North Carolina Newspapers

c i . : O O O O D 0 v- CJ c voll':'.:; xxn. CONCORD, N: C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2!, 1022. NO. 115. 5 sir; . r.'iLOTS slov; LIJiL'ilLfi CI'.C'.GOx'S "ROTARY MF.ETTNG Krort f Bo) rk Comhtee kxl, lk.v U . V.. . ! . I. I ' - ' inqrm my rniuwiuj, wnuit , . I ealurrs ( Weekly Meeting. - L - v her dim ih-nlirti of iwim fort lplng young men of the city who tie- icnt by II. LVccdhcuse, TcrcfirCtairnaii cf School Beard niirt college education fnt- . tnred the meting of the tonrofd Ko tarlans Tta-Mlar, and within another ITn!n nMoTa An IHcon.1 month the club inrmliera hope to be w.M uu.u.B , ""iable lo .dopt definite polkT for the pointed Over the Volume future. , of Returns in the Nation-! "J" Zhlhl! ! !!!! Zi 1 v i j wuiuii 1 1 rvi tsie iv iii tur i mil vide Referendum. 'HOPE FOR RUSH v OF BALLOTS NOW Reports of Balloting at Burn side Shops of Illinois Cen- ; tral ShowThat the Men Are Against a Strike. ; ' (Br the AMrla(t4 Wm. - Chicago,. June 21. Although., ex " -presslne hopes for a "rush of ballot the rest of the "week, union head ; quarter where the strike vote of rail way employee la being tabulated, to day expressed disappointment over the volume of returns in nation-wide ref . crendum of shopmen and other rail . workers on the question of a walkout In protest against wage cuts ordered by the United States Railway Labor , Board, 't t ;. ; . -. . ;.. '. Report on1 the balloting at the - Burnsld shops of the Illinois Central w?re to the effect that the boiler makers there ; had voted overwhelm ' rotngly against a strike. : . V ? . But five, days , remain , before the general committee of .90, represent ing the rail workers, meet In Chicago to etinvass the returns. ). The general chairmen are expected to arrive Fri day and Saturday, Intending to begin : the ballot counts on Sunday. ? . . BISHOPS OF M. E. CIU'RCH , ; . ; HOLDING CONFERENCE i Meeting to Work Our Churrh Affairs and Select Date and Places for Con. ferenees. V':':,- l''''-'-' . (Br the Aaaeia4 Fnnn. J, . ' Indianapolis, IndV June 21.The j semi-annual conference of. bishop, of . tha f K f'lmrrh at whtrh aeaM-al "phms" for he .adnitaWfatMiir.prlhe rnuron an airs win o wrara ilhu the date and places selected for hold-1. Tii Jn 1 AnnTaM1MM nr tna MAinik - - dist church, opened here today to con- Uaue through Sunday. "All .sessions of the cohference will be Closed to the ' public. Twisnty-slx bishops from va . rious parts of the United States, and ; Khree from foreign . countries, were ' here for the meeting.', ' " .VJ: , 6,000 TETERANH ARK ATTESDUG BECXIOS Thin dumber 'lit Already Beglstera - at' Richmond, and More Are Arrlv , Ins; on Every Train. : : the AocHit 11 eM. t;;.I;;".,' Richmond, Vai, June 21. -Branch .B. yi: Morgan, chairman of the-local housing committee today announced that 6,000 old soldier are registered ' here for : the reunion; He :; added . inai more veieritun '""" ' tvery train coming Into the city. " Early 'estimates hd placed the num ber of survivors of AVar Between the States at between 4,000 and .5,000. iMr, Morgan declared tho attendance ''v .... . . , - . . : 1 , Ready to Purchase Gorgas riant VCashihgton, June 21.110: Vf, J - Martin, orenldent - of the Alabama "Power Company, told the Hennte agri cultural committee today that nis com. imnv stood ready' to .pay the govern. 'went $3,000,000 for its Interests U .', the steam p ant at Gorgos, Alnbnma, - "If the government insiBts tnat nuuu, - '.' 