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VOLUME XXVI
MORE CRUEL DEEDS
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Carl Leake Said While Hi
Was Prisoner Cranfon
Forced Him to Whip Ne
gro Who Said He Was II
LATER CRANFORD
BEAT THE NEGRC
Witness Said Cranforc
k . Drew Ring in Road and
Forced Negro to Stand
in It to Get Beatings.
Albemarle, X. C„ July 16.—G4>>_
Testimony to the effect that formn
county superintendent of convicr;
Nevin C. -Cranford, forced a sick pri
oner to get into a c'rcular ring drawn
upon the ground and made another
lash the man until he was exhausted
was introduced today in the trial ol
the former “whipping foreman.”
* arl lycake, former prisoner under
' tanfoed, who is charged with the
murder of James Terry and James
Howell, both convicts, said that on one
occasion John Quincy, a negro be
came so sick that be could not work,
and that the “foreman” drew a “ring”
in the road and had the negro act in
it. He said that Cranford then order
ed him to whip the sick man with
a stick, and that he iVd so until he
was exhausted. Then the “foreman"
whipped the man more, he declared.
Said He Hefrted Cranford Bury Body
Albemarle, X. C., July l(t._(*>)_'
Another story of cruel deaths alleged
to have occurred in the prison camp of
Stanly County was painted before the
jury trying X. C. Cranford, former
“convict boss" in Superior Court here
today.
Carl negro, who served un
der Cranford, testified that he bad
beaten another negro, John Quicy.
until he fell to the ground exhausted,
and that ( Van ford had administered
further punishment. Leake said
Quincy died during the night, and
that on the following day he helped
Cranford take the body into the woods
and secretly bury it.
On cross exkuminntion Leake ad
mitted he had offered to aid Cranford
whom he liked, and had gone to work
for him when he had served his sen
state’s attorney with his stofy.
NORTH CAROLINA’S
BEANTIFUL WOMEN
Hiis la What Thomas Dixon Says
Impresses Him Most in North Car
olina. ,
Asheville, July 15. —Feminine pul
chritude stock wont up one hundred
per cent, in the beauty market here
today following the declaration of
Thomas Dixon. Jr., son of the famous
novelist, playwright and orator, that
he has seen more beautiful women
and pretty girls since his arrival here
a few days ago than in all his years
spent in Hollywood, Calif., where he
wrote scenarios and was connected in
executive capacities with several of
the large motion picture companies.
Mr. Dixon, when asked what has
impressed him most fdrcibly since his
arrival here, replied without hesita
tion “North Carolina's beautiful wom
en.”
This brought a smile from the in
terviewer, but Mr. Dixon stuck to his
statement, further declaring:
“I have just arrived from Holly
wood, where the most beautiful wom
en arc supposed to be found, and I
should know what I am talking about.
I can truthfully say that I have seen
more pretty girls here since I ar
rived than in ail my years spent in
Hollywood. I can’t understand why
Flo Ziegfie’.r) and the studios do not
open a recruiting office in North Car
olina and save the unnecessary ex
pense of beauty contests that are held
throughout the country.”
Esma Crew Want Bonds Reduced.
(By International News Service)
Wilmington, N. C., July 16.—An
other chapter in the ill-fated rum
boat Elma's case Monday when Judge
I. M. Meekins, of.the eastern North
Carolina federal district • court/ hears
habeas corpus proceedings by which
members of the crew are seeking to
imve their bonds of SIO,OOO each re
duced.
The hearing will take place at Bita
abeth City.
Counsel for the defendants told In
ternational News Service today that
they would plead to have the bonds
reduced. The bonds of the thirteen
men were fixed by United States
Commissioner Louis Coodman here.
Members of the Elma's crew are
charged with vio'ation of the prohibi
tion law and the immigration act.
The Elma was captured at sea by the
United States coast guard cutter
Manning with 4,000 cases of choice li
quor aboard.
Peanut Hulls as Fertiliser.
