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PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
DEMOCRATS ESPECT
HARMONIOUS STATE
MEETING THIffISOAY
All Factional Disputes Ig
nored in County Con
ventions Held Saturday
Throughout State.
GOVERNOR McLEAN
WARMLY ENDORSED!
Morrison Has No Idea of
Bringing Up His Ports
Measure on the Floor of
the Convention.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, April 27.—The dove of
peace hovers over the Democratic
party in North Carolina, if the pro
ceedings at county Democratic con
ventions the state over, held last Sat
urday, may be taken as
and a state convention harmonious in
th« nth degree is freely predicted here
Lff political leaders.
Entering the convention hnlls in
nil of Nortti Carolina's 100 counties,
delegates ignored all factional dis
putes which might have caused dis
sension and disposed of the business
at hand with a unanimity of ideas
'and opinion such as has not been
exhibited in a number of years.
Since the delegates came directly from
the great mass of voters, (tie har
mony that existed may safely be tak
en as indicative of the attitude of
that great portion of the public which
is affiliated with the Democratic par
ty, the political leaders here point
out.
It has been freely predicted tfiat
the question of state-wide eight
months school terms would divide the
osrty this year. In only two coun
ties was the question even brought
tip. according to reports which have
readied Raleigh thus far.
The teaching of evolution in pub
lic schools was another shoal upon
which several political prophets pre
dicted wholesale wreckage. The mat
ter was not eveq mentioned in the
county conventions heard from so far.
Even in Mecklenburg county, w4iich
is generally considered the stronghold
of the fundamentalist faction, no ef
fort was made upon the convention
problem over which alarmists pro
fessed to be losing many nights of
sleep. It did come up in a few
counties, including Lenoir, but even
in those few the question larked much
of becoming a serious issue.
Practically every county conven
tion endorsed the present state ad
ministration in the most heart-warm
ing terms and, in even more unquali
fied terms than usual, praised the
business- 1 ike management of the
state's affairs furnished by Governor <
McLean. I |
Not a cloud was discernible upon
the clear sky of a harmonious and
united democracy. The prophets of ,
disaster had guessed wrong again. -
. I'iKin the bases of these peaceful" i
county assemblies, there is leßs evi- ,
dence than ever before of possible
strife in the state convention to be ,
held here Thursday, it is generally ;
accepted here, and Raleigh * looks for j
a harmonious gathering, largely at- ,
tended, but with nothing more than
routine matters to come up.
The conclave will convene at 12
olclock. W. C. Feimster, the tem
porary chairman, will deliver the key- ,
note speech and then will come the |
matter of a permanent convention or- ,
ganization.
There are two alternatives. One
is that the convention rote to make ,
tbe temporary organization perma
nent. This would put Mr. Feimster
in tiie chair for the duration* of tbe
convention. The other is that a com- i
mittee on organization be named to |
recommend a permanent chairman ,
and secretary.
It would surprise no one to see the .
form course adopted. Mr. Feimster,
who bails from Newton, is not only ,
an able orator and student of the prin- .
ciples of his party, bat a skilled par- ,
liamentarian and a man with a boat |
of friends over the state. It is gen- |
orally conceded that his accession to |
the permanent chairmanship would 1
be acceptable to all wings of the
state party and unless there should
be unexpected political developments
between now and Thursday noon,
there are many who predict more or 1
less openly that be will be given the 1
most difficult job the party haa to '
give at convention time.
The state chairmanship fs, of '
course, an entirely different matter. 1
That position is filled by tbe state 1
executive committee.' 1
If there are- any plans for stam
peding the convention for any one
candidate in the Democratic primary, 1
politicians here who usually are con- I
versant with such matters deny all j
knowledge of them. The conven- j
tion, they predict, will adhere to a j
strict policy of hands-off in all pre- j
primary scraps. It is possible, of j
course, that dome militant supporter
of one or more of the various candi- j
dates will insist upon offering a reso
lution laudatory to his man, but it
seems likely thgt such tactics will be
frokned upon by the convention as a J
whole. That was the policy followed (
in 1024, when, with the convention ]
ninety per cent, for McLean, no sides j
were taken. ' ' }
Reports placed in circulation Mon- ]
day that former Governor Cameron i
Morrison planned to revive his porta <
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The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Variety Os Measures
Calculated To Solve
Farm Problems Ready
HOW VOLCANOES
> SAVE THE WORLD
Are Really Safety Valves.—But for
Them Earthquakes Would Occur
More Frequently.
