DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
PfIESIDENT CDOLIOGE
extols mn
EOHESSim
Sets in Motion the Move
ment for a Great Cele
bration of Washington’s
200th Anniversary.
HEARD OVER THE
RADIO EVERYWHERE
President Extols Washing
ton as a Self-Made Man
and a Practical Business
Man of Affairs.
Washington, Fob. 22. — UP) —Setting
in motion today the movement for a
great celebration of George Washing
ton's 200th anniversary in 1032, Pres
ident Coolidge in an address to Con
gress described the first of the na
tion’s leaders as a man who had a
very high standard of public and pri
vate honor and as one whose record
as a practical business man had never
received the attention to which it was
entitle.
The' President's address to a joint
session of the senate and house was
arranged to put into practical opera
tion the ijlans for the 1032 celebration,
and through a nationwide hookup of
radio broadcasting stations millions of
persons throughout the nation heard
the extolling of Washington as a “self
made man” and ns a “man of af
fairs.”
“He was an idealist in the sense
that he had a very high standard of
private and public honor,” Mr. Oool
idge said. "He was a prophet to the
P extent of being able to forecast with
remarkable vision the growth of the
nation lie founded and the changing
conditions whirl; it would meet. But
essentially he 'was a very practienl
man. He analyzed the problems be
fore him with a cl.»ar intellect. Hav
ing a thorough uuderstandiug he at
tacked them with_oujirnge and energy,
with patience and persistence.”
Declaring the facts of Washing
ton’s life, though a matter of record*
were not easily accessible, the Presi
dent said that mauy books written
about him, "often scholarly and elo
quent,” had encountered the tempta
tion to represent him as an heroic jljg
ure composed *of superlative and that
tations common to all mortals, has
been too much obscured and forgotten.
“When we regard him in this char
acter,” Mr. Coolidge continued, “and
have revealed to us the judgment with
which he met his problems, we shall
all the more understand and reverse
his true greatness. No great mystery
surrounds him; he never relied on
miracles. But he was a man en
dowed with what has been 'called un
common common sense, .with tireless
industry, with a talent for taking
infinite pains, aud with a mind able
to understand the universal and eter-
I nal problems of mankind.”
The President described Washington
tr- ns a man who had a “national mind.”
“He was consistently warning his
countrymen of the danger of settling
problems in accordance with sectional
interests,”. Mr. Coo'.idge said. “His
ideas in regard to the opening of onr
western territory were thought out
primarily for the benefit of the na
tion. It has been said that he would
have been ‘the greatest man in Amer
ica had there been no revolutionary
war’.”
It was 'with clear vision that the
first President looked upon religion,
Mr. Cooiidge continued, because for
him there was little in it of emotion
alism.
“He placed it in a firmer, more se
cure foundation, and stated the bene
fits which would accrue to his couutry
as the result of faith in spiritual
things." the President said. He rec
ognized that religion was the main
support of free institutions, x x x x
Without bigotry, without Intolerance
he appeals to the highest spiritual na
ture of mankind. His genius has filled
the earth.”
Tire! of Ufa, Woman Trie* to KUI
Herself.
Asheville, Feb. 121.—“ Because 1
was tired of life,” was the reason
' given physicians by Mrs. V. H. Tay»
lor, 80, of 04, Jefferson Drive, to-
V day for her attempt to commit sui
cide by taking poison.
Mrs. Taylor did not tell what she
had done for several hours uuu k
wns only when neighbors entered her
home that she complained of being
very idek aud asked them to call a
doctor quickly
'She was taken to a hospital where
her condition tonight was described
as being extremely critical, although
physicians would not say that she
would not recover.
Those who called the doctor were
under tho impression that Mrs.
Taylor was suffering from acute in
digestion and it was only after tUe
physician had made an examination
that she admitted she had attempted
to end her lif.e.
Mrs. Tay'or has one daughter,
aged eight years, and her husband is
employed as a shipping clerk for a
local •concern. Domestic difficulties
are believed to have caused tbs at
tempt at. suicide, neighbors said;
Judson Harmon Dead.
Cincinnati, Feb. 22.—Oto—Judson
Harmon, former governor of Ohio,
died today. He became ill several
days ago, but it waa staled at the
time that his ailment was believed to
be of U minor nature. He'was 81
years old, and one of Ohio’a lending
lawyers and statesmen.
