North Carolina Newspapers

Monday. l IIIIC 1923 ~ Program for Cabarrus en bounty Fair Has Been Arranged ■ _ .-rotary of the ■x N 'j-' ;,. t.ulny announced r f.iir week. W lii I<* Ktativo l' 1 ’"" '', .I,by Hr. Spen- Bj,p'£'' a!i! i,-ivt> <»iic. the see- H . -yer> 111 (I to add R r -nf' 1 ' r, hi tiros before the ■ ■ jin»£f-' 1!l ,s , |!h . j,,'ntative pro ■ ;'" r ' >aid: pr. bl M 1 ~, 'ii'Urte program, as ■ ,j . ;;ide with dee- Ha.a it , it .:ii and each Hr H"i' i |;; !V .' a day set Hi;.;'.? '' ' r i!, Sj lellrer did nor K for :ii ' . s {,, have the final (i; | Tuesday ■># ; . ;;.1 7 a. in., bat 1 i- *toih. ili «■, opening piaee. *At t hat My'b''"’ * . w jij he "inspected by K tin' ;i committee j ■ Hteiaissioners and a H; ihe- , (1 ~j H aldermen. ] Kiiitt*- , , hildren will be Hb'"!"’ 1 . 1 -|- _ate> will open at I ‘ Tile full program fol- M TmsTiid- o'toi.er Itttli. ■ 11 ; , 1 aspection and Hfd ; - ' 1 ,:iiniiieitees : ■ w 'pni- SpMMtO. r "'' (Vtiturj Wonders (four m ~ aits. I two acts). K7lP«*‘ aer>i. i Tri»* itwo to tsi. T|Five Stirewalts. Gay lor ■ Xrio will give their Tbit’" 11 ' followed*.. by <uie id the : 1 Busts sllKlM * {s H)K B' (OWAMION BEHAVIOR ,f A'sfiiibiy Everlasting Kji tc dniH Org:m.zatien. ( om ,i. -la ‘ s. - I'roll lblt 101 l ■ f ... |i><iu*d a statement tlap daring the Shrin- ■ » the norma! number j B -f' 'I: aakeiiiie" were out ill I Hi' sfil the tart offered evidence' Bt unrais’yliiiale progress lias been fll-ir nUftraetive ■ ITi'lliei; t of the BL Hit. A„f ;!:e assembly was j B-wMiiis credit i" this great fra-j HA .. ■. •• statement eon-j Wu ••r.'ri."*it«g .it- high type of cit ■ f,, , -iiieiubersiiip. anti bc ■“V- , v . vetere •' for eoiistitutiojial Fh f.e..'.if incalculable aid to j Kfurther iif'ijjtvs' of tiie work. ..ff.rtiven.■» of co-ordiiiated | I, . (l jj,.,,,, lM.iMiii./'.i' iitpiors out of I ■ mi eie;tk' f>V itself, for till ref- j f hei,. T:;e >ttj*pl\~ was not | Kc eve., bad there been a disi»ositinn j ■ .... .\- 1 -Hi - ling t-o otheial ligxires j j |,v Cie,! of i’oliee Sullivan. 1 Ber> ts.'iv ~i; ' arrest:- for drunken- K*:'i.rt> v.-k. e.eiii.-tr.'d with o 4 last MINESt Dfc.MAM) AN I AI'OUM.V OF .JAPANESE ■si lknuntl lnden\l'.ities and Ptmisli- I irnat of fa pan eke {emiyander. I Peking, ■ .Jura s thy the Associated ■eva.-Ti:" Tiifin >e •■'•.fig'n offiee today ■it a i.nte to Till; ~ dt aauding an .apoK ! ft ami tin* punishment of m jat-aiioe i- inimandrr find his train ft) >iiat ildwii (‘liiin-e .supporters of a ■juttes* !»>.v< '>tt at Cimngsh. province I . .hum M. fttflarf' Ant..mobiles Menace io Young I (* iris. ly-w ll* ;i. Jane 7.—‘Wlien the State •“s r-spo-t •fin' it- womanhood, right Pn it might a- well go into batik - BK'T ami _ quiet." ;i significant t2tent 1,-, .Jmij.,. Henry A. (Srady in j barge 'to the ('raven grand jury t iifivi'iiiiig Superior Court here this i |‘ t * •nidge (d'itdy came idown like ► I'lM-i'i-bail “11111 •(>' bricks’* on the •;m v traffic, iuiin.>r;r 1 ity and the op auioinohih's. by those under mtliieiiei. „f ;i::..\-jr;iting liquor. . aut«*tnoi»il‘ while it natural step ' ;i ' developiTient and ii.it con liiin a- a < ir-e. is being used it tit-ion of young girls today :'. Sn .", r b.-fort*. Judge (it-ftdy asserted. • ■praetict' is cheeked it "!• *-i,' no';. in-this connec ]'iu ; eiilnr att<»ntion tie at late hours of the _ _ ■ '' 'Mara.-p.,tbehi :is instru ■ '.-in'of ihe most vicious , !:j " ’• ** attention of the jury . . - "t a nPimobiles be t. of the deaths if "(j,....,' '■ aelidents were victims " ’Aon hardly iu, Raleigh, (Jreeus ' N- w I.ern, that you :illo,j ,|,. "n<‘ has been i idawful use of N4| e . / . n '' iHe , |s lb-owned in Pony ~ Cart. . , little ■' : : ”•—Penned in a Ar j, ' •jj 1 ft'otii solid ground. ; hylph'ss cripple. 0,1 the road between tli* luUi ' rr - about !• o’clock ®akc ; /'-e .n-">i s custom to •h , i Sprin™ ' his home and •■c; 0."., h ' **' : •*’ l'-uiy cart. "• v,,;: .'"‘h 111 - him in and out is , he \\as unable to S 1 1 ' : 1 '* ’ H^lbs. '‘""I: this morning ' /"b'xr.'-h.ile along the •!• m\ a}tnosr stib tir-liv ' bridge across a ' -• • ■ ‘ i ' and Jackson ’" A:*id. ( .. 1 '*'' j . A' I ' l '. J’a'cksou had ' * '' minutes, a piiysi ®e-sians Fmacw —r~; ; \ .(, * - * a . r Cess Arrogant. •t. 4 i ‘ (iermau note .••qs.V' 1 ,'t :,, neinh'd proposals • ' *J" seti lenient of ' 1 terms “mueli ]:• Hi"'niiji'j j 11,!, . 