Editor and Publisher. XLVI!i - *£ Soc*(rFavors Hospital for Cabarrus Meeting U»' h ‘ L . s ’ <> A ,iriv Goes on Record Fay, IV Erection of Hospital. —Doctors Give Reasons.-j , runs SUPPORT S° LICI 0E all parties THink a t ount} Hospital *id Bo .1 ;i» r - V.1.. t 0 Public Than One Owned ,„d Run by Individuals. ( t in need of a '' . ~.-v.ni have this . t »rJk<3 out by , Medical Society 1' . Si.i-iftv. :i! its *• Y. M. C. A.. .... 'ii the* dentists . .... l'sillv into plans i iT-t itutioii. and ~ .inioir of every plans cmi| be rr -/»t niggled along, as i private institu > in w g me as far , .. It must now be ; ,-A,-n tip altogether. The ii;,~ i,,~t just about the) , i (iii it> books. i u ,,,l > t -. n- who are un of tie se persons are. ‘ ... ,■ 1.0.-pi'.al in such condition t . , ~a i.iini.ttie i tsoti could not re- - ■ ,j“ | adini'-ioti. ami they are taken •i. -li.-st•];a 1 officials are almost ;■ in.- rime that they will be l * ; . .a-,- Siteli - a--- s hull Id not be j •; ,11 rii, uiniiral profession as a I L.:,, Ami ; 0 .-airy, but our conn- j provision for the : \ i; fc-t* ;* : by private indivtd-. -i-rvc a- well as a public hos-, ■ I it - .-ciTtity' should divide to j i : lui>pitaf. it would serve as I s >l,l. ,■;• t!ie medical profession for 1 tiii-. at’.: - -- ci>!u,.. i'•i t\. ami in turn would i h>- «!• ,-t.i•- tc -i rve the eominun ia itt a imp-.; la-ite cffici.':.; manner, since t.i.. voiiil have the cipiipment with ii.ea tn v-„rk. ;,!.<1 a place to handle the |:,ii 11,, *i the [,re-ent small hos-j 0 ;Jl ’’ au- }&'&"• *#£ I ' ..i tlitie persons each year, ufo. w-mW >■iherwise Lave died had it not b-i. r :i; tlur. v.a- a lm-j»iral nearby to fit,- dinu the attei.rioji which was need- H) .. • \ • ni i -'* I Ti-idea advanecd by I »r. MacFadyen i'.to re: i! ■ c*iiintv hospital and make it s tin-,:, al cettic;- for tire county. The | L ' rfmui could lie used ajji a ' it ’ i ‘Mu fertile Society at its regu lar Ms-.iiii<. If the hospital were equip-' i- a- ;n:iuy a- lifty beds it would ■ 'i'’! ;li- jiiri-dictiim of the Ain r i’s* ci Surgeons, which would l v • ■■ i’• !"•• it. and give free assistance | a ™ iU'inic::ni;>'to tlie institution. : | I 1 - •" W. Uaiikin expressed his opin ' da- idea i- a very good one and 'b'* ,v : e the; <»f '■tiimihis to the doctors ■ k. ami would help .keep the ■ eountj in good physical con- 1 Ihe inert ;-, in taxes, if the " tw l t"f ti.i- hospital, would be - ' ■tin to eonst ruct a SIOO,- I • ''me. would !)♦ a credit to the i : the patients from Unbar-I Id 1 e admitted for treat- ! At pre-ent there is not the equip-; ommodations for treat- I ‘ ,l,s in ti-i- county, and the I 1 «'■»amis do need and deserve ; Well .■ |uipped hofipittl. ‘ ' besides giving Ids j '■'it to ihe movement, I •‘•n tin- county is wide awake - in "f good roads -aid J i ' -b'i-i .a- : :i- opinion that they 1 \ ~ 1 ‘'• l ‘' y am! willing to do some-, tin’ health of its oiti ~ , " people •of this - " 1 t an. the lawyers would J ■ Mil- .1,.,.,., | , ~ iiMvvii iiv ;h,. progressive r,i U"' 1 1:11 ' KIV, ‘ been put across in A • w nidi is now leading • North Carolina in. 1 ■'' i imi- . i ... ■ • • , .. . t»ty home is said to "v b | entire State, and t; •„ ! " li '' *' : tiny want some ‘ ' I't"gi'c—ive and energetic If ■' '‘ r l * tmtd they sec-iire it. ('.A ... 11 "'tmty will talk up public sentiment j tbe < ’ounty Con- I • ! '•! ,i- Imsiness ideas and j "'ild I pit hesitate j hr s ; „ . : "ti I lie matter, t ~ ,"" ‘ ;l 'i the doctors in ' . • - 'l' all their pet*y - '' : - and to pull to- Hv :: There is no : iii.ititi. lie added, ~. v 1,1 busy now. ‘ > p jj "Mmn. county health I- a- jo main imspitals with . -J' l ilmingtou. In ' “ > . At rotn To to 100 county and city - xi 5i;,,..." ',' mir:: \ cases soine : 1 »barrc- : - ! ‘ n K 'his amount ' h*-- ; would require a i :r "i'**rty i," II *sloo worth j""';'■ ■'utain.rhe institution’s ‘-s'-iiatau ( added to him for hos has jm place to ’.. x ! bi the jail or * ' A ), rti 111 eoiinty hospital lv i" iooktafter the , t i ‘ l ' !lai "bs opinion, and tu i 1 v •' s hould not be ex- lK*|liUll (,„• th« " ll Cuk*- Six). FHE CONCORD TIMES. EDITATORS* ALARMED OVER CHILD LABOR Statistics Said to Be Distressing to Frien.ls of SehooJ Children. t Washington. Aug. IF* (Capital News Service). —The Supreme Court decision which voided the anti-child labor legis lation. has resulted in au increase in child labor, according to statistics com ' piled by the Government. These show that one million children between the ages of 10 and 10 were em ployed in .Tununry. 