FHE CONCORD TIMES,
-"bThERRILL’ Editor and Publisher.
volume xlvhi.
IllCf (IIIOUS TO
[[fPllfidEllT
Slip THE EKIENTE:
2r Poincare at Charlg-,
Vile on Reparations.
n .,yrs u.liance - !
" to BE CONTINUED
?3VS Any Act or Word Which!;
Would Menken the Alh
■mce Would Be Considered
Criminal by 1* ranee.
, -jo ,Bv the Associated ;
l’’ l ' -77 .[-"-iHii drawn from
, nddros at (’iiarleville <
..T desire to see an
7 r. ■ aii'i that she hopes a
i with <Beat Britain ;
liV ~f iii.. stuteineid made
~ . ■ Manpiis Curzon, es
•#that the Rohr oe»
| l( > referred to flu* <
r ; " : *' b ( , vv war. and pointed <
- which remain sa- i
hurriciines- b«voine neglect- ]
.• has abated.*’ He i
i
_ • ym-e concerned. we i
7, .;,ier s' criminal any act -or j
"7 ;. ; t\, iM tend to disturb or <
• . ajliaWe have made and i
1 . ;il| etfoTts to draw ■
7 ',1,1,7 rl-.M i- to that of our allies, j
, llwavs in- prepared to seek with j
!, „ , , as concerted Uc* 1
their sufferings.”
\\\l \I. CONVENTION OF ,
STATE either LEAGI'E
Will Meet at Knimanuel Church. Lin
,,.|„pii. Litter I’art of the tlTesen ,
Month.
Si -bury. Aua. lti.—The third annual
ei.nve ition of the Synodical I.uther '
Leajuf of North t'amlina will meet Au
,,K 22. 2‘l ami J 4 in Emanuel Church.
Lnulnmii. KerrV. (’. Ridenhour, pas
tor. 1
Representatives from about 00 Luther t
Ltapes v.ill meet in this convention. 1
Notable among the speakers will be 1
the Rev. C. A. l'ora. secretary of the 1 1
life service department «»f the I.uther !
• "f America: Mbs YirgiT Sease.
eivf'arr of tile missionary - department*
of the Luther League of America : Rev. i
P P Brown, of Columbia. S. C..‘ and
Mi- Maude Powlas. laboring in mission i
Mils in Japan. !
Mr \V. H. (Jreevcr, of Columbia. 8. 1
B. will have charge of devotions for the .
* einvntion.
VWLL.iT STORMS FOLLOW
INTENSE HEAT IN ITALY
Monim Bathers. Caught , l'nawares.
Fie-- in Panic at Leghorn.
Inborn. Italy, Aug. 'JO.—After three
1 :;l ' "f high temperature. violent
‘ 'I- have broken out in this region.
: niej by electric discharge of ex
r • i.iry intensity. The sudden break
‘tj ■■! inn storms < aiight the people un
particularly around the snore,
'■ women bathers fled in’ panic.
I ■■ r :nNiner L*,berta entered the
" ;:k a broken mastjind lowered
members of her Frew having
7'■ I'.v a lightning bolt which
j »:*ml the mast.
' sti.rnijr-jdlslu are reported
i “ 3| Eerenee and l’istoja.
Roy Quick in Germany.
7" lk - Aug. •_)((—II,- who hosi
'hoppimj in Bermaiiv loses
’7' ' XV: ' I '”‘ ' v " r, l brought into
_ ".aj by t aptain Ball Kulmeniann.
, ot'or Hannover.
. 7 ,,:1i " baimemami said he was
' ‘ pair nf. shoes j n :l Bremen
1,‘7 marks and that whi’e
V 7 ,J " at o| tiething else the price ad-
to T.innmhio marks. He re
[ (pn,,..• 7 * " ;l> r °hl that a new
(v "it Marks had just been re
,;!‘"d tiie next morning, think
•TVv 7 * l!,v< * r ' s,, n overnight.
;l ’"> he paid ir.000,000
T)., 11 *’ Vhr Albertisers.
udiern Railway will run an-
K.. ;“'^ r "NBursiot, to Washington
for |-,, T 7 m "' s t. Round trip fare
»!„, ■ Kannapolis. Landis and
trail, n ' ' The siiecial
Ycucfjj, * ’7 s * at ft :45 p. m. »
Matiimi 7 •'"""'••tta. gives a soft.
V R bi ,! " ''l»* **ks. At the Gib
[■^ntb
Hs a s ( . tr li!ai,k I i !ai,k and Trust Co. offers
■ ' ! ,; hberal interest.
