North Carolina Newspapers

K SHE RRILL ’ Editor and Publisher BmLMF XLIX lace Reigns Supreme I At Fair Grounds Here Ll and Noise of Fair K, k Subside as Show ■ n | e Move and All Spee- ■ 0 rs Leave Grounds. Kmi-S HKST ■ AiTKII H ARD WEEK Bueek is Over Although Kev Enjoyed Every Min j :! ir— (Manning- Now Klhe 1923 Fair. ■ nigii again at the ■ Cabarrus County Tin* turmoil of fair a> i>> a solitude that H'[' when one remembers ■ . v , ago these same ■ .. iiierca fnr thousands of <„*k log • nit'iiainment. : , t 0 a i-lose Saturday night ■ 1., i;1! i,!- w: 1! know the tramping i. ilie Ida ring of bands and of human feet no I ' r : r..lored fair starts next number «,f persons vis-1 „',, u1 .,u Sunday hut they found' inni!.' and hustle that was in a wok ago. Instead they found m A a spirit of quiet v.et-e teeming with busy ■ right, however. For the am! fireworks that night many nre-ent. but soon after the hu- finished a majority of .ft :lie grounds and the job Jiiw ii" was begun by the K of show pie. ;i ir wa< full of shouts, eom uri nicking people who moved iinhelievable swiftness as «-.i' |iei foi aied. It takes sys ,,f the carnival companies to <»u schedule time, and the u,re torn down, packed and -.i move in a systematic Hi.,' of die show men was heard earlier in the week that -lai.w people themselves how they got evcry- That must have been he ■cr:." -;•!•■ of the West's Shows, much to be done that no lost: no misdirected en-1 be afforded. Ho ; the night this rapid ac- j until finally everything Ka* hr moved. Then came the jHmv. ... die turmoil and wit Ii the opening of the' Gradually the noises died all was as quiet as the Hoi dlairi-" which the grounds re-1 Hsi ii,u.'h today. d the fair heaved a sigh of ■ night when the last dime intmteil and the last ticket ' h L;iii licen a week of pleasure hig .a the same time it laid ! ■ tiknt .-M-iiement. hard work and j T '\ talked little as they made B I'liivuhitiiuis: the same “let! Bd.ig dint comes after the bride! ■t”'' ,-:tve the wedding party was| Hi aii Tiiey had created, nurtured i tile fair despite the hardships' will he several days before * mi .iticndanee and proceeds H| known, titiicitils left thf grounds Hb? night determined to rest Sun ■ Mot ; i'; ; hefore tackling again H r ' s of figures that must be HM !" ile'ermim* how many people H““ :r 'Vii.v into the grounds and the H>y paid. These things can ■ r >! tiie officials retain normalcy V?k i f hectic living. ■ .. low ever, that more than H v ' ! ' e; v in the grounds one at-..ti.,- r day there were more H' , " mi pa ii I adiuissimis and on the I "I'l'i'oxiiiiaieK 1(1.000 persons I d- gi-i.inuK each day. Final H l '" aIV e\|,ecl ed to sIIOW 311 at "f Tin mo ■ dm fair watched carefully H ..I || M . cruwtls present to ■ * vi.riuic. f.-atyres they offered. I d.iiv -.-cm inized the throngs Bf v i'\v obtaining ideas that ‘bn! t,, ..j bigger and better B ,;i: They were working to i T.i‘24 fair one of the best in at the same time they ■wtitiKig tor l'.tj. - ,. They have vis fl r di.n will eclipse even this t bey wanted to profit from H 'Contimiod mi l'age Two) ONE YEAR FREE jilt We Will Give The p| Progressive Farmer j —AND— * THE CONCORD TIMES BOTH FOR ONE YEAR For Only $2.00 jj THE PRICE OF THE TIMES ALONE. ( J ! <• Progressive Farmer is the greatest farm paper published and | I,l "‘ r s hould have it. , I r , lN vff“r is open to both new aid old subscribers. If you are al t The Times, all you have to do is to pay up to date and | ] m ° r “ for another year and The Progressive Farmer will be sent p J whole year absolutely free of charge. . | , 1 you are already paid in advance to The Times, just pay $2.00 p you T*V tU, ' r your‘ subscription will be so marked and we will send p Progressive Farmer a full year. Address THE TIMES Concord, N C. the concord times ; IMPORTANT MEETING I FOR NEW HOSTELR3 Meeting Will Be Held at Y Tonight at 7 O’clock- Group Managers to Choosi All Their Assistants. A very important meeting relative ti the new hotel campaign will be held to night at 7 :30 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A. when the twelve group managers who art to lend the various teams in the bq drive will come together to make a selec tion of the men whom they desire to havt as their associates. This organization when completed wil | be the largest and strongest group thal ' has ever been at work iji Concord foi any community enterprise. • The group managers seek only thosi live and progressive citizens who believe in Concord and believe in boosting their city to the limit. •New Hotel Increase Values. “Among the profits accruing to Con ' cord in the building of our new modern | hotel there is one that stands out very forcibly," said T. D. Ala ness, chairman ol the hotel executive committee, in an in terview on Saturday. “This item.