North Carolina Newspapers

Editor and Publisher IpE XE.V M* pocrats Begin Balloting to lame Presidential Candidate; ■ M’Adoo Ahead on First Ballot ■ JJIKG ■ After Ballot B>t That It Was Just K :l Had Been Expected j j?7 }] \ H AXG El) Bjt Ballot Smith Gained H: e :ind McAdoo ost Half My ote -Casting Votes Hj, oll t Any Delay. JhH „ .1 u;i<* "50. —Tilt' y ■ i i went |H i«> - |H ballot for |K. I'!- |H Sat unlay Klux Klan .. tin- breasts of If for t Ilf i.iltl anotluT aui ... to ]Mlitical Mm ... Sunday of the bit - Hv Xian tight. and |H-. delegates, ■ . ..f tlifir tniuds Ilf hallofitig • to order at MM ’:.aiiT.ian Walsli HH . wider of bu>i |H for bal gH . - . hut before the BH . I. Quigley. tht‘ |H . ■ tlit> anti-Klau V. . got what the H - ■ shown that a H i:at roll call uu now desired to |H -a Walsh stated that |M ■ - :'i\ tiling could be . and at the • here tvn> no ttotni- iiird 1 allot was: Un |H .. A : Robinson 41 : H Smith 1-2: |H. . ; Cox (50; 4' 1 : Harrison :i-11 Ralston 30; : Kerris 30; Silzer ■ Keinlriek 0; To- (if First Ballot |H ' New York, I'"'. national con- B^ : 'u:< r: 10:41 a. |B; lie Presidency. |B the first ballot as ’ I'lioforin : Robinson 21 ; Mo-* - Sweet 12: Rrown 17: -7: Silzer 3; H 22 1-2: Har- H Cluirhs W. Bryan > •Kamtiian Davis 20; - Thompson 1 : i.o.'io. in second Ballot. B" —The |B 1 »'-!!:<o-r; tie National ""'ed little change jm native son dark da-eu^lmiit. Tin* only |B that Louisiana H fnun Senator jjH\^;* ’o Senator Rob- H -of Smith and Mc n : lie second bal tm" ' "f die two leaders ■ J*". • '>(••• 131 for M<- and 2b 1 1-2 |B "f R von- f,,r the New it. Smith’s raan on the ballot- B v ‘ ! i surprise. The were within ■ estimated. The ", predictions." ■ y "'Rds for the seo ...y 1 ' ("‘htW': Cnderwood y L bum,.n 41 ; Sweet ■ A.: ,- Il " •• 12 1-2; Sauls- B r 30: Brvan IS; BiA j"- : hdeide -ji l-o. nar l- :iil I‘avK 23; Walsh B:;ir l-7?" I '' "" I: Kendrick (5; ■j I ! \ ;;i _' Total lobs. |H 'hiyh-n, dune 30. ' x' ''' l '' decision B ; . <'onveut ion to no changes B forces were iii: ; ki '!S duw gains,- till,!*' '* v,) tes here and v,, rite soils can ‘UK. waiting |[H>t!;4; Qtt •'■hminstted. 11; T'T "hably a little Os '‘"'P 1 die situation ‘>r; ‘‘“tegates expected. s Oiought live ballots "Mion of which t" break. ■!''j !!t ’'y bist as the '.1,.'- '. " ! ‘akin K them off, ■VmiA' ,lla ' die (sth, Hke |H "'""Id be devoid of THE CONCORD TIMES Kr- 9 H IwMliwHmmiii ' Ami jutwßpßgiM WmßEi «Ma)to J - ' aMMp / ■MBBaMBWiBiPI _ '" — T "* y Firs 4 photograph of Senator Walsh of Montana as he took charge of the Dem ocratic ( onvention as permanent chair man. Mx I sk TAKES 732 VOTES TO NOMI- * * NATE. * j * %. There are 1098 votes in the Nat- $6 ional Democratic Convention. It. l therefore, will take at least 732 | votes to nominate, this being two- rfc thirds of the' toiaj vote. -fc | * * *' Five Ballots and Little Change. Madison Square Garden. New York. ] .Tune 30.—The position of the leaders! on the fourth ballot were: McAdoo i 443.(5; Smith 260. McAdoo had gained 6.6 votes and Smith had gained 4 1-2. The fourth ballot figures follow : Un derwood 41 1-2: McAdoo 443.6: Robin son 1!); Smith 2(50: John IV. Davis 45?; Senator Saulsbury 6; Cox 59: Bryan 19; Walsh 1: Ritchie 21 1-2: Joanthan Davis 29; Ralston 5?0; Glass 25; Brown 9.9; Harrison 20 1-2: Ferris 30; Silzer 28: Thompson 1. Total 1098. It was understood front conferences j among leaders that at least three more! ballots would be taken before the con- j vention recessed to eat. The result of the fifth ballot follows : Underwood 41 1-2; . McAdoo 443.1; Robinson 1!); Smith 261: John W. ] Davis 34 1-2; Bryan 19: Cox 59; Ritchie 42.9; Jonathan Davis 28; Ral ston 5?0; Brown 8 1-2; Harrison 20 1-2: Glass 25; Saulsbury 6; Walsh 1; Fer ris 30; Silzer 28; Thompson 1. Total 1098. After the fifth ballot Mr. Rockwell, managing the fight for McAdoo said “Everything is going all right.” He did not expect any breaks along the line on the next ballot. After the announcement of the first ballot today. William Jennings Bryan got the unanimous consent to present a resolution in memory of the late Presi dent Harding. He moved its adoption and it was done with a rising vote. There was a brush between the two Missouri delegates when the state’s vote was ‘challenged, at the end of the first 1 ballot, but the 36 votes stayed solid for McAdoo under the unitl rule, dspite the! charges