ASSOCIATED ;
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
At Least f )ead Bodies
Taken F> iris In Texas
Town E ; Wind Storms
menu
JttiOST DESTBOYEi
In Addition to Those Killed
More Than 100 Injured
PerSsdns Have Been Tak
en From Stricken Town.
TWISTER PLAYED
USUAL PRANKS
Baby Carried 50 Feet in Air
and Landed Safely.—
Thirty Bodies in Town
Have Been Identified.
Rookspringx, Tex., April 13.—G4>pV
At least 50 dead and more titan 100
injured were taken today from the
ruins of Rocksprings which wns vir
tually wiped out last night by the
worst tornado in the history of this
, section of Texas.
Relief workers took possession of
the town early this morning and more
are arriving. This town was lashed
into ruins in a few T minutes by a
twister from the northeast which
razed all except a few buildings as it
roared down a two mile path. Thir
ty bodies have been recovered.
The identified dead follow:
Robert Dollihite, editor of .the Ed
wards- County Leader, and four mem
bd|» of his family.
Mrs. Will Felts.
§ Mrs. W. J. Adams.
Mrs. Pennington and two members’
of her family.
Two children of J. Billings.
The Rev. Spiers, of the Rocksprings
Ik Methodist Church, Mrs. Spier and one
Ifrhil'i.
SOMr. and Mrs. .T. T. Oowden, his
TPjph and two children.
Charles Herrington.
Charley, Baker.
Charles McMain.
A Mr. bad Mrs. Willis.
Guy Henderson and three children.
fill . Ainirwif i ,
Imß '
twister were in evidence. A baby
was hurled 50 feet through the air
and landed safely, almost gently.
T. K. Newell, an automobile sales
man in the midst of the wind, rush
ed into.the splintering Valentine Ho
tel to save whoever he could reach. He
continued to extricate dying and in
jured after the hotel was in ruins.
The storm came from the northwest
' with little or no warning just after
dark, according to survivors. Few
buildings were left standing as the
tornado howled on its way.
Fire broke out soon afterward, and I
the postoffice and a restaurant, two of
the shells Rtill withstanding the wind,
were burned.
Relief workers including physicians
and nurses from San Antonio and
Kerrville, and a detachment of troops
friqn Fort Clark were delayed in ar
i riving with aid on account of storm
damaged roads.
After the tornado passed two wom
en, neighbors for many years, lay side
by side. One on the verge of uncon
sciousness asked "Are you sleeping
well"?
"I'll be sleeping in a minute.”
She died with the last word and her
companion lapsed into unconscious
ness.
Governor to Rest for Two Weeks.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Knleight, April 13.—Governor A.
W. McLean expects to spend the next
ten clays of two weeks in Wisconsin,
at a camp in the north woods, where
he will rest and attempt to recuperate
more fully from the attack of influ
euzn he suffered during the last gen
eral assembly, and from which he never
entirely recovered.
Governor McLean, who is now In
New York, will go on to Wisconsin,
where be hopes to ibe able to get a
complete rest for a week or two. Be
cause he did not entirely give up to
the attack of influenza during the
legislature and never fully recovered,
it has come 'back recurrently, and
, last week the Governor was confined
to the mansion for two days, he final
j ly consented to' take the advice of his
physician, however, and take a com
plete rest in a different climate.
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OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
Twe Concord Daily Tribune
AS
«2 AND
,7LL GROWING
, . Texas. April 13.
that struck this in- I
>t night took a toll of
► lives and injured about .
f. some fatally. The
the most disastrous in'
J of the state.
r | bodies have been re- I
, n the ruins of the town |
ft today, 33 of which had
j * led.
ijurcd. twenty were ex
ij ilie before night.
f the unidentified dead
, j iV' < leans.
ii STOCK MARKET
Selling , era More Numerous at the
Open; t of the Market Today.
i New T k, April 13.—C4>)—Selling
i orders w more numerous at the
■ opening 4 the stock market today*
• but losse{ were limited to fractions
aside fro Nash Motors, which fell
one DuPont one and oue
hnlf. ItavnO Corporation an<J Savage
Arms touched new minimum* for the
year. Some substantial advances, how
ever, were registered, including a
point each in Southern Railway and
l Dion Bag and Paper, and two points
on Air Reduction.
