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Event Stare Thureday of This
Week and Will Run Until
Six O’clock on the Night of
June Second.
BOOSTER TRIP IS
TAKEN BY MANY
Number of Cities and Towns
Visited by Caravan.—Two
Autos to Be Given Away
Are Purchased. '
Kvpryliody ip talking Tracirf Week
now.' Even tho.se pesaimists who nre
afraid ,#f everything out of the ordi
nary are beginning to feel now that
thin event, ip going to be the biggept
ever Reid in thla county, and one of
the biggest ever held In the State. Ev
erywhere one he linds business
men making preparations for the event,
and that hundredsof fine bargains will
lie offered Ip a certainty.,
The autos to be given away by the
inereliantp of the city are two of the
most popular on the market now. The-
Ford sales continue to Increase and
more ofVthese carp are sold than, all
others. 'During the past two years,
(hiring which time many improve'
incuts have been made to the car, the
Chevrolet lias grown In popularity,
. and Up sales are increasing each month
now. Each $1 paid for a purchase
or paid on account wRI entitle the
payer to a ticket and the duplicates
will lie deposited in the store in which
the purchase is made. On Saturday
night, June 2, at 7 o’clock all of the
tickets will be placed In one big box
and the lucky numbers drawn.
The^Chevrolet touring car will be
the first prise and the Ford the sec
ond prise. Persons holding the lucky
numbers for the ears will hare to be"
present when the drawing takes place
if they get the car. If persons hold
ing the duplicates of the numbers
drawn first are not present, tbedraw
ing will continue until some person
present holds the number correspond
ing to the one drown. -c. .
“|r -"’hie- 80/jstw "Trip, pmnueu. a)r Inc
purpose of Advertising the Mg event
throughout this and adjoining coun
ties, was made this momftig. About
a dozen cars were in the party,
and each car was decorated with a big
banner giving the dates of the trade
event and inviting bargath_lovers to
this city-while it is on.
The lioosters visited Kannapolis,
IjimtiN, Chinn throve, Salisbury,’Moors
■* ville and Davidson, in addition to A
rleus community centers In this coun
ty. They had dinner at Mooresvllle.
Fifteen members of the. Jackson
Training School band accompanied by
the twisters, who were under the com
mand-of J.. E. Davis, chairman of the
advertising committee. The band
boys drew large crowds in each town
and city visited.
The two autos to be given away have
already been secured. They will be
kept at the garages where purchased
until time for the drawing on June
2nd, when they will be driven to Cen
tral Graded School, where the draw
ing will take place. The persons win
ing them will be allowed Jo drive them
thome that night. The cars are the
“latest models and have pot been used
• except on the booster tpip.
Special prices will lie found on prac
tically all goods In the stores of the
■ city for the big event. The mer
chants are planning to' make it worth
while for shoppers.to visit their stores
while the Mg trade event is on, and if
attractive prices on seasonable good*
will be an incentive thousands of shop
pers are certain to trade here during
the ten days the event is on.
The big event begins Thursday
morning with the opening of the
stores and business houses. It will
continue through 6 p. m. June 2nd.
The bargains will be here in abun
dance and the wise shopper will be
here for them.
THE COTTON MARKET %
Opened Firm at an Advance on Re
ports of Heavy Rains in Texas and
Aaoswvoa Ma.)
, New York, Sf. Y., May 22.—The cot
ton market opened firm at an advance
of 14 to 28 potato on reports of heavy
raius to Texas and Oklahoma, which
naturally, promoted talk of probably
low end-May condition figures. Ther6
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Will Pay No Attention to
mands and Unless Their
Wishes Are Granted Will
Not Free Captives.
