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ASSOCIATED
PRESS'
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVII
Lindbergh Pays Visit
To Airmen Who Helped
Him Plan For Flight
Slipped to Flying Fields at
7 a. m. to Chat Men Who
Aided Him With Plans
for Trans-Atlantic Flight
CHILDREN DID
NOT GREET HIM
Were to Sing in Park Butj
Rain Made It Necessary I
to Call Off This Part of |
Program in Afternoon.
New— York, June 14.— UP) —Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh took a flying |
trip by automobile to Mitt-hell and i
Curtis Fields early today to pay au I
informal call on his friends the pilots,
mechanics and officers, who helped in
liis preparation for his New York to
l*ar!« hop.
Slipping out of the Park Avenue
apartment where he and his mother
hnd sjient the night, Lindbergh got
away about 7 o'clock before the first
newspaper reporters had arrived. He
rode in the car of -‘Casey’’ Jones, the
Curtis teat pilot, and ‘'Casey” himself
was at the wheel.
A hard rain which later necessitat
ed abandonment of the school chil
dren's welcome celebraCen scheduled
for Central Park this afternoon, did
not .prevent the Colonel from carrying
out his wish to thank "the fellows" of
the air fields for their courtesies not
only at the time of his takeoff, but on
his arrival at Mitchell Field from
Washington yesterday.
He naid his respects to Major Dav
idson in charge of operations at
Mitchell Field, and theij as "just an
other pilot" he chatted with- members
of the operating force, all of whom
hurried to shake his hhnd. One of
his acts was to autograph the fipiuel
through which hgd been imu red the
gasoline that carried "the Spirit of
St. Louis" across the Atlantic.
The trip to the aviation grounds
occupied about three hotirs. His pro
gram for the remainder of the day in
view of the cancellation of tjbe Cen
tral Park celebration was indefinite,
but it was expected he and his moth
er might take a short automobile rijfo,
time to prepare for the dinner whieh
is to be given by the city of New
York at the Commodore tonight. - .
New York, June 1 14.—(A*)—One
hundred thousand sehool children were
bent today on singing ,in cborus the
praises of America's first and finest
boy. : • -
A feature arranged for the second
day of Col. Ghas. A. Lindbergh's five
duy welcome in New York was a song
fest in Central Park by children ct
seven schools.
Col. Lindbergh had one other main
appointment, a municipal dinner at
Hotel Commodore tonight.
Cardinal Hayes will say tbp invo
cation at the dinner for the boy whom
he met yesterday with this welcome:
"I greet you as the first and finest
American boy of the day. God bless
you, and God bless your mother.” i
Thousands iwho in the mad crush of
yesterday were deprived of seeing their
hero today were afforded another op
portunity to see him, en route from
the Park Avenue home of Harry H.
Frazee, where he is residing during
his stay in the city, to the hall in
Cetnral Park. Mr. Frazee, a theatri
cal magnate and friend of Mayor Wal
ker. turned over his 12-room apart
ment and his staff of servants to the
flyer and his mother, while his fami
ly is away from the city.
Even during his retreat , last night
to suburban Long Island, where lie
was a dinner and reception guest of
Clnrence H. Mackay, president of the
Postal Telegraph Co., Lindbergh
could not escape the greetings.
Throughout his ride of one hour and
20 minutes from New York to Harbor
Hill where the Mackay estate is lo
cated, Lindbergh traveled a royal road
of tribute. Hundreds of thousands in
the city and in Ijong Island towns
lined the roadways for a glimpse of
him.
When Col. Lindbergh and his moth
er returned early today to the Fra
zee home- on the 11th floor of an ex
clusive, Park £venue apartment house, |
the aviator was tired from the excite-j
meat 1 of • Dhd .meet spectacular day
New York has known since the Ar
mistice was signed. ■ i\ -i
Electricity Boosts Crop? Per
.1- Cent. -.5
Chicago, June 14.—A 20 per cent,
increase in the yield of farm lands
lias been obtained through the use
of atmospheric electricity as a stimn-,
lant to crops, a report of a committee
of the American E'ectronic Research
Association revealed today.
Observations are being made on
the farm of Henry Surber. scienti
fic farmer of Warrenton, Mo„ one
of the first to claim an increase in
crops from applying stimulant. The
method also is being used to cure
vegetable cancerous growths.
