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Twelve Germans Killed . j
When Jail Was Stormed
Were Trying to Release Pris-j
oners Arrested in Demon
stration-Eight Wounded
in the Riot. j
IDLE WORKMEN
IN THE PARTY
The General Strike in Berlin,
Affecting All Means of
Transportation, Has Been
Called Off.
Aaix la Chapelle, Aug. 14 (By the As
sociated Tress Twelve persons were
killed and more than SO wounded here
last night when crowds attempted to
storm police headquarters and rescue
prisoners taken during, the day when
police broke up a foqd shortage demon
stration. - , . ;
All the victims were German civilians.
In yesterday's demonstration four Ger
mans were killed and forty Wounded.
The crowd was composed for,the mots
part of idje workers. It laid regular
seige to the headquarters and refused to.
heed police warning to dqqierse.
After throwing hand grenades into the
crowd and firing several volleys the se
curity police emerged and charged with
sabers and revolvers..
Mounted police now are patrolling the
city. The Beigian troops did not in
terfere in the affair.
General Strike Called Off.
Berlin. Aug. 14 12:35 p. in. (By the
Associated Press!. —The general strike in
Berlin was called* off by the communists
this morning, nil the transportation lines
reopening.
Ready to Help on Reparations.
Washington. Aug. 14. —President Cool
idge’s administration’ was said by \\ hite
House spokesmen today to stand on the
proposition laid down by Secretary
Hughes in his speech-at New Haven in
December on the matter, of German rep
arations. The government, it was declar
ed, .is ready to help iii arty way it can
without involving itself unduly.
GASOLINE PRICES ARE
ON THE DECLINE NOW
Already Price is Reduced In Some
States —Federal Action is Being Car
ried Out.
Chicago, Aug. 14.—(8y the Associated
Press). —Reduction* in gasoline prices
begun when Governor W. 11. McM;uster.
of South Dakota, ordered the state high
way supply depots to sell gasoline at
16 cents a gallon, assumed a national
aspect today when price cuts announced
by the Standard Oil Co., of Indiana and
Kentucky, and independent producers be
came effective in midwestern and south
ern states.
The announcement of a federal inves
tigation of gasoline anil oil conditions,
of further curtailment of production,
also are features in the gasoline price
war. *
Gasoline is selling today at 15.4 cents
in Chicago*:. 14 1-4 cents iu Omaha:]
I. cents in Kansas City; 22 cents iu j
Louisvillell cents in Dallas. Texas;
and from 13 cents to 10 cents in other
parts of Texas, with prices in other sec
tions affected by the reduction varying,
according to freight rates.
The investigations of the oil situation
have been undertaken by various state
executives and municipal_authorities.
CHARLOTTE MAN HEADS
CARPENTERS OF STATE
J. V. White-side Elected President of the
N. C. State Carpenters Council.
\ Greensboro. Aug. 14. —J. 1\ Whiteside,
of Charlotte, was unanimously elected
President of the N. C. State Carpenters’
Council in convention here this morning,
succeeding Grover A. Kerr, of High
Point.
Other officers elected are as follows:
C. A. Hurst, of Durham, first vice pres
ident: J. E. Kilian. Hickory, second vice
president; Grover A. Kerr, third vice
president ; 11. It. Mclver. of Raleigh,
fourth vice president; J.. A. Hunt, of
Greensboro, fifth vice-president; George
A. Whitaker, of Asheville, secretary
treasurer. ,
The next convention city has not yet 1
been selected as this is contingent upon
the selection of the meeting place for
. the X. C. State Federation of Labor
which is also in session here. •
Condition of the Cotton Crop.
Raleigh, Aug. 14.—Reports*' received 1
by the Field Service Department of the
North Carolina Cotton Growers Co-oper
ative Association *from 413 local secre
taries show the average condition of the
_ cotton crop in 38 counties to be 76.4‘
per cent, of a full crop. The average
weather damage is set at 8.3 per cent.
Average boll weevil damage of 10 per
cent, or more with the greatest damage
reported by Stanly county. Warren.
Northampton. Hertford. Halifax. Frauk
lin. Edgecombe and Bertie report no dam
age from the weevil. Franklin reports
the heaviest damage from weather condi
tions. Bertie is the only county to re
port a full crop in prospect. The aver
age condition of the crop as reported by
the United States crop-reporting service
for the same period is 82 per cent, of a
full crop.
Operators to Attend Meeting.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 14.—Samuel
1). Warringer. chairman of the general
committee of anthracite operators, today
announced the operators have accepted
the invitation of the federal coal com
mission to attend the parley in New
York with the coal miners. x omorrow.
Clondbnrsts Believed to Have Killed 12.
