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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES 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, ♦ * * * HE * **•***#•♦ *PENNY AD. IN , * TRIBUNE SHOWED * DOG HIS ERRffe * # W * HE “Remember that penny ad. IHE HE put In The Tribune the other HE HE day about my lost dog?” asked HE HE a Concord man this- morning. HE HE “Well, the dog must have seen HE HE the ad. for be came walking in HE /HE yesterday morning. Seems to HE HE understand after seeing the ad. HE HE that we care something for him. HE l HE These ads. sure get results.”' HE L# * p ♦ HE *********** The Concord Daily Tribune | Los Angeles’ Prettiest Divorcee I * . 'Jin jjlQlJ. |gj B r i RjL ~ J£9 Be ShHKJGS _ r i i ' nP9HfIB HH jm «jr .J y% WL3 / JgjflM m \ ~j&B EST NHr wJTJ \ / B^MBr rA^i.r s yi iiUvM c : —» Mrs. Irene Hatcher is the prettiest divorcee In Los Angeles—at least 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.” OMPMP—■—■gwg—u— i L — m*mmm GREECE IPPHLS TO LEAGUE Os HUMS ; Wants League to Settle Dispute Over Fixation of the Greco-Turkish Frontier. i iiifimiilMilrti fi "" ii '-~ ii 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. 1— j Ten Pages Today I Two Sections 100 Candles iJiIiISBBM ill' : WM |SfM m. y&m |A wig " Ire r 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 ************** * WANTED TO SEE * PICTURE BUT NO * PROGRAM IN PAPER ■* l* * NS Moving picture theatres of NE NE Concord lost some patrons last NE night because their programs NE NE were not advertised in The Dai- NE NE ly Tribune. NE NE "I wanted to go to a movie to- NE j NE night,’’ we heard a woman re- W NE mark, "but didn't know what was NE NE being shown so I just stayed at NE NE home. I looked the paper over NE NE this afternoon but saw no adver- NE NE tisements carrying the programs, -ft NE so took it for granted that the NE NE pictures were nyt so good since NE NE they were not advertised.” NE NE Persons are accustomed to NS IK looking in the newspapers for NS NS information and other business NS NE houses, as well as the “movies” NS NS lose business when their goods NS NS are not advertised. ' NS | NS \ NS * NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS^ 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. ‘ oooooooooopooooooooooooo [ Place Your Application j \ >With Mgr. Concord n l i Theatre For g Charleston Contest ! 1 Ist Pri*e—-sls in gold !j! • ; 2nd Prize—slo in gold. ■ | 3rd Prize—Season Pass. ; [ A Report Fror ,’pe uw* 15 ' Tenn., Says - 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. * NENENENENENENENENENENENE^ N£ NE * NOTICE TO CITY SUB- * * SCRIBERS. NE * NE NE The boy who delivers your pa- NS NS per eacli day is authorized to NE NS collect from you. At stated in- NS NS tervals the boy is given a list NS NS to use in making collection. This NS NS list is prepared in the office and NS NS the boy is instructed to collect NS NS the amount charged against you. NS | NS If you have reason to think the NS I NS amount he asks of you is not NS , | NS correct, please telephone No. 78 NS ' NS and have the account examined. NS NS or better still, come to The NS \ NS Tribune office. If there is found NS 1 NS an error it will be cheerfully NS | NS corrected. NS INS We would appreciate it if NS 1 NS those who do the paying and are NS 1 NS not usually at home when the NS 1 NS boy passes would leave the mon- NS 1 NS ey there for him. NS INS The collection lists are now be- NS 1 NS ing turned over to the* boys for NS | NSthis month and your careful at- NS 1 NS tention to the above will be ap- NS ! NS preciated by the office and the NS 1 NS boys. NS ! %■ NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 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.