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if Ji o n:. -5 a O TODAY. O oooooooo rU-' . O DlSi'AiCIirS , OOOUOOw.. VOLUME:XXII. CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3!, 1922. NO. 223. IIOE1HIFT0 IIS. G!BS0:i'S LIFE ' TirfRnsTiinFnrrirri nrii'nr.TOifHTfn inivLu uni II ui uiiiul, 1 "Members of New Italian Cabi- nut IIiLii(iJ t.n Di,;u H... i net Headed by Benito Mus-J solini. Take Oath Before ' King; V ictor Immanuel. .ASSUMED OFFICE - V .... IXfMPniATFT VI Thousands of Fascisti From All Over the Country En ter Rome Today to Cele brate Their Triumph. CUT 'Aaaaat-,Faaa.t Ixicdon, Oct. -Si. Memliers of the ww Italian . Uuet, headed by Dr. ISenlla Mnssolliil, the fascisti chief- tun. took the onto of offle liefor King . Victor Iuiinanuel at 7:1.1 last night, and. assumed otlice luiuifttlittely, say an Exchange Teiegrath (Ispati-h from Rome.. , . - - , Big Demount ration In Rome, ; - -1 Rome. Oct. ,31 By the Asstx-laled I'mig.f Rome -awaited :: with -eagerness today for the formal entrant In to the city of- the thousands of fascisti who were lulled from all porta of the country over the week-end in "support I of the faaclati demnml for control f ih. . . . . The demonatrntlona- , are wiiichWnt!"'" rPBr" "'ta Ken'! with., the call to power of the lenfler, I ' Benito Mussolliil, who yesterday form- el a -new cabinet.. ' The new K"veri ment la jendy to take full control and lrn faaclati anpitortera from all parts of t Italy are prepured to celebrate the. ,' triumph by h proceaalon through the city. . :.'.,:!-v..vi ..-..- :; .- It was decided last night, however, to limit the number of fiaradera to 15,000, with the route of the lwrnde jmissIhk by the qulrinal for a tribute' to Kin) Imiimnucl. a 'ninrch throuRh 1hevnmin ati-eets to the nnknowit ol iliera' tomb j and thou demobilization and the return of the demonatratom to their borne in pll paH Italy.; .; Meanwhile the faaciatl already 4 In Itouie celebrated the triumph by an informal night irade, undaunted by ' the frequent Rhowera, : winging jwtriot i Ic aonga which were IntPraiK'rsed with , fnwistl "war;, crlea; Notwithstanding .the ruin they. -dinnnired to Iturht lion -tires in various 'aiiuarea In which they liurued sqciallsth! and coumtiniHtlc literature. ) - t ' ' ' '-. These dftHHl1strB"ttonH"nl Vlher ln- '.avme iituirters (luring which tlMre wits considerable shoot mg with no fatali ties reiorted. 1 . . , The Fascisti lusurreetionlst luove nient has been going from victory to victory. AVith very few exceptions It hn everywhere, gained Its objectives- bloodlcssly. .... -.'.'! :, ' : '--.:. , It la expected that the Fascisti wtll enter Rome in force either today or to , morrow. " ; 1'he situation of present stands as follows: Witt theexceptioh of Cre-H iiKina aud Turin, where the Fascisti rncounterejl t considerable opposition, the whohj :. .northeast of Italy b' in their control, with" the exception of Rome, wliich, however, is closely sur- ' rounded , by ' Fascisti squndrons estl- mated to lie many vthoiiKands strong, whose numherft are; beinu ; constantly welled by rc.iuforcements pouring ,ln from nil over Italy. ' :' In Southern Italy where the. Fnfcisfi are' least strong they have' made, small progress, but Deputy Carndonna, their leader in the south, has stretched his troops ini a continuous line across Italy Just south of Naples, keeping a close watch over 1'uglie, Basillcat and Calabria The situation In Rome la marked by . great activity displayed by the military .who' are continually1 dashing upland down1' the stretse In nmtor lorriea. FAsclstl Nationalists are parading the .- streets In their picturesque 'uniforms, ljelng greeted - everywhere with great enthusiasm by the, population.! , -,v f Rome presents its ordinary' holiday ; appearance, ..V.-Tbe streets nre fllled , w Ith' people enjoying ' the bringlit sun-' :sliine as If nothing unusual were hap ; pening.