North Carolina Newspapers

99M TODAY'S HEWS TODAY. ML MtLM - JL JMMMUS MJW. M. X. -M-rf DISPATCHES f CONCORD. N. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1922. NO. VOLUME XXII. FOR CITY ASSURED t ibm Savings Bank to Erect Modern Phre Story Bank and Office Building xtJ it r j ci7 , on .'North Union street. - lor ANOTHER MODERN BUILDING PROMISED Will Be Erected Adjoining New Bank and Connecting New Bank With Present Phifer Building. Definite nnnoiini-oinent ha lieen ada-tgi thf oflh-ers of iho Cnlmrnis snrings Bank, ana of Concord's old est tanking Institutions, that the K.i i.l- I .. ,i... . .... i . . . w U.HI 1 mill I- will ereCI Here (I,., niCetillg n handsome mid modern Imnk ami WvornwoU. Jr? m-i- iMiiKiiiiK. , i iuiih inr oh iiuinung ...i.T- .n-.-n iiiim II ui ii mi iirieili-il ny the liartfc, mill tire on display now at the present bone of the bmik. The new building will lie erected on tlie corner of Minns nml Cnlon streets. mul will lie live stories In height. The eutlre lower floor will lie occupied iy I the bank, mul the other floor will lie. converted into office space. The hidlil-1 itlir ii ill lui tilw.nl liiiH". f....i The buOdtat will Ixrmoilern in ev- my resiKK-t. offieers if the Uink dtv 'lnre. The lower floor will lie eon- Srrilftl-Nl AfthOI flf linw.vt iii. . .... if .1 . . He. ami the upier stories will lie ef . . t . 1 "k .""m mi.. pressed brick with limestone window 1 M I,Ik hJ'f- He ontlineil the Iiiisw. The borne of the Iw'nk frill lie i ,v",1elfI aeeompishme.nt3 of the (Hd equipped with everv iniMlern .onveii-1 X"r"1 State, and the nm.ialnji projsress ieiice, anil the linnk's eiitilpnient will lie second to none when the present plans are materialized. The contract foi the UkflcUng will Im- let In the near future, one hank of flrial ptated, as rhoiiiiis u few minor details have la-en worked out. 11 was also stated hy the linnk olH cial that the hulldinc which now stands on thvjroMiiy adjoining the ! 'be post are only an indlcntion of whnt hank property will lie torn down. Itj'ie is to ncconplish in. the, future, the iH planned, he snid, to construct a siienkcr continued, divlnring that mmlern two-stoi-y huilding Joinlag (thel new bank building with the present ' Phifer Building, which Is a two-story strneture. The erection of these new buildings will remove one of the eye sores of Concord's Iniaineaa district. The property on which the new brink building will lie erected formerly was known as the Boger-Stlrewalt proper ty. It hns lieen In possession of ,the lMtAk for jsatria ti'atfhwtwVbat JnsiL'.yi.. nun ours not iim-u rvn nv ip tiuiiu IM-- foro this time. The new hank hnfld ing and the other Vlrneiure to lie erei-ted alongside of II, will cover a siiace of S(ixi3 feet. Y. M. ('. A. NOTES. "Hiu k' Currie and Davidson Athletics to Speak at Y. .''Buck" Cnrriej star haselafll player for Davidson and now -Student Sex-re-tary of 'the Y. M. C. A. together with two or three athletes from the college, will he the speakers nt the meeting at the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow, Sunday af ternoon. All men and boys are invit ed to lie present. A real movie program will be given at the Y tonight at .7:30. It is free and everyone Is invited. Three hundred thousand worlds the size of the earth could he stored in sidi: the sun. LIST OF SOLDIERS Men Who Have Died in Service Either in the United States of America or Killed in Ac tion Somewhere in France With A. E. F. Buford James Corl, Oct. 19, 1918. Camp Hancock, Ga. Charles M. Metiraw. Ort. 8, 1918. Killed in Action A. E. F. Charles A. Cruse, Jan. 21, 1919. Iloboken, N. J. James Brady Burrfe. Oct 35, 1918. Wounds received in action. Lee A. Edwards, July 15, 1918. KUled in action A. E. F. John P. Cochran, Oct. 13, 1918.