' gppRRILL, Editor, and Publisher
>ni.L?ME XLVHI.
l\ Jennings Testifies
I Before Oil Committee
■v Vi""' l llu ’ liia Mo "?: V
■;,l ai Chu-aso Kepubli
0n lonvemion Repeated
j1,,. I'ormer Bandit.
■von told HIM.
W j KN MNt;.S STATES
Inin"' Savs H anion’ De
| red it Corf Him 51.000.-
|,) tu (let Warren Hard
-01- Vominatcd.
Tln> story
M llu* Chicago
:l In 1920 was
ihlKillV, of color
today by AI
years ago
Ims turned
~) j.olitiiUiin.
.lake H.-imon. the
W in.'icmtl connnit-
I I>> Clara Smith
H pi-jp Briefly. Ha men’s
H .(ininings on the
‘,T-o. follows
-i, "nominated” War
|H. . ) t f I‘residency, and
j, t ,i illamoni $1,000,-
■. . , Having Oklahoma
Hgjl,,., ha.l h'-' ii $700,009.
paid Harry Daugh
I:;. ».« * and Will IT.
Hothe lb'publican na-
v Ul nit! 00.
jpi :<> become Seere-
im,and share in the
. ype-ted with tl»e
later become
and had gone
re ii;*- t'hu-ago convention.
W ei'T '••“■in cite of the
>•1 witness. "He
|H , Ha;-,iii. w e.!d he nominated
00,1a’.. r! i;t r it had cost, him a
,], liar. He said he had paid
tc r...i5.. Penrose, and in a
- it w:t- bre-tglit out in some
|H-1 v.hi 1 * b»- rfectly clear about
it \\a- agree,] by Mr. Daugher
■ 1 (lavs ai.d - un-body else from
tha: he would he Secretary of the!
He it r..id been *
|H Mr. J‘n n-’-rv was at flint in
cf S-na-er Kail, for the position.
or’ /,c ii.t'i beugnt ihe in ail over,
|B>:tt it had eest him a lot of money
ih Thai is all I know about
t!m: Mr. Hamou told
|H n the inaketij) of the cabinet
Harding, that Mr. Daugherty
’ ■ "f Mr. Kali." said Senator.
f. republican, of Missouri.
btir that it had been all ar-
that he 'Mr. Humant was to be
of the Interior.” j
K* ■ v,,u ? hink all tic> information he
t!!r! ’ , ‘'i "Ut with the de-
OHTeet]|ts< as tills that?”
was the wlii’li 1 deal, and thut
lie expeetef) to get in on."
to it;i|uiries from Senator
ot Washington. Jennings
'Hittinm i wanted me to head one
companies H,. said the Demo
a< n ‘ r ietr much of the public
'it that he would get the rest of
bespeak about the oil reserves?"
P >a "l puhh- lands, nothing that
■ **«nher iilsiur oil reserves. He
had been very potent in
■IT’" Ul Hu* outlying districts
■ v . SDtes. and that with his
would ho President of the
liavo talked with peo
■ 10,11:1 :) -b"ut Hamon’s expeeta-
M . ( . do not think lie kept it from
■’ d ,''". i;iik "’Hh any one about him
■ .. 1M ‘ '‘(•‘•'■tiiry of Interior?’’
he
H v i . va ', 1,1 whom lie gave any
K, . lf "‘ Senator Penrose?”
Bla’s'vo- 1 >o| igherty $25,000, Will
•— I,MM h and a man—is there
■ ; naimd Manning from Ohio?—
,j" " n, ‘. ,!l ( Htio he gave $25,000.
IS a person."
elfif.V
1,1,1 remember. Money
0 with the.Ok-
Bt., said it cost like
, W ' 4 " rk delegation,
n.., 'nuc-h it cost?”