.>i v ( 11 7~7 . -
dui [ I”" 1 the Waters.”
has • ' R. I^e
Jl! 7 "cijved a note of
refill i) woman whose
Mahals ; ! ' !i :' clothes which
'f 1 relief '"’i'nbuted during a near
7* N'k-t , lu ,llf> s l»Hng. In
J" 1 :i V a!,,y a nn lt*
77' that* w! 7 * * , ~v<‘ h>pe with the
,!'^ li,t k t „. "" V.’ 1 ’ !i ' ,, the clothing
r "f t U ,; lm ' . The writer of
‘iiiic ", , ‘laiiks said ft,,, i ,i •
I at the , , ,h ' clotlwng
,7'* ! ‘ a 'l no n j ( '77. ' Ull< * as her hus
v.' sab] J7" !l,s an, t had been
! ‘■O'JUgli j,, >V tiusband’s . wage
Rev j~7 " 1
!■%'■,7'! ft S-t-' 1 Mr s - Ka y
C}. n ' 7 Vv from • ,1II2: " ltk a com-
C .'.uL ; Janu ‘ s Luth <‘ r a.>
Miade 7v atPr - Hear' a ' VPek at
Th, ‘ y
;k, 7 S k .3Vp ~'j j ~
' n ,7 ~ ilm^S i onWf' 1 ' n (^s<- °ver
fcilli r„ k! #l, »n to \ , atom - which
m « an one-thirty
,udl *» diameter
TI CKER TO CARRY CASE
TO STATE SUPREME COURT
Wants Suit Against the United Textile
Workers of America—May Go to Leg
islature.
Charlotte, Aug. 20.—The 4amage suit
brought by P. E. Tucker, of North Char
lotte against the United Textile AVork
ers of America, will be carried to the
State Supreme* Court, and if lost there
an effort will be made to have the Legis
lature take a hand in the case, it was
stated here today by counsel for the
plaintiff.
Tucker, formerly President of the
North Charlotte local of the Union,
brought suit in Superior Court here,
charging that Harry Eataugh, an organ
izer. had read a letter before a union
meeting charging him with being a “go
between" for a detective agency anil a
mill.
• Judge AY. F. Harding held that such an
incorporated association as the union
cannot be sued, and the only recourse
would be individual suit against its
members. Appeal was announced from
this decision and Mr. Marshall staged that
if after its hearing set for November, the
Supreme Court upholds Judge Harding,
the Legislature will be asked to make
such organizations liable for the acts of
its representatives.
TRIAL AGAINST ROBERT
GARRETT CALLEIi TODAY
Many Important Decisions Covering
Many Points of Law. Certain to Be
Bn ught Out.
Cumberland Courthouse. Va.. Aug. 20
(By the Associated Press).—With the
calling today of the trial of Robert (>.
Garrett, clerk of Cumberland County cir
cuit court, who is charged jointly with
his brother. Larkin (* Garrett, with the
murder last June 5 of the Rev. Sylves
ter Pierce, a Baptist minister, Virginia's
most noted case in recent years, entered
its second phase, with indications that
developments will rival if not surpass the
mistrial of Larkin Garrett three
weeks ago. That all the ground cover
ing constitutional rights, change of venue
and other legal technicalities that fea
tured that the trial would be fought
over again was forecast weeks ago,-and
the first of these—that of a change of
venue —still was the storm center around
winch the legal battle renewed today was
expected To be waged.
GOVERNOR HEARS PLEAS
OF BARRETT’S ATTORNEYS
They Argue That Augusta Cotton Traders
Should Not Be Tried in South Caro
lina.
Columbia. S. C.. Aug. 20.—Attorneys
for four members of the bankrupt Augus
ta cotton firm of Barrett & Co. appeared
before Governor Thos. G. McLeod today
to argue against issuance of requisition
seeking to bring them to Aiken County
for trial on charges of obtaining goods
under false pretenses.
They argued that the sum of .>lo,o<i
mentioned by C. R. Lybrand, of AA agnei,
S. C.. who obtained the warrant, in real
ity is a disputed account and should have
been placed before the U. S. District
Court which has charge of the affairs of
Barrett & Go.
World’s Largest Airplane Engines Near
ly Complete.
London, Aug. 20.—The British Ait-
Ministry experts are at work perfecting
an airplane engine capable of develop
ing 1.500 horsepower, which will be the
largest known. Two trial engines are
nearing completion and will soon be
tested.
The new giant of the air will have
six cylinders, each developing 200 horse
power.
