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WITH KING GEORGE
DELIMG SPEECH
Time Honored Ceremony
Marked the Opening.—
Queen Mary Present for
the Ceremony.
CHINESE PROBLEM
GETS ATTENTION
King George Discusses the
Problem in His Address,
Which Is Actually Minis-,
terial Statement.
London, Feb. B.—OP)—Tfce third
session of the present British parlia
ment elected in 1i)24 was opened in
state by King George, with time hon
ored ceremony today. Huge crowds
lined the streets to see the royal pro
oessiou. Queen Mary accompanied the
King to parliament for the ceremony.
The King's speech opening the se*-
—actually a ministerial statement
—was unusually brief, and was mainly
devoted to the Chinese problem.
He explained that it had been deem
ed necessary to send an adequate force
to protect British subjects because of
the happenings at Hankow and other
places, but emphasized that it was the
desire of the British people to "remove
all grievances, to renew our treaties
on au equitable basis, and to place
our future relations with the Chinese
Iteople on a footing of friendship and
good will.”
FIRST STATE WIDE
SAFETY CONFERENCE
riana to Make Traffic LAws More
I Uniform, Is One Object.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Feb. 8. —National, state
and hninieipny leaders In traffic, ac
cident prevention and highwny fields
will address the first statewide saftey
conference here February 21-22 ac
cording to C. W. Roberts, vice presi
dent of the Carolina Motor Club, in
announcing the list of participating
agencies and the tentative program.
The conference is being nrrauget)
by H. E. Jnnds, professor of Highway
engineering nt the University of
Platis to make local traffic ordin
ances more uniform and ways and
means for reducing the accident toll
ou street and highways will be dis
cussed at the conference, as well a*
legislative matters, actual and isjteu
tlal, traffic directors and superintend
ents of schools have been invited to
participate in the coferento as well
ns'every agency ami individual in
terested in accident prevention.
Agencies that have formally en
ounced they will participate in the
conference include: North Carolina
Press Association; University of
North Carolina; State Highway com
mission ; State Insurance Department;
State Department of Public. Instruc
tion ; State Association of County
Commissioners; Carolina Motor clubj
I'. S. Army at Fort Bragg; North
and South Carolina Utility Bureau;
North Carolina Medical Association;
North Carolina Automotive Trnde
Association; North Carolina Federa
tion of Business and«Pmfesslonal and
Womens’ Clubs; North Curolina Po
lice Association; North Carolina
Municipal Association; Federadtion
of Womens' Clubs.
Speakers named on the tentative
program include; John llder, city
pinning and zoning expert. United
States Chamber of Commerce; Dr.
C. P. Myers, D. C.,; Earnest N.
Smith, general manager of the Ameri
can Automobile Association; Captain
W. C. Price, superintendent of the
Frank Page, chairmanmj dOcmfwygi
Pennsylvania State Police Patrol;
Frank Page, chairman of the North
Carolina State Highway Commission;
Geeral A. J. Bowley, Commandant
Fort Bragg; Major W. ft. Robertson,
Charlotte; Dr. H. W. Chase, presi
dent of University of North Carolina;
l)r. ;E. W. Knight, president'of the
North Carolina Educational Associa
tion; C. T. Mathews, director of ac
cident prevention of the Carolina
Motor ,c}ub.; Wade Harnh, editor of
the; Charlotte Observer; I Charles JJ.
Wallace, Morehead City an , Stacey
Wade, State Insurance Coinmpssioner.
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Lying Children Have: a Champion.
London, Feb. S.—OW—Fibbing chil
dren should not be despised; says Dr.
Alice Hutchinson, because when a
child tells a lie it has a reason for
so doing.
"Instead of turning away askance
when a did fibs, let us rather find out
what prompted the action, and then
we can frequently lead the child to Un
burden itself as to why it has to'd a
falsehood. Belf-pgpservation is the
commonest reason,” Dr. Hutchinson
said at Bedford College for women in
and address.
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Star Theatre
Today Your Loot Chance to 800
HAROLD LLOYD IN
“THE KID BROTHER”
WEDNESDAY
EVERYBODY’S DAY
“LOVE ’EM AND
LEAVE ’EM’
—With—.
EVELYN BRENINtnd LOUISE
ADMISSION 5c «nd 10c
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Loading Small City Daily
KHMM
REAM TO PROTECT
FOREIGN CITIZENS
The Manchurian War Lord
and Dictator Makes Bid
for Popular Favor With
Offer of Safety.
