North Carolina Newspapers

$ PRESS • DISPATCHES •:•••••• VOLUME XXIII New and Drastic Seizure Orders Have Beenlssued I Orders Have Been Issued From Washington Follow ing Arrival of British Ves sels With Liquor on Board BALTIC'S SUPPLY HAS BEEN SEIZED Raid Was Stopjped Few Min utes, But Later Was Ful ly Resumed.—Expecting Other Ships With Whisky.: ' |; New York, June 23 (By th« Asso- , oiated Press). —Uncle Sam After starting ' to seize Johnnie Bulb* liquor on the Baltic today..halted, scratched his head. . and'later rexunted his raid on the ship’s lockers stocked with liquors under the British government seals intended for use ontlie homeward trip. Secretary Mellon, who promulgated the , <jry ruling which the Baltic, Berengaria , and Paris have deliied, joined officials at Washington in professing ignorance of tlie reasons for the pause, and officials at . the customs houc in conference could , not be reached. At the White Star offi- , ces it was stated no injunction proceed- j ings had been instituted. , Collector Biting finally explained the inixup by saying the Seizure of the Bnl- , ■ ti’s liquor had been temporarily halted because it was discovered that Dr. E. i K. Sprague, local chief of the United States Public Health Service had not ; certified the amount of liquor to be left , for medical use. As sooh as t+ie cer tificate was issued. Blffug ordered the seizure to proceed. Now York, .funs 23.)—The Baltic’s case was surrounded witr further mys tery at 11 :30 a. tn. when Philip Biting, collector of the post, coming out of con- , ference with the ship officials at the cus toms bouse, declared the seizure in full : progress that the status of the Baltic had , not been definitely settled, and probably ! would not be until tomorrow. Meanwhile from uptown eamt> an- , nouncement by surveyor of the port Whittle, that there had'been no prolong- , ed interruption of the Baltic’s seizure. ; and the the Berengariu’s liquor would be taken uezt. ' Removal of the seized liquor from the Baltic began shortly before 2 o’clock. Authorities induced . longshoremen to lift it with a crane from the hold and it was loaded on trucks bound for n government warehouse. Qnl.v a few dozen cases had been taken off, however, when the removal was stripped on telephonic instructions from Dr. Sprague. Customs and prohibition authorities, np iu the air over the lat est turn in events, said they were await ing Dr. Sprague's arrival before they did anything else. Getting the liquor off the steamship was somewhat of a problem. Chief Offi cer Williams, of the Baltic, said they could not look to the crew for aid. and could not use the ship's cranes to land the spirits. There are a half dozen nar row stairways ami crooked corridors be tween the liquor nnd land. The liquor was indentured and a guard placed over it, but none had been remov ed lit noon, and Captain Roberts, declar ing it would take the force 48 hours to get it off unaided, predicted it would be left aboard. He said the formal seizure was enough to provide a test case. The temporary halt iu 'proceedure, it was disclosed, resulted in -the discovery that Dr. E. K. Sprague, local chief of the United States Public Health Service, had not yet certified the quantity to be left for medical purposes. Jubilation was displayed upon the Ma jestic upon which Secretary Mellon sails tmlajt, when word that the Baltic seiz ure had been halted, reached he pier where the Baltic had tied np. Gloom fol lowed .when it was learned the seizure Was bring carried out. The Majestie carries on her homeward trip only 70 bottles of brandy for medic inal purposes. New Instructions Issued. Washington, June 23. —New and dfas tis instructions, designed, it was said, to hasten seisure of beverage liquors aboard the incoming foreign lineTß, were sent today by assistant Sereetayy Moss, of the Treasury, to custous and prohibition officers in New York. The new orders were made necessary, it was officially stated, by the action of Dr. B. K. Sprauge, public 'health officer in New York, in granting a request to the .medical officers of the British liner, Berengaria to retain his entire BUpply of liquor as “medicinal.” The permit granted by Dr. Sprague in the ease, of the Berengaria has been or dered by the acting surgeon general who received his order from asr. sistant Secretary Moss. Moss then wired prohibition and customs officials that no such ‘.