DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Concord Digging From j
Heaviest Snow In City
In Quarter Os Century
Average Depth of Snow
. Here Morse Than 14 Inch*
' es.—Traffic Halted Dur
ing the Morning.
SNOW FELL FAST
DURINGTHE NIGHT
Did Not Begin in Earnest
Until Late Tuesday Af
ternoon.—School Work
Partially Halted.
Concord today is digging out from
under the heaviest snowfall in more
than a quarter of a century.
The average depth of the snow in
15 inchen with a maxumum of 22
inches in places where drifts arc
piled up.
Practically all of the snow which
now covers the face of the earth fell
late Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday night
and early this morning. The snow
which fell Monday night anti Tues
day morning bad melted for the most
part when the precipitation started
about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. At
that time there was no snow on the
streets and sidewalks and only a light
blanket was left on housetops, yards
and other places where there had'
been no traffic.
Huge flakes began falling about 4
o’clock Tuesday afternoon and experi
enced weather prophets feared them
little. Usually when the snow comes
I in large flages the precipitation is of
short duration. This storm proved
as an exception.
”W~ By 6 o’clock there was a light blan-
A ket covering the surface' everywhere
' and this gradually increased as the
snow increased. The large flakes
gave way to smaller ones and these
fell with such consistency and such
rapidity that by 7 t\’clock the snow
measured two inches. 4
Quietly and persistently the flakes
fell during the night and when the
city awoke this morning the snow had
reached a depth of 14 inches. The
flakes continued to fall during the.
morning with the result that a depth
of 15 inches was reached.
Auto traffic wag practically halt
ed during the’early morning hours.
A few,,taxig di,rU*L>ck„ald (01^
vale da ft were iu evid tucc unra
around 10 o'clock. By tnat time this
streets iu the towntown section had
been partially cleared of the snow.
A huge truck stalled at the square
and stayed there until n. service ony
could move It. Every effort by th#
driver of the truck proved of no avail,
and his huge machine pitched forward
and backward for Only »n inch or so
despite all the pre.uure he could ex
ert with his motor. A pic vat e car
also stalled at the square about 7
o'clock this morning but was later
Vjoved when friends pushed as the
driver manipulated fb; gears.
Along all of the streets, of the city
ir care were snowbound. Same had been
■f left out all night; others were desert
ed when the going became too difficult
this morning. Those cars which had
been out during the night were com
pletely covered and several bad to be
dug out before a wheel would turn.
No serious accidents were reported
to the pol'ce. Most of the cars which
were used during the morning weie
| of necesity equipped with chnins
i which prevented their skidding. It
was reported that several persons
drove off the State Highway between
Concord and Charlotte and Concord
and Salisbury, losing the road under
the heavy blanket of snow. So far ;is
could be learned the drivers of these
marooned cars were not injured.
It was reported that the underpass
on the Concord-Kannapolis highway
was impassable. The snow had drift
ed under the tracks of the Southern,
it was said, and bad piled up to such
a depth that passage through it waa
impossible. Traffic used the old road
from the Peck Service Station to
Cooks Crossing, using the grade cross
ing there.
Busses of the Southern Coach Com
pany were maintaining a disrupted
schedule. The first northbound truck
reached Concord after 8 o’clock, the
driver reporting that it had taken him
j J r an hour and 40 minutes to make the
22 miles from Charlotte. He said he
' passed but few cars on the rokd, with
a number of these in ditches along the
highway.
Trains of the Southern Railway also
were delayed by the snow, which ap
pears to cover th« entire State, judg
ed ing from reports reaching Concord
1 this morning. Train No. 186 was 60
J nrnutes late and all southbound trains
were several hours late. As a result
of the delay in the arrival of the
J trans, newspapers and other morning
mail were late in being handled nt the
V ' Meal poatoffice. ‘ ' .1.
With the exception of the high
V school, work in the public schools of
the city waa practically halted by the
storm. The schools were opened as
usual but so few pupils were on hand
that the sehedala for/the day waa cur
tailed. At the high School It waa stat
ed that 77 students ware present for
chapel and the total later In the morn
ing reached 85. ..
Grammar and primary grade stu
dents could not get out in large num
bers and some teachers found no stu
dents on hand when they reported
for work. Later in the morning the
few students who had braved the 15
inches of snow were excused for the
day.
i \ Even Superior Court w6rk was halt
ed by the storm. When Judgs Michael
m **««* • rrlwd at ** •“S"
JBk this morning to resume the Laffer
The Concord Daily Tribune
BOARD PERSONNEL
PRODUCES DIVISION
Union People Demand New and
Smaller Board of Education; Com
promise Asked.