Labor Plentiful in State.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. April 13.—The supply of
lnibor is at present slightly exceeding
, the demand iu the state, especially
in the unskilled labor class, according
to the Intest report for the week just
ended, by the U. S.-Btate employment
service, under the state Department
jof Labor and Printing. During the
past week there were 1,051 registra
tions, and u»ly 5113 jobs provided ap
plicants. jlowever, with strawberry
picking starting, and activity increas
ing in the trucking sections and spring
planting advancing, it is thought that
the available supply of labor will
largest number of jobs supplied
during the week was through the
Wilmington office, where 144 obtained
employment. Many of these went to
the strawberry fields. The next largest
number. 107, were supplied jobs
through the Greensboro office, while
05 were given employment through
the Winston-Salem office. The new
office in Charlotte supplied 02 jobs
during the first week of its operation.
The number placed through the other
offices are as follows: Asheville, 60;
Salisbury. 64; Raleigh, 55; Rocky I
| Mount, 6.
Another Former Banker in Prison.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, April 13.—Still behind a
barred window', but this time a prison
window, with steel bars instead of the
brass bars of a banker's cage, another
banker started serving a term' of from
two to four years in the state prison
here today. He is W. A. Seugraves,
former cashier of the now baukrilpt
Hank of Holly Springs. He was as- ]
signed to the chair faetory to start |
with.
Seagraves was sentenced yesterday
afternoon by Judge W. A. Devin, after
he had thrown himself on mercy
of the court and admitted that he
had made false entries in the books
of the bank, which were responsible
for its failure. There was a shortage
of approximately $29,000 when the
bank closet].
The trial, which started Monday,
came to a dramatic end yesterday
when Seagraves admitted his guit and
was immediately sentenced.
He had nothing to say when he was
assigned to the chair factory this
morning.
Pilgrims Crushed to Death.
Hardwar, United Provinces, India,
April 13. — UP) —Thirty-six pilgrims
were crushed to death, aud many in
jured during a rush to be the first to
bathq in the Holy Ganges River as
part of Kumbha Mela, or Hindu re
ligious bathing ceremony.
The longest sentence in standard
literature is one in Hazlitt’s "Spirit
of the Age,” containing 110 lines, the
word “and” being 97 times repeated.
SEND RELIEF FOR |
STRICKEN PEOPLE!
i
Three Airplanes From San!
I Antonio Leave for Rock- 1
I springs, Carrying Rescue!
Workers and Supplies. :
San Antonio, April 13. — UP) —Three
airplanes took off from Kelly Field nt *
7 :45 o'elock this morning to carry aid 1
to the storm sufferers of Rocksprings. |
Authorities of -the training center were '
prepared to send any other help needed !
as soon as one of the ships could re
turn with information as to condi
tions.
One of the planes was an airplane
ambulance flown by Master Sergeant
E. F. Xendell, with Mujor C. L. Heav
en, chief flight snrgeon at Kelly Field,
as passenger.
What Will State Surplus Be?
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, April 13.—How much will
the surplus, or credit balance amount
to in the state treasury, 'by June 30,
1927, the end of the present fiscal
year? Will it amount to $2,000,000 or
more this year?
This is a question being asked as
a result of the state auditor’s state
ment for March, showing a credit
balance on hand of $3,475,356.19 for
the month of March —anil the largest
credit balance on the books for many
months.
It is explained, however, that this
abnormally large balance is due large
ly to the income tax collect ions made
In March, and that this sum will be
materialy reduced by expenditures dur
ing April. May and June.
However, if revenue collections keep
up at the pure they have maintained
for the last several months. indiop
tkms are that there wil be a credit
■balance by June 30 of at least $2,-
090,000, as compared with a balance.
«f itpr>TO*tamtelr
1926.
Hamilton Back at State Prison.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleight. April 13.—“ Here I am,
Warden, ready to serve the rest of
my sentence: lock me up.”
So spoke Leon Hamilton, whose
parole wns revoked several days ago
by Governor A. W. McLean, because
its terms had been violated, when
Hamilton walked into the office of
l)r. J. H. Norman, warden of the
state prison late Tuesday, anil sur
rendered voluntarily. He denied that
he had beeu evading arrest, although
Wake county deputies have been
searching for him several days. He
lias approximately two more years to
serve on a senteuce for highway rob
bery.
