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a u d d o a o o rn O 0 O O 0 O C f O ASSOCIATED O PRESS C O DISPATCHES G oooooooq 0 TODAY'S O ail;j:.e O NEw'S " O O TODAY. O oooooooo VdLUME XXII. D i CCZB LIEUNE CX)NCORD,N.C TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1922. ' t ' - 1 - 1 - NO 193. Another Hitch Among the ' Southern Railway Shopmen The Foremen of the Various . Departments at Spencer Are Back at Work But the Shopmen Are Still Out MEETING HELD THIS AFTERNOON 1 The " Striking: Shopmen in Charlotte Did Not Return to Work Either Joint or wHitdC Beins Cleared. ' t : (By tm AMHtaM TV " - "Ralisjiury, Set. If). Foremen of the varioua detriments of the Southern Railway shops at Spencer returned to work thin morning a a result of the signing of an agreement in Wnahlng ton yesterday, it was learned at the Master Mechanic's onVe thin morning. None of the shop men hare returned yet.- They are to meet at noon today to make definite plans, j . f . v Later Still Trying to Straighten Out (. the "Hitch." Salisbury, Sept.' lH.-i.The striking shopmen nnd Southern Railway offi cials here na Id they were "hoeful" that the second shift of shopmen on strike aim July 1st could be called to work thla evening as they went Into- conference with B. McBrlde, mas ter mechanic at the Spencer shops, at 1:!W thla afternoon. A ."hitch" devel ojtert this mornlnc. which they will at tempt to strnighteu out thla afternoon. They werestill in session at 2 p. m. The foremen returned to work this r morning. , ': - ' , ' " - . . Southern Men In Charlotte Do Not Re i ' turn to. Work Either. Charlotte, Sept. 10. The striking shopmen of (he Southern Hallway here did not return to work this morn ing and E. L. Bnrkley. secretary of the local union, said ''a hitch has lieenJ encountered which the men. insist be cleared, up before 'they go bnck to work." ' He added that advices to him were that the same situation existed among the 1.7(H) shopmen who Went on strike at, the Southern's yards ; at Sltencer, N'.-C'i Only about -ninety men . a re ufffetert here. 1 ; Mr. . Barkley- would not discus the situation, explaining that efforts are lieng made to settle the twmMe, ami it was possible befire tonight the Inst vestige- .oftiiffeWHViftMuight wiped away. - -. ,. ' u; . Men Guilty of Vioienre Will Not Be Taken Bark. . , Atlanta, On.; Sept, -10. With the Southern ! Railway' -.- striking shopmen already returning to their posts as a result of the Warfleld-Wlllnrd-jewell , agreement signed yesterday, the rnll road situation in the South today, was considered at its best since the strike liegan. - Approximately 00,000-South- - em shopmen are affected by the peace agreements . ' 1 In Atlanta several strikers resumed their work in Hie Southern shops, it was stated, and the full quota of 500 men is-expected to be on duty before Saturday. Two thousand shopmen in .Knoxville and (100 skilled workmen at leuotr City, Tenn., again will take 'up their duties tomorrow, dispatches . indicated. : Reports of a similar na i ture were J received from, practically all "other Southern Railway shop cen v tera f 7 'tf; -Xfy'??.? -.!;;.: ; V ' Recruiting of non-union workers has lieen ordered discontinued; by H. W. MUler. vice president of the Southern Rnftway.jr Any striker guilty :of nets of violence' during the strike, it was asserted, will not be accepted under ' the. peace agreement.' ' Four hundred Seaboard Air Line strikers returned to work at the road's shops here today.i The Agreement Signed at Washington - . f Monday. , ' r . Washington, Sept. 10.-U)fflclals of . the SouUiern Railway and represcnta . tlves of 'the. union shop crafts of that' gysttni late. tday signed the Warfleld- AVIUnrd-Ja.wen agreement, r , - . The nfrike among tle Workers, of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad,, which Is ' controlled b the. Southern,' nlso was :s settiea on me same oasis, v ine work ers of the two roads, and tliose em ployed tin all other lines mtrollwl liy the Sonthernt who went on strike, are to return immedihtely to work With " seniority rights unimpaired, seniority rigncs nnimpnireir. ? , . iraun iuuim iv iiiv. . men oT the various, mnor anions throughont the south to instruct their men to return to work at once. . Sim ilar; orders were ', sent "' 'out by' the .Southern'8 oflJeials to their " superin tendents to put all of the former work men bnck at their old ol8 an-tlTey applied. - t: . ; 'y i. 7, ; V ' '; : fs' ' Shopmen who walked but of 'the shpps of the .Southern Railway -July '1 are to . be given ; their placeg as '-; speedily as' possible, but they will not lie taken on In a body, except In places 'where the 'men recruited during the period of tits' atrike wish to leavaln a body, according to orners recetven here yesterday from Hi W.