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VOLUME XXVII
Sea And Land Give No
Answer To Efforts To
Find Missing Airmen
No Definite Word Yet Re
ceived From French Air
men Who Failed in At
tempt to Cross Atlantic.
VESSELS WATCH
FOR AVIATORS
/ Every Possible Effort Made
I to Learn of French He
l N roes’ Fate But Nothing
Has Beeen Heard.
(By the Associated Press)
The sea nud land gave back ho an
swer today to the incessant e-aUs for
word of the missing ntrinen, Captains
Nungesser and (Vi. The Radio Cor
poration, the Independent Wireless,
und the Navy swept the wide Atlantic
with radio queries, and met a wall of
silence.
The White Bird was forty-four anx
ious hours overdue at New York at.ll
o'clock this morning on her flight
from Paris, and was last seen heading
northwest off Kilrush, Ireland, Sun
day morning. There was a report
early today that the plane was found
at Truro, Nova Scotia, but this was
quickly proved to be false.
Naval vessels are searching the.sea
off New England nud the Neva S&tia
waters, while the French government
4)ui' a fleet of destroyers heading west
ward in a Breach for the French aces.
So far their efforts to locate the plane
have been fruitless. Ismkouts on.
the trons-Atlantic liners bound east
and west scanned the horizon for signs
of the plane, now believed to have
been forced down by the weight of
ii-e formed on her wings in the flight.
Scant hopes remain,of the finding
of the missing men, who many be
lieve fell into the sen north of the
charted course of steamships. Others
suggest that the White Bird capie
down in the waters off New Found
land, and unless the aviators were res
cued by a fishing smack they fell vic
tims of the Ice which crushed their
fingile plane.
Paris was steeped in gloom and
despondency today. The bitterness
expressed .by soipe against Americans,
because of the report* iliat.tbe United
sided when it was officially announced
that the failure to receive .wireless
reports two days before the flight was
due to static.
The aviators had a food supply cal
culated to last them a little over ten
days, largely caviar and bananas. Hav
ing sailed the seas for years before
he took to aviatiou, Captain. Coli
tucked away a fish line and some bait
in the airplane just before hopping
off.
Captain St. Roman and Commander
Mouneyres, two other French flyers,
have been missing since last* Thurs
day when they hopped off from St,
Lonis, Senegal, for Pernambuco, Bra
sil, in an attempt to be the first to
make a non-stop flight across the
*• south Atlantic.
French People Anxious.
Paris, May 11.—(4>) —The mystery
surrounding the fate of Captains Nun
gesser and Coli "in their trans-Atlantic
flight and of Captain St. Roman and
liis flight companion, Commander
Mnyneres, is binding all Frenchmen
in a common bond of anxiety. As
for Nungesser and Coli, the anxiety
is tempered by a strong hope that
news of their safety will—be forthcom
ing, but the general opinion here to
day was that there was little justifica
tion for optimism in the cases of St.
Roman and Moneyeres of whom noth
ing has been heard since - they left
West Africa last Thursday in an at
tempt to fly to Braxil.
While resentment, against the false
news of arrival in America of Nun
gesser and Coli still lingered today the
bitterness toward the United States
which appeared to be attributable to :
reports that the United States weath-|
er bureau withheld forecasts Is grad
ually subsiding in view of dispatches
describing the whole-hearted, unstint
ed comprehensive efforts by the Amer
ican authorities in seeking the miss
ing flyers. Moreover the French
weather bureau has publicly declared
that the American weather reports
were sent by wireless and if they fail
. to arrive for two days it was due to
V, atmospheric disturbances, and not to
any omission by the United States
weather bureau.
Liner Will Take Aviators’ Course.
Havre; France, May 11.—(At—The
liner France leaving tonight tar New
York has been ordered by the French
Line to follow the route Capt.' Nun
gesser’s trans-Atlautic plane is sup
posed to have taken in the hope of
' rescuing the aviators.
, Plan Flight on Saturday.
New York. May 11.—(At—Not
withstanding warning by Ambassador
Herrick that the start of any Amer
ican airplane on a flight to Paris while
the fate of Captains Nungesser and
Coll remained in doubt might stir up
misunderstanding, owners of the Bel
ianca monoplane. Columbia today plan
ned their start for early Saturday.
A Cleveland man has invented a de
vice that controls traffic signals by
sound and by the mere ahrihk of the
tire engine's alien will change signals
and halt all vehicles.
The word ‘Lent’ comes from an
An»lo-Saxon word meaning spring
augiu-KHuvu
e 'kil-V- ■' . .. ivi-A.'V;!Aft.*;- - '
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
FEDERAL FARM LOAN
BOARD AT ITS RIO TASK
Important Step at Last Taken In
Government Plan to Help Farmers.
