DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Insists Great Britain
Doing All Possible To
Escape Clash In China
Secretary of Colonial De
partment Says the Terms
Offered Are so Just That
China Must Accept Them
DENIES NATION
READY FOR WAR
Great Britain Was Just
Taking Necessary Steps
in Sending Ships and
Men to Chinese Waters.
\ Ixmdon, Jan. 28. —(A*)—Another in
dication that the British government
is doing everything possible to avoid
armed conflict with the Chinese is
seen in the words of the Secretary of
the Colonial Department, L. C. M.
Amery. .Following up the announce
ment that the government had form
ulated “generous" terms in the hope
of arriving at a settlement, he declar
ed in a speech at Kilmarnock laat
night that non-acceptance of the
terms was inconceivable, so generous,
considerate and far-reaching Were the
modifications the British were ready
to offer. Only the influence of bol
shevik agents over the real will of
China, he believed, could account for
their rejection.
It was not the government's inten
t!o*n. Mr. Amery emphasized, to de
clare war, to seek conquest, or have a
part in the internal struggles of
China; neither did it deaite to influ
ence -the negotiations through the
forces sent to China.
Although nothing official has been
made public as to the exact nature of
the modifications to the present trea
ty position which the British govern
ment will offer, one report hns arous
ed the deepest interest. This is that
they envisage surrender of British
concessions throughout China, Includ
ing extra terratorialty and call for
new pacts to take the place of those
now in force. In this connection the
newspapers speculate on what guar
antees will be asked of China, and how
the government will surmount the dif
ficulty of having to negotiate with
executives of whose stability in office
thgre is wo certainty,
Volume on Gution Bore him Dls-!
please Cracker S’ate Bat Excite* 1
Interest In Rale'eh.
Raleigh, Jan. 27. —Gerald John
son’s Cotton Ttonclum book has been
barred from Georgia, according to in
formation conveyed to Raleigh, and
the Baltimore editor has ahead of
general circulation for his latest
volume an incomparable boost. |
Mr. Johnson more than a year ago
went Into the Borglum case and,
came out of it with a conviction that
the sculptor was rather cavalierly I
treated, to say the least. Mr. Borg-;
lum went aWsy and so did Mr. John
son. The book hnd been forgotten. |
Bnt a few days ago the news came
to Raleigh that Georgia had black-j
hailed Borglum and Johnson- Bo
suspiciously meritorions n hook as
one that displeases Georgia instantly*
aroued Raleigh curiosity.
Mr. Johnson is due in Raleigh
within a fortnight. He-is trying to
time his coming for the Poole bill
and he shou'd be due almost any
day. The bill has not been heard in
committee and until that time it can
not come before the full house. No
committee hearing has been* set and
one will be unlikely earlier than next
week. Mr. Johnson means to cover
the Poole bill, discussion for the Bal
time Evening Sun of which he is
one of the editors. 1
Sir Henry Lunn to Speak in Durham
On League of Nations.
Durham. Jan. 28.—Sir Henry Lunn,
noted Britiah publicist and authority
on world politics and history, will
speak here In an address to be given
at Duke university on March 11, it
was announced yesterday by Dean
W. H. Wannamaker. His subject
will be "The League of Nations.”
Considerable interest in world poli
tic! is being manifested on the Duke
campus b j t h,e undergraduates. 1
Scbola Caveat, an organisation which
sprang into existence last year as a
student protest against the proposed
Poole i antl-evolutiop bill, is inviting
a number of speaker to talk on tbe
Nicaraguan question and, tke trend of
the United States government towards
imperialism in Latih America.
Lad of Charges Against Cooper to
Re Quashed.
Raleigh, Jan. 27.—Last of the
charges against W. B. Cooper grow
ing out of the failure of the Com
mercial National Bank of Wilming
ton will be nol proceed at a special
session of federal court in Febroary
it was learned here today from Dis
trict Attorney Irvin B. Tucker. ,
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■ SCHUMANN-HKINCK WAS
; SAVED FROM SUICIDE
t By a Baby's Cry “I Love Yon” —She
|; Makes tbe Revelation Herself.
j New Yor, Jan. 28. —Opera owes the
} life of one of its most dramatic figures
to the frightened appeal of a baby,
’ “Mama, 1 love you: Take us home.”
’ This is the revelation made by Ma
. dame Ernestine Schumann-Heink, tell- I
> ing the story of her early bitter strug
i gle against fate and privation in the
I February issue of Good Housekeeping
I magazine.
Hardly more than a girl when she
was deserted by her husband and left
to care for her four children, her voice
' scorned by directors who would give
: her only insingnificaut parts at nig
! gardly pay, the young singer ileter
\ mined to end life for herself and her
ihildren, she writes.
“I planned it all out.. I had It in
1 ! ny mind to throw them and then
' Myself in front of a train. I was
! like a'crasy woman. They were cry
-1 ing and clinging to me. stumbling
along tft my side,’’ she says.
“I plunged forward to the tracks.
We were already close upon them —
1 only another step. -I bent down to
pull the children close together and
ready. At that moment it must have
been that my little Lotta saw my
face. My agony—it was all written
there. She threw herself in front of
me and caught my hand in her little
freezing ones, screaming;
“ ‘Mama ! Mama ! I love you. Take
us home. ’
“I believe to this day that the dear
Madonna I had always prayed to must
have put into this child's mouth those
very word—and the way she said
them. I turned back."
'How she fainted from starvation
and was forced to give up her children
temporarily is another episode told
by the grand old lady of the opera in
the Good Housekeeping biography..
