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„ T] .-KILL, Editor and Publisher tB. S r! U ‘ -=== —— mIUME XLIX $359,100 STOCK ALREADY SOLD FOR HOTEL fjst Meeting of Hotel Drive at 6:30 Tonight i , 1S Determined to Sell Fnoush Stock During Af ternoon to Bring Campaign L Close Tonight. Loo NEEDED | TO REACH GOAL' L Than 517.000 Was Re- Irarted at Noon and Sales- L, Believe Remainder L Be Sold During Day. 1.. ... *+* ** ♦ I 0 i.-tis iii Concord's i I readied $359,100 * W . rtir !. were r<*ad at Ihe lun- Mi j W'\ . . '['he rejHirt today was Mi j li-vni and previously report el M: ■ 1 c4i :;>hi | y I'd by I >r. R. M. l' t . goat by reporting Mi I ' " ■ ruj;.. t jl; (.e?ing of the campaign Mi I , i, 1,1 it the Y tonight at Hi Cjt At dial time the campaign 31$ I El 1 ; i- it is certain the Mi 11.. v<| will he raised this & I I * ■ .„.*. -; r Mi H* Hi Mi ♦ j), for Concord is almost | The impuign will come to a | jiH'Wu.g to he held at the Y’. ■ . ti f* t aright at which time 1.. ... , r\peered to report sub- ■ v . . , . to ]mit the campaign luedieon today the work ■i ih,- wiiiii-aigii reported subscrip- SI7.SDO. which added to Bwvimidy reported gives a to+al of Kh<‘ r i:-e campaign. Krted at uoop was about B'fbc :iinni'!ir needed Bnd the «*ales- Bt'Otiihii.. lie town this afternoon Rsfar* to "c! fiie balance. - Bu - - workers are optimistic. It ■ K:r.| at the luncheon at noon I iwing tonight would be the I: *> campaign if the goal were ■s* Fmm all sides of the hall came ■ It will be the last: she's ■>'down that one person in the city :iiig purchasing $5,000 worth w.i ami a report on this prosi»ect at the meeting tonight. K~-'' t", 1.. M. Richmond leader. B report at the noqp luncheon. ■ ; >s: cal by 1 >r. It. M. King had ■ik >]»,rr. Tiie group reported I division reported SB,IOO. ''inscriptions amounting to I 1- !\ S ' group got the goat for ■ • Hi' group also won the ‘‘We | i-r for tlie division. The di | - Hag given to the division ip,, most sales each day. B-rr-pa-u '.iihmirted included: I •bj. >1 liv Hinton McLeod —$1000. I 'I by It. K. Harris —$.'IOO. B®! 1 M li\ U. K. Kidenhour, Jr. — WWI,) C. \\ . Byrd—sl,3(X). B**i> N In A. R. Hoover —$200. B»VMIn !' M. Lafferty—sooo. to if [•:. | l icks—sl,3oo. B't’h! ic ('ainermi Macliae —$2,700. ied l, : . !. T. Hart sell. Jr.— $3.- fcw la .1. V. I Mia rr —$400. Bp hd by \\ IWard—sßoo. f'Nv! :ii. We Are It" banners B'r m,l l.y Hinton .McLeod. C. W. I P' il. .M. King and 1.. 'l'. Hartwell. B'iil m the campaign is $375,000 I so!i-'ni ■ll need but $15,900 to ■ ’in r, 11 .• 11 they are certain tin* ■ t' , :i' ! ! e,! at -i he night luncheon. B" Minis ("mpensation for Yet- H ■ Nr. 17. —Compensation ■ : lie United States vet- I •'tiv n t reviewable by the I n* *: x. * * Court- held here to- I is shown that they I ’!•■(! by the facts and I - arbitrary. I in-nan.cut of the Middle ■ - A"cc,ition will get under I 'on November 21. j'as Well Spouting 10,000,000 I Feet a Day, Nearly Pure Helium \"V. IT.— Roaring out well near Imre at the hie fec;t a clay, nat -1 i)e nearly pure he- I! -..tit rolled.* The fact this gas will not thi-Mi-y that it is he i"r inflation of dirig '*■> frf 2;: ' " ■ • ruck. at a depth ! upward with such ' "lit all connections. hj ," a> niuning wild. The Hr ,lV 11 Moore, who has ' ' N; " who will analyze s< ♦'llf. Nii K ' ■ !i “' discovery is about »h, ~f Fort Worth, ; urn extracting plant lW , ( . Vi S ' ‘ ' Army is. The well > i vvj. I ''''*' V ' I!, **'* s southwest of ; !:i ' wells which supply THE CONCORD TIMES WATER FOR I.OS ANGELES IS STOLEN BY RAIDERS Water Intended lor City Diverted Into j Owens Rivtr.—Kuril Must Be Settled. I.os Angeles. Nov. 17.