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Committee So Decides Af
ter Investigation—Firm
ly Refused to Surrender
His Credentials.
WILL BE TRIED AT
STATESVILLE JULY 20!
Dr. Chappel Will Be De
fended by Dr. H. K. Rog
er, of Shelby—Rev. Mr.
Pickens Will Prosecute.
Asheville. June 17.—Rev. Ashley
Chappell, 1). 1).. pastor of the Central
Methodist Church of Asheville and]
one of the foremost ministers ini'.ie]
South, has been suspended from the
ministry, after an investigation by.
a committee of ministers, on a charge,
of gross immorality. He will be
tried before a committee of thirteen
ministers at Statesville on July 20th.
Should this committee bring in a
verdict of guilty. Dr. Chappell’s case
will be reviewed by the Western North
Carolina annual conference in Octob
er. If the conference accepts the re
port of the committee, as is the in
variable rule, f ae will either be ex
pelled from the ministry or suspend
ed for a brief period. A verdict in
his favor will end the matter and he
will be restored to his pastorale.
Efforts by bishops and other digni
taries of the church to get Dr. Chap
pell to quickly surrender his creden
tials were unavailing, he protesting
his innocence. He decided to fight
the case out.
A committee of Puree North Caro
lina ministers, appointed by the Ashe
ville presiding elder. Dr. H. C.
Sprinkle, went to Memphis n few
days ago and investigated all the
rumors connected with the affair. Dr.
Chappell appeared in his own defense
and offered no other evidence except
his own statement. The committee
interviewed the police and viewed the
scene of the alleged act. After
weighing the evidence t'ae.v brought
in a reiHirt, recommending Dr. Chap
iters trial and his suspension from
the ministry, which was ordered by
the presiding elder. .
Dr. Boyer Gives Dr. Chappell’* Ver
sion.
Shelby, June 17.—Details of the
Immoral conduct charges alleged to
have been laid against Dr. ARhley
('liap)iellc, prominent Methodist min
ister of Asheville, were given out
here today by I>r. H. K. Boyer, Shel
by pastor, who has been appointed
by the Western North Carolina
Methodist conference to defend Dr.
Cbappelle at the church trial. The
story as given to and published in
The Cleveland Star says:
Shelby was the stage for the de
velopment of one of the most re
markable plots, in which actual
human character played a part, ever
recorded. The actors in the unusual,
dramatic and soul blighting drama,
were two pastors—two prominent
pnstors—of the Methodist church of
North Carolina.
One of these was Rev. Ashley
Chappelle, D. D., liastor of the
fashionable Central Methodist church
of Asheville, and ranked as one of
the most briUinnt men in the south
ern church—standing accused of im
moral conduct.
The other was Rev. H. K. Boyer,
D. D., of Shelby, credited with being
one of the profounded thinkers in the
[North Carolina pulpit—called to. de
jfend his co-worker at the bar of the
church.
Dr. Chappelle came to Shelby to
confer with Dr. Boyer over the line
of the defense, and met the local pne
tor in his study and was closeted
with him for several hours, going
liver .the evidence. The trial will be
held before a committee of thirteen
churchmen at Statesville July 20.
Suspended.
Meantime Rev. Dr. Chappelle is
n this position: he has been sus
lended front the pastorate of his
aehionable church, but the board of
tewards are standing by him a» a
nit, declaring their belief in his in
ncence notwithstanding the un
gual circumstances of the case.
He ie married —has a beautiful
hd cultured wife, who has expressed
rofoundest confidence in him, and
mo children. He is forty-five years
Id.
The alleged offense occurred in
[emphiM. Tenn., during the meeting
f the general conference of the
[ethodist church there May 8.
Learning of the rumor of the
ory, a representative of the Star
ent to Dr. Boyer's office yesterday
lorning and asked the pastor con
irning the case. Dr. Boyer is frank,
icn, ns honest as the sunlight, quali
es which have endeared him to
lousands in this state.
