-SHERMLL, Editor and Publisher 1.1M1: XI. IX abarrus County Day Draws Multitude To Grounds Os The Cabarrus County Fair ISH KEEPS If 10 Hi IRK jte Cold Weather Tues- F Thousands of Interest persons Paid Visit to »Grounds. ; SHOW BIG feature today Fanciers From Many rts of State Present for oW __ Fireworks Highly By All. raldiTii* t niiiirv Fair continues r -I >'!>:iinl" "f visitors despite the Ht | ;^r ,>f tiie past tliree days, and l v w l»‘ii Mtvklenburg County j fnjon County Day were ob ncirors by the hundreds were pres rims- nullities to mingle with „< ( . ft iinty people who had been at tn the fair. jtteada:i»'»‘ yesterday. was not as ,„u oiit'iiiui day. as was to have []*.}«]. for TuesdayX school chil- were admitted to the ,fnr of charge, but fully 10.000 injsMsl through the gates yester ,i dM ili**ir hit to break all at k>:-rentals for county fairs in * anotlur huge crowd visited the i for rlii* is Cabarrus. County, Merchants and Manufac- Jm In addition it has been des |Hi.no- Coming Day and the bsbrought hack to Concord many n-di'i.N who have been making fTi:.' in other fields in recent tech >liow is also being eonduet f.and this feature has attracted jfrsfnm all parts of the State, buomiml that more than 100 •he siitnr. a mi ll tan are top-notchers in the A Wis tiie exhibits, the races, the rt»inti the. fireworks claimed the iinf nie't of the visitors on the k IV atiendance last night was 'tkiHliat nf the afternoon, show- Mirn;-a;il interest aroused by the. I k f-at ;!v nf last night's pro- i Bs tlic prugrain rendered by the j Bind of Charlotte. The band was : n ' !.- Charlotte contingent that | I -r for M i klenbury County Day I r;:uveal program rendered just! ’tic* fireworks were shown was Cv and justly applauded by the *' : ilia; heard it. The Shrine ; • i f tin* best musical organi f n X.irrli Carolina and the an- MiHit that it would be heard at •if la-t night undoubtedly drew' "ttidr Inters to the scene. ; •*. continue to hold the in ■ Mn-t of the acts are of a '"Cer tlian those usually shown at ' :: ' v iiiul the variety of tin* pro fclfv them appeal to every one. t F ail is perhaps the most tin* free acts. Even those E ' "iio have seen the performances 11: Hus *!h,\v renewed interest when '•'iii"' dashing through the 'wiimit a driver. "aid was sweeping over- the "'k and through the grandstand rai-. s hai red yesterday but each j' r ‘ •*''! so closely contested that the l lose it- interest, Many per fr«»m I lie grandstand to the II hni ilioy were careful to keep i;i' ttnuld nftVr good views of the 1 ' >*usi* was opened through '^a.v and more persons visited it "dii" hi lding on the grounds, at iis an . arranged so they can be "''•'■ 'ed a d i his splendid ar "i'.i'v everyone an opportunity ■ l! ' range any chicken that aj, to },j m L. Sim ■"l * hat:• He. was judge of the j'i' tear and declared the ex f- tmt a- large as some he has ■ Wa ' '“lua. in class to the best. ' ’ ' Ml ' find a visit to the poultry iU|,! livestock houses were '^j 1 ' r| '"\vds ,»f course. These ~ j 1 i opened since the be ' : h" diir. however. and for that ' af the best pro k tT'r.r^ 1,, r { * *aml. which has fur * a ; !I|,| sic during the week 1 'h" business district *bds, f O 'C. a -Her moved to th( ' Presb’' '* .' a nuui bcr of privatt ( -‘unon, of the Fair As N f, i( , .me parade, which was ar Nid n ot , 1(1 hf,r, efit of those persons in tii- °PPortunity to partici ji b-’t-ade on Tuesday. *. at the lVlil ch are shown eacl ,ft ai-" 11 * ac^ rj 'ai. ’i i ' l ''' interest and ad lu'ograni each night i THE CONCORD TIMES feature days at fair THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23R1) Cabarrus County Day Stanly County Day Merchant and .Manufacturers Day k Annual Home Coming First Annual Dog Show FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH Rowan County Day Civic Clubs Day SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH Sales Day 1 Fraternal Orders Day different in many Respects and for that reason it holds the interest even of those persons who were present the night be fore. Again tonight a new program will be offered. Officials of the fair are delighted with the splendid attendance so far recorded, j The crowd on Tuesday was unusually 1 large and again yesterday the number present was not disappointing. The cold weather has undoubtedly kept many per sons nt home especially women and chil dren but despite this the interest shown demonstrates that the people of the county realize they have one of the best fairs to be offered in the South this year. - The fair has been so successful as a matter of fact that idans for next year's fair are already under advisement. CHARGE PUPILS PUNISHED ON AN “ELECTRIC CHAIR” Minnesota High School Teacher Ar rested For Torture. Barnesville. Minn.. Oct. 2H.