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VOLUME XXIII
Late President’s Body
Being Carried to Ohio
The Funeral Train Passing
Through Cities Delayed by
Crowds That Gather to Pay
Last Tribute.
FUNERAL WILL BE
HELD TOMORROW
Train Stopped For a Minute
at Home City of Late Pres
ident McKinley, Whose In
fluence Harding Felt.
t (By the AnociiM Preea.l
Washington. Aug. 9.—Laden with all
the honors the American people could
btfftow the nation today gave Warren G,
Harding back to Ohio.
Yesterday while a republic mourned
at his bier the great government of which
lie was head performed funeral ceremon
ies such ns are reserved for de]>arted
Presidents.
"Tomorrow in. the shaded quiet of a
grassy slope, Marion. Ohio, will entomb a
citizen, the fifth man of Ohio, brought
home from the Presidency, to rest.
For at the express command of his
heroic widow there will be in Marion
none of tlie solemn and impressive dis
play with which a nation entombs its
chief magistrate. The Jrtnnbling caisson
which carried" his casket over the route
traveled by the nation's great dead in
Washington will be replaced by the lov
ing hands of fellow townsmen, the calva
rade of troops which escorted the body
of their commander-in-chiefywill be re
placed by home folks doing their last
duty for a friend and neighbor..
The picture of the great vaulted dome
of the capitol where the shades of the
nation's other great dead looked down on
the solemn ceremony will be given way
to simple scenes in Marion cemetery
which will commit Warren Harding to
the tomb like other native sons before
him.
Warren Harding left Washington for
ever last night; and today' <o* will be
back among the home folks he loved so
well: to remain until judgment. The
same train which bore him away from
the capital confident and well a few
short weeks ago, and then returned him
for a short day!of ceremony, a figure of
history, departed from Washington at (i
o'clock last night for the last part of
its sorrowful journey. Immediately af
terward it will bk disassembled and nev
er run as out* train again.
Tonight another train bearing a Pres
ident westward Will "roll oaf oTWSstufiff
ton. But it will not take Calvin Cool
idge to represent at Marion the govern
ment over which he now presides. He
will go rather to pay the homage of a
plain American at the tomb of a fallen
chieftain and to give expression to his
personal sorrow over the loss of a dear
friend. At yesterday's funeral ceremon
ies his was among the most solemn of
the many solemn faces in the great pro
cession of woe that passed up Penusyl
vaniu avenue. For to know Warren Hard
ing well was to love him and Calvin
Coolidge had come thus to know ami lotje
him through the months of close asso
ciation.
Stepped at Canton.
tin Board President Harding's Fun
eral Train, Canton, 0., Aug. 0 (By the
Associated. Press). —The funeral train
bearing the body of the late President
Harding to Marion was stopped for one
minute at Canton today as a mark of
respect to William McKinley, ofteu
called the political mentor of Mr. Hard
ing.
Later another stop of a minute was
planted at Caledonia where the late
Chief Executive spent his boyhood days.
The train arrived in Canfou at 1) .25 a.
in., nearly two hours behind schedule.
Newspapers to Suspend Publication. (
New York, Aug. o.—Publishers of the
New York evening newspapers at a meet
ing today decided to suspend publica
tion tomorrow as a tribute to the late
President and fellow publisher who is
to be laid to rest tomorrow afternoon
at Marion. Ohio.
The newspapers which will not appear
are the Evening Post, Evening World,
Sun and Globe, Evening Telegram, Mail
& Journal, Brooklyn Eagle, and The
New York Herald.
Funeral Train at Mansfield.
Mansfield, Ohio, Aug. 9.—The Hard
ing funeral train arrived here at 11:45
a. in.. Eastern standard time and the
transfer from the Erie ta> the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, which will carry - the
remains of the President on the last lap
to Marion, immediately was made.
May Finally Rest In Mausoleum.
