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VOLUME XXIII
FOUR KILLED H
EXPLOSION OCCURS
ON U. S. DESTROVER
' N Four of the Men Were Killed
and Four Others Injured in
Explosion l in the Engine
Room of Ship.
CAUSE OF THE
ACCIDENT KNOWN
in Some Way Cover to Ven
tilator Was Closed and the
Blower Governor Did Not
Operate Right.
(By the Asooctaieif l*nn.
Jfrwport, K. 1.. June .SO.—The destroy
er Williamson, after an explosion in her
engine room while at sen. this morning
iuis returned here with four dead and
four injured. The destroyer took a
position off the Navy Hospital in order
that the injured and bodies might be
brought ashore.
The dead: Doe Abernalher Milliean,
fireman third class, Fairfield, Ala.
Harry Chaplin Lincoln, fireman third
class, New Bern, N. C.
Clifford Latrhford, fireman third class.
Lebanon, Ohio.
Joseph Alee Ginquinth, water tender,
second class. Farrockaway, N. Y.
■* The injured:
The injuradSlffi’K., shrdlti nu nit nuu
I-ewis Randolph Blanchard, fireman,
first class.
Harry Amundson, water tender.
Haskell Bowerfields. fireman, first
class.
Tony Kocke. fireman, first class.
Navy officials said the accident was
caused by the unexplained closing of the
cover to a ventilator and failure of the
blower governor to operate properly,
causing the boiler to explode. This tore
up the water feed line and the stenm
line and the men were caught in a mass
of steam and hot water in Hie fire room.
. WILL MAKE CHANGES IN
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Reorganization Will Become Effective at
Midnight.—Assistant 'Secretary to Re
sign.
Washington, .Tune 30 (By the Asso
ciated Press).—A reorganization within
the Treasury Department with the shift
ing of seyeral of the more imtmrfzht bu
“t« provided for Tit’ regalationsTH?
sued today, and effective at midnight to
night. .
Simultaneously with the issuing of the
regulations it became kuown that As
sistant Secretary Edward Clifford, whose
jurisdiction within the department will
be materially changed under the reorgan
ization. is to resigD. ,
TRY TO WRECK TRAIN
CARRYING TROOPS
Troops Were to Be Used In Guarding
Steel Plants Where Workers Arc on
Strike. I
Sydney. N. 8., June 30 (By the As
sociated Press). —An attempt to wrek a
railway train which early today brought
troops from Halifax to prevent recur
renee of last night's rioting among strik
ing employees of the British Empire
Steel Corporation was discovered one
half hour before the trai narrived with
250 soldiers.
Tourists Desert Waterloo For World
War Battlefields.
Paris, June 30.—Waterloo now has to
be listed , among the Belgian industries
killed by the Grent War.
Napoleon’s defeat was a commercial
institution supporting a nnmber of
hote’s nnd a colony of exploiters. It
was perhaps the most visited battlefield
in Europe.
Today it 'is a deserted village.
Nieuport, Dixmude. Ypres and Yser
are covered with the mantle: of glory
and romance which formerly en
shrouded Waterloo. Foreign tourists
nnd Belgian citizens alike visit the new
fields of honor and neglect the old one.
One by one since the armistice the
hotels at Waterloo have been forced to
close their doors and now even guides
nnd souvenir venders have moved to the
new fields. The desertion of the para
sites is evidence of the end to come.
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ings ot_sl.oo or more invited by the Cit
izens Bnnk and Trust Co.
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lump coal for 0.50 a ton.
Try the Central Filling Station’s Au
to laundry. -
_ New Victor records for July have been
received by the Bell & Harris music de
partment.
If yon are not satisfied with the fur
nishings of your home, the Bell & Harris
Furniture Co. can offer ypu suggestions
that will help you.
Fisher's sells chiffon hose, sheer and
smartly colored, and silk from top to
toe. Prices range from 05c to $5.50 a
pair.
Death of Child.
Mary Catherine Smith, 14 months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney E.
Smith, of No. 8 township, near St.
