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PAGE TWO MEXICO LABOR NOW FLOCKING INTO STATES Demand For Cheap Help Drawing Thousand From Across Border. BY MAURITZ A. HALLGREN International News Sendee Staff Correspondent. ; Washington, Aug. 9.—lnvasion of industrial United States by Mexican workers is now proceeding in earn est, according to the reports made by the bureau of labor statistics of the Department of Labor on the re sults of its survey last winter in the North Central states. This survey covered the cities of Bethlehem, Wilkesbarre, Johnston, Homestead, McKeesport, Pittsburg, Sharpsburg, and Ford City, Pa.; Cleveland, Lorain and Toledo. Ohio; Detroit, Pontiac, Flint, Saginaw and Kalamazoo, Mich.; Fort Wayne, De catur, Gary, Ondiana Harbor and Hammond, Ind.; Waukegan, Chica go, Joliet, Aurora, Peoria, Chilli cothe, Quincy, Galesburg and Moline, 111.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Fort Madi son, Davenport, Ottumwa, Des Moines, Mason City, Manly, Sioux City and Council Bluff, la-; Albert Lea, Chaeka, St. Paul, Minneapolis and East Grand Forks, Minn.; Far go, N. D.; Sioux Falls, S. D.; Omaha, Neb., and St. Louis, Mo. Demand _ For Cheap Labor. It was found that these cities had approximately. 63.700 Mexican-boru workers, virtually all of whom had crossed the border in the last eight years. Those living or working in the western part of this district had been in this country seven to eight years, while thoee in the eastern part had come more recently, most of them having been in the United States two years or less. This penetration or the i»<fustrial and rural regions of the north is at tributed to the demand for cheap labor created when the 1924 immi gration law shut off cheap labor from Europe. The greater part of the million or more native Mexicans es timated to be in this couuntry are •till clinging to the southwestern fringe of states, where they are near j their native hearth, but the call of labor agents and of slightly higher wages has been heard and the newest : comers are passing on to the north to take the place of the Southern and Eastern Europeans who once formed tha bulk of the unskilled labor avail able to the industrial plants. To Industrial Plants. A majority of the Mexicans find their way into steel mills, foundries, railroad shops, packing plants «tnd tanneries, but a goodly proportion have taken up beet sugar farm jobs- In the beet fields of Ohio, Michigan, lowa, Minnesota and North Dakota the Mexicans comprise from 75 to 90 per cent of the workers. They have taken the places vacated by the Bel gians and German-Russians who are now drifting into trades and small business or who have set up as farm ers on their own account. Os the 63,780 Mexicans in the dis trict, 30,827 are employed in major industries, 7,843 in minor industries end at oasusal work, 339 as clerks* translators, interpreters and so forth, 207 are engaged in buusiness, 88 in professions (physicians and dentists in Chicago for the most part- 368 are aged or otherwise de pendent, 7,961 women and 16,147 chilldren. The “cheapness** of this type of labor is shown in the wages received by those employed in the major in dustries, the average being 45 cents an hour. The 15,000 workers in the beet fields averaged $145 for the season and eked out of this income by picking up odd jobs in the cities or in railroad camps ddring the winter. * I WILMINGTON PEOPLE ATTACKED BY CATS Five Badly Bitten or Scratched and Now Taking Pasteur Treatment. Wilmington, Aug. 9.—Five per- ( eons, attacked by a band of a dozen cats, today were taking treatment to prevent rabies. ’ The cats gathered at the corner J of Front and Dock streets here last < Saturday afternoon. Suddenly all be- i gan attacking passers-by, according * to the story told today. Five per- < sons were badly scratched and bit 1 ten and one cat yeas killed before the < attack could be repulsed. The head M the slain cat was sent i to the Laboratory at Raleigh' 1 and the animal was found to have 1 been suffering from rabies. County i health officials immediately noti- t fied all persons Injured to appear 11 atnd take the treatment. i Friday - Saturday -Monday Three Day Specials ILotof $6.95 Dregses QQ X lot of $9.95 Dresses O C for <0&«OD 1 Lot of $12.95 Dresses *7 AA for Jb/•UU 1 Lot of $16.50 Dresses SIQ 00 for &U. 95 Men’s Seersucker Suits for jbz.yj) Men’s Union Suits, SI.OO value for I DC Men’s Union Suits, 75c Value J I* for ... 