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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI HEARING ON CHK ■ST SINK AND POII IS POSTPONED These Men Firmly Deny Charges Made Against Them by Prison Chap lain Shacklette. CASE CONTINUED UNTIL NEXT WEEK The Chaplain Said to Have : Charged Sink and Pou k With Trafficking in Par- W dons and Paroles. E‘ Raleigh Bureau of » The Concord Daily Tribune ||| Raleigh. March 27.—Following a fe six-hour session of the State prison [H directors Friday for the considera te tion of charges of trafficking in par s;* donß and parols brought by Rev R" Shacklette, chaplain, against Kte George Ross Pou, prison superintend £■ ent, and H. Hoyle Sink, commissioner of pardons and paroles, the bearing. f||k like a nickte thriller, was continue<l t° next week, just at the most inter esting point. The hearing will be ifK resumed next Thursday, when the chaplain’s attorney will attend. ■K The afternoon brought forth the HB following salient points in regard to |H.I the sensation: HB Chaplain Shacklette, some time prior to March 9th. laid before Ren ■I E. Everett, one of the prison diree tors, charges that the pardon granted BBjl to W. \V. Green, negro, convicted in Hgf Davidson county for criminal assault, had been "sold” him for SI,OOO and and that the purchase price had been ■ split three ways. Superintendent Pou ■ and Commissioner Sink being two of the recipients. The other man named by the chaplain was an attorney in ■ the western part of the state, but ■ Mr. Everett was unable to remember H his name. ■ Before the prison board yesterday, the chaplain exonerated Superintend ■ ent Pou of all complicity in the Green case and refused to discuss the re- H maining charge against Commissioner B Sink. ■ Statements were issued by both ■ the officials figuring in the accusa- B tiqns, citing conclusive evidence to Bt pt»*e tifat neither had any hand in B? • the issuance of that pardon; that the ■&, matter bad been bundled by tiover ■ nor Mcls-au alone, due to tile fact B that Commissioner Sink had assisted B in the prosecution of the case in B Davidson county before his appoint- B ment. Chaplain Shacklette, before the B board, preferred additional charges B against Superintendent Pou and Com- K misgioner Sink sufficiently grave in H nature to warrant further investiga- H tion. in the opinion of the bonrd B members. ■ Chaplain Shncklette retained At ■ torney J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, can ill didate against Governor Mcl.can in ■ the Inst primary election for the gub- B ernatcrial nomination, and one of the B principal figures in the oampnigu B against the re-appointment of Super- B intendent Pou. to act ns his attorney B during the board’s proceedings. B It became generally accepted that B Chaplain Shacklette, the stormy pe- K trel of the prison administration, will ff be replaced unless he should be able Sj to prove the seemingly wild tharges B he has made against the two officials, if Announcement was made that the recent accusation made by the chap lain that Commissioner Sink had called all ministers “damn fools’’ had no relation to the present matter. Superintendent Pou. in n statement issued at the close of tile day’s hear ing, declared the Aarges of Mr. Shaeklette too ridiculous to merit se rious thought. “The charge Mr. Shacklette made to Director Everett connecting my name with the pardon of W. W. Green is so ridiculous that I have given it no serious thought," he said. "How ever, the matter has gotten into the -»'• papers, and I feel I should quote an i ” excerpt from a letter bearing on the l charges, written by Governor A. W. McLean to Director John M. Brew ■ er, and which I feel will exonerate | me completely of such charge.” Board Takes Recess Today. Raleigh, N. C„ Marcii 27.