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VOLUME XXVI
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aiCITOO SHIES
Solicitor Don Phillips Says
Former Convict Boss
Will Go on Trial in Sep
tember.
ASSAULTCHARGE
READY FOR HIM
He Will Be Charged in the
v Stably Court With As
sault on Henry Wooten,
Convict.
Raleigh, X. C., July 31—(A3)—Nev
iu I'. Cranford, former convict boss of
Stanly County, acquitted lira week on
« double charge of murder, will be
placed on trial at the September term
of court in Stanly county on a
charge of assault ui>on Henry Wooten,
a c-uiviet.
This statement was made over long
distance today to the Associated Press
by Solicitor Don M. Phillips, at
Rockingham. Mr. Phillips added that
•nauy persons were asking why had
Cranford not been tried for ’other
nets of cruelty which were alleged
during the trial th's week. He an
swered the question with the declara
tion that while the alleged attack upon
Wooten which was in 1025 and the
murder charges wre felonies, the
cruelty charges were misdemeanors
and were barred by the statute of lim
itations.
Came as Surprise.
Albemarle, July 31. —CP)—Surpr : se
was expressed by 11. L. Brown, one
of the defense attorneys in the re
cent trial of X. C. Cranford when told
today thgt Solicitor Phillips intended
to press an assault charge against the
former convict boss. Mr. Brown said
it was the understanding of defense
counsel when Mr. Phillips left Albe
marle that the charge of assault with
a deadly weapon upon Henry Wooten,
- negro, would be dropped.
--C'Ve will be ready, though,” Mr.
Brown declared.
Governor I>iseasses Cranford Case.
Raleigh, July 31—C4*)—Governor
McLean deplores as “one of the most
unfortunate results” of the Cranford
trial “the effort made ijy a few yuppie
in the,sl|ate and by some ncwmupers
outside.of the jstatc to create tie im
convicts as to wholesale killings by' 1
Cranford were not only true but typi
cal of general conditions prevailing
throughout the state under a system
fostered by the state itself.”
Serious damage has been done the
reputation of the state by these ef
forts, declared Me. McLean.
MRS. HALL SAID TO
BE AT HER HOME NOW
Did Not Take Train For New York
as Her Chauffeur Said.
New Brunswick, N. f., July 31.
04 3 )- After a night of simulation as
to the whereabouts of Mrs, Frances
Stevens Hall, reporters were today
told she had not left her home after
returning to it from Somerset- County
jail, from which she was released last
night on bail.
Mrs. Hall was arrested Wednesday
eliarged with four years
ago -of her husband, Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall, pastor of a New 1
Brunswick Church, and Mrs. Eleanor
Mills, a choir singer. Supreme Court
Justice Cummers had set her bail at
$15,000.
Doubt as to Mrs. Hall’s wherea- :
bouts was caused by her chauffeur
saying he had' driven her to the rail
way station where she had entrained
for Naw York. Today he admitted
he had been mistaken, and that the
woman he had driven to the station
was a friend of Mrs. Hall’s.
Sunday Baseball a “Nuisance.”
Harriman, Tenn., July 31 —INS.—
Despite rumors to the effect prevalent
here all week that a fight would be
ih the interest of Sunday bafeeball, no
J test ease of the city's action in declar
ing Sunday baseball a mvsance and
stopping games of amateurs on the
Sabbath, will be made tomorrow.
Last Sunday two teams, represent
ing the Knights of Columbus of Knox
ville and Chattanooga, were playing
' an exhibition game which was stop
ped in the seventh inniug by officers
who raided the baseball park.
The Rev. Father J. E. Campbell,
in charge of the encampment here,
was in charge of the two teams. No
further action was taken other than
to warn the players that Sunday base
ball wns a “public nuisance” and fur
ther attempts to play would result in
arrest and prosecution.
Has New Evidence.
Los Angeles. Julv 31.—04*)—Dis
trict Attorney Asa Keyes announced
today that he handwriting found in a
cottage at Carmel rented by a man
identified as Kenneth G. Ormiaton
by Carmel residents wag so obvious
ly that of Aimee Semple McPher
son, evangelist, that he would submit
it to the grand jury ns evidence in
the McPherson investigation without
any reference to handwriting experts,
Vole of Confidence for Poincare.
