Editor and Publisher
HIL'MH XLIX
■TOR ROBERT M.
Iblletie is dead
lISiION HOI
Hi For Some Time
K'i;;.. Condition Became
H rse During Day VVhen
■',! Altaik Developed.
Bth Foi l owed
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■ it Was Apparent
R, Condition of Senator
R Much Weaker.
: .. 1< Smator Robert
iii.-iity ea rs ;t stormy
a if', died here to
|KV . .M'ii;!:or tiTtd late inde
■ ;.I caiHlidate began fail-
H, before the 9124 pam
|H weeks ago lie contraef-
JM: ~ M wl.idi developed into
BR ]jj< i it .an wiiidi has been tin
-8.. e-rain, gave way and
\ daylight today.
i:,ov realize'l the condition of
,;iK"lb'!te. nii'inbers of the fam-
B j,,. wnttid Last night
I: . slid ie w.-i' resting easier, but
8., L r-it-i> in the night hours,
|B. w a> nbandened.
B I.ai-'nlie’te was a victim of
r ;.. r . a ia-art ailment and this.
ae.ar.e'e atnn-k caused him to
froit. shortness of breath.
BR. h a. accompanied his
l.owcver. lit' insisted on
B r.-tK.r:s iodi-g given out as to his
wa' admitted as serious.
a !!!•■:! her of the Ur publican
B>• :-:itof I.al’ollette was best
|B : wing- towdrd progressive
jte'.ieirs and for his life-long
7 trusts and monopolies.
Hi his i>;11 >ii<■ life he was eon-
Bs: wit:! his parry leaders
date—an insurgent
lii.s liiune state and in
eajiitai.
B Marion I.aKollette. considered
't powerful orators of his
man-oversy tiiroughont the tta-
B ip iiis l.otr.e state of Wisconsin
*han a ipiarter of a century.
Rob." the name by which
kn<wvn to political friends and
was a title well earned
rhe moment lie stepped into
arena when scarcely more
racing battles such as few.
i,f -■*' I'f'litical contt'mporaries
to tiight. he served three
ii tiieinhet- of tin' House of Rep-
and three as governor of
wae four times elected to the
|Hb :' - S.-nate. and tinally. became
candidate for President
B' f ' r ' v -Liicri'-an public men ever
<r I.al-'ollette during and im-
B" a?:, ‘ r die World War, and oer-
B ' have been more statincli-
•>.’ Lis friends. His speeches
B> !| - !"'hcie> have been the target
r ' , ii | l ilenuneiation previous to
ilio great contiiet was raging
bur the crisis came when he
America entering the strug-
B ,! . fil " I.ti'itania outrage anti oth
r| , ii' of our neutrality were still
Iu die public mind. He was
ami even threatened with
B' 1 - ' hll g' in th<> Senate, but
B'-' flections he was sent back
'- in Washington by a tre-
B' ma i°rity.
B *“ !!;ir " ! ' I.aFidetto was placed
B E"r the presidency in Re
s' r ' , : I!v,, n-i.-ns— i„ 1 DOS, *in 1912
eharged Tlieotlore Roosevelt
B>' the lu-ogi-essivc candidate him-
agatn in 1;* 11;. In each con-
B “‘L'hette had dm support of a
B ' !ltl, ‘l | i | i bloc of delegates, as
B '* u ‘ ' 1 '- 1 ' and 1 925 Republican
B"'". wll, ' n -1"‘ received a handful
H a,il "»'iKh not f.ii-mallv placed in
Birthday Party Riven Louise
B Larnhardt.
!; 'i.-iy a large crowd
B‘ " at liei'e'l tit the home of
' Larnhardt to help
B; Lurniiardt’s twelfth
r I'iD’ty was a. complete
Br 11111 i 1 Iht little friends
■ at her home. Many
B' •"tre.'hmeii:- were enjoyed by
B V'e Mls ' v '‘ n ' ! ir,, sent : Francis
B ''luimbers. (J lad vs Rost.
B 1 u lti well Rost. Hazel
B.", ( ' liu.-ui. Kudv Denny,
|Bt:,et Mary Eva
Li a Imuise Rost, Annie
Bn* W 1: - K!;z:,l '- t!l Marie. Ruth.
l p ai ' , ' T ''Did Ray WinecofF.
