THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 9, 1921.
CHARLOTTE TRIO
i PLAY GOOD GOLF
i 1 "" '
Brem, Laxton and Porter
Are Playing Good Golf at
Greensboro Meet.
Greensboro, June 9. With the Caro
lina gollf tournament on in full swinff
and the second day of the elimination
matches under way this afternoon, golf
experts are picking; the Charlotte ag.
gregation to make a mighty showing.
Itobbins Brem, F.. M. Laxton and
N. Vernon Porter compose the trio
that is now being watched with anxious
eyes by the other contenders for the
place now held by Fred Hyatt, of Columbia,-
S. C, as the title-holder.
Each of the jthree men let their op
ponents down by a large majority yes
terday and had started "well on the
rounds this afternoon. Porter is pick
ed as the stronger of the three and is
expected to make the rounds in 80 or
less every day for the 18-hole course.
J. H. Howell, also of Charlotte, is
still in the race and going strong. Sev
eral other Charlotte men are making
good showings.
The results of yesterday's first flight
matches and matches in other flights
in which Charlotte players participated
are:
FIRST FLIGHT.
Snow beat Jones 1 up 23 holes
Newman beat Hobgood 2 up 1 to play
Harrison boat Westall 3 up 2 to play
Brem beat MacRae 7 up and 6 to play
Hyatt beat Bridgers 1 up 19 holes
Porter beat VanZandt 4 up 3 to play
Blvthe beat Blair 2 up. Laxton beat
Stewart 1 up.
Second Flisht Milam beat Oldham
3 up 1 to play.
Third Flight Dowd beat Graham
ud 1 to plav. Jones. W. H. beat Hills
2 up 1 to play. Herndon beat Smith,
C. E. 1 up 19 holes. Seay, J. S., beat
"White 2 up. Diggie beat Crowell 5 up
3 to rlav.
Fourth Flight Tillett beat Donnell
5 ud 4 to play. Peters beat Shaqfcel
ford 4 un 2 to play. Bluhm beat Talia
ferro 2 UD.
Fifth Flight Bradshaw beat Clark 1
un. Haris beat Fitzsimmons 5 up.
Sixth Flight Brockenbrough beat
Bonham 6 up 5 to play. Peace beat
Carson 1 up. Bauer beat Jones, L. H
2 up 1 to play. Henderson beat Boren
1 up. Hanes, A. S. beat Willard 5 up
4 to play.
Seventh Flight Cothran beat Gallo
wav 4 up 3 to play. DeTamble beat
Seay. L. E. 2 up. Ramseur beat More
head 2 up 1 to play. West beat Quarles
1 ud. Howell beat Coit 1 up 22 holes
The nairins for two are as follows:
Second round, elimination:
FIRST FLIGHT
Snow plays Newman, Harrison plays
Brem. Hyatt plays Porter, Blythe plays
Laxton.
SECOND FLIGHT
Shand plays Milam, Jermome plays
Montgomery, Phillips plays Blue, Miller
plays Tufts.
THIRD FLIGHT
Isome plays Uowd. Jones plays Hern
don, Seay plays Michaels, Diggie plays
Habenicht.
FOURTH FLIGHT
Rogers plays Tillett, Webb plays Pe
ters, Blum plays Moore, Walker plays
Long-
FIFTH FLIGHT
Bacon plays Gallivan, Hardin plays
Bradshaw, Harriss plays Sherf esee,
Hagerman plays Balliett.
SIXTH FLIGHT
Brockenbrogh plays Pease, Bauer
pluys Henderson, Jackson plays San
ders, Hanes. A. S., plays Mayo.
SEVENTH FLIGHT
Gienn plays Cothran, DeTamble plays
Ramseur, DuPree plays Taylor, West
plays Howell.
HONDURAS CARIB
IS STRANGE MAN
Interesting Facts About
Honduras Related by
Charlotte Man.
RIFLEMEN GET
FULL EQUIPMENT
New Charlotte Military
Company Receives $25,000
Worth of Guns.
The Hornets Nest Riflemen, Char
lotte's new military organization bear
ing the ancient and honorable name
of the city's oldest military organiza
tion, received by shipment from the
war department Wednesday night, be
tween $20,000 and $25,000 worth of
equipment and withing a few days wi'.l
be ready for dress parade, summer
camping, militarv duty and any other
service a national guard unit may be
called upon to do.
