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22 Bodies Have Been Tak
en From Mine in Wiles.
—Feared Thirty Others
Havfe Perished.
MINE FILLED
BY EXPLOSION
Women and Children Gath
er at the Mine to Watch
Progress of the Rescue
Workers.
Owm. Wale*, March, I.—UP)—Fifty
two miners arp belived to have lost
their lives as a result of an explosion
today which entombed them in the
gnstilled workings of the Marine cob
liery here.
The toll of known dead this after
noon was 22, while hope had been
abandoned of rescuing many others
who were entrapped in a section a
mile and a half from the main shaft.
At the time of explosion there were
13ft men in the mine. Rescue squads
fought through morning hours to reach
comrades, and more than 80 men were
brought to the surface alive.
Task of rescuers was most difficult
because of poisonous gases and many
were overcome and taken to hospitals.
Oas became so bad at noon that rescue
work had to be abandoned to venti
late the mine.
Hundreds of women and children,
families of entombed men, gathered
about the pit head and there were
pathetic scenes as they rushed for.
ward to identify each man rescued.
Throughout the anxious hours the
greatest heroism was displayed by
these watchers. The disaster, which
is one of the worst the Welsh have
known in recent years, took place
on a national holiday, St. David’s
Day, and the whole country was
plunged in gloom.
Twenty-Two Bodies Found.
Newport England, March I.—Off)
At nooh today 22 bodies were reported
to have been found in the Marine col
liery where an explosion occurred this
morning. Three injured men who
could uot be moved were also located.
Twenty-five men were stil entombed
and it was feared might be dead.
flak was so bad that rescue work whs
medical treatment.
Members of night shift were work
ing in special part of the pit when
explosion occurred. During early
morniug about 85 men were brought
out alive, many-of them badly gassed.
Fear 18 Miners Drowned.
Nottingham. England, March I.
Off)—Sixteen miners are thought to
have been drowned when a staging on
which they were working in the shaft
of the Bi s hrope colliery col apsed to
day, precipitating them into the Hood
ed mine.
Did Short-Changing Put Jinx on $9
WUT
A possible explanation of the super
stitious dislike of the two-dollar bill,
and one that has-a practical basis, id
given by Paul Kinkead in an article
iu this week’s Liberty, who points I
out : “The origin of the superstition
is clouded in' doubt. - A dozen stories
are told of. why the 92 bill is unlucky.
“The truth probably is,” Kinkead
surimes, “that the first issue of #2
bills and the treasury notes of 1890
bore a strong resemblance to the ft
bill and sometimes were passed out
merchants inclined toward dishonesty
disecovered that the $2 bill was an
extraordinary medium for short
chaugiug customers, aud the bill be
came as unpopular as any kind of
money ever can be.
“So strong is the superstition re
garding the $2 bill," the writer ej-
Pla ins, “that several times the govern
ment has been urged to abondon that
denomination. The fact that of
9712,248,507 of National Bank notes
there are only 81,497 92 bills shows
the extent to which the banks avoid
that denomination."
Sheriff Frustrates Wholesale - pe
Uvery.
Charlotte, Feb. 28. —A wholesale
Jail delivery was frustrated early
this morning at Mecklenburg county
jail, when Sheriff John R. Irwin
found blow torches designed to burn
steel and a hack saw. He was ar
ranging tonight to bring charges or
attempting to break Jail against
“Kid” Wallace and J. B. Wi Warns,
and perhaps against Williams’ wife.
The saw was taken from Wallace.
He is one of four men who figured in
a jail break here early in December,
but he was retaken.
Approves Debt Paying Agresmmt.
I Paris, March 1. —CP)—The cabinet
today approved tentative text of the
Fraoco-Amerioan provisional debt pay
ing agreement.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3rd
Tickets on Bale at Gibson Drug Store
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The Concord Daily Tribune I
. • North Carolina's leading Small City Daily
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• Bills Carry More Pay for
. Attorney General and
i Sureme and Superior
| Court Judges.
(TAXATION AGAIN
j TO FOREFRONT
• Tax Measure Would Segre
i gate Intangibles for Tax
iy ation at Lower Rate
Than Usual.