Hamilton made a good record as
a 'prisoner, and was paroled by Gov
ernor Cameron Morrison during his
administration. However, he haR
[served a 30 days road term on some
] minor charge, and was later implicated
las having taken a trip with Robert
Separk, notorious rum runner, to New
Bern, with a load of 70 gallons of
liquor.. Separk is now awaiting trial
for murder in Johnson county, in con
nection with the death of “Mighty”
Forsythe several months ago. •
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner ft Beane.
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
Atchison 181
American Tobacco B 124
American Smelting 149 Vi
American Locomotive 100V4
Atlantic Coast Line 180%
Allied Chemical 142
American Tel, & Tel. 167
American Can 47
Allis Chalmers 100%
Baldwin Locomotive 101%
Baltimore ft Ohio 116%'
Bangor 72%r
Bethlehem Steel 53%
Chesapeake ft Ohio 160
Coca-Cola 195
DuPont 243%
Dodge Bros. 19%
Erie i 58%
Frisco —— 100%
General» Motors 184
General Electric 92
Greet Northern 86%
Gulf tate ted 56%
Gold Dust 51%
Hudson -£._*•—> 74%
Int. Tel. 134%
KennecOtt Copper 62%
Liggett ft Myers B 99%
Mack Trunk 111%
Mo.-F«cific 56%
Norfolk ft Western—— 180%
N. Y. Central v— 140%
Pan American Pet. B. 1— 58%
Rock Island 92%
R. J. Reynolds 119%
Rep. Iron ft Steel 71%
Stand. Oil of N. J. 36%
Southern Railway 125%
Studebaker , r — 56
Texas 00. .L 47%
Tobacco Products 96%
ti; 8. Steel —-1. 170%
U. 8. Steel, New 123%
Vlek Chemical *. „ 57%
jWeetinghmise ,-TB%
Western Md. 38
Chrysler . 44
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1927
Counties Must Keep Within Their
Incomes Under New Measure
The Tribune Burena
Sir Walter Hotiw
By 4; C. BASKEKVILL I
Raleigh, April 13.—Now thatcofe
ties are prohibited from borrowing in
order to obtain funds for general Op
erating expenses, under the new cdjsn
|ty government bills, and must lve
j strietiy within the in-ome, provijled
rby (he 15 eents tax fixed by the Jtlfce'
constitution, the boards of county cßk
j missioncrc in a number of the e«itn
j ties are rapidly coming face to face
| with a serious situation, for
; there are but three alternatives, jfe
| cording to Dr. E. (’. Brooks. chifiiMm
[of the county government advijflk.v
j commission: It is likely thaUSui
land other simitar problems will Bke
) discussed at the general meeting inf
'county commissioners.-county audit#*,
j accountants and attorneys,
(been called to meet in the hdHif
I the house here on Wednesday, A wil
! 20th. I
I According to the terms of the lix
county government laws, counties srn
. no longer expend more than they re :
j reive in revenue from the 15 ee&ts
i levy allowed by the constitution, nejgti
j er can special school tnx districts ex
pend more than they have been Re
ceiving from the special tax nntfapr
ized by vote of tfce- paaplo. In the
past, it has been a common thing 4or
both counties and special school »x
districts to live beyoud their income,
and at the end of the year fund the
debt through the issuance of bondf —
which is nothing more than the levy
ing of an additional tax in an indirect
way, according' to Dr. Brooks. Tfejus
under the new law there are but three
things for the county commissfonßi*
to do, namely:
First—Curtail county expenses atul
live strictly within the income pfo
vided by the 15 cents tnx.
Second—Levy a higher tax rate for
the operation of the schools in the
special tax districts, or reduce ex
penses to meet the revenue derived
from the present tax. , f
Third—lncrease the valuation of
nil taxables in the couuty sufficiently
to produce the amount of revenue in
quired under the existing tax rates.
“There are many counties in sfie
state that for years have beeß ex
pending more for general coiitfffi fx
THE COTTON MARKET.
Opened Steady At An Advance Os
Two to Four Points On Baying
Promoted By Unfavorable Weather
ISsKnwe York, Apart I.A.—<4>>—CS*Ssf
market opened steady today At an.
advance of two to four points on buy
ing which appeared to be promoted
by unfavorable weather reports front
South and unfavorable features in
weekly report of weather burenu.