Marion, Ohio. Aug. 9 (By the Asso
ciated Press).—Eventually the body of
Warren G. Harding may find' a final
resting place on the top of an old Indian
mound just east of this city and over-
s'
Concord Has Some Wise People
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Why do I know ? ,
Because "they are placing their orders
for next winter’s' supply of coal.
Are you wise? ' ,
If so. I will thank you for your coal
orders. * , •
A. B. POUNDS.
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*' CAUSES UPROAR. *
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(By the Associated iS-ess.) X
ifc New York, Aug. ft.—Washington X
X Heights Court was thrown into an X
* uproar today when a negro who hail *
X been summoned to court on com- X
plaint of his wife, shot, her dead in X
X. a corridor, fired on a policeman X
X who attempted to capture him and )K
X was himself shot dead by the polite- )K
man.
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looking the home where he lived for so
many years and. where lie made his fam
ous front porch campaign for the presi
dency.
, Close friends of the late President
have started a movement to that end and
which niay include the erection of a suit
nbHe mausoleum with fuuds to be de
rived from the sale of gold dollars-J-the
same plan followed in obtaining funds
for the memorial to President William
McKinley at Niles, Ohio.
Train Passes Wooster.
Wooster. Ohio, Aug. ft.—The Harding
funeral train passed through Wooster at
10:35 a. m.. Eastern standard time, trav
eling slowly* toward Marion. A large
crowd was at the "*■
Service to Be Simple.
Marion, Ohio. Aug. ft (By the Ass:r
eiated Press). —His home town of Mar
ion awoke today eagerly awaiting the ar
rival of the funeral train bearing back
to Ohio for eternal rest the body of*Wa r
.ren G. Harding,'
The train with the body of the dead
President arrived at 12:38 Central
Standard Time preparatory to final fun
eral services tomorrow that will be in
direct contrast to the official services
held yesterday in the capitol at Washing
ton.
The elaborate services yesterday were
for Warren Gamaliel Harding, President
of tlie United States; the service* here
tomorrow will be for Warren Gamaliel
Harding, citizen, friend, neighbor—and
husband.
For two days his friends and neighbors
will accord the late President the cus
tomary funeral rites of the small towns
of the Middle West, and then with strict
simplicity they will accompany ‘ Mrs.
Harding and the body to the cemetery
where it will be entombed tomorrow af
ternoon. The only funeral services here
will be.atJw cemetery and they v$U be
extremely brief and simple, in aeordance
with the wishes of Mrs. Harding.
Only relatives and intimate friends
will make up the small party going to the
cemetery. Even newspaper men will be
excluded from the services at the tomb.
At his father's where the cas
ket was taken the body will lie in pri
vate until 2 i>. in. today. From* then
until 10 p. in. the public will be Re
mitted to gaze upon the kindly sage of
the former Marion newspaper publisher
who- became (thief Executive of hid
country. Again tomorrow from ft a.
m. to 2 p. in. the public will have the
opportunity to puds by the bier of Mr.
Harding. At 2 o’clock the funeral
cession will form for the journey to the
cemetery and at 3 o'clock the .body of
Warren G. Harding will be laid to rest.
It will be placed in until* the
mausoleum can be erected.
Only members of the party who made
the trip to Alaska with President Hard
ing were aboard the funeral train.
Thousands in Marion.
Marion. Ohio, Aug. ft (By the Asso
ciated I*ress). —Since daylight today
roads leading into Marion have been
I inuring people into the city. Long be
fore daylight crowds started to assemble
at union station where the body of tlfC
late President was to arrive. All along
the line which the funeral cortege will
take from the station to the home of Dr.
George T.'Harding, father of the former
President, on East Center Street, peo
ple were crowding and jamming the side
walks.
No one is permitted on the Streets,
troops constantly forcing - them to re
main outside the curb. Every one is or
derly and there was little noise.
Military officials iq charge pf patroll
ing the roads leading into Marion said
today from present indications more
than 100,00 ft people will be here before
nightfall. -j
No vehicular traffic was permitted on
the city’s streets except cars of the of
ficial reception committee and the mili
tary automobiles.
