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u o "1 c o o o ::atld I 1H f 5 : 1, O PitESS :. O DISPATCHES C OOOOOOQ3 X. JL 1 TODAY. ooooo u o VOLUME XXII. CONCORD. N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1922. ' - NO. 103. L"ul . i t A W L7 fl i 1 f ir V.w n n n r 1 VI iy" I i -h 4 i v r if. U I! I'm; PRESIDOIT HARDCIB : OIITHESIIECRISISI r.t r:v.- -f sciiucs iwijjuus ui a-aiipiyj- ere and Lmpioyces Alike to Manager . waii. Already 2.- - J,, irt.;, PntiiHica1'1110 ,he catalogues have been mall- Conduct Ineir Uasiness,,! ut .i .he demand for them 1 Must Be Recognized. I DEPLORES WARFARE ON UNIONS OF LABOR Asks That the Esch-Cummins - Act Be Made Enforceable Agains Employers and Em ployees Alike. 1 m - ; - - - a -- .. ' (By .the Associated Press 1. X j. - Washington, I Aug. ; IS. Preai- ' . dent Harding todays told : Con 8K grow nnd the nation that he wns : ?, ' resolved "to nw all the power of .' " the government to maintain trnns- -3r iMrtntion nnd aiiHtnln the rights o the men to work.' , : f ''"!. ' ' ' ' 'W'nsliIiiKton. Aug. 18 (By the Asho '. Tinted rresa.) President Hnrdlng In . " nn nddresa to Congi-es8" todny on the ; indiintrial sltnotlon, dei-lnred that the rlRlit of einployea and eniployera alike to ronduct' tneir ImalneM niiiHt''be rec r ' ofrnlwd, nnd he hlfo dwlnred what he termed "wnrfnfe on the unions of In lKr.". '" x v,:.:'':'';--.r-' . - ' : . The President declnrwl a national Invest Ignt Ion for 'fowttrm'tive Instnu tloim na to the condtiet of the coal Industry.- to be Imperative, , and reeora- mended' a jtorernutent commfsaion t ndvlse as to fair wages nnd conditional of labor; v-"v 'i...;-.v: ': - Immediate legislation 'to1 establish temporarily n "natlonnl coal agency," -.? with the1 necessary rnpital to pur ? (base, sell and - distribute ,coal also was urged by the Kyecuiw. w -f , Ktatiug thatJtbwIiyh-Cuu,hv!iuJ .nf. 1 Ih estwblishing 'the .railroad telwr f lHard Was inadetjnaie, being .wiUwut -' power to enforce -its decisions the President recommended action to make the board's decisions "enforceable and e.Teitivo against carriers, and employes ; allke.f ' l:: S., -;V v -: ' Other legislation recommended was for liettcr protetion pf aliens and en forment pf their treaty, lights ;, n measure to give Federal courts juris diction in protecting aliens. , In discussing the coal situation, the President referred to what he termed i -the 'shocking crime t Herrin, I1L, 4j and added the Incident was 'tbntchery of human lieings, wrought ill mildness." r Ot her thnn the amendment of the Ksrli-Cuniiuins low to make railroad V labor iHwrds decisions enforceable, the I'M-sldcnt Ud not recommend any log- IslnMon to deal immediately with the i mllrniid strike. i'- - ' ' ' In asking for coal legislation the ' President snld the administration had sought earnestly toj"restraln proflteer ' lug and to secure the rightful dlstri - but ion of coaL" but Was without legul 1 ' itower to control prices. ' " KFrnv-FRS 11F.lt MISSING CAB , AND MEETS FRIEND HUSBAND - Philiulelnhia Woman. Rcportlne Theft, ' Finds guspreted Driver Is Her Own ' Mate. --' ; Atlantic City. Aug. 15. When Mrs. Cora llindln, who gave lier address as '. No. 2025 North v Thirty-Third Street, ' Philadelphia, reported to the Txrilcc thl aftexhoon that her expesnlve coupe bad been tolen, she little thought that 5 its recovery would also bring anom ri'concillation with her husband. Sam ' nel, said to be a wealthy Philadelphia ; merchnhf, and yet this Is what ho p nened. according to the police. Mrs. Hlndin. who has been stopping at the Globe Hotel, Maryland avenue -'. and the Boardwalk, left. her car in front "of the hostelry while she went bathing with friends. When she emergwl from the plunge the ear was , , mining. She went at once to police ' ' iienilniinrtpr and there gave, a de- ? a'rlntion of the stolen automobile. ti The word was flashed along the - White Horse pike, and 80 minutes lat - c.f Corporal Camplell, of the State r police, saw the coupe coming toward Mm. ' He signed the driver to halt, pxnminca the ?riril nnmliefs, ordered tho driver to turn and brought him to henilnunrters here. . vn liinilln was- ammrtoned. and . when lie confronted the alleged thief Jn the. office of acting Captain of De i - te'tive Ferrettl she found her: bua- band, from whom she had been spjir .i rated several, montlia. - Captain. Fer f retti lien essayel the Vole of peace- , - ninkef with sncn e.tiect tuai wunin w ' niliiiitii.the clouds on the matrimonial luirlcm had rollel back.