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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ' r-V ' * -VOLUME XXVI A ■mm tie GIVEN FOR ELIIIG OF DIE TUXES Due to Faet That New Law Has Just Become Effec , tive Time Extension Is Granted. UTTLE INCOMES MUST BE PAID Persons With Incomes of Less Than $5,000 Not Granted Any Extension Under New Ruling. Washington, Feb. 26.—C4>)—The Treasury today granted a number of extension* of time aa to when final re turns must be made for this year'* payment to the government. Extensions were decided up^i' be cause the nearness of March IS when the returns ordinarily would be due. and to the faet that the new tax law was approved today. Under the new regulations, citizens and residents pf the United States whoße net incomes exceed $5,000 and domestic corporations will be given un til May 15. or two months' extension in which to file tax returns. However, they must make tentative returns on or before March 15 togeth er with one-fourth of the estimated amount of. tax. If the estimated tax is less than showni to be due on the completed re turn, the difference will bear interest at 0 per cent, a-year-until paid bock. The American citizens residing or traveling abroad, including those iu the military and naval .service, and all other persons outside the United States, were given until .Tune 15, or three months' extension, to file their returns. This order applies to tax payers in Alaska, Hawaii and other United States possessions and tenta tive returns will not be required of them. However, the returns must be accompanied by an affidavit explain ing the cause of delay, and interest will be charged ,at the rate of 6 per cent, a year from the due date of tax until paid. The Treasury said it was not con sidered necessnry to grant an Tex ten sion to non-residents, alien individ uals fltuLiforelgn corporations having no o®ce or plat*- of- business yt v .lh>e, United States,, since such returns are not due unt’l June 15, If filed on the calendar year basis, and not until the 15th day of the sixth month fol lowing the closing of the taxable year if filed on 4 fiscal year basis. All other returns under the order must be filed on their respective due dates un less a specific request for an exten sion is made to the local collector of Internal Revenue. BOSWELL IS SENTENCED TO PRISON 20 YEARS Convicted of Second Degree Murder For the Death of Clayton E. Bea ''Wilson, N. C„ Feb. 26-OP)—A sentence of not less than twenty, nor more than twenty-five years ot hard labor in the state’s prison, was pro 'nounced on Erneet Bbswell, white man, in a special criminal term of Wilson county court here today, by Judge M. V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mount. Boswell was convicted of second degree murder last Saturday. Boswell was convicted in connec* tion with the death of Clayton E. Beason, slot machine operator. 1 The sentence given Boswell today was similar to that imposed upon Arthur Lamm for his part. In the kill ing. Lamm was convicted and sen tenced to from 20 to 25 years last September. Judge E. H. Cranmer of Southport having imposed the sen tence on Lhmm. Beamon was found dead on the road with two bulletß through the head and the arrest and 9onvict'on of Lamm first, and last week of Boswell, followed. A Standard B Type Sunday School. Salisbury, Feb. 26. — UP) —One of the six standard B type Sunday schools in North Carolina Methodist circles is the Central Methodist Church Sunday School at Spencer, according to M. L. Kiser, it's super intendent. It has only recently been placed in this type, it is said. The only other such school in North Carolina is that of tbe Grace Church at Wil mington; . I'ue school was standardized this year, after several years of steady effort, it is said. Rapid growth of the finger-nails is supposed to indicate good health. Millald, the eminent painter, stood just over sig feet, and was proud of bis'height. 900000000000000000000000 1 Place Your Application O 1 ' With Mgr. Concord' 8 \ , Theatre For Charleston 1 * , Contest I | Ist Prize—sls in gold ] ; 2nd Prize—slo In gold, j 3rd Prize —Season Pass, j The Concord D uly Tribune] North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily President Signs New Tax Reduction Bill, Thus Making It Law Several Persons Who Were Prominent in Drafting __ the Bill Saw the Presi dent Sign It. SEN. SIMMONS THUS HONORED Bill Provides Reduction of 387,006,000 in Amount of Taxes To Be Paid During This Year. Washinglon, Feb. 26.