THE CONCORD TIMES,
Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
I :i(e President’s Body
Being Carried to Ohio
Tht Funeral * rain Passing
1 Through Cities Delayed by
I ronds That Gather to Pay
Last Tribute.
ri'VER tL WILL BE
R> HELD TOMORROW
Train Stopped I'or^ a Minute
jjl Home ( it % oi Late i res
ident McKinley. Whose In
fluence Harding 1 clt.
Yujr, «i Laden with all
1 ' y. ■' i people could j
th’ ■ ave Warren G. I
' mi .. • ■ I
•I r, public- in’•timed j
lK ''j ci-niiM nt of which
: ‘ fiineVal itrwiiou
y *•''/’ . . for departed
F '' , -hadnl quiet of a|
T ,»«m»f ‘ ntt J• 1 1 V 11 . I
*' . M • 1 Uiio. will entomb a
? " ' ( of Ohio. brought |
fjC rI.V h'es:iieiii>. to rest.
, , , ~\i,!•.•'•> <• iiiimaud of liis
W ,!I I)*' in Marion ,
f M )|i‘iiiii and impressive dis-‘
l !' u ’ ;i i a!ion entombs its i
. i:.' T ■ rumbling caisson j
til I,i> caskt ■ over tlie route
mu's great dead in
. . (*♦»<! by ihe lov
. . • towusmen, the < alva
♦•scorted the body
..li.nia:i<!< r ii-eiiicf will be re
|„f,.lks doing their last
Sin for a friead ami neighbor.
' .. ■ .... tiie great vaulted dome
. ju (-juiiul where the shades of the
, a ~i|,,.r jjn-at dead looked down on
will be given way
. „ stviH-s iii Marion cemetery
II c,(mum Warren Harding to_.
, i.,. ntiicr native son*; before
W Harding left Washington fer
*!it : today . e will .be
to . me home, folks he loved so
w t,, remain iiaiil judgment. The
trail; which Imre him away from
id coiitiii.-n: and well a few
j., • v , PI .; ; . a;o. ami then returned him
• ; . it’ dm of ceremony, a tigure of
\ parted from Washington at t>
~i....k last night for the last part of
in ■ 'wfui journey. Immediately af
tetvmrti i' .till he disassembled and nev
er ruTi :i. one train again.
To iii' another uain bearing a l*res
iik 10-Minl will roll oui of Washiug
i/.. |‘, • •. Piwd-<-
iilne rarestut ai Marion the govern
wliieh he now presides. He
v.iii rat!;.T to pay the homage of a
plain American at llie tomh of a fallen
(IndTiin and m give expression to his
jiersinal sirrow over the loss of a dear
fend. At yesterday's funeral cereniou
i-' i' was aiaoiig the niosi solemn of
the many Milemn fares in the great pro
• woe that passed up Pennsyl
ia:. a avenue. For to know Warren Hard
i «-ll \v;is to love him and Calvin
1 .dae had n ine thus to know and love
hu.i ■..!'••;ig. the nioiitlis of close asso
•
Stopped at Canton. ~
"it lhard I’residejjt Harding’s Fun*
ws Train. Citntou. <».. Aug. 9 (By the
A'S.iati>ri l'ressi.—The funeral train
the hody of the late President
Haniing !•• Marion was stopped for one
nr Canton today as a mark of
r "' ’! to William McKinley, often
IJ -I tin* political mentor of Mr. FJard
‘ ,I " r aunt her stop of a minute was
j l -: :|t Caledonia where the late
. ““I hximiti'e spent his boyhood days,
-■'•uti arrived in Canton at 9:25 a.
" ' ’"'o hours behind schedule,
h, Suspend Publication.
" ;1 ' -Mw'. Publishers of the
'ik evning newspapers at a meet
, e ■' v l,n ' l 'l | ' to siispeiid publica-
'i.eirrnu as a tribute to the late
i*' 11 1 *w publisher who is
\i ' n 't tomorrow afternoon
c- 1 • '
iru p ' p' ! a ! M ' r " " " not appear
y ,,s L ITve'ning World,
fc j„'' Lventng Telegram, Mail
\Vu . •; I’lr.oik > n Eagle, and The
' '" r lt Herald.
\l F1,11,| ‘,l Bain at Mansfield.
m ° hio - Aug. 9.—The .Hard
t j 1: •*1 here at 11 :46
ir. ' l,l "dard time and the
vania [* .'' F ' l ' < “ the Pennsyl
aitiv l , •• ti' 11 ," "‘ll carry the
' il Mir• .11 : '.’''ident on the last lap
- mediately was made. *'
Mar..-'l'j'H'. bem in Mausoleum.
