: j : gSHER RILL ’ Editor and Publisher VOLUME XLIX BICULOUS: Ml IfSOFSTHTEIW | MSB, IIS , f> ox ic Stinson, Who Al j Testified Before Senate Ymmittee, Makes fetate iier.t -About Testimony. |T FORCED TO talk, she says 0 Declares Means Only inoff s Her Casually and ■j, at He Knew Nothing ibout Her Testimony. , j... < i'iin. Sept. 22 (By the As -1 .I.—Mi ss Roxie Stinson, .. committee's star wit igation of Harry M. " . , 'former United States Attor »*;' j ! ;iV characterized as "rid | ,j t.•.! statement from Gas , y . f, rnter Department of Jus ’ fistin' former Attorney Gener y,.a t,s repudiated his testi -1 hcf.oc tiie Committee. | : n. former wife of Jess r ’j )( name _;ils.> figured eonspicu tin- ire,-' nation, denied state .n.ntait'e'i 11 Means’ repudiation in I i,. s ,j,l Miss Stinson like himself • re! . fc-t iniMiiy •‘inspired by Sena . K. W iaeler. prosecutor of the ami denied that coercion |U U v,! in obtaining her testimony. t a |x»i'tVetly ridiculous," she said, m oa!v easuallv acquainted with Mr. . jj„ u - could he know anything " ffiV testimony? 1 did not say any rttiiiK eeereion. Xo one forced me „ to Washington." r* ;mdiation was made public n*teru:iy by Mr. Daugherty in eon jv, nits a letter, he sent to John W. k I>emot rat i«- Presidential candidate, vnicr Attorney General severely t . H ; Mr. Davis for "referring to rs uiisi-.induct of my administration pgr gj >f learning the facts.". A copy tv/ repudiation was sent Mr. Davis f ..., ,I,.,lared iti his statement that siuoity he gave before the commit iis prt’mipred by Senator Wheeler, iar.'il that the Montana Senator •b testimony w«fs untrue. "Up tiif iv I took the stand," the state *>*, ■[ was getting information to i»h the Attorney General's depart- Pm 1 was told that Daugherty safd that I eould go. to hell I testified hat 1 did." ' ' cans declared lie had in his posses infonnation which would prove that t«tinioi)y was untriie and could sit jdiysiea! evidence to further sub tiat-.- his statement. He testimony against Daugherty was i tissue, of lies." lie said "and the on- Bsm I made the statements the way H because of the message I re eu from Mr. Daugherty just before nk the stand." Senator Wheeler’s Version, bar: Wheeler Special, en route to inui;." !1!.. Sept. 22. —Gaston B. is. inve>Tj a: itor and star witness in : ‘-tty inquiry, whose repudiation of '■t: A, ny was published Sunday, (1 S. a tor Wheeler, independent vice candidate over long distance ■ right, and gave a startling on nt :hat episode. Senator *\v heeler m ll day to corresiKiudents. Hons a>ke;! me to call the Senate in igatiug eenucittee together in order he. tiiighr pre-.-nt documentary evi “ ami personal testimony which 1,; i’ ve. he said, even greater cor ia the executive departments at than was alleged in the te£- wy befell' ti e hearings last spring." a!,,r deeclared. I, EVE WHOLE FAMILY killed in accident Which They \Y ere Riding Crasli iTliroui.il Fence and Fell Into Chan el mst " n Kent. 22.—An entire family as miidcsititix.i. was wiped out, the l»o --c i,. V( . when an automobile owned * 1 iat lohroval, a chauffeur, crash -r ith iron fence, on Dorchester s mh Boston, last night, and nm the Fort Point Channel. ' > u <*lttiling that of the chauf ‘ ml been recovered today and the • driiL'ging the waters of the "md fur a ,i xt i, H i> ’• Diiiht is Married Again. v ' 1 ■ i-t. 21.—Henry Bran „ "f this city, newspaper pub "l'eratnr of a chain of theatres '■'‘'•tinti. wits married in Alexan ,m o'clock yesterday after- Cr ;/ " Kyo’.yii Pearce, of Jack* 1, r N>w* of the marriage . ‘'' ' it'-re from New York where ' arner will spend several Tli here. >j. r *- i member of a proini q hittiily and has recently in ashingtou. Mr. Varner Hi a, Newspaper game thir v,a""- hut a week ago again ■ """erdtip of the Dispatch. (VjTt' ' l lln ’Io Go on Trial Again i:,.r, •, ( Sept. 22.—Edmund i, , Florence County, alleged Bbe b- m ° l!lbers of his family* idLs 1 here today from Florence when* i u> come to t!'ial a second tit court i 1,? ' iise bs called in the cir- T'" Thursday. Bingham was ijtghan, i': t!u ‘ ,n urder of L, Smiley broth e r in January 1921, ttktn Wa " 1 r ° death, but the electro- W S ( , Mayf,,1 Report Shows. Washington, Sept. 22.