Included in the shipment received
Wednesday afternoon 11 large tents,
78 pup tents. 78 cots, 75 bed sacks,
field range cooking outfit, with pots,
pans, kettles and other accessories; two
summer and two winter suits for each
man; shoes, hats, rain coats, over
coats, gloves and other articles of cloth
ing, all of which is new.
In the way of arms and ammunition
the shipment contained eight light
Browning automatic machine guns, 70
Springfield rifles, 70 bayonets, wjtth
scabbords; eight bolos; entrenching
tools, picks, shovels, wire cutters, and
an ample supply of ammunition for
all these arms, including about 5,000
rounds of riot ammunition.
According to Captain Melvln C. Cald
well of the company, a telegram was
received Wednesday night from Durand
Locker company of Chicago saying 70
cockers, made to the order of the Char
lotte company, were already shipped
- These will be placed in the company
quarters, in the old health office at
the city auditorium, for containing the
supplies or eacn member of the com
pany.
This feature of the company's equip
ment is supplied by funds generously
aavancea Dy a. j . uraper or the city
ana amounts to a cost of about $700
The company is now drilling two
nights each week, according: to Can
tain Caldwell, and indoor rifle practice
will oegin in a short while. Later
target practice may be taken up on a
range here. At any rate, the members
of the company will aret tareret nrac
tlce when thev go to Camp Glenn for
their summer outing of. two weeks. The
date for this Is expected to be set sooti.
Fifty-eight officers and men consti
tute the company at present. They
are captain Melvln C. Caldwell, a vet
eran of Third division, A. E. F., and
hard campaigning in the Argonne For
est; First Lieutenant Louis C. Ellis,
an expert in the manual of rifle firing
and similar military work; anl Second
Lieutenant Edward C. Boyeire. -. a
capable young officer, keen on mi'itary
ideas and one of the Instructors of
R. O. T. C. at Princeton University
aunng the war period.
About fifteen more men will be ac
cfepted as members of the company. Ap
plication are solicited, but only men of
superior type will be taken.
Probably the most interesting and
peculiar race of people on the ?lobe are
the Calibs of Honduras, South Amer
ica, acording to C. H. Howell, with
the Southern Enterprise company here,
who has had the opportunity to study
them at first hand in Honduras Hr.
Howell was formerly in Honduras with
a fruit company, having spent the
greater part of his time there ir. the
port of Puerto Cortez.
The Caribs were original inhabitants
of the Caribbean Islands, later migrat
ing to the mainland of Honduras. The
Caribs were once a fierce and cruel
race of cannibals, with canoes that
would carry 50 men each, and a habit
of attacking any tribe tby e?.me in
contact with. Today they naro be
come, by intermarriage with negroes,
as black as the ace of spae'es. They
were formerly of a reddish color. Eut
they have retained their customs of
centuries ago.
"They speak what is considered the
hardest language in the world." said
Mr. Howell. "It is a mixture of many
different tongues. I never saw but
one white man who could speak it. But
strange to say, I never saw a Carib
who could not speak English. They
stick to themselves and wouldn't work,
to save their lives. How they get
along I do not see Iany of thorn
are large and robust, and would make
good laborers if they wuuld work. Tiiay
are conspicuous in all parts of the Hon
duras, but mostly apen tho coust. Their
curious customs and beliefs arc worthy
of endless study . They are a strat-ge
race of people different from any I ev
er saw."
In speaking of the morals of Hon
duras, Mr. Howell declared that in
Puerto Cortez, a town of 1,200 people,
there are on recoid only 60 ma-i;.R-s.
Twenty-five of these are Americans.
Uncleanliness, ignorance and extrava
gance are the outstanding tru.it of the
pt pulscc.
Banana farms afford the chiefs
means of substenance in the Hondu
ras, he said.
