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CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14. 19.
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NO. 214.
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TRiBlFKE
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PLEDGE r.OREE'Ofl'l
SUPPORT TO L0CMY.
Itn lUriiBonS tm October KKhnanl
1 - Imonaly adopted the following rMnla-
.Pt.5T fTivonUna an, tV Introduced from tbe
AVUiU Oit3y U " tfcil- VV-
Members of Ministerial As
sociation Hold Joint Meet
injj at Y. Friday Evening.
SPEAKERS DECLARE
Y; DESERYES HELP
W. A. Jenkins, C. S. Smart,
U T. Hartsell, TV H. Webb
' and Jesse C. Rowan Speak-
era at the Meeting. ; ,
' Member of the Concord Klwanl mid.
Rotary chilis held a Joint meetlngt
ihe V Friday evening at T o'clock,. f.r
the" purpose of disclosing the Y. M.
A. with the Idea of arousing aiore
Interest In lta good work. The Two
rluhs had as their- guests the Wero
liers of the 'Concord Ministerial Aso--rlnttou,
mow of whose 'members were
1, present for the nesting. . '. -
One of the mo3t pleasing feature
of the' evening, and one Which, brought
.' forth words of praise from BUI Jenkins
acting chairman, . MetKiKllst ' minister
awiKtomed : to. and fond of ; chicken
and lta aceesnrles, was the sumptuous
illnuer served by MI'S, . W. A. Foil
.and Mrs. Prentiss ltalford and their
friends. ' Baked chicken and dressing,
rice, boiled ; potatoes, English peas,
grnvy. celery, , cranberry r sauce, hot
rolls, witter, Ice 'cream, cake and coffee
were served In most eriermi' portions,
. Kill declared that he had been a mera
lier of Rotary for a number f years
, and had eaten with various chilis but
. that the "feeds" offered at the Kotary
and Kt wants meetings here far excel
led anything he bad fottnd. in any
T)ther'clty' N',,''t' ': ':--vv -,- ,;
The' purpose of the Joint meeting
was explained, hy Chairman Jenkins,
i who declared that the meeting : had
lieen 'called not for the purpose of go-
lleitiiig funds but to solicit the moral
i . support of the two rlnbs and of the
Ministerial Anwfntlon. The minis
ters, especially,', were Urged by Bill
' and other speakers, not merely toglve
' the . Institution their , approbation,-but
to tell the world that they thought
the Y was great asset to the city. . -
.Chnirman Bill stated that:"the c
V'tected eonsi-len-e'-' of the two dubs sfnd
tbet Ministerial - AKserlatioji -r;n; 4m
- airvthing worthwhile over, and heasked
for this support. The city-h poii)(,?fl
out, needs a community center wtiere
the best interest of the yottuth of the
' oltv can tie represented.,;-,'. The Y, Blli
. .said, helps develop', the well rdmided
mnn, the four-square man. who must
hnve .wisdom, 0 good body: love for his
fellowmnn, or toe, social instinct, and
lore for Rod. ' " v '
Tom Webb, vice president of. the T,
was the first of the roenkers- called
upon I by the , Chairman. Tom read
gome figures and data that 1iad been
prepared from the records of the T,.
' ami itUs; safe to say that the data
'" presented ; surprised thft average mnn
i at the. meeting. ) The data shows, as
., follows,' some outstanding activities at
the T during the yast year: .T
fi2fi liiembers, en, women, Im.vg ad
'gll'ls. '. ,"' ".' ;;
i : 42 jifwlals, dinners, ' enjertalninents,
c cbndiK'ted by., churches. H
Church orgnnlzntions, lodges, patri
otic organizations, etc.- with an estl
, . mnted attendance of 6.2.T0. . t
no moving picture' entertainments
with an estimated attendance of ,(IOO.
' 215 different men, boys and' girls in
the gy'mnasim during the year. v W
01 taught swlmnkng and a majority
of these life saving. -
. 00 pt the boys camp. In three different
groups. ., '," -,
12,000 estimated attendance in all
physical actlrvltles. basketball, volley
liall. Indoor bnsebnll, tennis and grouplderstnnd ber rapid development "inas-
- , v 'V .,. V-' . ? l ..1. I .-1 1 nHU n,,,la
0 Bible study clubs with seven lead
ers. 1 ' " ' .
; , 83. members In these, clulis hnvlnt
v regular Bible study each week, ,
" - 4,200 total-ettendanre at these ses
alons of the six clubs. .- , - -', '
: r- 0,000 total attendance at public re
ligious meeting', Sunday and otherwise
100 a t Father A Sons, dinner. '
' . 15 decisions for the Christian life.
