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1 v . -J ,-J M J J 1J o TODAY'S o U . NEVS O O TODAY. O oooooooo ooooooc 0 ASSOCIATED v. 0 PRESS L O DISPATCHES C oooooooc LY '. i EIBUNE " . CONCORD. N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1922. VOLUME XXII. NO .167. f" n r 1 i ii y 1 !l . - J u w-' u vj rrpn A; '- I 1 , J 4 k. i .PCEH SEEDS : T 0BEDU1ETT0DAY .I t 4tkinl Onanl unit, wan advised late .v . . UHt night, by SLijor Gordon Smith. Nflthinir Occurred to Con',t"'l'Ull,, Adjutant General of the OUling UCCUrmi State, lo keep M mmmnr In fan. tirm Klimors Last .IMlgnt nei for possible mianl duty In tlie i That the Shops Would Be j"" fnT: '(,'"pt' AwM " f, . J j """V? """"""T , instructed to keep his men Id the i KaideO. v . ! armory, lint was told M Ik In ptvltlnn THREE CASES OF ViniFTSirP PFPnTlTRnin"w'1 l,nt lnfp' fhat thpy will Deputy Marshal Swann Ar lives and Is Serving Injuhc tions. Against the Striking Shopmen Today. v : . r (Br the AnxM-tatea 1tr. Sallshnry, Atij;. 17. Gorrrnor Mor rison who . is to come here lo mnkp pTnal anirpy of the railway rtrlkp at thj 8oiithPrn' Pnoncpr lioia .had not arrived at 2 oVUx'k.' hut .la ps pwtpd any mlniitP. ' lip ' i ranMnjt tho trip from Milowlng Hopk hy nnto nioliilp, and immpillntpVy upon arrival lip will RPt In. touch with flherifT Xrldf r and thpy will go ovpr tho altu tlon. They will prolmhly make 'a Tisit to Spi-jit-pr and to the nhopa. . ' .. ' Snlixlmry. Ang 17. WhPrifT Krlder rpqnpsted Governor Morrison, to- fiend triKijin to Spenoer io Kiinrd ihe South ern railway -shops there ns a preontt tlon aertlost vlolenre. rather (ban on RCH-ount of any violence in the past, he explained thin morniiiR. ? There have hern several, nttaeka on men working In the -shopsfind th? sheriff thinks troop will he .' neissai-y when nin fli:niti are hrmijrht Into ' the hops. ' J. M. EUla. nanliiRt whom nn in-jmu-tion wna iHsiiPd , hy Jiidge: Boyd, in Ashevtlle, - thta moi nlint. burned a atatenient eiylng that pk-ket werein WmotiMi : to use cly perannRlon k to k(ep tnn frr.m the nhopa.' Mr. Ellis iidnilttisl thnt wernl pickets on duty t I 111.1 Hit ,1tjuii.TTlMjr iVir felf "pro- V-T.."i-su&-t.' i. i'jrfy4 " - HwrAayi irtkrnmmn it rttr tection. Mr. Kllia sahi :. The Snaur IUU Sprinjt sect ion is a neRro Hettle- Anient in Kast Spenrer. Deputy II. 8.' Miirelml W. A. Hail, of PaUshury, who it, is anp)osied will serve the injunction ' papers Issued by ; Judge Boyd' yester- day, is out of town and the pivpera had not. been served at II a. m. toilny. Pickets at various shop antes carry i sticks and no guns arp yisilile, aiAlthey deny carrying any.. '. 1 Spencer this morning Is as ;qnlet as nny day during the strike. ' Nothing occurred Inst night to confirm any of the rumors that the shops would; .be raided.. - Three cases of violence re- : porttHl are: Kevenil negroes were beat ' en np when they left th shop yards one day Inst, week ; a number of sne i rial office rs not allowed to lenre their train;. and a negro cook was thken to 1 China. Grove and placed on a train for Charlotte Other - cases of negroes having been, beaten are said to have - occurred but. only . the cases given !A(ilHve have lMen verified. Deputy Marshal Swann, of the IT, S. ; Marshnl'a Office ot Ashevillc, arrived i in this city at 11 :3) today vond is this . afternoon serving injunctions on A the defendnnts "named in the order signed bv Judge Boyd against the striking Shopmen. HIGH LIGHTS TODAY - 1 IN THE NATION'S CRISIS Improved Outlook 'for Peace Seen In - New York Conference Today. Chicago, Ag, 17. (By the Associat ed ' Press) .An end to the strike of the 'big four transportation -brotherhoods on the., western railroads, ; an lmjiroved outlook for . peace in the v New' York conference today t shoot ings; homblnb and burning, were , the high lights in . the, nation's railway