ImE LI
[arms Day Draws Monster
|owd To Fair Grounds Here
Respite Many Signs Os Rain
In ay CROWD GOOD AND
P BIGGER crowd during night
1 y ts ;erday i ailed to Interrupt the Program
■a „ vv Downpour Sent Thousands to Cover
Is the Free Acts and Fireworks Were to Begin
|ht. __ __
lov PRIZE WINNERS ARE
110I 10 aN N()UNCED BY J. IVEY CLINE
ft«n fiOO Birds Entered in. Fair This Year.—
■l] p a v Tomorrow With Singing Contest
Ethe Features Planned for the Closing Day
1< Fair. _ ,
■ fibarrus County Day at the Fair and hundreds up
-1 the ' IS daughters of the county are at
Id-' t<‘rgetM °i routine habits while they renev/ old
F ami mate new acquaintances. Business in the city
fcnd-tliJ in most instances while the day is being nb-
I halt holiday for the occasion.
t at the fair yesterday had to play hide and seek with
Lj w hily the attendance was below that of Tuesday
L'h larger than on the second day the fair last year,
between 1,500 and 2000 more. Showers
Lj tt ent.lv throughout the day with a hard downpour
Ljast night but despite this conduct on the part of the
L regular program was carried out with few inter-
Kjl he another big day at the Fair and on Saturday
■Contest, a new and unique feature, will be offered,
li Mecklenburg. Gaston, Stanly. Rowan, Davie and
Euntv have entered and their music, to be rendered
|the grandstand Saturday afternoon, will be one of
■easing features of the closing day.
■ 'im v<‘s
■■:. ...'II Ilf MIIIH- '.lllll
- • -..i-d i !i“ir way to
fBB ' during t li*‘
- and
gSS; ads Wfl-f
< 11 f 'i> late i-an
H|j 1> \ tin* showers.
■ ' to reach the
|H; ;i,i - lifted at 1
• •' the main graml
vdjlß. ■■ ami at the Qpn
■H: . on i. a few
■■ i&J. The!
interfered with
■■ . 1..- afternoon and
■Be. (■•;?,ail> as good as
iiit \. were run.
).\ .1. F. Cannon.
. • • fair, held the
iimt-s he led I’ae
winning first money
r. fnrni'hi'.l the chief
was too fast
Ifi-M* won with
Hn;.:!..'. '.ire and to tin*
cA••!•<. The pace was
i iiii. \\ioi Kin Klux.
T.li S o , winning in
; their work Tues
Vi,..wcil interest in the
IBvf., :, Jin.i ji.ni 1 1 ry. More
|Hliirw ;,!••• exhibited. J. Ivey
|Miiiliry depart-
ami tinwe are more
[H dii*-r "ck than ever
petty race, wmi again by
ami a bicycle race
i hiv i'. ~f Salisbury.
FKk. Concord, were
nil the 1 rack. Davis
ihy about Jo yards.
■'- w the j linip and hold
the Inile.
Sthe fair arc loud in their
'-xhif.iw in the big hall.
'if tlm exhibits'ns well as
Mu-| ris.-d those per
|Bviv,;M( l t|„. fail for tlie first
" M ‘k- Tiny are not ac
■'" s,ll 'h exhihl■ at a county
H 'vi'.!. m.,'t prominent cit
sit in the judges' box
■[ ra ; vs ami often commented
of ihe Cabarrus
b'teml.' that never be-
stn-li -t tine field of.
u ‘ fair offei' this year,!
■[*\ ' i;! ' been attending
’ ln, ‘ s for ilia li\ years.
H'teiest is aroused in the
t 0 lw ' 'taged Satur
-1 |‘ s intinv counties
■ :,, "1 the contest is
H, ' " li, ‘ llt 'lf main attrac-
M'" Week.
to he daunted by
■J" t '" li, . v . With most bus-
H r) . a '" i F*xt iI * * plants in the
■ ,‘V' t, ‘ ni "' i ousands of
,0 ' grounds at
"'her a.iousands
■ ' 1 sr,,, :i before the
■> '• Vrl 'etieduled to
'' lock.