‘—How to restore .without bloodshed the How of water through the Lis Angeles* 250 mile aeiide duct. diverted into Owens River .testor- I day by raiders who swooped down upon ] the waste gates near Lone Pine. 2<M) , miles north < f here, despite protests by 'city employees and Inyo eouniy official:-, was the problem that faced Los Angeles authorities today. The ultimatum delivered by the raid ers was that the gates would remain op en until Los Angeles settled the Owens Valley water sued on a basis satisfactory to the valley ranchers and business men. NEW OUTBURST OF BUYING IN STOCKS Thirty Issues Lifted to New Peak Prices For Year During Trading Today. New York. Nov. 17.—Trading in stocks which appeared to be getting hack (o normal early today after reaching rec ord breaking proportions in the ten bus | iness days following the Presidential ' election, developed another burst of ac tivity around noon, with the result that more than 300 issues were lifted to new jieak prices for the year An gains ranging from 1 to nearly 4 points. Total in the first two hours exceeded 800.000 j shares, as compared with a million or more when the boom was at its height last week. HOVER GIVES REASONS FOR BUSINESS PICK-UP Better Agricultural Prices and Sound j Reparations Policy Two of Reason Given. Washington, Nov. 17. —The advance in agriculture prices, the beginning of sound policies in German reparations and the recovery of American industry, aside from Agreulture, were characterized as the three outstanding features of the past fiscal year in a review of business 'Condi tions made public today by Secretary Hoover. While there was some ing in activity iii some lines during the latter part of the fiscal year, the review said, there had since been a complete re covery. COMMITTEE BEGINS WORK Will Inquire Into Agricultural Conditions and Make Suggestions. Washington. Nov. 17. —The commis sion appointed by President Coolidge to inquire into agricultural conditions and suggest a .program for stabilizing farm ing, began* its work today at a meeting in the White House, where President Coolidge called them to outline the pur poses for which he named it. Several members of the commission ac companied President Coolidge on his week-end trip on the Mayflower, and in formal diseusions took place during the voyage. Tim commission’s meetings will be conducted with the cooperation of the Department of Agriculture. Republicans Gain 11 Memlters Legisla ture. Raleigh. Nov. 15.—The republicans gained eleven members of the legisla ture. all house members, in the general election, accoring to returns received on the state vote. In the election two \eais ago republican membership fell <><* t° nine representatives andthree senators. In the next general assembly there will be 20 republican house members and three senators. Thirty-one members of the house and fifteen senators serving in the last legislature will be members of the next session. Frank M. Gould Married. New York. Nov. 17.—Edwin Gould announced today that he had received word of the marriage of his ?on, Frank M Gould, to Mfss Florence Amexia Bacon, of Dallas. Texas, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bacon, and a noice of Daniel T'ptliegrove, president of the St. Louis Southewestern Railway Com pany. Mrs. J. P. -Morgan Dead. Highland Falls. N. Y., Nov. 17—Mrs. Frances F. Morgan, widow of J. Pior pont Morgan, died at her home here last night. helium gas for the plant at Fort Worth are located. If the new well proves to contain al most pure helium, it will mean develop ment of u large new supply of the non inflammable gas for dirigible uses. Helium of Great Value With Develop ment of Ughter-Than-Air Craft. Helium is a gas which lms become im mensely valuable with the development of lighter-thau-air craft, since it is non inflammable, non-explosive and is not greatly affected by temperature changes It is relatively abundant in many miner als all of which are radioactive, and con tain uranium and thorium as importani constituents. The only place helium if ! extracted in the United States is ir I Texas at the navy’s United States heliun r production plant. Helium has nevei •jbecn discovered free in any quauutj. ' : T“ ’ ‘ ‘ . -■Jtj -JSfji ;JHßf j. j MBk jy-- -jP ij|A; Bk THE HOTEL CONCORD WILL BUILD ■ j. 1 ! f-g ■ | GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE MEETS AT JACKSONVILLE Gov. Hardee Welcomes Them at Opening Session Today. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 17 (By the Associated Press).- —There is no subject now before the people of the I'nited States of greater importance than that ■ oncoming the conservation of natural resources. Governor Cary A. Hardee, of Florida, declared in welcoming governors of the various states assembled here tit day for the opening session of the six teenth annual' governors’ conference. The sessions will continue , through Tuesday after which the party will board a steamship for an all-night trip up the St. Johns River to Sanford, as (lie first leg of a tour of the southern part of the state. “FATHER OF Bl RLEQI E” DEAD IN NEW YORK Edward Rice Dies at Age of 75 After Illness of One Week. New York. Nov. 17. —Edward Rice, veteran theatrical producer, and known as the "Father of Burlesque," died at a hospital last night after a week’s illness. He was 75 years old. The National Vaudeville Association will conduct services for him Tuesday i morning. , . ' He was noted along Broadway for his aversion for what lie considered the vul garity of modern musical shows. Jersey City lias Another Big Blaze. Jersey City, N. Nov. lt>.—Fire to day destroyed two of the Erie railroad pieis. 14 barges and (lie steam lighter Dayton here, the total loss being estimat ed 'at $1.500.0(H). It was the city's second million dol lar blaze in three days. Two blocks in the downtown iudustria [section were liad waste Friday in a tire \vh eh raged unchecked for five hours. Os undetermined origin, the file started shortly after noon in the Erie n j*o-oper age pier, where barrels, many of them oil and grease soaked, were in the pro cess of repair. It quickly spread to the one Jadjoinhig and in less than two hours, the piers were a mass of tiames. Says He Was I p in Class With Caruso. Now York. N. Y., November 15. — • Nicholo Zerola. singer, has filed suit for $250,000 against the -Metropolitan Opera Company. The complaint alleges that he "was • held down”- at the period "when he en - joy<>d the same fame and reputation as r Enrico Caruso and it was a moot ques tion who was the greatest singer.” He says he had a contract for opera and was forced to sing in concert, his repu tation being damaged thereby. Bobbed Haired Choir Call Off Their l Strike. Washington. Nov. 15.—The strike of , the bob haired choir girls in Dr. W. A. Lambeth's church is over. The diiectoi of the choir got them to return to their . posts for the Rev. Mr. Culpepper's re i v ival services. They still resent being I called “bobbed hair sissies,” but will for ! get it. .- I parr \lpaea Co.. Increases Working Time - Holyoke, Mass., Nov. 17.-The Farr t i Alpaca Co., the city’s largest industry in i-1 point of numbers employed, today went t i on a schedule of 75 per cent, of full time. '• The company has been opera ing 75 per ’* * cent, for three weeks of each month, i- 1 w jth a virtual shutdown the fourth week, t ; qp u > fourth week shutdown is now elimi -18 | ua|ed. n * — : n When a person is hysterical often r times a nor tion ofthe body has absolute ly no feeling. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C. f MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1924 COLD WEATHER RECORDS ARE SHATTERED TODAY In Part® of New York and New England Last Night am] Early Today. New York. Nov. 17.- —Cold weather rec ords for this date of many years’ stand ing were shattered in parts of New York and New Englctid I*V night and early j today, the merecury in some places drop ping dropping to zero or below. In northern New Y'ork there was a consider able snow fall. In New York city the mercury hover ed about 20 degrees during the early hours, marking the day as the coldest this season. There was a slight snow flurry during the night, but all trace of it had disappeared at daylight. An unidentified man died of exposure \ during the night. At Hartford. Conn., John Yardy was frozen to death. COLD WEATHER WILL BE RELIEVED TOMORROW Weather Bureau Forecasts Rising Tern peratures in Middle and North Atlan tic States, "Washington, Nov. 17.