*’ continued Air. Ala ness, “is the very favorable effect it will have on real estate values. Every new and modern building helps to increase values but this is especially true in building a new hotel. * “When this new building is completer! it will, in itself, constitute one of the outstanding real estate investments of Concord. As it will be placed in the very heart of the city it will not only increase realty values of nearby proper ty but will favorably affect values all over the entire city. “This fact lias impressed me strongly since the hotel was first proposed and I am glad now 7 to be shown messages from other cities which prove this to work out in every community where a new and modern hotel is erected.” Here are examples of what has pened in ether places. Aliama, Fla., says: “Realty values cannot increase nor general business advance satisfactorily in any community whdse hotels are not modern and sufficient to render this es sential service to the city.” Washington, Pa., says: “Increase in value of real estate in immediate vicinity of our new hotel as great as the cost of the hotel.’* Altoona. Pa., says: “Business men unanimous in thinking our hotel the greatest thing that ever happened. Has increased realty values and stimulated tourist and convention business.” Stockton, Calif., says: “Building of Hotel Stockton gave im petus to city's growth and realty values." Davenport. la., says: “Hotel has materially developed city, improved business and given city won derful publicity, as well as having in creased realty values.” “This increase in real estate values if, of course, only one of the many items of profit that will accrue to Concord with the coining of our new hotel. Ev ery citizen will in some way or another reap the benefits from the success of this big civic project.” ARSENAL BUILDINGS THREATENED BY FIRE Forest Fires Which Have Raged for 30 Hours Being Fought by Soldiers. Dover, N. ,T.. Oct. 27.—Forest fires which for thirty hours have been raging through inaccessible woodland toward the Picatiney arsenal, where shells and tor pedoes are stored, today flared up with renewed vigor. Marines who had been released from their pick and shovel bat tle last night when it was thought the fire was under control, were recalled to assist 100 soldiers rushed from Gover nor's Island, New Y"ork. The' fire, climbing a mountain, was 2.000 feet from the nearest arsenal build ing. Says District Attorneys Were Asked to Resign. Washington, Oct. 27. —Four United States district attorneys have been asked to resign, and six others have resigned since last July as a result of failure in most instances to enforce the prohibition laws, Attorney General Stone said today in reference to charges of law prohibi tion enforcement. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LATE CABINET - MEMBER ABE HELD Services Held in East Room of White House Where the High Officials Gathered to Pay Last Respects. PRESIDENT WAS AT THE SERVICES Cancels All Engagements for the Day Out of Respect of Man Who Served in the Cabinet Under Him. I Washington. Oct. 27.—Funeral ser vices for Henry (’. Wallace. S‘*oreiavv o Agriculture since 1021, were held toda.i in the east room of the White House where high officials qf the government including President and Airs. (Holidge gathered with foreign diplomats am friends of the family to pay their las respects. The services today also represented tl.i government's official tribute to the last cabinet member, and government office;, were closed until 1 p. m. President Honors Friend. Washington. Oct. 27.