ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
UHSTIL GIVEN
EMINENT EUCE
BEFORE COMiITTEE
Still Erected in Room as
Exhibit During Debate
on Modification of Vol
stead Act.
ANDREWSAGAIN
DISCUSSES WORK
He Is Called as Last Wit
ness by Wets, and Dis
cusses Troubles With the
Illicit Distillers.
Washington, April 14.—OP)—The
progenitor of John Barleycorn him
. self—ji large whiskey still—sat with
members of the Senate prohibition
committee today while they listened
to Gen. Andrews, the prohibition chief 1
relate how illicit distilling is becoming \
more and more n problem to the en
forcement staff of the Federal govern- |
ment.
The still was set up in the commit
tee room as an exhibit, standing on j
three ginger ale cases. It consisted \
of a huge copper kettle on a three 1
burner gas range, with a shining cop
per coil leading into a five-gallon
keg.
Gen. Andrews, who has testified
once before in the inqu ! ry was recall
ed as the last witness for the wets.
He is expected to complete his testi
mony today, leaving the way open for
the drys to take over the hearings to
morrow morning.
Documentary evidence of various
kinds was submitted by the wet coun
sel during the session, and went into
records along with General Andrew**’
description of his troubles with the il
licit distillers and other law break
ers. •
A sworn statement from Dr. Wil
liam Roby Sr., of the Boston City
Hospital showed increase in the num
ber of admissions of alcoholic patients
in recent years under prohibition.
A statement of like import from
Dr. U. B. Gray, superintendent of the
Washington Home for Inebriates also
was ndmmitted to the record.
Among the documents placed in
evidence was a compilation of the
results of the poll conducted recently
■faj'iljl ,WHnher ..of newspapers, showing
vo&'fnr thr
nf the Volstead Act. and 697.083 for
prohibition.
Figures then were submitted show
ing that seizure of stills advanced
from 5)5,933 in 15)21 to 172,537 in
1925,
“Does that indipate an increase in
illicit stills?" asked Julian Codman,
counsel for the wets.
“That's a fair inference, but it may
be that there has been greater activ
ity of agents" General Andrews re
plied. “Isn't it true that there prob
ably are more stills you don't know
about than those that are seized."
“I don't know about that. I de
pend on local law enforcement for
seizures.”
Wants Non-Intoxicating Beer.
Washington, April 14.—(A’l—-Re
.strieted government sale of non-in
toxicating beer probably \yould aid in
prohibition enforcement, Assistant
Secretary Andrews of the Treasury,
declared today before the Senate pro
hibition committee.
The prohibition chief expressed this
opinion in reply to a series of ques
tions narrowing down the field of
consumption of such beer and stipu
lating that sale should be by the gov
ernment itself.
“Do you not believe that the legal
sale of liquors, non-intoxicating in
fact would bring about improved con
ditions?’' was the first question of the
series asked by Julian Codman, coun
sel for the wets.
“We would have to know the condi
tions of manufacture and distribu
ion," Andrews replied.
SURRENDER OF RALEIGH
OCCURRED 61 YEARS AGO
Confederate Soldier Was Hung For
Firing Revolver at Approaching
Federate.
Raleigh. Apr. 13.—Sixty-one years
ago today, in a drizzling rain, mark
ed by cold, Raleigh, the last con
federate state capital to be occupied
by federal troops, was peaceably sur
rendered to General William T.
.Sherman by a committee of.provate
citizens.
The confederate flag which had
flown over the state house for near
ly four days after General Lee's
surrender, came down, and in its
place was raised the stars and
stripes. Late in the same day a con
federate soldier, who hnd riden up
Fayetteville street in advance of the
approach of the federate and fired a
pistol at the troops, was hanged by
order of General Kilpatrick, follow
ing a brief trial.
Car Ivoad Sale of Kitchen Cabinets.
