jME 111
eV a Conference Ends
Delegates Fail To
iree On Major Matters
>vsTs Delegates
r n ited States, Ja
nd Great Britain
i Agreement.
fo'sPBOVED
gLISG BLOCK
Conference Came
Hugh S. Cibson
Hade Final Address
ssion During Day.
*uT^ ( * ) — The tri '
,j conference came to an
end today. Alter nearly
, of discussion, the dele
e rnited States. Great
japan found themselves
sh an agreement on the
f cruisers destroyers and
which was the object of
S- after Ilufh S. Gib
0{ the American delega
te the final address of
t j, e conference adopting a
ation adjourning the con
die.
adjournment came
iof thanks had been adopt-
Gihson. the motion being
r £ Bridgeman. chief of
delegation. seconded by
iacount Ishii. of Japan.
„al address to the confer
ing the American position,
, Gibson, head of the Am
ition. pointed out tfrat the
o the conference by. Pres
dge left no room for doubt
nature of the proposal the
delegation would make,
posals, be said, had con
ctiy to the_spirit of the in
nd he recant'd that the
iad indicated a willingness
e on the basis of minimum
gebted by the American
ie first, however, we en
a serious difficulty in the
lie British government that
a considerably larger num
sers than it now possesses,”
i said.
d that while the British
been defended on the
( absolute naval needs of
!, the American delegation
been able to reconcile “the
of absolute naval needs
egotiations of a treaty to fix
on the basis of mutual con
t* he said, “we have not
ble to understand why in a
rfound peace and at the mo
ws are seeking to reduce
sos naval expenditures, the
wrnment considers a con
irogram of naval expansion
date and even a vital ne
101S PERIOD
IS LOOKED FOR
i Bank Examiner, if Crop
Md Prices Materialize.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Aug. 4.—ls indicated crop
prices materialize, the corn
'd winter months will usher
the most prosperous periods
ite’s history, despite a de
the resources of North Car
te banks, according to John
thief state bank examiner,
the resources of the state
usually at their lowest ebb
ae 30th call, the combined
thi« year reflects the strong
°n which has been present-
I years, he says,
erease in resources is not
*7 to the state banks, but
itional banks as well, ac
hir. Mitchell, and the re
the national hanks in the
SdJTo.OOO, while the
“the resources of the 463
jio-* s - ypar over 3as t y par
*w.037. Total resources
F<‘ a r amounted
as compared with re-
5300,567,398 a year ago.
items of increase and
1 resources was an increase
& North Carolina bonds
’ anf3 8 decrease in loans
5 amounting to $8,058,-
wh.oh indicates a most
® d »tion.” according to Mr.
]t t<!lo ' vs that the
1108 riy in a
™ condition all the time,
•h rc'fl" 1 ' Crease in those
u a decided improve
-Bnd liquidity of
i e ‘‘ is most
betinf ! s J s bos t illustrated
intv i (3wtpßs ® in loans
thf. ? a st33l greater de
anionnt of borrowed
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THE CONCORD .TIMES
J. B. SHERRILL* Editor and Publisher
THE COTTON MARKET.
Opened Firm at Advance of 38 to 43
Points On Covering or Rebuying By
Recent Sellers.
New York, Aug. 4.— UP) —The cot
ton market opened firm at an advance
of 38 to 43 points on active covering
or rebuying by recent sellers who ap
peared to be influenced by the firmer
showing of Liverpool, a belief that
yesterday’s break had improved the
technical position of the market, and
unfavorable features in the weather
news. December sold up to 17:62
and March to 17 :90 at the start, but
this bulge met a renewal of liquidation
and some profit taking by* buyers on
the decline of yesterday afternoon.
These offerings were sufficient to check
the advance and caused some irjegu
larities, with December selling off to
17:43, but the market was holding
fairly steady at about 29 to 33 points
net higher at the end of the first
hour.
The market was quieter late in the
forenoon, but offerings were compara
tively light and the tone was steady
to firm with prices selling up to 17.71
for December and 17.97 for March, or
about 49 to 56 points above yester
day’s closing quotations. At midday
the market was within 5 or 6 points
of these figures with December’ selling
around 17.65.
Cotton futures opened firm. Octo
ber, 17 :40 to 17 :30; December, 17 :58,
January 17:68, March 17:88, May
18:00.
Closing Figures.
January 17.84; March 18.05; May
18.21; October 17.47; December
17.72.
