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" 1 mt:uD fuee votes "“t Your Share? «ributio i *i hare in th ‘ S 'c r domination is in wiay. ilh are open from , ls day to re v vour nomina -1 ‘ ut fail Phone miv a s enf -niined that ' forgetting them — tti e to ° much cour- the concord times $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ♦**ss** * * * * * * ♦ NO MORE ORIGINAL S * POETRY. * •E the Times is nothing if not f accommodating, but in future we “Rail he compelled to draw the line at original poetry. We %• & always want items of news, but -fc fi: we cannot got the couseut of our * fk minds to inflict original poetry on our readers. Please do not * X ask us to violate this rule. * ************** SOMETHING NEW IN EDUCATION The Platoon System to Be Adopted in Perquimans County. Hertford, X. 0., Sept. 10.— (AI») —Something new in education is to be in Perquimans county. It is new, at least, no far an Northeastern North Carolina in concerned. It is known as the platoon system, and is designed to make it possible for a school to accomodate 25 per cent more pupils than are now taken care of, under the present syntem. In addition, it makes it possible to add to the curriculum music, art, phy sical education, and many branches of vocational education. All this is said to be without additional cost, except for the initial outlay for ■equipment. Edgar Bundy, recently elected sup erintendent. of schools, in making plan- for introduction of the system, which he hopes to. have in actual force by next year. Mr. Bundy comes to this county from Wilmington, where he has been engaged in school work. The platoon system is described as an arrangement whereby the el ementary school makes the fullest auditorium instead of being utilized only fur perfunctory opening exer ciser and occasional special events, i.s occpied throughout the school day. A physical instructor is busy all day long, either on the playground or in the gymnasium. The children are di vided into platoons and move from room to room as their study hours change. Under this system, the child, in addition to the three r’s, is given instruction in carpentry, mechanics, printing, and the fundamentals of elec trical egineering, as well as a variety of other practical subjects. YOUTH SLAYS MAN FOR INJURY TO MOTHER SEVEN YEARS AGO Paranoiac, Just Out of Hospital, Sits Beside Victim’s Body and Waits for the Police. New York, Sept. 10.—In revenge for a real or fancied injury to his mother seven years ago, Stephen Kry novak. 24. shot and killed Adam Luka sik. 50, today on a busy street corner in Stapleton, Staten Island. Dr. George Mord, medical examiner, said Krynovak was released about a' week ago from the Manhattan Hos pital where he had been treated for a year and a half as a paranoiac. After the shooting Krynovak sat on a curbstone near the body and waited for the police. ‘‘Yes, I killed him,” he told Captain Ernest Van Wagner, of the New Dorp station. He made a detailed confession, the police said, in which he asserted that Lukasik, a delicatessen merchant, had struck his mother on the liebd with a tile seven years ago. in an argument over a bill for a chicken. The youth eaid he had been planning the murder since his release from the hospital. THE COTON MARKET Showed Renewed Strength Owing t*> Reports of Drought Condition in Eastern Belts. New York, Sept. 10. — UP) —The cot ton market showed renewed strength this morning owing to increasingly se rious complaints of drought conditions in the eastern belts, relatively firm Liverpool cables, and reports of a more active demand for cotton goods. Realizing and hedge selling was readi ly absorbed by covering, trade buying and rebuying by recent sellers, and prices were 35 to 42 points net higher at the end of the first hour, with De cember selling at 23.98 and January at 23.44. Private cables reported that some hedge selling had been absorbed by covering and trade buying in. Liver pool. Cotton futures opened firm: Octo ber 23.48; December 23.80; January 23.20; March 23.55; May 23.90. Paid All Expenses of Orchard With ~~ First Year’s Sales. Lincolnton, N. C.. Sept. 10. UP)— Jack Lemon, of Lincolnton, Route 3, has paid all the expenses of his or chard with his first year s sale of fruit, J. G. Morrison, farm agent, re ports. Three years ago Mr. Lemon bought 200 young peach trees through a co operative order, the trees' costing him s2l per hundred, delivered. “He has kept his orchard well worked and fertilized,” says Mr. Morrison, "and each year I have gone out and demon strated how the trees should be prun ed. This is the first year that they have produced fruit in commercial quantities and Mr. Lemon had some of the finest Hale and Elbertas I ev er saw.” Mr. Morrison says that 40 bushels of peaches have been sold from the or chard at $1.75 per bushel, besides much fruit that lias been canned and used at home. P Shreveport Fire Makes 1200 Homeless * . : ; * "vt ■ ■ '' i. i .'