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Harris ; , , v, y\ lll. lie ! u i !iat aj *? ..'-ii.-ans >’.->• of.; ji; *iiar liebl. a great \ j.. |io’vn. ami the 'X - , i..t ire.-, ’’lit they | Mi-ran can an-! „ ;t j|,l jMiiige alu-ail. ' _ ,i. ~ v .ii] r,ml ;.i oik*; . .;igett ing one | ‘ . ] I I 1 • league fee.H'tls. ■•i-., tinai ti-li armored - ■ - ■ • - • •One Ilf t lie worst - . : ,the fails i ali v sj,.',-;al hitting from ! Irjust halt. The! j fi at !'■ tie.bs well. ; in - -v.-ii gam-s v, here j 10 >.are.l oil the bib, not one ; (m ‘ ;j,fi„ a ha>’ he. n * hit. at i tifjifc highly i f Harris, aml ; stieei-ss. ■ Says buy away - li# ■ every-1 ,*j,i str-nr! ITi ‘ was ill \ hiJv; . : ;st winter, ami if took J - - vigor. Now. j tie ymnrei-s: munieinal exi-efi tin* I'nitoi States is I’atriek .1. !, trlfi. at tlie age i*f 24. is the j ke city j-wiimetit of i’.ayiitme. i _ ;; ' 1 -i an y-ot att”i*<l t-> 'tress my j in a manner s iitable to Her j •• .I w iiihi n;ir i:rally J buy her more than ■ lie wore ! COMPANY - I dAnnounces Jor | 1 an entirely new and distinctive i jil ||jM line of Qualitzf cMotor Gars 11 j|j in beauty, design, speed and 1 ’,' ||| t original mechanical features II 11 f • such as Jour wheel brakes. I lyj I , t' l ? 1Q24-Buick models provide 1 the most revolutionary advance El 11 1 in motor cars thus Jar con~ fjj |J H tributed by the industry. || | || BUl Clv MOTOR, COMPANY. Stint Michigan iftj || 1 Division of' General cMotorr Corporation |H | j, I *f Wlvi-in-Huj MfltrCin Bruu Hc. in AD Pruicifwl Citiu - Dcalart B 111 H j jj j j MOBILES ARB BUILT, BtXI CK. WILL BUlt.fr THEM 11 1 Jijl || IfXDS IHS L.IFE WHEN r HE IS HELD FOR BOOZE r Fisher Clpry, Wealthy IMvie Farmer, ('heats Federal Government. I’.y blowing out his brains with a shot t gun at his home eight miles below Ijone Hickory. Fisher Cleary. T»G years old, held • under Sl.oOO bond in illicit liquor case, r cheated the Federal government out of an opporttmity of trial of his case, ac cording to the Flkin correspondent of the Winston-Salem Journal. - j The manner of' his death in view .of circumstances, yvas perhaps the most - spectacular event that ever happened in tin* upper edge of Davis county. Deputy Marshal G. G. Bryant, # armed with a summons for (’ler.v. yvas on his way to serve titpapers, and came within sight of the latter's home before he heard of tin* suicide. He also had a warrant for one of Cleary's sons. Seeing a crowd collected around the Cleary home he in imin'd of a passing man if there was trouble of any kind. “Well,” the man replied. "Fish Cleary killed himself with a shot gun this morning.*’ Deputy. Itryant told the man who was driving ( hint "It's no use h> fry to take a dead ,m in .wit h a warrant,” and they wheeled t! . > mito and returned home. 1: is said Cleary was worth in the u< i.diborltood of S7o.(KK) and had been worrying a lot of late over the various legal prosecutions pending against him. He bad. expressed tin* view several times that his law troubles would result in breaking him up. He had even told his wife, it is said, that he* elieln't intend to stand trial, and that lie* would get out 'of the tremble somehow. Suicide, evi dently. was rlie means he referred to. al though at the time no one had a thought eif such a thing. Cleary*, it is said, liael been dealing in liquor for a good many years and, ae cordiug to'general report, one of his best friends went back on him and tolel ev e-ryt liing lie* kne*\v of the nefarious opera tions carried on by the deceased man. He* was already under $1,500 be>nd few a liquor ease when his "friend” is said c> have reporte*el either activities, sej the tutun* from his peiint e->f view probably appeared dark. | About eleven years age) Cleary's sou. Zolla. shot and killed a young man of ! the neighborhood by the name of Swish er. The killing created much excite ■ men: at that time. Zolla immediately J elisappeared-and, has neit been heard from i since. It was said that just befeire* lie lext l'exas to return to his Davie county home. In* killed a man in the* Lone Star state anti was wanted there on the : charge. liis father was also implicated in the killing of young Swisher, which occur red after a row between the two fami lies. the result of a feud of long stanel ing. This liael troubled the* elder Cleary deeply, ir Is said, auel he had brooded i upon the matter since the fatal shooting eleven years ago. I Recently another etf his sons still at home, had a tight with a brother of the ele-i-t-aseel Swisher boy when they met and it is said the Swisher lad was severely beaten. .Whether or not he had to tight 1 j against' long odds could not be learned. | This heightened the "bad blood” between the two families and increased the fear <u eventualities held by neighbors. Since the elder Swisher boy was shot down feeling had been intense. apparently smouldering at times, but so siucely j and deadly that everyone expected it to jdaia* lip upon any occasion. Miss Elizabeth Black -kjs returned from Chapel Hill, where she attended j tin- summer school at the State Fuiver- COTTON CONDITION FOR JULY, ESTIMATED AT 70.4 PER CENT Has Registered Advance of 1.2 Per Cent Over June.