-4 cents per
pound.
The hill goes $87,000,000 beyond
the total of reduction for this year
which Secretary Mellon first declar
ed possible,and about $37,000,000 be
yond revised limits later set by the
treasury, but President Coolidge in
dicated today he would sign it.
This indication was given to Rep
resentative Tilson, of Connectnutt,
the republican house leader, on the
assurance that Congress will not go
too far in increasing government
expenditures. Predicting Congress
would agree to such a program, Mr.
Tilson said he expected approval of
the public buildings bill providing
for’the expenditure of $165,000,000
over a period of years. Efforts will
be made, he added, to hold the ex
penditures for rivers and harbors
and highway improvements within
the present limits.
Future Years.
While the tax measure proposed
reduction of $387,000,000 in federal
taxes this year, the amount in
future years has been estimated at
$343,000,000. Next year the eonpora
tion tax will be increased from
13 1-2 to IS 1-2 per cent to com
pensAe for repeal of the capital
stock' tax whereas for this year the
tax raised only to 13 per cent.
Debat in the senate today includ
ed discussion of most of the princi
pal fcatuAa of the bill, but deal
chiefy with ,the restoration In con
ference of {he modified Inheritance
tax aeetloh, which the senate aad
voted to eliminate.
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1926
150 PERSONS HELD
CAPTIVES BY BLAZE
ESCAPE WITH LIVES
.
Men, Women and Children
Were Tranced in Post
Office Building in Aus
tralian Town by Fires.
FIRE FKmTERS
MAY BE DOOMED
They Have Been Cut Off
by Fires Which Have
Been Raging in Queens
town District.
Melbourne. Australia, Feb 25.—0 P)
—Bush fires which recently hnve done
immense damage in Australia have
broken out again in the Queenstown
district, King Lake township, has
been destroyed except for the post
office. In this building 15ft inhabi
tants took refuge and at last reports
it was surrounded by tiames. The
fate of the inmates iH not known.
A party of fire fighters who left
Queenstown for King Lake apparent
ly had been cut off by the tiames. A
large party of Melbourne police went
to Queenstown to try to get through
to King Lake but were unable to
reach that place.
Finally Escaped.
Melbourne, Australia. Feb. 25.
tP)—One hundred and fifty men. wo
men and children who took refuge in
the postoffice building at King laikc,
while the remainder of the town was
swept by a great bush fire, have been
rescued after being surrounded by the
flames for six hours.
TWO APPLICANTS DENIED
LICENSE AS BARRISTERS
Farmer and Duke Cannot Practice
Law in North Carolina.
Raleigh, Feb. 24.—Rex L. Farmer,
of Wilson, and Otis W. Duke, of
Greensboro, both justices of the peace,
were declared by the supreme court
today to be “lacking in the necessary
upright character” to entitle them to
licenses to practice law. They were
among the class of applicants who
pnssed the bar examination last;
month. ,
Tile court handed dffVtn a paper by.
Chief Justice Stacy denying the li
conrp! ns the result of evidence ad-,
uuccjl at a hearing February ITtfiT
when formal protests against the two
men were accompanied by damaging
allegations of improper conduct as
individuals and while acting in of
ficial capacities.
“No one should seek to enter the
legal profession who does not under
stand its high vision or who does not
feel its essential nobility.” the chief
justice declared. “It is neither a
place of refuge nor a reformatory for
those who have stumbled in other
fields.” ,
Evidence of stumbling by Farmer
and Duke was offered in abundance
by the allegations put before the
court.
Against Farmer it was charged
that as a justice of the peace he had
failed to make returns and ac
count for moneys and things intrust
ed to him, and in some instances had i
converted them to his own use: had
collected on bad checks and had failed
to turn the money over to the party
making claim, and that he had failed
to account for money collected for a
membership fee in the Ku Klux Klan.
Another charge was to the effect that
during the course of a hearing in his
magistrate’s court, when a lawyer re
ferred to some decision of the courts.
Farmer interrupted with a declara
tion like this: ”To hell with the
d d supreme court, I don’t give
a d for the eupreme court or any
, other court, I’m running this court
ns I d d please.”
Farmer denied some of the allega
tions, including the reference to the
court, and as a general defense offered
affidavits of good character since he
had reached the riper years of his
life.
Duke had a court record to inter
fere with his chances of gaining ad
mittance to the legal profession, and.
as a further bar there was the record
. of an absolute divorce granted his
wife on the ground of adultry, with
a eourt judgment to the effect that
. he was “not a fit or suitable person"
to have the care and custody of their
minor child.
His divorced wife, who was the i
, principal protestant at the hearing
■ before the court, charged that he had |
1 furnished her the money to bring
: her suit, a charge which Duke de
-1 nied, however.
