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PAGE FOUR Hie Concord Times Entered u second glass mall matte* at the nostofllce at Concord* N. ft* ■*- der the Act of March 8, 1879. Published Mondays and Thursday*. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Pnblishet W. M. SHERRILL* Associate Editor Special Representative •FROST, X.AXDI9 * KOHN 283 Fifth Avenne, New York Peoples Gas Building, Chicago. 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta RAILROAD SCHEDULE , In Effect April 20. 1923. NORTHBOUND, No. 136 To Washington 5:00 A. M. No. 36 To Washington 10:25 A. M. No. 46 To Danville 3:15 P. M. No. 12 To Richmond 7:10 P. M. No 32 To Washington 8:28 P. M. No. 3S To Washington 9:30 P. M. SOUTHBOUND . No, 45 To Charlotte —4:23 P. M. No* To Atlanta 10.06 P. M. No.' 29 To Atlanta 2:45 A.. M. No. *3l To Augusta 6:07 A. M. No. 33 To New' Orleans 8:27 A. M. No. 11 To Charlotte 9:05 A. M. No. 135 To Atlanta 9:15 P. M. " TIME OF OF MAILS. The time of the closing of mails at the Concord postoffice is as follows: Northbound. Train No. 44—11 p. m. Train No. 36—10:30 a. m. Train No. 12 —6:30 p. m. Train No. 35—7:30 p. m. Train No. 30—11 p. m. Southbound. Train No. 37—9:30 a. m. _ Train No. 45—3:00 p. m. Train No. 135—9:00 p. m. Train No. 29—11:00 p. m. Bible Thought For The Day ★ TIME NO OBJECT: —But. beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2 Peter 2 :S. DEATH IN DRINK. *:■ •" r —- 1 uifed : States Prohibition Commission er Roy A. Haynes is now publishing in the New York Times, a "Series of articles which present evidence respecting vari ous aspects of the enforcement of tlie naitonal. prohibition law. It has been strongly suspected for a long time that great quantities of adulterated and pois onous liquors have reached the illicit 1 market, and this suspicion is. thorough ly borne out by tlie official information given out by Mr. Haynes. It is the eas iest matter in the world for the bootleg' gers to counterfeit labels of standard whiskies, to put them on hootch of the * vilest kind and s#dl to unwary purchas ers. They, of course, have no scruples 1 whatever about this, and even counter feit the packages and wrappings faith fully. The fellow who buys from them congratulates himself that he is getting “genuine Scotch'" or /some other favor- ' ite brand of liquor when he is getting a poisonous concoction which often sends hkn to his death. 1 * It seems that the facts so clearly stat ed by Mr. Haynes are fully borne out by : the jKilice and hospital records. In the last number of The New York Medical Journal. Dr. S. I). Hubbard gives the"' figures over a period of years of the numbers of deaths from wood alcoholism and from acute alcohol poisoning. They went up by from 400 to 800 per cent. ~ after l!»19. the first year of national prohibition. The moral does not need pointing out. Don't buy the stuff. THE RICHEST MAN. The filing of the annual - statement of the Ford Motor Company recently re vealed another twentieth century won derful financial achievement. Heflry Ford and his only son own all the capi tal stock of the company. Their net profits last year were sll9,<)oo.o<X), and the statement showed that the company had deposited in various banks $159,- OtMMHWI iu cash. Mr. Ford, it is estab lished. we believe, without tjuestiou. is the richest man in the world. Certain ly he enjoys the largest individual in come of any capitalist in this or any other country. It is amazing to realize that this cp lossal fortune was accumulated in less than twenty years, as at that time he was a book-keeper on a very modest sal ary. This accumulation seems, too. to have aroused but little public hostility, so far as it is concerned and apart from some other activities of Mr. Ford. Ev en union labor virtually contemplates the Ford success quiescently. Mr.' Ford lias done more than any one else to make • Detroit a non-union city, but he always led the way. to the paying of high wag es. Although he lias refused to recog nize union labor in his shop, there seems to have been no union outcry against him, and his cars are owned by men who hold union cards just as if these cars were turned out from union shops. WATCH YOUR CHILDREN’S LITER ATURE. A thoughtful citizen, in a letter pub lished iu a paper in a Rhode Island city, brings to the attention of mothers and fathers the fact that magazines of doubt ful value are being sold in the city by news dealers, and that they can be ob tained by ypuug people into whose hands they should not fall. He makes the sug gestion that parents should kno.w the character of the magazine