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J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Published
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WAGE INCREASES ARE
GRANTED AT MEETING
Salary and Wage Commission Grants
! Some 500 Increases in State Sal
j aries.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. O. BASKERVILL.
j Raleigh, June 9.—Having met and i
granted some 500 increases in salaries j
for state employes pud then adjourn
ed. the Salary and Wage Commission
is today being looked upon as an
, “almost human" aggregation by the
j majority of state workers for the
j first time in its existence..
But tiie commission did not grant
these increases, which will aggregate
approximately $70,000 a year, to the
hate employes just to "get in good"
with them, but because it considered
1 hat the increases should be granted,
and that increased efficiency, with
corresjKmding economy to the state,
would result.
"The salary and wage commission
is ready and willing to do what is
just and what is right—and its mem
, bers are not hard-hearted automatons.
■ as some would believe." said a depart-
I moot head who has been noted for his
j opposition to the commission. "I be
i live it is going to do the fair thing
i whenever it can." And it granted
j the increases which he appeared before
j it t<) seek.
"In one sense, it is impossible for
a group of men like the salary and
j wage commission to judge the effici
: ency and devotion to duty of em
ployes concerning whom they know
1 nothing, and concerning whom the
, head of the department knows much."
jsaiil another department head. “But
i because of the various conditions and
j circumstances, some such body be
comes necessary. But I found the
j members of the commission sincerely
1 interested in the welfare of the state
i workers and ready to reward real
merit.
"I sincerely believe that when any
: department head goes before the emn
! mission, and can show it that certain
employes really deserve increases in
! salaries, and that more efficient work
i will result, that the commission will
|be only too glad to grant it. The
trouble comes when department heads
make but indifferent requests for in
creases. and imss the buck to the com
mission Jo turn them down,. That ts -
i where The fibrin corned’** *
LINDBERGH HOSPITAL ROOM
I
American Hospital in Paris to Name
It After Flyer.
Paris. June 9. —A private room in
the American Hospital in Paris will i
lie known as the Lindbergh room, the
gift of Raymond Orteig. donor of the
$25,000 Paris-New York prize, who
contributed SIO,OOO for the hospital’s
$500,000 campaign fund.
Colonel Lindbergh himself gave
SSOO and the committee announced
that his gift was the first to the fund
which has just been opened.
| Lindbergh. Ambassador Herrick
and Mr. Orteig made a visit to the
hospital while the airman was in
Paris.
Second Week of Eflrd’s Chain Sale.
The second week of the Efird’s
Chain Sale begins tomorrow and new
and attractive bargains will b offered.
Silk dresses will be offered from
$4.85 to $11.95 while on another
counter children’s low shoes can be
purchased for 10 cents.
During the sale hat boxes valued
at $2.50 are being sold for $1.85 and
Rayon silk dresses for ladies are be
ing sold for $1.95.
Shoes and clothing for the entire
family, in fact, are araAng the special
offerings.
Don’t fail to read big page ad. in
today's paper.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported By Fenner & Beane
(Quotations at 1:40 P. M.)
Atchison __
American Smelting
American Locomotive 113%
Atlantic Coast Line 104%
Allied Chemical 118
American Tel. & Tel. 168%
American Can ooot/
Baldwin Locomotive rs
Baltimore & Ohio l-1%
Bangor •)][s
Bethlehem Steel l>()%
Chesapeake & Ohio 18-%
Coca-Cola I^B
DuPont 244%
General Motors 203
General Electric :
Great Northern 61%
Gold Dust
Int. Tel. __ —i 144%
Kennecott Copper . 63%
Liggett & Myers B H 9
Mack Truck H 8
i Mo.-Pacific __ 59 %
Norfolk & Western 183%
New York Central 152%
Pan. American Pet. B 58%
Rock Island —‘ H®
JR. J. Reynolds 188
Rep. Iron & Steel 67%
Remington 45%
Stand. Oil of N. J. ; -r 87%
* Southern Railway 129%
’ Studebaker *— 50%
Texas Co. 48%
- Tobacco Products 103%
- U. S. Steel 123
Westinghouse 75%
Western Md. - 66%
< Chrysler 50%
Lorillard 31%
FRANCE HOPES FOR
BETTER DEBT PLAN
WITH THIS NATION
Premier Says He Realizes
Contract Now in Vogue
Will Not Be Approved
by French Government.
| PAYMENT MADE
ON THE DEBTS
The Premier Explains That
This Was Done so to
Make Further Negotia
tions Possible Soon.
