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Editor and Publisher lOlimT. xkix Shanghai Crowded With | War Frightened People Hvpn t<> iis Result of little Thai Was Waged e4erda> at Point About * From the City. \ER\F iiSIANG \V()X FIRST BATLE \ rim Drove the Invaders ia-k About Two Miles.— igttie Becomes General ith Heavy Casualties. i Si’pt 4 (By tho As ;• \’<T lit hours of !,„ .iil« t~ of Shanghai, i I \ .>ll Mjs-1 I^iiinjf. ruler., i u:-rd the armies of ’ ( x \ in and gained about i. a statement is- V j..'.-id'iuarters of the de- P i(||)ii :.. Shanghai. Many, !'', , . . ,t"p«>ri'‘d. , d. i witli foreigners to «ity from the tiring v i> ."d tlx* opening of hos 'v; ;l p!' *-l • n-ion. and fear that WI I,. ii,„.x .niglii i-oine closer tc the tj,.fiirr ilighl! :l!. e engag'-niynif now in progress is t-n'i il in the area from the the Slmtighai-Nanking railway to iieavj cannonading along Sway lit reported. p rernper foreign governments to- L'hir.a'' provincial civil war was j ueti Lite yc-:enlay when several i of I’.ritish marines were land- j f,mi S a -cot ion of Shanghai.! jin) Fromli sailors were sent ashore fjrcraft mw in the harbor. The j t j > r „.;K -npplemeut a volunteer; Ilv on duty to defend the French ! rn'. . . v i i sdi<n'i'*ti of the pn xunity of the, i! fjlrins t" Shanghai was given ' j,jjv \c .!Hoiiiiiers between Chi-; vi ,;.n ind players on the Shang- I ,;f I ih links h*d to an order from I hj.\vn:'>!- suspending play tin-; kh Tlioiisand Troops Engaged. i uta, ti [i. m.. Sept 4.—Although j i«iiiiaiei| i<i imiiibi'r 40.0<H1 bat-j hagbait thi- sunshiny day, com- i t «p witne.-'es declared tonight i side had made any materia!! jfc* fighting. The battle front 1 lawiL'wl from the line of the Shang- 1 Binu railway to the Ynngstee , about l** miles from Shanghai, p nearer point, and about 25 at «■«-««. . ! dquartiT< of the troop* defending jhi i-aimed gains in two sectors. h. rnd that tliey had added | Mini";'- tu iheir fighting forces t the day. Bsrlntion of luith men and women pi' fm war work was continuing iin man\ -.. lit.ns of the Chinese K adjacent to Shanghai. 'hv long sledls whistled overhead. "f tiiciu passed through a hospit u-thag. I.mih in the day the Asso t I’rv— i- iirespondent obtained an :,| hi;e Truck and by using the truck «> own automobile, managed to rc ! The |Kiii.'i>t> together with two Ain - b wenieii. t<> safety in Shanghai. Motion For Foreign Settlement, •'urngion. S< pi. k —a protective cor (,f Shanghai volunteer K and American. British, Japanese, '"'■aiii siilurs. will be thrown about '•Tii settlement in Shanghai to 't 'h‘‘ entry of nrrned Chinese forces 11" consul general at Shanghai w ui** Stan* ITcpai tmenr today that :i, iii- for -m il a step had been j • . Che dispatch indicated that - aiffiean sailors had been landed 1 i I1:lv:| ! craft in Shanghai waters. "Tt nintniiini no direct statement of Bf| l i" King in Tower of “Old Ninth.’’ Hill. Sept. :{.—When the Fall Ii lls as the I'niversity of North li'" 3 ' :1 , ut ’ w in the old South ks • ' “‘l''ace the one in the ' “ IM * hureli now used as the announcer. The new duplicate of the one which ." h 'pring. Ims arrived, and helfry in South this Jy l * 'bird bell installed since T|' iiig of tbc I'niversity. The ■•' j ."! in 1 795, was destroyed by '' 1,1 ' VPn t on a “tear” one • "<-w lire bulls into the belfry. :bi V ‘ Fast and Old I,IS> ,1, ‘ ar the site of the pres uV " !:iti I'“''’ A new bell was s,) t'th building in 1856, j ’ e "''l that fornter stu d discern the change. ir~^ enn ' <: *»»g Indicted. i»f {y 1 ' s i' l - k—S. Glenn Young [ N„, l " M ' n ' 'unity raider, was itr.j, ,'f t,u ‘ '•'“'tits charging imperr ptjj „ r , ~'. iV ‘ fitment officer, by a li: ' which reported to illp m..: session. fcir» K 1 were indicted ttupeisonaring government tfifstigai'j ( : r !,,|i i' tme “ts grew out of ■L. w?" * of Young Sun*,,.,;. ' K . 'h county i*t the n li'iuur raids, both J S"r.ts .' 7 t'‘'b‘ral prohibi :it, ‘‘r Tlieir withdrawal l Wr <ler . " il1 ' <>f Woman. wa y< 4.