—Cotton spin ning activity showed a slight recovery in August after several months of Je efiine, according to a Census Bureau re port issued today. Active spindle hours in August numbered 5,399,542,661, or an average of 143 per spindle ill place; com pared with 5,157,779,728 or an average of 136 in July this year, and 7,569.061.615 or an average of 202 in August last year. To Survey the Seas. Washington, D. C., Sept. 20.—Plans for the most complete survey of the ocean ever attempted have been inaug urated by a conference representing scien tific branches of the United States gov ernment and allied institutions. One or more ships will be fitted out with a complete laboratory and equipped with the latest scientific apparatus for the first cruise. Th£ sea bottom will not only be mapped, but the composition of the water, its density, temperature, and currents which affect the distribu tion of marine plant and animal life, wil lbe studied at all depths. Five-sevenths of the surface, of the earth is covered with water. This water area can produce more food than all the land can ever be made to yield, and one of the puropses of the expedition iwll be to take an inventory of such food possibilities. 8,000 Meals to the Veterans. Charlotte. N. C., Sept. 22.—More than 8 000 meals were served by the ( ham ber of Commerce to the veterans of the civil war during their three day conven tion here which started on Tuesday last, according to a statement issued by Miss Fffie Squires, who was in charge of the dining room while the Confederates were gathered here. . Meals were served three times on Tues day and Wednesday and twice on Thurs day At no time did the number of meals served fall below the thousand mark, said Miss Squires, while the largest num ber of meals served at one time was es timated to be over 1.200. The veterans complimented both Miss Squires and the Chamber of Commerce on the meals served them. J .C. Collins Takes Own Life. Wendell, N. C., Sept. 22.—Suffering from despondency following a nervous breakdown. J. C. Collins, aged 42, local business man early yesterday morning ended his life by firing a bullet through his chest. He left a note to his widow reading: “Julia, do not worry. It is.all 1 right. Please forgive me. PEACOCK’S ESCAPADES VERY SENSATIONAL Killed Officer, Escaped From Prison and Then Mysteriously Disappeared. Raleigh, Sept. 22.- After eluding ar rest for more than two years. Dr. J. W. Peacock. Thoinasville physician, who es caped from the crimiu.il insane depart ment of the state prison here. Ims been captured at El Cajon, near Los Angeles. Cal., according to a telegram received from Warden Samuel Busbee. who made the arrest. Governo- Morrison issued extradition papers for the return of Dr. IV:n <.ck more than a week ago. Dr Peacock shot and killed Chief of Police J. E. Taylor, of Thoinasville, in April, 1921. At his trial he pleaded tem po' try insanity and the jury found him nor guilty of murder, declaring him to be a parauoaie, and he was committed to the criminal insane department of the - 1022 the physician made a. sensational escape from the prison. DAVIS TO MAKE WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN THROUGH EAST Nominee to Speak iu Boston, Providence, New York and Again Strike Wett. Chicago, Sept. 19.—A whirlwind cam paign through the east is to he conducted by John W. Davis, the democratic presi dential nominee, before he strides back into the west for a second drive for votes iu that territory. This was decided ujion today at a conference the nominee had with his field marshal, Clem L. Shaver. The only eastern dates fixed are at Frederick and Baltimore, Md., both on October 1. hut under present plans Mr. Davis will speak at Boston. Providence, New York City, and in Delaware. From Baltimore the nominee again will strike eastward to West Virginia, Ohio. Indiana, southern Illinois and Mis souri. There also is a possibility that he will speak again iu Kansas and will carry his fight into Michigan. CAROLINAS EXPOSITION OPENED DURING DAY Large Collection of Exhibits Assembled in the Exposition Building. Charlotte, N. (’., Sept. 22. —With what was said to b<' the largest collection of Carolinas products ever assembled in one place, everything was in readiness this morning for the formal opening at 3 p. m. of the fourth annual Made-in-Caroli nas Exposition here. Governor Cameron Morrison was scheduled to deliver an ad dress at the formal opening of the event which is to continue two weeks. Practically every industry and enter prise in North Carolina and South Caro lina is represented by exhibits in the ex position. Exhibit of textile machinery and textile products sent here by a north ern concern, also is expected to attract much attention. Anti-War Demonstrations. Amsterdam, Sept. 20.