Paris. June 9.— UP) —Premier Poin
care told the chamber of deputies to
day he hoped to get better debt set- I
tlemont terms from tiie Cnited States,
and that lie intended to try particu
larly as he realized that the French
parliament would not ratify the ac
cords w'th America and Great Brit- j
ain in their present form.
The Premier said that was why he |
had made the “provisional" payments j
on the debt account —so as to keep)
free to renew the negotiations.
His declaration came after he had
remarked that “the French parlia
ment does not seem to wish to ratify”
the accords, drawing from Jacques
Dubois, who was under secretary of
finance under Caillaux the question:
“Are you proposing that the chamber
ratify them?"
The chamber suddenly framed into
interest ami pressed the Premier for
an explanation.
“I do not propose ratification of
the accords." he said, "because I hope
to obtain better terms, and because
parliament certainly would not agree
to bind the country for 62 years.
“That is why I voluntarily propos
ed provisional payments, so we would
retain our freedom of action to nego
tiate on a new basis. But in order
that we may fear nothing and be truly
independent of our creditor countries,
don't you think it would be useful to
have foreign monies, and particular
ly monies that did not come from those
creditor countries?"
'The deputies when the debt ques
tion bobbed up. were debating conces
sion of the French match monopoly
to Svenska, the Swedish match cor
(Miration, which has offered to loan
the government $80,009.000.
ARTILLERY REUNION TO
BE HELD NEXT MONTH J
Date for Reunion of 113th Field Ar
tillery* Changed From August to
July.
Winston-Salem, June 9.—Major
Robert M. Hanes announced today a
change of dates for the re-union of
the 113th Field Artillery, 30th Di
vision. A. E. F., from August 12-13.
1927-to July 22-23, 1927. The change
was made because of the changes in
dates for the annual encampment of
the 113th Field Artillery of the Na
tional Guard, it being desired to have
the World War of the orig
inal 113th Field Artillery gather at
Fort Bragg with the men and officers
of the 113th Field Artillery of to
day.
The 113th Field Artillery, which
was a unit of the famous Thirtieth
Division, was an almost 100 per cent.
Tar Heel outfit. It wtfs . organized
in July 1917, by Col. Albert L. Cox
and commanded by him throughout the
war. The regiment served with dis
tinction through the St. Mihiel drive
and the Battle of the Argonne win
ning high praise from G. H. Q.
The regiment had batteries in New
Bern, Washington, Durham. Lenoir,
Wadesboro and Mooresville. Batteries
from the first : three towns composed
the first battalion, which was com
manded by Major Thad G. Stem, of
Oxford; from the last three, the sec
ond battalion, commanded by Major
A. L. Bulwinkle, of Gastonia, now
congressman from the 9th congres
sional district. Headquarters and sup
ply companies were from Raleigh.
Representatives of each of these units
have been named to round up their
comrades at their old. home stations
and lead them to Fort Bragg, N. C.,
the great U. S. artillery post near
Fayetteville.
General Bowley, commandant at
Fort Bragg, has announced that the
visiting veteran's will be treated royal
ly. All will be housed in comfortable
barracks at the post and fed in army
style. The eost will be nominal. A
fine program of entertainment has
been arranged.
The re-union committee is composed
of Major Robert M. Hanes, chairman,
Winston-Salem; Major Thad G. Stem,
Oxford: Major A. L. Bulwinkle, Gas
tonia ; Major L. P. McLendon, Dur
ham; Captain A. L. Fletcher, Raleigh
and Captain B. S. Royster, Jr., Ox
ford.
With Our Advertisers.
Go to the Big Dress Sale Saturday
at the Gray Shop—3oo dresses at
$6.85. Wonderful bargains.
The new footwear that fashion has
decreed correct for summer is well
represented in the big assortment of
pretty styles at the G. A. Moser Shoe
Store.
See the 3-piece fibre porch set and
porch swings carried in the large stock
of the Bell-Harris Fufniture Co.
'the J. C. Penny Co. is offering
astounding values in silk frocks at
$4.98. Ruffles, pleats and tier trim
the skirts. Light and medium dark
patterns.
The use of the shell of fresh
water clams in button making is
; causing the species to vaniah.
