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Merrill, Editor and Publisher )OJME XLIX IP!BOOSTERS [STS OF CONCORD IT SKfIPPT MEETIMS t , rs \l«o Entertained at innapolis Where They de Short Stop Just as ie v Entered County. )K T MEETING " AT LOCAL “Y” riprs Left After Meeting Jr Charlotte. Where They ill Be Eentertained Dur gthe Day. . dolegiition on its way to I’.’,-Car-linas Exposition was r’-'.,’.rains shortly before noon by ' ,|f (wentv-five or thirty auto mailt* a brief stop at Kannap- I ,imii hurried to ( oneord for a l ". this city. The Alt. Airy . twit seventy-five strong. O.ti.-oril welcoming party mes them :iri uml the lake in I Kan r ' The entire crowd stopped in the | ; um for a 'few moments where . ’(i,.; and (’oncord parties were by a number of prominent of pt the Cannon Mills there. Short 1 of welcome were deliverer! by '*ham <>f tin* Kannapolis Y ami H. i.nK of the Concord Chamber of “r,e. The response to these re i was made in a word by Zeb F< !l of M# Airy. leaving Kannapolis, the party rB .,j P its way to Concord. Along J .is:.' had beeu racked to objects • kjj t o s he visitors a welcome. The ; • Bt he eitv was made down North .ireo: amid much blowing of horns tiisrt of the cars and the waving idkerchiefs by persons on the porch tiie :on» line passed. , >t ,.„ in ('oncord, which was to made on the lawn of the Y unsferred to the gymnasium. Dr. Svnor acted as chairman of the land introduced Mayor Womble, ib a brief speech of welcome. Mor itiweil then made a short talk to ijjiion in which he said that the iifthe 1 < MM > people were open to i Airy people. Responses were by Mayor A. F. West and Zeb I ii wins this, sandwiches and cold mr -<*rved by the ladies of the Tla- delegation then left for Char trier** they will be entertained at firoß given in their honor by the dabs of that city. JON DOLLAR CO. ORGANIZED IN STATE total Land and Timber Company Granted Cliarter in State. irigb. Sent. 2o. —The Coastal Land Lilcr Canpany with headquarters lifigli was today issued a charter I* office of _ the Secretarf of State, inz’.!;g a capital stock of $1,000,000. if roprators who have already sub si SIOO.UOO. are Dan Allen, of Ra il H. Johnston and K. B. John if Cardenas. B' of operation as set forth in the rr call for the development, improve and maintenance of the lands i the corporatioji will buy, sell, lease artgage. It is specified that the soy will search for minerals, phos s and sulphur. L.- are reserved by the corporation me one class or more than one class M T on decision of the majority of eaicg stoekholders. !s IU( K IN HOME STATE FOR CAMPAIGN Brim; t: People of West Virginia a losage From Democratic Party. Special, eii route to Charleston, Fern. \\ \ a Sept. 25. —John '■nne hack to liis home state 1 to present jigain his cause as the I " Ta D < ' Presidential candidate. En *lV bis campaign through the Mr. Davis is determined to conduct ; rai i tight mi what he has de nomi “ :ls 'lie three dominant issues— "ii ‘ii'iiesty. common justice, and '''l ''""rage in government. ? 'rin through West Virginia Mr. s l";ik first at Hinton. Autos Through the State: le. Sept. 2o.—For the first time u ; i. organized the Detroit Auto mute loturists over Route “A” 1 hieinnati and Asheville on Florida points, it has been Buckner, manager of ''•in Carolina Motor Cllub, who M receive,| i Ptter f rom Stacey i V ""'Ddiati, telling of the action F ~i! 11 llto Club. The route to i.\v **' Cincinnati. Lexing i '‘''m* and Hendersonville. > , n Killed in Floods. ta ,Sept. 25 fßy tht lt ßf I’i'sst.— Nineteen .persons <1 . v b :T:|V, ‘ perished in the greal ftbTigwed Tuesday’s gale. Th( brw ' r, ‘ K:ln l**<l as light, however Mb,, w |'"’ *‘ xs *’ nt of the Hood, whicl Kan st buffered by the formei a Pttal since 1824. bdmi!r ( n % l^ a( hng Knepper. i»tM p' 1 s, T»r. 25. (By the As U, fri)s 1 "Robbie Jones, of At %t, of wllHn he and R. E t&ir'ft: . ;il( ' a So. had played 18 hole >»tm r p jf " lp ma teh in the Nationa J ■ ° Ur!! ament today. P nu ' lat ede For Governor a , . ; '•• Sept. 25.