Newspapers / The Concord Times (Concord, … / Sept. 26, 1927, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
■ voll^HL= leckienburgh Officers L U shed And 2 Perhaps Lily Shot In Battle I IK rnea a ; to See ond. NDED Officer, lge Mav ?r. May —Ambush rrs of the a prisoner to make inty rural their way taeer and been pos nother of rolieeman urough the under the lesperman, recover. roughifathe. oner, shot 1. iral Police what is arti-riding Rural Po i a gun in prostrate ; in pitch men who forth was zed a mi.k Statesville, overtaken of Romeo ro Char placed in the other police re-, been cap said they rth stated i I were' t 4:30 a. lied in the happened :e nearby, ■at to the the back d Charley >8 gallons I covered p<l to the tse. . no trou -key in a ners start - r we got um to the Frank venue, so take bond ich out of iceompan use and I I learned tt sat to ley .sat in was told rley Pad king bond rman told an named like that. I hea rd I jumped house. I The next ut of the hat Mose-, <d him to pnt Henry ody slam “d it slow nd then a ■d at Fee;- I and the The form corner of k aim at "d at the think I’m “but get ig at you. red to bo ? of guns, s position ired every i gun, he Margaret and yelled ig. This ade Frank en to the .‘Linaterial Before a on of the conducted >n for Dr. deian and Asheville f °r of the diam’f\Vay sun n England :, ’ u in the r- ■p, -V . ’ N ■■■ ■ 1 k im Mt<Kk> THE CONCORD TIM 'S J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH NEW YEAR The Year 5688 Regins at Sunset W T itli People of the JewisKJtacc. New York, Sept. 26.—The year 568 S begins at sunset this evening. Any one who doubts it need only refer to the Jewish calendar. New Year’s Day, properly Rosh Hosana, arrives tomorrow, and as ie the custom with all Jewish feasts and faste the ob servance of the holiday begins with the setting of the sun on the previ ous day. In tracing the probable sources, hid den in the midst of prehistoric times, of the method of computation under the Jewish calendar, it has been found that the first year in the primitive calendars were composed of five months of thirty days each. It is also contended that before the five month year was adopted, the term year was applied to one month. This meant that the period of a moon cycle was termed a year. Advocates of this theory seek to prove their contention by working out the ages of" the first men men- in the Bible. The result is to sweep his laurels for longevity from Methusaleh’s brow. - Methusaleh becomes, under the system of the moon cycle year, far more youthful than many persons living today. Methu saleh’s record of 930 years is cut down to a mere 78 3-4 by the6e the orists. Similarly, Adam’s 869 years of life, calculated at 29 1-2 days, the exact period of a lunation or moon year, works out at 75 1-4 years. The other old men of the Bible who hold records in the “stayer” class also are reduced to the positive of comparative juve niles. With the exception of Tom Kippur, or the great feast day," the Day of Atonement, the festival of the New Year ie the most strictly observed of any in the Jewish calendar. At this time the Reformed Jews unite wit| the Orthodox Jews in the celebration of the occasion. The celebration among the Ortho dox Jews lasts for two days, that is, from this evening at sunset until sun set on Wednesday evening. During this time there is an absolute cessa tion of all work, except such as might be regarded as charity, or as an ab solute necessity And cannot be post poned. TSfe days given up ’to religious observance* at the syna gogues, and rejoicings for benefits re ceived. The Reformed Jews cele brate only one day, that is, this eve ning and tomorrow. The Jewish population of the Unit ed States is estimated today at 3,- 600,000. The first Jewish settler or permanent resident in the country was Jacob Barsimon, who arrived in New Amsterdam in August, 1654, on the ship, Pereboom. He was followed to New Amsterdam a month later by a company of 23 Jews from Pernaru buca, Brazil, on the ship St. Charles. While the Jews of New Amster dam began to hold religion services in their homes as early as 1655, pub lic worship according to the traditions of their religion was not tolerated un til 1674, when New Amsterdam had become New York and the Dutch rule had been superseded by the English. Jews from the West Indies are aaid to have been settled in Newport. R. 1., as early as 1657, and to have brought with them the degrees of Free , masonry. FIFTH OF POLICE FORCE SUSPENDED Finding of Alleged “Pay-Off” Record Gives Memphis Sensation. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 22—Investi gation of an alleged “pay-off ’ book seized by federal agents last March in a raid on a grocery store operated by John Bellomini resulted today in a decision by Thomas H. Allen, Com missioner of Police, to suspend ap proximately one-fifth of the Memphis Police fore®. Forty*-one policemen will be affected by the suspension order. The men are to be suspended in groups and the vacancies filled in one group before auother is dropped. The “pay-ofF’ book was said to have contained names of fifty-one policeman and four deputies, but Mr. Allen said some of these men had left the depart ment. Opposite the names w£re enter ed various amounts ranging from $5 to S2O each and totalling more than BSO.OOO over a period of twenty-one months. Tunney Will Devote Life To Lectur ing. Chicago, Sept. 22. —Gene Tunney will abandon the squared circle of pugilism for the lecture platform of America’s young manhood, former Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, once presidential candidate, said here to day. “I happen to know that Gene Tun ney, perhaps the finest yet most mis understood man in sports, will devote his future to lecturing young men on how to live,” Mr. Cox said. “I have known him for years, as the best son any father could hope for, the cleanest and finest. “Gene already has plans for toijring Y. AI. C. A. centers, Knights of Columbus and believes he can reach men with his talks on how to five. With Our Advertisers. The Southern Railway System win operate a special excursion to M ash ington, 1). C. t and Halethorpe, Md., <>n Wednesday, October sth, on ac count of the Iron Horse Fair. Round trip fare from Concord to AV ®shmg ton $ll.OO, to Halethorpe $12.00 Read the new ad. today of the Bel & Harris Funeral Home in this pa per today. . IiOENNECKE has BEEN MISSING FOR 48 HOURS London, Sept. 26.—OP)—More than 4S hours had passed this morning without word of Lieuten ant Otto Koennecke, German long distance flyer, and his eonfpanions in the biplane Germania who left Angora, Turkey, Saturday for Basra nt the head of the Persian Gulf. Koennecke was accompanied by Johannes Hermann, radio oper ator ; and Count George Cedric Solms-Laubach, financial backer of . the expedition, and is attempting flight from Cologne, Germany, to America byway of the Orient. The distance between Angora and Basar by air line is approximately 1,050 miles. DIPHERIA CASES SHOW INCREASE IN THE STATE Health Official Genuinely . Concerned Over Lack of Co-operation On Part Os Public. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 26.—With the num- ' ber of diptheria cases in the state showing a greater increase than in any other communicable disease, the Stale Board of Health is becoming genuinely concerned at the lack of tne response on the part of the public to its campaign to eliminate diptheria, by means of the toxin-antitoxin treat ment. Last week, 101 new cases were reported, 80 cases the week before that, while indications are that the number of new cases this week will be in excess of 100. “Yet there is no reason why there should be even one case of diptheria in North Carolina,” according to Dr. H. A. Taylor, epidemiologist of the State Board of Health, “for diptheria is one of the few diseases which can be almost absolutely controlled and eliminated, provided parents will only co-operate in having their children inoculated with the preventive serum.” One mistake that parents make is to wait until after their children start to school before having the toxin-anti toxin treatment administered, accord ing to Dr. Taylor, since 65 per cent of all diptheria cases occur in children of pre-school age—that is, before six years of age. Consequently, children should be given the serum treatment as soon as possible after they are one year of age. Despite the fact that diptheria is as nearly controllable as any of the contageous diseases, the number of cases seems to be increasing each year, though the death rate has been brdught down, so that it has been about sta tionary for the last few years, sta tistics show. However, in the last nine years—from 1918 to 1926, in clusive —there have been 36,980 cases of diptheria reported North lina, and 2,882 deaths in the same period—an average of one death for every 12.7 cases. But in 1918 there were only 1,366 cases reported, with 252 deaths, while in 1926 there were 3,198 cases reported, with 263 deaths. “This does not mean, however, that the increase iu the number of cases