SAYS FOREIGNERS
MUST BE CAREFUL
Says They Must Respect:
Chinese Public Opinion J
and Sovereign People
Who Seek Liberty.
Peking, Feb. B.—G4*)- I —M ars ha 1 I
Chang Tan-Lin, Manchurian dictator
and generalissimo of the armies which
are fighting (he Cantonese, made n bid
for the favor of foreign powers today
when on' behalf of the Northern mili
tary forces he issued a statement pledg
ing protection of all foreign lives and
property in the realm of the Peking
government.
Marshall Chang promised that the
Peking government would maintain
its credit obligations, but warned that
“we expect the powers to respect our
public opinion and sovereign rights,
so that the Chinese may be freed of
fear and apprehension over the anti
foreign movement.”
LOYALTY WEEK
Will B< Observed From February 14th
to 20th by Presbyterian Church.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. B.—The
general assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States has desig
nated; the week , of February 14th to
20th as “Loydlty Week,” the time
when the half million members of this
churCh are called upon to let their
loyalty to the Lord manifest itself in
increased church activity in the field
of personal service and gifts. An op
portunity will be given to mnke self
.denial gifts to be distributed among
tlie budget causes. Each church is
directed to collect and distribute of
ferings during this week exactly as
it does the regular budget offerings so
ns to even up and round out the en
tire budget, leaving the opportunity,
however, for individuals to designate
their offerings of self-denial to auy
ty Week, Dr. M. E. Melvin, of Chat
tanooga, Tens,, general secretary of
toe assembly's stewarship committee,
said,:
“Loyalty week is a period of spirit
ual 'stock taking.' It culmiuates on
Sunday. February 20th, in self-denial
offerings for all budget causes. AU
pastors, are urged to preach on Loyal
ty and ;to call for the offerings. This
offering looks back to the year closing
and seeks to overcome the ehortage of
budget receipts. Our church will need
approximately $1,250,000 to meet all
askings and wipe out past deficits.
This will call for real sacrifice.”
The causes that will be benefited
during Imyalty Week both by the edu
cational accomplishments and the mon
ey contributed- include foreign mis
sions, home missions, Christian edu
cation, ministerial relief, Sunday
School extension, benevoleht enter
prises in synods, and the causes sup
ported within presbyteries. The total
budget for all causes for the church
year that ends March 31, 1927, ,for
the Presbyterian Church in the Unit
ed States is $4,750,000.
„ With Our Advertisers. ;
Sale of Dexdale hosiery is now go
ing on at the Moser Shoe Store. One
pair $1.19; three pairs, $3.19; six
pairs, $6.00. Pure thread silk full
fashioned hose.
Tomorrow is family day at the Con
cord Theatre, only 10 cents to all.
Vaudeville at the Concord Theatre
tonight—eight features. Prices, 25
and 50 cents.
Prof. Le'Tblmarge k Co., hypno
tists, will appear at the Concord Thea
tre Thursday, February 10th. Also
thd picture “Inez From Hollywood,”
will bb shown featuring Anna Q. Nill
son and Lmwis Stone.
Newest millinery styles at Fisher's,
where you will find. the smartest al
ways. Prices from : $2.05 to $ll.OO,
Today is your last chance , fp. see
Harold Lloyd in “Bis Kid Brother”
at the star Theatre. 'Wednesday js
Everybody’s Day, admission 5 and 10
cents,, ; t . , £.* (
Big values in silks, new weaves and
new colors at nrtv low prices at Rob
inson's. • 1
Willya-Knight and Overland fine
motor cars sales and service at the
Corl Motor Co. Phone 680.
If you have auy building intentions
see the E. L. Morrison Limber Co.
WELFARE AGENTS ARE
MEETING IN RALEIGH
Annual Winter Meeting Addressed
During Day By Me B. Warren.
Raleigh, Feh. B.— OP) —An address
on “School Attendance in North Caro
lina” by Jule B. Warren, secretary
of the State Education Association,
featured the opening session of the
annual winter meeting of the Assembl
ing of county superintendents of pub
lic welfare here today at noon.;
A general seaaiou of the organisa
tion in the afternoon included an ad
dress by H. Hoyle Sink, pardon com
missioner, who chose as his subject
“Parole Work with Prisoners."
Wants Change to Immigration law.