(By International News Service)
Arlington, Ga., July 10.—Five hun
dred bushels of corn on six and one
half acres is the anticipation of W.
A. Bass, whose demonstration ol fer
ti ising land With peanut hulls has
been successful this year.
These hulls, offered to any fanner
who would haul them away from the
International Vegetable Oil Company,
were used to fertilise the corn patch
by Bass only as a demonstration.
Some of the land will yield SOO bush
els au acre, Baas says.
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This hose, attached to a hydrant at the centre of the arseni
blast at Lake Denmark, N. J., was evidence that the explosio
was started by a fire, caused by lightning, instead of tht
lightning ignited explosives direct Marines were believe
to have been fighting the fire when the blast came.
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NORTH CAROLNIA AT
THE BEBQUI-CENTENNIAL
Major Phillips Planning Program for
the Philadelphia Exposition.
Sir Walter Hotel
Tribune Bureau
Raleigh, July 10.—Excellent prog
ress is being made in the preparations
for North Carolina’s participation in
the Sosqui-Centenniai at Philadel
phia, according to Wade H. Phillips,
director of the department of conser
vation and development from Phila
delphia after having spent a few days
making detailed arrangements as to
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slton. The North Carolina depart
ments participating are the State
highway commission which, under the
direction of Chairman Frank Page,
is preparing the lurgest contour and
highway map of North Carolina ever
produced; the department of educa
tion will furnish up-to-date carts
showing the progress of North Caro
lina in education; the department of
agriculture will (likewise be repre
sented by pictures and periodicals:
the State historical commission will
offer copies of historical documents
and also have for distribution a
pamphlet showing North Carolina's
part in the fight for independence;
the State health department will
graphically portray the health prog
ress of North Carolina; the depart
ment of conservation and development
will also furnish literature as to nat
ural resources and industrial prog
ress of the state.
“North Carolina has a fortunate
location.” said Mr. Phillips, “ndjoin
in l B- J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
whose booth will be one of the chief
attractions in the agricultural pal
ace.”
According to Mr. Phillips, work on
the compeltion of the exhibition build
ings is going on at a rapid rate and
tile exposition should be entirely fin
ished by the middle of August. A
record breaking attendance is expect
ed during the months of September
and October.
Splendid exhibits are already com
pleted. Among them are the exhib
its of Japan, British Colonies and
th: United States government. Her
bert Hoover’s department of com
merce hks one of the most remarkable '
statistical exhibits ever shown. Ali
governmental departments of Wash
ington have most interesting ex
hibits.
THIRTEEN MORE BANKS
HAVE CLOSED DOORS
Total Closed in Florida and Georgia
During Week is Now 83.
Atlanta, Gn., July l(i.—(/P>—Thir
teen additional banks have closed
their doors in Georgia and one in Flor
ida s'nce yesterday. The closing
brought the total number that have
suspended operations this week to 83
in the two states.
The state banking department in
making the announcement attributed >
the closings to the bankruptcy pro- j
ceedings of the Bankers Trust Com- :
pany which served as fiscal agent for
• String of 120 bank s in the two i
states.
Aged Indian Visits Georgia.
(By International News Service)
Athena, Ga.. July 15. —Returning
to the scene of her childhood days,
Zinky Mendes, ,102-year-old Indian
wbman, lyho left Georgia eighty years
ago, ia an Interesting visitor here.
Zlnky was moved from Georgia •
trtth other Cherokee Indians to a 1
reservation in Oklahoma in 1846. ]
Traveling with Zinky is her great- 1
grandchild, Miller Mendes. i
Active participation in the duties
Os this world seems to he the surest 1
safeguard for the health of body and i
mind, '■
EVOLUTION AT NEXT
STATE LEGISLATURE
Question May Be Paramount Issue
With General Assembly.
By HENRY LESESNE,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent
Raleigh, July 16.—North Carolina,
undergoing somewhat of an intellec
tual revolution, has aroused from its
snooze Hie fundamentalist-evolution
ist controversy, and today it bids
fair to wreak its fury on - the next
session of the Legislature.
