North Carolina Newspapers

****69*s * ASSOCIATED * - * j PRESS • $ -DISPATCHES ® VOLUME XXIII SHRIHERS ELEVATE CONRAD V. DYKEIN TOW POSITION Brooklyn Man Has Been Elevated to Position of Im perial Potentate, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. FIGHTING NOW FOR NEXT MEETING Philadelphia and Kansas City • Seem to Have the ! Best Chance Now of Getting the 1924 Meeting. j (By the taaoclatrd Freni.) Wiisliiußtcm. June (!.—Conrad V. Dykoiynn. of X. Y.. was ele vated to the position "of Vinperial Po tentate today by the. Ancient- Arabic f)rder, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. I)r. Dykeinan during the past year has been Deputy Imperial Potentate, and in acf-ord with the usual custom his elevation to the highest office in the older was followed by a promotion by one grade of all the other uatioual of ficers. In the, fight for the 1924 convention which was to be decided later in the day, Kansas City and Philadelphia ap peared to be the chief contenders. C iff mi! Ireland, of Peoria, 111., a former member of Congress, was given a place in the direct line of succession when he was elected Imfterinr Outer (Jnard. The post is at the bottom of the line, and was mude vacant by the elevation of all the higher officials. It was the only place to be called from out side the present corps of national Shrine officialdom. Kansas City Chosen. Washington. .Tune 0. —Kansas City, Mo., was selected today as the 1924 con vention city of the Ancient Arabic Or der of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. All the other cities which had extended invitations for the convention withdrew before the vote was taken and Kansas City was selected unanimously. June .'I. 4 and 5 were chosen as the convention dates. GERMANY'S OFFER IS - CERTAIN OF REJECTION According to Indications as Seen in Of ficial Quarters in Paris Now. Paris. June 6 (By the Associated Press).—The rejection of Germany's new reparations offer was foreshadowed in official quarters here today, although the text of the note is not expected be fore tomorrow, and the unfavorable judgment is based only on unofficial ad vices, indicating that, the offer front the French viewpoint does not even consti tute a basis for negotiations. To Make All School Buildings Safe. Raleigh, June s.—ln connection with his campaign to have every school build ing in North Carolina Inspected before the fall terms open, Stacey W. Wade, state insurance commissioner, lias ad dressed the following letter to each coun ty commission and superintendent of ed ucation : "The panicky feeling which might nat urally follow the recent tragedy in a South Carolina school has alone deterred me from calling your attention more promptly to the possibility of a similar catastrophe because of unsafe conditions in many of our older school buildings. These conditions must be remedied and the law has placed the responsibility upon the insurance commissioner. "We have constructed many fireproof buildings nnd added safety features to others which has given us a sense of se curity, but the responsibility is still there and extends to all sections of the state. It is upon you and upon me and effective results depend upon your co-operation. » "We must face the issue of old build ings by co-operative to elimi nate those which are unsafe. To this end, it is my purpose to 'inspect every building reported to me as unsafe, and in order that I may first give attention to the most pressing needs. I am asking that you send me a list of all two-stor.v school buildings in your district which may not be regarded as safe, keeping in mind that every two-story building to be safe must Jiave two separate and dis tinct ways of egress remote from one another, nnd that two stairways termi nating inside the building form only one exit nnd is a violation of the law. Please report fully any building which you consider needs immediate attention and upon receipt of your report I will arrange to have two deputies of this department visit your district at the earliest possible date for inspection and instructive criticism. I.ineman Killed at Fayetteville. (By the Associate* Press., Fayetteville, June 6.—Fred 0. Fields, lineman, was instantly killed here this morning when he came in contact with a heavily charged with while working on a pole. Fields came hare from LaGrange, N. C., and leaves a widow and one child. ~ Joitr in ,Concord. "SUCCESS” DAY which starts Today everybody should participate. • For full particulars Phone STAR THEATRE The Concord Daily Tribune MILLIONS WILL BE WON AND LOST ON THE DERBY Estimated That in One Race $23,000.- 000 Will Be Turned Over. (By the Associated Press.) London. June 6.