PAGE FOUR she Concord Times Entered as second gtass wall matter It the postofflce at Concord, N. C.» ■!»- der the Act of March 3» 1870. Published Mondays and Thursday. I. B. SHERRILL., Editor and Publisher W. M. SHERRILL, Associate Editor Special Representative FROST, LANDIS & KOHS 225 Fifth Avenue, New York Peoples Gas Building, Chicago, 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta 1-1 RAILROAD SCHEDULE In Effect April 20. 1023. NORTHBOUND *Co 136 To Washington 5:00 A. M. No! 36 To Washington 10:55 A. M. No. 4 6 To Danville- Tfn S' vJ' No 12 To Richmond < :10 P. M. No 32 To Washington 8:28 P. M- No 38 To Washington 9:30 P. M. SOUTHBOUND No. 45 To Charlotte, 4:35 P. M. No. 35 To Atlanta 10.06 P. M. No. ,29 To Atlanta 2:52 A. M. No. 31 To Augusta A. 51. No. 33 To New Orleans B‘-R LM. No. 11 To Charlotte 9:0o A. M. /s T o. 135 To Atlanta 9:la P. M. time of closing of mails. The time of the closing of mails at the Concord postofflce is as follows: Northbound. Train No. 44—11 p. m. Train No. 3G—10:30 a. m. ~ Train No. 12—0:30 p. m. Train No. 35—7:30 p. m. Train No. 30—11 p. m. Southbound. Train No. 37—9:30 a. m. Train No. 45—3 00 p. m. Train No. 135—9:00 p. m. Train No. 29—11.00 p. m. Bible Thought For The Day X() MORE WAltNation shall nut lift up sword against nation, neither sliall they learn war any* more— Isaiali 2:4. A STANLY-COl NTY VIEW. The Stanly "New—Herald takes issue with The Uplift and The Tribune and Times in regard to the proposed paved road from Albemarle to Charlotte. The News-Hera hi quotes from a recent edi torial iWliicli appeared in this paper and The Uplift.-which stated that "the high way law anticipates the linking up of the several counties of the State in a scheme,of dependable ■ roads in all seas ons: that the idea of the law was to build roads connecting ihe county seats of the State." and then goes on to ask the quest ion. "but what lias this to do with the building of a hard-surfaced road from Albemarle to* CharlotteV" It has much to do with it. The spirit of the highway law, we contend, was to connect adjoining counties by construct- , ing hard-surfaced roads between the county seats. Stanly and Mecklenburg counties are not adjoining. If Cabar- ( rus county did not have to be crossed. . there might be reason for the construe- ( tion of the Albernarle-Cbarlotte road, but we have no idea that* the legislators who- ; passed the highway hill ever conceived , the thought that the money raised from the bill would be used to connect such cities as Albemarle, and Charlotte, when ( the law very plainly contains provisions for hard-surfaced roads from Charlotte to Concord and front Concord to Albe- . marie. If the roads between the county , seats of adjoining counties are to be ( paved, and certainly no one can contend that the law does not call for this, and then all other -‘‘‘convenient" roads are to he hard-surfaced also, the State will need much more than $<>5,000,000. The. News-Herald points out . that Al bemarle now has fine roads connecting with the county scats <>f Montgomery. Anson. Union. Rowan and Cabarrus counties and .uses this as an argument 1 that it should have one also with Meck lenburg county. Ho\v~ many of these excellent roads were built with State highway moneyV Stanly county has a right to build a road connecting with the Mecklenburg road, as she built the roads connecting with the counties nam ed above, but State Highway money shouldn't he used for if: State Highway money shouldn’t be used to construct any road, we contend, until ail roads leading from county seats of adjoining counties . have been hard-surfaced. If the road from Albemarle to Char lotte has to he built why not hard-sur face the county-seat-to-eount-y-seat roads in [Manly tirsr, and then take what is left and build the road ? If it is right for Mr. Wilkinson to take State highway money and connect Albemarle and Charlotte. by crossing Cabarrus County it is also right for him to order a hard-surfaced’ road from ,Concord to Stat-svilie. Such a road would have to cioss part of Rowan coufi ty, and we feet certain that the people of Rowan would not want him to take part of Rowan's 'money and build such ! a road. The m<>uej Mr. Wilkinson would spend on lower Caban us is being taken from the county's share of the highway fund. The News-Herald says that Albemarle has been hemmed iu l&ug enough any! Un people there determined two or three years ago to get excellent roads leading iu every direction. Therefore. they •want to take {state highway money and build a road to Charlotte. Cabarrus people want-to get an excellent road in every direction, also. They, would like to have a paved road direct to Monroe, and another direct to Statesville, but they do not think the State Highway money can be spent for them. Cabarrus and 4 uion are contiguous counties, yet Mr. W ilkiusoit thinks we