ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
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Further Breaks In The
Louisiana Levees Seem
Certain During The Day
Bayou Des Glaises Levees
Still Holding This Morn
ing But Breaks in Them
Almost Certain to Occur.
I
SOME PLANTERS i
REFUSE TO MOVE
sßemain at Homes Despite!
Warning and Will Take
Chance if Flood Comes,
They Tell Officials.
New Orleans. May 12.—OP)—Under
the pressure of the steadily rising back
water the Bayou des Glaises levees
were holding early today, but with
warnings that a break might occur at
any moment.
Throughout the night citizens and
laborers tilled sandbags to stop tbo
How of water through hastily con
structed topping and to increase the
height of the dyke between Bordelon
vi’de and Sarto, 125 miles on an air
line northwest of here, and on the
west side of the Atchafalaya River
from the Mississippi.
Flood relief headquarters at Raton
Rouge were notified last night that
the water had nearly reached the top
of the dyke and army engineers ex
pressed the belief that before night
fa'.l today flood waters would be one
ending over the top if a break i(id
not occur before them.
Livestock in the threatened area
has been removed to safety and all res
idents have moved to higher ground
except the 1,000 or more determined
men who sent out word earlier this
week "if it goes out. it will go out
with ns on top of it.”
While outside the area plans have
gone steadily forward for relief in
the event of a break, the citizens have
stoutly declared that they will hold
back the waters. A rescue fleet has
been concentrated at strategic points
to prevent the loss of life.
A break at the threatened points
within the next 24 hours would cause
much of the flood waters from the
Arkansas breaks and the Winter quar
ters and Cabin Teele breaks to be
diverted from the Atchafalaya basin,
bringing n measure of relief to the
A smallpox epidemic in the ttoef
River section of northeast liouisiana
was feared. according to Miss Wini
fred Callahan, Red Cross relief work
er in charge.
Rising waters from the Cabin Teele
and Winter quarters breaks necessi
tated the evaeuntion of all refugees
concentrated at Jonesville, but plenty
of boats were available to move them
to other points.
The crest of the flood was along the
lower edge of Madison parish today
and moving slowly toward Old River,
where it is expected between May
20th and 25th. according tb govern
ment bureau officials.
From Angola south thousands con
tinued to strengthen levees in prep
aration for the final assault of the
Mississippi River as the water from
the breaks to the north returned to
the stream .by the way of the Old
River.
POPULAR BI.UFF TO
BURY STORM DEAD
Tornado Death List There Passes 100;
Relief Work Begins In Arkansas.
Popular Bluff. Mo., May 11.—After
two days of suffering and stress, caus
ed by a tornado which virtually de
molished the business section and took
approximately 100 lives. Popular Bluff
tonight began to bury ita dead. Ten
funerals were held, although the maj
ority were arranged for tomorrow nud
the next day.
The number of known dead tonight
had increased to 101, while the ser
iously injured, some of whom were
expected to die stood near the hundred
mark. . - ■"
An exhaustive search today of the
ruins of the once famous Riverside
Hotel disclosed two bodies. The hotel,
one of the first built here, achieved
a nation-wide reputation when new as
one of the finest hotels in the Middle
West.
The new Melbourne Hotel, which
yielded the greatest number of bodies,
was the tomb of its proprietor, Mrs.
Mae Smith, and twenty-three guests.
The death of Opal Sherrill, a guest,
* closed one of the moat dramatic in
cidents of the catastrophe. She lay
in the ruina with the water creeping
up about her body for nine hours while
rescuers cut through the floors above
to rlease her
Popular Bluff today presented a
scene of unparalleled activity as
clean-up work began in earnest.
Light and power were being rapidly
restored and telephone communication
within the town was partly renewed.
CHARLOTTE VISITED
BY 16-MILE GALE
Several Plate Glass Windows in
Business Section Crashed By Fly
ing Timbers.
Charlotte, May 11.—Several plate
glass windows in the business sec
tion of the dfy were smashed this
afternoon by timber sent 'hurling
through the air by a 35-mile wind,
that whipped through the city.