000 is .a fair value f.or the plnntH ' ueoitHTii that the members of his cotu- i niltree had detloltely decided npon one young man who Is to lie given financial help by the elub, but that the commit" tee no far had been nnable to deride who is to be the second youth to re ceive, help. The dnb at present l In position to help but two young men. Mill added, however, that hi commit tee would Drobalilv determine uoon the Neiund young man this week. The natnre of the aid the vlnb is to give, or rather tlie extent of the finan cial aid, was the chief toptc discuss ed.; Some members favor the raltflnv of an educational fund ; others believe It will bp more practical to help- the young men borrow the money, while Ktlll others think the clnb should mere ly get the 'youth In college, pay his expense until ' he ran get acclimated ami secure n position, and then let him develop, hi own fuAire. ' : A committee composed of Ijither Hartsell, Bill Gilwon and Hill Flowe wag appointed by President Richmond to-work out the most feasible plan for the club to adopt, and It Is hoped the. plan will lie ready when the club meets next Tuesday. . r- -. .- The program of the meeting was put on by the Fellowship Committee, with Joe Davis chairman. Joe. had several member give facts relating to their early life, with the Idea of better ac quainting' the members with one an other.; Tom Webb, Arthur Otlell and Tom Lawrence . were questioned, by Chairman Joe.' , t Bob Rldeuho"nr reported : as chair man of the entertninment committee, that his committee recommended the purchase of a piano jointly by the Ro-'j tary and Klwanl Clubs and the T. M. C, A. The. cliub adopted Bob's re port, which recommended that each el lib pay one-fourth of the cost of the tnsrrnnient ana mat tn x My one- nnir.,wnn ine pinno to ne tne pimpetty of the V In case the two clubs should The pnhlle I aware that on May ft. J1 n. an election wa held to .authorise a Bond Isne of $10,000.00 for arhool Improvement, with the llra of nuking the neivsiT Siklitlon at No. 2, and erect a new Primary Building at Central. After these bonds were sold but before they were isrnied the contract was let to Job R. Query, the lowest bidder fur the addition to No. 2. After the bond were sold bids were advertised for ttje new buihlng at CentraL T. C. Nlblock na the lowest bldiler, his figure being approximately 13M,to.00. The contract wWs not let becsujie the board bad already been notified by tbe City Attorney that tlie bonds bad not hern delivered and were protially Illegally authorised. For this reason the board deferred plsdug' this contract. A 'few days later tbe City Attorney notified the board that bis assumption wa correct, and that tbe bonds were Illegal and were refused by the purchasers. Therefore, after an elape if seven months another election was held, tbe amount being $l.00O as tbe board already saw that the $40.0tK.(lO originally asked for would not begla to cover the cost" or the two bnildlng; I. e., tbe addition at No. 2 and the Vw building at CentraL This Increase In the hoard 'a eHtlwate was due to the fact, a the public will easily rnueuilier. that prMs of building material aud -labor. In fact every commodity entering Into this building had adranrefl very materially and was continuing to advance at ; an unheard- of rate. Then when the- $(i.'i.(HMi0 did become available the lMrd advertised for bids for the Pri mary Building at Central.- Only one bid was received, that from contractor at Hamlet, N. C who required .a guarantee against advance In price of material and labor. - Ills bid was a follows, with paint nor electric wiring; ..- . :'-. Bl'ILIMNQ as per best bid we could get -1 . 1 . !. . ' Whh'h with tbe addition of cost as per tbe lowest bUfc as follows for: Plumbing 2 : , , $l,4!i3.()0. . : : " Heating I r $(S,I.OO v- v. AHiitect . : ij $U24. : ; . . Additional Plumbing required , $UM0.!tt , , 1 ' .' '..Furniture: IHwks, blackboards, chair, etc. ;-. $2,173,711'' , .' ' ' ' : ; . $13,372.40 . ' composition roof, no -V- $03,008.00 $13,372.40 General Active Realizing at Opening. iwcune oi irom li to zt rotnt. ' Br the Aumclatc4 Prew.) , New tork. June 2L-Theie v, was genernl active realising In the cotton market at the opening today, and prices were -easy at. a declinr of 14 to 24 point 8. The disposition to make profits following recent big advances was probably increased by expecta tions of favorable weekly crop review by the