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DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Disaster To Lower Mississppi
Area Grows More Grave With
Reception Os Each New Report
GREAT STREAM YET
SHOWING ITS WRATH
Known Dead Placed at 28
and Belief Is That Toll
Will Grow Much Greater
as River Spreads Out.
ARKANSAS IS
STORM CENTER
Cold Weather Adds to Per
ils of Those Who Were
Driven From Homes
With Little Clothing.
Memphis. Tenn., April 22.—(A 3 )—
The greatest disaster to the lower
Mississippi Valley in more than a
hundred yea re was growing gradually
more grave today with almost hourly
reports of further widespread deaths,
desolation, destruction and damage on
the furious tide of the mighty Mississ
ippi and its powerful tributaries.
With the known dead placed at 28.
and belief that the toll will grow much
greater, property damage estimated
high into the millions, more than a
hundred thousand homeless and suf
fering for want of food, clothing and
shelter, the great giant of all streams
continued to pour out its wrath with
an unparalleled fury into the interior,
the tributaries like great tentacles of
a monster serpent wreaked their toll
and east on to pay homage to the par
ent stream.
The most serious situations arising
out of the great flood today continued
to center around practically the entire
State of Arkansas, particularly the
St. Francis valley and the Mississippi
deltn.
Bulwarks of man were being put
to the greatest tests in an effort to
hold the rushing waters. In a miia
l>ei' of places the levees have been
crushed by the powerful force of the
elements.
With waters" already piling into the
fertile valleys through the state of
Arkansas ns the result of breaks in
in the barriers, new danger points
threaten hourly to become casualties
of the tide. Hickman. K.v.. where
thousands of refugees being cared for
as a result of breaks in levees above
them and across the river at New
Madrid. Mo., today was barely able
to hold the coursing current in its
bed.
.fust how long the hundreds of
workmen there could hold the levee
was n master of conjecture, with ev
eryone momentarily expecting the
worst. A break at Hickman would
mean disaster for the Reelfoot section
of Tennessee.
The Mississippi delta has been call
ed second only in fertility to the val
ley of tlie Egyptian Nile. Thousands
hhve already been forced to flee from
homes and possessions, many are pa
rnoned, cold, hungry and destitute.
The Governor of the state has called :
upon the President .of the T'nited
States to send aid in the form of reg-j
ulnr army troops. The need is imme- i
diate. Governor Murphree told Presi
dent Coolidge,
Tales of appalling anguish are told
by people coming in from the various
ureas where the waters have wander
ed so wantonly.
. Pictures of young mothers mired in
mml crying out to be saved from cold
and starvation, with their new-born
infants whimtiering at this new
wflrld. clinging to their breasts were
painted by incoming refugees. Stor
ies of men. women and children who
had climbed into treetops to save
their lives were told in heart-rending
terms, punctuated by descriptions of
shrieks, cries and groans of agony
from those who could climb but little
higher to save themselves from de
struction. A greet engulfing pesti
lence was scourging the land.
Increasing danger came from sev
eral refugee camps where epidemics
of mumps, measles and whooping
cough had broken out and were in
creasing to alarming proportions.
In the state of Arkansas nearly ev
ery major feeder to the Mississippi
was rising to spread over the lands
furt her. no respecter of persons or
ANNOUNCEMENT
The 59th Series in this Old Reliable Building, Loan
and Savings Association opened April 2nd.
Running Shares cost 25 cents per share per week,
matures SIOO.OO in 328 weeks. I f
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,
Yon can take shares any time now. A lot of people already have
taken a running start by taking abarea in
SERIES NO. 59—NOW OPEN
Cabarrus County Building Loan
, and Savings Association
OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
The Concord Daily Tribune
v North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
property.
little Hook reported'her sister cityj
North Little Rock inundated with sev
eral feet of water from the Arkansas
River. Clarendon, where a break in
the wail protecting town from the'
■atres of the White and Cnche rivers
had given way. was threatened with
utter destruction ns high winds fan
ned the rising water into a fury, and
east small buildings against the larg
er structures where several hundred
people were stranded.