John's, died this morning at 0 o'clock,
* after an illneßS of a few days with pneu
monia. The funeral will hn held at St.
John's Church tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o’clock, and burial will take place
in the cemetery at St. John’s.
Salisbury Youth on Long Auto Trip.
' Salisbury, N. C., June 80.—Cicero E.
McAlister, Salisbury youth, who left this
city last Wednesday in an automobile
made by himself, has arrived in Saranac
Lake, N. Y., according to information
received by bis friends here.
The Concord Daily Tribune
SIAM ON BRAKES
AT RAIL CROSSING
Beginning Midnight Tonight All Autos
Mir’t Step Before Crossing.
Beginning tonight at midnight, with
the ushering in of July 1. 11)23. the
state law requiring a'l automobiles to
stop before crossing n grade at n rail
| road or intenirhnn railway goes into
| effect and on and after that date’ it will
I be unlawful to operate an automobile
of any sort, truck, pleasure car or other
kind, over n grade crossing without first
I stopping, within fifty feet, of said rail
way track to ascertain if a train or
I electric onr is nppronching. This law np-
I plies to all grade crossing where a gate
system is not maintained or a watch
man kept on duty, hut is not to con
flict in any way with any municipal
ordinances.
The putting into operation of this taw
puts the burden on the- autoniooile
driver, because if he or she complies
, with the act it will hardly be possible to
meet with any necident, at. such eross
! ing.
- INSULIN SAVES LIFE
OF ROBERT IANSING
Former Secretary of State Was Very
111 From Diabetes.
Washington. D. C.. June 30.—Robert
Lansing, former Secretary of State, fins
been seriously ill from diabetes, but is
snid by his physicians to have shown
great improvement, under the nnnfinis
tration of insulin, the new remedy re
cently developed in Canada.
Unknown to any but his_ most in
timate friends. Mr. Lansing’ has suffer- .
ed from diabetes for, several years and
has confined himself to n severe anti
diabetic diet which resulted in a state of
great physical debility.
Six weeks agp he entered a hospital
nnd under the care of Dr. Sterling Ruf
fin. of Washington, was given the insulin *
treatment. He responded at once, it is
said, nnd after he left the con
tinued the treatment at his residence
here.
Not only has he gained grently in
fleesh and in strength, but lus dietary
restrictions have been competely re
moved so that now he is permitted to
cat as much as lie desires of all varieties
of food. When he left yeexterday for his
summer home at Watertown. N. Y., he
was snid to have appeared to be well on
the road to complete recovery.
FAMILY COW DEVELOPS
CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA
Uneasy Feeling Among Neighbors in
Buford Township That Other Bovines
May Be Affected.
Monroe, June 29.—Two whole fnmi- 1
lies in Buford township are taking the
Pasteur treatment agniux hydrophobia
since a milk cow from which the :
families were drinking hns developed ‘
hydrophobia and had to be killed. The
, say hCimgcdt-fo K-«. Hogan. wh»
together with his wife and six children ,
nre victims of the unfortunate circum
stances. The fnmily of Vance Plyler !
wns supplied from the same cow and :
their lives are also eudangeren.
A few days ago the cow’s head was
sent to Rnleigh and a genuine case of i
rabies was reported from the examine- 1
fion. /
There is also an uneasy feeling among
neighbors of Rev. Mr. Hogan because of
the fact that four other families Kept. 1
cows iu the same loisure that Rev. Nr.
Hogau’s cow wns in when the maid
dog visited that community. The other
cows have been inoculated against the
disease and the milk diet hns been dis
continued by the families involved.
THE COTTON MARKET
There Was Further Covering i'p of Ar
rounts for Over the Week End in the
Market Today.
(By tbe Associated Prna.)
New York, June 30.—There was fur
ther covering up of accounts for over the
week-end in prepratlqn for Monday’s of
ficial crop report during today's early
trading in the cotton market. Light
liquidation was promoted by the favor
able showing of the early wgither news .
and early irregularity of the stock mar
ket, and after opening steady at a de
cline of 5 to 20 points, active months
sold some 20 to 23 points net lomer.