, Protest Ruling Affecting “Snap Oot ;
i ton."
[ Washington, Feb. 25.— UP) —The
. Houston, Texas, cotton exchange has
i protested against a recent ruling of
i the Department of Agriculture re
quiring appeals in cases involving
what is known as “snap cotton” to be
I judged by an nppeal committee in
1 Washington.
i Snap cotton is cotton that is not
t picked by hand. The reason for the
- Department’s order was.given as the
i necessity for greater uniformity in
- grading, grading of snap cotton being
1 considered more difficult. It was said
f today that the rul’ng would not be
rescinded.
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When Edward Harney reached hla
100th birthday the whole town of
Henry, 111., where he lives, turned
out to help him celebrate. He wan
presented among other things, with
a cake bearing 100 candles. He is be
lieved to be the oldest person in
Illinois.
BIG CROWD PRESENT
FOR TRIAL OF Rill
Great Interest in the Case
at Marshall Where the
{ Farmer Is Being Tried
For His Life.
y" Asheville, Feb. 25—OR)—The Su*
perior Court room of Madison county
at Marshall was jammed fills morn
ing when selection of a jury to try
Wallace Ray, 48 years old, for the
murder of Dr. O. V. Burnett in a
pistol duel last November was start
ed, according to information received
here. A special ventire of 150 men
appeared and it was predicted that
it would be difficult to obtain a jury.
Judge P. A. McElroy, of Marshall,
is presiding at the trial. Solicitor
J. Ed Swain, of Asheville, who will
prosecute the case, has declared that
he will press the (barge of first de
gree murder and will seek infliction
of the death penalty.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Barely Steady at Decline of
1 to 14 Points Under Continued
Selling.
New York, Feb. 25.—C4*) —The cot
ton market opened barely steady to
day at a decline of 1 to 14 points
under continued selling which devel
oped late yesterday, in sympathy with
lower Liverpool cables.
Reiterated reports of an easier spot
basis in the South, and rumors that
shipments of cotton were expected
here for tender next month were fac
tors on the decline, which soon ex
tended to 19.71 for March and 17.92
for October, or about 7 tol2 points
below yesterday’s closing quotationa.
Trade interesls were buyers at the
lower prices, however, and the market
was a shade up from the lowest at
the end of the first hour, although
the tone was rather unsettled.
Rains reported in the South were
thought likely to delay farm work for
two or three days but were not con
sidered harmful.
Cotton futures opcnecl barely steady.
March 19.80; May 19.20; July
18.60; Oct. 17.95; Dec. 17.59.
With Our Advertisers.
Thursday. Friday, Saturday and
Monday will be four big days at the
Parks-Belk Company’s. These are
] the days of the Big White Sale. See
| ad. today on page two.
i On March sth and 6th. E. B.
Smith, of Stanfield, will sell to the
highest bidder for cash his stock of
general merchandise, each item to be
Bold separately. Sale will start at 10
o’clock. He will also sell a lot of
farming implements} two trucks, his
real estate, etc. See ad. in this paper.
See new ad. today of the Bob’s Dry
Cleaning Company.
The Kidd-Frix Co. are the repre
sentatives here of C. O. Conn, manu
facturer of band instruments. You
can get. these instruments with no
payment down. See ad.
Estates left without a will are
settled by arbitrary state laws, a te
dious procedure, often resulting in an
unfair distribution nmong heirs. See
Sd. of Citizens Banks and Trust Co.
Ponzi Surrenders.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 25.—(A 9 )
I Charles Ponzi, sought on a federal
warrant charging use of the mails to
defraud, surrendered to the United
States marshal here today. He made
bond of SI,OOO. fixed when the war
rant was issued yesterday, and left
the federal building.
100 Candles
Several Killed, Much
Property Damaged By
Tornado In Southwest
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WOULD LIMIT TRADING
IN GRAIN FUTURES
1,000.000 Bushels Daily Would Be
Limit in Amendment in Futures
Trading Act.
Washington, Feb. 25. —(A 3 )—Trad-
ing in grain futures would be limited
to 1.000,000 bushels daily for a single
operator, under an amendment to the
futures trading net, introduced today
by Senator Capper, Republican, of
Kansas.
Tile amendment, Senator Capper
declared, would make it more diffi
cult for "grain gamblers to raid the
market.”
"Unrestricted trading as now per
mitted make it possible for the spec
ulators to manipulate the market at
will, and bring about excessive price
fluctuations,” he continued. “These
violent fluctuations caused by man
ipulations of speculators constitute an
economic crime which works great in
jury to the legitimate grain trade as
well as to the producers.”
