ASSOCIATED
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Fifth Victim Os Riot
In Tampa Dies Today;
Soldiers Yet On Duty
Si J. Ellis Dies in Hospital
of Wounds Received as
Soldiers Opened Fire on
Mob at Tampa Jail.
NO DISORDERS
LAST NIGHT
Officials Are Taking No
Chances, However, and
Soldiers Will Be Retain
ed at Jail For Present.
Tampa, Fin.. June 2.— (A>)— S. .T.
Ellin, 21, died in a hospital harp ear
ly today, the fifth victim of street
fighting which continued for three
nights around the county jail here, as
a result of attempts by a mob to take
n. F. Levin*, from the prison. Levins
was held responsible for the death of
five persons late last week.
There was no demonstration last
n'ght. An augmented military force
and hundreds of deputized and armed
Citizens patrolled a wide area and
broke up any gatherings of more than
three pArsons.
fitizens were asked to remain off'
the streets after 9 p. m. and few au-i
tnnmbilcs and pedestrians were to be ;
seen after that hour.
The same defensive program will be
carried out tonight. Mayor Perry G.
Wall said. “The mob spirit is dead,
but we will stick around for the fun
eral.!’ he said.
There was a slight flurry at mili
tary headquarters late yesterday
when it was reported that a gang of
men planned to attack the military
plant at Kenjamin Field, the home of
the llfith Field A detach
men of fifty men was sent to the field,
and another 50 held in reserve. The
i attack did not materialize.
National guardsmen 'arriving yes
terday brought the total on duty to
500 men and officers. Besides four
local companies, one from Plant City,
and one front Lakeland called out on
Monday, 7 other units arrived yester
day.
With Our Advertisers.
A new series in the Concord Per
petual Building and Loan Association,
frith offices in the Cabarrus Havings
Bank, wiiliopeu Safurday, June 4th.
Tht*
turtfty to save money to investors.
Mpn interested in representing a
well known heating concern should
read carefully ad. of Keat Engineer
ing Co., of Salisbury, in today's
Tribune.
Orange blossom engagement rings
expressing individuality at Starnes-
Miller-Parker Co.
Everything for the woman who sews
can be found in the complete notion
stock at Robinson's.
Fresh shipment of North Carolina
honey in the comb at the Cabarrus
Cash Grocery. Three-pound jar only
.J|s cents.
Zeb P. Cruse will move you any
where. Call 805 or 133 J. _
Suits of lighter weight are wniting
for you nt Hoover’s. All of the lat
. esf styles and patterns in men’s and
” young men’s clothing.
Today and tomorrow the Concord
Theatre is offering Normn Shenrer and
Lew Cody in “The Demi-Bride.” No
vaudeville.
Hot weather suits for $12.75 at the
J. 0. Penney Co. In latest shades
and newest models.
Read the «d. of the Torke & Wads
worth Co. if yon are interested in
tires. New ad. in this paper gives
price particulars on special bargains
being now offeml.
A special sale of newest summer
dresses nt the Gray Shop Friday and
Saturday. Also summer hats for
$1.95; Jarge floppy Milans for $3.95;
small smart shapes for $2.85 and
smart bnthing suits for $3.50.
Sad News For Some.
The Tribune Bureau.
Sir Waker Hotel.
Raleigh, May 81. —“Read it and
weep" may be the title of the next
bulletin posted by the Highway Com
mission, as far as many of the em
ployes are concerned who had hopes
of obtaining an increase in salary as
the result of the next meeting of the
Salary and Wage Commission, to be
held on June 7th.
For it so happens that while aome
100 applications for increases in sal
p*. ary are already on file with Edwin B.'
Bridges, secretary of the commission,
it also happens that some'months ago
the commission -set up a rule that no
• applications for increases would be
considered that had not been on file
with the commission for at least 30
days prior to the meeting of the com-'
/ m : a*ion. And at present ther? are no,
applications on file from the Highway,
Commission, though the majority of)
the other departments are represent-)
ed.
So It is that there is no hope at this;
meeting for the consideration of in-j
creases for employes of the Highway |
Commission.
Os the 100 or more applications'
pending before the commission, about,
one-fourth are from the Department,
of Revenue, according to Mr. Bridges,
the balance being pretty well scat
tered among the otheer departments.
