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/flifp MH L Is Hotel Is Leased Foor Interests At eeting on Wednesday Ililliam Foor Hotel latino Corporation tes Lease on Hostel tw lieing Erected. K OF LEASE IVEN APPROVAL l Cent. Interest Will raid.— To Purchase iture For Rooms in mmediate Future. new hostelry, now nearing . will be operated by the ’uor Hotel Operating Com lurham. int on a lease for the ho ►aclied here yesterday at a i bet wen officers of the Coa ly Company, which owns the Ln,l I a representative of the Eompany. the principal sea- L lestse being : L;ttin.ii company to pay all Lidert to .the operation of Including taxes, repairs and toting company to pay stock thc hotel company 6 per heir investment before any 9es to tiie management, me above the six per cent, hd on a profit sharing bas the operating company and ig company. Lory committee from hotel lo have right to co-operate Bt ng company in manage- BHB 1 1 ’ ::>■!!. secretary and WMBi • t:. William For cor ■HHHr ■* *i his company at &s■■ .‘iv yesterday. He ■BHBL ci mpany officers fiHraHi.! . i .i Concord when mmm "p.-io d and personally BBB| mining* ment for some v.a- mamtg-r <-f the 11<>- wlmti it \vj- tii 't * pened. Tin- coi. :n it: from the *Mgj9||B| > v which is t■ > co-operate ■■■operating compan\ is eom- BB^fti F. Patterson. L. D. Col ■Bß L. T. Hart sell. president of the JHH]i;ii;y wiiich owns the hotel. ■Bjßftr iim <• nfetviice that fur- j 18881 r • h -t'-lry are to bo j wife ■/■■■• . . - . Mr. l’attc.-son said, that) will cost si)o.ooft. this j an average of SSOO a | flHj^Brtc)To n explained in this j ■B|B) that kitclien equipment' BBv been purchased at a cost £■■7.200. ■■Saß ' ; a'-'i after the conference : ■Bjjß tl.t.r practically all of the lidding c.mpany were 'v th 'the terms of the! ||!|||fß' . ■■■ coii-idered by them ]''*,!• Hotel Operating :i states. In addi ■B ; my, Wiliam Foor. ; i- also {.resident of the ||ip|B e*. which operates g Sgglß to determine at this i v inn: the building will be fewiaSß '"T'maney. It is hoped. ■Bh ' ‘h. formal opening will HBBI In’• than t he middle of n.lio has hail extensive ' {■BH has agreed to assist n.'mny officers in their |wj|§|Bit furniture and oth- for the building. t ftnfc-Bts ■ • i.at the directors of 11! y will choose a na *sglß ■ after tlie meeting '■ 'aght when women of JfIBBB . given an opportunity tai; *■'. that seem to them (’'.n'Vrence in Session. A.,. .fan. (*>)_ ■ ' . • working condi- BBBB' ' by tearners were SHHBB : ' i.v’s session of the conference now in It was “Workers ■hßwß ! ’ ami addresses were JHBBv F C. Hal dwell, field ABB' ■!■ :’ y Slater funds ; -'ipervisor of teach- V Tth Carolina high dB|HB . ilisoussion of va- B problems featured |>t<d Premier of Japan. fan. 2S.— (/p) —Riejiri Wa r'y was formally appointed d interim by Prince Regent i Hr. Wakatsuki, who was i ii'ome affairs in the cabi-1 "unt Takasaki Kato, takes left vacant by the latter's ■ r ' l '«")k place early this He is the leader of the party ' turn Probe Terminated. > ton . Jan. 2g.—The senate 011 of charges against the ' 'ompany of America, in i r «’jary- Mellon is intei-ested, P f, . v terminated today by F.v committee. •ernocrats Will Refrain From Voting. •Tar. 28.— UP) — The social- M:e party at - caucus today abstain from voting in the when thp motion of confi ne new Luther cabinet comes hion. This is regarded as the continuance of the pry. THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. I ♦ —- 1 I For Sale ; ... 7 . v n J Lemuel Tittle (abovei tried to well his 13-year-old daughter Bertha l« Joseph Parr (belowt for 310© accord Ing to police at Galena 111. who ar jested the two men They Uv* at Dubuque la Parr wanted tc marry Bar Uta BOWMAN’S TRIAL SET FOR TUESDAY Frank Linmy Added to Strong Array of Counsel For Accused Officer. Hickory, Jan. 27. —The triSl of Wade V. Bowman, former major in the North Carolina National Guard, charged with criminal assaftlt on a j 12-yenr-old girl, in scheduled to be ' culled in Catawba cmmtv S)»wer»or | CVwwt next Tuesday, Judge Webb I presiding. It also became generally i known throughout the city that Dis j trict Attorney