should go through to 'get ‘to Monroe or else■ build ourUAvif road, to the-capital of Union. JJnder the; present law we either have to go to'Salisbury- or Char lotte to get to Statesville on a paved road. Either route is many miles long er than the direct cut across the lower edge of Rowan. If the lower edge ()t Ca barrus is to be repaired and put in ex cellent shape by highway money, why can't the same money be spent on lower Rowan? The roaC would give the peo ple a road to western North Carolina via Newton, Hickory and Morganton. The money is not being spent on this road because everyone recognizes that the law was not intended to cover such cases. The State law primarily was en acted to connect adjoining counties and in most instances we think it is doing that. The News-Herald says “we think Commissioner Wilkinson is doing ex actly what the road law contemplates, connecting up coiij/guous counties, seemingly losing sight of the fact that Stanly and Mecklenburg are no! contig uous. RUMORS TO BE EXPECTED. It is only natural that rumors of Bax ter Durham’s resignation should be started throughout the State. As State Auditor Mr. Durham has had his hooks and accounts audited recently by the act of the last (Jeneral Assembly, and as is the case in most instances, when an in vestigation of his department got under way rumors of his resignation started the rounds. Let any department under go an investigation . and immediately fhere are rumors that its head \yill re sign. v Mr. Durham has been in a hospital recently, and this fart has been used as an excuse for his resignation, while the public generally feels that the manors were started because some one thought, or wanted to make people think they thought something was wrong in Mr. Durham’s office. The Auditor in a re cent statement made emphatic denial of resignation rumors, and stated that ho expects td keep on the job. From hints the auditors who who ex amined the State's finances made, there will bo no reason for any one to feel alarm. It is reported from Raleigh that one of the auditors told State Treasurer Lacy that their report "probably would please him better, than one lie could make himself." That certainly indicates that everything is o. k. with tlie -finances of North Carolina. SHOULD THINK OF OTHERS. City officials are trying now to impress upon merchants and heads of other bus iness houses in this city the need and importance of keeping the sidewalks clean in front of their places of busi ness. Rut at the same time they want the clean condition to exist with as lit tle inebnveniencp as possible to the pub lic. The sidewalks are swept all right, it is pointed out. but little care and judgment is used. The complaint seems to have foundation. Persons walking" down the business sections early in the j mornings or about I<> o'clock on Satur day nights are forced to walk through dust created by flip sweepers. No ef fort lias been made to keep the dust down, and under the plan-followed in the past, the person who passes the area being swept was certain to get the dust and dirt op his person and clothes. It would require but little effort and time for the sidewalks to be sprinkled or treated with some dustdown prepara tion before the sweeping is started. The expense would be small t*»o. Such a method would not only result in dean sidewalks, but it would result in less dirt and dust and a cleaner town. Busi ness men should think of other people when having their sidewalks cleaned. ANYTHING FOR HARMONY. President Harding within the past few months has had much to say about his international court plan. In practically every public utterance since he first sponsored the plan, he has pointed out the necessity of American support for his proposal. And now conies Senator Watson, of Indiana, one of the most in flujmtial of the Republican leaders, with tlTe announcement that reservations will be attached to Mr. .Harding’s first pro posal. The reservations are to be tack ed on to save the Republican party. Harmony. That is the keynote of the Republican party at present. By put ting the reservations on the court pact the President will he getting his '.plans through, the Senate will be getting its modifications, the Republican party will he getting harmony, and the public will he getting nothing. The reservations will take away all effect of the court plans, but what does that matter in comparison with party harmony? ‘‘lt is a delightful prospect because it means party harmony.” the New York Times says. "For the purpose of se curing that supreme object, the Presi dent is expected to assent to the reserva tions of the Senate after they have done their worst. The World Court is a great project, a dawning fulfillment of j the desire of all nations, hut it must sink I into insignificance compared with the unity of the Republican party. To as sure and perpetuate that, a thousand reservations would be too few for Sena tors patriotically to sacrifice for the sake of their beloved country.” Ml ST HAVE,BEEN Gl ESS WORK. Tlh» list of “authorities” called in by Secretary 'Wallace to figure out how *■ many acres of cotton the farmers ‘in , tended to plant this year, has been made : public, and after learning something of * them, especially of their home and work. =, it seems reasonable to say theft- was : ; guesswork. There are eighteen names * !