Southern selling and realizing at
the advance to 14.44 for July and 14.-
88 for llecenvber was absorbed at
reactions of a few points, with some
trade buying reported in old crop
mouths, while nervousness over pros
pects for further delays in farm work
was reflected in commission house
'buying of new crop positions.
Liverpool cables reported local and
continental buying' in . the market
thereon the unfavorable weather re
ports from the south.
Cotton futures opened steady : May
14.20; July 14.43; Oct. 14.71; Dec.
14.85; Jan. 14.91.
With Our Advertisers.
The American Legion presents "Cor
poral Kate” nt the Pastime theatre to
day aud tomorrow.
John Gilbert, Renee Adoree and
Lionel Barrymore In “The Show” at
Concord Theatre today. Tomorrow
Corinne Griffith will be shown in her
latest feature, “The Lady in Ermine.”
Home canned dewberry jam, pear
preserves, fig preserves and full line
of fruits and vegetables at J. & H.
Cash Store.
Oakland and Pontiac sixes, sold by
S. ft S. Motor Co., are General Motor
products. Call 506 for demonstra
tion.
Read carefully new ad. in this pa
per of J. C, Penney Company, now
celebrating 25th anniversary of its
founding.
The Pre-Easter Sale at Efird’s is
going better each day now. Call at
once while the Easter prices are pre
vailing.
The Richmond-Flowe Company can
fix up the well dressed man for Eas
ter. Michael-Stern clothes, hats, shirts,
neckwear and fancy sox.
The Gray Shop offers smart coata
from $9.75 to $24.50. Just the thing
needed for Easter.
Exceptional values in new summer
silks at Robinson’s. Plain ami new
English prints on radium, crepe ile
chine and flat crepe.
The Starnes-Miller-Parker Company
has watches, bar pins, beads, rings,
bracelets and other articles that will
make appropriate Easter gifts.
Fashion Goods At Parks-Belk Com
pany.
The fashions you have been waiting
for are’ at the Parks-Belk Co., for
Easter and early Burner, says page
ad'in this paper today.
Dresses, coats, dress goods, clothes
for infants, shoes for the entire family,
auitß for men and boys and ninny
other articles in the store mnrked ,;
down now.
Suits suitable for Easter from $8.98
to $29.50, neckties from 10 cents to
98 cents and belts from 25 cents to
$1.98.
Hat* for ladies and children frocks, >
SI.OO to $7.95, in latest fashions and
Modes. , . |
The largest 'picture ever painted,
other than a pnnarauin, is Tintoretto’s
“Paradise," in ; Venice, which measures
84 feet by 35 feat. ■ t>
j peases than they have received in
revenue from the 15 cents tax,” ex-
I plained Dr. Brooks. "In fact, they
■ [ have been evading the. constitution by
i borrowing from time to time to meet
■ t current expenses and- then when they
j have piled lip a big debt, have nu
■ ’ thorized bond 'issues to liquidate it.
11 Thus they have really voted an nddi
■'j fionnl tax for purposes which the
■ * constitution says the rate must not
• j exceed 15 cents for eaeh SIOO vatua
i! tion.
nj “Nor has this been confined to the
■1 counties alone. The same condition |
I ibns existed in the special school tnx j
: | districts. Os course there is no limit
‘1 to the tax rate which may be levied
I I !o supjiort the *lx months school term,
i Hus in those counties where there
• jave special school tnx districts, where
i|an additional tnx has been levied to
provide for two or three mouths addi
i j tionnl school besides the six months
[[term, the tax rate is fixed by a vote
’[Of the people and cannot be changed
f I except by popular vote. Yet in ninny
• 1 of these districts, milch has been spent
: | that is derived from the special tax.
•: and in order to make up the deficit.
[ the districts have borrowed just as
I the counties have done—and then
! asked for a bond issue to wipe out
' the debt. This also, technically spenk
• ing. was unconstitutional since it iu
reality imposed a heavier tax than
, sbe law allowed.
t“But still another problem arises
in connection with the forthcoming
quadrennial re-valßatTon of property
in all the counties. And in many of
' the counties the commissioners are
confidently looking forward to a pos
sible reduction in the valuation of
taxables in the counties.
