ASKX3ATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Man Trapped By Rocks
In Well Rescued When
Friends Dig 13 Hotirs
, .!
Jess Ashwortti Is Resting
Now After Soul-Trying
, Ordeal in Well—Doctors
Say He Will Get Well.
ROCKS CUTOFF
EXIT FROM WELL
Friends Dug. Through Dirt
and Rocks for 13 Hours
and Finally Brought Him
Back to the Surface.
(By CHARLES A. PARKER)
Stephens Home, Chatham County,
X. Mar. Hi. —(A*)—Jeff Ashworth,
who spent 13 hours in the tlrirk tomb
of the 70-foot well of Osenr Stephens;
four miles from here, last night, lies
in bed here, bruised from head to
foot, but much more shocked in soul.
Dr. Benjamin W. Burt, says the pa
tient will recover, but no longer does
Jeff call “Help. I’m burning up."
Jeff retained consciousness through
out the ordeal, soul-trying, beaten by
constant ply of stones and dirt show
ering on his upturned face, until his
)*ody slipped into a stooped posture.
Right miles away lien F'uquay
Springs, and although there ia no t«f
ephone line out to that .neighborhood,
MO folks gathered, aided, and prayed
for rescue from the enclosure. This
bt the story:
The well is 8 feet in diameter, lin
ed with stones. About 10:30 a. m.
yesterday, Ashworth, 22 years old,
_ married, went down the well to clean
it out, S. M. Powell, one of his
friends said.
Powell says that Ashworth 'was
si rapped and held with a* rope. About
40 feet down Ashworth said he heard
a crash. Stones fell on him. . The sky
faded to inky black. It moved down
and struck bis head.
Powell says they found on late re
covery. 12 feet of stone had capped
Jeff's head, that it. became imbedded.
He was without air. He struggled un
til about 11:30 p. in. when final res
cue was effected.
Shi's of four men worked from
a bo- Though the stone came Jeff’s
VQll make
Mrs. JoJ»e, I’m burning up.”
irents ofil atone must have seemed as
• Jf ~ « soft inferno to Jeff, doctors at
r farinas said. was
The day wore ou while Joe Mclver,
of t'bathJUn, one of the citizens di
recting the work, stayed put amid
neighborly excitement. Automobiles
drove out from Fuqnay Springs wish
till sorts of weird apparatus.
Some considered wiring Kentucky
officials to find how the work was done
in ease of Floyd Collins some time
back.
Four men worked like machines in
the well, drawing nearer and nearer,
calling encouragement.
Bucket after backet of stone and
sand and dirt shot out, banking out
the curious citizenry.
Jeff talked to hiR folks all the time,
but fainter and fainter. Toward the
end 4t was not possible to catch his
words.
When around midnight he came out,
pulled and bandied tenderly by Bam
Powell and Joe Mclver, his reactions
were unknown, for the doctors car
ried him here, four miles from the
well, and laid him to bed.
Now he is beginning to look around
and talk a little. The doctors are
keeping the countryside informed back
in Fuquay Springs and as there is no
phone out that way he is assured a
rest from a harrowing experience, a
temporary tryst with death.
A young widow with a fortunue
is often fortunate if she remains a
widow. '
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner I Panne
Quotations at 1.45 P. M.
Atchison 174%
American Tobacco B x. 121%
American Smelting 147%
American Tel A Tel. a, 150%
American Can 47%
Allis Chalmers 1 96
American Locomotive lll
Atlantic Coast Line 187%
Allied Chemical 140%
Baldwin Locomotive 190%
Baltimore ft Ohio „ 112%
Chesapeake ft Ohio . 155%
Dodge Bros. 23
DuPont ——.— 204%
Frisco lll%
General Motors —. 176%
Great Northern 87
. Gulf Slate- Steel 61%
General Electric . , 84%
Hudson —— 72
Lorillard 28
Kennecott Copper 62%
Coca-Cola I 189%
Liggett ft Myers B 04%
Montgomery-Ward 96%
Mack Truck 107%
Maryland Oil - 51%
Norfolk ft Western 170%
Overland 23%
Pan American Petroleum B __ 62
Republic Iron and Start 72
Rock Wand - 85%
R. J. Reynolds 108
Southern Railway 128%
Standard 011 of N. J 87%
Htudebaker ... 1— 50%
Htewart-Warper 57%
Texas Co. .... 48
Wcstingbouse j L+L — 78%
Woolworth ...x— x.. 126%
Vick/Chemical 05%
The Concord Daily Tribune
• 'north CAROLINA'S . ..
