j B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
Fear Many Miners Die In
Illinois Mine Explosion
Explosion m Chicago Wil
Mine Near West Frank
fort, Ilk, Trapped Men.
ABOFT a thousand
WERE IN THE MINE
But Officials Think Most of
Them Escaped by Means of
Safety Devices —Some of!
Dead Bodies Recovered.
( , . \,,v. 26. —Twenty-five men j
i,j;i d (or mu of a total of 5)22 '
vision this morning in the]
\\ , uiiigton & Franklin Coal]
, ~ v mine m<ar West Frankfort,
p rj,,. iarjiest mine in the state, ami (
% i,, ~ --ie world, according to advice]
, i;. Harrington, presideeut of the;
',. ,‘„ v Seven men .were reported j
I i t'Au -ej-iiiusly. The explosion l
l,v gas and a great disaster j
averted by the barrier pil
in use, iu the. mine. The ad-]
i I over the company’s private l
;,„i;eated that the explosion occur- I
■vlj'iti tI:, northwest corner of the mine.
~-i t>i 1•. v .dniii :t mile from tin* shaft.
•p ~inii occurred on a level 5<M) I
f. • i„!. w il e Mirface. ami the informa
, \,.,i from .Joseph Lewis, general |
nt. indicated. Mr. Harrington
‘ Fat tile trouble had been localized.]
r hr attributed to the barrier sys- j
, :y which entries are closed and-the
V where an explosion or tire dc
. F rut off from the remainder of
M-n. : r. which includes miles of umler
u;.l tunnels.
I .oust 'lay Be Trapped.
lieut >ii. ill.. Nov. 26 (By the Assoeiat
f I. —-More- than 1.000 men may
b, nim"d in Mine No-1 of the Chicago,
Wilmington Franklin Coal Company,'
• wa- reported; following explosion in
•ii, j laiur this forenoon. Officials of the
r winy have declined-to comment on,
th-'report, and wotiltl not say whether
;ik knew any men had been killed in
-he A state mine rescue car has
b>i: dispatched from here. The mine
„ is the world’s record iu the number
• ;..;;s hoisted in eight hours and it is
believed about 1,100 men were in the|
ihe time of the explosion.
Think <>o Are Entombed.
Herrin. 111..- Nov. 20.—Five bodies!
ittivr het*i( lakeii from the Chicago. Wil
n-ington A Franklin Coal Mine and 00
are presumed to be entombed at the en
rraii-e where' the explosion occurred.
Several Still Missing.
West Krankford 111., Xov. 20.—-Four- «
■ nf the 1.100 men employecL in the
orieiir Mine four miles from here, were i
uiiiiee,.'inted bar this afternoon following
an explosion in the mine this morning.
Eleven 4iiner< were severely burned.
T • Mat-metit was made by officials of
‘ e. » i
HOLSTEIN MAKES WORLD’S
RECORD AS] MILK PRODUCER
Em'iichl :*,:,.05r».04 Pounds of Milk,
With 1.117. Hi Pounds of Butterfat.
• >. Xov. 26. —Kolrain Finderne
lit", a Holstein cow. completed a test
a? se V > myeoTv ~f age. with a production
"f oo.' so. t pounds of milk containing ]
1.117.1 d pounds of butterfat. equivalent ]
'• .pounds of butter, making her]
' - \V"i !d'> * tiiaiiipion milk cow for]
;>r<'! ; u-ti..ii under strictly official rules, |
a><-oiij.[jj, to announcement of The Hoi-j
rouiTrit-lati Association of America.
I’""’ nr hluciion for the year is s?uf
-- t to s-,ppy 4-1 families with one
*t' ia "f each day for 3*55 consecu-
; 1Vt ‘ days, the announcement said, as
•!-" days the cow produced an av
- or 100 pounds of milk in a one
test period. She is owned by
I'd i Field Dutch Holstein Farms
- -’t' ‘t’- -'lass., and her weighings,
J- 1 .-amp!in- of each milking and all
™ttert:it -tests were made under the su-'
t |„. Massachusetts Agricul
-'Uk UollcgH.
- p ; r -‘. v tv. . other cows have exceeded
y ' 'updo.-!ion of milk—her half sis
p.l- Rilrain Marion Finderne, and Segis
'"Fi'- I’n-pecf, the world’s cham
'il' a-nn.unieement said. “The
' " f : -iese two cows, however, were
! > dor semi-official rules.”