—H. T. Upsahl. science teacher in the high! school here, is at liberty today under bond following arrest on a charge of using ap “electric chair" to punish .a pupil. The complaint was tiled by Fred Ten neson. who declared that the instructor caused severe burns on the body ot his 14-year-old eon. Earl, “through * high voltage applied to the chair," October 16. The father -declared the boy has a 1 hole in the calf of- each leg which looks like wounds indicted by a sharp in strument. Other boys n the class are al so said by Tenneson to have undergone ECHO OF THE HATFIELD- McCOY FEUD IS HEARD Alex Hatfield. Son of Man Who Started Feuds. Is Mysteriously Wounded. Rluefield. W. Va.. Oct. 28. —Another violent death has been recorded in the , family history of the notorious Hatfield j • clan of West Virginia and Kentucky.; j Recalling the days of the Tug River feud | j between the Hatlfield and the McCoy | j clans, veteran officials of Mingo county I today were investigating the killing of Alex Hatfield, the latest, of his line to ! feel the sting of a bullet. Alex, son of the man who started the far-famed feud j of years ago. was the victim. | FIND DEAD BODY OF PAUL WHEELER IN MINE Fourteen Other Men Who Were in the Mine Escaped Following Explosion. Madisonville. Ky.. Oct. 23. —The body of Paul Wheeler. 10 year old miner, was 1 recovered from the Hart Coal Company s mines today where a gas and dust ex- j plosion .last night entombed at least 1;> j miners. Two more men are missing and ’ are believed to have been buried under a ! fall of slate. Fourteen entombed men es- i eaped during the night. - Heart Stops But Death Rigor Fails to. Follow. Paris. Oct. 23. —A peculiar pathologi cal case is reported from Lille. A sur geon had placed young Mme. Marquette, wife of a wealthy cloth manufacturer, under chloroform prepasator.v to an operation when he discovered that her heart had ceased to beat. He declared her dead. Preparations were made for burial when it was noticed that the usual signs of death were lacking. The face retained its color and the limbs lacked the rigor of death. Other physicians were called but none ' was able to say for a certainty whether the young woman was dead or in a ' j trance. An eminent Paris specialist has ’ | been summoned — 3 j ,1, *«.i. iie.aii..iicr' Lgl = : : •"IC"" 1 ONE YEAR FREE J ’ fi ] . | I U j We Will Give The, - j l # > i| II Progressive Farmer l l! _and— |i;| : | THE CONCORD TIMES | 9 Jft BOTH FOR ONE YEAR “§• For Only $2.00 | TIIE PRICE OF THE TIMES ALONE. t I The Progressive Farmer is the greatest farm paper published and || i new and old subscribers. If you are al- g 111 4 ilnnV The Times all vou have to do is to pay up to date and * I Sos morlTfor anojher year end Tb. Progressive Fanner will be sent |! l 1 for ”,tC you/subscription wiil be so marked and we will send | 'jj you The Progressive Parmer a full year. Address *h || ‘ THE TIMES Concord, N C. ,j..na ,(■,■>(»■ m» (!■«('!(■• mi ntM-nHMimwte'unwmirii Jg ’~l TlXlLilirihiigiiiia "■■aSeoa'T'aa' ■■ ***" * '"*** "" 11 ~ j PRIZE WINNERS IN PARADE. The judges for the parade Tuesday anreuiM-e the fallowing winners: Fa?m Pr.Mluce—Harkey first; Morri son sfccnd. Commercial—Co-operative Dairy first; Eflrd’s second! honorable mention 4. C. Penny Co. Organizations—Woman’s C!ub first; 1 Parent Teachers Association, second. Private Curs—Car driven by Thomas Web!) first; car driven by Mrs. lu*e sec ! owl. | Special mention for Standard Buiek Ca.. which had in parade Buiek Models from 1!)14 The Judges were Mrs. W. A. Foil, Hon; O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, and Capt. (J. E. Smith. CHARGES MONOPOLY OF * FARM MACHINERY OUTPUT Suit Against International Harvester Company Filed by Government. St. Paul. Miufi., Oct. 23.