Electricity is discharged through
the ground at the roots of the plants.
Strikers Dispersed by Police.
New York, June 14.—(A*)—One
hundred and fifteen policemen today
dispersed crowds 'of striking ‘‘left
wing" furriers in the downtown dis
trict, and arrested 150 men and wom
en. They were charged with disor
derly conduct.
Long lines of the strikers paraded
despite the rain. Some of the march
ers wore street helmets which they
said were for protection from police
clubs.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
SCHOOL Bl’S ROI'TES IN
STATE LEAD COUNTRY
In Three States, However. More Chil
dren Are Transported Than In
North Carolina.
Tribune Bureau
, Sir Walter Hotel.
Uflleigh, June 14. — North Carolina i
lends all states in the number of miles
constituting sehool bus routes, figures I
just compiled ~toy the ~Stnte; Jlejmrt-I
ment of Education show, while in the
number of children '■ trnns]>orted *it I
rnnks third in the Union. Only two
other., stntes spend as much us this
state in hauling their rurnl children
to and from school. During the school
year 1925-20 the number of miles
covered by bus routes was 51,869.
North Carolina’s nearest competitor |
was New York, with 20,000 -miles, j
More than 87,000 children were trans
ported daily- while it is estimated that :
the number may have leached the
100,000 mark during the year ending
in May and June, 1927. The total
cost of motor traasportation for school
children for the year ending June 30,
1926, was given at $1,302,72(1 Only
two other stntes spent larger sums,
these being Indinnu and Ohio. The
amount spent in the entire Union
was $25,000,000, the total number of
pupiln transported was 872,745, the
number of miles embnreed in all routes
reported was 327,243 and the number
of buses employed 32.595.
The growth of the school bus sys
tem is attributed largely to consoli
dated schools by the educational au
thorities. “lu North Carolina," says
the State Department of Public In
struction, "the movement toward con
solidation has been promoted in order
to provide better education opportun
ities for the children in the counties.
A consolidated school is a school that
has beeu enlarged or formed through
the addition of all or parts of one or
more adjoining schools.”
Consolidation is termed a purely
runt I problem.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Barely Steady at Decline of
5 to IS Points.—October at 10.51.
New York. June 14.—(A*)—The cot
ton market opened barely steady to
day at a decline of 5 to 13 points, ae
n Wit 8 'to 17 points iti the' eaifiy'
trading under a renewal of yesterday's
selling movement promoted by reports
of further rains in the southwest.
October sold off to 16.51 and Jan
uary to 16.79, but there seemed to be
better demand nround the 16 1-2-cent
level for October ami the market
steadied up several points on trade
buying and covering. At the and of
the first!* hour October was selling
around 16.68 and January 16.90, or
about net unchanged to 5 points high
er.
The forenoon market was stead
ier. October contracts sold up to
16-76 and January to 17.02, or about
10 to 15 points above yesterday's clos
ing quotations. Prices were within a
point or 2of the best at midday.
Cotton futures opened barely steady.
July 16.20; Oct. 16.52; Dec. 16.75;
Jan. 16.84; March 10.99.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Acute Weakness Developed When
Heavy Selling Developed for Both
Accounts.
New York, June 14. —(A*)—Acute
weakness developed in today’s stock
market when heavy selling developed
for .bothe accounts. It was the first
sharp general decline in several weeks,
prices slipping so rapidly that hun
dreds of stop loss orders were un
covered, with resultant breaks of 5
to 16 iw>ints in many issues. Total
sales approximated 2,500,000 shares.
One Dead, Many Hurt in the Jam
at IJndy’s Party.
New York, June 13. —One young
woman dropped dead, a score ot
persons were injured ill traffic ac
cidents, nearly 100 adults and chil
dreiT were overcome by heat, aud at
least 1,000 others required restora
tive treatment of -a minor »but
emergency nature, in the great maw
of humanity that jammed the streets
when Col- Charles A. Lindbergh
, was welcomed to Newi York today.
! Miss Millie Smitti, 23 years old.
‘succumbed to heart disease induced
by the excitement, of the celebration
whi'e watching the -parade from the
roof of an office building.
'As the parade moved from "the.