‘unreasonable” grant of liquors could be allowed by tbe Treas ury. Baldwin Denies Rumor. % London. June 23 (By tbe Associated PUP*) .—An official statement issued this I afternoon read : “There is no foundation whatever for certain remarks attributed to Mr. Bald win (the Priine Minister)' in the press to the effect: ‘Now that the Irish ques tion and the debt are out of tbe way, prohibition seems to be the only thing likely to disturb Anglo-American friend ship’.” '7 " ' .if ■■ ■ - ■ ■■ Has Sued Southern Railway. Ittr the Frew., Asheville, N. C., June 23. —A. 8. Storrs, administrator of the estate of Mrs. Lilian‘Storrs. has entered suit hero for $75,000 damages against the South ern Railway Company aetie result of the tta^^>r^^nea^jßat^X"C' . •' • * j [*";/ ifV* V-| •••••' *• The Concord Daily Tribune 4k 1- C. A. WEBB HEADS THE EDITORS’ ASSOCIATION J. B. Sherrill. Conecrd. Declined Re election.—Press Agent Discussed Browing Rock. June 22.—The 51st annual convention of North Carolina Press Association adjourned today after a three-day session at Mayview Manor, Blowiag Rock. Over his protest John B. Sherrill was re-elected president of the association, hut immediately re signed and C. A. Webb, publisher of the Asheville Citizen, was elected in his stead. Other offices are: Firse vice president. A./ C. Honeycutt, of Albe | marie; second vice president H. Galt I Braxton, of Kinston; third vice presi dent, airs. T. J. Lassiter, of Smithfi-ld; i the office of secretary and treasurer hav ing been consolidated. Miss Beatrice Cobb, secretary, was re-elected, and is to fill both offices; historian, M. L. Ship man. of Raleigh, orator, J. L. Horne, of Rocky Mount; poet. J. P. Rawley, of High Point; members of the exceptive committee, C. A. Webb, Miss -Beatrice Cobb. Stanford Martin. Fred H. May, R. E. Price. J. F. Hurley and H. B. Va rner. One of the biggest discussions of to day’s program was that of the inter-city spirit by Stanford Martin, of Winston- Salem. Mr. Martin read extracts from a number of letters received 'from promi nent business men in the state. One of these men wrote, “Let ns stop boost ing or own communities nnd cities and boost the state ns a whole.” In doing | this we will overcome the rivalry that | now exists between the different cities and communities. They were all of the opinion, however, that th«k system ,rt>f good roads now being built in the state was bringing the cities and communi ties olospr together, and that now it is up to the newspa'pers to work on a broad basis so as not to define too closely the boundary lines existing be tween them. “We Are just like a big family.” another one said, “with the different towns and cities represented tis brothers, big and little. One eity\will bp a great commercial center, while an other an industrial center or manufac turing center: on the coast we will have our big shipping center with traffic into nil parts of the world and so its goes that we are all striding to a big end. Our work is along different lines and there really should be no rivary between us.” Advertising problems blade up the dis cussions of shop this morning. Quacks antf~ ptes* agents came in for their an nual drubbing with J. P. Rawley as the chief drnbber. , The discussion of Advertising agencies by H. Galt Braxton brought an end to the shop talk for the morning. The Savory loving cup was awarded the Pilot at Vass, ns the best weekly newspaper in the state. Stacey Brewer is editor and publisher of the Pilot. He wgs presented the cup by the new presi dent. A moving picture of the< presenta tion was made. This is to be used in current news pictures throughout,, the country. Brief sketches of tributes to two of the association’s members who have passed away Binee the last annual meet ing were submitted and read. A. B. Joyner, of tbe Greensboro Daily News, read a sketch on the late G. S. Brad shaw; Josephus Daniels, who was to have read a sketch on Dr. T. N. Ivey, who died a few weeks ago, could not attend the meeting, i His paper, how ever, was sent in to be spread upon the minutes, V A very pleasant incident of the morn ing session was the visit nf Mrs. Moses H. Cone. Mrs. Cone said she wanted to know the newspaper men and women of North Carolina and passed among them shaking hands. All of' the afternoon was spent in sightseeing. Places of interest about the village were visited. This was the first opportunity visiting newspapermen had had for getting out into the Blow ing \Koek community. The rock itself has not ceased to be a wonder. The address of Walter H. Savory, of New York, was saved until last night's banquet. This banyuet was otie of the nmny courtesies extended the associa tion by. tbe management of Mayview Manor. About 50 or 60 nTe staying over foF the trip to Linviile tomorrow. At the dinner last night the Asso ciated Press club decided to hoM its October meeting in Greensboro. Strawberries On lee Ferment and Ex / ; pi ode. But Not One Injured. Danville, Va., June 22.