■ Il! Kannapolis also
■ ■ ■ and one re-
B't. ” " ' Cor
■p,,,'; I ].; employes
ftrve'l'V 1 ;' ' Mrs - E - T -
Hdrive N ' ir '' I ' IP
■t thb' :Uili ,l f, 'w invited
■tj gr,l,ll *'K.
■T S Ull rose f , J
Bung t [, ' -‘o splendor
■ the J" ; ' yef.v indica
■owerer* \ - : -.' l i,f ‘ an ideal
lUn k J '' V " '■'•‘ ‘■k the skies
« for a bght
■ ho^
■ " i, it* the clouds
■ing K(ii ° w ' 1 '; with t^ie
■ iti e; i: .„ ( g' v °f breaking
■ hnA-arj"! :, ! ln strf, am of
■ '' I, “ r grounds by
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly i n Advance.
noon.
Winners of poultry prizes are an
nounced as follows:
Rhode Island Reds
Third Young Pen —W. J. Ilolshous
er.
Third Cockrel —W. F. Taylor.
Second Old Pen —W. H. Bmfford.
First Cock. First Cockrel anti First
Pullet,t —W. F. Denning.
Second Young Pen, First Old Pen,
Second aud Third Hen —J. R. Mc
(^lendf.
Second Cock. Third Pullet —Fred |
Peck.
First Young Pen —L. L. Mauldin. I
Third Cock—R. ,T. Fink.
Second Cock. Second Pullett. First
Hen —W. R. Robbins.
Brown Leghorn
First Young Pen, First Old Pen,
Second and Third Hens. First and
Second Cockrels, First Cock and First
and Second Pullets —P. S. Shinn.
< Games
First Pullet. Second Hen. First
Young Pen. First Cockrel, First O.d
Pen —A. T. Roger. j
First and Second Cocks, First and
Third Hens and Second Cockrel —I.
T. Miller.
First Cockrel, First and Second
Light Pullets and First Dark Pul
let —C. H. Overcash.
Second Hen. First Cockrel, Sec
ond and Third Pullets, Second Young
Pen and Second Old Pen —H. E.
Cline.
Black Minorcas
Second Cockrel, Second and Third
Pullets —A. W. Reaver.
• Bronze Turkeys
First Old Pen, First Young Pen —
G. H. Walker. ,
Second Old Pen, Second Young Pen
—W. H. Linker.
Thild Old Pen —G. E. Blackwelder.
Light Bralimas
First, Second and Third Pullets,
Third Cockrel—‘Tom Ballard.
Second Hen.. Second Cockrel —A.
W. Beaver, Walnut Grove Poultry
Farm.
First Hen —Ethel Eudy.
Blue Orpington
First Hen —Ethel Eudy.
Second Hen —A. W. Beaver.
Hoodans
First and Second Hens, Second Cock
rel and Second Pullet —W. L. Coch
ran.
Pigeons—Buff Carneaux
First and Second —W. W. Teeter.
First Pair Homer—Bernard Dry.
Black Giant
First Pullet, Second Cockrel. First
Cock —Walnut Grove Poultry Farm.
Silver Campines
First Cockrel, First Hen, Second
Cock —Walnut Grove Poultry Farm.
First Cock, Second Hen, First Pul
let —Et'nel Eudy.
Black Giant
First Cockrel, First Hen, First Pul
let —Ethel Eudy.
Narragansett Turkey
First Young Pair. First Borbon
Red Pair —Ethel Eudy.
White Minorca.
First Cock, First Hen—Craig Cox.
Ducks
First Pair Ruen and First Pair
Pekin —Craig Cox.
Golden Seabright
First Cock, First and Second Pul
lets, First Hen, First Cockrel—D. W.
Barringer.
First Cock, Second Hen—Erwin
Leigh.
Golden Lace Wyandottes
’ First, Scond, Third Pulleets, Sec
ond Cockrel —D. C. Dover.
Indian Game
First Cock —D. C. Dover.
White Wyandottes
Third Young Pen. First and Third
Hens —Mrs. .tohn Gehler.
Eirst and Second Old Pens, Firsl
,and Second Cockrels, First, Second
Exhibit Hall at^
Fair ta Remain
Open Each Night
% .