Monroe. Man'll I.—Chns. W. Hamil
ton, until recently Winston attorney,
and n hnlf doxen Mnrshville citizens
went late Inst night to Raleigh where
they have spent today iu an attempt
to effect ’« Compromise with Repre
sentative T. A. 1.. Helms in appoint
ing n board of education for I'uion
county.
In the 1625 legislature, the Union
county board of education waa named
by Representative Wakefield five in
number with a six year term for each
of its members. Mych dissatisfaction
arose in the Democratic ranks because
of the departure from pervious cus
tom, and the matter was the only
issue iu the 1026 primary. Mr. Heims
carried the county by an overwhelming
majority on the platform of repealing
the law aud appointing a new board,
all the members of which should be
progressive Democrats.
One or two of the old members
are reluctant to give up their posi
tion by afipoiutment, aud sent attor
neys to a bearing before the Mouse
Committee on Education held last
Friday to oppose the Representative,
dam R. Riveus assisted the 76-year
old representative in presenting his
case. He won before the committee
in his movement to reduce the number
jf the board from five to three, and
appointed a new personnel according
io campaign promises.
The Hamilton compromise proposes
to reduce the number from five to
three, and keep old members on the
board. Mr. Helms who sticks scrup
ulously to the wishes of his ‘consti
tuency, communicated early this morn
ng for advice. He has been sent
1 number of telegrams by the Fresi
lent of the chamber of commerce and
luslness men, advising him to stick
to his gnus, and make no compromise.
One telegram from J. E. Stack, broth
er of Judge . Stack advised that it
vas a local matter and had been in
-eality settled by a vote of the people,
- ind that be felt sure that the Lqrfe*
ature would not go hack on the wisHßr
it a 1,306 Democratic majority in a
Democratic county.
Word came from the representative
fete this evening that he hud decided
of the people In tbt* local matter, he
vould have the consolation of knowing
that he had done his jiest in the
discharge of , his duties.
.trial, only six jurors were on hand.
The others, it was explained, live in
remote sections of the county and had
been detained by the snow. Judge
Schenck, members of th,e bar and the
six jurors remained at the court house
however, with the hope that the snow
bound jurors eould dig out later in the
morning.
Officials of the Concord Telephone
Co. report no serious damage as a re
sult of the storm. The same report
was made by local officials of the
Western Union Telegraph Co.
It was stated by an official of the
telephone company that the greatest
rush in the-history of the company
greeted operators this morning. There
Were mote calls than on the morning
the artnUtice was signed, it was said.
Six experienced operators were una
ble for more than an hour to handle
without delay the hundreds of calls
that were coming in from all sections
of the city.
By 7 o'clock this morning city of
ficials had a large force of men at
work clearing the sidewalks and streets
in the business section. Scrapers,
drags and shovels were used.
Concord has a snowstorm like the
present one about every 25 years and
as A result the city is not equipped
with modern snow removing equip
ment. However, with the equipment
avaitaMe the streets in the business
district were partially cleared by 9
o’clock and at noon they bad been
cleared to such an extent that autos
could pans without driving in the
drifts piled on the aide of the street.
Sidewalks were cleared by city em
ployes and business bouse 7 employes.
In the business section ‘the walks
were practically cleared of snow by
10 o'clock.
Mule drags were used on the side
walks in tjie residential sections. The
narrow drags made travel on the side
walks possible.
ESrly risers forced,to be at their
places of business by 7 or 8 o’clock
' found it impossible to use the side
> walks. For the most part they used
* the streets, walking in ruts made by
1 autos.
There was no city mall delivery
> early tikis morning. Postmaster Har
: rls aw'd the elty men left at 11 o’clock
! for their first delivery. The ru
ral carriers also were held at the post
-1 office this morning, although one or
E two of them, it was said, expected to
! start on their route during the after
| noon.
1 Kiddies have reveled in the snow,
- but tor the most part they have found
' it unfit for sled riding or coasting. In
p the first place the snow is too dry and
- in the second place it is too deep. The
old Archibald’s pasture wss visited by
* a number of persons Tuesday night
* and morning but coasting was not pos
sible. The runners buried in the snow
1 and it waa impcas'ble to guide tfee
sleds even when an incline steef
"> enough to make them go could be
s found.
Special massage and rouge for th<
1 eara is the latest phase of feminine
« beauty culture to he adopted by
r fashionable Englishwomen.