Limbs were wrenched from trees
and power transmission linen in the
city alto were affected,
t The normel wind rite here Is
about five mijes an hftur and today’s
typhoon-like, blowing caused great
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The Concord Daily Tribune
ONE MAN DEAD, BROTHER
WOUNDED AT CAKE SALE
Trouble Starts WhilFWes For Most
Popular Girl Are Being Counted.
| Asheville. May 11.—Joe Tipton is
dead and his brother, Charles, is dan
' gerously wounded in Graham county
ns a result of a fusillade fired within
. a darkened .school house last night
while a "cake auction" was in prog
' reus.
Howard Edwards is alleged to have
fired the shots that brought down the
TiptoH brothers as a climax to the
mountain fend that blazed into combat
when Clyde Quinn, who was counting
the votes for the most ■ popular girl,
was aroused of leaning more to one
faction thau to another.
I Edwards, who is only 16 yenrs old.
has fid and officers are scouring the
mountains of Graham county, prob
ably the wildest in the state, in a
vain effort to find him tonight.
The trouble came when the moun
taineers gqthered at Steeoah school
house about 10 miles from ltobbins
ville in Graham county for the "cake
auction.” The prettiest mountain girls
were looking their best and Miss Win
Hamilton appeared to-be the favorite.
Lines were sharply drawn and as the
contest progressed feeling became more
pronounced. Then like a stroke of
lightning one of the ardent young fel
lows accused Quinn of cheating in the
tall S-. Guns were pulled in n flash.
Someone seeing that trouble was com
ing shot out the lights and probably
by thnt act saved several lives.-
After an interval cooler heads re
stored order and the Tipton brothers
were persuaded to leave for the sake
of |>eace. This they did in the dark
ness and in a few minutes before more
lights could be secured they were heard
returning. Just, inside the door they
went down under a hail of lead.
Joe Tipton diet! almost immediately
with a bullet through the heart but
Charles, although badly wounded, drug
ged himself outside the door where he
lay quietly while the killer made his
escape and order was restored. Lights
were brought and physicians sum
moned.
ABRHNKTHY LOCATES
THE GARDEN OF EDEN
It Was Either at Aulander or Ahoekie.
Aulander, May 11.—In his address
to the graduates of the Aninnder
school Monday morning. Hon. ("has.
L. Abernethy, of New Bern, X. ~C„
United States congressman from tlie
third congressional district, ended his
speech with the humorous remark that
the Garden of Eden, mentioned in the
scriptures, must have been either at
Aulander or Ahoskie.
Preceeding the commencement ad
dress declamation, debating, oration,
essay and recitation contests were held
at the school auditorium. The win
aers of each contest were awarded
medals at the graduating exercises
Monday evening. Sidney Burden, of
the senior class, won in the declama
tion contest. In the debate "Resolved
that the war debts owed the United
States by her iate allies in the World
War shoudl be cancelled”, Wilmer
Jenkins, representing the negative side
of the question, won the medal. Wil
liam Batts received the orators' medal.
Margaret Lane was awarded the essay
medal and Sarah Lee Bazemore re
ceived the recitation medal. The
judges for the contest were Mayor
elect Alvnh Early and E. J. Geroek
and W. 1). Strickland, of Ahoskie.
Os the original public domain, in
cluding Alaska and lands within na
tional forests and other reservations,
there are approximately 525,105.000
acres of public land not yet surveyed.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner ft Beane.
(Quotations at 1:80 P. M.)