—04*)—The State prlaon board was in recess to- i B day after spending all of yesterday investigating charges brought before it by B. E. Everett, one of its mem bers, that there had been trafficking in pardons. The men accused, ac cording to Mr. Everett’s report, were I George Ross Pou. superintendent of I the prison, and H. Hoyle Bink, par ■ ■ don commissioner of the state. The person making the accusations, stat ed Mr. Everett, was Rev. W. H B Shacklette. prison chaplain. The bonrd adjourned yesterday un til next Thursday when the chaplain w refused to testify before it until his I attorney, J. W. Bailey, was present. However, he told the board he had not preferred any changes in traffick ing against Superitendent Pou. He refused to discuss whether he had made any charges against Mr. Sink. Bids For Chieago-Atlanta Air Mall Route. Washington, March 27. —(A*)—Two bids were received for a Chicago- Atlanta air mail route today, the Na tional Aairways System of Lomax, 111,, offering to take the contract for 01 2-2 per cent, of the air mail rev enue, and the Federal Aaircraft Com pany. Newark. N. J., for 80 per cent. rThe latter bid was accompanied by no bond, and therefore was not consid ered. The Concord Daily Tribune What the Flooded Alleghany Did to Franklin flj Hijjjk' |S|Bhv ** !SBfe 'rii I SHACKLETTE REITERATES i CHARGES AGAINST SINK i f Says Latter Stated That All Preach-; I ers Are “Damn Fools.” i Raleigh Rureau of The Concord Daily Tribune Raleigh, March 27.—Rev. W. S. Shacklette, the only prison chaplain <wbo has ever been known to make the front page of North Carolina newspapers twice in one week, yes-1 terday reiterated his declaration that j Commissioner H. Hoyle Sink had. ini his presence, declared all ministers' "damn fools." He added that the statement had been made in the pres -1 eoce of Dr. R. K. Adams and Dr. H. B. Bracken, of the staff of the State hospital for the insane at Dix Hilt. His first accusation was made more than a week ago in an address before the Kiwanis Club at Scot'and Neck and drew from Commissioner Sink a sharp denial that he had made such a statement or that lie had any such attitude toward the cloth. "The only explanation I can think of for this peculiar charge on the part of Mr. Shacklette is nil interchange of remarks I once had with the chap lain in what was, on my part, at least, a wholly friendly mood, Mr. Sink said yesterday. “We were arguing some point in connection with pardons and the chap lain remarked that "the trouble with you lawyers is that you’re too hard boiled.’ ’Yes,’ I countered, ’anti tile trouble, with you preachers is you’re' too damn radical.’ I believe I laughed when I said it. I know I wasn't either serious or agnry. I presume that my alleged 'damn fool' remark is simply a garbled version of that statement.” KLAN POSES AS CZAR OF FAMILY WASHING Eviction of Italian Who Refused to Become Protestant Arouses Press. Norfolk, Va., March 26.—News papers of Virginia and North Caro lina are denouncing Shelby. N. C., members of the Ku Klux Klan, who are alleged to have driven Tony For- • celli, an Italian confectioner, out of town. Porcelli was accused of having I burned a bible that was presented to i his daughter by her school teacher I and of having required her to do a i part of the family wash on Sunday. I Tony denied the charges and pro duced the Bible- Then, it is asserted, < he was told he could not remain in i Shelby unless he joined a Protestant t church. He is a Catholic. He refused i and was ordered to depart, which he I did. i A THRIFT TALK JgK A FACTORY WORKERS B| If you were sure always of your health and an ab- “building and loan” ac- count might not mean quite so much to you. There are hundreds with such accounts. Often they Running Scares 29 Cents are ‘life-savers” in times Per Share of need, —not to mention Prepaid Shares $72.25 Per the many homes that Share have grown from these All Stock Non-Taxable. thrift accounts. New Series Now Open Cabarrus County B. L. & Savings Association OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK What the Flooded Alleghany Did to Franklin GENERAL SATISFACTION WITH FEIMSTER SELECTION ; The Appointee Enjoys the High Re gard of Party Leaders. Raleigh Bureau of The Concord Daily Tribune Raleigh, March 27.—General satis faction with the selection by State Democratic Chairman John (i. Daw son of W. C. Feimster, of Newton. | | as temporary chairman for the State | I convention was expressed by State of- ; ; fieials here yesterday. It is evident \ t'-iat the appointee enjoys the high regard of'party leaders in the state. Commenting yesterday upon the announcement of the selection, Gover nor McLean declared himself entirely pleased with Chairman Dawson’s choice. “I am personally acquainted with Mr. Feimster and his excellent record entitles him to a place as one of the leading Democrats of the state. I certainly am entirely pleased wit’ll his appointment," was his statement. , Commissioner