4
LITTLE CHANCE FOR
STATE ASSEMBLY TO
ADJOURN THISWEEK
So Many Bills Are Pend*
j ing There Seems Slight
Chance for Adjournment
Before Monday.
SNOW DELAYED
SOME SOLONS
Bill Dealing With Coun-t
r ty Government Passed
in House.—Others Are
Given Endorsement.
Raleigh, March 2.— OP) —Less than
Half the members of the house fought
their way through Cue heaviest snow
the capital, has, seen in many years
to greet Speaker Fountain’s gave.l
early today.
Empty seats yawned until n half
hour after convening when a few puf
fiud legislators shook off heavy snow
coatings and settled down to pass
ing laws. A quorum was present.
Scores of bills rolled in from the
committee to clutter the calendar even
further, and make adjournment be
fore, next Monday night extremely im
probable.
- The daily senate messenger brought
more bills and the few clerks on deck
eould not keep up. For the first
t.me In weeks galleries*" and lobbies
were bare.
I'ue know was so deep that the regu
larly Invited minister failed to show
up, and Representative Oscar Hay
wood, of Montgomery, delivered the
prayer. (
The senate convened at 10:45, and
with Senator Frank Dunlop in the
chair because the lieutenant governor
could not get to the capitol.
Senator McCracken tried td. get j
postponement of the county govern
ment bill which would set up an op
tional form of government for coun
ties. He said he thought the senate
ought to woit until Senator McLeod
letumed. Senator Risers Johnson vc
*fi«tfe«tly opposed the postponement.
The motion then lost overwhelmingly
and the bill was passed on the third
reading and ordered sent to the hoUTe
by a special messenger. JTJfls gfiSftg
have passed the senate. <
The \Voltx bill providing for the
writing of special charter school dis
tricts passed the third reading and
j went to she house.
I The companion bill also offered by
Senator Woltz dealing with bonds of
special charter districts likewise pass
ed the third reading. The senate
passed the bill which allows the secre
tary of state to designate the cor
poration clerk in bis office as deputy
secretary of state.
The following public bills were con
sidered :
Relating to the $2,000,00© loan fund
for World War veterans. Passed on
the second reading.
.Allowing counties to vote ou estab
lishment of general hospitals. Passed
second reading.
Appropriating $60,000 for the es
tablishment of au industrial farm col
ony for womeu. Discussed and ac
tion deferred.
Constitutional amendment on in
creasing terms of office of sheriffs and
coroners. Action deferred.
A motion in the House by Judge
Winston to reconsider the vote by
which the bi.l designed to allow Bun
combe county to annex South Mills
township iu Henderson county, was
; tabled 65 to 32.
Other public bills passed by the
House included; Extending mailing
, and tranait privileges to peanuts;
amending the law on service of legal
processes on insurance companies; otn
‘ nibns county education board’s bill;
amending law on election of eorpora
t tion directors; and amending the law
1 on pifeee of meeting of corporation di
, rectors. A bill regulating the sale of
securities and one regulating the sale
, of land by counties for taxes went ov :
' er for further consideration and the
House recessed until 7:30 tonight
The bill authorising the state to
J issue bonds for buying additional pris
, on farm lands brought a spirited de
bate,' with Sandy Graham leading the
battle for the bill, and Tobe Connor
, against it. Mr: Graham contended
. that the prison population is increas
ing by leaps and bounds, and the farm
. and is needed. Mark Squires want
t ed to know if since the "hired up
. .ifters" took hold, were
I not turning back hired convicts.
, Mr, Connor said he was tired of the
state trading prison farms, that it now
r owned 90,000 acres, and did not need
. any' more.
t The question then got away from
. ifae farms to one of what to do with
. the prisoners to make them seif sup
r porting. Macon, of Franklin, 'sag
> gested that they be put to work on
. the State highways, and it went un
answered.
j Daugherty-Miller Jury Still Out.
1 New York, March 2.—(46—After a
1 deadlock of ten and one-half hours
e yesterday the jury considering the fate
f of former Attorney Genera) Harry M.
t Daugherty and former Alien Property
i- Custodian Thos. W. Miller on charges
v of conspiracy, resumed deliberations
e toddy and this afternoon bad not re
st ported.
e 1
Edward W. Gardner, of Montclair,
N. J., is the only five-time winner of
« the national amateur 18-2 balklinc
t billiard championship. Gardner won
v the title in 1002, 1906, 1910, 1914
and I9IC.