Raleigh, March 1. —UP)— While
'both houses passed to each other sal
ary, increase measures affecting the
.Attorney General, Supreme and Su
perior Court Judges and Insurance
-Commissioner, and the assemblymen
themselves, the senate today unani
mously passed to the House a taxa
tion constitutional amendment pro
posal
The tax measure, introduced by Sen
ator Royail, and substantiated by Sen
•atoa Cong, under senate adoption,
.would segregate intangibles for taxa
jtion at a lower rate of taxation.
By a vote of 28 to 18 the Senate
adopted amendment by Senator Roy
al!. to restrain the general assembly
from exempting incomes from intan
gible property through allowance of
taxes paid. If passed by the House,
the' popular election of 1928 would de
termine whether it goes into effect.
Senator Broughton’s bill to substi
tute life imprisonment for the death
penalty was killed by the senate, 28 to
18. '
The senate without discussion sent
to the House the measure increasing
the salary of the Insurance Comm's
sioner from $4,500 to 90.000.
The House by a,' vote of 82 to 21
passed to the senate a 'bill to boost
the pay of supreme court justices
from 18,000 to 97,000, and the Su
perior Court judges from 9ft,000 to
90.500. •
It also sent to the seuate the Jonas
bill increasing pay of legislators from
94 a day as at present, to 9000 a
terra, and 9700 a term for the presid
io officers. If passed by the Senate, j
thw. measure would go before the
people as a proposed coustitutional
ne.v General’s satai r from fCSwTto I
98,000, passed to the senate on a
75 to 33 vote.
The. House -also passed to the sen
ate a joint resolution calling for a
sesqni-ceutennlal celebration of the
first state legislature at New Bern
lit 1777, at' a time yet to be fixed.
Without amendment the Senate un
animously passed on the second read
ing the 930,000,000 highway bond bill,
with final Reading for enactment into
law set for tomorrow.
Bbth houses were bent on working
through the day and night.
PRESIDENT hopeful
Still Hoping Five-Power Naval Ar
mantetot Agreement Can Be Reach
«L '■ . i -
Washitigton, March I.—MW—Presi
dent CooHdge still hopes for a five
power agreement further to limit nav
al armiment, 4
While he has not had the oppor
tunity to examine carefully the favor
able replies to his suggestion, received
from Great Britain and Japan, and
the unfavorable answers from France
and Italy, it was said at the White
House today thnt he did not regard
there communications as • foreclosing
t'.ie possibility of such agreements as
be has iu mind. The proposals made
by the President to the powers were
confined strictly to limitation of ar
mament and were not intended by Mr
CooHdge to imply plans for reduction
of armaments.
TOBACCO TAX SHOWS
FEBRUARY DECREASE
Total for February Less Than for
Corresponding Month Lest Tear.
Raleigh, March I.—(ff)—February
was the first month in two years that
the collections from the cigarette stamp
tax on cigarettes sent out of the
state was msaller than the correspond
ing month of the year previous.
Offleila of the Federal Internal Rev
enue Department today reported col
lections, virtually all from the tobacco
tax for February of 913,751,244.11.
For February last year the collections
totalled slightly more than 914,000,-
000, \
To Try Again in 1929.
Raleigh, Feb. 28.—(INS)—Repres
entative D. gcott Poole, Hoke County
editor, will make a third attempt in
1989 o have anti-evolution legislation
passed by the North Carolina Legis
lature.
This anouncement came from the
Hoke representative himself. At the
same'time-he announced that he had
agreed to the North Carolina Bible
League's desire to postpone any fur
ther effort in the 1927 aeesion.
“Ninety per cent of the people of
North Carolina want an anti-evolution
bill enacted, and I'll be back next
year with another one,” he promlaed.
Representative Poole’s 1926 bill was
killed. His 1927 bill went on tbe
' House calendar by way of a minority
report.
To encourage the children in ath
letics and outdoor paetimea, the public
schools in London arp provided with
, free footballs, cricket bate, team
colors, and other sports paraphern
alia.
SHERIFF READY TO
HALT COCK FIGHT;
LEAVES FOR ARENA
Sheriff Priest, of Bladen
County, Says He Is Pre
pared to Raid Fight if It
Is .Ever Started. ,
KNOWS WHERE IT
IS PLANNED FOR
Says He Will Be on Hand
Today, Tomorrow and
Any Other Time if At
tempt at Fight Is Made.