15 Joined with the churches of the
.' city. v's,-.. - '.v.:'..,'.'; '
v' ' Note t Football team coached by
' Boys' Secretary and prayer before go
ing Into games, was a recognized part
. of the Droa-ram.,'' ".''i'--'':'.. -r"A-
A,' 10.000 have enjoyed the nse of the
1 swimming poll and over 0,000 hnve nt-
- tended and enjoyed the movies from
May to October this summer.
1 InTpresentlng the data Tom declared
that the Y here has been a success.
' . ' not because of the moral support of
" the citizens of Concord, but in spite
of the lack of this moral support. He
believed", that prayer was responsible
. for J the " success the loAal, association
'.. has known, 'v i''1;.:.'1;."-, '.. -f
-.,!-, C, S. Smart, one of the Directors of
v the Y, declared, the future of -the Y
here Is up to-the average cltiseri. "It
1m not a case of what l think, or what
-,the' otlier directors or the secretaries
think," he said. "It Is a case of what
, you think." . The people of Concord
have not morally supporteVI the asso-
elation hs- they should anlr be urged
1' his hearers to do all possible to Increase
the worth of the association, .
1 1m T. HartRU, for two years Presi.
dent of the Y, and at present a direc
tor, declared that the ministers of
the city more than Anyone else, hold the
' key to the situation. "If you mlills-
tors, tn talking to your members, or In
the pulpit, will speak a good word lor
(Continued on pas? OvOs)
FBEEB HVD IS A'KFD
j I OK RAILW AY OFFICERS
Stoi.hUrrt of fceuibrra Ftpf ram-
ptrte I ocfereiir In OfWea.
Dl.l i . . . . . . ,
I i uaiinii. mi n ftixinain-
r i tut rHiuiurrs fiuwij lampaay
.at their twenty-eighth annual meeting
k
New Haven, Conn.;
"Rnmlrrd that we, the stotkb4nr
of Southern Hallway Cmninny In an
nual meeting ameiBhled, do berety
take this mxaslon to spreaa our nna
plete ronndenre In tbe inrnfrate nan
agetuent and coot nil of the railway
lines of this system and of tbe atillity
of this railway rraniiany to fnrnlsh
to the communities anil the territory
traversed by Its lines a' prlr, effi
cient and emomlcal - transfMHiatlnn
system nt the lowest potwitile rates
consistent with the proper, mainten
ance a nt sound credit, when o)erated
under the management of lta -president,
the iNmrd of directors and its of
ficers; and that to this end we believe
a 'larger degree .of managerial respon
sibility nnd discretion should I re
turned to and vested In the president,
hoard of directors and officers of this
comiiany free from the artificial rv
strictions of commission control; and
further, that It is to the befit Interest
not - only of the Investiug owners- of
these proertles and the security hold
ers, but also of tbe public'and shipiiers
In the way of' reasonable rates, and of
the oiteratlves in res)iect of a nraer
standard of wage, ami for a Just set
tlement of Industrial disputes, that tbe
initiative in all matters of Alteration
and management should be left to the
sonnd Judgment nnd business experi
ence of the -operating officers- of , this
company." : . ' . v . . v t , .
HAl'NES EXTENDS THE
DATE TO OCTOBER 21
On Which Daucherty's Ruling as to
Foreign Snips Will Go .Into Effect
tVushlntcm, Oct 14. tAnpllcntion
of y Attorney . General . Dnugherty's
liquor transiKirtatiou ruling to foreign
vessels lenylng their home ports imd
American - 'vwssels ' leaving . foreign
IKirts which wus to bare become effect
ive today, was extended one week,' or
until Octolier 21, by order of Prohibi
tion Commissioner- Hanes today, : af
ter a visit to the White House,!
The order, Mr. Haynes explained,
makes no change In tbe formal ruling
beyond the vostpcaeinentot tbe effec
tive date, and ba (tr effect onl of
allowing foreign f ijaaMme ports
and .Amerrlean fWarlnforelgn ports
to, sail for this country with liquor
aboard on orhefore October 21 and
enter American ports wiinout .Viomt-
The sale ot liquor on shipping board
vessels which was ordered stopped
Immediately ' upon the 'publication of
Attorney General Daugherty' opinion,
the Commissioner said, will , not be
affected by the postponement of the
application. " '
BTnuufKMi nsriivg ni'T -..'' , '
IN FIl'MB'. SAYS REPORT
Italian Destroyers Have Been Sent to
. Keen Reinforcements Away,
.London, Oct. 14 (By the Associated
Press). Fighting has broken out be
tween the D Annunsslo legionnaires
and the Kanella forces in Flume, says
a Rome message 10 the Central News
twlayj v
A message from Ancona states that
Itnlian destroyers have been dispatch
ed, to prevent, the departure of fascist 1
torces irom, &ara ior r uirne. 1
, A "bonder Baby" HernV ,
(Br the Aaaoelated . ' '
Bernlce, , La., Oct.' 14. North liouls
lmifi Istnsts of a "Wonder nnby." r
1 The nine '-'.months. Old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B, MeClung of Ber
nlce, owns thirteen perfectly formed
teeth, weighs-43 pounds, js'42 -Inches
in height has long silky hair and phys
icians claim- her physical development
la equal to that of a normal three-
yen r-old child. . 1
Physicians Interested i in the prod
lev declare they are at a loss to un-
much as she weighed onlyglx pounds
at birth
The chiUVs father - Is ; 60 1 years .of
age and the mother twent-ave..
