ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
SCHOOL BOGKSTOBE
SOLDITMffi
IS IN TEIIHESSEE
One of Publishing Com-’
panies Has Already Cap
itulated and Others Will
Follow Suit.
LOW PRICES ARE
EFFECTIVE NOW
Suit Will Not Be Brought)
f —The Prices Will Be
( Those Shown on Title of
Each Book.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel. •
Raleigh. Sept. I.—One publishing
oomimny has already capitulated to'}
the State Board of Education and
agreed to sell their books in North
Carolina at the same prices they are
being sold in Temiwsee, and imiicu,
tions are that at least if not all of
the remaining companies may do the
same, as the result of the announce
ment by A- T. Allen. State Superin-
I tendent of Education that the John
son Publishing Company of Rich
mond, Va-, hax agreed to fix the
Tennessee scale on its four readers
used in the North Carolina schools.
1 Neither Mr. Allen or Attorney Gen
eral Brummitt would intimate aa
to whether any of the other four
publishers were wavering, but from
the general atmosphere of satisfac
tion optimism that reigned in their
offices today, it was judged that the
threatened suits would never have
K to be taken into court.
There was also a changed atti
tude among the representatives of
the publishers who have been haunt
ing the offices of the attorney gen-
I oral and State superintendent, of
I public instruction for the past week.
Tensity had given way to relaxation
and grim business to laughter and
platitudes. There is no denying that
the text book agitation has borne
fruit and that Within a few days at
most, the majority of the disputed
I nine text, books will be on sale in
this State at the same prices that
I are charged for them in Tennessee.
Already countj\ and city superin
tendents have been advised of the
f change ' prices on the four readers
published by the Johnson Publishing
company who in turn are asked by
at 4 ' U t*. I h*'i a Jrti o —lisktHa*’ Hetf'.
parents not to pay the old and high
er prices, ami to make known the
new price schedule. In his letter,
just issued. Mr. Allen says: “This is
to inform you that hereafter the
prices of the following books will be
as shown after the title of each
> book. Please call attention of dealers
j to this and give such publicity to it
as may occur to you and warn par
ents that it is not necnwnry to pay
the prices stamped on the back of
[ the books.”
i The new prices are as follows:
I Primer, 40 cents: first render, 4(5
cents; second render, 50 cents;
third render, 55 cents.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 2 to 7
Points Under Realizing or Liquida
tion.
New York, Sept. I.—OP)—The cot
ton market rumned steady at a decline
of 2 to 7 iWnts under renewal of
realizing or liquidation, while buy
ing was less active after the covering
and advances of yesterday afternoon.
Reported indications of a tropical dis
turbance some distance southeast of
Porto Rico appeared to cause no im- ,
mediate anxiety and selling was prob
ably promoted by a more favorable
view of weather prospects, .otherwise
combined witb relatively easy late
cables from Liverpool. December con-'
tracts eased off to 17.81 with the gen
eral market showing net losses of 11
to 12 points before the end of the first
half hour. A private report issued
tins morning placed the crop at 15,-
( 153,000 bales, and the condition at
per cent, compared with a condl
•'* tion of 06.5 per cent, and a crop indi
cation of 14,103,000 a month ago.
Cotton futures opened steady. Dct.
17.82; Dec. 17.86; Jan. 17.03'; March
18.13; May 18.28.
Liquor Sold on Port Office Steps.
(By International News Service)
Knoxville, Teun., Aug. 30.—J. D.
Wyrick. t'ae man who told the Reed
senatorial commltte investigating pro
hibition enforcement laßt spring that
liquor was being sold on the post of
fice steps here, today stands acquitted
of the charge of manufacturing li
quor.
The day after Wyrick made accu
sations against all Tennessee law en
forcement officers, it was revealed here
he had been Indicted for mooshinlng.
Wyrick was arrested in a raid at
the farm of Emerson Arnold, but the
jury decided Wyrick was there solely
* in his professional capacity of fixing
tax assessments.