—A1l engage- J ments of President Coolidge for today were cancelled because o f the death ol Secretary Wallace. After the funeral ser vices for the Secretary this morning at th* White House, the body win be taken late today to Des Aloiues, lowa*-- Among the engagements cancelled by (he President was a breakfast appoint ment with representatives of the adver tising business. In addition to the usual of conferences with various visitors on subjects including both business and politics. Death a Shock to Washington. Washington. Oct. 25.—Henry C. Wal, lace, secretary of agriculture, died at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the naval hos pital of toxemia poisoning whie)i de veloped after an operation performed last week in an effort to relieve sciatica. He was in his fifty-nipth year. Death came peacefully after long hours of unconsciousness, and after medical science was unable longer to check the ravggps of the poison. At his bedside were Airs. Wallace and their daughter, Aliss Ruth. . No other members of the family were in the city. Dr. Joel T. Boone, one of the White House physicians who had been in con stant attendance since the secretary was taken to the hospital, issued the follow ing statement: “The secretary died at 4 o’clock. He slept very quietly. Airs. Wallace and her daughter, Ruth, were present. Im mediate cause of death was bacteremia and the contributory cause was chole cystitis, inflammation of the gall blad der.” The death of the secretary, although expected throughout the day, came as a shock to official Washington, and to his many friends both in the city and coun try. After the operation Air. AVallace began to improve; and it was thought that he was convalescing rapidly. As late as Thursday night the sec retary's condition, was not considered alarming, and at that time Air. Wallace instructed I>r. Boone that the agricul tural department might issue a denial of a recurring report that he expected to resign his cabinet post about the first of the year. The report had persisted for some time and several friends were prepared for such a step because of the secretary’s health. 4 His condition after the operation be came serious Friday, as an infection de veloped andithe poison began spreading through the secretary’s system. Despite every effort of physicians, his condition steadly grew worse. Air. Wallace lapsed into unconsciousness irt the early hours of today and as the morning passed away, physicians, although stil clinging to a feeble hope that a change for the better might occur, announced that his constitution was weakening rapidly. Shortly before noon it was said his condition “could hardly be more unfavor able” and it was feared that it was only a question as to how long his heart ac tion would hold out. Several times in the afternoon it was thought that he was dying but each time the secretary retained his hold on the thin thread of life until he passed peaceably away. * Airs. Kelty Dead. San Bernardino, Gal., Oct. 27—Airs. T E. Kelty. of S»n Bernardino, who whilt I lying injured recently at the bottom of s ! canyon, slashed her breast and wrist tc keep alive with blood her five-year-olt niece, died lasffi night as a result of in juries and exposure. With Our Advertisers. A'alue and low prices are features a j Parker's Shoe Store. i Dndy-Lyke stout model corsets, onl; i $3.98, at the J. C. Penney Co’s. ! The Citizens Bank and' Trust Com jpany take a personal and friendly inter | est in the needs of each depositor. ! • 7 : ; Ivy M. Lyerly Dies of Injuries Receive | Salisbury. Oct. 25. —The funeral o ! Ivy M. Lyer’y was conducted yesterda | from Christiana Lutheran church, nea | Granite Quarry. Air. Lyerly died in ! Charlotte hospital where he had bee: [ under treatment for injuries received a I a granite quarry at Granite vjuarr j June 23. On that date a rock fell on hii 1 and his right lung was broken in th're I places and he was hurt internally. i Cornelius Sides and Misses Etb< i Blaokwelder and Bertha Surner, c I High Point Collegee. spent the week-en * with their parents here. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1924 DIED SATURDAY IN WASHINGTON W x Ea EBk. . - Bb Guy D. Emerson One of the Principal Witnesses Called Today. I AN ashington, Oct. 27.