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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI MDL Fins DIXIE SHIUG 111 H OF LEONIDE KG South Visited Yesterday by One of Heaviest Gales in Recent Years and in Some States Snow FelL SUN WARMING UP THINGS SOME NOW It Is Known That at Least Ten Persons Died as Re sult of Storm and Fifty Others Were Hurt. Os) —April morn found Dixie shiv ering but slowly emerging from the wreckage of Leonine March. The death toll attributed directly or indi rectly to March's unseasonable weath er stood at 10, while injury was set above 30. Raw winds whipped the mountains and Piedmont sections today, but in the lowlands and along the roasts of both the Atlantic and the Gulf the spring sun was slowly warming. Snow flurries fell in some portions of the southern Alleghanies last night, bnt in few instances remained on the ground. The final stand of tornado or gale proportion winds was in southern Georgia and along the Atlantic sea board from Georgia to Virginia. Strag gling reports last night indicated that two deaths would stand as the toll in southern Georgia windstorms. At least ten persons were injured when their homes were demolished. Tear’ng up the Atlantic coast, the winds reached gale proportions at several points and net a new record at ( harleston. There the gale blew at n mile a minute clip, the hardest blow since January 30, 1922. Lightning and thunder accompanied the winds. * Asheville was the coldest point in the south last night, the temperature being 20 with high wind blowing and a partly cloudy sky. THE COTTON MARKET Prospects for Unsettled Weather In South Led to Advance In Prices. New York, April I.—o4>)—Pros pects for unsettled weather in the South over the Easter holidays with relatlr-ly firm Liverpool cul.hM led . to advance in the cotton market early today. Pome of yesterday's sellers for a reaction evidently were covering, and after opening steady at advances of 3 to 6 points, active months soon showed net gains of 8 to 13 points. May selling up to 18.87 and October to 17.78. Trading was fairly ac tive. but the advance met some selling on report that spots were offered more freely in the Carolinas late yesterday, and a feeling that the rains looked for in the South at the end of this week might be followed by prospects for clearing weather before the mar ket reopened for business Monday. Private cables said liquidation in Liverpool had been offset by trade railing and covering. Cotton futures opened seady. May 18.80; July 18.30; Oct. 17.06; Dec 17.38; Jan. 17.83. With Our Advertisers. “Concord’s Five Biggest Fools” will be Mr. Trueblood’s subject tonight at the First Baptist Church. Ail the banks of Concord will be closed next Easter Monday, Atortil 3tb. Deposits made at the Citizens Bank and Trust Company before April 10th will bear interest from April Ist. Accounts can be opened with a de posit of SI.OO. Easter is tie great dress up day for the nation. Men. the Browns- Cannon Company is ready for you. All suits are made from 1926 ma terials and cut from 1926 patterns— everything up-to-date. Victor dance records for April at Kidd-Frix Music and Stationery Co. Go in and let them play these for you. See Hat in new ad. Baseball, Concord Highs va. Gas tonia Highs, Friday at at Webb Field 3:30 p. m. Yon will find the newest things for Easter at Efird’s. New Victor records for April at Bell-Harris Furniture Co. Tomorrow is Good Friday. It will be a good idea to go to Hoov er's and get good clothes. Wilkinson’s Funeral Home is open day and night. Telephone 9. Those who delight in exquisite things wiil enjoy a visit to Btarnea- Miller-Parker Co. Preparatory services will be held at Trinity Reformed Church tonight at 7:45 o’clock. The sermon will be preached by Rev. M. E, Hansel, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. “Concord's Five Biggest Fools" Vlr. Trueblood’s Subject TONIGHT in Revival at FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Great Singing The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Promising * ' On* of the most promising young players on the roster of the Chicago Cuba this spring la Art Jahn. out fielder He joined the Cube late la the 1*26 season and showed enougty to warrant a trip to the training camp. Jahn came “up" from th* Flint club of the Michigan-Ontario ■ League. THE TOBACCO GRAWERS’ ASSOCIATION HEARING Judge Meriting Held a Night Session Last Night. Raleigh Bureau of The Concord Daily Tribune Raleigh, April I.