Following his acquittal, Wyrick
made public a letter from Congress
man Mary T. Norton, of New Jer
sey, to Lincoln C. Andrews, dry czar,
to the effect that Wyrick should not
be “persecuted” for his testimony be
-1 fore the Reed committee.
■ New Hampshire, in 1840, was the
■ first State to require the registration
B of voters.
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Two Sections
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The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Small City Daily ■
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BROOKS “SPANKS” KNIGHT
Quotes From Dr. Knight's Own Book.
Which Speaks of the “Rapid Stride”
of the State on Educational Lines.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Sept. 1. —Declining to en
ter into a controversy concerning (he
relative degree of education in North
Carolina or take, issue with Prof. E.
W. Knight, of the University of North
Carolina who last week set people
agog when he declared that he was go
ing “to quit lying" and tell the truth
about the woeful lack of education in
the state, Dr. E. C. Brooks, presi
dent of State College, said bis only
reference to t*iie remarks of Professor
Knight would be limited to a quota
tion which he had found in a book
just recently off the press, which
siieuks of (lie “hopeful progress” be
ing mads in the State along educa
tional lines. The book is entitled
“Our State Government” and its auth
or is Professor B. W. Knight. The
“Hopeful progress was resumed un
der the inspiration and leadership of
Governor Charles B. Aycock about
1000. In recent years onr state has
made rapid strides in increasing edu
cational opportunities for all the peo
ple. Elementary schools are main
tained in every community, and stand
ard high schools are now found in
practically every county in the state.
The state, the county and the district
join hands to build and keep up
schools for all the people. These
splendid advantages of education
would of course be impossible unless
all- the people were joined together
in government to carry them out. The
aim of the state is to put good schools
within the reach of all of us.”
Following the reading of this quo
tation from Professor Knight's book,
which would seem to effectually refute
his utterances of a week ago, and
which evoked hearty laughter from
the members-of the Civitan Club, be
fore whom be unloosed his attack last
week, Dr. Brooks proceeded to dis
cuss the changes which have come
about in the system of county gov
ernment in the last 150 years, noting
the changes in thought and the corre
sponding changes in governmental ma
chinery that' naturally followed, and
other changes that are still needed.
Back in 1776 the principal quali
fication of a voter was land ownership
and the home was the unit of govern
ment with the head of the family the
absolute head of the government—and
the man was the head of the family,
supremely and unequivocally, accord
ing to Dr. Brooks, with full authority
over his wife, children, slaves and
dumb animals. And if he were in
sulted or slandered, he did not go to
court about, but just got out the
old duelling pistols and settled it
right there. 1
But today, after a century and A
half, conditions have changed almost
completely, and instead of property
ownership, human and social welfare
is the thief aim anil consideration of
government, and the shift has brought
about a transfer of the activities that
formerly rested upon the home and
the landowner directly to the county.
Thus it is that the system of county
government, as first devised 150 years
ago-, must undergo certain changes if
it is properly to discharge the duties
now dependent upon it. For the
county now must minister to human
needs more than ever before, since it
ia made the distributory unit for al
most all state and federal welfare
work, in education and other activi
ties as well. ,
“Where $l6O was spent by the
county In 1776, SIOO,OOO is now Bpent
by the same county, so great has its
Importance become as the unit of ad
ministration,” said Dr. Brooks. “It
must provide schools and teachers for
the children of the county, it controls
the labor of children and the general
welfare of the people and safeguards
their health; In other words, the coun
ty has assumed the functions former
ly held by the home, and mugt be
given the machinery to administer
them properly.”
The thing that now must be done
is to see that the cidnties which have
not kept pace with this development
and which are still trying to get along
with the same county machinery em-
CONFERENCE OPEIS
FOR DISCUS*
of mis
League of Nations Distril}-
r ute Literature Bearing
j on Reservations From
America. j
LETTERS WRITTEN
ABOUT SUBJECT
Also Included in the Facts
Made Public—Some Na
tions Ready to Accept
Reservations.
Geneva, Sept. I.—<A>)—Prior to
opening the world court conference to
day to discuss the American reserva
tions of adherence, the longue of Na
tions distributed a number Os docu
ments bearing on tlie question. These
included the invitation to the United
States to participate in the confer
ence and her declination, as well ns,
extracts from letters received from the
various governments, members of the
court.