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2,1927
There Will Be Na State-Wide Tax
Oh Property for School Purposes
Tribune Rureati.
Sir Walter Hotel. ■
BY J. 0. BAKKEKYILL
Un’.eigh. March, 2.—Despite the
fact that the house has put Itself on
record in favor of a stqte-wide fax
on for school purposes, by
the nvcrwhe thing vote with which it
passed the Graham bill, ("here is not
(he slightest possibility that this
bill will pass the senate, according to
those familiar with the situation.
What, then, will be done regard
ing the school situation?
A compromise agreement for « 3;-
500.00 equalization fund will result.
This is the opinion of those Who
have been following the prcsesfi.|
eruption of opinion with regard to j
I the elementary .schools of the state,
land who are in a position to know
the motives underlying what has
happened in the ins: few days.
The extended session in which the
Graham bill was passed. wa* in
reality nothing more than u fire
works display staged for the indi
vidual benefit amt edification of the
senate, in order to convince its mem
bers that ’the house was determined
tbnti something be done to more el
factively equalize the school tax bur
den of tiie state, mid to warn it that
unless it came part way, the house
would kick the roof off.
And many of tho members of
both houses knew this beforehand,
and know it better now. Perhaps
they had not. thought of it quite iu
so many words, but ihe general idea
had “percolated downward” —or as
Ra]>resentative Angus D. McLean of
Beaufort,' would have it, "percolat
ed upward."
And that. incidentally is the
dominant nlep in the whole issue,
aside from the political elements in
volved. The "back country”—the
poorer, but not if you p’ense, rtie
"pauper” counties. have decided that
*hV theory that education “percolates
downward" is all wrong—thnt edu
cation does not descend from the in
NORTH CAROLINA NOW
HAS A BAD CHECK LAW
Fhe Ten-Day Limit Period is Elimi
nated From the New Low.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, March 2.—North Carolina
now has a "bad check law” witli
tusks, according to the friends of the
bill by Senator Salmon,,now the law
of the state following, its ratification
-by the atfinte Tueeday. The ten-day**
limit provision, that made the old
law ineffectual, is removed front the
■fpreiWitt*feW|- wMch mokes the giriwg
of a worthless-check a misdemeanor,
There are a number of different fea
tures about the law just enacted which
it is believed will make it fhr more
effective tbau of the previous attempts i
at "bad check" legislation.
In the first place, it is believed that j
the Salmon law is eutirely eoiwtitu-1
tionul.
Next, this law places sue giving <>f j
a worthless check on the same basis
as the passing of bogus or counterfeit
money, thus removing the misdemean
or from the realm of prosecution from
debt —the bugbear of former acts of
this nature.
It is also stipulated that a check
in order to be "bad” must be given
with a knowledge of the absence of
funds to cover it.
By making the violation of this I
law' a misdemeanor, prosecution of all I
cases coming from its violation is re
moved from courts of justices of the
peato, into the tiigher courts—either
county or superior.
' “The very fact that when the giver;
of a worthless cheek realizes tlipt he \
i is likely to get haled into county or j
superior coUrt, With a large assess- j
ment of costs against him, is going |
i to make him much more careful.timu i
i hitherto in giving checks carelessly. |
if not intentionally," said Senator
: Neal Salmon, of Harnett, in discussing
; llie measure.
At the beginning of the bill is n
I preamble setting forth the fact that
- the bill has been made necessary by
; the large losses being sustained hy
■ merchants Over the atate as a result
• of the many bad checks that are giv
- en, and thnt the bill is designed to coi-
Erect the practice.
THE COTTON MARKET
First Prices 4 to lit Points Higher.
May Going to 14.76 and December
to 16.01. r -
New York, March 2.— OF)— The
cotton market showed renewed firm
ness at the opening today in response
to continued strength of Liverpool and
bullish overnight advices from the
Southern spot-market. First prices
were 4 to 15 points higher, new high
ground for tbe movement on all posi
tions, May selling up to 14.70 and
December to 15.01. The' advance met
heavy realising, but the demand con
tinued active, and offerings were ab
sorbed on reactions of . 5 to 10
points. Private cable advices from
Japan reported active demand for Am
erican cotton, and cables from Liver
pool said there bad been trade calling,
covering, London and continental buy
ing on the English market.
The deniand tapered off after the
ekr)y buying orders bad been supplied,
and prices sagged to about 14.52 for
May and 14.79 for October, making
net declines of about 3 to 5 point. At
midday, however, the market was 2
to 8 points up from the lowest on
most months With tone apparently
steady.