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The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Lwcfcng Small City Daily
: BMOY OUTS KLH
I BECAUSE OF LAWS
1 nrans
- Supreme Court Judge Ver
’ ifies Report That He Has
Severed His Connection
With the Klan.
jSAYS EVANSMADE
MESS OF THINGS
Jurist Says He Would Not
Support the Law Sug
gested by Imperial Wiz
ard Evans.
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 22.— UP) —
Judge Henry A. Grady. North Caro
lina superior court jurist, aud for
four years Grand Dragon of tho Ku
Klux Klan in the state todny had dis
patched his resignation effective Sat
urday, to Dr. Hiram W. Evans, Impe
rial Wizard, at Washington.
Judge Grady, a native of Clinton,
has been a lawyer most of his life,
was a member of the state Legislature,
and shortly after becoming Grand
Dragon of the Klan, was elected Su
perior Court judge. He is still on tne
bench.
Accompanying his resignation, says
the Ralfcigli News and Observer to
i day, wah a 3,300 word letter to Dr.
Evans in which the Judge denounced
legislation which the Imperial Wizard,
Judge Grady said, demanded that he
have introduced as proposed laws in
the general assembly.
Following the resignation, the
newspaper says, came reliable reports
from sources not willing to be public
ly quoted, of virtual dissolution of the
Klan organization in North Carolina,
and that 66 of the local chapters of
the order had surrendered their char
ters within (he last fortnight
Legislation in mind. Judge Grady
said in his letter, was an attack on
“religious liberty.” The bills in
question which never were introduc
ed here, would make membership in
the Roman Catholic Church or in the
Knights of Columbus a felony, and
marriages between members of the
Catholic Church and members of
Protestant churches would be forbid
den, when attended by any agreement
as Va the rearing of children,
WtoSniy A. Grady, superior court
judge, at bis home here today verified
a letter printed in the Raleigb News
and Observer, extending his resigna
tion a* Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux
Klan in North Carolina, to Imperial
Wiaard Hiram Evans at Washington,
D. O.
Judge Grady said he had not seen
the news story which appeared in
this morning's paper, but that be had
written the letter referred to, in
which he said the Imperial Wizard
had tried to have legislation passed
in this state inimical to religious free
dom, and that for that-reason he had
resigned, effective Saturday. He iden
tified expressions in the letter read tx>
him over long distance telephone from
Raleigh.
“Evans has made a mess of things,”
be said.
VOTING IN CHICAGO
Rioting at Polls.—Three Men Kidnap
ped and One Denton.
Chicago, Fsb. 22. — UP) —Numerous
arrests, four minor outbreaks of vio
lence, and police confiscation of twelve
pistols and a rapid firing gun, marked
the early voting today in the Washing
ton birthday mayoralty primary and
aldermanlc election..
Three men were kidnapped and one
beaten with fists by three men but
there had been no early threat of gun
play. -
With a warm bnt cloudy day, and
the occasion a semi-holiday, an unus
ually large vote was expected to be
brought out for the principal contest,
that of the republican nomination for
, mayor. In the first few hours of bal
loting an unusually ’arge vote had
been cast.
Lenior-Hlekory Bridge Formally Op-
Hickory, N. C. t Feb. 22.—(A*!—Sev
eral thousand persons were gathered
here at two o’clock this afternoon
when the formal opening aud dedica
tion of the mew Lenoir-Hickory bridge
waa held. Practically the entire State
Highway Commission, with the excep
tion of Chairman Page, took part in
the celebration.
Italian Avtotor Arrives at Port NateL
Pernambuco, Brasil, Feb. 22. —(A*)
—Commander Francesco de Pinedo,
Italian aviator, arrived at Port Na
tal, Brasil, at 1:20 o’clock this after
noon from Porto Prays, Cape Verde
Islands. . '
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THE FATHER OF HIS CdiNTRY
k ** fci^^^SriOV ll sS KILLER
Continues Slaughter of Bills With
Ruthless Severity.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.,
Raleigh, Feb. 22.—The bqu.se. liv
ing up to its reputation as a “killer,”
continues its slaughter of bills,
which go dumbly, even as the pro
verbial lambs. At least this was the
case wheu one of the two administra
tion bills, designed to put real teeth
in the law prohibiting the carrying
of concealed weapons, was tabled
without opportunity being given a
single member of the house to life 8
voice in its behalf.
