North Carolina Newspapers

ODDDOOOO O TODAVS O O -NEVS O O TODAY. O oooooooo oooooooc O ASSOCIATED C O PRESS . a O DISPATCHES a oooooooq In CGI VOLUME XXII. CONCORD, N. SATURDAY. AUGUST 19, 1922. NO. 169. kTTl nun ii ii ii Go 3D U, Lm .il i MPS GO r(fl Company E Leaves . . : for Spencer Today ' : . ' ", - l ' : : " Order Received This Morning ; by Capt. Caldwell to Take His Company to Salisbury on the First Train. COMPANY LEAVES ! ON A SPECIALTRAIN The Company Has 90 Enlist ed Men and Three Officers. Only a Few Men Are Left Behind. V s ' v' Company E, I oral unit of the Nat ional Guard, left today for strike duty In Sprnrer, following orders received from the office of the Adjutant Gener al at Kaleigh this morning. .The in structions sent to Capt. Kenneth E. Caldwell were to proceed on the first train possible for Salisbury, and that further instructions as to taking sta tion In Spencer would be f urnished to him later. A copy of the tele gram to Captain Caldwell follows: - "Assemble your command, with as full strength as possible and proceed to Salisbury on first train that you ran secure. Confer with railroad au thorities. Definite Instructions as to taking station in Spencer will be fur nished you : later Tentage and field range will be taken. Acknowledge by wire. " - -.'- ? - "Signed: 4 "GORDON SMITH, ' . r "Assistant Adjutant GeneraL" Immediately upon receipt of the tel- ; egram shortly before H cloek j 4hisL work of assembling his men. They had previously been notified to be ready to move at any time, and each . member was instructed to leave In formation at his home as to where he could be reached at any time of day or night. v: '' :; .- ' -v'-rx The eomplete roster of Company E contains three officers and 98 enlisted men. There were very few of these men left behind when - the company started for Salisbury, and some of those who remain behind will join their comrades In Spencer within the next day or io.'rU'x'" The reason for troops being called ta Spencer was not given In the Infor mation received by Captain Caldwell j this morning. EIGHT COMPANIES "' ENTRAIN FOR SPENCER Charlotte Company Left on a Special Train Today. , (By the Awwrtnle Pi. 1 ri.n,.w nif in. Eight comnnn- les of North Carolina National Guard nre entraining for Spencer this morn ing where it is reported serious out breaks are threatened. Cnpt. Melvin Caldwell, of .Hornet's Nest Company here, is marshalling troops to leave at once on a special train. '. Companies from Durham, Winston nhd Concord are also under orders , from Adjutant General Mc.tta to re port at Spencer at once, according to information from . officials of the '.. Honthern railway here. Eight Companies Ordered to Salisbury. Kaleigh, Aug. 19. Adjutant General 3. Van B. Motts announced this after noon the following companies of na tional guardsmen had been ordered to entrain Immediately -for Spencer; ' , rimriotte. Concord. Burlington,, and Mt. Ollwid Infantry; Durham Vrilne Gun Company; Llneomton and juck ory cavalry troops, and a medical de tachment from Graham. The infan trymen will be. In command of Col. . Don C. Scott, of Grnhnm, and cavalry men in-command of Major Wade Bowman. ' , EVERYTHING APPARENTLY Ql'IET AT SPENCER Nothing Out ef the Ordinary nad Iteen Reported np to Noon, f ' ' (Spcelal o The Tr""e-) ' Salisbury, Aug. 11). A message from Snoneer at 11 :3() this morning states that even-thing in that town Is abso lutely quiet The Bullsbnry Post has a reporter at Hiiencer, and ho reported ihnt nnthins out of the ordinary had occurred there during the entire morning. A telephone message to the tofflce of Sheriff Krider at 11:30 o'clock brought the information that he had not made a request for troops thU mornlnir. nor had be heard a word from the Governor or Adjutant Gener al's office todny. ." -- The world's lnrRest cotton waro- linuxe Is In New Orleans. It has a capacity of 8,000,000 