- Flags are ejtposed at -every w lndow ns if to commemorAte. a nd tlonnl vlctory.y ' Women walk' undls- turbed In the streets. 'f.r-:- ', ' V .Italian Ambasgfidor at Paris Resigns. - Paris, Oct. 31 x (By the. Associated Press)Count Sforsa has telegraphed his- resignation- as Italian ambassador at Paris to Premier MuhsuIIuI. ' lie v exVlalns that lit his view the govern ment should have'' in sncb : posts men " In thorough accord wit)) its policies, - ':h i 1 ' " 'With Our Advertisers. i ,' ' New Victor Records for November have lieen received by the Bell It Har ris-Furniture Comnany, :; -; ,: 1 ' A gives you happiness to: own' yonr own home.- ,8ee how" you can do this . by reading ad. of Citlxeos Building A Jxinn Association In this papw- : . Don't forget " the Ten Day Sale at ' the Concord. Furniture Co. starts tomorrow.- . Many, fine bargain will be -.offered. '!'' "" 1 -v ""; : The BeH It Harris Fnrnltureo. has 'received furnishings for , the entire , '.hoiifle, largo or small. New ad. gives particulars.' . Building fresh tires eacn , morning takes lota of fuel. Cole's Hot Blast Heaters save time, trouble , and ev ense, II. B. Wilkinson. l; - , Vp to 'September 10, Montreal eleva tors had unloaded 03, 881,041 bushels of grain .from lake Vessels, and had at ' ; the same time loaded ocean vessels ,Vith 88,840,941 bushels, according to reoortls of the Harbor Commissioners' ccntly are Scolsi, or of Scotch extrac - oftlce. V, , - , . v. , : 'v: tlon, and they are Presbyterlana. . ( - ;''''''. ',''' .'''''"' ; tr'ss Vi';"''j. !',J.' ; '-'i '-' --'.'-' ' -''''?' ' v '' 'C uliuu iuilui luni lui i It la Rumored That She is W - V:j -J TL- IT ', ... Not a Widow, and That Her Husband is Living at Pres ent in New Brunswick. SHE DENIES ALL . r - No Effort Has Been Made by - Prosecutor Mott to Present Sirs. Gibson's Story to the Grand Jury. . . By tfcaiaaaHa4 Pr,.t New Brunswick. X. J Oct. The credibility of Mr. June Ollaion, who ' he was mi eye-witness of the'altscks on the Ku Klnr Klan here lastj Mnnrder of the Rev. Edtvnrd W. Hall night with a plea Mr tranunllttr andi and hla choir lender. Mm. Eleanor R.I tolerance s that the urate might Ie' Mill, wan tuibjected to criticism again'tqiared "the horrors, of a civil war." today. Tbe authorities continued their His aiieech was a w-n thing dentin investigation Into her post, following elation of religions bigotry and eoni reiHirta that Innteiid of lieliiR the wld- mnnlty bntreil, uud denounced certain ow of a clercymnn. she la the wife of aypea-of Catholic and memliera of the Wm. H. KaMton. who worka In ,New Klan In Jhe name breath. ; Brtmmvick, and drlvea to and from -yon are both to hlame," be aaaert her farm In a Hiwrtl atitomnlille. eil. , "Yon Catholics who go ont and Mra. nihaon inaiated that the reorta nay; 'I don't vote for a man who la were wntme. She denied ahe has a not a embolic I am m.inir to nut mv ih""''". r hat Hhela.a Mra.-Glb- Ifon whose hualmnd, John, A railroad i V n's ' ., J""n " nau "noininn to. say'' when asked i buit . niiB ii in wife.. . '!.:-:.-: ' "Its an nmaxinff story," he said, commenting- on her eye-witness story, "rihe has n brilliant mind." - TVott tell-me 'the ofliclals are' Invee--tlgnting the story of my Ufe,,f Mrs. Gilwon said. 1 "Well, I don't are, I know t am here 'In .New Brunswick, and I witnessed the murder of Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills. What difference does it make whether I bnve n past or notr rr ';-': ; '' . ";' . .. r 8ieclal Attorney Mott haa made no move to present Mra. (lilison's story to the grand- Jury, : He said, however, he found nothing which would tend to dis credit her account of the murders, . ' Mrs. (Jihson Fires Birdshot at ; Re-v.-'vV';- '-.'-V'.. ;'. porters.""'' ,:- New Brunswick, K. i'Oct. 8l: Mrs. Jane (illison. who recently: drnnniti eally announced that .she bad been an eye-witness to the Hull-Mills murder, tMlny. clinched her-hold on the center ef the stage by firing it load of bird shot, over t he heada of .reporters -who K.