R. A. Doughton, of ] the department of revenue, also is a close personal friend of Mr. Feim-. ster. “He is a most able lawyer, an ex cellent speaker and a good Demo-' orat,” was his characterization of the | appointee. “He will make a mighty j good man for the job." The next matter for speculation j among the political prophets is t’lie permanent chairman. A “hot air” vote, which is the same as a straw vote except that it's verbal, probably would result in the selection of Lind say C. Warren, of Washington, mem ber of Congress from the first district, were it taken at t'nis time. While he lias made no bid for the place, as far as is known here, his friends (who are legion) are doing their best to make up for any reticensc on his part'. Thus far, he is the only man prom inently mentioned for the job, but, then, the convention is still more than a month off and it’s a little early for the speculators to be in their best form, as yet. Major W. C. Heath May Have Wo man Opponent in Race. Raleigh, March 26.—Mayor W. C- Health, senator from the Union dis trict, visited Raleigh today and in his race for the lower house he ex pects to meet an opponent of the fair sex. The major majored last year in Confederate pensions and he will not suffer any reduction of the allow ance made that time. He may have some few remarks on social ques tions which come up before the as sembly at the next meeting time. North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1926 I NORTH CAROLINA GIVEN A DECIDED BOOST ■ j In the April Issue of The American Magazine by Miss Harringtoh. Raleigh Bureau of The Concord Daily Tribune Raleigh, March 27.—North Caro ■ link is given a decided boost in the April issue of the American Maga , j zinc through an article written by (Miss Mildred Harrington, an old Aberdeen girl, now a member of the American staff in New York City. Miss Harrington chose as her sub ject Mrs. Mary Martin Sloop and ■ her school at Crossnore, in Avery county. She wrote her story in the form of an interview with Mrs. Sloop : and illustrated it witli several pic tures. Tlie treatment goes into de tails as to bow this famous North Carolina woman, a sister of Presi dent W. J. Martin, of Davidsou Col lege, happened to land at Crossnore and follows her efforts to the pres ent. j The writer of the article, Miss I Harringeton, is well known through : out North Carolina. She started her i newspaper career in this state and. ! soon after she went to New York for I some special work, ■ she was “discov | ored" by the American which was not long in securing her as a member of j its staff. | Another boost for North Carolina , is promised in a special edition of the New York Sun, to appear sometime in April. A feature writer, P. A. Dolan, has been assigned to this job. He was in Raleigh Friday and stated that he would cover the entire state. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Uncljanged to 4 Points High er on Unfavorable Weathers News and Steady Cables. New York, March 27. — UP) —The cotton market opened unchange to 4 points higher today on reports of un favorable weather in the belt and rel atively steady Liverpool cables. Sell ing developed on prospects of rela tively small March exports and con tinued complaint from the goods trade, but offerings were light and the mar ket sold about 5 to 8 points net high er. Slay advancing to 18.77 and Oc tober to 17.68 by the end of the first hour. The amount of cotton on ship board awaiting clearance at the end of the week was estimated at 97,327 bales against 148,553 last year. Private cables attributed ’the ad vance in Liverpool to trade calling and continental building, but only small demand for cloth and yarns. Cotton futures opened steady. May 18 69; July 18.28; Oct. 17.63; Dec. 17.32; Jan. 17.26. Daughter of Bryan May Enter Poli tics. Miami, Fla., March 26. Mrs. Reginald Owen, daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan, announced here today that she is seriously con sidering entering politics by an nouncing as a Democratic candidate for the state legislature. If elected, she would be the first woman to li«id a seat in the Florida legrsla- 1 ture. Her statement was made fol lowing publication of a newspaper editorial espousing her candidacy. Friends of Mrs. Owen say that her term in the legislature would be but a prelude a race for the United States senate. Ford Unable to Attend Greensboro Dance. Greensboro, March 26.