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THE CONCORD TIMES. B SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. MUD METING BP 1 S FINE ADDRESS Delivered in St. .lames Luth church Sunday Even- J by Ref. A. G. Voigt, ]). I).. of Columbia.- DR VOIGT PRESENT h'.THE CONVENTION Which W as Held During the Entire Month of August at Eisinaeh. Germany.—lso Delegates in Attendance. I.utliH.m World Convention, . t V• i’i„ n;i'li. Germany iu the mouth '7c wa>. the subject of an in delivered last night hui..' Lutheran Church by the i! ‘ \ G. Voigt. I>. I>.. dean <>f '''S.iichcrii l.ntlieran Thelogieal Semi .* ~r c.ilmnhia. South' Carolina. # i| r who was one of the Ameri- at the World Coy ,r; g-.ve his hearers an outline of ~ '.suh' accomplished. and some of " j ml , r .'si.u)s at the great ~•' ct the convention were lit representatives from more than :„C[v ennuirit's. Only 150 delegates ; the largest number being K,n Germany and America, the latter, ifourt.cn from the United States V one from I'anada. Dr. Voigt was ,• ;he delegate* from the United S'atc< ami a member of one of the important committees in the convention. - One of the greatest accomplishments „f rhf convention, said the speaker, was -u cr c;ition of two committees —one of rli-ni :v small committee of three mem waml the other consisting of member fpc tore country represented at. the Mirentinn—the purpose of which is to jy'orc perfectly coordinate the work of ■ J(I [.nthcran churches in the various c,-tries of the world. Os the two Diittpes the smaller one is vested inthorlTy. wlii'e the large coin n • >to function in an advisory ca ja, n to the smaller one. All the addresses at the convention tv. •,retired, and were delivered by ap piit.rinen:. Each one was prepared i|, iat lines previously determined bv the p.cxijteo. with certain definite objec iiT.s ia mind. One of the sessions wan h'd a; the Wart burg ■ fb fc -1; gi.rat r»forKMitku». ♦ a the ifitli century, and in whieh Martini lather made the first translation of the Bible into the German language and pv, it fi. i lie people. A striking feature of the meeting was t> Diet tha: only delegates were pres- ( n’ from various countries which had a few ve:irs before been at Avar with *>■;. other—in fact, delegate* from In'if 'aDi. Gfrinam sat down together I at which all national ani- j i -’ies were submerged, and the feel- i ;r £ : t'hristian love prevailed. The relief work whieh lias been going ' ** ' several years by the National ' I- i-“ai Council of the I'nited States; fa> been a most important feature in J Eir- ... continued I>r. Voigt. In many irstiiic.-s it has been the only thing that ““ prevented the disintegration of the f ' "hes. I’d to the close of the war. tb* various states in Germany had had ,:> ' r state churches, which the states snp;,..rt",l. Since the republic has been * l ' r;|, *'d in Gennany. it Ims decided to '*panr.' -tute and church, and the *up j“ r of the church now devolves upon numbers, who have not yet been jtioi to give to its support. _ From w* reason, tho church is at * present in . f ' r ' n, " , l !*»>itioti in Germany. but one "'"‘‘l* it i' gradually emerging sat i-wturilv. fi ,»e most acute situation of all exists ■ i issia The Russian chureh had representative present itt the a>id lie told of the distress '""'miens existing in his country "/ r . ; '“viet regime. Resides The fi'oiii the soviet, the alarming i;,,.'. "'"“"'on is the low ebb of 111 that great country, and the "hieh has been carried" on f , r \ fo »tinued in this country, in p " keep tlm diurch from collapsing i n atln.lieisin is a great menace Vi.il," llm, “- v at present, declared Dr. af,' r ',, u 1,1 : "lded that immediately taps .' I!r ' va l "f tin* American dele* '"i nil' 11, they were called into ti„ n ’ rnnfereiice, where this eondi ]>i"!iiai d '( then > dearly. The i:j| v ■> nol-io church, besides its re liti,.;ij ,V" ? a ' s " a powerful po .!''' "Tdidi is undermining the Enn -, ' M T“>'na: ions in mnnv of the f. ''“""tries, especially 'in Ger »i> • , , ■ ’ P>‘<M'‘stant state churches ''■iir.-0., 1 ‘* l< “I"“ their oifrn re- l 1 . 1 ’ ,l "‘. ' v,,rk <>f the World 'As ~ *' ' °igt declared that it 11 "orbi " I ‘ l ei‘>s— a success in that held at 11 V. M <,n Imtheratis could and :i succes* in "‘ !v "mi,„,' *" this first world l ar ', a ' vlll, ‘ h '“any of the opti r' “ results " U n k, ’P" for any deti expected only a “talk { he amp,' ~l ar congregation that •antes ('hum ,' 1,1111 a,IT I balcony of St f,i «fs adiirJs Hi,s l"' , ' s, ‘iit to near Dr by p l(n .' !lp was con- ami s *' R este, ‘. pastor ol 'city ' “drew churches o: !; ! ,7 dof Mrs I '‘'“s'nan, w j lo ■ * tkf> famous Englisl i’?. 