weather bureau, and the rather irregular showing of Liverpool cables. Foreign and domestic Interests werc credited with buylnt on .the decline, however, and the market steadied up after the call .on prospects of unset tied weather In the South ; October rellylng from 22 ;00 to 22:72, or within 8 points of yesterday's closing quota tlonsi. . Cotton futures opened' steady. July 22:70; Oct.! 22:63- Dec. 22:8; Jaa 22:26; Mar. 22:15. N MRS. OLESEN FAR IN LEAD, Defeats Meighan for Democratic Nom ina u on for .Senator from "Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.? June 21Return .iT6!1 went iut IIMMMMPIMHIfMHIIHIMmplMI""""'"' June 22, 23, 24 I WILL BE AT " ' rr'vay' Garage : .''; ." V .' ,' - .. ; ' '. '. ; 4 ;..V ' 'L'- ' " ' '' ' ' '" 1 ' " "' ;' '-' ' '.: , MIDWAY, N. C. ' With Some real bargains in new and used cars. Don 1 forget the dates, June 22nd 23rd and 24th. This woldd have made, the cost of building complete - X ,.r.; ! $76,380.50 on -basis of bid as , made without taking Into consideration the guarantee of prlcetv which would have added a considerable amount,' the, prices materially advanced. n " I v . - I ; r ' . ,! The Board felt that is they had to take nit, the chances by gnaranteeingprice that it would lie better for them to erect the building by day labor, looking after the work through a Committee of their own. Theresult of this action of -the board was as follow with slate roof, painting and wiring, complete In every respect: Building Actually Cost . , . $50,511.47 HEARING MI ST VF. IN OPTS &AYS SHARP'S ATTORNE1 Jal P. Nrwcfl Objects U JWe Jones' Kullng in tfaartstU Teday. t Br ik tiiisiiwi rii Charlotte X. C. Jtitte 21. "I wlU not penult my rlient to be examined private. He will be examined out in the open or be will not tie examined t all.' declared attorney I. T. Newell this morning In po Ice runrt when tbe presiding Jndge i. Laurence. Jones was lixtenlng to argument as to wheth er the hearing In tbe ad testificandum papers served on Hev. J.. A. Kharp. local Methodist pastor, should be public or private. u Judge Jones "Informal IMr. Sharp s attorney's that the heating would lie held today and tlit It would be private. V ' Mr. Sharp was served with ad testw, ficandnm paper In order to give the municipal court official the benefit of information he said In a sermon Sun day night he possessed to the effect that bootlegging ami immorality are un checked in Charlotte and are being condoned by the city administration and police officers. -rf ;, CALLS FOR TRl'E HISTORY OF SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY Plumbing - Heating Architect 1.403.00 .,! 100.00 . 1.224.00 ,773 7!) 1,580.02 . Fnrnitnre.i. Desks, blackboards, chalrs.etc, Additional Plumbing Installed Actunl cost of building complete a : , : : $03,883.87 ' According to this statement, which is taken fxoin tlie City Treasurer's book, the School Board saved the . : town of Concord .... - $12.4f)5.61 As a check against the Treasurer's books, I make the. following statement as to funds which were available for the above mentioned Improvements: ,:v . v , v; ;. ' , , ; v . . EXPENDITURES: " - s ' " , Addition to No; 2 School with all equipment complete , $10,203.88 Primary Building at Central with all equipment complete . ' 1 .- : - . ... ...... . ' 1 V . . . - RECEIPTS: , ' 1 - r k Sale of bond . . L $05,000.00 ' Premlu'm and Interest on bond . (.. 