ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
Eight Known To Have
Perished In Florida In
Hurricane This Week
These Persons Were Re
ported Killed in Nassau
Where the Storm Struck
, on Monday.
CHARLESTON IS
NOT DAMAGED
Storm Was Not as Severe
There as It Was When
It Hit Along l the Coast
of Florida. I
>liamf, Fla., July 29.—OP)—Eight:
persons are known to have been killed
by the tropical hurricane tint .struck
Nassau Monday, according to the first,
direct report on storm fatalities re
ceiver! by the Miami Daily News to
day from Captain McDonald‘of the
steamship Munumar. The message
was received by the Tropical Radio
Telegraph Company from the Munu
nmr, lying at anchor off Nassnu.
I’roperty damage in Nassau alone
will reach $4,000,000 or $5,000,000,
Captain McDonald estimated.
No report has been received from
tlie outlying islands, his message
adds.
Many lost in Storm a* Sea.
Santo Dominieo, Dominican Repub
lic, July 2!).— tP) —Many passengers
were lost when the schooners Fran
ciiny. Peaceful and Macoris, bound
for the Windward Islands, were sunk
off Sonna Island in a storm. Fifty
four bodies have been washed ashore
at Sauna.
Little Damage in Charleston.
Charleston, S. C„ July 29.—OP)—
Reports reaching here early today in
dicated that the West Indian hurri
cane which for the past, two days i
has been sweeping the Florida, Geor
gia and South Carolina coasts has
caused but slight damage in the Char- '
leston area.
The wind last night reached a ve
locity of 54 miles an hour, at its peak. '
Vessels Put to Sen.
Charleston, S. C„ July 29.—OP)— '
Charleston harbor was back to nor
mal today and vessels which had
withdrawn for saffty fe&ppenred on ,
the water fronts. The steamship 1
Naney Weems of the Baltimore ft"'
CarolinaAjnc. which had been held '
np strifffPuesJkj’J 1 phr"fo sfitTiStf .
<l# Morning, bound for Miami, ana
Is was expected that the S. S. Over
stone and S. S. Tullochmoor, two coni
vessels would put to sea during the
day. I
The Clyde Line Mohawk arrived
safely in port early in the morning. 1
No distress calls from vessels at sea
were repovted by the naval radio sta- 1
tion here. •
• i
Five Inch Rain at Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., July 29.—OP)— ,
High sea winds and wind of increas
ing intensity along the Georgia coast 1
early today presaged the advent of .
the tropical hurricane which thunder- ,
ing up the Florida east coast since t
Monday has left damage and destruc
tion to shipping, property, communi- ,
cation liups and crops which may run (
into millions of dollars.
Weather bureau reports late last ,
night placed the storm center near ,
the Georgia coast about 50 miles
north of Jacksonville, Fla.
A lull in the wind, the usual indi- j
cation of approaching storm, was re
ported at many points along the
Georgia coast early today.
Heavy seas, rolling in on the high- ,
est tide of several years, pounded at j
the sea islands along the lower Geor
gia and upper Florida coast line.
At Brunswick, Ga., a wind velocity i
of 40 miles an hour, accompanied by
driving rain, was reported.
Sudden squalls and torrential rains
deluged Savannah with 5 inches of
rain last n : ght. The encampment of
the 121st Georgia Infantry was mov
ed from Tybee Island to Port Screven
when rain flooded the island encamp
ment.
Trees were uprooted on St. Simons
Island, and the foundations of several
cottages were wrecked. The Island
wns visited early yesterday by a mes
senger who awakened the resort visit
ors and informed them that a hurri
cane was to reach the island within a
short time. Hundreds of persons,
many thinly clad, followed him back
to Brunswick.
Storm warnings have been broad
cast as far north aa Charleston, S. C.,
and islands along the coast were de
serted by inhabitants when a storm
bell tolled a warning to seaside resi
dents. Trolley car service was se
riously hindered in Charleston by the
floods which lxmred into the streets.
Meanwhile Florida took toll of the
dstruction caused by the three-day
ravages of the hurricane.