He said, *'\Ve haven’t anything to
inoeal and I am going to tell you
le whole story—lay the cards on
le table. I consider Dr. Chappelle to
i absolutely innocent and I am de
ciding him with that conscience in
Ind. The circumstances arc highly
teuliar and I consider Dr. Chnpelle
ie standing in his room trying to
leviate his suffering when he heard
commotion outside. The cops were
Iding the place. It was a house of
fame he had inadvertently fallen
to.
“The cops were obviously watching
and immediately they saw him en
p, swooped down -upon it, then
rded all the inmates, including Dr.
Itappelle, to jail and clapped them
to cells.
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The Concord Daily Tribune
BIKER FIREBUG IN
OPINION OF SCOTT
WHO HADE INOUIEIY
Report of Stacey W. Wade
Indicates B. B. Baker
Set Fire to His Hamlet
Boarding House.
HAD COLLECTED
SOME INSURANCE
■! Report Has It That When
Living in South Carolina
He Collected Money Fol
lowing the Blaze.
Raleigh, June 18.—C4*)—Two weeks
ago today B. B. Baker was hailed bs
I a man who gave his life in nn at
i tcihpt to rescue others in a fire at
I Hamlet. Today he is branded ns
i “not a hero, but a firebug caught in
| his own trap."
To a tale of inspiring heroism this
sordid anti-climax was added today
by the report of Capt. W. A. Scott,
deputy ilisurnnee commissioner. The
report was made to Insurance Com
missioner Stacey W. Wade and was
made public by him.
“T.iere was no evidence that he
ever wrote anyone except Mrs. Clark
and no one ever saw him come out
of the house," Captain Scott declares.
“The fire took a toil of four lives
when the lodging house run by Baker
and his family burned about 3 o’clock
on the morning of June 4th. Among
those who lost their lives were Bilker
and Kiigleka, Mrs. May Clark, wife
of the mail oil whom Baker is be
lieved to have tried to place Hie b’ame,
was awakened by him and escaped.
“Reports from Hamlet at the time
indicated that Baker made three trips
into the burning structure in order
to rescue thoße upstairs, finally fall
ing down the steps onto the porch, ter
ribly burned. He died in the yard
a short time after coming but of the
house.”
A coroner's jury was empaneled and
made an investigation but took no
action. Captain Scott was sent to
Hnmlet at the request of the fire
Chief,
Baker admittedly had killed one
limn and was alleged to have killed
others- Tiie report ndds that he had
fire losses in South 'Carolina and had
collected heavy Insurance. The lodg
ing house is characterised as having
been a “tough joint.”
Two persons are quoted as having
said they heard shots somewhere in
the vfeinity of the house sometime
during the night.
With Our Advertisers.
Take one of the complimentary
trips to Happy Valley. The Hartscll
Realty Co. will tell you about it.
Von may make this trip in one of
the company’s comfortable busses and
not doubt you will be deeply impress
ed by the allurements of Happy Val
ley.
See the list of Saturday’s Millinery
specials at Fisher's.
If you will have the Concord and
Kannapolis Gas Co. to install a Ruud
Tank Heater your hot water prob
lems will be solved. Special price
only $22.65 installed. Terms, 65
cents down and 50 cents a week, pay
able monthly. If you have no boiler
they will install this heater with 30
gallon boiler complete with 50 feet of
gas and water pipe and two hot wat
er faucets at special terms, $50.65
installed. 65c down. SI.OO n week,
payable monthly.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has
just received another car of 20 gauge
galvanized roofing.
Let W. J. Hethcox beautify your
home with ornamental fixtures.
The Yorke & Wadeworth Co. will
on tomorrow. June lfith. have a dem
onstration of Rogers’ Chinese brush
ing lacquer. A factory representa
tive will be there.
Bathing suits for boys at J. C.
Penney Co.’s from 40 cents to $3.98
The Parks-Belk Co. will offer big
specials in groceries tomorrow. In
their new ad. today they mention a
few of the many they will have for
you.
Father’s Day next Sunday. Buy
something for father at Hoover's.
Value, variety, vogue in the milli
nery department at Efird's in the big
June Clearance Sale. All the new
summer colors, from $1.05 up.
