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PHE CONCORD TIMES. L i M Editor and Publisher. ■volume MTHGORDERS II IIS PITS OF ISIS? RtPORTED j, r - roi” Most Part I 01~ iun Chancellor Cuno Hav |{ig vru C VBINKI >E HAS BEEN NAMED Dr Gustave Siresemann Will R f Premier.—Communists] \re Causin'? -Most oi the; Disorders. ];. 1 1 {\ I'M* A>s«:ciateil *,. ~. i.,.,u f.ibimn was Pf’'” ' t|l ,,,] :trri<nling To W* il ' iii'i'a’ ,- li ir-'in Berlin.- as |i( j mi . I >r. GllS i, n>itT of finance. Ia '’ . :hi < ;.l : minister of j N’ ’ ' || . \an 1 latmmr. German nf iailwa\ s. I lerr f just ire. Herr Rad '" T '" ,if defense, telegraphs J'lar• • ’in.-.I unchanged. ' s, r ,l srikes Kejsirted Killed. i::. .IK Ti««* Associated J,! 1 s, o'a. >mUe.s were killed and mini at t;,<■ Hamburg ship in a clash with police, ac ' t ,, a ,| : s|ia'e!i received here. The .'•j trace prevented work frein-entering <iie oreupen The police inter 4 1 attacked by the strik- Nine Reported Killed. 1.-ml-n? A-w. H 11‘>\ the Associated ]S„ S; ■_ .:. ;i >• \ fighting between ~ .-x .;.i| the militia occurred to t'j; n s 'S xuiiv. according to a Ceii \ - nil I t i l in. A large liJ\ us oiiiiinimists stormed file town y; ~(ru|‘>ii la the soldiers. and there \u- .'e.iiit.-iKlf lighting in the streets. af nil;.- eeiiiitiiinists were recover- TiU.ry were injured and many of the were wounded. the message adds, fi.nimiiiiists I lidding I.uebee. Lud»H-. (Jrrmany. Aug. 13 l By the As sriutnl I'ivv-i (’omiminists are bold in; ftv> ( i'v afu-r having the senate to miih Hehlinveiir froops have arrived ty attempt t» restore order. Will stop Kepintions Payment, i.ouden. Aug. l l l‘,\ the Associated l‘:i" 1! •• ti. rinaii goeercinent ‘has an b'lUi.ei], si.vs a tVutral News dispatch from Berlin, that the stoppage of repa t:tti"U ci.iiiritmtiium lo Fiance aud Bel riiiu. will lie extended to all the allies, as utiimvise the timnicial reform of Ger liwcv is itiijMissiiile. (imnaiiy Near IK-volution. T ,t ' w Wk. Aug. FI Germany is on I “* ■ «*f a revolution. Senator Reed "f ! tail, declared today on his-re liifii‘i"m a lour of Furope on the I.evia t:;ii;. Kvervwhere in (jieiinaiiy. he add w. lie !,eanl sinister rumblings. Four Killed. ' ■■ip'll, lienmuiy. Aug. 13 (By «■* .Witaed Press ). —Four Ormans 't-ki;:eil and forty wounded when the 1“ i"la\ tired on ;{ crowd of several had gutliered before the eudijiiaiters. demanding that the i lie’, do something to relieve 'R'Ttage o{ potatoes. PRhIUKNT TO RETAIN CHRISTIAN FOR AWHILE '^ ~s dis K'esigitition as Secretary •K.ißstiin. Aug. 11.— President Cool il . V aee(;Ht ed the resignation of J* "• Christian. dr., secretary To 7." .1 r< sidont Harding; with the un ■'l!l - 'Out it w ill not become mi ll i ’ ' ;v "\ B ■ -lulu win remain until the j ‘ n executive otfices lias jTWb vstahHshe.,. I*,, ‘ iTitiinatioit as to who will M'k'nf Fool ge*s secretary. Mr | ■ ‘ars serv.-d as secretary to wline he was vice presi l i; \ |' rtnt inued to assist him eaaatjon to the presidency. Kt< i>R|) \ s PKp] S j| )KNT • lit M Kx Ki) FOR SCREEN i »iM i Career C«m- Mv |~h «"to One Rig Film. in:, - 10. Warren Hard u- the nation, from *fh iv •• ,, V M * red . tlie White ' ~| 1 i.xerutive. has been '■"T'i. j i ■' 1 ' : ’iplete pictorial re ,,j . , . Wl ' Movement. pll(/tO ! was made, will ‘"" .' r| 'be motion pic •;'ar,’i j|, future as be then ap ., j, . f cord in office Was to be thus cona !'. Il ~ bioving likeness F VK,UN(i Tr^ „ iii'l*aL l , . ,, T r Cotton Mi,! Paw- r,l '\tucket. R j 4 *• ID.— For the i'-! 1 , I *..; 1 Slater \X? r< b ° n on the ,A"; a «Uring pioneer cotton >ti trihutT today at 5 " rn, ‘ bite President h* rime it ] V(|] " n '‘f the | ■ V,'" n, b ,f ! was in cele- Centennial in \\ %Urp s • - ; v■. .. : ' H large , ■ ' u;| de public snow t' Hv!' VVor tieii • ir ' l " l . !l \ of London’s e r , g . ’ ! J w 'Upati( in • '"'j'; rills applies Uu:; 1 , "ith the , h A .'“ b women are Whii fiiul"'I 1 '!!"' 