PROPOSED NEW FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OPPOSED
Dr. J. Gresham Mac hen, of Prince
ton, Against Department of Eudca
tion. ~
Washington, Feb. 25.—UP)—Crea
tion of a national department of edu-I
cation was opposed before,the joint
Senate and House committee on edu
cation today by Dr. J. Gresham
Mixtion, of the Princeton Theological
Seminary.
The joint committee conducting
hearings on the Crutis bill for es
tablishment of such a department was
told by Dr. Maehen that it would
tend to make education uniform un
der a strong central control, contrary
to the spirit of the American govern
ment.
Uncle Sam Swears Out Warrant
For Charles Ponzi.
Jacksonville, Fla-. Feb. 24.—A
I federal warrent for the arrest of j
| Charles Ponzi, “financial wizard.” |
m charges alleging iliega use ot the |
mails to defraud, was issued here
odny at the request of pc.stoffiee in-!
speetors.
The warrant was issued in con
nection with Ponzi's real estate deal
ings. by which he sought to sell lots
for ten dollars each with the pur
pose, he declared, of paying hack -
creditors who lost in his interim- j
tional reply coupon activities in Bos- j
ton.
France and Russia Negotiating.
Paris, Feb. 25.—(A 3 )—No gotiations j
between soviet Russia and France \
with regnrd to commercial relations, |
credits and the settlement of debts. |
were opened today in the foreign of- i
flee under the chairmanship of Pro-1
mier Briand. M. Rakovsky. the sov
iet ambassador, represented his conn-1
try.
Storm Warnings Displayed.
Washington, Feb. 25.—(A 3 ) —Ad
visory 9:30 a. m. storm warnings dis
played on the Atlantic Coast, ('ape
Hatteras to Eastport, Me., and small 1
craft warnings south of Hatteras to
Jacksonville, Fla. Severe storm cen
tral over southern Lake Michigan
moving rapidly northeastward.
Southern to Buy 113 Locomotives.
New York, Feb. 24.—The South
. cm Railway is in- the marker for
113 locomotives, the largest loco
motive inquiry in many months. The
, company also is taking bids on 2,250
. freight cars.
Soviet Russia has decreed that
gypsies must get off the road and I
settle on the land. The name “gypsy” j
is a contraction of “Egyptian,” as j
the wanderers were formerly called.
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groes Are rwitown to
Have Been Killed.
FARM BUILDINGS
BLOWN TO GROUND
Storm Struck in Arkansas
and Moved on to Mis
sissippi and Tennessee
Towns.
Greenwood. Miss, Feb. 25.— UP) —
One negro child was killed and six
teen negroes were injured, one severe*
ly in a tornado which wrecked several
buildings on the S. C. Hill plantation
near Sidon, eight miles south of
Greenwood, late last night.
The storm, sweeping in front the
southwest, wrecked a plantation resi
| deuce, the store building and a num
ber of tenant houses. Six white
children were caught in the wreckage
of the dwelling but only one was in
jured.
Several tenant houses on life Holly
Grove plantation near Sidon. also
were damaged.
, Three Known Dead.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 2&. — OP) —
Three negroes killed and a acore of
persons injured was the known toll
today of a tornado which swept across
Mississippi River from southeast Ar
kansas late last night after demol
ishing several buildings in the vi
cinity of Lake Village, wrecked about
twenty-five buildings in a residential
suburb at Greenville, Miss., and
played havoc with barns and tenant
houses on several plantations in
northern Mississippi.
RETAIN TWENTY
BRANCH OFFICES
Forty Other Stations For Distribut
ing Tags Abandoned.
Raleigh, Feb. 24.—Branch offices
of the automobile license bureau will
be retained in twenty cities and towns
for the next twelve months under the
terms of a contract with the Carolina
Motor Club entered into today by
Revenue Commissioner R. A. Dough
ton.
Forty other stations which have
been maintained during'!he past'year
will ha abandoned. The installation
at the central offices in Raleigh’ of
rapid fire addressing and mailing ma
chines will enable the bureau to do
the bulk of the work distributing t’he
plates from here and render unneces
sary those stations which are to be
closed down.
in addition to the contract with
the Carolina club, Commisioner
Doughton indicated that arrange
ments would be made for the Winston-
Salem motor club to continue super
vision of one or more brauches in that
territory.
The> twenty stations which the
commissioner has decided to keep
open are located at Asheville, Char
lotte, Winston-Salem, Durham, Eliz
abeth City, Fayetteville, Gastonia,
j Goldsboro, Greensboro, Greenville,
; Henderson, Hickory, New Bern. Roc It-
I ingham. Rocky Monnt,. Salisbury,
j Sanford, Shelby, Silve# and Wil
i mington
Arrangements Perfected to Bridge
Capa Fear.
