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VOLUME XXVI
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HELDRESPOIStBLE
FOR PEISY WRECK
Renort Says Failure to
Obey Signal Probably
Due to Sudden Death or
Physical Incapacity.
ELEVEN ~KLLED |
IN ACCIDENT
Report Indicates Flagman
Also Could Have Avoid
ed Wreck Probably Had
He Acted Differently.
Wash'ngton, June 30.—UP)—Fail
ure of Engineman Gordon of the (fin
cinnati-Limited to control his train
as required by the automatic block
aignals was given by the Interstate
Commerce Commission today ns the
cause of the wreck June ltith of two
Pennsylvania passenger trains near
Gary, Pa.
The failure on the pnrt of the en
giueman, however, the Commissioner's
safety bureau reported, was bel’eved
to have been due to his “sudden death
or physical incapacity.”
The collision which ulso involved
the Washington Express, resulted iu
the death of II passengers and four
employees, and the injury of 82 pas
sengers and four employees.
Had Enginemnn McConnell, of the
second engine on the Cincinnati Lim
ited, realized a few seconds earlier
that h ! s train was not being properly
controlled by Gordon in the lending
engine, the report added, he could
have brought the train to a stop in
time to avert the accident.
Had Flagman MacDonald of the
Washington Express gone back as far
as he was able to go in the time
available after his train came to a
stop and before he was recalled, it
continued, his torpedoes and fuses
“placed further back, would probably
have given Engineman McConneil
warning in t : me to have enabled him
to stop his train before striking the
preceding train, or at least in time to
mitigate the disastrous consequences
of the collision.”
DAMAGED BY HOPPERS.
Dixie’s Prospects tor » Pamper.. Cot
ton Crop Endangered.
(By International News Service)
Tallulah, La., June 80.—(A*)—
Dixie's prospects for a bumper cot
ton crop' this year are endangered by
insects known as “hoppers,” which
Crave caused serious damage through
out the cotton belt.
No accurate estimate of the havoc
wrought by the hopper has been
made. According to reports re
ceived here by the United States bu
reau of entomology here, the semi
arid sections of west Texas and Ok
lahoma are the only districts that
have not been effected by the inva
sion of pests.
Reports received at the laboratory
indicated that the cotton crop has
bgen damaged to a large extent in the
infested fields, and in some instances
infestation extended into what is
known as the middle crop.
As a result of this many planters
will, find it necessary to start the
making of a crop at a late date, and
the problem of boll weevil control will
be made much more serious, it was
declared.
Drives Automobile Into Wall of
Builidng.
Asheville, June 20.—The Police
are looking for a man who drove a
stolen automobile into the wall of
the basement of the Princess Anne
Hotel, Chestnut and Furman Streets,
yesterday afternoon and then es
caped. leaving an injured girl com
panion in the wreckage. The girl,
who registered as Mamie Lee Gowan.
plead guilty of drunkenness in po
lice court this morning and was fined
$lO and costs.
1 A window was broken in the
basement of the hotel, according to
the police and the car was badly
damaged. The girl received a cut on
her forehead and appeared in police
court with a bandage. She said that
she had been in Asheville only a few
days as she was on her way to De
troit to get away from her husband.
The car was said to be the property
of a salesman for Stradley Mountain
Park, but the police did not know
his name.
Union Religious Meeting Announced
at Whitsett.
Whitsett, June 29.—Arrangements
have been completed for a union re
ligious meeting here beginning on
■ Sunday, August Bth. The following
- local pastors will unite and co-oper
ate in the services: Rev. C. N. Mor
rison. Rev- E. H. Nease, Rev. Hoy
iFesperman. Rev. J. H. Abernethy
and Rev. J. \V. Taylor. The' well
known evangelist. Rev. McKendree
1/ong, of Statesville, has been se
cured to conduct the services which
are expected to continue for two
weeks. The meeting will begin in the
Whitsett auditorium, and if neces
sary a large tent will liter be
erected to accommodate the congre
gations.
