North Carolina Newspapers

g SHEKRILL. Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. Concord, Best Home City in Piedmont !»ection Oklahoma Solons Asked To Fight Ku Klux Klan \t Joint Sessions Members of General Assembly Hear Address Prepared by Gov. I (’. Walton S\YS DISASTER IS sac ing the state Message \V'as Read Instead o' Personally Deliv er ed.—Says Government Must Kill the Klan at Once ,i City. Okla.. Oct. 11 (By tile , pi.-v*i.—The Oklahoma leg .>i l • <\ti;i ordinary session |;,,v«*ri-I 1 ’ Walton, convened to- Ti,,. was called to order by u \ <■ "Wili representative from Choc ,« n.iintx. wlio was chosen majority .;i,|,r .1 a caucus last night. ~ \ ~„iiiiiiitTee of tli*' joint session in •,rm«i <c '• 11 <>r Walton that the legis ;«.nre w■ s ir.-nly to hear him. The Gov ,-,ir iliil not appear personally, howev , ami Alilrieh Blake. executive coun .. „r, Bi.otght iln' message to the joint !i;!,!\ ,'.il delivered it to the clerk of the Senate. Tie clerk then began read tievrrnor Walton called upon the leg . urt to.i.art anti-Kn Klnx Klan law t„ <av.' the -tate front *lisaster he says fat-*-- tin<*ngh the existence of the se ii-i organization. In a!' ail(lre»s tl.e Kxecntive charged t.y K'.an with responsibility for lutu i.f outrage- and punctuated bis • ark' liy laying before the lawmakers riot- <>t all testimony adduced by :r military court <>f inquiry, which, tin .Pr his proelaiiiation of martial law in-' . v—' gated ti."l. violence in various parts nf In -tat* He requested the assem h \ain; ’.. _ i >.ainiiie the record and then 'Tiii- all-4u>wi jfnl ami most demoral z *-■ tp**i* .government* is undermining ' - +■ i v cora* r-iotie and foundations of • govern m.-iit. and supping the life bi"il of our citizenship," Governor Wal fiii - .nidi'--- declared. *'"**-'' If must either be killed or the gov • tinnuiT i'self must finally give way to auanhy and revolution. There is no al tern.a:ivc n: middle ground." The tioverimr reviewed at length the •iiain of events which have kept the in turmoil for a munth. and eon *iade.l hi- message with a plea that the leg -ttr,- mmcdiately pass a bill which ' lii;::-i-if h.is prepared "that the people ; b<* jirotn ted forever in their person. I*n*|*rtv and fundamental liberties." * I lie lunlliet between tiie visible and | uiv.'-d-!,. governments must be brought I : a close with a complete victory for I visible government, or Oklahoma I kice imletinite turmoil and strife.' tic results of which .ire bound to be dis t*‘Trous.” he -aid. 1 his invisible, insidious and teror ai! - empire represents in exaggerated "nil. fear, u'al.sehwotl and religious hatred wit is fully exemplified if runt its oper-, ttinns." - *' h might to he apparent now to all ' 'izens that, the people of this stare will 51,1 t't'tivenh submit to the intolerance, I'niserutioml and outrageuos violence of l ‘"""it'd organization 'which operates in ! ’■ dark and whose membership is a I liaeial and religious, bigotry ; ’“'d' violence are unthinkable when j er.-'i-te-,.,1 i|, ( j lt> o |, en —they become tgai- j Meand wickedly so when hid be- j M "’ ! ' u ‘ tut American mask." H»- reterr*-*! to the bill as "complete; ®de*|uali to meet every exigency and , "u Uigein-.v. This law provides for tin- j —k;ll g ui; titizens and compels secret] -"•'nzati.iti- to publish a list of their I ships as well" Martial Law Lifted. i ’"Hiotiin « t y Oct. 11.—Martial law ’hfuughout Oklahoma since (’ \Vt t 11^1 V*' vv ‘ ,s Hftoil by Governor J. 'non in a proclamation made p * r ‘Mlay. I • m-'M-laiiiar on returns full author- all civil officers. ••dtblXt, ESTATE IS - WOKTII HALF A MILLION A<llK ' u ‘ 11 Stock in Harding Publish m“ <'•>.. He Left $485,565.64. ,J",, '• <>ct. 1.1 (By the Asso j, M>v i. ihe total value of the : Harding's estate, accord -1,,,,. 1 rt 1,1 appraisers tiled in pro- H , ' , 1 ' today. espclusive of the i,„, f‘ u * * -l ing Cimipany which has 5i ''.raised was set at $486,- IW M . ~ ' ' a i'!*ru'-. ! ' '!" ' t-V and chattels were v,-, i( ] " 84.15f.fC1; money $34,- t:‘ ‘' 5-100.7b4.nl and real es- M 6.720. | Wy' * lin, * > ' t»r Harding Memorial. i'aiugiu' U - ' >, ‘ T - —l*l ans for the Jiatin,;., .:!" : 111 ’ I |( ‘ near future of a ih»'i . • ampaign to raise $3,000.