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RlFl.il Kft States Redfern | Ued Near Alemquer; Retails Still Lacking I \Vhifh Has Not ■ Continued ■he H‘ ine Fell—Re ■t - j: a i! I nknown. ■tier OFF ffllEß'S ROUTE ■ te d About 300 or Ku From Mouth of ■on Rivor Where ■planned to C ross. ■S 1,-(/P)—An ■V-r ■ ■'■' received V Kr.if": landed in the ■ Tiem'lU'n-- I;nazil. saui i;i ' " onA t* •! between 300 fp’ia ' ,l " month of the ■ ver i, to the westward of ■pdflrn I'ianned to follow in great river. The av ■o have .l. eoped a Hare at ■re than 111 further ■ tn indicate whether he ■'. f , r.rn.o. but a or proceed Believe He I' l ■'•'afe. H ,; :1 _ Sept. 1 —l/43)—Be ■„; Keif. : ::, missing Bruns ■azil aviater. will be found ■Sarnie > s. one where along react a i region of South to prevail here the eagerness of autheu ■ion coneernin.g the fljer. ■ Varner, ciutirinan of the Hgttce qi/msoring the flight. sentiment in departing what was characterized K business trip.” Specula ■carreir here that Varner Hte to Washington to confer n ment otfieials regarding Hn> for a cvstematic search | Bdfmi. wife of the pilot, her belief that her 1 B?afe wh*T*vrr he may have B>is giant monoplane. She ■ ■ this statement as she de- 1 ■tenia v for Sumter, S. C., ■jfeni's sister for a few days Braing here to await news Hj.e a definite search for Has been started along the Bricaa coast. The governor Bite of Para in the north- H °f Brazil yesterday at the Hf the American consul at B Para, ordered the steamer ■ of Mercy’’ to proceed on search. The vessel was - ■to comb virtually the en ■aous coast. BroTNCE FOR .r ■ DEFENSE is HEARD B Mrs. Willis Gave Alarm Be Death of Her Husband. ■ S. Sept. 1. —G4 s ) Hi Willis called the sheriff’s ■ gave the alarm after her ■ death, Hoyei- D. Haas tes- H at the trial of the widow, S. Townsend for the mur- Briff Sam I). Willie. ■&t the sheriff’s office about ■he said. “The phone rang ■vered it. A woman’s voice ■ >am's shot. Yarn’s shot. Hot—taree time*.’ I said H-:< recognized my voice ny nickname she said : V God's sake come quick. Hhas shot Sam.” H a printer, said he and ■fPovti up together and had |° ‘he Willis home, Haas tes- H**rd Mrs. Willis pleading to H. 0 her husband’s body. Lat ■ ’ slle gave him a .45 cali- to use in search for the ■ ta ' e witnesses have testified ■ was shot with a .32 calibre not feeling well on the B e the witness said. ■ 5 STOCK market. ■ An? Made \ppearance in ■toy’s Stock Market. ■Wk. Sept, t . (gp>—Strong ■PPert made its appearance ■ s, ' H 'k market and the reac- H en e,K '‘ f ' s which developed ■'bc-n y disappeared as the ■ Vr, d forward under leader- K rai,s .and then the indus ■V Bni °dity markets also dis- H, tte r ,n,l '\ cotton rallying .° n baying influenced by B,e ' n estimates Hr ,iut '; u ' less than 13,- ■Y' wheat futures ■ ;'eut ] 1-2 rents a bushel. ■ riviite crop reports. Hf.RICKKR ~ I ,ll Hl i\ \CCIDENT ■w*' ~1;ur ’ <> :,n Accident ■ <lr y luster s. (’. Hr If jA <-4*)—Pierce Htr-h- ' ri '’ I - ■''<•. prominent H. an( ] : v ' young sons, ■a> a 'Y' "- re i n a hos ■Tfstfirf, lu,rI u,r l,! ‘U automobile ■l atßb . a - 011 ihe highway be- B Wop „ an '. ! * Tester. Mr. I i’i*- r ep' 1? | ' Vit “ n broken col- Hs Cl)h ’ ’ r - ; : - hadlv hrnis- HtKcjf ni ' hiee. Walter ■ ftnm n' t ''ouditmn. it is B a -d tha Mrr!l - A tire hiu. ■ !( ff ~’ f > roaf h ■ •i'une.i her family It. p t BMi.' $ ' ,, ‘ r| »' Boston. ■ntiln Av. ' —The B VI! h I; 0 National W r . b m tof,^ h i!v tL p,oston ’. if tho exeuctivo IK i THE CONCORD TIMES J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher ♦ 18 PAROLES GRANTED BY GOVERNOR McLEAN Chief Executive Declined to Issue Paroles to 50 Other Prisoners. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 1. —Governor McLean today issued 18 parols and declined to issue 50, thus clearing up the major portion of the applications for pardons which confronted him on his Return from his two months vacation. He was unable, because of these duties, to give his attention to other press ing matters of state business while he was in his office yesterday. None of the pardons were for cases of great interest or importance, al though several men accused of second degree murder w T ere paroled, among them Carl Lynch, an 18 year old Tran sylvania county boy who was convicted in March. He is being released be cause evidence presented later indi cates that he is not guilty. R. A. Strickland, who beat up a school teacher in Scotland Neck, after the teacher spanked his son, also re ceived a parole. Yesterday morning was occupied by the hearing on the case of N. L. Sim mons, formerly of Washington, N. C., who was convicted of embezzlement. His former business associate, who lost through his crime, appealed to the governor to free him, on the ground that he has been punished sufficiently. No action was taken today on the case. INSURANCE REPORT. IS MADE BY WADE Increase of Over $136,000 in Collec tions Made Over Last Year. Raleigh, Aug 31.