The residence of Dr. George T. Hard
ing and the Harding home made
famous during tlie front porch campaign
three years ago were the centers for the
out of town throngs.
After the age of 50 the average brain
loses an ounce everj,lo years.
* CONCORD, N. C, THURS DAY, AUGUST 9, 1923
BEAR AND FORBEAR ADVICE
DIVORCE JUDGE GIVES YOUNG
Chicago Jurist Speaks Out of Years in
Dealing With Wedded Woe, Having
500 Romes.
Chicago, Aug. i).—Judge Sabath, who
holds the Chicago divorce record, who
has reunited COO couples who sought di
vorce and who was rendered so melan
choly and depressed by his experience,
gave some advice today to young mar
ried persons and those seeking matri
mony.
"‘Bear and forebear' is the secret of
happy marriage,” lie said. "There are
too many marriages based on hasty im
pulses, too ipany one-night, marriages,
too many marriages due to liq,uor. It
isn’t all looks, you know, what you have
to know .about (lour, mate is liis ways,
his disposition—even his faults, for we
all linve them."
“I hope some time to get a law pass
ed obliging a couple to wait 30 days
between the issuance of the license and
the wedding." the Judge went ou.
"Money at the start is not necessary."
according to this marriage expert. "If
you have to work together, you'll know
each other much better, Irte together
better and be happier. A great deal de
pends on the wife, the reaj. help. 1# tin
wife gives a mail a good breakfast in
the morning and kisses him good-by.
he’ll want to hurry home at night to
spe/ her again." he explained.
“But think of another kind of home—
not really a home at all. The wife out
all afternoon playing cards. Husband
gets home. No wife, no supper. That’s
find 1s one of the mpst coqimon causes
of divorce." •
FIND BODY OF WoVfAN.
SLAVER’S FIRST VICTIM
Battle Creek Man Later Murders His
Wife. Then Kills Himself.
Battle Creek. Mich.. Aug. 7.—The
body of Mrs. B. H. Stewart. 58 years
old, was found by a posse of searchers
'ate today 10 miles southeast of this
city, bringing to three the number of
persons whose deaths are blamed on
John H. Wells. 70 years old,/ retired
merchant and reputed to be Wealthy.
Wells early today shot and killed his
wife. Ella. 68 years old. and himself. He
left word with a nephew that he had
killt-d Mrs. Stewart and placed her body
in a clump of bushes some distance from
this city-
Jealousy is the theory advanced by
police as the cause of the triple killing.
The body of Wells -'id his wife were
found in their apartment when de
tectives, called by neighbors, broke down
the door. Both the man and the woman
had been shot through the head, and a
revolver was gripped in Wells lifeless
hand. 1
Mrs. Stewart was last seen this morn
ing when, according to those living near
the home, she (hove away in an auto
mobile with "aq elderly .-rapiiv" Police
are working on tlie theory that Wells
drove the woman to the woods, shot and
killed her and then returned, kiting his
wife and himself. c
Laundry’ Owners’ Association Meets.
(By the Associated Press.l
Rocky Mount, Aug. ft.—The annual
convention of the North Carolina divi
sidb of the Carolina. Georgia nud 'Flori
da liaundryowners' Association will meet
in this city on August 27. according to
announcement just made by R. N. Bi
shop, vice president of the organization.
In sending out circulars announcing
the date of the convention Mr. Bishop
extended inyttations to both members
and non-members of the association,
urgjng them, to attend. ,T. W. Powell.
Greenville, S. C., president of four state
organizations, will be among -the promi
nent speakers at the convention.
“It is hoped that the getting together
of a large number of Fhe Jfundryownerx
of the state on this occasion will be pro
ductive of many profitable suggestions
and constructive ideas," said Mr. Bishop,
“not only valuable to larger laundries
but to the smaller ones as well.”
Cnniq N._ Brown, member of the ex
ecutive, committee of the Laundryown
ers’ National Association, has indicated
that he will attend the convention, Mr.
Bishop stated.