ORPHANAGE MAY '
DRAW PILGRIMS
Board of Managers Approves Plan
to Make Asylum Churchmen’s
Mecca.
Charlotte Observer.
The memory of the late Rev. Kd
wtg A. Osborne, the flrat superin
tendent of Thompson orphanage here.
] natal date.
I The board of managers ot the
home’ have given their approval to
the p’an to honor the dead superin
tendent. Rev. Mr. Osborne, who cued
at an advanced age, served the in
stitution as superintendent for 15
years, and was a member of Its
board of managers until his death.
| The receipt of several donations
-during the past year were reported
, at the annual conference of the board
' of managers. In the will of Dr. R. H.
I Lewis of Raleigh the orphanage
I was left $5,000 to be known as the
j “Martha Hoskins Lewis memorial.”
J A trust fund established by Wil
liam H. Williamson, late prominent
, Charlotte citizen, will yield the
'school an annual income of approx
imately SIO,OOO.
’ The acceptance limit for 1927
i was placed at 112 children by the
board.
Hamilton C. Jones was reelected
attorney for the orphanage; Dr.
Myers Hunter was re-elected phy
sician ; Francis O. Clarkson was re
elected trustee for the endowment
fund, and Rev. John L. Jackson,
treasurer. Ven William H. Hardin
of Salisbury, was re-elected secre
tary.
May Call Extra Session Next Year.
Raleigh,, Jan. 28.—(IN8)—With
the present session of the Legislature
hardly started yet, possibility of an
other session one year from now ia
being talked In political circles.
The special session would be called
by Governor McLean to revise North
Carolina's taxation system. If the
Legislature authorises Governor Mc-
Lean's plans to appoint a state tax
commission to make a report to the
legislators, it was pointed out .that
it would take many mouths for; the
commission to do the job. ,
I Proponents of the special session
pointed out the impracticability as
attempting to make any outstanding
reform at the present session. It
would, take,*- year or ipore; for Oft
com mission to make a thorough study
6t the situation, it bdUeved.
) Under {he plan of .GovernoV McLean
.the cafoteiMion would not get Its 'in
formation Item the Btate government
.alone, but from each of tbe 100 county
also.
I However, Governor McLean, when'
asked fcbout the proposed. extra ses
sion, was non-oommital, declaring that
discussion of an extsa session at the
present time was pre-mature.
In South Carolina Tea.
(By International News Service)
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 28. —A bill
to prohibit the teaching of evolution
: in colleges and schools supported by
the state was introduced in the house
today by Representative W. P. Mason,
of Oconee. It was referred to tbe
committee on education.
Tbe Mason bill provides a penalty
of SIOO to SSOO fine, or imprisonment,
with forfeiture of all pay by any
teacher convicted of violating its pro
vision*.
I More Ballou Wtt Be Seised.
Washington, Jan. 28.—to*—Soto
ure of the ballots cast id Pittsburgh
and Alleghany counties, Pa., ia the
( Vare-Wilson senatorial election last
I November, wee ordered today by tbe
I Senate campaign (and* eonunittw,
1
BLLSMOUG
IDE STATE DODDS
FOR ROMS OFFERED
1 Identical Bills Are Pre
' sented in House and Sen
ate.—County Loans For
r bidden in the Bill. '* j
(COUNTIES COULD
GIVE THE MONEY
Act Will Become Effective
as Soon as It is Passed—
Other Bills Presented
During the Day.
State Capitol, Raleigh, Jan. 28.
t&t —Bills to authorize issuance of
$30,000,000 in highway bonds were
introduced in both branches of the gen
eral assembly today, converting short
ly after noon.
The bills, sponsored by the State
highway commission, were preeented
in the house by R. P. Woodard, of
Nash, and in the senate by Hargett,
of Jones, chairman of the respective
roads committees.
It provides that no more county
loans may be accepted, but does not
exclude donations from this source.
It also provides that all such obliga
tions shall be clearly defined before
any moneys arc expended from the
new bond issue.
The measure, containing sixteen
sections, known as the “Highway
Bond Act of 1927,” provides:
Not more than $1,500,000 bonds to
be authorized in any one calendar
year.
The governor and council of state
not to permit issuance of more than
$20,000,000 bond in the year 1927.
The new act would not take the
place of any authorization heretofore
made, but would be an additional one.
Bonds to bear interest at a rate
fixed by the governor and council of
state but not exceeding 5 per cent,
annually, payable semi-annually, Jan
uary Ist and July Ist.
Repeals section 14, chapter 2, pub
lic laws of 1921, which had permitted
counties to lend money to the highway '
commission, but tbe counties would be :
able to "donate” money to the com
mittee. • j
£. The wrasura would go into effect!)
Tbe House began by granting
enough leaves of absence to make it
certain a perfunctory session would
be held tomorrow. The Senate was in
session exactly one hour.
Standing house committees report
ed 19 bills favorably and 8 unfavor
ably. All but one of the former were '
local, but the unfavorable group was 1
statewide. These adversely reported 1
sought amendment of prohibition laws,
regulation of Sunday sales, and man
ufacturing of insecticides.
A message from Governor McLean
brought a report on pardons and pa- 1
roles durnig the last biennium. The !
present system started 2 years ago,
was lauded for its results. The re
port recently had been made public by
the Associated Press in an official "box
score.” 1
In the House an echo was heard of
the Haywood fiareup qf yesterday
when 'the Montgomery representative
who has offered several “purity”
measures, design;-! to improve public
morals and said he had been treated '
unfairly in committee, introduced a
resolution to amend the house rules
to prevent any committee reporting a
bill without giving tire father of the
bill ample time to appear before it. 1
Mr. Haywood claimed that the ;
Health committee “railroaded” his
“anti-immorality bill” to adverse re
port. The bill had been framed to
prohibit the sale of alleged immoral
devices.