Atchison —. r 170%
American Tobacco B 130%
American Smelting 148%
American Locomotive 100%
Allied Chemical 139
American Trie. & Tel. 165%
American Can 48%
Allis Chalmers 107
Baldwin Locomotive 180
Baltimore ft Ohio 121
Bangor 01
Bethlehem Steel — T 50%
Chesapeake ft Ohio 170
Coca-Cola llO%
DuPont - 241
Dodge Bros. 20%
Erie 54%
Frisco 113%
General Motors i 101%
General Electric 97%
Great Northern —89%
Gulf. State Steel 52
Gold Dust 52%
Hudson 84%
Int. Tel. ISO
Kennecott Copper 64%
Lifigett OP) Myers B 103
Mack Truck 114%
Mo.-Pacific , 55
Norfolk & Western 170
New York Central 147%
Pan. Am. Pet B. 50%
Rock Island 00
R. J. Reynolds 123
Remington 41%
Stand. Oil of N. J. 37
Southern Railway 125%
Studebaker 53
Texas Co. * 47%
Tobacco Products 100
W^!ra h M ary land P” I "II 37%
CONTINUE SEARCH
FOR iSSIHG till
. puts mm
; Another Report Came To
j day That Third Person in j
\ New Foundland Heard
| Whir of Plane Motor, j
i WOODSMEN HAVE
BEGUN SEARCH j
{Looking Into the Wooded]
Areas on Assumption
That French Aces May
Have Been Forced Down
(By the Associated Press) 1
Word came today from Harbor j
Grace. New Foundiand. that a third>
person in that far off spot in the \
British colony had heard the whir of
an airplane high overhead in the fog
last Monday morning at the time when
Captains Xungesser and Coll in the
White Bird were due over Xew Found
land in their flight from Paris to
Xew York.
Police patrols and woodsmen have
joined in a search that Will carry them
far into forests and wooded waterways
that indent the country. It may be
days before the hunt is concluded.
The dwindling hopes that the French
aviators may be found seem to rest
on the Xew Fotindlaml search. Capt.
It. I). White, naval attache at Paris,
informed the navy department thnt
Xungesser's proposed route would have
carried him over northern Xew Found
land near Belle Isle straits. The av
iators may have drifted in the fog to
the southward, and this would have
brought them over Harbor Grace.
Meanwhile United States naval ves
sels and coast guard patrols are
threading zig zng courses on western
wastes of the At'antic hunting for
the air men, while the dirigible Los
Angeles is waiting for better visibility
before joining in the search. Wire
less and steamship companies were still
without any comforting word _ today
of the French aces, now three full
days overdue at Xew York.
All is in readiness at Curtis Field,
Long Island, for the start of the Bel
lanca plaint early Haturday- morning.
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WINNER IN TESH-
Miss Elsie Stewart. Berea, Gets First
Prize for Theme.
Atlanta, May 11.—Miss Elsie B.
Stewart of Berea College. Berea, Ky.,
is winner of a Southwide theme con
test aiming college students, the com
mission on winter-racial cooperation
announced today. A. L. Stevenson of
Duke University, Durham. X. (’., won
second place, and Bruce O. Power, of
Dallas, Texas, was third.
The winners, writing on the sub
ject, "Justice in Race Relations," won
l over entries from 33 colleges. They
will receive prizes of $75, SSO and
$25.
With Our Advertisers.
. Read the four-column ad. in this
paper of the Reid Motor Co. Concord
■ Ford dealer, entitled “Actual Facts vs.
False Propaganda.”
Cline & Moose have Como chicken
feed fresh all the time. Phone 339.
The Standard Buick Co. lias five
■ used cars for sale. See list in new
ad. today.
Vierrn's Hawaiians will present a
program on the fifth night of Chnut
niigua which begins May 27th. Season
. tickets only- $2.50.
Xew and used Players, Uprights and
, Grands at a big saving during the
I Spring Piano Clearance Sale at the
Kidd-Frix co. One Baby Gram} is
being offered for $605. Store open
every night until 0 o’clock during the
sale. Read ad. carefully in this paper.
Read carefully new ad. of the J.
C. Penney Co. in this paper. Hats,
caps, overails, hosiery, play !pujts.
i dress goods and other commodities are
i being offered at prices that carry a
i big appeal.
i The J. ft H. Cash Store has just
received a full line of fresh fruits and
- vegetables.
• Nlw shades dominate in summer
hosiery at Robinson’s.
Schloss Bros, ft Co's, clothes and
other first-class goods for men at IV.
A. Overcnsh's.
1 All styles Hanes underwear on sale
at Efird’s department store.
1 Pee Gee Wonder'oid—applied with
a brush it dries in less than an hour.
