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VOLUME XXVI
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RESULT FROM THE
NEWTON ACCBEIIT
Ellis Jackson and Nathan
White Died Monday Af
ternoon as Result of Ac
cident Earlier in Day.
FUNERAL OF MRS.
JARRATT TOMORROW
r Services Will Be Held at 3
* O’clock With Interment
in Oakwood.—Mrs. Ross
and Son in Hospital.
Funeral services for Mrs. A. H.
Jarratt, killed in an automobile acei-1
dent near Newton Monday at noon. \
will be held at All Saints Episcopal)
Church here tomorrow afternoon at 3
o’clock. Interment will follow in
Oakwood cemetery.
Bishop Edwin A. Pentck, of Char
lotte. and Rev. H. B. Thoma*. rector
of All Saints Church, vyili conduct
the services at the Church and grave.
The pall bearers at the funeral will
« be: R. P. Gibson, Leonard Brown, W.
H. Gibson, H. L. Cook, Robert P.
Bell, J. Leslie Bell, A. S. Webb and
H. I. Woodhouse.
M rs. Laura IjCslie Ross and son,
Thomas, injured in the same accident,
are believed to be on the road to re
covery.
Ellis Jackson, of Newton and Obar
lotte, driver of the car which crashed
with that carrying the Concord party
to Montreal, died in a Hickory hos
pital several hours after the accident.
Natlmn White, negro chauffeur for
Mrs. Jarratt. also died during the af
ternoon, bringing the casualty total
to three.
Mrs. Ross and son are still in the
Hickory hospital and each is expected
to recover. Mrs. Ross complains more
with her side than anything else, rel
atives here have been told, but so far
no serious complications have arisen.
Young Thomas Ross, 11, suffered a
fractured skull in the accident, it be
came knowu late Monday afternoon
after he had been examined at the
Hickory hospital. I'nless unforseseen
complications set in attending physi
cians say he will recover. The frac
ture is not a _*erious one, relatjvtw
have bean uTd, and there wei> tio-ill
r uiMVapon. .
WtiHIS tit Thf ttagedey which' Was
shocked Concord more than anything
whieli has happened in some time, in
dicate that the Jarratt Redan, carry
ing Mrs. Jarratt. Mrs. Ross, Thomas,
and a negro cook, was struck about
the middle by the Jackson coll I>C.
which is said to have been running at
at'a rapid rate of speed.
Mrs. Jarratt was on the rear seat
of the sedan nnd was on the side struck
by the other car. White was on the
same side. Mrs. Ross and sou were
also on the rear seat with the cook
seated next to the driver. The cook
was the only occupant of the car to
eseuiie serious injury.
Relatives here have been told that
the two cars met on a sharp curve
and that Jackson was not able to pull
his car to the other side of the road in
time to avoid a collision. Mrs. Ross
has been quoted as saying that she
saw the coupe approaching rapidly
mid glanced at the speedometer of the
car in which she was riding, noting
that it registered 35 miles an, hour.
When White saw the approaching car,
Mrs. Ross lias been quoted as saying,
he drove as close to the edge of the
road as lie could. However, the coupe
struck-the car about tjie back of the
front seat, shattering every glass in
ttye sedan and throwing all occupants
to tlie ground. The car was complete
ly wrecked, it is said, as was the
coupe.
It also has been reported that Thom
as Ross was not found until some time
after the accident. One of the first
persons to rench the accident rushed
Mrs. Ross to the Hickory hospital and
another person picked up Jackson nnd
White and hurried on to the hospital.
It was fifteen minutes later, it is said,
before the injured child was detected
and then he too, was taken to the
hospital.
Mrs. Ross, suffering greatly from
shock, seemed better, it was said,
when advised that her son had not
been killed or critically hurt.
Jackson never regained conscious
ness after the accident, it is said, so
no statement could be secured from
him ns to how the accident occurred.