Rome of the states inforiped the
league of the terms of reply they bad
made direct to the Washington govern
ment to its communication relative
to the American reservations. This
summary shows Belgium. Finland and
Norway informed the United States
they/preferred to await the action of
the present conference. . convoked by
the league council before finally an
swering the American communication.
Liberia wrote that she accepted the
American reservations “so far as they
relate to'questions which may arise
between Liberia and the United
States.”
Geneva, Sept. I.—C4>)—The confer
ence of'members of the iiermanent
court of international justice summon
ed to discuss the reservations under
which the United States is witling to
become a member, was opened today
with a private session.
Prof. W. J. M. Van Eysingn, the
Dutch member of the court, was elect
ed President of the conference.
The members are expected to accept
four of the five conditions under which
the United States would become a
member of the court. It is the general
impression that the fifth United
States reservation will be turned over
,to * coiMqission. for study. The'Miefr
’jbWffflA fnflf basis or tfmi 4rei«erfa
t!on is a desire on the part of the U.
S. to prevent any attempt by the
council of the league of nations to
seek advisory opinions either on im
migration problems or questions af
fecting the Monroe Doctrine and Latin
America.
BACHELOR CONFESSES
HIS PART IN CRIME
Says He Made Negro Fire the Shot
Yhlch Killed Judge Lamar Smith.
Mobile, Alabama, Sept. I.—o4’>
Brought here early today by automo
bile fromthe Montgomery county jail
for safekeeping, Clyde Reese Bachelor
confessed that be made Hays Leon
ard. negro, fire the shot that killed
Judge Lamar Smith at Wetumpka,
Ala., Monday night.
Bachelor, who is Judge Smith’s
son-in-law, confessed en route to Mo
bile. according to Deputy Sheriff H.
P. Mnssengili and later on arrival at
Mobile county jail Bachelor reiterat
ed his confession in the presence of
newspaper men, the sheriff and jail
attaches.
Bachelor declared that while the ne
gro fired the shot, he prompted him
to do so adding that he was guilty.
He was in a very serious nervous con
dition, but promised to make a full
statement of the affair later in the
day.
With Our Advertisers.
You will find all necessary school
supplies at the Parks-Belk Co., pen
cils, pens, tablets, rules, lunch boxes,
crayons, and everything. See new
half page ad. today for particulars
and prices.
Send The Tribune to your boy or
girl when they go off to school.
See the new ad. today of Wrenu, the
mail order dry cleaner at Kannapolis.
Phone 128.
Four used cars for sale by the Sy
ler Motor Co. Phone 400.
Buy coal now while prices are right.
See new ad of K. L. Craven & Sons.
The famous Cole down dfaft heat
ers now on display at H. B. Wilkin
son's.
Before you go to sleep for the win
ter get your coal from K. L. Craven
& Sons. Phone 74.
When you want a tire repaired, call
the Concord Vulcanizing Co. See new
ad.
New Sehobie bats at Hoover's,
$5.00 to SB.OO New fall -caps, too.
Policeman Amsrted for Violating Mm
liquor Law.
Mobile, Ala., Aug. 31.—The next
session of the grand jury will be ask
ed to indict Policeman Henry Marcet
on a charge of violating the liquor
law, according to Sheriff W. O. Rob
bins.
Sheriff Robbins arrested Policeman
Marcet when a raiding squad of depu
ties headed by the sheriff is alleged to
have caught the officer in the act of
bottling beer at H's home.
Policeman Marcet has been sus
pended from duty.
ployed 150 years ago, are given more
modern and up-to-date methods
: through which to administer their af
fairs, Dr. Brooks maintained. I
CONCORD/N. G, WEDNESDTY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1926
eras of n
ISLAND LIVING ID
GREAT HBRflOfi NOW
' t ' ‘ |
Since Earthquake Shook
Island Tuesday the Pop
ulation Is Living Out
j Doors and in Great Fear.