"And the way they grow thorn wo'Jld
probably surprise the average Ameri
can," he added. "It is interesting to
note that every time a banana tree
bears a bunch of bananas it is eut
down. Thty never allow one tree to
bear more than one bunch, or stem,
as they call it. And another thing,
bananas grow wirh their ends poirted
skywards, and r.ot downward, as we
might believe, by viewing the bunches
we see. The end we think is the be
ginning of the stem is really the end
ing. The stem begins small ana gets
larger toward the end. On tho ex
treme end of the stem rows a great
Knotted fibrf:, which is cut off when The
bunch is taken from tlio tree. The
bunches are of coarse green when pull
ed. Immediately the tree is cut down
near the root, from which another
tree usually grows in abcut nine
months, bearing another bunch. .Tho
trees are planted in a haphazard way,
seldom in orderly rows, and always in
the valleys near the river.1:. Most of
the banana farms are owned by the
large fruit companies. The cost of
putting a bunch of bananas in isiew
Orleans is about 70 cents They .'ire
sold there by the pound, averaging
about $3.50. If a company leases a
farm and finds that it costs more than
75 cents to ship a bunch to New Or
leans, the farm will generally be aban
doned." Mr. Howell declares that the idea is
somewhat of an illusion about this
country getting the bulk of South Am
erican business, as Ergland and other
countries are able to undersell America
to such an extent that it is hard to
compete with them. He says English
goods are considered the best in South
America. He points out the differ
ence between American made Khaki
and English made khaki for an ex
ample. While the American goods
will turn almost white after several
washings, the English goods will re
tain their color and texture. He states
the same is true in a number of other
such cases.
Most of the fruit companies, in fact,
practically all are located on the east
coast of South America, said Mr. How
ell. This is because it takes a long
ime to ship fruit to the United Statef
from the western coast, while four ol
five days is usually consumed in ship
ments to the states from the eastern
coast.
The climate on the eastern coast is
as a rule full of malaria, he continued.
During the rainy season the atmos
phere is particularly obnoxious. Most
of the coast is literally swamped with
mosquitoes. The mountianous .coun
try farther inland is healthful, how
ever, he said.
Taken as a whole, Mr. Howell con
siders the eastern coast of South Am
erica full of opportunities for indus
trious young men.
PLAN T. B. FIGHT
DURINGMEETING
Dr. R. L. Carlton, Health
Officer of Winston, Will
Speak Thursday Night.
Dr. R. L. Carlton, health officer of
Winston-Salem, will be the principal
speaker at the Initial meeting Thurs
day night at 8 o'clock in Hanna Hall
of the Mecklenburg Tuberculosis Asso
ciation. Permanent organization cf
the anti-tuberculosis body will be ef-
rected during this meeting and all pe:-
RECORDER GOES
AFTER AUTOISTS
Eighteen Traffic Violators
Brought Into Court by
the Police.
The first day's drive of the police
men's campaign against speedster and
traffic violators netted 12 defendents
for Recorder J. Laurem Jones' court
Thursday morning. Tho "vigilance
committee' of the police department
sons in the city and county Interested I was stI11 on the job and expectation
in the fight against this disease are i were that unless traffic violations trad-
urged to attend
Dr. Carlton will tell of the anti-tuberculosis
work In Forsyth county,
where $75,000 is annually appropria
ted for the cure of tuberculosis, and
where a well equipped sanatorium is
maintained for the care of tuberculosis
patients.
Other speakers will be Dr. I. X7.
Faison, Dr. J. "M. Northington, Dr.
John Donnelly, Dr. William Allan, C.
A. Williams and J. E. McIIwaine. All
of the speeches will be short and pre
pared i.o as to interest the audience.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul, city health of.
denly ceased another crowded house
would greet the Judge Friday morning.
Speedsters paid out from $10 to $20
each when Recorder Jones accepted the
evidence that they were running from
20 to 25 miles the hour. Loud mufflers,
single-lighted cars and machines with
out tail lamps cost around So :r $10.
The court demonstrated that speeding
and carelessness in keeping up neces
sary equipment on an automobile are
expensive proposition a. The nolfep
demonstrated that they are watching
INCREASE AMONG
NEEDYF0R MAY
Associated Charities Head
Report at June Meeting of
Association.
Sickness, widowhood and orphanhood
caused an Increase o 57 families re
ceiving attention the past month by the
Associated Charities over May of 1920,
according to the report of the general
secretary of the association at the June
meeting Thursday. The meeting was
heldat""a luncheon at Ivey's, R. M
Pound, vice-president, presiding.
There were 174 families under care
during: the month of May, and 544 indi
viduals. The 8ick numbered 99. Those
under 14 years of - age numbered 222.