from challengers that the ma jority there did not express the will of the people of the state, and that money had been brought into the McAdoo cam paign. lowa’s ballot was cast by E. T. Mer edith. former secretary of Agriculture. Ixmisiana gave her vote on the first ballot to Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, as a compliment to the tem porary chairman. During the balloting, Mrs. McAdoo sat in a box, busy , with paper and pencil, keeping an account of the balloting. Mrs. Smith was absent. There was a notable absence of the feeling of tensity that sometimes per vades a convention hall, as the balloting gets underway. Ralston I>enies World Charge. Indianapolis, Ind., June 30.—U. S. Senator Samuel M. Ralston, in a state ment here today in reply to attacks in the New York World, reiterated his de nial of any connection with the Ivu Klux Klan organization, and challenged any one “who has doubt as to the truthful ness of my statement” to disclose this information to the public. Last Week of 13th Birthday Bargains at Parks-Belk Co.’s This is the lust'week of bargains at the Thirteenth Anniversary Bargain Sale at Parks-Belk Co.’s. In a full page ad. to day this big store mentions a few of the hundreds of bargains they have waiting for you. With Our Advertisers. Beginning July Ist all millinery will be sold at half price by the Specialty Hat, Shop. RETURN INDICTMENTS AGAINST OIL CROWD Fall, Two Dolienys and Sinclair Named By Federal Grand Jury. Washington, June 30.—Criminal in dictments were returned by a federal grand jury here today against Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior; Hairy F. L. Doimny, Sr„ oil operators, ami E. L. Drdieny. ,Tr., as an outgrowth of the leasing of the naval oil reserves. Four indictments were returned. The first named Fall and the two Dohenys. charging them with conspiracy to de fraud the government .in connection with the leasing of the California reserve. In a second indictment. Fall and Sin clair were accused of conspiring to de fraud in connection with the Teapot Dome leases. The third indictment charged Fall with accepting a bribe of SIOO,OOO for using his official influence in the Califor nia leases in behalf of the elder Doheny. Tht' two Dohenys in the fourth indict ment were charged with inducing Fall on beliaif of the Pan-American Petroleum' Company, by the “unlawful and felon ious” payment of SIOO,OOO to take an unlawful action. GASOLINE FOLK MUST GET WITHIN THE LAW Judge Maiming to Begin Action Unless They Get Right. Raleigh. .Tune 28.—Though the retail gasoline . dealers had difficulty under standing the third hauling up which At torney General Manning has given them within the last year, the findings of the official given out today seems to make pretty e’oar what lie thinks of the gaso line war which as had the prices at such variance. The first conference before him was marked by the discovery of the widest sort of divergence in state prices. The market varied from 6 and 7 cents down to 1 and 2 for gasoline sold in virtually the same territory. There were times when Apex was 5 cents under everybody and other times when Sanford was far below the usual scale. The first con ference did not work lasting results, but did appear to have equalized some what the prices. More recently Judge Manning has had in mind the fierce war in Raleigh in which 20 cents is the low figure and several filling stations main tain that. The judge was convinced that, the big companies were back of that war and that its net results could not be helpful to the trade. In that faith he heard the representatives here Thursday and today he gave out ftis findings. Terrible Destruction by Storm at Ches ter. Chester. S. C.. June 28.—A checking up tonight of the terrible destruction done a few miles north of Chester by the hail storm shows that approximately 300 acres of excellent stands of cotton was wiped out by the hail storm. The hail lasted about 90 minutes and was as large at some of the places as guinea eggs. The loss falls mighty heavy upon those damaged, since practically on in surance was carried. Says Liquor Interests Also Are Against Him. New York. June 529. —William G. Mc- Adoo. addressing a rally held tonight in the interests of his candidacy, de clared that the liquor interests as well as “Big Business” and a “subsidized and corrupt press” are seeking to block his nomination as the Democratic: presi dential candidate. i The first golf tournament for the State championship of Oregon will he ‘held at Portland the week of July 16. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1924 h’ld !Tlf rk hati day and while the supporters of John IV. Davis ' °>»nnized noise-making organization as Smith and McAdoo they made then- presence known and were given a warm reception. ’ * DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TOO MI CH FOR COOLIDGE Has His Radia disconnected and silence I Now Pit; vails. ' Washington, J). C., June 27. —The Democratic convention .was too noisy for Calvin Coolidge. A radio with a ftill throated trumpet has been holding forth in the Cabinet room adjacent to Cool idge’s office and desk. But today its v< iee was stilled, and attaches and oth ers. including occassionally a Cabinet member who dropped in to listen, were barred. Silence, complete and absolute, prevailed. \ Coolidge at his desk. There was a brief, perfuik-tory and featureless Cabi net meeting. Frank Stearns, as noiseless as his hero, made his way soft-footed in to the Presidential sanctum and out again. Apparently nothing was said. There was a newspaper conference—al so brief and featureless. Otherwise, the White House was de serted —inanimate—so still that the mel low chimes of the Cabinet room clock were like cannonade that startled yawn ing and idling bookkeei>ers. It was explained in low tones to the inquiring that the radio had been a dis cordant note. Its thunder and roaring, bands and ballyhooiug that has filled the air for two days ** ot> some- Tawiy's nerves—whose nerves was left to inference, since Coolidge is the only hab itue of the establishment who has not dropped in from time to time to catch a fragment of the proceedings—anyway, everybody else concerned confessed to disappointment that the one animate, ar ticulate point of interest at the "White House has been banished. COTTON FARMERS MADE MONEY. SURVEY SHOWS Average Net Production Cost Shown to Be 22 Cents With Sale Price of 80 Cents. Washington, June 2ff.—Farmers made money on cotton, according to the de partment of agriculture* which issued a summary today of a survey into the cost of production. Cotton reports were received from 2.515) farmers, but the greater number of replies were from farmers having yields considerably above the average of 125) pounds per acre, according to the division of crop and livestock estimates. The costs are therefore shown by yield groups, rather than an average cost for the entire cotton belt. Os the 2.519 reports, 407 showed yields between 101 and 140 pounds per acre with an average of 124 pounds and this group is regarded as most nearly representative of the general conditions in the cotton states. The average net cost of production on these 407 farms was 22 cents jx'r pound of lint and the average price received was 30 cents per pound. Fifty-five per cent, of all farmers re porting had yields of more than 140 pounds per acre, and on an average pre duoed their cotton at considerably less cost per pound than did those who had yields from 101 to 140 pounds of lint per acre. Df all cotton farmers reporting, 732, or 29 per cent, produced 100 pounds of lint or less per acre and of these farmers, 281 produced cotton at a cost above the price received. Simpison Dies in Auto Crash. Chester, S- 0., .Tune 29—Brady Simp-1 son, former of the Chester of fice of the ’Western Union Telegraph | company, was alnntfd instantly killed about midnight Saturday night when the automobile in which he was riding turned over several times on the Caro lina short route highway between here and Rook Hill. Mr. Myers stated that there was no evidence of foul play and that it seemed Mr. Simpson had run into a small ditch and was endeavoring to pull out of it when his automobile turned over at least a rouple of times, precipitating him to the ground. The automobile was badly wrecked. - A Boys Acquitted at Salisbury of Dis turbing Church Meet. Salisbury. June 28.—Many East Spencer citizens were in attendance on the session of county court today in terested in an unusual case.. Three boys were on trial for disturbing religious worship in that they were charged with throwing rocks at the Long Street Meth odist tabernacle while the Epworth league, atf auxiliary of the church, was holding a social session. Judge Linn ruled that the social meeting was not religious worship and the boys weir dismissed. His honor pointed out that if the social session had been opened with prayer it would have come under the head of religious worship. Davis Demonstration wEtasSr* ■SI#SEC’' :V '*nv -4S& MORRISON TAKES A HAND IN THE DEBATE Governor Opposed to Naming Klan in Democratic Platform. Madison Square Garden, New York, June 28.