H MUTATIONAL SYSTEM
• i Other States Are Studying It Care
fully. Being So Impressed With It.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Waller Hdtel
Raleigh, March 16.—50 impressed
( have other states been with North j
Carolina’s educational system, espe-j
cially its countywide plan of oonsoli
• dation. that not only are other states
j studying the system -carefully, hut'
this week the state of Maryland 1*;
I holding Its annual convent idk of coun- f
ty Huperiutendents in North Onro-j
Una!
Oliening Thursday of tills week, thej
county suis-rintendents of Maryland
’ wi.l meet in Raleigh, with I)r. Alfred
J S. Cook, Maryland state-superintend
ent of public instructiop,, where the
| first day will be spent in a “labora
tory course" in the countywide plan
1 of school expansion. The schools in
Wake, Durham, Granville, Wayne,
, Lenoir and possibly one or two other
counties will he visited, with particu
lar attention paid to the system of or
ganitation and its evolution from the
old district system. The tour of in*
, spection will start early Thursday
morning, and the Maryland superin
tendents are not expected to return to
Raleigh until late that night.
On Friday, the entire day will be
devoted to a thorough discussion of the
' countywide plan, and the convention
will be addressed by Superintendent
J. 0. Lockhart, of the Wake county
schools; Superintendent J. T. Jerome,
of Wayne county, and Superintend- -
ent E. E. Same, of Lenoir, all of whom
have transformed the school systems'
in their counties from the district to
the countywide plan. It is expected
that a large number of the North
Carolina superintendents will be pres
ent at the Friday session, since at
the request of Dr. Cook, 'all of the
county superintendents of this state
who can conveniently do so have been
invited by Dr. A. T. Allen, state au
periutendent of public instruction, to
attend the convention.
The unusual interest on the part
of educators in .other states in-the
county-wide plan of school expansion
and consolidation in North Carolina
was first stimulated during the South-,
eastern Conference of superintendents
held in Raleigh in December, called
by Dr. John T. Tigert, United States
tnajwffy 'oi tnc southeasterii states
were present. At that time, North
CirrolihU Unis the only state as far as
is known that had adopted the eouuty
wide plan of organization, the superin
tendents from the other states were
much interested in it.
It will be remembered that the coun
ty-wide plan was adopted by the gen
eral assembly of 1923 and provides
that school consolidations shall take
place with the county, rather than
the district as the unit, and that the
location of these schools must be
considered from the county point of
view, so that the largest number of
people can be served. As a result
many thousands of dollars have been
saved ill maintenance ns well as in
buildiugs, since it has eliminated the
placing of consolidated schools too
close together and the overlapping of
school districts, according to Dr. Al
len.
As a result, of (he December con
ference in Raleigh, Dr, Cook-decide
to hold the Maryland conference of
county superintendents in Raleigh, so
that they might study the North Caro
lina systepi first band, and take back
with them to' Maryland a practical
idea of the application of the plan.
But that is not all which the De
cember conference accomplished.
Dr. J. P. Womack, the newly elect
ed state superintendent of public in
struction in Arkansas, also attended
that conference and was likewise much
impressed with the countywide. plan.
When be went back to Arkansas he
took with him a copy of the North
a retina law and as soon as he took
ee be drafted a similar law for Ar
kansan. And the last aeasion of thq
Arkansas general assembly, just ad
journed, passed the law. So now Ar
kansas, as well Ss North Carolina,
has the countywide plan for school
consolidation.
Just as an example of wbat Abe
countywide plan has saved toe coun
ties, Dr. Allen mentioned an example
lit a county near Raleigh. There
formerly were three small high schools
in a small radius, the first with 35
students, the second with 38 and the
third with 40. Each had a princi
pal and two teachers, costing $4,800
yearly for each school, or $14,400
yearly for the three schools. Vet all
. three were too small to be really
standard high schools. These three
have now been consolidated into one
large high school, and the cost of
maintenance reduced from $14,400 to
$7,200 a year—with a much better
school resulting. -And this example
Could be multiplied many times.
| No Changes In Mrs. Caldwell's Condi-
I Charlotte, -March i6.—o«—Mrs. J.
P. Caldwell, veteran newspaper wom
an who has bet- critically ill for eev
i oral days, today continued in a grave
condition at a local hospital. Pby
t siciana said her condition was “un
i changed." She was not expected last
, night to lire through the night. Bhe
t <• 66 years eld, and is suffering from
influenaa.
Only two athletes have ever run I
i * mil* indoors in 4m 12s, tpc present
i Indoor world mark. These two are
t Paavo Nurmi and Joie Ray.