2.633.80 Borrow of State Building Fund .L...i 10.000.00 ..Balance paid from General School Fund . ii 2,513 80 $03,883.87 1 1 $80,147.75 To Replace Those Being Taught In the Schools of tlie Country. . . -Richmond, June 21 (By the Associa ted Press)". Calling for a trne history the Confederacy to replace, those now being taught in the schools of the country, the historical , committee nt tnent to offer arainst the rnereer. the second session here -today of the! The two mergers which have been, reunion of the United Confederate Vet- before the Department of, Jdstice are erans presented a lengthy report in , the recenUy effected Bethlehem-Lack-whlch it disclossd that Mississippi, the wanna consolidated and the pending I'nrolinas, , Ixiulalana ond Texas are combination of the Republic Iron ft now using "fair histories," and that It. steel Midvale Iron &, Ordnance, and great to know that this sentiment Inland Steel Company. - : - v is sweeping over the. South." The Attorney . General's statement The delegates adopted the report or j was given varying1 Interpretations iu the committee on credentials which ; official . quarters, some ofTuctals al- showed that there are. now on the rolls though not commenting -for publioa- ,013 camps which gives a voting rep- tion seeing in It an indication v that resentatlon of 1210 delegates In the. thus far the Department of Justice bad $80,147.75 f '"","w.' nleiilioued work was L of )mfjpg walfrtlLtlie acheot fuuds.vlo iu fairness to. mywlCjiiid the board I feci that" m entitled -t a hearing bribe public, and tbe public is'.enaitled to information asfto how the! r money wa spent. ... "i..., ., v , w Yours respectfully, '. I' $80,147.75 ' ' ement atrFnrmor Chnlrman of the School Board, covering the period during which the ubove done, because. I nave heard that tne Board, a well as myself, is lielng critleiitert, nnrt accused convention. The standing of the vari ous departments Includes: , Virginia 68 camps; North' Carolina 50; and South Carolina M. The election of. officers and choice of next year's reunion city are sched uled for late today. Three names have been mentioned prominently in con nection with the. post of commander-ln InrtUubent : CflL Wm. HaldemaAi'mf I section o.,th,--.'ian. Benit Jrrigntlon,. ixiutsvlile, Ky commander or the Kenigtrlctt About 2?"mile up the Tiver H.I I. WOODH0U8E.' Former. Chairman of the Board. FURTHER MEETING TO "' ' CONSIDER STRIKE ACTION ' i Is Planned by Leaders of Striking t . Miners and the Rail Unions. - Cincinnati, O., June 21. (By the Associated Press) Further- meetings to ' consider joint strike action were being planed today between leader of tbe striking coal miners and the rail unions that are threatening a nation wide rail walkout next mouth, Union chiefs Indicated they expected to hold conferences here this, week, to be' fol lowed by a . later meeting In Chicago where the roll leaders will canvass tbe strike, vote next weekl v j vU ' A nnnnlmity of sentiment as to the nez-esstty of the rull BtMke was shown by a Joint statement of President John Lk Lewis of the miner and B.- M. JewelU head of the' rail union. Issued last night after the first formal dis cussion of the proposed Joint strike action, -a policy or suence. aiso was aaopiea oy tne union men who hi- tended last night's meetig, and after from the Minnesota statewide primary Monday were sufficiently near comple tion today to show Mrs. ( Anna Dickie Olewen, far In the lead' of Thomas Meighan. her nearest opponent, for the Democratic, nomination ; for i United States Senator. J ' ':-'7', Sentiment on the question of send ing a woman to the United '-. States iSeate will be an added feature to the party issue In the general election In Minnesota next November. School Enrollment Leas, ' Says Dr. Houston, : ' ?r- Do the people of Concord know that the enrollment or our schools is .-ne. creasing year by yeart .. .i; -'; ' That the enrollment was actually less by 82 ( a room full less) than It was the year before, , That it was 44 less (another room, full) the year before last than it was the year prev ious? ; ;' ' .' ' -' ' - Do the people know that taking the average daily attendance 1857 (last figures available) that our 56 teachers only, averaged 83 pupils per room av erage daily attendance Doe that look so awfully crowded? I obtained tlfese figure from tire superintendent of the public- schools no longer ago than tenlay. " , ' . . " HOUSTON., ,- ( Advertisement.) V . ' ; . .' Madame JteHsurabo Found, Guilty.' i Paris, ' June 