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VOLUME XXVI ,
EIECIMIIMOf
RURtL DISTRICTS
IS THE PREDICTION
Prophecy Is Made of An
Undreamed of Develop
ment Within the Next
Five Years.
HOW RURAL SERVICE
MAY BE DEVELOPED
Dr. White, of Chicago, Ad
dresses National Electric
Light Association op
“Rural Electrification.”
Pinchurst, X. C. t April 28.—Proph
fey of an undreamed of development
Yl in rural electrification within the
• next live years, with Itie confident
prediction that the electric light and
power leaders qf the nation would
cope successfully with the problems
attendant upon that development,
was the outstanding feature of today's
session of the fourteenth nnnual con
vention of the National Electric Light
Association, southeastern division, i
meeting at the Carolina Hotel here.
Dr. E. A. White, of Chicago, di
rector of the national committee on
the relation of electricity to agricul
ture, addressing rite convention on
the subject of “Rural Electrification"
declared that the e nee trie “virus"
was catching and every line extended
into rural districts gave the move
ment added momentum. Illustrating
the growth that 'nas marked the past
year, the speaker cited the case of
Alabama where the use of electricity
has virtually tkmbled in twelve months.
In 11124 Alabama had (178 rural elec
tric light users and in 11)25 that num
ber was increased to 1,125. Stress
was placed on the fact that the actual
consumption of electricity per cus
tomer had increased from 34 kilowatt
hours in 1924 to 57 kilowatt hours
in 1925.
According to Dr. White, whp did
not attempt to discuss the engineer
ing problems to be encountered In
transmitting electricity throughout
sparsely (settled section of rural
Americn, the leaders in the electric
light and power industry are to be
trusted with the task of supplying
power without which agriculture
“canpot keep pace with the other lu
dnatrles Wt-Jp •
“Already,” said Dr. White, “the
united effort designed to determine
how rural service may be developed
on a sound basis is being pictured as
one of the most constructive move
ments In the entire agricultural situa
tion.
“You take infinite pains to insure
a true perspective of a problem. Hav
ing acquired this, action follows quick
ly, logically, based on exhaustive en
gineering technique and sound econ
omics. Among agricultural leaders
yon are acquiring a reputation for
vision, fairness and energetic action.
“Rural electrifieation is a major
undertaking. It is different from
any other class of business encounter
ed in the utility field. Therefore it
is logical to expect that a special
technique will be developed for handl
ing it. This will involve not only
technical knowledge regarding line
construction, farm uses, and elec
trical characteristics of rural distri
bution lines, but also a thorough un
, derstanding of the farmers’ psyrtiol
ogy which .due to hi* environments
and conditions of life, differs from
that of urban centers."
Dr. White stated that nineteen
large power companies in thirteen
states had established rural service
departments as a part of their regu
lar organizations and that many
smaller companies had designated one
man to supervise that class of work.
An interesting part of the program
today was a speakers’ contest among
three young women to represent the
southeastern division at the National
Electric Lirfht Association convention
in Atlantic City next month. The
contestants were: Miss Lucy Bouch
clle, of Birmingham; Miss Luelle
Watkins, of Atlanta, and Miss Grace
Moore, of Memphis. The name of
the winner is to be announced later.
Bpeakers today other than Dr.
White were: Girard Harris, editor
> of the Birmingham News; N. T.
Guernsey, general counsel of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co., and Hon. A. J. Maxwell, member
of the North Carolina Corporation
Commission.
Tonight the annual banquet and
the convention ball will be entertain
ment features.
With Our Advertisers.
See ad. of Shivar ginger ale, F. M.
Youngblood k Co., Concord distribu
tors.
The Markson Shoe Store will be.
closed Thursday and Friday getting
ready for the big shoe sale. Watch
for double page ad. in this paper.
Protect your porch furniture and'
rugs by awnings. See ad. of Concord
Furniture Co.
See new ad. today of Wilkinson’s
Funeral Home. Open day and night.
Phone 9. Ambulance service.