HORTA PEOPLE
SLEPT IN PARK
Great Cracks Have Ap
peared In Streets and
Most of Buildings in the 1
* City Were Destroyed.
London. Sept. I.—(A>)—The popu
lation of the island of Fayrt in tl)<'
Azores Islands, lying 800 ln'le* off tjn
coast of Portugal, is living outdone-,
terror stricken from ye»ter<l»y> di«»
trous earthquake which meagre R
imtehee describe as the worxt ip We
history of the archipelago.
In Hnrtn flip chief city of Fays). I
most of the 8.000 citizens spent the
night in the public square. Ixtrs
eracks hare appeared in the streets
and the people were afraid to return
to their homes in the fear of renewed
shocks. Most of the city was destroy
ed. <
It has been impossible to learn tin
exqct number of casualties which are
estimated at from 500 to 40© of Hie
island’s 25.000. The Portugucqf 'igov
emment to which the islands belong,
is rushing a relief exped tion to the
Azores. This included warships with
supplies, sanitary corps, and engi
neers • if.yS
From advices thus rar received By
the way of Lisbon, the island of Faf
al is declared to be “a mass of rohqi. I
especially the city of Horta." ' >
This information was sent by the
mayor of Horta. He estimated the
injured at 400 but made no mention
of fatalities. Lloyd's, however, re
ports that ten persons are known to!
have been killed in Horta.
Neighboring islands in the archipel
ago also were affected by the disturb
ance. The small village of Fetelni
was swept by a tidal wave.
The first shock was felt at eleven
o’clock Tuesday morning. It was fol
lowed by n series of other shocks,
some of them of a minor nature,
s The message sent by the mayor of
Herts to the authorities in Llsbvn
said the aspect of Fnyal Island and i
the suffering of the victims were ter
rible to witness.
BOTH THE RURAL AND
CITY SCHOOLS IMPROVE
General Conditions Improve From
50.1 Per Cent, to 55.1 Per Cent,
Raleigh, Sept. I.—OP)—The aca
demic status and the financial status
of North Carolina public schools im
proved from the term 1023-1924 to
that of 1024-1025, it is shown in
State School Facts, issue of the del
partment of public instruction which
came from the presses here today.
The tabulations made by the editor of
the publication indicate that both ru
ral and city schools showed improve
ment.
The general condition, which in
cluded' both financial and academic
factors improved in the period named
from 50.1 per cent, to 53.1 per cent,
in the rural schools and from 81.1 to
83.0 in the city schools. • These per
centages represented what had been
attained toward the standard of per
fection set down by the department
for a perfect school system. The per
centage on the purely academic side
showed an increase of from 01 per
cent, to 63.2 per cent, for the rural
schools and from 83.5 per cent, to 84.0
per cent, for the city schools. In
terms of financial condition, the rural
schools improved from 39.3 per cent,
to 42.0 per cent, while the city schools
improved from 78.7 to 82.0 per cent.
The academic status took into ac
count the percentage of enrollment in
average daily attendance, average
length of term, scholarship of teach
ers, percentage of total enrollment, in
high schools and percentage of enroll
ment > normal and under age. The
financial average took into considera
tion average annual salary of teach
ers, per capita cost of instruction
based on enrollment, total., per capita
cost of current expense based upon
enrollment, total current expense per
teacher and principal and valuation
of school property per child enrolled.
The figures showed that in no ease
had the rural schools reached the
standard of perfection set down by
the department while the city schools
had made the grade in only two par
ticulars. The city schools registered
100 per cent. In the average annual
salary, which was seat at $1,200 as a
standard and in valuation of school
property per child enrolled, the stand
ard for which was given as S2OO per
child.
ivtdow Acquitted of Getting Stolen
Goods.
Charlotte. Aug. 32—Mrs. Herman
Fincher, whose husband was killed
last Wednesday in an automobile ac
cident near Sylva, today was freed of
charges involving receiving stolen
goods.
Fincher who was employed »« a
chauffeur by Mr*. Frank Gore, of
Midland near Charlotte, wns alleged
to have stolen a number of articles
from Mrs. Gore and to have taken
them to his borne.
