North Carolina Newspapers

j B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. MAMMOTH rant ML begin here tomorrow Everything Now Ready For Official Opening of Local County Fair Fair Grounds Are in Fine Shape and Company Which Will Provide Eentei tainment Has Shows on Grounds.— First Raves Will Be Held Tomorrow at 1 p. m.—The Grounds Will Be Open Free of Charge Tonjght. A.; \ ,4 r 1 • Cabarrus County Fair, j: i w -ij „|H>n here tomorrow at the ' |... »*,j s .mills two miles west of [,/.-nr, l. 'tatr*l today that everything is '* jjj .uliiii '' for the opening. •Ve are ready, and we are_expecting ... „re;itest rrowils in the history of Ca u rus " ( ,ne offieial stated when asked if SBVlhing remained to be done. “We , .pared neither time nor money in ||| ( . fair grountls in shape and vj n „,;, is atitart ive features to the fail*. WV have done this because we know the HH.ple of Cabarrus want nothing but the and we have provided just that." Tml;iv Ik:- been a busy one at the fair ami when the sun sets this eve j’njr ;l H hi.fses for the races, most of the eihibit" t" 1 tin* various buildings and all fur ilie entertainment for the visit < will Is in piare. The horses have arriving in large numbers since Sat , !j\ and j»r;n-ti.-;tliy every stall in the urjv barn- is tilled now. Zeidtuait and I’olly. the company which till juvseitT a variety of entertaining fea nr-> "it tin* miilway. will be ready! for > opening tonight. The show reached I'ni.i-orvi Sarnnlav and is being installed •da> along the midway, where most of •"inn is exjiectid to take place. The m..k rarries a nio-t complete outfit, and a,mi*, m Coni 0.-il with recommendations Wi even city in which it has shown. It 1- by far the most comprehensive and ci,i't elaborate show troupe of its kind that has evoi been to Cabarrus County. The show grounds will be open to the public tonight ami in* admission will be • largis:. I’iisoiis desiring to attend the shuns mist pay, however. Major W. A. Foil, who has been Chief u>ar<hall if tin- fair for several weeks. . - ~,«1 ilii< morning that Mr. M. L. • aniiui In,' >iii .oiled him in This im pi.mrir work. Air. Foil was acting un der direotii.il of his physicians in giving up the ma:diaMiip. Mr. Cannon has u'feptni the post, and will have the eu eiararion of Major Foil in the work. The parade will form as previously Mstil. and will move promptly at 10 " 1 •"• k. The parade will go to the fair ginumb ami upon its arrival there iht ,>tiii ini "polling will take place. —Major Foil will tender the uuiguilicent P"iiii,l> to the county and O. Max Gard iw will accept them on behalf of the ag ni'ulrural interest' of the county. In ra ' t ‘ Mr. Gardner finds it impossible to h :.ere his place will be taken bv Hon. L. T Hart sell. first races will take place pronipt •? at 1 o clock tomorrow. Beginning at ' j in. tomorrow free acts will begin. No i admittance will bo charged to the grand- ] sniiit uight' Brilliaut tire works will Vshown each night. ■ i *'■• '‘'teraiis of the county will lx* v of the fair tomorrow, together j ‘ iiv |i",,! children from all parts of the t Flic veterans will be admitted; uf i hargo. one official of the fair ' JK <: this morning, and if jmssible | '1 'any with them to the grounds! noaiis ut idem ilic.ition so officials ■> fair would know they were vet- L.r weather is promised for the week wentlicr exports, and this (irediction tl ' -eil otfii .ids of the fair to believe that jMi.ng will occur to mar the occasion. • ; !, r weather toiinn row is as favorably !*1 is tmlay, IlijMltl persons are expect- 1 - fair grounds. "Uv.’i ,l j. ;,ttire for the first y' 1 111 this county in many years. ,! , ;; l,, ;'s are gaily decorated with Hags •c 'imiiig and many business houses in '‘‘"I 1 i |av, ‘ covered their fronts with ■Tpivo decorations. , •' Dir gnuuul. also is ablaze with i j'" 1 "’"! streamers. Hags and other • used by the official deeor ii' . " ' IV !,n touch of beauty .j,. :! ■ 'ii'-nt to the exhibit, buildings Kivn i" 1 .' fa,,<i ’ j .' ' 1 - si,.,||is to have caught the j.,.,, '!