WANT ALL TROOPS
WITHDRAWN NOW
Chinese Officials Send Pro
posal, But Conditions of
Captives Said to Be “Ter
rible’’ At Presents
Tientsin, May 22 (By the Associated
Press). —Ijitest nil vices from Tsaoch
wang today confirmed the complete '
headlock reported In negotiations con
ducted by the Peking government in an 1
effort to obtain the release of the for-'
signers held by the bandits iii a Shan
tung mountain stronghold, v
Conditions under which several for
eign captives were held at.' (he summit -
of Paopzuku Mountain were desorih
ed ns "terrible."
The only real peace offer put forth
by the Puchun of Shantung province,
was said to have been rejected by the
bandits with the laconic reiteration
"Withdraw the troops to their origi
nal-stations.’’ The Puchun offered to
withdraw some distance from the
Paotsnikii simultaneously with the re
lease of a third of tliJ prisoners condi
tionally. On release of another third ;
he said he would comply with all the
demands for withdrawal, the remain
ing third to be lilierated when the
bandits, as they have stipulated, were
formed into brigades of the regular
army. ,
The outlaws, however, refused to lie--
lieve the Punchna Sincere and ro no
tified the foreign consuls at Saoch
wanug. , i
. Most of the captives have lieen re
moved to the summit of Paotfcuku,
and it Is believed the others will fol
low. Messengers now are forbidden to
ascend the mountain, so that it Is dif
ficult to verify the reports, but letters
from the captives stlli reaching the
wutsHc, establish wunjthjfllf of their
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No Report of Executives.
Shanghai, May 22 1 p. m., (By the
Associated Press). —“The zero hour”
for the Suchow bandits haß passed
and no announcement has been receiv
ed from the brigands’ stronghold of
any 'executions. Government troops,
ure withdrawing as the bandits de
manded. The nearest soldiers to Paot
jmkn, the captives’ mountain' pkison,
now are -six miles distant.
Must Follow Advice.
Washington, May 22—President
Harding to consultation with the cate
inet today decided that the American
government must he guided by ad
vices from Minister Sehurman at
Peking' and consular officers in China
in its efforts to secure the release of
United States and other foreign citi
zens held captive by bandits in Shan
tung province.
Only as a last resort, It was said,
by a white house spokesman, will the
United States government participate
in direct negotiations with the liau
dlts oj: take any action which would
relinquish the Peking government from
responsibility of action. -
.Advises Negroes to Remain in the
South.
Henderson, May/221.—Stay South is
the advice to colored people given by
J. A. Henderson, principal of the
Christian College for colored youth
here. He has issued a statement
headed “A Warning to M.v People.”
In part this statement is as follows:
1 am of the opinion that all of us
wlio will listen to what labor agents
may have to say about leaving the
South will make a great mistake. The
South is the place for us. We under
stand the white people of the South;
they understand ns, and whereeyer the
colored man has built up a character
and is'truthful, honest and industrious,
he Is respected and is given whatever
help along all lines needed. Nine
tenths of those who go North will
regret it In less than a year, -v You
may, for a few months, get higher
wages—but listen friends; House rent
is higher; wood and coal are higher;
bread and meat are higher ; cabbage
and watermelons are higher. And
after a few months, when this great
rush 6t work is over and the terriMe
northern winter is on and the work
has closed down what are you going
to da then? ,
Here we have a mild climate the
year round, plenty of good water,
wood, melons, potatoes, fish,- fruits,
flowers, mocking birds; plenty of work
with steady wages, good schools and
churches for ourselves and i^hlren,
Rodom, mad afterwards was very sorry
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CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1923.
Dead at His Home in State Capital
(to th« Associates Press.)
Raleigh, May 22. —Associate Justice
Platt D. Walker cUed at his home here
at 10:05 this morning, following an
illness of one week. The cause of Tils
death was kidney complications.
The Supreme Court was sitting in
official session when advised of Judge
Walker’s death, and an adjournment
was taken Hntil 12 o'clock. N
Associate Justice Walker- was horn
at Wilmington, N. C„ the son of Thom
as E. and Mary Vance (Pickihson)
Walker. He received his early train
ing at George E. Jewett’s school a*
'Wilmington, and later entered Hor
ners Military Academy at Oxford.