Frank Linney nas j been retained to appear for Bowman, land rumor has it that Haden Burke. ) of Taylorsville, has been added to the j staff of defense lawyers. No additions have been made | with-in the ranks of the prosecuting battery, Solicitor Huffman will be : aided by C. A. Whjtener and Louie i Whitener. If Burke has been retain ed by the defense it gives Bowman a j fighting force of W. A. Self, C. W. j Bagby, Judge W. B. Council, W. L. i Marshall and District Attorney Lin ! ney. • After a wait of nearly six months, over two months of which Bowman spent in jail, his case will finally I come to an end. It was continued 1 from the November term because of the crowded docket and after the grand jury had returned a true bill against the defendant. Since that time he has been in jail. The case grew out of the alleged assault made by Bowman on a little girl on the evening of July 28 last. He was visited by local authorities 1 te that night and arrested on the | capital charge, a hearing was held ! and Bowman was allowed to go home until the next afternoon when another hearing was held. Bowman pleaded guilty to a simple assault and the matter rested there until July 30 when he was arrested a second time and placed in jail on a charge of criminal assault. He was held without bond until the pre liminary hearing on the afternoon of August 1 at which time he was re leased on a $7,500 bond, probable cause of assault on a female with in tent to commit a felony having been found. With Our Advertisers. The big Coupon Event at the Browns-Cannon Co. starts Friday, January 29, and ends Saturday, Feb ruary 0. You will find in this paper a coupon which will be good for $7.50 on any suit or overcoat in this store, regardless of cost. See big ad. today. Act quick as only 100 coupons will be accepted. The Ritchie Hardware Co. will give 500 votes on every dollar spent on tires and tubes this week. Read their 1 new ad. i See Patt Covington’s new ad. today —anything you want. Broadcloth shirts at J. C. Penney Co.'s for only $1.40. Neckband and collar attached styles. Shot in Breast in Salisbury Pool Room. Salisbury. Jan. 26. —E. A. Gilles pie, negro, is in the Salisbury Hos ! pital supposed to be fatally injured. ! He was sfhot in the breast in a negro pool room this afternoon. Ernest Peeler, another negro, who fired the pistol, made his escape. Mr. West Accepts Call to Albemarle. Star, Jan. 26.—Rev. Richard L. West, who for the past two years has served the pastorate of the Baptist Church at Star. Biscoe and Candor, tendered his resignation, w'hich was accepted Sunday. Mr. West has been called to the West Albemarle Bap tist Church, of Albemarle. j TWO FUG M WITH EIGHT 10 ARE | LOST IN BIG GALE Caught in Terrific Blow on Lake Michigan They Dropped Out of Sight Today. EFFORTS TO REACH THEM OF NO AVAIL Men Went Out Yesterday Morning to Fish Far Off Port, and Were Unaware of Approaching Storm. Muskegon, Mich., Jan. 28. — (A*) — Th% two fishing tugs, Helen M. and Indian, with eight men aboard, caught in the terrific gale on Lake Michi gan, dropped out of sight at 8 a. m. today, coast guards reported. The tugs had been driving to the south during the ni&’lit, and the blizzard made it impossible to locate them. Shortly after daybreak the coast guard crew started out again in the blizzard in search of the tugs. Dur ing the night the coast guard got with in half a mile of the tugs, but could not shoot a line to the helpless ves sels. T'ue steamer Alabama, one of the most powerful ice cruisers on the lakes, attenmpted to reach the tugs last night, but aft«;r forcing her way through the harbor and into the lake was compelled to return and seek shelter in the channel. The tugs went out yesterday morn ing spending the day at the fishing grounds far off port, unaware of the approaching storm. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at an Advance of From 1 to 3 Points. New York. .Tan. 28. — UP) —The cot ton market opened stendy at an ad vance of 1 to 3 points in response to steady Liverpool cables, but eased off under renewed near month liquida tion. Rumors that 1,000 bales of cotton were on the way here from Liverpool were not confirmed but March sold off to 20.10 in the early trading, or 6 points net low’er, wliile later months just about lost their opening advance. Sajne. es the nelHo**. of March wan accompanied by purchases of October, presumably to transfer old long ac counts. General business was quiet, the market holding fairly steady at the end of the first hour. Private cables reported covering and continental buying in Liverpool. Cotton futures opened steady. March 20 24; May 19.60 ; July 19.93; Oct. 18.22; Dec. 17.95. DISCUSSING U. S. FLEET ON AUSTRALIAN CRUISE Suggested That the Fleet is in Need of Many Repairs. Washington, Jan. 28.—04*)—The performance of the United States fleet on its Australian cruise last summer is the subject of much discussion among a number of members of the House naval commitee. Representative Britton, of Illinois, ranking Republican member, said to day he believed confidential informa tion on the cruise would disclose that the fleet was slowed up several times because of repairs, and that the fleet as a whole is in need of many major repairs and alternations, i A confidential report to the secre tary of the navy by Rear Admiral Robert E. Coontz, who commanded the fleet at that time, is now in the hands of Chairman Butler, of the com mittee, to be presented at an execu tive session. , ENGLAND’S WAR TERMS TO ITALY Are More Liberal Than Tliose of the Italian-American Settlement, Treas ury Department Says. Washington, Jan. 28.—(A*)—The Treasury issued a statement today de signed to show that the war debt terms granted to Italy yesterday by Great Britain are more liberal than the Italian-American settlement which is under severe attack in Congress. Here is the way the Treasury fig , ured it: Italy owes Great Britain $2,837,- 000,000, and will pay her $1,346,000,- 000 over a 62-year period. Italy owes the United States $2,- 042.000.000 and will pay this country $2,407,000,000 over a-like period. New Specials at the Parks-Belk Co. In this paper today you will find hundreds of added specials for Fri day. Saturday and Monday at Parks- Belk Co.’s. Every department of this great store has something at tractive to offer you. They have re ceived a large assortment of new Spring dresses in the new prints and materials, and in the smart styles. Read the full page ad. in today’s Trib une and Times. / Prince of Wales Suffers Fractured Collar Bone. Leicester, England, Jan. 28.— UP) — The Prince of Wales suffered a frac tured collar bone when he was thrown from his horse today while hunting with the Fernie hounds. The acc’dent occurred at Little Shelton this afternoon. Th<Sr Prince fell on his left shoulder, breaking the collar bone on that side. He Is re turning to London for medical totten. tion. \ CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1926 Says Miss Cole’s Letters Will Be Read Before Jury Raleigh Nows and Observer. A declaration that the much dis cussed correspondence between Miss ’ Elizabeth Cole and his son, W. W, Ormond will be offered in evidence, features the reply of Rev. A. L. Or mond in his $150,000 damage spit, against W. B. Cole, \yealthy eottpn manufacturer of Rockingham, for the i staying of his son. The reply, which constitutes the final pleading in he case, was filed in .Wake County ! u perior Court and the ease now stai ds for trial with oniy the priority of ti er' cases standing between it and a pli ce on the calendar. It is possible that the case will be reached this Spring and unless continued it should in diue j course go to trial sometime this ye*r. The hitherto suppressed correspond ence which the minister states in his j reply will be read in the civil actibn \ was the center of popular interest during the trial of Cole at Rocking ham last October for the murder of young Ormond which resulted in the acquital of the defendant, the jury reaching its verdict on the ground that the slander of Miss Cole by young Ormond justified the tfhooting which took place on the streets of Rockingham on the afternoon of Au gust 15th. This reply also asks the eourt ;to eliminate from the civil action 7 all - K. L. CRAVEN DIED IN HOSPITAL YESTERDAY Had Been in IU Health For Several Months.