‘ ; i. ; I>|„^• l * By. the Asso
" rivn i; '"''Dually the body of
,i: I'hi. e, / , ' !l " Iliav find a final
b -' uni " ! ' i• of an old Indian
L; * »:I '•r nt’ i,; • ,
|] lP , " (, iry and over
laaii' iey N be lived for so
fr-.p :/■. I'y made his fam
n, i‘ :l 'gu for the presi
rj IK t ...
In'.- President
11 'to that.end and
■' 1 ..aus-.*,. ' ' ' '"Tion of a suit*
:, l' funds to he de
- V'l dollars—the
.obtaining funds
! • V ' •’"'i'lent William
A s. I k|,j 0
M mister.
i'S ,: ~' a i" i-'ismd 11 'fi l Tl ;:. llar,Hn «
■' a. m.. y."*Kh Wooster at
f • "i\ , ru ! , s ft, idard timeL trav
• ion. A large
... i" Be Miniii.
'l''”' ' 1 I t he Assi>- |
. 4w °ke tMlay . ** t,nvn of Mar
** f»»em|* :r :J‘!* w t itin f? th<l W*
m, y ‘ ,r -Vernal r !" l b, ‘ :ir,n « ba<*b
Tv I:, r<ling. ,h " bofi.v of War-
St; “ ut iirriv,.,] *""’ v "f Hie dead
tti,;"'" 1 ’Bin,. IT:oS Central
‘ toii2! arat '’ ,y fioaffun
-1 • bat will be in
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NEGRO PRISONER *
i* CAI SES UPROAR, k
V
New York. Aug. 9.—Washington %■
y Heights Court was thrown into an
& uproar today when a negro who had k
& been summoned to court on com-
plaint of his wife, shot her dead in
'?!- a corridor, tired on a policeman
rl- who attempted to capture him and k
& "as himself shot dead by the police-
man - *
: * *
direct contrast to the official services
held yesterday in the capitol at Washing
; ton
Ihe elaborate services yesterday were
for Warren Gamaliel Harding, Presideut
of the United States; the services here
tomorrow will be for Warren Gamaliel
.Harding, citizen, friend, neighbor—and
! husband.
j For two days his friends and neighbors
j will accord the late President the cus
; tomary funeral rites of tiie small towns
iof tiie Middle West, and then with strict
simplicity they will accompany Mrs.
i Harding and the body to the cemetery
l where it will be entombed tomorrow as-
I ternoou. The only funeral services here
will be at tiie cemetery and they will be
extremely brief 14ml simple, in accordance
with, the wishes of Mrs. Harding.
Only relatives and intimate friends
will make up the small party going to the
cemetery. Even newspaper men will be
excluded from the services at the tomb.
At his father's home where the cas
ket was taken the body will lie in pri
! vate until 2 p. m. today. From then
until 10 p. in. the public will be per
mitted to gaze upon the kindly *'aec of
the former Marion newspaper publisher
who became Chief Executive of his
country. Again tomorrow from M a.
m. to 2 p. m. the public will have the
opportunity to pass by the bier of Mr.
Harding. At 2 o’clock the, uneral pro
cession will form for the journey to the
cemetery and at 8 o’clock the body of
Warren G. Harding will be laid to rest.
It will be placed in a vault until t\e
mausoleum can be ejected.
< hily members of the party who made
the trip to Alaska with President Hard
ing were aboard the funeral trahu
Marion, Ohio, Asso
ciated Press). —Since aidaylight today
roads leading into .AU£*mn have been!
pouring people into tiiffleity. Bong be-
Tfir** dayliyhV (iH»"'«W *«fc*M*i tmdfcSwtiCafelT*
at union station where the body of the
late President was to arrive. All along
the line which the funeral cortege- wi 1
take from the station to the home of Dr.
George T. Harding, father of the former
President, on East Center Street,
ple were crowding and jamming the side
walks.
No one is permitted on the streets,
troops constantly forcing them to re
main outside the curb. Every one is or
derly and there was little noise.
Military official<*iij charge of patroll
ing the roads leading into Marion said
today from present indications more
than IdSTOOO people will be here before
' nightfall.
No vehicular traffic was permitted on
the city's streets except cars of the of
ficial reception committee and the mili
tary automobiles.
