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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII Americans In Canton Ordered To Leave By The American Consul Americans in and Near the City Ordered to Proceed to Shameen, Because of Anti-Foreign Situation. englaneTsends MORE SOLDIERS Decided to Increase Force in Shanghai.—American Gunboat Ordered to Re port at Once to Teintsin. C’ntiton, Chinn, April 2.—OP)— Evacuation of all Americans in the vicinity of Canton and those in the native section of the city was ordered today by the United States consul. The Americans were ordered to pro ceed to Nhnineen, the foreign colony of the city, because of the growing se riousness of the nnti-foreign situation. , Extra precautions were taken in strengthening the barricades of the foreign colony, Americans participat ing in the work. Michael Borodin, Russian adviser of the Kuomintnng of Cantonese party, is expected here soon in an attempt to stir Canton laborers into action. Gunboat Sent to Tientsin. Washington, April 2.—CP)—At the request of Alinister Mac Murray, at Peking, the gunboat Asheville was sent to Tientsin from Shanghai today, Admiral Williams, commanding the American naval forces in Chinese waters, reported to the navy depart ment. He gave no details of the situation at Tientsin. British Reinforcements to Shanghai. London. April 2.—CP)—The Brit ish government, it was officially an nounced today, has decided to send reinforcements to Shanghai, consisting of a brigade of infantry and auxiliary units. “SLAIN” MAN APPEARS; HALTS Mt'RDER TRIAL Is Mystified Over Testimony Os Wit nesses Telling How He Waa “Killed.” Birmingham, Ala., April I.—J. Q, Lott, come. hijw» .hi Birmingham tq y 1, Che know ledge ibat ft; reappearance in Bntaw last night saved six persons from standing trial on grand jury indictments ehnrging tlipni with beating him to death nnd easting his body in the Black Warrior river. While police were dragging the river for traces of Lott's body, the latter was living in Aliceville, Ala., only 28 miles away, it developed to day. The little itinerant painter knew nothing of the search which extended over a period of ten months. He said he left Eutaw the day of his su|>posed murder, having "finished up a job and having prospects iu Aliceville." "The first time I heard I was "dead" was Wednesday night, when I rend about the opening of the trial iu a newspaper." he said. "Then I went to Eutaw.” Lott was mystified when told of testimony before the Greene county grand jury by witnesses who profess ed seeing six persons attack him and drag his lifeless body to the stream, where they said it was weighted with roeks and cast from the bank. The painter seemed inclined to view the matter as a joke, now that Miss Lottie Wilson, Thelma Wilson and Mrs. Mattie Reynolds, sisters, Charles nnd William Upchurch and Hal Lee. who ' were indicted for his murder, have been freed. To his brother, J. H. Lott, of Birm ingham, however, it was a serious mat ter. The brother had engaged an at torney to aid in prosecuting the six and even hod arranged for n diver to search the murky Warrior for his brother’s body. Sunday Night 7:30 Cross-Candle-Song-Service With Sermon on “ SATAN'S TRAPS'' By Pastor A Service That You Won’t Forgot at FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH NOTICE! The Electric Current will be off Sunday Morning from 7:00 A. M. until 10 o’clock, on account of nec essary changes at Southern Power Sub-station in Con cord. Water and Light Department The Concord Daily Tribune ' North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily KING FERDINAND REPORTED TO BE AT GRAVE’S BRINK Paris. April 2.—CP) —King Fer dinand of Roumania today was re ported to be on the brink of the grave. Reports were that lie was 'not suffering from the chronic mnl ady for which he recently under went radium treatment, but com plications arising from an attack of influenza. PROPOSED MERGER TO GET FULL ATTENTION Motion of Minority Stockholders Formally Recognised lly Commis- Washington. April 2.