CONCORD, N, C„ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1927
TRADE EVENT WILL
ATTRACT HUNDREDS
TO CITY TOMORRONI
Merchants Now Confident
That ‘‘Dollar Day” Will j
Be One of Biggest Trade |
Events in History of City |
MANY BARGAINS
TO BE OFFERED
Stores Making Plans to!
i Care for Record Crowd.
I —“Come Early” Is Ad
! vice of Merchants.
Tomorrow is “Dollar Day."
On the eve of the big trade event I
there is a decided feeling of optimistff I
amounting almost to jubilation among
merchants of the city who sense ja.
record breaking crowd of Joa
the day. jjf l
The epeeial bargain lists for JXkjf
lar Day" wlijch have occupied tmCbTa
prominent place in The Tribune for
the laid day or two furnish the round
est of all basis for this optimism.
Again merchants of Concord have ral
lied to the "Dollar Day" standard
and they are offering special bargains,
of all kinds as .the result.
Once more the merchants are offer
ing the public of Concord and the
Wide surrounding territory genuine
values at price concessions that are
notable. Once more in the very na
ture of the case, the public Thursday
will take advantage of this situation.
Once more —at least in all probabil
ity—“ Dollar Day” will break its own
sale* record which means that hun
dreds of shopper* will be on* hand
throughout the day.
Ho far as can be stated accurately
24 hours or less before the beginning
of the event, everything is now in
readiness for the great occasion. Mer
chants are devoting today to last min
ute detail*.
Overcast skies this morning brought
signs of raiu but merchants, wi’l not
concede thnt tomorrow will be wet 1
and they are going ahead with final
details. Extra help has been engaged
foi the day, goods have been attrac
tively arrauged and when the stores
open tomorrow morning everything
wlll be set for the rush dt customer*
expected. f
practically alt .»f thv . M *“"%"
which in being sponsored bytheMef
<'ha:its’ Association. In the several
stores which do not lielong to the
association “Dollar Day” bargains will
be offered also, the splendid co-opera
tion meaning, merchants fed, thnt
the trade event will be the • biggest
thing of its kind in the history of
Concord.
Tlje bargain* will go on sale when
the stores open. “First come, first
served" will be the policy of the mer
chants.
~T'
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened at I'nchanged Prices to Ad
vance of Four Points May—Up to
13:85
New Y»rk, March 10.—0f>)—Cotton
market opened todny at unchanged
prices to an advance of four points.
May selling up to 13:85 and October
to 14:00 on renewal of yeaterady’s
eovering movement. There also may
have been a little buying qn reports
of no weakening of the spot market
in the South.
Liverpool cables were higher, but
did hot fully meet yesterday’s advance
here, while there was some Southern
selling, os well as realizing by buyers
of yesterday morning which supplied
the early demand and eased prices off
two or three points.
Business was comparatively quief
during the first hour, and trader*
traders seemed to be awaiting develop
ments in Southern spot market.
Cotton futures opened steady March
13.71; May 13.84; July 14.01: Oct.
14.18; Dec. 14.33.
DR~JOSEPiTCTMggiI " 1
DIES AT HIS HOME
Made First Demonstration of Mos
quito Tranamlaehm of Yellow Fever
in America.
Miami, Fla., March 16.— JP)— Dr.
Joseph Yates Porter, retired officer
of the United States Medical Corps,
and credited with the first demonstra
tion of mosquito transmission of yel
low fever in the United ptate*, died
at hia home in Key West early today.
Death came in the same room in
which he was bom 79 years ago.
Dr. Porter*was in charge of gov
ernment relief in the yellow fever epi
demics at Dry Tortuga* in 1873, and
at Key West, Miami. Penaacol and
Jacksonville in-the late ’Bo’s. *
Tobacco Passes Cotton as Beat N. C.
Money Crisp.
Raleigh, N. C„ March 10.—Tobac
co has supplanted cotton as the prin
cipal money crop of North Carolina,
figures made public today by the co
operative crop reporting service of the
North Carolina and United States
departments of agriculture revealed.
The values of principal crops:
Tobacco $103,802,000.
Cotton $71,875,000.
Corn $45,999,000.
Wheat $9,013,000, ; ,
Oats $4,706,000.
Peanuts $7,985,000. •
Irish potatoes $11,840,000.
Sweet potatoes $7,680,000.
More than eight thousand earth
quake* have been recorded in Japan
during one period of seven year*,
many of them doing grta. damage.
