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VoTI'ME XLVIII.
[I!)'If DIE
pis i ypHOio is
IflßtGfil-Oil MONDAY
j t Visittil by Health Offi
ter During Drive.
mpPTHERIA serum
f WILL “BE GIVEN]
In Vddition lo Rural Cam
paign Serum, Will Be■ Giv
in Coneord Every W ed
pesday and Saturday.
t ■ . ;a! i ustum of carry-.
1 typhoid fever
y section of the
•“ i,. g ] Buchanan. the county
..will begin his
,j, ,iriv- to give the typhoid
(Muni to . very man. \vo
r t ,, ,j jn'vhe minify.
9 t "" * .rniiit is for children
. ~f -:\ months and six I
p,, t\|ilioiil -erum is for every
|, jjs v viu« tiave never taken the
; i!| iiieans take it. Those ]
... |,,.t liml during tiie past |
.~N |;• aid others who think 1
!.<>-. want it. can get it.
m , M ~u m j> the .complete sched-
Mondays. .Inly ». I«. 23. 30.
. s. .0.1, N"' <>. s :30 to 0:30.'
Crnsv lo ad-. No. 7. !> :45 to
>; s j.;.! 11- ('Lurch. No. 7. 11 to
[vo Svlim I. No. 7. 12 :30 to 1 :00.
v j ..n , s liool. No. s. 2:«M> to 2:30.
j[, No s. 3:00 to 4:00.
lurMlays. -Inl> to. G. 24. til.
Odd Springs rimreh. No. 0. 8:45 to
{•..... stei-i N'e !>. 0 :30 to 0 :45.
v N„. ft. 1o : Ito 10:45.
|y. : \1 11 :«) to 11 :15.
!;.. r, s re. 11 :15 to 12 :15.
SeluMil. 1 :<>o to 1 :30.
S N„. 10. 2 :<H> to 2 :30.
~P - S y,,iv. :(Mi tu 3 :30.
Wtiiuodays. .Inly 11. is. 25. Aug. 1
\j* liilead Sell*•(d. No. 5. S :30 to II :00.
SSchool. !»:15 to 11:45.
(', :.ty ll*lilt Office. 2 :0O to 5:00.
ftiUNbys. .Inl\ 12. 111. 25. August 2. (
i;ciy Kiev S* :*o<>i. No. I—o :00 to
s : :!(i
H, ;„rs Ui.lsj,- s* liool 10:00 to 10 s3O.
Hdlr-fuiite Sell*m*l. 11 :00 to 11 :30.
Hurri-Cirg. N ('.. 12:30 to 1:30.
li.hj.r;a Still’.*, 2:00 to 2:30. *
K Lti.ipi• \. M. (’. A.. 7 :0O to S :30.
liiday,. July 20. 27. August :»
I, •!. Xii. 2. 5;45 to 0:l.i.
l‘i.|ilar 'iVnt_S.-li.Mil. 0:45 to 10:15.
1 . s, , Xu. 3. 10:45 to 11 :I.>.
■ > ti. Mil. 12 :("• to 12 :30.
ht.nag. S.’lti.i.l, 1 :lH* to 1 :30.
W.ti.c.fi Srii... 1. 2:00 to 2:30.
>aliirdu\>. July 12. 21. 2N. August 4
(' ary 11.-alth office. 0:00 to 0:00.
THE COTTON MARKET
selling Movement Which Started Tues
day \\a> Hesiimed Today.
NViv Wk. July s.—'The selling nrove
which was underway iii the cotton
tuii.’! before tie* holiday whs resumed
!i:..ruing. Cables wore lower than
while re;...its indicated that
1,1 •’ti'’ had been favorable for the
1 ":; nv,,; ' the Fourth, and advices from
markets showed no improvement,
market >.|.en.’J easy at a decline of
• -" Ji'untji in response to these fac
’ sad showed net losses of 20 to 38
arly trading under
.[ uie; ~n au ,| luual and Soutli-
' ' opened easy. July
; • 25:5u: ! 23.05; Jan.
March 22 70.
H.tseiiiij :1 | ivaiiu.ipolis Saturday.
I',,’ 11 e.o.games of baseball at
'• V- *" L Kannapolis. Saturday:
t " 11 kt"l ila* ..Iber at 3 :30 p.
\ .V" N'l.' iuarle and Cabarrus
j 1 ' 1 grandstand seating ea
dutibhyl aml you can get
| : ol>!.? seat; The Boys
l,: *n't' \ will give an
" f'hietie stunts just before
''■""t itunie.
‘ N of Samuel Van Camp.
