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THINK BARON AND BARONESS IN SUICIDE PACT
REV. Ml? McLEIHN MCI IS HBWtl AT MT OLIVE THIS f. M.
BARONESS HURLED SELF
DEATH FROM EIGHTEENTH
STORY WINDOW OF HOTEL
"We Died Happily At
We lived Together”
Say* Note Found In
Room
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MIA Ml, Phk, July JL—<iT>—Whlls
potto* expressed belief I* tb« theory
of I putrid* poet search yu on*]
ttucf tonight tor Baroo Royce-Uar I
rrtt, former Ruoalan nobleman whooe I
yoatkfal wife taarled beraelf from the
eigbternth floor of- a Miami betel Fri
day night
The doable ealcide theory *u pre
dicated oppa a aote found la the ho
tel apartment of the couple today
whtoh aaM “We died happily as w«
lived together." Apparently It was In
the handwriting of the Baroness It
Imre the diaatirr "The Royce-Oer
retta.”
Abide from the -bptflton expressed
that the couple were la flaaaclal
straits Utils la kaowa of the exeats
:*medlatly proceediag the death of
Hto Baroness. Investigators did learn
however, that ea the afteraooa be
fore. eh>mt Ooral Onbirs hotel weep
tag. mW MIl *A* r Dp her hu»
head, aad tpopemoa of thoir apart
meat repealed that aetthir had TtT
tlrto.
VlHbownh .it waa uadrotood by
frieada of the caaple that they were
la flaaaclal dffflcaltlee the Baroa and
Baroaeaa lived at an exclusive hotel
and wore eeea frequently at aoclal
fuaetlona.
Shortly before lh« aote was found
William Moßae, acting justice of the
peace, had looued orders fpr potlee
to arrest and hold the Boron without
head ppadlas the coroner’s Inqnew
late the death of his wife. It was
vs id that the arrest order waa (eased
•olely becease of tbe "disappearance"
of tbe Raton. who x was last seen fol
io wing hie wife from tbe hotel.
GOVERNING NOT
GOOD FOR MIF/N
Ns Looper Cm He Ptoa K h mil
Day aad Not Feci It
RALBiGH. July Jl. -GP)-<jovfr
oor McLean la afraid tbe constant
confinement attendant upon bis gub
sraatorlal duties Is not (he best thing
for hlo health.
Discussing bis mode of living. Mr.
McLean says that la days gone by
he waa a good man physh tally but
vines being on an office Job he is
getting soft. A big man physically,
be feela It la almost Imperative last
he get plenty of exrrciee and he out
doors a great deal If he la to keep In
trim.
- The executive does not care tor
tcaots, golf aad ouch activities and
hie Idea of ox err tee Is what another
man would term work -he llkrs wood
chopping aad ploughlu.
Thv ***,.„. V % JjjSr I
dope Mo MaM pteRM M «ey
dance all night at a connlry dance
end he oa the Job at eua-up the next
morning feeling fresh as a daisy. Now
It la only on rare occasions be Is able
to gat away and be dose not feel as
(h at all times as la days gone by- ’
He remarked that on his trip to
.Blowing Bock this week ho was on
the rood for >1 hours, hod no reel
sod no sleep and stopped only oc
casionally. Yet. at the end qfthe fctp
ho felt bettor than If be bad span!
a day in tbe office plugging asrsy
on matters of state. He believes Ibis
ran be accounted for by tbe Tact that
I e was able to give his mind a com
plete rest sad he wgs la the open air.
THE gWjJSBDRO NEWS
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LOCATED AT NO. lid SOUTH JAMES STREET 1 N THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS SECTION
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State Taxes
Fall Short
V• • e
Balelgh. July II North
Carolina has made • poor start ea
Its new • seal year which b&an
July 1. no far an tax collections are
ituirrnrf The state tax collec
Uone of July were more than »l««.
IN lose than during July of last
ter.
