North Carolina Newspapers

——l.,.—. - • \ ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI wumiowH Os OOIKCY GMYE TO 1 CRANFORD Defense in Trial of Former: Chain Gang Boss Says Alleged Grave Is Well Filled With Garbage. WOMAN TELLS OF \ CRANFORD’S ACT Says She Saw Defendant; Strike Negro Over Head —Another Witness Says He Saw Same Brutality. Albemarle, N. C., July 17.— OP)— Only a small crowd was in the court room this morning when the trial ofV N. C. Cranford, accused slayer of James Terry and James Howell, ne gro convicts, was resumed. Adjourn ment for the week-end was to be tak en at noon. James Pou, attorney for Cranford, former county convict superintendent, moved that the jury be taken to the spot where Carl Leake, negro, yester day had testified that John Quincy, negro cofivict, had been buried after he had died of mistreatment. _ Judge T. B. Finley refused the mo tion, and ordered the defense to pre sent photographs of the grave or well., The defense contends that the spot is an abandoned well, filled with garbage. Mrs. Walter Milton was the first witness, and told the jury that she had seen Cranford hit many prisoners with sticks while they were working on the streets of Albemarle. She said that it was 1(1 years ago, however. Pink Russell, white, another wit ness, testified that thirteen years ago he snw Cranford hit a negro on the head with a pick handle, knocking him kown. He said the negro had told 1 the “foreman” he was too s : ck to work. He said Cranford continued to strike the negro after he was down, and that when he left the scene the negro was still lying motionless. ■ Russell admitted under cross exami nation that he was convicted of riot ing in a mill strike here. Charlie Moore, a former convict ] guard, next took the stand. He said that he.saw five men severely whjpped ' by the defendant. He was dlWnimed without cross examination. Grady Wdes thhr cmmty. who served on the elm in gang In 1025 for breaking jail after arrest for theft, said Cranford assigned him to a job as tractor driver, and that in erank iug it he broke his arm. He testified that the “foreman" refused him a sur geon, and that his arm is permanently bent as the result. Sides said that less than two weeks after the accident Cranford put him back on the tractor, and then knocked him off when he was unable to drive ' with one hand. Sides described Other alleged cruelties to other prisoners. He further testified that his mother sent a physician to sec him, and that Cranford sent the medicine prescribed away, and told h ! m that if his mother came around that he would “kick her off the place.” THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Advance of S to 8 Points, and Sold 9to 10 Points Higher. New York, July 17.— (A*) —The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of to 8 points, and sold about 0 to 10 points net higher dur ing the first few minutes in response to relatively firm Liverpool cables, re iterated reports of better business in cotton goods, and further week-end covering. The initial demand seemed to be fairly well supplied around 17.85 for early new crop months, however, and the market became very quiet shortly after the call. There appeared to be just enough uncertainty regarding weather conditions over Sunday, ow ing to shower prospects in the south west to check selling, but hardly enough to bring in fresh buying. Prices held within a comparatively narrow range for the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady: Oc tober 17.28; December 17.28; Jan uary 17.20; Man* 17.50; May 17.85. Closed Steady.. New York, July 17. — OP) —Cotton futures closed steady at net advances of 8 to- 7 points. January closed at 17.31, March 17.49, May 17.05, Oc tober 17.30, December 17.29. With Our Advertisers. H. B. Wilkinson announces secur ing the exclusive agency for the well known Majestic ranges. Read about it in new ad. today. July Sunday evening special No. 3 will be given at the First Baptist Church Sunday evening. A quartet f of girls from the Thomasville Orphan age will sing. Read ad. today. - L The Big Birthday and Clearance Sale of Parks-Belk Co. is the, "Talk of the Town.” Read ad. today. There will' be a cooking demonstra tion at the Concord & Kannapolis Oas Company’s offices next Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday. Prises each day. Retd all about k in a big ad. in this paper. Will Not Rrforee Article Seven. Washington, July 17.