I'M! ‘
e Case May Go To
a \ry Early Tomorrow
iTSow That Fin- 1
minents Will Bel
te d This After-;
r Early Tonight.
Forking j
HIS CHARGE j
■a~lt Finished and
for Deliverance
the Lawyers Have
eted Arguments.
(Vnrt House,
j;1_(/P' - (Y.nfidence
. ~.n i',. tVaiures of j
j, . v ,j 1( . jnrv ! hat will
% tiu id itig of w.|
_hr.:' - former j
uiing argu-j
i v ,;i manufacturer I
"JI ijm ll r 1.. Henry [
f in hi> behalf.
w ,„'i— Ti- were in fuel
rtverhaiiuinss clouds made j
1;1 »ypssaiy, and the !
j clothe' worn in earlier,
hau given way to heavier
;ev was engaged in pre
ar„(, ~ the jury, in the j
yunients wi’rl he complet- j
,i i 3; (irriared that ('ole!
into -lie breach.
3 :i i> in the breach, I
,; i in," said Mr. |
til*' State fol
ia , • ..;••! f-r "even hand
>edb<-i ry full owed for the
■rgla-s. of Raleigh, who
il to follow Mr. Sedberry,
no .speaker when lie re
i> physicians who were
h defense. Their tesli
*t allowed and the court
f the speaker omit the
a> was the next speaker,
is this a circus? ()an ft
t the defense lias said is
if 4"> long years of my
ve never approached so
reason;"
las is the oldest lawyer
tieipatiiig in the trial,
pact iced a good many
lid. "but I have never
fflMew*. robbed a grave,
esrp'e."
es defense counsel had
jury of the "venerable
and as the Waite haired
Ito his argument, he
With surprising forceful
ft asked why so many
tad insanity, and answer
s' many criminals cross
order i» its cockle shell.”
tbe jury, you shall not
burrow - eusseduess and
1 in the land of North
Hr. Ikiuglas characterized
i:y defense as a "hookus
foolery. Chicago Sodom."
«ys he prayed, and got
“■ As a cure for insan-
M divan’s liirment and {
wnt ail to pieces.”
HEU) MEN
OIT OF HARD WORK
fwut to Hard Signal
tin S Till Late In Eve-'
ii, Oct. 7.—Coaches Rob
p ;zer continued to hold
*tring mou ol ,t 0 f hard
it iiay they confined I’heir
* aard signal drill that
arki.css settled over Em-
Itie sec nd team, how
!-wt'uer work and scrim
ffeliinen for nearly an
wher Side scoring,
varsity second and the!
#VHd s 0,11,1 gved gains
•fimmage with the sec
the air for their long-j
1 'b at quarter, threw
5 basses to sides and
Jai “ of from five to sis-
Aoung showed mighty
thriving end of the at-'
• *ti n reeled off sev
./• lord was the star
* Mr outfit.
With Russians l
~ —OP)—Arthur
v „ , of l‘ n, 'l ia ment, a j
l of -. tht Hntish Trades!
1R an address today*
Federation of]
L . ** * K -j>e that the j
Cnai
,j j, " relations with
i. Ski,t,l - v Rr* 1. oted.
iv J '' • v -OP)—Gen.
, feV^ r V rk -, for 27
Eiii,,., ’ al conven
(4 Ur Jl ' ai ( ! ' ,l: ‘eh, was to
»8* n “»“*.‘.v ... that p„-
■ the H ! ."' ; .' nties and
o. Bishops for
ft. o, ” scale Today.
?aie*’ *' i o 'M airplanes
f iiep a ‘ !l J now 01 the John
“ *reas
’ 1 r, ‘tail price
14 in 'J‘ r ” ll(1 d for the
! teo lS *'kane night
*«T]y f“ ( ' n ' vvll '> have at
tir fitudie, 01 ,? 1 '* 1 than six
o', . ve mcluded
toblic snili n * V:sl1 ’ geol °gy.
u * , IR S. pemnan
and typewriting.