45c Men*s Union Suits, 50c Value ' Os? ‘ for . ZDC BIG VALVES FOR LESS MONEY AT iEFIRD’S NORTH CAROLINA MILL PRODUCTION CLIMBING State Now Stands Second in Textile Production, Being Exceeded Only By Massachusetts. t Washington, Aug. 9.—ln an annual report of the department of commerce on cotton mill production of this coun try for the past year, made public today, a wonderful picture of how the south is rapidly taking the place of the New England mills is -presented. Although there are mills in 30 states, of the establishments reporting in 1925, there were 809 located in the cotton growing states, 332 in New England and 225 located in all other sections. The number of establishments in the cotton growing states has increas ed largely since 1923 while the num-. her in the New England states has decreased. * of production in 1925 Massachusetts succeeded in retaining its former lead with 20.2 per cent of the total while North Carolina stood in second place with 18.4 per cent. The difference between the production of these two state has been consider ably reduced since 1921 when Massa chusetts was credited with 24.6 per cent; of the total production and North Carolina with 14.9. In 1923 the percentages were 21.9 for Massa chusetts and 17.2 for North Caro lina. Production In South.Carolina, which ranks third in importance in the cot ton goods industry increased in value from 11.5 per cent of the total of the United States output in 1921, to 13.8 in 1923 and to 13.5 in 1925. The rela tive importance of the north and south and of the leading states, is shown by a table indicating that in 1925 Massa chusetts led with North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Is land, Alabama, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Maine in the order named. FAKE DOCTOR GETS CASH FROM WOMAN Man Claiming High Point As His Home Posed As Doctor and Fleeced Woman. Lexington, Aug. 6.—A man posing - as an eye specialist, claiming he is Dr.. Mock, of High Point, visited Davidson county recently and “fleeced” an aged woman of over forty dollars, it has been learned here. The victim of the “doctor” from High Point was Mrs. Lucinda Eaton, an aged and highly respected woman who lives alone near highway 10 between Lex ington and Thomasville. The man is alleged to have rep resented himself as an eye specialist from High Point. He secured per mission from Mrs. Eaton to examine her eyes w’hich he did, advising her that his “treatment” and glasses were necessary. His fee was S6O. The woman took her money purses from her pocket, one containing S4O in bills, and the other contained four one-dollar bills, according to the re ptr. The man is alleged to have taken all of the woman's money except $3. According to her statement, the “doc tor” grabbed the money from the woman leaving the $3 with her after Mrs. Eaton told him she must buy flour for herself. After leaving a pair of glasses with the old woman, the “specialist” hastily departed, it is said. Inquiry made into the affair dis closed that a man visited the com munity of Mrs. Eaton some time ago and tried his scheme with an aged woman of the community and was ordered away by the owner of the farm. No other homes than the one of Mrs Eaton were visited by “Dr. Mock” so far as could be learned. Neighbors of Mrs. Eaton described the man as a fake, and this assertion was made, without doubt. Go on Long Journey in Stripped Down Ford. Lexington, Aug. 9. —Joe M. Come well, Jr., and Byron Lopp, youthful Lexington students, left here Mon day in & slripped-down Ford bent on making a flve-thousand-mile swing around Eastern United States and Canada during the next three weeks. With the pleasure and information they expect to derive from the jaunt they will combine a little boosting ot the home city. The lit tle car wai painted attractively and lettered to tell the world that it was from the kome of “B. V. D.” and fifty-four othar manufacturing plants with a total payroll of about three million dollars a year. CRISCO FREED BY CORONER’S JURY; NINE WITNESSES Jury Decides Accident Re sulting in Death of John K. Patterson Was Un avoidable. A coroner’s jury this morning ex onerated L. B. Crisco of all blame for the