LIFE IS CRUSHED OUT
BY BUNDLE OF STEEL
Roy Tisinger Meets Death at Swift
Island Bridge While Taking Noon
Rest.
Albemarle, Aug. 3.—Roy Tisinger,
34, an employe of the Hardaway Con
struction company, was killed at the
Swift Island bridge today at 12:15
o’clock where the new bridge is under
construction, when a heavy bundle of
reinforced steel fell upon him. His
body was badly crushed and mangled
and he died within a few minutes
after the steel had been prized off his
body. He was rushed to a hospital
here vrtiere physicians pronounced him
to have been dead for several min
utes.
Tisinger had been boarding at Albe
marle for some time, going to and
from work at the Swift Island bridge,
but was a native of Union county,
where he has a wife and family, who
live near Waxhaw.
It seems that Tisinger and several
other workmen had just ‘finished eat
ing their lunch near the big rack of
reinforced steel, and he had lain down
under it or close to it for a little
rest when suddenly and without warn
ing one of the timbers that supported
the steel broke and the whole mass
crashed upon him. Twenty men were
rushed to lift the steel from his body.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at Pleasant Grove
church in Union county. Interment
will be made in the church cemetery.
Surviving besides his wife are four
sous and one daughter. They are
Gladys, Ervin, Edwin, Niven and Roy,
Jr. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Tisinger, of Union county, and three
brothers and two sisters, also survive.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Recovery in Stock Prices Made Furth
er Advance During the Day.
New York, Aug. -4.—o4*)—The re
covery in stock prices which set in
soon after the drastic opening break
yesterday made further recovery today
under leadership of the industrials,
more than a score of which were
elevated to record high levels. Rails
were inclined to heaviness, presumab
ly on selling inspired by the $7,000,-
000 wage increase to eastern railroad
engineers, although the Chesapeake &
Ohio and the three Erie issues mount
ed to new high ground. The closing
was strong. Total sales approximat
ed 2,400,000 shares.
“the stociTmarket
Reported by Fenner & Beane.
(Quotation at 1:25 P. M.)
Atchison
American Tobacco B
American Smelting
American Locomotive 169%
Atlantic Coast Line 198%
Allied Chemical 137%
American Tel. & Tel. 168 4
American Can 61%
Baldwin Locomotive 246
Baltimore & Ohio l2l
American Brown 13%
Bethlehem Steel 36%
Chesapeake & Ohio 193%
Corn Products 35%
Chrysler 35
Coca-Cola
DuPont 293%
Erie 95 „
Fleishman
Frisco ————— Ho
General Motors 228%
General Electric
Gold Dust »8%
Hudson 39%
Int. Tel.
Kenneeott Copper
Lorillard
Liggett & Myers B J^%
Mo.-Pacific
Stand. Oil of N. Y. 31%
New York Central 105%
Pan American B 37%
Producers Refiners 25%
Rock Island ll3
R. J. Reynolds 134
Southern-Pacific oo?/
Stand. Oil of N. J. 38%
Southern Railway 134%
Studebaker <>3%
Texaas Co. 4 f%
Tobacco Products '• 101%
U. S. Steel —w. 136%
Vick Chemical 56%
Westinghouse 86%
Western Md.
SLIM CHANCE THAT
CONDEMNED MEN IN
JAIL CAN ESCAPE
Just One Week in Which
Counsel For Sacco and
Yanzetti Can Save Them
From Death.
PROTESTS ARE
MADE OYER CASE
Brazil Pleads .For Men in
Appeal Signed by Mu
nicipal Council—Federal
Court Could Save Them.
Boston, Aug. 4— UP) —Exactly one
week from today, Nicolo Sacco’s and
Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s seven-year bat
tle to escape death for murder, which
has had echoes in every country on
the globe, will end in the electric
chair at the Charlestown state prison,
unless their counsel can discover an
avenue of appeal Jo the federal court.
That prospect is admittedly a slender
one.
Governor Alvan T. Fuller last night
in a 2,500 word decision _ definitely
closed their last hope of escape
through intervention of the judicial
executive branches of the gox T ernment
of the commonwealth by rejecting
their plea for clemency.
The Governor declared he concur
red with the jury which tried them in
1921 in the belief that they were the
murderers of Frederick A. Parmenter,
South Baintree paymaster, and Ales-*
sandro Berardelli, his guard. He fur
ther asserted that the trial of the two
had. been fair and just and that he
saw no reason for granting them a
hearing.