Texarkana reported late last night
that the Qhnchita Ujver on its second
rise of the year had inundated 800
square miles of Texas a'nd Arknnsnti
soil. Fine Bluff reported more than
1.000 persons were marooued in Jef
ferson (]ounty akine. from waters
flowing through gaps in the Arkansas
levee. Rescue work was slow, due to
the high winds and many of the refu
gees were stranded out in the open
where they were targets for the chill
ing blasts.
Fort Smith, cut off from the use of
wire communication to the east Inst
night, vas believed to be suffering from
an incredsiitgiy dangerous situation.
Scores of other smaller towns and cit
ies iu that section of the state also
were cut off. and from which many re
ports of suffering were heard.
ALL PEACEFUL \VITH
STATE HEALTH BOARD
Trouble Expected at Durham Meeting
Did Not Materialize and Things
Passed Off Quietly.
The Tribune Bureu.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, April 22. —All is peaceful
and serene within the confines of the
State Board of Health, following the
annual meeting of the Board anil the
State. Medical Society in Durham at
which some temporary unpleasantness"
threatened, but which was finally dis
pelled in a handshaking, instead of a
fist-shaking fest, .whip! Hr. H.
liaughinghoiise. secretary of the
board, and Dr. John B. Wright, a
member of the board. Anally agreed
to let bg-gouex be by-gonea.
However, the hoard still expects to
be further investigated with regard
to charge of graft, centered about the
enforcement of the Sanitary Privy
law. and which precipitated what un-
pkuuuitaess .occurred, as a result of u
resolution offered by Dr. W. P. Ran
kin and passed nimost unanimously
by the Medical Society urgently call
ing upon the Governor to continue the
investigation of these charges until
something definite has been proved or
disproved.
As a result of this action, the Med
ical Society has showed that It- was
not satisfied with the recent statement
of the Attorney General in which he
reported that so far he had found
nothing definite upon which to base
the Board of Health and that hence
he could not proceed with an investi
gation. Tt now, in its resolutions, in
sists that witnesses be subpoenaed and
that a thorough investigation be made
of the graft charges until they are
either proved or disproved and found
to be mere gossip.
Attorney General Denis'G. Brum
mitt declined to comment on the turn
things had taken, although he admit
ted that he had read of the action
taken by' the Medical Society. Since
the resolution of the society was di
rected to Governor McLean, no fur
ther action toward an ‘ investigation
of the graft charges will be taken un
til such action is again recommended
by tlie Governor.
The clash between Dr. Laughing
house and Dr. Wright was precipitat
ed by the reference by Dr. Laughing
house in his. annual report, to Qie
charges of graft made during the leg
islature. and the subsequent request
for an investigation by the Attorney
General. Dr. Wright was one of
those who openly charged that there
bad been graft in the enforcement of
the sanitary privy law. When mat
ters; were finally settled amicably, the
society ordered all reference to the de
bate expunged from’its records.
Says Garrett Will Run for Senate.
Washington, April 22.—(A 3 )—The
Washington Post says today that Rep
resentative Finnis J. Garrett, the
Democratic leader of the* House, has
decided to seek the Senate" seat now
he’d by Senator Kenneth D. McKel
lar. also a Democrat. McKellar’s
term expires March 4, 19211.
White lies are apt to leave blnck
marks on your reputation.
PRESIDENT ASKS
AID FOR PERSONS
IN FLOODED AREA
(By the Associated Press)
Washington. April 22.
President Coolidge today is
sued a proclamation asking
for aid for the sufferers in
the area flooded by. the Miss
issippi River and its trilni
jtaries.
GOVERNOR EXPECTED
HOME NEXT WEEK
Reeupcrating From Recent Illness
and Also Visits the Mayo Hospi
tal For Examination.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. April 22. —GoVernor A. W.
MeLenn has been much benefitted in
health as the result of the rest -.e
haw been taking in Wisconsin, ami it
Is expected’ that he will return to
Raleigh the early part of next week,
perhaps by Monday. Jt was learned
today.
At present he is in New York
again, attending to a few minor busi
ness matters, before returning to
Raleigh. For the most part he haw
discarded business entirely and has
dovotfd himself to getting a com
plete change, with fishing and wood
chopping his principal form of
recreation. He feels much befitted as I
a result of the change he has had.
his friends here have been advised.