,: (v >0 ? —ld tell us in a con-
Bsrv, as . "*‘H as your memory
a ‘. a . " ut ' v|,a t was said con-
S ' ! I< ’ n 'd public lands, or
■Waisi,! "" Hu* -ame/’ said SVn.-i
--hff(J^ nK,n . ar two or three
ttip . dito this mixup,
■ kcUi lni .\ <,,l,m ‘. baf “ k to Ardmore
‘‘l with him in an
■ kv it",, ..'!*“ nillßS -’ ‘ -I don,t
0 '’"nfid.-n,-. • I ' M ' f - dut iieojde rather
W 1 dtart fn J n ! n< ‘ in Oklahoma, and
»n.v Her . '•’ I r,,M, l»an.v had tried
H 1 * I '' s eli; n „ * 4 f . ln , ‘' x >doitatioii of com
asked t <M k’ a, 'd Jake had re
-o°”v ci,u lt Ul !l> ''“me in and form
■ ' “’of ail(i finance it with
‘-ompany w.mld be
. t sunnatp.
heat’d ■ I , :i,:, ngs tlie eom
0| ”f Pi,. J,.' '' Paldwin. presi-
R Vork Ci r ; I 1 '** r, ' llst ( ’ompany, of
n ‘ ‘ u 1 loans made to the
o> n k loaned "f; He said
which hp Commi ttee a total
B’ rv " r a ne h - v \‘ u re Paid with in*
b Tim ,. M n< ’ d of two or three
B' klns awetniT- ho said, had
■ know," 1 1 1 the bank. He
0 r - amj <ior!-\ >)ir ” a!l the loans
B Pas ' m m?s ' an J- knowledge of
B' Brands s. f , ry F - Sinclair.
B"; ni, -rcn x ° ry as Fake.
' -I'm in T story
0 today to the oil
THE CONCORD TIMES
I NUMBER KILLED
BY LANDSLIDE
Gravity of {Landslide in Italy
Grows Hourly—Fifty Per
sons Died in One Village.
Salerno. Italy. March 27 (By the As
sociated Press >.—The gravity of the
landslide in the vicinity of Amalfi yes
terday grows hourly. Estimates here
plac-e the deaths in the villages along the
(v.ast at fifty, but many of those places
are cut off both from road and wire
communication, and the exact number
es victims-is unknown.
The chief villages affected are Ver
dean where the bulk of t lie victims are
reported. Mulini. Furore. Praia no and
At rant i.
(A Home dispatch last night said
there were at least 100 dead at Yet
tica.)
The government is melting alii pos
sible aid to the scene.
The sea new is the only approach to
the scene and fishermen’s boats are hur
rying to the aid of the victims’ with
supplies.
“STRANGLER” IS MARRIED AGAIN
Had to His Manager in a Hotel
Room During Ceremony.
Chicago. March 20.—_Ed* "Strangler”
Lewis, world’s heavyweight wrestler
champion, was married-here late today
to Miss Bessie McN’ear, of Kansas City.
Mo. Billy Sandow, Lewis’ manager, to
whom the champion is under contract
not to marry while chapion, was kept
locked in a hotel room by Lewis’ friends
until after the ceremony.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis returned to their hotel, leaving
a trail of shoes and rice. Sandow,
who had been threatening to break down
the door of his room if he was jvot re
leased, was then freed.
’lts the first tiho Ed ever double
crossed me,” he shouted angrily as he
emerged! from the room where I/ewis'
friend had held him.
Sandow is said to have prevented
Lewis’ marriage last year to a Russian
princess whom the champion met in
Paris. Miss McNair, an attractive bru
nette, met Lewis in Kansas City where
lie staged many of his important match
es. The champion, who is about
years old. once was married to a San
Jose woman physician from whom he is
divorced.
BOTARIANS ELECT OFFICERS.
R. Hart sell Elected President of Con
cord Club. Succeeding Dr. S. YV. Rankin
At the regular weekly meeting of the
Concord Rotary Club yesterday F. J.
Ilaywood, C. YV. Byrd and C. B.
\Y agoner were elected at> new members
of the board of directors of the dub to
serve Three years. Other members of
the board are: F. (\ Xiblock, W. G.
Caswell. A. B. Howard. L. D. Coltrane,
A. (}. Odell and S. YV. Rankin.
Following the regular meeting ot the
chib the board of directors mot and
elected the following officers:
President —A. F. Hhrtsell.
Y’iee President—C. R. Wagoner,
Secretary—John M. Oglesby.
Sergeant at Arms—C. YV. Byrd.
Assistant Sergeant, at Arms—F. J.