For the benefit of night
visitors to the fair grounds
arrangements have been
made to keep the exhibit
hall open each night for the
remainder of the week.
Four guardsmen have
been ordered to report at the
hall each night and they will
guard the exhibits to see
that nothing is taken from
the building. Persons sus
pected of going there to
steal instead of to see v-dl
be admitted.
The decision to keep the
hnll open at night was reach
ed bv fair officials after nu
merous persons had made
such a request, pointing out
that they could not visit the
fair during the day and were
anxious to see the fine and
numerous exhibits.
OFFICIAL SAYS DAVIS
LEAPED FROM LINER
j Commander of the Majestic Says the
j Florida Man Jumjwl 111 rough Cab
in Port.
New York, Oct. 14.—OP)—David P
Davis, prominent Florida realtor, win
was drowned from the White Star
| Liner Majestic en route to Europe
j from New York, “jumped through tin
I cab : n port,” said r. wireless mrosag*
j today from Commander G. R. Metcalfi
' to the line's offices here.
Details were "very engue,” the
j message said, adding that a witness t<
the drowning was ill. thus causing j
delay in reporting the death. Th<
commander said he was making a
thorough investigation.
Judge Oflest’jr Leans Toward HlsPpy
Winston-Salem, X. op., f Oct. 14. —
—Judge Oglesby, presiding over
Forsyth County Superior court this
week. apparently has a leaning
toward history as well as the law—
anyway lie couldn’t believe a young
negro girl, found guilty of larc*liey.
was so very bad after she told him
authentically when the Declaration
of Independence was signed and that
Coolidge was President of the United
Staates.
True, the erring negress hadn’t
ever heard of Governor McLean and
j didn’t know who the Mayor of Win
ston-Salem was, but she said she
aspired to be a history teacher when
I she grew up.
j The Judge plied the young truant
with historical questions while he
I was ruminating over her fate, which
he finally reserved.
With Our Advertisers.
Today and Friday at the Concord
Theatre, Norma Shearer in "Tin
Waning Sex.V Next Monday and
Tuesday “Stella Dallas.’’
Special prices on clincher' cord
tires, 30x3 1-2, at the Ritchie Hard
ware Co. only SS.9o. These are gen
uine gum-dipped Firestone tires.
Phone 117.
Tally Cardsv score cards, etc., at
Cline’s Pharmacy. Telephone 404.
Best grade of field seeds at the Ca
barrus Cash Grocery Co.
All fair visitors are asked to in
spect the line of clothing and furnish
ings at Hoover's.
"Watch the papers tomorrow for an
nouncement of one of the biggest
events in the merehand : sing history of
Concord. •
Meet all your friends at the Parks- i
Belk Company’s store this week, check
your baggage there free. Special bar
i gains all over this big store.
and Third Pullets, First, Second and
Third Cockrel, Second Hen —R. D.
Goodman.
Anconas
First Old Pen, First Young Pen,
First, Second and Third Pullet, First
and Third Cockrels, First and Second,
Cocks—S. A. Denny.
Second Cockrel —E. A. Eury.
Hhird Pen —L. W. McCoy.
First and Second Hen —W. H. Braf
ford.
Buff Rock <
First, Second and Third Young Pen.
First, Second and Third Cockrel.
First, Second and Third Pullets. First,
Second and Third Hens, First, Sec
ond and Third Cock and First and
Second Old Pen—J. Ivey Cline.
White Leghorn
Second Cockerel. First Pullet, First
Old Pen, First. Second and Third
Hens—J. Ivey Cline.
First and Third Cock, First Cock
erel, Second and Third Pullet, Third
Young- Pen—E. J. Sharpe.
Second Young Pen —W. H. Brafford.
First Young Pen —W. J. Keever.
Second Cock—B. F. Phillips.
Third Cockerel —B. L. Freeze.
White Rocks
First Cock, First and Second Cock
erels, Third Pullet —W. E. Ludwig.
1 First Pullet. First Hen, Second
Cock—R. J. Fink.