'j ; "" " !k * ;K‘-> s.—Samuel Van
8 i".. ot the Van ('amp
. I " 1, ’" . 0 Indianapolis,
•o the New 7ork Hospital
■I: . '' •' >ed from the Aqui
v. ril ;, , ~l :' 5 Ciken ill while
s s-m, ! ' Europe. H** had been
J l,u *didTor time
v ' 1 Wed lor Salisbury Hank.
It- s, : . , / • I,v h—A s’i>ecial to
'te 1 > ;i . -. ' ' "'asliington states
11 t' :im. of Illinois. lias
<-.v»*i- tor the Peoples
h,a, !'tr.,:i,. r ' 1 f :,t S; b the
a " ,ln ! 'etiey and will go
' ith,,, “* j'. 1 "'' to take over the
as (loser several
.T , V ' il! "»>n \dveil isers.
■ 1 k : tnl -Trust Co. so
ke . . ~ te . ultut.
' ' ami i' ‘ ,s ttnd upward.
.v„ . ' ' rs at Fisher's.
Jl UeW -tri . l
Funeral ” ~a y ‘. ,f ,lu * Bell &
• r ~r nigi«r. '•i.ur-. ('alls answered
{ M Kepeal Dry Laws.
(leor» ' Ul ' ; h ' bill to/ re
lr. 1 :IV| full !m 'kibiti°iy law which
' "'Uent ~f ti ‘ -esjKinsibility f or en .
FH,,-d S,^a,i a,>t in tbis s tate
t.„- ' u ‘ 'he || ( ~" u ‘ r ament. was intro-
C(.. r»r. c,. .” f Representatives
nt C ,f> A '-noM, of Lumpkin
THE CONCORD TIMES.
SAYS FAMILY ALTAR
WILL PREVENT DIVORCE
The Family Altar Will Drive the Divorce
Court Out of Business.
Des Moines, July 5. —The family al
tai. woisaipiMtl n.v families daily in
homes, will prevent divorce, according to
Rev. Stanley ii. Yandersall of Boston,
who spoke today before the International
Christian Endeavor Convention here,
"An analysis of the home "that have been
wrecked would no doubt show that family
prayer was lacking in those homes." said
Dr. Yandersall
"The seds of divorce cau tind no fer
tile soil in the homes where father,
mother and children each day repair in
unity of spirit for divine blessing." add
ed Dr. Yandersall. "Divorce courts are
a necessary part of our governmental
machinery, but if the family altars are
established in all the homes in America
the divorce courts will be driven out of
business: It is true that some benefit
would follow flie enactment of laws mak
ing it , more difficult to get divorce, but
this will not cure the divorce evil. What
is needed is something to promote love
and goodwill. Family prayer will do that
very thing." . T
Co-operation between public school of
ii» ials and religious'groups to promote
systematic religious education of chil
dren. was urged by Dr. Hugh S. Megill,
of Chicago at today's session. Dr. Ma
gill pointed to the youthfulness of crim
inals and evidence that a large propor
tion of children are not taught the bibli
cal truths and standards.
A phin is being worked out iu a
number of rities." said Ilr. Magill, "by
which both the state aiU*tiie churches
cun co-eparte in. giving school children
both the general and the religious educa
tion needed Which is fair and .equitable
alike to Jew and (lentile, Protestant and
Catholic. The purpose is two-fold : To
train the youth of our country for a life
of service'and good citizenship-and to
bring them into the churches.
"The separation of the Church and
State is a fundamental principle of our
government hut this does not mean that
the state rau get along without the
church nor the church without the state.
"What moi;e patriotic service cbn la*
rendered than to train up the youth of
America iu an intelligent understanding
of the Bible.”
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
DISCUSSES THE NEGRO
Solcus Told That Actions of White Men
Are Driving the Negroes From the
South.
Atlanta, (la.. July 5. —Negroes as a
race do not desire to leave Georgia aud
tlie South, and the remedy for existing
conditions, is in the hands of the white
man. according to a communication ad
dressed to the General Assembly and the
people of Georgia, adopted at a statewide
conference of leaders of the nqgro race
here yesterday. The conference was pVe
sided over by Bishop J. S. Dipper, of the
African Methodist Episcolal Church of
Atlanta.
While declaring his opposition to any
migration of the negro. Bishop Flipper
said he did believe the negro, as well as
any other race, ought to have a right to
scatter to all parts of tlie Union. The
Bishop as well as other speakers branded
“social equality” and “negro supremacy"
as bugaboos, created by political dema
gogues.