Schloss Bros, suits, with one or two
pair trousers, at Hoover’s.
Young men’s all leather oxfords, on
ly $4.95 a pair, at Richmond-Flowe
Company's.
Wonderful men's straw hats, 98
cents to $8.98, at J. C. Penney Co.’*.
Every girl who goes to the hgbgr
department| at Parka-Belk Co.’a, ac
companied by an adidt, will receive
a Pictorial Beview doll pattern free.
The Concord Daily Tribune
- North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Facts About the “Crescent Limited/’
Southern Railway’s De Luxe Train
The Crescent Limited is described
as the Southern Railway's “Deluxe
Train," yet H is entirely probable
I that many persons are not familiar
with facts wh eh give the Southern
the right to class this all-Pullman
train with the best in the world.
When one reads a list of the sea
. tores distinctive of the Crescent Lim
-1 ited it is hard to realize that it is not
■ a modern hotel or steamship that is
• being described. Some of these fea
‘ tures are:
Tile baths, with porcelain tubs and
showers.
| Women's smoking room.
Men's club with valet.
.Clothes pressing service.
Rending nnd writing room.
Manieqr'at.
Stock quotations on bulletin boards.
Ladies 1 maid.
And in addition to its equipment,
this moving palnee offers a wonderful
time record as another feature. The
Southern announces that southbound
the Llnrted reached Atlanta on time
355 times out of the 3(15 days during
the period Apr'l 26th, 1925, to April
28th, 1926, and northbound it readi
ed Washington on time 848 times, or
97.2 per cent, on time southbound nnd i
95.3 per cent, ou time northbound. [
The report of the train's first year
shows that only on four occasions in
| each direction was the train ns much
| as an hour late, the delay each time
being due to track obstructions or
waiting on connections. The remain
ing delays, ranging from 14 to 55 min
utes. were occasioned by minor dif
ficulties either ou the Southern or
connecting lines.
Few stops are made by the Cres
cent Limited. The southbound train.
No. 37, will stop at-Concord to dis
charge passengers boarding it at
Washington or beyond. Concord per
sons desiring to r : de train No. 38
must go either to Charlotte or Salis
bury to board it. The train makes only
a few stops in this State, stops only
twice in South Carolina and makes no
stops between Greenville and Atlanta.
Never before has the South had a
train nffording the luxuries and com
forts the Crescent offers, features on
ly travelers on trains like the Twen
tieth Century Limited are accustomed
to. The train itself, is the last word
in ear designing and building, being of
all-steel construction and equipped
with the latest protective devices con
tributing to the safety of passengers.
T : me was when people here thought
they were moving when they could
BfflSft MANUFACTURERS
MAY INVADE THjp STATE
Wtoh a Malt Tonic, Said to Come
Within the Requirements.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. April 28.—The Sehlitz
Brewing Company, as well as Pabst,
may invade arid North Carolina with
a malt tonic, said to come within the
requirements laid down by the fed
eral treasury department, according
to a letter received recently by the
attorney general’s office.
The Sehlitz company, according to
the letter, plans to have ready for
distribution soon a malt tonic com
parable to the Pabst and Anheuser-
Busch products, and an opinion on
the legality of Its sale in North Caro
lina was requested.
'Frank Nash, assistant attorney
general, replied, enclosing a copy of
the opinion sent previously to the
Pabst Brewing Company, in which
doubt as to the legality of the sale
of such “medical beer” in the state
was expressed. No answer has been
received.
Nothing further has been heard
from the Pabst company, which an
nounced its intention of getting a case
into court in North Carolina. So
i far as is known here, none of the
1 “tonic” has gone on sale in the state.
■ The sample bottle fnrnidied the
- attorney general’s office remains un
’ opened, although covetous eyes are
‘ east in its direction by many vi si tore
to the office. In fact, an increase
i in the number of visitors to the office
! has been noted since it became noised
! around that the bottle was on view,
I if not on tap.
i -
' MANY REPORTED LOST
FROM CHICHIBU MARC
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f Feared 3SO Perished When Vessel
Was Grounded in Storm Tuesday.