- thi. i at ‘ ' *' tin* name an dmemory of lvove<i .. , dent Harding were ap lr ; : •neeting today of the *oeigtio n Harding Memorial As- X* v- \vi. Chairmanship. n ?' t- sdvice of his siiw! y- edin-t s Tyovett today re ' ’"litm, , ' l,ma V °f the executive Tlu- r( , ‘e l niou Pacific system. becomes effective ''•hitinup -'i’’- I-ovett, however, will lsoy. 1 '"-oeiation with the com- IHE CONCORD TIMES. TRAINS HIT BUSSES; ELEVEN IRE KILLED Eight Children Were Killed in One Accident and Three Adults Were Killed in the. Other Accident. I Akron, Ohio. Oct. 11.— Fight children vere killed and one man was seriously njured when a horse-drawn school bus vas struck by a ('lcvolnnd-bound Penn sylvania passenger train on- a grade crossing fifteen miles east of here. Three Killed in Pennsylvania. Williamsport. Pa., Three persons were killed and seven others injured when a nassenger train on the Elmira division »f the Pennsylvania Railroad struck the Williamsport-Trout Run bus at a cross ing near this city early this morning. DAME FATE PLAYS AN I XrsrAL PRANK Veteran Married Happily Suddenly Finds His Happiness Wrecked. Kinston, Oet. 10.—A strange story of wrecked happiness as told to Judge Oli-j ver Allen, of the Superior Court retired, list, was made public by the jurist here today. Judge Allen declined to give the names in the ease. "The muter \?as told , me privately." lie said. "I feel that I have no right to disclose the identity of those involved. In a long career as a judge I have not had a more unusual thing brought to my attention, I might say. "I will call the men in the case Sol dier No. 1 and Soldier No. 2." Judge Al len said. "No. 2 brought the facts to my attention. He said he served in the World War as a volunteer soldier. No. 1 was a regular. No. 2 married a 'widow' with two children three years ago. She was an attractive and affectionate young woman, -according to No. 2. He was de voted to her, and described her ns a per son *>f superior attainments. “They lived happily. The family pros pered. Mrs. No. 2’s little ones loved their stepfather, and he took to them readily. Mrs. No. 2 had heard through what she regarded as authoritative sources that No. I was dead, killed in action or soine 'thing of the sort. The passing years only served to confirm the belief: they brought no word of the man who hud shared her joys and sorrows in earlier life. “No. 2 went into all the details. There would have been a touch of comedy in this narration had it not been for the pa thos in the story. Recently, he said, a stranger appeared at the door of his home, His wife ran out to be clasped in the other's arms. The stranger walk ed up and told him, 'You have my wife anil little ones. I am not angry. But I must have them. I'm sorry for you. Mrs. No. 2 declared her preference for the man back ‘from the grave.’ The youngsters joined in her decision. The family packed off in an automobile with No. i and went to New Jersey, where No. 1 had established himself. "The family formerly resided at —well, | I'll not mention localities." said- Judge Allen. "No. l's whereabouts in the years immediately following the war were not clearly given to me. But it seemed that for the past two or three years he had been looking far and near for his loved ones. He could get no information from j his old home. No. 2 asked me what he | could do. lie did not seek to disrupt the reunited family. 1 told him the law j could not blame him for anything, but that he must seek a legal divorce imme diately. He was manly and genuinely distressed." Glasses For Grownups. ('lmpel Hill. N. C.. Oct. 10.—The grownups —heads of families as well as businesses, spinsters as well as mothers in brief, the older folk of the State are going to school again, many of them to earn a college diploma They begin this month when the Ex tension Division of the Diversity of. North Carolina, of . which Chester 1). Snell is director, puts into effect its re eentlv announced program of conducting classes -all over the State and giving credit toward degrees for work satisfac torily completed. Already groups of citizens in more than a dozen towns have made arrange ments for courses, some of which begin this week. Classes conducted by Lui- I versify professors just as they are at ! Chapel Hill, only not so frequently, will be held wherever as many as l.» persons want a course. The towns in which arrangements have been completed for courses to begin this month include Raleigh, Greensboro, Dur ham. High Point. Statesville, Salisbury, Burlington, Sanford, Oxford and Lexing ton. * Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Work to \ isit High Point. High Point. Oct. 11.