CONCORD, N. C- THURSDAY, J UNI; 9, 1927
GIRL ON WITNESS
STAND AVERS MEN
! COMMITTED CRIME
1 1 Youthful Unmarried Vic
si tim of Alleged Assault
l Submits to Cross Exami*
| nation at Laurinburg.
SORDID STORY
OF BRUTALITJf
Says She and Foster Moth
er Were Forced to Go
With Men After Car Was
Forced From the Road. |
Laurinburg, N. C.. June 9. —(A 3
(Voss examination of the youthful uiw
married victim of an alleged aoaault
perpetrated near here two weeks ago,
featured this morning's session of tfus
trial of Clyde Norman’ and Merriett
Everett, charged with the capital of*
Ifense.
The jury was completed yesterday
. afternoon, and direct examination of
j the youngest of the two prosecuting
! witnesses completed. The girl's foster
mother, a young married woman, who
was forcibly taken from an automobile
driven by her husband, and with the
girl kidnapped and carried into a
woods, is yet to testify. The woman’s
husband, who is alleged to have been
held by some members of a party of
seven, while others attacked the two
women, also is expected to testify.
The girl yesterday told a sordid
story of brutality. Bhe also told how
she had managed to elude one of her
captors, when he went to sleep and ob
tained the license number of an au
tomobile in which the alleged assail
ants had come to the scene, and with
which they forced her foster father’s
machine from the road and made him
stop.
Another capacity crowd filled the
court room to overflowing today.
THE STOCK MARKET
Confused Price Movements Again
Characterized Today’s Market.
New York. June 9.— -(A*) —Confused
price movements again characterized
today's stock market. A brisk buy
ing movement developed in the rails at
the opening, but except in a couple!
of southern Cartiers died ont'by
afternoon./ Standard industrials held
J fairly steady, but wide fluctuations
again took place in a number of spe
cialties. particularly those in which
poo's were believed to be active. The
close was firm. Sales approximated
2.000.000 shares.
801 l Weevils Found in Several Coun
ties.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. June f). —801 l weevils are
now reported as being commonly found
on cotton growing in Scotland and
Robeson counties, the first authentic
record of their occurence having been
sent to the Department of Agriculture
by J. A. Harris, of the Division of
Entomology. Harris reported having
found six weevils in one field on June
6. after having examined a 'thousand
plants. At this rate the weevil pop
ulation is about 300 per acre, which
is about the same rare of infestation
that was found in the early summer
of 1923 on cotton plants before they
showed squares. The winter survival
of weevils was shown to have been
greatfer than during the three preced
ing winters.
The Mexican bean beetle is now
“on the rampage’ in the western part
of the State, it is indicated by a
statement given out by Dr. R. W.
Leib.v. eitfomologist of the State l>e
partment of Agriculture. He recom
mends dusting with a mixture of one
part of calcium arsenate to each nine
parts of lime. The bean beetle, he
says, is known to infest 46 of the
western counties of the state. This
pest first entered the southwest corner
of North Carolina in the summer of
1921.
• Win Not Fight Extradition.
Stubenville, 0., June 9.— (A 5 ) —Ex-
tradition to Oregon to stand trial for
the murder of four persons killed in
a train holdup in 1923 was waived
today by Ray and Roy d’Autremont.
twins, wjho were arrested here last
night after a search that extended al
most around the world,
i Formal extradition proceedings will
be carried out late today before C. J.
Bor.kowski, United States commission
er, and the brothers probably will be
taken to Columbia for safekeeping
pending the arrival of officers from
Oregon. Both men have confessed
i their identity but neither has admitted 1
complicity in the holdup that took
place in a tunnel near Siskiyou, Ore.,
October 11, 1923.
Youth’s Neck Cracked By Car Crank.
: Monroe, June 8. —Eli Starnes, 14-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
? Starnes of Union county, is in Ellen
1 Fitzgerald hospital here suffering a
L fractured vertebra of his neck.
; Several days ago he was attempting
to crank an automobile when it
I backfired and gave him a terrific jolt.
: Later he complained of his neck
hurting and was brought to the hos
; pital and a crack in the vertebra was
t revealed.
i Physicians say he is progressing
: very well but his neck will be held
in a plaster cast for some time to
come.
p Nearly 50.000 men in New York
City earn their living as tailors.
County Accountants Can Go
Ahead With New Budgets
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, June 9.—lt is not’ neces
sary'for 4he county accountants to
Wait to make up their budgets until
i a complete settlement of the 1926
taxes has been made as -some seem to
think, especially in those counties
where the sale of land for taxes has
been halted by injunction proceedings,
according to the county government
advisory commission here. For it is
merely necessary for the county ae-
I countant to show the amount of un
| collected taxes on his balance sheet,
and then he can go ahead and make
up his budget accordingly.