literature on sale and be ou guard against its being purchased and read by their children. Os N course opiuious differ as to what is or is not harmful reading matter for chil dren and young people," but if dealers in the Rhode Island cityTpr anywhere else, are handling periodicals which are vic ious or obscene, even if cleverly disguis ed, steps should be taken to have the sale of such stopped. The best remedy against such, literature is to interest the children in the clean and wholesome kind. They will then turn less to that which is yicioue or salacious. DECLARES GERMANY CAN PAY NOTHING. —j I The Institute of Economics, of New. York, is an institution with an endow ment of $2,000,000 from the Carnegie Foundation. Part «f its income has been 'devoted to an economic investigation of the extent to which Germany has paid reparations and her capacity to make further payments. Germany at present can pay" nothing, according to the con clusions reached by this organization, which has at its head such men as Dr. Arthur T. Hadley, ex-president of Yale: D. A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard: David S. Houston. ex-Secre tary of the Treasury: John Barton Payne, head of the American Red Cross, and Paul M. Warburg, of New York. The report -declares it to be’ the con clusion of the Institute’s investigation that since the armistice was signed, Ger many. in fulfillment of reparations obli gations. has parted with goods, money, property and securities worth 20.000.- 000.000 gold marks, or about $5,188,000.- 000. This is more than France admits, and Allies acknowledge the recenpt of only about $2,000,000,000 from Germany- On the other hand Germany claims cred it for payment,* amounting in round numbers to $11,000,000,000. ' A discrepancy between these is explained, according 'to the Institute’s report, by the fact that the allied powers refused to allow credit for many of the largest items of German delivery. After declaring that Germany “at present can pay nothing.” the Institute asserts that “whether she will be able to pay in the near, or even distant, future depends on circumstances over which she has no di reet* control.” It declares that most of the values surrendered by Germany in fulfillment of reparation obligations have been from capital and not income, and that “she has practically nothing left that Germany has no more capital to send across the border, no income, except paper marks, which the Allies will not accept, and that the Allies cannot collect anything from Germany so long as they refuse to permit Germany to earn, by foreign trade, money acceptable to them. Whatever may be the truth of the conclusions reached by the Institute.- it i* an interesting contribution to the bet ter understanding of the situation. STEADY ADVERTISING THE THING Mr. H. B. Stout, manager of the mer chandising division of the Goodyear tire sales department, recently delivered a message at the annual dealers’ get-to gether meeting held at Bismarck. North Dakota which is worth repeating sever al times. The substance of Mr. Stout’s message was that consistent, insistent and con tinuous advertising pays. He declared that 94 per cent, of the advertisers of one large Chicago daily, who placed ad rerti*emenfwin the paper only spasmod ically were final failures. It was the steady pull of regular and all-time ad vertising that did the job. Mr. Stout said: “Gooilyear does not depend upon one. two or three times copy. We seldom start a campaign that does not run for at least 52 insertions in the paper and more often it is two or three times a week copy. That is what tells." "But advertising will not do the work -alone. There mtfst be service, courtesy and system—the handmaids of advertis ing. Too much time is given up to groaning over mail order competition. "If you are ui»ou your toes and attend as muA to your trade as the mail order houses, they would not have a show be side you.” declared Mr. Stout. "I have worked for mail order houses and know their system. They drop iuto a terri tory and make a survey. Where they find merchants not giving adequate ser vice. failing to push sales by the various media of advertising, then they start a bombardment of literature. It usually., comprises sending a mail a series of twenty-four pieces of mail. If they get even so much reaction as a postcard they continue that name for another series." In New Mexico recently a bold and intrepid editor, conceiving it to be his duty to the public, criticised the action of a court. The court hailed him before it and sentenced him to jail for a long term ou