New vagabond pnjamas at Robin
son's millinery department, onlv
$4.95.
Willis Denies Wheeler Statement.
Washington, June 18— (A I ) —Named
by Wayne B. Wheeier as one of the
senators who had received "honora
rium” from the Anti-Saloon League
for making prohibition speeches. Sen
ator Willis, Republican, Ohio, rose in
the Senate today and declared he
never had been on the league’s pay
roll.
City Tax Notice!
All property on which Taxes
for the year 1925, and also 1916
street assessments that expir
ed December Ist, 1925, will be
: advertised and sold after July
Ist, 1926.
I • *\ ;K .
; CHAS. N., FIELD.
City Tax Collector.
Figures in World’s News <
BERNA.TSJDO DUG GAM
i - fij
■Hi
Raoul peril t Michael ariem
President MoseicW was endeavoring to stabilize the PoliaS
republic. The seaplane in which Bernardo Duggan le®
America for Brazil was reported missing. The resignation
of Haoul Perot. French Finance Minister, caused the collapw
of the Cabinet, Michael Arlen, author, declared tbu
lie was in love. , iZ*- 1 •
M. W. RISLEY TO MANAGE '
STORE IN GREENWOOD. S. C.
Assistant Manager of Concord ,1. C.
Penney Store Is Made Manager
of New Store in South Carolina.
The store that makes its managers
by training them has made another ,
one. M. W. Risley,-assistant muu-j
ager of the J. C. Penney -Company 1
Store In Concord since it was opened
two years ago. was recently reward- 1
ed for his conscientious and efficient
work. He was made manager of
the store of the chain at Greenwood,
S. , and lie will have u one-third
interest in it. Mr. Risley lias been
in the J. C. Penney organisation for j
something over six years. Beginning
his duties with them in Raymond. 1
Wash., some half a dozen years ago
he remained with the company there
for four and one-half years. Then
he was transferred to the Penney
store in Cortland, New York, where
he stayed the six months preceding
his coming to Concord to assist in the
opening and managing of the store
here about two years ago. !
Mr. Inman will take tile place of
Mr. Risley as assistant manager of
the Concord store. Mr. Inman was j
with the Penney organization one
and one-half years in Chehalis, Wash
ington, before coming here when the
Ntore opened. I,
Robert Isenhour, who went to
work ns cashier for the Penney Store i
here when it opened its doors to the
public, has been promoted to second.
man.
Secretary Everett Recovering. !*
Raleigh. June 18.—(A 3 )—Secretary!
of State W. N. Everett is receiving
numerous letters from various parts
of the state, congratulating him upon
the fact that he is recovering from/
the recent heart attack which has:
kept him confined to his home for the
past two weeks.
Mr. Everett now hopes to be able
to be back in his office within a week
or ten days. He was able to take
part in a meeting of the council of
state, held at his home, recently.
This meeting was postponed until Mr.
Everett was able to take part, Gov
ernor McLean having been insistent
that the meeting not be held until all
members of the council could be pres
ent.
The secretary of state, whose re
cent attack is the second in some
months, is able to spend most of his
time out of bed now, and hopes to be
back in his office shortly. He is im
patient to be out again, it is reported
from his home.
I Dr. Rankin Improving Rapidly.
Charlotte, June 17.—Dr. W. S.
Rankin, president of the Dnke foun
, dation fund, who was injured in an
automobile ' accident near Hamlet, is
t expected to return to his home here
f either Saturday or Sunday. He is re
; ported progressing rapidly.
Briand Gives ITp.
Paris, June 18.—G4*)—Premier Bri
and this afternoon announced his in
ability to form a new cabinet.
If you will have the Concord and
; Kannapolis Gas Co. to install a Ruud |
. Tank Heater your hot water prob-j
1 lems will be solved. Special price i
’ only $22.65 installed. Terms, 651
! cents down and 50 cents a week, pay
' able monthly. If you have no boiler
they will install this heater with 30
gallon boiler complete with 50 feet of
gas and water pipe and two hot wat-l
cr faucets at special terms, $58.65
installed, 05c .down, SI.OO a week, I
payable monthly.