—Charles D. ( N 4, rlff ."-cob, in a confession '-liarge i ' as h'tißton county this ,jf Mis- iF U " ~Ii" ‘^ n 'der with the foumi • Tu> K imberly, whose * U a Mream yesterday 1 Bdmittp’i “d’taway is said to Brrevr J' th e slaying. , tUls oiorning. Snider ,'esterday. THE CONCORD TIMES ♦ ; SP SAYS AMERICANS SHRINK WITH SPEEDY I..IVING StUQietl Crimwlli Jr Resulting Fr ui **Fu and Run ’ Method c,f Americans. tfly th»» A»«<k iatc.l Prr««.) Detroit, Sept. 4.-People of America have ! 'si two inches in stature since the j Civil War. according to Dr. John Har- I ve.v Kellogg, dietician and superintendent 1 of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. , ►. turned growth is resulting from our ihodorn. ‘eat and run’ habits.” Dr. Kol lo£g said. “The American public gives little or no thought to the proper con- I sumption of fowl. <>ur modern business | :I< ‘tivitics arc so hurried' and intense as to allow no consideration so.- the most important element oMieallhfu! living, the proper select ion and careful masticat ion of footl /-onsumed. “ 1 ‘le stature of the American peon’- ims dropped i\v<* inches in the lasi GO years, due to the mod re n American et;s tom of bolting our food like pyllions, < “Food is fuel to the body, and poa- I fuel means a deficient output of en»>rg\ i just as too much fuel chokes the tin of l liealih and retards normal development. ' “A height in stature of over 'six feci prevailed in the early sixties; today tin* i average normal height in stature of tin I American people is npich below six feet. : a condition attributable to our modern t (ptiek lunch counters and hurried mode 1 of living ” i THE COTTON MARKET 1 ! ~ - ! | Quiet But Steady Opening With First 1 Priees sto 11 Points Low<*r. New Sept. 4.—The cotton mar- * i ket hail a\ quiet but. steady opening with i first prices sto 11 points lower. Modcr- 1 j ate Southern hedge selling supplietl the | early demands but support became more j active in the first half hour. Ibices re ; covered the early losses, October advanc- ( I ing to 24.57 and December to 24.27. representing 2 to 4 points net advance. , I The trade. Wall Street and New Orleans s ; brought on the rally. Later, however. ' reflecting private-advices'‘of cooler weatli- ] : erTn Texas the market again turned eas- * . ier. October dropping to 24.45 and Dc- ] comber to 24.12. or S to 10 points under i the* previous closing. j The average of 14 private condition re- ( ! ports thus far issued is til.2 per cent, and j of the crop 12.775.000 bales. Opening prices were: October 24.45; j j December 24-15; January 24.10; March i 24.27 : May 24.52. , COOPER WANTS HIS l TRIAL EXPEDITED : t j Lieut-Gov. Is Informeil Tliat- .Matter Is < i In Hands of l\ S. DLstrict Attorney. 1 I Wilmington, Sept. •’> —Lieutenant « Governor W. B. Cooper, who is under > indictment, in the district I’nited States i court here on charges growing oui of the failure of the Commercial National i Bank, appeared in the office of the court clerk today with a request that he be in formed what steps he should take to have the trial expedited. The lieutenant governor tqld Clerk i Nash that he made several requests of District Attorney Tucker urging an im- I mediate trial, but that so fsir has re- < eeived no answer .from him. (berk Nash informed Mr. Cooper I that it wnk a matter solely ftr the dis trict attorney. ; ; “POP” GEERS. VETERAN > DRIVER, FATALLY WOUNDED His Horse Falls On Wheeling. W Va.. Track and Then Steps On His Chest. ] Wheeling. W. Va.. Sept. 3. —Edward < F. “Pop” Geers, veteran of the race i track, died here tonight from injuries re ceived in a race at the Wheeling State ' fair grounds this afternoon. j Geers Jva« injured when his horse. Miladi Guy, fell throwing Geers and the t sulkey in a heap. Before tracK offi- ( cials could reach him, the horse stepped j on his chest. He was taken to a , Wheeling hospital unconscious. Geers was in second place when the acrid' at occurred. • 3 ] New Flying Record By