There will be a free foot demon
stration at Ivey’s Shoe Store on Fri
day, July 2nd, when a foot comfort
expert from the personal staff of Dr.
Wm. M. School will be here. These
services are absolutely free. See big
ad. in this paper.
Mrs. 3. M. Cnlp, of Salisbury, spent
last week-end here with relatives.
The Concord Daily Tribune
- North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
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The very boyish bob apparent
ly entered the realm of high
est society. This is how Mrs.
kWiffiam H. Vanderbilt ap
peared on her return from
Europe. Ipcidentally, she de
fied she planned a divorce.
TWO GRANTED PAROLES
Alfred Davenport and Alfred Devlney,
Each Aged 17 Years.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, 4nqc 80. —Two young men,
one of them but 17 years old, botfi
sentenced for > violation of the prohi
bition law, have been granted i>aroles
by Governor" A. W. McLean. One
is Alfred Davenport, of Durham coun
ty, sentenced to fifteeu months on
the county roads in January. 1023.
The other is Otto Deviney, 17 years
old, of Gaston county, sentenced to
18 mouths on the county roads in
October, 1023.
In commenting on the parole of
Davenport (he governor said:
.-"I am advised that the prisoner is
s young man w*.io bore up to the time
of this offense a spJc.ndi.l rapqtatWa
lt appears from information brought
to my attention that there was a
good deal of animosity involved in
the prosecution of this ease.” He
added that a large number of persons
had petitioned for clemency and in
view of the fact that Davenport had
served a large part of Mh sentence,
the parole was granted.
Because Deviney is but 17 years
old, and because he has made a good
record as a prisoner and has already
served nine months of his sentence,
the governor decided to parole hint
for the balance of his sentence. In
commenting on Deviney’s case, the
governor said that he would not have
granted the parole had it not been
for the extreme youth of the boy. A
large number of officials and citizens
of Gaston county had united in seek
ing clemency for him.
He has been placed uuder the su
pervision of the Welfare officer of the
county for the remainder of his term.
Woman Who Fell Ten Stories Able
to Leave the Hospital.
Charlotte. June 30.—Mrs. A. A.
Barron, who on May 13th had a
spectacular fall from her room on
the tenth floor of the Hotel Char
lotte to t'ae sidewalk below, has so
far recovered that she is able to leave
the Charlotte Sagitnrium and re
turned tonight to the hotel where she
oecupied the same room she formerly
occupied.
Mrs. Barron has almost entirely re
covered from the effect of lier fall,
which was unusual in tliat the fall
of ten stories, approximately 144 feet
—din not kill her and caused com
paratively minor injuries because her
fill was broken by contact with a
rope attached to a flag pole at the
sixth story and thick wire netting
over a glass roof of the garquee in
front of the hotel entrance.
Mrs. A. A. Baron, expects to spend
some time with her mother in the
country within the next week or ten
days.
Whiteoak Snake Dies in Trying to
Swallow Hen.
Kinston, June 29.—Walter Biddle
man, upper Onslow county , farmer,
here today reported the tragic end
ing of an undergrown snake’s at
tempt to swallow a black Minorca
hen. The snake, a whiteoak, or cop
perhead, evidently had gone to the
hen’s nest to rob ft of eggs. There
were none. The snake, desperately
hungry, decided to swallow the hen.
It awa’lowed her head and neck, was
unable to disgorge and choked to
death. Both the reptile and the fowl
were dead when the farmer came
upon them in the nest. The snake
was 10 inches in length and only
about two Inches in diameter, while
the hen, fully grown probably weigh
ed four pound*.
Many Alligators in the East.
(By International News Service)
Kinston, June SO.—When Miss Al
ligator strayed up Neuse River from
one of the creeks far down the stream
and established a home, she evidently
started something.
For now, alligators are to be teen
everywhere hereabouts. Until this
spring an alligator waa an uncommon
sight around Kinston, but numbers
have been glimpsed in the ritger re
cently, and several have been caught.
