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ALABAMA
MOBILE. —Dreams of modern con
crete bridge spanning 15 miles us
Mobile bay, between Mobile and
Baldwin county, will become reality
if voters of Alabama ratify proposed
constitutional amendment at genera;
election.
MONTGOMERY.—State highway
commission authorize W. S. Keller,
state highway engineer, to proceed
et. once with official markings of
state highways.
AUBURN. —Auburn alumni com
mence work of actively aiding boys
to obtain education at Auburn,
through Auburn Alumni association.
Two young men are now being sup
ported in college.
MONTGOMERY.—Dr. Glenn An
drews. state prison inspector, re
ports that most jails and prisons in
Alabama are in satisfactory sanitary’
condition, and that prisoners are
being well fed.
MOBlLE.—Duties amounting to
$179,200 will be collected on cargo
of British steamer Chincha. arriv
ing here with 8,000 tons of Brazilian
maganese ore, according to custom
officials.
CARBON HILL.—New building
for Carbon Hill state bank is near
ing completion and will be ready’ for
occupancy in few weeks.
COLUMBIA.—James A. Cunning
ham, farmer, of Ednezer community,
ends his life by shooting himself.
MOBILE.— Dorothy Ann Webb,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Webb, is run over and instantly
killed by auto driven by Archie
Knott, negro, who is jailed on mur
der charge.
DECATUR. —George H. Clark, of
Birmingham, assistant state geolog
ist, makes analysis of asphalt found
near here, and says it is as good as
any yet discovered in any part of
country.
MONTEVALLO.—OfficiaIs report
that $254,000 has already been raised
in $1,000,000 drive for Alabama col
lege.
MOBILE.—State purchases four
tracts of lands here for $68,500, to be
used for dock purposes.
TUSCALOOSA —Work commences
on new SIOO,OOO lumber plant of
Tuscaloosa Lumber company to
take place of plant recently burned.
MONTGOMERY. Republican
state executive committee certifies
names of Republican candidates for
state offices and electors.
COLUMBlA.—Sentence of 20
years is imposed by circuit court
jury on Bob Merrill, charged with j
slaying N. L. McElroy, in woods
near Calera few months ago.
MONTGOMERY. —Conference of
county road officials and members
of state highway commission will be
held here November 7. to discuss
problem of raising funds to carry
on road building program. Present
funds will be exhausted soon.
BIRMINGHAM. —Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers will open new
bank here, in old Birmingham Ledg
er building, with capital stock of
$500,000, about January 1.
OZARK. Ninety-second annual
session of Alabama Annual Confer
ence of Methodist Episcopal church
south will be held here November
12-17.
JASPER. —Red Cross nutrition
program in Jasper and Walker
county’ commences survey to find
out number of school children drink
ing sufficient amount of milk regu
larly.
UNION SPRINGS.—G. M. Ed
wards is re-elected mayor of Union ;
Springs without opposition.
ATHENS. —Dr. Allen Cutts, pas
tor of Erlanger, Ky., Baptist church
accepts call to First Baptist church.
MONTGOMERY. Applications
from eleven counties in Alabama for
space for county exhibits at Ala
bama state fair, to be held Novem
ber 3-11, are received by Mort Bix
ler, secretary-manager.
RUSSELLVILLE.—L. L. Jackson,
editor of Franklin County Times, |
sells his interest to John M. Clark.
Mr. Jackson will engage in newspa
per work at Florence,
ANNISTON.—C. Worth White
side, Calhoun tax collector, is indict
ed on charge of embezzling $20,000
of county funds. Trial is set foi
October 14.
RUSSELLVILLE. Anti-Klan
ticket loses in municipal election
here. Wilmer W. Ramsey, incum
bent. is re-elected mayor over D. F.
Bendall. Bendall denounced Klan,
while Mayor Ramsey did not deny
affiliation with Klan.
CLAYTON.—CIayton is to have
big lumber plant. Thompson and
Stewart are building dry kiln with
capacity’ of 100,000 feet, and are also
erecting planing mill and sheds.
LA FAY ETTE.—Frank Smith is
found guilty’ of murdering Marvin
Drake in northwestern part of coun
ty’ last July, and given life term.
CLAYTON. What are believed
to be valuable deposits of bauxite
are found at Pratt's.
GORDO. Joyce Dire sawmill,
near here, is destroyed by’ fire of
unknown origin, with loss of several
thousand dollars.
BAY MINETTE? Work com
mences here on new creamery.