bales annually. " nr verv 100.000 workmen employed In the United States, seven are killed, .e.nm In 1 iwlll.lt rill t BCI'tlleiltfL ' ' 1 K I ) J I! ........... - . ' snrun em l kr SOITHPORT TODAY On Aeroimt of Weather Conditions Is I ruble to Resume Its Fight., IH; lk ,rlt n-t Southport. X. C. Aug. 1ft. On ac count of unfavorable weather condi tions the seaplane Snnipaio ComHn Ixmiid from New York to Brsxll which arrived here yesterday from Mantra, was unable to continue . its flight southward thin 'morning. Ucnt.Ilin tou, pilot (if the craft, said he would leave Just as soon as weather condi tlons cleared, but on account of the storms along the const this morning It was doubtful whether the ship could get nwny lipfore this afternoon. Wilmington, Aug. IS. For three lmura this afternoon the big plane, which landed at tho Bruswick county port at 2 o'clock, was tied up with engine troubl. An attempt to resume the Journey was made at 4:56 o'clock, but after flying a short dis tance the machine . enoounttl a. severe gale and wits forced to put back to Southport, landing at 5:09. After a brief stop at Charleston the Satnpio Corveia will continue Its trip, with Nassau as the next ob Jeelive. The party, which"- constats rf five. Including Captain Hintson, spent Thursday night at Manteo, leaving there at 10:07 this morning. Heavy .head winds wers encountered all the way from Mahtcoto South port,, tho pilot reported. ' The engine trouble at Southport consisted of a broken wbeen in the mechanism, which has been replaced. The Snmpio Carrcia is one of the blgrpst seaplanes ever touching at Southport. and Is. oh one of the long est coast who flights ever attempted, excelling In some respects tho, trans Atlantic f ight made by Commander Reed several years ago., , w-ffi :vj The C. O. P. Campaign In Maine. ' M? Af JT m witn tne lii.u Minn M ctiviiicH in con nection with tne mpaiKn will begin In earnest next week and continue un til the day of votfng. Thouch the State Is normally Republican, ' the mannirers of that pnrt.vvre preparing for an intensive camps Igrr .with a view to scoring a victory that may be ex pected to have its effect upon- the vot ing in the country nt large two months inter. ' ' -Among the ItepuWlcnn lenders of national ; prominence who will be heord in the Stnte during the two weeks beginning next Monday will be Theodore Boosevelt, Assistant Secre tary of the Navy; Senator Medill Mc cormick of Illinois, f ormer Senator Beverldge of Indiana, Leslie M. Shaw, former Secretory of the Treas ury ; Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, and Secretary or i-aiwr jnvis. Fifteen Southern Railway Men Go on at Hayne. t Snartanbnrff. S. C, Aug. 18. Tbe Southern railway shop at Hflyne. opened up this morning with nboBt is men taking the place of the 41 out on strike . Drlglnolly 42 went on strike, lmt. one of thein returned to work, and the nlnees of 15 .have, been filled, ac cording to William Maxwell, superin tendent of the Spnrtnnhnrg division. Others will go to work tomorrow, k is stated. Work on the- repair tracks is nrosreesinac sastisfactorily Mr. Max' wcU stntes, and the situation Is very satisfactory. : , "Cj-clone Mack" Draws Record Crowds Daily. -Loncolnton. Aug. 18. Thousands are gathering dally at the big tent to at tend the revival sen-ices being con ducted here by "Cyclone Mnck" and the interest is growing rapidly.-' Num Iters sre. comlne In from Kings Moun tain, Shelby, Gastonia and other points to attend the services.. . j The colored folks are taking advant age of the seats, arranged for them, and inniivi "amen", come, from that. section, when the evangelist hits the high, spots during the sermon. . r Americanists to Meet in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. . Ana:. 