1 < MEMBERS stand
WITH WOODROW WILSON
\v>i,re Mr. Wilson They “Al-
ways stand With You.”
. ] ]!- n- ("I, Xov. 23. —Former Presi
ii ,F‘ ! was assured that the Daugh
'' uifederacy “always stand
! r >"s an enthusiastic ex
-1 s tings late yesterday at the
'-'-d'dit’s South Street i home.
B 'knv d l ' !K do appeared at the win
}fN r ' s i<lence, with assistance of
a n 'entitled his remarks to
' F ;; ot "warm gratitude for
t’ i( . j;'' 'nit*Test” shown for him by
wiut are met Ting here iu
sj . •' : -01. and in honor accord-
ion with Chief Juestipe
tai. z . I;:!v membership in the or
"biles bearing delegates
w former President had
window, and in response
i '" : ‘ l+ ' for a few
" K ! 'de‘ rhein.
| . Mu. *’ 1 Hunger Strike.
V s ,F' v ' IBy the Associated
-* ILtler. the Bavarian fas
■ "as arrested after fail
- nationalist “putsch” here
ik . 1 m ‘ gone on a hunger
l (i T wl l( ’,. i ; near this
' i> bein confined. •
tip. ,l:ls been completed to
’ Foe of General Peyish
ioii,..: ' Mount county Tenn.
\ Mother' c '’“’bably will take pllace
> Day next year.
THE CONCORD TIMES.
ABOUT THE BOLL WEEVIL
Questkns Answered iu a Feature Article
Sent Out From Raleigh.
Raleigh. Nov. 2(5. —“Do you know
when the boll weevil begin.; to enter the
cotton fields in the Spring or when 44
begins to lay eggs each season? How
long after emerging from "the eotton
square does the newly hatched weevil
begin to lay eggs?" These are some of
the questions answered by Dr. It. 'V.
Leiby in a feature article in the Novem
ber issue of Extension Farm Newo. now,
being mailed from the office of, the Ex
tension division of North Carolina Stan*
College and the Department of Agricul
ture. The article is designed t > giye
North Carolina fanners late information |
about tin* boll weevil in their own Stale.
Information about, the weevil Homing
from other sources has been available
f r some time, hut activities of the weev
il in N o'.\ Carolina la d year are re
ported in Farm News this month for the
tiiist time.
The issue, also contains a list of fer
tilizer mixtures which will be recom
mended for various crops under North
Carolina conditions next year: it shows
a picture of Catherin Clark, the cham
pion Tar Heel Chib girl for I!>2M, and
gives an account of her work and tells,
about .nine of the good work being done
by farm club boys during the past few
months. There are number of soil
improving crops which can be grown in
the State without the expense of liming.
Dr. L. G. Willis, soil chemist, gives a ,
number of these and tells how they may ]
be Dr. R. Y. Winters tells,
about 15)24 model .cotton seed and how I
these were improved to increase acre j
yields. How to drain a swampy spot j
In the old field and the necessary feeds
for successful poultry production are
some of the other aticles contained in the
current issue of Farm News.
Extension Farm News is the official
organ of the extension divienn ex
periment station of Stat" College and
the Department of Agriculture. It is
beiig mailed to over 1.T.000 extension !
club leaders, school teachers
and prominent farmers in North Caro
lina. The November issue is unusually
attractive on account of a large number j
of cufis used showing various activities !
of the agricultural workers and the sea-I
sofia 1 articles about farming in the
State. . I
CHARGE FORBES ONCE
DESERTED FROM ARMY
Papers Said by Officials to Prove tlie
Charge. Given to Senate Bureau Coin- .
mittee.
Washington. Nov. 2*s.—Papers said ]
by war officials to show that at one time '
Charles It. Forbes, former director of |
the Veterans’ Bureau, was dropped from
the rolls of the army as a deserter, were
turned over to the Senate Veterans’ Com
mittee today by the department.
Tiie records sent to the committee at
its request, were said also to show that
Forbes was later apprehended, served
out his time of enlistment and was dis
charged without having been brought to
trial.
The attitude of the department at this
time, it was said, was that the ca-e,
long ag • lias been disposed of, and ther
was no intention of taking any further
action, # as rhe matter is now in the
hands of rhe Senate Committee.