The Legislature was urged to pass an
anti-lynching law. several speakers say
ing they rather see such a law on
tin* stare statutes than have it. passed
by tin 1 Federal government.
DEFENSE CLOSES IN
HIGGINBOTHAM CASE
First State Rebuttal Witness Said He
Heard Doctor Say Tabert Was Beaten
to Death.
Lake City, Fla.. July 5. —J. E. John
son. former commissary keeper for the
l'utnam Lumber Company, and brother
in-law of Dr. T. (. apers Jones, former
camp physician soy the same company,
testilied in the tried of Tlios. M . Higgin
botham for the murder of Martin label t.
that .Dr. Jones told him that Higgin
botham beat Tabert to death.
"Dr. Jones told me." related the wit
ness. "that he was called to attend a
convict, but called too late as he had
l>e»n beaten-to death.
The defense closed its case today with
the understanding that it may reopen at
tin* conclusion of the rebuttal testimony
by the state.
Spencer Depositors to Organize a New
Bank.
Spencer, July 4.—As quick as a Hash
several hundred depositors of the closed
First National Bank of Spencer, is" a
meeting Wednesday night stood in a
unanimous vote to organize a ne\v State
hank in Spencer with a capital of s(>().-
000 to take the place of the old bank
which went down June Bth in the wreck
of the Peoples National Bank in Salis
bury. The vote came after hearing
recommendations from investigating com
mittees appointed to represent
stockholders and the depositors of 'the
closed bank. The joint committee
made a nexamiuation of the old bank,
the committees being headed by D. L.
M. L. Kiser.
Arm Snapped Out by Big Flywheel.
Danville. July 4.—Clyde Hodges, a
youth of Draper, N. C., is in a local hos
pital, his left arm being literally dragged
out of his shoulder yesterday evening
when the sleeve of his shirt came in con- j
tact with a heavy Hywheel in one of the |
Draper mills when* he was working.
The wheel was revolving at a terrific
rate, and eye witnesses declare that the
arm was snapped away from the boy s
body and hurled, intact 50 feet away.
He was promptly treated and was hast
ened to a local institution. Physicians
said today that while the shock of the
injury was still to be feared the youth
had a good chance to live.
mhOn
N
When President Harding visits Seattle
he is to by the women of
that city with a mignificent- gold and
pearl-ornamented five-piece coffee service.
It is intended that the set, which is val
ued at $15,000. shall find a permdYient
place among the art treasures of the
White House. 5
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
GIBBONS DEFEATED
BUI NOT KNOCKED
OUT BY CHAMPION
Challenger Surprised Sport
ing World by Game Man
ner in Which He Stayed in
Ring With Dempsey.
TWO FIGHTERS ON
FEET AT FINISH
Dempsey Given the Decision
for He Outfought Gibbons
in All of Fifteen Rounds
Except Three.
Great Falls: Mont.. July 5. (By the
Associated Press). —Jack Dempsey re
freshed by a good night’s sleep, prepared
today to desert Montana for a few days'
vacation with his mother in Salt Lake
City, Utah, after nine weeks of training!
for his heavyweight match with Tommy
Gibbons at Shelby yesterday.
The title lurlder said ho was tired of
the training grind and would welcome a
vacation. He expressed admiration for
Gibbons' ability as boxer and declared
he wanted to give him credit for his
wondeWul showing.
"I hope Gibbons was not hurt," Demp
sey said. "He is a great boxer and put
up a fast bout. I hope tlie crowd was
pleased-/’ j
Dempsey today has two slightly dis-l
colored eyes and a wound under the}
right, and an old cut opened over the
left, as a result of Gibbons’ left hook
and right crosses.
Hera in Dempsey, of Salt Lake City,
father of the champion, saw his son box
in a championship match for the first |
time yesterday, and lie said he was not
disapponteM because Jack did not win by
knockout.
Regret That Gibbons Lost-
Prescott. Ariz.. July 5. —A resolution
regretting that Tommy Gibbons “failed
to knock Jack Dempsey's block off" was
adopted last night by the executive com
mittee of the Arizona State Department
of the American Legion which was in
session here.
The Story of the Fight.
Shelby. Mont.. July 4. —The whole
sporting world was wrong—with the ex
ception of that courteous, smiling indi
vidual, T«o«my GibtxMis. of St. Paul.
The challenger, to the astonishment
of the 25.00 b spectators, iu the sun-bak
ed arena, on the edge of this oil boom
town, was on his feet, still fighting at the
end of his scheduled 15-rouud heavy
weight championship battle today with
Jack Dempsey when almost everybody
expected him to he knocked out in six
or seven rounds. ,
Dempsey, the champion, was an over
whelming favorite to win by a knockout
early in the battle.