—CP)—ln‘ its first order touching the propsed Ohesa- I>enke & Ohio consolidation with the Erie and Pere Marquette railroads, which has been ndvnneed by the Van Sweringen interests, the Internnl Com mission today refused to deny minority stockholders the right to fight the merger. A motion on behnlf of the C. & O. asking the commission to reject the petit ion of George S. Keinp and a committee of minority stockholders who have attacked the plan was den ied, nnd the petitioners will be allow ed to participate fully in further pro ceedings affecting the consolidation. The Chesapeake & Ohio proposal was put before the Commission several weeks ago and was immediately chal lenged by the Kemp committee. The Commission is expected to announce soon the dnte for beginning hearings on the merger. FIVE COAL COMPANIES TO CONTINUE OPERATION Operators and Miners Make Separate Agreement As To Wages. Rellenir, Ohio, April 2.—(A*)—Five coal mines operating companies em ploying IKK) men today signed separate agreements with union miners to pay the Jacksonville scale of wages in effect since 11)17. Other companies are expected to sign Inter in the day. The companies signiug the agree ment were: The Shick Coal Co; and the Progressive Coal Co., Belleair;the Sunn.vside Coal Co, the Meister Coal fcWapd the VV, FL JSMfeK of Martin s Ferry. THE STOCK MARKET Several Rail* Touched New High Levels as Did U. S. Steel f«m mqt>. New York, April 2. — UP) —Specula- tive interests in today's stock market shifted to the rails, several of which touched new high levels. Industrials were subjected to heavy profit taking, although United States Steel common established another high record at 170 3-8; in the early trading busi ness was in heavy volume for a half holiday session. Frank <l. LUpfert Dead. Winston-Salem. April 2. — UP) — Frank J. Liipfert, (10, one of Win ston-Salem’s leading business men and citizens, died at his home here at 8 o'clock this morning following -a stroke of paralysis Wednesday night. He had served as President of the Chamber of Commerce; secretary treasurer of the Forsythe Fair Asso ciation, and member of the board of trustees of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville. Funeral services will be conducted from the First Baptist Church at 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Salisbury Wins Salisbury, April I.—Salisbury high school debaters wou from char lotte at the Boyden high school here tonight in the triangular contest. The Salisbury school was represent ed on the affirmative side by Misses Christine Hudson and Rachael Bus by. Charlotte was represented by Worth Helms and Charles Ogburn. Salisbury negative speakers, Samuel Wiley and William White, met Asheville at Asheville. Will Arbitrate. Washington, April 2. —C4*)—The southeastern railroads and their fire men have agreed to arbitrate their wage increase controversy, the United States Railway Meditation Board an nounced today. Salaries of baseball players twenty five years ago were around $6,000 or less. Today the top salary is $70,- 000, pulled down by Babe Ruth. World To Last Millions Os Years Scientist Tells Syracuse Students j By International News Service. Syracuse, N. l'„ April 2.—lt is quite unnecessary to worry about the \yorld coming to an end for its pres ent diminishing rate it will Inst for several million years. I)r. Arthus Hans, of the University of Vienna, told a student audience in Slocum Hall, Syracuse University. l)r. Hnns lec tured under the auspices of Syracuse (Chapter, Sigma Xi, scientific honor ary fraternity. Though he experienced difficulty with the English tongue. Dr. Hans explained to his listeners that though eventually the enrth will waste eom- Ipletely away, that very likely it will reform itself form the energy it has given off sinee its birth. By the snine theory, the speaker declared that all solar bodies of the universe are whittling down, but said that what energy they give off will form new worlds. He said the matter is reconstructed from radiation and tlthough the uni verse .will fall apart it will build itself together again every few million years. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at Decline of 2 to 4 Points. Prices Easing off to 14.25 For July. New York, April 2. —(A*)—The cot ton market opened steady today at a decline of 2 to 4 points under South ern selling and commission house liquidation, prices easing off to 14.25 for July and 14.4!) ffir October. Liv erpool made a relatively easy showing however, while there was some trade buying on the decline here. After early offerings had been absorbed, prices steadied on covering with trad ing quiet at the end of the first hour. Private cables reported liquidation by the continent had been absorbed by trade selling and covering in the Liverpool market. The amount of cotton on shipboard awaiting clearance at the end of the week was estimated at 177,000 bnles, against 72,000 bales last year. Reports of more favorable weather condition in South were accompanied by a little Southern and local selling, but small Offerings were absorbed on slight declines, and the close was steady at net losses of 2 to 5 points. Cotton futures opened steady; May 14.0!); July 14.25; October 14.50; December 14.67; January 14.71. New York. April 2.