Seismic Disturbances
In Various Parts Os
World Since Saturday
ONE DEATH CAUSED
FROM EARTHQUAKE
Child Was Killed and Some
Property Damaged in
Tremor Which Shook
Points in California. I
Los Angeles, June 30.—(A*)—One
death,j that of a child, and minor
property damages appeared today to
be the only toll cxncted by tile earth
quake which shook points in South
ern California yesterday.
The trembler swayed the coasts from
Santa Barbara southward te Long
Beach. It came a year to the day
after the quake which rocked Santa
Barbara and it was there that most
of the damage was done yesterday.
One deal’.i was that of C.oolin Orr,
three-year-old boy, wfiio was killed
when a chimney toppled over on him
while playing with other children in
his yard at Santa Barbara.
Many of the cracks in buildings
in Santa Barbara, caused by last
year’s quake and plastered over, were
reopeued by the latest vibrations
THE COTTON MARKET
Renewed Liquidation With Local and
Southern Selling Featured Opening.
New York, June 30.—-(A 3)—Renew
ed liquidation with local and South
ern selling featured the opening of
tile cotton market exchange today.
Sentiment appeared to be influenc
ed by a favorable view of overnight
weather reports and relatively easy
Liverpool cables, but the decline
brought in considerable covering and
after starting 3 to S points lower,
with July selling off to 17.92 and
December to 1(1.27, prices held fair
ly steady. January made new low
ground for the season at the start,
sell : ng off to 10.02 but later rallied
to 16.03. Other months showed sim
ilar recoveries at the end of the first
hour.
Another private report estimated
tiff condition at 73.4 per cent, and I
the indicated crop 13,811,000 boles.
Cotton futures opened steady: July ,
17.05: October 16.33; December |
16.30; January 16.02; March 10.22. j
MEIGHEN GOVERNMENT "*!
WINS FIRST ttCTORY
i
Majority of Ten Given l T ew Govern- s
ment In Its First Clash With the 1
Group Led by King. I
Ottawa, Out., .Tune 30,—(A s )—The t
new government of Arthur Meighen. 1
conservative, enrly today won a vic
tory in the House of Commons over I
the liberals led by Mackenzie King, f
who resigned the premiership Mon- I
day. 11
A majority of ten was given the <
Meighen reign on the conservative I
party amendment to the report of the <
commission which recently investi- '
gated charges of gross irregularities *
in the customs department. | 1
The amendment, when it was orig
inally offered prior to resignation
of the King government, charged sev
erfal members of the administration 1
with irregularities and moved a vote
of censure of the government. It
in the belief that the mandment
would be passed thßt tbe King gov
ernment handed in its resignation to
Governor General Lord Byng after;
he had declined to prorogue Parlia- 1 ;
ment and enll for new elections.
With Our Advertisers.
Spring ami mid-summer coats
priced one-half and less at Robin
son's. Super values in dresses.
There will be n free foot demon
stration at Ivey’s Shoe Store on Fri
day. July 2nd. when a foot comfort
expert from the personal staff of Dr.
Wm. M. Scholl will be here. These
services arc absolutely free. See ad.
in this paper.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. is of
fering special pre-holiday prices on
tires and tubest. Get your tires
now for your Fourth of July outing.
These prccs will be on for Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. See big ad.
today.
See the silk frocks at J. C. Penney
Co.’s at $4.98, $0.98 and $14.75.
The Parks-Belk Co. has the apparel
ready for your Fourth of July wear.
Read about some of these in the new
ad. today.
The Browns-Cannon Co. has Palm
Beach, Kool Cloth and other summer
suits that sold as high as sls, for on
ly $3.93.
Ham, bacon, minced ham. dried
beef, etc., at the Sanitary Grocery
Co. Phones 676 and 686.
You’ll find at Hoover’s just what
you want for the Fourth of July.
Read, the new ad. today of the Bell 1
& Harris Furniture Co.
Was Like George Washington.
( By International News Service)
Miami, Fla., June 29.—(A’lHard
boilcd detectives and blase policemen
got nothing less than a thrill out of
Paul Campbell, 12-.vear-old Miami
boy, when he dashed into the Miami
police station to report the theft of
his bicycle.
