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IfYTHII READY FOR BIG CABAIiiS FAIR
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optimism and with j
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dial benetit to our |
move off on sched-
ThaT is one secret of
fair. The program '
been earned out as j
mrli minute of the,
"f some eveint eal-1
th" visitor. " l "=% |
[Hr m siiows. car-:
atriactions in «<$- 1
jHneainii'!-:i rides, arrived |
|Habv tijtlav. A caravan {
r.ir show train and t
-thismorning much
■ piraiiliemalia was be- 1
99 i'lirins the morning the
with their custo- i
preoision and by early j
of the shows were
attracted to the
curiosity.
and his magnificent.
B s *-' arrived at the grounds
HHs imrses are quartered
Hf Mads in the big barn,
■ M-at »f • honor as it were.
■ (''iit-r free aitractions, 20
Htavc arrived. v j
bke tu get a kick out j
Hut they see and do should I
■ ravin:; satisfied when they j
dash down a slick J
■ bii-vi-iM and then leap from!
9‘ al " a 1 M, "I of water. The [
■oti! were up and ready by I
9®* all< ! hie rider, bearing
9* rai as testimony of the |
■bwil in his vocation, was'
A little thing like :
inn. practically well now,)
*l* bim from his daily j
f other attractions on the
Greatest in number and
. history of the fair.
f®: 011 ' "f hn-se dare-devils,
Ir tents pitched behind
■ fr " l,t " f fie grandstand,
prograin. revised at the j
.' fair titficials because of j
r '‘•dries, has attracted
f horses. Every stall
rils * s tilled and tempo
r* had to he made in the
Jr die lust mi nu te entries.
rM, s have been on the
& the summer all( j "have
.Proverbial -pink- of per
i> openly predicted that
J stest racing ever staged
lon'. 1 ‘ ‘''d 'his week
fats' 11 * S fitness the
hog -nul poultry
» tilled by noon today.
p ** 0 s,l “'k was car
grounds Saturday and it
i ‘latter of » fe\ V hours
in-w 1,111 rk, ‘ bouses were
WClrv V it.
( .. ‘; Munition was
ka, ' n 'bis summer
1,1 hog house was built
e S " T! ; i, : s booked.
, hair and the I’ine
e , lllll,l t<‘d this year offi
w,;? 1 ':; 1 -. , thar rhp bog
(■rp;w i biggest in the
Hi fair' st in the hog
item ■ ffin;l!s '-" eentrated
of p. 11 '“t'hiiig the swine
o,| tstamlii,jr features
'allfc ‘ i, "' ks - -'‘P«e and
*«tr V w , : 1 , siz v re al ;
«>re „I Many of
b"l £ r L a :. the grounds
a stead,., t?. mornin *
fir u r :' , " : " 1 "f fanciers
I" W f »»'ls to the ex
day a 1° fair is always
■°f S(-hr t,lo »sands of
; r\ he ad
'vprp ,]i t , ln the Clt y
oth, rs b- b‘bated to the
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 'i Year, Strictly in Advance.
TENNEY TO WED,
x • SOCIETY EDITOR
SAYS SHE HEARS
New York, Oct. 11.—G-PV—To
day's American says that Gene
Tunney has lnntrinionial intentions
and that an \annguncement will t>e
made during the winter. The pa
per's society editor writes “His
reported bride-to-be is said to be
rich, of, the soc'al register, and
possessed of a daddy who is con
nected with the Rockefellers.'’
Jl NIOR ORDER OPPOSES
i IMPORTING MEVICAN LABOR
| Mrs. Grist Says He Was Joking When
He Suggested It.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
1 Raleigh, Oct. 11 —'The proposal at
tributed to Frank D. Grist, state com
missioner of labor, some days ago in
some press dispatches to import Mex
ican labor to help solve the shortage j
of cotton pickers, has drawn tire from
the Junior Order of Fnited American
Mechanics, whose state councillor, (\
i W. Snyder, lias written Mr. Grist,
' asking if he actually proposed such a
i plan. He states that there must
j have been some mistake, but adds that
i if it is true, t’ue Jr. O. IT. A. M. will |
i oppose the move to the extent of its
ability. ~"
Mr. Grist has replied that he had
I no intention of advocating the im;>or- !