1 ,!, heretofore, iu the j,’ rw Ctiizi ! ,|. foreign affairs. : V|.r " !j! igatjons to pay ' j l ' (“d ;t much l""' 1 than the pre ., ,' t ' ham ellor < luno, , • a. the history I. ' _ ■' 1 sotiit !ou> Qer> ‘ A-rv r ml control most elaborate fireworks displays ever seen in the South. Wednesday, October 17th. 7a. m. to 1 p. m.—lnspection and judging of exhibits. 1 ]>. m. program commences • 2:12 page purse .$400.00. 2:14 Trot l’urse $400.00. All free acts listed above will be giv en in front of grand stand and repeat ed fit 7 p. m. followed by fireworks dis play. Firewortk* program will be changed each night. Thursday, October 18th. 7 a. in. to 1 p. m.—lnspection of ex hibits., 1 p; m. program commences consist ing of all free acts and in addition: 2 :1S Trot Purse $400.00. 2 :l-> Ibicc Purse §400.00. Complete change of program of fire works at night. Friday. October 19th. Race program and free- acts commenc ing at 1 p. ni. Free for all Trot purse $400.00. 2:20 page purse $400.00. Free acts find fireworks commencing at 7 p. m. Saturday. October 20th. Final report of Judges on all exhib its. Free For All Pace Purse $400.00. Consolation race purse stated later. Flee acts and fireworks at 7 p. in. I>r. Spencer also stated that in addi tion to the acts and features carried on this program, he has secured Ziedmon & l'ollie for tin* week. This company car ries 2.1 shows and one complete circus. The bands also have been engaged for the week, and at least one of them will be on the job at all times. _ " 2L. MARRIAGE TO BECOME SECONDARY TO WOMEN According to Questionnaire Answered by High School Girls in Des Moines. Dos Moines. June S. —Marriage and home making will have become wholly secondary in the feminine scheme of ex istence when the generation now grow ing up is running the Tiation. if re sults of a questionnaire conducted among this year’s senior class iu Des Moines high schools is a true example of the country’s youthful opinions. Titled hundred and jiine graduates auswerefl the questionnaire. Some de sired to< become actresses, other inter preters. farmers, lawyers, doctors, writ ers. teachers, missionaries* private sec retary's and nurses, but only one said she hoped to get married and have a home. COOLER WEATHER IS PREDICTED FOR TONIGHT Heat Wave Has Been Broken and Low er Temperatures Are Forecast. Washington. June S. —The / heat waye over the eastern part of the country had been broken today in Lite Ohio and upper Mississippi Valley find in tlie Great Lakes region, and weather predictions for to night indicated relief for the Middle At lantic States, the Carolinas and Georgia. General rains and thunderstorms iu the wake of a disturbance over Lake On tario preceded the drop in temperature. How tc Bud a Fruit Tr«e. Raleigh. June st—ls you fant new fruit trees of a desirbble variety, these may be set tired by taking buds from the desired varieties and inserting them on seedling stocks or on new wood of old tr.es. Juiie is the month that this is generally done because tin* bark slips easily. • It. F. ! Payne, extension horti culturist for the State College and De partment of Agriculture, tells about the process as follows: ■‘Stone fruits such as peaches, cher ries. and plums are always budded. Other fruits as apples; quince and pears, may be grafted but are usually budded because it is a cheaper, quicker, easier, and simpler process, “Shield budding is the type most used. The bud should be placed on a stock about the size of a lead pencil. This usually means one year old wood with tin* peach and two year wood with the apple. "A cut should la* made on the stock about 2-S inch around the tree and an other, one about 1 1-2 inches long, above, vertical to and dividing this horizontal cut so it will look like an inverted T. “The buds sliotiltV then he taken froln present seasons growth where the leaves have been removed but part of the .pe tiole left to be- used as a handle. A cut should be made about 0-4 inch above the bud so that it will he about half way through tin* slick when it reaches tin* lower end of the bud. there the bark should be cut square across. Then taking hold by the petiole remove it from tile stick and insert on the tree to be under the flaps until the lower ;iud comes in contact with the lower