North Carolina Newspapers

T t All.. " s a U TODAY. O oooooooo o vmss O DISPATGIE3 OOOOOOOC r i VOLUME XXII. CONCORD, N. C, ' D.ESDAY. AUCUST 16, 1922. NO. IGo. i Miners in Seven States . Ordered to Begin Work , For First Time in Twenty . Weeks These Union Coal Diggers Are Authorized by Union to Work. . - t SMALL MINORITY. -UNDER ORDERS But' Union Leaders Are Lay in? Plans Now to Confer . With Other Operators to Start Up. More Mines. Cleveland. Aug .10. (By the A--wo-elated Pre). For the Hint time in 20 week striking, soft ma) miners at ylnta in seven states were under or ikra'lo begin eon I production This r? ult f the part eel t lenient of tbe KtrHte, however, afTerted only a amnll ) minority of the 430,000 wft eonf d'g ( jfers who throw down their pick last March 31, hut nnion officials were, on the way hack home to seek to nmke peace wth other employers. . ; President John.U- Lewis,' of the miners' who renin I ned here far a day's rest liefore entering peace negotiation at riiilnilelphla . tomorrow,, predicted tluit soft coal ' operators generally would accept the. agreement made here and held out hone fur early produc tion; He also said he'waw hopeful of the result of the conference with anthracite operator. - i , ' . ' 'District union officials before, leav ing here for home' sent invitations for ; live meetings of oiierators with 4 view to concluding peace. - , 1 ,. EMPLOYMENT CONDITION . - v .,,..-:,,v-IN STATE NORMAL August flgurea to Tf 11 Different Talc If the Strike Continues. Raleigh, Aug. 15. With the excep tion of , the Idle rnllrond shopmen, em ployment conditions In -' North' Caro lina during July "were about normal, . the. Federal Kmploymen Service re ports' In its monthly industrial survey, i Industrial .conditions generally were ;" satisfactory with 4he single exception ! of situations arising -directly as the i result of the rail strike ? : i "Steady employment j'ls becoming y mora- general, with more, ,full, time, pp- V erattons in plant tiirunsnoin, ; p ki L c 1 f North' Carolina. "Aerlciifrnra i absorbing a large amount of -oonv nnm iniHir, ltojivy nicreiise oi.yui. ' plovment In cotton mills.", w:.v'. " ' 1'nless an early settlement, of the trnll and coal strikes occurs, however, the August' report on, conditions In ' North Carolina wilt be decidedly dif- ) forc.nt from the July report. ; : , ' Embargoed on building materials al ready s are lakening building opera flons'over the' State.' and many work- . er are facing periods of Idleness, ) Re ports to Rnle.lght Indicate vthat much 1 ' construction ,.'.wprk already has been suspended owing to the inability to ' procure material, and the State-High- , wav Commission : has been forced to hold up nyine-rons projects. -i Af"'"' t The presence of idle -shopmen and Idle coal miners will, force days and i 1 perhaps weeks of Idleness amon? 1 ' workers in other lines particularly the building trades unless resettlement of the two strikes is 'effected within the next few days. North : Carolina 'has ' suffered from the- strike less thus fur than mot of the. -z her 'states, hut all indications po!nf to" 9erious developments! in many .otheV'JUies of endeavor, approaching dallyi t DEMPSEYBRENNAN FIGHT BE BOXING EXHIBITION -,'..; '" V .'; ,J Kearns Says Proposed Match Would f Not Violate Any Laws. ' Mlchlgan'City, Ind., Aug 1(1 .TBy the .' Associated Press): Governor McCray ' wonld be '"perfectly right in ealling off a fight in Michigan City but the Dompsey.Hrc.nhan mach is simply a ' boxing exhibition and not a violation of the boxing laws," said Kenrns, mnn- ager of Jack Dempsfy, when informed , by the Associated Press that the Gqv ernor had orderert the bout called off. "There is nothing we can do eseept ohfv the Gtivernor." added Kenrns. , a. Will Not Permit Dempsey-Brennan ..Vi ;- .'