—Mrs. W. W- Martin, president of the Greens boro Woman’s club, is in receipt of a telegram from Henry Ford, ex- ] pressing his regrets in having to 1 state that he will be unable to at tend the “Grand Ball of Olden Days,” which is to be staged in this city on April 8. Knowing that Mr. Ford is greatly interested in the re vival of the old time dances, the in vitation to attend the Greensboro af ‘ fair was extended to him. FRENCH HI’GENOTS ARE HONORED BY NATION Monument to Settlers at Entrance to Port Royal Harbor Nnveiled Dur ing Day. Beaufort, S. C., March 27.— UP)— The nation today honored the French Huguenots who in 1562 under the leadership of .Tean Ribaut founded the first colony of white men on Phis continent at Charles Port on Paris Island. It was the occasion of the unveil ing of the monument erected by Con gress on the site of the old fort not far from the entrance to Port Royal harbor. France and America joined in the exercises which were under the auspices of the Hugueont' Society of South Carolina. The speakers were Curtis D. Wil bur, secretary of the navy; Major General John A. Lejuene, command ant of the United States Marine Corps; Jules Henry, first secretary to the French embassy at Washing ton ; Governor Thomas G. McLeod, of South Carolina; W. C. Miller, pres ident of the Huguenot Society in South Carolina; and Major General Eli K. Cole, commandant of the Paris Island Marine training station. The hands to pull the cord that un veiled the monument were those of Jules Henry, the French Representa tive; Major E. H. Ostei'haut, for the Marine Corps; and Albert Simons, for the Huguenot Society. CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE TAX BETURNS Frank and Robert Goldberg, Gaston County Mill Owners. Will Be Tried at Shelby in Fall. Charlotte, March 26.—Trial of Frank Goldberg and Robert. Gold berg, wealthy Cast on county cotton mill owners, on five charges of con spiracy to avoid payment of income taxes, filing false tax returns and perjury, will be held before Judge E. Yates Webb in federal court at Shelby in September, it was said to day at the local office of the district attorney. Indictments against the mill own ers were returned by a federal grand jury sitting at Shelby on March 15, it was learned today with the filing here of a copy of the indictments. MILLION DOLLAR FIRE AT HAMILTON, ONTARIO Department Store and Old Spectator Building Gutted by Blaze. Hamilton, Out., March 27.— UP) — Fire early today damaged G. W. Robinson & Co.’s Department Store and the Old Spectator Building to the extent of between $700,000 and sl,- 000.000 The tiro started in the upper part of the building, a 5-story structure, and water washed its way through successive floors, ruining much of the stock in the store. Only the absence of any consider able wind, it is believed saved the block bounded by James, King, Mann and Mac Nab Streets. Continue Inquiry in Ferguson Case. Charlotte. March 27.—(A s )—Secrecy today cloaked the investigation of charges involving moral turpitude agninst Chief of Police C. R. Fergu son here, although members of the city commission admitted they were still probing the matter. Mayor Harvey Moore announced that the secret hearings m'ght not be concluded before Monday. I Halts Investigation of Passaic Strike. Washington, March 27. —CP)—The proposed Senate investigation of the ! Passaic textile strike Was blocked for' at least a week today by Senator Ed wards, democrat, of New Jersey. On his motion, the Senate manufac turers committee voted 0 to 2 to defer the question of an investigation until after Senator Edwards has had an opportunity to make a personal survey of the situation at Passaic. !♦************♦ ' Ki Hi * A WORD TO OUR ADVER * j * TISERS. * * * Hi Our good friends, our adver- Hi id tiners, are asked to help us give id ,id all better service b" observing id |id strictly our rule that copy for id ; id all advertisements requiring ex- id i id tra space or a change in form of id ' id the ad. be in the office the after- id | id noon before the day the ad. is to id jid be inserted. Copy for ads. oc- id ;id copying the regular space will id jid always be changed if received in id i |id the office by 10 A. M. on the id | id day of publication. jdl !