“Why, the house does not. evi
dence common, ordinary legislative.
courtesy,” said a member of the sen-,
ate today in discussing the orgy of
killing-by-tabliiig which the house
had been indulging ini “In the sen
ate, even if we are opposed to a
measure, we always give its advo
cates a hearing, and then defeat the
measure on a vote. It Is always dis
courteous, to say the least, to table
any bill, especially without discus
sion. But that does not worry the
hoqse.”
The first killed by tabling was the
first of three bills introduced by
Representative L. A. Martin of
Davidson county, designed primarily
to decrease the number of homicides,
suicides and deaths from deadly
weapons that now' result in the
state, and would have made tbe
minimum fine S2OO for carrying H
“pistol, pump gun, dagger, dirk,
bowie knife, metallic kuucks” and
other similar weapons, instead of SSO,
as is at present, and would have
prevented the judge form suspending
sentence on conviction. The maxi
mum fine was SI,OOO and the maxi
mum prison sentence four years.
But bill, with tbe others, had been
drawn at the suggestion of Governor
McLean, who in his message to the
general assembly called attention to
the fact that life w-as still held (on
cheaply in the state, and recom
mended more drastic laws governing
the carrying and sa’? of concealed
weapons as a means of remedying
this condition.
The records in the board of health
show that in 1026, there were 213
homicides in rNoth Carolina, the
majority resulting from the. use of
the “concealed weapons” mentioned
in the bill. There were 144 suicides,
virtually all the result of wounds
inflicted with one of the weapons
enumerated. In addition there were
83 deaths as the result of the acci
dental gunshot wounds, and 00
deaths from gunshot wounds of
“mysterious origin. That means that
00 persons lost their lives last year
in North Carolina ns the result of
being shot, but that tbe exact cause
was never learned—and no one ever
bought to justice. In al’i there were
580 deaths traceable to the posses
sion of concealed weapon, principal
ly fire-arms.
Yet in the face of these, 630 deaths
due to concealed weapons, the house
summarily killed the kill tfiat at least
hove provided n deterrent, in that tt
would have made the penalty so
heavy aa to have materially dis
couraged tbe practice of carrying
aiich weapons.
The second bill, which wonld have
provided (he same penalty for sail
CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1927
nog
Notorious Criminal Given OH in |
Death Row at State Prison.
Raleigh, Feb. 22.—CP)—Otto Woodi
was back in death row today, and in j
employees quarters Deputy McKeroan
was resting from a long four-day trip.
Both men bore marks of the long!
journey from Terre Haute, Ind., to |
the prison, accomplished in short j
jumps on day coaches and completed!
last night. Both showed the Btrain of.
being manacled together, the object
of curious stares for tlie better part j
of four days since leaving Indiana, j
where Wood was recaptured recently!
following his last escape in November. |
Jimison To Oppose Compensation Bill.!
: Charlotte, Feb. 21.—The Charlotte
I central labor union stated today that
it will send Tom P. Jimison, an at
torney, of this city, to Raleigh Tues
day to protest against the workmen's
compensation law now being fram
ed by the Legislature. Too low com
pensation foi; injuries that workmen
might receive was called the reason
for objection, it was stated that con
tractors and some other employes of
la boro were willing to agree on a higher
rate of compensation in case of death
of injury but Textile manufacturers
opposed.
Reach No Agreement on Wage Scale
For Miners.
Miami, Fla., Feb. 21.— UP)—' The
sub-committee of the joint wage con
ference, after *a two-hours session,
suddenly adjourned without reaching
an agreement on a new wage scale for
the central bituminous field. Rice
Miller, chairman of the joint \onfer
cnee, announced that the sub-eommit
tce would report a failure to reach an
agreement before the joint conference
at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
1 ing these weapons, or delivering
them through the mails, unless the
i person to whom they were sold had
obtained a permit from the clerk of ■
: the superior court, was given some
i consideration, but debate was rut
; off when the house members became
hungry and decided to reeess for ■
i dinner. So it was virtually doomed
I A third bill of considerable ini
t porta nee—and one which had nk.
