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kimts an hour until
wi’h a large quan
serum. The (’assin
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Minima It. ‘Redden, |
H;' 1 ' 1 ’ 'lo'O'tor of the Amer-1
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a* Year, Strictly in Advance.
EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID
, IMMINENT IN FLORIDA
Dnv~,Mo Steps Trke.i in Storm Are*
! —Moore Haven and Davit? Ordered
! Evacuated.
! West Palm Beach. Fla., Sept. 22-
—A typhoid epidemic imminent I
in the 00-mi’e stretch swept by the |
hurricane l«nt Saturday and Sunday, |
American Red Crgm and state board
officia s said today. *
A-s a result drastic steps were
taken in two places to prevent a
serious outbreak of the disease. The
city of Moore Haven and the town
of Davie were ordered evacuated
and residents of two places were be
ing moved to cl fa ner and wafer spots 1
tonight. Efforts are fieiivg made to
secure all possible supplies of ty- j
ph >id Aerum and in the evacuated i
sections all persona remaining orj
coming in must submit to vaccina-1
tion.
Legion Men Called Out to Guard Ft. J
Lauderdale.
b't. Pierce, Flo., Sept. 2^.—A rail !
for legionaires for guard duty at Ft. j
Imuderda’.e growing out of fear of a ;
typhoid epidemic wan received here i
tonight. Melbourne jiost prejiared to j
send 2f> men and Fort Pierce post ]
planned to recruit an additional i
number.
j
15.810,000 BALE COTTON
CROP NOW PREDICTED j
Condition of Crrp oil September 15til
Whs 59.5 Per Cent, of Normal One. j
Washington, Sept. 23.— (A 3 )—A I
cctton eroj> of 15.810,000 bales of 500 \
pcuiuis gross weight is nwlicatetl by
the September 16th condition on the j
crop wh'eh was 59.5 per cent, of a 1
normal, the Department of Agricul-;
ture anuoumed today.
The condition on September 16th 1
and itul'cated production by states fol-!
low: Virginia, condition 65 per cent. |
and production 47.000 bales; North j
Carolina 69 and 1,199.000; South Car-1
olina 55 per cent, and 1.057.000; Geor- j
gia 56 per cent., ami 1.169,000; Ffcr-!
kla 65 and 26.000; Mobile 61 per rent, j
and 213 000; Tennessee 54 per c«it. j
ami 369.000; Alabama 62 per cent. |
and 1.161,000; Mississippi 62 per
cent and 1,401.000; Louisiana 58 per j
cent, and 637,000; Texas 57 per cent., i
and 5.259,000; Oklahoma 62 per cent.]
gyid Arkansas 50 per cent, j
and 1.286,000; New Mexico 90 per j
cent, and 78.000; Arizona 81 per cent.!
and 103.000; California. Old Mexico i
S 2 per cent, and 80,000.
Flange forecasts indicating a mini- j
mum and maximum crops under cer- ;
tain conditions were omitted in to-1
day’s report, and will not be issued |
during the remainder of the season.
Ginnings totalled 4,282 066 running j
bales, including 53,311 round bales to i
September 16 last year, ami 2.665,793 !
running bales including 87,865 round
bales to that date in 1924.
Ginnings by states this year to Sep
tember 16th were: Alabama 225,948;
Arizona 14,114; Arkansas 132,792; |
California 6 576; Florkla 11,162; :
Georgia 343,812; Louisiana 172.608;
Mississippi 256.599; Missouri 7,763; j
New Mexico 640; North Carolina 35.- j
723; Oldahomo 36.913; South CaroCna
159.387; Tennesee 6 916; Texas 1,-
099,546; All other States 365.
WILL DR. POTEAT GO TO
THE STATE UNIVERSITY?
Movement to Offer Him Chair of
Moral Philosophy There.
: Brock Barkley in Charlotte Observer
Raleigh, Sept- 20. —Despite a
movement reported to have been
launched by prominent alumni of the
University of North Carolina to of- j
j fer Dr. William Louis Uoteat a,
chair in moral philosophy at the uni
versity upon his retirement from the
presidency of Wake Forest college,
close friends here of Dr. Poteat
doubt that he could be induced to ac
cept.
Local newspaper stories this after
noon said that the movement was
under way, but it evidently has not
become very extensive, as members
of the university executive commit
tee had not before heard any sug
gestion of it. The executive com
mittee will meet here Friday, but
members said it was called to handle
routine matters only.