Mrs. Jarratt, sitting on the left aide
of the sedan, apparently received the
full crash as the coupe struck near
where she was sitting. An ugly gash
in the top of her head indicated, it
was said, that she struck the motor
meter of the coupe as she was hurled
from the car.
Jackson was badly mangled in the
accident, it was said. He lived about
four hours. White's body also was
'kaid to have been badly cut and man
gled.
The negro's ’’body wag brought to
Concord Monday night.
One of the saddest phases of the
tragedy results from the close friend
ship of the Jarratts and Rev. John
Jackson, brother of the dead man. As
soon as he heard that his wife had
been killed Mr. Jarratt waR said to
have told friends he wanted Rev. Mr.
Jaokson, Episcopal minister of Char
lotte, to conduct the funeral services.
He did jot know until he reached
Newton that the driver of the other
car was a 'brother of the minister.
The Concord party left her* Mon
day morning for Montreat, where they
have a auramer home. They were go
ing to close the house for the winter
The Concord Daily Tribune
_ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
German Conquers
English Channel
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Ernest Vierkoetter, a baker from
Cologne, the champion long distance
swimmer of Germany, Monday swam
across the English channel in tlie rec
ord time of 12 hours and 42 minutes.
A NEW ANGLE
Those Who Stop Road Construction
Must Give Bond to Indemnify the
Contractors.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. 81.—Peevish persons’
prayers for injunctions halting con
struction of highways over the state
may be granted in unlimited numbers,
but the highway commission does not
intend to permit these numerous in
jmvtions- to idle up Wg, wjujx, repo>-.
Senttng tile damages which oontrno
tors, forced to stop work, will seek to
collect from the commission. So
wherever an injunction is granted
that stops actuul construction work,
ns is the case in the injunction by
Judge Thomas H. Calvert, halting a
gang of 100 mules ami even more men
working on tlie new route from Fu
quay Spriugß and Varinn to Raleigh,
the highway commission is going to in
sist that the petitioners post a bond
of sufficient size to indemnify it
ngainst any action for damages that
may be brought by the contractor.
The formal papers were served on
the highway commission last night,
and as a result, instructions were sent
the contractor to stop work this
morning. But at the same time, de
mand is being made of Judge Calvert
that a bond of not less than $20,000
be posted by the petitioners who
sought the injunction.
“The highway commision must take
some steps to protect itself from self
seeking petitioners, especially where
actual construction has started, and
where an injunction means the loss of
thousands of dollars a day during the
period of enforced idleness. The high
way commission tf.iould not be expect
ed to assume responsibility for this
loss of time and money to the con
tractor. Hence we are going to in
sist that bond sufficient to eover any
possible damages be posted by the
parties seeking the • injunction, and
from which both costs and damages
are to be paid in earae they should not
be able to sustain their petition,” said
Mr. Page.
This injunction in Wake county,
as well as the one in Robeson county,
was brought largely as the result of
the Newton highway decision of the
Supreme Court, in which it was held
that the highway commission must
follow as nearly as possible the map
of 1921 in locating new routes.
and expected to return home in sever
al weeks. They went via Charlotte,
Mt. Holly and Lincolnton so us to
have a hard-surfaced road most of the
way.
The Charlotte News Monday had
the following facts about Mr. Jackson,
published before his death:
Ellis L. Jackson, connected with
the accounting firm of Todd and Mc-
Cullough, of Charlotte, sustained a
deep wound over his heart and was
considered fatally injured, according
to advice* received here early Monday
afternoon from the Hickory Hospital,
where he was taken nfter an automo
bile colliaion near Newton, in which
Mrs. A. H. Jarratt, of Concord, was
killed.
Mr. Jackson has been auditing the
county records of Catawba County,
causing his presence in Newton Mon
day, it was learned here.
Mr. Jackson’s home in Charlotte
wag at 7 Elizabeth Avenue, where he
lived with his sister, Miss Elizabeth
Jackson. He was not married. Rev.
John L. Jackson, rector of St. Marks
Episcopal Church here, is a brother.