Washington, May 11.—The Federal
• Farm Loan Board has begun to func
tion umlef its new personnel. This
marks an important step in the eon
i troversy which has arisen over gov
ernment aid to agriculture. There
; have been, and still are for that mat
j ter. two schools of thought—those who
I think legislation will be needed to
| bring about orderly marketing of the
i surplus production and those who be
lieve existing law and facilities can
tnke care of the problem.
Whether new legislation is needed
will 'be determined by Congress next
December. For the time being Presi
dent Coolidge. who has felt that the
previous management of the farm loan
board did not take advantage of its
I opportunities, has put in a virtually
new personnel.
Eugene Meyer. Jr., chairman of the
War Finance Corporation ; Ford Har
rison and George R. Cooksey have
been transferred from that corpora
tion, which hai< been liquidating any
how for some time and* will begin a
systematic operation of the farm loan
board as • ijs, authors originally con
templated. ; ‘
Vast Task Undertaken.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
trtsk of supervision may be obtained
when it is realise)! that, the Federal
Farm Loan Hoard looks after fifty
four joint stock land banks, twelve
Federal farm Mind banks and twelve
intermediate credit banks.
The last group of banks is capital
ised at a total of $00,000,000 and is
authorized by law to borrow by de
benture a total of $600,000,000.
When such sums flrejborrowed from
jhe general public, the intermediate
land banks may in turn lend to State
or national blinks, agricultural credit
corporations and cooperative market
ing associations. Very few of the
State or national banks have used this
machinery, though it is possible under
the law for them to lend as much as
100 per cent, on the base price of a
crop. Most of the loans that have
been made have been extended to eo
oiierative- associations and livestock
loan associations, and their experj
eX’e with the system is declared by
new
to create more credit necessarily but
to apply a more efficient administra
tion to the existing machinery. While-
Mr. Meyer, for instant, is expected to
give better direction to the Federal
Farm Board it is insisted on the other
hand that the board is merely one cog
in a very complex system of stabiliza
tion which is already in existence.
Some idea of what the Government
can do is to he found in what was done
in handling the cotton situation. A
special committee was appointed for
the job by the President but now it is
claimed that the whole thing might
have beeu handled by the Federal
Farm Board under existing law*.
To resolve these points and get the
intermediate credit -banks functioning
more closely with the State und na
tional bankK backing them up with a
reservoir -of credit .when necessary to
bring about orderly marketing, is the
■prime purpose of the Federal Farm
Board under its new management.
800 Mare Marine* to Nicaragua.
Washington, May 11.— <JP) —Sailing
orders have been issued for the 800
marines recently selected to reinforce
Admiral Lattimer’s command in Nic
aragua.
The first wireless* journal for the
blind has just 'been started in Paris.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Ferine- A Beane.
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
Atchison 181%
American Tobacco B 130%
American Smelting 140
j American Locomotive 110
I Atlaiftic Coast Line 184
Allied Chemical 130
American TeL and Tel. ", 186
American Can * 48%
Alii* Chalmers 108
Baldwin Locomotive 180
Baltimore & Ohio —„ 123%
Bangor * 91
Bethlehem Steel 51
Chesapeake & Ohio i_ 175%
Coca-Cola 112
DuPont 243%
Dodge Brothers - 21
Erie 54%
Frisco 114%
General Motors 105%
General Electric 08%
Great Northern - : 89
Gulf State Steel 53
Gold Dust y \ 54
Hudson 1 87
Int. Tel. 137
Kennecott Copper 64%
Liggett & Myers B 130%
Mack Truck 115%
Mo.-Pacific 56%
Norfolk A Western 181
New York Central 149%
Pan. American Pet B. 59%
r k Inland 99%
J. Reynolds 128
Remington 42
Stand. Oil of N. J. 37%
Southern Railway j. 126
Sthdebaker 53%
T»xas Co. 47
Tobacco Products . lOl%
U. R Steel L— 170%
U. 8.. Steel, New 122%
Chrysler * 45%
DP LIST FROM
imKSTIII
It Is Known That 228 Were
| Killed in Several States
l Visited by Tornadoes the
| First of Week.
[RESCUE CREWS
FINDING MORE
Removal of the Debris in
Arkansas and Missouri
Leads to Finding of More
Dead Bodies.
Kansas City, Mo., May 11.—OP)—
Prospects of a steadily increasing
death' list in the huge checkerboard
scooped out of the middle west by
a series of tornadoes and storms in
which at least 228 persons perished
and more than 900 were injured, to
day added to-the trial of relief work
ers. .}
i While casunity lists in Texas’, Illi
nois, Kansas and Louisiana shbwed
'little change, debris of razed commun
ities in Missouri anjlMi-kansns yielded
more bodies last night, and several in
jured died in hospitals.
