PMELIi
[ton Advances Ten
[liars Bale On
Lernment Report
♦ :
LenVof Agriculture
L This ar ' s
[492,000 Bales in
L Given Out.
Ition of
' chop IS 69.5
[innings to Date
k Bales.— A ield of
pounds Per Acre
H ated.
I . „ UP)—- A cot
tr'49°oo equivalent 500-
F , va s "indicate for the
L»« " f
I i nlaciue the condition
r n August Ist as 00.5 per
Ktrcau announced gin
s „ t Ist totalled 162,678
with 47,770
I . jst cond’tion of the
L compares with 0!) 8 l>er
L a r 65.6 in 1025, and 0<.4
Indicated an approximate
L$ pounds per acre, com
[JSl9 hi 1025. and 100.7
L average for the Jast five
Lr rear's crop was 17,977,-
fthat of 1024 was 16.103,-
Jin 10 23 it was 13,627,-
Lon of the crop by states
75: North Carolina, 78;
Lina. 60: Georgia, 65;
[• Missouri. 61; Tennessee,
L 70 ; Mississippi, 68;
[64: Texas. 60; Oklahoma,
L s , 68: New Mexico, 83;
f California 00; all other
[ The indicated production
California is 62.000 bales.
L 20ft Points at New Or
leans.
Ljps Aug. S. —(yP)—Prices
(n the New Orleans Cotton
Humped up 200 points or
| on publication of the gov
fcotton forecast today.
[ the most sensational the
[ known in several years,
Ljnths to the full trade lim
hy.
[carried October from 16.84
bd December 'rom 17.17
I Buying Movement.
foment crop report on cot
ta yield of about 1,000,000
f what was expected, caus-
[ buying movement, sending,
le full limit of 200 points
fcw of the morning.
L\ WONT BUILD.
1 Navy Refuses to Admit
Naval Race.
Uapan, August 8. —Disap-
over the outcome of the
bal conference was ex
[ Admiral Keisuke Okada,
I the Navy, in a statement
poeiatd Press today, ai
deelared the failure of the
would not mean the Pow
lenter upon building com
le was hopeful, too, that
K be another opportunity
kt to reach an agreement,
pn of the Geneva naval
comments the Jifi,
pption between the United
[England.
fbe noted,” the paper
[ they did not fight each
auxiliary naval problems
[fight between them only
P the fundamental differ-
Pt standpoints. As a result
pwnces America will try
Nn its navy until it is as
r that of Great Britain,
krai race naturally will
r seeking the good will of
Frequently the new situa
r beneficial as well as
r or «iapan. The end of the
Idoes not mean the end of
kems, but the very begin
pa * deeply regrets the
P believs there may be
Ip future. It declares tne
P American attitudes caus-
P failure.
r?®kts Resurrection of
F*t; Loses Job.
r Tenn - Aug. 6.—'This
r y .of me. hut I feel
I n tbe end of the ques-
I p comment of Rev. W.
011 action of
ll m f ir,ns of (h <‘ Metho-
P 1 church. South, in dis-
L ; r, ' m the missionary
[, 0 refusal to affirm
I s «rrectinn of Christ. He
Itl,.?" J ears in China.
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■or h’ bro,l ght to
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THE CONCORD TIMES
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
BODY OF SLAIN M.4N
CLAIMED BY MOTHER
\
Is Identified in Hickory Undertaking
Establishment as ‘That of Albert
Lancaster.
Charlotte, Aug. 6. —The Charlotte
Observer says it has learned that the
mystery surrounding the slaying of
Earl Williams, of- Charlotte, last
Monday near Hickory, apparently
neared solution tonight when his
aged mother, Mrs. J. R. Lancaster,
of Hawkinsville, Ga., identified the
body in* the Hickory undertaking
establishment as her son, Albert
Lancaster, who left home four
months ago.
This was learned in a long dis
tance telephone communication with
Chief of Police Lentz, of Hickory,
who said the mother of the dead
man and a brother-in-law t whose
name he did not learn* arrived in
Hickory and left las* night with the
body for their Georgia home.
Lancaster, alias Williams, was fa
tally wounded in an argument while
he and a man alleged to have been
Manley Justice, of Charlotte, and
Thomas Jacobs, also of Charlotte,
were in an automobile parked on the
Hickory highway. Justice is being
sought by police over the entire state
as the slayer. Justice was accused
by Jacobs, who gave himself up to
Charlotte police several days ago.