. Fleht." -- i" Indianapolis, Ind.,. Aug. 10. Govern or McCrae 'today sent n'letterlto the sheii ff of Porte County, liistruct- ing him that under no circumstances; . . should he , permit the Pempsey-Brcn- nan fight to he held at Michigan City. PREMIER POINCARE GETS ,n,-'j VOTE OF CONFIDENCE French Cabinet Approves. Ilia Action , at the London Conference of Pre- 1 miers. ' ;' - - ,vv - ;' , ltnmbonlllet, France, Aug. 10 (By S the Associated,' Press). The French cabinet today unanimously approved of the Germans reparations policy of ' Premier Poincare, , and congratulated him on the stand he took nt the Un ., ,don conference of allied premiers. ... ' This action was ' tnkep after Mr. Poincare had given an exposition of r? the unsuccessful negotiations In Lon . don. ' , When the minister alighted nt the , railway station the crowd gave cheers for England as well as for FranYe, al . Hum tli there were some cries, of "IKiwu with Lloyd George." , VlKHant ntiiiettng Is Makit.ilned at i r'ifnrer. ' fpeneer, Atig: 1". Btrlkrrs nt Kiu ncer today paid no nttentlm to the of President Fiilrfax Jlnrrison and there Is no clmne. In the strike - tituntloii. Viiiihint picket work Is ki-pt up 21 In i'ii s in the day. and etitrrtalnment Dver brutr eiul- jel U the Hit, Had rerralalr SHMhlog CAKCirss CRO.PRS VIE ' bHter ha ever br heard h-rr. bea V1TH R1L TRtSPASSERS TnestUy nlrtt the club re-t)ti Urn. tVivlaa lHiviierrult. sutninik a ad Sir. These Peapie Canscd Most DeattM aa Ximirer King. pUnUtt. la rnrt at tiouthcrn Railway Far Wx Mootb Cent ml H.h4 atMlltortum. The pr af This ear. gram, aa puttllshnl. was rm.lere.1 with Washlnrtim. D. r. Aug. 10. la- two ex-etfkia. Mra. Initt changiag creaMed safety fur lweneer and en-'two Hauliers of the laat group of (lores achievett by the Koutbera aDrs. lUilwnr System during the first fl- i rata the eitenlttg auoiliera to the months of Hex imt ftitnUtiea amung thwe of the program tha andieoce sat ls-rwm who were neither .passengers almost iell-MMml. each Bnniber lie nor erairtovea showed an itrtresse of ing heartily eucoml, and the artists 2-UH er cent., according to an an-; were very geDeroua in responding to ooum'ement by the Houtbern'a Safety encores. Department. ;, Mrs. PnUt has a beantKul lyric so- 1 hiring this period not a passenger pramt, a perfect enunciation and Is was killed and fatnlitlea among em- justly funked ith the best vocalists ployes det reased ZJ2 per cent, as of the world. She has a wonderful conijiared with lir.l, but M other per-1 range, her high Botes being tiikea with sons were killed . as against 0 In lease and grace, the hird-lika character 11121. , jof lit tones. Iielug perfwt, and the ' Of this total 42 lost their lives Vhlle wonderful volume adding to the thrill trespassing on Jracks, 1.1 while tres-jthat tilled every one Id the audience, passing on trains, and 28. were killed .she bus a wonderful rotce, and uses in highway crossing accidents. "These ilgures show, the statement sajrs, "that while- the Southern - has ln able to " protect the passengers who pay to ride on Its trains and the employes whose duty it is to oiierafe them. It has not bad equal sdecess in controlling, fatalities among persons' He possesses technique and ability to who Insisted on walking on tracks or 'interpret the musk- of the masters. .iiuiiiifiK ihhuii . urir "YJ "" bipi nnsiness, or among persons -wno at-1 tempted t" cross its -tracks without taking the simple precaution to see that no train was approaching. .. Banquet at Forest Hill. ; - The men's , banquet at Forest HU1 Methisllst Church Tuesday night was one of the most enjoyable social af fairs that has been given in tbe .city for a long' while. The dinner which was a full and elaborate one,- consist ing of nnusnally generous quantities of rhicUen with gravy and dressing, ham, rjills. home made slough, toma toes, Ice tea,. ice cream and wafers, was given by Mr. W. K.-Odell, chair man of the board of stewards. In hon or of the- twerfty-flve senior stewards, anil twenty-three Junior stewards. .An Invited cuest : ncconnmnied ench of these otllcinls. This made a total of I ninety-six men. ' The dinner Was pre pared npd served in gracious manner by the memtM?rs of the three circles of the tadies' Aid Swlety of the Church. The thoughtful host of the evening j had ordered made eight large tables, I eiu'h seatuiR a doxen meri.' These will ese will t ,? remain a, permanent pflrt' 'mtM.h Hil!imen" Mhorj B. , Coltrane,, Attorney II. S. Williams, Mr. Thomas H Webli, Key1. I. Frank Armstrong, .Mr: J. C.4FInk, and Mr. Chas.', S. Smart. At the close; by en thusiastic riHinjc vote, the guests show ed their .appreciation of the generosity of Mr. Odell and the beautiful and graeef.d manner In wl.ich the ladies it such on uiKumlllied success. . 4- Salaries of , First Class Postmasters , -- : Increased.."''' . i-'Wiishlngtori.