yfsHERRTLL, Editor and Publisher
glume xlix
fcl\' REPUBLICAN
mm held
I cur SHTLIRQftY
■]jlj c i v ei for the Fall Elec-!
B; 0 n v l)P 'lnated at Convert-j
Ron—Tara Johnson Heads
B}>e Ticket.
Biir§ D. DORSETT
B* at convention
BiiCdaO 1 For Congress Was
Bresent But He Made No !
Bpcech—No Real Contests
Bteveloperi.
■ -f-'-i.in ar the court
■V , m-«*n Republicans of
candidates that
■ standard i:i ih u
■ i !i u< county. The
, ,| exn 4 i:*< new tac
wm i,:(ii.|:!tcs u«»rp «> gen
'it of fa**t. that l
H , !tii <<J i> ili* enliven-|
H,'; <u ikinjt contrast j
nid.T ikings when c.uidi-!
|HU i , I'tlirc for many years .
§§■ mvtwincit'd
v iis p-t sided over by
H' y .i Black weletler served
i'iiairninn Williams also!
i" W. M. Sherrill. The Times I
|Hp. -orntaiive. the collide-1
.v !iij> which the newspa
with thanks.
H, w „ rK convention moved
|H. • veil* no indications
••..iii-faction within the
■ ( In fact. G. Ed. Kest-j
. secretary was
in an otherwise hnr
|H . , • ;:<I no seemed to
•• :•!\ Mr. Kestler's refusal
:m when invited to do so
Williams.
■ ..mention was over there
empty seats because
. to leave when the
sl.erilf was made. By
. cmiventioii came to the I
-in)' ti.e t »arty's candi
:i t y commissioners the
. skeletal of Its former
. • precincts were not rep
in v.oing for th**s« candi-
U'idiam- began proceedings .
■:> : I iif the call for the con
• .pi this was completed 1 e
exhortation to his com- i
■ of neglect in the
|Hi:: a.'... \--trs ago and warning them
.->> will be def • ate 1 again
BjHp:ir ery Republican wakes
-iipp. rt- the ticket In his
:.i'k Wiiliams condemned in
fi; iMa.M-ratie thhigs and prais
' things, hiving special
- il'aiuneia;ion of what he
itrm.irrati- inefficiency” in Ca
at y. Ti.aa d-clared
' e 1 »etnoerats prom-
H and everything, feeling
Bt '!i‘i t,e’ !>'• victorious in the coun-
3' .! ;;• were unable to make
r " Republicans than
v.ites in (’ahstiT-.is county.”
Bh’p. "mikl the election
;.g<> r.-.aiteii »:t a Democratic
|B ':n ' : i : countonly because
dans vl,.|it too tong. We were
\\Y must unite in cavry-
Marred hv this eonven-
candidates nominat
■ Mt. Williams declared it would
!li, M Wmj-k oiu])lish the pur
B"p"'' carried if “united
from evert liepub
fl^B ::i the
:: ' H bni-l, <,i !:!■» talk Chairman Wil-
BM'Cm p tconvention James
""'M "! U"V an county. Kepubli
i-t.'l:ila;.- fur ."utigress from the
>u *'•’ in presenting Mr. Dor
■ * ,r ' o iliianis -said in* lid so be-
B ' » "Hum-M.imil candidate “looks
1 etui • | want you to see him.”
■ lead.- * lie a<l
' v i.fUs to tii“ conveti-!
m;|:|, ,r; and promising j
H '• i l l he 1.0 elected. He
i-d by the ronveu t ion.
jm Yl ' i -at down Chairman
Republicans of the
thejr Congressional
would be “a calam
|B, t i<it ic. brainy Cal
-8,, will lie elected in No
|B great policies of
I tennicrat ic
|B| of l’resident Cool-
and applause.
. at the mention
' great as the
uewlv nominated
d;< ‘ ' ll,niT -
convention
the tirst be-,
|H. committee mem-
mimed at the conven-
.d' 'l.airimin Williams
tO i f S :
tuitiee to serve f-or
ilniirman tak-
opening <ff the,
knew there would be,
|H to properly com- \
1 h“ following commit
-• i'f-einct 1— \v, (J. Alii*
r, • S:i " ,r ’i Linker.
|a r " ! '"" : nei Mangus Ross
1 inf. : <l.
