»»***»•* • ASSOCIATED 9 • PRESS ® » DISPATCHES # VOLUME XXHI Condition of President Harding Improved After Restful Night; Making Hard Fight for His Life ATTENDING DOCTORS MORE HOPEFUL Bulletin From »Physicians Stated That He Had Best Night Since He Became 111 on Boat. \ TOOK NOURISHMENT THIS MORNING Read Newspapers and Ap parently Was Very Much Better After a Night of Good Sleep. . I’l-fHidentin! tel. Sail Francisco, July HI (By the As sori'itu* l’ress). —President Harainf! lessee the "best night emiipiirel l ,ei\' i ll ce he has been ill." Brigadier ■iciieral Si.wyer, his personal physic'"nr,, said in a statement at 8 a. m “'file President las had the best light comparatively that he has had since Ids Hlnass.” said Brigadier Gen eral Sawyer. "That augurs well. 'lhe conditions scent to wagrant Hie -fate meat that apparently he lias gotyen into clear sailing." General Sawyur confine.! his an n< arced to this brief statement coming out of consultation with other hpysi <•l*l ns to meet newspaper men. " Word from the Presidents rick room gathered from other sources led to the belief that he was getting a rather good night’s sleep. He took some nourish ment this morning and read newfpai*'rn, it was learned this morning. . Louden Interested. London, July 31 (By the Associated Press). —President Harding’s illness is attracting sympathetic interest here and reports of his conditions displayed prom inently by newspapers. The press also prints his picture. Preside'ntial^He^adqmuter'"pain ce Ho tel. San'Francisco, July 31 (By the As sociated Press). —President Harding was so far refreshed by a sleep which lasted more than six hours last night, that he j said this morning he felt able to look at I the news of the day and sent out for morning paiiers. all of which were devot ed largely to accounts of his illness. It was said an informal statement ns to the condition of the President would be gTveu out. in an hour or two. Won First Skirmish. Presidential headquarters. Palace Ho tel. San Francisco. July 31.—(8y the Associated Press). —President Harding appeared today to have won the first preliminary skirmish in his fight ugainst* broncho-pneumonia, and attending coin pi ieations. An official bulletin issued by five phy sicians attending him said there had been no extension dusing the night and earlier part of the day of the pneumatic areas, and the heart action was defi nitely improved. It added qlso that he had been benefittted by a fairly com fortable night, with considerable restful sleep. The President, the tiulletin said, had expressed himself as feeling better and less exhausted. His temperature at !> a. m. was given as 100, about a degree less , than that of yesterday ; pulse 120, a drop of 5 from yesterday; and his respiration 40 and regular' as contrasted with 44 and irregular as given in re imrts of yesterday. WILLS WANTS DEMPSEY TO FIGHT HIM FIRST Asks Boxing Commission to Force Dempsey to Fight Him Before Meet (Bylhe Associated Press.) ing Lttbnfpo. New York, .Tidy 31. —Harry Wills, negro aspirant for the heavyweight box ing title, and his manager. Paddy Mul lins. appeared today before the State Athletic Commission to demand that Jack Dempsey be compelled to defend his title ngainst Wills before meeting Luis Angel Firpo. The commission re served decision. Soviets and Japs Confer. Tokio, July 31 (By the Associated Press); Preliminary 1 conversations which were to have paved the way to for mal negotiations looking tb a resumption of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet government were conclud ed here this morning. It now remains for the governments concerned to de termine whether the conversations form a satisfactory basis for the opening of a formal conference. Severe Storm at Richmond. , * (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, July 31.— Thousands of dollars damage—just how many thous ands could not be stated with a degree of accuracy early today — was caused by a cloudburst and electrical storm here last night, during which tjie local weath er bureau reported 7.26 inches of rain fell. Now Notaries Public. (By the Associated Press.) i Raleigh, N. C., July 31.—Governor Cameron Morrison has recently commis sioned notaries public the following: R. N. Andrews, Charlotte: B. D. Col lier. Linden; E. C. Laney, Monroe; A. F. Rowe. Ayden; Wallace Wright, Asbe arid \V .W Builder Chadhotirn. The Concord Daily Tribune BUSINESS IN JUNE AS GOOD AS IN JUNE 1922 Seasonal Decline During Month in All Lilies Were Expected by Business Men. (By the Associated Press.l ( Raleigh. X. C.. July 31.