-Miller, vice . president of the. Sputhexn - Railway, . ! and R. E. Simpson, general manager ' of lines east. ' v.... . '' '.-'' The recruiting of new mea is to atop i.nwwiuw thru. h iiMiira ta leave the emnlov of the road Will have their transportation paid to the point from which they were recrultert. , , . The men who left ' the shops July 1 are to be taken back in shifts as they are needed, the orders' state. -Those who can be proved guilty , of acts fit violence during the strike will not be receiml bnck into the, employ of the-roadf according to the order. .r. GENERAL rtRsnrNO IS TO tE AT THE STATE FAIR Anwawemmt Is Ma4e fcy Mrs. Taa- - derbilt, Pmidrnt Um fair. Raleigh. . Sept. !. Drflnlte o nouncnurnt that General John J. IVivhlng, rnmmander of the AnMrtcaa Expeditionary forces during the World War will attend the North -Carolina State Fair on Wednesday, nctottet IK was made yesterday by Mrs. Kdltn Vandcrblit, president of the Fair. Tli annonnremrat, which was rnn tained in a telegram from Mrs. Vaa derbllt to Col. Albert U Cos. of Ra leigh, verred to stimulate p'.san for making Wednesday "Military Day" at the Fair and It 1 now expected tba,t Wednesday will overshadow Thursday which Is usually the "Big Pay" at the Fair. In order to do honor to Amer ica's greatest war hero who will make his first visit to the State Capitol on the occasion of the Fair, posts ot the American Legion throughout tlie State will be asked -to send represen tative . to. the Fair and nnlta of the State's national guard and a detach ment of troops frmu Camp Bragg are also expected to lie on hand. Arrangements for "Military Day" are In he hands of Colonel Cox and details lua ve not yet been worked out. It Is proliable. however, that the pro gram will Include a speech by the General In' the .forenoon and some social function In his honor in ' the evening. 'While the visit of General Pershing will cause, attention to lie concentrated on Wednesday, special pjans are lielng made for each of the other, days of the fair. .Tnesday will be . ' "Breeiler's Day." " All of the livestock exhibits 'will lie on display nhd Judging -will be gin in all . departments on Tuesday. Breeder from other states na well a si North Carolina-will lie on hand to see the Battle of the breeds. t .. 1 Following "Military Day" on Wed nesday, "College and Football Da" will lie observed on Thursday.; The annual gridiron classic between the University of; North Carolina and the North Cnrollhrt State College,, always attract thousands of visitors to Ra leigh, -all irt whom want to take, in the fair In the morning and the evening. Right, of .way. will" lie given the foot ball game In the afternoon, but special arrangements will ' lie made to take care of the 'collegians before and af ter flie game. ? : 1 ' ,' "Mother s, Children 8 and Flower 4unucTn, vilMUirun uuu ,,wrl I )ay will lay of.the privileged visitors during the day and ewry visitor to the grounds will be presented with a flower, dogwood blos soms having been designated for that purpose. . . MISS OlXie MGASAMEK : DIED MONDAY EVENING Had Been IU But a Short While, and Her Death Was Not Expected. Miss OUie Measamer, 18-,vear)ld daughter of Mi1, and Mrs. J. M. Meas amer, of sMullsirry street,- died here Monday night at 10:30 o'cttsk. She underwent an oiieration early Monday morning and never recovewsl. Surviving are the parents, - four brothel's and -three - sisters: Messrs. Andrew; Clyde Robert and OUn Meas amer, and Misses Hattle, Magtjle and May Measamer. . ; ; '; ' 'i The deceased was n Tnemlwr of thei Forest . Hill MethMllst " Church, and funeral , services . were heltV lir th church this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted 'by the pastor. Rev. J. Frank Armstrong. Interment was made in Onkwood cemetery, i ... . :i, . , Man Dies of Injuries Received in Gin Sfntesville, ' Sept, 17.r Mack Brad- shaw, of South Irwlell, died In a local hospital yesterday evening as a result .... 