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sac l The Concord Daily Tribune - ■ < North Carolina’s Loading Small City Daily VOLUME XXVII Government Plans To Protect Citizens In Chinese Danger Zone Will Do All Possible Make Safe Evacuation Possible—Troops Ready for Service in China, j TREATIES GIVEN 1 TO TWO PARTIES^ So Far They Have Not * Been Acted Upon and Government Preparing: for Any Eventuality. | Washington, Feb. 2.—(A I )—Faith-' er steps to insure the protection and possible transportation requirements of Americans in evacuating central Chinn are being taken by the United States wi'.e awaiting some inkling as to the attitude of r.ie major warring factions toward its offer to negotiate new equalisation treaties with that country. Twelve hundred marines, many of whom have seen service in France. Nicaragua and the Philippines, are making ready at San Diego for de parture this week for Far Eastern duty, while army recruiting officers have called upon corps area command-' ers for 2150 recruits to fill out gaps t in the ranks of the fifteenth infantry | at Tien Tsin. The San Diego marines making up 1 the fourt'a regiment, will be taken to Guam to replace those ordered to Ma-. niia and will be available for emergen cy use by Admiral Williams, com manding the Asiatic fleet. While navy orders fixed their sailing for to- j morrow, word from the California mn-1 rine base indicated that they may not get away before Saturday because of > the time needed for lending the trans-j port Chaumont, with hundreds of tons of equipment. The American infantry garrison at I Tien Tsin which is used under, t'ae' agreement with China as a part of the foreign military control of the Peking railway has suffered many va cancies by expiring enlistments and ' discharges, and the 260 recruits will bring it up to no more than peace time requirements. While the move is termed a routine one by the war department, the order to the cor])* commauders stipulates that only “spe cially promising’' recruits, all Amerl-, • tin citiaemy shall be accepted. i INQUIRY BEING CONDUCTED It la Charged That Party Was Stag ed Recently by An Atbutis Club. Atlanta, Feb. 2. —(A") —Investiga- tion of charges that whiskey was served at a party given by the Co operative Club of Atlanta, featured by a "bath tub" scene, was begun to day by the Fu’ton county grand jury. The grand jury was called into special session after public charges had been made that the “batb tub” feature was put on by the Co-opera tive Club at a dinner given in honor / of Carl H. Langnecbt, of Kansas City, t international president, at the Ansley * Hotel here on January 4th. It was also charged that whiskey was served . at the party. The charges allege that the “bath tub" scene climaxed the party. j Ed. Stephens, assistant solicitor 1 general, said today that the grand jury would go into the charges exhaus-, tively. Those who attended the party • have been summoned to appear before the grand jury as witnesses. It was said that about 200 guests were pres ent. f It is alleged that a negro girl took the part of principal character in the j "bath tub scene.” Al. H. Bailey, vice president of the I club, was one of the witnesses sub- j poenaed before the grand jury. An other witness called was Walter Cand ler. Atlanta capitalist. Hie subpoena list also showed the names of Winfield Jones and Dr. Mc- Intosh Burns. W. H. R unifelt Found Dead. Gastonia, Feb. 2.— W> —W. H. Rumfelt, saw nyll. proprietor, was found dead in his home at Stanley to day, bis bead in the open fire of a fireplace. Members of his family said he was a somnambulist, and that the only explanation they could give . was that he walked in his sleep early E today and was stricken with a heart i attack falling into the fire place. He wak 76 years old, and is survived by four children. Indictments Against Thirty. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. I.——ln dictments charging conspiracy and misdemeanor in connection with al leged frauds in the November elec tions here were returned by the grand jury today against thirty persons, in cluding a number of women, district election officials, and an alderman. The latter, John Carr, was charged with failing to receive and properly guard a ballot box. Will Be Represented In Ireland and Canada. Washington, Feb. 2.—(A 9 )—Plans to r send regular American diplomatic! representatives to the Irish Free j State and to Canada have so far pro gressed that a State department re quest for appropriations for the pur-, pose now is before the budget bu reau. Medicinal Liquor Plan Rejected. Washington, February 2.