tation of Mexican labor, even if it
were practical or possible, which it
patently was not. He < stated that
the press dispatches in question came
about as the result of a conversation ;
[ with a yress representative in which
' TShp cotton situation was discussed and
the shortage of jetton >
| **f remarked "that 2.000 more cot
j ton pickers could be used in the state
! right now than were available,” said ;
Mr. Grist. “The man to whom I*,
was talking mentioned the fact that '
in Texas they were using a large
amount of Mexican labor, the laborers
being brought in from Mexico; I re
plied that that might be a good plan
Mere, provided we could send them all j
back when the cotton picking was over
with. I made the remark largely
in jest and supposed it would be in-1
terpreted that way, for it is patently
impossible to consider importing labor ;
at all, and also undesirable.”
No one is more opposed to the im
portation dl foreign labor than he is,
said Mr. Grist, and no official con
sideration has been given to the pro
posal to bring in Mexican labor, de
spite the present shortage in ponnuon !
labor, especially cotton pickers.
With Our Advertisers.
You will find a demountrat : on of
farm implements in the Ritchie Hard
ware Co.’s booth at the Fair all this
week. Go and see the demonstration
and get a free souvenir.
Kuppenheimer. Griffon and Curlee
suits and overcoats at W. A. Over
cash’s. Bradley Knit Goods too.
Hoover’s has everything the boy
needs to wear. The values are right
too.
Mirrors, sewing cabinets, secretar
ies, bookcases, etc., at Bell & Harr s*.
Lon Chaney in “The Road to Man
dalay.” at the Concord Theatre today i
and Tuesday.
Efird’s wants you to make their
store headquarters during Fair Week.
Entrances both on South Union and
West Dejiot streets.
Visit the booth of the Corl Motor
Co. at the Fair and see the Willys-
Knight and Overland cars.
Y'ou’ll appreciate this fall one of
the light weig’nt top coats of the J.
C. Penney Co's., only $14.75. See
full description in new ad. today.
The Parks-Belk Co. wants you to
make their store headquarters this
w£ek and check your packages there.
ers and veterans in uniform will also
be guests of the fair tomorrow. Since
many of the rural schools have not
opened and there is no way 'to get
tickets to them, they will be admitted
on their statement that they are stu
dents in 'some one of the county s
schools.
In the city schools the first period
only will be devcted to work. At
9 :30 the youngsters will b# freed for
the day and scores upon scores of
them are expected to make a hasty
rush for the fair grounds.
The program each afternoon will
begin at 1:30. “By this I mean 1:30.
not 1:35,” Dr. Spencer said. The
free acts Will start each afternoon
as soon as the first heart of the first
race is run. At night the fireworks
will begin about 7 o’clock, or soon as
it is sufficiently dark for them to
show to the best advantage. The
free acts will be given each night
just before the pyrotechnical display.
It’s going to boa great fair, folks.
You can’t afford to miss it, especially
when the admission prices are:
Adu’.ts Day—so cents.
Children All Time—2s cents.
Everybody at night—2s cents.
! FOUR ARRESTED IN
! BRAWL AFTER ONE
; IAN WAS WOUNDED
Henry Melton Was Severe
ly Wounded When Shot
by His Uncle, Perry Mel
i ton, Yesterday.
THREE WOMEN
ARE BEING HELD
They Are Alleged to Have
I Taken Part in Brawl
Which , Resulted in the
Shooting.
Asheville, Oct. IL— UP) —While
i Henry Melton, 28. of Black Mountain-,
hovers between life and death at a
, local hospital as a result of bullet
I wounds inflicted yesfierday during a
| brawl on the Rainbow Gap highway,
four persons including three women
arc under arrest/today in connection
with the affair.
Perry Melton, uncle of the wounded
man, is being held in the Buncombe
county jail charged with the shooting.
The women. Juanitq May
Wheeler and Willie Lee Sutton, are
charged with aiding and abetting, and
with operating a public nuisance.
Perry Melton and Juanita Wheeler
were a f rested yesterday afternoon
shortly after the affray by Chief of
Police L. R. Powers, of Black Moun
tain. and were brought to the younty
jail later in the day.
May Wheeler and the Sutton wom
an were captured by Powers today in
the Black Mountain railroad station.
They will be brought to Asheville to
day by Sheriff E. M. Mitchell for safe
keeping.
According to Chief Powers the
shooting followed an alleged druukeq
brawl, at thjt; Melton home in which
nearly a score m pe>sons'fmt'tioipated.