Tornado Near Orangeshurg.
Orangeburg, S. C., July 29. —(A*) —
A tornado in the section between
Neeses and North in this county yes
terday afternoon is reported to have
done much damage to property. John
Neese was injured in the collapse of
n building. One church and sev
eral buildings are reported blown
down. Many trees were uprooted.
Hurricane Moving Northward. ,
Jacksonville, July 28. —The West
Indian hurricane that hat raged along
the coast of Florida since Monday,
passed off the coast near Jacksonville
late today and advanced toward Geor
gia. It was expected to strike the
coast near the Georgia line. The
.Jacksonville weather bureau said the
city was ont of the storm area aa the
wind bad veered and the storm cen
ter had passed to the north and east.
The storm took only two lives as
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
it passed up the Florida coast, but
it caused property damage estimated
.in the millions. Palm Beach’s loss
• was estimated at $1,000,000, that of
Stuart, Fla., at $250,000 and Miami's
nt SIOO,OOO in addition t« damave to
shipping, telegraph and telephone
wires and crops at scores of places.
Reports of damage where the storm
had passed came in as crirmled wir' l
facilities slowly were restored. A
message from Nassau via Miami fix
ed the damage there at $5,000,000.
The hurricane hit Nassau after it
came up out .of the Carribean Sea
I and before touching the lower Flori
! da east coast.
A message received by the Munson
line in New York from the steamer
Munamar at Nassau, said that place
. was wrecked by the hurricane.
| Miami's damage was principally to
the avocado pear crop. Palm Beach
suffered heaviest in the loss of more
than a score of yachts and siiiali
, craft which went down when a pier
gave way. Fashionable resorts and
hotels were flooded by water blown
from Lake Worth.
Dayton Beach experienced damage
to light and power lines, disrupted
telephone service, uprooted tews,
wnshed out highways, wrecked beach
concessions and damnged small pleas
ure craft. After a night without
lights the power service was restored
today.
A ruin running vessel was reported
ashore several miles north of Or
mond.
One man was killed in Sanford
when a tree crashed into the bunk
house and crushed the cot on which
he was lying.
Warning to Seek Cover
North of the storm and in its path,
warnings were issued to persons and
vessels to get to places of safety.
Brunswick, Ga„ sent a messenger to
St. Mison's Island and the visitors and
residents there rushed into the city
by every available means.
The Georgia national guard en
camped for summer maneuvers on Ty
bee Island near Savannah, was or
dered into barracks at Fort Screven,
when its camp was flooded by the ad
vance rainfall.
The North Carolina national guard,
in camp at Fort Mopltrie on Sulli
•mt* Island, opposite Charleston, 8.
C.. was ordered into barracks.
” Cbarh*i»- Warned ih>Brby ' 'Wands
Mul summer resorts by tolling fire
bells and displaying hurricane sig
nals at the customs house.
Women and children were brought
from the summer resort nt Tybee
Island to Savannah on a special
train.
Brunswick warned ships to seek
safety by means of rockets. No re
ports have been received yet from
the motor boat Zuleta with 25 per
sons aboard, which left Miami Sun
day for Bimini in the Bahamas.
Charleston reported late today that
the barometer reading was 29.85 wind
velocity, 38 miles. Rain wns falling
and there was an unusually high
tide.
Savannah's barometer at the same
time was 29.70 with a wind velocity
of about 36 miles an hour, and Bruns
wick's barometer was 29.44, with
wind velocity of 25 miles. The tide
was running high all along the Geor
gia coast.
Tampa said the west coast of Flor
ida experienced only slight damage,
but reports from scattered points
along the Gulf of Mexico and as far
inland as Lakeland, Orlando, Arcadia
and the south central part of the
state indicated that winds had dis
rupted wire services.
A heavy rainfall was reported from
Titusville, on the east coast.
Wire companies sent repair gangs
into the storm areas as soon as
storms permitted and -while crippled
facilities continued, the companies
were hopeful of restoring communi
cation to isolnted points before many
hours.-
MUCH NEEDED RAINS IN
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Fanners and Manufacturers Alike
Are Expressing Relief.
