j, sHE3RILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
Heavy Rains Cause Big Loss
In Five States, Five Dead
And Thousands are Homeless
\ n d Practically the Entire
Northern Section of Okla
jj onl a iv Virtually Covered
With Water Now.
ONE RIVER RISES
TWENTY-SEVEN FEET
Three Thousand Are Home
jess in Arkansas and in
Texas Thousands Are Now
Leaving Lowland Homes.
\|. .limy ll.—With at
( . . .... , i.-j.i-t••• I killed. t1i0u
.,,l . j:-..-. i heir homes, iiiul
: 1111 :*• (1 in millions
cts in Kansas. ()k
--, I'. \":i- .ire flooded today.!
- i in' Knii'-ns for flit* I
i <1 l ivers and small-
. • .. Mow. destroying crops
~h i d inundate residentirtl j
. ... ,ii< of severaL towns. I
mu. .. dr of Oklahoma vir
. , d w 'l: water, the loss
r ;i;n. !:te 111 il I " *llS.
j',..is i the lowlands of tin*
y itju-i .! l-‘..rt Worth. Texas, ear
•'. errii - were preparing to
aoiiies after heavy rains
\\'.. T'-x.i' • ,iused the river to rise
•- Iv.iis.'is City and Winfield.
K;-. - greatly from the Hoik!.
y • m<l persons were declared
|,, ... ;i. Arkansas City in an aiqteal
»; :■! tir mayor for outside aid. He
|itfmint'd !! 1 (lainmage to be 82.000.-
IV Arkansas and Walnut Riv
e- "f t.ifir hanks and a large
M'l'tioii is inundated. 'One
ti-->ait'i ■(•l'soiis were marooned last
.I'Ccliei'llioiise and other build-
U'iiilid4 ie|".rt' .l • several hundred |
. •mucli-.s', i i+xi k[. w'a t <*r’
:; :. W :.;• ir.. i was running through
t> > city. Water and liglit plants
:e Weil as ;n many other towns
"t ("liililissioii.
l£e;»-:■ < from Muskogee, (>kla.. were i
':.(• iiinnci ' iin the lowlands of Ar
ise '•!• • their families to the
C.\ t.'.v-,:.-i -d l,\ the rapidly rising j
" ■ Mipq were iittomptitig to
u. ■ it--livestock before them.-, j
. (I, tallutrsl in Macon.
•Vl"■ n■ Ca . .Inn. 11. Heavy proper- J
-r llama”' - were under repair |
•• ’‘"lay iiftc:- ;i territic cloudburst and I
'"i':, \vi h Nc-tenlay. reached 0.71 J
lio'irs. according to the!
' '■ :. I’fif railroad tracks. I
1 '"-r. ' !"t- tii!- and other property 1
I’ l '' l ' was a,, 1,,-> of life, 'although j
" l " fatally was i.•sein'd from a sub
tc-rged Imiiifinjr
hlAlnt HA ls Iti WORK
H Mil) IN OHIO STATE
'iitan \im\ ~| Democrats in That
Will lie t■rnuiidwork of 15>23
I amirjigii.
1 '- "! i". J.a.ne 11.—“A victory
rats if, Ohio will be tin 1
t In* 102-1 Presidential
:i - "• c • minorijy pti rj: if.i
s M"iit Ila I.! mV'- home, state, accord
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I; ii l’ ti from Cordell Hull.
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II id -nil! that .".<») "National
v " T,, i\ ( lulls’' are in the
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, "' I '' fr ’" 'atn'l it i- planned to
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a"t !ii"i'c ’ ;|j •_> (iimi.
ll!! Defeats Roberta to to 6.
■ : baseball team defeat
: Vli; hall tossers 1(1 to 0
l~'' field Saturday.