' “Pn told me not to leave it unless
I locked It,” explained the manly-ap
pearing lad who just couldn't stop
the flow of salty tears when visions
of an old-fashioned spanking loomed
before him.
“Why don’t you tell him the thief
i took the bicycle, lock and all?” one
. “copper” wanted to know,
i “Because,” came the retort, “I
won’t tell him a story—and thal’i
that!”
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30,1926
In Only One Instance,
However, Has There
i Been Any Considerable
Loss of Life.
GREAT DAMAGE
j REPORTED TOO
In One Island In the Med
iterranean 100 Persons
Were Reported Killed—
Many Structures Ruined
New York, June 30.—OP)—Since
Inst Saturday when the Mediterran
ean regions from Italy to Egypt were
shaken by a series of reatbqnakes
(Mere have been seismic disturbances
in various parts of the world,
In only one of these phenomena,
however, has there been any consider
crab e loss of life. This was- at
Pandjaiig on the s.and of Sumatra,
where it is reported that more than
100 persons were killed Monday and
32 others at two other p'.aces on the
island. Much material damage was
done by the trembler.
Great damage, but with few fatal
ities, was done on the island of
Rhodes, which lies in the Aegean
Sea, at Candia on the island of Crete,
and in the province of Foggla in
Italy last Saturday. In these three
regions many house were razed and
numerous persons were injured.
In Egypt likewise damage to prop
erty resulted and the populace was
terrified.
Tuesday’s shocks were felt in
southern Ithodesin, Africa and at five
towns in France, Strassbom-g, Epinal,
Colmar, Mtilliausen and Belfort. All
of these, however, were of minor in
tensity and no material losses re
sulted.
ASHEVILLE NEGROES
HAVE “GHOST HUNT”
Repeated Efforts of Police to Scat
ter Crowd From Honse Are Re
sisted.
Asheville, June 29.—Two thous
and wildly exeited negroes engaged
for five hours late today in a “ghost
-hunt,” resisting repeated efforts of
the police department to, scatter the
According to the story, a little
girl went under the house on Valley
street and came out with four dol
lars. She told the story that a ghost
had given it to her and later reitort
ed that she was spanked by tbe ghost
because she told.
The news spread rapidly and as
the day wore on a crowd garnered. A
slight noise which no one appeared
to be able to explain was heard from
time to time and this kept up the ex
citment lending imaginative negroes
to thrill their fellows with many wild
tales of the “haunted house.” About
30 negroes were taken to the police
station by the officers in an effort
to cause the crowd to disperse.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
SHOWS BUSINESS GAIN
Gain During First Six Months of
Year Nearly $5,000,000 Over Last
Year.
Wilmington, N. C.. June 300. —(A*)
—A gain of nearly $5,000,000 in rail
way operating revpnues for the five
months of 1926 over , the correspond
ing period of 1923 was reported at
the general offices of the Atlantic
Const Line Railroad Company here
today.
This year’s January to May inclu
sive figures were $40,037,545 ns com
pared with $41,082,812 for the first
five months of 1925. The operating
revenue for May of this year was SB,-
191.037, and for May, 19251 was $7,-
380,000.
The comparative figures for net
railroad operating income were: First
five months of 1925, $19,722,201;
1926, $10,894,794
Republicans Who Vote In Democratic
Primaries.
Raleigh June 30.—(A 5 )—The State
board of elections has some unusual
requests for information, and some
unusual situations are being put up
to it for rulings. The latest request
for information —or rather an appeal
for help—came from Moore county.
“Please tell us the best plan to
keep Republicans from voting in a
Democratic primary,” reads a letter
from a Moore county election offi
cial.
Judge Walter H. Neal, of Laurin
burg, chairman of the State lection
body, recently strongly intimated tliat
tlie State board's method would be
the femoral of county authorities
who permitted Republicans to vote
in Democratic primaries.
Disproves Proposed Freight Rate
Changes.