Referee Jimmy Dougherty, of Phila
delphia. awarded Dempsey the decision
when the gong clanged ending the fif
teenth -round, but Gibbons, who did not
get a cent for fighting, left the ring with
a inoral victory. It was the first time
that any fighter had managed to face
Dempsey and still be on his feet at the
finish since lie became champion.
Gibbons has a reputation made in 86
fights of never having been knocked off
his feet. That reputation is still good.
Dempsey had him dizzy and, weary, prob
ably half a dozen times today, but fail
ed to knock him out.
The fight had an entirely different end
ing than any of, tlie spectators expected.
Even the enthusiastic Gibbrrns protag
onists shouting encouragement to their
fighter had not the slightest idea he
would last more than seven or eight
rounds. In fa«*t it was the concensus of
opinion that four or five rounds would
find Tommy on the floor knocked out.
Tommy, a master boxer and constant
ly on tin* lookout for the knockout blow,
danced and side-stepped around the ring,
occasionally slipping a right or left to
Dempsey's face and then eluding danger
by climbing or stepping backward.
Toward the last Gibbons seemed to lx*
fading fast and repeatedly went into
clinches with the champion. 'ln the last
round it appeared that his defenses were
failing and many expected Dempsey to
administer the expected knockout. The
champion, seeing the condition of the
challenger, furiously slashed at his head
and body, but Tommy hung on and
clinched and side-stepped until the saving
grace of the final bell.
Dempsey was never in danger in a
round of the fight. Although Gibbons
cut and slightly blackened the champion's
right eye in * the opening round and
Dempsey brought blood once or twice
from the challenger, neither was marked
to any appreciable extent.
While the championship battle was a
surprise to the fight fans, it was more
than amazing to Jack Kearns. Dempsey's
manager. Kearns was stunned after the
five or six rounds had demonstrated that
the champion was unable to hit Gibbons
effectively. The manager, as well as ev
ery member of the champion’s camp, were
sure Dempsey would whip over a knock
out iu four or five rounds.
Gibbons played a hit and run game,
fighting u remarkable defensive fight
throughout.
He never gave Dempsey much of an
opportunity to land the sleeping punch.
In some rounds he switched his tactics
and surprised the champion by carrying
the fighting to him and even out boxing
him in spots.
While there were barely 8,000 persons
in the arena at the beginning ,of the
championship battle, it was but a few
minutes untiDapproximately 20,000 were
crowded as near as they could get to the
ringside The reason was that the spec
tators would not pay the prices asked
and just before the fight Kearns decided
to cut the price of the best seats more
than 50 per cent.
CONCORD, N. C„ THUR SDAY, JULY 5, 1923.
New York, July s.—Declaring the
lives of R. It. Moton, president of the
Tuskegee Institute, and of negro surgeons
at the United States Veterans Hospital
at Tuskegee. Alar had been threatened
by masked mobs, the national associa
tion for the advancement of colored peo
ple today wired President Harding urg
ing that he send Federal troops to pro
tect them.
The telegram read:
“National Association for Advance
ment of Uolored people representing
100.000 American citizens, asks that Fed
eral troops be sent, to Tuskegee, Ala., to
protect colored doctors sept to the United
State Veterans’ Hospital to care for
negro World War veterans. __ The lives
of these United States doctors and se
curity of Tuskegee Institute have been
threatened by masked mobs. Tuskegee
Institute, an internationally known agen
CATHOLICS. JEWS AND
PROTESTANTS GATHERED
At Goshen. N. Y.. where Patriotic* Relig
ious Meeting Was Addressed by Su
preme Court Justice Tompkins.
Goshen, N. Y.. July s.—Catholics.
Jews and Protestants joined last night it?
a patriotic religious Independence Day
service and heard Supreme Court Justice
A. S. Tompkins, Grand Master of Masons
of this state, counsel the Ku Klux Klan
To love its neighbors ami raise tlie har
riers it has erected against races and
creeds.
The ceremony was held in the Presby
terian Church under the auspices of the
Knights of Columbus, with Rev. Father*
J. H. McGinnis presiding. Justice
Tompkins, a Baptist, was the principal
speaker. Catholic ushers shepherded the
1.000 Methodists. Episcopalians, Jews
aud members of other denominations who
tilled the aisles and overflowed into the
streets.
Justice Tompkins adjured his hearers
to stand together against the Klan as
they had fought together in the World
War.