The scene as the mother first view
ed the dead body of heryson was de
scribed as a touching scene. Upon
recognizing the body as that of her
son, she flung herself upon it and
wept bitterly. ~ .
HIGH POINT YOUTH
KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Life of Carl Jacobs Snuffed Out
When Car Runs Into Bridge Rail
ing.
High Point, Aug. 7.—The life of
Carl W- Jacobs, High Point youth,
son of E. P. Jacobs, was snuffed
out when he ran his car into a
banister on the Benbow Mill* bridge
this morning about 4 o’clock. The
banister, consisting of a long pipe,
was rammed against his left breast
just over his heart. When an am
bulance arrived a short while later,
Jacobs was found crumpled beneath'
the steering wheel, lifeless.
Hal Baldwin, a Negro, was with
Jacobs. He escaped without a
scratch. When he saw the condition
of the white man he ran a mile to
a filling station to tell his employer,
Mr. James, about it.
Baldwin is said to have stated
that Jacobs was driving around 40
or 45 miles an iiour. and he begged
him to slow down. The youth said he
had never had an accident. A few
minutes later the tragedy occurred.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Decidedly Recationary Today.—Breaks
Frogn 4 to 6 Points.
New York, Aug. 8. —( A *)—The stock
market turned decidedly reactionary
today on heavy selling for both ac
counts. The selling pressure was most
effective against higher priced indus
trials, several of which broke 4 to 8
points. Rails yielded with the in
dustrials although losses were not as
large.
Child is Killed in Automobile Crash
High Point, Aug. 7. —Mildred Vir
ginia Howerton, two year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hower
ton, of this city, was instantly killed
in an automobile collison at Rural
Hall this morning, shortly after 7
o’clock. The little girl was throwm
from the car when another machine
crashed into it at a crossroad, and
then the machine turned over on
her. Her bead was crushed. Riding
in the car were Mr. and Mrs. Hower
ton and the latter was holding a six
months old baby in her lap. The
baby escaped unscathed, w T hile the
father and mother sustained injuries
which are n6t regarded as serious.
Mr. Howerton was thrown from the
car, along with the little girl and
was pinned under the machine.
However, he was strong enough to
withstand the impact of the auto
mobile without much injury. The oc
cupants of the car with wuich the
Howerton automobile collided, w T ere
a man, his wife and daughter. The
names of these occupants could not
be ascertained tonight. However,
none of them were seriously hurt, it
rs understood. Dr. C. E. Reithzel of
this city, attended the injured.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fernier & Beane.
(Quotations at 1.30 P. M.)
Atchison 192%
American Tobacco B
American Smelting 164
American Locomotive lO7
Atlantic Coast Line 197%
Allied Chemical 152
American Tel. & Tel. 169^
American Can
Baldwin Locomotive -j 243%
Baltimore & Ohio llB%
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler 53 #
DuPonl 284
Fleishman __ 59%
Frisco 112%
General Motors 221%
General Electric 122%
Gold Dust 2 59
Hudson 84%
Kennecott Copper 67%
Lorillard — T 38%
Liggett & Myers B. 116%
Mack Truck 68%
Mo.-Pacific Pfd. 102%
Mo.-Pacific 55
Stand. Oil of N. Y. 31%
N. Y. Central r 154%
Pan. American B ; 56%
Producers Refiners 24
Rock Island
R. ,T. Reynolds 135%^
Seaboard Air Line 35%
Southern-Pacific 119%
Stand. Oil of N. J. 38
R * l,w v
ht a delig£ _ 49
Thursday ~ “ 430
, abeth Davi4 005/
f Twenty \ 2 8
* and the deleft
• vided by th&
ARMORED CARS HAVE
BEEN ADDED ID THE
POLICE EQUIPMENT
V
Os New York as a Precau
tion Against Violence At
tending the Execution of
Sacco and Vanzetti.
POLICE GUARD
PATROLS CITY
Greatest in History of New
York Extends From the
Hudson Ttinnels to Rail
road Yards in Queens.
N#w York, Aug. B. — (A*) —Armored
cars have been added to New York’s
polio* equipment as precaution
agaiast violence attending the execu
tion of Vocola Sacco and Bartholmoeo
1 anietti in Boston Thursday morn
ing.
The greatest police guard in the his
tory of the department, including the
concentration during the World War,
patrolled New York today from the
tunnels of the Hudson River to the
railroad yards in Queen’s, far at the
other end of the city.
While authorities searched for clues
to those responsible for the explosions
that wrecked two stations on the main
subway arteries in the city Friday af
ternoon, Police Commissioner Warren
d.qclosed elaborate plans against
further disorders.
