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VOLUME XXVII
Insull Defies Senate .
Committee And Tells
Only WhatHe Desires
dines to Answer Ques
tions About Expenses.
WILL BE CITED
BY THE SENATE
Must Answer Contempt
Proceedings as Result of
His Determination to
Defy Rules of Senate.
Washington, Feb. 20.—OP)—On ad
vice otf counsel, Samuel Insull, multi-,
millionaire public utilities operator of;
Chicago, again defied the senate cam
paign funds committee today by re-’
fusing to answer questions about the'
financing of the Illinois republican!
campaign in 1026.
Insull again refused to give the
names of four men to whom he gave
$40,000 during the republican primary-
He will be .cited to tbo Senate for
contempt proceedings.
The Illinois magnate was one of the
supporters of Frank L. Smith for the:
republican Senatorial nomination, and;
the committee sought to question'
him further in its consideration of the
validity of Smith’s credentials as a'
senator. '
He refused flatly to tell whether he
borrowed from his Commonwealth
Edison Company any part of the $66,-
s 000 which he contributed for the
<’ool#Oounty political organisation in
the Illinois primary last spring. The
refusal was made on advice of his at
torney, Gilbert E. Porter.
Earlier in the week the witness bad
failed to give testimony the commit
tee asked for, and a recess was taken
until today to permit him to secure
further evidence from Chicago. On
taking the stand he read this state
ment :
“I have heretofore testified that I
made contributions totaling $23”,-
925.19 in connection with the primary
eleet'on held in Illinois on April 13,
1926. Os this sum, $172,925.19 was
contributed for the purpose of influ
encing nominations of persons for IT.
8. Senator. The remainder $65,000
was contributed to influence the nom
inations of various persons for various
local county offices, and 1 firmly be
“ Said sum of $172,925.1$ was con
tributed during the period of a few
months preceding the primary, and all
of it was borrowed by me from the
Commonwealth Edison Company,’
pending reimbursement of the company
from my own funds as soon as they
could conveniently arrange for it.
“It was absent from the state of II-
Siois on a trip to Europe from about
arch 17th until May 12, 1926. On
June 30.1928 I gave the Common
wealth Edison company by personal
check for $190,000 to repay said
amount of $172,925.19, which I bad
so borrowed, together with other items
of Indebtedness owing from me to the
company. This check was oh the Il
linois Merchant Trust Co., of Chicago.
“All of the $65,000 contributed to
infiuence the nomination, for local of
fices 'in Cook County was furnished
by me partly from my own funds and
partly from money which I borrowed
at the time and have since repaid.”
Will Be Cited Next Week.
Washington, Feb. 26.—(A*) —Sam-
uel Inßull, Chicago utility operator,
his attorney Daniel J. Schuyler, and
Thomas W. Cunningham, of Philadel
phia, will be cited to the Senate next
week for contempt of the Senate cam
paign funds committee.
With Our Advertisers.
The Concord Furniture Co. will
give away groceries and dishes free
for three days, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of next week. Watch for
detailed announcement of this great
offer.
Just arrived at Bobinson’a, new
hats that lead the mode, the new
Meadowbrook, the original California
sport hats. Read about them in a new
ad. today.
New Spring creations of evident in
dividuality now on view for the new
seasonA. Popular prices at the Gray
Shop. ,
Checking up your Goodyear tires
regularly is part of the service of the
Yorke A Wadsworth Co.
New and charming shoes at the G.
A. Moser Co. None higher than $5.95.
Spring coats, shown for the first
time today, at Efird's, $996 and
$14.50. All are silk lined throughout.
For, bath tubs and hea'th acces
sories see the Concord P umbing Co.,
174 Kerr Street. Phone 576.
New Books Printed By Duke tW
vecsity Prase.
Durham. Feb. 25.—New books
dealing with Eatln-America are new
being published by the Duke Uni
, versity Press, most of them dealing
with polities and economica. Among
them are the following: “Antonio d<-
Mendoza," by Arthur Scott Alton;
“Francisco de Abaua” by H. L. Me
cham; and “Chile snd Its Re atiooe
to the United States," by Henry
Clay Evans, Jr.
Salisbury to-Take in Catawba Col
leys Lands.