—On the occasion of the "Derby,” England's most popular horse race, which will be run over the famous Epsom Downs June 6, more money will change hands than on aiiy other sporting event in the world. It is 'estimated that on this one race $25,- 000.000 will be turned over. The actual wagering on the race sur passes anything 'which takes place on several of the other big races here. It is an occasion when nearly every one makes a bet. the amounts varying from the office boy's twopence to the wealthy plan's thousand pounds. But by far the greater amount of money involved is in the sweepstakes which are organised in, connection with the event. Every office throughout the land lias its list, and here again' the amounts invested vary according to the means of the participants. There an- also several sweepstakes open to the public, the most popular of these being the Calcutta Sweep, which offers about S4SO,(MM) for the person wl(o draws the winning horse. Then there is the London Stoek Exehange sweep with its first prize of rind the Dublin Hospital sweep which, pays-$50,000 to the lucky dinner. The tickets for these lotteries vary from $2.50 to $5.00,, and were snapped up immediately they went on sale. They are now at a premium, and are only obtainable by paying enormous sums to those who happened to be lucky enough to secure them when first issued. The gambling spirit is confined not only to pepple living in Eugland. for Americans in different parts of the world have shown that they too love a little flutter, hence their friends in Lon don add elsewhere have been iunndutpd with requests to purchase as many tickets as possible on their behalf. One American woman is sakl W* have secured tickets for all the bigger sweep stakes. and should fortune smile upon her she may win nearly $1,000,0(10. Wins Classic Derby Stakes. Epsom Downs. June 0 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Papyrus won the clas sic derby stakes run here today. . Pharos was second, and Part It was third. Ninet. en horses ran. GOVERNOR WILL CALL THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY If the Shipping Commission Makes a Favorable Report. Asheville. .Tune s.—Governor Morri son will call nu extraordinary session of tile general assembly if the newly creat ed state shipping commission reports fav orably on his Waterways nud navigable streams of North Carolina, he declared tonight, addressing tne annual meeting of the Asheville Merchants association. In probably his most brilliant anil ef fective speech ever made in western North Carolina, with an audience of the most prominent business leaders, the chief executive pleaded for over tyvo hours for the support of the people in order that the water power of the state may be developed and the navigable streams utilized for the best interests of the commonwealth. The governor declared that the mem bers of the corporation commission are unfavorable to the measure because it may mean losing their-jobs, as their duty now is trying to get for the state that which of the nation will be glad to give them when the people dematid l| eir rightful place iu the commercial world. Declaring that the rates now given the state by carriers are only a bone to sat isfy those wlm are not demanding their rights, tile governor severely condemned the attitude of the business interests of North Curolpm in being satisfied with present conditions, when they can pro vide the basic principle bn which all freight. rates are made, that of water competition. NO HOPE FOR BREAK \ IN HOT WEATHER NOW Forecast for Next 24 Hours Shows High Temperature Will Continue. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. June o.—No hope for a pronounced break in the sweltering tem lierntures covering the eastern part of the country was held out in today's weather forecast for the uext 24 hours. The only optimistic prediction was one for n slight lowering of the thermometer tonight in the New England aud Middle Atlantic and lower I-ake regions. Hot weather was general today east of the Mississippi Valley hut moderate temperatures were reported from the Far West. WIDOW OK AVIATOR HURT IN ACCIDENT Wae on Way to Get Body of Dead Hus band, When the Accident Occurred. (By the Associated Fiess.l Baltimore, June (I.—Mrs. K. Phil lips, widow of the aviator who was kill ed iu an airplane crash at Aberdeen, Md., yesterday was badly cut and bruised in au automobile accident today. She was being driven to Baltimore by Lieutenant Shankle, of Aberdeen, to take charge of her husband's body when the ear col lided with a motor truck in East Bnlti- I more. Mrs. Phillips was unable to pro -ceed. to her destination. FOl’R FINED HEAVILY FOR OIL TRANSACTIONS Ono Defendant Fined $15,000 and Other Three 'slo,ooo Each by Texas Judge. (By the Associated Press.) Fort Worth, Texas, June 6.