Washington. D. C\, April 27. —
: Mauna Loa, the “burning mountain'*
] of Hawaii, now active after several
I years of comparative quiet, is one of
I the Pacific’s biggest and most dreaded
volcunoes. Happily, this latest erup
tion has not been accompanied by the
terrible loss of life and property that
lias marked numerous of its outbursts
in the past.
Although volcanoes are often re
ferred to as burning mountains, in
reality they do not burn at all.
er are they mountains in the true
sense of tile term. The scientific defi
nition of a volcano is “an opening in
the earth’s crust, through which heat
ed matter is thrown up from the
earth's interior to the surface, where
it usually fogms a bill, more or less
conical in shape, and generally with
a hollow or crater at the top."
Where eruptions frequently occur,
the heated materials forced upwards
pile themselves to heights which
causes liicm to be classed as moun
tains.
What looks like fire belching forth
is merely the reflection of the molten
lnva on the clouds of steam which
hang over the water. The steam it
self is often wropgly spoken of as
smoke.
The cause of volcanic actioil is not
known. The most popular theory is
that it is brought about by water get
ting into the white-hot furnace below
the earth's crust. In support of this
fact is cited that nearly all the most
active volcanoes are close to the sea.
Volcanoes are really safety-valves.
Without them humanity could hardly
have existed at all. for scientists say
it is due to volcanic action that the
continents emprged from the sea.
Earthquakes, which ore usually more
terrible in their effects than vol
canoes, would occur much more fre
quently but for these safety-valves.
Between six hundred and seven
hundred volcnnoes have been counted
in various part of the world, and of
these two hundred and seventy are
still on the active list. Vesuvius
vvas silent for over two thousand
ytors before it suddenly woke up and,
to a few hours, destroyed Pompeii.
have toNW-wtiV
Ss for back as 500 p. C. In 1188
it destroyed 11,000 people, since when
at vifylttg intervals it has been the
scene of a number of disasters.
Scientists are awaiting with much
interest to see if the eruption of
Mauna Loa is of the type to cause
marked variation in weather. Al
though the volcano is reported to have
emitted vast quantities of ashes, it is
riot known whether a sufficient quan
tity has moved into the upper at
mosphere to cause weather changes
ofer a period of some months to come.
8s is sometimes the case in violent
eruptions.
The effects of a volcanic eruption
are sometices far-reaching, as was il
lustrated ip 1883, in the Straits of
Sunda, between the islands of Suma
tra and Java. The explosion when
tht volcano burst out on the island
of Krakatoa was heard in Ceylon,
2,000 miles away, and the ocean wape
set up by the outburst carried French
warships ashore at Madagascar. The
island of Krakatoa was blown to
fragments and over 35,000 persons
perished. All over Asia, in the
British Isles, and at Trinidad the
sun was observed to have a curious
green or blue aspect. This was due
to the dust thrown up by this fright-1
ful explosion.
Thinks Sandhill Peach prop Dam-'
aged About 25 Per Cent.
Raleigh, April 2ft—-The Sandhill
peach crop is damaged not to exceed
25 per cent, Frank Parker, crop I
statistician, announced today after
a week of study of the damage to the .
«op made by experts Bn ibis de
partment.
Tbe damage was caused by the
cqto of April 19 and 20. Many peach
growers have felt that the crop was
damaged to a greater extent than
that estimated by Mr. Parker, but
he believes that a production of 75
per cent of that formerly expected
ia probable.
' Again Try to Raise 8-51.
New London, April 27.—0P>—With
a fleet of boats carrying expert naval
men and salvaging material arriving ■
off this port, the Navy again took up
its task of attempting to raise from
its ocean grave the submarine 8-51
sunk off Block Island last September,
after being rammed by the steamer
City of Rome.