Salisbury, Feb. 25.—The erty
aldermen have voted to have tbo
city limits extended in order to take
into the corporate limits Catawba
college. This is. at the request of the
college authorities. Some other pro
-1 petty near the college Is included in
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JOSEPH R. WILSON IS
DEAD AT BALTIMORE
Was Only Brother of the Late Presi
dent, Woodrow Wilson.
Baltimore, Feb. 26.—C4*)—Joseph I
R. Wilson, only brother of the late j
President Woodrow Wilson, died early]
today at his home here. Death was i
due to Brights disease, and followed
a prolonged illness.
He was 59 years old.
Mr. Wilson is survived by his wid-!
ow and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Wil
son MoElory, Who was married at the
While House during the first'adminis- ■
tration of her uncle.
Burial wilbbe at Clarksville, Tenn.,
Mr. Wilson's former home, where he
lived before he came to Baltimore
twelve years ago. He was manager
of the development division of the
Mnrylnud Casualty Company.
Mr. Wilson was a newspaper man
for many years. He began his career
editing a weekly paper at Clarksville,
and went from there to Nashville 25
years ago to become a reporter. For
several years he was city editor of
the Nashville Banner. From that po-!
sition he came to Baltimore to take
charge of the promotion and publicity
department of the insurance company
Mrs. McElroy came to Baltimore t
week ago from her home in Nash-
and will accompany the body to
Clarksville,
Shortly after President Wilson was
elected for the first time it was agreed
between himself and his brother that
the latter should stay out of the polit
ical field. The younger brother faith
fully kept the pledge. He held no of
fice of any character during President
Wilson’s administration, and avoided
ail political activities. He was author
of several text books on insurance.
Mr. Wilson was born in Augusta,
Ga., a son of the late Rev. Jos. R.
Wilson.
“OLD NO, 7S HAS EYES
FIXED ON FIERY CROSS”
Exalted Cyclops of Calypso Breathes
Defiance; No Surrender, He Says.
Mount Olive, Feb. 25-—The ex
alted Cyclops of Ooaheu Klan, No.
73, K. K. K. of Calypso, when asked
if their charter -had been surreuder
fd, said: “No, and we doii’t intend
tb surrender it. We are still in the
tributed by Dan fU'I among a few
weak-kneed politicians gathered at
Raleigh and supposed to be looking
after the interests of the folks back
heme. 1 ;
“We have scoured Goshen and
Bear Swamp for illicit distilleries
and watched our stores and srreets
for bootleg liquor sos the past few
years until Calypso is now one of
the cleanest little towns in North
Carolina and needs no mayor or
policemen to keep it clean.”
“Bat how about your masks after
this proposed legislation is passed by
the ,’ower House?” -
“We may have to make a bonfire
df our robes and masks as our fore
father* did their Bibles and wc may
have .to' hire a sign painter to )>aiut
the names of bur entire membership
in big -letter* on the side of our hall
so the 'world can see who we are but,
thank -Oqd, all the Catholic gold ip
the aniverse can’t buy our manhood
a >«)JMir liherty. > t
“O'd 73 has - her eyes sternly fixed
on the fiery cross. She is safely an
chored to the rock of ag«a and we ex
pect to double our membership with
in the next few months.”
New Highway Link to Soon Be
Opened. •
High Point, Feb. 24.—The model
Greensboro-High Point highway will
be opened to traffic from the Gate
City to Jamestown, in the near
future, according to J. W. Mills, dis
trict engineer. Opening of the re
mainder of the road will be delayed
on account of construction of the
bridge at Deep River and the incom
plete stretch of road from James
town to High Point.
The new 139-foot bridge will not
be -finished for six weeks. Hogedorn
Construction Company has practical
ly completed the laying of the cement
foundation, and Atlantic Paving
Compiauy is now progressing with
the top coat at the rate of 1,900
feet per day.
A fiber rope that is unsinkable
has been produced in Holland. The
rope includes a core of “foam rub
ber*' that has a specific gravity only
one-fourth as great as that of cork.
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! World’s Largest Halibut I
Fleet Battling Against a!
Snow Storm of Unusual
j Severity.
MANY BOATS ARE |
j CAUGHT IN STORM
Storm Hourly Growing in
• Fury and It Is Feared the
Weak Vessels Cannot
Make Port.