If the commission rune truh to ita
form in previous meetings, ncs more
than 25 or 35 per cent of the appt:
rations will be granted.
*—p— \fi.
$ Camel racing iff a favorite sport in
5, Northern Africa. A speedy animal
W will e.iver n mile in something like, 3
minutes.
The Concord Daily Tribune
♦
1 L’N COLLECT A BLK TAXES.
s
Many Inquires Are Being Bereaved
* as to What to Do in This Matter.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Wa'ter Hotel.
Raleigh. June 2. —The question of
uneo.leetable taxes, especially in
t ihnsc counties where the commis
sioners or sheriff.; have been in
joined from selling the land for un
| paid taxes, is proving bothersome to
[many counties, nnd the County Gov
ernment Commission here is rereiv
. ing many inquires ns to what to no
and what not to do from a number of
inti rested counties.
The opinion seems to prevail in
, some counties that where restraining
. orders have been issued against the
t sale of property for taxes, that this
. action will hold up the operation of
. the entire fiscal control act. and
, hamper the entire process of eon
, forming to this net. But this is not
j the case.
Where a county has been enjoined
. from selling the land for unpaid
, tnxes, the sheriff nr county arrmim-
I ant will merc y list the. amount of
these uheollecteil taxes on his books
ns “uncollected taxes," and will
carry it on the books in such until
' such a time ns the snip of the prop
j erty may be made or the tnxes due
paid. Thus it will be. possible for
the county auditor or accountant to
proceed with the work of making up
the budget for the comihg year. And
despite any injunctions, the sheriff
is required by law to make a full
accounting for all taxes that have
been paid by the first of July. In ad
dition he must also be responsible
for the uneo'lected taxes.
This contingent is explained by C.
M. Johnson, executive secretary of
the commission, in his last letter to
the boards of county commissioners,
when he says:
“If sale of land for taxes for
the year 1925-26 is postponed .by in
junctions. the Sheriff may make
some tentative settlement, in accord
ance with the net. 011 the first of
July. Hut the tax books cannot be
turned over to the Sheriff in Octo
ber until there has been a . settle
ment for all uncollected taxes, in
cluding taxes derived from the sale
of land. Therefore,' it seems that
this will make it necessary for the
Sheriff to advertise and sell such
'and,,before October 1. in order that
he (hay be able to make tke v . settle-.
In those counties where no in
junction hr.s been brought against
the sale of land for taxes, the law
requires that the sale of this land
must, be started by not later than
the first Monday in June—-which
this year is June 6- The law further
provides that the sale of this land
must be completed, and the .funds
collected from the sale must be turn
ed in. together with all the other
tax money, by July 1. Consequent
ly, in most counties, preparations
are now complete to start the land
sa cs next Monday
Howejrer. a further provision is
made in the new fiscal control act
ffir taking care of uncollectable,
since it requires that in making up
the county budget, the county audi
tor or accountant must include 111
the budget and estimate of the 1111-
colleotnble taxes for the ensuing
year, this estimate to be based upon
the average amount of uncollected
'taxes in the three preceding years.
“There is really nothing complicat
ed about the new laws, the only
trouble being that a number of the
provision* are new. nnd thus re
quire more attention than the old
laws. However, if the county com
missioners and county officers will
only get down and study the laws
and thoroughly familiarize them
selves with them, , all of these
seeming intricacies will soon be
ironed out, and there will be no
trouble in putting them into ef
fect," said Mr. Johnson. “And it is
the function of this office to help
the counties in. every way possible
to understand just how the laws,
operate, and assist them in putting
them in operation."
THE STOCK MARKET.
Frequent Flurries of Selling Gave
Market Irregular Appearance To
day. v
New York, June 2. —Off*)—Frequent
flurries of selling for both accounts
swept through today’s stock market
giving it irregular appearance. Oper
ators for the rise, however, continued
tto hid up special stocks, lifting sev
eral score to peak prices. Buying and
selling orders, most of them for small
amounts, were spread over broad list.
At one time during the morning the
ticker tape was 22 minutes behind the
market, hut most of the delay hdd
been made up by early afternoon.
The closing was strong, total sales
| approximating 2,225,000. , .
Two Women Slain.
