TELLER DENIES HE HAD PART IN IRREGULARITIES ? : ? I N. E. Hart,' Accused in| Wrecking of Albemarle Bank, Takes Stand in Own Behalf ACTED IN GOOD FAITH - . ? Claim* He Used Holland' h Initials in Entering Spur i o u ? Withdrawals b y Authority of (jwhler i \ Emphatic and unqualified do- i %lal that he had any part In the; Irregularities which resulted in I the wrecking of the Albemarle Bask, colored Institution. last Christmas Ete. or that he had any knowledge of them, was made by I N. E. Hart, teller of the bank, shortly aft?* .he took the stand In j Superior Court today. Hart is on , trial charged with embezzlement. ( and with baying made false en- j tries in the bank's books. In explaining certain entries of I depositors' withdrawals of fundn j which were made in his own hand- ; writing, and which the State con tends were nerer authorised by the depositors. Hart testified, that he made these entries from cfcecks. In the regular way. and thkt he did not suspect anythlnK trregular In connection with them. He admitted having made one en try which he Initialed "W. H. H." these beinu the Initials ol Hol land, c&ahler of the bank, and ex plained that by the saaertlon that Holland had told hlln It was all right to nae either his own or Hol land's Initials, because he (Hol land! was responsible (or the tank's affairs anyway. Testimony Concluded Taking of testimony In the case was concluded at 11:30 o'clock. an4 Judge Grady ordered adjourn ment anil! 2 o'clock, announcing that arguments by counsel would begin then. It was Indicated that the case would reach the Jury by late afternoon. The defense Is represented by tie Isw firm of Aydlett & Simp son. and Solicitor Small la assist ed In the proaecatlou by Tompson Wfk Wilson. ? While on the stand. Hart assert ed that he was ordered by Holland not to report for doty at the bank oa Christmas Eve. the day It was closed, and that Holland told him they hadn't enough money to con tinue operations. He said he knew nothing of the bank's condi tion vntll then. With reference to the secret ledger. Hart denied that he knew that It wan Intends* to conceal a mounting shortage in the bank's taads. declaring Holland tokd him that the original savings ledger. Irom which Ihe'loae leaves making up the secret ledger were u Ken. was too thick, and the second led ger wss opened aierely aa a means ?t reducing the bulklness of the ftret. Holland, called to the stand by the State later In rebuttal, re peated his earlier testimony that Hart knew the purpose of the se cret ledger. Kept Bank's Books Admitting that he kept the bank's boohs, eicept the "oontrol" ledger, which contelned a sum mary ol all the (laanclal affairs of tks Institution. Hsrt contended that be did not knew of tks Irreg ularities In the management ot Its huslaeas. He added, however, that he had began to suepect some thing was wrong aeveral mmpn before the cragh came, but admit ted that he had never mentioned these suspicions to the bsnk ex aminers Hart's wife, Lillian Hart, went to the stsnd when he had finished J*li testimony, and told of various V Investments she had made from Lair own salary as a teacher In the Colored schools here, as tending to offset evidence by the State of un usual eapendltmres by Hart. Clerk of Court Ernest U gaw yer testified to having made a loan ol 1100 to ???? to Hfcrt on a mort ?age. to be repaM In monthly drafts of lit. and declared that ahortly after Ike bank cloeed. Hert came to hint", and asked tkat no more drafts be drtsi on him for Severs! months, since he wee out at a Job and had no Income Mr. (lawyer said Hsrt asked his ad vice ebont employing an attorney, adding that he told him he had better retain one If It appeared that he would hd Implicated In the tank's failure. Bert was preceded on the stand today by varlons character wll aeeaes pel on by the defense In his behalf. Theee Included J. M Weeks. J. R. Bowden. C. W Mel Ick. and B W. Twllord. Elisabeth CHy merchants, aad O. W. Bell. cashier of the Industrial Bsnk |Mr#< ' Covered t> BhocM?ee W. H Hollsnd. cashier of the tank, wko had been brought back from tke Mate's Prleon to teellfy la the case, took tke stead at