Seward, Alaska. Feb. 26. —OP)—
With tbe lives of nearly a thousand
men at stake, the world’s largest hali
but fishing fleet today battled dog
gedly against destruction as a gale
and snow storm of uuusual fury swept
fiercely across the north Pacific ami
threndened to wife out everything in
its path.
Reports reaching Seward indicated
! that 450 of the-270 boats caught in
the storm might never reach’ port.
Three of the vessels, battered and
torn by the gale, arrived here last
night. 'Hie storm was hourly growiug
in fury, and navigators express opiuibn
tbnt only the stoutest of Jhe vessels
would escape destruction. Sweeping
evert into Seward’s well protected har
bor, the storm tore smal vessels from
their moorings and tossed them about
the bay.
The passenger liner Admiral Wnt
son, inimmedinte danger of being bnt
tred to pieces against the docks here,
'sought safety at anchor in outer har
bor. The 250-foot mail and passenger
steamer Starr which has weathered
a dozen- storms on its monthly run
to points in western Alaska, eame
perilously near destruction when it
was swept within 50 feet of shore
here.
May Increase in Violence.
Seattle Wash., Feb. 26.—OP)—In
dications that the storm menacing
boats in the Gulf of Alnska will in
crease in violence were given today
in reports to the United StntesWenth
er Bureau here. An area of unusually
low baometrie pressure was- moving
northward across the Gulf, officials of
the Bureau said
Point to Decline of 2 Points.—. May
Closed ft 14:20.
New York, Feb,. 26.—(A*)—The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 1 point to a decline of 2
points. There was considerable week
end realixing.after the advance of yes
terday, and the disposition to take
profits was increased by the prospect
of good weather in the South. Both
Southern and New Orleans selling al
so was reported, but these features
were offset to some extent by reports
of continued good spot demand. March
was relatively steady, holding well up
to yestesday's closing quotations, but
later months showed declines of about
3 to 5 points. May sold off to 14.14
and October to 14.54/
Futures dosed steady, 1 to 8 points
higher. Spot sternly, middling 14.40.
Futures, closing: March 14.08; May
14.20; July 14.40; October 14.60; De
cember 14.80. 7
Cotton futures opened steadv:
March 13.99; May. 14.15; July 14.35;
October 14.57; December 14.76.
Committee Opposes Proposal Trip.
Washington, Feb. 26.—OP)—Sena
tor Borah’s proposal to have the for
eign relations committee authorised to
visit Mexico and Nicaragua this sum
mer, was squelched today by the com
mittee itself. The committee deleted
the proposal from Senator Borah’s .res
olution, but planned to report the
resolution in such form that they may
hold sessions after Congress adjourns.
No datura Kula on Tyson Bill.
Washington, Fab. 26.—OP)—The
Senate today declined to apply the
cloture rule limitiilg debate on consid
eration of the Tyson bill to grant the
world war emergency officers the same
disability retirement privileges as
those enjoyed by regular army officers.
Matinee ftidies
by William B Courtnej
The Tribune will, in t few days, be
gin publication of a new serial story
entitled “Matinee Ladies.” This is a
splendid story and we are sum will
Ueoae our readers.
CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1927
■■ • ■ - - a—-.., -- -
wmm of
SHE MOT PUT
Kisoiiin
A Bill Prohibiting Secret
Organization Members
Wearing Masks Passed
By Legislature.
BILL FOLLOWED J
GRADYS ACTION
There WasuNoTDissentHte
Vote on Measure Whirr
Was Not Presented Un
til Several Days Ago*
Raleigh. Feb. 26.—OP)—Tbe genera
assembly of North Carolina without a j
dissenting volte has enacted into lav
the bill introduced early in the week
forbidding masking by members of sc
cret organisation* in the state. Th
bouse today passed unanimously the
bill introduced in the senate by Sen
ntor Rivers Johnson which wan passed
by the upper body two days ago! wifji
ouf dissent. _
The hill was introduced in hath
houses of tiie general assembly wit Mu
a few hours after Superior Coqrt
Judge Henry A. Grn(ly announced he
bad resigned ns grand dragon for the
Knights of the Kh Klux Klan. The
bill also makes illegal In the state
organizations which keep their mem
bership secret.
Wonts Outage in Primly Day.