TO ELIMINATE DRINKING
SCENES FROM THE MOVIES
To Begin Campaign at Once Looking
To This End.
Westerville, 0., August B. —Officials
of the national Anti Saloon League
with headquarters here announced to
day that they will begin a campaign
at once looking to the elimination of
drinking scenes and other wet propa
ganda from moving pictures made and
exhibited in the United States.
The announcement followed receipt
by the League of a letter from Will
H. Hayes, the ‘‘Judge Landis” of
the movies, in which he said “it is
the earnest purpose of the Motion
Picture Producers and Exhibitors As
sociation of America, of which I am
president, to make certain that the
screen shall never be used in a man
ner which promotes disrespect for any
law, whatever that law may be.”
Mr. Haynes’ letter stated that it
is the purpose of the Association to
make certain “that into no picture __
there be allowed to enter any shot
of drinking scene, manufacture or
sale of liquor, or undue effects of
liquor which are not a necessary part
of the story.”
League officials, the announcement
said, will make a check-up of moving
pictures shown in every state and will
point out to Mr. Hayes instances be
lieved to be wet propaganda. Church
members throughout the country will
be asked to cooperate by reporting
such instances.
“Many pictures, especially Western
pictures, legitimately show scenes of
old bar-room and dance hall days,”
said the statement, “and to these we
can take little exception. The old
bar-room, with its dancing girls and
gambling paraphernalia, played an im
portant part in the early history of
the old AVest. What we do take ex
ception to are the cheap sex movies,
in which the principals pour a drink
or shake a cocktail every time they
turn around. This is the kind of
propaganda which has been insistent
and which we will try to stop with
the cooperation of Mr. Hayes and his
organization.
WILL NOT LET EARLY
PRINK ASHE’S WATER
United States Surgeon General Cum
mings Declines Offer For Escaped
Lesper.
Raleigh, Aug. B. —Offer of owners
of a “healing spring” in Ashe coun
ty, to let John Early, North Caro
lina’s noted leper bathe in and drink
of the so-called “healing waters”
has been declined by United States
Surgeon General Hugh Cummiiigs.
This became known today wUeu
Dr. Charles O’H. Lauughinghouse,
state health officer gave out a copy
of the letter mailed by Surgeon Gen
eral Cummings to officials of the
springs.
“Appreciate your free offer, but
don’t consider it practicable, nor de
sfeable,” the surgeon general wrote.
Officials of the springs indicated
to the surgeon general that they be
lieved the waters would be beneficial
to Early and might cure him of the
leprosy he has had for 20 years or
more.
Early, who escaped from the
United States leprosarium at Car
ville, La., several weeks ago, is still
in the hills of Polk county according
to last reports from that sector.
The state board of health has
announced that Early is in charge of
the federal authorities and the
North Carolina officials have kept
“hands off” in the matter.
ARTHUR WALKER DEAD.
Inherited Most of Wealth of Edward
F. Searles Who Married Widow of
Marit Hopkins.
Lawrence, Mass., Aug. B. — (JP) j
Arthur T. Walker, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., who inherited the greater part of
the estate of t*ie late, Edward F.
Searles, multi-millionaire, died sud
denly last night at the Searles man
sion at Windham, N. H. He was
stricken with acute indigestion and
death came twu hours later.
Walker had been the confidential
adviser of Searles, who died at his
great estate August 6, 1920. '
Most of Searles’ wealth came from
his wife who was the widow of Mark
Hopkins, western railroad magnate.
After the death of Searles, Walker
spent most of his time its a recluse
on his great estate in Methuen.
Cotton futures opened steady: Oct.
17.14; Hec. 17 38; Jan. 17.45 ; March
17.63; May 17.78.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927
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ASSOCIATED t>RESt(UNOERWOOO>
\ MAJ-GgN. LEONARD, \NOOD,
►
TO GET REPORT ON
WEAVER-HIGHLANDER
GAMES HERE DAILY
k —————
Concord baseball fans will be
! interested to lear nthat reports,
, giving score by inning, hits, runs
, and errors will be received at Gib
son Drug Store, S. M. Barr Co.,
, Gibson Mills; Purity Market, Mc
. Gill Street; Forest Hill Case;
Morris Case, West Depot street; -
and Kerr Street Case, both this as- \
ternoon and Tuesday afternoon of :
\ the games between the Weavers |
and Highlanders at Fayetteville.
The reports will begin coming in I
each afternoon at 4 o’clock, and
the fans are invited to come to the
above named places and get the
low down on the games.