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
\+
COLONEL MITCHELL
REFUSERS SERVICE
| ‘ ’
Refuses to Appear Before
the Board Making In
quiry (Into the Shenan
doah Disaster.
! Washington, Oct. B.— UP) —Col.
Wm. Mitchell refused today to testify
before the naval court investigating :
j the the airship Shenandoah Hsaster. 1
Advised officially that Co\ Mitchell *
i liiai refused to appear the court di- .
reefed the judge advocate general to j
communicate that fact to rh« War Do-1
partment which originally had order- I
i ,1( 1 Mitchell to eor.ie before' the. court j
i ai 't g ve iestimo •»/
After he had objected, to being
j sworn before the court under the er
i der of the army directing him to ap
; pear a formal subpoena for his np
j pea ranee was issued today by the nav-!
; al body, Judge Advocate Fo’ey doliv
| ell delivered it in person, and Mitchell
refused to accept service under ad
i vice of his counsel.
While the court was in executive
session determining its course after
Mitchell had objected to taking the
oath. Representative Frank R. Reil.
j of Illinois, his attorney, made public
! a communication which th» Colonel
; SP, R yesterday to the adjutant general
j of the army.
HELD UP ON PUBLIC HIGH
WAY NEAR ALBEMARLE
James McLester, Son-in-Law of
Woman. Whose House Was Recently 1
Dynamited. Arrested.
Albemarle. Oct. 7.—One of the
boldest robberies of its kind was
committed here Tuesday afternoon
when O. O. P>ower« of this county
was held up on the highway north
west of the city. The robber, threw
a pistol in Mr. Bower's face, demand
ed money, and got SB,
Mr. Bowers was coming to town
in his wagon, when he was passed by ,
I a Ford touring car, with one passen
ger. Thiti car went several yards
down the road and stopped near a
clump of bushes, and the driver
sprang into the bushes nearby. Mr.
Bowers unsuspecting drove on
down the road, und a*> he carpe op
posite the bushes the man. with a
handkerchief over his mouth and j
nose sprang out with the pistol and
demanded the money. Mr. Bowers im
mediately gave up his SB.. and the
robber got in the Ford-and drove in
the direction of Albemarle.
Mr. Bowers came on to town and
notified the police dpartment and
officers were soon on the scene.
Some boys working near the scene of
the robbery said that a Ford parsed
driving very rapidly, and had one
large hub. This gave the clue that it
was a“U Drive.it B" car. and they
came back to town, and with the
description of the man. began the
search which soon resulted in the
arrest of James McLester, near the
Southbound railroad, son-in-law of
Mrs. June Broadaway, whose home
was recently dynamited.
The gun and money were gone.
Upon investigation officers learned
1 that the car had been bird from;the
Manous Taxi Station, say
ing he was going to visit relatives
near Mt. Pleasant. The car had been
driven 106 mil eg and the bill was
$13.25. Payment to the Taxi com
pany was made with one five and
three one dollar bills, and a pistol
given as security for the remainder.
NOEL AND CHAUFFEUR
FACE MURDER CHARGE
They Will Be Tried For Lives in
Connection With the Death of Mary
Daly. -
Neward. N. J.. Oct. B—OP)—Harri
son W. Noel, slayer of six-year-old
Mary Daly, of Montclair, and of Ray
mond Pierce, a negro chauffeur, must
face trial in Essex County for the
slaying of the child.
judge Edwin C. Caffrey, in com
mon pleas court, before whom a long
series of hearings was held to deter
mine whether Noel, admittedly men
tally insane, was nevertheless legal
ly sane, today announced the decis
ion.
“The guilt or innocence of Noel is
for a jury to determine and judgment
of this case is that the defendant be
remanded for trial,” he said.
I
Cash Advance Makes Hit With the
Farmers.
