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VOLUME XXVII CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1927 ’ NO. 26.--
MOTHER NSIE
CHURCH HOI lOW
MED FOR CITY
The Members of St. James
Lutheran Church Voted
Sunday to Erect Church
Building Here.
SIOO,OOO TO BE
SPENT FOR PLANT
Name Members of Build
ing Committee Which
Plans to Engage Archi
tect.—Start Work Soon.
A handsome new church and Sun
day School building will be erected in
the near future by the congregation
of St. .Jame* Lutheran Church, at the
comer of South Union and Corbin
streets.
Thi* was decided upon by the mem
bers of the church at a congregational
meeting held at t*.ie chief service on
Sunday morning. At the meeting,
the finance committee which had been
elected five week* ago. made its report,
showing that the pledges they bad re
ceived up to the present make a total
that is within sight of the goal of
SIOO,OOO which 'had been net, and the
committee recommended that a build
ing committee be limned, and that ac
tual work be undertaken.
Without a dissenting vote the con
gregation adopted the rcqiort of the
finance committee, and elected its
building committee composed of A.
Luther Brown, Fred H. Shepherd, R.
K. Kidenliour, C. A. Cook and Gilbert
, r Hendrix, together with the pastor,
ltev. L. A. Thomas, as an advisory
member.
It is understood from members of
the building committee that au archi
tect will be procured without delay,
hud it is their intention to have actual
construction work underway with as
little delay as possible. Plans will be
procured and all the preliminary de
tails handled with the least amount of
delay, ‘so that early spring should see
material progress being made with the
work.
At this time it is impossible to se
cure an idea as to the appearance, or
details of the building. However, m
general idea In the minds of thane who
have giveit much timugfitto the BBta,
ie? tit h 'rtmirn MYnfftYTYfiTht*
School building which will form, otic
building when completed, the church
to have a seating capacity of 500 to
000, while the Sunday School part
of the building whuld contain neces
sary facilities for the work of the dif
ferent grades in the, graded system,
as well as assembly rooms for the de
partments and a large auditorium.
The exterior appeafhiieaof the build
ing and the materials of which it will
be constructed have not yet been de
cided j upon.' The architecture most
favored, however, is the pure Gothic,
which ii the style used by moat
i churches having a liturgical form of
service.
L Tlic action of the congregational
- meeting was a cause of genuine rejoic
ing on all sides. The matter of a
new church has- been under considera
tion for several years past, since the
present structure, which was erected
nearly forty years ago has for a num
ber of years been too small for the
congregation, whose membership is
approaching the 500 mark. The sorest
need, however, has been for adequate
Sunday School facilities, and in the
new p’aut this department of the
church’s work will be adequately pro
vided for.
High Point College Gets Grade of
_ “A".
High Point, Feb. s.—Upon re
turning from a conference wjth the
state hoard of education at_Rnleigh.
President U. M. Andrews announced
here that High Point college had
been given a permanent “A” grade
rating by the board. Last year a
temporary “A” rating was conferred
upon the Methodist Protestant school
with the promise of a . permanent
rating upon certain conditions.
Two of the more important con
ditions were that the college should
have an income of $25,000 and 8,-
000 volumes in the library. Last
week Dr. HlghMhlth was sent by the
k hoard to inspect fhf institutions.
(, amt. after that Dr. Andrews and
F Dean PI K Lindley, registrar, visit
ed Raleigh.- V , ■'
Direct Train Scrvlee From Japan
To Europe.
(International News Service.)
Tokio, Feb. 7.—Direct passenger
and baggage railway traffic between
Japan and Western Europe will he
opened on May 15, according to pre
sent plans. This will.be maoe uossi
ble by the inauguration of through
train service between FuSan, in
Korea and Manchuli, in Manchuria.
A special weekly express train
service wl'l be operated between
Berlin and Vladivostok, Dairen and
Pusan via Harbin.
Later it is planned to extend the
serVice direct to the English Chan
nel and eventually to establish the
French International Sleeping Car
Company in Siberia for the -manage
ment of dinning and sleeping 'Car*.
Rural Mail Carrier* Get Welcome
New*.
