North Carolina Newspapers

Ilume Ll Ejking Bombardment louses Chinese Who pill Present Protest ft I shck in Statement ft Americans and the Ksh Should Not Have qii ( ity Last W eek. ftl\r; SHOULD ■aVL ( OME FIRST ftimates Time Was ft.jvcn tor Protection Before the Kl Guns Were Fired. A| :i i'rh 31—0P>— The - till- Allglo of Sorony .Hia ,, | h esti ~ commander. |H,:'sl.Oi. -tiitemen to |H k : ~ ; i111j lifieeii wounded. |V , ii.«• victims civil- He [o tifiy houses |H. mj ,h : iCxc.) that a full and I «, not yet available. were subject to ] ;: id instructed tbe |H|. irr \..>i {■.'Miuander to lodge H u ;s!, 11 ; it ish and Ameri |H axainst "what I §■ ;i,j■ iv lii'd bombardment given us before |H, ri |n,e:ii." lw added, "and no H I: in which to take eet foreign lives and EBh Tiy nationalist military - w " the bombardment and our officers and te deeply arouse and ~■ Nanking which exaggerated had ternational atmoc said. cy 11f these reports, it is ■Hl.ave inin-h of the sym |H'i, i. .mi*-! iy existed for us ' z |ieo]i!e. The na ;i :• friendly rela tie foreign powers, net anti-fofeign. but pro ■H n.iv aim is to secure inter ■H) nine an equal of I About China. .March hi.—t/P) —The ■Byehe- from the Far Fast. for 'lays brought to the SH Stan* iH'partments here re- conditions fac |Hhiiis in ( 'liina today had H a mere trickle but there anv material les- HHettiimi] anxiety over the HIV :i • commanding Atn- I'hna reported to |H koiamnenr that he had ■Ha iiestroyer to Tsing Tao. ■Hherii of Shanghai, at the Hn " \ uericaa consul, but no details of tbe had i tape led the con sacii request. Hum. kkpohts HI Alim I MINK STRIKE ll'»\v Many Men Will Quit Posts Tonight. ■H M r 'll.—i/P)—Conflict as m the extent of the in the central oom r:n:i" today from opera-. official* as the mid jj^Vi"::r expiration of the Jack |B>S" eta.-rp approached. >!'"kes;nen in lowa. < Hiio iaain:,-lined that tomorrow v ‘ r 'ually all the miners j ■l".v l-»n.ooo idle. |H I'im 1 moo Ity Judge g^H 1 ’ ' ■ Tex.. March I'll. — ’ gH hay sioo ir his part ; with I'm- : §» r.‘-uli e.l iii a forfeited M I-andis, Baseball BH :>I - aniiomicid here to gH '" :i w. re old enemies gH w ; lc j- of the Detroit "‘’'"'i umpiring in Wilson is .iml 1.e.-igue now. and |^g a ' '*‘ 1 o.-11■ 11 to umpire a gH ; ' i. i enriy between | the Athletics |B hies regular g^V h . v" ■■■ bench caused IB',' 1 ' ihially resulted — ‘" IIV Athletics. No! dub. Jh.n Found Os Miss Bif"' :i,| --N.i trace i hour this B-i - S Asheville! g|H r ‘ 't.-riously dis- i gH | ||v Sunday praetically H foul the "sly |B the waiting. Hl’ l ''" from tho ,, gB ! disclosed. |B a! 'i'l ’"‘ w <lp ' |B the - ■ wm : ’ : . aii, ‘ in-vs -'"lies. ■gy- V ( """ i- tin Illinois ■ k ;; i.—t/P) MM :; | A'ted at the HB ~ "'-"k. Harry Bn, ' Illinois H- lii'iui G inv 'ited WM *" “fa tors, to H|H? up ’ h*‘ object agreement THE CONCORD TIMES J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher _ AMERICAN FLAG AT CHUNGKIANG TORN FROM MAST Shanghai, March 31. AP —The Chinese at Chung kiang on the Yangtze River ; in Szechwan province have torn down and destroyed the American flag on the United States consulate. j* Anti-Americanism there j has grown to such propor tions that the American bus iness houses are being clos ed and Americans are con centrating near the water front. Theytonsul and vice consul are reported to. have taken up quarters on the gunboat Monocacv. BOYS TO BE TRIED FOR WHIPPING AGED WOMAN Mother of One of the Boys Loses Her Mind on Account of the Af fair. Tho Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh. March 31.—The three 1 "guests" from the "Harricaue" dis trict of Wake county—Gaston .Tones, Sade Ray and Otis Harrison—who called Mrs. Fannie Davis. 