<>n the Jist and it includes four New * | York bankers, some professors at Har l'-vard, Yale and Cornell, and others seat ? j tered from Philadelphia iu the East to - | Des Moines in the West, most of whom l j probably’never.saw a cotton field. Among - ( the eighteen there is not a man from the * , South and ouly one is a eottou man. - j The whole thing reminds us of a - statement we saw in a newspaper re * cently, that newspaper declading ‘{the proceeding was about as sensible as it would be to get eighteen men from ica to estimate the amount of snow that will fall in Saskatchewan "next year.” The whole thing has been unusual and has caused much dissatisfaction in the Jiisr why Secretary Wallace should give out such a report as his de partment issued is hard to understand. And it. is even harder to understand why he did not get experts for the work if he were determined to get data and make it public. There are men in the South who could have told him just what he wanted to know, but in all probabil ity they would not have wanted to serve had they known the nature of the re port to be made following -their investi gation. The crop estimates of the Agriculture Department iu most instances are inac curate. but this forecast as to what the farmers of the South “intend” to do is the limit iu this direction. For whose benefit was the report issued? It could not help the farmer any. and there are people who feel that it has cost bin? mil lions of dolors, for with cotton experts calculating the cotton yield on the re port of these northerners the price of cotton has- been affected by the report. If it has not helped the farmer, then who has been the beneficiary? > If the government is to continue this policy of fortune-telling it is to be hop ed that men “on the ground.” men who can -see for themselves, will he called in to give testimony and advice. Southern railway officials some time ago notified officials of Concord that they were going to repair all their grade crossings in the city. We do not know whether or not they have pretended to keep this promise, but we do know they have not done it. The crossing at the passenger station is in bad shape, and the right-of-way just southwest of the tracks is in miserable shape. There are huge holes from one side of the road to the other and such holes are dangerous in their location, just at the approach to the tracks. It would not take much time or money for this road to be fixed. In fact it would not take much time or money to get all of tin* crossings in good shape, and a good crossing is safer than a rough one. COST 5100.000.000 TO ENFORCE N. Y, PROHIBITION Canfield Tells Dylan That It Will Take All of Tluit to Replace 25.0ff0 Peace Officers. New York. June X. —Enforcement of prohibition in New York State by fed eral officers would cost $100,000,000 jin niially. Prohibition Director Canfield de clared today in a letter to Mayor Dylan, thanking him for his promise ot co operation from local police. "Then* are 25,000 peace officers in New York state." Mr. Canfield wrote. "To duplicate this force would cost tlie government $100,000,000. If this were done in every state it would cost a bil lion dollars annually. "I accept your assurance of every pos sibe co-operation. The failure of the police officers of New York to actively enforce the federal prohibition act would stimulate and promote other crimes, such as assaults, disorderly conduct, public intoxication and similar crimes which have materially decreased since prohibit ion. "It is not only a ’matter of helping the government hut of helping yourself. Law defiance is highly contagious and tin* weakening of law enforcement at one point weakens the entire structure. ‘Governor Smith lias already issued a warning, in which he said that repeal of the state law did not in the slightest degree lessen the responsibility of peace officers to enforce the Volstead act. I think you for your promise to enforce this law in the same degree as other law's." BAXTER DURHAM REFUTES STORY HE MAY RESrGN State Auditor Is Recuperating From Attack of Influenza. Asheville. June 7. —Major Baxter Durham, slate auditor. who arrived here today to spend a few days re cuperating from a recent attack of influenza, stated tonight that lie had no intention of resigning, as indicated in news stories mining from Raleigh. Major Durham also stated