— UP) —Cotton futures closed: January 14.71; May 14.04; July 14.24; October 14.48; December 14.67. XONDIIIOh OF HENRY . . FORD STILL IMPROVING Unless Complications Set in No More Bulletins Will Be Given Ont. Detroit, April 2.— UP) —Henry Ford is making normnl progress toward re covery froni injuries he received last Sunday when the small coupe in which he was driving alone was forced from the road and crashed into a tree. Un less there is a change for the worse in his condition, no more medical bul letins will be given out. This was the brief statement this morning of Dr. Roy .D. McClure, chief surgeon of Henry Ford's own great hospital here, who has been attending the injured auto king. CROWD ABOUT JAIL IS DISPERSED IN TIME Crowd Gathered About Jail Where Three Men, Held in Connection With Slaying, Were Lodged. Stinnett, Texas, April 2. — UP)— Fears for the safety of three men held in jail here in connection with the slaying of two deputy sheriffs were allayed today when officers dispersed a crowd r<q>orted to be seeking to re move the suspects from their cells. The situation was announced un der control after officers from Borgeri reinforced deputies here who had es tablished guard lines around the jail. Western Lutheran Meeting at West HMtory Concluded. Hickoiy. April I.—The western conference of the North Carolinn Lutheran synod was brought to a close here Wednesday afternoon when the sessions were adjourned in time for the delegates to attend the funeral of Dr. G. H. Gerberdmg, re tired Lutheran minister, who was struck by an automobile and in stautly killed Sunday night. Bethnny Lutheran church of West Hickory was host to the conference which will meet next year with Con cordia Lutheran church near Landis. Officers elected for the year are Rev .1. 8. Wessinger, of China Grove, president; Rev. P. D. Risiuger, ot Lenoir, vice president; Rev. F. B. Lingle, of Spencer, secretary, and J. A. B. Goodman, of Mooresville, treasurer ■LLai-1-L..-.-. r=? Star Theatre MONDAY—TUESDAY APRIL 4th and sth THOMAS MEIGHAN In His Latest Picture “THE CANADIAN" v WEDNESDAY ONLY EVERYBODY’S DAY ADMISSION sc—loc DICK HATTON in “A WESTERN ENGAGE MENT". ALSO A BIG COMEDY CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1927 In his discourse Dr. Hans, who is considered an authority mi science nnd atomic physics, used figures from the diameter of the atom of hydrogen, measuring the tenth part of a million th of a millimeter to the probable age of the universe. After telling the history of the atom, which cannot be seen under the strong- j est microsciqie. Dr. linns declared that ' the atom might not only be the source of energy, but energy the maker of ! the atom. | Dr. Hans said that the universe is ;gradually wasting away, that the in terior of a fixed star is at a tempera 'ture of millions of degrees, causing an jnilhntion of matter to such n degree 'that a star looses most of its mass ' I during its lifetime. The sun is gradually becoming less, , he snifi, but the process is so slow ! |that it would be hardly possible to, | note the change in it since the begin- 1 I nig of the world. Dr. Haas stated that apparently the universe is pass ing through a cycle of construction ( und denudation. LOOKED UPON NOW AS A “MORALITY” BILL Opposition to Registration Cards on Automobiles From the Cake-Easters and Others. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel j Raleigh, April 2.