was as great as appears,” Taylor says, “since there was undoubtedly better reporting of cases in 1926 than in 1918, and also better treatment. So at present, both the number of cases and the death rate from diptheria are about at a standstill.” This is indicated by the death rate figures for the entire country, with a rate of 11 deaths per 100,000 in 1925, which declined to 9.2 deaths per 100,000 in 1926. The toxin-antitoxin treatment may be had from any county or city health clinic free of charge. The serum is made at the state laboratory of hy giene here in Raleigh, and is supplied tree to all the county and city health units. The serum is administered generally in three inoculations, one inoculation a week for three weeks. Occasionally one or two additional inoculations are found necessary, but not often. The treatments do not produce any reaction in the child or make it sick. The peak of the diptheria season is generally reached in the latter part of November or in December. So if parents will have theip children who have not yet been given the treatment, inoculated at once, the yearly dip theria crop can still be greatly de creased, according to Dr. Taylor. $12,000 More Secured for Davidson. Davidson, N. . G., Sept. 25. —More than $12,000 to be used in completing the new Chambers Building at David son College has been contributed in the past two weeks, according to an announcement made today by Dr. W. J. Martin, president of the college; and as soon as an additional $25,000 has been subscribed, construction on the remaining two wings of the new building will be commenced. A few weeks ago officials of the College announced that work on the remaining two wings of the new struc ture would not be started, until sub scriptions aggregating $40,000 were in hand. The donation of $12,000 during the past two weeks, together with the $22,000 which was subscribed during the summer months, has left officials of the college highly optimistic over prospects of commencing the work within the next few weeks. The building, of which only the south wing has been constructed, will upon completion represent an invest ment of more than $600,000, and will be «m of the largest and finest aca demic colleges buildings in the south east. Simpson’s Promotion Confirmed. Washington, Sept. 26. 04*) R. E. Simpson, general manager of the Southern Railway at Charlotte, N*. C., today was appointed General Manager at Cincinnati, Ohio, succeeding J. H. Stanfield. Officials at the road’s headquarters here were not prepared to announce the reason for the change. W. C. Hudson, general superinten dent at Chattanooga, Tenn., was nam ed general manager at Charlotte. . Between September 25 and Octo ber 10 is the correct date for ap plying P-C-Benzene about the trunks of peach trees to control the borer. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1927 Reasons For State’s Progress Evident When Visit Is Made * Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 21. —“The reasons for North Carolina’s excellent progress along all lines is readily apparent after visiting the state, talking with people and the various state officials who have had a part in bringing about this progress,” said General S. H. Wolfe, now of New York, and one of the most noted insurance actuaries • in the country, and who organized the "War Risk Insurance for the Un ited State government during the war, while in Raleigh today. This was General Wolfe's first visit- to Raleigh, though he had previously been in the state, 1 but for shorter stays. “North Carolina is far ahead of the other southern states in almost every line,” General Wolfe continued. “This progress is evident everywhere, first in the state’s wonderful highway system, which is an example of its forward looking vision, sh the up-to dateness of its various state depart ments, and in the business and manu facturing plants of the state. Every where there is an opett-mindedness ■j and a vision of future development that is remarkable. people of the state are not afraid of new ideas merely because thej are new, and are quick to see the benefits.that come as a result of progress.” When asked his opinion as to why North Carolina had become. one of the biggest insurance states Nn the South, having more big insurance com panies with home offices in the state than other southern state, General Wolfe replied that this was because the people of the state had been quick to see the advantages* to the state of having insurance companies locate THE COTTON MARKET. Opened Steady at an Advance of 17 to 33 Points on Buying.