— OP) —France baa been given assurance that Ameri ca hsa no intention of enforcing Ar ticle VII of the deft funding agree ment providing for comerc!alia*t!on of the French wartime obligations. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City gaily Non-Payment Os Bonds Hurts State’s Cities And Counties Leaves Reflection on State Itself, Says Governor Mc- Lean. in a Letter Addresed to County, City Town and District Officials. Tribune Bureau i Sir Waiter Hotel i Ralligh, July 17.—When an indi-1 vidual signs n note and procures a | loan at a bank, payable on n certain I date, and fails to pay it on that date. I and he tries later to get another loan, i he often finds that he has been given I a had rating, nmi is unable to get the credit to which he would have boon entitled had he paid his pre , vions ob’igation promptly. Exactly :be same principle. apples in state and county financing, anil cities and counties which issue bonds or secure loans should be as careful in meeting" these' obligations as if they were personal, says Governor A. W. Mel/ean in an interesting discus- 1 ] sion on what is hurting municipal j and county credit, in which he calls r attention to the fact that there are [ a few communities in the state which i in the past have been careless in! meeting their bonded obligations, with I the result that not only has the credit' standing of thesp communities been! hurt in the financial centers, but that I the credit of the state as a whole has suffered as well. Often this failure to meet obliga tions results only from forgetfulness on the part of a city or county treas urer, but such a failure, even if for only a day or two. constitutes a “de fault" as far as the financial world is concerned, and is so recorded, the governor says. And such a default bars savings banks ami trustees from further investment in the bonds of the defaulting district, city or coun ty, under nearly all Hie laws govern ing investments. The result is a i bad rating for that, particular dis trict that requires years to live down. The governor's statement follows; ■Municipal bonds—State, county, city and district bonds constitute the highest form of credit. They bear the lowest interest rates known. One reason for their popularity lies in the expectation of absolutely prompty payment of principal and in terest. The owner of a municipal bond clips his coupons a few days before they mature, semis them to n local bank, and rests in the comfortable assurance that on the exact day of 1 ... ANOTHER CALLED BACK Sentences of Twp Men Reduced and 1 Ollier Called Back to Chain Gang. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, July 17.—Two prisoners have had the terms reduced as the 1 result of commutations by Governor 1 A. W. McLean while a third must return to the county and complete' 1 his term as the result of violating ; his parole. Governor Moody, of Robeson ooun- 1 ty, sentenced in November, 1925, to ' from five to seven years in Stnte 1 prison for highway robbery, had his ' term of from two to five years as the result of the conditions which , have arisen since his conviction that , tend to show doubt as to his guilt. Commutation was strongly recom mended by a large number of citi xens in his county who were familiar with conditions. The sentence of Brooks Talley, of from six to nine years on the Lee county roads, following his convic tion in 1924 on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape, was com muted to a minimum of two years and six ' months to a maximum of five years, as the result of developments since his conviction, and upon the strong recommendations of a large number of people familiar with the case, including eleven of the jurors who tried him. M. B. Turner, convicted in April, 1924, in Caswell county of violating the prohibition laws, and sentenced to two years on the county roads, and paroled in October, 1925, on con dition of good behavior, must return to the roads and serve out the bal ance of his term as the result of the revocation of his parole. Turner failed to maintain the standard of good behavior required, and now is serving a sentence of thirty days for a new violation of the prohibition laws. When this sentence is com pleted, he will be returned to the road gang. Georgia Crops Good. (By International News Service) Atlanta; Ga., July 17.