Charlotte, Feb. s.—Good new* lor
the .fifteen hundred rural mail car
rier* in North Carolina wan announc
ed today by T. V. Howell, of Peach
land, president of the North Carolina
rnra Better carriers association. Pay
checks will be mailed them in time
to reach them promptly on the first
and fifteenth of each month.
KELLOGG PROPDSIL
EXPECTED TO GET
1 BRITISH ML
i British Cabinet Will Meet
t During Day to Discuss
t Further Present Crisis in
China.
FOREIGNERS MUST
•| HAVE PROTECTION
jThis Is Provided in Pro
ij posal Submitted to the
Chinese Factions by the
American Secretary.
London, Feb. —C4>)—Today's cab- i
inct session,, called to consider the O.ii-1
nese crisis, was expected to approve '
1 the proposal of the American secretary j
of State to the warring Chinese sac- 1
tions "that the international settle
ment at Shanghai be excluded from
the area of armed conflict, so that
American citizens and other foreign
ers may receive adequate protection."
It was stated in Downing Street
that the British government heartily
supports the American view, as in co
ordination with the British policy,
which is to insure the safety of the
foreigners in Shanghai.
The Kellogg proposal raised a num
ber of questions in the cabinet, one of
■Which is whether foreign military sup
port would be needed to back up the
declaration of a neutralised Shanghai.
There is strong opinion iu Great
Britain that the chief threat to Shang
hai would be from the rabble of a
defeated Chinese army, or looting by
a victorious army, and that something
more than a proclamation of neutral
ity is needed to deal with such danger.
It is emphasised, however, that the
British government fully sympathizes
with the principle of the American
suggestion.
The cabinet also was expected to
net today ou the all-important ques
tion of whether the British military
and Raval expedition now on the way
to the Far East will be deflected from
Shanghai as requested by Eugene
Chen, foreign minister of the nation
alists, or Cantonese government.
! DRINK PUTS YOUNG MAN
IN AN AWFUL CONDITION
'rtw. it ia*'M JWMUJI.
nattered Deaf, Dumb, Blind ami
Paralysed.
Charlotte, Dee. s.—Calvin It.
Smith, 20, of Charlotte, tonight
wan deaf, dumb, blind und paralyzed
a* a result, his parents said, of
taking a drink of what he thought
was corn liquor.
His physician, Dr. George C. Win
gate, said' the youth probably would
recover. He declared he had been call
ed on a number of such cases re
cently and that every one of the pa
tients recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, his par
ents, said their son had been out of
work for months and that he hail
been trying to obtain n possitiou.
AH of yesterday was spent in at
tempting to get a job, they declared,
but he was unsuccessful.
"I guess he was so blue he
thought he ought to have a drink,"
the mother said.
Some fiends were met late that
afternoon,' it was explained, and the
young uian waa given some liquor.
Early last night the father found
his son at a filling station and they
walked home together, it waa stated.
Mr. Smith said his son then was not
very drunk bnt when the youth
reached home and began to undress
he "went, raving crazy.”
According to the father he begged
to he allowed to kill himself, saying
he was dying anyhow and that he
might as well he out of his misery.
He grew b ind gradually. the
faather explained, and then came
deafness and loss of speech and
finally paralysis.
Bon Marchs Store Is Soon to Be
Closed at Charlotte.
Charlotte, Fob. 5.—80 n Marche,
one of Charlotte's leading depart
ment stores, will be closed within
10 days or two weeks, Louis Lipin
sky, .the manager, announced to
night.
This , action waa taken ; by the
trustees of the late 8; Lipinsky, of
Asheville, founder of the Bon Mar
che stored, an(T is' ti line with •. the
plan to liquidate certain portions of
the’ estate and Icetitralbe alj the
Lipinsky interests In their Asheville
boding*.
Mr. Lipinsky said he would re
turn to his home in Asheville, where
, he will take an active part in the
. management of the Bon Marche
. store, the original Bon Marche
i founded by the late 8. Lipinsky.
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Kannapolis Child Hurt When Struck
i By Auto,
i Kannapolis, Feb. s.—Rnby Bal-
I lard, five year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs- A. G. Ballard of North
‘ Main street, sustained ugly laeera
■ thins about the head as the result of
) stepping intp the path of' a auto
■ mobile on Main street here lust
- night.