Haieigh, Feb. 26. CP)—Beq_ Law
rence of Hertford todny introduced a
bill to make Tuesday the day of the
week for holding primaries, leaving t'n
the General Assembly to decide upon
the month in which they should be
held.
He objected to Saturday as the ]
primary day in that Sunday should !
not be given over to counting returns, ]
he said.
He offered another bill to enable j
a man or woman whose partner In I
marriage, had served at least five
years in prison on felony conviction,
to secure a divorce on grounds of vol
untary abandonment. He said tbe bHI
conformed with the present divofte
laws.
Royal, of Wayne, wanted so In
creage the state board of
from three to five members. *
A total of Cl bills were iaixodqecd
tawsjaawa^i
1-2 of 1 per cent, on stocks io pro
vide for a public school equalisation
fund; one by Connor of Wilson, pro
viding 'for a special building fund for
school houses; one by Townsend df
Harnett, amending the law on benev
olent order inheritance taxes; and one
amending a law oh amendment of
municipal charters.
Wants Patient’s Case Investigated.
Raleigh, Feb. 26.—(A>h-A bill by
Representative A. D. McLean, of
Beaufort, calling for inveetigation by
the attorney general of alleged mis
treatment of H. B. Wi'.linms. of
Washington. N. Q., while a patient
at the Morganton state hospital, was
reported to the senate today follotvw
ing its passage by the house last night;
Mr. McLean said he knew nothing
personally about the matter, and had
made no formal application to the hos
pital board to investigate, but that Ills
measure wad based on affidavits copies
of which he gave Representative J.
Hamp Giles, of Burks, who also is a
member of the board of directors.
Representative Giles was at home.
Tbe affidavits, signed by his widow
and two children, allege that H. B.
Williams, 62 years old, who died Jan
uary 22nd, this year, ’was taken to
the hospital on advice of a Washing
ton physician because of failing men
tal condition on December 20th last,
and that he waß kept in a dirty room,
that he was partly frozen, starved and
his lips parched from want of water,
his knee infected, aud his body covered
with filth, and that he was returned
to.hU home at Washington, where lie
died.
Bishops Soy Modern Dance Pure, Jazz
Vile.
Vienna, Feb. 28. —(A*)—Austrian
Bishops have declared modern dances
pure and innocent but held that jazg
is vile. '
Therefore, their flocks are free to
dance the Charleston to the slow
strains of the Viennese Waltz, or <lo
the Black Bottom to the dreamy tunes
of Vienna orchestras.
But “Hot Mama” and “You Charles
ton Man” come under the heading of
music which the Bishops at their 1927
Conference found “baneful.” There
fore it cannot be performed with the
sanction of the church.
The Bishops stipulated tbnt dance
music shall have no jasz qualities,
that dancers’ positions shall not be
suggestive, and that tbe girls’ skirts
must be the proper length—the
ankles. ,
Viennese dancing masters are polite
ly puzzled to know how this years
dances can be performed to last year's
music. They are confident they can
bring “barbaric” American jazz under
the refining cultural influence of
Europe as they have done with Amer
ican negro dancing.
Coll For Study of Taxation System.
Charlotte, Feb. 25.—The board of;
directors of Charlotte Merchants A«* ;
sociation, meeting today, authorized,
a telegraphic request to the Legisla
ture asking that it enact pending
legislation which would clear die
way for a exhaustive study of the;
State’s taxation system.
If poverty h Stblwwtng in d!«-
gujoe, the dugdise U perfect. *; |
Speedy Enactment of County
Government Reform Believed Near
The Tribune/,Burenii
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh. Feb. 26.—Speedy enact
ment of the county government reform
measures, three ih niimber, and which
have already been jtassed by the sen
ate,' is generally ■ believed imminent,
largely as a result - of the favorable ac
tion upon them by the senate nod the
further fact that the majority of the
I m*■ toilers of the house have evidenced
their interest in county reform. Al
ready dozens of local biHs. proposing
to do in part wbat these aets would
do uniformly, have been introduced,
partly out of fear that the county
; government bills would not pass.
Os the trio of bilk relating to coun
ty government the last two. the coun
ity fiscal control act and the county
finance act, are the more important
-since the first bill is purely an op
tional measure permitting any eoun
,iy that so desires to adopt either the
commission or managerial form of gov
ernment. The two acts relating to
fiscal affairs are mandatory and apply
to all the counties in the state.
