North Carolina Newspapers

Asspr: ' jg 1,1 '• ‘ . 1 ""-" ■' Volume xxvi INTERS NOT 111 CHURCH FOR TRIM. : OF DR CMPPELL - Session of Church Trio! Not Opened to Public.— Presiding EXPLAINS PURPOSE OF THE MEETING To Determine Guilt or In nocence of the Minister, Who Is Charged With Immorality. Statesville, July 20.— 0 f) The public and news reporters were ex cluded from the cliureh trial of the Key. Ashley Chappell, of Asheville, be ?? n J? ere to<iay bcCocc n board of’ the, m. E.-Church, South, conference of " estern \orth Carolina. Ih explaining the executive session of the court, Dr. P. .1. Prettyman. chairman of the hearing, declared that in dosing the doors to the public the court was following a custom and a rnie of the church in such matters. “\ye hold that our business is the bus.ness of. the church, and not the business of the world,” said the chairman, who was chaplain in the J • Senate in the administrations of Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson. Dr. Chappell, pending trial on a charge of immorality, ium been ans pended from his pastorate, the sash-1 ion able Central Church of Asheville. He has stoutly asserted his innocence of wrong doing. As a further preliminary. Dr. Pret tyman made an oral statement to the trial committee explaining the pur pose of the session and the nature of the deliberative body. “We are here,” he said, “not of our own ctipice, but called by the Church to consider a matter calling for the by the __snshrdluetao shrdlu nu ecmf exercise of our highest Christian qualities. “\fe would resent any inslnuat'ons from persons within or without that cue actions today arc influenced 1-y any g|onaideration of seif interest or of litwjudice. We are here to carry ons the task which the church hair committed tq our hands. “Wo are here to consider .tq regu lar manner « charge against one of our brethren. If we find that rumors which have come to as, or the charge has been brought hre unfounded, then we shall go away with Hie highest joy. “If we find that the accusation Is sustained then we must weigh the moral value of the matter and Con sider what shall be done to serve the : church and our God.” The church court !s bound by no rules of a civic, legal court, the chair man announced,-nor by the “technical proceedure or logic of the civil court.'' The- court was recessed for lunch i at' 12:20 o’clock this-afternoon, and : with resuming of the hearing sched uled at 1:30 p. m. The case of the ! church against DC. Chappell was com pleted before the lunch recess, and the 1 Asheville minister presented his tes 1 I tiinony in his own behalf under the leading of questions by Dr. Boyer.. < Cross-examination of Dr. Chappell : conducted by Mr. Pickens, was begun | when the afternoon session was en- i tered. The documentary testimony which constituted the prosecution’s case,, was i admitted as evidence over the objec tions by the defense counsel, it was learned. Exceptions to these admis sions were entered, providing basis of possible appeal on the part of the ac cused churchman. - . NMde Plate Plan Approved. New York. July 20.—OP)—New terms offered by the Van Sweringens for inclusion of the Pere Marquette Railway in the NickW Plate merger were approved by the directors today upon recommendation of a special sub committee. The principal points are that high er preference stock will receive in ex change the same amount of 6 per cent, ' preferred stock of the new Nickle Plate Company, or at the option of the same amount in Chesapeake A Ohio 5 per cent, guar anteed stock. The preferred -stock of the Pere Marquette will receive 90 per cent, of 0 per cenet. new Niekle Plate prefer rd, or at the option of stockholders at the rate of. 5 per cent. Common Shares of the Pere Mar quette will be exchanged share for share for the new Nickle Plate com mon. Attorney General of Tennessee Dead. Nashville, Tenn., July 20.