-Ang. lit (By the Asso ciated, Press). Salaries of many first class postmasters have been Increased iib ii toifliilt nf the 'enmnntilttnn of Yinu- ...... - - : tar receipts for the year ended l)e - emlier 81, 1021, Just completed by Buppiememm ugreeuieiim i en First Assistant -Postmaster Cenernl 'operators and state union btticlals were Bartlett. Under the PoHtal Laws and, then executed, with the union chiefs tteiriiliitlons first class rsistmaster sal- wiring local' unions that work might uHoa urn flvoil mmn the reeelnts of tha tiwltvliluiil nffli-en of the nrevtimn calendar year going Into effect at the, tiegtnnlug of tbe regulnr fiscal vear" In July. . These salary increases, there- rore, ure elective irom me nrai oi Ju ly nnd-continue during the fiscal, year kit 1923 until the next computation (of receipts is made. , .i' : p - E Fort Wayiie, Ind., scored the record during the year, the salary of Its post master being raised from $5,000 to $0, 000 as a result of Increases In post offlee' receipts amounting toover $110 000. s Long iHlaml, N. Y., came second with a Jump of 800 in the postmnst- and Stuartmlle Ohio, would be op er's salary from $400 to $5,000. Au-!encd tomorrow. . , k -,- gnsta, Maine showed such gains in re ceipts that the postmaster was re warded an Increase of salary from $4, 300 to $5,000 beginning last month. ,r Finds Few Tenants aa Union Comity .-.;": j?. 'Farms. '?''''"'- '' v Monroe, Aug. 15. E. W. . Gillian, who haa -been in Union county .for past" several weeks making a sury of the cotton acreages has,. had his eyes opened ns to the rural conditions in this county. H Is astonished ; to find that practically every white mau and many colored ones, own me iuxuib and operate' them under tneir own . Supervision. Mr. Gillian ; states that there are approximately two hundred negro farmers In Union ownin? their own farms and ' that practically all the wh:te farmer are land owner. However, In New Salem township only twenty-five acrea are owned by colored farmers. But thts' does ; not mean that th land in that township ls( owneo; by large land-holders, for there are very few colored citizens in New Salem. . ; - ' l',,-,'r'.-, Wants Liquor Information. Vait Aasaclaleil Praa.t Washington, D. C Aug.. lU-Reao-; lutlons culling upon the United- States Shipping Board to inform the House where and how much liquor it bought for sale on American ships since the prohibition law Went Into effect, were Introduced today by Representative (inllivan, democrat, of Massachusetts, and Brennan, republican, of Michigan. Troons Wiilidrawn ,rom loai rieuis. Columbus, ihlo, Aug. HI. (By the AHWH-lntea. i-ressj. tjnio nanoniii L'linrd troons sent to various Ohio conl fields during the coal strike were ordered returned , to their armories and demobilized today by Governor lmU coscrRT titmuy ivtmno WAS A tOMtLlTK MliESS Mr, htan ravn fruU ui Mr. hptneet klflf lVme4 lrr Aiutt m at t rrKml tvbvSI AiMLtariuia. t'tMHxil U lIKlWurJ to lb Mtuur Lorrrs 1'lah fur aa ermlng of iinimire It to advantage. The piano numbers or . 1 mZ King were enjoyed) to the fullest. This being tbe former nome of Mr.: King, his friends were expecting a treat and were not disappointed. He s a finish ed pianist, ami a splendid accompanist, lie, lit-iuum,. .nn HI inn- tnrrn. w iiiict i playing the ever enjoyalde "l'oion-t alse" of Chopin's. - His many friends In Concord .were charmed by his play' Ing and will lie glad to benr him again. ' Mr. King also gave several vocal nnmlNrs at the close of the program, which' were a ery pleasing part of the concert, j' ' ' Mi". King ' was reared in Concord, leaving here several years ago with his parents for Texas, where he has since resided. He already as an en viable reputation In the jimsiinl world for one- so young, and with the ambi tion which has characterized1, his ef forts In the past he is destined to take his place nuiong the artists of the world. ' It is very probable that be will lie Heard here again .as be is visiting rel atives here. --.. COAL AGREEMENT IS, ' . FORMALLY AGREED TO Beth Sides Sign A free lent to Bring About Part Settlement of Soft Coal Kit-lb -t, .... .1. . . , . ; cievelaud.Ang! W. Immediate e- 'sumption,, of ...ii'oa J. prsJllKrton . ,in hitu- WNBSWdll states was- ordered tonight, anil In some places the Cutting of coal will be started tomorrow. ' ' Orders ; for miners to- return to work were .sent by district union officials after oper ators had signed an agreement,' renew ing the' wage contracts' that were in ,oiw when hie men, quite the mines The formal break In the (-trlke came at 3:10 p. m.; when the sc-ale agr,ce, ment was adopted by; the. iinnninipus vote of miners and operators at their Joint conference.. The general agrees inejit then whs signed by T. K. Haher, of Cleveland," an iopejator, as chair man , of- the conference, ann wininm a i . it., ......t,, .... " """. i ...'