— Funeral Services Tomor row. K. L. Craven, one of Concord’s oM est and most prominent business men y died in the Concord Hospital yestggi day afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, dealh, being caused by pneumonia.' s He h|sf been in ill health for several montfea and entered the hospital a week ago, pneumonia developing yesterday. Funeral services wlil be held at Central Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, conduct&d by Rev. R. M. Courtney, pastor of tse Church. Rev. C. Herman Trueblbdd, pastor of the First Baptist Church, 1 and J. C. Rowan, o ft he Presbyterian Church, will assist. Interment will] be made in Oak wood cemetery. fc, v Mr. Craven w r as 81 years of a(jfet having been born in Randolph cook ty November 7, 1844, a son of ™e late Kindred Craven. He was mvr \ ried in February 1873, to Miss Coiujjai* 1 bia Eddins, of Charlotte. During the War Betweep the States fj Mr. Craven was engaged in makings bobbins for the Confederacy mill at Cedar Falls, N. C.. assisted in round-up and capTure-w?. deserters. He came to Concord in 1870, securing a position wfth the firm of Odell, Curtiss & Co. Later he was employed by Montgomery & Dowd and when that firm went out of business he started in business for himself. His entire stock of goods was destroyed by fire after he had been in business about eight months and he secured a position then with the Cannon & Fetzer Co. Thirty years ago Mr. Craven or ganized a coal business and had suc cessfully operated it since. At the time of his death his son. Ben R. Craven, was associated with him in* the business. Mr. Craven was a life long mem-! ber of the Methodist Church and for many years had been a member of the board of stewards of Central j Methodist Church here. He was in- j tensely interested in all church mat ters and gave liberally of bis time and money to problems ''affecting his j Church. He was a good man and citizen in i all respects, and his life was rich in good works. The deceased is survived by his wife and six children: Mrs. L. A. Weddington, Miss Ada Craven and Mrs. Ernest Porter, of Concord; Lois and Henry Craven, of Raleigh, and Beniß. Craven, of Concord. The following will T;e the honorary pall bearers: Dr. J. E. Smoot, D. B. Coltrane, Dr. H. C. Herring. W. R. Odell. D. B. Morrison, R. A. Brower, M. J. Corl, J. Lee Crowell, Sr., Jno. K. Patterson. Dr. G. B. Sturgeon, 1 A. S. Dayvault. The active pall-bearers will be-t J. B. Sherrill, J. F. Dayvault, Dr. W. ' j C. Houston, R. E. RiuenKour, C. B. ■ Wagoner, A. J. Dayvault. The Olympic in Distress. New York, Jan. 28. —Reports that the White Star liner Olympic was in distress were definitely set at rest to day by a wireless message received from her commander by the Associated Press. Timed at 10:54 a. m., Green wich time, the message said: “Olym pic’s position 105 miles west of the ) Scilly Islands. All well.” I OUR FRUIT TREE OFFER | | One of the Best We Have Ever Been Able to |i Make.—Many Taking Advantage of It. Many people are taking advantage of our offer to "j jjj give five fruit trees and a whole year’s subscription to j | both The Times and Southern Ruralist, alL v fbr only $2.50. Last year the Southern Ruralist furnished its subscrib- | | ers 20,000 fruit trees from the same nursery, without hav- j iji ing a single complaint on the quality of the trees. Deliv- | j-i ery at your rural, route box or any address in good shape | | is guaranteed. The money will be refunded if the sub- j j“ scriber is not in every respect. We do not know how long this offer will remain open. « | We would advise all to get their trees as early as possi- l £ ble. , i I reference to the murder trial, which is declared to have no bearing on ifie civil, action. The murder trial attracted nationwide attention and she letters, which it. is now said will be made public- were ruled out by Judge IT. B. Finley as being incompetent evidence. The reply of Mr. Ormond asserts tfjat only “garbled extracts” of letters passing between young Ormond and Cole and characterizes the advice giv en Cole by his attorney, F. W. By num, as “foolish” and the testimony of Cole when on trial for hia life as “blasphemous.’’ Rev. Mr. Ormond, who at the time of . bringing suit, was residing at Ox ford, is now in charge of a church at Ogford> but the suit was brought in Wake county, where he qualified as administrator of the estate of his son wlio at the time of his death was employed at State College aS an elec trician. Mr, Ormond is represented by Doug lass & Douglass and It. N. Simms, of Raleigh ;• Larry Moore, of New’ Bern; Harold Cooley, of Nashville, and W. R. Jones, of Rockingham. Pou and Pon and Jones and Hor ton, of Raleigh; A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro, and Bynum and Henry, of Rockingham, appear for Cole. ■wftiiyi’—,” .■"■■j — '■■■ SENATE DEBATE OPENED ON THE TAX MEASURE Chairman Smoot Wants the Measure Passed by February 10th. Washington, Jan. 28. — (A*)—Open ing senate debate on the tax reduction hill today Chairman Smoot, of the finance committee, in charge of the measure, set February 10th as the date -for final passage of the tax re duction as to be assured by March 15 when the first income tax installments are due. Senator Smoot said ample time should be given for debate, but he warned that after passage of the meas ure by the senate the bill must be sent to conference for adjustment of differences, between the House and Senate, with a further delay, while new income blanks must be printed. : £jrhe committee chairman discussed! principally the tax reducing points of the bill, particularly those provisions by which committee under a corapro toise agreement of republicans and democrats increased the amount of to tal redactions of $330,000,000 provid ed by the House bill, to $352,000,090. jjU Reductions in the income taxes pro vided by the measure would amount pto $219,000,000 this yei/pMr, Smoot, .said, which lie divided as fallows : Ip-„ comes of less than SIO,OOO, ss2‘.2flfc -000; incomes of SIO,OOO to SIOO,OOO, $46,300,000; incomes in excess of SIOO,OOO, $120,000,000. Anticipating attacks on the grounds that the new rates gave too much re duction. on incomes over SIOO,OOO by a slash in the maximum surtax rate from 40 per cent, to 20 per cent, and not enough on incomes between Iso.- 000 and SIOO,OOO, Senator Smoot de clared the principle of “sound econ omics'’ was involved which looked “further than to the interests o,f any individual or groups.” SOVIET GOVERNMENT TO PRODUCE VODKA Will Make 75.000,000 Gallons in 1926 With 40 Per Cent. Strength. Moscow, Jan. 28.— UP)— I To satisfy the ever-growing thirst of the Russian population, the soviet government in | 1926 will produce 70,000,000 gallons j of vodka of 40 per cent, strength. The I government also will produce 5,000,- 000 gallons of brandy and liquors of 60 per cent, strength. The total cost of the production of vodka for the coming year is estimat ed at $250,000,000, from which the state will derive a revenue of approx imately $175,000,000. Wants Dirigible Thrice the Size of The Shenandoah. i Washington. Jan. 28. — UP) —Dis- placement of the wrecked Shenandoah by a dirigible thrice its size was urg ed today by Rear Admiral Wm. A. Moffett, naval air chief, before the House naval committee. He said big dirigibles w r ere valuable for scouting. “Situated as we are,” he said, “the dirigible type is of more value to us than to Great Britain.” Adventist Meeting in Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 28. — UP) —Of- ficers of the Seventh Day Adventist churches from North Carolina and South Carolina will open a four day convention here tonight. More than 60 delegates are expected to attend, those in charge announced. . Treasurer When Ben H Urbahns. state treao urer of Indiana, was dying he asked Dovernor Ed Jackson to appoint Mrs. Urbahns to his position after his death. Governor Jackson did so and now Mrs. Grace Urbahns (above). Is Indiana's treasurer ATLANTIC COAST LINE GETS LARGE PROFITS i _____ Florida Boom Boosts That Road More Than Any Other Except East Coast. New York, Jan. 28.