— Of) — Frank M. Thompson, 06. attorney general for Tennessee since Septem ber 17, 1018, died this morning fol lowing, a recent severe heart attack. i—iVFifa bh jwtjaggesijea'.'j&l toftsel ffflt ¥ * *ca SCtHMta 1 EX L. MOSCOW LUMBER LUMrANY &, 'Ofe sxi : J, The Concord Daily TriUtne -—i North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily \ nimin mnu urion ■ ■ mm EVIDENCE BUT NOT ■ lUILETOERDWE l Jure ill McPherson Case \ ■ Cannot Complete Its' Work Until Kenneth G j Ormiston Is Foand. ORMISTON GONE v 1 . SEVERAL WEEKS ■ He Has Denied* That He Was - With Evangelist i After She Disappeared Fhwn Beach on May list. > Dos Angeles, July ?<).—OP)—The • grand jury investigating Ajmee Semple kidnapping case probably ■ will todtfy without completing !, the inquiry, due to inability to locate 1 Kenneth sh Ormiston, friend of the evangelist, and former temple radio expert. ’ Ormiston Is described by District Attorney Keyes as the key witness in the case because of testimony of sev eral witnesses that he accompanied the evangelist on visits to several cit ies following her disappearance Mar lit. \\ hen the grand jury convenes Mondaydeputy district nttorney Joe Ryan plans to read a letter purport nig to hnve been written by Orm.ston about this knowledge of the case. The letter is said to have come from New York. If. Ormiston la said to have entered a general denial to reports that he was seen with the Angelus Temple evange list after her dlsapiiearnnce. District Attorney Keys said the letter contain ed no information of value to solu tion of the mystery except general statements. Keyes said the handwrit ing was Ormiston’s. The writer, ac cording to Keyes gave the district at torney i>ei mission to turn the letter over to the grand jury, to the “yel lows” or throw it into the waste bas ket. HEBE DANIELS WON BY PADDOCK. SPRINT KING Film Actress Admits Low of Heart. —Pair Met oa Movie Lot, Bat Both Too Busy to Wed Now, She Asserts. Los Angejes, July 20.—Bebe Dan iels is going to marry Charles W. Paddock. She said up yesterday. ] For the benefit of those who do not | live 111 Hollywood nnd Pasadena, it may be said that Miss Daniels is the motion picture actress and Sir Charles Southern California’s own “fastest human’’ on the cinder path. Sir Charles - latest record la his 38th, for already he has set 37 sprint ing marks. These were all matters of seconds and fractions, while the 38th took five weeks, though that is held to be remarkable time. The two celebrated persons met on a {notion picture lot where tbe pros pective bridegroom is supporting Jiis forthcoming bride in a forthcoming production. Mutual interest of the two became apparent and finally some one told a. newspaper man wbo asked Bebe about }t. “Our plans are rather indefinite, other than that we expect to he mar ried,” said Miss Daniels. “It is our present intention,'however, not to be married for another year, as we each have other plans for the immediate fu ture that must be carried out. We each will be busy with our picture work for the next few months and harp no time to be married.” What a team they will make. ’For Bebe is also known for her sliced. She did SO miles an hmir and a jail sentence in Santa Ana. THE COTTON MARKET Decline of 3 to 7 Points at Opening Followed by Recoveries, October Going to 17M). New York, July 20.— <jf> —A de cline of 3 to 7 points in cotton prices at the opening today reflected weaker cables and favorable overnight weath er news was followed by quick > recov ■ erics ‘Which advanced * October to 17.20 and January to 17.28, or 1 to S points above the previous close. The rapid upturn from opening heav ies was attributed to the extreme ner vousness of traders over tbt possi bility of a return of showers in the southwest, predicted by some of .the local weather sharks. c’- Among the early buyers .were brok ers with Japanese connections, spot interests, and the trade offering light because of uncertain weather outlook were mostly from the *6outh, Wall Street and Liverpool slid apppoared to be easily absorbed. , Cotton futures opened steady: Oc toger 17.12; December 17.10 ( January 17.16;-Search 17.32,; May 17.50. Seeks (knee of Bank Failures. Atlanta, ijqly 9m — Os) —A grand Jury in Fulton County Superior Court today waa called Upon by Judge G. H. Howard to ascertain the cause of the closing of “so * many” small banks in Georgia and to learn why fee “fail ure of the Bankers! Trust Company affected so many banks.” With these instructions, Judge Howard in Mb charge to the grand jury