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BODY OF LATE PRESIDENT
ML LAID to rest in HOME TOWN I
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AS THOUSANDS PAY TRIBUTE
aa the chiming
voiaee of ||m eWr mmi eoMjr mt|
tlM tnn, Ibmr Mjf Ood To An,"
» w<
ed the long way from hi* father's
*o tka vaa'r sari those other*
urilld to auks ■ living nrt
tm* tar th« funeral rites, than dm
to Mark it m t>w burial of
Em
, of Ma guard bom tba tlatar aer
viaaa of the aaHim. tka admirals
and the iranaraia who farmed hia hon
or eonaort, tka friand and comrade
•who now ia kere in hto stead, tha col
% A1 kia aalif J> wLill-L-- naKinat
irifucf tix film Jiibt ■••ICR*n Cwvinwit
That waa all, nnpt at tka laat, dto
fira aa he cama to. kto tomb
of a bogle founding a
requiem aa tka gate*
Otherwiae the funeral aarriea waa
that of a limple and Much loved cit
izen of Ohio. For all Ohio teemed
to kave come today to kid him fare
well. Throng* whoee number will
never be known paaaad beaide hto
caaket and looked their laat upon tke
dead face before the time for tke laat
From hia father1* house ke
oat again carried by the
men who have atood constantly to
guard a dead commander. No aat
ama music of bands or military pa
great flag of the Freaident drooping
in mourning and carried before him
to tke gatee of tke tomb aa he went.
In ear* behind the simple hearse
that carried now this honored leader
came President Coolidge and the cab
inet and the friends and close kin.
Thare, too, came Chief Justice Taft
and General Perishing. Laat to leave
tha memerial house waa Mrs. Harding
in black and veil drawn cloae and juat
ahead of her walked the old father,
kto face plainly showing the agony of
kto grief.
street the cortege pawed and a round
the corner to the quiet cemetery. Aa
it came toward the rate* the ran*
spoke afar in honor.
The vault stands ivy-wrapped and
set back into the gentle hill with lit
tle apace before it. So the funeral
train waa halted at a distance and
the caaket lifted down to be carried
to a resting place before the open
aaagi The last hymn of this simple
reverent service was "Nearer My God
Te Thee" and aa the softly Mending
voiees came to the last rkinds, lira.
Hifding slowly raiaed her veiled face
and stood aa though in prayer to Him
above that thiSesd husband who
tat a moment would be ehut away from
her forever might know that peace
beyond understanding which God's
mercy holds out to humanity a{ the
last.
The voiees died away, and with lift
ed hand Bishop Anderson at the MMk
odlst Eptcopal church pronounce the
inK • a imp!* Ainitaa is tfc* ke*ping
of hU God, drifted .lowly sway te
I save him alone when dark tell for
tlx aloof that will no*or owl.
How many had tho ran privilege
of seeing tho face of tho Praaldont
while tho body lay in stete at tho
homo of hi* father, Dr. Oooripa T.
llardini, Sr., will never bo known.
Por 16 hmtrs thoy fllod poat tho coffin
with uncovered hoada at tho rate of
Pn-aidont Washington diod at hi*
homo at Mount Vornon after ho had
served two term* in tho presidency.
Hla dlaoaao was laryngitia.
Praaldont John A damn diod o" do
blllty, President Jefferson diod of !
chronic diarrhoea, and President J.;
Q. Adam* of paralyaia. Presidinta
M~diaon and Monro* diod of debili
ty. Jackaon of consumption, aa it waa
ithrn called. Van Buren of uth
matic catarrh. Tylor of a bilious at
tack, W. H. Harrison of pleurisy,
Taylor of bilious fever, Polk of
chronic diarrhoea, Filmera of dabil
Ity, Pierce of inflamation of-tbc atom
ach, Buchanan of rheumatic inot,
Lincoln was assassinated, Johnson
died of parapets, Grant of cancer of
tho tongue, Hayes of paralysis of ths
heart, Garfield waa asaasainsted,
Arthur died of Bright'a dtssasa,
Cleveland of debility, B. Harrison of
pneumonia, McKinley waa aasaaeinat
ed and Booaevelt died of ^wumatiam.