The party, according to witnesses, got
“too rough” for Perry Melton, who
went to his own home, returing short
ly after with a shot gun.
As Henry Melton approached him
a few minutes later the uncle is said
to have fired at close, range, ifr'flieting
an ugly wound in the young man’s
side, and crushing several ribs.
CHEMICAL FOUNDATION
WILL KEEP PURCHASES
Sale Made by Wilson Administration
Sustained by the Supreme Court.
Washington, Oct. 11. — UP) —The
government lost in the supreme court
today in the chemical foundation case.
T’ae court sustained the sale of
sized German chemical and dye pat
ents, trade marks and copyrights to
the Chemical Foundation by the alien
property custodian.
The decision wrote the final chap
ter of one of the largest and most
spectacular of the government's post
war recovery suits. The highest court
upheld the adverse decision rendered
after trial in the district court at
Wilmington, Del.
Sale of tlie patents to the chemical
foundation was ordered under the ad
ministration of President Wilson
while A. Mitchell Palmer was alien
property custodian. President Hard
ing directed that suit be filed for
cancellation of the transaction on the
ground that the price obtained was
inadequate, that the sale was ma(Je
without authority and for other reas
ons.
PRESS INSTITUTE IS
SET FOR JANUARY 5-7
State Executive Committee Meets
at Chapel Hilt and Fixes Time.
Chapel Hill, Oct. 8. —Meeting here
this afternoon at the Carolina Inn,
the executive committee of the
North Carolina Press Association
and the University committee set
January 5,6, and 7as dates for the
third annual mid-winter newspaper
institute to be held under the joint
auspices of the Press Association
and the University.
A tentative program was outlined
that will include discussion of spe
cial problems of the weekly and daily
press circulation, business manage
ments, advertising, personnel train
ing, and legislation. An effort will
be made to secure leading authori
ties of the country to head the dis
cussion of the topics. Except for
change in speakers and topics, the
program will be built up along the
’ine of last year’s institute which
proved to be a great success.
The institute will open Wednes
day night, January 5, close Friday
afternoon. January 5, close Friday
afternoon, January 7.
Governor of Porto Rico Confers With
Green.
Detroit, Oct. 11— (A>)— T f ae arrival
yesterday of Governor H. M. Towner,
of. Porto Rico, to confer with William
Green, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, centered attention
in the federation’s annual convention
today upon two resolutions touching
upon administration of the island pos
sessions. which still are in the bands
of the convention’s committee on res
olutions.
CONCORD, N. C.] MONDAY, OCTOB ER U, 1926 •; >
Hornsby Scores in First Inning
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This photo shows Hornsby scoring in the first inning of the sixth worl(f
?rie« game on Bell’s single with Bot tomley just turning third base to also
core on the hit. (Copyright by International Newsreel.)
NO TRIBUNE TOMORROW
Everybody in The Tribune-Times
Office, along with everybody else,
is going to attend the Cabarrus
County Fair tomorrow. Therefore
there will be no paper on that day.
POWELL IS READY TO
SERVE HIS PRISON TERM
Did Not Apipeal and Is Expected at
State Prison During This Week.
Raleigh, Oct. 11.— (A*) —Junius K.
Powell, of Warsaw, is expected at
the State prison early t’liis week to
begin a sentence of five to seven yfcnrs
imposed upon him Saturday at Ren
ansville by Judge W. A. Devin. Pnwv
ell was found guilty of forgery-in con
nection with the issuance of spurious
notes of the town of Warsaw.
A report Saturday that Powell had
appealed from the judgment of the
court was erroneous. After being sen
tenced he entered n of nolo A-on
tcliTlere 27 otfiler,’' cinints against
him in connection with the same mat
ter and Judge Devin ordered the cases
closed without further action.
Powell was convicted along with
Henry L. Stevens, Sr., of Warsaw.
Stevens was granted until the Jan
uary term of court to make good ap
proximately SIOO,OOO of the spurious
notes. Prayer for judgment was com
tinned until that time, and deefefon
on motion to set aside the verdict
also was reserved until January.
LEGIONNAIRES GATHER
IN ANNUAL MEETING
Shock Trocps From Every State Meet
in Philadelphia for Convention.
