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17H01DS CHARGES ON
ZIO::iSTi:OiEMEIlTISE'"
t CQU3AGE0 AT SAN RB.10
PARIS FACES C0:.7LETT
ASTFO'IEBS WILL DISCUSS
STRIKERS SAY (LIE THING,
R. R. MANAGERS ANOTHER
PMYSISBUStlESSlMl
VIOUMIS FOOD UVS
SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE
I V J .m , H: ; H
, Federal Court U p h o I,d
Charges in 49 out of 50
Cases lavohring Violations of
. .Pure Food Laws, ......
t J . CBr The AetocUfed Press.)
.lisHlN0T0N, April 26-Govern.
xnent charges t involving 'violations of
pure food laws were upheld in 49 out
of 50 cases recently decided in federal
- eoarta it was announced todaybyttc
fcireau of chemlaTryTdepartment of agfi
. culture. ' f '
' Ten actions were based on the adulter
t - .ation of tomato products including' cat
' vun . The most frequent charge Jf as that
of. the see of moldy or rotten tomatoes
is' preparing the products. .
Stock feed snade from cottonseed meal
or cake was Abe basts of eleven actions,
'the most frequent charge being that of
TjDisbranding.'- -
Canned salmon was the basis of four
'seizures'. .Spoilage was' the charge in
each seizure.
; Other prosecutions and seizures includ
efr a shipment 'of sardines which were de
stroyed,, and three shipments of olive oil
r adulterated with cottonseed oil.' An ar
' ttfeiat vinegar ; labeled aa eider : vinegar
i-:. resulted in the manufacturer being fined
$400. One shipper failed to appear to
defend himself on the charge of adding
-water to milk and was fined $200 and
costs. Two shipments of ripe lima beans
jwjuch were sold as green lima beans af
ter oeing soaaea were seized, as was a
ekipment of gelatin.veonsisting partly ef
glue and containing copper and zinc.
Seven - actions were based on the
charge of adulteration and misbranding
s of , proprietary medicines.
IVHOLESJLETlO-ZEfiy SYS
TEC1 UTi'ErJITHED BY POLICE
(By . The Associated Press.)
, vrigated aa'exseasive card indei system-
found in' Harry J. JameS automobile
4i repair shop after he had been killed in a
v. ,frJ6ht with policemen h They maid they
believed robberies totalling $500,000
would be revealed, and that more thro
, $100,000 worth of loot already had been
recovered.
The index contained lists of place
. robbed, goods obtained, of stolen arti
lfs sold to pawn shops, of purchases of
preference of various pawn brokers, and
of valuables taken in the course of high
way robberies .
.. .James was arrested last night as a de
tective saw him emerge from an opening
' between two buildings. As the officer at
tempted to search James at a police sta
tion he whiped out a heavy automatic
pistol and began shooting. He made his
. . , way from the station and a dozen police-
. men joined in the fight before he (fell
- Wiih a bullet through his head .
. I
: .. ' ' '
Assurance 7 Given Delegates
That Government of Pales
. tine Will Bo Changed to
Sympathetic Civil Rule,
. (B Tht Assodlgtvj rreni
SA2f. EE3I0, April 2o. Assuring
have been given Zionist representatives by
British delegates here that the military
administration of Palestine, which, has
been far from satisfactory to Jews, will
be changed to a sympathetic civil rule,
2iohrsjg are represented is San ftemo by
Benajmin Cohen, of Chicago, 111., who
came from -Palestine with Dr. Chaylra
Weizmann, president of the world Zionist
commission there.. ,,. : -
, ' Zionism as a political movement, nas
ended," said Mr. Cohen today. "With
the creation of a national Jewish home Us
work now is the development of Palestine
and the bringing of Jewish immigrants
from eastern Kurope. This development
will be largely agricultural.
'Palestine now has a population of
700.000. In the time of David it had
2,000,000." ,
It can really support two or three times
700,000 and possibly four or five times
that number through the introduction of
the best methods of agriculture. Jews In
Bussia, Poland and -Kumania would be
glad to emigrate. '
'.'The plans of the Zionsts are that w
shall work with the hands rather than
with the brain,- as the Jews have bees
doing for the most part in other portions
of the world. It may be an interesting
social experiment It will not se socialis
tic but I think it may be called social.
" America, I think," added Mr. Cohen,
' will have to supply most of the money
until the new state gets going.) "
RAILROAD LABOR BOARD
HEARS WAGE DEMANDS
TRANCE ANJ) GERMANY MAY
COOPERATE IN COMMERCE
(By The Associated Press.)