—The cold weath | er which lias overspread the eastern part I of the country promises to be somewhat ' relieved by tomorrow. Weather bureau forecasts today pre dicted rising temperatures tonight in the Ohio Valley and on Tuesday iu the lower Lake Region, the Middle Atlantic, North Atlantic, and East Gulf States. The outlook is for rain or snow on Tuesday in the Middle Atlantic States and tonight or Tuesday in the lower Lake regions and the Ohio Valley. Dr.vs Will Launch World Offensive. Chicago, Nov. I(5.—A worldwide pro hibition campaign will he launched by the Woman's Christian Temperance Un ion. itwas announced today from the con vention of the union in session here. In the United States the campaign will take the form of stricter law enforce ment and the use of the ballot to elect "dry" officials. World Fliers Off For St. Luis. Dallas, Texas. Nov. .17. —Four army world llier.s, Lieutenants Nelson. Wade, Ogden and Harding, in the planes New Orleans and Boston 11, left Dallas at 9 o’clock central standard time today for St. Louis. They plan a non-stop fiight. » rT nr ftrfirf •••"■i.'Omi - f :;j ONE YEAR FREE ii 1 1 1.;| We Will Give The Progressive Farmer • M ‘ill 14 * 1 11 -AND- M ) THE CONCORD TIMES j BOTH FOR ONE YEAR ri n ! h For Only $2.00 i Ej THE PRICE OF THE TIMES ALONE * j i I |j The Progressive Farmer is the greatest farm paper published and hi every, farmer should have it. This offer is open to both new and old subscribers. If you are al ’ jlj ready taking The Times, all you have to do is to pay up to date and jj 1 M $2.00 more for another year and The progressive Farmer will be sent pi ’r] you a whole year absolutely free of charge. f-| If you are already paid in advance to The Times, just pay $2.00 frq <!•• for another year, your subscription will be so marked and we will send j| H you The Progressive Farmer a full year. Address . |! THE TIMES, Concord, >v C. ; H B STATE LUTHERAN SYNOD MEETS AT GASTOINA TODAY In Its 121st Annual Session—Meeting Will I-xast Three Days. Gastonia. Nov. 17. —Ministers and lay- ; men from throughout the state are gath ering here today for the 121st annual j x*onventioju of the United Evangelical ) Lutheran Synod of North Carolina which opens tonight at the Lutheran Chapel Cuhreb. about two miles east of this city. The meeting will continue 1 through Thursday morning. Tuesday morning the formal opening of the synod will take place with the reports from the committees being made, j The evening will be devoted to addresses i by delegates and representatives of the | | general boards. Election of* officers will take place Wednesday morning, and during the af ternoon petitions will be received. Broth erhood meetings will be held that night. Ordination will mark the closing serv let's Thursday morning. MRS. HARDING RESTING MORE QUIETLY TODAY Although Her Kidney and Liver Compli cations Are More Marked. Marion, 0., Nov. 17. —Although Mrs. Florence Harding was resting quietly this morning, her kidney and liver com plications were more marked today. Dr. Carl W. Sawyer said in a bulletin issued at 9 :30 a. m. from her bedside. ROBBER FATALLY SHOT . AND EMPLOYEE KILLED “ —i ■ ■■■ In Raid of Robbers on a Road House f Near East St. Lulls. Illinois. St. Louis, Nov. 17. —One us seven roll hers who held up Eagle Park, a road house north of East St. Louis, early to day. was fatally shot, an employee was kidnapped and killed, and two other em ploye® were wounded. The robbers took about SI,BOO from the cash register. Quarterback Dies From Injuries Re ceived in Game. Vinton, la.. Nov. 17—Roger Stuart, aged 18. quarterback on the Vinton high school football team, died today from a fractured vertebra sustained in a foot ball game at Aanamoea Saturday. ' He was injured while attempting to block a runner. WJI LIaL -VI. TB TLF.R Couvritsht tiv Hiirris \ ••:>« hil 1 The New Sena lor From Massachusetts. McLEAN’S .MAJORITY’ WILL EXCEED 100.000 That of John W. Davis Was AppioG mately SO.IHM). ' Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 17—The major ity of Angus AY. McLean. Democrat. , who was elected governor of North Car-1 j olina at the general election of Novem ber 4th probably will be in excess of 100,000. That of John AY. Davis, the Democratic candidate for president, prob ably will be approximately SO.