Although it was not generally
known at the time. Governor Mc-
Lean was in a much run down eon
d*tion when he left here nearly two
weeks ago, and he went virtually at
the command of his physicians Here.
He had never completely recovered ]
from the effects of the attack of in
fluenza which he suffered during the j
general assembly. In addition, lie i
had not. been getting sufficient phy- j
•fetal exercise, as a result of spend
ing from ten to 15 hours a day in !
his office, and the strain was be- j
ginning to tell on him. In fact, lie
was on the verge of a general break
down. „
f Bn route to Wfscolisfln. be spelrf
iseveral dy,vs in the Mayo hospital
in Rochester, Minnesota, where lie
underwent a thorough physical ex
amination and diagnosis. While no
report as so this diagnosis has been
received, it is that it must
have been favorable, otherwise the
Governor would not be expecting to
return next week. He was directed
by his physicians here in "Raleigh not
to return in less than 30 days.
BOBBY JONES SIGNS
FOR ARTICLES ON GOLF
Noted Amateur Champion Will Pre
pare Series of Articles for Newspa
pers.
Atlanta. April 22.—(A 3 )—Followers
of golf are to read stories of the links
under the signature “By Bobby Jones."
The open champion of the United
States and Great Britain, long the
game’s outstanding amateur, has
amended a declaration never to profit
financially from his reputation as a
player, and is negotiating with a news
paper syndicate for a series of signed
articles. His amateur standing is
not to bo impaired.
"I ‘did not ask the United States
Golf Association for permission, for
I was quite sure there could not he
the slightest objection in my writing
for money,” Jones told the Associated
Press today.
l THE STOCK MARKET
[ Reported by Fenner & Beane
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
> Atchison, 184%
. American Tobucco B 127%
American Smelting 152
American Locomotive 110
Atlantic Coast. Line 183%
f Allied Chemical 144%
. American Tel. & Tel. 105%
, American Can 1— 48%
9 1 Allis Chalmers 105
. I Baldwin Locomotive 192
Baltimore & Ohio .... 110%
Bethlehem Steel 51
Chesapeake & Ohio 108%
Coca-Cola 199
DuPont 252
Dodge Bros 18%
Erie -—— 56%
f Frtyeo 2 115
General Motors 195%
General Electric 5. 98
Great Northern 87%
Gulf State Steel , 53%
Gold Dust -- 52%
Hudson : 75
Int. Tel. 136%
Kennecott Copper 66%
Liggett & Myers B 101%
Mack Truck 110%
Norfolk & Western 181
Missouri-Pacific 59%
New York Central 150
Pan American Pet B. 58%
Rock Island lOO%
R. J. Reynolds L- 122
Rep. Iron A Steel 65
Stand. Oil of N. J. 36%
Southern Railway 126%
Studebaker 55
Texas Co. - 47
Tobacco products 101%
U. 8. Steel 171%
V. 8. Steel, New 123%
Westinghouse 74%
Western Maryland 38
concord, n. c„ Friday, april 22,1927
Attorney General Brummitt Gives
Rilling on New Child Labor Law
/ —^
The Tribune Bureau .
* Sir Walter Hotel I
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, April 22.—Children be- 1
tween the ages of 14 and 16 years J
of age may be employed as much as
ten hours a day or 60 hours a week!
| if they have completed the fourth grade
Jin school: but if they have not eom-!
| pleted the fourth grade, they cannot
be employed for more than eight- hours [
J a day, or more than 48 hours a week. j
j This is the interpretation placSl
| upon the most recent ,net passed tjf- j
j the 1927 general assembly relating n (
ithe hours of employment for chihirA
J under 16 years as transmitted by At-1
I torney General Dennis G. Brummitt
j to E. F. Carter, secretary of the cliiW
; welfare commission, who asked fqr
an official interpretation of soetiop
5033 soon after its enactment, anil;
about which considerable controversy
has been waged.
