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VOLUME XXII.
CONCORD, N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1922.
NO. 174.
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BIGK1SSEH BUILDIHB
IN W1J1ST0H BLOWH UP
One of the Largest Build-!
' injjs in Winston-Salem Is
" Totally Destroyed by an
Explosion.
LOSS ESTIMATED -
TO BE $300,000
William E. Chatman, 18-Year-Old
Boy, Employed in a
Harness Company Makes
, Confession.
(By k Aeeae4ate4 hMkl
Wlnston-Raletu, Ang. 2. The NIs
sen building oivupled ly .he;W. W.
r'nioak Haruew 'o.. and the Crawford
Mill Snpply Company was totally de
stroyed. Hrui the Lllierty Cafe, the
Neward Shoe Store, the a D. Kenne
dy Co., Slid the general store of Tech
ninn Bros., were Iwdly damaged by Ore
early todny. The limit Is estimat
ed Rt $.100.000.,
The portion of the NIssen building
occupied by the ha mess company was
Mown up liy gasoline, It Is alleged by
Wnr. K. .Chatmnn, an 18-year-old laiy,
who was raptured by offli-era as- he
was leaving the' building a ow sec
onds after the explosion which shook
the entire downtown district nf the
t-lty. Whiie handcuffs were belnR plac
ed on Chtitiiiun, the young tnan con
fessed, according to the arresting offi
cers, that be bad blown up the build
ing. Ai-cordlng to his statement, as
given out by the otfli-ers, Chntman did
it on-account of a grievance, which he
claimed he had Buffered nt the hands
of W. W. Smonk, owner of the harness
business.
'.- -.The boy explained,. the officers anld,
that he saturated the entire upper part
of the building with gasoline, and had
Intended to place, a fuse In' a 5-gnllon
tan tilled with gasoline, and make his
escaiie before the explosion went off;
that ii lighting the fuse, however, the
gasoline on the can became Ignited
hud blew up the building before he
could get away. In his confession the
yonng man stated that he bad no con
federates."' . FORD PLANTS TO CLOSE .
For Lark of CoaL-WIII AITee
Worker. 1 . '. J. .
I By Ike Aaoartatr Pi.. . '
Petrolt. Mich., Aug. 2. The Ford
Motor Company plants nt Highland
Park, Dearborn and River Rouge will
close, down oh September 10 on ac
count of lack of coal, it was announced
bv Henry Ford today, f Suspension
will affect upward of fiO.000 workers
in the three plants, and imUreetly sov
ernl hundred thousand othprs through
out the country.
"Assembly plants of the Ford Com
pany throughout the country also will
be closed, it was stated, bringing the
nnmlier of Foril employees affected by
the suspension, to approximately 85,0(10.
Others affected are employees of con
cerns dependent upon the Ford plnnt.
. INCREASE OF WAGES. ASKED ;
For 400.000 Maintenance of Way Em
ployes From S3 Cents to 48 Centa
I'er Hour.
l By the Assoelated PreaM
C'blcaBO. " Aug. 20. An increase In
the minimum wage for the 400,000
maintenance of way employes from
the present rate of 23 cents hn hour
to 48 cents nn hour will be asked Mon
day before the United States Knllrond
IlMr Board, E. F. rahle, president
of the organization, aiinouncwi . toany,
The scale, of malantenance of way men
ramies from .23 cents to 35 cents : an
hour. -
' WAGES TO BE INCREASED
In Alabama Coal Fields Twenty Per
Cent , September First.
'. - (By the Aaaorlated Prcaa.) : .
Plrminghnm, Ala. Aug. 20,--Wages
of ; coal miners In the Alabama field
i will be Increased 20 per cent.'Bei
- teuiber 1st, according to announcement
here today following a r meeting at
which practically every mine owner
. In the state was said to hare been rep
resented Twenty-six thousand men
will Iw affected, it was stated, v . :
PRICE KIHTAKER.
Editor of Rutherfordton Sun to Wed
1 September Sixth,
: ' The following attractive invitations
,liave lieen issued : ' ' " ' T '
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Llnard
Whltaker
request the honor of. your presence
at the marriage of their daughter ,
Ullio Dell ...
'!.:' if- io "
k ' ' Mr: Roland Ernest Price .
". on Wednesday, the sixth of, Septhmber
at half after eight o'clock In the
-. . . morning - ,
First baptist Church . V
'Chapel Hill, North Carolina. V 1
'V Will le at home after the first of
f. October, llutherfordton, N. C-
Harris, Who Was Beaten Up By Strik
ers, rears tor uie.