The collections for tbe last,
month totaled aa com
pared with 1717.175.7* for Jaly a
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PREDICTED SPUT
FAILS TO OCCUR
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/ • 0
But Klan Recalcitrants CUat
Tidy Worn Much They Wmnte4
Durham. Jaly 11. All Indication es
the predicted spilt la the ranks of the
Nortt^ Carolina realai of the Invisible
Empire. Knights o( thg Ku
had dloappearod at Iht site of jHto 1 '
moralns session of tbg state confea-
Uoo of Klorero at 11:3d yesterday, be
•»
cause U was elated. Judge Henry A.
i
Grady. Grand Dragon, had announced c
<r
the reelgnatloß of the advisory com
mittee aad that the-danac* aad budget i
committee will hi 'ffcta* * w *7 w,t b. 1
‘along with t of R A
Wadsworth, of c,erk ,n
the state bcadquarteteSvwy i
ThediiT H wga shrte potato 1
oa which the aB-Otejbid .MeUlwalae
followers were uVypdeworth 1
waa put Infill Itm IfMbW/i H
whoa Grand Dragon C• 1
McUlwaias as OwnyxlSllVlvt tie 1
letter's charged acrt/lUe* tft-thf c*m\ '
palgß tor Robert B. if
Asheville, for U. 8. Thpcmti \
lllwslne forces wanted oeU an<l J
claim they were able to forod hit res<C *
They also claim that tM» broegLt
the pressure o*c**aarr for wrvri|- '
nation of thA, advisory I
-rvar stale ini^ol
How Ison. K I*
Andrews, all of Raleigh
Judge Grady announced also that
the finance and budget committee
would be done away with and that
this committee in future would be
composed of the Grand Dragon and
the three Great TlUas of the sthle
body. Rev. J. W Alford, of Kenly;
Rufus H. Williams, of Kannapolis,
and 0 E Bass, of Hsndersoavllle.
This was done at the suggestion of
Imperial Reprearatatlve Bpratl, here
to represent the Imperial organisa
tion la Atlanta and to conform to the
'constitution sad by-laws of tha order
-which. U Is eold. had not been fol
lowed pwtedr
1 tthoa -(Ml ,vm Ate '***
non need or taken, tha forces Joined
and no friction was shown. No trou
ble from the so-callpd outlaw moun
tain klasts appeared. * , •
Rivers D. Johnson, of Warsaw, who
fought the Oghl of the klsn when the
numssking bill ceme up three or four
year* ago. made (he response to the
address of welcome which was not de
llvsred. The man scheduled to wel
come the klaaamen did not appear,
hut the response was given regardlete
Rev. J. W Alford, of Keely, Great
Titan, gave the t. Invocation, after
Judge Qrody bad called tbe meeting
to order, at Id o'c lock In (be city audi
f eh
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GOLOBBOm N. C. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 1. l»)t
MERCHANTS OF 3
STATES ATTEND
ftiMMt Mu PruMut m 4 li
pact* Goad Maatlag
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Numerous merchant* from Virginia,
North ltd South Carolina will, la the
opinion of Mr. J. A. Moot, of Frsanest.
N. C.. who is prooidoat of the South
cm Retell Merrbauts ( onfereace, take
adtaataca of the onusuhl ppportunlty
for receiving specialised lustructl >1
l« mercbendlxlng that 4s affoNed
them by tbe Short Course te Retell
lag which has been Inaugurated this
year by the Coafereace as g service to
1U members.
the Ohort Course to Retelling will
be gives at Richmond. Virginia, dur
tec the vote of Aug not M-17, Immedi
ately following tbe conclusion of the
Conference which will be held August
tt-JO. Moraine, afternoon aad we
nine otaaote will bp bold la tbe John
Mstebitl high nohool, tbe course be
ing under the dlreoUoa of Professor
R, B. Harris, of the School of Bnsl
aesa. University of Richmond. Mpo
ciel a r range men ts have been made
whereby nil members of tbd Ooothern
Retail Merchants Conference and
their aeelataaU are eligible ftw aa
rollaaont, tha only direct expense n 4
the course belac a tujtloft (aa of lib.
Special rates far board have
been secured, raagfbg from B to
a vote for room pod from W to 111
a wash for beard Dad* this plan
It 10-paaddbta far merchants te waive
'highly Ipeclallved InaUtacUoa. tha m
si stance of exports ip solving their
pro Moms aad a printed digest of the
entire course at a total cost of !nee
than 126
0 Dr. Norris A Briscoe, New York Bnl
reraity School, of Retelling, bs* bo-a
secured for the session and will be the
chief Instructor, toeurlng those who
tike sdvaatipa of this course, th
irst of Itt kind ever to be arranged
for merchant* of this section, of the
services and advice of bo* of the most
capable instructors aloog merchan
dising Unas la this country-
The daily schedule of classes In
cludes: Morning—Balsa Promotion
Stock Turnover aad Round Table die
cueatoo of Merchandising Problems.