(MM). AYith OS out of, the state's 1730 pre- , eincts still unreported, and with liiost of the figures for «‘omplete counties cor-| veered to coincide with the figures -eiwirf ed officially to the secretary of state and election board,„ -Air. McLean's majority ; over Isaac Al. Meekins, today was 104. ' 412. AA'ith 50 precincts missing Mi*. Da vis' majority over Calvin Coolidge and j Robert M. LaFollette was 81.050. The vote for governor in 1.032 precincts j unofficially tabulated was: McLean 273.- ! 512 ; Meekins 100.005. The vote for president in 1080 pre j cinets was: Davis 270.221; Coolidge! i 182,132 ; LaFollette 0.430. | Rased on the vote thus.- far received, j it was estimated that LaFollette. who j had been expected to poll a comparative- j , iy large vote, would not receive as muny as 10,000 votes. The counties iu which he had been expected to show the most strength, already have been reported and the largest vote thus far received in any ; county was in Rowan where he received ; 738 votes. Mecklenburg gave LaFollette 437 : New Hanover 405; Wake 485; For- j syth 400: Guilford 317: Buncombe 407. and Durham 221. A peculiarity of the returns for gov- j ernor was that Meekins carried Tyrrell county for governor while all of the other! Republican candidates in the county, on j the state ticket, were defeated. Tyrrell j is Air. Meekins birthplace. The legislative pay amendment was [ i 7.100 votes behind today with 00 pre j eincts missing. The 1001 precincts re-j ceived for this measure show a vote as j follows: hlir 00.255: Against 103.408. i In Alexander county just eleven bal lots were cast on the amendments. A re port from the clerk of the superior court states that all of these were cast on the pay amendment, nfne being for it ami t two against it. The abstract received at the office of I lie Secretary of State shows j nine votes for the pay amendment and ; two for another. FEDERATION OF LABOR MEETING IN EL PASO 44th Annual Convention Gets Underway With 400 Delegates Present. | El Paso. Tex., Nov. 17.—The 44th an-j ! nual convention of the American Feder- I ation of Labor opened here today. Some 4(H) delegates, spokesmen for ap i proximotely 3,000.(XK) workers affiliated with 107 craft organizations, entered the initial sessions faced with the task of shaping labor's program in industry, pol itics, and civic enterprise.for the coming year. v Debate in three departmental eonfer ■ j enc-es last week forecast a general enliven- 1 tiou keynoted on a determined stand j against wage reductions. Miss Laura Miller Is Dead and Sister Is In Hospital. j Salisbury, Nov. 1(5. —Miss Laura Alil | ler. aged 33. died Saturday evening at |! the home of her brother, Judge B. B. ! Miller, near Bear Poplar, death being j caused by Bright's disease. The funer ; al will be conducted from Sr. Lukes Epis ! copal Church. Bear Poplar. Monday morning at 11 o’clock. A half sister of Miss Miller. Miss Alol lie Barrier, is in the Salisbury Hospital where she is recovering from injuries re- I ceived in an automobile wreck several j i days ago. when she suffered the break s ing of a shoulder and three ribs. 11 With Our Advertisers. ] Nothing could be more pleasing as a 11 Thanksgiving present than a chest of sil ? j ver. Sec ad. of Starncs-Miller-Parkcr |! Co. j Attractive new coats at J. C. Penny * i Co.'s for from $20.75 to £>0.75 . 'll Oxfords, straps, pumps, from $2.1)5 to I $5.1)5 at Parker’s Shoe Store. I Ten Per Cent Wage Reduction. j Biddeford. Me., Nov. 17.