—Theodor f Ut Becretar .v of the navy - State or lOr Governor by the Nea "* was m 'p ntion here today. Th ua, ‘ ll l>nu the first ballot. THE CONCORD TIMES Miss Mollie Teague Has Been Missing Five Days School Teacher Charged With Strangling Her Own Baby Was Carried Off Sat urday Night. OFFICERSUNABLE TO LOCATE HER "A j Believe She W.as Carried Off By Friends* Who Faced Her Guard With Number of Guns. AN aynesville, N. Sept. 25. —Spirited away from the home near here where, she was held under guard in connection with the strangling of her new born in fant, Miss Mollie Teague, aged 20,school teacher, was sought today by Haywood county officers who confessed themselves baffled after a five days’ search. The abduction of the attractive young woman by a party of unidentified men early last Saturday morning was disclos ed today. Friends of the young woman ; who was in a serious physical -condition and facing a charge of homicide, are thought to have been the abudetors. Members of the party covered the guard | with guns and calmly removed her to | a motor car which was driven toward the Tennessee line. Miss Teague was under guard at the home of W. G. Messer, near Little Cat taloocliee. while her recovery was being awaited before transferring her, to the county jail. About 1 o’clock Saturday morning five men with blackened faces knocked cn the door of the Alesser home. When Deputy Sheriff Bennett on guard in the house went to the door he was covered ‘ with rifles and pistols and commanded Ito raise his hands. Ho was disarmed. Then the men aided the Teague,girl to the door, placed her on a horse, and led the horse to an automobile some dis tance away. Deputy Bennett said the automobile drove off iu the direction of the Tennessee State line. - Several days ago Miss Teague, who is a member of a prominent Haywood county family, was placed under arrest after a new-born baby found strangled with a cord about its neck, had been found in a corn field near the Messer j heme. Mr. Messer said he had seen J Miss Teague enter the corn field. The j girl was found at her school where she | was endeavoring to continue with her classes. Taken into custody and takeir to the Messer home~she is said by officials to have confessed that the child was hers and that she strangled it. She refused to implicate any man. A guard was placed over the house, the guard being changed each day and night. It was intended to place her in jail here as soon as her strength permitted. Shot .Near Heart, Drives Four Miles. | Macon. Go., Sept. 24. —Just utter being shot, iu the chest, in the region of the heart, A. J. Long. Jr., wholesale grocery salesman, stepped into liLs auto mobile late today and drove four miles to a local hospital, where he collapsed. Doctors say he has little chance to re cover. Sheriffs deputies investigating the case found that W. F. Bell, grocery man, one of Long's- best friends, laid a pistol on a counter in Bell’s store, in a suburb, and the gun accidentally went off.* High Point Makes Threat to Secede. Greeraboro, Sept. 24.— Warning was brought yesterday that unless a branch of Guilford Superior Court is established at High Point a movement will he made to create another county with High Point as county seat. Along with de mand for'a branch court is call for a deputy register of deeds and deputy clerk of court. The common larkspur. S iowing in the mountains from Colorado westward, is very poisonous to cattle, particularly just before blossoming time. Only cattle die from larkspur poisoning. Horses do not touch it when left to themselves, and sheep seem to thrive on it. King and Harrell to Die for Murder of Maj. McLeary Chesterfield, S. C., Sept. 23.—Follow ing a swiftly moving trial replete with 1 dramatic moments, Mortimer N. King y and Frank Harrell, young cotton mill workers, were given death sentences late 1 today in sessions court for the murder 1 of Major Samuel H. MeLearv, United f States army officer, on July 2. which J they had both admitted iu signed con s sessions. 1 Judge C. C. Featherstone, presiding, » set November 21 as the day when they ‘ should be electrocuted in the state peni tentiary at Columbia, advising them that he was giving them ample time to re pent of their “most horrible” crime and e to make their peace with their Alaster. 8 Taking the stand as the first witness t for the defence, King produced one of e the dramatic moments of the day that f ’ kent the little court room, packed and h jammed with humanity silent by the r drama being enacted. The 23 year old defendant, after making a brave effort to conceal his emotions, broke down and . sobbed. Pleading for mercy to both him - self *nd his companion, he attempted to • take the entire burden of the crime «j»n his own shoulders. Harrell, he dectar- ed had never had a chance, and had a wife with a baby born just six days ago, • depending upon him for support.- Harrell, he admitted, was not at hand re when he fired two bullets into the army v officer's head with fatal effect, but w back at the automWie of Major Mc- Z Leary* in which the two had been given a lift by the officer. Harrell went hack ♦ HEARING ON COTTON RATES IS CANCELLED Was to Have Been Held in Montgomery, ! Alabama, on October 3rd. ! Washington, Sept. 25.