M,. hoys afipeared for
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errors would have
>:tig;e r ~ llSi Roberta team to a
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THE CONCORD TIMES,
World Educational Congress
To Be Held in San Francisco
j San Francisco. Calif.. June n.—To
further international understanding,
through the linking together of the!
schoolrooms of the world is the purpose
of the World Conference on Education*
i which will meet in joint session with
j the sixty-first annual convention of the'
National Education Association in San 1
i Francisco at the end of this month. In
j vifations have been sent to the national
educational bodies of fifty nations to send
cadi a delegation of live representatives.
1 delegates have already begun to arrive!
,iu tin* I ni'ted States. These, with the
, American delegates, the thousand or
j more professors from foreign institutions j
j teaching in American colleges and uni-|
I versities. and foreign students!
who are invited to sir with the delega-j
t ions from their respective countries, will j
constitute the assembly.
The definite program which the con- i
'vention is expected to adopt and which
will serve as a basis for bringing the ;
school sy stems of the world into closer I
harmony has not been definitely propos
ed. It is expected that (lie chief task
Jof tin’ l convention will be to mork out j
: such a program. Among other things in
j eluded in the agenda of the foreign rela-
I tions committee is a proposal for a good- i
j will day to be observed in all schools ;
| throughout the world.
1 The work of the convention will be J
carried on in a series of group confer- !
cnees, wiflt definite agenda for each !
group. The results of these group con
ferences will be submitted to the final j
plenary session of theh convention for re
jection or adoption. The eight group
conferences proposed as as follows: In- |
ternath mil (’o-operation. Dissemination j
of Education Information. Conduct lie-j
tween Nations. International Ideals.
Health Education, Fniversal Education. 1
WINE RATIONS SERVED
ON FOREIGN VESSELS
Italian and French Crews in New York
Yolk Dot Regular Rations. Says New
York Times.
New York, June It.—The crews of
Italian ami French -hips in New York
received their wine rations yesterday'
and will continue to enjoy them despite
prohibition regulations to the contrary.
The New York Times said today. The
Times specified the seamen of the French j
liner France and tin* Italian liners Al
berta and Argentina.
“Tin* opinion , among the foreign
crews,” that newspaper said, “seems to
be that the serving of' the wine would
be overlook by the American authori
ties.”
So far as could he ascertained. The
Times said, "there was no official basis
for the foreigners' belief.”
CLYDE MONTGOMERY NOT
TO BE ITT TO DEATH
Sentence Changed to Fife Imprisonment
by Act of Gov. Cameron Morrison.
Raleigh. June 11. —Clyde Montgomery,
New Hanover county man who was un
der sentence to be electrocuted Thurs
day next, will not die in the chair for
an alleged assault on a 12-year-old girl
in December. 11)21. The death sentence
was this afternoon changed to life 'im
prisonment by Governor Morrison, and
Montgomery, for whose, life many Wil
mington women have begged clemency,
will say goodbye today to sixteen con
demned men in death row.
PRESIDENT BACK AT
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOW
Reached Washington Early This Morning
on Mayflower. After Trip to Delaware.
"Washington, June 11.—-President and
Mrs. Harding and members of their par-]
ty returned to Washington early today
aboard the Mayflower, the Presidential
yacht, docking at the Navy Yard short
ly after 7 :•”<>. The yacht was boarded
ht I,ewes. Del-, early Sunday morning
for the return trip through that state on
which the President's party left here
by train Saturday morning.
IIENRY 4. ALLEN SAYS
HARDING IS THE MAN
Predicts That President Will Get the
Nomination From Republican Party.
New York. June o.—Predicting that
President Ilardiug will be renominated
and favoring American entry into the
wotrld court, Henry J. Allen, former Gov
ernor of Kansas, returned from a three
months' tour.of Russia and the Far East
last night. ,
Mr. Allen declared that the United
States "would meet its need for inter
national relations by entering the world
court."
i Speaking of conditions in Russia. Air.
Allen expressed the opinion that eco
j nomie conditions under the soviet gov
i eminent were improving daily.
Funeral of R. C. Pridgen Today.
'Wilmington. X. C.. June 11. The
funeral services# will be held at labor
today for R. C. Pridgen, 20. who died
suddenly of heart failure in a motor boat
while on Lake Caceainaw early yester
day afternoon. Death, according to
physicians, was due to an acute heart
attack.