—Weevil Ravage is Small. New York, July 30.—A detailed analy sis of reports oh cotton conditions, gathered under an average date of July 23. reveals the fact that the crop held jts own well, and some important gains have been made. Estimates of more than 1,(500 ; (trustworthy corre spondents of The Journal of Commerce place the percentage condition -at 70.4 per cent., an average of 1.2 points over June, and comparing with 74.1 per cent a year ago, and a 10 year average of 74.0 per cent. While this figure is admittedly lower than in July, 1022, it exceeds 1021, when there had been a drop of five points to 07.-S. Going back still fur ther. it will be seen that July per cent condition in 10151 declined 1.3 and 5.7 in 15H8. Fast July'there was an in crease of 1.7, and ip 1020 of 3.3 points. As July is a month when more or ’ess deterioration usually occurs, the re turns are regarded as encouraging, and fully bearing out tin* optimistic state ments that have been so frequent of late; especially in view of the unfavorable ! conditions surrounding the cotton crop during May and June. Since receipt of these returns further improvement lias taken place in several parts of flu* belt and there seems reason to believe that August reports may show greater gains. On the basis of the government's 'acreage figure of 38.2(57,000. and in ac cordance with its method of calculation, a per cent condition of 70.4 indicates hat with normal weather from ndw on a yield of approximately 11,5)21,000 bales is possible. This, of course, is not a prediction. Actual production last year was 5),- 1 29.048 bales. In 1020, 13,430,(503 bait's were raised, and in the banner year of 15)14. 10.134,5)30 bdles. The smallest crop \in recent years was 7,- 053,(541 halt's in 1021. Other private estimates cover a range of 11.000.000 to 12.2000,0000 bales. Correspondents this month give more attention in their reports to the activ ities of the boll weevil. While onin ions differ somewhat, it would seem that comparatively little (damage ilias been done, except in Georgia, parts of South Carolina. Mississippi l and Arkansas. The infestation is very heavy, in some respects worse than last year, but pre ventive measures have been ifar mor thorough, and some claim that poison remedjes are proving effective in check ing weevil ravages. Others complain that attempts at poisoning in sections where rainfall lias been excessive too often turn, out a complete failure, and very costly, as the rain washes away the poison as soon as applied^ Rl SSIANS THREATEN TO CONFISCATE SHIP Expedition Seeking to Aid Allen Craw ford and Party Must Get Sanction From Soviets. 1 Nome. July 31 (By the Associated Press f. —Harold Noice. head of the Ex pedition to Grangell Island for the re lief of Allen Crawford and his party, marooned there since 15)20, has been ad vised of an announcement by the Soviet authorities at East Cape Siberia that un less his ship calls at I'ctropalo.sk for proper clearance and also at East Cape for a contingent of red guards to be tak en to the island, the vessel will be con fiscated. The (iaekwar of Baroda is reckoned among the ten richest men on earth. THE CONCORD TIMES ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT OF - DISTRICT WOODMEN, Virginia, North and South Carolina Represented in Uniform Rank Teams at Greensboro. Greensboro, July 30. —The annual en campment of the sixth district 'of the uniform rank, Woodmen of the World, opened here today, with more than 300 W oodmen from Virginia, North Caro lina and South Carolina in attendance. Present are 1(5 companies, from Ander son, Charleston, Spartanburg, Easley. Columbia, Motuiorenei and Leesvillo. S. C., Hampton and Roanoke, Va., and Burlington. Kannapolis, High Point, Winston-Salem, Mount Airy, CHt Fort and Thomasville. Capt. J. O. Pike, of High Point, is in charge of the