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[against hf V' is ,V . state in
lea» llp , tb " Philadelphia
club. The
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a YearT Strictly in Advance.
FLARES I P
AGAIN AND FOUR
BI'ILDINGS BERN
West Frankfort, 111., Oct. 28.
!>P> —The smouldering feud between
the Birger and Shelton gangs of
Williamson county, flared up again
ear.y today when a band of some
fiftten men atdeked “Shaw's Gard-
I en\ a road house frequented by
) Birger men. ridded four diiapidat
| ed frame buildings with machine
gun fire, and finding no one to
• fight back, burned them to the
| ground.
.QUEEN MARIE'S
COUNTRY HOME
Her Love of Country L’fc.is Most
Pronounced.—Wants to See Our I
. Oc untry Homes.
Washington. 1). Oct. 28. In j
I the arrangement of the itinerary for,
| her present tour of America, Queen j
Marie of Roumania lias expressed a
wish to view some of the beautiful
j country homes on tliis wide .of tiie At
! lantic. !I<yr love of country life is
pnost pronounced. Tlio girlhood of
Her Majewty was pawed in an Eng
lish country home and it is in hei*
! country home at Sinaia that she haw
! been seen to greatest advantage since
j she became Queen of Roumania.
( awtel IVles. at Sinaia, lias been
[the county residence of the Rou
; manian royal family for more than !
■ half a century. It was as early as
• 1871 that the late King Charles and
! his Queen migrated there in search
!of cool mountain air. as a restora
tive after the scorching suummer
heat of the plains. In those days,
however. Sinaia could boast of little
oW than its ancient cloister, in }
which the royal family (accompanied
by a modest suite) occupied a series
of wmall. white-washed cells, and
lived in almost primitive simplicity.
The magnificent view of the Car
pathians, the peaceful Prachova val
ley. and the flashing mountain I
•streams were counted as rich com- *'
pensations, and the affection which 1 1
was so early rooted in the heart of
King Charles for this most pictures- I
quo spot swayed bin life to the end. j 1
King Ferdinand and Queen Marie (
entertain the same fondness for
Sinaia as did their predecessors on *
the throne, and it is there that they '
reside during the greater part of the 1 1
year. ji
The highly artistic and beautiful <
Castel Peles is the outcome of much j
patient waiting and economy on the j 1
part of the late King and his eon- I 1
sort. The enormous building, .of a' (
style which may be said to belong to j i
the Renaissance school, with it*-; t
many graceful minarets and balcon- i j
ies. its sloping roofs and gables, and
handsomely carved timber beams, W> t
singular!v harmonious to its natural r
surroundings.' Castel Poles is built;)
on the lower mountain sloped, and : t
the view obtained of it from the j c
high road to Sinaia is exceedingly | ]
fine, for, with its near background i f
of magnificent forests and towering
mountain peaks, it produces an es- j j
feet both unusual and inspiring.
Beautiful, well-kept gardens, laid |
out in terraces, a luxuriant growth ! •
of flowers and shrubs, are all fit
ting adjuncts to this complete pic
ture. The interior is a clever com
bination of luxurious comfort and ' .
high art. and there are evidences on 1
all sides of the culture tastes which *
have discovered the secret of uniting *
beauty of outline and proportion • s
with personal ease and comfort. The
dnassivc carving and qolored win- i I
dows exclude perhaps ji little too | I
much sunlight in some parts of the ! i
builcMng; but the subdued light, and j t
.gentle splashing of the Peles, which t i
has been captured in its course down ‘
the mountain side to cool and beauti- 1
fy the home, add just a suspicion of
mystery and romance which en- 1
hances its many charms.
THE COTTON MARKET - x
Steady During Early Trading With ]
First Prices 8 to 13 Points Low- j (
er, j,
Oct. 28.—(#)—'The cot- > i
ton market was steady during today’s!]
early trading on reports of smaller j i
southern offerings and relatively steady i
j Liverpool cables. ;'•
First -prices were 8 to 13 poirits i .
higher, and active months sold 1(> to j i
18 points above yesterday’s closing j
quotations by the end of the first hour,
January advancing to 12.43 on cover
ing which appeared to be combined
with trade and investment buying.