75-year old ( widow from her bed in the early hours . of the morning Sunday, March 20th, and then administered a beating to the aged woman when she refused to ( cook a chicken for them and do "other ( things" which they requested, are to be given a preliminary hearing Mon day afternoon before Justice Roy M. Ranks. „ The hearing will be attended by Solicitor Rrassfield, who conducted 1 the investigation of the flogging of the aged woman and whose continued efforts to run down the affair, finally resulted in the arrest of the three , young men, xvho are believed to be t the nucleus of a gang of youths who j have terrorized the "Harricane" sec- ] i tion of the county for months. The j "Harricane" section ie one of the more ( remote sections of the county with a reputation for lawlessness and "the , manufacture of corn liquor. } ''Solicitor Brasefield. it is expected. \ will examine the witnesses. It is , expected that the trio will be bound - over to Superior Court, where Solici- } tor Brassfield will later be called upon to prosecute them on the charges of s breaking and entering, larceny' and. ] assault. The three are being held in '■] the Wake county jail in default of , $2,500 bail each. • 1 ( The whipping of Mrs. Davis is gen- j erally conceded to have been one of \ the most brutal .occurrence* .ever re vealed in the county. According to , her story, the three young roustabouts, ( in a decidedly intoxicated condition, roused her from her bed in the small hours of the morning, and demanded that she not only drink some of their liquor but cook* some chickens and oth er food for them. When she refused NO TRACE FOUND SO FAR OF ALEX. S. JONES Disappeared Suddenly Last Sunday at Lake James, Near Morganton. Asheville. March 31. — (A 3 ) —Investi- gation of the possibility that Alex S. Jones, partner in an Asheville plumb ing and heating concern, who has been mysteriously missing for four days, may have been slain, and reports that Mr. Jones had been seen alive late i yesterday stirred new interest in the case today. i Mr. Jones, 55 years old, last was ; seen in a row boat on Lake James i near Morganton last Sunday after noon. A companion returning to the lake a few minutes after leaving Mr. Jones found the boat calmly floating , near the shore, with no trace of Mr. Jones remaining, and with no indica tion that he might have fallen into the lake. He ie said to have been a good swimmer. Nobody active in the investigation ( has advanced a positive theory that he was murdered. Rather the inves tigation took that turn because it ap- | i peared that all possibilities had been 1 eliminated. Annual Pre-Easter Sale at Eflrd’s. The Annual Pre-Easter Sale at Efirds will begin Friday morning. April Ist, and continue until Easter. ! There are big bargains all over the store, and they tell you about some of these in a page ad. today in both The Tribune and The Times. Not I only in ladies’ wear will you find some wonderful values but in men's and boys’ also. Mgii’s suits from $11.95 to $29.50 and boys’ suits from $3.95 to $9.95. D. A. R. Session Over. Wilmington, March 31. — (A 3 ) —Elec- tion of officers and attention to the closing business of the annual session I of State Daughters of American Rev olution were before the delegates to the convention in session here. The state regent Mrs. Edwin C. i Gregory, is a holdover officer, and only minor offices are to be filled. There are no outstanding contests. This season professional baseball will have a March opening for the i first time in many years. The Pa cific Coact U ea ß u< N a’.\Tay« the first to ; pry off the lid. will begin its schedule on March 29tU. BUCK IS RECEIVER I FOR MIR CONCERN ! NOWIN BANKRUPTCY I Eugene R. Black, of At lanta Trust Co., Named Received for Big Atlanta Realty and Trust Co. severalTclalms AGAINST CONCERN Forrest Adair Said Misfor tune Which Had Over taken Company Could Not Be Prevented. Atlanta, March 31. — (A 3 ) —Eugene R. Black, banker, today was appoint ed receiver for the Adair Realty and. Trust Company of Atlanta by Federal Judge Samuel It. Sibley. Forrest Adair, president of the organization, said that the misfortune which had over taken his. company was "some thing which could not be prevented, on account of developments and condi tions that have arisen." An involuntary petition in bank ruptcy was filed against the Adair Realty and Trust Company by H. E. Ilayok, H. A. Rawlins and W. G. Carpenter, employees, who said they had claims of $915.45 against the or ganization. Claim* against the Adair and Sen ter company, a construction company of the organization, for $23,000 was presented by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Otis Elevator, and the Southeastern Electric Company. Judge Sibley named Eugene R. Black, president of the Atlanta Trust Company, as temporary receiver, and *et April 9th as the date for hear ings on the petition. TIIE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at an Advance of 7 to 9 Points on Further Buy ing and Covering. New T York. March 31. —< A 3 ) —The cotton market opened steady today at an advance of 7 to 9 points on further trade buying and covering, promoted by reports of unfavorable xx-eather in the South. The advance met southern selling and considerable realizing w’hich caused reactions of 6 or k points alter th^ call. ViTf local bnying at the decline steadied prices. At the end of the first hour July was ruling around 14.35 and December 14.77. or 7 to 8 points net higher on active months..