accident yesterday which re sulted in the death of John K. Pat terson, prominent realtor and in surance man, last night. The inquest was held at Wilkin son’s Funeral Home and the jury heard nine witnesses, all of whom testified practically to the same thing. Mr. Crisco said be did not see Mr. Pattereon until too late to miss him with his Ford touring car. At the time of the accident, he said, he must have been driving about 10 miles an hour. He was driving so slowly and had his car under such ‘control, he said, that he stopped it before the ma chine passed over the body of Mr. Patterson. The wheels of the car did not strike the body, he said, as the body fell paralell with the oar. After stopping his car for a second, he said, he pulled up several feet so as to clear the body from the var. This testimony was corroborated by A. R. May, who was an eye wit ness. He said Mr. Crisco stopped his car so quickly that it did not clear the body until he pulled up several feet. , AM. Suther and W. F. Fortune, of the Central Barber Shop, said the car was going so slowly that it did not hurl the body to the ground. Rather, they testified, it seemed that the body just crumbled to the ground, with the car passing over it. No wheels, they said, touched the body. * Dorothy Black, who was in front of the Charles Stores, near where the accident occurred, also said the wheels did not touch the body. She said cars were parked on both sides of the street near the 9cene of the accident and Mr. May testified the same, as did James Caldwell. Mr. Caldwell was the first to reach Mr. Patterson after he was struck. He said Mr. Patterson had just started -to fall when he saw him. The body, he said, just seemed to crumble to the street. W. P. Mabrey said when he reach ed the scene of the accident, the car had been pulled up so the body was c ear. The body he said was lying about middle the two car rails. B. F. Widenhouse and R, M. Fag gart, patrolmen, said they tested the brakes and steering apparatus on the Crisco Ford, and found both all right. They described the brakes as “average Ford brakes.” Mr. Crisco was placed under SSOO bond immediately after the accident but' freed when the jury’s ver- < diet had been returned . I CONDUCT CLASSES IN LIFE-SAVING AT “Y” FOR WOMEN Livingston Easley, Red Cross Examiner, To Give Tests at Classes * Tuesdays and Thursdays. Beginning this morning, and con tinuing every Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10 o’clock until early September, classes in life saving for junior girls and women will be held at the Concord Y. M. C. A., accord ing to announcement this morning by Livingston Easley, physical instruc tor. Upon passing the tests given by Mr. Easley the candidates will re ceive life saving certificates from the American Red Cross. Mr. Easley passed the examiner's test of the Red Cross some weeks ago when a swim ming and life saving expert of the Red Cross visited Concord under the auspices of the Cabarrus chapter of the national organization. Eight youths, including juniors and seniors, are taking the life saving tests from - Mr. Easley at the current life saving classes. Mr. Easley stated that he did not know how many of the number would pass the required work. NEGROES QUARREL - OVER CANTALOUPE AND ONE IS CUT Leonard Caldwell Cut By Anderson Howie When He Refused to Give Can taloupe to Girls. County officers today are searching for Anderaon Howie, negro, who is charged with stabbing Leonard Cald well, another negro, at Harrisburg yes terday. Howie and several negro gir'e, it is said, passed Caldwell who had several cantaloupes. The girls expressed a de sire for one but Caldwell declined to give it to them. That did not suit Howie, officers were told, and he started at Caldwell with hie knife, stabbing the negro sev eral times in the back. Caldwell was not dangerously hurt. Howie left the scene of the fight without delay and officers had not been able to locate him this morning. POSTPONE BAPTIST FEAST UNTIL NEXT WEEK; RAIN TODAY Announce Date Picnic Will Be Held at First Baptist Church on Next Sunday Morning. Because of the inclement weather j the annual picnic of the members of the Finst Baptist Church and Sunday school will not be he"d this afternoon at Rocky River Church. The feast has been postponed until next week, the date of which will