ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI PROGRAM FOR WAR MOTHERS MEETING HERE MADE PUBLIC Sessions of State Conven tion Will Begin Wednes day.—Sessions to Con tinue on Thursday. SOCIAL FEATURES ARE PROVIDED Several Organizations of City to Entertain for Vis itors During Their Stay in the City. Mrs. W. D. Pemberton, acting State War Mother, announced todn.v t'.ie program for the State convention of War Mothers to be held here May nth ami Oth. Tiie program, it is stated, wan prepared by suite department of ficials. Sessions of the convention will lie held in the auditorium of the Sun- j day si'iool building of C'entral Metho- | dist Church, the opening session to bo-in at 10 a m. on Wednesday, May ' nth. Greetings, appointment of com- j mittees and several short talks will feature the opening sessions. At 12 o'clock a memorial hour win be ob served, with several musical numbers as features of the program. Sessions will be held Wednesday afternoon ami night. Thursday morning and Thurs day afternoon, with election of officers set for the Thursday morning ses sion. A number of social affairs have been arranged for the Tfi delegates expected to attend. The program follows: Wednesday 10 a. m. Registration in vestibule of the church. Music—Mrs. M. H. Caldwell. Song—America the Rcautiful. Devotional—Rev. I{. M. Courtney, of Concord. Solo—Mrs, Gertrude Courtney Rlackwell. Welcome from Cabarrus County War Mothers —Mrs. .1. K. Patterson. Welcome from mayor of Concord —C. H. Barrier. . . Greetings from American Legion Auxiliary—Mrs. M. B. Sherrin. Greetings from Auxiliary of Le gion—Miss Maude Brown. frp:., Lnlud Laugh; era b’f the Confederacy—Mrs, 1.. D. Col trane. Greetings from Daughters of the American Revolution—Mrs. ,1. F. Reed. ( Greetings from Stonewnll Jackson chapter of King's Daughters—Mrs. J. P. Cook. Greetings from Chamber of Cun meree—M. H. Caldwell. Response—Mrs. M. M. Courtney and Mrs. Hugh Montgomery. Presentation Flag—Mrs. R. E. 1 Ridenbour, of Concord. Presentation Banner—Mrs. W. H. Uozart, of Wilson. Acceptance—Mrs. J. M. Parker. i Introduction of National Fourth 1 Vice President—Mre. Mary Bennet Little by Mrs. Hugh Montgomery. i Response—Mrs. Little. Minutes of last Convention—Mrs. 1 Warren Roark. Appointment of Committees. Sport Talks. I T'nited Veterans Hospital, Oteen— j Commander J. O. Cadwallader. Representative D. A. V.—State ] Commander J. P. Anderson. * Wednesday 12 noon— I Memorial Hour, with Mrs. S. A. ] Wolff, of Cabarrus chapter, presid- < ing. I Piano Number —Mrs. Rob Roy I Peery. Prayer—Rev. U. M. Courtney. 1 Duet: The Lights of Home—Mrs. Ernest Robinson and Mrs. Gales . Pickard. > Song. Memorials. 1 Music : Processional—Mrs. Rob Roy ’ Peery, I Solom—Sam Goodman. Aecompan- 1 ist—Mrs. Leslie Corrfll. 1 p. m. Luncheon in church dining toom. courtesy Chamber of Com merce. Wednesday, 2 :30 p. m. Music: Duet—Mrs, I, I. Davis and Mrs. V. A. Means. Prayer—Dr. J. C. Rowan, pastor First Presbyterian Church. Solo—Price Doyle. Accompanist —Mrs. V. A. Means. Report of National Convention— Mrs. Mary Bennett Little, national legislative chairman. Duet—Misses Mary and Adeline Morrison. Report from Convention—Mrs. J. B. Atkinson, as delegates. Report of State War Mother—Mre. M. M. Courtney. Report of Vice War Mother —Mrs. W. D. Pemberton. Report of Corresponding secretary —Mrs. J. M. Bernhardt. Report of assisting Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. R. E. Ridenhour. Report of State Officers. Adjourn. " ednesdcT. 4 n. m. — Tea to War Mothers and visitors at the Stonewall Jackson Training School by Stonewall Jackson chapter of King's Daughters. Drive, cour tesy of Kiwanis Club. Wednesday, 8:30 to 10 p. m.— Reception to War Mothers and vis itors at home of Mr. and Mre. J. A. Cannon by Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution and United Daugh ters of the Confederacy. Thursday Morning, • O’clock. Piano Number—Mrs. I. I. Davis. Hymn. (Continued on Page Five) The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily BALLOONS ENTERED IN NATIONAL RACE | LOCATED IN STATE One of the Balloons Land ed Near Hickory Friday Night and One Landed at Petersburg, Va. ANOTHERPASSES OVER THE STATE Seen at Shelby This Morn ing and Was Sailing in Fine Shape.