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be from a brand-new subscriber or
from a regular subscriber extending
or renewing his subscription.
The votes are valued according to
the length of the subscription. These
votes diminish in value at stated pe
riods through the campaign, and the
free coupon vote ;n the paijer drops,
too, the declining vote schedule being
a guarantee to the workers that their
interests are being safeguarded and
their early work made more effective.
Xo increase of votes will be made in
any department of the campaign at
any time.
Opportunities Equally Big.
The location of your home makes
no difference so far as your chances
of winning one of the motor cars is
concerned. The distribution of the
ears and cash prizes has been ar
ranged in districts, so that candidates
living in remote places, removed from
Concord, can compete successfully, as
has been proved consistently in times
past where this method is used. Each
caudidate will have an equal oppor
tunity. This is positively guaran
teed.
Candidates living outside of (Con
cord do not compete with candidates
living inside for the big cars, except
for first choice. Tuat is all. A
separate campaign is being conducted
in each of the three districts. The
highest candidate over all gets his or
her choice and so on down, according
to the rules and regulations. A full
set of prizes is guaranteed each dis
trict, one or two of the cars ami as
many cash prizes as there are separate
districts. A candidate is not held
within any bounds whatever in solicit
ing subscriptions. They can work
anywhere, but their votes only com
pete against their own district. Thus
a candidate from Kannapolis, for ex
ample. could do some work in Con
cord. some in Kannapolis and in the
rural sections anywhere and all of
their votes would be used to build
their standing in their district.
Campaign in Brief.
While the ordinary family saves
for several years to buy a small car j
for cash or struggles along trying to
make payments on a.car they cannot,
afford, a candidate in this campaign I
can enter the race and by using a 1
little real diligence and effort can
win a car paid for and delivered in
a few weeks. The campaign is go
ing to be brief and under no circum
stances will it be extended beyond the j
date advertised.
At the close a committee of judges
selected from the advisory board,
whose names will be published some
time during the campaign, will coun4:
and tabulate the entire vote totals,
and those who poll the heaviest pote
will be the ones who will glide away (
in their motor palaces—their very
qwn luxurious machines. All the rest
will receive cash sums in proportion
to their vote totals, as explained in
the announcement. The judges will
make the awards. Their duty will be
to compile all the votes in the ballot
box. add them to the reserve votes
held by the candidates and the pub
lished vote in the paper at the close
of the t'hird period, and the result will
be known. Thus, until the judges an
nounce the winner, it will be impos
sible to determine who wins the cars.
But remember ‘‘Everybody Wins
Something,” for this is our guaran-
Candidates Can Help.
Persons who have never taken part
in a voting campaign of this magni
tude have no idea of how fast the
votes accumulate. Once the start has
been made and the friends begin their
work of supporting their favorites, it
becomes a genuine task in the cam
paign department to compile all of the
votes. Vote coupons count for some,
subscriptions for a great deal, and
those who feel that they will have to
depend upon thir own efforts will be
surprised how- they get help from
friends they little dreamed would as
sist them.
It is not expected that the candi
dates will depend wholly upon their
own efforts. ’ Friends will help them
gather votes and there is a great
“kick” to the campaign for the active
worker. Not only will friends gather
coupons and save them for you, tbej
will hunt up likely prospects for sub
scriptions.
There is one thought every candi
date should get—the bigger you 1 ‘ ef
fort the bigger your osi*e. While
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TESTINESS SEEN
IN MARY’S LETTER
Bath Negress Manages to Put Good
Deal of Force in Missive.
Kinston, Sept. M. —Mary Johnson,
a liegress cf old Bath, in Beaufort
county, may have an interview with
postal authorities, it is reported, as
.a result of the tastiness she mani
fested in a letter to tin ‘Mn-law” up
the country. Mary’s daughter, it
appears, visited the addressee, a wom
an married to a male relation of the
Johnson women, and returning home
stated that she had been badly treat
ed. That caused Mary to wax wrathy.