Afteraooa— Visit* to Store* and Fbc
l lories to Study Systems aad PrOb
iWs; Evening - Psychology of Retail
ißercbaadlsing Control.
/ Merchant*' through tbe territory
covered by the Souther* Retail Mer-
have expressed the
MfOlest enlhAetasm ovdr thl* cour*A
ilnwvdt 'Been "and. from Indications
I^AyJrcetv A. (here will be a large
ESHSkteigoth of merchant* end
It 1* the first opfH.r-
1 ccorded our merchant*
rrorfferurlng scboollng as an aid to
I* dally experiences. The Instruction
should be moot valuable la Improving
methods, In meeting tb# changing con
ditions surrounding us and aa an aid
toward tha successful conduct of our
business. Tbe cost bee been pl*<-ed so
low that every clerk can lake advan
tage of this opportunity and b* aasur
td of benefit* that will repay him
many time*. I myself hop* to ink*
the course and to hav# at. least on#
of my aenlstxnls do *0“
Education and entertainment fea
tures of the Conference, the most
elaborate arranged during the Inst els
year*, are expected to attract on# of
the largeet meeting# in the history of
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KPHlirr l'LAßßlt\ PI HH
4 ALTO MOBILE CONTEST IS
BILLED AT CRARLOTTK
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Charlotte. July 11.—jN# world
sprint classle at tha Charlotte Speed
way Isn’t the only thing that’s com
ing off .hors lata In August.
The national pu oh mobile title also
will he decided her* August 23. prior
lo the automobile races. CUles from
all parts of the country will sand con
testants to vl« for tb* snsardteg
to C. C. Ooddlngton, president nf the
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ISSUE MANY
1 AUTO TAGS HERE
«wmtemtemß» *
• Total of $07,1M FbM For U
corbbb la Lbcol Offlca
Throngb I entente test evening
MM department *f tee Do
. pnrtmcot es Revenue es Rerih
•te nnlomobßa* had Isstwd Ad 47
r ; numbers. A total es OB7JMLM had
, v boon paid the total eftro ter three
I .
Clerks wore kept busy jtetor
da) sad a total us IM tegs acre
ft**««4. It li f|||pi|i4 |)mi| (lift
white hav* mi yet beau sappitod
with tela, t|i a rush la exported
■teMny. ,^,,.1,,
as aa a sun e»d la a totter from B.'
A. Deogbton, In charge as the die
trtbetloa hi tha state. osnare of
dgn wtl ho Rlvaa gntfl Tugedoy.
I Anguat l» te nam tea Meaaegry
Itcaosa, PiHmihlw wW oaf ha
tele rated after that date.
„ In the nol to# te tea torsi da
part mist, Hr. Doaghten pilntri
sot that an extension of thno bad
taevehal thnoa bags floated, that
ntl lmd baa* gtvear ampto appor-
la tote tea tef*.
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MIIIFFQR MFIJIN
Thirty Pound WMcnaabii Was
More Than Ha CooM Raoiot
Winston-Salem. July > ll.—Jack
Sprat could eat no tat his wits could
eat no lean, and so betwixt them both
you aee they licked tke platter clean.”
•A modem version of this nursery
rhyme was sees yesterday afternoon
Whan V. J, Howard, a negro who rani
a grocery story oa Hickory street,
traded a mule lor a watermelon. A
tenner had a thirty-pound watermelon
and w ate«d the-mule, Howard had a
mule and wanted the' melon so they
"swapped" even.
Immediately upon the In form at lan
of this exchange of property, a report
er waa rushed to the scene where the
bargain was said to hav* bean driven
This representative of the • press
cheeked around on bis gtlm shoe In an
effort to see If there Wga anything
wrong with the mute. *
There It stood, with
all parts, tail, both rear aad front
togs, ears and all other things whk-h
all well ordered mule* have In
dene*. It really looked Ilk* It was
worth more than a watermelon, but
then "A watermelon Is a water
melon" in these days and a mule la
■ sort of second-best elno* tb* advent
[ of gasoline.