—The 19,000,000 workers in twenty-two countries organiz ed in unions affiliated with the interna tional Federation of Trade Unions are called upon to join in mass anti-war dem onstrations tomorrow, in a manifesto sent but from the headquarters of the Federation in Amsterdam. The demon stration are to be in the nature of a solemn observance of the tenth anniver , sary of the breaking out of the World j War, although timed considerably later > than* the actual date of the beginning of • j the conflict. * Horse Shoe Pitching Club. ’ Asheville, N. C.. Sept. 22 An old , time horse shoe pitching club been organized in Asheville with 14 charter ’ members, it has been announced here. A course right in the heart of the commer cial district has been tendered the club by E. W. Grove, Members of the club I to start practice immediately and organ ize intra-clum teams as well as a club team to compete with other clubs else where. y Jones Leading Amateurs s Ardmore, Pa., Sept. 22. —(By the As- I sociated Press) Bobbie Jones of Atlanta, g was leading in qualifying play for the h National Amateur Golf championship v when he finished today’s 18 holes in II 37-35-72, making a total of 72-72-144 for the 36 hole test. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1934 HARRELL AND KING TO i BE ARRAIGNED TODAY Are in Chesterfield Awaiting Trial For Alleged Murder of Major Me Leary. Chesterfield. S. C., Sept. 22. —Brought here under heavy guard from prison cells in Columbia they have occupied sine their arrest, Mortimer King and Frank Harrell, young cotton mill workers and 1 former soldiers, were to be arraigned in I court of general sessions here today on | a charge of murdering Major Samuel H. j McLeary, U. S. Army. King and Harrell, according to con- j sessions they are sgid by officers to have signed, killed th|» army officer eleven 1 miles south of Chfrraw, this county, oh the afternoon of 2, last, after he had picked them *p on the Raleigh-Co-: lumbia highway |o give them a lift, j Whether or not their trial will begin i today was not knew this morning. FARMER CHARGED WITH KILLING AUNT Asbury Wessinrer Is Said to Have Con fessed to Murder of Mrs. Lina Wessin ger. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 22.—Asbury Wessinger, 14 year old farmer boy, was in jailfliere today facing a charge of mur der following his confession last night that he fatally wounded his aunt, Mrs. Lina Wessinger, and seriously injured her three children with an axe Saturday. Although an inquest over the body of Mrs. Wessinger, who died several hours after the attack, had been postponed in definitely, a warrant charging young Wessinger with murder was sworn out by Lexington County authorities. The attack occurred at New Brookland, a Columbia suburb. I "I lost my temper," the boy told offi cers when asked his motive for the crime BODIES OF MADREN AND DAUGHTER TAKEN HOME North Carolina Man , and His Daughter * Killed in Tunnel. Lyuchburg, Va., Sept. 22.—The bodies of J. E. Madren, JO years old, and his (laughter, May. 18, killed yesterday while walking through the Rivermout tunnel of the Southern Railway, were taken to their late home near Elon, N. C., today. The father and daughter with their son and brother, 11. D. Madren. of this city, and his 14 year old son Clyde, and J. M. Phillipi aged 26, of Gibsonville, N. C.. had left their automobile at the mouth of the tunnel and started to walk through. About midway they were overtaken by frieght. trains approaching from [both ends. They lay on a plank walk about 2 feet wide between the trains. What happened then the three survivors who were uninjured could not tell. SENATOR MENDENHALL ENTERS SHARP DENIAL No Truth, Says* In Meek ins’ State ment That He Sneaked Bill Through. High Point. Sept. 20.