The letter found its way to the hands
of local authorities and now. it is said,
is in the possession of federal offi
cials.
"Whatever action the agents of the
law may take, the epistle will be
generally admitted to be one of the
most amusing on record. Mary John
son wrote:
“I have found out how come that
you treated Jodia when she was there
and if I had ben her I wouldnt
have stayed with you to save your
red headed life.”
It does not follow that the object
of her ire was read-headed, but Mary
was seeing red. Just how Jodia was
treated is omitted, but it is gathered
from the next paragraj/a that Jodia
was treated badly:
“Oh yas she told us all about how
you treated her. I wish to my God
it hadder ben me. After that you
talked about my mother and you
called ,Tod : a a peas of trash. Youre
a big mouthed peas of trash yourself.
You started to pour hot water on her.
I wish you had poured it on her.
I know I would shore come there ami
beat the devel out of you lots worse
than Bud Jim did. I had no idea
you would treat Jodia like you did.
The next time she comes to stay with
you your head will shure be white
as snow.
• “Yas you had a chicken here. We
have at him. If you come messing
we will kill you and eat you. lam
saying this because I am woman
enough to back it up. You is already
mad with me. I dont care if you
never speak to me no more. You
aint nothing but a hel cat no way.
I dont care what you say about me.
I know I am a well raised lady. * * *
You may as well go back home to old
lady Mary Brown yo old black short
haired red head fool you. I mean
every word I say. Come down here
and call me a peas of trash and I
make you go back so fast your back
bone will cut teeth. * ♦ *
“You told Jodia you didn’ eat
enough when you were here. Youre
a big slab foot liar. If I had you
I would ,pour hot water on you.
“Jodia got home all right. lam
coming up there the fifth Sunday to \
the union meeting. Write me soon
and lots of love from
“MARY JOHNSON.”
MURDEROUS ATTACK
ON SALISBURY MAN
Two Masked Men Severely Wound
Marcus Fisher on an Upstairs
Floor.
Salisbury, Sept, 2. —Marcus Fisher,
young man employed by the White
Packing Company, on West Liberty
street, was the victim of a murderous
attack by two men last midnight.
Upon alighting from an elevator on
an upstairs floor Mr. Fisher was at
tacked by the men who wore masks
and was cut severely on the shoulder
and leg. When the attention of the
night watchman was secured the men
made their escape. Later blood hounds
trailed them to Innis street where the
trail was lost, and where it is thought
the men took an automobile. Mr.
Fisher is of the opinion that they were
white men but whether their purpose
was robbery or murder is not clear.
Walked Into Officers' Arms.
High Point, Sept. 3. —(/P)—Charles
Heflin, white man, has been arrested
here on a charge of violation of the
prohibition law —all because he mis
took an officer of the law for one of
his customers.
That is the opinion of Officer B.
C. Woodell, and the other officers.
In any case, Heflin, the officer say,
walked straight into the officer's arms
and handed him two pints of liquor.
The officers found six more pints on
the man’s premises, it is alleged.
Debt Mission Named.
Paris, Sept. 3.-o^)—The French
cabinet today named a debt commis
sion which is to go to Washington
under the direction of Finance Min
ister Caillaux. Tae commission will
consist of four senators, four deputies
and two bankers.
Floor.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925
j ; Cleveland’s Latest
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"Here’s Cleveland’s new third baseman, Johnny Hodapp, who got away to •
good start in his major league debut the other day. Hodapp came to tha
Indians from Indianapolis of the American Association, where his senaCb
tional <wrk at bat and afield attracted considerable attention.
CONCERN FOR CREW
OF MISSING PLANE
Nothing Has Been Seen of PN-9 Nou
1 Since It Was Forced to Water!
"San Francisco, Sept. 3.— (/P)
Search for the missing naval seaplane
PX-9 No. 1 and the crew which dis
appeared in mid-Pacific Tuesday af
ternoon after riding along in the high
hope of reaching Honolulu on a rec
ord-breaking flight, continued today
after overnight reports to naval head
quarters from the searching service
and aircraft brought only routine mes
sages of the continuing search.