1,,. . ..111,... nMM in Carrier's gin. near Mooresvllle. Mr. Bradshaw and Flake s Kerr,' aged 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. L, D. Kerr of Mount T'lln, were standing beneath the press . shaft .-when.,it - was aecldentlly released "and caught their heads as It fell. .-v.v,a , 'Pleketpig and V speech-making are not included' in the tejni "act of vio lence," but those who were guilty of threatening officials of the; road are Included in the ordets; .V -iV -f-Strlke breakers- who leave the mr- vice of the road nre to be transported j . . Hlp were r and will receive iay time until they reach those points, acl corling to the order. 1 This incluttes men wJioJiave been In the, service any length- of time, the transportation be ing paid for those who have not been with the road se.ven days. The order waa Issued yesterday al tetnoon after the signing of the agree ment between the officials of ' the road and the striking employes of . the,'on With the hit, the Detroit mana- Southern.1;- :';" . S-',-'s'f.?,'lger oompleted. eight season's in which n,o n.iatoW moi.nnl " ; nnd . fnre. 1 he Tins clouted 200 or more safeties. " - men are lielng instructed . tonight to " His record equals tunc nmos yeai-s smouiering eraoers was au iuui re take, the old men back as fast aa thls' ngo by ,"Wee Wlllie,, Keelcr; Keeler's malned bf the organ. It had lieen re can be done'wltlrout confusion.. It' record, howevw, was made In oonsefu-i moved from the church, chppiied , to hi understood the old men go back tire seasons. ,, With the close of this pieces nnd aet on lire, .after, onnl oil. with seniority rlglns unuupaireu, as. the Southern had taken no steps . to Orgnntxe a 'cobipany union, and gen erally, speaking, if not in every case, the new. men -understood their em nloyment was to. be of uncertain aura ft on. It is the expectation that this is a phalse xf the strike that will "work Itself out" within the nart few days. About 10,000 men on the Southern system alone laid down their tools, and they have been out 08 work lug day, at $40,000 a day ; when they takekhelr tools In hand again precisely the same conditions will obtain as were found to exist on the first day of the atrike,' state may tike ovnt KO.iU TO IMON LINE Pros VT. C. WIIUumb. HtHiwar Cm-1 anlarla r. Mrtua l H. K. Ward. Chatraaaa mt ( mmiiIm Inert. That the. State lllgairay Cuanila rCm aaay take over any ral that C- hai'f imiirr bullAa tmm I'niM mA Mi the Tuloa (mnty line U Indicated ta I n,r rA;u, Si' rereivmi fmai W. C. WllklBmin. high way mtuDilwWmer for the atxth dis trict. Mr. Wilkinson stated ia the let ter, aerordlng to Mr. Ward, tliat he will "take over the road" If tnar Is any way to do It. "whether It la Bar tered by a highway engineer or not." ' Mr. Ward quotes as following fmta the letter be received from Mn Wil kinson: i . "Von hav my authority to any to tbone who think that the prospect fin taking over the road from Com-ord ts Jionroe has lieen lessened iiy the fart that the highway commission' did not make the survey In Valarrus county, that ancn is not the rase, and Uiat If there Is any possible way for me to take over thla road It Is my pun""" to iIom, whether it is surveyed by the engineer of the highway , commission or not." - ' :.. ; FRENCH CABINET OPPOSES 4 ; ANY MILITARY ACTION Emphasises Neressity of Reaching mn Agreement Through - Dlplontatic ' Channels. ',. - - ' Paris, Sept. 19 (By the Associated Tress). The French cabinet today unanimously approved what is char acterised as the "l'aclllc" policy of Pre mier rolncare in the Near East, and Hia wttlwlHiniil 4t liVani.h trniina frmu I Asia Minor to the French side of thei""" nt V- " ' Straits flf the Danlanelles. I mewne. " h" "'uw,,"f, l?K The cabinet went flruily on recor.l J'; sulijct If he intended td sign the as lHing opposed to artf form of mil-1 ,,'fL. Jtnry action as a meuns of settlement prnPl.R R4TING HORSE FI.FSII In the TureoXlreek k sltmitlon. It em- f phaslxed the necessity of reaching an agreement , through diplomatic chan nels and' eventually by a pe'hee con ference. . ' , . Urder tor withdrawal of the French forces from Chanak in the Dardanelles area? ivas sent late Inst, night by Premier Polncare and will be. carried out tonight or tomorrow. The French high commissioner has lsen sent to Smyrqa to inform Mustapha KmrI Pasha that France does not approve the. belligerent attitude of the British gov ernment, and that she intends to con fine hex efforts to the, dipkMiuitic Held, it Is stated. It Is believed the arrival of Lord Curzon, the. British foreign secretary, who Is expected tonight from London will proliably result in a Franco-British accord.