I been favorably passed upon by the
I senate — wa6 the bill of Senator
, Whitmire, of Henderson county.
i with regard to the filing of oaiuli
i daeies by candidates in presidential
■ elections, so that delegates in na
■ tional conventions would not lie
I bound to cast their ballots for the
f candidate which had filed. In es
t feet, the bill wonld have made it pos
• sibie for a delegation in a national
r convention to have cost tbelr bailors
• for who ever they desired, not being
r bound 1o continue voting sor f the
! candidate who had filed, as at pres
- eat. This bill was brought into being
• largely as the result of experiences
in the last Democratic ational On
i vention. ’ But Representative Z. V.
! Turlington saw in it an attack on
t the primary system, and leading tin*
t fight against it on this basis, defeat
i ed the bill by a vote of 42 to 40.
So the hooae is living up to it<
t reputation, in that no one can fore
tail what it ia going to do about any-1
s thing— except that whan in doubt, ii |
- tables.
fSfctrjudgeship- bill
PASSES THE HOUSE
! Warm Fight in Prospect With Five
i Aspirants for Job in Middle Dis
trict as Measure Goes to President.
Washington, Feb. 21.—The Over
| man-Bulwinkle bill, for an additional
| district for North Carolina passed the
j house today. It had already passed
.the senate, and is now about ready
! to be on its way to the White House.
. A few minor amendments, of more
ior less local importance, were added
Iby the house. The sennte wil have to
I concur in those, and Seuator Over
; man is ready to have that done.
| The watchfulness of Representative
Rulwinkle and Representative Weaver
brought the bill to its present status.
1 Mr. Weaver, as a member of the
judicial committee of the house, got
a fovorable report, and called it up
today when it was reached on tlie
calendar.
The approval of the bill by .the
President is expected. Then will come
the battle for the judgeship. It is
understood her that at least five men
are in for it. Frank A. Linney, now
United States district nttorney, John
son J. Hnynes, republican national
committeeman, A. H. Price of Salis
bury, H. F. Sen well of Carthage, Judge
Elder, Little of Charlotte, and Joe E.
Alexander, of Winston-Salem. This
is but a partial liit. Before the
month is out there will he a half
dozen others.
A pretty and spirited fight is ex
pected over this new judiciary posi
tion.
The new district: is the middle one,
and it will include, as now drawn,
the counties of Alamance, Alleghany,
Ashe, Cnbnrrusv Caswell Chatham,
Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford,
Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond,
Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly. Stokes,
Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin.
The bill reads:
“The terms of the district court
for the middle district shall be held
at Rockingham on the first Mondays
iti March and September, at Salis
bury on the third Mondays in April
and October, at Winston-Salem on
the first Mondays iu May and Novem
ber, at Greensboro on the first Mon
day in June and December, and
Wilkesboro on the third Mondays in
May and November. Provided, that
the cities of Winston-Salem and Rock
ingham, shall provide and furnish at
their own expense's suitable and con
venient place for holding the district
court. The cleark of the clerk of the
court for the middle district Bfaall
maintain an office in charge of himself
or edpuly at Rockingham, Winston-
Slem, Greensboro, Wilkesboro and at
lisbury, which shall be kept open
at all times for the transaction of the
dourt."
Baroness Frederick Derianger Dead.
r Paris, Feb. 22— (AH— The death of
Baroness Frederick Derianger is an
nounced by the Paris edition of the
New York Herald-Tribune. She was
d daughter of John Slidell, who was
Confederate commissioner to France.
She was 84 years old.
John Slidell was sent to Paris by
I Jefferson Davis, president of the Con-
I federuc.Y. in 1861. He never returned
i to America, living in England until his
! death in. London in 1871.
EXECUTIONEER STILL
BUSY IN SHANGHAI
ON SMALLER SCALE
Drastic Measures Have
Sent Some Strikers Back
to Work But Agitators
Are Busy as Ever.
MANY WORKMEN
ARE STILL IDLE
It Is Estimated That at
Least 100,000 Men Are
Idle.—They Are Threat
ened With Death.
