North Carolina Newspapers

J^TcHERRi LL - Editor and Publisher kuME XLIX uther League to Meet Next In Kings Mountain V,,!,..;-. Church Chos .ffvcsl Meeting Plaee f tfternoon Session of the ‘ onrP ntM,n Yesterday. v\ f \'i lon C LOSED jfl/'MLHT SESSION sine Session Was One of J Impressive of Con eiition—Hundreds of Per ~,5 Witnessed Pageant. | , . inKll>l i convention of the p*l ~.i e, i, of Niii tli Carolina entne f [ ‘ . ..ijrijt jn ceremonies that '• cinblcHi.it ie of the dll-, f'ii officers wlm hail just been in ,ftl , ... members who formed a !" 4 ” < | ..rticcrs. The pageant- L*.'.'-'was im>~t fitting as the end enthusiastic meeting. The „„ ,f officers and dele >l iDiudred —stood before the i pink vows to keep the faith intrusted in them. lIV a ~uarMtc softly <ang the old .-f . Win' - Almighty Word.” a \ ris light"il from the lighted can-j -on the altar and handed to the' J ci the League who in turn j the candles ( ,f the other newly Lflcers and the delegates. Then ■ lights ;il! lmrning. the long , doxoiogy was sting and the ben nroncunml by the Rev. Mr. entire meeting during the last hid ;i marked fervor which, though likiti? at any session, was more at this, the last gathering. M s sjiihiess also crept in at times! r thcnzht of disbanding after such I Lot three day-. I r -he -petting service. Dr. Strock ifiddres- <-t the evening, which Uffin and entertaining. He took pi India and gave them a M [ ;|i,. mi>dnns in Guntur and Bih Ih plead with his hear , n,;der India a- a field for their ad minted out the aims of the gig India. He told of the school rt'ii va< planning to establish imld take care of six hundred paction of tlie election of offi litmorning made the following Bffrlisr fur rite coming year: ibH'urtis TVise. of Barber. Jeft' .Norris, . of^gfl^ft-, sr\ M : — <'iirLtine Higmontl. of parer-MNs Rosa Sox. Hickory, wit*] Secretary—Miss Mary Lee inlt. Salisbury. wsStiidy Secretary—Miss Gladys n. Salisbury. bt Secretary -Edwin Troutman. witinn Kepn-scntative —Ruth Dry, ti j o'clock ihe members of St.’ in Salisbury presented a pageant i “America's Unfinished Rattle.” witnessed by n large crowd at i?li School auditorium. In this, i plead with America, who had a cold shoulder - on her. Both ' in other persons to show that t*tvas right hut in the end. Amer brought round to see the need tire. The costumes were very He. About sixty persons took t the pageant. meeting place for next year was * Kinks Mountain, being finally d as the most suitable city, wwtamling importance in the serf- f d the Luther League on AVednes hern<M,n was t lie address by RevJ Teufel, of Philadelphia, on Inter * Luther League work. Air. Teu pf'-ius the National League of lin - V|, ung pe]in!e and makes it his '' to carry this message to all "I Lutheran young people. J'** 1 addri's.s o-i intermediate work. ™fl.tave ti-n important laws in f °l the early adolescent and be "f these urged tin* organization of 2 **iltate leagues. He also urged ption if such leagues because ev- J tl'dng it. The work of the I Us - eatnptire girls, pioneers and y girls are organizations that pro tor ai ‘d development, for the early Qt period. The intermediate ideal Rtwl by a sipiare having on its ■I , ' v " r ds. physical, social, devotional and in the center is spiritual. Tlie ideal is for rpose of developing rather than * !tlp youth. !L !ai ' y i’f'p-'t. of Roanoke, Va., 'resswl the leaguers on social tii't ‘ ' a ‘ down four essen [ art * necessary to a successful jw "P' ai '° work, organization, id ft- M'*s >ro P s t enum i*% srt( '* t!' a t should be if ' seasons- of the year, f otiona! meetings she stressed kadr' - a '| p,|, Uitc preparation and ev *®iglt s “ ,,xtr}l features the j V l' :,n to:nime p hymn or dram ■ Miort Selection. I . 4 1 l Mill. »t fn the > B( ji ls _lhu. new leagues »f *,L at Tlli ' The num % *M! t pr ‘ v, ' nt at this «^ ssion il P ” 1P number in attendanee 3fiO s|on "' "f the league are is .<i'A lfl hii f,, r the coming WW Vl ' ,Hl ' lo * >e divided h-r minions. $450 for WJ n " n ‘ ,r ' v !;h ™’\v. and SBSO ► offi,.,'. " Sag (f ini 'i- of the league | ei ß ,| Ple l‘ w:, h hv a number of Si nf' c ' T!,r "- i’hi< standard is A ti. n t “ Pn " points whic hare: . r |p ' t. increase in mem- I) j, r , 6 *nke rg t ' D,lanr, ‘ 1,1 per cent, of Utowf* 8 SeEt on time and let -100 P^mptly. per CP!lt ' Bible reading. < ' nt - reading the Luther THE CONCORD TIMES DAVIS STAYS AT HOME TO STUDY ADDRESSES j Democratic Nominee Has Net Yet De I oided Whether cr Not He Will G. All the Way ta the Pacific. I Locust Valley. X. Y„ Aug. 28—John U. Davis remained at his home,here to day so as to be free to give attention to ! some of the addresses which he. will de liver next month on the first Extended l drive in hrs campaign as the Democratic j I‘residential standard hearer. AY bother that drive will take him to the Pacific (“cast has not yet been decid ed. In fact, the only speaking dates that have been fixed are those at W’heel ing on Imbor Day, Omaha on September Orb. and Denver, Polo., on September 11. It had been the original plan to have him speak at Denver on September Hth. hut this was changed at the request of the local party leaders there. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 3 Points to An Advance of « Points. < II .v the ■ Associated New A ork, A tig. 28. —The cotton mar ket opened steady at a decline of 3 points to an advance of (5 points,, and soon showed net gains of 20 to 27 points on the active months. October selling at 24.07 and December at 24.20. Covering was stimulated by relatively easy cables and bullish crop report. Effect of those features was offset partially by private reports of rain in Texas and another pri- j vate report appearing later making the condition 04 and the indicated yield 13,- 320.000 bales. Thes figures apparently I were nearly in line with expectations and fluctuations after the early advance j were irregular. The opening prices were:! Oct. 24.45; Dee. 24.00: ..Tan. 23.00:1 March 24.34; May 2440. FRENCH GOVERNMENT I WILL Cl'T EXPENSE. Radical Changes Planned So the Bud get Can Be Balanced. Paris, Aug. 28 (By the Associated Press).—The French cabinet today do-, eided upon a radical overhauling of gov=- eminent expenses, with a view toward strictly balancing the'budget. The pre mier and finance minister agreed that the task of eliminating all unnecessary ex penses from the budgets of various min istries should begin on September Bth. 40 PASSENGERS KILLED AFTER TRAIN ACCIDENT Derailed.—Many Passengers Injured. Odessa. Aug. 28 (By the Associated Press). —Forty passengers were killed and a large number injured when the express train from Odessa to Moscow, which left here last night was derailed while traveling at high speed, 200 miles from here. The accident was caused by a track which apparently had been pur posely torn, from its bed by unknown per sons. The engine boiler exploded, fans-. ing a fire which spread rapidly to the coaches of the train. Wit 1 1 Our Advertisers. The S. S. Brown Shoe Co. has a lot of shoes which they are closing out at big reductions. Boys’ complete school outfits for SIO.OO at J. C. Penny Co.’s, from 7 to 17 years. Suits have two pairs of knickers. See ad. elsewhere. Parks-Belk Co. will have big specials to offer Friday"and Saturday. See ad. for particulars. The size of your account is not the measure of the Cilizens Rank and Trust Company’s service to you. Series of Explosions. London, Aug. 28.—A news agency dis patch from Athens states that a series of explosions started .shortly after, mid night at a large gunpowder depot near the arsenal, spreading to neighboring mu nitions depots. The explosions were said to have lasted until (1 o’clock this morning. A number of casualties were reported. British and French Warships to Shang hai. Shanghai, China, Aug. 28 (By the As sociated Press). —British and Fiench warships are proceeding here from Che foo and Weihaiwei, in connection with the seizure of the Tuchons of the Che kiang and Kiangsu province of different sections of the Peking-Nanking railway. Indians Now Claim City of Chattanooga Asheville, Aiig. 2o.—Claims to re cover five million acres of land em bracing much of East Tennessee and in cluding the city of Chattanooga, has been filed by John M. Taylor, attorney before the Interior Department tor the Eastern Emigrant Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma and North Carolina. The suits have been filed at Murphy. Chero kee county, N- C., and also in Ten nessee. The attorney in support of his claim has filed certified copies of various treaties. ___ Pineapples have been known to at tain a weight of seventeen pounds. League Review. 6. 50 per cent, of the members re ceiving the Lutheran. 7. The cause of the ministry presented at least once a year. 8. Two public meetings held during the year. 9 A mission study class. 10 25 per cent, of members attending the district conventions. 