Without word upon which to allay
fears that the missing plane and its
crew of four men might not be found,
naval officers today had explored the
field of conjecture in surmising what
happened after the plan was forced
down by lack of fuel.
Yakdin River Lowest in Thrity Years.
Salisbury, Sept. 3.—(/P) —The Yad
kin River is at its lowest within the
last 25 or 30 years, the government
gauge at the old toll bridge five miles
north of Salisbury shows.
J. T. Yarborough, who keeps these
records, and whose father kept them
before him, states that there is no
record of the gauge ever showing low
er water since it was established 30
years ago. The gauge is read four
times daily, and reports made.
Although the drought in this sec
tion has not been nearly so severe as
it lias father west, lack of rain in
the mountains, it is explained is part
ly, responsible for the low water mark
of the river.
Remus Goes te Ohio Prison.
Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 3. — (A 3 ) —
George E. Remus, Cincinnati bootleg
ger, arrived here today from the At
lanta penitentiary and was taken at
once to Dayton, Ohio, to serve a sen
tence of one year for maintaining a
nuisance at a farm here during his
alleged liquor operations.
Perfecting Plans Now For
Big Fair Here Next Month
Final details for this year’s Cabar
rus County Fair, to be staged here
October 13-17 inclusive, are being per
fected daily now by Dr. T. N. Spencer,
secretary', and other fair officials.
These officials are confident that ev
erything will be in readiness for the
opening and they are unanimous in
declaring the fair will be by far the
b ; .ggest and best ever staged here.
Dr. Spencer declared last year that
the fire works this year would eclipse
in interest ’ and brilliancy anything
ever shown here and would take rank
with the best offered in the South
during the fair season. To make
good that boast he has booked an ex
cellent show, one that is certain to at
tract hundreds of persons to the
grounds each night when the pyro
technic display will be offered. In
making public his program Dr. Spen
cer said! “this display will surpnss
anything in the way of fireworks that
has ever been attempted here.’’ The
program will be as follows:
Tuesday night—“A Day at the
County Fair.” In this display is fea
tured acrobats, merry-go-round, agri
cultural part, and other kinds of en
tertainment that go to make up a fair.
Wednesday night—“ The Passing of
the West’*—featuring the great west
THE COTTON MARKET
Nervous ami Unsettled During Early
Trading—December Sold up to
22.03-
Now York, Sept. 3. —The cotton
market was nervous andxuusettled in
today's early trading owing to sharp
fluctuations in the Liverpool accom
panied by reports of speculative fail
ure in that market. The early break
there was all recovered before the lo
cal market opened, and first prices
here were steady at a decline of 2
points to an advance of 5 points. At
first there appeared to be very little
Southern hedging and December sold
up to 22.63 right after the
covering and trade buying, bin offer
ings increased and the market soon
turned easier with December selling
off to 22.53. or 8 points net lower un
der liquidation and Southern and local
selling. January declined to 22.00
with the general market showing net
losses of 3 to 11 points at the end of
the first hour.
Cotton futures: October 22.30; De
cember 22.61; January 22.07; March
22.37; May 22.72.
Turkish Attack on Great Britain.
Geneva, Sept. 3.—(-4 1 ) —A Turkish
attack on Great Britain, alleging that
British airplanes and warships had
been engaged in demonstrations
against Turkish territory, marked the
opening of the discussion of the Mosul
question today before the council of
the League of Nations, which is to
decide whether Mosul shall go to
Great Britain or Turkey.
Mine Sweeper Lost.
A’ietoria, B. C.. Sept. 3.- — UP) —H.