- Died in France. Lieut. Fred Y. McComieU, Oct. 18, 1918. Killed in action A. E. F. Harley W. Tucker, Aug. 21, 1918. Killed in action A. E. F. Holly Love Goodman (Bob), July 15. 1918. Killed in action A. E. F. Everett e McAllister, July 15, 1918. Killed in action A. E. F. Corpl. Albert Glen McKay, Oet. 8, 1918. Killed in action A. E. F. John Ira Love, Oct. 18, 1918. Killed in action A. K. F. Harry E. Snell, Oct. 18, 1918. Killed in action A- E. F. John Whitley, Oct. 18, 1918. Killed in action A. E. F. - ' John W. Gray, April 8, 1918. Camp Serier, S. C. Leith W. Stallings, Sept. 30, 1918. Wounds received In action A. E. F. (irovrr ('. Cook (Corpl.), Sept. 27, Carl O. Jones, Oet. 9, 1918. Killed In action A. E. F. Jessie L. Bnrkley, Sept. 29, 1918. Killed it) action A. E. F. John Klngsley Culbertson, Aug. 26, 1918. Airplane accident, Arcadia, Fla. G. M. Pelhel. Feb. 24, 1918. Train wreck of soldiers, Frost, 8. C. Cheater W. Misenheimer, col., April 27, 1918. Washington, D. C. (died of pneumonia.) Jim Milton Motley, Oct. 1918. Camp Humphries, Va.. (uifluenia) . Alfred W. Hart sell. Killed in artiou A. E. F. Oscar L. McKoy. Killed in acUon A. E. F. Henry Eudy, Jan. 23, 1919. Cuuip Hancock, Ga. (pneumonia) . Giles E. Kindley. San Domingo. Geo. W. Faulk, Dee. 1917. Camn Sevier, S. C. Dr. Walter Phillips Smith, Oct. 31, 1919. Camp Lee, Va. (Influenza). Will Ross. Killed in action- A. E. F. John W. Pitman. Killed in action, A. E. F. William II, Beaver. Killed in action A. E. F. Clarence Brown. Died In action A. E. F. St. Elmo Harvey Hetdau, Dec. 9, 1917. Camp Jackson, S. C. (meningitis) . Melvln Killlan, Oct. 14, 1919. Houston, Tex- (furlough). William Gordon Townsend. Died Great Lakes, III. Harold Goodman, col. Wayneaville, N. C. Wounds, A. E. F. Khetiark Hawkins, col. Died In Camp. Tillman Fields, eol. Died on ship going over. John Phifer, col. Died in camp. Chas. M. Morris. Killed in action. .m Frank Vestal. Killed in action. Vance Shankle. r Willis W. Tucker (Mt. Pleasant). John Walbw-e Moore. Thomas Mclean (Mt. Pleasant). AraskiW Day rnpia Mi Bi U T. Were Vr.-4I lfMirf. TV KJwmI fiiod nf Onarard n Its' i mfMliu rrwi RTralac i ikr Yj M C A. fir an Arm WW Ikurl 'program. wHh a alk liy CruwrH. J, ZX'tLmV (far lie rtmilnavcir wot itla mail 1 i , "Z?iZL.tV?mtlZ- HZx I loHier r utlne hnlne n tranasHMl. I I a km rrm - Hith.-rn Division lac Aineri.-nti Ked I'naw. asking tm- - . t-..l. 11.. I. IK It . t .. anal ki!I fail, 'Tiiuahii mil to .-with. (FOLLOWED BY was' read In the rtiili. Prexldent TTT1AI WAVF t asMired Hun. U T. Hnttsell.. I IUAL, W A V who I" chairman i-f the Red Cr . .,h;.rJ:,rrZT(!.hn -,w,r,.S-tll Vessels Smashed, and Mi- M.itv Mi l jlllelilltL. Mins h ruler ,hf. Klwnn,H""- .r1 sov0l i'iiiinienti lieimr n'niU'ml by Ml"s Nell Herrlnv at the piano. t'apt. Roliex! Kirtier. of ten in "o. IT. was teiuporjry ehnlrinan nt the eon liutloti of the liit-iaeis (leaslnn, nml he put on a pruamiii whleh lie mul nienilierx of hix team hnil arrnneeil for .w , ..IUh" rV1 fnj, I.re n'sxmileil with n uioxf p- propriata aililrevx on the -ar nml the NKliag of the flithtlnK on 4he hiatorleal Ncivi'IiiImt 11. 