Asheville. Ang. 25. Stating that he'
lielleveil his safety was In Jeopardy, I ment tnat thP(r ahonlders are not of
Sam Harris, youthful employe of the tne belght will come' as a snr-
; Southern shops In this city, who was : prls8( Dllt tailors know that almost ln
lieaten up by several men on August I ynrinhly the left shoulder Is higher
' n, as a result or wnicn enree strmmg
, emiiioves of the road were given 30
iinv sentences in loll and from whlchl
- . I 1 nvu.nl II . ,1 lit I I'll
el himself into the custoily of the sher-
... x, ,i, ,,.1. f,mnnni - .iiniil
Sheriff Lyerly placed the young man
in tbe custody of the Jailer. , i,
MRS. HOOD DEAN OF
HUNT AMOLNA SEMINARY
mil AIm f Mxk-rt (Ium la Hlttery.
Lnf.1. Ulmtort, Kfcrtarte a-si
Mr. IJrnir Hood, of CfcarWm.
will Irare her boai Nertfetaber 4th to
take charge of the lit. Aaiueoa Feovsle
einlnry. at Mt. fWaant. having
beea eletied liy ihe Iwanl of dlrwtor
a Vb of that rutlece. Mr. Hood
will aim rtmdurt the rtaspea In history,
f.nglbih literature, rhetoric and
t'reoch. '
Mrs. Hood baa been eneiged la
teaching and other edntluoal work
the greater part of tier life. Hue la a
daughter nf the late Kev. O. D. Bern
helm, of tbla ritv, tine of the founder
of St...Urk' Lntberan Chnrch here.
Mrs. Hood waa couneded with The
Mill. News, serving a active editor
for Mine lime. Hbe ba auto written a
nuiulier of short Ktorle and articles
for luagadnea. Her father was one
of the founder of the Mont Amoena
school.
ACTION ON THK COAL
atk ri r n www m
RWLxl In lno.t.tm rm.
mem. Committee TaUar, and Got
Over L'ntil Monday.
( ke Aptwl PrcM.1 .
Washington, Ang. 20. Action on the
administration bill designed to prevent
profiteering in coal through the exten
sion of the iKiwers of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and the crea
tion of a Federal fuel distributing ag
ency was blocked toilay In the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee, and
the subject went over until next Mon
day. . v -v . ' " '
. Chairman Cummins, of the commit
tee, who bad produced the measure,
declined to disenss the situation in the
committee, but Senattir Pomerene,
democrat, of Ohio, declared that sev
eral niemliers were Insistent on hav
ing bearings, and that he waa confi
dent that both the mine owners and
the workers would lie given an oppor
tunity to express their views on . the
proposal before there was final act' n.
ARGUMENTS BEGIN - C
IN MURDER TRIAL
Seventeen Year Old Youth Charged
With Killing Albert Ueshara.
(By the Auortate Prcas.)
1 Goidsboro, Aug. 20. Arguments in
the. trial of Howard Hrown, 17-yenr-old
youth, charged with the niuredr of
Albert lleshara Inst April, were eoiu
pletetd in Wayne County Superior
Court 'this morning and Judge Oliver
II. Allen. iretiding delivered his charge
and gave the case to the Jury 'at 1
p. m.' The jurors were taken out for
dinner, and will begin deliberation at
2 o'clock this afternoon..
out on the trial, found the man In his
mothers house and chased him ft
block before firing the shot. The
court room has been crowded to ca
pacity since, the trial liegnu the first
of this week.
PAPER HANGER KILLS HIMSELF
By ' Laying Down on Railroad and
Having tils Head severed from his
: Body. . -
l By the Associated Preaa.
' Savannah, Gn., Aug.: 20. George L.
Jesse, a pnixr hanger, committed sui
cide toilay In a most unusual manner,
A switch - engine of the Central ,of
Georgia Railroad stopped at a water
tank in the Savannah yawls to take
water. Shortly after the engine stop
ped, Jesse, according to a story of the
engine crew, lay down and placing his
head on the track between the wheels
ot the engine tender, permitted the
tender to run over him, cutting oft his
head. , -MINE
EXPLODES
UNDER MOTOR LORRY
Loaded With Irish National Troops,
. and One Is Killed.
London, Aug. 20 (By the Assoclafe
Press). A mine was exploded under
a motor lorry loaded with Irish Na
tional ?,troops at Bushttcjd, ; hurling
ll.nm AAnulilnvftKIn ' fllnlnnfta auvinlln.
k.' n .1 ...... i -.1. wunlnful f .1.1 11 IT tfIIYI O 11
III a linMtiu inTiim iwm; i,u
Kxclmnge Telegraph'.' correspondent,
Irregulars then opened fire, and one
national was killed. National rein
f orceraents were rushed to the scene.