—Collections from taxes on gross receipts, licenses from companies, fees and licenses, made by the State Insurance Department for the fiscal year 1926-1927, totalled $1,394,581.01, the annual report of Stacey Wade, commissioner, today showed. Collections for the previous fiscal year totalled $1,258,152,59. The total amount exceeded all those turned over in any single year since 1899-1900 when the department was organised. “The insurance companies, associa tions and fraternal orders operating in the state and their agents almost without exception have shown the finest spirit of cooperation during the past year and have given me and my deputies loyal support in our work,” Mr. Wade declared. “The newspapers of the State have been uniformly gen erous with their space and have sup ported the insurance department’s for the prevention of acci dents and fires with real enthusiasm.” A total of $13,131,997.56 has been collected since 1899-1900 and last year’s turnover of receipts and dis bursements totalled $1,596,537.50. THE COTTON MARKET. Opened Firm at Advance of 25 to 38 Points on Covering or Rebuying by Sellers. New York, Sept. 1. —CW —The cot ton market opened firm today at an advance of 25 to 38 points on cover ing or rebuying by recent sellers and a moderate trade demand promoted by relatively firm Liverpool cables, apprehensions of further showers in tbe South and lower private crop fig ures. • ' December sold up to 22.88 and March to 23.09 in the early trading, and while there was some realizing and renewed liquidation at these fig ures, offerings were absorbed on mod erate setbacks. The market showed increasing strength and activity after publication of the private end-August crop fig ures. There was covering and rer buying by recent sellers, while some observers thought they saw indica tions of a reviving commission house demand on the advance w r hich extend ed to 23.10 for December and 23.25 for March, or about 60 points above yesterday’s closing quotation. Real izing checked the advance at these figures, but the midday market was within 3 or 4 points of the best. Cotton futures opened firm: Oct. 22.50; Dec. 22.88; Jan. 22.80; March 22.95; May 23.01. Cotton Closing. January 23.21, March 23.33. May 23.43, July 23.07, October 22.88, De cember 23.16. W. C. T. U. Says It Defeated A1 Smith. Minneapolis, Aug. 31. —After wel coming to its cause an organization credited on the floor with having kept Governor A1 Smith out of the White House, the National Woman’s Chris tian Temperance Union concluded its annual convention here tonight 'with pledges renewing loyalty to prohibi tion and law enforcement. Seven days of activilty, centering around plans for relentless warfare against “wet” candidates, were climax ed by repeated reference to the pro posed Presidential candidacy of Gov ernor Smith. With Our Advertisers. Prominent gathering of new fall styles at Fisher’s. Smart headwear for street and dress from $2.95 to $9.95. “Eyes of Love” will be repeated at Winecoff High School Friday night, September 2nd, at 8 o’clock. There’s lots to see at Hoovers among men’s furnishings. Schloss suits S2O to SSO, top coats $18.50 to $45, Schoble hats $5 to $8 and M llson Bros, shirts $l5O to $5.00 . New fall hats and frocks on dis play at the Gray Shop. Joint Meeting. The deacons and elders of the First P:t bvtrr’nn church will hold a joint . moetoin at < elck I ri • . ** ’*iy h„.'l jnm ‘ i /' TIPS FOR LEGION TOURISTS TO PARIS (By International News Service) Paris, Sept. I.—Don’t forget to take a numbered ticket from the automatic distributors at the prin cipal tram-car and autobus stops, is *the advice given American Leg ionnaires going to the .Paris con vention to be held here September 19 to 23. Since war daye tickets are used to denote the place in the line in getting on care. This system settles the disputes as to the order of getting on, A few of the bus and tram lines of Paris use another system to keep order and stop crowding. People advance in a lane between chains just wide enough for one at a time. All of the trams and buss es will be brilliantly decorated for the American Legionnaires. 