Army Airman. ’ - Boston, Sept. 3. — Lieutenant R. C. < Moffatt. I’nited States Army. today i established what is bo’ieved to be a new i record for flying between here and New York City- when he covered the 365 miles to New York and return in 2 hours and 12 minutes. Lieutenant Moffatt, who is attached to the tir service in the First Corps area, made the flight in a Curtiss plain His record for the round trip included a seven-minute stop at Mitchel 1* ield, Long Island. Starting from the air port in East ] Boston, Lieutenant Moffatt flew direct- , ly to New York, covering the distance ] in-58 minutes. American Airmen at Pictou, Ready for Flight For Boston 1 Pictou, N. S., Sept. 3.—The two ; world-encircling American army airmen, Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and Lieu : tenant Erick Nelson, with their nfachan r! icians.*Lieut. Leslie T. Arnold and Lieut. 1 John Harding. Jr., jumped from Hawkes | Bay. Newfoundland, to I lotou, N. *•* The flight of 420 miles was made in six hours and 26 minutes. - The • fliers left Hawkes Bay at 10.12 oclotk. eastern standard time, this morning and i; came down on the water here at 4.38 ■t o’clock this afternoon. Head winds and ; » rain squalls somewhat delayed the avia- i e tors but otherwise they found flying ( ; here prec.ud :. ed the possibility of re-fuelling, odnig r and a general check-over of the planes before the coming of darkness, and ow The lone sentinel of one of the glories of the “Lost Cause” is troubled. Death’s shadow is hovering over him. Lieut. Francis J. Wehner, last of the "Suicide Club” of the immortal Fifth Louisiana Infantry, Con federate Army, fears there will be no one to stand guard over the historic old relic "he has attended these last 20 years. It is the first submarine torpe-dh boat built by the Confederacy but never used. DECISION OF CAVERLY FINAL. OPINION OF SLAYERS* COUNSEL i Harrow Sics No Ground on Which He 1 Could Appeal—Judge Studies Whis pered Facts. Chicago. S<*pl. —Judge Caverly to day sent to (Ik* Criming] ' Court building ! for a special t rantscript of the coroner's j report and tin* t o-i inmny of Dr. Joseph! Springer in the Franks murder east*. This move indicated that the fate of Nathan Leopold. Jr., and Richard J.oeb, may depend upon the manner in which: they treated the body of tin* little hoy after they had killed him. This losii mony was whispered in the trial, after women had been excluded front the court room. The defense fought bitterly all efforts to bring out testimony that the body of the little victim had been mis used before ir was kicked into a cul vert . At torne.v Harrow, chief of counsel for > the defense, doubts if there can be any . appeal to a higher court, if Judge Cav-j erl.v sentences Leopold and Loeb to hang. ! "This court has Until jurisdiction, 1 am .convinced,” said Harrow. “I do I not think there is any ground cn which j wc could appeal the Supreme Court of Illinois and seek a reversal.” Asked specifically if a writ of error could not be prayed, his answer was the! same: “I do not think so.” “Angel-face Dickie” Loeb is believed i by State’s Attorney Crowe to be the “chisel bandit” who terrorized Hyde Park and Woodlawn districts a few j years ago. He believes it is Loeb's chisel activities that are comprised in crimes listed as A. P*. C and D. particu larly "(’rime D.” Loeb is said to have developed a fond- 1 ness for a dexterity with a chisel early j in life, when he found if a convenient j method of putting imrsons ” to sleep." When wrapped in tape, -the chisel in- i flicted no wound, according td she State’s j attorney, who said Leopold and Loeb committed many holdups and other j crimes near their homes. It is said' Leopold would step out of ambush and confront the victim with a revolver.! while Loeb. sneaking up fr m behind, j would hit the victim with his chisel.! Tlx* loot ranged from dollar watches to | matchboxes. — With Our Advertisers. While, they last 300 pair Edieott &, Johnson Boys’ shoes. $4 and s•> value