—" The Geor gia crop is the best in years.” Pointing to the increased small grain yields that are certain, and im proved corn prospects generally, the Georgia co-operative reporting service makes this forecast. Surveys, however, indicate that there is a shortage in peanut and to bacco acreage but that total acreage in crops has increased three per cent. , over last year, A large increase in wheat production is predicted. COtton Seed Statistics. Washington, July 47.-—l4*> — Cotton seed crushed during the 11-month pe ' Hod, August 1 to July 1, totalled 5,- , 518,087 tons, compared With 4,577,- ' 815 tons for the same period a year ago, and cotton seed on hand at mills June 80 totalled 30,240 tons, compar ed With 27,885 tons a year ago, the ) Census Bureau announced today. The Chinese are Inveterate gam • b|ers and never lose an opportunity I tb bet, no matter how trivial the cause may be. | their maturity his bnnk will notify I him that they have been paid. ' With few exception. North Caro-' lina counties, cities and districts re-J i alisse the responsibility of paying I these eonpons when due and at the j place where due. file place usually being a bank in a' financial center. It is the fact that there are excep tions to this promptness that is like ly to refleet upon the credit of the state nnd is hurting the credit of all its counties, cities and districts. The State officials, under necessity of borrowing millions of dollars every year for roads anil permanent insti tutions. are again and again confront ed by the statement of some New | York banker thnt he is unable to get , certain county, town or district coti | pons paid. j Often the complaint Is thnt '.tie lo i eal treasurer refuses to remit the ! funds, or has forgotten to do so, to the bank where they are payable. | Every such failure constitutes a I "default." A default bars savings j banks and -trustees from further in vestment in the bonds of the default ing district, under nearly all laws regulating investment. The direct effect upon the defaulting county, town or district is a stigma requir ing years to live down. But there is an indirect effect upon other district nnd municipalities in the same state and even upon t'he stnte itself. There are counties, dities and towns in North Carolina unable to borrow money today at the low interest rate that their own credit warrants because of the occa i sional carelessness of some county, town or district official in failing to remit funds for interest coupons at the right time and place. Within the last two years one of the states —not North Carolina— omitted to pay promptly when due interest on certain of its obligations held by a department of the same state. That department exerted no pressure and was evidently . content ty wait for its money. But the New York State banking department was not content and promptly forbade the savings banks within the Stnte of New Y'ork from making further in vestment in any bonds or securities (Please Turn to Page Two)\ ■■ '"■li" 1 ' I OUT OF AI'TOS Rev.. Mr. Abernethy Wants ’Em at Least Weaned First. Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, July 17.—And now the Governor has been called on to lead the “Back to the Cradle” movement. For among the many letters which Governor A. W. McLean received on ail kinds of questions from ail sorts of people, ranging from preachers and would-be reformers to inmates of the prison and hospital for the in sane, many of which he finds highly amusing, the Governor today made public what he considers to be the rarest and most amusing of them all. This one is from the Rev. Arthur Talmagc Abernethy, of Rutherford College, Burke county, in which he calls on the Governor for assistance in putting a “check on the way babies are neglecting their cradles up here in these mountain sections and running amuefi with automobiles.” “And because his letter expresses an eternal truth in sueh a novel and en tertaining way, I think the public is entitled to it,” the Governor says. The letter follows: “Can’t otyne edict, bull, anathema, or just old-fashioned jacking-up or der be issued from our political head quarters, to have the deputy sheriffs mayors, or other irresponsible cusses put a check on the way the hnbies are neglecting their candles up here in these mountain sections and run ning atnuch with automobiles? It is getting to be so that an adult pedestrian has less chance than a chicken at a Southern Methodist Conference (I mean the frying sort, not the pnea that flap.) On almost any day when it isn’t raining a man can see ’em cutting their teeth on the steering along Highway No. 10. The •ther day when I was out helping a friend survey a subdivision I saw a woman rush out in front of a flying flivver, wave down the infant driver and maternally mandate thus ly: < “ ‘Willie, if you don’t climb out of that Ford and come into the house and finish your nursing. I'll be blam ed if I don’t have to wean you.’ “It does seem that under our law as it stand something ought to be done about this.” Pete DePaolo Lowers World Speed Record. Speedway, N. j., July 16.—Pete DePaio, 11925 champion automobile racing driver, today exceeded the World's record for 91 cubic inch cars i by 1.4 miles an hour in Cue qualify ing test for tomorrow’s title events on the Atlantic City speedway. He drove his tiny speedster around i the mile and one-half wooden saucer ■ at the rate of 133 miles and hour. - The previous mark of 131.6 miles an • hour was held by DePaolo. r Dr. William E. Shattuck, Louis i ville, Ky., and Bennett Hill also low - ered the former record. Dr. Shat ? tuck qualified with a speed of 132.5 miles an honr and Hill with 131.7. The American Guernsey Cattle Club j plans to celebrate ,jts golden jubilee s next year with a pilgrimage of its members to the Island of Guernsey. I ' :<■' S 'y \ •' v - ' '' ’ " . ■* CONG6RD, N. C, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1926 - ■ ■- - " .w*eßssßEsaa~~ - r! JL. ■ In the News of the World » 19k »»§,; *;; Mm a' EX-CZAJZ rERDINANP * IORD READING STEVE “DONAG HUE J King Albert faced a crisis in the fall of the Belgian franc. ‘ px-Gzar Ferdinand was believed behind a revolution in Bui- ( garia, nominally headed by Prince Cyril. Lord Reading was , expected to head the British radio control board. Steve Dona- i hue. famous English jockey, made plans to retire. < ■ i PLENTY OF WATER SOON AT STATE HOSPITAL New Water Source Secured for the Hospital at Morgan ton. - V Tribune Bureau Sir Waiter Hotel Raleigh. July 17.—Within two - the State institutions at Mer gnnton will have abundant water supply and all danger of a water ;< •hortsge will be past, as-by that ttoW 1 it Ir expected thnt the new water supply just secured, consisting of a watershed of 1,500 acres together with water rights to a stream that flows through it, will have been turned in to the mains of the Stnte hospital and school for the deaf, according to an announcement just made by Gov ernor A. W. McLean. Engineers say that Plus new stream will furnish an additional supply of 500,000 gaHona daily even under drouth conditional and that in wet weather it will pro duce far more. The State has been most fortunate in securing this emergency supply source, as it will become available almost immediately and at a much smaller cost than was at first antici pated. The 1,500 acres of land in the watershed were obtained for $25.- 000, and the oost of piping and in creasing reservoir facilities will cost about $25,000, making the total cost approximately $50,000. If the plan to go to the Catawba River had been followed, the cost would have been much greater, the governor said. Much time and money will be saved j in that the present pipe line of the j State hospital crosses the stream toi which rights 'nave just been 'obtained and all that will be necesqpry will be to tap the pipe line at this point and turn the flow of the stream into the line. Later on some <provisions may be made toward water storage by means of a danl, but at present the plans call only for the utilization of the present flow, which after care ful tests and measurements the engi neers have adjudged to be adequate) to meet any emregency arising from drought. ■ Another advantage of the hew arrangement is that whenever the| old supply became sufficient, this new supply can be diverted and turned off, thus preventing any overflow of the reservoir at the filtration plant. Niece of President of Mexico Cooty. (By International News Service) Fort Worth, Texas, July 17. Singing as she goes about her work of keeping house and cooking for her husband, Senora Augustin Delgado, niece of President Calles, of Mexico, is happy in a small apartment not far from here. Although she comes from a house where fully a dozen servants are on duty all the time, Senora Delgado is happy while cooking for her young husband, Senor Augustin Delgado, dramatic