I It waR learned that some time ago
| President Chase, of the university
asked Dr. Poteat if he would con
sider an offer to go to the university
upon his retirement from M ake
I Forest. He replied that he cou’d not
I consider it, as he felt that his first
duty was to Wake Forest.
Dr. Poteat announced several
weeks ago his purpose to retire from
Wake Forest presidency, but trus
tees of the institution made known
then that he retafn an official con
nection. possibly as president emeri
tus. It has been anticipated, there
fore, that while he would relinquish
the position of active head of the col
lege it would continue to have his
services in *some capacity.
Individual alumni of the univer
sity have frequently given expres
sion to the wish that Dr. Poteat
1 might become connected with the in
-1 stitution. But the nearest move in
that direction to reach the public ear
was Dr. Chasq’s inquiry of him as to
whether he would accept a place
l there.
r American KBled in France. %
Paris, Sept. 23. — (A*) —The Lyons
1 express was in. collision this morning
just outside Hericy station of tht
Paris-Montereau line. Two person*
- were killed and 18 injured. One mar
killed had an American passport.
FLORIDA CITIZENS
OVER SHOCK, WORK
| TO REBUILD STATE
I
J
[Recovered From the First
j Shock of Hurricane, Cit
izens Set About Rehabil
j it a tion Work.
| APPEAL FORBIG
AMOUNT OF FUNDS
i
Nation Asked to Give Lib
erally So That Injured
and Sick May Be Given
Proper Attention.
Miami, Fin., Sept. 23.—OP)—Reeov- ]
j ered from the first shock of Saturday’s ,
| devastating hurricane, dazed residents,
| of Florida's str rin stircken area aided j
i by Red Dross and o.'ier relief agencies!
I today stoically set about the work of i
rehabilitation.
An appeal for a targe sum o* mon
] ey for relief was made to the nation
last night by an executive committee
headed by Frank I». Shutts, publisher
of the Miami Herald. In a procla
mation Mayor Roinfh and City Man
ager Wharton designated the Ameri
can Red Cross as the official relief or
ganization of the city.
As surgeons and hastily recruited
forces of volunteer nurses bent their j
energy to relief of the injured and j
bomoless specially drafted forces of i
men began the task of clearing the j
sixty-mi'e wreckage-strewn coastal I
area between Miami and West Palm 1
Beach and the flood region about Lake
Okeechobee.
At the same time grave fears were
expressed at sanitary conditions and |
officials of the United Public Health
service were prepared for whatever
measures are necessary to prevent an
epidemic.
Casualty reports from the score or
more cities and towns leveled by wind
and sea still varied widely today but
rescuers placed the total loss of life at
400.
The Miami missing persons bureau j
has estimated that a thorough search i
of the tangled wreckage and the wat
ers of Biseayne Bay will reveal at
least 750 bodies.
$3 000,600 Damage at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Sept. 23.—04*)—With
damage placed at $3,000,000 from tfie J
hurricane which swept in Monday tis- i
ter 'devastating the Miami area, and i
spent its fury along the Gulf Coast {
of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi,
Pensacola and other cities in the path \
of the gale today went about the task |
of immediate repairs.
No deaths have been reported, here,
although several are known to have
occurred in Alabama.
4.700 Houses Completely Destroyed.
"Washington. Sept. 23. —04*)—The
Florida storm completely destroyed
4,700 houses and damaged more or
less seriously 0.250 more in the Mi
ami area alone, Henry M. Baker, na
tional director of Red Cross relief, re
ported to headquarters here today.
Maximum and Minimum Cotton Crop
Figures Ordered Discontinued.
Washington, Sept. 22.—The prac
tice of the (government Crop Report
ing Board in giving maximum and
minimum estimates of the cotton
crop was ordered discontinued today
by Secretary Jardine and in the
future jiredictions will be based only
upon conditions as they existed at
| the time of the report.
Congressman Hammer several days
ago launched a vigorous protest
against the maximum and minimum
estimates of probable cotton yield,
writing Secretary Jardine about the
matter ip addition to issuing a state-
I ment giving his view that the system
was harmful to the cotton growers.
Men Prefer Brunettes.
(By International News Service)
Berkeley, Calif., Sept. 20. —Men pre
fer brunettes.
