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VOLUME XXVI
THE BUTLER WES
ERE ROUTED, HORSE
FOOT EHD MOORS
Charles A. Cannon, of
Concord, Endorsed for
United States Senator by
Republicans Thursday.
JACKSON CHOSEN
STATE CHAIRMAN
Tilt of Butler’s Strength j
Came on His Motion for-
Party Organization.—
Convention Details.
0 Raleigh Bureau of
The .Concord Tribune.
Raleigh, April A.—Butlcrism yes
. terday rawed it* biennial temporary
breach in the ranks of the Republi
can party in North Carolina, but
the usual love feast followed oaee
the former senntor had taken his
periodical defeat and the thousand
odd devotees of the grand old party
parted on the beet of terms.
A glorious rainbow spanned the
eastern horizon ns the delegates
trooped out of the municipal , audi
torium in Durham about 0:30 lgst
evenjng. That was symbolic of the
calm which bad just followed the
storm inside.
Marion Butler had no chance from
the start. His barrage of propaganda,
sent out from Washington, had had
the effect of putting the organiza
tion, as represented by W. B- Bram
ham and his cohorts, on their guard,
but had failed to utterly to win over
any considerable number of Western
republicans, without whom he could
not hope to put over his plan for re
organization. His eloquent and im
passioned speech on the floor wn,s a
eueeesa from the standpoint of ora
tory, but a failure as an effective ar
gument for changing the whole sys
tem of things at one fell swoop and
branding the organization ns traitors
to the party and seekers after
patronage. The last element, in
cidentally, was the one which made
defeat inevitable. Acceptance of the
Butler plan and denouncement of
the Braliam forces were so closely
connected in the bitter attacks of
Butler before and during the con
eeirtion that they could not be (flcae
soeiated. Many of the delegates, close
to a njhjnrity, perhaps, were in favor
~6f S change in the organization plan!
but they refused to be put In the
position of approving the charges
burled by the sponsor of the change
against State Chairman Bramhnm.
The delegate had their minds
made up against the Butler projiosal
before the convention opened. They
refused to listen to Butler, whose
impassioned appeal on the conven
tion floor was made amid hoots,
jeers and general •inattention, nor
did they intend to hear Frank Crow
ther, congressman from New York,
whom Mr. Butler had brought along
with the avowetf purpose of adding
him to his artillery in the battle for
a change to what he termed the "na
tional plan” of organization- Nor did
Congressman Crowthcr get a chance
to talk until long after the echoes of
the battle had died away.
The flnal vote- on the Butler pro
posal was 205.64 for, 765 against,
out of a total vote of 971. Mr. But
ler’s sole strength, with a few minor
exceptions, lay in Eastern Caroling,
his home section. Western Carolin
ians would have nothing to do with
it. At no time was the race close.
To Mr. Butler, howevet, must go
a large portion of the credit for the
acceptance by the convention of the
amendment to the plan of Organiza
tion offered by the organization
through its spokesman, Johnson J.
Hayes of Wiikesboro- That increases
the representation from, each con
gressional district to four, makes
them elective, partially, at least, by
the people, and provides for a com
mittee to study various plans ot or
ganization and report bock to the
1928 convention. It iB doubtful if
any change would have been made at
all had it not been for the determined
fight put up by the ex-senator, even
though, at first, he appeared as
uualternsibly opposed to the organi
zation’s compromise proposal.
It was Western Carolina’s day
throughout. Not only were the dele
gates from the mountain and Pied-
Concord Theatre
SATURDAY -
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
FEIRICCHEITSON,
BETETS CAUSED THE
OEM OF SEW
Searchers Keep at Work
Itt Effort to Find Men)
Believed to Have Been
Pitched Into Mississippi.
j EXPLOSIONS ON
BOATS HARMFUL
| Five Men Reported Miss
! ing After Series of Ex
plosions on Tank Steam
er-Several Injured.