Battery, to-city hall, 18 women, five
men and six, children fainted. Many
of them, had been!-standing Wong the
i-urb for several houm in the seoreh
ing sun.
i During the demonstration at City
Hall park, eight iiemons were over
come by heat and seven injured in
minor traffic accidents when the
throng pressed closer for a view of
the returning hero. On the steps Os
the public library where thousands
of school children had assembled to
greet the returned flyer, eight girls
and two boys were overcome by heat
and exhaustion.
Byrd To Hop For Paris When
Weather Permits.
' New York, June 13.—Commander
Richard E. Byrd, who accompanied
Colonel Lindburgh from Washington
as one of the pilots of an. wtcort
group of planes, today told the As
sociated Press that at the first break
of good weather “after the Lindbergh
■ reception is over in New York," he
wonld set out for Paris in his trl
motored plane, the America.
Mechanics at the Byrd hangar at
1 Mitehel Field hinted the hop-off might
be made sometime this week.
GERMAN SOUGHT TO
ATTACH THE PLANE
FLOWN TO GERMANY
Dr. Puppe, German Pro
moter, Claimed Charles
A. Levine Owed Him
Money and Sought to At
tach Plane.
LEVINE AGREES
TO PAY MONEY
As Result Plane Columbia
Will Not Be Attached.
—Amount of Money to
Be Paid Not Known.
Rcriin, June 14.—(d’) —A conference
this afternoon between the legal rep
resentatives of Charles A. Levine and
Dr. Puppe. German financial promot
er. brought a satisfactory provisional
compromise, definitely removing pos
sibility of attachment of the trans-
Atlahtic monoplane Columbia.
, Dr. Puppe had threatened attach
ment if a sum, the amount of which
was not made public, were not paid
him for work which he claimed to
have done in promoting negotiations,
for n loan on behalf of Levine with
various steel mills in Germany two
years ago.
Under terms suggested by lawyers,
both parties will make apologies, and
Levine will pay n sum to Dr. Puppe.
Agreement will be tendered to Leviue
for his ratification upon his return
tomorrow from Raden Baden, where
he went with Clarence D. Chamberlin
for a rest.
The German government and the
Lufthansa (German air league) played
the part of mediators in the contro
versy, according to American embassy
circles.
COTTON CONSUMPTION
033,025 Bales of Lint and 72.766
Bales of Linters Used During the
Month.
Washington, Juriq 14. — -UP) —Ootj-
ton consumed during May totalled
633,025 bales of lint and 72,766 bales
of linters; compared with #19.140 of
[MllJVlt i(HH|.pi! j. |lf rfn J in Ap;vt
thmyear; and .516,376’0f lint and 155,-
199 of iinters in May last year, the
Census Bureau announced today.
On hand In eonsumlng establish
ments 1,704,284 bales of lint and 225-
417 of linters, and in public storage
and at compresses 2,868,947 bales of
lint and 68.032 of linters.
No More 6-Months School For Meck
lenburg County.
Chariotte, June 13.—Mecklenburg
county's hist six-months school went
out of existence today when all the
patrons of Clear ('reek school sent
a petition to the school board asking
that the school be annexed to Mint
Hill consolidated sehool. The board
agreed. All of the county schools are
now eight months or nine month
schools.
Plead Guilty To Stealing 36.000
Worth of Jewelry.
Charlotte, June 13. Robert Beeves
and Luther Shoemaker, white youths,
entered pleas of guilty today in
Mecklenburg Superior Court when
charged with the theft of $6,000
worth of jewelry. Judge James Webb
has not yet pronounced sentence.
The jewelry stolen was taken from
the sample case of a salesman for u
college fraternity pin house.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner & Beane.
(Quotations at 1:30 I*. M.)