« # ************* BOBBED HAIR CLASH j SCENTED IN ALBANY j Pomaded Barhtrs Protest Bill Giv j ing Alleged Monopoly to Beauty Parlors- Albany, March 27.—1 tis said in | Albany the air of the Capitol has not hud a complete change in forty years, but it took on a new odor today, when many barbers, with pomade, descended on the Public Health Committee to protest against u bill in which they claim to have discovered a joker which will pre vent them from cutting women’s hair. The measure is that which pro vides for the licensing of hair dress ers and cosmetologists by a State board of examiners, and is intended, | according to the assertion made by Deputy Education to give a mono poly of work for women to the "beauty parlors.” The hair dressers and graduates of the beauty schools, who were out on force to urge it, did nothing of the kind. They dumped on the commit tee desks many pounds ot literature j disclosing the “important" training . their schools are giving. They in sisted it was simply shocking to have a mere barber give the final beauty touches to the modern flapper. "It is easy to see if a barber cuts her hair too short," said cue repre i sentntive, "but in the beauty parlor it is not so. Every section is based on the text book.” The barbers were represented by P. H. Reagan, Sixth Vice President ■ of the Barbers' Union. He said he was there to defend the right "bar bers have enjoyed since the time of Moses—the right to out hair in any old shape or fashion." Then he spilled what the barbers regard as the meat in the cocoanut. It is the claim that at the present time 80 per cent, of the flappers and near flappers are going to the barber shops instead of the beauty parlors to have their hair cut and curled. '"“Hie object of this bill is to create a monopoly,” said Senator Shackno. Loud applause from the section of the room where the pomade odor was strongest. I)r. Downing told the committee that hair trading was a “craft” and was not concerned with education; therefore his department objected to having supervision of such matters placed in its hands. “If you have licenses for hair dressers, why not for carpenters and bricklayers?” he asked. Many frowns and angry glances from the female section of the au dience. “If somebody wants to powder her nose differently, let her do it," he went on. The cosmetologists were distinctly depressed when the hearing ended. TARRANT DENTES THAT HE OPENED FIRE ON OFFICER Examination Said to Show That He Was Shot in the Back. Charlotte, March 27—(/P)—Re ports from the Sauitorium where A. A. Tarrant, 25, was removed after be ing shot on the Salisbury highway on Thursday night, city officers said to day, were to the effect that the man denied having a gun at the time of the occurrence. Physicians say that the wound in dicates the man was shot in the back. Three detectives testified at a hear ing yesterday before city officials that they fired in self defense when they attempted to halt Tarrant as a sus pected rum runner. Chief Ferguson said “two gallons" of whiskey was taken from Tarrant’s automobile. The officers said Tarrant first open ed fire when he was commanded to halt, and that a “gun battle" ensued. Mrs. Tarrant told newspaper men that her husband had a gun, but left it with her Thursday night. With Our Advertisers. Dependable bathroom fixtures will brinfe joy to your home. See ad. of Concord Plumbing Co., 174 Ken street. Phone 576. New Easter Dresses in the new bright colors, $2.65 and $4.95 at Efird’s. Others to $1(5.50. Tell your hubby to play safe and take out auto insurance. The Fetzer & York® agency can fix you up. Wilkinson's Funeral Home iH open day and n'ght at 28 West Deitot street. Telephone 0. See attractive new ad. today. Ivey's by a fortunate arrangement with the manufacturers Is able to of fer a wonderful men’s shoe for $5.00. Porch shades keep out sun, heat, rain and glare and protect your porch furniture and rugs. See new ad. of Concord Furniture Co. Sevwe Earthquake Recorded. Washington. March 27.—0 P se vere earthquake which continued for 2 1-2 hours was registered on the seis mograph of Georgetown T’niversity today. Director Tondorff estimated it as from 6,800 to 7,000 miles from Washington, but the direction was not determined. Starting at 6.08 a. m. Its maximum intensity was from 7 tn 7:04 o’clock. Wets Willing To Pay I j Expenses ''oil On j Prohr Question . <> DAVIDSON ENDOWMENT ; Treasurer Announces That Has Been Raised. Davidson. March 27.