the opealag of court yeeterday after noon aa the State's chief witness Ae testified that he often lelt the Mask for eitcaded periode td soli cit new bualncan. leaving Hart In charge, and that frequently upon | kle return ke found shortages (Continued on Page o Grand Master Brought Hp In the orphan'* home onductsd by the Odd Fellow* at fMdvlIW. Pa.. John N. Mark ba ust been la Mailed u grand m*M?r ? the 190.000 members of the lodge ? Pennsylvania. His home la In Ol! City. Pa. Washington Is Very Much Obliged To Philadelphia By CHARIiKH P. HTKWART (Current. im. kr Tbt A?va?w> Washington, ' June 18. ? Wash ington is vory much obliged to Philadelphia for having a Sesqul Centennlal Exposition. Washington expects to get about as much of It as Philadelphia does and thO beauty of It is ? Washing ton** part wll be clear profit, while Philadelphia will have to pay all the bill*. The theory Is that most people who come any distance to see the s . -qui -Centennial Exposition will figure, while they're about it and so near, they'd belter see the cap ! ital, too. ? ? ? Thus Washington Is laying her plans for tho best tourist year she's over had. In summer, Washington gener ally la rather flat. Excopt unde. abnormal conditions, like those of the war. Congress Is scattered hither and yon. The summer cli mate Isn't of a kind to advertise. The president's away. "8ocl#ty" adjourns to other parts. The em i hassles and legations are run by underlings. But this seasen looks promising. Philadelphia has sown and Wash ington reckons It can reap hand somely. Philadelphia's weakness la that she Isn't geared to accommodate a violently fluctuating transient population. She's made extra preparations to tafce caro of the 8esqul-Centenntsl, to be sure, but formally her number of out-of* town visitors Is about a stationary I quantity, from year's end to year's ;end. Washington Is accustomed to a heavy seasonal variation. Now. In her off season, she sees a prospect of a big crop of tourlts. INVESTIGATE DEATH OF NEGRO PRISONER 1 Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, June 18. ? George Ross Pou, s u per In - i tondent of State Prisons. Is In lAshevltle today where he has gone to Investigate the death of WIW ,11am A. George, a negro prisoner, who was fatally wounded while i attempting to escape from the prison camp when a guard was I compelled to Are at him. George was serving a sentence of 30 years for rfturdor, having been convicted In the Superior Court of Craven County last Jan iuary. Soon after commitment to the State Prison he gained a repu tation for being a "bad man." - lately he had be#n stationed at a 'prison csmp near Ashevllle where he had been working In the rock quarry. He made his attempt to escape l while being returned from the rock quarr# to the prison bar racks, Mr. Pou wss advised. He wss ordered to bait by two guards and when he failed to stop, one of the guards fired, a buck shot taktqg effect In the hack of his hea have been 1 lost sight ot completely In the dls 1 cuss Ion which followed his attack ; upon'thc wet and dry referendum [ordered In the state of New York. The Senior Senator from the Isage brush country, however, has I advanced what many thinkers be lieve to be about the best moral 1 argument for prohibition which has been advanced and that Is why dry and rellgloua organisations all over the country have been Invit ing him to come out and make speeches thla summer. It would < appear that these organisations I want to make a ?ort of second William Jennlng? Bryan of sen ator Borah, but the Senator has no particular ambitions along Just those lines. He did not make his i Baltimore speech for political el feet. In fact be Has made most of the same argumenta In the Sen ate chamber on several occasions. | Musing along moral lines Sen ator Borah has pointed out that ! we are living today In a m-chan^ cal age. Machinery Is taking the place more and more of manual labor. Thla la not only true In 'the shops and factories, hut ma chlnery has Invaded the homes and ! dominates the streets and blgh Tyen people are beginning to think and act mechanically. Indl vldnalltlee are helog .ut-n.erg.