“The great menace to our republic to
day is on the inside, not on the outside,”
he said. “Our democracy cannot endure
unless all classes, creeds aud races are
allowed to live and work and worship
freely and peaceably."
"Our government is not exclusively a
white man's government or a Protestant
government, a Jewish government or a
Gentile government."
CLEVELAND WOMAN
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Miss Mary Lou Burdoek Injured in Au
tomobile Accident Xekr Salisbury.
Salisbury, July 5.—-Miss Mary Lou
Burdock, of Cleveland, was seriously in
jured, aud several others were hurt late
yesterday when an automobile in which
they were riding, turned over, l’rof. I>.
N. Dodge, who was driving, swerved *tc
avoid another machine, aud his cai
turned turtle. It was said Miss Bur
dock's skull was fractured. The other
injured are: ills. I). L. Hodge, painful
ly hurt! Miss Grace Allen, arm broken:
Miss Sarah Phifer and Miss Annie Mar
tin. badly bruised.
FARMER-LABOR PARTY
MAY NAME CANDIDATE
To Rim, For Presidency and Other Of
fices in the 1924 Election.
Chicago. July 5 (By the Associated
Press). —A national convention of the
Federated Farmer-Labor party represent
ing industrialists and farmers will be
held in December or next January for
the purpose of nominating a President
aud other candidates in the 1024 elec
tion if the report of the organization
committee adopted by delegates repre
senting these giouus tit a meeting here
with the National Fanner-Labor conven
tion.
Music Teacher of Wake County. Miss
ing. Found Near Monroe.
Raleigh. July 4.— Miss Evelyn Nich
ols. music teacher of Oaraleigh Mills
village, whose mysterious disappearance
Monday puzzled and alarmed friends,
has been located at the home of friends
eight miles from Monroe, according to :in
nouncedent at jKiliee headquarters here
tonight. &
Miss Nichols was traced to Monroe
by clues which developed following the
publication in Raleigh of a newspaper j
story of her disappearance. The moth- j
er of Miss Nichols, at Greenwood. S. i
(’.. today retailed that her daughter had,
friends near Monroe, hut conJ.d not give (
their names.
Before taking the train for Monroe (
Monday afternoon, Miss Nichols, accord- j
ing to authorities at a local hospital, en
deavored to secure the services of a j
nurse to accompany her. , She was com
plaining of severe neuralgia at the time.
Grandstand Crash Kills One; Forty-
Three Hurt.
Salt Lake City, Utah. July 4.—One
person was killed and 43 injured, sev
eral seriously, here tonight when a tem
porary gtandstand loaded with hun
dreds of persous watching a Fourth of
July celebration at Liberty park gave
way and crashed, hurrying under the
wreckage many of the injured. Ruby
Sodeibury, nine years old, died of a brok
en neck at the emergency hospital. Al
most all of the injured suffered broken
limps, body abrasions or head injuries
More than 30.000 persons were in the
park men the accident occurred.
Total Fight Receipts Are $201,485. Says
United States Official.
Shelby. Mont.. July 4.—The approxi
mate total of gate receipts at the Demo- j
sey-Gibbous heavyweight title bout this,
afternoon was $201,485, according to fig
ures made public tonight by Charles
Rasmusson, Montana collector of internal
revenue.
Government Concludes Ttestimony.
Washington, July 5. —The government
finished its introduction of direct testi
mony in the trial of Charles W. Morse,
on charges of conspiracy in connection
with the building of wartime ships.
Negro Association Sends An
Appeal to President Harding
cy making for inter-racial good, should
have protection against lawless defiance
of the government. We urge especially |
Federal protection for 11. It. Moton. suc
cessor to Booker Watshington, whose 1
life has been threatened.” )
Klansmen Parade in Tuskegee.
Tuskegee. July"s.—Action -of the Na- j
tional Association for Advancement of.
Colored People on requesting military I
protection for Dr. R. R. Moton, head of j
Tuskegee Institute, and negro surgeons ’
at the United States Veterans’ Hospital, j
resulted, it is supposed here, from a pa-!
rade of 700 members of the Ku Klux
Klan Tuesday afternoon. Klansmen,
marched by Tuskegee Institute before
making their way to downtown streets.
Spokesmen for paraders said th» demon
stration symbolized the protests of 50.-
000 Klansmen of Alabama against plac
ing of negro personnel to man the Vet
erans Hospital.
NATION NOT TOO POOR
TO FOSTER SCHOOLS
National Educational .Association Shows
Comparative Egpenditures.