Private cables from Liverpool said
there was less hedge selling in that
market, prices advancing on trade bu>-
ing and covering, and also reported
an improvement in demand for cot
ton cloth from India.
The smaller volume of southern
j hedge selling here at the opening was
! attributed partly to the progress be
ing made in plans for financing and
storing cotton in the South.
Cotton futures opened steady. Dec.
12.24; Jan. 12.33; March 12^3; May
12.90; July 13.15.
ChiM Lost Three Days is Recover
ing.
Monroe, Oct. 25. —Little Albert
Knight. 18-months-old son of Mr. and
Mre. R. J. Knight, of Union County,
who strayed away last Monday and
was lost in a briar bed for 64 hours,
enduring three cod nights and n
drenching rain without food or wa
ter. is fast recovering from its er
posure in Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital
here. It .was laughing and playing to
day and has recognized all of its
family. While the improvement has
geen good, Dr. Mahoney says that
on account of its weakened condi
tion, it will be some time before the
little fellow can be taken from the
hospital.
With Our Advertisers.
gmart new dresses, hats and coats
at Fisher’s, at popular prices.
I Next Tuesday is a legal- holiday
j and the banks of Concord will be
| closed on that day.
State Witness
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Ossian E. Carr, city manager
of Fort Worth, Tex., was ex*
pected to be a witness for the
.States at the trial of Rev. Frank
Norris, minister accused of
the murder of'D. E. Chipps.
Carr was repeatedly attacked
in speeches by Rev. Norris.
1 I International Newsreel)
ARIZONA CAMPAIGN
' TO GET ATTENTION
Senator MoNary Asked to Begin an
Inquiry There as Seen as Possible.
- St. Louis, Oct x 28.—UP)—Investi
gation of the .senatorial campaign in
Arizona was ordered today by Senator
Reed, democrat of Missouri, chair
man of the campaign fund
committee.
Senator McXary, republican, of
Oregon, now prosecuting an inquiry
into the campaign in his own state, I
was asked to proceed to Arizona as
soon as his present work is conclud
ed.
Senator Cameron, republican nomi
nee for re-election in Arizona, asked i
for an inquiry, charging that SIOO,-j
(MM) had been contributed by copper
and hydro electric power interests for i
use against him in the present cam
paign.
After reading Senator Oameron> !
telegram. Senator Reed placed i« the I
record it gram fr- n Pr-ns+o*- «
hurst. Democrat of Arizona, sa.vlngh
that the Cameron charges were false,
and stating there were evidences that <
large sums were being usd in Sna- I
tor Camron’s campaign.
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ADVERTISING GIVEN
PRESIDENTIAL BOOST I
Advertising Life of Trade in the Opin- i
ion of President Coolidge.
Washington, Oct. 28. — UP) —Adver-
tising is t'he life of trade in the opin
ion of. President Coolidge. and aids
extensively in the maintenance of the j
American scale of wages, the main,
support of the home market.
Addressing the annual banquet of j 1
the American Association of Adver
tising Agencies here last night, the
Chief Executive alluded to the na
tion’s capacity for production and con
sumption through high wages and I
“Foe greatest distribution of wealth,
that the world has ever seen.”
Progress May Efface Last Home of j
Vance.
Ashevil'e. Oct. 27. —Gombroom,
the beautiful and famous home at
which Zebu’.on Baird Vance spent liis
last yeans, and a large number of
other homes will pass out of exist
ence if the> city commissioners decide
upon the North Folk of Swannanoa
River as the source of the city's
water supply.
This fact has been pointed ,out in ,
a communication from John Harry I
Martin. owner and occupant of j
Gombroon and a stepson of Senator
Vance.
Gombroon, which was the property i
of Mr. Martin even while Senator
Vance lived there, stands some seven
miles north of Black Mountain and is
one-of the most famous homes in;
Western North Carolina. Its uni- ,
queness and attractiveness are said j
to be a result of the artistic taste of
Mrs. Vance, mother Mr. Martin. !
More About Klan in Politics.
St. Louis, Oct. 28.— UP) —Wm. F. j
Zunbrunn, general counsel of the Ku |
Klux Klan, was described here today j
before the senate campaign funds J
committee by George W. Meyers, of
Marion. liid.. as the legislative agent
of the Klan at Washington.