1,628,970 Pounds of Tohsteo at Wilson
Sell For 1413,6318. ,
Wilson, Aug. 25. The official Jo
bacco sales on this market np to date,
furnished by H. B. Johnson, supervis
or of sales,; show for the first week
O.T8,304 pounds, which sold for $219,
021.03, an average of $22.85 per hun
dred pounds. For the second week,
up to the closing of sales on Thursday,
1,082,070 pounds, sold for $413,031.28,
an average of $24.57 per hundred, an
Increase of $1.72 per hundred pounds.
Total sales to date 2,041,274 pounds,
which brought $032,002.37.
Former Emperor William to Marry
Woman of Royal Rank.
' London,' Aug. 25. Former Emperor
111.. H 1..., ...tl- n.l .n tUn .( .1 ..... A
In llliuiu in maiviucu iu I hit niinm ui
a Germnn aristocrat, according ts a
report received by ', the' Times. The
woman is said to be almost of royal
rank and the mother, of three children. I
She .and', the children recently visited
the former emperor at Doom, Holland.
It Is said -the marriage will take place
during the coming winter. " ' ,' -
The report adds that this is not the
woman to whom the one-time emperor
was reported some time ago to be. be
trothed.,. '.' '
;-. the mnlorltv of neonle the state-
, tne -ht, ,, , ...
. . "
, The heaviest man of whom there Is
1 n n.l.tll.nfl., KkVlwl U-O . T til 1 1 111 Tjim.l
bert, who died in Ixindon in the early
- i..i i.o loot rvnntiirir T.aniier I.
said to have tipped the beam at 730
pounds.
to ei;d railroad
. AHD COAL STRlKEjBLOW UPBR1DJ
Government Will TAke Orer
the Railroads and the Coal
Mines in the Event It Be
comes Necessary.
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AWAIT FURTHER
--. DEVELOPMENTS
Another Meeting Between
Both Parties to the Dispute
Wffl Likely Be Held Dur
ihjj Next Week.
ITashingtoti, Aug. 20. The Federal
aumuusirai on was preimring to ur ng
nuiui.riir nmi aun ruiirimn Bin?
Ritiwtiotis to an early culmination to
day, with Federal operation of the
anthracite wines ami some of the rail-.
roads nnder consideration should that
become necessary to protect the pnli
llc welfare. Another White House
conference lo consider this course
was in prospect today. ,
Further developments In both the
coul and rail situations were awaited
by the administration before proceed
ing further in its policy of Federal
operation, as discussed at, a confer
ence last night lietween President
Harding, Chairman Cummins, of the
Interstate Commerce Committee, and
Attorney General Pangherty. '
Administration overtures In the an
thracite situation were bejlered toilay
ta have assured another meeting lie
tween the two parties to the dispute
next week,, and hopes that a final ad
justment would be reached then were
based on a ertaln proposal it was. in
dicated would be presented to the con
ference. The question of bituminous
production, now gradually getting back
to normal, 'entered. Into the conference
discussion only from the standpoint of
transportation, and it was the view
of officials that the ability of the roads
to move coal may prove the determin
ing fnctor as to the necessity for Fed
eral operation of the carriers.
It was obvious from the statements
of members that the measure will not
have an easy course through the com
mittee, '.several senators suggesting
that any alterations of the Interstate
Commerce Act, , was of such import-
CUIUm
mittee meeting advocates of the meas
ure denied that It could lie considered
as prlce-llxlng legislation, while oth
ers declnred the delegation of such
broad powers was filled with- the dan
ger of developing real price fixing.
FRENCH BOAT CAPSIZES I
And Fifteen Members of Crew Are
i Missing.
Brest, France, Ang. 20 (By the As
socinted Press) . The French dread
nought France has ; capsized and Is
sinking In ten fathoms of water . In
Quilieron Bay, after striking a rock,
The number of casualties is unkonwn.
Paris, Aug. 20 (By the Associated
Press). Fifteen members of the crew
of the dreadnought France are miss
ing, and it is feared the vessel will
be a total loss as-a result of striking a
rock and capsizing todny,
Meetings of Cotton Growers.
Following is the schedule of mass
meetings of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers' Co-operative, - Association to
lie held In Cabarrus county:
l. Township 'No. 4 Bethpnge school-
house, August 20, 8 p. m.. ' !"
