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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 ♦ ♦ * * j 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. . „. I > * * 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.