Cotton ftpires opened steady. March
14.60; May 14.88; July 14.79: O t.
14.88; Dec. 15.00.
Among the largest trees in the world
is the baobab, or irionkey-bread tree,
of Africa. This remarkable tree has
a short, branchy trunk, which seldom
attains 6 height of over eeventy feci,
whll* Its diameter Is often as great ns
one hundred feet.
si it 111 ions qf higher learning- They
conrend that the elementary school
fir and should be the eoriter stone of
education, and thnt -this corner Atone
is now in need of long delayed of
ten! iort.
lienee it was that nmny voted for j
a state-wide school tax destiite the i
fci't dipt the state Democratic pint
forru is solidly opposed do such a !
principal of taxation, because they ]
realized that if the house passed 1
inch a bill by a large majority—the I
•site was CM for the tax and 43!
pgninst —that the senate and lltr.-e j
los* fervent in the demand for bet
ler elementary schools, would tie I
rompelled to sit up and take notice,
p’or there is no denying the fact thnt
jthc voice of tbe house is the voice of
the iM-ople, especially in thin general
assembly.
So despite the fact Vhnt some
Vneinbens of the senate are rather af
fronted at the nerve of the house in
proposing u state wide tax for eduen
ition. and have advocated the im
mediate tabling of the Graham bill
when jt. come* up in the .senate, me
flittle drama enacted by the house
'for the benefit of the senate has tmd
its effect. And when the things have
cooled off for a day or two more, the
Senate will not hesitate long in ac
e-sling to nil amendment to the
AVoltz bill, which it lias already
passed, increasing the cqua'ization
fund from $2,500,000 to $3,500,000.
And since this same bill also pro
vides for revaluation of the lands of
the various counties by a state board
of equalization—one of the demands
of the house—it will not take the
jlmuse long to agree, it is believed.
So when the show is over, (here
will be no state-wide tnx on land for
.school purposes, but the system will
be left very much a* rt is at present,
with the exception of a lnrgcr equali
zation fund, say those who have been
following the undercurrent of
thought and developments.
EXTRACT TEETH FROM BILL
PRESENTED BY GRIER ,
; i
He Doesn’t Want Whole Families on ;
Payroll of the State. t
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel. .
Raleigh. March 2. —The bill by
- Grier of Statesville, that ,
would have prohibited more than ]
one member of a famjly from hold- ;
ing a state job in Raleigh, badly ,
mangled aud with swollen gums, is
■Bow limping its way to tire house.
to death.
Aa a result the army of state em
ployes in Ka'cigh, especially those
families who make a livelihood by
means of state jobs, and tilery are
quite a number—are breathing more
easily. For tlvc amendments append
ed by tbe senate before its pn.-sage
on the house, have made it as tusk
' Jft*s as a grandfather dog.
In the first pla<-o, if the bill is
enacted a.s it now stands, it will not
apply to those already in the employ
of,the utatae.
And in stipulating that not more
than 25 per cent of the state em
plpyes shall be from any one county,
the bill has been altered so that
these employes must be "natives" ijf
the county
”Bo Wake county has no cause to
worry, for the majority of the state
employes, though they live and earn
in Wake, are from other counties,"
said Senator Pnt Williunis in dis
cussing the bill.
Thus those families where more
than one is employed by the stale
have no cnusc for uneasiness, since
: "he bill doea not apply to those now
! employed. Neither is there fear that
i he aggregation of state employes in
1 Raleigh will be scattered.
It will, however, if enacted, pre
e’udc the possibi’ity of present stale
employes raising any more boys
ahd girls to come employes of th
-
Aud again the chief hope of the
state employes is centered iu the
bill that would abolish the snlarv
and wage commission.
Deserting Marshal Son. ,
Shanghai. March 2.—4A*>—A large
number of troops from the broken
army of Marshall Sun tonight
were reported going over to the Can
tonese army and thousands of others
are said to be deserting. Sun’s army
now is completely discounted as a
factor of importance in the military
situation.
Airmen Leave for Paraguay.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2.
—OP) —The main section of the United
States army good will flying expedi
tion reduced |to .two planes by Satur
day’s fatal crash in which Captain
Clinton F. Woolsey and Lieutenaut
John W. Benton lost their lives, left
at 6:25 o’clock this morning for
Asuncion, Paraguay.
Twenty-Eight Still Missing.
London, March 2.—CP)—Little hope
waa entertained today* that men im
prisoned by a coliery explosion near
Owm, Wales yesterday could be res
cued alive. Tbe bodies of 28 were
recovered, and 28 men are missing.