Cotton futures opened steady: July
27.20: October 24.03: December 24.00; ,
Janunr.v 23.70; March 23.05.
Closed Steady.
Cotton fulim* closed steady: July
27.07 : October 24.00 \ December 24.05; ,
January 23.08; March 23.05.
PRESIDENT AND PARTY
AT YELLOWSTONE PARK
Will Spend Several Days in the Park
Before Going on to Pacific Coast.
Gardiner Gateway, Montana, June 30
(Bf the Associated Press). —Arriving at
Gardmer about 7 o'clock this morning.
President add Mrs. Harding aRd their
party immediately went into Yellow
stone National Park for a few days’ vis
it. The party went into the park at
the northern entrance and had breakfast
inside the playground.
Climbers WUI Try Again to Scale the
World’s Highest Peak.
(By Os kuwliteH Press.)
London, .Tune 30. —Although last
. year’s attempt to reach the summit of
: Mount Everest failed, the Royal Geo
graphical Society intends to reach the
summit next year, the Earl of Ronald
shay said in his presidential address be
fore the society here recently.
He said that the experience gained by
the expedition last year, and notably the
fact established by the climbers that a
camp at an altitude of 25,500 feet was
a possibility, gave ground for hope that
next year’s attempt would be asuccess.
Little Boy Killed By An Automobile.
Charlotte, June 27. —Ira Hucks,
: seven year-old 'son of Mr. and Mrs. M.
L. Hucks, on the Providence rood near
here was Instantly killed yesterday
when hit by an automobile driven by
J. M. Armstrong. The boy ran out from
behind a water trough near the road
i where he was playing with his com
i panions and was struck by the car, his
' bead being crushed. The coroner, after
an investigation, attached no blame to
the driver of the car for tbe accident.
CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1923.
MANILA, IN GRIP OF
TYPHOON, IS PARTLY
UNDER WATER TODAY
Typhoon (Began Raging Fri
day Night.—Many Streets
in the City v are Now Un
der Water.
CANOES USED IN
STREETS OF CITY
Rainfall in 24 Hours Was 92
Millimetres*.—Residence of
the Governor-General is
Flooded.
Manila, June 30 (By the Associated
Press). —Manila, gripped by a typhoon
which began raging last night, was Hood
ed today. Many streets were under the
water.
At the same time this dispatch was
field the water was knee deep in many
thoroughfares, nnd there was n foot ami
a half of water in Manila Pnlnee, the
pesidenee of the Governor-General. The
rainfall irt 24 hours was 92 millimetres.
Canoes were being used for transporta
tion through the streets,
Governor-General Leonard Wood, who
has been visiting the provinces, was ex
pected back today, but was held up by
-the terrific storm.
MELLON SAYS CHANGE
NOT PROBABLE NOW
Recent Liquor Ruling WUI Be Enforc
ed.—Congress May Act on It.
London, June 30 (By the Associated
Press). —Andrew W. Mellon. American
Secretary of the Treasury, who arrived in
England -last evening on the Majestic,
told newspaper men here today that the
United States government had no inten
tion of relaxing its attitude regarding
the eoufixeation of liquor on board ineom
ing liners. He saw no solution of the
problem until Congress met. lie added.
Secretary Mellon reiterated his state
ment that the I'nited States government
had never eonteinplated seizing foreign
liquor carrying ships, or detaining their
captains.
Mr. Mellon snid he expected to see
British government officials, but inform
ally, rather than officially. He added he
4ind no intention of discussing the debt
problem or reparations and that he did
not expect to.visit the Ruhr.,
* BetWflft*f M?R**b denied reports ffilit'
large quantities of liquor had appeared
on the Majestic as soon as the three-mile
limit was passed. He said the only
liquid refreshment he saw wns imitation
beer and champagne, adding that the
steward told him no real liquor was be
ing served.
Congress May Decide Question.