- and - the ronnle left the Voora arm-ln-ann' and dcimrtwl In the antomeliile. , Antion ('floaty Has a Sew Crop of ' Weev s. ', Waclesbono, Aug. 17. The wet weather for the punt week Is be lieved to have materially Injured the rolton cmd. as the boll weevils aro supposed to be very active during wet, cloudy weather. The. new crop of weevils are now out and are doln much damage to the crop according to reports reaching here. THE STATE FAIR -Prctniuana Amounting to $31,1(3.' Have Ut Offered. I Raleigh.-Aug. 18 Premtmna total- - i exi of what bat' ever hefiw been offered at a North Carolina Fair. J are Hated la the premium lint, of the sixty-first North Carolina State Fair on Oci Octoter 1121. which -baa tieen manH OHt to all known exhibitors li4 ur,Hk although the entrfllstawlll not open nntil Keptemlier 1st. A Home Show.-with prUen nKRre gntlnn $1,000, and a I Show, Irr which prize equal to half that amount will be offered, will I Ulxtluct lnno vatlona at the next Fair, hut fur the moat iini-f the inerenae In the total amount of premiums baa been obtain ed by more liberal awarda offered for the regular exhibit. However, In addition to the Horae Show and Dor Show, apeclul attention la being given this yenr'fo the rarinK program and In order to make the rni-ea imrtlculnrly attrartlve a total of $.),(KH) ha a been offered In purses, the amount lietnR more than twice what wna offeml last year. . t . In all other deportmenta, th gener al increase of no per cent, nas been rather" closely adhered to In the prem iums offereiL' While the same depart ment have been retained, the organisation-of the. Fair ' has been made more oinpart and the premium list has. been revised .to conform to these changes -In V organization.- .The new rntnlogue has Iteen carefully Indexed, fiK-llltntilig ready - reference to prein luuis i offered in any. department and tules and regulations" gyernlng rfbe same. :,'- - Iepnrfments of the Fair for this year, with the superintendents and' the total of premiums offered, follow SpWd, Ifr. J. It, Uogers, Raleigh, .0U0; -Uorsea. R. S. Curtis, Raleigh, $S()0; Cnttle, It. S. Curtis, Raleigh, !8tl: Swine, R. S. Curtis, Hnleigh, $3, lt!K); Sheep, R. S. Curtis, Raleigh, $3,- (!5: Poultry, Pet Stock ami Eggs, Al- len 6. Oliver,; Hnleigh, 35i7; Field Crops. C B. AVllllams, Raleigh S, 241.30; Vocational Agriculture School, Roy Thomas. Rnlelgh, u4: Boys' and 'GirbAClnlw, S. J. Kirly,' Raleigh, 11,003 VegetnWes, W. N. Hntt, .West End. S41H.2.V: nortlcnltnre" and Flow- Culinarj'", Sirs. .Trfne SIcKimmon Rnl elgh. IM33.M; ' Home Economics, Irs. fine 'McKimmoii, Raleigh, ' Xi&irtt' Dairy Products, J. A. Arey, Raleigh, ?t01 ( Tiees and ' Honey C. I Sams, Raleigh, - $2(17, r Household Arts, ,1. it. Onng, Raleigh, ?2!Ki; Artsanu vnrts, 3. Blair, Raleigh H10; Minerals, Qtini-ry and Forest Products, J. H. mtt. Clinpei liiu, ainnuiaciur- ers, .1. S. Wynne, Raleigh, no prem iums; nhd , Agricultural Implements nd Machinery, V. a. Parks, no prerar lurns. Each' superintendent, t will lie aided by a full corps S of assistants, Judge, etc. Judging In each department will begin Tuesday Tuornlng nnd full lists of awarda will be available at a press uureau w- in. uutuimuini - . a. i i ..... i .. . nn. . gcounds. , Entry lists in each depart ment will open on September 1st, anu ill close on the following untes: Livestock "and Poultry Monday, Octo ber 2: Speed. Wednesday, ixtouer ii; nil ther departments, Saturday, Octo- lier 7th. OPTIMTSTIfT NOTE AfV ANTHRACITE MJSETlU Lewis and Warriner Confident of Suc cess: Adjourn Meeting Intil Today Philadelphia. Aug. 17. Optimism as to the outcome of the anthracite strike neeotlations wais expressed