B M , :Ini nie. Annie and Worth
B'ff Ml. ' K Mrs. L. AV.
p," A Winecoff and Rev.
Wtns at ,j ( i» onny c 0 ' s
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'. !n I he markets buying
B J' 1 ' L'o .<9D.(MM».OOO bus
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"" bast" three today foi
B —b'dicy of these stores
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IB 'iLtien ■' ’ U ' h v present methodi
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THE CONCORD TIMES
CHIEF WITNESS FDR
STATE TESTIFIES IS
( THE SHEPHERD TRIAL
Charles C. Faiman, After Be
ing’ Questioned by Judge,
Tells Story State Hopes
Will Convict Shepherd.
DEFENSE MADE
SOME PROTEST
Faiman Tells Court That He
Knows Shepherd and He
Gave Him Germs Which
Caused McClintock’s Death
IBy flir AmmocliiUm! l’rwin)
Chk-itgo, June 18.—His sponsorship
linquished by the prosecution which fm
j many weeks has had him under close
i guard as its proclaimed chief witness,
(’has. Faiman was called as a witness
I today in the Shepherd murder trial. He
i took the witness stand for direct exaini
| nation by Judge Thos. J. Lynch at 11:08
a. m. '
, The step was over the bitter protest of
| the defense which argued that the move
[ would prejudice the jury and open ave
| lines of cross examination for the state
i which otherwise would be denied.
! Faiman. a dapper little blond man,
launch I'd immediately into his accusation
| of Shepherd after Judge Lynch had ask
ed, him two questions of identification.
Faiman talked in a barely audible
voice, glanced nervously from the judge
to the jury to counsel, and shifted about
in the witness chair.
‘‘I)o you know ShefUierdV was the
court’s third question.
"Yes sir." was the reply.
"Did you have any dealings with him?”
asked Judge Lynch.
"Yes."
",Te!l the jury about it." directed the
court, and the man who was indicted
with Shepherd was off on the story the
state has said it depends upon to convict
Shepherd.
Thrice previously he had told the story
he gave Sueplierd typhoid bacilli and
taught him how to slay Rillie McOlintock
with them for a promise of $100.0(M) from
the $1,000,000 estate the youth had will
ed to Shepherd.
Shepherd said he wanted to take a
iw. btmUuiL bacteriology, Faiman
said.
Shepherd wanted to see some germs.
Faiman testified, and was shown some
on a slide.
The defendant said he would return,
said Faiman, and ujx>n the second visit
displayed especial interest in typhoid ami
tuberculosis prms.
Shepherd asked how a person could be
given germs and was told they could be
introduced in food or in cold water, said
Faiman. adding that Shepherd wanted to
know if the fact that germs had been fed
a person could be revealed in a post
mortem examination. \
Faiman wet his lips occasionally as
he mumbled through his testimony and
for the most part kept his eyes aimed at
his feet.
Court recessed until 2 o’clock with
Faiman still on the stand. The prosecu
tion had concluded its cross examination
and defense counsel Stewart had under
taken the task of breaking down his story.
CHARLOTTE METHODIST
CHURCHES MAY MERGE
Tryo Street and Trinity Members Dis
cuss Proposal For Big Church. .
Charlotte, June 17. —Proposed merger
of two of the largest Methodist congre
gations in Charlotte. Tryon Street and
Trinity churches, and their joint action
in erecting the most elaborate and ex
pensive house of worship in the city
was being discussed with interest by
churchmen here today.
No formal action has been taken look
ing to the culmination of the proposed
merger but it is understood that lend
ers of both congregations approve of the
proposal.
The Tryon Street, congregation re
cently approved a proposal to sell its
property near the heart, of the city on
North Tryon street and erect a new
building- The property now owned by
the church is said to be worth more
than $300,000.
Dr J. H. Rarnhardfc* for four years
pastor of West Market Street Meth
odist church. Greensboro, is pastor ot
Tryon Street church. Dr. J. E. Aber
nethy is pastor of Trinity church.
Mary Elizabeth Davis Honored.