SI rfc
porf certain law-pudasrs to be unit
ing for the purpose of putting the
“monkey" question to sleep definitely
anil decisively so far as its chances
of developing into an issue again in
the next General Assembly are con
cerned, there is just as much talk
oil the other side that it may be made
a paramount issue.
Some who say they know whereof
they speak prophesy that there will
be no little fuss next time over the
Poole bill or any of its relatives.
And back of that threat is a very
definite move to make an effort at
passage of the bill.
The gentleman from Hoke has an
nounced definitely that he will bring
his measure up again when the 1927
Legislature convenes. The “Com
mittee of One Hundred”, which gained
the spotlight for a time a while back,
has threatened to champion the Poole
bill or a kindred proposal.
Then, on the other hand, if talk
about the capitol means anything,
both will go up against a strong op
position, determined that, the, 1927
session shall not bo- bothered with
“monkeyism.”
Some foes and champions of the
evolution fight are also understood to
be agreed on the futility of taking
another chance over a religious con
troversy. They look upon it as hav
ing been ' sufficiently settled so far
ns tlie Legislature is concerned.
The next session will tell.
Safety Razors Will Be More Popular?
Sir Walter Hotel
Tribune Bureau
, Raleigh, July 16.—A few more
good razor murders and the makers
of safety razors will not need to have
full page ads, in thw magazines in
order to create a demand for their
article, according to I. M. Bailey,
attorney for the State Corporation
Commission, just back from Char
lotte where that city is all a-stir owe
the trial of Mrs. Nellie Freeman, who
killed her husband with an old fash
ioned razor.
Since Mrs. Freeman used the old
fashioned beard-grubber to sever her
young mate's jugular, safety razors
have been in great demand in Char
lotte, Mr. Bailey reports. Not that
there are any husbands who fear that
their wives might wield the lather
knife in the manner in which Mrs.
Freeman . did—but, well, in this age
of “safety first”, its a pretty good
jrlan to be on the safe side and use
a\ “safety’ first, don’t you see?
The morning after the fatal wield
ing of the tonsorial implement rumor
has ■it that the shores of a lake
near Charlotte were cluttered with
cautious hunsbands hurling their dis
carded cutlery out into its deepest
waters, in the interest of "safety
first." '
Meets Tragic Depth With a Runa
way Team.
Winston-Salem, July 15.—Irvin
Tedder, 25, met a tragic death when
he fell between a team of horses near
Tobaecoville Wednesday, according
to advices received here today.
Tedder, it is said, was ridingg on
top of a load of grain when he fell.
The team became frightened and ran,
dragging Tedder for some distance.
His heck was broken'. r .
concord, n. c., Friday, july i 6,1926
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! Missing Radio Man For
Evangelist Thought To
Be In North Carolina
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JT TMJMIE
At Least Telegram Sent to
Him There Has Not
Been Called for Though
It Came Week Ago.
Taylorsville, X. July 10.—OP)—
A telegram has been in the hands of
the Campbell Hotel management hove
• for more than a week addressed in
Kenneth G. Ormiston, the manager §>f
the hostelry here told the Associated
Press today.
J. L. James', manager of the hotel,
said that the telegram for Ormiston
came "one day last week." and that
V had been "holding it for him.”
•He added that he understood the
chief of police of Taylorsville received
a telegram in connection with the mes
sage today. Tlie officer could not be
located, but it was said that he was
thought to have gone to StatesviHe
this morning.
It could not be learned whether his
absence was in any way connected
with the message.
Mr. James laid that “no stranger"
had been reg'stered at the hotel since
the receipt of the telegram for Ormis
toq.
THE COTTON MARKET
■ First Prices Were 7 to 13 Points
Higher and Net Gains of 20 to 28
, Points Followed.
1 New York. July 16.—0P>—The cot
ton market showed renewed firmness
! at the opening today on continued
buying by (louses with Wall Street
connections and other interests who
appeared to be influenced by talk of
' low temperatures in the South, ahd
favorable weather for the spread of
■ insects or boll weevil.