Salt Lake City. Aug. 14.—-Twelve lives
are believed to have been lost in northern
Utah as result of series of cloudbusts
last night and early today. Property
damage is expected to total upwards of
814)00,000.
v Messrs. Carl Broome, of the Parks-
Belk- Broome Co. store at Hickory, and
Marlin Brumley. of the Parks-Belk-
Brumley Co. store at Newton, are spend
ing the day in the city.
It is considered fashionable by the
women of Laos to dye their fingernails
a deep vermillion.
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* NOT TO CALL SPECIAL
* SESSION OF CONGRESS. *
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j* Washington, Aug. 14. —President,*
!* Coolidge at the present time sees *
* no occasion for a special session of *
* of Congress in advance of the reg- *
* ular December meeting, it was said *
* officially tdday at the White House. *
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gang' flogged a MAN
ALREADY NEAR DEATH
Macon. Georgias Victim in Stages
of Consumption—Other Victims Flee
Home.
Macon. Gn., Aug. 13. —Gun Roberts,
one of four men whipped by a gang of
unmasked men here Thursday night,
est Macon today- He had been given 36
hours to leave, but was unable to go
until today, his friends said. ft. E; Bobo,
also flogged and ordered to depart, left
the eit.v Sunday.
Ollie M. Perry, also given 36 hours to
leave the city, was still in a serious eon
' dition at his home. Doctors stated that
it will be a week, should he recover, be
fore he can be carried to a tubercular
camp in North Carolina, when he was
about to go when whipped. Perry is said
to be in the last stages of tuberculosis.
, Doctors today at Perry’s home ex
hibited wounds on Perry's back meas
uring 8 and 0 inches from the kidneys
downward and 16 inches across wlier the
skin was completely worn away by the
beatings.
Rei»orfs from the Georgia training
school for boys, at MiUedgevillle, Ga..
today showed that all was quiet there
A machine gun was still manned at the
place ready for any emergency. In
masked bands raided the institution last
week for the purpose, it was said, to tio*
Tom Thomas and his wife. Mary, negro
attendants.
“Heaven knows I want them t*
come," said Mrs. Orian Mansion, su
perintendent. "not to take Mary am;
Tom, two innocent negroes, acting eii
tirely .under my (Jirection. but. to tak<
me. for I am re.sjxiusibe for the negroes’
every act and am willing to take this
responsibility. The mob will not have t<
batter down doors to take me. 1 will
meet them unarmed at my front door
and am ready at any time to do this.'
HARDING LEFT BILK OF
ESTATE TO HIS WIDOW
Will Drafted Bequests Just Before lb
Started on His Trip to Alaska.
Washington. Airg. 14. —-President
Harding was worth-about three-quarter,
of a million dollars at the time of hi;
death, and most of this will go to airs.
Florence King Harding, his widow.
Air. Harding made a new will not
long before he left Washington for
Alaska last.,Tune, and placed all his
personal affairs in such shape that i?*
the event of his failure to return alive
they would give his widow the least con-
J cern and worry.
The Harding will is not to be tiled
in Washington for the reason that lie
owns no property here except, persona 1
effects at the White House and funds iu
bank-
It, was learned tonight that the will
is to be filed at Marion. Ohio, probably
during the coming week and that it wil
be probated in the old court house ir
that city. It makes Mrs. Harding th<
chief beneficiary. She will not receiv
the entire estate, as there are some
minor bequests to persons Mr. Harding
wished to remember in this way. Mrs
Harding is not a rich woman but slif
has a considerable estate of her own.
The principal item in the estate of
the late President is his share in tin
proceeds of the recent sale of the Marion
Star, in which he owned a controlling
interest until lie disposed of it before
his departure for Alaska- The making
of his new will, the sale of his contro
in the Marion Star, the deeding away of
his recently purchased farm near Bloom
ing Grove, Ohio, where he lived as a boy
and the reorganization of his financin'
investments were all undertaken by Mr
Harding just before lie started for
Alaska, as part of his plan for putting
his house in order in anticipation oi the
possibility that he might never return
alive.
The price paid for The Marion Mar
by those who bought it was $535,000.
The President's share in the proceeds of
the sale was $423,000. There were some
l other stockholders, whose interests were
•disposed of at the same time, who re
ceived the difference between the. sab
price and what went to Mr. Harding.
WATCHING ANTHRACITE
DEVELOPMENTS CLOSELY'
President Coolidge ami Other High Offi
cials Much Invested in the Situa
tion. • ,
Washington, Aug. 14.—Not only
President Coolidge and the members of
his cabinet but most of the senators and
representatives who are in Washington
are watching closely the trend of de
velopments in tjie anthracite industry.
When the cabinet met today the Presi
dent had before him such detailed infor
mation that there was no indication
that any action by the White House
was contemplated' pending the outcome
of a conference to be held tomorrow in
New York.
Reduces Gasoline in Five States One
Cent.