- . ; t . Private cables said trade calling and continental buying had absorbed liquidation and hedge selling in the Liverpool market* but reported pessi mistic feeling in Manchester due to the fact that offers for cotton goods frqm India were too low to result in business. Buying promoted by unfavorable weather reports-nnd continued absence of any selling pressure from the South later carried the market up to 14.39 for July and 14.80 for December, or about 10 to 11 point* lief higher. July sold off to 14.35 at midday, with the general market showing re actions of 4 or 5 points from the best. Cotton futures opened steady: May 14.13; July 14.37; Oct. 14.59; Dec. 14.78; Jan. 14.82. THE STOCK MARKET Unusually Broad Number of Shares Were Traded In at Outset of Mar ket Today. u New’ York, March 31.-—(4 I )—An un usually broad, number of shares was traded in at the outset of today’s stock market however, no defi nite trend. Overnight accumulation of orders gave strength to some of the southwestern railways, notably the Texas & Pacific which touched a new’ high. Further selling of oil stock pressed a number of them down to new low’ prices for the year. Conflicting Price Movements. New’ York, March 31.— (A 3 )—Widely conflicting price movements again characterized today’s, stock market. Renewal of selling pressure against the oils, motors and some of the specialties brought about further un settlement early in session, but the persistent demand for a number of rails coupled w’ith a revival of activity in strength jn United State Steel com mon, turned the main course of prices upward again by early afternoon. Musie Federation Meeting. High Point, March 31.— (A 3 ) —The 11th annual conventionof the North Carolina Federationof Music Clubs w’ent into its second day here this morning with addresses scheduled by Mr.s Edgar Stillman Kelley, of Ox ford, Ohio, president of the National Federation, and Mrs.’ William A. Harper, of Elon College, president of the State Federation. Most of yesterday’s ten preliminaries were given over to the young artists con test, a movement to encourage young people along musical lines, and in which musicians between ages of 20 and 32 years are eligible to compete. Woodward Freed By Jury. Florenec, Ala, March 31. — (A 3 ) —J. Albert Woodward, of Hejena, Ala., high school principjal, was acquitted of murder last night in connection with death of. his wif</who was drown ed w’heri their automobile plunged from a bridge into a creek here. He was accused of slaying his wife to obtain $19,000 life insurance. concord, n. c; Thursday; march 31,1927 DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF SALE OF NOTES : FOR THIS COUNTY C. A. laenhour, Chairman of Board of County Commis f sioners, Did Not Author ize Notice in Paper. C. A. Isenhour. chairman of the board of commissioners for Cabarrus . county, stated this morning that he I* knew nothing of the sale of Cabarrus U'eounty notes until he saw a notice, [jin The Daily Tribune Wednesday. | did not authorize the notice," he stat -1 ed. "for I knew nothing of the notes l until I saw the notice in the paper [and made inquiry." At The Tribune office it was stated that the notice was received from Bray Brothers Co., bond* and loans mer chants of Greensboro, and further in quiry into the matter brought the in formation that the loan was made by the county school board and not the commissioners. J. B. Robertson, superintendent of county schools and secretary to the school board, stated this horning that last year the board borrowed $50,000 through Bray Brothers, giving notes for the money. "We had an agreement with Bray Brothers," *Mr. Robertson stated, "un der which the notes were to be re newed. We thought the note* \ve*re t<> be renewed and had recently ad vised Bray Brothers to this effect. Members of the board did not know of