; i Tokio, April 28.—OP)—It is re
j ported- two hundred and thirty per
> sons are missing from the ChiAlbu
p Maru, which grounded in the Kurile
Ij Islands off Horomushire on Tuesday
r during a storm.
a The Chlchibu is a vessel of 833
tons. The Kurile Islands form an
i archipelago running from Kamchat
ka in the north Pacific Ocean, to the
islands of Yezo, Japan.
Social welfare organisations in
New York City spend $200,000,000
a year-
mwui"— ■■■ <' '' ~ iiJ—a.irvf..-
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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. , - ]
J CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
OPPICE IN CITIZENS BANK
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1 get to New York in 20 hours; the
’ Crescent takes them from Charlotte
> to New York in 15 hours and 35 min
• liter, about two hours faster than any
i other train on the Southern.
ij At various stops along the route
stock quotations nnd bulletins are re
-1 eeived by members of the train crew
- and they are posted on the bulletin
' board, this being just one of the fine I
i serviees offered for patrons of the i
• train.
| The train's interior is an iqiprove-
I ment over the usual type, surround
ing passengers with an atmosphere of
benuty nnd eleganoe. The club ear.
fer instance, is finished in green and '
tones with tine scroll ornamentation
in brown and gold colors. It has win
dow curtains faced with a green-brown
fabric patterned in gold with a fringe
of harmonizing colors. The furnish
ings are more nearly like home fur
nishings than trains’ chairs being of
walnut frame, upholstered handsome
ly. a large overstuffed lounge and li
brary table having places in the ar
rangement. Warnings against card
sharps, who ply. their trade on fiue
trains now as well as ocean liners, are
posted.
■ The observation car contains a
) women’s smoking room with connect
ing bath, which is commodious, and a
large observation room and awning
covered platform.
Every Pullman ear used by the
Crescent is named for a man h'stori
ealled famous in tile Southland.
Nortli Carolina's names, suggested
by Governor McLean at the request
of the Southern Railway, are William
■ Davidson. Thomas Ruffin, John M.
Morehend. Zebu lon B. Vanoe and Rob
ert F. Hoke.
The names adopted from other
states, sent in by the governors are:
South Carolina: William Moultrie,
Francis Marion, John Rutledge. An
drew Pickens and Wade Hampton.
Alnbnma: William Wyatt Bibb.
William Rufus K : ng, Edmund W.
I’ettus, John T. Morgan. Joseph
Wheeler.
Georgia: Robert Toombs, Alexan
der H. Steplicns, Henry D. McDan
ied, Joel Chandler Haris, Henry W.
Grady.
Mississippi: George Poindexter,
William L. Sharkey. Benjamin Grubb
Humphreys. L. Q. C. I-flmar, Edward
Cary Walthall.'
Virginia: George Wythe. Patrick
Henry, John Marshall. Robert E. Lee.
"Stonewall” Jackson.
(Continued on Page Five
COOLIDGE CONSIDERS
PLANS FOR VACATION
*’• '’“ - - *
Will Leave Washington But Hasn’t i
Decided Where He Will Go. ,
Washington. April 28.—President 1
Coolidge plans a vneation this sum
mer, but because of the Coolidge 1
temperament, training nnd experience '
it will be a vacation of work nnd not 1
of play. He is going to get out of 1
the heat of Washington and about '
the midle of June will set up a sum- 1
mer White House in n northern state '
where the temperatures are lower
than here, but this does not mean that,
he will Idle away the weeks betweep
that time and the day of his return ;
to Washington, probably in Septem- j
her.
Several persons have offered the
President the use of their homes and
estates for the summer, and he is now
considering these offers. Those that
look attractive and which are not in
some way tied, with a string that
might bring embarrassments later are
being investigated, and the most suit
able place will be decided on and an
nouncement made of its selection
Within the next three or four weeks.
Some of the offers of summer homes
are of the freak variety, and some
are from persons seeking some favor
in return, and, of course, these will
not even go through the process of
investigation.