The Girls’ Missionary Guild of the
Reformed Church honored the president
of the guild. Miss Mary Elizabeth Davis
who is moving to Salisbury at the end
of this month, with a surprise party
Tuesday night at her home on Corbin
St After gathering cards were played and
contests held. The party later went to
Hie dining room, where dehcons refresh
ments were served. Here a toast *ns
given to Muss Davis as follows.
Here’s to the girl we love so des * ,
’Tis none other than the P r^? ent
the Girls’ Missionary Guild.
The time has come when she must go
Shall**we forget her? I must say imt.
j She’s geing to entei the ne
College
For no other purpose than to gam moie
knowledge. , * ,
And when she has finished and hei
lege days are o’er.
May she return .and leave no more.
Ry means of “peaceful pet.rrra timi.
i the Chinese are gradually absorbing at
business in Tahiti. A steady immigrr
i tion from China, together with a heavy
; birthrate among those already in th
colony, makes this possible.
Concord s Hero to Be Shovvn
for the Last Time Tonight
It scorns to be the concensus of opinion
around and about the city that the home
talent film “Concord's Hero,” which is
being shown for the last time here toddy,
is without doubt a good picture and is
well worth the money, even if it is a
production made by amateur actors and
using local scenes as the background.
"Its as good as any comedy I have
seen recently," said one man this morn
ing. I was skeptical when the announce
ment was made that it was to be filmed
and when I saw the actors and actresses
about town and the way they were tak
ing it. I knew that it was going to be
plenty rotten. When I went last night
out of curiosity. I received one of the
most pleasant surprises of my life The
thing 5 s line. I think we ought to have
another one made here real soon."
Different people are struck by different
incidents in the comedy. An almost uni
versal point of interest is the manner in
which the audience is pictured as jerking
backward and forward as they view the
FOURTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE
BY THE PARKS-BELK COMPANY
Event Will Be Celebrated by This Big
Department Store Beginning Friday
Morning.
Fourteen years of service to the trad
ing public of Concord and Cabarrus
county is the occasion, for the celebration
event being arranged by the Parks-Belk
Company which will open on Friday
morning at their local store, and continue
through July 4th. It is the intention
of a big birthday celebration, during
which they will show their appreciation
of patronage during their career here, by
offering unheard of values in their huge
stock of merchandise. The store has
been closed all day today, to allow the
force sufficient time to arrange and spe
cially price the merchandise for this
event. _
Almost fourteen years ago the Parks-
Belk Company started business in Con
cord with a small stock of goods and two
floors of space in a small building. This
has grown steadily until today the huge
stock fills to overflowing three spacious
floors and basement in the large building
which they bought and enlarged. Re
sides, other stores have been oneaed up
from this parent store, and are located
in Albemarle. Kannapolis, Newton and
Hickory, North Carolina and in Spar
tanburg. South Carolina.
During the fourteen days of this cele
bration special offerings will be made at
certain hours every day. Everything
is in readiness for the opening of the
doors at 8:30 o’clock Friday morning.
G. O. P. LEADER
WITH ASSAULT ON OFFICER
Officers Were at W. T. Alexander’s
Place Looking for Runaway Girls From
Industrial Home.
Charlotte, June 17. —W. T. Alexander,
well known Mallard Creek township
farmer, and prominent Republican lead
er in this county, was at liberty on a
S3OO bond today following a hearing be
fore Magistrate ,T. W. Cobb on a charge
of assault upon an officer with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill.
The arrest of Mr. Alexander and his
arraignment before the magistrate fol
lowed his alleged shooting in the direc
tion of Rural Police Officers R. N.
Dodgen and Henry Moseley, with a high
powered rifle.
The officers, it was said, went to Mr.
Alexander’s place looking for runaway
girls from the county industrial home.
The officers approached a negro house on
the farm, where, it was said, other girls
running away from the home had been
found. As they neared the house, the
officers exclaimed, two bullets zipped by
in close proximity of their heads. They
then went to Mr. Alexander’s house and
found him with a rifle in his hand, they
said. He demanded to know what right
they had on his place, according to the
officers, who said they did not stop to
argue but placed him under arrest.
Alexander will be tried at the next
term of Superior Court here.
LINNELL CHOOSES SUICIDE
. AS END TO HIS TROUBLES
Monroe Resident Believed to Have Been
In Financial Difficulties as Well as
111 Health.
Monroe, June 17. —P. E. Linnell, 60.
shot and killed himself this morning at
8 o’clock in his home on Franklin stret.
