Hi ml li
lerican and British Warships
Iply To Shelling In Which
foreign Citizens Were Killed
iiiOSG
um hurt
B\Var Hushed to De
■of I'oreisners at
H| ni r When Canton-
■ CO r,. t ired at Them
■h 'consul
■\IO\C INJURED
Ooened Eire
■ Officers on Them
Be! That l oreieners
■Endangered.
■ Mar , -T «>P) —Ameri-j
§■ u.aM.if.s replied this 4
|H. >i l by southern
nitrated in Nan-
I'.iii isi.'-r was k'lk-il and
B(,,iiv .1 was wounded.
i ;i : i‘* it's among the
H u in ft:. w« Tin'll anil ehil
|BH,... tin* (nijn-iitration
Jm. u , h«- Americans tvben;
: ,„,k [dat e wt-ro J'onKTil
consulate staff.
|H. r s told .f a second Brit-i
■Hwoumiet!. j
|H,.... concent rated
on a hill in the north
£9 cit\. win-re the Staml
jdaiti It rent *hl. The
|H. irregulars bc-
H[ son- 4 i>. m. A few
|H,- r the I . S. destroyers,
and the British 1
jjHmU s.-Mied the area sur-[
H. . With the object of
H way for the immediate
|- <-"s e..mb : nod
« American forces were!
§K , ir.cr.ui's] 45 women,
aid 00 men.
K dist-a’ci; from Nanking
Km >n the hill on “tin-
H .-vc troops*.’’ A re-
M- * ~ ; * Mr| y%
HHi-o tow "g had neguft in'
«; ’hr.’ forritmers were be- 1
]•'!• t'f was not veri
jm i; v:n p-;m>rtcd that the
|Hi':l4t- had been looted ,j
|Knl womnled. (
.Mit-iil John K. Dav-
accomiianied by a
|Hru width had previously
left the consulate and
§!■' Hill.
w; isJUi>s learned that the
attacked, they opened'
i' main batteries on the
tho hill for the pur-
eiir the attackers.
ffi| dcsti'oters are standing
IB awaiting possible bur-
Nanking. The destroyer
|B iui I*. Ford and lVary
B^H*' r ' lor>sl mmediately from
Shanghai. The British
arrived today in,
the first refugees leav- 1
H aiv official evacua-j
■ I- March 2-I.—C/P)—The ‘
John D. Ford,
were stationed here, i
to Shanghai today by I
t’ areiit-e i,. Williams,
"t the American naval
Admiral Wil-
Foim t alied for the ships
|B S po'sihie." They will
nr tomorrow.
|^f r U i anrs of "Silent
K Night.”
gl.—The memory of
wild gave to the world
■ known J’hristmas
'' %ht." ia to be per-
BB :i ““Rniuient to ho erect-
K IkavatH, their na
|B near the Passion Play
|B; of "Silent Night.”
K - Jonguos, were writ-
BV • Father Franz Joseph
|H distant priest. The
1 'ouposi-ti by the parish
K'' : *'‘Tiber. Funds for
|B being raised by the
|B" ai ' ! ' :iiv ,hp of
by d,, w, in .
B^F >l>r "f tlie conservatory
■j a Begensburg.
H' ' > !' e For Recreant
tlusbarwL
i^lwni' r ' !i search
UO!M h-re tonight for
fcrV- near death a,
|B S ,L ' s u - Ho«s. 32. a
"f the search,
Wm . in FharlotP’
H had „ ot
ei)M‘ ( 'te<l to re-
IBifiilirJ'm™ I'' 1 ''’ 11 and rela ’
K (J wanted to see
B,t fnr,.™. Wta
JM'r, “ -’'T -Mrs. Fan-
B^B^ Uri ‘er's
H Sa , i( . sought
|B : ' thfl and oaßtOn
|Hnw ( j t r iF an alleged, vis-
THE CONCORD TIMES
* 1 ’ .•
. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
I
SAY AMERICANS . |
WERE KILLED IN »
NANKING FIRING
Shanghai. March 24.— (A>) —It is
ollieially announeeil that some Am
•rieans were killed and some
wounded in the tiring t at Nank : ng.
No details havp been reeeivtsl.
The Americans were k ; llod when
Cantonese troops shelleil a hill in
the northern part of the city when l
the Standard Oil plant is situated.
The number killed and wounded is
vet to In' ascertained.
Up to H o'clock tonight only
meagre news had bis'ii received
from Nanking, and that by radio,
the telegraph wires having been
cut. British destroyer Wolsey i«
j rushing to Nanking from Wuhu.
Th(f landing parties fought their
way to the oil plant, and t<K>k out
the foreigners at the cost of some
lives. It is not dear whether those
were civilian or naval men. or both.