—The hearing on the petition for a receiver for the Tobacco Growers Co-operative Mar keting Association dragged through another day. and night, yesterday without even the interchanges of per sonalities to lighten the tedium. In order to bring to a quicker and what has every appearance of an all but endless case. Judge Isaac M. Meekins held a night session last night, amid inward groans from all concerned. For a time yesterday afternoon it appeared that the case might come to an abrupt conclusion. “If the other gentlemen appearing for the plaintiffs have no serious ob jections, I should like to confer with the two attorneys for the defendant and Col. Buford,” Judge Meekins an nounced as Court convened for the afternoon session. Col. Buford is the only attorney for the plaintiffs who was not made a party to the charges of conspiracy und fraud efla-s taihed in the defendant's first plda for abatement, and, consequently, has not participated in the bitter cam paign of invective against Aaron Saplro, chief counsel for the associa tion. “I though, your honor, we had been behaving beautifully," Judge Horton, of counsel for the plaintiffs, remarked. “So you have, but I want It to keep up and I do not know whgt might happen at close quarters,” • the judge returned. For mote than half an hour, the judge was conferring with the * at torneys for the two sides and it was freely predicted in the court room thkt the case was at an end. Some thought,that the judge-was seeking an agreement between counsel as to an appointment of a receiver; others thought tbit the judge was making bis position plain before granting'the first plea in abatement, his ruling oh which still |S held io abeyance. Pro ponents of the latter idea based their position on the judge's remark made previously, that he doubted the juris diction of the court in the matter. Those who foresaw an immediate re ceivership poiuted to the judge's statement that he would not require proof of fraud in the original sign-up to grant the petition for a receiver. After some thirty-five minutes of conference, however-, the judge re turned to the bench and the case pro ceeded. While no public announce ment was made as to what went on in chambers, it is understood that the judge was merely advising counsel for the plaintiff to drop certain is sues as unnecessary to the matter in hand. Most of the day was taken up with the introduction of exhibits tending to prove that far less than the re quired fifty per cent, of the poundage in North Carolina and Virginia had been represented in the original sign up. Excerpts from the Federal Trade Commission's report on the in vestigation were read, showing that, instead of having fifty per cent, of the total poundage, the association received only thirty-five per cent., in its best year, its receipts ranging from that /down to twenty-two per cent The association’s defense in this is that the discrepancy represents the pounds which contract breakers failed to deliver. Considerable time also was taken op with exhibits intended to show the enormous profits made by seventeen of the directors'through re-drying op erations which they are said to have conducted as a private enterprise. Evidence was introduced seeming to show that the profits were in excess of SBOO,OOO, which sum, the plaintiffs contend, would have accrued to the members had the directors not chosen to make it an individual matter. Evi dence also was Introduced to show that the re-drying charge to growers through the system inaugurated by the directors was greater by some 90 per cent., than they would have been otherwise. Among the ancient Mexicans in temperance was accounted a grievous crime, and waa punished with im prisonment and other severe penal ties. NEIO FIGHT K HOUSE DEBITE ON ENGLISH COKES Argument on Floor Be tween Representatives Mills and Rankin Al most Led to Fist Fight. MILLS OBJECTED TO RANKIN MOVE Started Over to Speak to Him, It lis Believed, and Rankin Rushed From His Seat to Meet Him. Washington, April I.—6 V) —A near fiat fight on the House floor resulted today from an argument between Rep resentative Mills, republican, of New York, and Representative Ran kin, democmt, Mississippi, over pro ceedure in the impeachment charges against Federal Judge \ George W. English, of Illinois. After Mr. Rankin had demanded that a quorum be present when debate was resumed, Mr. Mills walked quick ly to the democratic side of the House apparently to urge the Misaissippian to withdraw his motion, but Mr. Ran kin met him halfway on the double quirk. Other members, convinced convinced that a physical encounter was threatened, kept them apart. “Get on your side of the House," shouted Rankiu, shaking his fist. "You can’t insult me. You are a dirty, contemptible aocundrel.” The Sergeant-nt-Arms helped quiet the Mississippian. Mills, apparently unexcited, then moved away and the debate proceeded without a quorum call. Colleagues near the two members said that Mills approached the Mis sissippian and said: “It's a damn mean thing to do, to keep twenty men here ” His sentence was unfinished, Ran kin rising and exclaiming: "You can't talk to me that way.” The heated exchange followed. Rep resentative Doughton. democrat, of North Carolina, first intervened. Members said no sooner had Rankin hurlfH the vile Language at Hills than he said: “I’ll withdraw that remark. I won’t Call any white man that.” '’After the affair Mr. Rinkin told press correspondents that, he regret ted the incident. He said Mills wss approaching him, speaking as he did, had angered him beyond control. PROGRAM FOR HOUSE OUTLINED BY SPEAKER Speaker Longworth Tells President of Plans for Work in the Next Two Weeks. Washington. April I.