The big ear load sale of Sellers
Kitchen cabinets by the Concord Fur
niture Company will close next Satur
day. If you buy your Sellers now,
you get a 32-piece set of Dinner China
without cost. Glenwood China. This
set consists of Cups, Saucers, Plates,
Bread and Butters, Fruit Dushes,
Vegetable Dish and Platter—enough
to set the table for six persons.
The smullest of down payments is
all you need make on this famous Sel
lers Kitchen Cabinet. The dishes are
given with the cabinet free. Pay the
balance on the cabinet while you use
both the cabinet and dishes in your
home. See big ad. in this paper.
The Concord Daily Tribune
_ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Refutes Charges That Modem
Newspaper Is Crime Scavenger
Birmingham, Ala., April 14. —</P)
—ln refutation of the charge that
the modern newspaper is a “crime
scavenger.” K. H. Henderson, of the
Associated Press, declared that less
than one per cent, of news in the
average newspaper dealt with oriine.
While SXI per cent, of the average
news text was of a strictly conatruc-
I five nature.
Mr. Henderson was addressing the
| quadrennial convention of the Inter
t national Council of Religious Educa
tion. He spoke on the subject,
t “Clean News."
Primarily in his address thespeak
jer defined publication of so-called
| “crime” news, properly written as a !
• necessary element in the betterment!
of society. It was his opinion that
i psychologists would never make edi
! tors.
“The news of the day is a repro
duction of a picture of life.” he de
clared. "There can be to the stand
ard of tile American newspapers
but one mollification or qualification
to this picture—highlights and shad !
ows which violate good taste and are
repugnant to the senses of a civilized
| people, may be touched by the art
ist’s brush. Tlie retouching process
means simply this : tile felling of the
story in language that portrays the
whole truth without injury to the
delicate fibre of the most exacting
and sensitive reader. The story in
point might be seamy, sordid tragedy.
A suicide, mayhap. The public is
•entitled to the truth. Four things
must be told about the person in
volved: who. when, where, why? So
ciety is made up of individuate. One
of society's number, in a fit of mental
aberration, leaves this mortal sphere.
Are not the members of society en
titled to know what is wrong with
itsellf? Cover it up—wliat then? So
ciety goes on in society’s smug com
placency and the very fundamental
error which caused that one death
FACTIONAL FEUD AGAIN
BREAKS OUT IN HERRIN
And 6 Men Are Slain. All Are Mem
bers or Former Members of Police.
Herrin, Ills., April 13.—Six men
are dead as a result of a renewal of
Herrin’s factional trouble late to
day in connection with the hotly con
tested primary election here.
The dead: Hariun Fuaru, brother
of former Chief of Police John
Ford;; Mack Sizemore and brother,
Ben Sizemore, both constables: De
puty Sheriffs Treadway and Briggs;
\pble Weaver, deputy sheriff.
Company K. Illinois national
guard, smiuiiod at .Cairo, Ills., wicv
exjiected to arrive here tonight, re.
ports from that city saying that the
guardsmen were being mobilized in
prepartion for the trip to the riot
scene. Along with this word came
announcement that Lieutenant Col
onel Davis would ask Adjutant Gen
eral Black for enough troops to
place the city under military law
until the disorders subside.
Since the trouble started early
this afternoon. troops have been
guarding the homes of two alleged
klan clergymen, the John Smith
garage, where the trouble started
and the Masonic temple, where the
killings took place.
Bitterness, dating back to the days
when S. Glenn Young was dictator
of Williamson • county, is believed re
sponsible for today's rioting.
The most bloodshed was near the
Masonic temple where two carloads
of alleged gangsters got'out of their
cars and opened fire upon Klansmen.
In anticipation of rioting at the
polls, many voters did not cast their
ballots today.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN’S
NET INCOME LARGER
Increased 25 Per Cent Last Year;
Efficiency Responsible, Says Loyall.
Norfolk, Va., April 13 Net income
of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad
jumped from |40.X,521 in 1924 to
$512,523 in 1925, an increase of
$104,002, or 15.40 per cent, accord
ing to the sixteenth annual report
submitted to the stockholders here
today by President George R. Loyall.