May Ist 1926 New Series Opens
If you contemplate building in the near future and
need a loan, come to see us now and take out your stock.
May the first is tax returning time. Invest your idle
funds in Prepaid Stock at $72.25 per share, which is non
taxable.
CITIZENS BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION
OFFICE IN CITIZENS BANK
Widely Different Plans for
Solution of Surplus Crop
Problem Submitted to
the House.
BITTER FIGHT IS
EXPECTED ON THEM
Commodity Marketing BUI,
Tincher Bill and Haugen
BUI Among Those Pre
sented During Day.
Washington, April 27. —04 s )—Wide-
ly different plans for solution of the
surplus crop problem were submitted
to the House today by members of
the agriculture committee which has
been devling into the situation for
several months without reaching an
agreement on a single measure.
The plan with the endorsement of
Secretary Jardine was reported by
Representative Tincher. republican of
Kansas. It would provide a special
agency with a $100,000,000 loan fund
to aid co-operative marketing asso
ciations in dis posing of surplus crops,
and thus. Mr. Tincher said, "would
bring about stabilized prices and the
orderly flow of farm products In con
sumptive channels through machinery
set up, operated and managed by the
farmers themselves.”
Representative Aswell, democrat, of
Louisiana, presented the Curtis-As
well commodity marketing bill, which
calls for an appropriation of only
$10,000,000, to establish national and
subsidiary sectional marketing asso
ciations owned, controlled and oper
atend by the farmers. This plan, he
argued, provides for permanent rath
er than temporary relief, ami contem
plates a national rather than section
al system of organization.
Chairman Humen ot the committee
introduced his bill to authorize a re
volving fund of $375,000,000 to sta
bilize price* of basic farm commodi
ties. He said it was evident the
farmers could not at this time ac
quire funds necessary for the purpose.
Mr. Tincher asserted that the ad
ministrat'ou proposal "plans at the
disposal of farmer-controlled agencies,
additional resources of the govern
ment. and would stimulate (heir da-,
vjOopniFur ai&iii- sound Bird roiufruti.
tine Hues.’’ *.» »* d i ■■in
WANTS MORE CANADIAN
TRADE FOR THIS COUNTRY
This Point Will Be Stressed at Nat
ional Foreign Trade Council Con-1
vention at Charleston, S. C.
Charleston, 8. C„ April 27. —(A*)—
Trade co-operation between the Unit
ed States and Canada will be stress
ed by the Canadian delegation to the
13th convention of the National For
eign Trades Council, C. P. gchwen
gers. president of the Victoria. B. C„
Chamber of Commerce, said here to
day upon hia arrival for the meeting.
An annual .trade of $1,500,000,000
already exists between the two coun
tries, Mr. Sehwengers said. He will
preside at the special session tomor
row afternoon which has been arrang
ed for the Canadians, and will speak
on “Friendship Across the Border."
DR. R. C. BEAMAN IS
DEAD AT TARBORO HOME
Had Been Active in the Methodist
Ministry for the Past Fifty Yean.
Tarboro. April 27.— OP) —Dr. R. C.
Beaman, for nearly 50 years active
in the Methodist ministry in North
Carolina, died here early today at his
home. He had been ill for several
months and only recently had return
ed from Rochester, Minn., where he
wbnt for treatment.
Dr. Beaman during his mln'stry,
held many important pastorates' in
the state and was widely known in the
denomination.
Funeral services will be held at the
Methodist church here tomorrow at
11 o'clock and interment will be- at
Goldsboro. He is survived by his
widow, one son and two daughters.
Hogue Sentenced to Prison For Life.
Bt. Clairsville, 0., April 27.—CP)—
Pleading guilty to Hecond degree mur
der for the slaying of his step-mother,
Mrs. Lunda Hogue, three months ago,
Kenneth Hogue was today sentenced
to life imprisonment at hard labor
in the penitentiary at Columbus.