—o^) —The treasury's proposal for ' replenishing the stock of medicinal liquor was re jected today by the House ways and means committee by a vote of 16 to 8. — ■ OUR RULE AS TO PAID ADVERTISEMENTS , The Tribune’s rule In regard to j I the publication of reading notices i | of entertainments, lectures, box ! suppers, etc., to which an admission | fee is charged, or at which anything j I is sold will be as follows: 1 Five cents a line will be charg ed with a credit of 5 lines of read ers for every inch of display adver tising used. We will also give credit on the account for all tick lets to such entertainments which we can use. We assure our friends that it is our desire to be as liberal as pos sible in these matters. We would be glad to publish all such notices, free, but the constantly mounting costs of publishing The Tribune prevents such a policy. THE ROMANCE OF A GREAT BUSINESS One of the Greatest Romances of Modern Business. London, Feb. 2.—Announcement that the firm of Thbmas Cook & Son, . known to travelers the world over, are j vacating their offices in Ludgate Cir cuit for larger quarters in Berkeley j Street, Piccadilly, serves to recall one of the greatest romances of modern business. The well-known tourist firm had its I start in the great London Exhibition of 1851, which, unlike most enter i prises of its kind held in later years i was an amazing financial success. One ' of the factors in the success of the ex , hibition was the enterprise of a boy of seventeen named John Cook, who 1 personally helped to convey 165,000 j visitors from the Midlands to London. [ This lad conceived a brilliant idea 1 for securing support. Hiring an emp ty excursion train at Derby, he would take it to one of the big Midland manufacturing towns, parade the place ■ with a brass band and banners, meet the hands leaving the factories on pay day, and carry them off to the train. Haviug thus filled his train, he would bring it to London, escort his crowd to the exhibition in Hyde Park, col lect them again, take them back to t their , homes, and then start all over again. just snatching a nap when and where he could. But John Cook, at seven teen, was already a practiced traveler. The son of a temperance lecturer, he had been brought up In very poor cir cumstances, and had learned early to look after himself. From the beginning he had a pas sion for traveling. His father, Thomas Cook, had taken up the tourist busi ness, but on a very small scale. John Cook’s chance came when, at the age of sixteen, he Was entrusted, by his father with the care of 100 tourists in the Highlands of Scotland. All sorts of difficulties cropped up, but young Cook was always equal to the occasion. In 1865, when John Cook was I twenty-one years of age, the business founded by his father was removed • from Liecester to London. Some idea ! of the way in which it grew can be gathered from the fact that, within , thirty years, the staff had increased from three persons to more than four thousand. All was fish that came to John Cook’s net. He was ready personally to conduct a tourist to Panama or Patagonia, to fit him with letters of j credit, supplies of foreign money, couriers or guides, provisions or pass | ports. He originated the hotel coupon j system, by the aid of which a tourist always finds a room in whatever town or village he wishes to stop at. It was John Cook to whom the British government turned when they were anxious to send a. relief expedi tion to General Gordon, beseiged to Kbartoum. It was this firm again, who, in 1888, acquired the cable rail way which has since carried tens of thousands of visitors to the summit of Vesuvius. The Vesuvius railway was at that time in a bankrupt condi tion, and John Cook had to fight all sorts of claimants in the Italian law courts. Then, when at last the owner ship was settled, the people of the vil . lage of Resina went on strike. For years these truculent mountaineers had exorted a poll tax from all travel er* who came up the mountain* besides forcing the Owners of the line to pay blackmail. When John Cook refused . to comply with their terms they de- I stroyed the railway. Cook refused to . allow the line to be rebuilt until the . villagers, sorely in need of the tourist I revenue, begged him to open the rail [way again. Virtually Defies Officials’ Authority. Charlotte, Feb. 1. —Authority of Mia. Kate Burr Johnson, State Commissioner of Charities and Pub lic Welfare, Is virtually defied By C. H. Edwards, attorney for the American Rescue Workers, who to ]day declared that the American Res idue Workers will continue to oper 'ate their maternity home here. Mrs. 