H Editor and Publisher.
-VOLUME Xt\m
li IB REPLY 10
Us! ®IN NOTES
British Will Prepare Reply
the Reparations Propos
;.,n(l Submit It to Her
_ ijlies at Once.
ff.vT U'TK i.N ON
" 'REPLY AT ONCE
Would Act Solely for Pur
pose of IV.ly .ng Europe
on It* I' o **-
. ‘i j , ll\ tl.e Associated
' , ■ j»fjraiit ,l.:t" informed
” . ■>,. [ x site is ready to as
;.ji.ilit> ..f preparing the
-tin. ti..inan repara- t
»«j[,.|j|y u jjl be submitted
u r+i the least possible delay
", ,| K( t tlnu. will agree to its
|, - effect was made
t Minister Ihi Id win in* :t state
'|! ~ ~t l'ominous today oil
Ki Brit Jin's ivpar.it ions policy.
■ , .. .. _ lint.cut. he said, in
v\, of rim allies and of
Vi,[etv>’'.| vta’e- for the proimsal
.. , „ at the pacification of
f:; 1 ;;;, • ;v , oven, of all exhaiwt
,H i ; atnl.assa.loi'L’who is said
t ve aifetsltd a session of the
t •,,||tin, [.- lie to re. was in the
,' r „ tt u,..!ay to .hear Prime Minister
c“Baidviin make his statement <>n the rep
'' 1(1| qufstioii. With him were the
Italian -ami Berman amlxissa
u:? and the foreign minister of (’/.echo-
Slovakia.
\h' Kaldwiti failed to state what the
FiV-li iiio!»'s;.ls will he in tlie note the
•nrnimrtit intends framing, nor did he
aunlniii; in regard to an internat-
L.nai nimiui'siuii to . '.amine into Ger
man f capacity to pay. '
I;. pi i,in—i i,i:;s 1 1 \ Ramsey Mae
l*.L.ml. tic lippovition' leader. Premier
Hijilv, the i.‘ply idtiermany would
b. jiri'i-ccJol with forthwith. He-would
say. minorrow whether the reply was be
lli; cniuui.ui.cnn*d to the I nited States.
i'.4i.mautler Ken Worthy, liberal mem
to .it Hall, a-ked Gather the govern
pnatcbni by the United - States in the.
liatTcr of reparations. Mr. Baldwin's re
]., - ,|. -■iU dby the reporters as in
hut it was :;i ter learned that he
- . required consideration before
THE Til I HI) ('LI Mt’
POP. (RIPPLED CHILDREN
Held at Washington. N. ('.. I iuler Aus
piirs of state Orthopedic Hospital.
YVjt^i,ingtoii. \. <' u .Inly 12. —The
tf.i'ii ."!!'.■■ fur .-rippled children to be
in ;. town in North Carolina under the
“ ;c.s ..f tl.e State tli t hopedic Hos
i I'i’m and the State le.ard of Charities
a ! l’ublie Welfare was held here today
hi 1i..-ntlii|. of Hr. .loliti WiHiams. health
'itSeer fur Beaufort county. Eight
"'Vtit-' 'em children to the clinic":
Reac.forr. Washington. Tyrrell. Hyde.
raaiiii-,i. (Vaven and I’itt.
in. preceding - clinics of this kind
beeu.lield in Wilmington and Ra
(lli|h‘r tl.e ausjiiees ~f the hospital
| /'*«• b..;,rd „f p;;!,!!,. Welfare, - and
. : ' llir ’h wi 1 tie" held in Wilson. TVel
■*N “meials slate. These elitries ill
s ,U ' Vl|S use pint of a plan to put
J ' huinlr«id . rippled children in
•" r =li' ( arolina in touch with the Or
.p!"l."' H'lspital. Tins large mjmber
| •■ I »[«l»le> was discovered as :i re
"'ati' wide census carried on
£ »> file Hoard of Public TVel
l>ivision of liehabilitation.
~{F - < OTTON MARKET
1 ." m| 5,,;, at I).-, line in Response to
'"Mow-.l ( allies and l.\ ornMe Weath
* Report.