—J. T. -Clift, express messenger on the Danville and Western Railway, arrived in Danville Wednesday presenting ah unusual ap pearance. At Martinsville a barrel of refrigerat ed strawberries was placed in the ex press car. The heat of the car to gether with the fact that the strawber ries in fermenting bad generated pres sure. resulted in the barrel exploding and Clift, who was dad in a white glut, was caught avalanche of disinte grated strawberries. The barrel ex ploded with a noise like a gun but caused no physical harm. The express car and most of the packages in it were literally drenched with fruit. \■ . Bankers to Tour Europe. New York, June 23.—Among the pas sengers sailing on the steamship Majestic today were many bankers representing financjal institutions iu all sections of the United States. The bankers plan to make a seven weeks’ tour of Europe. They will visit Great Britain, France, , Italy, Switzerland, Holland, and Belgium, making exhaustive investigations to en > able accurate advice to business inter - eats iu all parts of the United States > concerning needs and conditions in Ea • rope, v A feature of the program will be v a dinner ip Parts at which the bankers b will have Ambassador Myron T. Herrick i rand high officials of France all their iff*? ? CONCORD, N, C„ SATUOTAY, JUNE 23, 1923. TEXTILE ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS James A. Chapman New President and Marshall Wiling New Vice President. (By the Associated Pmzl f Asheville, June 23.—The 15th annual meeting of the Soutb<4rn Textile Axku eiaticn adjourned today after the elec tion of officers to serve during the ensil ing year. James A.jChapman, Jr., of Inman, S. C„ was eleeted President, succeeding John W. Clarke, of West Durham. Mar shall Dilling, of Gastonia, N. C., was I chosen as Vice President; O. D. Grimes, of Milstead, Oa., chairman Os the board of governors: A, B. Carter, Gastonia, sec retary ; and T. A. Moses, of Greenville. S. ft., treasq/er. /The convention also eleeted four mem bers of The board of Governors as fol- ’ lows: W. H. Gibson. Union, S. (\, J. R. Jennings, West Point, Ga.; T. B. Stev enson, Oarnleen, N. Ch and 1,. L. Brown* Clifton. S. C. They were elected to the places of John F. Ixmg, Douglasville, tin., Frank J. Clark, Anderson, S. C., 8, I). Bennett, Albemarle, N. 0.. and C. S. Ta tum, Denhmn,'Texas, whose terms have expired. , PETITION SUBMITTED TO SUPREME COURT Supporting Application for Rehearing in 1 North Carolina Par Clearance Case j by Reserve Bank. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. June 23.—1 n support of its application for n rehearing in the ' North Carolina par collection bank check cases, the Federal Reserve Bank of ! Richmond, Va., today filed in the Su- : preme Court a petition in which it de clared “that the conclusions of the court | would have been modified substantially I had it taken into consideration certain ' aspects of this case which do not seem to have been considered in rendering the 1 opiniop." The’ petition further asserted that 1 “there are certain statements made in the opinion, the effect of whieli is not , clear to the respondent (the Federal Re serve Rank of Richmond) and regarding which the respondent feels that it is en titled to be enlightened iu order that it 1 may fully be epnversant with its rights 1 in the premises.” ( j PRIZE WINNING FAMILY CLAIMED BY WASHINGTON ; Every Child in Family Won Prize at Commencement. One of Them a Na- i tional One. Washington, June 22.—Washington 1 has the distinction of having a family every child of which won a prize at the 1 recent commencement, and one of these prizes was a national one. Mr. nnd 1 JJts. R. F. Butler, of 514 East Main ' Street.. ate the father and mother -at this (rio of prize winners. Laura. 