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PAGE FOUR m cwfcem vm wwat-l HA M. SHERRILL, Associate Editor THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tb« Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the lo cal .news published herein. I All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Special Representative FROST, LANDIS ft KOHN , ”” 225 Fifth Avenue, New Yortc Peoples' Gas Building; Chicago ' 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta Entered as second class mail matter at the postoffice at Concord, N. ,C„ un der the Act of March 3, 1879. 7~' SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ip the City of Concord by Carrier One Year 36.00 Six Months 3.00 TKree Months - 1.50 One Month .50 Outside of the State, the Subscription Is the Same as in the City Out of the city and by mall in North Carolina the following prices wil pre vail; . Owe Year 35.00 Six Months 2.60 Three Months 1.25 Less'Than Three Months, 50 Cents a Month All Subscriptions Must Be Paid In Advance railroad schedule ! ' ' In Effect April 29, 1932. Northbound. No. 136 To Washington 5:00 A. M. No. 36 To Washington 10:25 A. M. No. 46 To Danville 3:15 P. M. No. 12 To Richmond 7:10 P. M. No. 32 To Washington 8:28 P. M. No. 38 To Washington 9:30 P. M. Southbound. No. 45 To Charlotte „ —4:23 P. M. No. 35 To Atlanta 10.06 P. M. No. 29 oT Atlanta :2:45 A. M. No. 31 To Augusta 6:07 A. M. No. 33 To New Orleans 8:27 A. M. No. 11 To Charlotte 9:05 A. M. NO. 133 To Atlanta 9:15 P. M. 1 JLr BIBLETHOUGHIf M —FOR fODAY—I H Bible Thonghta memorized, will prove a 111 With all your heart.—And ye shall seek me and find me when ye fiiyjU search for me with all your heart. CAUTH)N %fROWX TO WIND. It fs almost impossible to'read a news paper now without seeing 'where sprue,* one was killed in an auto accident. And it is very noticeable that Monday papers carry {pore accident reports thau any othet paper, because there are more peo plh riding on Sunday than any other day. And while Sunday accidents have become so common that they create lit tle unusual interest, the crop of deaths from accidents last Sunday was so great that the reports were very noticeable. The news columns tell of thirty-five persons losing their lives in automobile accidents that day. and in addition many others were injured. To make it more startling, all of the accidents were at raijroad crossings, and everyone of them could have been avoided if proper pre caution had been taken. It is only reas- ; unable to suppose that other accidents which were not reported to the newspa- ] pers oecußred, and the death total for : the day must have easily reached the 40 1 mark. And the accidents occurred in ev cry part of the country, showing that 1 carelessness and disregard for safety are universal traits. » During the past several years every | kind of publicity device has been tised i to warn the people against carelessness. 1 Preachers have warned them from the 1 pulpits; newspapers have carried eol- 1 "■lns of articles: railroad companies j have spent thousands of dollars issuing , warnings: and in North Carolina a law . was passed designed to make people more : careful? If the sermon preached in the ; papers Monday had no effect, then the people are hopples?. THE BUSIEST INDUSTRY. Forbes Magazine raises an interesting question when it asks.“ What is the bus iest industiy?” That publication pro ceeds to answer the question as follows: The turning out of over two and one half million opr* ami truck? a year? The producing of 40,000.000 tons of pig iron and the manufacturing of the greatest volume of iron and steel products in the world? The transportation of enough commodities and merchandise to supply 110 millions of America us and, for good measure, exports pud imports worth two or three billion dollars a year? The kill ing and packing of the millions of food animals consumed every year by Ameri cans and by millions of foreigners who eat American meats? No, guess again. Wrong jthis time too. The busiest industry in America is law-making. Think of it: fully 50,000 bills dealing with business have been introduced in state legislatures in the last twelve months, and it is figured that new state laws will be passed at the rate of 1.000 a month all through 1023. Then, in the lust five Congresses 90,000 bills for new have have been introduced and upwards of 2.400 have been passed. America is the land of mass produc tion. I*alj)al)ly our lawmakers have caught the mass production mania. In the case of industry, some regard is had to quality. In the case of our lawmak ers, quantity, judging by results, has been their sole aim. It is time lor the American people to beseech every lawmaker in the land: Physician heal thyself. > Everybody thinks he is