Atchison I 177%
American Tobacco B'— 133%
American ' Smelting 155%
American Locomotive 108%
Atlantic Coast Line 188%
Allied Chemical _ 138%
American Tel. & Tel. 167%
American Can : 52%
Baldwin lsx-oinotiyie 214%
Baltimore & Ohio 117%
Bangor 97
American Brown 16%
Bethlehem Steel 49%
Chesapeake & Ohio 179%
Corn Products 54%
(Vrta-nteed 53%
ChrysVer 46% ;
Coca-Cola 115%>
DuPont , 236%
Erie - 51%
Frisco -- ———, lJ3i
General ! Motors , 195%
General Electric I lOl%
Gold Dust 55%
Hudson
Int. Tel. —l4O
Kennecott Copper 62%
Lo-illard .. 30%
Liggett & Myers B 117
Mack Truck 108%
Mo.-Paeiflo Pfd. „ a; 100%
Mo.-Paeifis 55%
Norfolk & 'Western. 176
Stand. Oil of N. Y* 30%
New York Central ‘_J.— 'J--- 149%
Pan. American B ii-- 57%
Producers Refiners ■ 28%
Rock Island 108%
R. J. Reynolds 137%
Seaboard Air Line 34%
Southern-Pacific ll3
Stand. Oil of N. ,T. 36%
Southern Railway 126
Studebnker 49%
Texas CV>. - 48.
Tebecco Products lOO%
D. S. Steel 120%
Vick Chemical 60
Westinghnuse 74
Western Md. 58%
CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1927
(INSPIRED NATIONAL ANTHEM
* tig l
This is the flag that inimired Francis Scott Key to writ«|
*The Star-Spangled Banner, * the unofficial national anthem;
b flew over Fort McHenry, at Baltimore, during the shelling of
|he fort by the British in the War of 1812. It now is
In Washington, D. C. __ ,
McAdoo’s Utterances Cause Some
Political Interest at Raleigh
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, .Tune 14.—Recent utter
ances of former Secretary of the
Treasury Wiliam G. McAdoo, native
of Georgia and. consequently commit
ted to State's rights from babyhood
up, have confirmed the belief in this
political vicinity that—to put the sit
uation bluntly—the pioneer river-tua
neler aims to pursue no subterranean
tactics as regards issues which a$V
sure to develop in the 1928 democrat
ic convention but will, on the con
trary. either be a candidate for the
presidential nomination or throw tip
full strength of himself and loyal sup
porters against Governor Alfred IS.
Smith, of New York.
There are several classes of demo
crats in North Carolina, ranging
numerically from few to legion. Ad
MfweSniy J tW'‘ OtBCP-holrtfiriC fft’? fiiak
ing hold enough to declare themselves
on the question of Smith. Rumor lias
it that certain of these have been do
ing some Smith talking. Whether
they will keep it up when they them
selves seek local endorsement is prob
lematical. None has reached such a
point of Smith advocacy that he has
rushed into newspapers with an in
terview to that effect. On the other
hand, there is the “anybody-who-can
win" class. There are slightly more
in the majority but “shrink” irito the
minority class compared with the out
spoken opponents of Smith and the
great silent mass that lias not been
heard from and probably will not un
til the time comes to dictate terms.
Now, as to the McAdoo advocates,
there is no reason to assume, even
from au antj-McAdoo standpoint, that
these have become enthusiastic. In
many instances, it is true, they have
been shouted down, but the country
pulpit and the country press which,
undoubtedly would be very vociferous
in the event Smith should receive the
nomination, have not been heard from
to any great extent. However, Mr.
MeAdoo’s recent speeches, notably in
Georgia and Tennessee, the State
of his birth and the one-time State of
his adoption have not tended to
throw cold water on the enthusiasm
of these two factors. The preachers
iiave not said much. Some rated
high-rollers in the temperance forces
have not said much. Dr. Livingston
Johnson, Baptist editor, member of
a denomination that could, if it acted
concertedly, dominate the situation in
North Carolina any day, has sounded
OYSTER INDUSTRY, IN
STATE IS RECOVERING
Setback in 1624 Hurt Oyster l Business
But It Is Better Now.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, - June 14. —signs of the
recovery of the oyster industry from
its temporary set back in 1924 are ;
borne out by the figures on the. out
put for last season, amounting to
3(81,390 bushels, as announced today
by,Capt. J. A. .Nielson, fisheries eom
mittsionqr- J ;
'(he report shtfws the-,largest pro
duction of .'oysters in- North'Carolina
since the damaging publicity of three j
years ago to all of the ojfster produc
ing states.