" r .^‘*bil\ 12. The cotton mar
ji ' ' a 'l.' «H :i 'le.-line of 4to
j |,j,. . , ' .' ! l,, 'l , "flse to I.iverpOol ra
ft .. . ' *•!*- ‘TfiKK. report of the weath
; Jiilv asr | „. w, 'i e reported, but
-f'Aii and active months
,:v r ~ ** *" II points net lower.
1 . dei-lining to
■,'y "•' ' Si ceej a ,nt Southern
l -r. | 1 ’ 1 -i.Niv were tnoderahe
"Steadied up
h'Df. i, y " • ...pnient of a firmer
, ls t’ , :t "" and reports that
bxa> tvee, '• r "l* advices from
;"ber m,].: ..."| e,< favorable. Oe
ti;.. " u »et higher dur
c triHlihti
f (l . .... . ' ' steady. July
Mar I• -Tan.
'WiiiUlu-an
May (j 0 to Chi
v TilgO. ‘
v, „ ‘ J nh . 1,,. f
- RppuMiwiß
- Md in C'hi
"") " . I |iham, nat-'
V' sli ' * 1 :l raj nest of
j" 1 ," 11 ' ''"iiitoitr.vin-nV l \, Uabl ‘* r ’
■ i;1 r»- Missouri,
( «*f nat
“ f r . r ' ' 1,1 ".Mii'ii and repub-
' v ‘ u Britos.
7“ '**'»* „ y
Arlain., ... union.
• ' ' ,:l • Julv 11 i- f
, 4 r «'tta b?-] - I naunnous <>]*•
wpeal the (■ epl ' Ar *
«... ; ' :i ' ‘‘Xpresspa t j° FKia prohibition
( '°uiMiinol ,,, . l a ‘ v ' ? y the h,mse
Th r ; v,,r! »b!p ‘ 1 to return
-bv" Was '«» tlivf-1 °v tI,H measure.
“ iWIi "n of ’ Preceding the
■u ■ committee
vi«; -■ arr *att St, v,;7T —i—
v-r ' n “ ht-r v „| '' "* Wilmington,
THE CONCORD TIMES.
GERMANY LOST' 187
SUBMARINES IN WORLD WAR
With The ve 6.3U4 Men an;l*sls Officers
Last Their Lives.
Washington. July 12.—One hundred
and seventy-eight German submarines
were "lost in action" during the war. ac
cording to am official report just received
by the Navy Department. The loss in
personnel is given as .">.8(54. of whom
515 were officers. These are be
lieved by officials here to be the first
authentic information on this subject to
be -obtained. Four years were consumed,
the authoy of the report asserts, in
checking official records and interviewing
members of the German admiralty who
had.-charge of under-sea craft.
Depth charges accounted for 87 sub
marines fixed mines for 86, tights with
enemy submarines J 2O. engine and ether
trouble 14. torpedo boats, destroyers and
subchasers 18. accidental ramming eight,
armed fishing craft six, airplane (bomb
fug I six. and submarine nets six. Twen
ty-one submarines were demolished or
otherwise disposed of to prevent their
capture b\ the enemy. Three were
sunk by- regular patrol vessels of the
enemy, hree by armed auxiliaries, wo
by-cruisers and two by arti lery fire from
the shore. One was sunk by a liner
at the entrance to the British main base
>f Scapa Flow, the famous U-op under
(’apt. Weddigen.
A chart accompanying t lie report
-hows that 56 of the under-sea boats
were lost in the English channel. 26 in
he North Sea. 16 in the Mediterranean.
16 on the East Coast of "England, 12
off the Dutch Coast, three near Heligo
land. two in Scapa Flow, and the re
mainder in far-separated spots in
world’s oceans.
Os the boats interned "before the Ger
man fleet was delivered to the allies, tin*
report says. live were sold to Spain and
two to Holland while 14 were demolished.
Inspection of the boats of shipbuilding
firms bolding contracts showed-that 2NI
submarines had been delivered and 11 >7
were under construction when the ar
mistice was signed.
CANNOT BAR DRINKING
ON OUR SHIPS AT SEA
Sale is Forbidden, but Captains Are De
clared Powerless to Interfere With
Passengers.