Ktiua Accident.
I Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 7.— 10>
Sam Crowder, of White Oak mill vil
r la|e, « suburb of Greensboro, received
- injuries from which he died an hour
- later and W. R. Rickard was badly
- injured when their rar went through
i the railing of au overhead bridge in
r this city early this morning.
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t The scorpion will commit suicide
when threatened with hunting.
DAUGHERTY AND HIS
FRIEND MILLER ARE
. AGAIN BEFORE JURY
; For Second Time They Go
i on Trial Charged With
i Conspiracy Against the
Government.
mistrialTresult
OF FIRST TRIAL
■ Time of Alleged Offense!
Was in 1921, When Both
Defendants Held Gov
ernment Jobs. |
• i New York. Feb. 7.— </P) —’Harry j
I M. Daugherty, and Thomas W. Miller, I
■ I today go on trial for the second time, 1
.charged with conspiracy to deprive the I
'nation of their unbiased services ns
government officials.
i The first trial which began Septem
. ter 7 and Insted 1 day more than a
month, ended in disagreement.
The time of the alleged offense was
; in 11)21, during the administration of
President Harding, when Daugherty
was Attorney General and Miller alien
, property- custodian.
United States Attorney Emory R.
Buckner and his assistants will at
tempt to convince n jury that Miller,
with the approval of Daugherty,
awarded $7,000,000 of impounded as
sets of the American Metals Company
to Richard Merton, n wealthy German
citizen, in return for n bribe of $391,-
000 in Liberty Ronds, and $50,000 in
cash. Merton has said that he acted
as a representative of the Societe
Suisse Pur Valeurs de Metaux, of
Switzerland. The chief witness for
the government in the Ist trial. Merton
is here" again for the second.
MAN’S NECK BROKEN
AS CAR TURNS OVER
Radios Rod Breaks With Fatal Re
sult Foe George Pruett on Road
Near Shelby. »
Shelby. "Feb. 1 s.—Oeorge Pruett,
who lived near Three County v or
uers, at the edge of Oievelaud, Burke
and Lincoln, was almost instantly
killed- about. • 10:30 this morning
when the radius rod of hi* car broke
and it turned turtle. Pruett's neck
was brokeu. bin ukull crashed .qod
s-a*- krm fr*iWW H* 4M
fivf minutes after tli? wreck',
brother and a uephew were riding
with him, both received slight in
juries. .
The car. it is said, caught on fire
when it turned over, but the blaze
was extinguished before either of the
three were burned. Pruett, who wan
about 40, was en route to Shelby.
With Our Advertisers.
Tiie Yorke St Wadsworth Co. al
ways ' give you prompt, efficient and ,
courteous tire service.
The Concord and Kannapolis Gas
Co. beginning today and ending Feb
ruary 22nd have a special offer on the
autobat heaters. You cau pay $5.00 <
down and $5.00 monthly, and you get <
an allowance of $lO on your old heat- I
er. Installation free. 1
A new furniture store will open in 1
the county building February 17th. 1
Watch for advertisements. 1
It is flowering time. Get your veg
etable, flower and grass seeds at the I
Cline's Pharmacy. Phone 338. I
Exquisite examples of new models <
for springtime frockß of silks at J. C. <
Penney Co.’s $14.75. i
Wilkinson's Funeral Home is open I
day or night. I
Phone No. 30 or drop in at 0-11 8. i
Union street and see Yorke & Wads- i
worth Co. about your hardware. 1
New suites of furniture arriving i
daily at H. B. Wilkinson's, aH the very
latest designs.
Three specials at the Bell & Harris <
Furniture Co—colonial .four-poster 1
beds, genuine efhprcss Wilton rugs, 1
and center tables. See ad.
In order to clean up the rest of 1
their winter goods the Parks-Belk Qo.
will continue their sale prices, as they
want to make room for the new
spring goods. '• * i 1
Go to S. W. Preslar’s and get that 1
girl of yours something beautiful.
Let the Boyd W. Cox Studio color 1
nr photographs for you.
lest canned goods as well as fresh
Vegetables at the J. ijfc H. Cash Store. 1
New spring hats at W. A. Over
cakh's from $5 to SB.