—“1 am speaking for the rights of the men who mistakenly belong to the Ku Klux Klan." declared Governor Cameron Morrison in taking part in the debate on the Klan plank in the Demo cratic platform tonight. Governor Morrison opposed the specific naming of the Klan in the platform of the party. "No intelligent pLflitfcal party.” he said, “can condemn a group of foolish, intolerant bigots in North Carolina when the Klan commits outrages;- and they are very few, we offer rewards and get the men responsible. We put three professed Ku Kluxers on the roads and two of them are still there and the Klan did more to put them there than anybody else, he said “l/et. us not do this thing as poli ticians but as follower* of the great Thomas Jefferson and above all of our Lord Jesus Christ. “O, my God! So unjust, so unwise; let us not do this thing. I am tolerant; I have many Catholic and Jewish friends. 1 have appointed Catholic** ami ******** saflfrF-fefc. would vote for a Catholic or a Jew. “I would like not only to vote for but to place in nomination this great Catho lic, our chairman, Thomas J. Walsh,” he concluded. Governor Morrison swung around toward the chairman and drew a laugh from the audience when his swinging feature came slose to striking "Walsh in the face. EXPERT SETTLES ARGUMENT REGARDING HEN AND EGG University Lecturer Declares Bit’ll Was Second in the Start. Chicago. June 510.—A question of the ages has been settled. “The hen comes from the egg. and not the egg from the hen,” said Professor Conrad E. Tharald- Ven, of the department of zoology of Northwestern University, today, in an address upon “Heredity” to summer school students. “I realize,” the professor continued, “that I'm settling in a rather offhand manner one of the momentouus ques tions of all time, but my research work compels me to reiterate that the hen comes from the egg, and not the other way round. The hen carries new germ cells which produce other eggs and pre sumably new hens, but all hark back to the zygote. It’s the same in human be ings—the person dies, but the germ cell lives on in a circuit as complete as eter nity.” THE COTTON MARKET Prices Lower During Early Trading Ow ing to Liverpool Cables. New York, June 30.—The cotton mar ket was lower in today's early trading, because of relatively easy Liverpool ca bles. reports of continued good weather in the South, and a tendency to raise estimates of the probable crop. The op ening was barely steady at declines of 0 to 10 points, and the market eased off to 24.70 for October and 24.07 for Decem ber, or about 19 points net lower. No July notices were reported in circulation, and after selling off to 28.82, or about 21 points net lower, that position rallied to 28.94 on covering. Opening prices were: July 28.95, October 24.08; December 24.17; January 24.00; March 24.12. Y’oung Man Breaks Neck While Driving Fayetteville. June 25).—Dun Butler, 21, suffered a broken neck when he dived into shallow water at White Lake, Bladen county, this morning, and was brought by automobile to the Pittman hospital in this city, where he was still living at 7 o’clock tonight- Physicians at the hospital, however, entertained no hope for his recovery. Butler is an em ploye*' of the Universal garage here and is unmarried. Hi« home is at Hope Mills. IT. F. Wallace, of this city, placed the injured man in a bus which runs be tween Fayetteville and the lake, a thrilling race with death followed- Ihe 45-mile trip to Fayetteville was said to have been made in record time. A motorcycle speed cop endeavored to stop the flying car. not knowing its mission, but was forced to give up the chase. British Aairman in China. Hong Kong, China., June 30 (By the Associated Press). —Stuart McLaren, the British aviator on a world flight, arrived here today. METHODISTS TO MEET JOLT 210 IN SPECIAL, CONFERENCE SESSION General Conference to As semble Wednesday at Chat tanooga to Vote Upon the Unification Plan. BISHOP MOUZON FAVORS THE PLAN While Bishop Candler, the Senior Bishop, Opposes It. —Legality 