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
Y. M. C. A. 8 O’CLOCK
Hawthorne Athletic Club,
| of Clover, S. C.
'<V ' VB.
Concord Y. M. C. A.
Thin wilt be the last game of the
Season For the Concord Team
I'
i * Admission 25 Cents
ENTIRE STATE NOW
COVERED WITH SHOW;
TRAEFICPARALYZED
Snow Ranges From 10 to
i 26 Inches in Depth, With j
the Heaviest Fall in High j
! Point.
(MANY SCHOOLS
SUSPEND WORK
Street Car Service Halted
in Some Cities, and Bits*
iness Is Halted in Others
During the Morning.
Charlotte, N. C,, March 2.— UP)—
Struggling against odds that seldom
are presented in the South, North Car
olinians today struggled to their daily
labor* as best, they eould. Traffic
was virtually at a standstill, with
snow ranging from 12 to 26 indies
clogging streets and highways, in most
places. The fall continued in many
places today.
Street car schedules were disrupted
in the cities, despite all night effprts
with drags and improvised snow plows
to keep the tracks open, automobiles
that could negotiate the drifts were
few, and thousands floundered
through the knee-deep fall to get to
work, a situation many of them had
never faced before.
Asheville, high in the mountains,
reported probably the lightest snow of
any reporting iu the stale. There the
fall ranged from 8 to 10 inches, de
pending on the location and exposure,
it was said.
High Point awoke this morning un-
der a white blanket 26 inches deep
and with a sharp northeast, gale driv
ing a continued downfall. Many
stores did not oi>eu, as operating forc
es could not get to work, and few
teachers and pupils were able to get
to school.
Raleigh had the worst snow storm
since April 4. 1915, when a hig^i
wind and a 15 inch fall of snow and
sleet leveled telephone, telegraph and
power lines for 20 miles around. This
time the enow was 24 inches deep iu
tj>b streets at 9 o’clock this morning,
and a heavy downfall continuing. The
weather bureau, however, reported
that <he official fail in Raleigh was 14
it.-:.
Greensboro had 18 ihchlis thib
morning ami still falling. Salisbury
reported 20 inches, with scores of au
tomobiles stranded, city schools clos
ed and little activity of any kind. Old
timers were quoted as saying it was
the worst since 1809 while others
made it the worst in history. Hickory
reported 12 inches, Gastonia 10 and
Concord 16.
Tiie snow began falling Monday
night in some sections of the state
and continued most of yesterday, in
creasing in volume last night.
13 inches of snow fell in Charlotte,
the fall beginning Monday night and
continuing most of yesterday. It was
still falling this morning. Thousands
walked to work with cars unable to
keep schedules aud automobiles stall
ed in some places in the middle of the
street. Most of the schools were clos
ed and stores opeued late.
Spartanburg, S. C., tMarch 2.— UP)
—Ten inches of snow covered tiie
ground here today, the heaviest fall
in 25 years. Tbe storm started yester
day morning and continued through
out last uight.
SANTUNGESE SOLDIERS
HALT THE CONTONESK
Bribery and Propaganda May Break
Morale of the Troops. However.
Shanghai. March 2. —(A 1 !—The
movement of Suntungexe troops into
the war theatre south of iierc was
believed by competent foreign authori
ties today to have readied a volume
sufficient to stop the Cantonese ad
vance, on Shanghai so far as actual
fighting is concerned. However, the
question has arisen as to whether the
defenders will be able to withstand
the bribery aud propaganda tactics
of the southerners which hitherto has
been uniformly successful.
The utter collapse of the once
mighty forces of Marshal Sun who
until ten days ago was the chief de
fender of Shanghai, has been brought
about principally by tiie boring from
within" on the part of the Cantonese.
Tbe series of defections and be
trails whereby Marshall Sun’s gen
eral aided the nationalists has cul
minated in so many withdrawals that
he hns been eliminated as n military
factor.
T. C. BOWIE 18 ILL
AT JEFFERSON HOME
Former Ashe County Legislator Suf
fered Heart Attack While CRntb
ing Stairs.
Jefferson March I.—T. C. Howie,
well known Ashe county attorney
and former lender in the North Car
olina general assembly is ill at »■«
home, haying suffered a severe hu-et
attack on Sunday evening.
Mr. Bowie was climbing a flight
of stnirs when stricken and it is re
ported that he fell unconscious as
he reached the door of a bath room
in his residence. However, he quickly
rallied and at last accounts was
much better. ,
Money for Throe Cruiser's.