Simmons Unable to Attend the Funeral.
New Bern, Aug. B.—Acting upon the
advice of his physician. Senator F. M.
Simmons telegraphed the Sergeant At
Arms of the Senate that owing to a
temporary indisposition and to the ex
treme hot weather he found it inadvis
able to.go to Washington to be present
at. the funeral cerefnonles for the late
President Harding in the capitol.
Senator Simmons has been slightly
indisposed for 'several days, his secre
tary, W. W. Leinster, adding that he
was very much gratified that the Sena
tor had decided *to abandon the trip
because he said, lie feared the heat and
excitement coupled with his slight ill
ness 'might have unfaborable results.
Cleared His Conscience.
Uniontown. Pa.. Aug. ft.—“ How much
|s the fare between Greensburg ami
Seottdale?" was asked yesterday by a
man who apiieared before the ticket,
window in thedoonL Pennsylvania Rail
road station. When informer, by- Agent
Jacobs that the fare was 53 cents,
the stranger remarked: “I owe the com
pany this money; I just want 'to pay
my debts.” Explaining that about 30
years ago he bent a conductor our of a
ride between the two towns nmf that
the faatter had preyed upon his mind, he
then paid .53 cents and cleared his
conscience.
Judge Winston and Friend Get Jailed.
Wilson, Aug. B—Judge Francis D.
Winston and his friend, E. S. Perry, of
Windsor,.got jailed late last night wfien
they drove over to Wilson on u busi
ness trip. Reports of the occurrence
differ, but Policeman J. C. Fulghum,
who did he arresting, said his attention
was attracted to a ear that was zig
zagging along (he* street. ,
The officer .entered charges of
operating the car while under the in
fluence of liquor. The case was not call
ed tor trial* In municipal court today,
but ithe two men were permitted to' go
With the payment of fines and costs
amounting to $87..
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CUNO'S IfIDBESS TO
REICHSTAG WORRIES
PEDPLEfiFGERIWNY
In Address the Chancellor
Declared Passive Resist
ance in the Ruhr Would
Be Continued.
CALLED ‘TRAITOR” J /
- BY OPPONENTS
But Many Reichstag Mem
bers Applauded.—British
Proposal Described as
“Impossible.”
Berlin. Aug. !> (By the Associated
Press). —Chancellor Quito's address to the
reichstag in which he declared that pas
sive resistance in the Ruhr and Rhine
land would continue to be supported by
the nation, has been received as the most
depressing 'statement: yet made to the
national legislature by tlie present gov
ernment. The coalition parties regard
it as a disappointing, utterance.
The chancellor was visibly disconcert
ed by the boisterous becking of the
communist members, win* when he arose
to sp’eak hailed him a "traitor,” "swind
ler" and "President of she Stinnes Com
pany." He was continually interrupted
as the address progressed but when it
was finished there Was prolonged ap
plause.
Asserting that the last British reply to
the German note contained much that
was impossible of fulfillment, Herr Cuno
said it appeared that England had gone
extraordinarily far in her conoesstions to
the French viewpoint.
“It is necessary to continue with all
our strength passive resistance, free from
mad _#cts of violence and terror,", he said,
"and to support actively from the unoc
cupied territory the population which is
persevering in a passive resistance,"
Agree to French Terms.
London. Aug. !). (By tlie Associated
Press). —The British cabinet council to
day agreed to the terms of the reply to
the French and Belgian governments in
the reparations negotiations, it was au
thoritatively stated this afternoon. A
reply will be dispatched shortly to tlie
allied government.
Trainmen Holing Meeting.
(.Br.-Xlla A«»u*'„l c cl Press.)
Cleveland, ()„ Aug. n.—Approximately
125 general eliainien of the Eastern
Association of General Chairmen of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and
the Order of Railway Conductors on
eastern trunk line railroads met here
this morning to consider the question of
increased compensation.
This is the third and final meeting of
the general chairmen of the two organ
izations on increased wage questions.