r crisis (luring ''the Inst 24 hours. : --.:,.,.,. , Blockades and tienps on the Atchl ' son, Topekn Santo Ke; TheJInion ' Partner western Facinc; ana outtt em Pacific cleared up when thetrtk 1 ing train crews colled off their iwalk " out and oiiened, the way to immediate - restointlon of traffic on the lines par- ; nlyiol by. the strike of the big fonr ltrotherhoods. Stranded Santa Fe trains were mpv - ed outsat Albmiuernue, N. M.t and , trainmen at Prewott, Ariasona, notl- ' fled Santa- Fe officials that the strik- , ers would return to work; These v moves followed earlier, developments ' toward ending the tlenp on the Santa : Trouble at Wayrross, Ga. , ., (Br tk AsMwtatcd Pma.i : r W'nvcross, (hi.: Aug, 17-A machine jsnn detncbmwit was nn duty jit the Atlantic Const IJne shops nere tocmy following two explosions and the flr ins of more than m shots .into the lilnce last night. No ono was injured, lint bullet holes In the fence about the . shops and in the huildings inside the enclosure indlcateilthe severity of the i.. attack. ' ! Revival at Center. " ' ' The pastor, Key. M. A. Osborne, will lx'Kln a series of revival services next 'Sunday at 3 p. in. at Center, Method ist Cliunh two miles south. of town. Services will' be held both morning and evening during tlie following week. Tho public is invited to these services. , M. o. c:-::o".m;. LOCJL Gl.IRD.IMT 1 To Go m. Kpf.UJ Gtmrd Dtrrv If Dermii N .-ruary Orders From lUlelrh. Canr: Kenneth II fil.Knll ' mm .niamllmr Comapny E. Concorde X. io (tot, I Horn twthfr at abort - antii. ior omen t tupt. laldwell did not atafp whpr tlm mm were to Itr sent to Spencer, slionld the Gov ernor decide lo nnswer Howan Conn ty'o Sheriff" rcqnpst fur State tranpx at tp Soiitlurn -railway rbops In Spencer. ' Following the receipt of ' tljp orders Capt v Caldwell has Instructed the member of his company to lie ready lo-move at any tlmp. Each itacmber of tlie compan hns been told to Uove information at his home as .to where he can lie found at all times, i . capr. Caldwell believes he can he ready to move from the local armorv. with Held equipment. In two hours time. . .- . - -1 . , There are thrpp officers and f.2 wen on the" roster of Company E now, In cluding the reserves. The officer are Capt. Caldwell.. First Tlent Rnr Hoovfr and Second d I.lent. C, N. Al- ton. : The company ' returned home two weeks -ago, from Rockingham and Aberdeen, where it wn stationed for two weeks for possible guard dutv In connection with' the railroad strike. . .Cnpt. Caldwell had received no moy ing orders at an early hour this af ternoon. . '. . '. ,, .... BROTHERHOOD LEADERS IN FORMAL CONFERENCE Td Draw up Programme' to End th Shopmen's Strike. , . New York, Aug. 17 By the Associat ed Press). Five brotherhood leaders representing the running trade of the American railroads, today went . into a v formal ' conference to Mrnw np a this afternoon to executives represent ing 148 roads. -?. --:..":... ' The. formal "-. conference which had lieen preceded by n mor Informnl as. sembly, was called upon the arrival of Warren S. Stone, I President of the brotherhood fOf locomotive engineers. What the proposal -4 the brotherhoods chiefs : ore assuming in ' the role of mediators. .would .lie, could not be lpQrned from them. They. closed the doors behind them. While none of the strike lenders would permit themselves to he' quoted they indicated that they did not ex pect the brotherhood r. to- suggest any patched up, compromise to the execu tives,, nor that the brotherhood would promise to exert their- Influence to get. the 'shop men to Tcturn if senior ity rights were not guaranteed to the Strikers. , POPriAR GOVERNAIENT IN , CHINA NEAR COLLAPSE Military Leaders There Are Openly Defying tlnv Governuentj : Peking, Aug. 17.