Mrs. Fincher said she did not
know her husband had atolen the
goods. “He told me be bought them.”
she testified before Magistrate 8.
10. Stokes.
GUARDSMEN CALLED
[ TO DUTY BECAUSE
OF SERIOUS RIOTS
i
I State Troopers on Guard
in Manville, R. 1., Where J
Shrikers Clashed With
the Police. j
NINE PERSONS IN
| THE CITY WOUNDED
i
Guardsmen Offer Support
to Fourteen State Police
Officers on Duty in the
i Strike Area.
j Manville, R. 1., Sept. 1 —C45)—Na
-1 tional guard troops rattled into Mau
ville on trucks today to quell rioting
which culminated last night in in
jury to nine persons during n clash
between state police and a mob of
1.800 striking operatives of ’he Man
ville-Jenckes Company, textile mills,
j Thirty-five men of the field artillery
acompanied by ambulance and medical
corps detachments reached the mill
soon after midnight to support four
teen state police officers and deputy
sheriffs who have guarded the plant
when trouble started with arrival of
strike breakers Sunday.
After a night and day of disord
ers, during which an attempt was
made to fire the. mill, the trouble
reached the peak last niglit when
strikers gathered at the head of the
Blackstone River bridge leading to
the plant.
One man starting to cross the
bridge, wns pushed back by the state
police. The crowd wavered a mo
ment, then rushed. The police met
the advance with swinging night
sticks, but were forced to retreat be
fore superior numbers, and resort to
tear gas bombs.
The bombs again checked the mob's
advance, but another series of rushes
| finally brought volleys from riot guns
and service revolvers. Five strik
ers and sympathizers went -down
wounded with buekshot, while Arm
Auelair. 18, of Woonsocket, a nephew
of Mayor Coucy, was struck in the
face by a revolver ballet fired over
the heads of the crowd. He was in
a crowd of spectators on a hill over
looking the battle.
SMITH STILL LEADING
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Has Slight Lead in Votes Cast in the
Democratic Primary Tuesday.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. I.—G4 3 )—Sen-
ator E. D. Smith and Edgar A. Brown
maintained their relative standing to
day in figures received from yester
day’s Democratic primary.
Revised returns tabulated this
morning gave the following for Sena
tor :
Edgar A. Brown 53,763; N. B. Dial
30,120; E. I). Smith 61,782.
There will be a second race be
tween Smith and Brown on September
14, these figures indicated, as it was
not believed that the votes still un
counted will change the result.
The returns represented 45 out of
46 counties and 1.194 out of 1,370
precincts in the state.
Among the precincts still out are
Wards 2 and 8 in Columbia. The
election managers counted until a
late hour last night and resumed their
task early today.
Senator E. D. Smith, seeking nomi
nation to a fourth term, was opposed
by N. B. Dial, former senator, and
Edgar A. Brown, speaker of the state
'douse of representatives. Mr. Brown
attacked the world court ns n "Re
publican proposal” and declared it
was different from the one endorsed
by the‘last Democratic national con
vention.
Senator Smith said he stood by his
party platform in this matter. He
outlined his stand on agricultural mat
ters and Muscle Shoals.
Mr. Dial was defeated two years
ago for renomination by Cole L.
Blease. He referred to his one term
and the matters which he had advo
cated and backed in asking for the
senatorial nomination.
Nine candidates offered for (he gub
ernatorial nomination, to succeed Gov
ernor Thomas G. McLeod, who is
serving his second term. They were
John G. Richards, K. B. Jackson,
present lieutenant-governor; G. K.
Laney. D. G. Ousts, Carroll D. Nance,
John T. Duncan, Thomas H. Peeples.
John J. McMahan and I. C. Black
wood.
The California Vote.
San Francisco, Sept. I.—OP)—Com
plete returns from 3,006 precincts out
of 8,274 in the state gave: for United
States senator, Clarke, 80,397; Line
berker, 31. 182; Stiortridge, 110,503:
Dockweiler 0,700; Elliott, 8,232.