that he had no apprehension over the forthcoming report of special auditors appointed to investigate an alleged deficit in the state treasury, insofar as his office is concerned. Major Durham, after fight ing for a modern system of bookkeeping for the state for many years, during which lie was employed in tin* auditors office, in 1!)21. is declared to have aided materially in bringing about the pas sage of a bill in tjie legislature which provides for installation of entire new system of bookkeeping. Governor Recuperates at Cleveland Springs. Shelby. .June S. —Governor Cameron Morrison arrived iu Shelby from Ashe ville on Wednesday and spent, several days at Cleveland Springs, leaving Shel by today. Other than his statement made in Asheville, that a favorable re port by the boat line commission would result in his calling for a special session of the legislature and that lie is well pleased with results obtained through the prison investigation now under way. lie bail nothing to say in regard to State affairs. The governor, who said he was tried out when lie left Raleigh sev eral days ago, was resting and his ap pearance indicated that he is feeling bet ter as a result. He looked much fresh er as he arrived in Shelby Wednesday than he did as he passed through last week en route to Asheville. Mrs. Sarah A. Conboy. secretary of the United Textile Workers of America, is one of the directors of the Federation Hank of New York, the banking insti -1 tution recently established in the metropolis by organized labor. Howell’s Community Meeting Thursday Night, 14th. * • |, Song. Recitation —Bessie L. Hartsell. Reeiation— C. W. Host, .Tr. Recitation —Willie Ruth Bost. Song—Ho For Carolina Pc.ntcwr.ine —“Bachelors' Troubles.” Address by Rev. "Bob" Swaringen. fTHE CONCORD TIMES AN INTERESTING RECORD ’The Uplift. 1 Rev. W. Hampton Eubanks, pastor of Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church in Ca barrus County.-has contributed to the Presbyterian Standard an article boar | ing on this old historical church, its j cemetery and gives valuable information 1 about the part played in the Meckleu -1 burg Declaration of Independence by a former pastor of this church and whose . remains lie buried in that church's cem etery. Its a small margin at {imes in locat ing and naming a historical event. Hud our forefathers been just a little quick er in setting up this territory as a coun ty. cut off from Mecklenburg, that fam ous. document might have borne another name. To bo known in history as the Cabarrus Declaration of Independence would sound real good even at this late day. As it is, it seems pretty certain that he who wrote that great document j lived, labored, died and is buried in a J section now embraced by Cabarrus coun ty. j No one, unless his soul be dead to the nobler things of life, can walk among the tombs of the heroes of the American j Revolution without feeling a thrill of emotion, a feeling that he is treading up ion holy ground, ground made sacred by j the dust of those mighty deeds and great j sacrifices* in the cause ‘of civil and re ligious liberty entitle them to over-last- ; ing remembrance and their names to bo! revered as long as the spirit of liberty { shall live in the hearts of men. It is with su?-h feeling that one visits! the historic old church and cemetery of i Poplar Tent—a spot rich in history that 1 should be dear to every true lover of lib-j erty'but especially to every North Car-j olinian whose ancestors lived on North j Carolina soil during the trying days of j the Revolutionary war. Poplar Tent, near the city of Con-! cord, is one of the oldest churches in, the state. It was organized in the year 17<*4. Its first pastor was Rev. Ileze-' kiah James Raich, who was licensed by the Presbytery of Donegal in the year' 17G(>.'and ordained by the same Preshy-j tery in 17G9. In the year of his ordi-j nation he was installed as pastor of Pop-j lar 'Pent and Rooky River Churches and! continued in the same pastorate until I his death in the early part of 177*>. Ho , was buried m the center of Poplar Tent j cemetery after the inolosure had been, carefully measured in order that the ecu-1 ter might be accurately located. But | his? grave is not now in the center, us | the cemetery has been enlarged. Mr. Balch was a man of considerable ability and force of character, as subse- \ quent events demonstrated. He was a I holding spirit in the Mecklenburg con- j volition, which met at Charlotte. May 20. 