-MBy.the Asso ciated Press). The attempt to 'revive popular government in China is nn the verge, of collapse, according toa sur vey of conditions brought, to the at tention of the foreign legations ' Mil it ary leaders re openly -defying the government, cntiinct inemiiers are re fusing to assume the responslhlllty of their posts, the trennry Is empty, and civil employees unpaid have quit their Jobs. . . ,t Picnic at St John's. The Patriotic Order Sons f Ameri ca and the Farmer's Union- will Jiold their annuhl mlculc nt St. John's 23, beginning at 10:30 a. m, , The pro gram, will consist of addresses, games, contests, etc. A picnic dinner will be served and plenty of rerreshmentr on the' ground. Let everybody , come and enjoy the day together. ,The program is as follows ; t Invocation Rev. B, T. Troutman, YWelcome Address J. A. Suthcr. Besponse-J-G. M. Cress. . ; ' Address J. K. Honeycutt,- from cnnriotte. ' Address B, II. w. Stone, President N. 0. Farmers . Union. Addresst-D. E. Henderson, of Char ; Dinner 12:30. . '" . - 2:00 p. m. Games and contests. 8:00 p. m. Baseball game. .-' Fifth EfTord to f.n'd Strike by Outside , Agency. . . (By the AilsM Pra.) New York, ' Aug) ll Th fifth ef fort bv nn outside agency, to end the nationwide shopmen's -strike that be gan more than bIx wekes ago, was be gun-today when leaders of the rail road brotherhood, went Into confer ence with a committee ' representing the railroad officials at the Broadway headquarters of the Association of Railway Hxecutives. : ' : . Dempsey-Brennan Fight Will Not Be Held. . , (By h Aw-ll Prvu.) Iiulianapolls, Ind., Ailg. 17. Gov ernor McCrny nmde olHi lul niinounce- inenet today thut the light lictwene Jack Deinpscy and ' Bill '.Breunan, scheduled for Mlchlghn City on I-alw) lny, will not le neiu. "i'iie I ht will not take iilaee,"..tl (lovi-l imr Mild, PRESiOEHT'S.ADDRESS iSOHISECORl TOCOlJGRESaDEUYEDWQRKERSTOTAKEJOBS Decides to Defer Sending Ad - J r TT- i-i m I dress to Congress Until To morrow or Later Date, It Is Announced Today ANNOUNCEMENT ' IS MADE TODAY President Harding Thinks .;, Every Effort Should Be Made to Effect a Settlement of the Strike. ' e - (Br tac AjuHMrtated rrru. Washington. ' Aug. 17. President larding today decided to defer his address to Congress nn the Industrial sttniitflin until tomorrow or a inter date. , .... ; Word of the President's decision was received by Senator Watson, of Indl ana", one of the executives' advisers in i Ives Ion, the jtiII strike sltnntion. shortly lie-1 L" L- , rcho The President was represented by those who talked with - htm to feel that every, effort toward settlement uf the rail strike : should lie allowed to take its course lipfore he went to Con gress to deliver n report on the 'gov ernment's interests in the matter, and to present an outline of the policy de cided upon by the administration. The efforts the President was sald'to have particularly in mind was the confer ence lii New York today between rep resentatives of the' rallroaj) execu tives and chiefs of the train service employes brotherhoods. WILL FIGHT HARD TO -;y. BEAT HENRY CABOT LODGE Contest ,ln , Massachusetts Will Vie With One In New York For Great- New York, Aug. 17 (By. the Asso rted a Press). The . Itepulilicon con test In Massachusetts to wrest from Henry C,Mt Inige a renomlnation for the' Tnitwl States Spnafe; shares with the rivalry within the Democrat ic" party :of New York State 1 in. the hoiee of a candidate for Governor. the chief interest in Congressional and State cnmiMilgns in Eastern States., Advocacy of both stricter and mod ified prohibition enforcement, the tar iff, soldiers' compensation, labor legis lation and various state governmental reforms, are among the issues. Four undulates: aspire - to the Democratic nomination for United States Senator from Massachusetts. The renomlna tion of Governor Channlng II. Cox! hy Massachusetts Republicans is op posed by Attorney General J. Weston Allen. The, Democratic 'nomination is sought by four candidates.,. Both gubernatorial candidates in Pennsylvania, -. Gilford Pinchot, , Re publican, ami John A. ; McSkinrrnn, Democrat, have declared for rigid prohlldtion enforcement. New-Jersey hns a Septemlier iprimary'v contest among Republicans tor t the United utntoa HanAta nnmfnaflAn nn.l th. Deutocrats over their candidate ',7or Governor.'