at I $2.45. at Army & Navy Store. Don’t wait until cold weather is here to have your furnace installed. Sec ad. of Concord Furniture Co. The Ballot —a new hat for fall, is now being shown at the Browus-Cannon Co. • The Parks-Belk Co. is now ready with a big stock of school supplies. The store also Ims wearing apparel for the boys and girls. See new ad. today. Odorless dry cleaning is done by Bob's. Fall cleaning time is now here. See ad. The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. ap preciates your patronage and renders ev-I cry sound financial service to Warrant j and deserve confidence and trust, says ad. Woodsmen to Stage Tournament to De cide Log-Rolling Champion. Enu Claire. Wis.. Sept. 4.—An o’.d- ! time sport for woodsmen of northwVnfc ern states will lx* revived with tlx* stag- j ing of an interstate log-rolling tonrna- | mont here September 7. Not since 11114 have woodsmen of the northwest gathered in competition. Recently numerous challenges have passed between woodsmen of the north west region, which has lead to a revival of the tournament. Tlx* "world cham pion log roller’.’ will he determined at the meet. Notorious Criminal Under Arrest. Pasadena, Cal.. Sept. 4. —Robert C. Considine, alias Chas. Smith, notorious international criminal, is tinder arrest today, said to have confessed to the po lice a robbery of 16 houses in South Pas adena and Altadena. Since the beginning of the year there have been forty-one thousand criminal cases involving the violation of the pro hibition law. Thirty-five thousand of these have been convicted. ing to a broken spreader bar on Lieut. Smith’s plane, it was decided that the original plan to depart for Boston by way of St. John, N. 8.. tomorrow, would not be followed and that the birdmen would not take off for United State* territory until Friday morning. .When Smith and Nelson leave here they again will have as companions Lieut. Leigh Wade and Lieut. W. H. Ogden, who were forced out of the (light last month when their plane was wreck- J ed while being hoisted aboard the,eruiser Richmond after it had been forced down on the jump from the Orkney Islands to Iceland. In a new plane Wade and Ogden will continue the flight until its completion. A new propeller, which is to replace the one found unsuitable, will be placed on the Boston 11. Wade's ma chine, tomorrow. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924 j RHINELAND RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING WITHDRAWN 1 Action Being Taken to ConfornT With Agreement Made in lamdon. | Coblenz, Germany, Sept. u.—The inter- I allied high cpniinissitm for the Rhineland! today adopted, in conformity with tlx* j London agreement, i five ordinances re : Sieving Iho population of the Rhineland from various redirections. The fiiH .measure abolishes tin* collection of eus i turns on t ln* eastern border of tin* terri tory after September lit h. The second and third which became effective imme diately. restore freedom of movement of persons and vehicle** between occupied and unoccupied regions. The fourth or dinance annuls regulations of boat traffic on the Rhine, and the fifth abrogates various provisions regarding circulation of emergency paper money in the oecu i pied territory. CARRYING GEERS’ BODY TO HIS MEMPHIS HOME Scores of Persons Stood at Sat ion in Silent Tribute as Body Left Wheel | ing, W. Va. Wheeling, W. A'.. Sept. 4. —The body of Edward F. "Pop” Geers, dean of the world's horse race drivers, who went to I his death cn the West Virginia State | fair track here yesterday, when his horse j stumbled, overturned his sulky and step j ped on him. was taken on board a train j today for the journey to his old homo j at Memphis. Tenn. Scores of persons who witnessed Pop's last race, stood at the station and along tin* railroad right-of-way in silent tri bute. as the funeral train passed. Among ! these were officials of the fair associa | tion and drivers and jockeys. COOLIDGE NOT KIANSM.W. SECRETARY ASSERTS