—OP)—Speak er Longworth outlined to President Coolidge today a tentative legislative urogram for the House for the next week or two which would include c nsideration of aviation legislation, American-German claims, and Span !sh War pensions Farm relief, the speaker said, holds an indefiniate status as to priority, because the House agriculture com mittee has not reached a decision on the principal bills before it. The Spanish War pensions measure woqld affect Invalid and incapactiat ed veterans, and its cost has been es timated at $10,000,000 a year at the beginning, running to a maximum of $18,000,000, and then decreasing. Indications were, Mr. Longworth said, that the naval aviation program could be provided without any addi tional drain on the treasury, by ad justments within the navy budget This measure will be the first avia tion legislation taken up, probably next week. The bill for federal aid in good roads construction, he said would be passed by this Congress and would continue the present appropriation for this purpose. President Coolidge discussed the whole situation from the standpoint of finances involved. His attitude on various measures was not disclosed. ANNUAL MUSIC MEET FALLS ON APRIL 23 24 Contests WUI Be Held in Auditor ium of Coolege For Women. Greensboro, March 31.—The sev enth annual music meet for high school of the State, being planned for by the authorities at North Caro lina College for Women, will find the new Music building open for visiting, but the contests themselves will be held in the audiorium of the college, April 23 and 24. April Fool's Day originated in an ancient pagan festival, such as the Huli festival of the Hindus, or the Feast of Fools, celebrated by the Romans on February 17th. BASEBALL Concord High vs. Gastonia High Friday 3:30 25c and 35c CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1926 CHM BEGINNING TO REALIZE HE HIS LITTLE CHANCE HOW Counsel for the Notorious Bandjit Tell Him 1 Gov ernor Has Refused to Grant Reprieve. ONE WEEK MORE MADE IN PLEA It Was Agreed That New Evidence Had Been Se cured to Aid Doomed Man. Hartford, Conn., April. l.—OP)— Gerald Chapman, bandit, is beginning to realize that his ehnnee of escaping the gallows early next Tuesday are slight. This statement came today fiom his counsel after they had informed him in State, prison that Govertior Trumbull had refused to grant a re prievo. Frederick A. Groehl, Chapman's counsel, urged the government .to grant Chapman a reprieve of at least oue week because of new evidence, but the governor said “No, not for an hour." He said that it would be an unwarranted interference with the judicial departments to stop execution how. “Chapman has had his day in court,” Governor Trumbull said. “The case has been heard in the courts before several judges.” A petition urging Governor Trum bull to grant a reprieve was being circulated today by two Hartford club .women. They will offer it to the governor in case the motion for new trial is overruled. They ob tained ISO signatures last night, soon after the petition was started. Chapman is under sentence for killing a New Britain policeman in a burglary. Carrie* Fight to Supreme Court Jus tice. Washington. April I— OP)— An ap peal for stay of execution of Gerald Chapman, the mail bandit under sen tence to be executed April 6th for the murder of a New Briton, Conn., po liceman, will be made today to a jus tice of the Surpeme Court. Ray M. Wiley, of Springfield, Mass., of counsel for Chapman, reached WaahiugtcJf today to-onAr the appeal. The Supreme Cotfrt is in recess and the ease must be handiad with the justice individually. It is understood the grounds are that Mr. Wiley wants to bring up for review some new phases which recently have arisen in the case. It is within the power of nn iudi-, vidual justice to grant a stay pending the submission of the case to the court. Granting a stay would depend up on the ability of counsel to satisfy the justice that there has been a de velopment in the case sufficient to warrant it, since a writ for review was recently denied Chapman by the court. Should a stay be granted. It would be impossible for the court to pass upon any petition until it re assembles April 12th. FROST IS PREDICTED FOR STATE TONIGHT Colder Weather Expected to Con tinue Until Some Time Tomorrow. Washington, April l.