—Railroad men estimate that when the year’s figures are complete the Atlantic Coast Line will have reported net earnings for 1925 equivalent to $26 per share on i‘.s common stock. These phenomenal earnings for a railroad have come from the unusual ex pansion of the business moving be tween the Northeast and Florida. They will compare with net earnings after charges, of $19.34 in 1924 and with $18,64 in 1923. The outstanding features of the increase is the way in which the road has benefited from prosperity of the State of Florida. No road out side of the Florida East Coast has benefited in the same degree. In the first ten months of 1925 the At lantic Coast Line moved 18.5 per cent more freight than in the same period of 1924 and in the first 11 months of 1925 the roan profited from this increased business to the extent that its net railway operating income was 38.4 per cent over the ' oame period of 1924. ' Comparison of the railroads of the . country as a whole with the situa tion of thfe Florida roads make the contrast even more striking. In al most every instance the gain in earn ings or in traffic has been less than five per cent. Virtually all of the increase has been in freight tratfic, as even the Florida railroads are not exceptions to the decline of railroad passenger traffic as a result of mo tor competition. • The Atlantic Coast Line reported net railroad operating incomes in 1924 of $15,179,185. of which $13.- 304.751 was made in the first 11 months. In the first 11 months of 1925 its net operating income was $18,410,850 or an increase of 38 , per cent. DARNELL SENTENCED TO SERVE 5 to 8 YEARS I V For Slaying Joe Hinson. Postmaster at Pineville, Thanksgiving Night. Charlotte, Jan. 23. —A sentence of ■ from five to eight years in State prison was imposed on Zeb Darnell, t 53-year-old Pineville farmer, in Su . perior Court here today following his , conviction yesterday of manslaughter. . " Darnell was tried for the slaying of Joe Hinson, postmaster of Pineville, who was killed Thanksgiving night, f following a “party” attended by both men. The plea of the defendant was self defense. 1 On the stand he told the jury that he and Hinson had both been “drink [ ing” and that after he had shot the postmaster he brought him to Char lotte for medical aid, not knowing that ! he had killed him. , The jury was out two hours. About the Use of Sauer Kraut. Louisville,. Ky-, Jan. 28.—C48 — Anti-German sentiment in the United States during and following the ’ World War, and disappearance of the • saloon free lunch counters, were ‘ blamed by Itenick W. Dunlap, ate sistant secretary of agriculture, in an 1 address here before the kraut di • vision of the National Canners As sociation, for the falling off in the , use of sauerkraut. “It is one of the characteristics of human beings to feel that patriotism must necessarily include such minor predudices,” -that the speaker, refer ring to the*anti German sentiment. ••The belief that the eating of sauer kraut, which was German in origin, would have made less patriotic , any American who happened to like it, was a foolish opinion In fact, I am i sure kraut would have made an excellent ration for the troops.” . The speaker pointed out that one ” seventh of the total pro duction of cabbage in the United 5 i States is utilized in the making of ’ cauerkraut, and place the amount of 4 commercial sauerkraut annually i»ro • duced in the U nited States at about jj 400,000 barrels of 45 gallons capaei f ty. The word brain occurs for the first il time in the Smith Papyrus of the seventh century B. C. . This papyrus gives the most important medical knowledge we have from ancient ** times. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher IMTS£HDr J NEW OF&Olf YEAR AT MEETING ii H -' ' L * *y? i Julius Fisher Chosen Pres ident of Merchants’ As sociation at the Annual Meeting at Y. M. C. A. i INSTITUTE WILL BE HELD SOON Expert Engaged to Con duct Institute For Three Days.