.. Prohibition and public utilities are issues. The textile situa tion and prohibition are expected to ilgnre in the, Rhode1 Island campaign and the tariff will be Cphneetlcutt's ehiet , debating ' subject : between Re publicans and. Democrats. - ; MISS BIRKHEAD AGAIX SUES "GOY.r iRl'SSELL Mississippi Chief Execnttve is Be- fandant In : .Action ; For , foOMJO Damages. ' . a Memnhlt. " Tenn.. Aug. 15. 'Miss Frances Birkhead, - of New Orleans, today filed suit for J50.000 damages against Governor Lee 'M. Russell, of Mississippi in the United States dis trict court for northern Mississippi at Oxford. Miaa Birkhead, as. in her two previous suits against the- erovsr-? nor, aucgeu seiuction . unuer ' a prom.se of. marriage: , Governor Russell accepted service and the trial of the case was. set for Dec:inber 3. - '-' , ; '. v . V . The allegations made in the suit filed today' are identical with those in the two previous suit's filed by Miss Birkhead against the governor. The first of these, filed m , the United States district court . for(vaouthern Mississippi was thrown out of court on grounds of ' lack , Jurisdiction, and the second filed In the state cir cuit court at Oxford is set for trial at the September term of court. Says Governor Will Have to Stop the n v Bout iiimseii. '... Iji Porte. Ind., Aug7l7 (By the As- oncliitml Press As far as I am con cerned the Governor will have to stop the hunt himself, if he-wants it stop ped," declared Prosecuting Attorney Rowley of Xa Torte County, when told todav that Governor McCray had giv en the Ln Porte chnnty officials tmtil Friday to call a halt on the proposed IHmipse.v-Brennnn fight at Michigan flfk. I nlw.i- llnr .' ' 'it Is none of my business, and I'm going to sit tight In the boat," the prosecutor said. " ' Owing to tho dry Cold atmosphere, not a single Infectious diseases ! known In Greenland. . To Replace Striking Shop- ' T - 4 A men. Men .Began to Ar rive at Various Points Along Line Today, VICE PRESIDENT MILLER'S STATEMENT No Difficulty Is Being Met , in Securing Men for the Va rious Departments," Says Mr. Miller. I . (By ta AMplMta rrm, New York, Aug. 17. Contingents of workers hired by the Southern rail way to replace striking shopmen be gnn arriving at. various points along the line this morning, according to an announcement ly H. V. Miller, oper ating vl-e president of the road. No llttlcnlty is lirtng met in procuring men fos the work. Mr. Miller said. adding mat applications are nemg re ceived from - all over the southeast from men who want to work. The disorders at the Siieacer, N. C. shops reported yest f rdny, had practi cally censed today, jlr. Miller said. . "Notwithstanding the Company's de termination to recrhU "P r shoji forces," he said, "we are still willing to take imck our old .men, and when they get fired of striking they can come Imcki to thelr'.placps ju.st, as if they had been on a vacation." TO ASK FdR POWER v v ' TO Sl'4'ERVISE COAL President Harding Cenfemplateg Ask ing Congress for the Necessary Leg islation. " Washington,: Aug. lfl. President Harding In bis) contemplated ; state- V..