: Col. Forbes Makes Denial.'
New Orleuna, Oct. 14 t By hte Asso
ciated Press). -statements by Wm. F,
Deegan, 1 state commander of the Am
erican : Legion In New York, that : be
regarded the presence nt ' the Legion
convention of Col. B.. C, Forbes,. bead
of the Veterans Bureau, as an attempt
by the republican , national administra
tion to Influence- the . selection of a
national commander of the iegton,
were met by, CoL: Forbes, today with
a, flat denial that the administration
Btiiinorted or opposed the. candidacy of
any mnn for national bead 'of the
Legion. . j . , -
, With Our Advertisers. -f
Certificates' of deposit offer you oa
fine' way to save1 yoar money. vTbey
are safe and earn 4 per cent, interest
at the Citizens, Bank and Trust, Com
pany. ''vtij. '. :. ' '.'''.'
Don't forget to "run right to Cllne's'
for school : and . Hallowe'en ' supplies,
and .: lluyler'i and Elmer's fine . vn-
Fresh shipment of Purina Hen Chow
and ChickenV Chowder at Sanitary
Grwery Co.'i'i--.'.fes''.''1) : . s
The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. un
loaded a car aold of pianos Thursday.
A piano t Bult every pocketbook."
11 1 1
Greece's Atceptance Sent to Signatory
rowers..
Constantinople, Oct. 14 (By the As
sociated Press). Tbe formal accept
a nee by. the Greeks ot the Mucin nla
armistice agreement was transmitted
to all the signatory powers, this af
ternoon ' by George Slmopolous, the
Greek High - Commissioner in Con.
Btantinoplo. ' , : ' '
EI1TRIES ARE REEEIVED
FR0;.1ALLSECTI0US
Many More Are Expected to'Railroad Labor Board iaNew
Day." List of Members
Swiftly Growing.
EARLY WORK IS '
VERY NECESSARY
Plenty of Room in the Three
-Districts for Energetic
Workers and Plenty of
-"Prizes for AIL
Tlie OFFKlt, the biggest EXTRA
VOTE OFFER of the entire- drive, is
bringing forth many new memliers wh
ronhl'. no loneer resist the offer of,
sharing In the biggest and most JihHtherhond of Maintenance of Way Km
eral gift distribution ever made by a'P'orees ami railway shop workers
nevsper In the Hontbeast. The increase affects four of tbe nine
Here Is tbe 'OFFER hr a nutshell: I classes "of maintenance ' of - way em
For each andevery $.'10.00 club of ployes as classified tn its previous de
subscript4ons turued In to the "Hales-. cls'.on No. .1088, effei'tive July 1, last,
manshlp CluW on or before Maturdavl The Increase means an addition of
night. (Vtolier 21i(t, 240,000 EXTRA ' $22.12r)oO to the (sage 1 bill of tht'
VOTES will be. given In addition to nation's railroads. . The average rnlnl
tbe regidar votes allowed on the snh-'niura wage under ihe decision will
scriptlons. Both The Tribune andirange from 23 cent to 37 cents an
Times snliacrlptions aiiply on this of
fer, and it does not mattes whether
they are new , suliScriptlohs or old
ones. ' K . .'.;
The Club - Manager w
nave nt least twenty-five new mem.
Iters this week v The Meld, mrorwl l,r
The trlhune and Times Is large, and
tnere is oiiportunity for at least twen
ty-live more workers to enter the race
and compete -successfully. vThls I1I2
'EXTRA' VOTE .offer should lie the '
neeessnry inducement for those who
have been thinking about entering the
club to make their decision Immediate
ly and send In their nomination, cou
pon. - A person may begin nnder the
great OFFER and secure enough
votes while the OFFER lasts, to win
any car in the list, and thevery fact
mm lue fiiiii 11ns neen wen advertised
up to the present time, makes suhscrin-
tions easy to secure. ' It would not. lie,
unreasonable if at. least- twenty-five
new active emlrs would Join, the.
