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PAGE TWO RAS 160,000.000 CATTLE. jndia With World’s Largest Cow Pop ulation Forced to Import Canned Milk For Its Needs. India, according to T. R. Pirtle, in his recent book, “History of the Dairy Industry,” finds itself in the peculiar position of having more cows than any other odnntry in the world, and, at the -same time, having to import canned milk to take care of its needs. With a population of 300.000.000 Indian hah a cattle population of around 160.000.000. Estimating one half of this number as cows, there would be one cow to every four per sons, which is about the ratio pre vailing in the United States. A laige t)W)'pOTtion of the people in India, however, are Hindus. It is contrary to the religious belief of these people to consume milk in any form. So, barring out the Hindus, it is estimated • that only one-fourth of the inhabi tants, of Indian use milk. On this basis, there is one cow to each milk consumer, or four times as many as ip the United States. '.'.‘ .The average cow of India is so in ferior, so poorly taken care of, and so Improperly fed, that even this enor mpps/ number falls far short of pro ducing, enough milk to fill the wants of the milk consuming part of India’s population. To supply the lack. In dia has been forced to become a large importer of evaporated milk from both Europe and'the United States. f *. Million Dollars in Whale Oil Caught in Three Months. Last February. Popular Mechanics described the Norwegian steamship “£A. Larsen,” the boat that “swal lows whales.” It is fitted with a big drag tnnnel through which the whale indrawn directly into the ship where "ft is cut up, saving delays and extra handling, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. Recently, the steamer ar rived in New York with a cargo of oil .iH, her hold valued at $1,000,000. the result of a three months’ expedition in the Ross sea, about 700 miles from the South Pole. The “Larsen” and ,h«r._6«ter gfaip. the “Sir James Clarqk Ross,” are said to be able to do in what the old-time fleets I did in three years, each of the ves sels being equal to about 100 of the J old-fasbion type. Six 200- ton “killer” \ boats joined the “Larsen” south of ■ New Zealand for the whaling. These ; craft carry harpoon cannon and are sometimes dragged along by the whales for miles. Skippers of the killer , boats are paid on commission, oe ■ easionally making as much as $lB,- 000 in three months. Th3 prize pay on the recent trip was SIO,OOO. - The crew’s work night and day, since, at the whaling season, there is no real night at 'that extreme southern local ;* ity. Most of the whale oil is used for the manufacture of fine soaps and < similar products, and the bone is now ground up for ail, its use for corsets i and whips having practically vanished owing to the gradual disappearance of horse-drawn vehicles and to chang ing fashions. 5 Rowan Farmer Delegation to Visit Eastern Carolina. a Rocky Mount, Aug. 8. —Between *75 and 100 Rowan county farmers r are expected to pass through Rocky I Mount late Monday afternoon heaa- I ed for the upper coastal plains ex iperiment station where they will spend the night and early Tuesday morning inspect the work wnich is * being carried on at the station. J The occasion for the visit will be I she fourth annual Rowan county | farm tour which will head for east i era Carolina for the first time tnis I year, according to information eon f* veyed to Zeno Moore, Edggecombe county farm agent, by W. G. Year | ger, Rowan agent. The tour will end t up at Washington where the Rowan i delegation will attend the approach | ing soybean convention. \ Anyone who attempts to read and master the intricate code of playing v rules by which the modern game of baseball is governed will be surpris ed to learn that the present code is ’ only the amplification of 13 briefly * worded and simple rules which were I deemed sufficient to guide players 85 | years ago today. j , . BASEBALL NOTICE. Boys over fifteen years of age will | be required to pay adult rate of 50 cents for all future games. High " school students are included. CONCORD BASEBALL * 3-t-c. ASSOCIATION. i _ EFIRD’S i,jfi - 