The county fiscal control act and
the county finance aet are companion
measures. The control act places the
county upon a budget system compell
ing it to levy a tax sufficient to meet
its expenses, while the finance act
covers the issuance of bonds and notes.
The two together provide for clearing
up all deficits of tbe <present year and
thereafter balancing the budget so ns
to avoid n repetition of edficits.
The conditions which have made
the fiscal control nets imperative are
Die unwillingness on the pnrt of many
counties to levy sufficient taxes for
annual requirements, the lack of sys
tem used in making contracts and
disbursing moneys, whereby appropria
tions are exceeded, and the consequent
borrowing on short term notes beyond
the power of repayment from current
revenues. These conditions have been
further aggravated by the willingness
of local banks to furnish money on
notes that are negotiable and that are
good in the hands of an innocent
holder.
Tiie fiscal control act, in order to
counteract these conditions, would
first provide a carefully considered ap
REDISTRICTIXG THE STATE
Into 24 Judicial Districts.—Virtual
Passage of tbe BHI.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel, j
Raleigh, Feb. 26. —Redistricting of I
the state into 24 Judicial <listric's|
will begin as soon us the house con- j
mm in an amendment to the bill!
additions r district s,,
which has already paused the senate, |
and where the amendment was add
ed. The bill as passed the house ]
struck out the provisions for . the j
$750 a year for solicitors for ex- ]
penses, and the sennte restored this!
by amendment. It is expected that I
the house will concur in the amend- j
ment, possibly today.
Predictions that the senate would |
grab at the bi'l like a hungry fish tor j
a well-baited hook were borne out j
when the bill traveled without trou-;
file through the senate Friday, with j
)Ut the single amendment added- For (
while only four additional superior l
court judges and solicitors are add
ed. instead of seven as the original
bill passed by the senate and killed
by the house, would have provided,
this bill creates in addition to th"
four regular judges, two permanent
emergency judges who may be as
signed to any superior court in any
county or district in the. state, when
ever necessity atay arise.
These judges differ greatly from
the present emergency judges in that
they are appointed for n term of four
years, and are in reality superior
court judges at large, having con
current authority with any superior [
court judge, except that they are as-1
signed to the state as a whole in
stead of to one particular district.
A» a result of the virtual passage
of this bill, and the bill calling for a
constitutional amendment to enable
the general nssemb'y to create more
superior court judges or solicitors at
will, without having to increase
them proportionately, the squabble
is starting for tbe new districts that
will have to be created.
The Guilford delegation is work
ing hard to see that Greensboro aud
.Guilford county gets a 'judicial dis
trict of its own, while Mecklenourg
and Forsyth also want a district to
themselves.
Wouldn’t Tax Reporter For Publici
ty Reasons.
Raleigh. N- C.. Feb. 24.—News
papers would ,be subjected to a
privilege tax but reporters would be
exempt if Rev. Oscar Haywood had
his way. The Montgomery county
representative suggested including
the press under the revenue act,
which was adopted by the house
committee as a who’e tonight.
"They are making money and
could pay a good tax,” Dr. Hay
wood said.
He would exempt reporters he
staid, “because they get your name
in the paper.”
1 — ICE- —
PRICES REDUCED TO PER HUNDRED
IF YOU USE THE COUPON SYSTEM. !
I $5.60 books for $4.00 cash. «
300 Lb. Lota 40 cent* per hundred.
Order a book today and start saving. I hope to be in position
to deliver ice on Sunmya during the hot Summer Months.
Your* for Service,
A. B. POUNDS
of County
form Believed Near
propriation near the beginning of rite
fiscal year, immediately followed by a
tax levy sufficient to meet the appro
priation and second, would render
county order non-negotinb’.e unless
they contain an endorsement, signed
by an officer under penalty, that they
are within the appropriation. An en
dorsement is also required on all con
tracts. j
County functions are separated un- !
der the act and a fund is provided for I
each function. In like manner funds )
,of school districts and other taxing I
districts where taxes are levied by ]
the county board art* separated. Tbej
act does not allow a mingling of funds j
for improvements or current expenses
with funds for tbe payment of prin
cipal and interest of debt or other
special funds. The administration of
the aet is under the direction of an
officer termed tbe county accountant.