Greensboro, Oct. 7. —Co-operative
Tobacco Association officials here state
that the cash advance of 65 per cent,
i is so large that the problem now is
not to keep some fainthearted mem
bers from selling their tobacco On the
auction floors, but to keep new mem
bers from “bootlegging” tobacco in
the co-operative warehouses-, at tract e<
by the good prke. That woiild be
done by selling to a member and hav
ing him deliver it. The quality of
the weed delivered yesterday was bet
ter than expected. About ten thou
sand pounds was delivered.
Fight Weevil With Airpbuie^
Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 8.
The airplane has be*n used to dust
i the boll weevil fields with calcium
i arsenate and now the experiment is
i being tried in “dusting” sugar cane
* to control the borer. Thousands of
dollars will be saved planters if the
experiment is successful.
Feeding English Rats Costly.
London. Oct. 8. —f. Xl> tF S
: estimate that it cost. 3n«land «•-
1 000,000 pounds, or about sdsu,uuu,
, 000 a year to feed its rate. This is
- the food charge and does not include
. the damage done.
(WILL THIS WEEK
j SPELL SUCCESS OP
; FAILURE FOR YOU?!
Which Will It Be? —lt
Is Entirely Up to You.—
; Don’t Lose a Single Op- j
portunity Now. I
WORK AS YOU NEVER
j WORKED BEFORE
Six Club of Subscriptions;
I , Now Have a Voting
Power of Over Half a
Million Votes.
Ccmiftg out victorious in The Trib
une-Times campaign is the aim of
every “live wire" in the race and
; from the activity that friends of can
didates are showing it seems there i«
an intense rivalry on every hand,
each candidate has his or her circle
of friends who are boosting their fav
orite —and those “factions” are pitch-;
ing in with energy to put their can- j
didate across. !
After Saturday night t’here will re
main but one short week of the First
Period Big Vote schedule —really it i«
narrowing down to what amounts to
a matter of days—soon, and almost
before you know it. the closing hour
of the big votes will be but a few
I minutes away. That is just the rea
; sen that every, one should awake to
. the full realization of what this week
i CAN mean to t’hem. This week can
spell success or failure for you.
! Which will it be? It is entirely up
to you—lose not a single opportunity
this week—work as you have never
worked before—with the thought in
mind of maintaining your present
good standing for one of the Capital
Prizes.
Figue It Out in Time.
If turned in now, six_clubs of sub
scriptions have a voting power of
over half million votes. There is no
limit to the number of clubs a candi
date may turn in. Twelve of Pliein
will produce over a million votes.
It is to your interest to get every
possible subscription in to campaign
headquarters before the close of the
first period. There is nothing to be
| gained now by holding back subscrip
tions—if you hold them later than
Monday night, October 19tSi. you will
be the loeter. After October Ji)th.
the voting power of subscription is
very much reduced and still further
reductions will occur in the vote
schedule before the close of this short
election.
Every new five-year subscription
now counts with the clubs, over a
half million votes. A few of those
would place any candidate in good
position to win any prize in the list.
Keep in mind that t'he voting pow
er of subscriptions is NOW at its
verV highest point—until 12 o’clock
one week from Monday—October 10.
Twelve o'clock October 10th, the
last day of the big vote period. Elec
tion headquarters at Room 200 Ca
barrus Savings Bank building will be
open until midnight to receive votes.
All persons who are in the office
on or before that time will be waited
on and will have their subscriptions
counted on the present big voto sched
ule. *
Subscriptions that are mailed, if
the envelope bears a postmark of not
later than 12 o’clock, October 19th,
will count on the big vote schedule.
IT IS ANYBODY’S RACE FOR
THE BIG CARS AND MONDAY,
OCTOBER 19TH. at 12. O'CLOCK
IS THE FINAL HOUR OF THE
BIG VOTES .
CONE QUITS FLEET
CORPORATION TODAY
Resigns Because of the Removal of
Leigh C. Palmer as President.
Washington, Oct.. 7.— (A*) —Hutchi-
son I. Co,ne, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Fleet Corpora
tion, submitted his resignation to the
shipping board today in protest of its
action in removing Leigh C. Palmer
as president.