1 ' • i * * Young Men’s Dress Shoes | / Black or Tan, Bal or Blucher— -1 $2.95 r-FUcin Home Made Dress Shoes — $3.45 Ladies’ Straps, Black or Tan, $4.00 value— s2.6s # i i Ladies’ Strap Pumps, in Black, Tan, Satin, etc. $5.00 and $6.00 Values — $3.85 i ' (Children’s Play Shoes. ' Sizes 6 to 2 $1.35 Children’s Better Shoes, Sizes 8 1-2 to 2 $1.85 EFIRD’S 8 MEN FACE CHARGES BY YOUNG TROY GIRL | Seven Arrested After Girl Is De tained in Woods and Negro Homes For Three Days. Troyj Aug. 3—Three married men and four boys are. under arrest here and another mkn, estranged from hie wife, is sought' by Montgomery county officers on serious charges, involving the alleged detention of a 15-year-old girl in negro homes and woodland fastness for three days. J. C. Hurley, Jr., Grady Blake, Walter Blue and Barney Batten, the latter two married men, have waived preliminary hearings and will face trial at the fall term of superior court here. Elvin Hogan, Richard Blackwell and Barney Warner, the latter a married man, will be given hearings tomorrow night before Magistrate W. H. Reynolds. All are at liberty now under bonds of $250 each. Another Sought- . Guy Crook, another married man, is sought in connection with the same case, but county authorities, thus far, have been unable to effect his arrest. In the meanwhile, this town is agog over the story that Maggie Batten, the girl, told after a kins man, claiming that he had found her. in the forest with the men and bays, brought her before Magistrate Rey nolds. Warrants were, issued when she told in sordid details of being enticed away from her home and claimed that each of the men and boys had engaged her in immoral conduct. The girl was missed by her parents July 13 and search was begun. De spite wide-spread inquiry, no trace of her whereabouts was found until July 16 when Zack Hogan, a distant relative, saw the group in the woods, according to the story he told the magistrate. Girl Defiant. The men and boys were described as fleeing at his approach. His de mand that the girl accompany him to her parents, Hogan declared, was met with her declaration that she “would never go home.” She did nor agree to accompany him, he added, until he threatened to carry ner bodily into town. Indignation is high here, especial ly on the part of Troy clergyman. Rev. Mr. Haman and Rev. Mr. Hodges, Methodist ministers, and Rev. G. Van Stevens. Baptist pas tor. have expressed demands for a rigid investigation and prosecution. One of the ministers sent an ap peal to Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, state superintendent of public wel fare, asking her to conduct an in quiry. Mrs. Johnson was communi cated with by teifpttone ar Ut.r home in Raleigh tonight and acknowledged receipt of the appeal. However, she declared that she was disposed to take no action, other than to aid in having the girl entered at Samar cand, so long as the county authori ties showed intentions of prose cuting the case. Bob Howell, Troy attorney, » taking the lead in prosecuting the case for the state, Brittain & Brit tian and B. S. Hurley, also of Troy, have been engaged as counsel for some of the defendants. Iredell Church Homecoming Will Be Held Sunday. Statesville, Aug. 5. —The third an nual homecoming celebration at Olin will be held Sunday, August 7th. The i all-day exercises, beginning at 10 o’clock, will be held at Olin Methodist Church. It is expected that a large number of people who have gone out from this attractive spot in northern Iredell to all parts of the country will return next Sunday to renew friend ships of other days. The annual sermon will be deliv ered at 11 o’clock Sunday morning by Dr. J. E. Aberaethy, presiding elder of the Statesville district. Preceding his sermon will be a special song I service. Following the picnic dinner on the ■ grounds, the afternoon program will ' be featured by addresses by former , Lieutenant Governor W. D. Turner, , of Statesville; W. C. Feimster, of Newton, and D. F. Giles, of Marion, ; all of whom spent their boyhood days in that community. The musical program for the day will include vocal numbers by a quar tette from Broad Street Methodist Church, Statesville, and by Miss Nel -1 lie Holland and Mrs. Virginia Par ) rott, of Statesville. i !’'