The residence of Dr. George T- Hard
ing and the Harding home made
famous during the front porch campaign
three years ago were the centers for the
out of town throngs. -
NEGRO ATTACKS YOUNG
WOMAN NEAR GASTONIA
Is Frightened Away and the Sheriff’s
Possemcii Are Searching For Him.
Gastonia. Aug. 6. —Excitement is run
ning high Gaston county tonight fol
lowing an attempt at criminal assault
on Miss Anna Rhyne, 21-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mr .T. Rhyne, this
afternoon about 4 o'clock in a patch of
woods near the Rhyne home two miles
from Gastonia, between here and Dallas.
Sheriff R. G. Rhyne and posses are
scouring the country for miles around
in every direction. Miss Rhyne is not
injured except for severe bruises and
welts on her arms and neck.
The negro assailant threw her to the
ground and attempted to choke her, but
her screams frightened him away. The
scene of the attempted assault was not
more than 400 yards from the home.
Miss Rhyne had been to a garden
and was returning home when the negro
accosted her from the edge of the road.
He asked a question as to where a cer
tain man in the neighborhood lived, and
before she could answer, lie had seized
her.
It was a half mile to the nearest tele
phone. The sheriff and Gastonia po
liceman were called and were soon on
the scene. Several suspects were picked
up.* but none was held. The young
lady described the negro as being about
IS years old, dressed in khaki trousers
and a blue shirt wearing a small black
felt hat.
No violence is feared should the negro
be captured by the sheriff's possemen.
Should one of the enraged neighbors or
brothers of the young lady come upon
the negro there is no telling what his
fate might be.
At a late hour tonight no trace of
the negro assailant of Miss Rhyne had
been found. Several suspects were re
leased.
New Airplane Record Made.
| Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 9—A new sea-
I plane record was made at the Philadel
phia Navy Yard today when Lieutenant
A. \V. Gorton, of Providence, R. I. flew
oyer the Delaware River course at an
average of 177.5 miles an hour.
The previous record, made a few days
ngo at Port Washington, L. 1., was 177
miles an hour.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
BEAR AND FORBHAR ADVICE
DIVORCE JUDGE GIVES YOUNG
Chicago Jurist Speaks Out of Years in
Dealing With Wedded Woe. Saving
500 Homes.
, Qhicago, Aug. 9. —Judge Sabath, who
holds the Chicago divorce record, who
has reunited 500 couples who sought di
, i Voree and who was rendered so melan
, . Cho’.y and depressed by his experience,
gave some advice today to young mar
ried persons and those seeking matri
. ipony.
** 'Bear and forebear' is the secret of
happy marriage.” he said. “There are
j too many marriages based on hasty m
' pulses, too many one-night marriages,
too many marriages due to liquor. It
j isn’t all looks, you know, what you have
ito know about your mate is his ways.
, his disposition—even his faults, for we
I all have them.”
1 “I hope some fime to get a law pass
ied obligiiigr a couple to wait 30 days
between the issuance of the license and
the wedding,” the Judge went <>u.
“Money at the start is urtt necessary."
according to this marriage expert. “If
you have to work together, you’ll know
each other much better, live together
better and be happier. A great deal de
pends on the wife, the real help. If the
wife gives a man a good breakfast in
the morning and kisses him good-by.
he’ll want to hurry home at night to
see her again,” he, explained.
“But think of another kind of home —
not really, a home at all. The wife out
all afternoon playing cards. Husband
gets home. No wife, no supper. That's
find is one of the most common causes
of divorce.”.
FIND BODY OF WOMAN.
SLAYER’S FIRST VICTIM
Baffle Creek Man Later Murders His
Wife. Then Kills Himself.
. Battle (’reek, Mich.. Aug. 7.—The
body of Mrs. B. H. Stewart. 58 years
old. was found by a posse of searchers
late today 10 miles southeast of this
city, bringing to three the number of
persons whose deaths are blamed on
.John H. Wells. 70 years old. retired
merchant and reputed to be wealthy.
Wells early today and killed his
wife, Ella. <>S years did. and himself. He
left word with a nephew that he had
killed Mrs. Stewart and placed her body
in a clunip of bushes some distance from
this .city-
Jealousy is the theory advanced by
police as the cause of the triple killing.
The body of Wells "nd'his wife were
found in their apartment when de
tectives. called by -neighbors. *broke down
the door. Both the man and the woman
had been shot through the head, and a
revolver wits gripped in Wells lifeless
hand.