North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
—ssm—^tatatais—rtE'.mi MHI I—— ■ - ■ ———..a.i . . - - ■ - -
I .-1.,.,. , I —— ■
Genuine Bargains Tomorrow
If you will read carefully the advertisements in The
Tribune you will plainly see that hundreds of Genuine
Dollar Day Bargains will be ready for you tomorrow.
. 'Read the ads.'in The Tribune of yesterday and \oday and
• pick out what you want. There is something for every
body at a big saving. " /
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CONFEDERATE REUNION
| Northerners Taking an Active Pari in
I Plans for Meet at Tampa. F.
!' (By International New* Servicet4
j Tampla. Fla.. March Hi.—Northern
era are taking an active part in plans
(for the Confederate reunion which is
Ito lie held here in April. ) ,
Hons and grandchildren of the Weng
ers of the blue are receiving the thigh
est commendation for itlieir work in
lie!ping to make the convention of lie
survivors of the ever thinning line
of gray elad warriors a sueeess from
Dr. S. L. Lowry, chairman of the
executive committee in charge as the
; reunion arrangements, and Carl Ilin-
I ton. of Deliver, who ie conducting ihe
I membership campaign here for Camp
~1. 'J. Dickson.
, “If proof were needed that there is
' no longer any sectionalism in this
country, we have abundance of it
right here in Tampa in the prepara
tions for the reunion,” said Dr, Low
ry. "Home of the best and most en
thusiastic workers we have were born
and reared in the northern states.
Many of them volunteered their ser
vices without being asked and large
, numbers have urged me to call upon
them for any assistance they can ren
der. That ia the kind of spirit that
makes us fell absolutely certain that
we are going to make the anntihi
gathering of the old veterans and their
sons and grandson* one of the great
est. if not the grCntegt, they haVe ever
held.
Mr. Hinton, who is the son of a
Confederate veteran and was born
and reared in the south, declared that
the attitude of northern citizens in
Tampa i* typical of the friendly spirit
displayed throughout the north.
MOTHER OF 1* CHILDREN
I* Which Number Weae Seven Sets
of Twins.
(By International New* Service)
Athens, Tenu., March 16.—Being
i the mother of 19 children, in which
number there were seven sets of twins,
does not seem noteworthy to “Aunt"
Martha Haley, of Calhoun, Teun.,
more than a century old, a typical
. southern "black mammy.” The hard
est thing about rearing a family is
flatting names for them she says. She
daughters and four sons, " '
With five wore years well in the
past, “Aunt” Martha is still hale and
hearty. Her actual age is not known,
but according to her statement she is
considerably past the century mark.
Hhe had grown children during the
Civil War, 62 yearn ago, she said.
Born in Franklin county, Virginia,
she was sold five times, “Aunt" Martha
said. The last time she was brought
to Tennessee and sold to Alf Swaf
ford, of Calhoun, for *I,OOO. She
draws a pension from the government
a* her husband served as a Union sol
dier.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE l
RECEIVES DR. W. P. FEW
Head of Duke University Spoke in
Interest of Judgeship for Frank A.
Linney.
Wawliington, March 16.— OP)— Ap-
I•ointment of Frank Linney, attorney
of Watauga county, North Carolina,
as judge of the newly created jijdiv
cfal district in North Carolina was
proposed to President Coolidge onlay
by W. P. Few, president of Duke
University.
President Few was presented to
Mr. Coolidge by Senator Overman,
democrat of North Carolina, wlm also
introduced other delegations to the
Chief Executive, which proposed the
appointment of Johnson Hayes.
Dctth.
Charlotte, March 15.~Mrs, J. I\
Caldwell, well known newspaper wom
an of Charlotte, is not expected to live
until morning, physicians announced
tonight. She is suffering from influ
enaa.
Publicity Kills N. C. Cock-Fighting;
Fans And Promoters Disappointed
HENRY LRSESNE.
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
1 Raleigh, March 16.—Devotees of
the Colonial sport of cock-fighting in
North Carplina—and they are said
J to be numerous—are wondering just
where promoters will torn to stage
1 their next “championship."
Certainly not in Bladyn County,
where it has been revealed, the
■ ostensibly forgotten pastime has
flourished for some years. The spot
' light of publicity has killed all clumcee
’ there, it is admitted. ;
• Cock-fighting enthusiasts admit that
' fights have been held periodically in
■ North Carolina for years. They were
* not, however, advertised on handbills*
and, therefore were not subject to any
great interference., *“ •
But it seems that some promoter
down Bladen County way had big idea*
and was going to put them over In
big style. A 8,000 arena and grand
stand was erected. Handbills were
distributed. Entries came from as
far north as Chicago, and ns far south
as Florida. Mj
Everything was set for the big
- contest. The handbills promised "pro
t tscrion” hiuT stated also that cortt
tights would become something of a
permanent institution down there.