‘‘As the result of my study of the
record and my personal investigation
of the case, including my interviews
with a large number of witnesses, I
believe with the jury that Sacco and
Yanzetti w r ere guilty, and that the
trial was fair,” declared Governor
Fuller at the conclusion of his long
review of the case.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 4.— UP)
—A protes't “in the name of the city
of Rio de Janeiro, and American cul
ture and civilization,” against the
execution of Nicola Sacco and Bar
tolomeo Yanzetti has been-mnanimous
ly adopted by the municipal council.
The American embassy and consu
late here are under police guard.
GENEVA CONFERENCE
tO COME TO CLOSE
Final Session Will Be This Afternoon
But Decision to Adjourn Already
Reached.
Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 3.—The
tripartite naval conference tonight
reached an impasse, it was stated in
authoritative American circles, and
the last session is planned for tomor
row. This later received confirmation
by the Japanese spokesman. It was
stated that the delegates mutually and
sorrowfully had agreed that no pact
could be reached to limit further the
armaments of Great Britain, the Un
ited States and Japan at this time.
This announcement was made after
tonight’s meeting of the plenipoten
tiaries to consider the Japanese com
promise proposals. The hour of the
final session was set for 3 o’clock to
morrow afternoon. *
The decision to adjourn the confer
ence tomorrow was brought about by
the inability of both Great Britain
and the United States to clearly ac
cept the compromise basis! of the de
cision for settlement of the cruiser
question which was the whole confer
ence issue.
DOSS GUILTY
Sentenced ta Serve 8 to 10 Years in
Flogging Case.
Oneonta, Ala., Aug. 4.— UP) —Eu-
gene Does today was found guilty of
assault and battery and kidnapping
in the Blount County circuit court
in connection with the flogging of
Jeff Calloway, farm youth, several
weeks ago.
Trial was immediately begun of L.
A. Clayton, another of the seven men
indicted for whipping Calloway.
Judge O. E. Steele immediately sen
tenced Doss to 8 to 10 years in the
state penitentiary.
The verdict came after 18 hours’
deliberation by the jury.
Baptism of Stars and Stripes.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 2.—One
hundred and fifty years ago today
began the defense of Fort Stanwix,
N. Y., against an attack by the
British, an engagement notable in
history as the first o;rt?a«ion that
the Stars and Stripes was flown in
the face of an enemy and the oc
casion on which it received its bap
tlsn\. of fire in a land battle. Less
than two months previous Congress
had adopted the Stars and Stripes
as the official flag of the infant re
public. When the British began their
attack the little garrison of Fort
Stanwix'had no flag of the new de
sign, but with true American ingeu
uity they speedily deyised one. Ac
cording to * historians the white
stripes were cut out of ammunition
shirts; the blue out of a camulet
cloak taken from the enemy at
Peekskill, while the red, stripes were
made of different pieces of stuff pro
cured from one another of the gar
rison. According to some accounts
the necessary red material was sup
plied by the wife of one of the off -
cers of the garrison who gave her
red flannel petticoat.
With Our Advertisers.
See Pat Covington’s ad. today for
some interesting “dope.”
Sale of high class millinery at sl,
$2 and $3 is now going on at the
Gray Shop. Over 200 hats to select
Vacation frocks at $7.95 and $9 85
at the Gray Shop. Bathing suits
$3.95 and $4.95.
Final 6ale of men’s summer suits
at Belk’s. Priced from $4.95 to $12.50
and up. Cleanup of straw hats too.
All the underside of a star fish is en
downed with the sense of smell.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1927
Sweeping Investigation into Affairs of
Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 4.—(INS) —
Sweeping investigation into the ac
counts of the Stone Mountain Con
federate Monumental Association and
probes into the affairs of the Associa
tion, by a subcommittee of the Georgia
State senate judiciary committee, has
been asked by Senator John I. Kelley
in a resolution which he introduced
in the senate.
Senator Kelly pointed out that the
subcommittee which has already been
appointed to inquire into the affairs
of the association in connection with
a pending bill which would grant the
association right of eminent domain
to acquire certain grounds in front
of the monument, could conduct the
investigations which he asks.