10 years old and in the fiftli grade, won • second state prize, a silver medal nnd 1 a check for $lO given by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce for 1 essays on safety. Laura’s composition : was entitled, “My Part in Keeping the Highway Safe.” John F. Butler. 12 ‘ years old ami in the eighth grade, won $5 given by the ioenl Woman's Chris tian Temperance union for the best es say by pupils in the elementary through the eighth grades on “The Best Use of the 24 Hourse in a Day.” Mildred But ler . who gradauated from high school ' won the John H. Small history prize medal with her essay, “The Kugler Gift Rnd Its Significance,” her paper being on the use of tbe play ground recently pre sented to tbe city by Mi. and Mrs. Frank Kugler. Chinese and fat men HOLD LEAD IN HONESTY Turks and Russians, as Races, Have No . \ Standing at AIL Chicago. June 21.—Honesty has not yet been shattered as a policy. The aver age man is honest, though profiteering and crime is unusually prevalent. Dr. William B. Forbush, head of a national surety compnny and president of the National Honesty bureau, told about it today' in a public address. “Only 1 per cent, of $7,006,000 in surety bonds has been defaulted,’ he said. “The Chinese race is the most honest in the world, with the Scandinavian second and the Saxon third, while tbe Turks and the Rnssinns have no stand ing, measured by the ordinary business cotie. “Fat men are more honest than lean; married men are more honest than sin gle; old men more honest than young men, and women more honest than men. despite the fact that 00 per cent, of shoplifters are women. Women seldom enfbezzle —they take little thiijgs.” ATLANTA WANTS NET DEMOCRATIC MEETING Chamber of Commerce Extends Invita tion on Behalf on Georgia Capital. (Hr the Aeeeeteie* Washington. June 23.—Resolutions adopted by the Chamber of Commerce, forwarded here and announced today by Senator Harris, of Georgia, provided that an invitation be extended to hold the 1024 Democratic National Conven tion in the Georgia capital. C. J. Haden, manager of the 1020 Democratic campaign in Georgia, has been appointed chairman of the eommit t tee, to urge acceptance of the invitation. MOUNT ETNA IS VERY ERRATIC AT PRESENT Eruptions Alternating Between Periods of Increase and Decrease iq Violence. Rome, .Tune 28 TBy the' Associated ’ Presale—Eruption of Mount Etna has '■ entered an erratic stage with alternat -1 ing periods of increase and decrease in 1 its activity. The flow of lava toward > LlngUßg Lossa is continuing but has i slowed down to so great a degree that ’ at the present rate it would be weeks ’ before the town proper is reached. i,■ , _ • Want to Resume Negotiations. ! Tokio, June 23 (By the Aasociatml s Press).—Officiul conversations looking to It a remimption of commercial relations be • tween Japan and Russia will open in Ttikio June 28th, it was announced today. CLAIMS LMTHAN HAS BROi SPEED VOYAGE: Chairman Lask<er Telis 'Presi- ; dent Hardintt That Vessel Made 28 Knts an Horn For Six Houfi. MADE NEW RECORD FOR 25 HOURS’ RUN I Distance Covqpd 11 Miles Further Than*Fastest Rec ord Made hy Merchant ! Marine Ship**. j j (By tbe Associated Prem. New Y’ork. June 20. r-A wireless mes- j sage from Albert D.' Lasker, former chairman of the shipping board, to President Harding''anijOuneing' that the Leviathan had brokepW world's rcefird* for sustained speed wbs forwarded to ' tlie President today. ,i Iu addition to making 28.04 knots in ' one hour, the Leviafran sustained 28 knots for 6 hours, s®e message said. During a 23-hour period she covered 68 nautical miles, the average speed being * 27.48 knots. The distance run was declared to be 11 rate’s further than * the fastest record ittfAe by a merchant marine ship. JQfc RAILROAD MATTERS ' SUBJECT OF ADDRESS , Delivered in Kansas City Friday by j President Harding. Kansas City, Mffi. Jljne .22- —Consoli- dation of the railroads us the country ! into a small niiniber* pf systems is a rational, justifiable step, full iff promise ! towards, solution of the transportation problem. President Harding declared here tonight in the -seeShd address of his i western trip. “If the system constffidations will not afford the solution,” liel said, “then our failure will enforce costlier expert- i metat and the one' gsAt commitment which I hope the Unite! 