Meyers, a former member of the
Klan in the Hoosier State, testified
that Zunbrunn looked after matters!
before Congress in which the Klan was j
interested, includ’ng immigration re
striction, abolishment of parochial
schools, “and the seating of United
States senators.”
Farmers to Discuss Cotton Situa
tion.
Charlotte. Oct. 27—A mass meet
ing of farmer* will be held here to
discuss the cotton situation, E. T.
Coles, a member of the North Caro
lina delegation to the recent Mem
phis conference announced today.
The meeting will be one of the series
being he'd throughout the South to
discuss the advisability of launching
a southside movement for reduction
. of cotton acreage.
4
Helium, a gaseous e'ement, was
J • discovered in a spectrum analysis of
c the sun by Lockyer 30 years before
its existence in tlie earth was proved.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1926
WATCHFUL WAITING
POLICY IS ADOPTED
Ilf GANG'S WARFARE
I i» ■
Three Illinois Counties
Await Developments Be
tween Two Fully Armed
Gangs.
BIRGER GANG IS
OUT FOR REVENGE!
While the Shelton Gang (is!
Armed and Waiting fpr
Anything That Comp
Up.
Marion, 111., Oct. 28.—G4>) —Wil-
liamson. Franklin and Saline counwes
today assumed a policy- of watchful
waiting with two southern Illinois
gangs almost at pistol points. The I
Charles Birger gang had declared that
revenge was theirs, and the Shelton
brothers gang liad firmed and was on
guard.
The death Monday night of two
members of the Birger faction was
ihe incident that fanned the filed to
feverish heat.
Both camps held in readiness an
armored truck and heavily armed men.
The Birger faction reinforced by three
recruits yesterday, centered activities
around the leaders' road house twelve
miles west of here, while the Shelton
gang, who have succeeded in keeping
under cover, were reported to be cen
tering around West City, a small town
near Benton, in Franklin county.
Birger was authority for the state- :
inent that a battle is only a matter j
of time. “We’ll have a good story
for you in a few days if we don't get
bumped off." ho told newspaper men.
“Outsiders” need have no fear,
Birger declared.
POSTAL CLERK SHOT
BY FOUR GUNMEN
Charged With Conviction of Three
Men Involved in Post Office Rob
bery.
, Taxton, 111., Oct. 28.—(>P)—Four
gunmen early today shot and probably
fatally wounded Harry Swanson, night
postal clerk after blaming their victim 1 1
for the conviction of three men. in-1 1
volved in a post office robbery here |
some time ago.
Swanson, vrtio was on duty alone, I
thr*t Gu quartet apparently ,w]
no Intention of shooting up the office;-
when they came in, although they
covered him with revolvers and short
ly afterward began firing. 1
Bandits, who obtained $500,000 in
gems from three diamond salesmen,
were captured not far from Paxton in 1
September.
Swanson was one of the witnesses
to the first attack, and the three men •
he positively identified were sentenced j 1
to prison.
Wanted to “Vamp” Coea Cola King.! 1
New York. Oct. 28. — (A 3 )—The |
name of, Asa G.. Candler, of Atlanta, |
millionaire founder of the Coca Cola
Company, today was injected into the
$150,000 breach of promise trial
brought by Mrs. Lettie Lash, former |
actress, against Dr. Junius H. Mc-
Henry, nerve specialist.
An re-direet examination. Dr. Mc-
Henry testified that Mrs. Lash told
him she was seeking an introduction
to Candler for the purpose of vamping
him.
Defense Rests in Keever Trial.
Gastonia, Oct. 28. — (A 3 ) —Charles D. j
Keever,_ charged with the murder of
Will I. McGinnis at Stanley last
month, rested his case at noon and
immediately afterward the state be
gan examination of a large number of
rebuttal witnesses.
The state pu? several witnesses on
jthe stand to prove the good eharac-
I ter of the dead man, after the de
! sense (*ounsel had endeavored to prove
j him a dangerous character.
!
Cotton Committee to Meet.
Raleigh, Oct. 28. —(/P) —Governor
McLean announced today that he had
j called a meeting of the state cotton
finance committee for Thursday, No
vember 4th at the state capitol, and
j that he had been informed that eub
i scribers to the million dollars capital
stock of the emergency finance eorpor
| ation would meet in Greensboro on
1 Wednesday, November 3rd to organ
| ize and perfect plans for beginning
j business.