Marion. N. C„ July 29.—OP)—
Western North Carolina this week
has had one of the most beneficial
rains from the standpoint of time
liness, in a generation.
Farmers and manufacturers alike
are expressing relief. The Streams
had been low, threatening both the
water supply for power purposes and
that for water system. The crops
were in serious shape and farmers
saw ahead of them, hard times un
less the rain came.
The two months drought has been
broken, streams are filling up and
crops are reviving.
“It is safe to say that this is the
most needed rain within the memory
of our' oldest citizens,” declared J.
W. Pleas, prominent attorney here
today.
“The recent drought extended
throughout the mountain country and
the laat few days of it were marked
by the highest temperatures ever re
corded in the higher altitudes of
North Caroina.”
Cawrt Martial For Coast Guardsmen.
Washington, July 29— OP)— Court
■ martial of twelve enlisted coast
guardsmen, and one non-comm!asion
- officer, on charges of misconduct,
i was ordered today by Capt. D. F. A.
i DeOtte, acting commander of the
■ guard. The order was an outcome
• of an investigation of charges of rum
running by guardsmen along the New
1 1 Jersey coast.
ns. EDM HILL
cm THE
DEITH OF KUSBIND
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1 Was Arrested Late Last
r Night For Alleged Part
; , in Murder Committed 4
i Years Ago.
TWO DEATHS ARE
CHARGED TO HER
Is Also Accused of Killing
Mrs. Eleanor Mills, the
Singer in Her Husband’s
Choir.
Somerville, N. J., July 29.—OP)—
Mrs. Edward Wheeler Hall, widow of
, the slam rector of St. Johns Episco
pal Church in New Brunswick, was'
ill the county jail today held without
bail, accused of the murder four years,
ago of her husband, and Mrs. Eleanor
Mills, wife of the church sexton, and
singer in the choir.
Mrs. Hall was arrested late last
night at her home. She .silent most
of the night in a reception room on
the first floor in the rear of the jail.
Mrs. Edward Carpenter, her cousin
and Russell E. Watson, attorney,
were witli her. Mrs. Hall sat quiet
ly, but Mrs. Cnrpcnter paced the jail
corridor nervously most of the night.
Mrs. Hall! had gone to bed when
Capt. J. J. liamb of the state police
arrived with three Jersey City officers
to arrest her on warrants sworn out
by Prosecutor Francis Bergen, of Som
set County.
Mrs. Hall dressed and came down
stairs and asked to see the warrants.
After reading them she asked to be
allowed to telephone her attorney, and
permission was granted. She remain
ed at the house with the officers until
the arrival of Watson. She was then
taken to the jail.
Mrs. Hall branded her arrest as
“ridiculous.” but would say nothing
more. Her cousin and attorney refus
ed to talk. Nothing was forthcoming
from the authorities to explain what
new evidence in the mystery had
brought about the arrest.
GREAT INCREASE IN OUR
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
Hherv Hhve S£"~ 4$
Months 199 Projects In 76 Coun
ties.
Raleigh, July 29.—CP)—Dollars
have been turned into school build
ings since the last general assembly
and the result is a great increase in
educational facilities in 76 couuties
of the state.
Tile 1925 general assembly author
ized the tiiird special school building
fund of $5,000,000. During the 18
months which have passed since the
legislature adjourned, there have been
started 190 projects in 76 counties.
A majority of these buildings have
been completed nnd Superintendent
of Public Instruction A.T. Allen
hopes by the 1927 general assembly
that all will be completed and tilled
wit's school children.
“I hope.’” says Mr. Allen, “that
the fund will be in school houses with
children in them by the time of the
next general assembly, and I-know
95 per cent, of them will.”
Expelling why only 76 counties
shared in the distribution of the fund,
Mr. Allen states that either they did
not apply, could not at the present
time stand the extra debt or had
made other arrangements. In some
counties also, the county commission
ers did not approve the terms upon
which the State would advance the
funds.