Louisville. Ky., Aug. 13.—A reduc
tion of one cent a gallon in the retail
price of gasoline in five states in * the
territory of the Standard* Oil company
of Kentucky, was announced here to
night by S. W- Coons r president of the
company. The reduction, effective Tues
day morning, will ajiply to Kentucky,
Florida, Missippi, Alabama and Georgia.
The one cent cut brings the price at
filling stations in Louisville to 22 cent
a gallon. *
Twenty-Three Tourists .Are Killed in
France.
Tarbes. France. Aug. 13.—Twenty
three tourists were killed in a motor
bus aecident today at Sainte-Sauveur, a
Pryennes resort, about 25 miles soutn of
here, ’
is. S. CONVENTION OF
COUNTY IS UNDERWAY
I Opening Session Held Laat Night With
I Large Audience Present—Final Ses
sions Today.
The opening, session of the Cabarrus
County Sunday School convention tor
1623 was held last night at 8 o’clock
in thq Rocky River Church, where all
( tiie sessions will be held. The opening
was marked by a fine attendance* and
several interest and able talks qnd ad
dresses.
The devotional -service was conducted
*by Rev. T. X. Spence, pastor of the
hostess Church, and consisted of a song.*
scripture reading anil prayer.
The first talk was made by Rev. J.
Frank Armstrong. pastor of "Forest
Hill Methodist Church, of this city, who !
spoke on ‘‘Making the Sunday School
Attractive.” Mr. Armstrong is an effi
cient Sunday School worker ajid lead
er. and the suggestions he outlined were
.very modern and helpful.
Mr. I). W. Sims, General Superin
tendent of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association, and who will take
a prominent part on the program of the
convention, spoke next on "Snecial Days
in the Sunday school.” Mr. Sims is ah
ways heard with keen interest when he
talks on Sunday School work, and his
address last night was one of the fea
tures of the opening session.
Sharing particular attention with Mr.
Sims was Miss Flora Davis, assistant
to Mr. Sims'. Miss Davis has been in
Sunday School work for several years,
and showed a fine insight into the wont
and its needs in her address on ‘‘Three
In One.”
Du,ring the morning session today
Mr. Sims and Miss Davis were heard
again. Mr. Sims having as his subject.
“Reviewing die Sunday School Field.”
and Miss Davis discussing "The- Sun
day School Meeting the Needs of the
Young Peoplel.”
At 11:15 this morning a strictly
business session was held, during which
the county and township* officers made
reports: the county President was heard
in his annual report; the county secre
tary submitted a report and-other com
mittee reports, and recommendations
were heard. . ...
The final session of the convention is
being held this afternoon.
AGED WHITE MAN FOUND
GUILTY OF LIQUOR CHARGE
J. A. Bradshaw, Arrested With 40 Gal
lons of Whiskey. Released on Bond-
Charlotte Observer.
Found guilty of having liquor -in his
possession. J. A. Hradshaw. (64-year
» old Cliarlofctean. was released under SSOO
bond following a hearing in recorder's
court yesterday morning. Judge Wade
11. Williams reserving decision in the
case until Tuesday. Bradshaw, who is
a contractor in paint and metal work,
was arrested Friday night by' Motor
cycle Officers Ramsey and Porter in*
Dilworth and 40 gallon.-, of liquor were
found in his anfotnobile ar that time,
according to the officers. He made bond
in the sum named following tin* hearing.
Bradshaw pleaded guilty to the
charges or receiving, possessing and
transporting liquor, but denied that he
had it for the purpose of selling. The
defendant testified that he brought the
liquor to Charlotte from Winston-Salem
last Thursday, and that it belong to a
man named Bert Morris. Bradshaw s:yd
he had volunteered to bring the liquor to
this city for Morris, and that since their
arrival, he has not seen him- Bradshaw
further testified that when Morris failed
to appear Friday night, he decided to
carry the cargo, of whiskey out on the
Pineville road and dump it out. when he
was arrested by the officers in Dilworth.
The oncers had previously obtained a
search warrant for his car. Bradshaw
halted immediately when ordered to
stop. /
PARIS HAS CLAIM UPON
MEANEST MAN ‘"HONORS”
He Buncoed Girl Stenographers Out of
One Day’s Pay Apiece-
Paris. Aug. 14. —Hard-working. en
thusiastic stenographers at five sous, or
one cent and a half a day. have been
found by ingenuous business man
K*ho. however, must now tell his story
to a Judge.
This employer quckly developed a
big business in public stenographers by
underbidding his most economical rivals.
Their keen suspicious brought to light
his method of advertising for typists, in
which he promised excellent wages.
Each girl applying was told that tie*
positions were very difficult to fulfill
and that the applicant must prove, her
worth. It was suggested that she work
one day at the office and show her skill.