1020. of which one third were from* 10 to 18 years old. Owing to industrial depression in i!(2l. j the number diminished, but since then reports from 20 cities out of 81 report ing indicate increases, five cities report ing 100 per cent increases. In the first quarter of 1028 in Balti more. Bridgeport, Detroit. Hartford. Indianaiwdis. Jersey City, Manchester, New Britain. Newark. New Haven. New Y< rk. Paterson. St. Louis, and Water ’ bury, tite percentage of increase over 1022 is given as 24. June of the present year saw sensational increases in child labor especially in Connecticut, where in Waterbiiry jx-iy cent more were given w rk permits than in June. 1022. and a general increase of 57 per cent was reported to the children’s bureau. Educators arc distressed not only be cause of tjie failure of health which must result front too early emp’oyment of children in industry, but because the school can not educate the child who does not attend it. and the laboring child has no time for study. The con tention of the child labor proponents that the working child can go to school at nights is wholly faallncious, it is point ed out. since to learn requires applica tion. attention, and interest, and none of them are possible to a body and mind wearied with a day's toil. KIWAMANS AT WILMINGTON Approximately Six Hundred Delegates Are in Attendance. AVilmingtou, N. (\. Aug. I<».—The dis trict lviwanis convention opened here at lit o’clock this morning with an address ‘of welcome by Mayor Jas. H. Cowan, re sponse to—which was made by District Governor Alva M. Lumpkin. Approximately 600 delegates are in at tendance. The morning session today was con sumed with the introduction of Lieuten ant Governors and a musical program. Judge Orbison Speaks to a Gathering of Raleigh Folk. Raleigh. Aug 15.—Judge <’. .{. U, b: von. f-cp.-eseiitaf ive" f*F* life' InviGb!'* em pire. speaking to the Raleigh klan to night in tin- city auditorium asked news pa] or me to headline the fact thwt he goes into Oklahoma next week to urge the governor toward a special session of the legislature in the hope of outlawing hooded men who commit crimes. , The Indiana man had a fair crowl which applauded his declaration unit the klan stands for law enforcement through constituted authority. Disrob ing a> a klafi principle was not ad\*x-n v ed. but he declared that, the invisible em pire is dead against lawlessness com mitted with disguise. He talked India na politics and got a limited hand when ic declared the klau stands for inde pendence in politics. Wifebeater Found to lie Alan Wanted For Homicide in 1913. Newton. Aug. 15—Chief, of Police Tom Babriel has picked up‘another man who thought he had lived out the record and memory of a crime committed iu North Carolina years ago. The inan is Charles AA’hisnatit. He has recently been running a case as the Newton depot. He was put in jail on * day last week for beating bis wife. AA r hi’e in, jail Chief Gabriel beard rumors that WhisrtSint had 16 years ng»> killed a negro at Mortimer in Caldwell county. .» The investigation revealed that this was so, and that until lately he had been living in Canada under the name of Coffey. Chief Gabriel arrested the man Saturday night, and the sheriff of Cald well now has him in Lenoir jail. ! Case is Postponed Until Brown Fully Recovers. Spencer, Aug. 15. —AA T hen Engineer ••Red” Williams was arraigned in 1 Rowan county court today charged with shooting Frank A. lirown when he caught him alone with Mrs. Williams in her home in Spencer August 4, a certi ficate from the attending physician was presented stating that Brown has not sufficiently recovered to appear at the trial. The case was continued to Sep tember 4. Williams is under SSOO bond. | Brown, who was shot through the j breast, is now at his home recovering. (Quart of Whisky Said to Be in Court house Corner Stone. Newton, Aug. 15. —Quince \Vilfong, who is the best authority since the death of Col. G. M. Yoder, about the happenings in the early days of ( at.iwba county, says that #ne of the tilings de posited in the corner stone of the court house built SO years ago, which soon is to be torn down, is a quart of whisky. AA'hose whisky will it be when ir is taken out? Chairman J- D. Elliott will doubtless have first claim, but there vx ill be others who would like to test the quality of whisky the forefathers, made. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Foil, of Atlanta, Ga.. who have been visiting at the home of Airs. Foil’s lather and mother, Mr. and Airs. J. A. Propst, for a week, left this morning for Charlotte, where they will visit Air. Foil’s parehts for several 'days. They will leave for tlieih home Saturday or Alouday. The Ruhr valley produces 68.9 per cent, of Germany’s* coalj aud 66 per cent, of her steel. The average monthly salary of women teachers iu Oregon )s $109.91. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CROP CONDITION IN NORTH CAROLINA GOOD In Comparison With Other States. Says State Statistician. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 16.—Crop condi tions in North Carolina are unusually good especially in comparison with other States, according to a statement issued last night by Frank Parker, Statistician of the State Federal-Agricultural Crop Reporting Service. A similar condition exists in the states adjacent to Indiana, he said, extending down to Aiisouri. Air. Parker said iu some of the Rocky Moun tain States and on the Pacific Coast the farm conditions are unusually good. “The Southern states as a whole av erage rather poor conditions; tlie state ment continued. 'This state of affairs is also true, although to a less degree in the North Atlantic States as far south as Virginia. %forth Carolina stands out like a peak between the average of con ditions borth North, South and West of us. Picture the average conditions as compared*with the ten year trend of 105 per cent., for this state while South Car olina averages about 91 per cent; Geor gia ( 7.5 per cent.. Tennessee, 94 per cent., and Virginia SK per cent. The seasons have been unusually good# in North Car olina and from an agricultural economic standpoint it is perhaps iu the best po sition and condition of any state in the South and perjiaps as well as any in the Union, unless it be California, for which fruit is responsible. “Over the United States as a xfchole, the conditions average 97.4 per cent., as compared with the ten year average. This is one per cent., better than one month ago. The conditions in North Carolina have improved 3.4 per cent, during the last month, bringing the average up to about 105 per cent., for which we should be very grateful. “lt is found that of the 20 important cultivated crops there is about one per cent, more acreage this year than last. This also reflected in the forecasted yields per acre. “Os the totiil prospective production of improved products this year compar ed with last year, oats shows almost 10 per cent, increase, tobacco more than 11 p?r cent, greater, cotton 18 per cent, more, and even corn more than three per cent, greater than last year's crop. IVa nuts sho wa prospective productio i of almost 10 per cent, more than last year. Os those showing decreases, there •is wheat with an eight per cent, losse fore cast, iy e, 82 •per cent.; Irish potatoes, 15 per rent.; sweet potatoes. 15 per cent : hay.. 14 per cent.; apples, 6 per conr.: peaches. 17 per cent-, r and sorghum syrup 9 per cent, less than last year's production. “The ‘rend of prices paid to ftimers for tin 1 principal crops in the United States declined 1.4 per cent, during July, and for the past ten years the price level increased .4 ]>er cent, during the July period. The latest index price was 15.5 i cnt. higher thu*],. . »'»?• >*go; 25:6 per cent higher than two years ago. but 19 per cent, lower than the ten year av erage on a basis of August 1. “The prices of meat animals that were paid to farmers or producers were in creased two per cent, in, the last report ed monthly period. For the past 10 years it was? 1.2 per cent- The index figure of prices for the principal meat animals was 14 per cent, lower than a year ago and 27.5 per cent, lower than the 1( year average on a basis of July 15. “In brief it is observed that farm pric es are getting a little more on a level with other commodities, but tlie farmers an still at a great disadvantage in compari son with other producers. “Tobacco and corn shows the best con dition over the United States and each made improvements during the last month of more than 4.5 per cent. Iu contrast to this, cotton chose a relative poor condition of 98 per cent, as ed with the usual condition.” f. C. C. APPROVES PROVISION FOR GREENSBORO STATION Southern to Pay Interest and Provide a' •Sinking Fund For Bonds of $1,300,- 000. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. lO. —The Interstate Commerce Commission today approved the application of the Southern Railway for authority to assume as lessee the ob ligations and liability of paying as rental an annual sum sufficient to pay the in terest and provide a sinking fund for the bonds of $1,800,000 to be issued by the City of Greensboro, N. C. The funds de rived from the sale of the bonds will be used for the construction of a passenger terminal. The bonds will mature in 30 years from October 1 and will bear 5 per cent, interest. . - ~ , HENRY BRANSON VARNER SELLS HIS LEXINGTON DISPATCH Tlie Paper Is Purdpised by J. T. Crewe, oil tlie Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch. Lexington, Aug. 16.—The sale of The Lexington dispatch, a semi-weekly pub lication. owned and published 27 years by H. B. Varner, was announced today. Ernest J. F. Crewe, of the Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, (>., is the publisher. The price paid is not announced. Mr. Crewe will become publisher and manager, with H. N. Witherspoon, who has been with the paper for six years, as editor. Air. Varner announced that he was selling the paper in order to devote his entire time to the direction of a chain of theatres which he is operating in this territory. 106 Distilleries Captured During* Month of July in State. Salisbury. Aug. 14.—One. nuudred and six distilleries; 1,115 gallons of Spirits; 84,448 gallons of matt liquors aud 21 automobiles were captured dur ing July by federal prohibition agents operating in North Carolina,' according to figures obtained today from the of fice here of A- B. Coltrahe, prohibition director of the state. Arrests /totalling 78 were made while 170 prosecutions were recommended. Value of automobiles seized as estimated at $5,825 while the total appraised value of the property seized _ and de stroyed amounted to $35,975.50. Ihe value of property seized and not de stroyed was placed at $5,898. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1923. STATE REPUBLICANS PLEDGED TODAY TO SUPPORT COOLiDGE — The President is Given As surances of- Support by State Chairman Bramham and Col. I. M. Meekins. PLEASED WITH THE SLEMP SELECTION They Feel Thijt Slemp Un derstands Southern Prob lems and Wijl Be Helpful to This Section of Country . . - n min AVashington. Aug. JJI6. —The support of the Republican organization of North Carolina was pledged today to President Coolidge by W. B. Bramham. stare chairman, of North Uatolina, and Col. I. N. .Meekins, an official of the alien prop erty custodian’s office, and a leader among North Carolina Republicans. Chairman Brumluyn and Colonel Aleek ins made arrangements during their call upon Air. Coolidge for the reception of a delegation from Durham August 23rd, to invite the President to attend the ledication in that city of Samuel Morgan memorial, u plot of ground near Durham where the final surrender of the armies of (Jen. J. E. Johnson and Sherman took place. The Durham del egation will be composed of representa tives of (lie civic organizations of the city. ' * “The appointment of C. Bascomb Slemp as secretary to the President was ‘decidedly pleasing’ to the Republicans >f North Carolina.” said Mr. Bramham. “It also was pleasing to the South gen erally because we feel that Air. S’.emp understands our problems* aud in his of fice will be helpful to our section of the country.” BETTER CARE OF FORESTS Urgpd Before Meeting of Southern Sash. Door ami Alillwork Manufacturing As sociation. Asheville, Aug. 16.