CHnb and work for the prises. Send
in.yonr name at once: aad take ad-
vahtage of tbia.iMK EXTRA VOTE
nrvRK ''iti ',.ji.f ,4ot it
on
as
$(S0,OOt worth of snlisriptions to The
Tribune or T,lmes,yn' will h& ciwl-
lted with 480,000 EXTRA VOTES in
. wua www. .A'MAvWJSH--n
. . . . . i-'""" ."'
to the numlier of lulis he-may secure
except his ability to get subscriptions.
. Get the Winning Votes Now t
' Positive assurance Is given that-this
is the very best EXTRA '.VOTE OF
FER that will be made during the'
life of tbe Club, therefore, those who
do their ' very best work now will
profit greatly, thereby. It Is very
likely that the winner of the big au
tomobiles will . get the winning votes
during this beg EXTRA VOTE OF
FER. , .
v Happy Pastime. "v :
The Tribune and Times are so popu
lar in their territory that subscription
gathering, in most Instances, 'will de
velop into a happy iinstim4 ;; Several
meinners nie already advised the
Club Manager that their . friends are
voluntarily coming to tnem with , as
sistance In the way of subscriptions.
There, are so many prizes that it
seems almost impossible, for any one
who really tries, not to win -a prize.
In some - Instances -the memliers are
enlisting the, support pf father, moth
er,' brother"" or, sister, as campaign
manager, i :'r Thus, ; a ystemnnc . race
can be run and no stone left unturned
to yield the highest possible results, ?'
Drive Just Started Enter Your Name
Thinking about .the automobiles,
and wishing - for them dreaming
aliout them, will never suffice. 'Work
will do it anil each and every prise in
the list is 1 worth -many, many times
tbe effort that will be neessary to ac
quire it. - You have' every qualifica
tion necessary ... to own any one of
these beautiful ' cars, but " they will
get ' you nowhere, unless you i apply
them.
Why not drive one Of these!
prize automobiles this season and let brought atiout "
The Tribune and Times pay theWU?;'-. . otfy'sure ot'one thing, and
In reality the drive is Just begin- what Is that It must be accomplished in
ning. Many people are trying to de-jllome ,way lf tlie railroad labor slt
clde whether or not to get into- the nation is to be stabilized. -roe
and earn a car. The' decision . . ., .,
should lie made at bnee, as the 240, -
000 EXTRA VOTE OFFER gives the,,
necesssrv incentive, i Come on in now
while tne "coming is good, it is rr
better to be a "glad-I-didder" than a
Wlsh-I-hadder." " - -
Nomination Coupons.
THAT'S IT SEND IT IN. YOU
CAN'T GO WRONG IN THE "8ALES
PAID LIBERALLY F0R;,a'HE RE
8ULTS SECURED, f . . 2-,
: : Early Work Necessary. . f
Too
brought
ot early
rensmilnir fllonff
readily convince one of the pr&ctlea
blllty, of doing their best work now, I
Due to the fact that suliscrlptlons are
naturally more plentiful at' this time
than they ever will be again during
the life' ot the .Club, makes lt empera
tlve that one get into the harvest ear
ly. It necessarily , '.follows that sub
scriptions will become fewer as, the
race progresses nnd the Interest : in
creases. Therefore, "the eurly work
ers wilf be the ones who 'will be In
vited by tbe Judges' to "step forward
please" and claim tbe automobiles.
The Leather Bottle Inn, immortaliz
ed by Dickens in "Pickwick Popors,'
Is for sale.
much pressnre cannov 1 be morning, were approaching the mnin, tie uennica, irginia chick weiuer
to bear., upon'' the Importance land todayV : aboard 3 the .transport (OHie Mae wmtaker, vorter cook, us,
work In the Club. A little Thomas. The Thomas is expected to, car nitaker. . s , '
"hnss sense'' lines will' make nort some: time tomorrow. ' Thei ' Fourth jrraile Fannie , Bennlck,
IITOEBFiy
Decision Advances Wages
of This Class of Railroad
Workers 2 Cents an Hour.
400,000 WORKERS
AFFECTED BY DECREE
Labor Board Had Been in a
Deadlock for 10 Days In
crease Means $22,000 In a
Year for Workers.
Chicago. Oct. 14 tlr tbs Associated
Press)- The railroad tabor board' t;i
day grsiited 2 cnt an boor Increase
to 4."il.ltll memleri f the Vnlted Bro-
hour...