'States will for ever escape.” -? The executive expgHßd the belief that this one great eom^Bnit —government operation—would blunder, wliipli would destgjjfMHtaflv.er’infect us with political corruption; create regional jealousies aud impose incalculable cost on the public treasury." Discussing relations between tlie car riers and tlipiC employes qs a vital fac tor in the transportation situation, the' President announced that he favored | eontinnance of the railroad labor board i “under such modifications as seem most : likely to make the plau successful." j He said he was not convinced that the test of this plan had been “a complete and entirely fair one.” but added that “there is little to hope for until all eoqeerned are ready to comply promptly with the board's decisions.” “I am frank to say.” lie continued, “I do not hope for compliance on the part of employes so long as decisions are ignored by the managers.” No Weather. Relief is Promised South. Chicago, June 22.—Central United States mopped ijs brow again today as abnormally high temperatures con tinued. although reports showed a drop | in high temperatures in the east and a ; rise from low temperatures in the j west. The great lakes district nnd most of the upper plain states, which have been suffering from the heat wave since Monday, were gßen no cheering news from weather observers’ forecasts for tomorrow indicating continued fail* and warm. The Atlantic coast, Washington. 1 Philadelphia nnd other eastern cities; ' which felt the effects of some of the highest temperatures of the year yester day, today found relief in a moderation of several degrees. Southern states are promised a con tinuation of present weather, which Ims not been abnormally high. President in Kansas. Hutchinson, Kans., June 23 (By the Associated Press). —President Harding’s party arrived in Hutchinson at 9:50 a. m. today for a day’s stop in the heart of the Kansas wheat belt, and a sched uled address this afternoon on agricul ture. Anglo-American Treaty Renewed. Washington, June 23.—A convention extending for five years the Anglo-Amer ican arbitration treaty of 1908 was sign ed here today by Secretary Hughes and Sir Auckland Geddes, the British Ambas sador. 1 ! BANK^TRUST I COMPANY ; : I J i k\ H Sl§|P!S|>- The Citizens Bank and Trust I '3 Company provides complete pro ij i*a - kjjfj' tection and pays 4 per cent, in- THE COTTON MARKET Shewed Firmness During Early Trading. —Opening Advance of 7 to 11 Points. I fly that \BAoclttPl! **Tmb. » New York. June 23.—The cotton mar set showed renewed firmness during to lay's early trading. Apprehensions that the approaching government report would point to a Itnt crop of less than 11,000,- (K)0 bales were evidently increased by the publication of unotber private set of con dition figures. This was issued by a southwestern authority who placed the '•ohdition of the crop at 69.7, the in •rease in acreage at 7.21 per -cent., and the indicated yield at 10,850,000 bales. Early weather advices were favorable, but tlie influence of these private crop figures was reflected by an opening ad vance of 7to 11 (mints in the market, mil prices soon showed net gains' of 17 to 34 points. Cotton ntures opened firm : July 27.72; October 25.13; December 24.70; January 2435; March 24.29. x Closed Firm. Cotton futures closed firm : July 27.98; October 25.40; December 24.90: January 24.51; March. 24.42. LOWELL YARN CO. SUES J. R. ROSS, CHARLOTTE Suit Is Answer of Company to Suit. Fil ed Recently hy Ross and Others. .. (By the AMoclsted Pleas. Charlotte. June 23.—Charging "abuse of the processes" of the state court to lb jure the good name and impair the finan cial standing and credit of the plaintiff, the Lowell Yarn Co., of Philadelphia, en tered snit here yesterday against;Jos. R. Ross, of Charlotte, a stockholder of the concern, for SIOO,OOO. The suit is a sequel to nu action be gun in March by the defendant, and Geo. E. Wilson, Jr., of Charlotte, against the yarn company for $792,000, alleging the yarn company had failed to make proper accounting for yarns sold. The yarn compifny in the suit filed yesterday, al leges that the Iloss-W|ison suit is not a bona fide action, nnd that its intent was to injure the company. The Lowell Yarn Company is the sell ing agent in /Philadelphia of the Ixiwell Cotton Mill, in Gaston County, and oth er North Carolina cotton mills, and Mr. Ross is a stockholder iu tlie Lowell cot ton mill. TEXAS KLANSMEN ARE HOLDING TO MONEY Will Not Send Any More to the Klan I Office in Atlanta Until the Troubles There Are Settled. (By the Associated Press.) San Antonio. June 23.