Take a peep at Sthloss Bros.! new
suits' at Hoover's —$25 to sitt). Also
Stetson add Schoble bats.
The February sale of the Concord
Furniture Co. will begin next Thurs
day morning, February 10th. Watch
Wednesday’s Tribune.
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i Mrs. Osborne Die* at Home of Her
Daughter.
Monroe, Feb. 4. —Mrs. Martha
; Osborne, 84. died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Mangnm. in
• the Bufort community of Union
. county. Her father was the late
i Thomas Stack and her mother Bris
• sie Vinson Stack of Union county.
’ Mrs. Osborne is survived by two
■ sons, W. T. Osborne of Bufort, and
: Rev M. A. Osborne.' and four daugh
ters, Mro. M. R. Pigg, of \ Bufort;
Mrs. Amos Pigg, of Pageland, 8. C-;
Mrs. 3. W. Mangum and Mrs. W. J.
- Davie of Bufort township.
> Mother and Three Children Perish.
Lima Ohio, Feb. 7.—OP)—Mrs.
r Charles Reese and three o( her ehlld
> ren, Robert aged (1, Dortby 4, and
i Thomas 3, were burned to death early
today at their farm home 12 miles
west of here. Martha, aged 9, escaped
> from the flames, carrying a 2 year old
child with her.
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'ANGUS'/ EDVINT T. MEREDITH
General Chang Tso Lin and Wo Pei Fu were reported to b«
joining to attack Feng Yob Siang, the Christian general
opening the way for an attack of their forces on the Can
tonese troops. His forces will support Edwin T. Meredith,
of lowa, or Governor Angus McLean, of North C.ftrnlirm.
should William G. McAdoo not seek the Democratic Presi
dential nomination, some observers thouebt
PLANT FOOD CROPS FIRST.
Recently Hon. Don C. Seitx, as- .
sociate editor of the Outlook, deliv-, j
ered an address before the publish- |
■era of North Carolina. His advice., j
aa.i<idtma 1 »1
"Cm home and instill this idea !
into the minds of the fannerst
Plant the crops that will first feed
themselves and their stock, and
then feed the rest of ns. In that
way every dollar they make will be
profit.”
STEVENS IS CLEARED
OF FORGERY CHARGE
Verdict Against' Warsaw Man Set
Aside—Case Against Son, H. L..
Jr., Nol Pressed. '
Keimnsville, Feb. s.—The motion
setting aside verdict in the ease
of H. L. Stevens. Sr., convicted of
forgery in connection with issuance
of SIOO,OOO of town of Warsaw
notes, granted by Judge W. A.
Devin, gave the defendant a clear
name today.
Judge Devin said in his order that
he was moved to take such action
by the fact that there was nor evi
dence that Stevens had received per
sonal gain. Lack of criminal intent
and attempts of Stevens to repair]
the wrong to the extent of his abili
ty; the court said and defendants'
undertaking to relieve the town fie ■
all-liability of the notes, were amli-)
tionhl reasons for allowing the mu
tion to set aside the verdict.
The order explained that H- 1.. I
Stevens, Sr., and son. Harry Stev-1
ens„ Jr., former American legion j
state commander, turned over all
their property to the receiver of tin
bank, of Warsaw, where the bogn-l
notes were deposited. This action
was to insure depositors against
oe« of about SOO,OOO.
Upon recommendation es the
court, Solicitor James A. Powers
took a nol pros in the case against
the younger Stevens. The court order
also said that there was po criminal
intent on the part of this defendant.
Cases against former Mayor R. L.
best, of Warsaw, and W*> son. Joseph
BeM. charged with alleged forgery in
connection with the spurious notes
remains to be disposed of.
PORTUGESE REBELS GIVE
UP FOLLOWING DEFEAT
AII Hsve Surrendered Following Rev
olution Started Last Thursday.
Lisbon, Portugal, F,eb. 7.—(AO —T'n-
conditional surrender of the forces
which began a revolutionary move-,
ment against President Carmona at
Oporto last Thursday, was announced
by the government today.