Mr. Cone, who is a retired rear ad
miral. accepted office in the Fleet Cor
poration soon after Mr. Palmer be
came president, and was regarded as
one of his right hand men. Whether
other resignations are impending as a
result of the shakeup by the board in
the corporation was not indicated.
Japanese Girl’s Tongue Attacked By
Strange Colony of Microbes.
Tokyo, Oct. B.—OP) Strange
things in medicine and surgeij are
often reported from Japan, but one
of the strangest is the recent case of
a girl whose three-inch tongue was
eaten up to one inch by microbes. By
cauterization, the surgeons report
they were able to restore one inch of
the organ so that the girl now has a
tongue two inches in length.
The patient, Miss Sonoko Torn, 18
years o’d, found while she was at
tending school that her tongue ap
parently was getting shorter. With
in a few months the tongue had de
creased to such an extent that the
L ir l had difficulty in talking. She
consulted a number of doctors who
Liid they could do nothing for her.
Finally one of the most prominent
surgeon. <leei<led the ton
gSL was “colonized" by unknown
microbes. He tried cn.itenz.lion nnd
“ ••cure", apparently was effected.
, Japanese scientist* say there ta no
. record of a similar case.
It estimated that ninety-three
I per cent of the ocean floor is en
tirely devoid of plant life.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1925
Mrs. Wilson Reported Engaged
_ b*n ooa "
Prom Paris come rumors that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the late |
president, will marry Dr. Sterling Ruffin, a Washington physician and
dose friend of the Wilsons for many years. Ruffin is 58 and a bachelor, j
Ha and-Mia,-Wilson now. are in Paris-
At Least 100 Horses Expected To
Be Entered In Races During Fair
Reports Reaching Fair Of
ficials Indicate All Stalls
Will Be Filled When the
First Race Starts. I
TRACK INFINE
CONDITION NOW
All of the Horses Listed
For Races Will Arrive in
Concord Not Later Than
Monday Morning.
“It looks like we are going to need
more stalls at the fair grounds to
house all of the horses that will b"
9erc for fair week.”
Thus spoke Dr. T. N. Spencer.'sec
retary of the fair, when asked today
how many racers lie expected here.
“Why. every day I get messages ask
ing for spaces in the barns, and the
horses already listed include some of
the best that have appeared in the
south and middle west t*liis year.’ ’
Several officials of the fair hive
been to Winston-Salem this week for
the Forsyth Fair, and they return
home with the announcement that
practically every horse in the Twin
City thifi week will be here for Vlie
local fair. And in addition to these
many ether horses are headed this
way now. It is expected that the
total will reach the 100 mark when
the starter calls for the first heat
Tuesday afternoon.
Dr Spencer announces that Mr.
Copenhaver, starter for the races at
the fair year before last, has been
secured for this year. Mr. Copen
haver was a great favorite with local
race goers on his. first appearance
and his return means the races will
start on time and without undue
delay at the wire.
Grace Direct, the Penny brothers
mare which set a track record, of
2:04 1-4 on the local track last year,
will not return this year. The fair
officials want to get as many new
horses as possible this year, believ
ing the fair patrons had rather see
different horses each season. How
ever, some of the horses that have
been here before will return, of course,
but they will be pitted against oth
ers making their debut on the local
track.
Twenty horses already are quar
tered at the fair grounds and the
others who are listed for the races
are expected to reach Concord Sun
day. Monday will be utilized by
the drivers as a practice day.
As has been the custom on the
two previous years, school children
of the county will be admitted to the
fair ground free of charge Tuesday.
The opening day will be “Educational
Day” and teachers and pupils will
be guests of the fair association on
that day. Passes are not to be is
sued to the teachers but those active
ly on duty are expected to be easily
identified at the gate.
No rain insurance is being car
ried by the fair association this year.
Generally fair weather is predicted
for the week it is pointed out, and
besides it seems' that it is never go
ing to rain again. “We are going
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“BIG SIX” MATTHEW SON
DIED DURING THE NIGHT
Tuberculosis and Pneumonia Cause
Death of Great Pitcher at Moun
tain Camp.