After breakfast Mr. Linnell went to liis
room to prepare for work. He was only
in his room a few minutes when his
wife heard a gun fire. She rushed to
his room to find him dead. He had
tied a ribbon around his right foot and
onto the trigger of a 20-gauge shot gun.
Then he pointed to the left side of his
head and perked his foot, thus causing his
death. _ . ,
Linnell came to Monroe about three
months ago to work in a shop, selling
machinery to Kinston. It is said that
he had received a letter this morning
with a bill in it for a certain amount of
money, demanding immediate payment.
iThis is thought to have prompted
death, but lie had been in bad health
I since he moved here.
| Southern Railway Buys Ten Thousand
Coins.
, From Southern Bankers’ Committee at
Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., June 18. —The first
Georgia town to report a 100 per cent,
subscription for every inhabitant in the
campaign for the distribution of the Con
federate Memorial half dollars by an odd
coincidence is Stone Mountain, eighteen
miles from here and within the shadow
of the great monument to the Confed
eracy being carved on the mountain.
Stone Mountain boasts a population of
nearly eighteen hundred souls and with
in less than a week reports the sale
of more than eighteen hundred coins.
The town of Stone Mountain is thus
entered as a formidable contestant in the
i contest inaugurated by Governor Walk
er who offered to donate a state war
trophy to the county first reaching its
•quota in the campaign.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1925
taking of themselves. The mere trick of
tui niug tht v camera slowly has given them
the appearance of persons hav ! ng Bt.
Vitus’ dance. Anofheri i>oint which is
commented on a great deal is the face
Mr. Newland makes after his cigar ex
plodes which he is reading the paper. The
divers reversing their action and spring
ing from the water back on the spring
hoard at Mrs. E. T. Cannon’s pool is
always a sure laugh. Other incidents ap
jieal to other people.
When the picture was be : ng taken, the
choppy way of taking the scenes was a
sourpe of mystificatfcn not only to the
spectators bur also members of the
cast Even after tho thing was complet
ed. the cast hardly knew the plot of the I
play, so mixed was It in the taking.
Miss Alice Lentz, the “Baby Ether’ in
Salisbury, and Fritz Sipith, who was the
hero, were in Conced'd last night to see
the picture here. They enjoyed the lo
cal picture, they said, almost as much
as they enjoyed their own.
, MOTHER wants her baby
SHIPPED BY PARCELS POST
| Left Child in Philadelphia an< ] ( ail >t Af
ford to G* Back For It.
j Richmond, Va.. June IS. —The Post
| Office Department* is not yet prepared to
handle babies by parcel post. Postmaster
Joseph W. Stewart imparted this in
formation today to a Richmond woman,
who called him over, the 'phone inquir
ing if a baby could be shipped from
Philadelphia to Richmond in that man
ner.
j She explained that she had a maid
' who had left n baby in Philadelphia
when she came to. Richmond to secure
employment recently, and that the
maid could not afford to go there to
bring the baby to this city. The maid,
she said, had been informed by a Rich
mond policeman, a friend of lievx, that
the United States Govern men t was en
gaged in the business of transporting
babies by parcel ixist. She first called
up Major R. B. Joidau, chief of police,
asking if such were a* fact. Major Jor
dan. not being advised a*to the sPua
; tion, referred her to Postmaster
I Stewart.
The woman did not give her name to
, either Major Jordan or the postmaster.
DOROTHY PERKINS IS
AWAITING SENTENCE
Found Guilty of First Degree Man
slaughter for the Death of Thomas
Templeton.
New York, June 18. —Convicted of
first degree manslaughter by a jury of
fathers. Dorothy r .perkius, 17-ysm-old
bobbed blonde, who w<Vkefl for a news
paper as an advertising clerk, was in
jail today awaiting sentence.
At a convival valentine party in her
Greenwich Village home during a scuffle
with her father over a pistol, she shot
Thomas Templeton, a young bachelor na
tional guardsman whom she had refused
to marry.
Recent Bride Honored at Party
Mesdaines Ed. M. Cook and R. M.
Cook were joint hostesses Wednesday af
ternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. Ed. M. Cook. The party was
given in honor of Mrs. M. W. Cook, who
is a recent bride, Durham.