-, ', i nifYA (rift VA!!1 AW . " 1 Will Be in the Shape of a State Con .' - - gtitutional Amendment. ' (Br (he Aswelated tM.i Columbus, .Ohio Sept. 1I. Ohio at the November election will vote on a state constitutional amendment to leg alize the manufacture and sale ' of light wine and beer. The State Su preme Court today order Secretary of State Smith to place; the proposal on the- ballot In a juandumus action brought by the Association opposed by nrohiliitlon. sponsors of the -amend ment, after the. Secretary had refused. to certify the amendment for a.-vote. The Anti-Saloon League will apiwil to the IV S, Supreme Court. , r THE COTTON MARKET Early A dv an res Today From 12 to 19 . ; rouin nigner. .. r , , .-. . (By fha AsaaclatMl Fta.) ,i New York, Sept 1ft A. liettet fpel lng over' tlie Near Eastern;, siliation and Jinn cables ' brought about early advances in- the. cotton market today. The opening was steady at an advance of 8 to 17 points with active months soon showlg net gains of 12 -to 10 points. Cotton futures opened steady. Oct, 21 :2l) J Dec. 21 140 ; Jan. 21 :31 ; MaK'h 21:40: May 21:30. . ) Made-In-CanUnai t rrnm ls Ar ranged by Oflkiala, . Charlotte. Sept. 18.' Tentative pro gram for Made-In-Carolina exposition as arranged tonight 'follows: Monday, September 25, Governor Morrison and Harevy; Tuesday 28, Klwanls day; Wednesday - 27, Gaston county, uay; Thursday 28, Mrs. Vandrbilt, in af ternoon society night Friday 20, Cabamtis cottnty ; day; Saturday 80. educational day, Drs. Johnson . and JFoustf. Monday, Octolier 2, Davidson college day ; Tuesday, ' K-tolier S, merchants day. Lew Hahn. . weanes- day (tetober 4. Iredell cmraty day; Thursday,. Octolier 0, Lincoln county day, Friday, i Octolier , . Winston Salem day: Saturday, October 7, farmers or agricultural day, Clarence P ab Becertafy Wallace. , r TCan's(IU Hit Em. -'Detroit,. Sept. 18. Ty Cobb made Ids 200 hit of the season In tflie fourth Inning of today's gajne, with' Washing- ton; It was a triple, with one man eason mr im iwimuu.u tieii anotner oia um Twmui ra Hans, wagner, wnp oacieii or oei ter.for 17 years. , Cobb's percentage now assures him of bettex than a .300 average. . 1 ! .. :.; ;,.' average. $250,000 Fire at High Point. High Point, Sept. 18. -Fire of mi- detennlned origin 'herer tonight de- rls, Albert Dunham and: tftueen Clay-, Protestant Episcopal Won't Give Wora .wwi i niunt nf im i a Ti,n.nn burn, nemws. were drowned-hera to- -1 ' en Seats tn House, Oar works,-manufacturers of trorhiv'.day In Lakewood Park lagoon when car., entailing a loss unofficially tl-: the .boat In; which they were riding mated at $230,000. In nungary hte legal age of aa In- alvidual datea only from baptismi, , -j ISTOBESEHTTODAY . , Will Send Messaie to the House Thia 'Afternoon on the Soldiers' Bonus Bill, Dispatches Today State. TAKEN TO MEAN HE WILL VETO THE BILL" , ' : - . ' At the White House, How: ' ever, No Inklin; Could Be Obtained as to the Gist of the Message.1 ;:' ' Washington, Sei. in. lraddenl Harding will send a messnge to the House of Represent It Ives -some time 4bis sfternooa" on the soldiers' bonus bill, it was stated nttu-lully today at the White House. .This was taken to mean that the Executive would veto the measure. , t The President, it fvas stated, would "convey his Impressions to Congress" as soon as they a re i inquired in writ ten form. At the White House no ink lltig i-ould lie olitnineil hh to the gist of the message. . ? i The veto was "regarded certain lie- Permission Given to Remove Chris- tian Refugees From Smyrna. K.r tk AfMeTMra . Constantinople, ' Sept. 10.-Permis- slon to send vessels tp Smyrna to take off Christian refugees has lieen grant ed by Keuial Pasha to the allies. Th males lietween the ages if 15 and 45, however, are excepteil. and It is pre sumed the nationalists intend to Use them for military puriMwes. The reign of terror continues Miming the Chris tian population and French troops are reported to .have tired mion the Turk ish i Irregulars whom.?they caught pil- Umt Episcopal Church has been np ' i ' ' . V ' . proved by the House of Deputies. The rnienlans and Greeks are dying liy Deputies voted L'OO to 123 to adopt a Inglng. scores from fright and exposure. Ten thousand Italians ana l.txm urencn were evacuatel rioui' the city yester day. -;--' . luc Afuu mw.