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VOLUME XXVI
U MRSEL IS
■OGEIF PEOPLE
FROM ISOEftLE SID
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It Would Be a Grave In
justice, They Declare, to
Allow Him to Die in the
Electric Chair.
APPEAR BEFORE j
GOVERNOR McLEAN
Special Hearing Before
Governor of Those Seek
ing a Commutation of
Maqsel’s Sentence.
Tribune Bureau
!• v Sir Walter Hotel
p * Raleigh, June 211.—Alvin Mansel in
innoeent. He" did not make the at
tack on the Asheville woman who
later identified him as her assailant,
and is the victim of mistaken iden
tity. It would be nothing short of
a grave miscarriage of justice for the
State of Nort'j Carolina to allow him
to die in the e'.ectric ebair.
This was the burden of the’ con
tention of those who appeared before
Governor A. W. McLean here Mon
day at a special hearing granted by
the governor to those seeking the
commutation of his sentence from '
death to' one of ’lesser severity—or
an absolute pardon. And the con
tention was substantiated by h Tnnss I
of affidavits constituting new evi
dence to show that the young Ashe- 1
ville negro had nothing to do with 1
the crime, knew nothing of the crime J
and was entirely innocent of it, in 1
that his whereabouts have been ac- 1
counted for throughout the entire pe- 1
riod during which the crime is alleged 1
to have taken place. And the furth- I
er contention that the rank and file -i
of the people in Buncombe county
and Asheville believe that he was '
convicted of a crime that he did not
commit, is substantiated by- a sheaf 1
of petitions signed by the most rep- I
rescntnfive people of the city and '
county to the effect that there is a
very definite doubt of his guilt and 1
that hence he should not be put to I
death. 1
But that is pot all. Six of the '
twelve jurymen who convicted Man- '
sel on the evidence as introduced in ]
the trinl;- jtgve signed a letter ad
dressed to Governor HeLeoi that its J,
fcyvfe* of the new evidence that hnt,
J } been found, and submitted to them ,
since the trial, they are sure that ,
there is a reasonable doubt as to
Mansel's guilt. The other six jurors 1
have either removed from Buncombe
county or were away at this time
and could not be reached with the 1
new evidence.
“But I have not the slightest doubt ,
that every one of the twelve men on
the jury would have signed that let
ter, could they all have been reached,” '
Hall Johnson, attorney for Manael,
who is now leading in the effort to (
have his sentence commuted, told (
Governor McLean at the hearing. (
“It is not at all strange that Man- ,
sel was convicted under the condi
tions that existed at the time of the ,
trial," said Johnson. “In the first
place. I was given less than a day
to prepare the case before the trial ;
started. Even then I was able to ;
account for his whereabouts during ,
the day of the crime for all but 45
minutes of the time. But this only
by affidavits from patients in the
sanatorium where he was employed.
I could not take these witnesses into
court from their sick beds.
“Then there was the intense feel
ing that prevailed at the time. Feel
ing was so hot you could Cut it off
in chunks. There were the national
guardsmen outside the courthouse and
inside the courthouse, with their guns
always ready. Why, at one time,
when I started to get up to speak I
stumbied over one of those miserable
, guns and almost broke my leg.
? “But now I would not be afraid
to go before any jury anywhere, un
der any conditions and retry this case.
And I would acquit that boy. The
night before, the trial started I went
to the jail and told the jailer to lock
me up in 8 cell with Mansel where
we could talk alone and undisturbed.
I tried at that time every method I
knew of to get him to confess. I
argued with him, plead with him,
bullied him—did everything I could
to get some sort of a statement out
of him tending to show me that he
• had some knowledge of- the crime.
And at the end of that two hoars or
more, I left that jail firmly con
vinced that that young negro boy
was as innocent of tlie charges as I
was. And now I am more sure than
ever that he is innocent. He did
not commit that attack. And he
should not be allowed to die in the
electric chair for n crime that he did
not commit,” Johnson told the gov-i
ernor in making one of the most fer
vid pleas for a man's life that haa
ever been made.
Governor McLean deserved his de
cision, taking the case under consid
eration untu an indeterminate date.
Taxi Driver In Court Far Prank in
Funeral Une.