21. (By the Aaso- clated Press.) Madame Marie Bas- wrabo, poetess and playwright, was found guilty today of premeditated murder of her husband Goorges, whose body was found concealed in a trunk it . Nancy two years ago. The court found there were extenu ating circumstances. ; Her daughter, by her last husband, who was' also on trial, was found guilty. conference with lawyers. The joint statement which the union men said hey regarded as important on account of Its dual authorship, de clared . a "common crisis," faced both the railroad men and the miners, and added "it is only natural that, these workers should decide to do every thing to protect their separate Inter ests." ; ? !: ; :;;;f:,.; ,;; v-; GOT. SMALL'S CASE , . Ilnal Anrtrmenta in the Trial Will Begin Late Today. - i Waukegan. III., June 21. (By the Associated Press.) Final argumeftts In the trial of "Governor Len Small, charged with conspiracy to detfraud during his term as state treasurer, will begin late today by order of the court The order followed a ruling of Judge Claire C. Edwards, the trial Judge, against a pleading of the pros ecution' seeking to open a collateral bank deal which was ruled out . of evidence. Almost Conquer HU. Everest, Climbers Get Close to Summit. .. " London June 20. A dispatch to Tbe Dally News from Calcutta, dated yesterday, announces that, a iurtner attempt has been made to rwich (he summit of Mount Everest. Folic w Ing upon the last one made by Cap tain Finch and Cntotatn Bruce, Messrs Mallory, Wakefield and Somervell, at- ter a terrific struggle, succeeded in getting within a few hundred feet of the top. . '.a t : '. The weather conditions are reported to have been terrible and the climbers suffering greatly. RUTH GIVEN ANOTHER ' ' SUSPENSION FOB TWO DAYS Ban Johnson Says the Star Must Be have, or He Will Keep Him Sus pended.' . Chicago, June 21.- (By the . As sociated Press ) -r-Babe Unth's argument- with Umpire Dineen yesterday before the Cleveland-New York game will Veep him out of- the game two days in addition to the three dnys sus pension Imposed yesterday, President Ban Johnson, of the American league announced today. .Ruth, , cosequently will not be.able to play until Monday. Mr. Johnson announced that Ruth Is suspended without pay and this feature of. the decision will cost Bnbe $1,500, or $300 a day. which was said by the American' League president to he the player's salary. . , : "Babe Ruth 'Is gi"S! to behave him se'.f or I will keep him out of the game all summer," Mr. Johnson said, j RAIL ELECTRIFICATION" y; IS SOUTH IiMTUDIEP Southern Roads Scud Agents to Water Power Conference at Aslievl-lo This Week.. , " AsheviUe, June 20. Ultimate elec trification of the major railways o? the entire , south, will be one ot the chief topics of discussion during the waterpower cohferenoa of the south ern Appalachian states which opened here this afternoon. ! ;-- :,. ' i . Although the convention Is to study all phases of present Ad potential waterpower in the area, looking to their further ?. utilization and con servation, the commercial Interest centers Jargely in hydtotelectric de velopments;: - The fact that; railway companies of th souin are represent ed by almost' as rniany delegates ts we ' the .electric power companies. leads to the belief that the railways are wide awake to the possibilities, offered by the water' courses of the southern Appalachian system for snp nlantlnar steam locomotive power with the cleaner, safer, more efficient and economical electric power. All of the important railway, com panies of the south . ba.ve in most rases sent both their electrical en gineers and their .industrial and de velopment agents, ; . ' Continued Rise In the Price of Spirits ; ' Turpentlhe. ', . (Br k AmHm4 Savannah, Ga., June 21-Contlnued rise in the price of spirit turpentine j attracting wide attention from deal ers in naval stores, paint men -and others who us quantities of spirits. The market has steadily ndvahced the post week. It was quoted at $101) 1-2 at today's opening. ' f , , " MRS. MARTHA LECQUOC IS MARRIED IN SALISBURY Chinese students attending the ITnlverslty of ClUca go .avail themselves of 20.000 books bf Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian and Tibetan literature, 'history and philosophy In the library. yJ.ltUjUIIH DKMUaiW WHO DOULVUITU IV .1111!, IMMHIJ icjj.ni. luc in,cnT-nniv, m ill years at hard labor. 