part of the inverted T. Press down the edges and hind with raffia or any other good string. , ‘‘After tin* union is made this string should be cut to prevent binding. Ihe top can be -cut off next Spring after the bud starts.” Death of Mrs. M. A. Black. Mrs. M. A. Black, aged 7<i. died Thursday morning at 2 o'clock at her home iu Mallard (’reek township. Meck lenburg (\ninty. She laid been ill for six mouths. Airs. Black was twice married. She was first married to the late James All man, and to this union four children were horn. In IKS A she was married to j. M. Black, of Mecklenburg, and since that she had made hei>home in that county. Surviving tire three children, h. It. and-G. J. Allman, and Airs. Hattie Ov ert-ash. two brothers, liufus and ( aleb and one sister. Airs. A. P. Blackwelder. Funeral services were held HViday morning at 11 o’clock at Oak Grove Church. Mallard Creek township, and "interment was* made iu the cemetery there. The services were conducted by the pastor of Sugar. Creek Presbyterian ('h urcli. Millions of Buttterflies. AYest Palm Beach. June 7 Residents :of South Florida are inquiring from ; what point iu the north came what ap pears to be millions of white butterflies i that are flying through this section j bound south. The migration has been underway for the last three days and * kef! naturalists are not able to explain i the phenomena. CLOSING OF THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK AT SALISBURY Due to tlje Wihtdrawal of Deposits on Account of Receivership of Mecklen burg Mills. Special to Greensboro News. Salisbury, June B.—The Peoples Na tional Bank, one of the largest in the city failed to open its doors this morn ing, and the Farmers and Merchants Bank, of Granite Quarry, four miles east of Salisbury, closed its doors at 2:81) this afternoon. Both closings were voluntary on the part of officers on the banks and the reasons * given were identical, to wit, tin* receivers'll ip of the Mecklenburg Alills Company and withdrawal of deposits as a direct re sult of the receivership cast*. When asked this afternoon for a statement as the Peoples Bank president J. K. Dough ton, proferred a copy of the typewritten statement that had been posted on the bank door earlier in the day. This was all that the president had to give out and it covers the case well. The statement is signed by Air. Dough ton. as president, and A. L. Smoot, as cashier. It reads: "Tin* directors of tin* Poop es Nation al Bank have concluded, after a thorough consideration of its affairs and the sur rounding conditions, to close its doors aiuLsuspend its ordinary routine of httsi- until its ,responsibility to its de positors can be further strengthened. “This situation lias arisen as a re sult of tin* receivership of the Mecklen burg Alills Company, followed during the past week by large and continued withdrawals of funds by depositors, and this action is being taken solely for the purpose of safe guarding all depositor*, whose interests we desire to protect. ‘’lmmediately upon ascertaining the condition of the affairs of the Alecklen burg Alills the officers of the bauk. by wire, requested the presence of a bank examiner in order more fully to assure the preservation of the interests of all parties. Mr. \V. P. Fogler. national bank examiner, has , been in Salisbury for several days and has been kept frank ly and eolsely iu touch with tin* situa tion. The action taken-in suspending the operations of tilt* bank has his ap proval. “A committee from each of the other Salisbury banks is today going over the assets of this hank with a view of co operative undertaking whereby they* may promptly guarantee or pay (lie delosits of this institution. We are of thefopin ion that it is possible for such an ar rangement to be worked out and the op erations of this bank-Independently or through one or more institutions, resume within a short time." Air. Fogler had no statement other than that the decision to close came from the local officers of tin* hank and had his ap proval. While Air. Doughton would not discuss the plans or prospects it is understood that there i.