Wilmington, Feb. 24.—Construc
tion of a mammoth bridge to span
| the C]ppe Fear river, eliminating the
; present ferry on the Asheville-Char
-1 lotto-Wilmington route. No, 20, was
j definitely determined here today fol
: lowing a conference between Frank
! Page, chairman of the state highway
j commission, and the New Hanover
i county board of commissioner!!.
The cost will approximate $1,637,-
| 000 of which amount the county has
] legislative permission to issue sl,-
j 250.00 pin bonds.
| Under the arrangement tentative-
I ly agreed upon today the excess sum
will be advanced by the county to
be returned from future road build
ing allotments.
The bridge will be of the lift span
type with fixed level of 50-feet above
the water and totnl maximum height
1 of 170 feet.
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THE TRIBUNE g
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY I
NO. 45
GOVERNOR FIELDS
K [KECKS
'OB CONFERENCE
j Wants to Discuss With
Governors Allocation
and Exchange of Prison
Commodities.
GOV. McLEAN IS
GOVERNOR NAMED
Governors of Arkansas, In
diana, Missouri, Tennes
see, Virginia and West
Virginia Named.
Frankfort. Ky., Feb. 25.— UP) —
Governor Fields today invited seven
governors to attend a conference oil
allocation of prison industries to be
held here April 7th and Bth.
Governors invited are Tom J. Ter
rell, of Arkansas; Ed Jackson, of In
diana ; A. W. McLean, of North Car
olina ; Sam A. Baker, of Missouri;
Austin I’eny, of Tennessee; Harry F.
Byrd, of Virginia, and Howard M.
Gore, of West Virginia.
John F. Smith, president of Berea
College, has been prominent in pro
posing the regional conference on
prison labor. In extending the in
vitation Governor Fields wrote eadi
governor:
“You will recall that the proposal
for co-operation in the allocation and
exchange of prison commodities so as
to overcome as far as possible the
opposition of manufacturing and labor
groups has been before the conference
of governors for the piist three years.
“The proposal received general ap
proval and was referred to zone con
ferences. five of which already have
been held. I enclose tie report of
the inter-mountain conference on the
allocation of prison industries.
‘■Will you not come to Frankfort
on the date above mentioned and if
possible bring a delegation of those
from your state who are conversant •
with penal industrial problems?
“If you find it impossible to come
yourself, I trust you will have your
representatives present at this im
portant conference.”
WOMAN ADMITS SHE
WAS NOT ASSAULTED
Mrs. Wright. However, Says Martin
and Knotts Abused and Robbed
Charge Dropped.-* pH
Charlotte, Feb. 24. —The shadow
of the electric chair was lifted this
afternoon from Oscar Martin and
Jim Knotts, young white men who
have been in jail here for the past
several weeks charged with criminal
ly assaulting and robbing Mrs. Mary
J. Wright, 64-year-old Newell wo
man.
Mrs. Wright this afternoon admit
ted that she was not criminally as
saulted by the young men and said
that she would eo testify at the trial
scheduled to start in Superior court
here Friday. However, she main
tained that she was abused and rob
bed by the two men. , .*if^
As a result of Mrs. Wright’s ad
mission Solicitor John G. Carpenter
announced that he would not, call
the tWo men to trial on a capital
harge. However, he announced tbnt
: e would press the lesser charges
r iusly. *
Mr:. Wright said she had had
’oubted from the time of the at
‘ack that she was criminally assault
ed and said she would testify to that >
effect for “I do not want them to be
electrocuted."
Dollar Sales at Efird’s.
Friday, Saturday and Monday will
be three big Dollar Sales Days at
Efird's, during which Dollar Days
prices will be given on every garment
in thp ready-to-wear department.
This will be good news for every one
living in this section. They have made
great preparations and plan to give
you the biggest and best bargains ev
er. In two pages of ads. today they
give you a partial list of the many
bargains they will have to offer you
these three days. They will have a
Bargain Table for SI.OO, on which
you will find values up to SB.OO. It
is expected that these Dbllar Days of
ferings will eclipse anything in the
previous achievements in the merch
andise history of this store.
Charges Government Employes like
to Loaf.
Washington, Feb. 24.—Represen
tative Martin L. Davey. of Ohio, has
stirred quite a commotion here by
charging that ihany government em
ployes loaf and waste money for
Uncle Sam. He would reorganize che
entire business end of the govern
ment. The Civitan club of Canton,
N. C-, is among the first organization
to approve the Davey plan. It has
adopted a resolution urging North
Carolina members to support the
Davey bill.
SAT'S BEAR SAYS I
"
E Generally fair and colder tonight
( and Friday, strong southwest and
* west winds, diminishing tonight.