Saranac Lake, N.Y., Get. ,B.—C4P)
—Christy Matfhewson. one of the
greatest pitchers of all time, is dead
in his mountain camp.
A hero of the World War. as well
as of the diamond on which he was
the first big college star, he died late
last night of tuberculosis and pneu
monia, the result of being gassed
while a captain in chemical warfare
service in France. The end came
while his buddies of the American.
Legion were holding convention in
Omaha and while Walter Johnson, his
greatest contemporary, wjps being
hailed as a 'hero in a world series
much as Matthewson had been in the
past.
“Big Six.” as he was known before
his stature / battled intermittently
with tuberculosis for five years, went
to France in 1918 after three years
n« manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
Returning as coach of the New York
Giants with whom he had p'ayed for
seventeen seasons he was taken se
riously ill in 1920 and retired to Sar
anac Lake.
The battle for health apparently
won in 1923, he became president and
part owner of the Boston Braves.
He caught cold on the spring train
ing trip with the Braves last spring
and was forced to return to his camp.
Less than a month ago his physicians
reported he was holding his own.
The end came unexpectedly.
GRANT CASE TO GO
TO FEDERAL COURT
True Bill Returned Against V. E.
Grant For Death of Adam Ballem
ger.
Hendersonville, N. C., Oct. 7. —( A *)
—The grand jury here today return
ed a true bill charging V. E. Grant
with the mprder of Adam Ballenger.
An order for transfer of. the trial to
Federal court was immediately pre
sented, with indications that Judge
Harding would sign it during the day.
Ballenger was killed on the night of
July 24, in a running fight with pro
hibition officers. When his ear stop
ped he ran into a wood nearby where
his body was found several days lat
er. A quantity of liquor is alleged to
have been in Ballenger's automobile.
Grant is out under a bond of $lO,-
000.
North Carolina Automobiles Reach
the Number of 339,975.
Raleigh, Oct. 6. —Sixteen thousand
automobile plates issued by the auto
mobile license bureau during Sep
tember has brought the total number
of licensed cars anil trucks in the
state to 33,975. according to records
in the office of Sprague Silver, su
pervisor of the bureau.
to take a chance with the weather,'
one official said. “There are no signs
that next week will be a wet one
I and after all the dry weather we
have had ive are willing to take a
• "gamble that rain will not interfere
; with ffne fir.”
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
LEGION REPORT IS 1
EXPECTED 10 LEAD
TO BITTER BATTLE
Report of Legion Commit
tee on Aeronautics Fails
to Mention Colonel Mit
chell’s Name.
INEW DEPARTMENT
j* WOULD BE MADE
, I
Defense Department Is
Proposal Included in Re
, port to Be Submitted
Today.
Omaha, Nob., Oct. 8— One of the
greatest lights of the American Leg
ion’s existence loomed today.
In two words buried down in today’s j
program was hidden a situation that
promised to develop a test of the
strength of old line leaders and Leg- I
ionnaires termed by some “the insur
\ gent group,” with the result possibly
| influencing the election tomorrow of a
; national commander, and, even the
policy of the organization.. They were
“committee reports.”
The promised fight centered on the
j report of the Legionnaires first aero
nautical committee, which labored all
yesterday before finally developing a
paragraph that left out the name of
Col. Wni. Mitchell, air service critic,
but' recommended support of one of
his proposals.
The report prepared for submission
to the convention today recommends
that the Legion go on record- as fav- j
oring development of a new cabinet i
position, that of the Defense Depart
ment, with three subordinate branches
equally representative of the army,
navy and air service.
Will Erect Memorial Shrine For
Woodrow 1 Wilson,
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 8. —A resolution
endorsing the proposal for the erec
tion of a memorial shrine for the late
Woodrow Wilson, commander-in-chief
of the American forces during the
world war, at his birthplace in Staun
ton, Va., was passed unanimously by
the American Legion today. The Leg
ion at a previous convention endorsed
a proposal for the erection of a me
morial university to Woodrow Wilson
at Valdosta, Ga.