tenor and grand opera singer. “Everybody in America works, so why shouldn’t 1?” asks the 21-year old brown-eyed, bobbed-haired bride of a few weeks. Just as the former Senorita Mar garita Cal'.es had completed a course in the St. Joseph's Infirmary and was about to become a nun, she met Senor Delgado, whom she had known since childhood days in Mexico City. He had been in Europe and had ■ just returned from a grand opera singing engagement after studying in foreign countries for years. A whirlwind courtship nnd they were manned. i Cuban barbers lather their patrons i with'their hands, from a bowl made i to fit under {the chin. - No brush is used. . f, .. - g I AGAIN RATS PROVE TOO 1 MUCH FOR REPTILES I Held Th ir Own With Snakes in Cage at State Museum. Raleigh, N. C., July 17—(A>)—The r editor who told his reporters “If a dog bites n man, it is not news, out if the man bites the dog, that is news,” might have had even his definition of the word fulfUied a few days, ago if he had visited thg. State 1 Museum. ' 1 .To feed his assortment of snakes, t Harry T. Davis, assistant to the ’ curator, placed two large rats in i their cage. Rat meat is supposed to i be rare delicacy for such reptiles and 1 the assistant curator almost expect- 1 ed to hear his copper heads smack ' their lips in enjoyment, of. their < tenderloin. < The curator closed the museum for - night and went home, leaving his i pets to have their meal to themselves. 1 Too, he half-way disliked to see the l reptiles prepare their food. < R turning the next morning Mr. i Davis sought out his snnke cage for a look at his pets. In one corner he found the two 1 rats. They were alive and occupied the larger' part of the ( incloeure. In fact, they were much alive. Tangled about each other in the farther end of the cage were his snakes. Two of them were missing, and the others hud evidently spent a hectic night. Mr. Davis had no explanations to offer. He had never hard of rats eating snakes. He did know that I snakes ate rats. [ One ofthe rats was killed and fed lto the remaining reptiles. The other continues to hold one half of the cage, while the snakes are tangled about each other in the other half. CONDITION OF COTTON AND TOBACCO IN STATE Cotton Stand of 82 Per Cent, and Tobacco Stand of 86 Per Cent, of Normal. | Raleigh, July 17.—(A>)—North Car olina now has a cotton stand of 82 per cent, and a tobacco stand of 80 | per cent., declares D. R. Palmer, as sistant state statistician who has just returned from a trip over the state. In estimating the stands Mr. Pal mer says that he examined 1,400 cot ton fields and between 300 and 400 . tobacco fields over the state. Ex amination and inspection was not con ■ fined to any one section and the re sults he obtains are for the state as ' a whole. In some sections, he de , c'ares, cotton and tobacco crops are further advanced and are more uni : form than in others. While the recent rains have been s sufficient for cotton, he says, even i more moisture is needed for tobacco i at this stage of its growth and more ! rain will not harm the yop. , Rain has penetrated almost every i section of the state, Mr. Palmer states, during the past few weeks, i probably saving thousands and thou - sands to the farmers and tie finds in E most parts of the state the farmers are fairly optimistic over the pros • peets for yields. Branded Bride*. f Constantinople, July 17.—Under a i new Turkish law all persons who de sire to marry must submit to a medi- I cal examination. To prevent the i substitution of a sick person for one i who is well, the examining physician must stamp the left forearm of the r marriage candidate. This serves as a distinguishing mark to guide the authorities in granting the marriage l license. i ■ „ .‘ivjpj i Sugar is the principal product of the Hawaiian Islands. BBSsEIk ' .i'-Viife ‘ jia Sonner Dies Without ) New Statement Aboi> Slaying Os Companion • ♦ GRAND JURY WILL TAKE ACTION NOW Will Try to Get Facts Con cerning Failures of Many Banks in Georgia and Florida During Week. Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—OP)— While 1 the state banking department is in vestigating the affairs of eight state banks which have closed their doors in Georgia since Inst Monday, receiv ers for the Rankers Trust Company financing agent for a chain of 120 banks in Georgia and Flor.da. today 1 prepared the records of the corpora- i tiou for presentation before the Fill- : ton county grand jury next Tuesday, < The grand jury investigating into ’ the affairs of the Bankers Trust Com- I pany, was ordered by Judge G. H. i Howard in Fulton County Superior 1 Court yesterday, after Solicitor Gen eral John A. Roykin had requested it. < saying that several stockholders in the i corporation bail complained about ex penditures of funds by officials. No More Closings. Atlanta, July 17.— (A 1 )-, —The clouds which have hoyered over the Georgia financial horizon since the bankrupt cy proceedings of the Rankers Trust Company this week were disappear ing today, the state banking depart ment announced, with the statement that no further closings had been re ported to the department. More than eighty banks in Georgia and Florida have closed their doors since Monday as a result of the pro ceedings against the Rankers Trust Company. The state banking department an nounced that auditors from the de partment are now working at every closed bank in Georgia, with instruc tions to rush their audit to comple tion in order to speed the reopening and reorganization of the institutions. MRS. JOHNSON LIKELY WILL CHANGE ATTITUDE Today’s Meeting or Welfare Com mission May Settle Wrangle Over Survey. Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh, July 17. —After nearly a . weekV deadlock, due to the apparent inability of Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson to agree with other members of the Welfare Commission ns to the per sonnel of eight Workers who are to assist Mrs. J. Henry Highsmith and E F. Carter, executive secretary of the commission, in making the sur vey of women in industry, for which everything is now ready with the ex ception of the selection of these eight workers, it is believed that before the day is over Mrs. Johnson will modify her position somewhat and that by tonight, at any rate by Monday, ac cord will be reached and the survey at last started on its way. This became apparent this morn ing when Mrs. Johnson returned from Chapel Hill where she has been attending the conference of welfare workers that has been in session there most of this week, and al though she again refused to discuss the situation, as she has all along; it was intimated that an agreement Was imminent and that the long deadlock which has existed in the commission throughout the week, would end amicably- In fact, the situation has reached a -point where Mrs. Johnson must either conform to the position ns taken by the other two members of the commission, Dr. G. M. Cooper, of the oard of Health, and A. T. Allen, Superintendent of Public In struction, who are understood to be standing squarely behind of Mr. Car ter and Mrs. Highsmith in their plans for the survey, or be overruled by the majority of the commission. For although it is a well known fact that Mrs- Johnson has never been very friendly to anything proposed by Mr. Carter, the fact that he has continued to remain the executive secretary of the Welfare Commission is sufficient testimonial as to his standing with Dr. Cooper and Mr. Allen. The feeling has grown in Raleigh and the sentiment has undoubtedly made its way to the commission, that if the rurvey did not get under way soon, it was in danger of meeting with defeat, in that it would lost much of the support of public ap proval which has been given it up to the present time, but which has rapidly falling away as the result of the excessive delay iu choosing the personnel. This delay not only is shaking pub lic confidence in . the undertaking, which up to the present has been favored with the endorsement both ' of the industries of the State and ' the press as well, but is giving rise 1 to talk of politics entering into the 1 survey, and to a certain extent that - is what is holding things up now, al though it is quite evident that the injection of this political element is just what the majority of the mem i bers of the commission is struggling - to avoid. However, realizing these facts, >t f is generally believed that the meet * ing of the commission which is to be 1 held today in a final effort to reach * a harmonious unity of opinion on all * matters concerned, will result in the * definite and final selection of the per : sonnet, ro that Mr. Carter and Mrs. . Highsmith may immediately get to work on the survey which has at f ready been too long getting under way. . . ' iV-V-V ' -J0.,.; (... Youth Who Was With Miss Jean Braswell When She Was Killed, Died During Night at Tiyon Hospital HAD NOTHING MORE TO SAY Gave No Indication That He Wished to Add Any thing to Statement He Made Night of Tragedy. Tryon. N. C., July 17.