-siMte ami pepueKug her with questions, Mrs. Oibson-r-ex-latreliack rldor, hog raiser and .woman fanner -who suddenly became reticent- after ampli fying her story tif the killing of .the Rev.-Kit ward Wfc Hall and his choir slngw, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, became. irL rltated this morning when an army of newspaper men showed i; at her door.- -v ;-. - fi' ,;r ".'''."'"''';" -V.:-. The reporters returned to town and addressed questions, to her over the telephone. , Khe admitted that it was she who wielded the shot gun. - . THE COTTON MARKET Opened at a Decline en December But . (ienerauy a w a roinis nigwr, . . fMr the Aoii(!tea Fnui t, . .' New York, Oct. 81.- The cotton mar ket opened steady! today at a decline of 2 points On December, but generally 8 to 3 points higher, and sold about 10 to 10, points above, yesterday a clos ing dpringi early trading. A better opening response to the relatively firm showing of the Liverpool- market was nravented by scattered -"southern ell- ing and overnight selling orders brought In by the reaction or yesterday 8 late luarket. - V- v-': -;i.';;;- ' t Cotton futures opened steady. Dec. 24 :25 ; Jan.(23 :05 ;; March 24 :04 ; May 28 :02 ; Julj! 23:70. . . Gastonla Coming to Concord Friday. With the. experiences of the Salis bury gatties f tucked , away In their heads, the local pigskin chasers or the. hieh school yesterday afternoon settled down to wrfrk in preparation for their game with , Gastouia here Friday.,.M vrS-iS' ;--' 'K' ''Ui;-' r'. Uastonia - has a strong team tnis year, having hwi utiniiotte to n one point, vk-tory.1 Charlotte turned the trick on .Monroe' who swamped the lo cal eleven, From that angle it would appear a walk over is in store ror the gam Friday. , But ' Gaatonia was badly beaten by. Shelby, and Shelby was licked by Charlotte, o there goes the comparative scores up In the aid. 1 Too, Gastonia was able to beat; the Lincolnton team by only one touch down, ' " The - same . Lincoluton tean held Salisbury, to bj tia AUr who saw the .Ballsbury-Concord game say that Concord has Just as good a team as Salisbury, despite the score, which waa- dne largely -to fumbles. From this angle a rather- close game should be expected. ' Add to this the fact that last, year's game was scoreless tie.; and you may know that football enthusiasts have a real game In store when the whistle sounds Friday. . M.V'V"' i ii a ' . ''.-'y- ttallan Steamer Sinking. . . Lands End, England, - Oct. 81' (By the Associated - Press). The Italian i steamship Teti, bound from Huetca, Snnlnj for. Norfolk and Baltimore, ts sinking at a point southeast of the Azores, says a wireless message from the veasel received by Lloyd's this morning. No ijarticulars were given. It la ,not known here whether the Tetl carries any passengers. .. . ' All cabinet ministers of the Mani toba government who took office re- ill -DKCES Klill AND CATHOLICS Got, Allen, of Arkansas, De-, r i m r . nounces Certain Trpesofj uauioucs ana iu rviuxers in the Same Breath. FEARS ACTION WILL . BRING "CIVIL WAR Says Both the Klansmen and Catholics , Should -Be Ashamed" for the Way They Have Acted in Past, Great Bend. Kan.. Oct. SlvJ-flov, Henry J. Allen, of Khimki, In an eleol, tion campaign address, continued him ,mlttitirt activity behind my relinion y0ii ouaht th be aaluinied of vonrnelf And yon metf who Join thla Klau and any : There Man order that exista for i the protection tif white Supremacy and to save na from the Catholic Church.' You onght . to be ashamed ; honestly, you ought to'Ke ashamed." He explained that be did not like the Klan's attitude toward some com munity questions,' nhr the' manner in which itsnotivlties were said to be car ried out.. It was not a jieraonal mat ter, he said. . "I nmjiot a Catholic; I am a Meth odist," be said. STATE PLATOROrXO FOR r TLEVER CHECK FLASHER Man Signing ame of Well Known ; (ireeBxboro Man (Jetn $200 With Ease. .