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VOLUME XXIII
Body of Dead President
At Rest Under Capitol
—1 A* ft i
Here Body Will Lie in State
Until Time For It to Be
Taken to Marion, Where
Burial Will Take Place.
THOUSANDS JOIN
• FUNERAL MARCH
Procession Headed by Persh
ing, and Among the March
ers Was Woodrow Wilson,
Striken While in Office.
Washington; Aug. 8 (By the Associ
ated Press).—A swelling tide of honors'
bory Warren G Harding today back over
the road by which he came triumphantly 7
to the Presidency two crowded-years ago.
For him the urge of ambition was eud
•ed. the co'mpelMng call of duty stilled iu
death. Amid the tens of thousands of
his countrymen grouped along the way. he
passed in such as only the great dead of
the nation may know. And beyond tin*
brief hour of the ceremony of sorrow
there awaited for him rest eternal on the
soil that gave him birth.
Down the wide avenue he was carried
today with marching legions tramping
ahead to lay him under the dome of the
capitol, awhile ere he goes bark to his
native state to stay forever. That high
resolves of duty had brought him death
and with* it the peace and quiet he loved,
but. which he could set aside at the na
tion's call.
With Pershing riding ahead, the march
ing thousands of the escort led the way.
the steel of their bayonets glittering
above them. Soldiers, sailors, marines
and civilian soldiers were all there; be
hind them came the new President, still
bowed in grief that his high office came
at such a price. Came also two men
who before him lead held that office, one
to be Stricken like him and so crippled
in illness that he might not give him
self as he would to the qorrowful duty
of the day. Behind these in endless ar
ray marched the great body of American
citizenry and the men who keep the
wheels of a great government moving' in
the huge silent buildings about.
Military bands‘interspersed in the col
umns played ull old hymns that stirred
aud comforted. The hush and dim mys
tery of last night when the flag draped
casket come to its brief space of quiet in
the Wh.ie House was lacking'.
But tbs»s'. wus no souijd or movement
in .the, ',la,V kissecls^h,.cm,-
until thdt fateful burden under its color
• ful glorious bunting had been carried by
on silent wheels to be lifted to the cata
falque in the great stone chamber of the
capitol rotunda.
There, in keefving with the simplicity
of the man who lay dead, the funeral
services were of a brief impressive nature.
Afterward in its place of honor beneath
tin' dome, tile body was to lie until night
fall while thousands upon thousands til
ed past the pier with bent, uncovered
heads to bid farewell to the kindly upright
man so soon to leave Washington forever,
It was a few minutes past 10 o’clock
when tin* great procession of sorrow
swung out frofn the White license gates
to begin its jrilgrimage up the historic j
avenue where so many long caravans of 1
grief and rejoicing, of regret and triumph,
had preceded it in years gone by.
Tenderly the President had been car
ried for the last time from the portals of
the White House and placed again on
the artillery caisson that had borne him
last night from the funeral train to the
Fast Room to lie for u few hours amid
the* flowers that had been placed there
in tribute by tile potentates of the earth
and by the plain people the fallen chief
tain loved so well.
As the fnuneral hour approached the
casket was opened so that near relatives
aud friends might have their last look
there in the Fast Room at the features
of their beloved dead who lay with a
peaceful in the repose of eternity.
Former President Wilson, himself
broken by the cares of the Chief Magis
trate, came to the great portico just be
fore the hour of departure to take his
place in the cortege at the 7 invitation of
President Coolidge. Chief Justice Taft,,
the only other living ex-President, ulso
was waiting when the casket, enshroud
ed in the Stars and Strikes like that of
other soldiers who have made the su--
preme sacrifice in the service of their
country, was lifted from its setting of
flowers to be borne to its place amid an
other and perhaps grander array of floral
coloring, and fragrance in the rotunda.
President Coolidge, who enters thus with
u liegvy heart upon the duties of the
highest office iu 'the land, arrived to take
Ins place also just at the hour set for
the departure.
* As the cortege was forming underneath
the shadows'of the great trees through
which many Presidents have looked out
on the world, sometimes in triumph and
many times in sorrow, the bell in St.
John's Episcopal Church across TjaFay
ette Square, known ns the church of the
President, began tolling its doleful la
ment at the passiflg of a great heart into
a galaxy of immortals.
Only as the procession started did It
become known that Mrs. Harding had
„been with the body in the. East Room
for a half hour at 1 o’clock this morning.
She Was alone at* times, and at other
times attended by one or two relatives.