Physicians reported that more than
a score of injured in Missouri and
Arkansas I had little chance to live.
This, coupled with failure to establish
communication with several villages
since the tornadoes struck on Monday,
caused relief agencies to estimate that
the dead would total approximately
230.
Casualty reports for the three-day
western storm i>eriod corrected to date
showed:
Missouri, 95 dead. 400 injured.
Arkansas, 68 dead, 350 injured.
Texas, 35 dead. 100 injured.
Illinois, 13 dead, 35 injured.
Kansas, 10 dead, 4(1 injured.
Louisiana, three dead.
Wyoming, three dead.
lowa, one dead. >,
Totals: 225 dead, 925 injured.
Relief was placed on an emergency
basis at Poplar Bluff. Mo...where 80
of the 95 killed in Missouri met death.
As few restaurants remained it was
necessary to supply food he well as
to solve hospital and salvage problems.
northeast Arkansas, where residents
of several isolated villages were re
ported destitute.
Weather observers found little to
connect the series of freak storms
that started in {vanxas Saturday,
swooped down on northern Texas ear
ly Monday morning and then skipped
through Arkansas and Missouri and
finally appeared in Illinois.
88 Dead at Poplar Bluff.
Poplar Bluff. Mo., May 11.—OP)—
The number of known dead as a r«*
suit of Monday’s tornado here was
increased to 88 today when Red Cross
officials made a new cheek of the
morgues. •
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BRITISH GROWN
COTTON INCREASES
Output In Sndan Inspires Hopes of
Association.
London, Mny 11.—Although the
amount of cotton grown in the British
Empire in the year 1926 showed a
notable increase over the preceding
yenr. the American cotton grower need
not lie awake at night just yet worry
ing about the British market. As
against the 16,270,000 bales produced
in the United States the British Em
pire can show only 439,300, or less
than the amount produced by Louisi
ana, which was 493,00 in 1925, and
that State ranks low in such produc
tion when Texas, with 5,000,000 bales,
is taken into amount.
Nevertheless at the meeting in Man
chester of the British Cotton Grow
ing Association the year 1026 was de
scribed as a remarkably successful
one, for in 1925 a total of only 366,-
700 bales was produced.
The chief empire cotton growing
areas are in the Sudan, which in
creased its output from 42,700 to 132,-
100 bales; Uganda, Tanganyika, Xya
snland, Rhodesia, Nigeria, the Punjab
in India nnd the West Indies.
To come on to more even terms of
competition with the American farmer
it was asserted that it was absolutely
essential to provide more efficient
transport by road, rail and water.
MAGISTRATE MANGUM
IS LOCKED IN JAIL
Denied Privilege of Bail Awaiting
Trial ip Charlotte Recorder's fourt.
Charlotte, May 11.—<A»)—S. A.
Mangum, local justice of the peace,
was looked in the city jail today with
out privilege of bail to await trial
in recorder’s court on a charge of
failing to account to the county for
certain lines *and forfeitures collect
ed while he was acting as rOral po
lice judge. He was arrested on a
.capias Issued after he failed yester
day to appear for trial for the second
time. He was arrested some time
ago and released on S3OO ball when
he failed to show up. . later phy
sicians’ certificates further postponed
the trial.
He was captured today after a brief
foot race in the woods near bis home
between htmself and two city detec
tive*.
The people of Peru have such a
low opinion of their local industries
that Peruvian manufacturers are
unable to *fll their goods unless they
affix counterfeit foreign labels to
CONCORD, N. C.,WEDNESDAY, MAY 11,1927
JAPAN DEMANDS ' 1
WITHDRAWAL OF »
CHINESE FORCE
London, May 11.— (A*) — Japan
has peremptorily dema’nded -that
Chinese authorities at'.Nanking
give orders immediately for the
withdrawal of soldiers who occu
pied the Japanese consulate at Nan
king after the outrages of March
24th, says an Exchange Telegraph ■
dispatch from Tokio. The demand,
the dispatch states, was sent in (he
form of an ultimatum, but it is ex
pected in Tokio that the Chinese'
l will comply without hesitation,-i ,{
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COMMITTEES TO *
MAKE “Y” DRIVE
HAVE MEETING
Organization Under Chair
manshin of Dr. T. N. Spen
cer Will Make Drive For
Funds Next Week. ;' j
At a meeting held at i the Y. M. C. i
:A. Tuesday flight plans were perfect-'
ed and committees namcdjto make the
drive for funds for the Y. M. C. A.
for the ensuing year.