Judiciary committee No. 2 at the
senate today reported favorably tbe
two bank bills introduced by Senator
Williams, of Warren, ancV advocated
by the Federal Land Bank of Colum
bia, S. C. One of these Mils simply
makes it possible to lend farmers morf
ey for production purposes with the
loan running one year from date of
loan instead of running to the end of
. calendar years.
The other bill would allow the ii»-
1 termediate credit corporation to charge
up the 2 pei* cent. , above what Is
; charged by the. Federal Land Bank apd
i fiscal .agents - which lend the money
in the markets qf (be world. . s,
...fa.c...—; ■
BODY or THIRD FIREMAN
| IS CARRIED FROM RUINS
Firemen Last Their Uvea in Collapse
of Seven-Story Building Butted
By Fire.
New Yost, Jan. 28.——The body
of a third fireman, killed late last
night in the collapse of three floors of
a fire-swept 7-story loft building in
the lower East Side, early today was
removed from the ruins.
-Five other firemen of ten caught in
the wreckage on the street floor were
in the hospital today, suffering from
fractures, lacerations and contusions.
Five injured men were rescued from
the ruins early today a short time af
ter the bodies of their two comrades
had been recovered. Three escaped
without injury.
Provine Prefers “Bovine Shots” To
Liquor Boots.
■New Orleans, Jan. 27.—Dr. J. W.
Provine, President of Mississippi col
lege, prefers that students sp«nd time
“shooting the bull!’ about athletics
rather than playing poker and drink
ing aa done in former days, and Ins
stead of spending too much on athle
tics. colleges spend too tittle, be
CONCORD, N, C„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927
University May Get More Money
Than Is Promised in the Budget
«■ The Tribune Bureau rears ago. This means that 75 per
Sir Walter Hotel cent, of tbe students at the Unlver-
Raleigh. Jan. 28. —The University <it.v are being deprived of something
of North Carolina m»,v get an in- they are entitled to.”
crease in its permanent improvements In support of his contention that
appropriation of $361,700, in ordeit the original requests should have been
to permit the eonstruction of the new granted ami still were justified—nl
library at Chapel Hill according to the though he did not exactly request that
original estimate of $861,700, instead the full amount be granted—by the
of $500,000 as recommended by the same arguments he has been using,
budget commission, but whether or namely that according to the original
not the full $425,000 increase asked six-year program mapped out in 1921,
by President Harry W. Chase and that the University has not received
the board of trustees will be its share' as mapped out at the time
ing is still a matter of conjecture: and that as a result $1,045,000 iR still
j However, there is no doubt that thi due under that agreement,
joint committee on appropriation* Although he left the matter of rna'in
was considerably impressed by tM 1 “nance appropriations entirely up to
fairness of the requests made by the committee, Dr. Chase maintained
Chase and backed up by John Spr*M that the University was being greatly
Hill of tbe building committee of A# handicapped in not, being able to get
board of trustees. s and keep the type of professors and
That all the money asked in &t , U /* 0, ! ld haT « of
original request—s2.3B3,7ls—could be th r, lo , w ]t , was P?? 1 "* and
used to good effect was not doubted! Haid that the . members ‘ h “ re
But the commmittee is faced with the ' v “ re «^* n ftantly being made offers from
task of keeping the budgeted appro- other universities at much larger sal
priatione of all the State institution* ar "‘ s : " nd t! \ at ° nl 7 the personal loyal
and departments within the budgeted f- v of » majority of them was keep
revenue. Thus whether or not it wilt’ n, K *hem at Chapel Hill,
be able to squeeze in nearly half a . H wfi are to continue to occupy
million dollars is a problematical end the P ,ace WP kave hpld aH an eduea
especially in view of the faet that rite ,ional institution, we must pay sal
eommittee so far has shown a hem- ar,ps that w ,»" P < ‘ rniit us to compete
after inclination to cut rather than othpr of our mass
\ in the obtaining of professors, said
- .. . . li Dr. Chase. He said that instead of
.4 | th T4i are TT a f being able to advance, that under the
evident needs at the I recommended appropriation, the Uni
most pressing s undoubtedly the need verKUy would barriy be ab!e to * lold
for an adequate library, according to n „ n
both Dr. Chase and Mr Hill, and all tbe mPmberH of the Pommi ttee
the members of the faculty and board havff alrea dy heard the stories of all
oi trustees. ; t ) u , state institutions and departments
“Next to the faculty, the library i* and the individual claim's of each one.
the very soul of any educational in- And whether it will decide that the
stitution, and if it is inadequate, then University should be given prefereu
the entire school is inadequate,” said tial treatment at their hands, and
Mr. Hill, Waft followed Dr. Chase'be-j some of ttie other institutions have to
fore the committee and made a special do without even as much as has been
plea for the library. “At present not recommended for them, is for the corn
more than 25 per cent, of the students mittee to decide,
can be accommodated in the present And it must be borne in mind that
library which was built twenty-three this is an economy-bent committee.
1.800 PERSONS RESIDE | CLARENCE REBP DIES
IN COUNTY HOMES 1 ON RAILROAD TRACK
It is Estimated That Another 2,500 Body, Found Near Newton, Identified
in State Get Aid From Countteis. By His Father. Horace Reep, of
Tribune Bnreau, Near Hickory.