401 books pdinted prior to 1500. Former Oiwnrd Woman Becomes the Bride of Mr. William Blake, of Oregon. .- (Speetnl io Tbe Tribune.) Salisbury, June : 21. Mrs. Martha Itioc was married last evening nt 30 at the home of her sister, Mrs. D. Harwood. to Mr. William' Blake, merly of Baltimore, who is'ln busi ness m Oregon city, ore, ana after a bridal , trip to. northern points they vi:i live in that city.. Mrs,-Blake Is a daughter of Mr., and- Mrs. R. P, Lentsr, of Concord. - She ; had ' been employed In the millinery department of the Belk-Harry Company. (Mrs. Blake Is well known.here, and the announcement of her marriage in Salisbury will lie received with interest by her many friends. Eds.) -TUT CROOKS ON FORCE .-:t - ii ji . ' " ' i -. . - ! Chicago Chief Exposes Plot of Under. world to Undermine Department. : Chicago, June 20. A criminal plot to ' undermine the police department by putting crook on the force was carried in the flood of applications for 1,000 new police jobs recently an- (horlzed by the city council, according lo Charles Fltzmorris, general super intendent of police.. S.vs. '--' -o Investigation of applicants 'has' led to the solution of robberies amounting t -so 000. the chief said today: One man who had received his star was arrested while attending a police school of Instruction and confessed to a recent' $12,000 robbery of a dairy conrpany. . . i - ' . "Of the first 200 applicants, 42 had police records." Chief Fitzmorris said. URGES NATIONAL PARK ON MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD Gen. Chit Urges Veterans and Sons of i. Veterans to Give Movement Their - Support. : . '.;, ':; ,'.':-. i : (Br tbe. Associated Praa.t Richmond. Vs., June 21.-r-In a oroc lamatlon issued here today , by Gen Julian S. OarT, commander-in-chief of the .United Confederat Veterans, , the people of the South and the sons and daughters of Veterans throughout the nation are urged to give mora) and financial, support to the .proposed es tablishment of a national park on the fields where the first and second bat tles ' of ManasBas were fought WALKOUT OF fifcOOO ' s MEN IN CLOTHING UNIONS The. Entire Metropolitan Area Is Af ' ' - : fecfed by the Walkout. New i orvt, jun- zt. tuy tne Asso ciate tress.) rmy tnousana woraers In the mens' clothing Industry left their jobs throughout the metropolitan mi iuuiat UADuncnil PUBLIC STATELIEHT Without Comnent in Reerard to the Two Steel Merger Cases Now Before the De partment of Justice. GIVEN VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS ne Says He Will Be Glad to Hear Any Dependable Per son Who Has Any Legiti mate Argument to Offer. tBr tha a rlmte ftvaa.) Washington, June ' 21. Attorney General Daugbsrty without other com ment today made public the following statement: '.. "In, regard to the twa stsel merger cases -now before the Department of Justice, It was announced today that the Department of Justice would be glad to . hear from any dependable person who has any legitimate argu- found no basis for any legal proceed ings. LEVEE GIVES WAT ; Lowlands ip Cameron County, Texas, ; Inundated. . (By lb Associate rreaau) 1, .Brownsville. Texas. June 21. Four : hlef. They dre: Gen.Jultan 8. Cm1 hundred, feetof . levee protacting a ' . tuckv Orohans Rrlcade: anil Gen. Win. B, Freeman, of Richmond, commander of the Virginia Division U. C. V. LEGION HONORS ITS ' Honor Gues,' at a Dutch' Ltmch Last Evening at Legion Club Rooms, At one of the: snappiest meetings in the history of the Post, tluf Frey Y. McConnell Post of the American Legion was host to the members of the Legion from Brownsville, gave : way before the flood waters of the Rio Grand! , this morning, causing the first lnunda- ; tion of lowlands In Cameron county. A laree force of workmen was sent , BASE BALL PLAAERS to strengthen the levse protecing the ' little town of , Los Indios, whicn is ; threatened by the break. : 1M00 Acres Inundated. San Antonio, 'Texas, June 21 (By; the Associated ; Pre,ss). The critical, stage In the lower Rio Grande1 valley flood which has inundated nearly 10.