-.r,wrf,fintait LmnHiV)aj(t . the national industrial situation wiu ugget lej sllntlon giving tlie federol ifncl emergency organization nowcrs to con trol the distribution and price of coal to safeguard the country against hard ship this winter, according to officials who talked with the chief executive. ? Tlie President was . reported to be considering seriously recommendations for. definite legislation to provide legal powers to supplant the voluntary sys tem of coal control now in operation and was understood to have before him a draft of a tentative plan of fuel ad ministration prepared by- Secretary Hoover. : , Crentlon of a fetlernl com mission also . would be recommended. it was reported, which could be de signed to make' n thorough Investiga tion of the national icoal industry and suggest legislation for the permanent solution of lnbor -problems. I. W. W. in Rail Strike. Washington, Aug. 10. Attorney Gen eral Dangherty declared today that re ports hod 'come to the Department of Justice indicating "the I. W. Ws. are quite .active 'In connection with , the railway strikes." The Attorney General added - that there was no detailed information in the hands' of the department, but he was satisfied from the generaumtor mat ion received that a relotloif exist ed between the strikes: and activities of the I. W: W. ; ' ' '. ' " , "There are indications," said .Mr. Daugherfy in a statement to news paper men at) the Department. of Jus tice, "that thei I. W. W, W's. are ever willing to take over some of the re sponsibilities of railwn : transporta tlon and ven the Government itself in the West." r , X Appeal to - Encourage . Co-operative : a ' : Market big. "' Richmond,, Aug. 17. An appeal to the. Southern Retail Merchants Con ference to encourage co-operative mar keting movement ; n discussion or sales methods . and the election of ..officers marked the closing session of the con 'ferenee here today. The present offi cers were re-elected, ? For the first time a 'woman - was elected on the board' of directors. She is Mrs. J. R. Council, of Durhnm, N. C. Death of Dr. Theron H. Rice. " ji'-; v tar ' tW"Aocia Pr.) Richmond. Va... Aug. 17. Rev. Dr. Theron II. Rice", aged Ki, memlier of Union Theological Seminary faculty here, and one ot the best known Pres byterian ministers of tne souin, uiea in Baltimore today. His body will lie brought here for burial. ' " Dundalk Recaptured From Irish' In- i , . snrgents. , '. Belfast, Aug. ,17. (By the 'Asso ciated Press). Trfe recuphire of Dnn dulk by national , army troops from IrL-h , Insurgents who occupied the town a few? days ago was confirmed In Belfast this afternoon. Hundreds of irregHbw were taken prisoners: For a long time the Boers refused permission for the construction of any railwnvs In the Transvaal on the ground that nowhere were such con. trlvauees mentioned in tne isitiie. Jnhn, the heavy hitting ontflelifer of the Sioux Falls Dakota league team cirtalnly rany. looks rlpo for faBter com ,i nmn inniurn rnn .Ltiiinruti CONFERENCE TODAY He and District Presidents , il. 1-iL :i n. of the Anthracite Coal Re gion to Confer With the Hard Coal Operators. IS HOPEFUL OF' AN ADJUSTMENT Joint Meeting of Operators and Miners at 2 O'clock Confident Agreement Will Be Reached. (Br V Aaaarlated Philadelphia. Aug. 17. John L. TiCwls. 'president of the UnlfoI Mine Workers, and 11ip district presidents of the anthracite region arrived here shortly licfore 11 a. m. today for their -nnfercnce with the hard coal opera tors this afternoon 1n the office of Samuel D. Wnrrlner. president of the lj'high Coal & Navigation Co., and head of the operators' . ncotlntions committee. : The miners Hil(?f planned to confer with I he other union lender prlorto the meeting with the operators. "I am not going to talk." said Mr. Lewis, liecaiise I don't believe In talk ing licfore this conference. I'll ven ture no predictions, but I am hopeful nn adjustment will be effected. Tlie situation in the bituminous fields is .developing satisfactorily." ' Tho operator held separate confer ence also in Mr. Wnrrlner s ofllc?. The joint . meeting was called for- 2 p. in. Mr. Warriner said he was con fident an