Durham, June 2 B.—Jesse Dun
ham, negro taxi cab driver, who was
arrested yesterday after he is alleg
ed to have disturbed a funeral pro
cession, will be given a hearing in
“55 is alleged to have driven his car
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
TRERO OF INQUIRY
BIGS OBJECTION
EBON EKELIST
Aimee Semple McPherson
Says Investigation Has
Been Centered on Her
Instead of on Criminals.
(NO LOVE AFFAIR I
IN THE MATTER
Evangelist Describes Sort
of Man She Wants and
Says So Far She Has
Never Seen Such Ideal.
Los Angclek June 211.—04>)—Aimee
Semple McPherson has expressed her
displeasure with the trend which the
investigation of her story that she
was kidnapped and taken to Mexico
has developed.
As the district attorney and police
continue their inquiry today the evan
gelist denounced those who doubt her
explanation of her five weeks' ab
sence which started when she vanish
ed at Ocean Park, May 18th; and
ended when she was found at Agua
Prietn, Mexico, last Wednesday.
“Instead of being centered on the
criminals, It (the investigation) has
centered on me,” she said.
The pastor scoffed at the possibil
ity that she might have disappeared
because of n love affair.
"The man I marry has not appear
ed on the scene yet,” she declared, and
then proceeded to draw a word pic
ture of her idea|. “He must be good
looking. He mast be six feet tali or
more. He must be a preacher. He
must have certain rigid standards. He
must ploy the trombone. and be a
good singer, and he must be a good
-and holy man.”
The description, she added, tallies
with no one she knows now.
The Los Angeles Times says that
according to information received
from Douglas, Arizona, the man and
woman known as “Steve" and "Rose”
who Mrs. McPherson declares kidnap
ped her, have been definitely located
in Nascozarl. Mexico.
The pair are' under surveillnnce of
the Mexican authorities, the newspa
per says, and upon expiration of their
permit to cross the Mexican border
they will be escorted to the boundary
SiVC. %■
kidnapping. It is understood, the
Times statea, the man and woman
watched at Nnoozari nre in Mexico on
a five day permit which has been re
newed. ,
DIVERSIFICATION IS
WATCHWORD IN VANCE
Farmers Going In More and More
For Varied Type of Agriculture.
Henderson, June 29. —Sideline ac
tivities of farmers in Vance county
are beginning to take on turns this
season, and more and more the farm
ers are turning' to other means of in
come than tobacco and cotton, itf.ier
to for many years almost the sole
reliance of the growers for their
money income.
County Farm Agent J. C. Anthony
reported today the procuring of 35
heads of shoats by J. G. Puckett and
M. T. Greenway, who are co-operating
on their farms a few miles east, of
the city in a demonstration to show
how money can be made in raising
pork.
The county at this time also has at
least one commercial peach orchard,
which covers only seven acres but
has approximately 000 trees, each of
which is expected to average two
bushels of fruit, and which may net
the owner, W. H. Ayscue, from $2,500
to $3,000 for his crop. Tills is In ad
dition to Mr. Ayseue’s other crops
and has so clearly demonstrated the
possibilities of peaches in this sec
tion that it is regarded as not im
probable that there may be addi
tional orchards next year to supple
ment the farm incomes.
All of these side lines are in addi
tion to poultry on hundreds of farms,
and the dairy industry, which is now
being agitated.
Stanly Spared Second Primary on
Batomdby.
Albemarle, June 28.—There will
be no second primary for Stanly
county.
For a few days after the primary
of Jnne 5 it looked like a second
primary would be necessary in ortjer
to secure the nomination of a' mem
ber of the board of education and a
county commissioner, but those can
didates, entitled to demand a second
primary, have announced that they
are “out of the race,” that they are
not anxious enough'for the office to
put the county to the cost and trou
ble of holding a second primary.
Ail other candidates were nomi
nated June 5. There wag no opposi
tion in the race for sheriff, clerk of
superior court, register of deeds and
house of representatives.
Wants Views of Parliament.
Paris, June 29. — <A>) —Parliament
will soon be called upon to take the
responsibility either of ratifying or re
jecting the Washington debt funding
agreement, aaye the declaration of.
i policy of the new Brfand cabinet which
was read before both bouses this af
ternoon.