The large porch was beautifully decor
ated with summer flowers where the
guests gathered to enjoy the afternoon.
' A flower wedding contest was held.
I After looking over the contest, it w T as
found that Mrs. E. K. F. Roof was the
winner. She was presented a lovely bot
tle of toilet water.
Boxes were passed and on opening
presents w r ere found for the two brides,
: Mrs. M. W. Cook and Mrs. C. T. Brooks,
iof Concord. *
Mrs. W. F. Eddleman gave a toast to
the brides which created much merri
ment.
As the door slowly opened Robert, Eu
nice and Ruby Cook, dressed as fairies,
danced on the porch bearing many beau
tiful and useful gifts for the bride.
Those enjoying Mesdames Cook's hos
pitality were: Misses Callie Winecoff.
Pearl, Laura and McGhee Furr, Helen
Cook and Helen Smith, Mesdames C. T.
Brooks. J. A. Winecoff, D. B. Castor,
Grady Ross. E. F. K. Roof, C. 11. Castor,
Floyd Winecoff. W. F. Eddleman. J. A.
Fun*. Henry Cook. M. J. Earnhardt, and
Frank Cook.
“Hold-Up” of Train Was Only Polite
Request.
Winston-Salem. June 17.—The story
sent out from here yesterday giving an
account of an attempt to hold up one
of the Southern passenger jtrains leaving
the city Saturday night, was very much
exaggerated, according to a statement
made today by local railway officials.
The story related that the engineer of
the train between this city and Greens
boro, was held up by a negro. The engi
neer on the train w 7 as communicated
w 7 ith and lie absolutely denied that a
hold-up had been attempted. He de
clared that the colored man did not have
a gun and did not attempt to hold up
the engineer. He says the negro only
politely asked that the train be stopped
! in order that he might go back to find
his lost companion who had fallen from
! a car.
Former Slave Buys 29 Memorial Coins.
Cattpuooga. Tenn.. June 17. Hon.
E. F. Ames, of Chattanooga, chairman
of the Blount county Confederate me
morial coin distribution committee, has
reported the most unusual sale of
memorial half dollars yet on record
Uncle Doc Crow, an 80-year-old colored
man and formerly a slave, timidly enter
ed Mr. Ames’ office and falteringly re
quested permission to buy coins in
honor of Marse Robert E. Lee. ’ 'lbe
old man bought 20 coins, one for him
self one for his wife and one for each
of his 27 children and grandchildren.
The Tennessee headquarters has re
ported the sale of 55.000 coins during
the first two days following the release
of the coin from the banks.
LOCAL MENTION j
Last showing of “Concord’s Hero” at
the Concord Theatre tonight.
.Don't miss it —it’s great.
“Aunt”" Martha Phifer, a very aged
'colored woman, is critically ill at her home
on Dorland street.
Miss Dorothy and Margaret Finki of
Gastonia., and Katherine Fink, of Atlan
ta, Ga.. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Fink this week. •
Mrs. E. C. Rarnhardt; Sr., was op
erated on Tuesday for the removal of
her tonsils. The operation was success
ful and her condition is very favorable
at the present.
Sunday school day will be observed at
Friendship Clinrch next Sunday. There
j will be all day services, with dinner on
the grounds. Everybody is invited and
will lie welcome.
A regular meeting of the Rimer Com
munity Club will be held tomorrow, Fri
day night, in the school building. A
very interesting program has been ar
ranged. including an address by Prof.
J. B. Robertson, of this city.
Artbiir Fink, who was injured Mon
day morning when lie Avns forced to
jump from a platform at the Cannon
Mill to escape being scalded by boiling
starch, is rapidly improving, according
to reports from his family.
The weekly Y. M. C. A. pictures will
be shown Friday night this week instead
of Saturday night as is customary. In
addition to the films to be shown, a cur
rent event contest will be held for the
boys and girls. j
According to a deed filed yesterday
at the court house L. G. Lowder lias
sold to G. T. Bernhardt for $2,500 prop
erty in Ward 4. this city. Another
deed filed yesterday records the sale of
property in No. 2 township by It. V.
Caldwell to It. V. Caldwell, Jr., for SSOO
and other valuable considerations.