the proposed sale of the notes until the notice was seen in The Daily Tribune yesterday.” Chairman Isenhour stated this morning that he would communicate with Bray Brothers at once to learn why the notice, ov’er his *ignature, was published without his knoxvledge or consent. "The commissioners had nothing to do with the loan or the notes," Mr. 1 Isenhour stated. "I did not authori*© the notice ‘for I knew nothing the loan. The matter is one for the school board to handle, not the com missioners." Local banks, it is said, are anxiofcs to bid for the notes which will be of fered io bidder* on April 4th mullr the terms of the notice received fro® Bray Brothers. Mr, Robertson explained that tfie money was borrowed to complete the school board’s building program in tlte county and that Bray Brothers knejy when the note* were given that tbt* board would want them renewed. Thh commissioners were not advised of th| loan, he said, because it w’as a mattes for the school board to handle. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN TO GIVE SERIES OF LECTURES IN CITY Man Considered Greatest Bi ble Student and Lecturer To Begin Lectures Here on July 10th. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, who is considered the greatest Bible student and lecturer of today, will begin a series of lectures in Concord beginning Sunday, July 10th, it wan announced today. The announcement was made today of the date that Dr. Morgan xvould start his lectures by Dr. Jesse C. Rowan, pastor of the First' Presby terian Church. It xvhs largely through the efforts of Dr. Rowan that Dr. Morgan was secured for the series of lectures in Concord. Dr. Morgan was approached by Dr. Rowan ami others of Concord about giving a se ries of lectures here when he was de livering lectures at Charlotte last fall. After Dr. Morgan left Charlotte the Concord Ministerial Association went on motion as favoring the invitation being extended to Dr. Morgan and he said that lie would come during the summer, and today the date of his coming was announced. < Dr. Morgan in coming to Concord will use a part of hi* vacation time, it was said today. He has engage ments arranged for approximately two years in advanee and offered to give a part of his vacation to come here and deliver a series of lectures. The city of Concord is unusually fortunate in securing Dr. Morgan for a series of lectures. He is consid ered the greatest living Bible student, lecturer and teachers and is always in demand for lectures. Concord will be one of the few smaller cities of , America that he has given a series of lectures in, it was said. With Our Advertisers. A new groupe in mohair suites at Bell & Harris Furniture Co. See il lustration in new ad. today. The smartest of apparel always at Fisher’s. Each day brings new dress es bringing even later styles, shades and combinations. The Gray Shop is having a wonder ful sale of dresses on Friday and Sat urday of this week. Seed for fall food and forage on sale now at Cline & Moose’s. Also Irish potatoes and Eastern North Carolina Porto Rico sweet potatoes, cheap. Su dan grass .and Amber Sorghum for feed. See new ad. today. I No Connection Between Trial and Accident. , Detroit, March 31.— QP)— No in vestigation of a possible connection between an alleged attempt to harm Henry Ford and the trial of the sl.- 000.000 libel suit against him is being made at the instigation of the Fed ; eral Court, Judge Fred M. Raymond 1 announced today. “There is no need » for such an investigation,” he de clared. J LOCAL MENTION , ■ ■»« ■J| The Fred Y'. McConnell post of the American Legion will meet Fri day evening at 7:45 o’clock at the Legion Hall. One ease «f measles was reported today by county health department workers. The case is in the city, it was said. The service at New Gilead Church, preparatory to Holy Communion, which will be held there Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, will be h#*ld on Friday evening at 7:30 The regular weekly luncheon meet ing of the Kiwanis Club will be held Friday at Hotel Concord. An in teresting program has been ariringed for the meeting. According to a deed filed at the court house yesterday Mrs. Nannie Furr has sold to P. M. Furr for $l5O property on Kerr street, this city, j This was the only deed filed at the court house yesterday. W. T. Bovard, of Richmond, Va., general