"However, nnder the new county
government laws, the county eommis
i sioners are required to draw up a
budget and then levy a tnx rate to
j provide the necessary revenue. But
I for general purposes, there is of course
J the 15 cents limit. Thus, in order
!to get the Revenue necessary in a
'' number of dainties it will be neces
j sary to increase the valuation rather
| than decrease it. Thus there are
! some very real problems in connection
1 J with the operation of the new statutes
which the cotmty commissioners will
have to solve," Dr. Brooks concluded.
SUPREME COURT WILL
GET THE CARROLL CASE
Asheville Physicians Case May Have
Rapid Trip to Higfoest Court.
Asheville, April IX—Ctß—The
peai of Or. <ll. ,s/<Sltw?ll from an
order rtf the Siafe Hoard W 'AftJTejri*
Examiners revoking his practitioners
license 'because of alleged improper
conduct, toward woman patients at
his hospital here, seemed likely tod
day to be transferred from Buncombe
County Superior Court to the Suprine
Court of North Carolina without much
of a battle.
Dr. Carroll's appeal was set origin
ally for Monday. A day of legal con
troversy over whether the case should
be tried de novo before a jury, or
merely reviewed before Judge Thomas
J. Shaw of Greensboro, presiding over
the court, ended in a court ruling in
favor of a jury trial. A day of grace
was allowed in order to permit at
torney Dennis <}. Brummitt of North
Carolina and Luther Hamilton, More
head City, updating for the Board,
to reconstruct their ease and secure
witnesses in perparntion for trial be
fore n jury.
Attorney General Brummitt indi
cated today an effort to read grounds
for an appeal into the court records
would 'be made.
Spring Holidays at Davidson.
Davidson, April 13.—Davidson Col
lege's spring holidays begin at noon
Thursdny and will continue until Wed
nesday morning. During this period
of time, the junior class will have
charge of affairs, and have arranged
a full program for the entertainment
of the students who will remain and
the guests who will be present.
The first event will occur Friday
morning at 10:30. when four juniors
will participate in an oratorical con
test for a medal which will be awarded
at commencement. The juniors in the
contest are J. P. McKuight, of Shelby ;
A. T. Dillard, of Greensboro; M. C.
O’Neal, of Montgomery, Ala., and C.
H. Dußose, of China. The Davidson
Oollege Glee Club will perform that
night. The program for the other
days is as follows:
Saturday—3:Bo p. m.. Baseball
game, Wingate College vs. Davidson
freshmen; 8:00 p. m., Junior Night
at Alumni Gymnasium.
Sunday—ll:ls a. m., special East
er services at church; 6:15 p. m„
“Y” vesper services on lawn.
Monday—3 p. m., Baseball game at
Salisbury, University of North Caro
lina vs. Davidson varsity.
Tuesday —2:3o p. m., Baseball
game, Wake Forest frosh vs. Davidson
frosh; 7:30 p. m.. picture show at
Alumni Gymnasium.
Farm, Supplies at Yorke and Wads
worth Company.
The Yorke and Wadsworth Hard
ware Company, is prepared now to
meet every need of the farmer. This
store has purchased an unusually
large stock of farm materials and
these are being offered at unusually
low prices.
Read carefully half .page ad on page
nine and call to see the goods.
Want English Women To Vots.
Londoh, April 13.—CA>)—Premier
Baldwin announced in House of Com
'mdns today that the government will
introduce a bill at the next session
j of Parliament to give women the vote
at 21, thur equalising their franchise
with that es the men.
Many girls who declare they’ve
nothing to wear almost prove it. ;■
CARROLL COLLAPSES
- ON TRAIN AND IS
IN GREENVILLE. S. C.
Greenville. S. C„ April 13.—0 P)
—Eafl Carroll, theatrical producer,
en route to the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta, collapsed on the train
shortly before reaching Greenville
and wfis removed to a Greenviile
hospital.
CARROLL UNCONSCIOUS
FOLLOWING COLLAPSE
Attending Physicians at Greenville
Decline to Discuss His Condition.
! Greenville, 8. C.. April 13.—(A*) —
j Earl Carroll, the theatrical producer,
who collapsed on the train here to
day. while en route to the federal
penitentiary in Atlanta, was uncon
scious this afternoon. Earlier state
ments that he had regained conscious
ness were denied by physicians.