It is believed all the surviving
foreigners are now aboard the war
ships. Approximately I(MJ Amer
ican naval men participated in
the naval landing expedition.
'■ i 1=
A STABLE OUTLOOK
FOB MOST CROPS
Farmers Will Plant More Tobacco
and Less Cotton This Year.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Waller HoteL
Raleigh, March 24.—There Is at
this time a more stable outlook' thnu
usual for most crops, according to
Frank Parker of the Slate and I'uited
States ('rop reporting service, depart
ments of Agriculture. I'otton. having
suffered a defeat at the hands of ex- j
ccsstve production and low prices, |
I will likely not be a Large factor in the
i farmers’ problems, as it will require
a xeasou ( of convalescence to recuper
; ate. Tobacco started off last summer
i with fairly good prices which were
maintained in spite of one of the
largest crops ever grown. The farm- !
ers say they exi»ect to plant 10 per \
cent more this year. They should j
study the situation carefully before j
domg so. Records of past event* are i
east mg their shadwo* this *»a*on. L
r L f 1
ontne Nnnbnai market require *
study at this time. - This season cot- j
toil, potatoes and wheat will be plant
ed under the influence of lower but j
more stable price levels. The presump- J
tiou is that present prices will tend j
to reduce cottou acreage, increase
potatoes and about maintain wheat, i
The spread of cooperative marketing !
and the development of machine culti- \
vation and picking are imjiortant new
factors iii the situation.
’’The profit in feed crops is depend
ent upon the relative price of the
livestock which eat them.” said Mr.
Parker. “It is probable that the 1
South will increase com and other j
feed crops this year. A good growing j
season with continued large acreage j
will result in another year of cheap i
feedstuffs. Nevertheless, the farmer
is in better position to make a profit !
from low priced feedstuffs this year |
than from low prieed cash crops. The ,
important thing this spring is a wisely j
selected acreage of cash crops.”
With the exception of cotton and I
potatoes, the prices of farm commodi- j
ties January 1 this year vary little (
from those of January 1 last year.!
The price trend of both of these is
higher at this, time, as is also that
of beef cattle and wooL The price
trend of wheats hay, butter and eggs
is lower, while that of corn and hay
is unchanged.
“The general business situation still
offers no outstanding signals so far
as the plans of farmers might be con
cerned. It may suggest conservation,
though there is little therein which
can be translated Into very practical
meaning for the average individual
farmer. The presumption is that the
domestic market will continue about
as usual to absorb farm products this
year.” •
With Our Advertisers.
You wr.ll find in the ad. of the J. C.
Penney Co. today a number of out
standing values in footwear, new
spring dresses, toilet goods, overalls,
etc. Blue denim overalls at 79 cents,
and other overalls at 69 cents. A
work shirt for 49 cents. A beautiful
spring dress for $9.90. Men’s ox
fords at $2.98, and a woman’s very
dainty pump for the same price.
Refurnish and redecorate your home
this spring. The Bell & Harris Fur
niture Co. will help you.
Big sale* of silk remnants at the
Parks-Belk Co.’s Friday, Saturday and
Monday. This store recently purchas
ed a big lot of silk remnants at half
price, and will sell them the same
way. See ad. for some of the prices.
W. Luther Miller Dead.
Salisbury, March 23.—Following
an illness of several months, W.
Luther Miller, aged 73 died this
morning. The wife, five sons and one
daughter survive. For 20 years, Mr-
Miller had been with the- Southern’;?
transfer shed force. The funeral
takes place from the homo Friday
afternoon at 5 o’clock.
■ -
Edward P. Weston Near Death.
New York, March 22.— (A*) —Ed-
ward Payson Weston, aged pedestrian,
recently rescued from poverty by sym
pathetic admirers of the once-famouw
trans-continental walker, was close to
death in a hospital today after being
run down in the street by a taxicab.
ADMIRAL REPORTS
AMERICANS KILLED
Advises Navy Department
That Exact Number of
Dead Not Known. —AH
of Dead Were Civilians.!
>
Washington. March 24.—OP)—Ad
miral Williams reported to the nary
department today that ”h number of]
American civilians have been killed]
and wounded” at Nanking.
The exact number of casualties is j
uncertain, he added, but “it is feared
the number is large.” 1
While the destroyers Non and Pres
ton with the British cruiser Emerald
shelled the area in Nanking for pro
tection of foreigners, landing forces
were sent ashore and successfully
brought off nil foreign nationals in
the area, including the American con
sul, his family, and all American uaval
personnel, the admiral said.