11. One delegate attending the annual convention at t e n < ling the Lutheran summer e £^ er League reading course rmrchased and read each year. P Pledges and national dues paid on ti ™s. At least on sustaining member. OFFICERS BELIEVE THEY HIVE BROKEN UP BIND OF ROGUES Two Men and Women Ar rested in Connection With the 1 Feldenheimer Robbery May Be Leaders. woman Surrenders CASH ON PERSON Had $4,750 Which She Said Was Part of the Money She Got From the Sale of the Jewels. New York, Aug. 28. —In the arrest today of two men and it woman charged with the robbery of Alexander Felden heimer. of $1,0(10,ODD worth of uncut dia monds on August 22. the police and pri vate detectives representing Lloyds of London, believe they have taken the first step in breaking up it clever hand of gent tliievei and the clearing up of robberies involving mililons of dollars worth of jewels. The woman. Mrs. Dorothy Burns, 22 years old, turned over to the police $4.- 750, which she said was the remainder of the money obtained from the sale of (lie diamonds. The other prisoners, James J. Burns, it chauffeur, the womaft’s hus band. and Harry Chance, both 20 years old denied any connection with the case. The woman, according to the police, admitted having taken part in die rob bery of Feldenheimer's office, which is on the Oth floor of a Broadway building. Feldenheimer it ml a customer were hound with picture wire before the rob bers began selecting their loot. GWrard Imi si,. njpresedtatave of Lloyds said the arrests were “the open ing wedge in the complete disorganiza tion of a clever band of international gem thieves." This bund, he said, was respon sible for the theft of more than $15,000.- 000 worth of jewels during the past year in the wholesale jewelry district below the police dead line. WORK OF DRY AGENTS DURING PAST YEAR Report Covering Work of Agents in North Carolina in Year Made Salisbury, X. Aug. 28. —The report of A. B. ('.oltratie, federal prohibition di rector for North Carolina for the fiscal year just ended, shows that 1.409 stills were destroyed, 13.788 gallons of whis key poured out, and that 1,190,498 gal lons of beer from which about 120,000 gallons of liquor would have been made, was also destroyed. Automobiles seized and sold numbered 133. bringing the gov ernment $19,699.91. More than 2,000 warrants were issued, and fines imposed amounted to $107,990, while prison sen tences totalled more than 231 years, over 200 years of this being imposed in the western district by Judge Webb. The directors reported to the Federal Prohibition Commissioner at Washington that there is markisl improvement shown in the state, especially in the western district in the matter of yiolation of the Federal prohibition lows. Farmer Senator Smith, of Georgia, .Mar ries His Former Secretary. Pelham Manor, N. Y\, Aug 27. —For- mer United States Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and his former secretary, Miss Mazie Crawford, were married here today at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Livingston Leeds. The quiet wedding was attended by the bride's mother, Mrs. W. D. Wilson, of Oordellc. Ga.; Mr*. Harmon Frederick and Miss Mary D. Wilson, Marshalville, Ga., sisters of the bride; the bridegroom’s brother, Captain Burton Smith, of New Y’ork"; Mrs. James Jackson, widow of Chief Justice .Tames Jackson, of Geor gia, and Major O. H. B. Bloodgood, as sociated with the former senator in the practice of law at Washington. The Rev. Dr. Robert G. McGregor, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at New Rochelle, officiated. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for a honey moon tour of Canada immediately after the ceremony, announcing they would make their home in Atlanta. Mr. Smith is 69 years old and his bride 28. Head Coach of Salisbury High School. Salisbury, Aug. 20.—Announcement is made by Guy B. Phillips, superintend ent of the city schools, of the signing of George B. Clifford, graduate of Claren don College, Texas, as head coach of the high school and physical director of the boys’ athletics in the local high school. Mr Clifford entered Columbia Uni versity in the Fall of 1923 and attended the regular session there as well as the summer school, which has just closed. He won his letter in baseball, football and basketball while in college, and also stood wel lin bis scholarship records, ac cording to Mr. Phillips. He has just completed a special coaching course un der John W. Heisman, one of the out standing authorities in modern footbad. College authorities recommend him very hl As* assistant in athletics. Guy Daves, varsity football man for four years at Wake Forest, will help with the coach ing In addition to his training under Coach Garrity, Mr. Daves has been di recting playground work in Greensboro during the past summer, and is also well equipped for the work he will under ta*Every effort will be made by these di rectors to reach as many boys as possible in the