Paris, July 31.—OP)—The Poin
care government today got its first
vote of confidence on its financial
measfcres to rehabilitate French fi
nances. The vote was 296 to 178
in favor of the first article raising
the tax on transportation of wine.
Never run after etreet-cars or wo
men. There are more coming behind. I
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The Concord Daily Tribune
Catholics Os Mexico
Are -Without Benefit
; Os Clergy Hereafter
«
PARTIAL INTERDICT INVOKED
i
, Mexican Government Has Determined
s i That Church and State Must Sep
arate.
I Mexico City, July 30.—The dra
matic struggle. betw(g>n the Homan
Catho’ie Church and the Mexican
government enters its crucial phase
tomorrow when the new government
I religious regulations, providing for
J tile enforcement of the constitution
» of 11)17. go into effect.
, I Pres s dent Calles and his govern
ment have at their eomijiand the mil
, itary. administrative and judicial
power of Mexico .and the support of
the confederation of labor.
The church lias called into use
; what hns been described as a “partial
interdict,” a dread measure of the
| faithful, and is supported ,by the na
tional league for defense of religious
liberty.
The government’s stand is tfmt
the church and the state must be kept
separated and that the church must
stay out of politics; the church's
stnnd is that it is being persecuted
by a hostile government which is
threatening religious freedom, and
that it has not meddled in politics.
So far-reaching are the issues in
controversy that Pope Pins hns ap
pealed to the faithful throughout the
world to raise their 'voice in prayer
for their Mexican co-religionists and
will offer their own prayers for his
Mexican flock.
Tiie government regulations in brief
are as follows: i
No foreign ministers of any re- \
ligion may function- in Mexico. ]
Church ownership of property is
forbidden and all such property re
verts to the state.
Religious instruction in school is I
forbidden.
Religious orders such as convents
and monasteries are forbidden.
Priests and ministers are forbid-1
den to participate in politics, or to
hold political meetings.
To criticise the government or erit-1
ieize and oppose the constitution,!
laws or acts of the government, or to •
incite others to do so.
Outdoor religious ceremonials and
the wearing by priests of their re
ligious robes outside of their churches |
or residences are forbidden. '
Periodicals of religious nature are
forbidden to comment upon the gov
prupierit's .tiffs. W to print ip-w* con
earning the actions of the govern
ment.
Punishments mny range from a fine
of 500 pesos, or fifteen days impris
onment, or additional punishment, as'
the court mare'care to impose. Trial
b.v jury is not provided for.
MRS. HALL FREED
IN $15,000 bail!
Faces Charges Involving Slaying of
Her Husband and His Choir Sing
er.
New Brunswick, N. J., July 30.
Quitting her house through a back
entrance, Mrs. Frances Hall, accom
panied by her attorney, Timothy N.
Plieffer, was spirited away tonight to
the Pennsylvania railroad station
here, where she boarded a train for
New York City.
Reporters ami crowds of curious
persons waiting in front of the Hall
home were unaware of her sudden
departure.
Gives Bail.
Somerville, N. J., July 30.—Mrs.
Edward Wheeler Hall, of New Bruns
wick, regained her liberty tonight in
$15,000 bail after having spent forty
hours in Somerset county jail, charged
with the murder four years ago of
her husband, church rector, and his
alleged sweetheart, choir singer in his
chureh.
The 40-year-old aristocratic matron
was arrested last Wednesday night,
after, authorities said, a “mass of
new evidence” pointing to her as the
slnyer of the rector of fashionable
St. John’s Episcopal Chureh, in New
Brunswick, and Mrs. Eleanor R.
Mills, choir singer, had been discov
ered id an investigation ordered by
Governor Moore and State authori
ties.
She was released by order of Chief
Justice Gummere, to whom defense
attorneys appealed today at Point
Pleasant.
South to Experiment With Banana
Crop.
(By International News Service)
New York. July 31.—The Southern
tier of states may lead the world some
day in the production of bananas, ac
cording to Dr. T. J. Harris, agrono
mist, who introduced the first banana
seeds into Florida.