'of the Session Questioned. Nashville. Tenn.. June 30. —With the special session of the General Confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, convening at Chattanooga. Tenn., on Wednesday, July 2, for consideration aiid a ballot upon unification plans draft ed by the joint commission on resolution of unification of the Northern and South ern Churches, and ratified almost unani mously by the Northern Church- at Suringfield. Mass., General Conference, every phase of the question that split the church in 1844 and which has kept the two branches apart in. administra tion although holding virtually the same doctrines and policies, is expected to be discussed. Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon, of Nashville, chairman of the Southern Commission on l nification, is one of the most en thusiastic members of the college of Bishops favoring unification, 1 while Bishop Warren A. Candler, of Atlanta, senior bishop of the college, is strong in his opposition to unification. It is stated by some that legality of the called session will be contested on the floor. It is also stated that a resolu tion will be probably brought forth early in the meeting asking tha unificattion and minor matters pertaining thereto be the sole topics considered. Bishops Candler, Collins Denny, U. V. W. Darlington and J. E. Dickey take the position that a called session prior to the round of annual conferences, which finally must ratify any action taken by the special session, is unconstitutional. Several foreign delegates are speeding to the states to take their places in the confer erne, the call of which was issued *£ BteJwps ou Mar 2# 1 last. Five hundred or more delegates will be in attendance, it is estimated. Ap proximately 400 attended the last regu lar session of the General Conference held at Hot Springs. Arkansas. The session will be held in the New Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium while the general headquarters for the confer ence will be at the Patten Hotel. Dr. Charles I). Bulla, of Berkley. Cal ifornia, will again edit the “Daily Chris tum Advocate.” which will contain a full account of the proceedings during tin life of the meeting. Active members of the College of Bishops will preside in rotation at the called session. As senior of the College, Bishop Cand ler will make a statement concerning the purpose and object of the call. A secretary and assistants will be elected. While the question of slavery was the original cause of dissension in the Meth odist Church, the specific cause of* the separation was constitutional, leaders in the Southern Methodism assert. A con flict arouse between the civil laws and the ecclesiastical rulings. Until 1870, when the general confer ence of the Church met at Baltimore, there had been no conference action on the question of slavery. At that tinie the first official action was taken dis proving of slate holding and it was in 1784 that the most rigid laws were pass ed by the Church bearing upon this sub ject. Following (he Baltimore conference a tone of moderation marked succeeding conferences until the limit of concessions to the views of the Southern delegates was declared reached by the abolition wing, when the conference passed a reso lution already pased by official menders of the Westmoreland circuit of \ irginia, complaining that, while geographically they were subject to state laws under which emancipation could not tak-' pace, the Baltimore conference to whose ec clesiastical jurisdiction the/ belonged, re fused to elect certain of their preachers to orders or to admit them into the trav eling communion because they were slave holders' In resjiouse to this complaint the general conference adopted a resolu tion declaring that the simple holding of slaves or mere ownership of slave property in states or territories where the laws did not admit of emancipation and commit the liberated slaves to enjoy freedom, constituted no legal barrier to the election or ordination of ministers to the various grades of office, known in the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and could not be con sidered as operating any forfeiture of rights in view of such election and ordi nation. This concession was declared the break ing point by the abolitionists and that wing seceded and in May 1843 organized the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Am