The injured man'eame to Charlotte
eight years ago as a public account
ant, and forth« last aix years has
been with Todd and McCullough. He
formerly lived in Baltimore, and was
48 year* old.
, ISLANDS OF FAItL I
SUFFER HIH
HEmiHUIIE
Cable Operator Reports
That Heavy Damage Re
sulted From Tremors in
the City of Horta.
SABLE SERVICE
SUFFERS SOME
In Various Parts of World!
Earth Tremors Were}
Felt During the Night, !
Reports State.
London, Aug. 31.- (A s )— Private
Advices from' Horta. on the island of
Fayal, report a heavy earthquake in
the Azores. First reports said much
damage had been done.
A cable operator in Fayal relay of
fice notified the company's London
headquarters that his battery room
litid been destroyed, and expressed
the opinion if tiiere was another shock
the whole building would collapse.
- Faya] is the westernmost island of
the central group of the Azores. It
is of volcanic origin, and like the oth
er members of the group has been vis
ited by earthquakes from t me to time.
The population of the islands is
about 25.000, most of Portuguese ,
blood.
Trans-Atlantic Cable Affected.
New York. Aug. 81.—OP)—Opera
tors of the French Telegraph Cable
Co., making an early morning test to
day of their trans-Atlantic cable that
runs from this city to Brest. France,
through an automatic relay on the
island of Fayal, found that there was
no response from the Fayal relay.
They were notified from tlie Brest
office that there had been an earth
quake at Fayal and the town, presum
ably Horta. was seriously damaged.
Later the automatic relay began oper
ating again, indicating the danger was
past.
Cable operators invurably refer to
their stations as Fayal, though the "
town is Horta.
Felt In Mexico.
Mexico City, Aug. 31.—OP)—A vio- 1
lent earthquake has occurred in the
city of Tebauntepee, and a large part
of the state of Onxuea. No det-diis „
to«e bran --yuasiveA.
Town Damaged. 1
Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 31.—CP)—A '
violent earthquake which shook the is
land of Fayal in the Azores today re
duced part of the town of Horta to '
ruins. There were some deaths, dis- c
patches say, nnd many were injured. 1
Details are lacking.. ‘
CARRY ROGERS’ BODY TO !
NATIONAL CEMETERY t
Hero of Hawaiian Flight Will Lie In
Aldington Cemetery.
Havre, de Grace, Md., Aug. 31.
The body of Commander Jolm Rog- f
ers who' lost his life in an airplane ,
fall at the Philadelphia Navy Yard ,
was taken to Washington at 11 o’clock
Eastern Standard Time, this fore- j
noon for buriul in Arlington Cemetery. ,
In a funeral motor the last “John y
Rogers” In the active naval service of ,
his country was accompanied in two ,
other automobiles by his aged par- j
ents, Rear Admiral and Mrs. John A.
Rogers, his brother, Robt. F. Rog- (
ers, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Meigs, eons- (
ins. the Rev. Lewis Beeinan Browne, j
the Episcopal clergyman who conduct- ,
ed the brief service at the Rogers ,
home yesterday, nnd Mrs. Lyman T. ,
Perry, a friend of the Rogers family. ,
It was expected the trip to Wash
ington would consume about four j
hours. ,
DID SLAIN MINISTER
FEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW? '
Minister Says Rev. Edward Hall Hold |
His Wife’s Brother Had Made ,
Threats. i
Jersey City, Aug. 31.—CP)—Rev. ,
Edward W. Hall, slain with his choir ,
singer, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, on the
lonely Phillips farm near New Bruns
wick, September 14, 1022, told a
friend. Rev. Paul Hamorsky, before
he was murdered that Henry Stevens, ,
his brother-m-’.uw. had threatened his
life, in an affidavit made public today
py the state investigator reveals.
Stevens is a brother of Mrs. Frances
Hall, the slain pastor’s widow, who
with Willie Stevens, another brother,
and Henry de la Buryer Carpender, j
a cousin, are charged with the mur
der.
