North Carolina Newspapers

Editor and Publisher , l ume [RSOF CABARRUS f FOR ELECTIOH hull CONFIDENT _ ra ( ; . Presenting Candi es That Have Made “od in Office During Past no Years. [GE VOTE IN COT NTYEXPECTED p a i,rii Has Been Hard )Lii rht But Leaders Have e pi Down Hard Feeling , Ail Parties. ;i,,„ in Cabarrus are waiting . ... that will start in op y.uing machinery in the Everythi»g the leaders can do ‘ i .[ tlH ,|ay has been done; they . VV( , r k tomorrow getting out .the !■'!' (vuiit itig the ballots cast. ' arc offering a strong U1 cuiiity this year. They uilicers who have been ' during the past two years and 1, math' good on the, job. For j , „ t i e i imum-rats enter the elec-1 fi<ntidcH t. r i(f Caldwell heads the ticket this siid he is expected to poll a large ha* made an efficient sheriff: rink tn the job since chosen to j W j*. Vlabery who resigned and snflicil without trouble all problems riieh lie has been confronted. [Taltiweil is a former service man f dir with other men in the F trim served in the army, navy or f pj.s during the war. V. FJli.iU. tlie impular register of ■ s ei! (. of the strongest men on Mr. Elliott is recognized as fth iiu st efficient public servants I*!: Carolina and during his term rs he has been repeatedly congratu f,,r the prompt manner in which | dispatched in his office. Mr. | rt lU Kannapolis home and his Urol mighbors there are expected up almost solidly for him. I Margie MeEachern polled the rote of any Democrat in the jwo years ago and she is ex i: run at the head of the ticket tb year. As treasurer of the MeEachern has gone aboyt An a businesslike manner and Ifr two years she has been in <4> has made many new friends rwirtoni" manner. J A Harfstdl is well qualified for iff of coroner. The Democrats fcui during the past two yearß it > very desirable for the coroner it physician and Dr. Hartsell has Kteil Ids work so efficiently and at Bile time so economically that he Msimously nominated for the office e county convention. n.ev who have had occasion to do hs at the cotton platform have iW. R. Roger a courteous public in: He lias had much experience [>n '.vciglier and he is strictly on ijirW. A Foil and Sam Black, can- K for the State Senate and House, lively, are men that are fully cap d (•: mhn-ting their duties in Ra ti an intelligent manner. They Fbeen pi*«minetit in public matters fciDj year- and can he expected to 'id’ll and serious thought to any 1 ■ matter that might come before the State capital. L. Furr lias performed credit al duties as county surveyor. H? ti<Mi the office such attention as it and to his oimt indents he has proved y Hay vault, W. C. McKinley, .T. tail*. .1 M. Hartsell and William t! are the candidates for county EKsiom-fs . 'L'hiss hoard has labored e'riiu, iiu- past two years although a '- !l •'< have been severely criticised ' " 1 iarter> they have been justly ti other quarters. They have ! " d with other county officials to ' interest of the county and they "■ |,u continued in office. ** campaign in the county for the Inis been a clean one. The raninajgn, where every one ‘ "Win through faults of the other 1 :::i ' given way to the new and \vsten, of fighting. The party ' ive hei-n able to keep down hard ' d the voters of the various " M ' 'iH-gin balloting tomorrow with s fri* mlly sitirit. ' j s v.itilied to Watch His t step. " v FFNov. 2.—This sensational 111 F’ ’ ! type appears in this of the Snow Hill weekly Ti„, 7 ls a ■ > r;ain married man in "'h" - paying too much at* a girl- —a girl just upon auhood. Wo are con ii.tensions are anything '"ttofahi,,. n qt naturally j l ,' ls ~Tii,: wh.ai we have seen, we | s " hir we are sure no harm j.,, . hm disaster lies ju fi t her. Unless this man de c,;J 11 : ' !e liish purpose we shall ’ 1 u- duty to inform the r gir’—and we shall per IP- ! duty. Watch your step, liner- ftivift'Ti p.„ ■'“•’eaten to Cause Damage. 