-. ' C .x ' Greensboro, Oct 30. North " Caro lina Is the playground, for J check flashers,, according to the head of the Towles Detective' agency . here. . and he thinks that the next legislature should put teeth in a bill that would furnish some protection i from - such gentry. "ftV -'-'.t-'V-t-f .frlea. of .nTsCTnces that )u come to his attention in mat f a clever si lett er who, on a : capital of 13 ; cents gashed his way to the amount of $2, 5b0, And all the victim could do, it appears, was grin una bear It. The man put $14,13 in a bank and in few hoifrs drew out the $14 and started writing, checks, getting 12,500 in money and goods before his num ber was sufficiently secured. He had funds in the bank 'the 13 : cents hut they -were In wery case,, "in sufficient funds." 1 -The case of a man named Mock, or going under that name (at , Winston- f!!!'ll with a text for his sei-mon.Th fel low, who is still on the Wing, vic timized four merchants there,-passing, a check' in each instance lor ?79.50, buying goods and getting a ' goodly amount of change with each check, to each ol" which was signed the nameOf . H. Neese, granite and marble deal erhere, He never t ciu.ied tor ine articles that he ibought he .wanted money and he1 got it. .V It is understood i that the North Carolina merchants' association will asfc the legislature for .a real bad check" law at Its next session. , .., NORTH CAROLINA WINS EXPRESS ROUTING FIGHT All Northern Express to Asheville Ordered Routed, By Southeastern. Washington, ; DfltT . v, 29 ("-Senators Overman and Simmons have been fighting before the international state commerce commission of , force the American Railway Express company to transfer its express, packages destined for- western North Carolina to the Southeastern Express Co., in Washington o enable them, to go direct instead of all the way round by South Carolina points, as has often been the practice. Senator Simmons has been intormea hy the secretary of the commission that the American Kaiiway Express company haa announced that all ex press matter from the nortn anu east destlneed for Asheville is now to be transferred . to the Southeastern Ex-, press company here. . . v It is assumed tnis covers am western North Carolina ooints. but Senitor Simmons will look further' Into this phase of the matter. -. : ' '--r ' ?Thls announcement meanB & great deal to the neoDle of Asheville aad weestern North Carolina, and relieves an outrageous jpractlce that has caus ed great- annoyance and i; incon venience to the people of piedmont and western North ' Carolina,':;,' said Senator s:nvmonB' lafflca today. ; , 'i Funeral of 8. Jackson Host. : , V The, funeral of 8. Jackson Bofjt, well known' Concord man who died at his home early ; Monday morning, was held this morning at 11 o'clock at Bo ger's Chiipol, in No 11 township. The services were conducted by Bev. W-A-Jenkins and'Kev. T. W, Smith, and in terment was made lh the, metery there. . ?.;'. - . h--, -'; .-.' ' "' The following were . the 'pall bear ers: '. v ;-...' : James F. Dayvanlt. 0. O. Love, R. 'A. Brower, er and A. 1 -- ,"''-.'. t''' W. D. Harris; AY. M. Fish- S; Dayvauit . -; Able Representatives of Two Districts in Big Club I I') ml ' Mrs. T. B.'Stnrrls. " Concord enjoya the diatlncthm of havlna; aa one of it rcirencntatlv In The Tribune Haleantnimhli) Club Mm. T." B. Hturela, who-. 