'Johnson has refused to grant them a .license. The home contains seven in j mates. Man Shoots Seif; Shock Kills Wife. Atlanta. Ga., Feb. L—Six hours after Simon L. Well, 55, an insur ance agent, eommitted suicide ny shooting himself .through the head ‘at hla home here today, his wife, 53, ! died of ’shock. Weil was said to have jbeou despondent over ill health. «INCH IN TUXES IS BEING BITOT FOUGHT It Is Hinted That Some ) Tobacco Manufacturers May Leave the State if i | Taxes Are Increased, j iIN NO MOOD TO STAND INCREASE Appropriations Committee May Have to Prune Ap propriations Yet Before It Gets Through. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Feb. 2.—With every pro posed increase, however slight, in the revenue bill being fought tooth and nail by those affected and with dozens of other classifications of taxpayers clamoring for reductions from the pres ent schedule, the joint senate and fi nance committees are not having an easy time of it in their consideration of the revenue bill. So much is this becoming evident that there is a defi nite feeling of concern among some of the members of both the house and senate as to Whether a revenue bill can be worked out that will produce on an average of $15,000,000 each year of the next biennium —which is the amount of revenue necessary to take care of the recommended appro priations with no increase allowed. As was Announced by Governor Mc- Lean in his message transmitting the budget and the revenue and appro priations bills, slight changes in some of the rates in some of the special privilege and franchise tax brackets are expected to yield about $1,500,000 a year in additional revenue, most of which was to be applied to education and pensions. However, such deter mined opposition to these changes has taken place and is still continuing that it now appears probable that the old rates may be re-instated. Conse quently, State College, the Greenville Normal and others may be. Thus after two weeks of public hearings, the joint finance committees do not yet see the end, and one of the members of the senate finance com mittee said today that it would be the middle of next week and perhaps long- SrtiKaC? * “* Tuesday afternoon a delegation of contractors appeared before the com mittee and protested against the slid ing scale tax imposed upon them in the revenue bill and asking for a re vision of the scale. This was the second hearing given the contractors. Already the tobacco manufacturers have appeared before the committee protesting against any increase in the franchise tax, voicing the sentiment that they were already being taxed to the limit. It has been hinted in some quarters that some of the larger tobacco companies might consider mov ing some of their factories into other states where the taxes were not so heavy should the committee and the geueral assembly insist on increasing these taxes, though nothing definite along this line has been confirmed. One of the sections of the new reve nue bill that is proving most trouble some is the section relating to the tax on motor busses, changing from a flat per eentage basis tax on earn ings, now in force,' to a tax on the weight per mile travelled by the buses. Bus owners have maintained that this kind of a tax is unfair, since it im poses the same tax on the less profita ble lines ns upon the most profitable without discrimination as to the earn ings of these lines. As a result of this protest it seems fairly certain, according to some members of the com mittee, that this section will be strick en out and that the present system with perhaps a few modifications will be maintained. The bottlers of the state, as well as a large number of other clasifica • tions under schedule B, or privilege taxes, are protesting against even the maintenance of the old rates and are sending delegations before the commit tee every day to voice their objec- I tions. ’ Consequently it Is not to be won - dered that a number are beginning to • doubt if it Wi'.l be possible to work out ' a schedule that wfill yield even the i amount recommended by the budget - commission without any thought to in ' creasing appropriations, , > 1 "No one is in any mood to stand I for an increase in the tax rates and - the majority are clamoring for a re • duction in almost every bracket,” said s a member of the committee, “so we i are up against a stiff job. No one - knows yet just wbat the result will be. The appropriations committees may have to prune appropriations again by the time we get through.” Star Theatre TODAY EVERYBODY’S DAY “THANK YOU’’ —WITH— 1 George O’Brien and Jacqueline Logan Also a Comedy and News Reel ADMISSION sc— loc THURSDA Y-FRjriAY “THE NERVOUS I WRECK" —WITH— Harrison Ford—Phyllis Baser CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1927 Oldest Member Q$ Congress Scoffs At Recipes Fdf Attaining Old Age Raleigh, Feb. 2. —Rep. Charles Sj, Steelman, (D) of North Carolina the oldest member of Congress, scoffs at 1 the time-honored recipes for attaining ripe old age. - Major Stediunn. at the age of 86, eats what he pleases, smokes when fee desires and Works hard. , "The whole seeret of my long and ! active life is the Providence of God," I he said. “He fixes the time for the - death of all persons. 