The gain was shown despite the fact
that passenger revenues decreased
$224,225, or 19.49 per cent as com
pared to 1924, and a decrease in
gross revenue of $100,050. General
improvement in operating efficiency
made possiible the increased earn
ings, Mr. Loyall reported-
Operating revenues for the year
were $9,131,877, with operating ex
penses of $6,686,085), showing a net 1
railway operating income cf52.445,-1
789. The company reduced its fund- |
ed debt by $240,708. The ratio of!
operating expense was 73,22 per cent i
as compared with the average of j
74.08 per cent for all Class One rail- -
roads. Total assets ofthe road were i
given as $42,537,252.
Mellon Puts O. K. on Railway Re
fund to the Government.
Washington, April 13.—Legisla
tion authorizing the refunding of the
$230,000,000, owed the government
by railroads as the result of war pe
riod loans, was approved today by
Secretary Mellon, in a letter to the
senate interstate commerce com
mittee.
The secretary said, however, that
the roads should be given 30 yeans to
liquidate the debt instead of 40
years as provided in a bill pending
in Congress. He also recommended
that the interest rate be reduced
from 6 per cent, to 4 1-4 instead of
to 4 per cent, as proposed in the
measure.
Reappointed to Libor Board.
Washington, April 14.—OP)—Chair
man Ben W. Hooper of Tennessee,
and Samuel Higgins of New York,
were reappointed to the railroad labor
board today by President Coolldfe.
might be the source of a revolution,
j “But you argue: What about the
j psychology of the thing? Will not
(these things run in cycles? I an
i sw<*r emphatically, no. There is no
season for suicide or arson or murder
or theft or any of the other crimes—
except violation of the prohibition
law and that crime has all seasons
for its very own.”
The speaker declared that the or
thodox contention of the psychologist
concerning power of suggestion dis
proved in t’ie very fact that even so
called suicide epidemics" were limit
ed. Even though newspaper stories
i grow with the number of suicides in
| the so-called cycle, there is always a
j halt, he pointed out.
In his opening remarks Mr. Hen
derson analyzed clean newspaper mat
ter as "that which does not contain
misinformation, censored matter or
denatured statements, (’lean news is
that which is not ’policy’ matter;
that which contains no fakery or bias.
, Glean news is exactly what it pur
j ports to be; not a medicine ‘reader’
nor an advertisement in disguise.
Glean news is not prejudicial state
ment or one-sided viewpoint: it does
not reek of the fi.ltli of the street or
the scum of. the alley; it is always
fair. Glenn news is unvarnished
truth, properly told.’’
Tiie speaker laid particular empha
sis upon the declaration that crime
news was “clean” news when proper
ly presented. To sustain this, he
compared the crime news and trag
edy of the modern newspaper with the
literature of all ages—that literature
found in the home, the Church and j
the school. “And sixty per cent, of
everything embraced in our best lit
eratures—the classiest—deals in trag
edy and human weakness," he de
clared.
“The remaining forty per cent,
speaks gloriously of the magnificence
(Continued on Page Three)
SURPLUS IN GENERAL FUND
Gcv. McLean Able to Make Good His
Balanced Budget Policy.
Raleigh. April 14.—( JP ) —The re
port of the . state auditor and state
treasurer for the month of March, by
which a deficit in the general fund
of the state was changed into a sur
plus. constitutes a successful carry
ing out of a prediction made by Gov
ernor McLean.
When, late in 1025, the monthly
statements began to show that the
state’s general fund was operating 'at
an increasingly large deficit each
pmliotvd whan
the coliectidEw of income taxes hail
been made during the first three
months of 1926. there would be a
surplus.
January and February statements
increased the size of the deficit but
Mr. McLean was in no wise alarmed.
Revenue Commissioner Doughton
pointed out that the action of Con
gress in regard to the national in
come tax had been so uncertain that
tile people did not know what per
centage of national tax they would
he required to pay and. undoubtedly,
they were also delaying the payment
of state taxes until both state and
national could be paid at one time.