1775. and was appointed together with ' two others—Ephraim Brevard and Wrw. ] i Kennpn, Esq., a sub-committee, to draw [ up a paper expressing the sentiments and will of the convention in its stand against British oppression. The paper they , handed in shows their zeal, faith and ability, for it was none other, than that immortal document. "The Mecklenburg, Declaration J*t Independence." Not only did Hezekiali James Balch • serve on the committee that prepared' the' Moeklenlnffg Declaration, hut ac- j cording to Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack and Al bert Franklin White, be was the real an- ' thor of that declaration. Ephraim Bre vard. whom history has credited with the authorship, was a clerk of the commit-j tee and merely copied the draft written • by Mr. Balch. The proof of this state- i incut has been published by the two min- | iste'rs above named. They are quoted by Morrison Caldwell Esq., iu "A Fore word," written by him and published in j a reprint of “A Historical Sketch of Rocky River Church. Fsfoan 1775 t| 17x5." by Rev.;.las. B. Mack. I>. I). The j Mecklenburg Declaration was not only , drafted by Poplar Tent's pastor, but was j signed by five of her members, part of 1 whom were elders. They were. Benja- ] min Patton. Zacheus Wilson. John Phi- i fer, David Reese and Robert Harris. | Mr. Balch left no descendant to be; called by his name, and for many years j iiis grave was without a creditable 111011- j umeut. "But in the year 1X47. a num ber of citizens met at Poplar Tent on the occasion of a railroad meeting, con sisting of the late Judge Osborne, Dr. Charles W. Harris, now no more, and several others > yet living, where atten tion was drawn to the fact that there j was no monument to mar.k Mr. Balch's , grave; whereupon the fund was imme diately raised to build a suitable monu ment." The work was done soon after this meeting. The grave was located for the monument by Mr. Abijam Alexan der. who was more than ninety (90) years of age. Mr. Alexander was there-, fore about twenty (2(*l yours old whotf Mr. Balch was buried and therefore re collected very distinctly the time and place of his burial. In addition to the history here quoted, we have the.follow ing from the pen of Mr. C. T. Allison, now an elder at Poplar Tent. Mr. Alli son says ;■ "lii a conversation I had with the late .Julius Melchor, of Mooresville. X. C.. a few years before his death, he said, *1 was about twenty (20) years old Mr. Alexander pointed out Mr. Balch's .grave for the location of the monument. And was with him at the time and heard him say that he was per sonally acquainted with Mr. Balch and was at his (Balch's) burial.' Mr. Mel chor was horn Julv 27. 1X27. and died in 1917." Unfortunately there has arisen some confusion iu the minds of a number of people in other states as to the place of Mr, Balch's burial. In fact there are traditions connected with at least two other church cemeteries, each in a dif ferent state, and each claiming to have the tomb of the Balch of Mecklenburg fame. However, it is easily seen how tin's confusion arose when we take into con sideration the following facts: In what was then the Synod of the Carolinas, there were three ministers of the name of Balch, one of which had both the given namCs of the- other two. They’ Sea Monster, Weighing About 20.000 Pounfls, Hard to Land. Miami* Fla., June 10. —A message received today from, Imng Key, where yesterday a .sea: monster estimated j; to weigh 20.1)00 pounds was' harpooned—by party of fiishermen, ' stated - that the .battle to. get it ashore still was in pro gress. More animation: was received by i the party today after 50 shots had been j tired into the monster last night and it ; still showed fight. | The fish was classified a*, belonging to the class of rhynodou by Louis Mow wore: Heziah Baleh, James Batch, and Hezekiah James Raich Heziah and James were theological opponents at the meeting of Synod. Heziah Baleh was re ceived as a licentiate from the Presby tery of New Castle, on March 7? 1771, into Hanover Presbytery, which, at that time, attended over the whole country south of the Potomac. He was receiv ed and ordained at the same meeting of Presbytery which was held at Buffalo Church. 'When Orange Presbytery was set off from Hanover all three of the Balehs became members of Orange Presbytery. And as late as 1788. both Heziah and James Baleh were members of Orange, Presbytery, which was twelve (12) years after the death of Hezekiah James Raich at Poplar Tent. It is absolutely certain therefore, that it was neither of the oth er Raichs which was buried at Poplar Tent in 1770. as they were living, as above stated, in 1788, and many years after. , Later we find (after 1788) both Hez iah and James Raich, in the Presbytery ~of Abingdon, which was* mainly in Ten.