Scranton, Pa., June .—C4 3 )—Two
' young women were found slain today
j in a field at New Boston, near Pitts-
Iton, Pa. One body was nude and
the other fully clothed. ,
Police announced that the girls had
, been shot and one of them battered
, about the head with a blunt instru
ment. They were identified as Jen
nie Moutika, 20, and Edith, Fonso, 19,
both of Wilkesbarre. Carmel Maran
-1 da, 33, of Pittston, a man said to
, have been in the girls’ company, was
arrested.
Twelve Pages Today
Two Sections >
He’s No Dry >j
v,-'. Hjjpr ..
Japanese prohibitionists
ron't get encouragement from
laron Tanaka, new Premier,
his photo indicates. He’s seen
Irinking a toast with party
ien as he tok over the reins of
overnment in Tokyo,
COLUMBIA BOY MAY
ATTEMPT HAWAII HOP
Paul *- KedMtn in Atlanta Seeking
Financial Backing for Flight.
Columbia, S. C„ June I.—Paul Red
fern. young Colifhibian. is in Atlanta, j
attempting to arrange financial back- I
ing for his proposed flight from San !
Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands.
Redfern is a coinmerical aviator
and flies in all parts of the country.
He promises to fly for the $25,0<i0.
prize offered by John A. Dole, Hawai
ian pineapple magnate.
Young Redfern is 25 years of age,
son of Dr. Frederick C. Redfern, dean
otf Benedict College, here. He has
been experimenting in aviation since
he was 13 years of age; when he
mnde a glider and took flights in it.
When he was 17 he made a plane
of him own, from parts bought nt
camp Jackson here. In this plane he 1
did “stunt” flying at the state fair ]
here.
W. J. Stricklin, secretary to Gov- j
ernor Richards, is a close personal 1
friend of Redfern. He has flown with
him nt various times.
When he wns in high school here
'hirtjg the yff r Ihxtfyp . yiw> - S&MjjA
’tb' ir -NsW .Whipy' ißMif'nnffhftT’WT
assist in assembling planes for war
use.
New Bids on State Printing.
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, June 2.—New bids on alt
the state printing for the two years
commencing July 1, 1927, will be re-j
eeived tomorrow, June 3, it was de
cided by the printing commission, fql- j
lowing the rejection of all the bids 1
submitted yesterday.
The absence of any real competition J
was evident in the bids submitted, j
and was commented upon by Govern-!
or McLean. The printing firms, hoiw-j
ever, contended that when all the Ov
erhead was figured in that few of tiiej
printers who had the state contracts!
the past two years made any profit.!
The principal reasons given for the
rejection of the bids, was the increase
in the price of composition from 80
to 98 per 1,000 ems, on the part of the
larger bidders, and the failure of the:
bidders to bid up proportionate in-!
stead of particular parts of the stnte
printing.
In 1907. when sixty-five years of
age, the veteran pedestrian Dan
O' Lea ry performed the feat of walk
ing a mile an hour for one thousand
consecutive hours.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Reported by Fenner & Beane.
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
Atchison __ , 183%
American Tobacco B 135% i
American Smelting 166
American Locomotive 115
Atlantic Coast Line 188
Allied Chemical 145
American Tel. & Tel. 168
American Can 51%
Allis Chalmers 110
Baldwin Locomotive -! ~ 226%
Baltimore & Ohio.-. _ 124
Bangor . 100%'
Bethlehem Steel _ r 51%
Chesapeake & Ohio ,_ 187
Coca-Cola :- 119
DuPont 245
Dodge Bros. 22%
Erie - t 56%
Frisco __ 1 116
General Motors -—200% !
General Electric ._ 106% 1
Great Northern 92 ]
Gold Dust 1 1 58% I
Hudson 82%
Int. Tel. 142% |
Kennecott Copper 1 65%
Liggett & Myers B 121 I
Mack Truck 112%
Mo.-Paeific 59%
Norfolk & Western— 183%
New York Central - 153%
Pan American Pet. B 58%
Rock Island 107%
R. J. Reynolds 139 I
Rep. Iron & Steel 60%
Remington 42
Stand. Oil of N. J. 37
' Southern Railway 129
1 Studahaker 50%
1 Texas Co. 48%
Tobacco Products 102
U. S. Steel - 125%
Vick Chemical 59
Westinghouse __ 76%
Western Md. 59 1
Chrysler . 46% '
Lorillard 27% I
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD ,N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1927
Valuation Reductions Will Not
Increase Equalization Fund Any
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. RASKERVII.L.