Washington, Feb. B.—(A I )—Repeal
of the national origin provision of the
immigration law was approved today
by the house immigration coamittM,
CONTEMPT CHARGES
AGAINST EDITOR TO
BE AIRED SATURDAY
i
It Is Charged the Editor of!
j Atlanta Life Refused to
i. Answer the Grand Jury
Questions.
EDITOR STARTED
LIQUOR INQUIRY
iAn Article in His Paper
f Led to the Inquiry About
Party Staged by Co-op
erative Club. |
! Atlanta. Oa., Fob. 8. — OP) —Parks
Rusk, publisher of (he Atlanta Life, I
a week.y newspaper which first print-1
eil the charges that liquor was served ]
at the Atlanta Co-operative Club ban-]
quet here January 17th, was ordered I
today to appear before Judge E. D. i
Thomas, next Saturday to answer con
tempt charges preferred by t'.ie grand
jury.
Solicitor General John A. Boykin in
liis petition to Judge Thomas said
that Rusk had declined to naswer
questions propounded by (he grand
jury investigating the party. The so
licitor general said these questions
were legal and should have been an
swered. Judge Thomas ordered Rusk
to appear before him Saturday morn
ing at 9 o’clock.
The party wns given by the Co-op
erative Club in honor of Carl H.
Langnecht, of Kansas City, interna
tional president. Rusk in his paper
charged that, whiskey was served at
the party, and that it was climaxed
by a “bath tub sceue” in which a
negro took the principal role.
The Dinkier Hotels, n corporation,
M. B. Petty hotel detective, and two
negro waiters, all of the Ansley Ho
tel where the party was held, have
been indicted by the grand jury on
charges of violating the prohibition
law. After, their testimony before the
grand jury separate indictments charg
ing perjury were returned against the
negro waiters.
The grand jury today resumed in
vestigation of the affair.
URGES MEMBERSHIP '
' IN AMERICAN LEGION
(ten There Are Greater PosssibW
ties.
Monroe, Feb. 7.—Declaring that
all men who took part in the re
cent war, had earned their right r ..>
membership in the American Legion
and that the small meipbemhip fee
was but an incidental part neces
sary for the physical maintainance
of the organization, Paul R- Younts,
of Charlotte, Department Oommand
<er, speaking to a gathering of
Legionnaires here, made a profound
impression on his hearers.
Continuing, Jilin. Younts urge-1
each man to go out and bring into
the Legion some of bis "buddies,”
for in added .number there is greater
possibility for service.
Mr. Younts concluded his speech
with an expression of pleasure at
being the guest of a post, which
furnished the first commander of the
Department of North Carolina, John
Beasley. And of the auxiliary unit
of which tlie only woman, who lias
ever served two terms as Depart
ment president, Misp Annie Lee.
THE DAUGHEDRTY-MILLBR
TRIAL AGAIN DELAYED
Summons of Complaint Against Jur
or Caused the Postponement.
New York, Feb. B.— (/ft —Discov-
ery that a juror was under summons
of complaint delayed opening of the
second day of the trial of Harry M.
Daugherty, former attorney general,
and Thos. W. Miller, former alien
property custodian.
Arthur. Zinn, retired merchant, was
taken into conference with Judge
Knox, U. S. Attorney Buckner and
couusel for the defense, after it was
learned that the summons for non-pay
ment of $6,000 income tat was being
held in another office of the Bame
building.
After the conference Zinn took his
seat in the jury box with the other
jUrors. No announcement regarding
liis status as a jurror was made by the
-
Thie usual preliminary motions fair
disinissal having been denied by Judge
Knox, U. S. Attorney Buckner began
his opening.
Two Arrested on Charge of Bigamy.
Charlotte, Feb. 7.'—When Henry
Lewis and Mrs. Bertha Buttles
were arrested in a rooming house
here last night and charged with
living as man and wife, thought not
married, they produce-1 a marriatre
certificate which got them in a lot of
trouble.
Today they were bound over to
Mecklenburg Superior Court on . a
charge of bigamy, officera asserting
that each admitted former mar
riages. The couple stated that their
former mates were so cruel to them
that they had to leave them. The
man'* wife was last heard of in
Wilmington. Hie woman's husband
bad tbe charge of bigamy made. Ho
lives here.
To Be Tried for Murder of Nurse.