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BOATS PAY HOMAGE AS
THEY PASS SOUTHPORT
Standing Order Given to Officers of
Clyde Line for All Its Boats.
(By International News Serviee)
Southport, N. C\. March 16. —With
; no terminals and docks here for the
handling of cargoes, the mighty Hyde
Line steamers pay no particular at
■ tention to Southport as they sweep
onward to and from Wilmington, yet.
I j the town in always reminded that
■ j these steamers arc passing by.
; Down by the water front, the ocean
i high tidres often lapping flic jdoor
■ I step, is a wood-brick two mid a half
story building, erected far more than
a century ago. Tltere. 83 year* ago,
i; was horn Miss Kate Stuart, and there
she still live* keeping o|>en house to
: i her friends. She is known through
: | out the 48 states.
| Way back, nos long after Civil War
| times. Miss Kale had as a visitor a
! young woman, Die daughter of the
captain of one t>of the Clyde Line
; steamers. One day- 1 he steamer car
,: Tying the young Woman's father was
: passing en route to Wilmington.
. What would be more natural than
II Miss Knte and her young guest walk
. J ing out on the dock, extending over
ideep water in front of the house, in
; md-r that, the visitor might get a
! glimpse of her fa tiled on the ship?
Standing there, ail eagerness to nt
•i tract the attention of her father, the
. j visitor became oblivious to the swift
liowing tide direefly Underneath and
. j stepped out into pace and the chilly
,1 water.
| Miss Kate, an experienced swimmer,
without calling for assistance, plunged
liifto the turbulent water and s\yiun
with her friend to shore.
| From that day to this, never a Clyde
I Hoe boat has passed by Southport
without the captain paying ttribute to
i the bravery of-*Jio little woman down
j by the sea by blowing long blasts as
they pas* her home.
; it is understood here that there has
: ions been a standing order in the of
l fiees of the Clyde line for all of it*
boats to thus pay homage as they are
passing by Southport.
Miss Kate is now 83 years old and
rich in the lore of the coast. Despite
her age, she does her own marketing
l and goes for her mail when^the weatb
i*' 1 ui!i |
j MRS. CHAPLIN RETURNS
TO STAGE FOR LIVING:
j ■
Denied Alimony of 84,000 Per Month
Wife of Srreen Star Resume* Movie
Work in Ijos Angeles.
Los Angeles, March 16.— t/P) —
Foiled by hear wealthy screen star
husband in her recent fight to collect
$4,000 n month; temporary alimony,
Lita.v Gray Chaplin turned toward
the mercury lights of Hollywood again
today for her livelihood.
Announcing that she had been
starved into the necessity of going
back to work, the wife of Charles
Chaplin, who has been living theoret
ically penniless in hi* 40-room man
sion at Beverly Hills since her recent
failure to extract an income from the
comedian's alleged vast but mobile
fortune, Mrs. Chaplin said ia«t night
she would return to the movie* with
i iu two weeks.
THE STOCK MARKET
Price Movements I sicked Uniformity
As Forres Struggled for Control.
New York. March 16. — OP) —Price
movements lacked uniformity at the
opening of todays stock market ns
opposing speculative forces struggled
for control. Baldwin showed an in
itial guin of one and three-fourths
points. Case Threshing Machinge one
and one-half, and Loesw's Pan Am
erican western B, and Continental
Cauada slumped to new low records,
and several of the popular rails yielded
fractionally.
Mauritius, first colonized by the
Dutch, was named after Maurice,
Prince of Orange.
Then the handbills fell into the hands
of some indignant citizens ‘and they
were sent to the Bladen County dele
gation in the State Legislature.
A bill designed to prevent cock
fighting 'and bull-baiting" in Bladeu
County was introduced in the House
of Representatives just .a few days
before the dock-tight was scheduled to
come off. The bill gained wide pub
licity, and news of the impending
.cock-fight spread like wildfire.
District Solicitor T. O', McNeil, at
Lumberten, was notified that the fight
was in progress. He sent Sheriff Lee
.8. Priest to the scene. The sheriff
found the cocks there, and throngs
gathered around the arena, but, as he
reported, "everything was at a stand
still.”
Just about that time two-foot
snow suddenly blanketed Bladen and
the surrounding counties, and thous
ands of devotees of the sport were
snowbound. It was announced that
the fight was “indefinitely postponed."