— Additional in formation regarding the organization of methods employed by tlie two score and more collection committees at work raising funds in New York for the Re publican National Committee was sought today by the Senate campaign fund in vest igating committee.) Guy 1). Emerson, to whom was en trusted the organization and operation task was one of the chief witnesses called in connection with this phase of inquiry. Many other witnesses were on hand to day and committee- men expect to cover considerable brournl at the first of the three or four remaining before adjournment until aftel* the election. No vember 4tli. Reassembling here early next month the committee will go ahead with its inquiry, and with the many phases al ready opened up or suggested the sittings may continue for two weeks or even almost up to the time of the convening of Congress early in December. CAPE COD AND CAPE ANN RIM RUNNERS SCATTERED In First Encounter With Prohibition Eight Nrips in the Fleet Were Cap tured. Boston, Oct. 27.—The rum rows off Cape Cod and Cape Ann were scattered today as a result of their first major engagement with the prohibition enforce ment navy and eight prizes were tied up at docks here and at.'Gloouester and New London, Conn., with BKjsre than a score of prisoners. .. Tot*'goard cutter Tftmpa yesterday brouifcht into Boston harbor the S T ew’ Foundland two-masted schooner Alarjorie E. Buchman, rum lad en, and five American motor boats. An other motor boat w F as taken into Glouces ter and one into New London. Tire eight prices with their crews and contraband liquor valued at SIOO,OOO represented a week's operations of the Tampa, assisted by a squadron of fast rum chasers off Block Island, Cape Cod and Cape Ann. “OPEN SHIP” OBSERVED BY THE NAVY TODAY In Every Harbor and All Naval Es tablishments Navy. Day is Being Ob served by United States. AVashington, Oct. 27. —The Navy kept “open ship” today, Navy Day. and the birthday of Theodore Roosevelt. In every harbor and at every naval es tablishment the public was invited tc in spect the workings of the arm of sea de fense. In addition, at various stations patriotic ceremonies were held, high nav al officers delivered addresses, naval air planes flew over much of the country, and an effort was put forth to give the people a more intimate knowledge of the spirit and purposes of this branch of the service. NEW MYSTERY AT CAPITOL Sentry Found Dead at Walter Reed Hos pital Said to Have Been Murdered. Washington, Oct, 27.—The capital was furnished today with a new crime mys tery when Coroner Nevit formally an nounced that, Russell Shore, a sentry found dead on post at Walter Reed Hos pital last Wednesday, had been murder ed. Shore was at first believed by officers at the hospital to have committed sui cide, His service pistol was found near by with one cartridge showing signs of having been recently fired. There were no indications of a struggle. No ar rests have been made, and no motive definitely assigned. Disturbance Over Florida is Moving Up the Coast. AVashington, Oct. 2(s.—The weather bureau today issued the following ad visory storm warning: “Advisory 10 a. m.—Small craft warnings 10 a. m., Savannah, Ga., to AA r ilmington, N- C., Disturbance de veloping over Florida, will move north westward a trended by increasing north east winds, probably becoming strong along the coast as far as the Virginia capes.” Lutherans to Try to Outlaw War. Chicago, Oct. 27 (By the Associated p ress ). —The United Lutheran Church in conference here today adopted a reso lution reaffirming its position that Chris tians may fight in a just war, although opponents declared that United States Senator Borah in the next Congress would introduce a bill proposing to out law all war. Any Little Girl Can Get a Buck’s Min jature Range Free. For nine days any little girl in th« county can have a real Buck’s Miniature 1 Range. The -Concord Furniture Co. is going to present to every little gir; whose mother buys a new Buck’s Range 1 at its store during this 9 days sale. The ' sale will begin Thursday morning, Octo I ber 30th, and run through Saturday, No veuiber Btb. Seie big ad. in this paper STATE DEfIIOCRfITS URGED 10 RENDER AID FOR CAMPAIGN Jesse H. Jones Appeals to the Democrats of North Caro lina to Give Financial Aaid to Their Party. $6,000 givenTn STATE SO FAR SIOO,OOO Is Quota for the State—Money Needed for Fight in the Many Doubt ful States. Raleigh, Ort. 27. —Pointing out tho necessity of an iminenliate re*sponse* from North Carolina to the treasury of the national Democratic party. Jesse 11. .Tones, director of finance of the national Democratic committee, has sent a state ment to tliis state, urging the people to support the party with their money as we'l as their votes. The director declared that the “rock ribbed Republican” state of Pennsyl vania had contributed .