M. S. Armentieres, a mine sweeper
from the Canadian naval base at Es
quimilt, struck a rock and sank at
noon yesterday in IMpestem Inlet,
Barkley Sound, on the west coast of
Vancouver Island. All the crew
reached the shore safely but the ves
sell is completely submerged.
that was, showing a buffalo hunt, In
dian tepee, and scenes prevalent in
the west years ago.
Thursday night—“ Ancient Egpyt."
This is perhaps the most brilliant
number offered. It shows many Egyp
tian scenes, including camels, palm
trees, the Sphinx, etc.
Friday night—“ The Circus”. In
this number is shown the usual
scenes at a circus including the comi
cal clown, elephant, lions, etc.
In addition to the regular program
this night the Ku Klux Klan will
stage a ceremonial and parade and
certain set pieces pertaining to that
order will be shown.
It is planned to have several thou
sand members o fthe Ku Klux Klan
in the parade as all of the Klans in
the Carolinas are to be notified of
tips meeting.
Saturday night—“ The Land of the
Midnight Sun.” This pageant is over
two hundred feet in length. This
feature is a very brilliant one and
shows the Eskimo, icebergs, polar
bears and such other scenes of that
country.
This entire program will be in
charge of experts from the factory
and is the same as is used by the larg
est fairs in America.
Giant Dirigible Shenandoah
In Crash That Resulted In The
Death of 13 Members of Crew
Full Import of the Tragedy
Cannot Yet Be Realized
Washington, Sept. 3. — (A 3 ) —From 1
fragments of information brought in
from many sources, the Navy Depart
ment sadly sought today to piece out
the story of a tragedy whose full im
port cannot yet be assessed.
Coining immediately behind the dis
appearance of the PN-9 No. 1, in her
attempt to fly to Hawaii, the loss of
the Shenandoah cast a shadow of un
certainty over the hopes of those nav
al officers who had hoped to build up
on practical lines the service of naval
aviation.
The Shenandoah was the only mili
tary dirigible in the possession of the
11. S. government. She was built up
on lines of safety accepted as entirely
modern, and had been a rock of solid
reliance upon which air officers had
built up their expectations of develop
ing comprehensively the lighter than
air model of naval aircraft. The
most sanguine of the dirigible enthu
siasts conceded today that her loss
would greatly handicap them in ask
ing Congress for further npprepria
tion for craft of that type.
Since the cruiser Los Angeles can
not be used for military purposes, the
navy has left only one lighter than
airship, a non-rigid blimp now laid
up at Lakehurst, N. J.
Incomplete dispatches early today
from the scene of the disaster to the
500 FAMILIES HOMELESS
AS RESULT OF FLOOD
Mo«ft Dangerous Flood Since 1807
Threatens Many El Paso People.
El Paso, Texas. Sept. 3.— UP) —
Five hundred families in South El
and three suburban additions are
hobieless in the worst flood experienc
ed since 1897. Damage is estimated
at .$400,000.
Water is rushing through the streets
in lower El Paso as a result of a ca
nal break which occurred late last
night.
Infantry and cavalry contingents
from Fort Bliss are patroling the
streets and aiding in strengthening the
dykes. The Red Cross is providing
shelter for the homeless. _
Although the crest of the flood,
reached here early today the flow is
expected to be maintained throughout
the day.
Gunn Leading Sweetser.
Oakmont, Pa., Sept. 3.— UP)- —Watts
Gunn, a lad in his teens from the
home city of champion Bobby Jones,
continued to be a sensation in the nat
ional amateur golf championship to
day when he led Jess Sweetser, former
national title holder and present met
rojxditan king, by 7 up at the end of
18 holes.
French Fortress Reported Captured.
London, Sept. 3. — (.A 3 ) —The , Eve
ning News correspondent at Jeru
salem says it is unofficially reported
that the French fortress at Suedia
has been captured by the rebel tribes
men and the garrison massacreed.
French airplanes afterward demolish
ed the town with mombs, said the re
port.