1h certainly " ac quainting her frendx with the- fact tlmt ahe wants to bead the Hat of win-nera-when the caainiiiKn ends. :, Mra. Stnrgln la making aplcnilld , progreaa ' he'P Wenda ut the """rry voniig gims . BLUE BIDC.E CONFERENCE ' v I MEETS AT STATESVILLE I Northern Methodists! Meet There To- day In. Annual Session. . ''V (By tka Anaelatcd Fnm.1 ' : j Statesvllle, Oct. SI The regular annual meeting of the Blue Ridge At lantic Conference of the Methodist Kpiscoiml Chim-h .convention, here to morrow morning at ! a. m., nt the Boulevard Methodisti KpiscotNil Church and will lie In session the remainder of the week through next Sunday. Bish op Luther B. Wilson, of New York, will preside and about 125 delegates from the Xtate are exiected. he full programs for each day have been ar ranged. ' The reading of the appoint ments ts scheduled jf or Sunday after noon, 1 . ,; V "' ' , KISS IN PI BLIC; ARE FINED ; Sentenee on Marrfci Couple - Startles ytftt .4iJgU. rraucav Arlon, Belgium, tat. . 81. For kiss ing lh public, married but ardent couple have been sentenced, on a chargp of a "public ' outrage against good morals" to a nne. of .78 francs each. The fine was suspended by the Court on condition that the couple do not kiss publicly for three years. ! - This decision has startled both Bel gium ami France, where a public kiss lietweeU spouses on jiieetlng or separa tion --is 'recognised ns an oien and alwe-board f traditional salute,- and a kiss l)etwen nnmuiried couples not a cause' for police investigation. The -principals m the Arlon case a. railroad track kissing, in the Words of the French press, "amorously but none the le?s de cently," when they were espied by two railway employes, who reported them to the. police. Geudarmes, sharing, the outraged morals of the, trainmen, rush ed to the-scene and htth'led the couple before the Court. 7 The case Is to be carried to(the Court of Appeal of Liege, ' j; Ki Ro-Y Club Has First Supper and Get-Tosether. The KI-Ro-T Clulv also known as The Young Men's Brotherhood, an or ganization of young men sponsored by the T. M. O, A., held its first supper at the Y. M. . A. Inst night. Miles Wolff, president of the, club presided and after a few introductory remarks called on Mr. W. G. Caswell and Sec retary Verburg for talksr Mr. Cas well talked 'along the lines of growth as it referred to young men, and what the club, is to do to foster the, growth of each jf its members. K Mr. Verlierg poke of the tfond'-rful opportunities the young inau in tuts decade nas. Miss Mary McLaughlin led the sing ing and also sang several selections a solos. She. was accompanied by Miss v Mary. -: Elizabeth r Bluekwelder. An orchestra from the club also ren- riorPrl' OAvarfll QflwHonft. ' , ' ; The supper was served by Mrs. Ful ler and Mrs. Verburg, , assisted by Misses Lucy Hartse.il. Anne Grace Sap- penfleld and Marie Barrier., - Tna constitution or the dub is now being lrawn np, and the membership will be limited j The regular meeting will be held at the X Thursday night; at 7 :80. : Xew Beglstraticn Has Ptalned Camp bell, iRepublicang Declare. W. T. Bost In Greensboro News.- ; Raleigh, Oct. 30. Republicans ' and Democrats at last agreed on an Issue are today willing to 'say. that Dr. J. Ike1 Campbell, of Stanly, ' has been defeated and (hat the eighth 'dlatnqt la neither a Waterloo nor J nn Armageddon. ' fWjS.'r'v'', : i. Headquarters ai both . parties ' as cribe to the RepubUcan's defeat the same causes the new-' registration. The, Democrats hava been able to make It a klHin? with the new order and the Republicans have lost their own disposition to fight. The . Demo crats claim the district by 3,000 minimum and by the eky as maximum. The Republicans do not wish to con cede anything but franlhy declur. I that they cannot meet the new regis- t ration. 