The government declares that set
tlement of the inter-aUied debt is one
:
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Torpedoes, carrying Scotch malt and weighted so that only
the top remained above water, were found on the schooner
Rosie M. 8., captured off Montank Point, N. Y. They could
have bmi towed to port unseen. - •
i . International Henrar
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 5 to 10
Points With July Off to 18:01 Dur
ing First Hour.
New: York, June 29.—OP)—T!ie
cotton market opened steady today at
a decline of 5 to 10 points under
liquidation, local and southern selling
which appeared.to be based on rela
tively easy Liver|>ool cables and a
favorable interpretation of the early
weather and crop news.
July sold off to 18.01 and Decem
ber to 16.38 before the end of the
first hour, active months generally
showing net declines of 10 to 17
points. Another private crop re
port estimuted the condition at 75.5
per ceut. and the decrease in aereage
•9 of 1 per cent. The crop indica
tion was placed at 15,432,000 bales,
with a possibility of 13,900,000 to tkr
lions or of 17,250.000 Should the bal
ance of the season be as favorable
as during the last two years.
Cotton futures opened steady: July
18.18; October 10.62; December 10.48;
January 10.20; March 18.85.
Boone State Normal Taxed to Capac
ity.
Boone, June 28. —The Appalachian
State Normal is being taxed to its
capacity with an enrollment, of 916
teachers who are taking professional
courses. Sixty-six counties and seven
states are represented in this enroll
ment. There nre five from Wilson
county. Their numes follow: Willie
Taylor, Mittie Wiggins. Elizabeth
Wiggins, Maude Davis, Esther Cobb.
The Appalachian State Normal has
a plant of 500 acres of land, 12 mod
ern school buildings, a dairy, teams,
w’atec system and power plant. The
plant is valued at more than a mil
lion dollars.
The school makes a specialty of
training teachers for elementary
schools. According to Mrs. T. E.
Johnston, supervisor of high school
teacher training. "The Appalachian
State Normal is the largest school in
North Carolina bent on training teach
ers for elementary schools.”
Dr. W- S. Rankin Back in Charlotte
Feeling Fine.
Charlotte,, J une 28. —Dr. W. S.
Rankin, head of the hospitalization
section of the Duke endowment, in
jured two weeks ago in an automo
bile accident near Hamlet, hfte re
turned to his home here and was on
the streets yesterday.
“Feeling fine,” said the doctor
when asked how he was.
Dr. Rankin sustained injuries on
hie head and a broken rib and breast
bone when his automobile overturn
ed near the Morrison bridge after
skidding in the sand.
His wife and son, both of whom
were in the automobile when it over
turned, were only slightly injured.
Scripture on Highway Advised aa
Crime Curb.
Spartanburg, S. C., June 28.—‘T
hope to see the day when- there will
| be posted on trees and rock along
! the highways passages of the Scrip
ture warning the sinner,” Rev. J. D.
1 Henderson, pastor of the Second
1 Presbyterian Church, declared in a
sermon to his flock.
“Every murderer should see as he
’ goes along the highways, ‘Thou Shalt
I Not Kill' and every libertine, 'Thou
j Shalt Not Commit Adultery’.”
In speaking of advertising the pas
tor said he believed in newspaper
advertising for the churches.
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» Many Casualties From Earthquake.
Bavaria, Java, Junq 29.—(40 — Yee
f terday’s earthquake in central Sum
s, tra has resulted to many casualties,
i according to reports received hereto
- day from Padang, capital of Sum
atra. . A large number of buildings
;- collapsed at Fort Dekoek. The gov
e ernor's residence at Padang and the
i- homes of many Europeans have been
i. reported badly damaged.
Beports also have been received
e that the town of Solok was set afire
by the quake.
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1926
ENTRAINED TEACHERS
j PROVING EXPENSIVE
Heavy Annual Loss Is Sustained by
| State Due to Inefficiency of Instruc
tors.
Chapel Hill. July 29.—The employ
ment of untrained teachers, under
which classifications 60 per cent, of
elementary teachers fall, costs the
state more than $18,000,000 annually,
was the startling announcement made
by Superintendent M. P. Jenkins of
Pasquotnuk county before the school
officials at the closing session of the
second day of the elementary school
conference now being held at the uni
versity.