Felinis'a Gians Rabbits, First Pair
l —W. E. Ludwig.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,1926
The Gloves That Gene Wore
I -r - ~~~ Z' '., T" T
These gloves, which Gejie Tunjiey used in his fight with Jack Dempsey,
were autographed and presented to the Marine Museum at Washington.
I). C.
WANT FUND TO TELL
WORLD ABOUT THE STATE
Will Statewide Appeal to Ra!s«
Funds For This Pu!T»ose.
Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 14.—(A 3 )—
The organization committee of tin
North Carolinians, Inc., will make t
statewide appeal to all citizens ,oi
North Carolina to raise a common fund
for national advertising, it was an
nouneed today by Fred N. Tate. th«
chairman of the orgairzation. Nol
only will all cities and towns in tin
state be asked to subscribe their pr<
rata shares, but the entire citizenship
>f the state will be appealed to, Mr.
Tate said.
It is proposed to raise $150,000 te
be used during the coining year in ad
verting North Carolina's resources
and natural advantages on a nation
wide scale. This is to be done
through newspapers, magazines and
trade journals of wide circulation, and
the purpose will be to attract more
people of substance to make their
homes in North Carolina.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Decline of 1 to 6
Points, But Later Steadier on Trade
Buying. k%
Nexy York, Oet. 14. —(/P)—The cot
ton market opened steady today at a
decline of 1 to (5 points, active months
showing net losses of 3 to 7 points
after the call under Southern hedging
and rcaljzinajbv rcoeiiL-Imivers for qj.
reactromV theWfttter pwmrfbly being .in
fluenced by relatively easy Liverpool
cables and reports of continued good
weather in the South.
There seemed, however, to be a
good many limited buying orders in
the market and after selling off to
13.25 for December and 13.55 for
March, prices steadied up on covering
and trade buying. By the end of the
first hour December was selling at
13.25 and March at 13.70, pet ad
vances of about (1 to 10 points..
The Southern selling here was much
less active.
Cotton futures opened steady: De
cember 13.32; January 13.35; March
13.55; May 13.80; July 13.00.
RURAL POLICEMAN
WOUNDED AT STILL
J. D. Lowry, of Anston County, Shot
But Not Dangerously Injured.
Wndesboro. Oct. 0. —Rural Police
man J. D. Lowry, of Gulledgb town
ship, was shot in the legs and Bc*ri
onsly although not dangerously
wounded on Friday night whale cap
turing a still in Lilesville township,
near the I*ee Dee River. Mr. Lowry,
accompanied by Officers S. M. Gaddy, (
S. O. Niven and T. D. Lowry, crept
to within a few feet of the still,
which was in full operation with
men looking after it. He commanded
them to surrender and turned on
his flashlight, when one of the men
fired at him with a shotgun from a
distance of about 20 set. About 50
shot took effect in Mr. Lowry’s legs
below the knees, but only penerated
the flesh. The man who did the shoot
ing, and who was not recognized, es
caped, but a colored man, James
Knight, was captured and is now in
jail. The other man at the still es
caped. He, as well as the man who
dad tVe shooting, was white. The ■
still was a first-class copper out- |
fit of about 100 gallon capacity.
Abaut 15 gallons of peach liquor
were secured by the officers. Mr- (
Lowry was brought to the Anson j
Sanatorium and is getting along
very well hospital treatment, j
FIND STILL BENEATH
i DEMOCRATIC CLUB
Employes of Club Had Been Manu
facturing Contraband, Says News
paper.
New York, Oct. 14.—0 P) —Today's
American says a thirty-gallon sti'.l
was foundL-m-ently in a cellar of the
National Democratic Club on Madi
son Avenue. X 0 member of the club
was concerned with the apparatus, it
was exp’ained, but employees made
whiskey and smuggled it out to pedd'e.
The discovery was made, it was said,
when plumbers were called in to make
some repairs after the discharge of
a paid executive- of the club.
The club has on its rcster many
of the most prominent Democrats in
fLe country.
Some thing* come to those who
wait, but moret to those who tip pro
fusely.
MAIL TRI'CK STOLEN
BY ARMED BANDITS
Mail Was Being Guarded by Police
But One of Men on Truck Was
Killed in Fighting.