charges of criminal libel and contempt of court. The right-thinking Governor of that commonwealth, prompt ly issued a complete pardon in both cases, holding rightfully that the liberty of free speech and a free press had been infringed by the court, as the editor was exercising only his constitutional rights as a free American citizen in express ing himself and saying what he thought. All honor to Governor Hinkle for his courageous act. During the past few years women have been engaged as employees in banks iu great numbers. Their employ ment was accentuated by war conditions. Their services have proven satisfactory, and recently their organization, number ing 6,500, asked for equal rights with men as to the amount of their salaries. When this demand was discussed by the American Institute of Banking at a re cent meeting in Cleveland, a Virginia banker was bold enough or silly enough to refer to the women as *merely tem porary employees.” and said their “ulti mate goal should be at home.” That’s stuff is old and out-of-date. But then be who uttered it was from Virginia. The time is fast approaching when 'the period of government provision for the rehabilitation of the thousands of dis abled-veterans will be closed. . During tfajeir ttrailing period these tiugn hpve ■ been receiving the assistance of ‘ the gov ernment. But when their training tier i iod ends they will be suddenly thrown upon their own resources, and steps ! should be taken for their assimilation into civil life. The problem i» ope for i the pcpple to take upwhere j the government leaves off. The old rebel, Francisco Villa, who * was assassinated a few days ago, has been living for the past few years on his ranch ou the proceeds of the booty he secured during his active days as a revolution 'leader and a strife breeder generally. Now.’it seems, there is to be a great row over .the succession of his ranch and his property. He seems to have left two wives, and each of them with her friends claims ownership of the ranch and all that goes with it. One of the wives is in possession and the friends of the other threaten to dispos sess her by force. The possibility est trouble is so strong that federal troops have been ordered to the ranch. Now comes the report that, encourag ed by the recent result in Minnesota, the radical elements of the rock-ribbed Re publican State of Vermont are making their plans to follow the lead of the northwestern State. They will make an effort, it is said, to elect a candidate to succeed the late Senator Dillingham who will be similar to Mangus Johnson, the new Senator from Minnesota. Vermont is an agricultural State, having no large city, and it is not at all improbable that it may break away from its Republi can moorings. It has been a long time since New York has had the national convention of either party, but it is going to make a strong bid to secure this year the Demo cratic convention. Os course Chicago will also make a strong bid. and Kansas City and San Francisco are also expect ed to want the big meeting. From pres ent indications, the Uepublicatiou con vention will be but little more than a ratification meeting, and the Democratic convention will hofel the center of inter est. GREAT DAMAGE IS DONE BY FIRE IN ASHEVILLE Loss Estimate*! at $250,000. —It Seemed at One Time That Several Other Build ings Would Be Burned. Asheville, July 25.—The three-story building and contents of the Emporium Department Store on South Pack Square, were completely destroyed by .fire which developed about II :30 this morning. O. P. McArthur and Mrs. C. A. Williams, employes, were severely burned, and the former suffered « broken leg when lie jumped from a second story window. Two clerks reported missing, were later located. The loss is "estimated at $250,000 only partially covered by insurance. So rapid ly did the tffTines gain headway that for a time it seemed that several other build ings in the heart of the business section would be destroyed. All the, fire appa ratus of the city was concentrated and save for minor losses to the city library the fire was confined to the Department store. Several clerks escaped from sec ond and third floors by jumping into life nets. NEGRO LABORER SHOT AND ' KILLED BY WHITE “BOSS” Ed Terry' Givps Himself l’p to Officers After Killing Lee Gordon. Following Words. Gastonia. July 23.