Supreme Court Decision.
Washington, June 11.—The Supreme
Court held today that it had jurisdic
tion to decide on the merit of the eases
brought by the states of Ohio anil Vir
ginia to prevent West Virginia placing
restrictions upon the exportation of her
natural gase, and that the suits were not
| brought prematurely.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Rural Life Conservation, and the Pau-
Paeitic Union. +
! Among the many problems which will
he discussed by the National Education
Association will be that of. placing teach
ers' pensions in the United States upon a
more sound and uniform basis. A pro
j posal has already been made by Philip
E. ('arson of Minneapolis, chairman of
the pension committee of the association,
that the Federal Government Ik* asked
to assume obligation for the accrued lia
bility over a period of ”><> years, thus giv
ing governmental support to the teach
ers' pension program,
j Upon invitation of the National Kduca-
I tion Association, the Pan-Pacific I’nhm
j will hold a Pan-Pacific subconference on
education in connect ion with the meet
| ing. The discussion in this conference
| will be, limited to one general theme:
i"H ow can the educational agencies of
Pacific countnes ' best promote intermit
J ional understanding and friendliness'/”
One of the outstanding features of the
World Congress on Education will be
the presentation of a great pageant : The
Court of Service." in which the great
virtues which are common to civilized
people everywhere, ami the contribu
l tions of various nations to civilization
j will be visualized. One session will be
devoted to a festival of folk songs and
J dances, given in native tongue and cos
j tunic.
Prominent among those who will ad
dress the convention are HerberJ <\ Hoo
j ver. Secretary of Uommeree
Santa Itorghese; of Italy: W. G. Cove,
president of tin* British National Asso
ciation; Frank F. Bpnker. executive
i secretary of the Pan-Pacific I'nion, and
j representatives of the educational asso
ciations of many nations invited to at
* tend the gatlc ring.
| GOV. SMITH ANSWERS
N E\\ SPAPER QUESTIONS
Says Volstead Act Tends to Make Peo
ple Dishonest in Enforcing It.
Albany, X. Y.. June 11. —"Laws regu
, lating the personal conduct of the in -
I dividual have only been stichessful when
they have parallelled a divide ouimand
f liient," and the “inherent dishonesty of
j the Volstead act tends to promote dis-
I honesty in enforcement." Governor
i Smith said in a statement answering
' five questions on prohibition asked by
! The New York Times and asnwered by
William Jennings I’ryan iti which he
[criticised the governor's altitude on
j liquor and states rights questions.
I PREMIER ZANKOFF HAS
NEW OFFICIALS WORKING
At Head of Government of Sofia, and
Everything Was Quiet Today.
Sofia. June 11 IBy the Associated
Press ).—('olnplete t ranquility • prevailed ’
in Sofia at an early hour today,
Premier Zankoff, head of the new
government, lias assigned the portfolio
of foreign affairs to Christo Kaloff. while
Col. Youlkoff is the new minister of war.
The cabinet now represents all parties
with the exception of the communists
anil-peasants.
The King received the members of the
new ministry yesterday.
THE COTTON MARKET
Reports of Heavy Rains in the Belt Sent
the Price of Cotton up Today.
New York. June 11. —Increasing
alarm over the new crop prospects re
| suiting from reports of heavy rains in
• tlie South was responsible for sharp ad
| vanees in the cotton market this morn
! ing. The advance began in Liverpool
| before local trading started, and the op
j ening here was firm at an advance of
20 to 04 points.
Cotton futures opened firm: July
28.20: Octpber 24.80; December 24.1.1;
January 2M.K2: March 2H.71.
McNKILL CASE WILL BE
TAKEN IT IN BEAUFORT
Some Time This Afternoon. McNeill Be
ing Charged With Attempted Kid
napping.
Beaufort, N. (\. June 11. —The trial of
JX)uis McNeill, of California, but for
merly of Greenville. S. charged with
attempting to kidnap his nephew.