1 ' of lo,l ging wui ,u "omen, among JMrtuen predominate. OAT CROP GOOD Davidson and Burke Were Two of the Largest Producing Counties. Raleigh. Aug. 13. —"The oat crop wae j unusually good this year with the best j conditions extending from . Scotland : through Forsyth bounty,” according ’to ! a statement issued today by the Sfate • Federal Departments of Agriculture* Most of the inner coastal counties where | oats are cut and not threshed had very ! good conditions with the exception of i Wayne county. The extreme northern counties from Wayne to Surry averaged | less than 85 per cent, in condition, ex-' „ cepting Stokes and Person. The main bolt averaged from X 5 per cent, to 00 | per cent., which is good in itself. David j son and Burke were two of the large i producing counties, and averaged 100 per cent. , "The part of the oat crop planted in the fall is 70 per cent., while 30 per cent is reported on being planted in the spring. The yield of the fall or winter planted oats is reported to have been | 22 bushels as compared with 17 bushels j for spring planted crops this year. It | is of interests to note that the coastal Ibe r practices are yuite opposite to the Piedmont or eastern counties, putting about two-thirds of its crop in during the spring months. , The c/ntstal coun ties produce much the better yields, the central and northern Piedmont area coming next. "Os the^total acreage cut this year, it appears that (>2 per cent was cut ripe for grain. 23 per cent cut in the milk or dough stages for. combined grain and forage ration. There was cut for hay 15 per cent, and two per cent, was either not cut, used for pasture o.nly, or turned tinder. "The prospects for .the national oat crop on a condition basis of S 3 per cent of a full crop is 1.315,853,000 bushels. Os the last year's crop. 5 percent now re mains as'stocks on the farms. "The North Carolina crop has a con dition og St; per cent, of normal which indicates 21 bushels per acre with two percent remaining oji farms from last year's crop. A special report to small grain growers was , sent out recently looking to the prospective planting this fall, y Alsu was included inquiries per taining to tlie yield, as well as the per cent in the fall and spring. Complete report on this will be given at an ear’y date. Tt w#uld now appear that the acreage will be increased in this crop, for Ticxt year.” THE PRESIDENT WON’T PERMIT A COAL STRIKE Announcement Made After Concerence Between John Hammond and Dr. Smith. Gloucester. Mass.. Aug. 12. —President Ooolidge will not permit a coal strike, it was said here today after a confer ence between John Hays . Hammond, chairman of the coal fact finding com mittee. and Dr. George Otjs Smith, a member of that commission, who had hur ried to Mr. Hammond’s Gloucester home after a conference with the President in Washington Saturday. Dr. Smith re turned to Washington tonight. Mr. Hammond announced after the conference that he would go to Wash ington -to see President Coolidge on Wednesday. It was also announced that a day or so after that, conference that a joint meeting of anthracite operators’ and Miners’ officials would be held in New A~ork. The statement that President Coolidge would not permit suspension of anthra cite coal fining was made after the con ference between Mr. Hammond and Dr. Smith, but Mr. Hammond refused to comment v>n this phase of the question further than to say that the President had assured the commission of his sup port. j FEDERATION OF LABOR MEETS IN GREENSBORO More Than 100 Delegates Present.—Vice President H. C. Caldwell Presiding. Greensboro. Aug. 13. —The seventeenth annual convention of the North Carolina State' Federation of Labor opened here this morning and will continue through Wednesday afternoon. (tver one hundred accredited delegates were present when the convention was called to order for the usual opening ex ercises. J. M. Ellis, of Salisbury. Presi dent of the Federation, was unable to be present, and first, vice president H. C. Caldwell, of Asheville, presided. President Samuel -Gompers, of the Am erican Federation of Labor, and Frank Morrison, secretary of that organization, was sent to deliver the principal address of the opening day. He spoke of condi tions and problems confronting labor. Attendance is expected to reach the 200 mark by late today which will it the largest labor convention in years, since representation has been cut approx imately two-thirds since tlie 1022 meeting at Wrightsville Beach. MISSING RECORDS OF BCCKETEERS GIVEN UP Were Presented to Federal Authorities on Eve of Day New Indictments Were Promised. New