PAGE FOUR Chevrolet stands unchal- mendous volume produc- PH" I '"'' 1“ lenged as the world’s largest don, plus the great resources J° r Economical Transportation S' producer of gearshift trucks. and engineering facilities of I'fiHHßßjl s ; sra^sars Chevrolet's low prices. T f ; slow depreciation—all the re- Come in and see the truck K. /i' 1 suit of modern truck-type that has won worldwide lead- _s, | i:'. r , construction and quality ership. Learn why it has given dl lllcSc materials throughout. such supreme satisfaction to T _ ___ T3**< r* c f ‘ With its powerful valve-in- so many users of every type— W 1 rlCcS# head motor —now equipped big fleet operators and in- 1-Ton Truck with AC oil filter and AC air dividual owners. 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' ... - : 1 contains COD LEVER MEAL Which means ‘fftat ftf ydtiHl g*t your finest flock of he&vy layirig I pullets .apd market Cockerels if you put a them on this fisimdus vi- I * I; m promoting oatmeal k; mash. It builds larger 1| framed, stronger ji&llets that lay better. Ask for fei Ful-O-Pep Growing p iwr a «h K' * - Made by |. . SoM* , K; G. W^PATTERSON m ~~ — r~"l ry, f ( /S YOUR BOY WELL SHOO It surety does cost money to keep the lad in shoe leather. Well it won't cost you so much : if you let us fix up his old ones to look like new and the com fort. and style of them will be OurKvork (lives Lasting Satis faction. . Hjf*p ! Colds and the Fla To break op a cold overnight or ' to cut short an attack of grippe, influenza, sore throat or tonsillitis, physicians and druggists/arc now redommenefirtg Calotabs, the puri-1 fied and refined calomel ctimpourv tablet that -gives you the effects 1 SIMMERSON IX CHARLOTTE TO SEE LAWYER Talk es Investigation of Alleged At tempts to Influence Legislators. Charlotte News. Ralph Simmerson, of ttiieueer, youthful politician, fundamentalist and alleged emissary of the Ku Klux Klau, came Thursday to Charlotte to confer with Tom P. Jimieon. former minister and feauiir presi dent of the State Federation of l.a bor, who will he at torney in any investigation which may he made of the reeent disclos ures of alleged attempts to improp erly influence members of the legis lature to oppose anti-Klan legisla tiup. Simmerson was named by several members 0 f the legislature as the man who suggested to them and per haps others that it would Ik- profit able for them to wpposq, billfi intend ed to •'unmask" the Klau in North Carolina. Simmersoni said he would have, no (-oumieuWto make on those allegations, inasmuch as he has re ceived reports that further develop ments In this matter are (lending, the nature of which he did not disclose. This Spencer youth was a page in ♦he Senate during the- recently ad journed session. No conference will be held !■ here with M. S. Reiser, aetjng grand dragon of the ICan in tuns State, who recently established headquar ters at Charlotte, Mr. Simmcnson Nursing Mothtrs Should Guard Agamst Vitamin-Starvation SCOTT’S aiuisMh 4 .'.ii’-'a; -Ji > m I Cod ' 1 : Ay | ' ‘ft l, Bloomtekl.Tl. J. 26-32.1 ‘ . r - J- < THE COMIDRD t»AILY TRIBttNE —— I .U. 1—1.,. said. Her added that he conferred Wednesday in another city with Mr. Reiser. He declined, howevw to in dicate the nature of that conference or to say whether or not ; it was related to the allegations Sos .at tempted brils-ry, made by Represen tative Nat A. Townsend, of Damn, j and others imnn'dlalet.v after ad jourmnmt of the Legislature.*■' It is estimated that there are 40,- 0(K) users of wireless sets m the Irish Free State, but only about ."VOOR per -1 sons have complied with the' law by ' taking out licenses. Texas is the country's cattle eiate with (l.l.'Mi.Obl) head. lowa ik steoml with 4.031.000, And Wiscomdu third 1 with 2,0715,000. . ■■■ i'l No Pay » tWi ■ »■, V V . . i4-.iw A AM B t i Wi « . \ 'g 4« | - . aJ Mm in. a. ' T-gT?"". : ■ ■■■»! I a»il.t m, •m, ■ II 11-Ki.i —I I. ~ .. Six Charlotte People Claim to Have Part m Mark Hopkins Estate Charlotte, March 17.