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VOLUME XXII.
. CONCORD, N.C'EDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1922.
NO.. J 31
JLT3
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ifeb ::m fl.:;s
TO E!:0 R'l STRIKE
Chairman of Labor Board
Draws up Tlan and Sub-
mits if To Union Leaders
; at Morning Conference.
RAILROADS TO
BE QUESTIONED
Concerning ' the Plan, and
After They Make Counter
f Proposals Union Leaders
Will Be Heard Again. .
Chicago, July 1J. By
thj Asso-lcial
elated Press.) A program for aolutlon
of the railroad, sbopmens' .strike was
drawn up todajAby Chairman Ben W.
Hooper cf t)3'U. 8- Labor Board.
after a conference with lenders, of the
. toopmon. and it was submitted to r;p
j reacntatlvea of tbe Railroid Execu
T .tlves from tour sec tions of the country
. t at noon todny. -
Chairman Hooper's program,, which
- - it said to represent the minimum ac
" ceptnbie to'th-s striking shopmen, is
. . f to bp carried again to shopmen' lead
. - era later today with the comments and
..' countr. proposals of the executives.
When Chairman Hooper left for the
: meeting with the four executives he
fa lit he' was confident some plan 'of
'. fettlcment could . Up reached quickly.
He said he expected to call President
- 'Harding on the telephone with a re
' port on the success of Tils conference.
' ' with it he railway presidents.. ' ";,.
s The conference of Chairman Hooper
and tbe railway executives is said to be
- the direct result of a ten minute, tele-
phone, conversation late last 'night be-
fwcen President Harding and W. ' L.
McMenlmen, labor member of the rall
. road labor board.'. The proinife of the
excrntlves tp receive . the shopmen a
proposals through . Chairman Hooper
. Is understood to have been communi
cated to Mr. McMenlmen by 'the Pres
ident. , - .
TVs Answer From Executives. 1
'Chicago, Jnly 12 (By the Associat-
irl Press). No- definite reply to . the
shopmen s strike - settlement -proposal
k-aa jtlven Cbnirihnu Hooper of the
tinman innor .- nonra t7 represenin
lvcif the railway .ifxeentives at -a
Rmday conference. today. vThe execu-
ioih ot: their-answers rwter.
ll'hairmnn Hioper said his chielt pnr-
pose in iweting With the executives
was to arrange . conferences bet weeh
. ' them and H. M.yJewell, heufl of .' tbe
' -striking ; shopmen, ;. and ha indicated
that the itfitndo. of .the ;. executives
.. was disappointing. '. '
' "' ' One -Shot, Others Baten.' S i
j' Dcnison, Texas, July 12. J. W.
: Pike, Sr., said to be an employee of
the Mlssiourl, Oklahoma & Gulf rail-
road, wa3shot and seriously wounded
and saveral other men severely beaten,
I In a clash' tletw jeij alleged Jstrike
sympathizers and tnen aaid to bfc. lm
, ported workmen here today, Pike is
in a hospital with a miUet wound in
his stomach and arm. v Other men
were treats for lacerations J and
. bruise. ; Th clash occurred in an
isolated section ; near the Railroad
N yards, and details are meager. - The
police blotter throws no light on. the-
On Killed at Crewe, Virginia, t..
Crc.we. Va..' July 12. Russell -Wlg-'glns,
a Norfolk) & JNVtwtern yard oftU
clerks as killed and an unldetitilled
. man wlis woHndert when someone- shot
. - Into a crowd of picketing clerks at the
station here at 10:45 o'clock last night
' All the Norfolk & Western clerka here.
have struck and the men were picket
' lug I he Company's focal offices when
' the shooting occurred. ? The wounded
. man,' whose name could, not be ascw-
.talnedwas taken to his home;t '
While In union circles it was declar
ed the shooting was' done by a Norfolk
& Western detective guard sent here.
' to guard the company's property, this
could not be coniirmea.bHlny.: 'Hie nu
:. thorities bare . made no arrest, nor
have they nnnounced what action will
i lie taken in connection with the trotv
'We. ''If Is understood that between 25
"vnnd 80 detective guards are on duty!
: . hern.
Soon after the shooting intense
excitement among the strikers and the
. townspeople prevniled, but today the
situation wns'tmief, nl authorities
expected no-further trouble from the
':': affair. ' '' :- ;'
AkIss for State Troops, " .
Austin, Texas, July 12. telegrapb
Me request from. J, B. Lancaster, re
ceiver for the Texas ft Pactinc railway
at Dallas, that state forces ba em
1 p'oyed to . protect workmen on that
'; railroad during the. shopmen's strike
-was received at the offioe of the Gov
S-rtnor1 and ; forwarded to; him , at
StephenvUle. ; ; '' ,"' '"
- FOX CH()SK II F. All t -
i OF RETAIL JErVT.LEBS
vRock Monnt Man Chose at State
.'. Convention In Durham, .j
Durham, N. C. July 12. James M.