Conference Rejects Unification.
Covington, Ky., Sept. 2. —The
Kentucky conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church), south, voted
today to reject the plan for the uni
fication of the southern and north
ern branches of the church. The vote
was 87 for and 88 against.
Edward R. Stettinius Dead.
' New York, Sept. 3. — UP) —Edward
R. Stettinius, a partner in the bank
ing firm of J. P. Morgan and Com
pany, died at his honje in Locust Val
ley early today. :
Cotton Broker Firms Fail.
Liverpool, Sept. 3. — (A 3 ) —Two Liv
erpool cotton broker firms failed this
morning. Great excitement prevailed
on the cotton exchange and other fail
ures are feared.
Appointed Assistant Attorney General.
Swampscott, Mass., Sept. 3.— UP) —
Former Representative Oscar B. Luh
ring, of Indiana, today was appoint
ed assistant attorney general.
Wood is one of the strongest sub
stances in the world, but its strength
lies in one direction only. A -thin
trip of wood cut with the groin will
withstand about three times as heavy
a pull as steel wire of equal weight.
J. B, SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
navy department said the Shenandoah
broke in two near Caldwell, Ohio, and
t'iiat both parts eventually fell to the
ground, although the forward gas sec
tion disappeared monemtarily in the
air as a free balloon.
Every effort was made here to rush
relief to the shipwrecked crew. Air
craft at the Anaeostia air station on
the outskirts of this city, the nearest
machines in the naval service to the
'scene cf the disaster, were ordered to
stand by, ready on notice to start for
Ohio wiff.i physicians, medicines, sup
plies and emergency relief materials.
Navy recruiting officers at interior
points were given similar instruc
tions, and the officer in charge at
Pittsburgh. I’a., was ordered to pro
ceed immediately to Ava.
Major General Patrick, chief of the
army air service, called at the navy
air service headquarters, volunteering
to give “everything the army has” to
the sister service. General Patrick
said planes, doctors and needed sup
plies the army has would be rushed
to Ava as soon as the navy requested
it. The Dayton, Ohio, army sta
tion. he said, was in readiness to take
the air on a moment’s notice.
The American Red Cross sought in
formation both from the navy and
the Associq/ed Press and made prep*
arations to order aid sent from the
nearest Red Cross chapter.
COULDN’T PUNISH MAN
UNDER BAD CHECK LAW
Judge Bond Suspends Judgment Be
cause 1925 Statute Had Not Been
Published.
Fayetteville, Sept. 1. —In the one
case tried in the Superior court here
on the opening day of the term,
judgment could not be passed be
cause the “bad check” law passed by
the last legislature has u. ver been
published.
When James Ezzell was found
guilty of passing a worthless check
for sl7, Judge W. N. Bond was
forced to suspend judgment on con
dition that the defendant pay the
amount of the check and the costs of
the court case. The court stated rhat
this was the only course left for him
to pursue in view of the negligence
of the proper officials-in failing to
have the law published.
HIS NEW BABY A GIRL,
HUSBAND ATTACKS WIFE
Also Assaults Midwife When He Fails
to Kill Family.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 3.—Jacob
Kafel was held in $2,200 bond today
for assault with intent to murder his
wife and for-assault and battery upon
a midwife after lie discovered that a
girl and not a boy had been born
to him.
Police assert that Kafel told them
that the baby should have been a boy.
The police charge Kafel opened the
jet of a gas stove in an attempt to
asphyxiate his family and, when this
proved unsuccessful, drove all the oc
cupants of the house into the street.
“Bunny Hats” Vogue for Bobbed
Hair.
London, Sept. s.—“ Bunny” hats
for shingled women are the latest
craze in London's fashionable West
End.
“Bunny” hats are made of felt or
velvet, the distinguishing feature be
ing two longs ears of material hang
ing at the side of the hat, like the
ears of a rabbit.
With Our Advertisers.