. ! ' ! ;ca:.et 3—Miss May
VNiT ' ' '■ -Alexander.
eATJ' r;i!ik Aili * on an(l
B s-. 1 J ! ''' " r t I—George Lee,
Wm 1 Mrs. M. X. Pe-
eu rage Su).
THE CONCORD TIMES
CHINESE TROOPS IN
INCH SHOWING
SIGNS Jf DISORDER
Disorder and Unrest in the
Forces of Gen. Tso-Lin Re
sult in Strong Protest From
the Japanese.
fightinglvear
SHANGHAI FIERCE
Both Sides In That Sector
Have Renewed Fighting
With Intensity Not Before
Shown by Either Side.
Tokio. Sept. 13 (By the Associated
Press). —Disorder and unrest in the
forces of Gen. Chang Tso-Lin. stationed
at Mukden, principal city of Manchuria,
have resulted in a strong protest from
the Japanese consul general there, ac
cording to reports received here today by
1 tiie Japanese foreign office.
Press dispatches say that as a result
of the situation, the Japanese consular
police are held in readiness for action at
Mukden, and that Japanese troops may
be called out to preserve order.
The ("hang Tso-Lin troops are con
centrated at Mukden to move north to
wards Peking for an attack on the
forces of the central government in the
t’hihli province, headed by Wu Pei-Fn.
Fighting With Renewed Force.
Shanghai. China. Sept. 15 (By the As
sociated Press). —Annies of rival mili
tary Governors fighting for possession of
Shanghaia. battled with renewed force
on all sectors this morning when the end
of a storm and the reappearance of sun
shine became a signal for general resump
tion of warfare.
Heaviest Fighting of War During Day.
Shanghai. Sept 15. 10 p. m. (By the
Associated Press). —The heaviest fight
ing done so far in the civil warfare be
tween rival Chinese military factions
striving for possession of Shanghai took
place yesterday and today along, the
Skanghai-Nanking railroad line, directly
east of the city.
Casualties of the Chekiang army de
fending Shanghai were estimated tonight
to have totalled over 400, of which half
were killed. The Iviangsu attacking
army waa»said to-Jiave lost about the
same number. Impartial observers’ de
clared the lines of the two armies were
virtually unchanged in the fighHng. al
though the Chekiang headquarters Maim
ed substantial advances south of the tail
road.
Concentration of the Kiangsu forces
near Liuho was made in a few days af
ter hostilities started, with a view, ad
vices from Kiangsu headquarters said, to
the capture of the entire coast including
Xoesung. the outer anchorage for Shang
hai, and the main point of defense of the
city’s harbor.
greatest loss of the Chekiang forc
es was suffered in the sector south of the j
railway, when a flank movement carried
the lines beyond Antieg. which is about
20 miles from Shanghai.
Outlook in Northern China Black.
Tientsin, China, Sept. 15 (By the As-,
sociated Press). —“-The war outlook in
northern China today was blacker than ■
ever. The Chihli troops of Wu Pei-Fu j
ruling military power in Peking, con- j
tinued today to move toward the eastern j
end of the at Shauknikwan, j
while reliable reports were received here j
that the Peking-Mukden Railway had!
been cut on the Manchurian side of the
wall.
FAMOUS SETTLEMENT IS
BEING SWEPT BY FIRE
Non. Ray. Old Spanish Settlement in Cal
ifornia, Fired When Lightning Struck
Barrels of Oil.
Monterey, Calif.. Sept. 10. Non-Ray.
old Spanish settlement, seat of the first
government of /Cjß'fornia, and inspir.i
tion point for noted artists and writers,
today was in the path of a devastating,
$30,000,000 conflagration which started
yesterday when lightning stabbed a 50.-1
000 barrel crude oil tank. After a hec
tic night during which four soldiers from
Monterey Presidio were burned to death,
the fire spread to eight other oil- tanks
and sent more than thirty injured to
hospitals suffering from burns. lhe
1 soldiers were caught in the fire when
the- firs_t tank caved in from the heat
and sent a flare of fire and oil m the
path of the fire fighters who were at
tempting to save army property at the
presidio of Monterey.
Salisbury to Build Tabeniaele for Lyon.