From Homer’s Judge Walker went to
the University of North Carolyn. He
finished his collegiate course at the
University of Virginia where he stud
COMMENCEMENT DRAMA AT
MT. PLEASANT A SUCCESS
Presentation of “Esmeralda” Witness
ed by Large Audience — Declared a
Great Success by All.
The largest audience Hint has at
tended any of the commencement exer
cises at Jit.' Pleasant this week was s
present Monday evening for the pre
sentation of the* commencement drama.
"Esmeralda” was the drama offered
this year, and judging by criticisms
made by those present, the entertain
ment given this year ranks with the
.best/ever presented, and many declare
it the best Xever seen in Mt. Pleasant.
Elaborate costumes, appropriate set
ting and background and impressive
presentation of the various parts by
the actors, served to make the enter
tainment one of real pleasure and In
terest. The play was presented be
fore an audience that filled the audi
torium and was loud in its praise for
the excellent acting.
The following was the cast of char
acters:
Mr. Elbert Rogers, a North Caroli
na farmer—Geo. B. Johnstone.
Mrs. Lydia Ann Rogers, his wife—-
Mabel McAllister.
Miss Esmeralda Rogers, his daugh
ter—Mrs. C. B.- Mmithdenl.
Dave Hardy, a young North Carolin
ian—C. B. Smithdeal.
Jlr. Esta/brook, a man of leisure—H.
H. Alexander. ‘ • !
Mr. Jack Desmond, an American
artist In Paris—B. L. Allen.
Miss Nora Desmond, his sister—Mil
dred Barrier.
Miss Kate Desmond, his sister —Hel-
en James.
“Marquis” De Jlontessta, a French
tor —a g. Rnsscii.
Sophie, a timid—Wilma Tucker.
The drama was directed by Mrp. D.
IX Barrier and Prof. W. W., Holman,
and much of its success was due to
their personal supervision not only of
the rehearsals, liut also of the cos
tumes and scenery.
(While all of the persons taking part
In the drama were generously anti
justly praised, the following /eceivpd
special praise for their excellent work:
George B. Johnstone, Miss Mabel Mc-
Allister, Mr. and Ji/s. C. B. Smithdeal,
11. H. Alexander, B. L. Allen and h.
G. Russell. ■ .I'■ V .
The Maroon and Gray Orchestra, cjf
Roanoke College, Va., is furnishing the
music for the commencement exercises.
The orchestra is in charge of Carl W.
Seiler, o; Savannah, Ga., the author
of many of the novelty acts which
have added to the popularity of the
college orchestra.
The college musicians provided the
music on Monday and Tuesday. Tues
day night they fill an engagement for
the American 1/egiihi at Charlotte, re
turn to Mt. Pleasant for the final ex
ercises of commencement on "Wednes
day morning, 'amp then jump to Salis
bury to furnish the music for an Am
erican Legion Celebration.
During the present year, the Roa
noke College orchestra lias won more
than ordinary distinction for itself
and has played at numerous Rotary
and Klwanis dinners, church socials,
dances, entertainments, and pommun
ity gatherings. ' /
NEW TREATY OF AMITY
AND COMMERCE WITH SPAIN
Fact Has Been Sent to Madrid to Be
Negotiated With the Spanish Gov
ernment.
(By the Aoaeelated Press.) -/
Washington, May 22.—A draft of a
new treaty of amity and conihieree be- 1
tween the United States and Spain
has been forwarded by the State De
partment to Alexander P. Moore,
American' ambassador at Madrid, to
be negotiated by him with the Span
ish government
Commencement at Meredith College.
Raleigh, N. C., May 21.—Dr. Newell
Dwight Hillis, of Brooklyn, N. V.. and
Rev. George W. McDaniel, of Rich
mond, Va., will be the principal speak
ers at the annual commencement exer
cises of Meredith College, the program
extending from May 25 to May 28. ,
' The exercises will be opened with a
play by the seniors on Friday night,
May, 25, to lie followed by society ex
ercises on Saturday. The baccalau
reate sermon will be preached by
George W. McDaniel on Sunday morn-'
tag. Rev. Mr. Daniels also will de
liver the missionary sermon on SUn
day night.