Frank Thomas, 1 years old grandson of
former Congressman (’has. Thomas, of
New Bern, was scheduled to begin here
this afternoon.
McNeill and John I). Merritt, of ('hick
Springs. S. (’., were arrested and held in
bail after the alleged attempt, at kidnap
ping and Merritt is to go to trial later.
St. James Congregation Presents Auto to
Rev. L. A. Thomas.
Rev. L. A. Thomas, pastor of St.
James Lutheran Church, was the recipi
ent on Saturday of a Hupmobile tour
ing car. a gift from the members of the
St. James congregation. The gift came
as a complete surprise to Rev. Mr.
Thomas and his family, who expressed
the greatest appreciation for the kind
ness of the members who had purchased
the car through voluntary subscriptions.
Gov. Smith Not Be Candidate.
Chicago. 111., June 11. —Governor A1
Smith, of New York State, reiterated
here today he will not be a candidate for
the Democratic presidential nomination
next year. The governor came here on
the way to French Lick, Ind., for a rest.
Don’t forget to save some of that
best grain for seed?-There is always a
‘scarcity of native grown pure bred,
selected rye, oats and wheat seed in the
i fall.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1923.
SUPREME COURT HAS
GIVER DECISION ON
PUR CLEARANCE SUIT
Checks Drawn on Non-
Member Banks of Reserve
Board Must Be Cashed at
Par in These Banks.
SUIT HAS BEEN
VERY LONG ONE
■ 1 --4
Decision of State Court in
North Carolina Reversed
by the Decision.—Several
States Affected by Decision
Washington. June 11.—Methods used
by the Federal Reserve Banks in Geor
gia and Virginia to compel banks not
members of that system to cash at par
checks drawn upon them bv their de- ‘
positors which reai/h Federal Reserve
banks for clearance were approved by
the Supreme Court today in the eases
brought against the Federal Reserve
banks of Atlanta and Richmond.
The American Bank and Trust Co.,
and other banks of Georgia, and the
Fanners & Merchants Bank, of Monroe J
and other banks of North Carolina eon
tested the authority of the Federal Re
serve Banks at Atlanta and Richmond
to require 'them to cash checks drawn
upon them without charging any com
mission or exchange for tlveir services.
The Federal Citurt in Georgia and the
State Courts in North' Carolina declared
that under the Federal Reserve act. the
Federal Reserve banks had ample au
thority to sustain the position they had
taken, and that the so-called "country"
banks not members of the Federal Re
serve system must cash at par all checks
drawn upon them and cleared through
the Federal Reserve Banks.
Justice Brandeis declared on deliver
ing the opinion that iu North Carolina
cases the law of that state with regard
to the method of payment was valid and
that the state statute was constitutional.
The effect of the decision was to affirm
the decision of the Federal Court in
Georgia and to reverse the decision of
the state court in North Carolina.
NATIONAL BANKS
ARE TAX EXEMPT
State Unable to Collect Revenue From
Them PnwrTaw.
Raleigh. June 51. —Inability of the
state of North Carolina to collect reve
nue from National Banks within its
borders was admitted today in a ruling
given by R. A. Houghton, commissioner
of revenue, to Willis Smith, ot Raleigh,
general counsel for the North Carolina
Bankers’ Association, who requested an
official interpretation of tin* national
banking act approved by the President
on March 4, 102.4.
Heretofore the counties and subdi
visions of tin* state have taxed the cap
ital stock of* national and state* banks
alike, while the state has levied upon
the incomes of banks, taxing the income
of stale banks directly and collecting on
national bank stock from the sharehold
ers.
Under the ruling announced today
state banks will continue to pay to the
state three per cent, of their net earn
ings in the form of income tax. while
the national banks and their sharehold
ers will be exempt from any lax to the
state.
The ruling also applies to joint stock
land banks, of which there art* only
three in tin* state.
“The ruling is rankly discriminatory
against the state banks, but is made
necessary by tho law. which our rep
resentatives should be asked to have
repealed at the next session of Con
gress, if possible.” declared Commission
er Houghton today.