Salisbury, Sept. 13.—The tabernacle
to be used in the Lyon meeting which
begins here November 2nd. will be erect
ed on the Presbyterian lot near the cen
ter of the city and on the site of the
Aletliodist tabernacle which was used for
?wo years recently while the Methodists
were building a new church J. ’’ •
Fletcher has been named as chairman of
I the tabernacle committee and the Lyon
: organization will send a man here to
help him plan and construct it. L. -
' Kesler has been named chairman of the
•finance committee and other chairmen
I are being selected from day to day so
I “at soon I lie organization, will bo com
pleted. .
Storm Warning Issued.
Washington, Sept. 14. — The Lnitcd
States weather bureau tonight issued
flip following storm warning • .
isliing Monday.
In Mexico a bridge spanning 150 feet
long is built entirely of solid mahogany.
, w-. Trftlfilffflt r T -fl
Makes Hit With Eddie
Mrs. Frederick Cruger beautiful American society woman is the new
favorite dancing partner of the Prince of Wales at the many social func
tions he has attended. Mrs. Cruger is of the oriental type of beauty’,
which has always appealed to the prince*
VETERANS BUREAU CHIEF
SPEAKS TO LEGIONNAIRES |
Director Hines Says People .Must Co
operate With ami Not Condemn the I
Bureau.
St. Paul, Sept. 15 —The United States'
veterans bureau "has been cleaned up” I
but it "cannot take another forward step j
unless public confidence iu our work is
preserved by a cessation of turmoil and
baseless condemnation.” declared Gen.
Frank T. Hines, director of the bureau,
at the American Legion convention to
day.
General Ilines complimented the Le
gion for responding to his' appeal roc
ite “whole hearted co-operation” and
lending “ungrudgingly an active and in
telligent co-operation of the highest de
gree of helpfulness.”
Defending his administration General
Hines said “if it shall be said that there
is anything fundamentally wrong with
the veterans bureau now such statements
shall be untrue. I am not so foolish
as to suggest that the administration of
veterans’ relief is now a perfect thing;
it can never be that aud never will.
But we can say—for it’s truth itself—
that an enormous stride has been taken.”
LEGION CALLED “PROVED
QUANTITY” BY COMMANDER
Address of Commander Quinn One Fac
tor of Opening Day of Cpn^vent ion.
St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 15 (By the As
sociated Press). —Proclaimed by its com
mander "a proved quantity,” the Amer
ican Legion opened its sixth annual na
tional convention here today with pro
posed changes in policy, the most import
ant matter likely to come before it. Na
tional Commander John R. Quinn’s ad
dress in which he said the Legion's pres
tige had been doubled by accomplish
ments in the last year, and an address
by Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the
veterans’ bureau, were among the first
session’s activities.
General W. B. H. Haldeman. of liouis
ville, Ivy., commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate veterans, told the Le
gionnaires “you did your part well as
did the comrades whom I represent, in
the respective wars which you represent.
“My comrades followed you with heart
and mind when you Were upon foreign
shores.” he continued, “for the descend
ants of the soldiers who wore the grey
kept step with the descendants of the
soldiers who wore the blue, to the music
of the union and the glory of the flag.”
SCRAPPING SHIPS MEANS
SAVING TO GOVERNMENT
Secretary' Wilbur Says Policy of Govern
ment Will Save Much Money in the
Long Run.
Los Angeles, Sept. 15. —Scrapping the
American warships in accordance with
the Washington disarmament pact will
mean an immediate saving to rhe gov
ernment of $225,000,000. Secretary of
the Navy Curtis Wilbur told congrega
tions of the Temple Baptists and Wil
shire Boulevard Congregational churches
here last night.
i Secretary Wilbur explained that the
sum mentioned covered only construction
costs and that it would have cost an ad
ditional $40,000,000 annually to main
tain the 28 ships. 13 of them practically
new. which have been ordered scrapped.
■ The navy's total annual expenditure, he
’ said, averaged around $350,000,000.
Princess Fails tc Death While Search
ing For Ring.
Kineo, Maine, Sept. 14.—Princess
Radziwill. formerly Miss Helen Simp
son. of Chicago, was killed yesterday
when she fell more than 1,00 feet over a
cliff on the north slope of Mount Kineo.