’Washington. July 5 (Capital News
Service).—The Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching reports
hat. opinion, public schools must
be limited in number aud scone because j
>f gradually increasing tax burdens. The
report advises the elimination of'pupils
whose intellectual endowment is ill-suited
for formal study and a restricted curri
culum.
The National Education Association |
meets the charge that the nation is now', i
or is likely in the future, to spend “too |
much” ou education, with facts, in the j
face of which, it contends, argument is ]
barly necessary.
First asking these questions: “Is there
justification for the belief that the cost
of the public schools is enormous and
is sorely taxing the ability of the Ameri
can people to support them? Do figures
as to the cost of education and the ability
of the nation to pay for education sup
port this attitude?” the National Educa
tion Association asserts that: ,
"The nation in 11)20 spent sl7 for
luxuries for every dollar that is spent
for education.
“It spent $8.50 for other forms of
public service for every, dollar it spent
for public elementary and secondary
schools.
“The cost of all public elementary and
secondary schools in 102 Q was four
tonths of 1 per cent, of the nation’s
wealth.
“The cost of all such schools in 1020
was less than 7 per cent, of the amount
of money lying in the savinigs accounts
of the banks of the nation in 1021. a
veare of acute business depression.”
Wheeler Praises Harding.
Des Moines. July ; s.—President Hard
ing was praised by Wayne It. Wheeler
of Washington, attorney for the anti
■:aloou League of in his address
before the 2!)th International Christian
Endeavor convention in session here to
night. Mr. Wheeler’s address was .on
“Patriotism’s Challenge for Law and
Order.”
"If the teachers of our next genera
tion do not witness the downfall of
orderly liberty 'and the rule of right
and- sec a return to anarchy and the
rule of might. Christian Endeavor can
and 4nust help to create the sentiment
that will make scoffings at the United
States Constitution unpopular.” said
Mr. 'Wheeler. "President Harding was
right in Iris challenge to New York
stjite recently when he reminded them
of Lincoln’s great pronouncement that
a nation could not remain half-slave
and half free, nop can it at this time
remain half-loyal and half-disloyal. The
President said that the safety of society
is in the obedience to law. If you like
the law or not, as long as it is regularly
adopted it is our business to obey it.
President Harding said also that if
every man thinks that every law must
suit him in order to obey it. he is not
a democrat but an anarchist."
Mr. Wheeler appointed to nil the
delegates from foreign countries to use
their influence in their respective coun
tries to prevent their countries from I
being used as a base for defying the
prohibition laws of the Foiled States.
Every province of Canada represented
at the convention. , '
"Let us remember that the liquor in
terests in Europe do not represent the
best element yin those tnatiom}. r said
Mr. Wheeler. “There is a growing
minority in every nation of the world
against the liquor traffic. All nations but
two have their prohibition movements.
By making good in the 1 nited States
we will aid every other nation in the
world to hasten the day of final free
dom.”
Engineer Would Make Sahara Desert
Bloom.
London, July 3—Continental engi
neers think large tracts of the Sahara
Desert may be made fertile by artesian
borings similar to those employed in the
arid parts of Australia.,
Pointing out that the sinking of wells
had made Australia one of the greatest
pasture countries in the world. Gaston
Imbeaux. chief engineer of the public
works department of the French govern
ment. says similar methods would cause
a number of fertile oases to spring up in
the Sahara, providing pasture for sheep.
M. Imbeaux says large reserves of
water undoubtedly exist under the great
sand wastes of Africa, and that if the
French authorities would undertake to
sink shafts to these subterranean wells,
the future success of the proje<*ted trans-
Saharan railway would be assured, as
the line would be furnished with the
necessary water at regular intervals.
The beautiful colors seen in the soap
bubble arise front the fact that the bub
le, being verythin, reflects light from
both the outer and inner surfaces or the
film.
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Mrs D. B. Fowlkes, Mrs. R. D. Mc-
Curdy and Miss Dollie Fowlkes spent yes
terday in MooresviUe and Charlotte.
SALISBURY DISTRICT
CONFERENCE AT GOLD HILL J
To Meet Friday, June 6.—i. t •
Trains and Jitneys, v. A-
The Salisbury District Conft Will
convene at Gold Hill, N. C.. on Friday,
July (ith. at 9 o’clock a. m.. and we kope
every delegate can be present at the
opening session, and of course, all the
preachers will be here. ,
Program, opening session at nine
o’clock: .
Sermon at 11 o’clock by Rev. W. A.
Rollins, of Concord.
Dinner on the ground.
There will be an afternoon session and
the Sunday schools and Epworth Leag
uers will have the evening hour, begin
ning at 8 o’clock.
The regular hours will be observed on
Saturday.