This was established on the Uni
versity of California campus recently
Iby delegate s from all parts of rhe
I nited States attending the national
convention of Delta Epsilon journalis
tic fraternity.
University of California students
had issued questionaires to‘the visi
tors to determine their preference for
dance partners at the various recep
tions planned for the week.
The leading question was:
“Do you prefer blondes or bru
nettes Y'
U. E. Lodbell, national secretary
of the fraternity, asserted that a con
sensus of opinion among delegates
called for:
“Brunettes —tall, slim girls who are
wordly wise. The day of the innocent
blende has passed.”
World Won’t End Soon.
The earth we live on is middle
aged, says Dr. Moulton, famous as
tronomer. His calculations show it
may reasonably be expected to live
for* fully a thousand million more
years, having to date used only two
thirds of its allotted span. Dr. Moul
ton dec*a res in a theory which has
attained world-wide attention that
new planets are formed from the
debris of aged planets. The earth, he
says, is the off-spring of one of these
“deal” world's its age, be computes
at a little more than 2,000 million
year. Within the year astronomers
discover that in interstellar space
hundreds of thousands of sums exits,
many of them immensely larger than
our own. The Lord never rum out of
material.
A Japanese woman takes a hot
bath at least twice a day.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1926
150,000 Fans To Pay $2,000,000
To See Dempsey-Tunney Battle
By DAVID 4. WALBH
j (International News Service Sports
Editor)
Phi’adelphia, Sept. 23. —Picture to
! night a towering stadium filled to its
i concrete brim with people; c» aceive,
■ if you can, a crowd ranging between
1 J 25,000 and 150.000 souls rlsins head
upon head from the depths of the bowl
i to the topmost tier lined in jagged
i re ief against the sky of early evening;
j invade the box office, check up on F.ie
j receipts and you will find t«;:it the
; “ki ling” runs into two millions of
dollars.
What is Lr —the coining of the mil
| ennium? No. this seems to be some
| tiling really important. It is the
1 world’s heavyweight Ciampionshlp
j tight between Jack Dempsey and Gene
Tunney and the men and women w’4«
paid their money, had their clothes
torn, their buniens assaulted and tbqlr
dignity assailed in general woaldift
have missed it if R cost them twi|p
as much in time, trouble and mone#.
It | affords one of the mysteries wo
prevalent with genus Americai*.
These two men, we are informed, aw*
not very even’y matched. It is not
supposed to be as good a fight as tm*
Dempsey-Firpo brawl nor as intrig~
uing a prospect ps tfie meeting be
tween Dempsey and that dear Georges.
i et neither of these spectacles were
ab e to gross the attendance nor the
receipts with which the Cesqui-Cen
tennial Stadium will be favored to
night. The respective capacities of
the plants used may save something to
do with this; still, you couldn’t figure
to fill the Hippodrome witXi a Tom
show and this Dempsey-Tunney fight
can’t be so terribly hot, nt that.
It may be the champion's first start
in three years, but disabuse your mind
of the idea that he is “only a shell
of his former self,” as old Jim Jef
fries was in Reno.
He is stili a rip-tearing fighter.
Perhaps lie is not so fast ns he once
was. but he is actually bigger and
stronger. As for Tunney, the hero
of the T'nited States Marine Corps,
his record indicates that he is a fast,
shifty big man with the punch of a
middleweight. There would appear
to be nothing to get exioted about In
his fig’lrt but the addicts are excited
just the same.
Due to something a great deal more
than the old established custom of
the betting gentry sticking with a
champion until he is beaten, the Man
assa Man Maulei sidles through the
hemp as a3to 1 favorite. These odds
are not exactly false, according to
Riose credited with laying “smart”
tunney, but there would be n firmer
basis for them had Dempsey punched,
wore accurately during .the o'.bsiug
days of the training grind at the dog
THE STOCKHOLDERS ARE
HELD TO BE LIABLE
Judge Oglesby a l Winston-Salem Or
ders Them to Pay Depositors.
Winston-Salem, Sept. 22. —Late
this afternoon Judge John M. Oglesby
handed down a decision in superior
court in which he sustained the de
murrer in the hearing wherein the
depositors and stockholders of the
defunct Merchants Bank and Trust
company are asking that the officom
and directors of the institution bi;
made parties to the action of the
state corporation commission.