‘ ll: '• A number of pusiuess a .. ' ' 11 .use on Thursday afternoon •jv 'is will clos,. on both Tuesday and m-iy. ' c.vi-mme is talking fair and 1i,."!• s *''' !:i| ngly plans to be there. t; i( ,, is the race program for ■> k, . * uesday, October 1(5 Th, p l "’' l’ui'e—s4oo.oo. 'Neihhsday. o<tol*r 17th. Tin iV 1 :| ' M —*4oo.oo. • I'm -—5400.04). J in, • hu, " Mla >- October 18th. Tl'; Aii V:u '*- Burse—s4o.oo. '>..,1 Burse—r S4IMMMB. Burse—s4oo.oo. -17 a- li,la * v * October Itttli. r,; ' , Burse—s4oo.oo. • 1 Use—s4(HMM>. 1’ 4 , ,Ur <lay. October 20th. Fie,, v"' Bm-s's— $400:00. " r A i'rot. Purse—s4oo.oo. v . B. ml it ions: vhieh r| s Rules to Govern (of All fa’.,'" ""‘ :<t "ii is a member). l *nt. °f pm " l^an * "B*' ll P er Xo ' s ‘,'' a side for winner, hi addit * t ‘* v no deductions. W|, 'l tv,, " 11 , * lt ‘ above races there " 'unuing races each afternoon. Huts *«?> ( H«* Advertisers. Specialty H an d style at the rHE CONCORD TIMES. * * * TRIBUNE NOT TO * PI BLISH TOMORROW * There will be no issue of The 'h 1 ribune tomorrow. The holiday will rF; be Observed so the employes of the *y- pjiper will have an opportunity to & spend the entire day at the fair grounds. The regular issue will be published on Wednesday; STORES WILL CLOSE. Several Business Houses of the City Will Observe Half Holiday So Employes Can Attend Fair. The undersigned members of the Mer chants Association of Concord, have agreed that they will close their stores at twelve o'clock on the afternoon of Thurs day. October ISth. for the purpose of al lowing their employes to attend the Ca barrus County Fair on that afternoon: ItichinoiTtl-Flowp Co., .1. (’. Pounds' Shoe Store. Ivey Shoe Co.. .lames H. Far ltjy, Ititchie-Caldwell Co., \Y. A. Over cash. Shoe Store. Hoover's Inc.. .1. E. Love. Browus-Cannou Co.. Ritchie Hardware Co.. Bell & Harris Furniture Co.. Yorke & Wadsworth Co.. W. C. Correll Jewelry Co., Musette. Inc., Spe cialty Hat Shop, Sr. Cloud Barber Shop. Central Barber Shop. Fisher’s. Elird's. H. B. Wilkinson Furniture Co., Scar boro & Co.. Concord National Bank, Cit izens' Bank and Trust Co.. McLellan Stores Co.. J. E. Liueberger, M. li. Pounds. Kidd-Frix Co.. Cabarrus Savings; Bank, Concord Fiirniture Cot, E. F. Shepherd- The following grocery merchants of Concord have also agreed to close their stores on Tuesday and Thursday of this week at 1 o’clock for the fair: Sanitary Grocery Co.. OrchVrd Produce Co.. Lippard & Barrier. H. B. Troutman. The Propst Co.. City Grocery, Piggly Wiggly. A. & P. Tea Co.. Cabarrus Cash , Grocery k'o.,. Jno. W. Cline, Cline <X: Moose. Richmond-Flo we Co., Dove & Bost Co. W. J. Glass. Other grocers who have not been seen probably will close also. JAMESTOWN YOUTH IS KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE Mebane Matthews Struck by Car Driven by Superintendent, of High Point Schools. Jamestown, Oct. 13. —Returning to his home in High Point late this afternoon after having attended the district teach ers’ meeting in session at Greensboro, Weaver M. Marr, superintendent of city schools, High Point, driving his Ford coupe, struck and instantly killed Mebane George, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Matthews, of this place. The accident happened along the Greens boro-Higli Point road on the hill towards the Jamestown high school. A warrant for the arrest of the High Point city superintendent of schools, charging him with manslaughter, was sworn out by XV. G. Brown, magistrate of High Point, and was served at 8 o'clock tonight by R. B. Parker, deputy sheriff of High Point. After two. wit nesses had been examined by Magistrate Brown tonight. Mr. Marr was released under $5,000 bond. The preliminary will take place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. 9- W. T HENDERSON SHOT AND KILLED SATURDAY Ki Baker Is Being Held in Marshall. Charged With the Crime. Marshall. N. 0., Oct. 15.