Jf the present experiments are sue
upssful the experts will begin work oif
a 12 cylinder engine to have more than
5.000 horsepower. Airplanes fitted
with three such engines will be capable
of developing upwards of 0,000 horse
power. and will cary 120 passengers at
100 miles an hour.
Four Years For Luring Girls.
New York, Aug. 10.—For promising
girls jobs as motion picture actresses in
an effort to lure’ them into vicious lives,
Harry Kramer, aged 20 years, of Prov
idence. It. 1., was sentenced Friday by
Judge Nott in General Sessions to serve
two to four years in State Prison.
Kramer was convicted on . testimony
of young women, who said he had rep
resented himsalf as an official of a big
motion picture produciing concern. He
told them, they testified, he wanted some
girls to go to Florida, where his concein
was to make a picture. The complaint
was pressed by the Chorus Girls Equity
Association.
Miss Shriey Undergoes Second Operation.
Several days ago Miss Ella Belle Shir
ev submitted to an operation in the Pres
byterian Hospital, which was successful,
and she has recovered sufficiently to un
dergo another operation at the same hos
pital this morning. Miss Shirey's many
friends will be interested- U) know that
her condition is very satisfactory and
that a message from the hospital states
that she is resting very comfortably, con
sidering the seriousness of the operation
today.
Ship Goes Ashore.
San Francisco, Aug. 20.—-S. (>. S. calls
saying the frenght steamship South Da
kotan went ashore at 2:o0 a. in. on the
Pacific coast of Mexico about 500 miles
from San Pedro. Cal., were picked up
here early today by the Radio Corporation
of America.
Buys Chemical Co.
. New York, Aug. 20.—The National
I Lead Co. today announced that it had
purchased the' Xdtioual Pigments &
Chemical Comp any, of St. Louis, in or
der to assure the Titanium Pikbent Co.,
one of its subsidiaries, a plentiful sup
ply of barytgs, which is used in the man
ufacture of Titanox.
Want to Get Rid of “Undesirables.”
Pocomoke. Md., Aug. 20.—A mass
meeting of citizens has been called for
this afternoon to consider means of rid
diuk Pocomoke of “its undesirable ele
ments," follbwing the burning Saturday
i night of the parsonage and the -narrow
- escape of the Rev. J. R. Ricketts, his
.wife and two sons.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
' CONCORD, N. C-, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1923.
THINK M PERSONS
WERE KILLED WHEN
STORMS HIT SEOUL
Advices Reaching Tokio.
Place Number of Dead at
346, With More Than 1,000
Missing.
25,000 H(JUSE§ToN
RIVER DESTROYED
British Boat, Thought to
Have Been Sunk, Makes
Its Way Safely Into Port
of Maniltf.
% , .
Tokio, Aug. 20 (By the Associated
Press). —Advices received here today
from Seoul said that 540 persons are
dead and more than a thousand missing
as a result of the recent tidal wave and
storm in the more western provinces of
Korea. Damage to houses and other prop
erty also was great.
_ The storm was the heaviest along the
A’alu River on the east coast of Korea.
The first report of the storm received
here on August 15. said the tidal waves
submerged 25,000 houses along flits river.
Manila, Aug. 20. — (By the Associated
Press). —The British steamer Ming
Sang, which was reported sunk in the
Hong Kong harbor during the typhoon |
Satutday arrived here safely this morn
ing after, a tempestuous voyage. Her
officers reported the vessel seen to sink
in Hong Kong probably was the Brit
ish steamer Loon Sang.
Tne Loon Sang is a ship of much the
same type as the Ming Sang and might
have been mistaken for her.
Many lives were lost with the steamer
whose identity was in error. Os those
aboard, only two European officers were
saved.
A minor typhoon has been raging here
the last three days. With it cmno a
heavy rainfall.
ANTHRACNOSE. OR BOLL ROT
Is Again Making Itself Felt in Certain
Parts of the State.
RaJeigh. Aug. 20. —“Anthracnose, or
'boll rot." is again making itself fe’t
in certain parts of the state." says
Franklin Sherman, chief entomologist
for the Department of Agriculture; in a
report issued here. "This disease." the
report continues, "occurs in every part
of the state where cotton is grown and
causes more or less damage every year,
but from reports received by the agri
cultural department, it is indicated that
the damage is more severe than usual in
the edges of Wake. Johnston. Nash and
Edgecombe counties.”
“A delegation from this section was
in our office last week." the entocologist
says in his report, "and told of whole
fields being ruined by this destructive
disease.”