- nessee. Later Abingdon Presbytery was ilivided iuto the Presbyteries of Abing don and Union. From these Presbyteries 1 one, and perhaps both of them went west ward. And it is their tombs of which has been mistaken for that of Hezekiah : James Raich, their names being so near 'alike. Also they were both active, as al most every Presbyterian minister was at I that time, in the cause of independence, j These facts are further sustained by Mr. C. T. Allison, of Poplar Tent, in an ! article published in The Concord Trib ; vino, which contained correspondence with i authorities in Indiana, where one of the | Raichs is buried. | Aside from these facts there is no ev ! idence whatever of either H,eziah or I James Baleh having labored in Mecklen burg County, at that, or any other time. But the Raich of the* Mecklenburg Con ! volition was laboring in Mecklenburg . County. Mecklenburg, at that time, in-' ; eluded the present County of Cabarrus. ! Poplar Tent Church, which is about 20 | miles from Charlotte and in Cabarrus i County, was therefore in Mecklenburg j County at the time of the convention. In support of what is here written tin 1 I reader is referred to the following an [thorities: Sketches of North Carolina," ;by Rev. Win. 11. Foote. See especially j pages 281,'207 and 440. This work was ! published inlN4o. "The Cliar i aider of Rev. David Caldwell. I). I).. ; pages !>(► and 127. This biography was published in 1N42. Also the “Historical sketrli of Poplar Tent." by Wm. S. Har ris. Pages 5 and (5: published in 1873. Poplar Telit Church, though the word “Ichabod" might he written over her door, for her glory is largely in the past, is still alive and doing a good work. Her resident membership is ISO, and is well represented on every Sabbath. Her ‘Wo man's Missionary Society," which was organized in 1817. is still “Carrying on." This society is doubtless the oldest of its kind in the state and perhaps in the South. Space forbids mentioning the roll of pastors of this church, many of which were among the most distinguished men in the Southern Stall's for their piety, education and general usefulness. Chief among these was Rev. John Robinson. I>. I>.. who was called to Poplar-Tent from, the Presbyterian Church of Fay etteville. X. C.. in the year 1801. Dr. Robinson was a prince of preachers and an educator of tremendous influence. Dur ing his pastorate of 30 years at Poplar Tent he taught a classical school n(*ar the church, which became famous iin his day. And according to Harris’ His tory of Poplar Tent Church it is to be doubted whether any college in the state since that day has turned out in any f*o years of its history as many distinguish ed men as did Dr. Robinson's school. XM only lack of space but time would fail me to teil of the work done here during the pastorates of such men as Drs. Pharr of North Carolina: Thorn well. of South Carolina. Penick. of Vir ginia by adoption. Suminerell. of North Carolina, whose bow still abides in strength. And of- many others who wrought* faithfully in time for a har vest in eternit.vy. I leave them to be honored by a grateful posterity and with the hope that a pen more gifted yet than has hitherto been wielded will some day place their names where they so righly deserve to be. May 1 say with the ex travagance of a poet's,license, “Far up the heights of deathless falne." This tomb is in the cemetery of Pop lar Tent Presbyterian Church, near Con cord. X. C. Mr. Raich was installed pastor of Pop lar Tent Church in 17(»!> and ended his pastorate by death in 177(>„ This monument was placed over his grave in 1847. The grave was located for the monument by Mr. Abijah Alex ander. who was tin'll more than 1)0 years of age. Mr. Alexander was about 20 years of age when Mr. Baleh was bur ied and therefore recollected very dis tinctly the. time and place of his burial. The inscription on the tomb is as fol lows: Beneath this Marble rejKise the mortal remains of the REV. HEZEKIAH J. BALCH first pastor, of Poplar Tent congregation and one of the original members of Orange Presbyterv. He was a licensed preacher of the 1 everlasting Gospel by the Presbytery of Donegal in 17. ordained to the full work oH the holy ministry iii 17(H) and rested from his labors A. I). 177(>. hav ing been the pastor of the united congre gation of Poplar Tent and Rocky River about seven years. He was distinguished as one of the committee of three who prepared that i immortal document the Mecklenburg Dec-j laratiou of Independence, and liis elo-J queuce the more effectual from his ac knowledged wisdom, purity of motive and j dignity of character, contributed much to ! the unanimous adoption of that iustru- j meat on the 20th of May, 1775. bray, former director of the Miami aquarium and now connected with the New York aquarium, who is at Long Key. Air. Mowbray hopes to ob tain te fish fork: the American Museum of Natural History and ha< wired to New York for expert taxi iermists. The- message stated that the party was making way slowly to shore, but tonight it was impossible to com municate- with the fisherman and it was not known whether the monster hal been landed. tVIETH ODIST CHURCH , MEMBERS HARD HIT Crash of Mecklenburg Mills and People’s Band at Salisbury Wipes Out Savings. Salisbury, June 10.