Washington. July 12. —Reports of
consumption of liquor stocks by passeng
ers on board government owned ships
have brought before the Shipning Board
the question of its jurisdiction in the
matter, with the resulting decision that
its authority, as exercised through the
ship's captain, does not run to the extent
which would permit any interference
with the passengers’ actions.
If was indicated, however, that this
decision might only be temporary aiid
rkat st-ci>* would be taken to obtain a
ab’y from the Department of Justice.
As the situation now stands the Board
is convinced that a passenger on the Le
viathan, for instance, is entirely within
his rights when,he prfduces the makings
of a cocktail .at his table in the dining
saloon and. acts as bartender to bis com
panions.
The wide police powers, given to the
•ommander of a ship under common Iftw
and international customs, it was de
clared by officials of the Boards, were
materially curtailed by the LaFollette
Act as they affected the crew, and al
most obliterated so far as they concerned
passengers beyond the point where the
safety of ship and cargo is involved.
FIRPO ANI) WILLARD ARE
PRIMED FOR BIG BOUT
Two Heavyweights Will Meet Tongiht
in Picturesque Setting of Boyle’s Thir
ty Acres.
Jresey City, July 12 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Two modern gladiators,
one from the prairies of Kansas, and the
other from the far stretches of the Ar
gentine. will stake, their pugliistic fu
tures tonight in a "Ul-round match in the
picturesque setting of the arenat at
Boyle's Thirty Acres.
For Jess Willard, the man mountain
who held the championship of the world
from 1915 to 1919 it will be the acid
test in the come-back by.whifh he hopes
to obtain return match with his con
queror Jack Dempsey. For Firpo it
will be the critical point in one of the
.most sensational careers in ring history.
A stepping stone if he is victorious, to a
chance at Dempsey’s crown.
A colorful crowd of probably more
than 70.000 fans including notables of
society, business, public life and pugil
ism, men from all parts of the western
hemisphere, were expected to witness
the combat, <
The advance ticket sales had passed
the 85.000 mark last night and indica
tions are that this figure would be more
than doubled by the timp the fistic pro
gram begins at 7:15 o’clock Eastern
standard time.
Botlkfighrers today were declared to be
tit for the greatest efforts of their unus
ual careers and experts who weighed pro
and con the rugged youth, punch and ag
gressiveness of Fir]>o against the gener
alship, power and gameness of Willard,
regarded the outcome as a tossup. A
Willard uppercut or a Firpo right swing,
both of which have landed before with
devastating effect may decide this issue.
JOHN A. MILLS I>EAI>
IN BALTIMORE HOSPITAL
Was Prominent Citizen of Raleigh and
Builder of Raleigh & Southport Rail
road.
Raleigh. July 12.—John A. Mills, 65.
Raleigh capitalist, manufacturer, and
builder of the Raleigh & Southport rail
road from Raleigh to Fayetteville, now
a brunch of the Norfolk Southern sys
tem, died this, morning at 10:20 o’clock
•in a Baltimore hospital. His body will
be brought to Raleigh tomorrow and fun
eral arrangements will be announced lat
er. --
Mr. Mills had been in a Baltimore hos
pital for the past several weeks suffering
from complications of diseases. Mem
bers of his family were at his bedside
when the end came.
The finest laces iri the world are worth
4 tiioit than their vfifcht.'in gold.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
ONLY A SMALL LOSS OF I
NEGRO LABOR IN STATE
As Compared With Those of Other States
—1.370 Negroes Have Left.
Raleigh. X. C„ July 12,'—Reports re
ceived from about 25 county agents of ■
the state indicate that there has been j
only a small loss of negro labor from *
the farms in North Carolina us compared |
to losses from states farther South, I*. •
W. Kilgore, Director of Extension Work J
of State College and the Department of'
Agriculture, announced today. Actual
figures compiled from these rejiorts show
that 1.870 negroes have left farm work
for the industrial centers of the North
Washington county, where 80 to 10 la
borers are reported to be leaving each
week, apparently is suffering most from
a shortage of farm labor.
"Another phase affecting labor on the
farm as shown by the agents reports."
reads a statement of the Agricultural
department, "is found in counties like
Mecklenburg, where a number-of the )n
--lorevs going to Charlotte receive about $3
a day"as compared with $1.25 that the
farmer is aide to pay. In counties ad
joining Forsyth. County Ageut George
Evans reports that the farmer is forc
ed to pay from $8.50 to $4.00 i>er day
for common labor. To ovcrconie this a
urtmber of are clubbing to
gether and doing their rush work by com
munity effort.