During the engage hi cut one Ameri
i can sailor was slightly wounded, while j
the Noa and Preston were hit many |
times.
The Cantonese troops looted Araeri-1
can, British and Japanese consulates, j
wounded the British consul general
and were reported to have killed the!
Japanese consul. Missions in Nan
king also were looted, (
Jeff Signs Up for One Year; Gos on
Stage.
j Raleigh, Ala roll 22. —Jeff Ashworth,
| alive after being buried 13 hours un
der ten tons of stone in a fifty foot
well, has signed a theatrical contract, j 1
W. G. Enloe, manager of a local j j
movie house, obtained Jeff’s name to I'
a contract Saturday. Mr. Enloe found j
Jeff progressing so nicely at hia Chat- ;
‘ham County home that he got him to F
[promise to begin his engagement here |
j Monday. The contract, Mr. Enloe >]
j *aid, is for a year, and expects to ] ]
■ have Ashworth appear in a j
ftf cieif*. •«*./ , . JfM .
jkHfowiii '"A i.ho- •*4»r<'&4o£F 4T«*&4,
OolHifs,” ’Jeff is down for the feature !
I place on the program to “tell all |
j übout his horrible experience.”
! Mrs. J. P. (aidwell Left Her Estate L
to Daughter.
Charlotte, March 22.—The entire |
| estate of Mrs. J. I’. Caldwell, pioneer I
! North Carolina newspaper woman, ]
! was bequeathed to her daughter and ‘
i only child, Airs. Adelaide C. Butler. *
of Wayeross, Ga , according to the 1
will filed for probate here. There
was no estimate as to the value of 1
i the estate, which consisted of valu- *
, able personal property and real ew- <
i tate in this city.
<
New Bern Get* Cement Plant. I
Raleigh, March 22. — UP) —New Bern
: today was selected as the site for a
large cement manufacturing plant, i 1
| financed by middle western capital, I \
i J. A. Acker, of Port Huron, Mich., ;
! announced. He said definite detniLs I ’
I of the enterprise would be announced j
|later.
1 .
Same Old Prince.
Holdenby, Northamptonshire. Eng
land. March 22.—C4*) —The Prince of ‘
Wales was thrown from his horse to
day at the first jump in the army ,
point-to-point steeplechase, but escaped
injury. \
Japan is building a Bu*dhi«t school j
for Americans and any others who
desire to study Buddhism in that coun- (
try. (
i i ' - -j ■■» 1 1
THE STOCK MARKET 1
Reported by Fenner & Beane. 1
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
Atchison 178 '
American Tobacco B 129%
American Smelting 145% 1
American Locomotive 111 1
Atlantic Coast Line 185 (
Allied Chemical 139%
Baldwin Locomotive : 180% 1
Baltimore & Ohio 113% 1
Chesapeake & Ohio 162% '
DuPont 206
Frisco 119%
General Motors 175%
General Electric 86
Hudson 68% [
Standard Oil of N. J. 37%
i Kenneeott Copper 63
L'ggett & Myers B 94
Mack Truck 195%
Maryland Oil 50%
Pan American Pet. B. 61%
Rock Island 86%
R. J. Reynolds 100
Southern Railway 124
Studebeker 50%
Stewartt-Warner 59%
Texas Co. 48
Tabocca Products 105%
IT. S. Steel - -i 164%
Westinghouse 75%
Wool worth 125%
American Tel. & Tel. 164
American Can 46%
Allis Chalmers 94%
Dodge Bros. 21
Great Northern B6
Gulf State Steel 60%
Lorillard 27%
Montgomery-Ward 66%
Norfolk & Western —175
i Overland 21%
i Republic Iron & tee] —— 72
; Vick Chnpieal 34
New Steel —— - 119%
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1927
TONG WARFARE NOW
IN PROGRESS WITH
I PIKE DEATHS KNOWN
j * .
! Truce Between Hip Sing
i and On Leong Tongs Ex
! pired Today and Deaths
j Followed Soon.
SEVERAITcmES
REPORT WARFARE
In Addition to Five Deaths*]
Three Other Persons inf!
Various Parts of Coun-]
i try Were Wounded.
New York. March 24.— i/P) —Deadly
warfare between Chinese tongs iu'
widely scattered sections of the I'nitf
!ed State*? flared up today resulting
I in five deaths and three persons shot.
The two-year truce between tbe Hip
Sing and the On tongs expired,
today, aud shortly afterwards the fray,
started. It could not I** determined*
in the first report whether all shoot
ings resulted from differences between
members of these necret soeities.
The casualties were: Brooklyn. N.
York, two dead, two shot; Newark,
one dead: Chicago, one dead; Man
chester, Conn., one dead; Cleveland.