Sir Walter Hotel. Newton, njn. 27 —The unidentified
Raleigh, Jan. 28. —An estimate, young man whose crushed body was
■based upon the most recent report*: found on (he Southern railroad about'
shows that there are 1,800 inmate* 7:30 last night after an eastbound
in the county homes of the Stat 4 i freight train had supposedly run
and an average of 2,500 persons ate j over and practically served the head
maid in annual total of $149,380 oi from the body, was learned to be
jminsMtfTnrßfir rrltlif'r son ot Horace Reep,
five dollars a month, according to the (identity was ascertained by the Ini-
State Department of Public Wei- tf*U. “C. W. D..” cut on the inside
fare. of the watch case.
The reports on the county home-. O. W. Dellinger, a Hickory
show that a large number of feeble- jeweler, was immediately called, and
minded and insane, those in need of by the Rerial number it was learned
hospital treatment. and in some that the boy's name was Clarence
cases children under sixteen, are 1 Reep, of Hickory. The father of the
still placed in county homes have too young man came to Newton at 12:30
small a number of Inmates to make last night on a bicycle, identified his
it possible to have the institutions son. and then jumped on his bicycle
run along efficient, economical and and went back to Hickory. The
practical lines. The Board has, for a young man was buried near Hickory
number of years, recommended group at 4 o’clock this afternoon,
county homes, which several coun- • ;
wßh’each other ° OPlwratiou THE COTTON MARKET
Several! counties are eonvertlnt"u k __.
infirm W into y *ios t SaK < ‘ <l One Po,nts ‘ n f* ,p 0 Hl * h ® r Uv
workM tMs n ™nn^tTon don< ' n ° tab ' < ‘ ' 28.-0P)-The cot-
Seetlon 5017 of Consolidated Sta- t0I » “ arket ° f l>e " pd B , t ! < ’ a< to,l . ay at
tutes provides that the county super- an advance of 4 to 6 points in re
intendent of public welfare slm'l sponwtohigher Liverpool cables
have under control of the county , So,np Southern selling and probably
commissioners, the care and super- !° cal "*»«« 8 r * th * r . beana ' l
vision of the poor and the adminic- terpretat.oi. of a report from the de
tration of the poor fund. Few coun- agriculture on the need
ties have seen fit to entrust this for-Ji drastic reduction in acreage were
phase of the work to the superintend- a h“rbe<l within a pomtor two of
ents, but where they have, the re- tkp Pf icea - market
suit* hate been gratifying in n fl- ah ? wpd * alna aboat « , to 8
nancial, as well as in other ways. Points at the eml of the first hour,
In one small county, the saving es- “ a^, h 00 8elllB * a j !*' 47 and October
fected by dropping those who have ft 13.88. Trade buying and cover
moved away or no longer needed mg was reported on the advance
help, amounted to several hundred Liverpool cables said there had been
dollars • ** lp tra( l e calling and continued buy
• ing in Liverpool bnt tfae cloth turn-
Expecting *OO Legion Men to At- ' or , ludian waa amaU ®s' . f .
Sanford mm Cotton futures opened stead: March
Banford7jan*27.— -Announcement If 24; May 1MB; July 13.65; Oct.
is made that the American legion a*- B '*; Dec. 14.0 U.
posts officers’ conference will be held . .
in Sanford February 21. The date Winter Joys in the South,
was decided op after visit hero today Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 28 —'Advantages
of Paul R. Younts, of Charlotte, enjoyed by those who make their
state commander qf the legion, who homes In the South, to which thous
conferred with committees from the ends fromother sections journey an
local post. Sanford being easily ac- nually to escape the rigors of winter
Cessible from all ,_p*rts of the state In less hospitable dimes, are point
means that poesiHy 600 or more will ed out ip an advertisement of the
l)e in attendance. , • Southern Railway System, appearing
It is expected that National Com- in February magaaines qnder the
mander Savage and othte tirominent heading: “‘Hippy,’ I raw, ‘Whose
official* will Jbe here for the meeting. Home is Here.”’ ’ i ,
The chamber of Commcrce «hd oth- Thi* advertisement, the fifth of i.
er dyie .bodies w»R to-opatate with series being carried by the Southern
(he Lee county post, No. 18, in en- in hational publications having a
tertaining the visitors. combined corcu'ation of 10,000,000,
■ ■ ■ ia illustrated by an attractive sonth-
Tobacco Chew b Worth Two Bits to era farm view and reads as follows:
Forsyth Man. ‘When winter comes, with sleet
Winston-Salem, Jan. 27.—1 n tak- and slush—When bleak March winds
ing a chew of tobacco here today, make spring remote—fortunate those
Verge little dosed bis teeth on a who live in the South, where others
25 cent piece, embedded In the come for sunshine and health.
Hcoriced weed. While he jarred his ' “Here the farmer is not subjected
jawbone considerably, Mr. Little to the rigors of Northern winters. He
concluded that the bite wan worth it. and bis family and his crops do well
The piece of silver bore date of 190(1. where the outdoor months number
- ■' - '! i.r , twelve.
■ “Industry also profits from the
blessings of the climate. In the thriv
fja yi. .. j, . ing factories of the South people
- Mar 1 neaire work in the sunshine—and they live
w in we l-kept, healthy communities.
_ - _ ... Strong of stature, healthy «nd
Today Will Be tne Last energetic, the Southern people the
Ghnurintr of iko round reap the benefits of a
moderate dimale.