Eizabethtowu, March lk— UP)— lf
a scheduled cock and dog fight is held
in Bladen County today, tomorrow
and Thursady, with $5,000 prizes and
prize coek entries fiot only from Mex
ico but from Bladen and other counties
of this state as advertised. Sheriff
Priest will stage a raid. He said to
day that be was investigating.
In informing the Associated Press
of his action, he added that he had
heard a report of the scheduled fights
and was leaving for the arena two
miles from Dublin where they are ad
vertised to be held.
A report from Raleigh yesterday
told of introduction of a bill by Rep
resentative Bridger of Bladen Couuty,
in the state legislature to prohibit
such sports in the county. The pro
grams exhibited showed entries for
cock fights, bull fights and dog fights.
The sheriff said none of these would
be permitted.
ALL PRESBYTERIANS
ARE CALLED TO FAST
Moderator Southern Synod Sets 24-
Hour Period March 10-11.
Charlotte, Feb. 28.—Members of
the Southern Presbyterian Church
today were summoned to observe 24
hours of fasting and prayer for the
mitwien workers of the church, in a
communication .received from Rev. j
J. tV. Skinner of Kingsville, Texas,
moderator of the general Assembly,
by J. P. Spillman, executive secre
tary of the North Carolina Synod,
aud made public here. The hours are
set as frpm 7p. in. Thursday, March
10, to .7 p.’m-, Friday, March li; ■ ■
Tbe mission budget for tpe nret
hind, the moderator points out, ab.l
it is toward correcting this that he
is aiming. A total of 9727,111.40 has
been received says the statement.
After outlining the plan for a day
of prayer, the moderator says:
King's Business Demands Haste.
"The above actiou may be con
sidered unauthorized. unprecedent
ed and presumptious. It is. But the
King’s business demands ljastiv- our j
church faces a crisis in ob’igations
and opportunities. In the panic of
the Blaster, who spent days in fast
ing and nights in prayer, I lift a
voide in the wilderness and- from
this lonely' watchtower sound out
Ibis call to prayer. Broadcast the
summons, call all the people to the
throno of grace, bring the tithes into
’he storehouse, prove C-od and see if
He will not send the blessing."
Mr. Spillmw-an, in bis statement,
said that the Assembly’s Home Mis
idoin Committee at Atlanta during
the first 10 months bad received
:nly 9321.234.14 of the $763,868 ap
portioned for this work, the Chris
tian Education and Ministerial Re
lief Committee at Louisvi’le, Ky..
1118.438-27 of their $256,250 budget.
The Synod of North Carolina, he
said, subscribed $885,000 of its
$850,000 budget, and that it is re
ported much of this ban not been
paid. The every-member canvass for
the church budget will be held
March 13 when efforts will be made
to raise -9754.400.
INSTANTLY KILLED IN
RESISTING ARREST
Officers Say W. D. Fields, Former
Convict, YY'as Reaching For Pistol.
High Point, Feb. 28.—W. D. Fields,
a former convict, was instantly killed
by officers four miles southwest of
this city this morning. Graham Mar
ley, deputized to assist in tbe arrest
of Fields on a charge of being drunk
and disorderly, fired the fatal shot
wlieu the ex-convict reached for his
pistol.
The deputized officer -emptied a sin
gle barrel shotgun and tbe load took
effect in Fields' side, inflicting a mor
tal wound. The shooting occurred at
the home of Oscar Overman. When
tbe officers arrived. Fields was coming
around the corner of the Overman
home. They drew their weapons aud
commanded him to throw up his
hands. Fields obeyed, but when J. L.
Hinshaw, the second officer, started
to handcuff him, he made a dart for
his -pistol. It was then that Mnrley
fired.
Jay Gets Daugherty-Mlller Case.
New Tork, March I.—CP) —For the
second time in five months the fates
of Harry M. Daugherty, cabinet mem
ber in the Harding administration, and
Thus, W. Ml.ler, alien property cus
todian under the same regime, accused
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, were in the hands Os a jury.
The jury retired for deliberation at
1:10 tfiis afternoon.
Gov. McLean to Speak at Kannapolis.
Kannapolis, Feb. 28.—(INS) —An
Invitation has been extended Gover
nor kgCLeae to speak at the oommence
mqnt exercises of the Kannapolis
Hist, School here in May.