Her bfidy lodged in trees part way down
, and was discovered with difficulty.
1 The Princess, who had spent the sum-
I mer here with her family, liad lost a
valuable ring on the mountain sometime
previously. With her brother, it is un
derstood. she was searching for it when
the earth gave way on the edge of the
cliff.
Whatever sweetens social intercourse
sweetens existence.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1924
AIRMEN ARE ROYALLY
WELCOMED IN CHICAGO
Thousands of People atlier at the Air
Mail Field to Welcome the Fliers.
Air Mail Field. Maywood, 111., Sept.
15—Lowell Smith and his arouud-the
world flying companions descended at the
United States air mail field here at 12:55
p. m., completing their 264-mile hop from
Dayton in two hours and 55 minutes.
Chicago, Sept. 15.—Hundreds of thou
sands of-Chicagoans are expected to greet
the round the world fliers here some time
between noon and 1:30 p. in. today.
More than persons will be
grouped in the new civic stadium on the
Lake Front and at the Maywood Flying
Field to which Lieut. Ixiwell Smith,
flight commander, will lead his compan
ions on the globe encircling tour. This (
evening the fliers will be guests of 900 !
leading citizens at a dinner. They will
not speak, according to present plans,
but will be presented gifts and other
tokens of esteem. The airmen will spend
the night here and take off tomorrow for
Omaha.
Izeave Dayton.
Dayton, Ohio Sept. 15 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —The army world fliers
took off from McCook Field here at 10
a. m. for Chicago, where they will re
main over tonight, proceeding tomorrow
to Omaha, on their trans-continental
flight which will end in Seattle.
The aviators had perfect weather con
ditions here for their 230-mile hop to
Vhicago, which they expect to make in
a little over three hours. The planes
were thoroughly overhauled aud record 1 -
tioned during the week-end stay here, and
the three pilots and their mechanicians
were in top spirits this morning after
their two days rest here.
MUCH ROAD WORK DONE
IN STATE LAST MONTH
65 Miles of Hard Surfaced Roads Com
pleted Durhig Month of August, Re
port Says.
Raleigh, Sept. 15.—The hard surfaced
roadway throughout the state completed
in August was 05 miles in length, and
practically double that completed the
month before, according to a statement is
sued by the State Highway Commission
yesterday. Weather conditions, it was
stated, had interferred with construc
tion work during the first nine months
this year than at any similar period dur
ing the past five years.
AMOSKEAG MILLS TO
START NEW WAGE SCALE
New Hampshire Textile Company Also
Planning Five-Day Working Week.
Manchester, N. H„ Sept. 15. —With
14.0(H) operatives, the Amoskeag Manu
facturing contemplates a proposed reduc
tion of wages and a curtailed working
schedule. Leaders among the operatives
estimated that the proposed cut would
be a 12 1-2 per cent, with a 5-day work
ing week. A conference between mill
officials and representatives of the work
ers has been arranged for tomorrow at
the instance of the management.
The company claims that wage reduc
tions iu Rhode Island make it necessary
to make changes here.
Continue Johnson Inquest.
"Charlotte. Sept. 15.—C. G. Brown, of
Winston-Salem, said to be a finger-print
expert, and W. I). lioek, meter reader,
are expected to be the principal witness
es Tuesday morning at the coroner’s in
quest into, the death of W. W. Johnson,
Mt. Holly barber, who was found shot
to death in the home of E. L. Reed Sat
! urday, September 6th, according to Cor-
I oner Frank Hovis. L. H. Fulp, of
! Statesville, and H. L. Reed, of this city,
I are now held in jail without, bond in
1 connection with the cose. The coroner’s
| inquest which started last Tuesday and
i was postponed until today, was postpou
i ed this morning until tomorrow morning.
The latest census figures show nearly
one million widows in the United
States.
THREE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES WORKING
ST FULL SPEED NOW
John W. Davis Is In Midst of
Western Tour That Has
Carried Him to Several
Very Important States.
PRESIDENT WILL
VISIT PHILADELPHIA
Will Make Address There on
September 25—Senator La
Follette Faces the Busiest
Week of Campaign.