—A hearing ou • the proposed new schedules for cotton ' rates, from, to, and between Southern points, now assigned for October 3rd. at Montgomery, Ala., before Examiner • Koehl, today was cancelled by the Inter state Commerce Committee. i The cancellation of the hearing was brought about after a tentative agree ment had beeu reached by Southern cot ton interests and carriers over the terms of the proposed rate revision. The ten tative agreement provides that apropos-‘ ed 1;> cent per hundred pounds advance j in the rate on 'compressed cotton shall not be made. The suspended schedules were to have become effective September 1 and were ordered held in abeyance pending the hearings, until December 31st. Generally speaking, the suspended! schedules proposed to cancel the present cotton rates in the entire southeastern, Mississippi Valley and Carolina territor ies, and to apply, in their stead, a scale of cotton rates now applicable on (leor-j gia intra-state traffic with few exceptions. McLEAN DENIES THE CHARGES BY MEEKINS Says Republican Foreign Policy Respon sible for Bank Failures. Reidsville, N. C., Sept. 25—Angus W. . McLean, Democratic candidate for gov- | ernor, speaking here last night, follow-, ing an address in the afternoon at j ville-Spray, answered the charges of, Isaac Meekins, Republican candidate, that the Democratic party was responsi ble for the bank failures in North Caro lina by declaring that the bank failures in North Carolina and throughout the country were due to the Republican ad ministration of the national government. He said that this was true because the Republicans closed up the foreign mar kets by its foreign policy and had bank ’ rupt the American farmer by flooding the local markets with their own prod ucts. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 6 to 13 Points.—December Off. New York, Sept. 25.—The cotton mar j ket opened steady today at a decline of : G to 13 points in response to rather poor i Liverpool cables and a favorable view of -tfce (nwMrtfcn-- ~ ■Bfe-iW|yC Jg tor the pos sibility of further ShOwerk ftl the Atlan tic States. December sold off to 22.65 at the start, but was good buying on the decline which seemed to be partly for i trade accounts. Prices turned firmer in consequence. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. 23.40; Dec. 22.68; Jan. 22.70; March 23.03; May 23.25. * ” “ i McAdoo is Silent on IILs Return to United States. New York. Sept. 22.—William G. Mc- Adoo, returning on the Leviathan today after several weeks iu Europe, declined to comment, on politics at this time, al though he asserted he would “have something to say later.” “I have been out of touch with the political situation for more than two months,” Air. AlcAdoo said, “and am therefore unable to discuss it inteligent ly at the moment.” Unable to Find Missing Vessel. Detroit. Alich., Sept. 25—A thorough check of the Lake Huron Coast line from Osseda. fifty miles below Alpena to Point Huron at the foot of the lake had failed at noon today to reveal any trace of the missing freighter Clifton with its crew of 28 men. The boat was due here yesterday. SIOO,OOO Missing. Springfield. Mass*.. Sept. 25.—The Un ion Trust Co., of this city today report ed to the police that SIOO,OOO consigned to it by registered mail was missing. The bank asked the police to seek Wm. J. Hamifin, 45 years old, employed by the • bank as a messenger and guard, who also is missing. at his direction, the defendant said, to turn the* engine of the officers car off. Several automobiles had passed while they were robbing the major in the woods. King testified, and lie decided to have the engine of the officer's car stop ped to lessen the chances of detection. Throughout his story he maintained that the murder of Major McLeary was not planned in advance. After they had Forced the officer into the woods, he de clared, he did not intend to kill him, but planned to tie him up with a tow rope which was in the rear of the car and to make off with the machine. Pro testing that he did not realize what he was doing. King said he shot after Major McLeary had struck at him and reached toward iiis own pocket as if for a weapon. , He told a story of wandering with Har rell in a vain search for employmeut in explaining why they decided to “slick up* 5 some traveler. “I had not eaten a bite for a day and a half when Major McLeary picked us up.” he declared. Harrell while on the stand did not break down. He told his story in un trembling, but weak voiej He insisted that he had no that his com panion planned to shoot the officer, and he was not aw*are that King intended to rob McLeary, until King produced his pistol and ordered the officer to stop the i car. He himself had no weapon, not ■ even a pocket knife, he swore, and he did not se--' King fire either of the two shots ;! that k.‘ led the officer. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONQORD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1924 HESS DENIES THE BAPTISTS SPONSORED CHARLOTTE HOSPITAL I “—* Says Mecklenburg-Cabarrus Association Secured Opion on Property but Never Ex ercised the Option. BAPTIST IN NAME ONLY, HE SAYS Association at Last Meeting Decided Not to Exercise Option and to Drop the Matter Entirely. The following communication was re ceived this morning from T. I). Alaness by the editor of The Tribune; Editor Tribune, City. Dear Sir: —l herewith hand you state j ment in regard to the Baptist Hospital Company and would be glnd if you would give it the same publicity as carried in your paper yesterday. Truly yours. T. D. MANEHS. 1 r Editor Tribune : I notice in your issue of the 24th in | stant, that the Associated Press went out from Charlotte, the report that the Bap j tist Hospital Company was “A Hospital , to be operated by the Meeklenburg-Ca barrus Association.” Today's Charlotte Observer states that ‘‘the organization of the company was fostered by T. T. Cole, Charlotte real-es tate promoter, the movement being start ed with the support of the Aleqklenburg Baptist Association.” It is true that the company was “fos tered by T. T. Cole, Charlotte real es tate promoter.” but as a matter of fact, as shown near the bottom of page 16 in the minutes of the Alecklcnburg-Cabarrus Association held September 1023. that there was no financial obligation whatever assumed by the Association; that the Baptist Hospital Company assumed the full financial responsibility. The Meck lenburg-Caharrus Association at no time assumed ownership of the property or financial responsibility. The last para graph ou the minutes, page sixteen, above referred to, being as follows: “The Baptist Hoapbal Company offers to said Baptist Association, without cost, the option on the purchase of the pres ent hospital buildings and equipment, to gether with ten acres of land, for the • sum of $150,000.00, plus the cost of any material aud permanent improvements added to the present plant from this date until the said association may exercise its option to purchase the property. This option to remain in force for a period of five years.” It will thus be seen that the Mecklen burg-Cabarrus Association had an op tion for five years to purchase the proper ty. The Association, at its last meeting, voted to surrender the option, thereby severing even its right to exercise the op tion. Aly information is that the $105,000.00 mortgage, given by the Baptist Hospital Company, was simply the switching of mortgages of practically the same amotint, which T. T. Cole and associates had pre viously given upon the property. • If the information which I have is cor rect, I am firmly convinced that the word “Baptist” in the Company wits put there in order to commercialize the Bap tist name, and the intention of the real promoter, Air. Cole, was that he should stay iu the back-ground and be the “pow er behind the throne.” This view is backed by the uncontra dicted statements of men of unquestion able reputation as stated upon the floor of the Association at its last meeting. I do not question the absolute integri ty aud honesty of a number of good Bap tists, who became connected with the en terprise, as promoted by Air. Cole, but. a much larger number of Baptists, equally as good, when the absolute facts became known, at once lost all confidence in the plans of Mr. Cole and also in his man agement and thereafter refused to have anything whatever to do with the Com pany- The Mecklenburg-Cahavrur, associa tion as a matter of fact, held an option and as well known the Association had a right, to refuse to exercise the same and surrender it at any time. The Alecklenburg-Cabarrus Association did not assume any more responsibility for the obligations of the Company than it would be the obligations of Cannon Alfg. Co., should it amend its charter so ; as to read “Baptist Alfg. Co.” It was [ simply Baptist in name but not in fact. As is well known, when any object is Baptist in fact and under Baptist con ' trol its obligations are always worth one • hundred cents on the dollar. It occurs to me that the next Legis . lature would do a great service if it - would pass a law making it a felony for 1 any promoter to organize' any corpora tion and use the word “Baptist” in con -1 nection with the Company, unless the j company was, in fact, under the absolute i ownership and control of the Baptists, thereby making it impossible for anyone ] to commercialize the name “Baptist. ’ It is my opinion that if Mr.- Cole hftd made known to Air. 1A ade his plans that t due und timely warning would have been given against the sale of stock in the 1 Baptist Hospital Company. 1 Expelled From Stock Excliange. » New York, Sept. 25.