New Orleans. La., April 9.—<A>)—
Scanners today continued their task
of searching for bodies of more than
35 sailors who arc believed to have
lost their lives in the two Mississippi
River disasters in the New Orleans
district yesterday and last night. Au
thorities believe it possible that the
death list will not be as large ns had'
been expected.
Several boats centered their activ
ities near Pointen la Hariie. Louisi
ana, about forty miles below New Or
leans, where the Dutch steamer Sil
vanuc last night collided with the
Standard Oil Company's tanker,
Thomas H. Wheeler. Early today
thirty members of the crew of the
.Silvanue were unaccounted for. Nine
of the Thomas H. Wheeler’s seamen
were injured.
Five men were officially reported
missing, another unaccounted' for by
re’atives, and two critically hurt as
a result of five oil explosions aboard
the Standard Oil tank steamer. O.
T. Waring, in a dry dock here yes
terday.
mont sections able to administer a
most decisive defeat to Mr. Butler,
but they managed to secure a major
proportion of the offices and nomina
tions.
Brownlow Jackson of Hendersou
county, who was elected state chair
man by acclamation after several
other candidates had refused to al
low their mines to be voted upon
against him, heads the list. Then
comes C. A. Cannon of Concord and
of Cannon Mil’s fame, who was
nominated for the United States
scant*, also by the acclamation route,
after lit?. Linthtny Patterson of
Winston-ftaiem had declined to enter
the rtiee- ,T. J. Britt of Ashevil’e,
convention chairman, was the nomi
nee for chief justice; H. F. Seawell
of Carthage. Moore county and H.
It. Stnrbuck of Forsyth county, the
nominees for associate justices. All
are of Western Carolina. J. J. Jen
kins prominently mentioned before
the convention for the post of state
chairman, was the nominee for the
corporatin commission.
One other associate justice nomi
nation is to be made, but ns J. J.
Hayes explained in an audible whis
per from the platform when the
question was raised by an uninform
ed delegate, that is to be left to the
committee.. ,
The appointment of Mr. Hayes as
member of the national committee,
made by the executive committee iu
February, was approved'by the con
vention, adding to the top heavy
score in favor of the west.
There were no contests in any of
the elections of nominations. C. A.
Jonas was twice put in nomination,
once for the state chairmanship and
again for the scnnten-ship. Both
times he withdrew hastily v This was
in the nature for he had been one of
the ones most persistently mention
ed for the state chairmanship and,
during the morning, it was freely
predicted in some quarters that he
would be elected to that office. A- A.
(Mike) Wbitener of Hickory also
was placed in nomination for the
state chairmanship and withdrew
with the announcement that he
wouldn't have the job if he knew
that every delegate in the.hall would
vote for him.
Aside from the Butler plan, there
were no differences of opinion of any
moment during the enti e conven
tion. In fact, that was the only
question accorded the dignity of a
vote by counties. All others were
settled by the “aye" and "no”
method or by rising votes.
. The state platform, accepted with
out a dissenting voice—few could
have dissented for the vast majority
have even yet but vague ideas as to
what it contained—differs but little
from previous Republican platforms.
It lauds the accomplishments of the
party in terms of economy, efficiency
and prosperity; upholds prohibition ;
pledges the extension of all legal ad
vantages' to invite more abundant
capital into the ptate; pledges early
completion of the'state highway Bys
tem ; sets up a liberal policy of edu
cation, with a uniform system of
state>wide taxation for school purpos
es to encourage the adoption of a
school system which will give all chil
dren equal opportunity; flays what it
terms excessive taxation, with a
promise to abolish the equalizing fund
in favor of the aforementioned state
wide tax; proposes to make the agri
culture department into a direct agen
cy for aiding the farmer in finding a
market for hb crops and hits blungeon
blows at alleged election frauds on the
part of the democrats.
The platform committee consisted
Os T. J. Harkins, W. C. Meeklns, W.