President W. H. Harriaos lived
only one month after he was insuru
rated. and was aoeeeoded by Vie*
Preaidpat Tyler who served out the
remainder of the term of tbra* year*
and rieven months. And Tyler's ad
ministration was quite eventful.
Lincoln had served one month and
eleven days of his second term when
he was assassinated. and was suc
ceeded by Johnson who served out
Garfield had Mtvad only tlx month*
when he was uuniutwl, and Ar
thur served oat the rent of the term.
Arthur wai a prominent candidate for
the nomination following, but de
feated by Blaine. MeKtnley had
•erred six months and tan da ys of his
seebnd term when he was assassinat
ed, and he was succeeded by Roose
velt who served oat the rest of the
term, sftr which he was nominated
by his party for a second term and
elected.
Thus ft will be teen that within
tlk memory of many persons now
living, three presidents of the United
States have boen assassinated, ai
Mr. Roosevelt while campaigning in
1912 for another term was shot by
an assailant and norrowty eacap
being killed.
Woodrow Wilson broke down under I
the strain of the office and loat his'
Warren G. Harding broke down, in |
the aame way and loat hia life.
1C
is Not A
President Coolidge, the Washington
eorrespondenta aay, ia a church-goer
but not a church member. Rad Buck
I Bryant, writing to The Charlotte Ob
server, says that Mis. Coolidge ia s
member of the Congregational church,
and that Mr. Coolidge has far s i
bar of yews sttoadad tan loss with
her. At CooUdgs headquarters la
Washington, this eorrsspondsnt finds,
1 it was stated positively that Mr.
(Coolidge was s member of the Con
gregational church. "At the home of
the pastor of the First Congregation
al church here, whore the President
and Mrs. Coolidge attend every
i dsy, K was said ha wsaf a
Hia poopls were Prssbytoriana, and
I that ia where ho got the name, John
I Calvin.
70-Million . Dollar Warship*,
jLvw York, Ai»Mcnp^r o<]
Am hulls of the battleships Indiana
Am halls of the battleships Indisns
and Booth Dakota, toft uncompleted
on the ways of ths Brooklyn navy
yard whan the naval IliftaWssi ti
wns signed was ssrssrsri hy the
Ths
I ilsMftasal 1^. T—J I*. —» — sail SmitK
| Dakota together to have esat
170.000.000 and w«id hsvs bssa
i tint siMli*i Uv«M( WttUakiM
™ WW*> ■,|"1 F
KaWigh, Auk. ll-"Wl have on* of
the abort**!, fruit crape la North Ca
rolina that ho* bom experienced in
iMt tonight by
partmenta of
Sandhill aaetion la greatly behind In
thia reapoct. Tho low foraeaot of om
fourth amp ha* baan
twaon It and U par
Bltt pxccptim b«in(
thfw hundred cmi
"The atata average, aa reported*
of m| reporter* all.
countiea In tha, atata, ahaw 2S par
cant. Tha national crop la reported
at 47,100,000 huahela, which la ahNoati
20 par cant laaa than laat year'* crop, i
and approximaUly 10 par cant batow
tha fbt yav average. Tha prica of
I1.M la quoted for Auguat average*,
which la 20 eanta above tha prica of
a year ago. Tha North Carolina crop
U VAW (iwtftiwi
"The atata apple crop ia eatimated
to average S3 per cant for tha agri
cultural crop and laaa than that for
tha commercial grower*. There waa
a rather heavy drop in Jam, bat
conditio** have been aomewhat mo re
fa vormhie daring July. The American
crop ia forecaat at 188,000,000 bar
re la for the ooauiwrcial crop. Tha
average prica raportod over tha coun
try ia $1.11 per boabe! far tha general
run, which ia about the aame aa laat
year** price.
"T.rape* and pear* ahow quite dif
ferent condittoaa. Eighty par cdnt
for tha grape crop, which ia a good
proapect, while 22 per cant for pear*
indicate* a tew production. Other
frvit waa generally poor over the
atata. Blackberriea allowed a condi
tion of 82 per cent, baaed on Augoat
1 condition*.