added “if you find that any one has Moisted the law of the state and or contributed to the unfor tunate result, you know your duty and,l apprehend you wiH fearlessly perform-It.” , ’ * h Mn?iom Pfl ‘ b r turtied out % Sudio. for «e as trilflrid enow 8^ FREEMAN JURY HOT ISLE ME OR ‘’IROICTWW Sent Word to J u d g e Schenck at 10 a. m. That They Were Deadlocked as* the Night Before. RUMORS ABOUT • VERDICT HEARD One Such Report Ip That Ten of Jurors Want Ac- 1 uittal While Two Want Manslaughter Verdict e Charlotte, July 2th-— Of) —The jury b in t,H ' case of Mrs,- Nellie Freeman,* r “razor girl." who slew her husband I j Alton Freeman, on the night of May » 2% was still deadlocked today after a ; night of deliberation. > Judge Michael Schenck. who deliv ered a charge of an hour and 30 m!n --! utes to the jury, has not indicated i this morning what time he expected a ■ report from that body as to their i progress. , The jury sent word to Judge - Schenck at 10 o’clock this morning; i that there was no prospect of an early J agreement nnd requested permission to continue their deliberations at the| hotel. The Judge instructed Sheriff Cochran to permit the jurors to re main there until after lunch, if no ver d’et had been reached. A report gained wide eurreney at the-hotel and court house that ten jurors stood for acquittal and two for manslaughter verdicts. Early today tbe crowd had already assembled in the court room to wait the decision. No Sign of Agreement. Charlotte. July 20.— Of) —No sign of agreement was apparent this after noon’in the ease of Nellie Freeman, charged with murder of her liustiand. DR. G. M. COOPER ISSI KS A FINAL STATEMENT In An Effort to Clear the Women Survey Mystery, v- Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hbtel Raleigh, July 20.—Unwilling that. the now defunct women itr. industry ’ survey should be, buried wfthbofTln’l inquest, as it were, and in order to dispel the aura of mystery which has so far been hung about the delibera tions of the child welfare commis sion. and which crashed on the rocks of disagreement. Sautrday night. Dr. G. M. Cooper issued a final statement today in an effort to clarify tbe so called mystery and explain the atti tude which A. T. Allen, superintend ent of public instruction, had taken in variance to the stand of Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, commissioner of child welfare. The survey was colled off entirely by Governor McLean when the majority memliers of the commis sion as to who should be in imme diate charge of the survey, The oth- 1 er two members of the commission held that under the law E. F. Carter. | executive secretary of the commis sion, would ex-officio be in charge, i while hire. Johnson contended that a . woman should be in charge, and Car ter have no connection with it what- 1 ever. In his final statement anent the situation, Dr. Cooper states there | were but two courses of action open, one to permit the survey to go -on With Carter in direct charge, because he is the only person authorized by law to enter factories and plants and get the data nChded; second, to dis place Carter, iFilhy reason for so do ing could be ShoWn, and name anoth er executive sec#eth!y to’do this work. But Mrs. Johrisoh at no time made any direct assaulridn Carter, s 6 that the other members Os the commis sion were without grounds Upon which to act to displace him. . This left them the one course then of con tinuing in their contention that the survey must be made under his gen eral supervision, if at all. This was the situation When Governor JJcLean stepped in Saturday night and as much as said: “$f you can’t survey together in-'harmony, there won't be any survey.” v , Dr. Cooper’s statement follows; <* •“There has been no mystery in con nection with proposed plans for a survey of womeiti in industry in North Carolina to be undertaken by the child welfare, commission. The silence of members of the commission has caused considerable speculation, but the com mission itself has had but one plan. That was to eonduct the surrey as directed by the: governor through its regular organization. >- ■ “For; seven' years the commission has' employed .as its executive officer E. F. Carter. tHe