The girl gladly comp’ied. put forth her
best efforts and departed in the evening
with the understanding she would be
advised of the result of her work next
day. ,
Invariably he spent five sous on a
stamp, notifying the girl that her work
was not up to the mark, and that she
could not have a position. He kept his
office filled with such applicants, each
working a day without pay.
Take Your Home Paper.
‘‘Most <ff it is newspaper talk.”
How many times have you heard that
remark made about some piece of scan
dal or other “juicy” item you have read
in one of the big city daily papers?
There is plenty of justification fertile
remark. It is quite true.
Practically everything of the kind that
gets into at least spine of the big news
papers is doctorejl and colored to make
it more appealing to the animal side of
human nature.
But for this the editors are not alone
open to criticism.
It is what the public demand's.
And that reminds us that size and cir
culation are not the only points of dif
ference between the b home-town paper
and the big city daily.
The home-town editor must confine
himself to facts. If he distorts his
news matter he is sooii classed by the
public as; a plain, prevaricator, and that
ends his usefulness in that town.
If the big city daily confines itself to
facts, without doctoring or coloring of |
any kind, it is regarded by the great j
majority of its readers as too slow for
this rapidly moving age. •
v lt is a failure, because it is not what
its readers want.
Time was when we took many of these i
lurid newspaper stories with a grain j
of salt, but, now we use it bv the bar- «
rel. ‘ !,
We don’t Anow wb,at to believe.—Joe j
' Williams in St. Marys (W. Va.) Leader. ]
THE CONCORD TIMES
'GAME PRICE IN
NORTH CAROLINA 10
REDUCED TiO CENTS
Standard Oil Co. of New
Jersey First of Five Large
Companies to Make the
Price Cut.
! WHOLE COUNTRY
GETS NEW PRICE
>ln North Carolina Price is
I Reduced Two Cents—Not
as Yet as It Was Be
j -fore the War.
i ,
i New York. Aug. 15. —The Standard
Oil Co., of New Jersey today announced
ja* reduction in the.tank price of gaso
line of 2 cents a gallon in West Virginia.
North Carolina and South Carolina and
jlVirginia, and one cent a gallon in New
Jersey, the District of Columbia and
Maryland.
| The Gu(ff liefiining Company later ex
| tended its one cent reduction to Now
I Y'ork and New England, making its
' price 16 1-2 cents a gallon,
j Following the lead of the Standard Oil
Company; the Texas company also an
nounced cuts in Virginia, West Virgin*,
i North and South Carolina, the reduction
ranging from one cent in some districts
to 2 cents in others.
All of Country Affected.
New York, Aug. 15 (By the Associat
ed Press).* —Gasoline cutting war that
has been underway for several days in
th< k mid-western and southern states
where retail prices were reduced in some
states, 0.6 cents a gallon, spread today to
the entire Atlantic seaboard.
1/ed by the Standard Oil Co., of New
Jersey, four large oil companies an
nounced cuts of one to two cents a gallon
in (lie tank wagon price of gasoline.
The wholesale price after tlie reduc
tions will average 31) 1-2- cents ,a gallon
and the retail price 23 cents.
The cuts do not bring prices ip the
seaboard states to the pre-war level of
15 cents a gallon, has been the ease
ill western and Southern states, but fur
ther reductions are expected if the price
of crude oil drops as has been predicted
in many quarters.
Tlie Truth of the Matter.’
Wilson Mirror.
There were two men. and they were en
gaged in* a heate*l argument.
"It's a horse!” insisted one of them.
“It's not a horse; it's ti quadruped!”
cried the other.
“No such thing, I tell you; it's a
Jiorse!”
“It's a quadruped!"
And about that time they came to
blows.
Silly, isn’t it? But it's no sillier than
till tin* arguments over the state financial
situation. /
So far as we are able to tell. Governor
Morrison is right in his argument.
So's Mr. Maxwell, although We fail to
see where the latter was entitled to jump
so flat-footedly upon tlie governor.
There's no question bu( that a. deficit
exists. Practically excry place of busi
ness in Wilson is in debt. All the stores
and all the other enterprises owe money.
That's however, is no reason for say
ing they are bankrupt. In fact, if we
were to publish a statement tomorrow
to the effect that a certain store in this
town owed quite a lot of*money, the
chances are that we would be sued in the
courts.
It isn’t' a question; of deficit or how
much an individual or corporation owes;
it's the assets thsit baek up the deficit. A
SIO,OOO deficit to a man who owns and
operates a fruit stand, would be a se
rious proposition. But the same deficit
to a concern operating on a million-dol
lar basis would be a trifling matter.
We are inclined to agree with
the governor. There unquestionably was
a deficit in the state funds at the time
Mr. Maxwell made his first statement,
but it was a deficit in cash, and not a
deficit in revenue.