Those over 60 years of age numbered
28. There were 42 tubercular, 31 ve
nerally diseased, 5 feeble minded, 30
recorded convictions of crime, 17 desert
ed bv their husbands and left with
young children to support, 9 widows
with small children to support, 14 crip-
pies or otnerwise nanaicappea ani x
EJECTMENT CASES
HEARD AT 3 O'CLOCK
' RAPT Inn nf tHo. c: .
fleer, who is in charge of organization Thursday afternoon n i ht ir , tZt
plans will also make a short talk, tell- Ll L 1" ,a-n m t ie
H!. h' an ! the factual several machines were
needs of health authorities for fighting
tuberculosis in this county.
It is the plan of the association to
establish a permanent open air cam:)
here for the treatment of tuberculosis.
The association will accept as mem
bers both citizens of the city nnd
county and its fight against tubercu
losis will be waged both in the city
and in the rural sections.
Arrangements have been made to
seat a large audience in Hanna Ha'.I
and those leading in the movement .-.re
anticipating a big crowd.
RACE FOR NEGRO
BREAKS UP MEET
MOTORISTS MUST
HEED MANY LAWS
Lack of Knowledge of Laws
Man Charged With Stealing Caused Many "Driving
Two 10-cent Rings Runs
from the Police.
around for violators in every eeneial ! seeking employment.
nev. J. H.. Arinprust, pastor or xvortn
,v--vtt Methodist chursJi, spake
briefly at the meeting on th? co-operation
between Spencer Memorial church
anj the Associated Charities. , He com
mended the work as being an organiza
tion that all churches should work
through, and he especially emphasized
the value of the constructive work
done.
Mrs. H. L. Jones told -some experi
ences she has had as a volunteer work
er 'with the organization, whUe W. t.
Adams spoke in commendable terms of
the work and expressed a desire to co
operate more in the future.
Those present at the meeting werr:
Messrs. Norman Lynch, R. M. Pound,
Holmes Blair. John L. Dobbs, T. M.
Glasgow, H. C. SherriH, R. N. Hunter
S. R. Moore, Dr. W. A. McPhaul, Dr.
Luther Little. Dr. Annie Alexander,
and Mrs. C. B. Floyd, Misses Annie
Crutchfield and Louise Wallace of the
staff. Attending as guests of the tcaid
were Reverend J. H. Armbrust, W. E.
Adams and Mrs. H. L. Jones.
running at a eood e-it at the tim.
Defendants in court Friday morning
for speeding or for violating other traf
fic regulations were J. E. Culp, C. W.
Parke, T. R. Vance. LeRoy Kirkpatrick,
E. C. Butler, Clyde Springer, negro;
G. T. WTilby, J. O. Farris. W. T. Ldns
day, George Manies, Richard Gaddy,
negro; Will Morris, R. M. Small. E. H.
Kipley. Arch Burkett, R. C. Frazier,
Sam Goode, negro ' and Aaron Boyd,
negro.
Ejectment prsetcdrngB brought by the
Mecklenburg Mills against eight ten
nantfc living in houses belonging to
that corporation at North Charlotte
were being heard at 3 o'clock Thursday
afternoon at the court house before
Justices of the Peace H. M, Huggina
and George M. Phifer.
John M. Robinson and H. L. Taylor
are attorneys for the mill company
and Frank W. Orr and B. B- Bdidges
are attorneys for the tenants. The two
magistrates were Jointly to hear the
case. - ,
.Only a small handful of people was
present to hear the proceedings, which
had been adjourned to the court house,
criminal court robrn, in the belief that
there might be a large crowd.
SHIPPING BOARD CONFIRMED
Washington, June 9. The nomina
tion of Albert D. Laskeri of Illinois,
as chairman, and of all others named
by President Harding for the Shipping
Board were confirmed today by the sen
ate.