1D1H. At the enil of hlx talk, he uskel all the members to Mud with howeil henilx while he reml the names of the hoys from Catarrn- e quity who liel in servires or were kllliil in notion. At the eonelulon of the. roll ''Tups" wns soumled hy , B' m . ' V x. .iiiuiik a ijiiixi tiinuir luuyii. Hon. Luther T. Hortsell. Rotnrinn Ritent of the Kiwnninns, made a moat ""'n.mnKiiiK tor tne past te,. ciule, oiitstrlppiUR nil other Southern states in her onward rustb. In her agricultural pixKluclx. hpr nianufiictur inj! products, in the amount of income taxi.s she pays, in bl rixxI roads pro Krnni. in her educntionDl procresa. her record is nothing short of marvelous. The stride made hy our state in "iere is no place in this whole United States where n young man hns larger opportunities thab in North Carolina. The people of the, state are of the purest Anglo-Saxon blood, only siaven- tentlis of one per cent, being foreigners, The attendance prize for last meet ing was drawn for by teams nos. Ii and II. captained hy Fred Shepherd- and lir. Julius Shatters, resnecitivelr. was won ny f re.a Miephent. Boy Accidentally Killed by Brother. James, eleven-year-old son of Mi: mid Mrs. .lack Hnnner, of the Pioneer Mills siK-tion of Cabarrus County, was accidentally killed Thursday ' ufter iiimui liyt his eight year old brother as the two children were playing in n cotton patch with a shotgun. The en tire load of shot entered the light side of the youth, and he died within twen ty minutes, anil hefore a doctor could reach him. Funeral services were held Friday, nnd interment was made in Cnion cem etery. The parents of the youth live on the M. W. Morrison farm, just south of lioneer .Mills. While crossing the Atlantic in a fog recently, one Mg steamship bad to sound her whistle constantly for o:r 3,000 miles. 1918. Killed in action A. K. F. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN PARIS OF CHILE From Varioua Points Come Reports of Houses Falling and Other Damage. Oc- T vT . . , . , mrred About Midnight. the Waves Swept Over Homes No Loss of Life So Far Reported. Sunt In go. t'hlle. Nov. 11 (Bj- the A .xnrinteil I'roaal. Svere earth slim ks I were felt in vnrlonx imrtx of Chilp xhnrtly hefore midnlKhl. ami nenin ear iy t h ! a Krou) varloiia iHilntp: in "iitral fhile -nn.e reports of hum fnllliiK ami other ilamafce. A reixirt from Antiifninistn. north of alimrni mi. xnid that a ttilnl wave ranie In shortly after midnight, smashing small i vessels ami sweeping over homes So far no loss of life has lieen re ported, hut communication llnea from many points luive tieeii kniN-ked out of order. Serious Catastrophe Feared." Bnesnos Aires, Nov. 1(1. Advices received by the All-Amerb-an Cable Col. here this forenoon say it Is feared the earthquake in OHile caused a cat astrophe in Antofagasta. Previous news from Santiago said the earth quake had lieen accompanied by a tlihil wave which swept the fishermen's settlement. AMERICAN MISSIONARIES HEIJ CAPTIVE BY BANDITS ' Are Among the Foreign Captives Held by Bandits in t'bina. Shanghai. Nov. 11 (By the Asso ciated Press). Two American mis sionaries, unnamed, are among the foreign captives held by bandits in Honan province, according to word re ceived here today from Madame Sod- erstorm. of the Lutheran Mission, win has been released by the bandits, and has arrived at 'ing Chow Fit. She also reported that she saw H. R. Led gard, of "the China Island Mission staff, among the captives. Ledgnrd wns held by a different bond from that which captured and later freed Madame Soderstrom, she report ed, and the two Americans together Willi several, other missionaries were with Ledgufd: Ilevaf wifrmTy clair. she