The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 8

inK HARLU1TE (N C) NEWS Largest Afternoon Netttpaper tn The Tiro TIIURS MAR 19 1936 Republicans Of District Will INcgro Is Put To Death In Randolph Scott Causes Flutter Number Please? German Guns Rumble Into Cologne Electric Chair FIGHT Meet Saturday InPayingTaxes Rash --To Get His Auto- graph As He Parks Kirkpatrick Tells Of Pride In Success Celebrity Randolph Bcott yesterday afternoon appeared at the Mecklenburg courthouse to pay his Just like anybody else Not that exactly either There was some difference Nobody flocks around the average except Collector Parks Kirkpatrick shakes hands and acts as If he were which he always Is of course But this time Mary Curtis Hobbs came sidling up with a calling card to be autographed and a very good thing she thought of It so soon because right away there were other papers to be autographed by the moving picture star Ruth Snell got one on a court calendar Mary Poythress got pne on her driving license Nora Purse has his name indelibly on somebody lee's postcard There being that much to do about It Parks Kirkpatrick considered that formalities were In order so he took a long breath and said: "Ranny we're proud of you sir You're putting Mecklenburg on the map" Whereupon Ranny looked as pleased as pie and stuck his tax receipt in his pocket It was a very nice party Congressional Convention Will Be Held At Burns- Primary' Is Possible Result Tin 11th oongtm-ionsl d'atrlrt c-riv-nilon Burnvill Saturday -w 11 boccime eventful only In ht take plo there reoult In a republican prim 7 In the district unheard cf thing Such la not likely but entirely pnelbie CMn Ednry Marehell and M'vrs Hill attorney who made the two years ago la a candidate ard haa already filed with the elec-tvns boa-d Sufficient etrength might derelop behind either Charles A Jonas former congressman or TThlman AVxander of Charlotta to lead to their also being placed In nomination That would mean a primary There wee a move to have the Meeklerburg county convention en- orsa A'exander at Its meeting last celt The matter did not reach ti floor however In the face of a hot fight between the 'old" and new" element in the party re suiting in the "new" winning The same sort of upheaval might ocur at Burnsville and lead to a primary Mecklenburg county will be rep-roserted be a delegation of about 35 according to plana Several car vul leave the Selwyn hotel 8tur-eav morning at 7 the party to Burnsville Mrs Hunter P-T A Head Jake Johnston Of Rockingham County Goes To Death Protesting His Innocence Raleigh March (Jp) Jake Johnaon 36-year-old negro convicted of criminal assault In Rockingham county waa electrocuted today at state' prison Johnson was the 163rd victim of the electric chair but only the third man to die In It tn this on a day other than Friday Preparations were started Immediately for the execution tomorrow of Ed Hester young Gaston county white man convicted of killing a fellow-prlsoner who 1 due to be electrocuted to make It the first time the chair has been used on successive days Reprieve for Pressley Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill announced a reprieve would be granted John Pressley Gaaton county negro who also was sentenced to die tomorrow for murder Warden Honeycutt said Johnson did not change his statements he was innocent of the crime of which he was convicted but three witnesses of the execution from Rockingham county said the negro admitted his guilt at the time he was tried Father McMillan of the Catholic apostlate here entered the death chamber with Johnson at 10:27 The negro was given a shock of 233 minutes starting at 10:31 A second shock of a minute and a half and a third of 50 seconds were required before he was pronounced dead at 1042 Charged With Attack Johnson was chaiged with attacking an elderly white Rockingham county school teacher on February 1 1935 He was caught In West Virginia several months later under the name George France and was convicted In August At first the negro was sentenced to be asphyxiated under a law which became effective last July 1 but the supreme court ruled he had to die by electrocution as the gas law affected cases only In which crimes were committed after July 1 Prison records showed and Johnson admitted he had served 10 years In a West Virginia prison of an 18-year sentence for assault The body was claimed by West Johnson of Stoneville father of the prisoner Witnesses from Rockingham county were: Webster Carter and 8 Doyle Burning Chimneys Result In Three Fire Alarms Burning chimneys last night resulted In the sounding of three alarms but there was no damage The alarms were as follows: 7:30 residence of Phillips 509 Sunnyslde avenue 806 residence of Stone 1801 Queens road and 8:46 residence of Turple 2008 Commonwealth avenue The remilitarization of the Rhineland created an Impressive If incongruous spectacle as the gun cathedral which provides the background for this remarkable picture record of the event Just received In America carriage of Nazi artillery units rumbled past the historic and world famous facade of beautiful Cologne Here They Are! WASH Frank Conley la night telephone operator She hasn't started to school yet hut that prevent her subbing when her father ha to be absent from duty (Associated Press Thoto) Five-year -old Hope Conley aeka "nomher please?" like veteran and glvee you the light one aa she operates the 132-call switchboard at Andrew where her father Rail Clerks County Given Chance To Join Association International Harvester Campaign Planned Here Board Will Decide Question Of Uniting With Other Counties In Movement To Adjust Any Injustices In State Road Expenditures About 230 Retail Dealers Meet Here For Conference On McAfee General