'tei.o , v ‘ •• (By the Associated incessant rains, the * th4 a , n France and Belgium widespread destruction. it l;a> r *sen over six feet in the Mar' ■ ' •**' tt ' v *se its tributaries, 6ux. n nP . already overflowing, the W r ' Vf ‘ ‘oehes hourly, and the THE CONCORD TIMES FILM PL A YERS ON TRAIL AGAIN IN COVERED WAGON I OOKS like “The Covered Wagon” days, but it isn’t, al though the life was somewhat the same. In this case Loi3 Wilson and Er nest Torrence are on their way j across the Texas plains behind the j only living herd of long horn cattle | and a collection of cowboys are ! trying to keep the animals from ; stampeding. The story is by Emerson Hough THE ELECTION TOMORROYV One cf the Most Hotly Contested Politi cal Contests Ever Known. Raleigh. N. C., Nov. 3—Following one of the most hotly contested polities I fights in the history of both the state and na tion. the voters will go to the polls to morrow morning to make their choice of office holders from the President of the United States to many posts even in the townships. Through the continued drives of three parties in the national campaign and the many issues brought up in the state, in terest has been aroused to a great ex tent and tile registration has been large. Oue of the greatest total votes ever east is the prediction of political authorities for the work of the polls on Tuesday. In North Carolina the voters will face besides the district, county and township questions, the selection of one United States Senator, the governor, a chief jus tice of the State Supreme Court and two associates and all state offices. In addition there are two referendums and four constitutional amendments to be voted upon. The two referendums are the Port Commission bill for which Gov. Cameron Morrison has been campaigning and the Act to provide a World War Vet erans Loan Fund. The four constitution al amendments are: To provide for Ihe inviolability of the Sinking Fund so that such funds shall not be used for any pur pose other than the retirement bonds for which the fund was originally created. To limit the state debt to seven and one-half per cent, of the assessed value of the taxable property within the state. To increase the pay of the members of the Geueral Assembly from $4 per day to sl9 per day. To exempt from taxation 50 per cent of notes and mortgages on home steads given for improvements or pur chase and to similarly exempt the owner of the homestead provided the holder of the uodtes lives in tin* same, county and pays taxes on the notes. JUDGE RAPS SPECTATORS AT YVHITE SLA YE HEARING Crowd Giggling at Woman’s Testimony Called “Human Buzzards.” YVashington, I). 0., Oct. 29. —Chief Justice McCoy, of the District of Co lumbia in the criminal division here, to day characterized a lot of spectators as “human buzzards.” A white slave case was being tried and the testimony of the young woman involved was followed bv giggles. “There are about 100 persons in this room who should be ashamed to be here,” said Judg% McCoy. “They av ’ (! . not even the decency to respect the feel . ings of a woman who has gone wrong. . They are human, buzzards, .and the next time such a demonstration is shown tlu: [ court room will be cleared.” Cotton Goods Market. New York, Oct. 80.—Cotton goods markets today held steady and trading was of moderate proportion in finished and unfinished lines. Bleached cottons, percales hnd wide sheetings were in bet ter call for early delivery. Nothing has yet been done to equalize eastern and southern gingham prices and it is now expected among guyers that action will be postponed until after election, t an cellations of garment orders were re ported due to weather conditions and to temporary overy production in the rush to have goods for spot delivery. Haw silk was easier. Burdlap markets were steady. Fighting Pneunomic Plague. T n<s A ng eles, Nov. 3 —State and fed *s* - “tat* Ust& o, k. P d n c"«S plague, which a '“ff,” Meaiean quarter. TencS S under treat,neat at the general hospital were said to be critical. Rev. J. J. Himmel Dead. Washington, Nov. 3.--Tin 1 digestion. H Jesuit Order been a member »1 the for more than niry i„ Annapolis, Maryland. —“North of 3G.” It is the tale of one of the historic cattle drives after .the Civil War by which the Texas breeders reached the end of the railroad in Kansas. After rid ing across a river in the middle of I the plunging herd, Miss Wilson in | sisted that the pioneers of 1849 I and the cattle raisers of 1867 ! didn’t have all the hardships. Re j enacting the scenes for a Para i mount picture is work just as 1 thrilling. SELECT HAMMER FOR SLAUGHTER NEXT TUESDAY Republicans Are Making Every Effort to to Defeat Him. YVashington, Oct. 30. —North Caro lina Democrats here are at a loss to know why the Republicans are making such a drive to defeat Representative Hammer of the seventh district. Early in