Philadelphia, Oct. 11. — (A 3 ) —Shock
troops from every state overran the
city today as an official communique
might phrase it, the Philadelphia sec
tor, was captured without casualty
for the eighth annual convention of
the American Legion.
Amid the sounds of bugles, drums
and greetings by former comrades
thousands of delegates marched from
railway stations and steamship docks
to their headquarters in the Atlantic
Ibuilding. Medals that told of deeds
of valor on the battlefields adorned
the breasts of many.
A busy week is ahead of the dele
gates. Among other things it will
elect a new national commander and
decide whether the 1927 convention
shall be in Paris.
President Coo’.idge sent the conven
tion a message praising the Legion's
efforts to have all qualified citizens
vote.
OBJECTED TO CURSES
AND WAS WOUNDED
Dave Graham Shot by Man Who He
Said Cursed in Presence of His
Children.
Asheville, Oct. 11* — UP) —Ret/tuse
it is claimed lie sought to shield his
three small children from the sound of
improper language. Dave Graham, of
Hot Springs today is in a local hos
pital here suffering from gunshot
wounds about the face and right
shoulder, and may lose the sight of his
right eye.
As a result of the shooting, which
took place late Saturday in the yard
of the Graham home on Pa : nt Rock
Road, two men. Willie Lundy and
Cycle Gosnell are being held today by
Chief of Police Craig Ramsey in the
Hot Springs jail 0 n charges of assault
with a deadly weapon. Graham said
the shooting came about when he
remonstrated with the men because of
improper language in the presence of
his children.
The second lecture in the extension
course on the literature of the Eng’ish
Bible will be given by Dr. Snflit'i on
Tuesday, afternorn at the high school
at 4 o’clock. It is not too late to
join the class* The course is in
tensely interesting and instructive, ac
cording to those who have heard Dr.
Smith.
! UNUSUAL CASE HEARD
IN ROWAN COUNTY
(
Commissioners Are Asked to Pay
Damages Because of Dog’s Biting
Little Boy.
Salisbury, Oct. 7.—A committee ap
pointed by the Rowan eounty com
! missioners sitting in Salisbury heard
evidence in a case in which a dog
was alleged to have inflicted injuries
on a boy and the boy was seeking
damages from the county commission
ers. T’.ie committee was composed by
Dr. C. W. Armstrong, county health
officer; Charles A. Chaver, of Salis
bury, and Charles A. Goodman, of the
county.
The action to recover damages was
brought under section 1081 of the
Consolidated Statutes cf North Car
olina which provides that where daih
nages are inflicted by a d(>i on either
person or property the aggrieved pef
son may lay t’ae case before the coun
ty commissioners and this ‘body is
authorized to appoint a committee of
three freeholders who shall call a
hearing and pass on the damages. The
commissioners must pay such damages
but of the dog can
be established the commissioners go on
•aim for the amount of damages.
The case grew out of injuries re
ceived by Dolling Wilson Michael,
three and a half year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Michael, of Charlotte.
While the boy was visiting at China
Grove on July 18th he went with Mrs.
Howard Randolph Gaynor, of China
Gi*ove, to feed a bull dog. It is
said the boy was warned not to bother
Pile animal but he did try to pet the
dog while he was eating with the re
sult that the animal attacked him and
bit him severely about, the face leav
ing a sear that will take scientific
treatment to remove. Mr. and Mrs,
Gaynor are named in the action for
damages.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm at Advance of 27 to 35
Points.—December Up to 13.13,
New York, Oct. 11.— UP) —The cot
ton market opened firm today at an
advance of 27 to 35 points in active
covering, promoted by relatively firm
Liverpool cables, reports of rains or
showers in the South, and was furth
er stimulated by Washington advices
concerning the appointment of a com
mission by President Coolidge to co
operate in plans for the storing and
financing of surplus supplies in the
South.
December contracts sold up to 13.13
and March to 13.43 in the early trad
ing, n£t advances of about 32 to 37
points on active positions.
Prices were within a few points
of the best at the end of the
hour.
Private cables said hedge sellinf
was light in Liverpool, with the mar
ket higher on covering and investment
buying.
Cotton futures opened firm. Dec
13 02; Jan. 13.18; March 13.42; May
13.67; July 13.87.
FRENCH DEBT FUNDING
SURE TO BE APPROVED
Opposition is Steadily Growing Less
and Supporters Are Increasing.