President. Not in Sympathy with Aims. He Writes Editor. . New York. Sept. 3. —President Cool J idge i< not it member of tin* Kit Klux Klan. and is nor in -sympathy with the organization, his «f»errtnry. C. Bascotn I Slemp. stated in a letter written to .1 >s • eph Branin. editor of a newspaper syn dicate. and made public today by Mr. I Branin. j The letter from Mr. Slemp was in J answer o one by Mr. Branin. ! “Concerning the Kit ivlnr Klan.” 1 wrote tin* secretary, "llio President has repeatedly stated that he is nor a member of the order and is not in sympathy with its aims and purposes." METEOR GIVES FOLKS OF DAVIDSON A STIR Flash of Light is Followed By Two .Ex plisions in Vicinity of Lexington. Lexington. Sept. 5. —A, flash of light was seen and two explosions heard by ■ many people in and around Lexington j about 10 o'clock tonight when what is ! believed, to have been a meteor flashed towards the earth. The light, which lit up a part of the countryside, was de scribed as being 100 or more foot long. There were two distinct explosions. The I first one was muffled. The second was j loud and e’enr. Tlx* meteor seemed to bo j falling toward the earth at a point be- I tween* Lexington and Thomasvillo. No report of its having struck the ground was received. SILAS M’BEE. NATIVE OF LINCOLNTON. DIES He Was Formerly Editor of the Church man and the Constructive Quarterly. Charleston, S. C-. Sept. 3.—Silas Me- Bee. formerly editor of the Churchman and of the Constructive Quarterly, and one of the most prominent laymen of the Episcopal church, died here today in his 70th year. For the past two years he had lived in retirement. He is sur vived by a widow, one son and two daughters. He will be buried at Sewanee, Tenn. where he spent some years as student and trustee for the University of the South. Southern Railway Plans Drive for New Industries. Hickory. Sept. 3.—The % Southern Railway Company is planning for an extensive drive for new industries to be located along its line, according to Z. P. Smith, general industrial agent for the Southern, who has written to Secre tary Harry TV. Link, of the Chamber of Commerce, for detailed information regarding Hickory’s persent industrial conditions and the possibilities for fur ! ther development along this line. Sec retary Link is compling information relative to Mr. Smith’s Request and feels confident that Hickory will have much to offer in the way of local ideal condi ! tions for manufacturers as any place | along the Southern’s system. i Building Construction Heavy.* Chicago. 111.. Sept. 3 Building con • struetion for the first eight months of thi* year has reached a total of $.»,32f1.- I 000.CMM). according to a review made pub ; lie today by the Indiana Limestone Quar -1 rymeu’s Association, based on reports • from 1,000 cities and towns. $ "■ l Joe (Toots) Mondt, the well-known - wrestler, was a cowboy in Colorado. PETER J. BRADY IS HEARD IN ENGLAND Spoke Before British Trades In ion Con gress as Representative of American Federation of Luisa-. Hull. England, Sept. 4. —Addressing I llx* British Trades I'nion Congress her,* today, Peter J. Brady, president of tlx* Fcdc.-ation Bank, ol‘ New York, said the American labor was “against Kaiserism. Bolshevish. < r an.v — form of despotism which seeks to overthrow democratic ili st it lit ions.” Mr. P.yidy. who came here as the rep resentative of the American Federation of Labor, welcomed the efforts of tlx* Con gress to unite more strongly the work ers of Great Britain and America. The world war, he said, had been followed by purgatory, and there was not yet peace. McADOO’S BROTHER IS SUPPORTING LAFOLLETTE Has Become Treasurer of New York State Organization Supporting Inde pendent Candidates. New York. Sepr. 4. —Win. G. Mc- Adoo’s brother. Malcolm, has become an official member of the LaFollctte-Wheeler forces. His appointment as treasurer of the state committee was announced today by La Follette-Wheeler headquarters. He was chosen last night by unanimous vote of tlx* committee. Mr. MeAdoo denied he was bolting the Democratic party because of his brother's) defeat for tlx* Democratic presidential nomination. DAVIS TO SPEND DAY WITH RUNNING MATE Will Stop in Lincoln After Making Ad dress in Omaha.