Washington. June 30.—Unless Great
Britain and other maratime powers in
dicate a willingness to enter into nego
tiations with the United States looking
toward adjustment of the ship liquor
problem its solution, in the opinion of
ndnnuistratiou officials, probably will be
left to Congress.
Although the suggestion of the Am
erican government for a prohibition trea
ty apparently is doomed to failure, hope
is held out in some quarters that Grent
Britain mn.v theu advance a counter pro
posal which may serve to keep the prop
osition from going completely into the
discard.
It is also regarded as possible that
a general conference for discussion of
the prohibition question in its internat
ional ax|»ects may be suggested.
Despite these possibilities—and offi
cials here admit they fear nothing more
—the belief is general that foreign ship
ping lines must look to Congress for re
lief. No one will venture an official
opinion as to whether Congress would be
inclined to amend the prohibition law to
enable foreign vessels to bring liquor
stocks into American ports under seal, or
whether the administration would recom
mend revision of the law.
For the immediate future it was reit
erated today the administration is deter
mined to rigidly enforce the law as ap
plied to foreign shipping, and although
it is not believed such a step' will be nec
essary, it is prepared to carry into ef
fect provisions for seizure of the craft
carrying contraband iiquor. in American
waters.
Cl’ STOMS INSPECTOR
AT WILMINGTON DEAD
Ira F. Weildtr Died Suddenly Shortly
After Reaching Hospital.
(By the Associated Press.*
Wilmington, N. 0., June 30.—Ira F.
Weidler, deputy collector and inspector
of customs and immigration officer here,
died suddenly this morning at a local
hospital.
The immigration officer arose this
morning shortly before 6 o’clock and
when his family rose a few minutes later
he was found on the kitchen floor in an
unconscious condition.
Niue Sailors Hurt. I
IBy the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia. June 30. —Nine sailors
were injured this afternoon in an explo
sion on the scout cruiser Richmond, at
the Philadelphia navy yards. The
men were taken to the navy yard hos
pital. All were said to be badly burned.
Wireless Stations Out of Order.
(By the Associated Press, i
San Francisco, June 30. —A1l the naval
wireless control stations near Manila
were put out of commission by the ty
phoon which struck the Philippine cap
ital today, accordinug to a statement
made at the 12th Naval District bead
quarters.
Eight dollars a day is the wage paid
hod carriers in Jersey City under the
new scale just adopted.
NEW RUMOR WAT DAVID H.
BLAIR HfTOQUIT HIS POST
But Commissioner Sits Tight and Says
Tliere Is Nothing to Report.
Washington, June 29. —The rumor
makers just won’t lej David H. Blair,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, alone.
As soon as he knocks out one r(fporl that
he is going to resign his position, an
other rumor is spreading nnd getting
ready to bloom. The latest of the crop
has now arrived and the assertion ‘that
goes with it is that Commissioner Blair
hns written out his resignation, and thnt
reposes on the desk of President Hard
ing. But there have - been so many of
these rumors Chat newspaper men are
getting lenry of them, for they know that
Commissioner Blair stands are high with
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, and
that Secretary Mellon) is all trumps with
President Harding.
Why Air. Blair is "Tfesigning" this time
is not set forth by the rumor, it being
simply stated that, he is resigning, and
that it is only because Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon is urging thai the resig
nation be not nceeptod that President
Harding is holding it nip for notion until
after his return from, Alaska. There is
some vague talk that) friction with Pro
hibition Commissione* Hoy A. Haynes
has something to do with the matter, but
this is discounted oiujl while all of this
may be true, those wpio have heretofore
placed some belief in tfie reports that Mr.
Blair would resign are now "from Mis
souri." *
In the present-case tlie rumor brigade
is both [licking out possible successors to
Commissioner Blair and fixing another
government job for him, Mr. Blair, says
the rumor, is to be appointed a member
of tlie Trade Commission, that Victor
Murdock, now a member, is at an early
date to quit the commission because of
ill health. Picked by tumor to succeed
Mr. Itlair as of Internal
Revenue is one of two men. both men
tioned for the iiosition They are Char
les It. Nash, recently romoted from tlie
position of deputy cot piissioner to that
of assistant to the Co imissioner, and F.