CONCORD, N. C.„ TUySDAY, MARCH 1, 1927
There WiH Be No ad Valorem
Tax Imposed This Year
-' -- *
flic Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKF.RVILL ' ,
Raleigh. MhrcH I.—Despite the de
cided trend in the house toward *j
statewide ad- valorem tax Jot school
purpose, there will lie no tax of this
sort imposed by this general assem
bly.
This is the concensus of opinkrtl
among tbe older and more experiep*®*
members of the legislature and ntnoMf
the observers who have knowledge
Hip politieai situation. And the rea
sons arc obvious.
In the first place all factions w*
get together on an agreement for «'
84.008.000 equalization fund, and- thus |
obviate the necessity— at least for the!
j present —for a statewide tax. Os
course. the senate will object and prob
ably hum and haw around a bit, but
eventually it will agree.
In the second place, the ad valorem •
tax for schools will fail because While 1
there are many in favor of it theo*
reticaljy. and who readily admit that
eventually the state probably will have
to come to it, they are afraid of the
political effects of such a tax as thisi
time.
So instead' of running the risk of
having the ad valorem tax forced upon
them as the only way to provide more;
funds for the elementary schools of.the
state, other sources of revenue will be
tapped—stocks in foreign corpora
tions, additional luxury taxes on soft
drinks, theaters and; tobacco, or even
upon electricity nml or large equaliza
tion fund Will be provided. J
Because if the larger fund k not'
provided, it is. perfectly apparent that;
thp adherents of the larger equaliza
tion fund will cut and slash other ap-t
proprlntions wherever possible. But
this possibility has virtually been
e.iminated, with indications that all
factions ar getting together in the in-:
terest of the qtato as a whole. >
“The majority of the members of
this general assembly are sincere to
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of 7 to to
Point, May Going as High as 14:40.
New York, March I. —OP)—The cot
ton market opened steady today at
an advance of 7 to 10 points In re-'
sponse to renewed firmness of Liver
pop; ami overnight reports of a good
spot demand in the South.
The advance to 14.40 for May and
14.72, for October met considerable
realizing while there also was some
southern liedge selling which was ab
sorbed on setbacks of a-few pointgL
The market wgs firm at -the end jrf
aEarall to 14 points net " higher
Trade intecests were buyers here
again, presumably to fix prices,
while there appeared to be a further
broadening of Wall Street and com
mission bouse demand.
Private cables said trade calling and
Bombay buying had absorbed trade
selling and liquidation in the Liver
pool market.
Futures opened : March 14.25; Mav
14.38; July 14.54; Oct. 14.70; Ddc
14.87.
COCA-COLA TO GIVE
BIG STOCK DIVIDEND
One Hundred Per Cent Stock Dividend !
4 « Ordered By Company, Biggest!
In History.
Atlanta, Gs., Feb. 28.—The Coen
Cola company, today cut the richest j
niellqii in-its 30 years’ history when
the directors declared a 100 per cent
stock dividend giving the company a
total capital stock of 1,000,000 shares.
The action followed a stockholders
meeting at which approval Was given
the directors’ recommendation of Jan
uary 81 to double the capital stock.
There is no preferred stock outstand
ing.
Application was made today for the ]
listing of the additional common stock !
on the New Y’ork stock exchange. The !
stock has been selling between 170
and 180 on the exchange.
At the last meeting of the board ;
of directors a quarterly dividend of
$2.50 was declared on the 500,000
shares. If this rate is maintained it
will he equivalent to a dividend of
$1.25 a sbare on the 1,000,000 shares.
The Coca-Cola company was found
ed by Asa Candler, of Atlanta, about
30 yearn ago.
ALEXANDER KERENSKY
COMES TO AMERICA
YVas Head of First Russian Govern
ment After Overthrow of the Czar.
New York, March I.—Off)—Alex
ander Kerensky, who headed the first
government net up in Russia after
the overthrow of the Czar, in the early
days of the World YVar, is a pas
senger on the liner Olympic, due in
New York tonight.
This was learned today by the As
sociated Press in response to a mes
sage of inquiry sent to tbe liner. Re
ports that lie was aboard had been
rbmored for several days, but confir
mation could not be obtained and his
movements in Europe the last few
weeks had been lost. His reason for
coming to America is not known.