* Class day exercises will be held at
10:30 o’clock Monday morning, while
in the afternoon there will be an ex
hibition of art. Op Monday night
the annual epneert Will be staged.
The commeneemttot exercises will
he held Tuesday morning. Dr. New
ell Dwight Hillis will deliver the lit-
ied Jaw, recelving lUs 1,. 1,. D. 1 diploma
at this institution. v
Judge Walker was a representative
from Richmond TtoUto) in the Gen
eral Assembly. ' ‘He Ims been Asso
ciate Justice of the {Supreme Court of
North Carolina since January 1003.
Funeral Thursday.
Funeral services Ay Associate Jus
tloe Platt D. Walker, who died at hh
home here this morning following at
illness of one werat,Ai)ll be held at 11
a. m. Thursday mu) the residence ol
Jlrs. N. N. Davis; 55.1 Orange street.
Wilmington, it was announced this as
ternoon. Burial will take place In th«
Wilmington cematevy. The Body wil
leave Raleigh over the Southern Rail
way at 12:40 p, mr tnnuurow for Wil
mington. ! t
J' 'Ud .
CONFESS TO ROBBERY
OF MANY DISTILLERIES
Three Men Being . Ileld After They
Are Alleged to H»vc Made Confes
sions. ' 7 .5
(By the AMSCttMed Pro.
Waukegpn. 111., May 22.—'Three men
• who, according to Lake county officers,
confessed they were members of a
band of twenty which lias robbed
numerous Kentucky distilleries, were
arrested late last night after ohe of
them had sought medical attention for
his two wounded companions.
They gave-their opines as Marion
Hall, Peter Walker ppd W. A. Roby,
the last t\to wounded with buckshot
Roby possibly fatally,
They were taken at Highland Park
111., upon information given by Dr
Florence Stone) woman physician, af
ter they lind left "Ewe cn route foi
Chicago, • )
The bandits’ last aßempt.xi robbery
was that of lies Samuels’ distillery at
Deatsville, K.v., according to the re
puted confession. ,11. was in that ef
fort that Walker atidjjtohy were shot
Walker told of beta? unable to find
a physician at.Louisvjlle, and kidhap
ping a doctor whom Barnet on the road
to Chicago. The latter was thrown
out of the nutomohilejfWnlker said, ns
soon as he packed upstheir wounds.
All three said thete were'“higher
ups” who pis lined the robberies and
disposed of the whiskey in Chicago,
hut refused to divulgb their identity,
the officers said. v \
MOUNT HOLLY BID| FOR "
LENOIR-RHYNK COLLEGE
Has Sent .Committee to Hickory to
Confer With Qlfictato Regarding the
.-Matter
, Mount Holly, May Tods)’ the j
town of Mount Holly was enthusiastic
in attempting to secure thb Lenoir
Rhyne College tot this place. Word
was circulated throughout Gaston
county yesterday that this section had
a splendid chance to land the well
known Hickory institution. - Immedi
ately the Mount Holly Chamber of
Commerce got busy and Scnf a delega
tion composed of business men to Hick
ory to, confer with the execstive com
mittee* and other officials of I-cnoir-
Rhyne College in an atterpt to have
the college moved to Mount Holly.
The chances are good for Mount Holly,
reports the committee.
The largest donors of Lenoir-Rfiyne
College are members of the Rhyne
family of Mouiity Holly. D. E. Rhyne,
who gave $300,000 to the college only
a short time ago, was born and reared
in Mount Holly. His brother, A. I’.