Sales Manager Principal Speaker Approximately 250 retail dealers In the International Harvester Unea of motor trucka gathered today at Charlotte for a conference Sizes 4 to 8 Years The ecklenburg delegation to the county co-operative road meeting In Commissioner Arnle Cashlon County Attorney Henry Fisher and County Accountant Douglas were back at home to Mm Harvey Hunter wai elected resident of the Woodlawn Parent-Teacher association at meeting in the school yesterday at which the following other officer were named: Mrs Rupert GlUett vice-president: Mrs Kiser secretary and Mrs I Maultsby treasurer Delegates to the Parent-Teacher convention to be held here April 22-S wUl bo Mrs McMullan Mr Sm'th Mrs Maulteby Mrs and Mr Gilbert Mrs Bcyce Hunter made an address and led discussion on Eocal Adjustment of the School Chid" MrsW Graham led the d-vctlonals ard group singing waa directed by Mra Prevatte Sixth end seventh grade girls accompanied by Miss Bessie Edwards asng several folk eonga It waa reported that 22 children attend -4 the pre-school clinic last Monday whlch had been called there by the The purpose they learned was the A super value! Solid colors stripes cheeks and two tone combinations in all fast colors Cut full sizes General Meeting Of Railway And Express Employees Scheduled Sunday A general meeting of all railway and express employees represented by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks on the Southern Railway system will be held here Sunday at 1 o'clock In the ballroom of the Hotel Charlotte A Link of Chattanooga Tenn formerly of Charlotte and general chairman of the clerk'a brotherhood Is here for the meeting In addition to Southern employee all railway and express employees on the Seaboard Norfolk and Southern Piedmont and Northern Southeastern Express company and Railway Express agency in this vicinity have been Invited to attend the meeting Retgel vice-grand president of the national la now in Charlotte conducting a representation dispute on the Piedmont end Northern railway with a mediator from the national board of mediation at Washington as the principal speaker The speaker is also a mlstsoners will meet next Monday at which time It will pass on the question of whether to Join the association and If so to select its representative and send Its first monthly check to Bartlett secretary Kinston 50 per cent better In number of trucks delivered than In any former year Mr McAfee regards the spring and summer selling season with a high degree of optimism He feels that the company's problem now Is more to manufacture the trucks than It Is to sell them The credit situation In the Carolina Is particularly strong according to Mr Jenks He expressed himself as being "very optimistic' over the outlook day making report on the meeting East Carolina chamber of commerce establishment of an association of counties with the view to "adjusting any Injustices that may be found In the matter of state (road) expenditures" Each county la expected to bear Its share of the expense assessment was 920 a month The newly formed commission authorized 'by the last general assembly will have a representative from each county caring to participate The commission would have a secretary headquarters and facilities for gathering Information on road expenditures and road needs Its purpose would be to present Its findings to the state highway commission and ask for such remedies as may be decided upon The Mecklenburg board of com- marking the beginning of a Carolina-wide selling campaign The meeting held at Hotel Charlotte waa In charge of Martin manager of the company's truck division branch here McAfee of Chicago general sales manager of this division waa the principal speaker He discussed many details of the truck sale program and policies Jenka of the company's truck division credit department also attended the meeting and discussed credit op-port unities and problems Presiding at the meeting Mr Martin disclosed that more International 'trucks have been sold In the Carolines so far this year than were acid i up to June last year The 1935 sales record for the Carolines he said waa Deerfield A pony named Pinto Is the hero of flood Five persons wers rescued from their homes when Pinto with a boy astride swam to the houses picked up the marooned one at a time and swam to dry land Declines York Call York March Rev Andrew Mllstead of Statesville C- has declined the call of the rectorship of the Episcopal church of the Oood Shepherd here which was extended him recently RUN RIGHT TO FOR ALL GOOD FOODS 121 West Trade Charlotte Iodine commonly used as an antiseptic Is now being used as the active material la a storage I Siaiswuwt fonditiotL OFFICERS Charlotte DUNN President A SUMMEY Vice-President I STEWART Vice-President Cashier Trust Officer HOBSON Assistant Vice-President and Assistant Trust Officer WILLIAMS Assistant Cashier DOAR Assistant Cashier FULLER HENDRIX- Assistant Cashier At the Close of Business March 4 1936 4 RESOURCES United States Bonds 1 178408466 State of North Carolina Mecklenburg County City of Charlotte and other Stocks and Bonds 70483542 Cash on hand and banks 435339010 5 684231018 325601009 LOANS AND DISCOUNTS Bank Building and Fixtures 44224536 Less Reserve for Depreciation 11596511 0 r' Other Real Estate Owned Other Resources 32628025 6142524 214709 51048817285 DIRECTORS rnrrn rf JOHN BASS BROWN Merchant A DUNN President JNO DURHAM Real Estate GALLOWAY Real Estate GIBBON Physician HOLT Jr Manufacturer OLDHAM Yi Life Insurance Co I STEWART Vice-Pres Cashier and Trust Officer A SUMMEY Vice-President LIABILITIES Capital Common 50000000 Surplus and Net Profits 38317610 Reserves for Accrued Interest Unearned Discount etc 6068184 5 94385794 951431491 DEPOSITS 81048817285 i.