* I" I the driving power of the machine. Machinery and liquor. In the i mind of Senator Borah, do not ' mix. Machinery and the mechanl cal age cannot be obliterated. L.1 'QUThe*road cannot be blocked, 'senator Borah says. Whiskey Is an obstacle In the path and there 1 fore It must be poshed aside. The man who haa been drinking cannot he trusted with machinery.' no matter whether It be an automo bile a gin or a loom or the bucket carrying molten '""tal In lh.: ' mill. The man who haa been I drinking cannot be trusted at IM ] throttle of the locomot lv*v #.0. tor Borah has suggested that even the delegates to kn antl-P'Ohlb^ tlon convention would rise up as lone man and mob the ??????*"! their special train If lh.y found n?m taking drlnka from a pock, t I The weta are attempting to an awer thla argument by aaylns that enl^nrnBta did not ?rink even In the dsys when ??'??? "J" Wii* open and that railroad travel was Just aa safe In those days aa It Is '"senator Borah points out that In the days of horse drawn ve hicles and in the daya when each man was a personal equation In the Inductrlal machlne and couUi drop out or not aa he P1"" ,' .drinking perhapa ?? ' Those were the daya of Individual llUes. with each man I more or It" I of a law unto himself T? *_ ' ils different. A drunken man , asleep behind a slow Plodding. haDs a sleepy horae. tired from 1 long etherlng In front of the grog I shop, waa not so dangerous. The horse would care for him after a But the same man behind the 1 wheel of a high powered autonvv I bile can slay and malm before his i condition Is detected. 1 Efficiency Is carrying the world I forward. Efficiency and machln ? go hand In hand. S*n.ior Bo rah sajn no one can contend that whlakey drlaklng J1*** clency In the handling of machln t ery or anything else. The protagonists of modification I claim they want a man h " ?liberty" and his "dram In hours of ease, as a surcease from the driving this meehanleal ago s. brought down upon him. bu ator Borah anwen thai with tn< """sutlsucs^om' New York and other large cities .bow a n ever Increaaing ratio of aotomoW' 11 cense. suspended and revoked be eau.e of Intosieatlon at the wheel Whether this I. *? Increaaing consumption bf alcohol or to the Increaaing use of the automobile I. a ?uh)eet of contention Bot In any event Sen^ ator Borah', eontentloa tbat the I age of machinery and and the a*e of liquor do not run UralM ta Hkely to be Uken uP I by the dry for?a f real one.ndol the coo. try to the other and made the test of Iheir further eltorta to enforce the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead art. Fight to Save Beauty of Kentucky's Falls The Cumberland Failu, In Kentufty. constltuto one of the most Iwnullful bits of accnery that ittnte affords. Accordingly. Oovcrnor WIBInm J.?Fielda 1? leading a flpht against a proposal now hefor* the Federal Power CotrmlMion to turn the fall* over to a hydro-clpctrlc concern. Louisville newspaper! ore backing thtf governor in his fight. as Is tho Cincinnati Posr. WARNS AGAINST SALE FIREWORKS jComniitwiniier Wilde A|? i peniu for Safely First Measure* July llli | Raloigh, Juno 1R. ? Insurance (CoinmiH. iou? r Stacey W. Wade i ha? sent out to mayors and slier ' Iffs a strong appeal for concerted I action on the part of city and I county authorities in suppreKaln?t j the ulo of fireworks for the Fourth of July. In nearly all of the more progressive towns and I cities of tho State there ?an* or jdinancrs forbidding thcv sale of fireworks within th? corporate | limitu of the town or city and I these ordinances are atrictly en forced. In many bc?r? ver 1 1 h?? ordinances are practically nul lified by county authorities issu ing license for the salt' of flre I works Just outside the city limita. Tho Division of Safety Kduro jtlon of tho North Carolina Insur iim Departuent hits In its riu a long record of Fourth of July dis asters. For hundreds of happy iboys and girls in North Carolimi. I the Joyous holiday has ended as a day of pain and in scores of cases, families who started the day with happiest anticipations, found themselvess homeless at the close of It. While children delight In tin noise and display of exploding fireworks, the risk is too much tV ill ATI ? I. VI I :i ? Raleigh. June 18. Secretary of Slate W. N. Everett Is receiving numerous letters front various 'parts of the State, enngratulaf inu him upon the fact that he is re covering from the recent heart st taek which has kepi him OOlUlncd to his home for the past two weeks. Mr. Kverett now hopes to able to be bark In his office- with in a we?