When the President goes to the new
summer White House it will he for
two main purposes—to get away from
the crowds of»claimants and curious
in Washington and to get away from
the heat. He will take all his work
with him and a competent staff of
secretaries, leaving in Washington
only those necessary to do the routine
work. Though he is a methodical
man and strongly averse to seeing
work pils-up upon him, the President
I lately has gone through the experience
of every executive of a great business
. concern and baa found it necessary
. to delay the decision on important
i matters for mature consideration.
So the President’s day in the sum
mer White Houbs will not be materi
ally different from his days in Wash-
I ington. He will not isolate himself
i from callers but wherever he goes he
. will be far enough away so that the
> usual crowds cannot follow him. He
will be occupied through the usual
business hours with a mass of rou
i tine matters that have accumulated
) and which will be presented to him
for attention.
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Charley Hoff,"the vaulting Viking, leaped to a new. American'outdoo.*
record in the pole vault at the Drake relays last week, clearing 13 feet
9 1-4 inches. It beat the best previous marw hung up a few weeks ago by
Lee Barnes of the 1 niversity of California by several inches Hoff is '
here depicted getting over at the record height. He had plentv of room to
spare apparently, and, as many experts predict, should top the 14-foot mark i
ere re returns to his native Norway.
THE COTTON MARKET I
Quiet But. Fairly Steady in Early
Trading.—First Prices Higher ou
May.
New York, April 28.— UP) —The re; -
ton market was quiet, but fairly-steady »
in today’s early trading. First prices
were 2 points higher on May but gen
erally unchanged to 3 points lower.
There seemed to be a little selling of
new crop positions ou the failure of |
early private reports to mention ex
pected frosts in the belt, or on ex
pectations that the weekly report of
the Weather Bureau would show con
siderable progress with planting in the
eastern belt sections.
Comparatively small offerings were
readily absorbed about 18.63 for May
and 17.29 forOctober, however, and
prices were n point or two up from thu
lowest at the end of the first hour.
Liverpool cables said hedge selling
there had been absorbed by covering
m a more favorable view of the Brit
ish ooal situation and more encourag
ing reports from the Manchester cloth
market.
Cotton futures opened steady: May
18.66; July 18.17; October 17.31;
December 16.92; January 16.86;
March 17.03.
PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS
AT BREAKFAST AGAIN
Has Number of Representatives at a
Meal to Discuss Congressional Bus
iness.
Washington, April 23.—UP)—Presi
dent Coolidge entertained another
group of Senate and House members
today at breakfast, and although it
was indicated the gathering was more
or leas of a social nature, the Presi
dent again mentioned the necessity of
Congress keeping within the budget
limits in any legislative program to
day to be put through.
Attending the breakfast were: Sen
ators Jones of Washington. Phipps,
of Colorado; Gdbding of Idaho; Nor-'
beck, of South Dakota; and Deneen,
of Illinois; and Representatives
Sinnot, of Oregon, Ramseyer. of lowa,
Snell of New York, Tineher of Kan
sas, and Wood, of Indiana, all re
publicans.
Military Men in Charlotte for Inspec
tion.
Charlotte, April 28.—UP)—Numer
ous regular army and national guard
officers were here today for the an
nual inspection of headquarters and
service company 105 regiments of en
gineers, N. C. N. G.
Among those attending were Col.
M. 8. Jarvin, Atlanta; Adjutant Gen
eral J. Van B, Metts, head of the
North Carolina national guard, and
Colonel Clarence E. Bosch. Durham.
Numerous social activities lind been
arranged in keeping witli the occa
sion.
Purchases Many Memorial Coins.
Atlanta, Ga„ April 28— UP)— The
Rock Island Railroad with headquar
ters in Chicago, has bought 4,000
.Stone Mountain memorial half dol
lars, the Memorial Association an
nounced today.
The purchase followed close those
made by the Missouri, Pacific Rail
road and the Missouri, ■ Kansas atadt
Texas Railroad of 10,000 and 4,000
' coins respectively. The western sales
i were brought about by the St. Louia
i campaign committee, backed by the
1 Memorial Association and the gover
nors of southern states.