H. S. Williams, member of tbe local
bar, is walking with a stick today as the
result of an injury sustained last night
while playing volley ball at the Y. M.
C. A. A member of the same team as
Mr. Williams stepped on his foot while
it was in a leaning position and one of
the joints or bones was injured, as the
food is badly swollen today.
Concord had a splendid rain yesterday
afternoon after several weeks of unusual
dryness. The rain started off as a slow
drizzle but later developed into a down
pour, and continued to fall in some vol
ume for about two hours. The rain
was purely local, falling in Concord and
certain parts of the county while other
parts of the county had no rain at all.
Only two defendants were tried in
police court yesterday, one being fined
$lO for 7 speedfn§p bee be mg
fined $lO for using profain* and abusive
language. A nol pros was tjaken in a
case against three persons charged with
an affray and also in a case in which the
defendant was charged with assault on
a female.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Byrd and Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Gibson left this morning for
Wrightsville Beach, where they' will be
joined by Mrs. Sidney Johnson, of Hills
boro, sister of Mr. Byrd. Mr. and Mrs.
Gibson and Mr. Byrd will return to Con
cord Monday, while Mrs. Byrd and Mrs.
Johnson will remain on the coast for sev
eral weeks.
Boston and Chicago split a double
header in the American League yester
day while Philadelphia was defeating
Cleveland, Detroit was defeating New
York and Washington was defeating St.
Louis. In the National League Cincin
nati defeated New York, Chicago ay<> u
from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh defeat
ed Brooklyn.
Judge John M. Oglesby returned to
Concord Wednesday from Marion, where
he presided at court for ten days. Next
week Judge Oglesby will go to Raleigh to
attend a meeting of the Judiciary Con
ference of which he is a member, and
the following week lie will have no as
signment. Before going to Marion Judge
Oglesby presided at a term of court in
Hendersonville.
The local office of the Carolina Motor
CJub at the Y. M. C. A. issued sixty
eight license numbers Wednesday, mak
ing a total of over 225 numbers for the
first three days of this week. The fis
cal year in North Carolina does not be
gin until July Ist but the numbers are
being sold now to avoid such a rush at
the time when new numbers are com
pulsory.
A caponizing demonstration* was given
Wednesday afternoon of this week at the
farm residence of Dr. J. Y. Davis, south
of town by Miss Cooley, home demonstra
tor and R. D. Goodman, county Farm
Agent. Because of the showers prevail
ing at the time, the attendance was small,
which was unfortunate, as the demon
stration was most interesting and in
structive. The subject of caponizing is
regarded as of great importance to the
poultry industry and at this time is be
ing pressed on the attention of those
raising chickens in this county.
CO-OPS MAKE SETTLEMENT
OF LAST YEAR’S COTTON
N. M. Black. Local Agent, Enthusiastic
Over Growth of Organization in This!
Section.
Final settlement of tbe 1924-192;> cot
ton crop was made Tuesday by the Ca
barrus County Co-ops and the money is
now in the hands of the members, ac
cording to N. M. Black, head of the or- 1
ganiza tion here. The net receipts brought
122.(50 for middling cotton.
Payment was made fifteen days ear*
■lier this year than last year, said Mr.
He was enthusiastic over the
prospects of the association, declaring
that it was growing rapidly. In a mem
bership camgaign in Rowan. Union and
Stanly counties recently, over 500 riW
members were added to the association.
With Our Advertisers.
Get a Goodyear heavy duty cord tire
at the Yorke & Wadsworth Co. and be
tickled to death.
"When you go camping get a portable
from Kidd-Frix Co.
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* AMUNDSEN BACK *
* IN SPITSBERGEN *
(By the Associated Press) •
New Y’ork. JunC 18.—The North
American Newspaper Alliance an
nounced today that Roald Amund-
sen, the explorer, has returned to &
& Spitzbergeu from his North Pole
* flight. &
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THE COTTON MARKET ' •
Opened Steady at An Advance of 12 to
17 Points.—October Sells at 23.54.
(By the Associated Prew-'
New York, June 18.-*-'The cotton mar
ket opened steady today at an advance
of 1 2to 17 points in response to higher
J Liverpool cables than expected, and re
ports of better business iu cotton goods.
