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Hj " "" ! »itti president. l B a,WS to M o ve. ■ , ri) : ni “ 'ixreau ■ ;;. r ";‘ jt *-r Hotel *'' ,M ; potatoes ’ B,"' 1 r ’OV„,. k mill Ki-1 M the past from ■ «oing H* ( at.- that H The --hipped ■rlaj- 'tVir SU i> bar |Hd T,, s down Wmt ' i' r "bs ■a- ,).; v " 'in *1 ire,/ today Pass. Hp> ! arm’,'-- K "'imi tl - H " flebra- THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Vear, Strictly in Advance. | To Africa . B j* es : : .A^W«wBWE » 111 ■ \ William Hoover, director ot the Smithsonian Institution observatory, took Belly Jean Hoover with him when he left for a trip into wildest Africa. Hoover will observe the sun there. THE VIRGINIA DARE HOME-COMING WEEK Sir Esme Howard Will Be Principal Speaker—A Great Occasion Ex pected. Roanoke Island. Aug. IG.— (A*) — Centering around the commemoration of the birth of Virginia Dare, ••home coming week’’ will be, celebrated in j Dare county this week. Hundreds of former natives are expected to re- ( turn for at least a portion of the week of festivities and additional hun dreds are expected from all sections of North Carolina for the events of Wednesday. On that day the. 330 birthday anniversary of Virginia Dare, first English child born on American soil, will be celebrated. Sir Esme Howard will be the prin-1 eipal speaker for the Virginia Dare ' celebration and he will speak from a rostrum under the oaks near to the spbt where the baby, A T irginia, was £b r: .tene<l five days after j»er s birth. The presence of"the Rmish Ambas sador will mark the first time in the long span of years tliat the British government has been represented at the celebration. Sir Esme will ar rive hefe by United States cutter from | Washington and will be accompanied l by a number of government digni- j taries including congressmen of this | state and A T irginia. governors or their j, representatives of Virginia and North i, Carolina and the officials of the Ro-1 aanoke Colony Memorial Association. The Right Reverend Joseph B. Che- ' shire, of RaleigM. bishop of the Epis- ( copal diocese of North Carolina, will accompany the distinguished gathering and will preside over the ceremonies. He is president of the association.. Virginia Dare was the granddaugh ter of Governor John White, who led I ' Sir AValter Raleigh’s ill-fated “Dost : Colony.” The governor returned to England a few days after the child's birt’h and never again was she seen by any member of his party. When, ' years later, a'fter war had separated him from the colonl, Governor White j returned the colony had disappeared. Tradition has it that the settlers ‘ merged with the Croatan Indians, were massacred in entirety or that some were massacreed and their chil dren taken off by the Croatans. No definite trace of the settlement ever was found and history has given it the name of ”The Lost Colony.” A grim jest of fate in the settling of Roanoke j Island was that the colony had been destined to land at the mouth of the James River but plans went awry and the landing was made on the North Carolina Coast. A few years later, the settlement at Jamestown was made, almost at t*he spot where Sir Walter Raleigh had intended the Ro anoke Island colonists to settle. The general program of this week will include a varied number of fes tivities on Roanoke Island at Manteo, the county seat, and on the mainland portion of the county. Preparations have been under way for several weeks and a great week is looked forward to by the natives. Sir Esme Howard will be intro duced by Governor McLean if the ex ecutive is able to be present and will be welcomed to North Carolina. A short speech of welcome also will be made by Congressman Lindsay C. Warren of this district and the man w’uo was responsible for at the last session officially recognizing Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Is’and as a federal fort of national interest and granting of an appropriation for its I maintenance. The remainder of the program will consist of singing, music and after the set program the entire party will lunch under the old oaks which once sheltered the early settlers of the nation. The close will come late in the afternoon when the entire Party will be transported back to the mainland on a government cutter. Building Contractor Drives Car In to Lake. Asheville, Aug. 18. —John Craig, a building contractor, drowned today when his automobi’e went over an embankment into Lake Craig, five miles east of Asheville. Mr. Craig apparently drove hi« automobile in to the lake while he was attempting to turn the car around in a narrow «pace. Mr, Craig came to Asheville two yeait* ago from Philadelphia. WACO OIGH FATALLY HURT I ACCIDENT; ANOTHER IN HURT Accident Occurred About Midnight Near Newells j When Auto Crashed In to Truck on Highway. REX WEST IS IN HOSPITAL . Rushed to Charlotte Where His Condition Remains Critical—Dunham Digh • Not Seriously Hurt. Charlotte, Aug. 10.