200,000 NEW STUDENTS EXPECTED IN STATE Last Year 192,526 Entered First Grade in State’s Public Schools. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 1. —Within the next few weeks nearly two hundred thous and children will be entering the public schools of North Carolina for the first time. The number enrolled in the first grade of the public schols for the school year 1925-26 was 192,- 526.-This year the two hundred thous and mark will probably be exceeded. This army of little children between the ages of six and seven years of age about to enter upon a new and most important experience brought from the State Board of Health today a statement urging that each indivi dual child be started to school right. “If the child entering school is to get the most from the advantages of fered, that child .must be physicially fit, ,r *declared Dr Ohas. O’H. Laughing house, State health officer. “There is just one way to make sure. Take the child to a competent physician for a thorough physieial examination in order that any defects may be dis covered. Then have any such,defects as may be found corrected.” Diseased tonsik, adenoids, bad teeth, defective eyesight, and mal nourishment were pointed out as among the handicaps most common among children which prevent proper progress in school work, and which definitely impair the health of the child. “We are all exceedingly free to condemn our school boards if they employ a teacher who is not thorough ly qualified to carry the tremendous responsibility of teaching our children right,” Dr. Laughinghouse said. “The teachers of the state are in a great measure responsible for the future citizenship of the state. The average life of the school teacher in active school work is’short.' Many teachers are leaving their profession each year to 'take up other duties and their places must be filled. School boards for the most part are very careful to select only those teachers who by careful tests and examinations have proven themselves worthy. But what can the best teacher in the world do for a child who is physically unable to keep up with his classes?” “By using the same degree of care I in preparing all children to enter school that is exercised in selecting teachers nearly all of the failures to make grades would be eliminated. Each parent makes some sacrifice to send children to school, and the state spends millions each year to maintain its public school system. About one-fifth of this sacrifice and expense is largely wasted because of the presence in the schools of children so handicapped physically that they can not keep up wflth their classes nor make their grades.” j • In making sure that the child about to enter school is physically fit it was pointed out that a careful physi cal examination would disclose wheth er or not the child is up to standard in height and weight for his age; the condition of the tonsils, and the pres ence or absence of adenoids; condition of the teeth; whether or not vision and hearing are normal; condition of skinand muscles ; w’hether there is hookworm infection; whether or not the child is eating the proper sort of food for healthy growth and in proper amounts; and whether or not the general habits of living are correct. India produces 65 to 70 per cent of the world’s of sheet mica. THE STOCK MARKET Reported By Fenner & Beane (Quotations at 1:30 P. M.) Atchison American Can . Allied Chemical American Smelting American Tel. & Tel. Baldwin Locomotive Toni/ Baltimore & Ohio -"G A Bethlehem Steel __ 61% Chesapeage & Ohio 192% Chrysler Corn Products New York Central 155% DuPont 304 Erie - Fleishman grt. Louis-Francis. RR._ • 113% General Electric Gold Dust 59% ■ General Motors ' Gen. Ry Signal 146% Houston Oil Hudson Motors £ Mo.-Kans. & Tex. 46% Kennecott Copper 71% Kans. City Sou. Ry. J 4 Liggett & Myers 1^9% Lorillard 40% Mack Truck Montgomery-Ward __ 70% Nash Motors 54% Packard Motors 41 Phillips Pete *3% Reading RR. H®% “B” Rey. Tob. Co. 143% Rock Island RR. I°°% Sears Roebuck ?3% Southern Ry. —- -1 I JI% Std. Oil of N. J. 38% , Studebaker Corp. 51% Timken Roller Brg. 126% Union Carbine 137% Wcstinghouse Elec. Co. West. Myrd. RR. 60 Yellow, Cab ; and Truck 34 - Wro 1 worth —1 __ u. CONCORD, N, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 192 GIRL WILL" FLY THE ATLANTIC v: Hjfe. M ■llir # Nineteeen-year-old Mary Daly, of Chicago, hopes to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Miss Daly is the daughter of the late J. W. Daly, railway official, and