Haywood.
RAMSEY PRESIDENT OF
N. C. SOCIAL SERVICE
. 4
Editor of Asheville Times Chosen Presi
dent of Organization at Charlotte Meet
ing.
Charlotte, March 27. —D. Hiden Ram
sey, editor of the Asheville Times, today
was elected President of the North Caro
lina Conference for Social Service at
the closing session of the 1024 meeting
here. Asheville was chosen as the 102 f»
meeting place.
A. W. McAllister, of Greensboro, was
elected first vice president; Mrs. \\\ B.
Waddill. of Henderson, second vice presi
dent : Gilbert Stephenson, of Raleigh,
treasurer; and Miss Minnie Harmon, of
Durham, executive secretary.
SENATOR LAFOLLETTE
ILL YYTTII PNEUMONIA
Physician in Bulletin Says Condition of
Senator Today Is “Satisfactory.”
Washington. March 27.—Senator La-
Folictle, cf YY’isconsin, lias developed
pneumonia. His office at the capitol to
day issued the {allowing physician’s bul
letin :
"Senator LaFollette lias developed
pneumonia. His present condition is
satisfa. 'ory.”
Revival Meeting.
A revival meeting will begin Sunday,
March the 30th at the Mount Pleasant
Baptist Church. Service at 3 p. m. and
7:30 p. m. Sunday, and at 7:30 p. m.
the week following. The pastor, Rev: A.
T. Cain, will do the preaching. Every
body is welcome to came out and worship
with us. A. T. CAIN, Pastor.
On April 12. J. A. Harkey, of No. 7
township, will sell his farm implements
and household and kitchen furniture. The
sale will begin at 10 o’clock.
Maybe unions boost prices, but there
is no robbers’ union and it costs a lot
to be robbed.
committee was branded as “false and
preposterous” by Leighton C. Taylor,
former secretary to the late Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania.
Declaring he had been In constant at
tendance upon the Senator while he was
ill in Philadelphia before and during the
Chicago convention, Taylor said that
Hamon had never seen or communicated
with Penrose, nor had the latter evejj
mentioned Hamon’s name to his secre
tary.
POSTOFFICE INSPECTORS
IN CONCORD THIS WEEK
Came to Grt First Hand Information
About CanJidalcs Who YY'anl to Be
Pc 4 master.
Some.king definite in regard to tin*
posimaislen-ihip race in this city is ox
pec tod soon as a result of a visit to this
city this week by two inspectors of the
I post office department.
Announcement was made from Wash
j ington several weeks ago that the in
opeotoiK would he sent here to get first
j hand information about the various can
didates. It was also announced that
the Civil Servioe Commission would is
sue another list of eligibles after the in
spectors had made their report, and this
list probably will he announced in the
immediate future by the commission.
The inspectors came to Concord the
first, of the week and were here several
days. They spent most of their time
apparently, talking with business men of
the city in tin’s manner getting infor
mation about tiie oandiates.
It is rumored that the inspect rs
asked ah ut all of the candidates. This
indpatos that, the YVashinglon report
which stated that a new eligible list
would be announced, was well founded.
John L Miller. YV. B. YVard and S.
S. Neal were certified on the first list
issued by the commission several months
ago.
~~ I' l addition to these three candidates
others seeking the office are G. Wd.
Kestier. J. F. Harris. \\'. L. Robbins.
•T. T. Smith and Mi's. H. S. YY’illiams.
Miller headed the first eligible list, it
was unofficially announced, but soon af
ire the list was made public lie an
nounced that he had withdrawn from
the race. It was expected that hi*
withdrawal would elevate another can
didate to the eligible list, but apparent
ly this was not done.
In the meantime-' it was charged by
Mr. ICestler that the name of Mr. YY’ard
was endorsed by the county Republican
executive committee in violation of the
law. He carried the fight to YY’ashing
ton. through < Yingressnvan Dough ton
Senator Overman and Marion Butler, and
as a result of the activities of these men,
it is said, a new eligible list was or
dered.
The situation became so complex that
the postoffice department decided to
send the inspectors here. They have
seen many citizens of the city and it is
expected that their report will determine
which of the candidates will be certi
fied. It is also probable that their re
port will decide which of the candi
dates is to be appointed.