The money is advanced to the coun
ties for a period of twenty years by
the State and the county is required
to pay the interest on carrying t’.ie
loan. Some of the richer counties
are able to handle their building prob
lems without the State aid and this
is particularly true of the counties
having greater sources of revenue.
WHIi Our Advertisers.
Read the new tire ad. of the Yorke
& Wadsworth Co. and sec the big
values offered.
See list of grocery specials at the
Parks-Belk Co.’s. Fresh peaches right
from the orchards is one of the spec
ials.
The Bell & Harris Furniture Co.
offers you its services in planning the
furniture and furnislrngs for your
new home. This store has just added
many new suites, splendidly designed,
to its stock.
New models of Frigidaires from
$l9O up. See new ad. today.
See the picture nnd description of
an attractive two-story house in the
new ad. today of F. C. Nibloek.
Only four days left of the July
Clearance Sole .at the Parks-Belk
Co.’s. These will be made the banner
days of the sale.
Beginning Saturday, all hats at
Robinson’s must go—slß.so hats for
j $1.50. See ad.
1 Drunken Driver Gets Long- Jail Term.
New York, July 28.—A sentence of
six months to three years today was
imposed upon the first drunken auto
mobile driver to be tried under the
section of a new State law which
takes out of traffic courts the trials
of second offenders.
Lionel Webber, thd man sentenced,
had served five days in November for
driving his truck while Intoxicated.
It was testified that in the recent
caße he had endangered the lives of
school children by reckless driving.
Judge Mclntyre branded Wegber a
“potential assassin.”
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CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1926
{GOTH FACTIONS IN
' MEXICO PREPARING
I; FOR BIITEA FIGHT
I I
' As Result of New Relig
ious Regulations Which
Will Go Into Effect Sat
urday Night.
SOME SUPPORT 1
FOR president !
> The Labor Body, Senators
and Other Organizations!
Are Backing the Gov*|
emment’s Program.
Mexico City. July 29.—(A>)—Sharp j
alignments are being formed between
' the factions supporting and opposin'
the Mexican government’s religious
regulations which go into effect Sat
urday at midnight.
The regional confederation of la
bor, prominent labor body in Mexi
co, and deputies of the labor and so
cialist parties, groups of senators ami
various organizations of federal em
ployees have issued manifestos de
claring 'their support of President
Cades’ program and ordering parades
and demonstrations Sunday.
The church authorities refuse to
snnctlon counter demonstrations of
the Catholics, but the plans of the
league for defense of religious liberty
for an economy boycott are believed
to be continuing. After the arrest
of three successive sets of directors,
however, the present mnnngement is
proceeding most cautiously nnd giv
ing little outward evidence of its ac
tivities.
Meanwhile the Catholics are mak
ing the most of the church ceremoni
als while they may. for the priests are
to be withdrawn from the churches
Sunday by order of the Episcopate,
in protest against the government’s
regulations.
GENERAL FUND NOTES
State Will Soon Pay Out Approxi
mately $400,000 as First. Annual
Payment.
Raleigh. July 29.— (A 1 ) —Within the
next few days the State of North
Carolina will pay out approximately
$400,000 as the first annual payment
<***•; ttlC general fund notes issued.
year ago lo care for all outstanding! ,
obligations when the State went on h
“cash" system of accounting.
The general assembly of 1925 voted
to adopt the executive budget system
which provided for paying off all out
standing obligations at the close of
the fiscal year on June 30, 1925. this
being one of the measures of the fis
cal scheme of Governor McLean. The
amount of bonds issued to care for
these obligations was $9,438,000 nnd
under the measure adopted by the
general assembly $400,000 was to be
paid from the general fund each year
until the bonds were discharged.
Slightly more than that figure will be
paid this year and file remaining
amount will be about $9,000,000. The
budgetary plan of the State now pro
vides that from current revenues each
fiscal year, this amount shall be paid.
The money wns set nside at the
close of the past fiscal year on July
1. '1926, to pay the installment due.