H. Fiidler, J. B. Mason and R. D.
Stake. That it had the entire confi
dence of the convention became evi
dent when • delegate interrupted the
Marathoner
jlEn
IPw Jfflfl
Frank O’Donnell, star Montreal
marathon runner, who will compel*
In the famous Boston A. A. race, t«
be held shortly O’Donnell Is V
years old and while comparatively
new at the long distance sport
hopes to make a noteworthy show
lng. He’s a sergeant In No 3 Coro
oany Grenadier Guards.
reading the platform to propose that
it be adopted without rending on the
promise of the committee that it was
alright. The proposal was ruled out
of order, but it would have carried
had it been put to vote.
The expected record breaking crowd
failed to materialize. Veteran conven
tion attendants agreed that the at
tendance was little if any larger than
usual, but it was. undoubtedly, rep
resentative. Every county but five
had a delegation on the floor, those
not represented being Green, Gates,
Hyde, Render and Scotland.
It was a representative assemblage
in other ways, too. In appearanee, it
was a far ory from the old days of
two decades ago when it took a brave
man to attend a Republican conven
tion in North Carolina. Some of
those present yesterday recalled the
odor of onions aud corn whiskey
which was the accepted aroma of a
Republican convention and the preva
lence of negro delegates. Some, of a
reflective turn of mind, looked around
and marveled in the changes iu per
sonnel which the years have wrought.
Yesterday's assembly*** might easily
have imssed for a eoifventiofi of bank
ers. lawyers or business men.
As Mn.vor J. M. Manning, of Dur
ham, a staunch Democrat, remarked
in his address of welcome: "I didn’t
know there were this many Republi
cans in North Carolina, but I will
say. as I look about me, that the
state wou|d be safe in their hands.”
The mayor drew an hearty round of
applause with that, and the round
was repeated when lie added that
“When we reach the pearly gates, St.
Peter won’t ask us whnt party or
church we belonged to on earth or
whether or not we believe in the Vol
stead act."
Prohibition came in for mention an
other time, when a delegate remarked
apropos of little or nothing, that his
heart was with prohibition but bis
stomach was against it.
Brownlow Jackson, new the state
cluiirman, is marshall of the Western
North Carolina Federal district, hav
ing been re-appointed only last year
on the expiration of his first term,
which begun in 1921.
During his tenure of office he has
earned a most enviable reputation
for personal bravery aud an indomit
able will. T[his was referred to
most feelingly by W. R. Kirk, of
Henderson county, who placed his
name in nomination.
Frequent mention was made during
the convention of the hopes of the
Republicans to elect Congressmen in
three of the ten districts this year.
Hhe districts referred to, it is gen
erally understood, are the fifth, eighth
and tenth.
Nominees for Congress are named
in the district conventions. Usually,
these conventions arc held about or
during the state convention, but this
year will be somewhat later.
The Mecklenburg-Cabarrus Associa
tion B. Y. P. U. meets at Cornelius
Sunday, April lltb, at 3 p. m. Good
music. Dr. Luther Little—lnspira
tion. Public cordially invited.
WHO KNOWS WHEN
If you keep much money in
|i the House, hidden away or on |
By I" Ainplk your person, sooner or later |
“thieves may break through
| and steal.’’
Your loss is almost as cer-
Running Scares 25 tain, often more so, if you gam
cents per share per ble hard-earned money on
wee k wild schemes proclaiming
Prepaid Shares ?™* tS that are both c ' uick and
$72.25 large ‘
New Series is Now But a “building and loan"
Open account is notably safe.
CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. ft SAVINGS ASS N
OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
; 1 1
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1926
Federation Spokesman
Challenges Drys For
Referendum On Wines
! _
j WOULD DRAFT INDUSTRY
AS WELL AS FIGHTERS!
j Legion Fighting For Universal Draft J
I Which is Embraced in Capper Dill, j
I Washington. April !).—OP)—The ;
American Legion drive for a univer
sal draft of industry as well ns man
[lower in event of war. began todny
before the Senate military commit*
tee, with proponents of the Capped
bill urging its enaetment as "a peaoq
plan ns well as a preparedness menst
lire."