Dr. Harris plant to put his seeds
in Alabama, Georgia, Texas and Mis
sissippi, later invading Tennessee,
Kentucky and South Carolina.
The discovery of the banana seed
by Dr. Harris represents seven years
of agricultural experiments in the
“I only, need a temperate zone
with six months of the year free from
frost in order to plant these seeds
successfully,” Dr. Harris said. “One
acre of bananas yields a greater food
supply than twenty acres of wheat.”
The agriculturist said that with
southern planters having their cot-'
tffil crops ruined by the boll weevil
they might coiivert their lands into
banana plantations. Dr. Sarris said
that hanatta flour is as good as wheat
flout.
Junior arithmetic classes proved
conclusively that little things count.
Toronto is .derived from an Indian
word, meaning a place of meeting.
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i About Ten Million Persons
Affected by New Relig
-1 ious Regulations Which
Are Now Effective.
; SEVERAL WOUNDED
» DURING BATTLES
t . y
[ No Serious Disorders Were
Reported as Government
Agencies Took Over All
l Church Matters.
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’ Mexico City, July 31.—(A 3 )—Ten |
> million or more Catholics throughout]
1 Mexico today were 'without benefit of
8 clergy.
The putting into effect of the gov-1
' eminent's new religious regulation]
was marked by isolated shooting as-j
frays, the stoning of officials, ahd tile !
- turning of fire hose on crowds.
These occurrences started last
' night w'.ien officials began to take
control of treasures and other ar
] tides in chureh buildings, other than
1 the churches themselves.
I Ten persons were wounded, in shoot
-1 ings in the capital.
Attorney General Orelga was
among the officials stoned as they
were closing the annexes of the St.
Catherine s Church, once reputed
among the wealthiest churches of
Mexico, but which has lost the bulk
, of its wealth.
Ivi i in wrnuu,
Disturbances n;so occurred in sev
] eral other sections of the capital.
I Police and firemen were called to dis
perse crowds whirs had clashed with
ithe police guarding churches.
| The priests had been ordered by the
I Episcopate to withdraw from the
churches today ns a protest agninst
11 he regulations. Also effective today
I was nil economic boycott of the na
tional league for defense of religious
I liberty. Catholics arc requested to
J cease spending money oil anything ex
cept absolute necessities, the object
1 being to bring about an economic
1 crisis w’.lich will influence the govern
ment to modify its religious attitude,
j Officials reiterated today that .it
, was the intention of President Calles
' and government officials strictly to
enforce the. constitutional clauses
with regard to religion which have
Vu-enftll): heefi a urtul letter for yeat'K.
With a view to preventing or put
ting down any disturbances the gov
ernment dispatched troops to strate- '
I gic points. They were ordered to
; maintain a state of constant rendi- i
j ness for any eventuality.
I
! SENSATIONAL SHOOTING
IN BYLVA YESTERDAY
| 1
i Jeweler Severely- Wounds Man For
Alleged Attentions to Wife.
Asheville, July 30.—John S Nance, 1
construction engineer, is ill the Bry
son City hospital in a critical condi
tion as a result of a shooting affair 1
in Sylva early today and Raymond i
I Glenn, young Sylva jeweler, is lodged <
in the Jackson county jail.
The nffair, which happened while
Nance was seated in a car on the i
Main street of Sylva, is said to have 1
grown out of trouble between the two
men ns a result of alleged attention
paid to Mrs. Glenn, wife of the pris- 1
oner, by Nance.
Four bulletts took effect, one in the •
face and three in the lungs, au ex- :
animation disclosed.
Glenn is said to have approached 1
the car where his enemy was sitting
nnd then to have taken deliberate
aim at the engineer with his revolver
leveled in both hands. ]
Mrs. Glenn, who was before her
marriage Miss Rebecca Blythe, of
Brevard, is in Brevard with her two
small children. She wns taken there i
a short time ago by her husband as- i
ter trouble about Nance, it is said. <
He, has instituted divorce proceed- 1
ings. * ]
Clias. Flowers Leaves Rich Estate to i
Family.