—(A 1 )—The new tax reduction bill became a law today when President Coolidge- gave it his formal approval. The measure was signed at 10:22 o'clock in the executive offices. It provides for a reduction of $387,000,- 000 in the amount of taxes to be paid by the American people this year, was signed by tbe Chief Executive in h's offices as a battery of still and mo-• tion picture camera men recorded tbe scene. \ Invited to witness the ceremony were several who were prominent in the drafting of the legislation. They included Secretary Mellon, Director Lord of the budget, Representative Tilson of Connecticut, floor leader of tbe House; Chairman Green of the House Ways and Means committee; Chairman Smoot of the Senate Fn nance Committee; and Senator Sim mons, ranking democrat ou the finance committee. The bill received final Congression al sanction Wednesday and was transmitted yesterday to the White House, frofn where it was sent to the Treasury for review before it was signed by the President. In signing the bill, President Cool idge made no comment, verbal or writ ten as to its provisions or probable effect. The signing was to have taken place at 10 o’clock, but was delayed by the late arrival of Senator Simmons. The President's office was trans formed into a studio, with two Kleig lights adding to the illumination. As Mr. Coolidge took Up a pen he said to his invited guests; “Come up close behind my chair, short gentlemen in front, tall gentle men behind.'' , For ten minutes photographers took shots of the President and the gronp behind him from various angles, final ly swarming up to his desk for close ups. The clicking and grinding of camer as continued until the President final ly said: "That's Enough.’ Then the office was cleared and the President went to nn adjoining room for the semi-weekly meeting with his cabinet. STAJiT DRIVE AGAINST GANGSTERS AND GUNMEN Immigration Officials Will Try to Round Up Allens Who Give Trou ble. Washington, Feb. 26.—UP)—Immi gration officials in Chicago have been directed by the Labor Department to cooperate with municipal authorities there in making effective as far tu possible the drive against alien gun men and gangsters. > Assistant Ro6t. Carl White said to day a special force of immigration in spectors had been ordered to Chicago to augment tbe regular staff there, and warrants for deportation of alien undesirables would be issued as - re- 1 quests were received. A number of warranty already have, been forwarded to the special force operating in Chicago under charge of! Supervisor J. J. Hurley. Instructions given Mr. Hurley and his assistants require that they examine the record of all gangsters arrested by the- city police, and wherever legal justifica tion ia found, that they automatically 'nitiate deportation steps. RUBBER DROPS 4 CENTS PER POUND ON EXCHANGE Break Attributed in Large Measure to Hoover’s Campaign For Economy New York, Feb. 25. Rubber prices broke four cents a pound on the ruber exchange of New York to day as daily trading totalled 968,- 000 pounds, the highest figure since the exchange opened February i 5. The market reached new low prices. May futures selling at 48.9 cents and June contracts at 47.9- Toward the close prices strengtuened slight ly, May cosing at 49.5 and the Jube at 48.5. Members of the exchange and manufacturers attributed the break In considerable measure to Secre tary Hoover’s campaiggn for econ omy, which has centered the atten tion of the ultimate consumer upon high prices, particularly of auto mobile tires. Fair and Colder Weather East of the . Mississippi la Forecast. I Washington, Feb. 25. —Tbe weath [ er bureau tonight issued the follow ! lug storm warning: “Advisory warnings changed to ; southwest 10 p. m. north of Block \ Island, R. C.. to Portland, Me. 8«y vere storm central over northern Coke Huron moving northeastward with a decided increase in Intensity. This storm has been • accompanied by gen eral precipitation ovef the eastern half of the South' except southern Florida and by string shifting winds gnd gales over mnCh of that arerf,” [ the bureau said in its report of con- I ditlona. CONCORD,. N. C„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926 .