1 ,iX, Of Rocky Mount,' was reelected
il-r'sldent of the North Carolina Re-
'. tall- Jewelers Association here this af
ternoon. A. J. Holmes, of Lumber
ton, was elected vice-president for the
'r:ittern tscctlon of the state, and R. H.
Ix-nnard, of !Mt. Aalry, vif-e-presldent
for tlie central section, A. W. Hawkins,
f Jlcntlorsonvllle, vice-presiiicnt for
tlie we t rn section. W. G. Frasicr,
of Iiurhiiiii. was re-elected socretary-
trcMnuiv vf-sterdMV afternoon.' The
mention which tins been in session
yesterday morulng will anjourn
,t,
D. tBIfXiniTFlU
y fcuJuUKI kulltt XC1BII
Intlwdacd'te (lob t Mellf Mr4-
In 1wUjj epriii fcj' Merk
ttmwitu Eefuria. "
An the Brt honorary m:tnber of the
locV club. Dmtel BrsDMin Coitrsn
made bl bow to Rotary at the weekly
netting held at the Y. Tuesday. Ou
Harucil Introduced to tbe club lis first
honorary member, and la his usual
chver way Branson responded, voic
ing not only a peculiar pleasure In be
coming a member of the club, but as
serting further that alwir he would
strive to carry on, the work as out
Ined by the organiratlon. The intro
duction of Cie new wr:mbr iu, fol
lowed by prvianged applause.
Julian Milfcr. eldtor of Tbe Char
lotte N.'ws, was detained in Char
lotte and- was unable to make his
scheduled talk to the club members.
It la planned- to get Mr. Miller to
speak before th J club at a hter date.
In the absence of Mr, Miller short
islks were nmde by eeveral member
of the club. ..
Luth-ir HartseH, Chairman of spe-
convmUtee appointed for tho pur
pose of determining In what manner
the elub. could be of greater assistanci
In helping young men rec:lve a eol
legs cducation.jn-Mle his report . The
conrmlttej, Luther stnted. had decided-
that th? club members would
not le asKesed for the purpose of cie
atlng schoDl fund, but that the young
'rpm- would be assisted in - various
other ways. . He outlined In some de
tail 4be ccnrmlttee's plans, which vere
accepted. ' It was pointed out in this
connection ihat tbe club, had already
mid? arrangement to enter two young
men of the city In State colleges this
fall.';-: .. ' - - 1 '
Tom Lawrence, chairman of a com-,
miittee recently appointed for the iir-,
pose of providing the JackBpn Train
ing School with Bibl3 for each de
parting boy,' announced that he had
been able to get 200 BlbJes free of
charge. - Torn declared that the Bibles
were ready for distribution.-;..; He did
not announce what company had given
the Bibles. . '
Bob Ridenhonr got th attention of
the club long enough to Introduce a
new stunt : To - each member. Bob
gave a letter containing a piece of
stationery of eome othr member of
the club. The club members are to
use the stationery this week by writ
tng to the members whos stationery
he v received. Any subject can, be.
discussed in the lettei', Bod declared,
th, purpose 'being to get the members
better acquainted, x -' j, ; ' C t .
SOITHERN RAILWAY MAIN LINK
BLOCKED BY PEACH CAB WRECK
Crews' at firefnviUe n4 Spartanburg
; Have Refused . Aid to Clear " the
mailt Jine of the Southern Ratlwfcvi
was .blocked by tne wreca: or a peacn
train at ,7:15 tills evening between
Wellford and Fair Forest,, In this coun
ty,. 15,mlles West ot this city, and the
wrecking, derrick crews here and , in
Greenville have refused to respond. .
; While the wreck la on the C.rcen
vilie division" the Spartanburg tltyls
ion forces, stationed at Hayne, the '
Junction point, were canea-upon Dy
Superintendent Maxwell, of the Spar
tanburg division, W aid in-clearing
the main line. ? The reply of the fore
man of the crew, according. , to Mr. I
Maxwell, was that unless some one was
under the wreck tbe men would not
Work.'-.', '.j ,--.'-'."'"' c:i .-.
Tlte wrPck coifaista of mnly four
cars, loaded with peaches, but they
are so- situated . aa to wock. doiu inc
north and stAith line and thus stop all
traffic. Passenger trains are being
held both there and in Greer,1 with
but Ifttlo' prospect that the line will
be open before well in the day tomor
row.. ,.',, i '
ITnder normal conditions, according
to ' oflldals of Bie road, ,,the vrevk
should have been jcleared In something
like, two hours, and but for the strike
of shopinetk little Interruption of traf
tic would have occurred. -
At Spartanburg 42 men are out from
the Hayne shops! There baa been no
break inv their ranks.