said, but wns anxious over' his: wife and child, both of whom she found to be safe elsewhere. As the bandits were moving con stantly the present location of the captives Is not known, she explained. Efforts nre being made to trace the linnd. Release Soon is Expected. Washington, Nov. 11. The two American missionaries reported held by Chinese bandits in Honan province are named Forsberg and Lnndee,n. accord ing to a -dispatch received tdday at the State Department. The American minister hns asked the Chinese gov ernment to procure their release. Forsberg and Lundeen, whose reli gious connections nre not known here, are understood to have lieen among a dozen or hiore foreign missionary workers who were uinde prisoners re cently by bandits. It Is lielieved by officials on the basis of information re ceived here that no physical barm will he suffered by the captives and that the Chinese, government will soon ef fect their releases. MAY TAKE FINGER PRINTS OF MRS. FLORENCE HALL Authorities May Compare Them With Prints Found on Shirt Worn by tine Dead Preacher. (By tbe Anaoclntrd rrexx.i New Brunswick, N. J.. Nov. 11. Only, the question of proceeduro is de laying the presentation of the Hall Mills 'murder case to the grand jury. Deputy Attorney General Mott in charge of the Investigation has an nounced. He Is undecided, he said, whether to await the return of Su preme Justice Parker, or try to have another justice act in Judge Parker's absence. In the, meantime, he said, he would go ahead with efforts to strengthen his case. He made it clear he con gldered the evidence in hand strong enough to warrant Indictments against two men and a woman, at least two of them on first degree murder chnrges. It was considered probable here to day that Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the slain rector, would be asked to lef the authorities take her finger prints for comparison with the prints found on the shirt worn by Dr. Hall when he t-ns killed. She Is expected to consent. County prosecutor Strieker of Mid dlesex, announced today that rtay tpond Schneider had been Indicted for (perjury in signing a sworn statement accusing Clifford Hayes of the double murder Schneider later confessing that his accusation was false, and de clared it was made in a spirt of re venge. Narrow Escape From Death by Vln. tar tbc Auociatea I'reu.i Spray, Nov. 11. The family of C. E. Hubbard and five guests hud narrow escapes early today when the line res idence of Mr. Hubbard was destroyed by Are. Loss to the house and furn iture wns c limated nt $22,000. half of which .was covered by Insurance Mr. Hubbard Is a merchant. EJvery day one mil Ion gallons of! water are used in iLondon for making gas. ' ' i . . m ii i .ii iii i ! Is Oat For The Big Ultra Sport Km Hr jKmV jHRKiikl m HARVKY. Concord. Mr. Harvey Is wttfcly and favorably known us one of CConcord's rising young business men. 1 lining business hours he is manager of the Central Killing Station and nt all other times busily engaged in helping lioost the circulation of these two newsjiapers. He is making n spleii.li.l race for one of tlie prize cars. PILGRIMAGE TO HOME OF W0QDR0W Wll.sov Arranged Today Under the Direction . pf a Committee of Women. Illy i in' Aaaaetetrd iv. i Washington, Nov. Ii. An Armistice JJ-V PSSf t0 the '"""P hwf II mnilvn n iit.