has perfonped'the duties laid upon him in a highly ac ceptable manner to the commission and to the people of the state. There has not been made against him any charge of incoinpetencx, inefficiency, or dereliction of any sort, nor does such charge now lie against him. “When the governor directed the commission to conduct the proposed survey of women in industry, and ar ranged to make available the neces sary funds,* tbe commission agreed that the work should be done through its organised channels, with fee ad dition of such personnel as might be sion that its executive officer would ticularly in view of the Met thatj ■ •.W-l'.Hl'.J 1 —J=r- =- ■ - - ..—TT CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1926 yrn-a ' ' , i aasassscss ,■ L i’ fv * ? A !:> ' Jm Mt H'smqS* v/ H CHESTER B FTILLS ttHLLIAK r, MWR BISHOP MAJINING Judge Louis H. Burns, of New Orleans, known for his spec! iry handling prohibition cases, has been transferred to New i_ork and 150 additional dry-agents have been assigned to r.ftester B. Mills, New York dry administrator. Meanwhili M iyor v\ llham E. Dever, of Chicago, told the American Baj Association at Denver that modification would solve the pro* ninition problem. On the same day Bishop William Man* "•"K billed for Europe with the announcement that the worli is getting better and girls are drinking less. ~ ~ THREE NEW CASES OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS > One Fran Cabarrus and Two From -<>- Mecklenburg. In All. ->. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, July 20.—Tbree new cases of infantile paralysis, one from Ca barrus county and two from Mecklen burg county, have just been reported, bringing the number since July 10th to feirteen and the total since July Ist tb twenty-seven. But two deaths have been reported, however, and the epidemiologists of the State board of health say that the disease has not reached epidemic proportions and is not likely to. pointing out that the present number of eases ean generally be expected through July and Angußt, the months during which this disease I is most prevalent. Among the contagious diseases, whooping cought forges to the front again with 244 cases reported for the l week, ending July 17th. with measles , running second with b ut2l3esnA A runping second with but 123 cases, j Typhoid has jumped up to jBO cases, I.but this is less than the number for : fee same week a year ago, when there | were 72 eases. All of the typhoid eases are widely scattered, w’ith a maximum of three in any one county, and-with not more than one case reported from any of the larger icities. There were 81 cases of smallijpx in th! state and sixteen eases of Vliph theria reported during the ween. Pitt county has the most whooping cough cases, wife seventeen, while Forsyth comes next with twelve cases. Forsyth also leads in the number of measles cases reported wit’h seventeen. Among the cities Greensboro lends with 33 whooping cough cbscr nnd 21vmeasles cases, while Winston- Salem has 21 measles cases but only | nine “whoopers.” Durham has twen , ty cases of whooping cough and Wii . mington fourteen. Holdup Men Bet SIO,OOO. Bt. Louis, July 20.— Of) —Five or six robbers today shot and woundeed Sandy, Morgan, negro messenger of the City Tru’st Company, when he resisted a bokiup, and escaped in an automobile with $16,000. The rob bery was at Twelfth Street and Wash* ington Avenue, a busy corner in the wholesale district. ! , The messenger was shot in the left ( leg and hip. and received scalp wounds when struck over the head ( with the butt of a revolver. Witness* 1 es Baid at least five shots were fired. ' I. H- Tefry of Durham County produced 201' bushels of purple* | straw on five acres of lnnd. From ! 25 acres planted to the crop. Mr. ' Terry harvested 644 bushe’.s. The en > tlte yield was weighed, l , y s he is tbe only officer of the state wife I legal authority to enter the various - industrial establishments and demand - the information desired. I “Why one tnsmbsr of the eommis t siou should reach’ the conclusion that -a separate agency should be set up, « and tbe executive officer of the com-1 mission ignored, I am, of course, tin-j ■ say. I may'repeat, however, I that/ there are mot now, nor have i the|re been, any charges impeaching ijthe integrity, efficiency or usefulness j |of this man who has served well his] SOMETHING ABOUT 1 • DAIRYING IN MISSISSIPPI North Carotins Ig J«*t Mr Suitable For It as That State. i 1 Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel • Raleigh, July 20.