EIGHTY DELEGATES
HERE ATMEETING
CabarriLs Black Boys Chapter Host- j
ess to Third District Daughters of
Revolution.
Over eighty women were present ;
here this morning from liearby cities!
as delegates at tlie meeting of the,
third district of the Daughters of Hie.
American Revolution which held its,
sessions in the assembly room of Cen-1
tral Methodist Church.
The program presented held the in- i
terest of the delegates throughout the 1
morning. After the ritual, led by
Rev. W. A. Jenkins, and the invo
cation by I)r. J. C. Rowan, greet
ings from the city of Concord to its
visitors were extended by L. T. Hart
sell. Mr. Hartsell was followed by-
Mrs. Charles B. Wagoner, who
brought greetings from the local chap
ter. Mrs. Wagoner is regent of the
Cabarrus Black Boys chapter.
A response to the greetings was i
made by Mrs. Isaac Hardeman, of
Charlotte, who declared that it was
a great pleasure for the entire per
sonnel of delegates to pay this visit
to Concord.
The roll call was made, and as each
chapter was called, the delegates f»m
it rose, showing the number from
each place 1 . On account of illness,
Mrs. Grady Gibson could not sing
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
Mrs. Edwin Gregory, state regent. |
was presented and in a brief and,
impressive talk, told of the aims and
ideals of the organization. Follow
ing Mrs. Gregory, a number of the
officials made reports in a business
meeting which took the remainder of
the morning.
A luncheon was served at the con
clusion of the business hour.
I
Duke Reception Is Deferred for a i
Time.
Duiham, Oct. 7. —R. O. Everett
chairman of the mayor’s committee
on arranging for the Duke dinner in
honor of James B. Duke, has received
a letter from Alex H. Sands, private
secretary to Mr. Duke, stating that
no date could be set for the occasion
on account of Mr. Duke’s illness.
Mr. Everett expressed the hope that
the philanthropist and tobacco mag- \
nate would be able to visit Durham '
as the guest of the city and county j
late in the fall. He stated that the |
committee in charge of arranging the
dinner would continue preliminary ar
rangements pending the setting of a
i date for the occasion.
j Minister Says Secret of Care Free
Life Is In God.
Chicago, Oct. 8. —C4»)—The secret
j of a carefree life its to put it in line
j with God’s pui-poses, declared Dr.
!' Henry Howard of Melbourne, Aus
tralia. in an address on "Don t
» worry,” opening the nineteenth
! season of the Sunday Evening Club.
| “Christ's cure for a worried life
| is explained in His words: ‘Seek
| ye first the Kingdom of God and
[ His righteousness and all these
• things (what you eat and drink and
? wear) shall be added to you’,” Dr.
| Howard said. “Everyone who has
{ stood up to life has felt its worry,
f stress and strain. But the way out
\ from worry does not lie along the
; line of escape from work.
TICK ALDRIDGE MID j
STANLY COVELESKIE i
nppnc'iuniiiiDi CDQ
Urri)l State
t ir
'For the Second Game of
the World Series Being
Played in Forbes Field
It Pittsburgh.
WASHINGTON GOT
OPENING GAME
Due to the Very Effective
Work of Walter John
son, Who Fanned Ten
Batsmen.
Pittsburgh, l'a., Oct. B.—( A 1 ) — ■
Pittsburgh’s Pirates, borne down in
i theier first attempt to board the flag- ;
I ship Washington, are realigned today
for a new attack, with Vick Aldrige,
former Chicagoan, arrayed against
' one of the greatest moist ball hinders
of the present day, Stanly Coveleskie. j
The Senators of young Stanly Har- i
ris, one game ahead as the result of |
their 4 to 1 conquest of the Bucan- j
neers in the first contest of the world’s
series or Forbes Field yesterday are
jubilant. Walter “Barner” Johnson,
veteran of almost two decades, led
them to the victory that they— most
desired.