erica, with- non-slave holding as a condi tion of membership. Such action by the WesleyaiU faction served to strengthen the convictions of both Northern and Southern membeis and in 1844 a peaceable and* friendly separa tion took place, each section of the Church setting about to wont in its own territory to manage its own problems in its own way. The convention which organized the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Louisville, Kentucky, was neld held May Itol9 in 1845. This body was composed $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SEVENTY PERISHED urut 10 1 -mm ANNOUNCE Total Increased When Re ports From Searching Par ties Were Received After Search During Night. EXPECT NUMBER TO BE INCREASED Some of the Dead Bodies Found During the Night Have Not Been Identified So Far. Loraine. Ohio. June 30. (By the As sociated Press). —The number of dead in Lorraine as the result of Saturday’s tor nado, jumped to 7ft today when early re ports came from those who had been searching overnight. Three additional dead, two women and one man. unidenti fied. were rejiorted from Elyria morgues; three unidentified dead, two men and one woman, were located at Ixirain mor gues. The following were among the identi fied dead located overnight: Irving Mer cia. Steve Vedia. Mrs. Mabel Stickrath, Beatrice Naylor and Harrison Brent. These 11. with the 50 deal last night, brought the list up to 7ft, and the coro ner believes the number will increase during the day. Ninety-Four Known Dead. Cleveland, 0., June 30 (By the As sociated Press). —Ninety-four persons are known to be dead as a result of Sat urday's storm which swept the coast of Lake Erio from Sandusky to Loraton, Ohio. The following is a tabulation of the Ohio storm damage, as compiled by the Associated Press: Lorain—7ft dead, several hundred probably injured, and damage estimated at more than 1,500.000. Cleveland—7 dead, with small proper ty loss. Mantau—3 dead. Akron —1 dead and property damage between $500,000 and 1,000,000. French Creek —3 killed, 12 houses de molished or badly damaged. Warren —1 dead. Near Weymouth—2.children drowned, * Youngstown—l dead. Youngstown—l dead. Elyria—3 dead, but virtually no dam age. Lorain, Ohio, .Tune 20.—The casual ties damage done by the tornado as it twisted its way across northern Ohio last night are: At Lorain: Fifty-nine dead, probably several hundred injured, and property damage amounting to between $25,000- 000 and $30,000,000 inflicted. At Sandusky: Six dead, probably 100 injured and property damage between $11.500,000 and $2,000,000. At Cleveland; Seven dead with se vere property damage. At Port Clinton : Slight damage, due to heavy rainfall, no causalities. At Montua; Three reported dead. At Akron : One dead ; property dam age estimated at from $500,000 to sl,- 000.000. At Youngstown : One dead. At Bay Village; Apartment house said to have collapsed burying two. At Alliance: One hundred isolated in flooded homes, rescued by police. At Elyria: Virtually no damage. At Cedar Point: Six cottages blown down ; no eausalties. At Vermillion: Small damage from heavy downpour of rain and high winds birt no eauslaties. Military on patrol duty at Lorain and Sandusky, although ? maritial law has not actaully been declared. State board of health takes action to prevent disease by supervising water supply at Lorain and SandusTcy. Many miraculous escapes reported by eye-witnesses at both Lorain and San dusky. of delegates elected by the general con ference in the ratio of one delegate to every 11 members. A discussion of nine days followed the offering of the resolu tion of May 5 at the conference by Dr. A. W. Smith and Dr. Lovik Pierce, which was adopted on May 14, with one dissenting vote aud declaring in favor of a separation from the ecclesiastical jur isdiction of the Methodist Episcopal Church. When Dr. Pierce was appointed a fra ternal delegates from the South to extPml greetings to the Northern Conference of 184(5. that body, while extending him all personal courtesies, refused t-> receive him officially. Then it was in 1872 l>c fore fraternal relations were resumed be tween the churches, the Northern wing api>ointing a delegation of two ministers and one layman to extend fraternal greet ings to the Southern Conference. WHAT SMITTY’B WEATHER CAT BAYS s Fair tonight, except showers along the coast; Tuesday fair. NO. 101. ; ,)jtj