€>., one shot; Pittsburgh, Pa., two*
allot.
Two Killed in Manchester, Conn.
Hartford, Conn., March 24.—0 P) —
i Two Chinese wore reported killed to
day in Manchester. Conn., in a tong
war. All roads are being watched
in search for the murderers.
Tong Warfare in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, I’a., March 24 — UP) —
Two Chinese wort 1 wounded iu a re
newal, of tong warfare in Pittsburgh ■,
today.
More Cruisers to Sluutghai.
'Washington, March 24.— <JP )—The .
light cruiser* Richmond. Marblehead-j
and Cincinnati were ordered today to',
proceed at once from Honolulu to 4
Shanghai.
Tong Warfare Carried to Cleveland.
Cleveland, 0., March 24.—0P>—The <
war between the Hip Sing and tbe Oi|
I* r t»ng tongs was carried to Cleve-i
land today when Jim Yee was probnb-* 1
ly fatally shot. Police immediately ,
begau rounding up lenders of the two J
rival tppg* for question lag. .~Y
vv|jr(He. hospital pTffSKjiaha said.
AMERICA SELLS ARMS i ;
TO THE DL4Z FORCES j ■
Rifles, Machine Guns and Am munition ’ 1
Sent to South .American Republic. *
"Washington. March 24.—OP)—Thojt
American government has backed upj<
its recognition of the Diaz regime in j;
Nicaragua by selling it arms and am-1 ]
munition to maintain order. • ]
The sale was made nearly a month I
ago at the very time that IVesident ]
Cootidge’s Nicaraguan policy was |
drawing heated fire from Chairman i
Borah of the senate foreign relations i
committee, and other .members of Con
gress. \ 1
Announcement of the transaction
was made officially by the State De- *
pertinent late last night. It is said
the War Department had sold the ,
Diaz government 3,000 Krag rifles,
200 Browning machine gun«, and 3,-
000,000 rounds of ammunition. The
price was $217,718.00, to be paid by a
series of notes the first of which will
be due January 31. 1929.
The munitions already have been !
shipped to Managua, the Nicaraguan
capital.
*
STANLY COUNTY BONDS 1
BRING GOOD PREMIUM j
Issue of $250,000 Sold at Premium of !
118.000.— Will Bear 4.72 Per Cent. .
Albemarle, March 23.—Two huo- ,
dred and fifty thousand dollars worth <
of bonds were sold here Tuesday as- t
ternoon by the board of county com
missioners and confirmed today, ae- i
cording to W. L. Mann, county attor
ney. The bonds brought a premium
of SIB,OOO and bear interest at 4.72
per cent. It is generally believed i
that it was tbe moat favorable sale of (
county bords ever made by this countyr I
despite the fact that the bond market j
has not been regarded as any too ]
good of late and despite the- fact also \
that this county is quite heavily in
debted at this time, ’ {
Accused of Using Mails to Defraud. ,
Charlotte, March 23.—Nick Halal.
20, was lodged in tbe county jail here
Tuesday night in defualt of $5,000
bond on a charge of using the mulls ,
to defraud. J t
The arrest was made in Washing
ton, D. C., and Halal was brought her*.'
by deputy marshals. ’
Deputy authorities said Halal was
the accomplice of E. M. Ashaw, who
is under $3,000 bond aw-aiting trial.
Tfie mpn, who are Syrians, are al
leged to have obtained approximately
$5,000 worth of merchandise from
wholesale dry goods companies by op
erating under a name similar to a
Ch arlotte concern.
The Syrians rented a store here and
operated under the name of the Char
lotte Merchandising Company, it is
alleged.
The. University of King's College,
Halifax, N. S., is the oldest university
in tbe British Empire., outside the
British Isles. Its foundation dates
from 1789.
Newfoundland is as large in area
as the State of'Virginia but the total
population is csurceljr equal to that
of one New* York City block.
Governor Defends Solons Who Were
Charged With Being Materialistic
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASK Est V ILL.
Raleigh. March 24. —The oonten-
I tion advanced by quite p number
(hat the General Assembly of 1927
was a materialistic :i-wnihly. that
i 'provided abundantly for the ma
' teriiil needs of the state, but neglect
ed the spiritual able of things. is
bringing a vigorous protest irom
• many of those who followed its work,
land principally from Governor A.
jW. Mcl/can. *
"The legislature just passed' reoog
i nized spiritual values, and provided
for the development of things of n
. spiritual nature, more than any other
legislature in my memory.” said
j Governor M*T-enn, "and the charge
I that has boon brought by dome that
Hij was entire’}* materialistic, and
j thought only in terms of dolLars and
t cents is exceedingly unfair. True, it
did recognize certain physical needs,
and made provision* to meet these
needs-; but it also recognized to a
j far greater degree the cultural, in
| telleetunl and spiritual needs of the
Ktate. and provided libera laly for
mooting them.”