—XV. T. Hen derson, aged 00, a country merchant liv ing at Big Pina, in Madison County, was shot and instantly killed Saturday by Ki Baker, aged 45. The latter is being held in jail here without bond under a mur der charge. The shooting is said to have followed a quarrel over s4.fto which Baxter claimed Henderson owed him. Baker went to Henderson's home Saturday afternoon land confronted Henderson. The quarrel ensued, it is said, and Baker is said to have drawn his pistol, firing four shots poiutblank at Henderson. One took ef*- feet in the head, tin* others in the body. Henderson was said to have been unarm ed. Holmes Blair of Charlotte Dies After Sliqrt Illness. Charlotte. Oct- 13.—Holmes Blair, for some years one of the foremost civil engineers in Charloltte and this section of the state, died this morning at 2 o'clock at the Charloltte sanatorium, where he had been for two months under treatment for stomach trouble. Women who belong to the sororities are the most conscientious students in a college community,, according to statis tics compiled by President C. ( . Little, of the University of Maine. \ Mrs. Annie Ansher Smith, of Fred ericksburg, has the distinction of being the first wohian to hold office as county treasurer in Virginia. Schools. published Mondays and Thursdays. LHIEHIK SAN 'FRANCISCO KOW FORMAL MEETING More Than 900 Delegates Were Present When First Session of Fifth Annual Convention Was Held. 10,000 MEMBERS IN FRISCO FOR MEET Virtually Every State and Territory Represented.— Business Sessions Will Be Started/This Afternoon. San Francisco, Cal.. Oct. 15.—The Fifth annual convention of the American Legion opened here officially today with more than 1)00 delegates, representing virtually every state and territory of the United States, and thousands of vis iting Legionaires in attendance. Final plans for the submission of re ports and the transaction of business which is to come before the delegates were completed at a meeting of the Nat ional Executive Committee yesterday. It was estimated by Legion officials to day that 10.000 members of the organiza- j tiou arrived yesterday, and several oth ers are expected to arrive today on spe cial trains. Among those who arrived yesterday are Alvin Owsley, of Texas, national com mander of the Legion ; Secretary of La bor Davis, who is representing President Coolidge; James MacFarland. national ; commander of the Disabled American X’eteraus of the XX'orld XX’ar. and Gen. Joseph Hawler, commander of jibe Polish army. SOUTHERN POWER ASKS COMMISSION FOR RATE, Unable to Supply* Demand and Can’t * Build. —Urges a Higher Tariff. Charlotte, Oct. 113.—The Southern Power Company is going to the corpora- i tion commission for authority to increase rates for electric power in North Caro- i lina. Through its vice president, XX'. S. Lee. of Charlotte, the company has prepared ' for presentation to the commission, a formal petition entitled “In the matter of petition of the Southern Power Com pany to establish an increased rate for electrical power. Before the corpora tion commission of North Carolina." In the course of its petition the com pany refers to the previous hearing on the subject of increased rates when it asked for authority to charge more for electric power but was denied all that it asked for and recites that after a fair trial at present prices it is unable to gen- ! crate at its big plants all the power need ed in this state and is “unable to secure j additional capital iu order that it may further carry on its developments so as to supply the enormous demand for power j which it has in Piedmont North Carolina, and petition the petitioner for sometime ' past has been unable to supply power, not only to new plants to be constructed j but for enlargements and additions to J plants of its present customers.” The petition of the company in effect, is for the rates which were named in schedule No. 1 in the petition which was filed ip November, 1920, that began with 1 a rate of 1.40 cents per k. w. hour. The 1 corporation commisvion to that hearing \ gave a rate of 1.25 instead of 1.40. The i only other change in the new petition | over the old is a slight change in sehed- I ules 7 and 8 which refer back to sched- ! ule No. 1. OPPOSE REMOVAL OF GEN. OGLETHORPE’S BODY I 1 London Newspapers Jain in Protest Al ready Made by Many