. be renewed I : President John I Lewis, of -the miners, said that operators control ing an annual output of. approximate ly 00,000,000 tons had signed the agreement. ; , Their i'. mines, he said, were in West Virginia, Pennsylvania Ohio; Indiana. Michigan, ; Oklahoma and Washington. . . ' - James Paisley, one of the big op erators signing -the agreemevt, an nonnced that his mines-in Charles- ! town, Fairmont, Elm Grove and Mof- ', gantown, W.' Va .Valler Camp f aad Monogahela Cityi. Pa.; and Lafferty Plnns for: extending the : break of the. 'strike also were laid by the union men. Frank1 Farrington, the Illinois miners' president announced that he would ask the Illineis opeartorg (to meet the union's district scale commit tee at Chicago on Friday. John Hcv sler, head of the Indiana miners,, also asked the ; Indiana operators to Join in a scale conference at Terre Haute on the samei das. Van A.. Blttner, statistician for the . International union, announced that operators from ( Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, . Texas and Arkansas would be akcdv to meet the union at Kansas City next Tuesday. Under the policy laid down today b.v the union, operators will be required to accept the : interstate agreement, made at the general conference here, as. the base of their contracts with the union.'.;. :'y.J-'.-'y '' J llils agreement provide sfof the re establishment of the wage contract?, which includei the "check,-off" of union dues, that were in force' last Murch 31, with th new contract to hm until March 81. 1 KKl Further, the agreement provides for creation of an advisory- fact-finding commission, a meeting being called of all , soft coal operators for next Oc tober to effect the selection of the com mission. Export Gasoline Reduced in Price, ' V (Mr (kaaanetatc Pim. New York, Aug. 10. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey today re duced the Tii-lce of exnort irnsollne flne- i,ntf rl.nt iter trillion. Navv sik-I1I( tlon gnsoliiie for export in bulk was 4niot(sl at 18 cents )xr gallon. I - - ' A culled meeting of the War Moth- ers will lie held tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs.- Jno, K. Patterson, on North Union street. HUX M UK" lO t itllKKl S FARMERS 7 Dr. B. VY. KHgore. Pr. Kllgore. director of the N. C. Cotton Growers ("o-iierath-e Asnocin tlon, ami a simiker of national reimta- tlflfl t1t HIIMlk 111 tiia tiift iKiiiMa r'here next SaMirday." August 10. at o clock, on ' the merits of eo-oieratly marketing. ANOTHER TAMOI S SON . - OF IRELAND1 BURIED fthUr Urti Arthur Griffith Buried With High H on- ersv All Ireland Mourns Ills Death. ' Dtihiin, Aug. ia"Br the Associated Press .i rela nd . wiried a not ber of her tlistlnguishetl sons today. Arthur firlHith was' laid to rest in the his toric cemetery where so ninny famous iwtrlota He after servh-es of Impres sive solemnity in the lienntlful cathe drnl of the Immnculnte Com-eiitlon. The procession to the. cemetery was neaueu y n valry giuird, followed a detachment of Infantry with a band,' In the line wereMichnel Col-j tins,- Griffith's main snpiiort in . the fight to set up. a nr. orderly government ; Ireland, .and s commander, or - the armies on which the- Free State advo cates rest their hoi;1anl the Lord Mayor of iniblin ami representatives of various public bodies. , . ' All activities were snsnendeu . In Dublin during thetuiieral. - , , . ; ATTORNEY ORGANIZING BALL PLAYERS', UNION Organizer Says He Will Affiliate Un ion With Amertnau Federation ot .JdUwattseVmJMaVO i(By the Associated Press I .