—Charges by Col. I. M. Meekins, Republican candidate for governor, in a speech here that Sen ator O. E. Mendenhall, of Guilford coun ty, sneaked a bill through the general as sembly to give Insurance Commissioner Stacey Wade one-fifth of one per cent, of all stock sold under the blue sky law, brought denial from Mendenhall today. "There is absolutely no truth in the statement that I sneaked the bill through the legislature,” declared Mr. Menden hall. He indicated that Mr. Meekins was not informed iu this as in other'mat ters of state which he has discussed with such scathing freedom in the political campaign. WOMAN KILLED BY MAN SHE HAD BEEN KIND TO Mrs. Clifton R. Hunn, Police Say, Was Killed by an Ex-Convict She Had Be friended. Pasadena, Cal., Sept. 20.—Mrs. Clif ton R. Hunn, wife of the wealthy busi ness man, was killed last night by an ex convict she once befriended, who the po lice say, smashed her head with a ham mer. shot her through the heart and looted her apartment of gems valued at $20,000. The police today were seeking as Mrs. Hunn’s slayer Harry Connor, alias Harry Carbutt, who, according to detectives was released from an Illinois prison through her influence after serv ing part of a sentence for robbery, and who was aided with her money to start nife anew after leaving the cell. SECRETARY WILBUR HAS TALK WITH PRESIDENT Technical Details of Budget in Relation to Balanced Navy Discussed. Washington, Sept. 20— Secretary Wil bur, whose western speaking tour was cut short when he was asked to return to Washington by President Coolidge, visited the White House today and at the termination of his his visit with the President announced that a special board would be a pointed to investigate the rel ative importance of air, submarine and surface craft in the navy. Secretary \Y il bur declared emphatically that the speech es he made on his tour we*e not brought up ut the White House conference. Ouly the technical details of the budget in re lation to a balanced navy were consider ed, he said. K. K. K. Officers Indicted. Fairmont, W. Va., Sept. 19. —Sixteen persons among them several men credit ed with being state officers of the Ku Klux Ivlan were indicted by the Marion county grand jury yesterday upon vari ous charges growing out of the shooting last February of Daniel Y\ ashington, a negro, after he had been attacked by a band of hooded men. I. f 1 Death of John M. Knox. Salisbury, Sept. 22.—John M. Knox, * aged 68. long a business man and lead ing citizen of Salisbury, died this morn ing at his summer home at Blowing Rock. He was a, large mill owner and success ful manufacturer. 1 Twenty-three years ago the flour mills > of the Carolinas were neighborhood af i fairs. Today $10,000,000 is invested in - commercial mills that produce flour and feed valued at more than $30,000,000. Gaston B. Means Again Talks of Charges Against Harry Daugh^u Declares Testimony He Gave Before Senate Committee Concerning Former Attorney General Were Made Because of Threats Issued by Senator Wheeler, of Montana. Columbus. Ohio. Scpr. 21.—Kenudin- 1 | tion as a "tissue - of lies” of n’l that he j told the senate committee in its investi gation of the administration of Harry M .Dnughertv as attorney genera 1 , has . i been made in a signed statement by , j Gaston B. Means, former department of! I justice agent and star-witness for the ! i Daugherty investigators, according to a j copy of the statement made public at •hi.s heme here today by Mr. Daugherty. The Means statement was incorporat ed in a Jetter sent, by Mr. Daugherty to John W. Davis, the democratic nominee for President, in which the former at tornev-general take« the presidential candidate to task for statements which Daugherty’s letter say confound and discredit the department of justice and the ad ministration,” the Means statement de clares. The Means statement was made in Washington on September 11. according to Mr. Daugherty, who said it was given to him voluntarily. According to the former attorney general, Means is now in seclusion, preparing additional data concerning his. former false testi mony. Mr. Daugherty