Shanghai, Feb. 22.— UP) —The exe
cutioner's knife continued to swing
through the ranks of strike agitators
here today, although on a much small
er scale than rin Saturday and Sun
day when some thirty fomenters of
the present industrial trouble were be
headed by Marshal Sun Chuan Fang's'
authorities in the effort to keep down
the demonstration.
The beheadings have been effective
in bringing strikers back to work, al
though it also has greatly increased
the activities of agitators who now
are directing their nffairis from Inter
national Settlement. Asllong as they
remain in the settlement they are fur
nished a degree of safety because po
lice of the native city have no juris
diction in tlie foreign colony, and the
practice of international settlement of
ficials has been to refuse to surrender
any person arrested there for political
activities.
In spite of the improvements it was
estimated there were still some 100,-
000 on strike. The partial resump
tion of the postal services, all inter
national settlement bus service, and
with nearly all trains running, how
ever, the situation was a little bright*
er, despite the fact that local shipping
remained tied up.
Li Pao Citing, Marshal Sun's de
fense commissioner for Shanghai, is
sued a proclamation which was posted
at tile main post office, declaring that
any employees not returning to work
would be executed. This ended a’.l
picketing at the post office and brought
many postal employees back to work.
LUTHERAN SYNOD IN
SESSION AT SALISBURY
First Session Held In St. Johns
Church There This Morning.
Salisbury, Feb. 22.—OP)—The first
business session of the 123rd annual
convention of the Evangelical Luth
eran Synod of North Carolina was
held in St. Johns Church here this
morning. The annual serinou was
preached last night by President J.
L. Morgan, of this city. The morning
session was taken up with the read
ing of President Morgan's report
which showed much activity and prog
ress throughout the synod. He rec
ommended hearty eo-operation in sup
port of the institutions of the Church,
especially the schools and colleges and
the campaign to raise an endowment
fund of $4,000,000 for ministerial pen
sions by the United Lutheran Church
of America.
With Our Advertisers.
See the new shoe at Merit —a ton
gueless tie of mauvette kid, with a
clever trimming of shark leather. The
price is only $7.50.
Extra good vaudeville at the Con
cord Theatre tonight.
Equip your ear with Firestone gum
dipped tires at the present low prices.
See ad. of the Ritchie Hardware Co.
Their stock is complete in every size
and type.
Fathers’ night at the Y. M. C. A.
Thursday night February 24th, Ev
ery father and mother who has a ehild
in Central grammar school is expected
to be there. •
Spring coats with smartness and in
dividuality at the Gray Shop, $9.75 to
$37.50.
Auto repairing on any make of car
at Syler Motor Co. Phone 400.
Lumber so’.d by the E. L. Morrison
Lumber Co. comes up to specification.
Give it a trial.
Pearls which give woman distinction
in any gircle sold here by S. W. Pres
lar, jeweler.
The Cabarrus Cash Grocery has pic
nic hams’at only 20 cents per pound.
Order while they last.
Luxuriously furred coats for dress
and sport wear modestly priced at
Robinson's.
Recalls Beginnings of Duke University
Durham, Feb. 21.—Duke Univers
ity, frequently referred to now ns
the richest educational institution in
America, its resources spoken of in
figures that range around $80,000,-
000, was worth only $14,000 when it
was appraised at sOld Trinity in
Randolph county about 35 years ago,
when the movement was under way to
' move it to Durham, Hf. John Frank
lin Crowell, president of the then
Trinity College, told the Durham.
Rotarians at their weekly luncheon
i today.
The site of the present State Col
lege in Raleigh and $85,000 in bonds
of the Raleig and Gaston Railroad
, were offered by that city as an in
' ducement to have the college moved
' to Raleigh,
e ■
1 Eugene. Stallings Dies.
i Salisbury, Feb. 21.—Eugene Stall
• ings, for a number of years connect
ed with the Southern's transfer
sheds here, died Sunday nt the home
T of a brother John Stallings, on E.
• Bank Street. M. Stallings was a sou
1 of the late Dr. J. N. Stallings, weil
• known Baptist minister and educa
tor.
GUNBOAT ATTEMPTS
TO SHELL LARGEST
ARSEP ]
The Shells Did Not Reach j
Mark, But Damaged the;
Homes of Two American t
Families.