Members of the committee declined to
say what use would be made of the in
formation given by the department. Dur
ing the veterans investigation in which
Forbes was the central figure, efforts
were made to bring the former director’s
service record into rhe case, but Chair
man Reed ruled it out on the ground
that evidence should be confined to the
period after Forbes becames head of the
Veterans’ Bureau.
CHARLES D. JOHNSTONE
IS SHOT BY NEGRO
Shooting Occurred at Construction Camp
In Greensboro Near N. C. C. W.
- Greensboro. X. C„ Nov. 26. —Clias. L.
Johnstone, grading superintendent em
ployed by a contractor to build a new l
athletic field at N. C. College for Women,
was shot and painfully wounded by AVill
Anderson, negro laborer, at a construction
camp near the college this morning at
8:30 o'clock. He made his escape al
though the section was searched by tlie
sheriff and a number of deputies.
With Our Advertisers.
If you want to know how to put dol
lars in your milk pail, read the ad. today
of the Cash Feed Store.
A great sale of Thanksgiving linen and
Chinm ware ’ begins today at the, Parks-
Belk Co., and lasts through Wednesday,
Nothing like home talent in dressing
a doll. Let the Specialty Hat Shop solve
this problem for you busy mothers.
Second Trial of Harvey Postponed.
Charleston. S. C., Nov. 26.—Jhe sec
ond trial of former Governor Alison G.
Harvey on charges of violating the State
banking laws in connection with the
failure of the Enterprise Bank, was to
day postponed until the next term of
court on motion of counsel for the de
fense. I
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
4- ’ '
Rain tonight, slightly warmer iii the
east: Tuesday cloudy and colder, prob
ably ruin on the coast.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
OUT OF THE WEST
CREW OF SCHOONER
FIRED AT OFFICERS
Firing Occurred After Schooner, Laden
With Rum. Had Been Seized by Offi
cers.
New York. Nov. 24.—The crew of the
rum laden schooler Tomako. after her
captured yesterday about six miles off
the Jersey shore threatened a coast guard
officer and attempted a dash to sea after
firing their machine guns at he cutters
Seaeca ami Lexingtfm. .The addition.*:!
facts were brought out in an official re
port made toda\ to the collector of -the
port, who was investigating the alleged
British registry of the schooner, whose
seizure, it was reported from London,
might bring a formal protest from the
British government.
According^to the report L. W. Perkins,
off the coast guard, was sent aboard
the Tomako after her capture. The
Lexington and Seneca started back to
New York with the Tomako loafing along
in the rear. Suddenly it was alleged the
machine guns were trained on the Per
kins and the Tomako headed east. She
opened tire when the cutters pursued her.
The alleged smuggler was overhauled
for the second time about ten miles off
shore, and Boatswain Johansson was sent
aboard with the. armed party of six men.
A hand to Land tight followed before the j
Takoma’s crew was subdued.
The seizure of the Tomaktn according j
to Assistant -Solicitor Edward Barnes,
was made upon special instructions from 1
the Treasury Department calling for the
capture of the Tomako wherever it was
found within twelve miles of the shore.
- •
LEVIATHAN makes new
ACROSS OCEAN RECORD
Big Liurr Sailed From Cherbourg to New
York in Five Days, Seven Hours and
Twenty Minutes.
New York. Nov. 26.—America’s biggest
steamship, the* Leviathan,, established a
new world’s record for westbound navi
gation between Cherbourg and New York
today after a run of it days. 7 hours and
20 minutes, with an average hourly speed
of 24.17 knots. This broke by 13 min
utes the previous record" held by the Cun
arder, Mauretainio, of it days, 7 hours
and 33 minutes.
*
OFFICERS ARE SEEKING
FOR MASKED INTRUDER
Who Walked" Into Heme of Duane Chap
el. Aged «4, and Clubbed Him to Death.
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 23.—Henne
pin County authorities are looking foi
the marked Intruder who strode into the
home of Dua'ne Chapel, aged *54, of Ma
pie Plain last night, and clubbed the aged
man to death before the eyes of his in
valid wife. Chapel was killed while tak
ing a nap on a couch. The alarm was
given by Guy Chapel.
Four Kings Sign Up For Golden Rule
Day.