First prices were 7 to 13 points
1 higher and active months soon showed
net gains of 20 to 26 points, October
' selling at 17.54 and December at 17.-
nl, or into new high ground for tlie
present movement.
-.Offerings increased around Uuv'l7
1-2 cent level,' 1 and the market eased
off 4 or 5 points from the best toward
the end of the first hour under realiz
ing and a little local selling on the
weather which showed less precipita
tion ami higher temperatures in the i
South.
Cotton futures opened steady. Oct.
17.39; Dec. 17.43; Jan. 17.41;’March
17.59; May 17.70. •
With Our Advertisers.
House frocks 70c at the J. C. Pen- j
ney Co, See illustration and descrip- ..
tion iln n ne)v ail. today.
Goodyear tires are sold exclusively j
in Concord by Yte-ke & Wadsworth
C.o Read ad. and see why.
Suits that keep you cool in hot i
weather can be had at Hoovers. Priced
from $lO to S3O.
Cline & Moose sell fresh country ■
produce anil many other things. Read ■
about it in new ad. today.
Fibre Furniture is ideal for sum
mer. Sold by Bell & Harris Furni- ■
ture Co. Read ad. today.
Three big days—Friday. Saturday. ,
Monday—of the 88-Cent Sale at ,
Efird’s. ■ Best merchandise for less
money, rs what they say. ,
Big shipment of watermelons just ]
received by the Parks-Belk Co. See ,
ad. tqday.
Many specials are offered in the Big j
Birthday and Clearance Sale of the 1
Parks-Belk Co. Read big ad. today,
for these specials.
Defunct Bank Official Commits Suicide \
Atlanta. Ga., July 16.—OP)—J. R. <
Smith, president of the Atlanta Real i
Estate Board, and n director of the j
Bankers Trust’Co., for which a re- i
ceivership was designated in Federal <
district court here yesterday shot him- 1
self at his home in Morniugside, a
suburb, early today. Mr. Smith was
dead when found. ’ (
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Mrs. McPherson Is Seen
With Former Radio Man
Los Angeles, July 15.—Aimee
Semple McPherson, Angelas Temple
evangelist, has been identified as the
woman who accompanied Kenneth G.
Ormiston, former radio operator at.
the temple, when he drove his auto
mobile into a Salinas garage early
on the morning of May 20. eleven
days after the evangelist had ilisup-,
peared at Santa Monica, Joe Ryan, j
deputy district attorney, declared,
when he appeared aB a witness nO
the close of the county grand jury |
session, late today.
R.van said identification of Mrs. i
McPherson had been made by Dennis'
Collins, night attendant at the Sal-f
inas garage, from photographs. The
deputy prosecutor volunteered to
bring Collins to Los Angeles to give
his testimony and to face the evan
gelist before the jury in an attempt
to identify her further.
Ormiston had left his automobi'e
at Salinas on his way to Los Angeles,
'where he appeared the next day and
denied knowledge of any facts in con
nection with McPherson s dis
appearance, leaving befbre he could'
he questioned In detail. In a letter
Search for Kenneth G. Or-
I miston May Be Extend
! ed to Taylorsville, in
This State. t
WITNESS STATED
| PAIR TOGETHER
Ormiston and Aimee Sem
> pie McPherson Seen As
: ter the Latter Had Dis
appeared From Beach.
Los Angeles. July 10.—UP)—Re
lioi'ts that Kenneth G. Ormiston, An
gelos Temple radio operator, has been
in Taylorsville, N. ('., have caused
authorities investigating the abduc
tion story of Aimee Hemp’.e McPher
son to extend the search for Ormiston
to the eastern part of the country.
Ormiston. known to have been
friendly with the evangelist during
liiij employment at the temple of which
she is pastor, was identified be
fore the grand jury here yesterday as
the man who appeared at Salinas May
29th .with a woman answering Mrs.