"Another significant thing found by
Dr. Kilgore, as a result of the survey,
is that some counties report such labor
as is lost is being replaced by other la
bor coming in from the states to the
South. A. Iv. Robertson, of Wayne coun
ty reports that more laborers have come
into bis county from southern states
than have left for Northern points. In*
Hertford and a number of other conn tie.-
where considerable road building is be
ing carried on. the competition for labor
has also been hurtful to the farmer.
"On the whole, however. Dr. Kilgore
finds that the farm agents do not seem
to be very much alarmed about labor eon- I
ditions in the various counties. A num
ber of them believe that most of the mi
gration northward is from the ranks of
shiftless laborers largely from cities, and
that in the end it will result in consider
able good because of this class leaving,
and further that farmers will soon begin
to depend more and more on power ma
chinery for doing farm work.
"Probably one of the most serious loss
es which the state is now experiencing
is the leaving of young white men from
the mountain farms for industrial sec
t.ions. Iu Cherokee county some white
labor has left, and about 25 to 80 white
tuen are reported to have gone from Clay
However. H. H. Ellis, County Agent ot
Cherokee county, states that more of
them go to work in the cotton mills <>l
Gaston county and to other mills in
nearby sections than go to the north. It
Wautauga county John B- Steele. ( oun
h-. tUoLjjafeyP iff**9 white
men have gone from this county to West
Virginia, Ohio and Michigan this spring,
but there has been no movement of ne
groes out of the county. In Polk coun
ty, J. R. Sams finds that a number of tin
young white men have left., the county
for northern cities.
"(hi the whole, however, with the ex
ception of Washington county, there
to be little concern among the farm
agents as to the migration of negroes
from this state. One agent notes that
those leaving his section are paying their
own way t-o some jKiint in \ iiginia
where they are given* transportation funds
from there on.
‘ The farm agents have uone consider
able work, however,, to offset this migra
tion. Director Kilgore states that uudei
the leadership -of C. R. Hudson, Stat.
Agent, a movement was inaugurated ear
ly iu the year to have the negro agents
to begin a campaign among their own
people for living at home this year. 'Lin
white agents were nlso instructed to as
sist in this campaign wherever possible
and as a result-more negroes in North
Carolina are now growing their owi
food and feed supplies than ever be
I “One county agent, W. H* Barton.
Richmond county, realizing what had
happened in the states to the south where
the boll weevil had done great damage,
put on air intensive campaign for his live
at home program. He enlisted the ne
groes in~~the project of the home garden
soil building and the use of legumes. He
also reached the colored people in com
munity groups and through the negic
ministers, who arranged meetings at
schoolhouses and churches. Mr. Barton
filled several Sunday engagements a
churches Sunday afternoons and fount
that the negroes responded well, in hi.
county alone over 248 negroes were en
rolled in garden work, and in a men
report Mr. C. R. Hudson stated that
approximately 2,500 adult negroes had
been enrolled in this work over tin; state
as a whole.” *
Summarizing the reports. Dr. Kilgore
S,U "V do not believe North Carolina has
as vet suffered a severe loss of farm la
bor and it is gratifying to know that
while a large part of the shiftless element
has migrated, still the better class of la
borers have realized that it is to then
interest to remain on our farms. Those
Who are- leaving are being replaced to
some extent by other laborers from the
states further south. Os the agents mak
ing a full report in this survey only the
one in Washington county Ims noticed a
severe, loss from the farm and we feel
justly proud that our program of work
for the Agriculture of the State has had
some good influence in this matter.
TRI E CHARGES AGAINST
three li mbeßton men
Charges Returned as Result of Alleged
Flogging of Two Lumberton Women.
(By the Associated Press.)
Lumberton, N. C., July 12* True
bills charging Jule Brogden, Mike Law
son and John Hedgepeth with burglary
and kidnapping were returned in Robe
son Superior Court late yesterday as a
result of the alleged flogging of Mrs. Ma
ry Watsop and Mrs. Hattie Purvis at
Proctorville last April.