New York. Nov. 23.—Four “kings"
are included in the latest list of support
ers of Golden Rule Day, December 2.
King George of Greece and Senator King
of Utah, are the first pair in the royal
quartette, while Moving Picture King
Will Hays and Baseball King Landis
complete the big four.
All of them have sent in their hearti
est endorsement of the project to observe
December 2 by eating a refugee meal in
stead of the customary Sunday dinner,
giving the difference to the orphans of
the Near East Relief.
Injured in Saw Mill Explosion.
Elizabeth Cityr N. C., Nov. 26 —A. L.
. Chesson, aged 64 years, was seriously in
jured today when a boiler at the saw
mill of the’ Chesson Manufacturing Com
pany exploded. He was taken to a local
hospital. The plant was recently burned
and resumed operations a week ago.
Under the French law a husband can
forbid his wife to travel without his
consent.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1923
THE COTTON MARKET
Showed Firmness With January and
Later Deliveries Making New High j
Records.
New York, Nov. 26.—The cotton mar
ket showed renewed firmness today ymh
January and all later deliveries making
new high records for the season, because j
of relatively high cables, reports of a
strong tone iu the stock market, rallies
in the foreig nexchange rates, and the
issuance of cftmparfduvtdy few notic: s
against December contract*. The on
euing was firm at an advance of f> to 13
points, and active Inonths soon showed
net advances of 30 to 35 points, with
January selling to 35.05 and Ma'ch to
35 30. December advanced to 35.60,
or within 15 points of the recent high
record or 35 points not higher.
Cotton futures opened steady. Dec.
35.32; Jan. 34 88; March 35.10; May
35.15; July 34.65. .
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF
SOUTH ARE COM IDEM
Optimistic Forecasts Made by Them Dur
ing T.beir Regional Meeting at At
lanta.
Atlanta, Ga.. Xov. 23. — Optimistic fore
casts for the Democratic party in the
national campaign next year were brought
here today by Democratic women of elev
en Southern States, when they gathered
for the initial session of a two days’
conference. Prediction of a victory for
the Democratic standard bearers in the
Presidential campaign next year Were
heard on all sides when the feminine
leadeVs of tin* party went into the open
ing meiding.
Van Sikes, Prominent Farmer, Dies in
a Hospital.
Monroe, Nov. 24.—Vann Sike«, one of
the most prominent and substantial
farmers of Union county, died at the El
len Fitzgerald hospital in this city -this
morning at 11 :30 o’clock. He was the
picture of health up until a few weeks
ago, when he developed some liver trouble
that the most skilled physicians were
unable to cope with. His serious condi
tion was not known to the public gen
erally. until yesterday, when the family!
I let it be known he was sinking rapidly, j
It was his desire that but little publicity i
be given to his sickness.
Vann Sikes was born in Union county;
in July. 1875, the son of the late John
C. Sikes and Jane Austin Sykes. He
spent his early boyhood days on the
banks of Rocky River on his father’s
'arm. He attended school at Union
ville, when (). (’. Hamilton was its prin
cipal, and later at Palmerville, where
he taught in that institute with the pres
ent principal, Prof. E. F. Eddins.
He was twice married. His fi”st
vise was Alice Parker, daughter-of Dr.
Frank Parker, of Albemarle, of the fam
ily of Parkers 'so prominently connected
over the state. His second wife was
Miss Minnie Ivey, of New London, sis
ter to the Ivey brothers of Concord, and
on her mother's side related to the dis
tinguished Crowell family.
Next Year Will Be Democratic One.
Atlanta. • Ga,. Nov. 23.—“ Next year
is a Democratic year. The eyes of the
country are on the Democratic party,
and the eyes of the party are on the
Democratic women,” Mrs. Benton McMil
lan. of Nashville, Tenn.. regional direct
or for the third district, told delegates
from eleven Southern states here today
at the opening session of a two days'
conference. Mrs. McMillan denounced
the Fordney-McCumber tariff act and ca’l
ed on the Democratic pa-ty to work for
a downward revision of the tariff.
Mrs. Edgar Alexander, of Atlanta i
calling the gathering to order, declared if
was fitting that the women should mee*
here “in the heart of the Solid South.”
She presented Governor Walker, of
Georgia, who welcomed the delegates as
co-laborers in the Democratic councils
of the country.