McPherson's description. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Joe Ryan told the
grand jury yesterday that he would
produce several witnesses who would
testify the evangelist and Ormiston
visited Salinas on that date, eleven
■days after her disappearance at Ocean
Park Beach.
At the request of Ryan, the grand
jury recessed until next Tuesday to
permit him to subpoena witnesses and
to continue the search so Ormiuston.
District Attorney Ann Keyee said
yesterday that he had enough evidence
to decide the ease, but he refused to
say which way..
Ryan also promised to present a
written statement of evidence he
found at Oakland and other points
in northern California. It asks for
the continuance Ryan told the jurors,
and the identification of Orminston’s
companion on the trip to Salinas was
made by Dennis Ceilings, garage at
tendant from photographs of Mrs.
McPherson. Ryan announced he
would bring Collins before the grand
jury dext Tuesday to give testimony
and face the evangelist.
Reports were current, yesterday
thht the district attorney’# office had
received a telegram purihKrthig to
have been sent by Ormiston which
stated that important documentary
evidence in connection with the Mo-
Phetson ease had been sent by air
mail to the distriet attorney’s office.
The message was said to have been
sent from “somewhere in North
Carolinn."
Investigators also said that a man
resembling Ormiston was seen in Tay
lorsville, N. C„ for several days, but
left for an undetermined destination
this week. The search for Ormis
‘ton led to North Carolina and au
thorities traced a telegram sent from
here last week wheti addressed to Or
miston at T*aylorsville. The mes
sage signed “Harry” instructed the
radio man to “keep mum.”
It read:
“Mac meet you Ocala, Florida.
Three is falling. Everything O. K.
Mum the word. Appearance G. J.
grand flop. Wire me under same
name. Jones stands pat. A says
tell Mac nothing.”
Ocala, Florida, is said to be the
residence of Harold McPherson, for
mer husband of the evangelist. In
vestigators declared that the identity
of the sender was known, and that
he would be subpoenaed before the
grand jury.
Mra. McPherson was called to the
grand jury room twice yesterday.
The first time she stepped inside she
was positively identified by O. A.
Vick, of Culver City, and his wife,
as the won)an they saw in an auto
mobile passing through Culver City
on the afternoon of her disappear
ance. The couple told the grand
jurors tlie evangelist was traveling
in the direction of Los Angeles, from
Ocean Park. Culver City is midway
between the two places.
Good manners are made up of little
sacrifices.
‘ to a polio? officer here the radio man
' later denied that he returned to
Salinas for his automobile.
Ormiston wag involved in the in
| veatigation of the McPherson case
| immediately following the vanishing
of the evange'ist when it became
known that his wife, prior to sailing
■ for home in Australia, had threatened
! t0 sue for a divorce, citing Ormis-
I ton’s friendship for the Angelus Tem
ple leader.
I After Ormiston's car had left Bal
, inas it was reported to have been
I traced to San Luis Obisco, where its
' driver and a woman registered at a
| hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gibson,
later driving south to be accosted by
-a newspaper man at Santa Barbara,
where the driver denied he was Or
mlsfon.
The statement of the district at
torney was but one of several sensa
tional development just prior to the .
adjournment of the grand Jury until
Tuesday morning when it will reaume <
Its investigation of Mrs. McPherson’s
story of being kidnapped from Santa
Monica May 18th to escape 86 days
later.
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* DOTY SENTENCED *
* TO SERVE EIGHT *
* YEARS IN JAIL *
* Beirut, Syria, July 10. —(/ft *
1(5 —Bennett .1. Doty, of Memphis. *
* Tenn., was condemned by a court *
* martial at Damascus today to *
* eight years imprisonment at hard *
* labor, for deserting from the *
* French foreign legion in which *
"I * he enlisted under the name of *
- j * "Gilbert Clare." *
-j * An officer representing the *
*: * government ns prosecutor de- *
i * mnnded the death penalty. *
j * Lieut. Gallifer, for the defense, *
j * eloquently described the brave *
11* conduct of Doty prior to his de- *
* section. *
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-(MRS. JANE McKIMMON
IS GIVEN HIGH HONOR
Will Make Plans for Meeting of
American Economies Association.
j Sir Walter Hotel
, Tribune Bureau
Raleigh, July 10.—Mrs. Jane S.