the.campaign, long before the Republi cans had their plans perfected, Mr. Hammer was singled out for political slaughter. The explanation may be in the fact that Mr. Hammer is an unruly member of the District of Columbia com mittee. and does not fall for everything money grabbers here start. It became known here today that let ters signed by Representative John Q. Tilson, eastern campaign director of the Republican national congressional cone nritfee. were Being sent ro bankers, man ufacturers and others in the seventh dis trict ,urging them to make an extraor dinary effort to defeat the biggest mem ber of the house. ' Some of these letters have reached con gressional offices here. There is a suspicion lire that the Re publican congressional eoinittee has made n‘ heavy contribution to the campaign fund in the state. Mr. Tilson is a New England Republican who believes that, the south ought to vote for protec tion, and his judgment on this proposi tion has made hi mliberal. His letters not only urge support of the Republican { ticket, but they appeal for cash contri butions. DINNERS CAN HELP IN CONTROLLING BOLL YVEEY'IL I 1 Dinners Have an Opportunity to Take an Effective Step at This Time. • j It is frequently noticed that the first ■ j weevils to appear in the spring in any ' l district art* in the immediate vicinity of gins. The infestation spreads rapidly | i from these centers. The explanation is j that enormous numbers weevils ore j concentrated at the gins during the fall. , It has been shown by actual experiments that many of the weevils taken to the * gins along with seed cotton passthrough the cleaning devices and the gins them- M selves ( an<l are discharged alive with the -I trash from the cleaners or the gins. -{This trash is sometimes allowed to no < I cumulate on the fl(«>rs but morcj often >| is fed mechanically into barrels or boxes, fi if anyone will examine such trash at 1' any gin in the infested territory at this j time lie will find large numbers of weevils 31 crawling about annd finding hibernating places. i it is very evident that ginners have . J an opportunity to take an effective step against the weevil at this time. Ail t, that is necessary is to have the gin trash e fed into barrels or similar containers, cover them so that the weevils cannot escape and feed live steam into the re- ceptacle. 'lt is true that the gin trash i j* generally eventually burned, but the common practice is to allow it to accu mulate in considerable quantities and in the meantime the weevils leave it and secrete tltemselves in and about the. gin. I Methodists Give $8,500,000 For Benevo- j lences. Chicago, Nov. 3.—More than $8,500,- 000 was contributed by the constituency of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the year just closed, to the conueetional be nevolences of the church through the World Service Commission, I)r. R. J. Wade, executive secretary of the com mission, anounced today to the Chicago Methodist preachers meeting. He urged more prayer if giving to the church is to reacher higher goals. Two Children Burned to Death. Lakeland, Fla., Nov. 3. Joyce, aged 4, and Eunice, aged 11, both girls, lost j their lives early this morning at Haskell, six miles from here, and Mr. and Mrs. i F. E. Trask and two other children, Adele and Frankie, were severely burn ed in a fire that was discovered about 3 o’clock, and which completely destroyed their home. ( Death of Cornelius Cole. Los Angeles, Nov. 3 —Cornelius Cole, former United States senator, 102 years and two months of age, died at his resi dence here today. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1924 USUAL PREDICTIONS MADE Bf LEADERS FOB THREE PARTIES All Declare They Are Confi fident of Outcome of the Election—Record Vote Is Predicted Now. FINAL SPEECHES COME TONIGHT When President Coolidge and John W. Davis Will Speak to the Voters by Means of Radio. Washington. Nov. 3 (By the Associat ed Press). —The campaign of 1024 is pass ing through its final hours in a whirl of activity destined to make political his tory. For the first time, two Presidential candidates, President Coolidge and John W. Davis, are preparing to address an election eve message to the same audience —a radio audience that will extend the country over. Two candidates for the vice presiden cy likewise are upsetting precedent by continuing through pre-election Monday their