—Better care of forests aud better knowledge of the uses of which wood in the present forests may be put were urged this morning before he quarterly - meeting of the Southern 4ash. Door and Alillwork Manufacturing Association conveujjoji by speakers on forest Andy>j»dW>earvd before that body. Forestry in its different phases and with particular reference to applied re search on the properties of wood and its behavior in service, was the general topic before tlie second day’s session of the •(invention with prospects that the busi ness # of the association meeting will be concluded this afternoon. A. T. Upson, of Madison. Wis.. in •barge of the industrial investigations >f forest products, United States Forest Service, spoke about the work of his lab oratory force of particular interest to sash, door and millwork manufacturers. Freight; Traffic Resumed on Upper • Mississippi River. Alolinc, 111., Aug. 16.—Witli four new motor barges, freight traffic on the Mississippi between St. Paul and St- Louis will begin soon after a lapse of more than four years, the River Transit Company of St. null* has announced. Freight hauling will begin not later Jian September 1. The moton barges on their route be tween St. Louis and St- Paul will cover 689 miles. Ninety landing places an* tabu’ated on a list. The boats will have a 100-ton cargo capacity. Mrs. McCumber Killed in AtKo Accident. | Lumberton, Aug. 15y—Airs. Leslie MeCum bee.-Chad boor n. is dead ; .T. C. Carter, her brother-in-law is in a sana torium here, badly injured, and a small boy is being treated in Cbadbourn as the result of an automobile wreck which occurred on the Wildcat highway five miles west of Ohadbourn, Columbus county, this afternoon about 4:80. According to Cartejj. the accident oc curred on the main highway as he was traveling at a moderate rate of speed when the steering gear went wrong and the ear turned turtle. Air. R. L. Solomon, of No. 4 township, brought to our. office today an open boll of cotton. Air. Solomon says that he has enough bolls open in his fields to pick about four or five hundred pounds Mrs. Howard Cannon and daughter, Aliss Julia, of Guilford College, are vis iting Airs. Camion's brother, Prof. A. S. Webb, on Bell avenue. Air. 11. R. Bt*wis and family, who have been occupying the Alontgomery house on North Church street for some time, .have moved to Asheville. Steubenville. ()., Aug. 16.—Three men were shot, one perhaps fatally, in a gun battle at an early hour here this morning, the culmination* of au anti-Ku Klux Klan affray. The casualty list from the battle follows; Darwirf L. Gibbon, 35. one of the lead mg’local Klansmeu. shot in the back of the head and base of the brain. John ,de Santifc, 26, one of Gibson s alleged assailants, shot in the* left eye; sight of eye destroyed. Dominic Spiuetti. 27* shot through the left .hand. An anti-Klau riot fvhich occurred ear lier in the night, resulted in the injury of a score of more persons, mostly visit ing Klansmen, and badly damaging at Five Men Are Shot Today in an Anti-Ku Klux Affray POWER OF EDUCATION . SHOWN BY NEGROES Northern Exodus Not Worryirfg North Carolina Authorities. Washington. Aug. 16 (Capital News Service). —The absuHtl claim that “working people don’t need education.” needs no refutation, but gets it convinc ingly from statistics from North Caro lina. a s-tato which has ‘Concerned itself largely with the education of its negro population. Prof. N. (\ Newbold. head of the division of Negro education, wonting under the State Department of Public Instruction, says. “I find that we are losing few of our best negroes. Those leaving the state are divided into three classes, no one of which is representa tive of our best negro citizenship. To the first class' belong those who are naturally* shiftless, to the second those who have suffered temporary losses and who will return to North Carolina when they have earned enough to start over again, and to the third. those who have drifted into the state from farther south on their way north ” “The reason is to be found in the educational opportunities given him." This year, we wi l have in North Caro lina riiore than 300 liosenwnld schools worth $1,225,000. These schools are in rural ‘districts and towns under 2.500 population. Os the $1,225,000 so far in vested. cam|f from Julius Itosenwald. of Chicago. $250,000 from negroes, $45,000 from contributions by white people in the State and $600,000 from public taxes. During the school year of 1921-1922. SI Itosenwald schools were erected at a cost of $850,000. Since the close of that scholastic year 98 have been built, costing more than $400,000.” In its larger towns and cities North Carolina is spending more than $1,000.