Asheville. Feb. 8. —(INS) —Three
negroes will go on trial here February
21, for the alleged .salying of Miss
Mary McGuire, 71-year-old AeheVille
dietitian.
The date of the three negroes’ trial
just been set by Solicitor Robert
M. Wells.
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CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1927
STATE LEGISLATURE
ACCELERATED WORK
ON THIRTIETH DAY
i
[Several State Wide Bills
I Presented in Both Hous
! es.—Haywood in Again
Beaten in House.
SENATE READY TO
PAY JUDGES MORE
.Also Willing to Chailge the
' Auto License Year.—
Haywood Threatens to
! Run for Governor.
I State Capitol. Feb. B.— OP) —Closing
I its t’.iirtieth day of its sixty-day wv
) sion snuppily. the state legislature to-
J day accelerated legislation.
] The house for the most part killed
I the Haywood anti-immorality bi'.l, arid
introduced a host of statewide issues.
The senate passed to the lower body
bills increasing the annual salary of
superior and supreme court judges by
$1,500, by a vote of 37 to 11, and
also passed to the house the bill chong- (
ing the automobile license year .from (
June 30th to December 31st, without
the ayed and hoes being, demanded!
House: Among the bills introduced 1
was one by Gampbell, of New Han
over, seeking a $1,250,000 bond issue
for a bridge across toe Cape Fear at
Wilmington.
Another by judge W’inston and oth
ers set forth plans for a .‘ls cent prop
erty tax, and $4,000,000 state fund for
support of the six months school term.
The house and senate stayed in ses-!
sion late. Shortly before two o’clock
the Legislature was still in session
since noon's convening, the longest
day’s session so far.
The House, after a flood of bill in
troduction and passage, poured in as
steadily as rain drove down on the
capitoi roof, heard Dr. Haywood, the
Montgomery county representative, in
impassioned plea for his anti-immoral-;
■ity bill before it was defeated 75 to 28. j
Among bills passed by the lower
house were these provisions: v
Authorizing Pasquotank to issue
funding bonds; authorising Hender
sonville schools to, borrow money aad
issue bonds; authorizing Washington
and Clay counties to issue bond*; eg-
«w Samps«n County spost
Jal tazes; reenacting charter of -Gas
tonia graded schools; validating. Rob-;
osou county drainage bonds; validat
ing railroad bonds to Windsor, Ber
tie County; relating to civil jurisdic
tion, High Point municipal court.
Representative Campbell, New
Hanover County, offered the measure
to construct a bridge over the Cape
Fear, while Lee and Nettle of Bun
combe would increase powers of spec
ial juvenile courts and make more
effective restrictions on obtaining at
torneys licenses, in two measures of
state-wide interest. . k
Dunn, of Craven offered one to pro
tect the vacant state lands, while Rep
resentative Pork declared for chang
ing Arbor Day from November to
March. Representative Poole, of
Hoke, sought to repeal the sanitary
privy law.
Greensboro, of Wake, sent up a bill
to amend the law on hotels,-and toj
prevent fraud on slot machines.
Haywood Threatens to Run For Gov- 1
ernor.
Raleigh, Feb. B.—OP)—Rev. Osoor;
Haywood, of Montgomery County, vice
crusader, today on the floor of tlie!
House of Representatives said lie j
would run for Governor of North
Carolina on a platform composed of!
his three “purity measures'' if tlie j
Assembly trifled with him.”
Announcement cable in the Mont- i
gomery representative’s speech in fav
or of his anti-immorality bill, upon j
minority report. The bill was kepi i
from the floor by a roll call vote of 75
to 28.
The announcement was made be-1
fore the adverse vote.
Statesville Man Kills Wife
After Breaking Into House
Statesville, Feb. 7.—John R. Rec
tor, who shot :and instantly killed
bis wife this afternoon about 12:30
p, m. at the home of B. JF. Reavis
in East- Statesville was stiß at large
tonight, notwithstanding au organized
man bunt has been in progress for
five hours. Within hour after tlie
tradegdy occurred several hundred
people composed of the city and county
officers and citizens armed with rides
and shotguns were scouring the woods
and forming a circle with the idea of
surroundiug tbe wi/e killer.