It. is merely necessary to review
CAROLINA COTTON CROP
LARGER THAN EXPECTED
Already More Cotton Has Been Ginned
Than Was Predicted in Forecasts.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter HoteL
Raleigh, March 24. —North Caro
lina has already ginned 23,180 more
bales of its 1926 cotton crop than the
number of bales estimated for the
state in the December cotton crop
report, according to the final figures
just released by the Bureau of the
Census in Washington, and made
public by the crop reporting service
[of the state department of agriculture.
The actual gainings re|K*rted for the
1926 crop amount to 1,238,180 bales,
while the December estimate, made
by the. North Carolina Crop Reporting
Service was but 1,215,000 bales. The
Government estimate, however, for
North Carolina's cotton yield, also
made in December, was 1.250.000
bales, or 22,000 bales greater than the
actual ginnings show. However, it
is believed that the state crop report
ing service, of which Frank Parker
is chief, that fully 1.250.000 bales of
cotton were raised, but that the slump
in ginnings is due to the faet that
much eotton was left in the fields
innpieked.
The crop for 1926 in North Caro
lina was more than 91$00 boles
greater than the 1925 crop, this state
1925, and 1.238.180 in I92fk The
yield for the entire United States this
past year was 1.584.021 bales greater
than tbe 1925 yield, the total yield
for 1926 being 17,687,607 bales, as
ooini>ared with 16,1011,586 in 1925.
Johnson county continues to hold
the lend as the champion cotton pro
ducing county iu the state, with 73,-
136 bales to its credit this past season.
It led in'l92s with 74,136 bales.
Robeson county is second with 69,140
bales, which-is 8,201 more bales than
it produced in 1925. Nash county
takes third place for large production,
with 56,900 bales, with Halifax county
in fourth place with 5*3,869 bales.
All bales quoted in the report are
"running bales’* of 500 pounds each.,
GUILFORD FARMERS
SEEK LOWER RATE
To Ask County Commissioners for 20
Percent Decrease In Rate Upon
Farms.
Greensboro, March 22.—A twenty
per cent decrease in the tax assess
ment upon farm property in Guilford
county is to be sought by Guilford
farmers.
At a meeting here this afternoon
of the Guilford County farmers’ com
mittee, at which 30 of the 36 members
were present, it was decided to appear
before the meetiug of the county com
missioners next Tuesday to ask for
a horizontal cut in the rate upon this
particular class of property. What
will be the outcome of the farmers’
demand will not be known until after
the comissioners’ meeting.
G. W. Dawson presided over the
meeting today.
Dog Lands Seven Burglars in Prison.
Okmulgee, Okla., March 22.— UP) —
Credited with tbe capture of eighteen
criminals, Midnight Sun, a thorough
ly trained German police dog, occu
pies no email place in the hearts of
law-abiding citizens of Okmulgee.
Seven burglars now are in the state
penitentiary as a result of his activi
ties.
The dog, owned by W. H. Gragg,
of Okmulgee, has been a regular mem
ber of the police force for nearly a
year, and recently took a prominent
part in tbe chase after Wilbur Un
derhill and Ike (Skeeta) Atkins, al
leged bandits and murderers, who es
caped from the Okmulgee county jail.
He followed tbe trail through the Con
charti mountains for thirty miles, but
lost it when tbe outlaw’s stole an au- j
tomobile. j
Midnight Sun is valued at $5,000
and is insured for $2,500.
Plead Not Guilty.
New York, March 24. —(A*) —Mrs.
Ruth Synder and Henry Judd Gray
pleaded not guilty when arraigned be
fore Supreme Court Justice Callaghan,
of Queens county, today on the in
dictments charging them with the
murder of Mrs. Snyder’B husband, Al
bert Snyder, magazine editor, at his
Queens village home Sunday morning.
The trial was set for April 11th.
They were remanded to Queens coun
ty jail without bail pending trial.
t The Emperot; Yosbihito is the first
of tbe Japanese enfperors not to be
buried in tbe neighborhood of the old
capital, Kyoto.
| the more important acts of the gen
eral assembly to see that this is true,
according to the Governor, who
■ enumerated the more outstanding
’ acts. v
First there is the $3,500,000 edu
cational equalization fund, which is
more than twice as large as the
‘ fund voted by the 1925 general ns
: | senibly. anil four times as large a«
1 ; the equalization fund appropriated
•,by the legislature of 1921. known as
, the "Progress Legislature.” This
j certainly indicates an awakening to
, \ educational and spiritual valuer,
j Governor Moliean thinks. Then there
| is the permanent improvements np-
I propriation amounting to $5,247,000.
most of which goes to the mate’s
‘ educational institutions and hospitals
I —almost all of them having to do
[ with the state’s spiritual, rather
; than material welfare. And the list
may be increased, with tbe appro
, priation for the smoky Mountain
National Park, of $2,000,000, the
$60,000 appropriation for the Farm
Colony for Women, the Gettysburg
memorial, and many other, projects
more spiritual than material in na
| ture.