-.-... y ■ .-s' 1 ..■■■■ i. . . ... . . MEN MAY REACH METHUSELAH’S AGE , Baltimore Physician Sees Great Ex ' tension of Human Life. Baltimore, Feb. 26.—That men mny I come eventually to live to the great ’ age they attained in the time of Methuselah is the prediction of Dr C. Marion Dodson, who at the age of 88 is the oldest physician now following tbe profession in Baltimore. “It sounds a littje far fetched to say that,” Dr. Dodson added yester day, “but in the span of my own life I have seen the natnral expectancy of mankind nearly double. Science has accomplished miracles in my time; one mny, of course, only con jecture what it will do in the next few thousand years but my guess is that the progress will not cease. Gain Shown Every Year. ‘There isn’t any absolute reason why a man should wear out at 40 or 50, or even at 60 or 70. Os all the banes that mankind suffers death is, •of course, the worst and the most dreaded, but we are pushing the black borderland farther and farther back. Every year shows a gain.” His own long, active life Dr. Dod son attributes to a keen sense of hum or and the love of laughter. 'Laugh ing men, he says, live longer and bet ter than do more of the world's work than their more sober fellows. Points Out Fallacy. He also pointed out yesterday that the medical uian of his own youth was net the crude blunderer he os often is considered and that the ideas many persons have of the practices of the time vr more colorful than accurate. Such things an Elixirs curing all ills and making death possibly only by accident were no more widely be lieved in then than now. he says. “At the time of the Civil War we had long since passed the day when blood-letting wns the universal rem edy. Surgery was well advanced and most of the drugs which physicians commonly prescribe now were known then. "It’s true, of course, that in my youth folks used to think they had snake*, in their stomachs, and used to use some mighty queer remedies —such as a black cat, split down the middle and applied to the body to re liev inflammation. Yet as 1 recall 8,-«uch thihgs were not any more uni versaf than they are now.” Demands $25,000 in Mental Anguish Suit. Charlotte, Feb. 25.—Suit against the Western Union ffelegraph Com pany for $25,000 alleging "mental anguish” was filed here today by J. V. Rogers, of Belmont, Gaston coun ty. The plaintiff says that the Wes tern Union Branch a Belmont re quired five days to deliver a tele gram to him informing him of hi« mother’s death at Charlotte. The plaintiff sets forth that the message was fi.ed at Charlotte, June 11, 1925, and reached him June 15. Says Mrs. Coolidge Does Not Talk Business With Husband. New York, Feb. 26.— UP) —Mrs. Coolidge never discusses business with the President, C. Buscomb Sleuip, his former secretary, discloses in his new book on "The Mind of the President.” "But she has provided a 'home at mosphere that 'has made infinitely easier the development of the Presi dent's unique personality,” Mr. Slemp , adds. "There he has refreshed his weary spirit when the day was done. There he has ever found the warrn | ing fire of sympathy and affection, | the inspiration of a happy and con ’ tented companion, the fortifying ex amp.e of .another blameless life.” Mr H'emp'a book, to be published by Doubleday, Page and Co., is made up of extracts from the President's public utterances. Oil Gleaned From Rattlesnakes. Rattlesnake oil selling at SIOO a gallon has brought a new industry into a certain section of Texas. Cis co, Texas, long since has been known as an oil center, but this is au en tirely new phase of the business. The rattlesnake oil is used iu medi cine. This is the time of year for har vesting the rattlesnake crop, because the rattlers are dormant. A keen eye add a quantity of dynamite are required. Search is made amonfc the hills for a den of rattlers. The den is dynamited and the snakes are brought out. They are then rendered into nil. One snake only a sma! quautity, but sometimes several hundred snakes are 'found in oue den. No Thne to Fool With Postal Mat ters. “I haven’t time to monkey with being a darned old postmaster,” ran a curt note received recently by the U. S. postal authorities in Washing ton, together with pigeun holes, boxes, stamps and other equipment. The sender, F. M. Britt, was ap pointed postmaster in Hayes, Fla. After tt few days, he began to en -1 counter some of the difficulties of the average postmaster, tie resigned. The government refused to aecept it, 1 saying that there was no one else to succeed him, and it was imperative that someone act as postmaster. It was then that Britt bundled up his 1 equipment .and forwaroed it *to Washington with the note. Owing to the dry cold atmosphere, not a single infectious disease is known in Greenland, 20 Millionaires Save $11,000,000 By Slash of Surtax in New Bill Washington, Feb. 26.