high school and to give each phys ical training. Prospects for a good foot ball team are bright, Mr. Phillips said. Practice will begin on September Ist. PUBLISHED MONDAY* A'Nfi THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1924 n t. BA £- W' ! The biggest candidate in West Vir ginia this year is JeqTrire Opie O. Karnes who tips Gif scales at 401* pounds Squire Karnes has served the |>eople of Mercer county for eight years and htf reputation has grown to be consistent with his size. Vow he is a cnjidifictefr for re-clef:inn.. PRESIDENT TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON TONIGHT Up Early Today So a*) to Get in Fud Day Before Leaving -Childhood Home for the Capital. y* Plymouth. Yt.. • Aug. 28. —President Coclidge was up early*; today taking a long walk for a last gtimpspehf his boy hood haunts here before • preparing for ihe return to Washington tonight. The two week's visit at his father’s home where he has cojne every summer almost since he left home as a boy. has given the President thjfj rest and relaxa tion lie sought, frienejjjl have been told. All last week Mr. Cpolidge kept close to the home receiving only intimate friends, and this week he had given most of his time to the eoatijHiing of this pro gram of rest. jfc. There were on The -Pres ident's lLt this morning including prin cipally persons of this vicinity. Plan New Resort Near Cape Lookout. Kinston, Aug. 27.—Xcxrrnern in terests have expended a large sum on “Hogue Banks" at a point a few miles south of (’ape Lookout preparatory to the building of a resort "city,” accord ing to reports brought here. The plans are said to call for the erection of hotels, hath house* and many cottages. Surveying and other preliminary work ha* been done. The site is described as "one of the most picturesque along the South Atlantic coast.” The location is adjacent to heavily wooded areas, and fronts on o white shelving beach. The proposed resort, if the plan is carried out. will he the most pretentious of the group in the cape region. The climate shoo'd attract, lyan.v Northern people to the place it is claimed. Goldsboro Men Are Sentenced By Court Goldsboro, Aug. 27. —Fitz Hugh Lane and Luther Sullivan, young white men of Goldsboro, charged with false im prisonment. aiding and abetting in prostitution and assault upon the per son of Alice Rose. Princeton girl, were today dismissed upon two charges false imprisonment and assault, but upon the charge of first degree prostitution Lane was given eighteen months and Sullivan two year*. The jury left the court room* at two thirty o’clock and returned at five o’clock with it* virdict. The ctise wa* one of < the hardest fought in this term of court and dur ing its trial the courtroom was filled to overflowing with spectators. Killed by Explosion. Des Moines, Ta., Aug. 28 (By the As sociated Press). —One man was killed and twelve persons were injured, several [perhaps fatally, when an ammonia tank exploded in a grocery here today. McLean Will Not Start Battle on Ku Klux Klan in Campaign This Fall R. E. Powell, in Charlotte News. Raleigh. Aug. 27.—There will be no joining of the Ku Klux Klan issue in North Carolina this year if the offensive against the hooded organization is to be taken by Angus W llton McLean, Demo cratic candidate for Governor. Mr. Mc- Lean will stand rather squarely on the National platform but so far as the Ivluckers go| he won’t take the war to them. Such a statement is without the offi cial indorsement of party leaders but it was made here today, while State Chair man Dawson was in town, by those suf ficiently (close to the organization to prophesy upon matters of such moment. Mr. Dawson, as party chairman, will have nothing to say about the Ivlan. Mr. McLean, as the Democratic candi date, might be smoked out by Colonel Isaac Meekins but for the very simple reason that Mr. Meekins must wait on Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Coolidge seems at this writing, to be in no particular hur : ry to offend the Klan. The politics of the Meekins position is understandable enough. Meekins Will Help. The Republicans have high hopeß of carrying three Congressional districts in JUDGE CAVEBLY K LEOPOLD LOEB CASE UNDER ADVISEMENT | Judge Took fCase Under Ad** visement at 11:49 This Morning Just After Argu ments in Case Closed. JUDGE CRITICISES STATE’S ATTORNEY Says Closing Remarks State Attorney Were <“Cowardly and Dastardly Attach” on Integrity of the Court Chicago, Aug. 28 (B.v the Associated Press). —Judge John R. Caverly took the Franks kidnapping and murder ease to which Nathan F. Leopold, Jr,, atfd Rich ard