Hogue, who celebrated his twentieth
birthday in jail last Sunday, con
fessed that he killed bis step-mother
because of a three-year grudge against
her for having accused him ot steal
ing $3.00.
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1926
« War Seems to Be China's Regular Diet
f■' ———• ’’jy —"———
Pforia weapona still roar la Cftina where various factions are engaged in martial conflict. Thin picture,
token after Hie recent battle at Slnyanehow, in Honan Province, shows one of the field guns used by Anti-Red
* —’ll—— toroaa.
THE COTTON MARKET
; Opened Steady Today at Advance if
j J to 7 Points.—May Rallied After
I Opening Decline.
I New York. April 27.—CP)—The
j cotton market opener! steady today at
an advance of 1 to 7 points in r<-
sjionse to rather steadier Liverpool
cables and covering after the decline
of yesterday. May sold off to 18.51
after the call under little liquidation
brought out by circulation of notices
estimated at abont 4,000 balea. TVs
month's offerings were steadily ab
sorbed by the trade buying presuma
bly to fix prices, however, and price
soon rallied to 18.60. October mean
while sold up to 17.20 to 17.81, the
i general list showing net advances of
about 1) to 13 points at the end of the
first hour.
Early weather advices indicated no
rainfall of importance in the South,
but showed rather low temperatures
at a couple of the eastern belt points,
and rejwrts reaching here from the
Southwest brought reiterated eoni
pla'nts of delayed planting.
Cotton futures opened steady : May
18.08; October 17.22; December 16.87
and January 16.78.
GOVERNORS ARE INVITED TO
WILLIAMSBURG CELEBRATION
Governors if Thirteen Original States
To Be Guests at Sesqui-Centem
nial.
Williamsburg. Va., April 27.—OP) —
Governors of the thirteen original
states 'have been invited to attend the
•eeWHHMoff here on M«y 1$ Qf -ftie.
sesquT-eentenniai of the adoption of
the Virginia resolution which culmin
ated in the Deelarnt’on of Independ
ence. President Coolidge will deliver
the principal address.
The invitations were extended by
j Governor Harry Flood Byrd, of Vir
ginia. and were sent to the Chief Ex
ecutives of Massachusetts, Rhode Is
land. New York. North Carolina
South Carolina. Georgia. Maryland
New Jersey. Connecticut, Pennsylvan
ia aDd Delaware. Ail are expected
to attend e'ther in person or by per
son representatives.
WANTS FARM PROBLEM
SOLVED BY CONGRESS
Republican Club Would Keep Con
gress In Session Until Matter is
Concluded.
Chicago, April 27.— UP) —Calling
the agricultural problem the greatest,
present challenge to statesmanship,
the Hamilton Club of Chicago, the
greatest republican club west of New
York, has gone on record against ad
journment of Congress until adequate
steps have been taken "to redeem the
promise made to the farmers of the
nation” in the Republican platform
of 1924.
A resolution adopted by the club
directors last night calls the attention
of Congress and the administration to
the agricultural plank of the party
platform and expresses confidence that
the farm problem can be solved if the
party addresses itself seriously to the
task.
With Our Advertisers.
Miss Allie Legg now is in New
York buying the latest styles in mil
linery for Robinson’s millinery de
partment. ~
The California tours contest ends
Monday, May 3, at 6 p. m. Pay 1 your
accounts before that time and the
Ritchie Hardware Co. and got 300
votes on the dollar.
Every public school student should
have a memory book. Kid-Frix Music
and Stationery Co. has them.
Judge McCamant. Resigns.
Portland, Ore., April 27. —(4>)—
Judge Wallace McOamant of the
Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Ap
peals has resigned, effective next Mon
day. He has been serving under re
cess appointment by President Cool
idge, which the Senate refused to con
firm several weeks ago.
Deputies Withdrawn at Passaic Mills.
Passaic, N. J.. April 27.—(4*)—The
withdrawal of deputies guarding tex
tile plants in this city affected by the
14 weeks’ strike, was announced to
day by Sheriff Charles F. Morgan.
Tbe sheriff said he was convinced
there was no further occasion for the
150 deputies who were brought here
on the night of April 18th.