—T h re e Landed Friday. Little Rock. May 1. —OP)—With the dawn of “May Day" the watchout for ‘he balloons contesting in the Litchfield trophy and national elimi nation race shifted to the east of the Appalachian Mountain chain. Definite assurance that some of the nine contestants who left the Little | Roek airport late Thursday were ap | preaching or had crossed the Appa- I 'aohinns were received here last night ; with word that the T'nited States j tinny baloon S-21 lind landed twelve miles north of Hickory, N. P„ and that the "Goodyear V", piloted by- Ward T. Van Orman, winner of last year's race, was over the Blue Ridge in Virginia and still traveling east northeast. Three of the contestants in the event which will decide the custody of the trophy for the next year, and the makeup of the team of throe bal loons to bo sent to Belgium for the Gordon Bennett cup race reported landing yesterday. The S-2T cross ing the Appalachians slightly to the north of Mount Mitchell, the highest of the peaks east of the Rockies, landed at 0 o'clock last night in good, condition, but lacking ballast in the face of high winds. Lieutenant James F. Powell, the pilot, and Lieutenant .Tames Early, his aide, spent last night at Hickory awaiting orders. VanOrman May Be Winner. Little Rock. Ark., May I.—OP) Ward T. VanOrman. twice winner of the Litchfield Trophy, who guided the Goodyear IV in the rnoe that stnrted from this city Thursday, was far in the lead today of all pilots known to have brought their mounts to the ground. When he landed just soutjb of Petersburg, Va.. at '2 o'clock tTifs morning lie was approximately 780 mile* oil an airline from Little Roek. One Reaches Petersburg. Richmond. Va.. May I.—OP)—The Goodyear IV, piloted by Ward T. Van- Orman, landed 8 miles southeast of Petersburg, Va., at 2:03 o'clock this morning. Posses Over Gastonia. Gastonia, May I.—(A s )—One of the army balloons passed over here at 12 o'clock noon today. It was slowly drifting eastward. Balloon Passes Over Shelby. Shelby, N, C., May I.—(/P)—One of the array balloons believed to have been the S-20, passed over here short ly after 10 a. in., headed in a south east direction. Will Seek to Bring the Rural People In. | Kinston, April 30. The Pro testant Episcopal Church will com ply with the scriptural injunction to "go into the highways and hedges.” In connection with the nation-wide spiritual campaign headed by the bishop of Blast Carolina diocese, lit. Rev, Thomas Campbell Durst, the clergy in this section will seek to bring many rural people into the fold of the ehurch. A diocesan commission comprised by the Revs. Joseph Bynum. George F. Cameron nnd Theodore Partrtek, Jr„ is formulating a program to be announced shortly. Blast Carolina churches have shar ed with the whole church in Amer ica the stigma of the neglect of a great body of the people, is the decla ration of members ofthe commis sion. “May Day” In Russia. Moscow, May I.—(A>)—Revolution ary songs in celebration of May Day and the/ chiming of churcLi bells in commemoration of the Russian ortho dox Easter were strangely blended from one end of Moscow to the other today. With May Day and the orthodox Easter holidays coming at the same time this year, all business and work waa suspended for three days. Dempsey Must Fight Wills in New York, New York, May I.—(A s ) —Harry Wills is. Jack Dempsey’s only chal lenger, and any attempt by Tex Rick ard to displace Wills with another op ponent for Dempsey will result in the heavyweight champion being declared in this state, snid James A. Farley, chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission today. NOTICE! City Privilege Licenses are due May Ist. Call and get your license plates for private autos and trucks, automobiles and trucks, and drays for hire. CHAS. N. FIELD, City Tax Collector, Where East Can’t Meet West - xxA ifiL HHmt S» M . - i * i \ V SjPtJ ■ j '’gXwHHr 1 * wlwmm H , WmmM i ~ \ If - | WmM Here's a case where east and west can't meet —unless east stoops a ro4 or so. Robert Dollar (left) Pacific shipping magnate, ts shown with U Tu Ching, giant Chinese, who came to San Francisco on one of Mr Dpi tar's ships looking for a movie Job. Li is seven feet eight Inches taU. THE COTTON MARKET Several Factors Caused an Opening Decline of 2 tc 8 Points Today. New York, May I.