Loeb have pleaded guilty, under ad visement at 11 :45 a. ni. today. The arguments in the -murder cate were eonluded at 11 :30 and a nineteen minute hearing on the kidnapping charge was held. The court announced (hat he would give his decision fixing the penalty for ■"the double crime on September 10th at 0:30 a. m. None will be admitted to the court that day, the court ruled, saved defend ants, attorneys, court attaches, and news paper men. Criticises Crowe. Chicago, Aug. 28. (By the Associated Press). —“The closing remarks of the state's attorney in this ease were a cow ardly and dastardly attack on the in tegrity of this dourt and will be strick en from the record.” said Judge Caverly just before taking under advisement the Franks murder case. Judge Caverly stopped protest by the State’s attorney and said the prosecutor had tried to intimidute the court, know ing well that what he had said would be broadcast throughout the land. "This court has no other recourse than to do as it has done," he said. "The state's attorney knew that he would have no chance to reply.” In it the judge defended his court from criticisms of the proceedings. “Some of the criticisms come from those who knew better and some have been 'those' kuow bett£K/’ he said; aJasic The remarks of the court came out of a clear sky and startled the crowded eourt room into a shocked silence. Mr. (’rowe’s jaw dropped and he paled vis -1 ibly under the judicial broadside. “Your honor, I had —” he began, but the judge ’interrupted him. # "The State’s attorney knew full well that his remark* would be heralded far and wide,” the court said. "He knew, too, that the court would have no oppor tunity to reply or defend himself from criticisms except by the action he has taken.” The judge then read a prepared state ment. The court did not state specifically what portions of Mr. Crowe’s remarks aroused his anger. It was recalled, however, that the State’s attorney had referred to possible outbreaks if death penalty w r ere not imposed, and had em phasized the possible power of money in the courts, and the wealth of the de fendants. Just, before • the argument closed. Mr. Crowe also made a defense of tlie testi mony of James Gordland. one of his staff of detectives, that Leopold had expressed a hope to escape the death ppnajty by pleading guilty “before a friendly judge. This had been denounced b.v Mr. Barrow as perjury, and when Mr. Crowe defend ed it the court asked the stenographers to give him a special copy of that state ment. None of the attorneys in the ease would comment after the proceedings were ov er. The defense attorneys said it would ’be improper, and Mr. Crowe remarked merely that he had "been talking three I days.” At the recent wedding of a popular musician in London the wedding march was played on jazz instruments and the bridal pair made their exit from the church beneath a triumphal arch of} trombones. the State, including the Ninth, and they want to center their fire in these sectors. In order to do so. however, they know that every Coolidge man must be per suaded to vote also for a Republican Con gressman. And Mr. Meekins, not very serious about being Governor, but ex tremely serious about the Federal Judge ship. is going to help out in a National way. The Klan tumble in Texas and Okla homa is superseding in popular interest the judgment the Chicago judge will ren der in the ease. On Pull man cars, jilain smoking cars, busses, at the corner drug store and even at the rural filling station —this subjeet of the Klan and the way John W. Davis has punched it is tip l subject of conversa tion. Is Master Stroke. Locally, the Democratic leaders are glad that Mr. Davis has delivered the blow and they are in high hopes that Mr. Coolidge will elect to remain silent. It was a master political stroke, they think, and —in view of the situation described can not hurt the party in North Caro lina. The party has pretty well estab lished the fact that it can take a lot of punishment in the State. BLEASE AND BYRNES ENTER 2ND, PRIMARY Latest Returns Gives Blea.se 74,021 and Byrnes 60,054- McLeod is Renomi nated. Columbia, 8. C., Aug. 27.—Arrival of beTated returns from yest rday's Demo cratic primary in South Carolina - made no change,-, in the contests for nomina tions for major officer. A second pri mary will be Le d September 9 in which Cole L. B.ease with a vote of 74.021 and James F. Byrnes, .who received 60.054 votes, will he the Senator N. ,B. Dial was third in the first primary with 39.830 votes. Insurance Commis sioner • John J- McMahan received 4.