Paris. Oct, 7.—Prospects of rati
fication of the Washington debt set
tlement have increased during the
’ast few days that talk in the lob
bies of the chamber of deputies now
is turning on its probable majority.
The strength of the French franc
in the past two days is attributed to
a change in attitude toward the Mel
lon-Berenger agreement, and parlia
mentary prophets now figure on 350
votes in the chamber for ratification
with reservations in the preamble.
This would give a clear majority ap
proaching 100 in favor of the agree
ment.
Writ of Error for Scott.
Springfield, 111., Oct. 11.—c4*)—A
writ of error which may result in a
stay ofWeeutien for Russell Scott,
j under sentence in Chicago, to hang
for murder next Friday, was issued by
l the clerk of the supreme court today.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
“We’re All Set”
Say Fair Men on
Eve of Big Show
“We’re all set for op
ening tomorrow. for
record crowds.”
That statement was made
this afternoon by officials of
the Cabarrus County Fair
Which opens here tomorrow
morning at 10 o’clock, after
they had checked and re
checked their plans to see
that nothing had been omit
ted.
“We have had line co-op
eration this year,” one offi
cial added, "and because oi
this cur work has been eas
ier and more pleasant. We
confidently expect the fair
to prove the most instruct
ive ar.d most interesting in
the history of our associa
tion.;’
The gates will he opened
at sunrise tomorrow but the
official opening, to be mad£
without pomp or ceremony,
is set for lb o’clock.
CORRUPTION CHARGES
ARE BEING AIRED NOW
Evidences Submitted to Prosecuting
Attorney Will Be Submitted Soon to
Grand Jury.
Indianapolis, Inu., Oct. 11. —Ctf*) —
William H. Remy, pi*o«ecuting attor
ney of Marion County, moved swiftly
today to bring before the Marion
County grand jury charges of alleged
political corruption centering around
the period during which D. C. Ste
phenson, now a life term convict in
Indiana state prison was the controll
ing figure in Indiana politics.
These charges, which have been
made by Thbs. H. Adams, publ ; sher
of the Vincennes Commercial, and a
group of editors associated with him
jn an investigation of alleged miscon
duct by officials in office, were called
officially to the attention of Remy, and
Judge .Tas. A. Collins, of the Marion
criminal court yesterday by Arthur L.
Gillon, Attorney General, of Indiana.
Judge Collins announced that steps,
would be taken today to comply with
Gillion’s request to Collins to “in
struct the grand jury to investigate
Adams’ charges.”
BLACKMAIL LETTER IS
STOLEN FROM OFFICERS
Letter, Demanding Ransom For
Evangelist, Stolen From Files of Los
Angeles Police.
Los Angeles, Oct. 11.— <A *) —Theft
of a letter from the police department
files which demanded $500,000 for the
safe return of Aimee Semple McPher
son today sent state detectives into a
new phase of the investigation of the
evangelist's kidnapping story, as the
pastor’s premilimary hearing on con
spiracy chargee entered the third week.
The letter was sent from San Fran
cisco May 24th to Mrs. Minnie Ken
nedy, mother of the Angelus Temple
pastor. It was supposed to have been
written by kidnappers who Mrs. Mc-
Pherson declares forced her into an
automobile at Ocean Park Beach on
May 18. and held her five weeks, part
of the time in a desert shack in Mexi
co near the Arizona border.
18 KNOWN DEAD AS
HURRICANE RESULT
Storm Struck Holland and Denmark
Over the Week-End, Killing Many
and Causing Big Damage.
Rotterdam, Hoiiand, Oct. IT.—t A 3 ) —
Eighteen lives are known to have been
lost in a hurricane which raged oVer
Denmark and Holland over- the week
end. Heavy damage das done especial
ly to shipping and many vessels were
; n difficulty.
The trawler Agatha Maria foundered
near Wyk and the crew of fourteen
was drowned. A tug sang with its
crew of four on the Maas River after
a collision.
- Girl Held in Murder Case.
Augusta. Ga., Oct. 11. —C A 3 ) —Myrtle
Devore, 19-year-old girl, was arrested
by the police this morning for “in
vestigation in connection with the
death of Charles J. Peebles.” young
white man, whose body was found
crumpled in an automobile on a down
town business street early this morn
ing. A bullet wound was near the
heart, but po weapon was found.
Want Conference to Aid Cotton Price.