—" Effective dissolution" of the International Harves ter Company’s alleged monopoly of the farm machinery business is sought by Attorney General Stone in a brief filed in his behalf in federal court here' today by the United Staten attorney in pro ceedings supplemental to the consent de cree in dissolution entered in the same court in 101 S. Mr. Stone contends that greater com-j petitive conditions in the farm macliin- i cry should In* afforded. The consent de cree did not go far enough. In* said, de manding that action be taken to give “proper protection to the farmers and land owners who are dependent upon ag ricultural machinery and implements ob tainable at reasonable prices.” TRUSTEES OF CLEMSON COLLEGE ARE IN SESSION TODAY Considering Problems in Connection With Recent Walkout of Students. Clemson College. S. ('., Oct. 23.—-Trus tos of Cloinson College were still in ses -1 sion at noon today with indications that they would remain in conference the rest of the day. to consider the various prob lems that have arisen in connection with *be ((end w.jikout of nearly halff'of the . ■■ i-fej Acting President S. B. Earle stated 1 today that ho had no idea as to when adjournment would be reached. He said he had no announcement to make in regard to the status of matters before the board, except to say that the board is con idering every detail of tin* affair. ! “YELLOW CHARLESTON” IS FOUND GUILTY IN COURT , New York Negro Found Guilty .of First Degree Mimin' in New York Court. New York. Oct. 28. —Y\ 1 1 . Miiler. a negro known as "Yellow Charleston.’ to ! day was found guilty of murder in the ! first degree for the shooting of Barron D. • Wilkins, wealthy negro cabaret owner, in Harlem last May. The jury delib erated all night. Miller declared he had 1 quarreled with Wilkins over money mat ters. Wilkins who has boasted lie was the first to back Jack Johnson, has been i famous for almost two decardos as a character in night lift* in Xmv York. 1 Herbert Parsons to Support Davis. Washington, Oct. 21.—The Democrat ! ic national committee tonight made pub i lie a statement by Herbert Parsons, for i mer Republican member of the house 1 from New York and former chairman of ' the New York county Republican com ; mittee, announcing ho would vote for John W. Davis for President. Mi*. Parsons said ('lection of Davis offered the only possibility for the Unit ed States to share in the working out of a plan of continued world peace and asserted that I lie people could only in sist on! honesty in office “ by turning out the party guilty of dishonesty.” Bryan Talks for Davis. Denver, Col., Oct. 23. —William Jen nings Bryan, speaking here last night ap pealed for progressive support for John AY. Davis. Democratic Presidential nom inee. and unification of La Follette pro gressives back of the Democratic stand ard bearer. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURS DAY, OCTOBER 23, 1924 RICES CONTINUE TO ! ATTRACT 810 CROWD 1 ATIHE LOCAL FAIR j _J % Despite Cold Weather Thou sands Were On Hand for Four Races That Were Of fered Yesterday Afternoon FOUR/HEATS IN ONE RIG EVENT Fast Time of 2:80 3-4 Made In Fact Pace Race.—Con cord Horse Won Second Money In One of Races. • The races continue to he the biggest drawing card at the Uabarru» County J Fair. Despite the cold weather yester | day thousands of persons crashed their ! way into tin* fair grounds to see the four races that were offered during the after noon. The races yesterday were faster even than those of Tuesday and in one event, | tin* 2:12 pace, competition was so keen that four heats had to lx* run to deter mine the winner. In this race Sempro, owned and driv ■ en by James O. AlcKay, of Hutchinson,' Ivans., won first money. The b?ist time in tjie race was 2:o# 3-4. Ather times | for the heats were 2:10 1-2, 2:12 1-4' and 2:13 1-4. Other horses entered in the race were Alicia Dare, owned by the Tyson stables. Newark. Del., and Little j Lady, owned and driven by J. Britt, of j Dillon. S. C. The second race was the 2:10 trot and in this event there were three entries. First money was won by Great Bells, owned and driven by George G. Stiles, of Rome, Ga. The best time for the race was 2:00 1-4, this time being made in two heats and 2:00 1-2 being made in the other heat. Other horses in the race were Carmalitta Hall, owned by the Tyson stables, of Newark, Del., and Querita. owned by the Pittman stables, of Trenton, N. J. / The third race, the 2:22 pace, brought out five entries. The race was won by Jane Lyle, owned bj- W. N. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem. TUe best time for the race was 2:17 1-4, the time made in two heats and in the other heat the time wAh 2:17 1-2. Others entries in the race were O. Henrfe owned by JThom- Orce.Orfhonde Bower, owned by Will Holmes, Concord. Maxine IL, owned by Fred SpOerha.se, Orlando I Fla., and Mary Jane, owned by Charles Tuttle. Orlando. Ormonde Bower won second in the race, finishing second in two heals and fifth in the other heat. In Ihe running race Landlady, ridden by Elson, won in the time of 1 :0!) for the eight-fifths of a mile. Other en tries were Kid Bell and Herman Girl. METHODIST MINISTERS HAVE BEAUTIFUL PLAN Tliree Families to Be Moved In Single Round Trip of Truck, Charlotte- Greensboro. Greensboro News. ' Rev. J. H. Earnhardt, pastor of West Market Street Methodist Church, Greens boro. Rev. J. F. Kirk, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Salisbury, and Rev. L. I>. Thompson, pastor of Haw thorne Lane Alethodist Church, Char lotte, sat at the closing session of the Western North Carolina Conference Monday and listened to the appointments for the coining conference year. Mr. Earnhardt was transferred to Tryon Street Church, Charlotte: Mr. Kirk to AVest Market Street Church, Greensboro, and Mr. Thompson First Church, Salisbury. Each of the three remembered all those appointments. They met Monday afternoon and discussed matters a while. Tuesday the three were again in touch. And yesterday, ns a result, a plan a beautiful plan was unfolded. A- large truck will leave Charlotte early Thursday morning of next week. On this truck as it leaves Charlbtte will be loaded the furniture and other prop erty of Air. Thompson. At Salisbury Air Thompson’s belongings will be un laoded. Those of Air. Kirk will be placed- on the truck, which will proceed to Greensboro. Here Air. Kirk’s furni ture will be unloaded and Air. Earn hardt’s will be placed on the machine, which will return to Charlotte. Alethodist ministers, by the vjery fact that they are Methodist ministers, are ! compelled to know something about mov ing. Unofficial advices, however, are i that this arrangement beats anything ev ‘ er planned even by North Carolina | Alethodist ministers. ] $2.5 Pension For Horse Sets Pace For Ministers. f Chicago. Oct. 23. —The Jockey Club I of New York gave “Clover.” an o’d I horse, now deceased, a pension of $25 a 1 month, which is the maxmum pension of !! the United Lutheran Church in America '* for it.s retired ministers, according .to the Rev. Edgar Grimm Miller. Phila •l delphia. Executive Secretary of the j Board of Ministerial Relief or the de- I nomination j! Addressing the Convention of the !: f Lutheran Brotherhood today. Dr. Aliller »! outlined plans for expending the work ;:j of the relief board during the next quadreunium. *>We hope to raise at least $3,0005)00 f in 1923,” he said. “The fund is to be distrbuted among pensioners in addi ? tion to church endowments. ill a plague greatly resembling the " dreaded hoof-and-mouth disease has ;*| been discovered among deer in Klamath | county. Oregon, near the California IH* line. M rpj 1P people of Australia are uinetv- I! seveu per cent British. FORGET-ME-NOT DAY Will Be Observed Throughout United States Saturday. November Bth. Raleigh. Oct. 23.—National For-Get- Ale-N ot Day will be observed throughout the United States on Saturday, Novem ber Bth next and plans are underway in this city and others al over the state to make the day this year state-wide in t every respect. Under the sponsorship of the AVar Alotherw, the Auxiliary of the American Legion, the American Legion, the Dis abled AVterans of the World AA’ar and [other parrioti corganizations, forget-me note will be sold on the streets on that day and the funds so collected will be given towards the aid of the needy ex service men of the World AVar, who do draw compensation. Last year the sales in North Carolina were said to be very encouraging and the various committees of sponsoring or ganizations express the belief that the collections will he greater this year as they intend to carry the observance of the day into the smallest villages of the state. * Gor-Get-Me-Not Day has always had the support of the Presidents of the United States since the day was founded, it was said, both the late President Hard ing and Air. Coolidge who succeeded him have been supporters of the cause. FOUR MILES OF LOCUSTS EATING MERICAN HOMES Cliewed Feet Off Drunk Asleep in Field. Dispatch Says. Alexico City, Oct. 23.