Rhyne, of this place, has also been
very liberal with the college. The
Lutheran Church of Mount Holly is
very strung financially, and one of the
richest congregations in the whole
ehnrch. It is hoped that the college
can be brought here and located on the
old Thyne homestead at the edge of
town. ;
C. E. Hutchison, president of the
'Mount Hoßy Chamber of Commerce,
is very enthusiastic over the proposi
tion. along with other influential men
of Mount Holly.
JUMPS IN SLEEP FROM
' THIRD STORY WINDOW
Wilkes County Man Badly Hurt by
Leap While Walking In Sleep.
( 'Winston-Salem. May 21.—John Rob
erts, of Reddies River. Wilkes county,
is in a local hospital in an unconscious
condition as the result of a jump from
a third story window at his boarding
house here early this morning. The
young man, who lias been given to
walking in his sleep for some years,
arose this morning and in wandering
about the room awoke a young man
sleeping in another bed. Before the
man could get up and wake young
Roberts he ran to the window, pulled
down the top sash and- took a 30-foot
jump to the ground.
The two men in (he room hurried
down the stairway and found the
crumpled form of the sleep-walker ly
ing oft the ground, face downward.
They carried him back to the bed
room and summoned a physician. An
examination did not reveal any brok
-1 en bones, but’the opinion of the at
’ tending physician was that the man
was suffering from a general concus
sion of the body, caused by the ter
rible jar when he struck the ground.
DEMAND RECOGNITION
s' or OBKEGON REGIME
Resolution Demandiuc Recognition Is
Adopted by the Socialist Conven
tion.
(to the Associate* Pr«MM
New York, May 22—The Socialist
party In annual cOnventtoh here today
adppted a resolution demanding that
the United States recognise the pres
ent government In. Meric*.
Another resolution protested against
the Imprisonment of approximately 40,-
000 Socialists ta soviet Russia, and re
abandon Its policy 'of “persecuting”
I those who held pblitical views at varl
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STANLy BALDWIN IS
CHOSEN MB TO
SUCCEED HIM
Premiership Offered to Him
This Afternoon by King
George and He Accepted
It At Once.
HAS HELD MANY
IMPORTANT POSTS
? .
Has Been Serving for Some
Time as Chancellor of the
Exchequer Under Regime
of Bonar Law.
London, Mny 22 (By the Associate
Press). —Stanly Baldwin is Great Bri
tain’s new prime minister. He acoept
ed the premiership offered him this af
ternoon by King George. V
41ir Stanly Baldwin, the new British
Prime Minister played a etmspieuous
minor part in British polities until the
advent of the Bonar Law regime, af
ter the resignation of Premier Lloyd
George, and the breakup of the coali
tion which guided British destinies
during the war.
Under Mr. Lloyd George he was
financial secretary to the treasury and
later president of the board of trade,
and it wait in recognition of his abili
ties in *the field of finance that he was
named to the important post of Chan
cellor of tlie Exchequer by Bonar iauv.
V Possibly Sir Stanly’s most notable
achievement as chancellor was the ne
gotiation of the war debt settlement
with the United States, in the course
of which he visited fynshington at the
head of the British debt mission. His
handling of the current bndget which
makes possible various reductions in
taxes, notably the levy on Incomes,
also brought much favorable comment.
Since Mr. Bohflr Law’s illness had
incapacitated him from personal par
ticipation in the parliamentary de
bates, Sir Stanly acted as government
spokesman in the House of Commons.
He is fifty-five years of age, was ■edu
cated at Harrow, Trinity College and
Cambridge. Is married and has two
sons and| font,,daughters. .
WANTS THE PRESIDENT
PLEDGED AGAINST DRINK
Bryan Would Hare Cabinet Members
and AM Public Officials Total Ab
stainers.
Kansas City, Mo., May 20.—T0
guarantee the enforcement of the pro
hibition law, a pledge of total absti
nence for the President of the Ur/ted
States, lils Cabinet, members or Con
gress and other public officials was
Urged by William Jennings Bryan in
an address before the annual con
vention of the Southern Baptists here
last night. Mr. Bryan also inc'.uded
members of Churches and faculties
and students of colleges.