"Watermelon* and cantaloupe* aver
age 72 par cent of a fall crop proapect
for Aoguet 1 hi North CoaoHna. To
matnoa averaged 80 par cant; cabbage
79 per cent; and lata Iriah potatoea
77 par cent condition. Moat of the
early track crope suffered from either
unfavorable spring *ea*ona Br the
dry aummer weather, eapecially in the
piedmont or central cmintiea.
"Tha recent rainfall ha* been fa
vorable for moat part* of the atata,
but ia getting extesarvely wet in many
of the eaatera countiea while relieving
imnpr* ruiunuvrsui} m uw |imiinutiv.
Cotton Han trmwn unusually well, bat
with the weevil hi some of the wet
weather area*, the fruiting is not aa
it was. Moat of the cropa are doing
well and the farmer* are generally
optimistic about the outlook. Certain
ly North Carolina is one of the moat
favored states in the union as far aa
crop growing conditions are concern
ed. This, however, does not assure
big return* on their* prospects, for
later conditions may be quite adverse
and production in other state < may
so affect the markets that the farmers
will get very poor prices. The tobac
co outlook is eery good in production
and prices. This in a general way. Is
true of cotton.
Wild Beast Market Prices High
Giraffe Costs $5,000
Hambuag, Aug. It.—Wild animals
cost a good deal of money at the pres
ent time. A giraffe brings about $6,
000; hippopotamuses from tt.SOO to
>5,000, and good lions are worth 91,
260 each.* TW principal reason is
scarcity. Post-war conditions have
interferred with the pursuit of the
industry ot providing wild beasts, the
European cantor of which is Hamburg.
John Hagmback has applied to the
British authorities for permission to
send a party of German animal catch
ers to India, and hopes to head the
expedition personally. In India he
will revisit his old friend the Majar
adja of Gwalier, from whose preserves
Mr. Hagenback, in previous years, has
obtained many tigers It was the In
dian dignitary'* chief grief that he
had no liona. Mr. Hagenback sent
him eight sf the kings of the animal
world. The lions inereaaod so rapidly
in the thick forests that they became
the terror of the entire country and
caused the Majnradja much litigation
\1 V
/The "sen milestone" stands jiA
mouth of the White House, in Wash*
n the ell ipse of
Park, fna this milestone is
highways of ths United
TTX1'
New York, Aug 2.—gllmiimtion of
tiM 12-hour day in the steel Imfastl j
will begin immediately ami whii at
amployM who— hoars r.ta uteri
from It to ■ hour* wHl ba so adjunted
M to afford Mdliufi equivalent to •
28 par cant Inuuaas in hourly and
haaa rstoa, flwelwi of the American
Iron ami Stoal inatttM* 4aclM to
day.
Elhert H. Gary, president of tha
institute and chairman of tha .linttad
Sta(*» Stoal corporation, In making
tha formal announcement at tha con
clusion of today's conferences, Mid
tha change would ba effected aa rapid
ly aa tha supply of labor would per
mit. Ha Mid It wm impoaalMa to
aay whan tha chanfai would ha com
pleted, but declared there would ba
no unnecessary delay on the part of
anyone.
H is estimated that the shorter
working day win necessitate tha em
ployment of between *0,000 and
65,000 additional laborers and will
add approximately 145,000,000 to the
annual payroll of the indnatry.
Employes in tha continuous de
partment* which now receive 14.40
for a 12 hour day will receive $4.00
for an eight hour day under the plan.
All other workmen it was announced
will be on lft-hour* or less, and their
present hourly and base rates will be
continued.
Today's action by steel officials re
presenting substantially the entire
industry in this country brought to a
favorable conclusion a series of con
ferences and study of the industry
which began when President Harding,
at a White House dinner, requested
Mr. Gary to undertake an investiga
tion to ascertain the feasibility of
eliminating the long hours.
A committee appointed by Mr. Gary
loporlud at the Majr m*Um aff tha
American htm and Stoal institute
that it would be impossible to ratface
hours in the immediate future be
cauae of the shortage of labor. Pres
ident Harding publicly expressed his
disappoirmant at the report and
*ubsequently Mr. Gary wrote the
President that the industry would be
gin the elimination of the much cri
ticised 12-hour shift "As soon as
p -set liable."
Nicknames of Hardline
Warren G. Harding was known tin
der three nicknames at different per
iods of his life.
As a boy and yning man he was
called "Doc" because his father was
a physician.