—San Antonio Ku Klux Klan and scores of other local Klati organizations jn Texas have adopt ed resolutions breaking with the Atlanta headquarters of the KTan and deriding' to withhold all moneys, reports and oth er information from the Atlanta office until some order is brought out of tlie chaos into which the national organiza tion has been thrown by reason of tlie ’ contest for the control of the Klan. | Third Annual Peach Show to Be Held in Hamlet In Jnly. i Hamlet, .Tune 22.—The latter part of July there will be staged at Hamlet the third annual Carolina sandhills peach show. Co-operating with all the growers in the Carolina fruit hills, both North nnd South Carolina, the towns* too. lending their whole-hearted assistance, plus the strong arm of the Sandhill Frut Growers association assures the great est show of its kind ever put on. A mammoth display building is being rushed to completion that will be ideal for display purposes. The director of the i show this year is LnCoste Evans, of Oheraw, S. C., who will be assisted by jL. E. Blanchard, secretary chamber of ! commerce of Hamlet. i Canada Won’t Stop Exports of Liquor. 'Washington, June 22.—The Canadian government has informed the Stage de partment. through a note from the Brit ish ambassador here, of its inability to adopt the suggestion put forward by the .department, last March that clearance papers be declined to vessels with car goes of liquor destined to ports in the 1 United States unless a permit authoriz * ing its importation was presented. The Canndia government said it had care fully investigated the matter and had ascertained that the provisions of the law were being properly observed; that export of liquor from Canada was not prohibited and there existed no laws warranting refusal of clearance papers to vessels carrying liquor destined for a foreign port, simply because its entry, without special permits, is prohibited. Will Head Rotary. St. Louis, Juno ( 22. —Guy Gun daker, of Philadelphia, was the only candidate nominated for the presidency of Rotary International at this utter noon’s session of the organization’s con vention here. It was stated that as Gun daker has no opponents for Jhe office, his election is assured. Rufus Chapman, of Chicago, was nominated for treasurer and it was announced the seeretary will be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting. L. - When You Save Money r you shaufd get two things for it— KIWANIANS HOLD MEETING Fine Musical Program by Miss Dorothy Wolff.—Address By Rev. L. A, Thom as.—Other Matters Discussed. Music by Miss Dorothy Wolff, of thir' city, and an address by Rev. L. A. Thorn-, ns, were the features of the program at tlie Kiwanis Club of Concord at its reg ular meeting on Friday evening at the Y. C. A. The next meeting of the club will be at the usual time next Friday evening, but will be held at the Kindley Mill, near Mount Pleasant. All Kiwanians and their wives and friends will enjoy a reg ular picnic at this time, and there will be no business transacted. Team No. 3 will have charge of the program on the fallowing Friday. July 6th. The attention of the members was call ed to the meeting of the Lions Club in Albemarle on Thursday evening of this week, at which time all persons who can do so are urged to go to Albemarle and uttend the meeting, at which the road situation will be thoroughly discussed. It is hoped that at this meeting an agree ment can be reached with the Albemarle people to join with Cabarrus County in the ma'ttei; of getting the Coneord-Albe mnrle highway made a hard surfaced highway. Prof. Buxton Robertson, captain of Team No. 2, was in charge of the enter tainment program, and introduced Miss Wolff, who delighted her audience with, several piano and vocal srieefioifc. Miss Wolff, a daughter of Prof, and Mrs. S. A. Wolff, of this city, has just graduated in music, besides finishing her regular A. B. ’course in College. She was heard with much pleasure by the Kiwanians. Rev. L. A. Thomas, pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, made a helpful talk oil the bigness of little things, out- ' lining and calling attention to some of the little things that have such a big ef fect oil the community, such as integ rity, friendliness, hard work and ideal ism. Integrity and good old fashioned re liability is the basis of a man’s or com