—A ten per ;1 cent, wage reduction to 5.900 cotton mill II employees was announced today by the •f Pepperell Manufacturing Company of this 1 city, and the York Manufacturing Com | pany. of Saco. The cut in effective No -2 vember 2ith. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. i FOURTEEN THOUSAND IE WORKERS ON STRIKE ST SCRANTON Eleven of the Twenty Col lieries of the Hudson Coal Co. Near There Are Idle Today on This Occount. EIGHT THOUSAND REMAINED AT WORK It Is Charged That the Com pany Has Failed to Adjust Long Fending Grievances. —Union Opposed Strike. Scranton. Pa.. Nov. of the 20 collieries of the Hudson "Coal Company between Forest City and Nnnticoke, Pa., 'were idle today because of a strike of 14.000 mine workers, who charged the • : company lias failed to adjust long pend ing grievances. A survey showed that BJXX) miners heeded the advice of union leaders £nd remained at work. A telegram from international „ presi dent John L. Lewis advised local lead ! ers to exert every influence to get the strikers back to work, and have their grievances adjusted through the proper j channels. WATERFRONT PROPERTY TO BE RECONSTRUCTED , Erie Railroad to Replace Burned Pier Property With New Structures. Jersey City, N. J., 17. —Immedi- ate reconstruction of the Erie Railroad 'J Company’s waterfront property, wiped I out by a $1,500,000 fire yesterday, was ! ordered today by J. J. Mantell. vice-pres ident and general manager of the road. The fire, ihe second $1,000,000 water J front blaze in Jersey City in three days | was discovered *by a watchman who saw i smoke curling from an opening high in the side of one of the piers. Despite the ! efforts of the entire Jersey City tire fighting force, the flames spread rapidly. THE COTTON MARKET Opened .Steady at Advance of 6 to 15 Points—January Up to 24.05. j New A’ork, Nov. 17.—The cotton mar ket Opened steady today at an advance of 0 to 15 points, active months selling j 14 to 15 points net higher in the first few minutes oil buying promoted by j steady cables, reports of frost in the ' northern part of the belt, and expecta j rionk that the colder weather would stim | ulate demand for cotton goods. January sold up to 24.95 and Marcli to 25.25. There was considerable hedg s ing. however, while the buying was less I active than last week, and prices eased ! off several points in the early trading un , der realizing. Cotton futures opened steady. Dec. 24.(15; Jan. 24.90; March 25.24; Mnv 25.55: Jnlv 25.33. t. RAILROADS HAVE BEEN TURNED BACK TO GERMANY As Arranged in tl»e Carrying Out of the Dawes Plan. . Essen. Germany. Nov. 17 (By the As i socialed Press!. —The railways in the oc | copied area were turned hack to Ger | many at midnight by the Fra neo-Belgian x | railway administration, as arranged in ; the carrying out of the Dawes jdan. with" ! out a hitch or untoward incident. Most !of the French officials had already left for France, thereby enabling many of j the German officials to return to their former quarters. Mrs. Kate I. Johnson Dead. Charlotte. Nov. 15.—Mrs. Kate I. Johnson. (55. former superintendent of the Crittenden home, and one of the be*4. known women in Charlotte, died at a local hospital this morning after a i long illness. Funeral services were held ' this afternoon with Dr. J. FT. Bnrn ! hardt, pastor of Tryon Street Metho dist church, officiating. Mrs. .Johnson, a native of Charleston. S. C.. had lived here for more than 50 years. Roblwrs Get $12,800. Chicago, Nov. 17.—Seven robbers early today invaded the Pershing Palace Case, and ball room owned by Al Tearney, minor league baseball chieftain, bound a watch man. blew open the safe and obtained $12,800. Tips amounting to SSO a week are often given to i>orterß dealing with the baggage of American travelem at on London railway station. WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SAYS Fair tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy, I ruin and warmer in the west portion. NO. 39.
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