after the meeting of operators anu miners-nere today. John I IjM, president oi the ITnited Mine workers, ano nauinri Wnrrlner-'hend oft the operators- committee', both were very hopeful, but said they Would have to have separate conferences between" 1 themselves and their loHeagues. The conference ad journed at 0 :30 o'clock until tomorrow afternoon. ' ' , Burn ' BrWee and Ho Vv Railroad iTarae. Oklahoma City. Aug. 17. Traffic on the tnain, line of the Chicago, Rock Inland and Pacific railroad is tied up as the result of, the burning of a bridge two and a half miles south of El Reno shoiw. Farmers said the tire ,was set by two men who escaped in1 a motor Miners Force Crew to-Sidetrack voei. . Murnhvsl-oro. III.. Aug. 17-Approx imately 150 striking miners forced the crew of a Mobile and Ohio train to Hide-track five cars of coal at Wlllys- vlile. ten' miles north .of here yester day afternoon, which was bound for East 8V: Louts, according to an- an nouncement tonlght-hy K. E. Norrla, vice-president pf the railroad. ' Weevil in Rfceson 1&. Thick, ' Safi ,- . Farm Agent. 1 , , fioiitsboro. Auk. 17. The fco'l weevil Is aa thick as the hair on doi'i back throughout Robeson coun ty. Home Demonsttator A. K. Robert son: who returned from his home there yesterday, declared. However, the farmers think they are going 1 make a crop, he admitted. He saw -the tobacco sold on ths . Rowland co oDeratlve market and failed to. find any UlKsatlKfled with the prices. . . -si, At an auction sale' President Hnra Ing's lileture brought tld agiiliiMt tZ for that of former President. Wilson, The wiio wns held in Staunton, Vir ginia', the birthplace, of -Mr. Wilson, APLAH ISDUTLIMED- H Senator rVatson Advises President Harding: That All Are Hopeful of Settle ment at Today's Meeting. WHAT SENIORITY PLAN PROVIDES Senate and House Leaders Advised that President Will Address Congress in the Early Afternoon. New York. .Aug. IS (By the Asso. elated Press). Railway-' executives and brotherhood chiefs' went Info ses sion -at 10:30 o'clock this' morning In another effort to end the-nationwide shopmen's strike. ' . -. " Ringing In their ears was the state ment of Warren S. Stone,' head of the brotherhood of . locomotive engineers, made this morning at' an earlier con ference with labor leaders, that the strike must be settled at the sessions with the executives that Itegan yester day. ..':";'",:'- i ' '. ' , ";':;' At a conference between Mr. Jewell and the , mediation committee which preceded the session with the execu tives, It wnsr understood a more defi nite' proposal . for -'a settlement has been worked out bnt nothing concern Its its; nature' could le learned. . Both Sides Hopefnl. Washington, Ang. M 18. President Hnrdlng wns told totlny by Senator Watson, republican. Indiana, one of his advisers In the rail strike, that long distance' telephone conversations with brotherhood chiefs nnd represen tatives -of the railroad executives nnd disclosed' noth sides "hopefnj of m settlement f the rail strike at today's meeting."- -. . ,: ;'.-" '- r : Dlsensslons of the tronlileome sen- (llann semifTir to iteMiaBed m a plan hieh roughly would provide:' First, that the men who did not go on strike "go to the head of the list in seniority. ?',:,': v Second, that the employes who walk ed out July 1 or later be accorded sen iority 'status second to. the, men -who Third, that the new men" taken on during the strike be given seniority ranking below the other - two-, groups and be retained In the employment by the railroads wherever possible. - Senator Watson snld T. DeWItf Cuyler, cbnirmah of the Association of Railway Executives nnd leader of the executives In the New -York .confer-H ence had expressel himself over the telephone ' ns "quite hopeful." The" Senator did not disclose who he talk ed with among the brotherhood chiefs. White House . offlclnls notified sen ate nnd House leaders that the Presi dent had made arrangements to ad dress Congress shortly after noon. STRIKE MI ST BE - -.. cmvrivn c tva gtakv Head of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, Says That Shop men's Strike Must Come to an End. , ' (By Ika 'Aaaoelatr4 rW" Vew Yorlr. , Ancr. 