York, Aug. 13. —Missing records of bankrupt stock bucketing firm of E. M. Fuller & Co., wliich long have provid ed one of the chief sources of interest in tin' sensational disclosures that followed the firm's failure, were reported today to have been surrendered anonymously to the Federal authorities on the eve of promis ed new indictments of "higher ups” in I an alleged bucket shop ring. More thlm $30000,000,000 are in- I vested in tax-exempt Federal, State and 1 i municipal bonds in the I uited States, i according to a prominent political ' omist. It is estimated the . United State Treasury is losing some $300,000,- 000 a year of income-tax revenue be ■ cause these bonds are exempt from tax i ation. This slack must be taken, up by those who do not owntax-exempt se curities. ! Fourteen stone axes, recently unearth -5 ed on a farm property in Norway, are > declared by experts to be examples of j i one of the earliest known forms of stone ; axes, dating from a period 7,000 years 1 ago. 1 ' -- 1 ... - PUBLISHED MON DAYS A ND THURSDAYS FRENCH OFFICIALS DISPLEASED ABOUT THE BRITISH NOTE They Contend It is a Posi tive Disavowal of Great Britain’s Allies During the World War. PROPAGANDA WAY IT IS DESIRED And Many Believe the French Officials Have Ev ery Reason to Ignore It Entirely. , • Paris, Aug. 13 (By the Associated Press). —The British note is regarded in French official circles as a positive dis avowal of Great Britain's war allies, and a frank espousal of the German cause. I It is thought Premier Poincare will reply in due time, although in the quai d'or say it is held that the document smacks so much of propaganda it might properly be ignored. "This amazing document proposes to haul France and Belgium before a tri bunal to answer for their efforts to make Germany carry out her treaty ob ligations.'' said an official of the foreign office today. "France and Belgium are not ready to answer such a summons, ev en from Great Britain.” The same officials, whose statements, while unofficial in a strict sense, reflect the tense feeling aroused in the higher French circles, said to know, however. liqw the Americans would receive a doc ument which made all settlements of the reparations question depend upon tlie payment of the debts to the United States which lie remarked amounted to throwing the responsibility for tlie Eu ropean chaos on the United States. PRESIDENT NOW USING THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE For FLst Time Mr. Coolidge Does Work in White House. But He Ha,s Not Yet Moved Into It. Washington, Aug. 13. —President Cool idge took up his duties for the first time today at t.he executive offices in the White House. The Chief Executive ar rived at his desk a few minutes before l> o'clock from the New Willard Hotel; where lie* had established temporary head quarters and where lie will maintain his residence until Mrs. Hafjding leaves the White House. He \\‘as Accompanied by his secretary, Edward T. Clark, and was met by Secretary Christian, who will re main on duty for a few days to assist the President and Mr. Clark in familiar izing themselves with White House de tails. t As he entered the lobby of the execu tive offices, Mr. Coolidge shook hands with Sgt. C. L. Dalrymple, for years in charge of the police force'stationed there. Then the Executive hurried directly in to the big round room that since Rose velt's time has served as private office of the President. All the personal effects of President Harding had been removed, including his chair. The picture of Mr. Harding, which had hung in the outer office, had al so been taken away by Mr. Christian. The first caller to enter President Coolidge's office was Frank W. Stearns, of Boston, his close personal friend, who has been with him almost continuously since lie. was elevated to the Presidency. Says Coolidge Will Seek Office Again. Concord, N. H.. Aug. 13. —United States Senator George H. Moses in a statement today declared that President Calvin Coolidge would be a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomina tion in 1924, and that he ought to have a solid New England delegation. NOT GIVE EVIDENCE TO JURY DURING DAY Evidence of E. M. Fuller and W r . F. Mc- Gee Will Be Given Out. Tomorrow. New York, Aug. 13. —Presentation to a