■*• In 1875 A. G. sspui.,..ig pitched every game played by the Bostons on their own grounds. DRAINAGE DISTRICT OFFICIALS PARTIES TO SUIT IN COURT Drainage District No. 3 Of ficials Would Be Required To Pay Bonds Issued a Few Years Ago. Thrae suits have been filed in Ca barrus Superior Court against J. Mack Bradford, W. J. Irvin and J. Y. Johnston and the board of. Drainage -Commissioners of Cabarrus County Drainage District No. 3, seeking to canpel the officials to pay the prin cipal and interest on bonds and notes issued several years ago. The Cabarrus Savings Bank, trus ted of the estate of R. S. Young, and Mrs. Lula Harris Caldwell are seek ing to collect the value of bonds pur chased from the drainage district of fiofials, and The Concord National Bank seeks to recover the amount of a dote secured by the officials several year 8 ago. It ia alleged in each of the com plaints that officials of the district re fuatd td pay the Interest coupons and likrwiM the principal, although both were due several years ago. Where fore, each of the complaints, the plaintiff prays that a writ of mandam us issue against the defendants de manding that they levy a tax or spec ial assessment sufficient to secure enough money to meet the bonds and notes. The Young estate, it is said, holds two bonds valued at SSOO each. Mrs. Caldwell has one bond value at SSOO and the National Bank seeks to re cover $844 with interest from March 8, 1924. Money raised by the drainage dis trict officials was used in draining Coddle Creek, it is said, but when the coupons, bonds and note were pre sented to the officials they did not pay them. Answer to the complaints has not been field. FARMERS OF ROWAN AND CABARRUS ARE OFF ON FARM TOUR Group Headed by Agents R. D. Goodman and W. G. Yeager Departed Today For Extended Trip. Several Cabarrus farmers, headed by County Agent R. D. Goodman, and a group of Rowan county farm ers and their county agent, W. G. Yeager, left this morning for an ex tended trip through eastern North Carolina. The party of farmers will visit points of interest and camp at night, and will return to their respect ive homes next Saturday afternoon. The farmers will visit Duke Uni versity, Meredith College, State Col lege, points of interest In Raleigh, Shropshire sheed herd of N. B. Bodie at Nashville, and the Edgecombe test farm at’ Rocky Mount during today. The farm party will visit Tarboro, Speed. Williamston and Washington to-day, halting -’n the latter place to attend the national convention Qf the American Soy Bean Association. The following day the party will go on a Soy Bean tour* to Swan Quarter, through Beaufort and Hyde Coun ties.' On Thursday the Rowan and Cabarrus farmers will visit New Bern, Polloeksville, Jacksonville,' Wilming ton and Wrightsville Beach. They will enjoy Friday at the beach, and return home Saturday. WARRANTS ISSUED FOR THREE AFTER WRECK NEAR CITY Math Allred, Make Little and Julius Sells Named in Warrants Issued by Coun ty Officers. Warrants were Issued here this morning fpr three men alleged to have been occupants of a Ford coupe which ran into a parked car on the Mt. Pleasant highway four miles east of Concord last night. The men are Math Allred. Make Little and Julius Sells, and officers allege that about two-thirds of a of liquor was in the car at the time of. the wreck. A Mr. Shoemaker, who was in the car legally parked by the road, was hurt in the crash, his hip being so severely bruised that he is unnb’.e to walk. The license number on the coupe was removed immediately after the wreck but county, officers after an investigation last night and this morn ing said the warrants had been is sued for Allred, Little and Sells, it being charged that Sells was driving at the time. The liquor was not in the car when officers reached the scene of the wreck but it was stated that the State, hag a witness who will tes tify that the liquor was taken from the car immediately after the crash. WEAVERS OEF FOR FAYETTEVILLE TO PLAY PAIR GAMES Concord Club Departed This Morning to Play High ■ landers This Afternoon and Again Tuesday. Manager Lindy Lewellyn and his team of