ANNISTON. Grand jury con-■
demns Calhoun county almshouse
buildings, but says inmates are prop- j
erly cared for.
BIRMINGHAM. —’ Building opera
tions in Birmingham will reach total
of $15,000,000 for year, according to
J. E. Spencer, city building inspec
tor.
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BIRMINGHAM. Ulysses Mason,
negro, is shot and instantly’ killed
by C. N. Zuber, of southern bureau
of investigation, after attacking of
. ficer with knife, following arrest.
MONTGOMERY. Candidates for
presidential electors on Lt Follette-
Wheeler ticket qualify with secre
tary of state, and will go on ballot
in November election.
HUNTSVILLE. Erskin Elmore.
38, Limestone county farmer, dies in
■ local hospital from fractured skull
! sustained in fight with three men
in Huntsvi!*-*. R***-.t Limbaugh,
Charles Peyton ant Charles Byrd
are under arrest charged with mur
dering Elmore.
MONTGOMERY. Lee Clayton
resigns as assistant United States
attorney’ of middle district of Ala
bama.
MONTEVALLO. Bledsoe Kelly,
of Birmingham, is appointed assis
tant in department, of modern lan
guages at Alabama, college here.
TUSCALOOSA. After search
lasting several days. Jerome Carter,
92. father of Mrs. T. H. B. Teeple.
is found. He is too weak to say’ why’
he left horns or whsze he had been.
DECATUSL Lmi Holland, 16.
son of Kirby, Holland, farmer near
eher, is missing and wide search is
being made.
SELMA. After wedding cere
mony here. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Luckie start for Montgomery’ in auto
to take train for honeymoon trip
when car turns over, badly- injuring
bride.
MOBILE. Warrants are sworn
out for arrest of 29 citizens of near
Covington in connection with stock
law row which raged there for sev
eral days. Unlawful assembly- is
charged.
MARION. - Judson college begins
its eighty-seventh year with large
attendance.
MOBILE. Mobile League of
Women Voters send telegrams to
Gov. Len Small, of Illinois, asking
him to commute death sentence of
, Bernard Grant, Chicago youth con
victed of murder.
SELMA.—( Southern railroad will
commence work early in January on
s£>o,ooo coal clwte here.
LOWNDESBORO?’— A. W. Bau-
I man, foreman for Newell Construc
tion company, of Birmingham, is
shot and killed here. L. R Patton
lumberman of Tuscaloosa, is under
an est charged with murder.
TROY. r. King, county
agent, is urging farmers of this coun
ty to plant hairy vetch.
GREENSBORoT— Rev. D. s.
Hotchkiss resigns as pastor of
Greensboro Presbyterian church.
Ims leaves two churches? here with
out pastors.
NORTH CAROLINA
S pE NCER.— CoIe L. Blease, of
( olumbia, s. C., Democratic nomi
nee, is invited to deliver address at
educational meeting. October 10.
- r ALEIGH.— Dr. J. w. Peacock,
fugitive from state hospital for crim
inal insane, where he was serving
life term for murder of Police Chief
Taylor, of Thomasville, several years '
ago, is recaptured a t El Cajon, Cal?,
after two-year search. Warden Bus
bee. of state prison, here, is at El
Cajon. Peacock may fight, extradi
tion. says announcement at prison.
R ( 99 tery surroun ds escape in August.
CHARLOTTE.— Governor Morri
son, here to deliver address, says he
will send Attorney General Manning
to California, if necessary, to obtain
authority for Warden Busbee, of
North Carolina state prison, to re
turn Dr. J. w. Peacock, fugitive
convicted for murder.
CONCORD. Mrs. Walter D.
Jones, of Savannah, Ga., is instantly
killed here when automobile in which
she, her husband, daughter and oth
er relatives were riding, overturns
after skidding on wet pavement.
Others escape with minor injuries.
Body is taken to Savannah.
RALEIGH.—State highway de
partment announces completion of |
sixty-five miles of hard-surfaced j
roads in August, compared with |
thirty miles in July. Weather oondi- l
tions during first nine months of
year interfered with work more than ,
at any time in past five years.
RALEIGH. Supreme court, ar. j
opening of fall term, faces congested
calendars, 21 cases being on calen
dar for opening week.
STATESVILLK—Fifteen negroes
are injured when two automobiles i
overturn after skidding on wet pave- I
ment.
KINGS MOUNTAlN.—Announce- I
ment is made that Gaston County |
Federation of Women's clubs will !
present historical pageant, “ Visions, ,
Old and New,” in connection with *
annual celebration October 7 of an- |
niversary of Revolutionary war bat- ■
tie of Kings Mountain. Legion- |
naires will stage reproduction of j
1775 battle.