Durham, July 30.—Will of the late
Charles E. Flowers, who dfed last
week as the result of a fall from a
window in a Philadelphia hospital,
filed for probate in the office of W.
H. Young, clerk of the court, leaves
the estate to brothers and sisters of
the deceased after the death of both
parents, who received the income
while either lives. The estate is
valued roughly at SIOO,OOO.
To Safeguard Swimming Pools.
Durham, N. C„ July 81.—INS.—
Members of the Durham County chap
ter of the American Red Cross were
gathering data this week to be present
ed at the next meeting in its drive to
have ail swimming pools in this coun
ty safeguarded from drowning.
Life saying appliances will be in
stalled in oil pools and lifeguards
stationed nt each pool during hours
when bathers are allowed to swim, de
clare members of the chapter who are
directing the campaign:
The recent drowning of. a citizen
in one of the pools has prompted t-hc
action- of the Red Cross, members
say.
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Governor Going For Vacation.
Raleigh, July 31— (A*) —Governor
McLean will leave Raleigh either to
night or tomorrow night for two or
three weeks’ vacation at Lan-O-Lakes,
Wia. The executive will be accom
panied by two of his children, Angus
W. Jr., and Margaret. Mrs. Mc-
Lean also will take a vacation with
the youngest ehi'.d, Hector, but her
plans had not been completed.
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1926
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I Opposes Calles
Rev. Mora y del Rio, Arch
bishop of Mexico, issued the;
pastoral letter ordering priests
to cease services in Catholic
churches after Julv 3L. jj
CONFEDERATE BONDS
Treasurer Lacy Wanted to Sec What!
They Looked Like.
Tribune Raleigh Bureau, !
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, .To 7l ' 31.—What do these i
old Confederate bonds, issued by the
State of North Carolina. Which peo- :
pie in England are now claiming!
should be paid to offset the payment |
of tiie British debt to the United |
States, l-sally look like? This ques-1
tion got to worrying State Treasurer i
Ben R. Lucy today, so he went hack !
into tiie big vault in his office, scrap-;
i-d away a few cobwebs, brought out
four or five big bundles and opened ]
them. These were some of the bonds i
which were not sold, but of tiie same !
issue as tiie ones that were sold. They;
are of SI,OOO denomination, and rep-]
Vraeht a "one time” -potential vtiTne!
of between one and two mill'on del- [
lars. One bundle contained at least!
500 of the SI,OOO bonds.
These bonds, about 24 inchek wide
I and SO inches long, are printed on
very thin and very chrap paper, and
bear the signature of Governor Z. 11.
Vance and Johnathan Worth, who
mas then State Treasurer. The cou-j
pons all bear the sigusture of W. A. ]
Dodd, assistant treasurer, who was
later mayor of the city of Raleigh.
This batch of bonds was actually sent
to England to be sold, but belong to
the last issues near the end of the
Confederacy, so that by tiie time they
reached England the Confederacy had
collapsed, and the bonds were worth -
less. They were brought back to |
North Carolina and have been ropes- i
ing in the vault of the State Treasur
er ever since.
An effort was made to persuade Mr.
Lacy to count them and see exactly
how much "once was” wealth reposed
in the vault, but he would not con
sent to the wasting of so much time.
So they were put back in the vault to
wa : t the curiosity of some one else
before they are disturbed again.
KIWANIS MEETING
Members of dub Appoint Committee I
to Investigate Matter of Extending |
Boulevard Here.
Appointment of a committee to in
vestigate the extens’on of the Wilkin
son Boulevard from Charlotte to ('un
cord was the most important matter
i before the Kiwanians at their regular
meeting at tiie Hotel Concord Friday.
Tiie committee appointed by the
club was directed to confer with mem
bers of the county highwuy commis
sion relative to tiie extension of the
boulevard to Cabarrus county and to
take any other action that seems best.
Dr. T. N. Spencer was named chair
man of the committee, other members
being J. P. Cook, Noel Reid. F. M.
Youngblood and J. B. Sherrill.
Mr. Youngblood was chairman of
the program committee for tiie day
and he presented to the Hub young
Driver, a student nt the Jackson
Training School, who recited in ex
cellent fashion Hon. O. Mnx Gardner's
speech at tiie recent Stnte Democratic
Convention.