—June wit nessed the normal slackening in trade, but on the whole the developments of the month were not unfavorable, according to the regular monthly review of thp Richmond Federal Reserve Bank made public here today. Midsummer is usual ly dull in business circles in comparison with the preceding spring months, it was stated. “June trade was not more below that of Mny than is normal at this season.” the review contiirtied. "In comparison With June of hist year, the current month this year shows up well in prac tically every industry for which infor mation is available. “Reviewing briefly the important fac tors entering into an analysis of current conditions, reports made weekly by mem ber banks to the Reserve Bank show comparatively few ciianges during the past month. Some increase is noticed iii outstanding loans to customers, and bor rowings at the Reserve Bank are slight ly higher than they wer* last month, but on the other hand the member banks’ investments have iisen, and demand de posits have increased. In comparison with June 1022, the condition of the re porting banks is much improved this yen r. Savings bank deiKisits increased more in June than in any other June in re cent years. “A moderate increase in loans to mem bers was made, by the Federal Reserve Rank during June dud early July. Debits to individual account were considerably greater during the four weeks ending July 11 than during the preceding four weeks, the increase be ing largely seasonal, but the increase this year was 13.2 per cent, over debits in tile same cities during the correspond ing four weeks of 1022. "Business failures in the Fifth Dis trict were 3.6 per cent, fewer in number in June than in June last year, but lia bilities were greater this year. Employers have been nble to secure labor to meet their pressing needs, eg > S't iu }-on.> *iwal wvrioiw ers for farm work are insufficient, and there is no need for any able bodied per son tying unemployed. Textile mills continue to find difficulty in securing for i ward orders, but there have been very few cancellations of orders previously placed, and the Fifth District mills have been, and still continue, running full time on orders received in Ihe spring. Meanwhile, the textile authorities be lieve that tile present recession is tem porary, and are not worried over pros pects. “The growing cotton crop inatje con siderable improvement during the last few days of June and early July, due to more favorable weather for development, ami the prospects in Virginia and North t arolina are far better than the national average. * “The outlook for this year’s tobacco crop is disappointing due to lack of mois ture, but the fields are-clean and well cultivated, and it is quite possible that a [ fair crop may. he made if good seasons occur during the balance of the year. “The South Carolina crop is being linrvested, and promises a fair yield. Oth er crops are spotted, being excellent iu. localities where sufficient rain has fall en hut poor in other sections. "On the whole the average of all crops is perhaps a little below normal. "Building operations have slowed down considerably from the record volume re ported during the first four months of the year, but most of the curtailment has been in the erection of business build ings, residence construction continuing in large volume. "Retail trade as reflected in depart ment store sales was 14.7 per cent, greater iu June this year than- last, and was 6.5 per cent, greater than the June average in 1920, 1921 and 1922. “Wholesale trade was reported as good as the season justified, and exceed ed the volume of business reported in June 1922 in every line reported upon. Combined figures for the first half of 1923 show greatly increased sales in all wholesale lines over sales during the first half of 1922, the increases ranging from 13.7 per cent, for groceries to 76.7 per cent, for furniture. Collections, showed a tendency during June to slow up some what, but the slowness was not particu larly noticeable and is seasonal.” 544JXK1,005.70 on Baptist Fund. (By the Associated Press.) Nashville, Tenn.. July |3l. —A total of $44,008,005.70 in cash has been "paid in on the Baptist 75 Million Campaign, up ty 1, 1923, by .revised figures announc ed here. This leaves approximately $Bl,- 000,000 to be raised by December. 1024. At a recent convention of the South ern Baptist Convention in Kunsas .City, the conservation Commission of the cam paign was asked to push all interest''W the forward movement witli vigor in or der that the full sum may be realized from the movement, as all seven of the educational, benevolent and missionary causes fostered by the campaign stand urgently in need of their full allotment. A special effort adopted by the Con servation Commission was an intensive campaign looking to the setting up of a budget plan of systematic and propor tionate giving in all of the churches of the Southern Baptist convention. At the time of the Armistice 100,000 Belgian houses had ibeem destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. Os these, 71,383 have now been rebuilt or restored and made serviceable. 