However, it was necessary that the
deal be consummated in New York
City where the bonds were sold and
the parties fliere holding the bonds
were notified early this month that
the State was ready to pay off the
installment. The transaction will be
completed ns soon as the papers are
in shape and the cancelled obliga
tions received from New York.
Not Part of the “McLean Economy.”
Tribune Rureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Rateigh, July 29.—Economy in gov
ernment is all right, but when the
electricity is turned off from the door
bells at the governor’s mansion, it is
carrying it a bit too far.
This was what newspapermen
thought this morning when they stood
upon the porch of the executive man
sion for some ten minutes, taking
turns in pushing the door bell, be
fore Governor McLean finally saw
them, and explained that the door
bell was temporarily out of commis
sion . He denied that it was part
of tlie “McLean economy” program
nnd stated that part of the recent sur
plus would be immediately expended
in putting the door bells in order.
He was assured that the gentle
men of the press would be most ap
preciative.
Cannot Abolish Police Force.
Warren, O, July 29.—C P) —Judge
0. M. Wilkins today granted a tem
porary injunction restraining the city
council from abolishing its police
force.
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Dr. John Roach Straton and Dr. Norris, old co-workers in revivalist
meetings, where photographed together in flying togs nt a Texas flying field
' before going up in a plane. Dr. Norris is charged yv'th shooting I). E.
Shipps, millionaire Texas lumber broker, who was killed in church.
THE COTTON MARKET
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Opened Steady 1 Point Lower to 1
Point Higher.—October Off to 17.78.
New York. July 29.—(A s ) —The cot
ton market was somewhat irregular
early today. It opened steady, one
point lower to one point higher, nnd
after displaying temporary strength
due to rumors of an impending bul
lish crop report by one of the lend
ing local and southern houses, during)
which prices rose 6 to 8 points, above i
t'ie previous close, reacted sharply, j
Selling by local interests based on j
the clear, warm weather in the south
west and lesK apprehensions over the
tropical storm weakened the market
12 to 16 points under the top, Oc
tober failing to 17.78 and January to
17.80. representing 3 to 7 points net
loss by the end of the first hour, j
Cotton futures opened steady. Oct.
17.85 ; Dec. 17.75: Jan. 17.85; March
18.05; May 18.15.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Brown are
moving today into the E. 11. Brown
house on South Union street.
Under No Obligation To
Pay Reconstruction Bonds
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 29.—North Carolina
is under no moral obligation to pay
the so-called “Reconstruction Bonds"
passed by the carpet baggers legisla
ture immediately following the Civil .
War. nnd those in England who nre
clamoring for payment of these bonds,
have nothing upon which to base
their claims, according to n state
ment which has been issued by Gov
ernor McLean as the result of this
talk.
“The situation in England and
'France today, the unfriendly atti
tude that has grown up towards tlie
United States, is most serious, and
I am unable to see where it is lend*
ing. At any rate, it will take gen
erations to overcome it. The atti
tude shown by t'.iese nations, howev
er, is an outstanding example of hu
man nature, when it gets in a tight
place financially and is nimble to pay
its debts,” Governor McLean said.
“It has been my experience that
i when n man is unable to pay a debtor
what he owes, ho always gets mad
jat him and tries to discredit him.
• But when he is able to pay, and does
so, the man he borrowed from is 'pis
■ friend nnd benefactor,
v “Now France and England are ex
, h'biting the traits of the man who
: can’t pay and won’t, with the result
: Hint they are trying to discredit the
- United States ns the result of their
I personal feelings.
f “This feeling has given rise to tije
E ta’k t'.mt the bonds isssuefi by the
: southern states during the reeon-
E structiqn period should be validated
E ami paid, ns an offset in the redue
E tion of the British debt. Press
E statements say that British subjects!
• hold upwards of $12,800,000 of these
E so-cal’ed bonds of North Carolina
E alone.”