federal grand jury of evidence against E. M. Fuller and W. F. McGee, princi pals in a $6,000,000 bueketehop bank ruptcy was postponed till tomorrow and newspaper men today revealed to the government the identity and alleged finan cial connection of ”G. Shadney” and H. y Telfair, who paid mysterious visits to the brokers while they were in jail. Although United States Attorney Gen eral Hayward declined to discuss the significance of the disclosure it was un derstood he was _told the two visitors formerly were closely connected with E. M. Fuller & Co., and other brokerage firms that have failed. It has. been no ported that the visitors had given false addresses at the jail. In asking adjournment Mr. Hayward announced that he wished time ‘’to in vestigate new’ matters in connection with the cases.” With Our Advertisers. Wonderful bargains in all summer mil linery can be found at the Specialty Hat Shop. AH straws at half price at Overcash's, and 25 pOr cent, reduction is given or#all summer goods. Have money of your own—open a sav ings account with the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Dr. ,7. Hugh Parks, dentist, announces the opening of an office in the Graham building at Kannapolis. Fish Succumb to Heat Wave. Budapest. Aug. 13. —One hundred thousandth have fallen victims to the heat wave in Hungary at the famous Sze gedin breeding ponds. The water evap orated, leaving the fish in the slime. The population was called out to bury the i fish which were poisoning the air for miles around. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1923. PLAN AiSUBES TO PREVENT STRIKE OF ANTHRACITE MINERS Federal Coal Commission Asks Operators and Miners to Meet in Washington for Conference. t . PRESIDENT TOLD ABOUT PROPOSAL He Will Leave Everything in the Hands of the Commis sioiv Under His Present Plans. (By the Asiioeiirtert Press. - ) ■Washington. D. C. t Aug. 13—The Fed eral government moved today to avert an anthracite strike by irfviting representa tives of both the operators and miners to a conference with the coal Commission here immediately. A telegram conveying the invitation to both sides went forward shortly after noon. It was signed bjf coal commission officials after they had conferred with President Coolidge. For tlie present, at least, it was indi cated that the President-desired to leave the situation entirely in N the hands of the commission. Whether lie would lake any more direct steps later fr> insure an agree ment has not been revjhled. There is no doubt. Jiowever. that Mr. Coolidge is fully advised regarding the break between the operators and miners which is threatening a suspension q f work in the anthracite anines September Ist, and will remain in Rose contact with all developments. Today he conferred with John Hays Hammond, chairman of the commission and had a long talk with George Otis Smith, another of its mem bers. THE RED SPIDER NOW INFESTING THE STATE' Number of Complaint!* Received From Counties Reporting tj)e Spider is Eat ing Cotton. Raleigh, Aug. 12. —-.Numerous pun plaints of damage to button by the red spider have been receijfed from Wilson. Bertie, Halifax and Warren counties, according to Franklin Sherman, chief in entomology for the s-UF* department of agriculture “ There were a few complaints in late June and early July but many reports mid-July.” Mr. Sherman stated. "The area affected extends from Fayetteville to the northeastward with the greatest damage in the counties mentioned.” Mr. Sherman said that this area wi'l be relieved from damage to tlie ex tent it is sharing in the recent rains, as a spell of wet. weather will usually check the insect. Mr. Sherman advocates the pulling and burning of the affected stalks as a means of checking the spread, or the in fected area may be isolated by removing a few* stalks all around it. A lime sulphur solution, such as is used for orchards, he said, may be used at a rate of 1 to 50 gallons of water. All of these will help check the spread, he as serted. - “There’ is. consolation for the cotton grower.” Mr. Sherman continued. in the fact that in general a season, wnicli is favorable to red spider is apt to be unfavorable to Mr. 801 l Weevil and vice versa, yet such a rule is subject to exceptions, and it is best not to rely too striekly on this factor.” Conditio nos Tobacco Crop in State Gen erally Good. Ilaleigh. Aug. 11.