. Nearly 1200 persons were made homeless by a fire at Shreveport, La., which destroyed 200 dwellings and caused a property loss estimated from $700,000 to $1,000,00. The flames ate awav a strip of the residential devastated^secHon^ I three previous national conventions of • , the party as delegate at large. ’ | By appointment of President Taft, Johnson served as recorder of desds of the District of Columbia during his administration, and previously had practiced law in Atlanta. Two Real Curiosities Seen a£ a Sin gle Spot. ‘I Albemarle, Sept. 9 Two real I curiosities centralized in the same r 1 spot about 9 o'clock Monday morn ing on West Main Street. The Rev. McLendon, noted colored preacher, ■ blew in, clothed like one on an Arctic expedition. Ilf wore two long overcoats, what had been in years ’ past, a high silk hat and high top J cowhide boots. The sight was refresh • ing as the tropical sun blazed down ' upon a sweltering population. And ‘ just as the curious clerks in the • neighboring stores and passers by, as • well as bystanders, were pondering upon the uncanny sight, some of the E young ladies cited the rear end of Ea Ford touring car carrying the fol ? lowing “superscription”: “Danger ’ Detour!” Under that was inscribed r in large red letters: “Wanted: A 1 Wife For a Pet.” Seeing a man seated in the car a E i number of those not already some > body’s pet, ventured to give the oc- I cupant the once over, but for some • reason or other the fellow realized ■ no results from his advertising. Pos • sibly the goods did not come up to ! the requirements. i ■ Baby Killed; Mother Hurt in Auto > mobile Accident. 1 Salisbury, Sept. 9.—A two and ar i half year old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. liatledge is dead, its mother is in a local hospital and one or two others are slightly Injured, as a re : suit of an automobile accident late i_ yesterdry afternoon\ at Ephesus, i Davie county, when two ears collided. • The Ratledge family occupied a large i touring car. The other car, a small [ roadster, was drived by George > Stelle, who escaped with only slight ■ bruises. A 13-months-old baby in the : Ratledge car escaped unhurt. Mrs. ■ Itatledge’s condition is not ,regarded as serious. Some people are So mean that 1 grudges are the only things they ever ; Pay. i Good things art often made worse by trying to make them better. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher PRESIDENT READY TO TACKLE TASKS ' CONFRONTING Rll Rested by His Stay at Swampscott, Chief Ex ecutive Ready to Plunge Into Work. COAL QUESTION BEING CONSIDERED Wants Plan to Distribute Coal If Present Strike Should Result in Any Hardships. Aboard President Coolidge Special, en route to Washington. Sept. 10. — UP) —Well rested by bis eleven weeks’ stay at Swampscott, President Cool idge was traveling back to Washing ton today ready to plunge into the tasks of his office immediately. The train is due in the capital late today, and tomorrow the President will open his office with a cabinet meeting. While no special problem caused the termination of the summer resi dence at White Court, Mr. Cbolidge is anxious to take up several matters personally with his advisers. He wants the government prepare ed to distribute coal if the suspension of activities in the anthracite field should result eventually in hardships to consumers. He wants to confer with Secretary Kellogg on the ap pointment of an ambassador to Tokyo to succeed the late Edgar Bancroft. Mr. Coolidge is going to follow through with Director Lord of the Budget, the final preparations of the budget estimate, a tentative schedule of which already has been approved by him. These and other questions deal ing with the administration's, legisla tive program for the next session of Congress have been closely watched by the Executive during his residence on the north shore, but is now ready to act in some instances. Back at White House. Washington, Sept. 10. —President Coolidge returned to the White House today after a summer's outing in New England. The President’s train reached Wash ington at 1:19 p. m., after an over night run from Salem, Mass., and found the capital squirming and swel tering under the unbroken spell of summer. A line of official motor cars Avas waiting at the Union Station to drive the President and his wife immediate ly to the executive mansion. There Mr. Coolidge turned to the accumulation of national problems which is promising him a crowded fall and winter, while the first lady in spected improvements effected by painters, plasterers and interior dec orators during the eleven weeks the White House has been tenantless. MAY ASK 20 PER CENT. CUT IN SURTAX RATE This Has About Been Decided Upon For Treasury" Tax Reocmmemtui tions. Washington, Sept. 10.i — (A 3 )—The Treasury’s tax recommendations to Congress are now expected to in clude a reduction in the surtax rates to a maximum of 20 per cent, repeal of the income tax publicity section, and a lowering if not an entire elimi