E.izabeth, X. J., October 14.—04 s )
—Bandits armed with sawed off shot
tuns held up a mail truck under police
escort in the business district this
morning and ki.led one man and
wounded two others.
The dead man was John Enz, an
employee-of the Elizabeth post office
who was in charge of the truck. Jo'.m
Quinn, also a post office employee, was
wounded and Motorcycle Patrolman
Christman who was escorting the
truck, was knocked from his machine
when one of the bandits cars collided
with him. He was shot as he lay on
the ground. *
The bandits got away. It is be
lieved t'iicre were ten or more in their
l»art.v. They occupied two automo
biles.
$160,000 Pay Roll Taken.
Newark. N. J.. Oct. 14.—OP)—A
pay roll cf SIOO,OOO consigned to the
Elizabeth Port Banking Co., and in
tended for the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Co. was obtained in the Eliza
beth mail robbery, according to re
ports reaching this city.„
MRS. SIELAFF IS STILL
STATE'S CHIEF WITNESS
Says She Manufactured Evidence
Tending to Aid Mrs. McPherson.
». I4)fr OctSjd^jd.— i/P) —Mrs.
Lorraine AViseman f Scila ft. Titian
lmiied .seamstress who declares she
was employed as a double for Aimee
Semple McPherson to support t'he
evangelist's kidnapping story, today
was to continue in her role as star
prosecution witness at the preliminary
hearing of the Angelus Temple pastor
on charges of conspiracy to obstruct
justice. *
Occupying the witness stand in mu
nicipal. court here for today Mrs.
Wiseman added details to her con
fession that she manufactured evi
dence to show that Mrs.* McPherson
was kidnapped from Ocean Park beach
last May and was held captive for
nearly weeks in a desert shack
in northern Mexico.
Her testimony centered on the
state charge that Mrs. McPherson oc- J
cupied a cottage at Uarmel, an ocean
resort, with Kenneth G. Ormiston.
former Angelus Temple radio operator.
As part of the arrangements Mrs.
Wiseman testified, she was to testify
she was the woman who shared the
cottage with Ormiston.
Gypsies Arrested,
(By International News Service)
Little Rock. Ark., Oct. 14. —Fully
three scones of Gypsies were around
police headquarters here when officers
arrested twelve of a caravan which j
pulled into this city yesterday.
The twelve Knights of the Road
were taken in custody as suspects
following the disappearance of $32
from the cash register of the Adams
grocery store which was discovered af
ter tiie gypsies had been shopping
there. *
The clerks at the store were unable
to identify any of the suspects and
they were released. However, the
band has been warned to leave this
city or disband.
Officers have been instructed to ar
rest all gypsies where they may be
molesting merchants and merchants
have been urged to report to police
where gypsy bands appear.
Big Coat Sale at Fisher’s.
The November Coat Sale at Fish
er’s is always a notable event. This
year it will begin Friday, October 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have just return
ed from New York, where pur
chased a beautiful line of ladies
coats, for fall and winter. During
this sale thousands of dollars’ worth
of these coats for women and mis«es
will be offered at attractive prices. See
big ad. in th ; s paper today.
Denies Mussolini Needs Operation.
Rome, Oct. 14.— OP) —Stefani, semi
official news agency, today announced
that it was authorized to “deny abso
lutely the news reported in several
foreign newspapers that a German
professor is coming to Rome to op
erate on Premier Mussolini.”
The premier's health, it added, was
excellent.
A girl's kisses are like pickles in
a bottle —the first is hard to get, but
the rest come easily.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
INCREASE 111 USE
OP COTTON SHOWN
DURING SEPTEMBER
I
V
Cotton Consumed During
Month Totalled 571,105
Hales, an Increase Over
j August Total.
MOST OF COTTON
USED IN SOUTH
! Os the Total 411,259 Bales
Were Used in the Cotton
Growing States—l7,l4s,-
i 328 Spindles Active.
i 1
Washington, Oct. 14.-=^CP) —Cotton
consumed ’ during September aggregat-
pd 571,105 bales of lint and 74 352
]of Outers, compared with 500,652 of
lint and 67,781 of linters in August
this year, and 483.082 of lint and 71.-
643 of linters in September last year,
the census bureau announced today.