SALISBURY". — Mrs. W. J. Bostian j
dies after long period of poor health, j
Husband died two weeks previously, i
SALISBURY’. First and Park
Avenue Methodist churches, which
recently paid off all debts, are dedi- ;
cated at morning and evening serv- ;
ices, conducted by Bishop E. Collins
Denny, of Richmond, Va.
RALEIGH. Seventeen ware-;
houses operating in August in eight
markets in Bladen, Columbus and j
Robeson counties sold 8,551,000 •
pounds of producers' tobacco, com-'
pared with sales of 11,408,000 pounds :
in same period, last year, at 58
warehouses, average price being'
$17.44 per hundredweight this year,
compared with $22.52 for August.
1923.
LUMBERTON. Odie Sweat, In
dian, is held justified, in decision by
coroner’s jury, for killing father,
Blaney Sweat, at son's home, neat
Rowland, when father attacked son's
mother.
EDENTON. Trial of David
Jones, negro, for killing of Sam
Small, Chowan county farmer, is
continued until December term of
superior court and Jones is taken to
another county for safekeeping.
SALISBURY’. St. John's Luth
eran church will be rallying place.
October 2-6. for representatives of
90,000 organized women, members
of missionary society of United Evan
gelical Lutheran Church of America,
when fourth biennial convention will
be held. Dr. F. F. Fry. of Rochester,
N. Y’., will deliver opening sermon.
RALEIGH. Reply has not been
made more than three weeks after
group of leading negro Republicans
write W. G. Bramham, of Durham,
chairman of Republican state execu
tive committee, for statement of com
mittee's views on proposal to en
courage voting this fall by state's
negro Republicans.
ROCKY MOUNT. W. B. Single
ton. secretary-treasurer of company,
is fatally scalded when he falls into
hot water vat at plant of Rocky
Mount Fuel and lee company.
ASHEVILLE? —Tim M. Cathev
and Blackburn W. Worsham, both
blind, who attended University of
North Carolina together, take oath I
and become members of local bar.
CHARLOTTE.—Lockwood, Greene .
& Co., architects, announce plans
are being drawn for $300,000 plant !
for Hanes Finishing company, of I
Winston-Salem.
WINSTON-SALEM.—B. S. Snyder '
is re-elected president of Forsyth I
County Sunday School convention at i
(closing session of organization's an- I
■ nual meeting.
j HENDERSON.—Enoch Powell, 66 '
lone of Vance county’s best known
citizens, dies a few days after suf- |
ft ring sunstroke while working with ,
flowers in yard of home.
jfr* Sabatini's greatest story of love and adventure
(Published by Arrangement With First, National Pictures, Inc. Copyrighted by Houghton-
Mifflin Company.)
What Has Gone on Before—
To Sir Oliver Traessilian, re
nowned for his exploits on the
Spanish Main, comes Peter Go
dolphin, insulting and threat
ening, to forbid Oliver’s mar
riage with his sister, Rosamind.
Because of personal enmity
growing out of land disputes,
both Peter and Rosamund’s
guardian. Sir John Killigrew,
oppose the marriage. Incensed
at Sir John’s reference to him
as a “pirate” Oliver engages
him in a duel. His young half
brother. Lionel, awaits his re
turn, anxiety tempered with
speculation as to how Oliver’s
fieath would affect his own for
tunes. Oliver, he realizes, ac
cumulated considerable wealth
through his adventures on the
Spanish Main.—Now go on with
the story.
CHA PT ER II Contin ue<l
a ND meanwhile Lionel had
remained at home taking
his ease. He loved his
ease. His nature was inherent
ly indolent; and he had the
wasteful, extravagant tastes
that usually go with indolence.
He was not born to toil and
struggle, and note had sought
to correct the shortcomings of
his character in that respect.
Sometimes he wondered what
the future might hold for him
should Oliver come to marry.
When his thought did turn to it
in momentary uneasiness he
would abrutly dismiss them
with the reflection that when
all was said Oliver loved him
and Oliver would never fail to
provide adequately for all his
wants.
In thisAindoubtedly he was fully
justified. Oliver was more
parent than brother to him.
When their father had been
brought home to die for the
wound dealt him by an outraged
husband —and a shocking spec
tacle that sinners’ death had
been with its hasty, terrified re
pentance—he had intrusted
Lionel to his elder brother's
care.