1 know my time i j is already fixed by Providence, and it ! doesn't worry me." j Graduating from college at the age of twenty, -Major Stedman entered the Confederate Army as a private in was wounded three times and emerged n major. A lawyer, he. hald many , public offices in North Carolina before coming to Congress sixteen years ago. "1 smoke more cigars -than the or ; dinary man, and have smoked a great JANUARY INTERNAL I, REVENUE COLLECTIONS Heavy Decrease in Tobacco Taxes F>] the Durham Section. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel/ Raleigh, Feb. 2.—lnternal revenue , collections in North Cnrolina for Jan- - uary amounted to $14,842,530.30, ap- , cording to Gillam Grissom, collector. , This is but $25,G04.51 more than w»s , collected in January, 1926, and is h ( decided decrease over previous months, , during which an average increase of ] $1,250,000 has been noted over the , same months a year previous. In De- | cember, 1920, the collections amounted ; to $10,021,000 and in December, 1925. they were $10,038,000. However, hfr. , Grissom explained that January sales | of revenue stamps were never as large , as those in December. However, those who have been fol- ( lowing the legislative situation, es- f peeially with regard to the proposed increase in the franchise tax, together t with the announcement recently made i by the American Tobacco Company in ] Durham that it was moving out much of its cigarette making machinery to < other- factories, see considerable sig- : nificance in the present situation. Al- ] though no one in the internal revenue department would reveal just I'where i the decrease in stamp sales had taken ; place, it was learned unofficially that ■ this decrease was heaviest in the Dur- i ham section. And while those in the ' i internal revenue department here claimed to have no knowledge of what ' the Durham cigarette factories were doing, others were able to put things i together and arrive at the conclusion that much of this decrease in internal 1 w revenue was due to the cessation jpf j * maifufaettiring operaticuiH iniDnzlOnv! . According to published reports* this i machinery which has been crated up I in Durham is to be sent to Reidsville i and installed in the factories of. the I 1 American Tobacco Company there. However, there are intimations in some i quarters that this machinery may be : held inactive until it becomes apparent -I | what action the general assembly, is i ‘ going to take with regard to the in- 1 crease in taxes, and some even flint < • that if the taxes are increased to too ! ' great an extent, the machinery may be | shipped out of the state entirely in- < stead of to Reidsville. All of which. ' of course, is merely conjecture—but i with a note of posubility in it. ’ The fact remains, however, that in ! teynal revenue collections in the state > were more than a million dollars short ■ ' of the average during January. | | SEVEN ALLEGED MEMBERS I OF THEFT RING ARRESTED ‘ Ring Uncovered by Motor Theft Bu reau of State Revenue Department. - Raleigh, Feb. 2.—(A*)—Seven white ■ men were in jail today, four arrested 1 here and three at New Bent, as the tesult of an alleged automobile theft ring, uncovered by the motor theft ! bureau of the State revenue depart - ' ment. ' Ted Honeycutt, Walter Morris, W. > L. Vincent and Thomas Hannah were ‘ arrested in Wake county; and Clyde ‘ Brashear, Kearney DaCis and Willie 1 Hughey were arrested at New Bern. 1 They were held under s},ooo bond each on warrants alleging participu -1 tion in stealing cars in Charlotte, Dur- ' ’ ham, Albemarle, Kinston and Raleigh. - Officials charge that the men stripped e stolen bars and exchanged equipment s for whiskey in Craven county. The ’ ring operated over a year, Leiand C. “ Harris, supervisor, of the revenue de partment bureau, said; 0 With Our Advertisers. I Don't fail to read the new ad. to- B day of the Pearl Drug do. Phones t 22 and 722. Very few people drink enough milk. , Bee ad. of the Cabarrus Creamery ' Co. “ Good values are always given by “ the J. C. Penney Co. Dry cleaning makes clothes clean e and sweet. Try Wrenn at Kannapo « lis. II This