—The committee arranging the program for state road building "Pageant of Progress” here for October 25th was advised today that Mrs. Hubert Work and Mrs. D. H. Blair, wives of Secretary of Intreior and Tinted State Commission* of Internal Reve nue, would accept the invitations to be present with their husbands for the oc casion. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS MEN’S BIBLE CLASS OF ST. JAMES KNTRETAINS Male Members of Church Henor GuesP at Banquet Held Wednesday Night at the Y. M. C. A. An enthusiastic meeting of the mor of St. James Lutheran Church and mor from St. Andrews and Calvstry Lutheran churches in this city was he’d Wednes day evening at the Y. M. C- A., th* Men's Bible Class of St. Janies Church being boss at the meeting. More than I a hundred men attended the supper, j which was served by th*' ladies of the I church, who had prepared a splendid i noodle supper. fo'lowed by a salad course, and ice cream and cake. Prof. J. B. Robertson, teacher of the Metis class, acted ns toastmaster of the occasion, and called on a number of those present for short talks. Dr. L. A Bikle. the first speaker, gave some re miniscenses of his early days, and mad* a strong plea for the thorough teaching of the Bible in the present day. ll*' vigorously denounced the tendency t< take short cuts, and tin* teaching of evolution as a serious menace to * the church of today. S. K- Patterson. superintendent of St. James Sunday School, followed with a talk on the Sunday ’ School, and an invitation to all the men to make a habit of attending its meetings more regularly. Prof. Robertson talked of the Men's Bib’e Class, and emphasized Un fad that the spirit of tin* church and of the class should be a missionary spirit that would go out. and spread the good news. J. A. Blackwelder made a short talk on the friendly spirit that should pre oqe of tin* greatest , of all ways to in- Huence the lives of those with whom we are thrown in contact. Major ill Foi followed Mr. Blackwelder with a talk on the ladies of St. James as cooks, and thanking them for the splendid supper they had prepared for this occasion. Rev. M. L. Kenter, pastor of Calvary and St- Andrews church churches, made a splendid talk on the Lutherans in Concord. He expressed the appreciation of himself and the members of his chueli for tln* invitation from St. James church, and their enjoyment in being present. Rev. Mr. Kester presented some facts and figures on th** Lutherans in Concord, showing that at present there at - ** til”* members on the rolls of the three churches in the city. During the past year X 2 new members were received into the churches. However. he con tinued. there are at least £•*(! Lutherans in this city who are not identified with any of the churches here, and one of the missions of the church is to see that these. Lutherans are connected actiely with one of the churches of their faith. Besides, there are in Concord a la re number of persons not connected with any church whatever, and it it a duty and a challenge to the member of the church to win these persons to the church. Rev. W. (J. Campbell, former pastor of St. James Church, who is a visitor in Concord, was a guest at the meeting, and ntad<* a short talk on the spit it of the meeting. Although he was tt strang er to manv of those present, he said, he had fe’.t the thrill of the spirit of this meeting, and was confident that the men were on he right road to getting something accomplished. After all, he continued, the only way to win a man ia to win his love, and this can be done only by learning to know each other. If a person will learn to know another, it will not be hard to love him, and when we can love God and love our fellow-man. we are fulfilling the greatest commandments that have been given us. Rev- D. A. Thomas, pastor