Heretofore, the national bank act lias
forbidden tin* taxation of income from
stock in national banks, through the
banks, as the income from stocks of
stiitc banks has been taxed, but permit
ted the txation of such income through
the shareholders,, anil the latter prac
tice has been followed.
OFF I ( ERS SEARCII ING
FOR THREE NEGROES
Who Are Allegtd to Have Attempted to
Attack 12 Year Old White Girl.
Gaffney. S. ('.. June 11. (By the As
sociated Press). —A posse of Cherokee
County officers today wss searching
for three negro men who are alleged to
have attempted, to attack it young white
girl 12 miles from here this morning.
Bloodhounds have been taken to the
scene. The negroes, however. aiY* re
ported to have been traveling in an au
tomobile.
JDeacons and Elders Installed.
The following elders and deacons were
installed at the First Presbyterian
Church yesterday morning: Elders W. L.
Bell, T. T. Smith. E. C. Parnharilt. F. C.
Nibloek. ('. A.'Cannon. Jones Pharr and
L. I). Moore; Deacons A. It. Howard.s
Ed. Sa n vain. 11. E. Harris. Frank Mor
rison, Ernest Porter. Julius Fisher.
George Fisher. M. L. Cannon, ,T. G.
Parks. Henry Winecoff and Jesse L.
Jobnsou.
Despondent Girl Begs to Be Electrocut
ed.
Nashville, Teun., June o.—Acting on
the appeals 'of a Tennessee girl, who
begged that the state allow her to be
“drugged into insentibility and electro
cuted,” Governor Peay has announced
that the young woman is now a ward
of the state and is receiving treatment
in one of the state hospitals.
Her despondent plea to be killed
aroused much public interest and the
governor received of letters
in regard to the case from many states.
PENSY’ STATION IN
PHILADELPHIA K
DAMAGED BY BLAZE
Fire Practically Destroyed
Train Shed at Broad Street
Station, and Also Burned
Some Mail and Coaches
NO ONE INJURED
DURING THE FIRE
General Offices, the Waiting
Rooms and Ticket Offices
Not Damaged.— Several
Firemen were Overcome.
Philadelphia. June 11. —Fire early to
day practically destroyed the train shed
of the Broad Street station, the Phila
delphia terminus of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. A quantity of mail and bag
gage. and a number of passenger coaches,
also were burned.
The flames spread westward, but did
not reach the main building containing
the waiting rooms and ticket offices.
These were damaged by water. The
general offices were not damaged.
There is no official estimate of the
loss, but it was believed it would ap
proximate SI,(MU).01)0.
A large number of firemen were over
come by smoke, but no one was seriously
injured.
Outgoing trains were delayed several
hours.
Several Trains Catch Fire.
Philadelphia. June 11. —Passengers oc
cupying sleeping cars in tln* train shell
at .the Broad Street station of tin* I’een
sylvahia railroad were routed out of
their berths early today by a tire which
started under tin* she.d and poured
dense columns of black smoke into all
parts of the building. A few minutes
after the tire was discovered the shed
burst into flames in two or three placejf.
Five alarms were Bounded summoning
all the tin* lighting forces in the center
of the city.
Approximately thirty trains were-in
the shed "and several caught tire before
they could be moved to safety. Great
excitement prevailed amongst passengers
waiting to board outgoing trains until
they were ordered from the building by
the firemen.
The blaxe started shortly after 1 a. m..
an hour later the entire tran shod was
in flames and the baggage room, just
outside the waiting room on the second
floor, also was burning. One passenger,
overcome by smoke, was taken to a hos
pital. A number of firemen, olso have
been overcome.
At 2 o'clock another alarm was sound
ed. bringing practically all the tire appa
ratus in tht* city to the scene. Hun
dreds of streams of water were poured
on the flames, which shot high into the
air .and made it as light as day for
blocks on all sides of the big structure.