'IS. The strike of the railroad i striking sliop craft un ions must lie settled here, Warren .S. Stone, head of -the brotherhood of lo comotive engineers, declared today as the committee of five brotherhoods fin ished- several informal conference be fore meeting the rail executives to continue their work pf medlntton. The strike hinst be settled." he con- tinned, "and It must be settled right here' at these meetings : k Lamr Dispatch. No Agreement To day. ' New York, Aug. 18. Belief .that no definite agreement for settlement of the shopmen s wtrlke would lie reached today was expressed by Avarren . 8. Stone,, head of the ' Brotherhood jot Locomotive Engineers, shortly, before o'clock on leaving -conference of brotherhood men and executives! . After having attended the sessions for more than two hours Mr. Stone left for an nptown hotel where shop craft leaders are quartered for. conference. He snld he did not expect to return before 8 o'clock. , ' . ' The other four railroad 'leaders serv ing on the medlntton committee of the brotherhood, followed Mr. Stone out of the meeting and hurried to the hotel. It wns not announced at, that time when the committees , would resume parleys. ';. W" rip-i Mr. Stone snld no aeniiite . agree ment lind tieen reachel so frir. ' . . The-.lnbor leader who earlier In the day asserted that a settlement must lie .reached at .these conferences, pro fessed himself ( still optimistic about the outcome. - - . v "I'm still .smiling," be said to newa- naner men. "I suppose you. Iioys will brlte a column about that smile, ' It took m 30 years to learn how to do It." t ' - :. -',' -.' ' .'.; .. w - - a ' Genevieve Ward Dead, c (By th AmimIMc IIvm. 'Iiondon, Aug. IS. Genevieve Ward, famous American actress, died of heart failure today at her. home at Damps! end. , . ' I CABARRUS RAU CABARRUS RALED tXI'.iXt far It Near Ka-4 Relief. Whirti Waa tl rar I tot. uvrr us quota. RUlirh. A nr H 4 'iImitiu I'mtnlr ratted f.VT.Ml fur 'ar Kast Relief this year sud'urmt Z7 per rent, over! Ita qnota, according to announcement j today by C. t;co. H. Bellamy, Staie Cbuirman. Oatmia atoisl elevratb nnntr.'" ' Rev. 1. Front Armstrong, of Con cord, waa ehalnuani for Cabarma Onuitv, and bla wnrlqwaa highly com mended by Cot Bellatiy In bis annual report which haa pvd: been bwned. Though called tip4n to feed and clothe only lift y-four-(Ullclrcn. Cnlatr riM' contrilnitloo wilt take rare of eighty-live, thua prorliling tor some of the children whh-h other counties' should have taken rare of bnt failed to do. ' - Cal-arrna sent In $.1,.K'.7.'30 in rash up to the close of the liscnl year on June 80th. On - that date there were $1.11)0.84 In pledges not yet clue. Clothing to the value -of $321.75 wns sent In from the county. ' - ; . v , In thanking his chairmen nnd work era and the iieople who contributed tbls money. CoL Bellamy called at tention to the fa-t that it will be nec essary to put on- a similar campaign this flscnl year' liecanse the Ureat Powers of the world are allowing the Turks to continue their massacres In Armenia and destruction of all crops, homes and industries. "There have been twenty-two sepa rate massacres the Armistice," declared. Cot- Bellamy, "which makes it Impossible for these people to lie self-supiiorting until France, England and Italy relinquish their protectorate over Turkey . in their mad scramble for the Mohammedan calico trade. "The recent British refusal to allow the Greek army to stop massacres pf Its own people was one of the most as tounding nnd sordid chapters In his tory and -until such conditions' ns this disappear and- Engliitiil becomes ' a Christian nation, the American people are the only thing that stand lietween Armenia and the entire starvation of Its out-standing population." . OFFICLALS WRONG GUESS liad Expected N Trouble From "Our '. North Carolina folks." Special to Gn-enstornNews. . , , ' !