The case probably will be called next
Tuesday.
A honey bee will travel eight • miles
from its hive in search of honey.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1923.
>m„ p„ * • p ~ ppp ppp—p— p„
The above’ picture describes the handsome new building being erected here
b.\ the Cabarrus Savings Bank. Work on the structure lias been underway for
several weeks and favorable progress is being made. The building will be live
stories in height and vviJJ he a modern one in every respect.
FIVE NEGROES DIE
IN MINE ACCIDENT
Were 1,400 Feet Below Sur
face in An Alabama Mine
Lose From Traih.
When Work Cars Broke I
_• i
Birmingham. July 12.—Five men were;
killed and thirty-five were injured, seven i
seriously today, when a train of trip j
ears carrying the morning shift to work, j
»arted in Slope mine No. 1 of the Sloss j
Sheffield Iron & Steel Company near;
Bessemer. Ala., according to reports com- !
piled jjrom hospitals ijnd morgue* where j
the dead and injured *vere removed, j
The dead and injured were all negroes. J
The men were 1,400 feet below the >
surface when the coupling broke, no- 1
•ording to reports received at the com- 1
pany office here. Twelve cars were |
'oosened and they went hurling uh
•hecked with their load of human freight |
for the remaining S(M) feet. The cars
struck the heading with a roar that was j
heard to the surface, timbers and hat
tresses being smashed into splinters.
A number of the injured were able to
be removed to their homes after first
aid had been applied.
Earlier Report.
Birmingham. Ala.. •July 12.—Word 1
•cached here today that several miners
tie reported to have been killed in on
ire mine near Bessemer. Ola. All avail
tide ambulances were called from Besse
mer. %
First reports said a train of trip cars
had run wild into a crowd of miners,
most of whom were negroes.
Liglv.iiing Kills Three • Maryland Sol
diers.
Baltimore, July 11.—Three members
if the Fifth regiment, Maryland national
guard, in camp at Saunders Range. Anne
Vrnndel county. wen* killed tonight
when a bolt of lightning struck in a
group of men. Ten soldiers were re
ported injured. The men were loung
ing about camp at the time, watching
a severe thunderstorm that swept over
that section of the county. The dead:
Privates John Tracey. Russell Fowb’e
and Arthur Rtherford, all of Baltimore.
The injured: Privates Melvine Robinson.
Washington. d>. : i’.rekley Evans. W.
W. (’over. W. Medley Joseph Bozzah
nwiqg, 1. (\>hen. K. Frank, E. Valley,
leorge Heist man. Rida .1 Hall. E. Giiss.
\l. Funkhniisen. W. Green and (J. (’over,
til of Balimore. •
Accounts of showers of fishes, accord
ing to one scientist, are not necessarily
‘fish stories." lie .-ays such falls of
fishes from the sky may be caused by
high winds, whirlwinds and waterspouts
hat draw up the fishes from the water
and tli«-n let. them drop as their force
is spent. «
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
(By the Associated Press.)
The cotton manufacturing industry in North Cartdina
used in 1912, 328,4(17,879 pounds of the raw product. In
1924-22 the amount used was 531,768,116 pounds. Figured
in bales of 500 pounds each this is 1,063,536 bales of cotton.
The percentage of increase in the use of the raw' prod
uct in this industry is relatively greater than that of any
other state engaged in the cotton goods industry.
In 1912 r 3.321,426 spindles were employed in the cotton
mills of the state; in 1922 this number had increased to
5,605,102. Looms in u # se in 1912 were 58,961; in 1922,
74,740. .
The spindle increase in North Carolina mills has been
•for each successive year, since greater than that, in am»
other state in the Union. The rate of increase since 1915-ts
44 per cent.
In proportion the value of fine yarns manufactured in
the state is greater in value than that made in any other
state. In the value of ticks and denims the state leads the .
nation;
HARDING JOINS THE
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
Promises on Oath Never to
Mistreat Either a .Dog or
Horse as Required by th«
Laws of Brotherhood.
Aboard TV S. S. Henderson with Pres
ident Harding. July 12 (By the Associ
ated Press). — Hoarding has
bound himself by an oath never to mis
treat cither a dog or a horse.