munity's worth, said Mr. Thomas. No matter how much wealth or intelligence or other assets one may have, if he can not be depended upon he is worth but little to the community. Hard work is something without which no progress can be made in any commun ity. In any community the real pro gressive accomplishimvits are always achieved by a comparatively few leading persons, aud there is no real reason why almost anyone who is willing to get down to real hard work on any proposition should not be able to put it across. All of these without an idealism would be useless, continued the speaker. Ideal ism gives one the courage tfb begin something new and to push it to a suc cessful eonclusiou. Idealism also lifts one out of the commonplace things oi •This worbl. and frit* limr things that endure. The silent boost was given by Dr .lul us Shauers. The attendance prize, giv en by Team 2, was drawn by Rev. Mr. 1 Thomas. 1,013,240 FREIGHT CARS LOADED WEEK OF JUNE 0 Second Time This Year Million Mark is Passed; No Car Shortage. Washington. D. C., June 22.—A total of 1.013.249 cars were loaded with rev enue freight during the week ended June 9. according to the American Railway Association, which announced tonight that, while the loadings were within one half of 1 per cent, of the record week ia history, ear shortage had virtually disappeared for all classes of equip ment. " It was the second time this year that loadings exceeded the million mark, the total for the week ended May 26 reach ing 1,013,249 ears. Heat Wave Reaches Cold Alaska. Chicago, June 22.—Central United States mopped its brow again today as abnormally high temperatures continued although reports showed a drop in high temperatures in the east and a rise from low temperatures in the west. The great lakes district and most of the upper plains states, which have been suffering from the heat wave since Mon day. were given no cheering news from weather observers’ forecasts for tomor row indicating dontimied fair and warm. The Atlantic coast, Washington. Phila delphia and other eastern cities which felt the effects of some of the highest temperatures of the year yesterday, to day found relief in a moderation of sev eral degrees. From the west where heavy frosts and unseasonably cool weather has been re ported. forecasts indicated a slight rise iu temperature. Southern states are promised a con tinuation of present weather which has not been abnormally high. Alaska today had an ‘Eskimo” heat wave with temperatures reaching as high ns 84 at Eagle. - Honolulu's beaches reported SO de , grees with plenty of cooling breezes. Unusually cool weather has been prevalent in northern Europe and Asia. ■ official weather maps show. South to Discuss Water Power. Asheville. N. 0., June 23.—A1l ar rangements have been completed for the first annual convention of the Southern Appalachian Waterpower Congress, the sessions of which will begin here Mon day and continue for several days. The meeting will be attended by official rep resentatives of Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The claim is made that there is more undeveloped .waterpower in the southern Appalachian region than in any other section of the United States, with the exception of the Pacific coast. About J,000,000 horsepower is being developed in this territory now, and it is estimated that there are between 5,000,000 and <>,- 0(10,000 undeveloped. To Discuss Reparations. Vienna. June 23.—A plenary confer ence of all the League of Nations socie ' ties was opened here today and will be continued through the coming week. A comprehensive agenda has been prepar ed for the meeting, the London branch bringing recommendations for an exhaus tive discussion of the reiterations ques tion and the Ruhr occupation. »»*«**« * TODAY’S * NEWS » today NO. 149. snap rm iitill DORKING SERVICE TDMOHROW Epworth Church Wffl Be Formally Dedicated at 11 O’clock.