John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman
of the Legion legislative eommittee!
declared the measured would prevent
I delay in mobilization in ease was
were declared.
"There will be another emergency.” I
lie warned, “and we need not blind
our eyes to that. However, when
other nations know that America i$
prepared,, every nation- carrying A
chip on its shoulder would give enre
ful consideration before it acted.”
Major General Hanson Ely, head
of the army war college, said that
"at the end of the war we had a sys
tem which even the Germans en
vied.” He said that the Capper
measure would place that system im
mediately in effect upon the declara
tion of another war.
TO CLOSE HEARING ON
FARM RELIEF MONDAY
Senator Smflh Testifies in Behalf cf
His Co-operative Marketing Bill.
Washington, April 9.—(A*)—The
senate agriculture committee today
agreed to close hearings on farm re
lief legislation next Monday with the
expectation of reporting a bill during
the week.
Senator Smith, democrat, of South
Carolina, today testified before the
committee in favor of his co-operative
marketing bill which he said he hoped
would prove a “vaccine against the
agricultural disease that has beeti .
rampant since Adam."
He declared the farmers would have
direct credits and not intermediate
credits, and be marketers of their
own products through this co-opera
tive marketing organization.
England the Moot Crowded Country.
London, April 9,—England has sup
planted Belgium as the world’s most
wpo-leted enmtfry. ArrmVjf
tng to the latest returns, England has
a population of 701 to the square mile,
whereas the figures for Belgium are
658. Scotland, Ireland and Wales are
almost empty in comparison to Eng
land, having respectively only 160,
137 aud 296 persons to a square mile.
But oven those countries appear con
gested when compared to the over
seas dominions. Canada and Australia
can muster only two souls for every
square mile, whtfle South Africa
scrapes, up a mere ten. The only oth
er country faced with anything like
the overcrowded state of England and
Belgium is the Netherlands, with 550
inhabitants to' the square mile. Japan,
vteich for years has complained that
it has no room for its population, has
less than half the number of people
contained in the same area in Eng
land.
Parrot’s Practical Joke.
London, April 9.—Passengers tak
ing the Cornish express at Padding
ton station recently mnde a spurt for
the train when they heard the blow
inw before time of what they pre
sumed to be a guard's whistle. The
officials were also taken by surprise.
Then it was discovered that a parrot
in a cage, which had been left with
other baggage, was repeating the
whistle he had heard from other plat
forms.
Sues Cabarrus Mill.
Charlotte, April 9.—G4») —Suit for
SIO,OOO was filed here today by M
C. Crowell, formerly of Cabarrus
county, who alleged that he suffered
permanent injuries while in the em
ploy of the Cabarrus Mills Company,
of that county.
The preliminary contest in Bible
Stories for St. James Lutheran Sun
■ day School will be held on Sunday af
i ternoon at 3 :30 o’clock at the Church.
The children selected in these pre
• liminaries will take part in the final
Bible Story Contests.
! William Roberts Tells Sen
ate Committee “Upris
ing” of Wets is “Stable,
Solid Movement.”
WANTS VOTE TO
DECIDE QUESTION
Speaker Went Before the
Meeting as Representa
tive of William Green,
Federation Head.
Washington, April 9. —(A 5 ) —A dutl
i lenge to dry leaders to join in a
I movement for a nationwide referen
dum on light wines and beers was is
sued todny before the Senate prohi
bition eommittee by spokesmen of the
American Federation of Labor.
Appearing as a witness for the wets
and speaking as personal representa
tive for President William Green, of
the federation, William Roberts told
the committee that “the present up
rising cf those opposed to the Vol
stead aet is a stable, solid movement.”