- 000 nnually' on Negro school buildings. COURT UPHOLDS STATE AND KLAN IS BARRED Can’t Function as Chartered Fraternal Body in New York. Elizabethtown, N. Y„ Aug. 14.—Su preme Court Justice E lis ,T. Staley to night granted an injunction sought by the State of New York restraining the Knights of the Ku Klux Kan, Inc., and tm* Knmelia, Tnc.. its sister organiza tion. from acting as chartered bene volent fraternal organizations in New York State. Declaring that the statutes clearly in tended a certificate of incorporation “should be approved in the form in which it was filed and filed in the form in which it was approved,” Justice Staley lie’.d that the act of incorpora tors of the Klan and Kamelia in alter ing the certificates of incorporation after approval and before filing was “not only an illegal and 'unauthorized act, but also an imposition and fraud upon the Court.” PRAISE FOR JAPANESE BY CALIFORNIA PASTOR Tells Kiwanis Club He Sees No Danger of War Between Nations. , Philnde’phia Record ' Rev. Roy Campbell, a Californian, ’surprised members of the Kiwanis Club at their luncheon in the Bellevue-Strat ford yesterday by speaking a good word for the Japanese. Interpreting the Japanese situation on the Pacific eo^st, the speaker paid a high tribute to their “quality of life and citizenship.” Ho said he did not believe there would ever be a war between this country and Japan, not only because America wants to stay at home,” but because the Japanese want to do the same thing. He' maintained that two dominant races cannot live at peace on the same soil and insisted that the leaders in Japan realize tfiis and were making every ef fort, so far as persuasion and advice went, to prevent the common pWple of Japan from crowding into ( alifornia. KIDNAPPED BY UNMASKED MEN Texas Alan Returns Heme This Morning With. 50 or 60 Lashes on His Body. Amarill.o Texas. Aug. 16.—E. E. Ale- Donald. a nailroad laborer, kidnapped by five unmasked men last night, returned to bis home this morning bearing 50 or 60 lashes on bis body. He was hurried to a hospital where his condition is said to be serious. Two men are being detained and oth ers are suspected, officers said. Georgia Assembly Will Be Called Into Extra Session. Atlanta, Ga.. Aug. 15- —A call for an extraordinary session of the Georgia legislature wi’l be issued tomorrow b\ Governor Walker the executive declared this after non following the action of the house in tabling all tax reform meas ures. . , The date of the extra session prob ably will be from November 15 to De cember 1, the executive said. 4-Year-Old Child Falls to Its Death. New Bern. Aug. liL —Edna Earl I Avery, four-ear-old daughter of Airs. ! Ada Thomas Avery, was instantly kill (ed when she fell through the -elevator i shaft in the Elks temple at 11 :80 this j morning while pitting with other chib i Iren about the buildiqg. . least a automobiles. The outbreak did not subside till morn ing- . * It followed a parade through the bus iness district of the City by Klansmen from East Liverpool, Ohio. Chester, X \. Ya.. and other nearby points. A mob estimated, at several ‘thousand, and beat the visitors. * * City and county officials were concern ed today over reports that Klansmen had issued ii call for a great ealvacade here tonight which knights from sections of Ohio. West Alrginia and Pennsylvania are to attend. It is understood that official steps are to be taken to prevent isuch a gathering. # COURT CASES Erwin Miller Sentenced to Serve Eight Years on Chain Gang.