Bunceton. Mo.. Sept. 15 (By the As
sociated Press). —John W. Davis, the
Democratic candidate for President, ar
rived here early today from Kansas City,
to make his first speech in Missouri at a
state democratic rally which opens the
State campaign. Mr. Davis was to
speak at the farm of I)r. Arthur W.. Nel
son, democratic candidate for Governor,
late today. Thousands of Missouri dem
ocrats were expected at the rally and
barbecue. Throughout yesterday and last
night a force of men had been at work -
preparing for the big picnic and barbecue.
Over great ditches thousands of pounds
of beef and mutton being slowly cooked
by hot coals. Thousands of loaves off
bread was at hand and coffee being made
by hundreds of gallons.
♦ Will Speak in Philadelphia.
Washington. Sept. 15. —President Cool
idge today definitely accepted an invita
tion to speak in Philadelphia on the night
of September 25 at exercises marking the
130th anniversary of the meeting of the
first Continental Congress. The invita
tion was extended last week by Mayor
Kendrick and members of the city coun
cil. This is the only out of town speak
ing engagement now on Mr. Coolidge's
program.
Hard Week For Senator LaFbllette.
Washington, Sept. 15. —Facing his
most strenuous week since announcing
that he was an independent Presidential
candidate, Senator Robert M. LaFol
lette was busy today shaping up the
speech he will deliver Thursday night in
Madison Square Garden, New York City.
He expects to complete the text before
leaving for New York. Np. ink but#-.has
been givWi out by Senator LaFollette as
to the grounds he will cover in his ini
tial campaign speech to an audience.
His friends, however, predict he will
touch on all the issues lie considers of
major importance, singling several out
for emphasis. Later in the campaign,
they say, he will discuss the others at
length.
PRINCE MAY POSTPONE
DATE FOR DEPARTURE
Heir to British Throne Is Having Such a
Good Time He May Not Leave I- or
Canada Thursday.
N. Y.. Sept. 15. —The Prince
of Wales is having so much fun on his
American holiday that he may prolong
his stay on Long Island. Although his
departure for his ranch in Alberta, Can
ada, tentatively has been set for next
Thursday night, members of the royal
party sa‘id today that he might again
change his mind and put iu a few more !
days of holiday play. He has has a lit
tle peace lately, for he has been
more fortunate in dodging the curious
crowds.
Little Girl Killed in Fall From Tree.
Raleigh, Sept. 13. —Ruth Horton,
eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William M. Horton, of this city, was in
stantly killed this afternoon. She fell
from a tree onto an iron spiked fence,
one of the spikes of the fence piercing j
her heart. The little girl and several
companions were climbing a grape vine
running up the tree when she lost her
footing and fell onto the fence.
State Supreme Court in Sesion.
Raleigh, Sept. 15. —The Supreme Court
went into session today on the heaviest
docket of the Fall Term. Twenty-one cas
es are on the calendar for this week.
Last week 32 cases wer ehandled, but a
number of these were expedited by the
prevention of written briefs instead of
oral arguments.
MORRISON WILL ENTER
BUSINESS ON RETIREMENT
Governor Will Organize Cold Storage
Company Designed for the Farmer.
Whiteville. Sept. 12. —When Governor
Morrison retires from public office, he
will tackle the job of organizing a pri
vate company fdr the operation of cold
storage plants for products of the farm.
That petition was made known today
after an address to Columbus county
people in which he listed the need for
storage facilities with the necessity for
developing water transportation as an
aid to profitable marketing by the agri
cultural interests.
“We need cold storage plants and com
' panics established by private enterprise
j into which the farmers can carry preish
! ale products and market them orderly."
I he totld the Columbus county people in
I his speech, and afterward in eenversa
|tion he stated he proposed to tackle such
a job when te becomes a private citizen.
The governor got the idea, he said,
from observations on the Erie Canal in
New York state, where anples and other
products grown in that state are stored
by the farmer or sold to the storage
companies and marketed orderly and
profitably.
Senator Joe Brown, a merchant and
farmer, confirmed the need for such fa
cilities in the state when he pointed out
that 5.0000 barrels of potatoes went to
waste in Columbus county because they
. could not be marketed in time.
MORE COTTON USED
LAST iONTR
WHS USED IN JULY
During August 367,49 S Bales
of Lint and 44,296 Bales of
Linters Were Used, a Re
port Shows.
exportslncreased
DURING MONTH
Cotton Spindles Active in the
Month Numbered 26,945,-
906—Majority in Cotton
Growing States.