In his decision Judge Oglesby or
dered the Wachovia Bank and Trust
company, as receivers, to proceed to
collect from the stockholders the
amounts of their liability. He also
directed that the receivers continue
with any action they might deem
they have against the directors of
said defunct bank-
Counsel for stockholders stated to
night an appeal to supreme court
will be taken.
Counsel for stockholders and de
positors contended that liability .of
stockholders is secondary and that
directors and officers should first be
sued, and necessary funds to cover
the loss sustained by depositors be
obtained from them and then ob
tain any balance needed from the
stockholders. Counsel for receivers
claimed that liability of stockholders
is primary and that each stockhold
er should pay the amount of as
sessment allowed by law; that after
collections are made on stockholders
assessment, action would be taken
against officers and directors; that
should any surplus exist after pay
ment to creditors then the balance
would be distributed among stock
holders.
Typhoid Vaccine Sent to Florida.
Washington, Sept. 22. —Through
the efforts of the air mail service a
special airplane of the Atlanta-
Miami contract route was dispatched
at 2.35 p. m.. from Jacksonvil'e to
day with 100 pounds of typhoid
vaccine for .Miami.
Radio Report of Fight to Be Given
From From Times-Tribune Office
Fight fans need not be at the ring
side in Philadelphia to get a blow-by
blow report of the Dempsey-Tunney
fight tonight. Through the courtesy
of The Charlotte News and The liitch
ie-llardware Co. a radio report of the
fight will be offered at The Times-Trib
une office, the program to begin -about
7 :30 when the preliminaries will be
gin. __
The preliminaries will begin at 8:30
Philadelph'a time, which is 7 :30 Con
cord time. The main bout will fol
low about an hour later. Fans who
gather at this office about 7 :30 should
hear the entire program.
The Charlotte News will get ® blow
by-blow report from the ring side aml
will broadcast this from Charlotte.'
track in Atlantic City.
That was the biggest criticism of
his work—inaccuracy in punching.
The scowling champion can whip
any man lie can hit. but ’ie will have
to hit the vigorous young man from
old Greenwich Village if he intends
to chastise him at all severely.
The battle is one between a natural
tighter, one who sails : n with both I
fists flying—impetuous, cruel—and a i
“made ’ contender who is methodical— !
a boxer who F.rinks everything out
before acting.
Dempsey, considered by many the;
greatest of a.l the heavyweight battl-1
ers, has altogether too much for his \
smiling, and courteous challenger if :
he is anything like the champion who j
flattened Louis Firpo. outgalloped old :
Tom Gibbons, and who bowled over 1
Carpentier, Brennan, Miske, Willard*
and t'.ie rest.
Some close to him said he has been
bothered no little mentally, however.
A string of lawsuits, injunctions, at
tachments and court actions of one
kind or another with most of the!
trouble engendered by his split with
his former manager. Jack Kearns, cer
tainly did him no good.
Dempsey virtually managed himself
in making and preparing for this con
test. No tighter ever succeeded v/.ien
he piloted himself, and Jack might
have to remember that tomorrow.
The men weighed in at 2 o’clock
this afternoon in the downtown of
fices of the Pennsylvania State Ath
letic Commission. Tunney reiterated
that he intended to walk right out;
and slug with Dempsey, pei’iaps the
greatest slugger in the history of the
game. His friends pointed out that
this would be a fatal error —that
Dempsey would knock him out quick
ly if he adopted that plan of battle.
According to many close observers,
Tunney’s only chance would be to hit
and block Dempsey until he survived !
the champion’s terrific early attack, j
something t’liat has characterized each j
of Dempsey's engagements.
They are going ten rounds to a de- j
eision which is to be rendered by two
judges and a referee. At the conclu
sion of the battle, provided it goes
the limit, the announcer will climb
into ihe ring to take up the slips
of those,who are to elect the winner.
He will first take that of the ref
eree, and, without looking at it, pick
up Chose of the two judges. Should
the latter disagree, the decision of the
referee settles the argument.
Dempsey’s chief second was the ex
eitable‘~Frencliman, Gus Wilson as
sisted by Manager Gene Normile, Cap- i
tain Mabbutt and Jerry Luvadis.
Manager Billy Gifison, Trainer Lou \
iFink and rt pair of assistants were to j
look after Tunney. They probably I
will have to do a lot of looking.
DUKE WELCOMES
MANY STUDENTS
Total Enrollment Not Yet Known
But it is Expected to Reach 1.500.