Previous meetings hare been held by
the western associtiou in Chicago in
July apd by the southern association in
Washington on July 24.
The Chicago meeting went on record
for a restoration of the 8 cents ail hour,
or 04 cents a day reduction ordered by
the United" States Railway Labor Board,
on July 1, 1921, m which has been in ef
fect since that time, and in addition re
quested a small additional increase it is
understood;
Four Governors Invited to the King's
Mountain Celebration.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
Kings. Mountain, Aug. !).—T|)e- gover
nors of North Carolina, South Carolina.
Virginia and Tennessee, together with
their staff officers, will he invited to at
tend the annual celebration here on Oc
tober 7th in commemoration of the Bat
tle of Kings Mountain, according to an
nouncement by the Kings Mountain
chamber of eotnmerce. Men from these
states participated in the Battle of
Kings {fountain, which was the turn
ing point in the American Revolution.
Dr. J. E. Anthony, chairman of the
committee on conventions of the local
commerce body, has (he program of the
celebration in charge. The program lias
not yet been completed.
Salisbury Anxious For Junior Order
Orphanage.
Salisbury, Aug. S—H. A. Rpuser
heads a committee that will try to land
the Junior Order orphanage in Rowan
county. Several sites have been offered
free and citizens are interesting Ihcm
selveq in the matter of raising funds
for the institution.
The play “William Tell” is being pro
duced on every stage available through
out the occupied area of Germany to
stiffen the passive resistance of the peo
ple to the French.
gUHiiiiiimimiiimiiiniiiiii iiiiimimniiiig
. THE FREE MAN
-5 The man %ith a Savings account, the man 55
S who has money saved up to fall back on, is a EE
free man. The man who spends all he has EE
S ana who has nothing laid up is a slave. He !
S is a slave to fear and to his necessities.
/CITIZENS Hgt
■ BANK TRUST CO.| Ural ;f,
m' .- Ia Concord, n. c.
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TAX REFORM IN GEORGIA
Senate Leaders Awaiting the Action of
the House on the Measures.
Atlanta/Ga.. Aug. 9.—With the 1923
session of the Georgia general assembly
now in its closing days, leaders of the
house today were confident that if any
tax reform is enaered this sum
mer it will be one of four bills already
proposed, three ,of which have been re
commended by the constitutional amend
ments committee.
The three - recommended measures,
framed by the committee after Gover
nor Walker had urged a compromise on
numerous bills being considered by the
body, are as fallows:
One proposing an income tax, limited
to five percent. ,
Another which would establish both
an income tax and cftissification levy.
A third proposing a classification tax.
The three propositions were submitted
by the committee, it was stated, so that
either the income or classification tax
could be selected, or if both systems
were desired they could be adopted by
voting for the second bill. #
Representative Bussey, of Crisp, is of
fering a substitute for all three of the
committee proposals. Briefly, liis mea
sure" contains provisions that no property
now being returned ,to County, tax receiv
ers shall be taxed for state purposes, ex
cept during war. invasion or insurrec
tion. while all property returned to the
Comptroller. General of Georgial shall be
taxed for state purposes; A three per
cent, tax on insurance premiums also is
proposed along with a limited income
levy. , \
-Mr. Bussey’s measure is a revision of
a bill he introduced early in tile session
and which was not adopted by the con
stitutional amendments committee.
’ While these proposals are being con
sidered. the bill repealing the state tax
equalization law. passefl by the, house,
is hanging fire in the, Senate. The
leaders of the upper branch have stated
they are awaiting action by the house
on the tax reform measures before act
ing’ on the repeal.
THE COTTON MARKET
Reports of Showers Led to Renewal of
Liquidation in the Marke; Today*
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 9. —-Private reports
of showers in the southwest and pros
pects for lower temperatures in that
section led to renewal of liquidation in
tlie cotton market today. The fact
that -ihe market will be closed tomorrow
when weather advices may be ’of great
importance undoubtedly increased the
disposition to even up commitments, and
the opening was weak at a (leeline of
43 to 54 points with October selling
down to 22X7 and with all months
ranging below the 23-cent level.