— (VP) —One man was killed instantly and two others injured, one perhaps fatally, today when an auto in which they were rid ing, crashed into the rear of a huge truck. The tragedy occurred on the Concord highway east of Newell short ly after midnight. Waco Digh, 20. of mar Bostic, was dead, and Rex West. 18, of the same place, was in a local hospital suffering from a fractured skull, a broken jaw bone and other injuries, Durham Digh, 20. brother of the dead youth, was the third occupant of the auto and escaped with only minor bruises. The accident occurred while the three were on the way from Bostic to the scene of employment at the South ern Power Company project near Spen cer. The truck, a grocery vehicle, was going from Charlotte to High Point. Dunham Digh explained the cause of the wreck, and said that their j auto struck the truck when it was seen to be impossible to turn without colliding with another machine which was approaching. The third car, he said, sped on, and did not halt to as ’ sist in removing the men from the wreckage. Digh said in the hospital that he ! was driving and that he did not see i the truck until the three cam were in such a position that a crash was un avoidable. He said he not'ced after- the acci dent that the truck's rear light was | burning. CHARGES JURY THAT WILL CONSIDER MELLETT CASE “V& De**M*d tfc* Observance cf ttie Law by Every Private Citi zen.” Canton, Ohio, Aug. IG.— (.A*) —Judge A. TV. Agler, charging the Stark City Grand Jury which will consider the Mellett murder case, its contributing ! causes and its subsequent events witli ! in the next two weeks, declared today “it is not enough for us to stand as crusaders for punishment of derelict officers and demand enforcement of the law but we must also be champions of justice and equality and we must de mand the observance of the law by every private citizen as well.” Officials of Canton and Stark coun ty have been accused by various in vestigators of having been implicated in a multiplicity of misdemeanors and crimes including a liquor con spiracy and even in murder itself. In his charge the judge did not di rectly menttion the murder or its va rious ramifications but by inference it dealt entirely with those questions. Referring to the alleged deadlock said to exist-in prosecution of law vio lation causes because of political pres sure and antagonistic cliques, the judge said “your oath requires that you shall present no person through malice, hatred or ill-will nor shall you leave any persons unrepresented through fear, favor or affection or re ward. “No grand jury *uas a right to start criminal" prosecution because of pub lic clamor agitation nor to aid or defeat either side of political feeling, social or personal controversy. You must not take lieersay, gossip, rumors or suspicions as evidence to show the guilt of crime. “We believe in the intelligence, the honesty and integrity of our cities as a whole,” the judge charged. “We recognize we have vice and crime in our midst. We mus(j demand that law observance is just as essential as law enforcement.” BODY OF ROSS FOUND HANGING TO TREE LIMB Man Had Been Missing From Dur ham For a Week. Durham, Aug. 15. —Starch for L. M. Ho**, of thin city, which has been underway for more than a week, was ended today with the finding of his body hanging from a tree near the ■ town of Norman, Richmond county. Immediately upon receipt of word of the gruesome discovery ft brother and friends, in company with an un dertaker, went to the scene to take the body in charge and bring it here for burial. Nothing had been seen of the man since he left tho city Wednesday, August 4, although numerous reports of his presence in various sections between Durham andthe place where he sought relief from the burdens of life by the noose were received. He was despondent because of the lack of employment and because of his seeming inability to overcome the liquor habit, according to friends here tonight. Golf recently became perilous at Beira near Johannesburg, owing to the ’presence of a lion and lioness, who took up their home on the links- Golfers who objected to this new hazard organized gun parties and > finaHy succeeded in bagging the beasts. CONCORD,N. C„ MONDAY. AUGUST 16, 1926 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS KILLED 53 PERSONS ! IN SOUTH IN WEEK >Of the Total Reported to the Associated Press 11 Were KRkd in North Carolina. i TOTAL IS LARGER THAN LAST WEEK I In Addition to Those Killed 103 Persons Were Hurt in Accidents in Eleven Southern States. C4*)—Traffic accidents in eleven Southern States took-a death toll .of 53 lives and injured 103 persons dur ing the last seven days, it was reveal ed in a survey conducted yesterday by the Assosciated Press. The total rep resents an increase of eleven deaths and 27 persons injured over the total of fatalities reported the week before. Four of the fatalities were from grade crossing accidents, two of, which were