1
FIRE IN SPARTA DOES
ABOUT $20,000 DAMAGE
Two-Story Building. With Basement.
Destroyed by Blaze Discovered Ear
ly This Morning.
Winston-Salem, March 24.— UP) —
The town of .Sparta, capital of Alle
pheny County, was visited by a fire
tliat caused a total loss of. more thau
$20,000 about 3 o'clock this morning.
A two-story brick building with a
basement was destroyed. Tbe build
ing was owned by I)r. J. L. Doughton,
and one side was occupied by the
drug store of Burgefcs & Thompson.
The second floor was occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. George Sheek, who barely
escaped with the : r lives. I>r. Thomp
son, one of the owners of the drug
store, was forced to climb down a tel
ephone pole.
In tbe basement were, a barber shop
and a hatchery. It is believed the
fire originated from an incubator.
Only insurance carried on the build
.ing and its contents was on the drag
store, which carried $4,000.
The stores of Crockett & Dugan,
and R. 11. Hacker & Co., were also
damaged, as was the front of the Bank
of Sparta, across the street.
Sparta jhas no fire fighting appara
tus, therefore little progress could be
made in checking the flames.
OLD NEGRO RECALLS
* “WHEN ttLAV’RTS HftX'
Vagrant Preacher, Holding Revival at
Dan title. Claims to Be 105 Years
Old.
Danville, Va., March 24.*—A vagrant
negro minister of the gospel, who
claims to be 105 years of age and a
native of Mecklenburg, county, North
Carolina, began a Holiness revival on
the outskirts of Danville and drew a
large throng of negroes anxious to see
him. The minister gave his name as
George Washington Arnte and while
having no documentary proof he says
he is positive he was 11 years of age
"when the planets fell.” His allusion,
it developed, was the celestial phe
nomenon when the skies rained balls
of fire on the evening in- May, 1833,
and when the people thought judg
ment day had come. He was then In
Lincoln county, North Carolina.
Arnte says he has uever been ill in
his life and has never taken a dose
of medicine. He claims to have re
ceived his "second sight” at the age
of 94. Gnarled and somewhat bent
he is still spry and says he feels as
V did when be wns forty years of age.
He went through the gold rush of
’49 in California when bis mater, Wil
liam Ship, went out in quest of gold.
The master was shot at Raccoon
crock and since that time the servitor
has been a wanderer.
THE STOCK MARKET
High Priced Shares Showed Upward
Tendency’ at Opening of Market.
New York. Mfireb 24.— UP)— High
priced .shares showed a distinct up
ward tendency at the opening of the
otock market today. Reading, Amer
ican Waterworks, and Electric and
Atchison scored advance* of ft point
or more. Lackawanna on the other
hand, opened 4 points down on real
izing, following the announcement of
the huge special distribution to stock
holders.
Auction Sale in Kannapolis.
Lots west of the Cabarruw Mill, in
Kannapolis, will be sold at auction
on Saturday, March 26th, by J. B.
Linker, who recently purchased this
desirable property. '
- Tbe sale will start at 2 p. m. and
W. 11. Matthews, of Greensboro, will
be the auctioneer. Terms are one
fourth cash and balance at $5 per
month.
i See new ad. in this paper for furtb
i er particulars.
i i . -
Robbers Get* $350 In Cash From
Salisbury Drag Store.
Salisbury, March 21. — Robbers
sometime last night rifled the »ate
in the S. M. Purcell drug *tore iu
this city and walked away with $350
in caoh. The rear door had been un
locked from the inside and was left
open, the discovery being made by
two night policemen at 3:30 o’clock
this niorning. The combination on the
safe had not been thrown when the
store was dosed last night.
Although it is famou* as the home
of skyscrapers, New York City has
only about twenty building* with
thirty storien or more. Tbe highest
is tbe Woohworth Building at 223
Broadway. It i* 792 feet high an<t
concistu of sixty stories.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
i •
! MUD TURTLE EXISTS EIGH
* TEEN MONTHS WITHOUT
' AIR FOOD OR WATER.