Mr. McLean merely pointed out that
his first fiscal year of administra
tion had paused through its leanest
collection months and that the pe
riod of greatest income still was
ahead, and continued to predict t'aat
by the end of the fiscal year, July 1,
1920, the general fund would show
a surplus, or at least a balanced bud
get—one of tlie chief aims of the
McLean administration.
And now the report for the month
of March has been made and it s'.iows
that a surplus of $3,217,380.04 has
been created out of a “deficit” or
"cash overdraft” of $1,238,087.15 on
the first day of March. During the
month the collections totalled $5,-
516.450.33 while expenditures to
talled $1,000,977.14. After the over
draft existing at the first of the
month and the disbursements had
been subtracted from the receipts, the
general fund showed a handsome bal
ance.
This balance probably will enable
the state to operate safely within its
income during April. May and June
for in those three months there will
also be some collections of late in
come taxes and other forms of taxes
which are due.
Governor McLean predicted if he
could get his fiscal policies adopted
that the state would operate on a
balanced budget—that is, expenses
! would be curtailed to income. His
fiscal policies were adopted. When,
early in tlie present fiscal year, it
I appeared that collections might be
’ less than had been anticipated, the
' governor, as director of the budget,
took prompt steps to cut down itli
appropriations five per cent, in order
that income might cover all expendi
tures. As director of the budget he
has the authority to allow the de
! partments and institutions to have
this five per cent, which was taken
away if he feels the income Will be
sufficient.
With the end of the first fiscal year
of the McLean administration in
sight, it appears, from the present
financial status of the state, that Mr.
McLean will be able to make good
his balanced budget policy and may
have a surplus to his credit.
Hotel Man Sentenced to Six Months
on Roads.
Charlotte, April 13—Charged with
aiding anil abetting in prostitutioii,
L. Auston. manager of the Rialto
Hotel, was convicted and sentenced
to six months on the roads after
trial before Judge Currie In police
court Tuesday. Austin took nil ap
peal and his bond for appearance at
Mecklenburg Superior Court was
fixed at SSOO.
CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1926
Has 200 Letters, Asks $50,000
WkH: •
IIP
Two hundred letters form the basis of a $50,000 breach of promise suH
which Miss Marie C.rischeau of Chicago is prosecuting against Dr. Leonard
A. Ensmiocnr of Indianapolis (Inset). She says she met him as he w«*
Si* outo tt ChU»^
LUTHER BURBANK IS
DEFENDED BY FRIEND
Henry Ford Defends Dead Friend
Against Charges of Infldelism.
Detroit, Mich.. April 14.—OP)—-
While the body of Luther Burbank
was being laid to rest at Santa Rosa
today Henry Ford defended his friend
against charges of infidelism.
Luther Burbank. Mr. Ford sail,
was not a disbeliever in the permn
ljeuge of spirit, and not an V)-
ndel. His statement of his religious
views, Mr. Ford added, ‘‘was either
grossly misunderstood or misquoted by
the press.”
“I knew him well,” the Detroit mo
tor ear manufacturer said. “I vis
ited him often, and frequently talked
with him about the life of plants, of
flowers and of the entities that go
to make up our world and ourselves.
And I know positively that there was
in Luther Burbank a beautiful and
abiding faith in the permanence of
that which now lives, whatever form
it may take here or hereafter, and
whatever function it may perform in
what wc call ‘world of matter.’ He
believed that no life was every lost.'
“If he could not endorse the par
ticular conception of the Diety and
of the human spirit which some oth
ers held, it was perhaps because be
had thought more deeply than some
of us had, or had approached the
problem from a different angle.”
HERRIN IS AGAIN UNDER
CONTROL OF MILITIA
Six Men Killed and More Than a
Score Hurt in Fighting Tuesday.
Herrin, 111., April 14.— UP) —Herrin
was again under military control
today as official machinery was put
into motion to investigate the death
city’s latest renewal of Klan anti-Klan
factional strife which yesterday at
the municipal elections here resulted
in the death of six and injury of
more than a score of persons.