-JKhlitoji.irArHAtUhe..,Reji, eral oince of the' Southern . It was stated foday that things, were movlntf along about as well ns "copld be ex-; pected imder the circumstances." The Southern is keeping in touch with the department of justice, and the depart ment, in.' turn, is a close oliserverof events, especially In North Carolina. Confidence Is fi-lt that the tate and mnniclpnl authorities will find it pos sible: to deal with strike disorders, wherever they may develop?, 1 ' The trouble at Spencer reminded one that some, of the 'Officiate guessed Wrong in this respect. Some of the men in the western section of . ' the system, it was said, "did -not penk our . language, but little trouble was apprehended from "our North Carolina folks."; As It has turned out the most serious trouble, and the greatest con fusion,, lias developed at Spencer. All was ntilet. today at other points ot the entire system. The large, num ber 'of, injunctions were, procured largely n a precautionary measure, but - officials are glad the period of uncertainty has come to an end, and they Were pleased when ' President Harrison ...'declared in favor of wnr now not litter If It lias to- be wnr. J THE COTTON MARKET . A ;- A Further Excited Price Advance. . lip From 29 to 40 Points, V (By tkc Asaoclatnl Pre.l New 'York, An. 18. There was a re newal of yesterday's buying movement In the cotton market this morning nnd a further-excited "price advance. Bullish views were evidently stimulat ed by the continued firmness, of Liver Pool. Improving domestic Inbor condi tions, and a continuation of-favorabje weather in the South. .. There was a good deal of realizing on . the opening advance of 29 to. 40 points, but it was absorbed on very, slight reactions, and the market was very llrni on eorly trading on lirondcnlng of trade and general demand. - V Cotton futures opened firm; October 22.00; December 22.0.".; January 21.00; March 21.1)2; May ai.su. At The Theatres. "Bought and Paid For," with Agnes Ay res nnd Jnck-Holt in the leading roles, Is. the attraction at the, Sar Theatre today, ,''.-' ' " The Piedmont Theatre is showing Leo Moloney In "45 Calibre Law.' C . ' .1... . . a "llt.rli wesitfi u iiiciiiir,' mi" ...n" Tide," wjth Hal noiieh as the star. . Frank Mavo in "Tracked to Earth,' nnd a Harold Lloyd comedy entitled "Spring Fever," arc on the program nt the Pustiuie, Theatre too-ay. ,' ? ,t 'y The Raleigh News nnd Observer ve ports that one W. V. Guerard, King Kleagle of the Knights of the Kn Klux Klnn-ln North Carolina, has been de posed as the head of the order in this State and is chnrged with a shortage in his accounts. The allegation 1 of shortage is mnde by Dr. W. E. Thomp son, nersonal reiiresentatlve of tbeVIm- perial Wlaard, who says that warrants Will lie issued .charging uucrara wnu emlezlemeiit and obtaining money under false' pretense. The alleged shortage, the Rnlelgh paiier, Is In formed, Is nronnd $(10.000. ' It is also stnted that Gisranl will fight: the charges and may start counter action against big accuser ., -,: , ' -. ."' . A ,, . nniiTitrnii n n iiitu ;oUUIHtn;i HAlLifA! rcumuRunnviV iu iihuviuu iiuiuuni 1 : ilnRecniitingltsForces.Saysli'LX' mttTKr. T. P. Jimison Intimates President Harnson, Jjnnjj-;'"""1" ing aien On trom POintS UUtSlde Of ItS Territory, j RECEIVING IEN IN A STEADY STREAM There Are Many Men in the North and East of Large Experience in Shops Who Want to Work. Washington, ' Aug. 18. President Harrison ot the Southern Railway an nonnced today h: road was making headway in recruiting skilled mechani cal help for its shops from points out aide of its own territory. -' "We now hive at work in our shops and round houses a number ot Im ported ckilled mechanics and are re ceiving othes in steady stream," said Mr. Harrison In .response to an In quiry.. "It is Apparent that there are many men in the North and East who want to work for us and who give evi dence of large experience in railroad Shops." .:'..