-M wnr imuwc The fi)od stocks have liecome ex- Great Britain Will Act Alone if Nee -- essary. . (.. London, Sept. .10 (By the Asso'iat- ed Press1). The'British cabinet take. the attitude that Great Britain will tuidcrtaKe military action nlone if nec essary independent of France nnd Italy to protect the Indeiiendence of the Dardanelles, it was stated this morning. ' -;. An official statemept Issued from Downing Street this afternoon de clares that the government stands by its pronouncement of policy issued Siituitlay to newspaiier men despite reports to the contrary 4 ? -, Asks League to Investigate Turkish - - Atrocities. Geneva," ' Sept.. l'. (By the Asso ciated Press). A request that the League of Nations; send a neutral com mission . to investiirnte the alleged atrocities by Turkish nationalists into Asia Minor ' was presented to the League Assembly today ,ly a Persian delegation., v v - SENATOR UNDERWOOD ON REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL Says the Flexible Tariff Provisions Are Unconstitutional. . , (By the iasMirlntMl Press.) Washington, , Sept. 19. -Senator" Un derwood, democrat, of Alabama, today reiterated that tRfe administration bill through mnnv of Its schelules. would Btrlke dIrei?tlyN"into the pocketbooks of the people." ' He predicted" .the flex ible tariff provisions would beheld lin couHtltutioal; and declared that Con gress, in giving; the President authori ty to -change rates, was abdicating its powers. ; '"S t , "Special ' iuterests'' would ' benefit from r the. bin, Sciuitor Underwood charged, saying that in the efforts to hnve,the President Increase the rates these interests would be well repre sented while the public would, be in no position to protec t Itself. . , ,; - The Senate baa agreed to vote at 4 p. m. today on adoptiou'of the confer ence' report . : - . . ..nil i . ;'!:. ORGAN REMOVED FROM CHURCH i CUT 'TO, PIECES AND BURNED Reports Say That Women Members of . the Congregation Destroyed It.'. i '".- ;'i(B ka AaaoeMtaa pvM.a.' . "'' ; Henderson. U Ky.. Sept, 10.-rThe Christian Cnuch at Borderly, Union County, .lifter m ' the con recently installed an organ nerernl -montliH' wrnnirlo amona- fk-lin .nnmuMmllnH . nV.lltlT M IHHU ' flf muc ivuBiqutiuiUi . -........ wh.w " - umi i "" - i .. -i. "- Renorts reaching here, were to the effect that women, members of Jhe congregation ,had destroyed It,'.." . Court action will 1 taken soon. : Three Negroes. Drowiv In Charlotte -:-::.-; . . Lagoon. . -,-.; , ; hnrlnttA Rent. 17. Roscoe Mor- iwa overturned within .fifteen feet of the landing. Their bodies were re- covered within ten minutfes bub ef- forts at resusciatlon fal.ed. 1 ., THE DAVIDSON CAMPAIGN, Utile Jar's CWra ta FW tm ta I Mat U ( aaaplet lu tM(a. ' Barium hinc. J4. !. That "a tittle kild atoll M theai" has bw shown In the Chriattaa txlnratkai ram IkIkb far d.tl hrhtf nMMlUrtnt ly Iavt.Uiai Cnltege, for Uatay F. a NhwrrHI at thla rtry. -rhalmaa of Ire drtl county la the campaign, in mm ne ed , that LlttW Joe chnn-a. whomr WBiherablp la raawed largely of or lhs. ta the Brut la the Mate to com plete Ita qmiti la the camialgu. The qnota of the church waa t-vm. , Iredell County U one of the enmities la the Concord Ireliytery where the first irt f the North Carolina cam- iwlgn for the endowment and expan slon of laitidsoq College is , being na ducted. The success of the' sihichI to Uttle Joe's llain-h. ow hlch the well known Rev. II, M. Parker la iwator. waa doe to the enthuslnsm of the lit tle orphans of the North Carolina Or phanage la .the city that largely compose-Its nioiu!TKblp. and a Isrge part of the C400 raised represent the sav. Ings of - these little fatherless and motherless children. The founder of Utile Joe's Church. Little Joe. was an orphan In this in stitution, with a crliipled body whose twisted shaie I Hire no resemblance to the Utility nnd spirituality of his souL He wished a church founded near the orphanage anil nut of his' pennies sav ed $1.23 for that puniose. After his death, with that small sum as a clenus. money was raised for