-k or 10 days. He was able to take part in a meeting ??f the Count 1 1 of State, held at his home, recently. This meeting wa? I postponed until Mr. Kverett wns a bio to take part. Governor Me Iscan having been insistent that tho meeting not be held until s II members of the council could be present. The Secretary of State, whose recent attack Is the second In , some months, is able to spend most of his time out of bed now. and hopes to be bark In his office shortly. He is impatient to he out again. It Is reported from Ills home. NOT 4 IIERO MIT hue nuo r.AVGHT IN Ills OWN TR4I> lUlrlRh. Juno 1*.? Two work* mko Mix D. I?. linker wan Imllfd aa a man who wave hi* life In an attempt to rtf cuo other* In a Are at Hninl-t. Today he la branded aa "not a hero, but a flrebu* cattftM lu hla own trap." To the tale of Inftplrlnn hero lum thin atitlTllmax waa ??I4< n I of a burnini; French Hchonner Juat before it nank in inid-unan. IJQIJOII CASKS IKIKI) , IN KKCOKDEirS COUNT I [ Found guilty of operating uti an toniohlb- wljllt* under 1 lio Influ ence of liquor, Floyd Sawyer, known an "nig Tlin?\" fined I $r?? and i oMtti in recorder's court Friday mornliti:. H was arqult ted of charKoa of ruck Ions driviug and exceeding I lie speed limit. Oil* Sawyer submitted on a charge of being drunk, and wan fined 15 and costs*. Both the foregoing defendant* claimed they liad obtained their li quor from Charlie Alexander, of this city. Alexander, however, wax. acquit fed of charges of |m* KCflnlon. transportation and Male of w h Inky. Knocli Williams, charged wllh assault ?m Willie Huberts, wa* fined Slo and coats. Itoth an colored, alid are employed by the Crystal Ice and Coal colnpauy. The charges were the outgrowth of an argument at the Ice plant. Thursday. In the absence of Trial .Itftlcy I'. O. Sawyer, who 1? spending a few day* with 'Ilia family at Vir ginia lleach. Cnlted State* Com mlssloncr T. It. VVilnon presided over the court. CAR DKIt Kit KXON Kit ATI i> OF ISLAM*; l\ A? t ||?FAT Full exoneration of Krank Wil non, driver of an automobile h.v which Mr*. Charles fi. Iliad* h. of I this city, member of a highly ipromln nance minister under a new Hrl niid proinlerahlp. has signalized In an artlclw.ln a Ilarcelona news paper his formal acceptance of the m) riillcd 1 .oca r n o pollcloa which some feared he might continue to oppose. The powerful radical party. In a party congress, has decided to ratify tho Washington debt agreo nient only wl||i reservations insur ing the addition 'of safeguard and transfer clauses. VANDKUBILT PAPER F All. S TO AI'I'KAIt Miami. June. IS. ? Cornelius Vandcrhllt, Junior's. newspaper, the Illustrated l?ailv Tab. failed to appear today. A court order wn* hand'-d down on May 2fl by Acting Judge H. W. Shtppey or dering VanderWIt Newspapers, In corporated, publlshinK orgaqlxa tlon of the Tali to vacate Its offi ces at 70 West lliitlpr st reel t by June 20. i i \ kic \ i. M hh. LATH \M The fiinora? of Mr*. Kllen La iham. who died at the home of h? r son. H. 0. Latham. Roath Itoad street. Wednendav morning, was conducted by Dr. n. II. Tem pleman. Thursday morning at 10.30 o'clock Mr*. Lulbam Is survived by three tons. P. K. La tham of Kensington, Maryland, J W. I.uthain of Maple and H. C. Latflsm of Klliabtth City. # also nevei a I grandchildren. The pall hearers were: Knoch l.udfordL J. C. Ward. J. C. II rook n. Captain Btark Harris. Joe Marrell. and Jordan Holmes. Mrs, j. L I'rltcbard. Mrs. I). W. Harris and Mrs. Jarvls Jtneley nana "Jeans l*o?er of My Houl." and "Nearer My Hod To Thee." Interment was made In Hollywood Cemetery. PEACH CHOI' COOK Sir Walter Hotel, HsIHuh, June Ik. The poach crop In th" west ern part of the State iffnhowlns Up very poorly as the