Durham. Sept. 22. —With the of
ficial raising of the flag to the top of
the campus flagstaff of old Craven
Memorial hall, the 1926-27 academic
year at Duke University began this
morning, with the first chapel ser
vice being held at 9 o’clock.
Hundreds of old and new’ students
filled Craven Hall, while President
Few, Dean Wannamaker and other
members of the university adminis
tration tendered a welcome and offer
ing the aid of the entire faculty and
administration during the coming
year-
The total enrollment of the univer
sity is not yet known, since it has
been impossible for the registration
offiee ter make a complete tabulation,
but. it is believed that there will be
fully 1,500 students, the number
which was predicted a few days ago.
Island In Ruins in Wake of Gale,
Salors Report.
Miami, Sept. 21.—Reports reach
ing here today indicated that the is
land of Bimini, 135 miles from Nas
sau, in the Bahamas, was almost
swept away by the tropical hurri
canes of last w’eek which ravished
the east coast of Florida.
Nassau was not hard hit but felt
the effects of the hurricane, said the
reports.
The reports that Bimini had suf
fered severely w’ere verified by crew’
members of the tug boats which ar
rived here today from that vicinity.
They did not attempt to land or
check for dead or injured.
Efforts have been made repeatedly
to gain information by radio as to
the effect of the storm in the Ba
hamas. Nassau was heard, but not
very clearly.
Elaborate plans are being made in
Milwaukee for the entertainment of
the National Council of Women,
which is to open its annual session in
that city October 10th.
One of the radios in this office will be
tuned in on Charlotte and another, for
emergency, will be tuned in on Phila
delphia.
The radios to be used for the re
ports here have been furnished by the
Ritchie Hardware Co. They are two
late model Bosch machines with a loud
speaker of great magnitude. A rep
resentative of the company came to
Concord to instal the machines and
when installed and tuned in last
night they brought in reports from va
rious parts of the country with great
distinctness.
There will be no admission of any
k : nd and friends and patrons of the
paper are invited to hear the reports.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
In the News Round the World
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ROBERT F WAGNTER W7 MACKENZIE KJNG
Madame Frances Alda, prima donna, and Gatti Casnzza,
opera director, agreed not to get a divorce. Robert F.
Wagner was reported to be Governor A1 Smith’s choice sos
Democratic candidate for Senator from New York. William
McKenzie King was to be made Canadian Premier.
tlnlarnaUom*J NewsreelJ
JACK DEMPSEY WAS IN
TRAINING IN THIS STATE
Divided His Time Between Hender
sonville and Asheville.
Air’ll eviHe, Sept. 25. —04*)—Western
North Carolina is looking forward
with especial interest to the Dempsey-
Tunney battle for the world’s heavy
weight ebampiouship at Philadelphia
tonight, for it was in this section that
the- ebampionr did his first mont'a's
training for his first bout in three
years.
During' the month that he stayed
in North Carolina, Dempsey divided
his time between his camp near Hen
dersonville and this city. Many peo
ple of this—section saw him in his
daily workout. He attended a large
number of social functions bol’li in
Asheville and Hendersonville.
His wife, Estelle Taylor, motion
picture actress, was with him during
the last week of his stay in North
Carolina, and accompanied him back
to California on May 25th.
While in training he retained J.
Y. Jordan, Jr., of Asheville/ widely
known as a spores authority and gen
eral entertainer, as his attorney.
Another reason for western North
Carolina’s interest in the outcome of
t’lie championship bout came out dur
ing the visit of Hiram Dempsey, the
champion’s father, to his son’s camp.
He stated that Jack’s maternal grand
mother, whose name was Scott, was
a native of Yancey county, North
Carolina.
Personalities of Gene and Jack
Analyzed.
Philadelphia, Sept. 22. —The per
sonalities of Dempsey and Tunney
offer contracts like those of Roose
velt ami Wilson, in the opinion of
Dr. Abraham Baron, neuropsy
chiatrist and examiner for the state
athletic commission.
Dempsey has enormous emergency
energy. He attacks aggressively and
conquers in direct relation to his
emotions and his opponent’s behav
ior. __
Tunney is a thoroughly developed
precocious physical machine, and is
first guided by thought creations, ac
cumulative energy that finally forces
him to act.
Tunney must put forth “almost
superhuman efforts,” if he is to de
throne the champion, Dr. Baron
thinks. "Dempsey,” he said, “is a
physical machine that will execute
and get off first.