’ All colors. Xo experience is neees
-1 sary to apply it. Sold here by the
1 Ritchie Hardware Co.
■ You will have a balance of SSOO in
: three years if you deposit $3 a week
1 at the Citizens Bank and Trust fonf
t pany.
( The annual May sale of millinery is
now going on at Efu-d’s. Hats as
[ low as sl.
i Eflrd’s Seven Day Sale.
The local Efird’s store is offering
many fine bargains during its annual
t Seven Day Sale.
j Palm Beach suits for $0.50; topical
worsted from $16.50 to $22.50; men’s
oxfords at $2.85 to $4.03; scout shoes
[ at $1.05 ; boys’ wash suits at 05 cents;
ladies’ and childrens’ shoes at reduced
i prices, and dress goods of all kinds at
special prices are among the many
j bargains being offered.
Read carefully page ad. in this
i paper for price particulars.
* A chimpanse, a pet Os a Berlin
postman, amuses itself by turning in
i fire alarms and sitting by and watcli
iug the fire engine come.
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927
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RUTH AND JUDD FACING DEATH }
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Ruth Snyder and Henry jndd Gray are clinging to the hope
that an appeal will save their lives. Their attorneys are prepar
ing briefs intended to stay the death penalty inflicted on the
adulterous pair. New photoa show (top) Mrs. Snyder and her
lover facing death, and (bottom) Prosecuting Attorney New
combe and Dana Wallace, Mrs. Snyder’s lawyer, shaking hands
after the verdict. _ i
ACCIDENTS MUST BE REPORTED j
One of the New Automobile Regnla- j
tions Adopted by the Last Leg!*- i
lature.
Tribune Bureau ;
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, MRy 12. —Accidents on
highways, especially automobile at-.l
cidents, in which anyone is injured or I
killed, must be fully reported to the [
Automobile Division of the Depart- !
inent of Reveuue, after July 1. j
This .is one of the new automotive
to prove of value in the eventual elimi
nation of automobile accidents on the
highways, according to B. A. Dough
ton, Commissioner of Revenue nud
Sprague Silver, chief of the automo- .
bile division.
This new law provides that when- I
ever an nceidenj occurs on the high- J
ways in which any one is injured to ;
the extent thnt medical attention is '
found necessary, thnt both parties in
the accident must file complete re
ports, giving the alleged cause, condi
tion of the road, location, rate of
speed being travelled, and as full
particulars as possible. Similar re
ports must also be made on blanks
supplied to the physician treating the
person or persons injured, and h.v the
peace officer or officers which investi
gate the accident. These reisirts will
all be sent to the Automobile Division,
filed and checked over, and a record
of each accident made against the
holder of the licenses involved. Fail
ure to make these reports is made a
misdemeanor.
Several beneficial results are ex;loot
ed as a result of this law, although
its strict enforcement will foe made
difficult due to the absence of any
highway jiolice force.
An accurate check of all major
automobile accidents will he obtained,
together with data tending to show
the approximate eause.
/ From this data it will be -possible
to determine the causes of most of
the accidents, with a view to evolving
legislation and the necessary machin
ery to prevent them.
Consistently reckless drivers will be
shown up, since ail accident, no mat
ter where it occurs, will he checked
up against the particular license ladd
ers involved. And where cards show
a number of major accidents against
any particular automobile owner,
steps can be taken to revoke his li
cense.
Thus it is that officials of tlie auto
mobile department believe that this
new law ‘will be of great assistance
to their division, both in the assembl
ing of helpful data which is now lock
ing. and 'in preventing accidents
through giving a means to co;ie with
reckless drivers who have repeated
accidents.
"The law really should go farther
than it does, and should make reports
of all accidents mandatory, whether
anyone is injured or not,” according
to W. C. Spruill, of the automotive
diviaion, ‘Unit to have included that
would have made it more complex of
enforcement. And as it is, it will
: he difficult at first to get complete
details. But eventually, especially if
there is some, means of getting more
adequate reports, such as would be
the case if there was a state highway
police force, every accident should be
reported. And if this were done, the
majority of the accidents could soon
be almost eliminated, since the mnjor
i ity of them are either avoidable or
preventable.”