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1926
'gibson plays KANNOPOLIS
AT KANNAPOLIS SATI RDAf
Third Game of Series Between the
Two Teams to Be Played at Cabar
rus Park at 3:30.
Old rivals will go to the wall with
each other again tomorrow .when flic
, Gibson and Kannapolis baseball
> teems meet for the third time this
season at Cabarrus Park, Knnnnpo
ilis, toknorrow afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. The pitching selections for
the game have not been announeed
but it is a certainty that each team
will have secured the services, of a
first-rate hurler in ail effort to cop
the game.
I Gibson, by amassing a total of
seven home runs last Saturday, won
the first game rather easily, thoitgh
not at any time was the game unin
teresting. Tiie game played at Gib
son Park today will be the second of
the five-game series that has been ar
ranged by the two clubs, and if
Kannapolis wins the game tomorrow
will be perhops the turning pont of
, the series. If Gibson wins today
: Kannapolis will have to put on a
spurt in order to keep from being
i white-washed in the important series.
1 The Kannapolis team, with anoth
er week of practice is likely to show
a much higher class of baseball than
it showed in its first game of the
i season last Saturday. There is much
potential strength. • both offensive
and defensive, on the team and when
the machinery begins to run a hit
more smoothly they will be set-ups
I for nobody. Manager Johnson has
j had his team hard at work all week,
[•working out the kinks and acquir
| ing s|)eed and accuracy.
! Both teams have released their
weaker players since last week and
have acquired the services of valu
able men in their places.
i ,
Resent the March of Progress.
(By International News Service!
[ Greenville, S. C.. June 18.—Old
mountaineers living in the virgin
wilds of Hogback Mountain are re
senting the march of progreas and are
ready to defend their stronghold
against the advance of invaders. -
H. C. Reinieh, developer of the up
per Greenville county mountain, will
soon place five special deputies and
a regular officer in the Hogback con
struction camp to provide protection
for workers now building a road to
the top of the mountain, tie announeed
here.
County officers arc conferring over
plans for preventing any further at
tack from mountaineers living near
the construction camp. Several days
ago four young men, working on t'.ie
road, were fired on from ambush while
driving near the camp, and this has
led officers to take every precaution
to prevent another outbreak.
Road Condition Report.
Greensboro, June 18.—C4>>—Data
for motorists on thirty-one different
routes is contained in t'.ie current is
sue of the Bi-AVeckl.v Road Condition
Report of the Carolina Motor Club,
published here today.
Routes described include four main
routes north, a route to California,
one from Asheville to Louisville, Ky.,
and routes between points within 1
j North Carolina and between North
Carolina cities and thoae in nearby |
states. !
I Information given includes dis
j tances, highway route numbers, type
of road, detoura, eth.
The high school of New Bedford,
I Maas., was tlq>, tint public achool in -
the country to raiae the Americas
I flag over the schoolhouse, which it did
lon May 11, 1861. (
THE TACHC-ARICA
NEGOTIATIONS AT
WASHINGTON HALT
!
The Chilean Ambassador
j Tells State Department
; of Positive Stand Taken
| by His Government.
CHILE OBJECTS
TO PEACE TERM
Takes Attitude That Unit
ed States Has Been Un
fair in Trying to Settle
the Dispute.
WHHhlngton, Juno 18.— UP) —The
Washington end of the Tacna-Arica
negotiations was apparently brought
to a crisis today when the Chilean am
bassador visited the State Depart-'
ment and informed Secretary Kellogg
of the positive stand taken by his gov-,
eminent.
No one at the department or the
embassy would discuss the subject,
but it was assumed Ambassador Cru
chja handed to Secretary Kellogg the
note sent h,?m from Santiago saying
('bile considers the diplomatic nego
tiations for settlement of the Tacna-
Arica dispute with Peru to have ter
minated automatically by abandon
ment of the plebiscite arrangement at
Arica.