North CaroHnu To Hold Triple Exe
cution March 11.
By International News Service.
Raleigh,—Unless the hand of fate
intervenes, North Carolina will have
its first triple electrocution at the
Death House boro on March 11.
This is the doom day of Robert
Lumkln and Booker T. Williams, al
leged slayers of a policeman, now
enjoying a new leape on life on the
strength of an executive reprieve.
The lease expires March 1.
It is also the date of the electrocu
tion of Poorle Mitchell, Chatham
County Negro, sentenced to pay the
extreme penalty /or the murder of
William t oglcman, well-to-do Pittv
boro merchant.
I the last degree and have the interest
lof the state at heart, although they
-j may differ ns to the best methods to
j solve present conditions.” said n meni
j her of the house who ban served off
j and on in tlie legislature for the past
| fifteen years. "And they have al
| ready seen the danger of discord nnd
fire rapidly getting together on the
jtn event question. The majority see
the nerd for the larger equalization
: fund nnd the danger of the ad valorem
lax move and even the senate will
j swm agree to the compromise that is
I eventually worked out."
And tflis same sentiment is being
] expressed by many others. They nd
jinii that the state’s first duty is to
I its elementary schools nnd that more
must be done for them.
' There are some who think that the
, elementary school should he improved
even at the expense of the institutions
jof higher learning—pile University,
j State College and the normal schools.
I Hut these are getting fewer and fewer
i —although if any agreement had not
[been reached for more funds for the
j elementary schools, there would have
I been enough recruits added to the op
[ position to almost back up Represen
tative Folger, of Surry, for a 50 per
cent, mu in the permanent appropria
tions for all the state institutions
both educational and e’.cemoysonary.
Rut. after several days of sane (bought,
the argument made by Representative
Nat Townsend that it is a vrtin thing
to try to increase the efficiency of the
elementary schools by cutting off the
appropriations of She colleges find
normal schools that train the teachers
for these schools, for by so doing the
general assembly would be undermin
ing tlie very foundation of the entire
public school system. *
Hence it seems more and more cer
tain that both the elementary schools
and the institutions of higher educa
tion will be taken care of. though
perhaps not to,the extent that they
all hoped.
WILL THERE BE TAX ON
FOREIGN CORPORATION?
The Prospect For This Seems to Be
fncreaailnjrty probable —One Cent
More on Gasoline?
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Itaieigh, March J.—A tax on stuck
iu foreign 1 corporations in the state
of one-half of one per cent on the
I value of the stock is becoming in
creasingly probable as a result of the
move for a $4,000,000 equalization
fund for the schools of the Htate.
There is tulk of an additional one
mk-f «sUo»t,..tax 'HI ..fascine fqr
qtliuol purposes: and of various forms
of the sales tax, but these tax plans
are not proving popular. So- thus far
indications point to the tax on foreign
stocks as one of the most plausible
means of raising equalization fund is
to be increased from $2,500,000 to
84,000,000.
The bill imposing n onehalf of one
per cent tax on foreign stocks is
already before the general assembly,
the bill having been introduced in the
senate by Senators Royail and Han
cock, and in the house by Representa
tive McLean, one of the leaders in
the effort for a larger equalization
fund. A tax similar to this was re
liealed four years ago, on the grounds
that it was driving capital out of
the state, nnd that it would help
business conditions in the state. But
those in favor of restoring the tax
hold that no material change has been
noticed since the tax was abolished,
and contend that the state is fully
justified in restoring this tax, and in
directing that the revenue from it be
diverted into tlie equalization fund
as is provided in this bill.
Those in favor of restoring this tax
argue first that it falls on those best
able to pay it, since only those of nde
quate means invest, iu stocks nnd
bonds of foreign corporations. They
also argue that those who invest
largely iu foreign securities pay only
a very small property tax, since the
return is larger and the tax much
less —at present there -being no tax:
Thus it is argued that n small tax
such ns is proposed would not prove
a burden, and that the state is en
titled to the revenue from it.
By stipulating that the revenue col
lected from this tax go into the Reboot
equalization fund, it is estimated that
this fund would be increased at least
99 ,000,000 above the present reconi
inepded appropriation of $2,500,000
leaving but 9500,000 to be raised
from other sources, and which it is
believed * could be provided by care
fully pruning down some Os the other
appropriations.