3 BAD MEN - '“Die Southern Raiway System
Operates three of America’s most
SATURDAY notable trains: “Bhe Cresent Limit
a d- * • l wt . *d between New Orleans and New
A Big Special Western Xogk; the Royar Psim, between efin
and a CoinedV clnnati and New Orleans,” “Pied
-7 mont Limited” from New York to
■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■J N«w Orleans.
r The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. Jan. 28. —The University
of North Carolina may get an in
crease in its permanent improvements
appropriation of $361,700, in ordek
to permit the construction of the new
library at Chapel Hill according to the
original estimate of $861,700. instead
of $500,000 as recommended by the
budget commission, but whether or
not the full $425,000 increase asked
by President Harry W. Chase and
the board of trustees will be fortheonH
ing is still a matter of conjecture
j However, there is no doubt that the
joint committee on appropriation*
was considerably impressed by tM
fairness of the requests made by {s■
Chase and backed up by John Spnjjgjfl
Hill of the building committee o£tlw
board of trustees.
That all the money asked in the
original request—s2,3B3,7ls—could be
used to good effect was not doubted;
But the commmittee iR faced with the
task of keeping the budgeted appro
priations of all the State institution*
and departments within the budgeted
revenue. Thus whether or not it will'
be able to squeeze in nearly half a
million dollars is a problematical enO
especially in view of the faet that the
committee so far has shown a here
after inclination to cut rather than
boost
Although there are a number es
evident needs at the University, the
most pressing is undoubtedly the need
for an adequate library, according to
both Dr. Chase and Mr. Hill, and all
the members of the faculty and board
of trustees.
“Next to the faculty, the library 1*
the very soul of any educational in
stitution, and if it is inadequate, tbed
the entire school is inadequate,” said
Mr. Hill, who followed Dr. Chase'be
fore the committee and made a special
plea for the library. “At present not
more than 25 per cent, of the students
can be accommodated in the present
library which was built twenty-three
i
1.800 PERSONS RESIDE
IN COUNTY HOMES J
It is Estimated That Another 2,500
in State Get Aid From Counties.
Tribune Bnreau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 28. —An estimate
based upon the most recent report**
shows that there are 1300 inmate*
in the county homes of the Stat 4 i
and an average of 2,500 persons ate j
maid in annual total of $149,380 o*
five dollars a month, according to the (’
State Department of Public Wel
fare. i
The reports on the county homes,
show that a large number of feeble- ,
minded and insane, those in need of I
hospital treatment. and in some
cases children under sixteen, are 1
still placed in county homes have too ;
small a number of inmates to make '
it possible to have the institutions i
run along efficient, economical and i
practical lines. The Board has, for a ;
number of years, recommended group !
county homes, which several coun- -
ties could maintain ■in oooperatiou
with each other-,
Several! counties are eonvertlnt"
their county homes for (he aged and
infirm into county hospitals. One
county, Vance, has done notable
work in this connection.
Section 5017 of Consolidated Sta
tutes provides that the county super
intendent of public welfare sba' 1
have under control of the county
commissioners, the care and super
vision of the poor and the adminis
tration of the poor fund. Few coun
ties have seen fit to entrust this
phase of the work to the superintend
ents, but where they have, the re
sults been gratifying in a fi
nancial, as well as in other ways. f
In one small county, the saving ef
fected by dropping those who have ■
moved away or no longer needed
help, amounted to several hundred
dollar*.
Expecting *OO Legion Men to At
tend Sanford Meet.
Sanford. Jan. 27.—Announcement
is made that the American legion
posts officers’ conference will be held
in Sanford February 21. . The date
was decided on after visit hero today
of Paul R. Younts, of Charlotte,
state commander qf the legion, who
conferred with committees from the
local post. Sanford being ac
cessible from all ,p*rts of the state
means that possibly 600 or mote will
he In attendance, ri , •
It is expected that National Com
mander Savage and othte tirominent
o&telb be teo. for the mec ing. I
i The chamber of Commerce «hd oth
er dyie bodies wHI to-opehß* with
the Led 'county post, No. 18,. in en
tertaining the visitors.
Tobacco Chew Is Worth Two Bite to
Foriy tfc Man.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 27.—1 n tak
ing a chew of tobacco here today.
Verge little dosed his teeth on a
25 eent piece, embedded in the
Hcoriced weed. While he jarred his
jawbone considerably, Mr. Little
concluded that the bite wan worth it.
The piece of ailver bore date qf 1900.
Sfaur Theatre
Today Will Be tbe Last
Showing of the
“3 BAD MEN”
SATURDAY
A Big Special Western
and a Comedy
if (cars ago. Thiß means (hat 75 per
L cent, of tbe students at the Univer
! -ity are bdng deprived of something |
j. they are entitled to.”
i In support of his contention t'hat
I the original requests should have been
[ granted and still were justified—al-
I though he did not exactly request that
I the full amount be granted—by the [
I same arguments he has been using,
f namely that according to the original
I six-year program mapped out in 1921,
i t int Che University has not received
1 its share' as mapped out at the time
[ and that as a result $1,645,000 is still
[ due under that agreement.
I Although he left the matter of main-
I tennnee appropriations entirely up to
I the committee, Dr. Chase maintained
I that the University was being greatly
I handicapped in not, being able to get
| and keep the type of professors and
j, instructors it should have because of
! the low salaries it was paying and
I said that the faculty members there
r were constantly being made offers from
i other universities at much larger sal-
Baries, and that only the personal loyal
ty of a majority of them was keep
ing them at Chapel Hill,
i “If we are to continue to occupy
[ the place we have held as an eduea
■ lional institution, we must pay sal
■ aries that will permit us to compete
j with other universities of our class
. in tbe obtaining of professors,” said
| Dr. Chase. He said that instead of
f being able to advance, that under the
| recommended appropriation, the Unl
| versity would barely be able to hold
| its own.