: This new section sets forth that!
| no child under 16 shall he permitted
| to work iu any of the industries elsc-
I where enumerated in the laws pee-'
j mining to child labor for more dish
eight hours a day or 48 hours a wpeli t
or after the hours of 7 p. m. or b<»
fore 6 a. m„ or in any quarry of 1
mine. Then a provision is added tq J
the effect that this section shall nos
prevent any child between 14 and 16 J
from working ten hours a day and 60 j
hours a week, if the child has nun? |
plcted the fourth grade in school,
The controversy which arose wag
over this proviso, some contending that,
it was class legislation and worked
against the child with the greater
amount of education to the benefit of
those who had completed the fourth
grade. Others held that the'limit of
eight hours a day applied to all chil
dren. whether they had completed the
fourth grade or not. This position
was held by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Frank Nash in an unofficial opin
ion, and by many others.
But Mr. Brummitt does not agree in
this, stating that if the section applied
to all alike, then the proviso would
be meaningless und that the section
would have meant the same without
the proviso. He states that it is
one of the settled rules "that a proviso
is to be so construed as to give nil
MARCH FIRE CASES.
Commissioner Wade Makes Another
Plea For Care With Fire.
Raleigh. April 22. CA 3 )—Death of
three adults iu one residence tire,
destruction of fifty mules in a con
stuctiou camp fire and fatal burning
of three children from open fires in
North Carolina Ihst month. 'ftnnSeif 1
Stacey Wade, state insurance commis
sioner to take note of the "continual
l>eril to life by not being eternally
careful with fire."
Commissioner Wade’s statement was
incorporated in the regular monthly
tire loss report of the insurance de
partment which showed March lire
losses to aggregate $725,494 for 212
tires as compared with a loss of.
$831),000 from 250 fires in March of
last year.
‘‘Every month,” the commissioner
stated, “these fire reports give warn
ing to big businesses and property
owners to be more careful, especially
those operating woodworking factories
and saw mills.”
The March report showed unusually
lax attention to “safety first” rules,
the commissioner pointed out, citing
20 tires causing damage of more than
$5,000 each, and the bulk of that
loss in industrial establishments.
The 20 or more disastrous tires
brought total loss of $012,200 while
the total loss from tlie remaining 11)2
blazes was only $113,2fH.
The major conflagrations in the
state in March were: veneer plant at
High Point, $175,000; furniture plant
at Ronda, '575,000; planing mill at
Louisburg. $25,000; cotton mill at
Connelly Springs $11,000; business
block nt Pilot Mountain, $40,000;
school building at Enfield, $20,000;
ginnery nt Cookeville, $11,000; busi
ness block tit. Evergreen, $20,000 ; oil
mill seed house at Moresboro, $12,500;
business buildings at Sparta, $17,000;
dwelling at Aydan, $15,000; and a
country store in Rockingham county,
$13,000.
‘Shingle roofs arid defective flues
drew the greatest, number of assign
ments of cause with 80. Origins of
45 blazes was listed as unknown, and
otherVnuses ran into a score
Chief classes of property at risk
were: dwellings, 133; stores, 13; gar
ages 11, and factories, 8.
Shad qnd Herring Sea sop Good.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, April 22. —Shad and her
ring fishermen of North Carolina have
had one of the best seasons which
they have experienced in a number of
years, according to C, W. Morgan,
chairman of the board of county
commissioners of Perquimans county
and former assistant chairman of tlie
old fiishericN commission, who was at
tending tlie conference of county of
ficials bere in connection with the
new county finance acts.
Catches of both of the fishes have
been good and the price has been en
coufaging, said the Perquimans of
ficial. He declared, that the fisher
men hnve received An especially good
price for herring, beginning with five
cents each at the first of the season.
The only backset of any importance
in the fishing industry, declared Mr.
Morgan, wag the storm in March,
which destroyed many nets. Because
of the storm, the fishing season was
extended to May lOfb.
Ford Plant at Charlotte 1* Again on
Full Time.
Charlotte; April 21.—Operations at
the Ford. Motor Company's assembly
plant were placed on full time today
for the first time In three mouths.
j effect different from that which it
would hnve without the proviso."