“The Anthracnose may be distinguish
ed by small reddish dots of the cotton
bolls. These spots increase in size,
reaching a diameter of an inch or more
and sometime uniting with other spots
until the whole boll is covered. When
ever the ‘boll rot’ occurs it does some
damage, no matter how little the plant
is affected, if it is there, it will cause
more ore less damage.
Mr. Sherman says that there is noth
ing that can be done to combat the dis
ease this year, but that steps towards
preventing its encroachment next year
ean and should be taken. He suggested
that the following rules be observed :
“Do not plant cotton next year on
fields that have been infested this year.
The fungus may live a year in the soil,
thus forming a source of infection for
next year’s planting.
"Be eareful in selecting seed for next
year’s crops. If possible sec\ire these
seed from fields that were not infected
this year and (lo not secure seeds from
any field that had an infection of over
10 per cent this year.
“A proper use of the crop rotation !
system and care in selection of seed will
do much to check the spread of Anthrac
nose and will soon rid any section of the
disease.” Mr. Sherman concluded.
Goldsboro Man Killed By Dive.
Goldsboro. Aug IS. —A distressing ac
cident occurred at the Little river
bridge, on she Raleigh road, near
Goldsboro last night. when Garland
Russell, age 25, popular ear inspector
for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,
dived from a tree into less than six feet
of water, breaking his neck and dying
within a few minutes.
M. Russell and several companions
were enjoying a swim in the river. It
is said that Russell climbed into the
tree and stated his intentions of making
the dive. He was warm'd by his friends
that the water was too shallow at that
point, but disregarded the advice. Dr.
David Rose, who attended the unfor
tunate young man within a short time
after the accident, found him still alive,
and made every eeort to save his life,
but a broken spinal cord made that im
possible.
Denial From Legion Officials.
Columbus, 0., Aug. 20—Denial that
the American Legion in Columbus was
in any way officially interested in the
attempt to capture Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll or that any local officials of
that organization had written C. Hooven
Griffin. Hamilton. 0., man, arrested af
ter the attempted abduction, wishing
him success in his enterprise, was made
by State, county and local officials of
the American Legion here today.
Our friends are again notified that we
must chaise for all notices of box sup
pers or entertainments when anything is
sold or where an admission fee is
charged. All such notices will be charg
ed for at 5 cents a line each insertion.
Continue Search For Members
of Macon Flogging Parties
(By the Associated Press.)
Macon, Aug. 20.— City and county of
ficials today planned to round up all au
tomobiles nbt carrying state license tags
m an effort to get at facts surrounding
a scries of floggings here in the past
tew weeks. In nearly all cases where
kionr.ppers have carried away victims in
mol or cars, their automobile bore no
tags.
Sheriffs’ forces last 'night captured
three kidnapp'ers and flogers in the act
of fii gging two negroes. Two auto
mobiles which were §>und near the scene
of rlu flogging and Wid by officials to
• x-
WARREN AND PAINE ARE |
BACK IK WASHINGTON j
Have Been Conducting Recognition Nego- '
Rations in Mexico City For Govern- ;
ment.l
Washington, Aug. 20.—Arrival iu
Washington today of (’has. B. Warren
and John Barton Payne, American com-!
missioners who conducted recognition ,
negotiations in Mexico City, affords ad- '
ministration officials here their first real *
opportunity to study iu detail the re- '
port of the conference. Careful exami- j
nation of documents which iu no way
binds the United States to extend recog
nition to Mexico, necessarily will pre- I
cede any action in that direction.
In the event that restoration of diplo- 1
matic relations -between the two govern- I
ments is the outcome of actuAl extension j
of recognition, it was said today, prob- |
ably will not take place for some time, j
Not only will time be needed for officials
concerned with Mexican problems, to di- J
gest the formal report submitted by the
American commissioners, but they are
expected to obtain additional information
regarding various phases on the situa
tion. in conference with Mr. Warren and
Mr. Payne. . I
Make Recommendations.
Washington, Aug. 20 ( By the Associat
ed Press). —Chas. B. Warren and John
Barton Payne, the American commission
er's conducting the negotiations looking
toword the resumption of diplomatic rela
tions with Mexico, presented their report
today to Secretary Hughes, and later car
ried it on to President Coolidge.