G. Matson, a deputy i immissioner Blair
sits tight and calmly »ys there is noth
ing to it, Hint lie hot not resigned and
has no present plans t< do so.
CHICAGOANS SHIVER AS
MERCURY D ASCENDS TUBE
Closed Stret Cars I eplace Motorbus
Roofs in Ai lections,
Chicago. June 28. Passenger trains
arriving in Chicago f| an the Northwest
todny had steam on i i the coaches, the
first time this has b<T[i necessary in
June in the remombrfpee of railroad
men. The temperature which two days
ago hit 90, had (lronwd to 54 at Ki
o’clock this morning Iliad Palm Beaeli '
clothes gave way tq ; overcoats and I
wraps. Two days agofotpqple were fight- J
ing for perches on .the motor- |
busses, but today UjiAiatddlert in the i
clewed street
Storms in the Northwest are snid to |
be responsible for tlie unseasonably j
cold wentheer. Unprecedented hail !
storms were reported from various I
Western and Northwestern points. I
Official forecasters say tlie temperature!
will slowly climb back to normal, hut
it will not reach the high point of tw >
days ago.
Another Suit Filed Against Mr. Norwood.
Greensboro, June 29.—J. I). Norwood,
of Salisbury, ranch in the public eye of
late figures in a suit filed here ill Guil
ford Superior Court lliursday. iu tlie
role of defendants, with the Douglas
Land and Improvement Company, of
Michigan, suing him for $3,750 with in
terest from June 29, 1920.
It is alleged that tlie complaint of the
plaintiff that Norwood executed a prom
isor.v note and delivered to the land
company for the sum sought on the day
mentioned, nnd has since not only not
[laid it. or any part of it, "although often
requested to do so," blit lias refused ami
still refuses to pay. Judgment is asked
for the total amount with interest.
Norwood is president of the Meeklen
bttg Mills Company, recently become
bankrupt, and chairman of the board of
directors -of the Peoples National Bank
of Salisbury, lately closed. The bank
being forced to shut its doors because of
paper from the Mecklenburg Mills Com
pany it holds.
Te Seize Greek Vessels.
London, June 30 (By the Associated
Press).—The Turkish authorities have
notified the allies that all Greek vessels
coming into Constantinople will be.
seized, said the Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Constantinople today.
Oil Well Burning.
Beaumont. Texas, June 30—Cliesson
Well No. 10 in the Orange Field, iu
which a heavy gas flow lias been burn
ing, is reported to have ignited adjoin
ing wells threatening a large part of tlie
field.
Savings Department
A new quarter begins in this department July
Ist. , All deposits made on or before July 10th
bear interest from July Ist at 4 per cent, compound
ed every three months.
There is a lot of contentment in having a savings
funds ready for an emergency or an attractive in
vestment. One dollar will start a Savings Ac
count.*
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
BELGIAN SOLDIERS
KILLED WHEN BOMB
ON TRAIN EXPLODES
Men Were Going Back to
Their Homes for Leave Af
ter Doing Service in Ruhr
Occupied Section.
THIRTY OTHERS
BADLY INJURED
Time Bomb Placed on Train
Did Work.—May Inflict
Penalties on Germans for
the Ooutrage.
Dusseldorf. June 30 (By the Associ
ated Press).—Nine Belgian soldiers were
killed today by the explosion of a time
bomb in a passenger train, carrying Be)-
gian soldiers on leave back to Belgium
from Hie Ruhr.
Between twenty-five and thirty soldiers
were wounded. Tlie explosion is regard
ed in military circles here as the German
reply to the stiffening of the occupation
regulations in tlie Belgian zone since the
killing of two Belgian soldiers at Marl
several days ago. and is thought to have
been carried out by the same organization
that arranged, the explosion that killed
two Germans in the waiting room of tlie
Wiesbaden station this wedfe.
it was announced that penalties will
be applied by rhe authorities of occupa
tion for the outrage.
PLANS MADE TO FINANCE
MECKLENBURG MILLS CO.