Dtr. Harvey's discovery, of the circu
lation of blood about 300 years ago
marked the beginning of the growth
of modern medical science.
The Canadian wheat belt haa been |
extended northward more than 100
miles by the propagation- of garnet j
wheat, a new early maturing grain. I
I
CHURCH GAINS COME
FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL
Progress in Eviry Departmfnt of the
Snnday School Work s Reported.
Nashville. Tenn., April 27.—0 f the
142 025 members uniting with the M.
K. Chure’.i, South, during the past
year 92,428 came from the ranks of
Sunday school pupils, while further
proof that the Sunday sehool is be
coming more and more the central
doorway to churco membership is seen
in the fact thnt during the past four
vents of the 503,449 aecissions to
the Southern Methodist Church, "63,-
938 Sunday school pupils are report
ed as having been received ou profes
sions of faith.
Sunday school growth in many di
rections will be reported to the gen
eral conference of the denomination
when that body meets in quadrennial
session in Memphis, May sth. Ac
cording to statistics compiled at Sun
day sell tail headquarters in Nashville,
the number of Sunday schools in 1925
was 18,324 with a total enrollment
of 2,048.198 pupils in the United
States and 66.398 in foreign fields.
Total collections for missions and
other Sunday school causes during
the past year was $3,305,988, while
for tiie quadrennium which will close
with the convening of the general con
ference, Sunday school pupils raised
for all purposes, $12,223,487.
The annual circulation for 1925 of
1.859,000 copies of Sunday school ro
llers and lesson texts, is < evidence,-
eaders say of continuous .develop
ment in the quality and ,variety of
Sunday school literature and indi
cates an increasihg attendance upon
the Sunday schools of the denomina
tion.
Methodists lend tiie religious wmld
lr. the matter of teacher-training cred
its according to leaders in charge of
this department, the gain during the
past quadrennium over the preceding
six years being nearly 100,00 credit
units. During the past year all over
the territory of the Southern Metho
dist Church, in China, Japan and
Cuba, as well as in the 88 annual
conference divisions in the United
States, men and women and young
people attended standard training
schools for Sunday school leaders,
and according to reports received 44,-
192 awards offered in courses under
Methodist auspices, thereby outdis
tancing the next five denominational
ho<lies specializing in training work by
9,304 credits. Figures quoted from
Other denominations give the Congre
gational Church 1,424 credits; the
Disciples 2.900; Southern Presby
terian 6,888; Northern Baptist. 7,-1
498, and Northern Methodists 16,178,!
a total of 34,8888 as against 44,192
for the Southern Methodists.
MUST REPAIR ENGINES
BEFORE RESUMING HUNT
Explorers Unable to Continue Search
Fir Capt. Wilkins and His Pilot.
Fairbanks. Alaska, April 27. — UP)
—The engines of the Detro'ter, Wil
kins’ Arctic Expedition airplane, will
undergo repairs before a renewal of
the search for.Capt. Geo. H. Wilkins
and his pilot, Carl B. Eilson, who
have not been heard from since April
15th when they left for Point Barrow.
Motor trouble forced the Detroiter
to return to Fairbanks yesterday af
ter it had gone 100 miles north toward
Point Barrow.
Yesterday’s exploit was one of a
series of misfortunes which have fol
lowed the undertaking from the start.
To Decide Soon as to Industrial Sru
vey.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, April 27. —Following a
conference between Governor McLean
and the child welfare commission
Monday afternoon, it was announced
that the commission would decide at
an early meeting, probably this week,
upon the details of the survey of
women in industry, which it is to con
duct and that the plans would be made
public as soon as they had been sub
mitted to the governor for his ap
proval.
Fear Freighter and Crew Are Lost.
Newark, N. J., April 27.—OP)—
Hope for the freighter Suduffco. over
due at the Panama Canal since March
22, was abandoned today by her own
ers, the Transmarine Coriioration of
Port Newark.
The ship was in command of Cant.
T. Turner, ami carried a crew of 28.
W. P. Schultz, of Charlotte, N. C.,
was atewnrd on the Suduffco.