The drive will be held Tuesday attfl
Wednesday, May 17£li and 18th. and
those assisting in making the canvas*
will meet at a dinner to be given at
the “Y” Monday night to secure ma
terials with which t j make the can
vass.
It was not announce 1 what amount
would be asked for this year to care
for the expenses of the institution for
the coming year. t
The workers are divided into .five
divisions with a major and three cap
tains in each division. T.'ie following
were named as officers: • -
I>r. T. X. Spencer, chairman.
Air Division: Dr. R. B. Rankin,
major; Captain P. G. Sherbondy, W.
A. Overcash. H. S. Williams,, A. B.
Palmer and E. L. Hicks, Captain Dr.
D. G. Caldwell. Fred White, Ben
White, Jones Yorke, R. S. Litaker and
R. G. Jones; Captain A. G. Odell,
A. F. Goodman, Rev. R. M. Courtney.
A. F. Hartnell, J. A. Cannon and Wil
liam Ritchie.
Land Division: R. E. Ri<l»nhoui'.
Jr., Major: Captain, C. W. Byrd) G,
B. Lewis, Dr. J. C. Rowan. J. G.
Parks and W. F. Agee; Cap’ain Ebb
F. White. Buford Blackwelder, E.' It.
Grady. H. J. Hitt, Tmn Honeycutt
and C. H. Foil; Captain P. M. Laffer
ty, IV. L. Burns. Ernest Porte- Dr.
J. A. Shauers. H. B. Wilkinson andC.
S. Smart.
Submarine Division: C. 1L
'C.--N. FieWr'H*
M, Ivey, F. M. Youngblood. J. K.'
Davis, Dr. T. M. Rowlett, Cipr. 0.
H. Trneblood, Sid Perry, J. W. Pike,.
C. F. Ritchie, H. Bollinger, O. 11.
Hendrix, Capt. L. M. Ricbmoud I)r.
J. A. Patterson. W. B. Ward, G. L.
Patterson, J. O. Moose and E. C.
Barnhardt, Jr.
Red Cross Division—Mrs. Rich
mond Reed, Major; Mesdames T. N.
Spencer. J. A. Kennett, A. C, Cline,
Leonard Brown, Aubrey Folks, Mar
vin Long, A. J. Yorke. Ben White, F.
White, E. C. Barnhardt, Jr., W. G.
Brown, Charles Cannon, Misses Mag
gie Barnhardt, Helfn Marsh, and Julia
Harry.
Sea Division—J. Y. Pharr, Major;
Captain L. T. Hardsell, Captain O. A.‘
Swaringen, and Captain F. R. Shep
herd. Others will be named later.
With Our Advertisers.
The Spring Piano Sale at the Kidd-
Frix Music andt Stationery Co. brings
many wonderful values to th buying
public. Many bargains are included
in the offerings. Read carefully new
ad. in ths paper.
“The Patsy,” a hilarious comedy,
success, will be presenter! on the third
night of Cbautaugun here. The pro
gram begins May 27th and continues
through June Ist.
The Parks-Belk Co. is offering spec
ials in Mid-Summer Ready-to-Wear
and Millinery, specials on second floor.
Special lot wash dresses for $5.!>5 to
$18.50, Large Milan hats for $2.98
and $3.98.
Ferndell, Clicquot Club and Canada
Dry Ginger Ale at the Dove-Bost Co.
Also fresh shipment, of salt mackerel.
“California” is the big feature at
the Concord Theatre today. Also first
and second chapters of “The House
Without a Key,” 'big mystery serial.
Tomorrow ‘'Old loves and New" and
Friday vaudeville.
See the new wrist and strap watches
at the Stnrnes-Miller-Parker Co. be
fore buying.
The stock of overstuffed living room
suites at H. B. Wilkinson’s is unusual
ly large at this time. Call to see
complete line.
Smart dressy coats for sl4 at the’
Gray Shop. Sport coats at $7. They
are worth from $14.75 to $19.50 but
going at reduced prices now.
You can get just the kind of eleetric
fan you want from the complete line
carried by the Richie Hardware Co.
The highest court of France, the
Court of Cassation, has ruled that pe
destrians are subject' to traffic rules as
are vehicles and may be fined if they
disobey the rules.
COMING
“THE SPIRIT OF
CABARRUS”
A Pageant
Written and Produced by
7th Grade Central School
MAY 17the AND 18th
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITOR
Flood Fund
Ceweerd Contributions.