The obligation to be kind to both these
animals was part of an oath taken by the
President yesterday at Skagwav. whqn
he became a member of the Arctic Broth
erhood. He today confided the oath in
part to Airs. Harding, who itt turn 'in
formed intonbers of the 1 “residential par
ly. The Chief Executive from boyhood
has loved animals and his enthusiasm
over the Brotherhood's purpose to pro-j
tect them caused him to tell his wife |
about it,
The Brotherhood was organized on the
steamer Seattle by gold prospectors \\%o
use and love l.Orses and dogs and in tin*
North is said to have caused inclusion in
tln* ritual of a elause requiring kindness
to these animals.
The’President was today on the open
waters of the Pacific Ocean, having pass
ed through Icy Straits and Cross Sound
into the Gulf of Alaska en route to Se
ward. where he is due Friday afternoon.
The Chief Executive addressed the peo
ple of Skagway briefly yesterday.
DAWSON IS CHOSEN TO
SUCCEED J. D. NORWOOD
The Kinston Attorney Will Fit in With
All Factions u/ the Party.
Raleigh, July 11. —With a woman pre
siding for the first time in history, the
state Democratic Executive Committee
tonight received the resignation of Chair
man J. D. Norwood, of Salisbury, and
elected as his successor John G. Daw
son. of Kinston, speaker of the last
house of representatives. Mr. Dawson
was elected ny acclimation.
Miss Mary Henderson, of Salisbury,
as vice chairman, opened the meeting of
|im> committee, ..mi presided until Mr.
Daws >n had |>e.-n designatd :Hs the chair
man. tier presence in the .Jiair br.nige.t
..mm mi.'-; ct.mplimenJnry remarks as- to
.i.e . harming manner in which she tilled
' ;in> |).,sitien. Miss Hendeisi.n was ex
! c< pimnally active at headquarters of the
state e.umnittee in tlie last campaign.
! Governor -.orr.so;. ale.m log t:> Raleigh
to Hear Pardons.
Asheville. ,lt|iy 11.—Governor Cam
-1 eu.ii-’Morrison will leave here tomorrow
morning for a short visit to Raleigh.
! While in Raleigh lie will consider sev
eral peitions-for pardons and executive
clemency. The trip will be made by au
tomobile.
FUNERAL Os MRS. SMITH
HELD LATE YESTERDAY
Services at Chui _
Friends of D» statc l*it> r ‘- ir '
Oakwcod Cemt« . , v
The funeral of Mrs. T. TV. Smith, who
died Tuesday morning at her home here,
was held yesterday afternoon- at five
o'clock at Central Methodist Church, of
which the deceased was an active member
for many years. The services were at
tended by a large number of relatives and
friends of the deensed.
The services at the Church were very
brief. Two lessons, one read by Rev. Mr.
Peyton, of Winnsboro. S. C., pastor gs
Mrs. T\ G. DesPortes. and the other by
Rev. Jesse C. Rowan, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of this city, pre
ceded a short service conducted by Rev.
W. A. Jenkins, pastor of the deceased
who had charge of the services. A choir
composed of Mrs. C. B. Wagoner, Mrs.
Lloyd McKay. Miss Virginia Smoot. S.
Kay Patterson and Allen D. Prindell,
sang two hymns at the Church. At the
grave the Methodist ritual _was used by
Mr. Jenkins and the service was con
cluded with a prayer by Mr. Peyton.
Many beautiful and handsome floral
designs, sent as last tokens of love by
friends of the deceased, covered the grave.
The pall bearers were: R. A. Brower,
T. T. Smith, N. A. Archibald. D. L. Rost.
Ij. I). Coltrane. P. B. Fetzer, C. A. Isen
hour and J. B. Sherrill.
The following from Winnsboro came
to attend the funeral: Mr. and Mrs-. F.
A. DesPortes. Mrs. A. E. Davis, Rev. and
Mrs. TV. P. Peyton, Miss’ Mollie McMas
ter, Mrs. G. A. Johnstone. Mr. and Mrs.
Julien Lipscomb, Mr. J. M. Lyles, Mr.
R. F. McDowell. Mr. Rudolph Johnstone.
AUTOIST GOES TO PEN
FOR KILLING A WOMAN
John Talbert. Stanly County, Ran Over
Miss Shellie Atkins Last May tlth.