- 263 votes. Governor Thomas G. McLeod won the nomination for a second term, gerring 107 356 votes to 68.155 for his op ponent. John T. Dunyan,. With 1.178 of the state’s 1341 pre cincts reported it if* that not more than 15.000 votes are to be ac counted for. The actual balloting is not believed to have eome up to advanve ex pectations, when it was suggested that in excess of 200.000 votes would be cast. Forty or more boxes are under lock and key by order of county chairmen and two counties following contests for county offices. These results will not be known until Ouuty committee* meet to morrow to declare official m<ults. Tlie situation as to congressional races rermfins unchanged, on'y one con test being in doubt. There is still un certainty as lo the two candidates to enter the second primary in (lie second district. R. 'B. Hare. R. L- Gunter and B. R. Tillman being (lie leading Candi da tes. All representatives have been re nominated except W. T. Logan, who is to enter a second race with Thomas S. McMillan. REPUBLICANS WON’T MAKE PORT BILL AN ISSUE Its Acceptance or Rejection Should Be Only After a Genuine Study of the Bill. Durham. Aug. 27. —The Republican party of North Carolina will not 'make the Morrison port bill a political issue in the forthcoming election. William G. Bramham. chairman for the State Re publican executive committee, stated here thi safternoon. Its acceptance or rejec tion by the people should only be after a most thorough study of the bill, he said. The statement was made by Chairman Bramham following a request for the po sition of the Republican party of tbe Stpte on the port and terminal bill. He declared himself to be incapable of pass ing judgment or ponion on the bill at thi* t s „ne because lie is not familiar with its provision*. “The port bill is not a political ques tion.” Mr. Bramham stated, "anil should not he" rrijeetciU Thto" ffTe' WttiCturiW W# litical campaign. The Republicans of the state will most certainly not make it. an issue. If* acceptance or rejec tion b.v the people should only be after a most thorough study of, the bill. If its passage will be of material benefit to the stale all of our people, regardless of the political alignment, should spport it. The report of the commission has just reached me and 1 am not sufficiently con versant with it at this moment to ex press ray own opinion upon it. Laws which are for the betterment of the state should never be defeated nor those of the contrary specific advocated for mere party purpose. My understanding from those having the bill in charge is that the question will be handled with a view of thoroughly informing the people upon its merits and absolutely free of pol itics.” Charged With Stealing Government Property. Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 28 (B.v the As sociated Press). —Charged with systemat ic and wholesale theft of government property at Camp Sherman, and with conspiracy to defraud the I nited States government, Camp Sherman 5 eterans Bureau officials and United States De partment of Justice operatives today ar rested Myron C. Rose, Milwaukee and Cleveland wrecking contractor. A. ,T. Phillips, superintendent of the local wrecking plant, and Lawrence Williams, a labor gang foreman. I. C. C. Ruling. Washington. Aug. 28.-—Proposed can cellation of the combination rule in con nection with freight rates from the south and southwest to destinations generally in the north and east, on cotton and cot ton linters today was found to be justi fied by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. New schedules placing such can cellation in effect, which had previously been ordered suspended by the commis sion. were ordered cancelled. Charged With Killing Negro. Salisbury, Aug. 28.—Trailed for three hours by bloodhounds from Granite Quar ry John Walker, a young negro, was ar rested by officers at 6 o’clock this morn ing and placed in jail at Albemarle for the shooting to death last night of Henry Harris, another negro. It was reported here this morning that Prohibition Agents Widenhouse and Ran dall seized a Ford sedan and 10 gallons of liquor last night on the road near Old Zion Church. The officers saw a man and woman in the car as they approach ed but the man rfin as the offices drew near his ear. The name of thp man was not given by the officers. The Ford and liquor were seized. Outlook for Ratification Worse. Paris, Aug. 28 (By the Associated' Press). —The outlook for ratification by Germany of the Daweu plan agreement concluded at a recent international con ference at London became worse today, according to latest reports from the Ger man capital. Reichstag probably will vote on the agreement late tonight, it was learned by officials here. Robert G. McGuirt, bf Kannapolis, today announces that he is a candidate for the office of representative from Ca barrus in the lower house of the State Legislature, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. $2.00 a 4re4r, Strictly in Advance.