New and original versions in felt
and velour hats from $2.95 up at Fish
ers.
SAT’S BEAR SAYS:
Thundershowers this afternoon or
tonight in the east, fair in the west
portion; Friday fair, moderate south
west and west winds.
11HC0IHERS
LOST HEIR LIKES
Balloon Fell in Two Pieces
With Thirteen Persons
Killed in the Controller
Cabin.
RESCUE WORK IS
PROGRESSING NOW
Rough Terrain in Vicinity
of Ohio Where the Ship
Fell Makes Rescue Work
Uncertain Now. %
Belle Valley, Ohio, Sept. 3.—OP)—
Thirteen officers and enlisted men in
clining Commander Zachary Lans*
downe and Commander Hancock, were j
killed in a crash of the giant airship I
Shenandoah near here early today, ac- ti
cording to information received here, j
The Associated Press correspondent |
also listed as dead Lieut. Haughton. r
Lieut. Lawrence, Chief Engineer
Snitzer. and MaelnriLsts Mates Jeffrey
and Moore.
The Shenandoah which at an early
hour this morning had circled over
Cambridge apparently in distress, ap
parently was struck by a wind storm
at that point and drifting southward
broke into two sections.
According to C. L. Archer, operator |
of the gasoline stattion here, who said *
he had visited the scene of the crash, ’
thirteen dead were found in the con- I
troller cabin of the ship.
Archer said the major portion of t
the balloon, about 600 feet in length, <
had landed two miles east of Ava. L
The controller cabin, according to l
Archer, landed about one-half mile L
east of the balloon proper, and it P
was here that the thirteen dead were *
found. Every man in the cabin was *
killed, Archer said.
Machinists Mates O’Sullivan, Brad- L
ley. Broom, Mazzucco also were listed f
as dead in the compilation made here, |
and Lieutenant Sheppard and Ma- >
chinists Mate Culbuan were listed as j
missing.
The exact number of rasulnties, (
however, is not expected to be known |
definitely until opportunity is had to c
check hospitals and morgues in the f
surrounding towns. Doctors and am- |
balances from Cambridge, HyersviJle. I
Pleasant City, ami other nearby com
munities were called to the ®cene of j
the tragedy and dead and injured i
were taken to various points.
The rough terrain of this vicinity jj
is in southeast Ohio coal mining sec- j
tion, was slowing up rescue work, j
Poor roads and steep hills prevented j
any sort of conveyance making fast [j
time in reaching the scene of the ac- j
cident.
Thirteen Officially Reported Killed, j
Washington, Sept. 3. —The cruiser l
Shenandoah’s senior surviving officer, j
reported to the navy department to- i
day that thirteen were killed, two ip- :
jured, and one remains unaccounted j
for in the wreck.
Says Lightning Struck Dirigible.
Washington. Sept 3.— (A 31 )—The
Moundsville. W. Va., aviation field a
telegraphed the navy department to
day that the Shenandoah was “struck *
by lightning” at s:3o'clock this ;
morning.
The message indicated the informA- ;
tion had been obtained from the army !
aviators who had gone to the scene
of the disaster.
“Shenandoah struck by lightning,” *
the message said, “during a storm at |
5 :35 a. m. today near Pleasant City,
Ohio, south of Cambridge. Ship cut :
in half. One part down at Pleasant!)
City, other part down at Berus, about!)
two miles east of Caldwell, Ohio. Po-i
sitions verified by Major Kerr,
service, flying from Fairfield to Lan-j,
gin this morning.”
Water Famine Less Acute m Ashe
ville.
Asheville, Sept. 2. —Asheville now)
has a water supply pf 3.000,000 gal-.
lons a day. which is enough to take
care of the situation provided there
is. some degree of con«ervation
practiced. The serious problem create
ed a few days ago by the acute short
age of water has been practically
solved by the cutting into the, city
mains of sources from the Aortb
Fork, Beaver Lake, Asheville School
loke and other places.
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