manager of the southern dis trict of the William Foor Hotel Op erating Company, is spending a few (lay* at Hotel Concord. The hotel i* operated by the William Foor Hotel Operating Company. A telegram received from State San atorium today states that J. C. Black welder, Eugene Small, P. B. Lowder and Miss Laura Jane Dillard, chil dren of Concord who arc at the Sana torium, have been operated on for the removal of tonsils and are doing well. Announcement was made today that Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, eminent English Bible student and lecturer, will give a series of lectures in Con cord beginning July 10th. Dr. Morgan is considered the greatest Bible lec turer of today and Concord is fortu natp in securing him for the lectures. Attache* of the sheriff's office are busy now taking in tax money. Dur ing the past ten days hundreds of persons have paid their taxes, xvith the greateet rush of business during this week. Property on which taxes are not paid by tonight will be ad vertised for *ale, Sheriff Caldwell has stated. There will be a debate at the Con cord High School Friday night at 8 o’clock whrii the local team of de bater* meet* the team from Lexing ton High School. Announcement was 1 made today that the public was in vited to attend the debate and that the high school orchestra 'short time during the, night and it was cloudy this morning but the sun broke through - the clouds later in the day, sending temperatures upward. | Rain fell thi’oughout, this *ection of the State yekterday. reports .here in dicate, but the fall wris light every where. Misses Alyce Wall and Mary Vir ginia Query will represent the Con cord High School at a debate to be held Friday night at Lexington. The query for debate is "Resolved, that Congres* should enact the Curtis- Reed bill establishing a federal de partment of education" and the Con cord students will have the negative side of the question at Lexington. TRADE AND SAVINGS SHOW SMALL INCREASE According Io tbe Monthly Business Review of tlie Federal Reserve Bank. Atlanta, Gn., March 31.—(INC) — Retail trade and saving deposits show ed small increases in the Sixth Federal Reserve District during February asr compared to February a year ago, ac cording to the monthly business re view of the Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta. Wholesale trade dropped slightly along with the ratio of colections. Building permits were about one-helf of the total reported for January, 1929, the report said. Coal mining in Alabama and Tenn essee for the month of February was reported as much more active than for the same month last year, and while productionof pig iron in Ala bama was -somewhat smaller than in January, 1927, it was greater than in the preceeeding February. Debits to individual accounts, re flecting the general volume of business, declined 11.8 compared with January and were 19.2 per cent less than in the proceeding four weeks. Loans and discounts by member banks in selected cities of the district on March 9 were slightly greater than four weeks earlier, but smaller on the correspond ing date a year ago. Total bills and securities held by the Federal Reserve Bank were nearly 25 millions less than at. that time due to smaller holdings of United States securities and bills that were bought on the open market. Stocks on hand in stores were also greater than a year ago, probably due to anticipated spring business, the re port stated. According to the review consider ably less fertilizer has been sold to farmers this season than at the same time last year. Weather conditions for the 'most part have been favorable for farm work, although rains have interferred in some sections. Silver Anniversary Offering at J. C. Penney Co. The J. C. Penney Company is pre senting an extraordinary memento of Rogers high-grade silverware during its Silver Anniversary offering, begin ning Friday morning, April Ist. The company is offering a 26-piece set of original, genuine Rogers guar anteed electro silverplate tableware for $5.90 per feet** Other attractive offerings can be had also. Read ad. in this paper for partlcu : la i s. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. I SEEK SOLUTIOU Os ' ACCIDENT IN WHICH FOOD WAS INJURED It Is Believed in Some • Quarters That Wreck Was Deliberate Attempt ! to Kill Manufacturer. i NO ARRESTS IN CASE TO DATE j The Federal Department of j Justice and Detroit Po lice Are Not Working on Case, It Is Reported. Detroit, March 31.