—/Ten thousand inhabitants of Tierro Blanca, in the State of Vera Cruz, are being terroriz ed by a swarm ok locusts over four miles long. The straw-roofed houses are being eaten up and one dispatch says a j farmer, lying intoxicated in a field, had ! his feet eaten off by the pests. Southern Mexico lin« suffered a grass hopper plague for three months, and many trains, have been derailed by slipi>ory tracks caused by the crunching of thousands of the small bodies under the wheels. In some cases burning oil has been used to clear the tracks. Some trains have been equipped with pipes through which the flaming liquod can bo blown while passing through the grasshopper district. Alillion of dollars of damage, es pecially in the sugar and coffee planta tions, has been done. THE COTTON MARKET Opened at Decline of 5 to IB Points, the More Active Months Shewing Bigger Losses. New York, Oct. 23. —The cotton mar ket opened at a decline off» to 15 points today, the more active months showing net'losses of 15 to 18 points in the first few iiMiwrtesr Under Southerly and local selling. There was some doubt as to whether the frosts reported in the north ern half of t lie belt lnid been severe enough to do much damage except in a few points, but after selling off to 22.80. December rallied to 22.05 on trade buy ing ami covering. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct. 23.75; Dec. 22.00 to 22.80; Jan. 22.02; March 23.31; May 23.54. FIRE AT ASHEVILLE Stock of Goods of Lbwenbein-Rutenberg Badly Damaged by Blaze. Asheville, Oct.t 23. —Damage estimat ed at between $50,000 and $75,000 was sustained in a fire which,, this morning enveloped the interior of Lowenbein- Rutenberg, women’s ready-to-wear store, on Patton Avenue. The fire is believed to have started in the furnace room, and spread to the main floor. A’irtually the entire stock was damaged by fire, smoke and water. Fire Chief Duckett esti mated the damage to the three-story building as oeing only $2,500. SHENANDOAH FIGHTING AGAINST STRONG WINDS When Craft Passed Over El Paso She Was Making Very Slow Time. El Paso. Texas, Oct. 23. —Fighting a strong head wind, the Shenandoah pass ed over El Paso today at 8 o’clock. Moun tain Time, en- route to its home station at Lakehurst. N. J. The big ship was not moving more than 20 miles an hour, according to estimates of air officers from Fort Bliss, and apparently had all motors going in an effort to gain speed. With Our Advertisers. During their autumn sale of blankets the Parks-Belk Co. will offer 1.000 pairs of Elkin blankets for sale, just from the mill, new and fresh. The prices are low, and run from $4.45 to SIO.OO. See ad. on page two today. The new series No. 30 in the Citizens Building and Loan Association will open November Ist. __ Start now and take all the shares you can. Help Cou<*ord grow. ■ New hat inodes for present and mid winter wear at Efird’s. New colors and i combinations, $2.05 to $4.05. Week-end specials in shoes at Parker’s Shoe Store. This stor» is overflowing with bargains. The Knit-tex Coat, is sold here by W. A. Overcash. Guaranteed for three years. Safety and convenience give exception al investment value to the certificates of deposit at the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Post and Flagg’s Cotton Letter. New York. Oct. 22. —The market to day has been a rather featureless af fair cables were strong and Manchester reported an increasing demand. Reports of frost in the southeastern states and a fair trade demand caused a little Meal I covering and prices held steady during the greater part of the session. Business was rather quiet except for switching operations, particularly in May and July. During the afternoon some hedge selling appeared and there was some liquidation from early buyers. The weekly weather report was considered generally favorable and this probably i caused a slightly easier tone later in the ! day: Cotton clothmarkets were generally j quiet but prices remained very firm and ( little interest was shown at present quotations. POST AND FLAGG. BIKERS OKS BE QUESTIONED BY SENATE COMMITTEE # i Committee Today Devoted Attention to Charges Made by Senator La Follette and Number of His Ddvisers. GEO.W. SIMMONS ONE WITNESS It Is Charged