- , V' COMMITTEE OF MINERS AND v OPERATORS AGAIN MEET Each With Determination to Effect an ' Adjustment if Possible. (By the Aoclnl rivus. ... i Philadelphia, Aug.. 18. Members of the negotiations . committees of the anthracite miners nnd oiierators "each with a sincere determination to effect nn adjustment If at all possible"," - to quote the memliers of the joint state ment issued ; nt yesterday's parleys were- to meet again tli'is afternoon. Both miners nnd operator tollay continued to hold the' optimistic atti tude manifested after the first confer- eifre but lyh declared the joint state- men IK UU-..UUH cun-iw Slllll U1-. 11W ent. .The main Issue Involved concerns wages In a pre-confarence announce ment the operators agreed to take back miners at old wage sca'.e, while the miners waived their demand for a 20 oev cent inorease It was understood, however, that the operators would onlyi extend the old scale agreement until next April whereas the miners dsslred long con tract If-they agreed to resume work at the old rate,. . - v , FORTUNE TELLER, ARRESTEll Tells the Judge She Predicts He Is - Going to Dismiss Her Case. (By th .MMH!latca Prow. - Peoria,- I1U-' Aug. .1R Madame Frankie Octavius de Vlnne?se Hndna was ' arraigned yesterday liefore mag istrate Frank Hall on charge of main taining n nuisance nt her home where lie tf lis fortunes. - "If yon are a fortune teller tell-me what I ain going to do with your case' the magistrate a-ked her. 'Why; the dear judge Is going to dismiss my case 'the soothsayer Mild. "The dear judge is not," replied tne1 justice disiienscr. "Tlie dear judge Is going to tine yon $30.r0." SEAPLANE LEFTMANTEO AT 9:55 THIS MURMINU Capt ninton Hopes to Make Nassau Miami by iNigntiaii. (By tba Aanuctalcil rrcH.1 Elizalieth City. Aug. 18. The sea plane Snmpton Correla, bound on an 8,500 mile bight from New York to Braisll left Manteo. at ft :55 this morn ing for Charleston, . C,, according to telephone message received rrora Manteo shortly before It o'clock. Capt. HInton hoped to make assau or Miami, Fla., by nightfall. , i ... , I.. . I. '. Walkout Membfirs f Big Four on L. and !i. Go Back to work. Corbln. Ky.. Aug. 17.-The walkout of members of the Big Four Drother hoods on , the Cumberland Valley division of the Louisville, and ' Nash. vi:ie railroad was raded this after noon. The '.men at 5 8 called meeting agreed to accept an . agreement ns goKnted by committees of the broth erhood and railroad omciais. tinuor Ridden Under Floor of a Cburch. 1 Bristol, Va.-Ten., Aug. IT. TWenty gallons of .whiskey and' five gallons of blackberry brandv were found to day by officers in a Baptist church near West Jefferson. N. C. It is be lieved the liquor had been concealed there by : bootleggers. ; Churchgoers detected the odor and a search : by officers revealed the Uquor ;und3r. the floor. , . ' ' ' ' , i . tfleg from Resnlt of Burns When Hair ; - ( aught Fire ' (By tht AHMlatc4 Prcaa.) Long Beach, N. Y. Aug. 18. Her hair set afire, by the short circuiting of wires In an electric curling Iron, Mrs. IzHttn McGill, youthful wife of the ground keeper at Lido golf club, suffered burns that caused -hex death early today. ", r . ... 11 " V r-"-: The very highest clouds reach ten miles above oiur heads. ', - M NU.IV KHOOL tONVEXTIOX lrrt ma4 R4mmUltv Crowd - - t 4.' -a. L. ' ' The CalMiTiui Connty" Sunday . Hcb4 Conveoti.m. which waa held at New Cilead ltefurmed Church. Bear! Concord. Wednnalar night a ad all! sib,u. of the munty. ah jthe roatentlop thla was probacy the wt Snmlay a. hw.l ruuventlon held in i" "'uuj an t- nn rn i aa. iint-Rairp were present from 31 Snnilur Hc-hoole. The attendance at the convention waa around live hundred. The rejNirt of the county president,' Prof. J. B. Koltertaoii, showed that there bad been conventions held In each or the eleven township of the j county during the year, nnd that these meetings bad been largely attended. Practically every Sunday school In the county bad been reached by these meetings. " - One Interesting feature of the con vention was a set of placards display ed on the walls of the church, show lug the population of each township in the county, the nuuilier enrolled in Sunday School and the average attend- nn of the Sunday schools. - Facts gleaned from these placards showed that alioiit .TO per cent of the people of the connty were enrolled in the Sun day school, bnt that only about Ts) per cenk. of those - enrolled actually at tended. The population of the county was given as and the Sunday school enrollment as 1.1.440. A number of people took part in the convention program.' ' Among them were 1. W. Sims and Miss Flora Dav is, of Raleigh, both of whom are em ployed workers of the North Carolina Sunday School association. . Rev. H. A. McCullongh, I.