The resolution in part follows:
“Whereas, a bill has been introduced
in this body providing for the delega
tion of the state’s power of eminent
domain to the Stone Mountain Con
federate Monumental Association and
“Whereas Hollins N. Randolph, presi
dent of said. Association, and Rogers
Winter, publicity director, thereof,
have been maintaining a consistent
find powerful lobby for the passage of
said bill upon the pretense that it is
essential to said proposed monument
that said association be given the
power and authority to condemn cer
tain lands adjacent to Stone Mountain
as a park from which to view proposed
monument which, judging from past
experiences, will not be completed for
many years; and
“Whereas, the said Randolph and
the said Winter wilfully and deliber
ately sought to deceive the senate 11
committee to which said bill had been
committed by making the false charge
and statement that they had made
every effort to buy the lands which
they claimed were needed and that
the owners thereof had refused to sell
the same, when in truth and in fact
they were forced to answer questions
propounded to them before said com
mittee to confess that no bona fide
effort had been made by any one to
purchase said property as claimed and
“Whereas, it has been charged by
responsible and honorable persons and
IS THERE SURPLUS OF
TEACHERS IN STATE?
There is a Shortage of Real Teachers,
Says Superintendant Allen.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. RASKERVILL.
Raleigh, August 4.—la there a big
surplus of teachers in the state, as
many of the county and city superin
tendents claim, or is there a shortage
of teachers, as claimed by the State
Department of Public Instruction?
Yes and no. For both are correct —
to a certain extent, according to Dr.
A. T. Allen, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, and Dr. H. C. S.
Noble, Jr., statistical expert of the
department. The reason for the ap
parent paradox is first that the sur
plus about which the superintendents
talk is more apparent than real, while
the shortage of teachers —and by that
is meant trained teachers —is more
real than apparent.
Thus while it is true that county
and city superintendents receive from
ten to twenty applications for every
teaching job, the majority of these
applications are from those who de
sire to teach, —that is, beginners—
rather than from trained and experi
enced teachers. And because the un
trained, inexperienced teacher has a
more difficult time to get a position,
she must thus apply for as many
places as possible. Thus when a su
perintendent gets an application from
a teacher seeking her first job, ho may
assume that this same application
has gone to from 20 to 30 other su
perintendents.
On the other hand, the trained
teacher of experience has littl# 'dif
ficulty in obtaining a position, usually
stays on in the same place for several
years at a stretch, and is difficult to
obtain. Thus there is a real shortage
of teachers of this class, according to
Dr. Allen.
The principal factor for condi
tions as they exist in this state at
present is generally conceded as being
the short six months term, and the
absence of the eight months term.
And these conditions will continue to I
prevail, in the opinion of both Dr.
Allen and Dr. Noble, until the longer
term is obtained.
“The well trained and experienced
teacher does not have to accept a
teaching position in a short term
school, because she is in demand by
the longer term schools, and doe» not
have to accept just anything.
“On the other hand, the untrained,
unexperienced teacher, cannot afford
to be highly selective,” Dr. Allen con
tinued, “and thus must accept almost
anything she can get. Thus she must
of necessity put out a larger number
of applications, in the hope of landing
something that at least approximates
her liking.
“Because the six months schools pay
low salaries and for six months, su
perience, and must select the best ones
particular about training and ex
perience, ad must select the best ones
Vesuvius Flow of Molten Lava
Threatens City; People Flee
Naples, Aug- 4.—Countless fhou
sands of tons of molten lava continued
to pour from the “Valley of UeL”
under the crater of Mount Vesuvius
into ravines leading toward the town
of Terzigno, and many of whose in
habitants already have fled.
Despite ominous explosions and the
constant movement of lava at a rtpid
rate, Prof. Malladra, director of the
observatory, said there was no danger
except in case the weight of the gath
ering material should cause a break in
the side of the mountain from the in
ner crater to the surface facing Ter
zigno.
The present phase of the volcano’s
activity probably would cease within a
few days, Prof. Malladra believw.
Beginning Sunday morning, the
eruption progressed steadily until early
this morning when the lava, wfiich
filled the “Valley of Hell” rose above
the dikes built to check its flow, and
then began to run down the paths
toward Terzigno. A large section of
is generally believed all over the
i country that the said Randolph lias
mismanaged and wasted the funds
of said association in the most prodi
gal and extravagant manner, often
for his own personal and political
aggrandizement, notwithstanding that
said funds were contributed out of
the noblest inmpulses and promptings
of the human heart for the purpose
of commemorating the sacrifices and
valor of our deathless dead ; ”
The resolution continued in detail
that Mr. Randolph had not offered
his accounts for investigation until
“goaded” into it and that he had fail
ed to appear before a committee re
garding the controversy of producing
his books and records for examination
as he had agreed.