Employes of the Marion Star and
other business associates always
knew htm aa "W. 0."
As president. Harding frequently
was called "Uncle Warren." An en
thusiast shouted, "Ws'rs with yoa.
Uncle Warren," when Harding spoke
at Baltimore before his election and
the nickname afterward was widely
used.
Harding's middle name, Gamaliel,
means in Hebrew, "God la a reward."
It is found in the Bible aa the luuae
of the law instructor of the Apostle
Paul.
Britain Build* Giant Plana In
%iral
London, Aug. 10.—There la being
constructed in a secret hangar, on aa
aerodrome near Norwich. Britain's
la teat "hash' hash" air fighter with
which, it is reported, she intends to
rearm her home defenae air squad
All details are withheld, tt is aaid,
under dire penalties. AU that is
known la that ah* is being constructed
by Boulton A Paul, makers of British
government aircraft, and that she will
be the moat speedy and invulnerable
aeroplane yet deaigned.
Boulton * Paul have just completed
another flying wonder for tha Britieh
government— an all-steel asammoth
plane of 1,000 horsepower.
She la supposed to be the fit at and
only aeroplane to have a separate en
gine* njom, watched over by * me
chanic It ia a ateel compartment tat
the fuaelage; two motors totaling
1000 horsepowi» constitute the driv
ing power.
She is tntanded for mall service in
il •>» e
Muff. Mm., Aug. 12.-Dwigfct
H. Brown, aditor of the Daily Am*r
Iran of Poplar Bluff. manages and
edita Km daily now*(taper with hia'
•am. Not being able to read even
typewriter print aa a raault of an
affliction whan a child ha Ha* mini |
fully accompiiahed this faat. for fast
It auraly la, for the laat fifteen year*.
At Aa ate of eight yearn Browm'
syesight failed. Ha had *nly two
yeara work In school, and the terrible
condition caught him before ha waa
even partially prepared to "make hi*
fortune in the rnrii"
AMfofh kia paronta apent Much
monay, virtually every cent they had
and could get, in effort* to r eater*
hit. eyesight, oentfu'a declared Brown
would never again be able to eae Ma
eyea to any advantage. He coaid aea
sufficiently to diattngatsh forma and
objecta aa far aa ten feet dietant, bat
! he could not distinguiah feature* even
claeer. jy
Brown, then a boy, with a handi
cap a taring him m the face, and with,
the future in doubt became of that
condition, would not give up. Hia
step-mother, for hia mother had died
when he waa only two yeara of age,
decided open a plan.
She selected school books and liter
ature for boy* of Dwight's age, and
would ait for hours, day and night
reading to him, aaking htm questions
and teaching him, even though her
style of teaching might not have been
as modern aa thoae which he would
have received in school. But Dwight
studied. He would not only I *k for
ward U> the laat of a storv just to
see how the hero won the heroine, hot
he weald study the styl* of the story
| the form and worda. In thie he knew
> he eaeld ae» refer hark to aw word
which waa new to him »o he would
depend upon hia memory to bold that
word and other words "in stock" for
future use.
In this manner Brown ha^ develop
• r ne of the m>>. . unusuai memories.
A quaintances di:hi* he haa a mem
ory aurpasaed bv none. The ioas of!
hi* eyesight waa throwi the double j
'•tad on his KiJse of hearing and hi*
memory la carrying the burden.
Hia secretary reads all exchanges'
while Brown sits and lets it "aoak in", j
Calling the name of the newspaper
the secretory starts her daily duty
Then she start* with page one. col
umn one. The headlines are taken
first, then if the article aoands inter
I esting Brown has her read all he Irish
es.
It ia not uncommon, the wmtaiy
uyi, for Brown to call for » back
number of some newspaper on file,
specifying the date, pat* and column
that a certain it.-m may be (rand.
Brown is a "spsid d—ion" on a type
writer. He has awstered the "touch"
system" rfnd sits for hour* "pound
ing off copy" although he cannot read
what he has written. Proof readers
and copy readers in Brown's office
declare that he tsldsm makes typo
graphical errors ia Ma espy.
It has been said jokingly that
Brown to the only newspaper editor
in America who has never read one
of hie own editeriala. and he says that
this is a (act.