—Walter Marks was fined $15,000, and Nathan H. Sang, Philip Goldstein and M. Hirsch, were each fined SIO,(KM) today by Federal 'Judge Benjamin Bledsoe on their pleas of guilty to conspiracy to defraud through the mails in connection with the General Lee Interests, oil eases. All the defendants are from Chicago. No prison sentences were assessed, District Attorney Henry Zweiful re questing the oourt to impose only fines as punishment. The sikns of animals were the ear liest forms of money. • , > , CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1923. Think the Liquor Question is of Purely Domestic jurisdiction (By the Associated Press.) Washington. .Tune (i.—Diplomats in Washington who have discussed the ship liquor question since the department of ficials have had it pointed out to them that the question is regarded as oue of purely domestic jurisdiction nnd there fore not subject to treatment through any joint international conference. The American government does not propose to seek such a method of adjust ment or to accept any proposal of that nature from an outside source. The question of rules and regulations under the Supreme Court interpretation of the HOW THE WEST WAS WON. Community Pageant Fellows Many Many Months of Preparation. Walla Walla, Wash.. June (!.—"How the West was Won" is the title of a community pageant which was inaugur ated iu Walla Walla today, following many months of preparation. The pag eant is tin* most ambitious representa tion of till* thrilling history of the Pa cific Northwest that has ever bbeu at tempted. It is not a succession of tab leriux, but a real drama with living characters, who speak and act-!heir )shits In history. Some 24190 people partici pate in the production, which- is enact ed on one of the largest pageant stages ever used in the I’nlted States. Tlie spectacle opens with the Lewis and nark exploring party, encamped at tile mouth of Snake River. Oct. (i. 1805. nnd shows them surrounded by a band of curious Indians, with whom they bar ter and exchange gifts. The next scene is Fort Xez Perce, the Hudson's Bay Company post at the mouth of the Walla Walla, where it Hows iuto the Columbia, fur traders and Indians commingling on September 1. 1836. The Whitman missionary party, consisting of Dr. aud Mrs. Marchs Whitman, the Rev. and Mrs, H. H. Spaulding, and W. H. Gray, are ijeen riding up to the post, the first Americans to settle in the “in land empire." Next the Whitman mission is shown in all Its activities in 1843 when the great wagon train of pioneers arrived, which settled the ownership of "the Oregon country." The Whitman massacre is not shown dramatically, but symbolically, one episode depicting the spirits of Mountain, Feld and Flood, rejoicing iu the hew reign of Love. As they dance a messenger rushes in, telling the story of the tragedy at the mission at Wui-i --.lat-pu. The second movement, that of the lu dian*wi!Vs. shows she great council of 185.7. when Governor Stevens signed treaties with the five Indian tribes. .The Steptoe defeat immediately follows, but Colonel Wright and his Tinted States troops vanquish the Indians aud estab lished the I'nited States flag forever. The third movement shows Walla Walla in the making, and represents its growth from 1859. as Steptocville, nam ed for the first I'nited States command er at Fort Walla Walla, to 1875 when the completion of Dr. Baker's railroad to the Columbia River at Wallnla. con nected the town with the outside world, and brought the pioneer period to an end. In this movement the founding of the First Methodist church; of the first girls' school; the first institution of high er education. Whitman Seminary, and St. Paul's school for girls, are shown against a realistic background of pioneer life in a wild western town. Saloonkeepers and gamblers, cattlemen and horse thieves, packers, miners aud ordinary folk fill the scene, which is laid on Main street, the Nez Perce trail to Colville, and to the mines iu Idaho and Montana. An incident is the hanging of a horse thief by a band of vigilantes. The vener ated Cushing E’ells, the founder of Whit man Seminary which later became Whit man College, is seen riding his horse, Le Blond. Dr. D. S. Baker appears as the first railroad builder. <■ The last movement is gorgeous with color and beauty, symbolizing the future day, described by various dances of wheat, fruits and flowers, with an im pressive tableau, ending in a superb pro cession, of hundreds of itloVing and mounted figures , ugainst the natural background of the Blue Mountains, iu all their wonderful color. Music is oue of the special features of the pageant. The musical isn't ions of the program are furnished by a large orches tra and a chorus of 590 voices. FIND BODY OF MAN ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS Dead Man Was W- C. McCurry. "I Merkerson.