; It, was reported here late tonight
that! a volunteer wrecking crew was
being made up at Greenville and would
he sent to the .wreck. , . i ' , '
COAL MINER WANT v '
TO TALK TO PRESIDENT
Want Him to Modify Proposal Made
Several Days Ago to Settle Strike.
Bt Aaaeotated
Washington, July . 12.-TOffldIal of
the Cnited Mine Workers 'of America,
after a conference today wltn'becre-
' . . . . l . . a
tnry or lanor ,iiavis, were uuiiersioou
to have, decided to seek a conference
with President Harding, at which "re
quests will le made that tbe. Executive
modify hisi coal settlement plan so 1 as
to' guarantee that any decision made
iby the ptoposed arbitration conwntS'
slon fhnll be binding on all operators
in inc. i-uuuii.r. , ,
N. & W. TICKET OFFICE
. , , AT PORTSMOUTH CLOSED
Ticket Agent and Assistant Sent to
Kenova, Where All Workers yiiit.
' . (Br thm AMlateA Prs.
Portsmouth, July 12. Due to the
Norfolk & Western Strike, Supt. H. B.
Weller, of the Portsmouth division of
the. road, has ordered the city ticket
office here closed Indefinitely. Passen-,
ger Agent Clef Connell and Assistant
Passenger Agent E. V. l'erdew. were
sent to Kenova. where, they will ell
tickets In the Norfolk A Western de
pot there. ' When the clerks walked
nut at Kenova the depot was left
without a selling force. t . : , . ,
Miss Ruth Melton and Miss Bertha
Whitley left Tuesdny rr.irnlng for
Cullowhee, N.jC., where tbey will at
tend summer school.
r!8 ciiHtoim of wearlni' ring upon
ine mumiio iircvumn m r.oi;iuini umn
th'-'clw-e of the elchtcentU century. '
WORMS DFSTROY Ftit MCF.
IS l.UlAKiU.3 CUl"NTT
W TrvU f VVcd lui Have
Heesi Fmtrrly rMHrpfd by Cut
Mcrma.
Mr. J. P.;Mmrioni of No. 1 low,
hip, Mlnncrr Mill) ws to the city
today ami Ml ns that be wk1s Id
til part of the ronnty are being snip
ped of all follsgp by a cnt w;rm.
rhem grown slmit SB Inch long. He
alao stated H't tbe sound la tb
wod rrwstilk tliat of rain falling
m thick are the worna and the fol
iage ba falling makes this sound. At
the rare the worms are ratting tbe fol
iage It will I only a matter of few
weeks nntil all the leaven will lie cut
from the wood', aa he now has eversl
trsctn of woodsland which have twvu
mtlroly stripped. Reports from other
parts it the county say that these
worm are aim playing havoc with
the wood In the same, manner. Mr.
Uorrimn stated' Hint when thene
worms fall from the trees that they
liore their wav- under the leaven on
the ground, but as yet. he Dies been un
it hie. to. find out whether they go in
the ground or not. He Is of the opin
ion that they go In the grnnnd ready
to make another attack on the foliage
next year. No one seems to .know any--thing
about thene pests, and Mr. Mor
rison would llke-fome Information In
regard to thejn. ' ' .. - ' . ,
XEFJ JO XILMO TO -
. MOVE COTTON CROP
Directors
to Ak
Board.
f ' Co-operative Maketta
That Sum of War Finance
- Ralc.igh,' July It. Teh millions as
the flrt call dn the war finance cor-
porntlon for-moving the. North Caro-
Una cotton crop was the decision to
dny at the meeting of the directors of
the Co-operatlw Cotton Marketing As
sociation. ,i
C. B. Howard, newly elected sales
manager for the; three states. North
Carolina,. Georgia and Alabama, i was
present as were .the eleven directors.
They were not able to say how much
money will be- available, hut the ten
millions of court will . be, a mere
s tarter. : The money is not to bi used
in holding the crop, but In moving It.
And the. amount available for that
purpose doubtless will, be Well jtliovc
$10,000,000. . . . : ! 4 -
" Mr. Howard visited ., the : tobacco
headquarters and watched the organi
sation at. work in the, special building
which has only the co-operative force
of about fiO people In It. .Tne two as
sociations are adopting the same' meth
ods, but the tolwceo machine Is more
tmprei'WYOJui.j-jx'rsonnei. ., :
The action 'of the directors todny
will be transmitted to Washington,
hut the result of th-application fur a
ten minion Honor loan, wlllhnot be
kaon )f -sewtni ifyi T' '
SAM ROGERS IS WOT '
. 4 , AFTER WATTS', PLACE
Rnmof That He Would Re Candidate
', Merely slums Impossibllty of It.
Raleigh,'. July -11. -Rumor'a candi
date for commissioner ' of revenue
against Col. A. D. Watts, Sam Roge-s
of 'the wet, hasnU started much
talk except to show the Impossibility.