Mrs. Stewart was last seen this morn
| ing when, according to those living near
! the home* she (hove away in an auto
mobile with "an elderly man." Police
ast\ wot ui tg id. tut- 'tH&uy Ilia? Wells
drove the woman to the woods, shot and
killed her and then returned, Idling bis
wife ami himself. *
Laundry Owners’ Association Meets.
Rocky Mount, Aug. 9.—-The annual
convention of the North Carolina
sion of the Carolina. Georgia and Flori
da Laundr.vowners’ Association will meet
in this city on August 27. according to
announcement just made by It. N. Bi
shop, vice president of the organization.
In sending out circulars announcing
the date of the convention Mr. Bishop
extended invitations to both members
and non-members of the association,
urging them to attend. .T. W. Powell.
Greenville, S. C.. president of four state
organizations, will be among the promi
nent speakers at the convention.
“It is hoped that the getting together
of a large number of th p laundryowners
of the state on this occasion will be pro
ductive of many profitable suggestions
and constructive ideas.” said Mr. Bishop,
“not only valuable to larger laundries
but to the smaller ones as well.”
Canie N. Brown, member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Laundryown
ers’ National Association, has indicated
that he will attend the convention, Mr.
Bishop stated.
Simmons Unable to Attend the Funeral.
Neyy Bern. Aug. B.—Acting upon the
advice of his physician. Senator F. M.
Simmons telegraphed the Sergeant At
Arms of the Senate that owing to a
temporary indisposition and to the ex-_
treme hot weather he found it inadvis
able to go to Washington to be present
at. ihe funeral ceremonies for the late
President Harding in the capitol.
Senator Simmons has been slightly
indisposed for several days, his' secre
tary, W. W. Leinster, adding that he
was very much gratified that the Sena
tor had decided to abandon the trip
because he said, he feared the heat and
excitement coupled with his slight ill
ness might have unfaborable results.
Cleared His Conscience.
Union town, Pa.. Aug. 9. —“How much
is the fare between Greensburg and
Scottdale?” was asked yesterday by a
man who appeared before the ticket
window in the local Pennsylvania Rail
road station. When informer, by Agent
Jacobs that the fare was 53 cents,
the stranger remarked ; “I owe the com
pany this money: I just wnnr to pay
my debts.” Explaining that about 30
years ago he beat a conductor- our of a
ride between the two towns and that
tin* matter had preyed upon his mind, he
then paid 53 cents and cleared his
conscience.
Judge Winston and Friend Get Jailed.
Wilson, Aug. 8. —Judge Francis D.
Winston and his friend, E. S. Perry, of
Windsor, got jailed late last night when
they drove over to Wilson on a busi
ness trip. Reports' of the occurrence
differ, but Policeman J. C- Fulghum,
who did he arresting, said his attention
was attracted to a car that was zig
zagging along the street..
The officer entered charges of
operating the car while under the in
fluence of liquor. The case was not call
ed for trial in municipal court today,
but the two men were petmitted to go
(with the payment of fines and costs
amounting to SB7.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1923.
iCUNOSADDRESSIO
!' REICHSTAG WORRIES
: PEOPLE OF GERMANY
1 In Address the Chancellor
Declared Passive Resist
ance in the Ruhr Would
Be Continued.
CALLED “TRAITOR”
BY OPPONENTS
1 But Many. Reichstag Mem
bers Applauded.—British
Proposal Described as
“Impossible.”
Berlin, Aug. 9 (By the Associated
1 Dress). —Chancellor Cano’s address to the
reielistag in which he declared that pas
sive resistance iu the Ruhr and Rhine
land, would continue to be ‘supported by
the nation, has been received as the most
depressing statement yet made to the
national legislature by the present gov
ernment. The coalition parties regard
it as a disappointing utterance.
The chancellor was visibly disconcert
ed by the boisterous becking of the
communist members, who when he arose
to speak hailed him a “traitor,” “swind
ler" and “President of the Stinnes .Com
pany.” Fie was continually interrupted
as I lie address progressed but when it
was finished there was prolonged ap
plause.
Asserting that the last British reply to
the German note contained much that
was impossible of fulfillment, Herr Cuno
.said if appeared that England«liad gone
extraordinarily far in her concessions to
the French viewpoint.
"It is necesshry to continue with all
our strength passive resistance, free from
mad acts of violence and terror,” he said,
"and to support actively from the unoc
cupied territory the population which is
persevering in a passive resistance.”
Agree to French Terms.