—The condition of the tobacco corp is generally good over North Carolina with tlie best areas be ing in the eastern part of the coastal belt, in the sandhill section and from Northampton county eastward, accord ing to a * statement issued today by Frank Parker, statistician of the State- Federal department of agriculture. Con ditions are generally gbod through the mountain counties where tluv chop is of no great importance, said Mr. Parker. “The counties having poor tobacco con ditions are from Harnett in a straight line to'Bertie and thence notrhwestward to Granville, with Edgecombe having an average of less than 70 per cent.” said Mr. Parker. “The counties adjacent to Stokes also show tlie condition of SO pen cent., with Rockingham being only 69 per cent. The belt from Guilford to Nash averages from 80 to 90 per cent, and with the.exception of the poor belt previously mentioned the condition av erages from 80 per cent to 100 per cent, through the main belt. This indicates' a very good crop, which for the State averages 86 per cent. The central coastal belt averages highest with 91 per cent, and the southern coastal area 87 per cent. The poorest area is in northwestern counties including Surry and Yadkin, Wilkes being rnmjh better. “The tobacco crop was damaged con siderably by hail extending in a nar row strip from Pitt to Wayne eouirty. Harvesting is in full progress and mar kets have opened in the south coastal belt which extends into Robeson. Bladen and Columbus counties. Prices are gen erally considered satisfactory. “The prospects for the national crop on a condition basis of 83 per cent, and two per cent. increase in acreage is T. 474,000,000 pounds. The North Car olina crop averaged 86 per cent, of nor- 1 mal, forecasting 688 pounds per acre on one per. cent, reduced area, making a crop of 350,000.000 pounds.” An unfamiliar flax drsease is attack-, , ing the stem and leaves of the growing flax vlant of the uuper Mississippi Val ■T •*. It retards the development of the ■ seed and injures the stem for fiber pur ' poses. Investigations are being carried |on to find an effective control measure. SEVERAL BRANCHES OF RAILWAY UNION TO HOLD MEETINGS Members of Union to Meet in Chicago to Discuss at Length Question of In crease in Pay. SWITCHMEN CALL LEADERS TOGETHER Leaders of Firemens’ Union in Ail Parts of the United States and Canada Will Hold Meeting in Cleveland Cleveland, 0.,‘ Aug. 13 (By the As sociated Press). —Approrima'tely 350 general chairman of the eastern, Vwestern, southeastern and ✓Canadian associations of the general committees of the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and En ginenien. have been called to convene in ertra session at Chicago, September 6th, “for the purpose of giving consideration to the question of inaugurating a wage movement,” according to an official cir cular mailed to aTI members of the asso ciation of the general committees, B. D. Robertson, president of the brotherhood announced today. Switchmens’ Leaders to Meet. (Shicago, Aug. 13. (By the Associated • Press). —The general chairmen of the twichmens' union of North America I have been summoned to meet here on September -6th to consider wage ques tions, it became known here today. A letter issued by T». C. Oashen, internation al president of the organization, fixed the date. I Mr. Robertson said he understood T. C. Caslien. president of the switchmen’s un iou of North America would convene all his general chairmen in Chicago at the same time to inaugurate a movement for increased wages. Warren H. Stone, President of the Brotherhood of Engineers, when asked if his general chairmen would join the tire men in a joint request for increased wages, said that the laws of his organi zation did not call for the convening of the general chairmen to inaugurate a wage movefnent, as did the rules of the other brotherhoods and that no similar action was contemplated at present. The amount us the- pay increase to .tye. tsked of the railroads will be determined by the general chairmen, Mr. Robertson said. Firemen were given a cut of ap proximately 12 1-2 per cent, by the I\ S. Railroad Labor Board on July 1. 