19. Between fiOO and 000 persons will attend the twentieth session of the International Coneress of Americanists, wnicn is to have its. formal opening here tomor rows Among - the delegates win ne about a dozen from the United States and several from Canada. There will be deloeates from Europe as well as from nil over North and South Ameri ca, but the great majority will be from Brazil. The meeting, which win continue over a period of ten days, will be tne first the congress has held since 1015. - ,,.!--' ' 1 I .- - iii ; tj. Sixteen Yachts in Trial Races, New York. Aub. 10. A fleet of six teen American, six-meter yachts will com net e In the series of elimination tests to begin Monday ror tne purpose of dctennlnins the four that Will rep resent the United States in he Inter national races for the BrttiHn Amen- cun thin, to be sailed in neptemlter The trial events will be held on the international course oil Oyster- ny. European railroad experts say that the railroads of Germany are now bet- i. ,iini limn tbev were before the war, both as to quantity and qua!- ity of their rolling stock. , HEHBALKEDAFTER Refused to Leave Train at Spencer and Were Taken in Charge by Strikers and Taken to the Movies. THEY LEFT TODAY , FOR NEW YORK Sheriff Krider Had Not Re peated His Request for the ; Troops to Governor Morri son, He Said Today. : (Br tk AnrilUfd Pivm.) Salisbury, Aug. 1!). The 85 men brought to Hiencer laxt nlht for work in the Southern Railway shops, and who refusejl to- leave the train nt S)iencer, saying tbey bad been inform ed there was no strike, slgued an ap plication for work In which they were Informed they were to take the place of strikers, according to Southern Railway officials here today. , The men, after refusing to leave the train nt Spencer -were brought on to Salisbury, where they were taken lu charge by the strikers and- entertained in . the Moose Hall. . They left this morning on No. 30 at 2 o'clock, pre sumably en route to New York. Sheriff Krider in a telephone conver sation with Governor Morrison . Inst nlL'lit, informed the Governor that conditions here were virtually the same ns when he was In Salisbury Thursday. . The Governor had called on the telephone to instruct tho sheriff to meet nil trains On which workers were being sent to Spencer to work, and the railway officials were to no tify the sheriff when men were to be expected. -, ' -. ,.., Sheriff Krider has not repeated his rntiipHt- for ' trrwmR mid lmd ' henrd UitfW!: .from it G.rjprnof ireaard to send troops nere, acrorninjr xo n statement made by the sheriff at noon today. Sets a Trap for Boys But Is Caught Himself. ' Goldslioro, N. C, Aug. 18. Benjamin Traylor, of this city, today, while, nt- teinntlne to set an alleged high ex plosive death trap In his vineyard to catch some boys who bad been steal ing his grnpes, accidentally stepped on some of his triggers and set off the -barge,' nearly blowing off bis own hnnd. He was rushed to a local hos pital for treatment. -s .-' -f i It was reported aiiont town mat it wns a shotgun tnat air. rrnyior was setting, but he claimed himself that it was a charge of dynamite. Mr. Traylor is an elderly man, about 00 years of age, and has run a vineyard near this city for a num ber of years, and Is considered ex- itnble and nervous by some who have known him. - He - ued to be a shop foreman. : THE COTTjw MARKET. . Opened at a Decline of 4 Points to Ad- vanre oi is roims. ' (By the Ananolvtrd Pres.l New York. Aug. : 19. Yesterday's sharp reactions' were followed by re actions in the cofton market during today's early trading. The market opened at a decline of 4 points on October but generally unchanged to 18 points higher, and active positions showed gains of 25 to 30 points dur ing early trading vith December sell ing up from zi.tra to zi.sm. Cotton futures opened lirm; octoner 21.00; Hecemlier 21 AS J January 21.52; March 21.05; May 21.30. More Subscriptions to Storm Relief Fund. - The Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany 'announced today- tho following new suliscrlliers to tne nan storm ro tter fund! . ' ' ' Previously reported I107.R0 H. M. Enrnhardt 1.00 J. O. Moose J. A. CHne I -j. 1.