At the time Oliver was seven
teen and Lionel twelve. But
Oliver had seemed by so many
years older than his age that
the twice-widowed Ralph Tres
silian had come to depend upon
this steady, resolute and mas
terful child of his first marriage.
It was into his ear that the
dying man had poured the
wretched tale of his repentance
for the life he had lived and the
state in which he was leaving his
affairs with such scant provision
for his sons.
For Oliver he had no fear.
His anxieties were all for Lionel,
whom he also judged with that
same penetrating insight vouch
safed a man in his last hours.
Hence his piteous recommenda
tion of him to Oliver, and
Oliver's ready promise to be
father, mother and brother to
the youngster.
All this was in Lionel's mind
as he sat musing there, and
again he struggled with’ that
hideous insistent thought that
if things should go ill with his
brother at Arwenack, there
would be great profit to himself;
that these things he now en
joyed upon another's bounty he
would then enjoy in his own
right. A devil seemed to mock
him with the whispered
sneer that were Oliver to die his
own grief would not be long
lived.
So wrought up was he by the
welter of his emotions, by that
firce strife between his con
science and his egotism, that he
came abruptly to his feet, a cry
upon his lips—
"Vade retro, Sathanas!”
Old Nicholas, looking up ab
ruptly, saw the lad’s face, waxen,
his brow bedewed with sweat.
’’Master Lionel! Master Lion
el!” he cried, his small, bright
eyes concernedly scanning his
young master's face.
Lionel mopped his brow.
"Sir Oliver has gone to Ar
wenack upon a punitive busi
ness,” said he.
"An’ what be that, zur?” quoth
Nicholas
"He has gone to punish Sir
John for having maligned him.”
A grin spread upon the weath-
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GREENV’ILLE. Local tobacco 1
market , for week ended September '
12, sold 1,973,000 pounds of tobacco
at average price of 19.33 cents per
pound, bringing total sales for sea
son to 3,976,000, according to com
pilation of report. Crop of about 15 I
counties is being sold wholly or in j
part on this market, it is indicated. |
GREENSBORO. —After vigorously
assailing law, recently enacted, au
thorizing boxing in city. Rev. J. H.
Earnhardt, pastor of Market Street
Methodist church, asserts he is
"tired Q,f the church in this commu
nity being made the wet nurse of
every stunt, the devil wants to puli
off.” Rev. R. Murphy Williams,
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Sir Oliver uas careitil .v wiping his blade, whilst Sir John lay coughing
upon the turf.
erbeaten countenance of Nicho
las.
"Be that so? Marry, ’twere
time. Sir - John he be over long i’
th’ tongue.”
Lionel stood amazed at the
man’s easy confidence and su
preme assurance of how his mas
ter must acquit himself.
"You—you have no fear, Nick
las?" —
He did not add of what. But
the servant understood, and his
grin grew broader still.
"Fear? Laekaday! I hain't
afeered for Sir Oliver, and doan't
ee be afeared. Sir Oliver’ll be
home to sup with a sharp-set ap
petite—’tis the only difference
fighting ever made to he.”
The servant was justified of
his confidence by the events,
though through a slight error of
judgment Sir Oliver did not quite
accomplish all that he promised
and intended. In anger, and
when he deemed that he had
been affronted, he was—as his
chronicler never wearies of in
sisting—of a tigerish ruthless
ness. He rode to Arwenack fully
resolved to kill hs calumniator.
Nothing less would satisfy him.
Arrived at that fine embattled
castle of the Killigrews which
commanded the entrance to the
estuary of the Fal, he found
Peter Godolphin there before
him; and because of Peter s pres
ence Sir Oliver was more delib
erate and formal in his accusa
tion of Sir John than he had in
tended.
Sir John, however, came half
way to meet the quarrel. His
rancor against the "Pirate of
Penarrow”—as he had come to
dub Sir Oliver—rendered him al
most as eager to engage as was
his visitor.
They found a secluded corner
of the deer park for their busi
ness, and there Sir John—a slim,
sallow gentleman of some thirty
years of aye—made an onslaught
Senator m Hospital
With Bloodpoisoning
After Cutting His Foot
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 24.—Sen
ator Hubert D. Stephens, of Missis
sippi, ill at a hospital here, was re
ported today resting more com
fortably after a somewhat restless
night which followed the trip from
his home in New Albany, Miss., to
Memphis.
Senator Stephens was brought to
Memphis for treatment late yester
day when symptoms of blood-pois
oning developed as a result of a cut
on his foot, inflicted when an ax
with which he eyas cutting a branch
•from a tree on his farm at New
Albany, slipped and struck his left
foot between the great and second
toes.