Another resolution, which would
settle the controversy regarding the
obtaining of lands near the base of
Stone Mountain by the Memorial as
sociation/jwas introduced by Senator
Lester, author of the eminent domain
measure. It would provide for the
creation of “The Stone Mountain Con
federate Memorial Park”ywhich would
be located “at and including Stone
Mountain.”
Boundary lines of the proposed park
were not specified, however.
In introducing his resolution, Sena
tor Kelley declared that he “had noth
ing to say against senators who in
troduced the bill to give the Stone
Mountain Monumental association the
right to condemn private property,”
and that “they were victimized just
as I have been myself.”
Charges and counter charges have
made the fight of the Memorial as
sociation to obtain lands at the foot
of Stone Mountain one of the features
of this session of the Georgia legisla
ture. !
Backers of the present official body
declare that if the monument is not
completed under the men now in
charge, it never will be, while those
opposing the present governing body
declare radical changes will have to
be made if the carving is to be finish
ed.
he can from the assortment that has
applied. And very few of the trained
teachers apply. So it is that there is
little hope of raising the standard of
training and experience in this state
until the longer term is made a reality
in the majority of the schools, for un
tilthese schools, can pay salaries that
wfil assure trained teachers, no train
ed teachers are going to apply.”
Thus the every day experience of
superintendents, and the findings of
the State Educational Commission,
are by no means contradictory, accord
ing to Dr. Noble, who readily admits
that there is a surplus of “those who
desire Jo teach,” but who are unwill
ing to classify these with “trained
teachers,” of which there is a short
age.
“In 1925-26 there were 4,000
vacancies in the state, according to
an actual survey,” Dr. Noble states.
“Th£ number of teachers prepared by
all the institutions in the state that
year, including private and denomina
tional colleges, as well as state institu
tions, was but 1,237. Thus the supply
of new trained teachers, was but one
fourth the demand for that year, and
418 teachers were brought in from
other states.”
Neither were* all of these 1,237
teachers “well trained,” since 233 of
the beginning teachers that year had
less than the equivalent of a year’s
college training.
Because the eight months trem will
eventually supercede the six months
term, and thus correct the inequality
between the present supply and de
mand for trained tetfehers, immediate
steps should be to increase the
teacher training facilities of the state,
Dr. Noble holds, otherwise the teacher
shortage will grow larger yearly.
Coolidge May Call Extra Session No
vember Ist.
Washington, Aug. 3.—The latest
report concerning an extra session of
the 70th Congress is that President
Coolidge will issue the call for a date
between October 20th and November
Ist.
While official confirmation is lack
ing, this report is credited to a source
usually well informed. By calling
Congress together not later than No
vember Ist, Mr. Coolidge would ad
vance the work of the session by more
than a month.
Several Republican leaders favor an
early start. Flood relief legislation
will occupy an important place in the
legislative program, not to mention
farm relief and other matters hereto
fore found troublesome. The leaders
likewise anticipate some little difficul
ty in matters of organization, and all
hands are anxious to get through in
ample time for the national conven
tions next summer.
A total of 862 kinds of forest trees
in the United States are known to
the Forest Service. The first list
of "species compiled 28 years ago rec
ognized only 604 varieties.
the population of Terzigno and neigh
boring regions began to flee toward
Naples after the dawn. (Terzigno in
1920 had a population of 3,000).
In the valley the lava formed a lake
about 2,000 feet wide this afternoon
amj, this overflowed in a succession
of narrow currents over a breadth of
about 300 feet into the ravine. The
temperature in the crater at times
reached 1110 degrees centigrade.
Prof. Malladra, through his knowl
edge of the regions of the volcano,
saved the lives of two of his assint
ants, one of them was Mme. Filbert,
a professor at the Sorbonne in Paris,
who is at the observatory temporarily.
Accompanied by a Carabineer Ser
geant, she was trying to put up a new
pluvometre for measuring rainfall
when they were surrounded by flam
ing lava. Prof. Malladra rushed as
near as possible to them and directed
them to wait about fifteen minutes
until the lava coo’ed slightly and he
was able to assist them to safety.
STACK h, lINDS
JURY ml “REED
GUY L KOnIHCUTT
Was Charged With Viola
tion of Prohibition Law
But Forsyth Jury Found
Him Not Guilty.
JUDGE SAYS THE
VERDICT WRONG
Judge Said He Didn’t See
How Law Could Be En
forced If Such Verdicts
as This Are Returned.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 4.—UP)—Mem
bers of Forsyth Superior Court jury
who acquitted Guy Northcutt, High
Point man charged with violating the
prohibition law, were reprimanded
severely by Judge A. M. Stack here.