The 1926-27 output of oysters
PASTIME j
Wied. and Thurs.
a note or two and has not taken wat
er. His most notable utterance was
before the State convention at Wil
mington, last fall. He made it plain
and has, since then, that he would
not be against Smith because he is an
ardent Roman Catholic, but because
lie was opposed to any man wiio was
at outs with that part of the Consti
tution of the United States calling
for bone-dry temiierance legislation.
A Methodist preaeher or two has nib
bled at tlie subject and has let it be
known that there are some members
of that denomination, which- ranks
second, numerically, in North Caro
lina. who would not stand for a wet
or even a damp candidate.
Then, more formidable than all
else, perhaps, remains the fact that
certain ispent political factors in
North Carolina will fight Smith’s nom
ination. Senator Simmons, than
"whom there is none more Ipewerfol in:
State political affairs, is rated as -a
McAdoo supporter. His right hand
man at Washington, Frank Hamp
ton, who sits in the office while the
Senator is away and who meets the
folks from North Carolina, is an
avowed McAdoo supporter. Governor
McLean lias never formally commit
ted himself and it would be presump
tion to commit him to or against any
candidate, but former Governor Cam
eron Morrison was -qne of MeAdoo’s
most ardent supjiorters and one of
Governor Smith’s most formidable
opponents in the 1924 convention that
"made New York famous.” Govern
or Morrison has never been known to
desert a conviction, it is a well-known
boast of his numerous friends and ad
mirers in North Carolina.
Whether or when Mr. McAdoo will
get into North Carolina is not known.
This -much is known, however, that
he will see and confer with a -power
ful lot of Tar Heel folks in Washing
ton, this summer. He will be there
| the greater part of the summer and
to personal friends and supporters he
has sent notices of the opening of liis
branch office in the National capital.
No one will doubt that, while East.
Mr. McAdoo will make a keen survey
of the situation. Nor will any doubt
that mighty pressure will be brought
to bear on him to be a presidential
candidate, while neither be nor his sup
porters deny that if he does not yield
Ito this wooing, he will, in line with
his repeated challenges to the wets,
throw hiN strngth against A1 Smith
or any other man who has ever been
classed as wet or damp.
So there you are!
shows more than a 50 per cent in
crease over the previous season, which
was the lowest ebb of the markets of
the United State during the last five
years.
Assurances of absolute health safe
guards by regular and thorough in
s]>eetions under-the direction of the
Fisheries Commissioner and the heulth
authorities is assigned in the report
'as the primary cause of the complete
ly : restored confidence of the public
in the consumption of the vivnlves.
A ?till larger increase in the output
of escallops is reported by the com
missioner for last season over the pre
vious one. The 1926-27 production
of escallops from North Carolina
amounted to 543,974 gallons or more
than thirty times that of the year
before when only 1,300 gallons were
reported. The season of 1925-26 re
sulted in almost a complete failure
for the escallop fishermen because of
the descent of large volumes of fresh
Water iiito the waters of Carteret
county, the principal point of output.
A slight decrease in the production
of clams was reported last season as
compared with that of the year before.
The 19211-27 season showed a total
output of 27.266 bushels as compared
With 30,357 for ,1925-26. g
Georgia Woman and Her Son Brutally
Flogged. j
Gainesville, Ga„ June 13.—Mrs.
Ansley Rowers, a well known Resident
of Toccoa. artd her young 1 soil, Llqyd.
were taken from their residence hnd
i brutally flogged a band of hooded
men, early this morning, it became
'kliown with the arrival of Sirs. Bowers
at Downey hospital here for treatment
, of her wounds.
Byrd May Hop Off Tomorrow
For His Round Trip Flight
Man Close to Flying Camp Says Byrd Is Only
ing on Better Weather Before Starting on 1
Will Stop Short Time in Paris.
Mitehell Field, X. Y„ June 14.—G4>)
—A man close to the flying camp of
Commander Riehartl Byrd, who asked
that his identity be shielded, told the
Associated Press today that weather
permitting Byrd will hope off either
tomorrow night or Thursday morning
for a round trip European flight stop
ping in Paris only a few hours.
This man expressed the opinion
which he said was based op personal
knowledge, that the early take-off
would be made so that Charles Lind
bergh could be present to wish luck
to Byrd, just as Byrd wished him
luck when he took off.