the erec Hon of the church and it was named in his honor. The proceeds of the camiialgn for $000,000 lha Is lieing conducted for Davidson Wfll lie used for the expan sion of that institution in order that Christian education and development I of Christian character that marks the; college may lie given to n larger nnm- Iter of Southern young men. The col lege one of the most famous Presby terian institutions In America, and its democracy, and the fact that students can obtain an education on Its campus regardless of heir wealth, makes It one of the liest known colleges in the South. - ' - EPISCOPAL WOMEN TO BE LICENSED AS LAY LEADERS House of Deputies So -Votes Today by a, Vote of 206 to 133. (Br thr AiioflitH Ptm. Portland, Ore., Sept. l'ar-Ucensine pt women as lay leaders in the Prot- canon amemlmeiit which remains to lie acted upon by the House of Bish ops after the Rev. Dr. Kdwin A.-White of Newark, N. J., said that the invi tation would heln the churcb In many plrtcest eibijl,v-ln h? ittiultfltp vea nms oi Mie i-imiii. wnere 'iergTiien are not always available. The wom en will lie authorised to render part of the church services, t The Deputies blocked nn attempt to insert at the end if the burial services' In the prayer liook n nibric forbidding the rending ofjmrial services over nn linptised and excommunicated per sons. This had been rejected earlier In the day. CO-OPERATIVE TOBACCO MARKETING BEGINS 'TODAY In Durham, Oxford and Henderson. , About 100,000 Pounds at Henderson. (By the AmadMtf 4 Prm.l nenderson, N.'A Sept.. The mar kets of the co-operative, tobacco grow esr' Association in the old North Caro lina 'belt. Including Durham,' Oxford and Htvnderson ' were opened todav. According to posted: figures, the asso ciation. Is advancing the, farmers ac cording to grade, from $1.00 to $28 ppr hundred pounds, .which w said to repnpsent 3o to 40' per cent, of the. average price for which the association expects to sell It. About 100,000 pounds of the weed was on the floor of the co-oieratlve warehouse here to-j day. . , , ? 1,000,000 Pounds in 1 Winston-Salem . - Warehouses, o Winston-Salem, Sept. 10. Ware house men estimated this morning that there was approximately 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco on the, local market for the opening today and they- would sell approximately 1150,000 pounds. The new season started with four sales, and it is known air the leaf here will not be disposed of today, despite the fact that sales will continue through out the day. Fall Opening Sale at Paits-Belk Co, The great Annual Fall Opening Sale at the Parks-Belk Company-will be gin this year on next; Thursday, Sep tember 21st, and continue through Monday, Octolier 2nd, thus continuing ten days. - . - Tlte entire stiH-ta of dry goods, shoes, clothing, men's furnishings, and mllll hery will lie Included in the sale, and all will lie offered at big reductions, Frocks of silk, silk hose, wool frocks, sport apimrel, hats,, shoes for every member of -the family, men's, clothing ,anu nats, ana ureas goods ot au kinds will be offered at big reductions- dur ing this sale. - , . , , , ; Wa tch for t we w ge ad., tomorrow. - , ' r- , Confederate, Vets to Hold Reunion ,x In AshevMe ' September 20-28. "The state reunion of ' the North Carolina confederate Veterana , will bp. held in .Asheville, September 20- 1 28, according to an announcement mii.de this .. morUng.. Special reduced rntes have been granted by the South ern railroad and tickets will be sold to the veterans and mombera ot their fimiUe upon presentation ' of their Identification certificates . to - the ticket agents. . - j I Porting, , Ora, Sept 18. Women I were denied sejts In the house ot deputies of the J'rotestant Kplncopnli Church in the I'nited Statea by a vote ot that. body, in general convention here late today. ?,- , . , FORGET NOT DAY Far ta DtaahW Wsaal Vet era f the HarM tar. Ctartaaatt. . Iw Aaaerba cblblrm are ta enter Into the plan fur. National Ferat-M-.at Day. Sat nrMay. Noveanbrr 4th. fur the dtMaMwli ffid wonaded Aaterhaa vetaraaa of the world war. aerardlng to aaaoaara-l aient by C. HaaiUt.at (buk, national iwmauader uf lb IMaaliled American Teterana of the WarM War. Chp tain Cook, who aaa juat arrived at national aeadquartera of the Dtaalsed AnM-rk-aa Veterana after a tonr af the eastera state, rrtir1 keen Intern