Will Help Finance Cc<ton.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 28. —
UP)—An offer to lend $1,000,000 with
out interest, and to underwrite a like
sum to finance an organization to sta
! bilize the Oklahoma cotton industry,
| was presented here today to a group
| of government officials, state bankers
and business men by Lew Wentz, Pon- j
| ca City oil operator.
Relief Expedition for Bahamas, i
West Palm Reach. Fla., Oct. 28.
UP) —A relief expedition ordered by
the National Red Cross, was to leave
( here at 11 30 this morn : ng for Nas
sau. in the Bahamas. The request for
! aid is said to have come from the Brit
. ish government. Two doctors with
medical supplies were included ; n the
5 party.
j McClintock Will Upheld.
, Sprngfield. 111., Oet. 28.—-UP)— The
validity of the will 0 f William Nelson
McClintock, bequesting most of his
S $1,000,000 estate to his foster father. |
f Wm. D. Shephesd, Chicago attorney,
e wa« upheld b.v .the' Illinois Supreme
l. Court today.
In the Affairs of the World |
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BPPNSPT m is* i
XTIyDIME TJT^EV*
HfciTy Houdini, stage magician* was seriously ill at Detroit!
Sirs. Bula E. Croker, widow of Richard Croker, New York
political boss, won a Supreme Court decision against his chil- ;
dren by bis first wife. They sought a share of bis Florida j
property. New York atheists demanded that Uldine IJtley, (
child evangelist, take out working papers before she he per* i
Blitted to preach. Countess Maria Ratti, niece of the Pope,
was married to Marquis Persiegetti. j
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$11,000,000 Available For Cotton
Farmers to Finance the Cotton Crop
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Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Oct. 28.—Eleven millions
of dollars available in North Carolina
with which cotton farmers may fi
nance their cotton and hold it off the
market for a period of two years!
This, in substance, is tire gist of
the announcement made by Governor
A. W. McLean that more than sl,-
000,(KM) has already been subscribed
toward the capital stock of the Cot
ton Finance Corporation, being or
ganized at his instigation last Satur
day in Greensboro to assist the farm
ers of the state to hold back their
cotton until prices improve.
"The response of t'ue bankers and
business men of the state has been
most encouraging and most remarka
ble,” said the governor in commenting
on the situation. "Nearly $2,000,000
has already been offered, instead of the
$1,000,000 desired, and I am con
vinced that it would have been just
as- easy to get a capitalization of $5,-
000,000 as it was to get $1,00,000.
This is also an outstanding example
of the interest which the bankers and
business men fell in aiding the farm
ers and is au evidence of the concern
Ciiey have for higher prices for cotton.
With this corporation assured, and
with adequate warehouse space availa
ble, there is no reason why the out
look should not improve at once.”
Attention was called to the fact,
that through the Cotton Finance Cor
poration, cotton warehouse receipts
and loans made on cotton in storage
could be discounted through file Fed
eral Intermediate Bank up to $lO,-
0(M),000, making $11,000,000 in all
that will be available to the cotton
farmers in the state. The interest
rate will not be over 6 per cent, and
perhaps even less.
The storage space in bonded ware
houses available at present is enough
to take care of from 400,000 to 500,-
000 bales, and the cost per bale per
month for the first year is but 35
cents, including handling charges,
storage and insurance and for the
second year, or any fraction of it,
file charge will be but 20 cents per
month.
The personnel of the finance com
mittee which he was authorized to
appoint to provide ways and means
CLUES TO MURDER No definite clues have been de-
OF MISS LILY CROY veloped today in the murder of Mrs;
— Mary Alden, who was found shot to
j Toledo, 0., School Teacher, Whose death in her home last night. Police
Body Was Found Tuesday. so far have been unable to. connect
I Toledo, O. Oct. 27.—OW—Police her slaying with the Croy murder,
today uncovered two clues in connee- chief of police has issue a
tion with the clubbing to death of statement asking citizens to keep cool
Miss Lily Croy. school teacher, whose to prevent another wave of hysteria
body was found yesterday. as C1 * a Jpar a ®
i . * tt • . a while a clubber was active.