0n bis tirlTr her hus ,‘ f n,ir ri“ q 1( . . . . ri '' to America. A fosfs . and [ s S ‘""dreds of varietie; " nnv one. a " a * vs on Hie lookou DALLAS DECIDES TO I WITHDRAW APPEAL ! Will Serve Prfcrn Sentence For Alleged Killing of H. J. Southwell. Raleigh. Oct. B.—Attorneys for H. E. Dallas, «»f Wilmington, sentenced in the New Hanover Superior Court following • a bitterly contested trial to serve not less than two nor more than live years in the state prison for killing H. J. Southwell during the railroad shopmen's strike of served notice today of withdrawal of bis appeal to the North Carolina Su preme Court, which was scheduled to be heard by the court this week. Dallas' sentence automatically goes into effect tomorrow. Dallas, an assistant yardmaster, who remained at work during the strike, fa tally .shot Southwell following an alter cation said to have been caused by Southwell applying the term “scab” and other epithets to him. while working ip the railroad yards at Wilmington. The first trial was pronounced a mis trial. but at the second. Dallas was convicted. He pleaded self defense. ALLSBKOOK MAY NOT ENTER SECOND PRIMARY Candidate Who Ran Against Judge Kerr to Make Decision Known Tomorrow. Wilson, X. <\, Oct. B.—R. G. Alls brook. candidate for Congress in the spe cial election in the second district, stated over long distance telephone today that he was undecided whether he would, run iu the second primary, should a second be found necessary, but he probably would reach a decision and announce it tomorrow. According to advices received here, the returns from a precinct in Warren coun ty and one iu Halifax county which had not been reported will not materially af fect the incsent status of the election, returns of which as unofficially reported up to this time give Judge John H. Kerr a lead of over li.ooo votes of Allsbrook, his closer runner, but not a majority. X. ,1. Rouse, of Kinston, the third candidate, is considered-'eliminated, present returns giving him only 2.-SMO votes compared with Kerr's 11,881) and Allsbrook's D.tilHi. CROP REPORT Condition of Cotton Crop Lowest Since the Year 18(H> (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh. X. C.—Oct. B—“As re ceived by the North <’arolina Crop lie porting Service. the condition of 411.5 per cent of normal reported by the United State* Department of Agri culture for the cotton crop for the date of September 25 is the lowest for that date since the tirst report in 1860, ex-* eept the condition of 42.2 per cent in | 1921. although flio condition of the crop at this period was less than the usual decline of (> per cent, and the forecast of production is therefore larger than a month ago.” declared Frank Parker, agricultural static if'an. in a statement •■ifekTP*d YPda'y. a * The statement continues in part : “For several states, the condition of September 22 is the lowest on record 81 per cent for Georgia. 20 per cent for Florida. 87 for Mississippi and 47 per i cent for Tennessee. For Arkansas, the condition of 50 per cent is the same as the previous lowest record. “The deterioration in these states has | been due largely to damage done by the ! boll weevil, though other causes have ! contributed as follows: Excessive rains j beating out the lint and rot tong the , bolls in some section: drought and its !ejffects: cut worms: grass hoppers, the ; tlea and bail. Defoliage of plants by the | leaf worm has been common in some localities, but in a number of states this has been beneficial as it has let in the sunshine, thus driving the weevil out to some extent and resulting in earlier opening of hoi's. , ~ ;i ••In North Carolina the boll weevil has taken most of the squares since earTv August. It was late in appearing and damage to grown bolls has not bo-m ■is great as expected. The lesif worm has covered the state during September and bv stripping the foliage has help ed Jhe bolls to develop. There is no ton crop, but a very heavy bottom crop is in evidence.” M\N WIFE AND BABY' >IA W » CANNOT BE LOCATED Oo J. Shiefelbein and Family Probably Committed Suicide Sometime IjoM : Hamms City. Kans., ’Oct. S.