The decision came after 10 days of
iad ock among the board memliera. in
aich-Chairman Hoener and a, mem-
embers!. ber of the public gswup succeeded In
ould like to'cbtalnlng. a tnajorit in favor of the
iricrease. The 2 cehts increase was
prcpraed by the public group, 'but not
until the accession of W. H. McMeal
men of the tabor gnmp and" Samuel
Hlgglns of the raflmud representation
was the decision for an Increase made
possible
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm at an Advance of "9- to
, 16 Points on Renewal of -Buying
Movement. , . '
(Br the Associated preaa.)
Xew Tork, Oct. I4.;s-Tlie cotton mar
ket opened Una at an advance of 0
to 10 points on renewal of the buying
movement which had been In progi-ess
f ihe close nf veRterrt nnd-which
again appeared to Include a good deal
of buying for tratte.aount.. The ad
vance to 22 :42 for December made- a
gooil deal of realisttog ' for over ' the
wekteBVhoei'at.1asV
lieen some- Belling on tle- Census re-
port' which sowed' a consumption of
405,344 lrnles for September, against
B27.4Mr-'f.-:Animt. and 4S4.878 foi
September Inst year
Cotton futures oiieaed firm : Decem
ber 22.40; January 'J2I28; March 22.);
May 22.40 ; JJnly 22 25.
RAILROADS AND NEW
ORGANIZATIONS' AGREE
Sixteen Roads Have Reached Agree
ment With New Organizations of
Their Shopmen.
Chicago, Oct. 34 (By the Associated
Press). Sixteen railroads have com
pleted agreements .with new organiza
tions of their shopmen by which, in
effect the men waive", the - right:, to
strike and the companies pledge them
selves not to litigate. ' both parties
agreeing to "abide by decisions of the
railroad lalor lioord. It became known
today.'. 'Notice' of the, completion of
the agreement has been tiled with the
labor board
RaHrcad .Labor Must Give Up Rijri
.to Strike ni)h Mr. Lee..
Cleveland,1 Ohio, Oct 13. Railroad
labor must surrender the .right ' to
atrikj if the railway situation is to he
stabilized and "the rights of the people
toj unulterrupted transportation ser
vice; permanently secured,1!,; Elisha J.
Lee,", vice president of;; the ' Pennsyl
vania lines, declared tn an address to-
I am not prepared to say, at the
present' time," Mr, Lee said, ''that we
should go to the length, of absolutely
forbidding- ml road strikes by specific
statutes. Nor would I attempt otlier
'wlse U .. lay . down any particular
m'Athnd hv which nrcentstice of this
Klcllv correct nrlnclnle . lrtav ' be
! REFUGEES OF'THE SEA ' ' '
APPROACHING MAINLAND
, . . - j, .
1 assengers ana crew laaen rrom tne
Steamer, City of Honolulu, Expect
10 uina tomorrow. . ;
San Francisco, Col., Oct 14 (By
the Assoclatea ; Press ) .Refugees . of
the sea. the 201 persons who were pas-
- of llonolulu when flames drove them,
into the ship's. Niate 637 miles south-
t west of San : Francia-o, Thurstinyt
- 1 city ot HdnolulU was uurneu to- tne
water's edee. ,v v-. : v , . .
; "'' ' 1 s-r Grace Smith, Viola Smith, Edgar j
('( -y. ".Weather For Next Week.. ,Mvhltaker, Virginia WlUlams, v
- Washington,' D. C, Oct. ,14. The; Fifth grade Marvin Boyd, Clyde
weather outlook fnr .the week begin- MIsenhelmer, ' Fleetwood , Sell, Kay
ning Monday included: , mond Whltnker. ,
South Atlantic States: Rains at be- Sixth grade Lnwrence Riser, Kath
lrinnlnir of the week and fair thereat-1 leen Staten, Beatrice Russell, Lois
ter, normal temperatures. 'Tucker, Jocelyne Tucker, Fred Cov-
: j . -r- c ... Ungton, Nellie Rodgei-s. . -
Imlependont Ticket t Be Announced , Seventh grAde .Joseph " Dahlia,
, Monday. 7 Wootlrow Staten, Ethel Readllng, Em-
We are requested to state that a ma Howell. . - , , -v
complete independent, ticket for local' 1 11 ' - ' -
ofilces in this county will lie an-' , The Mitchell Home School is in full
nounced In Monday's Times and Trlb
V une.
LLOYD GEORGE GETS
-AROUSINGWELCOME
Huge Crowd at Club Build-
Ing, Where He Delivered
Speech, Extended Whole
Length of the Street ;
GREETED WTTn BIG
BURST OF CHEERING
Says if There b to Be a
. Change in the Premiership
No Man Would Welcome
It More Than He.