James A. Harrison, negro, turned
over to police an iron bar which he / M | sß Talblrt ln Hospital,
found on a refuse pile near the scene 4 |igg Bernice Talbirt, who became
of the slaying It was covered with g unt j ay D jght with appendicitis, un
blood and matted hair. derwent an operation in the Concord
Officers also are searching for a Hospital Monday afternoon. Her con
taxicab driver who was reported to dition today is reported as satisfac
have picked up a fare near the scene torv
of the clubbing, and taken the man \j‘ igg Ta.birt is a daughter of Chief
to a down town hotel. The man, ac- of Police L. A. Talbirt and Mrs. Tal
eording to reports to the police, ap- birt.
peared to have blood on his coat. Re-
wards totalling $2,600 have been of- The Bank of England was founded
sered. by a Scotsman who died in poverty.
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for meeting the presenF cotton sihia-i
tion was also announced by Governor!
McLean. The members of the dom- j
mittee are as follows: J. W. Simpson, |
Greensboro; Thomas H. Shipman. [
Brevard; N. E. Calhoun, Winston- j
Salem; F. F. Fagan, Rocky Mount; i
E. B. Raleigh; W. G. Gaith, I
er, Elizabeth City; N. M. Victor, j
Charlotte: ,T. Elwood Cox, High j
Point; John F. Wiley, Durham ; j
Ralph W. Page, Aberdeen, and James i
H. Pou, Raleigh. M. L. Corey, of
Richmond, Va., one of the receivers
of the Tobacco Co-operative Associa
tion, as is also James H. Pou, will
act in an advisory capacity to the
commission, as Mr. Corey is very fa~
miliar with the system of financing
employed by the Intermediate Credit
Bank.
This committee is to co-operate with I
the warehouse feommittee appointed |
at the, Greensboro meeting for the I
purpose) of bringing to the attention
of the farmers, bankers and others
interested in cotton,! the various meth
ods whereby cotton may be held from
the market until the prices improve.
The finance committee will co-operate
with the banks and the cotton finance
corporation, now being organized, and
other agencies in the state as to ways
and means of relieving the situation.
It will also enable those desiring to I
do so to carry their cotton at the low
est possible cost for as long a period
as two years, if necessary.
This committee will in no wise be
connected with the cotton finance com
mission in any other than an advisory
capacity, however, as the finance cor
poration will elect its own officers
and directors at the first meeting of
the stockholders of the corporation,
which is expected to take place in
a few days.
A telegram has been received by
Governor McLean from Eugene Meyer,
of President Coolidge's cotton com
mittee, advising that cotton financing
corporations of $1,000,000 capitaliza
tion have been assured in t'he states
of Louisiana, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Alabama and that other cotton
states are working on plans to pro
vide similar corporations.
Cotton on the local market is quot
ed today at 11 1-2 cents per pound.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
MRS. M'PKON 1$
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to mm
Evangelist and Her Moth
er Will Not Be Called to
Testify at the Prelimi
nary Hearing.
HEARING NEARING
THE END TODAY!
Judge Samuel R. Blake'
Will Decide Whether to j
Hold the Evangelist forj
Superior Court.
Los Angeles, 'Cal.. Os t. 28.— UP) — j
The preliminary hearing of Aimer |
Semple McPherson, evangelist, aeciis
ed of conspiracy in connection with
her story of being kidnapped and held
for ransom, entered its final stage to-!
day with the last of the defense wit- j
nesses expected to testify.
Defense counsel indicated that |
neither Mrs. McPherson n«r her |
mother. Mrs. MinnV Kennedy, a co- 1
defendant, would he placed on the wit- j
ness stand.
A preliminary hearing for Mrs. Me- 1
Pherson. her mother and Mrs. Lor
.rdine Wiseman Sielaff. another! de-1
fend&nt, and the evangelist's accuser,
which began in municipal court thirty
days ago. is the longest on record i
here. I
With the completion of defense tes-1
timony. Municipal Judge Samuel R. |
Blake must decide whether or not to
hold the wealthy evangelist and her j
co-defendants, to answer to superior j
Court. • j
Ormiston Stayed in New York.