—His contention I that North Carolina ig as suitable for the development of the d«irying indus try as is any other section of the South and that dairy herds can be made as profitable in this state as-in Mississippi, Governor A. \V. McLean today out the following data based on a recent article in the Manafacturers Record, dealing with dairying in Mis sissippi. “A great condensing plant has just been erected at Stqrkville, Miss, by the Borden Southern Company, which draws on a side range of adjacent ter ritory for ail the milk and cream that can be furnished, and finds that so rapidly has this enterprise developed through the increasing interest of the fanners in dairying that a Borden of ficial recently said : ‘This is the best beginning we have ever made at any plant we ever built.’ And the Bor den company operates thirty-three such plants in the United States and three in Canada. “Before deciding on the establish ment of this plant, the Borden com pany experimented with the milk of the Starkville area, and in 1023 had a carload of the milk from 100 dairies in the county shipped to its con densing plant in Dixon, 111. There it was processed and put into mer cantable shape and shipped to job bers throughuot the country to test its keeping qualities. The milk Rtood every teat and the company decided to establish its first southern plant at Starkville. “For the month of April, 1026, the Borden company, at its Starkville plant paid out $25,520 to the dairy men of the section, one dairyman re ceiving $450 for 18,631 pounds of milk, the smallest contributors deliv ering from 15 to 20 pounds of milk a day. The milk is paid for on the basis of its butter fat content, the average price paid being $235 for each 100 pounds. The butter fat test ranged from 3 to 6 per cent. “Another milk contributor received $136 in April for the milk from six cows, his feed bill being S4B and his boys, who ifttend school, doing the milking. Another farmer received a check for $331.06 after $17.21 had been deducted for the delivery truck, and his net profit was S2OO for the month. A family of negro ' tenants on a dairy farm milked 30 cows in April and after the feed bill and oth er , expenses had been deducted, the net returns for the division between the farm owner and his tenants were $257 or I'.ie month. y " “The total receipts for April, says the report, were 1,082,563 pounds and the gross returns were $25,526; to tal receipts for May were 1,959,710 pounds and the gross returns esti mated at $45,000. 'JTO “In spite of some pessimistic prophecies that the Borden plant ‘would put the co-operative creathefy of the agricultural and mechantcgl college out of business', receipts ,of butter fat at the creumery were 6,00 pounds larger in April, 1026, „thi« in April, 1025, the report salVyjjMl co-operative creamery on May 15tb paid ita patrons $22,000 for April de liveries which with the $25,520 paid I bjr the Borden plant, made a total of ] 1547,520 paid to the milk producer* GIIRIR BELIEVED TO W EITILLV WOUNDED MELLETT Thepry Strengthened at Conference of Officials Who Would Solve Mys tery of Editor’s Death. QREEK IS HELD IN THE MYSTERY He Resides lb Pittsburgh * But Has Confessed He Was Near Editor’s Home When He Was Killed. Cnnton. 0.. July. 20. — Os) —Theo- ries that Pittsburgh gunmen killed Don R. Mellett. Canton publisher. Were Strengthened— at a conference today between Lieut. Peter Conners of the PittKbnqfc' bomii de squad, and Ora Slater, Cincinnati detective ('in ducting the iuvestigdtion for Sharp County:- After the conference which began shortly after midnight, Conners fled back to Pittsburgh to fight habeas corpus proceejUngs brought by George Psialias the “Greek” held in Pitts burgh ih the investigation of the mur der. En route to Cianton. Conners stop ped at Warren to check phases of an alibi offered by Psilias, concerning bis movements Thursday night and Fri day morning. Mellett was killed shortly after midn’ght Friday. ' Psilias, Conners said, hthnitted reg istering in a Watren hotel shortly af midnight. Conhers said it was liis opinion that a hotel clerk had signed the register for Psilias, and that this and other angles wCre at vac* a nee with the suspect’s story. g? IMMORALITY CHARGES AGAINST A PHYSICIAN Dr. R. S. Carroll, of ABmville, Being Investigated by State Medical Board. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raieigh, July 20. —Hearing of charges against Dr. Robert S. Car roll, of Asheville, before the State medical board with regard to alleged immoral practices involving patients ia lhlK sanitorium in Afeeville, Was continuing today with indications that it might be late in the evening before it would be completed, if then. The hearing, which began yesterday in the Sir Walter Hotel here, has been con ducted behind closed doors and with an air of utmost secrecy surrounding it. No one connected with fee hearing will comment in any way upon it. However, the fact that it may have more significance than those involved in it would like to admit is shown by the fact that Attorney General Dennis G. Briimmitt has been in constant at tendance. Some are . inclined to see in this fact the possibility of the State taking legal action after the medical board has, investigated tbe case. Still anofeer interesting factor is the presence of Mrs. Kate Burr John son., who has just come of victorious in' defeat in connection with the uni timely deufise of the women in indus try survey, at ail the “secret” sessions of the hearing. Reports are current that the stories of the goings-on at Dr. Carroll’s sanitarium were first re-" lated by women patients to. Mrs. John son, who made some ..investigations and aft a result brought on fee pres ent hearing. Several of these wom en patients are present and hav* been testifying at the hearing. Just what the nature of their testimony b'as been cannot be learned, but it has been in timated that some of it has been very interesting, dealing with some of Dr. Carroll’s methods.of treating nurotic disorders. • Among those in attendance at fee hearing - are Dr. William N. Jones, Greensboro, chairmah; Dr. L, N. Gleen, Gastonia ; Dr. Julius C. Mar tin, Asheville: Dr. L. A. Crowell, Lincolnton; Mrs. R; S. Carroll and Mrs. Edith Lyle; of AsheviHe. With Our Advertisers You will miss something rich and also some bargains if yon fail fb read Patt Covington's ads. , Read what Wyatt Moose has to say about the famous Goodyear tires in a big five-column ad. on the third page of Thd Tribune today. Have a look at the Whippet, the new ear, at the Corl Motor Co. this week. . Why not give your wife a vacuum cleaner, and save her. lots of work. See new ad. today of W. J. Hethcox. The Wednesday ut.8:30 p. m. menu at the Concord and Kannapolis Ghs Co. will be roast beef, vegetables and dessert. The whole meal will be cooked in a gtyi oven. Go and take a friend. Sudan grass as n late forage crop has been p anted b.v many North Carolina farmers during July. t bf the section in one month. iJ- “The dairy cow gives back to the soil $lO of the cost of her feed each L ypar and the profits to the producers .are,thus indirectly increased." Attention is called to the fact that I the majority of the employes of the [Borden plaftt are natives of the coun ity which it is located. | . Carolina farmers -can make I the dairy , cow as valuable to them a* the farmers of Mississippi hate; I done," says Governor McLean. 1 .... ;.i , FEUMIIITi.P''' WISHINGTON: NAME simam ; Had Been Commissioner i of District of Columbia But the President Asked Him to Resign. CRITICISED BY MANY PERSONS i Who Did Not Like Manner in Which He Handled Affairs as Guardian of World War Veterans. Pin! Smith’s, X. Y., July 20.