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Mrs. R. A. Brown Jno. W. I'ropst W. Ii. Bell ., A. S. Webb . - Ii, Ii. Mauldin 1.00 Football Squad to Go on Camp. The Y. M. C. A. is offerlna: its camp site la Anson County to be used by the football squad for training rnis fall. Secretary McCnsklU is now re cruiting the squad to carry down next week for a two weeks' stay, au canr dtdates for the team are urged to register at the Y. at once if they de sire to attend the camp. The number will be limited to thirty in actumon o the coaching staff. '..': V ' Registration for the camp will close Ttiewlay night, and camp will begin Thursday morning. y . " At the Theatres. The Star Theatre todny is showing "Out of tho Storm," with LW) Maloney in the leading role; also a Compliell comedy, entitled "School-dny Love." "A Virgin's Bcnrlflce," a Vltagrnph feature with Corlnne Griffith as the. leading character. A Charles Chap- lain comedy entitled ,"A Dog's Life,,' Ms also on the program today. RAIL STRIKE SITUATION. (Br Ite AMiMH !) Peace la the railroad strike awaited artloo nest WediMndtgr at the ax-vtlng of the railway eswwivta and brutbrr bood mediators. . Ireitletit HsrdlMx't statement to Couirrma that be ws resolved to ue all the Hwer of the soveranient to niMlutsIn traDHiMirtatioo wus interpret ed by t'oncrcwioual leadeis to call for no Imuiedtnte ieKiiuMinn. Sauta l'e railway I'ttlluU and liroln- erhoojl leaders whethiled to confer at Neeillea, Culifornlii, and Winston. Arizona, in aa effort to clear up the trsiiNMrtutlou i-omreKtion, In the southwest. s Sattered reports .of violence con tlniie. , COAL STRIKE MTl ATIPy (By b An rtitri Prnu.1 The conference of anthaclte coal op erators and miners '-adjourned until! Monday without agreement. The Sena'io and House leaders at Washington preparing to begin work on legislation for controlling the coal Mituiition cs recommended by Presi dent Harding, and promised speedy action. - - - Illinois coal operators and miners continued the conferences with arbi tration the chief- Btuuibling block and indications of negotiations continuing several days. The federal geolocVal survey stati stics indicate no largely Increased coal output Immouiutely. v PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR COAL SITUATION Plans to Carry Out President Hard ing's Recommendations Being Con sidered. ' (By (be .imrMri Pr.) Washington, Ang.y 30. Plans for carrying out President Harding's rec ommendations to Consress yesterday concerning the con! situation legisla tion to control the present situation brought about .by .the-miners strike, and designed to forestall similar fu ture difficulties were underway to day. Both the Senate, and House re publican leaders promised speedy ac tion nnd they we f lid to have the support ' of most of the democratic lenders. Memliers of Jhe House Interstate- 4'omumre-4HBiattteo hiiit-Jiight :'were requested In telegrams sent-, by Uepresentiitive Mondeu, repniiltcnn floor lender, to return to wasnington at once. - The proposed legislation, it was in dicated, will : lie confined tor tne present to measures to set up an agen cy to purchase, sell ana mstriimte coni in interstate commerce, and for the creation of a commission to ascertain the facts in the con I industry. The aeency proposition which would he designed primarily to control prices, it was indicated, may require more time for consideration than the-fact finding commission ns some lenders were snld to onnose re-creation of any such Iwdy as the wartime coat nnmimmrauoii which they declared was not. a success TRIED TO KEEP 1V0MAX ' FROM 8M0K1XU OJf STKKET JTiitter Is Pnt up to Police Commls- sioner Enrlglit f New York. (By the A wioclnted Hrexn.) New York, Aug. 