The round trip with a brief stop
off had been decided on. he stated, be
cause it was believed Clarence Cham
THE AMERICAN FLAG
Today is the 150th birthday of
“Old Glory.”
The flag of Stars and Stripes
was born June 14. 1777.
Previously many flags were used
by the revolted colonies.
The “Congress Flag" was raised
in New York March 21, 1775.
The "Pine Tree Flag" was adopt
ed by Massachusetts April 29,
1775.
The "Cambridge Flag” was un
furled by Washington's army Jan
uary 1, 1776.
The "Snake Flag" was present
ed to Congress by Col. Gadsden
February 8, 1776.
The "Moultrie Flag" was hoisted
over Fort Moultrie, at Charleston,
in 1776.
The first official Stars and
Stripes was raised over Fort Schuy
ler, N. Y„ August 3, 1777.
COUNTY HISTORIAN IDEA
FINDING MUCH FAVOR
AU Counties in State Have Been
Asked to Name Local Historian.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, rJune 14. —The idea of a
/‘county Ufcl&Eiau for each
North Carolina” contained in the re
cent letter from the /forth Carolina
historical commission requesting the
hoard of education in each county to
make the apjiointment has been re
ceived favorably in the state. Local
and daily papers have given the pro
ject wide publicity and, in many
cases, editorial endorsement. County
superintendents, local historical agen
cies and many interested laymen have
given their support to the plan. Al
ready county historians have been ap
pointed by the boards of education in
nine counties and others are under
consideration.
The following appointments as coun
ty historians have been reported to the
historical commission: Anson county
—W. K. Boggan, Wadesboro; Avery
—S. M. Dugger, Banner Elk; Burke
—Mrs. C. A. Avery, Jr„ Morganton ;
Cherokee—lV. M. West. Murphy;
Cumberland—Mrs. John H. Anderson,
Fayetteville; Forsyth—Miss Adelaide
L. Fries, Winston-Salem; Franklin —
Dr. I>. T Smithwick, Louisburg; Guil
ford—Dr. W. T. Whitsett, Whitsett;
and Harnett—D. P. McDonald, Ol
ivia. In some counties the newly
appointed historians are considering
the advisability of forming a county
historical association.
The plan which the historical com
mission is promoting is designed to
stimulate an increase in knowledge,
interest, appreciation and activity as
related to history, particularly local
history in the state.
Wife He Left In ‘7l His Greeting
At Poor House.
Lancaster, 0., June 14.—Charles
Trotter, seventy-six, traveled "over
the hill to the poorhouse" here yes
terday ami at the door of the in:
stitutiou met his wife, Bertha,
seventy-three, who he deserted fifty
six years ago. The women, who says
he left her as a child-wife,, has been
an inmate of the institution since
1871 when she became ill from worry
over her abandonment and the death
of her infant child-
During the fifty-six years Trotter
wandered the face of the earth, seek
ing his fortune. He was falsely in
formed of her death and never re
turned until, broken in old age and
desritndp. the poorhouse became rhe
traWs Cud' for Mkn. '• :?
The building was opened to visitors
.Tune Ist and, according to Mrs. Har
bin, the season will continue until
September Ist,
[ can YOU SCORE
TEN ON THESE?
1 — Who was “Stonewall" Jackson?
2 Who is Saiflt Tammany?
B—What was the Thirty Years
war? '
4 Name the cathedral having a
wonderful astronomical dock.
5 Who were the Roundheads?
6 For what is Stratford-upon-Avon
noted? ' ■’> ■ t
7 Name the city : that has been
termed the Paris of‘America.
8— What is one of the nicknames of
a Missourian? ‘ ’
9 Who was Old Probabilities?
10— Who was the Man of Iron?
berlin and Charles Levine intended to
fly home from Europe, and therefore
a one-way flight would no longer have
any savor or originality.
Met by an Associated Press re
porter in the Lindbergh crowd yester
day, Commander Byrd said he was
planning to leave for Paris soon, but
not until after the first flush of the
celebration for Lindbergh, because he
is scheduled to receive an honorary
degree from a university Wednesday,
it was supposed that the flight would
be postponed until the end of the
week, but today the weather was said
to be the only thing that could delay
the takeoff tomorrow night or Thurs
day morning.