CO-EDS AT STATE COLLEGE
First Announcement Issued as to
What Courses Will Be Open to
Them.
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Aug. 8. —The first an
nouncement of just what courses will
be open to the fair co-eds, who will be
admitted to State College for the first
time this fall, has just been issued by
the college, and outlines the curricula
to offered by the newly created
School of Education. That this
school is to be a popular one is al
ready attested by the fact that al
ready numerous applications from
young women are being received.
The primary purpose of the school
is to prepare principals and teachers
for the rural and urban high schools,
especially those preparing to teach
subjects which relate themselves pe
culiarly to rural life. The .school will
also give women the advantage of the
brogd opportunities afforded by the
teaching, research, and extension ser
vice of State College which are suit
able to their needs.
The new school at State will be
run in close co-operation with the
School of Agriculture there, and is ex
pected to be of great service in im
proving rural life throughout the
State.
In addition, the school will help
fill the growing demand for teachers
of science nd vocational subjects
which is being developed in both the
rural and city schools of the state. In
the past this demand has been filed
either by -teachers traiped out of the
State, or by those w’hose technical and
pedagogical training had not been
properly co-ordinated.
Although Stat<* plans to admit al
most an unlimited number of women
students, there have been no dormitory
provisions made for them, since they
Will have ample opportunities to se
cure rooms in the city of Raleigh.
GEN. LEONARD .WOOD
IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
I Died in Hospital Early Sunday,
Following Operation Yesterday.
Boston,* Aug. 7.—Major General
■ Leonard Wood, governor general of
■ the Philippines, died at the Peter Bent
: Brigham hospital here at 1:20 a. m.
today following an operation at the
1 institution yesterday.
General Wood -was admitted to the
hospital two days ago for observation
. and yesterday underwent “a serious
operation,” according to a bulletin is
■ sued late last night by Dr. Alexander
“ Lambert, of New York.
Dr. Lambert’s bulletin, although
failing to state the exact nature of
the operation, indicted it was for a
recurrence of a tumor which w r as re
moved by Dr. Harvey Cushing, 17
years ago. The growth at the 4ime
of the first operation was found to
| have involved *the bone of the skull.
The statement said, and “recurrence
of the trouble was anticipated.”
General Wood was operated on for
a hernia in Manila last January and
came east for treatment as soon as
he felt conditions in the islands jus
tified his absence, Dr. Lambert added.
Mrs. Wood accompanied her husband
to this city, but went into seclusion
1 as soon as General Wood'went to the
: hosnital.
Beyond the bare announcements of
the general’s death and the time, hos
pital authorities declined further in
formation, pending a statement from
1 the attending physicians, including Dr.
Cushjng, or from the governor gener
al’s aide, Major Reed.
DETAIL OF SOLDIERS
To Accompany the Body of General
Leonard Wood to Washington.
Boston, Aug. B. — o4*) —A detail of
i six soldiers from Fort Banks will ac
company the body of Major General
Leonard Wood to Washington late
1 today on the Federal Express.
1 The squad, commanded by Capt.
Roger Williams, marked the first mil
itary honors to be paid bjr the army
the man who rose from the medi
cal firanch of the service to be one of
' the most distinguished leaders both
in the “line” and in civil administra
tion. At the station in Washington
will be increased to 1,500 aR
the War Department takes over the
ceremonies.
COURT HEARING TO
STAY EXECUTION Os
SACCO AND VANZETTI
2 O’clock This Afternoon
Set as Time for Hearing
at Deadham Before Su
perior Court Judge.
APPEL ALScTtO
GOVERNOR FULLER
When the Governor Will
Announce His Decision
on the Stay of Execution
Is Uncertain.
Boston, August B. — UP) —Justice
Sanderson, of the State Supreme
Court today denied- the petition by
counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti for
a writ of habeas corpus and stay of
execution. He also denied a petition
for a writ of error.
Judge Sanderson said after giving
the arguments full consideration he
must deny the application for a writ
of
Boston, Aug. 8. — UP!) —Court hear
ings on motions brought by counsel
for Sacco and Vanzetti in an effort
to obtain a new Jrial for the men sen
tenced to die this week for murder di
vided attention today with the out
come of an appeal to Governor Ful
ler to stay execution.
Judge George A. Sanderson, of the
State Supreme Court, set 10 a. m. as
the time to hear a petition for a writ
of habeas corpus and stay of execu
tion. Warden Wm. Hendry of State
Prison, wa6 summoned to attend the
hearing but it was announced that
the prisoners would not be taken from
the death house at this time.