of St. James, the last speaker, made a p'ea for earnest and enthusiastic work by the church members. At the begining of his second year's work as pastor of the local church he expressed the hope that there would be more helpers in the great work that lies before the congre gation- Throughout the meeting various songs were sung bv the body of men and at one point Miss Helen Patterson render ed several vocal selections which furnished much enjoyment for her hear ers. GIRL ATTEMPTS SIUCIDE BY LEAPING FROM A CAR Jumps From Moving Bus on Winston- Salem Road —Is Picked Up Uncon scious. High Point, Oct. 10 A young woman. •>0 to 25 years of age, who gave her name and home as Miss Todd, of Baltimore, is in a Winston-Salem hospital as the re suit of an alleged attempt to commit sui cide while a passenger on an automobile bus operating between High Point and Winston-Salem yesterday afternoon She, declined to give details about herse f. ac cording to the operator of the bus line. The young woman boarded the bus here alone and sprang from it while en route to Winston-Salem, while the car was moving at a rate of about 2ft miles an hour, it was stated. She was picked ut) in an unconscious condition, but later examination indicated that her injuries may not prove serious. World’s Series by Radio. Through the courtesy of the Concord Telephone Company, a radio receiving set has been installed at the Concord Y. M. C. A., and is receiving the results of the World Series games in New York. The public is invited to hear the play by play reports. Have Your Baby’s Picture Made. Parents who expect to or who have entered their babies in the Legion Baby- Show are asked to have their photos made at once The pictures will be exhibited at the fair on Tuesday, so they must be made at once. The pictures are made free of eharge at Orpin’s Studio. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1923 SOUTHERN POWER CO, THROUGH' BUILDING UT PRESENT INCOME J. B. Duke, President of the Company, Says Company Must Be Granted Increase in Rates in This State. DIVIDENDS NOT BEING PAIDJVOW Mr. Duke Points Out That He Has Sixty Million Dol lars in Company and Has Received Nothing For It. Charlotte, Oet. 11. —Announcement hat the Southern Power Company is “through" its development of hydro-elee- Tie projects in this state unless the State Corporation Commission allows “an in •rease in the-wholesale rate of power to Sl.4ft as against $1.25 it now allows us." was made here today by J. B. Duke, president of the* fiower company, and mil 'ionaire New York financier. Mr. Duke added that "I have put ap proximately s<!ft.(Mlft.ftftft of my own mon ey into the Southern Power Company so far. I have never taken one rent out of it and never expect to." The average annual return -from tin* great in this state and South Carolina has been "not more than four per e£nt.,” said Mr. Duke, md "these small earnings have always | been put back and many millions more." In his announcement Mr. Duke who ‘xpeets to leave within a few days to inspect the great hydro-electric projects vhich his company is building in Can ada said. "T am ready to proceed to spent more money to build more plants to cre ate more power for further development of the Carol in as. but I am not willing to spend it oil the basis of the returns the Southern Power Company is now al lowed." He said th** records of the company would be laid ..before the Cor poration Commission bht his company did not expect to send a representative to, Raleigh “or engage in a controversy with that official body or any other about a rate increase.” AMERICANS HI NTING GOLD BRAVE RIGORS OF SIBER . ‘Panning" the River Beds For Gold as Their Fathers Did. Vladivostok. Oct. 11.—Up in north ern—Siberia, several miles inland from the little town of Okhotsk, a band of Americans are "panning" the river beds for gold as their fathers did in the California and other mining camps of the west 7ft years ago. Last winter there word 35 of them, but about half tiie number came out this year and all will not return. They have i|nt made any big discoveries, such as those which caused the rushes to the west from '4ft onwards, but they have made a good living and have always before them the dream of riches which.’ through cen turies. has kept prospectors at their calling. There are also a large number of Chinese and Korean placer miners in the country and latterly, an entirely new undertaking for them. Japanese have been taking a hand in the ever eh tranc ing work. Some of tlnr latter have gone 3ftft miles inland, and the miners along the coast are awaiting eagerly tin* re ports of their discoveries, if any. There is also an American trading station at. Okhotsk, the manager of which is Captain D. A. Holmes, for merly of the United States army. Be sides supp’ying the miners and natives, this station engages in the fishing i'n dustry and sells its catches to the Japanese Canneries. The Soviet offifficials, who are in con trol, do not interfere with the miners, fishermen or traders so long as they do not mix in Russian polities. Thus far no taxes have been levied on the miners, who work any and all claims despite the fact that a concession for mining in this district was given a British company- THE COTTON MARKET Showed Renewed Firmness During the Early Trading Owing to Relatively Firm Cables. New York, Oct. 11. —The cotton mar ket showed renewed firmness during to day's early trading owing to relatively firm cables. The opening was 2ft to 3ft points higher on all months except Sep tember which was unchanged. Cotton futures opened firm. Oct. 28.50; Dec. 28 10: Jan. 27.58; March 27.61; May 26.(57. Pleads Guilty to Embexzlement. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. Ift. —Frederick W. Hecht, former cashier of the Ameri can National Bank at Dayton, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U. S. Court here to day in a warrant charging embezzlement of $306,000 of the funds of the banq. Sentence will be pronounced later in the day. Body of Gen. Oglethorpe Unearthed. Granham, England. Oct. Ift (By the Associated Press). —Tiie body of (Jell. Jas. E. Oglethorpe, founder of the State |of Georgia, was unearthed today by ex j cava tors under t lie direction of Dr. jTliomwell Jacobs, who plans to have it removed to Atlanta. SAN FRANCISCO IS READY FOR LEGION City of Golden Gate Putting on Its Hol iday Attire. San Francisco. Calif., Oct. 11.—The City of the Golden Gate is putting on its ! gayest holiday attire in honor of the ap jproaehing national convention of the Am -1 erican Legion. Although the date for flic opening of the gathering is several days distant, outward and visible signs of the'coming invasion are visible on every hand. Convention headquarters have been open since the first of the wee.k and officers and various committees are hard a( work completing the final re tails of the program,, which will be the ibost elaborate ever prepared ftr a gathering of war veterans in tiiis coun t r.v. The city is being decorated to an ex tent neve:' before known in her history. From one end of the' town to the other, on every hand, may be seen a bewilder ing array of bunting, flags and stream ers, until the eye is sated with the va ried display. Men who have attended other gatherings of tin* kind are author ity for the ptatemeut that Ihe general decorations will fully come up to those ever seen ir. any other city and that the electrical display will far exceed anything of the kind ever attempted Ixtfore. Not only are the public buildings and busi ness houses in the downtown section dec orated. but in all parts of the city, even to the suburbs, may be seen beautiful evi dence of the patriotism of the citizens. The great battle fleet of the United States Navy, including a dozen battle ships and nearly two score of destroyers and other vessels, will ride at anchor in San Francisco Bay during tin* period of the convention. Brilliant social pro grams, dazzling parades, elaborate fleet reviews, night illuminations of a spectac ular order and several* additional fea tures will be staged in conjunction with the visit of the fleet. A notable feature of she convention will be the dedication of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in memory of tiie 3,36 ft California hoys who made the supreme sacrifice on the battlefields of France. This imposing structure is bring erected at a cost of $1 .ftftft.ftftft on the crest of Lincoln Park, overlooking tin* Golden Gate. How to care for from 250,000 to 5(H).