While officials were gathering at ||ie
funeral hour to take up their pluces in
the cortege she remained in her room
alone withl her grief.
Before the casket was carried down
the steps walked the two ministers who
were selected ttr officiate later at' the
funeral in the rotunda.
In Pennsylvania Avenue, the long si
lence that had hitherto been disturbed
only ’by the trampings of the restless
mounts of the troopers, was broken by
the strains of. Chopin’s funeral march,
played by Bn army band. There was on
ly a brief delay then until the last jour
The Concord Daily Tribune
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HIDES HER JEWELRY
IN H£R STOCKING
Greensboro Woman Outwits Nervy
Highway Robber.
Greensboro,' Aug. 7.—When a high
wayman h<Td up John T. Rees, promi
nent cigar maker of this city and hitS
wife aud daughter on the Guilford Col
lege-Greeusboro road last night, near the
outskirts of this city, Mrs. Ross stuffed
her jewelry, valued at more than SI,OOO,
iu her mouth, later putting it into her
stocking, aud the bandit got only Mr.
Rees’ wallet, containing $9.50.
The hold-up was staged under circum
stances that make Mr. Rees think an
other fellow was a confederate of the
robber. While near the Walter Ben
bow place east of the creek that crosses
the road. Sir, Rees, in liis ear. passed
a ear stopped and thinking the man in
trouble stopped. Then the
man ' stepped out, pofnted a big pistol
at Mr. Rees and said ‘'Halt." There
was nothing to /to but turn over the
money. The fellow in the ear that had
been stopped was 'also robbed. But
when the robber told the two to ''beat
it,” and Mr. Rees did so. the mail in the
other ear did not leave, not right then.
When Mr. Rees got back in his auto
mobile he found 'Mrs. Rees in a highly
nervous condition, but she'had had pres
ence of mind to conceal her, jewelry in’
her stocking. They drove to the city*
and telephoned from Westerwood to the
police, who searched the countryside, but
could not get any clue to the bandit.
STONEY STILL LEADING
IN CHARLESTON PRIMARY
Official Count on Friday Will Be Need
ed to Definitely Determine Winner.
Charleston, -S. C., Aug. 8 (By the As
sociated Press).-—Results of yesterday’s
municipal primary here wliich was held
under the protection of state troops, will
not be definitely known until the official
cojpt of the ballots by the executive com
mittee on Friday, it was indicated today.
With three boxes uncounted because of
alleged technical irregularities, however,
Thos. P. Stoney, solicitor of this circuit,
bad a lead of 952 votes over Mayor John
P. Grace, who is seeking a third term, ac
cording to the unofficial 'count which
gives Stoney (1,542 to 5.590 for the in
cumbent.
Fifteen ■out of twenty-four candidates
for aldermen who appear to be nomihat
ed on the present returns ran on the
Stotiey ticket. Two of them are women.
-Mayor Grace has refused to concede
■ Al'iM’ugiL ,* h ? I
ffio uncounted boxes will change tne pres
ent standing.
Orders Gasoline Sold at 10 Gents.
Pierre, K. D., Aug. 7.—Characterizing
the price of gasoline in South Dakota
as “highway robbery*!” Governor Mo-
Master this afternoon ordered the state
warehouse at Mitchell to sell gasoline
to the public at 16 Cents a gallon. He
also called on the people of the state to
form associations to purchase the pro
duct in carload lots until such times
as dealers “cease their policy of greed
and avarice” The governol' declared
that gasoline costs 14 cents a gallon in
earlots in South Dakota and that oil
companies are selling it at 28.
With Our Advertisers.
The Ritchie Hardware Co. makes. a
specialty of builders’ hardware, and can
furnish anything used in building.
For shiny noses use Venetian Creme
Mystique, at Gibson Drug. Store.
Munsingwear Union Suits, August
Clean-up prices, 95c to $1.95 at Fishers’.
New, Sheet music at the Musette. See
list in new ad. today.
C. H. Barrier & Co. keep at all times
a full line of groceries, meats and pro
duce. Aud the prices are right, too.
ney of Warren Harding along Pennsyl
vania Avenue had begun between the
dense crowds of humanity that made a
long aisle of grief from the very gates
of the executive mansion to the towering
capitol n mile away.
At the same time n bugler came to the
portico aud sounded shrilly the soldier's
single note of the call to attention.
Service Very Brief.
Washington, Aug. B.—(By the , Asso
ciated Press). —Under- the vast dome Os
the capitol with low spoken prayer and
the tender words of old hymns, Warren
Harding was given into God’s keeping
at noon today by the men of high place
iu the nation who had served with him
in the short years of his leadership for
the glory of the flag that was his wind
ing sheet.