MISS OVERTON FOUND *i
AFTER LONG SEARCH
i
Daughter of Captain Overton, of Salis
bury', is Found at Home of C. E.
Helms, Near Salisbury. |
Salisbury. Xcv. 23. —Miss Frances j
Overton. 10-year-old daughter of Cap
tain and Mrs. W. S. Overton, was lo
cated this afternoon at the home of C.
E. Helms, several miles south of the city
after a search that continued from early
last night.
Miss Overton was at her Fnifnri e
''~>me at 7 o’clock last evening but at
7 :30 when she was called to su.qKv Aie
did not respond. Her mother th u£ht
she had stepped to a neighbor’s but as
the night wore on and she did not return
a search was instituted. Loca 1 officers
joined in the search and descriptions of
the young lady were sent to 15 towns and
cities in this section. This afternoon
she was f mud at the home of Mr. Helms,
;! funner neighbor of the Overtons.
She had hailed an automobile driven by 1
Ilay Sloop and had ridden with him to
his grandfather’s where she left the car
saying site was going to Florida. In
stead sin' stopped at the Helms’ home,
for a visit.
Miss Overton had been in ill health
for Acme time and had been in a hos
pital recently. Her fathes. Captain
Oveiton, is a veteran passenger conduc
tor on the western division of the South
ern.
RAILROAD HEARING
IS AGAIN POSTPONED
I. C. C. Meeting to Discuss Railroad Con
solidation Put Off for the Third Time.
"Washington. Nov. 20.—For the third
time, the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion hearing on railroad consolidation
was held open so that fachs in regard to
Henry Ford’s Detroit-Toledo & I ronton
road mi gm be pur into
journed today without a representative
of the corporation having been heard.
Several days ago a subpoena was is- j
sued for E. G. Leibold, formerly Mr. |
Ford’s private secretary, and now vice
president of the road, but so far attempts
to serve the summons have failed. Fur
ther Worts wil lbe made to get the Ford
official into the proceedings.
AMERICAN PROPOSALS
READY FOR DELIVERY
Proposals Will Be Presented to Ameri
can-Canadian Conference Which Opens
Tomorrow.
"Washington, Nov. 26. —The United'
States government will propose at the
Ameriean-Canadian conference on liquor
smuggling, opening tomorrow at Attawa.
that clearance of ships destined for
United States ports with liquor cargoes
by prohibited by Canada; that search
and t seizure of all vessels engaged in
smuggling cn the Great Lakes, be au
thorized ; that a treaty arrangement be
made so rextradition of persons accused
of violating the liquor laws.
RATE HEARING WAS
COMPLETED THURSDAY
Respondents Contesting Proposed In
crease Must File Briefs Within Fifteen
Days.
Raleigh. Nov. 23. —The hearing before
the North Carolina Corporation Com
mission on hte application of the South
ern Power Company for permission to in
crease its rate having been c nnoleteed.
f i<tep in the case will be the fil
ing of briefs by respondents contesting
the nronosed increase. Unon the close
of the hearing late yesterday afternoon
the commissi m a> nmjuee'] fif*ef>p f’a’ s
the limit of time for filing of br'efs.
Attorneys for the )etitioner stated thev
would let the case rest, and would file
no brief.
One new ease of fmarlet fever and
one new case of chicken pox were re
ported to the county health department
for ower the week-end.
ROLLING STOCK OF
GERMANY IS SEED
01 BELGIAN KCtirTS
Stock Seized at Duisburg and
Hamborn Because Ger
many Failed to Pay Indem
nity to Belgium..
WANTED INDEMNITY
FOR MAN’S DEATH
Lieut. Graft Was Shot by
German Soldiers, Who
Claimed Later They Were
Mistaken in the Man.
Brussels. Nov. 26.—The Belgian gov
ernment today seized the German rolling
stock at Duisburg and Hamborn, in view
of Germany’s failure to reply to Bel
gium’s note demanding an indemnity of
1,250.000 francs for the assassination of
Lieutenant Graff near Duesseldorf in
March, 1022. The time limit fixed by the
Belgian ultimatum expired last night.
Belgium had previously rejected an offer
from Germany to submit this question to
The Hague for arbitration and the Bel
gian government had notified that the
amount claimed as indemnity would be
confiscated in the occupied regions should
Germany fail to pay.