is family day at the Concord 8 Theatre, 10 cents to all. 8 Only few more days left of the Big January Clearance Sale of the „ Parks-Belk Od New (tress silks have been included in this sale. This la Everybody’s Day at the I Star Theatre. Admission 5 and 10 cents. The Fraser revival will have only five more services. Special commun ity singing by the famous “Prayer Chorus Choir,” of Salisbury. Doors open at 7:15. I’bone 707 if you want your dry cleaning done. B See card of Dr. B. D. Corl, dentist, 17 North Union street. Phone 410. It's here —Goodyear's new bulloon tire for Fords and Chevrolets. Only $11.61 for 20x4.40 tire. Get them at Yorke 4k Wadsworth Co’s. Brain workers aw particularly lia ble to colds. deal most of my life," he said. “I eat anything that I like that is set on the table before me. 1 do much walking !nr home but in Washington 1 take no I particular form of exercise. I usually retire at 10:30 and rise at 7:30.” ! Major Stedman prides himself on {his ability to keep his work as a ; congressman up* to date. He never i refuses to answer a letter, however j | trivial. They cotne to him in great I (batches form all parts of North Caro- | linn. • j I "l haven't given the matter of re- j tirement a moment's consideration,” J be said. * He has great confidence in his state. "North Carolina at the present time is enjoying prosperity anil the pros pects for the future are bright,” he said. "The state has a magnificent climate, great resources, a conservative people and is in the midst of au era of great industrial activity.”, ; EXTENSION MEANS AN OUTLET TO SEA j Piedmont and Northern Will Reach Ocean by Connection With Georgia and Florida Road. Charlotte, Feb. I.—An outlet to the sen. byway of connection with the Georgia and Florida Railrod, will be given by extension of the Piedmont and Northern Railroad from Gastonia to Spartanburg, S. engineers of the P. and N. indicate from a study of maps of the proposed extension, Extension in another direction, from Charlotte to Winston-Salem, probably by Lexigton, would open to Winston- Salem this outlet, it is shown. Savannah, (la., is the port indicated, the new outlet, to be made available by propsed completion of the extension o. the Georgia and Florida Railroad from Augusta. Oa.. jo Greenwood, S. C.. which latter city is the southern terminus of the P. and N. A. call for bids for construction of the link be tween Augusta and Greenwood has already been made by the Georgia and Florida Railroad. When the P. and N. extension is completed and trains can roll from Iyexington to Greenwood it will be possible to transfer those to the Geor gia nud Florida railroad, to be carried to Vidalia, Ga., and then over the Seaboard to Savannah. This route would make it possible for Charlotte to ship for export through Savannah, [ as well as other sections of Piedmont North Carolina to do the same thing. Then, when the P. and N. is built to Winston-Salem it will open a new export avenue to the tobacco manu facturers of that city. The construc tion of the projects would -(Complete an almost straight liue of track from Hampton Springs, Fht., the Southern terminus of the Georgia and Florida Railrod, to Winston-Salem, proposed northern terminal of theiPiedmont and Northern. Other connections would be offer ed. The Georgia and Florida Rail road crosses the Central of Georgia Railroad at Milieu. Ga., and the Sav annah and Atlanta Railroad at St. Clair, Ga. These would offer two ad ditional routes to North Carolina ship pers and manufacturers. Savannah expects to get some of the export trade of Piedmont North Caro lina in this way, and looks longingly at the shipments of the furniture, tob acco and cotton manufacturers of Piedmont North Carolina. Frank Cothran, chief engineer for the construction work of the Piedmont j and Northern, has secured an entire | floor of offices in the Johnson building j here and with a large corps of assist ants is preparing to get data together I in order to make calls for materials > and bids on proposed construction I work for the extension program of the Piedmont and Northern. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Barely Steady at Decline of S to t Points.—May and October Sell Up. New York, Feb. 2.—C4o—The cot ton market opened barely steady to day at a decline of 3 to 6 points under local liquidation and a little southern hedging. Offerings were light, how ever, while Liverpool made a fairly steady showing. Prices were soon steadied on covering or a little buying for trade account. May sold up from 13.50 and October from 13.94 to 13.97, With the market about net unchanged to 3 points higher at the end of the first hour. Private cables said trad ing in Liverpool was restricted by the Chinese situation but reported con tinued good demand for cotton goods in Manchester. Cotton futures opened barely steady : March 13.28; May 13.50; July 13.72; Oct. 13.04; Dec. 14.00. HIGH POINT HIGHWAY NEARING COMPLETION Concrete Base on Last Gap to Be Finished Within Few Days. Bridge Ready in Six Weeks. High Point, Feb. I.