— Leonard Talks on Aims of Association. Meeting at the Y. if. C. A. last night members of the Concord Mer chants’ Association elected officers for the year, decided upon dates for a Merchants’ Institute here and listened with interest to an address by J. Paul Leonard, secretary of the State Mer chants’ Association .Those chosen are: Julius Fisher, of Fisher’s, Presi dent. O. A. Swaringen, Vice President. Clyde Propst, Treasurer. Directors, in addition to the offi cers. Ernest Robinson, C. M. Ivey, J. E. v Davis, Smith Barrier and Dr. J. W. Pike. ' The institute will be held March 15, 16 and 17 and will be offered under the direction of the Retail Institute, of Chicago. J. W. Griest. manager of the company, will conduct the in stitute in Concord. Facts as to the plan for the insti tute, the manner in which it operates and its purposes were given at the meeting by O. A. Swaringen, retiring president of the local association. Other members also discussed the proposition, as did Mr. Leonard. It was pointed out at the meeting that similar institutes have been held in various cities in the state and have proved so successful that other similar events are being arranged. Mr. Leonard spoke on “Some of the Purposes and Benefits of a Merchants’ Association, * in which he also pointed out the necessity for such au organi zation. Mr. Leonard made it plain that while it is right and proper that mer chants should be members of and co operate with other organisations in a top-n, they should remember that a merchants 1 association is the only or ganization promoted primarily for the mutual benefit and protection of the merchants. “Organization of other classes of business men for their own benefit makes it necessary for the merchants to organize,” he said. Secretary Leonard discussed briefly some legislation pending in Congress that is of special interest and import ance to merchants and dwelt at more length on proposed legislation in North Carolina. He discussed in tins connection, particularly, the sales tax, offering South Carolina as an ob ject lesson of the injustice and incon venience of such a tax. Merchants in North Carolina have prevented the enactment of such a law in this state and as an organization they can pre vent it in the future, the speaker predicted. “In a general way,” Mr. Leonard said, “I want to emphasize the fact that it is a purpose of a merchants’ association to bring merchants closer together and therefore create better relations as merchants. A merchants’ association furnishes the medium for concerted action and through it mer chants can speak as a whole through a single channel. “Mr. Leonard also said that it is only such an associa tion can merchants expect to rid their business of trade abuses such as fraud ulent advertising and the like. Merchants, Secretary Leonard ad vised, should use their association as a means of educating the public to the functions of the retailer and his importance. “The merchant,” he said, “is the purchasing agent for a com- j munity and is expected to meet the wants of t*he public public. Likewise he is the collector for all consumers who have trade with the public.” Mr. Leonard stressed the fact that merchants should promote trade ex tension through co-operative adver tising. “Where it is impossible for one or two merchants to really ac complish anything along this line, if all merchants will advertise the fact that they have the right kind of serv ice and merchandise they can create trade extension. “No other class of people is so vitally interested in the newspaper as the merchants,” Mr. Leonard said with special emphasis, “and they have the right to demand a good paper only to the extent to which they are will ing to patronize it. My advice is to give such advertising patronage as will enable you to have a good paper, and aid in building up the circulation |of your home town paper. The more i circulation the paper has the more will your advertisements be read.” Merchants living in Concord. Mr. Leonard said as an illustration, should boost a Concord paper, not a paper in some other city, for they carry their advertisements in the Concord paper. “I have suggested in several cities," the speaker continued, “that mer chants give as premiums or prizes subscriptions to their home town pa per. I have suggested further that a sura of SI,OOO more or less be raised iby merchants with which to secure subscriptions which would be sent out to'non-subscribers. MerAants bene -1 fit from large subscriptions lusts for i newspapers in which they advertise.” I The Irish Free State has imposed a tax on bachelors. "!