in North Carolina and one each in Georgia and Tennessee. A train man also was injured in the Georgia grade crossing crash. A train derail ed at Midland, Ga., injured three per sons. • North Carolina reported a death toll of eleven persons and twenty-sev en injured for the week. Georgia, Florida and Tennessee each had seven persons killed. Florida led the group in the num ber injured with 54. while Louisiana was second with 40, and Georgia third with 37. A tabulation by states of number persons killed and injured includes: North Carolina —11 killed, 2G in jured. South Carolina—2 killed, 7 injured. TESTIMONY OF MRS. GIBSON PARTIALLY CORROBORATED Millerwrlght Says He Saw Mrs. Gib son on a Mule, But Saw No One Else. Summerville, N. .T.. Aug. IG.— (4 s ) —The testimony of Mrs. * Jane Gib- 1 son, woman pig raiser, was partially ! corroborated today at the hearing of Henry Carpender and Willie Stevens. ] charged with the murders of Rev.iKjjM ward \V. Hall and Mrs. EfottoofL Mills. Mrs. Gibson testified Friday that j she was in Derussey’s Lane near the j Phillips farm and saw two men and a t woman and heart shots fired. She identified Stevens and Carpender as the men. The woman she said was Mrs. Frances S. Hall, also charged with the murders. Mrs. Hall is at liberty on $15,000 bail. Henry F. Millerwright, testified he j was in Derussey's Lane the night of September 14, 1022. and saw Mrs. Gibson there on her mule. He saw no one except Mrs. Gibson and heard no shots. The witness had kept silent for four years to shield the girl who was with him. Charles Alpaugh, taxi driver, testi fied he saw a sedan parked in Easton Avenue near Derussey’s Lane while he was driving by. He saw two or' three persons slide down a bank to ward the ear but did not know wheth er they were men or women. TYPHOID STILL IN LEAD Big Increase in the Number of Small pox Cases Last Week. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Aug, 16.—Typhoid was still in the lead among the more se rious communicable diseases over the state with fifteen additional cases re ported Saturday, bringing the total for the week ending August 14th to Si). These cases were scattered pretty much over the state, with a slight pre dominance in the west and middle sections. ~ A big increase in the number of smallpox cases the last week was also noted 26 new cases being reported Saturday, all from Jackson county, making the tqtal for the week 57. Jackson county seems to be far the worst affected, with 28 cases last week and 25 this week, making a total of 53 smallpox cases in that county in two weeks. Infantile paralysis seems to be on the wane, only two eases being report ed Saturday, bringing the total.for the week to only seven. In number of cases, whooping cough still outstrips the other diseases, but the form is mild and but little trouble is being experienced. _ Prepare for American Legion. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 16 —An ex tensive program for entertaining more than 150,000 members of the Ameri can Legion when they assemble here for their eighth national convention in October has been prepared by the lo cal committees. The tentative sched ule includes receptions, parades, a junior world championship baseball series, a military circus, air carnivals, h and and vocal concerts and events in the stadium. Valentino Out of Danger. New York. Aug. 16.— UP) — Rudolph Valentino, “sheik” of the movies, who underwent a serious double operation at the Polyclinic Hospital last night, was reported on the road to recovery today. Hospital physicians, cautious i° their statement last night because of I the serious .nature of the operation, * said definite y today that he was out of danger. STATE MAKES GREAT PROGRESS IN PUBLIC : SCHOOL EDUCATION | I ►I Special Issue of “School Facts” Sets Forth Public ; 1 Laws Concerning Educa- j | tion in North Carolina, j I “RED SCHOoLhOUSE” HAS PASSED AWAY l Since 1917 the Number of Four or More Teacher i Rural Schools Increased From 409 to 1082. \ Raleigh. N. C , Aug. 16.—( A s )—The North Carolina has made in ■J public school education during the •! first 25 years of the present century ’J is set forth in Htate School Facts ■’which will be issued tomorrow. Til's 5 issue of the semi-monthly publica- I tion of the State Superintendent of • Public Instruction is devoted entirely ijto summaries of what has been ae i eomplished in the 25 year period. It i is called the'’ sesqui-eenteunial num • her and will lx* placed on exlrbit in i the North Carolina booth at the Ses ■ quiceutennial at Philadelphia. Cop • ies of it also will be distributed at the Exposition. i The issue sets forth the public • laws concerning education in North . Carolina. From that i>oint the pub i location goes into the amount spent for education, the increase in teach • ers and their improvement in scholar ship. the increase in enrollment, es pecially that of the high school, the increase in high school graduates, the