for the last five years has been .the pupil of Jack Rose, noted stunt flier. MYSTERY ABOUT THE GYPSY PEOPLE They Believe, However, They Are Descended From Jewish Race. Montreat, N. C., Sept. 1. —During the course of his lecture on.the sub ject “From Gypsy Tent to Pulpit,” Rev. Gypsy Smith, Jr., emphasized first of all, and over and over again, the power of God to save men from sin, and Hie willingness to save all men, whoever and wherever they are. He showed that the love of God is as great toward the Gypsies as to ward any other people, and its trans forming power as great. Dr. Smith stated that no one knows who the Gypsies are, nor from what nationality they came, that the Gypsies themselves do not know, but their opinion is they are a part of the Jewish people, this opinion being formed because of certain*, cumoms and observances of the. two peoples which are similar. Among the points of similarity to which Dr. Smith called special attention aTe the facts that Gypsies, like Jews, bear Scrip tural names, that they observe scrupulous bodily cleanliness, em phasize parental government in the home and adhere strictly to Sabbath observance. He then called attention to what are designated the great faults in the Gypsy character, naming drunken ness, pilfering, fortune telling and profanity, declaring the last lo be the greatest of them all. He said further that while be regretted these sins among his people, he knew they had nothing on many people w T ho are not Gypsies. There are now about 4,000,000 Gypsies, Dr. Smith said, and that so far as he knows, this is the only nation of people to which no ac credited denomination has ever sent a missionary. Dr. Smith described -in a most im pressive manner the conversion of his grandfather, w’hich followed close ly the passing away of his wife after an illness with smallpox, during which the entire family was com pletely ostracized from every one ex cept one physician, who consented to minister to the stricken mother and other members of the family. Follow ing her fatal illness, and that of her infant child, the bodies were inter red in a lonely corner of a church yard in England. Her husband then tried to be "both father and mother to the five mother less children, and cared for them as best he could until he found his two brothers andtheir wives, who gave him assistaice. One of these chiltren was the boy, now so well known as Gypsy Smith, Sr., the father of the speaker, and the devotion between the two is one of the outstanding char acteristics of their lives, an is known wherever either of them is known. Dr. Smith gave a vivid description of the conversation of his father and of his subsequent call to the ministry, and paid tender tribute to the in fluence he has had over thousands of other lives in his work as an -evange list on every continent where he has preached the gospel of Jesus Christ. Special Prices at Yorke & Wadsworth Hardware Co. If you are in need of anything in the hardware line read carefully page ad_. in this paper of the Yorke & Wadsworth Hardware Co/ The company is offering special values in Atwater Kent radios, Good year tires, flower pots, stoves and ranges, tricycles and. scooters, storage batteries and many other commodi ties. The prices are unusually low and the goods all made by well known manufacturers. Bankers Meet in Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minn,, Sept. 1. —Be- ginning today and continuing until the eod of the week the Twin Cities will entertain the third mid-continent trust conference, held under the auspices of the national bank and trust company divisions of the Am erican Bankers’ Association. Twenty States are represented at the confer ' ence. The sessions will be devoted to discussion of problems of trust companies and banfcs with trust de partments. Notables Address Bar Meeting. Buffalo, N. -Y., Sept. 1. —The ses sions of this, the second day of the annual meeting of the American Bar Association were featured by addresses by William Howard Taft, Chief Jus the United States and l T -' * str, e v £ ”'*• ■ 1— GOVERNOR IS SILENT RELATIVE TO STRIKE Refuses to Take Hand in or Discuss Textile Strike at Henderson. The Tribune Bureau. - Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. I.