TAYLOR TS w7TT
father-inwVeI
developments in the myVtAH81.
found yesterfiay morning M?.farV
tree on his son-m-lawS i gln8t0.
wjiSo, came th'rt "ar
with the arrest of w w t ana fi
in-law of the dead man ' AayIr'
jury viewed the body of thJcorIri
and listened to a sktenS6 S
Dr. H. L. Brockman. oTq
in company with Dr. Wilson?' ho,
vil e, performed an autop0'0
ghipman yesterfiay. Dr r n -Mr
doelared that Shipman camo ,
death by strangulation causP(,tov to
rope around his neck. 5 , br a
" " cause , u
rope around his neck. TvT b? a
wf I'., BU?enaea until JUn: "We
which time Coroner Va-jewY511
have all available evie i k
throw light on the affair in 1. Vtei
Lr. -Brockman reno-tfvi ..u-
' tsrci m tk
todayv that, so far as the rh ,
examination had proceeded r,1458"'
was discovered, but that n Mi
statement to-the effect " could KPs!tiv
until a repcrt was received f7n
state laboratory to which tho
Hvpr and V5flnvn nf . . stOina,.i,
enet yesterday. " uedamanet,
Indiscretions."
A near panic was caused on North
Tryon steet Thursday morning vhen
Charlie Massey. a negro, dashed out
irZrfnYZ dustl"S them off and looking
wunin
Enough traffic regulations are on the
law books of Charlotte to cover everv
angle of automobile driving, and the',
pamnflio-n Jv-i un,. 1 1 i I
...Fv.Jbn iiiauguitticu UV Hie IJUllCc 1
against violators may necessitate pull- y
SOVIET TREATY
WITH THE IRISH?
threat of a clerk in the 5 and 10 cent
store to have him arrested for the al
leged theft of two rings.
The cries of "Ketch 'im," from ped
estrians and the mad quest, for excite
ment by persons who joined in the
chase brought clerks from shops, staid
Some of the laws are "worn out,"
changed traffic conditions necessitating
their permanent retirement but most
of them are in good working order and,
according to officers, would elirninate
Dotn congestion and ar.ridpnts if fni.
boss men from their private offices and Jowed to the "T" by motorists It w
broke up the morning session of the
city commissioners.
He was caught after a run of a cou
ple of blocks. He denied to the police
that he stole the two rings, which sold
for 10 cents each, and claimed that he
ran because "I couldn't figure anything
else to ao.
Massey was 'looking over" the as
sortment of jewelry in the 5 and 10
cent store when a clerk atmroacried
i.ne negro claimed that he had a ring
on nis nnger and another m his hand;
mereiy "giving them the once over."
The clork made some remark about
stealing the rings, whereupon the ne
gro reached into his pockets to turn
tnem wrong-side out. As he did so,
ne tow the police, the rinsr which he
had in his hand dropped to the floor.
The clerk told Massey he would call I nedestrians nf nn flnnn),
h v J:J . ... I -j-f'vu.
ill i ill 1 1 1 ' i 1 1 i un .vi i i svui fi n nnr lira i x n . -3 . .1 A
, yci ua unuei 10 vpars nr ni
tor their arrival. Breaking away, he shall oneratP a mntw rtru ,-i.7
aasned ioi- safety. Some one called I A ITV f'.S V must - &iVvinl1A4
as
considered that many drivers of auto
nomies are not familiar with the law3
and for that reason have committed
numerous "driving- indiscretions" which
in the future -might result in covrt
trials.
Here are some of the regulations
governing traffic in Charlotte, which
are operative:
The speed limit within the fire lim
its is 12 miles an hour and within the
city limits 15 miles the hour.
Automobles shall use mufflers which
will be sufficient to deaden the explo
sion within the engine.
A car cannot be operated so that it
will emit an undue amount of steam,
smoke or products of combustion.
All vehicles shall be equipped witn
a gone, horn or instrument tn worn
out "ketch 'im" and the crowd joined
in the chase. Massey was several
laps ahead of the crowd, no snrinter
having appeared in the gathering of a
hundred or two who could cover one
3'ard in the time that Massey covered
i.en. He turned when he reached
Sixth street, taking: the corner on one
root, -someone jumped into
ao so by an officer. A penalty of $50
is imposed tor each offense.
Do not stop a car in front of a foot
way, alleyway or street crossing.
When. about to slow down the driver
of a car must signal to the rear bv
raising the hand so as to warn ma-
cnines in the rear.
A signal must be given to the rear
British Government Issues
"Draft Alleged Treaty in
Its "White Paper."
London, June 9. (By the Associated
Press.)--The government issued as a
"white paper" this afternoon, the text
of, what purports to be the draft of a
proposed treaty between the Russian
government and the "Republic of Ire
land," which the government states
was captured in Dublin.