Weavers left this morning by bus for Fayetteville, where they will meet the Highlanders in a con test this afternoon. The Weavers were brimming with energy this morn ing, and announced the intention to wallop Fayetteville in both games if possible. The Weavers will return to Con cord either late Tuesday night or some time Wednesday, and the follow ing afternoon will begin th* week’s series with Kannapolis at Webb field. The locals will be idle Friday, but will get back into action Saturday when they meet the Towelers at Ca barrus park. Red Sox Victorious. The Franklin Mill Red Sox de feated the fast Kerr B'.eachery team Saturday afternoon at Gibson park by the score of 2 to 0. It was a pitcher’s battle between Lefler and Osteen with the former having the better of the mound argument. Lefler allowed only one hit, whHe Osteen was pounded for nine blows. Featuring the hitting of the game was the two doubles by Overcash. Bft"ehaM v'-Bt the big leagues about $100(000 a year. the concord times CONCORD WEAVERS SCORE WIN AGAIN OVER KANNAPOLIS Concord Made Clean Sweep of Last Week’s Series With Towelers by Win ning Saturday, 5 to 2. By RADIO KING. Cracked ice! Kannapolis reeled un der the whelming bombardment of Lindy Lewellyn’s Weavers Saturday afternoon at Webb field. a« Slim El liott baffled the Towelers with his ma jestic knuckle shoots, and as his mates pounded opportunely the left-handed flings of Rube Wilson. Marvelous pitching, colorful fielding and scintil lating hitting formed the oriflamme of Concord’s 5 to 2 victory. A frenzied throng of more than 1,- GOO fans saw Concord win its second fray of the week from the highly tauted Towelers. It was a dramatic victory. The enigmatic flings of elongated Elliott were superior to the offerings of Rube Wilson, a triumph of youth over a veteran whose name once blazed in headlines on sporting pages of newspapers in Sally league towns. Once again the season’s series between Concord and Kannapolis was knotted, each club having won and lost five games. Two distinct series form the sched ule of games between the Weavers and Towelers for the season. The first series included four games, Kannapo lis winning three and losing one. The second series of 17 games now in the limelight finds Concord holding the lead by two games. Six of these 17 tilts have been fought, Kannapolis winning only two of them. The four Concord triumphs have been decisive, and absolutely heart-breaking to the Kannapolis supporters. Concord was never in danger of los ing the wash-day exhibition. The Weavers took the- warpath with the opening shot, and fought courageous ly, consistently and decisively. A poor chance Kannapolis had to win. The Towelers found defeat at every turn, in other words—outclassed. What did a few errors in the infield matter when at the crucible moments the Weavers tightened like misers, and thwarted the attempts of the visitors to emerge into the lead. A Superb Performance. Slim Elliott’s famous knuckle ball was working quite right against the Towelers. Three hits were the total secured off him. Mottsinger, Wilson and Donaldson divided these bingles among themselves. When the Towel ers did connect with the pellet ex cept in these three instances, it sailed into the gloves of the infielders or the outfielders. Elliott struck out four men, one less than Wilson sent back to the bench by the strikeout route. Weaver errors allowed Kannapolis to get two men on the pathways in both the fourth and fifth frames, biy: El liott was not perturbed. He stuck to his post calmly and fought. The first Kannapolis tally was due directly to errors while the second and last score developed from singles by Donaldson and Wilson in the ninth inning. In the meanwhile Concord had chalked up five scores. Calvin Barbour, former Charlotte Hornet and dazzling star of the Uni versity of Mississippi, gave the large crowd of fans a real thrill in the fourth inning when he robbed Irby of a hit good for two bases. The fleet eenterfielder pulled the ball from the sky with one hand after a desperate race of several yards. The Concord rightfielder almost duplicated the act in the seventh when he reached into the air and grabbed Irby’s liner. Lloyd ' Christenbury, erstwhile Bos ton Brave, demonstrated to the crowd the manner in which he player Major league ball. He fielded remarkably at second base, running back deep in the third frame to snatch Wilson’s red-hot grounder and toss the runner out at first. Ohristenbury started the undoing of Rube Wilson when he doub'ed, as lead off man, in the first inning and scored when Watts singled to rightfield. Christenbury will leave the \Veaver camp, it is understood, when Murray Greason is able to re turn to the game. When Kannapolis tied Concord’s one run lead Harry Daughtery and Arthur Hord deemed it time for them to break up the game. Christenbury, who had been hit by a pitched ball stole second and marched home when Daughtery singled to centerfield. Hord followed with a triple to center, and Daughtery came home. Daughtery got back in the Weaver line-up Saturday after he had reported at Rocky Mount, remaining with this Piedmont club only a few days. Singles b.v Christenbury and Hord. and a double by Outen gave Concord two more markers in the eighth. Christenbury was safe on an infield drive. Barbour sacrificed him to sec ond. Then Outen hit the horsehide for two bases, and Christenbury scored. Hord hit to leftfield, and Outen tal lied. The outstanding fielding for Kan napolis} was furnished by Irby. The veteran Kannapolis outfielder winged a long drive from the bat of Mutt Miller in the seventh that seemed des tined for a triple or a homerun. Kan napolis did a bit of keen fielding in the fourth canto wheh the fii*st two Concord players led off with singles. SIX COUPLES ARE LICENSED TO WED IN THIS COUNTY Four of the Couples Are White and None of Them Reside in Town of Kan napolis. Dan Cupid was about as busy as usual in Cabarrus county over the wet»k-end but he switched the base of operations and failed to send for marriage licenses here any Kannapo lis people. Six lcenses were issued here over the wee-end. - four to white couples, hut in the names ,there was not one from Kannapolis, a condition-that sel dom exists. Only one of the couples res : des in Concord although two of the brides call Concord home. The licenses were issued by Regis ter of Deeds Elliott to the following white couples: Hugh F. Plott. of Detroit, and Miss Gertrude W. Kimray, of Concord Route 5. John D. Bruton, of Kimesyille, N. C.. and Miss Bertha Ann Causey, of Concord. Walter Sullivan and Miss Ada Eudy. of Concord. Charles 8 Black and Miss Hessie i E. Tucker, both of Harrisburg. COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING AUGUST 17th-18th All Indications Point to a Record Breaking Attend ance at the Annual Con vention. According to information from of ficers of the Cabarrus County Sun day School Association, all indications point to a record-breaking attendance at the Annual County Sunday School Convention which is to be held on Wednesday and Thursday August 17 and 18. The convention will be held with Olivet Methodist Church, three miles north of Concord. The opening session will be held at 8:00 o’clock Wednesday night, August 17. The officers in charge of the plans and programs for the convention have announced that the program has been prepared with the idea of having “a convention for the discussion of prac tical Sunday School plans and prob lems.” The plan being to have some thing in the convention that will help workers in all departments of the Sunday School. As has been previously announced, a pennant will be presented to the Sunday School having in the conven tion the largest number of representa tives, sixteen years of age and over, based on the number of miles from that particular church to the church with which the convention is held. The contest is open to all Sunday Schools in the county, except the Sun day School with which the convention is held and others within one mile. The pennant will be presented at the close of the session on Thursday after noon, August 18. The full program for the convention is as follows: Wednesday Night, August 17. 8 :00 —Devotional. Rev. A. G. Lof tin, Mt. Olivet Methodist Church. B : ls_The Work With Young Chil dren in the Sunday School. Miss Daisy Magee, Hickory, Director of Religious Education First Methodist Church. 