-Mi'- were investigating today the disappeai nnre of Geo. J. Sehiefelbein. Ins wife Rebecca, and their infant boy. 1 hen , automobile was found last night neai 1 the Kaw River here. A note found in the car addressed to , the husband said: . . . -We waited for you until ( a ;<loc k ; and von did not come. We ended it a1 in the river. 1 Eve you so much j n.y heart aches. I hope your mother is satisfied.” , * Police are working on the theory that Mrs Scheifelbein drowned herself and baby and that the husband upon finding the note also committed suicide. [ Xo bodies beeu found this morn _ ing. Rev. Charles B. Rcovil. The new rector held his first service i in All Saints Episcopal Church on Sun t day morning at 11 o clock. The U t Communion was celebrated and the ser -1 vice t was inspiring and beautiful in (\ d The sermon from the text. “M hat is * that to thee?'follow thou me.' was well i. thought out and driven home in a ‘°rce k ful manner. . , Mr Seovil comes from California, and t although a comparatively young man I has made a name for himself m that .' state. He has given particular atten i- tion so the educational work of the if’church and will act as Field Secretary if Tor educational work in this diocese in addition to his duties iu Concord. The music yesterday was unusually s. fine Mr. Sam Goodman at the organ h and Mrs..H. G. Gibson and Miss Rose s- Harris assisting the regular choir, it All Saints Parish, and the town at largo, aro vory fortunate in socuring a it man of Mr. Scovil’s spirituality and practical ability. * PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS 1 ‘‘Hello, Mr. Lloyd George!” ■' “xL-'Lxv:* 1 , . 1 "."■■■■ m.p.,,,.. rnmmmtmn H i, I I |r Rarely has a distinguished visitor received the ovation accorded David Lloyd George, when he arrived in New York with his daughter. Megan Lloyd George and his wife. A strong p'olice guard was oil hand to see that Irish sympathizers didn't create a disturbance. / , LIFE IT EDDYVILLE PRISON NORIL NOW ■ % Bandits Who Made Such a Desperate Fight to Escape Buried in Prison Cemetery. —Left Notes With Bodies. Eddyville. Ky.. Oct. B.—(By the As sociated Press). —Prison life was prac tically restored to normal today follow ing the burial in the penitentiary come- j tery here yesterday of Monte Walters and Harry Ferland. convicts, who met death in a barricaded dining hall after 'fatally wounding three guards in* at tempts to shoot their way out of prison. Two pine boxes containing their bodies | were hauled', one at a time in prison I wagon, by a team of mules, to Vinegar I Hill, and interred without services. The body of Lawrence Griffith was shipped o his former home at Dresden, Tenn. In commenting on the fact that the irison guards and Kentucky national pinrdsmen rejiorted having seen tnove uips/s with** - the barricaded building dur ing the three and one-half day seige pe riod. which it is now certainly only dead , men were holding, officials said this was orobably due to coat* and aprons of the orison dining room attendants which hung at various places on the wall in side of the gunmen's covert which when fanned, by winds which entered through i bullet-shattered windows, moved, and took the appearance of fleeting forms. Before the convicts died, they left hastily scrawled death messages. One from Griffith read: "Defiant* (Defiance) from the dead.” One from Walters to his wife said: “Love to you. beloved.” DEATH THIS MORNING OF MRS. CHAL PROPST Occurred In C oncord Hospital Following Serious Illness and Operation—Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon. Mrs., Sarah H. I’ropst, wife of Mr. dial Propst. well known citizen of this •ity. died this morning at the Concord Hospital at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Propst entered the hospital about 10 days ago in a serious condition, and several opera tions failed to benefit her. She had been so critically ill for several days that her death was not unexpected. Fuenrnl services will be held tomor row afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in McGill Street Baptist Church, of whieh she had been a member of for several years. The services will be conducted b.v* her pastor. Rev. G. W. Rollins, and inter j ment will be made in Oakwood cemetery. .Mrs. Propst was born and reared in Winston-Salem. She moved to Con cord after her marriage about twenty years ago. Her husband and one son. 1 Clarence Propst. a student at Wake Forest College, survive. Clarence Rldenhopr Improving. Relatives