Clothing found on the bodies of Dr.
Hail and Mrs. Mills as they lay side
by side after the slaying today was
locked in a safe at police headquar
ters to be examined by experts tomor
row and Thursday for fingerprints.
Expect Other Arrests In Hall-Mills
Case.
Bommerviile, N. J., Aug. 31. CP-
I arrests in the Hail-Mills
murders, were forecast today by In
spector John Underwood, of the Jer
sey City police, who has been investi
gating the four-year-old mystery.
He said he did not look for imme
diate nrrentß, but that the state ex
pected to place additional persons at
the scene of the crime which now is
charged against Mrs. Frances Stevens
Hill, widow of the slain minister, her
brother, Willie Stevens, and her cous
in, Henry Carpender. /
Tie organized confectionery in
dustry In the United States is plan
ning to spend $380,000 a year for
'three years in national advertising.
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1926
In the News Spotlight
Jl l y
I KPS 'REGINALP VANDERBILT "'WILLIAM "VRIGLEV
I/lU.UT, A J ‘FLILLIAM.? CAP I 'ALBERT V MARSHALL
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt startled Europe with her lavish
entertainments to members of royalty at Barritz, France.
Lieutenant Alfred J. Williams will attempt to bring the air
plane oJ,- tude record back to America. William Wrigley of
fered $20,000 to the first person to swim from Los Angeles
harbor to Catalina Island. Although fifty-two, Captain Al
bert W. Marshall became an aviator at the Pensacola, Fla.
naval air station. I
GOV. McLEAN RETURNS
Back on the Job Much Refreshed by
His Vacation of Nearly a Month.
Tribune Bureau
- Sir Walter Hotel
Aug. Sl.-rJUis face, tqpndi
by sun, wind and rain, his flesh firmer
nnd waistline some inches less and
with something that looks very much
like callouses on his hands, Governor
A. W. McLean is back at his job
of steering the Ship of State much
refreshed by 'liis stuy of nearly a
month in the big woods of northern
Wisconsin nnd the program of stren
uous exercise which accompanied. He
could not remember just how many
trees he had felled, but it was quite
a number, and many enjoyable hours
were spent ht the business eiul of a
cross cut saw.
One of the chief diversions of his
stay at the camp at Land-O-Lakes
was tlie building of a log house for
storing potatoes during tlie winter.
And since the temperature gets down
to 40 degrees below, zero in the winter
time, this' log storehouse had to be
built so that tlie cold could not pene
trate it. Other light diversions con
sisted in building trails and roads
through tlie virgin forest, nnd in con
structing other buildings about the
camp. When tiiere was nothing else
to do, some of them occasionally went
fishing, and Governor McLean reluct
antly admitted that he caught several
very nice pickerel—but he absolutely
refused to give any estimate of either
their length or weight.
The fishing really was not at its j
best, because of the excessive rain, i
which wasiied plenty of worms and ’
bugs into the Inkes, with the result
that the fish got plenty to eat with
out having to nibble to tastily-dis
guised hooks. But now and then
some handsome black bass, pickerel
and pike were brought in.
It was necessary to wear a sweater;
most of the time, and at night Hie
temperature went down to about 40
degrees or even lower, Governor Me-1
Lean said.
“It was one of the best vacations'
I ever had and I feel much more like ’
digging into the work before me now
than before I left,” he said. I
Marconi Invents Loud Speaker to I
“Carry” Ten Miles.
London, Aug. 31. —Signor William
Mnrcouia, of Italy, inventor of wire
less, hns announced Hie perfection of
a wireless loud speaker which can be
heard for ten miles. It is the in
vention of a member of the staff of
the Marconi company and, Marconi
says, has already been tried out at
Cowes with success.
Spat Tobacco Juice in Grandmother's
Eyes.
(By International News Service)
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 31.— Mrs.
Annie Miller, 01, has filed suit for
divorce against her husband on the
grounds he spat tobacco juice in the
eye of her 81-year-old mother.