4 CONCORD, N. C„ TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1923 FIGHTING DISUSE Arrayed Against Him Are Pneumonia and Danger of Other Complications That May Arise Hourly. CALMNESsIs * IN HIS FAVOR Five Physicians Remained Within Reach of His Room at a Minute’s Notice Dur ing the Entire Night. Presidential Headquarters. Palace Ho tel. San Francisco, July .”.1 (By the As sociated Press). —President Harding, characteristically calm and determined, is fighting the greatest battle of his career —a struggle in which his life is at stake. Arrayed against him are broncho-pneu monia. sypiptoms of which were discov ered by attending physicians last night and also the danger of other complica tions. Arrayed in- his favor are his calm determination, a subsidence of the ear lier abdominal trouble, ami the hopes and prayers of a nation. His handicap is an admitted weakened resistance. None of the five attending physicians will predict the outcome, although all are optimistic. The 9:15 o'clock bulletin issued last night after the consultation of five physi cians 'attending the President, contained the first announcement that broncho pneumonia had developed iu the right lung, although the statement given out four hours earlier had spoken of “evi dence of congestion in the lung." It al so conveyed the/first authoritative infor mation that his condition has turned from “serious” to "grave." The bulletin also contained rays of hope sot it said "nourishment is being taken regularly tive was "temperamentally well adapted to make a strong fight against the infec tion." Another favorable statement was that his temperature wqs remaining about constant at 101 degrees, even though his pulse continued at about 125 as compared, with his normal of 80. and his respiration -of The broncho-pneumonia symptoms de scribed in the bulletin as "definite ce tral patches" were discovered both clin ically and by the X-ray which was used yesterday'afternoon and continued tojie used (hiring the night. All the physi cians who have been called in spent the 'night within easy reach of the bedside 'and Brigadier General Chas. E. Sawyer, ibis personal physician, and Lieut. Com- I mande)- Boone, assistant to Dr. Sawyer, were in the sick room all the time. Physicians Encouraged. I President's Headqua’rters, Palace Ho tel. Sap Francisco, July 31 (By tilt As sociated Press). —President! Harding, who fen asleep shortly after midnight last night hud a night which was re garded as encouraging. He had obtain ed more than six hours’ sleep and at 6:15 a. m. was still asleep. From midnight on tip* quiet of the President's suite was broken only by fre quent visits of Lieut. Commander Joel T., Boone, the physician who had direct charge of the patient throughout the night. JURY SELECTED TO TRY LARKIN GARRETT Selection of Jury DM Not Consume More ! Than Two Hours During Morning. (By tile Associated Press.) Cumberland Court House, Va., July 31. —A jury to try Larkin C. Garrett -for the alleged murder of Rev. E. S. Pierce, a Baptist minister, was obtained today in less than two hours." Twenty men out of sixty examined, qualified, and from this number the state and defense were privileged to strike off four each. Judge White at 12:40 recessed for 20 minutes to permit counsel to decjde the names they will eliminate from the pan el. Court then recessed for dinner and the hearing of testimony is expected to begin at once when it reconvenes. Spend Hundred Millions on Roads and Schools. * Kinston, July 29.—The 46 eastern most counties of North Carolina will have expended 100 million dollars on roads, school nnd public buildings dur ing a two-year period ending December 31, according to an estimate from the sectional chamber of commerce here. Every one of the counties has partici pated in the program of public improve ments to some extent. Hard surfaced highways, new courthouses, jails and" other buildings, and numbers of modern schools have been built in the section. The “local group” of counties has led in two respects. The longest mileage of roads and most schools have been constructed in Greene, Pitt, Wayne, Le noir and Craven counties, it is believed. Street paring, sewerage and waterworks systems and electric lighting in towns have constituted important items. The per capita expenditure -would probably establish a record for the country. A new powder for use in small arms add artillerjKhas been invented. It has all the driving ’. power of the typ* now used and ts smokeless, flasiiless and im pervious to moisture, INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA. The coast line of North Carolina, following the outer line bordering the Atlantic Ocean, is