here of Clarence (Peanut) Ridenhour. star quarterback on Con cord’s High School football team, de clared today that his condition is im proving now. Ridenhour was injured Friday while p’aying against the Char lotte, High School team. The Charlotte Observer today says: Clarence Ridenhour. of Concord, bril liant quarterback on the Concord high school football team, who sustained a broken collar bone in the Charlotte- Concord game last Friday afternoon, is reported to be getting along very nicely. Ridenhour was hurt in the last rush ’ of the second quarter of the contest and was immediately carried to the Char lotte sanatorium where he was given elose attention, for it was feared for a while that he was hurt internally. ; Young Ridenhour has a number of friends in Concord and Charlotte, and his team-mates and others have been making him regular visits since the time of his misfortune. The doctors ' found it necessary for him to remain in the sanatorium for sometime on ac ’ count of his condition, hut it is hoped * tjhat he will soon be able'to return to his home in Concord. 1 In all probability Ridenhour will bf unable to participate in any furthei r contests this year, but the good will ol 1 the entire school is for him. and wil look forward with high hopes to seeim him appear with the Concord eleven next * fall. i _ J What you learn to your cost you re member longest. CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1923 COUNTER MEASURES AGAINST VONTCAHN In Thuringia and Saxony the J Communists Will Enter Cabinet of Two States, Says Dispatch. London, Oct. B.—-Dr. von Kalir’s so called reactionary rule in Bavaria lias led to counter measures in Thuringia and Saxony, whereby communists will enter the cabinet of those German states, says Reuter’s Berlin correspondent. Conversations have been in progress between the Saxon and Thuringifln pre miers. with regard to the formation‘of jan alliance with all the central states in Germany against the growth of fascism j in Bavaria, and it is stated that these negotictions have led to the recognition ; of the need for the creation of a “red block." The conimunisits will according join the Thuringian government. In Saxony | conversations between the socialists and communists have already resulted in the assignment of the latter of the portfolios of labor and education. COMPANY E TO RET* RN TO CONCORD TOMORROW X, .» , '- •. Company Will l>a»ve Spruce Pine To- I morrow Morning at 10:30 O’clock. Spruce Pine. N. C. Oct. 8. —The three National guard units which have been on ! duty here since September 28th. will en- | train tomorrow morning for their re spective bases, according to orders is-! sued today by military officers. The or der includes the Asheville cavalry troops, ; the Morganlon engineers, the Con i cord company cf infantrymen. The tnoeps are expected to entrain about |10:30 a. m. ' JEWELRY STORE NEAR RITZ-CARLTON ROBBED i Robbers Held I'p Night Employes of ) the Hotel While They Secured the Jewels. j New York. Oct. 8. —Three armed men early today held up the night manager and several other employes of the fash ionable Ritz-Carlton hotel and robbed a jewelry store off the lobby of $5,000 worth of gems. The* robbery occurred at 2:30 this morning. Charlie Chaplin, who entered j the hotel lobby fifteen minutes after the bandits fled, was file tirst outsider to learn of it. Not until five hours later, after the hotel employees had tried to trail the robbers and failed, was the holdup re ported to the police. 15.000 MINERS QUIT WORK AS PROTESTS Men Employed: at Hudson Coal Company Voted Saturday Night to Strike Be cause of Alleged Grievances. Scranton, l'a., Oct. 8. —Fifteen thou sand anthracite mine workers employed by the Hudson Coal Co. were on strike today according to claims of the general grievance committee representing the 1 workers. The employes voted to strike ■ at a mass meeting held here Saturday • night, and the general - tee issued a call for 20.000 workers to i quit at the twenty-two collieries of the ■ company between Carbondale and Xanti ? ocke. The failure of the company to ad just numerous alleged grievances was the ' cause of the walkout. i - 1 WORK AND BLAIR TO BE IN HIGH POINT • Will Bo Present When “Pageant of Prog ress” Is Staged on October 25tli. 1 High Point, N. (’.. Oct. B.