-. a movement looking to the saving of the depositors money to them and tjiat announcement of this plan may he made in a few days. Air. Doughton. who is a son of R. A. Doughton. state revenue commissioner, and was formerly a bank examiner, took tin* presidency of the Peoples Bank a year and a half ago and Mr. Smoot Inis been cashiei' a little longer than that. It is only fair to these officials to state that conditions that finally brought on the closing of the bank date hack before their incumbency. J. I). Norwood, state chairman-of the Democratic party, and chairman of the banks’ board of directors, was formerly president of the ba.nk. He and M. L. Jackson, a director of the bank, are of ficers in the Mecklenburg Alills Company which recently became embarrassed and submitted to the appointment of receiv ers. The Peoples Bank holds much paper for these men and their asso ciates and the wrecking of their cotton mills precipitated the closing of the bank at this time. The Granite Quarry Bank also held much paper for the Mecklen burg Alills Company. The last statement of the Peoples Bank, made April 8. showed total re sources of over $1 .•">()().000. Their de posits at that time were nearlv $1,2.10.- 000. TWO MEN KILLED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION Shifting Engine and Freight in Wreck Near Greensboro City Limits. Greensboro. June 7. —John IT. Aledearis. a road inspector of the South ern Railway, and J. M. Lawhorne. shifting engineer here, were both in stantly killed here this afternoon when the shifter and local freight No. 100. from Mount Airy, hit head-on on the Greeusboro-Alount Airy line. When tin* two collided tin* engine of the freight was humped from the track and rolled down a ten-foot embankment. The accident happened just at the west ern edge of the city limits. George Kritz. engineer of the freight, jumped in time to avoid death. The firemen on both engines* also jump ed. and aside from bruises and shaking up. were not-injured. Roth tin* dead men resided here. Dedeans was (»2 years old; Lawhorne about 55. Why the shifter and the freight were on the track at the same time in op posite directions has not been ascertain ed. Southern officials 1 are making an in vestigation. • - — 1 Big League Crowd. The City Union of Fpworth Leaguers met in monthly session at AVestJford Methodist Church Friday night. The auditorium and Sunday School annex were practically full. Tin* church was tastefully decorated with potted plants and sweet peas. The congregational singing was an in spiration, the special music splendid and the talks were very interesting. Kan napolis Seniors reported the highest per centage in efficieucy-and were awarded the pennant. By unanimous and eutliusiastic vote the Union accepted an invitation to hold the next meeting iu Kannapolis. The Concord, Leaguers have never met with the Kannapolis chapter and the occasion will doubtless attract a record crowd from here. One of the richest producing oil fields iu tile United States belongs to the Osage Indians in Oklahoma. Ev ery enrolled Osage Indian shares equal ly in the royalties and bonuses, irrespec tive of his individual landholdings. Ev ery individual Indian received approxi mately ten thousand dollars last year, am] some families received as much as eighty thousand dollars. THE CONCORD TIMES TWO NEW OFFICERS 1 APPOINTED B! THE ALDERMEN THURSDAY Charlie N. Fields is Named Tax Collector and J. Lee Crowell, Jr., is Made At torney for the City. OTHER OFFICERS WERE REELECTED With Exception of City Engi neer, This Office to Be Filled Later.—Mrs. * Ross Named on Library Board. Several changes in (he personnel of city office holders followed the meeting of the aldermen at, the city hall Thurs day night. Other businessjnatters were, presented to the board but they were of little general interest and most of them were continued until a future meeting of the hoard. (’. X. Fields and .T. Lee (Towell, Jr., were the new city officers chosen by tin* board. Mr. Fields was chosen city tax collector and Mr. Crowell city attorney. G. 11. Richmond was re-elected city clerk and treasurer and Reece Ira Long was continued for the present .as eity engi neer. Airs. L. I). Ooltrane and Airs. Laura I.eslie Ross were chosen as trustees of the Concord lhiMic Library. Airs. Col trane was elected to succeed herself aud to serve for four years. Airs. Ross was elected to till die place made vacant by the resignation of Airs. J. (’. Gibson. Ts is understood the other trustees of the library and the