—OP)—Q. C. Sonner, Jr , companion of Miss Jean Braswell, -Tryon society girl on the night of July 7. when she was shot to death, died here today of pneumonia, which developed while he was being treated for gunshot wounds inflicted at the same time Miss Braswell was fatally injured. , Young Sonner succumbed at three . o'clock this morning from an attack of pneumonia. The boy had been improving stead ily and it was hoped by physicians he would recover from the two bullet wounds he received above and below the heart. Then three days ago the pneumonia complication develojred and within 24 hours the doctors fear ed all hope for his recovery was gone. He was unconscious all day yesterday. Before lapsing into the coma the youth indicated no desire to make any statement concerning the week-old tragedy, physicians said. Thus the dead boy's original state ment that his pretty companion and himself were s-hot by another boy nam ed "Jimmie.” who escaped, stands as the only solution of the tragedy on record. The theory of Sheriff McFar lane that Sonner shot and killed Miss Braswell in a fit of jealousy and then .turned the gun upon himself was not made a matter of record by official charges against Sonner. Another the ory that the girl did all the shooting, likewise faded into speculations with the announcement of Sonner’s death. Funeral arrangements fori the youth, who was the son of a wealthy and influential resident of Saluda, were not completer} this morning. Miss Braswell who was the grand daughter of a millionaire manufactur er of Charlotte, was 'hurled there a week ago. THINK KENNETH ORMISTON WAS IN STATESVILLE Man Giving That Name on Telephone Seen There Friday Nigh.. Statesville, N. C., July 17.— 04*) —A man believed to have been Kenneth O. Anniston, sought in connection with the abduction of Aitnee Semple Mc- Pherson, was believed to have been in this city last night. Mrs. L. H. Lyon told the police to day a young man appeared- at her home about 8:30 p. m. and asked per mission to use the telephone. She said that he called for "long distance.” and placed a call for the Campbell Hotel at Taylorsville, giving his name as “Omiiston.” Mrs. Lyon said the man apparently became nervous after waiting a minute or so, and left without completing the calil. J. L. James, manager of the Camp bell Hotel, yesterday said that a tele gram for Ormiston had been there for “more than a week.” Mrs. I yon described the man as “neatly dressed" and said that he was driving a sport model automobile of expensive make. She said that she observed that the car bore no license tag, and that he drove away in the direction of Charlotte. Tire woman said that she did not see anyone in the car with the man. The man first called the Western Union office at Statesville when he went to the • telephone. Mrs. Lyon said, but did not wait for an answer. He immediately called Taylorsville then, but left the phone after only a minute’s pause. She said the call was ready within two minutes, but the man had gone. May Be in Norfolk. Norfolk, Va„ July 17.—A telegram bearing the name of Kenneth Ormis ton, who is wanted as a witness in the investigation of the alleged re cent kidnaping of Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles evangelist, was sent from Norfolk last night ov er the wires of the Postal Telegraph Company, and, according to informa tion received by the Ledger-Dispatch, the sender is in this city today. Mrs. A. W. Tyree Dies at Her Home in Salisbury. Salisbury, July 16. —Mrs, Minnie Tyree, wife of W. A. Tyree, died Thursday afternoon at her home on North Main Street. She had been . in ill health for several years but . the immediate cause of death was an ■ attack of acute indigestion. The fun . eral was conducted Friday afternoon , at 4:30 from the First Methodist i Church of which Mrs. Tyree had been . a member for a number of years. [ Surviving are the husband and three children, Misses Blanche and Helen t Tyree and Charlton. Several broth ers and sisters also survive. j T. W. Burgess, the English swim -1 mer, made 24 attempts before he final p ly succeeded in swimming the Eng . lish Channel in 1011. i ————— a Sammy Mamie It's victory over - Rocky Kansas for the lightweight ti r tie adds another to the list of world’s champions of Italian descent. * W- *■' ' ' .. 