People. London. Eng., Oct. 15. —Four of the London morning newspapers joined in the protest against the removal from England of the remains of General Og lethorpe, founder of the state of Georgia. One editorial writer professes to be at a loss to discover why Oglethorpe T’ni versity “should require the British peo ple to connive to sacrilege to make the students’ holiday.” Another refers to “Ameiycans who have a craze for bones” as “well meaning souls.” A third says that “these body-snatchers will have to stay their sacriligious hands.” Specials at Parks-Belk Company*. Fair XX'eek shoppers in Concord will find rare opportunities to get real bar gains by calling at the Pnrks-Belk Co. Great specials can be found in all parts of the store. The company today has a page ad. in this paper setting forth some of the bar gains to be found. It will be to your in terest to rqad the ad. carefully and call to see the many specials offered at the present time. . /' Comes as Surprise to Barrett. Charlotte, Oct. 14. —James F. Bar rett, editor of the Charlotte Herald, ex pressed surprise at the news in the Charlotte Observer today emanating from Asheville, that be is a candidate for the recently created office <Jf organiz er for the State Federation of Labor. “I have made no application for the place and have not expressed the de sire to anybody, at any time, or at any place that I would like to have the office,” he said. CONCORD, N. C„ MOND AY, QCTOBER 15, 1923 SIX LOST LltS IN BLAZE IN NEW YORK Fire Destroyed Three Story Frame Building anti Trap | ped Victims Before They Could Escape. New York. Oct. 15.—Six persons were burned to death when fire destroyed a three-fctory frame building in Benson -11l mt section of Brooklyn today. The dead, are: Mrs. Lillian Xndrew, her son. Charles, and her daughter, Mar garet ; George Kyne. Frances I*. Fowler, and Miss Roberta XX’igert. Mrs. Anna Andrews leaped frojn iito allie and was seriously hurt. Neighbors seeing the smoke rolling from the basement of the dwelling rushed to the spot just in time to s»"> Mrs. An drews leap from the window of her attic apartment. Later firemen found the charred bodies of the six victims when apparently they had been overcome af ter the escape had been cut off_ by the flames. METHODISTS TO HOLD CONFERENCE THISWEEK Western North Carolina Conference Meets This Year at Winston-Salem. XX’iiwston-Snlem. Oct 15.—The 34th an nual session of flic Western North Car olina Methodist Conference. South, will be held here this week with Bishop Col 'ins Denny, of Richmond, X’a.. presiding. He is expected to arrive here Tuesday. | accompanied by Mrs. Denny. XX'hile the conference session will not be formally opened until XX'ednesday morning, the Conference Historical So ciety will hold its annual session Tues day night, when the principal address j will be delivered by Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, of Nashville. Tenn„ on "Reminiscenses of an Itinerant.” All sessions of the conference will be held in Centenary Church, which recent ly completed a large Sunday school build ing and remodeled the main auditorium ' of the church. Rev. Z. E. Barnhardt. ! who is serving the charge his third year, i will be a conference host. The attendance is expected to number ! 500 fir more, of these 350 being preach-1 er«. Among the leading connectional men who will address the conference will be' Dr. Plato Durham of Emory College Atlanta; Dr. XV. B. Sbackford, of the. Southern Sunday School Board, Nasti- 1 ville, Tenn.. Dr. F. S. Parker, of the! Southern Epworth League Board, and J Dr. XX'. XX'. Pinson, of the Southern ' Board of Missions. The morning sessions will be devoted exclusively to business, while anniversary meetings will be held in the afternoons afternoons. It is predicted that a nuni-, bej; of changes will be made in pasto rates. meaning that (lie bishop and his associates will have much work to do in the assignment of preachers for the coming year. The appointments are expected to be read the afternoon of Mon day, October 22. after -which the con ference closes. THE COTTON MARKET