—Bishop Dennly Will Deliver Sermon. CHURCH~SKETCH GIVES HISTORY Congregation Has Grown From Small Number to One of Largest in City—M. A. Osborne Present Pastor Epworth Methodist Church will be dedicated tomorrow morning at 11:00 o'clock with appropriate exercises at the ( huroh. In addition to an interesting program tb be led by member®., of the church, plans for the day inclifde the dedication sermon by Bishop Collins Den ny. of Richmohd. Va., one of the most able speakers in the Southern Methodist Church. The services will begin at 11 o'clock, and the day promises to be a red letter ( one for the members of the Epworth con gregation, who have worked long and faithfully for their Church and their present Church structure. The general public is invited to tile services, which in all probability will be one of tile most interesting ever held in this city. The following sketch of Epworth Church was prepared by Mr. C. H. Bar rier, one of the members, and chairman of the board of stewards: “Epworth Church was organized A. D. 1803 by a little band of Christian men and women who knew and loved God. They worshipped for a time in a little Rchoolhouse on Pine street, and in 1804 the late Mr. J. W. Cannon gave, them a lot on Valley street upon which was erected a small frame church which was known as Bay's Chapel, so called in lion- . or of Dr. H. W. Bays. “There was also erected a neat little parsonage to the rear of the church fac ing Bays Street. The church bore the name of Bay's Chapel for several years until the name was changed to Epworth about 180(1, at the suggestion of Dr. J. % «ho wssPresiding Elder of the Salisbury District at that time. “The church grew in numbers as well ns in power nnd usefulness and in 1007, the congregation having outgrown its quarters, decided to abandon its Valley street property and seek a loca- tion and build a modern church. The. committee, under the leadership of Key. J. W. Long, who was pastor at the time, used splendid judgment in selecting the present location at the intersection of West Depot and North Kerr streets. The home of the pastor having been sold u new one was erected for him. which is tile present ten-room dwelling standing next to the church. The con gregation now had no house to worship in, but through the kindness and generos ity of the people of St. Andrews Lutheran Church, the Epworth congregation was allowed the use of their church for wor ship two Sundays in each month until the construction of Epworth Church had readied the point where it could be used. “The congregation not being able to finance the new project to completion, worshipped for a number of years with walls unplastered and ouly rough storm sheeting for a floor. In 1911 the walls were plastered; in 1916 the present floor was laid, and in 1919 modern pews were installed. All these years were years of struggle in matters of finance. Finally, in 1921, the church was prac tically out of debt. At this time it was seen that more room was needed, for the rapidly growing Sunday school had out grown its quarters. The trustees seeing the urgent need, decided to borrow the money with which to provide the needed room. This was done at a cost of ap proximately SIO,OOO. “Through the aid of tiie Boards of Church Extension, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cannon and other friends in Concord, this debt has now been cancelled, and as previously stated, the church will be. ded icated by Bishop Collins Denny next Sun day at 11 a. m. The picture of the church speaks for the work that God has wrought through His people at Epworth. "To Rev. J. W. la>ng belongs the hon or of starting this new Epworth, but all the pastors who have served the church have thrown themselves into the work and each did his part heroically. “The following is a list of the pastors who have served the church : Thos W. Smith, 18!>4: J. R. Moose. 1895-96; W. P. McGee,, 1897-98; Thos. W. Smith, 1899: R. G. Barrett, 1900; J. Homer Barnhardt, l!K)l-02; J. P. Davis. 1903; B. F. Carpenter. 1904-05; J. Walter Long, 1900-09; J. A. ,T. Farring ton, 1910-11; G. G. Harley, 1912; A. L. Coburn 1913-14; A. S. Raper, 1915-18: M. H. Vestal, 1919-21; M. A. Osborne, 1922-1923.” City of Asheville to Insure Employees. Asheville, N. C„ June 23.—A contract has been closed whereby group insurance has been taken out by the City of Ashe ville on the lives of about 2(H) perma nent employes- of the city. The insur ance aggregates about $200,000 and the annual premiums will cost the city be tween $2,500 and $3,000, if was announc ed. Halt in Raid a Surprise. - ' (By tM uucmtt« Press.? Washington. June 23.—The sudden ■ halt in the seizure of the Baltic's supply -of liquor was a surprise to Treasury of ficials in Washington, who immediately - took steps to ascertain the cause. i Officials said no order countermanding ■ yesterday’s instructions to seise tke - liquor had gone forward from the capi tal.