AMERICAN ARCHBISHOPS
RECEIY’E RED IIATS
Two New Catholic Cardinals Are Cre
ated Today at Rome.
Rome, March 27.—The consis
tory held today by Pope Pius for the
creation of the tarn neiy American eirr
dlnals—Archbishop Hayes, of New York,
and Archbishop Muendlein. of Chicago—
was declared by veteran officials ami at
taches of the Vatican to have been the
most brilliant and impressive ceremony
cf the kind within their remembrance.
Heretofore it has been an almost un
broken custom to hold a consistory in
the Royal Hall of the Y’atican, but on
the present occasion it was decided to
conduct the ceremony iu the great Bas
ilicia of St. Peter's Church, because of
the extraordinary interest manifested in
the elevation of the two American pre
lates tc the Sacred College and the lm
usually large number of persons who
had made advance applications for tick
ets cf admission.
In all of the apartments and corri
dors through which the Pope passed
were grouped thousands of the ticket
holders, including fany foreigners, es
pecially Americans. Pius XI. entered
in procession, proceeded, accompanied
and followed by the Cardinals and the
guards, the dignitaries of the court and
church. The pontiff imparted his bless
ing as he entered.
America was well represented in the
Pope’s suite by several bishops, mou
signori and other prelates and priests
from the United States now visiting
Rome. The two new American Cardi
nals took the oathr aud received from
the Pope the red hats and the Cardinals'
rings. The ceremoney was simple but
impressive in the extreme. From the
moment lie entered the Basilica until
he took his departure Pius XL was the
object of manifestations of loyalty, es
pecially from the tribunes occupied by
the diplomatic corps and Roman aris
tocracy. Among the thousands of spec
tators who had good opportunity to view
the pontiff it was generally remarked
that there was nothing in the appearance
or mainer of His Holiness to substan
tiate the reports recently circulated in
some quarters that he was in a poor
state of health.
Rome, March 27 (By the Associated
Press). —Pope Pius today publicly con
ferred the red hat on Cardinals Hayes
and Mundelein, the final act in ithe ele
vation of the two American prelates to
membership in the sacred college. The
ceremony performed in the right tran
sept of St. Peters, was carried out with
all the pomp and pageantry of thg Rom
an Catholic Church in a setting the like
of which does not exist outside Rome.
It was the first public consistory ever
held in the huge basicila.
Big Sale of Bankrupt Stock us J. E. laive.
On Saturday R. C. Newson and H.
T. Mcßride, who have purchased the
stock'of J. E, Love, bankrupt, will place
this stock on sale. You will find in this
stock such, well known brands a* Society
and Curlee clothing, and Flur-lieim. Dun
lap and Emerson Shoes. They have
about 3<K> suits, and 12.7 overcoats,
large quantities of shoes and shirts, ties,
underwear, hats, and all other men’s
and boys wear. See the big four-page
ad. in this paper today and get ready
for the sale, which will open Saturday
morning at 7 :30 o’clock.
New Estimate of Bonus Cost Made.
YY’ashington, March 26.—A new esti
mate on the cost of the soldier bonus
bill passed by the H0u5e—53,300.000,.- 1
000, was presented to the Senate finance!
committee today by Herbert Hess, actu-'
ary for the American Legion. }
PUBLISHED MOND
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1924
NATION-YVIDE WEEK OF MUSIC
“A Nation Singing” is the Ideal for tln-
Unittd States.
New York, March 27. —A nation
singing is an ideal set for the United
States.. To hasten this, the week of
May 4-10 lias been designated as Na
tional Music Week, and for that period
the National Music Week Committee of
New York is working to “a mighty wave
of harmony sweep through the land”
and to have every city, town and hamlet
give itself over to a a unbroken round
of community songs and concerts.
The primary object rs the celebration,
as announced by the committee, is to
awaken an active and lasting apprecia
tion of music on the part of all the peo
ple. and while the national body of co
operating with state atnl municipal com
mittees to the extent of furnishing en
couragement and advice, the details in
every ease have been left to local com
mittees. ,
Many places have had their music
weeks from time to time; but the ex
perience will be new tp many localities,
including some of the jrhief cities of the
land. Report* national
rofiiVnfßPt' IYdm ~ alr^PWw3nsf‘ Rib '#hfn
try indicate that, the <elebration will bo
widespread. In every place the churclie.s
schools, women’s clubs, civic organiza
tions industrial plants, stores and the
atres are giving their hearty eo-opera
tic.li to the local committees in charge
of the details of the festivals and con
certs that will la* held during the week.