OPPOSE MEASURE TO
TAKE KAISER’S MONEY
Reichstag Hears Argument in Favor,
of Former Kaiser.—Says Wilhelm
Was Noi Coward. .1
►" Berlin, April 28.—(/P)-»-Opening
the reiehstag debate on the hill for
confiscation of the former (Jerman rul
er’s property. Count Westarp the
nationalist leader, declared the Ger
| man nation was unalterably opposed.
to confiscation which was contrary to
the principles of justice. 1
Count Westarp Insisted that the
Kaiser had gone to Holland, not be
cause he was cowardly, but because
he hoped that Germany would there
by obtain better peace terms from the
allies.
“The kaiser trusted the glib words
of President Wilson," lie declared
amid loud applause from the national
ists.
FIRST PRESBYTERY OF
A. R. P. CHURCH OVER
Delegates From Practically Every
Section of State Present For the
Charlotte Meeting.
Charlotte, April 28.— UP) —The first
Presbytery of the Associate Reform
ed Church with representatives from
practically every section in the state,
closed at noon today.
Addresses were heard this morning
from the Rev. R. N. Hunter, head
of the school at Hillcrest, Polk coun
ty, and Rev. L. R. Echols, of Mac
clesfield, in Edgecombe county.
Records shown at this morning ses
sion in a number of statistical re
ports made gave the A. R. P. Church
a membership of more than 6.000.
The syuod of the church will meet
at Due West, S. C., May 20th.
Taft’s Lincoln Statue to Show Him
Young and Hopeful-
Oregon, 111., April 28.— UP) —A
cheerful Lincoln, young and hope
, fill, is the Lorado Taft statue of the
' Emancipator now in the making in
the sculptor’s shack-studio here on
Eagles Nest Bluff, overlooking Rock
River.
1 “I am rather tired of the sad
bowed-headed 'Lincolns’,” he said. “I
am making a cheerful Lincoln. I
have backed the gaunt figure against
a desk-like object and show him
resting his hands upon it. It gives a
monumental inns; and he holds up
his head as if he were really grate
ful to -straighten out his neck.
“As Lincoln never wore a beard
until after he went to Washington
as President. 1 have shown him
without it. following pretty faithful
ly Leonard Volk’s admirable bust,,
made from life in 1800.’’
Would Change Rule of the Board of
Trade.
Chicago, April 28. —(A 5 )—An amend
ment to the rules of the Chicago
Board of Trade, authorizing trading
in fifty bale cotton contracts instead
of the present minimum of 100 bales
was posted today. At least ten days
must elapse before the proposed
amendment can be voted upon.
The action was taken at the request
of the smaller shippers who desired a
i smaller unit of contract.
I Coal Legislation Proposed.
I i Washington, April 28.—(A*)—Au
thority for the President to take oyer
i And operate coal mines in periods of
i emergency is proposed in a bill ap
■ proved today by the Senate labor
committee.
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WIRE TO MEETING
OF IMS FOLK
Says Business Between the
Nations Depends Uponj
Good Relations Between
Nations of World.
STATES TRADERS
HAVE DONE MUCH
To Keep Up Good Feel
ing Between Nations.—
Hopes Efforts in Future
Will Do More Good.
■ i
Charleston. S. 0., April 28.— UP) —
An important requisite of foreign
trade is “the existence of amicable
international relations," President
Coolidge wired the National Foreign
Trades Council in convention here.
"Please present my greetings tb
the delegates assembled for the 13th
annual convention of the Uationnl
Foreign Trades Council” the Presi
dent telegraphed. “We realize that
the country enjoys good times to the
extent that business is prosperous.
Business prosperity depends in no
small degree on the amount of our
foreign trade. An important requisite
for such trade is the existence of ami
cable internnt : onal relations. Y'our
organization has done much along
these lines, while increasing the good
will for our products. May your ef
forts in this direction continue to he
increasingly successful.”