Begin Elimination of 12-Hour Day
August isl. „
Ne wYork. Aug. 13. —The Republic
Iron and Steel company posted notice
today that it quid .begin elimination of
the day in its blast furnaces,
open hearths, and white products coke
department, in the north on August 16.
Tulsa Today Goes Under Martial Law.
Oklahoma City, Aug. 13. —Gov. J. 1 C-
Walton late today iss»cd a proclamation
placing the city of Tu!sa udder martial
law. The city goes under th° rulle of the
militia at 6 a. m. tomorrow. Guard units
from Oklahoma City and Okmulgee
were ordered to .proceed to Tulsa.'
Issuance of tl|e proclamation followed
flogging of Nathan Hangman of .Tulsa
Friday night. Hantman called at the 1
governor's office today and was in eon- j
ference with Aldrich Glake, executive
counsellor. The martial law order was i
promulgated after Hartman, told his I
story- *
Senator Harris Suggests Substitute for
\ Flogging.
State ’ Seimtor Charles U. Harris,* of ,
Wake, has suggested what lie believes'
will be a successful substitute for flog- i
ging as a means of discWfliulng 1 prisoners. I
Senator Harris was one of the most |
interested persons attending' the discus
sions of administration of county penal
instiutions at the welfare institutes at
Chapel Hill. He has come out flat
footed In opposition to corporal punish
ment.
Ttyis substitute, according Senator
Harjfis, would mean that the infraction
of prison ikiles fie made .a_ misdemeanor
by law, and that if, after receiving his
maximum -sentence, a prisoner should,
break these ryles he .coula be trierl be- .
fore a court and given an additional
sentence. It is based ou the idea tjiat
the. loss of liberty is an effective deter
rent, the senator said. : • * f
Florence Yerger. who in private life
is Mrs. “Philadelphia Jack” O’Brien, wife
of the oue-time noted pugilist, is a cele
brated lawyer and reputed to earn the
largest fees of any woman in the legal
profession.
NINETY-ONE DEAD '
BODIES TAKEN OUT
OF WYOMING MINES
Were Victims of Explosion in
Mine No. 1 of Kemmerer
| , Coal Co.—Other Bodies
Still in the Mines.
GREAT SORROW IN
HEARTS OF PEOPLE
I • .
Mine Owners Are Assisting
I . People in Great Task of
Removing the Bodies From
the Mine.
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Keimncrer, Wyo., Aug. (By the
Associated i>eks). —Ninety-one bodies
haw been recovered this morning from
i the depths of the ill-fated Frontier mine
where I§4 joiners were entombed by an
explosion yesterday, according to an an
nouncement this morning by J. D. Quea
j ley, vice president and general manager
of the Kefnmerer Coal Co., owners of the
mine.
1 Work was resumed this meaning to re
! cover tin* bodies of the othen miners be
lieved to number nine, who are thought
to be dead in the mine.
| The vice president’s announcement was
i issued today after* a checkup on the
number of men who were working in the
I mine. *Re vised figures showed definite
i ly that 134 men .were in the mine when
E the blast occurred, it "was announced.
Rescue Work Continues.
| Krisinmerer, Wyo., Aug. 15.—< By the
• Associated Press).—the grif) of sor-
I row and desolation Kemmerer and the
little coal camp sub Tub. Frontier, one
j mile away, where approximately 100
| miners perished yesterday morning in an
I explosion in Mine No. 1 q / the Kem
morfw Coal Company, already basket
about the task of preparing -her dead for
burial. Early today 05 bodies had been
recovered.
Later Report.
Kemmerer. Wyo.. Aug. 15.—Newly re
vised figures announced shortly before 11
a. m. today by officials of -the Kemmerer
Coal Co., revealed that 87 bodies had
! been removed from the company’s No. 1
mine at Frontier, where the explosion
occurred yesterday. Eleven men are still
in tin* workings, all believed to be dead,
according to revised figures.
MAY ESCAPE TONGUE*
v OF A MOTHER-IN-LAW
South Carolina Supreme Court Makes a
Ruling in an Interesting - Point in
Law.
Columbia, S. (’.. Aug. 14.—The duty of
a wife to stand abusive .language from
, her husband "may not be extended to cov
| er the tongue of a cantankerous mother
| in-law,’’ the State* Supreme, Court of
i South Carolina hold i-q an opinion writ
ten by Associate Justice J. H. Marion.
The case was that of state vs. Sam
Bagwell who’ lives at Laurens, S. C. He
i was convicted of non-support and he ap
pealed to the Supreme Court which up
held the lower court.
Rabies Kill Girl Bitten Month Ago.
New York World.
Anna Vails, three, bitten by a dog a
month ago, died yesterday of hydropho.
bia in St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken,
N. J. „
Anna, whose parents live at No. 522
Clinton Street. Hoboken, was bitten in
a grocery at Sixth and Clinton streets,
after being warned by her mother and
the proprietor not to touch the dog.