"I sincerely believe that those who
oppose light wines and beers realize
that a referendum would declare in
favor of modification of the Volstead
aet,” he said. "If this were not true,
why do they fight a referendum so
strenuously?”
"The defenders of the Volstead act
apparently prefer to see the people of
our country seriously affected by vi
cious concootionM of liquor rather than
to make it a temperance country by
legalizing the manufacture of mild
beers."
Mr. Roberts was the first witness
for the wets at the fifth day of the
Senate hearings. The drys will be
gin presentation of their side of the
prohibition picture next week.
Telling of the 30.000 mile trip that
•he and the Into Samuel Gotnpers mnde
over the country in 1023 and 1924,
the witness said that "everywhere he
went there was plenty of distilled
liquor, but seldom real beer.”
"We found that the homes of the
people had been turned into brew
eries and distilleries which turned out
dangerous decoctions that if drunk to
any exeut would ruin the health of
those who drank them,” he. continued.
“When asked why they drank such
stuff they said there was nothing else
to be obtained, and they invariably
asked when members of Congres would
realize that the manufacture and sale
of beer would make for true temper
ance.- Women as well ns men were
interested in such questioning.
"As time passed the resentment ap
peared to grow intense as we traveled
about the country from coast to coast,
and from Canada to the Mexican
border. The greatest complaint ap
peared to be that the people were
forced to drink all kinds of concoc
tions' represented to be whiskey.
“But the resentment did not find
much publicity, as newspapers gen
erally supported the Volstead act be
cause the dry element spread its prop
aganda unceasingly in every part of
the land.
“The opponents of the act, so far
as it prohibited the manufacture of
beer and light wines were only per
mitted to voice their opposition among
their friends and acquaintances.”
Senator Reed, Democrat, of Mis
souri. asked the witness whether the
consumption of hard liquor nnd dis
tilling in the homes would increase if
beer were put on sale.
“I haven't the least doubt of it,”
replied Roberta.
“Does the American Federation of
Labor oppose the 18th amendment?'’
asked Senator Harreld, Republican,
of Oklahoma.
“No, it is urging 2.75 beer.”
“Can you give us the number of
state federations that have asked for
beer?” put in Senator Walsh, Demo
crat, of Montana.
“All of them coincide in the action
of the executive council,” Roberts
said. “None of them has protest
ed.”
William J. McSorley, president of
the building trades department of the
American Fedetatlon of Labor, urged
amendment of the Volstead act as a
matter of justice.
Calling attention that after Gover
nor Smith, of New York, signed the
bill repealing the State enforcement
aet he was re-elected by a substantial
majority Mr. Roberts said:
“That is nn evidence of the feel
ing among the people of the United
! States and the recent straw vote tak
en by newspapers simply emphasizes
I what occurred in New York state.
Give the people a chance to vote on
the issue, and there is no doubt of
I the vote.
| "The wage earner as well as peo-
I pie generally cannot understand how
| a man can be personally wet and po
litically dry. Tiie straw vote will
awaken men to the fact that they
have been misinformed as to the real
situation that it is not necessary for
them to straddle the fence. It may
give them courage to vote their real
convictions.
“No doubt this issue will be raised
in many Congressional districts, the
outcome of which will give a better
idea of fae sentiment in favor of a
modification of the Volstead act, as
the wage earners do not believe it a
true interpretation of the 18th amend
ment.
“Any law that takes away a right
ia highly objectionable to the Amer
ican people, and the fanatical state
ments so frequently heard and printed
increase the resentment against the
Mess Boy
Donald Schwab son of Mayor
Schwab of Buffalo N Y.. drove
across the continent in • rickety fliv
*er that fell apart In San Fran
Cisco Rather than wire home for a
return ticket, young Schwab shipped
•a a mess boy on a steamer sot
New York .
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Fairly Steady Today at De
clines cf 4 to 6 Points—Prices Ral
lied Later.