In be FrgH-Me-No( Day movement on fbe rt of nnudreda of acboula In many ritiea and towns. Hcbnol prln clwui ami teachers hare an-nred the -o-Memllon of the children in the great mi lions I activity f unking the fontet-me-oota from nsjier and other mater hi Is; ami turning over the re sults of their efforts to the local Com mittees arranging for the Ntkeaiher 4 "Day." (n-hiilf or an hour each week la devoted by the children to the making of the little artttlcbil flowers that are to lie sold as "Forget-Me-Not Day", favors throughout the 1'itlted States, on Saturday, Xoveuilier 4tK New sc hools are taking up the prac tice, returned Captain Cook, who pre dicted that during; the coming fort night the greater numlier of schools in the I'nited States, public, private and parochial, will have Joined in the nat- nn-iloniil offensive of flower-making, that 1s to result In siilendld assistance and reller for the many thousands of Am erica's wounded nnd distillled heroes of the grent war. National headquarters of the Dis abled American Veterans of the World War announced that Mayors of cities and towns throughout the I'nited and towns thro States are naming Citizens' Couimlt- tees to take an active iiurt In the "For get-Me-Not Day" movement. TO BE TRIED FOR MURDER IN .THE FIRST DEGREE Man. .Who Confessed to Killing Man ning Ford in Robeson County. n the Amaitfl rt Lumlierton, Sept. 10. Frank Sum mers, who In a signed statement given the police at Augustn, Oa confessed to the killing of Manning Ford near here last February, and who lnte yes terdny led Uolieson county officials through some woods where a human skeleton was found .with the skull liadly crushed, wilf be tried for mur der in the first degree at the October term of Uolieson County Superior Court, it was stated here tislay. The lames and fragments of clothing were found near the spot where Summers said he, had killed Ford before hiding him; " According to Sheriff McLeod, Sum mers said he killed ;Ford In fcelf. de fense, saying he struck him in the head with an axe when Summers at tacked him with a club at. the Sum mers home. He would make no fur ther statement to the authorities here regarding the tragedy. DEATH OF MRS. MARY COOK MONDAY NIGHT Deceased Had Been Til For More Than a Year, Funeral Services Held. Mrs. Mwry Cook, wfe of Mr. Frank j v iiok, aieii Aionuuy nigni ac e:i;i o'cliK'k at her home here after an ill ness of a year and a half. Death was caused by dropsy. Mrs. Cook was 73 years of uge, and is survived by her husband and the following children: Messrs. G. M., Ed., Duncan, Charles and Worth Cook, and Mrs. Henry Moose. Mrs. Fred Kizziah and Mi's. Ed. Walter. ' Funeral services were held from her late home . on St. Charles street this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. Frank Armstrong, pastor of Forest Hill Methodist Church, and Interment was made in Onkwood cem etery. The deceased was a memlier of Mfc Gilend Reformed Church. She was a woman of many tine accomplishments, and numliered her friends by the hun dreds. . ' , YOUTH DIES AFTER HE IS DRAGGED BY MULE George Pharr, 16 Years Old, Victim of . Accidents Funeral Services This Aternoom - George Pharr, 10-year-old son of Walter Pharr," a farmer living near Davidson, was killed Monday after noon when he was .thrown from a mule and drugged about two miles. When thrown from his mount the young ster's foot caught In: the trace, and when he was unable to free himself, the mule dragged htm for about two miles. When the mule was stopped the youth was dead. The, body was carried to the home of I j. S. Pharr, who lives near Poplar Tent. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and Interment was made in the Poplar Tent ceme tery. '-."' ; : , With Out Advertisers. Citizens Bank & Trust Conipuny keep Where are your savings? Let the them for you. .Winter will soon be here. ; now is the time to get that Quaker plpd"ssjntsky; in Sllierlnv than anywhere else furnace, sold by the Concord Furniture (Vunpsny. i - - Try the mattresses sold by H. B. Wilkinson. - They are. reasonable n price, and offer real comfort. ' The great picture. Khe Four Horse men of the Aimenlvpse,' will lie shown at the Pastime Theatre tomorrow and Thursday. This Is a million dollar production, and one of the greatest pictures ever put on the acreen.