—Body Found 1 Near Elm wood. (By the Associated Pres a.) Asheville, June 6. —The body of W. C. 'McCurry, of Merkerson, N. C., was found by a Southern Railway train crew on the rigid of u'ay of the railroad near Elmwood early today. McCurry was a Shriner, en route to the Wash ington- convention and is believed to lia've fallen from the train Monday. The body, partially concealed in grass, was not observed by passengers and train crews passing the point for two days. It was taken to Statesville. Anatolia has a woman member of the Government as head of the department of public instruction. *• The organs of smell iu a vulture crow are so keen that they can scent their prey for a distance of 40 miles. Weather Last Week More , Favorable to Cotton Crop evty th« A>u<lii«l Pry—.) Washington, June 6.—The weather generally was more favorable iu much of the cotton belt than for several preced ing weeks although it continues decided ly unfavorable in some sections, said weekly weather and erqp review issued tqday by the Department of Agriculture covering the week ending yesterday. In North Carolina conditions ' were prohibition enforcement act is wholly a matter for Congress it is held, and so far as is known tluih viewpoint has not been challenged in the corresimndcnce with the various governments. As was indicated by Premier Baldwin in tile British House of Commons recent ly the point involved from an internat ional standpoint is onf* of comity among the nations. Applications of the accept ed principles of comity within American domestic jurisdiction.: however, is re garded here as within the province of Congress and not a matter for jntemat ional conference agreement. FARMERS NOT FRIGHTENED By Advent of Bell Weevil.-—2 Per Cent. Increase in Cotton Acreage. Raleigh, N. 0., .T\mc 6 (By the Associ ated Press), —The two-per cent, increase iu the cotton acreage of North Carolina is "good evidence that the advent of the boll weevil has not frightened the cot ton grower away in this state," accord ing to a statement issued tonight by W. H. Rhodes, of the North Carolina and I'nited States Departments of Agricul ture. "The condition of the crop is 77 per cent, of a normal at present as shown by the cotton report released by the United States Department of Agricul ture released June 1. "reads the an nouncement. "This forecasts a yield iu this state ot 231 pounds of lint cotton to the acre, and is 7 per cent, oelow the condition of last year at this time, but Ij. per cent, above the average condition for the past five years. The four states showing a higher average than North "Carolina were Virginia, 78: Florida. 87; California 93, aud Arizona 92 per cent. "Reports indicate that 98 per cent of the cotton acreage jn North Carolina was fertilized, which is above the usual av erage. The amount used per acre aver aged 445 [Mmlids this year as compared with 406 pounds last year. This was a much higher grade of fertilizer than farm ers usually buy fob cotton, and cost, oil an average, $39.20 per ton, slightly less than the price last year. "Tlie condition of the nation's crop is 71 iter rent, compared with 09.6 per cent, at this time last year, and 66 )>er cent, the year before, 1921. A revision in the fiual estimate of the 1922 cotton acreage is shown by the June 1 .I'pol't. showing tlie area picked in 1922 as 33,036.000, with an average yield of 141.3 pounds of lint per acre. "The most frequently recurring re marks from cotton farmers in North Car olina are. 'Poor Htands. 1 - 'Much Ite plrinting,' ‘Cotton dying ot) account of cool weather,' 'Crop ten to thirty days late.’ ‘Cold weather has retarded growth.' No seed for replanting.' Too much rain.' ‘Crop needs cultivating.' and 'Labor scarce.' "Weather conditions, prior to May 25 were too cool for cotton. "The shortage of seed in tlie main cot ton belt prevented much of the replant ing that was intended. Inasmuch as tlie stands are usually thinned out by chop ping it is difficult now to say how the stands may be later, but it is expected that the acreage to be picked, or that re maining after Julie 25, may be slightly less than last year.” IMPORTANT RAIDS MADE IN; NEW YORK Thirteen Men ami Number of Counter feit Machines Were Captured and Seiz ed in Raids. (By the Associated Press. New York, June 6.—Thirteen men were arrested and millions of bogus govern ment revenue stamps, whiskey- and cham pagne labels, with the plates from which they were printed, were seized by'opera tives of tlie U. S. Secret Service in two raids here last night, it was announced today. Washington. June o.