The evening’s program was devoted
to a discussion of the cost of the poor
ly trained teachers and to considera
tion of the provisions the state should
, pmke to meet more adequately ti.« •
toads for additional teachers wvtit
specific training for the elementnr.v
grades. _ President R. H. Wright of
the Eastern Caroling Teachers college
presided.
Superintendent Jennings pointed
out that 12.96 per cent, of all rural
teachers had only 1.0 per cent, of
teachers to city schools held certifi
cates below standard. Tile differ
ence in promotions in rural and city
schools is 10.3 per cent, due largely .
but not solely to poorly trained teach-'
ers. That is, of 419,411 students en
rolled in 1924-25 67,403 more were
not promoted in the rural schools than
in the city. These required 1927 ad
ditional teachers, at a cost of $1,280,-
000, assuming they fail only one year.
Graduates in 1024 who had to remain
in, high school one year longer than
they should have numbered 9,322;
4,716 had to remain two years longer;
more than 3,000 three years longer,
and 1,000 took eight years to grad
uate. flie loss to the state resulting
from the time lost by these pupils who
should have been working or in col
lege amounted to over $17,000,000.
SPRING TERMS OF
COURTS CONCLUDED
The Fall Terms Will Begin July 5. I
R. B. Redwine Emergency Judge.
Raleigh. N. C., June 29.—OP)—The
spring term sos Suiverior courts in
North Carolina was concluded Satur
day. and the fall term does not
begin until July sth.
During the week’s interval, courts
will be in sessiou in only three of the
100 counties of the State—Forsyth,
Buncombe and Wake.
A two weeks’* special term has
been called by Governor McLean to
begin in Forsyth Monday. As emer
gency judge to preside, the Governor
has named R. B.,Redwine, of Monroe.
In Buncombe, a regular term begun
last Monday will continue this week.
In Wake, a special two-weeks term
was begun last week, and will be con
cluded during the present week.
Next week—the first in the fall
term—there will be comparatively few
terms, ouly two regular terms being
on the calendar to begin at that time.
Bat the following week, the regular
court work in most of the 20 districts
in the State will be resumed.
; Overland to Compete With Chevrolet
[ | and Fold.
1 foledo. Ohio, June 29.—State
ment made on apparently good an
; thority says that WiUys-Overland,
• Inc., is shortly to bring out a new,,
1 J light four-cylinder car which will be
directly competitive with Ford and
‘ Chevrolet. It is expected that a gen
eral announcement will be made
about the first of July and that the
new car will follow the European
. peah style of construction in that it'
■ will be capable of high speed, will be!
■ low in construction, and will travel I
, much farther on a gollon of gasoline
- than present cars.
) Meiglieu Prime Minister of Canada.
• ' Ottawa. Ont., June 29. —MR)—Right
t Hon. Arthur Meighen, conservative
l leader, was ‘sworn in as prime minis
ter of Canada at the government
1 house today to succeed former Pre
t mler Mackenzie Ring, whose ministry
resigned yesterday. j
WOMEN DISCUSS AT
ASHEVILLE NEEDS
FOR WORLD PEACE
! Josephine Schain Says We
Must Stop Talking and
Actually Do Something
to Bring World Peace.
OUTLINE SOME
OF PROPOSALS
Womeni Voters Will Be
Asked to Support Pro
posals) Which Must Have
O. K. of Conference.
Asheville, June 29.—(4>)—Empha
sizing that it is time to stop pratling
about America’s isolation from other
countries about keeping out of Eu
rope, about not jnixing up with the
rest of the world, and urging that ’we
face the fact that we must co-operate
with, the rest of the world in order to
insure our own security,” Miss Jose
phine Schain, director of the Depart
ment of International Co-oi>eration to
Prevent War, of the National league
of Women Voters, speaking this
morning at the second day’s session
of the seven regional conferences
meeting here, presented a program of
proposed legislation looking to fur
thering the movement for internation
al peace, which the National Lengue
lias prepared for study by the local
league organizations.
The measures for which the sup
port of women voters is solicited:
The establishment of a permanent
court of international justice effective
for peace; progressive codification of
international law; all measures de
signed to affect the outlawry of war;
measures permitting the Up i ted'
States to take part in the internation
al reduction of armaments, and to
participate officially in economic and
humanitarian conferences, and com
missions designed to promote inter
national harmony.