—Lee Gordon, a ne gro laborer of Kings Mountain, was shot and instantly killed by Ed. Terry, white, supervising boss on the construction work :>f the new Kings Mountain 'pumping station, this afternoon about 3 o'clock, following an altercation and some words between the Jwo. Terry immediately gave himself up to the authorities at Shelby. Gordon, who was not working for Ter ry. was sent to the plant to borrow some tools. A dispute ensued and words fol lowed. It is alleged that two or three rocks were thrown, thd negro then started back to his work. Terry went to a near by house, borrowed a shotgun, and shot the negro as he passed into a wagon, emptying both barrels, according to re ports here. The negro died instantly. Terry was formerly employed here" with a construction force. MUST STOP USE OF MISLEADING BRAND Order Issued Against Big Greensboro Concern by the Trade Commission. Washington, July 23. —The King-Fer ree Company. Inc., a cigar manufactur er of Greensboro, N. C., is ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to dis continue the use of misleading legends in connection with the advertisement and sale of cigars manufactured by the concern iu Greensboro. The commission's order specifies that and desist from using the word *'Yan tarapa” alone, or jn combination with other words, iu brands, labels or legends on cigars, and the containers thereof, manufactured by it in Greensboro, N. C.. or any other place than the city of Tampa, Florida, or the Tampa district, so-called, unless if the cigars in fact are not made in Tampa. Florida, or the Tampa district, such worn or words are followed by words *in type or lettering equally conspicuous with the word “Van tampa” which state the true place of manufacture. Leviathan Completes First American ) Voyage. Xe/v York, July 23.—-The Leviathan today completed her maiden voyage un der the American flag. More than 7,500 persons were at the Hudson river pier where the giant “Sea Palace” docked. The running time from Southampton to New York was five days. 12 hours and 11 minutes, with at ( average speed of 23.09 knots an hour. Her speed from Nantucket to Ambrose light was 25.07 knots an hour. The longest dgy’s run was 605 miles. On another day 601 miles were covered. Ten stowaways slipped aboard at Cher bourg aud Southampton. They were turned over to Ellis island authorities. Gov. Morrison Cannot Attend the Peach Siiow. Asheville. N. C., July 25.—Governor Cameron Morrison said today he would not be able to attend the peach show which will be opened Friday at Hamlet. N. C. Hattie Eury, who has been cook at the boarding house of Mrs. J. S. Lafferty for the pgfct ,ten years, was taken to the Concord Hospital this morning for an , operation- Hattie numerous friends among the white people. . r THE CONCORD TIMES RAT KII4JSRS LOOSE GASES THAT SEND THREE TO DEATH Men Trapped in Building Found With Hands Outstretched Toward Sealed Doors. New Y’ork. July 22. —The lifeless bodietij of three men, -one of them lying with outstretched hahds 20 feet from the sealed, locked doors that woul<} have mocked his efforts even if he had suc ceeded in reaching them, were > found this afternoon in the warehouse of the Hecker-Jones Jewell Mailing company, at Oorlears and Water streets. - Shortly before 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon a crew from the Fumigators Chemical Company, of Warners, N. J., saw to it that all windows and doors were closed and locked and all crevices and opening through which air might pass were stopped up with burlap and bags of flour. Then, under the impression tlmt the building was empty of all hun tan beings, they! placed in position on tje outside, large tanks of liquid hydrocyanic acid, connected them up with pipes leading to the six floors and cellar of the ware house. and went away, leaving the dead ly fumes to find their way into every crevice and corner and exterminate all rats and vermin. At 3 o’clock this afternoon, Henry Harvey and Chris Paulfraf, employees of the mill, arrived for the purpose of opening the warehouse. They donned their gas masks ami opened one of the doors. s The body of a man 20 feet from the door on the ground floor met their gaze. A few feet further back on the same floor were the bodies of two more men. The fact that the three men were found within a few feet of the door was taken to indicate that they had realized too late they were trapped, and making a last minute dash for the outer air and life, had run into the death-dealing fumes- DAWSON FOR GOVERNOR NINE YEARS FROM NOW Elevation of Y'oung Easterner is Caus ing the olitical Powers to Get Busy. Raleigh July 22.