MINERAL RESOURCES OF
STATE MEAN SOMETHING '
In 1825 State Produced $11,000,000 ‘
Worth of Mineral Products. r
Tribune Bureau ’
Sir Walter Hotel. j
Raleigh. .Tune 14.—Developments of
the mineral resources of North Caro
line of the past few years are causing !
the idea that this state is only “na
ture’a sample case” to change, accord
ing to State Geologist H. J. Bryson.
This ideu, he declared, is rapidly ,
passing due to the fuct that each
year the value of mineral products f
increase by leaps and bounds. “In
1025,” continued Geologist Bryson,
“this state produced nearly SII,OOO,- *
000 worth of mineral products. The
statistics for 1026, which are coming !
in daily, show a great increase over
1025.
“The value of talc and soapstone
more than doublet! in one year; the
production of feldsiwr shows an in- ,
crease of $103,000; and practically
every stone producer shows an in
crease of production for 1026. The
value of cement products will show
a great increase, due to the fact that 1
the Portland cement used in 1027 1
during the months of March and April i
was 00,000 barrels more than in c
1026.
“The |s>sitioii of a state geologist i
today is quite different from, thut of
former years. Formerly, a state i
to determine the - name, origin or
source, and the quaut.it.v of certain
natural resources. Today his duty is
three fold : to give the economic uses
of materials, to give the economic '
value of materials, and to put the
producer in touch with the consumer. |
“His position is becoming more and
more the position of an industrial
agent. At the present time a man
does not care to know the name of
a mineral. He prefers to know wheth
er it has a commercial use, what its
uses are, and what is its value.
"The aim of the Division of Min
eral Resources is to bring about the
development of the mineral deposits
of the state. In order to accomplish
this, we do hot attempt to tell anyone '
how much will be made from certain
deposits neither does it attempt to
tell the exuet cost of mining any
materials. What we do try to do 1
is to advise whether or not a mineral
property is worth further investiga
tion.”
Referring to recent comments on
some of his reisirts. Geologist Bryson
declared that his department is not
trying to specify what deposits that
can be worked on a paying basis, but
merely pointing out where there
seems to be a need for thorough in
vestigation. Many factors, he con
tinued, afe to be considered before
money should be invested, such as the
extent of deposits, the difficulty in
separating the ore, and the cost of
mining operations.
“There is an increased interest iu
| gold deposits of this state, due mostly
to an increased interest through the
| United States. In many of the west
ern and northeastern states, companies
with large capital stocks have been
organized to work the old mines.
“This same wave of interest has
hit this state, and we are receiving
inquiries almost daily concerning cer
tain of the old mines. Some of these
old mines might be worked at a profit.
1 have 'been criticised for even saying
that some of them should be investi
gated."
As an example of the increasing
commercial production of minerals in
North Carolina, Geologist Bryson
pointed out copper mining alterations.
(Md reitorts, he declared, were rather
discouraging and at least, one company
went broke, but a new company Is
now producing the metal on a large
scale and at a profit. ■ Copper tjres
averaging eight per cent of the metal,
lie continued, are being mined in
North Carolina), while in many other
states the ores are not averaging
more than two per cent eopper.
He drev* the same comparison to
munganese deposits, those thut have
been worked in this state averaging
around 35 per cent of the metal, while
a lower garde ore is being mined suc
cessfully in a number of other states.
Daky Has Narrow Escape.
Paris, 1 June 14.—<^*1 —Pellet W
I Doisy, “French long distance aviator,
hopped off with a companion for Kar
achi, India, at 4 o’clock this after
: noon, their plAnr crashing a few min
utes later in a burning mass. The
two aviators were saved.
Jerome K. Jerome Dead.
Northampton, England, June 14.
! <A>>—Jerome K. Jerome, noted British
author, died at a local hospital today
froju cerebral hemorrhage.
TODAY’S NEWS TOD*
NO. 1>
court of mm
IST LOSE OFfSEJ
Forty-Nine City and NJfigfl!
County Officers RfilH |
ed as Result of DedMMH 1
on Election Conted||| I
FRAUD CHARGED M I J
BY DEMOCRfIjB j
Governor Fields Must j
point City and CojMfß f
Officers to Serve tlralKj
November Elections. || ;|
Frankfort. K.v.. June 14.—C4>) —1
state court of appeals today threat MV9 1
the 11125 Louislville elections, UftMH I 1
iug 4b city ami nine Jefferson
officers, nil Republicans.