But although this has been ex
plained to the county commissioners
and others from time to time by the
advisory commission there are etill
indications that there is much con
fusion iu the minds of county officials
as to the procedure to be followed with
regard to county fiscal matters in
those counties where restraining or
ders have been issued, according to
reports being received by the commis
sion here.
Thus the county accountants and
commissioners are in error if they
think it is necessary to delay the
making up of the county budgets
either to await the sale of land for
taxes or because of injunctions, or
for any other reason, since the law
requires that the budget be made up
in June. And because the budget is
purely theoretical at the time it is
made up, it is not necessary to have
anything more than the estimates on
the balance sheet.
Thus all the county accountant
needs to complete his budget esti
mates is a balance sheet, which will
show among the assets the uncollected
taxes for the year 1926. The ques
tion of settlement by the sheriff or
tax collector does not enter into these
proceedings at this time.
A tentative settlement by the sher-
THE COTTON MARKET
Shewed Renewed Firmness Today, I
Opening at An Advance of 11 to I
13 Points,
New York, June 9.— (A 3 ) —The cot-j
ton market showed renewed firmness
today, opening at an advance of 11 j
to 13 Points today, in response to
firm Liverpool cables, failure of the j
weather news to show rains in west!
Texas. and continued nervousness!
over prospects for overflows in the
Mississippi Valley.
Covering by July shorts was a fea
ture at the start, sending'tfle price ufr
to 16.85, or 21 points net higher. The
strength of the near months promot- |
od the buying of later deliveries, and
the general list showed net gains of
17 to 21 points before the end of the
first hour, October selling up to 16.93
and January to 17.20. There was con
siderable realizing at these prices
itherwise offerings were light.
The advance extended to 16.70 for
July and 17.27 for December, with
he general market showing net ad
vances of 28 to 33 points before the
and of the morning, but the volume of
business tapered off somewhat toward
midday and tbe advance was cheeked
by realizing.
Cotton futures opened firm: July
16.48; Oct. 16 86: Dec. 17.08; Jan.
17.16; March 17.32.
Economy Sale At Belk’s.
A big Nine-Day Economy Sale will
begin at Belk’s Department Store here
tomorrow morning and for this spec
ial trade event the company has ar
ranged a number of unusual bargains.
Dresses, coats, hosiery, shoes, men's
and young men's suits, clothing for
boys, and many other articles in the
st*ore have been reduced in price for
this sale.
Friday morning men's supporters
valued at 25 cents will be sold for
5 cents and from 9:30 to 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning men's 69 cents
work shirts will be sold for 25 cents.
In the bargain basement men’s over
alls will be sold for 78 cents, dress
shirts for 50 cents, handkerchiefs for
5 cents, ginghams for 12 1-2 cents,
work socks for 5 cents, girl’s dresses
for 48 cents and men’s work pants
for 89 cents.
Lace at 1 cent a yard is one of the
features offered and there are others
just as unusual.
Read double-page ad. in this paper
for particulars and be on hand when
the sale starts tomorrow morning.
Don’t forget the free surprise packages
to be given to 100 persons Friday
morning at 9:30. ''*■
Winston Honors Lindy With Big
Celebration.
Winston-Salem, June 8.
eously with Washington's celebration
of the return of Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh to America, Winston-Salem will
hold a celebration Saturady morning
in honor of the daring flier s accomp
lishment in flying from New York
to Paris, and at the same time, will
memoralize Nungesser and Coli, the
French aviators who attempted to
make the flight from Paris to Am
erica.
The local program will include
blowing of factory whistles, brief
talks, band music and other features.
President Coolidge and John Hays
Hammond, chairman of \\ ashington s
reception committee, have been asked
to suggest that cities throughout the
country join Winston-Salem in this
tribute.
Will Wanted a Horse, Too.
New Orleans, La., June 9.—Follow
ing presentation of a watch to W ill
Rogers during his visit here the fam
ous comedian remarked:
“Gosh! That’s great. You know
its the first wrist watch I ever wore,
And another thing, I ride a horse too,
; It’s too bad nobody brought me a
horse.’’
irff, which some county accountants
think necessary before their budgeting
* can be done, would represent exactly
> the same thing as the balance sheet
I which the county accountant himself
> ought to prepare.