Raleigh. .Tube 2.—There is h writ:
j defined sentiment in many counties in
j the stnte that counties may secure a
■i larger share of the slate school equal
ization fund by reducing their valua
tions, thus reducing the income from
county taxes for school purposes, be
lieving that by so doing the state
woiihrbe required to make op the dis-
I ferenee •from the $3,230,000 equaliza
-1 tion fund.
This is the impression Mint has been
gained by a state official whose v.(irk
takes him into nil sections of thff
state, especially the rural sectiona.
Not only do many of the people be
live that a reduced valuation, ns made
by the county officials will bring them.
I a larger share of this fund from the'
state, but many are also advocating
that the school budget be cut. in the
further belief that this will enable
them to get more funds from tRe
stnte, this official declares.
Hut this procedure oil the part of
Comities would not help them one bit..
In fact, it would be a detriment,
since a lowering of the valuation in
the county would necessitate u higher
tax rate for the general expenses of;
the eonnty, as well ns for the school*.
And if the school budget were cut, a
corresponding reduction in the amount
of the equalization fund allotted to.the
: county would also be mnde.
Consequently, any county that would
take the action advocated, would be
defeating the very purpose it was try
. ing to gain.
Besides, no matter what the county
officials may fix as the valuation of
property in the county, the distribn
! tion of the equalization fund is based
j upon an entirely separate nnd inde
j pendent valuation that is set up by
the stnte Board of Equalization, and
whether the county valuation is under
or above the valuation as fixed by
the Board, matters not a whit, since
under the terms of the present law,
! the county must levy a tax on its own
valuation sufficient to yield the same
revenue as a 40 cents tax would yield
on the valuation as fixed by the Board
of Equalization.
For under the present law, instead
of accepting the valuutiou us listed
NORWOOD NOT YET
ASSIGNED TO WORK
i Reported to Atlanta Prison Tuesday
to Serve Three-Year Term.
Atlanta, June 2.—Off*) —John D.
Norwood, former North Carolina bank
er, -4tnd at one time prominent in po
jlitttillplirrtw rfijifrllh fP*r *>ad
been assigned to duty today at tne
federnl penitentiary where he last
night began serving a three-year sen
tence for violation of the national
bunking act. Warden Snook said lie
did not know what task would be
given him.
Norwood arrived at the prison Tues
day in custody of United States Mar
! shal Brownlow Jackson, of Asheville,
jN. C. Jackson also brought Miles
1 Galloway, a parole violator.
! Norwood, who at one time was a
I member of the State Democratic ex
| ecutive committee in North Carolina,
j was convicted in Federal Court at
j Greensboro in connection with the
( failure in 1923 of tbe Peoples Nation
lal Bnnk of Salisbury. The former
; banker will be eligible for parole after
! serving one-third of the sentence,
Cobb May Visit Stanly Mound.
(By International News Service)
Albemarle, June I.—Examination of
j a gigantic mound, believed to have
been constructed by some pre-historic
race, will be made here soon by Dr.
Collier Cobb, head of the department
of geology of the University of North
Carolina.
The big mound was discovered only
recently when the timber was being
cleared by Norwood dam. It is about
150 feet long at the base, 100 feet
wide, and 35 to 40 feet high.
Dr. Cobb will examine the mound
ffo decide whether or not excavation
work would be a worth while under
taking. It is believed here that ex
cavation work will be started if it
j is ascertained that such would produce
data of historical value.
NEW SERIES
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4th
We Open 'Our 78th Series of
Building and Loan
Running Shares, worth SIOO at maturity, will cost you
only 25c a week.
Building and Loan is the ideal way for wage earners
to save money, or to get the funds to pay for their homes.
There is no better investment than prepaid shares of
j our stock, which are tax exempt.
j If you are not familiar with the Building and Loan we
I will be pleased to explain it to you.
Concord Perpetual Buid
fng and Loan Association
OFFICES AT CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK
! H. I. WOODHOUSE P. B. FETZER
Secretary and Treasurer Asst. Secretary "
I - ■
on the tax books of the comity, the
■ I Board of Equalization sets up an en
|t?rely Independent valuation, which
may be either greater or less than that
determined by the county officials.