—While the new ta# bill will exempt about 2.000,- 000 found taxpayers from the Federal Impost, the benefit will not be to the “little fellows” alone. . Great savings will neerue to the possessors of large fortunes through re duction of Anx Taxes, the maxummti reduction being .from 40 per cent, to 20 per cent, on incomes of SIOO, OOO or more. Basil Manly of the People's Legislative Bureau said today thnt twenty millionaires would save $11,058.1771 this year if their incomes were the same as in 1925. Manly gave the following names, incomes on which taxes were paid last year and savings under the new law : Amt. Saved i Tax Paid bv 1926 | J. D. Rockefeller Jr. $0,277,669 $1,762,173 l Henry Ford 2.608,808 1,147.875 r Edsel Ford 2,158,055 949.544 I Andrew W. Mellon 1 1.882.609 828,348 j Payne Whitney 1.076.626 737,715 I E. S. Hark ness 1,351,708 Marshall Field Est and 3 heirs 1.197,605 526,946 Clinton H. Crane 1.066,716 649,469,355 Anna M. Harkness 1.061,537 407,070 F. W. Vanderbilt v 792.986 348,909 G. F. Baker, Sr. 792.076 358.4134 Thomas F. Ryan ■_ 791,851 348,414 Geo. F. Baker, Jr. 1 783,406 344^698 Vineent Astor X 642,600 28“ 744 J. B. Duke (dec.) 625.990 275438 Cyrus H. K. Curtis 583.872 256,993 J. Pierpont Morgan - 574,379 252J26 Joseph E. Widener 488.106 214.766 Thomas W. Lnraont 480,741 21L526 Totals.- $26,478,596 $11,650,571 MEMORIAL PLANNED FOR FANNY CROSBY Federal Council of Churches to ' Honor Blind Hymn Writer Next Month. Chicago, Feb. 26.—Plans tor a celebration and offering in memory of Fanny Crosby, b’irnl hymn writer, have been prepared by Dr. S. Parker Cadmau, President of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ, in observance of her birthday, March 23. Miss Elizabeth Doten of Boston has written a pageant of Miss Cros by's life for use in Sunday (schools'. “Fannie Crosby, in contract with :he jnzr. king of today, died without having sufficient money to leave for an earthly memorial,” said Dr. C. C. Marshall of Bridgeport, Conn., at a church conference here. She wrote thousands of hymns without eom oensatiOn. such as 'Rescue the Per ishing,' 'Safe in the Arms of Jesus,’ 'Saved by Grace,’ 'Draw Me Near er.’ If Fannie Crosby were living to day, these hymns would net the writer a fortune. “We who reverence her memory have a two-fold purpose in erecting a memory of Fannie Crosby at Bridgewater; the second is to keep her name in memory Uy observing. Fanny Crosby Birthday,” Madame Schamann-Heinn. 65. Again Sings In Grand Opera. New York, Feb. 25.—Returning to the stnge of the Mcropolitan opera house after nn absence of nine years, Mmc. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, now in her 65th year, sang today the' role of "Erda” in Wagner’s "Das Rheingold." Appearing for one brief interval in the closing scene, the famous con tralto sang the warning of the earth to Wotan in the rich tones known throughout the country as a result of her many concert tours. She took 11 curtain calls, three by herself, be“ fore a capacity house. Gastonia Mall Clerks Rate High. Gastonia. Feb. 26.— (A I )—The dis patch mail clerks, eight in number, in the Gastonia post office rate as high or higher in efficiency than any other set of Uncle Sam's employes between Buffalo, N, Y’., and Spar tanburg, S. C. This has been announced here by post office officials. At an examination recently of the clerks 6.300 pieces of mail wore handled by these eight postal em ployes. Only seventeen of the total number were incorrectly "pigeon '’o'ed,” it was stated. Two of the eight e'erks rated 100 oer cent in efficiency; two rated 19 88 ; two 97.77; one 99.36; and one 19.23. The streets of London, if extend- j ed in one continuous line, would reach the heart of Russia. Vanderford Tells About Mob Threat Against Mr. Ham Salisbury, Feb. 25.