BAYB FUND TO FIGHT
NVE HAS BEEN RAISED
Senator’s Secretary Says tto Money
Has Come Through Administration
Channels.
Washington, D. C„ June 29.—04")
—Charges that a “huge slush fund
h*e been attained through adminis-1
tration channels of support”! to be'
used in North Dakota to defeat Sen
i ator Nye, a Republican, have been
presented to the Senate campaign
funds committee by D. H. McArthur,
secretary to the senator. The pri
mary is to be held tomorrow.
The charges declared the purpose
was to semi to the Senate L. B. Han
na, campaign manager for President
Coolidge in North Dakota, in the 1924
campaign.
Specifically it was stated that the
fund was being used to make a (louse
to house canvass in North Dakota to
get out the vote on election day.
“The friends of good government
in North Dakota will be on the alert
to secure the names of all the can
vassers,” the statement to the com
mittee said, “and to have them sent
to Washington addressed to Senator
Reed, chairman of the investigating
committee now in session.”
DELLINGER PREPARING
STORY OF HIS LIFE
He Is Absolutely Sure He Is Charley
Ross, He Says.
Denver, N. 0., June 29.—Julius C.
Dellinger, soi-distant Charley Ross,
I the Pennsylvania boy who was kid
napped 52 years ago,- now is pre
paring his life story for publication.
Back in this little Carolina ham
let after going to New York and
Philadelphia in an effort to convince
the Ross family that he is the flax
en-haired boy whose disappearance
startled the nation, the would-be heir
to the Keystone fortune is working
daily with the expectancy, of having
his life story ready for Fall publica
tion.
Meanwhile Dellinger is not “speak
ing for publication” unless he make
some revelation that might interfere
with the sale of his book. How
ever—
“l am absolutely sure I am Char
ley Ross,” lie said.
Says Elma Got Liquor Off Carolina
Coast.
Wilmington, N. C„ June 29.—0 P)
—The 47,000 cases of assorted li
quors found on the steamer Elma
which was towed into port here Sat
urday by the United States coast
guard cutter Manning was loaded on
the craft from a schooner a few miles
off the coast of Morehead City Mon
day afternoon, June 21st, according
to statement made by a seaman giv
ing his name as Herbert Hartman,
who says he was the cook on the
Elmn, to a representative of the
News-Dispatcli this morning.
Vote of Confidence For Brlatid.
Paris. June 20.—(4>>— The chamber
of deputies today voted confidence in
; the new Briand government, giving it
■! a majority of 162.
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■ Photography without plates or films
is declared possible under a device in
vented by a South African chemist.
Pictures are taken directly on sensi
: tiled paper and the image developed
■ In a few seconds.
: I The first attempt to add a manual
- training department to any public
' school was made at Gloucester, Mass.,
Jin 1878,
Under Probe |
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HwiH
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A resolution was introduced .
in the Senate asking Secre
tary of Agriculture Jar dine to
explain his reported connec
tion with a Chicago school al
leged to be teaching methods
of beating rules of grain ex
changes which Jardine him
self made.
feuraatlooil Beams!. i
CROPS ARE SHOWING
MUCH IMPROVEMENT
Trip Made by Mr. Parker in an Auto
Equipped With a “Cropmeter.”
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, June 29.—Crops in the ,
eastern section of the state are show- ,
ing much improvement as the result
of the rains of the last ten days, ac- |
cording to Frank Parker, state statis
tician of the department of agrieul- .
ture, who returned to Raleigh today ,
following a trip of five days extend
ing through the eastern section of the (
state. The trip was made in an au
tomobile equipped with the “crop
meter", a specially designed instru
ment on tile structure design of a
speedometer, that measures the aere
age of various crops adjacent to riie ,
highway.
Cotton and tobacco are both’ 1 great
ly improved in condition, although
both, crops are still backward and will (
continue to be so, as the result of (
the late, dry spring. The develop- -;
ment of these two crops, of course,
is also dependent on the kind of ,
weather that prevails from now on. .