—lndications are; now that the section of the mitoino- j tivc net requiring the registration cards of motorists to be displayed ou the instrument boards of their cars, | may prove to be a tnornl ns well ns an anti-theft feature and accomplish in another way what Dr. Oscar Hay- j wood sought to accomplish through his j morality bilk*. Aud while the opposition to the section so far lias been entirely from the financial angle because of the extra charge of 50 cents for the container, opposition to it is now being beard from the sheiks, cake-eaters and "men aboUt-town” from an entirely new angle. "What did you fellows menu by let ting a law like that slip through the legislature?" a young constituent of I a certain gentleman asked the senator | the other day, referring to the regis- ] tration card container provision. “Why, that is a good law. and will i do more to stop automobile thefts) than anything that has yet been done," j the senator replied. “Oh, yes, that part of it is a)i i right," his questioner replied, “and ,J ' don’J particularly object to the e*t*M*- cbarge of 50 cents. But who wants i to pick up a strange date and go for ) a ride, with his name and address ! there in plain view on the,dashboard? It just means that we have got to be darned careful who we take out riding after that law goes into ef fect.” It was pointed out by the senator that it would make it very easy for officers or others to determine the ownership of parked ears often seen along the roadside in the country, es pecially in the spring. "It may be that this last general assembly was more interested in mat ters pertaining to morality than eith er Dr. Haywood or others are in clined to think,” the senator conclud ed. Blind Preacher and Dog Return Fi-oin Tour. (By International News Service.) Athens. Tenu., April 2.—With “Dude,” his faithful dog. Rev. K. K. Fennell, the "blind evangelist." has returned to his home here following a tour of North .Carolina, where lie spent seven months at prisons and chain gnhg encampments. Mr. Fen nell said he led 682 prisons to con version. including 56 in the Raleigh penitentiary. During the seven years and two months he has been in the work he has converted 5,517. His greatest lecture is "Brightness of Blindness." Dude, half Spitz and half Collie, is his constant companion on tours and safely lends him through the thickest traffic and to trains. The Goose That Lays Golden Eggs In Modem Life y Svings Account I A Interest Does Ii The Concord National Bank WHY IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Speaking at a dinner of the Woolwich .Chamber of Commerce February 3, 1!)27, Sir Charles Higham. in discnsslqg the lessons of advertising for the business man, put forth the following epigrams, as reported in the London Morning I’ost for the following day: Pay for an ad. and trade won't be bad. He who advertises—realizes. Advertising sells three articles where you had only one sold before. Don't hope for business—advertise and make certain of it: REFERENDUM UPHOLDS STUDENTS' SUSPENSION Student Body By Secret Ballot Sus tains Council in Gambling Case. Chapel Hill. April I.—On a re ferendum secret ballot the student body of the University of North Carolina voted today to sustain the sentences of the student council which recently suspended 14 students on charges of gambling. The referendum was held ns the result of action at a mass meeting called last Tuesday night to consider the report of a student committee which had investigated the case following an appeal from the decis ion of the council. The student re port recommended that the sentences of the council be supported. The referendum submitted today contained the alternative plans for those disapproving the sentences as imposed by the council and recom mended by the committee. One plan was to reject the decisions of the council nnd put nil men under sen tence on strict probation. The other plan was to sustain the sentences of the council in the case of four of the men found guilty of lying in ad dition to gambling and to put the other 10 in strict probation. A. total of 3.042 votes were cast. The plan to support the council and committee received 003. the plan to suspend only four men and place the other 10 on strict probation 253 and the p!an to reject the decision of the council and place the men on strict probation 148 votes. EDGAR M. WILKINS IS MURDERED BY CAPTORS Dead Body of American. Held for Ransom of $20,000. Found by the Searcliers. Washington, April 2. —(4 s )—Edgar M. Wilkins, the American kidnapped near Guadalajara Sunday, was killed by his captors twenty-four hours lat er. it is learned. The slayers made no attertipt to hide the evidence of their crime and the body was found lying on El Colli Hill, near Santa Anna Aeatlnn. The discovery was made by an employee of the Chapala Electric Company of which Wilkins was chief engineer. Wilkins, a former resident of Sa vannah, Ga.. was captured Sunday twhile motor cycling with his ten-.vear old son near Guadalajara. The kid nappers, headed by Severeiano Can ales. demanded $20,000 ransbrn. and the son was sent to Guadalajara to obtain the money. A Factory Representative Here. A factory representative from Tom linson Chair Mfg. Co.. Higti Point, will be at the Concord Furniture Co. store Tuesday. April sth. with a full line of samples. Mr. Warren is com ing here to book some special orders. Anyone wishing to place an order for a complete suite.or for odd pieces, will have the. opportunity aud advantages of factory prices. They will welcome all of their customers and friends to see this wonderful line. No obliga tions. Woman Beaten To Death. Oakland Cal., April 2.