The Democrats hud contested tM» 1
election on grounds of fraud,.. mBI
spiral-)- and violation of the ceraMf I
practices act. As a result ij
decision of the state's highest 1
Governor Fields, a Democrat,'Aßp»fe®S
appoint city and county
serve until the November electroas/SB 1
Those unseated today include: MfengmS
or A. A. Will; all the-city btpjiijfqs | S
aldermen; and city council;
court clerk and other municipal qC-pf 9
fleers; Fred Neutzel, circuit 'M| I
clerk; Aubrey Uossar. sheriff; agil't j
several other county officers. .
Two years ago in a similar case, I
court of appeals held no
tin- case of the city council and MS ■
republican councilinen were?
from office. ym|
EXPECT 200.000 TO ; 18
WELCOME PREgSMH^K
Will Stop at Hammond, Ind„ toAtjjll ffi
cate Playground for Steel
era. fflg
Hammond, iml.. June 14.-
The romantic Black Hills of
Dakota called President t'oolidge
the middle west today with a
off arranged here on the 1
journey that will take the Kxecnthrdijl*
to the farthest point from
ton ever selected for a president!* . ’
residence over an extended periofefjß JJ
The two-imiu' pausi:
afternoon for the dedication-or Wicfcft>||j
Memorial Park was the longetfi* oAhH
planned on the journey of the
dent and Mrs. Coolidge. to the
game lodge near Rapid City, 8. MBV
where tlie slimmer white house wjg fill
be established for two or three
The great inland steel region on thjKflN
outskirts of Chicago planned $
welcome for tin- presidential
which departed from Washington last9*
night, and 200.0(H) persons wege &pBB
peeted a( tlie eereiiionics at WH| 3§|
Park, the new playground for Iffl
workers at 2 p. in., central
time. Thousands of others
to the radio for the
dress. Jgfl
With Our Advertisers, J I
. See one of the "Lucky Lind.v JH
at the Gray Shop. These hatf'jMH|S|
fashioned in Paris as a tributo,'(AgEE
tlie great American ace and the
Shop has them on sale now/) S 9
You can be sure the bride will qM
preciate silver. The Starnes-MillerrjH
Parker Co. lias a beautiful assortment,.*
Morning Glory Ham. fresh bit thg.B
.1. & H. Cash Store. Try a. 1 ha til
quality. *H
C. 11. Barrier asks the farmers, in*-/
a new ad. today, to buy from ttosqg*
who buy from them. -fflH
Straw hats for men in latest creft-iMB
tinns at the .1. C. Penny C0.,-
at sl.!>B. Wt
Hear the Brunswick records'ft
Kidd-Frix Co. Longer playinf
no increase in price. : .Sm
Disinfect in any size ipmnities at.
Yorke A Wadsworth Co.
bothered by germs, flies and SB
"The Magic Garden," Gene
toll Porter's novel iu pictMfejHHt B|
Pastime Theatre Wednesday
Thursday- ‘yMH
llome-grown fresh vegetables littm
the .1. & 11. Cash Store. See new !*■■
"The Red Mill." starling Mariß«
Davies at tlie Concord Theatre'■HHlra
today. Tomorrow Johnny
"Stepping Along," and the' sfojhufjjg
"House Without a Key." \;i9
Prepare now for 'Father's hftmH
to la- observed Sunday,
The Pearl Drug Store has
ful and appropriate gifts. | llg
Train Hits Car, Killing FdMm|
Birmiiigiiam, Ala.. June 14.
Harvey Easterwood and hia thIMBM
small children were instantly aH*
and Ed Johnson was severely
when tin- automobile EasterWdwßHis
driving was struck by u Southern Rail*
way train near lure this e |
Johnson was taken to a hospital
where physicians said his
was critical.
The automobile was dcmolilfteJsjM
Coco, the famous
Cirque do Paris, lias been I*HI
by tin- French Government
Palme Academique. a decoflMl B
- usually awarded only to
literary, artistic, and scientific JHH
. nonages.
in the central and east portions
nesday.