Washington, Sept. 15 —Colton con
sumed during August amounted to 3(17.-
406 bales of lint, and 44.206 of linters,
compared with 346.071 of lint and 40,864
of linters in July this year, and 120,463
of lint and 40.505 of linters in August
last year, the Census Bureau announced
today.
Exports during August totalled 277.-
041 bales, including 5.088 bales of Out
ers, compared with 211,523 including 5,-
006 of linters in July this year, and 244.-
415 including 2,625 of linters in August
last year.
Cotton spindles active during August
numbered 26.045,000 compared with 20.-
710,230 in July this year, and 33.704,030
in August last year. .
Statistics for cotton growing states
include: Cotton consumed during Aug
ust 247.706 bales, compared with 241.-
060 in July this year, and 329.069 iu
August last year.
Cotton spindles active during August
numbered 13,293,711. compared with 15,-
382.964 in July this year, and 16,153.264
in August last year.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Fairly Steady Today at Decline
of 1 to 3 29 Points.
New York. Sept. 15.-—The cotton mar
ket opened fairly steady today at a de
cline of 13 to 29, and showed net losses
of 40 to 47 points before the end of the
first hour under liquidation and overnight
selling orders which were supposed to in
clude considerable hedging from the
southwest. Selling was promoted by rel
atively easy Liverpool cables, combined
wlttr a lTelief tft»t~rene\vi«d rains might
have damaged the grade of open cotton
without reducing the size of the crop.
The early market was unsettled at the
decline to 22.10 for October and 21.80
for December.
Cotton futures opened barely steady:
October 22.30; December 22.00; January
22.05; March 22.20; May 22.35.,
With Our Advertisers.
The big factory piano exhibit and
clearance sale of fine pianos at the Bell
& Harris Furniture Co. will last only a
few days longer. The store will be open
every night till 9 o’clock.
New Fall goods arriving every day at
the Parks-Belk Co.'s. Their up-to-date
beauty parlor will open soon.
Betty Wales dresses in beautiful wool
weaves and hair line stripes for $25
at Fisher's. All sizes, 14 to 44.
You will find silver plate of inviting
beauty at. the Staraes-Miller-Parker Co.
Your account, whether large or small,
will be welcome at the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co.
Charlotte Now Has An Oxygen Factory.
Charlotte, Sept. 13. —The plant of the
recently organized Carolina Standard
Gas Products Company, in the western
part of Charlotte, has been completed
and tested out, and will begin full time
operating during the coming week. The
product of the new plant, which cos* ap
proximately $75,000, is oxygen, this be
ing the first establishment iu the Caro
linas to produce.this gas for which there
is a constantly increasing demand in
irodern industrial establishments.
The capacity of the new plant, wircli
will operate constantly 24 hours a day,
i.< approximately 30,000 cubic feet of
oxygen per day.
T sers of oxygen include cotton mills,
steam and electric railways, machine
shops, garages, junk dealers, and others
Bathing House of Nero Is Excavated.
Milan, Italy, Sept. 13. —Nero’s pomp
ous bathing house, the largest of the
Roman period yet discovered, has been
excavated at Agnana, near Naples.
The structure is six stories high and
1.1,25 feet long. The three topmost
galleries were reserved for individual
steam baths.
Rimer Community Club.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Rimer Community Club will be held
Friday night at 7 ;' J 9 o'clock. Flans will
fct perfected a s . this meeting for the com
munity fair an! *!ir- date anna-wced. All
residents of tLis community arc invited
to attend this meeting.
ASSOCIATED PRESS CLUB
ENDORSES PORT MEASURE
Also Goes On Record as Favoring a
Change in Date of Elections or Pri
maries.
Greensboro, Sept. 12.—Members of the
North Carolina .Associated Press Club,
I representing daily newspapers, morning
1 and-afternoon, in quarterly session here
i tonight, adopted a resolution endorsing
the port and water transportation bill,
and another placing the club on record
as favoring a change of the date of the
state-wide primary from Saturday to
, some other day in the week. The club
I went on record also as favoring a law
i to require poll holders to complete the
; count on the night of the election or pri
mary.