Physicians would issue no state
ment as to Carroll's condition at this
time.
Carroll was taken to the City hos
pital where three physicians were min
istering to him. Marshal William C.
Hecht, who was in charge, remained
here at the hospital with Carroll. He
said that Carroll’s collapse was due
to the nervous strain of the last few
months. The marshal said that Car
roll had eaten little since leaving New
York, and seemed depressed. He sat
up until 2 o’clock this morning writ
ing letters.
Promise that a statement in re
gard to Carroll’s condition would be
issued was made at the hospital.
A crowd thronged about the car
when it beenine known that the man
being removed to the ambulance was
.Carroll.
Dr. Moffet Goes to Davidson Church.
Davidson. April 13.—Rev. H. M.
Moffet. D. I)., ipastor of the Vine
Street Presbyterian Church of Birm
ingham, Ala., has accepted a call to
the Presbyterian church at Davidson,
and is exi>ected to assume his
on July Ist. Dr. Moffet has made'
two recent visits to Davidson, preach
ing before the congregation the first
time, which was followed by a call
being extended him. He was here
last week to further investigate the
pastorate and announced his accept
ance to the members at the mid-week
prayer service.
The Davidson church has been with
out a pastor since last June, when
Rev. C. M. Richards, D. D., resigned
after serving in the pulpit here for
seventeen years. Dr. Richards is now
a full-time professor of Bible at David
son. lit the interim, u committee lias
been supplying the church with
- inwytiir nfftih’
Davis Completes Testimony.
Sanford. N. C., April 13.—(A*)—Bud
Davis, one of the four men accused of
the slaying of Sheriff James L. Tur
ner, sheriff of Lee County, today com
pleted his testimony and his defense
rested.
Parker Robbins, another of the de
fendants, took the stand this after
noon.
Davis futilely tried to escape from
the officers Saturday night, they af
firmed today, following general spread
of the report in the crowded court
room. He was handcuffed. He made
an attempt to break from the automo
bile which was carrying him back to
jail.
Urge Airplane for Liners.
That Atlantic liners carry small
aeroplanes that could be dispatched
when approaching |>orts, to carry spe
cially urgent mail and parcels, or even
passengers, is being considered. It is
argued that the plane would save much
time. It has been demonstrated that
aeroplanes can be launched from the
cqnfined decks of ships by the catapult
system and can be guided without
human beings on board to points 35
miles distant. It is expected that
this angle will shortly be increased to
at least 100 miles. The plan has
been brought before the attention of
officials of steamship companies plying
between this country and Europe and
may be tried out in the near future.
Would Settle Sharon Church Dispute.
Albemarle, April 13. —(A 1 ) —Reversal
of the determination of the North
Carolina Synod of the Presbyterian
Church at the Concord meeting last
October to subsidize the Presbyterian
Standard was asked by Charlotte min
isters at the meeting of the Mecklen
burg Predbyter.v today.
Attempts also were exi>ected to be
made at this meeting to settle the
Sharon Church dispute.
Fesa Declines Appointment.
Washington, April 13.— (A 3 ) —SCn.
Fess. republican, Ohio, today declined
to accept appointment as a member
of Reed campaign funds investigating
committee to succeed Senator Goff,
republican, W. Virginia, who resigned.
The American Legion
Invites You to See
“Corporal Kate”
at
Pastime Theatre
Today and Tomorrow
Benefit Legion Post
Cantonese Must
In Shanghai A A
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SPENT $21,000 IN A DAY
TO ADDRESS PUBLIC
William C. Durnnt spent s2l,- j
000 in advertising Thursday to an
nounce his policies to the Ameri- [
can people. Through J. H. New- !
mark. Inc., advertising agency.
New York, he used 1,200 lines each
in forty-eight newspapers in twen
ty-nine cities. These newspapers
have an aggregate circulation of
8,800,000.
And he used newspapers because,
said be, "they are the only way to
reach all the people quickly."
Mr. Durant plans to concen
trate most of his automotive atten
tion on a new six-cylinder Star.
HARRISON RAMSEUR’S
DEATH LEFT UNSOLVED
Coroner’s Verdict Is That He Was
Slain by Gun in Hands of Un
known Party.