Coveleskie with hifi deceiving spit j
ball, has been regarded as the man !
the Pirates will have to beat to win ;
the series, and they now have their j
test. After suffering with a sprained
back for several days he reports him-;
j self ready for conflict, and Hgrris
was definite in announcing the choice. 1
BRIDE OF FIVE WEEKS IS
“UNLOADED” GUN VICTIM
Mrs. Ruby- Weeks, of Sampson
- County, Instantly Killed by Hus
band’s Nephew.
Clinton, Oct. 7. —Mrs. Ruby Weeks,
19, and five-weeks bride of James
Weeks, a farmer, living fifteen miles
north of Clinton, was instantly killed
in a bedroom at her home at 7 o'clock
this morning, by the accidental dis
charge of a single barrel shot gun in
the hands of James Weeks, 16-year
old school boy, and nephew of the
slain woman’s husband. Dr. J. S.
Brewer, coroner of. Roseboro, follow
ing an investigation, declared the
tragedy was accidental and did noti
require an inque«t. According to the!
husband and another nephew, Lac.v j
Weeks, 17-year-old brother of the boy
; holding the guns, Mrs. Weeks entered
; the bedroom from the to an-1
nounce breakfast. The youth was ex- j
I amining the gun for’which his uncle
had traded yesterday and apparently
* had pulled the hammer back, not
I knowing the gun was loaded. The
| trigger slipped from his fingers at
| t’lie instant Mrs. Week entered to call
j her husband. The load entered the
I opened mouth of the victim and lodged
in the brain at the upper part of the
back of the head. T’iie boy at the
i time the coroner investigated was a
i nervous wreck and in the care of the
family physician. The mother of the
dead woman, Mrs. Uriah Tart, living:
in the same neighborhood, also col
lapsed when informed of the tragedy
and was under the care of a physi
cian. 1 Today’s tragedy was the
fourth death in the Weeks’ home
| within the last thirteen months, his
mother, an aunt, and a sister having
recently died.
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THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at Decline cf 2
Points on October But Generally i
Higher.
New York, Oct. B.— (/P) —The cot-
I ton market opened steady today at a
i decline of 2 points on October but
i generally 1 to 6 points higher in re
sponse to steady Liverpool cables and
reports' of too much rain in northern
parts of the Central and Western
belts. A good deal of early covering
and some trade buying was supplied ■
by liquidation or Southern selling, and j
while the market was fairly active, i
fluctuations were comparatively nar-
I row. December sold up to 22.80 with
! the general market ruling about net
' unchanged to 7 points higher toward
the end of the first hour.
Cotton futures opened setady. Oct.
22.82; Dec. 22.76; Jan. 22.02; March
22 28; May 22.52.
With Our Advertisers.
Roberts-Wicks suits and top coats
from $25 to S4O at Browns-Cannon
Co. Knox hats too.
, World’s baseball series by radio
! from 2 p. m. daily at Kidd-Frix Mu
i sic and Stationery f Co.
Yorke ami Wadsworth Co. sell the
1 Fiorine automatic oil cook stoves —
less oil, no wicks. Phone 30.
Men’s suits for Fall fear. $9.95 to
I $35,000 at Efird's. Everything for
| men and boys.
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Grade Site For Hotel.
j Greensboro, Oct. 6.—The Founda
tion Company, a New York contract
ing concern, today sent a foree of
men here to grade the site for the
erection of the King Cotton Hotel.
! a 14-story structure to be erected
*byJ. E. Latham and associates. It
will contain 245 rooms. Work of
j pouring the concrete foundations is
I scheduled to atari by November Ist.
President Back at Capital.
i I Washington, Oct. -8. —President
Coolidge returned to the White i/ouse
early today from Omaha. Neb., where
i he attended the American Legion con
vention.
MILLION BALEJUHP |
IN COTTON CROP IS 1
PRESENT FORECAST 1
Report Made Public by the
Government Today Pre
dicts Crop This Year of
1b,759,000 Bales.