But some devotees, returning through
the state capital, said the fights went
off on schedule.•
Nevertheless, whether this be true
or not, cock-fighting enthusiasts here
—cock-fights were held here too until
Solicitor Hvans'swsumed office four
year* ago—sky that no mdre' cock
fights will be held in Bladen County.
Slaps Kerensky
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With the glove she is shown
holding in her hand, Mrs, Oath,
erine Bary, of New York,
•slapped the face of Alesandei
Kerensky, leader of an unsuc
cessful revolt against the So-
I viet, in a New York theatre. Th«
incident threw the audience in
a turmoil. “You are responsibly
for the ruin of Russia,” Mrs.
Bary declared as she advanced
across the stagp,
' T"
, HEAVY TOURIST TRADE
PREDICTED "FDR STATE
i •
(Arolina Motor Club Official Says
'Hundreds of Persons Will Visit the
State This Summer. ,
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, March 16.—Eastern and
western resorts of North Carolina will
. enjoy much activity this season, judg
; ing from calls for information from
. all parts of the country are
heavier than ever, accordiug to p. VV»
■ MBs Ota. .'ilHi,, m rtttilft 'I iHßaiiC—i'll
Has Motor Club. -However, Mr' Kbb-
I I erts sounded n warning against com
munities bestirring themselves to pro
, vide free municipal tourist camp* to
, tnke care of niltomobile travel.
Completion of many modern hotels
throughout the state has stimulated
tourists to visit North Carolina, Mr.
Roberts pointed out. There has been
a gradual trend among tourists to
linger within the boundaries of the
state since word ha* gone forth re
garding Tarheelia's good roads and
good hotels, he said, ami thereby pass
. time at the numerous resorts *and
, points of interest instead of merely
' seeing how many mile* could be cov
ered in a day's drive.
"During the past year," he said,
■The Carolina Motor Club distributed
, more than 60,000 tour books and maps
and furnished 25,65(5 routings.”
Stating thnt it is just as reasonable
to ask communities to provide 'free
municipal hotel* for automobile tour
ists who prefer to stop at hotels as
it is to ask them to provide accommo
dations for those who wish to stop
in free tourist camps, Mr. Roberts
said: "The motorist who is making
a trip over the country and ramping
out of doors for the joy of it is not
looking for a free municipal tourist
camp. He nnd hi* family prefer to
camp out In the open by themselves.
“Free municipal tourist camps en
courage patronage of an undesirable
element. There is no - more reason
why a community should provide a
free tourist camp with sanitary fa
cilitie*. showers, parking space, stoves,
power and light, than the communi
, ties should provide the other class of
tourists with a hotel room with the
same convenience.
“We feel it unfair to our hotels,
garages and other places of business
to have the communities use the tax
payers money to provide free accom
modations to the motorist who is un
able or not willing to pay his way.”
ARMY OFFICER VICTIM
OF UNKNOWN DRIVER
Killed While Crossing Street in At
lanta and Officials Are Trying to
Find Driver of Car.
Atlanta, March 16. —(A*)—Lieuten-
ant Waldo 8. Ickes, 35, of the United
States army, was killed here early to
day by an automobile as he was cross
ing in front of Peachtree Place. His
body was found by an amublancc
whhA had been summoned in response
to a call from an unidentified person,-
to Grady Hospital.
Police said that a woman in the
neighborhood of the accident reported
she heard the automobile, a sedan, hit
the army officer. She saw the ma
chine stop about 100 feet away, and
the driver went back. She told the
police she heard the man who was
driving the car exclaim "Lord, 1 have
killed a man” and he then stepped on
the gas and dashed away.
Happiness ,!• always where we find
it, but seldom where we seek It.
Twelve Pages Today
Two Sections
Rush of Gold Seekers! I
To Nevada T TreasindjW
With itiiiSew “Find” I
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EDWIN P. BRIDGES IS
COMMISSIONER OF PARDONS j
{Charlotte Man Appointed to Sue
reed 11. Hoyle Sink. |
The Tribune Bureau j
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, March 16.—The appoint
ment of Edwin B. Bridges, young
- Charlotte attorney, as commissioner
of pardons to succeed H. Iloyle Sink,
by Governor A. W. MeLenn within a
few hours after the appointment of
I Sink as one of the two permanent
emergency superior court judges for
the western district put a quick end
Ito much speculation as to whom
Sink's successor would be. But even
in the few hours intervening between
the appointments, speculation was
general throughout Raleigh, and the
name of Bridges was mentioned by
. several as being p likely candidate for
the place. Whether Bridges will al
so be secretary of the salary and wage j
commission, a post also held by Sink, j'
still remains indefinite, since the an- j
nouncement of the governor, made by
long distance telephone from Piue
hurst late Tuesday afternoon, made
no mention of this post.