McKiinmon, assistant director of
, home extension work at State Col
lege, has been notified of her selec
j tion as Caairinan of a committee to
' plan all local arrangements for the
* next meeting of the American Home
Economics Association to be held in
1 Asheville during the last week in
, June of 1027. This association is
one of the largest organizations of
professional women on the American
continent, including in its member
, ship all those women engaged in the
I administration of home economics
work, in teaching home economics in
colleges, universities and schools, home
demonstration agents and women en
gaged with commercial concerns in
home economics research. The reg
ularly accredited delegates attending
the annual meetings generally run
from 1 .(MM) to 1,800 women.
For the first time in the history of
the association an entire section unit
ed to invite the association to hold
its next meeting at Asheville in south
ern territory. Delegates from all
the southern states uniter] in this re
quest. According to information
reaching Mrs. McKimmon, she is to
meet with file executive secretary of
the association at an early date to be
gin plans for the meeting next year.
Representatives from the various state
organizations in the South will as
sist in planning the arrangements
and Mrs. McKimmon will receive
much aid from her organization of
home demonstration workers and
members of her home demonstration
clubs in the state. This is the first
meeting of the association in south
eastern territory'since" it was enter
tained at Blue Ridge about eight
years ago.
Miss Blanche Schaffer, of the home
economics department of the North
Carolina College for Women at
Greensboro, will hnve charge of de
veloping the program of the meeting
from a local standpoint.
TWENTY HURT WHEN
PENNBY TRAIN WRECKS
Part of Train Turned Over Near
East Liverpool, Ohio.
East Liverpool, Ohio, July 16.— UP)
—Twenty persons were injured when
the engine and three coaches of a
Chicago, Fort Wayne & New York
train on. the Pennsylvania Lines ov
erturned at Summitville near here
today.
An early check revealed no dead.
The injured were brought here af
ter a rush call had been sent out
for available ambulances, physicians
and nurses in East Liverpool, Wells
ville and Snlineville. Twenty was
given as the number hurt by Pennsyl
vania railroad officials after a prelim
inary checkup.
The train was running on Cleve
land-Pittsburgh division at the time,
owing to a freight wreck near New
Waterford on the Fort Wayne devi
sion. The cause of the derailment
has not yet been determined.
Gentile Resorts to Habeas Coitus
For Jewish Bride.
Spartanburg, 8. C., July 15.
Claiming that his wife is being un
lawfully detained by her parents,
Lloyd Robbins has brought habeas
corpus proceedings in a local court
to have her returned to him.
Robbins and Miss Sarah Berlin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Berlin,
of this city, were married last Satur
day, and after a short honeymoon in
Greenville returned to the city. Mrs.
Robbins visited her mother and never
returned to Robbins.
Now Robbins claims the parents
have spirited the young bride away
and are hiding her. A watch was
maintained on the Berlin home, Rob
bins claims, but nothing was seen of
the girl or her father, and the young
bridegroom believes, that Berlin and
the girl have left the city.
Unusual interest is attached to the
case because of the religious differ
ences between Robbins and Mrs.
Robbins' parents. Under the rules
of Berlin's church no member can
marry a gentile. Mrs. Robbins is a
Hebrew.
Two Daughters of Dr. Terry Cut in
Automobile Collision.
Salisbury, July 15.—Two dungh
tens of Dr. J. R. Terry, of Lexington,
were cut with glass and painfully
injured here early today when a car
driven by their father and in which
he was taking his daughters and a
woman patient to Charlotte was in
collision with a car driven by a ne
gro man. The accident happened at
the Main and Henderson street cross
ing, a very dangerous intersection,
and the loud crash attracted a large
cßtwd to the scene.
The Zambesi bridge at Victoria
Fal’g In Africa is the loftiest bridge
In the world.