—Higher Lat er. New York, Sept. 26.—< A *) —The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of 17 to 33 points on buy ing stimulated by relatively firm Liv erpool cables and reporta of very un favorable weather northwest of the cotton belt, with predictions it would work down into the South. The official forecast for probable freezing temperatures in northwest Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle naturally contributed to the nervous ness, and active months sold 52 to 54 points higher before the end of the first hour, December advaafcing to 20.23 and March to 21.50. Some liquidation ©f October in preparation for probable notice tomorrow, was absorbed at the recently prevailing discount of 35 points under December. The early advance met considerable realising, but it*, was backs of 10 to 12 points and the mar ket firmed pp again toward midday on a detailed weather report showing cold rains in the southwest. December ad vanced to 21.40 and March to 21.66, or about 65 to 70 points above Satur day’s closing quotations. Cotton futures opened steady: Oct. 20.50; Dec. 20.87; Jan. 20.94; March 21.25; May 21.50. Closing Figures. January 20.70; March 20.96; May 21.25; July 21.10; October 20.33; De cember 20.70. COMPLETE PLANS FOR MEETING CLUBS Federation of Women’s Clubs Will Hold Session in Statesville. Statesville, Sept. 22.—Plans for the meeting of the Council of the North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs in Statesville Thursday and Friday of next week, September 29 and 30, are now practically complete, accord ing to announcement made by Mrs. E. M. Land, president of the States ville "Woman’s Club. The council is composed of nearly fifty club members, including officers of the federation, chairmen of departments and standing committees, district presidents and past presidents of the State federa tion. . Outstanding in the program of the council meeting will be the address of Miss Chari Williams, of Washington, D. C., formerly of Tennessee, who is field secretary'of the National Educa tion Association. Miss Williams, whose address will be delivered Thurs day night, is asked to speak on the problems of public instruction, par ticularly the eight months’ school and the Federal Education bill. Miss ’Wil liams* address is in line with the education program mapped out by the federation. The federation officers are: Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, of Goldsboro, presi dent ; Mrs. It. R. Cotton, Farmviljc, honorary president; Mrs. R. D. Con nor, Chapel Hill, first vice-president; Mrs. W. J. Brogdon, Durham, second vice-president; Miss Annie Perkins, Farmville, recording secretary; Mrs. Eugene Davis, Greensboro, treasurer; Mrs. Sydney P. Cooper, Henderson, general federation director. UNFAVORABLE WEATHE^ SENDS COTTON HIGHER Price Rose About $13.50 a Bale at New York and New Orleans Today. New York, Sept. 26. —Reports of weather unfavorable for the develop ment of late cotton in the southwest resulted in an increased demand in New York Cotton Exchange today and prices rose rains were reported from northwest Texas while official forecast predict ed freezing temperatures in north west Oklahoma and the Texas pan handle. $3.50 a Bale Higher at New Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 26.—C4*) —Offic- ial forecast for cold weather and freez ing temperatures in the northwest por tion of the* belt and prompt stoppage of large tenders for October contracts prompted an advance of $2.30 a bale in the erttton market today. Cover ing by shorts and trade buying even tually forced December to 21.48 and January to 21.48; 70 points above the previous close. In many districts of the interior the natives are replacing their mud huts with dwellings of brick. here, with the result that the state has passed liberal laws, which while they carefully regulate insurance com panies, do not strangle them. “I know of no state where insur ance companies are more carefully or adequately regulated than in North Carolina, and where at the same time . the insurance laws are favorable to expansion and development,”’said Gen eral Wolfe. “This indicates that the people of the state realize these insurance companies bring back into the state large sums of money, which are in turn invested within the state, thus increasing the wealth of the state generally.” The work of the State Insurance Department, and of Stacy Wade, commissioner of insurance, was es pecially commended by General Wolfe, who