Washington, March 2.— (AP) —The
appropriation for three new cruisers,
put into the naval bill by Congress
■ over the recommendation of President
Coolidge, received presidential ac
quiescence today When Mr. Coolidge
signed the bill.
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Different Now I
I I
-- :
Time was when Joe Benjamin,
former lightweight fighter,
greeted Marion Nixon, movie
actress and then his wife, like
this. But his latest greeting,
accompanied by a smashing of
windows, was a threat to kill
her, according to a complaint
to the Los Angeles police. She
divorced him a few months
ago.
I International Ncwitm])
COCK FIGHT IS
PVT OFF; SHERIFF
READY FOR RAID
Elizabethtown, N. C„ March 2.
—o4*)—Deciding to await more
auspicious circumstances, promot
ers of the scheduled cock fight to
day had indefinitely postponed Weir
‘■international battle” due to the
presence of Sheriff X.ee (!. Priest
and a flock of deputies. Snow
added to their resolution. Sheriff
I’rieet said he was making a thor
ougn investigation.
FINDS HUSBAND IN
VAULT IN CEMETERY
pissing for Twenty Years, He Was
Finally Found Shortly After Death.
Chicago, March 2. —The Chicago
Tribune, in its Sunday morning edi
tion, says tbnt Mrs. K«te .Coodon
Sgott, noted opera singer at ten years
-ago, walked into a -yault iu St, An--
tiiouy's cemetery in New OK“eßns a
few days ago and there identified the
body of William B. Victor, as' her
husband, for whom she had searched
for more than twenty years.
Mrs. Condon, whose brothers, Tlios.
J. and James U., nre noted attorneys,
learned that her 'husband had used
the name of Victor during his resi
dence in the Louisiana city, and that
he was regarded as a man of mystery,'
as far as his family relations were
concerned. He shot and killed him
self September 4th in the Chess,
Checker and Whist club at New Or
leans.
They were married at New Haven
May 16. 1903. Mrs. Scott told the
Tr.bun.e the paper says, “after a case
of love at first sight.’’
Mrs. Scott, lived here with a sister,
Miss Clara Condon. Since she re
turned from touring Europe during
the World War when she saug in.
many anny cantonments, she lias
abandoned the stage, and has been
engaged in teaching.
Mrs. Scott .says she has gathered
proofs that she is file widow and un-!
der the old Fresh law of Louisiana j
will inherit at least half of nn estate
of $183,000 which resulted from suc
cessful real estate investments of her
line band. The amount may expand,
she said, to a million. Under a will
written the night "Victor" shot him
self he left file estate to five business
associates.
500 BAPTIST WOMEN
BEGIN BIG MEETING
Regular Program of Woman’s Mis
sionary Union Started This Morn
ing.
Wilmington. March 2.—OP)—Un
daunted by inclement weather, the 500
or more delegates to the Baptist Wom
an's Misaionary Union entered into
all day and night session today in
their annual state convention.
Dr. A. Paul Bngby, of Wake For
est, in the conventiou opening ser
mon drew five pictures of the life of
Jesus, the meaning of the cross,
Christ's baptism, the transfiguration,
the grain of wheat falling on the
ground and dying, Gethsemnne ami
Calvary.
Young peoples work discussion and
n conference of treasurers comprised
sidelights of the day’s activities, while
reports followed on the various train
ing schools.
Accepts Virginia Pastorate.
Salisbury. March 1. —Rev. B. A.
Barringer, recently making hie home
in Salisbury has accepted the pas
torate of the Lutheran ehureh at
Rural Retreat, Va. Mr. Barringer
had been pastor of a ehureh at
Liberty.
Gives New Ruling on Car Confisca
tion-
Charlotte, March I.—Judge G. 8.
Currie, of city court today, ruled in
a liquor case that an automobile with
liquor in it must be moving if it w
regarded as to be confiscated for
transporting.
Babe to Get $70,000.
i New York, March 2. —(4*l—Babe
Ruth, home run king of baseball, to
day signed a three-year contract with
the Yankees at an animal salary of
$70,000.
THE TRIBUNE
TODAY’S NEWS TODATJ
t
N 0.451
DESCRIBES TARBOT
f, 1 ”' EWER
“ifIimCTWREi
Tarbot Claims He Serve#
in World War But Has ;
Lost Memory and Do« |
Not Remember His Past;
REP. JOHNSON
TELLS OF PAST
He Says Man Is Alexander
Dubois, Son of a Chef tH
Cuban Hotel, and Was
Not in Service.