Albemarle. March 24. Fre-1
Austin’ reported today that lie
, found a mud turtle which had*
> lived without air. water «»r food
r for eighteen month*. The tur-
I tie was shoveled into a mam of
mud by Mr. Austin eighteen
j months ago. The mud dried and
, caked and in it the turtle lived a*
though it were caked in the mid*-
1 1 of a- dry brick. Today w
11 moving the dry cle*
,1 thp tv**
. I Its bis
f crawl
MIKADO'S CORONATION
A GREAT CEREMONY
l
1 Will Probably Be tbe Most Ancient
i Ceremonial in the World.
Tokio, Mar. 22. —Lucky indeed will
be those tourists who are In Kyrto,
the ancient capitol of Nippon, next
November, when the Emperor Iliro
liito is erowned. For they will view
what is probably the most ancient
' reremonial in the world. The modern
ruler, with ureoplanes. dreadiuiuglite
aud submarine* at his command, will
formally take his place on the throne
, of Japan iu the same manner as did
his first earthly auoestor, Jimmu Ten
nor in 660 B. C\. which was several
eenturie* before Alexander the Great. [
unwitting of the island kingdom,
sighed for more worlds to conquer.
The details of the coronation pro
gram are carefully regulated by the
Shinto priests, who preserve the an
cient records supposed to go back to
the first emperor. In the morning
Hirohito will bathe and purify him-|
self. Then he will enter a plain
wooden pavillion or temple, made en
tirely without metal and fastened with
wood pegs and vines.
The ceremony take* place before the
national shrine called the Kashiki-
Dokoro, which contains the sacred
mirror, sword and jeweled seal be
queathed by the sun goddess Ama
terasus O-Mihami to her grandson, the j
first emperor, when she placed him j
upon tha throne.
In strict privacy, with only a few.
Shinto prioets in their straw sandals I
moving about, tbe emperor will read!
a formal address to, his family spirits, i
The next ceremony will take place in j
a big new pavilion in the presence of '
leading men of Japan and the official i
representatives of foreign states. j
The emperor will take tns seat on j
a throne set within an octagonal pa- j
vilion of red and black lacquer, while I
the empress will occupy a sm*Uer j
throne at bia side. Tfib primien and.
the throne, the nobility triTT occupy ’
one end of the ball and the foreign i
diplomats another. The prime min-!
ister will stand at a designated spot i
near tbe throne and call on the Japa-1
nese people to give three "banzias”:
for the emperor. Then be will as- j
cend the steep steps of the throne and |
render homage to tbe new monarch.
In tbe evening will take place the
principal religious rite. The Emper
or will offer rice and black and white
wine to tbe spirit* of bis ancestors
in the Yukiden and the Sukiden, two
squill, ancient shrines. The ceremony .
takes all night.' and before it the em
peror again undergoes formal purifi
cation. This Kaijo-sai, or sacrifice
rite, is the highest ceremony in the
Japanese religion. The Japanese, how
ever, do not feel any awe as surround
ing this impressive ceremony, for it
is" regarded as simply an act of filial
communing with -the departed, a sort
of thanksgiving dinner with the dead
a* well as the living gathered together.
There are many other interesting
ceremonies and observances connected ]
with the coronation, and these last
many days. The concluding acta will
be journeys by the emperor and the
high priests to the national shrine to
worship Jimmu, and then to the graves
of the four emperors immediately pre
ceding Hirohito.
Besides the ceremonies at Kyoto,
there will be observances and holidays
in.every town and village of Japan.
Even in Hawaii, the 100.000 or more
JapancAc there will show their regard
for the new’ emepror. On the occa
sion of the coronation of tbe late em- J
peror, it is recalled, the Japanese in I
Hawaii subscribed for a magnificent
bronze commemorative fountain which
was set up in one of the public squares
in Honolulu.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Stead}’ at Unchanged Prices to
an Advance of Four Points.—May
Off to 14:04.
New York, Mareh 24.—C4*) j —The
cotton market opened steady today at
unchanged prices to an advance of 4 i
points in response to the fairly steady
showing of LiverpooL but met South
ern and local selling, probably pro
moted by better weather prospects.
May contracts eased off from 14.10 to
14.04 and October from 14.48 to 14.41
by tbe end of tbe first hour, net de
clines of about 3 to 5 points on active
positions. Trading, however, w’as
quiet and price* showed a fairti steady
undertone at the decline.
Futures opened: March 13.99; May
14.10; July 14.30; October 14.48; De
cember 14.65.
Bargain Shoe Sale.
Unusual bargains are being offered
at the Bargain Shoe Sale being con
ducted by the Richmond-Flowe Co. in
the building on Went Depot street ad
joining tbe A. A P. Store.