As simple in its dignity and its high
faith in the goodness of God as the man
whosf passing it marked, the religious
ceremony took a bare twenty minutes.
Then under the ceaseless vigil of motion
less sentries who stood at the corners of
the bier, the great doors were opened
for the waiting thousands outside to
pass slowly by the casket on which the
sorrow of the nation and the world
poured out today. .
Through the brief service a slender
womanly figure sat erect and motion
less beside the casket on the high base
of honor with a heavy veil hiding her
features. Mrs. Harding facqd her pub
lic ordeal of sorrow with stoic courage.
Never a break in the firm spirit that has
borne her 'up through the tragic days
Was visible to the pitying eyes that
dwelt upon her.
When the last word had been said she
walked slowly through the Seq|te cor
ridor, her hand barely touching the
arm of Secretary Christian, her slender
flgtlre straight with no hint of the crush
ed heart within.
And for the first time since he died,
with her eyes upon him far away in
San Francisco, the precious casket was
left' by this strong, loving, loyal wile and
widow to the keeping of the nation for
the tittle hours until she claims it again
to bear it back to Marion and ita long
rest. , ■ r
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CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1923.
AMERICA TO VIEW
THE SUN’S ECLIPSE
First Total Eclipse to Be Seen in the
United States Since 1018.
, Washington, I). C„ Aug. B—One
month hence parties of astronomical sci
entists from all parts of North America
and from Europe as well, will be setting
up their instruments with almost un
pronounceable names at various points
extending fr<®i Isis Angeles into Lower
California, in the expectation observa
tions of the first total eclipse of the sun
visible in the United States since 1918.
Regarded as the most important astro
nomical event of the year, the eclipse of
September 19th .will attract
of scientific men to the section whore the
period of totality will be longest, and
where consequently the best observations
of the selipse may be obtained. Santa
Catalina Island will be the niecca for
numerous parties of observers, while
many others will make ’their’ headquar
ters at Ensenada, in I-ower California,
where the period of totality will last
longer than at any other easily accessible
point, *
Some of the scientists will photograph
stars in the vicinity of the sun in an pf
, fort further to substantiate the Einstein
theory, according to which light rays, be
ing matter and therefore subject to the
pull of gravitation, are deflected from
their coufse by the proximity of a ■
heavenly body.
Other observers will devote their at
tention to the corona, the golden emana
tion which extends outward from the
sun past the border of the moon iu every
direction for hundreds of thousands of
miles. With.the spectroscope they will
watch for any chemical elements hitherto
undetected in the soliar atmosphere.
Still others will study the red promi
nences, supposed to be fiery matter pro
jected from the sun’s deep interior with
enormous velocity and extending through
tlitycorona, and Which change their form
so rapidly that they are never precisely
alike at two consecutive observing sta
tions during the same eclopse.
The exact moment when the apparent
edge of the moon touches that of the sun
will be noted by still another group of ns
trAuomers for the purpose of otjjaiuiug
more precise data concerning the orbit
of the moon, and in the hope of solving a
lunar problem of some years’ standing—
that is. the small but as yet unexplained
acceleration of the moon’s motion in its
swing around the earth.
The word “ecliptic” is derived from
the word "eclipse,” owing to the fact that
all eclipses of the sun or moon occur on
the great highway along which the
earth, the moon, the planets and the sun
appear to move, a narrow roadway ap
parently through the stars. The moon’s
orbit and the earth's shadow occupy this
path and never go outside of it. At each
new moon an eclipse of the sun very near
ly occurs. The moonjiasses between the
je«th. itni-Dt* *un,~ur very nearly so, at
egch new moon/
The eclipse of the sun is occasioned by
the movement of tile moon. The sun
stands still, virtually. While the moon
sweeps river his face. That is, the sun
moves only about a mimitje and a half
aloug his path during an hour, which is
about tlre duration of ait eclipse. Hence,
it is clearly apparent that both the eclipse
of the moon and of the sun are brought
about by tjie moon's ifiotion. with vir
tually no reference whatever to the mo
tions of either the sun .or the earth.
Iu Oldeu times great calamities were
associated in the minds of the people
with an eclipse, but as a scientific and
well established fact, an eclipse lias no
effect on the physical condition of the
universe. Neither lias an eclopse any ef
fect on auimal or vegetublV life bn our
globe. The ancient alarm was the most
groundless of all' fears.