speaking campaigns. Governor Bryan is completing a swing through his home state of Nebraska, and Senator Wheeler is winding up his coast-to-coast speech making tour in Baltimore. Senator IjaFollette, having laid his case finally before the people in a Satur day night address at Cleveland, has re turned to his home in Madison, ('lias. <J. Dawes is awaiting in Evnnstop the ver dict of tomorrow's balloting. Managers for all three of the Presi dential tickets after making the usual pre-elect lion claims to \ ictory, devoted much of today to perfecting machinery to get out the vote. A fair weather fore cast for most of the country fitted in with these preparations, and appeared to fore presage a record vote. Besides making a decision among the three Presidential candidates, the voters will choose tomorrow the complete mem bership of a now House of Representa tives, 34 U. S. Senators, 34 Governors of states, and a host of local officials. ANOTHER EXECUTED FQR DEATH OF MAJOR IMBRIE Third Persian Life For Part Played in Death of the American. Washington, Nov. 3. —The execution by the Persian government of Seyid Hus sion. ringleader of»the mob which mur dered American Vice Consul Robert Im- TTrie in Teheran. %as reported officially today to the State Department. Another man was executed for the crime at the same time. The death sentences were carried out after the Washington government had in sisted that the two men must receive the extreme penalty despite a decision by I ho Persian cabinet to commute their sen tences. A third man. found guilty, was sentenc ed to death and executed some rime ago. FORMER STATION'AGENT CHARGED WITH KILLING YV. R. Thurstcn Being Held in Jail fer Death of F. C. Benner. Savannah. Ga.. Nov. 3. —F. C. Benner, superintendent of the Savanah River Lumber Co. Mills at Gilmania, S. C., near here, was shot and killed in his of fice early this morning. W. R. Thurston, a former station agent at that point is being held in the jail at Kidgeland. According to information reaching the Savanah head offices of the Savanah Riv er Lumber Co.. Thursday became angered when he lost his position following com plaints made against him by this com pany. lie was station agent for the At lantic Const Line Railway. Benor leaves a widow and two small children. Tong War at an End. New York, Oct. 31.—Peace reigned in Chinatown today. News that a truce had been signed traveled rapidly through i the quarter last night. There was a no-' | ticeable lifting of the tension that has | pervaded the section since the sued be i tween the On Leongs and the Hip Sings The only remainder of the war that has cost eight lives and a score of injuries here was a large number of bluecoats who continued their watch. The i>olice de partment, notwithstanding the anounce meut of two weeks’ armistice, decided not to relax their vigilance. John W. Davis said at Jersey City Monday night that the only things Pres ident Coolidge has taken a stand on dur ing the campaign are: The Supreme Court, Mr. Roosevelt, irrigation, electric railways, the ZR-3, Christopher Colum bus, forget-me-not, Hampton Institute, Henry Ford, Sam Lazarus, Charles Magle. the explanation of the radio. Navy Day, the American revolution, the Jewish new*—year, parking space and the Smokie Indians. lowa Com Crop Short 100.000.000 > Bushels. ** Des Moines, la-, Oct. 29.—Early husking reports tend to confirm esti mates that lowa's corn crop will be at ' least 100,000.000 bushels les« than in j 1923. the weekly crop report, issued by | the federal and state crop bureaus Here today j>aid. The county board of education is hold ing a regular meeting in the office of Prof. J. B. Robertson in the court house this afternoon. ! More than, half of the prominent wom en of America, as listed in “V ho’s Who, ’ are married. Oils WILL CLOSE CAMPAIGN TOUT IN RADIO MESSAGE The Presidential Candidate Works All Day on Final Message He Will Deliver In Campaign. < MILL SPEAK AT 9:15 TONIGHT Address Will Be Broadcasted From WEAF Studio, and He Will Speak for Thirty Minutes. New Y’ork, Nov. 3. —The long trail blazed by John YV. Davis since lie began his campaign for the Presidency, reached its end today. Only a motor trip from his home in Locust Y'alley to a New York studio where his last positical mes sage will he broadcast by radio tonight remained to bring his campaign mileage to its grand total. All engagements were