Albemarle, July 11.—An inactive sen
tence. with a selfstarter, was passed by-
Judge Stack in Superior court here to
day on three boys who' plead guilty- of
forging checks.
The case is unique in that. Judge
Stack passed a sentence of two years on
the chain gang on the boys and required
them to appear 1-2 months from now and
show that they have attended a full ses
sion of school, and required the parents
of each of tIF boys to place with the
clerk of the Superior Court the sum of
SBOO for one boy and S2OO for each" of
the others, to be forfeited if the parents
fail to send the boys to school, and the
suspended’road sentence to take effect if
the boys fail to attend school.
Charles Tatum, negro, plead guilty to
the charge of manslaughter and was
given an indeterminate sentence from
two to three years in the penitentiary.
Gorge Massey, negro, submitted to a
charge of manslaughter and was sentenc
ed, to a term of from six to eight years
in the' penitentiary.
Charles Neal, negro, submitted to a
charge of second degree murder and was
given a sentence of 15 years in the peni
tentiary.
The case that has created, perhaps, the
most interest of the court, was that of
John Tabert, white man of Palestine,
who was tried on a charge of murder iu
the second degree, in having, caused the
of Miss Shellie Atkins at a school
closing May 11. He was found guilty- of
manslaughter, and was sentenced. by-
Judge Stack to an indeterminate sentence
of from two to three years in the peni
tentiary. Tabert has a family'of a wife
and three children and is a member of
a large family, a son of D. S. Talbert,
well known citizen of the county.
This is the first conviction of a per
son in Stanly county for killing another
with an automobile.
The case of J. J. Efird, charged with
a statutory offense, which is creating a
great ileal of interest, is set for trial to
morrow, and a special venire of o(> men
has been summoned to be present at the
opening of court iu the morning. This
case will likely consume the rest of the
week. The other eases of importance
have been disposed of.
KENNETH M. EYLAND
> COMMITS SI’ICIDE
Members of His Family Declare He Had
Been Despondent For Several Weeks.
Orange; N. J., Juiy 12. —Kenneth M.
Hyland.. a member of the New \<>rk Con
solidated Stock Exchange, committed sui
cide at the home of his 4ister here today
by shotting himself through the head. His
sister told the police Eyland had been
despondent for some time because of bus
intes troubles. Hyland's two children
were asleep in the house when the fathei
took his life.
Bud L ppurJ (f t v Auotiw* E«rM««n
- Months in Jail.
Newton, July 11. —The case of Bud
Lippard, who has been confined in the
county jail for the last month, where lie
is serving the unexpired sentence of four
mouths for violation of the liquor laws,
was called in court this week and the de
fendant plead guilty to violating prohi
bition law again. Through his counsel.
W. A. Self. J. 11. Burke, L. F. Kluttz
and Wilson Warlick, the defendant in
troduced evidence that he was not in a
physical condition to serve a jail sen
tence much less a chain gang sentence.
T>rs. Campbell. Long and Shipp advised
that he could not be properly treated for
1 his ailment in jail and that he should go
ito a hospital. Judge Webb, however, seu
j fenced him to IK months in the Catawba
J county jail.
“Aunt Minerva” Wilson Dies in Her
115th Year.
York. S. C.. July 11.—" Aunt Minerva”
! Wilson, negro, 115 years of age, the old
est person in York County, died at her
! home near York today. All of her 13
| children are dead, but she is survived by
j scores of grand-children, great-grand
children and several great-great-grand
! children. She was alert in mind and
agile in muscle up to a few weeks ago.
Cheaper Rates , on Hogs.
Washington, July 12. —Railroads were
ordered by the Interstate Commerce
Commission today to reduce by from five
per cent, to 7 per cent, rates on hogs
grown in Southeastern states, and des
tined to packing plants in and around
Fort Worth, Texas. , •
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
‘NHL PARADE Os ,
ELKS BRINGS THEIR
MEETING TO CLOSE
About Eight Thousand Mem
bers of Order Took Part
in Parade Over Several of
Principal Atlanta Streets.