PARIS, April 26 Trade agreements
or commercial treaties by "which Franca
and Germany may stabilize markets and
cooperate iu some branches of commerce
are forecast in a report of the foreign
trade bureau of the department of com
merce. Three industries, potash, iron
and coke, and textiles, are taken up by
the report) which shows the economic
dependence of the two countries upon
each other.
Germany 's former monopoly in potash
is now jointly held by her and Prance.
Iron and coke are closely related, and
Germany is the logical source of the lat
ter product, which France cannot pro
duce in sufficient quantities. Alsace has
many important cotton mills, but the
product has in the past been sent to
Germany for dyeing or printing. Ger
' man' plants are still better equipped tq
do this work than any in' France, and, in
addition, affords a good market for the
manufactured goods.
CONDEMNED BUILDING
' PRpVKD A FIRETRAP
(By The Associated Press)
BALEIGH, April 24 While no one
claims infallibility of judgment for local
building and fire authorities, or for the
appellate tribunal, which in such cases is
Insurance Commissioner Young, the re
. cent fire in Wilson strongly illustrates
the values and correctness of their recom
mendations. The Wilson inspector had
ordered the building razed, it being con
sidered a fire peril. The owner sub
mitted to this order, but a tenant of the
third floor, took an, appeal from this to
' the State Instrance Commissioner to have
.the decision reversed, but Cel. Young
) woald not act,', finally setting Tuesday,
'April 13,' as the day for the hearing of
the ease. : Saturday night notice that
the-appeal bad been withdrawn was sent
the Insurance Department- by the At
torney for the tenant,' and Sunday the
whole establishment was burned, imperil
ling the most valuable business block in
Wilson, favorable weather and splendid
work ef the fire department saving it.
.r.::'- y.:-,-:xc v.:v.;;----.
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. April' 26. The rail
road-labor board today refused to hear the
wage demands of the Kansas City yard
men '$ association on the ground that the
application did hoVonform te the provl
sions of the law'... Bearings josy tbV.do
mands'of the' Chicago, St." Louie and
Cleveland ya?dm'ehs-fas8o1ations and tor
strikers in the metropolitan district la
N'ew York, primarily bad been refused by
io board. . Applications from Pittsburen.
'hiladclphin and Columbus are vet to be
acted upon.
Replying to telegrams from chambers or
ommercc in various parts of the countrv
asking a speedy settlement of the whole
lilway wage dispute, the hoard announr-
I that it was proceeding with all tiil!
e to make an early adjustmenr.
The hoard continued today its hearings
on the wake demands of the lirotlierlinods.
iniothy Shea, vice president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, told
the board that additional pay for rail
rond workers would not hare the effec t of
increasing the cost of living unless the
oxcuse was seised upon by profiteers to ex
ploit the public.
Lnhor is only a small item In the cost
of Production, Shea said. He declared
that the labor bill on shoes, which now sell
for $17 or $18 a pair is only 88 cenrs.
Railroad officials, wil bttempt to show
that increasing the wages of their em
p oyes will cost many millions of dollars,
he said, but this claim will bo disproved
by labor spokesmen.
Hotel, PoatofBcea, Telephone
4 Telerraph, Cm and
. Electrical Worker, .Trans
portatior. ind ' Municipal
Workers to strike. " .
(By Th? Ated f).-S
PARIS, April 56. The city aces a
almost complete paralysis of. business on
Saturday, May 1, as the result of a large
number of unions voting to join the labor
demonstration by calling ageneral strike.
Hotel, postoffice, telegraph and telephone,
local surface transportation and gasan
electrical workers, all unionize! workers
nn IKa ravrn11a At rVtA mtin1ttnn!(tv sarif K
the exception "of health officeSranJ afToTyi win..discuss recently secured evi-
Iftrgc number of less important branches
of labor will participate in the strike
Work in most lrnes wUPbe resumed after
24 hours, but the walkout of telephone
Afd telegraph employes will interrupt
communication.
Teachers will remain on duty, and f"ooi
stares will open, at least part of the day7
I'ecision of the congress of French rail
way workers to call a strike to enforce
demands threatens a new danger, if the
men lay dow ntheir tools before Saturday.