11. S. DAUGHERTY IS
SUMMONED TO CAPITAL
Sergeant-at-Arms Ordered to Summons
Brother of Attorney General to Wash
ington.
YVashinglon. March 27.—The Senate
Daugherty committee today ordered M.
S. Daugherty, brother of the Attorney
General, summoned by the sergeant-at
arms, when he failed to appear in answer
to a summons Senator YY’heelcr said had
been served.
SEN. JOHNSON LEADS
IN THE S. 1). PRIMARY
Latest Returns From Republican Pri
mary Shows California Senator Is
Leading the Field.
Sioux Falls. S. I)., March 27. —Sena-
tor Hiram Johnson increased his lead ov
er President Coolidge to 297 in returns
today from another hundred precincts
reporting in Tuesday's Presidential pri
mary in South Dakota.
With Our Advertisers.
A savings account in the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co. is a safe investment.
Out prices on ice if you go to the ice
plant, 70 pounds for 27 ! cents. 100
pounds for 70 cents and 300 pounds for
SI,OOO. Farmers, now is your chance to
save your milk and cream with ice.
Parker’s Shoe iStoro has just received ,
a lot of 100 sample shoes for ladies and j
girls, which they are going to sell at j
factory prices.
You will find a complete combination!
of practical banking facilities in the va
rious departments of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co.
Neckwear and Novelty Jewelry, in
great variety at Starnes-Miller-Parker
Co.’s. |
You will find a wonderful exhibition of I
Spring millinery at the Specialty Hat
Shop.
If you want to store prosperity, take
same shares in the 53rd series of the
Cabarrus County B. L. & S. Association,
now open. Non-taxable.
Tennessee’s Paving Awards.
Nashville, Teun., March 26 —Tennes-
see will award road building contracts ]
totalling $7,000,000 this year, it was j
estimated today by the State highway
commissioner. The first letting of con
tracts in February for $2,000,000. while
the next, due April 4. is expected not to
be $1,500,000. with additional awards in
May, June and July to make the total
$7,000,000 or more.
LaFollette Is Indorsed.
St. Louis, March 26.-—Senator Robert
M. LaFollette, of YY r rsconsin, received
the Presidential indorsement of the na
tional Progressive league cf Missouri at
a meeting here tonight.
A message from Dr. J. s. Lafferty.
who is in YVashington with Mr. Jas. B.
Lafferty, states that the condition of his
son is slowly improving, and that he
hopes to bring him home within the next
few days.
YS AND THURSDAYS
Recovering .
I i
'""• •• • • : • ’’ y •-• ••' ""
Senator Frank L. Greene of Vermont at home after leaving the
hospital where ha was taken Feb. ID with a bullet wound in the hand.
The senator was shot by a stray bullet fired during a battle between
bootleggers and prohibition agents just off Pennsylvania avenue. Wash
ington. D. C.
SWEEPING CHANGE IN
THE PRISONS ASKED
Citizens’ Committee of One Hundred I
Adopts Drastic Recommendations.
Charlotte, March 26.—Sweeping
changes in prison system in North Car
olina, including State, county and mu
nicipal methods, were advocated in reso
lutions adopted at a meeting of the Cit
izens’ Committee on One Hundred held
here today in connection with the annual
meeting of the North Carolina Confer
ence for Social Service.
Preceded by meetings of various so
cial agencies, including the county su
perintendens of public schools, the meet
ing of the committee opened here to
night with Dr. Alvali M. Taylor, secre
tary of the commissioner of social ser
vire and conference, of Indianapolis,
making the principal address.
* The Citizens Committee named by
Governor Morrison in 1922 to make a
study of rhe penal system for recommen
dations toward its improvement. The
recommendation* adopted today were
based on surveys of more than forty
nine county prisons and the interview
of mere than 330 prison*.