“There was a time when I supposed
that law enforcement wouifl never be
a problem in tills country,” Mr.
Bryan declared. “I thought it was
the ideal of our Government that the
minority should acquiesce to the will
of the majority."
Mr. Bryan attacked the Darwinian
theory of evolution, declaring.it was
based entirely on a guess, fie asserted
that it ought not to be taught in any
Christian institution.
Referring to his defeat for the of
fice of Moderator of the Presbyterian
Geperal Assembly at- Indianapolis, he
remarked:
v“I might have appeared officially as
a representative of another great
Christian assembly if I had had only
26 more votes.”
LABOR SOLICITOR HELD •
BY GREENSBORO POLICE
Was Charged With Soliciting Laborers
For North Without Paying State Li
cense.
(By the Associated Pren.)
Greensboro,. N. C„ May 2^. —Charley
Hampton, negro, charged with "se
cretly enticing negro laborers” to
leave Greensboro to take employment
iu the steel mills in Harrisburg, l’a.,
is temporarily at least no longer an
exoduser taking part in the rumored
exodus from the South to industrial
plants in the east. Today in munici
pal court the negro was fined SSOO oud
taxed with the costs for violating the
North Carolina law governing labor
agents, it being proved that Hampton
had no license to solicit lnbor.
Hampton wired his employers at
Harrisburg immediately after being
fined, for Instructions. It is lielieved
an appeal will be taken. This is the
first labor agent case up here in the
last few years, find Hampton was ar
rested just as bfe was about to board
the northltoimd train op which he had
shipped a squad of ten workers.
BRYAN WINS EIGHT
Carries the Question of Total Abstain
ance to Presbyterian General Assem
bly.
Indianapolis, May 22 (By the Asso
ciated Press).—Wm. Jennings Bryan
today won his fight in the General As
sembly of the Northern Presbyterian
■ Church here for a demand that every
Presbyterian minister, church official
and church member, and the faculties
. and students of denominational schools
• controlled by the Assembly, sign a to
; tat obstinance pled gw
An effort to limit tne pledge-signing
. to church members and students was
rejected by the General Assembly.;.
COMMENCEMENT AT
SCOTIA WOMEN’S COLLEGE
Preparatory Entertainment Monday
Night a Great Success.—Other Exer
cises Today and;. Tomorrow.
.The Preparatory Enteftaihmen
Monday night, given in the Col
chapel of Scotia Women's College, Un
witnessed by n large and appreciative
audience. vßrown Eyed Betty,” a ru
ral comedy in three arts, was well ren
dered by members o's the class. The
story, which deals, with distinct types
ta the life of a village, was visualized
with wonderful and pleasing effect to
the delight of the audience and to the
credit of the students who represented
the different characters in the plot.
The following is the cast of charac
ters :
Jonas Hutchings—Mary Johnson.
Violet Hutchings—Frances Houser.
Miranda Hutchings—Alice Johnson.
Rev. Cyrus Hardy—Esther Rippie.
Hiruui Whitcomb—Beulah Pharr.
Marry Leon— Beatrice Click.
, Jim Blinn—Maggie' Bolden.
Sam Mason—lnez Devane.
Is?titia—,Stn rbird—Vernelle Harri
son.
Lucinda Jlason—Lassie Devane.
Haldu Griffin—Hattie Herndon;
Betty—Robbie Wylie.
Congregation—Several Others.
This’evening at 7:30 the- Annual
.Address will lie delivered by the Rev.
Geo. Lnccock, D. D., of Wooster, 0.,
at Westminster Presbyterian Church.
The Commencement exercises’ take
place Wednesday at 10 a. m.
The following program of the grad
uating exercises will lie rendered on
Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock:
March: Hdngroise de Concert —H.
I Kowalski.
Invocation.
Chorus : Over the Water —Es. S. Hos
mer—-College Class.
Essay: Whither Bound? —Helena
Newby.