" ■
Washington. March 2.—(4 , I
Tarbot, the man who claims to ,7
world war hero who lost his Plenum. ...
today was declared by chairman
son of the House veterans commitjteq
to be Alexander Dußois Jr., to
draft dodger and the son of a chef
in a Cuban hotel. ;
The South Dakota representative,
himself n war veteran, made
statement at meeting of his
in answer to inquiries ns to why bfl.
lind not supported relief legislation for '
Tarbot.
Members of Congress, he said troß||
be "surprised aud shocked if they knejjf
the facts.” He added the Department;
of Justice had made nxhnustive in
vestigation of the case.
He then introduced as first
to supiHirt his statement Mrs. Flora
Dove Lange of Detroit, who said she
married Tarbot on Deeecmber 22, 1
in Toledo, and that he gave his unnlte
us Howard Francis Noble. She di
vorced him in February 1918 because
she "couldn’t stand him," she suijU
She first met Tarbot in
she said, at a rooming house she eoSp
ducted. After marriage, she
ued, she was convinced they couhi,
not be happy and they separated, and
she never saw Tarbot again until to
day. Mrs. Lange said she had been
married once la-fore she married Tnr,
bot and twice after she divorced him,',
and is now living with her fourth
husband. Mrs; Lange testified she is
42 years old and has no children. L'-'-
Mrs. Sue Kahl Scipe, of Erie, l’a.,
testified that she knew Tarbot in 19T6
in Sharon, Pa., ns Howard Noble.
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VENEER PLANT AT HIGH
POINXJ& DESTROYED
Plant Valued at Approximately $300,-
000 With Lons Partially Covered by
Insurance.
High Point. March 2, —C^l—The
Hill Veneer Manufacturing plant,
valued at approximately $300,000, w#s
destroyed by fire here early today. The
loss is partly covered by insurants*)
The blaze originated in a dry kHn anil
was first discovered by a night watch)
man. Fire fighters were called ‘biltV
but it was not until after two hoimf
of fighting that the blaze was brought
under control.
The entire plant, with the excepfttW
of an office building, was destroyed. C|M|
A strong north wind is all that sav
ed other manufacturing plants in the
vicinity.
With Our Advertisers. '»•
The National Lumber Co. sells' high
quality building materials and deliv
ers promptly. Phone 258. o|fp
“Tell It to 1 the Marines," un im- .
pressivc in its way as “The Big PS- :
rnde,” at the Concord Theatre Tliurs- ;i
day aud Friday, with vaudeville Fri
day n'ght. .
Protect your kiddies and yourself L
from the snow and bad weather with |
warm wearables. Everything you
need at Fisher's.
The Citizens Bank and Trust <V.
adheres always to sound banking pyqb
tloe. Friendly service is given ti>
every depositor.
Fancy mixtures in coats for spodt
wear at J. C. Penney Co’s, for wqrfHlt
misses and junior misses at
Others nt $7.90 to $13.75.
When you buy tires from a L'OtiMmP ’
dealer, you have no postage chnrgw'
no express charges, no delay.
ad. of the Yorke & Wadsworth Ccfr
Winter time .goods at summer tftftft
prices at the Parks-Bclk .Co. All,.
winter goods reduced. Plioues 138 s
and 008.
Tiie big display sale and tailoring
exhibit of the Ed. V. Price Co. 'tjlßf
be held at IV. A Overcash's next Frtl
day and Saturday. March 4th and
sth.
Everything to wear at Ehmj
riione 119.
You will find rite sraarfost gowns
in the new spring fabrics at Robin
son's.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
the Concord Furniture Co. wSI give t
you free with a Sellers Kitchou Cabi
net a lot of groceries and chinaware.
You pay only SI.OO down and this ;
puts the cabinet in your home. See El- <
lustrations in a big ad. today. -Spfi
Duplin Cock FI gilt to Await Reiter:
Occasion.
Duplin, March I.—The widely ad
vertised three-day cock fight sfeSfel
duled to start near here today sRraJ
not bold, in spite of the fact tiiit
many roosters were in trim for the
tournament and n large crowd M&e
all sections had gathered. sS
Sheriff Priest had deputies at
t arena. Offieerw told the Associated
| Press they believed promoters
cided to wait for more auspicious
conditions. iwvy,
WEATHER
Fair tonight and
Vin northeast coast tonight, sYwlv jdM
ing temperature Thursday.
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