$29,000 to the Democratic national fund, while North i Carolina, a staunch Democratic state. 1 whose quote was SIOO,OOO. had contrib uted, only $(5,000. North Carolina has been “astonishingly indifferent,” said Mr. •Tones,” though money is needed badly ‘to carry on the fight in doubtful territory.” r “The Democratic national committee is being materially restricted in the wag ing of its campaign through the lack of funds. A\ T e have eolleected only about $600,000 throughout the country, while the Republicans have collected four times that much, and I have no doubt but that they have additional financial strength at certain needed points. It is not that the Republicans are so much richer than the Democrats but that they get out and work harder. It is true that certain of them have much at stake be cause of (he unfair protective tariff which enables them to’enrich themselves at the expense of the rest of ns. But aside from that, they respond very much more liberally and generally than Democrats, especially in national elections.” Mr. Jones emphasized that the cam paign wgs now a real race, and while the Democrats had gotton a good start with theVolid South, funds were needed +<r IcfrmfTOtely pay- actual .expense. He. said that if North .Carolina and other slow states would respond immediately, a victory was certain. THE COTTON MARKET Losses of Saturday Just About Recover ed by Trading Today.—Opening Was Firm. New York. Oct. 27.—The cotton mar ket just about ri*covered Saturday’s loss-, es in today’s early trading. The opening' was firm at an advance of 29 to 50 points on relatively firm Liverpool cables, reports of rains in the Eastern belt, and rumors of a good many buying orders in the market from the trade for execution on a scale down. December contracts sold up to 22.60 and January to 22.75 on the initial buying movement, or aWmt 43 to 50 points net higher, but at these figures there was little more realizing and the market became quieter on reactions I of 7 or 8 points from the best. Cotton futures opened firm. Dec. | 22.40; Jan. 22.60; March 22.95; May 23.20; July 22.95. BELIEVED BABY HAD NO CHANCE SO SHE KILLED IT; r County Officer Says Mrs. Blanche Til- j bias Confessed She Choked Her Two Weeks Old Baby. AA’ooster. 0., Oct. 27. —Because she be-' lieved it would not have a “fair chance,” t Mrs. Blanche Tubiasy aged 21. has con fessed. County Prosecutor J. O. Fritz j said today, that she choked her two i weeks’ old baby to death. The baby was | found dead at the county infirmary yes terday where the mother had been stay ing. The woman, according to Mr. Fritz, said that she thought the infant was “better off.” Wade Ivcfler Will Soon Open Law Office at Newton. Newton, Oct. 23.—AA'ade ’ll. Lefler, a j graduate of Trinity college and member of the AVashington American, world's champion baseball club, is preparing to open an office here for the practice of law. Mr. Lefler, whose home is in Davie eounty, will have associated with him. AA\ A. Dennis, of New Jersey, also a j Trinity graduate. The two young men j came to Newton after looking over oth£r J towns in the state and have confidence in I Newton. The Dixie Gem coal on the wagon of J K. L. Craven & Sons at the Fair weigh- j ed 1410 pounds. The nearest guess to j the correct weight was 1413 pounds by AA\ I Scott Frieze, and the next closest was J 1402 pounds by Mrs. Ella Smith. 