capable of passing laws. That’s the trophic. What we need is enforcement of many we al ready have and qLjJWn.v others. Anxious aboi t the pfefestfeeNT. i%e “soiilid Souti»” Ps well as the home town- 9! ,thfu Press** 94, , is snXious about 4? i t n bt Ke n^ eßH! * the political jfothjSptfi ' Pwsi«*t of the United States, everyone feels almost a I Latest news from the bedside,of the M President indicates that his condition is r'mueh better. He has the hopes and [I prayers of the nation in his fight for his r li^e ‘ \ f / ;■ ! WIDOW OF SLAIN MINISTfeR TELLS STORY OF KILLING Tells How She Tried, Babe in One Arm, to Save Husband's Life. Cumberland Courthouse, Va„ Aug. 1. —-Mrs, Edward Sylvester Pierce told to day the story qf the death of her hus band. Taking the stand as a witness for: the ‘prosecution at the trial of Lar kin C. Garrett, who with his brother, Robert O. Garrett* is charged with hav ing shot to death the Baptist minister at his home on June 5, the frail, stooped woman stumbled and sobbed through the tragic story that held the jammed little courtroom spellbouud send brought tears to the eyes of many. She told her ver sion of how her 53-year-old husband was beaten until he was bleeding and dazed: of how she, with their two months-old baby in one arm. she fought to rescue her husband; how three dif ferent times she was thrown aside by one of the Garretts; how her husband, dazed and bleeding, obtained a shotgun, and, finally, how he was disarmed and shot to! death, without, she swore, tiring a single shot. The most tragic of her recital came she described the condition of her husband while lie was prone on the ground, beaten down by blows from the fists of Larkin Garrett ami again when she told of “begging them not to kill him," even after the minister lay dead with his head on her lap. “It was horribje,’’ she said. “There was the blood on his head and the blood over his heart, on his shirt.” Twice she had to stop entirely and when, at the end of her direct testi mony. the defense stated they would not .cross-examine her, she was near collapse and had to be assisted from the court room. The appearance of Mrs. Pierce on the stand late in the afternoon was the chief but aot the dlity',*<jrginHtie incident of the day. Other witnesses had described in detail events as they transpired at the I'icrcr home on the day of the trag edy and while the narratives essentially were the same iii most details, there were some flat contradictions on what both state and defense construe as the most important issue—as to who fired the first shot. Some of the witnesses testified they did not see the minister fire at ali, others that Larkin Garrett did not fire at all. and still others that both fired. One witness. Gleam. Pierce, son of the slain man, said the pistol, in his father's hand was accidentally discharged * into the ground when R. O. Garrett jerked the shotgun from his hands, while Judge A\ illiam M. Smith, the county common*, wealth's attorney, and regarded as prob ably the most important witness next to Mrs. Pierce, declared that Pierce fired the first shot. On cross-examination, however, he said the first two shots were also simultaneous. NEW TYPE OF “FLI” is FOUND IN VIRGINIA Stafa Board, of Health , Warns Phy sirians to Be on the Lookout For it.' Danville. Va.. Aug. I.—The state health department is wrestling with a hew disease which has not been definite ly diagnosed as yet. but which is being sent out to health officers and practitioners throughout Virginia by Dr. Ennion Williams of the state board of health at Richmond. City Health officer It. W. Garnett, who has just returned from Richmond, says that the new maiady is causing a good deal of interest a’ud existing medical authorities are being scrutiniz ed, The victim is taken first with a fever, this coming suddenly, and on the following day severe abdominal pains set in. These pass pass usually within 24 hours, leaving the victim in an ex tremely weakened condition. The mnlndy so far has beep confined to eastern Vir ginia, but doctors throughout the state are being urged to watch for cases with these characteristics. There have been no deaths. The malady has been termed by those living in sections where it appears as "devil's grippe.” It is similar to the malady which broke out in 1X9(1. it is said. So far ax doctors have been able to determine it is not a gastric or digestive disturbance but is considered by some as a new type of influenza. No Mileage Book Yet. Charlotte Ohserver. The big .railroads of the country ap pear to have won out on the mileage book proposition. The traveling nteu asked the. court to enforce the orders of the Interstate Commerce Comiptssiou for an interehaugeale mileage book at a 20 per cent, discount. The Federal Dis trict Court in Massachusetts has en joined the Commission from eutorcing the ruling, holding with the railroads that such sale would deprive them of a reasonable return on transportation and seriously impair their revenues. The Government 'lias gone to, the Supreme Court with an appeal, but so far. the railroads has the best of the situation. 