19. Women here were waiting with interest today for the decision of polite ' cornmisKioner Enrielit ' as to whether a policeman can stop a woman frorn snw.king a eienrstte on the streets. The question arose after policeman Kilton rapped the Knucmes or. -.wrs. May Siaden alter sue retusea xo om eni-d ft eii-arette . The woman was smokine while Btaniline with her hus hsnil nnd chatting with friends of Broadway. Most of the women in the nnrtv were, wearing knickerbockers. Rrtwnnl W Slndpn nrotesiea 10 lue police that he had given the cigarette to -his 'wife and there was no law nro hibitlmf her from .nicking where she pleased. - lOIVT CONPERKNTE FAILS TO At.KKK; aimiiukns Will Meet Again Monday to Take I'p Terms of 1'ofwinie cwniraci. Bt tk AuoHatnl PrM. Plilladelnhln. Aug. 10. Tho , joint conference of anthracite coal opera tors nnd union officials.",. adjourned nhont It o'clock until Monday affer- noon without an agreement, s A brief statement issued b.v James A. Oormnn, secretary of the conference, that tne terms of. a possible contract had been discussed, lint containing no- miormu tlon no try whnt nroeress toward set tlement -of the strike , in hard coal fields had been made. t. nRr.wr.RS nottfikd TUFT ' j , CAN MAKE "GOOD BEER" Mavor of Johitslwit, "Pa Soya He Is . Trying to Rid City or Bootleggers. 8y -the Aelt Press. :.Tohnstown. Pn., Aug. 10. Brewers nnd an loon keeners of Johnstown hnv len notified by Mayor Cauffleld that they can "manufacture nnd sell good heer" and if ther sell "poor beA" they will lie arrested.. ' The mnyor ald he took a step to see if he could not rid the citv of bootleggers who bare been selling poisonous liquor at fabulous nrlces. , ,.- -m ' , ,.' : i .. . . . . An edict forbidding the rending of nil Anntolo France's works by adher ents of the Catholic Church has hoen issued by the congregation of the Holy Office or Home. ; . California has the record ; ratio of 4.01 persons per motor vehicle. VIOLENCE KEEPS THE Outbursts Occurred at tered Points From Atlantic Thrown. ILLINOIS CENTRAL 5 TRACKS TORN UP Dynamite Used in the Yards of Santa Fe at Albuquerque C. III. Bridge in Virginia Rocked by Blast. (Br the AanwlatMl Pma. Cblcsgo, Aug. 10. With railroad pence apimrently bunging in the 1ml nnce nntil next Wednesday when the sMikesmen for the rollrmids and the striking shopmen are due to meet ugnin, dynamite and violence kept the strike from lagging. t luthnrsts (s-t-nrreil nt wattered points from the Atlnntlc to the Pacific. Bomlis were thrown luto the Atchison, Tois-kn & Bantn Fe yards at Albu qnerqne, New Mexico, and a heavy iilitst rocked the trestle of n Chesa peake A Ohio railroad brigde near Huntington, W. Va., early today. Ac cording to early rejiorts neither ex plosion en used much damage. Dynnmite tore up the tracks of the Illinois Central at I'adncnh, Ky., just head of a coal train. Two passenger trnlns nnd n freight had passed a short time liefore, and the explosion burst liehind a bridge crew. The on- 'omlng coal train was flagged in time to prevent a wreck. , v WASHIXGT0N HEARS OF MASSACRE AT SPEXCER Persistent Bnmor in Capital Says JJortli Carolina Papers . Have Sup- " WdsTiingW: 'lixStr ' i8.53T". v'erf damaging etory to x the -effect that early this -week there was a massacre at Spencer worse that the one at Herrin, Illinois, some weeks ago, has been in circulation here several days. bus traveled all through official circles. A member of ,U'0- cabinet to day said he had heard the story. The worst part of tho report is that the North Carolina papers, had refused to print the facts. The story seems absurd on Its face, but it has gained good headway. A Southern railway conductor is said to have affirmed it here. The rumor first came to press, associations and then to individuals. The department of Justice- i looking nto ft, but. had no report from its gents of any such slaughter. Upon receipt of the foregoing dis patch, The Observer wired lis Wash ington correspondent the ' following message: ; . .... 