—Governor Angus W. McLean today continued his re fusal to take action in, or make a statement regarding the Henderson strike, despite the fact that the mill owners have ordered the strikers to leave the mill houses, preparatory to filling them with imported workers. The Governor has already said that “the Henderson strike is not a state matter,” and he refuses to add anything to that statement. The strike leaders are disappointed by the refusal of the Governor to take an interest in the strike/ and to in tervene. The actions of the mill own ers have convinced them that they nave nothing to hope for from negotia tiona with them, and that if victory comes to them it must i*ome through the support of public opinion, which is symbolized by the governor’s office. Consequently, the refusal of the Gov ernor to act practically spells defeat for their hopes. Responsible strike leaders are re doubling their efforts to prevent vio lence on the part of the strikers, but as the situation becomes more and more serious, the hot-heads, natural ly acquire more influence. The de cisive test is expected on September 3, when the workers are given the choice of returning to their jobs or being evicted from their homes. The strike leaders, - however, are laying great weight on the fact that Governor McLean has only been in Raleigh since Monday, and that dur ing that time he has been rushed by two months’ accumulation of work. In consequence, they point out, he has had no time to go into the Hen derson situation in detail. In conse quence, they hope that the Governor’s refusal to discuss the matter means, not that he has decided against them, but that he does not wish to make a premature statement. GEORGIA INTERESTED IN TAR HEEL ROADS A. C- Huneycutt Retursing From Visit There Tells of Conditions. Albemarle, Sept. 1. —“Everybody is talking North Carolina down in Georgia, and especially North Caro lina good roads,” said A. C. Huney cutt, former president of the North Carolina Press Association and editor of the Stanly News-Herald, of this place, who has returned from Eaton, Ga., where he went to make an ad dress at the summer meeting of the Georgia Press Association. “I found most of the more progres sive editors in favor of a bond issue for highways, but there is a Holder following which, so far ' has succeed ed in keeping Georgia op a pay-as you-go basis. Last election this ques tion got into politics. The present Governor of Georgia was elected as the bond issue candidate, but when he named a State highway commis sion chairman to succeed the re cumbent, Col. John Holder, the Legis lature composed of a majority oi tne Holder following, refused to confirm the Governor’s appointment, and so Holder holds on as a “pay-as-you-go” official. But I found that the news paper men are determined to put the bond proposition across in the future. The most of them are favorably im pressed with practically the same machinery which North Carolina used to get and finance our fine State-wide system. Georgia politics in the future is going to afford interesting study'to those on the outside.” Dollar Days at Belk’s. Belk’s announces in a page ad. to day three big Dollar Days—Friday, Saturday and Monday. For this special trade event many attractive bargains are being offered at this popular store and you will find some of the many bargains enumer ated in the page ad. in this paper. Clothing for men and boys, shoes, dresses, coats and hats for girls.j misses and women, rugs, dress ma terials and many other commodities marked down for this big sale which begins tomorrow morning. In seeking legal separation from her husband, a Chicago woman said that although he had a good income he was unnUe to support her, because ' e '»•- k—p!ng ss.jral auto | ; \ HO im T DURING DAY FRi WISH PLANE \ FLIERS Plane St. Rafael With Three Passengers Has Not Been Reported by Radio Along Atlantic. TWO PLANES ARE OFF FOR EUROPE One Left Windsor and the Other London, Ontario, During Morning, For Trans-Atlantic Flights. St. John’s, N. F., Sept. I.— UP) Dawn on the' New Foundland coast brought no sight'or word of the plane St. Raphael, in which Princess Low enstein Wortheim and her two escorts were winging their way across the north Atlantic. A light east wind was blowing, the weather was dull and overcast and visibility was low. Lighthouse keepers, acting on gov ernment order, who had kept a cease less vigil throughout the night, re newed their efforts as the hour ap proached when the big monoplane should be sighted as it raced toward the mainland. The chain of Federal wireless stations which had been named especially for the occasion re ported that no word from the plane had been picked up, but this in itself is not regarded as unusual since the big Fokker was on a course not fre quented by trans-Atlantic steamships. Radio Stations Have No News of the Plane. Sept. 1. — UP) —A checkup of'all eastern Canadian wireless sta tions completed at 10:30 a. m. Otta wa time, today failed to reveal, the whereabouts of' the monoplane St. Raphael flying from England _to Ot tawa. Twenty stations on the Atlantic coast were covered in the checkup, and more along the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence river. Tully and Metcalf OfT. London, Ont., Sept. I.