—Without hav-, ing seen Rev. M. F. Ham's quoted speech In today's Greensboro News regarding his experiences with a “mob" in Salishury seventeen years I ago, Col. T. H V anderford tonight! gave almost identiea’ly the same story of the incident of that given by Mr. Ham. Col. Vanderford was with Mr. Ham at the -hotel one night until midnight and about 1 o'clock, when informed after he got to his home that a crowd was gathering at the old covered bridge to visit the preacher at the hotel he says he called stveral other i citizens and they beat the mob to . the hotel. They remained in Mr. Ham's room all the rest of the night and tbe crowd surged to and fro . about the hotel but did not venturb . to Mr. Ham’s room. On election . night Mr. Ham was taken from the | tent, where he had been holding , forth, to the depot in a car belonging , to the late W. F. Snider, accompanied > by Mr. Snider, Col. Vanderford and i hi* atm Tom, and George H. Shaver. t A crowd followed the car. aceord i Ing to Col. Vanderford, and surged > about Mr. Ham and his protector* at the depot but did not lay hand* on him. It was a boisterous crowd , of about 150, Gol. Vanderford says, i and they hung around until tbe train pulled out. Colonel Vanderford and THE BAPTIST WOMAN’S MISSIONARY UNION Will Celebrate Its Fortieth Anniver sary at Raleigh Next Week. Raleigh. Feb. 25—The Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina will celebrate its fortieth anniversary here next week in the First Baptist Church, beginning Tuesday evening aj)d closing Thurs day evening with a grand pageant composed of Raleigh young people under the direction of Miss Dorothy Kellam, State young people’s lead er. It is expected that there will be some 700 or 800 delegates. Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn, the general chairman, reports thnt considerably over 500 names have already been sent in for entertainment, which will be on the free plan, except the guests will pay for their noonday meals. At the first session Tuesday eve ning Dr. John R. Jester, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of Wins ton-Salem, will' preach the annual convention sermon. Wednesday morning the president, Mrs. Wesley N. Jones, of this city, will deliver her annual address, the subject being, “Four Decades of Wornnnls Mission ary Union Work.” Wednesday afternoon session will be held at Meredith College and the girls willl give <he pageant, "The Light of the World.” The Wednes day evening’s sessions will be featured by an address by Dr. E. Y. Mullins, I Louisville, Ky„ on “Our Tasks Ahead.” Other high lights of the convention will be Mrs. W. J. Cox, Memphis, new president of the W. M. U„ of the Southern Baptist Con vention, who will speak Thursday morning, and Mrs. Janie Cree Bose, Louisvi’.’e, Ky., principaj of the W M. U. training school, who will speak Thursday evening. Building Peimit For New Passenger Station. -Greensboro, Feb. 25.—A building permit for the proposed new passen ger station to be erected here iu the near future by the Southern Rail way company was issued today from the local building permit office, call ing for an expenditure of more than $890,000. The Consolidated Engi neering company, of Baltimore, Md . made application for the permit. This brings the building permits for the month of February above the million mark for Greensboro. Gasto-ia High School Baseball Team. Gastonia, Feb. 26—(4 s )—The Gas tonia high schoo' baseba’l team has exce'lent prospects for the coming j season, according to Coach Clifford A. I (Pa‘) Crawford. | Eleven letter men are back in school, and there is a wealth of ma j terial of younger boys, the coach says. I his little group remained on the train until it reached the North Main street crossing, and J. A. Siceloff, a railroad officers, stayed with Mr. | Ham until Asheville was yeadheij. j Col. Vanderford says one man who was a leader in the crowd at the depot is now in business at Danville Where Mr. Ham is conducting a meet- , tng. Chief Frank Cauble, of the Salis bury police, who was in charge of the police in 1008, says' he does not re member any such mob as that de scribed by Mr. Ham. Col. A. H. Boy den, who was mnyor of Salisbury at the time, says he was not on the street on election night but that next morning he heard that a group of ’ men had put on some kind of a dem onstration but he is of the opinion that the Ham version is an evag ‘ geration. Several citizens were asked today about the incident and they have ; stories that vary in certain particu lars. “Pete" Murphy says he was ■ right here and that he does not re- I member having heard of any such i serious situation as that told by Mr. i Ham, he is certain the evangelist 1 has exaggerated. Those were stren uous times in the old town, and the i citizens in general have tried to for- I get them. 