—Secretary Hubert Work of the Department of the 1 Interior and D. H. Blair. Commissioner 1 of Internal Revenue, have accepted invi itatio.ns to attend the North Carolina 'Good Roads "Pageant of Progress, to •| be staged here* October 2oth. Secretary 1 Work will spend the entire day in High 0 Point, returning to Washington that n ] Farmers’ Union to Meet. s Greensboro, X. C., Oct- 8. —The North Carolina division of the Farmers p Educational and Cooperative I nion of r America will meet in annual session at ,f i Ra'.eigh, November 21 and 22, it is an il i trounced by K. W. H. Stone, of this „' city, who is president of the I nion. t 1 Officers of the organization, besides } Mr. Stone, are Dr. J. M. Templeton, t Gary, vice president: and .T- M- L. *-1 Lyerly, Winston-Salem, secretary., and | treasurer. - NOTORIOUS BANDIT FLEES FROM PRISON Ed. Lockhart Made Escape From Arkansas Jail After His Friends Held Up the Keeper of the Jail. Ft. Smith. Ark., Oct. B.—-Ed. Lockhart, notorious bandit, captured last Thurs day at Jay. Okla.. escaped from the Delaware County jail about t 9 o'clock j last night. according to information reaching here today. Lockhart was aid | (“d in his escape by live men. According to a special dispatch to The Times Record, a masked bandit assisted by four others, entered the Jay jail at j 9 o’clock and ordered Jack Carey*, the jailer, and a companion to “stick 'em up.” The jailer was unarmed. He was com manded to unlock (lie jail door and the cell in which Lockhart was being held. In the meantime two masked men stood guard at vile jail door while two others ? guarded windows to the jail, according j to the dispatch. After the cell door wfls opened Lock- J hart was told to "get ready. ' while the J (jailer and his companion were forced to. stand with their faces to the wall. After Lockhart, who was sitting on his. cot in the cell, had secured his hat. he was rushed to an automobile in waiting; outside the jail, where two of his com panions waited with him while the other three locked the jailer and his companion in the jail. Shortly after the bandit and his aides had sped %way the jailer effected his es cape from ihe cell and notified the sheriff of Lockhart's escape. Posse's were form ed immediately and this morning are scouring the country in search of the bandit. HOLDING NEGRO FOR DEATH OF WHITE GIRL Lorenzo Savage Said to Have Admitted That He Killed Miss Elsie Barthel. Pittsburgh. Pa.. Oct. B.—Lorenzo Sav age. a negro butler, will be turned over Ito the coroner of Alleghany < ounty here today, charged with the murder of Miss Elsie Barthel. a nurse, whose body, the head crushed with a 70-pound stone, was found in the East End district Sunday, i Savage, according to Captain Left, or tin city detective*'bureau, confessed early to day that lie killed the woman. The ne was arrested at his home after Miss Barthei's mother had informed the au thorities tl H it her daughter had made an engagement to meet Savage to have her fortune told. Miss Barthel and the ne gro had been employed by Dr. U. »• Marshall, the former as a secretary and aid and the latter as a butler. I Captain Left; questioned the man until I shortly after 3 o'clock this morning when I he announced that the negro had confess ed. !CANNOT COMPLETE ■ ZR-3 DURING YEAR Giant Airship Will Not Be Ready l ntil . Next Spring. Its Builders Declare. Berlin Oct. B—The Zeppelin airship ZIl 3 being built for the United Statets cannot be completed before early next spring, it was announced by the Zepplin Company today. Delay has-been caused bv difficulties on non-technical nature, the announcement said. Consequently the trial flights projected for this tall have been postponed. Dies of Injuries. Lexington, Ky.. Oct. 8.-Priee Mc- Lean, center on the 1 Diversity of Km ' lucky football team, died here last night from injuries received in Saturday s , game with the University of < incinnai which team his eleven defeated there, 14 to 0. FROG MAIN STREET AT THE COMING CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR .'' ~ ? 0 TROOPS FROM FORT BRAGG SPENT LAST NIGHT IN CITY Men Were En Route To Salisbury arid Greensboro.—Band Concert Given at Y' Last Night. First Lieutenant 8. Bryant, several other officers and 150 enlisted men. comprising Battery I). Fifth Field Artillery, camped in Concord last ni<»L J) en route from Charlotte to Salisbury.'. 