Two o’clock this afternoon was set
as the time for a hearing at the Nor
folk County Court house at Deadham
before Judge Webster Thayer, of the
Superior Court for a motion for a
new trial and stay of execution. It
was in the sanfe court house that Jud
Thayer presided over the trial of the
two men and sentenced them to death
after the Supreme Court had upheld
his .previous refusal to grant a new
triaC
When the Governor would an
nounce his decision on the plea for
stay of execution directed to him, was
uncertain. The only word which has
come from him at his summer home
at Beach, N. H., was a telephone
call to his secretary, Herman A. Mc-
Donald, to the effect that he would
nojb; act upon the petition before t<;-
Green Discusses Case.
Asheville, Aug. B. — UP) —Decrying
the radical outburst which have ap
peared throughout the country subse
quent to Governor Fuller’s refusal to
grant a new trial in the Sacco-Van
zettie case in Boston, William Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, asserted here today that nev
ertheless there was doubt as to the
men’s guilt. ’
If all fact which have been present
ed had fairly been considered and new
evidence which has appeared had been
brought in eoiirt “ a long way would
be traveled in establishing the inno
cence of the men,” he said.
“The American Federation of Labor
is pursuring the calm, rational course
that should be pursued by the Ameri
can people, but we insist that where
there is grave doubt that the accused
be given the benefit of the doubt,” he
said.
THE COTTON MARKET
Business Quiet During Early Trad
ing While Awaiting The Govern
ment Crop Report.
New York, Aug. B. —(/P) —The cot
ton market opened steady at an ad
vance of 2 points to a decline of 3
points. Trading was quiet and the
initial action of the market was re
garded by local brokers as indicating
that scattering accounts had been
weli evened np in preparation for the
government crop report
Liverpool • cables were better but
there was selling here for accounts
which, combined with some further
commiosion house liquidation, sent
prices off to 17.22 for December con
tracts or within 4 points of last
week’s low’ level and about 13 to 17
points below Saturday’s closing quo
tations.
General business quiet,
however, and the market was* a few
points up from the lowest at the end
of the first hour on covering with
traders evidently waiting the official
crop figures.
was a little spurt of cover
ing just before trading was suspended
to receive the government report, De
cember contracts selling around 17.45,
or about 7 points net higher. The
official crop figures were far below
expectations? This reacted by an ex
cited deipand as soon as the market
reopened after the publication of the
figures. Prices advanced to 19.22
for December or two cents a pound as
compared with the low point of the
morning, and 183 points above Sat
urday’* closing quotations.
MEETING OF STATE
FEDERATION OF LABOR
National and State Labor Chiefs Meet
in Hendersonville.
Hendersonville, N. C., Aug. B.— UP)
—National and State labor chiefs and
representatives of unions in all parts
of North Caroline? gathered at Kanuga
Lake Inn near here this morning for
the convention of the North Carolina
State Federation of Labor.
More than 300 delegates are ex
pected by night and about 100 official
representatives of local organizations
were on hand at the opening 'cere
monies shortly before 11 a. m.. just
prior to the arrival of Wi’.liam Green,
head of the American Federation of
Labor.
Aliena living in Great Britain are
still prohibited from changing their
names for either personal or busi
ness purposes.
Rome Celia 'gger Discovers
Golde v ache in Ancient Tomb
\
Rome, Aug. 8. —Swinging ck ick
on the eastern outskirts of ** a
workman digging garage ct
cently was showered with golde.
as he drew back his implement, w-
At a bloW'he had pierced not only
the shell of an Imperial tomb of the
second century, but also the burial
vase of terracotta, which loosed the
golden shower about his head.
The district in which he was digging
is known to contain a great expanse of
unexplored catacombs and pagan
tombs. The coing found in this tomb
—250 of them—date from the reigns
of the Roman Emperors Trajan, Ha
drian, Antoninus and Marcus Aureli-
MOTHERS’ AID FUND
Amounts Each County Will Receive
Has Just Been Announced.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Waiter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. B. —The amounts
which the 75 counties participating
in the mothers’ aid fund will receive
from this fund have just been an
nounced by Miss Lily E. Mitchell, di
rector of the fund for the State board
of charities and public welfare. The
State now provides $50,000 of this
fund, the last general assembly hav
ing increased it to that figure, while
the participating counties match the
State appropriation dollar for dollar,
making a total of SIOO,OOO now avail
able for helping worthy mothers to
keep their children at home with them,
instead of being compelled to put them
in institutions.