Of it - ' "'?'(:;-:
There Is only ' one way' to dispose
of it : ; In .the great Kitchin-Simmons
contest Mr. Rogers was the Simmons
manager. Allen J. Maxwell was the
heavy artillery wttli the , pen. - He
wrote Frank; Mclnch, Roland Beas-
lejv and all the ' Kltchin men into
writers' paralysis. . "And- even then
Governor Morrison would not - make
Maxwell revenue commissioner;
Mr. Rogers won't even get a start
" Mayor ; Eldridge today gave his
blessing to the delayed Ka Klux Klan
parade which had ibeen set for July
and rained out.
The .klan never 'told anybody what
It desired to parade about all that
It had to parade was Its evening
Jre& and 1 Its Americanism ' . and
these did not fit well on a rainy day.
Henee the new program. '
POSTMASTERS MEET ' ' '
IN STATE CAFITAJL
Initial Session Devoted to Address ot
, . rt n p
welcome Hltu nesfiuiiBcn).
. ray the AanoctiitMl PreM.1
Raleigh. July 12 The annual con
vention of the North Carolina Branch
of tho National League of Postmasters
onened here this, morning. The initial
session was devoted i to addresses of
welcome and responses and appointment
of committees. , A feature of the con
ventlon will be a radio address tonight
by Postmaster General Work; at Wash
ington. The sessions will aononue
through tomorrow.
EAMONIf E VAIiERA
IH CUT OF 1H BL1J1
Free State Authorities nave no In.
tention of lMterteriiur nith Him.
Belfa'st July ll. tBy uie Abbo-
clnted Press.l-Eamdnn de Vulera, the
rennbllcan leader, is in Dublin and
ioday visited; the republican o Rices In
Suffolk . Street, a Dublin., otspatcn
states. It la understood, , adds the
message that tho Free State authorl
tties have no Intention Ji Jntertsring
with his movements, i. ; r v j J . v ; ;
-t .t. . :'.",."' ' '-.'"
Railroad J Repair I Man. ; Frlghtenei
f rom 400. . . . , i
Monroe. July ll.--A repair man who
had been sent from Hamilet by Seit-
Doaro auxnonuoa w uo urae jeunir
work on an engine In Monroe iwas
ordered 'to leave the city Saturday
nirht aunnoaedlv hv strikers or strlko
sjnpathlzers,-and the man. who had
onlv one lee. obeyed orders and left
on tbe next tram for Hamlet
; Before going, however, ,the man,
whose name ha not been learned
lnfnnmA anecial agents of the road.
here as to what had happened to him
and he was advised to remain unler
tho protection of the special offlctrs,
but it is Btated that something had
- , , J , . I 1 - J V. .
Deen wnisqierea mio mm
frlehtenfd him almost to death, and
he had no further business In Mon -
roo. ii i ' , . -
CITY LE.GUE TO STOP
AFTER PRESEUT WEEK
Three Clubs Vote to Disband
League This Week Clubs
To9 Expensive Under the
Present Schedule.
LEGION FINANCES
V IN GOOD SHAPE
Thursdays Games Did Not
Draw Big Enough Crowds.
Teams Will Play Visiting
Clubs in the Future.
' 1
At mil' meeting! of the Board of
Control of the Citji lxngne Tuesday
night, three of theSfour club repre
sented in this league! Mated that their
clubs were losing money every' week
on account of the small attendance t
the Thnmlay games, and to play out
the- schedule would tnonn a far great
er loss than they could stand. After
much dlscuwdon, in the.eJTort to save
the league, the majority voted to dis
band the league after - this ' week's
games, believing that ly playing In
dependent of the league thc.v can 1 at
least make an even break if it.flnan
dally. ' ;';. " ; '
The City ' Leaguo : was organised
about the first of April by representa
tives from the American legion,' Gib
son, ivbarruR ana uotierta ciuns. a
regular schedule of games was draft
ed which has been followed since the
first game on April 20th.
Good ball games have been the. rule'
since the. beginning of the league, and
competition has been keen all along.
Concord has been given a better elnss
of hall-than she hirs had since the
days of the told Piedmont League. But
it taks more than Jhis to, pay the
bills. It was believed that all the
stores In Concord would close on
Thursday afternoons when the league
was organized and the schedule draft
ed. ! Failure to do so has certainly cut
down the. Thursday attendance to a
marked degree, but the main trouble
seems to be. a general lack of interest
for the class of baseball the league
has been giving Its patrons;
The Roberta, Gibson and Cabarrus
clubs state that It cost them more, to
play their Thursday tines than their
Saturday games and they don't get
half as. much- from tlie! proceeds, and
tti' cimatfmeKee haVefiiStPhtoney each
week . and y. cannot continue- doing so.
The Lesion club "has i broken even
financially and expects to play other
Legion chilis of the state during the
balance of the summer. Both Cabar
rus and Gibson clubs. will be kept In
tact and will arrange games independ
ently for the rest of. the summer.