In further emphasising his conten
tion, Mr. Brummitt quoted the Su
i in-erne Court decision by Ruffin. J., in
i Pugh vs. Grant. SO. N. C, 47. in
j which Justice Ruffin says: “Above
! nil. it is not to be presumed that the
j legislature intended any part of a
: statute to be inoperative and mere
| surplusage." In continuing his lot*
j ter. Mr. Brnmmit states :
"It is dear that the general as
i senibly intended to differentiate be
lt ween children between the ages of
,14 and 16 who had or had not com
! pleted the fourth grade in school. The
i hotly of the statute fixes 16 as the
| age nt which the child may work more
'than eight hoars a/ day. By com
peting the fourth grade at the age of
1 14. the minor is placed ill (he posi
j tion of one who lias attained 16 at
! the age of 16. insofar as hours or labor
! are concerned. When the child reaches
the age of 10, he comes within the
j ten-hour limitation provided by S.
I 6554. When he has reached the age
Jof 14 and at the same time has coin
| pleted the fourth grade in school, he
j is likewise within the ten-hour limi
' tat ion of that section.”
The nttnrney general then gives a
.(resume of all the law relating to labor
|by minors.
I This section relating to the employ-j
incut of minors under 16 was pro- j
posed after a bill sponsored by the
women's legislative council increasing
the compulsory education age to 16.
and making the completion of the
fourth grade in school mandatory be
fore leaving school nt 16 to enter em
ployment. had been defeated in the
general assembly.
Less than 1.000 children between
the age of 14 and 16 will be effected
by this section as now interpret
ed by the attorney general, according
to K. F. Carter, secretary of the child
welfare commission and who is in
charge of the enforcement of the child
labor laws in. the state. More than ;
75 per cent ,of all children who are j
employed iu the state have completed 1
the fourth grade or more iu school j
before entering employment. Mr. Car
ter's records show.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opening Barely Steady at Decline of
* to 10 Points I'nder Realizing by
Buyers.
New York. April 22.—-(A 3 )—The cot
ton market lost much of yesterday's
advance iu today's early trailing. Tlie
lopeniugw«s steady vat a de
cline of 7 to Ift points under realiz
ing by recent buyers, and selling which
seemed to be inspired by prospects for
better weather in the South.
Stop orders were uncovered on the
decline which extended to 14.92 for
July and 15.4 ft for December, net
declines of about 25 to 30 iwiints on
the general list. There was further
buying on the flood situation on the
break, however, and prices were n few
points up from the lowest around the
eriil of the first hour.
Relatively easy Liverpool cables
probably increased the disposition to
take profits oiy long cotton locally,
while houses with Liverpool and con
tinental connections were credited
with selling here during the early trad
ing.
Cotton futures opened barely
steady; May 14.87; July 15.10; Octo
ber 15.4 ft; December 15.62; January
15.66.
ERNEST WALKER. NEGRO.
ELECTROCUTED AT PRISON
Paid With Life For Killing Joseph
Cassidy, Also Colored, of Durham.
Raleigh. April 22. —(A 3 )—Ernest
Walker. Durham ,negro. was eleetro
euted nt state prison this morning for
the murder of Joseph Cassidy, negro.
The electrocution was the second of
the year, and the Sftth since the in
stallation of the death chair in 1010.
Two shocks of 3 minutes 39 sec
onds duration were required before
Dr. Norman, prison warded, pro
nounced the victim dead.
Walker was charged with three
capital crimes, ftiurder, criminal at
tack and first degree burglary, but
he was never tried for the latter two.
Evidence brought out in the trial
showed he broke into the Cassidy
home and attacked the wi(p of the
man he murdered.
Pardon Commissioner Hoyle Sink
investigated the case, but, did not rec
ommend clemency.
Special Bargain Days at EflnFfi.
Saturday and Monday will 'be spec
ial bargain days at Efird’s. and the
company devotes a page ad. irt this
paper to a description of some of tlie
many specials to be offered on the two
days.
Children’s voile dresses, ladies’
broadcloth dresses, grass rugs, Eng
lish long cloth, children’s slippers,
silk foulards, boys’ Oxfords, boys’
wool mixed pants, work shirts, over
alls. duck pants, dresses for misses
and women, hose and shoes for the
entire family will be sold cheaper
along with hundreds of other tilings.
Be certain to read carefully the ad.
in this paper and be oa hand when the
sale starts Saturday. .
Protests Against Foreign Gunboats.