- D., of Columbia, S. '., also made a fine address in toe meeting. The offi-ers elected for the next year were: President. Trof. J.' B. Robertson, Concord; vice president, C. J, Good man, Concord ; secretary-treasurer, Miss Rosa Mund, Concord, - superin tendent children's division, Miss Mar vin Mlsenhelraer, Concord, R. F. D. ; superintendent young people's divis ion, Miss Ella Mne Rumple, Knnnapo- lls; adult division superintendent, it, rr:r 'The conveptlon adjournetl wlta -the afterniKin session', on Thursdny ',; to meet again next August with Rocky River "Presbyterian 4 church, which is .lf'JTiMl tonight of a series of forest fires one of tm , oldest Presbyterian church- .pp nor.heBRt(,ril miiaemtlt es In North Carolina. today, causing thef worst conflagration BIG AIR CRUISER STOPS AT ROANOKE ISLAND FOR NIGHT To Start For Charleston This Morning en Second Leg of Air Journey to , Brazil. - Elizabeth City, Aug. 17. Encounter ing squalls in Pamlico Sound, the fly ing Iwat Saiupnlo Correla, which pass ed . Manteo this morning at 11 :10 o'cliK-k without stopping, is spending the night at Roanoke Island, having retnrnenl to Munteo nt two o'clock this afternoon' after stopping nt Roanoke marshes lighthouse. - : ," All on . board are safe and well-and exiieet to leave JIanteo early in the morning for Charleston, S. . C, which is to be the next stop. All's well with the ship also. : ' , This Is Lieutenant lllnton s second Isit to Manteo. His flrst stop there was made In 1019 when the Nv-4 pass- ed down the Atlantic seaboard on a re- rutting tour for the Riivy. The Lieu- tenant says he encountemi strong head winds all the way from New York-. 1 Strong Head Winds Cause Giant Plane io lum ouch. . Manteo. Aug. 17. Squalls In Pamll en Sound checked the flight of the huge sennlnne Sninpal correla, travel- inir from New York to Rio de Janeiro, Hray.il. and the plane landed here to spend the night. J vi Lieutenant Walter Htnton, pilot of the glnnt craft, said he had originally Intended : making -Charleston nerore night, but because of strong nead winds' which ne nau lougni nu me way down the coast and which were intensified when he reached the sound, he deemed it advisable to land. He plans to leave for Charleston tomor- row - : ' .- ' .. ' ''.'' y: ' The nlnne left Jamaica Bay. n. x., early tbls morning at ll o'clock, It was reported, passing over Manteo heading southward. " uitcr tne piaue iiirneu back. .. : ,. . . .'. r ralnmen Refuse to Handle Non-Union CoaL .West Frankfort, 111., Aug. 17. Train crews ot thev Chicago anu r.usieru Illinois Rnllrprtd at Cypress' Junction, south of the coal fields in this vicinity, have refused to pull coal dug. by non union miners of Kentucky and Ala bama through the Southern Illinois conl belt nnd -as a result, the road's service will be crippled and probably snsnended In this section as the tond cannot Bt coal for us own use, om cials of the road announced tonight following a conference here yesterday. Third Attempt to Dynamite Rall- "... - .. road. ;" " "' Birmingham,, vAla., Au. , A third! attempt to dynamite the tracks of the. Louisville and Nashville ran road was made i this, afternoon when a charge was exploded between The ties and under one ot tho rains of the road near Grace, Ala., aix miet from Birmingham, according to. local offi cials of the road. Two similar ' at tempts were mnde yesterday, tho local officials ' deolared. -QAHYGOTOWORKIH .: THE SPEHGER SHOPS That He Will Use His In fluence Against Sheriff Krider in Coming Election. ABOUT 135 GO TO WORK TODAY They Were Escorted to Shops by bhenn Krider and No Resistance Was Offered by Any of the Pickets. (By fha AHMtaiKl