(There was liquidation at the start, owing
to reports of showers in the Southwest,
but later advices suggested there had not
been enough rain to do much good, and
after selling off a few points, the market
I quickly turned firmer.
I There was covering or rebuying by yes
terday’s sellers, with rather better trade
or commission house demand, promoted
by very unfavorable crop advices from
the droughty sections of Texas. Prices
! showed net advances of 35 to 40 points
by the end of the first hour. October sell
ing up to 23.54.
Cotton futures opened steady July
23.50; Oct. 23 30; Dec. 23.50; Jan.
22 96; March 23.24.
CONVICT YOUNG GIRL
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
Dorothy Perkins. 17 Years Old, Convicted I
of Manslaughter in Death of Sweet--
heart.
New York. 17.—The youngest
girl ever tried for homicide in New York
waft found guilty tonight when a jury
brought in a verdict of manslaughter in
the first degree against 17-year-old Dor
othy Perkins. Dorothy, described by
her counsel as a “product of tenements
and the daughter of a drunkard, born to
live and die in misery,” was accused of
shooting her sweetheart, Thomas Temple
ton.
The girl fainted as the foreman an
nounced the verdict. Two court of
ficials. stationed near her, caught her
as she fell. Attempts to revive by slap
ping her were failures and Judge Mc-
Intyre held that the defendant was in no
condition to answer the routine questions
following conviction.
As she was being carried from the
court room,, Dorothy began to revive,
pressed her right hand against her fore
head and moaned “Mamma, mamma.”
The crime of which she was found guilty
fV ptiniHtiabl( ft by a maximitfiVSM fnorfi U\ft r
to twenty years in prison. Judge Mc-
Intyre will pass sentence Monday.
ROTARY MEETING
Readings by Mrs. (xorman and Talk by 1
L. T. Hartsell High Lights ii) Inter
esting Meeting.
Two readings by Mrs. W. H. Gor
man and a talk on “Evolution of the
Law,” by L. T. Hartsell were high lights
in an interesting program presented at
the weekly meeting,of the Concord Ro
tary Club at the Y yesterday.
The program was in charge of S. Kay
Patterson, chairman of the music com
mittee. and it was at his invitation that
Mrs. Gorman delighted the club mem
bers with her excellent readings.
In his talk Rotarian Hartsell sketched
briefly the changes that have been made
in the law and touched on many points
with which the average layman is not
familiar.
Honors at Duke University For Stanly
Boys and Girls.
Stanly News-Herald.
The Stanly News-Herald lias been
telling its readers of what was going to
happen when the younger generation got
into action. Well they are now getting
into action, and they are making them
seleves felt at the various schools and
colleges where they have gone. Looking
over the list of those winning special
honors at Duke University the past
year, we find that Stanly was well repre
sented. In the first place, Mr. Stanton
S. Pickens, son of Rev. and Mrs. C* M. t
Pickens, of this place, was chief mar
shal. Os the nine who won special
honors in “Religious Education.” the
name of Mr. James Swaringen, son of
Rev. and Mrs. R. A. Swaringen. of
this city appears as one. Miss Ellen
Huckabee. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Huckabee. of this place, was one of
the few who won special honors in the
freshman class, as was als6 Miss Bessie
Virginia Thompson, of Norwood. Five
won special honors in history, and Miss
Idalene Gulledge. of this city, who
graduated with honors this year, was
one. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
8. T. Gulledge. of Pee Dee Avenue.
And we shall hear more from the
• Stanly boys and girls next year. They
are determined to get old Stanly on the
map as the home of brilliance and
character. Watch them do it.
R. I). Goodman, county agent, ac
companied by several prominent cotton
growers of the county, are attending an
airplane cotton dusting demonstration at
Rockingham this afternoon. |
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS
!|j||
Local thundershowers this afternoon
or tonight, slightly cooler tonight in ex
treme west portion: Friday partly cloudy
and not quite so warm. i
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
BiT.un auBJBTS
ARE ASSAULTED 111
ONE CHINESE TOWN
In Chung Kiang the British
Consul Has Been Forced to
Leave His Consulate and
Go to Temple.
ASSAULTS~MADE
ON THE STREET
Three Other British Nation
als Have Been Stoned.—
Conference to Stop Riots
Ends Suddenly.