The surrender took place at 7 j
o'clock Sunday night after an intens
ive bombardment of Oporto by gov-1
eminent troops. A column of loyal
troops started in pursuit of several
rebel leaders, who fled;
To Discuss Church’s Attitude To
word Social Amusements
Hickory, Feb. s.—The Lutheran !
Ministerial association of Catawba 1
county will meet at Lenior-lthym- i
college on February 7. The principal l
discussion will be the church's atti
tude toward social amusements, such
as card aprties and the modern
dance. This will be led by Rev. H.
M Snyder, D. D.,’and Rev. R. M.
Carpenter. Other ministers having a
part on the program will be Dr. P.
E. Monroe and Rev, P. J. Bam*
OPPOSITES MINGLE IN
j OFFICE OF DRY CHIEF
. All Sorts of People Call to See Gen
eral Andrews.
Washington, Feb. 7. —(A*)—Wash-
ington’s most cosmopolitan congrega
tion is. belie ved to bo the. agilA gather
ir* in the outer office of Anuatant
j Secretary Andrews, chief of prohihi
j tion enforcement.
Drys, wets, preachers, brewers, dip
lomats, politicians, Congressmen, law
yers. reformers and law enforcers are
among the number who meet there as
they seek to complain to or consult
with the dry chief.
And the stream of callers appears
to have no end so long as the word is
out that General Andrews is in town.
Moreover, the General strives to par
cel out his time so as to see as many
: as possible.
As a result he must do his regular
work at unusual hours to avoid inter
ruption and many a night the lights
burn late in the dry chief's office as
he dictates his correspondence and
works out the multitudinous problems
of prohibition enforcement.
General Andrews says he finds most
of his callers intent upon strengthen
ing enforcement, but it is not uncom
mon for one visitor-to complain against
the severity of certain regulations and
the next one to express alarm that
the administration is too lax in the
same particular.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Barely Steady at Decline of 4
to 10 Points Under Realizing and.
Hedge Selling.
New York, Feb. 7. —C^l—The cot
ton market opened barely stendy today
at a decline of 4 to 10 points under
realizing by recent buyers together
with some southern hedging and local
selling for a reaction.
Liver]>ooi cables failed to meet ful
ly the k>eal advance of Saturday, while
the decline here was probably Influ
enced to some extent by a feeling that
last week's advance had weakened the
technical position. Except for real
izing, however, there did not appear
to: be much pressure against the mar
ket, and prices held within a few
points of the initial figures during the
first hour. ,
. Private eaßSrs reported London and
Manchester liquidation at Liverpool,
with trade calling less active, but a
well sustained demand for cotton eloth
in Manchester and that producers were
engaged for several months.
Cotton futures oiiened barely steady.
March 13.75; May 13.08; July 14.17;
Oct. 14.40; Dec. 14.60.
Seventeen Hundred Fowls Suffocat
ed.
Asheville, Feb. 6. —More than
1,700 chickeue, housed ip the ware
house of Max Hosen, 84 Lexington
avenue, were killed by asphyxiation
by smoke from a fire in the building
Friday night. Little damage was
done to the building.
According to Mr. Rosen, the fire,
which started when a damaged flue
fell, caused enough smoke and heat
to' cause the death of all the fowls
on the second floor and part of those
on the first.
Two Children Killed.
Pittsburg Kansas, Feb. ,7. —(AO—
Two children were killed and their
mother, Mrs. E. L. Mayberry, was
seriously injured by an explosion which
partly wrecked the Mayberry home
after midnight. Police believe that
a dynamite bomb waa hurled into the
frame structure.
STORMY SESSIONS
EXPECTED INSTATE
SENATE THIS WEEK
If Special Order Bills Get
to the Floor on Tuesday
or Wednesday on Sched
ule Time.
AUTO LICENSE
CHANGE TUESDAY
Bill to Give Judges an In
crease in Annual Salary
of $1,500 Expected to
Come Up Wednesday.
(By International News Service)
Raleigh, Feb. 7.—Stormy sessions
are in store for the senate Tuesday
and Wednesday, if special order bills
get to the floor on schedule time.
Tuesday the senate will again tackle
the most controversial item now on
its calendar —the automobile license
registration bill. The bill would change
the registration date from June 30th
to January Ist.