Semi-Chorus: Gloria—A. B. Peccia
—Seminary Class.
Essay: The Bible and English Liter
ature—Laura Sartor.
Essay: Tannhauser —Annie Mae Sut
ton.
Piano Solo: Pilgrim's Chorus—Wag
ner—Danetta Sanders.
Essay: Friendship jind Character —
F.toise Miller. .
Chorus; Come Where the Fields Are
Beaming—Kinkel.
Essay: Ramnbni, the Hindu Wid
ow’s Friend —Besesie McKinnney.
Essay: Service, the Watchword of
the 20th Century—Effie White.
Chorus: With Heart and Hand —
Mondelssohn
POLICEMAN KILLED BY
ALLEGED HOLD UP MAN
Man Htnally Arrested in Home, After.
Police Officers Used Gas Bombs.
Jim* tuMaarf fttn.)
Jersey City, N. J., May 22.—Two
policeman were shot to death and two
other seriously wounded today in a
guii Imttfe when they tried to arrest
Frank Sayes, a holdup suspect, at his
residence. .Sayes and a woman com
panion were caught finally by polite
reserves after being driyen from the
house with gas bombs.
Detective Sergeant John Black and
Patrolman Clarence Ware were killed
outright, while Lieut. Harry Otis, and
detective James Walton were wounded.
Six officers went to the house to ar
rest Sayes hi connection with a re
cent holdup in which SB,OOO was stolen
from the Public Safety Corporation
which operates public utilities through
out the State.
Sayes saw them coming #and op
ened tire from a rear window. De
tective Walton dropped/
Lieut. Otis. Sargeant Black and Pa
trolman Ware rushed the building, and
after they had been inside for a min
ute or so there was a volley from the
second floor. The two officers Out
side gained entrance and found Otis.
Black a'nd Ware, the latter two dead,
lying outside the door of Sayes’ lied
room.
SAN ANTONIO TO GET
PRESBYTERIAN MEETING
General Assembly of Southern Presby
terians to Be Held in That City
Next Year.
(Hr the \aaoelsted Press.)
Montreat, May 22. —Disapproval was
stamped on the overture of the Presby
tery of St. John's, Fla., asking that at
least one woman be placed on each ex
ecutive committee, in the majority re
port of the standing committee on Mils
and overtures, prepared for the ()A
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church today.
While no announcement was made,
it was expected a minority statement
requesting places for women on the
executive committees also was to be
submitted. The overture has been con
sidered by the commissioners as one of
the most important of the session,
marking another step in the long fight
of the women tot representation in the
highest court of the church.
San Antonio, Texus, was selected
over Montreat, and Staunton, Va., for
the annual General Assembly.
Get 59 Years Each in Pen.
•By the Associated Press.)
Toledo, Ohio, May 22.—Eddie O’-
Brien .and James Colson, convicted on
Monday of lieing members of the gang
that robbed the Toledtf post office of
$10,000,000 on Fehfrunry 17, 1921, were
each sentenced today by Judge Killits
to 50 years 'in the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta.
Turks Destroy Important Bridge.
Athens, May 22 (By the ssoclated
Press).—’Turkish troops are reported
. to have blown up the bridge over the
• Maritza river,'" connecting Adrianople
and Karagath. The news caused con
sternation here.
I ;
i The mpst valuable carriage in the
i world is preserved in the palace of
■ the Trianon at Versailles. It was con
structed for Charles X. of Franc
: Prom pole to hind wheels the vehicle
i Is ithlcky covered with gold, ana it
cost .more than $200,900.
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AGREATIOOP"
A Total erf $22,363 Was Re
ported at the Final Meet
ing:, $863 in Exeess of Orig
inal Sum Sought.
ARMY DIVISION V 3
WAS IN THE LEAD
The Last Luncheon Held at
the Y. M. C. A. Monday Ev
ening Was An Occasion of
Great Joy and Jubilation.