Physicians attending Mr. Stephens
stated today that amputation of the
foot might be necessary.
Yeggs Use Derrick
To Haul Off Safe
W eighmg 4,500 Lbs.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Sept. 24.-
Halted in their efforts by the time
lock on the safe of the Caldwell
State bank at Chatham, near here
burglars’ Tuesday night beked an
automobile derrick up to the window
of bnk, lifted the safe onto a
truck and escaped.
The safe, which weighed 4.500
pounds, contained about S4OO, bank
officials said.
Facing Impeachment
Sheriff Resigns
JASPER. Ala.. Sept. 24. —Facing
impeachment trial before the Ala
bama supreme court on September
29. on charge of malfeasance in of
f.ce Guy V. O'Rear resigned Tues
day as sheriff of Walker county,
issuing a statement asserting his in
nocence and contending that the
charges against him were trumped
up by h s enemies.” Ten persons
have already applied for appoint
ment to succeed' O'Rear.
pastor of Presbyterian Church of the
Covenant, is member of city boxing
commission.
G R E ENS BO RO.—Guilford county
teachers’ handbook, just issued, dis
c'oses that 14 school buildings, cost
ing total of $367,000, were construct
ed in Guilford county in course of
last year, while schools in county
were being reduced by consolidations
from 82 to 48.
CHARLOTTE.—State board of
health, co-operating with Meckleri
burg county health department, an
nounces clinic for removal of ade
noids and diseased tonsils will be
held here for four weeks, beginning
October 14, at which it. is expected
with sword and dagger upon Sir
Oliver, full worthy of the on
slaught he had made earlier with
his tongue. But his impetuosity
availed him less than nothing.
Sir Oliver was come there with
a certain purpose, and it was
his way that he never failed to
carry through a thing to which
j he set his hand
In three minutes it was all
over, and Sir Oliver was careful
ly wiping hig blade whilst Sir
John lay coughing upon the turf
tended by white-faced Peter Go
dolphin and a scared groom, who
had been hidden thither to make
up the necessary tale of wit
nesses.
Sir Oliver sheathed his wea
pons and resumed his coat, then
< ame to stand over his fallen
foe, considering him critically.
"I think I have silenced him
for a little time only,” he said.
"And I confess that I intended
to do better. I hope, however,
that the lesson will suffice and
that he will lie no more—at least
concerning me.”
"Do you mock a fallen man?”
was Master Godolphin’s angry
protest,
"God forbid!" said Sir Oliver
soberly. “There is no mockery in
my heart. There is, believe me,
nothing but regret-*— regret that
I should not have done the thing
more thoroughly. I will send as
sistance from the house as I go.
Give you good day, Master Pe
ter.”
From Arwenack he rode round
by Penryn on his homeward way.
| But he did not go straight home.
He paused at the gates of Godol
phin Court, r, nich stood above
Trefusis point, commanding the
| view of Carrick Roads. He turn
ed in under the old gateway and
drew up in the courtyard. Leap
ing to the kidney-stones that pav
ed it, he announced himself a
visitor to Mistress Rosamund.
( ontinued Tuesday
Leopold and Loeb Are
Beginning to Despair;
Are Ideal Prisoners
JOLIET, 111., Sept. 24.—“ Those
millionaire kids work too hard.”
This is the complaint which other
denim-clad convicts make of Nathan
Leopold and Richard Loeb, who are
finishing their second week of life
sentences for killing Bobby Franks,
according to Warden John L. Whit
man.
"They have been ideal prisoners,”
Whitman said. "The only complaint
we’re heard is that ‘those million
aires work too hard.’”
Foreman Leopold, Nathan’s old
est brother, visited the boys. He
brought a lunch which the youths
ate lustily—talking to their visitor
when they could find the time be
tween gulps.
According to the penitentiary
guards, both Leopold and Loeb are
beginning to realize their situation.
Despair is just beginning to be ap
parent. Loeb, they say, is standing
tin somewhat better than Leopold
but both are shaking under prison
routine.
"That damned gong at 6 o’clock
every morning is what jars the life
out of me.” Loeb said.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1»24
400 children will undergo operations.
Nurses are engaged in making sur
vey at schools.
ASHE churches an
nounce invitation will he extended to
western North Carolina Methodist
Episcopal conference, meeting at
Greensboro in October, to hold 1926
meeting here.
ASHEVILLE.—Bus operators in
this part of state agree to co-operate
in organized fight on law recently
enacted by state requiring operators
of public service cars to carry in
demnity insurance policy of SIO,OOO
or mote.