•They *K*trtrt Ur sup
plant present county jail * system; col
only of women prisoners on the State
farm or district farm colonies for wom
en : prohibition of poggiug and the use
of dark cells in county as well as State
prisons; abolition of the convict lease
system; extension of the honor system
to all prisoners; rhange of the board of
directors of rhe State prison into a
revolving board; compulsory education
in the State prison, with the employ
ment of teachers and the addition of a
psychinrist to the State prison station.
REPUBLICANS YY ANT TO
DO SOME INVESTIGATING
Oil Committee YVill Investigate Demo
cratic Campaign Funds at Request of
Senator Spencer.
YVashington, March 27.—An inquiry
into the democratic campaign funds will
be made by the senate oil committee on
motion of Senator Spencer, republican,
of Missouri.
Subpoenas were issued today for
George YY’hite. former chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, Wilbur
Marsh, its former treasurer, and E. L.
Doheny, who is said to have contributed
to the 1920 campaign fund.
Senator Spencer also caused a sub
poena to be issued for John YY’alsh, a
brother of Senator YY’alsh and a YY’ash
ington attorney. He refused to say what
Mr. YY’alsh would be questioned about. (
“As is well known, they have been in
vestigating him for months,” Senator
YY’alsh said when advised that a sub
poena had been issued for his brother.
Slap Brought Results.
New York, March 27. —The hearty sal
utation of a Federal agent, who slapped
another on the back, thereby upsetting
a can of alleged Turkish paste Which was
being examined in the appraiser's store
house today, revealed opium hidden un
der the paste and led to the seizure of
between $60,000 and SIOO,OOO of the
drug hidden in other tins.
Abral m I). Lake and his son, Daniel
L., radio merchants, to whom the paste
was consigned, were arrested iu their
Second Avenue offices, where Treasury
Department agents said they found pa
pers revealing the names of purchasers of
large quantities of the drug. The seizure
and arrest were said to be among the
most important in recent years.
The paste arrived from Constantino
ple March 17 on the liner Saugus and
was listed as a “consumption entry.” Dis
covery of "decks” of the drug in the
lower portions of the tins was made af
ter the agents had found the contents
really were Turkish paste containing a
little opium.
Railroad Sold For $3,000,000.
YY’ichita, Kans., March 27 (By the
Associated Press). —The Kansas Gity,
Mexico & Orient Railroad was sold at
public auction here today to Clifford
Hissted, general attorney for the road,
for $3,000,000.
YVhite at Southern Pines.
Southern Pines, March 26. —George j
White, chairman of the Democratic na
tional campaign for Ccx, of Ohio, for
President, is in Soutbero Pines.
A Kansas woman fell in love and mar
ried a widower, for no other reason, so
•she stated, than that he took such ex
cellent care of his first wifes grave.
ONE IDEAL CHRISTIAN
WAS JESUS CHRIST
Tims Declared Rev. If. A. Fesperman in
Fine Srnn.ri Last Night.
There has been only one ideal Cliris
, tion. said Rev. 11, A. Fesperman in his
j sermon on the subject "The Ideal Chris
j tian," that one was Jesus Christ. From
the announcement of the text L,
close of the sermon he had rhe uf“'
I ed attention of a large congregation
well filled Trinity Reformed Church last
night. The song service was the best
! .vet. Mrs. YY’omble sang "His Eye Is on
the Sparrow.”
Mr. Fesperman spoke in part as fol
lows :
The sermon that 1 am preaching to
night is very plain and 1 hope very
practical. The text is Acts 11:24. "Bar
nabas was a good man, full of the Holy
Ghost and of faith." The ideal Chris
tian is first of all a good man ot‘ a good
woman. Many people think they can be
good Christians without being good folks.
! The Bible can sanction nothing <>f the
kind. But there are people who s«*eni to
ho able to fool themselves into lielieving
that they can dirt with the devil and his
imps nil week and still la* Christians. If
they are members of the church and
attend church on Sunday. They will
never succeed in fooling God. And to
be good does not mean to be goody-goody.
Webster says goody-goody is mawkishly
good; goodness combined with silliness.
Real goodness is more than sentimental
silliness.