—The arrest of thirteen men in New York and the seiz ure there of counterfeit revenue stamps, medical liquor prescriptions and with drawal permits was declared today by Chief Moran of the Secret Service, to be one of the most important raids conduct ed by the government in many months. TEN PERSONS HURT IN ELECTRIC TRAIN ACCIDENT Two Trains Ran Together at Riverside. Va., Near National Capital. (By the Aseoetated Preen.) Washington, June 6.—Ten persons were injured, two of them seriously, in a coltissiou today at Itiverside, Yu., be tween two electric trains whose pas sengers included a number of visitors to the Shriners convention. One of the trains was returning to Washington from Jit. Vernon and the other carrying a crowd there. The injured were taken to Alexandria for treatment. Mrs. S. P. Kirkpatrick, Henderson, X. CY, was among those slightly injured. Field Lecture Work For Columbia Uni versity. Raleigh, Juue 2.—Miss Gail Harrison, one of tlie speakers on the State Primary Association meeting last year, soon will take up field lecture work for Columbia University, according to an announce ment here today by Jule B. Warren, secretary of the North Carolina Educa tion Association. Tlie soil of Siberia is sometimes frozen to a depth of 63 feet. most favorable, fields were clean, but tlie plants are rather small and late. Conditions in North Carolina, the re port said, in its detailed account were: Favorable for most crops and farm work, though some eastern sections need rain, while too much moisture in por tions of the west. The cotton fields are clean and the progress of the cotton fair, but the plants are rather small and late. BELGIANS PREPARE . REPARATIONS PLAN FOR GENU FAVOR What is Declared to Be An Abstract of the Plan Has Been Made Public by the New York World. SUGGESTS PLANS TO RAISE MONEY Plan Would Make Railways, Special Monopolies and the Coal Concessions Produce Bulk of the Money. (By the Aatoeiiitefl r New York. June o.—What is stated to be an official abstract of the Belgian pro posal on the German reparations under discussion today by the heads of the French ami Belgian governments in Brussels is printed by The World to day. According to ttyrs abstract the Bel gian plan fixes tlie total indemnity to be collected from Germany at 40 billion gold marks, with interest on the debt com puted at (» per cent, interest plus 1 per cent, sinking fund, making the German payments work out at 2,800,000.000 gold marks a year. To meet these payments, revenues from the German state railways, from special monopolies and coal deliveries are proposed—l.ooo.ooo.ooo gold marke from the railways; 1,500.000.000 from she spe cial monopolies, and .‘>40,000.000 from the coal deliveries. The monopolies propos ed, which are sale monopolies, not based on production or men. would be on to bacco, sparkling wines, beer, still wine, spirits*, sugar, salt, matches and lighters, and electric apparatus, the total calcu lated at 1.530,000,000 gold marks an nually. The monopolies would be assigned to the reparations commission which would farm them out to private syndicates, in cluding German interest. ROGER BARSON TO MERCHANTS Many of Them Would Be Better Off as Bricklayers, He Says. (By the Associated Pwimli Atlantic City, June o.—Several hun dred thousand retail merchants in this country would lx* better off as bricklay ers and plasterers rather than to con tinue their present business, Roger W. Rabson told the convention of the As sociated Advertising Clubs of the World today. “There are 1.500.000 retailers in the United States today.” he said, "and 100,- 000 of them are doing a profitable busi ness and 400,000 more are doing a fair business; but a million of these retail ers arc barely struggling along. A large portion oi>erate at a loss. Those who are not operating at a loss pre merely getting day wages and small day wages at that. "Yet the retailers of the country bear the same relation to the country’s indus tries as the common soldiers bear to an army. The prosperity of the country is ultimately dependent U|m>u the efficiency and prosperity of tlie retailors. "Some say there are a million Phi many retailers and the solution is to eliminate several hundred thousand of them. The solution lies not in eliminat ing a million retailers but in showing them how they can work efficiently and how they can be* of the greatest possible service. This is the? great task facing American business men today.” OPEN MGLGE TODAY ACROSS ROCKY RIVER Highway Ccmmissifcncrs and Road Engi neers Will Attend Stanly-Anson Event. Norwood. June 5. —Tlie new highway bridge across Rocky River on highway No. 80 between Wadesboro and Salis bury connecting Stanly and Anson coun ties, recently completed, will be formally opened WtHlimsdajy morning with ap propriate exercises at 10 o’clock. Frank Page and W. O. Wilkinson of the state highway commission. Chief En gineer Pridgen, J. M. Boyett, R. L. Smith, of Ansouville and I)r. T. A. Haitheoek, of Norwood, will be she prin cipal speakers. The Norwood band will play and the ladies of the Norwood Pres byterian Church will serve refreshments for the benefit of the new church build ing. This beautiful structure 500 feet long was erected at a cost of $70,000 aud ov ercomes a barrier which has always ex isted betweeh Stanly and Anson coun ties. The bridge is two miles south of Norwood. THINKS COMPROMISE WILL BE MADE SOON Opponents to World Court Plan to Be Pacified by Certain Amendments. (By the AMnclnted Frees.) Washington, June o.