New York, Oct. 28.—G4>)—Ken
neth G. Ormiston, missing radio man
of the Aimee. Semple McPherson ease,
lived at a New York ltotel for almost
a month until September 17tli, when
he disappeared leaving a trunk behind
him,, the district attorney's office an
nounced today.
| SECT OF SHAKERS IS
FAST NEARING DEATH
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| Once Powerful Religious Sect Now
But Little More Than a Remedy, j
Lebanon, Ohio, Oct. 28. — UP) — ,
j Only the epilogue remains to be told
: of the story of the Shakers, ouce I*>w- j
erful religious sect. ‘ , '
i Less than-’* Jialf century. .a** J
| Shakers owned and farmed thousands j
j of acres of the best lands in Ohio, as i
well as rich tracts in the east. Tb-j
! day, all their Ohio lands are in the |
[ hands of others, and the Shakers have j
! gone. The few j?olonies remaining in j
! the East, at East Canterbury, N. H.; j
! Pittsfield. Mass., and West Albany, |
| and Mount Lebanon, N. Y., number i
[ but a few dwindling hundreds.
Founded 150 Years Ago.
More than a century and a half ago.
the adherents of ‘'Mother Ann Lee’ ;
came to America from England, and J
established the first colony of Soakers
in New York state. Nearly a cen
tury and a quarter ago John Meach
am, Issachar Bates and Benjamin
Youngs, missionaires of the new faith,
came over the Alleghanies to Lebanon,
! Ohio, where they set up the banner
i of the Shakers in the wilderness.
Despite opposition, tiie new sect
i grew and became wealthy. The Shak
ers bought the best land in the region.
They were sober, industrious, pious |
and honest. They abolished marriage
and depended upon converts from
other denominations or “from the
world” to keep up their membership.
But they offered the convert little be
yond a life of peace and quiet. When
a man and his wife joined the sect,
all their material possessions passed
j into the hands of the church, and the
i conjugal ties were abolished.
Lives Almost Monastic.
Shakers made their life almost mon
astic in color. Like monks and nuns
they toiled for their church, gave suc
cor to the needy, and maintained the (
relationship of brothers and sisters.
The “pooling” of lands and ail re
sources in the hands of the church
made it a communistic enterprise.
There was little intellectual life, j
and education was not encouraged un-1
til the later years of the church. The j
Shakers believed that Adam and Eve
were the physical progenitors of man, 1
but that man's spiritual nature sprang j
from the mythical union of Jesus and
Ann Lee. .
But the church and communistic
colonies founded on these beliefs and
practices did nos prospar. There w ere
desertions; Schisms broke out f With
in comparatively few years the mem
bership in Ohio dropped from more
than a thousand to the one lone Quak
er still in Lebanon, and the total,
membership in all the colonies in
America from more than 6,000 to less
than half a thousand.
Work is Resumed on New Fleet
wood.
Hendersonville. Oct. 27.—Work on
the Fleetwood hotel, atop Jump Off
mountain, was started up again to
day by the new owners, the Florida
East Coast Realty company. Twentv
five men were put to work, to be in
creased •to 50 next week and to 150
the following week. Work was stop
ped early last summer.
Royal Party in Canada.
Ottawa. Ont., Oct. 28. — UP) —A spec
ial train bearing Queen Marie of Rou
mania, Prince Nicholas and Princess
Ileana arrived in Ottawa shortly be
fore 11 o’clock this morning from
Montreal. The royal vis'tors were
greeted by Viscount Williugton, Gov
ernor-general of Canada.
SHIPS COLLIDE HMD 1
mm GOING
iolT TO ODDI
One Man Reported Ld&t
and Another Hurt When
Ships Crash in Fog Near |
! New Orleans.
LOUISIANA GOES
DOWN WITH SPEED
|
The Other Vessel, the Mad
| ison, Made Port With
j out Aid But Her Bow Is
Damaged.
i
I New Orleans. La.. Oct. 28.—(4*)-
! The steamship Louisiana stink outside
South Pass early today, after collid- j
ing wit'll the steamship Madison in a
fog. officials of the Gulf and Southern |
| Steamship Company were informed.
; One man is reported missing and ah
| other hurt.