stated that Mr. Wade had made a “national reputation, and was very highly regarded in national insurance circles. He expressed surprise that the state insurance department was able to do 1 the work it does on as small an appropriation as it has—less than 3 per cent of its total collections, which last year amounted to ap proximately $1,500,000. The work of Frank Page, chairman of the state highway commission, was also com mended. “In fact, the state government in North Carolina seems to be run with efficiency and economy as the primary thing sought, with politics purely sec ondary,” said General Wolfe, “and executives seem to be selected for their ability to do their work rather than for political reasons. And this is another reason why North Carolina has made such strides forward.” MASLIN IS SENTENCED FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS Former Twin City Banker Convicted Os Embezzling Funds Held in Trust. Winston-Salem, Sept. 24.—Thomas Maslin, president of tne defunct Mer chants Bank and Trust company, was today convicted of embezzling funds held in trust by the bank and was sentenced by Judge A. M. Stack, in Forsyth Superior court, to serve from five to eight years in the state prison The jury reached its verdict after deliverating less than two hours. The defejise gave notiee of appeal to the Supreme court and bond was fixed at $5,000. The bond was signed by Mr. Maslin’s mother, Mrs. Alice V. Maslin, and T. D. Tjrack. Bonds of $5,000 in two additional charges of embezzlement and receiving funds in an insolvent bank, were continued and were signed by Mrs.-Thomas Mas lin and John L. Gilmer. The defendant heard the jury’# ver dict and Judge Stack’s sentence calm -4 dy. His wtffc~and two datiffrters, who' have sat with him throughout the trial, were not present when the jury of 12 Stokes county citizens filed into the court room with their verdict. Judge Stack completed a 45-minute charge to the jury at 12:40 o’clock and adjournment son the noon recess was taken. The jury returned to the court room 49 minutes later and re tired to the jury chamber. Shortly after court reconvened at 2 o’clock they returned for additional instruc tions. The court room was crowded. The charge of Judge Stack was preceded by a powerful plea for ac quittal by Frank P. Hobgood, of Greensboro, member of the defense counsel, and a strong summary of the state’s evidence by Solicitor S. Porter Graves. Air Hobgood, after the verdict, moved for arrest in judgment on the same grounds set out in motion to quaslT and demur the bill of indict ment, on etrors committed during the course of the trial, aud of errors com mitted during the charge to the jury. Judge Stack overruled this motion. Mr. Hobgood then moved that the verdict of the jury be set aside and a new trial granted, but Judge Stack also overruled that motion. The ap pelant will be allowed 60 days in which to serve papers on appeal and the state 30 days thereafter to pre pare the case on appeal. FORTUNE DENIES HE HAD PART IN KILLING Sought For Death of Grover Negro, South Sarolina Young Man Goves Up—Blames Other Three. Shelby, Sept. 22.—Marcel Fortune, one of the four young white men sought iu connection with the fatal injury Tuesday of a Grover negro, gave up to officers this morning and was brought to the county jail hero. Fortune, through his attorney, states that he had no connection with fatally beating the negro and that he came in and gave up when «e' earn the negro was dead and that he was connected with it. He also contends in his story that he had no feelings against the negro as he was not with the other three when they had the first encounter with a negro boy Sat urday night. It was against the oth ers, he says, that the fatally injured negro testified. According to Fortune the others came by in a car and asked him to take a ride. During the ride they saw the negro, he says, and Ernest Hicks and Jack Westmoreland got out and went to him. Hicks, he says, hit the negro man once and Westmoreland told him not to hit again. Hicks struck again and they all left, he says. Fortune adds that he returned to Grover, got his team and drove on to his home just across the line in South Carolina. When he heard that he had been connected with the death he came in and gave up, he says- Orphan Association to Meet. (By Internationa’ News Service) Raleigh, Sept. 26.