Shelby. April 12,-s-So far as the
coroner’s jury is concerned the death
on s lonely road last Thursday night
of young Harrison Ramseur will re.
main a baffling mystery for time to
unravel. If the passing years bring
up nothing else tile new mound in
Sunset cemetery here may keep for
ever the secret of its cause.
After a fourth session this after
noon at 5 o’clock Coroner Eskridge
and his jury issued a report reading:
"Deceased came to his death from
a shot fired from a pistol in the hands
of an unknown party.”
Further than that the report says
nothing that might be construed to
be a definite statement. As it is the
mystery that has gripped the town
for nearly a week remains open for
discussion, street opinion varying from
suicide to accidental death or murder.
Coroner Eskridge stated after the
probe this afternoon no new evidence
came up, and only one witness not
having been up before was called.
This w r as Frank Hoyle. Jr., pal and
one off the pallbearers at the funeral
Sunday. Street report had it that
.voting Hoyle Ivad loaned 'Ramseur
about SIOO several days prior to his
death.
It was said here this afternoon that
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youth's side was experimented with
before the last meeting by members of
the jury wishing to see how much
powder burn the discharge would leave
on meat.
Contrary to some published reports
several officials say that after the
body was at the undertaking parlors
a powder burn could be seen.
ASHEVILLE REALTOR HAS
• CHANCE TO RECOVER
Eugene G. Hester. Injured in Auto
Accident Near Winston-Salem on
Thursday Niglit.
Winston-Salem. April 13. —(A 5 ) —
Eugene G. Hester, real estate dealer 1
of Asheville, who sustained serious in
juries in an automobile accident on
the Yadkinville road late Tuesday af
ternoon. is expected to recover, ac
cording to physicians attending him.
Mr. Hester, who had been here several
days visiting his sister and son, suf
fered a badly disfigured face as a re
sult of the accident when he was
thrown to the ground and his car
turned turtle. He was alone when
the accident occurred. Parties pass
ing summoned an ambulance and
rushed him to a hospital where he re
mained unconscious for several hours.
Decries Riding in Autos While Chil
dren Suffer.
Lexington, April 12.—“N0 people
should ride in automobiles while their
children walk in ignorance.” was n
striking statement made by Dr. J.
Henry Highsmith, of the State edu
cational system, in an address to the
local Kiwanis Club luncheon and
meeting held at the March Hotel here.
Dr. Highsmith made a strong plea
for the education of the child in North
Carolina, declaring that there never
had been and was not today an equal
educational opportunity in the state.
A modern and adequate system of tax
ation. doing away with the bungle
some method now in use was iiointed
out as a solution to the educational
problems of the state. -
"We have made progress in this
state, but we must spend more money
in order that the schools may be
equalized,” asserted Dr. Highsmith in
concluding his splendid address.
Passenger Blown Out of Airplane.
La Rioja, Argentina, April 12.
General Augustin Junto, Argentine
minister of war. was blown out of an
airplane while flying to this city on
an aerial tour of in*i>ection.
The plane was flying at an alti
tude of more than two thousand yards
when a sudden gust of wind struck
it and precipitated the minister of war
into space. However, he was wearing
a parachute which opened and brought
him safely to earth.
Grand Jury Returns True Bills In
Whipping Caae.
Raleigh, April 12. —True bills in
two separate cases today were returned
by the Kake grand jury against Bade
, Ray, Otis Harrison and Gaston Jones,
young new light township men, In
connection with the whipping of Mrs.
Fannie Daria, 75-year-old widow, three
weeks ««*• i
It’s never too lata for a woman to
keep an appointment.
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TODAY’S NcWSTOOh|
"Noal i
Northern Forces FollowjMjji j
Up the Recent Advaafl
Have Crossed Yangtze fi
South Near KiangyftigU |
REDS IN RIOTS f I
IN SHANGHAI NCffl;
Labor
Not Like Efforts to JBKN|fl j
press Them and H
Gone on General StjjH
Shanghai. April 13.
Kni Slick's Cantonese
found themselves faced with fightttS I*l
foes both along the Yangtze mPI
front and in Shanghai itmH&aM >1
Northern forces following, pp mKI
recent successful advance 1
Yangtze to the south bank near hB
ungying, half way between
and Shanghai.