8 :45—Song. Record of Attendance. B:ss—Plans for Increasing Sunday School Attendance. Mr. D. W. Sims, Raleigh, General Superintendent North Carolina Sunday School Association. 9 ;25—Announcements. 9:30 —Adjourn. Thursday Morning, August 18. 10:30 —Devotional. Rev. G. H. Hendry, Concord. 10:45—The Work With Older Chil dren in the Sunday School. Miss Daisy Magee. _ 11:15 —Business Session : Reports of County and Township Officers. Appointment of Committees. Record of Attendance. 11:35—Our Expanding Program. Mr. D. W. Sims. 12:10 —Offering for Support of County and State Sunday School As sociations. 12:25—Announcements. 12:30—Adjourn. Thursday Afternoon, August 18. 2:oo —Devotional. Rev. W. C. Jamison, Kannapolis. 2:lo—The Place and Importance of Adults in the Sunday School. Dr. J. O. Rowan, Pastor First Presby terian Church, Concord. 2:3o—The Work With Young Peo ple in the Sunday School. Miss Daisy Magee. 3 :00 —Song. 3 K>s—The Workers’ Council At Work. Mr. D. W. Sims. 3:3s—Discussion and Questions. Opportunity for the presentation and discussion of special Sunday School problems. 3 :50 —Business Session : Reports of Committees and Election of Officers. Place of Next Meeting. Presentation of Attendance Pennant. 4 :00 —Adjourn. Pennant Presented. At the colse of the session on Thurs day afternoon a felt pennant, 18 by 38 inches, will be presented to the Sunday School that has had in the Convention the largest number of sixteen years of age and over, according to the number of miles traveled. Hope E. Bonds, County President, Mary McKinley, County Secretary. In 1883 a baseball championship for the world title was decided in Fort Wayne. The final game in the world series of that year between Chicago and Providence was played in the Indiana city. Each team had won one contest, and Fort Wayne was chosen as ’neutral ground on which to decide thp final battle- Chi cago won the game by an over whelming score. The Infield caught the locals in the act of attempting a double steal, and in a flash had two men down. Two Games This Week. will visit Webb field again next Thursday afternoon. It is understood that Manager Wilson will have a new pitcher on the mound to w»«rk against the Weavers, but who this “dark horse” happens to be is a secret. ,-The Weavers will return the Kannafc>oli» visit by playing at Ca barrus kark Saturday. The Box Score: Kannapolis AB R H PO A E Mottalnger. ss. ~. 5 0 1 2 2 0 Haynes, 3b 2 0 0 11 0 Irby, cf 4*o 0 1 0 0 Thrasher, rs 4 0 0 1 0 0 Donaldson 4 116 0 1 Flow*, 2b 3 0 0 2 2 0 Lee, It 3 1 01 0 0 McAllister, lb. ... 4 0 0 9 1 0 Wileo*, p 3 0 11 3 0 xMcCUlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 3 24 9 1 Concord AB R H PO A E Christ* nbury, 2b. .3 3 2 11 0 Barbour, cf 2 0 0 3 0 0 Outen, rs 4 1 3 2 0 0 Daugh’ery, 3b. ... 4 1 2 2 1 2 Hord, is 4 0 2 3 3 2 Miller, C, lb 2 0 0 6 0 1 Lewell>n, lb 1 0 0 2 0 0 Miller, M., If 3 0 0 1 0 0 Watte, H., Cf. ... 3 0 0 7 0 0 Elliott, p 3 0 0 0 2 0| xxWatts, m., 1 0 0 0 0 0^ Tot*>s 30 5 9 27 7 5 1 xßafted for Lee in ninth. for £. Miller in sixth. Score by innings : < Kannauolis 000 010 001—2 Concord 100 002 02x—5 Summary : Two base hits, Christen bury. M. Watts three base hits. Hord; sacrifice hits, Haynes, Bar bour f*2) ; stolen bases, Lee Chriatep burv: bases on balls off r Wilson 0.: El iott l; struckout by: Wilson 5. Elliott 4; left on bases, Kannaimlie 8. Conror*t 4; earned run*. Kannapolis I.* ‘ Concord 5: hit by pitched ball. Chrls »eobun : wild pitch. Wikon; umpire*. Mi)>r iml Brown; time of game: one hour arid 15 minutes. DAVIS HEARING IS SET FOR TOMORROW IN RICHMOND, VA. L. T. Hartsell, Jr., Will Rep resent Local Concerns at Hearing Before Governor Byrd. Whether or not W. T. Davis, aliaa C. B. Brown, alias John W. Yarna dore, will be returned tjo Concord to stand trial will be determined after Governor Byrd, of Virginia, conducts a hearing in Richmond, Va.,(tomor row morning. At a habeas corpus hearing last week in Lynchburg, Davis was re leased on bond and Governor Byrd announced soon afterwards that he would conduct the hearing on requi sition from North Carolina tomorrow morning. L. T. Hartnell, Jr., of the Concord bar, will represent the Standard Buick Company