The bill will be considered Tuesday
with an amendment by Senator Roy
all. of Wayne, which would add 25
cents to the cost of the license plate
for the six months period, which
would be necessary in making the
change of dates from June 30th to
December 31st.
The proponents of the bill have ac
cepted the Royal! amendment. The
extra 25 cents will be paid on the
half-year license plates which would
be issued next June, bnt would not
apply to license plates issued after
January 1, 1028.
Still another amendment is expect
ed to be presented when the registra
tion bill comes up in its newest form
Tuesday. This amendment is ex
pected to clarify the point as to wheth
er or not tile extra revenue will go to
the State highway commission.
Proponents of the uncertain piece of
legislation maintain that the passage
of the bill would greatly benefit the
agricultural sections of the state. They
imintcd out that the farmers would be
in better financial shape to pay the
license ill the winter months than
along about July.
According to Senator Horton, of
Caswell, one of the staunch friends of
flSSW
pointed out also thut North Carolina
is one of the few remaining states that
has not. changed the date of registra
tion to the first of the year.
Opponents of the bill contend that
liie change would bring about an un
necessary, expense on the state. The
opposition is lead by Senator Har
'gett, of Jones.
Senator Hines’ bill for the relief of
former State Treasurer Worth of the
amount of $12,000 also will come up
for consideration on a Rpeeial order
Tuesday. Another of Senator Hines'
bills, which provides for the installa
tion of fire escapes in office buildings,
has been deferred until Tuesday or
Wednesday.
The Blount bill requiring the teach
ing of the Constitution in North Caro
lina schools is scheduled to come up
at Wednesday's session. The judges
lompensrtion bill, providing for a sl,-
500 annual increase in salary to su
perior court judges, is slated to en
liven Wednesdays session also.
Authority to create an extensive
State park, forest and game -refuge
system from lands already owned by
the State will be sought of the general
assembly soon by the department Os
conservation and development.
Plans toward this aim were divulged
here today by Maj. Wade H. Phillips,
director of the department of conserva
tion and development. According to
Major Philliiis. the department would
be authorized, under the proposed plan,
to make a survey of lands owued by
the State with a view of ascertaining
their suitability for these purposes.
The proposed legislation would au
thorize fine department to recommend
to Governor McLean such areas as
are suitable for State parks, forests
and game preserves. The governor
would, under the bill, be authorized to
set aside the areas for conservation
purposes by proclamation.
It was declared that there are thou
sands of inactive cut-over lands in
North Carolina owned by the State
dhich might be made productive by re
forestation and conversion into State
paijks, forests or game refuges.
The "biggest” court game of the sea
son will be played at Raleigh.
The Wake Forest-Carolina clash, re
garded as the decisive game in the
State collegiate championship, will be
played here on February 15th instead
of Wake Forest, it was announced.
The announcement was made by J.
W. Bunn, representing the Raleigh
alumui of Wake Forest, after conferr
ing with college athletic officials.
E-GoVcrnor Charles S. Whitman,
of New York, president of the Ameri
can Bar Association, has accepted an
invitation to speak at the annual con
vention of the North Carolina Bar
Association at Pinehurst on May 6th,
it was announced here today.
Bridge Worker is Awarded Total
Damages of $22,82,%.
Charlotte. Feb. s.—Judgment for
$22,825 was awarded E. R. L. Tay
lor, steel bridetnan, against the J.
A. Jones Construction company and
J. H. Markham in Superior court
here today.
Taylor was injured when struck
by a steel beam while working on
the Wilde rbullding, it was alleged.
No divorces are granted in South
Carolina.
ANOTHERPROPOSAL
TOAMjJ^W
COKuIIM
; Will Be Fourth Proposal to
> Be Submitted to Legisla
ture—Affects the School
Term in the State.
I THREE OTHERS NOW
WITH THE SOLONS
One Would Call Constitu
tional Convention, An
• other Would Create
I More Judicial Districts.
Raleigh, Feb. 7. —04*)—So far,
i there are three proposals to amend the
constitution of North Carolina before
the General Assembly, and the school
people especially .the North Carolina
Education Association today schedul
ed to ask the Legislature to add an
■ other prsposal for a change. This is
the eight months' school term proposed
amendment.