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If there is found )K iK an error it will be cheerfully W- 1 IK corrected. )K IK We would appreciate it if )K j IK those who do the paying and are IK I IK not usually ,at home when the IK! 5K boy passes would leave the mon- IK j IK ey there for him. )K; IK The collection lists are now be- -K IK ing turned over to the boys for )K j IKthis month and your careful at- )K j IK tentkm to the above will be ap- SK I IK predated by the office and the IK * boys. *i s►************♦ THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Decline of 4 to 13 Points, a’nd Showed Net Losses of 11 to 19 Points. New York, Feb. 26.— UP) —The cot ton market opened barely steady to day at a decline of 4 to 13 points nnd soon showed net losses of 11 to 19 points under continuation of the recent selling movement. Bearish sentiment was encouraged by relatively easy Liverpool cables, reiterated reports that cotton could bo purdiased on teuderable basis in some of the western belt spot mar kets, and claims of continued favor able progress with new crop prepa rations. The break extended to 18.82 for May and 17.74 for October contracts by the end c.f the first hour, now low ground for the movement, and a de cline of a little over one cent a pound on old crop mouths compared with the high price touched early in fiie month. Cotton futures opened barely steady. March 19.45; May 18.88; July 18 85 ; Oct. 17.80; Dec. 17.45. METHODIST LEADERS TO HOLD COUFERENCE Discuss Plans Today For Collect** Balance of Mission Fond. Greensboro, Feb. 25.—For the pur pose of discussing plans for collect ing the unpaid bolance of the sub scription made to the missionary! maintenance fund by five Southern! conferences of the Methodist Episco- : pal Church, South, leaders of the de-1 nomination will meet tomorrow. Ttie conferences from which the mission ary leaders will come, and which are delinquent in their subscriptions arc those of Baltimore, Virginia. West I Virginia and North and South Caro-- lina. The conferences pledged $262,000 to i the fund and a portion of this re- j mains unpaid and is needed. A num ber of clergymen high in the church arc expected ta .lean up the balance j on the subscriptions prior to the gen eral conference in May and the pur pose of the meeting is to arrange for a definite plan to Collect the pledges. The meeting has been called by Rev. F. S. Love, cf Elizabeth City, missionary director of the North Car- Oina conference who will preside over •lie meeting. With Our Adver ! sers See the new ad of J. C. Ihrivy Company on page five today. Prompt delivery made by the Sani tary Grocery Co. Phonos 670 and 686 . ■ PI one C. H. Barrier & Company year orders for groceries, meats and produce. Schloss Bros’ suits will make you appear younger than von arc. Prices from S3O to SSO, and you get them j at Hoover’s. Ivey’s Shoe Store receive 1 by ex press this week several m"\ styles in the rnpeh wanted colors. Sec new ad. Don’t forget Efird’s three Lig dol ar. days, today, Saturday and Mon day New footwear styles at M irks- n, Shot Store. The season's favorites in fool wear at the Rutb-Kes'er Shoe Store. Prices. $3.95 to $8.95. Widths, AAA to D. Efirfl’s Annual Spring Opening nnd Fashion Show at Charlotte will take place Wednesday, March 3rd, and you are cordially invited. The store will be open on that day till 10 p. m. Special concert by Don Rich ardson orchestra that evening at 8 o'clock. Fashion reveue morning and evening. Sec ad. in this is sue. Nod Cobb In Asheville Hospital. Asheville, Feb. 25 UP>— Noel Cobb, of Anderson, S. C., whose mari tal adventures in Alabama and Geor gia have aroused interest throughout the South, hi a patient in Highland Hospital hero for treatment for nerv ous disorders, it was learned today. In Finland and Lapland amber ' oil is believed bo be a certain cure tar rheumatism, neuralgia, and simi lar ills. NO-flll Henry Butler Pa. His Life For Aal .on Girl Who Wanted to “Pull” Death Rope. CROWD DID NOT MAKE DISORDER Many Persons Lined Walls annd Climbed in Trees so as to Get View of Ne gro as He Was Hung. Georgetown, Del., Feb. 26.