be announced at the church Sunday. A large crowd was expected to have attended the picnic this afternoon, the rainy weather bringing keen disap pointment to many. All the fried chicken, pies. Cakes, sandwiehew and the like which were prepared for the picnic dinner will grace tables at sev eral homes this evening. “In God We Triwt" first, appeared on the United States copper 2-cent Issue of IM4. and was the nee of the word “God" in ait£ Govern ment act. QUERY REUNION tS LARGELY ATTENDED # DURING WEDNESDAY Some 250 Persons at Annual Assemblage of Descend ants of Alexander Query At Rocky River Church. Some 250 persons, including de scendants and their friends of the late Alexander Query, gathered Wed nesday at the annual reunion of the Query family at Rocky River Presby terian church. It was one of the largest assemblages ever at a Query reunion, it was stated. Persons from all sections of North Carolina and even of adjacent states came to the reunion. There were persons present from the following points in North Carolina: Charlotte, Gastonia, Salisbury, Greensboro, Mat thews, and a number of other places, kev. S. M. Query of Montville, Va., was also present. Featuring the program of the day was musical numbers by several of the talented musicians of the Query descendants; and several short talks by the elder descendants of Alexander Query. A bountiful dinner was served. Jim Steele was name president of the Query reunion next year; Rev. Eugene Alexander, of Salisbury, was chosen vice-president; and Mrs. Scott Friede of Concord was elected secre tary. The next Query reunion will be held the second Wednesday in August, 1928, at Sugaw Creek church, Meck lenberg county. \ YOUTH LOSES EYT _ AFTER ACCIDENT; MOTHER NOT HURT Lloyd Cole Stevens, of Albe marle, Suffers Badly Cut Eye When -Auto Crashes Into a Tree. Lloyd Cole Stevens, aged seven, of Albemarle, suffered such severe in juries to his right eye in an auto mobile accident here yesterday that the eye had to be removed later at the Concord Hospital. The youth was riding with his step father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Stevens, when their car, driven by Mrs. Stevens, skidded on a wet street car rail on West Depot street and crashed into a tree. The windshield was shattered in the crash and splintered glass flew into the boy’s eye, lacerating his face as well as cutting the eye so severely that it had to be removed. The car was not otherwise damaged and Mr, and Mrs. Stevens escaped in jury. The party was en route from Char lotte to Albemarle when the accident occurred and the youth was rushed to the Concord Hospital. Mr, Stevens is a travelling salesman and his wife and step-son are accus tomed to travel with him, it is said, and Mrs. Stevens often does the driv ing. COLTRANE IS NEW TREASURER HERE FOR ROTARY CLUB Succeeds W. G. Caswell, Who Had Post For Sever al Years. —Will Erect Road Signs. Discussion of routine business and selection of a new treasurer featured the weekly meeting of the Concord Rotary Club at Hotel Concord yester day. L. D. Coltrane was named treasurer of the club to succeed W. G. Caswell who has held the post since the or ganization of the club several years ago. He has found it impossible to continue the work and his resignation as treasurer was accepted with regret by the club. Mr. Coltrane has been a member of the club since its or ganization and was named by Presi dent C. W. Byrd to the financial post. It was decided by the club mem bers to erect 6x12 Rotary and Con cord signs on all of the • principal highways leading into Concord, the signs to be made and erected in the near future. Stahle Lynn, of Salisbury, briefly addressed the club at the invitation of President Byrd. GOLDEN WEDDING IS CELEBRATED AT MOORESVILLE Mooresville Pair Give Family Dinner For Their Children. Mooresville, Aug. 10.