At the last meeting of the Missouri
Press Association at Kamas City
Brown was named President of that
I organisation. He is also the bead of
| the Southeast Press Association and
[ the Southeast H|Mouri Democratic
I Press Assoctetto*.
"Seen though oaa may be handi
capped by poor eyesight or in other
I ways," Brown says, "that is no reason
to ghre hp. There is a way for any
of us to accomplish results. Proper
ly selected literature was the keg,
to my feture and while my future
has not been a fortune maker. It has
kept me from being dspendsnt on
others for support."—New York
World.
The largaat hydroelectric power sta
tion in Finland to well under way.
The total head will be atfltocd to four
steps. Whan the plaa to tally realis
ed there will be aeataMo a yield of
m,000 turbine horsepower, with a
possibility <4 increasing this to «N.
000 horsepower through controlling
the water toeel of the Setose lakes.
aa • *mtm named Carl He la* UK at
Lwmmom, anl the km warn,iM to
mM U b» Roger 9perb*r, an A»ir
lean reaMawt o' Paria.
Lieutenant Grlffia, nM to b« at
Aasertean, Kau*t Gagarin, a Baasiaa,
and Eugene Nelaon, suppssad to ha
an American, who were to m
automobile outside the hotel to om
of tha mrnw of wkiek fttrtiMI uaed
■ ..uUiBMtk ptstol t'l aave MhmK
(ram being kidnapped. are under af
reet haw.
Bergdoll several day* ago retained
to Kherhach from Switzerland to BMat
Ma mother, who had arrived from tto
United States. Ha a«afc> took op Ma
ulonaa (« a Lu>I • —
mwnwv w s mm hvw vmvi Mr
had haan tiring during tha paet thaaa
yaar* until ha waat to Rwitaeriand.
Tha local authoritiaa aaaart that
Rar»Wnll ka/i kua ■ra#/«ka<4 uln
nvrguoii iwQ Dffn wiicmq t.101917
for afcreral day* by strangers tMmg
in hia hotel. They cxpraaaed tha ha
li«f that a piat to kidnap tha awn wha
in wanted by tha United Stetea gwvur
mont had baaa carefully piannad and
financed. Rope ladders, black Jacks
and a supply of opiatea art aaid to
hara been found in tha posses lion of
tha mm undar arrest. Tha automo
bile ia which it ia believed BaigdaP
waa to hare been taken off ia deacrib
cd aa s former Au*ricaa crficar car.
Local fading ia running high
againat the men under arrrat. Berg
doll continue* to be popular aawig
ine nativea. The populace ia decla*
ed to b* doubly raaentful orer tha
alleged renewed attempt to kidnap
Bergdoll. aa the flrat attempt, mada
two year* ago. and in which a German
woman waa wounded by a man alias
ed to be an American detective, la
still freah in their memory.
Charlotte Obeerver.—We at* now
getting the figure* of paper money
of certain countrie* in "trillion*" of
their respective unit* of currency.
The latest report* quote the Gar
man circulation at nearly 32.000,000,
000,000 of marks; Auatria orer i,
000.000.000,000 crown*; Poland orer
3.000.000.000,000 Polish mark*, while
Soviet Russia ha* long aince pa*aed
the trillion line, and tha latest advtoea
put the total of outstanding Soviet
currency at more than 4,000.000.000,
000,000 paper ruble* (4.482,800,000,•
000,000.)
The average reader will be mrih—<
to ptn up all this information aa
MimrthinK of no eonaequeace, (imply
because the average nadtr hai no
conception of what a trillion meaaa.
He may know that it is a thaaaaai
billion*, but ha gives small thought
to the tim« it woald require to count
it. A financial lecturer recently gave
a talk to a elass in the National City
Bank, of New York, and in the effort
to make impression upon the minds
of the daas members, used a shapts
statement in illustration of the meas
urement of millions, trillions aad
quadrillions. Ws know, he axplaiaad
how rapidly the expert coontor of
coins will manipulate them. Ito
Treasury experts at Washiagtoa will
begin to get at least a dim eowpaft
henskm of the quantitative hiirie«« of
the "trillion" in which tKa curlMda*
■of at least fourt "ountries are Mf kt
tag measured. If. to cecnt ljMMN,