lengthening of' the school term for both whites ami negroes, the progress made in vocational and visual educa tion, . the tendency toward consol:da t'on of rural school for efficiency and the growth of the transportation of school children. At the close are given two tables which comprehensive ly convey the entire situation to the lay minds in terms of figures. The constitution provides for pub lic school education between the ages of 6 and 21 years. The public I schools of North Carolina are sup i ported by a county ad valorem tax j sufficient, usually, .to provide the tftix j mouths -minimum term. jTke State | aids in payment of teachers salaries jby a fund known as the Eqnaltling | Fund. Sometimes special school dis | tricts levy an added property tax to j increase the length of the term or to supplement the teachers salaries. The total cost of the public school system in North Carolina —state col leges not included —increased approx imately thirty-three hundred per cent. I from the school year 1860-1000 j through the school year 1924-1025. In the first named year the total expendi ture was $1,062,303.71. In the last named year the total was $33,978,063.- 08. The greatest progress was made during the past five years—just as North Carolina's greatest progress' in other lines was made during the same period. In 1900-1010. after the first decade of the period had passed, the spirit of education had gripped but not with the grip which was to come and the total expenditures at the close of the first ten year period were $3.- 178,050.50. Ten years later, in the school year 1010-1020, there had been a great increase, from the figure for 1000-1010 for $12,214,250.00 was spent as the second decade ended. This was but the forerunner of the five years to come for the expenditures leaped ahead and in 1024-1025 reach ed the figure of $33,978,063.68. The value of school property in the State during the 25 year period in creased from $1,007,564 to more than seventy million dollars. Indicative of the growth is the fact that in the city of Winston-Salem there is a sin school building at the present time which has a valuation greater than that of all school property in the j State in 1000. This condition is near ly matched by several other cities of the State. From a capital outlay In 1000 of $56,207.60 for new rural buildings and equipment in 1000. the amount spent in modernization of the school system in 1025 was approximately eleven million dollars. In 1000 the State was speneding $2.87 per vear for the education of its children. In 1925 an average amount of $41.06 was spent on each child. In 1000. 8,320 teachers were employed in the schools while in 1920 22.248 were employed. The scholar ship of these teachers also showed g v eat improvement. Since 1019-1020 when accurate records were kept on this subject to the present time there has been a decrease in the number of teachers from 7.382 to 3,116 who are not equipped according to stand ard requirements. On the other hand there has been an increase from 10,- 834 to 19,785 in the teachers who are equipped according to the standard re quirements. Standard requirements indicate that the teacher graduated from a high school or better. The total public school enrollment in 1900 was 400,452 while in 1025 it was 869,834. An indication of the increasing importance of schooling in the minds of the parents is shown by the fact that in 1900 only 59 per cent of the enrollment were in aver age daily attendance while in 1925. 74 per cent, of the children attended schools. The ’history of the development of the high, school is also interesting. 1 Educational officers everywhere believe that much is accomplished when boys and girls enter high school and do not drop out of educational ranks after In Strife That Makes News V A ALEXANDER KERENSKY .-J.II.I'J'. .fCV OSBORNE 'WOOD Alexander Kerensky, leader of the Russian Whites, promised lo aid any revolt against the Soviet. Efforts were made to make Col. William Mitchell president of the National Aero* j nautical Association. Romeo Ortega, Attorney-General of Mexico, injured during religious rioting, is shown in his latest picture to arrive here. Osborne Wood, non of General Leonard Wood, was working for $125 a month in an Indi ana factory. *lm*m#i*m*i Mnrwtl> * > « the grammar grades, reat importance also is attached to completion of high school courses. In 11MH) only 2.000 pupils were enrolled in the high rolled. In 1000 there are no figures available on graduates' from high schools but in 1010 there were 510. In 1025 there were 8,248 graduates. These figures are for white children and approximately 2.200 negro chil dren also graduated from high schools in the last named year. During the 25 year period, the school year has been lengthened for both races. The Constitution now provides a six months minimum and in many school districts this Is aug mented by county funds. In 1000 the white child had an av erace