1921. he said. Whether this would be the amount of the increase to be requested, Mr. Robertson would not say. A DRAMATIC STORY Kentucky Mother Saves Her Crippled Child While Tliree Others Are Swept Away in Flood. Portsmouth, Ohio, Aug. 11.—A dra matic story of bow a mother, through frantic efforts, saved the life of a crip pled chi|d while she was forced to watch three other of her children drown in the flood waters of a swollen creek fifteen miles from here in the hills of Kentucky, reached this city today. Mr. and Mrs. Wales Greathouse and four children and Mrs. Albert Great house and one child were driving in an automobile near Greenup, K.v.. when thiey attempted to ford a swollen creek, wliere the machine stalled. Mr. Greathouse went for help. While he was gone the stream rose higher and higher. His wife attempted to save all the but three were swept out of the car and to their death down the stream. The mother held tight to the fourth child, a cripple, while Mrs. Albert Great house managed to save her one child. * Both women, still clutching their chil dren, wore swept fifty feet down stream before the returning husband, .with the aid of a nearby farmer, rescued them. The dead children were Ida. aged 4, Milford, aged 2, hud William, aged 1. S>ne body had been recovered this morn ing. * THE COTTON MARKET Texas Crop Situation Had Much Influ ence on the Market Today. New York, Aug. * 13.^-G rowing alarm over the Texas crop situation was tlie dominating factor in the cotton market during today’s early trading. There, was considerable realizing above the 24 cent level, but it was readily absorbed on slight setbacks with October selling up to 24.54 and January '24.2(5 during the early trading, or 50 to 55) points net higher, and at the highest prices touched since the last government rCpQrt. Cotton futures opened , firm. Oct. 24.20; Dec. 24.20; Jan. 23.5)1 ; March 23.5)7; May 23.90. Opening cf Tobacco Market Postponed. Wilson, Aug. 13. —The opening of the Eastern Carolina tobacco market here wan postponed from August 21st to August 28th at a meeting here this morn ing of the Eeastern North Carolina To bacconists. the postponement being made, it is said, on the request of several big buyers. The lateness of the crop was • given as the reason of the request for the postponement. No Rain In 10 Weeks in Section of i Cluster. Chester, S. C.. Aug. 12. —There is a section about four miles west of Wood ward. about six miles wide and 12 miles long; knowns as the Avon section, wherein they have had no rain in 10 weeks. - 5 Miss Leoti L. West, oldest school teacher in the state of Washington, was recently honored with a public recep tion by her former pupils in Seattle. CORN CROP OF STATE LOOKS GOOD AT PRESENT Counties Near East Will Have Unus ually Fine Crop. Raleigh, X. C.. Aug. 13.—The peculiar feature of the corn crop in the South is the practice of double or interplanting with other crops.” declared Frank Par ker, Statistician of the State-Federal Department of Agriculture in a state is sued here “In North Carolina it is found that 73 per cent, of the corn acre age is grown alone. 13 per cent, with cow peas, 9 per cent, with soy beans. Four per cent, has a combination of two or more companion crops, \Vhile ope i>er ceyt. has peanuts or velvet beans inter-, planted. “Tlie exact percentage of the soy beans aud cow peas that are harvested for seed is ntit known, and. in fact, varies considerably with each year's seasonal conditions, “A careful analysis of the report for August I. shows, a rather uniform trend for a corn crop with the very best con ditions, existing in the eastern and south ern coast and mountain areas. Several Counties average full normal or over 100 per cent, a'djacent to the coast. “The poorest conditions are found in counties surrounding Mecklenburg, where extremely poor conditions exist, that county having less than two thirds of a normal corn crop. The second area of poor conditions is found in Franklin, Warren, Halifax, Northampton aud Hert- • ford Counties. “Very good corn crops are found from Anson to Person county through the Piedmont belt. In width this belt ex tends from Davidson county through Chatham. 