— OP) —The first of April has played a joke on spring over most of the nation and the sunny South In particular. Af ter a shivering adieu to March, Its cold blast, rain, snow and frost, April but continued the unseasonably cold weather today. Although clear weather will pre vail today and tomorrow throughout the South, frosts are probable for.to night In North Carolina, South Car olina and Georgia, the weather bureau forecast says. Storm warnings re main displayed on the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to East port, Maine. Since 1864 the course of the Ox ford-Cambridge university boat race has, without exception, been on the Thames from Putney to Mertlake, a distance, according to the official measuring, of four miles, three hun dred and eighty yards. NO WITCHCRAFT A *j\ ABOUT THIS SUCCESS /j Take equal parts of indus try and thrift. Mix well and > ' continuously in -the caldren of daily work and life. Invest your savings in our I safe association. Your sue- * cess is sure. ■ r ' * Running Shares 25 cents per share. Prepaid Shares $72.25 per week. All Stock is non-taxable. Stock matures in 328 weeks. BEGIN NOW CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & S. ASSOCIATION OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK TRUSTEES OF STATE PRISOH DECLINE TO HiNVmiRV Into Charges That Have Been Made Against H. Hoyle Sink, Prison Com missioner For the State. NO RIGHT TO MAKE INQUIRY This Is Decision of Board, Which Holds That Law Does Not Give It Right to Make Such Inquiry. Raleigh. April I. — OP) — Decision that it had no authority to investi gate the charges, no matter what their nature, made against H. Hoyle Sink, pardon commissioner, was announced at the openiug of the meeting here to day of the trustees of the state pris on. The meeting was called for the purpose of probing fully charges plac ed before it by a member, B. E. Ever ett. that prison chaplain \Y. S. Shack lette had charged Prison Supt. Geo. Ross Pon and Comm’ssiouer Sink with trafficking in pardons. In a statement read before the meeting at the opening of the hearing, the board said Mr. Shacklette denied placing any charges of trafficking against Mr, Pou. and that therefore in this respect there was nothing to investigate. It added that Mr. Sink was not under authority of the board, and the board therefore felt it could not investigate any charges against him made by Mr. Shacklette or any other person, because of lack of jur isdiction. With this statement the board an nounced itself ready to hear any oth er charges to receive supporting state ments, and to investigate them fully. It referred to certain statements al leged to have been made by Mr. Shacklette at the meeting last week that certain reports had been made to him of violation of law by certain pi-'son officials, which meeting was ad journed at Mr. Shaeklette's request until his counsel could be present. USUAL DEFICIT FOR THE * POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT Operating Deficit of $28,630,000 For Fiscal Year Os 192$ Is Estknato of Joseph Stewart. Washington, April I.—o*»)—Oper ating deficits of the Post Office Depart ment for the fiscal year 1926 was es timated today at $28,000,000 by Jos eph Stewart, executive secretary of the Department, before a state com mittee considering postal rate charges The cash defio't was placed at $lB,- 000,000 because it was dissevered that unexpected appropriations would be turned back, principally from the fund to pay for railroad mail transporta tion. This was due to a diminution in the quantity of mails carried under the rates now in effect. State Income Tax Collections FaD Off. Raleigh Bureau of The Concord Daily Tribune Raleigh. April I.—State income tax collections for the first three months of the present year fell little more than $30,000 s'.iort of reaching the coveted $5,000,000 mark, accord ing to figures given out by A. S Car son, cashier for the department of revenue, yesterday evening. Collec tions from the source alone, up through March 31st, totalled $4,909,- 853 34, or more than $1,800,000 more than in the same period in 1925. A sizeable volume in income tax re turns still is to come in, as a number of large corporations were granted ex tensions. It is considered not at all beyond the realm of probability that the final total will reach $5,800,000. Collections of taxes from all sources during the month of March alone to talled $5,106,642.82. Public schools of the city will close tomorrow afternoon for Easter. Under the plan adopted by the school officials work in the school will be suspended Monday, giving an extra holiday for Easter. It is said that many teachers plan to spend Easter at. their homes. Don’t Believe All You See iHai'' * *" E Finders' keepers—if they ran get it! Today being April 1 this little theTaiid °" m “ ny " StrWt COl ' ner *" many u city throughout BRIDE STANDS BY ERRING HUSBAND “He’s Just a Boy,” She Says, as She Hears of Reklessness With Law. Charlotte, March 31,-—Frankie Jar rell, demure and pretty bride of six days, languished in tears and doubt at the Y. IV, C. A, Monday night a few hours after the long arm of the aw had reached into her dreams and her youthful husband had confessed, not only to the theft of an automo bile and to indiscreet tampering with checks, but to nn entirely different name from the one Frankie