agreement would be rcachel. COUNTY SlI4Y NCH0OI. COX VEYTIOX UNDERWAY. Opening 'Session Held Last ' Nlcrlit , I'emeiiHnn- 4:aeJHi. "ittJrtetww.tMeu)G Sessions Today. -r. f ' ' TlieNopenine session 6t the Cabar rus County Sunday School "Conven tion was held last night In Gilead Church No. 5 township. Despite the threatening . weather 13 ; Churches were represented at the :' meeting, and several hundred persons were in attendance. - , lMr, D. W. Sims; President of the North Carolina Sunday School Asso ciation, and Miss Flora Davts, one of the most prominent Sunday "School women In' tk State, spoke at the. opening session last night. Both ad dresses were heard with marked In terest and benefit The morning session todny was de voted to business matters and othe addresses by Miss Davis , and Mr. Sims. Miss Davis today talked on ''Elements of Sunday - Schowl . Sue--ess," and IMrMSim devoted his ad dress to a discussion of "Some Re sults of Co-Opcratlve Work." 1 -The afternoon session, will bs featured by the third and last ta'ks by Miss Davis and. Mr. Sims, elec ion of officera and the selection of a meeting place for 1923. ' A full report of the convention's sessions will ba carried in our next is sue. . . CAMP SCHEDULE Interesting Schedule Adopted for Ca-, harrds Girls and Boys Camp to Be Held at M. P. C. I. - ; ' Miss Cnthleeir Wilson, county home demonstration agent, and Mr. R.i D. Goodman, county -. farm agent, who hnve' made arrangement for the Ca barrus Girls . and Boys Camp to lie held this yenr ot Mount Pleasant Col- leglate Institute, beginning August 22 and continuing ; through the 25th, have made public the following sched ule, which will be carried out nt tne camp: 6:30 Rising bell.1 7 :oo Setting up exercise. 7 :S0 Breakfust. - ; 8 :0O Clean camp. ; ' 8:30 to 10 :20 "bisses for girls' swimming. , . 10SW to 12 nny swimming . gins classes fboys.) 12:00 - to 1 :00r-ucneral Assembly i opened wifh devotional exercise fol-i lowed by inspirational .talk.. .. - 1:20 Lunch. .' ; , 2 :00 to 3 :00 Rest. 3 :00 to 0 :00 Recreation. , , fi :30 Supper. - , 7:30J Evening program. 10:00 rTo quarters. 10:30 Lights out and silence. ' A prise will be awarded to the boy or girl who writes the best record of this year's camp. .. Miss Adelaide Harris Having House ..." - . Party. . Misses Lucy ' Holmes Carson. Vlr- trlnia Whltlwk, . Louise GUibons and Mnrtlin .lamison,.pi vnnriotte, are rue attractive guests of -.. Miss , Adelaide Harris. Miss Marhtha Ijee; of Charr lotte. Is eiei teil to arrive Friday. Many delightful social affairs have been pin lined for these charming vis itors. ' - Wednesday evening they were hon orees at a beautiful dance given by the young men of the city at the Manufar turers' club. : ''.' , It is said that Detroit will get the pick of the speedy Baltimore team, ! TAKEN AWAY TO AVOID 101X.M E BY MOB . Real Ertate Maa Mays fitrikinf Ma-! rtunlst at Cape Charles. Norfolk. Va Aug. 17. In aa effort ' te prevent rtileace," offh-ers if North-1 aeiltfnn IVmnty have iqilritpd Cbaa. W. I I'uriMins. wealthy real estate maa, out ""rj'T'f -tajr-'Left Jaznaica Bay. New Ycn-lc, ,B '"rge Lewi, a striking ma-, . - chlnlst. at ("slip Chsrles iast Bight. Parsoos was arrested Immetl lately after lipwls was killed in front of a I drug store In Cnie Charles ami taken ; to the city JalL Word of the killing spread rapidly and it was not long lie- fore a mob of strike gathered, who 'PASSED ROANOKE ' made threats of violence against Par sons. The shooting took place following an argument over the railway shoti mpn's strike. , THE COTTON MARKET First Prices S3 to 39 points Higher. December Half Cent Above Yester day. (Br th AMtelatc4 Preaa.1 New York, Ang. 17. A sharp advance In Uverp.Kil nmpnnic.l hy reiterated U.npi,,ne Si.mpio Coniln. which lefl risiriH oi an iiiipnn uiB iruue in !.Inninl. Tlnr V V l.lu mnr.in. , goods nt Manchester sfenied largely rhn ri.,nn o e. ,lw Hrat .... , rcsponsllde for the firmness In the :,.. , .... ' vL vb i' i j. cotton market here at the owning to- t..i. , -.. ,. , J ... . , .,- . .... , . ...