¥ THOUSANDS ij ATTENDFUNEHALOF The King of Belgium as Chief Mourner Followed on Foot the Casket as It Was Born to the Grave. _ . -•* j MARSHAL FOCH .] WAS PRESENT Thousands Lined Streets to Pay Tribute to Him Who Was Incarnation of the Nation’s Love. Brussels, Jan. 28. —148-—Belgium said farewell to Cardinal Mercier to day. The King as chief mourner follow ed the casket on foot as it was borne through the street among the tolling of bells, bombing of minute guns and strains of funeral marches from mask ed army bands. Hundreds of thousands lined the route of the cortege to pay tribute to the prelate whose stand against th*“ German invaders caused hiflT to bt* hailed as the incarnation of the na tion's soul in wartime. With the King marched the heir ap parent, Prince Leopold, and Marshal Foeh, Generalissimo of the allied arm ies. and ehief artisan of the victory to whieh the Cardinal so mightily con tributed. Delegations of wounded veterans from all the allied armies fallowed in a.long procession with representatives of many nations, members of the Bel gian government and parliament, and the municipal authorities of Brussels Malines and most of the other import ant cities in the kingdom. * There was a bref halt at the Place du Congress while the mourners paid tribute to the Unknown Soldier lying there. Thence the procession moved to the Ste Gudule Cathedral. The lamp posts on the street along the line of march were draped with black and most of the houses display ed the Belgian flag at half mast. The entire Brussels garrison supplemented by police and gendarmarie directed the vast crowd. It was a silent mourning city through which the Cardinal’s body, brought here from Malines, to receive the nation's tribute, was borne. **■* car and vehicle traffic bad been stop ped since early morning and the schools and business establishments were closed. DARNELL CONVICTED . jj OF MANSLAUGHTER ______ f Pineville Man Will Be Sentenced To day for Killing Postmaster Hin son. Charlotte. Jnn. 27. —A verdict of manslaughter was returned late today by the jury in the case of Zeb V. Darnell, farmer, on trial the last two days in Superior Court here in connection with the killing last Thanksgiving of Joe Hinson, post master at Pineville, near here. The State yesterday abandoned its demand for a first degree verdict. Judge James L. Webb stated he would an nounce the verdict tomorrow. Hin son was shot and killed at a Thanks giving party at a Pineville residence and iater that night Darnell came to Charlotte, surrendered and . admitted that he did the shooting. His own admission was the only direct evidence that he 6hot Hinson. Earthquake Shock Recorded. Charlottesville. Va., Jan. 28.-048 An earthquake shock of almost two hours' duration was recorded on the seismograph at the RousW physical laboratory at the University of Vir ginia early today. The shocks began at 5 :41 and continued until 7 :13. A. J. Weed, in charge of the seismograph. , expressed the opinion that these were after shocks of the quake recorded on January 24th. . 1 • Old-Fashioned Dance at Wayside Inn. Subrey, Mass.. Jan. 28.—L48—The Wayside Inn today rang with the strains of old time music as modern high school seniors engaged in a-Vir ginia Reel and other dances of other days. The senior class of the Malden High School in choosing the historic Inn as the scene of their annual party, accepted the terms of its owner, Hen ry Ford that only old fashioned daneea should be permitted. Arlington National Cemetery in to have a tablet in memory of tbe twenty-three United States Army chaplains who died , in the World War. ' ■ California has the largest number of divorced men and women of any i State in the Union. ■ ■■ =■ 1 SAT’S BEAR SAYSt r ’ Fair and colder tonight, Friday in creasing cloudiness, slightly colder on 1 the coast. Fresh to strong west and northwest winds. . •v , NO. 59
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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