London. Aug. 9. (By the Associated
Press). —The British cabinet council to
day agreed to the terms of the reply to
the French and Belgian governments in
the reparations negotiations, it was au
thoritatively stated this afternoon. A
reply will In* dispatched shortly to the
allied government.
Trainmen Holding Meeting.
Cleveland, <>.. Aug, !),—Approximately
125 general ehnnneu «f the Eastern
Association of General Chairmen- of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and
the Order of Railway Conductors on
eastern trunk line railroads met here
this morning to consider the question of
increased compensation. •
This is the third and final meeting of
the general chairmen of the two organ
izations on increased wage questions.
Previous meetings have been held by
the western assocition in Chicago in
July and by the southern association in
Washington on July 24.
The Chicago meeting went on record
for a restoration of the 8 cents an hour.,
or <54 cents a day reduction ordered by
tire United States Railway Labor Board
on July 1, 1921, which has been in es-j
feet since, that time, and ir. addition re-;
quested a small additional increase it is-j
understood.
Four Governors Invjted to the King’s
Mountain Celebration.
Kings Mountain, Aug v 9.-4-l The gover
nors of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia and Tennessee, together with
their, staff officers, will he invited to at
tend tin* annual celebration here on Oc- j
tober 7th in commemoration of the Bat - <
tie of Kings Mountain, accordting to an-1
nounceinent by the Kings Mountain J
chamber of commerce. Men from these
states participated in the Battle of
Kings Mountain, which was the turn
ing pointy in the American Revolution.
Dr. J. E. Anthony, chairman of the
committee on conventions of the local
commerce Body/ has the program of the
celebration in charge. The program has
not yet - been completed.
Coolidge in Three Days Can Talk With
Harding. Says Doyle-
New York, August 4. —President
Coolidge caii communicate with the
spirit of President Harding within three
days. Sir Arthur Conan Dovlo, noted
British spiritist, asserted here today
‘‘Mr. Coolidge should have no diffi- •
culty getting in touch with his prede
cessor's spirit.” said Sir Arthur. “Both,
men have led clean Christian lives. If
President Coolidge secures the proper
medium he will be able o converse with
President Flarding's spirit.”
Doyle sailed today on the Adriatic
for England. ___
Catawba College May Open in Septem
' her.
Newton, Aug. 6. —Tt appears quite
probable that the doors of Catawba Col
lege will be* l opened again this Septem
ber, despite the decree of the truste.es at
a recent meeting in -Salisbury to suspend
the college for a year, until new build
ings can be completed in Salisbury. Ne
gotiations are under way with educa
tors in Asheville for the lease of the
buildings and grounds and the opening
'of a high grade school as a link of a
chain of school under the management of
the Asheville parties.
Salisbury Anxious For Junior Order
Orphanage,
Salisbury, Aug- 8. —H. A. Rouser
heads a committee that will try to land
the Junior Order orphanage in Rowan
county. Several sites have been offered
free and citizens are interesting them
selveq in the matter of raising Minds
for the institution.
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i A Nebraska woman, suing for divorce,
petitioned for custody of the family cow.
TAX REFORM IN GEORGIA
Senate Leaders Awaiting the Action of
the House on the Measures.
Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 9. —With the_l923
session of the Georgia general assembly
now in its closing days, leaders pf the
house today were confident that if any
tax reform measure is enacted this sum
mer it will be one of four bills already
proposed, three of which have been re
commended by the constitutional amend
ments committee.
The three recommended measures,
framed by the committee after Gover
nor Walker had urged a compromise on
numerous bills being considered by the
body, are as follows:
One proposing an income tax, limited
to five percent. *
Another which would establish both
an income tax and classification levy.
A third proposing a classification tax.
The three propositions were submitted j
by the committee, it was stated, so that
either the income or classification tax
could be selected, or if both systems j
were desired they could be adopted by I
voting for the second bill.
Representative Bussey, of Crisp, is of
fering a substitute for all three of the
committee proposals, Briefly, his mea
sure contains provisions that no property
now being returned to county tax receiv
ers shall be taxed for state purposes, ex
cept during war, invasion or insurrec
tion, while all property returned to the
Comptroller General of Georgia! shall be
taxed for state, purposes. A three per
cent, tax on insurance premiums also is
proposed along with a limited income!
levy.
.Mr. Bussey’s measure is a revision of
a bill he introduced early in the session
and which was not adopted by the con
stitutional amendments committee. j
While these proposals are being con
sidered, the bill repealing the state tax
equalization law, passed by the house,
is hanging fire in the Senate. The !
leaders of the upper branch have stated I
they are awaiting action by the house I
on the tax reform measures before act
ing on the repeal.