—(A 3)—Unfavor able British labor news, lower 1-iveli pooi f iaj|j curtailment at home and abroad were factors in an opening decline of 2 to 8 points in the cotton market today. A flurry of selling at the start was absorbed around 18.55 for May and 17.22 for October by trade buying on resting orders and covering. Appre hension that the good weather report in the belt yesterday would be follow ed by showers over the week-end prob ably promoted some of the buying. The volume of business tapered off after the first selling orders had been executed, but the market was steady at the end of the first hour. May rul ing around 18.(54 and October 17.30, or 1 to 2 points net higher. Cotton futures opened steady : May 18.56; July 18.10; October 17.22; De cember 10.90; January 10.80. Charlotte Speedway Tickets Free. You can see the automobile races Monday, May 10th. for a few min utes’ of your spare time. To every boy and girl who secures five new subseriptitons to The Daily Tribune or five new yearly subscrip tions to The Semi-Weekly Times we will give free one B. Grandstand tick et. The subscriber must ue from families that are not now taking either paper. Here's the chance of your life tO' witness the world's wonder race classic where you will see the greatest auto mobile racing of all times on the most modern speed bowl in the Unit ed States. This will he free of cost to you. Read the ad. and see just how easy it is for you to see these races free! Get busy and attend these races at the expense of The Trib une. WRh Advertisers. The Concord Plumbing Co. gives prompt service on all plumbing work ordered. Insurance makes you fell mighty good When a fire comes along. See Fetzer & Yorke at the Cabarrus Sav ing’s Bunk. Buy ice coupon books of A. B. Pounds and save 40 per cent. Ice de livered in 300 pound lots, 40 wilts a 100 pounds. I’hone 244. Begin now to save something every week by taking out a few' shares in the new series of stock of the Citi zens Building and Loan Association- Office in Citjzens Bank. Star Theatre Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday May 3rd, 4th, sth HAROLD LLOYD IN “For Heaven’s Sake” His Latest Picture FIVE SHOWS DAILY: I—3—s—7—o 25c and 50c Admission special Music at Nights From 7:OQ Till 10:30 O’clock CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1926 NO COMMUTATION IS GRANTED TO McCRARY Friends Hoped President Would Re lease Former Governor From Pris on After Two Years. . Yi’sshjnjjMn, May I.—(APWFrieadfi j of the former Governor Warren T.! McCray, of Indiana, were disappoint-1 ed today in ttieir hope for a May | Day commutation of his ten-year sen- i tence to the Atlanta penitentiary. Representative Wood, Republican, of Indiana, discussed the question to day with President Coolidge, but re ceived no encouragement. Tliis was the second anniversary of the beginning of McCray s sentence, and those urging executive clemency had asked that he be released as soon as the two-year period ended. CONTENTED MAY DAY FORECAST FOR l . S. Employment Conditions Throughout the Country Generally Are on Stable Basis. Washington. April 30.—May Day i« looked upon by Washington this year as a day of promise for Ameri can labor. Report to the government's em ployment service indicate that em ployment is on a stable foundation generally throughout the country and that the prospect is bright. American Federation of labor of ficials regard the organization move ment among workers as enpoyitig a healthy and heneficient growth, con tributing to the general welfare. Withdraw Cliarge Against Sidna Al ien. Charlotte, April 30.—The federal district attorney’s office here today withdrew the detainer pending for years against Sidna Allen, of Vir ginia, according to announcement by Kenneth J. Kindley, assistant dis trict attorney. Mr. Kindley said the charge against Allen in this district was perjury, which grew out of his testimony in his trial on a charge of counterfeiting in district court at Greensboro years ago. Allen was ac quitted of the counterfeiting charge and soon thereafter tried and con victed on a charge of perjury, ac cording to Mr. Kindley. Allen ap pealed and it was while the appeal was pending and Allen was at Lib erty under bond that the shooting at Hillsvilie, Va., occurred. Mr. Kindley said that should the government decide to prosecute on the perjury charge against, Allen c uld be re-arrested. Southern Methodists Expect New Unification Discussion. j Memphis, Tenn., May I.