That the new law will also be a
. real blow to the continuously reckless
drivers and “hit and run" accident
fiends is believed by all the officiate
of the bureau, through the accurate
check from year to year which these
reports wilt make possible.
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i The dresg tWfit is white, with navy
- and a softer blue used for trimming;
The wide belt is navy suede.
j THE COTTON MARKET
I Opened Steady at an Advance of 3
I to 7 Points and Showed Considera
i Me Firmness.
j New York, May 12. —(/P) —The ept
| ton market opened steady today at
an advance of S to 7 points, and
j showed considerable firmness in the
I early trading on higher late cables
| from Liverpool, reports of improving
! demands for cotton goods in Mnn
! cheater and a less favorable view of
: the weather outlook. Covering or
i rebStying by recent seltaj's.\ and proto
,ably sonic fresfc boytn*-mi Ac advances
catried prices up to lo.fi” for July
and 10.15 for December, or about 17
to 20 points pet higher by the end
of the first hour.
j At midday the market was quiet
j with July selling around 15.01 and
I December 16.1(1. or 10 to 15 points
; net higher.
I Cotton futures oiiened steady: May
15.32; duly 15.52; Oct. 15.84; Dec.
10,00; Jan. 10.08.
CAPT. LINDBERGH IS
OFF FOR LONG ISLAND
There He VVii Put Plane In Shape
for New York to Paris Plight.
St. Louis, May 12.—Capt. Charles
Lindbergh, only lone pilot entered in
the $25,000 Orteig trans-Atlantic con
test, left, here today on the second lap
of his trans-continental flight for
RooseVelt Field, Long Island, where
he expects to put his monoplane into
shape for the New York to. Paris hop.
■ Leaving at 8 a. m., the former
Chieago-St. Louie air mail pilot ex
pected to complete the 050 miles jour
ney in ten hours. Lindbergh was
unaccompanied on the trip today as
he will be on the trans-Atlantic flight.
Completing his 1,550 miles flight
from San Diego to St. Louis yesterday
in 14 hours and five minutes. Lind
bergh made the longest flight in this
country of an unaccompanied pliot,
according to available records. Lind
bergh is a flight commander in the
Missouir National Guard air unit
here.
"Lucky Day” Sale at Parks-Belk Co.
The big “Lucky Day" Sale will be
gin at the Parks-Belk Co. on Friday,
May 13th, and continue for nine days,
through May 23rd.
For this big bargain event the com
pany has arranged many unusual bar
gains, which are enumerated in a
page ad. in this paper. Men's cloth
ing and shoes, ladies’ ready-to-wear,
dress goods, hosiery, hats, shoes for
ladies aiid children, and in fact goods
for the entire family will be offered
at prices much lower than the average.
Read carefully big ad. in this paper.
May Hop Off Today.
Miueola. N. Y., May 12. —CP)—
Clarence \V. Chamberlain and his co
pilot, Lloyd W. Bertaud, who are
planning a non-stop flight to Paris,
said today they are awaiting the 3 p.
m. weather report, but declined to
say whether they planned to advance
the hopoff to before dark tonight rath
er than at 1 a. m. Saturday.
BASEBALL
Webb Field
FRIDAY 3:30 P. M.
, WINSTON-SALEM
VB.
Ip N CHERRYVILLE
to Decide the
r * Western Championship
Admission 25c and 50c
S MOM DEAD AS
BOLT EM*
IT DALLAS. TEXAS
More Than 40 Others Were j
i Injured in an Explosion I
| Which Wrecked Two
i J Story Brick Building.
(EXPLOSION CAME
DURING FIRE
Firemen Were Fighting a
Small Blaze in a Drug
Store When Explosion
Occurred in Rear.
Dallas. Texas, May 12.— (A 3 ) —Five
men and a woman were killed and
more than forty iierson*, injured in an
explrsiou that wrecked a two-story
brick building here last night.
The explosion occurred while fire
men were lighting n blaze in a drug
store on the first floor. Cpwards
of .'ls members of the Metropolis Lodge
of Odd Fellows were assembled in a
hall on the second floor. A dozen
persons were in the drug store.