The ideal Christian is full of the Holy
Ghost. The ideal Christian is a spirit
filled Christian, that is spiritually mind
ed. It is more than an ability ta fold
the hands and look heavenward on Sun
day in the church. Really spiritually
minded men will show through the week
their makeup. The true test of a man's
spirituality is not in the church, or in
J the presence of company or how he con
ducts himself when the preacher is
around, but in the way he does busi
ness and the consideration with which he
treats his family.
The ideal Christian is a man of faith.
It takes a great deal of faith to boa
real Christian. YY’e need faith in our
selves. The world will never have faith
in tts as long as we have no faith in
ourselves. I know some people who
have a mighty good opinion of them
selves. Faith in God is most import
ant. The promptings of the Spirit often
come to us and admonish us to launch
out. And alas! YYliat lack of faith!
The ideal Christian will be a member
of the church. Y’ou will notice that one
of the results of the works of spirit-fili
ed Barnabas was that many were add
ed unto the Lord. A real Christian wjll
want to join himself with that organ
ized body of believing people known as
tin* church, the God-ordained institution
for the saving and the sanctifying of
mankind. Jr is not impossible for a per
son to be outside of the church but it is'
UiffhiLjJEPWide. Suppose you wanted
to cross the Atlantic or t How
would you go? Now the recognized way
of safety is in the large steamer, proper
ly equipped with lifesaving devices. The
probability *is that if you crossed that
way you would arrive on the other side
in safety. Now you might get across in
a little row boat just big enough for
yourself. But the odds are much against
you. The church is God’s big steamer,
in which He intends that people should
come at last to the harbor. You might
get there in an individual boat of your
own, but why take the chances. Yet a
great many are taking this chance with
their own souls.
The ideal Christian will delight to give
his time and his money. God wants
first of all a consecrated life. A real
Christian is a converted man. pocket
book and all. There are people who
make fine church members until you call
upon them to give some money or time,
then they begin to crumble. Y’ery often
a man’s real religion crops out When
the deacons call for a little of his spare
change. Barnabas was the father of
Christian Beneficence, for he is the first
of the disciples mentioned who sold his
possessions and brought the money and
laid it at the Apostles’ feet.
The greatest gift of the ideal Chris
tian is the gift of his life. "Hon give
me thine heart.” This is the command
that comes to every life. It is the life
that counts and it is the life that God
demands.
Tonight Mr. Fesperman will preach
his sermon on the Ball Game of Life.
Mr. Fesperman was once a pitcher for
High Point, and later for Charlotte. The
baseball fans are given a most cordial
invitation to hear him and see him work
iu the pulpit with the same ease and cer
tainty that he worked in the pitcher’s
mound. Mrs. YVomble promises another
good song service. Hong service begins
at 7 :30 o’clock.
Preacher to Deliver Baseball Sermon.
Itev. 11. A. Fesperman will preach
his sermon on "The Ball Game of Life”
tonight in Trinity Reformed Church.
He was formerly pitcher for the High
Point team and played iu Concord. Lat
er he was a member of the Charlotte
team and a good number of fans saw
him on the mound. This i« his last
sermon for the series and all the men
and boys who are ball fans are given a
most cordial invitation to hear him.
Rev. Dr. Charles E. Schaeffer, of Phila
delphia. will arrive in the morning and
continue the services into the next week.
YY r ioks Quoted at $4.55.
Lancaster. Pa.. March 27. —It costs
$4.55 to wing "the Broadway wink” in
Lancaster. This, in effect, was what
Mayor Masser told Arthur Edelstein, of
New Y’ork, in Police Court, today, after
a local woman had testified that Edel
stein’s "mashing” ability was way below
par with her.
“He winked and asked to walk along,”
the woman, whose name was withheld by
the i>olice, told the mayor, “so I called
a policeman and we walked along to the
police station.”
Carrie Chapman Catt Rest* at Southern
Pines.
Southern Pines, March 26—Carrie
Chapman Catt, suffrage leader, is a
guest at the Highland Pines Inn, here.
Mrs. Catt is breaking the northward
journey from Florida. She leaves on
the early train Thursday morning for
New Y’ork.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance,
CROSS-EXAMINATION
OP HIE STINSON
‘""unwiiGHm MEN
Divorced Wife of Late Jess
W. Smith Asked Again to
Tell More of $33,000,000
! Oil Deal.