New York, April 9.—(A I )—The cot
ton market opened fairly steady today
at a decline of 4 to 6 points in re
sponse to overnight selling orders and
relatively easy Liverpool cables. Ini
tial offerings were compartively light
and were soon absorbed, the market
utrning steadier on covering and
trade buying of near months.
In addition selling of new crop
months evidently was held in check
by forecasts of showers or occasional
raions in the southwest, and demand
for May and July had sustaining in
fluence on l.ie general list. Prices
recovered most of the early losses, and
the market held within a poiltt or two
of yesterday’s closing prices with May
selling at 18.78 nt the end of the first
hour.
Cotton futures opeued fairly steady.
May 18.72; July 18.18; Oct. 17.42;
Dec. 17.09; Jan. 17.04.
ACCUSED SCHOOL MAN
RECORDS HIS ANSWER
W. C. Murphy Denies hi Tote
Charges Brought By Oteen Physi
cian.
Asheville, April B.—W. C. Mur
phy, former superintendent of schools
in Buncombe County, todny filed
answer to the $50,000 alienation
suit brought against him recently by
Dr- Nicholas A. Mandelos, in which
the latter alleged Murphy had con
spired to debauch his wife. Follow
ing wide publicity given the case,
Murphy tendered his resignation to
the school board. The answer filed
today denies all allegations of the
complaint ns a whole and separately.
Some persons are seeing fit to note
as significant the fact that when tin
answer was written on the type
writer the. woman ip the case was
mentioned-as Mrs. Mandelos, wife of
the plaintiff, but later someone had,
with pen and ink, made it read,
"Mrs Nicholas A. Mandelos, alleged
wife of the plaintiff.”
Dr. Short Addresses J. C. Penny Co.
Representatives.
T-he local J. 0. Penny Company
held a joint meeting with the Albe
marle and Statesville stores here
Wednesday evening, the meeting
being addressed by Dr. Francis P>.
Short, of New Y'ork City, director of
the educational department of the
J. C. Penny Company.
Dr. Short gave a very enjoyable as
well as a most profitable talk on
"Personality in Business." He de
veloped the theme most instructive
ly, stressing first, the importance of
a good appearance, second the atti
tude of the salesman toward his fel
low man, third, the saleman’s action
toward others and fourth, the neces
sity for the salesmen to increase his
knowledge of the business with
which he is associated.
Dr. Short addressed the high
school students on Thursday morn
ing, using as his subject, "Are You
an Asset or a Liability to Y’our
Home, Your School, and the Com
munity in Which You Live?"
A Record Moustache.
London, April 9.—George Locker,
an employe of a prominent London
firm, has a moustache that measures
20 inches from point to point. He
claims that it Is the longest iu the
world.
Tho Rrotherhood of St. James
Lutheran Church will meet tonight
in the lecture room of the Church at
8 o’clock. All members and all others
who wish to become members are ex
pected to be present. Mrs. Fisher and
Mrs. Isenbour, of Salisbury, will be
present at the meeting.
Miss Helen James, of Morganton,
spent the week-end with the family
of her father, A. N. James, of Mt.
Pleasant.
Volstead act. and even the 18 amend
ment itself.”
Says Working Man Wants Beer and
Wine.
Washington, April 9.—CAP)—Chal
lenging the prohibition’s legions to n
showdown at the ballot box on modi
fication of the Volstead act, spokes
men for the American Federation of
Labor told the Senate liquor commit
tee today that the working man wants
beer and wine, and would be better
eff if he had them.
FIRE FIGHTERS II
LONG RATTER’
TO STOP Oil FIRE
More Than Eight Million
Gallons of Oil Stored in
California Have Been
Burning for Two Days. |
COMPANY KNOWN I
FOR ITS WEALTH \
Oil is Property of Union;
Oil Company, Which Re
cently Paid Dividend of
50 Cents Per Share.
San Luis Abiepo, Calif.. April o.