“His ego and object identical, he
gets things done first, a propensity
exemplified by the late president,
Roosevelt.”
He can successfully manage ex
ternal conditions and always feels
safe.
“President Woodrow’ Wilson rep
resented this type of personality
Tunney is a student and hinking a'.-i
ways over valuing object or oppon
ent, and so assumes a defensive at
titude insuring, his safety. Te is a
taker rather then a giver.”
’Squire McManus Declared Capable
of Handling Affairs.
Charlotte, Sept. 22.—’Squire A.
W. McManus, 79-year-old veteran of
the civil war and magistrate in
Union county for the last 40 years,
was declared by a jury of Mecklen
burg county citizens today to be
capable of attending to his affairs-
The decision was in the form of a
finding by the jury that ’Squire Mc-
Manus was sane and that the allega
tions of his eight living children that
he was incapable of managing his af
fairs were not sustained.
The hearing as to his sanity took
place before James M. Yandle, c.erk
of Superior court. It lasted tw’o dajs.
, THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of 4 to 13
Points—Advance Met Selling.
New York, Sept. 28. — UP) —Tae cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 4 to 18 points in response
to relatively steady Liverpool cables,
reports of considerable rain in the
South, and a private report estimat
ing the ,Texas crop at 4,168,000 bales,
considerably belpw Mopje of the precept
estimates, • -s ■ *- —
The advance met further hedge sell
ing which caused Irregularity but a
good deal of coverihg in preparation
for the government crop report ex
pected at midday, held the market
fairly steady, active months showing
net advances of 10 to 15 points at
the end of the first 'aour. December
sold up to 15.92 and January to
10.03.
Private cables attributed the ad
vance in Liverpool to covering, with
local and continental buying in an
ticipation of a settlement of the coal
dispute.
Cotton futures opened steady. Oct.
15.66; Deefl 15.87 ; Jan. 16JX); March
16.28; May 16.55.
WEEPING GIRL IS
WITNESS FOR STATE
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Called to Testify Against Harry M.
Daugherty and Thctnas W. Mi ! ler.
New York, Sept. 23. —(>P) —A weep
ing girl gave testimony today in the
conspiracy trial of Harry M. Daugh
erty and Thos. W. Miller, that led to
the introduct : on of evidence to show
that two Liberty Loan bonds with a
value of $20,000 that Richard Merton.
German metal magnate, paid to John
T. King, late republican national com
mitteeman from Connecticut, were ex
changed for bonds of smaller denomi
nation by an attorney in the alien
property custodian's office.
Charlotte Selected as Headauarters.
Charlotte, Sept. 22—Charlotte was
selected as headquarters for one of
the agencies of the Southern Presby
terian church, according to decision
made at a conference -between Dr.
Henry S. Sweets, of Louisville, Ky.,
of the Committee on Christian Edu
cation, and Dr. Henry W. Mc-
Laughlin, head of the Committee on
Country Church Work 1 uesday.
Dr. McLaughlin was here a few
weeks ago. conferring with J. B.
Spillman, of -Charlotte, head of the
stewardship Committee.
0 Dr. Molyaughlin was favorable im
pressed with Charlotte as a location
for his office. North Carolina is the
largest synod in the Southern Pres
byterian Assembly, and has the
’argest membership in rural church
’s. Mecklenburg Presbytery, com
prising only six counties of the
State, has more than 70 country
churches.
Find Telegrams Addressed to Ormis
ton.
Los Angeles, Sept. 23. — UP) —Tele-
gram purporting to have been tygned
by Semple McPherson and her
mother. Mrs. Mamie Kennedy and
others addressed to the missing radio
mau in the Angelus Temple kidnap
ping case. Kenneth G. Ormiston, at. a
San Francisco 'liotel, were found by
county detectives here today in the
rooms of Dr. A. M. Waters, who com
mitted suicide September 15th.
With the completion of its new
city planning projects, Kenosha,
Wis., will have a wide boulevard
around the outer edge of the city,
while in the centre will be a com
munity centre consisting of a spac
ious plaza bordered by a group of
. handsome public buildings.
SHOWERS 1Y FALL
m INIGHT BUT ]
"tfERYTHING READY
Last Legal Barrier Re
moved When Common
Pleas Court Declined to
Grant Injunction Sought
SLIGHT DRIZZLE
DURING THE DAY
Overcast Skies Give Sign
of Rain But a Record
Breaking Crowd Is Pre
dicted Just the Same.