'Spencer massacre story is huge Joke. Two newspaper men from here have spent a day there nnd wa have been in close touch with the situation bv telephone nnd otherwise and abso lutely have suppressed nothing. More over, everything of general importance developed there has goie on the Asso ciated Press wire. . If massacre occurred, it was com pletely concenled from newspapers and authorities. Certainly disorders have occurred, lmt nobody killed. "CHARLOTTE OBSEKVKK, .1. A. Fnrhnra, Managing Editor." , ... . . .X- ! H I HEAVY. FIRING ALL . LAST NIGHT IN DUBLIN Between National Army Forces , and ... n i.ll. 1M.lnM . Dublin, Aug. 1S (By the Associated Press). -There wa;. heavy firing an last night throughout the city of Dub lin between National Army forces and republican Irregulars. . Free. State troops on pntrol duty were nreti at ny snipers and machine gunners woh at tacked national army posts in various pnrts of the city.' Finns of the irreg ulars, however, were, frustrated by vig ilance of the nntionnl troops, it was stated today. . . ; -k Establish at Ashevllle Church Without ... ; .a Creed. .. '?"., Ashevllle, Ang. v 18. -Rev. Arthur Tolmadae Aliernetliy -: will launch a Dlan for a community church in Ashe- vllle Simdny afternoon nt a meeting he has called this in keeping with his announced intention when he came to locate In Ashevllle about a year ago. In launching the movement for a com munity church in this city he will first conduct a Sunday morning, afternoon nnd eve,nlng service in, the, theater. The night service will be av Bible talk. 11lnst.ro ted with moving pictures, in his announcement he states he will at tempt to bring about.a better com in un Ity spirit, bSr these meetings and eventually the construction of a com munity church shall recognize no creeds. ."' '' - ' '... v - - With Our Advertisers. The Cltlxcns Bank nnd Trust Com' pnny will help you to gave, Head the new ad. today. - . 1 Now Is the time to put in your autumn furniture. See the new ad; of II. B. Wilkinson In this issue. The Concord and Kannnoolla Gas Co. has a gas-coal rnngo to meet ev- ery demand of housewives. , J KIWAMANS ENDORSE KOITHLKN-S POSITION iRfMlutlesM liianinwnly Adapted !' To Meet at Mount Pleasant m Next Thursday. - The Kiwanl Club of Concord, at' Its riruuir meetinc Frbiur ereoinc at ! the Y. M. C. A traosHcted a number j of boMlneM matters relating to the con-i ' dis-t of the Club, endorsed the action Scat-i! i't sbopmens strike, and. ta Mount I'leiimiiit on Tbumbiy eve ning at (i:.KI o'clis-k at the ramp be ing conducted by County I temonst ra tion Ageut (iocslman, ami Home Item onstration Agent. Miss Cathleen Wil son. . . The meeting on next Thursday eve ning will lie a picnic afTulr. All Kl r. until ns and their wives are lnvltetl tor attend, and to bring picnic lunches with theiu. The Kiwaniuns and also the Itotarlans will be esected to at tend, and to take charge of thirty min utes of the program, putting on stfintsX etc. . The action of the Club In endorsing the stnnd of the Southern Hallway of llcials, was taken following the read ing of a circuhir letter from Presi dent Fairfax Harrison,' outlining the strike development step by step. The text of the resolution follows: . Whereas," It Is the opinion of the;th(, honor of North Cnrolinn may lie memlHTS if the Kiwanis Club of Con- lira.,ii nre nninnir the. kim cord. North Carolina, that the South- j em Ibiilwny officials have dealt ly and frankly with their striking rail-1 way shopmen, and, Whereas, the Public has lieen great- tIie hopmen in the shoiw of the South ly inconvenienced by an unnecessary ern itiiiiivav there continuation of the shopmen's strike, Now, therefore, Is? it resolved by the Kiwanis Club of Concord, North Car olina: - First, that it eudorse the action of President Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern ltailway Comimny, In his efforts to end the strike by dealing di rectly with its employes, ' - - Second, That we pledge him our co operation nnd. moral support In the stund he has taken, as outlined in bis circular letter dated August 14th, 1922, An important change in .the method of conducting the meetings of. the club was adopted at the meeting Fri day evening. A motion was made and passed that the club be -divided inte is to tase charge of the programs of n inbii Jt nt tlta npntminia srt the various meetings in rotation. Team No. 1 will have charge of tbe program on the evening, of September 1st; team No. 2 on September 8th; team No. 3 on September 15th, nnd so on. The motion provided for the np pobitment by the president of twelve captains for the teams, ana President Palmer named the following captains. The niiines of the members of each team apjienrs below, following that of their captains : " Team No. 1 J. B. Sherrlll, captain; Chns. T. Barrier, Harold D. Black, W. Baxter Brnton, Sidney E. 'Buchanan. Team No. 2 Jacob O. Moose, cap tain; Kenneth E. Caldwell, M. Harry Caldwell, .lr.; Jay h. Cannon, A, Campbell CHne. ' Team No. 3 J. Lee Crowell, Jr., captain; Bobt. C. Corzine, I. I. Davis, Jr., Julius Fisher. L. Archey Fisher. Team No. 4 Brevard E. Harris, captain; Win. A. Foil, Joe Gnskel, E. Boyd Grndy, II. Clifford Habn. Team No. i Gilbert H. Hendrlx, captain; Joe W. Hendrix, Dr. II. C. Herring.' J. A. Kennett, I'nris Kldd. Team No. fr I red ii. Sheplierd, cap tain; Dr. R. M. King, Mark M. Lin ker. Will M. Linker, Dr. MncFadyen. Team No. 7 J. Harvey Dorton, cap tain; M. Luther Marsh, Chas. A. Meis, Alliert B. Palmer, John S. Palmer. . Team No. 8 Tracy Neil spencer. cnotnin : Chas. E. Tnrks, John G. Parks, C. Hoke Pexk, Ernest E. Peele. Team No. tt Dr. ltols?rt 'lsner, cap tain; Dr. W. D. Pemlierton, Joe W. Pike, Ernest Porter, M. Kupley Pounds. ' Team No. 11 Robert P. Benson, captain; Clyde L. Projist,' It. E. Rld- enhour, sr., . rar. mu-ine, j. ju.i ton Kolsrtson. ' Team No, 11 Dr. Joe Hartsell, cap- taln ; J. A. Sbnuers, Chas. S. Smart, Caleb W. Swink. ' Team No. 12 Clarence H. Barrier, captain; Dr. Win. II. Wadsworth, William B. Word, A. Clayton one. A letter from Dr. J. C. llowan, the newly elected pastor of the First Pres- terlan Church of this city, who is now located at Columbus, Mississippi, nnd Is secretary of the Kiwanis Club of that city, was read to tne cinn. wr. ltowHn in responding to a letter from Secretary Cnraptiell Cllne, or tne local club, extending on lnvttnuon to irr. Howan, to enter into tne activities or the Concord Kiwanis Club, declared that "It Is always my desire and pleas ure to enter to the best or my oiinity Into the building spirit of the city in which I live." It is understood mat Dr. nowan is expected to arrive in Concord about Septemlier 1st to enter his new Held. ? ; " - ' The attendance prise, given hy M. T.nther Marsh, wns drawn by M. II Caldwell, Jr. .;'. It wns presented by President Alliert Palmer, Shop.WorVcrs Beaten on Street In v- Aiagnsia. Aneusta.: Go- Aug: 18. Frank Hall, of Vidalla. Caw H. W. Cawley, of Harlem, Ga., and J. T. Glass, em ployed at tb Georgia railroad shops here,- were tonight attacked m,Broad street bv a crowd of unknown men and severely beaten. Hull Is the more serlnuslv hurt of the three. He re ceived severe wounds about the head. The injured men were carried to the University hospital. The wbundd men were unable to identify any of their awalianis, T He Is Afraid a Tragedy May Take Place at Spencer in Spite of Advice of the Cooler Heads. SAYS SITUATION IS STILL TENSE Vice President Miller Said That the Southern Railway Could Not Operate Trains Without Protection. i (Br the Ahm-IiM Preaa.) Raleigh, Aug. 10. Hetbtrlng that the situation Is still tense, snd that be lmd "liecome nervous nnd afraid that