Washington, June ( 30.— UP) —The
Interstate Commerce Comm : Rsion to
day disapproved proposed changes in
oil freight rates in tbe mid-continent
field in Kansas. Missouri, Oklahoma,
Arkansas,' Louisiana and Texas, on
traffic moving to and beyond Kansas
City and St. Louis.
The associate editor of The Daily
Tr'bune is deeply indebted to Prof.
J. W. B. Long for some fine peaches
sent us today. The peaches came bn
the limb on which they grew, the tree
being so heavily laden with the fruit
that the limbs have to be propped.
There were two doaen on the limb
brought to this office.
PROHIBITION STILL
DOMINATING NOTE
BEFORE SENATORS
Having: Heard Dry Forces
Tell of Their Part in Pol
• itics Wets Are Called to
the Stand by Reed.
TELL OF~FUNDS
USED IN WORK
National Wet Organiza
tion Has About 726,000
Members and Is Spend
ing Annually $480,000.
Washington, June 30. — UP) —The
Association ngninst the prohibition
amendment was put on the dissecting
table today by the Senate campaign
funds committee and these disclosures
were Lie result:
Tbo national wet organization and
Its state branches have a member
ship of about 726.000. and are handl
ing an average of about $480,000 a
year.
The money is used in part in po
litical campaigns with a view to the
selection of a non-partisan basis of
pub.ic officials who favor repeal of
the dry laws.
During the recent Pennsylvania re
publican primary campaign officials
of the Association worked for Wm. S.
Yare, the successful candidate for Hie
Senatorial nomination, sending out a
form letter asking for contributions
from the 86.060 members of the organ
ization in that state.
Some mass meetings were held for
the purpose pf aiding Yare. and the
expense amounting to $3,500, were
paid by the Association.
The story of tiie organizations ac
tivities was told to the committee by
its founder and head. William X.
Stayton. from the witness chair oc
cupied but recently by Wayne B.
Wheeler, grand marshal of the dry
forces in Washington.
Wheeler himself was in the front
row iu the crowd that assembled to
hear the wet leader, but for the first
time Chairman Reed of the committee,
sat in a back seat. The chairman
said it had been “slanderously said"
that he was a wet, and he wanted
someone else to examine the witness.
Under questioning by Si'hator King,
democrat of Utah, Stayton first toid
how the parent organization anil its
state brandies came into being to seek
repeal of the 18th, amendment, ami
the Volstead Act, blit lie declared they
stood also for observance of the dry
statutes so long as they remained law.
TELLS OF FEDERAL TRAP
TO CATCH M. J. DURKIN
Rooney Tells of Means Government
Used to Catch Alleged Murderer.
Chicago. June o.— UP) —Details
of a federal trap set to catch Martin
J. Durkin, wanted for alleged inter
state transportation of a stolen auto
mobile, was told today by James I).
Rooney, federal secret service man, to
the jury in Durkin’s trial for the
murder of Edwin C. Shauhan. federal
agent.
Durkin’s trial. Rooney related, was
picked up shortly after the youth re
turned from California in a big sedan
whose theft was alleged. In termi
nated on October 11 when Durkin was
seen driving into a garage. While
Shanahan went to afrest the youth,
Rooney was on other duties in the
vicinity, he testified, and he next saw
Shanahan dying, at a hospi -'.
SAYS REPUBLICANS LACK
REAL LEADERSHIP NOW
This Shown by Defeat of Fess Bill,
Chairman Oldfield Says.
■Washington, June 36.—(A*)—Sen
ate rejection of the administration
endorsed Fess farm credits bill was
described today by Chairman Oldfield
of the Democratic congressaionnl cam
paign committee, as illustrating “the
extent of tha revolution within the
Republican ranks resulting from the
lack of leaders’.)ip. too apparent
throughout Mr. Coolidgee's term in
office.”
He again predicted Democratic vic
tories in the Fall congressional elec
tions, asserting the Republicans were
“torn asunder by a great factional
feud between the protected East and
the oppressed West.”
Revision of Nickle Plate Merger Plan.