about 300 miles in length, t If the indentations and sounds are considered the coast line is nearly 1,500 miles long. Albemarle Sound is a fresh water body and is. said to be one of the largest coastal bodies of fresh water in the world. • This ScAind, which is 60 by la miles, is the most im portant fro® a fisheries standpoint along the North Caro lina lit is also stated that there are probably few bodies of \\®ter in the world of similar size having more extensive fisheries. jSixteen rivers empty their waters into the Sound and in all of them the fishing industry of the state is being de veloped. ’ Pamlicd Sound is with .the exception of Long Island Sound, the fergest on the Atlantic Coast. It runs parallel to the Atlantic and is separated from’it only by “banks,” which are nothing more than a succession of narrow sand hills. f The coast of North Carolina presents unusual oppor tfenities for prosecuting the fishing industry and practical ly the entire population along the cefast, with the exception of the city (iwellers, are dependent on the industry for a means *of livelihood, t SAYS FARMER WILL es Moines, July 31 (By the Asso ciated Press).- —Declaring tiiat Senator Switli W. Brookhart, of lowa, had never been known to exhibit sufficient "sus tained exertion” tb get at facts in any economic problem he bad attempted to discuss, E. T. Meredith, former Secre tary of Agriculture, pointed out in a statement to the Associated Press re ceived here today from Memidji, Minn., that the grain farmer will receive $50!).- OttO.tMH) more for hi* (Crop in 1923 than he did in 1922, in spite of the slump in the price of wheat../. “There is a conspiracy among certain factions.” declared Mr. Meredith, "to misrepresent and discourage the farmer. Just what lies bach of this pernicious scheme remains to be seen, but one of the big purposes ins to make |>olitical capital out of this deceit which, can be used to the selfish advantage of those taking part in it.” 75-MILLION CAMPAIGN STILL PAR FROM GOAL Ail Interests in the Movement Will Bo Pushed With *Froni Now On. Nashville, Tenn.. June 30.—A total of $44,003,005.70 in cash has been paid in on the Baptist 75-miilion campaign, up to May 1, 1923. by revised figures an nounced here. This leaves approxi mately $31,000,000 to be raised by De cember, 1924. At a recent convention of the South ern Baptist Convention in Kansas City, the conservation commisiou of the campaign was asked to push all interest of the forward movement with vigor in order that the full sum may be realized from the movement, as all seven of the educational, benevolent and missionary causes fostered b.v the campaign stand urgently in need of their full allotment. A special effort adopted by the con servation commission was an intensive campaign looking to the setting up of a budget plan of systematic and propor tional giving in all of the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention. RUSSIANS THREATEN TO CONFISCATE SHIP Expedition Seeking to Aid Allen Craw ford and Party Must Get Sanction From Soviets. Nome, July «31 (By the Associated Press). —Harold Noice, head of the Ex pedition to Grangell Island for the re lief of Allen Crawford and his party, marooned there since 1920, has been ad 'vised of an announcement by the Soviet authorities at East Cape Siberia that un less his ship calls at Petropalosk for proper clearance and also at East Cape for a contingent of red guards to be tak en'to the island, the vessel will be con fiscated. Three More Sale Days at Parks-Bclk Co. Many fine bargains are yet to be found tit the Pnrkc-Belk Co. while the Twelfth Annual July Clearance Sale continues. The sale will close on Saturday of this week, but for the remainder, of the sale hundreds of bargains will be offered. As an added feature the management of the store has secured the Jackson Training School band to play on Friday. If you qre interested in seasonal bar gains it will be to your advantage to visit this store this week. Miss Mary Hill has entered the Char lotte Sanatorium and submitted to an operation this morning at 11 o'clock. YOUR BANK 5 should be your confidential friend and your E 25 business advisor. E SB We invite business on such a basis. ££: /"'WIZENS fijfe ■ BANK 8? TRUST CO.|9|l 7 m k .CONCORD, N. c. a ~ |i COTTON CONDITION FOR JULY ESTIMATED AT 70.4 PER CENT Has Registered Advance of 1.2 Per Cent Over June.—Weevil Ravage is Small. New York. July 30.