She was scratched and bitteh on the face
and lip. Her mother took her for
treatment to a Hoboken hospital, from
which she was discharged later.
A week ago the child was seized with
pains in the stomach, which were diag
nosed as ptomaine poisoning by the phy
sician called in. Friday Anna had
convulsions, and Saturday another phy
sician was called. He ordered her im
mediately- taken to the hospital, where
she died. \
I Grissom’* Proposition A Secretary Ever
ett. f|
Byway of enticing Secretary of State
W. N, Everett into the race for gover
nor, Collector William Grissom lias
made his old schoolmate a novel proposal
which ought to go far toward simplify-,
ing a hard question. >
The twain are very friendly../ Mr.
Giiss\mi Would like to see Mr, Everett
nominated. “I will apply for the Re
publican nomination if you take the
Democratic,” Mr. Grissom “We
will then make a canvass .of the state
together.* On every"* stump I will tell
the people that you would make a bet
ter governor than l would and ask them
to suppdrt you,” Mr. Grissom suggested.
Mr. Everett has not accepted the
• terms, but he js the Raleigh
stateman. for a measure of good will
which has not been often shown in state
politics.
To Contest the Wilt of the Late R. E.
Little.
R. E. Little, one of the wealthiest
and most prominent citizens of Anson
county,.died on the 11th of July. For
| several years Mr. Little had been es
.tranged from his family for some uu-
I accountable reason, generally believed to
| be from mental unbalance, and he left
' a will which completely ignored his wife
and children, though under shef he laws he
was not able to deprive them of all in
terests. If the will stood it would di
vert about a third of the estate from
them. Mr it Little, who is a daughter
of the late Col,. R. T. Bennett, is one
of the most popular and highly esteemed
women of Anson county, and it is be
lieved that ndlhing but a serious mental
derangement could have* led Mr. Little
to take such action. Mrs. Little and
her children are bringing suit to contest
the will. Her attorneys are, in addi
tion -to local ones, J. C. Sikes, of Mon
°<?; E. T. Cansler and John Mcßae, of
Gharloite. These attorneys have de
posited with the clerk of the court of
Anson couuay a caveat‘to the will.
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Kathryn Pike, an authority on cus
toms laws, has for some tigie been
acting as assistant secretary of the
treasure at \JTashlnjton.
Coolidge Sets Out on Rocky Road as
Party Rivals Wait For First Misste
•Special- to the New .York World. ;
Washington\ Aug. 12.—A rough road
opens ahead of President Coolidge from I
the moment he takes possesison of his
now Executive Offices in the White
House tomorrow. Probably in the re
alization of the stormy times ahead, the
President spent* a comparatively quiet
Sunday.
He began the day with a brisk half-1
hour walk about the ellipse south of the
White House, breakfasted and tlieu at
tended services at the First Congrega
tional Church.
The afternoon was giveij over to
necessary duties. Among the visitors
who called on the President were Chief
Justice Taft. •
In the evening President Coolidge took
ffn aqtomobie ride wid retired early.
Republican leaders are assembling in
Washington and it is expected many
important political conferences will be,
held during the week. These will deal
mostly with the future of the Republican
party aud the part President Coolidge
will have in it. While the administra
tion begins with evidences of friendli
ness on the part of the leaders, it is
realized that this is not necessarily pro-
Xihetic of the future and that develop
ments may come quickly. It is assumed
that President Coolidge will seek to suc
ceed himself in liis office ,and it is ac
knowledged he has the point of vantage
in the race.
Whether he will succeed or fail will
depend upon himself, and probably no
one realizes this better than the Chief
Executive. The ten months interven
ing before the next Republican conven
tion is a long time politically, but a very
brief time in which. to write a record
of achievement.
While the President has an absolute
ly clean slate before him. there is much
to write upon it. In international af
fairs the Executive faces a heavy bur
den. His course in this respect will
have its reflection upon domestic politics
EMPLOYMENT OF THE DEAF
Mr. Robertson Praises Establishment cf
Bureau of the Deaf.
Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 15.—Speaking here
today before the 14th Triennial Conven
tion of the National Association of the
Deaf, J. M. Robertson, head of the Bu
reau for the Employment of Deaf of the
pepartment of Labor and Printing of
the State of North, declared that au em
ployment service for each state devoted
to the interests of securing work for
deaf and dumb persons was the logical
solution to v the problem presented by their
unemployed and generally dependent con
dition.
“Since the beginning of history.” de
clared Mr. Robertson, “we have seen hu
man beings striving to improve themselves
materially, intellectually and spiritually.
Nowadays, employers, and employes are
bound together, as never before, by mu
tual interests. Co-operation is the
watchword of modern progress, without
which there can be no lasting progress.
It is to the interest of every employer as
it is to that, of the employe to make
money; to keep grinding poverty aud I
the paralyzing fear of want from ham- 1
pering material and spiritual progress.