- Oftft orphans of the World War will be one of the important problems which the convention will he called upon to con sider. Tentative plans for ibis project have already been drawn up by commit tees of the‘American Legion. While defi nite statistics are- not availablefi it is es timated that the greatest number who must receive assistance of some kind from municipalities, counties, States, the Federal Government or the Legion will be live hundred thousand children. ] The convention will receive from tlu*] committee a recommendation for the building of national homes for dependent children of Legion members and service men not members of the Legion who died before May 1, 15)11). In addition to tin* national homes it is proposed to inaugur-j ate a supplementary system whereby de- i pendent children can be placed with fos ter parents. The welfare of the children will be guarded by local Legion posts aftev they have been placed in private homes. The convention will be expected to take necessary action looking to the acceptance of gifts of suitable buildings, money and sites to carry out the project. DRY AGENTS OF STATE MAKE SEPTEMBER REPORT Destroyed 157, Seized 17 Autos and Liquors During the Month. Salisbury, Oct. 11. —One hundred and fifty-seven illicit distilleries were captur ed. seventeen automobiles confiscated. 5)->4 gallons of liquor and 110.844 gallons of malt liquors floured out by I- ederal pro hibition agents operating in North Car olina during September, according to a monthly report issued tdUay by State Prohibition Director A. B. Coltrane. A decided increase in liquor making business over the three summer months was indicated in she report, according to the director. This was probably due to the colder, weather, he stated. Forty-eight persons were arrested, and 138 prosecutions recommended. No agents were injured or killed in the per formance of their duties. The value - of the seventeen automo biles seized {was put lit $4,230: the total appraised valuation of property seized and destroyed $42,232: total appraised value of property seized and not destroy ed. $4.800.55 1 amount of proceeds of sale of seized property turned oyer to the collector. $1.545 05: amount of ex penses incurred incident to seizure and sale $201.02. ANNUAL CONVENTION OF r - STATE KINGS DAUGHTERS # Many Prominent Speakers Are on the Program for Big Meeting at Rocking ham. Rockingham. Oct. Ift. —The thirty fourth annual convention of Kings daugh ters formally opened here tonight with Miss Easdaie Shaw president. Mayor Lowdormilk welcomed the 85 delegates on behalf of the town, and Mrs. John Everett on behalf of the Silver Cross ole. Mrs. I. F. Lee. of Greenvillefi re sponded. Other speakers were Rev. Howard Hartsell. Rev. J. 11. Shore and the state president. Mrs. W. 11. K. Rnr gw.vn. An informal reception was given the visiters at the Presbyterian Church Tuesday night. This morning the dele gates were carried to Samareand and j from there to Pinehurst for lunch. Business meetings will be held morn ing. afternoon and night Thursday. Mrs. Henry Ely. president of th** Virginia branch, arrived Tuesday night, and will be the principal speaker Thursday night , at the closing session. ROTARY MEETING Talk by Paul Whitlock, of Charlotte.— John M. Oglesby New Secretary. The regular weekly ' meeting of the Concord Rotary Club was* held yester day at .the Y. M. C. A. President Ran kin presided and Paul Whitlock, of Charlotte, was the principal speaker. Guests introduced were Mr. Harris, of New York, by E. C. Earnhardt and Rotarian O'Grady of the .Charlotte Club. The fellowship committee reported that October 13 was Rotarian Hartsell's birthday and the sth was the wedding anniversary of Rotarian John Allison ,and Mrs. Allison. Upon njption of Rotarian Fab Hay wood. members of the club volunteered to furnish automobiles to carry fifty or more teachers to the coming teachers’ meeting in Charlotte. Announcement was made that Rotar ian John Oglesby had been elected sec retary of the club to succeed Rotarian Martin Verburg, who will move away from Concord soon. Paul Whitlock, of the Charlotte bar, formerly trpst officer of the American Trust Company, was introduced by Ro tarian Charles Wagoner and made an interesting and instructive talk ou the value of makipg a will and the manage ment of estates. Rotarian Richmond announced that Rotlary Club- and the Iviwanis club ►//ould hold a joint meeting Friday night of next week. STEAMSHIP SINKING SAYS WIRELESS REPORT Captain of Ship City of Everett Says His Boat Is Going Down Very Rap idly. Miami, Fla., Oct. 11. —The steamship City of Everett is sinking about. 