Tbe'act does not require tbe appoint
ment of a new officer, but allows it
to be imposed upon a county auditor
or any other county officer except the
sheriff, tax collector, county treasurer
or county fiuncinl agent. These ex
ceptions are made because one of the
main duties of the accountant is
checking up on the collection and dis
bursement of taxes.
The county finance act, relating pri
marily to the issuance of bonds and
notes, is based upon the pattern of’
the municipal finance act of 1917 aud
1921. which have given such general
satisfaction in the various cities of
the state. This aet provides that all
borrowing shall be made upon bonds
or notes ns follows: tax anticipation
notes; bonds for permanent improve
ments, funding and refunding; and
bond anticipation notes.
All floating debt crented up to date
of ratification of tbe aet is validated,
and the issuance of funding and re
funding bonds is authorized. But
funding bonds must not run for more
than fifteen years. Bonds are auth
orized for the usual permanent im
provements. and these must mature
within certain periods based upon
their probable life and usefulness. The
balance of the act sets for the mnmier
of procedure for the issuance of the
bonds.
IDIOTS ON THE HIGHWAYS.
More Driving Automobiles Than the
Combined Population o! State Asyl
ums.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Feb. 26. —“There are more
idiots driving automobiles on the high
ways than tbe combined populations
’ ot-atate JwsTirms ■feirtiitfrirminte mid
prisons, not only in North Carolina
but throughout the nation,” declared
C. IV. Roberts, vice president of the
Caro’.ipa Motor Club, today in stress
ing the need for adequate machinery
for examination of drivers and enforce
ment of motor vehicle laws.
“The North Carolina general as
sembly has just made a long step for
ward through passage of Senator Riv
ers Johnson’s bill providing that all
vehicles on the highways at night car
ry a light. But effectiveness of this
splendid law will be retarded unless
some provision is made for its enforce
ment, Failure of vehicles —not only
horsedrawn but also automobiles —to
carry rear lights has resulted in hun
dreds of serious accidents and scores
of fatalities in this stntc in recent
years.
“Municipal officers arc lax in en
forcing state traffic laws, particularly
those relating to proper lights and the
statutes prohibiting children underage
driving automobiles, evidently assum
ing that enforcement is a state rather
than a municipal duty. There is no
state machinery for the enforcement
of these laws.
“Many thousands of parents very
thoughtlessly permit their children to
crowd into small automobiles and go
out on the highways for joy rides
One section of the bill introduced by
Senator Hargett, of Jones, patterned
after the uniform highway and traffic
code suggested by the Hoover confer
ence, provides that not more than two
persons occupy front seats of vehicles.
Overcrowding in front seats has con
tributed liberally to the accidents and
deaths upon our highways—a toll that
last year reached the staggering total
of 453 fatalities, 2,000 serious in
juries and an economic loss of more
than $3,000,000."
Prince of Woles Sets New Cigarette
Fashion.
(By International News Service)
London, Feb. 26.—Since the Prince
of Wales started the fashion of smok
ing a miniature cigarette between
dances, the habit has rapidly spread
among Society here, so much that
there are now special midget cigarette
cases and holders sold.
The cases hold ten tiny cigarettes
With a space at the side for the sold
er, and sometimes are completed with
a patent lighter.
164,607 immigrants are to be per
mitted to enter the United tvrates
this year, according to an answered
1 question in this week’s Liberty.
INVESTIGATE FIRE
WHICH CAUSED THE
DEATH OF OLIP^
Hiram Justice Burned to !
Death While Neighbors
Looked on, Powerless to!
Give Him Aid.
SON VICTIMOF
ACCIDENT ALSO
Was Killed While Hunting -
About Three Weeks Ago.
—Dead Man Had Much
Property.