—\Y ill Go From There to Denver.' Chicago. 111., Sept. 4. —Campaign plans of John W. Davis. Democratic can didate for President, began to assume definite form today as a result of confer ences being held. here. Mr. Davis will i leave Chicago tomorrow evening for ()m --tha to make an address Saturday. He will spend Sunday in Lincoln with Clms. W. Bryan, his running mate, and then go to Denver for his farthest west speech of the present trip. BELGIANS BEGIN TO LEAVE RUHR TONIGHT Evacuation Movement Will Be Continued From Time to Time. Brussels. Belgium. Sept. 4 (By tlx* Associated Press). —The Belgian military evacuation of the Ruhr begins tonight with the withdrawal of a battalion of artillery which will join the garrison at Tillemont. Other units will be taken out from time to time. Orders for the movement of special branches, such as the heavy artillery, tanks and aviation, have already been issued. Stone Bruises Prescribed As Cure For Nervous Trouble. Baden-Baden, Sept. 4. —Stone bruises on the feet are a sure cure for nervous disorders, in the opinion of a German specialist who sets many of his patients to talking in their fa rebeet over stony fields. The more tender the patients’ feet the quicker will be the curt* in the j opinion of this expert on nervous disor- j ders. _ ! He holds that many nervous persons are unable to take their minds off trou bles which they brood over constantly t and has found over a long term of years that it is not possible for many patients to worry about other troubles if they have bruised and svvollen feet. Cigarettes Win Germans. Berlin. Aug. 18.—The cigarette has become exceedingly popular throughout Germany; and more cigars and pipe to bacco are being consumed since the war than in any other period. Recent statis tics show that the iat ports of raw to bacco: have increased .considerably as compared with those -prior to the war. and this despite the decrease of the German population. Two rings are used in the marriage ceremony of the Greek Church; one is of gold and the other silver. ; Chinese Armies Clash in 1 Civil War Near Shanghai i Shanghai, Sept. 3 A pitched battle I 3 between the forces of Lu Hung Hsiang, j > tuehun of Chekiang and Chi Shieh-Yuan, j - governor of Kiangsu, opened at dajdgnt e this morning along the Shanghai-Nan kiug railway near Hwangtu, about a doz en miles from Shanghai, according to re ports from Defense Commissioner Ho. The battle commenced with a heavy f! attack bv the Kinagsu troops, estimated -at 10.000. While fce left wing of the - Chekiang army was forced back, the -[center and right slowly gained ground, s 1 according to Ho’s secretary. Later re- I inforcements reached the Chekiang left wing, enabling it to push forward at 5 ) 1 o’clock. On the whole the Chekiang i j force gained about two miles. There were many causalties. iCOUNTYDEMOCRATS | TO HOLD IEEFJU i 111 Cl I i At Meeting: the Full County !, Ticket For Fall Election Will Be Selected by the! j Delegates Present. SOME CANDIDATES ALREADY CHOSEN The Republicans Will Hold Their Primary at the Same Time the Democrats Are In Convention. Democrats of the county will meet at tlx* court house Satu.