nation of the tax on estates. Other minor changes will lie sug gested, largely to close up loopholes in the present law. Secretary Mellon, who returned to day from a vacation, declined to say how active a part the Treasury would take in urging its recommendations on the House Avays and means commit tee when it meets next month. He previously had indicated he would make no formal proposal that could be labelled a “Mellon plan” and might only advance A r erbal suggestions in re sponse to such questions as the com mittee might ask. “The Treasury holds to its often expressed belief that a majority of the tax payers fav or repeal of the publicity section. Offi ficials say masses of letters of pro test have come in since September 1, Avhen this year’s returns Avere ob tained for public inspection.” Discuss Racial Questions. Swarthmore, Pa., Sept. 10. —A general conference of the FelloAvship of Reconciliation A\’as opened at Swarthmore College today to discus especially the Far Eastern situation. The scheduled speakers include Bishop Logan H. Roots, of Hankow, China; Col. Lucius H. Holt of the U S. Military Academy, and Fred erick Libby, representing the Nation al Council for the Prevention of War. Missing Wirincn’s Coats Are Found? Honolulu, Sept. 9.—What may be the first definite clue in the search for the missing naval seaplane PN-9 inumber 1 appeared today Avhen it reported that a Hawaiian found two aviator’s coats on Kcaukahakeaa Beach, Island of HaAvaii, yesteruay. Fearing trouble the man left the coats lay undisturbed. The report is being investigated. The beach is ap proximately se\'en miles from Hilo, principal city of the island. Two New Aair Mail Routes. Chicago. Sept. 10.— (A 3 ) —Two ait mail routes in addition to the nin( new routes already proposed, will be advertised for after the return tc Washington Saturday of Ir\’ing Glov er, second assistant postmaster gen eral. They are Denver, Colorado, to Cheyenne, Wyo., and Washington to Jacksonville, Fla. Spurns Millions Mjir : : : | Miargrotta Curry, this Oklahoma 1 City girl of 11 years, spurned the millions of Edward Browning, New | York millionaire, in order to stay with her mother. Browning offered 1 to adopt her as a companion for his i other adopted daughter, Dorothy Sunshine. Margretta .has gone tc Los Angeles in the hope of becoming a A r audcville star. CRIME CONDITIONS ARE STUDIED BY OFFICERS North Carolina Police Officers in Con vention at Greensboro. Greensboro, Sept. 10.— (A 3 ) —The re lation of the iiPAA" national crime com mission to tSie work of the policeman Avaw presented to the convention of the North Carolina section of the Na tional Association of Policement in session here today by H. C. McCown, of Hagerstown, Md., secretary of the national body. Ilis address AA*as a feature of the morning session, j- “Such men as Judge Gary, Chas. J E. Hughes, Newton D. Baker, for mer Attorney General Wickersham. and other big men have expressed themselves as willing and anxious to serve on the new national crime com mission to make an effort to help you policemen in your fight to reduce crime,” the speaker said. “No city nor community on the I face of the earth can progress and : become great unless that city or com j lnunity observes enforced Ibav and or ! der. Without that property is of | little A r alue.” The speaker highly praised North I Carolina, its schools and roads, and asserted that upon the shoulders of policemen there rested a grave re sponsibility,* that of maintaiging law • and order. “Co-operation in ntny business is the basis of suceessy and co-operation in police Avork is the | only way to prevent crime. An in | terchange of thoughts, plans and ex ; periences is the way to success, and ! that is Avhat we are here for.” | The conference will continue through Friday noon. This afternoon will be devoted to athletic sports, A\-ith baseball teams from the Greensboro and Durham forces playing at Cone payk. A dress parade AVill be one of tlie outstanding features of Fri day’s program. Negro Committed Suicide. Greenville, N. C., Sept. 10. — (A 3 ) — Fancying that he stood between a jail sentence for breaking an agree ment and the Ku Kltrx Klan for not breaking it, Sylvester Williams, ne gro of this county, committed sui cide. The negro, it is alleged, signed up Avith the co-operative organization some time ago for a period of five years. Later he moved tq the plant ! ation of a landlord not a member of the co-operative organization. The negro is reported to have said that, if he broke his agreement, he would get a jail sentence, and if he failed to sell on the open floor as did his landlord, the Ku Klux avouM interfere. Worried over the prob lem, he is alleged to lia\*e lost his ; mind. Actions of Matterhorn Scare Moun tain Villagers. Zermatt, Switzerian, Sept. 8, —Pe- ; culiar actions on the part of Matter horn, one of the lofty peaks of the Alps, recently caused the evacuation of their places by the inhabitants of | the mountain