camp, called “Charles A Hines, camp,” in honor of a prominent Woodman here. Adjutant C. L. Mather. Omaha, for mally opened the. camp, Mr. Hines wel comed the Woodmen, and Brigadier Gen eral E. I>. Lewis, of Kinston, responded. Strict military discipline prevails. Capt. li. A'. Ladd, United States army, is here with a detachment of Fort Bragg sol diers, supervising military activities. Other prominent Woodmen here are Colonels P. J. Salmon. Norfolk ; Brown, Spartanburg;* Ridgeway, Charleston; M. I. Griffith. Rockingham. Drill was held this morning, guard mount this afternoon. Fort Bragg band rendered a concert. The Wood men will practice, drilling mitil Friday, when competitive drill will be held, with gold medal and other trophies, to be awarded. The encampment will last through the week. CROP CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH OUTLINED Gotten Has Made Fair Progress in North Carolina. — Rains Have Helped Com Crop. Washington. Aug. I.—The weekly weather and crop, reveiew issued today -by the Department of Agriculture con tains the following on Southern crops: Continued hot and dry weather over Texas and Oklahoma was detrimental to tin* best crop growth, while frequent showers and much cloudy weather over portions of the central Gulf states were likewise unfavorable. Over the more northern and eastern portions of the cot ton region weather conditions w**rc more favorable. Conditions affecting the growth and development of the cotton crop in North Carolina follows: l'rogres or cotton fair in nest, very good to excellent in cast, insect trouble including weevil, spotted but not serious. All kinds of fruits were reported as do ing well with damage confined to small areas. Good rains were of great benefit to corn in the Middle Atlantic States but considerable corn was injured by dry ness in North Carolina. In Georgia corn deteriorated on" account of drought. In the northern portions of Alabama. .Miss issippi and Louisiana corn was bene tit led by rains. INTER RACIAL MEETING BEGINS AT ASHEVILLE Annual Conference of Southern Cotton Inter-Racial Co-operation Wil Get Un derway Tonight. Asheville. N. (’., July 31. —-Prepara- tory to the animal conference <»f the Southern Cotton Inter-racial Co-opera tion which opens tonight, the executive committee of the women’s department of the Commission met this morning for the purpos of discussing plans and poli ciejj/to be incorporated in the report the .committee will make to the conference. Approximately a score of the commit tee members members were present for the meeting which was under the ilirec 'q*bMß>l B> 'D*>V!tr A\ ,L .4 () mchj Chairman, and Mrs. Archibald Davis. Atlanta. Gift, secretary. Among the group sections of tin* wom en's department represented are the Epis copal. Southern Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, Southern Methodist. Congrega tional and Christian Churches and the national board of Young Women's Chris tian Association, women's clubs, and a group of negro women who have repre sentation on the committee for the first time. Besides representatives from these groups were three members present from the women of the South at large. 75-MILLION CAMPAIGN STILL FAR FROM GOAL All Interests in the Movement Will Be Pushed With Vigor Front Now On. Nashville, Tenn., June 30. —A total of $44.003,005.70 in cash has been paid in on the Baptist 75-million campaign, up to May 1. 15)23, by revised figures an nounced here. This leaves approxi mately $31,000,000 to be raised by De cember, 1024. At a recent convention of the South ern Baptist Convention in Kansas City, the conservation eommision of the campaign was asked to push all interest of the forward movement with vigor in order that the full sum may be realized from the movement, ns all seven of the educational, benevolent and missionary causes fostered by the campaign stand urgently in need of their .full allotment. A special effort adopted by the con servation commission was an intensive campaign looking to the setting up of a budget plan of systematic and propor tional giving in all of the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention. FARM BLOC PROMISES TO REMAIN ACTIVE Senator Capper Says Bice Will Be Act ive in Next Congress As it Was in the Last One. Topeka. Kaus.. Aug. 1 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Resumption of the ac tivities of the "farm uloc" in. the United States Senate upon the opening of the new session of Congress next December is predicted by Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas. chairman of the Senate "bloc” during the latter part of last session. “Our legislative program probably will uot be as extensive as it was at the last session, but still we believe Congress should enact certain measures with a view to aiiliug agriculture,” said Sena tor Capper. "The most important of these is to secure a reduction iu freight rates through the repeal by Congress of the so-called guaranty provision’ qf the 1 Escli-Cummins transportation act. Also, while it is not our desire to annul the supervisory powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission over the rail lines, we hope to obtain a restoration to states of some of the power of jurisdic tion over railroads that was lost through the Esch-Cummins act.” i How Are Your School Advantages— -72, 80, or 96 Per Cent Normal? hat sort of school advantages do your children have, and the children of your community? The three main ques tions to consider are these: First—Are the provisions for teach ing elementary grades efficient and uu to-date? Second-—Then after passing through ! the elementary grades, can your boys' and grils get modern high school instruc tion without having to leave home and go to the expense of ‘'boarding’’ some where? Third—And does this high school pro vide proper instruction in vocational ag riculture and home economics? The three questions just given, as we have said, broadly determine whether or not your children have modern school ad vantages; but the subject is so import ant that all of us should really go into it much more fully. About this vital lat ter of proper training for our boys and girsl—one of the most important prob lems that ever confronts a father or mother—we ought to know precisely where we stand. And just as Prof. Massey s article last week gave twenty tests for a good farmer, so we now wish to present twenty-five tests that will show v whether or not the school advant ages offered your children are 60, 72. ‘iO, 88, or 06, etc., per cent, of what they should be. Read over the follow ing list of twenty-five questions, credit yourself with four points for each ques tion you can answer affirmatively, and see how your school advantages score: 1. Have you a progressive school hoard? 2. Have you a special local tax to supplement general support? & Have you an eight or nine months school term? 4. Have you a vocational agricul tural department and teacher for high school grades? •>. Have you a home economics teach er for your high school girls? (5. Have you a community audito .rium? <. Have you a school farm or gar- TRIMTY SPECULATES OX GRIDIRON POSSIBILITIES Methodists Lose Many of Last Year’s Linemen—Baekfield Prospects Bright. Durham, August 1. —Trinity, basking in the glory of having produced a won der-working baseball machine during the past year, is speculating on foot ball prospects for the next scholastic term which starts in September. Many •f last year’s gridiron playqrs have been lost by graduation and as a ro od f Coach Steiner will have a busy ioh on his hands to fill these gaps. When the roll is called for gridiron practice six line veterans of last year’s, eleven will not answer so their names. Neal. Boling, Moore. Taylor, Penning ton and Caldwell. The best bets -for these vacancies appear to he Porter. Ray. Aldridge? Xevyell Shiite and Huckabee who were with the second string squad last season. The Methodist gridiron warriors will he led on the field of action- by Jimmy Simpson, one of the best centers in North Carolina football collegiate cir cles. Around Simpson Coach Steiner hopes to build a mose powerful defense. Every man in Trinity’s last-travel ing baekfield is expected to return. The mainstay of the baekfield is Lngqrstadt. who showed wonderful progress last season. He is quick in getting away with 'the hall and is a hard man to tackle. Bullock and Johnson are count ed upon toylevide honors at the full back position. Fritz Crute, of Winston- Salem. will. also. evidently win a regal,-ir berth in tin* baekfield. For quarterback Fritz Smith, whose, home is at New Eery. and Winters, of Springfield. Mass.. loom upon the horizon .as -the logical choices for this position. Eng'ish. of Monroe, will also he put for honors. Then there are Meehan. Brown. Everett and Reid Gar rett along with Cruven, Black and Bradshaw. The Rockue system of coaching will evidently be introduced into North Caro lina coliegiate circles for Coach Steiner, of Trinity and Coach Doak, of Guilford, are studying the Rockne methods at the Notre Dame summer school for grid iron coaches. The line of Trinity lias been shot to pieces by graduation hut the prospects for the building up of a stonewall de fense look most promising. Hatcher, member of last year's squad, will again reiMU-t for duty while Carter is expected to be found on one of the wings of the Trinity line. Hiickabee. of Albemarle, who won h.is football letter under Coach Baldwin, is one of the best bets for a liiiy position. Sluite. of Monroe. 