(A 3 ) —Men today continued their two- '
day battle against flames that were
consuming about 8,500,000 barrels of
oil stored by file Union Oil Company
on two-tank farms in California. The
fire nenr here apparently had ceased j
to spread, but officials of the company i
said it would be three or four days
before the 6,000,000 barrels of perto
leum in the field were completely
burned out. At Brea. 250 miles
southeast of here, three thousand men
were battling the flames to save three
huge reservoirs and a number of sur
face tanks fiat were threatened. The
damage being done by the fires was
estimated at $18,000,00 which officials
said was largely covered by insurance.
Rich Company.
Los Angeles, April !).—(A 3 )—The
Union Oil Company of California,,
owners of the tank farm burning at
Sau Louis Abispo, is the largest inde
pendent oil company in this state.
According to a quarterly stockhold
ers report made public today, cur
rent assets on March 81st amounted
to $50,000,000 and net profits for the
three months of the year were $2,-
700,000. The quarterly dividend of
50 cents a share was declared.
With Our Advertisers.
Another new store has opened in '
Concord, render's Economy Grocery
Store No. 162. in the room next to -
Cline’s Pharmacy. I.ook for tihe
yellow front. You will find here
high class groceries at low prices.
See ad. in this paper for some prices.
Saturday only Pender's will sell S(H)
loaves of Our Pride bread for only
one cent a loaf, one loaf to a cus
tomer.
Sewing machine repairs for all
makes at Ritchie Hardware Co.
You will find many specials for
Saturday at the .1. & H. Cash Store.
Living room furniture of quality
at H. B. Wilkinson's.
The glorious, unforgettable “Blos
som Time” will be rendered at the
Charlotte Auditorium next Monday,
matinee and night.
The Parks-Belk Co. has just re
ceived a big shipment of straws and
panamas.
Flowered voile for dresses at ,T. C.
Penney & Co's., only 39 cents a yard.
Everything new in women's hats
may be found at Robinson’s.
John Barrymore again in “The Sea
Beast,” at the Concord Theatre to
day, with Dolores Costello and George
O’Hara, last time today. Saturday,
Wm. S. Hart in “Tumbleweeds.”
Mr. Trueblood's subject tonight at
the First Baptist Church will be “On
the Threshold of the Kingdom.”
Wm. S. Hart at the Concord The
atre Saturday.
A building and loan account is
notably sawe. Take some stock in
the new series of the Cabarrus Coun
ty B. L. & S. Association.
Extraordinary sale of ladies’ dress
es at unheard of prices at Efird’s.
Dresses which sold for S3O are now
being sold for $lO.
Among the exclusive new beauties
at Ivey’s is the Joyce at $8.50.
Schloss Bros', suits with one or
two trousers at Hoover’s.
Wants to Know Where Money' Is
Coming From.
Washington, April 9.—tA 3 )—A de
mand for information as to the
funds to be used to pay the expenses
of Carmi Thompson and his staff in
an investigation of Philippine affairs
was made in the Senate today by
Senator King, democrat, of Utah,
who introduced a resolution on the
subject.
Senator King asserted that Col.
Thompson was being sent to the Phil
ippines by the President without the
advice and consent of the Senate,
and that it was the exclusive function
of Congress to determine the policy
of the United States with respect to
the Philippines.
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“On The
j Threshold of
! the Kingdom” j
[ jj Mr. Trueblood’s Subject *
Tonight—Revival *
- | FIRST BAPTIST j
l [ CHURCH
- 5 Mr. Betts’ Last Night
1 i With Us. He will sing g
!“The Ninety and Nine” jj
A Great Meeting Closing j
Come
THE TRIBUNE : 1
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAVf
NO. 82 ' .
NOTHING NEW NOW
... MIDLAND BANK 1
BURNING MYSTERY i
j
Safe of Bank Was Opened 1
Thursday Afternoon But ;
Its Contents Have Not 1
I Been Checked Yet.