I | Then the Board say* to the county
- j commissioners:
• 1 “You must levy a tax rate on your
l ofru valuation which will yield an
- eqaivalent revenue ns a 40 cents tax
1 .would yield, if your valuation* were
- Jtlie same ns the valuation we Unve
- wtermined.”
■ E- And this valuation ns determined by
i She Hoard is largely a relative and
E Plienretioal valuation, based oil the
s ability of the county to pay as de
; fermined by the members of the board,
- one from each congressional district.
i ! Thus the Board is in reality a
l> Check-mate upon any attempt that
s' might be made in any of the counties
1 4 to push down its valuations; and thus
* get more than its share from the
* equalization fund. For with the |
! Hoard of Equalization fixing the val
; nations, it becomes impossible for any
E county to get more than it is riglit
.. fully entitled to. For it mqst levy
, a tux rate that will yield what the
i, Hoard says the county must provide,
’ whether that rate be 40 cents, more
t; than 40 cents, or less than 40 cents,
. based ou’huw nearly the county’s val
i nation conforms to the valuation as
i •fixed by the board.
); The amount which any county will
reebive from the equalization fund,
li then, is the difference between the
‘ amount of revenue obtained from the
■ county taxes, —the amount which the
Hoard of Equalization specifies ns the
[' minimum required of the county?—mid
: the total amount of the school budget
hir the six months term. For instance,
I if the school budget for a county is
• $33,000, sinil the revenue yielded by
’ the 40 cent tax on the valuation ns
I, fixed by the board is but $25,000, then
' this county would receive SIO,OOO from
’ the equalization fund,
t Ami nothing would be gained should
, the county attempt to reduce its bud
: get. Sny this same county decided
i to reduce its budget from $35,000 to
i $30,000. It would still be required to
; levy the same tax and provide the
$2'),000 from taxation, and would
then receive but $5,000 from the
equalization fund, instead of SIO,OOO.
THE COTTON MARKET
t ‘
Opened Easy Today at Decline of 8
f to 11 Points But Firmed Up Again
on Early Trading.
t, . New York, June 2.— UP) —The cot
- ton market opened easy today at a
- decline of 8 to 11 points in response
t*B re’-ajtyejf . JWW' Liverpool ’ cables,
b add overnight selling ovders'reflect Ing
t the ruther reactionary tone late yes
terday. Offerings were readily ab-
I sorbed at 1C.98 for October and 17.31
■ for January, however, and the market
1 firmed up again on ■ the weather may
showing there have been no rains in
■ west Texas. By the end of tile first
• hour October was selling at 17.14 and
. January at 17.44, or
i higher, with tradiug more active. The
rqlly from the opening decline finally
carried prices to 17.20 for October, or
about 12 to 17 points net higher on
the general list, and the market re
mained close to this figure at midday.
Cotton futures opened easy: July
16.65; Oct. 16.98; Dec. 17.24; Jan.
17.31; March 17.48.
Littleton To Speak at Duke.
Durham, N. C., June 2.—(INS) —
Martin Willie Littleton, of New York,
regarded as one of the outstanding
, members of the American Bar, will
deliver the commencement address at
Duke University here on Wednesday
morning, June 8.
As assistant district attorney, and
member of Congress, Littleton has
made a brilliant record in New York
since he left Texas, where he first
practiced in 1896. He is a Southerner,
born anil reared in Tennessee.
Rev. Dr. Timothy T. Lew, dean of
the theological department of Peking
University, China, will deliver the
commencement sermon on Tuesday
morning, June 7.
About the toughest thing that can
be said of the Boston Red six is that
1 they are just a little forse than the
Boston Braves.
LINDBERGH PUNS
TOSMTO*
OH OJ. MISER
Will Reach United States
on June 11th and Will
I Be Received in Capital
j by President Coolidge.
jPOSTPQNESHIS
PARIS FUGHT
Remains in England Today
Because of Bad Weath
er.—Paris Looks For-
I ward to His Coming.
I Washington, June 2.—(A 3 )—The
United States cruiser Memphis which
will bring Captain Charles Lindbergh
home, expects to reach Washington on
Saturday, June 11th, its commander
advised officials here today.
Although accustomed to great events,
Washington has been fired into un
usual enthusiasm realizing perhaps
that its welcome, unlike that of any
other city, will typify the gratitude
of the whole country.