Township No. 10 Howell's school,
August 30, 8 p. m. ; t , , '
Township No. 5 Shlnn schoolhouse,
August SI 8 p. m. - .
Township No. 0 Georgevllle school
house, September 1 8 p. m.
TOwnshlp Na 0 Rimer schoolhouse,
Septemlier 2 10 a. m,
Good speakers will lie present at
these various places on the above
dates to discuss co-operative market-
lne. ' The present members of the As
sociation in eaelt township will please
take note of this and advertise It in
your locality. See that every cotton
grower in your township is present
when the occasion arrives. Boost your
Association, and help us sign up your
community one hundred- per cant.
- THOMAS U WAHRBN, .
, Field Service Department,-,
N. C. Cotton Growers Co-operative
... . ; ? . . -Association.
Modern Clrl, the Flapper, Denoanred
- -' By Bishop Denny.
, North Wllkesboro, . Aug. fiS. Using
as a text, "Whereupon, Oh, King
Agrlppa, I Have Not Been Disobedient
Unto the Heavenly :VWon," words
sooken hv Paul. Bishop Collins Denny,
of Itlchmond. .Va.. delivered a master
ful sermon last night from the. pulpit
nf the Wllkeslioro Methodist rnurcn
and thus brought to n close his Itiner
acy of the North Wllkeslioro district,
; B shoo Denny was heard ny a con
gregatlon which Oiled the large, chnrch
to capacity. - He spoke for more than
an hour, and counselled his hearers
to have hlsb Ideals,, for the individual
is governed by the ideal and by the
vision he entertains. ' TO noteu
church mart condemned the',,' modern
girl, .or the "flapper," for wearing
dothevwhlch Show too well the per -
Accompanying Bishop Denny here
as Rev. J. W. Wllllsms, presiding
........... ' s .
elder of the district,
who has lieen
with the bishop on his Itinerary,
Mr. John Benfleld has under' con-
' .im.4i.in An nun hmiBA nn a -mteinv
street, which he will occupy in about
. three weeks. ... . . - . ... ' .
AftOTHER ATTEMPT TO
RIDGE FAILS GETTING IHFORHATION
Charge of Dynamite pound
on Bridge of Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Last Night
Near Jacksonville.
SOUTH OF THE
CITY LIMITS
Windows in Douses Were
Shattered by the Concus
sion But the Bridge Was
Not Damaged.
Br Amtate4 Preen.)
Jacksonville, Fla.j Ang. 20. Inves-
ligation ot the explosion of a rharge
of dynamite on the bridge of the At
lantic Coast Une Kiiihvay over , a
creek just south of the city limits last
night a few minutes before the l'nlmet-
to Limited from New York to Tamiw
crossed. It developed today that al
though the windows-in houses over a
large area were shattered by the con
cussion, the bridge was not damaged.
The dynamiters apiMireutly were
amateurs, according to the authorities,
for the explosive was placed on a pll
lug cap and when, it exploded it only
splintered the piling.'
MR. JIMISON UNABLE
TO ADDRESS STRIKERS
He Tells Rorky. Mount Shopmen He
Must Remain Home and Hold Fun
eral of Mr, Burton,
Rocky Mount, Aug; 2". Rer. Tom
, Jimison, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church of Spencer, and ack
nowlcdcged moral lender of the strik
ing shopmen at that' point, will not
be able to4 address. a Juiass meeting of
the local shopmen Sunday afternoon
as scheduled, accordlrig to a telegram
received this afternoon by local union
officials from the Spencer minister.
who stated that he hail found it. neces
sary to remain at home to conduct the
funeral of W. ,H.. BUrton, prominent
Silencer citizen, who died suddenly
yesterday. . -
Following the receipt of the mes
sage, union chiefs announced that the
mass inee.ttg would be held at -Urns-'
well park Sunday afternoon as sched
uled and that other 'Siieakers will lie
provided. " " ' An effort will lie made to
bring" RevrMr. " Jlmrsmilicre fo" ad
dress, a mass meeting one night early
next week. , '
Sale Held at tinwood, N. C, August
i , 17, 1S2S. .
Report of sale held under auspices
of North Carolina Guernsey Associa
tion, Wnwpod, N. C, August 17,-1922:
Calmrrns heifer, owned by 11. 1).
Gooilmnn, sold for $205.00.
Four bulls sold for $302.50, an aver
age of $75.02.
Thirteen females sold for SL'.lKEi.liO,
an average of $201.73.
Fourteen grades sold for $l,41o.00,
an average of $101.07.
Total nmount received for, purelireils
$2.025.(X). f- y . . ':-.