E The bonds referred to are the old
E special tax bonds Which purport tc
E have been isssued by tlie reconstruc'
> lion legislature composed of carpej
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NEW’ BALE OF COTTON
...AT 80 CENTS POISPD
Spirited Bidding on Floor of New
York Exchange for First South At
lantic Bale.
New York, July 28.—Spirited bid
ding on the floor of the New York
cotton exchange after the close of
trading today featured -the auction of
the first bale of the South Atlantic
| new crop cotton, which was knocked
i down to Paul Fflieger for 80 cents a
! pound, or S4OO. Bidding started nt
]SO cents a pound and rapidly ad
vanced. The proceeds of today’s
sale will be given to New Y’ork City
charities and t'.ie bale will be shipped
to Liverpool where it will be re-auc
tioned for charity. The eotton was
grown on the plantation of J. C.'
Getzen, of Webster, Fla.
Charlotte lost the third straight
game to Greenville yesterday, Wileey
Moore winning from Everett Beasley
1 to 0. Knoxville again defeated
Asheville, giving Greenville a ten
game lead in the pennant race.
baggers who were at that time qunr-1
tcved upon the people of the State
and who were helpless and under the )
control of federal troops.
There is absolutely no legal or mor
al obligation on the part of the State
of North Carolina to validate these
bonds, the governor said in further
discussing the nmtter. and t'.iis lias
been made plain every time the op
portunity has been presented. While I
he does not believe there is any moral |
obligation resting anywhere for the
payment of these old special tax
bonds, because the circumstances un
der which they purport to have been
issued, made them void from the be
ginning. yet if any obligation does
exist, it does not rest upon t’lie State
of North Carolina, the governor said.
The present crisis in French finan
cial circles is due to the refusal of
the French government to admit the
existence of the French debt to the
United States and the failure to in
clude it in its budget. Hence when
a settlement was finally made, it had
to be shown on the books and in t'.ie
budget, with the result that the budg
et failed to balance and the franc
tumbled to its present status.
“The whole trouble resulted from
the French trying to dodge a deficit
which existed, but which they tried
not to admit existed, T'.iis eourse
was fatal, for a deficit always has to
he recokenod with. Great Britain,
on the other hand, admitted its debt
from the beginning, and despite the
‘errifie financial burden the British
1 are carrying, they arc making more
1 progress toward a solution of their
' financial problems than any other na
tion in Europe,” the governor'added,
i Cancellation of foreign debts by
1 rhe United States would really be of
1 more economic value to the country
1 Aan collection of these debts, the
governor believes, but says this course
is not practical because of a number
ft other considerations. All of the
lebts have been sealed down greatly,
however, which amounts to partial
, cancellation.
ROBBERS GET iCD
[ISO 111 Mil!
HOLD OP OH
Said to Have Taken $65,-
000 in Cash From Bag-j
gage Master on Balti
more & Maryland Train.!
THREE MEN IN !
PARTY AT TIME
Money Was Thrown From 1
Train and Is Believed to
Have Been Picked Up
Later.
Salisbury. Mass.. July 21).— UP) —
Train robbers obtained $65,000 in 1
cash from the baggage master of a i
Boston & Maine train at the Salisbury 1
Point Station today. The money had 1
been sent by the Federal Reserve Bank
in Boston to the Powow Kiver Nat
ional Bank of Aniesbury.
It was rrjtorted that three young
men appeared in the baggage ear just
before the train stopped at the station
j and forced the buggage man to throw
off the bag containing the money.
| The robbers covered Wm. Jordan,
the baggage man, with pistols and
and three registered mail pouches i
I were thrown off. Police believe an
| automobile was waiting in the heavily
| wooded section that surrounds the 1
tracks at that point. The baggage
man was thrown from the train while I
lit was still moving. He rushed to I
Salisbury to give an alarm.
The robbers pulled the bell cord of 1
the train and before it had stopped ‘
leaped from the car and escaped.
The train carried but three curs, an 1
American Express Co. car on the rear, 1
one passenger coach in which were 10 1
or 12 passengers, and a combination 1
baggage and smoking car. The ban
dits were passengers in the smoking 1
compartment, and made their way
without difficulty through the door in
the partition that separated them
from the baggage section.