A contented people is a people profitably
employed. Any agency which can bring
together the manless Employer and the
jobless man is au agency for the public
good. Any agency which can find profit
able employment for those handicapped
by nature or accident is rendering a ser
vice. the benefits of which can hardly
be estimated. . What greater good can be
done any human being than tw replace 1
encouragement for discouragement, inde- I
peudence for dependence? It was with /
this aim in view that the Bureau for the !
Deaf was established.”
The speaker reviewed the progress of
the employment service movement. He
stated that it was formerly that
those in want should be provided with
alms but that this had changed from alms
to work. Declaring that the first employ
ment office was in the state of Ohio in
1800 he added that the movement spread
so rapidly that now forty-one states have
employment offices in 195 cities.
“The employment service is the one
whose purpose is to develop the efficien
cy of the worker, directly and indirect
ly.” he declared, “and to bring about a
condition in which the individual em
ployee will render as nearly as possible ;
100 per cent, service to liis employer.”
Reviewing the recent records 'made by
employment agencies, the speaker assert- *
ed that 80 per cent, of the 733,298 appli- i
cations received during the months of
March. April and May had been placed i
in remunerative employment. He added *
that the same principles of employment ii
which apply to the physically tit should ]
apply to those afflicted. The deaf, he }
said, are more handicapped in seeking «
work because of a lack of understanding ,
on* the part of the prospective employer. t
Many do not understand that deaf per- (
sons are just as qualified *to hold down j
positions of responsibility as those iu full*
possession of all their faculties.- They on- j
ly ask, he, said, for a chance to demon- ]
strate the truth of this..
Speaking of*-the problem of bringing
clearly to .the employers of each state
the fact that deaf persons «are capable,
Mr. Robertson asserted* that .“a b.ureau
of labor ’far the deaf is the only answer
to all, these questions. This bureau work
has been tested for mgre than five years
and found helpful in <*very Respect in
Minnesota. The same kind of work was
begun recently in North Carolina, and in
dications point .to its success. This work
will be infinitely helpful gathering sta
tistics relative to the condition of the
life off deaf populations in order that
they may be helped morally and finan
cially. We must bend our efforts, not
only to helping those already deaf but to
prevent- future generations from suffer
ing a like handicap.
The speaker concluded with an ear
nest request to those presept to go back
to their Lome states and urge the legis
latures and those in power to establish !
bureaus for tbe employment of the deaf
abd for the studying of their problems,
outlining what in his opinion, was a |
proper method of procedure.
Roland Kirk, 73, Dies at His Home at
(Salisbury-
Salisbury, Aug. 13.—Roland Kirk.
, 73, for many years engaged in the
transfer business in Salisbury, died
early this raorning at his home on East
Liberty street.
Thusrday, Ang„ st !6 ,
las well as upon world
Efforts are being
to postpone any definiu-
leaving that to the R ,‘" n K
vention to determine i;i ' ; ;
peets. But the < tu ._' f ' lUa Pr
probably will not , )t . " affairs
jgram. even if it fined vvi . a j, r( ,
lof the new President *' iU,| tU(i»
| It is realized that ; '
menace in the iimre;,.i
Europe and the- pre5,..,.,"' , „j
dent to use the imi- sh ? J'**-
States at' once to seek •< .. . * nit.,j
Ruhr . difficulty Wl ; " f V
Other foreign problems that u-n?“' ? "? OU N
him will be'the Mexico n3r oijt
tue' disturbed conditions m
the row between Govern...- <■ “ :i a, "‘
ami the Filipino leaders "
- In domestic politics t ] l( ,
•an extra session is wj, ’ irf '" r
1 President will have to d r "w 1 ,i|f '
cision will .mark liis attitml' , ‘‘‘l
political movement, emt, Tr ’’"l
apolis, which resulted : lln '^
election of Mangos Johnson V’ tl !"
af V!V' f l l' ar,,U ‘-' 1:l1 "’ 1 ‘ a »*R«iat. , "' i '
M lnle there is a disposition
the Republican leaders t „
1 President whatever support* k
to make his administration a
it is acknowledged rite present a
is more or less of an armed trace
Ihe real deve.opment of the ~ a.; ,
picture as it affects the Preside.,,
come after (A,ngnss convene/
1 Progressives, acknowledging i , j
r;as leader, and those w h,? '" n ‘‘
• ! Johnson have had all their ].iaiisT";
jby the change in Presidency |, e'
•Mette is in Europe, while Johns,,,,
1 : menacingly silent.
I. ’V ,St nmv th< * 1 *I« has his |mlit
■ i ical opponents guessing becaus,. t
| not shown his hand. I>, u , t ],; s b;" 1 '
jof advantage cannot he maintnhiip
-|aml liis first message to C0ng.,.,. M '
!I be the signal for the opening ~f ..