— UP) — i Henry Butler, negro, convicted for a | felonious attack upon a ten-year-old 1 girl, was hanged in the jail yard here I today. The trap was sprung at 10:05 nnd .he was pronounced dead !at 10:16. i The child victim of the negro's at - tack was convalescing at a farm near Rridgeville as the Delaware law | which imposes a death sentence for [such crimes was carried,out. Dur i ing the night the little girl was said to have told her mother that she j wished she could “pull the rope’’ of : the trap for hanging Butler. The negro was taken from his cell in the county prison Portly before 10 o'clock to the sound of booes and cat-calls from a large crowd that surrounded the jail for several squares. Prior to going to the scaf fold Butler had prayed with friends and two ministers and had announced himself "read to go to glory.’’ As Deputy Sheriff Buc Coy escort ed the condemned man into the court yard where the gallows awaited, per sons in the crowd who had climbed trees overlooking the place of execu tion described the scenes to the crowd below. The black cap was pulled over But ler’s head, and the noose adjusted about liis neck as he murmured, "O God, save my soul.” An unseen hand of the hangman pulled the trap rope. The drop failed to break the negro's neck and it was twelve minutes before Dr. Joseph B. Waples, of Georgetown, and Dr. William R. Mesnick, of Lewes, pronounced life extinct. With the execution over, prepara tions were made for. public viAv of the body which was. left dangling from the gallows. . A smaH gate In the court yard wall was operie'd’ so that the line of persons could obtain a momentary glimpse of the executed man as they passedJhy. The conduct of the crowd was or derly in contrast to the scenes dur ing Butler’s trial when State troops called out by the governor were forced to use tear gas to keep the crowd from rushing into file court house. 1 WALLACE RAY TELLS HIS STORY TO JURY i Denies He Knew Dr. Burnett, Who He Killed, Was Near Scene of the i Tragedy. v Asheville, Feb. 26.—(A 1 )—Wallace ! Ray, on trial in Madison county su perior court at on a charge j of murdering I)r. O. V. Burnett, told i his story to the jury that must de cide whether he is to live or die. Ray is being tried the third time for his life. The court room was jammed and ! silent during the hours Ray was re lating his account of file events that 'ed up to the duel and of the battle itself. The’ duel was fought last November and ended in the death of Dr. Burnett and the severe wounding of Ray Ray denied that when he n'ighted from his aut mobile near Muddy Branch immediately before the I sho- tirg he knew t)r. Burnett was ■ anywhere in the vicinity. Although ; Porter She’ ton. who was with him. j testified yesterday that just before j Rnv stopped bis car and got out. he ! (Shelton) had noticed Dr Burnett sitting behind his aut- mobile which was parked at the side of the road. Ray denied seeing the physician or j his automobile. Ray drove past Dr. j Burnett and his car, Shelton testi fied, fiicn alighted and walked back. Without having noticed Dr. Bur nett or his autoiqobile, he stopped and alighted, to repair a tire, Ray testi fied. As he stepped into the road lie saw Dr. Burnett approaching, he continued. He- insisted that while he walked a part of the distance that separated the two, Dr. Burnett made most of the advance. Before Ray took the stand, Sheriff Rector testified that he deputized Dr. Burnett some time before the shooting. Testimony of the six or eight re maining defense witnesses will be completed today and the case will go to the jury tomorrow, court attaches preedict. Many Stockings Exported. Washington, Feb. 26.