—Geo. F. Secor, a s member of the brokerage firm of Secor, e I Reynolds & Co., was expelled from the 41 New York Stock Exchange today for d alleged irregularities in connection with s • transactions in the stock of the Southern j States Oil Company. Stubborn Fire Causes i Heavy Damages Hiss-' PLANS TO RETIRE SOME STATE HIGHWAY BONDS Bonds to the Extent of $1,060,000 Will Be Retired Within the Next Few Days. Raleigh, Sept. 25.—Highway bonds of North Carolina will be retired to the ex tent of $1,000,000 within the next few days, ir was announced here last night, following monthly sesion of the State Highway Commision which lasted until well into the evening. The total amount of bonds then retired will be $2,500,000. Besides placing the $1,000.00 in the sinking fund, the Commission drew up plans for asking the 1025 General As sembly for a bond issue of $35,000,000 for contiuuanee and expansion of the highway work. The $65,000,000 pro cured from the bond issue authorized by the 1021 legislature has been expended, it was stated. The committee unanimously voted to use its authority invested in it by the recent extra of the General As sembly and voted Chairman Frank Page j an increase in salary from $5,500 to ' $15,000. STATE GUARDSMEN TO BE INSURED IN GROUP Group Insurance Plan Approved by Adju tant General, Attorney General and ! Insurance Commissioner. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 25.—Aiembers of the National Guard of North Carolina will become policy holders of a $7,500,- 000 group insurance issue under a plan approved by the Adjutant General, the Attorney General, and the Insurance Commissioner, made public here late yes terday. At the same time it was announced that the South Carolina National Guard would be insured under a similar plan, and the same extent. The underwriting agree ment stated that the combined policies of the two states were the largest of its kind ever written in the South. LANDSLIDE WIPED OUT PART OF VILLAGE Twelve Houses Were Crushed and Par- 1 tially Burled.—Fifteen Persons Re ported Killed. Berne. Sept. 25.—A landslide last night obliterated a large part of the mountain village of Someo, in the Tes-1 sin canton, crushing 12 houses into twine, | and partially burying them. According to late reports. 15 persons were killed and 20 houses destroyed in the disaster which followed a heavy thunderstorm. \ '% fliirtK. .o' 1 “LKtte Fair” at High Point. High Point, Sept. 25.—“ The L*t tle Fair” will be held in this city on October 4 next for the benefit of the Barnardo hornets it lias been announced by the arrangements committee. The fair wiP be complete in detail, it was said, and will include all kinds ot ex hibits as well as many contests. So- far the chief exhibit aud contest planned, according to those fostering the fair, is the baby show in which rond parents may exhibit their children in hopes of carrying off the prize, either ,in the class for looks and figure , or health and intelligence. There will also be dog show and a pet animal show in which any pet animal may be entered, j Plans are also under way for a liorse J show. Severe Storm in Eastern France. Paris, Sept. 25 (By the Associated i Press). —A storm of cyclonic violence is \ ravaging southeastern France. The an cient city of Orange has been particularly hard hit a deluge of rain flooding the railway station, washing out the track and cutting the main railway from Paris J to Alarseilles. Weather Affects New Orleans Market. | New Orleans. Sept. 25. —The New Or- ; leans cotton exchange seethed with ex citement this morning with the posting of the weather map showing more rains iu the eastern belt. Heavy short cover ing ran prices up rapidly, October jump ing from 22.20 to 23.45, an increase of 125 points. The homicide rate in the United Stales is 18 times that of England. Daugherty Strikes Back at President Who “Ousted” Him Special Despatch to New York World. Washington, Sept. 24. —Harry Al. Daugherty, whether he meant to or not. has struck back at President Coolidge for ousting him from the cabinet. His production of Gaston Aleans’ re pudiation of the testimony given before the Brookhart-Wheeler committee has reopened the whole scandal. The committee is going to resume its sessions, and that means that in the middle of the campaign the front pages of the newspaper wiu again placard the revelations of the grafting of Jess Smith, the then attorney general’s closest friend. Smith shared Daugherty’s home and had a desk, though no official title, in the Department of Justice itself and thus was enabled to traffic in pardons, whiskey withdrawals and otherwise gen ‘ erally to capitalize his supposed ability to dispense immunity to law-breakers. ’ Chairman Brookhart has authorized I ‘ Senator • Ashurst to~ organize the now hearings. None of the