At the same time the
unions here aroused by Chang'a afc
tempt to suppress them, went MB. gpS -5
erul strike. Fifty thousand
idle, and union lenders
more will follow. san
Disorders broke out in the natwHl
section of the city. Two attack* anrim if
made on the defense barriers at tfljpK Sa
international settlement, although ieiwi*
ers claim the strike is not of ait mlpH
foreign character. JS
Parading strikers attacked tlietfHfll 9
quarters of Chiang's
Chapei native district. The 'nnli|§|iij,'■
tired, killing twenty of the. attariMw 9
and repulsing the remainder. ‘3 I
Official advices telling of
ing of the Ynngt.se by the nqtlhrffaiijß 8
said flipl General Chiang
t’nntone.se commander in that dMtfN§|J|
was fleeing toward Shanghai. .Gii| I
Foreign observers here
northerners have determined to strika
while the iron is hot, in view at tfSßs
split between the moderate CantpMM ■
faction headed by Chiang, aud; tMH a
radical section represented as the reljif*
labor unions, and reflecting
cies of the Cantonese extremists
Hankow.
Cantonese Evacuate Chinkiang. lJ
Shanghai. April 13.—OP)—TheCmBl
tpnese troops apparently are eva«ttfi^H|
ing Chiukisug on the Ya ugtsKyjMjflß
4.1 miles northeast of Nanking. ' m
Most of the Cantonese officials lufM|llg|
left Chinkiang. and the
has been hauled down from
toms house. SB
State Dentists Vote to Meet in CBifej
lotte. :J||9 ■
Greensboro. April MkH
Self, of Lineolnton, was
en president-elect of the North jpgfoggjjM
lina Dental society, which is h* fVk£ji
midst of its fi.3rd annual
here. vM
The Lineolnton dentist wilt- aUstSßi
oped Dr. E. B. Howie, of Raleigh, |g
automatically becomes president
state society Mr the coming year. Tho-,91
next annual gathering of the mcmßl
will be held in Charlotte tw tßgjaff
spring of 1028. this city getting twl
call by a decisive margin over pgMH
ham.
Other officers elected
night's busy session were: Drill 'Riff
Bivens, of Charlotte, vice president; I
Dr. Dennis F. Keel. Greensboro, nfijmq ■
retary-treasurer. and Dr. Ralph .Tnr-»
rett. Charlotte, pssayest. Dr.
Keith. Wilmington, was unammoudj^H
elected to continue head of the state® J
board of dental examiners while Dr.l
H. (). Lineberger. Raleigh,
seated for re-election to a simihtS
post, the call going to Dr. C: C.
nett, of Asheville, on the second hXLwB
lot.
Whistle Warns of Disaster at ImH
Crossing. ~'ffl9!
Charlotte Observer. ..c.'taOß J|
A woman was at the Love.
yesterday soon after three yqung frfc.ll
men had met their death untlfit* ffl
wheels of the speeding (.’rescedl:
ited. .jtM ".J
Mrs. .T. YY’. Wooley, who lives rMtjSSfl
the ill-fated spot has witnessed tbqffS
havoc wrought in the other'
ions which have occurred there 'in Mgjß
past few years. . h'jjpa S
The engineer’s desperate shrill waMteß
ing has become so familiar an Ut gS
an unfailing omen of ;■
When Mrs. Wooley heard the wkkSSg
tic's screech yesterday fear
her heart. Her small child,
ognized a foreboding iu thefWbimH
and began to cry. 9H
With little ado, Mrs. Wooley
the child and went to the scene of
wreck carrying towels and
to do what she could for the victimH
of the wreck. ’djfl
Berry Time in Eastern C*mUnn. %A
Chadbourn, April 13.—( ■
berry time down in the Boutlieni<t«!#jjjyQ
corner of North Carolina. Wk
For six weeks now the market towfijjj
of this section will ibe sccnes
mense activity. .'JHH
Prospects the afgflH ii
say, are for a good crop of gtrgMH' 3
ries this spring, and prices
better than usual. ' fX
Several thousand worker*
employed around Chadbourn nWneMgff S
ing the strawberry season. ‘. M .S
|.fl JwjjflJi
Probably rain tonight and T