1 -i Mra. Beu Teeter.. One of the most interested memliers of The Tribune Halesmanship Club Is Mrs. Ben Teeter, of Harrishurg, who is making rapid strides at vote get ting this week on the big aisvlal vote lmllot. Mrs. Teeter enjoys a large ac quaintance and she Is letting every one, know of her desires regarding the big Tltra Sport, in the $tl,000.00 list of prlwfi ON TRIAL FOR MURDER; LEAD COIRT IN PRAYER .Rev. Elllett Padrick on Trial Charged . With the Murder of His Wife. ' (By tka AMOdated Prfaa.) ' Statesboro, Ga., Oct. 81. When the Rev. Elliott" Padrick, on trial charged with the murder of his wife and her mother. Mrs. M. B. Dixon, took the stand In his own behalf here, today, his first act was to lead the1 court rocm in prayer, after which he proceeded "to deliver a sermoji on the text "Thou Shalt." . During the presentation of bis dra matic statement, Padrick lierame so excited it was necessary for one of his attorneys to call a halt, and when instructed to "sit down" the young minister walked deliliorately to the water cooler, took a drink of water, and returned to his attorney's table, where he sat down and.nppeared to drop off ro sieeu rw In- hlpraylkflhed fofrtU vine guidance, Tor the court, the future.) of the church, and the people of States- boro. He turned to the jury and de ivered a short sermon. The women of today, he declared, were causing the downfall of men, enticing them by their daily dress, anil playing to them through sex appeal. It is difficult, he said,! for a young minister because of the temptation of modern women. The dramatic part of the minister's defense sermon was reached, when he singled out the father of the dead bride, pointing his finger at him, and declared: "You are responsible for my marrying your daughter." He told the jury Mr. Dixon had insisted on the wedding. The prosecution later In the day placed the witness on the stand In an effort to prove Patrick's sanity. PAR CLEARANCE SVSTEM FOR CHECKS ENDORSED 1735 Votes Cast For It and Only 7: Against It. (By tha AaHOClatcd Pre. a.) Washington, Oct. 31. The use of the par'clearance syBtem for checks as a universal banking practice is advo cated by member organizations of the Chamber of commerce ot tne united States, representing 1,735 Votes, while there were 72 votes cast against the proposition on a referendum, it was announced today by the chamber. The question of par clearance has long been one of controversy and has resulted in litigation In several states' Iiecnuse of the Federal Reserve Board order that members must handle the cheeks without expecting a collection charge. . " FORMAL REPLY SENT America Declines to Participate in the Near East Peace Conference. s Washington, Oct. 31 (By the Asso ciated Press). A formal reply declin ing the allied invitation for American participation In the Near East peace conference to'-lie held next month at Laussanne, Switzerland, was forward ed from the 8tate Department today to the British, French and Italian em bassies. ' 1 '.'"'- ; : : V Like the formal invitation, the Am erican reply was frank and directly worded. Informing the European gov ernments that the . attitude ot the United States in sending only an Am erican observer to Laussanne has been set forth In , Instructions . forwarded last, week to the American ambassa dors at London Paris and Rome. Fifty-Cent Hold-L'p Cost Lives of Two f - ; .',;.- - men, i v. I'ntontown, . Pa Oct. 20. A rifle bullet, tired as the result of an al leged DO-cent holdup, took the lives of two men here today, i Jake Miner, traced by bloodhounds, ' is In Jail at Point Marlon, clmrged with tbe ihoot ing. '.'-:';:;:: I -'-..i'vi: ;"'- Police, say Joseph Brown held up Miller and secured 50 cents. Miller found Brown later in a card game at New Geneva and fired a bullet. Tbe bull pissed through - Brown' heart and continued on through Edgar Blair' I head, killing both Instantly. LOCAL MSTOt MUSES AtTimiLM or THE 1 Say It U Da4y ! fWrik U Sutxr via Innaraat and 11 capful Aaua bmbjU. . Iter. C. Bowaa. paMor at the rim Pmbyterlaa Church, la the I - .. vm m aw wmuvm num. t-, r IuIuk. imU tribute to tha haal V. M. A and dHared there la au barm la the biaureaf. aad helpful aanueaaeat whU-a tbe ajaMi-iattua provtilea. Mr. Kowaa. la uoe part of hla er mon said; . . . . "It la very easy to he a aw-iaj cm ader wbea the streets are filled with tlMMllf. frtaifllr tn m tnum ahwi Mum are flying ani drnnui are hmtlng. If iK msy in w i reriirmer waen au ine peot4e. are