Hendersonville, Keb. 2G.— (A>) —An
inquest over the charred body of ■
Hiram Justice, SI years old, who I
died last night in a fire which de- I
strayed bis home on the Dana road J
about three miles from here, was be- i
ing held today by coroner A. 1.. Heck. I
The aged Henderson county tnnn who 1
owned considerable property in this
section, and who was father of Hr. <
Zom K. Justice of Davidson, victim (
of a hunting accident near his moth- t
er's home three weeks ago, burned to i
death while alone in his house and |
while nearly a score of residents of .
the section looked on. powerless to ,
save him. (
These neighbors, drawn to the spot
nhout 10 o'clock when an alarm was t
sent out by A. M. Hughey of Hemler- I
sonville, arrived too late to effect a <
rescue, although the form of Mr. Jus- |
tice was plainly visible in his room ’
as the flames leaped about the house. ]
Lying prostrate on his bed, apar- j
ently suffocated by smoke after build
ing large fire in open fireplace and ,
retiring, the old man was powerless ,
to escape, and the helpless onlookers ,
watched the house burn with him. \
A crack in the skull of the body ap
parently bad been made by falling (
timbers, but inquest was decided on
to bring out all details possible of the
tragedy, owing*,to the suggestion of
some friends that Mr. Justice might
have met with foul play.
WILL, IN MASK THE Kl KLUX
Bill That Passed the Senate Now in
House.—Former Klan Men Lead
Fight to Unmask.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Waiter Hotel.
Raleigh,• Feb. 38. —The chances are
that the Johnson-Haywootf blit, which
would unmask the Ku Klux Klan in
North Carolina, ami make the pro
perty of any local Klan, giving up
its charter, revert to the membership
instead of to the National Organisa
tion in Atlaut, as it is now required,
will become a state law, having been
favorably reported by a 15 to 1 vote
in the Judiciary Committee Number
2, of the House of Representatives.
It came to the house from the senate,
where it passed by a large majority.
The resignation of Judge Henry A.
Grady, as Grand Dragon in North
Carolina, has brought about a crisis
in Mhe state organization, and a fav
orable opportunity for members of
the klan who favor open and above
board membership and policies for the
Klan, to put through legislation to
that end. The opponents of . the
opponents of the Johnson-Ha.vwood
bill, represented by Hannibal Godwin,
former member of the United State
House of Representatives, accused the
proponents of taking advantage of the
moment when the Klan besought the
committee to delay the hearing until
the Klan hod time to secure legal
representation, which has hitherto
been supplied by Judge Grady, the
reliving Grnnd Dragon.
But Senator Rivers Johnson, lead
ing the proponents of the bill, himself
a member of the Klan, thought that
Mr. Godwin Supplied the legal repres
entation, and that there were enough
members of the Ku Klux Klan in the
House of Representatives to look after
its interest, without putting off the
hearing. The committee upheld him,
and the hearing continued.
The opponents of the bill were re
presented by Hannibal Godwin, Mr.
Corbett of Atkinson and J. W. Atford
of Keenly. Mr. Corbett said that he
wtts not fighting the measure because
of-the unmasking provision, but he
based his opposition on the clause
which would cause the membership of
any disorganized Klan to renounce
their oath to give over their property
to the National Organization.
Senator Rivers Johnson of Duplin
led the fight for the proponents of
the bill, suported by Representative
Oscar Haywood, who introduced the
bill in the house, and by R. N. Simms,
Raleigh attorney employed by members
of the Klan who are in favor of the
bill and by Charles U. Harris, speak
ing unofficially as a citizen interested
in the bill.
Representative Nat Townsend of
Harnett, succeeded in firing a number
of questions which confused and an
noyed the opponents of the bill, even
the imperturbable Mr. Godwin.
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NO. 42 , |
PARAS SELLS HIS
FIT IN ALL
Stores in cr#l
Stock in the Parks*Be& f
Stores Held by Concord j
Man Purchased by J. ILfi
and Henry Belk.
NEW MANAGER ■■ J
OF STORE |
A. F. Stevens Will Be
ager and Ray Cline A*M
sistant.—Several StOkp S
in the Chain.
ing to the effect that John G. Paw
has sold his interest in all store* w ’;Jj
the Parke-Belk chain to Henry ioA '1
Dr. J. M. Belk. The deal wan made
more than a week ago, it was $»fS, A
but final papers were not excetwfd f
until Friday.