Miller has been enjoined to stay
away from his home until the ease is
tried in September.,
Will Support Reed for President
Kansas City, Aug. 31. —(/P)—The
Democratic committee of the fifth
congressional district, Jackson coun
ty, including Kansas City, meeting at
Independence today, adapted a resolu
tion pedging support to United States
Senator James A. Reed as a candidate
for the Democratic presidential nomi
nation in 1928.
MacMILLAN PARTY IS
HEADED FOR HOME
Exports to Reach flhirtetinas Osya
Within Next Ten Days.—B. VV.
Hoags to Meet Party.
Portland. Me.. Aug. 31,—UB—tOmb
mander Donald B. MacMillan return
ing from a three months expedition in
the sub-Arctic to collect specimens for
the Field Museum at Chicago experts
to be back in Christmas Cove near j
Wiscassett, Maine in ten days, accord-1
ing to a radiogram received today by i
B. W. Hoagg. of the Evening Express, j
He planned to sail today for Sydney,
N. S., from Battle Harbor. Labrador,!
with the schooners Bowdoin and Sa
chem.
The message filed yesterday with
“W. N. I\,” the radio station on the
Bowdoin, while at Assizes Harbor,
Labrador, was picked up at Wilming
ton, N. C., and forwarded to Mr.
Hoagg.
It read :
“Bowdoin and Secliem anchored
near Battle Harbor in thick fog. Sail
for Sydney tomorrow. Expect to
reach Christmas Cove September 10.
Bringing back interesting collection of
! birds, fish and rocks for Field Museum,
Chicago. All well. Regards to all
our friends. MacMillan.”
DIRIGIBLE’S ENGINE
REMOVED FOR REPAIRS
Break in Water Cooling System on
Los Angeles Makes Repairs Neces
sary—Flight Resumed.
j Lakehurst, N. J., Aug. 81.—C4 5 )—A
, break in the water cooling system of
one of the engines of the navy dirig
ible Los Angeles occurred tliis morn
ing after the giant airship had re
turned to her hangar from a trip
southward for compass calibration
, tests.
| The trouble wns said to be not se
rious, but the engine will be removed
for repairs. The dirigible will re-
I sume her tests tomorrow.
The break was in engine No. 3, one
lof the five with which the dirigible
iis equipped. The accident would not
I have affected the Los Angeles had she
been in flight at the time, it was said,
for she can navigate safety' on three
| engines. The Los Angeles bad in
tended to remain in the air for furth
er tests today off the Virginia capes
but Commander C. E. Rosendahl de
cided to return here after a local elec
tric storm had ariseu off Norfolk last
night. The move was taken as an
; extra precaution.
Doesn't Want Legion to Go to Paris.
Moberly. Mo.. Aug. 31.— OP)— A
resolution opposing the holding of the
1927 American legion convention in
’ Paris was adopted by the Missouri
department of the TiCgion in conven
tion here today. The resolution urged
that the convention be held within the
Uuittd States.
The action was taken as a result of
recent demonstrations against Ameri
can* in Paris.
Senator Stanfield Will Be Candidate.
Portland, Ore.. Aug. 31.—(AP)—Sen
| ator Robert N. Stanfield, who was de
feated in the May primary for the re
publican nomination for IT. S. Sena
tor, declared in a statement today
that he would become a candidate at
the November election to succeed him
helf.
It doesn’t add to a man’s peace of
mind when a woman gives him a
piece of hers.
FLAHERTY TO TALK
ABOUT RESOLUTION
IDE BT K, OF C.
Knight of the Knights of
Columbus Will Be Guest
• of President at Summer
White House Tomorrow.
WANTS SOMETHING
DONE IN MEXICO
Not Satisfied With Recent
Conference He Held
With Secretary Kellogg
at National Capital.
Paul Smiths, N. Y., Aug. 31.—(A*)
—James A. Flaherty, supreme knight
of the Knights of Columbus, will be
received by President Coolidge tomor
row for a decision of the resolution of
the order calling for American inter
vention in Mexico to protect Catholic
churchmen in their religious dispute
with President Calles.