-. A nasenaii. pmy- era' union desigried for the announced nmnose of llfting'the Idols of the" dia mond from-what1 is termed a position as "pawns of the club owner" to an equal status, with the. club owners, so far as matters artecting tne player are con(rned, is nearing complete orgnul aition,' according to an announcemeijt today by Hay Cannon,,-attorney, ami former: baseball player. . : . , ( Mr. Cannon announced that tie-hart been retained by players on virtually every major league club, and on sev eral minor league teams, and he had already opened negotiations with Sam uel Gotniiers for backing- by the Amer ican Federation of Labor. Mr. Gom--pers, according to Mr. Cannon, was favorably impressed ana promised nis support in any Just cause. THE COTTON MARKET , Active Months Sold 11 to 22 Points Above Yesterday's Closing tngurea ' Br th Aanoclatad Pmr. New York. Aug. l(l.r--Contlnut'd crop complaints eombined with-more -favorable view of conl situation - and re ports of improved . goods demand in Manchester, led t further covering or scattered .buying In the cotton market here today;- uverpooi enmes were lower than lue, but the opening here was 4 to 11 points net higher, and ac tive months sold 11 to 22. points above yesterday's closing figures ! after the call with Decemlier at mis Bnowtng a recovery of 60 nofllts from the low prices of yesterday. ' ' Cotton futures opened sieaoy. m 20:04! Dee, 20:(W; Jan. 20:53;. March 20:52,; May 20:38. Some Brotherhood Men Are Return- lllg. San Francisco. Aug. 15. The Southern- Pacific company : lifted, embargo' late today on, the shipment of perishable freight and Hvestocs, which was declared on account 01 a strike oftrain crews,' at( .Rossvide, Calif. An agreement-was1 fteached, at 4 conference by which the crews or the, "big four' rail brotherhood .re turned to (work. -a V'.-t ''Vi - Railroads in the southwest repwt- el progress i!n the movement of trains and in conferences with members of the "big rfour" brotherhoods iof train men In inducing them, to' ; r3nme work.-' Trains were stopped on somA roads last Thursday when e brother. hood men elaimed they were endan gred' by -guatds. -;;!.. ';,":;,r -:?Vv;,-, "With Our Advertisers. 1 -noovcr's in a new? ad. today glvei some "Inside Btnff" About ithe clothing It sells, you will find prices tor Schloss Bros, and Cortloy Clothes in the ad. - .- f ' -' ' . ', 1 Denoslts In the savings department of the Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany are welcome. In any amount from $1.00 upward.'; Four par? cent Interest Is pn'd, ' rn. I ' Yrinks Want Redfern. ABbeville. Aug. 15. Paul Krltchell, scout for the New Tork Yankees, ' seeking to secure i. signature '".Salisbury hospital Ilownrd Ilivlfern. shortston and third - L ' husemnn and captain-elect of next! rear's North Carolina State College team, according to reports from Shel- hv. N. C- where Redfern is playing amateur ball - -. . - C 1 '-'.'.'.' - '-- 'i ' CO-Or'iJLlTn f.. CON TIM E ' TVSKRTTI(1i TIK-IT AMrU(ia Kin kaea Caataalraj SlUtatWsi aa Far eat It Leas CrUVaX, ar .ew Measam laj This (suj lo-l aaal lasaaj Lrastrra Art Very Oa III s(Nnubrr laU . Uaaklkc IUlt-u.h. Aug. 14. Aa InleaaKe lliWagu. Aac 14 Mr the kmm drtv (. M Bienttjers will be roa-'rialed lrea(. Trsaprtttoa tieupa 1 ....... t-i , wr- iuir wr f the Orat dHlvery ronua. Ir 'the North arilteM Cetlim tiroarm'l fa-ofieralire AMslatbai. It was aa-J tbe strike of rail shop employers, bounced at tls kwadqnaners tmiar. I Uallaay execniirra here wer pea Tbe Ub-p drive during the Irst'slailsitc over tbe. auccrsa of the peace tae week to Angaat has breo highly I par leys pruposed by leaders of asai oocTwfiU, aad auany baadreita of atrikJng anions In wbixe hands tbe rmn-racts were aenired. It la atated. shop crafts placed their rase. . Mit It ws ImisswIkH to cover tha en-j lteectbn by - anlou of Presldedt tire rott.ai aertbai U ao short a time. Hardiyg s prHMis for ending the Cieneral Manager V. B. BUIis k la strikr. railroad beads declared, already rapidly shsiag up bis selling orgaul-; broke their faith hi the siiggester con asilon and haa alremly arranged f frreuce. but despite their Uck of m- nfiy warebotises to m-elre- rottia for the Association. Keveoty-flve other re ceiving points will lie established, fhesley B. Howard, of Atlanta. G, -CT, . malu"r ,orl ,ur .w , Ass.snau.in, was far WPH, were. relieved by breaks In . JL , ." JT"1. "!?," rlk. the condltl.ms remained Hl.if!',rJ -wh' '""Ar" W nd President Harding's next t otton Growers Kxchange. but he i.i,...i ,.., ... will have general siiienision of the half million holes to be sold through tbe North Carolina Association. Concentration warehouses with branch snlea managera In charge, will he established in Charlotte and Greens boro. 