—OP)—An nouncement has been made here by F. I 1.. Jackson, treasurer of Davidson College, that $125,000 has recently been raised for the endowment fund of the institution to match $75,000 offered by the general education board of New York. This amount was raised with the assistance of $70,000 that was not in cluded in pledges made in the SOOO,- 000 eampaign. When this campaign was launched several years ago. the college had a two-fold purpose: to increase the en dowment, and to add to the building equipment. The first step was con sidered paramount. Efforts were then turned to the endowment, which culminated in tile raising of the $125,000 by March 15th. and now the officials are going double their efforts to raise money enough to complete the Chambers building. Mr. Jackson states. The present wing is one-third of t'ae building as planned. Approxi mately $200,000 has been spent on flip south wiug. and it is estimated by tile time the remaining two-thirds is completed, $600,000 will have been spent. Davidson's endowment, in the past fifteen years, has grown from $250,- 000 to $800.000; the equipment has increased from a value of $250,000 to $000.000; the college’s budget from $.35,000 to $200,000; and tile student body from 300 to 600. GRAND VOITCRE TO MEET IN CHARLOTTE Veterans’ Organization Will Formu late Plans For Fall Reunion. Charlotte, March 26.—The annual meeting of the Grand Voiture of La Societe Des Quarante Hommes Huit Chevaux of the North Carolina De partment, American Legion, will be held at Hotel Charlotte Saturday. This meeting is a gathering of the 1 Chef De Gares of all voitures and Grand Cheminot, (executive coin-1 mittee) of the State, called by the Grand Chef De Gare. Harry Gray Ulaising. The meeting is called to maze amendments in the State constitu tion and to formulate plans for the Grand Promenade or •‘Wreck’* tinr ing the State convention of the Legion at Hickory in the fall. State members expected are: Henry Stevens. State commander, ! Major Wade I’hilllips, Major James j Leonard, of Lexington; Robert! Denny, of Greensboro; Daniel Meek-! er, of Hickory; C. A. Gosuey. of 1 Raleigh; R. W. Mussellwhite, of I Wi mington; Brice Little, of Wil son ; Dan Terry, of Raleigh; T. C. 1 Daniels, of New Bern, and Torn. De Vane, of Fayetteville. Simmons’s Speech is Used For Edi torial. Washington, March 26. —An edi-1 torial carried by the Washington Post on the Gooding long and short haul bill was declared by Frank Hampton, secretary to Seiiator F. M. -Simmons, to be a speech by Sen ator Simmons "lifted and used bodily.” Mr. Hampton prepared a state ment for the press with Senator Sim mons’ speech and the Post editorial at para lei columns, with the parts which he says the Post used witUout change or quotation marks under lined and the parts of the Post’s edi torial which he states is a slight paraphrase of the speech in capital etters. “ “In several instances, as the quo tations below will show,” the state ment of Mr. Hampton says, "the Post has lifted and used bodily and verbatim parts of Senator Simmons’ speech. Senator Simmons feels com plimented that the Post should adapt his speech for an editorial and is glad for it to do so.” May Have Liquor Referendum. Albany, N. Y, March 27—OP)— Proposals before the New York Les is'ature for reenactment of a state prohibition enforcement law have been given up as lost through defeat of the enforcement bill in the Sen ate, and inability of assembly leaders to bring it out of committee. In its place there lias arisen the possi bility of favorable action oil resolu l tions calling for a referendum on the question of modifying the Volstead act. Virginia Rejects Wage Increase De mand. Chicago, March 27 —G4 s )—T’lie Vir ginian Railway has rejected the wage increase sought by conductors and trainmen and today presented an ex parte submission to the railway labor board for a revision of the working rules. Three Negroes Burned to Death. Fayetteville, March 27.—OP)— Three negroes w'ere burned to death four miles from here early today when a State highway commission truck in which they were sleeping caught fire from undetermined causes. Tentative Value of V. A C. Railroad. Washington, March 27.