4>ut the condition in reality is good eastward to the coast. It has been particularly dry in the Southern Pied- J moot counties. . . “The national prospects for corn is 2,- 982,000,000 bushels on a basis of 84 per • cent, of normal condition. The yield per acre warn forecast at 20 bushels per acre, 'the avex*age August Ist, price being 87.4 as compared with 04.4 cents a year ago. The acreage is less than one per cent, more than it was a year ago. “The North Carolina condition of 85 per cent, of a full crop forecasts a yield I per acre of 20 bushels which is slightly more than last year produced. This state's acreage is the same as for the prevailing year. The price lasj year was 90 cents per bushel with the price ranging about $1.21 cents per bushel at this time. THE JIACKETT CHILD WILL REMAIN IN MOTHER’S CARE His Petition to Obtain Custody of Daughter Dismissed. Greensboro. Aug. 11. —Action of form er Eighth District Congressman Richard N. Hackett, of North Wilkes boro, first husband of Mrs. Franklin Long Rfker. of New York, to obtain custody of, their (laughter, ’Mwfi Lois Long Hackett, failed here today when his habeas cor pus petition, presented before Judge T. J. Shaw, of Guilfprd_ Superior Court, was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Judge Shaw held that Wilkes county, wlfere the Hackett-Long divorce case lias been started, is tlie proper place for presenting the matter. Judge T. B. Finley, cousin of Mr. Hackett, is resi dent judge of the superior court of which Wilkes is a part. Dismissal of the motion leaves the matter where it was at the start, with the girl in the care of her mother and the latter’s second husband. The girl also bears the name of her stepfather. NORFOLK CATS AND RATS ON WAR PATH One Man Severely Bitten Tom Cat While One is Injured Severely By Big Rodent. Norfolk. Va.. Aug. 12.—A black tom cat launched an unprovoked attack upon E. M. Cooke as he was seated on the curb before the courthouse here to day. The feline embedded its teeth in Cooke’s hand to such a depth that he had to call on a policeman for assis tance in prying the cat's jay apart, after he had chocked the animal to death- A similar incident occurred last night. A rat. however, was the aggressor in this case. A customer stopped into a shoe repairing shop during a thunder storm to have rubber heels put on his shoes. A big rat. driven from his quarters in a sewer by the heavy down pour. ran into the shop and made a dive ’for the customer’s trouser'.eg. The rat was chocked to death, but not before he had inflicted severe injuries on the man's leg with his teeth and claws. MAY ACT TO PREVENT COAL STRIKE IN FALL Federal Government Believed to Be Con-„ sidering Plan to Avert the Strike. Washington, AOg. 13.—Reports of an impending intervention by the Federal government to avert an anthracite strike on September 1 were given added color today when George Otis Smith, a mem ber of the coal commission, went to#the White House and conferred with Presi dent Coolidge. The commission is known to have had an intervention proposal un der consideration for several days. Bends For Now Station at. Greensboro. Washington. Aug. 11. —The Southern Railway was authorized by the Inter state Commerce Commission to assume the liability for payment of interest and principal on the issue of $1,300,000 in 5 per cent, bonds, which will formally be issued by the city of Greensboro. N. C. The sum raised by the bond issue has spent in improving and extending the Southern's terminal at Greensboro. Five caterpillar motor cars crossed the Sahara, traversing the 2j)00 miles from Tugart. Algeries, on the north coast of Africa, to Timbuctoo, in the Soudan, French* West Africa, in 21 days. It requires at least three months for camels to make the same journey. Two machines were equipped with rapid-fire guns to discourage roving bandits. The appearance of the machines was the wonderment of natives who had never seen an automobile before. A new geyser has erupted in Norris Basin, Yellowstone National Park. * * V $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. S. S. CONVENTION OF CITY CHURCHES HELD HEHE SUNDAY Convention For No. 12 Town ship Was Held in Central Methodist Church With Two Fine Sessions. J. 0. MOOSE IS NEW PRESIDENT Other Officers Include J. E. Davis, ¥. L. Norman and J. Y. Pharr—Reports Show Fine Progress. The annual Sunday School Convention for No. 12 Township, embracing