— (A 3 )—Henry Ford, accounted the world's richest man, lay in hi* own great hospital today recovering from injuries be lieved to be the result of an attempted assassination. Meanwhile private in vestigators sought to lift the veil of secrecy that ha* ever surrounded the manufacturer’s personal affairs and learn whether the drivers of the large car that forced his small coupe from the road Sunday night and sped away leaving him unconscious in the smash ed machine, did so deliberately or by accident. Neither the Federal Department of Justice nor the Detroit police was working upon the case, and the close secrecy which shrouds every move ment of Mr. Ford or hi* plans had been clamped even tighter after the "leak" which - yesterday permitted the fact of attempted assassination to be come known after it bad been a close ly guarded secret since Sunday night at 8:30 o’clock.^ No arrest has been made, and none in sight, according to Thomas C. Wil cox, head of the Detroit office of the Federal Department of Justice. He denied morning newspaper stories that his men had made numerous arrests, and that the prisoners were held under secret charges. "There has been no violation of federal law,” he said. From the Ford organization there emanated only such information as. was wished published, and that con sisted virtually entirely of brief hos pital bulletins. "Mr. Ford spent a good night, is now resting «j*ifortaW>’, and. io new WmtmcaftbfHs Wte Tead- tfie last bulletin issued by Dr. R. D. Mc- Clure. chief surgeon of the Henry Ford hospital. i 1 LENOIR WOMAN HAS TWO MEN INDICTED , l, ,i , ■ i ( Their Panacea For Producing Sylph- Like Form Failed—Face Charge of Fraud. New York, March 30.—'Mrs. D, Kirby, of Lenoir, N. C., decided to acquire that sylph-like form. The short route, she concluded, was via a certain shewing gum and tablet advertised and sold by Willis Learned and Earl Callan. both of Westfield, N, J., tried the pi’Omised panacea, but the sylph like 'form failed to follow. Today Learned and Callan were indicted by a United States grand jury in this’city, charged with using the mails to defraud in tfie sale of their alleged fate, destroying nos trums. Mrs. Kirb.A it wag revealed, to gether with a woman residing in Newport,' >Pa.. ' furnished the com plaint upon which the government based it* indictment.. Beautiful Flowers in Gardens of Misses Brachen on Loan Street. A scene of color and beauty is pre sented to anyone who visits the gar dens of Misses Mary and Glenn Brachen on Loan street. The garden is laid off with hedges of boxwood and at intervals are bush es of blooming flowers. Azaleas of several different colors are in bloom and make an extremely pretty scene. The azaleas .have not come out in full bloom yet but should reach that stage by Sunday, it was said today. In Addition to the azaleas there is a vine of blooming yellow jasmine run ning over the fence and going around a tree. Easter Sale at tbe Parks-Belk Co’s. The Big Easter Sale at the Parks- Belk Co’s, will begin tomorrow morn ing, April Ist, and continue through Saturday, April 16th. More complete than ever is the Easter display at this store of all kinds of goods for every member of the family. All departments are loaded down to the last notch with new merchandise bought especially for this big sale. Read the two full page advertise ments in both The Tribune and Times today. Cannon Party Home. Mrs. C. A. Cannon and children, William, Mariam, Charles and Mary Ruth, and Miss Naomi Moore have arrived in Concord from a month’s cruise to Bermuda. West Indies and South America. Mr. Cannon and Mrs. J. W. Cannon, Sr., stopped in New York for several days. ■■■ * 1 No New Trial For Sinclair. Washington, 'March 31.—OP)—Har ry F. Sinclair, convicted of contempt of the Sen Ate was denied a new, trial , today by Justice Hitz of the District of Columbia Supreme Court Miss Evelyn Rumple, student at . the North Carolina College for Wom en, Greensboro, will arrive Thursday . to spend the spring holiday* with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Rumple. 1 —: ", ~ EDITOR DALE IS ARRESTED TODAY ON NEW CHARGE Muncie, tnd.. March 3l.