Total amount received lor grades
$1,415.00. . . -
Grand total $4.340.(K.
Following expenses were incidental
to the sale: - - ,
Advertising $80.00.
Printing and Catalog $118.00.
Stenographic work $10.00.
Auctioneer $00.00.
Banners $4.00.
Stamps $0.00. .
Telephone messages ' and telegrams
$12.40. .
Expenses of F. II. and J. U ueaii,
$25.50. -
Sales Managers commission (5 per
cent.) $217.00.
Total exiiendltnres $iHZ.ou.
This figures 12 1-2 tier cent, of the
total amount received for cattle.
: . : , : Yours truly,
J' . v 'j . T. I). BROWN, '
Secretary' and Sales Manager.
Sweden to Vo'ie on Liquor.
Stockholm, Ang. 20. The liveliest in
terest is being displayed throughout
Sweden In the special election to be
held tomorrow to decide, the question
of the erohlhltlon of intoxicating liquor.
Both the "wet" and tne "iirys" nave
waged an active -campaign that has
been carried to every nook and corner
of the kingdom;.",--.For weeks the news
papers have lieen devoting columns of
space to a discussion of the problem.
with the result that public Interest in
the election has lieen raised, to a high
pitch. . .. .,.-.-:-...'.- . " -.v"-:- :- ;'-
The movement fo reitnunattng tne
Hquo traffic in Sweden has been gain
ing momentum rapidly in recent years,
with the consumption being steadily
decreased through a campaign of edu
cation on the effects of alcohol. - Ac
tion of the United States in outlaw
lng liquor was a great boon to the
prohibition movement in Sweden.
Miss Mary Landon Baker Has Derided
' ' to wed Mr. nieuHiuarx. ,
London, Aug. 25. Miss Mary Landon
linker has again decided to marry Al
lister -McCormack. i The wedding. Is
expected to take place In London with
in the next few days.; '
Miss Baker Is staying with friends
nnn n f J. I T a all f nl Hntlnnfl. rmm wnere
,,,, A Mephont) message today she
;staiea tnnt sne nnnuy uau w
; mBrry Mr. McCormack but declined
lglve tormatltm as to the ceremi
to
ceremony
T . ' .
Mr. W. C. Llsk, who will take
charge of tbe business of the Gulf Re-
flnliic Comnsnv. here, will move his
family into the. house recently vacated
by Mr. IJoyd Potts on Academy stit.
DlSTRiCTATTORHEY
In Spencer for the Purpose
of Tabulating Every Act of
Violence and Make Report
to Attroney General. ,
THOSE GUILTY WILL
BE PROSECUTED
Everything Quiet in Spencer,
Due to Presence of Troops.
Commends Gov. Morri
son for Sending Troops.
(By the A r toted Praaa.
Salisbury, Ang. 2l Declaring that
he was In this city to tabulate every
act of violence committed In rounec-
tiou with the railroad strike and re
Nirt bis findingH to Attorney General
Daugherty at Washington, Frank A.
Uniiey, I'. ft. District Attorney, with
heiiiliiuurters In Charlotte, Sient the
day in the city making a personal In
vestigation of local conditions.
"Tlnme guilty of Violating the Feder
al law will lie prosecuted," Sir. I.lit-
ney stated.
Mr. IJnney said he found everything
lierfectly quiet at Salisbury and Siien-
r, due to the presence of troops. He
commended the action of Governor
Morrison in sending troops to Salis
bury a lid Siencer. Mr. IJnney after
visiting the shops at Spencer, said that
some of the highest officials of the
Southern System from Washington,
had donned overalls and were working
night and day to keep the trains mov
ing. TODAY'S EVENTS
Saturday, August 26, 1922.
Centenary of 'the blrt hof James W.
King, the V. S. naval engineer who
invented the condenser for distilling
sea-water for drinking purposes.
The most Rev. James J. Kenne, heart
of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of
Dubuque, celebrates his sixty-fifth
birthday anniversary toilay.
Toilay has' been fixed as the date, for
the reconvening of the Dall Eireann.
or Irish Parliament.
The annual Cnndanla National Ex
hibition will be formally opened nt
Toronto toilay with ceremonies in
which many dignitaries will take part.
ft. Wolrt War-'' vetersaSt w4MNfeuglt
with the Thirty-Second (Red? Arrow)
Division will assemble at Madison.
JWis., todny for their third annual re
innion
turn. .