—Concrete base work of the model highway be tween Greensboro and High Point will be completed within a few days, according to an announcement to day by J. W. Mills, district engineer. Hagedorn Construction company, 1 which is laying the concrete, has laid practically al'l the foundation except a short stretch between High- Point and Jamestown, and this will be completed shortly. The bridge at Deep river is ex i peeted to be finished within six wseks, fair weather prevailing. Mr. Mil s predicts that the road work will be finished before the bridge is ready for traffic. It would appear, then, that the entire highway should be completed in six weeks, at most. i ‘ To the destruction of the city of llMidon by fire in 1666 may be tnced the present system of fire in - snnanee. The first fire inaurance coißpaiiy was formed at that time. j Ah! Ladies! | jf -JM m Cast' jealous eyes on this leopard skin peach robe, if you will. It was worn at Palm Beach by Major Leon ard Ropner, of London. International Newsreel i OVERHEAD BRIDGE TO REMAIN CLOSED NOW < Will Not Be Opened to Public Un- i til Repairs Are Made Under I Agreement Reached Monday Night - Although the city of Concord ami the Southern Railway signed an I agreement January 31 which settled the controversy about the closing of : the concrete 'bridge on West Depot Street over the right of way of the -raHvirar company- ami -directing teai fic over the grade crossing on West Corbin Street the bridge will re-1 main closed until the necessary re- l: pairs are made, it was said today by Mayor C. H. Barrier. i Mr. Barrier expressed the opinion 1 that the Railway Company would start the repairs within a short time and that the city would also do what work it agreed to do and 1 that the bridge would then be opened to traffic. 1 J. Lee Crowell, city attorney, snid I today that the city Would not make any immediate charge against the l railway company for the al’eged 1 vio’ation of the city ordinance re quiring the trains to slow down to i a speed of five miles an hour on 1 approaching the grade crossing. "We will give the railway company op portunity to fulfill their part of the agreement in regard to the repairing of the bridge and trestle and if it fulfills the agreement and the bridge is open I believe that the city will drop the charge of violating the or dinance. Some action will have to i* taken on that first though but the city fee’s that now that the agree ment had been reached between the city and the railway company that the charges will be dropped.” RUTHERFORD COLLEGE PEOPLE MAKE PROTEST Mass Meeting Adopts Resolutions Opposing Removal of Methodist School. Rutherford College, Feb. I.—At a mass.- meeting of the town officials, business leaders and citizens of Rutherford college held in the Car negie Library Community club audi torium, resolutions were unanimous ly adopted protesting against .the re moval of the college from its present location and urging the daily news papers and alumni to co-operate with the board of trustees in broad ening the usefulness of this institu tion- Addresses were made by Rev. J. M. Lowder of the North Carolina Methodist conference; Rev. J. T. Stover, of the Western North Caro lina conference, and the mayor, Rev. E. P. Billups, pastor of the local M. E. church, Mrs. A. T. Abernethy, president of the community club of Kutherford College; Mrs. P. M. Rutherford, Dr. Arthur Talmage Abernethy and other prominent citi zens. HUSBAND HACKED TO DEATH BY RELATIVES Wife and Daugher Said They Were “Afraid He Would KiU Us.” Cleveland, 0., Feb. *2. —(A s )—Anton Liszka, 38 years old, was hacked to death with axes, wielded by his daugh ter. Elizabeth 12 years old, and his wife, Anna, 30, today, because they were "afraid he would kill us.” The wife, telling police of the kill ing, said that she struck the first blow with a long handled wooman’s axe, and her daughter aided her with a hatchet. Mrs. Liszka said her husband had ' been whipping her and t’aeir three i children, Elizabeth, Antoinette, ten years old, and Victoria, fourteen, and - that the latter was forced to leave lyame. Speakers Tell Solons 1 State Has Ideal Site For Park In ‘Smokies’ ♦ i BOBS AND SILK SOX - - FOR ES*" ■.cot**’ (By Internationa'- ~-es Service) ■ San Francisco, Feb. 2.