The bodies of six men in morgue
establishments here today, and an
inquest was planned for this after
noon. Corner George Bell, of Marion,
arrived last night with State’s Attor
ney Arlie Boswell, conferred with
Lieutenant Colonel Davis in charge of
the situation, and John Ford, only
known eye witness to the shooting.
Dam at Muscle Shoals Described.
Washington, I). C.. April 14. In
a well-illustrated booklet, just issued
by the Southern Railway System, a
detailed description is given of the
famous Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals,
Ala., with particular reference to the
opportnities for industrial development
in the Muscle Shoals district, based
on a wide variety of natural resources
and the abundance supply of available
power.
In this booklet the dam itself, the
nottnte plants erected by the United
States government, and the general
scheme for the improvement of the
Tennessee River are described by
Captain L. R. Lohr of the Corps of
Engineers of the V. S. Army, editor
pf the Military Engineer and an au
thority on great engineering projects.
The booklet consists of twenty-eight
pages and contains an excellent map
of the Muscle Shoals district together
with photographs showing the Wilson
Dam at Various stages of construc
tion and interior views of tlie nitrate
plants.
Killed in Airplane Crash.
Richmond. Va.. April 14.—(-P) —
Neil W. Abbott, of Rochester, X.
and Clarence W. Mix, of Durantp
Mirh.. attached to the marine base
at Quantico. Va., were killed in an
airplane crash near King and Queen
court house today.
SUES HOTEL LESSEE
FOR SIO,OOO DAMAGES
Lexington Woman Fell Over Truck
and Suffered Arm Fracture.
Lexington. April 13-—Mrs. Reba
Shutt, a young matron of this city,
has filed complaint in Superior Court
here against the American Hotel
Company, lessee of the Elwood Hotel
at High Point, for SIO,OOO for per
sonal injuries.
Mrs. Shutt alleges that on the
flight of March 17 she vyent tp
High Point to purchase merchandise
for a local store through a show
ing in the sample room of the El
wood. To reach this room she con
tends it was necessary to pass
through an unlighted hallway. In
this, it was alleged, a trunk track
had been left lying and she stumbled
over it in the darkness, breaking
both bones of the right arm just
above the wrist in the fall. Her com
plaint declares that it was necessary
to have the injured arm reset and
that she has sustained permanent in
jury.
It was related at the time that
after the fall Mrs. Shutt went on to
the sample room, selected the goods
desired and signed her name to the
order, not realizing that she had
been injured. It was noticed by oth
ers that her forearm appeared crook
ed and examination disclosed a rath
er severe break.
SENATE BODY PASSES
FARMER RELIEF BILL
But Whether Administration Will
Approve Measure is Not Yet De
termined.
Washington, April 13.—Ahe corn
belt farm relief bill was approved to
day by the senate agricultural com
mittee but no indications were given
that it was acceptable to the ad
ministration.
Secretary Jardine, outlining a leg
islative program in a letter to Chair
man Haugen of the house agri
culture committee and Senator Cap
per, Republican, Kansas, made after
the senate committee had acted, ad
vocated creation of a federal com
mission to aid farmers, through the
agriculture department and their
own organizations. in marketing
their products.
He made po reference to the corn
belt measure, which would levy a
fee on basic commodities with a
view to stabilizing surplus prices,
but i the inference was given that he
does not look on it with favor. Presi
dent Coolidge has indicated that in
determining his position on relief
legislation he will be guided largely
by the recommendations of the secre
tary of agriculture.
VIRGINIA IS VISITED
BY APRIL SNOWFALL
Fall Was of Slight Duration, Being
Preceded and Followed By Steady
Rains.
Richmond. Va., April 13.—Vir
ginians were agape early today by
snow flurries which swept practical
ly all sections of the commonwealth
with the exception of the country
along the Atlantic coast. It was a
condition so unusual that a weath
er experts classed it as a virtual
phenomenon.