There Was an Excited General Buying Movement in Cotton at the Opening. _ New York. Oct. 15. —There was an ex cited general buying movement on the cotton market at the opening today ow ing to rejxirts of heavy rains general over Texas, Oklahoma and parts of Arkan sas. The market opened strong at ad vance of 49 to GO points and showed net advances of G7 to 77 points during the early trading with December selling at 29.55 or within 35 points of the high freeord for the season. Cotton futures opened strong: Octo ber 29.00 to 29.85; December 29.15 Jan uary 28.00; March 28.00; May .28.05. Bigham Hearing Postponed. Florence. S. C.. Oct. 15. —Edmund Big ham, alleged murderer of five members of his family, who was sentenced to death more than two years ago. obtained a new lease on life today. On motion-of Solici tor L. M. Gasque, Judge E. C. Dennis in the circuit court here postponed till the March term the hearing of Bigham's mo tion for a new trial, which was set for today. Attorney King, representing the defendant, opposed the continuance. Story of D’amond in Floats In order to celebrate its renaissance, the diamond industry of Antwerp or ganized a great jewel procession. The Royal family viewed the pageant. The parade consisted of 15 beautifully djecorated cars depicting industry, and also the history of the jewel. The pro cession lasted for one and one-half hours. i “I AM THE FAIR” “I am community service. “1 ain the discoverer of lost talents. “I am-the key to the door of self-expression and better production. “I bring ieinforcements to rescue our defeated instincts. t ■’Through )ne folks are drawn together. “I am the, trumpet that awakens man's creative instinct. I bid the ousiuess man of his advantages, the child of his opportunities. • “I thrill them with the elec trie impulse to realize their own worth, to know their neighbors, to help their community. "I am the realization of gladness. I am the consciousness of life. lam t-Jie spirit of good will and universal progress. I serve you. I serve /lie community. Thus I serve America. “1 aih community service—l am the Fair.” BUSSELDORF STORES FEAR WORE LOOTERS For Fear They Will Be Loot ed Again, Owners of Stores Once Robbed, Have Re fused to Open Them. Dusseldorf, Oct. 15 (By the Associated ’ Press K —The Stores have remained closed . today but loosing which terrorized the (•city Saturday was not resumed. Muni* i < ipal authorities have called upon the I population to organize a self protective I body that would be able to help the po i lice in case of further trouble. The police today raided a number of I houses situated near the laajed stores ! and recovered large quantities of mer jchaudise. Sixteen alleged leaders of the I looters were arrested by the authorities jof occupation. Several of the prisoners j will be court martialed and the others ! surrendered to the German authorities. Two Reported Killed. Berlin. Oct. 15.—Two civilians are re ported to have been killed and several others injured at Meiningen Sunday night j when the reiehswer were calk'd upon to I ; help the police clear the streets of riot- i : era, r- I Three persons were injured in a food ;riot at Frankfort am .Main on Saturday. 1 CHANGE IS MADE AT THE WHITE HOI SE * President Coolidge Now Receives No [ Guests in the Afternoon, Devoting His Time to Business Matters. Washington. Oet.' 12. —While public! discussion continued as to why Presi dents break down under the strain of their duties and as to means of relieving | J this strain, C. Bascom Slemp, secretary ! to President Coolidge. has after a /nonth ! in Office evolved one plan for saving the ! strength of his chief. Secretary Slemp has instituted a sys tem whereby engagements .for conferences with the President are limited to the forenoon and the whole afternoon is re \ served for use by the President in study of reports of details of the problems be- j ' fore him and occasional conferences with ! cabinet members. The system so far is j j said to have worked very well and to 1 leave the President much less fatigued j at the end of the day Hian under the old 1 system whereby engagements frequently were scattered throughout th afternoon# I DR. ZANGWILL’S ADDRESS CAUSES CRITICISM I American Jewish Congress Disavowed Ad dress in Resolution Adopted Today. New York. Oct. 15.