The biennial session of the. Friends'
general conference, the Hicksltebrancli
of. the denomination,, will lie opemvl
today at Richmond, Ind.' '
Oklahoma's State hospital for tuber
cular former service men, at Sulphur,
will lie formally opened todny with
addresses by Governor Robertson and
alliens. .' :
Whether Enrle B. Mayflcld oi? James
E. Ferguson Is to be the next governor
of Texas wil Hie determined in the run
off primary to lie held in the Iione Star
State today. . '. ' -
The nnniversnry of the '"-Lincoln-Douglns
dehnte at Freeport, I1I is to
lie ce.lebrnted In that city toilay with
a meeting to be addressed by Senntor
Harrison, of Tdississippl, and .former
Senator Beverldge, of Inidnnn. :
Attention, Boy Leaguers!'
The Boys' : League of Forest Hill
Church meets tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock in the church. Every Leag
uer Is urged to lie present. The fol
lowing Is the program: ::
Parks Wlnecoff, leader.
.Song: "Will There Be Any gtnrs?"
Prayer. : '
Song: "I Must Tell Jesus."
' I'snlm 23 read respouslvely.
Topic to lie studied : "Daviik"
' "The Annolutment of David" Noah
Griffin.
"David hnd Goliath" Harvey Chil
ders. '''-. ".''".
"Jonathan and David" Joe Widen
house. ' , '
Recitation: "Psalm if 24" Clyde
Shoat . -1
Song: "Rescue the Perishing";
Benediction, . '
Annual Camp Meeting Latter Part of
.',-:. v. a Angust. i , - ,
Newtnn,'Aug 25. The annnnl camp
meting at St. Matlhuws will liegin on
Monday, -August 28, and continue over
the first Sunday in September There
will be services each afternoon and
night. - Rev, W. C. Lyerly, of Con
cord, will do the preaching, while the
music will be under the direction of
Rev J. D. Swarta, of Newton,
Doughton's Campaign Will Open Labor
way. '
1 Washlngtonfl Aug. 25. Representa
five Doughton will open his campaign
for re-election at Boone- : September
4, Labor Day. He will compare the
uonptructive, administration ' ot tbe
lH'iuocrnts with the aimless, pottering
Harding regime.
Rev. M. .A. Gibson and Mr. John
Benfleld returned today -about noon
from Tuscaloosa Ala- where they bad
gone after the car of Mr. Gibson, who
Imit left hin car there Shout a tnontn
1 . t. a nm nn AMi.lnn
,,,,. nmwHated , his reluming home
on the train
Salisbury Post! r Mr. W. ft Llsk Is
this week moving his family from
Morgan townlshln to Concord. He
has accepted the agency In Cabarrus
and Rowan counties for the Gulf Re-
lining company and Will take UP' his
-work September Land will make Con
cord his headquarters. . . V' v
the cotton MARiiXT
ss - -
OmsuW ralrir ttmj al AeVaaw f
Twe Psteu mi
New Tor,
Ana, ft-Tbe artlo. f
rket daring tmtay'a eriy I
tlte raitua aurket
trading was agala .recanted as refl
lng the effects uf ofnelng lafluenrt
The mIu was fairly steady at i
'rVJTLTJi:'
renewed Ikinklatloa and Hontbera sell
ing, iroosed by unfarorabl view W
the Gertnaa otlrak aad tbe coti tinned
aMvrtaiutlen of labnr Mtitlons . oa
tbe railroads and la tbe bard ml
mlnew. - Tbe saarket ran Into a good
demand around 21. HO for LVrember.
bnwever. sad sunn rallieil to 22.0U va
reports of aa Inrrvasing hiiKtneas la
tbe cotton giMsla ami Imlllsb crop ad-vb-es.
This advance met renewed re
alUIng and was mil fully malntalneil,
the early market being nervous and Ir
regular. Cotton futures otieneil fairly steady :
nctolier 21.70: Det-emlier 21.H0: Jsa
nary 21X1 ; Msn-b 21.1M); Msy 21. W).
Closed Steady."
Cotton rltmed steady: Octolier 21. OS.
Iteavmber 22.m. January 21.H0, March
21.WI. May 21.111.
LUTHERAN WOMEN WILL
HOLD MEETING Al GI ST 21
Missionary Society ef Wesiera Coo
fere ore U (Voovrne at Hickory.
Newton. Aug. 25 The first confer
ence of the. Women's illsslonsry o
ciety In the western eonfcrVm-e of the
1'nited Evsngeliml Lutheran synod of
North Carolina, will lie held In Holy
Trinity Church, Hickory. Angiixt 2! at
10 a. m. Rev. R. W. Kegley Is
pastor of Holy Trinity Church. It Is
to lie an informal "getting together"
of all the missionary workers in the
western conference.