Previously acknowledged ...$2,156.02
Mrs. J. L. Hnrtse'l 5.00
Fred Y. McConnell Post
American Legion 25.00
Mrs. X. D. Loud 1.00
Miss Ruth Loud 1,00
Hal. Central Grammar
School .$0
White Auto Company ...... 5.00
Poplar Tent Benevolent Fund 11.28
Cash 1.00
Total Concord $2,205.00
Kannapolis Contributions v
Previously acknowledged .... $512.00
Mt. • Pleasant Contributions I
Previously acknowledged .... $102.00
Jackson Training School
Previously acknowledged .... $56.00
Junior Red Cross of City Schools
Previously acknowledged .... SIOO.OO
Grand Total $2,975.00
FIGHT ON EFIRI> WILL
TO COME UP MONDAY
Judge Webb Will Preside at Effort
To Break Document.
Albemarle, May 10.—-Much interest
is being taken in this'section of the
State over the attack on the will of
i he Inte John S. Efird, millionaire tex-'
tile mamffnctnrer of this city. The
ease is scheduled to come up before
the next term of Stanly Civil Court
on Monday, May 16. Judge James L*
Webb will preside.
Judge Webb also presided over the
case of the two Cannon brothers, M.
I, nnd Joe F. Cannon, against the
Wisoaxsett Mills Company, of this
city, several weeks ago, when the locul
mills wdfce sued for $1,500,000 which
was ordered to be paid the stockhold
ers. An appeal has been taken, how
ever, in that case. It was the largest
dividend inelou ever out in this State.
The trustees of the estate of the
late Mr. Efird are C. A. Cannon, of
Concord; the Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company and It. L. Smith, of
this city. The exact value of the
estate lias not as yet been mnde public,
but it is believed tha it will run sev
eral million dollars.
MY. Efird left one-fifth of the estate
to his sons , Watt G. Efird and Jap
J. Efird. one-fifth to Mrs. Henry Mor
row, one-fifth to the children of a
third son, W. T. Efird, and one-fifth
to charity and benevolences, the
specified objects to be designated by
a codicil to be attached The eodicil
was never attached, however. Mrs.
Efird, the widow, was left all the
household furnishings, automobiles,
jewelery and the large handsome home
in which she now resides'. .She also
gets a sufficient allowance until her
deaths Thla Wust sfipll ffttSane-flutU
the first’ day of January. 1941. when
it will be divided.
A citation lias been issued against
the main beneficiaries, the trustees
and executors claiming and serving the
paper purporting to be' the last will
nnd testament of the late John S.
Efird. This is being pushed by W.
T. Efird. whose children shared his
part of the^estate.
If the will as a whole is broken,
then the estate will fall into regular
channels of legal settlement as in he
case if intestate, the several heirs re
ceiving their portions upon settlement
of the estate.
James A. Lockhart, of Charlotte,
has been employed as counsel by W.
T. Efird. He Ims been in Al'bemarle
on several occasions, but. no informa
tion ns to the suit has been given
out by either party, and while there
is abundant setting for endless litiga
tion and a grent play for lawyers,
there is but little at this time to give
out.
CAPIAS ISSUED FOB
MAGISTRATE MANGUM
Failing to Appear For Trial Again,
Judge Orders That He Be Found
and Locked Up.
Charlotte. May 10—Armed with a
capias, ail officer this afternoon was
looking for Magistrate S. A. Man
gum with orders from City Judge
Curry to lock him up when found.
The magistrate was scheduled for
a henring in police court this morn
ing on a charge of failure to settle
with the county for fines and for
feitures while he was serving us
rural police court judge. He failed to
show up and Judge Currie ordered
bis arrest and incarceration. The of
ficer failed to find him in his of
fice or at home- His bondsman also
joined in the hunt with appeals to
city and county officials to ,nelp him
apprehend the missing magistrate'.
The case previously had been
Called several times in city court
but each time a continuance has
been granted.
GRAY WANTS TO TELL
MRS. SNYDER GOODBYE
Asks Prison Attendant to Allow Him
to Speak to Woman In Prison.
New York, May 11. —(4 s )—Henry
Judd Gray would like to bid farewell
to Mrs. Ruth Snyder before they die
in the electric chair for the murder of
her husband.
Twice since their conviction on Mon
day he has expressed a desire to jail
attendants to talk with her.
“I didn't want to hurt her,” Gray
told Henry Masses - , the under sheriff.
“The least you can do i* to let me see
her and say goodbye. I’m sorry the
verdict went so hard against her. I
just couldn't do anything else. 1 told
the truth. Now I feel better.”