It is hoped that the last two league
games Leglon-Cnbarrus Thursday at.
Cabarrus park, and Gibson-Roberta at
Gibson Park -Saturday will be large
ly attended.- A good game Is expected
as each dub is determined to win Its
lust league game. . - i i. j .;' '.
MAY new elk homes -
WILL BE ERECTED- SOON
.' ' H i ins-; '- -...,.'
Thlrty-One New Homes Will Be Built
During the Coming lear, Reports
Show. ,
(Br AaMclate Vtmm.1
Atlantic City, N. J., July, .-Mil
lions of dollars are to; be spent for
buildings during the Ensuing year for
the Benevolent '& Protective Order
Elks, acccording. to ithe report of re
tiring Grang Exalted Ruler William
Wallace Mountain, presented at today's
session of the Grand Lodge. The as
sets of subordinate lodges now amount
to $58,099,234, and the elaborate build
ing program for the year Bhows there
are 40 be erected, in various parts ,ot
the countrv j thirtv-one hew homes.
This Is exclusive of the Elks National
Memorial and,, administrative build
ing, which is to lie located in Chicago,
the new, center of Elkcom. i i - j
.'..".- fc, 1 ' 'i, :'-'''"' i
Governor Is Enjoying Fishing by Moon.
Ilgnt.
1 Mailt eo, July 11. Governor Morri
son and party arrived here at noon to
day and after seeing historic Roanoke
island, spent the night at Duck Island
club, near Oregon inlet and enjoyed
hook and line fishing by moonlight.
The party was joined at Elezibeth
City , this morning by , Col. J. Bryan
Grimes, secretary of stato, and James
K, Robinson; editor of The Ashevllle
Citizen.. . ' :':i'.- ''.''
The party is already Impresnsd by
the immensity of the inland waters
of the' coastal region' and is rapidly
lnjlbtbing the governor enthusiasm
for fisheries. ' V'- ,-' , :
The ppssiblltles are that tho party
will proceed on 'the cruise down the
sounds tomorrow, touching at several
points en route. u '- ' - j
The weather is ideal, and the p?ople
at every point are giving hearty and
enthusiastic welcome, causing Walter
Murphy-to remark that heMhlnks the
whole ,purpo" of the trip camouflaged.
W H!" u W W w MV W gvg m
IJmWK' IS 7I
m
SAY THE STRIKE V ,
WILL CONTINUE.
1
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(Bv the Asoci
New York. July
oeni -",lr,TK."ru:V ." . "
ine raiironti ..s ... , -
suited today In a public lleclnra-
tlon by the "strike conduct" com-
mlttee of the eastern railroad
that they would 'continue on
strike, -until -a satisfactory fettle-
sfc- . . I , l. l W
v. mini is rcmiieu- rvi-u n wrry iiiiui ?rs
train In the district is cancelled."
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m m m
RAILW A V MAIL SERVI CE.
Was loauraralfd to Aawrira M Years
f r unlink Hrik m No Mrikr.
"V-fe!ria. I. C- Jaly 12 Wbe-
ever then ln.ui tbe puavibllily f a
railway strike- fade Kaa prouiplj
rt It be known that tbnv Is to tw no
luterfiwicr. with' tbe Coiled State
railway mall nrrvlr. Only ear ha
tbe earrylug of the aialla been baut
pered by a trlke. That was during
Uie great strike of the American Rail
way I'nion In IH. and It wa Inter
ference, with the snails that caused tbe
trlke to collapse and brought It leai);
em to grief ( . i
Inaugurated flfty-etght years ago,
the t'nlted Hi a tea railway mall service
has completely revolutionised the powt
office syptenia of the world. It Is ad
mittedly the best system of Its, kind to
lie found In Any country. -.
It was In that tbe first rail war
mall ear win placed in operation by
George B. Armstrong, asnlstant post
maater of Cliimgg. and the acknowl
edged "father of the railway mall ser
vice." When Armstrong made his
first efforts - to have the, government
lidopt the system his Idea was ridicul
ed In many quarters. Through pernist
ent effort, however, he induced Po-t-
mnster General Blair to give author
ity for making an experimental trip.
I'pon the receipt cf that -authority
Armstrong and the management pf the
Chicago, A -Northwestern railroad ar
ranged to test Armstrong's plan on the
Galena division of that line. Tbe com
pany remodeled some old cars, after
drawings fnrnlhcd by . Armstrong,
and two clerks of the Chicago pont
offlce were assigned as the first rail
way postal-clerks. . - .. . I
Everything being rendy, on August1
28. 1804, the two clerks started from J
Chlcngo 'on the Initial trip of this re-
mnrknme service. The originator of
the system and a fe.w friends also
made the trip. Even after the experi
mental trip hnd fairly well established
the nrnetieahilitv of the Idea there
were many who doubted its permiAifnt
success. One of the chief objections to
the (railway mall postoffiee was that
"all the letters blow out of the car
and some one would have to follow
the train and pick them up. along the
trak.",. This, however, (was not true,
but the clerks experienced a more dif
ficult task in handling the mail than
they do nowadays. , .