The report is a transcript of the pro
ceedings between the American- and Mexi
can commissioners at Mexico City, and
promises among other things two conven
tions : one to settle claims growing out o?
revolution; and another to settle mixed
claims. The conventions are subject to
ratification by the United States and the
Mexican congress. Mr. Warren in pre
senting the report of the proceedings to
Secretary Hughes, declined to discuss it
in any way except to say that it pre
sented a basis for cMjujj#afe»Hon of wheth
er the United States is to resume diplo
matic relations with Mexirt). He added
that the decision of the course would be
made by Secretary Hughes and President
Ctolidge.
CARBURETTOR IS CURBED ,
AS GREATEST GAS THIEF
Bureau of Mines Evolves Method of
Saving 22 Per Cent- Monthly.
Washington, I). (’•, Aug. 21). —The
biggest gasoline thief of them all is the
carburetor, according to the Bureau of
Mines.
To increase the efficiency of its fleet
of motor trucks, the bureau perfected i
portable instrument which , analyses
scientifically tin* exhaust bast's, and as
a result of consequent carburetor read
justments, found that the saving in gas
for the first month amounted to 22 per
cent.
An announcement passing the good
news along to motorists today said car
buretor guesswork was no longer neces
sary, and that further details of the ex
periments here could be obtained by ad
dressing the bureau direct.
SPECIAL RATES TO THEJ REUNION
Confederate Veterans Attending Reunion
In Winston-Salem Will Travel at the
Rate of I 1-2 Cents a Mile.
Confederate Veterans and dependent
members of thelir families attending the
reunion of the North Carolina division
in Winston-Salem, September 4-5. will
I be able to travel at the rate of 1 1-2
! cents a mile upon the presentation of
a certificate from the camp commander.
They will be housed in Salem Coolege.
the National Guard armory, and in pri
vate homes.
Morning and evening meals will be
furnished in private homes with a get
together luncheon at a central point to
all veterans during the two days. Those
who arc able to pay their expenses
should notify the committee on arrange
ments in Winston-Salem to make hotel
reservation for them.
Announces Wholesale Prices E*or Gaso
line.
Richmond, Va.. Aug. Ift.—Governor E.
Lee Trinkle today made public whole
sale price quotations in gasoline submit
ted to him in response to telegraphic in
quiries which his 1 office has made the
past, two days. The quotations ranged
from 12 3-S cents f. o. b. refinery at
Erie. Pa., to 16 1-2 cents delivered in
Richmond.
Gasoline is now retailing at 26 cents
per gallon. This price includes the
special State tax- of 3 cents per gallon.
Judge Thinks SI,OOO Not Enough For
Arm; Sets Verdict Aside.
Greensboro, Aug. Ift- —When a Guil
ford Superior Court jury brought in a
verdict of SI,OOO for an arm lost by N.
M. Sexton, ‘of High Point, while in the
employ of the Raymond Veneer Com
pany of that city. Judge T. J. Shaw,
thinking it over, set aside the verdict,
granting a new trial. He considered
that SI,OOO is not enough for an arm.
Sexton sued for $50,000. charging he
lost his arm because of negligence of
the company.
Judge Shaw ruled that whi'e he had
no opinion to express as to the matter
!of who was negligent, still, if Sexton
was entitled to recover anything at all,
| he was entitled to more than SI,OOO for
■ an arm.
have been used by floggers contained
masks, a small sledge hammer, .and a
piece of heavy wet felt. One of the
cars bore no license.
Will Call Troops if Necessary.
Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 20.—Governor Wal
ker has offered to call out the National
Guard to check lawlessness in Bibb
County whenever the local officials feel
that additional forces are needed, and
has received assurances from Sheriff .Tas.
Hicks, in Macon, that such a call will be
made if an emergency develops, it was
announced at the executive department
today.
I REPORT SHOWS CITY BABIES
I HAVE BEST CHANCE TO LIVE
i
Due- to Education of* Mothers Before Ba
bies Are Born.
! Chicago, Aug. 20.—Some urban com
munities. in spite of the crowds, are
healthier places for babies than many
i rural districts, according to the Infant
I Welfare Society of Chicago. A study
’.of the mortality charts for cities and
for the country shows that babies born 1
in crowded cities have a better start in
J life ' than children in the country, the
society reports. "This of course is not
because of the crowds, but in spite of
j them." says the report, “and is a coudi
! tiou made possible through the education
jof the mothers even before the babies
j are born. *
j "It is owing to the fact that we find
organizations such as the Infant Wel
| fare Society lighting a battle against
ignorance, which lias cost a heavy toll
I in infant lives in cities such as Chicago,
and that we find health departments car
rying on the work of instruction, that
in spite of tenements, crowds and hot
waves, through education, lives are be
ing saved each year. We must replace
the old idea that the country is a health
ier place with the idea that education
may make almost any community a
healthy place."