result of thf? - ? ci edlnglv dry weather, aerord- , Ing to a fl?ld mah of the flt?t?? Department of Agriculture who has just returned from a trip, through the fruit section. The peaches are small and und*r-de- 1 veloped. although the flavor and( finality la good. The yield, how ever Is lighter than was e*peeted. even after the April frost and the drop is heavy. Other eropa are i also AufTerlnf. with wheat the only crop that l? really mailing a ? good showing. HOMAGE TO SPUD WAS MR. MELLON IS PLANNED FOR MANEUVERED BY MONDAY, JULY 5 THE WILD WEST? "I'otulo Dji), (it IrliiMtioii, llor>r liarcs and I cnpic ltaM*liall (runic Srlictllllc<| lor Holiday SI'KAKKKS IIWITKI) W . \. (iralmiii, < iomnii-> sioncr of Agriculture, ami KcprcHCiilalnr Warren Ankrd to ( ionic Homage In tin- humble Irish jh? latu, premier truck ervp ??f t li ?* Albemarle district. will hi- paid ln?re in generous measure en Mon day, July G. as a |?art of an lude pendcnco Day program which will include concerts by tin- Kiiiubeth . City Iloyn' Hand, h.irae laces at Mm' fair grounds. and a Carolina Lea k m* haschaii game. Decision ' to hold a "I'o.atu May * ??? b bra- . tiuli uit h part if tin* animal Fourth of July fi'illvlilrtt van an-: nouncod today .?y thr- M -reliant*' liureau of the Chamber nl' Com merce. Speakers lo be invited for the ori*;tHi mad* up for free, distribution in generous quantity, lo demonstrate the many drluct - ! able dishes which can In- prepared ! t ll tut. What "Peach Day" in to the' Sandhill Country of North Caro-; Una, those backing tfte cob-bra-, tion plan to make of "|*otato.j Day" bere in the years ahead. The i first "Potato Day" wan observed Inst June. but a sudden rainstorm . which broko just After tha (nUtI* ties had gotten under way npoiled the celebration. Iletter luck Is hoped for (his year. Til ?SON NOMINATION WITHDRAWN TODAY Washington. June 1 8.-- I'reid- , dent Coolldge today withdrew his nomination of William J. Tllson. brother of the Republican leader of the House, to be Federal Judge | In Georgia. The Senate committee already had reported unfavorably slid Sen- j ate leaders had told thr President that confirmation would be denied In tho Senate. Mr. Tllson had ln-en appointed Judge for the new ly created middle judicial district In Georgia but a wave of protest P>d by Senators and Representa tives from Ooorgia resulted in his withdrawal. Objection was based for om- part on grounds that tha appointee was not a native of Georgia nor did ho reside even at proHont in the district over which he was to preside. ASK ADJOURNMENT ON JUNE THIRTIETH Washington, June IK. ? The Re-1 publican House steering commit tee today agreed to ask for a sine tile adjournment' of Congress on1 Wednesday, June 30, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon." I A resolution proposing adjourn merit on this date Will be called j up In the House Monday and In expected to receive the approval ol . ?leaders of both House and Sen- j ate. The committee decided that I 'to seek sdjournment on Saturday. | June 2K. ms at first dOllcmpllMl I ; would nnduly hasten considera tion of the deficiency appropria tion bill which Includes provision for new Federal buildings throughout the country to bu started tlila year. I) KIN IKS BEING ON PAYKOI.L OF LEAGUE Washington, June IK. Named by Wayne ft. Wheels as one of the Senators who had received "honorariums" from the Anti-8a loon l?eagne for making prohibi tion speeche*. Senator Willis. R< publican, of Ohio, rose in the Sen ate today and declared he had never been on I be league's pay Nil. PLOT AGAINST LIFE n KKISII PRESIDENT Constantinople. June 1A. -A! plot against President Mustspha K e m* | Pasha of Turkey has bo#?n discovered In Smyrna and a num ber of arresta have been made. BRIANO IS UNABLE TO FORM CABINET Paris, June 1*. Premier Brl jand this sfternoon announced his Inability to form a new cabinet. Sanford Neal of Concord left I Monday after spending the week*' end as the guest of Laurence Ayd lett on Main street, Al Any Half, the Secretary of the Treasury Handled llie Mailer in His ("harm* teristie Fashion attack is shifted Willi (iinpew Aboul to Adjonrn Mellon