Declaring that the verdict was con
trary to the evidence presented by the
state and that the defendant should
have been convicted, the jurist ex
pressed astonishment at the action
of the jurors. The defantant himself
later stated he was surprised at the
verdict.
Speaking to the jury in a body
Judge Stack asked if there is any man
on the jury who did not believe in the
enforcement of prohibition law, and
if there were such a man to hold-up
his hand. No hands were raised. The
judge then stated he didn’t know how
the prohibition law was going to be
enforced if they were going to act in
a similar manner in such cases.
STOCKHOLDERS OF A.
AND N. C. ROAD MEET
Will Elect Officers and Transact Rou
tine Business at Morehead City.
Morehead City, N. C., Aug. 4. — UP)
—Stockholders of the Atlantic &
North Carolina Railroad met here to
day in annual session for routine bus
iness, appointment of directors, and
election of officers.
Governor McLean, who appoints
the officer's and directors, was repre
sented by proxy by W. R. Allen, of
Goldsboro. • -
Wm. S. Moye, of Rocky Mount, for
merly with the State Department of
Revenue, has been mentioned as a
candidate for the office of President
or Secretary of the railroad. He has
also been mentioned in connection
with the new management of the
State Fair.
Recommendations of the Governor
have not been made public, though
Mre. John D. Langston, of Goldsboro,
has announced her appointment as
one of the eight directors.
Walter Laroque, of Kinston, is
president of the road, and Stacy Brew
er, Vass, is secretary.
MINE OPERATOR SHOT
BY HIS SON-IN-LAW
C. J. Merz Killed by Jim McManaway
Following Quarrel Over Operation
of Mine.
Columbus, 0., Aug. 4.— UP) —Dif-
ferences of opinion regarding the op
eration of the Lick Run mine near
Nelsonville resulted today in the kill
ing of C. J. Merz, president of the
Lick Run Company. Jim McMan
away, Merz’s son-in-law, surrendered
to county authorities, declaring he had
killed Merz jin self defense.
McManaway had approved the po
sition of the union miners and held
office in the local union organization.
Meie had been operating the mine on
a non-union basis. The killing was
regarded by authorities as a personal
affair and not indicative of a flareup
between workers and union adherents.
Tom Bost a “Captain.”
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. 4.—W. Thomas Bost,
dean of Raleigh newspaper corre
spondents, political sage and known
personally by as many. people in the
state as any one in it, has recently
been elevated to a captaincy in the
United Confederate Veterans. Just
how he happened to get it, and by
what right he holds it, has not been
learned, but when the truth -got out,
he reluctantly admitted that such was
the case.
Here is how the story leaked out:
Tom was standing in the lobby of
the Sir Walter Hotel the other night
when one of the attractive members
of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
with badge and all, breezed up to
Tom and said l
“Oh, Captain Bost, will you please
see about getting my trunk up from
the station?”
“Well, I’ll be darned,” said Tom.
“How come?” asked a reportei* who
was near him and who had overheard.
“Well, you see,” said Tom, “I was
made a captain for something or other
by one of these organizations some
time ago, but that is the first time I
ever heard my title used.”
And he started off to see about
getting the trunk up from .the sta
tion.
Style to Place Knees Only in Partial
Eclipse.
New York, Aug. 4. —The up-to
date miss will continue to display
half a knee beneath her fall en
semble, the annual fall fashion show
of the Garment Retailers of Amer
ica has revealed.
A pronounced revival of the
flared silhouette in dresses and a
maintenance of the straight, wrap
around line* in coats were indicated
at the exhibit last night <»t the
Hotel Astor. Boyish -nodels were
absent.
Four models were absent.
Four new colors were sponsored.
They were D’Orange, a gold and
orange shade; autan, a brown and
tan blend ; blue grain, a new dark
blue, and rubrique, a ruby and
brick combination.
Though unresponsive, as a rule, to
natural beauty, Naponeol showed a
market preference for jriolets.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance
SEVEN ARE KNOWN
TO HAVE PERISHED
IN HE DISASTER
Three More Bodies Found
Today by Rescue Work
ers in West Kentucky
Coal Mine at Clay, Ky.
IDENTIFYSOME
OF THE BODIES
Rescue Workers Find Dif
ficulty in Reaching Point
Where Men Were Work
ing at Time of Explosion.