—John G. Dawson’s election a: chairman of the democratic state execi ive committee has stirred the politico prophets to activity and they are now predicting his election as governor nine years from now. This talk, quite likely, with furnish more material for the supporters of the theory that the “powers that be” pick the governors for the people of the state nine years -ahead of time. That has been the cry since the political writers first, began prophesying Max Gardner’s election to the governorship five years hence, when the easterner who will succeed Governor Morrison has re tinal from office. To be advocated nine years ahead of time might kill the chance of Chairman Dawson, who is all the nice things everybody says about him. nevertheless, he is being talked by a good many people wiose interest in polities goes deep enough to look a long ways ahead. Mr. Dawson is not more than a year or two from 40. either ou this side or the other side, aud in nine years he would be at a satisfactory "guber natorial age.” Max Gardner was 39 when lie made his race against Governor Morrison, and many voters complained of his youth. The prophets are looking* to him to occupy the mansion six years hence and that would put him in office at 45. YOUNG MAN FOUND WANDERING IN WOODS Ilad Been Sleeping Outdoors and Liv in on Berries. Goldsboro, July 24.—Edwin J. Keif fer. 25-year-old white man. whose mind is evidently unbalanced was foundwan dering in the woods near the Wayne county fair grounds by local police, who brought him to city jail, where he is being held for observation. The young man, neatly dressed and of excellent appearance, but without funds, claims San Antonio, Texas, as his home. He lias been seen loafing around the city for the past two weeks, obviously without visible means of support. Lo cal authorities, becoming suspicious, fol lowed him yesterday, and found that he had been sleeping in the woods for some time. His bed. couch or pallet, which ever it. may be termed, was composed of woods rubbish over which he had spread newspapers, using his suitcase as a pil- i low. He stated to the officers that lie | had been living on such eatable berries as lie could gather in the woods. Chief of Police Tew lias wired A. G. Ivieffer. f)f San Antonio, whom the young man claims is liis brother in the effort to have him carried to some sana torium, where he can be properly cared 'for. L. W. STANCELL DIES FJiOM HEART TROUBLE Charlotte Man Was Preparing to Go to Insurance Meeting When Death Inter vened. Charlotte. July 23. —While preparing to attend an insurance managers’ meet ing at Whitelake. L. W. Stancell, man ager of the insurance department of the Carolina Home Investment corporation, died suddenly of heart trouble at his residence this morning. The annual convention of insurance agencies of the Philadelphia Life Insur ance company was to open this after noon at Whitelake and Mr. Staucell when he was stricken, was in preparation for departure for the meeting. A CITY DETECTIVE SHOT AND KILLED Another Was Wounded When They At tempted to Raid a House at Little Rock. Little Rock, July 24.—-Announcement was made by the police shortly before noon today that the two men responsi ble for the killing of George W. Moore, a city detective, and the wounding of L. C. Hay. another detective here early today had been identified as Arthur Lange, an Oklahoma bandit, and a man known as "Diadiuou Joe,” said to be a former Kansas City saloon keeper. Lange is said to be wanted in Okla homa, for the? murder: of a policeman, aiyd in Kansas oil a cliafge of bank rob bery. | „ Admiral Sigsbee Buried. Washington, July 23.—Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, retired, famous as the commander of the ill-fated battleship Maine, received hit last salute today. ■ With full military honors he went to : his final rest at Arlington national cem etery. MERCHANTS FOR A GREAT YEAR The Directors, Meeting in Winston- Salem. Decide to Launch Aggressive Campaign to Organize Ail the Mer chants of the State- Statesville Daily. .Back in his office today after having been out practically all week attending meetings and conferences with officers ind leaders of the North Carolina MeMrchants Association at Winston- Salem, Durham, Raleigh and else where, J. Paul Leonard, executive sec retary of the North Carolina Merchants Association, is making announcements with reference to future activities of the Association which he says will prove of great interest to merchants and business men throughout the State. The most important meeting attended during the week was that of the new board of directors of the State Association, held in followed by con ferences with Messrs. W. N. Dixon and J. F. Morris of Winston-Salem, presi dents of the State