Mrs. Rector, who waß twenty-nine
years of age, and Rector were mar
ried in Gastonia four years ago, Rec
tor being an employe of a cotton mill,
they separated last August while they
were.residing in Gaffney, South Caro
lina, and Mrs. Rector came back to
Statesville to make her .home with
her cousin, Mrs. B. F. Reavis. Two
weeks ago Rector arrived, was heard
making threatening to marks about bis
wife aud was arranged in the mayor's
court on charges of misconduct. He
promised to leave town and everybody
thought he had made good his promise
until this affernrtonwhen he unexped
edly appeared.
Mrs. Reavis and Mrs. Rector were
alone when Rector came to the house
and asked for admittance, fearing
violence, the women barred the two
doors to the house but Rector broke
dgwn the front door and entered, with
• long barreled thirty-two caliber pis
Danger Zone
*k»ClN*s
2o««
j Jif
*
Flare-up of anti-foreign dem
onstrations in China caused
fears lor Americans. Thii
map indicates the number o|
Americans in the larger cear
ters of China.
IMoulMltmnd.)
| NO NEW LOCATION FOR
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
Gov. McLean Had Recommended an
Appropriation to Build a New
Plant.
Tribune Burenii
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Feb. B.—The first of Gov
ernor A. W. McLean's budget message
recommendations to "go glimmering”
—with his radio station proposal next
i in order—was with regard to the es
-1 tablishment of the school for IRind
and Deaf Negroes in a new location
iuetir Raleigh, in order to remove the
fire hazard which now the
old buildings on tlie present site. A
special sub-committee of the joint
appropriations committees, headed by
Representative Nash of Richmond
county, was armed to visit the the
school here and inxpect it, und this
committee reisirted with "delighted
amazement” at the facilities found at
! the school, though no report was made
| on the fire hazard angle.
Tbe proposal suggested by Gover
nor McLean in liis budget message
'was that $250,000 be appropriated to
I build a new plant, with large grounds,
1 more distantly removed from the city
; than the present institution. Hie
[object wus first to provide fire-proof
.jjoildings—tbe present old i buildings
are admitted to be virtual Ifre traps]
—and second, to provide greater fac
ilities for vocational training, especial
ly along agricultural lines, that are
not now afforded. Tlie board of dir
ectors of the institution and tbe coun
cil of state would have been empower
ed to sell the old school property
whenever a fair price could have been
obtained —and it was estimated that
this property could have been sold
for very close to the cost of the new
and fire-proof institution.
It will be remembered that the gen
eral assembly decided to move the
old school for the blind white child
ren, formerly located near the cap
itoi, to au outlyiug location, with
better air more space and safer build
ings, and it was now proposed to do
the same for the colored children in
the state's care.
“If a fire should occur in that
present school, it is fairly certain to
say at least 50 of those deaf or blind
colored children would he burned to
death before they could be rescued.”
said a meniber of the state insurance
department, in 1 discussing the ques
tion.
But the appropriations committee
has held otherwise, with the result
that the present old buildings will
have to be used for nt least .two
years more.
Sheriff Turner Dead.
Sanford. X. C„ Feb. B.—W) —James
L. Turner, sheriff of Lee county, died
here early today from wounds received
in a battle with moonshiners on Jan
uary 30th.
tol in his hand and another on his
person. “Della l wantito speak to you,
are you coming bapk to live wi(h me?”
the irate man remarked as he forced
an entrance. ,
A neighbor came in at that time
and, .she and Mrs. Iteavis fled, to the
back part of the house. They beard
the crack of the pistol, followed by
a dull thud caused by Mrs. Rector’s
body falling to the floor, then several
shots followed in quick succession.
Rector walked hurriedly out the
back door of the house and disap
peared in a dense forest several hun
dred yards away, leaving his wife's
body in the middle of the floor pf the
front room in a pool of blood. Officers
were summoned by phone and the man
hunt began.
An inquest conducted by Coroner
S. L. Parks resulted in finding that
the death of Mra. Della Rector was
caused by pistol shots fired by her
husband, John Recor. An examination
Os the body revealed that two shots
took effect in Mrs. Rector's head, one
entering the left cheek and the other
-the right side of the face. Powder
burns ou right hand indicated that
the woman had tried to ward off the
pistol shots, powder burns on the left
side of the face indicated fire at close
range, after the victim had fallen to
the floor several bullet holes missed
the victim finding .lodgement in the
floor. Mrs. Rector had no children.
Her father, Floyd Siak, formerly of
Statearilie, lives at Kannapolis.
THERE WILL BE NO
EIGHT ON BUDGET
SYSTEM OF M’LEAN
There Is a Decided Senti
ment, Backed by Peo-i
| pie, Among Legislators
for Its Continuance.