The preamble of the alleged treaty is
quoted as saying:
'Desirous of promoting peaceful and
friendly relations between all nations,
especially the peoples of Ireland and
Russia, and serving to co-operate in lhe
STRANGE STORIES
a r ord
and started to head him off. Massey before turnine- or hefnr wiHn
M.i AT TT J J -., I . . v'.
uuntin me r oru ior a distance out a I machine.
nse ut ,rw,. , tausea mm to give jfoiice and fire wagons and ambu-
1.., me nS icau ne nau mam- lances nave the right-of-way when on
m in: o im.i l . . . . i i, i .,
mvj cm. um nicy snail ooserve me
interest and advancement of the hu
man race and for tho liberation of all
people from imperialistic evploitation
and oppression, the governments of the
Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Repub
lie and the Republic of Ireland agree
as follows:"
The fifteen articles of the purported
treaty include pledges of the "resources
and influences" of the two governments
to promote the recognition and sover
eignty of each other by the nations of
the world; their efforts to prevent the
transportation of arms, munitions and
military supplies for use against either
country and a number of commercial
clauses.
Both parties declare in favor of
universal disarmament and the forma
tion of some kind of a League of Na
tions for compulsory arbitration "it in
ternational disputes.
The duration of the treasv nronosed
the in the document is a period of .ten
years. '
lain.
rri . .
.Luc commissioners were neanng a
delegation at the time but when the
yens of the chasers reached the city
hall the members of the delegation
forgot their appointment and went in
search of excitement. All three rom-
missioners left their seats and ran to
traffic ordinances as nearly
siDie.
as pos-
A driver must null to the nVht nf
the street or highway upon signal from
a driver behind desiring to pass.
On the approach of a fire wagon re-snondins-
to n oio
nrT.nnra Til J : - t A, . . V I . . " movuuno J11U-5L
.r.. cmnuiieu mat enougn go as near as possible to the curbin-
fuss was being raised to make them and stop until the wagon passes. Street
..v,- oo.iu.es was oeing cnas-1 cars must also ston
ed. I An an
KNITTERS HERE
FOR CONFERENCE
DETECTIVE ROBBER.
Kenosha, Wis. W. Scot Johnson for
forty years a Chicago detective, de
clares that Kenosha pickpockets have
been guilty of "lese majesty."
, Johnson visited a cousin here. Ten
i minutes after he stepped off the train
Iaa L8covtred his wallet- containing
i $500 had been taken from an inside
taaChicago' He had nCVr been robb
iPocVnSn 18 "S" tor pick-,
"I was the guilty man in one of the
strangest cases I ever heard of in the
police court," declared D. B. Fall,
Charlotte attorney.
"One day an old negro woman named
Carrie Alexander came into my office
and told me she had been accused of
stealing $10 from a negro man. She
was greatly upset and was to appear on
trial at the ponce court the next morn
ing. She asked me to plead her case.
"She emphatically denied that she
was guilty, and my best entreaties fail
ed to change her statements. She said
tne negro man had lost the money and
no one knew where it was. Aftr
getting as much information as I could
out of her, I told her I would try to
get her out of the trouble for ten
bucks. She agreed, and paid me my
fee in advance.
'So the next day the trial came up. I
pointed out to the judge that the ne
gro man had lost the money and conld
nring up no evidence whatever that
Carrie stole it. No body knew who
had the money. There was much hag
ling on both sides, but after some time
the case was submitted to the judge for
decision. Carrie was acquitted.
"Tha next day she came into my of
fice with, her son to thank me. I told
her I was glad she was able to get out
of the trouble, and just as she started
to walk out I called her back and ask
ed: " 'Look here, auntie, now that you
have been acquitted and the trouble is
all over, I want you to tell me if you
really got that man's $10. Did you'
" 'Naw, suh, I didn't get it,' she' re
plied. ' .'YVell, who did get' it?' I asked
again.
She tvrned around and pushed ter
son out of the room, elosftrt th
and came back to my desk.
'Well, suh.' she wninA .
t."!11,8 m0ney Eat was de fee.'