—OP)—The Interstate Commerce Commission to day fixed a tentative value on the Vir ginia & Carolina Southern Radway at $659,075 as of June 30, 1918. Only eleven survivors of the Mex ican War, all of them more than 95 years old, are on the rolls of the United States Pension Bureau. THE TRIBUNE 1 PRINTS .ill TODAY’S NEWS TODAfI NO. Will Conduct Poll in Dis trict of Any “Reputable* Congressman Wh «J Wants to Get Facts. OTHER DETAILS OF I PLAN NOT KNOWN Willing to Get Facts So Members of Congress Will Know What Their Constituents Want. Washington. March 27.— UP) —A* ' j offer to "reputable” members of Con gress to poll their constituents on the prohibition question was made today by the Association Agninst the Pro hibition Amendment. The proposal announced by Wm. H. Stay ton, founder and ehairman of the Association, would apply only to rep resentatives of "high calibre who are sincere in their desire to vote as their constituencies want them.” The wet organization would pay the cost of the polls which would include every regs istered voter in the districts concern- 5 ed. and the co-operating member at 1 Congress Svould have a right to name the ballot counters. "There are many members of the I House of Representatives” Mr. Stay- i; tun said, "who are personally opposed to the Volstead Act. They vote dry on all prohibition questions because they believe their constituents want them to vote dry. We believe many of them are misguided in this matter, and are anxious to helep them ascer tain the true sentiment of their voter*.” Mr. Stayton who has been selected spokesman for modificationists in both houses to appear before the coming - Senate committee hearing on the pend ing modificat'on bills, did not go into other details of the proposal. Neither did tile offer mention the proposed 1 national referendum on modification asked for yesterday in a resolution in -1 troduced by Senator Edge, republican, 1 New Jersey. ■ ! With the senate committee hearings still a week off, discussion of prohibi tion and developments affecting Its en- ’ foreements continue at a fast pace, i While Judge Elmer Ritchie of the third district of Alaska was giving hia -J views on prohibition to judiciary committee yesterday, enforce-'*** ment headquarters was announcing new regulations, and House member* were discussing smoking by women and j cider drinking by farmers, j Judge Ritchie, who told the com* 1 i mittee that although prohibition en- I forcement had caused him much tron- * I ble. his district was as clean as any i rural community, added that he knew ” 'of men of high standing who took a drink when they got the chance. 3 | In the House several members talh |ed of high cost of prohibition enforce- i ment. and Representative Weller, re- i marked that the contention that worn- ; ! on will smoke if they can't get l ! quor is true. He added that the farmer has 1 his cellar stocked with cider that Is j getting harder all the time. New enforcement regulations issued at the Treasury would place cereal manufacturers under bonds of sl6,- • 000 to $65,000 in connection with n new provision of the revenue law which seeks to prevent making of high volt age beer. Says Something Must Be Done Far Farmers. Washington, March 27 .—UP) — t Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, told the Senate today that “something disastrous will happen” at the next election unless some farm relief is considered. He asked if the administration had j abandoned all legislation concerning 1 farm matters. “We ought to take up the subject,’* | ’lie said. “We may be able to con vince the farmers that there is noth ing that can be done for them, that their problems are such that cannot be reached by legislation.” He added, however, the Senate sh uld do something. Missing Girl Returns to StatesviH* ij Homo. Statesville, March 26.—Miss Alice Gray, who mysteriously loft the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 11. Gray, early yesterday morn ing. was located ill Asheville this afternoon. She was accompanied i home tonight by her mother and Mr. and Mrs. R. B, Arinfie'.d. it was ' learned today that the young wo man left Statesville early yesterday on a Lenoir jitney and had gone on ' toward Asheville. She appeared pleased with the thought of return ing home after her experience. SAT’S BEAR SATSi •r ;'>m j 1 Fair tonight, slightly colder inwmfij tral and east portions with heavy .a killing frosts in interior; Sunday 1 fair. Gentle to moderate 1 north- ’ west winds.
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