THE PEOPLE HAVE |
BEEN HEARD FROM
There is a Backhome De
mand Also That County
Government Reform Bill
Be Passed.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
BY 4. C. BASKKRVILL.
Raleigh, Feb. B.—Not only has
the possibility of any legislative at
tack on the executive budget sys
tem faded almost entirely from the
horizon, but a decided sentiment in 1
favor of its continuance has in
creased among the members of the
general assembly, according to those ,
who have been in close touch with |
the situation. And this has been i
largely due to the people over the i
state as a whole—to the constitu- ;
ency of the various legislators—
who have been making their ideas
felt in favor of continued economy ,
in the administrations affairs. And ;
along with the mandate to preserve (
the executive budget system has
come two more demands—first, that i
the county government reform bills ,
bo passed, and second, that steps be ,
taken to prevent further increases ,
in local taxation,
“You would be surprised at the
number of letters which have been
received by members of both the
senate and house from their con- ,
Ktituenfcs, calling upon them to
lend their entire support to nil
these measures," said a member of
the senate today, "with the result
that thee are very few who will
venture to propose anything not in !
donformance with the executive
budget act, and the purposes it is \
designed to achieve. These letters
have been pouring in from all sec- '
tions. rich and poor, all of them pro- '
would tend to increase taxes, and
calling upon their representatives to
use their influence for any measure
-that . would, land, to decease :
Already familiar with the general
plan advocated by the Commission
on County Government for certain !
reforms in the governmental sys
tems of the various counties, the
people over the state as a whole :
feel that these advocated reforms,
especially the fiscal reform program,
will go far towad relieving tlie '
present local taxation problem In
the majority of comities. They have
seen what the “pay as you go"
lilan, ns exemplified in the state 1
budget system. has accomplished 1
for the state as a whole, and the ]
large savings that have resulted. '
and they are convinced that the
same plan will be beneficial to the
counties. 1
But these demands are not all,
though they arc perhaps the most '
important. It is being demanded [
further that immediate • action lie
taken to prevent any further in '
creases in the local tax rates and to
prevent any further bond issues ex- ]
eept in cases of absolute necessity.
This is evidenced by-the fact that 1
so far this session only a handful
of bills have been offered calling
for bond issues in counties, while
nearly 100 bi’s have been offered
limiting the issuance of bond is
sues, or making the machinery more
difficult to obtain a bond election.
In many cnees bills have been pro
posed making it impossible for
county or city governing bodies to
issue bonds without a vote of the
people, and requiring the vota to
approximate the vote cast in the
last general ' elect ion.
Thus many senators and repre
sentative have not waited for the
county government reform bills,
which will probably be offered this
week, but have made sure that their
counties, at least, would he potected
against soaring taxes caused by in
discriminate issuance of bonds.
“The people back home are be
giniug to realize that the only way
to decrease taxes is to cat expenses,
and that, expenses cannot be cut
under the' present system, of county
government." baid a member of the
house in' discussing the situation.
“Thus they are eager to have these
bills that would compel the counties
to adopt certain fiscal methods de
signed to eliminate much of the
present waste. They realize that
when a county fails to collect $50,-
000 or SIOO,OOO in taxes, it works a
hardship and imposes an unequal
burden on those who do pay their
taxes. They arc convinced that
present conditions are bad, amt rnnt
it is time for a change.”
And this is but one expression
that could be multiplied a hundred
fold. The folks at home have decided
that the time has come to call a
bait to reckless spending, and they
have called the halt. And the mem
bers of the general assembly have
heard theit 1 masters’ voice.
Four Trophy Capo for Legion Foots.
Charlotte, February B.—OF)—Four
trophy cups will be awarded to the
post leading in each of the four di
visions of the recent statewide mem
bership campaign of the American
Legion, Vincent Paul Rousseau, de
partment adjutant, announced today.
The awards will he made at the meet*
' lug of post officers at Sanford on. Feb
ruary 21st.
LOWDEN FAVORABLE j
to mwsfr
BILL,
In Telegram to Farm Lead*
i ers He Says Equaliza
tion Fee Provisions of
Bill Are Essential.
DOES NOT FAVOR
THE OTHER BILL
jSays the Crisp-Curtis Bill
Without Fee Provisions
Misses Legislation He
Has Advocated.