CHANCELLOR CUNO
TALKS REPARATIONS
Says Reparations Proposal of Great Bri
tain Was Unpleasant to Germany.
Berlin, Aug. 8 (By the Associated
Press).—Chancellor Cuno in his prom
ised speech .in the reiehstag today on
the reparations situation dealt partffcu
larl.v with the proposal for a settlement
recently advanced 'by Great Britain.
The chancellor said th principle on
which Great Britain had based her pro
posal was unpleasant to Germany.
The government, Chancellor Cuno de
clared. could not acquiesce in the French
demand that the government would sug
gest to the people of the Ruhr that they
'bandon passive resistance.
Widow of George A. Gray, of Gastonia,
Dies in Charlotte.
Gastonia, Aug. 7.—Mrs- George A.
Gray. Sr., widow of- Gaston county’s
pioneer textile organizer, .died suddenly
tonight* in u Charlotte hospital from
heart trouble. , '
She was 65 years old, aud is , sur
vived by the following children: Mes
dumes ,1. H. Separk. F. D. Barkley, H.
S. Legare, \V. G, Hammer and P. It.
Efird. of Charlotte, and .1. I snider Gray.
George A. and Charles D. GrSy.
AH the above named, sons, together
with J. H. Sepork. were active in the
urbanization of the .Gray-Separk cnain
oKsix mills here.
i. D. McCall Weds Miss Effie May
WlUi&ms-
New Y’qrk, Aug. 7.—The marriage of
Miss Effie May Williams, of this city
aud Jacksonville, Fla., to Johnson D.
McCall, attorney and former mayor of
Charlotte, N. (\, was solemnized here ;
today in the home of the bride at 615 I
West 143 M street. Rev- Dr. W. J. |
Mosier, of Demurest,' N. J., performing ,
the ceremony.
The bride is a daughter of Dr. |
Abraham D. Williams, prominent
physician of Jacksonville. Flu. She was
attended by her sister,-Miss Bessie Wil
liams. r . * •
Meeting at Cabarrus Mill.
ThAre was great interest taken Tues
day night at the tept meeting on Young
street, near the oabarrus mill. There
was a large crowd at the tent, more than
could be seated. - Some 40 or 50 asked
to be prayed for. Remember the meet
ing touight flnd all (his- week, and prob- |
ably longer. Come and "help make this
one of the best meetings ever held iu
this section of the country. Every
body welcome. X.
Laddie Bdy Bids Farewell
To His Beloved Chieftain
Washington. I). C., (Aug. 8 (By the As
sociated Press).—Laddi i- Boy said his
last goodbye to his thaster in the East
Room of the White House this morning
and there may be some hard hearts who
will say that a dog ccjuldu’r know, but it
seemed to those'about him as thougl) he
did. *
Mrs. Harding, who, loves Laddie Boy
no less than her husbfhd did. told the at
tendant whose sppeisl • charge the pup
has been, to take him Into the East Room |
a minute because he beemed to want to
(to.
Alertly he spiffed 1 the heavy air.l
freighted with the frjgiance of funeral |
MARION TO BURYjHER
BELOVHD ONE SIMPLY
Mrs. Harding's Wish For Quiet Cero
rnOny Is to Be Carried Out
Marion, Ohio, Aug. 7.—Though the
nation will conduct appropriate funeral
service for Warren G. Harding as its
President in Washington Wednesday,
Marion, Friday, will (attempt to forget
his exalted official position as head of
the nation and bury him as one of its
’distinguished citizens.
For Marion, the funeral services will
be for the late President ns that of a
private citizen with tie recognition that
he was the most distiijgui.shed in the na
tion. 'J’here will be :no pomp or elab
orate eereihqny in the laying to rest
of the dead President. What dignity
there is will be more through the pres
ence of distinguished persons who jour
ney here to pay last tribute than through
any efforts to make it so. The funeral
insofar as possible, Will be a meeting
of relatives and friends to bid a last
farewell to a loved one. Such is Mrs.
Harding's wish and her wish will pre
vail.
Orders for a simple! funeral were re
ceived by Col. F, I’.? Lalm, from Col.
C. O. Sherrill, in charge of funeral ar
rangements at Washington. Details
for carrying out this order were to be
furnished by Mrs. Harding to those near
the family who met the funeral train
in Chicago. . *"
According to Colonel Sherrill’s in
structions, the funeral, train will arrive
in Marlon at 10 a. ip. Thursday. On
this train with the‘ President's body
will be those who mpde the Alaska
western trip with him'and watched aud
hoped for liis recovery 'in Sun Francis
co. It will be thq same train that
bore the body to. Washington. In ad
dition to those who have so far made up
the funeral cortege, the funeral train al
so will carry Speaker Gillett and Sena
tor Cummins, president pro tern of the
senate; cabine office*, tjapt. Adolphus
Andrews of the uavyp’trfW' Maj. -ft. M
Baldinger of the army, aides to the late
President.