( But the members of the committee
‘ have already heard the stories of all
f the State institutions and departments
t and the individual claims of each one.
i And whether it will decide that the
I University should be given prefereu
f tial treatment at their hands, and
SI some of the other institutions have to
I do without even as much as has been
! recommended for them, is for the com
f mittee to decide.
E And it must be borne in mind that
1 this is an economy-bent committee.
r
CLARENCE KEEP DIES
ON RAILROAD TRACK
Body, Found Near Newton, Identified
By Hie Father. Horace Keep, of
Near Hickory.
Newton, ajn. 27—The unidentified
young man whose crushed body was
found on the Southern railroad about'
7:30 last night after an eastbound
{freight train had supposedly run
lover and practically served the head
'from the body, was learned to be
son of Horace Reep.
i Identity was ascertained by the ini
tials. "C. W. D..’* cut on the inside
of the watch case.
O W. Dellinger, a Hickory
jeweler, was immediately called, and
by the serial number it was learned
that the boy's name was Clarence
I Beep, of Hickory. The father of the
young man came to Newton at 12:30
last night on a bicycle, identified his
son, and then jumped on his bicycle
apd went back to Hickory. The
young man was buried near Hickory
at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
the cotton Market
Opened Steady at Advance of 4 to «
Points in Response to Higher Liv
erpool Cables.
' New York, Jan. 28.— (A*) —The cot
ton market opened steady today at
an’ advance of 4 to 6 points in re
sponse to higher Liverpool cables.
Some Southern selling and probably
local selling on a rather bearish in
terpretation of a report from the de
partment of agriculture on the need
for.a drastic reduction in acreage were
absorbed within a point or two of
the opening prices. The market
showed net gains of about 6 to 8
points at the end of the first hour,
March selling at 13.47 and October
at 13.88. Trade buying and cover
ing was reported on the advance.
- Liverpool cables said there had been
fair trade calling and continued buy
ing in Liverpool bat the cloth tum
over for Indian was smaller.
' Cotton futures opened stead: March
13 24; May 13.45; July 13.65; Oct.
13.84; Dec. 14.00.
Winter Joys in the South.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 28—'Advantages
enjoyed by those who make their
homes in the South, to which thous
ands from i other sections journey an
nually to escape the rigors of winter
in leas hospitable dimes, are point
ed out ip an advertisement of the
Southern Railway System, appearing
in ■■ February magazines under the
heading: “ ‘Hippy,’ 1 'dhld, ' ‘Whose
Home is Here.’” ' •' i
This advertisement, the fifth of i.
series being carried by ■■ the Southern
in Rational publications having a
combined corcnlation of 10,000,000,
is Illustrated by an attractive south
ern farm view and reads as follows:
* “When winter comes, with sleet
and slush —When bleak March winds
make spring remote—fortunate those
who live in the South, where others
come for sunshine and health.
' “Here the farmer is not subjected
to the rigors of Northern winters. He
and bis family and his crops do well
where the outdoor months number
.twelve.
I “Industry also profits from the
blessings of the climate. In the thriv
ing factories of. the South people
work in the sunshine —and they live
in well-kept, healthy communities.
Strong of stature, healthy end
energetic, the Southern people the
year round reap the benefits of a
moderate climate.
* “The Southern Raiway System
Operates three of America’s most
notable trains: “The Cresent Limit
fid between New Orleans and New
York ; the Royal 1 Mitt, between <Jin
ciunatl and New Orleans,” “Pied
mont limited" from New York to
New Orleans.
EMERGENCY MARINE
BATTALION GROWS;
READY FOR ACTION
Marines Are Being Con
centrated at San Diego
so They Can Be Rushed
to China if Necessary.
1*133 MEN READ
AT SAN DIEGO
Most of New Men in Bat
talion Have Been Doing
Mail Guard Duty in This
Country. ‘
Washington, Jan. 28.— UP) —The
emergency marine battalion at San
Diego, held for possible service in
China, today was increased to a
strength of 1,133 men.
The force which the Navy says is
stationed at the California port for
use anywhere needed has been aug
mented by 500 men withdrawn from
the mail guard, marines from Mare
Island, and a detachment from the
Puget Sound. It is ready to move im
mediately on receipt of orders, Maj.
Gen. Lejeune, commandant of the Ma
rine 'Corps, said, but there has been
no indication that any order has been
issued.
Half of the force from the Puget
Sound yard was sent yesterday to the
concentration point.
Watching New Developments.
Washington, Jan. 28.—tip)—While
the United States awaits the reaction
of the warring Peking and Cantonese
factions to its pence overtures extend
ed to both in the form of an expressed
willingness to negotiate new treaties
with responsible delegates, interest
here was turned for the moment to
Great Britain, now described as pre
paring to offer China “generous” terms
in the hope of bringing order out of
the chaos.
Washington officials are keenly in
terested in any plan that might be
offered by the British.
London news advices picture the
British press and public as impa
tiently awaiting official publication of
the new proposals.
The United States also has signi
fied its willingness to open negotia
tiius for ultimate abandonment of all
American teKititottl ip
China in Addition to working Thr im
mediate Chinese tariff autonomy. It
now awaits proposals for such confer
ences, but it has not been indicated
whether it would take any direct dip- 1
lomatic steps to bring about a meet- '
ing in event the northern and southern
Chinese factions fail to take advan
tage of its friendly offer.
Reduction in Forest Fire Losses.
1 Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 28.—Forest fire loss- j
es in cooperating counties of North
Carolina during December were less
than 20 per cent of those of Novem- 1
her, says Maj. Wade H. Phillips, di- '
rector of the Department of- Conserve- j
ttion and Development, the total |
amounting to slß,lßl.