The appointment wns made at the
request of Mr. Flaherty after he had
conferred on the subject with Secre
tary Kellogg, of the State department
at Washington.
The results of the Washington dis
cussion have not been made public,
but it was made clear at the summer
white house at the time that Mr. Fla
herty desired to see Mr. Coolidge af
ter the meeting with Mr. Kellogg he
would be given an opportunity.
The policy of the Washington gov
ernment toward Mexico has been
made clear as one of "hands off - ’ un
less America citizens are injured in
person or property.
MISS KELLY TO THE BAT
Defends North Carolina From the
Charges Made by Dr. Knight.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. 31*—The trouble
I with education in North Carolina is
not so much complacency and self
satisfaction, as alleged recently by a
professor in the University of North
Carolina, Dr. Ellgar Knight, as it is
political influences in the various local
school districts and lack of school sup
port, according to Miss Elizabeth
Kelly, lately of the State department
of education, in addressing the Ra
leigh Rotary Club. The question is,
not so much how does the State com
pare with other states educationally,
but "where did wc start, where are we
I going, and how far are we on the
j way ” Miss Kelly said,
j A back-hand slap nt Prof. Knight,
j who assailed the North Carolina
I school system recently as the poorest
of the 48 states, especially in refer
' cnee to the uverage length of the
school term in days, when Miss Kelly
said that it “is not only unfair but
stupid to compare North Carolina's
educational advancement with that of
other states that have had a heritage
of abundant wealth with which to un
derwrite their educational program.
“Many of these states have not paid
lior are they now paying as much ac
cording to t’iieir ability to pay as has
North Carolina paid for what she
has in the way of education.” Miss
Kelly continued. “Although the day
has not come in North Carolina when
every child lias an equal educational
opportunity, some believe the state
wifltld be much nearer that day, bad
it been considered wise by the powers
that be to make a bit more equal dis
tribution of the available State funds
for education, so that children unable
to help themselves might have shared
with so-called devotees of higher edu
cation who if.tould be able to help
themselves.”
But even now it is a far cry from
the log cabin school with its three
months term in 1900 to the present
type of rural school with its modern
building, trained teaching force and
motor bus transportation. Miss Kelly
declared.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at Advance of
S to 8 Points, With December Up
to 17 88.
New York, Aug. 31.—04*)—The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 3 to 8 points and sold up,
to 17.88 for December before the end
of the first hour, the general market
showing net advances of 16 to 21
points.
The advance met a good deal of
realizing and a little southern hedg
ing. but tlie market was fairly active
and firm on buying, stimulated by bul
lish private crop reports, relatively
firm Liverpool cables, further com
plaints regarding the Egyptian crop
outlook, and prospects for further
showers in the belt. A private re
nort pointed to a crop of 14.650,000
bales, compared with the late govern
ment indication of 15,248,000 bales,
while another estimated the condition
at 58.6 per cent, and the indicated
yield at only 14.380,000.
Cotton futures opened steady. Oct.
17.73: Dec. 17.77: Jan. 17.80; March
17.996; May 18.13.
With Our Advertisers.
W. J. Hethcox will be glad to give
you an estimate on any electrical wir
iug or fixtures.
See the new ad. today of the E. L.
Morrison Lumber Co.
Go and look at the smart showing
of fail and winter frocks and coats at
Parka-Belk Co.’s. Read the particu
lars n a new ad. today.
A great many people who went to
school can’t prove it.
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Peggy Joyce returned to
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vacation wearing SIOO,OOO
worth of jewels, but without
a new husband.
(lateraational Newsreel)
THE SCHOOL BOOK PROBLEM
Why Not a State Depository to Dis
tribute the Books.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. 31.—Why a commis
sion of 20 per cent, to the book de
pository and dealers in North Caro
lina? Why not a State depository,
and distribute school books at cost
plus handling charges, and sell them
in North Carolina cheaper than in
Tennessee?