But according to tile law of aver
ages, the weather should be about
normal for this season and the crops
progress rapidly. ,
Some revival of truck crops is be- ,
ing experienced as the result of the <
raimi. but in some instances the i
stands were too badly damaged by '
the drought to be revived by the' rain, i
This is especially true of the dew- ]
berry crop, although the bean crop 1
is being revived somew'.int. i
Corn is doing much better than i
had been expected and the prospect
now is for a‘fairly good crop. Wheat 1
and rye are in excellent condition, 1
showing no bad effects from the long i
dry spell. Oats, however, are very
poor in most instance.
Pastures and forage crops are com
ing along nicely ns the result of the
recent rains.
GEORGE N. HUTTON
DIES IN MICHIGAN
Was Resident of Hickory Where He
Controlled Big Limber Company.
Hickory, N. C., June 29.-— (/P)
News reached here this morning of
the death in Battle Creek, Mich., late
yesterday of Geo. N. Hutton, multi
millionnaire manufacturer of this
city. He was under treatment at the
Michigan health resort.
Mr. Hutton was one of the most
prominent and one of the wealthiest
men in this immediate section. He
was born in Windsor, Canada, 57
years ago. and during his youth moved
to Lake Huron, Mich., where he was
actively engaged in the lumber busi
ness. In the fall of 1896 he came to
Hickory and bought out the old Ca
tawba River Lumber Co., which was
run as a partnership of Hutton &
Bourbonnais until 1907, when the
concern was incorporated under the
same name. Since the death of A..
Bourbonnais several years ago Mr.
Hutton had been president, and had
control of the lumber company which
he helped orgauize.
Says Women Can Add to Years By
Sports and Shingled Halt. !•
London, June 28.—Women devot
ed to short hair and athletics will be
cheered by . the declaration of the
medical officer of health of Lough
ridge, County Antrim, that sports
and shingling add five years to a
woman’s life- He advises all girl who
have not already done so to get
shingled immediately.
“Quite sound advice,” is the com
ment of a London physician. “I
would go even further than my Irish
colleague, and say that by their de
votion to games many women will
add as much as 10 years to their
life.”
Judge Settles Novel Point in Liquor
Law Observance.
Greensboro, June 28.—A man
cail’t buy a pint of liquor on a doc
tor’s prescription in Waco, Tex., and
bring it here for medical purposes,
even if he doesn’t touch a drop of it,
according to a ruling of Judge D. H.
Collins to municipal court here to
-1 day. That was the defense of G. W.
Wood, charged with possession of a
pint, 'but be was fined fifty dollars.
DECLARES NATIONS [
OF WORLD
FOR AMERltkfrtitij
Bishop Frederick Fisher
Says That America Must
Make Her Wealth and
Ideals Universal.
AMERICA STILL
HAS ROMANCE |
Other Nations Thrill at i
American Invention, Es- j
ficiency, Luxury, Speed
and Daring.
Chicago, June 2!).—o4*)—The task
of America is to make her prosperity,,
comfort, ami spiritual ideals uuiver- '
sal, Bishop Frederick Fisher, of Cal- <
cutta, India, today told the World
Service Commission of the Methodist
Episcopal Church convening in-an
nual session. !
All the nations of the world are
nivake with refreshing idealism but
await the sacrificial leadership of Am
erica. he said.
“America has not lost her romance."
the Bishop asserted.
It is not Aladdin’s lamp or the Ara
bian carpet which now thrills the
mind of childhood, but the wonder of
American invention. luxury, speed,
efficiency and daring.
A ’aeiglitened morale in benevolent
work throughout Methodism was
noted by Dr. R. ,T. Wade, executive
secretary of the committee. In his
annual report to the commission Dr.
Wade emphasized that the' recent
downward trend for missionary work
at home and abroad had been checked.
The total receipts for the benevo
lent and missionary work to the
World Service Commission last year
were $8,119,53!), Dr. O. W. Auman,
treasurer, reported. This represent
ed an increase for every month ex
cept two over Hie corresponding pe
riod the year before.
GAVE HIS LIFE TO
SAVE ANOTHER’S
Former Rockingham Youth Plunges
Into Pool and Rescues Girl.
Reidaville, June 28. —There was 1
an unusually sad funeral Thursday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the new
cemetery, Spray, when. Otis , Raj-
Knight, of Herwind, West Virginia.