Minister Allages Immoral Conditions
Charlotte, May 10.—Following
charges of Rev. J. A. llaird.’ made at
a meeting of Charlotte and Mecklen
burg county ministers, of serious im
moral and liquor selling conditions
near the city. W. 8- Huggins, United
States Oommisoioner here, today in
vited the minister to name the peo
ple and said he would have them ar
rested on federal warrants. No ac
' lion has vet been taken by the rain
later.
CAPT. UNDBERGH
MAKES ST. LOUIS
ON LONG FLIGHT
St. Louis, May 11.— <JP) —Capt.
Charles A. Lindbergh, former air
mail pilot, who is planning a New
York to Paris flight, arrived here
at B.o’clock this morning after a
non-stop Might from San Diego,
which begnrx yesterday afternoon.
He flew over the city before land
ing at the flying field near here.
His time for the 1,550 miles was
fourteen hours five minutes.
WANTS EVERY PAROLED
MAN TO HAVE A JOB
| State Has a Duty to the Men Paroled
as Well as to Society.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. 0. BASKERVILL
Raleigh. May 11; —(Vhile it is gen
erhll# recognized -that, the State has
a definite responsibility toward the
men and women it puts behind prison
bars for crimes against the state, is it
not equally true that the State has
an almost equal responsibility toward
i the men who, when they finish their
terms or are paroled, are again re
leased upon society? And is not the
problem of assisting them in again be
coming members of society of greater
import?
Edwin W. Bridges, newly appoint
ed commissioner of pardons nnd pa
roles. is of the decided opinion that
this is the case, and has already set
about the task of assisting released
nnd paroled prisoners after they have
been released from prison. This
work, he is convinced, is of the great
est importance, and largely determines
whether a paroled or released prisoner
will “go straight." or back to his old
haunts.
“Though I have been commissioner
of pardons but a few weeks, I am al
ready firmly of the opinion that it
is an injustice for the State to parole
a prisoner, or even to release him
from prison, unless assurance is given
that the prisoner when released can
make an adequate living for himself
and his family. But that ih not all.
The prisoner should be made to feel
that the State, or some one repre
senting it, is interested in his suc
cess—in his “making good” and that
it is ready and willing to assist him.
“Hence it is that in making rec
ommendations for paroles, I shall try
to make sure iu advance that every
man recommended for a pflrole has a
job waiting for liiui at which he can
make an adequate living. And if »
addition I am going to gttempt to
follow .records made by thajle men af
iSaLtO-tri; some per
son* or persons inliis home commun
ity to keep in touch with them, and
let them know that some one is tak
ing an interest in them. I believe
that the psychological effect of the
knowledge that some one is interested
in their 'making good' will be most
beneficial."
In doing this Mr. Bridges will be
but carrying out and putting into
further effect principles previously
adopted by H. Hoyle Sink, who pre
ceded him as commissioner of pardons
and paroles.
Still another principle has been set
up by Mr. Bridges with regard to re
quests for paroles, and his recommen
dations to the governor concerning
them. That is that no prisoner who,
is not in A grade—that is an honor
prisoner—need have much hope of ob
taining a parole, on the assumption
that if n man cannot get along with
the prison officials and obey the prison
regulations while he is in prison, there
is not much likelihood that he will
obey the law of the state and nation
when he is released from prison. Con
sequently. unless a prisoner can get
a recommendation from the prison of
ficials to accompany his application
and show that he has mode a good
prison record, there is little chance
that his application will be recom
mended to the governor for action.
”1 think that a man’s record after
he has reached prison, and the show
ing he has made there should be one
of the greatest factors in determining
whether or not he should be paroled."
Mr. Bridges says. “If, under rig
orous prison discipline, he has shown
himself to be a man and to earnestly
desire to make restitution, even
though the crime for which he was
convicted be a serious one, he is de
serving of consideration. Hence it
was that the other day at Caledonia,
I declined to discuss the matter of
paroles with any except the honor
prisoners there.
“By adopting this rule I algo think
that it will become an added stimulus
.to the prisoners in the lower grades
to become grade A prisoners, when it
. becomes known that only those pris
-1 oners with the best prison records will
be considered for parole.”
CAN YOU SCORE
TEN ON THESE?
QUESTIONS
1— What are the areas of the three
largest oceans.
2 How do the Great Lakes rank iu
size.
3 Name the three longest rivers.
4 Give an example of ocean dis
tance decreased by use of the Panama
Canal.
5 What was the cost of the Pana
ma Canal?
6 Name the three leading Euro
pean languages.
7Do males outnumber females in
the United States?
8— How many persons are engaged
in agriculture In the United States?
9 What 1* the annual fire loss in
the United States?
10— What is the number of Chris
tians in the world?