I think that was the onlv ti-.a t
ever received stolen property," conclud
ed Mr. Fall with a laugn. conclud-
EIGHTEEN KNOWN DEAD
Pueblo, Colo.. June 9.-Rv Thi a
sociated Press.) Eighteen
known to have been killed in the flood
in the La Junta district, according to
Captain J. B. Merk. of the Colorado
national guard, who arrived boro
after a fifty-hour battle nine
elements. - - - "' --
OLD THEORY IS
THOUGHT WRONG
Harvard Man Says Sun is,
JNot the Centre 01 the
Universe.
shall be turned to the rieht nf tb i Cambridge, Mass., June 9. Our
track when sienalid bv the mntnmon universe is a thousand times larsrer
of a street car in the rear. J thah has been believed, and the earth,
Automobiles must ston before rearh-l rar troir being- In the center of things,
mg the rear of a street car stopped 1S quintillion miles from the cen
to take on or let off nasseneera ani ter of tne universe, according to dis-
shall remain until the car starts. I coveries discussed recently by Dr. Har-
Ino street car or vehicle shall occimv :ow napeiey, noted astronomer, who
Any street so as to interfere or unrd. tctclIU' citme io xiarvara irom tne
sonaoiy interrupt the passage of othor Mount wniard ooservatcry in Califor
cars or venicies. I la-
A person driving slowly should kptm L)r- Shapley is a comparatively
reasonably close to the curbing to al- yURS astronomer, yet he has won a
low more swiftly moving machines to nISb place in his professional field. He
pass. i is a graduate ot the Missouri state
vehicles should pass on the risrM University and of Princeton. He was
upon meeting:: when one vehirle nvai: ioentlned with, the Mount Wilson f)h-
The session convened at 10:30 o'clock I taKs another, wishes to pass it should seryatory seven years,
in the assemhlv room of th ho w I go . to the left, the front car moving FINDS SUPER-MILKY WAY
. f.r i, ,. . , .
tuwatua me ngnt. i &y lading ins distance oetween sun
vehicles turninsr from the street into and earth as a base for trianeulatlon
auotner snouid slow down to fiv mTa measurements, -vast distaneas in iH
an hour. I past have been recorded until siirh Hn
- - -
venicies should not stand nr tmvni have been extended hundreds Merht
ur more aoreast on any street. years ana even to the border of meas
ine tnira conviction of the viola
tion of any citv ordinanr.p shall K
ficient cause to revoke the City license.
These regulations and manv mo-A
are contained on the law books of the
city and a person is liable to a. fino
Business Conditions Dis
cussed by Manufacturers
During Session.
Around 40 hosiery and underwear
manufacturers of the Carolinas, Vir
ginia ana Georgia are in Charlotte
ihursday for a business conference.
of commerce. An afternoon meeting
was neia Deainnmg at 2.30 o'clock.
John F. Taylor, of Kinston, presi
dent of the Southeastern divisioTi of the
National Hosiery and Underwear Man
ufacturers association, to which those
attending the conference belong, said
mat no matters or a public nature
were taken up by the knitters durin
the morning.
Business conditions were discussed
only m a general way but optirr.-ism
was expressed by thosa makine- talk-s
Detailed discussion of conditions con-
rrontmg the manufacturers was ex
pected to be taken Up during the af
ternoon.
for the violation of any of them.
NEW PRESIDENT
urement, the Pleiades
Light travels at the rate of 188.000
miles a second and a light year is the
distance a ray of light will travel in
one year.
The Pleiades are. hardly in the front
yard of Dr. Shapley's galazy, which
he has measured and found to be in
length about 300,000 light years. It is
a super -milkv wav.
GUEST OF CLURl"" iSr!n8
VAVJUVX. VX vUtl) 000.000.000 miles. Tt tnV w Lt
, ' - .
.mmuies ior nenr to romo to ih
flATAWRA PrVtWra: A? Graham iofSs-VE'S
VXiAA f xa f muJl tjrives Historical lecture Ane yng astronomer has proved bv
a xr -- I aiuuiauons mat me sun the little
at JilWaniS Meeting. speck of light around which a tiny
I shadow called the earth revolve i
Dr. W H. Frazer. tb new nwcirnt
j not by any means lhe center of thf
of Queens College, was th P-nf universe, but is 60,000 light years off
yi, .... " ' o --- MV. .4. IT. , - . " -
uranotte K.iwanians at their weekly V v;c""?x- xie na caused our proud
luncheon Thursday in the assembly . J system to take a long sidtral
nau of the Selwyn hotel. Dr. Frazer
was iormally lieutenant governor of
me AiaDama-Mlssissinni Kiwanis die
trict.