Statistics for cotton growing states
include:
Cotton consumed during September;
411,250 bales, compared with 359,-
708 in August, Pais year, and 320.772
in September, last year.
(kitten on hand in cotton growing
states September 30th was held as
follows;
In consuming establishments 509,-
052 bales.
. In public storage and at compresses
3.116.160 bales.
Cotton spind’es active during Sep
tember numbered 17,145.328.
QUEEN MARIE WILL
LAND ON MONDAY
Looking Forward to Seeing New
York's Sky Line From Leviathan.
S. S. Leviathan, Oct. 14. — CP) —
When this queen of the mercantile
marine points her prow up New York
Harbor next Monday a Queen of the
realm will be on deck to view Bar
tholdi's famous Statue of Liberty, en
lightening the world, and the vista of
the city’s sky line.
Queen Mark, of Roumania, has ex
pressed a' desire to see the panorama
unfolded as the Leviathan plows her
way through Gravesend Bay and up to
her dock at the foot of West 46th
street on the Hudson River. She has
informed the Roumanian legation at
Washington the wishes to obtain the
full effect of a scene bf which she has
heard so much.
SAYS DAVIS DIDN’T
JUMP OVERBOARD
Vice President of His Company Says
Story is Preposterous.
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 14.— CP) —Arthur
Y. Milam, vice president of the D. P.
Davis Properties, today characterized
as “preposterous” the official report
of Captain G. It. Metcalfe, commander
.of the White Star liner Majestic, to
the effect l'liat D. P. Davis jumped
overboard from the ship while en
route to Europe.
“It can’JLbe true. lam assembling
facts now that will absolutely refute
this theory,” Mr. Milam said.
Shortly after receipt of the Asso
ciated Press dispatch in which Captain
Metcalfe was quoted as sayjng the
developed jumped through a cabin
port, Mjr. Milam made public a second
i radiogram which 'he said -had been seat
by Raymond Schindler. «nd F. W.
Montayne, employees of the Davis or
ganization, who were accompanying
the developer'on the vogaye.
Business associates of the developer
declared he could have no motive for
suicide.
Trial of Rev. Geo. Wood is Post
poned.
Tribune Bureau i
Sir Walter Hotel |
italeigh. Oct, 14. —The trial of the
Rev. George Wood, of Kinston, on a ;
charge of manslaughter in connection
with the death of J. B. Vickers, es
caped convict whom he was returning |
to prison here after his recapture in
South Carolina, has been postponed
until the November term of court and
will not be tried in superior court
here Thursday of this week as' had
been 'intended. No objection was of
fered by Solicitor W. F. Evans. In-1
ability of John G. Dawson, senior
member of the defense counsel, to
participate in the trial at this time
because of his duties as chairman of
the State Democratic committee was
one of the reasons for the postpone
ment..
Private Ownership Advocated.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 14.—C4*) —Op-
eration of the American Merchant Ma
rine under private ownership when
and if private interests are prepared
and able to undertake the project and
maintain it, was advocated here to
day in a resolution submitted by the
Savannah Cotton Exchange, and ap
proved unanimously by a large num
ber of shipping and business inter
ests at a heading before Admiral W.
S. Benson, commissioner of the Unit
ed States shipping board.
The pearl shell industry is of con
siderable importance to Arkansas, aa
it is estimated that the average an
nual output of commercial shells is
12,230,367 pounds, sufficient to make
about 733.000.000 pearl button*. The i
value of the yearly output in the
rough state is approximately a quar
ter of a million dollars.
The world’s white population is es
timated to increase at about 5,00,-
000 a year.
COMMITTEE GIVES '
EUR TO PLANS TO
AID COTTON PRICE
Will SeekTcTGet *
Bates Off the Mi
Reduction in the*
Acreage.
KILGORENAMED
ON COMMITTEE
It Is Planned to Start the
Drive Now to Bring Aid
to Farmers for the Pres
ent Crop.
Memphis. Tenn.. Oct. 14. —Ctf>) —The
executive committee charged with the
task of supervising the cotton relief
program approved last midnight by
the conference of Southern bankers
merchants and planters, went • into
session here today to formulate plans
for active launching of the two major
objectives, retirement of 4.090.900
bales of this year's crop, and a 'r'ea
sonable reduction" in cotton acreagt
for 1027.