—The North Car olina Orphan Association will meet at the Methodist Orphanage here on Thursday morning, September 29th, in annual convention. Charles H. Warren, superintendent of the Odd Fellows Orphanage at Goldsboro, is president of the associa tion, and M. L. Shipman, of Raleigh, is secretary. -J Dr. W. S. Rankin, hospital director of the Duke Foundation, is expected to be the principal speaker at the con vention. PREDICT BIG VOTE 111 GREENSBORO 111 RECALL ELECTION Heaviest Vote Ever Cast in a City Election Was in Prospect Today—Voting | Started Early Today. MAYOR JEFFRESS’ OFFICE AT STAKE Recallers Would Oust the Mayor and 3 Memberg of City Council.—Charged They Broke Promise. Greensboro, Sept. 26.—C4 9 ) —The heaviest yote ever east in a city elec tion in Greensboro was*in prospect to day as polls opened for a ballont on the question of recalling Mayor E. B. Jeffress and three members of the city council. The polls opened at 8 a. m. and close at 6 p. m. > Registration for the recall election was heavier than for the regular city election some months ago, and when the polls opened long lines of voters were on hand at almost every polling place. It was estimated if all per sons registered voted, two w’ould have to vote each minute in some districts. The recall forces have as candi dates R. G. Hiatt, C. B. Hall/ W. B. Ross and S. V. Zigler. They are seeking to replace Mayor Jeffress and Councilmen Ford, Ridenhour and Shote. The petition under which the recall election was ordered, alleges the four officials failed to carry out reforms in police and managerial departments of the city government as promised, and they failed to reduce the city pay roil and conserve tax money. The ac cused men asserted in their reply and campaign that the city had been prop erly managed and that the recall was initiated by disgruntled politicians and office seekers. INDIAN SUMMER GIVES WAY TO KING WINTER More Than Inch of Snow Fell in the Western and Northwestern States Last Night. Denver, Col., Sept. 26.—(/P)—lndi an summer with }ts varied hues, has been displaced by winter in mwffi of the Rocky Mountain region. Where lastingek ajdetcbe# ol.cold, in high er altitudes Marked groups of trees, today all was white! The cold wave with its bundle of winter products struck the region yes terday. Automobiles carried an inch or more of snow as they moved about Denver and northern Colorado today. Wyoming also came in for much of the snowfall. The first few flakes of snow came to Denver Sunday afternoon ceasing during the night. Back to the attack came winter today a blan ket into thegroundT Winter extended into western Kan sas, forcing temperatures below the freezing point at a number of points. Snow in the Northwest. St. Paul, Sept. 26. — VP) —Snow, rain and low temperatures were felt in various, sections of the northwest today. . In the Black Hills of South Dakota a total of four inches fell over the week-end, and the fall continued to day. Killing frosts were reported in Minnesota. THE STOCK MARKET. Rising Prices Were Again the Rule At the Opening of the Market. New York, Sept. 26.—C4>)—Rising prices were again the ruling at the opening of the stock market today. International Harvester, Allied Chemi cal and U. S. Steel preferred opened a point or more higher, the last named at a new high for the year. American Waterworks also started the day at a new peak, fractionally above Satur day’s closing figure. THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner & Beane. (Quotations at 1:30 P. M.) Atchison 191% American Can 63 Allied Chemical 161% American Smelting 175% American Tie. & Tel. y 175% Allis Chalmers 113% Baldwin Locomotive 247% Baltimore & Ohio 120% Bethlehem Steel 61% Chrysler 68% Dupont 332% Erie __ ' T — 61% Fleishman 62 St. Louis-Francis. RR. 54 General Electric, 135% General Alotors 1 268% Gen. Ry. 'Signal 143 Houston Oil 149 Hudson Motors Bl% Mo.-Ivans. & Tex. 45% Kenneeott Copper 75 Liggett & Myers 123 Lorillard z_ —, 39% Mack Truck 106% Montgomery-Ward Bl Nash Motors 91% Packard Motors Penn. RR. Phillips Pete 42% Producers and Refiners 29% Reading RR. * 114% “B” Rey. Tob. Com. 149% Rock Island RR. 107% Sears Roebuck - 76% Std. Oil of N. J. 39% Son. Pac. RR. 121% Studebaker Corp. —.• 58% Timken Roller Brg. 114% I” lion Carbine 137 V : ck Chemical 56% Westinghouse Elec. Co. 84% West. Mary. RR. A 60% Yellow Cab and Truck 34% Woolworth 185% TT. S. Steel 151 Coca-Cola 126% i 1 ' $2.00 a Year, Strict! \dvance I m \' A \ I Found i # Baltimore «jj| JlK^b|ffiaggcjEsr MM TanMTU »l•• •'' - m - W-:-.v..K;?