254 AA\ ] Corbin street. These two are the Jueky ■ winners of the coal offered. Here Is How They Finished in the Char lotte Auto Race Driver 1— Tommy Milton 2 Earl Cooper 3 Bennett Hill 4 Peter DePaolo 5 Harry Hartz (J—Jerry AVonderiicb 7 Phil Shafer 8— Fred Comer 9 Robert McDonogh INSURANCE PEOPLE MAY CONSOLIfIf-' 2 BIG COMPANIES Said That Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. May Be Taken 'Over by Jefferson Standard Company. DIRECTORS FAVOR THE CONSOLIDATION Poor Health of Manager Dortch Said to Be Reason to Be Reason Directors Favor the Merger. Raleigh, Oct. 27. —Policy/ holders in the Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Raleigh will vote at noon to day on the action of the hoard of di rectors. taken on Saturday, authorizing the taking over of the company by the Jefferson Standard Life, of Greensboro, according to a statement issued here by G. H. Dortch, general manager and or ganizes of tho former company. The belief was expressed here that the policy holders would ratify the directors' action. In a letter sent out to all policy hold ers it was explained that only the poor health of Manager Dortch prompted the turning of the company over to the Greensboro organization. The company is said to be in good condition, and that while it has only* been in operation a few months the policies already written ag gregate $870,000. The company started business on SIOO,OOO capital of security given by about fifty Raleigh citizens, Mr. Dortch said, and this amount will be returned to them. This action does not consti tute a sale, but a mere transfer of busi ness, he added, the Jefferson Life assum ing all responsibilities of the Carolina Mutual Life. Officers of the passing company are; AA’. H. Everett, president; Dan Allen, vice president; G. H. Dortch, general manager: J. L. Primrose, secretary ; and R. H. Wright, Jr..' treasurer. PEOPLE WHO TARRED AND FEATHERED GIRL CONDEMNED Chief Justice Urrter Who Heard Case Sentenced Onfc Woman to Jail in Case and Condemned Oofhers. Frederick. YJd., Oct. 27. —Condemning' in strong terms the conduct of the mob which last July tarred aud feathered Dorothy Grandon, 20-year-old Martins burg, AV. Va. r girl. Chief Justice Ham mond Urner in circuit court here today imposed sentence upon one woman and nine men, suspended sentences upon two, and declared five other men not guilty. The woman sentenced was Mrs. Mary Shank, who pleaded guilty aud confessed that in a jealous rage sfie tore the cloth ing from Miss Grandon and daubed her with tar and feathers. She was given nine months in Frederick county jail. LEW DOCKSTADER IS DEAD IN NEW YORK Famous Minstrel ami Black Face Come dian Mourned by Gay Broadway. New York. Oct. 27. —Broadway checked its gay course today to mourn for licw Doekstader, famous minstrel and black face comedian, who died yesterday at the home of his (laughter. Mrs. AVarrep Pal mer. Mr. Doekstader’s death was a cul mination of two years of illness, result ing from a fall. Doekstader, who was 68 years old. had been on the stage for half a century. D. Rich Left Estate Yaiueil ax $1,250,- Winston-Salem. Oct. 26. —According to (lie will of the late D. Ritch, for many years treasurer of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company, the de ceased left an estate valued at a million and a quarter dollars, after sill taxes are paid. The widow, who was formerly Miss Marie Merritt, of Charlotte, will receive one-third of the estate, practically all of which is in stock and bonds. The re mainder of the estate is apportioned among the Baptist churches, schools, missions and relatives of deceased and his first wife, who was Mrs. Carrie AA’atkins Rich. American Marines at Taku. Tientsin, China. Oct. 27 (By the As sociated Press).—One hundred American marines were landed from the American cruiser Huron at Taku this morning, and loft immediately for Peking. Ru mors of developments at the capital are [circulating everywhere, but reliable news j cannot be obtained. Prisoners Lock Guard in Cell and Escape Burlington. A’t.. Oct. 27.—A guard at J the Chittenden county jail was forced into a cell and locked up by three pris | oners early today. The three then es icaped. j It is now possible to mase a journey iby regular air service from Paris to I A'ienna in ten hours. Car Miller Special Studebaker Special Miller Special Duesenberg Special Durant Special Durant Special Duesenberg Special Durant Special Miller Special Time 2:06:56.09 2:06:26.68 2:08:30.09 2:08 ;31.30 2 :08:34.38 2:09 :21.21 2 :10 :36.71 2:11:13J»4 2:11:25*81 $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. DAVIS IS PREPARING ■n.o, o?EECH TO BE MADE 1 CAMPAIGN Working Unusually Hard on Address Which Will Sum Up His Attitude On Vari ous Issues of Campaign. LABOR POLICIES WILL BE NAMED Tonight Candidate Will Go to Jersey City for Address. —Enters Final Lap*of the Fight With Confidence. New Y ork. Oct. 27.