—0 P) —Commissioner Penning, of the Dis trict of Columbia, lias resigned. The resignation, it was announced at the executive offices today, was placed in the hands of Attorney Gen eral Sargent by request of President Coolidfce, -before Mr. Coolidge left Washington. The commissioner, who was under tire in Congress at the recent session, ! because of his conduct of war veter ' ans guardianship cases, however, was requested to remain at his post long enough to dispose of some incidental j matters with which foe was familiar. It now is expected that the-resig i nation will become effective in a few < days, and that a successor then will - be appointed. ! The commissioners of the district are appointed by the President, sub - jeet to confirmation by the Senate, - and are to administer the affairs of ) Washington. Criticism of Mr. Fen l sing centered about his conduct ns f guardian of a large number of veter- E ans consigned to insane asylums. 11, 1 i FARMERS’ CONVENTION . TO BE HELD AT RALEIGH Excellent Program Arranged—Meet ing to Begin July 27th. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, July 20.—With a program said to be the - best arranged and strongest in recent years, the State farmers convention to be held at the North Carolina College July 27, 28 and 29 will attract many tbouaMids of the leading- progressive farm men and women of the state. From fi;39 in the early morning until 9:30 at night there will be matters of in terest to attract and hold the atten tion of the These visitors who have rooms on the campus will rise at 6:80'; breakfast will be served at 7 o'clock and from 7:30 until 9 o'clock the various exhibits, barns and shops will be open for inspection. Promptly at 9 the program for .the m*n Will begin in Pullen Hail and for ‘the women in the auditorium of the college Y. M. C. A. From 1 until 2 is the dinner hour and thig is followed by sectional meet ings where the men and women gather to hear lectures in agrononly, soils, fertilizers, dairying, fruit, poultry or whatever phase of farm and home management in which they may be interested. From 4 until 6 o’clock visits may be made to points of in terest or through the exhibits without missing any part of the program. Supper will be served at 6. At 6:30 there will be music ou the campus, , followed by community singing in Pullen Hall and this followed by the general speaking program for both men and women. On the first day, July 27th, the ] time will be spent up until 11 o’clock in registering the guests and assign ing them to rooms. At 11 the con vention will be called to order in , Pullen Hall. Greetings will be ex- , tended the visitors by Dr. K. C. j Brooks, president of State College, , and W.-A. Graham, commissioner of ] agriculture. Dr. S. N. Crocker, of ; Statonsburg, president of the eoiiven* tion, and Mrs. T. N. Dickens, of i Louisbury, president of the Federa tion of Home Demonstration Clubs, will then deliver their formal ad dresses. At 12 o’clock Josephus Daniels will deliver an address on ’‘Some Statewide Farm Problems.” Immediately following the llmeheon hour, there Will be a horse shoe pitch ing contest between Dean I; O. Schaub and Dr. It. Y. Winters, representing the school of agriculture, and Dr. S. 11. Crocker and R. W. Scott, of Haw River, representing thtr farmers. The afternoon will be devoted to sectional meetings. • ‘ ‘ Wednesday morning Dr. A. J, Glov er, editor of Hoard’s Dfajryman, and Dr. A, T. Adieu, state superintendent of public instruction, will' deliver the two feature addresses for the men. ,Dr. Allen will speak oh"'“Our Rural School Problems and Their Solution,” while Dr. Glover will speak on ‘‘Dairy ingas a Supplement to a'Cash Crop,” R. I«. Shu ford, of Catawba county, will lead toe discuSsioii oh dairying. Over I*ooo . persons from Franklin county expect to be present at the convention on Wednesday and will take one half hour of the morning ses sion, to put on a special program. This will be followed by the hog call ing contest for which a fire prize of $25 has been offered. Following the sectional meetings of the afternobn will be the dedication of Polk Hall, the new animal hus bandry building. > R. N. Page of the' boanj of tnistees will present the building which will be accepted by Dr. E. C. Brooks, president of the col lage. Dr. A. J. G’.over will make ,^^ ic Dean I. ■ v* Ira -THE TWINE J TODAY'S NEWS TODAYS ■' ■ ■■ ■ ■— 41 no. ijm CHARACTER ! CRANFORD HEAR® All of, Them Testifies * the Good Character of Man Charged With Mur! der of Two Negroes. I STATE OFFERED MUCH EVIDENCE Is Indicated That Defeuggi Will Consume M a bj| Days With Cranford to Testify. -- -. IMS Albemarle. July 20.