Id addition to unusual shoe bar
gains tbe company is offering special
price* on men's and boys’ suits and
overcoats. Read half-page ad. in
this paper.
The 3,000 B. C. gold was em
bellished with silver because silver
w»*i then considered more valuable
than gold.
'56 CHARGES IDE
111 SAPIRQ’S SUIT
UNDER AMENDMENTS
As Suggested by Judge
Raymond Plaintiff the
Original Charges Were
Amended by Counsel
DEFENSE~MOVES
FORjVfORE TIMS
Ask Judge Raymond t#
Halt Cases Until
day So New Charges Cift
Be Given Thought.
Detroit. March 24.— UP) —Fifty-*dx
charges were made today in Aaron Sa
r»:ro’« declaration of 141 separate 4ruf
distinct alleged libels against bin Bjr
Henry Ford.
The amendment suggested thee#
days ago by Federal Judge Frd# M.
Raymond were handed up by Saplib'a
i counsel at the opening of court. •
i Defense counsel insisted on adjditriJ
! ment until Monday to permit thetfctd
“study an entirely new caite.” 'the
court was reluctant, however, ftt»#
adjourned court until 2 o'clock fnls
afternoon to permit prolimimirjr 4s
-of the 11 typewrittenr pages
jof amended declaration.
.If ,it develops then that the new
j <leclaration present involved sneh
i features that further study was hee
j essary, he indicated he would dertttfle
|an adjournment until next Monda.4
j morning.
; Gallagher, chief counsel for Sdphftfe
who sued Ford for $1,000.0044 upOd
, allegations that his efforts and starid
; ing as an organized of farmer* eu
j operative organizations had been dmn
| aged by articles printed in the Ford
■ owned Dearborn Independent, stated
; that the amendments made no decided
change in the legal status of his case.
' “It tends merely to clarify it and
i bring it within narrower limitation*
\ so that .it can be more readily compre
hended by the average juror.” said
; Gallagher. The process of amending
| took the Ford counsel by surprise,
; They had entered court rather in nn
jtieipatiou of another full draggy dtty.
j with the remaining 40 pec cent, of the
! alleged libels formerly read into the
irecord.
a j , *.? - _ . 1 •, u.
CAUSES MUCH INTEREST?
Secretary of Treasury Denies He la
Going to Europe on Any Official
Business. However.
I Washington, March 24.— UP) —The
j prospects of an immediate trip abroad
: by Secretary Mellon aroused interest
i today over the nature of informal
[conversations that lie undoubtedly
would have with men high in the af
fairs of Eurojiean government*.
Except for the statement that the
secretary is desirous of visiting, hi*
k daughter in Rome, and that govern
ment business is not involved, com
plete secrecy ha* been thrown around
his plans. This, however, is expected
to be cleared up shortly by an
announcement.
Mr. Mellon’s daughter. Mrs. David
K. E. Bruce, wife of the American
consul at the Italian capital, has been
reported in ill health of late and this
i* believed to be the reason foj:' the
sudden contemplation of a trans-At
lantic journey. *«:
There are some indications that, if
government affairs will permit, the
secretary may depart tonight fop New
York.
RICHARDS’ VETO OF
SUNDAY LAW UPHELD
Governor Over-ridden by South Caro
lina Senate. Rut House Sustain*
Him.
Columbia, g. C.. March 23.- ; -Tl»e
house of representative* of the South
Carolina general assembly tonight sus
tained the veto by Governor Rich
ards of the modified Sunday observe
ance act.
The vote was G7 to sustain the gov
ernor's veto and 40 to override it.
The bill would have bad to secure a
two-thirds vote to have overriden the
veto before it could have become law.
The senate had this morning over
ridden the veto of the governor by a
vote of 33 to 10, four votes more
than the necessary two-third*.
Charlotte Having Dipt her ia. Whoop
ing Cough Epidemic.
Charlotte. March 22. —Whooping
cough and diptberia arc raging in
Charlotte, although neither Hi among
the epidemic stage a* yet. according
to Dr. A. W. MePhaul. city health
officer. As is usual the whooping
cough and diphtheria cases are con
fined mostly to school children.
A wave of ioflneuza sweeping the
city last week was thought by tho
health officer to be abating.
Child Reported Missing.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. March 24.— UP)
—Fred B. Frazier, commissioner of
schools of Chattanooga, reported as
the police today that his two-year old
daughter had been kidnapped from her
home some time between 11:30 o’clock
last night and 6 o’clock this morning.
[WEATHERI
Cloudy tonight, probably rain on tike
coast and colder in the southwest por
tion. freezing temperature in the west
portion tonight.
NO. 77