It lias been generally understood in
state circles for some months that
the retirement of Sink as commis
sioner of pardons was imminent, and '
thus his appointment to the superior
court, bench did not come as a great
surprise. This also helps to account
for the quick decision made by the (
governor in naming his successor, since '
he evidently had already determined j
upon the appointment of Bridges as
soon as Sink should retire. f ■
Although Sink has been one of ,
the youngest of the state’s official ]
family, being but 37 years of age, ,
Bridges has the unique distinction of ,
, being still younger—only 32 years ,
old. Since 1021 he hns been a prac
ticing attorney in Charlotte, where
G lie has achieved considerable distinc
tion.
i Bridges is the son of Dr. J. R.
s Bridges, of Charlotte, who for years
has been the editor of' the Presby
terian Standard, one of the outstand
ing publications of the Southern Pres-
I byterinn Church. He is a graduate
I of Hampden-Sidney College, Hamp
■ den-Sidncy, Virginia, one of the oldest
i I*resbyterian colleges in the country,
> inter attending the law school of -the
• University of North (Jaroliua, later
- doing afiffifitliXl' wvoeh *n -
■ h*ge, DublTnT TreßiniT. '
Bridges enlisted hi the army as a
• private in May. 1017, and served lft
► months, most" of it in actual fighting
over seas with the Thirtieth Division,
i He was discharged after the armistice
I with tiie rank of a second lieutenant.
During his residence in Charlotte.!
i Bridges has been chairman of the 1
i Civitan administration committee and I
■ chairman of the Charlotte Red Cross.
■ He was also a member of the State
l educational commission during the !
i time it made its exhaustive survey of
I the educational needs of the state.
Mr. Sink will hold his present post
• as commissioner of pardons until May
Ist, when he will take up his duties
,on the bench. He expects to main-
I tain his residence in Raleigh for at
i leust six months, however, though
later lie may remove his residence to
i either his old home in Lexington of ,
■ perhaps Salisbury, he says.
! MAN UNDER ARREST
TELLS ABOUT HOLDUP
, Tells Officers He Was in Gang Which
Blew lip Armored Pay Roll Car.
Pittsburgh, March 16. —OP)—Three
t sensational payroll holdups in thisdis
, trict. . including the bombing of an
armored automobile last week when
a bandit gang escaped with $164,000
, were cleared up this afternoon, Dia
[ trict Attorney Samuel H. Gardner 1
t said, when lie made public a confes
sion by Joe Jnworski.
After leading county detectives to a
I farm near Bentleyville last night
f where the officers recovered $30,000 of
, the loot from the armored car, Jawor
ski today was closeted with the dis
trict attorney and George Murren,
| chief of county detectives. Aecord
t ing to officers, the suspect said he was
willing to talk.
When Gardner came from the room
, where he talked with Jaworski he said
the man had confessed that the bandit
gang of five members was responsible!
for ' the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal
Company holdup Friday, and that dur
ing the past four years the saute gang
staged two Christmas payroll rob
beries, getting away with a total of
$09,000. In one of these holdups a
guard was killed.
Grow Hair on Bald Mice; Try on Hu
mana.
Taunton, Eng., March 16.—Bald
mice have been made to grow hair in
experiments designed’ to discover a
cure for baldness among humans. |
To grow hair on mice is easy, sci
entists explain, but the trick was to
make the mice bald.
Dr. F. A. E. Crew, principal of the
Animal Breeding Institute of the Ed
inburgh University, lies discovered
that mice may be made to shed their
coats by extracting certain gland sub
stances. Dr. Crew also says that by
extracting a substance from normal
mice and grafting it on the bald ones,
he has been able to promote the growth
of the coat again either completely or
partially, according to the amount ap-j
plied.