—Others Cases Disposed of. Iu Cabarrus Superior Court AA’edn* i *‘ day a jury returned a verdict* * « degree murder against Erwh negro, . charged with killing Y rier, another negro. Judge Ben . . Ixmg. presiding over the present term of court, sentenced Aliller to serve eight years on the chain gang. The case went to the jury Wednesday morning after argu ments' in the case had been concluded. Other cases disposed of Wednesday included : Estelle Rogers, vagrancy, sentenced to serve four months in jail. AVill Y’anderburg, charged with op* crating a car with one light and* curs 4ng on public highway, plead guilty and judgment was suspended upon payment of costs. C. W. Widenhouse, charged with hav ing and transporting liquor, was found not guilty. Lon Bost was found guilty of an as sault. It is very probable that court will adjourn this afternoon. Alost of the cases not yet taken up for trial have been continued, and when all submis sion cases have been completed, court probably will adjourn. The grand jury yesterday returned true bills against Lee AlcHargue, charg ing assault with intent to kill in two cases and assault \vi*li a deadly weapon iu another. He is now serving two years for the killing of Deputy Sheriff A\ ill Propst of this county, and these cases will not come up until he com pletes this, sentence. ATLANTA-LOS ANGELES WALKER IN CONCORD Jack Williams Afaking Cross-Country Walk in Advertising Stunt for Maga zines. Jack AVilliams, YVorld AA r ar veteran. | and at present on a cross-country hike from Atlanta to Los Angeles, spent four hours in Concord this morning. He left at noon for Salisbury. AVilliams left Atlanta on July 23th, and in each city he passes through he receives the signature of the Alayor. He is little ahead of his schedule, so far, he states. AA’illiams is making the hike to ad vertise three magazines—Service Record. Disabled A'eteran. Child’s Life and The Dearborn Independent. He must reach l-ios Angeles before noon Christmas Day. and is allowed to ask for nothing but water. If he is asked - to ride, how ever. he can accept. A\ illiams left Atlanta with one penny, and has paid his expenses by selling copies of the magazines lie carries. He North Carolina boy, and expects to visit home folks while in the Old North State. BOY KILLED IN AJL TO . ' ACCIDENT AT WILMINGTON Was Thrown Against Windshield of An other Machine and Throat Cut. AVilmingtou. Aug. 16.—C. F. Williams. Jr., 13 years old. died today ten minutes ifter being hurled from the automobile in which lie was riding with AA’alter Hatch, against the windshield of another machine which rammed the Hatch car. The lad’s jugular vein was severed. Hatch submitted to a transfusion of blood in an effort to save the boy’s life, and is himself in a serious condition. Baby Boy Fluent In Use of Words. AVest Bend, AAls.. Aug. 15. —At the age of two and one-lialf years AA r illiam Feierisen. .Tr., of this town, not only knows the alphabet perfectly, says his own prayers each night, knows a great number of poems but talks without the least trace of baby prattle. This town is very proud of the child, who is looked upon b** all as “wonder ful.” When but n little more than one year Billy could talk quite fluently, say those who have known the child since infancy. Almost from birth they say, he remembered everything upon being told once. The child’s father is an automobile mechanic employed at a garage here. The little boy has frequently watched hi* father at work. He was given a small toy automobile for Christmas. On several occasions, it is said, he has taken the little machine apart and cleaned it without having the least trouble in put ting it together again unaided. De Vaiera to Be Taken to Mount Joy Jail. Dublin, Aug. 16 (By the Associated Press). —Eamonn de \ r alera. arrested un der dramatic circumstances yesterday, he appeared to deliver a speech in the •election campaign, probably will be brought from Limerick where he is ini pri/>ned at present, to Mount Joy jail within the next few days. The public safety act gives the gov ernment power to detain him and it is considered likely he will be kept in jail until the condition of the country is more peaceful. Events in the Free State during the next fortnight probably will influence the government’s action with regard to the republican leader whose arrest has creat ed a profound impression in County Claire and throughout Munster. Favorable Trade Balance. AA’ashington,' Aug. 16. —A favorable trade balance of $26,060,(MM) is shown by the -official figures on the country’s exports and imports for July,-issued to day a t the Department of Commerce. It was- the- first mouth in which ex ports had exceeded imports since last February. Exports in July totalled -310.000.000 and imports $284,000,000. » • Employment Found for 525 Persons. Raleigh. N. C., Aug. 15.