had been led to believe was his and .to the oue that was signed to her treasured mar riage license, according to an article in The Charlotte Observer. The axe of justice fell mercilessly just as the cbttp’.e were searching for an apartment to begin housekeeping, and after a brief seige, the bridegroom admitted that his name was not Eu gene Gibson, but Ralph Cline, and that his home was not in Castlewood, Va., rnut Davoy, W. Va. He was charged with the theft and transpor tation of an automobile from Virginia and with passing a bad check Miss Jarrell, or Mrs. Cline, Mon day night told a story of a brief ro mance. beginning when she left her home in Hickory to begin training at (he Presbyterian Hospital as a nurse, her infatuation for the young grocery clerk, a hurried marriage at Gastonia —and then t'he tragedy. The young bride began learning things at 4 o'clock Monday afterno n, she said. Her lesson began with a telephone call to the bank where she has been employed and consequent revelations of her husband's life—a college student in Virginia first, she said, then trouble and a flight from a Virginia reform school, the confisca tion of a schoolmate's name and ad dress and the beginning of a string of petty crimes. Cline was apprehended when a stolen tag was recognized on the cat 1 and an investigation resulted. Rela tives of the bride wired his father in Virginia and paternal aid was promised. The girl was obdurate in her fidel ity. "He’s just a boy,” she wept, “just past twenty. And he’s been crying all day and begging to know if an other ceremony can't be performed. I think it’s all a bad dream, any how. "Certainly I still love him. I can’t help it —no matter what he did.” She insists that her name is Mrs. Gibson. To Condemn Property for Railroad. Raleigh Bureau of The Concord Daily Tribune Raleigh, April 1. —Approval of the Southern Raihvay’s petition for per mission to condemn a strip of land in Salisbury for the purpose of car rying out its double tracking pro gram between Salisbury and Majolica was contained in an order issued yes terday by the State Corporation Com mission. The land in question belongs to Elizn B. Henderson, Eliza Hender son Cotton, Mary F. Henderson, John S Henderson and wife and M. C. Henderson. In its petition, the rail way company set forth that it had been unable to purchase the land at a reasonable price. Arguments in Tobacco Case. Ralyigh. April I.—OP)—Col. E. P. Buford, of plaintiff’s counsel, opened the argument in the Tri-State Tobac co Cooperative Association case as court convened today and spoke for more than two hours. He reviewed the entire case from the plaintiff's standpoint, and argued that the facts presented justified granting the re quest for appointment of a receiver. At the close of Col. Buford’s argu ment, Aaron Sapiro, of counsel for the association, addressed the court with the remark he intended to dis pute every statement made by Mr Buford. Mr. Sapiro then launched into his rebuttal argument. MEDLIN GIVEN FREEDOM ON HABEAS CORPUS WRIT Bond Fixed in Sum of $5,000 at a Hearing Before Judge Scbenek in Albemarle. A message received this afternoon at 1:45 o'clock from Albemarle stated tliat A. B. Medlin, Concord police of ficer and deputy sherllf, had been re leased on bond in the sum of $5,000 af ter a habeas corpus hearing before Su perior Court Judge Scbenek iin Albe marle. Medlin had been held in the jail at Monroe following the fatal shooting by him o Mark Simpson, a Union county fanner, last week. The hearing was arranged on ha beas corpus proceedings instituted by lawyers retained to defend the officer. A number of Concord men motored to Albemarle to attend the hearing. No witnesses were called, it is said, as Judge Schenck was to make his de cision from the records of the prelim inary hearing before Recorder Lem mond in Monroe, several witnesses having been called at that time. A copy of the testimony was given to Judge Scbenek and he was expected to make bis decision frrm this record. After hearing several witnesses in Monroe Recorder Lemmond ruled that the case was a bailable one but that he did not have jurisdiction. Friends of the officer are confident that Judge Stack will allow him bail. CHAIRMAN ' MARVIN IS ATTACKED BY COLLEAGUE Held Respons'ble For Comm’ssion’s Failure to Reduce Certain Textile Tariff Rates. Washington, April l.