CAROLINA LODGES
WERE REPRESENTED
At Last Session of the Grand
Lodge New Officers Chos
en Tuesday Were Installed
to Serve Next Year.
Atlanta, Ga.. July 12.—The Elks
tribes literally overran Atlanta today. It
was the occasion of their grand annual
parade, the dosing event of their 1022
Grand Lodge convention and reuuion
and thousands of members of the order
with their two score bands, drum corps
and other musicians, their picturesque
floats and uniforms of purple and white
received ovation after ovation as they
marched block after block through the
heart of the city.
After the last session of the grand
lodge at which tlie new Exalted Ruler
Jas. G. McFarland, of South Dakota,
and other grand officers were installed,
the parade was the principal - feature of
the day.
Approximately S.OOO persons were in
line and presented a brilliant spectacle
as they passed through the streets past
the reviewing stand erected in front of
the city hall. In the line of march from
southern lodges were included delega
tions from Charlotte, N. C„ and Winston-
Salem, N. C.
GOVERNOR PEAY SAYS
THIS STATE IS FINE
Has Been Delighted With Visit.—Pays a
High Tribute to Several Public Offi
cials of the State.
High Point. July 12.—Governor Aus
tin Peay. of Tennessee. who__has been
studying this state’s highway system,
spent last night iu High Point and left
at 10 a. in. today for Mt. Airy. He ex
pects to return to Tennesse this after
noon. .
“We are leaving North Carolina after
a most delightful visit.” Governor Peay
said before leaving High Point today.
"We are deeply grateful for the cordial
welcome and courteous reception which
we have received at all points. Your
state is achieving remarkable industrial
progress. Its government is in excel
lent hands. Governor Morrison is u
man of great force and high qualities
and his statesmanship and far-seeing
judgment are evident on all sides.”
Governor Peay said North Carolina
was fortunate in having Frank Page as
chairman of the State Highway Commis
sion.
"His talent for organization and lead
ership and his genius is everlastingly
stamped on your state in the wonderful
road system which has come into exist
ence through his direction. We are going
home with information and inspiration
which will surely be reflected in newer
and broader development in Tennessee.”
AUDITORS’ REPORT NOT
WORRYING GOVERNOR
He Says He Feels Sure State’s Finances
All Things Considered, Are in (food
Shape.
Asheville, July 12. —Governor Morri
son is not worried over the result of the
audit of the state's finances, whatever
tjiey might be, he ’announced this morn
ing before leaving Asheville for Raleigh
to complete, unfinished business raiding
his attention.
The Governor said he was not particu
larly interested in the audit report which
is now ready for the legislative commit
tee in charge of the investigation order
ed by the lawmakers some months ago
and just completed. His principal pur
pose in going to Raleigh, he stated, is
not to be there when the eommittee gets
the audit report, but to attend to busi
ness lie left undone wl»eu he first came to
Asheville. *He riterated the opinion for
merly expressed that there is no state
deficit if all elements liiat enter into a
true statement of the financial condi
tions are taken into consideration.
State Moonshiners List 111 Stills Dur
ing Month of June.
Salisbury, July 11.—North Carolina
moonshiners losj exactly 111 illicit dis
tilleries; 1,234 gallons of rum, 07.1125
gallons of malt liquor, 17 automobiles
and property vufued at $30,000 during
he month of June, according to the re
port of activities of federal prohibition
agents in the state, issued this morning
by State Director R. D. Coltrane, who
has headquarters' here.
Sixty arrests were made and 133 pros
ecutions recommended. The mixture
of liquor and property during June was
slightly smaller than either April or
May.
Break in Price of Wheat Blow to Tariff
Boosters.
Washington, July 11. —The break in
the price of wheat, sending the price
below the dollar mark, is a great blow to
Republican prosperity. G. O. P. lead
ers here today are sick over the drop.
They realize just what the wheat grow
ers will say. Senator Simmons’ warn
ing about the profiteers tariff is corning
true every day. Democrats do not re
joice in the slump in wheat, but they
are glad to disprove the old guard tariff
argument. From every political plat
form in the country the Democratic or
ators will remind their opponents of the
day that wheat went below a dollar.
Little Miss Mary McKay is spending
this week with her aunt, Mrs. W. F.
Goodman, on Spring street.
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