This is the question that is being
asked by many ire Raleigh both in
side and outside the State govern
ment as the result of the controversy
over the respective prices of school j
books in North Carolina and Tennes- ]
see. Instead of bringing suit against j
the publishers to force them to specify i
the same retail prices in this state j
ns in Tennessee, many advocate a sys- j
tem of distribution that would elim
inate the 20 per cent, profit and sup- j
ply the books to the children at prices j
far under the present scnle. In the j
State government this system is be- j
ing advocated by H. Hoyle Sink, sec- i
rctary of the salary and wage eoinmis- j
sion, who points to the tremendous j
saving that has accrued to the State
in the buying of office supplies through
the State department of printing. Mr. |
Sink maintains that a similar saving j
would accrue in the distribution of
school books.
Many citizens outside the State gov
ernment intimate that the real stumbl
ing block to the whole thing is Col.
Alfred Williams, whose firm is the j
principal depository for school books!
in this state, and who receives a com- j
mission of 10 per cent, for distribut
ing the books to the individual deal
' ers over the State. These citizens
maintain that the State could well\
afford to maintain a central book
warehouse and distribute these books
to the dealers at a cost far less than
10 icr cent, but that for political
reasons it is afraid to consider or
suggest such a plan.
The State board of education still
maintains that the publishers are par
ties to distribution of the books in
Tennessee, despite their claims that
their contracts are purely wholesale
in nature, and do not set the retail
prices at which the books are sold,
I these being fixed by the State of Ten
-1 nessee itself. However, the attorney
general has been instructed by the
■ State board of education to begin
1 suit to force the publishers to com
>< ply with the terms of the North Oar
-1 olinn contract which specifics that no
books shall be shold in any other
state at a lesser price than in North
Carolina.
r The publishers announce that they
• will fight the suit to the last ditch,
carrying it to the United States Su
preme Court, if necessary, on the con
tention that the Tennessee contract is
purely a wholesale contract and that
1 if the dealers in Tennessee wanted to
sell the books at cost, they would do
so, and still the publishers would not
1 be responsible. They hold that the
reason books cost more in North Car
> olina is because of the 20 per cent.
1 commission allowed for their handling,
1 nnd that if North Carolina would con
tract for tile books on a wholesale
■ basis, they would sell them wholesale
1 at the same prices they are now sold
to Tennessee.
’ The fact that no mutual agreement
was reached and that suit will be
brought is understood to forestall any
' possibility of getting any price reduc
tion in, effect in time to meet the de
• mand for school books this fall.
[ Members of the Teachers’ Club at
1 Gooding College, Idaho, composed of
■ students who bare previously taught
or are preparing for teaching, have
volunteered to assist atudents of the
> college who are In danger of failing
in their Studies.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY
NO. 205
? nu, 'i COIM IS 1
10 BUILD INOTHEfi
MICKS Ml j
Work on the New Power
Plant Will Begin Tomor
row—W. S. Lee Witt Pi- i
rect Work on the Dam.
COST OF PLANT 1
NOT ANNOUNCER
'lt Is Estimated at Several =
Million Dollars. —Soutjl-
ern Power Co. Will Dis
tribute Output.
Salisbury, N. C.. Aug. 31.—W)—In f
an authenticated story, The Evening
Post today announces the
of work tomorrow on the big power;
dam which the Tallassee Power .Com
pany is to build at High Rock on *IIB
Yadkin River. The point of erectlitt-;*
|is 18 miles below Salisbury, and the
dam will span from the Rowan to. the '
Davidson side of the Yadkin. The
construction will be under the perflon- .'3
al direction of W» S. lice, chief engi- ;
neer of the Southern Power Co., arral •'
the power so generated will be dis
tributed by the Southern Power (W. I,
I The big task of cleaning out the lake
j basin will be done by the Tallawsefe
| Power Co. tinder the direction of
era] Manager Copp. The Southern
Power Company will establish he*#-*
quarters at High Rock in Dnvidfkift.
and the Tallassee Power Co. has al
ready established an office in Salis
bury.