school term of 86 days while in 1925 this had been increased to 148 days. In 1900 the negro child had an average term of 79 days which in the 25 year period was increased to 136.3 days. The State entered upon vocational education in 1017-1918 and in that year 21 schools handled 323 pupils in agricultural courses. In 1925, 110 schools taught this subject to 5.800 pupils. In 10j.7-1918, three schools taught home economics to 100 girls. In 1025 147 schools instructed 6.261 girls in this subject. In 1018-1010, there were 246 classes with 3,699 pu pils. * Visual education has become a reg ular part of the school work. In 1922-23, the first year, 29 schools p with enrollment of 79(722 had thesi* 1 courses. In 1925 there were 00 par ticipating schools with enrollment of 198,080. 4 The old “red sohoolliouse” with Its one teacher for all is passing in the j State. In 1000 there were 7,820 of these one teacher schools. ~ In 1025 this number had been reduced to 2.- 720. From 1017, the number of four or more teacher schools in rural cen ters has increased from 400 to 1.082 iu 1025 while there has been a tendency toward consolidation. This is illus tratde by the fact that in 1922 there were 356 consolidated schools in 1925 there were 796. Increased highway facilities has aid ed the development of consolidated schools and it has also brought about transportation of children to schools by the State. In 1915, six vehicles carried 150 children to school. In 1925, it is estimated that 2.500 ve lrcles were employed to transport 90,- 000 children. To Equip a Kitchen in the Rowan , Courtroom. Salisbury, Aug. 16 — UP) —The coun ty commissioners of Rowan county will remodel and equip a kitchen in the court house to promote nutrition work among the womens’ and girls’ clubs of the county, reports Miss Ger trude Trible, home agent. Modern equipment and labor saving devices will be installed, and the kitch en will be used in demonstrating the proper methods of preparing food and in patterning farm women in selec tion of equipment of their own kitch ■ ens. Big Prices for Tobacco. (Bv International News Service) Macon, Ga, Aug. 16.—With prices ranging from 58 cents down to oO cents a pound, the highest in years, tobacco growers throughout this state are selling their biggest crop in years. Tfte market continues strong and selling heavy. J- B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher I W W air . jyv (ngk |P I .Co/.william Mitchell y " 11 " -vi ROMEO ORTEGA PRESS MEN INVITED TO CAROLINA BEACH The New Hotel There Is Comfortable j and Commodilpus. j Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, August 10.—Invitation to the North Carolina Press Association to hold its annual summer convention at Carolina near Wilmington, has just been issued the community of Carolina Beat'll as the first step on the part of Wilmington and Caro lina Beach to secure this convention for eastern North Carolina next sum mer, it was announced today. In listing the reasons why the press as sociation should meet at the seashore for its next session, those advocating Carolina Beach point to the fact that it is possible to driye to the very door of the New Carolina Beach Hotel, just opened this spring, and generally | conceded as being one of the best ap pointed beach resort hotels on the At lantic coast. Carolina Beach is sixteen miles southeast of Wilmington, on a hard surfaced road, that leads on through the beach community to the historic site of old Fort Fisher, at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The new hotel, just built this spring, is one of the most commodious and comfortable on the entire coast, and has a reputa tion for delightful mesls. Wilmington and Carolina Beach are most determined in their efforts to bring the press association convention > to the east next summer. With Our Advertisers. The Parks-Belk Co. is now having a final Clean-Cp Sale of all summer goods. All summer hats and dresses have been reduced even lower than the July Birthday Sale price. See picture of a beautiful living j' room suite in Bell & Harris' new ad. today. Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has just ( received a solid car load of Oliver chilled plows, points and repairs. Yorke & Wadsworth Co. not only ; sell you Goodyear tires but they ap- ( ply thaui and give .you service on them ] afterwards. Read the big ad. today. ( See cut of a charming little home, the Newell in F. C. X : block's new ad. today. Gets 70 Bushels of Barley Per Acre. Gastonia. Aug. 14.