As a result of the sale by Mr. Parks ' 1
of his stock in the stores, A. F.
eus, of Winston-Salem, becomes jltaS- '53
ager of nil the Pnrks-Belk
addition to his own chain of l|Mj|
ten stores. He will have Ray Clirte -9
as his assistant manage':- for the Ctffl- it
cord store-. Mr. Stevens WOl .dfjgtiS
tinuc to reside in Winston-Saleffi,.%;
Under the terms of the sale. it wh<s
stated, the wholesale depnrtme|«:,aijf, S?
the Concord store has been disposed
of and hereafter this departmentiwifi ;
be bandied by the Charlotte' atm*. 3
W'len the various stores in the PjtjHfilfl
Belk chain were organized, it cfW»* 5|
pointed out. the local store carried w
wholesale department for the cfhra; «|
■and the decision to move this depart,-
ment to Charlotte means that tht Wfeat |
store will have more space for its Mr i
tail business.
Stores in the I’arks-Belk chain UK ®
controlled by Mr. Parks included
in Concord, Albemarle, SpartaatwßiH
Ml. Airy, Kannapolis, Newton and s|
Hickory.
It was stated that Mr. Parkd W-‘M
tains his interest in the Yorke A |
Wadsworth liardwnre Co. cjjSfl
Mr. Parks plans to enjoy a vaca- a
tion for some time, it was stated, and
made no announcement about bin bus* ;Ti
iness plans for the future. %
In making announcement of the sale 1
of his stock Mr. Parks expressed ap- , "l
preciation for the fine patronage hwj|
s-tores here and” elsewhere have
joyed.
Mr. Parks will be greatly missed in j
the mercantile life of Concord, an J
he has always been a strong fotce j
among the business men of the city. %
SHANGHAI IS VIRTUALLY ill
AN ARMED CAMP NOW 1
Trrops From Various Nations Are |
Ready for Any Emergency Them
Shanghai. Feb. 2(s.— OP)— Shanghaii|
was an international armed camp to- i
day with troops of Great, Britain,
France, and Italy ready for action
should the narrowing lines of Chinese 5s
factional warfare be drawn too close v j
to Shanghai's international aettienig|||§|9
Offshore riding at anchor, U.i S. w»V- >9
craft carrying 2,400 blue jackets wail- t
cd ready to land the force only in the 3
event of danger to American lives aud
property in Shanghai.
In this warlike atmosphere the
northern Chinese poured a stream of
troop trains from Nanking, rushing to ,
the aid of the shattered forces of
Marshal Sun Shaun Fang, whose army S
has been giving ground to the advaoc |
ing forces of the Cantonese troop* f
from the South.
is§
Atom is a Mountain to This Ins tra
il)- nt
Lynn, Mass., Feb. 2<J.—An imftfau
raent that indicates a change in cur
rent as small as a tenth of n thou
sandth of a millionth part of au aim- ;
pere hns been developed in (fid |
standardizing laboratory of /tHH
West Lynn works of the General f
electric Company as a part of the
equipment which replaces tiie human
eye iu making tests on incandescent
lamps, currents iu insulators and
radio tubes.
The instrument, called a thfflp
inionic micrometer, has a full-scale
reading of a tenth of a millionth B|,
au ampere, with subdivisions of one
fivehnndrodth of this. It is the input f
sensitive instrument, of such -u long
scale length working on jewel bear-‘S
ings that has ever been built.
The usual 40-watt Mazda , laitfp, j!
which consumes less than one-half
cent’s worth of electricity an' hour, %
uses 200,000,000.000 times as much 1
eurreut as the quantity represented -
by one subdivision oil the scale of *j
this instrument.
*2OO Reward for Simmons.
Raleigh, Feb. 20—(/P)—Gov.
Lean in response to a request fTMM
Sheriff D. B. Stafford, of Guilfdl(|r,J
county, offered a reward of S2OO for :
apprehension and delivery .of
Simmons, negro, who is alleged
killed Deputy Sheriff W. T.. BownffiJj
Thursday night. Guilford oounty
offered a like reward.
Boulder Canyon Bill Dead, X
Washington, Feb, 26. —G4h-—Tlmi£-3j
fort to invoke the eloture rule to liaijfsl
debate on tbfl Boulder Canyon, sajjHS
bill failed today in the senate,
casting failure of the bill itself fey j
tills session of Congress. ,
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WEATHER FORECAST. I
Fair tonight. Sunday ; giLI
cloudiness. ~ Moderate west and
west wind*. <