After he has been honored by Pres
ident Coolidge on behalf of the na
tion, by having the first distinguished
flying cross ever struck off pinned to
his breast. Lindbergh will be free to
go to New York from where he first
Sew to fame, to St. Louis which made
his history making flight possible, and
to any other cities which might be
granted the privilege of honoring him.
Meanwhile the President's special
cabinet committee has placed the re
sponsibility for working out of de
tails of the reception upon a District
of Columbia commission headed by
John Hays Hammond. The extent of
the flyer’s stay in Washington will •
be determined alone by his wishes, and
whether he flies to New York after
one day here iu his Spirit of St.
lam is or in a government plane, or
goes by rail are plans that must await
his decision.
Will Sail Saturday.
Paris, June 2.— UP) —(.’apt. Lind
bergh took the center of the Parisian
stage again today. Newspapers were
full of details of plans for his return
to France from England and the ar
rangements for his departure for home
on the cruiser Memphis. Saturday.
bim||>k.!M«yeU visit to I’gris may
by incognito, but if the French have
their way he will not succeed in
hiding. Two engagements had been
planned for him. Tonight he was to
have attended a festival organized by
the Legion of Honor Society of the
eighth, sixteenth and seventeenth pre
cincts of Paris, but this of course
was postponed because of his inability
to fly, here today when fog and rain
held him in England. Tomorrow the
International League of Aviators has
arranged a luncheon in his honor at
te league’s club house to which only
aviators will be admitted.
Cherbourg is thrilled over the pros
pect of saying farewell to the aviator
in behalf of France. Nothing is be
ing neglected to make the day a mem
orable one.
Nation Ready for His Coming.
■Washington, June 2. —C4 3 )—A na
tion eager to reward uncommon skill
and valor, looked forward today to
June 11th when Captain Charles A.
Lindbergh arrived aboard the cruiser
Memphis, to be acclaimed by his
own people, personfied by their Presi
dent.
This young flyer, whose exploits
have startled the world, is to fiud a
homecoming at the hands of folks who
know and understand him, equal to
his remarkable receptions in the lands
where he was a stranger.
Postpones Trip to Paris.
Kenley, England, June 2. OP)—
Captain Lindbergh postponed his flight
to Paris this afternoon because of
adverse weather conditions. He in
tends to make the flight at dawn to
morrow.
Now York Plans Gigantic Welcome.
New Y'ork, June 2.— UP) —The gi
gantic welcome arranged by New
York for Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh
will be carried out although Washing
ton will be the first city to welcome
him back to America.
All of the elaborate plans for what
is intended to be one of the greatest
receptions in the history of the city
will stand, Grover A. Whalen, chair
man of the Mayor’s reception com
mittee said, after a telephone conver
■ sation with Secretary of War Davis
in Washington.
Lindbergh will fly the '“Spirit of St.
Louis” from Washington to Miller
Field, Staten Island, June 14th. He
will remain in New York three duys
and on Friday, June 17th he is
scheduled to fly to St. Louis arriving
there that afternoon.
Mother WiU Meet Him.
Detroit, June 2.— UP) —Mrs. Evan
geline Lindbergh will go to Washing
ton to greet her son Charles when he
arrives there June 11. She had prev
iously planned to greet him in New
York. Michigan Central Railroad
has placed a private car nt her dis
posal.
May Have To Increase Loan Fund.
Raleigh. June 2. — UP) —North Caro
lina's veterans loan fund may have to
be increased at the next session of the
General Assembly, if its popularity
continues, John Hall Manning, direc
tor of the fund, said today. At total
of $211,200 has been loaned out by
the board on 83 applications. Re
quests numbering 202 have been filed
with the board, covering $450,000 or
approximately 25 per cent of the total
fund.
40 KILLED AND
MANY HURT IN I
STORM YESTERDAY j
Amsterdam. Holland. June 2. I
C4*) —Forty persons were killed. I
150 injured, and enormous damage-*
done by the storm that swept \S
parts of Belgium and Holland',
terday. The villages of Net
Greenlo and Delden were devatf- I
fated, and nine others were exten- I
sively damaged.
Iu the Rrussels-Antwerp sec- I
SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST i
DUE IN STATE NOW j
| ,n * wt Expected to Be in Evidence in |
Piedmont Carolina This Season. |
Tribune Bureau j
Sir Walter Hotel. ;
Raleigh, June 2.—The seventeen
year locust is due to appear iu the
Piedmont region of North Carolina in
the spring of 1927. according to Z. P.