at the hearing before Gov ernor Byrd. It is charged that Davis traded to the local Buick company a mortgaged car, securing a good car in the trade. Mr. Hartsell will leave tonight for the Virginia capital. It is also charged that Davis gave a worthless $45 cheek while in Con cord and furthermore that he secured by false pretense SSO from a local bank when he presented to the bank a check for S6OO, the SSO being ap ad vance made by the bank. It is said that Mr. Hartsell will preeent this evidence to Governor Byrd who has received from Governor McLean formal requisition papers ask ing that Davis be sent back here for trial. Local complaints were not repre sented at the habeas cofflus hearing since they were not advised of it in time to send counsel to Lynchburg. Davis was represented by an Alta Vista, Va., attorney, and it is pre sumed that this game attorney will represent him at the hearing tomor row. This attorney, it was said, advised the local concern with the $45 check to send it in one day last week. This was done but the check again was returned. That Davis will endeavor to pay up his accounts and escape trial is the concensus of opinion here, but such a move will be bitterly pro tested by local complainants who argue that Davis should not be al lowed to take such action in escap ing the law. —\ • LEONARD GOES ON TRIAL NEXT WEEK IN COUNTY COURT Charlotte Cigar Distributor to Stand Trial in Connec tion With Death of Evelyn A. Gentry. E. B. Leonard, Charlotte cigar dis tributor, will go on trial in Cabarrus superior court next week, probably Monday or Tuesday, on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Evelyn A. Gentry, 15, daughter of Rev. C. K. Gentry, well known Kannapolis minister. The minister's daughter was killed three months ago near Kannapolis when the Charlotte man’s car and Mr. Gentry’s auto crashed together. Leonard is alleged to be the driver of the death car, but it is rumored that he will contend that he was an occupant of the rear seat at the time of the accident. Leonard, who is a liberty under $3,000 bond, claims that G. M. Gog ler, of 921 Calvin Avenue, Charlotte, was driving his car at the time. Vog ler, in his testimony at the coroner’s inquest, swore that Leonard was op erating the machine. Two other Charlotte people, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Davis, of 12 West street, were also in Leonard’s car. He claims that Mrs. Davis sat next to Vogleer in the front seat and that her husband was beside him in the back of the car. Leonard, 32, of Woodlawn. will have 40 character witnesses ready to place on the stand when the trial begins at Concord. Colonel T. L. Kirkpatrick will rep resent Leonard. A. H. Meyer, of San Francisco, who confesses to 75 years, ha« late ly won nine prizes for his proficiency in waltzing. %{idtare - uour SHUT YOUR EYES for only one minuie and try to go on—with work or play. THAT WILL SHOW you what dark ness means—what your eyes are Vorth. SURELY, they are worth at least a few moments of your time—when ex amination by a graduate optometrist is a free service. Starnes - Miller - Parker Co. OPTICIAN ¥ / 'MfrAaTHtHf — nJTvI Smart Shoes add to the touch of success I to the chic summer / \ I Frock. | Newest Just arrived \ 'I \ 1 'in Plain and Fancy \ / yC 1 I Patent Leather Com- I J \\ bination. *■ \ New Patent Leather Pumps in both High and \ Low Heel, the very new <'• , . est. Price — $4.95 TO $6.95 i Belk’s For Service] CROPS GENERALLY IN STATE EXCELLENT Except for the Danger of 801 l Weevil Damage to the Cotton. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 6.