BIG INCREASE
IS INDICATED
Report Before This One i
Estimated Crop of 13,-
627,036 Bales. —Seven
Million Bales Ginned.
Washington. Oct. 8. —C A 3 )—An in
dicated total production this year of (H
14.759,000 equivalent 500-pound bales
of cotton, of which 7.101,710 running
balles counting round as half bales
had been ginned prior to October Ist,
was announced today in Che consoli
i dated cotton report of the department
i of agriculture and the census bureau.
The indicated production a fort
i night ago was placed at 13,931,000
bales. Last year's crop totalled IJT,-
627.036 bales.
Reports from every part of the cot
ton belt embracing all factors as of
October Ist indicate a probable yield 1
of 152.0 pounds of lint cotton per I
! acre, as compared with 143.5 pounds
on September 16th. and a final esti- ta|
I mated yield for 1924 of 157.4 pounds. -3
j The crop reporting board did not i*-
! sue figures showing the condition on
! October Ist in percentage of normal. 'jfl
The indicated production by state*
| includes: North Carolina, 1,1 50,000;
South Carolina, 850,000.
AIR SHAM BATTLE IS
BEING CONDUCTED NOW L
Seme 500 Planes, Civilian and Servke,
Taking Part in the Maneuvers at i
Mitchell Field.
Mitchell Field. N. Y.. Oct. 8 —OP)— ; 3
In a great concentration of American
civilians anil service aircraft, some ll
500 planes were here today for the
national air races and a sham battle
with a monster invaduig foreign fleet. Ljl
During a program of 10 races last
ing three days. 45 army airplanes
constituting nearly the entire force of
thoroughly efficient up-to-date ma- (H
| chines in the military service, will be M
j charged with locating and repelling nn |
: imaginary enemy force of 400 planes.
One Aairman Killed. Another Hurt.
Mitchell Field. N. Y.. Oct. S.—OP)
I —Harry Buennelli. civilian aviator,
; was killed, and Clarence D. Cham
berlain. pilot, was injured today when
their home built monoplane crashed
in the first event of the National Air
Races.
Through an erroneous announce
ment by Red Cross workers on the
scene, it was first announced that
Chamberlain, whose home is in Ilas
brouck Heights. N. J.. had been killed j
and Bunnelli injured.
IN FAVOR OF JOINING
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
Committee of Episcopal Church Will
Recommend Entrance into Body
With Reservations.
New 1 Orleans, Oct. 7. —The com
mittee to consider the existing rela
tions of the Episcopal church to the
• Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America will report to the
48 triennial general comerence of
; that church that the majority favors -1
entrance into the council with reser
vations. Thi« announcement was
made late today at the conclusion of
the meeting of that committee.
Two members of the committee, it
is understood, insist, that the church's
co-operation in social service and
participation remain as it is now;
wcrld faith anil order.
Aviator Burned to Death.
Chanute Field. Rantoul. 111., Oct..
B. (>P) —First Lieutenant Wm. L
Wheeler. 34, was burned to death to-
I day when the airplane he was piloting
\ burst into flames 25 feet in the air, j
and crashed, a mass of fire. Cecil 8.
! Burger, private first class, a passen
ger, leaped out. alighting on his face.
He received only minor head injur
j ies ' ’ •
Another Effort to Save Chapman.
Hartford. Conn.. Oct. 8. —C4 1 )—•
! Gerald Chapman, bandit and convict- .
j ed slaye rof Policeman James Skelly.
of New Britain on October 12th of
last year, began another fig’nt for his
life this afternoon when counsel ar
gued on his appeal from his conviction
* j for murder before the Supreme Court
of Errors.
If placed end to end. the 2 500.- . ;
000 freight cars in use on railroads
Jin the United States would make a
!' solid train long enough to reach
from New York to Denver.
SAT’S BEAR SAYS:
J Showers tonight and Friday, not
- much change in temperature. Mod
erate southeast to northeast winds.
NO, 27