OCCUPANTS OF /
HOMES NOT HIT
The French Quarters Also
Were Shelled and Mis
siles From Boat Missed
Their Mark.
Shanghai, Feb. 22.— UP) —A Chi
nese gunboat stationed on the Whang
Poo River which had been turned over
to the nationalist government, today
attempted to shell Kiangnan arsenal,
one of the greatest in China. The
attempt fell short of success, but at
least five shells dropped in the French
concession nearby, and the residences
of two Americans were damaged. Two
Chinese were killed, but there were no
foreign casualties.
French concession volunteers, spec
ial Jtoliee and French marines were
mobilised for patrolling streets of
French concession, which is separated
from International Settlement.
The American residences • damaged
were those of William Rae, and F.
W. Sehobolun. The residences of two
11ritie’ll subjects and the old French
Club also were hit. Mrs. Rae and
her children fled from their home. A
shell .exploded in the bed room of the
Sehobohin home.
THE WAY THEY TREAT
AGITATORS IN CHINA
Soldiers Put Agitators to Death
Quickly. Shanghai Witnesses Hor
rible Sight With Heads on Spikes.
Shanghai. Feb. 21.—The mimoer
of Chinese workmen on political
strike reached 108,000 in this city
today, despite the beheading of some
thirty agitators.
The beheading was done by sol
diers with heavy swords who decap
itated radicals wherever they were
found distributing literature or mak
ing speeches to incite men to strike
or riot. - >
The soldier-executioners were, the
W ~ot». Miwhal. Run. >Chua«,-F*ng.
who Is attempting to retain control
over this province of Kiangsu. after
having lost three other provinces and
a part of a fourth to the Cantonese
(nationalist) invaders.
Those whose heads were struck
off were said to be members of the
Kuomintang, the. political party
•which dominates the nationalist gov
ernment and sends agents ahead of
its armies to ereatc dissension with
in the enemy camp.
Heads stuck upon poles in the
principal thoroughfare lying between
the native city and the French con
cession served a grizzly reminder to
would-bc agitators of the fate in
store for them, and the "timber ot
strikers was not augmented in the
native city. Iu the international set
tlements, however, the Chinese exe
cutioners could not function, and
large numbers of men joined the
general strike in various iudustries,
which was begun Saturday.
There was little hostility shown
toward foreigners by the , strikers,
and none was reported mo’ested to
day. The whole plan seemed to be
directed against Sun Chuan-Fang.
whose power the Kuomintang de
sired to weaken by industrial up
heaval and discontent, ns it had
done in numerous other cities later
brought under its armed rule.
Five Japanese warship arrived in
the river before Shanghai, bringing
to more than 20 the total of foreign
warcraft here to safeguard tbs lives
of the many thousand foreigners in
Shanghai, and to protect their pro
erty.
On shore were more than 10,000
fighting men of foreign nations.
TOLL OF DEAD 21.
As a Result of the'Blizzard Which
Has Swept the' Atlantic Seaboard
for Three Days.
New York. Feb'. 22.—OP)—The
mounting toll of dead in the blizzard
that swept the Atlantic seaboard for
three days had reached 21 today with
the possibility that seven members of
a ship’s crew who took to the life
boats had been drowned.
Another possibility of additional
casualties was seen iu word flashed
to the Boston navy yard by a Dutch
steamer that an unidentified schooner
was on fire seventy miles east of Bos
ton.
William Muldoon, who has aeon
prominent in the public eye the past
few years as the chairman of the
New York Boxiug Commission,
trained Sullivan tor hie fight with
Corbett.
Father’s Night
WHEN?
Thursday, Eeb. 24, 7:30
P. M.
WHERE?
Y. M.C.A.
WHO WILL BE THERE?
jrl'
THE TRIBUNE,
PRINTS*- |
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY }
NO. 38...
HOUSE PIKES BILL
CREATING NATIONAL
.HI IH THE STATE
[
Bill With Few Amertd
ments Must Go Back M
( Senate for Amendmetttfi;
to Be Approved There.
PASSAGE THERE JM
SEEMS ASSURED
Bill Carries $2,000,000 Ap
propriation From Nelm
Carolina. —Other Stdß*
to Give Quotas.