.Whether the finish fieht for immediate
nationalization af the railways tnd som-plianee-
with, their other ' demands is
brought oa by the railway m m however,
uow appear to lepend apod the oo-apera
tion of the general confederatlni f labor,
which is not considered as antioua for
general movement as, the u!w extremist
majority of the railroad men. It is point
ed out that thi group comprises rlittle
more than half of the railroad organiza
tion membership of 330,000.
The government 's p4icy, ei.ner as re'
gards the May Day deraonstr t.Lns ojr the
prospective railway strike has not been
officially announced fyxt it is fcnowrr that
would include an immediate mobilisation
of.' the railroad men to break the strike,
as the case in February. -As to th May
demonstratons, it is understood that the
government's plans call for even tnore
vigorous action than last your. Atrthat
time the cffolts to clear the streets ndd
with tbe tdoobs charging uthe crowd and
firing on the sftikersi casualties ooourtina1
f liTThe Kffe'Koy
of the MadcliiivvJiwhile cavalry was used
to' disperse crowds which resisted the or
ders of the authorities.
National Academy of Science
In Session. In Yr a,hington -
TvFK and
"(by Tie Associated Press.)
' WASHINGTON', April 26-Scientists
representing colleges and universities In
r every section of the country attended the
opening here today of the annoal meet
ing of the National Academy of (Science.
Three sessions ars to be held daily. TV
Bight two California astronomers will dis
cuss the size of the universe, presenting
their views as to whether there is only
one universe or several. Dr. Harlow
Shapley, of the Mount Wilson observa
denee' which he believes iiidicateshe size
of the universe1 is many times greater
than held In. the other theories. Dr.
Heber D. Curtis, of the Lick Observa
tory,, will defend the older, view that Jhe
dimensions suggested by Newcomb are
ITJrrect . t,
.v.Cpincident With the" 6benf6f the
academy's sessions Dr. Charles D. Wal
eott, the pfesidVot,' announced the' prans
ofthe society fof the erection in Wasrt
ingtpn of a natkmal headquarters to
cost approximately, $100,000. The
building will be located in Petomae Park,
near the Lincoln Memorial. The fund
was donated by the Carnegie Corpora
tion of New York.
PiD SOX -SHORTSTOP 1
ESTABLISHES NEW RECORD
(By The Associated Press.)
BOSTON, April 26. Everett Scott,
shortstop of the Boston Americans, will
break all maojr league record for play-
-mg in consecutive games when he' takes
the field against the Athletics at Philadel
phia today. With today's game Scott
will have participated in 534 consecutive
league contests. Luderus, of the Phila
delphia Nationals, set the record at 533
games lavt season, but be has not played
this year.
e and "before the Chu'rrii f" Scott started his oontinuour playiag on
June 20, 1916. with the Red 8ox, and he
has not missed a gnme since. Actually
Scott had previously outstripped Luderus
through participation in 11 world series
games in two years, hut these post-season
contests have not been considered In the
consecutnve records for regular games.
The Boston shortstop has to credit
alo for two years what is said to he the
hi;hfs fielding average for nnr shortstop
playing the full season in either niao.tr
lenguc. His murk of 976 made In both
1 i 1 S am
"Tuck" Turner's average of 97'.i in lfiJO
lieing the Ix'st previously made in the
American League, and 9(iS, .Toe Tinker's
record at short for Cincinnati, being the
le.t in the National League.
of
. DATE LEFT TO COMMITTEE.
PARIS, April 26. Determination
the date wheu railway workers thror
France will be called uposj to strike has
been left to the federal committee, accord
ing to a resolution passed at the congress
of French Railway Workers yesterday.
Action by the committee, it was stiimltir
ed, must he in accord with the desires o
the general federation of hihor.
BODY OF ADMIRAL BRITTAIN '
EN ROUTE HOME
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 26
The body of Rear Admiral Casio B
Brittain, chief of staff to the command
er in chief of the Atlantic fleet, who com
mitted suicide by shooting on Thursday
last, is due to arrive at Washington to
morrow on the hospital ship Solace.
Rear Admiral Brittain was in poor
health and was confined to his bed when
the flagship of the fleet left New York
on January 7 and until after its arrival
in Cuba. He was an indefatigable work
er, and it is believed his illness brought
his mental strain to the breaking point.
On the evening of April 21 Rear Ad
miral Brittain attended a reception
aboard the flagship, given by Admiral
Henry B. Wilson, commander of the
fleet, in honor of "Admiral Robert E.