Lieut. Graff was shot while he was rid
ing in a street car between Ruliroff and
'Valgum.
His slayers, four members of the Ger
man green police, pleaded, the mistaken
identity, declaring they believed the Lieu
tenant t<T be a Belgian they were seeking
to avenge a German police officer whom
he had killed.
The stock seized was ready for deliv
ery from the Duisberg. and Hamborn
work slioj) to the German government.
Tty* material will be liquidated to cover
thp sums demanded for indemnity and
as damages to the family of the murdered
officer.
THRASH UNKNOWN MAN
FOR INSULTING WIVES
Two Salisburians Report to Police They
Beat Up Stranger—Teeth ami Glasses
Found.
Salisbury, Nov. 24.—An atmosphere of
mystery surrounds an occurrence of Fri
ddy night when two living -on- Ksst
Innis Street named Gillis and SmaU beat
■ip a stranger who was accused of having
insulted their wives.
Gi’lis and Small followed the stranger,
who appeared to "under tlie influence
of liquor, and when they overtook him
o n South Clay Street, they are said to
have administered quite, a beating.
Later they decided to inform the po
lice and, when officers arrived they point
ed out/ the place where they had left the
man bue he was gone.
Officers got his cap but thought the
incident'not worth reporting, and police
headquqarters kncw = nothing of the oc
currence today. Tonight Chief Gaili
inore stated he would investigate the mat
ter.
Thio morning parties living in the
neighborhood where the beating was ad
ministered found two teetii -and a pair
of eye glasses at a point where there
were signs of a souffle.
The identity of the stranger has not
been disclosed.
FOUND BADLY HURT AT
HOME OF IIIS MOTHER
Whirlow Believed to Have Been Man
Beaten by Gillis and Small for In
sulting Women.
Salisbury. N»v. 25.-—Cief of Police
Gallimcre Saturday night found Law
rence Whirlow. a young white man. at
the home of his mother, two miles from
the city, suffering from wounds similar
to those inflicted on an man
by the two men, Gillis and Small, who
ayonged alleged insults offered their
wives Friday night. Whirlow was un
able to tell how he got hurt and otated
to the chief that he had no recollection
of what happened.
His injuries were about the head and
the head was"swollen to twice its natural
size showing signs of severe pummelling.
Two jteeth were gone and his eyes were
swollen shut. Ir will be some days be
fore Whirlow will be able to attend a
hearing which will be held in county
court.
Gillis and Small, who informed the po
lice of what they had done and helped
tbo officers look for the man they had
beaten, expressed a willingness for trial
whenever Whirlow is able to attend.
Yrtith Badly Hurt in Wreck at Salis*
bury.
Salisbury. Nov*. 25. —Buford Fink.
15-year-o’d son of R. H. Fink, of Faith,
is in the Salisbury hospital suffering
from a broken leg and a dislocated
shoulder, the result of an automobile
accident while he and his brothers and'
mother were returning home from Salis
bui^ r late Saturday. The hap
pened near the city limits, and was
caused by another car running into and
turning over the,-car the Finks were
riding in. Other members of the Fink
family were bruised, as was also J. C,
Liugle, who was riding with them. The
car that struck them carried several
young people but they left their car and
ran. and their identity has not been
established. Buford was riding in the
car when it turned over.
'P'-can/’d Prsiec C' , u' r ht.
Nov. 26 Lacy "’right, es
caped convict from the Caledonia prison
farm in Hnl'fax county, has b"en recap
tured. according to Superintendent Geo.
Hess Pou, of the State Prison, who an
nounced today he had received word
from poltcp authorities of Baltimore.
Md., that AVright is being held in custody
there.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance
CHUBBY FACED BABE
RESPITED TO CARE
UF FOSTER PARENTS
Drawn Expression, Caused by
, Cold and Hunger, Gives
Way to One of Content
ment and Happiness.
ADOPTED HOME
TO BE PERMANENT
Police Officer and Wife Who
Are Caring for Child Plan
to Keep It—Public Show
ing Interest in Case.
Safe at last from the malign influence
of cruel parents who deserted him. the
'pink, chubby babe found in tbe woods
I near Keller Church Saturday morning,
is finding happiness and a home with Mr.
and Mrs. R. P. Widenhouse. the former
one of the officers called by members of
Mr. Edmund Cook’s family, discov
ered the tiny boy fighting for a chance to
live after being left alone to his fate in
weeds and brush, with only a basket as a
bed and with only tattered clothing as
a covering from the lain and cold.