—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. B. Goodman celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage yesterday at their home in this city. It was also the seventieth birthday anniversary of Mr. Goodman, who on his marriage day was twenty years of age, while his bride was seventeen. Mrs Goodman was Miss Margaret I>ipe of Amity, where they were liv ing at the time of marriage. They had with them on this happy occasion for a family dinner their children, Miss Vernie Goodman, secretary to the superintendent of the Jackson Training School; Rev. Reuben A. Goodman, professor of Bible and Philosophy at Newberry College; Mr. Badger Goodman of this city, and their grandchildren. Dr. J. L. Morgan, president of the North Carolina Lutheran Synod and his wife and liev. J. E. Walker, supply * pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church of this city, were special guesta. From 4 o’clock in the afternoon until late in the evening they were at home to their friends, many of whom called to congratulate the bride and groom of a half century and extend wishes for more happy years. Mr. Good man is known far and wide for his happy, genial spirit, having been a resident of Mooresville for the past eighteen years. He is a native of' Cabarrus County, but had lived for a number of years at Amity before coming to Mooresville. American Legion Sponsors Dan^ce. The local post of the American Leg ion is sponsoring the dance to be held Friday night at the skating r : nk on Academy street. Dancing wilL begin at 8 o'clock and continue for three And a half hours. There will be square dancing for those who prefer it and round dancing for others, with appropriate music for each. Those who prefer the round dancing no doubt will derive much 'nterest and pleasure from watching the square dancers. Many dancers from all parts of the , county are expected to attend the dance. THE CONCORD TIMES SHOWER BATH CAR TO TOUR IN CITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON Kiwanis Fun Car For Chil dren to Visit Residential Sections Three Afternoons Each Week. The Kiwanis “shower bath car,” de signed to provide fun galore for Con cord children, will not tour the resi dential section every afternoon in the week unless there is a demand, it was announced today. The car will travel over its schedule three afternoons a week, Monday, Wednesday and Fri day. The shower bath car will make its inaugural tour about the city tomor row afternoon, and scores of chil dren, providing the weather is more favorable than today, are expected to don bathing suits and old clothes and dock to the stopping points of the car, and enjoy the fun. The car was given a trial Wednes day afternoon, the water sprays work ing splendidly. Once more the schedule of the car is published: „ Primary school, East Corbin street, 1:30 p. m. South Union and Chestnut streets, 2:00 p. m. West Corbin and Gold streets, 2:30 p. m. Kerr and Guy streets, 3 :00 p. m. Kerr and Misenheimer streets, 3:30 p. m. Vance and St. Charles streets, 3:30 p. m. White and Grove streets, 4:30 p. m. East Depot and Eeed streets, 5:00 p. m. VACCINATION FOR CHILDREN BEFORE ENTERING SCHOOL Cabarrus Health Department Ready to Give Vaccination to School Children in the County. The city schools opening for the scholastic year of 1927-28 Monday, September sth, the attention of par ents is directed to the ffict that all children of the school age, who do not show a satisfactory scar or who have not been vaccinated successfully against smallpox, must be vaccinated in compliance with the state health laws. The Cabarrus county health depart ment, according to Miss_Naomi Moore, county nurse, is ready to administer the vacciation to the children. Al ready a number of mothers have brought children to the health unit to be vaccinated. In order to elimi nate the possibilities of a “rush” to the health unit by children during the first week in September, Miss Moore urges parents'to bring the' children for the vaccination at once. During the clinic for children which was held in the early summer by the Cabarrus health department, a number of children who have recent ly attained school age were given thorough physical examinations, in cluding vaccination for smallpox and toxin anti-toxin for diphtheria. , MILL COMPANY IS DEFENDANT AFTER t ALLEGED ACCIDENT Eunice M. Boat Seeks to Re d cover SI,OOO From Gib d ‘son Manufacturing Co., of Tbis City. r The Gibson Manufacturing Com -1 panv, of this city, is defendant in a - damage suit field with the clerk of s Cabarrus Superior court here yester -5 day. 1 In the suit Eunice M. Rost through t his next friend, G. W. Dost, is seeking i to recover SI,OOO from the textile con - eern for injuries alleged to have been - received while at work in the mill. In the complaint it is charged that - due to negligence of the company in - not providing guards on a slasher me -1 chine, young Rost caught hie hand in 1 the machine, and as a result had to ‘ have his thumb and part of his hand amputated. Answer of the defendant company has not yet been filed. SACCO AND VANZETTI GIVEN REPRIEVE Expires Midnigt August 22nd.