Pras.) Salisbury, Ang. 18. The bringing of a number ot workers to replace the striking shopmen at Siencer; an ap- llMll til til-lrfta . .1 floato fMm, , ,1 ...u.a jhy'J.M. Ellis, one of the general chairmen of the shopmen of the South em Railway; ami an attack by Rev. Tom P. Jimison on Sheriff Krider for requesting troops to guard the Spen-' ... cer shops. Wei the principal develop- -ments In the railroad shopmen's strike here today. ' -. . ' . Tha avnet numhor nf mon vhA vpiif to work in the slioiw this morning was not definitely known. Thlrty-nve cnmeln during the morning ami pick- .. ets on duty said approximately 100 en me in on a. train almnt daybreak. . They were escorted, to the shops by " Sheriff Krider nnd railroad, officers, and no resistance was offered by the pickets. - ' .' ' Rev. Mr. Jimison charged that Sher-. Iff Krider had called for troops at the request of railroad officials, and Inti- . '.. mated that he would nse his influence against him In the Novemlier election. - , SIX PERSONS, DIE 1 ' ; y " IN FOREST. FIRES . Flame Swieeping ; Northeastern Min-'' 1 ' HHtttit Vw Tawna Are Wined Out. i)uiuth,afca, AtiKiiTr-Tx- Known Kdead hundreds homeless, at least twt towns wfpert ont and a-dosen others in imminent danger was the apparent . today, causing the worst conflagration since-1018, when four hundred persons , lost their lives. ' .. With the numerous forest fires blaa lng" throughout the wooded .area of ; northern Minnesota, Governor J. A. O. Preus tonight personally ' took charge : of the situation, ordering ont nattjonal guardsmen here for relief duty, Official reports, tonight were that ; the towns of Fairbanks, Silver Creek and Pimlo, In Lake county, all sma.l settlements, had been destroyed, tin. retugees mainly fleeing to Two Har- bore. Cotton and Central Lakes, in3t. Louis county, ateo were reported de stroyed. .. ' , v Fires wore reported in Wisconsin, where it was said the city of -Drum- ' mond was menaced." Telephone com-, - munication with that plae was In terrupted and no details- were, ava.l able. .--'.;: .-v: V:I V" v Drought conditions have incrensed the menace to alarming proportions, according to State forestry officials, and tonight more than 2.000 men were fighting the fires in Various sections. Labor Federation Recalls Action on ' - McMahon Report. , ; Wilmington, Aug. 16. When dele-, gates attending ths . sixteenth an nual convention of the North Caroi Una State Federation of Labor read in the papers this morning that on . yesterday they had endprsed Chair-" man J. - F.i; McMahon's verbal report containing ; Justification " of 5, Gov. ' Cameron Morrison's recent ' nse of troons In several strike centers, they, censured the press for misrepresent ing the convention's action, 'but later learned the press had correctly re ported the federation In the prenv lises,' whereupon the Btate federation adopted a strong resolution oonueiu ning the governor for using militia in strike zones, also , adopting . resolu tions correcting the minutes of meet ing, to read that MoMahon's Toport was "received" and, not "endorsed. ' The placid calm that had charac-. terlz?d the ' assemblage -."of North Caro'lnai unionists wa succeeded by a storm of protest from many aeic gates.Vwho as It now appears, nn knowingly endorsed the governor for using the militia to quell disorder In several places in the state, and it ap peared at one time- as ' though the press would receive strong condem nation from tne state taoor - msiy, even after It conciliatory resolution adopted yesterday, disclaiming belief that the press of the state is antag onistic to organized labor,' and ask ing North Carolina editors and re porters" to remember there . are two sides to the capltal-'.abor problem, and wsklng for no favor other than that of fair play. , - - -.: - - . i I.. BUI for Interchangeable Mileage Books -.': Signed. .. Washington, Aug. 18. A delegation of senators, members t the house, and commercial travelers witnessed the Blgii'lng today by President Hnrd lng ot a bll directing .issuances by the railroads for Interchangeable mile;. ." books. ' i ' ,