Latvian Debt Settlement Approved.
| Washington, April 27.— (4*)— I The
Latvian debt settlement was approved
; by the Senate after a debate of less
! than an hour and a half. 1
JAPANESE NEWS AGENCY
TAKES A. P. AS PATTERN
New National News Agency Called
“The Associated Press of Japan.”
Tokyo. Japan. April 27.— UP) —
Dissolution of Kokusai, Japan’s na
tional news agency, and the forma
tion of a new non-profit mutual
news association similar to The As
sociated Press in America was an
nounced today following n meeting
of representatives of the empire's
largest vernacular newspapers.
. The Japanese mime of the new as
sociation is the Nippon ShimbniHS
It- ngo, which, translated into Eng
lish. is "The Associated Press of
Japan." Eight newspapers, having
75 percent of the total newspaper
circulation of Japan, " compose the
charter membership.
Regarding the plans of the asso
ciation, Director Iwanaga said:
"We wish to follow as close as
tvossiblo the policies of the Associat
ed Press of America which undoubt
edly is the greatest news gathering
organization today. Owing to the
peculiar conditions in Japan, how
ever. we enu not hope for attainment
of this ideal for some time to come.
"The newspapers of Japan want
j their news unbaised and uneolored,
and it is believed that only through
a mutual, non-profit arrangement
can such news be exchanged. It will
also mean, eventually a tremendous
saving of money in news gathering ”
WILL DISCUSS PLANS FOR
SURVEY IN THE STATE
Child Welfare Commission Win Hold
Meeting in Raleigh Tonight.
Raleigh. April 27.—(4*)—Members
of t’lif child welfare commission will
meet , tonight to discuss the scope of
the survey of women in industry, or*,
dered by the governor. The indus
tries which employ women will be
investigated and the counties in which
the survey will be conducted will
also be discussed.
Following formulation of plans,
tiiey will be submitted to Governor
I McLean, member of the commission
said today.
Tonight's meeting follows n con
ference yesterday between members of
the commission and the governor.
The meeting tonight will be the
first since the commission was in
structed to undertake the survey.
Comprising the commission are Mrs.
Kate Burr Johnson, superintendent of
charities and public welfare, chair
man ; A. T. Alleu, superintendent of
public instruction, and Dr. G. M.
Cooper, acting secretary of the board
, of health. •
Furman Roberts Uses Pistol to End
Life.
Chester, S. C., April 26.—Furman
Roberts, of Greenville, using a revolv
er. sent a bullet through his brain
Sunday at the Rocky Creek new hy
dro-electric power development not
far from Great Falls, Chester county,
according to advices received in Ches
ter Monday.
The report stated that he was in
one of the "shacks" which are used
for residential purposes when he
killed himself.
He is said to be about 59 years of
age and is married. A son worked
on t'lie job there with him.
Mr. Robert’s body, it is thought,
'Will be sent to Greenville for burial.
He was one of the bosses on the big
job at Rocky Creek.
Robert B. Dub Dead.
New York, April 27.—(4>)—Robert
B. Dula, director of the Liggett &
Myers Tobacco Co., died today at his
Park Avenue home.
In 1874 the famous Dr. Osier ex
amined two of his friends for life in
surance. The one now surviving
was refused insurance because of val
vular lesion of the heart.
Star Theatre
W ednesday-Thursday,
April 28- 29th
Another Good Picture
“Kentucky Pride”
With J. Farrell MacDonald,
Gertrude Astor, Henry B. Wal
thall and a host of the world’s
greatest race horses Man o’
War in great cast.
A crook story of the race track
You Will Like It
A John Ford Production
TODAY
Your Last Chance To See
' “SANDY”
Played to a Packed House on
| Monday: Everyone Liked It
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that would weaken the prohibi- 4-
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4: today in a resolution adopted at 4:
4£ the bi-enn:al convention of del- jK
4: egntPs representing 560.900 mem- 4
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GOV. McLEAN PAYS HIGH
TRIBUTE TO ELECTRICITY
As the Force Which Has Made Pos
sible the Mapic Development of j
North Carolina.
lta'.eigh Bureau of
The Tribune
Pinehurst. April 27.—High tribute
to electricity as the force which has
made possible the magic development
of North Carolina, and all of Ameri
ca, for that matter, within the past
twenty-five years, was paid by Gov
ernor A, W. McLean today in his
address before the fourteenth annual
convention of the southeastern divi
sion of the National Electric Light
Association' here today.