THE COTTON MARKET
Reports of Showers Let] to Renewal of
Liquidation in the Market Today.
York, Aug. o.—Private reports
of showers in the southwest amt-pros
pects for lower temperatures in that
section led to renewal of liquidation in
the cotton market today. The fact
that the market'will be closed tomorrow
when weather advices may be of great
importance undoubtedly * increased the
disposition to even up commitments, and
the opening was_ weak at a decline of
4-3 to 54 points with October selling
down to 22.87 and with all months
ranging below the 23-cent level.
Cotton futures opened weak. Oct.
23.10: Dec. 22.80; Jan. 22.70; March
22.70; May 22.65.
MAXWFJJ* ■
FOR NEXT GOVERNOR
He* Has Never Thought About it But
People Have—He is Heartily Con
gratulated.
Special to Greensboro News.
Raleigh, Aug. (>. —Corporation Com
missioner Allen J. Maxwell, receiving
congratulations from all parts of the
state today, took a good laugh at the
suggestion that he is the man to lead
the state from its- financial chaos and
i the governorship is the way.
j “I never thought of it.” he said to
the Daily News correspondent this even
ing. Though the commissioner hasn't
been in the same position ns the pub
lie, he had, taken on the governor, the
i state officials en masse, the budget com
mittee, the legislative audit committee
and the auditors without help. Fighting
to save himself from extinction lie
wasn’t in shape to launch gubernatorial
booms.
An Orange county man. one of the
most prominent lawyers in the fifth
district, said tonight that the thing is
almost unanimous for Maxwell up there
\ today. The public is so full of admira
-1 tion for one man who seemed to know
i where he was at that it is almost per
[ suaded he knows where the public is
| “at.” The personal victory is nothing
less than annihilation for (he opposi
tion.
Heat is Cause of 176. Prostrations at
Funeral.
Washington. Aug. B.—lntense heat
caused 170 prostrations today among
those iu the Harding funeral procession
from the White House to (he Capitol, in
the lines of spectators along the route
and the crowd awaiting enrance. to the
rotunda to view the body- First am sta
tions and hospitals reporting that this
number was given treatment, said none
was in serious condition.
The temperature registered 1)0 degrees
on the streets during the march. The
’heat was particularly oppressive, due to
the high humidity.
Grand Jury Gets Evidence.
New York, Aug. I).T T nited States At
torney Hayward this afternoon announc
ed that he had laid , before a Federal
grand jury evidence against several per
sons involved by Edward M. Fuller and
Win. F. McGee, bankrupt bucketeers, in
their recent confession and indicated that
indictments plight be expected shortly
accusing these persons of illegal connec
tion with a widespread bueketshop syn
dicate. - v
Dies After Being Hit by Automobile.
Salisbury, Aug. (>. —Thomas Met on
nell. 14-year-old son of Clarence Mc-
Connell, who lives near the Rowan-Ire
dell line, died as a result of getting hit
by an automobile near Cor
oner Newman, who investigated the acci
dent was of the opinion that it was un
avoidable and the driver of the car
which struck the boy was held blame
less. Thomas was water boy for a road
construction force at work near Landis
and lie stepped out from a truck in
front of the approaching car just in
i time ‘to be struck.
Stock Broker Bankrupt.
New Lork. Aug. 9.—Oiias. L. Pea
j body, today filed a voluntary petition in
barfkruptcy in Federal- District Court,
stating his liabilities at $187,268 and his
assets as $23,300. •
»NO. 12 TOWNSHIP
; i " S. S. CONVENTION
I Will Be Held in Central Methodist
Church, This City. Next Sunday Af
ternoon and Evening.
Number 12 Township Sunday School
j Convention will be held in Central
Methodist Church
J "Alf Sunday school
i which embiaces the , are
(urged to send large delegations and the
general public is cordially invited.
| The program follows:
' Afternoon Session—3:3o O'clock.
The general of the meeting
will be the reading the minutes of
the last convention, report of the secre
tary and treasurer, new 'and unfinished
business, and nomination of officers for
the ensuing year.
The topic for discussion will be, "How
1 best to increase the attendance of the
Sunday school." which will be open to
j all delegates.
j Evening Session—B:oo O’clock.
The evening session will consist prin
j eipally of a fine musical program under
I the direction of Mrs. Victor Means.