The Chilean plenipotentiary was in
conference with the Secretary nearly j
an hour. Immediately afterward Mr. j
Kellogg left for the White House. 1
where the cabinet was assembled
for the regular semi-weekly session. I
Administration officials manifestly |
were much concerned over the pros-.
pect of the complete collapse of Am
erican intervention in the dispute, and !
particularly over the unusual state- i
ment made public here last night by j
former President Alazeandri of Ch : le.;
in which he declared Chile had not
been treated fairly in the negotia-j
tions. and that consequently the Unit
ed States had lost the friendship of!
the Chilean nation.
Whether any exact reply will be
made to Alazeandri has not been in-'
dicated. It is. regarded as Certain.!
however, that some way will be
found to inform the world fully of,
the abundant evidences of Chilean un- 1
fairness now in the possession of the
.United States government and to
place the blame for failure of negotia
tions spuarely on Chilean officiajs. . i
TO VSE NEW FORM OF
COTTON PRODUCTION REPORT |
New Forms Will Be Used ill First
Crop Condition Report on July
rd.
Washington, June IS.—OP)—The
agricultural department i» preparing
to put into effect on July 2nd its re
pent decision to change the form of
its cotton production report, so ns to
give three alternating groups of crop
estimates, each based on the method
of computation.
The change was decided on after
southern senators and others protest
ed that the old method of giving but
one estimate was misleading.
Under the new system to be used
July 3rd, when the department makes
its first rejtort on the prospective size
of this year's crop, the following fig
ures will be included :
The indicated production based on
the condition of Cue crop aid the
acreage under cultivation June 25th
on the same basis as heretofore. The
Indicated production based on assump
tion that developments during the re
mainder of the season will be unfav
orable to the crop as during 1921.
1922 and 1923.
The indicated production based on
an assumption of later developments
as favorable to the crop as those of
1924 and 1925.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 4 to 10
Points.—Prices Eased Off to 17.76
For July.
New York, June 18.—C4*>—The cot
ton market opened steady today at a
decline of 4 to 10 points under local
and Southern selling which seemed to
be based on reports of showers in the
Atlantic and relatively steady Liver
pool cables.
Prices eased off to 17.70 for July
and 10.38 for December in early trad
ing. representing net declines of about
9 to 12 points on active positions but
covering developed at the lower levels
and the market held fairly steady in
the first hour.
A private report issued before the
opening estimated the condition of the
crop at 75.43 per cent, as of June 11
compared with 71 per cent, as of May
23rd, indicating an improvement of
about 4.3 per cent, points since late
last month. The figures seemed in
line with anticipations and had no ap
parent effect on the early market.
Cotton futures opened steady: July
17 86; Oet. 10.40; Dec. 10.41- Jan.
10.30; March 16.45.
Herriot Will Form New Cabinet.
i Paris. June 18.— (A) —Former Pre
mier Herriot, leader of the radical
wing in the chamber of deputies, has
i accepted the reques of President
1 Doumereue to endeavor to from a
new cabinet.
Herriot Called. In Conference.
I Paris. June 18.— (A*) —Shortly nf
ter former Premier Rriand had an
nounced he was unable to form a new
cabinet, former Premier Heriott was
summoned to Ely-sec Palace by Presl
j dent Doumergue.
PEPPER’S MM !
| ASKED ABOUT FUND
i SPENT IN PRIMARY
• Eric Fisher Wood Tells
t Senators About $167,-j
i 000 Was Spent For Pep
j per-Fisher Campaign.
EXACT FIGURES
[ ARE NOT GIVEN
I .
■ Notes Given For Campaign,
Funds Not Paid Because I
: They Are Not Due, He
Tells Reed.
I Washington, June 18.—C4>)—Dnr
i ing a temporary armistice in the veiv
t bill battle over jiolitical activities of
- the Anti-Saloon League, the Senate
-'campaign funds committee was told
[ today of expenditures around $165.-
-1 000 by the Pepper-Fisher republican
| campaign committee which operated
■ before this year’s primur.v in 31 west
. - ern Pennsylvania counties outside of
- Pittsburgh.