Coontz, chief of naval operations. Ap
parently he was in good spirits. At 4
o'elock the next morning a shot was
heard in his cabin. The ofleer of the
deck found Rear Admiral . Brittain in
the bath room with a bullet hole through
the heart. His service pistol was in the
wash basin. The shin's doctor an
nounced that ) death had been instan
taneous. Funeral services were held
aboard the flagship.
HAVE AUTHORITY TO
' INITIATE 44-HOUR-WEEK
BOSTON, April 26 Delegates from
New England mill centers who attended
a conference of the Amalgamated Textile
Workers' af America hers retained to
their local unions today with authority
to initiate a movement for a 44 hoar week
a fifty per. cent increase in pay and
recognition of the organization.
WASHINGTON, AprU 26 Moores
virle, N. C, 4,315, increase 915, or 26.8
per cent. ' ' ' ': - '
Sacramento Calif., 65,837, increase
1,161, or -47.5 per cent.
DISORDERS IN VENICE.
(By The Associated Press)
PARIS, April tlli. Serious disorders or.
cu'rred in Venice befare the lnhor coiinci
of the city issued an order Sunday calling
off the general strike which had been in
progress there for several davs. One
person was killed and about !" wounded
during a melee that followed an attack
on the police commissioner, during which
the officers fired on the crowd. The str
resulted from disorders in the garrl
during which a soldier was shot by
officer.
Railroad Men Assert That Con
' ditions Are ' Returning to
Normal While Strikers Claim
That Only One-Fifth of Men
Are at Work, '
fBy The Assoc 1st J Frets.) -
CHICAGO, April 26 Developments in
the strike of insurgent railroad kjrkers
in the Chicago district today were eon
fined to issuance of statements by the
railroad managers and strikers. The
managers said 1,892 men were at work
E yesterday and that freight traffic was
W per cent of normal. The strikers
airted the number of men the railroads
safd were at work was less than one
fifth the normal number, that the indus-
, trial situation rapidly was growing worse
with a number of plants facing shut
downs because of lack of coal and that
because the railroads c,ould not continue
using high priced Then AS " substitute
switchmen, a compromise woulJ U'
L BOODr or later . Elsewhere in the cen
tral una". TVtK " " -gradual return to
normfli reight movement was reported.
STRIKERS FEAR BLACK LIST.
(By The Associated Press.)
NEW tORfe, April tt Fear of a
blacklist whieh would bar them per
manently from employment appeared to
be one of the driving forces today behind
the steady break of the railroad workers
strike reported by railroad officials.
Although no hint of such a plan has
come from the managers, possibility of
its adoption was discussed freely by
some strikers of ter they learned at a
mass meeting last night that nine locals
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men in the New York-New Jersey dis
trict had lost their union charters by ac
tion of brotherhood officials.
Officials of the lines continued today
their optimistic statements of last week
hat traffic was fast returning to normal
and that the effect oi the strike would
soon wholly disappear.
6MIER REFUSES TO "
ahsver QUEsno:::xtE
Does Not Think He Ought to
Pledge Himself t o kp
F a r m e r-Labor LregiaUtwa -r?
' Sttnien, By Judxe i
Dim. ' , - ,
Max 6ardner, ite&fatit tot t XhjmO-
eratic nomination for governor In' tll-'f ,
promary June 5, has declined to answer '
the questions put to him in onion labor V
questionnaire, basing his position on the
fact that; the governor has no powa
over the legislature further than to rec
ommend the passage of laws, no power to .'
enforce recommendations and no yetev .
povrer .
:. XTr. .roudneTs 'state campaign mana
ger, Judge J. Crawford Biggs, tonight
gave out a statement from his candidate,
to ic!l..ILvCardner, explalnlng'hfirpo- jf .
sition, says: v. . ''
. UI hare reeei,! rT 'tjk.
... unu rueiuuy eon--
sidefffl tnm questions, formulated by. th
executive committee of the North Cgo-' . .