Mam-hexter. Pmrliml 0,4 M tit
the AswM-iated 1'rew!). Prime' Minis-.
ter TJoyd George received an enlbu- '""d out God's face and drove Ills
pdmtlc welcome when he reached tbe Rrit away from them, thus expert
Reform Club here today for a lunch- etx-lng that mwt terrible of all ex
eon before delivering , his eagerly jperlem-es the withdrawal of God's
awaited tiolltical speech. Tbe hiiL-e favor and presence, Ho in deeit iien-
crowd outside the building extended
practically tbe whole length of the
street 011 which the club is situated,
and tbe Premier's. appearance was the
signal for a big outburst of cheering.
At one point In bis speech Mr.
IJoyd George declared:
"There has been siieecb after sneecfar'"
jof intolerable abuse, snd I am told to
be"r lt Uke n 'lHn, Imt there are! guilty
, J""" l,!mt w,,,rld whoJ Jn tai
,n,,1.k lt te lius.nesS of Cifriatlanslng V
!"' .
lie massacred , by Turk $ or pro-
am uor nine or mill sort or
A little further an, the Prime Minis
ter said :
If there is to lie a change there is
no man' who would welcome lt more
than I. I have had a long spell and
a -very hard one. r love freedom.
There ore a lot of things I want to
sny." ''''.-. ' . -
This statement by the Premier Was
after be bad turned to home policies,
a subject on which the whole empire
wns awaiting his pronouncement: He
asserted that there were "die hards"
(the ultra v. conservative) , on - both
sides: '. "There 'are some who would
like to make me die hard, and 'soon." ,
' When the cries of "spm-h" . were
heard,-Mr. Lloyd. George paused ' a
moment and then commanding silence
with upraised hands he said:
.' "I t tin uk - this erent mithnrlnn- fri-
asking ml to this lAty to present the
case of) tee. guxe,rnmeab4n -the effprts
irtrtrtttlreyfhave ipnrtP.tahU1r'Bfl;
roiiean iiesfce and '. lwevept .Woisisheil
rrom spreading- throughout eastern
Europe." -. . 1
In beginning his speech at the lunch
eon nnd thus raising the curtain on a
new act in the tiolltical drama which
may mark the climax in the eareer of
the striking central figure, Mr. Lloyd
George-referred to the Near -East cri
sis, declaring the people of his coun
try -would not believe that their gov
eminent had endeavored' to rush Great
Britain into war,
' "We have not been v war-mongers,
but pence-makers," he said. ;
' The' Premier arose amid- tense' si.
Ience of expectancy on the part of
bis hearers, who were .looking to him
tot begin tbe fight of hts. political life.
,' Continuing his defense of the gov
ernment's policy regarding the' Near
East,- Mr. Lloyd. George said th nego.
tuitions had been conducted m,a man
ner unprecedented in this country.
The government, he declared, had been
assailed with . misrepresentation such
ns no government had ever been suli
Jected tq. t , The country would resent
this, he declared, .adding that there
weret "queer people let loose" In the
press in these days. , . ; :'
Speech Disappointing. .'
Manchester. England, Oct. 14 Prime
Minister -Lloyd George's -speech to the
liberals of the Manchester Reform
Club this afternoon, -expected to be a
I historic utterance,, was a, disappoint
In that respect his oration was similar
to that of Austin Chamberlain, at Bir
mingham yes,terday, .''..-1.
Of his address of one ' hour and
twenty minutes, Mr. 'Lloyd- Uf?orge
devoted nearly one-half an hour to a
defense of his near Eastern policy
and to the ridicule of his critics.
r . ..,'-'.
Honor Roll For Brown-Norcott School
, For First Month.
" First grode Fay Beaman, lluby
Boydl Nellie Coble, Rnby Coble, Icon
ise Edwards, Novella , Eagle, Viola
Eagle, Dollle Men seiner, - Lula Mea se
iner, Margaret Hint tb, Inez Simpson,
Mable Williams, Edgar Behnick, Wil
liam Cook, Clarence". Helms, . Ralph
! Hartsell, James. Llpe, Sherman Par
ker,Wude Robinson, Clifford Thomiv
son, James Whltnker. , 1
v Second, grade Virginia Tucker, Ru
by Lemmond, Kathleen Dabbs, Lil
lian Parrlsh, Willis , Parrish, Paul
Sells, Column Moore,
Edgar Kiser,
Fay Hartsell.
xniro gratie aiary oeue noyu, ivu
moubti uuous, jomi n-ngie, uBiirmie
IKlser, Beatrice Moore, John-Parker,
- : Mast with Miss Wentworth superln
teudent and many new teachers.