—The American Jewish Congress today disavowed the ad dress yesterday of Israel Zangwill. au- 1 thor ami publicist in which he asserted the Jews must forego their political hopes regarding Palestine, rather than “throw a match into such a prf\WPer factory as the globe has become.” The disavowal took the* form of a mo tion carried unanimously after the ad dress by Dr. Stephen A. Wise, chairman of the executive committee.’’ ”It cannot be made too clear,” said I)r. Wise, "that I)r. Zangwill spoke for himself and not for the American Jewish 1 Congress. He spoke to Israel but not for Israel." SAYS MRS. WEBB DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES Certificate to This Effect Has Been Filed by Coroner After Investigation. ! White Plains, X. Y., Oct. 15.—-Coroner ; j Fitzgerald announced today lie had filed a | | certificate at Harrison stating that Mrs. ■ Gertrude Gorman Webb, wealthy New York and Philadelphia society woman, | whose death at the fashionable Westehes- ! ter-Biltmore Country Club was officially i investigated bad died of natural causes, j The inquest scheduled for tomorrow has | been called off. the coroner added, al- j though the grand jury sessions would be ; continued today. _. J Federal Internal Revenue Agent Here. Mr. H. B. Wallace, with the Federal government’s Internal Revenue Depart-, j inent. arrived in Concord this morning to | spend about a week here on official busi- \ ; ness. He is one of the government | agents her| Eo look into the automobile; i for hire licenses, and stag'd to a repre sentative of The Tribune this morning ! that all drivers of cars for hire who have ’ j not procured the necessary licenses should do so at once, since they will be stop | ped at once if they have not the neces ! sary license. A representative from the State’s Revenue Bureau will also be here this week. Persons driving with ; out license are -criminally , liable, and J Will be prosecuted. <- MASONS HEAR ADDRESS *tat* BY GRAND COMMANDER ! In Address Commander Urged That De partment of Education Be Created by Government. XX'ashington. Oct. 15.—-A national de partment of education to be in charge of I a member of the President’s cabinet was urged today by John H. Coles, sovereign grand commander, before the supreme council. 33rd degree, Scottish R, : te Me ’l sons, southern jurisdiction in session ■ here. A measure to bring this about, ! he said, wou’d be placed before the uext Congress./ The “little red- school house” received ' a tribute from Mr. Coles who described 1 the free public school as the great Amer ! ican institutiop. “It (is the great equalizer,” lie said, "the remover of all class, the leveler of race and creed distinction, where the child of the rich mingles freely with the child of the poor; where the child of the J Catholic should freely and without self j | consciousness mingle with the child of j ' the Jew; where Mohammedan and Chris-j ! tian ; Buddhist and Latin and Celt: ! where foreigners can meet and have their i minds properly moulded for the future. | Then can then grasp full meaning of I I liberty awl equality and thus become j fully armed with manly vigor and in tel- j -ligent reason—the American citizen of tomorrow.” Mr. Coles recommended the erection j by the order of a modern hospital for the treatment of Masons suffering from tuberculosis. Delegates today visited Mount Vernon ! and the tomb of the unknown soldier. J Toryght a reception to be given by the Supreme Council in honor of the heads of the grand lodge, grad chapter,' grand council And Knights Templar. THE CENTENARY OF GEN. STONEWALL JACKSON Will Be Observer Some Time in Jan uary Under Present Plans. ■ Richmond, X’a.. Oct. 12. —Plans for a 1 memorable celebration are under diseus ! sion for the observance of the one bun- ] dredth anniversary of the birth of Gen eral Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, the great