—(A 3 ) —Mrs. Marie Frates, of Oakland, was beaten to death, and her husband, Manuel, ,was found in front of their home early today with his throat cut. He prob ably will die. Police arrived at the home in time to hear Frates say two men had at tacker! them. The husband then lapsed into unconsciousness nnd was taken to nn eniergeney hospital. Klan Reported To Be Out To “Get” State Auditor Durham By Brock Barkley iu Charlotte Ob server. Raleigh. April I.—The Ku Klux Klan is laying for the scalp of State Auditor Baxter Durham iu next year's primary campaign as the first instal ment of its fight on Ex-Grand Dragon Henry A. Grady. This was the word passed around here today by Klnn spokesmen, who declared that members of the organ ization are getting ready to “bent them both." Durham comes up in 1!)28 as a candidate for re-election, to a third term while Judge Grady is expected to offer in 1030 for a second term on the Superior court bench. The Klan’s opposition to Durham was described as the outgrowth of its fuss with Judge Grady. The state auditor, who was reputed to have drawn heavily on Klnu support in his fight for renomination in 1024, is listed among the "unfaithful" who quit with Grady. His brother. Walter Durham, local (banker and former treasurer of the North Carolina realm of the Klnn. also laid down his com mission. The three, according to the klansmen, have since been making war ou the organization. So the two office holders have been set for slaugh ter so soon as the time comes to get a whack at them. A recently launched movement to organize “Tar Heel Club" in the state is seen by Klan spokesmen as nn ef fort on the part of Grady and the Durhams to retrieve what they lost when they left he Klan by building SEVERAL BEING HELD FOR DEATH OF SOLDIER Roscoe Simmons. Fort Bragg Private, Fatally Stabbed Thursday Night. Fayetteville. April I.—Police here are holding several persons in con nection with the stabbing to death of Roscoe Simmons, of Mooresboro, a private in battery C, field artillery, Fort Bragg, who was found in a dying condition oil Franklin street late last night. Simmons died on the way to the hospital from two knife wounds, one in the neck and one over the heart. Two men seen with him earlier in the night and four other persons are being detained, but Chief J. Ross Jones declined to give their names un til the investigation is concluded. The soldier was found by police of ficers. near the Carolina Grocery com pany's building, after the pastor of a negro church nt Franklin and Max well streets had phoned headquarters that a man in the vicinity was sick ] ot injured. Simmons was a son of Mrs. G. E. Simmons, rural route 2, Mooresboro. Whether or not his body will be sent to Mooresboro for burial had not been definitely decided tonight. He was 23 years old. PINEDO LEAVES NEW ORLEANS FOR GALVESTON Probably 2,000 Persons Gathered To See Noted Airman Leave New Orleans. New Orleans, April 2. — UP) —The modern Santa Maria, piloted by Com mander Francesco de I’inedo, set sail westward early today continuing its 4-continent trip of discovery. En gines roaring, the massive monoplane dwarfed the army and navy planes escorting it as it sped over New Or leans on its way to Galveston. Probably 2,000 persons had assemb led at its mooring place when the plane was towed from the Industrial Canal b.v a naval boat, aud down the river, where the commander gave his engines their final warming up before sending ship up the Mississippi on its getaway. Concord Ministerial Association. The regular monthly meeting of the ministerial association will be at the Y. M. C. A. Monday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. J. C. Rowan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church will give au address on the subject: “Ev ery Christian Evangelism." Then there will be any matter of business attended to that may come up. Full attendance is urged. Secretary. Cambridge Crew Again Wins. Putney. England. April 2.