—jfix residents «t Charlotte have revealed visions of becoming millionaires via the Mark Hopkins fortune in California. Thaae are, namely, Mrs. 8. P. Dry, 308 South McDowell Street; Mrs. Julia A. Stogner, 417 Savona Avenue ; .Mr*. D. J. Sossoman, 113 Seversville Avenue: B. D. Howell, 007 North Davidson Street, a traveling salesman; W. W. Carter, 1016 East Avenue, contractor, and E. M. Carter, 1830 Pegtum Street, contractor. These are believed to be the most probable inheritors of a large portion of the Hopkins' wealth in that they are among-the nearest living relatives of Mark Hopkins, being direct des cendants of his brother, John Hopkins, who was not recognised in the settle ment of the estate following the dath of Mark Hopkins. Mrs. Dry declares that there are not more than one hundred direct descendants, the bal ance of the 232 persons in the United States who • have filed claims being tw distantly related to be given serious consideration. According to the estimates of some, the Mark Hopkins fortune is now in the neighborhood of a billion dollars. It is reckoned to be the la'rgest state now being claimed in the United States today, but the largest inheritable pri vate fortune the world has ever known. The most conservative esti mates place the estate at $350,000,- 000. Samuel Jones, a Charlotte lawyer, represents four of the local claimants, these being Mrs. Dry, Mr. Howell, and the two Carters, while Jndge James H. Langdon. of San Francisco. GaL, represents Mrs. Sossoman and Mrs. Stogner. Both lawyers are said to have tiled suits for their clients in the Federal court at San Francisco. It is asserted that the litigation to deter mine the rightful heirs will have to be settled before next Christmas, in lieu of which the estate will pass into the hands of the Federal Government. A meeting of the several lawyers and their clients has been called to be held at Greensboro during the present month to consider important 'matters relative to the trial. in San Francisco. There are a -number of relatives and near-relatives in North Carolina besides those named, these being scattered over the Piedmont sec tion. in Randolph, Cabarrus and For syth counties and in the neighbor hoods of High Point and Greensboro. Ail six of the Charlotte claimants have made affidavits. Four of them, Mrs. Dry, Mr. Howell and the two Carters have further evidence that they are among the rightful heirs in she following letter, received ‘by W. \V. Carter a short white'ago. which alleges to sustain the claim that they are among the nearest of kin to John Hopkins, brother of Mark Hopkins, who remained' in North Carolina when Mark and Mose, another brother, journeyed into the West: “Mr. Albert Alexander Harrell, of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, has made the following affidavit of recent date, saying he knows all tbt»; Howell and Hopkins families who once resided - i.i Cabarrus and Stanly counties, which reads as follows: “I, Albert Alexander Harvell, states that he personally knew John (Jackie) Hopkins, who said he was a brother of Mose and Mark Hopkins, who went to California at the time of the gold rush, the latter part of 1818 or former part of 1819, and that he personally knew the children of the said John (Jackie) Hopkins to he as follows: “Prudie Hopkins Teeter. Frances (Fannie) Hopkins Howell, Rhodie Hopkins, Jim Hopkins and Richard , Hopkins. “The said Frances (Fannie) Hop kins, married William Howell on Nov ember 29, 1829. The children of the said Frances (Fannie) Howell are as follows: “Sophronia Howell Moss, Mary ' Maggie Howell Hart sell, Traviji , Howell Stowe, Adeline Howell, Carter Howell. Edward Howell, William . Howell, Jr,, and Emxely Howell. “He further states that he knew the children of the above and has given the names of them. (These names include Bruce D. Howell. Charlotte claimant, son of the above Kinsley Howell; W. W. Carter, K. M. Carter and Mrs, S. P. Dry, Charlotte claimants. Children of the above Ade line Howell Carter). He also says that lie is in no way related to aiiy of these parties, and his statement is purely