Philadelphia. September 23. — l/Phr-
Cloudy with possible showers was the
prospect early today for the Derppsey-
Turwiey fight tonight. Tae day broke
with overcast skies, and at times •
there was a slight drizzle.
All Legal Barriers Removed.
Philadelphia. Sept. 23.— 0 P)—The
application for an injunction to stop
the Dempsey-Tunney fight tonight w£» i
dismissed this morning by unanimous
decision of three judges in common
pleas court.
This removed the last legal barrier
from the pat’a of, the fight., ;
Dempsey Weighs 190.
Atlantic City, N. J.. Sept. 23.—0 P?
—Jack Dempsey moved the beam at
190 pounds when he weighed iu this
‘ afternoon for his fight tonight at
' adelphia with Gene Tunney.
Tunney Uses Plane to Reach
delph'a. vi 3
Philadelphia, Sept. 23. — UP)—-Comr
! pleting a spectacular jump to
scene of his battle with Jack Dempcey
tonight. Gone Tunney arrived ai the
Navy Yard lien* by airplane this af
ternoon.
Heavyweight title challenger in a
Curtis Oriole plane piloted by C. S.
“Casey” Jones, of New York, landfill
safely after a liop-off approximately
i 100 miles from Shawnee on the Dela
i ware, not far from the training camp
at Stroudsburg.
Weather Conditions Improve.
Philadelphia. Sept. 23.— C4>>—The
weather conditions were more favqra
ble for the Dempsey--Tunney fight to
night than apparent at noon. It had
stopped raining and clouds were high
er. The temperature was 70.
Tunney Weighs 185 1-2 Pound*.
- Philadelphia. Sept. 23.—0P>—Gene
Tunney, jumping on the scales shortly
j after his airplane trip here weighed
j 185 1-2 pounds. He weighed in be
fore Frank Weiner, chairman of the
Pennsylvania boxing commission, and
was pronounced in perfect condition
by the commission's p’.iysioian.
Court Battle Over 14-Year-Old Bride.
(By International News Service)
Shelby, Sept. 20. —A court battle
looms here between a young bride
groom and a mother-in-law oyer a
pretty fourteen-year-old bride of a
week.
Judge James L. Webb, on applica
tion from the mother-in-law, signed
a court order restraining Alfred Blan
ton, of Cleveland county, from seeing
or communicating with his bride for
a week.
Mrs. Blanton declared that the
marriage was against her will and
without her permission which is re
quired under the state law when A
girl of that age marries. ** *' *
But Blanton, who was wise enough
to elope to South Carolina where the
marriage was performed, says he wifi
contest the order of the cqurt to a
higher court as no such law exists in
South Carolina.
The pretty young bride says 4P
loves her mother but want* to live
with her husband hopes he wipe the
court battle.
With Our Advertiser*.
The 58th series of the Cabarrus
County B. & L. Association will be
gin October 2, 1920. Running sharef*.
25 cents a week, prepaid*. slight
s72.2s per share, par value SIQQ. All
stock is non-taxable. Start saving
now for a rainy day.
Read Pat Coviugtou’s new a(L to
day. It has in it a letter from “Hop
Song.” & |
Fisher's presents the newest Pans
creations in hats. Prices, $lO to sls.
The big dry goods department at tlhe
Parks-Bclk do. is full of new fall mer
chandise. A genuine full-fashioned
silk liose for 98 cents is one of . the
many big bargains offered.
-? * ’-ijß
L Dictator Komlyli* To Retire.
Ivoudon, Sept. 23. — (A*) —A
dispatch from Athens says that the
Premier dictator general George Kon
dylis had dissolved his own political
party and w 4 E retire from politics.
His action was taken to stop com
plaints from political leaders that he
was working in his own interest**’
Gen. Kondylis overthrew the Pangdlbs
government August 22nd by • a coup
d'etat.
AL JOLSON LOSES SUIT-
D. W. Griffin Win* Verdict Against
Comedian In Breach of Contract.
New York. Sept. 21.—A verdict
for' $2,627.28 against Al Jolson.
comedian, in the suit for $571,645
for alleged breach of contract
brought by IX W. Griffith. Inc., was
reTurned^Jrv^ji^jury^in^
THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight and Friday,
except probably showers Friday in ex
treme ' west. Gentle southeast and
south winds.
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