Confederate military leader. Though i the commemoration will not take place 1 until next January, preliminary arrange ments ter the occasion has already been inaugurated by the United Confed- i ! erate X'eterans, Daughters of the Con- . fefieracy. and various other organizations. ; The figure of “Stonewall" Jackson | i stands forth wtth an entirely unique in- , dividuality among Southern leaders. His torians have seen in him many of the j qualities that distinguished rtie great Cromwell. There was the same deep de votion. the' same fiery onslaught, the same unquailing courage; but the puri- | tanical cant in his case had become an j unassuming sincerity and simple faith. He came of English parentage, his i great-grandfather having emigrated from I | London to Maryland in 1748. Here he j married, and shortly after removed to ; what is now the State of XX'est X’irginia. i His father was an engineer and died be- j fore his son's recollection. His mother died when he was ten years old. and her death is said to have made a profound i impression on the lad. An uncle assum ed the responsibility of bringing him up. He was a* very delicate child, but the [rough life of a Virginia farm strengthen -led his constitution. At 18 he was up | pointed a cadet to XVest Point. On his 1 graduation in 1846 he was ordered to Mexico, where he took part in General Scott's campaign. In 1851. on his ap pointment as a professor at X irgiuia Military Institute, he resigned from the j army. A few days after the secession of X'ir- j ginia, but before actual hostilities had , commenced, Jackson was ordered to Har-1 per’s Ferry to drill the military bands j that were gathering there from all I quarters. XX’hen X’irginia joined the Con j federaey a few weeks later, he became a brigade commander in the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, which rank he held at the battle of Bull Run. In that ac tum Jackson's brigade was the first to get into position, and checked the prog ress of the Federal forces. General Ber nard E. Bee. in rallying his men, said: “See, there is Jackson standing like a, stone wall.” Bee fell almost immediate ly after, but his exclamation conferred j upon the Confederate brigadier-general a baptism that became immortal, i At XX’inchester. at Cross Keys, Gaines Mill. Sharpsburg. and other engagements l in the X’irginia campaign. “Stonewall" Jackson continued to add to his reputa tion as one of the ablest military lead ers of th* Confederacy. The subtlety of his strategy, the'rapidity of bis march- j 1 es, and the originality of his maneuvers j during this period have called forth an ! stinted praise- from the world's ablest j military critics. His untimely end came Immediately fol ! lowing his victory at ChaucellyrsVille* in | the early part of May. 1803, XX’hile c*all- J ing on his men to restore order and get | into line. Jackson found that Hooker was advancing with fresh troops, being j pressed in front by Lee. Jaekson. with ; •a part of his staff, moved forward in . the direction of the advancing Federal j troops. In order to screen himself from j the flying bullets, he rode with his staff 1 into a thicket to the left and rear and I soon came in front of his own line of battle. His men. mistaking the officers (for the enemy, opened fire, and from this volley, Jackson received his mortal i wounds, while several of his escorts were killed or wounded. General Jackson lin gered for some days, his death occurring at Quiney’s Station on May 10, 1803. Milk is said to be replacing coffee as the mid-morning drink of business men in j London. Made entirely of wood, except lor the spriug. a watch has just been made by a j Russian peasant and presented to Lenine. 12.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. RIGID ENFORCEMENT I OF VOLSTEAD LAWS DISCUSSED AT MEET Citizenship Conference Now U in Session in National Cap ital Wants More Support For Dry Measures. SPEAKERS FRANK IN CRITICISMS Declare There is Too Much Opposition to Law —Presi- dent Will Give His Views In Address Saturday. Washington. Oct. 15.