'Arrangements are under war for -storing cotton at Wilmington for exiiorr. Arrangements nave already been made for storage facilities at Charleston port terminals. ... ' A foreign salea office will lie estnlt lished at Liverpool, which will be un der the direction of Mr. Hewnrd. Agencies will lie established in Ger uiany, France and other, foreign coun tries. : .-' - , . -. .. i- ...... ELLIS CHOSEN LEADER OF ; ' STATE LABOR FEDERATION II. C. Caldwell, ( Ashevllle, Vice Pros identv Meet in . Greensboro Next. ; Year. - , ',':-' s : . Wilinlnfrtim. Ancr 1.7Rlocttn? Jna iM. Ellis, of the Seneer Shop Crnfrs,itnl8 afternoon, other avuition author- as successor to President James F. i Barrett, and II. C. CaldeH, of AsheMiree iavs mignr. eiaiise tieiore tne yUhv to the vice-presidency; tabling waterprmifing of the new pontoon and and: not reading Barrett's recommen-1 other m,m,r touches which Hlnton dntlons to the invention; indorsing J. ' wishes made to his machine at BMk- F. McMnbon'M Verlial report contain-. ing a Justification of. Governor Camer on Monison's recent use of troops In strike nones and the declaration "I believe the governor is heart, and sul.of its 8,5(K) mile flight to Brazil, ar with you men, notwithstanding Bar-! rived at the niiTal station here f at retts report-to tne contrary;", tne se- tlon of Greensboro ns the 1023 a. it, Helton, of Mount Airy, to sue- kt,m nt the "btati snoth" lm tmlivv's iiroceexlirifcs of the 'Kith annual con- vontlnn ni ff,a' V,Srtl-l i(nlllrf"rSrtito Federation of Lulior.- v.-.".-. . -r:;.- "." -COTTON FIGURES Cotton Consumed During the Month of July Amounted to 458,548 Bales of Lint . :- "V-v (By tbe Associated Press. , Washington, Aug, 10. Tlie world's , production ' of commercial cotton ex-: elusive of linters grown in li!2l was1 approximately 15,1P7,000 bateg of 478 pounds of lint enchk while consump-jlst, tlon of cotton exclttslve Ot llllters ln - In the TTnited States was approximately 10,014,000 hales of 478 pounds of lint, the Census Bureau announced today. Cotton consumed during - July amounted to '458,iV48 bales ot lint, and f,424 bales of limeis, compared with 507,809 of lint and 53,385 of linters ift June, and 410,142 t)f lint, and. GO,-, 1)44 of linters in July last year, the census bureau announced tHlay. VARDAMANN IS NOW LEADING, IN PRIMARY Unofficial Figures Give Former Sena tor 50,411 - Votes : and Stephens 49,952. - . toy tha SJMOclatea' Praa.) - , New Orleans, Aug. 10. Tormer Sen ator James K. Vardnmann Jumiied In to the lead In the three-cornered dem ocratic senatorial race In Mississippi this morning when Incomplete and un official returns from 79 of the 82 coun ties of the state, compiled b.v the New Orleifns Item Indicated the following : Vardamann, 50,411; , Stephens 4!, 052; Miss Belle, Kerney, 13,002. . Relief Fund for Hail Storm Sufferers. A number of : contributions have been made to the fund for the relief of the hail storm sufferers. The fund is being handled by the Citizens Bank and Trust Company and anyone desir ing to make a contribution may leave same at that bank. . The following con tributions have '- been, wnjbr since the list was liumiNiieu ini.i Mrs. M.; j, Walker $1.00 mu. , it.nl1. . 1 OO Cash r-- .501, W. A. Goodman .-1 - l.QhTj """" f1n nvii H , I C. J. Goodman ; Mrs. W B. Moodhead J'. B.' UolertsonA..i 2.00 W. A. Fink .-1.00 Trammejl's Store; Kannapolis - 1.00 Pithnan, of Charlotte Has a Sarrow ," . Escape. Salisbury. Aug. 15. J. J. Pittmah, a traveling man of Charlotte, had miraculous escape from. .; death this, afternoon when a closed car In which he was riding was literally torn to pieces at a grade crossing Just west I .. DJIolutH, U. mnA lha uluwl trtlln 111 OUW.VtH J .W 'VUV V v.h.w from Cha.rlotte that comes by Barbers were both coming Into the city when the accident happened at the States vll'.e road crossing. When the train was stopped Mr. Plttraan was found on the engine pilot clinging to a rod. He was bruised and scratched up a little, but ;uot seriously hurt unless an injury to hl back developes Into Is, a Ber:kus hurt. He was placed in -a A laboratory kitchen where scientific chefs prepare tha dally food for more than 2,000 different kinds of microbes is a feature of the Lister Institute in s London. a - .;''.':..'.;' V' ' ;'- "-"'.'