The experiments are being contin
ued with a view of ascertaining if hu
man baldness may not be due to thd
sante glandular deficiency, and there
fore curable in ! a similar way.
awM
THE TRIBUNiI
PRINTS ' ||
TODAY’S NEWS TODAYS
NO/57T1
News of the Latest DiadHSi
ery at Barrel SpringsXH •
suits in 200
Staking Claims Thei?e.™
RUSH IN SNOW I
TO GET CLASH
Rainbow Chasers Plnajjfßl
Out Through the Nml
While Gale View w|-||
dows From Hotel. " I
Tonopah. Nev„ March
The land of geld nr Weepah held
increasing numbers in its spell todajt’fl
ns novices and desert rats alike
the latest discovery at Barrel
5 miles to the south. ”'fflj
Driven by that same urge whUjkWnjH
sunny home in Tennessee and raui.iß
sunny home! n Tennessee and jroftgt ■
the Yukon. 200 men and women strug- 11
gled through a whining
Storm from Goldfield to Barrel
and staked out claims in the new B
yesterday. •
The rainbow chasers plunged
through tire night while a gale fjSm ■
to such an extent that it ffig
storm doors and plate glass windows ®
our of the Goldfield Hotel. flj
Tiie temperature was 13
above zero with a 40-mile wind wMtfj ■
ling across the wastes of sage ftiad-J
of sage and sand. Sourdoughs (mob I
Alaska said the weather S
them of the Yukon trail at it waßt. M
The rush to the new district began®
before daylight, and long after <£SK.I
the last stragglers reached "“fflrlß
here. Miners at the gold zone, nil
mine 15 miles from Weepah, •StrmplH
down their tools and (mined ‘wJjiiS
dash. 5®
(■ ; ii|H®
Dollar Day Bargains. J® ■
The G. A. Moser Shoe Co.
oral SI.OO shoe bargains for pM# ■
borrow. Dollar Day. Buy your
footwear now and save money.
l>er cent discount will be allowed on ®
any goods not mentioned in
today. ®
In n big ad. today the Ritchie,®
Hardware Co. mentions many things.-®
they will have on sale Dollar Ikty’ JH
morrow. Any of these specials
will be sold for SI.OO. H
»a,“; ‘as
This store, ns you will see, has made®
many smashing reductions for this day®
in hosiery, underwear, dresses, notiejSl®
millinery, etc. In addition to tMH
bargains mentioned they will *lv»yea*®
10 per cent, off on any thing 4Nsj§]l
already reduced. Bead the big
column ad. in today’s papnv3| S
Cline & Moose are offering DqUplofl
Day bargains in standard goods, fresh ®
stock. Listen : 4 pounds of
roasted coffee, regular price
for one dollar. Other
as good. Read tiie ad. today.'’.'.ltthwe-'M
have other bargains too which a«» *<*£ 9
mentioned in the ad. ®
The Starnes-Miller-Parker Co. will ®
give 10 per cent, off on any article ®
in tiie Store Dollar Day. They svjß ®
offer specials at SI.OO. See «&r|9 1
Fifteen cakes of large
Coap at SI.OO at the J. & H.
Store, on Dollar Day. See ad. fop ®
other bargains. Call 587. :'f■
Tomorrow, which is Dollar - MBffi
Ivey’s will give a cash refund -few®
every cash purchase amounting
dollar or more. 10 rent s on every dol
lar spent ■
Visit Cline’s I'harmacy for hargaiaaH
ou Dollar Day. ■
In their regular ad. today Mat®
Parks-Belk Co. mentions a few
Dollar Day bargains at this stoeOg|H
morrow. H
On Dollar Day the Forest Hilt ®
Gleaning Co. will dean anything; you !
send them for SI.OO. Phones IjHHW
or 175,1. ■
W. A. Overcash will on
give 10 per cent, reduction on bis
tire stock of merchandise. ,
men’s suits reduced 25 per cent. (®U I
sweaters one-fourth off. See ad. Ipr I
other bargains. H
You can get a $2 t aba ret for
the Concord Furniture Company, on®
Dollar Day only. The
ited so you had better get youra enriy; j
See ad. today for other dollar day b(u>! ®
gains. Jj
In an ad. today the RichmondsX3hVm®
Co. tell you about three Dollar DagJl
specials in their dry goods department; ®
and also a number of bargains in 2j29l
grocery department. These are mOMK
a few of the many bargains they
have for you next Tliursdav. the 19®
Dollar Day. 1
—
•Judge Must Be in Court when Vmisfi
Is Returned. ...yfl 1
Raleigh, March 16.— UPi —AbMtifl
of Judge Stack from the court roe*®
when the jury brought in a verdiaHj® I
• Kuilty served today to give {k|H
Frank Basemore, negro, a new cbatoefefl
to escape the electric chair, -B.vM® 8
! The Supreme Court in oneof stilwß
opinions handed down, ordered a HWK
trial for the negro, who was conviUfiH
in Greene County last DmSh® 1
the murder of (Jordon Yeiverto*;'}® 8
young white man, and senteawSitHM
j file in the electric chair. J
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j 1 J. I
<i Fair tonight and
night. ” " tWme J |