—( A *)—Three and one-half acres planted in barley last spring by L. A. Barbee, of UncoHi ton, in Gaston county, have produced j an average of 70 bushels an acre, or' total yield of 244 bushels, reports; Coitnty Agent L. B. Altman. This! is a better yield than for any small grain grown on Mr. Barbee’s farm, declares the agent, although he threshed 540 bushels of wheat from a field of 24 acres. Even this yield j is above the average, says Mr. Alt- J man. Vesuvius Active Again. Naples, Italji. Aug. 16. — UP) —Mt. Vesuvius, which wa,s in eruption dur- j ing the last part of July, has resumed activities, several, fresh Streams of lava flowing down its sides. Flames were visible all last night ami a steady rumbling is beard. Seismologists have assured the pop ulation there is no danger of a serious eruption. Princes Arthur of Connaught was the first of the English royal family to adopt the "bob.” j ALLEGED SPECIE! | . JARK HOPKI!S| HANDWRITING FOUND; i Persons Fighting for Part i of Estate of the Railroftd i Builder Said to Have Found the Specimen. - WRITTEN UPON M BACK OF LETTER Notations Were * Made on j Letters Sent to Hopkilia by Leland Stanford Back in Year of 1867. San Francisco, Aug. 16. —C4*)—The Examiner says that several speci»e|N» of the handwriting of the late Mark ] Hopkins, the multi-millionaire railway builder, have been found and may have an important bearing upon the J outcome of litigations now underway to divide his estate to 127 claimants, the majority of whom live in Kprth Carolina. The specimens are in the form of notations written by Hopkins upon the backs of some old letters sent tp | him by Le'.and Stanford in ISO7 while ] the "big four” were negotiating tot i the purchase of the Western Pacific i railroad. They were found by G. jT. Clark, librarian at Stanford I’f||- j versify in the private collection placed j in his care by Timothy Hopkins, an i adopted son of the pioneer. : Two weeks/ ago a will purporting jto be in Hopkins’ handwriting was j filed for probation in superior court here. P. B. Met’anless is the prin cipal figure in the contest to gain a share in what is estimated as a S3OU,- 1 000,000 estate. He claims that he is j a grandson of Martin Hopkins, .alleged ; brother of Mark, and '.iis filed letters of administration for the estate pend' ing a re-distribution. 2.115 CARLOADS OF PEACHES I Had Been Shipped From thp Sand hills I p to Saturday. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Aug. 16.—A total of ap proximately 2,115 carloads of peaches were shipped from the standhill see j tion of the state up to Saturday, the division of markets of the State de- ; partment of agriculture reports, ah® '" there are still more than 406 carloads on the trees that probiWy will not even be picked, ns the present Jow prices do not make it worth while tp i harvest the remaining peaches and prepare them for shipment. Friday and Saturday it was possible tp buy the very best peaches at the orchards for 25 cents a bushel, and seconds and culls could be obtained for as little - as ten cents a bushel. Not more than 75 cars wifi be shipped this coming week, as prjpJ| still are very low and the cream pf the crop has already been moved. On ly a sudden rise in prices would in crease shipments now. The principal shipments this week will be from tb« Mount Airy section, where the. crop is later. The excessively low prices were caused by the fact that the Georgia, Tennessee. North Carolina and Ar kansas crop ripened about the same time, with shipments from all these esetions reaching the principal, mar kets about the same time, with the result that , the market was glutted and prices dropped to file bottom. As many 'as 600 carloads of peaches readied a single market in a single ! day. Birmingham Sticks to Anti Rare- Knee Edict. Birmingham. England. Ang/’MJ.-j G4 5 )—Birmingham's anti barc-fipee regulations relating to the pigge must be observed regardless of waves. This was the answer of the pjty fathers to the appeal of ohorug gin* appearing here who endeavored to have the law suspended ho long as the hot weather continued. "Tights must be worn at all times.” the council decided. Birmingham is the only town in England which insists upon the wearing of tights on the stage, atjd the chorus girls have been talking of boycotting the theatre-: here, es pecially in summer. M Crippled Watchman Saves Life of A Woman. (By International News Service) Knoxville. Tenn., Aug. 16. —C. T Childress, crippled railroad crossin watchman, saved the life of an elder ly woman from a train a ft?w days ago. The woman was walking up tre tracks. He shouted at her that the train was approaching behind her. She did not hear him. Dashing across the tracks, Childress, paralyzed in liis left side, shoved the woman from the tracks and leaped to safety himself, just as the train sped over the spojL where he reached her. The woman departed before leaving her name. . Mayor and Chief of Police Suspended From Office. Steubensville. Oh : o, Aug. 16.—QP) | —Mayor John F. Patton, and Chief of Police Blaine D. Carter of Steubena ville, were suspended from office to day by Common Pleas Judge J. F. Paisley, following the filing of formal % application by 760 petitioners. * THE WEATHER Fair tonight except local showenrjn 1 the extreme west portion tonight and Tuesday. Moderate southwest winds. NO. 14
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