"Twenty-five years ago." the gover
nor declared in the course of his ad
dress, "there w;as not in the whole
state of North Carolina a single cen
tral electric plant, in the modern
sense. The first, on the Catawba
River near Charlotte, was a frank
experiment . Not an industry, ex
cept a few mills using water-wheels,
knew any source of 1 lower except its
individual steam plant. Only a few
of our cities were lighted and they
with infrequent and uncertain arc
lights, while in tiie home the incan
descent w>a« still too expensive a lux
ury except for the well-to-do.
"Today there is a conservatively
estimated li.vdro-electric power instal
lation of 60.000 horse-power on North
Carolina streams. Today there is
an output of electrical energy which
reaches the total of 1.500.000.000
kilowatt hours per year. Today elec
tric power and light utilities have in
stalled in this state 433,711 horse
power and in addition deliver the out
jiut of 41..300 horse-power installed
in other states, and this 845,000
horse-power available for industry for
civic uses and for homes is carried
over 2,000 miles of high power trans
mission lines.
“What the release of this store of
clean, economical and reliable power
has meant: to North Carolina is re
flected in wliat Nortti Carolina indus
try ha* been achieving. Over 500
textile mills give employment to 90.-
000 people and manufacture products
of a yearly value of $400,000,000.
Great tobacco factories, the largest in
the world, make North Carolina the
nremier state in the manufacture of
the solacing weed and product pro
ducts haring a value of upwards of |
$300,000,000 annually. Several of
our towns, notably the city of High
Point, are centers of a furniture in
dustry important in the nation, the
value of whose products is in excess
of SSO 000,000 annual). In 1923, ac
cording to official figures of the Unit
ed States department of commerce,
the total value of our manufactured <
products was $951,911,000.
"The marvel of these figures, the
lesson of which has not been lost on
the nation, is that the industry they
reflect should be powered to the ex
tent of 75 per cent, by the electric
utilities that so lately as twenty years
ago were, practically speaking, non
existant.”
Calling the convention to order,
President Robert L. Lindsey, who is
vice president of the Durham Public
Bervice Company, delivered the an
nual presidential address—an appeal
for a more compact and business-like
southeastern division organization. It
was largely through Mr. Lindsey’s ef
forts that a full-time secretary of the
division was engaged and headquar
ters located in Atlanta. It is the
hope of the president, as expressed
in his address, to weld the organiza
tion into a more effective agency for
the electric light and power indus
try.
While interpolated as incidental re
marks. Mr. Lindsey's references to
rural electrification in the South were
regarded by the audience as most sig
nificant.
“I cannot refrain," he said, "from
referring so a slowly .but surely de
veloping movement that is beginning
to grip the thought of the entire na
tion—that of electrifying the farms
of America. We probably do not
realize yet the momentum which that
movement already has gained or what
has been accomplished right here in
North Carolina. The matter of plac
ing electric power in usable form in
the hands of our agricultural indus
try is one of the greatest problems
the power and light business has been
called upon to solve. If agriculture
is to keep paee with tiie other indus
tries of America it must be enabled
to utilize power instead of man-pow
er just ns do the other industries.”
The sessions of the convention will
continue through Thursday after
noon.
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Escapes From State Prison Camp.
Raleigh. April 27.— UP)— State
prison officials reported today the es
cape late yesterday of J. J. Thomas, a
white man of Rutherford county, ser
ving a sentence of two to four years
for larceny and receiving.
Thomas escaped from the honor
camp at the prison at Zebulon.
Fleet Returning From Maneuvers
Miami, Fla., April 27.— UP)— Three
squadrons of the United States navy
scouting fleet, comprising twenty-nine
planes, took off from Biscayne Bay
early today en route from winter
manevuers in southern waters to their
base at Hampton Roads, Va.