J The IxMiisiana. outbound for Miami
! anti Key West, was struck by the I
Madison just outside the pass, and
1 sank a few minutes later. 'Hie Madfi* t
; son was inbound from Tampa r ’At the \
| time of the accident.
The Louisiana was said to have 1
been proceeding slowly through ah
impeding fog. when she wq's struck
nmidship. The ship, a freighter,ear- j
i ried a crew of about 35. The Madi- 1
son. a passenger carrying vessel, car- I
I t ied a crew of between JUT and 40 j
i men. and several passengers. All of '>[
the passengers were reported safe, j
The Madison was able to proceed to 11
i Pilot near the mouth'Of the
River, under her own power;, and late
er was reported to have left thftt point
to continue the trip up the fiver, nlv
though her bow was damaged.
THREE KIDS MAKE LONG .
TRIP IN STOLEN At’TO
•
Now They Must Go to School a Vehr ;
or Go to Jail.
(By International News Service..) if
Pine Bluff. Ark.. Oct. 28.—Three f
youths have been returned to their
[schoolroom* at Chicago after a 1.- 4 .
i 200 mile trip in a «tolen auto. They
i must be faithful in their school at- i
I tendance or go to jail. They would
have gone to jail, anyway, had it not ;
; been for big-hearted Y. S. Commis- .
'sioner Elliott.
L T&XjfilßHMf 1& J»ne 14 and the S
i other If* years of age. decided on a
(great and risky adventure while
i standing in front of a church in
| Chicago on October 3.
i A new auto was left in front of
j the church, the motor running- They
j leaned in the car and drove away.
[ For days they were tourists and had
I lot* of fun. But they went broke
when they reached Pine Bluff and
went to work in the rice fields.
Arrested here, they admitted their
guilt. All begged to be allowed to
| return to school in Chicago. Par
| ents of the youths came here from
Chicago and Commissioner Elliott
allowed the fathers and mothers of
the boys to take them back home.
An agreement was reached be
tween the parent*, the boys and the :
commissioner that if the youths do
not attend school faithfully they will
be tried and placed in jail for the
theft of the car.
The outom<m:ie was only slightly
worn from the long trip and ha*
j been returned to its oivner. The par
ent* of the boys have agreed to pay
any damages done to the cal'.
Annual Sessions on Presbyterian
Women at Red Springs.
Red Spring*. Oct- 27.—Hie four
teenth annual meeting of the Wom
an’s Auxiliary of the Synod of North
• Carolina opened here in the Presby
terian church Tuesday afternoon
with (he president. Mrs. W. L» Wil
son, presiding. Approximately six
hundred are id attendance.
This mornings service began with
! a prayer circle at nine o'clock, fpl
| lowed by report* of the various at
| ficers of the synod and the report*
j from the nine Presbyterialw com
j porting the *ynodieal. namely, Albe
| marie. Concord, Fayetteville, Oran
! ville, Kings Mountain, Orange, Meek
i lenburg. Wilmington and Winston-
Salem, Mrs. W. C. Winsborough, of
1 St. Loui*. Mo., head of the women'*
| work in the Southern Presbyterian
: church, conducted the devotional e±-
j ereises. Rev. W. M. Hunter, of
Davidson, explained the proposed
I synod, recommended by Mrs. Wins
; borough,
Mrs. Cameron Mo.r'ison spoke of
; the need? a mission court (for
North Carolina. The mission court
j came in for discussion again. The
synodical went on record a* apprnv
'i ing this home for missionaries on
i { furlough, to be known a* a mission
j court. A committee consisting of
Mrs. Cameron Morri*on. chairman,
and Mr*. M. W. Norfleet. Mrs. \V.
M. Reynold*. Mrs. W. L. Wilson
and Mrs. L. Richardson wa« ap
-1 pointed to look into the coat of rhe
i necessary building, etc., and report
'I to the spring presbyteria! for ao
-1 j ceptance.
Dr. E. E. Gille*pie. of Greensboro,
' in a very interesting add raw told of
the spiritual need of North Carolina.
The afternoon session closed with
the re-election of all former officers.
THE WEATHER
* Fair tonight, not so cold in central
- and west portions. Friday increasing
l cloudiness and warmer, fotlowed by
p showers in extreme west. Gentle
- variable winds, becoming moderate to
fresh in the south.
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