1 Bringing Up b»i ♦t* SVfOUU? AV TH4Cr- *" J | , ( C MON xZoJtxz. \ <3q<(4' xA/fTM'that- \ you'd MEvec. I , .Gwe. A Pfcrre. fo(2_. \ V we'll NlvgjfL / V Mirr- wu_ue7 ) Win a. Pfcrze. y "iV<e ionp oP' ) . \ . rr p j r - l wrru A Nouno v \ A POG No PoG „ J BP.- ![^f wT ' J) C5S^ JD 111 I X^A ~ S COTTON DAMAGE i IN GEORGIA AND TEXAN 1 Agriculture Deportment Saya Every, District in Texas Suffers Deteriora tion. Washington, Aug. 1.- —The department of agriculture in a statement tonight, , commenting on its report earlier in the 1 day which forecast cotton production this year at 11,516,000 bales from its condition of 67.2 per cent of a normal on July 25, declared “the caufae of thg de [ eline of the condition of the-4*otton crop during the month, ending. Jdly were . eonsitScuous in tw\ important states, ' Texas and eGorgia.” \ Florida was hard hit. according to the statement. "Every district in Texas,” the state ment said, ~“suffered deterioration of 1 condition, due prineipall to lack of mois ture, but ulso due to high temperatures and the ravages of insects.” The state ment continued: “With the exception of counties in south Texas, little material damage lias thus far been done by the weevil or the boll worm in that state, but the leaf worm lias been very active, particularly in the south. Serious damage is re puted from , the youthern district of Texas from the effect of what is know.h as the ‘cotton flea,' a relatively ueiy phst, the:: foregoing causes were sufficient to make the crop deteriorate 0 points during the month in the state as a whole to 71 per cent., or the average of the past 10 years on July 25. „ “Georgia's cotton crop, which has had a 10-year average condititui of 70 per ■cent, of July 25. fell eight points dur ing the mqnths this year, to 48 per cent., the lowest condition on record for that date. The boll weevil lias greatly in creased in numbers and destructiveness in the southern third of the state, and-the area of heavy damage is spreading north ward. The cotton plant in a large por tion of the state had not set any fruit prior to July 21. which is usually con sidered the deadline after which bolls cannot be set and a. crop made under weevil infestation. Weevils are pres ent in all parts of the state in greater uumbers thau they were last year. "Weevil ravages are heavy in Florida, where the condition of the crop de clined 13 points during the month. De clines of one or two points in the Vir ginia. Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and Oklahoma were various caused by rains, weevils, deficient moisture, late- ness of the crop, extremely hot weather, wet cool weather in May and early June followed by drought. “Improved or stationary condition during the month in North Carolina, South Carolina. Arkansas, Tennessee. Missouri and New Mexico was not suf ficient to balance adverse causes else where. Yet, in the average of all states, the crop deteriorated but 2.7 points, although the average deteriora tion of tin* past 10 years is 3.0 points, or greater than the deterioration that occurred this year." The July 25 eonditiou indicates a yield of about 143.9 pounds per acre. The condition of the crop my states fol lows ; Virginia. 88; North Carolina. 82. South Carolina. 444: Georgia. 48: Flor ida. 52: Alabama, 66: Mississippi. (45: Louisiana, 68: Texas. 71: Arkansas. 68; Tennessee, 69: Missouri. 7(1: Okla homa. 03; California. 88: Arizona. 91; Nem Mexico. 85. Southern to Operate Short Line Gas Train. High Point. Aug. I.—The Southern Railway company will inaugurate gaso line propelled trains oil the short line between High Point and Asheboro about November 1. and the same service be tween Salisury and Norwood about the same date, according to an official of the company here today. A combination gasoline motor hag gage car and passenger seating capacity of 20 aud a trailer ear with passenger capacity of 30 will comprise the equipment of the trains. It was stated likewise that the company contemplates the employment of this new service on all similar short lines ultimately- Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Mary land, is a candidate for renomimition. If he is re-elected he will be the first governor of his state to succeed himself since the Civil War. CCibnmi, Saving, Bank THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE ' Mothers of Famous Men ;—.. The Mother «f Jean Paul Marat, t What a mystery a mother ist! What a , mysterious influence she transmits to ? her children ! Who can say how much, of 1 the history of the world depends on the i .influence that mothers transmit! There. 