This bill is expeetde to be placed
on the calendar today either iu the
Benatc or house, and a strong fight
for it will undoubtedly be made when
it comes up for consideration. If it
ia acted upon favorably, it is thought
Ukely that agitatiou for an increased
gasoline tax, or for a tax upon soft
drinks, theatre admission or a sales
tax on tobacco, will be dropiied. But
if it fails, it is regarded as certain
that some, if not all of these other
forms of taxes will be proposed. In
which case at least one of them will
be adopted.
For this general assembly is out
for a 84.000,000 equalization fund,
let the chips fall where they may.
Plasterers On Strike; Demand 91.25
Per Hour.
?■ Charlotte, Feb. 28.— Twenty plant
terers working on Belk store building
hare struck this morning when request
for increase iu pay was denied, the
plasterers, who had been getting one
dollar per hour, asking for one dollar
and twenty five cents per hour. S. D.
Gruddy and Conipny employing them
stated he expected to reach satisfac
tory arrangements with the men soon.
This is Charlotte’s third strike in two
weeks. Tile setter* having struck in
' the two others, but ; they have gone
back to work.
WEALTHY BROTHERS
EIGHT WITH CANES
AT MIDNIGHT HOUR
Edward Carrington, of Chi
> cago, and Campbell Car* j
1 rington, of New York,!
j Use Canes for Weapons, j
iLAW SUfFbACK
OF DIFFERENCES
Colonel Carrington Suing
Brother for Million Dol
lars Alleging Alienation
of Wife’s Affections.
New York. March I.—Cff)—A mid
night duel with canes between two
wealthy brothers came to light today
when Colonel Edward Carrington,
aged 55, of Chicago, a former cam
paign manager for Theodore Roose
velt, was arrested charged wifi as
saulting Campbell Carrington, aged
52, a New York lawyer, whom lie
has named in n million dollar suit, al
leging nlienntion of his wife's affec
tions.
The New York brother is in a hos
pital suffering from bruises aud lac
erations of the face. The Chicago
brother faces arraignment in West
Side court later in the day.
Colonel Carrington, who weighs
around 200 pounds, told newspuper
men after his arrest that he came to
New Y'ork to get evidence in his suit
against his wife for absolute divorce
and also in the alienation action.
Accompanied by two detectives nnd
his lawyer, James McManus, tlie col
onel said he went to his wife’s house
in West 74th Street, nnd watched out
side the door. After a time his
brother emerged from the house. The
colonel said his brother asked “Arc
you looking for me?"
"And, genteicmeii,” Colonel Car
rington continued "his manner was
most insulting, Aud this from a man
I have named as co-respondent anti
who will be on the witness stand
April Ist in Chicago court when my
ease comes to trial:”
Colonel Carrington said his broth
er rushed at him and swung his pane.
“I swung mine,” said the colonel.
"We were almost exchanging sword
thrusts. 1 evaded his blows. In a
moment, he Was disarmed. But in <lo :
f ,lug sa r '.l|i»4’Wveß before . Butt, m>- cane
had come very smart!/ in contact with
tiia face.”
“I’m on my feet.” he declared. —My
brother’s in the hospital. That, gen-1
tlemen, may indicate who won the
conflict.”
YVith Our Advertisers.
Distinctive styles in coats for jun
iors and small women, 814.75 to 820.75
at J. C. Penney Co's.
Five enses of Silverdale yellow cling
peaches for 8100 at Cabarrus Cash
Grocery Co.
A new face in the advertising col
umns of The Tribune is that of The
Hub. Joe Gaskei proprietor. Wateli
this space for some interesting an
nouncements.
The Kannapolis Rhkery js *‘thc
home of good baking.” Their products
are bandied by the leading grocers of
Concord, Kannapolis, Landis aud
Chinn Grove. Sec ad. today forj
prices.
J. F. Johnson, Concord, Route 1,
offers for sale 12 acres of land on the
Poplar Tent road, two miles from t’iio
Gibson Mill. This is an ideal place
for truck or poultry farming. See
ad. for description.
In M. R. Pounds’ ad. today read
the “three reasons why you should
send you cleaning to Pounds."