LIBERTY. —■ Eastern conference
of North Carolina synod of United
Evangelical Lutheran church votes
to meet at Gibsonville next May.
Rev. E. A. Shenk, of Greensboro, is
conference president.
RALEIGH. —North Carolina Co
operative Tobacco Growers’ associa
tion distributes $2,300,000 as thirl
payment on deliveries of 1923 crop
by growers in so-called old belt.
MOUNT AlßY?=North Carolina
"good will tour,” including 100 mem
bers, goes to Bluefield, W. Va., to
attend conference and seek to crys
tallize sentiment in favor of building
of hard-surfaced highway from Blue
field to North Carolina line as link
of Great Lakes-to-Florida highway.
RALEIGH.—Action of state in
surance department in asking at
torney-general for ruling on status
of Carolina, syndicate, selling agents
for Craven county lands thought to
he oil-bearing, will not stop boom,
according to word from three groups
arranging to drill wells. Several
hundred prospectors are making
headquarters at Newbern.
GREENSBORO.—Veterans of base
hospital 65, nearly 200 strong, meet
in annual reunion on sixth anni
versary of their landing on French
soil. J. H. Shuford, of Hickory, is
elected president. Winston-Salem is
chosen for next meeting place.
LUMBERTON.—Physicians, after
extended observation, express opin
kr, that fall sustained by Hector,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
McLean, will cause, no permanent
injury.
LOUISBURG. Gift of $30,000
from Richard H. Wright, of Dur
ham, to Louisburg college is an
nounced by President A. W. Mohn,
which brings Wright's gifts to $50.-
000, creating Pattie Julia Wright
memorial fund to assist young wom
en obtain education.
WILMINGTON. Two canning
factories at Southport are expending
from $25,000 to $30,000 weekly in
payment for shrimp being caught by
owners of fleet of 45 shrimping ves
sels. Unusually large catches of
high quality shrimp are reported.
These plants are expected to con
tinue at capacity operation until
January 1.
DUNN. Tom Bryant, farmer,
well known, is shot from ambush by
unknown person and is seriously
wounded, more than 50 shot being
taken from his neck and heal. Of
ficers are investigating,
WILMINGTON. William H.
Shearin. 77. New Hanover countj's
first superintendent of roads and
pioneer builder of macadam roads in
ccunty, dies after long period of
poor health.
SANATORIUM. Officials an
nounce 185 names have been placed
i on waiting list of North Carolina
t tuberculosis sanatorium, which has
accommodations for 182 patients.
Great increase in facilities, including
provision for 50 children, is urged.
FAYETTEVILLE. Members of
seventh and eight generations of
i Cape Fear Highlanders scattered
from Nova Scotia to Rio Grande, re
turn for 300th semi-annual meeting
of Fayetteville presbytery at historic
Longstreet church, near here, on
Fort Bragg military reservation, as
guests of Brigadier-General Bewley,
fort commander.
HIDDENITE^—Mrs’ J. M. May
berry is accidentally shot and se
verely wounded when she picks up
gun she thought was empty and
placed it in corner of room, jar caus
ing explosion.
CHAPEL HlLL?—Plans are being
developed for nation-wide celebration
of birthday. October 12, of Univer
sity of North Carolina.
j DURHAM.—Edward Tilley, aged
! 2, is choked to death by bite of apple,
i child dying in arms of father who
was unable to remove construction in
j windpipe.
RALEIGH. —Mystery over suppos-
I ed assault on Charles Thomas, found
j in his room with throat cut, is ex
: plained by police, who say Thomas
i cut himself. Thomas, under treat
ment at hospital, probably will live.
CHARLOTTE. Baptist Young
. People's unions of Mecklenburg and
Cabarrus counties hold conference
here.
CONCORD.—Howell's church, 18
miles from here, is host to 39th an
nual session of Mecklenburg-Cabar
rus Baptist association, meeting
September 16-18.
WINSTON-SALEM?—A. V. Allen,
for several years postmaster at
Clemmons, is dead.
SOUTH CAROLINA
GREENWOOD. - Melvin Payne,
young negro convict, died "from
causes unknown, after a severe pun
ishment by E. L. DeVore,” ac
cording to finding of coroner's in
quiry.
SUMTER. Mrs. Minnie S. Cato,
64, head of prominent family, died
at home here.