4s also counted upon to make the grade as a regular of the eleven- Trinity will show its wares in Greens boro against, the Elou Christians on November ,<S. The Methodists will open their season at home against the Guil ford Quakers September 20. The l ni versity of Virginia will he host txi Trinity at Charlottesville October 27- Other games booked are Randolph- Macon at Trinity, October J*»: Carolina at Trinity, October 12: William and Mary (place undecided) November 10; Newberry at. Trinity. November 24. and Davidson at Charlotte. November 20. Possesses Emmett Relics. (By the Associated Press.) Canton, N. (’., Aug. 1. —Several val uable relics, which at one time belonged to "Dan” Emmett, the author of "Dixie, the famous southern song, are now owned by Rev. Clarence S. McClelland, Jr., rec tor of the new Episcopal church at ( an ton. The relics were presented to Rev. Mr. Me Lei la ud by a friend, Rev. Wj]'- liam E. Hull, of Mount Vernon. Ohio, who was the administrator of the Em mett estate. A leather belt, said to have been worn| by Emmett in 1859 when he wrote "Dix ie.” and negro sermons,” in Emmetts own hand writing and used/ by him in Bryant's Minstreal Show ai(e among *the relics in possession of Mr. McLelland. A 1,000 Pound Sea Turtle. f Wilmington. N. C., Aug. I.—A seu turtle. which weighed approximately 1,000 pounds, was eought last week near the jetties at Wrightsville beach by F. H. Bailey, Frank Hewlett and T. W. St. George. The turtle is said to be the largest that has been caught at Wrights* ville Beach in several years. The party of men captured the monster when it came upon the beach to lay eggs. den, laboratory, and vyorship? 8. Have you an up-to-date school li brary? , i 10. Have you literary or debating so cieties for the ynd girls? 11. Have you a school fair and judg ing teams? 12. Have you a nature study depart ment? 13. Have you a well equipped play ground—for baseball, basketball, tennis, and minor sport’s? 14. I)o you provide transportation for distant children? 15. Do you have community sing ing and community plays in connection with your school? 1(5. Are there reproductions of beau tiful pictures ou the schoolhouse walls? 17. Do you have a public commence ment each spring? 18. Is there medical inspection of the pupils one a year? 39. Is your school building well plan ned for comfort, fix-e protection, and care of the eyes; and if built of wood, is it regularly painted? 20. Do you have a large eurollmeut of hoys and girls in clubs —-corn, cotton, garden, poultry, pig, calf, etc? 22. Do you have year-round projects in the home auil farms of-children? 23. Have your school grounds been beautified by proper planting of flow ers, trees, shrubs, and vines? 24. Have you a teachex-age or teacher's home, modernly built and equipped, at your high school? 25. Are the sanitary conditions of buildings, water supplies, and grounds such as to preserve the health of the pupils? It might be an interesting thing to read out these twenty-five questions to each member of your fqjnily, ask each listener to mark the numbers which he or she thinks should be answered in the affirmative, and then see,how nearly you all agree on the proper score for the school advantages offered your children. —The Progressive Farmer. THREE MEN KILLED IN PECULIAR TRAIN WRECK * Switch Engine Jumped the Track and Crashed Into Train Leaving Nash ville Yards. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. I—Three men were killed, two others may die and three others are injured, as a result of one of the most- peculiar train wrecks in the history of the Louisville & Nash ville and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis roads, which occurred in the railroad yards of the last named road within the city limits here last night. All the dead aud injured were employees of the two roads. The exact cause of the wreck has not been ascertained. A switch engine of the Louisville & Nashville road was bringing 24 loaded cars and 10 empties from the yards just outside the city to Nashville. Fox some unexplained reason the switch en gine jumped the track aud then plowed its way into the Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis train of 30 loaded ears, out bound. Both engines were demolished, six cars were smashed to bits, and the trackage for scores of yards was torn up. MAXWELL SEEKING MORE INFORMATION Wires Auditors Who Audited State’s Books to Get Information About 83,006.000 Loan. Raleigh, Aug. 1. —Corporation Com missioner A. J. Maxwell today sent a telegram to Price. Waterhouse & Co., the firm that made an audit of the state’s financial condition, asking them to "ex plain why you include as Teveuue' $3,000,000 of borrowed money not re paid, and why this amount of unpaid borrowed money is not reflected in ‘net accumulated deficit’ in addition to the $2,189,970 represented by overdraft against other treasury funds.” “Please use wire' in answering." Mr. Maxwell’s telegram read. "If 1 have overstated the deficit by $3,000,000 I wish promptly to offer my apology to the people of the state.” DEATH OF HUGH W. HARRIS Prominent Charlotte Attorney Dies Unex pectedly of Apoplexy. Charlotte Observer. Hugh ‘Whitfield Harris, well known Charlotte attorney and publisher of the old Charlotte Journal, died suddenly from apoplexy shortly before 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at his home at 2017 East Ninth stx-eet. Mr. Harris had been suffering from ill health for several years and a few months ago sustained injuries in a street car accident. However, his condition was not considered grave aud when lie complained shortly after rising Tuesday of pains in an arm and his throat it was not thought that his death was near. He was taken to his room and a physician summoned, hut he then was unconscious and died within a short while: Two Trains Crash; 100 Persons Killed. Berlin. July 31. —A great disaster oc curred at the Kreiensen station at the junction of the Hanover aud Cassell line today, caused by a eollission between the Hamburg-Munieh express and a train standing at the station. Up to 4 o’clock 44 bodies had beu recovered from the wreckage and the estimated number *of killed is 100 while 34 in jured are being cared for in the hospital at Goettingen.' Identification of the killed is (x --tremely difficult and in some cases im possible. The collision is attributed to the inability of the driver of the ex press to see the signals because of grit which had been blown into lxis eyes. The crash was terrific and most of the cars were .scattered and piled on top of one another. Those who were killed instantly suqered the happiest fate, for many others were crushed down in the wreckage and endured agonies before the end came. Many of those rescued also suffered prolonged tortures before they were extricated. Child Killed by Lightning. Vanceboro, X. C., July 31.—Thelma Jones, little daughter of Mr. and Mr-s. Tohe Jones, was instantly killed by a bolt of lightening which struck the Jones home last Wednesday. Mongolia and Manchuria do an enor mous trade in dogskins. PAGE SEVEN EVENTFUL DAY AT LOWER STONE -■ ■— -V Speakers Relate Interesting History Os ~ Old Church; Thousands Attend Exer cises. Salisbury Pdst.' Several thousand persons, from Row an and adjoining counties, attended the anniversary at Lower Stone (Grace) Re formed Church Sunday. Histories of the centuries passed, reminiscences dating back to 1760, were recalled aud retold. Dr. J. C. Leonard, of Lexington, de livered the principal address of the day. Bhiefly he gave a historical sketch of the church and paid many glowing trib utes to its past accomplishments aud the men who have lead it onward. • Dinner was servede ore the grounds. In the was furnish ed by a special orchestra. Mr. J. L. Fisher, of Salisbury, made an interesting talk on “Our Ancestor^: What They Have Done For IV and What We Can Do For Them.”,, He was followed by a talk by William Foil, of Concord’, ou “Mother and Home.” “Father” Rufus Fishier, the oldest member of the, congregation, gave the concluding address <rf the day. He re called incidents of his boyhood days rel ative to thq growth of the church and its administrations. The afternoon session was presided ov er by Dr. Keller, of China Grove. Probably the biggest erow;d in the his tory of the church was in assembly. The woods for acres adjoining the cnurch, were literally packed with automobiles, buggies, horses, etc. It was utterly impossible for all to get inside the church to hear the vari ous addresses. It was not only a day of speeches but a day