—Eskimo belles now wear bobbed hair and (silk stockings right inside the Arc tic Circle, Max Ernest Miller, who i has spent the past 14 years in Alas ka as an official of the Bureau of Education, reported upon his re -1 cent arrival here from the north, i “In spite of the cold,” Miller said, “the Eskimo girls have gone in for silk stockings, and, in con quence, there has been a notice able increase in the number of tu- j bercular cases.” It requires a vast amount of flapper vanity to tempt a girl to change from fur boots to silk hose and oxfords when the temperature is 40 to 50 degrees below zero, Miller added. THE HIGHWAY BILL WILL BE REWRITTEN I Joint Sub-Committee Directs Page | And Others to Draw Up Law. i Raleigh, Feb. I.—The joint sub- , committee v on roads, in session late | today, directed Commissioner Frank Page. Attorney Charlie Ross for the commission, the two chairmen and Representative H. G. Connor, Wilson, to write a bill embodying different ideas suggested in lieu of the Smith bill aud submit it at another meeting of the committee this week. The proposed bill would add an other section of the present highway law and would give the Highway Com mission authority to locate roads. The following provisos, however, will hedge this authority in such a i way that it is expected the sub-eom-1 mittee bill will meet with the proposal of the full committee and Legislature. 1. There shall be no reduction in number of different highways entering owns. 2. Roads will not. be Changed or abandoned without consent of the loenl governing body in the counties or towns. 3. When a highway is abandoned by the State Commission it goes back to the county system for mainten ance. 4. Before road is changed or aban doned public hearing may be demand ed m thirty days-' and two eomjAis siouers and chairmen vflfl conduct j public hearing in county where road iis in dispute. The two commissioners will be other than the local district commissioner. Appeal may be made to the full commission. 5. Action in court against High way Commission may bo brought only by properly constitute. authorities of city or county. Even the sub-committee is not committed to this but the proposed bill embodies many ideas that have been suggested in connection with giving the*Highway Commission ad ditional authority in the location of roads whicli the commission thought it had until the Supreme Court de cided the Newton case. EYES OF THE WORLD CENTERED ON SOUTH Vast Resources, Almost Inexhaustible Raw Material. Climate and Labor Conditions Attract. (By International News Service) At anta, Ga., Feb. 2. —Through al most ..miiless natura. resources, splen did climate and generally satisfactory labor conditions, the southland today has centered upon it the eyes of the entire world, in the opinion of Frank Gou.d, vice president of the Manufac turers Record and a recognized au thority on general business conditions, who arrived here Monday. The distinguished visitor, accom panied by his wife, is making a trip over the South primarly to get first hand information of conditions. The trip will carry him into every section of every state in the South, he said, with stops in principal cities and cen ters of industry. Business over the country as a whole is very good, Mr. Gould said, with a bright outlook for the new year. Particular emphasis was laid on conditions in the South. | Vast resources, almost inexhaustible ' raw material of various kinds, climate, labor and other things were mentioned by Mr. Gould as combining to attract millions of capital from the North,and the steady removal here frbm northern states of cotton mills and other stu pendous industries. Charlotte Woman in China’s Trou ble Area. Charlotte, Feb. 1. —Miss Maud Carson of Charlotte, is perhaps the only missionary from this communi ty known to be in the troubled dis tricts of China, according to reports 1 received today. Miss Carson, who Is a repreentativc of the First Presby -1 terian church here, is stationed about two hours ride from Shanghai, said members of her family; but it ’ is believed that should the armies penetrate into that section, they will 1 concentrate their attention upon Ohanghai and the mission property will be safe. However, should there ■ be any indication of danger, the mis sionaries will move to a safe place ■ it is stated. Committee Discusses Smith Case. - Washington, Feb. 2.—(4*l—For ! nearly two hours today the Senate elec i tions committee discuseed the case of 1 Frank L. Smith, senator-designate and ■ senator-elect from Illinois, bat came to no conclusion. NO. 22 : -ec Park Experts Dis cussing Proposed Parkin' Western North Carolina i Address Assembly. 