PASS MEASURE TO
TIGHTEN DRY LAW
Only Four Votes Cast Aeainst Bill
to Revise Enforcement Machinery.
Washington, April 27.—8 y a vote
of 196 to 4. the House today passed
an administration bill proposing dras
! tic revision of the dry law enforce
ment machinery in the treasury, in
{ eluding the crention of n bureau of
prohibition.
The measure, whiefi now goes to
tile Senate, was approved after an
amendment by Representative La
Guardia, Progressive-Socialist, New
York, to legalize the sale of 2.75 per
cent; beer had been thrown out on a
point of order.
The four votes against the bUJ
were oftst b.v Represpntativea- r Auf
Der Heide, New Jersey; and Black.
Cullen and Somers, New York, all
Democrats.
The proposal weathered nearly a
I dozen amendments and was passed
as reported by the Ways and Means
commmittee. to whirfi it was sent by
the treasury.
DELAWARE TOWN IS
TERRIFIED BY FIRES
Eight Unexplained Fires in Three
Weeks Brings Terror to Town.
Hartley. .Del., April 28.—UP)—Ter
ror of a suspected incendiary in this
, little Delaware town reached its eli
i max early today when the Methodist
■ Episcopal Church was burned 15
I minutes after a cordon of guards had
patroled the building. It was the sec
ond attempt on the church, and the
eighth unexplained fire in three weeks.
State police and firemen were on pa
trol duty all last night.
A suspect pfevlousyly arrested in
connection with the fires was safely
in jail when the church yyas burned
today.
Lights in Hartley homes rarely are
extinguished and on reeent nights
lanterns have been hung in trees
’ in the surrounding woods while armed
patrols have sought to solve the mys
' tery.
1 Judge Wright’s Home Is Damaged
By Fire-
Salisbury. April 27.—The resi
dence of Judge R. Lee Wright one
of the handsomest in the city and
i valued at between $30,000 and $40.-
00 was damaged by fire this morning
. between 8 and 9 o’clock to the ex
- tent of about $5,000. The furniture
- was also damaged to some extent by
i smoke and water. The firemen got
i the blaze under control after an
: hour's hard work. The blaze originat
ed in the attic story and a slate
I roof hindered the work of the fire
t men. The origin is unknown but is
believed to have been due to olectric
wires. The loss is covered by in
surance.
Western Carolina’s Fruit Crop Is 1
Damaged by Frost.
Asheville, April 27.—Serious dam
age to the fruit crop of western
Nortli Carolina was suffered by the
frost and freeze which hit this sec
tion last night, according to reports
| received today from many nearby
counties.
In some localities many varieties
of fruit are said to have been prac
tically wiped out, the apple crop ap
pareritly being the only one which did
not suffer considerable damage. Many
farmers and orehardists reported that
t'.ieir plums and cherries were gone,
and their peach crops damaged ma
terially.
War Debts All Clear-ed. <
Washington, April 28,—(A9 —The
Senate cleared its calendar of war
debt settlements today by approving
the agreement with Szeeho-Slovakia
for the funding of its $185,000,000 ob
ligations to the United States.
The vote was 53 to 17. This com
pleted Congressional action on the
settlement which will come Into force
■ upon the signature by President Cool
idge.
DISCUSS METHODS
OF DISTRIBUTING
ORPHANAGE MONEY
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Seventy Delegate \
at Barium Springs to 1
Discuss Benefits From
! Duke Foundation.
YEAR’S WORK IS
SHOWN IN REPORT
It Is Evident From Report
That the Churches Are
Faced With More Or
phans Each Year.
Barium Springs, X. April 28.
— UP) —Approximately 70 delegates
gathered from the Carolina*, Georgia
and Virginia today discussed the most
effeetwe methods of extending the
proceeds of the I hike Endowment dis
tribution of funds to orphanages. The
assemblage was the first session of
the two-day tri-state conference of
Orphanage Workers.
M. L. Kesler, o' Thomnsville. pres
ident of the conference, delivered his
annual address. He reviewed the
progress in the course of the year in
caring for a constantly increasing
number of charges.