-.''"1 in in w r vrjwu lu usniq . as rail bead Sod nnloa k-aoVri Inwsrri dinrt iiMmltatliiBS t.ifJ. fldejH execuiivea of the. westers road approved acceptance of tbe pro- poral to meet tbe nuions In New York tomorrow. Although rondlthias on roads la tbe Embargoes were lifted and train were moved again over the. Atchison, Topeak and Santa Fe. GLANT AIR CRUISER I V : HOPS OFF FOR AMAZON Lieut. Walter Hintoo Uft New York This Morning an 800 Mile Trip. ' (Br tha AMMi.lft rfa. New Vork, Aug. 10. The giant air cruiser 'Kampala Correio, piloted by lilout. Walter Illnton, hopped off frAin the Hudson Klver this afternoon for Itockaway on the official flight of 8iOO miles to the Amnzon. At It(M-ka way the plnne will take on fuel and then start later. In theay for Manteo, on liomioke, Island, N.-C. . , ' - The plnne took tbe air at 12 :15 p. m., eastern standard time. Although tbe tilers on leaving the Hudson, professed confidence that they would be able to leave Rockaway ,n "asanieu me guess mar iwo or B"v l",,,u ,K -"'pieiei4. ; ,-y . ." Arrives at Rockaway. j - Koekaway, Aug. 10. The flying j boat Sampaio Corteui, on the tlrst leg! saw ociock tnis arternoon. ine snip 'came directly from the landing in the cm 1 fllht. ATLANTA BANKER IS ... '- SI EU FOR $100,000 " . ,. ' t iThis Hum : Asked hv Mrs, Sarah By t . Held From waiter r. landier. ; 4 NT tha Aaaoetated trcaa. i Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 1(1. Damages of $1(M).(NHI are asked of Walter T. Cand ler, 'local banker, by.. Mrs. Sarah Gil lespie Byfleld in a suit filed todajy in-. Superior Court , .at Decafur, ta.. In which she alleges that aS a result of an attack uiion tier ny. air. camiier m her stateroom -'-.aboard 'the Steamship" A ashlngton continued In ses- (Becengaria on the night of July Kith sue lias nee lorcou 10 keep.ner weo mucn 01 uie um mine, tiPi ciiu- dltiou finally nwessltatlng an opera tion which-Was performed here on Monday. Mrs. Byfleld Is the wife if Clyde K. Byfleld,; local - automobile1 dealer, charged by Mr, Caniiler in a suit fit- ed Monday in Fulton County suiierlor court with having;1 extorted : $25,000 from him while aboard the liner en route 6" France. Mr. Candler's peti tion asked that Mr. Byfleld lie restrain ed from realizing on a note for ,$20, 300, which, he said, with $2,500 in cash and some notes was given by him In return for a check for $25,000 which he gave Byfleld. when he was found In Mrs.; Byfleld's 'stateroom. In this pe tition; Mr. Candler stnted that he could not account for lietng in ' Mrs. j Byfleld's stateroom, au denied any uiim'oiiiiuci. .-, .-, , v CHARLOTTE SECOND I1T STATE BUILDING WORK. Per Past' Six 'Months, Greensboro Xed -Some Interrting Fjgures. Greensboro,' Aug. 14. Greensboro led all the cities, of North Carolina in the aeereeate value of .' buiimug operations in the first six months of this year, according to. flgarels con pljd by The Manufacturers Jtecord, nt Tlaltlmore. Tlie DerrnitsT isaued for that period totalled in value 1,158,-, 03 here. Charlotte came second in j the state. , with a total of $2,164,151. For the month of June Greensboro, with $2,339,995 urpassJ nnc large cities in. the south, Atlanta, Louis ville, New Orleans, Baltimore, Hous ton. Dassas. Tulsa. Rlchmmd tnd Memphis, being outstripped only i by Washington, D. C, St- Louis and Figures for other North "Carolina o:tles for the first six months of 1922 are interesting. They are: Ashe vlll. 11.791.163: High Point $1,001,- B44: Winston-Salem,, $993,868: Dur ham, $562,035- , . Pigeon Broods Sent of Sleepy Yonng ,1 s Rata in Motners ADsence. ' Glen RWg9,'N. J.t ' Aug. I5.r-In- view of the well-known enmity 4 be tween nieeons and rats. Herbert T. Darlington, a New York broker liv ing in Summit Avenp. here, was amaied today to find a .pigeon sit ting on a nest of young rats on the fii-at floor af his garage. Darlington : haiL, been r missing squabs for . some time and bad sup posed they were killed by flats. He keens a loft tit pigeons on the second floor of the garage. Early today be saw a :arga rat, apparently a motner rat. going into the garage. He shot It Then he found the pigeon on tin nest, which also contained one empty nleeon, egg, The ' llttlo tats were askep. ' : . - - ' :' .''."' 