This conference will be. held annu
ally, within one month after each an
nual synodical convention and will lie
of. an Inspirational and educational na
ture. Each .women's missionary society
within the hounds of the western con
ference Is expected to send three del
egates to represent the local society
the delegate to Lincoln convention, the
light brigade superintendent and one
other elected by the society.
A missionary program, constitution
to lie adopted and officers elected will
be the order of the day.- Among
those who will take part in the pro
gram are, Mrs. G. W. McClannhan.
president 'of synodical; Mrs. John-M.
Cook, synodtcnl secretary: Mrs. Julia
Hall, synodical light brigade superin
tendent; Mrs. Q. Hi C. Park, mission
study secretary : Miss Bertha Cline,
Miss Hattie Miller and rttiiers. , A
picnic dinner will Is? served.
Charlotte Thinks It Hae a Chance to
ea r Bir-Hospitat t 7 "
Charlotte, Ang. 24. In- the tender
ing of an option on the Presbyterian
hospital for establishing the proposed
hospital of . the Cnlverslty of North
Cnrolipa here. Charlotte feels that it
has a fine chance of securing the hos
pital. The option wns given by the. com
mittee having charge of Investigating
the matter. The proposition was tak
en up with the various Presbyterian
churches of the city and county in con
formity with the desire of the hospital
trustees that this be done before an
option on the property he given. A
majority of them, it is said, were
favorable. The Presbyterian hospital
plant is valued at more than $.rHK).00.
The committee will have to assume
a note of 135.01)0 held agnlnst the
property by Mrs. C. B. King, to whom
the property was given by her brother,
the late George Watts, of Durham
The plan is to hnve a committee
from.: Charlotte go 'before the legisla
ture at its next session,
The Presbyterian hospital site is
the most beautiful in the stnte for
hospital purposes, it occupying a whole
square with one of the beautiful
groves to lie found in the south,
Visitors Honored.
1 Honoring her charming guest, Miss
Mildred Stein, of Greenslsiro, nnd
Misses Valelra Gregory and Mabel
Whltesell, guests of Miss Eliznlieth
Halm, Miss Ruth Terry delightfully
entertained nt a card party Friday
evening at her home on North Chnrch
street. The home pf Miss Terry was
tastefully decorated with cut flowers
and potted plants, the dining room be
ing especially attractive with- Its col
or scheme of yellow and white. The
high score prize went to Mr. Mike Lee,
of Mt Pleasant. After cards Miss
Terry served an Ice course.
Those present were; Misses Sudle
Moore. Elizabeth Hnhn, Maud Smith,
Gladys Brown, Ruth Terry nnd Messrs,
Frank Troutman. James Wilkinson,
Ertwnrd lellinger, Clifford Klutts,
Sam Perkins, II. L. Seillierryr Roy
Snpp, and Brown Morgan. Out-of-
town guests were Misses Mildred
Stein, of Greensboro. Mabel White-1
sell, ot Gibsonyille, Mnnd Nnssinnn, of
Mt. Pleasant, Valelra Gregory, of Jef
ferson, S. ft, and Messrs. H. A. Rawls,
J. M. Creech, f Durham, Hoy Moose,
Gilbert Helllg, Mike Lee., Ben and
George McAllister, Mt. Pleasant. .
V At the Theatres. '"
The, Pastime Theatre Is again todny
showing "Bnrb Wire" with Jack Hoxle
in the leading role. V
Tob Mix in "Just Tony," and ft Snub
Pollard comedy entitled "The Anvil
Chorus," are on the., program toilay at
the Piedmont Theatre. -.: ' ' ?..
The Star Tlieatre today is showing
"Ambushed,' with Leo Maloney In the
(leading role, and Shorty Hamilton In
"firth"
A Swedish mother lays her child's
head on a book, in order that it may
lie quick to learn, and puts coin Into
.its first bath in the belief that her
action will ensure the, Infant's future
prosperity. . j ,"
Among the Eskimo whale hunting is
inutfc in the nature of a regattn, honors
- going to the boat which klUs the first'
Jnriflr rrmnTft inr
rattffUoiufltit
nCCllIITn "
llr K
0 1""
ExecuUvea and the v
ShopCrift Leaden Today
Alligned Their Forces for
Fight to Finish.
BOTH SIDES ARE
PREDICTING VICTORY
'We Are Going; Home to
Start Real Fight, if It Lasts
Indefinitely," Declared Mr.