Una State Federation of Labor and the
legislative board of the State Farmers' " ' :
Union. Fifteen questions are propouad
ed, none of which relates, primarily or dl
rectly, to any duty imposed by law trpoai
the governor of this state. All are qoes
tions suitable to be passed upon by the C
general assembly. -. "''
"As you know, the governor of Norta . ':
Carolina has no veto gower and no eon- '
trol over legislation. The farthest the ''
governor can go is to make recommenda
tions to the general assembly. There ats
power ends, if this can be called a power,
and the general assembly is under' a
obligation to follow any of his recommew
dations. It may, if it sees fit, enact law
in total disregard of the governor's rec
ommendations. The governor of North '
Carolina, under the constitution, baa aw
means of compelling compliance in legis
lation with his ideas, ideals or asprra- ,
tions. , '
BLOODHOUNDS ARE
PUT ON THE CASE
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSO
CIATION MEETS I
'select
knu&l
(By The AsmcUted Press
NEW ORLEANS, AprU 26 Thh house
of delegates of the American Medical
Association,' the governing body if the
organization, went into session tpday.
formally opening the seventy-first
coLvention of the association. The
vention will continue through next Fri
Liy.
me nouse oi aeiegaies, eomposed o:
representatives from every state and ter
ritory and one each from ' the United
States army, navy and public health ser
vice, will consider a number of impor
tant questions baving to do with the
health of the nation, it was stated.
The first sad only general session of
the convention will be' held Tuesday
night, when Dr. William C. Braisted, of
the United States navy, president-elnct,
will deliver an address. Dr. Braiated
will succeed Dr. Alexander Lambert, of
New York.
Shortly after the house of delegates
went into session fifteen sectional meet
ings were started.
Approximately 5,000 delegates were in
attendance. ljM
Baseball fans will be interetaed In
the following news: Mr. J. P. MePhersoa,
chief engineer of the Robert Engineering
Co., is the promoter of a crack team
that will, ia a abort while, make the pub
Ik sit up and take notice. The players
are selected from the Clement Co- witk
three expert pitchers, two expert catchers
and Al fieldmea, several of whom were
formerly league players. Saturday was
their first practice game and a game with
the Loray is anticipated in the near fu
ture.-- ; -.:
U'y The Associated rress.)
f'ONTIAC, Mich., April 26. Prosecut
ing Attorney Gillespie, investigating the
killing early Sunday morning of Miss
Vera Schneider, telephone supervisor,
this morning questioned a man wnose ap
pearance is said to tally with a description
given of the man seen with the girl late
Saturday night.
The man whose home is In Detroit, is
eniplnveil in a local tactory. He denied
Hl! is the highest on record, imving heen wnn .miss fcclineiuer fcatur-
day.
Hloodlioiindsnere jmt on tie case this
forenoon but led oflicers only as Far as
the eiirhinp of the house where Miss
Schneider's body was found. Officers ex
pressed the helief that the girl was driven
to the unoccupied dwelling in an automo
bile. Arrival of bloodhounds from Manches
ter, ()., was awaited this morning. To
give the animals every assistance in trac-
iiif the murderer, the police roped off
the space around the house to keep crowds
f i om destroying foot prints ahout the
place.
('round surrounding the dwelling which
was in one of the city's best residential
sections, gave evidence, according to trie
oflicers, that a terrific struggle had taken
nlnin
The authorities have uot yet obtained
description of the man with whom M
Schneider is said to have been seen
friends about midnight Saturday.
MEMORIAL TO SOLDIER
DEAD UNVEILED IN SAVANNAH
6
'UBLICAN:
"RONG TICKET
Republicans of "Gaston ' caunty. hold
g their convention here Saurday. nomi
nated a woman Miss Corie Brown, of
Dallas to run against tie democratic
nominee for the office of ounty treasur
er in the election this f
The convention was ne of the most
harmonious the republhain party has ever
held in this county, it was largely at
tended and was featured by an address
by Jake Newell, of JLIiarlotte, candidate
for congress from we ninth district.
The following county ticket was nom
inated: StaV senjrte, Dr. Frank Robin
son; house Vf Representatives, Laban
Bhyne and Eugene Craig ; sheriff, Connor
Stroupe; register of deeds, J. W. M.
Jenkins; treasurer, Miss Corrie Brewn;
county surveyor, A. W. Huffman; coun
ty commissioners, O. R. Dixon, South
Point township; Marvin Boyd, Gastonia
township; Dr. E. W. Matthews, Crowd
er's Mountain township.
U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WOULD ASSUME CONTROL
AMERICANIZATION WORK
(By The Associated Press.)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. AprU 2
The board of directors of the United
States chamber of commerce in conven
tion here today proposed the chamber
assume supreme control of Americaniza
tion work in the United States, co-ordinating
and directing the efforts of or
ganizations now engaged, in philanthrop
ic and patriotic activities. To finance
this undertaking it was proposed ade
quate collections of money be made and
disbursed by a "standing committee on
American ideals" under rules prescrib
ed by the board of directors.