Cummins Related to Mecklenburg
People.
Washington, July 10.—Senator Al
bert Baird Cummins, of lowa, who
died today, often spoke of his kins
people in North Carolina. He said
he was related to the Flennikeus. of
Sharon township, Mecklenburg coun
ty. A Flenniken was very active in
thp formation of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence.
Death Was Planned.
Atlanta, Ga., July 31. —(A 3 )—The
foundation for the plot in which gun
men aimed nt the life of Bert Don
nldson, special investigator for the
solicitor general’s office, was laid in
long distance telephohe calls to Don-'
aidson from Chicago, Solicitor Gen
eral John A. Boykin said todn.
The solicitor general termed the
crime “one of the most daringly
planned nnd executed crimes in his
tory of the South, and probably the
most daring iu Atlanta's history.”
[YOUTHSDEHY THAT I
i HOLLIS WAS SLAIN !
! BY THEM SATURDAY!
! , I
Five Boys Held in Connec
| tion With Death of Ellis
Holiis Whose Body Was
, in New River.
i READY TO TAKE
CASE TO COURT;
If Solicitor Refuses Them!
; I Bail They Will Institute j
Habeas Corpus Proceed
jjj ings at Once.
;•! Jacksonville, X. C . July 31.— UP)—
i Five youths Meiil in the Onslow coun
'ty jail here in connection with the
I death of Ellis Holiis. 17-year-old farm
j lad of Holly Ridge, this county, whose
I body was foßml in New River last
Monday, were awaiting a decision to
day from Solicitor Powers ns to nl
. I lowing bond.
At a hearing of the coroner's jury
] yesterday, two of tiie seven who had
been he)d for the slaying were re
! leased. These were Roy Hudson
and Richard Koonce. tiie latter *n
* Jacksonville negro. Hudson wns a
( member of the party of six in which
I Hollis was included.
j ! / The verdict of the coroner’s body
", was that Hollis came to his death at
the hands of “parties unknown” to
- ; the jury, but recommended that Lon
-1 nie, Arthur and Jaily Howard, broth
! ers. and Leon nnd Leonard Ellens be
; livid for further questioning. The
; Edens are also brotlrers.
| Solicitor Powers who directed the
I hearings yesterday, ndviseil the youths
j today whether he will oppose fixing
’ j bonds. Counsel for the boys imli
' cated that if he did not. they would
institute habeas corpus proceedings.
: The body of Hollis was found in]
| New River Monday b.v Dr. ,T. H.
| Rawlings, of Lynchburg, physician
j who was fishing there. Dr. Rawlings
' testified to the coroner's jury yester-
S day tlint the boy’s throat was cut and
1 that the jugular vein had been stabbed.
] He expressed the belief that the boy
] '.iad been killed and then thrown into
ij the liver.
| Tiie six boys left their home Sat
j urday to attend a country picnic.
| They are later alleged to ligyp beeome
[intoxicated and to have separated.
1 Companions of Hoiiis say they know
j nothing more of his actions after
I leaving them until his body was
found.
Does Not) Agree to Bond.
Jacksonville, N. C., July 31.— UP) —
Solicitor J. A. Powers, who yesterday
directed the coroner’s jury probe into
i the death of Ellis Hollis, Hilly Ridge
youth, was this afternoon en route to
Jtis home nt Kinston, after refusing
to agree to fixing bonds for the five
youths ordered held yesterday.
Coroner G. W. Jones this morning
announced that additional evidence
had been secured during the night and
. that thp investigation would probably
| be opened next week.
Attorneys for thp boys held in jail
stated today that unless an egree
ment is reached early next week for
bonds, they would seek to release the
defendants under habeas corpus pro
ceedings.
KANSAS VOTERS FACED
WITH LISTLESS FIGHT
Primary on August ITiird Fails to
Bring Out Interest That Is Fsu
ually ArouseJ.
Topeka, Kans., July 31.—(A 3 )—
Kansas voters face the most listless
I primary in a decade.