! Under Fjse f
I , y ll
Robert Bernardino was bora
to Mrs. Helen Bernardino at
Bowlbyville, N. J„ while
shells from the exploding
arsenal at Lake Denmark,
whistled overhead.
International MnmL I .jLI
OPPORTUNITY OFFERED
IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Great Need for Trained Men. Says
Dean Thomas Nelson.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 16.—Never before in
the history of America have more op
portunities been offered to the young
gnen of the South than are available
today for any who desire to enter
the textile industry, according to Dean
Thomas Nelson, of the textile school
of State College here, in an article
written by him appearing in the July
issue of Commerce and .Finance, na
tionally known magazine published in
New York, with an internariongl cir
culation in the financial and com
mercial world. In this article Dean
Nelson presents the unusual advant
ages now open in the textile field
in the South and particularly In
North Carolina. He says in part:
"It has been stated by an author
ity that the South contains a greater
combination of natural resources and
advantages than any other equal area.
Seemingly arousing from a slumber
and coming into a knowledge of her
greatness, she is rising forth in her
might to prove to America and to
the world that tfyis Southland is a
place of progressivencss and power
as well as a region of beauty.”
Dean Nelson calls attention to the
fact that the South is at present
in the midst of a period of great in
dustrial and commercial development
without parallel in the history of the
country, calling attention to its great |
resources, its ample supply of high
grade labor, its location in the cen
ter of the cotton belt, near to the
source of supply in the manufacture
of textiles, with the prediction that
within a few years this section is '
destined to become one of the greatest '
industrial areas of the country.
“And the young men of today are
the ones who will be the leaders in
this coming development. There is
a rare opportunity and a bright fu- 1 '
ture for the young men who enter ■ !
the textile industry in the South to
day." he says.
In the balance of his article Dean ,
Nelson traces the rapid growth of
the textile industry in the South, and '
tells of the enlarged facilities of the
textile school at the State College for
training the young men of t'ue State
to enter this important field.
State Jobs Not Soft.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 16.—1 n order that
those who think being an employe of
the State is a soft job. with nothing
to do but sit around and answer the
phone occasionally, may really know
that those who work for the State!
are kept busy and then some, a record j
was kept of the various duties per- i
formed in the office of H. H. Sink,
commissioner of pardons. This rec
ord shows that during the month of
June 1,107 letters were written, 55
telegrams sent, 424 telephone calls
answered—including those of newspa
permen—and 517 callers were re
ceived. In addition 142 other mat
ters were attended to and eleven ap
plications for pardons or paroles in
vestigated, making a total of 2,346
items in 30 days. Nice soft job,
eh, wot?
Baptist to Meet at Ridgecrest.
(By International News Service)
Ridgecrest, July 16—The annual
Baptist laymen's conference will be
held at Ridgecrest the last week in
July under the auspices of the Bap
tist Brotherhood of the South.
This was the announcement ire- ■
ceived here today from Dr. J. T. Hen
derson, of Knoxville, Tenn., corre
sponding secretary of the organiza
tion.
Prominent Baptist from all parts
of the South are expected to attend
tbe conference, it was said.
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TODAY’S NEWS TODAIS
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NO. lflU
n '" !PPIDE FOLK I
SHOW PREFERENCE
FOR INDEPENDENCE
At the Opening Session IH
Legislature Both
Adopted Resolution
Independence. ’ ||
WANT PRESIDENT J
TO KNOW VIEMI
Ask That Carmi A. Thofttp- ]
son Carry to PresioflH
Coolidge Desire of
People For Freedom* 1 j
Manila, P. 1., July 16. —< T*l MpH
the opening session of the PhfliiMwßß
legislature today both houses uiilUii- ]
mousl.v adopted a concurrent retsHU. I
tion in favor of "immediate abSoldijl-jj
ami complete independence." jv.jsc .yi j
The resolution requests that Cattgf j
A. Thompson, personal rcpresenfiHHHfl
of President Coolidge. who .is
gating conditions on the island, CoA* a
ve.v to the President “the constant
intense desire of the Filipinos for <#&•» J
mediate, absolute and complete fiMnfl
pendence.” I
I Senator Hadji Butu, the Mont mjgM
ator, voted in favor of the rebwilfi
i I tion. ]
DR. HALL HEARD AGAIN vg
AT THE FREEMAN TRIAL |
State Seeks to Break Down
mony That Defendant is "UMMMIIfn
Mentally.”