> 1924 Presidential campaign.
TIIF. FORTUNES 01 B
( oolidge Not the Poorest I ’resident ’Win
Eevrr Entered the While House B
Washington. I>. c„ Aug. jj W;
statement that Calvin Ccolidgc U || h ,
poorest man who ever entered ij l( . j^B
House is contradieted l.y the kimwii fa.-U
in the lives of some of his pre<len>sn.-,'
The new President, a- is well known, j' .
a man ..I’-rej-y moderate means, hm i 11,,,. B
have been other Presidents win. «,-. r ..
equally lacking in worldly good-, and B
eral who uiiqiiestionafdy were |„„,r.-i off
than lie.
Lincoln was a poor man when he was
elected President, and had h.. lived t„
serve 1 out liis term he would |„.|haii„
have retired worth only a few Inm.lrH
dollars more than when he .■ n:.-i.• 1. r,„>))
lie and Mrs. Lim-oln wn-e v.-vv Jilsni!
and gav(> away a great deal ~f money ‘ B.
people in distress.
Another poor man elected to tin- pres-'
ideiicy was .McKinley, lie wa< n-.r only -
poor, but was in debt. Itv frugal mate
agement and the assistane,. of fri. nd- ii»
was acciinmlating money when tly
suKsin's bullet ended liis life.
James Monroe entered the
Hmtsd a very poor man. and le- retire!
almost penniless. He lived well, bo; n«t
extravagantly, while Pi-esident. ami
died so, poor* that lie was buried at die Hj
expense of relatives. It took just I'd
words to tell in his will what lie wi-le-d
done with the few dollars Ife left.
1 Oil the other hand, the most "f dm
Presidents have been eomforiMhly hx-d
financially, and some of them exceedingly _
rich, according to the standard "f tlear
!times. George Washington, for
had to much money and juoneity t«> di
pose of that his will envered twenty
closely written pages, and il put
type would make live eohimu- "t an w
dinary newspaper,
N’an Buren was sirwealtliy that h" did K
not trouble himself to draw liis salary u
til the expiration of hi> four years. "hen
hi* signed for an even .< 1 < m r.<am». \\ u<n
he died he left a fortune of nearly half ■
a million dollars. H
John Adams died mo'eratcly w
leaving about .$75.(100. lb- >on.
(Juincy Adams, died a rich tmin < “ ■
owned immense profiei-rjes in l> ,,f; t" n i)l
Washington. Polk. Eil!in<»re ami I
were all rich men when elected
dent. Polk left an estate valued ■
$150,000. Fillmore wa- nlwirys jr'tpl ■
and added to- his savings hy man'it- 1
woman -of wealth, and wa- xvottb H
$200,000. Pierce's (‘state wa- valmn .‘ M
about $50,090. ■
Thomas Jefferson, arc rdiiis f " H
tory, always put on a large atii«'H H
style and wils rated as a very 1 '*"H
but in his old age lie was 1 • Iff
hard-pan aijd died so 1^. f I
jress had L hot purchased hi.- B
F 20.000 lie would have been a I'*' 1 ' ’• B
lames Madison had a g""d nl,l ‘ B
md considerable real ‘-state ""‘-n ■ B
•ame President, and it had u* ,r ' ? B
perceptibly when he retin-'i. •, B
fackson was another who va- <* B
>ly rich when lie wa~ e!i«»sen B;
Buchanan was wealthy, nio. B
Vndrew Johnson, but*tin- I- 1 ' B
joverislied before death b. B
lebts of his son. B
William Henry UaiTi-n
goodly .portion .of hi.- 1
This gramd-son. Uenjamm , T i,- a bo J i r
likewise economical ano
$r»o.ooo. John. Tyi‘r ; \>v
wealtb by marrying a rich
I land wat a pom- man " !»< : ,j
I White House, but
| thg conclusion of hi?- ■ - r , ~ rn*,-''
managed to accumulate j t
'ey while in the if(-
fortune ..in the Gran' ~,,,1, «•
Hayes was -always frtisw {n9 ,
his fortune, while Garti'-ld a. 1 ' *
well off
stantial competence. l ;1 ‘ r 1 , -
bly well off. while* " > ! ' ■" ~,
from liis books and his ,
woman of wealth.
ing to report, was wor’ii ia «\
aud $1,000,000. Arthur ' v;i ' , (!I ly
travagant of President
moderate fortune.
Miners .Accept Invttatiwb
Atlantic City N- tl £’r.,it«i Min'
L. Ijewis. president ot hi j tbe ,r
"Workers of America, has uU -A"
vjtation of the rr .)W i j
to confer ib ,N'ew : <•;-•' •
the oommissioii aud tin a- j.,. Sep- . *
etors in an effort to a • • - _
ternber Ist.