As has been the case for the last i
several months, eastern counties,
where the fire hazards continue
through most of the year, have been
the heaviest sufferers ‘ from forest
fires, all but two of the reported
blazes being centered in this area.
District No. 1, constituting the co- :
operating counties in the southwest
ern part of the state did not record
a forest fire while the north western
section experienced only two.
District No 3, southeast, led with
30 fires and No. 4. northeast, follow
ed with 12. A total of .44 were re
ported during the month. The re
port of the state forester shows that
7,853 acres were covered by the
fires, of which 2,146 were in mer
chantable timber and the rest in
second growth and open land.
The greatest damage was done lo
the standing timber which suffered
to the extent of $12.450; reproduc
tion damages were estimated at $4,-
650; forest products, $025; and im
movaments, $l5O.
A New Way to Catch ’Em.
(By International News. Service)
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 28.—Don’t club
’em into submission; don’t shoot ’em
down,; don't tun. ’em to earth—just
take tltrif kids to police station and
natural affection will lead ’em right
to the place where you want ’em.
1 This is the advipe of, Jolicemau j.
it. McGahee following his employ
ment of that method to arrest Fannie
Lytle, negro woman, after she had
left her two-year old child in running
to escape the officer. He wanted her
for alleged use of strong language on
the street. She arrived 'at the sta
tion a short while later and will
face the judge soon on charges of dis
orderly Conduct.
' Predicts Coolldge Ejection in 1928.
1 Washington, January 25. —Senator
■ WeUer, Republican, of Maryland,
announced today he was “for Presi
' dent Coolidge again in 1928,” and
• predicted that he will he renominat
' ed and re-elected.
• “The country will be for Coolidge
in 1928," he said in a formal state
l mmt. “Maryland will be for Cool
! idge.”
i - '
Would Require Notice of Manager,
t Raleigh, Jan. 27.—(INS)—The
t hills introduced in the general Assem
■ Wy to prevent “fiivver weddings” will
r he thrashed ont by House Judiciary
- Committee No. 1 today.
The bills provide that a two weeks’
> notice be given by contracting parties
before a marriage licenae is obtained.
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Veda Bellefeuille, nineteen
year-old Marshalltown (la.)
girl, admitted writing letters
{ire tending to be from a rival
over to Charles Elrod, twenty
eight. Elrod was found dead
shortly after receiving the las!
letter. His death was a mys
tery.
HAYWOOD’B CHARGE
MORE ACTION BRINGS
His Bill Not Popular But He Will
Be Heard Just the Same.
Tribue Bureau
f Sir Walter Hotel
dsve
members of the house that the passing
of laws will not regulate or deter
immoral conduct, but because Repres
entative Oscar Haywood, the “purity
crußader” of the house, accused the
house as a whole and the members of
the committe on health in particular
of treating him unfairly and unjustly,
his bill to "prohibit immorality"
through stoppiug the sale of certain
contraceptive devices sold by drug
stores —and some filling stations —was
sent back to committee for further
consideration.
The first real clash of any conse
quence in the house arose when thiß
bill of Dr. Haywoods was read with
nn unfavorable report. He was on
his feet instantly with a motion to re
commit, which was followed by a
motion to table, and quickly tabled.
Then arising to a point of personal
privilege, Dr. Haywood said that he
had been assured by the committee
and su-beommitte both that the bill
would be reported without prejudice,
and asserted that he had been virtual
ly betrayed by the committee, and had
been treated “unfairly and unjustly."
This charge brought forth a very
explicit denial from Dr. M. H. Mc-
Bryde of Rockingham, chairman of
the committee on health, who declared
that the committee had voted unani
mously to report the bill unfavorably.
But on motion of Representative
Z. V. Turlington and with the ap
proval of Representative Walter Mur
phy, who for the first time brought
his house generalship into play, the
rules were suspended and the bill re
committed to committee, in order that
the “Gentleman from Montgomery"
might not feel that tie had been tread
ed unfairly.
Preachers Must Be Up-to-Date.
(By International News Service)
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 28. —“Selling”
religion is like selling real estate or
putting a vaudeville act across —it
requires a new "line” and “pullers”
to go over.
Religion grows into a stately man
sion in 'one's soul in the way that a
tiny village in a desolate spot de
velops into a thriving city. .
Neither can be possible without
new thoughts, ideas and the adop
tion of modern methods.
Religion is a bitter pill to some,
and swallowing it depends entirely on
the preacher’s ability to give it a sug
ary coat.
These gems have been collected dur
ing fifteen years F. R. Atwood, of
Adilene, Texas, now attending the
Southern Baptist Sunday school con
vention, has been a preacher.
Rev. Mr. Atwood has been a pas
tor in small churches in far-western
sections, secretary of the board /of
missions in New Mexico, president of
Wayland College at Plainview, Texas,
and now is at the head of the re
ligious department of education at
Simmons University at Abi ene.
“A preacher mUst not tfu.uk he can
go on with religious progress if he de
pends on old stereotyped ideas and ser
mons. He must put away dignity and
think of himself as an everyday sales
man whose success depends on his
line,” explained Mr. Atwood.
Seventy-five persons and organiza
tions own airplanes privately in
lowa, the National Aeronautical as
sociation finds.
i—.
THE TRIBUNE *ll
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY]
NO. ll ?