—Except for the danger of boll weevil damage to the cotton crop, crops generally over the state are excellent, with splendid prospects for heavy yields, Frank Parker, of the U. S. Crop Reporting Service, declares following a trip through the northeastern section of the state. The peanut stands are very irregular, but the vines are in good condition and the yield should be good. There has been too much rain re cently over the greater portion of the eastern part of the state, with the result that crops will be retarded somewhat, Mr. Parker says. And with this superflous rainfall, ac companied by the very hot weather of the last two weeks, conditions are ideal for rapid boll weevil infestation, since they thrive best in damp, hot weather. “The farmers in the northeastern section of the state do not seem to be worrying about the boll weevil, however, and few of them are doing anything about it. However, in the southeastern part of the state, many of the farmers are dusting their .cotton fields with calcium arsenate as a pre liminary precaution,” Mr. Parker states. Aside from this danger from the boll weevil, the condition of the cotton crop is excellent, the stands being regular and uniform, the foliage lux uriant, with squares . developing in abundance. Other crops are doing equally well, according to Parker. Tobacco is un usually good, both in quantity of yield and in the quality. Corn, hays and grain are in the best of condition, with unusually heavy yields in pros pect. "In fac£ I have never seen crops look any better than they do right now, and if favorable conditions con tinue until harvest, this should be a record year for the farmers of the farmers of the state, especially if prices remain strongand there is ever reason to believe that they will,” Mr. Parker declares. ORPHAN HOME YOUTH SHOWS HIMSELF HERO Weighing ISO He Carries Wounded 175-Pound Companion To Surgeon. Statesville, Aug. 5. —The report of this heroic deed comes from the Pres byterian Orphans’ Home, Barium Springs, today, showing that one of the boys of that institution by almost supernatural physical endurance saved his companion’s life. * Reid Brown, 15, and Robert Wilks were cutting wood in a forest about three miles from the Orphanage when Robert cut a deep gash in his foot. The wound bled profusely and the youth fainted within a few minutes from loss of blood. It was three miles to the infirmary at Barium Springs. Robert Wilks, the injured boy who v. as in sore need of hospital or Aedical attention, weighs 172 pounds while Reid Brown weighs about 130 pounds. The youth of lighter weight realized that to save the life of his companion of greater weight would require a su preme test of physical endurance, but the task was bravely and heroically undertaken and within a reasonable time, Robert Wilks, born on the back of his smaller companion was safely in’the infirmkry of the Orphans Home. It is generally concert^—’‘IjuJ the heroic deed saved the bo* I I | It is learned that both£ %£& had atblecti training at th both were members of , R team last year. Home OJ & T. I 1 Monday '%| New Plain PatJ er in high andl in the new Snail Also Combinatkgl See these for J values— I $2.98 1 {fl SERIOUS ATTEND STATE GflUi Active Efforts to (« Deposits oo a C«tanri Tw Sir fi Raleigh. August l J much is being said ml attention is being pua gold deposits in tit sc effort to develop that * conservative basis it hq according to H. J. Br?a logist. There is mli kind, and no stock iih fact, most of the wort * far is largely of a pn* and is being financed kj j dividuals. | The latest reports . partment of Consent* velopment are from F* and tell of renew! gold deposits then. * of Nash county. A new shaft i* krt 1 old Arrington miM, * northeast of Harris of Henderson til and a crew of 14* on the project. visit to the miw u< . terested in the open* pies taken from tk already assayed »s # At one time there mines besides the - , this same area and* was produced. Ho have been workedl » and until recent* to be nil but Mjj, the assays con' ll1 * t go] d content « down, it is w . (j entire field " lJ * veloped. r #l o f an T ?es s. wbo ‘ rtinitfK quartz and tnSk; deposrt- f 4 anything W* other portion**^ o so far, A 1 * -jgg.j will be a rich P ; It is " ■>« I.IFE U* T * Salvatore >| Murder o f * Hast Vear_ Trentou. >• of th p history of- v ‘i“ th bm Sj3* 4 cuted for % ''3 to .b- r* small Father (orn jj officiated •* ro« rria f Tbe P'V upon J formed lo‘c two ' j# couple *• r J Raimelh- noMHln* latter. ,je ,olon ,lr- M't"V ton! on tl" 1 . both , ~!! The M"' • t ~„u r t >" 'if ' cult ' u m 1 court at ; f ln.it l-ojU 4
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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Aug. 8, 1927, edition 1
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