SHERIFF _ WORKING I
FOR MORE CLUES
He Is Being Aided by State
Bank Examiners Who
Are Checking Record! j
For Possible Losses.
X'o new development* in the Bank
of Midland case were reported this
morning. It is known that Sheriff :
It. V. Caldwell, Jr., and several bank $
examiners were in Midland this morn
ing continuing their investigation |
j where it was halted Thursday night. V
j The safe in the bank, which wa»
burned early Thursday morning, wag
opened that afternoon, one of the ex- ’
nminers staing that apparently every
thing in the safe was intact.
Cash in the safe was removed to a
place of safety where it will be kept
until the examiners have completed, -s
their check-up of the records and '
cash.
It is reported that the general
ledger and cash book of the bank were
burned, but the examiners have means :jj
of completing their check, it is also j
said. C. T. Blakeney. cashier of the
bank, who was at work ill the struc- ■
tore when it was fired, slated that he
was working on the two books wfceii’.J
struck by some unknown person, so i
was unable to place the books in & 'dj
safe place.
The examination of the books, be- ’«
ing made in an effort to determine if
any money was stolen by the person
or persons who set fire to the build- j
ing. is being made by bank exam- 4
iners who started their usual survey i
of the bank’s books AA’ednesday after- 3
noon. State Bank Examiner Clar- ,
cnee Latham supervised the work
Thursday, be having been called to
Midland us soon as the case was re- J
ported to Sheriff Caldwell. The ex-
amination is being made by represen
tatives of Frederick B. Hill & Com- ;
pany, AV. S. Coursew, of Charlotte, ,
resident manager of the company, be- ,■
ing iu charge. ... ■ „
All of the records found in the hafe
were in good condition, it was report- ",
ed soon after the safe was opened
Thursday afternoon. Records made
by some of the examiners during their
tyn-k Thursday afternoon were in the
safe, where they were placed AVednes
day afternoon when the examiners
halted their work for' the day. The i
records were smoked some, it is said,
but were not burned.
It probably will be late today oe 4
tomorrow before the examiners tan
complete their work. Due to the fact J
that the bank's books were burned,
it may require several days to com- 1
plete the work.
Sheriff Caldwell went to Midland
with the examiners this morning. He
reiterated this morning that he was
following every possible clue in the
case in an effort to determine who
entered the bank and fired it. . a
The condition of Mr. Blakeney is
reported as improved today. The
physician who attended him after be
ing found in an unconscious condition
near the entrance to thg burning
building early Thursday morning,
stated that there were indications that
he had been struck over the head with
a blunt instrument. Mr. Blakeney
rallied Thursday afternoon and was
able to discuss the case with friends.
AA’hether the persons who fired the
bank took any money from the safe
will not be known until the examiners
have finisher their work. . Jj
Another Tanker AA recked By Ex
plosion on Klver.
New Orlean, La., April B.—Offi
cials of Plaque Mints Parish noti
fied New Orleans authorities tonight
by telephone that an oil tanker, name 1
undetermined, exploded at 8:45
o'clock tonight in the Mississipp 20
miles below New Orleans.
Several men were believed to have
been killed. A large number of in
jured were rescued from the river
and taken to a hospital in Pointe a
la Paehe, La. The river was covered
with burning petroleum. - < J
Another new store has opened in
Concord. Pender's Economy Grocery
Store No. 162, in the room next to
Cline's Pharmacy. Look for the yel
low front. You will find here high
class groceries at low prices. See
ad. in this paper for some prices, |
Saturday only Pender’s will sell 500
loaves of Our Pride bread for only
one cent a loaf, one loaf to a cos- f
tomer.
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SAT’S BEAR SAYS I
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Cloudy tonight and Saturday, prob*i
ably rain Saturday ; colder in east}
and central portions. Moderate to
, fresh north and northeast winds. |