Fire Chief Davis said lie feared the
roof, of metal and glass and covering
nearly a city block, would collapse at
any minute.
The file spread to the mail room un
der tin* train shod, between 11th and
l(sth streets. Scores of men with
trucks wen* working to remove the mail
but tin* blaze drove them put before they
had finished the job.
The flashes appeared to be spreading
westward, away from the station proper,
which is located directly across flic
street from the city hall, one of the
largest municipal buildings in the world.
Entrance to the station for trains is
on an .elevated structure from tin*
Schuylkill river, approximately eight
blocks. Fnder the tracks for about
three blocks are incoming express sta
tions and mail rooms.
England BnHvs Lake of Beer.
London, June 11.—The total number
of bulk barrels of peer brewed during
the year ending March ”1 was 22.384,328
in England and Wales. 1.45)8.335) in
Scotland. 2.(584.28(5 in Ireland, making
a total of 2(5.(51(5.5)13. These figures
were given offifficially in answer to a
question in Parliamentary Papers. ,
Charged With Killing Ship’s Commander.
Lisbon. June 0 (By flip Associated
Press). —The second officer of the S. S.
Brave Soeur. is under arrest at Oporto,
according to a message received here, on
a charge of killing the commander of the
vessel, the wireless operator, and an
other officer and wounding a seaman and
a passenger while on the high seas.
Approves Power Company Project.
Washington. June 8,' —Final approval
lias been given by the Federal power coin
mission to the project of the Alabama In
terstate Power Co., to be located on the
Tallapoosa River at Cherokee Bluffs. A
permanent license was i.ssu(*d today, arid
work will be started about June 15th.
President Will Review Battle Meet.
Washington. D. (’.. June!). —President
Harding will review the I niteil Spites
battle fleet off Seattle July 27, it be
came known today When the Navy de
partment issued orders for the concen
tration of the various units of the fleet
in that locality. .
President off on Trip.
Washington, June i).—President and
Mrs. Harding and a party of friends left
tit 5) o'clock this morning on a regular
•train for a visit to "Wilmington, Dover.
Milford and Lewes, Delaware.
Had Sulphuric Acid to Use on Officers.
Greensboro. June 6. —When a young
man here giving his name as Sam Jones
f was arrested with a case of liquor, lie
also had a jar of sulphuric acid, for
the purpose of throwing it jn the eyes
of any person who might try to arrest
him. it was charged. He was fined
S7OO today.
Lord Curzon Offers Plan
To Settle All Disputes
* FIVE KILLED IN *
* OCCUPIED REGION *
X . 4?
4: Berlin. June 11 (By the Associ- *fc
ated Press). —Five civilians were 4?
shot dead and one seriously wound- 4?
rK eil in Dortmund last night, accord- jfc
ing to semi-official advices. It is 4:
not -stated who was responsible, al- 4;
4: though the reports advised that 4
4 troop reinforcements, have arrived 4
4 and occupied the city hall, and 4
4 more than- 100 pet sons are under 4
4 arrest.
4 *
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THE NORTH CAROLINA
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
Great Meeting Is to Be Held in StsUes
ville June 19-21.
Statesville. June 11. —Preparations for
tin* twenty-first annual convention of
the North Carolina Merchants Associa
tion here June 19-21, inclusive, have
been completed, and, according to an
announcement of J. Paul Leonard, ex
ecutive secretary, the session is expect
ed to be one of the most important eyer
held by the organization.
,"1 am particularly pleased with the
prospects for successful group meetings
this year," said Mr. Leonard. "These
group meetings should and will even
tually probably prove the, very best fea
ture of t>he state conventions. I hope
the merchants coming to the meeting
will- make it a point to arrive in time
to attend tin* group session in ,which
they- are most interested. In the fu
ture. I hope we may have additional
group meetings, including advertising
and display men, jewelers, druggists and
others.
"North Carolina's new secretary of
state. W. X. Everett, is one of our most
popular men. both privately and public
ly. and having been engaged in busi
ness. as well as in public affairs, his
talk to us on the business of running
a staff; will undoubtedly be of great
value.