-... ,.i.-.-i-f juiimtll. llOHIll.kV 19 day. 1 Irst price m to 3! point 1lm, 10 m .thollt atnnnin higher and early reallng sales were;,r11 to a telephone incsigere-elve( ahsorbe.1 on reactions of 5 or 0 points j The m(,(.hliw wnfl traveIln(f Bl with Decemlier soon selling up to;, nlll ,t. , . .o il:l.'l, or fully one half a ctnt above yesterday's closing.,, Cotton futures openend Ann. Oct. 21:10; Dec. 21:10; Jan. 20:!W; Mnrcli ai:lwrMay 20:05. ' , v One Dead ,a Resnlt of Affray In Monutains. ' , Ashf-vitle. Aug.-16. Josbh Norton 13 dead, and Grant Sams, a -youni; man, is being held in Madison county jail at Marshall as the result oi a shooting sjveral nights ago in the Shelton Laurel section. No motive' has been assignel for the deed, but reports reaching the sheriffs department are to the effect that Sams ., and Norton quar.elc l prior to the shooting. ,'' ; ( ' According to meager reportil of the tragedy Sams and Norton were n&ar Bruid, after dark, and ficulty ardse for some unknown rea son. V ' . . f ' An afray followed, It is ; asserted, and Norton Is said to have emptied the contents of a shotgun Into the other man. Trouble With Strikers Feared, at .. GreenHboro. GreensboroAug. 15.: Stronger pick et lines. and jiossible trouble is fear ed ns the result of the decision of the Southern rn 11 wa y . officials, when their negotiations with their striking shop men come to nothing, to employ men to take the places of the striking shop men here,-although up to late today R. L. Avery, superintendent of the Dan ville division, with headquarters here, hnd not received -a formal order from the system's headquarters to employ new men. " -' ' The loss ii ttenlorlty rights Is ex pected to be,nght by the shopmen. tiereroiore ine wiurnern nns hoc nun that to contend with, and In the main there has been no disorder' along Its lines In this port of the state. ; 1 New Officera Chosen for ' Industrial School. 5 Salisbury. Aug. 15. The trustees of the Salisbury normal and Industrial Institute hnve elected Dr.! L. S. Ful ner, of Cleveland, Ohio, president of that institution and he bns accepted. The school will not open this fall, as had been expected, but will begin its next session, and Its first session, In its new home in the fall of 1023. Dr. Fulner is a Presbyterian minis ter and hns decided talents as an edu cator nnd speaker, Until the school opens. Dr. Fulner will be engaged In raising the . necessary funds to equip the school. ' T. T. Purks, also of Cleveland, has been elected secretary and treasurer of the institution. . - ,v Odd Fellows to Be Invited to Durham Durham, . Aug. ltt-r-Delegates at tending the. annual state encampment of the Odd Fellows from this city left here prepared to extend an invitation to the assembly for the 1023 state meeting. ' They carried with thera letter from the, Durham chamber of commen-e urging . the convention to give Durham favorable consideration. Three men from the' local, lodge are attending the sessions being held in Wilmington.--' ' '."" v ' -.-'-' - Tim Jnnlor Order, of which there are thre lodges in Durham, will also enter a bid for the' next-annual state meeting of that order when the 1022 session ," convenes in s Wilmington within a few days, Sonlh Carolina Veterans Condemn v-Vv .