— UP) — Georg** R. Dale, publisher of the | Muneie Post-Democrat, was arrest ed on a charge of criminal libel a* his home npnr here to*lay by Sb'* Harry B. McAuley. ami and wap taken to jaih 1 1 $3,000 bond. !| —— I A SWEET POTATO FIVE FEET TWO INCHES LONG A Georgia Man Thinks He Goes Our Snake Potato One Better. Atlanta, Ga., March 27, 1927. Mr. Zack L. Roberts, Circulation Mgr.. Concord Tribune, Concord, N. C., Dear Sir ; Seeing in gravure pictorial section of Atlanta Constitution today a pic ture of a North Carolina potato with name and address of its producer, etc., calls to my mind a similar freak * or happen-so in the potato line which occurred in Mitchell County, Ga., some sixty yeans ago, though it some what excelled the one described in the Constitution today. Being only 7 years old at the time I was too young to do anything in po tato culture. Though not too young to remember' distinctly the length of the potato. I shall tell you about it. It was grown by J. L. and A. P. Simpson, elder brothers of mine, both of whom are now r dead. It measured 5 feet and 2 inches in length. It was fully as large or larger at one end than the one represented in to day’s picture, and grew tapering in size from the large end to the small end. It w r as large aplenty at the small end to have been cooked and eaten and called a potato. But it did not go that route. It was laid across two joists in the smokehouse and kept for the novelty of it to see and be shown to others until there came a freeze in winter it was forgot ten or neglected and allowed to freeze. Then it rotted. It was of the red skinned variety called in South Geeorgia at that time “Negro Killers.” It grew crooked, like elbow joints, and wa« measured around with the crooks. Though the two joints it laid on were 3 1-2 feet apart. I do not tell you this to exaggerate or puff and blow r Georgia as the em pire State of the South, nor especially to boast that Atlanta always, finds something to excel. For these are facst, practically known and read of all men. I just do it to give faets about the potato. Yours respectfully, W. B. SIMPSON, 13© Allene Ave.. 8. W. _ Atlanta, Ga. , ■" ■ PERSONALS. Mrs. J. S. Lafferty is critically dll at her home on West Depot street. Lttle hope is held for her recovery, her many friends will regret to learn. v • - Mrs.ytV. G. Caswell is spending to day InVlharlotte, Mr. Caswell, who has been\a patient in the Charlotte Sanatorium for several days, will ac company her home. * • m Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sherrill, Ellen Lewis Sherrill, and Mrs. C. W. Byrd returned Wednesday night from a mo tor trip to Charleston, S. C., and’ Magnolia Garden. • •' • T. H. Webb and C. W. Byrd are spending today in Durham on busi ness. ■' • * * Miss Louise Miller, of the North Carolina College for Women, Greens- i boro, will arrive today to spend the spring holidays with her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Miller. * e » Mrs. W.,H. Oglesby, has returned from Harrisburg, where she w’as call ed by the illness and death of her mother, Mrs. S. W. Houston; • • • B. A. Miller ha« returned from j Blacksburg, Va., where he visited his 1 father, Rev. J. A. L. Miller. * • » P. G. Sherbondy is leaving tonight for Atlanta, Ga., to attend the South ern Convention of the J. C. Penney Co. Stores. • * - Mrs. H. B. Wilkinson and Mrs. Stowe Green are spending the day in Charlotte. • • • Mrs. H. Smith Barrier is confined to her home on South Spring street by illness. 9 9 • Mesdames B. S. Templeton and J.* Moore Templeton, of near Mooresville, are spending the day ; with their sister, Mrs. Roy C. Crooks, on * South Union street. ■ * 9 J. A. Cannon, ,and his daughter. Miss Penelope Cannon, returned today from Wilmington, where they spent several days with Mrs. E. Borden. Friends in Concord will regret to learn that Mrs. Borden’s health is in a serious condition. • » • G. B. Lewis is spending several days in Richmond, Va., being called there by the serious illness of his brother, Marshall Lewis, who is a patient in the Johnston-Willis hos pital. • - V Miss Helen Gaither, of Hertford, N. C., underwent an operation today in a Charlotte hospital. She is a sister of Mrs. G_ B. Lewis, of Concord, and plans to visit Mrs. Lewis when she is able to* leave the hospital. • • m Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Brown, of Dil lon, S. C.