—(A 5 ) — ; Further discussion of the question of I unification will be one of the princi pal issues before the twentieth ses sion of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which begins here May sth. The conference is Che ruling body of the ehurch and is composed of both clerical and lay leaders, many of whom expect a controversy over the proposed appointment of a new uni fication commission to deal with a similar body from the Northern church. TLiere is little possibility of any change in major policies in the ehurch, loaders snid. but the “fundamental j ist" question again may eoifie up. ■ Among the other major subjects to ' come before the conference is the elec tion of two nefr bishops, reorganiza tion of the general, boards and the re arrangement of church publications. FOREIGN DEBTSTO UNITED STATES 10 BE CLEARED SOON It Is Stated That Agree ment Has Been Reached For Funding of Debt of Jugo-Slavia. FRENCH READY TO MAKE LOAN As Soon as Congress Ap proves Debt Plan It Is Believed Private Loan Will Be Sought Here. Washington. May I.— UP) —An agreement was reached today for the funding: of the $51,000,000 war debt of .Ingo-Sl.'ivin to this country. ‘The settlement apparently complet ed the adm in ist ration's war debt fund ing program so far as it will be pos sible to do for the present. The Jugo slavian terms providing like the others for payment over a long period of yjar.B. is expected to go to the capital with a request for ratification at this session of Congress, and to take its phiCe there immediately behind the newly negotiated agreement with France. These two are the only settlements now awaiting Congressional approval, settlements with Italy. Belgium and four other countries having been re cently ratified. Uiissin and several smaller coun tries have not yet funded their war borrowings here, but the diplomatic situation and other considerations make negotiations of settlements with j these nations unlikely for the time being. Settlements of the French has op ened the way to France to negotiate for private loans in the United States with the consent of the Washington government. High administration officials dis closed today that the Federal gov ernment would approve of stu n loans by American bankers without wait ing for ratification by the Senate of the debt funding agreement. Thus far no request for private or other loans to France has been refer red to Washington by American finau-; cicrs. France is in need of a reserve for franc stabilization purposes, how ever. aud negotiations for an advance of prvate American capital is re garded as probable. Under tSie settlement reached today with Jugo-Slavia. that country will pay a total of $05,177,035. principal and interest, over a period of sixty two years. Payments will start at $200,000 a year for the first five years, increas ing to $375,000 which will be paid annually for the last fifty years. Interest charge* will be dropped for the first twelve years. There after they will begin at one-eighth of one per cent, for three years and then increase gradually to 3 1-2 per cent, which will be the rate during t’lie last twenty-seven years. The American negotiators, it was said at the treasury, took into ac count that Jugo-Slavia is one of the poorest countries in Europe and was overrun three times during the war. Wooden Leg Wonders. London, May 1. —Recent questions in Parliament regarding the supply of artificial limbs to ex-soldiers drew from the Minister of Pensions some illuminating statistics and facts bearing on the feats accomplished by one-legged men. One interesting re velation was that it is seldom now adays that a man who has lost a limb is unable to return to his regular employment, so great have been recent advances in the design ing and making of artificial legs and arms. One man minus a leg has driven a motor-car upwards of 300.- 000 nub's without an accident. Another man, similarly placed, takes part in motor-racing lonteats. Joe Orr Promoted to Chief of De tectives at Charlotte. 'Charlotte, April 30.—Joe Orr, for four years desk sergeant at the police station here, this afternoon was promoted to be chief of detec tives. succeeding I)an Bradley, who was reduced to ranks after the po ’ice department investigation here some weeks ago. Heads Boy Scouts of America, Washington, May I.