> The budget estimates to be prepared
i this month by the county accountant
, and submitted to the board of county
commissioners not later than the first
Monday of July falls into these di
. visions. One consists of his esti
. mate of the amounts necessary to be
. appropriated for the different activi
ties of the county and sub-divisions
, for the next fiscal year, and is based
on infatuation already furnished him
by. the beads of departments and of
ficers in charge of functions. These
| figures have to do only with estimated
for the next fiscal year,
(which begins July.
A second division of the budget is
jail itemized of the revenue
|to be available during the ensuing
I fiscal year from sources other than
I tax levies. In analyzing the assets
according to his balance sheet, the
county accountant should bear in '
mind, however, that a portion of the
uncollected taxes showing in the bal
ance sheet may be actually uncollecta
ble by reason of insolvents, errors and
overcharges and tax sales. This es
timate of uncollectables may be based
on information furnished by the sher
iff or tax collector, and on previous
experience with such items.
Third, any unencumbered balance of
the revenues of the current fiscal year
on hand June 30th as reflected in
this balance sheet must also .be in
cluded in the budget estimate.
When these two last named di
visions of the budget estimate are set
up, the excess of the estimated ex
penditures for the next fiscal year
over the revenue to be available from
sources other than tax levies and the
unencumbered balance, if any, will
represent the amount to be provided
by the tax levy.
LINDY SEES WHALE.
' Famous Flier Gets Real Thrill at
| Sight of Giant of Sea; Makes Re
| cord Trip to Bridge to View Mam
i mal.
! U. S. Cruiser Memphis, Jjune 8. —
jThe first whale that America's flying
( ace, Charles Lindbergh, ever saw,
! came up today and looked the cruiser
j Memphis over.
! The first one was followed by
others, and the birdman got a new
J thrill out of the experience.
The monarch of the deep was sight
ed off the sthfboarfl bow soon after
four bells in the forenoon watch, or,
lin other words, at ten a. m. It was
a blull whale, out for a morning feed,
and was accompanied by a number of
cows all cruising in the same diree
, tion as the Memphis but at slower
,speed.
When the lookout called sharply the
! old familiar cry: “There she blows,
broad on the starboard bow" Ensign
William Kreig, officer of the deck,
hastily sent a telephone message to
Lindbergh, who mounted the ladders
to the bridge in record time, and had
a fine view of Moby Dick's brother
of the sea. The bull wallowed along
in the offing for nearly half an hour.
He spouted every few seconds as the
cows hovered near the sides of their
master.
The airman said it. was a fine sight,
recalling his first trails-Atlantic voy
age which was in the Spirit of St.
Louis. On that memorable occasion
he saw a school of porpoises several
hundred miles off Ireland, but didn t
sight a whale at any time.
ACTRESS IS BRANDED
WITH THE LETTER “K”
Unidentified Man Forced His Way
Into Apartment and Branded Her
With Razor.
HollyAVood, Cal., June 9.— UP) —
Miss Doris Dore, 21 year old actress
who appeared recently in “An Ameri
can Tragedy" at a local theatre, was
branded with the letter “K" on her
forehead, chin, .breast. arms and
hands with a razor blade wielded by
an unidentified man who forced an
entry into her apartment early today.
The man, about 30 years of age,
believed by the police either to be a
degenerate or motivated by revenge,
entered Mies Dore’s apartment when
she opened the door in response to a
knock about 2 o’clock this morning.
She told the police the razor wielder
held her powerless, while, he slashed
the letter “K" on her in seven plac
■es.' ,
The Hollywood police who ques
tioned the young actress said she had
been followed to Denver from New
York City several months ago, and
that when she left the Colorado City,
she was trailed here. She hinted also .
of some “trouble" in New York City j
several months ago, but did not die-1
close its nature.
Motoring to Rock River church,
members of the B. Y. I*. U. of the
First Baptist church enjoyed a picnic
early Tuesday eA'ening.
[ can YOU SCORE
TEN ON THESE?
1
* I—Who1 —Who wrote the poem,-The Mid
* night Ride of Paul Revere?
2 Describe Revere’s exploit.
3 What followed?
j 4—What is Liberia?
L s—By whom was it founded?
1 6—What is the doctrine of Super
- naturalism?
7- —What was the English Restora
v tion ?
8— For what was it both noted and
>. notorious?
a 9—Who is Henry L. Stimson?