cancelled to per mit him to work unmolested at home on his address. The plans arranged for the broadeast- I ing tonight call for his arrival at WEAF studio at t» o’clock, the beginning of his address at 9:15 Eastern Standard time, and its conclusion at 9:45. Shaver Issues Challenge. YVashington, Nov. 3. —Chairman Sha\»- er. of the Democratic National Commit tee, issued a statement today reeapitu- \ la ting the result of the "distinguished" republicans and democrats supporting the Democratic ticket and adding: *1 defy the republican leaders in the closing hours of the campaign to match; this list of leaders with the names oft men who even remotely approach them : in eminence and influence." MAYOR OF CHARLOTTE MAY QUIT OFFICE SOON Expected to Become Actively Identified j In Automobile Business in Columbia. Charlotte, Oct. 30.—Possibility of the immediate resignation of Mayor J. O. YY’alker was seen here tonight in the an nouncement late today that Mr. YY'alker had taken over the agency of the Ford Motdc Company at Columbia, S. C. A repprt received here this afternoon from Columbia said that application for a charter for a motor company to be headed by Mr. YY r alker was expected to be made at once and added that Mayor Walker was expected to move to Colum- j bia. Efforts to get in touch with the mayor here failed today. However, he pre viously had told newspaper men of his plan for going into the automobile busi- | ness at Columbia, this information being j kept out of print until the contract was formally ratified by all parties. Mr. | YValker may trust his new Columbia business to the managership of another! man until his term here expires. On j the other hand it was asserted in some [ quarters that he probably would resign j at an early date. Mr. YValker. formerly an automobile j dealer here, was elected mayor in 1921 l and again in the spring of 1923. His J term expires in May, 1925. Frank R. i McNinch, former mayor and CL O. Keus- j ter. business manager of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, are bing promi nently mentioned as his successor should he resign. CAN COURTS DEMAND SECRET NAV AL FILES? Matter Will Be Decided at Oil Case Now Being Tried in Los Angeles. YVashington. Nov. 3.—lt will be loft to the courts to decide whether secret files of the Navy Department are to be produced in the suit to determine the legality of the Pan-American Petroleum & Transport Company's title (to laud in the government oil reserves. The papers, subpoenaed by the la>s Angeles Federal Court before which the action is in progress, are en route to day in charge of Read Admiral Latimer, the naval judge advocate general. He will present them to the court with a formal objection of both his office and that of the State department’s, which held that their publication would be in imical to the public interests. THE COTTON MARKET Active Months Showed Losses of 18 to 21 Points After the First Hour. New York. Nov. 3.—The cotton market opened unchanged to 9 points lower today with the tone steady on a little trade buy ing and covering. Offerings soon in creased and prices worked off to 22.75 be fore the end of the first hour, active months showing net losses of 18 to 21 points. General business was restricted by the proximity of the election day adjourn* I ment, however, and the market was com paratively quiet at the decline. Cotton futures opened steady: De cember 22.82; January 22.85; March 23.20; May 23.44; July 23.23.. With Our Advertisers. Watch your newspaper! ’Watch your mail box ! Watch your doorstep! See I ad. on page five'. The resources of the Citizens Bank and i Trust Company are over $1,000,000. You will find big values in woolens for fall and winter dress goods at the Parks- Belk Co. Southern Wants To Issue Bonds. Washington, Oct. 31. —The Southern i Railway today applied to the Interstate j Commerce Commission for authority nom- I inally to issue $5.0h0.000 of development and general mortgage 4 per cent, bomb bonds, to be held in the company's treas ury. CHARGES FLY THICK AND FAST ASP ~“ CAMPAIGN FINISHES Both Democrats and Repub licans Warn Voters to Be Careful as Day of Election Draws Near. DAWSONAPPEALS FOR BIG VOTE Asks Democrats to “Resent” the Action of the National Republicans In Sending Aid to State. Raleigh, Nov. 3.