--- The weight of the Great Pyramid of E t . h1 j,,, at , .... Miss Katie Isenhnur left this morn- ing for Iarlon, Va., where she will enter Marlon Oollege. . , 1 FORTY SEVEN I IINERS iFniPcnimii,! Jackson, CaL, Payi the Aw ful Toll Demanded of Those Who Delve in Mother Earth for Gold. MEN HAD LIVED ONLY SHORT TIME Died Within Five Hours of Their Entombment It Was Worst Mine Disaster in . California's History. - i - s ' - Jacktwin, CaU Sept 10 (By the As sociated Press I . J aci son. mining town in the. mother lode country, hua . paiil the toll demanded of those who delve In the earth for gold, and stands unafraid but not dry-eyed today. Forty-seven of her men died in the Argonaut Mine early on the morning of -August 28, she learned last nigla) and today she awaits the bringing of their lMHllt'K from the rock tnnnel wal led In with flimsy bulkheads of their own building that hn been their tomb for three weeks. For Jackson Is un afraid, for her men showed they knew how. to die. Moreo-.r those who did . 1 not meet that fate showed they knew how to live, for they gave of them-. selves without stint In their efforts to save their entombed fellows. ' It was California's worst mine dis aster in one of California's greatest gold prislucers,. and It was the hard est blow Jackson has had to suffer. 'ALL MINERS FOUND DEAD Had Died Within Five Hours of Be ginning of Fatal Fire, Jackson, Calif.. Sept. 18. All 47 of the miners entombed In the Argonaut mine" August 27 are dead, it was announced-officially shortly before nine o'clock tonight. A note found on one of the liodlea indicated that nil the, men bad died ' within live hours of the beginning of the fire August 27, officials said.. All the miners were found behind . the second of two bulkheads ther had i built In a cross jut 4.3.T0 feet down In the mine. Byron O. Ptckard, chief of the federal bureau of mines for tthls district.' was the first' man to go lie jilnd the iMilkheiid and disiniwrwltjie Pleknrd on an earlier exploration behind the bulkhead had counted 42 -Iwalles and eressed the lielie .then that there were others there. IThe note found reads as follows: J "7, a. m., gas bad." , -. The same note liore'a scrawled "4": apparently Indicating the same, man had attempted to leave word for those who might come after, of the condi tion of the mine at that hour. .Mine officials declared that the con dition of the cross cut behind the bulkhead was such that life could not . have lieen sustained there-by the en torn I nfl men for more than five hours. ? --.The "bodies were piled one on top of another and decomposition had pro gressed so. far that, identification would lie mpossihle, Pickard report ed. . The mine officials said the actions of the men, as evidenced by the bulkheads they built and other matters, indicat ed they had died within five hours af ter being entomlied. The officials declared the mute evi-1 dence of the men's struggles showed they were 47 of the most cool-headed men Imaginable. '. Sixteen of the entrapiied miners-, re moved their clothes to provide mater- ial for stuffing the cracks in the wood- eu barrier, hastily constructed, which was found early this evening. i ? Then another barrier was lmllt of rock, earth and debris. However, the gas fumes from the ffre apparently - seejied through' the first bulkhead and the men fled from the site where thevj were building and the second one to ' 8tnrt a third, farther on. . The third attempt to ward off the death dealing gas wus mnde at the end , of the 4,3,10 cross cut In the Argonaut, but the fact that only a bare start was mnde as it proved, the mine oHi- ' culls said, that the deadly carbon innn-' oxide nnd the suffocating carbon di oxide had reached It and performed their fatal office before the 47 unfor- . tunntes could raise even an excuse for a harrier. - Mine officials said that death hod come to the entomlied men painlessly.. The gases, they said, would produce , first a lethargy, then coma and finally death.- - - ; - -.', Jackson as a whole took the tragic news calmly and courageously. , The .' general topic of conversation, except in the immediate family circles of the dead, wus arrangements for the funer al, which it was lielieved would be a -, joint affair. ; . 1 "' ; ... , The i,flrmeter rises higher at -Irk- in the world. "CONCORD, H. C." Bo6ster Signs For Your ' Automobile. Clips Ready to Attach r ' ' , . 75c b;m. whitlock