—Gov ernor Fuller Explains Respite Will Permit Review pf Petitions. Roston, Aug. 10.—A respite to and including Monday, August 22nd, for Nicola Sacco, Rartolomeo Vanzetti and Celestino Madeiros was granted by Governor Alvan T. Fuller and the executive council tonight. The first announcement that this action had i been taken was made at 11:24 p. m. by Warden William Hendry, of the state prison, where preparations had been completed for the execution of the three men shortly after midnight. A formal statement announcing the respite was given out by Governor Filer at midnight. It said that the governor had recommended the twelve day respite and that the council had unanimously approved it. At the same time statements by Justice Oliver Wendell Holtneg of the United States Supreme court, Judge George W. Anderson of the United States circuit court and Attorney Gen eral Arthur K. Reading were issued from the governor’s office. The statements of Justice Holmes and Judge Anderson were in explana tion of their denial to issue writs of habeas corpus. The governor's statement follows: “The courts of the commonwealth are active y engaged in the work of considering and deciding the various motions and petitions filed by the counsel in these cases. The courts , themselves have no power to grant a I respite. t \ "TO afford the courts an opportun ity to complete the consideration of the proceedings now pending and ren der their decision thereon. I have rec ommended to the executive council that the sentences of Sacco. Van zetti and Madeiros be respited for twelve days, or until midnight on Monday, An gust 22, 1027. “The council has unanimously adapt ed this recommendation. Prior toil) adoption it was recommended by tb * attorney general.” The average man spends the great er part of his life looking for the ideal women—hut in the meantime he married. INJURIES FATAL TO JOHN K. PATTERSON; f FUNERAL ON FRIDAY - One of City’s Best Known 1 Men Succumbs to Injur s ies Received When Struck by Auto Yesterday. >- Injuries received yesterday morning i- about 8:30 when struck by an auto -- mobile proved fatal to John K. Pat e terson, prominent realtor and insur s ance man, his death occurring la/ >1 night at 7:4& o’clock at the Concord a Hospital. i- Mr. Patterson’s skull was fractured in the accident and while he rallied for s several hours after reaching the hos ». pital, his condition at noon had taken |- a turn for the worse and he never e regained consciousness, the end coming a peacefully twelve hours after the ac j cident. •, L. B. Crisco, driver of the car which struck Mr. Patterson, has been ex » onerated of all blame by a jury sum - moned by Coroner Joe A. Hartsell. Immediately after the accident Mr. r Crisco reported at police headquarters and gave bond in the sum of SSOO, , pending the outcome of Mr. Patter son’s injuries. , Eye witnesses to the accident de clared Mr. Patterson stepped from be ) hind one car directly into the path of the Crisco car. He was knocked to the asphalt street and the nature of ► the wound he received indicated that his head struck the street car track. » Mr. Crisco, police officers were ad vised, stopped his car within a space of three feet after Mr. Patterson was i struck, this indicating that he was driving at a slow rate of speed at the time. Funeral services will be held tomor row, Friday, morning at 10 o’clock at the old Presbyterian Church where the St. James congregation is now holding services. Rev. L. A. Thomas, pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, will conduct the services and inter ment will follow in Oak wood cemetery. Pall bearers at the funeral will be: J. B. Sherrill, J. L. Brown, W. H. Ginson, F. R. Shepherd, W. F. Can non and Gilbert Hendrix. John Ketner Patterson was 75 years of age, having been born April 24, 1852, in No. 4 township. He was a son of the late Elam Alexander and Barbara Ketner Patterson. He was educated in the county schools, at the Lutheran Chapel under Rev. Whitser Kimball, at