CHICAGO’S LATEST MURDER
MYSTERY IS NOT SOLVED
Latest Outburst in Gangdom Results
in Three Deaths.
Chicago, April 28.—UP)—Gang
dom's latest bloody outburst, the ma-1
chine gun assassination last night of
Assistant State’s Attorney William
McSwiggin and two saloon keepers,
still was unsolved today.
Coroner Oscar Wolff retained John
J. Healy, former state's attorney, and
long a legal and political associate of
Senator Charles F. Deneen, to act
as his legal adviser at the inquest
tomorrow. State's Attorney Crow's
faction of Pile Republican party de
feated many of the Deneen county
candidates, of whom Coroner Wolff
was one at the recent primaries.
MeSwiggin's companions, James J.
Doherty and Thomas “Red" Duffy,
were known as intimates of the O’-
Donnell -brothers beer gang. There
was a report that Myles O'Dounell
was with the slafn trio. Hir broth
er. Steve, whs one of sit" men held as
. suspect® ■
NOT EAGER TO ATTEND
PASSPORT CONFERENCE
United States Not Disposed to Be
Represented at League Conference.
Washington. April 28.—(AP—The
Washington government is not dis
posed to authorize participation by
American delegations in the league
of nations passport conference, or
dered to convene in Geneva next
month.
Geneva dispatches last night said
the league of nations was eager to
learn whether the United States
would be represented.
Insofar as non-qnota immigrants
are concerned, the State department
feels that it has made considerable
progress in overcoming passport and
vise troubles through negotiation of
separate arrangements with more than
a dozen governments which provide
for reduced and reciprocal fee charg
es.
BRITISH SPINNERS MAY
HALT OPERATIONS SOON
Suggested That All Spinning Mills
Slio.uld Be Idle For One Full
Week.
Washington. April 28.— UP) —A full
week’s stoppage of all spinners in the
section spinning American cotton be
' ginning May 3rd has been recom
mended by the short time committee
of the British cotton spinners federa
' tion. the commerce department was
informed today in advices from Lon
’ don.
The committee, it was reported,
| found that the demand for cotton
yarn did not warrant the recent in
crease in working hours. Many
spinners, it was added, considered the
recommendation as too drastic, as
some spinners were well engaged.
Commits Suicide By Swallowing Poi-
son
Monroe, April 27.—Miss Nolu j
Mills, daughter of Elder and Mrs. ’
J. F. Mills, who live two miles south i
of MarShvil'.e, committed suicide by <
swallowing carbolic acid. Miss Mills, !
who was about 40 yearn of age, in
vited her brother and sisters to come
and spend the day with herself and
aged parents, and about 5 o’clock in
the .afternoon she went to her room
and locked herself in. The family a
shogt time became concerned because
of her absence and started nn in
vestigation. When ‘the door had been
forced Miss Mills was tound in an
unconscious condition, remaining so
until death came about, fi o’clock in
the evening. Physicians were hur
riedly summoned but the jioison had
done its work. It is said that Miss
Mills, a. few days before, bad asked
a member of the family to purchase
the acid as she desired to use it as
a disinfectant. She left a note, it ia
understood, to her family. Miss Mills
was an excellent lady, devotee to her
father and mother, wno are eldeny
and semi-invalids. 11l health is at
tributed as being the cause of her
act.
Only two men—the celebrated Cap
tain Slocum and Harry Pridgeon—
• have succeeded in making single
handed cruises around the world.
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PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY*
NQ,9p!
ANSWER FILED HE®l
TO COMPLAINT Fi
"UR, PENT®
s
i Defendants in the $25,00^
■ Damage Suit File An* |
swer—Local Law Finn
Is Handling Matter.
NO RETRATCTION . j
MADE BY EDITOft
Editorial In Raleigh Times i
Basis For Suit Entereq;
Several Weeks Ago by
Local Minister.