Charlotte, July 16. — UP) —The Staff! a
today recalled Dr. James .H, Bift
Richmond alienist, to the staMfjf'jfljH
the trial of Mrs. Nellie
“razor slayer," for further Croat 188
nmining. j
Frank R. McNinch. nttornCJf
the prosecution, attempted to
down the testimony of the alieinH
offered yesterday when he had hr 14*19
he believed Mrs. Freeman of “iMfsl
sound mentality."
At the opening of court this morn- M
ing the defendant appeared for a
ute or so to identify three lettegitM
which she wrote to Alton Freeman be- *1
fore they were married.
Pests Damaging Cotton.
(By International News Service) ;c|
Little Rock, Ark.. July 16.—‘TMi||
greatest damage to crops ever *MM
by the farmers of the state.’’
That, in brief, is the opinion ex- J
pressed by officials of the extensions*
department of file Fniversify of Ag— ,1
rieulture here after a survey of the -J
crops for cotton pests. |
At least one and in many cases j
three or four pests are destroying the y
crops and unless immediate attention if]
is given the situation in all sectroASa
of the state the loss will be the grebliia
est in the history of ArkansaA)llil
officials reported.
Estimates of the damage in several -i
counties ran from 10 per ceirt. as i
high as 70 per cent, of the crop. j. a
C. Barnett, acting assistant director :li
of t'.ie bureau, has made several sltr- ,1
veys of tlie Arkansas counties and a
says the situation is alarming. “
Hunt for Liquor at Biltnxm.
Asheville, July 10.—Francis Win- |
throp has started a "liquor hunt” in 1
ttie vicinity of Biltmore. ■
Here is the way it all came abouts J 3
A squad of policemen raided "ft horut» M
lon Sherwood road, near Biltmore, ’|
and they found a lone man sitting J
near a table on which lay about a i
pint of moonshine.
Alarmed, the house’s sole occupant 1
jumped to his feet, rushed to !*»-■«
door, jumped down sfn embankment, I
stumbling on a stone and breaking a J
leg. A few minutes later Winthrop %
was taken to a hospital.
Officers believed the man's
was caused by his knowledge of morn 1]
liquor in t'iie neighborhood—and they 1
are still searching for it. •1.-Sl ;
Society Service Report. '
Lake Juualuska, July 16.—(4Rap9
We are now confronted by a “hjeteaUgM
organized, subtitle, determined reck-. 3
less effort to discredit national pr**' ‘1
liibition,” the society service commit- >1
tee of the Methodist EpiscopSSt'E
Church, South, found in its report m
of the annual society service confer- 1
dice, which has just ended here. An (j
endorsement of the 18th nnirnrtmflfci" J
and appeal to churches to deliver alt c
| their force for prohibition, promotion jl
j of negro welfare, and the expression J
i of alarm over youthful delinquency l
were features of the conference, ; he- jj
cording to the report.
Whales Stop Vessel. /jS
(By International News Service)i||
New York, July 15.—Passengers otJJ
the Steamer Van Dyck today had a m
real “fish story” to tell.
A school of a hundred whales jl
blocked the path of the Lamport and
Holt steamer forty miles off the Knril
Jersey coast. j
Unable to pass the whales, - tMe 11
steamer was delayed twelve hours, J
When she lauded in New York, Ohpt. M
John Brywn was first to tell the li
“world's greatest fish story." >
Usefulness is the rent we pay fofrti
our room on this earth—many
are heavily in arrears. <
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Saturday,
warmer tonight in extreme west andll
in the interior of north portion, sOßM|»i||
what warmer Saturday. ModetffijlM
variable winds. |