Simmons Ask ed Bankers to Give to Re publican Party to “Kill Off” La Follette Movement Washington, Oct. 23. —Pushing its in quiry into charges of Senator Robert .M. La Follette that a huge “slush fund” is being raised to swing doubtful states to the republican ticket on November 4th. the Senate campaign fund investigating committee turned today to the examina tion of bankers and others from New York City. George AV. Simmons, vice president of the Mechanics & Metals National Bank was under subpoena for questioning with particular reference to letters he wrote to other bankers urging campaign con tributions for the conduct of the fight in western states to "kill off” the LaFol lette movement. Simmons signed him self as acting "for bankers committee." Wm. B. Knox, president of the Amer ican Blinkers Association, also was sum moned today. He denied in a telegram to the committee yesterday that there had been any proposal that member banks contribute a sum equal to a cer tain percentage of their capital to aid in the Republican campaign. Frank P. AA’alsir. counsel for Senator La Follette. told the committee at Chicago that such information had reached the AA’isconsin senator. Individual contributions ranged from 10 cents to $12,500, there being one sub scription of the latter amount from AA’il liani Nelson Cromwell, of New York City. One donation of $20,000 was re ceived from the Union League Club, of Philadelphia, which tlie*- committee was told yesterday by Edward Stotesburg and others, conducted a campaign fpr contributions independent of that of the Pennsylavinia ways and means commit tee of the Republican national commit tee. _ “Slush Fund” Over $2,000,000. Approximately $500,000 was added to the republican campaign fund in the five days from October 10 to October 15. bringing the total to within SBOOSMK) of the $8,000,000 mark sought by the republican national committee. » This is shown by official reports re ceived today by the Senate campaign fund investigating committee from nat ional treasurer Win. V. Bodges. Os the nearly $500,000 total the New York of fice reported $300,812 and the Chicago office $178,215. TO INVESTIGATE SOUTHERN COTTON EXCHANGE Chairman of Board of Directors Ordered Before Justice Guy. New A’ork. Oct. 23. —Hamilton Jack son. chairman, of Ike board of directors of the Southern Cotton Exchange, an odd-lot cotton trading organization, and F. Donovan Darby, its secretary and treasurer, today were ordered by Supreme Court Justice Guy to appear in his chambers next Monday for examination by members of the State attorney gen eral’s office. The order came through the action of Deputy Attorney General Chambers, who told Justice Guy that he had received numerous complaints concerning the ex change. DISORDER AT CANTON, CHINA Three Hundred listers Have Been Shot, ami Citizens Are Fleeing. Canton, China, Oct. 23 (By the Asso ciated Press).- —Three hundred looters shot, citizens fleeing from a city of tur moil and disorder, all hanks and busi ness houses elosedr, and troops still in control of the busiest center of the city —this was the scene Canton presented today in the wake of disturbances which began when members of the Horshanto volnteer corps, the faseisti of China, bat tled in the streets here with the so-called red army of Chinese laborers. The troops were on duty despite an order issued which declared martial law. Mayor Fuk-Lem tendered his resigna- tion yesterday. Ten Thousand Tickets Free to Wayne Children. Goldsboro, Oct. 21. —Ten thousand free tickets will be given away this week by the Wayne County Fair Association to the children of Wayne and adjoining counties that they may enjoy the big event the first day. October 28th. The paste boards will be sent to the princi pals of all the schools and each will have j a detachable coupon which will entitle! the child to a free ride on one of the | many riding devices. All the schools in the county will close on that day. I. C. C. Order Postponed. Washington. Oct. 23. —An order of the Interstate Commerce Commission re stricting and regulating the distribution of coal mines of privately owned cars and care for railway fuel, which was to have become effective November Ist, to day wa6 postponed by the commission until December 15th. Despite the belief that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, the Eiffel fTower in Paris has been struck many times without damage. Tennis, played in an enclosed court, was a favorite game in the 14th century. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. J COMPLETING PART OF CAMPAIGN IN OHIO TONIGHT # ! Cleveland Address Will Be Last He Will Deliver in the Campaign in the Middle Western States. GOING EAST TO MAKE LAST FIGHT Will Start Final Offensive Wti hCampaign in Several of the Largest States in the East. Aboard Davis train, en route lo Cleve land, Indianapolis, Jnd., Oct. 23. —Willi but one more formal address—that sched uled for Cleveland tonight—John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for Presi dent, was on bin way east today, com pleting the last leg of his two weeks’ final campaign drive in the middle west. Tip* train passed out, of Indiana early today, headed for Cleveland, and thence on to New York, where the final drive of the candidate’s personal, campaign will he started Saturday. Mr. Davis put the finishing touches on his Indiana tour last night at Evans ville, after speaking earlier in the day «i A T ineennes and for a briefer period of time at Princeton. In Evansville he replied to Secretary of AA'ar Weeks’ address in New York Tuesday evening, characterizing the war secretary as “one of the still unmizzled" members of the cabinet, the three and one-half years of power by the Harding-Coolidge administration "have produced this radical third partv of which they complain.” The “radi cals,” Mr. Davis said, had aroused the American people and offered “strange doctrines, urging them on the people as the cure-all for their ills.” PRESIDENT TALKS TO REPUBLICAN GROUP Says Economic System of Government Is “Fundainemtally Sound.” AA’ashington. Oct. 23.—Preservation of initiative and enterprise is the “primary thing which we have to do in our coun try,” ‘ President Coolidge today told tin* executive committee of the New York Buvineiw Men’s RopuMienn Association, who called at the AA’hitC House. Freedom of initiative and enterprise carried with it. he said, an obligation up on every business establishment to give “service” as well as goods to consumers. Declaring the economic system of the government “fundamentally sound” the President criticised those who emphasized “out of all due proportion" its abuses. Correction of these abuses, he said, lies in the hands of those administering com merce and industry, and only they, he added, can prevent the necessity of gov ernment intervention. MRS. W. B. LINDSAY TO HEAD STATE W. C. T. U. Chosen President of State Division Succeeding Mrs. Goorfno. Greensboro* Charlotte, Oct. 22.—Mrs. W. B. Lind •4Hy, of Chariptte. was elected president of the North Carolina divfrion. Wo man’s Christian Temperance union, at the concluding business session .ot the 42nd annual convention here this after noon. Mrs. Lindsay succeeds Mrs. A. Ade laide Goodno, of Greensboro, who re tires as president of tin* organization after 12 years of service in that |»osi tion. Mrs. Goodno . was elected cor responding secretary of the union, and in that position will continue to be one of the moving figures in the organiza tion. Other officers elected were: Mrs. G. W. Pressly, of Charlotte, vice-presi dent; Mrs. Roxie I). White, of Guilford College, recording secretary, and Mrs. E. Y. I'reyer. of Greensboro, treasurer. The convention clows! today, several ; speeches and a pageant depicting the . gradual rise of prohibition lieing the . features of the final session* Veteran Engineer Die#* ai Throttle. Selma. Oct- 21.—C. V. Clark. 62. veteran ' Southern Railway engineer, died suddenly on his engine here short ly after 5 o’clock this morning. Mr. Clark died as a result of acute indiges tion. according to physicians. Members of the train crew say that >fr. (Hark ate a Inncti on the arrival of his train. pas#*enger train INu. 112. at Raleigh about 3:30 this morning, shortly afterwards he complained of pains in his stomach. When he reached Selma he went to a restaurant to’ get. something to relieve him. He dropped dead in his engine just as he was about to pull the trottle. Mr. Clark was the engineer on South ern Railway passenger trains 112 and 17. Operating between Greensboro and Goldsboro. WHAT SMITTY’B WEATHER OAT SAYS Fair and continued cool tonight, with light to heavy frost in the interior; Fri day fair, slightly wanner in wret and central portions. NO. 32.