The first full railway postofflce cars
we're built by the Chicago & Northwest
ern road in 1807, four years after Arm
?trong bad distributed the' ninll in, or
dinary wood box cars, and were plac
ed in service between Chicago anil
Clinton, Iowa. r . :
In recent years the railway mall mi-;
vice has undergone a marked Improve
ment. The old wooden car have given
place. ; to, cars constructed of . steel
throughout Acnaugft .)ft, ,11)0 location,
of "the raV-ks enables thr-it!ferks to
work in tho middle of th car- In
stead of in the ends as formerly, which
means much . for their safety in case
of a Wreck. ; In the early- day,heavy
bullhide pouches were ' used to carry
the, mails. ; They bad three times the
weight , of , the present pouches.. . In
tnose clays, the destination lips .were
of wood and these wood chips were
used oyer and over again. - When a
new pouch was routed to a different
destination the clerk would shave off
the nn me and write with a pencil the
new destination. . Now printed Mips
are used. :.. . , . .
The ITnitcd States railway mail
routes now extend over 232.R03 miles
of line. - In a single year the railway
mail cars travel a distance, of 501,082,-
4.S9 mites. Upwards, of 25,000 clerks
are employed in the service, the mnin
tenanee of which costs the Government
nearly $100,000,000 a year.
MTRBEROCS ASSAULT 0W
MERCHANT OF AQUADALE
Called to Door of Hone and Shot Down
by an Unknown Assaiilant.
Norwood,. July ll.-C. J.' Simpson,
prominent merchant at Aquadnle, near
here, was the 'victim of a murderous
assault Monday night at his home.
Some one called hint to the dorr anil.
without words. from a ' distance ot
about seven feet' shot him In the- head
with revolver. The fcullet, most
fortunately, did not enter the skull,
but described a half circle, slitting
the skin directly over the top of Mr.
Simpson s baad. ; A physician ivas
called and found that the injury was
not of an alarming nature In spite of
the perilous manner of Its Infliction.
Officers are Investigating, though with
little hope' of making an arrest on ac
count ot entire lack of indication as
toftho person of the assailant or tho
motive. . '. ,
, ' THE COTTON MARKET ' '
Opening 8 Points Lower bn July But
Generally 1 to 8 Points Higher, i
r 'By tk AmMlatc' Preaa.1 ";.
t .New York, Jul 12. A more cheer
ful view of the , Europejm conditions
wnis promoted by relatively steady .Liv
erpool cobles but .the foreign exchange
rates appeared largely ' responsible for
au , early improvement in' the.' totton
market today.' The Opening ', was 8
points lower on July but generally 1
io o iuiin uiKNiT wu new cvup i -
piiiuui, u . " , c,,,TT.Mi ,i. v .
o hi in yi'iiua uii.virveiiui;, aim iucui
and Liverpool
buylngy
Claude Turner, Wealthy Man of Shelby,
,-. -Assanlts Wife. ';." '
helby.' July 11.' Claude Turner,
wealthy young business man of this
place, waa placed under arrest here
for an assault with deadly weapon
nioa 'hl wt ?Jlotlt ot i,nd"
Bome new ,10-00) home on tn C16ve"
lana. HPnne. roa- ' Turner w
drinking at me time ne struck ma
wife In the hend several times with
an oumiobll.j pump Inflicting aerlousi
injuries which alarmed the neighbors.!
many of whom witnessed the affair, ot the mulberry gardens lad out by
Turner was placed under arrest bijamea VI. In hut unsuccessful attempt
. u . . .. , , . . ... . . . . , .
snerm Liogan dik was oontieo ouv un-
der 15(10 bond to antiear for hearing
before Recordur I'alls Saturday of
thla .week.
TO I'M EH, MOMaiAT
T Alcxaadrr Qorrj and Wif. Petty I
Jlrtard Uurry mm frrmo4 of AufM.
Un Aturut 2nd tbe dwralnti( of I
AlexamkT ytiery sad IVtgy Mc"ord
Query will naveil a kKnuninit Im thrai j
sod bare, tbe annual family rrauluM at I
llarrtsliarg. thlx fonatr. Ixml mma-
uuimt auaker are preparing the niooa-l
Mil will m Ik. ..l. '
.-rinH.i.. .
la ueuiory of Alexander Query aa
wrfe, Peggy Mct'ord Query, -who for
religion freedom and hive fur recto
other AM to tbla land of liberty and
near ibis spot founded a borne where
in tbey reared their children. Tbelr
dcacendnnta iledicate- this monomeot
to tbnte Godly pioneers In the. hope
that future generations of tbelr blood
may emulate their God-fearing and
lilierty-liirlng anceHtors."