1 ;for example, ie that terrible Jean Paul ■ Marat, of the French Revolution—he who i was assassinated by Charlotte Corda.v — > a man who made all France tremhle be , fore him! The world has called him a l monster: he thought himself a thinker and philosopher. . ■ Os his mother he wrote: “To my moth . or is due the development of m.V char ■ aeter. That good woman whose death I 1 yet mourn, trained my childhood. She it was. and no other, who made me feel kindly toward tl|e world." Os that same woman some unknown letter writer, who hated her, wrote in an anonymous letter that she sent to the mother of Marat tong before the French Revolution made the name of Marat a synonym for brutality in pow er; “You have the most wicked tongue that we have ‘ever heard In this place: you are a notorious liar awl a vil£ gos sip; you are never tired of harming your neighbors by your tongue!” Which is the truth? Was Louis Cab l'd, of Geneva, daughter of a French wig-maker, the sort of woman that the annoy moils letter-writer said she was? If so. it may be that person inherited from her that trend that finaflyled Char lotte Cordny to assassinate him in order to save France. It may also be that Ma rat himself was right, and that the ideal ism that lie really did display, came from his mother. Whatever, tiie ease. Louis Cabrol Marat had trouble with the boy. Once wlten she and the father pun ished him he went for two days with out eating! Once again, shut in a room, he threw himself out of a uHqdow, and scarred his face for life. Neither his Italian-Spanish father, nor his French mother could control him. Would he have been better if his mother had been different? • CUMNOCK FIELD GETS EXCITED OVER COAL Five-Foot Seam is Struck Near Gulf and Samples Show it to Be Superior Stuff. Gulf. Aug. I. —Much excitement was created in the Cumnock, coal field to day as a result of reports concerning the striking of a measure of hard coal in the region of Gulf. Investigation .proved that a test hole had been driven on the Phillips place near Gulf and at good depth five feet of coal of excellent quality and hardness, was struck. A large crowd from the entire field soon gathered but the engineer in charge allowed only the officials of the sur rounding mines to enter the opening. Each visitor was allowed to take away a piece of hard coal as a soWenir. In the bank at Gulf is exhibited a very hirge lump given to the cashier by C. H. Gunter, engineer in charge of the work. Interviewed lifter. Mr. Gunter stated that the present work would now stop, as such was., merely a -test. The officials off the Cuitnock and Carolina mines ivere loud in their con gratulations and pronounced the seam as superior to anything yet found in the vicinity. Mr. Gunter declared that the test had now been completed on the four different measures and that lie aud his assiciate. Dr. Dorsey, were fully satisfied witli the genuineness of the field. NEW ORLEANS; COTTON ADVANCES $7 A BALE Hester’s Report and the Government Condition Report Put Market Up 140-147 Points. New Orleans. Aug. I.—Cotton fut ures soared here today advancing 87 a bale after receipt of the government monthly crop retiert placing the con dition at 67.2. while the traders were looking for an average slightly above 70.0 jier cent of normal. The annual statement of Col. H. G. Hester, secretary of the New Orleans' cotton exchange, showing wlmt was re garded as the smallest carry-over into the new cotton yar since production of the staple in the south reached d'n important figure, added imiietus to the operations of the bullish traders aud the weekly weather report also had a bullish tinge. The carry-over was p’need at 2.573,- 000 bales as against 4,879,000 bales a year ago. while the consumption figure of 12.031,000 bales was considerably larger than expected. The market here closed at net gaius of 140 to 147 points over yesterday’s ■closing quotations. The Crown Prince of Sreden, who is soon to marry into the English royal family for the seobnd time, has the repu tation of beiug one of the best-iVad men in Europe. Kenosha. Wis., schools will reopen this fall minus the services of fourteen women teachers, that number having re signed since last Jerui to become brides. - " 1' =-=== — ■' - v - • ■ I OOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOfaoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ' : ! You Will be syrprised after a few years to se6 wfliat you have saved if you will begin putting some part of your earnings in the bank each pay day. Let tips strong bank help you to keep the money you have earned. Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Concord, NC. '* CHAS. B. WAGONER, President A. F. GOODMAN, Cashier | "> DIRECTORS - ! S e °A *i,£? tt * rson A. N. 'James B. L. Umberger ; ! £: Niblock J. Frank Goodman .* i! c. M. Ivey Barnhafdt ‘ A. F. Goodman , ] | M. L. Marsh ■ Dr. W. D. Pemberton Dr. J. A. Patterson | | . Alex R - Howard j. P. F. Stallings \ Chas. B. Wagoner ' J \ 00000000 °p?00000000000000000000©0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000d<>00c ~TV*" _ ■v= x '-- - ■7 '" r - Radio Hpa Worried By .'Harding , “Death Report-” New york. JiCty 31.—Hundreds of radio fans stormed newspapers tonight with inquiries ns to the truth or falsity to a message they said they had pick ed out. of the ether saying that Presi dent Harding was dead. Officials at the radio station on which the listeners had turned in denied that any such rcjHirt; had been sent out from their station, and the mystery as to where the report originated remained unsolved. Egypt to Bid' Cotton. Cairo. Egypt, Aug. I.—lt is stated that the Egyptian government lias de cided to enter the cotton market as a' purchaser. This step is to be taken with a view to maintaining prices. A Man With Six Senses. 'London. Aug. 2.—A man who posses ses a sixtli sense has been discovered in a village in Norway, according to ad vices from Christiana, Several times, it is said, the man has been used by the police to trace stolen property, buried iu some eases many miles from the scene of the robbery. In one case he described accurately where certain goods werel, although he did not leave his own room. When a valuable dog was ’lost on one. occasion, and the police had pursued a fruitless search for many 'lays, the man said the dog was to be found at the top of a long valley some miles away. Searelt was made, and he was found to be correct. The man, whose name is Halvorson. is claimed to have found iron ore beneath deep snow. Dr. J. A. Shauers CHIROPRACTOR v Maness Bldg. Phone 620 Residence Phone 620 Room Y. M. C. A. BLL EVER 'l BRVE US ROM THE JEST KIND , OF SERVICE) TFJi-a Any hopes of quicker profits will never swerve us from our intentions to give to the public the kind of dependable plumbing service to which they are entitled. When you pay us your good money you receive the best we have to offer in-return. E.B. GRADY Plumbing and Heating Contractors 41 CmMb St. Office Phone S34W .J? L-h* il l r/TTg- 1 ;;;:. ■./;/ , 'yL —, ,4 Maine Publicity Tour. Portland, Me., Aug. 2.—Under the auspices of the State Chamber of Com merce. a party of about 150 representa tive men and women of the Pine Tree State will leave one month from today'' on a tour of the county from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon. The pur pose of th» coast-to-coast trip will be to advertise Maine's resources and attrac tions and to learn what the West is do ing. The tourists plan to entertain Pre mier .Mackenzie King and other Canad- wnnnnnnnnnnnnwnnnnMnne».»o>«nr»iririginr»rMirin*iririwri*«fwv^ ftft ftj f ' Purchasers of Furniture Now Have a Splendid Opportunity to BuyJkf&tch ed Suites of Rare QualittfF** Our display of Furniture is especially complete at this time. It is all of the kind that has Quality built right into it—the kind that will give lasting service and complete sat-' isfaction—the kind you will enjoy living with. All of the popular designs are presented in the various woods and n ishes. And at the law prevailing prices they represent values that cannot be duplicated. Come in and see our lines. BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO. ■rag STORE THAT SATISFIES” aooooooooooooqooooooooooocxxxacwoooooooeoooooboooooooo Fiber Furniture —Decorative iii Any Home No matter whether your home be large or small; no matter what scheme of decoration or colors you plau—Fiber Furniture is certain to look well. And not only is it adaptable to any surroundings—it is comfortable and durable as well. ( You can buy matching suites or odd pieces for practically every room. £L B. Wilkinson Coward Ph«» 1M Kannapolis Flmm I OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT CL Q. WILKINSON CO. |, Flmm I. CUli Answered D*y or Ntjfclifc' 6 Pays to Put an Ail. in The Tribune Thursday, August 2, 1923. inn officials on the outgoing trip. It is intended to make a three-ho.^r. stop at some point designated by the Premier, between Montreal and Ottawa, where the function will be held. Governors and mayors of Washington, California, Nevada. Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Mis souri, Illinois, Indiana and Michigap will be invited as special guests of the party nt luncheons, dinners and other events when tile West is reached. Many Chinese use their hollow idols as savings banks.
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