himself left his Uolumbus home today without announc ing his destination. In his letter to Mr. Davis, Mr. Daugherty wrote: “No lawyer, much loss one of your recognized ability, would under any circumstance [tolerate for one moment the character of the ,i>srhm»tey which committee) burdened its records. "One of the witnesses (Remus) short ly after your Seagirt speech, in which you made reference to his testimony, published a full retraction.and repudiat ed his testimony before the committee. "The whole contemptible conspiracy of fraud and deceit will be laid bare in due season. When that time comes you and the country will be astaunded by ; the revelations, even though two ot the members of the senate committee now are seeking high political places in the I nation.” The former department of justice agent. ii\ liis statement, says he testi fied as he did before the Wheeler com mittee for only one reason. That was. his statement said, because on the day before he was to take the stand.* friends of the then attorney general told him that “Mr. said I could go to hell.” In his statement Means declared he has in his possession "documentary evidence with which by a quick review j of the testimony of the Wheeler com mittee,” he said, "it can be proved con clusively that Senator Wheeler knew . that he was framing Mr. Daughesty and j the republican administration, and to j some extent this involves the oil ; scandal.” Following is the text or the Means | statement incorporated in Mr. Daugh-. erty’s letter to Mr. Davis: Text of Means Statement “To whom it may concern : “I Gaston B. Means, desire to make; the following statement of facts regard ing mv connection with the aitac recently mahe by the Brookhart-Wheel er senate investigating committee against former Attorney General Harry Dr. J. W. Peacock Now Under Arrest in El Cajin, California Raleigh. Sept. 21— Dr. .T- W. Pea cock. of Thomasville, N. C., who es caped from the criminally insane ward of state’s prison here on August 30. 1922, and for whom a nationwide search was instituted, was captured at El Cajon. Calif., yesterday, state prison officials announced tonight. Prison officials received word of the capture today from Warden S. J. Bus bee. of the prison, who effected the man re-arrest. Warden had been sent to California on a “tip” that Dr. . Peacock was in that state. The trial of Dr. Peacock for the k!ll ' ing of Chief of Police J- E. Tayroc. of Thomasville. his subsequent committal , to the insane department of state’s [ prison, his escape and the nation-wide search which it precipitated, formed one of the most noted criminal cases in the annals of North Carolina. Chief Taylor was shot down by the physician in the street, of Thomasville ’ early in April, 1921- Peacock was jail ' ed, and at his trial in June of that year was found to be insane by the • jury and was committed to the insane ' department of state prison. On August 30. 1922, Peacock escaped from the prison by sawing the bars of his cell 5 and tying his blankets into a rope down - which he descended. Prison officials iin i mediately instituted a search, and last ljyear Peacock, was seen by a North j Carolinian in Florida, who reported the K ; M. Daugherty and the department of j justice in particular and the current ad ministration : “On February 8, 1924. at Palm ■ Beach. Fla., I received a telegram trom ■my wife in Washington <«tating that : United States Senator Burton— K. ! Wheeler, of Montana, through a very j close friend, had requested that I see ( him in connection with the above men tioned investigation. The information in this telegram came to me in connection with other information at that time. 1 promptly reported this to a close friend of Mr. Dpugherty. The suggestion was made that I see Mr. Daugherty and ar rangements to this end were to have been perfected, but no such arrange ment eu’niinated successfully. "I was advised to go ahead and get in touch with Senator Wheeler and find out- what information Senator Wheeler was seeking and what was the basis of any attack Senator Wheeler was about to launch against Mr. Daugherty and the department of justice. I Called to see Wheeler and held numerous con ferences with him, both at his h°ni p an< l