COBB PLANNING TpJI
/ r 'ITOMAJOI|J
] FOR ANOTHER YEAR ]
Says He Does Not Wiuti ,
to Quit Since Charges of |
Dutch Leonard Wtrts ’ 9
Given to Public. |
WILL CLEARNAME ilil I
AND THEN QUTf |
Does Not Want It ilfls|A:J| i
That Last Game Wip f j
Played While He W|jt 11
Under Suspicion. ! || I
Augusta, On., Jan. 28. — (A 1 )—
Cobb today definitely ijfe I’l ■
would return to baseball this FriMlEl ■
In long distance conversationfrom• • M 9
Georgetown, S. where he is speqqr'v|l ■
ing the week duck hunting, the M
gian told an Augusta newspaper'ldas 4 I
that he would go back “for one met* .’f®
big year" as proof of his vindic*Mjfc ! ;§i I
of the charges brought against him >JS
by Dutch Leonard. I
In what he called his first “official | g
statement since the rending of I
missioner Landis’ decision clearing rntp “■ I
of the charges, Cobb declared hf duj jg
not want it to be said that his Mgfcifl 3
game wag played while he was ttpfjef i* 8
a cloud of suspicion, and that he qMr .8| 8
feels he is “honor bound" to get bacs |S
into harness. He said he did aj
know which of a number of offers hs 'll
would accept. 8
GROVE FUNERAL WILL I
BE HELD TOMORROW J
Short Service Will Be Held In .■'£3a
ville—Body Will Be Carrlet) Jj| 1 I
Paris. Tenn.. for Burial. ytfjjll! 8
Asheville, Jan. 28. — UP) — A iWj
funeral service for E. W. Grove, B
died last night at the Battery Btijtk 3
Hotel here, will be held at 12 o'clock 3 S
noon tomorrow at the First Preqfcf- 8|
. terian Church. The body then will | 8
be taken to Paris, Tenn., Mr. Grove's j 3
boyhood home, for burial. B
The immediate cause of Mr. Grove’s “S 1
death was pneumonia, which 1 S
him last Sunday night. Mr. .Gfphf, B
wlio was 70 yearn old, had been eon- .«
fined to his suite at the hotel here • j
by illness since his arrival in Azhe
! phia. He was apparently on tw3Ss»
to recovery from a less serious
when the fatal attack seized him. 8
When death came, the multi-rail- "i m
lionaire was surrounded 8
and members of his family. %
Grove, her stepdaughter. Mrs. |j*, I
Seely, of Asheville; her son Effort .«■
W. Grove. Jr., of St. Louis, i|
younger Mr. Grove's wife were •$) ||
tiie bedside. Mrs. Grove arrived $ 8
Tuesday from the Grove winter top 8
at St. Petersburg, Fla., and yoannpf(,B j
and Mrs. Grove were summoned froMSw B
St. Louis. 8
When Mr. Grove became seriously i f
ill of pneumonia, the attending I
cinn, Dr. W. L. Dunn, realizitqt^BKM«
danger of such an illness to so eMpWP,JfI
n patient, summoned Dr. Tliomas |j
Brown, expert on digestive dineWlfejl 8
of Baltimore; Dr. E. M. 1
I)r. I). W. Colby. 8
Mr. Grove was a Presbyterian. told- I
ing 11 membership in St. Louis.' -. He -8B
was owner of large properties in Ashe- '-IS
ville, Florida and Missouri. pjjgSH ||
wealth has been estimated to be Ml
excess of $10,000,000. 8
With Our Advertisers. < ;jiߧ|9 8
The A. & P. Ten Co., with tsrp 1 3
stores here, in a new ad. today epUlpi ■ 8
erates some of the features now oImB 8
in the stores here. 8
“The Great Deception," with B*|l 11
Lyon and Aileen Pringle, at the Otto- 3 j
cord Theatre Monday and TueatjjKg fra I
Also on Tuesday, a musical cotoinpfl J
! company. 8
The Parks-Relk Co. is offering 8
; oials today and tomorrow during,
big January clearance sale. Hatowj'-M 8
for particulars. • > ' ■ ' 8
The G. A. Moser Shoe Store 3 I
give silk hose with shoe purchase? ets 1
Saturday. See new ad, for partisf- ’9
law. . ,
The Concord Furniture Co. 'l>H |V9|
car load of cotton mattresses, swats 19 1
to ,*lO, which it is selling now n|: s| |
$6.95. Read new ad. |
All overcoats at W. A. fli i i I'lwßKjj I
have been reduced in price.
ers are also being offered at loW*k |
than usual prices. fl
“3 Bad Men” is being shown
the last time today at Star Tli|Wj|H|
Tomorrow a big western special. \V I
Don’t forget the 88-Cent Sale I
closes at Efird's, Monday. TbfHliHfl f
is also offering specials in ladies* *S£ $1 1
children's coats. 1
When your shoes are repairs It fftt'aßi
Shepherd S'.ioe Hospital you get solid J I
soles that are guaranteed. * 'C&jjijff I
Elmer’s chocolates are the “rights jm 1
'thing.” Sold by Cline's PharmatraSg I
.1. C. Penney Co. lias received 1
silk frocks for spring. Thege.ifreMCS 11 s
priced at $14.75. See ad. for .pari fl 1
ticulars. , I
“Fleeh and the Devil,” starring 'OM
John Gilbert, at the Coucord.for thd''Si 1
last time today. |
The Torke & Wadsworth Co. Mfeil I
a few second hand radios for
sale. Priced from $1.98 to flffp|g£J9 1
Why worry with an old, doll ttairt’-mA
You can get a new one at « small 11 1
price at the Ritchie Hardware Co@S 1
WEATHER EOREOABfc,;S 1
Occasional rains with slowly 1
temperature tonight and f
Moderate northeaat ahlfting to WWQI* .1 i
eaat or south winds. j
. tHfe ft 'lilfl