Money to Put Plan in Operation Has
Been Definitely Found.
Greensboro, June 29.—Information
was received here this afternoon by tlie
law firm of Bynum & Alderman, attor
neys for some of the creditors of the,
bankrupt Mecklenbui'g AI ills Company,
that receivers were agreed upon and
plans made for financing operations of
the four mills of the company at a meet
ing of creditors at Salisbury yesterday.
The information came from an attorney
of the creditors there. The names of
receivers agreed upon were not given.
| Names of the men agreed upon will he
i presented to Judge James E. Boyd in
I Federal District Court here early next
| week, it wns snid, for official eonfirma
!tion. ,
fa**!! naming smwa.tions of
[ the plants uuder a reedvcrstuii i iar
| issuance of receivers' certificates of $125.-
j 000, sufficient, it is understood, to get
l the mills, the Mecklenburg, at Charlotte;
| Clyde and Newton, at Newton, and
j Nancy, at Tuckertown, iu operation.
■ Plans heretofore have been hard to make
because of tlie inability to get money for
operation expenses.
Bondholders were represented at the
meeting aud approved tlie names of those
suggested as receivers, it is said, as well
las course of action decided upon. One
difficulty has been the impossibility of
, financing operation of file mills upon re
, ceivers' certificates secondary or subordi
• nate to outstanding bonded indebtedness
of the mills.
At the meeting arrangement were per
, footed to raise tlie requisite amount, and
attorneys expect to secure an order from
Judge Boyd officially putting the plans
into operation.
Tlie committee that formulated the
plan was made up of Stable Linn, at
torney. of Salisbury; T. J. Finch, Thom
asville; C. F. Riser, Olar. S. C. They
have been working on [dans since last
Saturday.
Tlie president of the Mecklenburg Mills
Company is J. I>. Norwood, of Salisbury,
who is also chairman of the board of
directors of the Peoples National Bank.
■ of Salisbury, recently closed.
Bubonic Plague Raging in India.
Simla. India, June 30.—Bubonic
[(’ague is raging throughout British India
as it has not raged for five yeays. The]
disease threatens to become epidemic, and
already lias been tlie cause of panic in
, several of the larger cities.
The rise in this plague year began in
December. During the month of March
36.000 deaths were recorded, against an
average for thu previous four years for
the same month of 14,423.
The governmental authorities ascribe
the plague to rats getting into the grain,
nnd advise the people to build rat-proof
grain warehouses and to destroy the
rodents.
BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE
Southern Baptists to Have Important
Place on the Program.
(By the Awoelaim I-rem I
Nashville. Tenn.. June 29—Repre
sentatives of [he Southern Baptist con
vention, the largest group of wnite
Baptists in the world, will have a
prominent place on the program of gsat l
I Baptist World Alliance when its t
• congress opens at Stockholm, Sweden,
July 21. it is announced by Baptist
headquarters here.
) Dr. E. Mullins. Louisville, j retd
, (loot of tlie Southern Baptist conven
tion. wi I present the report of the cotn
’ mittee on [he Baptist message to the
world which probably will be the most
important deliverance of the Alliance,
and also tlie report of the committee on
religions liberty, which is an important
. issue in Europe now.
Dr. George W. Trustt. Dallas, will
respond to the welcome address from the
[ free churches of Sweden on the opening
. day of the congress and also will de
' liver the offieial congress sermon. Rob.
■ H. Coleman, Dallas, will be the official
song leader of the body.
Other southern Baptist holding places
on tlie) program are Dr. J. F. Love.
■ Richmond, secretary of the foreign mis
-1 sion board; Dr. I. .1. Van Ness, Xasli
■ ville, secretary of tlie Sunday school
board: Dr. L. R. Scarborough. Fort
Worth, general direeetor of the Seventy-
Five Million Dollar campaign; Mrs.
' W. James. Birmingham, presideent
of the Woman’s Missionary Union; Dr.
T.~T\ Skinner, Columbia, S. while
Southern Baptist represeenta fives' in
other lands who will participate in the
discussions .include Dr. Everett Gill.