— UP) —Severity . additional character witnesses were J placed on the stand this morning ag , I tlie open {fig of court, and testified to i the good character of Nevin C. Cralt-,1 . ford, on trial for the alleged murder • : in connection with the deaths of two convicts. No indications as to when the dAI • fendunt will take the stand for , made. , /~3 O. G. Bruton, of Mt. Gileaed, .tas|| i th p jury that Sam Thompson, pri*Mjjy ; er, had denied tales of harsh treact-« | menet at the hands of Cranford' [w! conversation with him. Thompson lias testified that he wggg beaten by Cranford. Vic L. Shackle, of Mt. Gilead, i|| enntraetor, testified that Thompson told him he had received better' treat ment than he expected, and that- Cranford had never struck him. IBS Witnesses Tell About Cruelties. Albemarle. July 19. —After intrQc during about a dozen witnesses this morning, ail of whom told officeAl; stories regarding cruelties on theMsEl of N. C. Cranford, on trial here mM the mnrder of two convicts oh the sH|| of August. 1918, the State rested it*; case at 2 :55 o'clock this aftenoon. Ifi The defense at once went to tfeel bat. The first witness offered by that! defense was Ex-Sheriff G. D. Blalock, of Norwood. The defense proposal to use the ex-sheriff as a charact|l| witness for Cranford. The State oS@| jected. and some time was. taken «w| in argument as to the legality of evi-| deuce as to Cranford's character, uufl til he should be placed on the jwitne**-- stand. Judge Finley ruled that sine*[| Orenfen&>. character had tacked during the trial, ill the manner in which it has, he should have a] right to offer evidence directly’' in be-, half of his character. Mop of tb*, witnesses, a dozen or more, dßreed'-MB the defendant, were men who teeti-C tied to Pue good character of defend- . ant. A large number of the leadiaii men of the town and county went on the witness stand and testified* YM|h the character of the chain gang bom ’ was good. Among the last witnesses offered | by the defendant this aFteniooh w** Dr. C. I. Miller, an Albemarle IhH tist, who testified to the good charae*f ter of Cranford and also testified that ? the feet’ll alleged to have been found in a lonely grave where said ? he and Cranford buried Quincy Leake* ’ a convict, were, in his opinion, dog. teeth. He stated that he was sgtia*; fied they were not human teeth, 'tpigl he could determine, even though the teeth were in somew'lint of a decayed] condition. y Hi YOUTH DROWNS TRYING TO SAVE HIS FRIEND Lee Bumgardner, 14, Drowns iM Catawba River Trying to Rescue; Allen Campbell. . Charlotte, July 19.—Lee Bumgafd-., ner, 14, lost his life apparently ip an ineffectual attempt to save hie com panion. Allen Cnmpbell, 16, jMSH drowning in the Catawba river here today. Both youths lived ;ljf| Moores ville. Tlje fathers of the boys went up the river to ffish and when they .MM turned their sons had disappeared,* After several hours had been spent in diving Afnto the river the bodieas; were located. Finger impressions were found ottis Campbell’s throat and it was thought 1 that Bumgardner attempted to save > his companion from drowning and lost his own life as a result. ‘ The choice of 1). J. Haylon, the: Pittsfield editor, as president of th&' Eastern League, adds another to the' list of newspaper men who have be-.? come prominent as baseball executives, Mr. Haylon has already had several! years’ experience as treasurer of the'] league. The stingiest person I know la'®’ man who leaves his umbrella at home, when it rains, for -fear it would get wet. i i tell something of the' services tq tkel agriculture of the state of Cal. L. L.: Polk, for whom the building iH:h»nt4§|| , The evening hour will be fegMHH By an address by Dr. A. M. Soajty president of the Georgia State lege of Agriculture. This followed by a social hour in lego gymnasium. . jl Thursday the convention will ejtgi with a discussion of state-wide fan*-; ing problems as presented by tees appointed earlier in the JfiflH Immediately following the eiecMWjH officers for the next year -lie meet ing will adjourn, < - . . |IJ - Generally fair tonight and Wednes-