• The county quotas, which are dis
tributed on a per capita basis, range
from $1,859.56 in Mecklenburg coun
ty, which gets the largest allotment,
to $109.02 in Clay county, which gets
the smallest amount. The monejr is
allotted to the individual mothers in
monthly payments.
At present there are more than 350
families participating in the fund, and
with the increased funds now avail
able, the total will soon be greater.
As much as $20,000 a year may be
used for the relief of wives and chil
dren of men serving terms in the State
prison, provided the families meet the
general standards as the others who
are eligible for mothers’ aid, the new
law provides. Many applications from
prisoners’ families are now pending
and awaiting approval, v
A minimum of $lO a month to a
family was established as the objective
by the county superintendents of pub
lic welfare in their recent convention.
These welfare superintendents are in
charge of the distribution of the fund
in their respective counties, and as
a result of their observations, they
reached'>Ufe conclusion that the grant
must average at least $lO per month
, per family in order to be effective-
The average grant So far has been
about $lO a month for a mother and
four children.
To date more than 500 mothers have
been assisted by the j fund, and more
than 2,000 under fourteen years of age
have been affected by the help given.
The allotments to counties in this
section are as follows:
Cabarrus. $779.94.
Stanly, $634.44
.Rowan. $1,017.00.
Mecklenburg. $1,859.56.
Iredell. $876.54.
Union, $832.20.
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MORE THAN 250,000
AUTO LICENSES HANDLED
By the 35 Offices of the Carolina Mo-
Club in the State.
Greensboro. Aug. B. —More than a
quarter m’llion state automobile li
eense plates were handled at the 35
offices of the Carolina Motor Club
during June and July, C. W. Roberts,
Vice President, announced today. This
was an increase of more than 75,000
over the same period last year.
During July 95,819 plates were
sold and in June the figure was 131,-
525 —a total of 227,344 compared
with 151,155 for June and July 1926.
Charlotte led the motor club of
fices in distributing plates, a total of
19,901 tags being shoved across the
counter by Manager E. W. Powers
and his assistants. Last year the two
months sale was 14,786. Greensboro
was runner up with 17,167 sales this
vear and 12.402 in 1926. Asheville
was third with 16,530 compared with
with 12.758. Durham fourth wdth 7,-
760 compared with ,828 and Wil
mington fifth with a sale of 7,988 com
pared with 5,285 last year.
Officials of the motor vehicle bu
reau of the department of revenue
have highly complimented the vrork
of the 35 Carolina Motor club offices
in letters to headquarters of the or
ganization.
The tremendous increase in plates
sold during June and July indicates
that North Carolinians gradually .are
learning to “shop early” for their li
cense tags and also points to an in
crease in automotive registration.
North Carolina last year showed the
greatest gain in new car sales of any
Southern state, statistics disclosed by
the national automobile chamber of
commerce disclosed.
May Put Jake Newell Up For Con
gress.
Charlotte, Aug. 6. —Jake Newell,
of this city may be run by Republi
cans for Congress from the Ninth
North Carolina district, his friends
today. The Republicans are
all peppered up over the idea of
profiting by Democratic defections if
A1 Smith is nominated by the Dem
ocrats for President, and intend to
put oqt # .their strongest men for
various offices, it is learned.
Mr. Newell w'as once one of the
big four in Republican State politics
with Carl Duncan, of Raleigh. Mar
ion Butler, of Sampson county, and
John Motley Morehead, of Charlotte.
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A $35,000 Prize. /
San Francisco, Aug. B. —OP)
With the $35,000 prize, the Dole Air
Derby to Honolulu awaiting the startr
er's flag next Friday and three other
long flights in the offing, American
aviators today moved forward in a
major offensive against their beloved
enemy—distance.
The price/of cotton on the local
market today is quoted at 18 1-2 to
19 cents per pound.
** 0 a Year, Strictly in Advance
us.
The find ie now in the hands of the
police and cannot be scientifically cata
logued until treasure trove formalities
are complete. Brief examination, how
ever, shows that the coins, which are
untarnished and in perfect condition,
complete a gap in Rome’s great collec
tion.
King Victor Emanuel, one of Eu
rope’s recognized authorities on old
coins, of which he makes a hobby, is
keenly interested in this, admittedly
one of the most important of modern
numismatic discoveries. He and other
scholars are eagerly awaiting closer
inspection of the coins.
BLAME ON MEN FOR
DIVORCES IN MOST CASES
Expert Says Seven Years Study
Shows Why Women Leave Home.