10 — In whose cabinet did he serve?
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
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LADY ASTOR APPEARS
WITH SHINGLED HAIR
London, June o.— (A*)- v
Astor, American born rr \
Britain's Parliament
long hair shingle** a
Now the ni»’ wo
men M. P' Y and
unbobbed 'v. Mrs. Hilton
Philipson Wilkinson are
the other t\\6 who have “had their
hair off." The Duchess of Atholl,
M : ss Susan Lawrence and Miss II
Margaret Bondtield are the three
who have kept it on.
Lady Actor's head has not been
cropped closely and she has adopt
ed a curly effect. Now more than
ever, surprise is expressed that she
I is the mother of live children, for
her new coiffure makes her appear
younger.
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| LOCAL MENTION !
One marriage license was issued
Wednesday by L. V. Elliott, register
of deeds. The license was issued to
Merry L. Carter and Mrs. Nora Hill,
both of Kannapolis.
The regular weekly luncheon meet
ing of the Concord Kiwanis Club will
be held Friday at Hotel Concord. The
program committee is preparing aa
interesting program for the meeting.
In conformity to the new state law
requiring audit of the books of the
county governments, an audit is now’
being made of the books in the office
of W. G. Brown, couuty highway en
gineer.
Each member of the Concord base
ball team will be extended a pass to
all shows at the Pastime theatre dur
ing the summer, according to an
nouncement today by the manager,
W. E. Stewart.
Members of the North Carolina Co
operative Cotton Growers Association
residing in the ninth district have
elected W. H. Liles, of Wadesboro, j
as their director. He succeed* L. D. j
Robinson, who declined to stand for i
reelection this year.
The sun broke through the clouds j
this morning after several days of J
overcast skies. There was a rise in
temperatures during the morning and
warmer weather is promised for the
next several days at least in weather
forecasts published today.
The one hour parking limit for mo
torists on Union street from the
Square to the intersection of Union
and Corbin streets will go into effect
Friday morning. Chief of Police L.
A. Talbirt has annouueadi Motorists
are asked to observe the parking limit.
For the purpose of ascertaining
their physical fitness, sixty-eight stu
dents at Jackson Training school
gave blood specimens Tuesday. Dr.
D. G. Caldwell and Miss Naomi
Moore, of the Cabarrus Health De
partment. took the blood tests, re
quiring slightly more than two hours.
Green beans from her own garden!
That’s the information coming today
from Mrs. S. C. Mclntyre, 185 Cedar
street. She stated that the recent
rains had immensely helped her gar
den. A number' of other local people
report gathering beans from their
gardens at this time.
C. N. Field, city tax collector, re
ported today that approximately 1,450
city automobile license tags had been ,
sold to date. Very few persons have j
license fags for their dogs, j
Mr. Field reported and lirged that all |
dog owners have their dogs vaccinated j
against rabies and secure a tag at
once.
A number of Concord and Cabar
rus people plan to go to Washington
tomorrow night on the Southern ex
cursion to see Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh in the national capital
Saturday. The special rates over
the Southern will become effective to
morrow night, the round-trip fare
from Concord being only $ll.OO.
The Giants defeated Pittsburgh in
the National League yesterday, while
Boston was defeating St. Louis. In
the American Leagtie three home runs
by Lazzeri gave the Yankees another
victory over Chicago while Philadel
phia was winning again. In the
South Atlantic Greenville won from
Spartanburg and Charlotte defeated
Columbia.
In the absence of the pastor, H. W.
Blanks will have charge of the morn
ing service of the First Baptist
Church Sunday. At the evening ser
vice the program will be offered by
the Senior B. Y. P. U. Mr. Trffe
blood is spending some time in Thom
asville, Raleigh. Goldsboro and Beau
fort and Mrs. Trueblood and children
are visiting in Goldsboro.
The Cabarrus County Health De
i pa/tment will open a typhoid clinic
Friday night, beginning at 6:30 and
continuing until 9 o’clock, at the
Kannapolis Y. M. C. A. Typhoid
vaccine will be administered to the
people of that community. On the
following Friday nights, June 17th,
and 24th. the clinic will be open at
Kannapolis. Dr. D. G. Caldwell and
his assistants will be in charge.
Children’s Day will be observed
next Sunday at Boger’s Chapel, Num
ber 10 township. The features of the
I program are to be an address by Dr.
jJ. C. Rowan, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, and evercises by
the children. The latter Will be given
! during the morning while Dr. Rowan
speaks during the afternoon. Dinner
will be served on the grounds, and a
• cordial invitation is extended to the
public to attend.