Shortly before 8 o’clock the first
flakes drifted out of skies overcast
and gloomy. Tlie ru6w was of com
paratively short duration, negligible
in quantity and was preceded and
followed by general rains. The flakes
meltd immdiatly as they struck tDe
damp earth.
Earthquakes in Nicaragua.
Managua, Nicaragua, April 13.
i/P) —Two severe earthquakes occur
red in this vicinity yesterday. Little
damage was caused.
Bob Reynolds Replies to the , 0
Federation of Labor Questionn 1
Raleigh Bureau of
The (’oneord Daily Tribune.
Raleigh. April 14.—Replying to 32
our of the 35 quest : ons contained in
the questionnaire sent out to candi
dates hv the North (’arolina State
Farmers’ Union and the executive
council of the State* Federation of La
| bor. Robert R. Reynolds gives his
; stand upon most of tlie issues likely to
I have a hearing upon the primary
\ campaign for the United States senn
| torial nomination, now getting under
! way.
| The Asheville opponent of Senator
| Lee Slater Overman is in favor of a
I secret ballot ami considers the Aus
j tralian ballot as good as any. He is
I against modification of the Volstead
(act and believes if a sufficient nuni-
I her nf the states are opposed to prohi
j bit ion. they shauld repeal tlie amend
| ment instead of further complicating
matters. He is in favor of giving the
j "World Court a trial, now we are in
fit. He believes in “America for Am
ericans” and. if changes in the immi
gration laws are made will be in
favor nf making them more stringent.
He is in favor of governmental aid
in the organization of marketing agen
cies to enable the farmer to secure
more for his products.
His answers to the questionnaire,
as just returned, are as follows;
I 1. Do you favor the real Australian
ballot system and law with all se
crecy, to govern and control our pr : -
i maries and elections? Answer. I
favor a secret ballot. Tlie Australian
is a satisfactory form of this.
2. I)o you favor repealing or
strengthening our primary laws? Ans.
I favor strengthening tlie primary
laws.
3. Do you favor making it a fel
ony to use money to influence votes
in primaries and elections? Ans.
Election bribery should be dealt with
even more severely than other forms
WADE MARK ELECTED
ROTARY GOYERNOR
Raleigh Man Chosen Head of ISTtli
Rotary District at Meeting in Dur
ham.
Durham. April 14.— UP) —'Wade
Marr, of Raleigh, was elected Presi
dent of the new 57th Rotary District,
at the annual Rotary Convention
here today. Wilmington was chosen
as the place for holding the next an
nual convention.
Mr. Marr received 41 official votes,
Pat O’Neill, of Henderson, the other
candidate, receiving 5.
The new 57th District is composed
of 40 Tar Heel Rotary clubs. It em
braces all the North Carolina territory
from Salisbury to the coast.
With Our Advertisers.
The Auto Supply and Repair Co.
has been appointed Dodge car dealer
in this county, and also dealers in
Graham trucks. You are cordially in
vited to inspect the cars and trucks
they have on display at 0 and 8 East
Corbin street. Phone 228.
New creations in millinery, direct
from the better New Y'ork houses, in
Robinson's millinery department.
The Bell & Harris Furniture Co
is showing an unrivaled line of fur
niture for the dining room.
Hoover’s is showing a full line of
boys’ shirts, suits and belts, 'n ev
erything.
Without any extra charge Wilkin
son’s splendidly appointed funeral
chapel is offered to those it serves.
Phone 0. Open day and night.
Save .$lO by buying your gas range
during the Kitchen Happiness Sale
at the Concord and Kannapolis Gas
Co. See ad in this paper.
Barnhardt’s Pan-Dandy is a most
unusual bread. This rich, nut-like
bread is on sale at all dealers. Try it
today. A novelty loaf whistle is
wrapped with every loaf. See big ad.
on page six.
Blowing Rock Has a Blanket of
Snow.
Lenoir. April 13.—Blowing Rock
is suffering from a blanket of ice
and snow, according to reports reach
ing here today from there.
The weather here and in this sec
tion has been very disagreeable for
the past several days. Saturday night
u began raining, and with the rain
has continued to get colder.