HankoQ April 22.—(A 3 )—Eugene
Chen, foreign minister of the Canton
ese government with headquarters
here, has protested against the pres
ence of foreign gunboats in the Yang
tse river off Hankow. He has also no
tified the consulate officials that the
t nationalist government cannot be re
sponsible for foreign property iu Han
kow unless foreigners resume business.
A fortune awaits the inventor of a
lifeboat that 'Wilt float on a sea of
, trouble.
SAYS GOVERNMENT
WILL DECIDE WHAT
TO DO WITH EARL!
The Federal Government
Disposition of Case,
is View of State Health
Authorities.
CAPITAL NEWS
BRIEFS GIVEN
Denial of Rumor That Gov
ernor McLean Is Hl.
Talks of the S. and W.
Ruling.
Raleigh, April 22. —(A 3 ) —The feder
al government has disposition of John
Early, western North Carolina leper.
Dr. (’has. Laughinghouse today said
in n statement to the Associated Press.
“In due course he will be returned
to the hospital maintained for citizens
'who are unfortunately afflicted with
J this disease,’ he said, adding that the
| presence of Early "is not a cause for
I public alarm."
j Early ?* reported to be encamped
near Burnsville on the South Toe Riv
er. He recently eseaped from the Fed
eral Leprosorium in Louisiana, to vis
it his Bft year old father ill Yancey
county.
Page Discusses S. and W. Ruling.
Raleigh. April' 22.—(A 3 )—Chairman
Frank Page of the State highway com
mission says he never asks ail em
ployee what his polities nre or who
his relatives are. but refrains from
commentifiig further on tlie salary and
wage commission ruling to the effect
that no person related to a State of
ficial may be employed in any State
department, to which ruling Frank
Grist. commissioner of labor and
printing, and Baxter Durham. State
auditor, object.
Governor Not 111.
Raleigh. April 22.—(A 3 )—Governor
McLean is expected baek from his
rest iu a feyv days after signing the
balance of tlie slft,o«().ftftft in -bonds
sold by the State. Chester B. Masx
licli, New York bond attorney for the
state. Naid the Governor bad arrived
ill New York from Chicago yesterday,
that lie was not ill' but renting.
Rules On Child Labor.
Raleigh. April 22.—(A 3 !—Attorney
General Brummitt holds children be
.tween the age* of 14 and 16 may work
more than 8 hours a day if they have
completed the 4th grade under the,
1927 law.
Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, chairman
of the Child Welfare Commission to
day said she would call a commission
meeting to test the law in the courts.
With Our Advertisers.
Coats are being sold at half price
at the Gray Shop. Dresses at $lO for
Saturday's special selling.
Tonight £tt (Skinny) Candler and
his vaudeville troupe at the Concord
theatre in the best vaudeville on the
local circuit. A complete change from
Tuesday’s program. Also “The Dark
Angel," a feature picture.
Eight O’clock Coffee, recent gold,
medal winner, is sold by the local
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. stores
for 35 cents per pound. New ad. to
day points out other features being of
fered at these stores.
Safety of depositors is the first con
sideration of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company.
No need to buy the boy new shoes
to play in. says new ad. of Shep
herd’s Shoe Hospital. Hnve the old
ones made over at this hospital.
Robinson's is offering new low pric
es oil white goods, sheeting, linens and
curtain goods. See new ad. for price
particulars.
Dairy supplies, including cream sep
arators, at tne Ritchie Hardware Co.
Call to sec demonstration.
Saturday will be the last day of the
Rosemary Pen sale nt the Pearl Drug
Company. This $7 lien is being sold
for $1.98.
Copeland electric refrigeration units
sold by the Concord Furniture Co. Old
refrigerators taken as first payment.
A year or 18 months to pay balance.
Read carefully ad. in this paper.
Ninth Juror for Snyder Trial.
New York. April 22.—(A 3 )—The
Snyder murder trial jury was three
fourths completed just before the noon
recess today. The ninth juror was
Everett Vauriken 48 years old, sec
retary of a manufacturing concern.
After three hours of futile examina
tion during which 46 talesmen were
rejected, suddenly two in succession
were accepted (o serve as jurors eight
and nine.
After Easter Sale at Fisher’s.