17 NEW BILLS IN THE HOUSE j Most of Them Were of Lo cal Nature. —Reports In- | dicate That Thursday Will Find Many Bills. | State Capitol, Raleigh, Feb. 2.—(49 | —A picture of the Great Smokies of North Carolina as a national park, exceeded by none in the nation in 2 beauty or any other respect, ■ was j painted by high authorities today. Visualizing the prospective ventßtfV if endorsed by the State Legie'.al|(g|g under state appropriation and SO#- I port in conjunction with the federal government, park leaders spoke before ! joint sessions of the general assent- I bly. | "Spectacular things are tiring,” Mid i Congressman Henry W. Temple, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Sototk \ ern Appalachian park commission. ' I “After the bare caragee and erupt ing volcanoes of the western parks, the different type of scenery of the Great Smokies is restful,” continuMßd t’.iat members of the commission bad surveyed the entire South before settl ing upon the Great Smoky area on ; the border of North Carolina and 1 nesee, the logical spot for one of the two proposed eastern parks. ‘ •••IjPSkj He ventured that if the park wm established, it would affect tourism in as great numbers as the longer es tablished western parks. . ijgg j The speakers, three in all, were in troduced by Representative Mark Squires, of Caldwell county, chairman of the state park commission ami a leader in t’iie movement for the estab lishment of the park. Congressman Temple was followed i by Major Wm. A. Welch, of New York, superintendent of the Palisades Park, and an explorer of note, and A. B. Cammorer, of Washington, assist ant director of the National Park a Service of the interior department, ' .’j The Senate completed its Work in 20 minutes today by passing three lo cal bills and having introduction of one new measure. TJm one local t>Ut f which prevented the iSenifft- fttom ting another precedent of having no new bills so late in the session, was a local measure validating certain bond issues in the town of Weaver* rille. The major portion of the day’s sea s.on was taken up with reading of the committee reports which indicated that there will be plenty of local leg islation on the calendar for Thurs day. More than a score of local bills were reported favorably In tbe House. The Everett bill designed to » North Carolina College for negroes at Durham from under t'ue supervision of the State education department WM reported unfavorably with recommen dation that a substitute pass. rtfdFli Tills bill caused a lengthy debate last week on the alleged failure of Dr. Shepherd, presiding at the college, to remove his hat while in an e.eva- ■ tor with a group of legislators. 'I Seventeen new bil a. mostly loeaL were introduced. Miss McLean, of * Mecklenburg presented two bills that would amend laws covering election of directors of corporations, and places of meeting. Representative Ward, of Duplin county, moved to prohibit sale qf land for drainage taxes. Representation K.uttz, of Catawba, put in three bills, one of which would allow for the ex tension of the corporate limits, of, Vt&tfr Hickory, one would allow the charter of Long View, and one would allow the town of Highland to chnuge name to Highview. STARTS FIGHT TO GET ' - F r '| IN NEW EFIRD WU^ Son of Manufacturer Says Will Fttsd Was Not Last One Made by SK | Father. Charlotte, Feb. 2.— <JP) —43uit to j prevent final probatihg of she will; of i John S. Efird, multi-millionaire: cotton mill magnate of Albemarle, has been filed in Stanly County Superior Court, it was learned here today. The ac tion, in the form of a caveat, claiming | the will Was not the fast will and tea? . tament of his father, was stated by IW. T. Efird, a son. James A. Lock | hart, attorney for the soil, let it be j known that a formal caveat had been ‘.filed, adding that detailed allegations I would be made later. | j The attorney declined today to gjy *: into details, but indicated thaUrf* | strenuous contest over the will was ik | prospect. ‘ Will Decide Tax Reduction Question j Friday. 1 Washington, Feb. 2.—OP)—Tb* \ ’ Senate agreed today to go on MBjjjKf ( not later than Friday on the Demo , era tic proposal for tax reduction at-. ‘ this session of Congress. ' Harrison, of Mississippi, forced [ tnent by threatening a filibuster, '< : Woman’s Cl«b. The Woman’s Club will hold ite ’ business meeting Thursday aftemw|gfl at 3 o'clock at Hotel Concord. Afl r members are urged to attend, - u— l p . f WEATHER FORECAST?^? ii e Most'y fair tonight and Gentle to moderate west wlnd*3|
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Feb. 2, 1927, edition 1
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