150 miles west of Tortugas, according to wireless advices received here today. S() S calls were sent out by the steamship at : 7 o'clock. The first message received read : “Going down, stern firs.t Am lower ing boats. Will sink soon. Latitude 24:30; Longitude 86;00, or about 150 miles west of Tortugas." The steamship Comal which is about 75 miles from the scene of the disaster is rushing to the assistance of the City cf. Ea erett. Crew is Safe. Key West, Fla.. Oct. 11.—The crew of the tank steamer City of Everett, re ported sinking west of Tortugas has tak en to lifeboats, according to wireless Mes sages received here. The steamer Comal en route from this port to Galvston, reported she is nearing the sinking ves sel. The City of Everett sailed from New Orleans September 24th. LUCIUS POLK McGEHEE DEAD IN RICHMOND Was Dean of Law School at University of North Carolina.—Funeral in Rai- j eigh. Richmond, Va.. Oct. 11.—Lucius Polk ' McGehce, dean of the University of North Carolina law school, died at a lo- ' cal hospital early today of paralysis. Hr* was 55 years* old and had been in ill 1 health for several weeks. Dean McGehce was born in Person j County, N. C. His mother was a daugh ter of United States Senator Badger. *of North Carolina, and was a descendant from the. Polk family of which President Polk was a member. He was widely known throughout the South, having been dean of the North Carolina law school for about 15 years. He is survived by a brother, Wm. Polk McGehee. of Denver, Colo., and a num ber of nieces and nephews. His wife died eighteen years ago. Burial will be in Raleigh. ALLSBROOK WITHDRAWS; JUDGE KERR W INS RACE W ill Be No Second Primary in Second District For Kitchin’s Seat in Con gress. Raleigh. Oct. Ift. —Richard (J. Alls brook. of Tarboro. in a statement t to night to The Raleigh News and Ob server. announced his withdrawal from the congressional race in the second dis trict to select a successor to he late Claude Kitehin. leaving Judge John H. Kerr, of Warreuton. as the undisputed winner in the nomination on the demo cratic ticket. Judge Kerr led Mr- A1 lsbrook in Saturday’s democratic primary by about 2.<MH) otes. Had Mr. Al lsbrook not withdrawn a second primary would have been necessary, as Judge K**rr lacked a majority of the total vote cast. Nomination in the second district on the democratic ticket is equivalent to election, as the republican are weak in the district. SWALLOW’S FALSE TEETH -LAUGHING AT JOKE L. Friedburg Has Tep4h Taken From His Stomach in Hospital in New Orleans. New Orleans. La.. Oct. 11.—L. Fried burg. a merchant of Commerce. Texas, was resting easily in a hospital here today while surgeons were trying to as certain just what anecdote it was that caused him to laugh enough to swallow his false teeth. Friedburg was laughing heartily at a joke, according to his Mends, * when his teeth suddenly disap peared down his throat. He was rush ed here for an ojieratiou and_t hey were removed from his stomach and replaced where they belong. Paderewski at Charlotte. Charlotte, October 11. —Ignace Jan Padereski. world famous pianist, will give a concert in Charlotte on Novem ber 26. it was announced here today by ! those promoting the musical event. With Our Advertisers. The Fall Opening Sale at Parker’s J Shoe Store continues with wonderful suc ' cess. See ad. in today's paper. *? O 0 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SCHOOL CHILDREN UNO VETERANS TO BE FAIR GUESTS All Children of the County School and All War Veter ans to Be Guests of Fair On Opening Day Tuesday. • BOX TICKETS ARE BEING SOLD NOW Persons Desiring the Tickets Should See Dr. T. N. Spen cer—Exhibits to Be Car ried to Grounds Monday. School children and war veterans of the entire county will be honor guests at the Cabarrus County Fair on Tuesday, Oc tober 