the Concord High School under B. F. Rogers and at the North Carolina College at Mt. Pleasant. After leaving the Mt. Pleasant col lege he taught at Patterson’s School, at Trinity Church in No. 3 township, and at Mt. Gilead and St. Johns. Mr. Patterson was first married on April 29, 1881, to Miss Mary Bell Gardner, who died two months later of typhoid fever. On June 26, 1883. he was married to Miss Esther Alex ander, and to this union several chil dren were born. After hie school work Mr. Patterson succeeded Joseph Young as register of < deeds of Cabarrus county. This was * in 1878 and he remained in office un- » til 1904. All deeds at that time were transcribed by hand and those pre pared by Mr. Patterson were charac terised by his unusually fine penman ship. In addition to hie public service as a county official Mr. Patterson served as city tax collector for two yeans and served on the school board here for "* six years. He aided in the organi zation of the Cabarrus Mutual Fire Insurance Company and was secre * tary and treasurer of the enterprise . for twelve years. . In 1881 Mr. Patterson affiliated with St. James Lutheran Church and served the Church as secretary- and treasurer for thirty years, being one of the most active members of the congregation 1 throughout the time his membership was there. No doubt Mr. Patterson was one of the best known men not only in Ca -1 barrus but in adjoining counties. Jie * having served the public in different ' capacities for forty years. Within re -1 cent years he devoted most of his time and energy to the successful in surance and real estate business he 1 and his son, 8. Kay Patterson, built up, but he remained keenly interested 1 in all public questions, and gave gen * erously of h:s time and talent to all questions pertaining to the growth and development of the city. Mr. Patterson is survived by his wife and the following children. Mrs. Charles R. Wagoner. Mrs. James L. Rrown, Mrs. A. G. Odell, Miss Helen Patterson, all of Concord; Mrs. George R. Edwards, of Rocky Mount,. S. Kay Patterson, of Concord, and Dr. Fred M. Patterson, of Greens boro. Surviving also are three half-sisters. Mrs. Charles A. Rose, of China Grove, and Mrs. A. J. Crowell and Miss Janie Patterson, of Charlotte. PENALIZE FORMER FEDERATION HEAD ‘ C. P. Barringer Barred From Floor I Os Convention for Period of Five 1 , Years. " Hendersonville, Aug. 10.—C. P. Rar . ringer, former president of the State ■ Federation of Labor by a resolution adopted by the State Federation today is barred from the floor of the con vention for a period of five years. A further action wAs taken with reference to him and two associates, J. M. Bailey and H. M. Gerow, in which they are to be brought to the attention of all the national union organizations and these will be asked not to employ either of the three in any advertising scheme that may be proposed. Irregularities were charged to Bar ringer ind the handling of the 1926 year book of the Federation. Bar ringer formerly lived in Salisbury. He is now an attorney in Charlotte. T. A. Wilson, of the Winston-Salem Typographical t?nion, was elected president of the Federation for the ensuing year and Charlotte selected I for the next meeting place. C. G. Worley was elected secretary-treasurer for his eleventh successive year. The new officers were inducted into of fice by H. C. Caldwell, of Asheville. The convention adjourned shortly after noon. Shorter Hours, Higher Pay. This morning the convention went on record in a drastic resolution which calls for efforts for shorter hours and higer wages. The action was not specific but only laid down a general principal toward which all the ranks I of labor will look where it is felt that an improvement of conditions in these lines is needed. The straight and narrow path is mo.- tua.