^ NEGRO ASSAILANTS OFJHOMbm'N ARE '^crTLIBERTV * "it Police Officers Throughout State Have Been Aske4 to Watch For Men Who Rob bed Man Here Yesterday. CONDITION OF THOMPSON BETTER Physicians Believe He Will Recover Unless Complica tions Set In—Negroes Driv ing a Ford Sedan. Local police officers have received no information that might lead to the arrest of the two negroes who-at noon yester day assaulted and robbed H. O. Thomp son, manager of a filling station here. Soon after tlie robbery was committed police officers throughout the State were asked to be on a lookout for the ne groes who were ilriving a Ford sedan with a Tennessee license, but so far no information relative to the whereabouts of the negroes has been received here. Physicians, who are attending Thomp son declared this morning that his con dition is more favorable now. The wounded man, who was struck on the head with enough force to be rendered unconscious, spent a fairly comfortable night after partially regaining .conscious ness late yesterday afternoon. Police officers believe the assault on Thompson was made about 12 o’clock yesterday. Several persons who wpre un loading a truck near the filling station, declared that they saw him at the sta tion at 11 :50. He partially regained consciousness about 12 *3O just before his sister arrived with his dinner and it is believed he was struck about noon and was unconscious for half an hour. When Thompson told his sister in an manner of the attack on him she called other relatives. Thompson was able to talk to them in a dazed man ner for several minutes but later he fainted and was not able to ajiswer any questions until late in the afternoon. Before fainting, however, Thompson told officers that the negroes who attack ed him wgre driving a Ford sedan with « Tennessee license. That i« the «mly clue the officers ha k with aa TjipjjaiY son wUCT unable to give any definite de seription of the men. He did not know them, he told the officers. That Thompson was given a severe blow on the head is established by the fact that attending physicians declared lie was suffering with concussion. How ever, ns* there were no cuts of any kind on his head officers are of the opinion that he was struck with a sandbag. There was a knot on his head where he was struck, but the skin was not broken. As soon as they were notified of the assault and robbery local officers hasten ed to search all roads leading from the city. They also advised officers in other cities b.v telegram and telephone to be on the lookout for the negroes, but at noon, today their messages had brought no re plies. As Thompson was seen at 11:50 and was found at 12.30 it is believed the negroes had a start of about 30 minutes on the officers. Thompson told the officers that he had more than SSO on his person when he was assaulted. The money was taken from his clothes, bf said, after he was struck. The blow was delivered while Thompson was stooping over to pick up an inner tube that the negroes had de clared they wished to purchase. He fell inside the door of the room at the filling station and lhat probably accounts for the fact that his body was not seen by any paserby. Unless unforeseen complications set in Thompson is pxnectcd 1«» recover. Henry Ford Denies Ku Khix interview. Detroit, Aug. 27. —Henry Ford, in a wireless dispatch to his office here trom his yacht enroute from Montreal to De troit. tonight positively denied a state ment Credited to him yesterday by the Montreal Star wherein he wit* quoted as saying that the Ku Klux Klan was misunderstood. Mr. Ford, in bis message, not only denied the interview published by the Montreal Star, but asserted that he had given no interview to any one .while in Montreal and also stated that he had not discussed the klan. The message further instructed the Ford offices here to. “make a positive denial of an absolutely false statement.” Iceland Feels Earthquake. London. Aug. 28. —A violent earth tremor of 10 seconds duration was felt in Iceland Tuesday evening, according to a news agency dispatch from Copen hagen. The shock was followed by a tidal wave. Robey Potts, of Columbus, Ga. f is spending some time here with his parents on Fink street. WHAT SHITTY'S WEATHER CAT SAYS # Generally fair tonight and Friday, slightly cooler tonight. NO. 16.