President Coolidge, accompanied by
other high government officials, will ar
rive on a special train at 8:30 Friday
morning.
All Marion citizens were officially
called upon .by proclamation today by
Mayor George W. Nelly to suspend ail
activities the day of the funeral “and
join as neighbors and friends tot tpay
the tribute which is truly felt in our
hearts.” ( ' ,
LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS
TWO AT DALLAS, GEORGIA
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sweat Dead, but
Child in Man's Arms Still Liv.es.
Dallas, Ga., Aug. 7.—Air. and Mrs.
Ray Sweat were instantly killed .and
their 10-months-old boy, which Mr.
Sweat was carrying in his arms, was
badly burned when the three were
struck by lightning during q storm here
yesterday afternoon, it became known
today.
School children found the bodies and
the child about an hour' after they were
struck by the bolt. The Sweats, who
lived five miles front Dallas, were on
their way to visit a neighbor. The
baby was conscious when picked up but
was severely burned on its right leg
and, arm.
Four Killed When Truck Stalls oil a
Grade Crossing.
Niagara Falls, N. Y„, Aug. 7.—Four
persons were killed at the Wheatfi.eld
highway crossing of the New York Cen
tral railroad one. mile east of La Salle,
late today. The dead are:
Charles Pratz, of Wheatfield a-oad;
Mrs. Letha Brooks, niece of Pratz:
Christopher Brooks. 5 years old: John
Brooks, one year old, son of Airs.
Brooks.
Pratz and the Brooks family left
home in a light truck to call for John
R. Brooks, husband of the dead woman,
who was working at La Salle. Wit
nesses said that when the truck reached
the tracks it stalled. Before Pratz had
time to get it started again, the ma
chine was struck by a train bound from
Niagara Falls.
The force of the colllssion tore the
pilot from the engine and tossed it to
one side of the track
. Three of the-victim* to
pieces under the wheels of the train.
New York, Aug. Fanelli
, wanted her hair bobbed- Frank, husband
!of Lucy, didn’t. So the hair went and
so did Lucy. That’s where the complion
j tions came. Having bobbed the* hair, and
■ knowing Friend Spouse’s sentiments re
garding that practice, Lucy decamped
| from the Fanelli bailiwick, and hasn't
been seen since.
Frank is taking care of the five
children. He has since moved to No'.
106 Fairmont avenue. Jersey City. His
theory ia that Lucy is staying away
until the hair grows again. He wants
her to know that if she will come back,
he won't care if she has her hair bqbbod
or shaved off or what not. Just so she
comes beck.
Orders Post off! sew Closed For an* Hour.
I Washington, Aug. 7.—Postmaster
General New Monday ordered the clos
ing of a” postoffices £]{jday between 3
and 4 p. m- Central standard time, in
'tribute to the late President Harding.
blooms, walked solemnly around the bier
lying under the great crystal chandalier,
and poked his nose in the flowers as if
looking for the 'master he knew was
there but couldn't see, and then turned
brown eyes on the White House attaches
with an inquiring look which was too
much for-them to endure without their
own eyes turning misty.
Laddie Boy knew his master was back
in the house, but he seemed to sense that
| for some reason he couldn't find him, aud
Ilike a good dog would, he concluded there
was nothing to do but go back to his
favorite spot and wait, faithful to the
I end.
NEGRO ATTACKS AGED WOMAN
Draggefl Into Woods and Overcome by
Her Assailant.
Greensboro, Aug. 7.—Sheriff's posses
tonight were combing Guilford and sur
rounding coun’ties for a "tall, slim, very
black, mustached negro,” who this morn
ing at 10:30 o’clock is alleged to have
criminally assaulted Miss Martha Sow
ers, aged .10, at her home near here.
Miss Sowers, who lives with a sister
near the Pomona mill here.' went from
the house to a spring nearby to get
a bucket of water, and the negro jumped
out of a patch of woods, seized her,
choked her and dragged .her into the
woods, there committing the crime, ac
cording to the story she told officers.
She said that she thought she could
identify the black if he were caught, and
. a suspect was arrested in High Point
and taken before her. but she was sure
he was not the man, so he was released.
The hunt continued all afternoon and
tonight, but without result. She could
not give a very definite description of
her assailant.