The proposals now before the Leg
islature are:
1. The calling of a constitutional
convention.
2. The creation of additional dis
i triots with a Superior Court Judge,
without a solicitor.
3. Limiting local tax rates to $2.50
per hundred, and the segregation of in
tangible property for taxation.
Officers of the Teachers Associa
tion today announced that they will
ask the Legislature to call an election
on the eight months’ school term
amendment, although this was not rec
ommended by a majority of the Edu
cational Commission.
The teachers’ association has the
backing of five members of the Com
mission, and in addition to this the
association claims that the recommen
dations of the majority are not sup
ported by statements which they them
selves make about educational condi
tions in the state, and are not backed
by the facts they found in their print
ed report.
The more important of the amend
ments proposed and already dropped
into the legislative hoppers .is the
taxation limitation resolution.
! Should this proposed amendment to
the constitution be adopted it would
i revolutionize taxation system and tax
eouuty and acnqolßWrtct of tne state,
because in only a few instances are
the tax rate as low as this proposed
amendment would make mandatory.
Tile amendment proposed by Sena
tor Kenneth Royal, of Goldsboro,
would not only limit the total tax oil
property that state, city, county nnd
districts could levy, to $2.50 on the
hundred, but siieeifies the maximum
amounts beyond w'iiicli no local unit of
government could go.
Session Half Over.
Raleigh. Feb. 7. —C 4 sixth
week of meeting of the state legisla
ture was on hand today with return
inng of the asseblymen for the second
half of the sixty-day biennial session
to last to the middle of March.
Committee hearings, bill introduc
tion, lay behind. Floor debate and
consideration of major measures was
in the offing.
Up to tonight's reconvening follow
ing Saturday’s recess, 453 bills had
been introduced in tile house. 387 in
the senate since convening of the leg
islature January sth. About 200 lo
cal bills had been finally passed.
Last week the senate passed 68
bills, the house 67, a total of 135,
virtually all local measures. The
house had SK) bills introduced, the sen
ate 40, a total of 130.
While the calendar was being clear
ed oil local measures, the big state
wide ones were a ecu (nutating for prin
cipal consideration.
H. N. Wheeler, chief lecturer of the
United States Forest Service, was
asked to give an illustrated lecture at
tonight's session of liie assembly. He
has spoken throughout the country
i and has been In the state four weeks
; on speaking tours.
i
TWIN CITY SENTINEL i
PURCHASED BY JOURNAL <
Owen Moore Becomes Owner of All the
Dallies in Winston-Salem.
Winston-Salem, Feb. 7. —C4>)—'flip
Twin-City Sentinel announced this
afternoon that its stock has been (told
to the Winston-Salem Journal, Owen
Moon, president, by the Winston-Sa
lem Salem Sentinel, Inc., Frank E.
Gannett, president. The terms re
quire that the Sentinel shall be con
tinued as a separate entity, not as a
consolidation, although the Journal
and the Sentinel will be published
under one ownership and the same
plant. The Evening Star, published'
by the Journal, will be discontinued
after today’s issue.
The Sentinel was purchased last
August from Rufus A. Shore, and
Henry R. Dwire, by a company head
ed by Mr. Gannett, publisher of seven
newspapers in New York State. W. M.
Clmens wag vice president and editor,
and Warren M. Ingalls of Elmira, N.
Y., was secretary-treasurer, and bus
iness manager.
Rndner Trial Starts Today.
Canton, 0., Feb. 7. —GW-—The sec
ond murder trial growing out of the
s'.aying last July on Don R. Mellett,
Canton publisher and vice crusader,
started in the county oohrt here today
with Ben Rudner, Massillon hardware
merchant, one <K the three indicted, as
the defendant. The first trial, last
December, resulted in the conviction
of Patrick Eugene McDermott, and his
sentence to the penitentiary for life.
JAPAN PAYS GREAT
HOMAGE AT BURIAL
OF LATE EMPEfI!
Great Pomp and Ceremooy
Marked Funeral RHSS
as Million Stood Wlm
Bowed Heads.