— UP) —After satisfying the demands of the flapper and the more conservative needs of her family, file United States shipped 6,425,175 dezen pairs of full lengfii stockings, rolled tops nnd socks, val ued at $19,754,644 to foreign coun [ tries during 1925. j These figures, made public today by the commerce department, showed, however, that the American flappers I counterpart abroad is not smitten particularly on silk, mere than twn ,, thirds of. the total exports being made I up of cotton hosiery. i According to some-authorities, the • purest English in the world Is spok en in Dub'Jfr, Ire’anu, THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY'S 0 AGREEMENT BY THI UNITED STATES Al ' ..EY ANNOUNCED "* >:g Commercial Pact is Drawn Up Pending the Out come of Lausanne Trea ty in the U. S. Senate. DUTIES WILLL BE LOWERED BY PACT American Goods Can Be Sent to Turkey With; out the Prevailing High Tariff. Washington, Feb. 26. —(A s )—The Commerce Department anonuneed to day that a temporary commercial agreement had been entered into by the United States and Turkey, under which each country grants to the products of the other most favored nation's treatment. The agreement which is in the form of notes exchanged between Rear AM iniral Mark L. Bristol, American ij'gji commissioner at Constantinople, and the Turkish government, is a modus vivendi which provides for temporary neutral agreement during the pen deucy before the senate of tile Lau sanne treaty with Turkey, which would establish peace time diplomatic and commercial relationship. Sq A direct effect of the agreement is to nullify discriminatory duties duties against American goods export ed to Turkey and which come compes tition witli the exports there of the allied nations. The Turkish govern ment recently raised its tariff sched ules in eocrdance with its treaties with the allied countries, but the rates applied to goods from other than al lied nations were considered unfair,; MANY ASPIRANTS SEEK ?! JUDGE BRYSON’S SEAT Pay is Not at All Attractive and Title Is No Longer So Impor- ! taut But Candidates Are Plenty. Ashevi'le. Feb. 25—The announce ment of Judge Thad Bryson that he would retjre at the end of hie present term has developed a spirited contest in the 20th judicial district and no less than seven candidates are being mentioned as Judge Bry son's successor. Some of the ean*bs*i dates may withdraw before the final marathon is staged, but it appears. ~' reasonably certain that a majority - of them will remain in the fight un til the end. It seems strange that while so many judges are either resigning or retiring, other lawyers are so ani* ious for- a place on the bench. The pay is not at all attractive to ft lawyer with a considerable practice.' And the lawyer without any prac tice to speak of, is hardly the main to elevate to judgeship. There was a time when the tit’e of “judge” carried weight and prestige, no mat-' i ter whether the judge was active or ' retired. But in this day and genera tion such is not the case. When a man is addressed as “judge’ in North Carolina it may signify one of four things He may be a justice of the supremt court, a judge of the su perior court, a police court judge or a plain justice of the peace. Os course there is a great difference be tween the importance of these offi cers. but all arc denominated ‘judge” none the less. At the present time the judges in North Carolina will equal' or exceed the number of colone's in Kentucky. 9aj| Be nil this as it may, however, ■'ome of the Democratic lawyers of •he 20th district seem to regard the of Siperior court judges as j » ‘e Se detired. ' | -’T.’ZF, DOES BUT LITTLE DAMAGE IN THE CAPITOL ! Flrn Broke Out in South Wing of ; | Capitol Rui'ding But VVac Quickly | Extinguished. | Washington, Feb. 26.— UP) —Fire j broke out today in the south wing of the' capitol building but was quickly extinguished without great damage. .. The blaze which started in the kitchen on fine House side of the building was discovered before it had gained great headway and firemen quickly brought it under control. 5 The scene of the fire is directly under the chamber occupied by the house. The restaurant is a public one but serves most of the member ship of the house. To Widen Asheville Streets. Asheville, Feb. 26.— UP) —Asheville, has authorized a bond issue of sso©<- 000 for immediate use in widening several of its downtown streets. The city engineering department has beep instructed to prepared a map of the zone of benefits and damages to prop erty owners affected. . —; —. ■' 1 ■jsajisj- 1 an wr. 'idtk SAT’S BEAR SATSI ? Fair tonight and Saturday, colder - tonight. Fresh west and BorthatMi winds.
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Feb. 26, 1926, edition 1
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