in favor of reform. It Is easy to swim with the current and to ran with the rrowiL But bow bard it la to go forward when pulillr senti ment Is not with yon lint against you when tbe only .public sentiment that yon have as aa ally Is tbe public sen timent which yon yourself treat. It Is then that nxwt eople turn back, and to turn lau-k then la to- turn lack In tbe day of battle; and to tnrn back in tbe day of battle' Is to stain honor with Indelible shame. . Agnln and finally, such shameful re treats may lie, seen In tbe Church. Lis ten ! ' I am mil. merely trying to find fault God forbid that I ever shall, hut the Church-not the Church In Con cord, but the Church in other places is telling us that many amusements. Innocent and burmless in themselves are in the bands of tbe devil and tbe. wicked and for that reason should not lie Indulged In anywhere or at any time by anyone who professes to'lte a Chrlstlnn. Are we going to leave these amusements, lnncx-ent and harmless in themselves, in the hands of the devil and the hands of the wicked to slay thousands? or are we going to snatch them from- their bands and put them in the bands of Jesus Christ and the hands of tbe righteous to save thou sands? Are we going to turn back in tbe day of battle? If anything at tractive, innocent and harmless is In the hands of the devil and the hands of the wicked, then It is enr dnty to rescue them and restore them 'to their rightful owner. If anything attract ive, Innocent, and hnrmless Is in the hands of the devil, and the hands of the wjrked It is liwause they have stolen It : and oun duty can be express-1 ed In one phrase, "To tbe rescue. Are we going to turn back in the day of battle? Listen as I speak what I lielieve to lie a profound truth! It is not the pool table that ruins the per son, ,but the iierson that ruins the pool table. Some time ago while I was living In another" state one of my officers who was a large manufac turer, built for his employees a kind of Y. M. C. A. He put two or three pool tables In it: and one . of the local preachers got up-in ms cnnreir ana suid "Where is yonr boy tonight Per- Wpa-hl lg -to 4ha-aw, saaothig 1 pool." It is not the recreation thnt j rums ine iierBiin, ma tue oerBou ""ujHchool work, being a member ot the rums ine recmuioii, It la not. the swimming pool that ruins the person, but the person that ruins the swimming pool. - The only objection that I have to the swimming pool at the V. M. C. A. is the fact that it is not five times as big ns it is. In this ' day when the .Church, of Jesus Christ in many places is' getting a new vision and is beginning to fight for young people Instead of fighting against them, God grant that we too may catch the vision, lead in the great campaign, and refuse to turn back in the day or battle until victory is won, for Christ's sake.' Amen." ' FATAL" RAILROAD WRECK. Fast Sunset Limited Tears Into Carni val Train. Three Are Dead. Ilr tki Aaaocfated Prcaa.- New Orleans, Oct. 31. Three dead, four seriously injured, and two slight ly hurt was the human toll taken In the rear-end railroad wreck early to day wljen the fast Sunset Express, Southern Pacific: passenger, train No. 109." tore into the Wortham Carnival Shows special 35-car train,, en route, from New Orleans to New Iberia, Ln. The dead are:-. Homer V. Jones and Will d. Jones, brothers,and R. L. Met calf, tflrcus' employees. The conductor and brajceman of the train are report ed missing. The injured were also members of the circus. Those on the passenger train escaped injury. f Earning bis living by playing a tin whistle, an Englishman is walking from London to Constantinople, a dis tance of about 1,500 miles. No bird ever visits the shores of Lake Averaus. near the city of Nap'.es, because of the putrid water. , 13 It gives you HAPPINESS and COMFORT to , own your OWN HOME. Subcribe to BUILDING AND LOAN Stock in our Series which is now open and be