librarian asked for the election of Airs. Colt ram* and Airs. Ross. Frank Aland was re-elected city build ing inspector and Dr. T. N. Spencer was re-elected milk and food inspector for the city. Both will servo two years.. The board members did not decide ful ly at tin* meeting just what—they will do about appointing a city engineer. It is understood that Air. is not a candidate for re-election and it has been rumored that the board will not appoint a whole time engineer after July, when Air. Long’s term will end. lie will con tinue in office until practically till of the street work is completed. It has also been rumored that the board instead of appointing an engineer for whole time work, will follow a pol icy of appointing an engineer only when lie is needed and lay more emphasis in the future on the job of sanitary inspect or. both jobs having been held in the past by the city engineer. This question probably wfTl he definitely decided at the July meeting. Several parking ordinances were pre sented to the hoard, but no action was taken on them. It is understood that Air. Crowell will succeed Air. Caldwell as city attorney on the 15th of this month. Mr. ably will take over the tax collector’s office as soon as lie arranges his bonds and has them approved. Mr. Caldwell has been city attorney for a number of years and made a very efficient officer. Air. Alills also had been in office for several years and made one of the best tax collectors in tin* city s his tory. Music (Jailed Good Medicine; Hospital Uses it After Test. New York Times. A sixty-day test with phonograph, completed yesterday, in the wards of the New York Nursery aud Child’s Hospital. KJI West Sixty-first Street, showed that the waltz is good medi cine and soothing. Well chosen music will now form part of the treatment of patients in that institution. “The test was tried,” explained Dr. Harold C. Cox. resident physician, "mainly with the mothers in tin* maternity wards;* but also with the babies and sick children. AY hether it was the appeal of rhythm, we do not know. but. the tests have amply demonstrated that music has a marked therapeautic effect on the spirits and general morale of hospital patients. In cidentally, the music is highly popular with the nurses.” Oscar Hay wont.* Saved From Mob. New York Tribune. June sth. The Rev. Oscar Haywood, who came from the south as an organizer for the Ku Klux Kinn, was wived from certain injury and possible death List night by three Peril Amboy policemen. The trio, a sergeant, a patrolman and a khaki clad motorcycle patrolman, blocked a narrow passage in the Junior Club hull at Perth Amboy. N. J., and held a mob of 500 infuriated unti-Klan rioters at bay with night sticks and one revolver. Air. Haywood, thus protected. made a hasty exit from the hall and disappeared into the darkness. The Ivlau meeting at whMi lie was to he the chief speaker, was abandoned. Why Be a Sucker? The newspapers- have recently been filled -with numberless - accounts of stock swindling operations. l'he old sayiug that a sucker is born ;every minute seems to be more than borne out. The average man knows nothing about investments aud too often seems adverse to securing advice. If the uninformed citizen before giv ing up his liard-earned money for a scheme about which lie really knows nothing would consult a bond house or banker and learn the actual facts in the case, the fake stock seller would soon disappear. Friction matches first came into use in 1888. and as late as-1850 were con sidered too dangerous to be transported by rail. The first sulphur matches put on the market came iu square blocks of wood split well down, from which indi vidual matches might he broken. YA lieu ignited a most offensive sulphur pdoi arose. The first individual matches. 