-I 'While Wayne B. Wheeler waited to
t again take the stand, Eris Fisher
-, Wood, head of the Pepper-Fisher
-, coalition organization In the 31 eoun
- j ties, was questioned at length. He
- said the contributions to his commit
t tee amounted to $141,402.57, and that
i “we borrowed $75,000. and we have
I I approximately $50,000 in cash.”
Chairman Reed told the witness he
j thought this a “confused re)>ort." and
1 lie wanted it “straightened out." Tak
ing tiie first two figures Reed said the
) total was $216,402.57.
I "Have you paid the notes?" he
j asked. “No, they are not due vet.”
“What cash have von on hand?”
I! “$40,380.10."
! Reed figured flic net casli received
' j at $167,103.38, and Wood said "that
, 1 would be approximately what we ex
pended.”
Expenditures Assailed.
!] Washington, June 18.—UP)—Pcnn
i syivania's primary expenditures were
J assailed in the House today by Repre
i sentative Moore, democrat, of Vir
; g!nia as exhibiting “a corrupt use of
’ 1 money, such as the people of this
, country never heard of before."
! “I believe that if Vare should come
" to the Senate, that body will refeuse
to seat him.” Moore said, “and I
' lio|>e that each of the other two can-
I didates likewise would he turned
| away.”
,' TILSON NOMINATION
HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
! President Told Georgia Man Would
Not Be Accepted by Senate.
Washington, June 18, — UP)—Presi
dent Coolidge today withdrew his
nomination of William J. Tilson, a
brother of the republican leader of
the House, to be a Federal Judge in
Georgia. A Senate committee already
had reported unfavorably, and Senate
lenders told the President that con
firmation would be denied by the_§en
ate.
Mr. Tilson had been appointed Fed
eral judge for the newly created mid
dle judicial district in Georgia, but a
wave of protect led by the Senators
and representatives from Georgia re
sulted ill the withdrawal.
Objection was based for one part
on the ground that the appointee
was not a native of Georgia, nor did
he reside even at present in the dis
trict over which lie was to preside.
Mr. Tilson has been a resident of
Atlanta for a number of years.
No fight was made on the nomina
tion of Bascomb S. Ileaver to be XI. S.
Attorney, or Samuel Purvis to be X’.
S. Marshal in the new court district,
but their names also were withdrawn
today by the President.
Vanderbilt Paper Failed to Ap^ar.
Miami. Fla., June 18.—UP)—Corne
lius Vanderbilt Jr.’s newspaper, the
, Illustrated ffaily Tab, failed to ap
pear today.
A court order was handed down on i
May 29 by Acting Judge H. W. Ship
pey, order'ng Vanderbilt's Newspaper
Inc., publishing organization of the
Tab. to vacate its offices at 70 West
Flagler Street, by June 20th. The
complaint was brought about by News
Tower. Inc., subsidiary of the Miami
Daily News and owner of the proper
ty, alleging failure to pay rents un
der tiie landlord’s ejectment act.
Plot Against Kemal Pasha Discov
ered.
Constantinople. June 18. —04 s )—A
p’ot against President Mustaphu
Kemal Pash, of Turkey, has been dis-’
covered in Samaria, and a number
of arrests have been made.
Wants Congress to Quit.
Washington, June 18.—(A*)—The
Republican house steering committee
today agree to ask for sine die ad
journment of Congress on Wednes
day, June 30th, at 5 p. m.
BASEBALL
i
; ' TWO BIG GAMES
between
GIBSON and KANNAPOLIS
Friday at Gibson Park. Con
cord
Saturday at Cabarrus, Park,
, Kannapolis
. &11 Games Called Promptly at
3:30
Kiwanis Chief
jjf 1
Ralph A. Artierman of Scran
ton, Pa., was elected presi
dent of the Kiwanis Clubs of
United States and Canada at
the annual convention in Mon
treal. m
HERMIT-WOMAN KILLED;
HAD CASH ON PERSON
Mrs. Julia Dezerne Fatally Hurt
When Struck by Car Driven by H.