Hams, bacon, sausage, livermush and
fresh vegetables at the J. & H. Cash
Store. s
Rogers’ paints and varnishes have
been -used for half a century. Sold
hero by the Yorke & Wadsworth Co.
Charlotte Girl Chosen Queen of May
at Duke-
Durham, Feb. 28. —Miss Sadie
Lawiug of Charlotte was elected i
queen of the May, to rule at the an
nual May day festival at Duke uni
versity, at a meeting of the women
students here today. Twelve court
attendants for the queen were select
ed, the following being chosen from
the senior elnss:
Miss Sara Kate Orman, Kings
Mountain; Ruth Dailey, Durham;
Mary Kestler, Davidson; Lois Guf
fey, Oxford; I)oris Christie, Dur
ham; Lillian Zuckery, Cooleemee;
Alice Roane Cross, Marion; Eliza
beth Churchill, Kinston; Mildre 1
Lee, Monroe; Mattie Wi’.son, Mount
Olive; Elizabeth Parker, Gastonia;
Emily Jones, Durham.
No former British cabinet minister
now draws any pension.
TONIGHT
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the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon, on
October llth, 1023. Roy and Ray,
twins, are still at large with $15,900
in gold rewards hanging over them.
MARCH LIKE LION IN
ALL SECTIONS OF STATE
However, It is Expected the Latter
Part of Month Will Be Very MLd.
Charlotte, March I.—(4*)—March
came in like a lion throughout most
of North Carolina . but if groundhog
advocates and feuce • corner weather
proi/jets know anything it will go out
like a lamb, so everything*will be all
right by April Fool's Das-.
Seriously, though, if snowed in
Charlotte, High Point, Hickory, Ashe
ville, Gastonia, Salisbury, Winston-
Salem aud other points. It was not
what could bo ca.led a heavy snow,
though, and gave indications of melt
ing if the fall should stop for a short
time and skies clear up a bit. In
eastern North Carolina and Raleigh,
as well as Greensboro, the weather
was ‘‘cold and cloudy."
The weather man missed his guess
yesterday a mite, with a forecast of
rain Tuesday and Wednesday, but still
has a chance to retrieve himself if it
turns n little warmer.
COOPER HOPES PAROLE
MILL FREE HIM SOON
Expresses Hope Governor McLean
Will Parole Him for Practically His !
Full Sentence.
Wilmington, March I.—(46—Thos.
E. Cooper, former Wilmington hanker.
I today expressed hope that Governor
‘ McLean may grant him a parole, cov
ering virtually his full sentences to
taling eight years on the county roads
in New Hanover county.
The sentences, four of two years
each, were imposed upon him follow
ing his conviction in Superior Court
on charges of violating the state bank
ing laws.
He arrived here from Atlanta where
he was released from the Federal pen
itentiary last Friday. He is at lib
erty under bond on a 20-day parole.
lff-Month-Old Child is Found Dead
in Field.
Burington, Feb. 28. —An eight
day search for Irvin Baldwin, 19-
tnonths-old son of Mrs. Minnie Bald
win, came to an end today when the
child was found dead in a cornfield,
nearly a mile from its home.
The discovery was made by the
child’.< grandfather. While walking
through the field he saw the child
lying between the ploughed corn
rows.
Physicians declared that the boy
probably lived until Haturdn.v night,
when he apparently had fallen dead
from eo'd and exhaustion.
A .coroner's jury entertained sus
picions of foul play, baaed on the
act that decomposition had not set
i.\ in spite Os the fact that the dis
appearance took place more than a
wetk ago.
Homes Destroyed by Quake.
Vallemar, Chile, March 1.—(46
f Several houses, collapsed when an
earthquake rocked this town jested
day. There were no casualties.
THE TRIBUNE
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY!
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NO. 44 .
FANG GENERAL HAS |
DESERTED Mil
MATTEMITICi
a - Meng Chao Yettfi
to Serve With
Shantung Forces Near
Shanghai.
FOLLOWERS MAY
DESERT LATER
'JtiL
General Yeuh and His Staff
Have Been Giving TroK
ble to the Defender or
Shanghai.