All preachers, delegates and visitors of
the Conference will please note the fol
lowing schedule of trains (Yadkin Rail
road ) :
Daily and Sunday. Southbound:
Ttain No. 1 leaves Salisbury at 0:30
a. m., arrives at Gold Hill. X. C., at
10:11) a. m.
Train No. 3 leaves Salisbury at 4:10
p. ~m arrives at Gold Hill. N. C., at
4 :53 p. m.
Northbound Trains, Daily aud Sunday:
Train No. 2 leaves/Norwood, N. C.,
at 5:45 a. in., arrives at Gold Hill, N. C.,
at 6:5(5 a. m. __
Train No. 4 leaves Norwood, X. C., at
4:25 p.m., arrives at Gold Hill, N. C., at
5:45 p. m. Cars will meet all trains.
Jitney Service:
Jitney leaves Yadkin Hotel in Salis
bury, at 8 a. in., arrives at Gold Hill at
8:53 a. m.
Leaves Albemarle at 10:04 a. m., ar
rives at Gold Hill at 10:52 a. m.
Leaves Salisbury at 1 p. m.. arrives at
Gold Hill at 1 :35 p. m. Cars will meet
jitney.
IVe. have Western Union Telegraph of
fice and good roads to Gold Hill, from
almost every direction, and we hope every
preacher, delegate and visitor of the
conference will come aud enjoy it with
us. We will do our best to entertain
you in the most pleasant way and we bid
you welcome.
Dr. T. F. Marr will preach for us
Sunday. /
' D. P. GRANT, Pastor.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
BY BOLL WEEVIL REPORTED
This Is the Tiiqe When the Fanners
Should Be on the Alert.
Raleigh. July 5. —Considerable dara
ageS by the cotton boll weevil has been
reported to the Department of Agricul
ture and State College officials by W.
Bruce Mabee, in charge of the firld sta
tion of the division of entomology at
Dunn, N. (.’., it was stated at the De
partment of Agriculture here today.
Mr. Mabee reports that, the weevil lius
punctured 17 per cent, of the squares on
the farm of M. L. Ballard at Kipling;
on the farm of Dr. O. E. Underwood iu
one field 18 per cent, of the squares have
been punctured: and 12 miles south of
•Fayetteville on the F. M. Morali planta
tion a 5) per cent, damage has been
found.
According to “Mr. Mabee. this is the
time when farmers should be oil the alert
for boll weevil damage and preparations
should be made for dusting the cotton.
He states that time should not be wasted
in looking for grown weevils but rather
that attention should be turned to the
punctured squares' ou the cotton plants.
Where the damage is not general over
the entire field, time, poison, and cotton
may be saved by dusting the Jieavily in
fested plants and thus preventing the
spread of weevils over an entire farm.
For the purpose of determining the
per eentage of infestation Mr. Mabee
suggests that 100 squares on the stalks
be examined. This will give a general
average for the field being considered
aud. Mr. Mabee says, if ten out of each
hundred squares are punctured, it is
time for dusting.
Dusting has already begup at Killing,
Salemburg. and in the filds south of Fay
etteville, according to the Department of
Agriculture. Last year dusting did not
begin until July 26 but it commenced
this seasou on June 26.
ADDITIONAL CITIZENS
FOR TRAINING CAMPS
[ Can Be Taken Care of Under Present
Orders Sent Out by the War Depart
ment.
Atlanta. Ga„ July s. —One thousand
additional citizens' in the eight states
composing the Fourth Army Corps area
will have tl»e privilege of attending tlit*
summer training camp at Camp McClel
lan. Aniston. Ala.: Fort Bragg. X. C.;
or Ft. Barrancas, Fla., under, recent or
ders issued by the War Department, it
was announced here today.
’Captain Yeull, training camp officer at
4th Corps headquarters here, stated to
day that the new orders provide for a
total of 4.400 mdu to be trained in the
three camps. .This gives the southeast
ern states, lie explains, more in propor
tion to population, than any other sec
tion of the country. It is expected that
the additional men will be obtained
through the efforts of the Military Train
ing Camps Association.
Louisiana is leading in attendance at
training camps, at present, according to
Captain Yeull. The other states rank as
follows: Georgia, Florida. Tennesse,
North Carolina. South Carolina. Miss
issippi and Alabama.
BANK OF ENGLAND
RAISES INTEREST RATE
Kate Raised to 4 Per Cent. From the 3
Per Cent. Which Had Prevailed for
Year.
London. July 5 (By the Associated
IVoss).—The Bank of England today
raised its rate to 4 per cent, from the 3
per cent, level which had prevailed for a
year.