committee has 1 any doubt of its authority to go ahead, 1 and the plans are to summon Daugherty 1 to repeat under oath his declarations of i his knowledge of perjury eoinmitteed in the previous hearings. William O. Duckstein, secretary to Edward B. McLean, who, according to i Aleans, dickered with him for immunity *, in exchange for a recantation; Blair e Coan, who is another charged by Aleans r with having negotiated with him, and h probably Mr. McLean himself will be a asked for information as to why Thomas •B. Felder, Aleans’ attorney, felt called Blaze Which Startecfm Mov ing Picture Theatre Caused Damages to Several Busi ness Concerns. SIOO,OOO DAMAGE IS SANE ESTIMATE Hoover’s and Porter ' Drug* Store Suffered Very Heavy Losses From Water and Smoke. A fire which started in the pro jection room of the Piedmont Theatre yesterday afternoon at' 2:30 o'clock, threatened for some time to destroy sev eral buildings in the heart of the busi ness district and before extinguished did | cause damages estimated at SIOO,OOO. I Beginning about 2:30 o’clock the blaze i burned dangerously for about two hours before it -could be controlled. The fire spread with a rapidity that could not be met at the outset. Its ori gin was in the booth built for the opera tor of the machines of the Piedmont and this booth was cut off from the front ] part of the building by a brick wall. That meant that water thrown into the front of the building did not reach the blaze for some time, and the smoke was so dense that firemen could not get with in striking distance to use chemicals. The theatre building, owned by W. W. Flo we. housed the theatre ou the ground floor and the offices of (V M. Lsenhour, manager of the theatre : Dr. G. L. Lang, optometrist; and Dr. J. V. Davis, den tist, on the second floor. The office of Mr. lsenhour was entirely gutted and the offices of Drs. Lang and Davis were bad ly damaged by fire, smoke and water. The buildings occupied by the Porter Drug Store and Hoover's, on either side of the theatre building, were badly dam aged by smoke and water. The fire never reached the building occupied by Hoover’s but it did reach the second fibor over the drug store. AVater j>oured into the two buildings in great streams and at one tinre yesterday afternoon water was standing three feet deep in the two | buildings. I Efird's also was slightly damaged by smoke and water, and the roof of the building probably was badly damaged as it had to be used by the firemen as a means of reaching a point higher than . It is impossible now to give ’ anything like an accurate estimate of the damage suffered by Hoover’s aud Dorter’s. Both companies carried insurance. The building occupied by the drug store is owned by Al. L. Marsh aud the building occupied by Hoover's is owned by M. J. Cork It is understood the owners of the buildings carried insur ance. Air. Flowe, who owned the theatre building, had it covered by insurance. Air. lsenhour, manager of the theatre, declared last night that he carried no insurance on his theatre fixtures. He estimated his loss at SB,OOO. The tire was a very stubborn one. At ! first if seemed very unimportant as fire | men rushed into the building expecting, lto quickly extinguish the blaze with j Chemicals. When they reached the top { of the steps at the entrance to the Lang ; aud Davis offices, they Were greeted with j a volume of smoke that drove them to fresh air. They immediately trained several streams of water on the building but it 1 was some time before the water reached } its mark, due to the fact that the blaze I was protected by brick wails. Several j firemen climbed to the roof of the ail i joining buildings and after working des j perately for some time managed to cut ] a hole into the roof. I By this time the - blaze was plainly ! visible from the rear of the building i and five streams of water were started ! from the rear. The smoke was so stifling, however, that the firemen could npt get close enough to the building to train their streams directly on the blaze, they hav ( Continued on Page Five) , upon to communicate to hinS his client’s activities. While they are about it they expect to go into the George Remus incident, and ascertain whether under oath be fore the committee he will persist in uis confession of perjury. That predicament also confronts Aleans. Up to date he denies that he made any affidavit for Daugherty, so he may have dodged any prosecution for perjury, but when he is called as a wit ness again he will have to either throw the ex-attorney general down or seek re- I fuge in a refusal to answer on the grounds that to do so would subject him to prosecution for perjury. All the Republican politicians wish Hari'y Daugherty had deferred his drive for