— UP) —Walter W. Head, of Omaha, Neb., was elect ed President of the Boy Scouts of America at the Scouts convention here today. No amendments have been made to the French constitution since 1884. MAY SERIES NOW OPEN Begin now to save something every week by taking out a few shares of stock in this series. This Association can help you as it has helped others, to make your future sure. We sell Prepaid Stock at $72.25 per share. CITIZENS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Office in Citizens Bank and Trust Company. In Dimes Jji. ::I r Patricia Avery, third cousin of jonn ,D. Rockefeller, was a stenographer for a Los Angeles movie firm for sev eral months. But now she’s signed a contact to appear as an actress for the same concern. And since her noted relative has such a fondness for new dimes, her first week’s pay la to be given her in shiny ten-cent piece*. Dl PED BY SHINGLE SHARKS rnscrupulou* Sharks Quick tc Take Advantage of Vogu For Bobbed Hair. New York. May I.—Unscripulotis sharks have been quick to take ad vantage of the vogue for bobbed or shingled hair. They have started bogus schools, where they pretend that they can teach the whole art of hairdressing in a short intensive course, for a substantial fee. | They also hold out the prospect of I profitable employment, with earnings f that are' supposed to range from j twenty-five to seventy-five dollar* a week, at the end of such a course, j Many of these schools,' as shown by j investigation, are simply booby-traps. I Expert* declare that hairdressing cannot be learned in a few weeks, or even in a few months, neither can one particular item, such as shing ling, Marcel, or water-waving, be learned in a short, so-called “inten sive course” It takes yeans of ex perience. i Different sorts of hair require dif ferent sorts of treatment. For ex ample. some people like a curly, careless effect; others, a broad. Hat. satiny wave; others, again, prefer a crinkly, frizzy style. To know at sight what, arrangement will best suit each type of hair, aud to pro duce these different effects, requires skill, experience, and dexterity. I Again, these is the element of time. Only long practice enables: the hair dresser to wave a head quickly and thoroughly. Further, it may be said that no hairdresser with a good business and a reputation to maintain will risk losing his customers by handing them over to half-trained and inex pert bunglers. When, therefore, the recruits come out of these bogus schools, expecting to walk into nice jobs at SSO a week, they find that they can get no employment in first class establishments. The best offer | that they can get is to be taken on as |an apprentice for a two or three | years’ course, for which they will ’ have to put down a further fee. Weather Forecast For Week. Washington, I). 0., May 1. — U P) — The weather outlook for the week beginning Monday: Sout Atlantic states: A period of showers and thunderstorms toward the middle and again toward the end of the week in the west gulf and most ly fair in South Atlantic states. Temperatures near or above normal most of week. | Want Ritfian Chief’s Answer Soon. Oujdn. French Morocco, • May I. (>P) —Add-el-Krim, Riffian chief, has , been given until midnight May Oth to 1 accept or reject the terms which are | being taken to him by Si Mohammed | Azorkano the chief of the Riffian peace j delegation here. I Carolina Playmakers tickets are on I sale at the Gibson Drug Co. & WANTS AIRPLANE *• BASE AT MIAMI IT»\v,t* X * THE DRY V 1 ~,1 * Washington, „•«•- * gnnizat.on of the i>it- air- plant* base at Miami* Yin., was proposed to Assistant Secretary Andrews. : n cliaige of prohibition enforcement today by M. I*. $ Denning, dry eo-; .dinntor of tin' if I southeastern stat s. * - *l, i INTEREST IN NORTH CAROLINA WIDESPREAD I Scow 1 * cf Inquiries Almui I s Are j Belvig Constantly R»ei\td. Carolina Life. Tribune Dtireau I Sir Walter Hotel 1 Raleigh, May 1. —Interest in XoiTa Garc'lnn is widespread, judging by the number of requests for informa- j tion received by the various State departments. From many paints throughout the United States, and ev en outside, letters have come and are eoming to the department, of agrieul- 1 ture nuking for publications setting ( forth the natural resources of t’iie i state, especially agricultural products. 