Meeting at the call of Dr. Tni;
Butler, farm economist, -Memphis
chairman of Hie executive group, the
supervisors reflected the determined
attitude of the convention in its'long
continued sessions, and last night
promised active prosecution of the
campaign for meeting the cotton mar
ket depression of th : s year, and pre
venting a recurrence of the prie<
slump in the state.
Conferring with Mr. Butler were
B. W. Kilgore, of North Carolina, am'
.f. W. Fox, of Mississippi, committee
men.
Sees Solution to Problem.
Washington, Oct. 14. —( A P)—Solu-
tion of the cotton price problem n
I believed by Secretary Mellon to b<
assured in the aggressive attitude ol
, southern business leaders.
It was reiterated at the treasury to
day that there will be no difficulty a*
far as credit for the orderly market
ing of the record crop is concerned
Federal Reserve Banks in the South
were described as in excellent condi
tion and I’ae intermediate credit bank>
were reported ready to meet demands
Warehouses and other storage fa
cilitieg and other per
tinent to marketing *re thf imme
dflaW demand. in thisHkespect th»
j secretary understands conditions ar<
j much better than in 1921. <
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QUESTION OF WHIPPING
CONVICTS IS REVISED
More Liberal Use of Lash, It Is Ar
gued. Would Cure Insubordination.’
Raleigh. Oct. 9. —Difficulty in dis
ciplining prisoners worked by the
state and the county convict camp*,
revives the question of returning t<
more liberal use of the lash and the
local afternoon paper carries an in
terview with ‘*a' state official dost
to the administration,” who believes
that the whil will cure insubordina
tion. =
i The mutiny of Asheville prisoner
I and recently the reports of m°st out
j rageous conduct by Wake county pris
oners have had something to do with
the trouble just as the Cranford cast
had the tendency to go to’opposite ex
tremes. It is hinted by occasional
; visitors to Raleigh that some legisla
tion on the subject will be necessary.
| It probably will not take the form
1 of milder statutes toward roughneck*
! who have made beatings so* nearlj
criminal. The agitation will more
, likely assume the form of more Intel
[ ligence among the prison handlers. It
j is well known that the chief humilia
tion which comes to guards and petty
j officials about a convict camp is the
j cussing which the convicts bestow
, upon these minor men. They do not
take it gracefully Solocitor Evans of
| the Wake-Franklin district leans right
j sharply to the lash and very far away
from the reformers,
j He has knowledge of unspeakable
speech and conduct by prisoners whom
he has sent to the gang. He does
not hesitate to suggest that a lash
would cure many of them nor is he
so strong for so much ceremony and
supervision of it. He would safe
guard the beating, but be -w’ould cut
as much red tape as possible.
However, the beatings become less
and less popular. There has been
very little trouble with state prison
ers who have intelligent and-studious
men working over thbm and a hu
mane superintendent at the head of
the institution. The state may pay
more money and get better men; it is
not likely to Jift the ban from the
lash and bid every supervisor clothed
with a little to name the
medicine which each offender' must
take.
Wilmington Men Get Big Oil Check
Wilmington, Oct. 12.—A group of
Wilmington business men who- five
yearn ago invested in Texas oil land
in an amount said to have been
around SIOO,OOO today returned to
the city with a check for $375,000
for their holdings and announced
that they still retain a royalty in the
well production.
Announcement that the $375,000
check had been deposited in local
banks was made this morning by
Thomas H. Wright, real estaate op-
I erator and one of the city’s leading
business men.
•Viscount Dillon, whose marriage
til the age of 82 is reported from
London, i« regarded as one of the
world’s foremoat authorities on
armor and costumes.
BEGIN ROUNDUP.TO
FREE WINDY CITY ;
| m GANG RULE'
* cit “Hard Boiled” C*& |
tains Organized Into a
Squad Which WiUl)*
vote Work to Gangsters.
ORDERS THRILL
GIVEN TO THEM
Told Not to Take Chances
With Armed Gangsters
or Any Others Who Ro
. fuse to Be Arrested.