—A detailed analy sis of reports on cotton conditions, gathered under an average date of July 23. reveals the fact that the crop has held *its own well," and some important gains have been made. Estimates of more than 1.600 ; Urustworthy corre spondents of The Journal of Commerce, place the percentage condition at 70.4 per cent., an average of 1.2 points over June, and comparing with 74.1 per cent a year ago., and a 10 year average of 74.9 per cent. While this figure is admittedly lower than in July. 1922, it exceeds 1921, when there had been a drop of five points to 67.8. Going back still fur ther. it will be seen that July per cent condition iu 191!) declined 1.3 and 5.7 in 1918. Last July there was an in crease of 1.7, and in 1920 of 3.3 points. As July -is a mouth when more or less deterioratioiL usually occurs, the re turns are regarded as Encouraging, and /ally bearing out the optimistic state ments that have been so frequent of late; especially in view of the unfavorable conditions surrounding the cotton crop during May and June. Since receipt of these rri ufins further Improvement has taken place in several parts of the belt and there seems reason to believe that August reports may show greater gains. On the basis of the government’s acreage figure of 38,267,000. and in ac cordance with its method of calculation, a per cent condition of 70.4 indicates that with normal weather from now on a yield of approximately 11,921,000 bales is possible. This, of course, is not a prediction. Actual production last year was 9,- 729.048 bales. In 1920, 13.439,603 bales were raised, and in the banner year of 1914, 16,134,930 bales. The smallest crop in recent years was 7,- 953.641 bales in 1921. Other private estimates cover a range of 11.000,000 to 12,2000,0000 bales. Correspondents this month give more attention in their reports to the activ ities of the boll weevil. While opin ions differ somewhat, it would seem that Comparatively little (damage Bias been done, except iu Georgia, parts of South Carolina, Mississippe and Arkansas. Tile infestation is Very heavy, in some respects worse than last year, but pre ventive measures have been Ifar mor thorough, and some claim that poison remedies are proving effective in check ing weevil ravages. Others complain that attempts at poisoning in sections where rainfall has been excessive too often turn out a complete failure, and very costly, as the rain washes away the poison as soon as applied. Home Coming Day at St. Steplien’s on Sunday. August 12th. Home coming day at St. Stephen’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, this county, will bo held at 10 a. m. Morn ing service. 11 ; sermon. Rev. George H. Cox, D. D. At noon dinner will be served on the grounds. At tile evening service, F. O. Dry will deliver the address of welcome; re sponses will be made by George W. Isen hour and addresses will follow b.v Revs. C. M. Fox, G. H. L. Lingle. M. L. Rid enhotir and M. L. Kesler. Every one is invited to attend these services. The Gaekwar of Baroda is reckoned among the ten richest men on earth. INTER RACIAL MEETING BEGINS AT ASHEVILLE Annual Conference cf Southern Cotton Inter-Racial Co-operation \ViI Get Un derway Tonight. companies, from Ander son. Charleston, - Spartanburg. Easley, Columbia, Motmorenci and Leesville. S. C., Hampton and Roanoke. Va., and Burlington, Kannapolis, High Point, Winston-Salem, Mount Airy. Olt Fort and Thomasvilie. Cflpt. J. O. Pike, of High Point, is in charge of the camp, called “Charles A Hines camp.’’ in honor of a prominent Woodman here. Adjutant C. L. Mather. Omaha, for mally opened the camp, Mr. Hines wel comed the Woodmen, and Brigadier Gen eral E. 4 B. Lewis, of Kinston, responded. Strict military discipline prevails. Capt. R. V. Ladd, United States army, is here with a detachment of ,Fort Bragg sol diers. supervising military activities. Other prominent Woodmen here are Colonels P. J. Salmon, Norfolk; Brown. Spartanburg: Ridgeway, Charleston; M. I. Griffith. Rockingham. Drill was held this morning, guard mount this afternoon. Fort Bragg band rendered a concert. The Wood men will practice drilling until Friday, when competitive drill will be held, with A*jd.. ..trftpiues to, Jk* awarded. The encampment will last through the week. WITH LEGS BARED. GIRLS ROMP AT CONEY ISLAND Rojoire Over Lifting of Edict Against 0 Stockingless .Mermaids. Ne\V York. July 30.—Stockingless girls., romped the beaches of Coney Is land today, flagrantly disregarding blue coats. who on previous Sundays arrest ed and chased scores of those whose lower limbs were uncovered. The edict against stockingless mermaids was lifted last week when it was discovered there was no ordinance against bathers tak ing their dips in the Atlantic with bare legs. Coney Island business men delcared today that, despite the opening of the new $2,000,000 boardwalk, this season has been one of the worst. They an nounced that iu order- to offset the dull period they would keep amusements and restaurants open after the official Sep tember Mardi-Gras closing and endavor to make the island an all-year resort. Hospitals Find Books an Aid to PilLs in Curing Sick.