Shortly after the arrival of firemen
a quantity of gasoline was ignited
and a terrific blast resulted. Spec
tators said the roof seemed to lift,
while walls expanded slightly and then
collapsed.
Persons on the streets were in
jured by flying bricks and glass. Sev
eral of the injured were reported in
a critical condition.
\V. Henry' Lee. captain of the tire
company, was killed and four other
firemen injured. The woman victim
was identified as Mrs. Christina L.
Cour, 61 years old. She was struck
by a brick, as she sat in an automo
bile in front of the store.
IV, I). Hill, secretary of the lodge,
and O. D. Allen, owner of the store,
were crushed to death, as were Frank
Linka and E. P. Nor veil.
Volunteer workmen today had vir
tually cleared away the debris and it
was believed all persons in the build
ing- were accounted for.
defaulting judge
RUN DOWN BY COPS
Charlotte. May 11. —North Char
lotte today had the siieetaele of a
magistrate. S. A. Mangum, being
run down in a quarter mile foot
race by two Charlotte policemen,
while the magistrate's bondsmen
headed him off.
Mangum. wnnted on charge of
failing to settle with Mecklenburg
county for some fines, fees and for
feitures, had been evading the 'law.
He had been under SSOO bond to ap
pear for trial and when he didn’t
show up the city judge ordered him
locked up without bail.
The bondsman. C- IV. Russell, and
the two policemen. L. E. Mosei» and
IV. F. Owens, went to Mangum’s
home this morning. The judge of the
peace bolted out the back door, with
out coat or hat, but was overhauled
by Owens.
He is in jail, waiting trial, set tor
Thursday morning.
SPEEDWAY WILL BE
AUCTIONED OFF AGAIN
J. F. Boyd and A. P. White Raise the
Bid of y 18.000 Offered for the Auto
Bowl.
Charlotte. May 12.—04 s )—The Char
lotte Speedway, $300,000 automobile
racing plant, which was sold at auc
tion recently to Joe Garibaldi, will
again be auctioned today. The sec
ond auction will occur on June fith.
This came about through the action
of J. F. Boyd and A. P. White, local
contractors. Who toil ay filed an upset
bid of $17,325 for the property Gari
baldi had bid $16,000.
Boyd and White announced that if
the 192 acre tract and the 1 1-4 mile
track la knocked down to them they
will develop it into a plant for both
automobile and whippet, roces. An
amusement park also would be erect
ed, they mid.
100 Rebels Killed in Mexico.
Mexico City, May 12.—(A*) —More
than 100 rebels have been killed in
two fights with federal forces at
Rhincon del Molino and Snn Jose de
la Paz, in the state of Jalisco, says
a report received by President Calles
from the war minister last night.
j CAN YOU SCORE
TEN ON THESE? I
QUESTIONS
1 I—Who1 —Who won fame atid kieses by au
‘ act of heroism diiring the Spanish
' American war?
2 Who were in aerial voyages over
■ the North Pole in 1926?
3 Name the discoverer of the North
Pole.
4 -Who claimed to have preceded
Peary at the North Pole?
,s—Name the two explorers who
reached the South Pole.
6 Who has reached both the North
and Boutb Poles?
7 How was John T. Scopes pun
ished for teaching evolution in a Ten
? nessee public school?
' . B—What was the moat disastrous
aerial tragedy of 1925?
9 Name an event of January 18,
1920, of far-reaching effect.
10— When was the Panama Canal
opened to trafle?
(Answers on page thirteen)
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GENERATION SMARTER
THAN DAD AND GRANDAD
(By International News Service)
Philadelphia. Pa., May
The new generation is better t
cated than itis -
and grandfathers—h
cent., if the present i ‘
attendance furnishes \ -r'for I!
comparison of the edut. .jti of our
eit ! zenx. according to figures com
piled by Dr. E. C. Broome, super-
I intendent of the Philadelphia pub
| lie schools.