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State College Wins
Poultry Diploma
RAIAUOH. July JL-UPJ— Dr. M. A.
Hull of the United Htatrs Department
' of Agriculture has been*lnformed of
r t&* svdidlng of a diploma for an Kdu
' isltonal Poultry Exhibit te Ihe Poul
try Exhibit to thmPoultry department
‘ it State milage by the Keroud World’s
1 Poultry Congress held at Barcelona.
| Spain, during May. 1124.
The glploma U signed by Proree-
I rnr Haladnr* Cagtella. president rtf
.A AA .tys+JL#- '.’4.
id ihrTiofrt rtf Purthry av flwreeion«,
rad by H K Dye de Ikallen. prsaldenl
of the exhibition and president of tbr
, Association of Rpaaish poultry breed
er*.
The exhibit was prepared In the
poultry department at Btat* College
by member* of (hr staff and ex
hibited by Dr. B. T. Kaupp, head <W
tb* depsrtment.
a REW yore uorrote
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* New York July 31'KERA’J-'rtStton
’ futures closed steady unchanged to
II Mints down.. October 17. M; De
cember lT.te; January 17.7 R; March
17.1 t; Itec UMv -rJfci
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BATTERY A IS TO
LEAVE MONDAY
WUI SgMid Two Week* At Fort
0 Btbie
Battery “A" 117 T. A. Goldsboro*
unit of the North Carolina National
Guard leaves Monday August 2nd for
Fort Bragg for the annual encamp
ment. Tbe Battery Is commanded by
Cajd. B M. Britt who baa aa hta
lieutenants U. C. 8. Osswald Jr., and
La. W. B Yelverton. There nr# atx
ts-four non-uommtaalon officers and
valeted men In tb* Battery.
The annual ramp is looked forward
lo Ulte fflUrt pEfaofttl vKII gyr#|. *
interest and pleasure—while the mtil
tary training at the cna*» la intensive
■ad InatrucUv*. much of the Um# la ,
set apart for recreation and sport*. :
Beginning wUh a review of the mili
tary subject* covers during th* winter,
training and culminating with target,
practice lx which onr boy# gotagUf
Ore th* large tune In which they nr#
egnlppetg aad In field maneuvers.
In (he maneuvers the officers mm
of th* Battery are rmpilrad te demon
state all of th* technical subjects of
th* artillery Branch of the service.'
selection of poelttoas, laying of tele ■
Phone lines, aad schemas of attack !
and dffenae. ,
Ftort Bragg Is well equipped with J
•ports grounds and entertainment f
facilities, several large and aUractlvo
swimming pools, tennis oourte. baaa
hntl diamonds aad a polo fteM *re
available for the men of the Battery
A large and aUractir# moving slo
tww house la opotr l il IR II lllllg sßjl
*h# mtert a lament office of tb* Mart
provides varied sad wholesome at
tractions far the men each evening.
AJ the last annual lnspe«ttog hold
In MArch of this year. Battery A. Waa
rated above average hr flto regular
army Inspector A splendid group of
yonng men compone th* battery and
4|* high rating which they have earn
ed will he reflected by (he field wprtf
of the Buttery this hummer- both by
the Mlßtfcry work and In tha field of
sports.
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Autognobhrs won’t make people for
get th* art ft running—not while man
< ontlnu* to WMr straw hats.
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EVANGELIST FAILED TO
ARRIVE YESTERDAY BBT BE
IS EXPECTED THIS RHUHG
Governor Will
Chop Some Trees
\ Raleigh. J^ly
Jrorn twelve months close attention
to th* affnlre of the state. Governor
A W. MoLaoa wUI leave her* to
morrow on a vacation The «a**u
tive will go to Wisconsin where he
has apsat previous vsoationa and
sill remain Irani l«B te three
weeks. Ho plans te chop .tree*,
build roads aad l*h moat of lb#
time b* is away.
Mr. McLean will b# eepompaatod
by two of hta ohlldre*. Mr*. Mo-
Lean aad the other child will go u
x vacation shortly. R to uuder
stood.
• Urniberton Men ;
[ AiVfarst Baptist
j Judge L r; vgraar. us (Bo Lam
berton Bur, reoontly resigned tram
the Btut* Supreme Court, will gellvw
an address at th# First Baptlat church
this morning at II fltelook.