Metcalf. Head of the Department of
Entomology, State College, here. This
insect always creates a great deal of
interest because it appears in such
enormous numbers and because it oc
curs only every seventeen years.
"In spite of the enormous numbers
in which it occurs, this insect does
very little damage as it is primarily
an insect that lives in the forest anil
lays its eggs in forest trees." Mr.
Metcalf says.
Occasionally, it does considerable
damage to young orchard trees where
the orchard trees have been -planted
in a place where the locusts were
abundant seventeen years ago. The
damage is caused by the locust killing
the small branches by laying eggs iu
them.
Farmers having planted trees in
such situations, should watch care
fully and if the locusts are noticed in
abundance, the trees should be pro
tected by covering them with mos
quito netting or tobacco canvas which
can be removed as soon as the locusts
disappear.
"Seventeen-year locusts are dying
out, but will, perhaps, be abundant
in the counties of the upper Piedmont
and in the foot hills of the mountains.
•Every one living in these regions can
aid us very materially by sending in
specimens. Adults should be appear
ing the fast of May or the first of
June
"There is a common superstitution
that the sting of these insects is very
dangerous or fatul to man. These
insects, however, are not provided with
a sting and cannot injure man.
HOTEL AT MOREHEAD
CITY IS DESTROYED
One Man Killed While Going to the
Fire at Early Hour Today.
' Ne-ts- TWi'rt.-Infre s.—bfb—Fire early
today destroyed the Woodland Hotel
at Moreliend City, and resulted in the
death of one man who was run down
and fatally injured (while en route to
the fire. The fire was discovered
about 2:30 o'clock. It had gained
such headway that many of the guests
had to be rescued from the windows
by means of ladders. Only part of
the furniture was saved. Fire origi
nated in the kitchen and completely
gutted the building.
J. Wheeler Wallace was hit by an
automobile said to have been driven
by City Manager George Alderman.
His skull was fractured, and he sus
tained other injuries, dying shortly
after being taken to the hospital.
The building was owned by R. A.
Cherry, and the hotel operated under
a lease to J. E. Woodland by Mrs.
Sadie Byrd.
High School Principals Needed.
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, June 2.—The rural devel
opment of the high school program in
North Carolina has greatly accentu
ated the need for principals adequate
ly trained to supervise the activities
of the high school, according to T.
E. Browne, director of the State Col
lege Summer School. At the present
time this duty devolves upon the high
school and grammar school principal.
During the State College Summer
School, Dr. Henry Highsmith is to
give a course in supervision and im
provement of instruction, which is
designated to make specific applica
tion of the fundamental principles of
supervision to the duties of the prin
cipal. This course should make a
I special appeal to principals of rural
and small town high schools.
In connection with this course
there will be held at State College,
July 1 and 2 conference on Supervis
ion to which county and city superin
tendents and prineipjals are especial
ly invited. The college is fortunate
in having secured as leader of this
conference Dr. Phillip W. L. Cox,
of the School of Education, New Y'ork
University.
CAN YOU SCORE
TEN ON THESE? j
1— What southern state has the
longest coast line?
2 What are ‘‘naval stores"?
3 Who was the World War
premier of France?
4 What is his nickname?
sln what country wns Clemen
eeau a tutor during his early man
hood ?
o—Name the British, premier whom
Lloyd George displaced during the
World War.
7 -What was Lord Kitchener’s
fate?
8— Name the President of the Unit
ed States who wore liis hair long.
D—. What President’s wife, an in
valid, did not o<«eopy the White
House, but outlived him a quarter of
' a century? '
10—Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swed-
Prize Foundation?
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THE IHIBUNe M 1
TODAY’S NEWS TODAffll
NO. 1221”'
AMERICAN ■]
o Trail
KJfi Q[VELoPli§|
It Is Not Certain That tjjH
American Legation ,Wsjf9
Leave Peking But Tf4|fi
| Can Be Done. 1
j 2,000 MARINES j
j IN THE PARff I
Included Are Artillery og|9
its as Well as Infantf¥* 1
men.—Legation May
Moved to Tientsin. J
Peking. June 2.— (A>) —Despite f{s2B
tiiunfions from Washington that tMglHj
American legation might be
drawn from Peking to the
case Chinese civil warfare dram 4
nearer, attitude of the legation T||J- M
dicnted that Minister McMurrjrjsS&|
determined to maintain the status qnq, -jJ
Neary 2.(MM) marines are en gouto T]
I to Tientsin, following the ' |
request that the forces be strengtlftalSsH
ed. A legation spokesman today sgj(V.