-!; , Gen. Sawyer, - Columbia, S. C, Aug. 15. Ri-chland post number 6,. American legion of South Carolina, nt a meeting nere lnnt night passed a resolution con. demning Brigadier General Sawyer the : President's physician, "for Block Ing. the veterans' bureau in hist ef forts for the dlxab'.ed veterans. Not dlssent ng vote was cast, v . Tlie Columbia club of the South At lantic league invited the populace to witness a recent game with no. admis sion charge. ' More than 5,000 attended the free mnflnee-innd the home ten got an awful panning when it lost the contest.. , : v '-''-' SEAPLANE OFF TODAY This Morning on First Leg of Flight From New York to Rio Janeiro L ISLAND AT 10 A. M Did Not Stop in North Caro lina. Machine Was Trav eling at a Rapid Speed. All Going Well. (Br th iitMUIH Prwa.) iwiin-ii io oe going wen. - - j , . Started at 7:20 Today. New York, Aug. 17. Pointing th nose of the Snmimlo Corria seaward Lieut. Walter Hint on, V. S. Navy, KmiI off from the waters ot Jamaica Bai at .7:20 this morning and started til put liehlnd him the (sM) miles to Char leston, S. C.; the first hop in the 8,30( mile flight from New York to B,lo d( .Innelro. . ' . The crew, five in all, which includ wl lieslde Hlnton, Pinto Martins, Bra Julian Navy, retired, assistant pllo and navigator ; John Wllshnsen, mech aniclnn; J. T. Baltxell, motion pictun enniein man;. and George T. Bye, re lwrter, wereaip at .4 o'clock makini ready for the flight. JUnton exisBctet to make Charleston ' in about sevei the dif- f iu 'pw Persons saw the ship ho irom tne watpr. :,.' " The fliers plan . to sleep tonight a Charleston, leaving there tomorrov orning for Nassua In the Bahamas. INTEREST IN ARMFIELD CASE AGAIN REIVEI Judgments in Sum of $64,123.71 Ar Kereived by Clerk ot Court For Sei vice. .-, ;-, Greenslioro Daily News. 1 Judgments In the sum of $04,122.71 signed .hy S. J. Smith, clerk of th Superior court of Davidson conntj and revived by . Mason . W. Ganl clerk of the Superior court of thi county, for , service, revives a cot iderable amount of interest , In th Arnitield case, twhich : was ' tried 1 Lexington where Mr. . Armfield, ej banker of Thomnsville, was acqultte of a charge of misappropriating fundi Mr. Gnnt stated yesterday that h did not knowthe whereabouts of th former - banker. 'The, transcripti hich werq-' secured by T. J. Find receiver for the bank of Thomasvlll ill be, placed on file at the clerk office here until they can he servei The judgments were J. S. Armfleh trading a the Dion Mannfacturln company, $50S.05; as one of the par ners. of the Armfleld-Grlffith cot pnny, $4,282.22; as v the . Gate Cil Trust company, $3047.13, and : as a Individual and partner in the Sha Lumber company, $29,024.41. : Tl conipanies named. It is alleged, wei orgauized and directed by Arinfie nnd ar? "In" on. the bank of Tbnma liie's funds to the . extents nam In the judgments. v " Relief Fund for Hall Storm SufTerei A numlier , - of contributions- ha' lieen made to the fund for the -relief the hall storm sufferers. The fund being handled' by the Citizens Bat and Trust Company and anyone des; lug to make. a con tri tuition may lea same at that bank.'. The following cc tributlons hnve been made since t list was published last: - . . Mrs. M. J. Walker -'.. tl. Turn. Waller t.- k- 1. Cash ' 4 -.... , W. A. Goodman 1. O. J. Coodinnn .4- . 10. Mrs. Wi B, Mooflhead 1, J. B. Roliertson 2. W. A. Fink . ... 1, Trammell's Store, Kannapolla ... 1 Sehooifkld. Guilty of Fasslnir ; v Forged check. ' . Greensboro. Aug. ':- H.--Clua Schmilfield wae found guilty 111 Gn ford county superior coart here tl afternoon pf forgery , in connecti whu we passage m a tiv.uvv c;i on a ' local ' hank. Inst April, v 1 brother, Clarence, . was adjudged i guilty on a similar charge, Sentei will tie passed later.' - :, Sotithern Passenger Officials on Si i. Asbevllie, Aug. 15. Passengr ( cials -of the Southern, . stationed and around Ashevllle, It was lean today, reported to the superintend of the Ashevllle division for i work, that, may assigned to th In ail .effect to keep eervlce up standard. . Mrs. Ben Mnrtin and son, of f honin, and Mr. and Mrs. DavM I i r of Bailln, spent a few hours 1 day Willi Sirs. L. S. l'!im!i.