I With no real opposition confront
ing United States Senator Charles
Curtis or Governor Ben Paulen. both
seeking the Republican renomination
for their respective officers, voters
will go to the polls August 3rd with
interest centered in some state office
races in one or two congressional
contests, anil in red hot local fights
where law enforcement issues have
brought out flocks of candidates.
Statewide lacking. Ring
ing in the ears of voters, however, is
the appeal of two Republican candi
dates to look upon the primary as a
referendum on the question whether
. the Knights of Ku Klux Klan of
Georgia shall obtain a Kansas char
ter.
These candidates are William A.
Smith, assistant attorney general who
askpd the nomination for attorney
; general, nnd Frank J. Ryan seeking
renomination for secretary of state.
; With Our Advertisers.
Wrcim at Kannapolis, wants to'
■ do your dyeing and cleaning. Phone
i 128. Special mail order service.
If your bathroom is not all it
I should be the Concord Plumbing Co.
f ean fix it for you. Phone 576.
You can get your gas at 22 1-2
i cents today at the Yorke & Wadsworth
; Co.’s. See ad.
Take out some fire insurance -and
prove that you have real brains. See
ad. of Pettier & Yorke.
The 11. A. Goodman Home Sold.
The 11. A. Goodman home on West
* Depot street was sold at auction at
i the court house today, Bernard Pet
- ter being the highest bidder at $lO,-
-200. This is the second time the
property has been sold, the second
' sglc being necessitated by a 5 pet
’ cent, raise of tlte first bid. The sec
■ oml bid is also subject to a 5 per cent.
‘ increase if any one wishes to raise <t]
within the next ten days.
Grange Named in Her Suit
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Here is Mrs. Charles A.'Taylor, whose husband s divorce
6uit named Red Grange as the recipient of her admiration.
The husband denied intent to involve the football star.
(laturnstlocal Pawned.)
DELINQUENTS TO HAVE TILL
AUGUST 3 TO GET THEIR TAGS
Arrests Will Then Be Made of All
Who Have Not Secured Them.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Totel
Raleigh. July 31.—Delinquent mo
tor car owners who have not scoured
their licenses from the department of
revenue by Tuesday, August 3rd, will
be arrester! and prosecuted to the lim
it of the law according to n formal
announcement by U. A. Houghton,
commissioner of revenue, who calls
attention to the fact that most liberal
extensions of time have been allowed
for every automobile owner to secure
ill's license, and that after August
3rd those who have not yet secured
their license must pay the penalty.
He calls attention to the fact that for
the past two or three weeks the em
ployes of the department have boon
working until 10 or 11 o'clock at
night in order to correct the records
and bring all titles up to date, and
that now most of this has been fin
ished and the greater number of the
licenses issued.
He points out that where a car
owner has made an effort to secure a
license but has not yet received it.
he will be protected until the delivery
of the license.
The statement of Commissioner
Doughton follows:
“Delinquents owners of motor ve
hicles taxed by the State must se
cure their licenses before August 3,
1926. Liberal extensions have been
given all to obtain license, in order
to give no excuses and in order to
get all title records in the office of
the department correct under the new
system being used this year. After
August 3rd all who use cars without
the new licenses will find inspectors
enforcing the provisions of the law
and the penalties prescribed by stat
ute for delinquents. If for any suf
ficient cause, any have been unable
to obtain their licenses, after showing
they have made reasonable effort to
obtain them they will be protected tin-1
til sucli time ns the license can be i
secured.” |
All of those who have co-operated
in the issuance of the nearly 400.000
license plates by the department were
commended by the commissioner.
Since June Ist, a tatal of $4,097,-
74 hns been collected by the automo
bile license division through t'iie sale
of license plates.
ALL PLANS FOR DUKE
SOON TO BE READY
To Bo Given to Arehitests For Final
Drafting September Ist.
Durham, N. C„ July 31. IN'S.)
All data on the Duke university plant,
including plans for the medical school
and hospital which are to cost in ex
cess of $20,000,000, will be placed in
tlie hands of architects for final draft
ing September 1. *
Tliis announcement came from Dr.
William Preston Few, president of
i the university, after working more
[ than two years on plans' for the new
university.