BLESSEDNESS OT rORCREXESS
U Re Wna TnusmMUs!
la rli'-itaki It I 1
l7&?ZX" Kttr, , . rTTrr
-lis rid ottered , those words oat of
a heart that bad tasted tbe bitter
sweets of ata and bad new tasted the
sweets of God's forgjreaesa. Wbea
Havtd was Imtngbt fare to face with
his . sin by Nathan tbe protbet, be
poured out bla grief. Tw and re
lentanf at sin In tbe words of lsalm
21. ' which bedus with this petition
for merry: -Have merry aino me, 41.
Uinl, arrnrdlnc t thy kiving-kiBil-nesn."
- After bis earnest, humble run
fesMioa of i and slmere expreHslons
of penlteiue be exjerienced a sense
of God'a forgireneMi and tbe great
Mty and iieace that comes from a
knowledge of a heart cleansed from
sin ami the forgiveness that blots ont
even the remembrance of sin. He
prays: "Restore unto me tbe Joy of
fhy salvation."
David and reter had a similar ex
perience, -They knew the Joy of sal-
vatlon, and then liy grievous sin Mot
Hence they return to their Heavenly
father, and because they had a sense
s consciousness of the heinousness,
foulness nnd hatefnlness of sin -in
God's sight, they could appreciate the
blessedness of forgiveness. .
What Is sinT Kin is an overt act
gainst God,
a transgression against
law God's
David was
guilty ot lioth adultery and mnrder.
sing 1 nans wire, ana men semi-
rlah to the most dangerous posi
tion on the Imttletleld in order that
be might be killed. David was guilty
of two of the foulest crimes possible.
Davul, instead of being at the bead of
his army and lending them to victory,
stayed cowardly and selfishly at home
indulging in his lower nature, while
tbe man whose home he hnd ravaged
and destroyed wns In the forefront of
the- battld fighting to. idefend David.
When Nathan showed David the dls-
gracefulness, tbe batefulness . of this
thing David1 repents butterly, but tru
ly and sincorely, and confesses and is
restored toAJods loving favor. . .
Besides being an overt net a lift
ing of the hand against God, but. sin
is also a falling short ot our duty
a missifig of the mark. David not
only, sinned positively against God-
hut he. fell short of his dqty as King.
lie anpuiu nave, tieiennett tne nomes
of his people against the very crime
he ; himself committed. 1 There - are
three phases ot "blessedness" : -
First, the blessedness of mm whose
ftrnTnigrethsrta 'taken 'away.
rtecond' "the' blessedness ' of him
whose sin Is coveretl" by the blood of
Christ).'
Third." "the blessedness of him to
whom the Lord impnteth ' not iniqui
ty." Sin must be punished, but Christ
bore our sin iui his own body on the
tree" nnd we have pardon through His
blood. He paid our debt "He be
came sin for us who knew no sin"
why? "That we might become the
righteousness of , God through Hiur."
Having obtained God's llorgjreness
then let us live holy lives witnessing
to the saving and keeping power of
the Savior who died for us."
KOHLOSS' REPORT
Shows 136 Illicit Distilleries Captur
ed in SejitemW 97 Arrests Made.
(By the Aaaoelatcs Piwaa.1 ,
Salisbury, Oct,' 14. Federal Prohi
bition agents in, North. Carolina cap
tured 13tt illicit distilleries and 73,105
gallons of alcoholic, liquors during
the month of Septemlier, according to
a. reiMirt lust issued bV R. A. Kohloss,
Federal Prohibition Director or tne
State.
A total Of 07 airrests were made,
while 100 prosecutions were reeoin
mended. Twelve automobiles were
seized and confiscated. The total val
ue of all projierty seized nnd destroy
ed was $31,881.25; ,
49544 Bales Consumed in September.
". rte &iwaelatn4 aa.t
Washington, Oct. 14. Cotton con
sumed .during September amounted-to
405,344 bales of lint and 59,883 of
linters, compared with' 484,718 of lint
and 00710 of linters in September
lust year, the Census Bureau an
nounced -todny't jVvjy, -v;.'
J ri-JA. A low atlll In frtrna: in
' V fill, I, liM uw ,n n , .... ... -" - -
Pennsylvania, the arrest ir imprison-
meut of any woman for iatture to pay
taxes is prohibited. , . '.
Answering the Housing Problem
- ' "HOUSE SOLD AND NO PLACE TO MOVE TOi -JUST
CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO LIVE." ;
- YOU CAN find a place to live A BETTER PLACE to live
than you've given any consideration to YOUR OWN HOME.