The older you are the more quickly
the future becomes the past.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
BLUEFIELD ROYALLY
J' .JED ADVOCATES
Os BETTER HIGHWAYS
Delegations From Concord
and Other Cities in North
Carolina Given Fine Wel
come in West Virginia.
ALL WORKING FOR
PROPOSED HIGHWAY
Meeting Held in Bluefield
Saturday Night One of the
Most Enthusiastic in His
tory of That City.
BY MILES WOLFF.
Bluefield, W. Va., Sept. 14.—The cit
izens of Bluefield entertained the
to-Florida highway boosters last night at
a banquet which brought to a close a day
of good roads propaganda through the
State of Virginia and terminated one of
the most successful trip of this kind ev
er undertaken. En route to Bluefield.
speeches were made at Hillsville, the
scene ‘of the Allen tragedy; at Wythe
ville. the home of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
the first, and at Bland, a beautiful lit
tley community nestled in the moun
tains.
The first stop after leaving Mt. Airy
where the party spent Friday, was at
Hillsville. Here the crowd was held up-by
the Lord Mayor and the High Constable
for exceeding the speed limit of three
miles an hour and several of the cul
prits were subjected to a trial before
the robed aud wigged mayor. The school
children also welcomed the boosters and
a short program was given on the his
toric court house lawn. The people
were congratulated on their progressive
step in $300,000 bond issue for good
roads.
At Wytheville the party secured din
ner and held a short, meeting on the
court house steps. Leaving Wytheville,
the next hop was to Bland and at this
juncture, a most enthusiastic audience
greeted the boosters. The meeting was
an optimistic one and a road through
this county which is the worst on the
journey was practically assured. The
last stop before going over the mountain
to Bluefield was at Rocky Gap where
cold drinks were served to the entire
party. . . .
The highway pioneers were mat at
“Busy Bluefield” by the Legion band and
rode in parade over the main streets
of the city and were shown to the twelve
story West Virginia Hotel. The banquet
in the ball room was a most elaborate
one. About five hundred guests were
served at this meeing. Speeches were
made by a number of the local men and
by Major Foil, Concord; Percy Bloxam,
Salisbury; E. M. Lamb, Statesville, and
C. O. Keuster. Charlotte. The banquet
was most successful and although noth
ing definite was decided, the Concord,
Salisbury and Lexington delegations
made headway in the securing of tho
routing through those cities instead of. by
way of Statesville as xvas originally
planned. This w r as due to the excel
lent delegations which these cities sent.
Salisbury had the largest of the delega
tions while Concord and* Charlotte had
practically the same numbers.
The Concord delegation was very prom
inent throughout the trip and made an
impression at every stop. Major Foil
aud J. I zee Crowell. Jr., of Concord, were
on the program at Hillsville. at Wythe
ville Major Foil was master of cere
monies, at Bland Major Foil and H. W.
Blanks both made speeches and at Blue
field Major Foil made the response to
the address of welcome. It is safe to
say that Concord has never had quite so
much advertising before through that
section of Virginia. The two men who
made the most favorable impression on
the trip are without question Major Foil
and Percy Bloxam, of Salisbury. Both
these men were boosters of North Caro
! lina and the cities they represented.
The Lakes-to-Florida highway is prac
tically an assured thing. The goodwill
tour just completed has done more to stir
enthusiasm iu counties of Virginia where
the rotads are so bad than anything in
recent years. Once the Virginia coun
ties build roads through the mountains,
the highway will be a fact since there
is very little to be accomplished in North
Carolina and since the West Virginia
Legislature has voted a 50 million dollar
bond issue. Work is now being done
on the Carroll county roads, the Wythe
county roads are passable and with a
re-building of the highway from Bland
to Bluefield, the Lakes-to-Florida high
way will be a ' fact which will divert
thousands of tourist cars through this
section of North Carolina and which will
mean thousands of dollars in the pockets
of the people of this section.
The party making the trip from Con
cord were Messrs. H. W. Blanks. W. A.
Foil, George Patterson, A. F. Hartwell,
,T. Izeo Crowell, Jr., Howard Collie and
M. H. Wolff.
A hill ahead is higher than the moun
tain behind.
WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT
BAYS
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Unsettled tonight and Tuesday, prob
ably showers; not much change in tem
perature.
le past.
NO. 21.