Lausanne, Switzerland. European repre-
I sentative of the foreign mission board ;
Dr. I). G. Whittin£hi!l, president of the
Baptist Theological Seeminary and
Publishering House. Rome, ahd Rev. F.
M. Edwards, missionary at Sao Paulo.
Brazil.
Three of the four Negro Baptists of
America who will appear on the pro
gram are from the south aud include
Dr. (\ H. Parrish, Louisville, Ky., Dr.
E. Arlington Wilson. Dallas, nnd Dr.
T. S. Snndefur, Camden. Ark.
TOBACCO MEN FINISH
ANNUAL CONVENTION
All Officers Were Relected for Nest
Year.—Fix Dates for Opening of the
Markets.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
Asheville, .Tune 30.—Members of the
Tobacco Association of the United
States concluded their convention today
following final business sessions last
night when officers were elected for the
ensuing year and auction tobacco sales in
the bright tobacco markets of the South
were authorized.
Tlie committee on sales report was
changed by the convention when it came
• And -kto- final
starting sates in the market were fixed
as follows:
South Carolina nnd markets on line
between that state and North Carolina.
August 1; Georgia. August 2: Eastern
North Carolina from Raleigh east. Au
gust 21; and old belt territory around
Danville. Va.. and Winston-Salem. N. C..
, September 25. The committpe had fixed
, the dates for-South Carolina and Georgia
as July 24 and 25 respectively, and the
convention changed it to August after
■ considerable discussion.
All officers were re-elected for another
term.
SEA CAPTAIN REPORTS
BIRTH OF AN ISLAND
Describes to Washington Part of
Phenomenon He Witnessed.
Washington. D. June 30.—The
birth of an island is described in n re
port received by the Hydrographer's
office from Captain George B. ttene
reaux. master of the steamship Jnrox.
who declared he was an eye-witness to
at least part of the phenomenon.
Recently while on his usual route
from Singapore, the captain snid. a
violent disturbance was noted on the
surface of the sea at latitude 10.07
north and longitude 109.00.30 east,
where a mass “dark in color, with
straight sides ami about 100 feet in
height and between two and three miles
in length” had risen above the water.
“There were breakers along the en
tire length,” the report said, “where the
sea was washing away loose material,
repeated explosions were noted, causing
large waves. These continued at inter
vals of about one minute for more than
an hour.”
First report of the newest arrival
came from Captain M. Tami, of the
Japanese ship Malaca Maru. according
to official records. The island has been
■ officially named Tagawa, but on most
charts is designated Newborn.
Death of Miss Moiiie White.
Miss Mollie White! well known and
i beloved woman of this county, died this
| afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home of
her nieees. Misses Lou, May and Addie
White, on Franklin Avenue. Miss
White had been seriously ill since Thurs
day night and her death was not unex
pected.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at the
home of Misses White. The services
will be conducted by Rev. J. C. Rowan,
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,
and interment will be made in Oakwood
cemetery.
Miss White moved to Concord several
months ago from Huntersville, where she
made her home for a number of years.
She had been in declining health for
some time aud moved here to be with
her nieces. She had a wide family con
nection in this county, and also iu Meck
lenburg county.
Lack of Orders Causes Cotton Mill to
Close.
Graham, June 28.—Oneida Mills
closed down Monday for two /weeks or
possibly longer. Lack of orders and not
| any market for their product was the
cause. They make denims., cheviats, etc.
I White Travor, a mill which makes
■ fleecefi goods, can’t supply the demand
' and are putting in new looms, new dye
house and other extensive improve
ments. > '
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'Toiiai DURING ISM
Son of Madam Ernestine
Schumann-Heink Remem
bered by Disabled Ameri
can Veterans of World War
BOY MISTAKEN,
MOTHER THINKS
But She Tells Veterans That
He Did What He Thought
Was Right When He
Fought for Germans.
(By the Associated Preen.)