at his office, all of which I have a record of. “The only evidence that Wheeler had of any possibility of an attack on the department of justice and Mr. Daugh erty which he disclosed to me, were some records in regard to bringing into | Washington of moving pictures of the ( Dempsey-Oarpeu t ier fight. Senator Wheeler had this evidence more or less in documentary form and Mated to me he was going to use this as an attack on Sedretary of State Hughes. President Coolidge and others who attended the exhibit of these pictures. "A former agent of the department of justice either directly or tnrough some friends had furnished Senator Wheeler with this Information and evidence. I'"reported to friends of Mr. Daugherty that this was the only evi dence that Senator Wheeler had. "In the meantime. Senator Wheeler, because of publicity that he was about to get ot had, offered a resolution to inves tigate the department of Justice and Mr. Daugherty began to have many callers at his office with the most sensational statements and stories as to conditions that existed at the department of jus tice. In each and • every instance I ex plained to him that there was nothing of substance in the statements that -tbwsetcviwti-arK w tvar gtvttig Jtuu, and showed why the statement could not be* true and that they were emanating from people who had been discharged from the department of justice. "Upon my return from Florida and at a conference with Senator Wheeler, it i was agreed that I was to assist him in the investigation of the attorney general | and the department of justice in the ! way of furnishing of evidence, examina tion and coaching of witnesses, etc. “Wheeler grew desperate in his es- I forts to find some information on which lie could base,charges against the ad ministration and against the depart ment of justice, saying that he was working with LaFollette and had cer tain i>lans in view that made it impera tive that he make good in connection with his public- statements as to the conditions in the department of justice, and that the department of justice be connected with the alleged oil scandals. These facts,and what was going on in i Senator Wheeler’s office and that an ef j fort was being made to frame Mr. i Daugherty were reported to Colonel (Thomas Miller, the alien property eus :todinn, an official and personal friend |of Mr. Daugherty, with the request (that he give 'this information to Mr j Daugherty. Colonel Miller reported hack i that Mr. Daugherty said that it would i be impossible for anybody to successful ! ly frame him up and that he "did not give a dam’-’ about what was going on 'in Senator Wheeler’s office. However. I Colonel Miller, understanding more of (the details of what was going on re quested that the efforts to secure this information not be dropped, but he re ported to him, which I did. from day to day. * (Continued from Page Two) matter. The doctor had appeared before Florida officials, lmd himself examined and tlerlared sane and resumed the practice of his profession. Governor Morrison at once requested his extradi tion by the executive of Florida, and a hearing took place in Tallahassee. Tt was announced that Peacock would be returned to North Carolina, but before the papers could be Issued he disappear ed. He had not been under arrest while the hearing was in progress. A few weeks ago he was traced to Lrw Angeles. California, but there lie disappeared. Last week prison officials were notified thaf a man believed to be Peacock was at El Cajon. California. Governor Morrison, at the request of Superintendent Pou, of the prison, is sued extradition papers naming Warden Busbee as the agent of North C arolina. Warden Busbee left at once for the western state, and experienced no diffi culty according to dispatches received here, in looting Peacock and effecting his arrest. Warden Busbee notified Su perintendent Pou that Peacock will fight extradition, but, in anticipation of this, the warden was given authority to employ counsel in the matter- George Ross Pou. superintendent of the state prison, today issued the fol lowing statement to the press: "Dr. J. W. Peacock, of Thomasville, (Continued on Page Three) $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. IT “'ITER JONES VICTIM OF All AUTO ACCIDENT SAIUHOAK Deceased Was En *Route From Savannah Home to Richmond With Several of Her Relatives. CAR WRECKED ON KANNAPOLIS ROAD Accident Occurred When Car Slipped From Road Into Mud, Skidded and Struck High Bank. Mrs. Walter D. Jones, age 52 wif£ of a prominent retail druggist of Savanah, Ga„ was fatally injured in an automobile accident near this city Saturday after noon. Mr. Jones received alight cuts and bruises, his sister. Miss Jones, suffered a fractured wrist and his daughter the other occupant of the car, escaped with out injury. The accident occurred about 3:30 Saturday afternoon on«thC Concord-Kan napolis highway, about 3 miles south of Kannapolis when Mr. Jones started to drive his car. a Ford sedan, around another car. Just as Mr. Jones pulled lover to pass the car ahead the wheels of ! his car slipped from the paved road, struck a mud hole, skidded against a bank and turned over. The car was complete ly wrecked. Mrs. Jones who was on the rear seat, directly ’ behind her husband who was driving, in some manner was pinned be neath part of the wreckage and she was moved from the ear only after it was picked up. Other occupants of the car were able to free themselves. Mrs. Jones never spoke after the ac cident. She was rushed to the Concord Hospital here, but was dead when plac ed upon the operating table. Misses Jones and Mr. Jones accompanied her to the hospital where the injured persons had their injuries dressed. Motorists who witnessed the accident were heard to remark that Mr. Jones was not driving rapidly, and Mr. Jones him self declared he was driving between 18 and CO miles an hour. The party was en route from their to leave the party in Richmond and drive were to visit relatives. Mr. Jones was Ut leave the. party in -Ricbroud and d*iv» "ffimr Washington for the sessions of the National Druggists Association. Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband, one daughter, one son, W. D. Ir Jpne«, Jr., of Havanah. and two brothers. Joseph Orum, of Savannah, and John Orum, of Pleasantsville. Ala. The body was carried from the hospi tal to the Bell & Harris Undertaking parlors, when* it was prepared for burial. Accompanied by relatives the body left Concord yesterday morning on train 29 for Savannah and funeral services were held there sometime today. COUNTRY’S DEBT MAY BE, PAID OFF IN 25 YEARS Government New Working With This End in View, Assistant Secretary of The Treasury' Says. Cleveland, Ohio. Sept. 22.—Complete retirement of the gigantic public debt of the United States in the next 25 years is now contemplated by the Treasury. Federal fiscal affairs have reached the state. Assistant Secretary Dewey, of th»* Treasury, disclosed in a statement pre pared vfor delivery to the annual conven tion of the Investment Bankers Asso ciation today, where the Treasury has . been warranted iu mapping out a pro gram contemplating the wiping out of the entire deb(, now about 21 1-- billion dollars, in the next quarter of a century. Davidson Dedicates Her New Hostelry. Davidson. Sept. 19.—1 tis safe to say that Davidson—town and college—is as proud of and as pleased with its new ho tel. the Maxwell Chambers, in whose hon or the building is named and to whose memory the initial page in its first reg ister is dedicated, as is Charlotte in her new million dollar hotel with- its twelve stories. At present the Maxwell Cham bers is content with two. Last evening was the formal opening, when town community in general was invited to come and see for themselves and partake of light refreshments —punch served in lavish abundance and cake in ■ accompaniment. I Shanghai Troops Hold Firm. Shanghai, Sept. 22 (By the Associ ated Press). —After battering at the Che ' kiang defensive lines since daybreak the Kiangsu artillery was unable tot push the Shanghai troops back in the fighting which was in progress today between Hsangfu and Kiating, 15 miles west of- Shanghai. [ With Our Advertisers. , Citizens Bank and Trust Co. has an ; ad. of interest to the farmer. Look it up. f WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT J SAYS i, GeFjrally fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler tonight. NO. 23.