slopes. A series of land slides were folloAved by the appear | anee of broad and deep crevies on the j mountain side, causing considerable Avorry and fear to the people. Appeals for help Avere sent to the nearest Swiss towns and to Turin. Italy. The authorities ordered all the j villagers to vacate their places and go to Breil. Soldiers Avere rushed to the district and Avere obliged to use forceful measures to get some of the j inhabitants to leaA*e and take their cattle with them. j A number of engineers and a de- I tae’nment of Alpine troops have been | quartered in the vacated villages to await developments. A1 Jennings, the one-time notori ous bandit, and later a preacher, lec | turer and movie actor, is now engag ed in the mining business in Mexico. Every maritime authority lit the world has been notified of the demoli tion of a certain factory chimney at Northfleet. England.-The huge chim ney was used in taking bearings by | pilots ascending the* Thames and was , marked on all charts. To sell thinjgp calls for salesman ; ship; to collect the money afterwards j calls for genius. GOVERNORSTOURGE 1 PRAP FOR RAIN “Tu uhcnK DROUGHT Gov. Walker Says He Will Issue Proclamation and Gov. Peay Is Expected to Do the Same Thing. DRINKING-WATER THREATENED NOW Pastors in Several Cities Urge Governors to Plead With People to Seek Di * vine Aid In Crisis. Atlanta, Hept. 10.— (.A 3 ) — Governors of three Southern States were expect- f ed to issue special proclamations to day urging church congregations to unite next Sunday in supplication for Divine deliverance from the drought that lias damaged their crops and now threatens to Avipe out even their drink [ ing Avater. i , . It Avas indicated at the offices of Governor Austin Pea.v, of Tennessee, that lie Avould comply with a request of the Baptist Pastors’ Conference of Chattanooga and that the Chattanooga Pastors’ Association to proclaim the day as one for prayer for rain. Governor Clifford Walker, of Geor gia. stated that he would not only urge that petitions be mofcle at church services, and at family altars as requested by the Atlanta Evangel ical Ministers Association, but he made it the occasion to declare he is a staunch believer in the efficacy of prayer. WANT STAMP ISSUED IN HONOR OF WILSON Friends of the War President Urge Speedy Action. Washington, D. C.. Sept. 10.—A stamp bearing the likeness of Presi dent Wilson will be issued by tiie post office department by the first of December if the plans of the friends and admirers of the World War Pres ident succceed. Mi's. Kate Trenholm Abrams, who has charge of this pro- , gram, has seen post office department officials and is pressing Sor early ac tion. A A President Harding staom was is oued, and those behind move for one in honor of Mr. Wilson believe their program will be carried . out. .SEND THE TRIBUNE OR TIMES TO THOSE GOING AWAY. It is school time again and hun dreds of boys and girls are now leav ing their homes in Cabarrus county for colleges and schools over this and oth er states. Naturally, they’ll like to keep in touch with the things “go ing on back homo,” personal items, ueAV enterprises, farm news, marriages, deaths, and many ncAvsy articles that are carried every day in The Tribune and twice each week in The Times. Nothing will be appreciated more than this paper carrying the news to them regularly. Os the money you’ll spend for them none will be more wisely invest ed than that which subscribes to Tbe Tribune or Times. Come in or Avrite today about the subscription for your boy or girl. Veterans Seek Way to World Peace. Rome, Sept. 10.—Both the Ameri can Legion in the United States and tiie Great War Veterans association of Canada are represented by good sized delegations at the annual con gress of the Inter-allied Federation of World War Veterans, who Avas open ed in Rome today. The federation, generally knoAvn as “Fidac,” is com posed of the leading organizations of A’eterans ofthe countries allied in the World War, and has grown into a powerful group. Its principal energies and influences have been directed toward laying the founda tion of world peace and international understanding. _ One proposal which tbe conference Avill consider is to be submitted by one of the American delegates, and urges that in case of serious inter national misunderstanding, represea tatives of the former soldiers of each country involved shall be sent to the other country to study and report the point of view of tbe people in tbe nations affected. Water Hauled to Murpny in Box Cars. Asheville, Sept. 9.— Word has reached here that Murphy is with out Avater. The new reservoir, fed from a large spring, has been empty four Aveeks and the Valley River hu gone dry. Water is being hauled in box cars from Andrews the county seat, sixteen miles distant. Opening of the school has been postponed in definitely. r SAT’S BEAR SAYS: Partly cloudy tonight, Friday local thundershowers; gentle to moderate, southeast winds. NO 19