PEOPLE THOUGHT gfc
EMPEROR DIETY
Although He Was Rulff
Only Short Time, People
of Japan Gave Unusastt
Homage to Him.
Tokio, Japan, Feb. 7.— (A>)— Yoidrl*
hito, 123rd Emperor of Japan, tonight
was accorded the most pret entioite
funeral in the Orient,
1,000,000 bowey sad-eyed subject)*
viewing the gorgeous cortege which
marked the passing of a personage re*
garded as a lineal descendant of tho
mythical Sun Goddess.
Although the late ruler actnglv
was the real emperor for only a tariff
time owing to an illness which
ed him from the time of his youth, tho
Japanese revered him as a deity, his
death causing a real nation-wMSo
mourning which foreigners seldom uti.
derstand. Consequently tonight's pro
cession toward the tomb excited.nmtsi
ual emotion among a usual! stoical
people.
As the magnificent catafalque'
wended its way over the four tit Re
route from the Imperial palace to
Shinjuku Gardens, half-suppreMM
sobs of men, women and children
heard. All Imperial funerals are KeM
in the night time, because the Impp.
rial Spirit must go from darkness info
darkness.
Approximately 9,000 persons pkr*
tieipated in the procession, which be
gan to line up shortly before 5 o’clock
this afternoon. The forward end of
the procession and the catafalque Iff.
gan to move promptly at 6 o'clock,
whereupon artillery throughout Japan
fired 101 guns, and the battleships 48
guns.
The route of the procession was
lighted with 10-foot wooden lantern*
ou pedestals, and containing electric
lights, and also by great braziers atop
huge bamboo piles resembling burning
pine fagots. Every effort was made
even the quaint customs of
participated in processions a time
sand years ago were reproduced. !
No women participated in the pro
cession, princesses and women of the
nobility witnessing the ceremony at
Shinjuku Gardens and at Awakawa,
the burial ground.
In addition to court musicians and
reed music, several naval and military
bands interspersed the
playing soft funeral dirges.
A feature of the procession was tM$
huge catafalque drawn by four almost
black oxen, sanctified by due ceif£«
mony.
ASHEVILLE NURSE IS
REPORTED KIDNAPPttf
Police Seek Automobile Salesman
From Whose Car Woman Lea*s
and is Injured.
Asheville, Feb. 6.—Miss Julia
Hogan, student nurse, is in a local
bspital in a critical condition, and
members of the po'ice department
are searching for Forrest Beam, au
tomobile salesman, as a result of a
leap from Beams car in which Miss
Hogan’s injuries are alleged ta have
been received.
According to a statement iss&Jkt
bv the hospital authorities. Mish
Hogan lmd started diagonally across
the street to church accompanied by
young Beam when they approached
his car standing at the curbing witi
the engine running. It was ttfep,
according to the statement.' that
Beam seized the young woman and
forcibly placed here in the ear.
the same time jumping in beside ben
and starting for the western part dt
the city.
The nurse screams attracted altt
tention as the car sped out Haywood
road, and by the time it reached the
end of the car line she became so
frantic that JTie leaped from the
flying machine, striking her head to
the pavement ami badly bruising her
knees.,
Friends of Beam denied thlsf
statement, saying that the young,
woman became hysterical and leap
ed from the machine when she
found that he had been dtinhingi
Beam abandoned the ear and caught
a taxi back to the city after the ac
cident, it was learned. '■
Hottest February Day in Pa* 37
YcW I ®*
I Charlotte, Feb. 6. —Today was the
hottest February day on record i M
the files of the Weather Bureau in
Charlotte. The mercury climbed Mr
70 degrees at 3:30 p- m.
The previous record for February
heat was held by the 1800. On Feb
ruary 25 of that year the ther
mometer climbed to 78.6. Never, m
the ensuing 37 years was there aqft
February temperature as high
that until today.
Other records toppled today
the continued heat. With the flrrt
six days of the month registerllji ’?
unusual temperatures, the doily ill;
cess has averager! 18 degrees.
WEATHER FORECAST.
1 Partly cloudy and colder tonight
; Tuesday increasing cloudiness, colder
in the east portion, probably followed
1 by rain in tbe west portion. Modernt*
north and northeast winds.