Association and the Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance Com nan.v, respectively. If all the plans worked out by the directors are carried out in detail, Mr. Leonard believes this will prove the greatest year in the history of the Association. In addition to the information he is giving to the public today, he says other important announcements with reference to his Association and its activities will be made probably next week. Every director and officer attending the conference pledged personal as sistance to the executive secretary dur ing the next several months and a •ampaign will he inaugurated the latter part of August iu which each of the officers and directors scattered over the State will spend not less than three days traveling with the secretary from town to town organizing new local as sociations in those towns large Piiougli to support them and soliciting indi vidual members for the State Associa tion in the smaller town<f. Eaeh. of the present locals having been pledged by the recent convention to organize one new local, the president and a com mittee from eaeh local will be called on to assist the State secretary aud director visiting their respective locali ties. Following this campaign, the president and executive secretary are empowered by a motion of the directors to employ a field secretary, if they see fit, who shall spend his entire time traveling the State in the interest of the Association. Officers and directors of the State Association aud insurance com pany who arc to devote not less than three days to the campaign include the following prominent merchants of the State: W. N. Dixson and J. Frank Mor ris. of Winston-Salem. A- W. Bunch and R. L. Poston of Statesville. U. W. Miller and J. X. MJeCausland of Char lotte. S. P. Burton aud A. Nichols of Asheville, B. T. Bayens- and Clias. H. McKnight of Greensboro, Wh. Perlstein of Raleigh, J. C. *JVilliams of Wilming ton. II- C. Joyner of Rock Mount. Tj. B. Markham of Durham. Elmer Tt. Oet tingor of Wilson. These are to be sup plemented by members of the State program and extension committee aud local Association presidents. President Dixso/i was authorized and instructed by the board of directors to call a special meeting of the North Carolina Merchants Association to be held at some central point in the State next February at^,which time a special effort is to be made to bring into con ference every member of the “Big Double-Five Committee”—the official family of the State Association and in surance the personnel of which is the fifty-five men composing the boards of directors of the State Asso ciation and the insurance company and State committees, and with these the president of eaeh local Association. Mt\ Leonard was authorized by the directors to arrange for the reserva tion of an entire* hotel _at Morehead City the third week of next June. The 22nd annual convention of the North Carolina Merchants Association is to be held at Morehead the third Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday of June, and there will be meetings of a number of single-lino organizations of merchants the day preceding the opening of the general convention, along with group meetings of the Merchants Association. A number of groups plan to have meet tings following the general convention, and , it was therefore decided to secure the hotel for the entire week and limit guests to delegates to the convention and their families. : , - - < AFFLICTED WITH A FIT WHILE BATHING; DROWNS Cameron Had Been Subject,to Epilepsy Since Fall From Horse While in the Cavalry. Rock Hill. S. (’., July 23. —Sam M. Cameron, a well known and highly es teemed resident of the Industrial village, met death by drowning in the Catawba river Thursday, near the Carliartt Mill No. 2. while in bathing. He was seized with an epileptic fit and drowned before his condition was noticed. Cameron was 28 years of age aud had been subject to epilepsy since an in jury sustained by a fall from a horse while in the cavalry branch of the ser vice during the war. However, it is un derstood the spells were very infrequent aud none of his comrades iu the swim ming party knew.of his affliction. All had gotten out after the swim excepting Cameron, aud lie was taking a Jast plunge as tlie others dressed. A member of the party happened to look around while dressing and saw the body floating a* couple of feet from the bank. Death had already occurred, it being apparent that he was stricken in the water aud death came instantly. Cameron is survived by his wife aud a number of relatiyes. Slight Drop m Auto Production. AVasiyington. July 23. —Automobile production in_ the United States though still maintaining extraordinarily high levels, dropped off during June as com pared with May, according to figures gathered by the Commerce Department and the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. The June total of passen gerH'ars was 336317 /as compared with 350.180 iu May. and 263.027 in June. 1922: Trucks inuring June numbered 40.565 compared with 43,012 during May aud 25,984 during June last year. Big Grain Exports. Washington. July 23.