—(A s ) Cambridge's varsity crew swept across the line four lengths ahead of Oxford today to win the eight-oared classic for the fourth consecutive year. ANNOUNCEMENT The 59th Series in this Old Reliable Building, Loan and Savings Association will open April 2nd. Running Shares cost 25 cents per share per week, matures SIOO.OO in 328 weeks. Prepaid Shares cost $72.25 per share, matures SIOO.OO in 328 weeks. Tax Returning Time Is Here, Remember That All Stock is Non-Taxable. Now is the accepted time to take shares and make a safe invest ment which will brine you the best return and you will be helping some good family get a home of its own. The Cabarrus County will be ,29 years old on April oth. Think of doing business that long without the loss of a cent on any loan or in any other way, and in the past ten years maturing its stock in 328 weeks. How many individual* have such a record? You can take shares any time now. A lot of people already have taken a running start by taking shares in SERIES NO. 59—NOW OPEN Cabarrus County Building Loan and Savings Association OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK up a new organization on which to rely for political support. The first of these clubs has just been formed in Ktdeigh wish its mem bership recruited largely, accord? vi to reports, from among forme men. The Raleigh kian was- ” the few locals that surrenderee* ..idirl charters when Judge Grady surren dered tile grnnd dragonxhip. The com ing of the new organization was her alded by Judge Grady in a speech at Itocky Mount a few days ago, when 1 | he declared that it would be as differ ent from the Klan "as daylight from I darkness." Kfforts have since been j made to organize one of the. Hubs there. It was reported not to be the pur-: pose of klansmen to put out a Klan candidate unless that should become necessary to develop opposition. The scheme will be to center support on any acceptable candidate who nn-j nounces. Durham is already facing an array of prospective opponents, none of. them, insofar as is known, members of the Klan. Among those mentioned for the place are Representative John M. Hrewer. of Wake Forest, and County Auditor Bell, of Moore county, both strong men. Xo word has been received here as to who among the lawyers of the sixth judicial district are aiming for Judge Grady's seat on the Superior court bench. Klan loyalists are willing to bet their last dollar, nevertheless, that Grady will not get it by default. NO ANTI-BLUE LAW EIGHT IN STATE NOW Professional Agitators Too Busy Else where to Come to North Carolina at the Present Time. lialeigh, April 2.—UP)—Profession al anti-blue law agitators are too busy in Maryland, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania to descend on North Carolina now, according to Linn E. A. Gale, Washington, secretary of the na tional association opposed to blue laws. The association advertised widely last summer that it would start a test suit in Asheville in an effort- to legal ize Sunday baseball and later to open up movie houses on Sunday. Action was never taken. Secretary Gale said efforts would be renewed this summer, and that last summer's failure had not influenced the association's policy. He intimated that Virginia and South Carolina were ahead of X'orth Carolina in. matters of blue law reform. TWIN-CITY ALDERMEN PLAN EOR EXPANSION Will Issue Bonds in Sum of $1,525.- 000 to Take Care of Expasion Pro gram for Year. Winston-Salem. April 2.— UP) —The Winston-Saiem aldermen have decided to issue bonds in the sum of $1,525,- 000 to take care of the city’s program of expansion this year. It is an nounced that $575,000 of the issue will be used for street improvements. Other work to be done is enlargement of the water and sewage systems, sur face drainage, and construction of con crete bridges. The present net in debtedness of the city is $0,327,721. With Our Advertisers. The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. will be glad to give you definite fig ures showing how money increases at compound interest with smal depos its of one dollar or more every week. Alto Williams, the plumber, of 17.3 Tournament street, guarantees his plumbing and heating. See ad. in this paper. The smartest always at Fisher’s. See the line Monday from the world's largest fashion center personally se lected. The goose that lays the golden egg in modern life is a savings account. Feed the goose and it will lay you golden eggs. Get one of them free at the Concord National Bank. See il lustration on first page. The Concord Furniture Co. will have a special factory showing on Tuesday, April sth. Mr. Warren, rep resenting the Tomlinson Chair Manu facturing Co., of High Point, will be at their store all day. with a full and complete line of living room, dining room and bed room furniture, in any finish. Mr. Warren is booking spec- I ial orders. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAf NO. 73 .. MICH DIKE FRO! STOniCHfliT STATE E(W t ' * iMany Buildings Were! Damaged But So Far atf - j is Known Now No Pfaj|| sons Were Injured. ! WINSTON-SALEM I hardest m Storm Was Also Severe Durham Where M«|| j Buildings Were m of the Wind. , (By tlie Associated Press) The northern section of North Caap*,-1 olina today was checking ijft|i tlie wake of the terrific wind which swept over that section*'iggijpl yesterday afternoon With such ftpjjjjjl that roofs were lifted from hoasMgg| and small outhouses and garages car- 'J ried from their foundations. DeSIdHM estimate of the loss is not n"itiln)|l|o] yet it will run into tunny thoustgaAgS of dollars. While tlie principal ihuur j age concentrated in Winston-SiiliiNaj' 3 and Durham. No injuries were reported itt tkoßa state, although there were tales miraculous escapes. Fifteen mettMHGS a narrow escape at the sub-station t* | the Southern Public Utilities oyjK|| pnny at Winston-Salem when the and other sections of the i were knocked off with a loss j ed at $25,000. The fnmily&of j. y£. S Umstead. at, Durham, wag tugUmll j when tlie roof over their lieatte. woof , j torn awyy and tlie house shakea.wß its foundations. - Falling telephone wires and flying, debris endangered life and Hinfc j throughout the storm swept mtjQjKm as people broke for skelter. Business was paralyzed in Win*tf!ireS| Salem during tlie storm, as the eljj|s*||jj trie current went off and street Itausa were stalled ill the street, while many j merchants closed their doors wile tbe darkness lasted. Housewives cooking j supper were forced to suspend, anti 3 late meals resulted. j Side swipes of the high wind wefa.Jj reported at Wilmington, Greenvill# j and Tarboro. as well as other sectioaa i of North Carolina, and towns in j Piedmont section visioned heavy light-*"! ning flashes and menacing clouds in j the early part of the evening, but es- j (•aped tile high winds. I Man Attacked By Three Negg*o*s|3 Winston-Salem, April I—olm*’ie' i] Puttier, of Ivanhoe, Va.. penniless, j without shoes or lint, with pniitffi auft sweater torn to shread*, with a butt- 1 ly wrench hack, and with his left . knee badly bruised, limped iota tlie office of the Associated Chariti^"|e^ ; i day to relate his treatment at hands of three negroes near » vtip vert on tlie Belews Creek road. Immediately after attacked by rhn negroes, the victim had poliejej f oh tb*r" scene, but the negroes had f1e%,53 After knocking the white- ■mU into a semi-conscious condition, the*';; robbed him of all his money. sl&it|tj stripped him of his slims, hat/ tore ; his clothing badly, bruised his badt ? and knee, and walked off, he says. Tlie victim believes he can identify/ his assailants. . THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner and Beano. ] (Closing Quotations) Atchison American Tobacco B American Smelting j American Locomotive IMB Atlantic Coast Line VpU-.* Allied Chemical ul Baldwin I-ocomotive l'StFjg J Baltimore & Ohio Ji Chesapeake & Ohio -- Frisco General Motors 4-WRffil General Electric Hudson (jjlißffi Standard Oil of N. J. ... j Kennecott Copper __ tJShlfl Coca-Cola _ tfora Liggett & Myers B 9ft/bid I Maryland Oil --ISmBI Pan American PetroHflm B WX&4 Rock Island / SB9 jR. J. Reynolds i u/109% I l Southern Railway - 123% | ] Studebaker j Stewart-Warner ---r | Tobacco Products 199% J Westingliouse -~ T . J39H Woolworth American Tel. & Tel. American Can 7 ,4fs|M Allis Chalmers ~ 'uSIH 1 lodge Bros. Great Northern - RfeSl Lorillard Montgomery Ward -- Norfolk & Western Overland .i/ 21AM Republic Iron and Steel Vick Chemical i—r*: Fair tonight, and Sunday, cold||iH west and extreme south l night, and on south coast Hnndara Kcesh southwest and shifting to g|fl j west winds. „ A
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