Officers of the Federal Reserve
Bank in Boston sa : d It was custom
ary to send a similar sum of money
to Aniesbury every week, and since
the train carries no regular mail car
[the pouches were .sent in the baggage
car. The money was believed to be
for pay roll purposes.
Discharged Prisoners Get Jobs at $175
a Monllh.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. July 20.—1 f you were
making nothing working at the job
you had, how would you like to wake
up next morning and find that you
were getting paid $175 a month for
the same work?
Well, that is the experience of a
number of the members of the State
prison honor road camps, when ns a
result of their good records, they win
paroles from the governor.
Just this week Kenneth McNair
was paroled from a road camp. The
I next morning he was still at the
camp, but not as a prisoner. He
was asked to stay with the camp by
Ziegler Brothers, contractors, who
employ most of the honor camp men
whenever they are released or pa
roled. This one contracting firm has
more than 200 former prisoners in its
employ, most of them men from honor
camps, and they say they are the
best workmen of all. ,
McNair has been acting as assist
ant bookkeeper, so when lie was pa
roled, Ziegler Brothers offered him
the job permanently beginning at
j $175 a month.
I ‘'So it can be seen that it is worth
while for a prisoner to try to make
| the honor grade and become a mem
ber of an honor road camp,'' prison
authorities say.
Big Money Ijooms For Jeff After
Ltnn Years.
Burbank, Cal.. July 21).—( A ') —Jim
Jeffries, after years of finnncinl re-
I verses, seems at last about to come
j into “big money.”
Oil has been found on some of his
property and his friends—many of
• them notables—whom he has enter
i tained lavishly at his ranch, despite
. his lean years, are optimistic that he
i will yet become wealthy.
. The heavyweight crown that Jef
fries wore was only gold plated. He
. did his fighting—hard and often—be
■ fore the days of fat purses. He met
’ life size men with fighting hearts
, but this was too early in the game
to reap riches.
His largest ring purse was the
loser’s end of SIOO,OOO that he got
, for returning to the ring against
Johnson in 1010- His defeat upset
, plans for a world tour that was to
have netted him $300,000. On re-
tirement he bought a case in Los
Angeles but luck still was against
him. He fell back on his ranch.
Friends he had lent large sums
failed him. At one time in his finan
cial straits it looked as though he
would lose everything.
But when things looked the word
he made a deal with real estate peo
ple whereby his land was subdivided
and he realize a profit of a quarter
million.
Recently oil was brought in on
some of the land left him and as it
flows his bank account is expanding
toward the sixth digit.
The Number 8 Township Sunday
School 'Convention will be held at ML
Gilead Lutheran Church. August 13.
A program will appear later.
The least expensive thing aDout
marriage is—the marriage.
THE TRIBUNE
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TODAY’S NEWS 1
NO. 178
imniKES DEBT-1
SPEHHTfW
... cELPED ItOUffl
New Italian Under Seejjjll
tary For Foreign AfTalw
Says Italy Will Sticlf fW
Her Bargain.
SETTLEMENT OF
GREAT BENESH
Says No One Knows Wtflra
Lira Would Be Wjrffl i
If Debts Had Not RgKf
Settled With Ameridt ;
Rome, July 20.— UP) —Italy has not |
the slightest intention of asking
ion of her war debt settlement! wjj@ll|
the I'nited States, even if other
ropean nations do. This declajmflß" j
was made to the Associated I‘rekg
behalf of the Italian governmejjti ralS
day by Iliano Grando, under tiecfHH
tar.v of foreign affairs. -V falllS j
"We are satisfied in every resfoect ■
with tlie settlement,'' Kenor Gtjfitj& 3
said, "and are concerned <>nly't»l|S
meeting the payments which Wt-wM
sure we are competent to do. .■"-’.‘'•J
"We made a bargain and we marl
going to stick to it. particularly sifieSfj
we are convinced that it has had
tremendously beneficial effect oil Ot|g
finances.