5 put up in small boxes, were imported from Sweden in the early eighties, and veie a great improvement over the old sul phur match. The United States consume*- about one-half of all the electrical power pro duced in the world. HULL SEES VICTORY IN IOWA ELECTION % - - Says Democratic Gains and Low Re publican Majorities Presage 1924 “Revolution.” Washington, June 6. —Chairman Hull of the Democratic National Committee issued a statement this afternoon re lating to the recent election in lowa in which he said: ‘‘The rock-ribbed Republican Eighth Congressional district of lowa at a spe cial election Monday replied to the Re publican claim# of President Harding’s rapidly growing popularity in the Wgfd and the wonderful benefits of the Re publican tariff to the farmers by giving to the Republican candidate for Con gress a bare 1,000 majority in a district normally Republican by B,O(X> and 9,000. J. I*. Daughton, the Democratic candi date. cut down the Republican majority to 7.000 in 1922 against Congressman Towner and now cuts it down almost to the vanishing i>oint in a contest waged strictly on national issues. “The Democratic candidate carried five out of the eleven counties in the district, all of which have been strongly Republican. The big turn-over is shown by Appanoose county, with a Re publican majority of 1.7110 in 1922, now giving 242 Democratic majority, and Lucas county-, with about 1,000 Repub lican majority in 1922. giving 480 Demo cratic majority. ' “After two years of Harding high tariff ‘prosperity’ these figures reveal the extent of the revolt among the In dignant and ruined farmers iijot only in lowa but in the great Wefct. great reverse, amounting to a Democrat tie victory, presages a political revolu tion Sn 1924. It' also proves that the Democrats arc alert t united and eager for the fray." / FIND W. A. ZEIGLER DEAD IN WINSTON-SALEM Was Employed by Southern Railway ajul is Relieved to Have Killed Him self. Winston-Salem. June 8.-—W. A. Zeig ler. 42, for 22 years an engineer in the employ of the Southern Railway, was found dead in his room in the Jacobs building on Main street at 9 o’clock this morning. lie was lying on liis bed with a .22 calibre pistol in his right hand. The coroner's jury after investigation rendered a verdict to the effect that Ziegler came to his death from a pistol shot through his head fired by his own hand. The deceased was unmarried and a brother-in-law of ('apt. E. S. Hol den. passenger conductor on this divi sion of the .Southern Railway. No cause is given' for the act. FRANCE AND BELGIUM ARE NOW CONFERRING Relative to Action to Be Taken on the I>ast German Reparations Proposal. Paris. June' 8 (Hy the Associated Press).—Paris and Brussels are keeping in constant communication today dis cussing the advisability of making a re ply to the German—reparations note or ignoring it entirely as not susceptible as forming a basis for negotiations. In the even! a decision is reached that a reply be made, the French government is reported to favor the curt dismissal of Germany's latest proposition. Belgium on the contrary is said to be desirous of wording the acknowledgment in such u manner as might leave the way open for a further parley. WILL NOT DISCUSS THE LATEST GERMAN NOTE British Diplomats Await Advice of Ex perts Before Committing Themselves. London. June 8 (P»y the Associated Press). —British diplomats were reluct ant today to express an opinion regard ing Germany’s latest reparations offer, saying they considered that in certain points it represented an advance over previous proposals. Until the foreign office experts have analyzed the funda mentals of the new note, those in au thority prefer not to comment themselves regarding vvlmt steps, if any. Great Brit ain will take. The cabinet will consid er the note early next week. POLICE ON LOOKOUT FOR TWO MASKED MEN Men Reported to Be Carrying Women in What Is Believed to Be a Stolen Car. Elizabeth City. N. June 8. —Police in nearby towns today were being ad vised to watch out for two masked men carrying a woman in the back seat of a small touring car which Policeman Win slow reported he saw last night. The policeman said that the machine stopped in front of a filling station here, but that it sped away before he could reach it. The woman was said to he lying in the back of the car. The auto mobile corresponded toVhe description of one stolen at Norfolk on Thursday, the police said. f Three Young White .Men Arrested at Salisbury. Salisbury, .Tune 7.