04 PERSONS TAKING
STATE LAW EXAMS
For First Time Members of Supreme
Court Are Acting as Mentors in Exam
Room.
Raleigh. Aug. 20.—Ninety-four appli
cants for license to practice law in North
Carolina began taking the Supreme'Court
examination this morning. About forty
of the applicants were law students of
the University of North Carolina, while
approximately 25 were Wake Forest stu
dents; about 10 Trinity College students;
and the rest free lances and law stu
dents from schools outside the state.
For the first time it was said iu the
history of the state, monitors kept watch
over the persons taking the examination
in the House of Representatives hall.
Justices of the Supreme Court took turns
in presiding. The action of the Supreme
Court iu placing monitors about the hall,
it was said, following complaints that
the examinations were not conducted un
der sufficiently rigid conditions.
Four persons complied with the re
quirements to practice law in North Car
olina as laid down in'an act of 11)22.
The names of the students passing the
examination are expected to he announc
ed the latter part of the week.
TWO BANDITS SECURE
SIO,OOO FROM C LUBMEN
Entered Card Room of Battalion Club,
and After Robbery, Fled in Auto.
Vancouver. B. C., Aug. 20. —Two
masked bandits early today entered the
Seventh Battalion Club on Cranville
street, lim'd up a score of card players
and after taking forty-five minutes to
collect their victims, fled.
The players Were intent on their cards
when they suddenly heard the command :
“Stick 'em up, boys.”
Turning around they saw two men
with handkerchiefs tied across, their fac
es. One victim alone lost $6,000.
The bandits drove away in an automo
bile.
Expect Cooper to Resign Very' Soon.
‘ Wilmington, Aug. 16. —The resigna
tion of W. B. Cooper as lieutenant-gov
ernor of North Carolina, is momentarily
expected here following his arrest in
connection with the failure of the Com
mercial National bank last December
C. L. Williams, receiver for the bank,
declares that the liquidating of the
bank’s affairs is progressing slowly on
account of the difficulty he has had in
collecting the amounts due t the bank
and in telling real assets from liabili
ties. He made it e'elar that the charges
against the Coopers were uot made by
him. ns he is here in civil capacity and
that all criminal charges are being
handled by the department of justice.
Mosquitos Drive Cliauffeur to Refuge in
Farmhouse.
Cape May. N. J.. Aug. 17— Swarms of
mosquitos today forced John H. Buck
ner. a traveling salesman, to abandon his
automobile in the woods between 1 ucka w
hoe and Dennisville and to run two miles
1 to a farm house, where he found refuge
from the pests. Backner stopped Ins
1 touring car to make some small repair
to the motor when mosquitos attacked
1 him. He used li'is left hand to beat them
‘ off while endeavoring to repair his mo
tor with bis right baud, but was finally
forced to run off. He was treated by a
• physician upon his arrival here by rail
road train.
Members of the State Mosquito torn
l misson were forced to abandon au inspec
tion of the meadows near Goshen yester
» day because of the swarms of mosquitos.
Opening of Conference Delayed.
Atlantic City, Aug. 20.—The opening
1 of the wage conference between anthra
• cite operators and officers of the min
• er’s union was delayed three hours to
f day. The conference was scheduled to
begin at 11 a. in. Failure of some par
-1 ticipants to arrive in time was said to
f be the reason.
i ■
Os the first ten President of the
r United States five were members of the
Episcopal Church.
FIRST SPECIMENS OF RARE
ANIMALS BROUGHT TO IT.l T . S.
Two Animals Never Before Seen in the
United States.
Chicago, Aug. 20. —Two animals nev
er before seen in the United States are
new additions to the Field Muse”-
ily, brougt here by Edmund R
has returned from a year sp(A
uncharted jungles of Peru, ant uie up
per reaches of the Amazon’s tributaries.!
Mr. Heller traveled through thousands of j
miles of country inhabited by savage
and hostile tribes in his search for ]
strange specimens for the museum.*
The two new prizes, according to sci
entists. are the dinomys. which he brought
back alive and presented to the Lincoln
Park zoo. and the eapydora. The j
dinomys is’a rodent something like a*
woodchuck, which since its capture has
become so domesticated that he follows
his master about like a dog. according
to Mr. Heller. The species is said to
be nearly extinct, because it moves so
slowly that its more powerful enemies
can overtakp it. It lives in communi
ties, and its principal protection, Mr.
Heller ''believes, is in that it generally
travels with members of its clan.