— UP) —Capt. Perry Tully and Lieut. James Met calf took off at 5 :34 o’clock this morn ing in the monoplane Sir John Carl ing for their attempted flight from London, Ont., Jo -London, England. The weather was perfect. Tully was piloting tire plane, with. Metcalf as navigator.'**' * Wood and Schiller Off for England. Windsor, Ont. Sept. 1. — (4*) —The monoplane Royal Windsor, bearing Phil Wood and C. A. (Duke) Schiller, hopped off from Walkerville Field at 9:18 a. m. Eastern Standard Time today on a non-stop flight with Wind sor, England as its objective. A wreath bearing the words, “Nun gesser-coli,’.’ was placed in the plane by the flyers. They planned to drop it into the ocean as a memorial to the French flyers who attempted a westward flight across the Atlantic. No definite place for dropping of the wreath has been set. ; “Don’t forget me —Helen,” was writ ten on the plane with chalk by Mrs. Wood shortly before her husband who will serve as navigator clambered to his place. Miss Ada Greer of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Schiller’s fiancee, presented the flyers with a toy Teddy Bear as a flight mascot. May Be the St. Raphael. Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 1. — UP) —The signal service of the marine depart ment received a message from St. Malo, Quebec, stating that a gray monoplane passed over in a north western direction at 11:05 o’clock this morning, Eastern daylight time. The plane was thought to be the St. Raph ael, flying from Uphaven, England to Ottawa. St. Malo 4s In southern Quebec, a few miles from the New Hampshire border, and is about 200 miles from Ottawa. The message was signed Kerr, the St. Malo agent of the oil company. Watching for Princess Plane. St. Johns, N. F., Sept. I.— (4*) — Observers at various points along the eastern coaist of New Foundland were anxiously scanning the horizon this morning for a glimpse of the plane bearing the flying princess, whose com ing would mark the first airplane crossing of the Atlantic from east to west. Radi<? stations, aviation centers and vessels all were on the alert for the approach of the monoplane St. Raph ael, which left Uphaven yesterday with Ottawa as the first scheduled stop. In the plane as passengers is the first woman *to essay a trans-Atlantic air crossing, , the 62-year-old Princess Wertheim, financial backer of the ex pedition. , The pilot is Captain Leslie Hamilton, who has Colonel F. F. Minchin as assistant. Prognostications that the plane might reach New Foundland at dawn (between 3:30 and 4 a. m., eastern daylight saving time) but the possibil ity of the plane heading inward with out being sighted was realized, as was the fact that conditions at sea might delay the craft. At midnight the Harbor Grace air field in compliance with orders* from Co’onial Secretary Bannett began the light flares at regular intervals. • Plane Off For Syria. London, Sept. 1. — UP) —An Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Cotf stantinople reports that the Pride of Detroit, American round-the-world t airplane, left that city today for Alep po, Syria. (Previous direct dispatches from Constantinople sa : d today’s hop had been postponed, due to delay in receipt of permission to fly over Turkish ter ritory). Plane Passes Toronto. Toronto, Sept. 1. —OP) —A mono plane believed to be the Sir John Carl ing, flying from London Ont., to Lon don, England, passed cm Uljus city, $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance Say Youth Was Drowned So Business Associate Could Collect Big Sum ♦ REVIVAL SERVICES AT McGILL STREET CHURCH Pastor Delivered Great Sermon on “Conscience” Wednesday Night. The subject for Wednesday night at the McGill Street Baptist Church re vival was “Is Conscience a Safe Guide?” The scripture was from Hebrew 9 :13: Almost in every human life we hear people relying absolutely on their con science. Is conscience a safe guide? The Bible speaks about many con sciences. There are untrustworthy consciences and trustworthy consci ences. The first untrustworthy conscience we to think about is