voluntary.” ■ Mr. Harvell is now said to be 81 years of age. “Weil get it if anybody does," Mr. Howell said. "Then I’ll have more . -money that I know what to do with. Then, too (he added, pointing to his - modest home), "I won’t have to live in a place like that," intimating his intention to adorn Myers Park with another mansion of the Jurnes B. Duke Variety. , Mrs. Dry remembers the following tradition which tends to further pro mote the cause of these claimants: ! She says that her aunt, Adeline How ell; mentloml in Mr. Harwell's affidavit, often told her before she died that when a tiny child she and her par ents, Fannie and William Howell, met Mark and Mose Hopkins, brothers, on their way west, in Tennessee. There the two adveuturers secured fresh horses from the Howells, and ; journeyed on. For a while they wrote : 1 to the Howells, who bad then moved to North Carolina, telling of their hardships. They traveled West on horseback. Their small savings were - soon spent and they were forced time after time to stop and work to secure - mony with which to continue their jj journey. Finally they reached C4l - The last time they wrote ( I they were Hi the gold mining business. I j The balance of their story is familiar ;to newspaiier readers. Mark Hopkins' j prospered and accumulated untold }< riches, and died without mukitig u will, li At the time of his death he had lived p for some years with Mary Sherwood, f 1 who became the mother, of Mb child Ji HM is said .never lb- hash claimed her I nsSjhis lawful wife, WhiHi; would haw* i lkg«licsd athelr ’ union /(nmler) nn > oldtl cSmo{H entered cbuu *«’ next of kin.^Ms k-ifeat?*. J, / HGL l . -* .t s. Carolina. Investigation la said to have bfeen instituted upon discovery that Mary Sherwood wag never Mark Hopkins' lawful wife. Later a descendant of her son failed in an attempt to secure the fortune. An alleged spurious will is said to have figured in the litigation. This document was denounced and thrown out by the California courts. It was not until two years ago that the North Carolina descendants and relatives of Mark Hopkins learned of his death and of the unclaimed fortune in the hands of the Govem- Gelley 2 ol Hopkins este ment. They immediately took steps to file their claims as co-heirs to the estate. AU who can prove the most remote relationship to the millionaire ' are filing their claims. The Charlotte relatives believe that their participa tion is certain because of the fact that they are the most direct heirs. All of the North Carolina claimants are married and have children to help enjoy their good fortune should they awake some fine moriug and find themselves millionaires. Mrs. Dry has five children; Mrs. Sossoman. E. M. ami W. W. Carter have three each, while B. D. Howell has two. Mrs. Stegttar is a much older woman than her niece. Mrs. Sossoman. She also claims direct descent from John (Jackie) Hopkins. “When we get the money” is a household phrase in these homes, es- j pecially with the children. A char-’' acteristic remark was made by little Pauline Sossoman, when she said, “When we get the money, I won’t have to bring in wood any more." However, Mrs. Sossoman declares she raised her children in the fear of the Isird, and is determined that money shall not turn them from righteous- i ness. She sends them to Sunday School every Sunday. She was hor rified at the suggestion that they have their pictures taken on the Lord’s Day. Floiinie Sossoman, eldest daugh ter, admits that she has designs upon the beauty imrlors and is even looking witli some concern Upon the lipstick. Mrs. Stogner. now 52 years old, shakes her head at the idea of ever playing the "Merry Widow” role, though she concedes that the possession of a little of the money would do “a sight of good." Time wil tell whether the Charlotte claimants will ever realize on any of the wealth left by Mark'Hopkins. ' In the meantime they continue to labor energetically at their several occupations. They are not counting their chickens before they are hatched, and there are many mouths to feed in the meantime,; l}ut-' the youngsters are looking forward with inii'ch optim ism to Ae time when tlieir ship will come in from the Mark Hopkins Treasure Island in the Golden West. BEAUTIFUL WEDDING OF SALISBURY GIRL Miss Lula Belle Paris is Bride of Robert lleindel Scott, of Atlanta. Salisbury; March 17.