Tbe family la quite large one, and
the blggiwt crowd on record la expect
ed to attend tbe reunion and unveiling
tnis year..
OFFICERS ELECTED BT
6KASD LODGE OP ELKS
Plan for Each Lodge to Engage la
Promotion of Athletic Activities Is
EntltiKlastieally Received. .
Atlantic City, N..J. July 11. A plan
providing that each lodg: ot Elks In
tho country engage In athletic activi
ties and acquire the neces-aary prop
erty for athletic fields, waa received
enthusiastically todny by th thous
ands of delegates to the annual meet
ing of the grand lodge. Leading
officers said the proposal, which was
referred to the new good of tn order
committee, probably would be adopted.
In . addition to tbe selection of J.
Edgar Masters, cf Charlotte, Pa., as
grand exalted ruler -th grand lodge
elected the following officers: Grand
esteemed leading 'knight. Fred A. Mor
ris. Mexico, Mo.; grand esteemed loyal
knight, Harry A. Ticiner, Pasadena,
Calif.; '. grand , esteemed - lecturing
knight Fred ' O .N'eutzel, Louisville,
Ky.; ssrand secretary, Fred C- Robin
en. Duoiique,- in.; grand Treasurer,
P. J. Drennan, Djalson, Texas : grand
tiler, Clement Scott, : Van Couver,
Washington; grand inner guard.. Al
bert K. HH1, Spartanburg, S. C; grand
chaplain. Reverend Dr. John Bysart",
Jamestown, N. Y. ; grand trustee for
a five-year ' termy Robert A. Scott
Hinton, Ind.; menrber of the grand
forum for flve-yetai1 term, John J.
Carton. Flint, Mich. ' t ,
GERMAN DELEGATES HAVE
r SUBMITTED THEIR REQUEST
To the Reparations Commission, and
: Are Now Awafang a Kepi)-.
Paris, July 12 -,(By the , Associated
Press). The German representatives
today " submitted to; the ?, reparations
commission a formal note rquestlng(
A'worfttorlMmwi-parahwirt
ments. fur the remainder of the pres
ent year. ' Tlie note stated that the 32,
000,000 gold marks due on Saturdny
were, available if the commission Insist
ed upon this payment; but recommend
ed that it also be waived.
'The German reqnest did not speci
fy an extension of the moratorium
throughout the tiexb two years as had
been forecast- In some quarters, ,bnt
urged the commission to consider Ger
many s condition and make public as
soon ns possible a, complete plan for
her relief.' v-
BADnT CHILD KILLED K
i BT Aff AUTO MONDAY
Elisabeth Chrisco Playing in Street
With Little Brother, Ran In front
of Machine. .
Hadin, July 11. Elizabeth Chrisco,
little five-year-old daughter , of Mrs.
O. Chrisco, while playing across" the
street with her little brother, Otis
opposite their home on Maple street
Monday evening about. 9 o'clock ran
directly in f ronf of a .car driven by
J. W. Cozart and was knocked down
and Instantly killed. Mr. Cozart
made every possible effort to avoid
the accident The child wa rushed
to .the hofpital by Mr. Cozari and
Plnv - Pnnn . who were . In . the car . St.
the time the Accident occurred -and
uipon examination by Dr. Moore was
I ' . blllnJ InolanOv
i found to have- fbeen killed instantly,
i Mr. Court, as well as the family. Is
almost prajtrated from grid. run
eral will be held Wednesday at 9
O'clock from the reswence wun ev.
G. W. Vick, pastor of the Methodist
Church, in charge, interment, win
be! in Albemarle cemetery.
SOUTHBOUND TRACKIS
CLEARED OF WRECKAGE
Freleht Caw Wrecked Kear Spartan
burg on sonuiern, t ierea rrom
one Track. -..-" ' :-.
. ( (Bj tk Aaawlated Ptm.
Charlotte. July 12.--Thei Bouthbound
main track of the Southery. railway,
blocked last night by the wreck near
Spartanburg, S. C of a freight train,
was cleared at 5 a. nu today, .It was
announced at headquarters of 'the
Southern Railway lines. The north
bound track will not bs cleared until
this afternoon, it was expected.
: Officials explained that "regular
workmen"; from Greenville, S. C'
cleared the track after wrecking crews
(had declined to answer tHfe call to
iduty unless bodies were m tne wrecK1-
rage.
V L Superintendent Kidnapped,
' Br th AKrttHI rrcwkl ' t
'Fort Madison, la.. July 12.- (By tin.
Associated Press) C, li. Mason; , di
vision superintendent of the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. wa
kidnapped by four men and thrown
automobile in an isolated poi
seven miles from Danville last, night;
His abductors were arrested today on
charges of kidnapping and
released
,,.. of 2.(MH each.
AU the
men are striking shopmen.
Buckingham palac occupies the site
to start a sun industry in e,nigiano,
, 1 ' .