In the gubernatorial contest com
plete returns from 3,650 precincts
gave: Goodcell 40,566; Bichardson
113,702; Young 126,983; Johnson 7,-
116; Wardell 7,937
Fireman Killed in Accident.
Anderson, S. C., Sept. 1. — (Aft—Os
car Coleman, 20 years old, fireman
of Southern train No. 18, Atlanta to
Columbia, met instant death shortly
after 6 o'clock this morning when the
locomotive of the Atlanta-Columbia
train went through a “split switch”
in the freight yards of the Blue .Ridge
railroad here and overturned, crush
ing the body of the young man beneath
it. Engineer Robert J. Coleman, a
brother of the young fireman, jumped
through a window of the cab after
calling to his brother, and saved his
life, although he suffered painful
bruises as a result of the jump.
In the News of the Day
STEVART.
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1 TL/IXMAW B. W KINtEV
John A. Stewart, chairman of trustees of a New York bank,
celebrated his one hundred and fourth birthday. William P.
Jackson, ex-Senator and Republican National Committee
man, conferred with President Coclidge. Senator William
B. McKinley, of Illinois, was ill at Martinsville, Ind. Lady
Michelham proposed to sell the art works collected by hei
late Lord, which were valued at millions.
MAY STILL SECL RE
MOTORING DATA
at Branch Offices. Though Sale of Li
cense Plates is Discontinued.
Greensboro, Sept. I.—Although sale
of State license plates closed at twen
ty-two branch offices of the Carolina
Motor, Ciuh: at tbe.jQliwe_o£. business
today, motorists may still secure com
plete touring data and other infor
mation at those points, according to
Coleman W. Roberts, vice president
of the motor organization.
Discontinuance of the sale of plates
at the branch offices is in accord with
the contract between the Carolina Mo
tor Club and the State department of
revenue, whereby the club agreed to
handle plates during the three months
rush period of June, July and August.
Motorists desiring information regard
ing licenses, transfers of title and
other data may still secure same at
t'ae various branches, which will con
tinue to function for service to club
members in particular and to the mo
toring public in general.
Offices at which plates have been
sold for tlie past three months nnd
which discontinued sale today are:
Asheboro, Burlington. Concord, Dur
ham. Fayetteville. Gastonia. Green
ville, Henderson, Hickory, High Point,
Lexington, Lenoir, Lumberton, Green
ville, Rockingham, Sanford, Shelby.
Salisbury, Statesville, Sylva, Wil
liamston and Wilson.
Plates will be available at Asheville,
Charlotte, Elizabeth City, Goldsboro,
Greensboro, Rocky Mount and Wil
mington.
“As a whole, sale of plates at the
branch offices was satisfactory,” said
Mr. Roberts, “although changes in
policy by tlie State department that
were in effect during tlie majority of
the rush period made it compulsory
for muny automobile owners to secure
their plates direct. During August
the restrictions were modified nnd the
branch office sales s’liowed an in
crease.”
RETAIL TRADE BETTER
Ran S.lO Per Cent. Better in July
Than Last Year.
Richmond, Va., Sept. I.—(A 3 )—Re-
tail trade in the fifth federal reserve
district ran 3.1 per cent, better in
July than t'.ie record established dur
ing 1925, the monthly report on busii
ness conditions issued from the Fed
eral Reserve Bank here.
The increase came in the face of
characteristic seasonal declines dur
ing July, and averaged 10.3 per cent,
better than average retail sales dur
ing the five years of 1920-1924 inclu
sive. according to figures supplied by
31 leading stores in the district.
The report showed that stocks on
hand were 2.4 per cent, larger, at
selling value, than stocks a year agp.
T'.ie increase was accounted for by
large increases in stocks in Washing
ton and Baltimore. Stocks declined
toward the end of .Tune but outstand
ing orders for merchandise increased
sharply with the making of fall com
mitments.
Stock turnover was reported slow
er for July than for previous months,
but this was regarded as a normal
condition for midsummer months.
July collections were comparatively
slow, averaging 27.1 per cent, of out
standing receivables.