Closing day exercises will be held
at Peck School on Saturday after
noon. April 17th at 2:30. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
DREAMS COST NOTH
IN T\ ING AND BRING
( / («0P ] JJ NOTHING
(( V O But a account in
Vx. p our safe “building and loan”
association does bring you a
big return on the effort you
make in the regular saving
w.~ -I-- |■ : : The “building and loan”
plan is best since it partic
\ ularly encourageis regular
NEW SERIES NOW every month progress in
money matters.
OPEN
No other sound ' invest-
START AT ONCE ment is quite so good.
CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & SAVINGS ASS’N
OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
of corruption.
4. Do you fnvor a constitutional
amendment increasing the pay of leg
islators to SSOO per session of sixty
days and S2OO per session for special
sessions? Ans. The members of the
legislature should receive at least SSOO
per session.
5. Do you favor an amendment to
the Constitution to enable the state
to levy more than five cents tax on
property for school purposes? Ans.
Yes. and the machinery to equalize
land taxes.
6. Do you favor a constitutional
amendment providing that all persons
registered in any election for Govern
or shall be considered registered and
qualified in all elections until the next
general election? Ans. Why attack
tliis piecemeal? I favor simplifica
tion of registration and voting and
safeguarding the ballot.
7. Do you favor the repeal of t hat
part of the anti-trust law which per
mits the manufacturers to sell to
merchants or agents at lower prices
to consumers in carload lots or more.
Ans. I am not sufficiently familiar
with the workings of this law to re
turn an answer satisfactory to myself,
much less to anybody else.
S. Are you in favor of modifying
our laws • concerning intoxicating
liquors? Ans. The several states
voted prohibition. If they tire of it.
let them repeal the 18th amendment.
Modification as suggested promimses
nothing save more trouble.
1). Do you favor exempting shares
of stock in foreign and domestic cor
porations from taxation? Aus. I
favor elimination of all double taxa
tion. It is immoral to double tax
domestic corporations. The same goes
for foreign.
10. Do you favor a luxury tax,
that is. an excise tax on the purchase
of luxuries for school purposes? Ans.
(Continued on Page Three.)
THE COTTON MARKET
More Active and Higher in Early
Trading. With Net Gains of 9 to
12 Points.
New York. April 14.— (A 3 )—The
cotton market was more active and
higher in today’s early trading, ow
ing to heavy domestic consumption
figures, an unfavorable interpretation
of the weekly report of the weather
bureau, and apprehensions t’aat the
better weather reported in the South
today would be followed by renewal
of unsettled conditions.
Cables were lower than due, but
the opening here was steady at a de
cline of one point to an advance of
three points. Active months soon
showed net gains of 0 to Y 2 points,
May selling up to 18.81) and October
to 17.57 on covering, trade and com
mission house buying.
! The report of the census bureau
showed domestic consumption of 634,-
593 bales for Marc y n, compared with
j 583.407 last year, and with the pre-
I vious high record of 624,204 bales re
ported in March, 1923.
Cotton futures opened steady. May
18.87; July 18 34; Oct. 17.44 ; Dec.
17.13; Jan. 17.02.
SEVEN SACKS OF MAIL
TAKEN BY MASKED MEN
Sacks Believed to Contain Money as
They Were Consigned to Large
Steel Companies.
Chicago, April 14. — (A 3 )—Seven
sacks of registered mail believed to
have contained money, were taken
from a mail truck as it was being load
ed at the rear of Indiana Harbor, In
d., post office early today. Two armed
men seized the sacks and drove rapid
ly toward Chicago.
According to the Indiana Harbor
police, the mail sacks were consigned
to seven largo steel companies.
The robers intimidated the truck
drivers, forcing him to help in trans
ferring the bags.
Overman Files His Candidacy Notice
Washington. April 13.—Senator
Lee S. Overman today forwarded
formal notice of his candidacy in the
primaries for the Democratic nomi
nation to succeed himself as United
States Senator to the State Board of
Elections.