Cotton' futures opened weak. Get.
23.10: i)ec. 22.89; Jan. 22.70; March
22.70; May 22.05
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Heat is Cause of t7O Prostrations" at
* Funeral.
Washington. Aug. B.—lntense heat
caused 170 prostrations today among
those in the Harding funeral procession
from the White House to the Capitol, in
the lines of spectators along the route
and the crowd awaiting enrance to tlie
rotunda to view the body. First am sta
tions and hospitals reporting that this
number was given treatment, said none
was in serious condition.
The temperature registered 90 degrees
on the streets during the march. The
heat was particularly oppressive, due to
the. high humidity.
Grand Jury Gets Evidence.
(By the Associated Press. •
New York, Aug. 9.—United States At
torney Ha.vward this afternoon announc
ed that lie had laid before a Federal
grand jury evidence against swveral per
sons involved by Edward M. Fuller and
W’m. I*. McGee, bankrupt bueketeers, in
their recent confession and indicated that
indictments might be expected shortly
accusing these persons of illegal connec
tion with a widespread bneketshop syn
dicate.
New Airplane Record Made.
(By the Assoela>*-il Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 9.—A new sea
plane record was miyle at the Philadel
phia Navy Yard today when Lieutenant
A. W. Gorton, of Providence, I{. I. Hew
over the Delaware River course at an
average of 177.5 miles an hour.-
The previous record, made a few days
ago at Port Washington. L. L, was 177
miles an hour..
Strikers anil Sheriffs Clash.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
Hillsboro, 111., Ang. 9.—One man was
shot and seriously wounded aqd three
deputy sheriffs were badly beaten in a
fight between deputy sheriffs and strik
ers of tlie American Zinc Company near
the entrance to the plant early this
morning.
Stork Broker Bankrupt.
New Lprk, Aug. 9.—Clias. L. Pea
body, today filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in Federal District Court,
stating his liabilities at .$187,268 and his
assets as $23,300.
NO. 12 TOWNSHIP '
S. S. CONVENTION
Will Be Held in Central Methodist
Church, This City. Next Sunday Af
ternoon and Evening.
Number 12 Township Sunday ,
Convention will be held in (.
Methodist Church on Sunday. A
12th.. '
All Sunday schools in the township
\\ liic-li emhiaees the city of Concord, are
j urged to hi ml large delegations and the
general public is cordially invited.
The program follows:
Afternoon Session—3:3o O’clock.
The general business of the meeting
will be the reading of the minutes of
the last convention, report of the secre
tary and treasurer, new and unfinished
business, and nomination of officers for
the ensuing year.
The topic for discussion will be. "How
best to increase the attendance of the
Sunday school." Which will be open to
an delegates.
Evening Session—B :oo O’clock.
The evening session will consist prin
cipallyvof a fine musical program under
tlie direction of Mrs. Victor .Means
Interspersed with this will be a num
her of short talks of five minutes each
by representative young men and ladv-
Sunday school workers.
The musical program will be featured
with selections by Mrs. J. B. Womble,
Mrs. Charles Wagoner and Mr. Allan
Prindell. *
Both sessions will be brief, the latter
only one hour.
JNO. J. BARNHARDT. Pres.
1.1.. NORMAN, Sec.-Treas.
VETERAN CORRESPONDENT
DEAD AT WASHINGTON
Edwin M. Hood. Correspondent of the
Associated Press. Died Suddenly To.
day.
tßy the Annotated Prena.*
Washington, Aug. 9.—Edwin M.
Hood, veteran correspondent of the As
sociated Press, died suddenly at his home
here today. He had been it) failing
health for some time, but his end was
not so soon expected.
Mr. Hood was just about rounding out
oft years of service with the Associated
I ress. He entered it as a messenger boy
and as he advanced to the rank of cor
respondent he chose fields of diplomacy
and state affairs as liis work. To re
count the list of news feats he achieved
in liis field would be to almost review
American diplomatic history of his da")".