' New York, June 30.—OP)—A re
version of tbe billion dollar Nickle
Plate merger plan designed tp meet
the objections made by the Interstate
Commerce Comniission iu rejecting
the original proposal last March has
been completed by the Van Sweringen
interests, and will be presented to
directors of the constituent roads for
approval. A special meeting of the
Erie directors has been called for to
morrow to pass on the modified plan.
Mounted Police Seek to Stop Smug
gling.
Ottawa, June 30.—Royal Canadian
mounted police are being stationed
at all vulnerable points on the Can
adian border from the Atlantic to the
Pacific to aid in the prevention of
smuggling. Announcement to this
effect was made today by the acting
minister of customs, H. H. Stevens.
Soldiers Kitted.
Kowell. Volhynia, Poland, June 80.
—<A>)—Thirty-eight soldiers includ
ing two officers were killed, and thir
ty Injured seriously when a shrapnel
shell presumably left • over from the
World War, exploded here today.
In the News Spotlight 1
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VISCOUNTESS* RHONDDA X*T&l> AFTOR
Senator William 11. Kipg told Peter Paul Walsh, Pittsburgh
police chief, that he should be fired when the officer gave
damaging testimony in the Pennsylvania primary investiga
tion. William Mitchell, noted aviation critic, was recovering
from an operation in Washington. Lord Astor was heaten in
an effort to win seats in the House of Lords for Viscountess
Rhondda and other British peeresses in their own right.
GOVERNOR CONSIDERING
ALVIN MANSEL CASE
Is Not Swayed by Oratory But Must
Have the Facts.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, June 30. —Governor A
•W. Mic Lean must be sure of the facts
before be acts.
Hence it is that be is making a
supplementary investigation into the
facts affecting the guilt or innocence
of Alvin Maasel, 18-year-old Ashe
ville negro, now under sentence of
death for an alleged attack upon a
white woman in Asheville, and iu
whose behalf a hearing was held be
fore the Governor on Monday. At
this time his attorney. Hall Johnson
of Asheville, presented a mass of
new evidence which was not present
ed at the trial, and delivered a mas
terful plea in behalf of the young
negro.
But the Governor is not easily
swayed by impassioned oratory or
appeals to sentiment. He must have
the facts. For under Nortli Carolina
law, the finding of new evidence aft
er a trial does not entitle the accused
man to a new trial. The only re
course is in the Governor, who is
both judge and jury in passing on
this new evidence.
So it is that it will probably be
several day, perhaps a week, before
lie will announce his decision regard
ing Mnnsel, the Governor says, inas
much as his supplementary investi
gation will not be completed before
that time.
Two circumstances are decidely in
Mansel’s favor, however. One is that
the woman who was attacked first
described her assailant ns a "tall,
yellow nigger, about 33 years old"
Mansel at that time was but 17
years old, small and slight of built,
and as black as midnight. The other
circumstance in his favor is thaf his
whereabouts has been accounted for
during all but about 30 minutes the
morning of the attack, allowing him
but half an hour to go to the scene of
the attack, a mile and a half away,
accomplish the assault, and then get
back to the place he was working. It
is thought extremely improbably
that he would have been able to do
all this in half an hour's time.
Another Problem for Eugenists.
( By International New's Service)
Burnsville. N. C., June 29.—Mar
vel Silvers, of Higggins, has given
eugenists another problem to worry
their heads about.
Silvers, nearing his 110th birthday,
has 11 living children, 82 grandchil
dren, 460 great-grandchildren, a re
spectable array of great-great-grand
children and a few great-great-greats.
Silvers maintains that he is older
than 110, but there arc a few hun
dred of his descendants who say that
it is a natural egoism on his part to
want to appear old.
Dogs in Reading Massachusetts, are
obliged by law to wear muzzles. But
when Prince, an eight-months old St.
Bernard, saw a child drowning in the
water of a pond the inherited instinct
to save life was too strong for the
man-made law. The dog tore off his
muzzle, leaped into the pond and
saved the child. We hope the se
lectmen of Reading have granted
Prince a special dispensation front
the discomfort of a muzzle. He has
earned It.—Youth's Companion.