W.F.Ryan.
i
New York. Ang. 20 (By the Assort.
ted Press.) With the peace efforts
launched by the big five brotherhoods
definitely abandoueil, railroad execn.
tlvea and shop craft leaders todsy re
aligned their forces for a finish fight
In which both sides predicted an early
victory.
"We are going home to start the '
real fight, whether It lasts three weeks
or three months.'' declared W. F. Ry
an, president of the car wen's national
brotherhood, as he prered to leave
for Kansas 1ty to direct the activities
of his branch of the shop crafts.
"Our organizations have plenty of
funds to conduct .a long fight And
our men are willing to make the sacri
fices needed for a decisive victory, be
concluded.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
ARE BLOWN SKY HIGH
Rail Strikers Maintain That They
Never Authorized Big Five to Sug
gest Individual Settlement ef Strike.
New York, Ang. 2.T. The rail strike
toilay develojied into a light to the
finish when peace negotiations were
blown sky-high.
Heads of the Big Five railroad
brotherhoods, acting as mediators be
tween executives and striking shop
men in tbe final effort to effect sepa
rate settlement . with the Individual :
roads after the Association of Rail-
way Executives as a whole hnd reject
ed the running trades' first peace over
hires, reHirted to the representatives
of T7 railroads at the Vale Club this '
morning that the shop crafts hail
luruni uovtii.-it iimiiunuiiju' iuuuv iu i
them yesterday by the carriers. , !
Negotiations , then were sharply '
MAsUl.ln MWh IMMieHMTWl. MKUM1 Ifc II Til Mil
ers- and brotberhooil -chiefs parked up .
their bags and began leaving town to
prepare for a test of endurance.
Before he departed for his head
quarters in Chicago, Bert M, Jewell,
-tf)li.(ti 1 anntooma n asj ilia clsrl IrAttCi A a. .
vuiv Jit i nrunrnuinn lie di i iaci ry nrr- .
serted he believed the executives who
bad lingered for the parley on indi
vidual settlements soon would be en
abled to: "bring home to their hard-
shelled colleagues the railroad situa
tion in its grim reality."
"We shall lie content, to let the
condition of equipment prove that the
railroads cannot operate with unskill
ed strikebreakers," declared Mr. Jew- .
ell, adding later that "we can and will
light for our terms' and for a nation- ,
wide settlement." : ;
Labor leaders then dispatched tele
grams to all parts of the country, call
ing upon strikers to renew the struggle
with redoubled vigor.
The latest pence proposal, centering
as twas the case with all tbe others on
the question of seniority, briefly was
that roads . interested In individual
settlements would pledge themselves ,
to ; find, employment for all strikers
not convicted of acts . of violence ; -would
not curtail pension rights "or
other privileges" ; and would agree to
submit to a commission of 10 brother
hood lenders and executives all dis
putes which ,could not be settled by di
rect conference. - y , .
The strikers, who have maintained
that they had not authorized the Big"
Five to suggest individual settlements,
rejected HUs proposal with the explan
ation that it did not guarantee senior
ity to the men who might 'return on
one-third of the country's roads; and
at the same time would destroy the
effectiveness of the strike being car
ricd on on the other two-thirds.
Then, from the mediating brother-
hoods came the statement that they v
reluctantly 'notified all concerned thnt
they considered further peace efforts -futile
and had nothing more to sug
gest, j
School for Women Magistrates.
London. , Aug. 2li. A summer school
for women: magistrates, believed to bo
the first of its kind ever held, will
lie opened today at St. Hilda's Col ,
lege,: Oxford, and continued through
the coming week. Every subject with
which a - woman magistrate may be .
expected to have to deal will be ills- :'
cussed. The school will lie under the !;
direction of Miss Macadam,' a former '
director of the school ofrsoclal studies
at Iiverpool University, but the mug- ,
istrates',.,: section : will lie under the
especial --direction of Miss Margery;
Fry, one of the first women' to be ap-.
pointed at justice of the pence. , A
feature of the program in which much -
Interest, IB, manifested, will lie a ses
sion devoted to "Recent Developments ..
In Amerlfa," whk'h will be opened by
Thomas, Mott , Dsliorne, the noted
American penologist. Other mbjects
which1. will: receive attention will In
clude ''Licensing Reform," "Juvenile
Deiinqdincy.'t "Women Police," and
"The Institutional Treatment of Crim
inals." :,;'.? .,;;-:.:''-. :;v
. -J ' ;-',;.;:;:;
Escaping from Russia recently cost
a refugee the sum of 00,0(M),000,0(N)
rubles. Before the war this would
have represented; billions of American
dollars, but the ruble, has now prac-
dollars, but the ruble,
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