—sAn out standing social event of the season and one of special interest to hulls dreds of friends in North Carolina and Georgia was the marriage this evening at 7 o'clock of Miss Lula Bel'.e Paris, of Salisbury, to Robert Heiudel Scott, of Atlanta. The wed ding was solemnized at First Meth odist church, Salisbury, in the pres ence of hundreds of friends of the bride and her parents, Rev. and Mrs Zadok Paris. Following the wedding n reception was held at the parsonage Oil Main street and the couple left later in j the evening for a bridal trip ' that j will include Bermuda and Cuba. j Upon their return they .will live in I Atlanta. The bride was radiantly beautiful ' in white duchess satin with full j length veil of tulle attached with j coronet of pearls and knots of prange ! blossoms and edged with perab. She j carried an arm shower of valley | lilies and pink orchids. A«H*oinpc'nj- j ing the bHde was her father who ! gave her in marriage. Car Abandoned in Cemetery. Mooresville Enterprise. Elsewhere in this issue is a short story concerning the attempted theft of Con Johnson's car last Sunday by parties who were driving a Chevrolet coujie. The police authorities were notified Monday morning that an abandoned ear was standing inside enclosure of Willow Valley cemetery.! Tlie car was placed in a, garage aiidi upon investigation it is found that thef machine belongs to a party in Lex ington, from whom it was stolen Sat urday or Sunday. The tag found on the ear belongs to H. M. Allen, of Concord, and was stolen Sunday eve ning. The Lexington part/ will be here Thursday to secure his machine. Coolidge, Wilson, 'Roosevelt, Mc- Kinley, Cleveland, .Haynes and John son were State governors before they became President of the United Stnteß. :■ I ■ fSSi t Tk-AsMf '■ - /L. ■ •' U~ r Omtan^k^iomorrair. It, „■ v LITTLE BOY KILLED i BY TRUCK AT NEWTON Three-Year-Old of Mr. and Mrs J. W. Freeman Starts to Meet Fath er and la Hit Newton, March 17.—The three year-old-son of Mr. and Mra. J. W. Freeman was run down by a truck late this afternoon and instantly killed. The child, it is alleged, had stared to meet its father, an em ploye of the Clyde mills, as b* was returning home from hih work. Eye witnesses state that it started to cross a narrow street near its home, on Middlebrook street, at the same LOOK! Saturday Specials, Opaline Motor Oil SALE ! To conform with our Saturday Evening Post adve tisement / - m f'V- One Gallon Can Motor Oil at the Barrel Price Buy one gallon as cheap a barrel for Saturday On! at our company Operated stations Look for the Bannei Sinclair Refining Co TONIGHT Free Moving Pictures at the 1 HIGHg^CKiiteI^ITORIUM “THE AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE” Free to Everyone Bring Your Frient TWO TUBE RADIOLA GIVEN AWAY To The Lucky Number Show Begins at 7:45 O’clock | ji Ritchie Hardware G& I "Ur Hardware Store" rt z--, Women’s Spring j mg Footwear Exclusive New Styles Espcc ially priced— V J 1 * $2- 95AMJ $3' 95 4 ■jr Assembly includes Slippers, Pumps and Oxfords of Satin, ' nk Sueede, Reptile, Patent f Leather, Kidskin and Calf in J* all the favored spring shades. JU In AA TO D ■ uk See Our Window MERIT SHOE M Jr STORE \ 40 S. Union St. L Phone 579 i M| I m . * y . .Pit,'.'-- ’Lid?- Si*" -'v;- l Friday, March 18,c^ time the truck, driven by A. One.' was paseing another ca Hartsoe states that he wi ing the- other, car and also ditch on his side ot the roi effort to get by without an when the child ran immed front of hia truck- Before time to atop the left fore the truck passed over the head. The accident appears to h unavoidable, Hartsoe imi notified the po;ice who, thorough investigation, rest.,- j

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