a weak conscience. Is a weak conscience trustworthy? It may be under one condition: When there is no pressure. This conscience is a conscience of the brethren. I believe we have as many of those people as we ever did, people with weak consciences. When we see people going to places where they should not go, we see their conscience isn’t doing enough to \keep them away. On the other hand a weak conscience certainly cannot teach us the things of righteousness. A defiled conscience is an untrust worthy conscience. Certainly a de filed conscience cannot guide a life. A defiled conscience cannot be a proper conviction of sin. When your con science has been* defiled, it certainly cannot be trusted. We want to mention an evil con science ngxt. An evil conscience will direct in evil derictions. It will lead to things that will wreck a life. We often ask ourselves or our friends “What is the world coming to?” Evil conscience is the very cause of all worldy evils. The young lives of to day are calculated to bring their con science down to an evil conscience. The motion picture has more frivolity, burglary and robberies pointed out to the people today than any other source. The manners and customs of the young life today are not what they used to be. They have seen the social life presented on the screen. Another untrustworthy conscience is a seared conscience. You may ask the question, what kind of a con science is a seared conscience? Sin has had its way with it. Sin has operated it in the sense of a hot iron. You might preach all the love there is in the New Testament, and still it will not effect some people. Let us mention some consciences that are trustworthy. A conscience that steers itself; one that is always alert, clearing any offense toward God. Isn’t it a fine thing to have a conscience that will teach our rights as well as our fellowman’s. Lets mention a pure conscience first. A pure conscience can be trusted. A pure conscience will lead in the right way. * Next we come to a purged con science. If we take any of those untrustworthy consciences and let the blood of Christ be applied, it will be purged. There’s something expected from a purged conscience. The dead works will be removed. W T hen we see a conscience purged, we look for some action for the Lord. If your conscience is too weak to lead you in church activity, just come to the storehouse of God and let the brethren strengthen it. If you are a Christian and not vitally active, you must have the wrong kind of a con science. You had better come to Christ for a supply of grace. These services are all strengthening and are full of the real gospel. We want you to be present to hear every sermon. There’s something in them that will brighten the way to salva tion for you if you will accept it. CHURCH REPORTER. HAND PAINTED HOSIERY. Latest Novelty of Paris Not Expected To Become Prevalent. Paris, Aug. 1. —Stockings With hand painted designs are the offering of a shop here. Sprigs of flowers on pale colored hose have caused some com ment but there is little indication that the novelty will be taken seriously. More approved are the stockings with four points woven into the heel in place of the one women ve ac customed to. There is talk of stock ings of two tones, the heels and toes to show a deeper shade than the ground of the hosiery. To Discuss National Business Prob lems. Chicago, 111., Sept. I.—Officers, committeemen and many members of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States are to meet %t West Baden Springs next month for the purpose of shaping the part that organized business is to play during the forthcoming year in the solution of outstanding economic problems, such as agricultural relief, flood con trol, taxation, merchant marine and commercial forestry. It will be the first meeting of the kind called by the national chamber and the first con ference on questions of national econ omic policy to be held in the middle West. Hens Out of Wprk. Thousands of hens have been thrown out of work as mothers in California according to Farm & Fire side, which jreports the biggest hatch ery known has been found in -Peta luma, Cat, where a single setting re quires 1,800,000 eggs. 130 miles east of tflv starting point, at 7:4a, a. m., eastern daylight sav ing timei Passes Kingston. Kingston, Sept. 1. —(4*) —The Mon-, oplane Sir John Carling on the Lon don to Londod flight was reported passing east near this ty at 9 :30 eastern daylight saving lie. It Is Said Police Have in Their Possession Such a Confession. Drowned Youth Was Only 22. x ;~ THREE AREHELD IN THIS CASE Youth Carried Life Insur ance of $l4O 000 and As sociated Wanted to Col lect, It Is Charged. New York, Sept. I.