The dnme will be 59 feet high
anil about 1200 feet wide at the crekt.
It will be sufficient to generate 40,006
horsepower hydro-electric power. Hi#
lake basin will reach 22 miles. htlfi
cover nearly 20.000 acres, with a
shore line of 360 miles. Five miles
of the Southbound Railway’s tracks I
will be relocated and this will be dolft
by the Walton Company of contract- j
ors. Something like a thousand wor%- I
men will be used in cleaning out tfce
lake basin. The total cost is not HU- i
nounoed. but indicated to be several M
million dollars. The Tallassee Poweeia
Co. will control the water in the great |
lake aside from developing power the
lake will be used as a reserve reset- i
voir. Work is to be completed about 1
January 1928.
REYNOLDS STOCK
NEW TOP PRICE, ISW
I Large Block Changes Hands at IIS' |
j Peak at Opening of Market.
! Winston-Salem Sentinel.
j Rapid rise in the market value
j Reynolds "R" stock, which opened 10
(points higher Monday morning than fa
I the close of Saturday which has add- j
led millions of dollar* to the wenlti of ’■
’ l holders of the actual stock in Win- I
1 1 ston-Salcm.
i Actual figures are not available, j
j but local brokers report they, hay* J
! been flooded with orders beginning i
j Thursday when the stock was slightly ;
| below 98. The peak price Monday
i morning of 115 represented au :iu
! crease in market value of around 3*|i
| points or nearly 20 per cent, in tea*' J
than three days.
At the closing price Monday, MS ;
3-4, the r:se since last Thursday rep- ?|
resents about .$8 a share which ifi'M
equal to more than $22,000,00Q Ott th* .!
j total outstanding ”B” stock. Ikeee |
(figures are based on the report is The ;
Investors’ Guide that the “B” stock p
outstanding is $70,000,000 at par val- J
uc of $25 a share. According tp. cur- ,|
11 rent local reports about 90 per cent. 2
of the outstanding stock is held bg.qj
| Winston-Salem people.
| It is understood that some large |
blocks, one of 2.300 shares owned IpjjM
Winston-Salem changed hnndK at the
peak price of slls at the openijafea
This represented an advance,of bt*
tween 17 and 18 points since imb'M
price of Inst Thursday or a profit m- „
tlie 2,300 shares of more
?
The stock while held in large hjk*4q«:||
by a number of wealthy men in Win- m
ston-Salem is also held in smallwlgj
amounts all over the city. No one 2
has spoken with authority on the ret- ■ 3
, son for tlie rise other than to say that. |
the earnings of the company have eofi-yl
tinned to increase and that the yield -3
justifies a higher market price
the level at which the stock had bec*! 7 |
( held on the exchange. ,
More Witnesses in Manley Case,"'#!
Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 81. —(/B—With
' the summoning of 9 additional wit-'ii
nesses today the total has been reach- |
cd for those called to testify befotfiSi
* the U. 8. Grand jury in connection
with the Federal investigation of the,j
' affairs of W. D. Manley, president of J
the defunct Trust Co., the 3
failure of which cuused the clnslaklj
of a large chain of small GeorgHK]
bunks. This development was an-S
nounoed at the Federnl tuilding coin
" cideul with the assembling of the ITuMj
’ ton grand jury, and the Btaten»ejS§lj
from the office of Solicitor
Boykin that additional indictmettAjl
would be sought during the day. .1
f Trial by water still prevails tnjj
p certain sections of India. The di*-|j
' putants are taken to a sacred tajiH
where -lienfi<-i\s Slid prayers
sered. Then their 'heads are JhH
mersed. The one coming tothe m|9
first is the loser. •''* *8
t ' "iM
f 1
t THE WEATHER 1
e Partly cloudy tonight and Wed MM
g day, slightly-cooler on coast tonightH
Gentle to moderate nortlMMtot
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