(Answered on Page Five}
Further Breaks Along J|
Louisiana l evees Are I
Expe£>« .icurly Now I
TRAINING OF TEACHERS
State Making Rapid Strides in Quali
fication of the Teachers in Her Pub
lie Schools.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. May 11.—Although the re
quirement for a teaching position iu
the public high schools of North Car
olina calls for only two years of train
ing with professional credits beyond
high school graduation, S 3 per cent,
of the white teachers in 1026 possessed
training amounting to high school
graduation plus three years of col
lege ami above, increasing from 78.0
tier cent, in 1022,
So far ns training of teachers is
concerned, the concensus in North
Carolina says that just as much trnin
;ing is required to prenare an ele
mentary teacher as is required for a
secondary teacher, the specific nature
of the training must be different.
North Carolina is making rapid
strides in the improvement of the pro
fessional qualification of the teachers
in her public schools. Standards ex
isting within the state are far too
low. The gap between the standards
prevailing within the state and the
minimum standards approved by the
country at large must be overcome*ns
soon as possible. Qualitatively speak
ing it is to be hoped that the day
will speedily come when only college
graduates will be teaching in the pub
lic schools.
To what extent has there been an
improvement in the professional qual
ifications of the teaching personnel in
the public schools of North Carolina?
The answer will be of interest to the
general public, since it may make for
better instruction and since superior
instruction —all things being equal—
is an indication of increased efficiency
in the school.
In 11121-22, 22,95 per cent, of all
the white teachers holding certificates
for the elementary schools were not
even high school graduates, but by
1925-26 only 8.18 i«*r cent, possessed
training of less than the equivalent
of high school graduation. In 1921-
22 only 20.21 per eeut. of the white
elementary teachers possessed training
which was the equivalent of high
school graduation plus two years of
college or normal school and above.
. I»- 492 ft ajaWUsiamiQy.. 40
of the white elemeiitSrr teacbeC* pos
sessed training which was the equiva
lent of normal school graduation.
During the five-year period mentioned
the number of white elementary teach
ers who were college graduates doubled.
These figures show that so far as
the white elementary schools are con
cerned a rapid rate of improvement
is being achieved.
In 1922, 67.42 per cent, of the
negro high school teachers possessed
training amounting to high school
graduation plus three years, of col
lege and above. This figure hud in
creased to 84.53 per cent, by 1926.
It is interesting to note that, be
ginning with the school year 1927-28,
1 the minimum requirement for a teach
ing positiou in the public high schools
of North Carolina will be three years
of training with professional credits
beyond high school graduation.
In 1921-22, 47.51 per cent, of the
teachers in negro elementary schools
had graduated from high schools. In
1925-26, 59.07 per cent, of the negro
teachers, holding certificates for the
elementary schools, were high school
graduates. In 1921-22 approximate
ly 12 per cent, of the negro teachers
holding certificates for the elementary
schools possessed ttaining amounting
to high school graduation plus two
years college or normal and above;
this figure had increased to 15 per
cent, by 1925-26.
EAMON DE VALERA IS
LOSER IN BOND SUIT
Money He Raised In America Must
Be Given Back to the Subscribers.
New York. May 11.—<^)—Supreme
Court Justice- Peters today dismissed
: the suit brought by the Irish Free
, State claiming to be,the successor of
■ the Irish Republic, and entitled to
• bonds subscribed for in the United
States for the republican cause. Jqs
; tice Peters also denied the claim “of
i Eamonn de Valera and his con-trustee
i O’Mara to the bonds, and ruled that
: the bonds should be sold and the pro
■ ceeds revert to the original subscrib
-1 ers.
By today's ruling some $2,500,000
which was subscribed to the Irish re
■ publican cause in thin country will go
Iback to the subscribers after being
tied up in litigation since 1922.
Wedding in Gaffney.
Bessemer City. May 10.—A mar
riage of much interest was that of
Miss Deva Estelle Bumgardner, of
this place, and Mr. Albert Joe Little-1
john, of Kannapolis, which was sol
emnized at Gaffney, 8. C„ Saturday I
evening at 9 o'clock with Judge J. L. j
Stroupe officiating. The bride wore
a handsome costume of beige georgette
with accessories to thatch. The only I
attendande were Misses Wilma Loop
er and Florence Huffstetler, of Besse
mer City, and Mr, Columbus Hoyle, of
Kannapolis.