< w.ue enough (or the traf fic it ha* to carry. ifc, An important sale of smart c , * rail 11 world of becoming and ultra-fashionabl . all the best of new season's shades or more comfortable than one 0 f the ■ for wear right now. See our large and' * o ®pi(j, SMALL FELTS Urg^ In a wide range of colors Beautifa^ and styles, tailored trim, , ’ ment— sl.9B TO $4.98 sl.9gToj Buy Yours at 1 BELK’S and S/jT Jj/ You Will W Get the / j BEST / ffg -JAt J . Z bERARTMENT STQB£— To Consider the More Imports Aspects of County Govai ‘ The Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Aug. 5. —Now that they have it. what do the county commis sioners and the people in the various counties think of the new county gov ernment laws. This question will be answered when the State Association of Coun ty Commissioners will gather in its annual convention at Lake Lure, in the beautiful Chimney Rock section of Western North Carolina on Aug ust 9 for its three days session, and at which all the more important as pects and problems of county govern ment, especially under the new laws enacted by the 1927 general assembly, will be discussed. And as a result of this discussion a pretty good idea of just what the commissioners think of these new laws should be evolved. It will be remembered that it was just two years ago that this same As sociation of County Commissioners adopted resolut : ons calling upon Gov ernor McLean to name a commission to study the question of county gov ernment to the general assembly with a view to securing a more uniform system of county government. Accordingly, the County Govern ment Advisory Cammission was ap pointed with Dr. E. C. Brooks, pres ident of State College as chairman, and of which he was a member. The report of this commission was pre sented to the state Association last summer, in which it recommended the enactment of laws similar to those later enacted "by the general assembly, and the report was approved. J. E. Woodland, cnairman of the Trial Os Rich French Strangle J - Draws Society Women T°l By ALICE LANOELIER. International News Service Staff Correspondent. Melun. France, Aug. s.—Not since the trial of the celebrated French “Bluebeard." Landru. several years ago, have there been such crowds and excitement in the French Court Rooms as have been seen recently during the hearing of the ex-millionaire. Gsston Guyot, who sttangled his telephone operator sweetheart and then burned her body in a haystack. For five hours Guyot underwent a stiff gruelling by the Judge, marked by many dramatic incidents between counsel and applause and hisses from the society women who had motored down from Paris when the accused boasted of being a Don Juan. A few women even fainted and the Judge, himself, was so overcome that he was compelled to suspend the hearing for a short breathing-space. Enormous Hands. Guyot was cool most of the time and showed emotion only when refer ence was made to his young daughter. Tears rolled down his cheeks and for a few minutes he was so affected he was unable to speak. The grain-dealer was well-known in many quarters of Paris. His hands are enormous and he was recognized everywhere by those hands. There were rumors from time to time that his financial affairs were none too good. Then there were also mysterious rumors about the death of two Madame Guyota. His first wife was found dead in bed during a visit to j i"unu ticau in i/Cu ciurinjk h » ibh OUR PENNY ADS. A® 6ll l JL.. •' n Thuesday board of county "gA Farter of county * Stare Assocaiion, uidM the conference. H The program rl !kMH and discussions nf vtfl as the equaliaztioc xH tax commision, rrz’H economic value rs nlirfl get accounting prVsiß In addition to Mr, lifl will deliver the pranaM on Wednesday norrs £■ the speakers include I*H Hoey. of She'by. Hot, chairman of the rernM rax senmmission, It EH President of, State tVUsfl man of the Fminty visfory Pommi'sor, 5 president of the AwulH ing School and a irrarsM| Finalization Board. CIH Executive Secretap Government Adnmf V Mary Fran'’ 0 -' *Up. *H| Board of Cfcariri* fare, and N G Birilßj Manager of the Chamber of Fomaiert*. Interspersed s p«sjon« is a R'lßbet events that will sioners and the beauty of that !*•*■ country. , About three planning to attend cording to Prefix says that evervtfctsU™ All the meeting' JM Lake Lure Inc. on» te]s in Westren Caro^M a cousin's h rtr,w a bullet through * J revolver at j 3 concluded rhs ;W| Shortly | again. He 1 place ra r her * 1 strange eoitindb j shot herself in A tat which "nrel husband m MoD LjH hearing and eaid tl>»* ted suicide I *£si»d TV" "fdf' ifU pretty I She exertM * ' „*1 the strong I Friday. Ttlrr ' ll "“ Tktt A nu»rtw J«“’, ;i*>| there and JM many- ~ . tfl ibe‘3 A.cord.u? \ jVTk panion lit* 1,:.. ttnr h, i" .[lift tiir
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