NO CLEW AS TO MURDERER.
(By The Associated Press)
PONTIAC, Mich., April 26 City and
county authorities early today were still
without definite clew as to the identity of
the murdered of Miss Vera Schneider,
ID-years old telephone supervisor, found
early Sunday morning, apparently choked
to death, on the porch ef an. unoccupied
dwelling. ' -.
(By The Associated Pros.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., April 26 One of
the first memorials to be placed in Geor
gia to the men who gave their lives in
the world war will be unveiled this af
ternoon at 4:30 o'clock. It is a bronze
tablet to the Chatham county men who
died ia the service. It is the gift from
the "Savannah women's federation and is
to be placed on the front of the Savan
nah public library. The tablet con
tains a border of magnolia blossoms and
in 'addition to bearing the names of the
men in whose memory it is cast, has the
inscription "They do not die who serve
humanity. " The memorial is to be un
veiled by Mrs. J. . Hayes, of Monte
zuma, president of the Georgia Federa
tion of Women's Clubs.
RED CROSS SOCIETIES TO
OFFER BIG SCHOLARSHIPS
(By The Associated Press.) '
GENKVA, April 26. Ten $1,000 schol
arships in public health nursing will be
offered by the league of red cross soci
eties upon the suggestion of Henry P.
Davison, chairman of the board of govern
ers, to the red cross membership of
stricken countries or to nations , with in
efficient red cross organizations.; , The
course of study will be carried oat at
Kings College, women 's department,
University of London, and will begin next
October. Travelling expenses to London
and return wijl be provided' holders2 of
scholarships. . - .
Would Not Tie His Mauds. '
" I am a candidate for the nomination
of my party for the office of governor.
Should I be elected, it would be my doty
under the constitution, from time to time
to recommend to the consideration of the
general assembly such measures as mar
appear to me at "that time to be for the
public good. I will not hesitate to per.
form that duty. But I think except
whero the line of policy is marked out by
the platform of my party, I should feel
free to ail vise with the general assembly
from time to time as prescribed by our
constitution, in the light of the knowledge
I then shall have and as shall appear to
me to he for the public welfare,
4 ' It seems to me that it would be ua.
just to the general pubile to enter into
pledges nearly a year ahead, which might
in the event of my election fetter my
judgment when the time to act shall
came. It the duty were before me no.
to answer the questions propounded by
you, I would answer some in the affirma
tive and some in the negative. But I Oo
not know what my judgment will be oa
these questions after I shall have, under
the obligations of office and sanctity of
onth, henrd nil sides. I think you will
agree with me that a governor fore
stulling bis own judgment and making
pledges which might lie antagonistic to
the public good, were he toyOexide grave
matters of public interesyvithout hear
ing all sides and exceptafter the most
mature deliberation.
SCH001
Ir. W. II.
.VIOLATION OF
TENDANCE LAWS.
county supertnten-
Welfare, is doing a good
ng a better enforcement of
iring compulsory attendance
lie schools, and penalizing par
ents who refuse or neglect to keep their
T "Vlflf"!! .ifl school.
Bofore Lsquire A. R. Anders Saturday
F. R. Riley, of Lowell, Arthur lry, of
"Lowell, SL A. Richardson, of Besseme
City,- and J. R. Mason, of Bessemer City,
were fined $5 and cost each for failure to
keep their children in school. Before
Esquire W. Meek Adams Charlie Short, of
Bessemer City, was fined $5 and the eosts
for the same offense. Both magistrates
gave the offenders, warn ing that a second
conviction would lead to a fine of at
leasts 125. The above convictions are la
addition to several others that have been
secured within the past few months.
The condition of Mr. John Frank :
Jackson, who underwent an operation .
for acute appendicitis Saturday, is re
ported today as being somewhat im
proved. He had a very restful night
but night. Mr. Jackson was stricken
suddenly last week with an attack of ap- -1
pendicitis that threatened to develop into
serious complications. He was removed
to the Gaston Sanitarium. Beports from
the hospital today at noon were that he
is getting along nicely, -
LANDER COLLEGE GIRLS TQ
GRADUATE IN OLD DRESSES.
' (Br Associated Press.) J .
Anderson, B.X, April 26, The girls of
Lander College, state Methodist school lo
cated at Greenwood, a O, have pledged
themselves to economy ia dress and mem
bers of the senior class will graduate next
month in old dresses, according to dis
patches receivednere.