prepared; to - buy, or build at any time. ; ' ' s ' .We can make loans promptly uponapproval of application-r-no waiting necessary. , Citizens Building A. F. Goodman, , - Sec. & Treas.' . " ' (Office in SIU1S Fll KILLED . IHACnnFUTHERE Me main'WSen Steel Beam, Which Was Beinf Unload ed From Freight Car, Pin ned Him to Side of Car. LIVED ONLY A FEW MINUTES Deceased Was 27 Years of . Age, a Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. "Furr Served With Honor In World War. r Silas Furr, well known young man -of Concord, was Instantly killed hera this morning when a heavy steel beam -which he was helping to unload from -a freight car, slipped from Its place ; on fbe car, pinning bitn against the side of the car and crushing bis breast ho badly that he died Jn live minutes. . Tbe accident occurred on a siding of the Southern Railway Company near the National Lumtier Company, about 10 :30 o'clock. i : . Persons who were present when the accident occurred did trot know Just exactly bow it happened. Heveral men were engaged in unloading the ItenniH which were on ' flat cars with small sides, and Just as this beam wns . lifted from the ear It slipped, pinning Mr. Furr against One side of the car. The beam struck the deceased on the' chest, tearing every rib in his body loose, and otherwise -mashing ; bla body. He bled i prof nsely, and died. five minutes after being struck 1 Fellow workmen made heroic efforts to release Mr. FriBr, but. the heavy beam bad done its deadly work liefore . assistance could lie given, and when It ' was finally removed Mr. Furr was barely alive. -' ' ' . Mr. Fnrr was U7 yeara of age, and was in the emulov of Mr. John Ouerv. i(M.i contractor. ' He is survived 'by , his wJfe, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D ; Roliert Furr, four -sisters and one brother. The sisters are Mrs. Lessle SleaVimer, Mrs. Ethel Belvln, Mrs. '; Berthn Lowder and Miss Bessie Furr, all of this city. The surviving broth er is Floyd Furr, 'of this city. , . No funeral arrangements have yet leen made. v-v :': -V f Mr. Furr served with honor in the: ? world war with the 115th Machine . Gun Tin null on He was married about gveu mtbs ago. He was a member ', of' the Concord Methodist Prorestilnt cu myK-f BtMtwA'iy aetttMn ,.aurc,n work,- particularly Bnnday Baraca Class of his church.1 . The accident has casta. gloom over . . the circle of Mr. Furr's friends, with whom he was popular and held in , high esteem. ' METHODIST PROTESTANT ANNUAL CONFERENCE Mets in Ninety-Seventh .Session at Hen derHori' Tomorrow. - i .: 1 '' (Bv tbe Aaaoclatra prcsa..,: Henderson, N. C, Oct. 31. Delegare were arriviug here on every train to - -day to attend the 97th annunl session ': -of North Carolinna Methodist Protes- -font Conference, . which will - convene here nt 10 a. m.' tomorrow, and con- , tinue through next. Monday, Among the. principal business of Interest t be. transacted will be the election of a successor to Dr. R. M. Andrews, of. Greensboro, as president of the confer- : encei who was completed five years in that capacity, which is the limit fixe I by a church rule. C This with election of officers takes place tomorrow after-. '. noon. .. - Flans also win be diseusse t for completion -of the new MethodUt , Protestant college now being .built Bt(; High Point.. ,r " Reports of the workf the past year, discussion of the mlsstonary prograri,; of the, church and the work of th young people will have ' prominent places on the five-day program. Executive Committee of Press Associa- ' - tion to Meet. The executive committee' of the r North' Carolina Press Association has y lteen called to nieet at the Sheraton Hotel ln High' Point, Friday, Novem--: ber 3rd. at 3 o'clock, for the purpos - ' of fixing the date of the midwinter , meeting ta be. held In High Point, 7 1 it & Lean Assocktic n ; v Bessie O. Caldwell,' Asst. Sec. & Treas. Citizens Bank) v n I I I 1 t I '7