Answer to the suit filed in Cabarrua 5
County Superior Court by Dr. J. R. ,
Pentuff against The Raleigh Timet*..||
John A. Park and O. J. Coffin, has j
been filed by Hartsell & Hartnell, lb- |
cal attorneys who Represent the de- 3
fendant. It is stated that the an- j
swer was filed with the clerk of Ca- ?
barms Superior Court this morning, >
The Times in its answer admits >
publication of an editorial whjch i
formed the basis for the suit, ipe s
. complaint in paragraph three beiafe *
made that Dr. Pentuff was referred
to in the editorial as an "immigrant ia
ignoramus.” The answer says in :
paragraph three:
“Answering allegation three of the ;
complaint, these defendants expressly P
deny such and every allegation there
in contained, except as to the publics- ;
tion of the editorial from ‘Tile Ral
eigh Times' therein recited, and as to |
the said editorial these defendants .
; affirm the truth of all'statement there- |
in eontninued."
Paragraph four of the complaint f
alleges that Dr. Pentuff “has been
and still is injured in his good name. -
fame, eredit. character and reputa
tion both as nn individual and pro- jj
fessionnlly as an educator and as a
minister of the gospel" by the edi- :
torial. The answer of the defend- ;
ants denies this allegation. 3
Allegation five of the complaint :
sets forth that notice of suit was m
given unless nn apology was made, *
and in their answer the defendants j
admit that notice was given and
further admit that they have made =
no retraction or apology on account
of the editorial.
Dr. Pentuff filed not : ee of his suit
several weeks ago, seeking damages in ,
the sum of $25;000. That tb*
will be heard in court seems assured'-
now that the defendants have offered
no apology but have further stated
that in their opinion the editorial
comment was eon-ect.
L. T. Hartsell. Sr., senior member,’
of the firm of Hartsell & Hartsell, |
conferred in Raleigh Tuesday, kj||
Raleigh counsel employed by the de
fendants. He intimated this morn- - ■
ing that the defendants would be
ready for trial by the time the case
will naturally takes its place on the j
local civil court calendar. '■■•fcafl
M. H. Caldwell, of Concord, ami
Zeb V. Turlington, of Mooresvfltejlj
represent the plaintiff.
The editorial which forms the basil
of the complaint appeared in The |
Raleigh Times shortly after Dr. Pen
tuff had delivered an address at Fu- i
quay Springs, in Wake county. lit ;
‘ the editorial Dr. Pentuff was re- I
1 ferred to as an "immigrant ignorain
' us” and mention also was made o? J
his appearance before a legislative I
committee at the last session of the 1
general assembly. In this connec- I
tion the editorial said:
“He was. indeed, so unmannerly in j
his approach to the matter before '
1 the Honor, so discourteous to those f
I whom he deemed to be in disagree
ment with him, that the chairman of
I the committee. Representative Con- j
‘ nor, of Wilson, suppressed him,” 1
This part of the editorial also forms \
- basis for the complaint, and is an- ■
■ swe red by the defendants in para
■ graph three no quoted nbove. tfl
i
- Much Chpreh Building in Charlotte
District. • :£|
. Charlotte, April 28.— ; Nine new *
1 Methodist Episcopal Church plants
- are now underway in the Charlotte
r district, representing an expenditure t
? of more than $1,400,000 for new con- -
3 struct ion, the largest amount for
such expansion ever spent iii the his- ;
tory of the church in a district of 1
. similar size.
Two large Methodist Church pros
jects are now underway in < ’harlotte
with the DilwOrth Methodist plant
now being completed and the plans
of the $500,000 combined Tryott
Street and Trinity Methodist churejt-'
as nearing completion.
Golf clubs and ground in Canada ,J
represent an investment of about $75,-1
000,000.
SAT'S BEAR HAYS I
:V • I
Fair and cooler except 1 2M0t|fl|
showers on northeast coast hUnBB
possibly light frost, in extreme vHHfc
- portion tonight. Thursday likj S
- er in extreme east portion. *• FydfiJ
- possibly strong southwest shifting t»
northwest winds, diminishing toniiMf