—Three young white men giving Tennessee as their home state were caught here by officers as they attempted to drive off in a car they had just appropriated. Officers had been shadowing them for some time during flit 1 night oil account of their suspicious movements. The three were today sent up to Superior Court ami one of them was given four months ou the road for using a brick on the head of one of the officers making the arrest. Five German Children Are Shot to Death. Berlin, June 7. —Five German chil dren have been shot to death by mem bers of the Franco-Belgium occupation forces since their enry into the Ruhr, according to the newspaper L>ie Ziet to day. The ages of the children ranged from 7to 10. Two of them were girls sand two appeutices, the Die Zeit plints a list of the “victims" by name, giving the dates and localities of their death. New Officers Knights of Pythias. The following have been named officers for the next term for Concord Lodge No. 51 K. of P.: It. E. Ridenhour, Jr.. C. C. B. W. Blackwelder. V. C. S. S. Neal. Prelate. C. E. Herrin. M. of W. Dr. W. R. Fisher. M. at A. C. A. Blackwelder. Inner Guard. C>. A. Swaringen., Outer Guard. Almost at Once. “The time will come." thundered the lecturer on women's rights, “when wom en will get men's wages." “Yes.” said a weak little man in the back seat, “next Saturday night!” Concord Will Have Masonic Building, Say Many Rumors Rumors in circulation here fcm some time give hint of a Masonic building for this city. Just where the rumors start ed no one seems to know, but they are "here, and they are not denied by some of the most prominent members of the local Masonic Lodge, though these Mas ons declare they know nothing definite. One rumor declares the building will be started or at least plans Jor the build ing will be approved some time soon bv Stokes Lodge No. 52 R. F. & A. M. The nature of the building to be erected is not covered definitely in the rumors, one of which says an office building will be erected,, and another stating that the building probably will be but two stor ies in height and will be used wholly by the organization. The nature of the lots secured by the organization will determine the kind of building to be erected, it is rumored. If the lot is suitable for a five or seven story building, this kind of structure probably will be erected. At the same time if the lot is not suitable for such a building a two-story structure probab TIIE GERMAN OFFER. Youths Companion. By occupying the Ruhr the French have at least got from the German gov ernment a concrete proposal ou the subject of reparations. The proposal was not satisfactory to France: no one ex pected that it would be. It mentions $7,000,000,000 or thereabouts as the sum Germany might under certain con ditions be able to pay, although there have been numerous semi-official state ments from Paris to the effect iliat $10,000,000,000 was the smallest sum that France and Belgium would con sider. The gap between seven billions and* ten billions of dollars is not. however, the discouraging th<v Gentian offer, for the note frtfrn Berlin express ly intimated that negotiations might r< - suit in an agreement to pay more than seven billions* The difficulty is that Germans declare that the fulfillment of their obligations “depends on the stabi lization of their currency/;* as if the allied nations were responsible for the depreciated mark or could, by themselves do anything in particular to restore its value. The fall of the mark is the re sult of a policy directed deliberately from Berlin; it can be stopped only by a reversal of that policy: and so far there has been no serious effort to re verse it. The German offer jaiso implies that the $7,000,000,000 can be raised only through an international loau. Y'et the bankers of the world have not -shown any willingness to lend so large a sum to Germany and will lend if nothing until the government can balance its budget and stabilize its currency. Ap parently therefore the Germans have merely offered an inadequate sum. to be paid under conditions that are not like ly to be complied with. That the offer would be rejected was a matter of course. Nevertheless, it may be the first step toward a settlement. Political necessity obliges the/Berlin government to take rather high ground at present: it could not give in at once to the French with out losing what slender popularity it has. But why should it not recede lit tle by little from its position until it reaches point where serious negotia tions cun take place? It has begun to feel about for away out of its diffi culties; it must find away out of the situation in the Ruhr or go under. We do not think