1 j Commissioner <•£ Agriculture Wil- 1 liam A. Graham only recently receiv- j 1 j ed a request from G. S. Varma, gov- ! eminent horticulturist at Ganva Ni-h I was, India, for his last biennial re-j I port and a list of publications issued , by the North Carolina State depart-! ment of agriculture. Also, there came I a request from the alumni speaker > for one of the leading universities of i the South for information about the state, the writer assuring Commission er Graham "If you will furnish me . with thifr information. I assure you , your state will come in for whatever ( boost I can give it as shown by these comparative figures.” Other conspicuous examples can be' cited. For instance, the public] schools of Alexandria, Va„ have ap-{■ parently been stressing a study of . Xortli Carolina. Numerous pupils j have written to that effect, their let ters almost (invariably opening with . “We are studying your state and we L went you to send us some informa- t tion about your natural resource-;.*' j Also, numbers of letters have been ] received from Richmond school chil- | dren. Sometime ago. n class in j Winder. Ga., schools made a special study of North Carolina, as did a class in the Chicago public schools. ( One child in a far northern state 1 wrote the North Carolina library com mission asking for information on “how they grow rice and indigo in Raleigh.” Then, there are scores of requests for information (from farmers and business men in other states and re cent articles in magazines and news papers of national circulation doubt-' ; less will bring other inquiries. Xortli Carolina, it is pointed out I by those who have studied the situa-; 1 tion, has reached its present place of | j prominence by utilizing its natural resources. Here is a strange fart: People be gan knocking at North Carolina's door before the state "hung out its sign that it was doing business as a progressive state. Not that it had ' not begun to progress. It had. but the fame of its progress reached the outside world on its own power be fore North Carolina itself heralded it. In fact, the state has not been muc’ii given to outside boosting. Some think it has not done enough of that i sort of thing. That is one of the reasons why Governor McLean, for instance, wants a state owned broad cast station established in Raleigh. Os course, *liis principle purpose is to enlighten the people on methods for untilizing the vast stores of nat ural resources that are theirs for the digging, the picking, the mining and! the plowing. However, he is not | averse to letting the otuside world i listen in. In fact, ’lie wants a sta-1 tion that will send its ethergrams be-! yond the borders of this state. He sees no reason why North Carolina i should not "tell the world” in its own ' ; native tongue. North Carolina Eng- j ' lisli is easily understood, super-intel- 1 1 | lectuals to the contrary notwithstand- j ! ing. and 'has good "carrying” qualities! when given a chance. Too, the word is waiting for the] ! message of the old North State. It [ •is begging for it. Magazines and ' , newspapers, when they write up its; resources, only stir up the interest of thousands of readers and immediate ly they pass their plate for more, so to speak. Agriculture and industry are tlie two principle things about which peo ple inquire. Os course, they want to know about climate and so on. but what they are looking for is a place where they can live and let live. \ ' Decline in Textile Stock Prices. i ‘ Gastonia, X. C-. May I.—The * weekly average of twenty-five active stocks of Southern Textile mills just released by R. S. Dickson & Com pany, shows a decline of 52 cents for 1 the week just ended, th c average standing at $115.02 against $110.44 , for the previous week. The present average compared with $110.20 as of \ January Ist shows a decline* oi .>3-28 | per share since that date. , Trading in common shares was re i latively quiet throughout the week ! however preferred shares were in i good demand, and were actively trad i ed in. I Whitucmore Goes to Baltimore FY>r » Trial. ! Albany. N. Y.. May I.