, The statistics prepared by Dr. |
j Broome for the Year Book of the ;
Department of Superintendauce of j
the National Educational Associa- j
tion. shows that 30 persons in ev- |
cry thousand attended high school !
In 1924. Oln 1880 only 3 out of j
every thousand attended high j
school. In this period of time the
imputation of the United States |
has increased 79 per cent, while in j
the same period the increase in |
high school opportunity has risen j
to 2,405 per rent.
INQUIRY UNDERWAY’
Charges of Graft Against State Board
of Health Being Aired at Raleigh.
Raleigh. May 12.—(A s)—lnvestiga
tion of allegation of graft in the state
board of health administration of the
sanitary taw. today was failing to
produce any evidence of graft as 30
odd witnesses were called before At
torney General Brummitt.
The Attorney General was sitting
as an investigator on call of Governor
McLean and at the request of Dr.
Laughinghouse of the state board of
henlth and the state medical society
for a thorough investigation.
He asked each witness in course
of his examination if any evidence of
graft had been evident on the part of
any of the 60 inspectors which have
enforced the law since 1919 and the
answers were ail negative.
Dr. John P. Burroughs, of High
Point, president of the State Medical
Society, reported that lie had wired
the presidents of every county medical
society in the state: “Inquire in your
community of any evidence of graft
in administering the law and report
the result of the inquiry, of the com
plaining parties, if any, to the Attor
ney General.”
Dr. Burroughs, the first witness,
said he brought before the attorney
general sitting as judge in the House
of Representatives chamber, the en
tire machinery of the medical society.
Any elinrge against, the State board
of health, he said, the society liked to
have cleared up or verified. ’
J. M, Holland. Os Gdstonia. owner
JftflT
few “dissatisfied witnesses.’ 4 Hg said
everyone in Gaston county was dis
satisfied with “too rigid enforcement
of the law.”
He said Inspector H. E. Fritz, who
left the service in 1922. had approved
Holland’s compliance with the sani
tary law. but that B. F. Rowland, in
spector. who succeeded him and who
is at present on Mississippi timid re
lief work, had condemned all of Hol
land’s work. Rowland’s condemna
tions cost Gaston county not less than
$75,000, 'lie estimated, and lie offered
photographs in evidence.
CHILD AWAKES AFTER
SLEEPING ONE WEEK
Six-Year-Old Boy at School field In
Serious Condition With Encepha
litis.
Danville, Va. May 11. —Lexter Carr
Roller, aged six. sou of Mr. and Mrs.
O. O. Roller, of Schbolfiehl. who
awakened yesterday after sleeping for
a week, was in a grave condition to
day. He is suffering from what six
doctors have diagnosed as encephalitis
due to some brain involvment.
The boy had influenza in February
and was very ill. Two weeks ago he
became violently nauseated and after
wards dropped off into a comatose
state from which he could not be
aroused. He has been fed through the
mouth with liquids, the nourishment
being properly assimilated. Today his
temperature was at 103 but his heart
was pronounced good and there was
no lung congestion.
Doctors here say the case is rare
because on being aroused it was found
that he did not have control of his
limbs and could not speak properly.
The child has been healthy since birth
with the exception of the influenza
attack.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Uneven Prices Characterized Market.
With Bullish Tendencies Predomi
nating.
New York, May 12.— (A*) —Uneven
price movements characterized today’s
stock market witli bullish tendencies
predominating. Oils responded to the
efforts being made to regulate pro
duction of crude, and the Van Swer
iligen rails were heavily bought on the
favorable reception created by the an
nouncement of the new Chesapeake
coriHirntion, Nickle Plate common
soaring 12 points. The maritet closed
irregular, sales approximating 1,700,-
000 shares.