Interspersed with this will be a nun*
ber of short talks of five minutes each
by representative young men and lady
Sunday school workers.
The musical program will be featured
with selections by Mrs. J. B. Womble, j
Mrs. Charles Wagoner and Mr. Allan
Prindell.
Both sessions will bp brief, the latter
only one hour.
JNO. J. RARNHARDT. Pres.
V L. NORMAN. Seo.-Treas.
VETERAN CORRESPONDENT
DEAD AT WASHINGTON
Edwin M. Hood, Correspondent c-f the '
Associated Pres*. Dieel Suddenly To
day.
Washington, Aug. 9.—Edwin M.
Hood, veteran correspondent of the As
j soeiated Press, died suddenly at his home
here today. He had been in failing
health for some time, but his end was
not so soon expected.
Mr. Hood was just about rouuding out
50 years of service with jthe Associated
Press. He entered it as a‘messenger boy
and as he advanced to’ the rank of cor
respondent he chose fields of diplomacy
and stafe affairs as his work. To re
count the list of news feats he achieved
in his field would be to almost review
American diplomatic history of his day.
COURT UPHOLDS THE
SENTENCE OF KNUPP
Court of Cassapione Rejects Appeal and
He Must Serve Term in Prison.
Paris. Aug. 9 (By the Associated
Press).—The Court of Cassapione today
rejected the appeal of Baron Krupp von
Bolilen. head of the Krupp plant at Es
sen, and the other directors of the Krupp
Company from the sentence imposed on
thfm. hy the court martial at
ft elden. The court overruled the cop-,
tention of the Germans' counsel that the
offense was not committed in enemy ter
ritory. . /
Lightning Kills a Caddy and Stun.<f
Four Golfers.
Chicago, Aug. 7.—Four prominent
Chicago manufacturers were stunned and
a 10-year-old caddy was killed by light
ning today near the twelfth hole on the
links of the Westmoreland Country
Club.
The boy who was killed was Nils
Lindell .Jr., son of a blacksmith of
Evanston.
J. F. Carroll, assistant manager of
the Sanitary Manufacturing Company,
was so seriously shocked that It rook
nearly two hours to revive him.
C. B. Fulton. IVestern District Mana
ger for the Sanitary Manufacturing
Company; William Byrd Jr., and C. D.
Little. ATtsistant Secretary of the
Crane company, were the other affect
ed.
The foiir had been driven to shelter
from the rain in a eadd.v house neirr
the twelfth hole and were just emerg
ing when the lightning struck among the
group.
» .
With Our Advertisers.
The Specialty Hat Shop will on next
Saturday from 9 to 10 a. m. and from 5
to 6 p. m. give you your choice of any
summer hat iu the store for $5.00.
If you want anything in hardware the
Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has it.
Ransack Sale, at the Browns-Cannon Co.
Beginning tomorrow (Friday) morn
ing at 9 o’clock the Browns-Cannon Co.
will have a Ransack Sale,, and all their
big stock will be offered at drastic re
ductions —clothing, hats, shoe, furnish
ings, etc. In a big ad. on page five to
day then give you some prices which
will gitfe you some idea of the many big
bargains they have for you. The sale
will last 15 days, but you would better
go quick to get your choice of the bar
gains offered.
Farmer Carter, of Robeson. Exhibits
First Open 8011.
Red Springs, Aug. B.—C C. Carter,
who farms about three miles from here,
is the- first 'man in # Robeson county to
report open cotton this year.
Mr. Carter brought three fully ma
tured cotton bolls containing f’ushy
lint to the office of the local newspaper
early today. He has several acres of
cotton the same age as the stalks from
which the open bolls were plneked and
expects to make a good crop this year.
Strikers and Sliwiffs Clash.
Hillsboro, 111., Aug. 9. —One man was
shot and seriously wounded and three
deputy sheriffs were badly beaten in a
fight between deputy sheriffs and strik
ers of the American Zinc Company near
the entrance to the plant early this
morning. i .
Miss Leaffie Queen, of Forest City, N.
C., is the guest of Miss Zeliah Blaekwel
der.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Sides will leave
tonight for Norfolk, 'where they will
spend the week-end. . -
The first international exhibition of
fishing craft will be held at Boulogne,
France next September.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance
ELECTRICAL STORII
CAUSED DAMAGE IN
AND AROUND DADEN
Storm Visited That City and
Surrounding Territory Last
Night Continued About
Two Hours.