Washington. Fob. 8. —G4>)—With
Congress approaching its third show- ‘
down on the equalization fee plan of 1
aiding agriculture, Frank O. |Low- •
den, of Illinois, today added his ac- 1
five support to the equalization free <
provisions of the MeNary-Haugen ■
bill. J
In a telegram to farm leaders here. '
the former Illinois Governor express- I
ed his “favor” for the MeNary-Hau- I
gen measure, and declared the Curtis- 1
Crisp substitute by omitting the >
equalization fee “wholly misses the I
point of legislation we have been ad- -
voeating." :
Previously Mr. Lowden had been ■
quoted in the House as favorable to I
the Curtis-Crisp bill, and yesterday
one of its authors. Senator Curtis, of 1
Kansas, the republican floor leader, i
told the senate Hint the measure was 1
a composite produet based in part on i
the views of Lowden and other lead
ers of farm organizations. <
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GOVERNOR DONAHEY
A POSSIBLE CANDIDATE '
I
This Is the Reason McAdoo’s Speech \
is Receiving Special Attention in '
Ohio. 1
Columbus, Ohio. Feb. B.—ln Ohio,
where everybody is a politician, the !
arraignment of wet liullificatiouists by
William Gibbs McAdoo in 'his address
before the State Bar Association at
Toledo continue* to be a general theme
of discussion. As a rule, Ohio Demo- '
erats agree with the sentiment ex
pressed by McAdoo. Ohio Democrats (
are not for Al Smith, except those
known to he out and mit wet. They
Allow Smith cannot be elected, if nfflhi- '
lTniated.' anVT they also Show a major-''
ity of Ohio citizens, Democrats as well
as Republicans, are for prohibition and
its enforcement. ,
The reason the McAdoo speech is |
receiving special attention in Ohio is ,
because Governor Donahey is looked ‘
upon in some quarters ns a possible t
candidate for tile presidential or vice
presidential nomination. Donahey is ,
popular in the state as is evidenced I
by his third consecutive election to the <
governorship. Donahey is dry. He i
is so dry that in 1024 lie did not hesi
tate to say to his friends that if Al I
Smith were nominated, he would not <
vote for him. 1
Was McAdoo's Toledo speech made s
to boost the candidacy of Donahey, or 1
is McAdoo to be a candidate again, j
or is there a movement to make the i
ticket McAdoo and Donahey? Cer- .-
tainly it means that as far as McAdoo 1
and Donahey are concerned, no wet
Democratic candidate can expect to i
get the support of Ohio Democrats, i
This upplies to Ritchie of Maryland <
nnd Reed of Missouri, as well as to I
Smith of New York. i
A man traveling over Ohio, unless
he is prejudiced, must be convinced .
of the fact that the Buckeye State is •
loyal to prohibition and will stand
firm for the eighteenth amendment and '
its enforcement, and no party leader 1
in or out of the state can swing it '■
from its dry moorings.
Younts Confers Today on Legion
Legislation.
Charlotte, Feb. 7. —Paul R.
Younts, of this city, commander of
the North Carolina Department,' ot
the American Legion, will on Tues
day in Raleigh confer with members
of the department's legislative com
mittee. with status of each of the
several matters the Legion has be
fore the General Assembly to ie
discussed, it was learned here today.
Following the conference. Mrs.
Younts will go to Fayetteville and
confer with General A. J. Howiey,
Fort Bragg commander, and (lien to
Sanford, to arrange with officer* of
the Legion post there for the nnftual
post officers conference of the de
partment, to be held February 21.
Withdraws Tilson Nomination.
Washington, Feb. B.—(A>)—Presi
dent Coolidge withdrew today the
nomination of William J. Tilson to be
United States district judge in the
middle district of Georgia.
A Montmartre dancing academy
has instituted classes in jigs anil
other old-fashioned French dances. ,
VAUDEVILLE
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TONIGHT
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This ia one of the Beat of Miniature
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Also One of the Year’s Best Pictures
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THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODA^I
NO. 27 -
RAIL STOCKS RISE
PMC TO SHOWS
When Stocks of WheeHtt|
and Lake Erie Soared
Some Other Rail Sto&S
Felt the Effects.
SOME “SHORTS” AR&
FACING RUIN NOW
W. & L. E. Common Wettt
to 120 and Preferred,!#
93, New High Levels fW
Both Stocks.