M. McClure.
Mrs. Julia Dezerne, miser and ner
rait-woman. was almost instantly
killed Thursday night when struck by
an automobile driven by H. M. Mc-
Clure near the entrance to Oakwood
Cemetery. Her neck was broken, and
she lived only a few minutes after
being struck.
The accident occurred about 9:15
o'clock while Mr. McClure, his wife
and daughter were en route to their
home north of Concord. There were
no other cars on the street at the
time, police officers have been told,
and Mr. McClure lihh been quoted as
saying "something bobbed up in the
road and 1 struck it.”
Stopping his car Mr. McClure
walked back several feet and found
the unconscious form of the woman.
“I did not know what I had struck ;
in fact I didn't see anything until I
felt the compact.” Mr. McClure told
officers. He called for aid and an
ambulance was called but the woman
was dead when it reaelied her.
Officers who investittfttedr.ditscribed
the tragedy as an accident and Mr.
McClure was not arrested. Howev
er. a coroner's jury heard evidence
in the case this morning, exonerat
ing the driver of the car.
j Mrs. Dezerne was known to many
persons by sight but to few by per
gonal contact. She had been con
tent to live alone, finding shelter in
small houses that were mere hovels,
and living on berries, herbs and small
particles of food given her from time
to time. She had no intimate friends,
no members of her family live here
now and she went about the country
at all times of the day and night,
seeking to eke out an existence with
out spending money.
The result of this frugality was
found in the bottom of a pail she
was carrying when ki11ed—1,415.15 in
cash. A certificate of deposit for
S2OO was found in the shack she
called home. On top of the money
in the pail were many green grapes,
picked no doubt during the night
prior to the accident. In fact Mrs.
Dezerne was killed near what are
called the "Booger Woods" and it is
believed she had just stepped from a
path leading into the woods when
struck.
t 'aief of Police Talbirt carried the
money to the Wilkinson Funeral
Home where it was counted in the
presence of J. M. Simpson, James
Wilkinson and Stoyve Greene. Dur
ing the day Chief Talbirt placed the
cash ami certificate of deposit in a
local bank where it will be kept until
the estate is settled.
Most of the cash. $1,400 in fact,
was found in an old sock in the bot
tom of the pail. It was carefully |
wrapped in piles of SIOO and the
rolls all tied together with a long
string. This had been sewed up in
a white cloth which in turn had been
sewed up in a piece of oil cloth. It
had been placed in the sock. The
other cash was • carried separately in
a small bag pinned to her dress.
The certificate of deposit was found
til is morning by Chief Talbirt who
visited the home of the .woman. The
certificate was in an old pocketbook
which was hanging on a wall of the
shack. Several letters, by means of
which officers hope to trace relatives,
were found also in the pocketbook.
The only food seen in the shack
was a bowl of blackberries sitting
on the -floor near the front door. A
small cook stove was in one room of
the two-room hovel and a pair of
pigeons were playfully cooing in a
small crevice in the kitchen ceiling,
the only companions apparently, of
the lonely old woman.
An old bed, covered with several
dilapidated quilts, was the only fur
niture in the room. Boards had
been flailed over all of the windows,
and in addition a strip of wliite cloth
was added to keep sunlight from the
room.
In one corner of the room wag a
box of clothing, all neatly parked and
spotless. More than a hundred gar
ments were in the box, yet the wom
an was wearing only a dress and a
sweater coat when killed.
A daughter, Mrs. Mary Owens, is
said to reside near ' Derita, officers
were told by a few persons who had
talked to the deceased. Letters found
la bet room indicated that she baa
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAYS
NO. 143
m HEIMS j
TEE MU FOB
, mOFCHESti
They Continue Prayer Ser* |
vices in Hope of Break-1
ing Drought in the City
I and County.
! RAINS FALL IN M
NEARBY CITIBg||
Cotton Is Principal Crdfgl
in That County and Lade
of Rain Is Hampering Ks
Growth.