Minneapolis. June MO.—While his«
mother sat at the head of the table
weeping, with her faee buried in her
hands, thirty men who bear lasting
sears of their service for the allies hi
the World Kar. last night silently drank
a toast to a man who went down on a
tier man U-boat in 1018.
He was the son of Madam Krnestine
Schumann-Heink in whose honor as “the
most distinguishede delegate” to the con
vention of the disabled American veter
ans of the World War a dinner was giv
en.
“I have two things to ask of you.”
Madatn Schumann-Heink said. "Will
you promise me these two things?"
“First, that you will never believe any
false stories you may hear about me,
stories that I was a German spy, that
I was untrue to this my country, and to
you ?”
"The second promise I ask of you is
that when 1 am dead and it won't be
many more years now, you will see to it
that I am buried in America in my coun
try. And, maybe I could have in
away the burial of a soldier. Not any
fuss. Have them play "taps" over m.v
grave as I have sung it to you. Wiil
you promise?"
Every one of the thirty veterans si
lently stood up ns she finished, raised his
right rand and gave his solemn pledge.
"I had a son in the German navy," she
continued. “He was mistaken, but he
did what he believed was right. I will .
not aimlogize for him. 1 never have.
liemember, boys, X was his mother, the
same as I was the mother of four sons
serving with my country’s forces.”
“And tjow." said Col, Geo, E. Leach.
toast to that than who went down on the
German I'-boat in 11)18.”
Silently the thirty men arose and rais
ed their glasses.
WANT POSTOFFICE JOB
TAKEN FROM MRS. MAI'GAN'S
Site Is .Alleged to Have Cast a Slur I'pon
the Confederate Dead.
(By ttie Associated Press.
Eufaula, Ala., June .'lo.—Citizens-of
Eufaula held a mas meeting last night to
voice a protest against letters written by
Mrs. Gillie Maugans, Eufaula postmis
tress, which arc said to have been pub
lished in newsjmpers in Ohio and later
copied here, in which she referred to
yellow paint on a Confederate soldier's
tombstones in the National Cemetery at
Andersouville. as "very appropriate to
the Confederate cause.” It is contend
ed that the reference is a slur upon the
Confederate dead.
The meeting, according to Mayor H. H.
Conner, was called by tile United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, the Federated
Woman's Clubs, the Daughters of the
American Revolution and other civic or
ganizations. At the meeting a resolution
was iiasscd, asking that a committee be
appointed to petition for Mrs. Maugans'
removal.
Mrs. Maugans and her husband came
to Eufaula about fifteen years ago. She
is a native of DeGraff, Ohio.
WILLIAM GRAHAM, JR..
REPORTED IMPROVING
Alleged He Was Hurt by Fall in an Al
( tercation With John Reinhardt.
(By the Associated Press. 1
Charlotte, June 30.—Improvement was
reported today in the condition of Wil
liam A. Graham, .Tr„ state senator, who
is in the Charlotte Sanatorium here suf
fering from a fall alleged to have oc
curred during an altercation with John
Reinhardt, son of the late Senator John
Reinhardt.
Mr. Graham was said to have suf
fered a fractured skull in striking against
a brick chimney, and reports from Lin
coln county were that Mr. Reinhardt
was ordered held in SSOO bail pending
next term of Superior Court. The men
were said to have fallen / out at a com
munity social gathering.
Will Not Ask For a Dry Platform
Plank. ,
Westerville, Ohio, June 20.—The
Anti-Saloon League of America, in
harmony with its policy of 30 years
will not request conventions of either
political party to adopt a dry plat
form plank or one sustaining the
Eighteenth amendment, the executive
committee of the organization decided at
a conference here toduy.
The league will, however, leaders
said, continue its policy of endeavoring
to secure the nomination and election
of candidates favorable to prohibition
and the effective enforcement of liquor
laws.
Members of the commission -in mak
ing the announcement said they fol
lowed the recommendation of state
superintendent of the organisation who
concluded a three day conference with
national officials here laßt night.
Electric light meters in Toronto are
now “rend" by means of photographs tak
en with a special roll-film camera, ;