LAUREN’S. Laurens hospital
is taken over by governing board
elected from business league and
women's civic league, and George
M. Wright is elected chairman.
COLI’MBIA. Will Cary and
•Tames Smith, negroes, quarrel over
fifty cents, and Cary is killed by
Smith.
COLUMBIA. A. W. Jones, for
mer state comptroller general, suf
fers stroke of paralysis and is very
ill at home of daughter, Mrs. J. E.
McDavid.
WARD. L. C. Parrish, 22, farm
er, is in hospital in Columbia, para- '
lyzed from neck down, as result of 1
being jerked to ground by calf while
he held animal's rope.
GAFFNEY. Neither John J. Me- <
Mahan, state insurance commission- <
er, nor U. S. Senator N. B. Dial, i
charged with fighting at recent cam- I
paign meeting here, when both were <
seeking nomination for senate, ap
pears for trial, and both forfeit
bonds of $11.50.
UNION. Life Insurance com- (
pany. of America, is formed here, 1
with SIOO,OOO capital stock, and with t
local men as officers, R. P. Morgan 1
heading list. t
UNION. Miss Sarah Koon wins
first prize in biscuit making contest ]
conducted hy girls’ clubs of county. '
LAUREN'S. Addison R. Sulli
van. police officer of town, is buried
with K'l Klux Klan "honors.”
GREENX ILI?E?—E. Roy Stone,
. recently announced as independent
• candidate for U. S. senate against
former Governor Cole L. Blease,
nominee of Democratic party, with
draws from race.
LEXINGTON.—Hugh Miller and
Francis Covin are cleared of murder
; charge brought against them as re
sult of death in August, 1923, of D.
L. Epting, aged Confederate veter
-1 an, whose wagon was run into by
' auto in which two young men rode,
on Lexington highway at night.
LEXINGTON. —James E. Smith,
i former soldier at Fort Bragg, N. C.,
is' found guilty of murder of F. R.
Mason, whose body was found on
'' August 10, 1923. in swamp near pub
lic. highway, and is sentenced to life
’ imprisonment.
COLUMBIA. Thomas Taylor
I chapter, Sons of American Revolu
tion, is formed here, first in state,
j wWa Major John F. Jones, collector
of internal revenue, as presidetrit.
. COLUMBIA.—PIans are made for
greatest state fair ever held in state,
1o begin October 20, according to D.
F. Efird, secretary.
COLUMBIA. Automobile and
large cash prizes are offered by state
• poultry breeders’ association for an
nual state exhibit to be held here Oc
( tober 20, during state fair.
BEAUFORT. —Commanding offi
cer at Parris Island marine corps
' station refuses to surrender to coun
i ty authorities Privates J. G. Wil
liams and J. G. Counts, wanted in
, connection with death last June of
Aaron Fredericksen, also marine, re
fusal being based on ground that two
men are held for naval court of in-
■ qmry.
GREENWOOD.—MistriaI is order
i ed in case against B. F. McKellar,
Sr., former president, and O. D.
j Duckett, former cashier, of now de-
I funct People’s bank, charged with
! violation of state banking laws.
ANDERSON.—With several South
Uarolina and Georgia counties par
ticipating. Anderson fair, November
4-8, will be best event of kind ever
held here, according to plans.
'* GREENVILLE—Jury finds for
plaintiff, W. G. Sirrine, in suit
against Allen J. Graham, textile
' president, for $12,000, alleged to
have been due as commission on sale
for Graham of Alice cotton mills at
Easley last year. Verdict is $6,000.
COLUMBIA. University opens
■ session with attendance of over
1.000, largest ever recorded, and
. with S. R. O. sign out at all dormi-
J tcries, including new women's dormi’
( tcry, opened first time this fall.
GREENVILLE—C. E. Sloan, leg
( islator-nominee, who announced he
proposed to introduce bill abolishing
’ swimming pools, now says he will
( advocate separate swimming pools
; for men and women.
CAMDEN. —T. L. Wilson, promi
r nent citizen. Confederate veteran,
dies while sitting at breakfast table.
Injunction Hearing
To Bar Mrs. Ferguson
Nears Its Conclusion
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 24.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —The hearing in
I the injunction suit brought by
L Charles M. Dickson, of San An
-5 tonio, to disqualify Mrs. Miriam
Ferguson, Democratic gubernatorial
;■ candidate, was expected to be con
cluded LOday and the question of
. | whether women may hold office in
Texas left to be decided by Judge
George C. Calhoun.
1 The common law, upon which the
plaintiff relied to have Mrs. Fer
; guson disqualified, was declared yes-
■ terday to be impotent in modern
i Texas by John C. Wall, assistant
s attorney general.