"Charles F. Xesbit. Washington, al
ready is known to a good many North
Carolina business men. having spoken in
several of our towns and cities, and
having at one time had interests in this
state. He is an insurance counselor
of national reputation. He was for
merly insurance commissioner for the
District of Columbia and organized the
war risk insurance for the government.
He has spoken throughout the country
on insurance and ecenomic subjects, and
has been prominent in the Young Men's
Christian Association and Boy Scout
work.
"TV. T. Harrison, merchant and pub
lic spirited citizen of Rockingham, a
member of the State Senate, is a good
speaker who thinks before he speaks."
Mr. Leonard called attention to the
address to be made by Bertram Reinitiz,
editor of a trade paper published in
New York, asserting that the editor is
known in the mercantile world as an
authority iu the garment trade. Wil
liam I'erlstein. Raleigh, is another of
the speakers on the program and—-will
have as his subject: "A Message to
Your Employees." J. I*. I). Withers.
Hollis, and J. F. O'Crowley are among
tin* other speakers. Ernest- (J. Hast
ings managing editor of The Dr. Good
Economist, has advised Mr. Leonard
that he is in doubt as to whether he will
he able to attend.
“We are neither in the mountains,
nor on the seashore but in the glorious
Piedmont foothills," reads a letter
signed by Statesville business men for
mailing to members* of the association,
uring attendance at the convention. "No
surf, but a whale of a community swim
ming pool. Big lake. too. a few miles
away. Fishing and boating. Bathing
suits and fishing tackles will fit in fine.
Tlfeere is recreation being planned so
that you will have enough pleasure in
jected into flic occasion to make a good
time."
The program of the association, ac
cording'to the secretary, has been on
a broad, general plane and not confined
to the interests of the merchants alone.
Approximately 2.000 business men and
others are members of the organization,
which was formed more than it score
of years ago.
“Ever since the organization was
formed.” said Mr. Leonard,.“a score of
years ago. it has backed up every great
movement looking to the development
of North Carolina and the betterment
of conditions in general. Merchants
and business men of the finest type have
headed the association, and just as the
better merchants of a local community
are usually the leading spirits for the
good of the community so have the bet
ter merchants of the state guided the
destinies of the North Carolina Mer
chants association."
Hero Dies Shortly After Saving Three.
Jacksonville; Fla.. June 10. —Fifteen
minutes after lie had rescued three wo
men from drowning at Pablo Beach,
this afternoon, W. T. Angell; 41. drop
jM*d dead as the result of heart trouble
caused bjv the exertion. f
The women were being carried out
to sea by the undertow. Responding ro
their screams for assistance. Angell got
a lilfe buoy and brought them back safe
ly. He died whil!e still being congratu
lated.
Miss Ruth McLlnn. of Philadelphia,
is the guest of Misses Constance and
Olivet Cline at their home on East
Corbin Street. Miss McLinn. who has
a large number of friends in Concord,
is an accomplished pianist. having
studied under some of the best masters
in this country and in Europe. Dur
ing the past year she Was with the
Brearley School, iu New York City,
and studied under Arthur Whiting and
Harold Bauer. She has a studio in
New York City.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
, France to Accept Lat
i est German Proposal as a
Basis for Further Confer
ences on Reparations.
GERMANS /WOULD
MAKE CONCESSION
Plan Would Require Ger
many to Change Orders
Passive Resist-?
ance to French in Ruhr.
London, June 11 (By tin* Associated
Press). — Lord ('urzon had an important
I conference with the French ambassador
this morning the British foreign secre
i tary urging tfoat the French government
accept Berlin's latest reparations pro
i posals as a basis for negotiations. If
France will do this. Lord ('urzon will
inform (let-many, it was stated, of the
French government's willingness to dis-
I cuss tin 1 problem eolltetively with the
1 allies.
i Great Britain, it was then explained,
i will endeavor to obtajn from Berlin a
pledge of the cancellation of the orders
for passive resistance in the Ruhr which
Prime Minister Poincare has named its
a condition precedent to any pourpar
lers. If Germany agrees to this steps
will be taken to convoke international
conference for settlement of the . whole
dispute.