—OP)—Gov. i Smith today honored the application | of the State of Maryland for the ex ! tradition to Baltimore of Richard i Reese Whittemore, alleged robber band 1 leader. | The King’s Daughters will meet on I Monday evening at 7:30 at the home i of Mrs. Ada Rogers Gorman, on > Franklin Avenue. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 101 ' MUMS FOB COIL STRIKt i TO STIBT TUESIT “State of Emergency Ex ists,” the Government t Has Proclaimed as a ] Strike Result. MINERS DECIDE TO QUIT TUESDAY ; Will Leave the Mines on That Date as a Result of a Vote Taken During the Day. London. May I.—ttf s ) —The govern ment proclaimed that "a state of 1 emergency exists” in consequence of the ecal strike. It thus assumes the power granted by the Throne to em- J ploy troops or take any other measures jj necessary to maintain order and in- \ sure the welfare o' the population. General Coal Mine Strike Called vikr England. London, May I.— (/P) —The general 1 strike in support of the coal miners has been declared for Tuesday. f JPhe | decision was reached by a trades union J conference here today. General Strike Seems Certain. 1 London, May 1. —L4 s )—Great Brit- | ain faces a general strike as a result J of the coal miners strike against low- | or wages and increased hours. . ''lj-tjß Representatives of 203 trades uu ions comprising 5,000,000 workers :J with enormous financial resources met % today and resolved to back up minpra ■ by ceasing work in all vital services next Tuesday unless a settlement of the miners* dispute is reached. The government aroused by the walkout of the miners, issued a procla- % mat ion that a "state of emergency I exists." This proclamation under the I law gives the government almost un- | limited powers to be exercises in pro-: |! tec ting the general public from stif- M feeing through curtailment of the vl- II tal necessities. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS, SEEKING AGREEMENT 1 ■ .J Want to Get Together so as to Pass 9 Beneficial Farm Relief 818. Washington, May 1. — UP)—Demo cratic members from the cotton during states initiated a series of con ferences today in an effort to reach an agreement on farm relief legisla tion. All of the bills pending in | both the Senate an the House- were i discussed, but no decision was reach- l ed. (lie conference adjourning until Tuesday. Senator Smith, of South Carolina, presided and there was a full disetis- | sion of the features of the Haugen | bill which has the right of way in ’j the House Tuesday when the whole | question of agriculture aid is to be ’ taken up. Tje South Carolina senator ex plained that the purpose of the con- jt ference was to reach a basis on which senators from the cotton producing states might go along with the sena tors from the wheat and corn belts. So far as senators generally arc concerned, the main stmubling b’oek to an agreement ou the Haugen bill is the provision for levying an equal ization fee against producers. ' j| Some senators hold that this prqc ; vision is unconstitutional and improv ident, while others favor it as a real means of solving the problem of sur plus crops and price fluctuations. i Besides Senator Smith, those at- ; tending the conference were Senators j Simmons and Overman. North Caro l:na; Harris and George, of Georgia; Harrison and Stevens, Mississippi; Randell and Broussard, Louisiana; Sheppard and Mayfield, Texas, and ' Brattain, New Mexico. Mencken Challenged By .Anti-Erato tion Ist. Charlotte. April SO.— H. f. • Mencken, editor and writer, has been challenged to debate here by Dr. T. j T. Martin, leid secretary of the Anti- Evolution League. The Funda mentalist lender declared that he con sidered Mencken a worthy foe. He says personally he is a warm friend of Mencken. Another Shy scraper. Charlotte. April 30.—A ten-story office building is being planned for Charlotte by V. 1 1 Loftis, of-the N. C. Chapter of Associated General j Contractors. It is to be exclusively ! for architects, contractors, sub-eoh- '? tractorsand material men. Ufa Union County has a sort of unique situation politically. Two Monroe lawyers are now in the race for the judgeship for tho Thirteenth District, These are Judge A. M. Stack, the in cumbent, who is asking for reelec- i tion, and Attorney It. B. Itedwinc, oi the Monroe bar. SAT'S BEAR SAYS l m S 3 fj ilii Partly cloudy tonight, warmer JIB i extreme port ! on; Sunday fair. < erate west and southwest winds. . ?