—Entering the final lap of his Presidential race, John A\. Davis. Democratic nominee, worked today at his home in Locust A'alley. pre paring his windup address scheduled for Saturday night at Carnegie Hall. He contemplates making a general re statement of campaign issues at this meeting, and is drafting his speech" for that occasion with pajystaking care. At no time since lie prepared the speech of acceptance delivered at Clarksburg. AA\ A’a.. has the candidate given himself ov er so completely to the task of speech writing. His work today was interrupted only by the engagement which was to take him tonight from his home to Jersey City for an address here. Mr. Davis has been requester! to speak regarding his attitude on labor, and to contrast the record of the Democratic and Republican legislative bodies on labor matters. A reference to Senator Follette's offers to labor also has been suggested for inclusion tonight m the Jersey City remarks. The candidate has addressed himself so these questions since his return from the middle west, and has made known his descent regarding the LaFollette plan. Jn his last speech here Mr. Davis em phasized his objections to the AViseonsin Senator's proposal to give Congress su preme power and make final judgment of its own authority, taking away from the courts the right to say when that body has exceeded the authority vested in it by the people. RICHMOND MAN lIKLD Grew Out of A1 vstfrrfiNNK fair in AVfcfc* Wife Wa# Fatally f*. jured. * • ' Rielimbnffi** 5 - "tifi (w.® Blackmon, who with his wife, was car ried to a hospital last Friday night fol lowing a mystdrions shooting affair as their home here, was arrested on a war rant charging murder and moved to'the city jail tonight when his wife died of her wounds. Blackmon contends that his wife shot him, He was found on the shore of n lake in n city part where he told police he had gone to drown himself. ITis wounds are not considered serious. The woman with five bullet. Wounds ki her body was discovered in the home by neighbors. An inquest was to be held tomorrow. The woman is said not to have gained consciousness after the shooting. Black ,mon, it was reported, formerly -resided at Eufaula, 1 Alki * u • ■ Order Election on County Sanatorium. Charlotte, Oct. 25. —The Mecklenburg commissioners have ordered a special election December 9, on the question of voting a bond issue of $109,000 for the erection and equipment of, a tuberculosis hospital and to acquire a sit(* thereto,. New registration of flu* voters was ordered that citizens migh qualify to cast their ballots. The proposed bonds are to bear in terest at the rate of per cent and will be fully matured in 30 years. A graduat ed scale is fixed for their maturity. For the first five years, $2,000 will be paid annually; the next 10 years. $.‘ > ».(XH) an nually: and the last 15 years, SI,OOO annually. A maintenance fund for the hospital will be provided by the levy of a special tax of five-cents of each SIOO valuation of property. LaFollette Directs Payment of Reward. Peoria, Ills.. Oct- 22.—“ Andrew Mel lon's aluminum tariff is sufficient answer for tonight. Send cheek to Sal vation. Army.” This was the reply last night of Sen ator Robert M. LaFollette to the offer of the Kansart City Journal to pay SI,OOO if the* Senator would name “one special privilege that it is your purpose to destroy if elected.” $500,000 Five at Rochester. Rochester, X. Y., Oct. 27.—Fire today caused damage of ss<*o,ooo to the plant of the American Laundry Machinery Company here. Firemen fought the flames three hours. i ! ... . WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT SAYS EBgf ) L ) Cloudy tonight, probably showers in ) the north portion ; cooler in extreme east ) portion tonight; Tuesday fair, slightly ) warmer. Prize $10,000.00 5.000.00 2,750.00 2,000.00 1.500.00 1 ,000.00 9 00.00 750.00 009.00 NO. 33.