Judge Ydroor to one of the out-
toymen of hto degfilaeUea,
sn<l forceful epeakor,
gnd will assuredly bring to hto bear
very thoughtfully developed.
Th* p shite to invited to boor Um.
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BEBDM 111 MIU.DIIRT
LONDON.' Jtolr JL—(A I)—Agftepl
lur* to getting my mu*B gtosad |E|
with mltttnary and gowna In
Melon seeds and pumpkin Mods are
appearing on both gown* and hate,
and Miss'' Mm Moor# la wearing a
gown In Um piny "Cook Os the Rooat"
which Is trimmed with strings of rice
dyed In vnrioua brilliant colors. f~
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I DISPATCHES % I
NiT
CMr HeM ttlat Ml
nine. But ltatft#
%Wi«k
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■ ah m*bb ««m rirtityaj ay
tko Cyctawo —** rt—l - J—d
on»c this iinww Befk IHiM
tail— to Mrrif* Ip Mm-eiba. aa
|>MM rmmtn.m
Hi urt* •iMenl ||a ttltPillNAPt u
Two oonioio-; jit
MUK«i m Dm o*o—idfgaa to| *+■
a i i ■> ■ 11 1a Aik aaMwk,
w Mil
ir o**r wam —aa*. WttmVtm
wm n|MM M t«Mlf «—■* BBT'"
w*tr ut iHnAiM tor • atolktoMtou
aftrnooo u 4 tor t a’olsafc —i—U
Tko am unto to -***•*«&
the .Mil, WM ftt I oota* M«» ,
ol»« whoa J. H/|omm,«M«BBMP
(or th. rartrai, toot -*-g toHK
aurpooo o( got— «i«aM MfH
tor*, A nator ton «fe
for om I—hime. tod Mr. toe— tMMjji
uutjb— jjf »
toit.r ilnwi got to*
of Ufa aaatkto I k— Ptotof
folka oaa do l« *a «* - atoftoi,.
W« kin tke rota— Mi II to* fltoN—K
of all ilaoatot—«ta— —II *B-~ twf
out w# will kora —a atopic ***
«U1 Nk« toto mmmr to-" 4-toraV
. mJ aw atofiMiL
'•kkk la Ml.k f ato Mto'Ml *
raaarm tor ah*** —4 -M*
earr, a to- ara itolfial to toka to
a. ._**«» a^g
ao— M-mi a Mac* to.
*Aa Mti Win* ark— Utah
ia —tag to praaatf akaat, k— l— aka
depend ii|qq |t f|g| H HO'OUVtfM
mm tko sfctojhliar a—l tk— it w*
Mart tko folk* to tklaktoc tofckt *tof
Mid Mr. Badaa. i
Afur —# aarrta— to— into*
bo held only la tko n—a|
tb« bu— tabon—rto to arktok —a. Ma
ine will ka hold. All— tko wot—toil
om moo—Mod, tod a toe— a—a
Mcurod, tko work ara— abac Ik to—
fa—a. . •* i r
ladlcat— woratk— —a Me kail*
fag would bo crowd— tor k—k aatw*
io— —tog. Pooato tom Ohtototo
to bo la attaatoaco
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New Y ork See *- V -* *i
Barra—Of PI—
«SW Tome. Jab V m Wtok
mid auaa-or btowfef k- bf—a—
avia* tit m c —jto I
• aroma', plat aka —and—'* Hk #
-ciorful pall aa a boat-toaadaMto) okp.
Plak btaoma Ilka »lli llPli — ■
aa la Iho pic taro kata ta*OT tad
feta that a— ao— wtto a—told —atok*
ma *l(k frocks. #tak aaak— 'atok
Mal raw berry to— a— tko d—
plaot— opoto drawl* tk— orwwd to
mi polo ao to ko IttUra—M to* to*
breath of (Ho cal—. glt-a— to— A
pearl la the took talk—a rak— *
•tyloa that awko tko a—— Clank*
of all oroalat tollottoo.
Ptak *r*a oltppora too to— tka
i.i—a. < kooofaa aaUa tor ad— aa*.
»»(. and llaaa or straw tor aaaa-da—l
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