1 Oniwinartcr ,ofi tbe wane-earners 0f
' the Uulted States are women.
THEfflEIMiG
certa!;i nr FA'iuri
ession Rroke Up
ai
rtfTUd LOllI US10O, Ut'lCSaiCS
Declaring Russian Ilfp'ies
Meant Failure.
SOVIETS DID NOT
ANSWER QUESTIONS
Which Other Delegates Con
sidered Necessary For Suc
cess Decision to Adjourn
' Not Yet Reached.
- -,..: (.
The Hague. Jnly 12 By the Assn.,
elated Pre). The morning esioa
of tbe. conference on Russian affairs,
whi-h waa devoted to a consideration
of tbe private property , question, ,
ht-oke. up amid considerable confusion,
many of the delegates declaring that
the Russian replies meant that the
collapse of The. Hague conference win '
Inevitable. . No decision as to tbUt had
been taken, however, up to 8 p. in.
A meeting of the comiiilsKlon on
debts wan arranged for later in Mm
afternoon, fir Philip Lloyd Graeme,
president of the commission on proper
ty which was the body sitting today.
announced In conference at 1 o'clock
that further discussion wmed uelca.
and brought the conference to a Mid
den close after two hours pf debate la
which Sir Philip, of Great Britain,
and others of the non-Russian dele
gates persistently tried to get Maxim
Lltvinoff and bis associates to answer
questions regarded as essential.
These related to the. plans for the.
restoration of foreign property confls-
cated by. tbe sovief regime, and the
probable- time that would lie-required
to rebuild Russia. ;, - v ..;..
Just a the Genoa conference, the .
chief boBft of contention was the for
eign property tliat had been nation
alized in Russia and it did not ap
pear that the Russlnns and non-Russians
were any nearer an agreement at '
The Hague than at Genoa on that
problem which wrecked the Genoa con
ference. .. . ; ... .
COAL PASSERS AND '
TRANSFER MEN STRIKE
Were Employed by Seaboard Air Line.
iSjmpathetkc Strike,
,-Aimi iilaSi Win ,-. avi
Richmond,, Ya., July 12. Sixteen
coal passers and transfer men com
posing' th entire force on duty in. the ,
local shops of the Seaboard Air Line
Haiiwny walked out today in sympatny
with the tttrlking sbopmen,on the road,'
officials of the city, federation of rail
road shop crafts announced.. Railroad :
rmen fay the coal passers load the lo
comotives and do other work incident
to the preparation of trains leaving
Richmond and that the walkout todny
will seriously 1 complicate operations. -
Kidnapped and riogged. .
Denison, Texas, July 12. One man
was shot and 47 alleged Strike breaker -and
four -deputy United " States mar
slials were attacked by a mob of
several hundred men , believed to be
strikers and sympathisers while being
marched from the Union -Depot to tlie
M. K. & T. shops here early this morn
ing. ' Sixteen of the men were kid
napped, hustled into an antoinoblle,
taken to tbe Red River bottonms and
flogged. -' '
The ' others escaped. Four men
claiming to lie victims of the mob
were found wandering along the rail-;
road tracks at Colvert. Oklahoma this
morning. Those who escaped the mob
were shipped out -of Denison.
The situation -was quiet here . at.
OFFERS REWARD
For Arrest and Conviction of Persons
Who Committed Murder In William
son County.
' (By the Awoelated PrtM.)
Chicago, July 12. Attorney General
Edward J. Brnndage, of Illinois, to
day offered a reward of $1,000 for in
formation, leading to the arrest and
conviction of the persons who commit-
ted murder and assault in connection
with the strike of the. coal miners in
Williamson :Couqty. v
K Trinity Place 300 Teachers.
Durham, July'1 11. Although the
Trinity College summer school Is only
half finished, practically every teacher
who filed an application with the
Teacher's Employment . Bureau main-
talned by the school has, been placed.
Counting the- number of Trinity grad
uates of ithe class of 1922, upwards
of 300 teachers have, been placed in
satisfactory positions, ;
Through iiv tafluence of those co- .
operating In the work of tho Bureau,
one college president severay city
superintendents, a number of high
school principals, 'and many high
school, grammar grade and primary
teachers havs been placed. The high
rating that Trinity graduates and
students of tho Trinity summer school
have established as 'teachers has en
abled the Bureau to do effective work.
Of Iht number of teachers placed
220 are teachers end enrolled In the
sinrtmer school. Fifty of the dims of
'22! Trlnttv had decided to tcm
'before ending their college ran t .
while a nuimbcr who had not pini
on' teaching have' accepted pontu
since connnence mont.
Thi' Kmplovmeivt Hiircau bus ii
ated for the flint time List year r
part of the aiininnr r-clmoi jn' 1
teachers were placed. 'Hie v o; ..
year 'marks rMvidci '
already nlnnn ? l.
crea-iins Hie w"! k i : y
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