16th, the opening day. Compli mentary rickets have been issued Yo each school teacher jn the county and on the opening day of the - fair every school child will be admitted free. All veterans of the county will share honors with the children on the opening day. Confederate, Spanish-American and World War Veterans are included in those given the special invitation to be present at the opening of the fair, and offifficffiials of the fair have been ad vised that hundreds of the veterans will take advantage of th** invitation extended to them. While the exhibit buildings will be completed and decorated by the end of this week, exhibits will not be placed in most of them until Monday. A few ex hibitors will place their exhibits this week, but farm people are expected to wait until Monday to bring their prod ucts and livestock. The goods will be carefully guarded each night after plac ed in the exhibit halls to guard against theft or damage. Miss Cathleeu Wilson,' home demon stration agent, and Mr. R. I). Goodman, farm agent, will be at the fair grounds Monday. t*> assist the farm people in plac ing their exhibits. Miss Wilson and Mr. Goodman are certain that all exhibits can be placed on flic one day, and for that, reason they have advised the farm peo ple not to bring in their exhibits until Monday. That thousands of people will be here for the fair is certain if fair weather con tinues. From every part of tin* county reports reaching Concord indicate great interest, and many jieople from adjoining counties also plan to be here for the big event. The faiV has been well advertised throughout the State, and in addition much advertising matter has been con spicuously placed in South Carolina. The amusements to be offered this year will be unusually good. Zeidman and Polly, which will provide amusements for the inidwav, carry a clean, modern show and in addition to tlieier shows then will be many free atrtactions. The races will be the greatest fea tures. of course. Some of the horses which have been running at the Greens boro and Winston-Salem fairs will be here, and in addition to these there will be a large number which have been at other fairs. The track here is in ex cellent shape, and track men are expect ing new record** to be made during the week. The races will start each day at 1 o’clock and continue for several hours. Six thousand electric lights have been placed <*n the midway alone, and the grounds at night will be as light as they are during the day. Irt addition to the midway lights there will he thousands of lights at other points on the grounds and in the exhibit buildings. Tickets for box scats in the grand stand are on sale now. and persons de siring to purchase them should notify Dr. T. N. Sjieucer. Boxes are so arrang ed that their occupants have a full view of the race track, and also the pavilion where all free will take place. CLAN CAMERON TO MEET IN RED SPRINGS Meeting to Be One of Most Important Clan Has Ever Held in This Country. Red Springs. Oct. 11. —With Col. Don ald Walter Cameron, hereditary chief of Ulan Cameron in Scotland, and his wife. Lady Hermoiue. as the guests of honor, the Scottish Society of America will convene here Friday in what is re garded as one of the most important of the annual sessions of the society. Col Cameron was the commander of the sth Battalion. Cameron Highlanders, during the world war. an organization which their enemies described as "the laddies from Hell.” Governor Cameron Morrison, of North Carolina and Governor Thos. (J. McLeod, of South Carolina, also are ou the pr*»- fram for addresses. The convention will be held in the auditorium of Flora Mac donald College. I The Lochiel and Lady Mermoine left I Washington last night and arrived in Fayetteville this morning. They were entertained at Fayetteville at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Williamson. Tbeir plans for the day included a drive to Ft. Bragg, near Fayetteville, where they were to Is* guests of Col. and Mrs. McArthur at luncheon, after which they were to inspect the artillery units in tcamp there, and later attend a barbecue at the eoun i try home of Dr. J. Van«e McCougan. | near Fayetteville as guest* of the Fay letteville Rotary Club. NO. 28.