An hour later he returned, the
umbrella was gone, and this sign
hung in its place. "The umbrella was
taken by the champion runner of
the world; I vton’t be back.”
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CHARLOTTE DOCTOR
IS UNDSK SSOO BOND
Charged With Issuing Improper
Certificate to Prospective Bride
and Groom-
Charlotte, Aug. 31.—Charged with
issuing an improper physical exami
nation certificate necessary to obtain
a marriage license. I>r. W.—G. Boyl
ston. who hue offices in the Realty
building here, was arrested by city
detectives late this afternoon and
held in SSOO bond for bearing to
morrow in city court.
The warrant for Dr. Boylston's
arrest was sworn oat by M. M.
Gray, county superintendent of pub
lic welfare, who charged that Dr.
Boylston illegally issued a certificate
to George Bray, dapper youth, who
recently was arraigned in city court
on a charge of immoral conduct.
Bray, with Miss Gladys Williams,
was arrested last Friday afternoon
by city police on a charge of immoral
conduct after they are reported to
have come here from Tampa, Fla.,
on August 22. Police reported that
Miss Williams told them that she
and Bray planned to marry but that
Bray had encountered difficulty in
securing a medical certificate.
In the court case Saturday morn
ing Bray was fined $25 and the
costs and judgment continued in
case of the girl. Saturday afternoon
Bray applied to the register of
deeds for a marriage license, pre
senting, the warrant charges, a cer
tificate signed by Dr. Baylston. It
had not been established this morn
ing whether or not the couple was
married Saturday.
The arrest of Dr. Boylston was
the first of its kind here for a viola
tion of the law requiring medical
certificate before marriage and offi
cials were inclined to believe it the
first of its kind in the statea. Dr.
Boylston has lived here for a couple
of years, coming to Charlotte from
Florida-
Dr. Stembridge Ordered Exile With-1
in an Hour.
Durham, Aug. 31.—Dr. H. D. I
Stembridge, dentist, who was ar
raigned before the recorder today on
charges of drunkenness, was allowed
to leave the city without a sentence
being imposed. The verdict was ren
dered at 11:30 this morning, stating
that capias would be issued if the
defendant had not left the city by
12:30 o'clock, The dentist was order
ed to leave the city last Saturday fcy
the court, when he had been tried oil
charges of drunkenness and operating
without a license. He was given until
today to leave, but was arrested Sun
day morning again on a drunken
ness charge and held until today.
Stembridge asked that he be allowed
to leave the city, statiang that he
would immediately leave. This plea
was accepted by the judge, who gave
him one hour in which to leave. Dr.
Stembridge complied with the re
quest and left before the hour had
passed.
Grand Jury to Study Manley Caae.
Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. I.— UP) —The
federal grand jury of this district con
vened here today to begin general and
exhaustive investigation into the finan
cial affairs of W. D. Manley, presi
dent of the recently closed Bankers
Trust Co., the collapse of which pre
cipitated the closing of a chain of
small banks.
Refrigeration experts predict that
within the near future the same
pipes that heat homes in winter will
be used to cool them in summer.
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THE TRIBUNB J
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TODAY’S NEWS TODAY J
NO. 206
LIEUT. BETTIS IS ■
DEAD OF INJURIES •
RECEIVED 11 Fi||
Farmous Army Flier Djfl
at Walter Reed Hospitap
—His Plane Crashed itt
a Dense Fog. r
CRAWLED FROM "M
WOODS TO Ro4»i
Was First Thought Flief|
Was Not Badly HUB
But Complications Settj||
Tuesday.
"Washington, Sept. 1. —(A’lyr-Lieut.J
Cyrus K. Bettis, army flier, injura&g
in a crash in Pennsylvania last ,we*fc|
died today at Walter Reed HospitgLli
Death resulted from spinal menin
git is which developed after the >njeg|f|
ed flier was believed to be on the way;j
to recovery. He was brought to
ter Reed Hospital several days ago 111
an ambulance airplane from BeM
fonte, I*a., near the place his injffl||j
occurred.