that it will prove at all impossible to reach an understanding on the amount that is to be paid byway of reparation. The hard part of the negotiations will come when the Ger mans are called upon to offer some form of guaranty that the French will accept, and when they try to fiud some one to lend them the necessary money. They cannot borrow much while the authorities in Berlin continue to regard it as good business to depreciate the currency. Do you know That there are more than Eighty Noble Peaks in the South ern Appalachian Mountains that tower 5,000 to 6,000 feet above the sea? That Mount Mitchell, which is 6,711 feet high, is the highest mountain in Eastern America? Appropriately called- — “THE LAND of the SKY” The Vacationist’s Play ground. All out-of-door sports. Make your plans now. Reduced Summer Fares, be ginning May Fifteenth. SOUTHERN RAIL,WAY SYSTEM PAGE FIVE ly will be built. In either case, the organization vVill reserve enatigh of the building to take • are of its needs. In addition to a reg ular lodge and meeting room, there will be a large and handsome auditorium, and ,rumor has it tint, this auditorium prob ably will be built for the general public, as the city has none now except in the school buildings. Members of Stokes Lodge at present ; do not want to assume responsibility for ’the building rumors. .Neither will they emphatically deny them. It seems sure that the question has been given serious consideration, otherwise the rumors j would not have started. Concord Masons for several years have felt the need of a home of their own here, it is said, and the building under con templation would take care of this ueed. The general public is showing keen in terest iu the rumors and is awaiting with unusual interest some announcement of a definite nature from officers and mem bers of Stokes Lodge. PRESIDENT TO ENTER “TALL CEDARS” MASONRY Leaves With Mrs. Harding for “Speech less” Eastern Trip; Guest of Senator Ball. Washington, June B.—President Hard ing will make a “speechless” trip to Del aware tomorrow, stopping at Wilininfe ton, Dover, Milford and Lewes. Wia Mrs. Harding, lie will be tlf?> guest of Senator and Mrs. BalUantl at Milford the chief executive will be initiated into the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, a branch of Masonry. , , The • presidential party will include Secretary;,' and Mrs. Christian. Brig. Ghp, Spw.fer, Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Work, and Secretary Wallace. The party W ill Jeave Washington on a regular train tomorrow morning, ar riving iu Wilmington shortly before noon. About two hours will be spent, in Wilmington, where the President and Mrs. Harding will be the guests of the Young Men’s Republican Club. Leav ing Wilmington, the party will motor to Milford, stopping at Dover for prob ably half an hours. The initiation cere monies will be held at Milford early iu the evening and after dinner the part* will go by automobile to Lewes to boaifl the presidential yacht Mayflower for tliW return trip to Sunday will be spent cruising* in ‘ Chesapeake bay and the pa.rL'r. twill' arrive in the capital Monday*ffforning. FIRM CLOSES CREATING A FLURRY Firm of L. L. Winkleman & Co., Tem porarily Closed Its Doors During the Morning. New York, June B.—A flurry was cre ated in Wall Street this morning when the brokerage firm of 1.. L. Winkleman & Go., otic of the largest members of the New York Curb temporarily closed its doors. The offices were uguin opened at 10:55 o'clock, however, mem bers of the firm refusing to say why they had been closed. Suspension of the Winkleman firm on the New York Curb Market was an nounced shortly before noon. CREW OP~NAVAL MINE SWEEPER NOT IN DANGER All But 12 Members of. the Crew of the Cardinal. Have Left tlie Boat. Scuttle, Wash., June B.—Twelve mem bers of the crew of the U. S. mine sweeiXT Cardinal, wrecked on Chirikof Island south of the Alaskan peninsula, remained aboard the vessel this morning, all others having gone ashore or been taken aboard the coast geodetic survey ship Discoverer, according to a radio message received here shortly before 19 o'clock. Another message indicated that the men still aboard Ihe Cardinal were in no danger. Mr. Archie Keil. of Wilmington, a stu dent at Davidson College last year, is the guest here now of Mr. Martin Foil.