Was Interred there, oh ““The nine
teenth anniversary of his birth. He
was the only son of J- M. Knight, of
Fielddale, and had been living in
West Virginia, for about ten months.
Tuesday evening, while he was
standing on a bridge overlooking the
new Swimming pool in Berwind, he
saw a young girl. Miss Gridelli, in
the water give a signal of distress.
Without hesitation, and without tak
ing time to remove shoes or clothing,
he leaped from the bridge to the
lake. The girl had gone down twice,
and he caught her. as she was being
sucked into a whirlpool, and held' her
up, struggling against the treacher
ous suction until a friend, A. L.
Fulcher, came to the rescue of the
girl, but could not save them both.
Mr. Knight lost his life but saved
hers. Both were good swimmers. A
Carnegie medal has been applied for
for him. who performed this heroic
deed, and fought against such heavy
odds.
HEFLIN OPPOSED TO
CONGRESS ADJOURNMENT
Until Something Has Been Done to
Dispose of Muscle Shoals.
Washington, June *29.—CP)—Sena
tor Heflin, democrat, of Alabama, to
day notified tile Senate that he would
oppose adjournment of Congress un
less some arrangement was made to
dispose of the Muscle Shoals problem.
If it is not to be taken up at this
session, lie said, he wanted some un
derstanging as to when it would be
considered.
“I am tired of a lot of grafters and
propagandists living ,:n luxury here
in Washington on the people of the
Teunessee Valley” he ndded. .
“If senators don’t agree with them
they hire newspapers to attack them
and have cartoonists ridicule them ns
they have done me. We ought to dis
liose of Muscle Shoals and give the
farmers the benefit of the fertilizer and
the government the income from the
]>ower."
Sidna Alien Chooses Leaksville for
Home.
Danville, Va., June 28.—Sidna Al
len has decided not to enter the real
estate business in Raleigh, N. O. In
stead, he will open a cedar chest fac
tory at Leaksville, N. O. He is en
gaged in forming a’small company
to finance its operations. Allen has
been appearing tit expositions in this
section recently exhibiting articles in
woodwork which he made while in
prison in Richmond following con
viction with the shooting up of the
court at -HillsviUe. One of these is
a 50-pound pedestal table contain
ing 75.000 pieces of wood. There are
no nails in the table which has been
greatly admired- Sidna Allen’s fam
ily will say farewell permanently to
Carroll county and will join him at
Leaksville, where his brother lives,
one day in the near future.
Agree to Debate Rivera and Harbors
Bill.
Washington, June 29.—CP)—A ten
tative agreement to take up the riv
ers and harbors bill on next December
10th and to limit debate after Decem
ber 15 was reached today by leaders
on both sides to the Senate.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS, 21
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY
NO. 151
PFP pr R DENIES HE 1
- ..INFERRED DRY I
AGENT FOR PROM]
Did Not Know AhytjWßijj?
About F. C. Baird Being 1
Sent From His Regular a
District. 1
OTHER CHARGES 1
HE DENIED A|£o |
Says He Did Not Seek, fat
Support of State j|
tor Patrick Joyce as Wat fll
Charged. , | i
Washington. June< 29.—0 V) —S< na- -a Is
tor Pepper of Pennsylvania told tbe.