—Predictions that differences among Republican senators on the administration world court pro posal will be compromised through reser vations was made by Senator Watson, of Indiana, one of the party leaders af ter a conference with President Harding. “Approximately twenty-two senators, according to best estimates, are disin clined to support the cornet proposal un less reservations are adopted to make plain the I'nited States is not entering the league of nation,”; said Senator Wat son. “The President has said that, the proposal does not mean going into the league, and I have no doubt he will ac cept reservations to make it certain.” Misp Reba Hum of Spokane, first woman to set in the Washington State senate, has become a candidate tor nomination to Congress. In'Christian art the goat i« regarded as an emblem of impurity. CATAW&A COLLEGE IS TO BE MOVED TO B.\ Property of Salisbury Norma . au dit stria 1 Institute Donated to the College. The trustees of Catawba College in adjourned meeting in the FirSt Reform ed Church Salisbury on Tuesday voted to accept the property of the Salisbury Normal and Industrial Institute as the future Catawba College. The trustee* of the Institute had made a proposition to the Board of Trustees of Catawba College to give to the Board the site. 40 acres of land just outside the city limitV of Salisbury, and the new building which is estimated lo cost $200,000.00. The trustee* of Catawba College ore to pay tfie debt and interest which is about $42.0011.00. The trustees of Catawba College are to conduct a College. The Board of Trustees of Catawba College had taken action two weeks previous to make the College meet the requirement of an A grade College. They sent an overture to the General Synod of the Reformed Church as sembled in Hickory. The General Synod said that the CJJege must be main tained and that the College should be made an A grade College. The General Synod assured the College that the church at large would supplement what the Reformed Church in North (’aro ll n a might do. The Board of Home Mis sions was given permission to help in meeting current expenses. In accepting the proposition at Salis bury. the citizens of Salisbury will be challenged o give $50,000,000 of the $400,000.00 that the trustees propose to raise for endowment and equipment. The College course and the 3rd and 4th year of the Academy will be con ducted at Newton for the current year. Dr. Wolfinger. the President will go into the field work. A Dean will have charge of the Academic administra tion. The Board is doing this to give the 50 College students a chance to continue work in Satawba College so that they will loose nothing in making the removal to Salisbury September 1024. Rev. Shu ford Peeler of Charlotte and Mr. J. T. Hedrick of Lexington, will have charge of preparing the plans for the raising of the endowment to make the College an A grade and preparing to open in Salisbury. Mr. J. T. Hedrick. Mr. J. O. Moose, of Concord, and Rev. J. M. Keller, of China Grove, are Com missioners of the Trustees to take over the Salisbury property. Rev. Chas. It. Schaeffer, D. D.. of Philadelphia, was present, as an ad visory member. He had spent some time in looking over the new building at Salisbury. He said "I think this Salis bury offer a great opportunity.. C believe the future ofr the College is here, that this is the place.” He declared that 200 members of General Synod who saw the building were of one iAind that the Board of Trustees of Catawba College sjhould accept the offer at Salisbury. Great interest was manifested. Near ly all the pastors of the Reformed Churches in North Carolina were present on Tuesday, 13 members of the Board of Trustees, aud more than 40 laymen and women of the Reformed Church, also a number of citizens of Salisbury. Salisbury is interested in having an A grade College located there. The citizens have expressed the desire that Catawba College be that College, doing so in the magnificent offer of so valuable a plant as is owned by the Trustees of the Salisbury Normal and Industrial Institute. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at a Decline of 5 to 11 Points Under Overnight Selling Or ders. (By the Annotated Prew.) New Y'ork. June o.