Mrs. Littlejohn is the oldest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. B. ft Bumgard
n<*. and is a handsome and charming
woman, admired by a wide circle of
friends. Mr. Littlejohn is the son of
Mr. and Mfe. L. H. Littlejohn, pf
this place, and for the past several]
months has held a responsible position l
with the Canon,, Manufacturing Com-j
' ° * nß * ** i
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the thibunbl
TODAY’S NEWS TODAYS
NO. 1041 1
The Fight Against Water 1
Has Not Been Given
However, and LepiMiv
Are Being Strengthen®
CANE LAND IS ;J 1
NOW AT STAHI
If Levees at BayooJM
Glaises Give Way R&dhii
est Cane Land in
try Will Be Flooded
New Orleans. May 11.—(/P)—Tint'B‘
levees at the Bayou des Glaises, eighty/, SI
miles north of New Orleans, were HWjffi
liected to collapse at any
allowing a rush of muddy w-ater
! tlx- Sugar Bowl of
most of tlm domestic cane is gimiflH S 0
The fight had not beep given un3|B
however, and at Big Bend, vtiH ■
heroic efforts of citizens of Bj
tion have been concentrated to Wi
the weakening levee, work continuM^B
Should the crevasse occur S
is thought that much of the strain cifiarli
the levees along the Mississippi
lie relieved, minimizing the dangej* »t iff
a break along tbat line. A bcpMpffi
at Bayou des Glaises would inuiutbttt
thousands of acres, of the mostl|j
soil in the state,'flooding many kHn]
houses, and driving additional’x^B- Sj
sands from their homes to .refUmjps I
camps. ’ ;sj«|
A rescue fleet already has been aniau:jj|
bilized in the zone, danger oUiaagiml m
life has been reduced, and in all ptajfil gi
ability a toil similar to that .tIUM* « S
Arkansas and Mississippi wcBMM (§
averted.
With Vidalia. 1.a.. in
a break iu the protection levee wlitcfcHg
held back the backwaters from fijj| jg
four breaks in lower ('om-erdm jjg
northeastern Louisiana was qndtffiH'
water. '-••IBB
All precautions have been .
Vidalia and loss of property will
be great. Many citizens moved flieitf J l- .
household goods to high ground mojNjrjj®
than two weeks ago. JSj
The crests of two floods were raejSSEi
ing toward Old River today! unffiK
formed from waters in breaksTl tnHaH
Arkansas levees, and the other.
Teide and Winter Quarters
in northeastern Louisiana. The hit- B
ter crest is due at the mouth <rf ’MHpaßg
river between May Mth and lftth/.B
THE COTTON 1
.
Opened Easy at Itecline of ft.
Points. July Going Off to m
New York. Ma.v 11.— (A 3 ) —The eptiwlj
ton market ojieneil easy
decline of 6 to 9 iwints and "hnwg|(: ; gali
net losses of 11 to 17 points
first few- minutes under liqttidatiumlj
local and Southern selling,
by better weather reports from South. *
July declined to 15.52 and DeeewhSl
to 16.00, hut at these
seemed to be some trade inlying afi “1
some down buying orders from OtUcg-iE'
sources. Demand proved
absorb early offerings and caused I 'IwHH
lies of a few points from lowest at ff
end of first hour. ..iflj
The summary of the weekly
of weather bureau was
.about a standoff, .but the details bjjß.
states made rather a more
impression on sentiment, and the l"j
ket eased off again after its nnlUtnjß W
tion. July sold off to 15.52 and Dmß
ember to 15,96. net declines of
14 to 19 points but trade
covering steadied the market
trading was quiet at midday. (9
Cotton futures iipened easy
15.39; July 15.58; Oct. 15.90
16.09: Jan. 16.13.
PAYMASTER AND TWO ’’ IS
GUARDS ARE RQ^g^B|
Seven Gunmen in Closed Autos
99.000 Pay Roll in New ¥«*§§9 V
New York. May 11.— (A 3 ) —
gunmen in two closed niitomqWiifl
held up an assistant paymaster of
Interborough linpid Transit
and two guards in an automobile at|B
. 71st street ami First Avenue todajffC
robbed them of a $9,000 pay j
escaped after wrecking the
and one of their own. Nearly
of sliots were exchanged between
guards and the bandits and police bri*|
lieve one of the holdup men was'fl
wounded.
'is
THE STOCK MARKET.®! J
Operators For Advance Experieii|flH
Difficulty in Getting Price tWWL 1
day. ’■■■nM'l
New York, May 11.— (A 3 ) —OppSjM?:
tors for the advance seemed to eipejifi®!
ence more difficulty in f
up in tmlay's stock market, |
the leadership of several high jHB |
industrial and railroad ias«e&’JßSffi-. I
ing the list frequently to
the quality of buying, bear I
succeeded in locating a few ltWllf.j|i |
which inside support seemed V--1
festly weak. The closing i
total sales approximating
shares. i'S^B
jftlt ATUpI
i.—
Cpncnill.v fair tonight;
fair, cooler in east portion* £ \