■Chester. »S. 0., June 18.— (/P)
prayer services* each day are beidgrel
held by the citizens of Chester foe J
purpose of asking Cod to end
serious drought that has this
in its grip.
Yesterday morning there was a see*- J
j ond town-wide morning prayer s«>rvl#e -
at tin* Associate Reformed Prestotisr
ia 11 Church and another in the after
noon. This program will be foUfMWA. |
until the drought ends.
In certain sections not more that
80 or 40 miles away there have fc&eft
rains in the last few days.
they have not brought a full measure
of relief, they have helped materially, I
but in Chester and Chester county
two adjoining counties conditions af£ jj
unimproved. Only a small pereepiifii
of cotton is up and if rain is di'lljflgj
a few days longer it is doubtful if
cotton will have time to matured
Cotton is the principal crop of tba
county anil this section.
m
STEALING AUTOMOBILES
ALMOST THING OF FASX ;
Due to the Excellent System ot **■ 1
Ist ration Employed. *’
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. June IS.—Theft of auto
mobiles for re-sale purposes has been
made almost a tiling of the pant la j
North Carolina as a result of the ex
cellent system of registration em
ployed and the activity of the theft
bureau, automotive division, depart*!
ment of revenue, of which L. S. Har- >
rig is dhief. The principal trouble
which the theft bureau now has to
'contend ’with is the stripping
stolen cars and the sale pf the parts *
and accessories taken from the cars.
But the bureau is making good head*
way in the breaking up of this prac- -
tice.
"Automobile thieves have found that
in North Carolina it is next to irnpos- 1
sible to get away with an automobile
and sell it ns it sood when they took ri
it. as our registration and license sys
tem makes it an easy matter to trace j
a car. Consequently they have turned :
to the business of stealing cars for
their accessories, and this until lately |
has proved more profitable and less
risky. They will take a car and ra*
it out to some secluded place or oat- \
of-the-wa.v garage, where the opera* |
tor is in league wit*li them, an<J then
remove everything removable—^tires, 4:
generator, starter, bumpers, and all J
the accessories. They then peddle
these parts to other garages or sell J
them direct. They then sometimes
manage to rig the car itself up in such
away that it could not be identified,
and sell it. but that is still too risky,”
said Harris.
But even these gangs of “car ;
Strippers” are beginning to disap- ;
pear as a result of the close watch
Which the agents of the theft
keep in all parts of the state.
gangs for the most part are made up
of youngsters, it is pointed out, many i
of whom have resorted to this’ method
of making some “easy money.” Al
though car thefts on the whole shows
a slight increase all over the eoun*
try.the per centage of t’liefts is on the
decline, especially in North Carolina, ;
m
Mrs. Lewis Sues For Divorce. • -^lgj
I Asheville. June 18.— UP) —Charging
■ infidelity and non-support against her
wealthy and formerly influential bus- ■
band. Lloyd Lewis, who is at pres
ent awaiting the outcome of ail ap
peal which he has taken from a sev
enteen-year federal sentence, Mrs. 4
Lina Lewis, for the last two years
n resident of Asheville, today filed
suit in Buncombe county superior
court for divorce and alimony and
the custody of their two young daugh- ,|j
ters.
'l 'Mi
a son, H. C. Dezerne, in Denver,
Colorado, and one person told offi
errs he had heard her speak of a son, *
Ed Dezerne, who at one time was In
the United States army. Among .
tlie i»pers was a letter addressed to
“My Daughter." and dated May 4th,
1926, but no name was on it. In
this letter mention was made of
“Mary and Cal,” said to be Mr. and
Mrs. Owens, so it is believed she had
two daughters.
Chief Talbirt went to Derita this
afternoon in an effort to locate MW.
Owens, from whom lie expects to leafA ;
something of other members of the
family.
No funeral arrangements will be I
made until Mrs. Owens has beMt; '|
found and lias had an opportunity to |
communicate with relatives.
THE WEATHER jt
Mostly fair tonight and Saturday f;JI
slightly warmer on south coast (l|f9
night. Moderate northeast winds be*
coming variable.