*n«.» I :•; v :•. ;•: | This blue-eyed blond boy of six, deserted by an aged woman I in a Baltimore park in 1926, is ; believed to be the kidnapped son of Mr. and Mrs. Raimonde Von Maluski of New York, missing since 1925. UatorMtiuat Wwomll INDUSTRY IN PIEDMONT SHOWS RAPID GROWTH Is Hitting Greater Stride Than Ever Before.— Get New Textile Mills. Charlotte, Sept. 24. —Industrial de velopment in the south, and partic ularly in Piedmont Carolines, is pro ceeding today at a rate substantially more rapid than at any time in the previous history of the section, ac cording to a statistical summary of industrial progress released today by officials of the Southern Power com pany liere. The statement is based on actual statistical progress and further sub stantiated in the report of opinion of industrial leaders. The power com pany, it is shown, today supplies mo tive power for more than 300 cotton mills and hundreds of additional in dustrial establishments. The statement follows: “During the first six months of the present year the output of power on the Southern Power system was 813,- KW hours. This is more than 20 per cent over the output for the corresponding period last year, which was 673,628,285 KW hours. Ac cording to industrial leaders and other observers these figures accurately in dicate the rate of expansion in ? in dustry in Piedmont Cayolinas, prac , fcically the /whole of which ia served by the Duke company. “Industrialists in this section have remarked upon the recently changed trend of the industrial development in the south, most of the spinning mills, particularly those on coarse numbers and also a number of weav ings mills on coarse goods, have pass ed .ever Piedmont Carqlinas and gone to sections of Alabama and Georgia. “Textile men and industrial lead ers in the Carolina's acknowledge that the wage levels in Alabama and Geor gia are from 15 to 23 per cent lower than they arc_ in this section, this explaining the preference for those sections for the coarse mills. On the other hand, it is stated, the workers in the textile industry in Piedmont Carol)nas are the most efficient and most dependable in the country. “They-have had longer experience and more experience in the manufac ture of finer goods. Local mill men express the opinion that, in spite of the higer levels of wage paid by the manufacturers in Piedmont Carolinas, the actual cost of the labor is no more, because of the greater experience and higher efficiency of the textile workers of this section. “While the larger number of spin ning and weaving mills for coarse goods have gone to the state further south, many of them being removed from New England and the east, it is a notable fact that this section has attracted the dyeing and finishing plants, silk mills, knitting/ mills and manufacturers of textiles specialties. The trend iu the industrial develop ment of Piedmont Carolinas is decid edly in the direction of dyeing and finishing plants and diversified manu factures. •'Twenty silk mills have been es tablished, or are in process of being established, in the south during the past 12 months. All except in Pied month Carolinas, among the locations being Charlotte and Statesville, N. C., Union and Abbeville, S. C. “Approximately 40 new knitting mills, mostly on hosiery and half hose, have been established in Pied mont” Carolinas during the past 12 months. In this department of textile manufacturing there has been a not able trend toward the production of the finer grades of goods. Four new factories have been established for the manufacture of silk hosiery. “Nine new dyeing and finishing plants have been established in Pied mont Carolinas during the past 12 months. Some of these have been established by existing textile estab lishments, while others have been built to do custom work. “One factor in the recent rapid de velopment in the manufacture of silk in this section has been the demand for silk which has been created by the rapidly expanding hosiery industry. The development in this indnstry like wise has encouraged the establishment of dyeing and finishing plants, partic ularly those doing custom work. j “Not only in the textile field but in - industry generally the trend is toward increasing diversification. New in dustrial plants in this section include paper and wooden box factories, wood working shops, additional furniture factories, brush manufacturing and numerous other lines.” Get S<SS,OOO in Cash. Los Angeles, Sept. 26.