—Salisbury pass ed a quiet Sunday with, no new de velopments in the situation regarding v the closed banks or the status of the Mecklenburg Mills company. At First Methodist church the pastor. Rev. John F. Kirk, preached to a large congrega tion the same kind of a sermon he .preaced at Statesville immediately fol lowing the great flood of 1010 when such havoc was wrought in that section of the country, and the sermon was as appropriate here today as the one ho used after the flood for members of First church were hit harder and more often by the failure ofthe mills and the closing of the People’s hank than any other group of people in v the county. Several lost practically all they had in the world in the mill crash and scores have'all their savings as well as their cheeking accounts tied up in the closed People's bank. Individual-fosse* to mem bers of this church range from a few dollars to tens of thousands. At the meeting of the Smoot Baraca class, one of the largest organized classes in this section, the teacher, A. L. Smoot, who has taught the class -since its organiza tion. attempted to afFer his resignation because of embarrassment that might arise on account of his connection with the closed bank sis cashier, but he was in terrupted by protests and words of af fection and a general vote of confidence and handshaking followed that was en gaged in by every one present. DEATH OF MR. M. L. FURR Occurred at Mt. Holly This Morning Fol lowing an Illness of a Month. A message from Mt. Holly at 10 o'clock this morning stated that Mr. M. L. Furr had died at his home there, following an illness of several months with heart trou ble. Mr. Furr was,Bl years of age and besides his wife, leaves the following children: R. Z. Furr, of Charlotte; Luth er Furr, of Charlotte; C. M. Furr, of New Orleans: \\, ('. Furr, of George vi lie. and Mrs. S. T. Lineberger. of Greenville, S. (’.. and Mrs. Hugh Michael, of Mt. Holly. Mr. I* ui r was a native of Cabarrus county, and left Cabarrus about thirty years ago and moved to Hickory, where he lived for about three years, after wards going to Mr. Hoty*. where he had made his home*. He was a member of tlie Lutheran church at Mt. Holly, and it is supposed the funeral services will he held from this church tomorrow. He was a good citizen, wirh numbers of friends and relatives who will .regret tod learn <»f his death. ANDERSON MAKES A QUICK RUN TO RALEIGH Remarkable Record on Cross Country Run Made Between Gastonia and Raleigh. Carlotte Observer. Last week Dr. George W. Relk. of Gastonia, had a patient that had to be carried to Raleigh for immediate treatment. Knowing thtit Mr. T. R. Reinhardt of Gastonia operated sev eral Anderson touring cars in public service he called on him to make the trip. Tlh> case being urgent? Mr. Rein ardt was to'd to nay no attention . to over zealous cops or others meddlesome busy-bodies on route. With four pas sengers in the car. Mr. Reinhardt made tlie trip to Raleigh in four hours Hat. The speedometer showed a total of -00 miles including df tours made which made the average running time 50 miles per hbur for four hours without a stop, so far as we know, is a record from Gastonia to Raleigh. Early Applications of Nitrate Pay Rest. 11. 1.. Moss, in Tin* Progressive Parmer. M itli the rapid increase in the use of nitrate pf soda there is coming a much better knowledge of the principles underlying its successful use. The old idea, that nitrate of soda is leached out of the soil and gone a few weeks after its application, is being dispelled. But even so. I believe it is quite safe to say that much nitrate will again be applied too late this year for bast results. M ith cotton under weevil conditions, and this means practically cotton in tli** South now. I doubt tlie wisdom or advisability of side-dressings, except in rare eases where there may be a deep sand soil, with no clay subsoil, or ]h>s sibly where coco or Johnson grass, may be present. .This year, using 400 pounds of acid phosphate and 200 to MOO pounds of nitrate per acre, we are ap plying it all just before planting. ex cept on some small experimental areas, where ■side-dressing will be fried. We had first thought of holding baek about I pounds per acre of nitrate to Ibe used as a side-dressing; but the extra labor required for applying it. with the constant danger of getting it around the cotton too late, because of bad weather r press of other work, led us to decide in favor of putting it all at planting time. With earn, while tin* nitrate snmild lc* around the crop, rather than under it. it is probably true that most side applications are made too late for best results. The best evidence now avail able indicate** that, on an average, ni trate will, pay best on corn when ap plied at tlie time the plants are about two feet high. It is a serious mistake *n . wait until laying-by time or until the : corn is bunching to tassel. Caterpillars Halt Traffic in Oregon^ Albany. Ore.. June 7.