A boy told the sheriff's forces that he
saw a negro, answering the description
Miss Sowers gave, at the spring shortly
before the commission of the crime, but
the boy was not present when the attack
was made.
- The most,, diligent search has failed
so far to secure the guilty person.
While there is a considerable amount
of indignation here as a result of the
attack, there is no hint of lynching
should the man be caught, and no crowds,
the hunt for the black being carried on
by deputies and policemen.
LIPPARD AGAIN GETS
AWAY FROM OFFICERS
Deputies Have Instructions to Haud
• cuff Him, if Again Taken. Until He
is Behind Bars.
Hickory, Aug. 7. —Catawba county
deputy sheriffs tyho captured Ed. Lip
!«rd last night and penpryed
elude them at his father’s home in
■Hickory early today, have instructions
to keep the handcuffs on him until he
is behind two locked doors in the
Hickory jail.
Deputies Hawn and Whitener ran
into Lippard in the South mountains
by accident, beat him in a race through
the darkness when they suddenly cut a
flashlight they had on him and grabbed
him as lie spraddled a small trj>e.
His wife and children, who had !'C‘MI
taken to this section by I.ippard, plead
ed so hard that the officers agreed to
take him by his father's home to ar
range for bail. It was here that I .ip
pa rd, on a pretense of drinking water,
eluded them.
In his Essex touring car. which was
appropriated, were found two .45
caliber pistols, loaded, and a package of
.38 cartridges. It is believed that he had
three pistols and that one of them was
in the house where he was located.
I.ippard is wanted on an old liquor
charge and more recently for transport
ing a ■ 15-year-old girl for immoral pur
poses.
Poverty Ends Royal Romance of Many
Years.
(By the ANKocleted Frees.)
I.ondoii. Aug. 8 —The post-war pover
ty of many once powerful nobles has
brought before the public the sad end
ing of a royal loye affair.
The story is the romance of Princess
I. of Belgium, daughter of Leopold
11. who married Prince Philip of Go
burg. and about thirty years ago left her
husband and her two children to elope
with Captain Geza von Mattasich, 'a
Hungarian nobleman.
The princess was divorced by her
husband, and Captain von Mattisch lost
liis commission in the Austro-Hungarian
army. Following the war money be
came scarce, and the lovers were com
pelled to move from their palatial resi
dence in Vienna to a small village.
The princess disputed the will of her
father, who left everything to his mor
bauatic wife, the Baroness Vaughan, but
she lost the suit. Then she appealed to
her sister, the Princess Stephanie Lon
yay. former Crown Princess of Austria.
Princess Stephanie offered to allow
3 s>uise, who is now l>4 years old, to
spend the rest of her life at the beauti
ful castle of Orosziar, in Hungary, on
condition that she leave voiv Mattisich.
The offer was accepted, and friends now
have found another home for the penni
less captain.
Thursday Afternoon Specials at the
Parks-Belk Co.’s
The store of Parks-Belk Co. will not
only be open tomorrow (Thursday) af
ternoon, but they will offer many specials
for that time. For one thing they will
have a big aluminum sale of water
pitchers. li#ad the big three-column ad.
on page two today for other Thursday af
ternoon specials and also specials for
Thursday, Friday stnd Saturday.
Clean Sweep Sale by the Concord Fur
niture Company.
Starting Friday morning, August 10
I the Concord Furniture Company will
have a Clean Sweep Sale, during whieh
all goods will be reduced from 20 to 30
per, cent. Everything will be marked in
■ plain figures,’and the prices are- guar
■ anteed to be actual aud genuine. reduc-
II tions. The sale will close .Saturday,
i! August 28th. • Read the big ad, on page
' five today, and get ready (or the sale.
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GREAT LAYMEN’S CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD AT JIN ALISHA
Open tn August 10th. and Will Extend
Through August 15th.
(By the Associated Press.)
Lake Jnnaluska. X. Aug. B.—Pre
parations have been, completer! for wf
is termed the greatest inference I gtj
laymen ever held by tue Method*
Episcopal Church. South, which opens
here on August 10 with sessions that
will extend through August 15, accord
mg to announcement todav by 14. L.
Moreloek. head of the Board of Lay
Activities, whieh was .organized at the
last general conference of the church.
Mr. Moreloek said not less than 2.000
laymen from all parts of the South are
expected to attend.
Mr. Moreloek said through the Board
of Lay Activities in its various units
of organization from the general board,
down throuh the conference, the district,
the local charge and church, purpose is
to arouse laymen of the church to as
sume burdens of church affairs.