—( A *)—Two men held up three officials of the Los Angeles water and Power Bureau just after the offices ojiened for business today, and escaped with approximate ly $85,000 in cash, FORMER DRY AGENT IN BAHAMAS TO BE TRIED FOR PIRACY Chas. H. Nesle, Discharg ed From Dry Forces of America, Will Be Given Hearing at Bimini. chabge"nesle TOOK WHISKEY It Is Charged That Part of Liquor Taken From a British Boat Was Found Later at Nesle Home. Bimini, The Bahamas, Sept. 26. C4>)—A magistrate of the Colonial gov*, ernment court at Nassau was expected 1 here, by boat this morning to preside at the hearing of Chas. H. Nesle, dis charged American prohibition agent, i on charges of piracy. The trial is scheduled today. Charles Wolf, and A. E. Fisher, two of the men arrested by coast guardsmen as rum runners when two boats were seised off Gun Key last week, left Miami Sunday for Bimini to testify against Nesle. Miami attorneys representing Wolf and Fisher claim that Nesle partiei* paled as an unauthorized member -of the coast guard crew in the seizure which they claim was made within the three mile territorial limit of the the British waters. Coast guard base officials says the seizure was made ia neutral waters and deny reports that a considerable part of the rum cargo taken from the boats was found by British authorities at Nesle’s home. May Lead to Complications. Washington, Sept. 26.—(P)—Like lihood of new international complica tions arising out of America’s sea pa trol against rum runners has devel oped in the Bahama Islands as a re sult of the arrest of Chas. H. Nesle, a former American prob’”bition agent, for alleged unauthorized participation in the seizure of a rum smuggler by the U. S. Coast Guard in British waters. Nesle, who is accused of not having been a member of the coast guard crew at the time of the capture, was charged by the rum vessel crew witfi having appropriated part of the rum cargo and having some of it in life possession at the time of arrest. The rum runner is said to be an '■ ‘ 3 **3*?i The seizure, according to British authorities, took place within three miles territorial limits of British wa ters. v CONFESSES INTIMACY WITH DOCTOR’S WIFE Willis Beach. Poultry Farmer, Ques tioned in Connection With Lillien dahl Slaying. Mays Landing, N. J., Sept. 24.—< Willis Beach, 50-year-old poultry farmer, held here for questioning in connection with the recent murder of Dr. A. William Lilliendahl, has con fessed to alleged intimate relations with Mrs. Lilliendahl, the slain physi cian’s widow, it was announced to night by Richard Black, special in vestigator for the §tate. Beach was brought here from Ham monton, where he had been questioned by detectives and state police. Beach-confessed, Black declared, to writing the “Peggy Anderson” letters to Mrs. Lilliendahl; that he had met the physician's wife frequently at a trysting place in a secluded glen and that he and Mrs.'Lilliendahl had used a hollow in a large oak tri-e as a place to conceal correspondence. Late tonight, Beach was released from jail under $5,000 bail, furnished by his brother, Roy. YOUTH SHOOTS GIRL; SAYS WAS ACCIDENT Frank Schlieben Has Confessed. Po lice Say, to Shooting His Friend, Stephanie Celac. Chicago, Sept. 26.— UP) —Frank Schlieben, 18 years old, called a “tough kid’ ’of h;« neighborhood, is being held for the slaying of 16-year old Steph anie Celac, a girl, who loved to dance and whose body, a bullet through the heart, was found on a street corner yesterday. The youth, police said, confessed shooting the girl, using a pistol with which a few hoHrs before the girl’s mother had threatened to commit sui cide because of the late hours Steph anie had been keeping. “She begged me to shoot her,” the youth said. “I pointed it at her to scare her. The trigger must have caught on something.” REVENGE GIVEN AS CAUSE FOR MURDER Seven-Year Old Girl Shot at Her Home by Man Believed to Be Biag glo Arsenio. New York, Sept. 26.— UP) —A seven yeai old girl was shot to death as she slept today by a 65-year old man in revenge for the elopment of his daugh ter, the police allege. The girl, Angeline Constance, was asleep in her bed at her home in East 108th street, when she was in stantly killed by a shot gun discharg ed, according to the police, by ftiaggio Arsenio, who escaped over roof tops. Relatives told the police that jA|rsenio was enraged over the recent elopement of his daughter with a young man in troduced by the slain child’s parents. The weapon was found in the girl's bedroom. Wfflm Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, little change in temperature NO. 27
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 26, 1927, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75