Fisher's is offering many fine bar
gains in women's and misses' apparel
iu a big After Easter Sale.
Dresses, coats, millinery, hosiery,
and many other articles in the store
are being offered at unusually low
priees during this sale. Read care
fully new ad. today for further par
ticulars.
Bealle Will Start Paper at Charlotte.
Washington, April 21.—Morris A.
Bealle, former Washington newspaper
man, has gone to Charlotte, where
he expects to establish a “sime-labor”
paper “to cover both Carolinax," lie
stated here before his departure. The
first Issue is expected to appeal- April
29th. he said.
Contrary to general belief, King
George on all his railway journeys
liays full fare for himself, the Queen
and every member of the royal house
hold in attendance.
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K woman has caused the over
throw of the Japanese Cabinet.
She’s Madame Suzuki, head of
Suzuki and Company, one of
;he largest (companies in Japan.
Che Cabinet appealed to the
Privy Couneil to authorize an
idvance of $100,000,000 to aid
(he company, now in difficul
ties. The Council refused and
the Cabinet quit.
SYSTEM OF TOLLS FOR
NEW CHOWAN BRIDGE
State Highway Department Giving
Thought Now To This Matter.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. April 22. —The State High
way Commission is busily engaged at
present in working on the system of
tools which will be charged on the
new Chowan ffver bridge, it was learn
ed today. While the schedule of tolls
probably will not be completed for
something like ten days, it was in
timated that the tolls will be consid
erably less than the toll charged by
the ferry at present, and that the
charges will 'be held down as low as
■possible.
The fixing of the tolls to be charged
on different kinds of vehicles is ufov
iug rather tr .since n is
impossible at present to figure definite
ly oil the volume of traffic Which will
pass over the bridge. The commission
does not want to make the mistake
of fixing the charges too low. and then
have to increase them if the volume
of traffic does not come up to ex
pectations. Neither does it want to
fix charges that will be thought exces
sive. Thus much careful study and
consideration is being spent in the
making up of the toll schedules.
It is expected that the toll for
automobiles will range from $1 to
$1.50 depending upon the weight, size
and number of passengers, while there
will be a sliding scale for trucks, ac
cording to the weight of the truck
and load, and a sliding scale for
busses much on the same basis. There
will also 'be specific charges for horses
and wagons, even to a rider on horse
back.
Construction of the bridge has- been
advancing rapidly, the Highway Com
mission reports, and it is expected that
the bridge will be thrown open to
traffic by June 1, although the bridge
contractor says that it may be pos
sible to complete the job by May 15.
WANT INSTITUTIONS
FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL
Advantage of Co-operation With Duke
Institution is to Be Investigated.
Durham. April 21-—The grouping
of ‘ a number of State institutions
around Duke University's Medical
School is a plan the feasibility of
which is to be considered dttring the
next few months by a special commit
tee appointed by the State Medieal
Society, just adjourned here.
It is pointed out that there are
numerous advantage*! to be consid
ered in the locating of State institu
tions near the new $10,000,000 medi
cal school being built by Duke Uni
versity, plans for which were de
scribed during th.e session here by
Dr. Wilburt Cornell Davidson, the
dean.
May Have Liquor Monopoly.
New York, April 22.—(A s)—Pro
posals for formation by bonded liquor
warehouse owners of a national whis
j key monopoly with Ate object of pro
viding "good whiskey at a reasonable
price" for persons who are ill, are
being considered by the government,
Brigadier General Lincoln An
drews, assistant secretary of the treas
ury in charge of prohibition enforce
ment. said today.
TONITE
ATT (SKINNY) CANDLER
THE BEST VAUDEVILLE
ON THE CIRCUIT
A COMPLETE CHANGE OE
BILL FROM TUESDAYS
ALSO
“THE DARK ANGEL ”
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TODAY’S NEWS TODAY?
NO. 88
RESIDENTS OF TWO if
TOWNS LEAVE WHEII
WATER HITS THEM
New Madrid and Lilbourne, i
Mo., Virtually Abandon- |
ed as Result of Rise ofl
the Mississippi.