Clay, Ky., Aug. 4. —o4*) —Three un
identified bodies were found early to
day by rescue workers in the No. 7
mine of the West Kentucky Coal
Company, where an explosion occurred
yesterday. The total number of known
dead was seven, with nine men still
missing.
Positive identification has been
made of the bodies of James Meyers.
60; George Cole, Mark Townsend and
Arthur Shelton, all found yesterday.
The three bodies discovered today were
those of miners in the list of twelve
men whom the rescue workers are
pushing their search.
The explosion yesterday occurred on
the 10th entry of the mine, and the
four bodies were found on the seventh
level. The rescue workers were ham
pered in their progress as all the brat
ties of the pit shaft were destroyed
in the explosion.
They were forced to construct new
brattices as they went down into the
pit and had progressed as far as the
eighth level. The twelve men who
are missing were believed to be on
the tenth level where the explosion
occurred. Little hope is held that
they are alive.
The air in the mine was reported
to be bad, and Byrd Sampson, one of
the forty-one rescue workers was ov
ercome by afterdamp. He was brought
to the surface and revived through
first aid treatment. No fire has been
discovered thus far.
Ttre rescue workers include- three
crews, provided with gas masks and
these may be augmented by other men
to press the work more rapidly should
it be deemed practicable, T. E. Jen
kins, vice president of the West Ken
tucky Coal Company, said. Mr. Jen
kins was in the mine with the work
ers.
OPINIONS ON COOLIDGE
ANNOUNCEMENT DIFFER
Some Hold That Is Leaves Presi
dent Open to Accef>t Nomination
If Offered.
Washington, Aug. 3.—An many
political observers here view it,
President Coolidge’s statement that
he does not “choose” to run in 1928
has created a most unique political
situation.
Some leaders are ldbking to him
for a more definite pronouncement,
at least privately, but those who
have observed closely Mr. Coolidge’s
course over the years d6ubt that he
will amplify the statement at this
time.
Many were inclined to accept it
as meaning that the President was
definitely out of the running, but
there were those who still regarded
the brief announcement as leaving
the way clefor for him to accept the
nomination if the party forced it
upon him.
While none of them would talk for
publication, some prominent Repub
licans felt that the’ 1 way was open
now for others desirous of obtaining
the nomination to have their cam
paigns put under way, something
they had been hesitant to do as long
as Mr. Coolidge had said no word as
to his own intentions.
John C. Fouche.
Greenwood. 8. C., Aug. I.—John
C. Fouche, 85, Confederate veteran,
died suddenly at his home here early
today. He had been in feeble health
for several months, but was able to
attend church services yesterday.
Funeral services will be held at
Main Street Methodist church Tues
day afternoon at 4 o’clock by hi**
-pastor, Rev. William B. Garrett,
and interment will follow in Bethle
hem cemetery at Coronaca.
Mr. Fouche was a native of Coron
aca and spent many years as a
farmer, following his service in the
Confederate army under Genera'
Longstreet- He is survived by his
widow, who was Miss Annie Lyon,
of Verdry, and the following chil
dren : W. W. Fouche, Coronaca; H.
W. Fouche, Greenwood; E. L.
Fouche, Augusta, Ga.; J. R. Fouche.
Cpartanburg; F. L. Fouche, Colum
bia, and Miss Virginia Fouche, Con
cord, N. C. He also leaves one broth
er, J‘. D. Fouche, of Augusta.
Ants Blamed For Loss of Straw
berry Growers.
Wilmington, Aug. 3.—Ants are be
lieved to 'be largely responsible for
the damage being done to the straw
berry crops in the Chadboorn sec
tion by the root louse which has
made its appearance in a distressing
manner this year. Government au
thorities have advanced the theory
that the louse, whVb has its origin
on the leaves is tr n by the ants
and deposited at plant’s vitals.
The louse feeds or he roots and
causes the plant to ;.’ve off a honey
dew that is used ** food by the
ant.
Dempsey To Start graining Soon.
Los Angeles, Aug. 04*) — Assured
that his actress wile Estelle Taylor,
was recovering rapidly from an illness
that kept her in bed for two weeks.
Jack Dempsey today said be probably
would be ready to leave for Chicago
August 15 to start training for his
fight there with Gene Tunney Septem
ber 22.
» j
“Maid Marian,” who appeared in
London about forty years ago and
measured eight feet two inches in
height, was probably the tallest wom
an that ever lived.