Lieut. Bettis gained ou tstandijij||
prominence as a flier by
Pulitzer air races in 1925, at wiling j
time he set a record of 248.99 miles git
hour. In capturing the trophy f«4 ]
the army that yeqr, he defeated LieuC' .
A1 Williams, navy flier, long hohMflft.;
the air speed record.
Entering the army during the war, *
Bettis served with the Americah Air
Corps in France, and since it* close
participated in a number of prominertPi
army air maneuvers.
His work in the Pulitzer raceg,..
coupled with his record in was fiSfif
peacetime flying, resulted in hisjjHK
lection as a member of the cor pa M
fliers detailed for exhibition work jjjghi
the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphia. This was his last aftt;:l
signment.
Leaving Philadelphia August 23 hp
company with two other planes
Selfridge Field, Mich., he became
in a fog in tile mountains of westegSfi
Pennsylvania and crashed into Seyij||!
Sisters Mountains. He was uncd|M
scious for an hour and a half after i
the erafch.
Unable to summon assistance or
later to attract the attention Os the,;
planes sent to look for hipj. Bettt®
with one leg broken and both jaw®
fractured, hopped and crawled sevwaffi
miles through mountainous corfnlflß
I to a road near Bellefonte, Pa., where
lie was found and taken to a hospitals
in that city.
I He was missing for more than 4®j
I hours during which time he was witfjF
out food and had only the rain
! that lie caught in his hands. ■'"'ffß
I The parents of Lieut. Bettis, who
: were not : fied yesterday of his critidafe
’ condition, arc expected to arrive Kml
today from Port Huron. Mich. Panpy
ing their decision no funeral arraaMw
meats will be made.
VICKERS HAS CHANCE TO' ||
RECOVER, SAjjK
Was Shot By Deputy Sheriff aa He
Made Break For liberty.
Raleigh. Sept. I.—(A 3 )—J. K. Vick»j
ers, convict serving a ten year segfiSj
tcnce for manslaughter, today lies'"
the state prison hosplta 1 seriously
j wounded as a result of his latest
: tempt to escupe. The shooting of t£jl|
prisoner was termed by prison
eials as “very unfortunate” and “pure-s
ly accidental.”
A’ickers was shot through the abdos:
men late yesterday by Rev, Geor|jta
Wood, of Kinston, a deputy sheriff u*k>:
der Sheriff Worthington, of , I<en(jte
County. Wood was returning ’fifts
prisoner to the state prison when tW
break for liberty was made, residttSß
in the shooting. Vickers was EmH
this morning to be resting easily 4ml
his condition was reported as'favor#!
bie as expeeted under the ciiopflfc
stances. Three doctors performejraH|
operation on the man last night, mM
moving eight inches of his inli lijiffH
which had been punctured by UpvlMHfi
let. Wood was placed under a $5,068
bond early today by Coroner L.
Waring, pending the outcome of the
wounds inflicted on Vickers. Vicker#
escaped on a main thoroughfare eifi
■Qiarlotte last week while there for an
examination by the Veterans Bureau,
He wns recaptured ip Spartanburg
and because of a temphraty shortage
of deputies at state's prison. Rev. Mri
Wood was sent to Soiltli Carolina tp
return the man here. He had veache#
tlie prison gates late yesterday when
Vickers, who had not been
according to Wood, made a dash for
liberty.
All Building Records Smadved ■
Asheville. >y
Asheville, Aug. 31.—A1l previow
records for building in Ashevini
were smashed during the first eight)
months of 1926. it was revealed tw
city hall reports today showing ' £
total of 1,157 permits, aggregating]
$(5,060,031 issued since January jB
The total for the first eight monthj
of the current year is equal to tbs
total for the entire year 1925. Inm
cations are that the estimated tog£f
for building this year around $8,06(3
000 made January 1 by Cl. H. BAlk]
lett. commissioner of public safety
will be exceeded before the expmj
tion of the 12 month period.
THE WEATHER |
Partly cloudy tonight
day, local showers Thursday iawjfl
and north central portions, Getdi
to moderate shifting wind* M