—Five hundred aud twenty-five persons found employ ment in North Carolina during .the week endiug August 11th through the State- Federal Employment service. M. L. Ship man, commissioner of labor and printing, announced last night. Os these 525 persons placed in employ ment 429 were men and 1)6 women. There were 612 registrations and 603 requests for help. Asheville with 114 placements, led the state. . ’• $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. LIEUT. GOV. COOPER - ..JO ON BOND GIVEN DURING MV Is Charged With Conspiring With Thomas Cooper to Defraud the Defunct Com mercial National Bank. OFFICIAL GIVES BONp OF $5,000 Other Officers of Bank Are Released After Giving Bonds Ranging From SI,OOO to SIO,OOO. Wilgmington. N. C., Aug. 16.—Lieut. Governor W. R. Cooper, former cbair nian of the board of the defunct Com mercial National Rank : his brother, Thomas E. Cooper, former president; Horace E. Cooper, cashier: and Clyde Lassiter, an automobile dealer, are at liberty today under bonds ranging from .SI,OOO to SIO,OOO, following their arrest here last night on charges of conspiracy to defraud and wreck . the Commercial National Rank. These specific charges are against Thomas E. Cooper, alleged misapplica tion of funds and moneys of the bank, and conspiracy. Lieutenant Governor Cooper is charged with conspiracy with Thomas E. Cooper to defraud the Com | mereial Rank of certain sums of money, and misapplication of certain funds and moneys. Horace Cooper is alleged to have misapplied funds of the bank and to have made false entries in the bank's records. Lassiter is accused of aiding and abetting Thomas E. Cooi>er in mis application of funds. Thomas E. Cooper is held under two bonds of $5,000 each; Lieut. Governor Cooper’s bail has been fixed at $5,000; Horace Cooper, $6,000; and Lassiter SI,OOO. The Warrants were sworn out by Dis trict Attorney Tucker on July 31st, and served by United States Marshal Ward last night. Matter in Hands of U. S. District Attor ney. Washington. Aug. 16.—A1l facts and * data concerning the failure of the Com mercial National Rank of Wilmington, N. C.. have been placed in the hands of the United States Attorney for that a worthless note for $111,600. The records of the bank will show that the other directors approved the note along with me.” SAVANNAH SCENE OF RAID BY DRY AGENTS Already 84 Persons Are Under Arrest frr Alleged Dry Law Violations. Washington. Aug. 16.—With K 4 per sons already under arrest at Savannah, Ga.. under the conspiracy section of the prohibition enforcement act. department of justice officials said today they believ ed they finally had rounded up one of. if not the largest, bootleg forces in the United States. Other important arrests were forecast and it was stated that indictments would be sought, not only under the Volstead act, but also under customs laws against smuggling and the statutes making it un lawful to transport smuggled goods. THE COTTON MARKET Notwithstanding Bullish Crop Advices, the Market Was Nervous and Unset tled. New York, Aug. 10.—Notwithstanding very bullish crop advices, the cotton mar ket was nervous and rather unsettled dur ing today's early trading. First prices were 20 to 26 points lower owing to rel atively easy Liverpool cables and hopes of a change in southwestern weather con ditions. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. Oct. 24.LV, Dee. 24.15; Jan. 23U13; March 23.07: May 23.00. • ' With Our Advertisers, You always get courteous and efficient service at the Citizens Rank and Trust Co., regardless of the size of your ac count. At Parker’s Shoe Store, next to the Parks-Relk Co., you will find week-end specials in shoes that will interest you. Keep your valuable is a safe deposit vault where they will be protected. See ad. of the Citizens Rank and Trust Co. • All great fortunes had a beginning somewhere in small savings. ‘ The Citi zens Bank and Thrust Co ; will help you save. CUne & Moose have in stock and ar riving daily a complete assortment of all kinds of seed for Fall sowing—clover, grass, oats, rye, etc. The life of an English bank note is about two months. lVhen the Bank of England receives a note back from cir culation. it is automatically canceled by having the signature of the cashier tom off. NO. 11.