Mr. Wall contended the same
rights were granted under the wom
an suffrage amendment to the fed
eral constitution as those granted
' negroes under the fifteenth amend
-1 ment. He cited authorities to show
• that the fifteenth amendment was
construed to give negroes the right
to hold office as well as to vote.
More than 200 women now hold
office in Texas, 89 as county treas
urers, 30 as district clerks and 41
as superintendents of schools, he
said.
I. W. Stephens, counsel for the
plaintiff, previously had contended
that the constitution declared a man
to be the only one qualified for gov
ernor. since the constitution had
been written with the then exist
ing common law in view.
Acid Cargo Takes Fire,
Driver Speeds Truck
To Safety in Aquarium
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—John
Owen, a chauffeur for a manufac
turer of chemicals, was loading his
truck with muriatic acid at a North
river pier today when smoke issued j
from one of the containers. Spon j
taneous combustion was at wofk.
John stepped on the gas and
raced to the Aquarium in Battery
park, his truck and cargo all ablaze.
While Aquarium attendants tossed
buckets of water from the tank of
Oscar, the Sealion, upon the flam
ing vehicle, a hose was run from
a fire plub and the fire was ex
tinguished.
Large Lot of Cotton
Shipped to Co-ops
WAYCROSS, Ga., Sept. 24.—J. R.
and T. Bunn, of Fairfax, who re
cently joined the Georgia Cotton
Growers’ association, last weex
made one of the largest shipments
of cotton to the association that has
ever been made in Ware county.
The shipment included one hundred
and fifty bales, averaging 460
pounds to the bale, and aggregat
ing more than 52,000 pounds.
Government Control
Attacked by Markham
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 24.-»-Gov
ernment ownership of railroads has
failed in every country where it. has
been tried, C. K. Markham, prest
ccnt of the Illinois Central railroad
declared in an address here Tues
day. He said he thought it was the
duty of every railroad man end
every good citizen "to scotch the
head of that government ownership
snake every time jt shows itself.”
QUK K - CHANGE ~ARTISTS
SPENCER, W. Va.—" Let's eat
here,” Earl Lowe said to Brooks
Greathouse as they drove up to H.
E Miller's restaurant. While there
a bargain was struck and the res
taurant with all its equipment was
traded for the automobile. Miller
removed his apron and drove away
in the car, while the new owners
took charge of the place.
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CAMBRIDGE, Eng.—Hundreds of'
tools used in the Stone Age have’
been found during dredging opera-,
tion? on the Cam near here.
Leningrad Resumes
Traffic as River’s J
Flood Waters Subside
LENINGRAD, Russia, Sept. 24.—-
(By the Associated Press.) —The
water was subsiding rapidly from
the streets of Leningrad today after
the flood of yesterday, the worst
suffered in years by the formet Rus
sian capital. Traffic was being re
sumed in the districts most affected
but the electric and telephone serv
ices were still interrupted.
Strong winds have blown over the
gulf for several days, and when the
storm burst yesterday morning th*>
Neva river rose rapidly,
its banks and inundating the
as far as the Nevsky prospekt.
There Was no car service last night
and passage for pedestrians was im
possible over a greater part of tha
city.
Ten Youths m Plot
To Murder Truant
Officer; One Jailed
ROCKYFORD, Col., Sept. 24.—A
murder pact in which ten youths
ranging from 11 to 13 years of age,
had bound themselves to slay W. A.
Wiley, truant officer of RockyfoieA,
has been discovered here.
Bill Staley, 13, leader of the gang,
was arrested after the plat had be
come noised about, and admitted
that the only point of difference in
his ‘‘gang’’ was how to slaughter
their intended victim.
After spending a night, in jail
Staley agreed to guarantee safety to
the truant officer.
Butcher knives, bandanas and a.
revolver are said to have been seen
on members of the "terrible tenJh
Efird Home DestroyeS||
By Fire in
CHARLOTTE, N. C.,
Fire of undertermined origin
ered shortly after 1 o’clqck this
morning completely destroyed ths
home of J. R. Efird in Myers Park.
The loss was estimated at between
$75,000 and SIOO,OOO with $25,000 in
surance.
The home, one of the finest In
Myers Park, e .elusive residential
suburb, with alFof its furnishings,
was a complete loss.
Mr. Efird is president of the Efird
chain of department stores, operat
ing stores in Charlotte, Greensboro,
Wilmington and other North Caro
lina. cities. He also is identified
with the textile industrj’ in this
section.
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