—UP)—Chair man Marvin of the tariff commission was blamed today by one of his dem ocratic colleagues. Commissioner Den nis, for the commission's failure to consider any reduction in woolen tex tile tariff rates. Mr. Denis infodmed the senate tar iff investigators that the commission had been told these rates were so high as to constitute an embargo, but that action was blocked by Marvin, who appeared before the House ways and means committee before he was ap pointed to the commission, in an ef fort to get higher duties on woolens. “He makes his opposition on the grounds that the subject is too com plex,’’ said Dennis, i “If that is so, why is the chair : man conducting an ‘nvestigation bead ed toward increased duty in the pot tery industry which is just as com plicated? We are up to our necks in pottery investigations now.” He declared the commission had pigeonholed the vegetable oil case. I Commissioner Dennis suffered a se ' vere nervous attack while testifying. After several minutes in another room he returned. to the stand, but was unable to read his notes. The committee adjourned until Monday. The lowest average ever made by a National League player in winning the batting championship of his cir cuit was turned in by Larry Doyle of the Giants in 1915, when be took I the crown with a mark of .320. Newspaper bootleggers in Italy clandestinely sell newspapers which exceed the limit of criticism allowed by the Fascist government. City Tax Notice City taxes and street assess ments are past due. Pay today and save extra cost for April. CHAS. N. FIELD, City Tax Collector. THE TRIBUNE H 1 PRINTS I TODAY’S NEWS TODAY I j Naim CHANFORDPROBABLY /" ~J NOT BETH! AT PRESENT M\ It Seems Almost Certttn Now Charges Will (s<i . Over Until the Nftrti Term of Court. GRAND JURY DID j NOT TAKE ACTION On Request by Solicitor ' That New Bilk of Iflj I dictment Be Retumtal Now. Albemarle, April I.— UP) —All in* ; dieations today were that N. C. Oran* c ford, former convict superintendent ,1 Stanly county, would not face charges of first degree murder in connection * with the death of two negro coavfefS , 1 during present term of Supetidr Court. While Judge Michael Schenck bid J two motions yet before him, one Wl| quash the present indictments, slid J another to ifiove the trial to another J county, he had as yet made no Dtoilt* 1 ise to net upon either, and nttotneyit | were inclined to opinion that hff J would wait until the next court t<* 1 render a decision. A grand jury sitting yesterday \ heard Solicitor Don Phillips ask lot new indictments against Crahford ( 1 but the body adjourned leaving the f request as "unfinished business." The motion of the defendant to • quash is based upon alleged deroga- | tory remarks by Judge MeElrojf Who ’ addressed the grand jury when the V original indictments were returned. Cranford is charged with whipping James Terry and James Howell, con- j victs, in 1918, so severely that they I died later. RUMOR THAT BROWNING WILL WED YOUNG GIRL Latest “Cinderella” Tale of Wealthy New York Real Estate Man Pub* lished. New York, March 31.—Edward j W. Browning, e'derly and wealthy real estate operator has again as* sumed a role in a Cinderella tale." This time he is playing the part of prince, following his disastrous at- a tempt to be fairy godfatber to Mary Louis Spas last year. His secretary today confirmed reports of hie ea* ' gagement to Frances Heenan, form- % erly of Columbus, O-. 17-year-old laughter of a trained nurse, will b#- announced this coming June whet*' ■ •he new C!indcrella reaches her 18th, birthday. Frances is suffering from burns on the face, the work, according bjt* Mr. Browning, of “some fiend’ 1 < who entered her bed room while she slept and threw acid on her. Eight det(St rives are searching for the ma’.efac* or and four nurses are attending the girl. He refused to confirm his secre tary’s admission of tbe engagement p’ans, saying “it is a question I Can : not talk about at present.” He add* ed that Frances was a “lovely girl” —very refined. Her mother, Mrs. William I an, expressed no surprise at the re- j ports of a romance. Frances has not accepted any gifts other than flowers and candy froth her admirer, the mother said. The extensive wardrobe, automobile, jew els and other presents Browning lav ished on Mary Louis Spas during the brief period of her adoption before K was discovered she was not 16 she e'aimed but a mature 21, have no -3 part in 'his latest romance. Frances, her mother said, is not attending school at present. She in "too busy socially.” They came here from Columbus, 0., four years ago, _ Mrs. Heenan said. She is separated ” from her husband, a automobile > sn'esman who, she believe*, is work ;ng at Hempstead, L. I. The physician who attended Fran ces after the mysterious acid throw ing said the burns would not B* : serious and probably would leave no permanent scars. Mr. Browning said the matter of Jhe scar i 6 unimport ant anyway, so far as his regard for his new Cinderella is concerned. ; - Mrs. Matheson, 84. Dies at Taylors ville. Churlotte, Mar. 31.—Mrs. ftoonwfr Matheson, aged 84. a member of one of North Carolina’s prominent fam ilies and the mother of Dr. J. P. Matl eson, of Charlotte, died Wed- « nesdsy at 7 :30 p. m. at her home in i Taylorsville. Mrs. Matheson had - been ill for three months. She was a members of the Presbyterian church and a leader In its enter prises. SAT'S BEAR SAYSt -| v AM Ka’r and continued cold wRh fnM|jffl| t ti ght Friday fair with slowly itiSa i - temperature. Diminishing and northwest winds becoming Vs*t*vi :.b 0 Mg| l 1