New York, Feb. B.—Wh—Panic
stricken “shorts” in the common and
preferred stocks of the Wheeling Ik
Lake Erie Railroad, faced with rillß
as a result of the passing of cndUm
of that railroad from the Rockefeller
interests to the New York Ceni.tttl,
Baltimore & Ohio, and Nickle Osip
Railroad, and the withdrawal of hrap .
blocks of stock from the open m fitter,
bid frantically against each othek tflt
the New York Stock Ecbange todajp Ift
an effort to cover their commitment!!,
the common stock soaring 35 points to
130, or more than four times tiife
year’s low, nnd the preferred stock 13
1-2 points to 03, in the first bout ol
trading.
Meanwhile, active speculation brdlk
out in the other rails, likely to fi|pife
in new consolidations, and in a Se
lected list of industrials early gnltiS
running from 1 to 5 points.
Errat ie fluctuations developed id tub
common ?md second preferred stoctS tn
the Western Maryland Railroad lit
which the Baltimore & Ohio Lifts Ill
creased its interest to 35 per benLJif
the total stock outstanding. xW
common opened 1 1-2 points lower, sit
38 3-4, rallied to 42 1-2, and was
around the opening price at the end «
the first hour. The second prefertSfl
opened 2 1-2 points lower at 37, ral
lied to 40 1-2, and quickly lost its *<%
Chicago Great Western common atld
preferred, and Bangor & Aroostook
touched the highest prices in years,
all up 3 points or so.
GENERAL JACKSON LIKED
HIS BOOTS LOtfO
eral. * *
Knoxville. Tenn. Feb. B.— J. I* Dea
rer, wholesale merchant, glories in the
fact that his father, C. E. Deaver,
made boots for Stonewall Jackson, the
“thunderbolt of war” in the Confed
erate armies of the sixties.
His father made Jackson's boot*;
while the Confederate leader was prb
fesor of military science and math
ematics at the Virginia Military Itt*
stitute at Legington, Virginia.
“General Jackson would not went
boots unless they were made an itlth
or inch and a half longer than «K.
feet,” said Mr. Deaver. “He alwftjs
said he wanted his boots to be so long
that lie could sec his toes without
stooping over. It was not always
comfortable to bend over in the
straight jacket of the military regu
lations of those days.” ..
Mr. Denver lias heard, too, of A
story of a premonition which Jack
son's aide-de-camiie had of the South
ern leader's untimely death, caused by
bullets tired by mistake by his own
men.
On the early May morning in 18C3.
just a few ininiites before General
Jackson rode to the bead of the 20,W0
with which he made the Federal
wing at Chancellorsville, he stopped
by a fire to get a cup of coffee. Htt
sword was left standing againkt w
tree the night before. As Jnckk'b’h
drank his coffee the sword suddgntjr
fell to the ground with a olnnktfli
sound. Colonel A. F. Long of Geuertii
Robert E. Lee’s staff snw and liCit-rt
it.
Long in his “Memoirs of Lee” re--
cites the story, and says that he tfttk
not surprised when he heard Hint nMM
after the successful, flank attack tWit
Jackson had fallen. He regared tile
falling of the sword as a premonition.
THE COTTON MARKET. ,
Opened Steady at Unchanged PHcm,
to Advance of 3 Points. — May Goee
To 14:05. *
New York, Feb. 8. —(/P)—Tbe-cbls
ton market opener! steady today gtj
unchanged prices to an advance of
3points in response to the steady show
ing of Liverpool, nnd sold 3 to 7
points net higher in the early trading
on a renewal of covering or buying
for trade account.
Houses with Liverpool connections
were buyers of May here and small
buying orders also were said- to .jlflT
on the market for other foreign trade
interests, but general business waa
quiet. The udvauce to 14:03 for Tldf
contracts seemed to bring out a little
more realizing, causing reaction* of
1 3 to 4points from the best, but the
tone was steady at the end of the
first hour.
Private cables said hedge selling had
been absorbed by trade calling M
Liverpool, aud that there waa a good
inquiry from India for a -wide raiUfe
of cotton goods, with the outlook «jpj
China business better.
* Cotton futures opened steu«r
March 13.78; May 13.98; July 1421;
Oct. 14.42; Dec. 14.59.
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WEATHER FORECAST-
Probably rain tonight and W«4rfsi§
day, colder in the east portion Wg§»
nesddy. Moderate to fresh east and
southeast winds.