„ The Y. M. C. A. campaign went over
the top with a big whoop when the
workers made their final reports at the
Y. M. C. A. Monday evening at the
last luncheon of the campaign. ' A
total of $22,303 was 'reported which
was SHO3 in excess of the original goal
of 21,500. f
The Army division, under the
leadership of General Hoard, led both
in the number of subscriptions secured
and in the total amount suliscribed.
They secured 202 subscriptions for a
total of $5,280. The Air division, un
der the leadership om Commander A.
It. l Hoover, came second In the nnm
l>er of subscription secured and the
total amount pledged—lsl subscrip
tions —$4,337. The Navy, under Ad
miral C. S. Smart, secured 129 sub
scriptions for a total of $3,504. The .
Hi-Y club secured 27 subscriptions
among the High School lsiys and girls
for a total of $3,333. The executive
committee accounted for the remainder
of the 510 subscriptions.
Captain Odell’s team of the Air
forces took first place in the teams
with a total of $2,404.50. Captain
Pharr of the Navy came second with
$2,203, while Captain Hartsell of the
Army followed with $1,795.
At the luncheon Monday evening af
ter the reports were all in, Chairman
Webb called on W. R. Odell, who
thanked Mr. AOJcley for his splendid
work In heading up nnd directing the
campaign. Mr. Ackley responded
complimenting the fine spirit of the
workers. Mr, H. I■ Woodhmisß«,w4fc- .
then ewiiou upou to thank the women
for their fine work In. preparing the
luncheons during the csnupalgn.
Chairman Webb then railed upon
Mr. Cameron Mcßae, who expressed
the thanks of the workers and their
appreciation of the fine work Mr.
Niblock had done. He then present
ed him with a Howard watch as a
token of the high esteem in which lie '
was held by the workers aud of their
appreciation of his wonderful work in
behalf of the Y. M. C. A.
A male quartet, composed of
Messrs Prindell, Patterson
and Ackley, rendered two numbers
during the luncheon. This, quartet
was introduced as the Pan-American
quartet.
Bill Gibson presented Cameron Mc-
Rae with an old clock and, told him
that if he would hook his mouth to the
clock it wonld run forty-eight
a day. Maury Richmond also pre
sented “Papa” Boh Ridenhour with
several gifts for the new ”Y” worker.
The spirit of the entire crowd was
one of joy and jubilation. The fact
that the job was a hard one made the
victory all the sweeter, and the entire,
corps of workers joined in giving\
praise to God. ' J
Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN JABS
This is the last Jab for the Job is
done and uo little credit is due the
editor for the generous space furn
ished the Jabs ahd the campaign ar- '
tides. The front page every day is
an evidence of the interest the editor •
has had in the success of Concord’s
greatest undertaking. It was a great
moral and civic victory and all who
have contributed to it either in time
or money must feel a great satisfac
tion in a job well done. It has been
a delight to work with the people of
Concord, they have shown a spirit of
co-operation, of dvic pride and con
cern for the good of all that is es
sential if a city is to becopie better
as fast as it liecomes bigger.
8. A. ACKLEY,
Campaign Director.
Peace Institute Commencement.
(By the Aemetated Frees.>
Raleigh, N. C„ May 21.—The com
mencement exercises at Peace Insti
tute which begin on May 25 and con
tinue through May 29, will lie featur
ed by a pageant, “The Progress of
Peace.” The 1923 commencement will
l>e tht» celebration (if the fiftieth ahni
versin’y of the school.
The pageant will depict the Use at
Pe*ue Institute during the administra
tions, lieginning with the presidency of
Rev. Robert Burwell in 1872, tSrongh
the administration of Miss Mary Owen
Graham, the present head of the school
which began In 1910.
Life at Peace Institute during both
the Civil and World wars will be
shown. During the war between the
States, the school was turned Into a
hospital for Confederate soldiers. One
show girls of wel
come to the world war soldiers on
their way through Raleigh to debarka
tion points.
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