"Some of the high lights of the con
ference will be found in the good fellow
ship which abounds at Junaluska." said
Sir. Moreloek. "The biggest men in the
church will be there and there will be
opportunity to hear and meet a num
ber of the /great leaders of religions
through in America.”
There will be an open form each day,
led by Sid H- Blau. Secretary of State, ‘
Montgomery. Ala ; Judge SI. C. Childers.
San Antonio: T. S. Southgate. Norfolk
and Judge K. Erskine Williams, Fort
Worth.
The sessions of the conference will be
held in the Mission Building with the
exception of platform addresses which
will take place in the main auditorium.
Speakers on the program, in the!
order of their first appearance are: I)r.
Ernest C. Webb, University of Texas,
Austin; Bishop W. 11. Beaehamp, in
charge of work of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, in Europe;
Dr. C. M. McConnell. specialist in
rural missions. Methodist Episcopal
Church. Chicago; Sid. H. Ilian. Secre
tary of State from Alabama, and lay
leader ofthe Alabama conference; Judge
John H Clarke, former Associated
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, Youngstown, Ohio: Dr.
Henry Nelson Snyder, President of
Wofford College , Spartanburg. S. C.
Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon. in charge i «of
Methodist interests in the Tennessee,
Memphis and Holston conferences;
Judge Mi M. Childers, lay leader ot (he
West Texas conference, San Antonio;
Dr. .1. Stitt Wilson, .-uithor and lectur
er. Berkeley. Cal.: T. S. Southgate,
President of Southgate Terminal Cor
poration, Norfolk, and Judge Erskine
Williams, President of he General Board
of Lay Activities and lay leader ot the
Central Texas conference. Methodist
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Chicago Library Has 3.500 Books For
Blind Readers.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago. Aug. B.—-In an effort to reach
every sightless person in this part of the
country, the collection of books for the
blind in the public library here has be
come one of the largest in the United
States, according to Nathan R. Levin, as
sistant librarian of the Chicago Public
Library. *
The blind from .nearly every, state .in
the Mississippi valley patronize this col
lection, because of its ready accessibility,
declares Edward Peterson, in charge of
tlic work. Anybody can apply for a
loan, and the government permits the
books to be sent out in franked envel
opes.
The number of available volumes in
raised printing is comparatively small, it
is sai(J. but the Chicago library, w th 3,-
500 books, claims to have virtually ev
erything ever published for the benefit -of
sightless people.
.Mrs. Reese Saves Her Jewels From
Bandits.
Greensboro, Aug. 7.—When John T,
Reese, Greensboro cigar manufacturer,
his wife and daughter, were held up on
the Greensboro Guilford College road,
near the outskirts of this city. last
night, Mrs. Fees lmd presence of mind
to put her jewelry in her stocking, and
tile bandit failed to get i.t. The hold-up
man was too busy getting Mr. Rees’
wallet, containing only $0.50, to notice
what she was doing. Mi - . Rees was asked
to stop by a man in a stalled car. and
when he stopped to help him another
man popped out of some bushes and
held both up.
Salisbury Sells Bonds For School Im
provement.
Salisbury, Aug. 7.—Salisbury today
sold one hundred thousand dollars of
School bonds to the Mississippi Valley
Trust Company, of St. Louis, and the
Detroit Trust Company, of Detroit, these
being joint bidders for the bonds and
their bid being par plus a bonus of four
hundred and fifty-five dollars. The in
terest is to be five and a quarter. Bids
were submitted by 10 bond buying firms.
The money is to be used partly to build,
additions to present school property
and to pay off debts for property al
ready improved.
Has Left Beard Grow For Forty
Years.
Greensboro, Aug. 7.—0. A. Farring
ton. shipping clerk of the White Oak
mills here, wasn't shaved in 40 years, k
not since lie 1 was 23 years old. , •
And lie did not do it to win a bet,
nor to join the Zion City colony, whose
members are forbidden to shave- He
was and is simply obeying doctor’s
orders.
His physician. 40 years ago, ordered
him to let hist beard grow. Mr. Farring
ton lmd the measles then, leaving him
with au extreme hoarseness. "Let your
beard grow long to protect your throat,”
his physician suid.
His beard is all hair and a yard long.
Pelzer Mills Sold.
(By the Associated Press.)