COURT UPHOLDS THE
SENTENCE OF KNUPP
Court (if Cassapione Rejects Appeal and
He Must Serve Term in Prison.
I aris, Aug. 9 (By the Associated
Press), The Court of Cassapione today
rejected the appeal of Baron Krupp von
Bohlent head of the Krupp plant at Es
sen, and the other directors of the Krupp
( ompany from the sentence imposed on
them by tlie Fyenoh court martial at
Weiden. Tlie court overruled the con
tention of the Germans' ooirtisel that the
offense was not committed in enemy tei»
ritory.
Lightning Kills a Caddy anti Stuns
Four Golfers.
Chicago. Aug. 7.-—. Four .prominent
Chicago manufacturers were stunned.and
a 10-year-old caddy 'was killed by light
ning .today near the twelfth hole'on the
links of the Westmoreland Country
Club.
The boy who was killed was Nils
Linde!) Jr., son of a blacksmith of
Evanston.
J. F. Carroll, assistant manager of
the Sanitary Manufacturing Company,
was so seriously shocked that it took
nearly two hours to revive him.
C. B. Fulton. Western District Mana
ger for the Sanitary Manufacturing
Company; William Byrd Jr., and C. D.
Little. Assistant Secretary of the
Crane company, were the other affect
ed.
The four had been driven to shelter
from the rain in a eadd.v house uear
the twelfth hole and were just emerg
ing when the lightning struck among the
group.
With Our Advertisers.
I luce your order now with A. B.
Pounds for your next winter’s coal.
Tailoring opening at _ W. A. Over
cash's store next Friday and Saturday,
August 10 and 11. All the new fall and
winter woolens will be on display.
The Specialty Hat Shop will on next
Saturday from !) to 10 a. m.'aml from 5
to 6 p. m. give you your choice of any
summer hat in tlie store for $5.00.
There is a 99-year guarantee on the
John Holland fountain pen sold by the
Cline Pharmacy.
Everything reduced from 20 to 50 per
cent, at the big Clean Sweep Sale at
the Concord Furniture Co. Sale starts
tomorrow morning,,
If you want anything in hardware the
Yorke & Wadsworth Co. lias it.
Ransack Sale at the Browns-Cannon Co.
Beginning tomorrow (Friday) morn
ing at 9 o'clock tlie Browns-Cannon Co.
will have a Ransack Sale, and all their
big stock will be offered at drastic re
ductions—clothing, hats, shoe, furnish
ings, etc. In a big ad. ou page five to
day then give you some prices which
will give you some idea of the many big
bargains they have for you. The sale
will last 15 days, but you would better
go quick to get your choice of the bar"
gains offered.
Fanner Carter, of Robeson, Exhibits
First Open 8011. • •
Red Springs, Aug. B.—C. C. Carter,
who farms about three miles from here,
is the first man in Robeson county to
report ojieii cotton this year.
Mr. Carter brought three fully ma
tured cotton bolls containing flashy
lint to the office of the ,local newspaper
early today. He has several acres of
cotton the same age as the stalks from
which the open bolls were plucked and
expects to make < a good crop this year.
Miss I.(-attie Queen, of Forest City, N.
('.. is the guest of Miss Zeliqh Blackwel
der.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Sides will leave
tonight for Norfolk, where they will
spend the week-end.
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NO. 188.
ELECTRICAL STOfIM
"’"..urDAIIIAUE 111
AND AROUND BADEN
Storm Visited That City and
Surrounding Territory Last
Night Continued About
Two Hours.
GROWING CROPS
BADLY DAMAGED
Two Large Transformers and
Pumping Station Damaged.
—Crops Beaten to Ground
by the Rain.
A heavy rain, accompanied by a se
vere electrical sforrjj, did much damage
in and arotfnd Ha dill raiff “night, accord*
ing to reports reaching this city today.
The storm began aEx ait 9 o'clock and con
tinued for two hours.