0 DECIDED OE III Chiefs of Railroad Unions Continue With Their Hans For Direct Settlement of Shopmen's Strike, . CONGRESS WILL , GET ALL FACTS From President Harding, and the Public Is Aawiting Ac tion by Congress After the President Speaks. . - (By rba AHat4 Pma.) Washington. Aug. 10. While the public awaited President Harding's message-to Congress' in which he wiU : present all the facta as to the sitna- . tlon, and in 'which be is expected to express determination to throw full support of the Federal government be-. hind efforts for maintenance of rail way operation throughout tbe country, chief of railroad anions continued to day with their plans for direct set tlement of the rail strike. . These chiefs, chairmen of train service bro tlierhoodK notion national strike?, still were pinning -their hope they began yesterday for conference of striking .shopmen's leaders, and exertUives of railroads In New York on Thursday, and from -which they hoped some sort of compromise agreement would be fortlM-oming. ." 4 The Invident's message was not ex- pected to lie sent to Congress, though there was a possibility Mr. Harding, might complete it late in the day. To Present Government' Position. Washington. D. C Aug. 10 (By the Associated Press). President Hard ing In a - message tomorrow to Con gress will present the Federal leg islators and to the country the posi tion 'of the government with resiiect to me exisnng lnnusrrini trouuies, par- , tlcularly the railroad srtlke. Arrangements : for-. the President's apiiearance at a joint session tomor row of the Senate and House were . . , " p,n( ttH,.r at th. SSS L!L wweeTThe Fntlve and Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. The belief has been expressed In some quarters prior to the conference (hat the. iesldent might delay the rjjl situatiq:: 4Pisentatfcii '.."a-' biniep)ger until -af- ter- lt had been determined whether- the mediation efforts of the train ser-, vice brotherhood chiefs in .tomorrow's conference with the committee of rail-,'' road executives would be successful or result in f nllnre, but -Senator Lodge . said- he found the President fully de elded to go liefore Congress at the ear- , liest posslbW moment. . -c , v Meanwhile the railroad union lead- ; slon preparing. for a conference which, the brotherhood chiefs hare obtained wlthv the railroad executives in New York tomorrow. v ' 1 MAYOR OF GOLDSBORO ; v , SLAMS fULit'K f ilKCK Mayor Bain Resigns As Acting City ; Manager When Aldermen Fail Him. Goldsboro, Aug. 15. Because the, .. board of aldermen ' refused to sup-' port his. "clean-up", campaign and let the ax fall on Patrolmen Hurke and i Ttfylor, Mayor Kdgar H. 'Bain, acting, city manager since W. M. Ricks re signed several weeks ago, the mayor told the board where it -got off last : 1 night. , , "If you can t supiwrt me, . he told them emphatically, "yon can get you another acting city manager and get . him now." -' He did not stop there. He. told -. them in so many words he had had detectives watching the whole force, and it was "rotten froln the assistant chief down." - ; ! CHICAGO STRIKE COST HUGE. , Merrhnnts Snffw Most of lA-Millio. -Dollar Loss in Traction Walkont, ; Chicago's ttsictlon strike, which be gan at 4 o'clock Twesday morning and ended Monday of last week ' is esti mated to have cost the city 16 million dollars or-slightly-more tha.n 3 mil lion a day. The heaviest loss Tell upon merchants, not -only downtown but in the out'ytng surburbs. - ?,j 1 Seven deaths , aw directly attriont- , able to tbe strike, the victims being ; crushed to death In the congestion of vehicles. The injuries, some of them - severe. ' approximated a. hundred.,,! There was no .violence 'of any sort. The Chicago surface- lines, .by its , agreement to pay 70 cents an hour'. and retain the present rules and con- . cessions, will be operating on a scanty margin. The men struck against a proposed.' cut from. 80 cents to oa v cents.; 'i ' ' -..';'-.: i;.-.;, . At the Theatres. Thomas Melghnn Is playing the leading part In "A Prince There Was," at the Star today, A Metro special feathro, ' "Glass Houses," featuring Viola Dana, is the attraction at the Pastime today. - The Piedmont today la showing Leo Maloney in ft western feattire, "45 Cal ibre Law." '. - -' - 'A- It la 'estimated that, , up to the present there. are 47,000 motion-picture theatres in the whole world. Of the total, America haa 20,450. or near ly one-half. , In the v United State there 'are more such places of enter tainment than ' In tbe whole . of Europe. ' , ; , Some of the women atlilelli-s iV tors nt girls', schools in En: ':'n, paid as much as ?'-,"-! a j.