—Caterpillars, delayed tl\e Albany-Newport train one I hour and 25 minutes last night.' Che caterpillar army was more than an" inch jdeep on the railway tracks and the I trainmen were unable to run through < their line. The insects are reported to be devastating the coast mountain ! region between Ivldvville and Rlodget | on the Albany-Xewporf road. One man iis reported to have been driven from j his home near Eddyville by the insects. | Carolina University Gets a Grand Piano. Asheville. .Tune S.—The University of North Carolina will have the largest and what is believed the finest piano in j the state, the-gift of Fred 1,. Seely. The -■ instrument will be used for the first j time at the baccalaureate sermon SUn j day .morning. The piano, which is nine and one-half feet long and a concert ' grand, is valued at $2,500 and was purchased by Mr. Seely from the ( Metropolitan Opera house. New York, after it had been used for several pre miere concerts. Monda y. June u, i 923 PHAR.MA( Rl T1( A| f i North and South CareSh^v. . Will Hold Joint Mertin-r ’ I Month. ,!nUri liK J I • Greenville. S. c ( H uual convention of x H Pharnroceutical a -- .•' . . in Textile Hall at <;,.,'X"-n ;il L 20. 27 and 2s. ‘Y lii I The meeting will 1»-i„.?,i • • H .the South Carolina " !! - : U Kg;, H same time there will !„. V'' tb» I Hall Carolina- j ,].._'[[ !! ) which will be the !.,•■■ - ; H tieles sold in drug <• 'if if. H the South. I A great mr.ny |.. : I of the United Sf;Ui> ' ‘‘ ai Gie-, H Others who have Nat- H donated products f ; -, " n«e I and these \vill he' GKt Tau:,, ris I visiting druggists j,« "" ti : - is now determining - . H ing these contribution.. ' '■'•-‘•l- ■' An interesting j,. ranged by the < ;*.,ar- K There will lw a U . ->t ■ to menders ~f the a> ; „ N I orous other entert I be music and dnn.-iag , I Textile hall complin., .-’.i. ryX . I ing druggists. v,i "- B Orphans of the n>TZ~ f , I When the Turks drov. tin I of Asia Minor and bun -...'s I were left in Turkic, h I thirty thousand »ri>!ian ;i' i,.... , ‘ ,;l I had been. Ip-ought up i„ X r; \ I faith and who wetv ixdt.g !•’'''?* I Americans. The Turk I eminent refiw-d to a-': , !x ' I sibilit.v for the safely ~r : YY? I and. fearing that- they would B massacri'd or left to starve, t■ jj ican friends undertook t„ violin-. *ti-T I to more hospittible lands. I'n,|,j f't I protection and guidance as the i 11 cans could supply hands ~r ~j I journeyed for hundreds . f mil.-s f,','!' . I trudging over mountains : ,nd a e r :.>V,;!.l I erts and through country i l!; ’,.'. I bandits. Eventually alo.in § and of them found sln-lter in SvrkAc I most of the others in Gre-r,.. I the buildings that th-e. Greek „,1 I has given for housing the eldk'ivu y’-L, I e.\-kaiser's beautiful ]>aiu* -at (’,. r f i; ' I In addition to iko-e , hildn-n I others, whose parent . fugiiv- f r „'.' I Turkish territory, have. in ;,„ ( j f I the hardships of refugee life. !ir 'e>;r3niL I ed in Greece and Syria. I Although those countries have iviiik:- I iy received the refugee children and pro- I vided shelftei* for them, it is ;U1 .\ Mh . I can organization 'that has undertaken p I iare for them. The \ear Hast Relief. I chartered by act of (‘ogress, new I sixty thousand orphan : children whom it I is supporting—orphans whiua i: is i;„t I merely supplying with food and H«thiu I but whom it is educating and training I PENNY COLUMN" | Lost—Male Pig Weighing About !•"> pounds, with brown and Ida k s,ot-. I Reward. Central Case. S. Chattk I Htrei't. 11 2t,. I Rags! Rags! Buriap Bags Cheap. Cev- I ington's Candy IC* (’Jitiri-h S». I 11-lt-p. I For Saks—Bin* Tract of Land Containing I nine acres more or less, on Sak-iiury J (\uicord highway four miles out fm;: I ('oncord and about ■ four mile- fro I Kannapolis. N. C. In Cabanys emir ty an ideal location for a |ewuitn home. 'Good building site on sf:ginu' Good timber and running wanr. " sell i-heap. Fart of old Cook farm. )•■>' prices see I*. B. (iobel. Ciuna bn>‘" N. C. 11 l!-t> Big Barbecue at Kin:lti'> s Mill I hut' day. June 14th. Square 'lance Imr day night. R. F. Kindle.'.. D- : Peas For Sale. M. K. Banilianli. History of St. John's Church. Written by Rev. S. I). Stcft'y. ten cental at Tinies-Tribunc. Oflicc ■ Have Old Mimirs Made (o.ml N '' with new. equipment. I ear m 1 '■ work.within two day- after ea-m. Broken mirrors n'l'k-ie. d. a'! Van Walter. Fhon- .“.T-’B. Seven Milk Cows For Sale, iiilien Tested. Carl Dollar. 11 ->■ Our Fruit Trees, \ines. I’lain'. ' 1 • Farm. 12!' E. Corbin Q. '' j History of First Presliyterjan of Concord, written in R. 8. Harris, t- n cents eu-li a; ■> TiftieS-Tribuue < »fli<'■ Land I)e<‘ds, .5* Cents Larh. a' * • H ' - Tribune (UiH-e. - OPENING I SUMMER MILLINERY § Everything Nv« an