Will Discuss Reparations.
• Paris, .June 11 (By the Associated
Pressß-=No reply to the recent (lerman
note is considered necessary so far as_
France is Concerned, it was announced at
the foreign offiffiee this momrning. but if
the allies desire to improve the opportun
itl to resume a general discussion of the
reparations question France is ready.
A reply by the ullies in common, it is
held in official circles, would require
probably several weeks of negotiation be
cause of the ]H>ssibility of their uniting
in answer until they themselves come to
an arrangement.
| The only united action by the allies
now feasible in the view of France, it
was said, would be a common notice to
Germany that she must cease her pas
sive resistance to execution of the trea
ty of Versailles. Afterwards the allies
would have the leisure to go all over the
problem if they were not disposed to
do so. but France will insist if discus
sions are—resumed that they proceed on
a bassis of the French conditions as set
forth in January.
IMPROVED SERVICE
IS PROMISED SOON
In Trains 21 and 22 and Trains 4o and
4H of the Southern System. .
Raleigh, June 11. —Effective June 17
the Southern Railway has agreed to put
a dining car on trains 21 and’22 be
tween Greensboro and Asheville via
Winston-Salem, and coincident with this
will operate a Pullman parlor, car be
tween Goldsboro and Asheville via High
Point, and Salisbury on trains Ifi and
-4(5. Corporation Commissioner George
Pell announced today.
DRV AGENTS OF THIS
STATE SHOW ACTIVITY
Captured 144 Stills and Poured Out
Much Liquor and Beer During May.
Salisbury. June 11.—Federal prohibi
tion agents operating in North Caroli
na captured 144 illicit distilleries dur
ing may and poured out 1,740 gallons of
liquor and 102.f»lf» gallons of beer, ac
cording to announcement this morning
by State Prohibition Director Coltrane.
These figures indicate a slight in
crease over the previous month this year.
Eight automobiles were seized, forty
seven arrests made, and one hundred for
ty-two prosecutions 'recommended.
Forced to Give Blood to Save Wife He
Cllt.
Cicago, June 10.— In what was term
ed by the police today to be tin un
paralle'ed case of retributive justice, a
husband who bad attempted to kill his
wife was forcibly held and unwillingly
made to give his blood to save, the lib*
Ihe had trie i to take.
As the climax to a family quarrel
Theodore Marty cut the throat of his
wife. Martha, and tied. At a .hospital it
was announced that an immediate blood
transfusion would he necessary to save
| Mrs. Marty.
j As a call for volunteers was about
[to be* _jcenf out detectives arrived with
I Marty. Tin y forcibly carried him to the
! operating room.two quick incisions were
I made and tlu transfusion completed.
'Mrs. Mariy will live*, the doctors slid.
Found Genuine 801 l Weevil.
R. I). Goodman, county farm agent,
has been advised by the* State Depart*
ment| of Agriculture tllnjj the* i usu^-r
found here several days ago on a stalk
of cotton on the farm of L. A. Pharr is
a genuine boll weevil. The State Agri
cultural Department is anxious to get as
many genuine weevils as possible to de
termine just where the insect is actual
ly at work. This is the only genuine
boll weevil brought te> Mr. Goodman this
year, be states, although several other
I insects resembling the weevil have been
| examined by hirn.
St. James Week-Day Bible School.
The week-day Bible school of St.
James Church opened this morning with
nine teachers present and a large at
tendance of pupils. A fine spirit Win
j shown and much interest manifested.
The first half hour was given over te*
songs and devotional service. The pu
| pi)p and teachers are getting right down
,to work and a most profitable school
is anticipated. This school will last
for two weeks, two hours each day, be
ginning at 1) o'clock and cloning at 11
o’clock. The school is open to the pub
t lie and any one in the community is
j most heartily invited to attend. The
j literature and everything will beTree.
NO. 97.