vindication until after the election. The first consequence of his move is like ly to be the loss of lowa. I They have had a lot of trouble keep ing Senator Brookhart quiet, but as in the Remus confession, he is accused with Wheeler of having brought the bootleg ger king’s testimony with a promise ol a pardon, Brookhart's neutrality between Coolidge and La Follette may disappear, and nobody doubts his power to throw I jwa to La Follette if he wants to. The Democrats do not care how eithei Means or Daugherty comes out; thej are looking for the psychological effect ol a -renewal of the discussion whethei Daugherty was or was not cognizanet ol the activities of Jess Smith, Means anc the others. (Continued on Page Five) $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SEN. ASHURST WILL ' CULL SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING Democratic Member of the Daugherty Investigating Committee Says Chairman Brookhart Must Act SAYS CHAIRMAN KNOWS CONDITION Senator Ashurst Says He Will Agree to Meeting But Will Leave Saturday for Home in Arizona. Washington, D. C., Sept. 25—Senator Ashurst, of Democratic mem ber of the Daugherty investigating com mittee, declared today that “under no circumstances” would he call a meeting of the committee. The Arizona senator said if a meeting was called he would be glad to attend, but he questioned his authority to call one. He had 6ent a telegram to Sena tor Brookhart, Republican, of lowa, chairman of the committee, he added, pointing out that the chairman was in touch with the situation and that if he considered it advisable to call the com mittee together he would agree. His present plans are to return to Arizona Saturday. A meeting of the committee was urged by Gastyn It. Aleans soon after the pub lication of his repudiation statement giv en out by former Attorney General Daugherty last Monday morning. INFANT KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT His Parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hold en Injured in the Accident. Winston-Salem, Sept. 25.—Henry Ed ward, 15 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Holden, of this city, w - as killed and the mother sustained serious Injur ies while the father escaped with a few bruises when a truck driven by W. H. Davis for a local transfer company, crashed into a small touring car in the west part of this city at 9:30 this morn ing. . Air. and Mrs. Holden were rushed to the hospital for treatment. Their ear was,just behind the hearse which con taiaed the body of J. H. the grand-father of Airs. Holden, who died in High Point yesterday, the remains be ing taken to Longtown, Yadkin county, for interment. EDGE HAS BIG LEAD IN JERSEY ELECTION With Practically All Returns in, Keaen Is Out-Distanced by Nearly 62.000 Votes. Newark, N. J., Sept. 24. —With re turns from yesterday's primary election almost complete. United States Senator Walter E. Edge tonight had a majority of nearly 62,000 votes over National Committeeman Hamilton F. Kean, his opponent for the Republican senatorial nomination. Os the state’s 2,559 districts, only 47 tonight had failed to report. The availa ble unofficial figures were: Edge 239.352; Kean 177.394. BIG ADVANCE IN OCTOBER CONTRACTS Fears That Cotton Movement Will Be Delayed by Rain Caused Increase. New York, Sept. 25. —Fears that thu cotton movement will be seriously de layed as a result of present rains in the South Atlantic States led to a big ad vance in October contracts today. They sold at 24.56 by midday, or a full $5 a bale above last night's close, while De cember was up 75 points to 23.50. Shorts were the principal buyers. Gets Eight Months For Death of Aged Negro Woman. Charlotte, Sept. 20.—Tod<l Grier, a young automobile salesman, this after noon was sentenced to serve eight months in jail for the death of Alary Grier, aged negro woman, who was killed when run over by an automobile driven by Grier on September 9. Grier submitted to a plea of involun tary manslaughter and Judge W. F. Harding imposed sentence late today. , Told to Stop Firing on Unfortified Towns Pekin. Sept. 25 (By the Associated i Press). —An appeal and a warning to the rival forces fighting on the Alan i chursian-Chilian border for control of ' the central government of China to quit ' bombing unfortified towns from the air, • was drafted today at a meeting of Peking ■ foreign government ministers here. * Off For San Francisco. Clover Field, Santa Monica, Calif., 1 Sept. 25—The world fliers led by Lieut. Lowell H. Smith in the flagplane Chicago 1 bopped off from here this morning for ; • Crifcsy Field, San Francisco at 10 a. m. WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT SAYS j, • .S r v Unsettled, probably showers tonight and Friday. NO. 24.