-day afternoon for tlicit* county convention. At the conven tion they will complete tlx* county ticket end tram-act any other such business, that in:.) properly ciyne before them. Bait of tlx* ticket was nominated in tlie* primary held last Saturday and win ners in the primary will he officially no tified at tlx* convention. Delegates to the convention will choose candidates in the contests that were not settled in the primary. ( While tlx* Democrats arc holding 1 heir ’ convention the Republicans of the coun ty will be holding their primary. Among the Republicans the greatest interest lias been aroused in the race for the nomina tion for sheriff quite a number of prominent Republicans having entered the race. For some of the other offices no Republicans have announced themselves and it seems probable now that practi cally all of the candidates will be chos en at file convention as no candidate is expected to be nominated in the primary with the exception of a few isolated cases perhaps. Delegates to the Democratic conven tion from Concord and Kannapolis have been announced as follows, having been chosen tit the primary last Saturday : Ward 1, box I—A.1 —A. R. Hoover. L. T. Ilarlsell. W. IL Gibson, Cameron Mac- I Rue. A. G. Odell. W. li. Odell. W. W. Morris, Jno. L. Betrea, L. E. Boger. J. L. Hart sell. R. C. Benfield, Mrs. Mattie Young. Mrs. L. E. Rogov, Mrs. A. G. Odell. Mrs. W. H.'Gorman, C. W. Swink, John Benfield, Mrs. It. S. Young. Mrs. Clarence Barrier. J. B. Womble, Chas. A. Cook*. Miss _ .. Ward 1. box 2—S. L. Host. W. S, Dal ton, Tom R. Brinkley. Miss Mae Shinn. Roy Host, Mrs. Chas. Barrier. Joe Helms, Gip Sherrill. Miss Hattie Thomp son. * Ward 2—B. E. Harris, E. ('. Earn hardt, Jr.. W. A. Wilkinson, J. C. Cook. A. R. Cleaver. Mrs.. J. M Odell. Mrs. Richmond Reed, S. O. Eddleman. J. L. Crowell. Jr.. Miss Carrie Betrea. Dr. J. F. Bunn, James McFachern. Mumford Simpson. 11. T. Utley. R. I. Ix>ng. Jas. F. Harris, Miss J.eitha Snyder. Mrs. J. A. Cannon. Mrs. W. A. Foil. B. M. Laf ferty. 11. A. Sherrill. Miss Hattie Clay ton. I. D. Morris, C. G. K idea hour. Ward 3—J. 0. Moose. C. A. Ison hour, Zob A. Morris, H. ('. Hahn. L. A. Bikle. C. F. Ritchie. C. M. Ivey. C. A. Cress, J. Alex (’aton. L. It. Linker. Miss Connie Cline, Mrs. li. A. Brown. Mrs. Ethel Black. Miss Ethel Honeycutt. Miss Lil lian Cline, Mrs. A. E. Harris. Ward 4 —M. S. Ward. H. J. Hitt. C. A. Robinson. G. T. Crowell, J. L. Mil ler. F. 11. Adden, J. W. B. Long. John L. Bulla boy, J. I. Freeze. A. It. Pounds, E. F. White. Sr., Mrs. Clyde Shaw, Mrs. L. D. Coltrarte. Mrs. T. D. Mrs. Hattie Weddington "White. Mrs. 11. W. Laughlin, Miss Rosa Mund, Miss Mary King. Ward s—lt. Ti. Hut-locker, J. T. Sapp, It. E. Crouch. John Me Inn is, Miss Nel lie Reavis. Mrs. Bearly B. Cook, Mrs. Cleve Mel unis. Mrs. Clara Melnnis. I Township 4. Box 2 —G. G. Allen, A. O. ! Minton. A. L. Efird, S. P. Parker. Mrs. j H. D. McCorkle, Miss Hattie Ford. 1.. ; C. Harmon. Ross Dellinger. J. B. Hard ister. T. W. Anderson. Alternates: C. C. Smith. T. I). Ingram. J. D. McCorkle. Township 4, box 3 —R. C. Bropst, A. li. Brown. N. H. Coggin, Mrs. C. N. Wishart. G. (’. Mauldin. Sank .McCoy, George Armstrong, Dr. R. Frank Flow**,- J. C. Funderburk, It. It. Yarborough. I). A. Jolly. It. 11. Williams, Chas. Jones, j. M. liCe. Doe McCalls. Alternates: C. M. Powell. E. P. Teal. Chas Wishart. President to Speak Saturday. Washington, Sept. 4. —President Cool idge’s list of engagements was trimmed to a minimum today to enable him to complete the address he will deliver Sat urday in Baltimore at the unveiling of the La Fayette statute. Mrs. J. A. Watts and children, Gladys and John A., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. IV. Watts. | At 8 o’clock this morning a Kiang su brigade, commanded by General Ma j Yuzeu. estimated at 5.000. attacked the Chekiang force of the same strength outside Liulto. This engagement, ac cording to the Lttngwha headquarters, resulted after an hour’s fighting, disas trously for the Kiangsu trooi>s. which at 9:30 o’clock were reported in full re treat. with the Chekiang fTO>ps pur suing them. There also were many casualties in this sector. All reports indicate that the engage -1 ment is becoming general in the whole : area from the Shanghai;Nanking rail way to the t-oast. There.i* an artillery action along the railway! $2,00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. PIE MINISTER OF -..ouJ DISCUSSES ! PROBLEMS OF PESCE Premier MacDonald Says the League of Nations Can Bring Peace to All Nations of the World. WANTS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT Thinks Germany and the United .States Should Be Asked to Take Part in the Conference. Geneva. Sept. 4. — Prime Minister Mac- Donald. xf Great Britain, speaking with notable feeling and foreefulness, declared to the assembly of the League of Na tions today that Great. Britain saw tlx* only hope of future peace in the exten sion of the policy of arbitration and tlx* development xf the League of Nations. The British statesman urged the con vocation of a disarmanent conference in Europe, attended by representatives of all countries including the United States land Germany. • Insisting that Great Britain was in tensely interested in the problem of se curity, Mr. MacDonald added “but we do not believe that military alliances can bring security.” Such alliances would bring the world back to the situa tion which existed in 1014. he said. Agreements based on military alliances would break up the League. * , Through the League, he said, it was hoped to lay the foundations of peace. The future happiness of the world must be based on agreements reached through the League. Warning against attempt-' ing to ba>e peace on force he said “if we cannot devise a system of arbitra tion, then do not let tis fool ourselves that we are going to have peace.” CHARGE GARAGE OWNER WITH DEATH OF REIl) Grand Jury Charges Joint E. Smith Kill ed Reid in Herrin Riot. Herrin, 111., Sept. 4 (By the Associ ated Press).—John E. Smith. Herrin ga rage owner, was charged by the coroner’s jury today with having killed Chester Reid here last. Saturday in a shooting affray in wfri<*h five -nrher nx*n were kill ed. The jury recommended that he be held to the grand jury ami a warrant charging murder was issued. < ♦ Smith was the only one of those accus ed by the jury to escape the francos with his life. The jury found that Deputy Sheriff •T. H. “Bud” Allison was killed by Greet) Dunning, also slain, and that Dunning was killed by Allison; that Chester Reid while acting as a peace maker, was shot and killed by Smith; and that Otto Row land. Dewey New bold and ('lias. Wollnrd were killed by persons unknown. GOV. BLAINE, INDORSED BY LA FOLLETTE, WINS He Wins by Majority of 30.000 to 35.000 Over the Field in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 3. —Governor J. J. Blaine, indorsed by Senator Robert M. La Follette. not only obtained a plurality over his nearest competitor, Arthur R. Hirst, of between 65,000 and 70,000 votes, but rolled up a majority of between 30.000 and 35,000 votes over / both of his opponents in yesterday’s pri mary for the Republican gubernatorial * nomination. "With a few scattered precincts miss ing the governor had a plurality over Hirst, of 60.811 and a majority over both Hirst and Lieut. Gov. George F. Comings of 32,668. The vote in 2.507 precincts out of 2.678 in tlx* state show ed Blaine 216.208; Hirst 140.487; Comings 34,143. Wife Adds Matches. Kulmtoaeii, Bohemia. Se|fi. 3.—01 d Werner Bauer, farmer, of Ebersbaeh. near here, enjoyed smoking ho much that in his will he requested that his pijx* and tobacco pouch lx* buried with him. When he died the other day his wife honored his wishes and of her own accord added a box of matches. Boxer Dies of Injuries. (Mj* the Associated Press.) Baltimore. Sept. 4.—Charlie Holman, Baltimore featherweight boxer, died at a hospital today from injuries sustained last night in a bout with Lew Mayrs. Mayra was arrested. Educator of Negroes Dead. Lincoln University, Pa., Sept. 3.—Rev. John B. Randall, 77 years old. President of Lincoln University, and nationally known as an educator of negroes, died at his home here yesterday. Having their shoulders tattooed with flower, butterfly or other attractive de signs is said to be a new fad among fashionable women in Washington. Women bookmakers are permitted to operate on English racecourses. WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT 8 AYS j— —————— Sjf Generally fair tonight and Friday, warmer Friday in central and west por tions. J "NO 18.,