Ten pages today.
Two Sections
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NITROGLYCERINE ON
TRUCK EXPLODES, Z
IN BEING KILLED
20 Other Persons Were
Hurt, Some Seriously,
When Explosions Oc
curred.—Driver Killed.
THREE HOUSES
ARE DESTROYED
i Force of Blast Was Felt 5
| Miles Away and Bodies
of the Victims Were 500
Yards From Truck.
Butler, Pa., June 9. —(A 3 )—Two
men were killed instantly and twenty
other persons were hurt, some serious
ly. when an automobile truejt load of
nitroglycerine exploded on the main
highway at Lick Hill, five miles from
Butler today. Three Lick Hill resi
dences were destroyed, and fifteen
others damaged by the force of the
blast.
Frank Greer, of Oil City, Pa., driv
er of the truck, and an unidentified
man accompanying him, were killed.
Two unidentified men walking on, the
highway were injured seriously, and
doctors said their chance for recovery
was slight. Occupants of Lick Hill
houses were injured, some seriously.
The truck loaded with explosives
had just turned from the main high
way to a side road, en route to a
magazine storage shed, when the blast
occurred. The uitro was to have been
used in blowing oil wells. The force
of the blast was felt five miles away.
Parts of tho truck and the bodies
of the victims were found 500 yards
i away. The home of Mrs. Edward
| Itedeig nearby was destroyed, as were
! two adjoining houses. Mrs. Redeig
j and two of her children were among
| the injured. Others known to have
i been injured included W. 1). Wonder
ly, Irene Long, Mrs. S. J. Turner,
Sadie Arnold, Mrs. M. Walters and
Nevada McFadden, all residents of
Lick Hill.
WILL PROTECT LINDBERGH
AT CAPITAL CEREMONY
Making Plans to Avoid Such Cotv
fusion as Occurred When He
Reached London.
Washington. June 9.—(A 5 )—Extra-
ordinary* precautions to guard Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh during his of
ficial reception and stay in Washing
ton will be taken by the Metropolitan
police and the army.
This was disclosed today after
Frank B. Noyes, publisher of the
Washington Evening Star, had deliv
ered to the semi-official reception com
mittee a warning on this subject from
Ambassador Haughton, who has just
returned here from London and who
was caught in the terrible jam at
Croydon Field. England, when a crowd
of some 200,000 persons rushed to
ward Lindbergh after he had landed
there from Belgium.
Brigadier General S.' I), ltocken
bach, commander of the Washington
army district and grand marshal of
■ the parade arranged for Lindbergh,
j said that should the crowd rush the
I aviation hero while he was moving
I along Pennsylvania Avenue the 2,-
000 troops in line, including the cav
alry escort, *vould surround his car
and afford necessary protection. These
same troops, including some sailors
and marines will form a human chain
around the reception platform at the
Washington monument grounds, while
President Coolidge is welcoming Lind
bergh and decorating him with the
distinguished flying cross.
Interchange of Bishops Is Advocated
by Bishop Mouzon.
Chicago. June B.—lnterchange of
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, was urged here today
by Bishop Edwin Mouzon, of Char
lotte, N. C. t of the southern body,
in an address to the graduating class
of Garrett Biblical Institute divinity
school.
"Unification of two church divisions
has been opposed for nobody knows
how long by the vote in the south,”
Bishop Mouzon said, "but that should
not keep them from working together
in unity and amity.”
Travels 2,500 ’Miles to Commence
ment.
(By International News Service)
Emory University, Ga., June 9. — A
little jaunt of 2,500 miles to attend
a class reunion brought E. Clyde
Smith, of the class of ’22 of the college
of liberal arts of Emory University
the blue ribbon which goes to the
"long distance champion,” or the one
who travels farthest to attend a re
union of bis class.
Mr. Smith, a Methodist minister at
Boulder, Montana, has been stationed
forth 4 last , four years there and it
was from that point he made his
"record” trip.
Ferdinand’s Condition Again Critical.
Ix>ndon, June 9. — VP) —Reuter’s cor-
Bucharest telegraphs
that the condition of King Ferdinand
of Roumania "is so critical that fatal
termination of the illness appears on
v a question of days.”
WEATHER!
Mostly fair tonight and Friday.
NO. 101