Dr. Frazer madft an interest-in e- tollr
before the lor.a
pleasure on mminir nharwt o3 I ison with the universe.
Th .. I payine the Kiwn nia nrM niatmn n ViirrV. I h fact, IjT. Shaplev antiearpd er.tViit
s"ui iiaine ut uue youtn or tnen.ii.t . . . . u,s . . . u , .
circumstances under which be a "uie- tter was read lo the club rcrVr "ir.u"". ne nas reduced
BOY DROWNED IN
Party Reaching for Body of
Jtsoy Who Was Drowned
at Rozzelle's Ferry.
The 17-year-old son of fipore-P T?i7
nuias, or eeventeenth street, North
vn&riotte, was drowned while in bath.
mg at Rozelle's Ferry on the Catawba
river about 12.30 o'clock Thursday ac
cording to word reaching the city at 2.30
sidestep into insignificance
personally I am glad to see man
sink into such physical nothingness "
said the scientist, "and it is whole s ome
for human beinsr to realih nf
small importance they are in comi,ar.
drowned could not leaned betor1?0m,-Governor Tom Arnold' of thsizof the earth a thousand time
The News went to prlss as no one S EaIna iwanis district, recommend- 3?"? Wllson. Observatory
- city was acquainted with the bov I nt,JZ I, , r to tne IocaI club J
his people who could taSiS Slng him. for his efforts in
ed with. His home has Wo teionho ?l ne organization in the past
ir:. , , . . . miia.ii. ui me nr?9ni79t nn in tha r-o i r.".'po.u . "tic umieu ivipssi. n
xais iiome nas no rpipnhnno . . . ... " . ,i.i.l. s . . .
Jim C. Warren and a nartv of Charlie of .th luncheon was a his- ilBj:V,uu4"5ni. fro the
lotte men went to the riW about ' 30 ,ai-leture by Prof- Alexander Gra- "i: stars "
o'clock to search foi holy. Effort. aSllstant superintendent of the "I ? " 5"?
j x . . . , - . lhv si-nnn e nnrl nna rr tho c.fn4.r.'n 1 ""6 aim ;iJre
uictuu to oDtain araggins hook! I fn,. -r oiiiic
but none could be Jocated. KSl61? efuca-ors. Dr. Graham told
The boy was a member of n rrnwH nf "'","a , '"s a iOC 01 nistory which
15 or 16 who went to tho ritw wh : lldn7 or tnem admtited they had not
Smn 11 ctace tl -
s as Iarire S.S our siin ti
larger and more brilHant v.
scribed as a thousand ti
Old Sol. ",s as
nesday afternoon with the pastor of the I hiXrVA-i Partlculary with
Episcopal church on 15th street ThS f nil !lCIlGntfuf unufual interest
hart j, . ? ' . . ut?y I lo this section of the eountrv.
i".nncu iu epeiiu tne, aay mere
: mi . 1
icLuniins inursaay arternoort
LIEUT. BROWN KILLED.
Washington, June 9. Lientonan
Tir t- --r
John R. Purser was nrogram chair. -Wn'. ise; Idaho, of th
The bov's fathPr wn .Mi;... "an ana presided over the luncheon. drn "1 "ier uiea
en to John R. Purser.
giv I river,
lnthe machine, was injured-.
.siii. J3ugDj..,a passeneer.
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1 ' 1
Suggesting
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A black and white crepe de chine Skirt with a
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The Skirts latest silk fabrics in stripes and
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Sweaters, $12.50, $15.00 and $17.50.
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A Musical Home
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IN THE
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213 North Tryon St. Phone 3626
MISS HELEN MARIE DAY
leacher of loice. Phone 2042-W
The Quarters
If you save one quarter of every dollar you
earn, then four of the saved quarters will make
another dollar and before you know it you will
have money making money with surprising quick
ness ,
Go forth and save that fourth young man.
Go now today. Sow as you go and reap the rich
reward of saving that quarter from every dollar
you earn.
Commercial National Bank
Corner Tryon and Fourth Streets.
It. A. BfTVV: I-..iJ-
' - - niacin
D. H. ANDERSON, V. Pres't.
C W. JOHNSTON, V. Pres't.
A. T. SUMMEY, Cashier
J. W. STEWART, Asst. Casto
T. S. McPHEETERS, Asst. Ol1'