—Charges and coun ter charges flow thick and fast as North Carolina's campaign came to a close to day. Voters of the Old North State had be fore them on our hand the nsesrtion, made to county chairmen in a telegram on Sat urday night by W. G. Brainham. republi can state chairman, that lie had infor -mation from "reliable" sources that mis use of tlu* absentee voters law was plan ned, and requesting that such voters be challenged, and on the other a statement by John G. Dawson, democratic state | chairman, that "it has been charged” that republicans have sent .$159.9(10 inL, j the state for use in the election. They also had before them charges by Governor Morrison, who has made an act ive personal campaign for the port termi nal hill, that many of the oppoiuuits of the measure are railroad stockholders. Robert N. Page, an opponent of the port measure, in turn had charged the (iov ernor with deserting the Democratic ]>ar ty. Chairman Dawson, ju his statement, called upon the Democratic voters to flock to the polls tomorrow and "resent” the actions of the publican national organiza tion. which he said was doing everything it could to aid the party in the state. His statement was particularly directed to the voters of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth Congresional districts, which he said, were the target of an especial effort of republicans. The districts long have been close, and bitter fights have been waged in them for yars. Several of them have elected republican congress men in the past. “Solid South” to Vote. Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 3 (By th>* Associ ated Press). —With the shouting and tu mult fast dying on Southern campaign fields as actual balloting is abou: to fol low, the captains and the kings are de parting from the stump to precincts here and there to vote. Few southern states have been without excitement on their hustings in recent weeks, for contests for Congress, state offices, and pro ar/1 c.<i, on the question of constitutional amend ments have overshadowed interest in the national ticket in all states except Ten nessee, regarded as such contested ground that representatives of prominence from both j sir ties, including John W. Davis, the Democratic nominee, tiav * spoken there. North Carolina is keenly occupied with races for Governor, United State- Sena tor. and Congress, as well as the propos al ti issue state bonds for building port terminals and start a state-owned steam ship line. UNMASKED MEN COMMIT BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY Hold Up Farmer Near Fayetteville and Relieve Him of All Available Cash. Fayetteville. Nov. 2. —David Nun nery. a farmer, was robbed of $49 in cash by two unmasked men in a daring hold-up on the Stedman road six miles from this city Friday-afternoon. One of the men climbed into the back of Nun nery’s wagon, placed a pistol at his heatj. relieved him of all the (‘ash in his pockets and leaned into an Essex sedan waiting at the side of the rood. A few minutes later the speeding car passed Carter’s store going in the direction of Fayetteville at 00 miles an hour. Nunnery made his way back to the store nd phoned to Sheriff N. H. Mc- Geaehy. but when the sheriff reached the scene there was little to furnish a clue- After making inquires along the route tot his city. Sheriff McGeaeliy was convinced that the hold-up men did not come into town hut continued on up the road to Dunn. OFFICER KILLED AND TYY’O MEN WOUNDED Shooting Occurred YVhen Officer Stopped Men \Ylm> Did Not Recognize Him. Sparta. Tenn., Nov. 3.—Ed Gore, a deputy shereiff, is dead, and Thou. Gar rick and Grover Cannon are wounded as a result of a shooting affray which took place last night in Garrick Cove, south west of Sparta. Garrick. Canon and H. C. Enodgraas, Jr., were riding across the mountain when the officer is said to have stepped out into the road and command ed the party to halt, and the shooting began, neither party recognizing the oth er, it was stated. , Recent Floods in China Are Declared Worst Since 1890. New York, Oct. 30. —Recent floods in North China were the womt since 1890 with many towns still surrounded by vast lakes, William A Mather, Presby terian missionary in the flooded region, has reported to the Presbyterian board of foreign mission here. Large areas of farming land, were flooded to a depth of 10 to 15 feet, he reported, and it will be impossible to till the soil for two or three* years. Residents of some towns expect relief only with the the coming of winter ami the freezing over ofthe lakes. A great * uuntf>er of people are destitute. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. {ANOTHER GROUP FOR ■.... 1 campaign is CHOSEN BY MANAGER iDr. R. M. King Selects Men ; Who Are to Assist Him In Campaign For Modern Ho tel in City. ' BLANKS TALKS OF VALUE OF HOXEL ft Says Community Financed Hostelries Have Proved Very Successful Where They Have Been Tried. I)r. R. M. King is the latest group manager who has completed the person nel of liis group of salesmen for the new hotel campaign. Dr. King's group is No. 8 and is one of the three groups of 1.. M. Richmond's Division. I The following are tin* salesmen of I)r. King's group: R. M. King. Group Manager; YV. IT. Gibson, YYm. A. Ritchie, J. A. Pntt‘*r snn, Jno. L. Miller. F. M. Youngblood, J. B. Robertson. W.* (J. Brown G. S. i Klurtz, J. M. C'ulcleasure. "The Modern Hotel is no longer a one I man institution,” said H. W. Blanks tn j day in commenting upon Concord’s New | Modern Community Hotel. Mr. Blanks ;is secretary of the Chamber of Com ; merce and Secretary of the \\ M. C. A. and is a mem tier of the campaign Execu tive Committee, which has this splendid project in hand. Excellent progress is being made along all the preparatory lines and the members of the Executive Committee are pleased at the Yittitude of the Concord citizens. "In the vast number of cases,” con tinued Mr. Blanks, “the modern hotel is financed through community co-operation. Because of this fact the hotel is of prime interest to the entire'community which it serves; first, because the large majority of stockholders are local citizens, second, because the Modern Hotel is the very brat of all civic, social and co-operative action in that community.” "This condition came about largely from the doing away with the many small hotels, which were in fact merely saloons with a few rooms overhead. YY’itlv the coming of Y'olsteadisin these hotels went out of business and naturally their clos ing caused a shortage of hotel room and as there were really no modern hotels al ready in some communities the best in the lot added a few more rooms and continued in business. The average so lution, however, was the erection of an entirely new and modern hotel of the type which now does justice to the com munity. Because no individual could see his way clear to finance the new en terprise, business spirited citizens came together and put the new hotel acres in a community way. "So favorable has been the results of these community financed hotels that the movement has literally swept the coun try. Every state in the union has within its confines a number of citizens in which such hotels are being constructed or are in process and being financed." Concord has always needed more ade quate accommodation. YY'e an* now about to meet this need ami are doing it by the community financing plan. Concord is about to take her place among the pro gressive cities of North Carolina and of America. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS More Than $3,000,000 Collected by Re publicans—llemoerats Have Half Mil lion. YY'ashington. Nov. 3. —Contributions of $424,4H1 and expenditures of $539,289 during the five days from October 21st to October 2f»th, were reported today to the Senate campaign fund investigating committee by the Republican national committee. This brought the total contributions to October 25th to $3.251.309 but William Y\ Hodges, the national treasurer, ban testified that the total receipts to and including October 31st was $3,742,900. Up to October 25th the Democratic national committee reported contribu tions of $552,308. while the I*a Follette- Wheeler organization rejiorted receipts of $17,812. John M. Nelson, the La Fol ' lette field marshal, has testified to re ceipts of $24.7.009 up to October 10th. LABOR GOVERNMENT W ILL QI IT TOMORROW King Will Then Ask Stanley Baldw in, the Head of Conservatives, to Form a New Ministry. London, Nov. 3 (By, the Associated Press). —The expectation in well inform ed quarters is that the labor government, will resign tomorrow and that the King in accordance with custom, will call up on Stanley Baldwin as lender of the vic torious conservative party, to form a new ministry. r WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER CAT SAYS « Fair tonight and Tuesday. . NO. 35.