OWN YOL'R
Fot twentv-flve years we have
and monthly payments trader a plan that leads to home ownership,''
and today CONCORD has HUNDREDS of home-owners who are
not concerned about renting problems, YOU, TOO, CAN BE IN
DEPENDENT of the landlord. r . - -.
i. The wnv to do lt is to take 'out some shares in Series No. 50
ot this OLD RELIABLE BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION NOW
OPEN and let us fhelp you. . , . - (
COME IN AND LET US TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.
Cabarrus County
Savings Association. "
Office in Concord National Bank
i;ATTEf:PU0STE.LS3
Said to Have Been Written
Her by Asa G. Candler.
Letters Recovered as Law
yer Grappled With Man.
WAS RUNNING OUT
WITH THE LETTERS
Lawyer Said a Mah About
30 Years Old Came Into
His Office, Seized the Let
ters and Fled. . ''.
(My the Jaaalaf rraa.
New Orleans, (V-t 14. Attempted '
theft of letters said to have been
written by Asa I. Candler, Sr., to Mrs..
Onexima Deboucbel from the ofBce ot
Harold Morse, associate counsel for
Mrs. Debom-bel, was revealed today by.
her attorney. .
The letters were recovered, Morse
said when be grappled with a man as
be was In tbe act of running out of '..
tbe lawyer's office with a package con
taining them..' '" .
"It hnppengd two days ago," saUl
Morse, "but, I didn't , shy anything
alxiut it hecanse. it Bounded so much '
like fairy tales." ;. . ' .
Morse said , tbe package had just
been returned by registered,, mall ,
when a man apiiarently 30 years old,
entered the office, and after mumbling
a remark about a detective agencyi ,
seized the letters and fled. -
('I grablied him and knocked him
down," Morse said, "and he left in n , '
hurry." .. .wi--i .' " ' '
, THE RATE .HEARING .TODAY ' '
Attamer for Railroads Charges State
. With "Monumental Inconsistency."
, : : (By tke &aaetal4 Pt .' ;
Ashevllle, Oct. 14. Chas J. Rlxey, V .
Jr.,. representing the carriers ..which -
are protesting before the interstate : -Commerce
Commission the North
Carolina Coiiwration Commission's re- :
quisition for rate revision in this state '
from points lieyond the Ohio River
gateways and west of P,ttsburgh-Buf- .
faltf, charged the .state with monu- .
mental inconsistency In his. pro.onged '
examination of, W. G. Womble, rale ex
pert of thi commission. In effect,, he
said Norft 'Carolina while, doubling
W'Sctifaliy'TnT taXesrrts'carrSers'"
throueh one of its state departments
is through another trying to put into.'
effect a scheme which will inateria.lVy j
reduce the Income of the roads. Such
a' position, he Asserts, Is unsound but ..
Mr. Wamble contends that all taxes .
are raised In this state, and declares , . -that
the records should contain no in
timation that the roads are being
sing ed out for increased payments.-1
(Mr. Rlxey ridiculed the inclusion, In y.
the North Carolina prayer for re- -.
vision of statistics relating to the com- . ,
mon wealth's vast hydro electric de-
velopment. He said the state would
have the Interstate Commerce Coon- ,
mlsK.on influenced, by these colossal
fieures when it is a generally! recogniz- ,
1 fact that hydro electric development ;,,
rdbs the earner of thousands or dot
lars In tonnage. Mr. Wombie suggest
ed the plants of this nature, however,
furnished other freight movements of
higher .classes,: which assertion was
dispute! by the lawyer.
Another Move In the New Jersey
: Murder Mystery. , v
jersey City, N, J., JH't. 14,-Coiinty
Prosecutors Beekmnn of Somerset, and
Strieker, ot Middlesex,) rodny Jolued
in an application to iSupreine Court
Justice Parker to designate , Attorney
ft
General McCrnn to take charge or tne v
Investigation of ' the ; murder of the
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, and Mw.
Eleanor Rhlnehnrt Mills. . , , . , ' . ;
Death of Max C Braswell. . ,. v
... Br ,Aaortata Prcaa. :.'. ,
Rocky Mount, N. C. Octi 14. Max C.
Braswell, of Battleboro, farmer, banker,-
merchant and' prominent in the to-1
operative marketing organization, (Ued
at a Richmond hospitnl at 4 a, m, to- ;.
day, according to a telegram received ;
here today;. . .-&'' 7-' '; - , i1 '- '-.: 'j
A .number of the most beautiful
homes' In the South were designed by
Miss Henrietta C. Dozier,- well known
arcbltict, of Jacksonville, Fin- .
HOME. ' ' ' " ' , ', ,
been loaning money on weekly
Building Loan and
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