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John Adams Abbott Is Al
leged to Have Made In
sulting Remarks Abo#
Italian Premier.
ARGUMENT FIRST
STARTED TROUBLE
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Italian Guide Is aid to
Have Taken
Place in Line of Tour
ists at Vatican Gardns.
Rome. April 27. — UP) —John Adams
Abbott, aged 24, son\of Mrs. Craft on
St. Lee Abbott, of Boston, Mass., was
arrested Monday on a charge of aft- \
saulting Salvatore Astrologo, a Hom- -4
an guide, and innulting Premier J
Holini.
Abott and Astrologo engaged in an
argument after the guide is said t<>
have usurped the American’s place ia
a line of tourist** awaiting entrance ;
the Vatican gardens. The quar&t '
was renewed in halls of one of th/k
Vatican buildings, and again at Ab
bott’s hotel, to which he invited the I
guide in order to settle tiie affair. M
The pair engaged in a fist fight in
from of the hotel, the American land
ing with such effect that Astroiojjo j
was taken to a hospital. The guSflq ‘
Accused Abbott of having uttered ih
sulting remarks about Mussolini and
fascism.
To Go Over List of Candida tea.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. April 27.—Judge W. H.
Neal, chnirman of the State board of
elections, is expected in Raleigh to
day to begin the task of checking ov
er and passing upon all notices of
candidacies .received at the board’s of
fice here Friday and Saturday. He
has checked over all received up to
Thursday evening. • "-q
Tiie judge ba« announced that theV:
notices would be passed upon "on
their merit" and in full conformance J
with the election law.
Several telegraphic notices are in- 3
eluded in the lot which awaits his de- i
cision.
The complete list of candidates will
be given out at tbe same time 4h«—d
candidacies are certified to the sere- 1
tary of state, the judge stated Satan- 1
day.
Astor Dunned Monroe But He! DM It -
Diplomatically. ;‘ f
New York, April 27. —OP)—-When
the John Jacob Astor of 1802 decld
ed to dun former President James
Monroe for an old loan, the deliqate- |
ly sandwiched his request between.
congratulations and best wishes.
This is revealed in an autographed
Astor letter just sold by the Alpgri- J
cun Art Galleries. Dated in jthia
city. April 26, 1826. and addressed |
to "Honle. James Monroe,” tbs com*
mounication reads: '"'- Jill
"Dear Sir: '*>' ;sfl
“Permit me to congratulate you on
your honorable retirement (from .Pub
lic Life) in which I most sincerely |
wish you may enjoy that Peaee and
Tranquility to which you are so just
ly entitled.
"Without wishing to cause you any
inconveuieuey on account of t|ie loan
which I so long since made to yoji I
would be glad if you would put it in
a train of settlement if not whole let.
it be a part with the duel "
“I hope Dear Sir that you and Mrs. j
Monroe enjoy tiie best of hMHb 3
that you may live years to witness :
the Prosperity of tiie country Sia
which you have so eminently contri|i- j
uted.
"I am most respectfully. Dear Sir, - |
"Y'our obed. Svt.
“J. Ja Astor.”
The Los Angeles on Test Cruise.
Lakehurst, N. J., April 27.—OP)—
The dirigible Los Angeles was re
leased from her mooring mast shortly
before noon and started toward Phil- J
adelphia on a test cruise. Captain
George W. Steele, Jr., in ('large of
the ship, planned to return to the
hangar in thq early afternoon. The
weather conditions were good.
America is the only couutry to
standardize color for industrial pur- i
poses, 1.410 textile and allied con- ;4
corns agreeing each season upon the :
same color card.
With seven former major league
players it its roster, the Portland
team should be able to keep in the
running for rhe Pacific Coast League
title this season.
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Fair and warmer tonight, Wednes- «
day cloudy probably showers" In west A
and central portions, warmer In the ■
east and eolder in extreme west per-S
tion, cooler Wednesday night.
erate to fresh south and aoutbwjffifl
winds.