Spartanburg, S. C„ Aug. B.—The sale
of the l’elzer Manufacturing Company's
mills at Pelzer, to Lockwood Green &
Co., of Itoston, Vas announced here to
day through-A. M. Law & Co., of
Spurtanburg;
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NO. 187.,
MEMORIIL SERVICES
wnwcmflßlCiTY
HWMOOI
Services Will Be Held in
Memory of Late President
Harding.—General Public
Asked to Attend. '
WILL BE HELD IN
THE COURT HOUSE
Address Will Be Delivered by
Rev. G. A. Martin.—Sev
eral Short Speeches Will
Be Delivered.
Concord will pay 'homage to Warren
G. Harding Friday afternoon, when me
morial services will be held ip the court
house here. Upon recommendation of
'Mayor Womble, a committee of business
men met Tuesday night and made definite
plans for the service, which will be held
at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The fun
eral of the late President will probably
be held in Marion about 3 o'clock Fri
day, dud'for that reason, this hour was
selected for the service here.
Mayor Womble in discussing the me
morial service, made the suggestion that
all business houses of the city close
from 3 to 4 o’clock Friday, so that all
persons of the city could attend the
service. It is understood that his sug
gestion will be followed, and all busi
ness in Concord will cease while the ser
vices are being held here 'and while the
last sad rites are being spoken over the
late President’s body in Marion. 1
The following program will be observ
ed at the service Friday :
Call to order by Major W. A. Foil.
Music.
Prayer—Rev. T. W. Smith.
Music.
Memorial Address—Rev. G. A. Mar
tin.
Five Minute Talks by:
W. It. (Well, representing the Rotary
Club:
,1. Lee Crowell, Jr., representing the
Kiwanis Club;-
Mrs. Ada Rogers Gorman, represent
ing the Woman's Club;
John M. Oglesby, representing the Am
erican Legion :
H. S. Williams, representing the bus
iness and professional m#u of the city.
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represented by officials. The American
Legion will have a large delegation at
the service, and Capt. K. E. Caldwell
will represent Company E, Concord's
military Company. Capt. Caldwell plans
to have as many members of his com
pany as possible present at the meeting,
and they will march to the court house
in a body. V
The-music at the will be under
the direction of Alan Pritidell.
The general invited to the
services. "7? ' s , •
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THE COTTON MARKET
Had Rather Reactionary Appearance at
the Opening Today.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. B.—The cotton mar
ket had a rather reactionary appearance
at the opening this morning. There did
not seem to be much if any improvement
in weather or crop news but there were
private reports of showers at a couple
points in Texas and after opening easy
at a decline of 7 to 21 points the market
Sold about 24 to 30 points below yester
day’s closing quotations.
Cotton futures opened easy. Oct.
23.75: Dec - 23.70; Jan. 23.50; March
23.50; May 23.46.
Luque Attacks Stengel For An Alleged
Insult.
Cincinnati, 0.. Aug. T.—Today’s ball
game between the New York Giants and
the Cincinnati Reds was enlivened by
an attack made by Pitcher Luque upon
Casey Stengel, of the Giants, in the first
half of the eighth inning. The visitors
were pounding the Cuban pitcher, having
just made four straight hits and three
runs after two were out. With Young
at bat Luque heard some oue on the
New York bench hurl an insulting epi
thet at him. He picked StengeL.as the
man and wplked deliberately out of the
box and over to the bench, tossing the
ball to Umpire Klein as he passed.
The Cuban took one swing at Stengel
who was sitting on the bench and did
not arise at his approach. The blow
glanced off Stengel’s shoulder, inflicting
little diimage. Luque was instantly
seized by Young, who had hurried over
from the batter’s box and who secured
a strange hold on the Cuban, dragging
him 20 feet away from the bench, where
Luque was taken in charge by policemen
and escorted to the Red dugout.
After taking a drink of water he
seized a bat and rushed again toward
the Giant players, but was intercepted
before he could do any damage. Roush
who came in from centerfield to eugage
, in the fray also was headed off before he
could get near any of the visiting play
ers. Luque and Stengel were banished
from the field by Umpire Klem.
Luque declared after the, game that
Stengel had been the one who attacked
him verbally, but Manager McGraw, of
the Giants, wh was seated next to Sten
gel on the bench, stated positively that
tfie latter was not the mgu who in
sulted the Cuban and that it was another
outfielder on the New York vlub.
Says Confessions WIU Prove Impogrant.
New York, Aug. B.—Revelations made
in reported confessions to the Federal
Attorney Hayward by E. M. Fuller and
William F. McGee, confessed stock
bucketers, are likely to rock the finan
cial section of New York to its founda
tions, Carl F. Whitney, new counsel for
the two former stock brokers, declared
today.