Bisses Bettie and Lena Leslie,
Mrs. T. L. Ross and Elizabeth Robs
are spending a few days at their
home in Concord.
CONDITION OF COTTON
IMPROVED REMARKABLY
This Is Shown in a Survey .lust
Made by Commissioner Graham.
Tribune Bureau,
.Sir. .Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, .June S9j — Hie, condition
of cotton ii> the eastern section of
the State has improved reffiifrkably
in the last two weeks. W. A. Gra
ham, Commissioner of Agriculture,
reports, following the completion of a
survey of crop conditions covering
the bigger part of the cotton and
tobacco belts by field representa
tives of the Department. This sur
vey extended through the counties of
Wake, Franklin, Warren. Halifax.
Northampton, Edgecombe, Pitt, Dup
lin, Lenoir, Wayne, Pender, New
Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Bla
den, Robinson, Cumberland, Harnett
and Johnson, and included an inten
sive study of all crops, both as to
condition, stage of development and
acreage.
The most impressive thing of the
entire trip, however, was the progress
which cotton has made since the
recent rains. And for the most part
the stands of cotton where the plant
ing had been late, are better than
where it was planted earlier, though
of course it is not as far advanced.
The stands in 008 cotton fields were
studied and about 500 tobacco fields
were also given special attention. Al
together the prospect for a good crop
is excellent, although cotton is far
from being out of danger, because
the present damp weather is most
favorable to boll weevil infestation.
! The only really bad cotton area is
[ reported as being along the iSouth
I Carolina border in Cumberland coun
ty. Here the stands were unusually
]s>or.
Corn, grains and other crops are
showing up well, ns are forage crops
and pastures and the outlook at
present is good. A number of farmers,
however, are beginning to worry
about too much rain, while two
weeks ago rain was what they were
praying for. All in all the situation
is most favorable, Commissioner Gra
ham declares.
Mebsne Estate All Willed to Widow.
Danville, .Tune 20- —The will of
the late . Prank Mebane was pro
bated today in Rockingham Superior
court at Wentworth. The textile
capitalist left all of his property of
every description to his wife, Mrs.
Lily Morehead Mebane, and she was
named executrix. No appraisal,of the
estnate was given but this will be
made to determine the State inherit
ance tax. In the absence of any of
ficial approximation of the estates’
value there is a reliable estiqte
which gives the estimate a valuation
of .$2,000,000.
Kannapolis Child Spends Night With
Salvation Army.
Durham. June 29.—Nannie Lee
Solomon, 11-year-old girl, is spending
the night in the city as a charge of
the Salvation army, following her
arrival in the city during the day
from Kannapolis, Her father was
scheduled to meet her upon her ar
rival in the city but when the train
pulled under the shed of the Union
station he was not there. The little
girl expectantly alighted from the
train, byt the parent failed to greet
her.
The regular quarterly dividend of
1 3-4 per cent., ($1.75 per share) on
the preferred stock of the Southern
Gas & Power Co. has been declared
payable July 1, 1926, to stockholders
of record at the close of business
June 11, 1926.
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THE TRIBUNE j
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODA?
no. mi
7 LEADERS!
mfitHOPEfULra
aboutgoinghonM
See Chance to End Sessjojjß
of Congress the Latter ?!
Part of Week or Earifeifl
Next Weeek.
HOUSE CLEARS
THE CALENDAR!
Senate Seems to Be GlUl
ting Business in
Shape Its Members Ctftll
Adjourn. |
■Washington, June 30.—04>)—MetjU
hers of Congress were more
than ever today that they would bt| -JS
able to leave for home at the
this week or early next week. j
Few obstacles apparently stood in -S
the way of the leaders’ tontatHyU
plans to bring about luljourmufijfsM
Saturday. The Senate had
l.v rejected all surplus erop iiropmMjßalß
advanced, ami had passed the co jrtjilf * iB
ative marketing bill. The House Had .'8
practically cleared the calendar of *
important measures with pass*## ;4jri9
the last deficiency bill. PostfloilpM
inent of action on the
rivers and harbors bill was the aMnn
ject of negotiations.