all the Churches in the city of Concord, was held at Central Methodist Church Sun-f day afternoon and evening. Most of the schools in the township were represent ed at the convention. attendance at both sessions was good. The first session was held at 3:80 o’clock with President J. J. Barnhurdt presiding. The convention opened with a song and devotional service led by Rev. J. Frank Armstrong, of FY>re>#t Hill i Methodist Church, and following this Secretary V. L. Norman, read the min utes'of the last convention, the minutes beiug approved. The first business of the convention was the reading of reports of the vari ous Sunday Schools of the township. The reports showed that 13 of the 15) schools in the township were represented. They also showed improvement along all lines of Sunday School work during the year. The report of the township treasurer was next read and adopted. On motion a committee composed of A. S. Webb, S. Kay Patterson and. .T. M. McGraw was appointed, by the chair to make nominations for offifficers for the ensuing year. The committee made the following nominations: J. O. Moose, pres ident; J. E. Davis, vice president; V. L. Norman, secretary-tresurcr; .Tones Pharr, chairman of executive committee; John Query, Will Propst, G. A. Moser, R. A. Hullepder. C. F. Ritchie, A. E. Harris, W. J. Hethcock, Mrs. Scott Frieze, Miss Constance Cline, A. G. Odell, members of the committee. The report was ac cepted and the nominees elected by accla mation. The topic “How Best to Increase the Attendance of the Sunday Schools,” was ably discussed by a number of the dele gates present. Motion was made that the President and members of the executive commit tee take up the advisability of taking a Sunday School census. After several announcements tlie eon cention adjourned to meet at 8 p. m. Rev. T. W. Smitji pronounced the bene diction. A fine musical program an<| several in teresting talks by men who have taken keen interest in Sunday School work, fea tured the night session. The following program was carried out: Song. Devotional exercises by Rev. C. C. My* *ers, pastor of McKinnon Presbyterian Church. Solo —Mrs. ,T. B. Womble. Talk—J. M. McGraw, “Why I Should Attend Sunday School. Story Telling Period —Miss Mary Eliz abeth Blaekwelder. Solo—Mrs. C. B. Wagoner. Talk —Jones Y. Pharr. "Why- Should the Adult Membership of the Church Be Active in the School.” Talk —Clarence Propst. Solo —Alan Prindell. Offering. Talk —President J. O. Moose. ’ Benediction—By Rev. W. C. Lyerly. The place and date for the 1924 meet ing of the convention will be decided later. • * TROOPS GUARDING AMERICAN ZLNC CO. Where a Strike Has Been in Progress Since F'liday. Hillsboro, 111., Aug. 13 (By the Asso ciated Press). —A guard of 300 troops and a nest of machine guns greeted em ployees of the American Zinc Company when they returned to wdrk here early , this morning. At 7 o’clock about 100 men had entered the plant prepared for work. The plant has been dosed since Friday wheu one employee was shot dur ing a riot between strikers and workmen who were attempting to g<» to work. Will Stand by the Cotton Association. ltaleigh, Aug. 13. —An interesting conference was held at the bead quarters of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Association Wednesday. It was a conference of bankers who dis cussed with General Manager Blalock and Treasurer Bing the work of the As sociation through last year and its finaneirf need* - for the coming season. Hie officers of the Association asked for the conference to arrange for a revolving fund of $2,000,900 in order to be ready for the opening of the cotton The bankers present were It. G. Vaughn. President of the American Exehanke National Bank of John W. Simpson. Vice-President Atantic Bank & Trust (To., Greensboro. Southgate Jones. Vive-I’resident First National Bank of Durham. E. B. Crow. Vice-President Commercial National Bank. Raleigh. G. H. Andrews. Citizens National Bank. Raleigh, Gilbert T. Stephenson, Vice-President Wachovia 1 Bank & Trust Co., Roleigh and John H- Boushall, Trust officer, Raleigh Saving Bank & Trust Co., Raleigh. These gentlemen in their appreciation of success of the As sociation and expressed themselves as i willing to stand behind it financially, for the coming season. NO. 10.