BUSINESS MATTERS
GET ATTENTION OF
VETERANS OF GRAY
State Confederate Veter
ans Will End Reunion at
State Capital Sometime
During the Day.
PAGEANTGIVEN
LAST EVENING
¥
Election of Officers and Se
lection of 1928 Meeting
Place Business of Im
portance Today.
Raleigh, Aug. 4. —C4>)—Confederate
Veterans in the final session today of
tbeir 20th reunion, North Carolina
division, settled down to the busineaa
of passing resolutions of reaffirmance
of principles; election of officers; se
lection of a meeting place next year,
and closing colorful ceremonies.
All the old Confederate airs cheered
the assemblies last night when Mrs.
John Huske Anderson, of Fayetteville,
staged her pageant, “North Carolina
Women of the Confederacy,” filled
with realistic touches, such as partici
pation by descendants of women from
all over the sttate which played prom*
inent parte in stirring days of the
'6os, the peals of Dixie from the
flute of Comrade Wiley T. Johnson,
last survivor of the famous L. O’B
Branch Drum Corps, the Virginia
Reel, and old, old tunes mingled with
up to the minute music and dance
following the pageant. The dance
lasted until midnight, the honored
grey line remaining to the end.
There was other business today be
side the binding together of the or
ganization of 1,158 of the estimated
3,000 veterans of the gvate for an
other year. Unveiling of the Ran
dolph portrait at the. Governor’s Man
sion, the reception of General and
Mrs. Cox in honor of Colonel
Nash.
Both Confederate and Union com
manders, all of unprejudiced minds,
praised Colonel John Singleton Moeby,
said Colonel W. H. Chapman, of
Greensboro, recounting from the Pul
len Hall platform at State College,
his experiences alongside his noted
comrade of war days.
BYRD’S NEXT FLIGHT
TO ICOST FORTUNE
Scientific Expedition Into Antarctic to
Be Stupendous Undertaking.
New York, Aug. 4.—o4 s *—The New
York Evening Post today says Com
mander Richard E. Byrd’s scientific
expedition into the Antarctic promises
to be one of the most stupendous un
dertakings in history and will cost
about a, quarter million dollars.
This, Commander Byrd admitted, is
an extraordinarily large sum, but ho*
declared it really a very conservative
one measured against the size of the
expedition, the distance the supplies
will have to be transported, and the
fact that two and perhaps three years * •
will be required for its completion.
Commander Byrd said EdselJ Ford
will not be the sole backer of the ex
pedition. He said conferences had
been arranged with other men who
have expressed desire to back it fi
nancially,
At the major base In Discovery
Bay. a miniature modern city of 30
persons will be constructed. Portable
houses will 'be brought, from Norway
to serve as home and workshop for
the scientists,, mechanics and flyers
who will comprise the community.
There will be no automobiles in the
expedition, but there will be several
small tractors for towing the planes
to the runways and for transportation
of supplies.
A large amount of canned good!*
will be takey along, but the* party ex
pects to depend for meat on birds and
other antarctic animal life.-
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
FOR IREDELL IN-LAW
Broke Into Hons® With
Purpose of Killing Him.
Statesville, Aug. 2.—Judge T. B.
Finley gave Quince Summers, 55, a
senteifee of life imprisonment in tha
state prison for breaking into tbs m
home of bis son-in-law, A. W, John- i
son. The matter was settled within
an hour this afternoon when the de- \
fendant. .through his attorney, John '■
G. Lewis, tendered a plea of guilty of *
burglary in the second degree. The
plea was accepted by Solicitor Zeb J
Vance Long and the court Witnessea
were put up by the state showing that
Summers had made threats to take
the life of Johnson.
NO MARKED CHANGE
FOR W. W. REGISTER *
Has Lived Intermittently Conacioof
Since Suffering Broken Neck oi
July 12th.
Florence, 8. C., Aug. 4. —C^ I )—X<
marked change today was" noted bj
attending physicians in the conditio*
of W. W. Register, 19, who has livec .j
intermittently conscious since suffer j
ing a broken neck July 12tb in «
shallow water dive in a swimminf
pool here.’
Hia respiration was reported very
labored last night, with k;
being administered constantly, Hftl
was coaseious for a time yesterday l
and told doctors be was feeling “very- *
well.”
Fox hunters of the south do not
kill their quarry with firearms but |
practise the huut as do the Englisl ja
huntsmen.
WEATHER
* J fk
Probably showers tonight and M| R
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