Shanghai, China. March l.—faWfe:.-
Serious distention between the twe;«| f
lied northern armies defendign Shantf
hai from t'lie Cantonese was foreslfikfe
owed today when one of the iMIfM
generals of General Sun Oman Fang,
nominal master of this territory,).
fused to light with the Shantung forays
which are coming to Sun's aid. iJSB
The dissenting goneral Meng Chao
Yeuh. who previously had given 111#;
ahal Sun a good deal of trouble, fgUL
his staff deserted fills morning. Gen
eral Meng commanded a division,.^,.
What action his leadcrlcss divisions
is taking is not known at present, but
further dissentiou is feared in de
fending armies which are digging), ig.
at Sungkiaug. 28 miles south of here,
BAPTIST WOMEN OF . )• jjjjp
STATE AT WILMINGTON
Hundreds Expected for Meetkig d
Woman’s Missionary I'nion Auxil
iary.
Wilmington, X. C., Hard) I.—fjpt'f
—lncoming trains, busses and pHvmIB
!y owned motor cars today were bring
ing to Wilmington from every 1 Mml':
tion of the state delegates to attend
file sessions of the Woman's Miadoit
ary I'nion Auxiliary of the State Bap
tist Convention.
The first session of the convention
was to lie held at the First Baptist
Church tonight with Rev. J. M. Hes
ter, pastor of tile ehltreh, presiding..
The convention will hold the first,
business session tomorrow morning
When reports of the secretary and
treasurer of the young peoples organi
zations will be -submitted.
The local entertainment committee
today had completed plans for. enter*,
tain'rng tlie visitors.' ahtf announced
that at least (100 delegates were ex
pected. i.
AWARDS CONTRACT FOR
SOUTHERN AIR ROUTfe
Philadelphia Company Only Bidder;
Greensboro Gets Only Stop in Slat*.
Washington, Feb. 28. —The eon-"
tract for the New- York-Atlanta over
night air mail service was awarded
by the Post Office Department,
day to the Pitcairn Aviation Ccfiflfr
pany, of Philadelphia, the only trfd
der.
The Pitcairn bid was $8.60 jjgr'
pound for carrying the mails- Ser
vice will start as soon as pivaaihief
The present p ans call for night dy
ing and the airway* will have to W
lighted before the service begins.
As contemplated, the mail will
leave New York and Atlanta at ii
p. m., and arrive at the terminus «-
0 a- m. Stops will be made at J’hila
delphla, Washington, Richmond and
Greensboro. Other intermediate stops
may be added. The route will con
nect with other mejor air mail ser
vices and the rate of postage will be
ten cents an ounce. .‘..-l-iya
Fake Salesmen Will Make Restitution;
Richmond. Va., Feb. 28.—Wriltw
H. Fuehr and Louis Rietjens, yorhifc
men serving terms of 50 days each in
city jail for taking orders for silk
hosiery form local nurses aud faiHUgt
to deliver the merchandise after d&fr
lecting linlf the purchase price in' a di
va nee, have made restitution here tjlid
also in Roanoke and Lynchburg when*'
they worked the same trick bbforf.
coming to Richmond. Restitution vidfl ;
likewise be made in cities in Now®
Carolina and Florida where they
ated. Percy H. Smith their attorney,
announced today, assurance having
been given that charges standing
against them will be dropped when
ever the money is refunded, jn till
the places nurses were their only
victims. Police received word from
Greensboro today that the amount dfe
tained there was $40,70. They
liected to lie advised tomorrow its to
the nmoqnts due victims in Raleigh
and Durham. Both men are from
Chicago. Their story is that they
went to Miami to sell real estate an4t
becoming stranded decided to work
their way back home by taking fnljsfS
orders for hosiery.
New Park Commission.
Raleigh. Feb. 28. (INS)- —lnitial
steps toward the acquisition of lamfti
and options on the proposed sitq rs.
the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, will be made by the newift
created Park Commission at u nub-tlng
in Asheville on March 15. ,&2gl
The park commission was ereatiiK
by the Ebbs fiark bill, which ha« bahil
ratified, caling for the issuance lof
bonds amounting to $2,000,000 for~tiH>
acquisition of North Carolina's share
of the park area, <
WEATHER FOREOAST.
Rain on the coast and rain, sleet bt
snow in interior tonight and Wednes
day ; not quite so cold on the«tf®t
tonight and in northeast portion
nesday. Increasing northeast undHt§£
winds becoming fresh to strong,