- baseball team at the Legion club rooms noo in stnrn widnliro. and dim- on West Depot street Tuesday night j eTO Counties, marooned nearly 1,000 . if. u..cni,v ..re s1"- . Mexicans in small uoraer towns, ana and Ray Hoover, chairman of the .en-1 mmi ,y th . mad leartlna west of tertalnment committee. Introduced the Mrcedes; ls.exne.cted between mldulaht members of the team. : Each man wasi greeted with applause as his name was 1 called.; Following the' presentation of the members of the team, Aubtey R. Hoover, president of the city; league, andt A. R. Howard, a member of the board of control from Gibson mill, were Introduced - and made short speeches. After the program a Dutch lunch was served. V "Chow." being over, 'the men gath ered around the pinno and listened to Concord artist, ' legionnaire sam Goodman sing. His selections were re oIvmI -with marked favor and .time and time again he wascalled upon to responu to encores. Harding's Alaska Trip Abandoned. Wnshiiurton. June. 20. President Harding's tentatively projected Alas kan trip this nmmer -has, been aban doned. It was definitely announced to day at the White House. The Pres ident was said to regret greatly that he saw no possibility of leaving wash lngton under, prevailing conditions lu legislative matters. tonight and dawn. Thursday, when the crest of the upper flood 1b due to reach the. edge of Start County. ' - This flood, the result of a cloudburst In the hills of Tyrrell County, Texas, Inst Saturday, Is remarkable in the history of the river, not only because It has exceeded all previous records, : but also because of Us slow movement and sustained volume. , , ' . ' . Italvi owns the longest stretch of electrified railway In Europe, covering Asheville Not to Be the Summer Cap!- , i tal. Raleiehl June 20. Governor-1 Morri- , son will spend most oi summer at Raleigh,' he said s today, the pressure of state business making It Impossible for him to locate in Ashevtlle, as he did last summer, or to spend any time elsewhere.-: :r.i.. rs .; He will go to Wrightsville for a short stay, and likely will visit in Asbeville, and his home in Charlottaj but the greater part of Bummer, month will be spent here, where he , can . keep, in close touch with' , state affalrst according " to his - present plans. - , i " There are nearly 20,000 known med- Icinal remedies. -, With (Hir Advertisers. 1 Sol's Style Shop Is offering sperm -area today to force manufacturers to valnes in, dremtes. Dresses -worth let tholr work out to registered union from $18.B0,to 25 for $13.75 , , contractors, It was announced by Hy The Concord 4 Kannnttolis Gas Co.,, man Bluniberg, chairman of the New wants you to be satisfied, says a new , York joint board of Amalgamated ad. in today's paper. . - ; Clothlng Workers of America. :'h:n:S;;e,'v:'y:-;:;::: :-'-:..' ..ir'..-'-. '-:; ;, ., ;" ;'.V : ""' '-' '. . -..'V -- J- V vfc " '.--'-' '-' -it ' ' r ,.',v ' :-' t-y- a- i ,' t ' ; ' v t- . , - .V - .,; -; r 'h.v K v r " Hear tbe School Bonds , Explained No. 2 School, Buffalo Street, Thursday Evening at 1 7 :30 L. T. Hartsell and F. C JNiblock ; ;; .:' ' ): :. .... : ' . ' ... - ' . ; . ' Friday evening . a number of speakers fwill speak from tfuck at the following places: ' ; - 7:30-Forest Hill , ' , ' ' 8:0O-Barr's Store. 8:30--Barrier & Widenhouse. ', ' ' 9:00 Public Square. Music by Jackson School Band Both Nights (Advertisement).' B