for the renewal of old friendships and making new ones; a day of grati tude; a day of worship at the shrine of ancestors gone before. Ideal weather prevailed and the event* was called the greatest of its kind ,iji the history of the church. LONG NAME, ONCE POPULAR, IS NO LONGER IN STYLE t» * Jake Newell Runs Across Two Persons With Multiplicity of Given Names. Charlhttet Observer. -“For plurality of given names, two persons I recently ran across surely - take the cake.” Jake Newell, Charlotte attorney, remarked Saturday afternoon as he loafed in an office at the court house. "Fuller Nance was reared in Union county and is now living in Bill? timore. His friends knew him as FuL ler, but his parents had bestowed iipOn him the handle of James Hoba,yt Jerome George Washington Fuller Devotion. “I saw a little negro girl in Cabarrus county a few days ago with a handful of names, li’t.Sjjfie was Lucy Matilda Lqvo Divine Seymore Troy Belle Caro line Jones. They call her Chloe.” “I know one as bad as either of those," a man sitting near remarked. "Her name is Jennie Lutitia Dewy Divine Sycamore Carrie Odella Caroline Price, called Lucy for short.” Multiple names were once very popu lar but are no longer the style. Some persons oven drop one of the names conferred, upon them at birth, as, fox example, Woodrow Wilson, who was once known as Thomas Woodrow Wil son. Royalty usually ti-ies to place upon a defenseless infant all the high sounding names that have come down from ancestors through the gathering generations, adding a few more for good measure. TWO PERSONS BURNED A y TO DEATH IN BAZE Which Destroyed the Old Alms House, a Tenement House at Hagerstown. Md. Hagerstown. Md., Aug. I.—Two per sons were burned to death aud four se riously injured in a fire which swept a tenement house known as the old Aims House property in this city today. The dead: Mrs. John 11. Carbaugh and Ger aldine Carbaugh. The injured are Mrs. Pearl Carbaugh Jacobs, Catherine Jacobs, Keller Car baugh and John H. Carbaugh. The fire was caused by an oil can in the bonds of Geraldine Carbaugh explod ing as she was starting a fii'e in the kitchen stove. John Clarence Leslie. The Uplift. ““ “Hove you heard of the death of John Leslie?” was passed up and down the streets, last Monday. Those that were representatives of the citizenship of Concord thirty years ago were satF dened with the intensest grief. Mr. Leslie died suddenly at his home iu New York, at the age of 58 years, where he had gone to take charge of an immense business established by the late J-anies William Cannon, the master builder aud the master discover of promising men- It is pleasing to all, who value character, rectitude and a loyally to former friends and the graces of life, as John Leslie did himself, that he had wrung from early childhood, strewn with much uncertainty and /a sparcity of opportunities, a business success tlisxC is measured by seven figures. That is a fiue accomplishment- It is finer sti.l that John la*slie, iu all his progress and advancement in prominence in a busi pess world that touched the entire coun try. remained the same quiet, gentle manly gentleman. modest aud un spectacular. And finer still then all these. John Leslie in the white dav of his success did not forget his kin and his associates and his friends of other (lavs, back home. It seems only yesterday when as office men in the Cannon & Fetzer store John Leslie and Irwin Woodhouse attracted to themselves the confidence and esver u of the entire county. They were niarimd men early iu life, and no disappointment can be traced to their door or to flimr doings. The high’ purpose, clean character and clean living, and the splendid record of John Leslie are examples for emulation Finite minds cannot understand why the great Infinite carried him away so early. Profits From Leviathan’s Trip is Nearl? $400,000. Washington,D, C., July 29.—A gross profit of $329,000 was realized from the maiden voyage of the Leviatahn, it was announced today) at the offices of the shipping board. I Receipts on the out ward voyage from New York to Europe were $411,000 on the returfK. were $368,000. a total of $779,000. The actual “out-of-pocket" operating ex penditures for ,tlie round trip totalled $400,000 the aixnounceraent stated. This sum did not include capital cost aud other overhead,
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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Aug. 2, 1923, edition 1
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