SPECIAL TRAINS I
CARRY PEOPLJffI
Several Hundred Personal
Left Stricken Towns on 1
and Others Hid I
Already Made GetawafyF^
(By the Associated Press) _
President Coolidge today issued a
proclamation calling for aid for the
"more than 75.000 refugees from
flood*'' and appointed four cabinet of
ficers to co-operate with the Red Cross
in it* relief work in eight states.
Pair weather; absent so long in the
Mississippi Valley, replaced rain, ajM'
cold of recent days.
Conditions became worse in Arkan
sas. and the Mississippi Deltn as the
flpod waters moved out of the upper
valley.
Three breaks within the past JSft
hours of levees on the Mississippi and
Arkansas rivers added its several hrttfit
dred square miles to the inumlated
territory and drove additional thou
sands from their homes into refej|K
camps. Water was washing «8§!|:
the levee at Albemarle Bend, Misslf ”'
Twenty-eight were known to be
dead, and the fate of the goveriHneijf
launch Pelican with 18 persons
was unknown.
Six thousand refugees and the 12,-
000 inhabitants of Greenville. Mww„
faced short food supplies as the mu
nicipal levee broke, inundating mhMf
of the city.
St. Louis, April 22. —OP)—Tjjje
towns of Lilbourne and New Madrid
in southeast Missouri were virtually
abandoned today as the residents fled
before the raging waters of the Mis
sissippi.
Several hundred inhabitants left the
stricken area aboard a speeial train
late yesterday. Others previously had
taken to places of safety. Lilbourne
with a poulation of 1.000 is three
mites west of New Madrid, the first
the torrent.
Nearly all of New Madrid county
is covered with water, and Inrge sec
tions in Dunklin and Pemiscot enmi
ties are Hooded.
Another Town Flooded.
Greenville, Miss.. April 22.—OP)—A
serious situation prevailed here this
morning ns tin* rapidly rising waters
Hooded through the "business secti(»Jt
of this city and put the waterworks
plant out of commission.
The main levees are reported til
be holding, and the water gauge fit
7 a. m. registered 33 feet, a fall St
1.5 feet.
AIR MAIL PILOT IS
KILLED IN CRAS# j
John F. Miletzo. of Cleveland, Per
ished in Accident to His Plane.
Cleveland. ()., April 22. —CP)—John
F. Miletzo. Cleveland air mail plftHlß
was killed early today when his plant>.:j|
crashed one mile south of TnpckraME
lud.. ns he was eh route to Cleveland u
from Chicago, air mail officials hetpffl
were informed.
Few details of the crash were re- :' : M
reived at the air mail field here. Ofe ■:>.
ficials said reports indicated Milctzp
was caught in the wreckage w|&jHS|
caught tire when the plane (rasKfefe?
The plane and its mail Cargo wejß
destroyed, officials said.
Condition of Col. Bingham Improvqi,
Asheville. April 22.—(P)—jjaE
Robert Bingham, who for the last H®
days lias been critically ill here, tljff
reported remarkably improved today, |
It was thought, that he had
the crisis of his recent attack yestfefi tA
day. Judge Robert IV. Bingham.
Louisville. Ky:, and his two sons wertf {
at his bedside. Col. Bingham for
many years head of the Bingham Mil
itary School here, which his father ',
founded, in 171)3, is 88 years did.
.m
Auxiliary’ President Will Visit the
State.
Charlotte, April 21. —Mrs. A. W.
MaoCauley, of Indianapolis, president
of the national organization of the
American Legion Auxiliary, will
to Asheville May 27-28 for a meetinj:
with State officers of the Auxiliary*
it was stated here today at IjCmHE
headquarters.
Wilkesboro Woman Killed by Light
ing. M|
North Wilkesboro, April 21.—M-fijel
Elsie Ora Deal, aged 30 years, was
killed by lightning at her home 0®
the western part of Wilkesboro, 0m»
mile south of this city, shortly after 4
(1 o'clock this evening. ,
Mrs. Deal was in the dining rompi
of her home when struck. V-'SmB
Only a few' of the people who Jutd
up in the air use aeroplanes. ' ‘s'-JaH
Fair tonight, 1111111 1
east portions ami light to heavy fr<n)§|| j
in central and west portion*;
day fair, rising temperatures in wojfea
portions. Fresh northwest «al«jla« j