Two of the large transformers feeding
electricity into the aluminum plant at
liaden. were badly damaged during the
storm, according to reports reaching Con
cord, and the city’s electrically driven
water pumps were also put out of com
| mission. The damage to the transform
ers and pumps is estimated at several
hundred dollars.
Growing crops in the vicinity of Baden
were also badly damaged, say the reports
received here. The rain, which fell al
most with the intensity of a cloudburst,
swept everything before it. and in mtfny
instances huge fields of corn and cotton
were practically destroyed. Hunning wa
ter caused by the downpour, carried large
deposits of sand and dumped them on
top of the corn and cotton stalks beaten
to the ground by the wind and rain.
In some instances, according to the
most reliable reports obtainable, live
stock perished during the storm. Chick
ens were drowned on many farms, it is
reported, and other livestock suffered by
exposure.
On several farms over which the storm
seemed to center, the lands were badly
washed, and that part of the crop not
buried under a bed of sand or debris
was washed away'with the land that gave
way before the onslaught of the rapidly
rising water.
No one was injured by the lightning,
as far as could be learned, and no build
ings in Baden were destroyed.
It is estimated that the damage in and
around Radin as a result of the Storm
will total between $12,000 and $15,000.
HARDING’S DKATH DIE
TO CEREBRAL APOPLEXY
Death Certificates Shows Hardening of
Arteries of Long Duration.
San Francisco Aug. 7. —The death
certificate of President Harding was
made public today by the city Health
Board and showed death to be due to
cerebral apoplexy as a complication of
“an acute gastro-intestinal iniection.’’
The certificate was signed by Dr. ltay
Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford
University, and one of the five physi
ciaps who were in attendance upon
President Harding here. The certificate,
gave the cause of death as follows:
“Cerebral apoplexy, following an
acute gastto-intestinal infection, includ
ing cholecystitis (inflammation of the
gall bladder) and bronchial pneumonia
—instantaneous contributing Cause; ar
terial sclerosis (hardening of the ar
teries) of several years" duration.’’
Can’t Sue Textile Union in Courts of
North Carolina,
Charlotte, Aug. S.—The United Tex
tile Workers of America cannot be sued
in the courts of North Carolina, Judge
W. F. Harding held today in a de
cision filed in which he allowed the
demurrer of the labor organization to
the libel suit brought some time ago by
P. R. Tucker, textile operative, against
Henry Eatough. organjzer of the union,
seeking SIO,OOO damages.
The textile union demurred to in
clusion in the action as a party de
fendant, on the ground that an un
incorporated organization of individuals
could not be sued under the North
Carolina law. The plaintiff in the
original action, through counsel, argued
that as Eatough was the/ngeht of the
union, the organization should be he'd
legally accountable for his acts.
Judge Harding "field with the de
fendant union.
Baptists Claim 2.000.000 Adherents in
Russia-
New York. Aug. !).—The number of
Baptists in Russin has increased from
100,000 in 1014 to 2.000.000 at the
present time, according to the Rev.
Edgar Y. Mullins, of Louisville, Ky.,
who returned today on the Stockholm
from Sweden, where he was elected
president] of the Baptist World Con
gress. The United States alone, he said,
exceeds Russia in the number of Bap
tists.
The rail id growth of the Baptist faith
in Russia, he said, was due to the fact
that the soviet, government has not in
terfered with its activities and was ap
preciate of Baptist “democratic ten
dencies.” .
Mrs. Coolidge Aids a Fainting Woman.
Washington, Aug. S.—Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge today proved herself an able
nurse. Returning from the Harding
ceremonies at the capitol. Mrs. Edward
T. Clark, wife of the President’s secre
tary, collapsed from the hent in the *
corridor outside the presidential suite,
in the New Willard hotel. Mr. Clark ran
to her side and with the assistance of
others carried her into an udjoining
room. Hearing of the incident, Mrs
Coolidge ruslied from her suite to Mrs.
Clark’s side arid was administering
restoratives when an army doctor ar
rived. Mrs. Clark soon recovered.