Raleigh, Feb. 22.— UP) —Final paps
Huge of the Great Smoky NatihgUp
Park bond issue bill and the Wilt
mingtou bridge bill, and intrOflucf&i
of anti-masking and secret society JBjt
solution in North Carolina bills, stqjM :
out in the general assembly’s crotfrdril
procedure today.
The house decided to consider
revenue bill tonight. This ie the pß'
posed 1627 law, detailing raising qf
money for operation of state defofr,
ments and institutions for the next
two fiscal years beginning on July
Ist. The senate adjourned until to
morrow.
The Lieutenant Governor today past
the deciding vote on the bill w&|pL
would require that the names of GMj
A division vote showed 20 sengiSH
voting for a measure and 20 ngajfuß
it. The bill now goes to the Housel
While sanctioning this cijangiiMp
elections, the senate refused to maui
the law governing the dates for Row
ing primaries which was proposed Jti
the bill offered by Senator Cannail};,
The bill would have changed the
of primaries from the first Satuiwy
"in June to the first Saturday in Ajt:
gust. All amendment was offered jig
substitute the first Tuesday in August
for the first Saturday in August, anti
the whole measure was killed.
Raleigh, Feb. 22.— UP)— The Hogg*
today virtually enacted into law r the ’
bill carrying an appropriation of
000,000 worth of bonds of the state for
the purchase of lauds bordering on
the Tennessee-North Carolina line to
be given to the Federal government
for establishment of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park in Western
The bill previously had passed she
Senate with only one dissenting vote.
Lauds purchased will be given to the
federal government along with many
square miles of virgin territory in
Tennessee and Virginia. Wedh||p
North Carolina legislative merabgj&
and Asheville citizens had urged t,be
passage of the bill in behalf of rae
proposed park.
The bill gathered a few minor
■ amendments and was sent back to the
| Senate for concurrence before rfctifi-
I cation before Lieut. Governor Long,
j president of the Senate. -
Klan Up in House. „ J i
Raleigh. Feb. 22— UP)— A bill that
would forbid the wearing of masks in
public by members of secret orders
was introduced in the North Carolina
Legislature here today. Coming ccin
cidently with the resignation of Judge
Henry A. Grady as grand dragon Os
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klnp in
the state, the measure created unusual
interest and was greeted with applause
by members of the House of Repre
sentatives.
The measure was iutroduced in the
house by Rev. Oscar Haywood, of
Montgomery, one time lecturer for the j
Ku Klux Klan. and in the senate by
Senator Rivers Johnson, of DiMin
county. A similar measure was dc
feated at the session two years .((jio,
Senator Johnson being one of the bit
terest opponents of the measure. Lp
The house, although applauding, the
introduction, refused to put the biu on
the calendar, sending it to the judici
ary committee,
While the bills Dr. Haywood iify
Senator Johnson introduced did .jfyjt
expressly mention the Ku Klux KUtn.
Representative Haywood said Hiaff|f
text of his bill “clearly revealeig
intent". The bill provides for, re
turn of property to society members
following dissolution in the state? ; \f-
The anti-masking bill’s title reads: *
“A bill to Prevent Establishment,
Organization, or Operation in > North
Carolina, of any secret oatli-bound .150- 1
eiety, association or corporation, wKnete
membership is concealed, or wlu&e
laws, rules and regulations, require
such members to conceal their identity
behind hoods, masks, or otherwise,’V,
The bill contaids five sections, the
first one making it unlawful to mask
outside of the lodge rooms. The-radc- v
oud section makes one so masked guil
ty nf a felony, punishable by fine and ’
imprisonment. Tlie third section 1
videw that 110 corporations, assoc*(i- :
lions or society covered in the bilt
own property, money, lands y
and the like by virtue of a charter of
a national or sovereign body, tliatlfn
the event of dissolution of the society
in the state the property may be sold
under resolution of its members, and
returned to the individual members hi |
proportion to their contribution to
ward payment.
A special post office will be
Ushed at Chardon, Ohio, this sprite 3
so visitors to Geauga county’s annual
maple sugar festival can send HnffiFljta
to friends.
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Cloudy and warmer