—The framing of recommendations ns to the most effective 1 means of arousing public opinion for a mofp rigid enforcement of the Volstead act constituted the most important work today before the Citizenship Conference. Dissatisfaction with present conditions ‘ have been voiced by a number of speak- I ers at the first two days sessions, with some specific evidence given of the dif ficulty in getting the enforcement nifl i ehiuery in some localities juto action even after violations had been called to ! official attention. i Several suggestions a« to ways of pro curing better enforcement were pre -1 sented to the conference yesterday with most of the speakers agreeting that an aroused public opinion alone would bring the maximum result alone. Governor Pinehot, of Pennsylvania, told the cou i ference that no one less than the Presi dent of the United States himself could I meet present emergency because the President alone can bring all government, forces to a concerted attack on law vio lators. "William Jennings Bryan, speaking at i the night sessions of the First Congre gation (’hurch at which? President Cool i idge was present, declared that if the i President and his cabinet, state gover nors and their advisors, "would announce that they are themselves teetotallers and ! would not use intoxicating liquors them selves." they would do more to strength en prohibition sentiment of the nation ■ than anything else could do. President to Give Views on Prohibition. Washington, Oct. 15.—President Cool idge will present bis views on prohibition law enforcement at the Governors' con ference to be held here Saturday, and in the meantime will have no comment to make on Governor Piuchot’s suggest ion that the President had taken into his own bands the task of dry law enforce ment. Trapped in Upper Bedroom 3 Children Burn to Death. Lanesville, Ind., Oct. 14-—Trapped in a bedroom on the seond floor, three small children were burned to death to night when fire of undetermined origin destroyed a combined business and resi dence building here. Victims of the fire were children of Charles Stanley; Josephine 12, Charles Jr., 10, and William 0. —The family occupied* an apartment above a store here, to which a nar row stairway furnished the only means* of entry and exit. The father_ tried vain ly bo reach the children after the fire was discovered but the flames swept the stairway and barred entrance. Jean, 8, baby of the family, was being undress ed down stairs and was the only child to escape. No Date For Rate Hearing. Raleigh. X. C., Oct. 15. —The date for hearing of the appeal of the Southern Power Company for an increase in the hydro-electric power rate of about 10 per cent, had not been set by the Corpora tion Commission this a. m. pending arriv al here of .W. T. Lee, chairman of the commission 'who has been out of town re cently. Negro Church Conference. Raleigh. Oct. 15. —The third annual conference of church workers among the negroes in the province of Sewaiee, will held ai Mattlwis Church, Asheville, October 28-25. according to an anuouuce j ment here. The conference will bring together rep rcsenfative churchmen of both rates from th“ Episcopal dioceses of,all the states of the south, excepting Virginia. Woman Drops Itead in a Crate of Fresh Eggs. Rook Hill, a, C, Ooto&r 18.— Ida I Harden, uegress, age 2N. of Leslie, drop j ped dead in a store here this afternoon, heart disease being given by physicians as the cause. She had j»*t entered the establishment when stricken, and fell into a crate of eggs near the door. After an examination it was decided no injuest was necessary. The woman, survived by a husband and three chil dren. was apparently in usual health and was in the besl of spirit a moment before stricken- White Sox Defeat Cubs, Score 5 to 3- Chicago, Oct. 14. —More than ,35,000 fans, the greatest crowd that ever as : tended a Chicago city series, saw the White Sox beat the Cubs 5 to 8 in the fourth game of the series today. The victory evened the series at two wins each. A home run by Earl Sheeley with Hooper ob first base broke up the game in the ninth inning. NO. 29.