WRANGLE CAUSED
BY THE WITNESS
Lawyers iFor Attorney Gen
eral and Members of Com
mittee Did Most of Talk
ing of the Session.
Washington. March 27. —ltoxio Stin
son. divorced wife of .Jess Smith, spent
an hour on the witness stand today under
cross examination by counsel for Attor
ney (Jeneral Daugherty. A large part
of the time was taken up by a wrangle
among the lawyers.
Paul Howland and former Senator
Chamberlain, for Mr. Daugherty, insist
ed that the. witness should tell the
names of live men who she. said Jess
Smith had told her made $300,000,000
in dealing in oil stocks. The commit
• tee which had ruled the names irrele
vant finally became entangled in an ar
gument about it and the witness was
excused without aid further pursuit of
the matter.
“M.v impression.’* said former Senator
Chamberlain, “is that she is going to say
Jess Smith tod her one of the five men
was the president of the I'nired States."
“We are not going to walk into your
trap," shouted Senator Ashurst. demo
crat. of Arizona. "You would like very
much to have us be charged with having
besmirched the name of someone now
dead, but we are not going to walk into
your trap."
“We don’t know who these five people
are. and we care less.” Chamberlain said.
“We assume that the committee wants
the truth."
“My impression is that she is going
to say Jess Smith told her one of the
five men was the President of the I'nited
States. Now. when the fact is this up
lifter, Frank A. Vanderlip "
Here the committee came into action.
Senator Wheeler said it "was not fair
in view of the facts that every member of
this committee is under attack by the
Dißnblicaa national committee."
L **tt Is ; time for me to moke a stamp
speech." interjected Senator Ashurst.
"You are anxious to put us info a trap
where it will be charged by the metro
politan press that we are besmirching
the name rff a dead man. Though our
footsteps are dogged day and night we
have not walked into this trap.”
While the comm'ittee was not arguing
about the $33,000,000 deal which it is
said had never involved the Attorney
General nor Smith, Miss Stinson was ex
amined.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Barely Steady at Advance on
August But Generally 5 to 15 Points
Lower.
New York, March 27.—The cotton
market opened barely steady today at an
advance of 5 points on August but gen
erally 5 to 15 points lower under over
night selling orders, brought in by the
declines of yesterday afternoon. Liver
pool made a relatively steady showing,
however, and after selling off to 26.80
for May and 23.05 for October, prices
here rallied on trade buying and cover
ing, accompanied by reiterated reports of
a better spot demand imthe South. May
sold up to 27.08 and October to 24.20
w r ithin the first hour, making a net ad
vance of 2 to 13 points.
Cotton futures opened barely steady:
May 27.00 to 26.80; July 26.30; to Oc
tober 24.00; December 23.65; January
23.40 offered.
Wildfires Beat Ouraitgoutangs.
In a splendid exhibition of baseball
for the early season the Wildfires, a
boys’ club at No. 2 school, defeated the
Orangoutangs, of Hartnell Mill school,
on the No. 2 ground by a count of 15
to 6. As it was a typical March day,
this delayed the game to a certain ex
tent. but on the whole both teams play
ed well. A second between the two
will probably be played at Hartsell Mill
next week.
The lineup for the game was as fol
lows ;
Wildfires Ourangoutangs
Frank Williams .. c. ..Eddie Benfield
Alvin Stone p. .. Prof. Osborne
Leander Nash .. Ist b. . ..Curtis Furr
Sylvester Sides . 2nd b. Rowland Wolfe
Lee Fink s. s. . .Theo. Garver
John Harget .... 3rd b. .Clyde Beaver
Leonard Page ... If Charlie Foss
Coy Philips cf. t ... Forrest Short
Jra Verble cf Eugene Kirby
Mr. Walter Parham, of the Buffalo
Mill, entered the Concord Hospital on
Tuesday, and submitted to an operation
for appendicitis. A report from 'the Hos
pital this morning states that his condi
tion is very satisfactory.
WHAT SAT'S BEAR SAYS. '
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Fair tonight and Friday, moderate
temperature.
NO. 75