— UP)-f-A drowning of a 22-year-old youth bj two companions to permit his oldei business associate to collect $140,00C in life insurance was revealed in con fessions held by Brooklyn police to day. The confessions obtained from Hai> ry Greenberg, 17, and Irving Rubln zaahl, 22, were ea : .d by the police, to 1 describe how Benjamin Goldstein, salesman associate of Joseph Lefkow itz, 42, East Side hosiery dealer, was shoved from a row boat off Coney Is land last Friday and left to drown. Authorities said Rubinzaahl’s confes sion charged Lefkowitz, the beneficiary of the insurance policies, with ar ranging the killing. Rubinzaahl, Greenberg and Lefko witz were arrested on charges of hom icide after a 24-hour investigation, in augurated when Samuel Goldstein, father of the dead boy, t old the po lice he suspected foul play after the body was found in Gravesend Bay. The boy’s family, authorities said, reported the boy had been under a “spell” of Lefkowitz for several years. The pair was identified in an unsuc cessful gum machine venture, and later engaged in the hosiery business. The counsel for the boy’s family said one of the hosiery stores in Pori Chester was burned 8 months ago, and a fire insurance company had held up payment of the claims. Lefkowitz, police said, admitted being the bene ficiary of two double indemnity in surance policies aggregating $70,000 on the boy’s life, but denied any knowledge of how the youth met his death. WEEVIL REPORT. j Pests Are On Increase in Many Large Cotton Producing States. Washington, Aug. 30.—(4*)—Activi ties of the boll weevil in southern cot ton fields wyre pictured today in a report by the Department of Agricul ture, which showed the pest is multi plying in some of the cotton growing sections. Eastern Texas showed more boll weevils than were present on reports from 59 counties. Western Arkansas reported heavier infestation than in any year since 1923, but the eastern part of the state was said to be ap parently not so seriously affected pro portionately. Mississippi reported that on August 20 the weevils in that -tnte broke pll previous records, with an average of 40 per cent, of the squares punctured in the hill counties. Alabama reported great increase in the number of weevils in central and southern Alabama. TOO MANY STUDENTS. Davidson College Has Too Many Sttu dents, According to Registrar Hen geveld. Davidson, N. C„ Aug. 30. —(INS) — Once again Davidson College has been forced to refuse as many applications for entrance into the freshman class as were accepted, according to a state ment today by Registrar F. W. Hen geveld. Slightly over two hundred fresh men have been enrolled for the com ing season, and fully this many ap plication were returned unaccepted, largely because of insufficient facili ties to care for them, Hengeveld de clared. At the same time, the registrar as serted, the class which finishes in 1928 will contain 30 more graduates than any other class to graduate in the 92 years of Davidson’s existence. The senior class roll is 127. The largest class yet to finish was only 95. Fall Term Os Barium Springs Orphan* age School Is, Opened. Statesville, Aug. 31.—The fall term of the Barium Springs school, at the Presbyterian Orphans’ home, opened this morning at 9:30 o’clock with bright prospects for the coming year. The first thing on the program was a flag raising by Scoutmaster Clyde Alexander and his trOop of Boy Scouts from Statesville. This was followed by exercises in the high school audi torium, featured by an address by L. Berge Beam, assistant superintendent of the Rowan county schools, former superintendent of the Lincoln county schools. The assignment of lessons took up the rest of the morning, fol lowing the address. Elevator to Top of Mont Blanc. Paris, Sept. I.—lt will not be long before the distinction of having as cended to the top of Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest mountain, will be a very ordinary one indeed. The top will soon be reached in two hours without climbing or guides by the completion of a cable railVay from Chamonix to the summit of Aiguille de Midi, from where there is an easy road to the summit of Mont Blanc itself. Construction of the cable rail way was begun seventeen years ago but was delayed by the war. ~ mam • Generally fair tonight and Fridly; little change in temperatura. NO. 21