1 left this morning about 9 o'clock for ...r Rowan metropolis where they will spend •the afternoon and night. The Battery came so Concord from Charlotte, where it took part in the Made in Carolinas Exposition. It is en route to Greensboro to attend the Guilford County Fair, and later will visit Raleigh, where it wi'l be one of the attractions at the State Fair. The battery members were delayed in reaching Concord due to several acci dents on the road. One large truck ran off a 20-foot embankment: a trnile** on another trink broke loose; and a motor cycle sergeant, engaged in direct'd g the convoy, was badly injured when rammed by a civilian car. Lieut. Bryant stated that the ser geant was injured when someone crowd ed him on that part of the road on which the concrete sidewalls have been laid but which has no middle surface. The motorcycle was completely wrecked and the rider suffered a number of pain ful injuries. The band whieh accompanied the Bat tery gave a concert last evening at the Y. M. C. A. The musicians were heard by r a large crowd and lived up to their reputation of composing one of ti e best bands in the army. The musicians wore under the command of Lieut. La cock. After the concert Lieut. Laeoek stated that lie has places in the band for any young men who want to join the army and who have had knowledge of musical Instruments. > In discussing the trip from Charlotte to Concord Lieut. Bryant issued a warn ing to motorists to give the army column at least half of the road. “People seem to regard the large trucks we use as or dinary autos." Lieut. Bryant stated. “In this they are wrong. These trucks can not be halted within a space of five feet or even fifty feet. One of our trucks and trailers weighs thirteen and a half tons. YVhen people dash wildly u:> to it and expect the driver to give them all the road they are acting very foolishly. We do not want but half of the road, but we want our half. Autos striking the trucks do not worry up so far as we and our equipment are concerned. The autos cannot hurt the trucks, but we d.> not want to mTingle people and ruin their ears." 1 Lieut. Bryant added further that be tween Concord and Charlotte a number of auto drivers flirted with death by driving so (-lose to the trucks and seem- | ingly trying to crowd the trucks from the road. • Horne of the latest fighting machinery ! ireed by the artillery branch of the ser vice is carried'by Barrery I). The guns ‘were inspected with much interest by a large crowd which visited the camp of the soldiers, and unusual interest was also manifested in other equipment car ■ tied by the battery. The men pitched camp on the baseball | field of the Locke Cotton Mill. ILLUMINATING GAS TANK LURES MAN TO HIS DEATH Laborer. Overcome by Fumes, Plunges Into Metal Reservoir. New York. Oct. s.—The strange fasci nation that an illuminating gas reservoir had for Samuel Tacklin resulted in his death today at the plant of the Piennont Chemical‘Company, Tacklin, a labor#, several times was observed climbing a ladder to the top of the tank, opening the safety door and peering into its in terior. Other workmen repeatedly warn ed him of the danger. - Today Tacklin strolled over to the gas tank again and opened the door. Over come by the fumes, he swooned and plunged headlong into the metal reser voir. Firemen, wearing gas masks, en tered the tank and brought out Tack -1 in's body. the cotton market Opened Barely Steady Today at a De cline of From 3 to 10 Points. New York. Oct. B.—The cotton mar-, ket opened barely steady at a decline of 8 to 10 points under a renewal of seat | tered liquidation and Southern and local I selling. The latter was promoted by relatively easy cables, favorable weath |or and continued unfavorable reports J from the good* trade, and prices soon , ! showed net losses of 20 to 20 points. | with December selling off to 27.45 and j January to 20.90. j Cotton futures opened barely steady. Oct 28.98: Dec. 27.08; Jan. 27.10; J March 27.03; May 27.03. —-—1 ; Five of Funeral Party Are Killed. Detroit. Oct. s.—Five men were killed • this afternoon when the last automobile i in a funeral procession was struck by an interurban car on Gratiot road, north > of here. The funeral procession was l crossing the tracks into the cemetery . when the interurban crashed into the ’ machine which had become detached from I the other automobile* in the cortege. Sixty thousand pounds of plums, pears, and greengages grown in the Pope’s or . ehards arrived in London recently. It is believed to be the first time that produce t from the Papal gardens has been sold in < i England. i I , Going through life with a friend is go ing through it twice. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. CABARRUS FAIR TO START W WEEK; “"'crtHflHl READY Fair Weather Only Thing Necessary Now to Make Affair One of Most Succes ful in History of County. RACES TO START AT ONE O’CLOCK And Officials of Fair Say They Will Begin Promptly. Many Attractions Secured for Entertainment of All. One \vegk from tomorrow the first an nual Cabarrus County Fair will open at the fair grounds one and a half miles from Concord on the Charlotte road, and mark. The entry list will close tomorrow experts, there is every reason to believe the will prove one of the most in teresting and most successful in the his tory of Cabarrus County. Nothing lias been left undone to assure success for the fair. Officials have work ed long and hard, and they announced this morning that by Thursday of this week they will have completed all details and will be ready for certain for the opening on Tuesday, the ltlth. Everything is definitely decided now except the number of horses that will bo entered. Dr. T. N. Spencer, secretary of the fair, states that already 12 runners have been entered, while the number of other racers will approach the - hundred mark. The entry, list will close tomorrw night, and by Thursday, according to I>r. Spencer,-he will know exactly how many horses to expect for the races, which will be the biggest features of the fair for a majority of those who attend, A representative of Zeidman and Pol ly has been in Concord for several days, making filial plans for the arrival of the company which will provide the shows for the Midway at the fair. The com pany will reach Concord Saturday, and carries equipment which fills .‘{2 cars. Fred Spoerhass. of Drlnndo, Fla., has i already arrived in Concord with his four trained horses. Mr. Spoerhass has been jnaking all of the larger fairs in the South, and his horses will give daily ex hibitions for the benefit of the spectators. A special representative of One of the largest manufacturing concerns of fire works in the world will he present.dur ing fair week to put on tire work demon strations each night. Five bands have been engaged for the fair. Dr. Spencer stated. One of the bands will -be from Albemarle; another will be from Kannapolis; another will come from the Jackson Training School and the other two will accompany the Zeidman and Polly Shows. On Thursday a special musical treat will be offered when the Ffird band from Albemarle, will combine with the Wisens sett band, and the combined of 110 pieces will give several concerts. The races each day will begin at 1 o'clock. “This does—not mean 2 or o'clock," I>r. Spencer stated. "We are going to start at the apjxiinted hour. The evening shows will begin at seven o'clock and these also will star/ prompt ly," Dr. Spencer stated. ' Several well known race track men and their horses have entered for the fair, and others are expected to sign up tomorrow. Handsome purses have been offered to the winners. Fair weather is the one thing that re mains now to make the first fair in Ca barrus county a great success. Thou sands of persons are expected to be pres ent. and present plans demonstrate that the fair will be one of the best held in the South. CHANGE THEIR MINDS Members of I. ('. C. to Hold Rehearing in Petition Filed by the Virginia Rail road. Washington, Oct. 0. —The Interstate Commerce Commission today it would an nounced it would reconsider its refusal to authorize the Virginia Railroad to build a branch in West Virginia for the purpose of serving two coal mines. The rehearing of the case will begin here Oc tober 19th. In its decision of the Virginian's ap plication handed down last 'June the Commission refused the railroad the de sider authority on the ground that there were enough coal mines in the Cnited States to supply customers. It was , said .in addition that the Virginian dur ing a part of 1922 had been unable to render a full car supply to existing mines along its lines. With Our Advertisers, Parks-lielk Company are prepared to clothe every man and boy in the clothing that they will like. The Ritclre Hardware Co. will give to every thirteenth person a dollar rur«>r I absolutely free. Read their new ad. to -1 day. i Smart hats that are just a little bit dif ferent at the Specialty Hat Shop. ■ * The true road to happiness is to exaet much of yourself and little of others. NO. 26.