a tragedy may take place at Spencer In suite of the Cfknler IimwIii nrul that Myea ,r Governor Morrison in a state- fair-imPt tbia afternoon for. ordering the tTiH,lm w.tnUn immediately (for ,lut in ..onnton with the strike nf The Governor's statement follows: ' "I ordered troops to Spencer this morning about S o'clock. I do not mean by this action that I think Mr. Ellis nnd the leaders of organised la bor there did not exert themselves to uphold the low there yesterday, but the situation is tense there. ' -. "Tragedies nre bnpiienlng all about. Lnst night a man was beaten in the city of Itnleigh nnd his pietous cries for help were heard in nearby homes. An outrage was committed in Rocky Mount. -. ' ' " ' -.-,-.-H,..t-, . -.):v.. "Mr. Miller, Vice president of the Southern Ilnilway, lust night urged me to elv them protection nt Snen- IVeOftnd said thoy could not undertake; . - . . ........ r teitioti.". He detnited to me an im-l- dent there which I investigated and did not find the strikers' censurable for -It, to the extent the railroad author ities thought they were, but I have -: lieconie nervous nnd afraid a tragedy may take place in Spencer in spite of the cooler heads, and that the honor : of North Carolina may lie degraded. . "I have ordered tropps there, and they go under the same Instructions 1 that they went to Itocky Mount and Concord a year ago. They are in structed to uphold the lnw as I under stand it, and respect every right of the striking laborers, protect . life ami . property, and keep the peace. . "I do not think-, it Just in me to leave upon the heroic shoulders of the Sheriff of Rowan Comity the respon sibility of upholding the low there. ; The troops are sent there simply to up- 1 hold the low. They will be under the ., command of upright nnd honorable of ficers, and will no do Injustice, I am , sure, to any man's rights.' r ' "I ask for the sympathy and sup- ' . port of all tho people of North Caro lina Who respect the law and want to-.' see order and argument prevail in the State. It is in my honest judg--ment, unwise to Visk further the honor and .good name of North Carolina at Spencer , nnd Salisbury in the tense ' . situation there without having the law represented with adequate forces to c uphold It." : Kannanolis Beat Ranlo. ' Knnnnpnlis, Aug.. 18. Kannapolls took Kanlo into camp today, in a close and exciting game of ball at the new Cannon park. ' Both teams went score- . less uhtti the sixth, when a series of errors, combined with a hit by Glass, , allowed the locals to cross the plate , four times. - And saecesstve hits by Williams, , Glass and . Misenhelmer, ' brought in the last score for Rnnnnpo lis in the eighth. ' ; V The visitors were, held scoreless un- . til' the eighth when an error and a.. base on balls together with a hit by . Lowe gave them tb'eir first run. In the ninth ; two of- the visitors drew passes on bolls, and hits by Good son and Lnty, sent in three roup. but the locals tightened up and the needed' run Was not forthcoming. Glass for the locals hit safely three times out of four visits' to the: plate.- Ranlo- 000 000 01114 5 fl Kannapolls , 000 004 01O5 0 3 v Jordon and Clemmert Hastings and Williams. . , - i Forest Hill Methodist. Rnndoy' school :50 a. m;, ; A. G. Odell superintendent : 1 - ' : Prenching at 11 a. nt. by Rev. Zebw- Ion Teeter. Epworth League Tp.m. -' Preaching 8 p. m. by Kev. T. F. Marr, D. D. Prayer meeting -Wednesday night conducted by Fred W.. Dry. j , ,. Yslets, Texas, is oldest town in tbe United States, -according to tradition. It-Is believed the . town was founded j in 1.T40, by Don Francisco Vasques Corondo, a Spanish explorer. This would make it 25 years older than- St. Augustine, Florida, tbe oldest town of authentic record. - The first electric railway in the world to be ojierated completely un derground was ojiened in the city of Budapest in 1800. 1 .