letter W ill lie Turned Into Fnd For Fall Campaium H> IIAVIK LAWRKHCB I IQSt. fc* Th. A?MM) Washington. June 18 ? Secretary Mellon maneuvered Into bear in k the brunt of the attack by the western Republicans on tUp. - Coolldge administration for dft cilulng to permit any bill contain ing farm susldy or prlce-flxlng to become law? On the surface, the letter dt the Secretary was Issued In the natural coursc of things In re sponse to an Inquiry as to his vlewa. Hut the men who elicited the letter were Representative* Haugen and Dickinson of Iowa i and Anthony of Kshsas and they In torn were Induced to aak tho secretary of his views through the suggest Ion of Representative Meo* gos of Pennsylvania. The Ittuff ? knew that Mr. Mellon did not fer t ?r the Haugen bill. So did the men from the West who came t? see him. There wan some tajl that the visit was arranged toy pfc taln a compromise stuggeatlon. Bet as it turns out, Mr. Mellon wttn < haracterlstlc courage took, the whole problem under coualdetj^^ Hon and announced his views' ."lifc*: | unequivocal fashion with the re sult that today the aitaoh bee been shifted from Mr. Coolldte te Mr. Mellon. One of the Ideas back of tl|d # plan to let Mr. Mellon do the fighting wm that his vlewa o* banking and financial malty* would be apt to carry weight with the country. Hut the Mellon let ter contains an argument agafut the equalisation fee,. which If* Democrats and Western Republi cans are contending now la really an argument against a protect!** tariff system. With Congress about to adjonns at the end of this month, the op ponents of the administration will' take the Mellon letteT to the coun try as the basis for the summer, and autumn campaign. The en tiro attitude of th" w?st?m insur gents has been that big business "down east" has been opposed' to their plan of farm relief and now1 that Secretary Mellon haa ta|hn the lead In the fight, the countrfc may be prepared to hear for the next several months much of the, name line of thoaght on the Mr leged domination by big business of the legislative policies *of the administration. President ('oolldge haa said nothing publicly about the pend ing Haugen bill. His speech lu Chicago early this year was a pre sentation of his views on generil principles of farm rollef hut he has not specifically attacked the Han gen bill. The letter from Mr. Mel lon Is taken as a reflection qt (of President's position but la a mat- ^ ter of comment here that Ih# Pres ident Choae theaHocrstary of the Troaaury Instead of the Secretary of Agriculture for an official an nouncement of the viewpoint Of. the administration. Were It not for the Haugen bin the tariff Issuo might be expected to slumber Bnt the Demo?At? who oppose the protective tariff system are making a good deal odt of the contention of the Western . Republicans that the equalisation foe In the Haugen bill Is riothitt# more than an extension of ths tar-* Iff principle The letter of the Secretary of theTreasnry. was. for example, paraphrased by Senator Borah In his addreaa to the Sea ate. using the word "duty for "equalisation fee" and the word "foreigner" for farmer. Senator Robinsons, the Demo cratic leader, told the Senate that the Haugen hill was killed by Mr. Melon's letter. The Democrats have been only too anxious to have the administration fight the mea-< sure so that they conld go to the voters in the rural districts end make pleas for fsrm relief. There are some Insurgent Republicans hi the West who prefer Inaction to artlofi because If give* them ent* munition for the campaign. Rut the Interesting thing " that Mr Mellon does not run fer office In western slates and la en j appointive officer with some credit for taxation policies en his sldeef the ledger of national preetlge. Mr. ( oolldge. on the other hand, i not engaging personally In any controversies that he can avOjffi ? j All of which la generally regard ed even by disinterested observ ers aa good strategy ?n the pert of the Whit# House particularly m a campaign la which the Isenes show no signs of being defmltpO.1 J established everywhere on aech cleavage as antt-oMMtra tlon or pro-admlnlstratlon. .