(By International News Service)
Philadelphia, Aug. 8. —The men are
to blame for most-es the present day
martial difficulties, according to rec
ords of the large number of divorce
cases and matrimonial differences
aired in the Philadelphia welfare de
partment, aseerts Romaine C. Hass
rick, chief of the legal aid depart
ment.
The old question of “Why do men
leave home?” ie just the reverse to
day. ‘lt is now “Why do women
leave home?” according to Hassrick.
Haserick has been studying the sub
ject for seven years. He blames the
husbands in more than 50 per cent,
of the cases where wives walk off a_nd
break the connubial bonds.
“I don’t want to appear prejudiced,”
says Hassrick, “but more than 12,000
cases where divorce and annulment, or
matrimolian and domestic differences
are considered, come under my obser
vation each and in most in
stances the man is to blame.
Ten Good Reasons.
“There are ten good reasons,” says
this welfare chief, “why women in
these modern times leave home and
hubby to get along as beet they can.
“Firet, in my opinion,” he says,
“is the inclination of the newly-weds
to be extravagant; a desire to live
beyond their means. They seek a
neighborhood in which the rent is too
high or they buy furniture or an au
tomobile on the installment plan. Thus
financial difficulties arise, often lead
ing to a quarrel and estrangement.
“Second is incompatability, disillu
sionment and inability to enjoy the
same things together.
“Third ie unreasonableness; an un
willingness to give and take in the
course of married experience. ,
“Fourth is intemperance; a greater
lpve on the part of the man for boot
leg liquor than happiness in a home.
“Fifth, infidelity, and in but a very
small number of eases can this be at
tributed to the wife.
“Sixth, interference by parents.
• “Seventh, too many children.
“Eighth, nagging, frequently on the
part of, both but more aggressively
and effectively on the part of a -dis
couraged husband.
“Ninth, lack of diplomacy; a flying
off the handle over some small, in
consequential matter that becomes an
obsession with one or both. An un
willingness to reason out things tto a
logical conclusion.
“Tenth, no sense qf humor, as ap
plicable to the circumstances arising
in the course of married life.”
Many Other Reasons.
Temperament, too, according to
Hassrick, sometimes figures in a case
where the w r ife has left he? husband
or vice versa. “We eee many temper
amental people, who do things spon
taneously and then regret it an hour
afterward. They come here to seek a
remedy. But they don’t get it. Wc
try to hely by advising,” he added,
“but we never prescribe how to keep
happy though married.”
In the records of the bureau all
sorts of odd reasons for the disrupt
ing of homes are to be found. Some
times it’s another woman in the caee,
or a man. Again, they have grown
tired of each other and want to make
a change. Bad cooking and the wife's
untidiness, too much “in-law” and his
or her unworthiness are among some
of the other reasons for breaking up
a home.
“And the thing happens with all
classes of people,” says Hassrick.
The office of the bureau is virtually
a rendezvous for people with trouble.
“Why we even had an Indian in
here the other day who said his wife
left him because he smoked too much.
Maybe he did,” added the welfare
worker, “but the girl in the case
smoked, too, only she preferred a more
expensive brand of tobacco.”
WILKES MAN FOUND
DEAD IN ..THE WOODS
Believed to Have Committed Sui
cide; Shot Gun Lying By His
Side.
North Wilkesboro, Aug. 6.—Cloyd
Barlow, of the Boomer Community
of this county, today was found dead
in the woods on the farm of J. M'
German, by whom he was employed.
Barlow went out early thie morn
ing with hie shot gun, it is said, to
shoot crows. He did not return as
soon as expected, and search brought
about the discovery of his body in
the woods. It ie reported that a load
from his shot gun entered the heart,
causing death instantly. It is believ
ed that he committed suiced.
Barlow leaves a/widow and sev
eral children. If it ie determined
that he killed himself, relatives and
friends cannot account for the deed.
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Stranger Goes to Rowan Roads For
Gem Robbery.
Salisbury, Aug. 5. —After pleading
guilty to forcible trespass, H. Le
boone, a stranger, was sentenced to
18 months on the Rowan county
chaingang here today for the larceny
of a valuable ring from the room of
George Whiteman, manager of the
Colonial baseball team.
Diamonds can be identified by means
of ultra-violet rays, under which the
stones give off various colors, which
can be photographed.
Gclf and boxing are sports virtual
ly unknown in Russia- .