Responding quickly to tender minis
trations by Mrs. Widenhouse and her
friends the baby has regained infant nor
malcy and today presents a perfect pic
ture of health and happiness. The drawn
expression on the tiny face, caused by the
bitter cold and rain to which he was
subjected by heartless parents, has giv
en way to one of contentment and satis
faction, and instead of the pitiful wail
of a hungry child there emanates now
from his rounded throat the fully devel
oped cry of a normal tot.
And bis adopted home is to be a per
manent one. It took only the touch of
the baby .hand and the faint appeal of
the baby voice to kindle a kindly love in
tin* hearts of the foster parents, who
have aunouuced to the world m general
and' to several persons who wanted the
baby in particular, that ho is theirs. So
instead of being left by the side of the
road to die without a chance, the boy is
to be reared in a Christian home, where
love and kindness will be his share and
where he will be given opportunity Hr
fully develop his mind and body,
. A haya yisiied the
home of Mr. and Mrs Widenhouse to
see the infant prodigy, who the
watchful *ye and tendrv err ' an all
seeir.g Providence, over v '!s of
he. elements defying \*r er’s rain
ind its : aovitnble cold. Sv r of the
visitors asked that the child lie g : ven to
them, but the request was r fus'd With
bis tiny hands and pleading. voW lb's tot
has intertwined his heart v-jp m !o sp of
bis adopted parents. %nd wPh ‘ears in
her eyes the woman who has tak«u this
outcast to he her own. asked that she be
allowed to keep her precious find. There
(ire none to deny the request and the un
known babe is sure to remain in the
haven where he first found so- d, 'ow and
tenderness.
With eaVh passing day the b bv gives
new evidences that he will IV' a ' "row
into a strapping youngster Weighing
nine pounds after his ordeal in the
woods, the tot promises to gain weekly
and as he shows so far no ill effects from
his desertion, physicians who have exam
ined him are positive that he is normally
sound and healthy, and will show im
provement with each passing week.
Nothing has been learned of the par
ents of the babe. An abandoned car was
found about four miles from Keller
Church Saturday, but the officers have
no way to prove that it was the vehicle
which carried the innocent babe to his
woody resting place. The car slipped in
to a ditch about 3 :30 o’clock Friday af
ternoon officers have been advised, but
whether or not its occupants were the
parents of the infant outcast has not been _
determined.' One report from Charlotte
states that the driver of the car is under
arrest there, but officers here do not know
\y-hat charge he is being held on.
There is a feeling in this city that
the parents should be severely punished,
but that under no circumstances should
they again hold in their hands the fate
of the babe they deserted. The baby
could not deteAnine his own fate, but
persons who have seen him in his pres
ent home this week and who saw him
there Saturday soon after being rescued,
declare the expression on his chubby face
shows that he’wants to stay with those
people who have given him contentment,
who have lived the Golden Text that "it
is more blessed to give than to receive.”
ENTIRE FAMILY IS
REPORTED TO BE DEAD
Reports Say sam Roscoe, Wife and Sev
eral Children Were Burned to Death,
Connellsville. Pa.. Nov. 2d. —Report.,
reached here today that Sam Roscoe, hi/
wife and several children were burned
to death when their home in Conquence,
Pa., was desjtrcyed by fire this morning.
Parts of five bodies were removed at
noon when the ruins had cooled suffi
ciently to allow a search.
Sale of Blankets at tbe Parks-Belk Co.
A sale extraordinary of Woolly Warm
Plaid Blankets will take place at the
Parks-Belk Co.’s "tomorrow, Wednesday.
Friday and Saturday. The price will
be only $4.05 a pair. Better phone if
you can't go, because they will go like
hoteake*. S<e big a<P tod y.
Mi- T he' I/ui-p C ’ f r- wbo-o
-toith in San Francisco is veo r*ed. was
regarded as one erf the hrs‘ informed
women in the country on Federal 'and
laws, and was the consultant of at
torneys in cases involving homestead
and similar! matters. For Wny years
she held a position as chief of the Gen
- eral Land Office in San Francisco.
No. 41.