The eapydora. a large rodent, is some
what like the beaver, but larger. This
animal is almost as rare as the dinomys,
he said, and even the natives see them
but seldom. There are still many an
imals in the jungles of South America
that never have been seen by scientists.
He brought back' with him 1,800 speci
mens t.o be mounted by the Museum, in
cluding jaguars, tapirs, armadillos, ant
eaters and 15 kinds of monkeys.
Along the route of travel through the
jungle, the scientist said, are many sav
age tribes or fugitives from justice in
more civilized lands who live without'
law in a semi-starved and half-sick oon
.dition. Virtually, all these primitive'
peoples have' some ailments, and they .
plead with the white man for quinine J
and other medicines. Medical mission-'
aries and school are unknown, he said.
Mrs. Heller accompanied her husband
on the trip. She superintended the
cooking and the nursing of the sick, as
she herself is an expert bacteriologist.
Mr. Heller has spent many years of
his life in the interior of South America
and Africa. When Colonel Roosevelt
made his African hunting trip, the
scientists went with him to prepare the
specimens taken for the Smithsonian In
stitution.
FORBADE HIS WIFE
TO BECOME ‘MODERN’
So Mrs. James C. Ellington Sues for a
Divorce From Her Chicago Husband.
Chicago, Aug. 20.—Women of intellect
and talent are not of the stuff that good
wives are made, in the opinion of James
i Corry Ellington, a real estate agent, ac
cording to his wife. Mrs. Carol Wills
Ellingtop, who filed suit for divorce in
the Superior Court today.
A series of commands, forbidding Mrs.
Ellington to do the things which togeth
er might be descriptive of the so-called
“modern” woman of today was given out
by her attorney, Philip Richard Davis,
ns including:
"Don’t attend musical concerts.
“Don't see or associate with intellec
tual men or women.”
"Don’t sing or play the piaho.”
“Don’t spend money on books.”
On April 2. Ift22. Mrs. Ellington’s bill
alleges, she attended an afternoon con
cert by Mme. Schumann-Heink. On her
return, it is charged, her husband be
came so angered that he choked her and
knocked her down.
When the "plain”- wife could bear it
no longer, the bill alleges, she went, to
her father, an lowa minister, and Elling
ton then forbade her to sing in her
father’s choir, on the ground that it was
“culturing her voice.”
The same rules were applied in bring
ing up their son, 4 years old. the attor
ney said.
MEN. BADLY BEATEN.
WON’T MAKE STATEMENT
Say They Recognized Member of Mob
But Will Not Tell Who They Are.
Port Arthur. Aug'. IS.—Badly beaten,
both refusing to make a statement to the
police as to what transpired after they
were spirited away from the police sta
tion here last night, Clay Dunn and his
brother. Carl Dunn, were found in bed j
at their respective homes this morning.
Chief of Police W. AY. Covington and
Patrolman E. E. Bailey found the men
when they called at their homes. Asked
if they recognized any members of the
mob that kidnapped them, both men said
that they did, but declined to make a
statement as to who they were.
British May Have Found Aircooled Fly
ing Engine.
London. Aug. 20.—The aim of Brit
ish airplane builders, for some time past,
has been to produce a powerful multi
cylindered engine which would cool it
self merely by reason of its own swift
passage through the air. This would
eliminate raditors, water packets, and
other impediments in water-cooled en
gines. Some of the best brains in the
air world have beep endeavoring to solve
this problem.
The Duke of Sutherland, in present
ing the prize to the winner of the recent
rEnflish aerial Derby, remarked. “This
day has seen the triumph of the air
co#led engine.” and it is now believed
that he wa« revealing the official sig
nificance which is attached tb she result
of the race.
Judges to Exchange Courts.
Raleigh, Aug. 20. —Judge W. M. Bond,'
of Norfolk, Ya.. where his wife was re
ported critically ill, the opening of Pas
quotank Superior Court at Elizabeth
City was postponed until Tuesday when
Judge George W. Connor, of Wilson,
will act as supply judge, it was announced
at the office of Governor Cameron Morri
son today, following receipt of a tele
gram from authorities of Pasquotank
county requesting au emergency judge.
Miss Ola Simpson, of Durham, arrived
today to visit in the home of Mr. George
Sloop, on Simpson street.
Thomas and Moultrie Alexander are
.visiting their grand-father. Mr. Cress
I Alexander, in No. 3 township.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
SEN. BROOKHART TO
nr -ENQANT FOR
" ALLEGED SUNDERS
E. T. Meredith, Former Sec
retary of Agriculture, An
nounces That He Will Sue
Senator From lowa.
his honorTnd
INTEGRITY AT STAKE
Mr. Meredith to Begin Suit
to See Whether the Sena
tor Can Prove “One of
Mis Mouthings.”