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TODAY’S NEWS TOD« |
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IMI SENTENCE
HJIIkI PtUn ll :
. - otifllN hrn 1 |
CHARLOTTE COii
Former Justice of P§jtei|||
i Also Removed From Os j
| fice When Tried in 1
lice Court Today. 1|
APPEAL BOND IS M 1
FIXED AT sl|W
Failed to Turn Ovefj
I the County Certain fill 1
! Collected in His Coilfp|| |
Charlotte. May 12.— (/ P)—S. .jdaM
Mangum. tumultuous Charlotte
of the peace, today was
serve ninety days on the roadßgHi B
to removal from his office for 9
to make reports ami payment «{Jf§M! ( 9
fees and forfeitures collected hv
while acting as rural police juaßSfl 9
Sentence was pronounced- by ! JmM a
Currie in city police court after fl
crons efforts to get the magbrtiNtw 9
into court for trial were ffl
a successful termination only t|mnl
his arrest and incarceration witnbSLjjl
Notice of appeal was giveij,.Jiw ! |9
bond fixed at SI,OOO for his
in Mecklenburg Superior
gums was returned to his cell 9
city jail while attorneys uttempteiff'ja
to arrange the bonds.
Mangum was originally magnHt- 9
i fieri to appear in court tt>" .9
the charges. He failed to';«ll6t£ {«§ B
and a capias was issued for iitfl.T .'Me 8
was put under SSOO bond but thelfl : 9
was delayed when physician* VhU 8
was too ill to appear. Tuesday whrtfcjl
the ease was called.he failed to.jsjtoyl 3
up and another capias was ixsutjUaß If
he was arrested yesterday 9
short foot rare with city deteensalff 9
He was jailed until today wltHoilf' 9
bond. tjM
Hotel Wins Verdict in
Case. 9
Charlotte. May 11.—The O.
Hotel Company, of Greensboro,
cleared of charges of slander,
arrest and imprisonment lodged sgai«#?*jl
st it by J. T. \orsworthy,,,»f Charsjf
No damages were awarded. Noise. 9
worthy had sued for $20,000. " 9
The jury deliberated less than'; i*ofp9
an hour before returning the veniuM
in favor of the hotel and t|ie P.
Robinson Hotel Company, owner tifejll
the (>. Henry, and joint.
The jury held that the hotel did ris||9
cause the arrest of NorsworthyH
offered the testimony of f ulfii niiMH jl
Johnson, of Greensboro, that
made the arrest of his own B
and without the prompting of arijr em»|H
ploye of the hotel. 9
New Regime Starts Out in
Salisbury. May 11. —City*
ment in Salisbury changed I
Tuesday from Ahlermanic to ’ MfitMLvi9
serial when the five new
ers were sworn in by <'iiptaiß'jfaL jjßrtßi
Henderlite, retiring Mayor.
cruises were witnessed by mud
terested citizens. Five Ex-Mayors ofi®
the city spoke encouraging words tO:,|Bj
the new officials. Following the eetwHi
mony the new board met and brgiitiMH
ized by electing James I*. IsllfisßS
Mayor and T. M. Hines, mayor i
tem, Mr. Hines was also elected
ger for a temporary term untilj9- M
Commissioners have time to
permanent manager. Mr. Hines raBB S
there would he no changes now .shHl|9
personnel of the different
of the city's official family. MRt
Textile Worker Scalded to
Greensboro. May 11. —.AUBBI I
Gregory. 30. was scalded to
Tuesday night about 9 o'clock
at ovork in the print works, a laMB
of the Proximity textile plant lit
northern section of the city.,
was placing cloth in a vat
burst of steam suddenly overw|S|9H9
him. Co-workers rushed to, I
as soon as they discovered his
but lie died before a hospital con 199
be reached. He was married
twd children. 9
•I. K. Ward Freed on 9
Charlotte. May 11—J. K.
white man accused of a criminal ■ my-ga
sault on an 11-year-old white gnwl
this afternoon won the right to
ert.v on SIO,OOO bond at a Imtieftxß
corpus hearing in Superior ' comH 8
He had been held without bom) EttMgH
the hearing was held
Finley. iJB
Over-Frotlm-tiim of Oil Under itfflj
cussion. ' M
New York . May 11.—The
lent of over-production,
been tenm-d by some high
• as a crisis in the petroleum lffiflfll
was under duscussion here today ff(RH V
meeting of executives of IS-'t# oh| B
oil prislucing companies. IS
Little choice in surname
tile Chinese, there being
- eoo’er in east portion
rising temperature Fr day in