Walsh Enters Protest.
Washington, June 30.—</P) —-Sena* ’a
tor Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, 'I
protested in the Senate today against i)
delay in prosecuting the WaridNMß
cases growing out of the naval oil -M
lenses.
The Montana senator, who waa. .9
prosecutor in the Senate inquiry into M
the leases, said two bills had ImafcJß
passed by t’lie Senate designed tu fa- 3
cilitate the eases, but neither had J
been passed by the House. .1
.Another Resolution to Repeal IMb J*
Amendment. ' yM
Washington, June 30.
er resolution seeking to repeal the Jj
18th amendment was drawn up today !*
by Senator Edwards, democrat,
Jersey. 5
T|ie resolution in the form of a con- §sl
stotutional amendment if adopted by|S
two-thirds of each house would he- ||
come effective if ratified by “convene :*
thins’’ in three-fourths of the stateaS*!
ill accordance with Article V of thegja
constitution. These state conventiatlMH
would be composed of delegates elect* 9
ed by the voters in each state, ."il
TO RESURFACE ROAD FROM
GREENSBORO TO HIGH POINT J
To Widen Also.—Contract Let at ,
Priee of #5»2.201.95.
Tribune Bureau s
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, June 30.—More than 100
bids covering fifteen different
were opened by tile highway couunla- j
siOn here yesterday. The project* {
included several large ones, the nM»t
extensive probably being the 14.22 1
miles of highway between WtadaML*
and the Chowan bridge in Bertie
county, which will require the clear- •
ing of 83 acres, the grubbing of 39 1
acres more and a large amount of
excavation, although Cue present con
tract does not call for i laving. Nell®
L. Teer. of Durham, was low bidder ,
on this project with a bid of $125,- %
1 (JS.oO to bo completed in 200 work-*
ing days. The low bidder on
tures in connection with project 105 j
was the Koanoke Iron and Bridge ji
Works, Roanoke, Ya., with d bid of
$53,910.80. specifying 200 Avclrking <
days. , "'..vj
Probably the next most expensive
contract is for project 542 which eon- ’
sists of resurfacing and widening of
10 25 miles of highway on route 10
between Greensboro and High Point.
The low bid on this project wag ]
$392,201.95 submitted by the Hage- ,
dorn Construction Co., of Greensboro, i
specifying 135 working days, provide
ing for a road with concrete base
and asphalt surface. The next low- .
[ cst bidder was the Atlantic living I
i Co., which submitted a contract for a 5
concrete base road with sheet asphalt |
top for $399,924,000 in 150 workingi
days. Tile low bidder for strnctuttig '4
in connection with this project wtw
F. I). Lewis and Son, specifying 120 :
working days, nt a total cost of 1
$40,415.
Overdoing the Thing. ,-J||
( By International News Service) ' ,
Louisville, Ky., June 29.—PceOtSH
day tendency in professional service
to run “the average citizen through
an expensive clinic everytiuie he de
velops a pimple or sfieezes” were do- ;
plored by Dr. Asa Willard, of Mfg- j
soula. Mont., in bis presidential ad- ;
dress before the 13th annual conven
tion of tile American Osteopathic As
socintion here,
“The clinic, the specialist and the |
surgeon are essential,’’ Willard de
clared. “but the importance and vatito 1
of their services is overstressed anil j
overrated as compared iyith that mt
the general practitioner for whogel
work there is still and always will
a very definite and distinct place."' |P
A six-foot Ute Indian for nearly |
two score years has worn the garb of :J
a squaw and has been entirely ig-jj
noreil by the fellow men of his tmEjfl
because in 1887 he refused to tajSa
. part in a tribal raid.
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THE WEATHER .
i Fair tonight, Thursday jjg|||H
< cloudy. Gentle to moderate weafcjj
winds. M