New Orleans. Oct. 11.— UP) —A
southwide conference of cotton state
bankers for the purpose of devising
means of bolstering up the declining
cotton prices through reduced acreage
was advocated at a meeting of the
New Orleans Clearing House Associa
tion today.
Army Flight in December.
Washington, . Oct. 11.-—(A 3 ) The
army's “Pan American” flight will
start from San Antonio, Texas, on
or about the 15th of December, the
war department announced today.
The oldest college i* University
College, Oxford, founded in 1050.
GOVERNOR NI'LEAN
SPEAKS TODAY AT
SEMICENTENNIAL
The State of North Caro
lina Has Always Believ
ed in Doing Things With
Precision, He Says.
REFERS TO STATE’S
EARLY HISTORY
And the Outstanding Part
She Played in the Events
Leading Up to the Revo
lutionary War.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Philadelphia. Oct. 11.—North Car
olina has always be’.ieved in doing
filings with speed and decision, once
it was decided, whether it be bui'd
ing highways in 1926 or preparing for
war in 1775, according to Governor
A. W. McLean who, in speaking to
day at tfie. North Carolina Pylon at
the Sesqui-Centennial grounds in con
nection with the ceremonies attendant
to the celebration of North Carolina
day, devoted most of his address to
the early history of North Carolina,
the intense love for freedom which de
veloped there and the outstanding part
the State played in the events lend
ing up to file Revolutionary War and
the Revolution itself.
Governor McLean arrived at the
Sesqui-Centennial grounds shortly af
ter 11 o’clock, accompanied by his
military staff and by Mayor Kendrick,
of Philadelphia. As he entered the
main gate of the exposition, part of
the military guard fell back and a
governor's salute was fired. The pro
cession then proceeded to the North
Carolina Pylon, where a speaker’s
platform had been erected. A large
gathering of people* many of* them
North Carolinians, wd* waiting and
when the governor ajjpeargd. oh the
speaker's stand, he was given a rous
ing ovation.
Following the introduction by Mhy
or Kendrick, in which decided tribute
was paid both to North Carolina
and Governor McLean, .tfie governor
launched immediately into his ad
dress, tracing • the development of
though in the state which led up to
participation in the signing of the
Declaration of Independence, calling
attention to the fact that as early as
1773 the people of North Carolina had
begun to notice the oppression of the
mother country toward the colonies.
In 1774 the people of Wilmington be
gan to organize and appointed dele
gates to a convention that met in
New- Bern on August 25. 1774. This
convention was the first representa
tive body elected by the people of any
colony, and the first expression of
American defiance.
i And from this time on, speed was
the watcliward in North Carolina.
There followed in quick succession
the Eden ton tea party—before the
Boston tea party—and the open revolt
of the people of Wilmington against
taxed tea, which was publicly burned.
The men of a number of counties, be
ginning with New Hanover county,
began forming military companies. On
April 3rd the general assembly con
vened and bound the colony for better
and for worse to the fate„ of the
other colonies in the federation.
And then came the Battle of Lex
ington, in Massachusettes—and more j
speed, for those days. New Bern j
heard of the battle on May 6th. Wil- J
mington on May Bth. In ten days
New Bern had organized into mili
tary companies and by June Ist the;
Royal Governor had fled to the Brit- i
ish Fort Johnston for refuge. Dur
ing May the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence was signed. The
counties adjacent to the Cape Fear :
river organized on June 20, 1775. and j
an expedition was sent against Fort ,
Johnston, which was taken and burn-!
ed, the Royal Governor fleeting to;
a British ship.
*‘ r lhe fire bell had been rung and;
the Revolution was on,” the Gover
nor declared.
Again at 6:15 this evening Govern
or McLean will speak, -this time from i
the main dining room of the Benja
min Franklin Hotel, when his story of I
the State’s recent progress will B be'
sent by radio into all parts of the
country, over atatiop WIP, Gimbel j
Bros., operating on a wave length of
508 meters. At the same time, Miss
Virginia Hufty, of Raleigh, official
soloist for the national convention of
the American Legion, will sing “Dix
ie,” and W. Irving Oppenheim’s con
cert orchestra will broadcast “The
Old North State.” Miss Hufty will be
on the air again at 9:ls'p. m. from
station WOO.