Senate campaign funds committee t&i-'lsß■
day that he had nothing to do, with I
file transfer of Federal Prohibiting i|9
Administrator F. C. Baird from -.'at
burgh to Philadelphia just before llie I
republican state primary in whidfc ttypHl
Senator was defeated for rettag|jjq2|9■
tion. fl
"The removal was not done sgg. 3jS
distance or with my knowledge,*?-‘■SkS ■
ator Pepper said. "Any statement
that effect if made here was made to I
ignorance of the facts or as a tollhe 'll
crate misstatement." I
From previous witnesses the com- '--M %
mittee has heard testimony that Vitto-. %
burgh was thrown "wide open" trposi ■’M 4
Baird's withdrawal, and hint th#-
loons displayed posters advertW3E9|l
tlie Mellon-supported Pepper-|n33H|M®
ticket. I
Senator Pepper told the cnnuqiMqS J| «
today that Wm. G. Murdock, il igeqkqff j
at Philadelphia, lias been asked to. JaS
sign that he was advised of this, but a>S
followed liis usual practice of not ins ■
terfering in prohibition matters. 8
"I had complete confidence to. Hr. S i
Murdoch.” the Senator added. 1
He called attention to Jfl I
which he said referred he had
ed the support of State Senator 'wHjgM 8
rick Joyce in Luzerne county, by 1
ing a claim against Joyce by the toe'ig I
ternal Revenue Bureau settled. ;ii|| I
"Tlie fact is,” Senator Pepper snidLSj] 1
"I never heard of the existence of || 1
any such claim.” 8
When Senator Pepper concluded j J
Chairman Iteed told him the eomnrist|9l
tee would call him later for questkmvfis
ing on a matter which had not vet ral a
been inquired into. jj
JUDGE OGLESBY TO
HOLD MeDOVVELL COURT M |
Will Exchange With Judge Shaw, I
Who Will Hold tiie Court in Atjjjg. W 2 I
Tribune Bureau fl
Sir Walter Hotel v3BS
Raleigh, .Tune 29. —At the reaaigftgß
of Judge Thomas .1. Shaw and Judge '|| ]
Jno. M. Oglesby, Governor A,' at. I'm |
McLean today issued and exchange o? M
courts between these two |
two weeks, beginning July 12th,'whgjif'ljl 1
Judge Oglesby will go to McDpWjjp.' ’ll J
county and Judge Shaw to §
county. I
Judge N. A. Sinclair has also been 9
commissioned to hold Catawba conn,- % |
ty court for two weeks, beginning’ % |
July sth, instead of Judge 1
who has resigned. Nb successor to I
Judge Bryson has yet been ap- J |
pointed. *T
With Our Advertisers.‘ ’’
Linen suits, $11.95, palm beach |
suits $3.95, Vanity uniousuifs 85 1
cents at Browns-Cannon Co ». bj* m
sale. I
H. B. Wilkinson is givinjf 25 per 'B|
cent, off on all rugs ami druggets (ex*i ]
cept linoleum). You can get I
.$27.50 value tapestry 9x12 feet dfiur- MM
gets for only $20.63. Many othw Si JI
big values too. |
Pasteurized milk helps to keep JJ |
baby happy and contented. Get '.-MM j
from the-Cabarrus Creamery. ? “ ♦dH i
The Ritchie Hardware Co. carries |g J
a full line of Russwin hardware.
locks, knobs, escutcheons and \
eners for all kinds of doors j
(lows. .1
But little to jiay and a long time 3
to pay it in, if you take advantage 3 1
of the Ruud tank heater offer of the ij j
Concord and Kannapolis Gas Co. It ‘
costs only $22.65 installed, 05 cents J
down and only 50 cents a week; pay- J !
able monthly. See big ad. today. * j
Wonderful assortment of I>umal’ette || j
prints mid Everfast prints at Robin- . ;
soil's, only 38 cents a yard.
Go to Happy Vally I-ake Estates, ff ;
Due to an injury to the bi£ bua£.:|l
only a few of the people who wero.-Sjal
to tuke the trip to Happy ValleiNta:
Lake Estates today were able to go. i
Among the people who went up i
the motor cars of the company were)
( C. 11. I.itaker, H. B. Troutman, D,
C. Cline, D. A. Kress, C. O. Linker 19
and M. L. Upright. The bus will M
be in fine shape for the trip tomortos*f«
and more than twenty people are ffl
pected to go. |
Rev. E. G. Carson Ones to State*.
ville A, R. P. Church. ' M
Salisbury, June 28.—E. G-. CfruMMkrJM
who has been acting as supply
tor for the Associate Reformed ll
Presbyterian congregation in (£jlili|fl
bury, is giving up this work to taltoJM
charge of the church at Statesville, fl
He has recently been elected pastor J
of the I’ressly Memorial churebj~M|
1— = g *~ ~ •smmjx. e-B i
THE WEATHER -faM ;
Pnrtly cloudy tonight and Wedgtf*- ‘M
■ day, possibly showers or/the coast, S
• rising temperatures in central and ,1
i west portions Wednesday. Modetjßpi
northeast winds. |