"Critics say the settlement MH||
helped the value of the Lira bill (M ,:1
government* answers that it is jprWsr ; j
sible to judge what would liapmh t 8
the Lira if we had not settled i)Hr
debt.”
The government, he said, was
ing forward eagerly to the visit of An- “
drew W. Mellon, the American ifectfejl
tary of the Treasury, who wo toil i
given every possible honor.
Mellon, he added, would meet'.i’jfefc-S
mier Mussolini and Finance MiHHH
Volpi, and “although his visit is 88-
viotisly not for business purposed Jig %
is natural to assume that finance will i
be discussed.”
TO DECIDE MATTER OF , '-Hi
DODGE AUTOMOBILE TAX J
Hearing to Be Held Latter Part •111
This Week or Early Next Week. g|
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Jg
We’eiUft -T,ilv 06
owners of Dodge automobiles' will '(
have to continue to pay s2<j for a I
license plate in North Carolina. Ar..j
whether the cost will revert to $12,900]
which has been the cost in the peeLyl
will probably be decided at a healing,
the latter part of this week or the- ?
first of next. It was learned
following a 'nearing of several- hours' :
duration before R. A. Houghton,
missioner of revenue. Attorney
cral Dennis G. Brummitt and T "itlnfJl
R. Ames, chief engineer. highway cjlß||i
mission. At this hearing repHgjHjifl
tatives of the Dodge Corporatiffk'Mtfl
sented figures and affidavits tent™#; 0
to show that the actual horsepolira||
of the Dodge automobile was not in ’
excess of 24 "horsepower. N 6 deci
sion was given by CommieshpMH]
Dough ton, but a second hearing WHS *
granted for the latter part' of w
week, at which time it was ip'dbSafs’!
Co I a decision would be announc-tnlwj
At this final hearing it is expectedJ
tint Frank Page, chairman! of tb* i
State highway commission, wiu h :
r resent.
The Dodge company was
ed by W. C. Ooughenour, of Snlis-J
bury; H. H. Craig, of the Dod*s|
company in Greensboro, and bj< C. ik'd
Murnrat. Raleigh. At the henti|3jl
Mr. Craig presented sworn affidavits |
from engineers of the Dodge cotpjMraji
covering diplacement measuremetjbjHßfcj
25 Dodge engines taken in the rejfflCi
lar course of production. Os ttMpS
24, twelve were found to be a 'MKjj
hundredths below 24 horsepmvet,
slightly more than 24 horseMraSH
while the balance were enc|t V
horsepower. iSSM
The engineers explained that lt|
was very difficult to get exact]#' tb*|
same diplacement in every cylinder, -
owing to the fact, that as each cylin
der is bored out, file boring tool be
comes slightly worn, with tlie result 0
that each successive cylinder borsj||
is a trifle smaller, though the differ
ence is but a thousandth of an incfel
This may make the horsepower vary
either a trifle more or less than 24,.
The contention was, however, that tJ»"
aim of tlie company is to turn out aQ
24 horsepower motor which KhouMi
require a class E license at sl2.Bw|
, instead of $26. as is now the case,';J|
Four Arrests in Metiett C***, '|l
Youngstown, 0., July 29.
1 Three men, Greeks, are under nrreatu
- here, chief of police Kedgin PowSjti
said today in connection with the
murder of Don R. Mellett, OanUK
publisher. He said they are hcldqH
ly on suspicion for fanton authroM
ties.
A woman, the wife of one of tho!
men, was ulso held.
Doty Appeal Rejected. M
Beirut, Syria, Juty 29. —CdP>— •Wm
appeal of Bennett J. Doty, of
pris, Tenn.. from a sentence of eunH
years’ imprisonment at hard labor tot
desertion from the French foreign Mg
ion today was rejected
by a higher military court.
THE WEATHER .j.
Rain tonight, Friday showblllf
sightly warmer in west 'poriflfl
Fresh possibly strong southeast Sid
south winds. , -.iSM ■Oi