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Chicago. Oct. 14.—G4*) —A squad of
seven "’hard boiled” captains has .been
selected by Chief of Police Morgau
Collins to begin a roundup to fr.e? the
city from gang rule.
, The order came slmu’.tnneous'ijr
information obtained by the police
that Earl u Hymie” Weiss, slain gang
leader, was double crossed by his own
lieutenant Patrick Murray, whq him
self was killed by those who wejf
leged to have paid him to.
Weiss.
Tlrs informant whose name was nqyt
revealed, not only declared that ar
ray lured Weiss into the machine gun .!
trap on North State street, but ftiat
an automobile load of gangsters affil
iated with machine gunners was at the
scene. ~,
The order of Chief Collins issued
after a conference with Mayor Devey,
virtually reorganized _the detective I
zone squad system. It placed at d|- ,
reet command of the seven
who the new gangster'# bu
reaur 30 high speed cars manned by
90 squads, or a total of 450 tuen with
fifteen lieutenants. In addition. Rm
captains will have use in emergency of
207 department flivvers giving com
mand over a shot gun and njot,or
equipment force of 1,092 men—ti,e
army with which they are to carry
the city's offensive against gangsters.
Orders were issued to arrest any
known gangster on sight, ami to kill ;
any gangsters with a gun in bio baud,
or who refused arrest.
SAN ANTONIO GETS
LEGION CONVENTION
Unanimously Chosen as 1928 Conven
tion (Tty by Former Service Men.
Philadelphia. Pa., Oct. 14. — UP) —
San Antonio. Texas. was today select
ed as the 1928 meeting place of the
American Legion national convention.
The selection was made unanimous
on motion of Stanly M. “Larre”
Doyle, of Montana, after the call of
half the States had made it apparent
that the Texas city had a big lead in
the vote. The other cities in the con
test were Miami and Denver.
Harold G. Edwards withdrew the
Detroit invitation with the under
standing that it would be renewed Tor I
the convention of 1929.
Wants National Defense Department.
Philadelphia. Pa.. Oct. .l-l.—GP)—
Organization of the national defense
into a single department with secre
taries of equal importance for land,
sea and air forces, was recopijnehcled
to the American Legion convention to
day by its aeronautics committee.
CONCORD GETS NEXT ,
MEETING OF t&NQI)
Will Meet Next October With The
New First Church Here. ’
Statesville, Oct. 14.— OP) —Tjie
First Presbyterian Church rft
was chosen for the 1927 sesstyp of tV
Presbytery to be heal in tlctoier. *
Adoption of the report of Dr. J". $.
Foster of Winston-Salem. favoring
■stricter divorce laws and deSate of t
motion by Rev. F. J. Kcattergood, of
Elizabeth City, for abolition of the
office of stewardship lorateiFip <3har
lotte, featured today's session of the
Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina
here. ***^'
The Synod voted to take pp action
on the stewardship motion until ’ the
report of the stewardship committee
comes before it for diseus6 J on.
Rev. W. L. I.ingle of Richmond,
Va., offered an amendment to the Scut
tergood motion, that the report of the
committee on bills and overtures
touching this question be substituted
for the original motion. This was ac
cepted. Tlx* report of the committee
on bills and overtures recommend*
abolishing the office.
Act'on may be had this afternoon.
Junius K. Powell Begins Serving
Penitentiary’ Term.
Raleigh. N C. Oct. 13.—Junius K.
Powell, former young president of
the Bank of Warsaw, who was con
victed of forgery in Duplin Superior
conrt 'ast week and sentenced to
serve from five to seven years in the
state prison, arrived yesterday to be
gin bl<« (Sentence.
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Consider Domestic Program.
Detroit. Oct. 14.— UP) —Approving
after perfunctory debate n proposal to
co-operate with the Mexican Federa
tion of I,abor to curb immigrant smug
gling. the American Federation of La
bor convention turned awnv from in
ternational affairs to consideration of
its domestic polit : cal program.
Australia is going in for scientific
goat farming on a large scale.
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THE WEATHER
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Partly cloudy tonight and Friday,
not much change ?n temperature!
Moderate northeast and east winds.
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