—The cotton mar ket opened steady at a decline of 55 to 11 points under overnight selling orders and rather a more favorable view of weather conditions based on yesterday’s late weather map. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. July 2(1.70; Oct. 23.80; Doc. 23.50; Jail. 23.20; March 23.05. Vacation Bible School. Beginning at 0 o’clock next Monday morning. June lltli, a ten-day Bible School will be conducted at Calvary Lutheran Church. Three hours each morning—from 0 to 12 o’clock —-will be given to devotions, niusi, Bible study, cissiou study and recreation. This school will bo free to the public and any one who cares to attend will be gladly welcomed. In Russia there are estimated to be 1,220 women lo every 11)0 men. Germany comes next with 1,100 and Austria 1,- 060. Now Is The Time To Subscribe For Stock in The ij 70th Series Concord Perpetual Building And i| Loan Association SERIES STARTS SATURDAY, i JUNE 2nd BOOKS NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS AT CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK CONCORD AND KANNAPOLIS, N.’c. Do you want a good, safe, tax-free investment for your savings? Do you want to borrow money to buy or build a home ? THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE. C. W. SWINK, Pres. H. I. WOODHOUSE, Sec-Treas. P. B. FETZER, Assistant Treasurer ® TODAY’S » «8> NEWS'' ® © TODAY « NO. 134. STARTED. AROUSING UNUSUAL INTEREST Russian is Charged With Killing 33 Persons and He Has Confessed to Several of the Murders. MURDER IS VERY EASY, HE SAYS Says Only One Person Ever Resisted.—Usually Hit the Victims With Hammer or Strangled Them. Moscow, June (1 (By the Associated Press!.—The tidal of Vasili Komaroff for the murder of thirty-three persons opens today. Such extraordinary in- p terest has been manifested in the case that the proceedings are to be held in the large Polytechnic Museum instead of the ordinary court chamber. Komaroff, in his cell, told correspond deut he hoped the court would make a speedy job of it and shoot him quickly. “I am fifty-two, have had a good time, and don’t want to live any longer,” said the mild-eyed peasant. He then re marked calmly that murder is “an aw fully easy job,” adding ; -I killed a can who tried to beat me in a horse trade. He was the only one who ever resisted. It was very easy— I just knocked them on their heads with a hammer or strangled them.” The prisoner said he could not even remember some of his victims. CAROLINA DEFEATS TRINITY Young Ferebee Again Sliows His Mettle, lidding Methodists Well in Hand. Durham. June s.—Before a crowd of 3,500 people ou Hanes field the Carolina baseball dub took the final game of the season from the Trinity eollege nine in a ragged fray, featured by loose playing on both sides, by a score of 5 to 3. The Carolina aggregation scored in the see ond, third and fifth frames; while the three tallies scored, by the Methodist club came successively in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. The University lads chalked up eight hits thnmghout_the game, aud Coach Steiner's boys got six scattered safeties. Ferebee, the Univer sity 'youth, again proved his mettle against Trinity when he held the Trinity lads down despite their frequent threats'* to rally in the last three inniugs. FRED I’PHAM WILL, NOT RESIGN AS TREASURER Os Republican National Committee, He Tells Chicago Herald and Examiner. (By (he Associated Press.) Chicago June 6.-—Fred IV. I'pham, treasurer of the Republican national committee, has sent a radiogram to the Chicago Herald & Examiner saying he is in perfect accord with President Hard ing and that he will not resign as treasurer. Mr. I’pham is en route to Europe on the steamship Majestic. Previously it had been reported and de nied that differences with John P. Adams, chairman of the committee for President Harding had caused a rup ture, the reports becoming public after Mr. Upham had put to sea. With Our Advertisers. The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. always has money to lend to its pa trons. Bell & Harris Furniture Cq. the house furnisher, has au interesting new ad. today. The Eleetrik Maid Bake Shop is a Concord institution, owned and operated by Concord citizens. liarot Off to Washington. (By (be AKHocrared Press.) Garden City. N. Y.. June 6.—Georges Barot, French aviator, left Roosevelt Field at 7 :40 a. m. Eastern time, today, for Washington in ills “Hying flivver.” There was a clear sky and a light fav orable wind. Sisler Can Drive Around. St. Louis, June 4.—George Sisler’s eyes have improved to such an extent that he drives his automobile in tue congested business district, but the star ball player today stated he did not know just when he would be able to don a Brown uniform.