WHO WILL BE FIRST
TO CROSS ATLAft
OCEAN WESTWARD
To the American Conti
nent? Trans-Atlantic
Flight Aspirants Are in
Bouyant Spirits Today.
HALF A DOZEN
READY FOR TRIP
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Reports of Improved Con
ditions in Weather.—
Germans, 2 French and 1
British to Make Might.
London, Aug. B.— (A P)—Reports of
improved weather conditions over th«
Atlantic had EuropeaiPtrans-Atlantif
flight aspirants in buoyant spirits to
day and the present week may qee n
race for the honor of being the first
to cross the Atlantic ocean westward
to the American continent.
A half-dozen ’ expeditions—thrt*
German, two French and one British
—are ready or nearly so, for the take
off when the weather man announce?
,the exact condition for which they art
waiting. There is also the Bellanca
plane, Columbia, which Charles A.
Levine* its owner, ie preparing for a
return flight to Ne*v York.
Capt. *F. T. Courtney, who will seek
the honor for Great Britain, aftei
yesterday’s test flight in his “Whale.”
pronounced the general behaviour of
his flying boat as satisfactory. The
wireless apparatus did not function
perfectly but the - flier is said to be
thinking of starting Tuesday wheth
er or not the experts have it fixed!by
that time.
Two Junkers planes—the “Europa”
and the “Bremen” which will repre
sent Germany in the trans-Atlantic
effort, are reported in Berlin dis
patches to be undergoing slight tech
nical alterations which are hoped to
be completed by Thursday. The Eu
ropa, the plane which last week broke,
the American endurance record, will *
be piloted by Cornelius Edgard and
Johann Ristizz the two aviators who «•
alternated in keeping the plane aloft
for the record time of 52 hours and
11 minutes. The Bremen will be in
the bands of Herman Koegl and
Friedrich Losse.
BECKHAM WINS IN
THE KENTUCKY RACE
Opponent of Legalized Betting on
Horse Racing Nominated.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 7-—Robert
T. Crowe, today conceeded the nomi
nation of J. W. Beckham for the
nomination of Governor. Mr. Crowe
in a telegram from his home at La- ,
Grange said:
“Your nomination is clearly indi
cated by the returns received by my
headquarters. I congratuluate yhp
and pledge you my unqualified sup
port and predict your victory in the
fall election.”
Judge Beckham at once sent a
reply expressing appreciation of
Crowe’s promise of support and say
ing that it would mean much as
sistance to the Democratic ticket.
Judge Beckham was leading by
a majority of 35,581 votes on in
complete and unofficial Teturns from
out of 120 counties in the state.
The vote with practically all of the
counties complete, was Beckham
143,990, Crowe 108,409.
In tho race for the Repuublican
nomination latest unofficial compila
tions indicated that Judge Flem D.
Sampson, of Barbourvill* had a
lead over Robert H. Lucas of
Louisville, United States collector of
internal revenue.
Returns from two-thirds of the"
counties in the state, a number of
them complete, gave Juudge Samp
son a majority of 24,620-
The vote as compiled from yester
day’s primary, was Sampson 77,970,
Lueus 53.350.
There was a fairly large vote
throughout the State with compara
tively few disorders. One man wat
killed at Harlan in an election quar
rel.
The primary brought to a dose a
bitter campaign in which charges
were made by Beckham adherents
and denied by Crowe supporters that
the Kentucky Jockey club had con
tributed $300,000 towards Crowe's
campaign. ~ /
Beckham and Lucas announced
during the campaiggn that they op
posed legalized beating on home
races and advocated repeal of the
state pari'-Mutuel law.
Beckham who was Lieutenant
Governor in 1900 when Governor
William Goebel was assassinated
served out that term and was elected
Governor for the next te+m. He alsq .
served «. term in the United States
Senate.
Officials Going Ahead With Short-
Cut Road.
Charlotte, Aug- 6.—Sixth district
officials of the State Highway Com
mission art going ahead with their
plans for building a sand-clay high
way from Statesville to Conover,
thus providing connection between
sections of highway number 10,
without going by Newton.
It is made clear that Newton
keeps its place on No. 10, for which
it fought bitter court battles, mak
ing use of injunctions to prevent the
highway commission from skirting
Newton, instead of going through the
town. Highway No. 10 will be main
tained but there will not be anything
to prevent travelers from taking the
short cut from Statesville to Con
over. .
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Every year malaria-bearing mon ' ,
quitoes are responsible for the death/
of between two and three mlllio; „
people.
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Local thundershowers tonight and
Tuesday, preceded by fait weather ir
ea*t portion tonight
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