"The Nanking incident and
era] Chinese attitude in the Ynngisft 5]
valley toward foreigners, coupled ibBSB
recent events in the north. I
an increased guard, enabling >l9l]
strongest efforts to protect life 11
property in northern China. Howevf f, jj j
the troops will be withdrawn as soqfl ' j
Dispatch of the marines ftijmlSk j
Shanghai is part of the British, I
anese and American decision to.TfR i3|
crease the garrisons in the northern J j
section of the country. W ith »i
Japanese troops already landed ftt ■ J
Tsingtao, a British contingent wffl SpraH
en route northward from Hong Rqug‘ 'll
and Shanghai in a few days, rfllcl 1
marine force en rouge will place
Americans in Tientsin, and 500 W l|jj
Marines to Tientsin.
Shanghai. June 2. — (/P) —The U. 8, M
transport Henderson left here
morning for Tientsin with the (flab' Ml
regiment of Marines, 1500 strong, J|
and the lOtli artillery regiment,
a strength of 400 men. These r —~*"fn3K
are being taken to Tientsin in
ration for possible emergencies grow- J 9
ing out of the collapse of the north-,(aMs
ern alliance armies south o i the
°Brigadier Oefnh-aT Dt
main! of American Marines in <'hina 'a
also left for Tientsin with ins
The 3rd regiment of IT. 8. Marines, «
now iu the Philippines will ('ome Jtu lfl
Shanghai it was announced here,
replace the (ith regiment. |j
RUSH FOOD TO 400 1
MAROONED REFUGEpS?|9i
Flood Victims Said to Have
Without Food For Two Daylpl j
New Orleans, La., June 2.—9
Supplies were being rushed today to
between 300 and 4(Mt people iu the T|
Woodside and Odenhurg sections otg.’jfl
the west bank of the Atehafalaya Riy-' <9
or in response to a report to BqfQjl
Rouge flood relief
they had been without food for, twq -'ll
days. A boat was sent to the scope
last night with food and enough feed 4
and forage for 1.0(K) head of live-
Flood waters falling more rapidly-M
in the upper Atehafalaya basin
were rising at the mouth of the rives
With the greatest part of the strug- J 9
gle to save lives liver, a slow mobilt* -.3k
zation of relief forces was I
The situation on the lower MisaW- jJ
ippi was unchanged. The guagg .
New Orleans showed a further dypjL
ROWAN OFFICER IS '..;-0g J
WOUNDED BY NEsfpvi9
Deputy Sheriff L. T. Yarborough Shf# 9
by I'nidentified Negro Near Yadkifl. 3
Salisbury, June 2.— (AP) —PcnUigiM
Sheriff L. T. Yarborough was shut ’ll
and seriously wounded by an unidenti
tied negro near. Yadkin this morn(jw|||fl
The officer is in a Salisbury hospitA 5®
Sheriff J. 11. Krider with a posse :|9
and bloodhounds is on the nege||ft9
trail and it is understood that
negro is cornered near Yadkin. 'The -9
negro was suspected of a shooting unft
yesterday, and the deputy waiwMl;j|B
around the negro in an effort ’>■
tif.v him. As he did so the negto ,9
pulled a gun and began shooting.
UeiMirts from the hospital are to ll
the effect that Yarborough's conditMHß
may be critical. At least one buOtg-.a
is said to have taken effect in ills; m
Simon A. Ogburn Dead, a j
Winston-Salem. June 2.— UP) —SlritrfM
on A. Ogburn. 87. pioneer
manufacturer, died early today
home here. He had been in
ing health several months. This fdirtU
eral will be held from Centenary
odist Church Friday afternoon, ~ J j
Will Receive Printing Bids June Mill. M
Raleigh, June 2. —(A 3 )—The Statjfcjß
printing committee nu> t
( bidders on State printing |
„ nor McLean's office, and deohfMf|H j
report to the State Printing
. sion that the next bids will be recetwg j
and opened June 14th. 11
ltaiu tonight and Friday. I