< are the guests of relatives here; hm»*k iii • • - * Mr. and Mrs. Bam A. McCommons have returned from a visit of ten daya to Mr. and Mr*. J. E. Michael, ’of Sarasota, Florida- —iaa mm SAPIRO AS WITNESS - 1 11 -IS PLANS HE f mADE FO RFARMERS IHe Visioned Worldwide Cooperation of Growers of Staple Productions, He States. FORD UNABLE TO BE PRESENT Is In Hospital Undergoing Treatment for injuring Received in Auto Acd» dent Last Sunday Night Detroit. March 31.—Worldwide co operation of growers of staple produc tions was the drenm of Aaron fturffn - [he testified today in his $1.000.fl» Ü bel suit against Henry Ford, cowAned to a hospital as a result of an auto mobile crash. A clash with Senator .TaiUea A. Reed, of Missouri, chief Ford coUm sel, marked the first few minuted of closs examination. The Senator ins attempting to learn from Sapiro the intricacies of co-operative marketing organizations. A short answer from 'Sapiro who Claims his reputation, was injured as an organizer of co-operatives by *tti cles in the Dearborn Independent*, Ford-owned, drew a protest from the attorney. “I am just trying to get thift straight,” he glared. ‘‘And I am trying to hetfr rou,*’ was the sharp reply. Reed asked Sapiro if h$ «ot planned world-wide co-operation As sociations *>f wheat, apples, coifoA and potato growers. The witness said he would not go so far as to say he had planned them, but he certainly had hoped for them. “I always have advocated control of farm products by farmers,” said sn piro. For the first time during the trial many seats in the court room were vacant, interest having suddenly drop ped when it became known Henry Ford had suffered an accident while driving a small coupe. Sparks flew when the senator read into-the record a telegram sent b.v Sapiro. March . 15, 1921, to Charles C. Rewett of Spokane. “I will ask the senator to read the telegram correctly” Sapiro interrupt ed. half rising from his chair. “The message says adapt, not adopt.” "The witness differentiates between the two words.” “Yes. indeed, any man does,” Sapi ro replied. In Remembrance of Homer Jackson Fagigart. Homer Jackson Faggart was born October 28, 1905. died March 20. 1927. He was the youngest spn of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Faggart, of fti mer. ’ He was known to all as “.Tick.” Jack was a very handsome young man and was loved by all. He bad a smile for every one and by his kind ness won the love and esteem Os Att be met. Jack was sick for only a short time. He realized that he was going to die; and he suffered very severely but not one word of complaint did be give. He lay ami talked with God and many were the prayers that went up to the. Great White Throne froth him while he lay and battled with Kfe. A FRIEND. Death of J. C. Kiser. J. C. Kiser died Wednesday nifcht at the Concord Hospital 1. whei4 he had submitted to an operation for kindney trouble several days ago. Mr. Kiser was about 70 years of age, find leaves six children, two of whom, Mrs. i W.- F. Hall, of Buffalo street, and Mrs. Pearl Mann, of North Kerr street, live in Concord. The funeral services were, held this afternoon At Bethel church, iu No. Ten towndbip, and interment took place in the cem etery there. Mr. Kiser was a wefl-to do farmer of th Midland section of the county, and had many friends who will regret to hear of his death. Sale of Furr Property. The Furr property on Kerr Street was sold Wenesday at auction. An nouncement was made today that ATI but a few of the lots offered were sold. The sale was conducted by the Carolina Land Company, of Ffickory in co-operation with the Harfseil Realty Company, of Concord. I• : * Birthday Dinner in No. 3 Township. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Seaford will have a birthday dinner in honor of the former’* father, Mr, Jno. M. Seaford. on Saturday,- April 9, 1927, this being Mr. Seaford’s 80th birth day anniversary. Everybody is invited to ccme and bring well filled baskets and enjoy the day. Music will be furnished dur ing the day by the Gilw’ood String Band. This is one of the best string bands in the county. B. — Continued improvement is shown in the condition of Mrs. G. L. Lang, who underwent an operation at the Concord Hospital several day* ago. mmm Cloudy tonight and Friday with oc casional showers in the west and north portions; not much change in tem perature. NO. 79