I With this preliminary work out of
, the way, declares Dr. Few, actual con
traction of the plant might be expect
ed to begin in a comparatively Rhort
time.
. The annual home coming exercises
■ of the Lower Stone Church will be
■ held iSunday morning, August Ist,
t beginning at 9:45 o'clock. Follow-
I ing the Sunday school, the church
1 services will be held with sermon ,by
Rev. Shuford Peeler, of Catawba Col
lege. Dinner will be served on the
grounds and several addresses will be
mad* in lie afternoon.
A SNAKE IN THE CAR
OF GOVERNOR McLEAN
Governor’s Private Secretary Says He
Never DM Like nakes. Anyhow.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Totel
Raleigh, X. C.. July 31.—Snakes is
snakes, and lie did not pause to ap
praise its length or breed when one
glided from under the governor's car
where he was struggling to extract
it—the ear not the snake—from the
nntd. according to A. Wr Sfewshaw.
personal secretary of Governor A. W’
McLean, who spent an eventful three
hours with the governor's ear and
Hugh, its colored driver, in an effort
to extract it from a mild hole in a
by-road near Blowing Rock. The
governor decided lie could make bet
ter time on foot and walked to the
camp where his son was staying, a
mile distant, reaching there puffing
and perspiring, but none the worse
for his tramp hp the mountain.
Governor McLean reached Raleigh
at 3 o’clock Friday morning, and told
The Tribune correspondent that de
spite the 21 hours on the road, 18 of
them in almost constant driving in
which 550 miles were eovered, he felt
refreshed from the day’s outing, and
better than if he had stayed in his
office all day.
But back to the snake story.
Both Mewsliaw and Hugh were al
most under tile big ear trying to jack
up the rear wheels in an effort to get
out of the mud hole. The governor
had left and was on his way up the
mountain. All at once the two un
der the ear had a ‘'funny feeling”—
then they saw the big snake glide
[>ast from under the ear.
There was a frenzied crawling from
under the ear and a splattering of
mud—not by the snake. Mewshaw
says that Hugh almost turned white
and that neitiier of them looked back
to see where the snake went to. But
tlirey took pains to see that there was
none under the ear before they went
back to work getting it out of the
mud.
| Mewshaw says he never lias eared
j for snakes, and likes them less than
| ever now.
THE COTTON MARKET
Steady This Morning After Opening
4 Points Higher to 1 Point Low
er.
New York. July 31. —(A I )—The cot
ton market was steady this morning
and after opening 4 points higher to
1 lower showed little fluctuation dur
ing the first hour. Numerous show
ers in tlie belt and fears of mort
precipitation over Sunday together
with large weekly sales of cloth at
Fall River induced enough local cov
ering and Wall Street buying to sus
tain prices around the opening levels.
Crop reports continued generally un
favorable indicating that the plant is
in need of hot dry weather.
Cotton futures opened easy. Oct.
17.72; Dec. 17.70; .Tan. 17.72; March
17.94; Mai 18.07.
Closed Steady.
New Y’ork. July 31. — UP) —Cotton
futures closed steady, unchanged to
, 3 [toints down: 6ct. 17.68; Dec.
17.65; Jan. 17.70; March 17.90; May
; 18.97.
Injured Men Carried to Port.
Lewes, Del., July 31—OP)—The
coast guard- station here was advised
i by radio this morning that patrol boat
■ No. 217 of the Cape May coast guard
, station was proceeding to Lewes with
- three men who had been scalded on
i a steamship. Neither the name of
’ the vessel nor any particulars of the
- accident were known at the. local sta
( tion, but it was reported the name of
* the ship was the Munplace from New
York to Cuba.
•
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS I
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY!j
no.
' TMMSTOW!
.ours SET REPORT
Several Persons Wire Mm,
Aimee Semple McPhfr
son Offering Evidence i*‘
Kidnapping Case.