Senator Overman is in with his
formal notice in good time, as the
law does not require tiling until
April 24.
The junior North Carolina Sena
tor formally announced his candi
dacy to the voters of the State in a
statement issued some time ago.
THE TRIBUNE I
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['Month more tnm
DURING FEBHUUT
Cotton Consumed in the
Month Totalled 634,593
Bales of Lint and 60,532
of Linters.
MUCH COTTON ON
HAND IN MONTH
Imports During March
Were Greater Than hi
February, the Latest Re
ports Show.
Washington, April 14.—(AO—Cot
ton consumed (luring March totalled ’
(134,593 bales of lint, and (50,532 of
linters. compared with 507.244 of lrrrt
and 53.97 ft of linters in February
this year: and 583,407 of lint arid
58,821 of linters in March last year,
the census bureau today announced
Cotton on hand March 31st was
held as follows :
In consuming establishments Si
-707,080 bales of lint: and 187.298 of
linters: compared with 1,831.290 rtf
lint and 174,970 of linters on Febru
ary 28th this year; and 1,633.788 rtf
lint and 158.049 of linters on March
31st last year.
In public storage and at compresses
4.102.028 bales of lint and 84,458 of
linters. compared with 4,744.000 df
lint and 80.151 of linters on Febru
ary 28th this year, and 2.028.38 k of
lint and 02.30!) of linters on March
31st last year.
Imports for March totalled 45,726
bales, compared with 38,355 in Feb
ruary this year, and 33,955 in March
last year.
Exports for March totalled 519,732
bales, including 7.711 bales of lint
ers. compared with 556.183 including
10,859 of linters in February this
year: and 740,070 including .32,360 of
linters in March last year.
Cotton spindles active during March
numbered 33.233.382 compared with
33.028,966 in February this year, and
33.217.162 in March last year.
.Statistics for cotton growing states
were:
Cotton consumed March 438.396 I
bales, compared with 399,046 in Feb
ruary tliits year; and 392,027 in March
last year.
Cotton on hand March 31st was
held as follows :
In consum’ng establishments 1,068,-
604 bales, compared with 1.127.859 on
March 31st last year.
In public storage and at compress
es 3.930,836 bales, compared with
4,520.920 on February 28th this year, I
and 1,708,301 on March 31st last
year.
Cotton spindles active during March
numbered 17.206.762 compared with
17.221.236 during February this year,
and 16.917.166 during March last
year.
TAR HEEL, INVENTS AN
AIRPLANE PARACHUTE
Hasbrouck Williams, of Itrcvard,
Says it Will Prevent Air Crashes.
Greenville, S. C„ April 18.—A
parachute landing device for crip
l'led planes which, it is claimed, will
enable them t o drift slowly to earth,
has been patented by Hasbrouck J.
Williams, of Brevard, N. C-. it was
learned here today.
The device, which was patented
April 0 as a “resisting safety lander
for aerial machines,’’ consists of a
large oil-silk parachute carried on
the top wiug of the plane. In an
emergency the parachute enn be
opened by the pilot by the use of a
lever.
Mr. Williams. an aviator at
present connected with a westers
North Carolina concern, said he con
ceives! the idea while Hying in
France during the world War. The
device, he said, in an emergency
would prevent a crippled plane from
crashing downward
She Didn’t Scream But Switched on
Light.
Kinston. April 13.—Miss Lucille
Scott did not scream when a burglar
invaded a room ill which she and
two sisters were sleeping Sunday
morning. Instead she switched on a
light. The intruder, a negro, fled
through the window by which he had
entered the house, the home of John
W Scott and family at, 200 East
Grainger avenue. The man vanished
| before male members of the family,
[could lie summoned.
Unfavorable Foreign Trade Balance.
Washington, April 14.—OP)—For
eign trade of the United States con
tinued to show an unfavorable bal
ance during March when exports were
$375,000,000 against imports of $445,-
000.0(H).
SAT’S BEAR SATO:
Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day. warmer tonight, colder Taursday
in interior. Moderate to fresh shift
ing, winds.