GROWING CROPS
BADLY DAMAGED
Two Large Transformers and
Pumping Station Damaged.
—Crops Beaten to Ground
by the Rain.
A heavy rain, accompanied by a se
vere electrical storm, did much damage
■ in and around Bndin last night, accord-
I ing to reports reaching this city today.
■ The storm began about 9 o'clock and con
tinued for two hours.
Two of the large transformers feeding
electricity into the aluminum plant at
Baden; were badly damaged during the
storm, according to reports reaching Con
corjl. and the city’s electrically driven
water pumps were also put out. of com
j mission. The damage to the transform
ers and pumps is estimated at several
hundred dollars.
Growing crops in the vicinity of Baden
were also badly damaged, say the reports
received here. The rain, which fell al
most with the intensity of a cloudburst,
swept everything before it, and in many
instances huge fields of corn and cotton
were practically destroyed. Running wa
ter caused by the downpour, carried large
deposits of sand and dumped them on .
top of the corn and cotton stalks beaten
to the ground by the wind and rain.
In some instances, according to the
most reliable reports obtainable, live
stock perished during the storm. Chick
ens were drowned on many farms, it is
reported, and other livestock suffered by
exposure.
On several farms over which the storm
seemed to center, the lauds were badly
washed, and that part of the crop not
buried under a bed of sgud or debris
was washed away with that gave
way before the onslaught of the rapidly
risiug water.
No one was injured by the lightning,
as far as could be learned, and no build
ings iu Baden were destroyed.
It is estimated that the damage in and
nrorrtid 'Barlm HK'a result of tue- storm
win total between $12,000 and $15(000.
HARDING’S DEATH DUE
TO CEREBRAL APOPLEXY*
Death Certificates Shows Hardening of
Arteries of Long Duration.
Sail Francisco. Aug. 7.—The dentil
certificate of President Harding was
made public today by (he city Health
Board and showed death to be due to
cerebral apoplexy as a complication of
“an acute gastro-intestinal infection.”
The certificate was signed by Dr. Ray
Lyman Wilbur, president of Stan lord
University, and one of the five physi
cians who were in attendance tipon
President HtfrdiAg here. The certificate
gave the cause of dpath as follows;
“Cerebral apoplexy, following an
acute gastro-intestinal infection, includ
ing cholecystitis ' (inflammation of the
gall bladder) and bronchial pneumonia
—instantaneous contributing cause; ar
terial sclerosis (hardening of the ar
teries)- of severally ea rs’ duration.”
Can’t Sue Textile Union in Courts of
North Carolina.
Charlotte, Aug. 8. —The United Tex
tile Workers of America cannot be sued
in the courts of North Carolina. Judge
W. F. Harding field today in a de
cision filed in which he allowed the
demurrer of t*he labor organization to
the libel suit brought some time ago by
P. E. Tucker, textile operative, against
Henry En tough, organizer of the union,
peeking SIO,OOO damages.
The (textile union demurred to in
clusion in the action as a party de
fendant. on the ground that an un
incorporated organization of individuals
could not be sued under the North
Carolina law. The plaintiff in the
original action, through counsel, argued
that as Eatough was the agent of the
union, the organization should be held
legally accountable for his acts.
Judge Harding held with the de
fendant union.
Baptist* Claim 2.000.000 Adherents in
Russia-
New York, Aug. 9. —The number of
Baptists in Russia Ipis increased- from
100.000 in 1914 to at the
present time, according to the Rev.
Edgar Y. Mullins, of Louisville, Ky.,
who returned today on the Stockholm .
from Sweden, he was elected
president of the Baptist World tCon
gress. The United States alone, he said,
exceeds Russia ip the number of Bap
tists.
The rapid growth of the Baptist faith
in Russia, he sard, was due to the fact
that the soviet government has not in
terfered with its activities add was ap
preciate of Baptist "democratic ten
dencies.”
Mrs. Coolidge Aids a Fainting Woman-
Wash ingt on, Aug. B.—Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge today proved herself an able
nurse. Returning from the Harding
ceremonies at the capitol, Mrs. Kdwurd
T. Clark, wife of the President’s secre
tary, collapsed from the heat m the
'corridor <jut*ide the presidential suite,
in the New Willard hotel. Mr. Clark ran
to her side and with the assistance of
others carried her into an adjoining
room. Hearing of the incident. Mrs
Coolidge rushed from her suite to Mrs-
Clark’s side and was administering
restoratives when an army doctor ar
rived. Mrs. Clark soon recovered.
NO. 9.