—Grain exports from American ports last week amount ed to 3,715.000 bushels compared with 1,613,000 bushels the week before. I ♦‘ ‘ „ THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER A WHOLE YEAR FREE Pay $2.00 and Get The Concord Times and Progressive Farmer Both For One - Y ear, Until further notice we will give The Concord Tinqfes and The Progressive Farmer, both one year for only $2.00, the price of The Times alone. You get 155 papers for only $2.00. The Progressive Farmer is the best farm paper publish ed and every farmer should have it. This offer is open to both old and new subscribers. If you are already taking The Times all you have to do is to pay up to date and $2.00 more for another year, and The Progressive Farmer will be sent you a whole year free. If you are already paid in advance to The Times, just pay $2.00 for another year; your subscription will be so mark ed and we will send you The Progressive Farmer a full year also. Address, ts. THE TIMES’. Concord, N. C. THE WEEKLY WEATHER AND CROP REVIEW North Carolina Crops Made Good Prog ress:—Cotton in Good Condition. Washington. July 25.—The weekly weather and crop review issued today by the Department of Agriculture contains the following on the Southern crops: The temperature was below normal during most of the week in the cotton belt, and considerably cloudy rainy weather pre-, vailed in the central portions. In gener al the. progress and condition were gopd to very good in the northern portion, ex cept in Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas, and also ir. the more eastern districts except in Florida. The weekly weather by cotton ."tales included: North Caiolioa crops made good prog ress iu.most of the state except in some sections where it was too dry and heavy damage by hail, wind and rain to a 15-mile strip of Pitt county; also some local damage west in Wake county. Cot ton maintaining generally very good condition : weevil fairly under control as yet. but some report more trouble from lice than ever known. On a Soda Fountain Spree. Kinston. July 24.—-The record for eating established here many years ago stands unchallenged after a generation. Bill Hlngman’s putting away or 37 cooked eggs at a sitting never lnTving been duplicated. Yesterday a new soda fountain record was hung up by an individual who refused to give his name, a rural stranger. He sauntered up and "askisl for a “saucer of ice cream.” He followed this with two ice cream cones. He ran a finger down a line of syrup plugs and stopped at one marked “grape juice.” "Gosh'. I’m thirsty.” he said. Then he called for a concoction of another sort.' The soda jerker said he believed the stranger “was" thirsty. ‘lSay, make me two milk shakes,” ' the patron ordered. “That’ll be enough this time.” The whole thing transpired in six. minutes, the fountain clerk said. BaliTLayer Falls Dead Trying to Beat Out a Bunt. New York Times. Edward Lindgren. 25 years old, of IS Barries Avenue. Port Richmond Staten Island, dropped dead yesterday during a baseball game between the Mugs and the Cardells. two local teams, while attempting to beat out au infield hit. He fell deal just baek of first base. The game was played in a vacant lot and had aroused much interest, among local fans, as the Mugs headed by Alderman Edward Atwell, were com? posed of business men. who had challenged the younger men on the Cardells. The game was called off after I)r. Callagliam of St Vincent's Hospital said Lindgren had died from a heart at tack. _ _ / Rev. Mr. Hill Resigns New London Pastoral. New London. July 25.—Rev. .1. W- P. Hill, has offered his resignation as Pastor of the Baptist Church here, to be effective about the first of September. After which he will enter Theological School. Mr. Hill lias lots of good friends here who are sorry that he is to deave the charge. The Star Theatre today and tomorrow will present "Male and Female.” Cecil B. DeMille’s great production. The cast includes Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meigh and and Behe Daniels. Also a pleasing comedy “Without a Wife.” Admission, 10 and 25 cents. WIDENHOUSE REUNION. The Widenhouse re-union will be held at Center Grove Church on Thursday, August the ninth. 