(By the Associated Pre**.)
Des Moines. Aug. 20.—Charges by
Senator Smith W. Meredith, of lowa,
that E. T. Meredith, while occupying the
office of Secretary -of Agriculture “sat
in the Wall Street game and helped pro
duce the greatest in farm prices
in the history of agriculture,” prompted
Mr. Meredith to instruct, his attorneys
to file suit against the Senator for libel
and damages of 30 cents, Mr. Meredith
declared in a statement to/ the Associated
Press today.
Senator Rrookhart’s charge made in
an address at liadeliffe, lowa, last Wed
nesday. Mr. Meredith said; “involved my
integrity and lu*ior, and was without
basis in fact.”
“But few people giye any credence to
Mr. lirookhart’s statement,” Mr. Mere
dith declared, “and wihle the damage of
his statement might be more. I estimate
his effeetivenss at about 30 cents, so I
have instructed my attorneys to sue Mr.
lirookhart for libel and damages in this
amount—the real compensation being in
getting Mr. Rrookhart on record under
oath.
“The public will now have an oppor
tunity to see how nearly he can come to
proving even one of his many mouth
ings.”
TO CELEBRATE BEGINNING
OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
Sixty Four Years Ago Col. Drake Struck
Oil at Titusville. Pa.
Titusville. Pa.. Aug. 10.—Sixty-four
years ago Colonel E. L. Drake "struck
oil” at Titusville, formally ushering in
what has since become the great petro
leum industry of the country. He was
the pioneer,' ams to celebrate Ins achieve
ment a large body of representative oil
and gas men will assemble here beginning
August 27, the day upon which Colonel
Drake’s well actually sent forth its pre
cious fluid.
The event has been celebrated in pre
vious years locally, but this time plans
have been laid to make the observances
national, both in character and regional
representation.
In addition to the reunion and social
features of the program, there will be
heard practical messages from the lead
'ors in the business today, with A. C.
Bedford, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Standard Oil Company, as
the chief speaker.
Colonel Drake was guided in a remark
able manner in the sinking of his first
well. Had he drilled any one of the
thousands of wells which have been drill
ed since then, he would not have struck
oil in any one of them at the same depth
and in the same formation as the discov
ery well. There have been many wells as
shallow, and shallower, in other forma
tions. but the original Drake well was in
a class by itself. The depth at which
oil was found in it is given in the rec
ords as Oil 1-2 feet, or less than half the
depth to even the first sand in that lo
cality.
Col. Drake seemed destined to strike
oil at that particular spot, and did so iu
spite of all kinds of handicaps in the
primitive conditions under which he
worked, including the exhaustion of funds
1 and at least temporary desertion by his
original backers.
Davidson College Football Season.
Davidson. Aug. 20,—A new coaching
staff, new athletic field and new condi
tions will surround the 1923 football
season of Davidson College which will
open on the last Saturday in September,
The season’** schedule calls for nine
games, opening with Elon College, at
Davidson and closing with Trinity on
Thanksgiving day, November 29. with
the scene at Wearn field. Charlotte.
William “Monk” Younger, assist
ant coach for the past five years at Vir
ginia Politecliuic Institute, Blacksburg,
Va., has signed as head coach at David
son, his Alma Mater. With him will
come Tex Tilson, varsity linesman with
V. P. I. for five years. Tilson will de
vote most of his coairhing to the Wildcat
linesmen..
Davidson’s season schedule follows:
September 22, Elon at Davidson.
September 29, Presbyterian College of
South Carolina, at Rock Hill, S. C.
October 6, Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute at Blacksburg, Va.
October 13, Citadel at Davidson.
October 20, Wake Forest at Charlotte.
October Furman at Columbia (South
Carolina state fair.)
November 3, N. C. State at Charlotte.
• November 10, Clemson College at
j Clemson, S. C.
November 29, Trinity College at Char
j lotte.
Picnic at Watts’ Cross Roads.
i There will be a patriotic picnic at
j Watts Cross Roads Saturday, August 2T>,
beginning at 3 p. m. Also a ball game
in the afternoon. Everybody is invited.
Mrs. S. W. Preslar on Saturday morn
ing submitted to an operation at the
Charlotte Sanatorium. A report from
the Sanatorium yesterday afternoon
states that her operation was successful,
.and that her condition is very favorable.
NO. 12.