'a f r; -. . a THE TRIBUNE ! *■ ' - 'r • PRINTS S TODAY’S NEWS TODAY ~ NO. 16$’-if 9 ip^firoH WITHOUT SOLUTIBH Editor of Canton, Qhi& ■ Daily News Was SftnCHH Down Thursday Nigl|?f9 in Garage at His Home.’ Sf BIG REWARDI^^JWI It Is Believed in Many Gif; S cles That Death ffftHj 9 Due to Editor’s Att||K 9 on City’s Vice Lordspij 9 Canton, Ohio. July 17. thnripes today were still without nite clues as to the assassins of It. Mellett, publisher of the Daily News, who was shot down late 9 Thursday night in his garage jffifl rear of his home. Rewards fotaliitij; nal sl2. UK I have been offered for tore and conviction of the slaye'tafnj SjH Private funeral services for tor crusader, who was slain if Is hQ-'-snS lieved because of Ids frequent on vice lords of Canton will at noon t ida.v. The body will be sCapSB to Indianapolis for burial. ffl Tlie state took its place today federal, county and city attorneyfiH SjSj the hunt for the assassins. SH Governor Donahey’s personal tigator. C. H. Sisson, was ordered Columbus yesterday to aid in HB investigation. He is to Governor’s office informed iu Canton. <).. July 17. —(A 1 ) tigntors of tlie murder of Mellett. publisher of tlie Canton HltflHßH News, are no nearer a solution they were immediately after t’aecnH 188 was conimittced shortly after midriijßßjKjHß yesterday. ' ,! 't;Sfl Rewards totalling $20,450 been offered. üBB Charles Morris, editor of the DujHBB ton Daily .News, and R. B. MeatMljH secretary-treasurer of the saUMpH ■ HE per. are in Canton representing Jaiflii*'Safi M. Cox, publisher of the Cn and Dayton News. They no definite steps have been taken by HB them in furthering the inquiry to confer with C. B. Starke county prosecutor, and Hexamer. Canton safety They urged correlation of the activKHH ties of investigators, they saidciS fl|j| Strictest privacy surrounded. funeral of Mellett at his residence noon. The service lasted’ but Mlf fl an hour, the body then being started;Hß on its journey to Indianapolis burial. Cyclone Mack to Be in Spencer day. aBB Salisbury. X. C„ July 16., clone Mack”, the whirlwind list and one of the best known ers in this section of the speak to Spencer audiences three tithe* Baa Sunday. ' ■' "188 The services will be held in” tfiiHß Spencer Park in order to date the crowd. The first will be at 11 o’clock in the and another will be preached at'SflVjjH '' At the evening service to il>e hetaM at 8 oclook. Cyclone Mack will on "Americanism.” This is to be one of his- most interesting jects. and a large crowd is pated for the service. 338 A1 Smith Calls on President CoolMtC^B Patti Smith's, N. Y„ July' With tlie formality attending '■monies of stale. Governor Smith, of New York, and were received at White Pin the summer White House, today, to MB pay their respects and extend to President and Mrs. Coolidge an tat ion on behalf of the Adirondacks. HB Escorted to the summer House in tlie automobile of , Coolidge from Paul Smiths HmKHH four miles away, by Captain ; Brown. Jr., naval aide to tire t’r«§&&B . dent, they were saluted at t tW eSHB trance to the camp by the of marines guarding the Presidential which was drawn up with 1 present. 1 *200, 000.00A Worth of SmotoJM .~j]i London, July 17.—Although it I|HB well known that the consumption ot^H - tobacco iu Great Britain is ' ly increasing, it seems hard I lieve that at present the ‘ of the Port of London Authorities ■ contain the enormous quantity.t)f 3sjHß (KM) tons, enough to give evgtfflfitjHHß in the kingdom an ounce a week e a year. The value of this htfj3B|| store, with duty, is assessed 0 000,000, which is not surprisißg^^^Hß II it is considered that the duty,sm hiIHH 11 a ton may be as much as $2,500. Th 11 tobacco is packed in hogsheads mH|H f parcels which have all beea ■’ 11 weighed and ref-fastened and now It* - maturing in miles of waMH|j^^n|| a About 80 per cent, of it 1 the United States. JIB WM n . i* One Tundred Reported KW*4fjH\; ; p Vienna. July 17.—(A I )—Repofi|l ’j 1 from Belgrade say that betww^^| 1- and 100 persons were landslide buried a railroad train Scarajero. Bosnia. - jHH -‘a|B ' , -<tttß^*ißH|jjj Generally fair tonight and warmer in extreme west w! fil •r north portions tonight, f|| i- er Sunday in west portion Gentle•• '] 's moderate northeast and eagtJH becoming variable. ' m WM