1923. liev. •L. I). Hayman, of Weldon. X. will be file principal speaker on this occasion. All connections of the Widenhouse fam ily are cordially invited and expected to attend this re-union. THOS. WIDENHOUSE, 23-2 t-c. Chairman. AUCTION SALE OF STOCK OF DRY GOODS AND SHOES, AT MID * LAND, N. C. By virtue of the powers conferred on me by a deed of trust of date of July 2nd. 1923, executed by J. F. Griffin and duly registered iu the office of the Reg ister of Deeds of Cabarrus County. X. C. in Book 49. p. 17 aud by Chapter 28 of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina, 1 will at the late storehouse of the said J. F. Griffin in the. towu yf Midland. N. (’.. at the hour of 2 P. M.. on Monday, August 13th, 1923. expose to sale at public auction for cash to the highest bidder the late stock of dry goods, shoes aud nations of the said J. F. Griffin. -The said sale will be of the said stock, which is all new and clean and not shopworn, as a whole, and purchased at less than if bought on today's market, aud for the purpose of making assets to pay debts owing by said insolvent. The inventory value as nearly as could be ascertained, which does not in* dude freight aud drayage. is $6011.03 first cost. Stock may be seeu any day in at Midland.’ ■ The present stand, which is an excel lent one in a prosperous town with a splendid back country, can be secured by purchaser at a very reasonable rent. This July 20tb, 1923. 1 M. W. HARRISS. • Trustee. Manesfc. Armfield & Sberrin, Attys. 23-td. - Thursday, July 26, 1033 Three-Quarters Millbn BiwhT^ 1 Rll . . Planted. sMs %11, Raleigh, .Julv o ;j , 1 nson has received ’1 ' ,VOl '“"r u , tain John Nelson ‘ ,J V • fr ° m siojier, in which th r , th< L faet that nearly tiirre? M ' K million bushels of „ (|U:l >'trrs 0 f ! have been planted in "’ t L ail(1 "Mk ' PastGr u North Carolina '? -f oost of nine and three ‘toi.ti avpr Ht ' bu * h .el. The governor I"il gratification «t the re,,J ? 11 K into detail, telling where ' ' vh,rh «'*- was placed and the ~„s , (lf ' ery b 'id*l ; ment. _ r,t «n<h According to Captain there have been planted 4— <r-> of oysters costing s 4;; -i '' b|l " b|r > 860 bushels Os shells -U - s ■-4.33207 X. Negro Farmers’ ( W PSs (By the Aaaoelntcd p r< , s . Greensboro, N. <\. .| u!v * nual sessions of the Xorti, r.i. ,■ a!l " gro Farmers’ Congress will V " l"*! V this city on Thursday and ill ust 9 and 10. ‘ JMI,!a < v . Au,. PENNY COiTmx T'RDAY MORN'IN,;. (i. HEILIG. MT. l’LKVslvr 11 26-1 t-c. 1 I Will Offer For Sale th^v^tMT' a few good Poland China ,i‘. T er sex. I). V. Kriniminger. ' If Its Meloii7~Yoiu wjuj crank up and come to U* T. Bights, Hoffman, N C 30-2 t-p. Lancaster Tires. Tlie Yorke Wadsworth Co. 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This offer will he open fortui ty days. ts We Will Give the Pi ogress ive Farmer a whole year fret* to every subscriber to The Times who pays a year in .ad vance—t hat is. you get both pa pets a wdiole year for only Addret” The Times, Concord. N. C. Our Fruit Trees, Vines, Plants, etc., Farm, 129 E. Corbin Ct. 9-ts-c. Pay $2.00 in Advance For The Times and we will send you tlie Progreso ll Farmer one year absolutely free. The Progressive Farmer is the be st ' farm paper published. Address, 'times, Concord, N. C. We Have tlie Most Beautiful Fine of wedding invitations and announce ments to be found auyyrliere. a- ? VM represent one <»f the best engraver- iti America. Times and Tribune Offi?" at Times aud Tribune office. OPENING SUMMER MILLINERY Everything New and Up-to-Date LOWEST PRICES MISS BRACHEN •• BONNET SHOP__ CONCORD PRODUCE .MARKET (Corrected Weekly by < Hue A M 1 Figures named repre-* iit 1' ! ' for produce on the tuatni . Eggs Butter ;,ti Country Ham Country Shoulder j- Country Sides Y'oung Chickens •» Hens -t , i' 1 Turkeys ' i-> \:l Lard " .75 Sweet Potatoes <| Irish potatoes Onions • • • $1.73 Peas 5 Corn ' CONCORD COTTON MARKET THURSDAY, JH-V -*’■ '"'yj .'J Cotton . to Cotton Seede y • ' J **• EXECI TORS’ NOTH E Haviug qualified j' ' the estate of Rev. Ja*- ' , a ' ceased, all persons hereby notified that ,v i„ tir f ‘ - :i ' prompt payment or -ti Aud all havi -- • said'estate must pte-en • *•’ ••• ~r :•<* dersigued. duly autlienti' a ~r :• fore the 23rd day <'t • ' * notice will be plead*?! :> recovery. ~ <* a SLODI • Vr \f I Si Ml’s* M. M. L. b* E>ecU tors. D M Furr. Attoruc; ■ July 23, 1923.