Today’s exercises in connection with
the observance of North Carolina day
began shortly before 10 o’clock and
will terminate this .everrng. Gov
ernor McLean, his staff members of
the North Carolina committee and
others were met by a military’ escort
and proceeded to the Sesqui grounds
in company with Mayor Kendrick,
who delivered an address of welcome.
A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro, repre
senting the North Carolina committee,
introduced Both Mayor Kendrick and
38 PERSONS KILLED :
IN TRAFFIC WRECKS
DURING PAST KEEN
Total Was Four Less Than
for Previous Weeks*—ls
More Hurt Than During
Week Before.
BICYCLE RIDERS B
WRECK VICTIMS
Ten Persons Killed in
North Carolina With Nn
Traffic Deaths Reported
in Two States.
(By the Associated Press)
Thirty-eight persons were killed, gnd,
241 injured in eleven southern stats# j
during the last week, in Automobile, !
rail and other traffic accidents, a sur-~
ve.v conducted by the Associated
Press showed. » .jH
The death total is ten heloty
figures for the corresponding period
of a week ago, while last week's ills
jured total was swelled by nineteen
in the last seven-day period.
Os these, four were killed in grad#
crossing accidents, and two deaths
were recorded in North Carolina fol
lowing bicycle accidents.
Reporting a total of ten deaths,
North Carolina led in casualties for
the week. ■ Florida was second with
six deaths, and South Carolina, Ken
tucky and Georgia each reported five.
No deaths were caused by traffic ac
cidents during Cue week in either Ala
bama or Virginia.
Florida led in the number of in
jured with 4(5. while Georgia reported
43 and Louisiana 40.
GEORGE TOMS KILLED
WHEN C4R OVERTURNS
University Junior Met- Instant Dcatk
in Wreck on Durham-Chapel Hill
Road.
Chapel Hill, Oct. 10. — George N.
Toms, of Durham, a junior in the
University of North Carolina, sun of
Clinton W. Toms', vice presidrut of
the American Tobacco Company, was
killed instantly in an automobile ac
cident near here on the , Durham-
Chapel Hill highway shortly after
midnig'.it last night, when a Jackard
sedan in which he and a fellow stu
dent, Jack Cobb. also, of Durham*
were returning to Chapel Hill over
turned down a six-foot embaukment.
The cause of the accident probably
will remain a mystery. Toms was
driving the car and Cobb was asleep
when the accident occurred. The
crash is believed to have killed Toms
instantly, his ches£ being horribly
crutiled when he was extricated from
the wreckage. Cobb was badly stunned
but recovered sufficiently to imAl him
self out of the wreckage and go for
help after lie found it impossible to
extricate Toms. He reached a hf’**'
bv farm house and telephoned to Chap
el' Hill.
There was no liquor in the car and
no evidence that the students had
been drinking, according te the. po
lice. The car was the property of
Garrett Morehead, of Charlotte, a
member of the Carolina football AeJUn.
Cobb escaped with minor Injuries*;
Japanese Minister Attacked.
Tokyo, Oct. 11.—( A *)—Minister of
Justice Egi was attacked this morn
ing by three persons said tq be stu
dents. Stones were thrown through
the^windows of # .iis automobile and
his hand was scratched by the broken
glass. The assailants were arrested 1 .
The attack probably wns caused
the government's campaign against
the students who have disclosed oopi
munistio tendencies, Clio police be
lieve.
Fanner Losing 5 Cents Per Pound.
Washington. Oct. 11. — UP) —An. av
erage of five cents per pound is lost
by the southern farmer who sells 1 1 /?
cotton at the present price of ap
proximately 13 cents, Chas. J. Brando,
executive secretary of the National
Fertilizer Association, declared today
in a statement based on a study of
production "osts on 1.4(lo farms last
year.
i ’ 'hi rnSSms-
Govemor McLean.
FoI!ow : ng the Governor's address,
at the conclusion of which he places
a wreath at the states pylon, in home
of .North Carolina's signers of the dec
laration of independence. Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Brooks, gave an elaborate lunch
eon at the Bellevue Stratford, which
was attended by 100 guests. After
that the Governor was to plant a tree
in Independence Square, and Mrs. W.
N. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem, was
to present a state's Hag to Mrs. George
Horace LorimVr. This flag will be
placed in the archives of Independence
Hall.
TIIE WEATHER
Cloudy with probably showers to
night and Tuesday, not much change
in temperature. Moderate southwest
and west winds.
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