The increase caused little surprise in
asmuch as events recently had been mov
ing rapidly toward such action. At the
same time there is considerable opinion
against raising the official minimum at a
time when trade is so bad, and when
Great Britain’s purchase of food and
raw material in the United States and
South America must be financed.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
' rnnr “ILLEO AND
MANY HURT DURING
BIG CELEBRATIONS
Which Were Held in Many
Parts of the County Yes
terday.—All Big Cities Re
ported Many Accidents.
MANY CHILDREN
AMONG KILLED
Most of the Deaths Caused
by Fireworks.—Pittsburgh
Let in the Number of Fatal
Accidents.
Chicago, July A score of deaths
and more' than a hundred injuries re
sulted from fireworks explosions and oth
er accidents incidental to the nation's ob
servance of Independence Day. Although
efforts made to prevent accidents were
universal, fatalities occurred hr* all the
principal cities of the country.
Most of those killed were children.
Pittsburg led in the number of deaths,
tetanus resulting from pre-holiday cele
brations causing four deaths of children..
A man was shot by his wife who claim
ed it was an accident.
St. Louis, with 01 reported injured,
had a greater number hurt than any oth
er city, although Chicago with 3 dead
and 2N injured, was a close second.
SOI/TH CAROLINA’S NEGROES
RAPIDLY MIGRATING NORTH
Frilly 22 Per Cent, of the Negroes of That
State Have Left It.
Columbia. S. C., July 5. — South
Carolina, long a state in which the
negro greatly outnumbered the white, *
experiencing a decrease in its colored
population that is gradually gaining in
volume, according to railroad and other
officials in position to observe. One rail
road official recently estimated tha'
fully 22 per cent, of the negro population
of the state had left for northern points,
and a newspaper in a recent article,
estimated that for the first time in more
than lfK) years the white population of
the state exceeded the negro.
Not. only have scores of thousands of
negroes left the state during the past,
year or more, but the number of women
and children leaving is increasing, rajl
voad officio] state. At „first only,
left for the north. Now. however, many
of those who went to the industrial
centers early in the exodus are sending
for their wives ami families while many
others are taking their women and
children with them.
Columbia apparently is a concentra
tion point r derable surrounding
territory. Practically every day 100 or
more leave from the railroad stations
in this city, according to S. H.
district passenger agent for the South
ern Railway.
“The negroes themselves are not in
clined to discuss their plans to any
great extent and make very little show
in leaving,” said Mr. McLean. ‘‘They
usually do not buy their ticket at the
uptown offices, waiting instead until a
few minutes before train time when
they purchase a ticket and then board
the train and are gone.”
The majority of the negroes now
leaving the state apparently are going
to I‘ ' • with Philadelphia and
Pittsburg appearing to receive the
majority, a * ’ many are going to
Detroit, New York. Baltimore, Boston
and Dayton.
GIVES IHS VIEWS AS
TO CHURCH’S W ORK
Improvement of Criminal Law, Equality
of Justice ami Protection for Children
Chould Be Undertaken.
Lake Junaluska. July s.—“ The church
has a more useful and important field
in seeking to amend the constitution so
that social injustice may be combatted
by legal meahs than to occupy its time
with the profitless controversies over
dogmas and creeds, or in fighting science
or trying to find out who our ancestors
-ire.” Marvin Underwood, Atlanta, told
the Social Service Conference in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, here
today.
Mr. Underwood, who was counsel for
the United State Railway administration,
and an assistant attorney general under
the Wilson administration added that
as a' religious question he was not so
much concerned whether he descended
from an ape as that whether lie might
develop such charasterics as might cause
a reversion to that species.
Efforts to improve criminal law, to
promote equality of justice, protect the
childhood and motherhood and promote
health and education were some of the
things the speaker urged upon the
hcurch. He denounced landlord profi
teers, long hours of labor, excessive cap
ital returns, bogus stock and promoters
and others. -
Policemen’s Working Hours in Salisbury
Cut.
Salisbury. July 5. —The working hours
of the Salisbury policemen have been cut
from twelve to eight hours a day. Un
der a new' plan put into operation by
Chief of Police Galliinore this week,
there will be three eight-hour shifts.
The addition, of four patrolmen brings
the force to a strength of twelve men..
There will be a picnic at Garmon’s
Mill, near Midland, on July 14th. The
picnic will continue throughout the en
tire day, and as usual, a crowd is
expected to attend. There will be a
number of attractions to interest those
who attend.
The first union of servant girls was
organized in Melbounre, Australia, in
in 1886.
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