Shanghai. June 18 (By the Associated
Pi’pms).—A wireless nmssage from Chung
Kiang says the situation there is crit
ical. The British consul was forced to
leave his consulate and take up resi
dence in the Lingmen Temples. The
British nationals have been stoned and
assaulted in the ’streets, the message
says.
Negotiations Broken Off.
Shanghai. June 18 (By the Associated
Press). —Negotiations here between rep
resentatives of foreign diplomatic corps
at Peking and the Chinese delegates seek
ing adjustment of recent disturbances
j were broken off today because of tbe di
j vergence of vi£ws.
TOTAL OF 44 DEATHS
FROM RAILWAY WRECK
Death List in Immigrant Special Dis
aster Mounts With Several More in
Serious Condition.
Haokettstowu, N. J.. June 17.—The
death to’l of the wreck of the special
immigrant train of the Delegare, Lack
awanna and Western railroad at Ilock
port Sag yesterday, was set definitely
toiglit t 44 by officials oftlie railroad.
The official list placed 23 bodies at
Eaton, Pa.; 8 at Hnckettstown; 7 at
Dover; 3 at Morristown and 3 at
Phillippsburg.
At least a score are still suffering in
juries in hospitals, several being in
serious conditions from scalds and
burns. >
Only eight of the victims were killed
outright, the remaining 36 dying in
hospitals. Most of them came from Chi
fxhi fsfoJt so EjgWy or (witi
who escaped injury sailed yesterday on
the Republic.
Five members of the family of Edwin
Brunner .of Chicago, including three
young children, were listed among the
dead.
CAR STOLEN WHILE OWNER
ATTENDS ROTARY LUNCHEON
F. C. Niblock Has Automobile Taken
Yesterday Afternoon—Took Mail and
Blue Prints Also.
While attending the regular weekly
Rotary luncheon in the Y. M. C. A. yes
terday between 12:30 and 1:30 o’clock,
F. C. Niblock's Paige automobile was
stolen. No trace of the car had been
received at an early hour this afternoon.
A reward of SSO was immediately of
fered by the Carolina Motor Club for the
recovery of the car and the apprehension
of the thieves. The club was notified
yesterday afternoon about the theft and
this morning members in Concord receiv
ed notification of the theft with a de
scription of the car in order that they
might be on the lookout for it. Mr.
Niblock is also offering a reward.
The car was not locked at the time
Mr. Niblock declaring that he thought it
unnecessary. In tbe car were a number
of unopened letters and blue prints which
had been received in the morning’s mail.
These were also taken.
When Mr. Niblock went into the Ro
tary luncheon, he left the automobile
parked in front of Central Methodist
Church and it was taken from this place.
The Southern Pine Beetle.
Washington, D. C.. June 18. —Timber-
land owners in the South are urged by
the United States department of agricul
ture to keep a close watch this sum
mer over their pine lands to note any
clumps of pines dying from attacks of the
southern pine beetle.
Recent studies made by the bureau of
entomology indicate outbreaks of this
insect occur during periods of abnormally
low rainfall. The weather bureau re
ports that the rainfall for the first five
months of 1925 has been much below
normal in the southeastern sections of
the United States, the deficiency at some
stations being as much as fifteen inches.
All timberland owners in this region
are familiar with the destructive work
of the beetle. If the present dry spell
should continue, it is likely, says the
department of agriculture, that serious
lo»*e* will occur this summer.
Pine owners are advised by the de
partment to make an examination of
timberland once a month or oftener for
clumps of dying trees indicated by fad
ing or brown foliage. Such trees, it
is advised, should be promptly worked
up into lumber, or the logs placed in
water until a more opportune time for
sawing.
Efird’s Chain Sale.
Everything is included in the June
Chain Sale at Efird'x, wnether advertised
or not. In a page ad. today you will
find many things mentioned —men’s sum
mer clothes, silks, underwear, ginghams,
tables linen and napkins, sheeting, silk
hosiery—but what’s the use, everything
goes in this big sale at greatly reduced
prices.
C. W. Wrenn died at a hospital in
Charlotte Saturday, June 13th, where he
had undergone a serious operation. He
was a brother of Mrs. Mattie Fitzgerald
and Miss Aupha Wrenn, of Concord. -
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