RYAN THEORY IS 1
cause of wimm
He Said He Has Evideaar
to Show the Evangwlfat
Stayed in a Cottage at
Carmel, Cal., Ten Dam
Isis Angeles. July 31.— UP) —Attp'
thorities investigating reports that a
woman answering the description of
Aimee Semple McPherson, spent te*.
days at a cottage at Canpel. Cal,
ing the time of the evangelists’ amount
disappearance, are confronted witfi ft#*;
egrams from Chicago and San FasufeJ
cisco denying the pastor visited
resort town as claimed by Deputy Dfejx
tried Attorney Joe Ryan.
Ryan recently investigated tlie ptr;
ports and announced lie believed Übe
evangelist's ease was solved. He de
el a red he could produce at least iftMfl
witnesses to identify tlie woman as
Mrs. McPherson. He also claimed lie
had developed evidence to show
Kenneth G. Ormiston, who acted M
radio operator for Mrs. McPherttt* ®
Angelus Temple, visited Carmel 4nf>
ing the time the woman occupied Itite*;
cottage.
With arrangements completed for
reopening of tlie grand jury iimwlta
gation into the ease, a telegram midi)
received by Mrs. McPherson from fatt
en go yesterday pur[>orting to have
been sent by Ormiston. The message
read :
"Sworn statement truth concergddjM
Carmel incident clearing you.
route. Deeply regret Ryan’s tenrttajlj;
error.”
A second telegram received at An
gelus Temple purporting to come from
a sister of tlie woman who stayed at
the Carmel cottage stated the man
sought was hurrying from the east to
come to Mrs. McPherson's defense.
This message was sent from San Fran
cisco and signed "Belle Owen.” In
quiry failed to reveal the identity of
the sender.
A letter also was received
Temple from a man signing the name'
of George Mclntyre. Tlie letter stat
ed lie was at Carmel during the time
in question, and occupied a cottage I
similar to that described by Ryan. The ‘
writer stated lie leased the cottage In*.!
the name of "Mr. and Mrs; George’!
Mclntyre" and expressed a desine to
aid Mrs. McPherson in disproving the*
theory advanced by authorities.
District Attorney Asa Keyes is
awaiting flic arrival of the
statement” from Chicago to
tlie other new evidence when the graa#
jury convenes Tuesday. 7^31
ORDERS INVESTIGATION
OF ALLEGED CRUELftS#!
Judge Oglesby Calls For Thmwpj|d
Inquiry Into Reports in Forsytfc.
Winston-Salem. July 30.—The For
syth county grand jury was totar j»|
the midst of an investigation of ab*
leged cruelties to convicts in
Judge .T. M. Oglesby, who is, jnw*
siding over a term of superior court
here, in charging the grand jury, or
dered a thorough investigation of al
leged attacks on prisoners by guards.
The investigation started
afternoon and continued through aMWt:
of today. The grand jury will Betas'
its report to the court some timeuexj,j
The investigation follows -ftgigfjp
made by local attorneys at the teat;'
term of court to tlie effect the*
certain convict had been kicked tag a
guard without cause. Judge R. £,?
Red wine, who was presiding over
court at this -time, ordered that thh
next grand jury take such action as
it might see fit.
Spider Bite Fatal to South CmnlUm-
Chester. S. C., July 30.—Suffering
with a violent ease of erysipelas,'
■ which caused her temperature to
: mount as high as 105 degrees, ANu
i Joseph Lutz, of Laiido, who was
■ brought to the Chester Sanatorium;
the early part of the week for treats
• ment. died after n few days ttshf?
• ment there. Mrs. Lutz and meniti
: hers of their family attributed the
- beginning of lies trouble to n spider
- bite or some other insect. She woe
‘ State House For Cummins’ Funeral;
Des Moines, In, July 31. —UP)—
■ Use of tlie lowa State house ittpcM
1 public funeral for Senator A. B. Cum
mins was offered to the senator's fa 3»
ily today by Governor John HareHulil
1 in a telegram from Yellowstone PMfcjj
Governor Hammill named Lieuten
'' ant Governor Clem. W. Kimball, of
Council Bluffs, to represent him «£»
ficially at the funeral. , ( ievM
1 Raises Discount Kate. '4
J Baris, July 31.— UP)— The Bahfc Jj
I France today raised its discount
| from 6 per cent, to 7 1-2 per ehmlf
f Sunday and inlLat and
V mu portions Gentte^fefl