-iii wnn n I I II lll'll nil today under the direction of a commit tee of women. Mrs. Kate T. Abrams. chairwoman, syld delegations were ex pected from Baltimore mill other near by towns. Henry Morgeuthau, former ambassa dor to Turkey, was 4o deliver a brief address. This wns to Ik- preceded by tlie singing of Southern melodies by n chorus of 30. and the presentation of flowers to the former President from his native state by. little Miss Helen Sue Trlnkle, daughter of the Governor of Virginia ; from his adopted state by Miss Edwards, daughter of he Gov ernor of New Jersey: and from the District of Colnnihta by Miss Olive Chase. m "Merropolitatt OiwvaNeoaou' 'to- Opon. New York, Nov. 11 rWith overy prospect of eclipsing .til records fur variety and brilliancy. New York's an nual season of grand opera will open nt tlie Metropolitan Opera House Mon day night with a performance of Puc cini's "Tosca." The occasion will mark tba reappearance of Marie Jeritza, the Austrian soprano, who scored such a brilliant success last winter. Manager Qnillio Gatti-C.tsazzn bus announced thut the. following novelties will be produced at the Metropolitan during the season : "Animn Allegro.'' in Italian, libretto by Giuseppe Adnini. taken from the comedy "Genio Al leggre" by the Iliothers Quintero. music by Franco Vittadini, and "Mona Liza," in German, poem by Beatrice Dovsky, music by Max Schillings. New singers to be heard this season nre as follows: sopranos, Delia Rein hard, Elizabeth Ktlicberg, Laura Rob ejison, Thalia Saiianieva, Srima Sc galia, Lucille Taylor, Muriel Tintnl : Mezzo-sopranos and contraltos. Inn Boursknyn. Sigrid ( Hiegiu :Henors, Ed ward Johnson, (Jiacomo Lauri-Volpi. Einile Rousseau. Curt Taucher. Ar mand Tokatynn : barytones, Edmund Burke, Carl Scuetzcndorf : bassos. Paul Bender, Itall Picchj and Michael Bo linen. To War on Cancer. Ne.w York. Nov. 1 1. The Ainericah Society for tlie control of Cancer lias designated the coming week for the annual observance of National Cancer Week, during which time education in the discovery, treatment, and cure of cancer will be carried into homes, fac tories, theatres and hospitals through put the land. During the week the society will broadcast facts concern ing cancer so. that people, may readily recognize it in its early stages when it can lie cured. Tbc society has been fighting cancer since 1913, and is now enlarging the scope of its work be cause of the marked increase in the disease and the growing death rate from the cause. Dr. Charles A. Powers, president of the society, be lieves that in 10 years, provided the present work of the society Is kept I up. 30 per cent, of the lives now need-loislj- sacrificed can lie saved. Control of Next Congress. Some of the writers are figuring that the Democrats will control the next Congress. Congressman Claude Kitchin thinks they will organize the House in spite of Hie fact that on the face of the returns, the Republicans rrtain a lead of 15 votes In that bod v. Frank Hampton, who did espec'ally cnod wnrlr in the riiltinriipn ha nacre e alht tftrv nt thfl stATinturtiil nnmnntirn erwn. MR. k. r oiittee, makes the flat-footed d-;clara- .,, c.. n tion, that the Democrats wil' be able DcBtocratte Ma-ritv in State Over to have their way in the next Coh- , . . w Jv ,, , ., gress for the reason that among new ! K"Ii'!h; Nov; -(lffidflI t?n -mtn elected, who tiro not Democrats a retttM frcm IW countii s corn- are enoueh Proeres ives. Indeocndents and other bteeds, to defeat the pur poses and plans of the Republicans. He contends these men will not 1 ne Harding up with the reactionary crowd. .....1 Shakespeare was the first use the word "hurry," and coined the word "dwindle." FIRSI ANNIVERSARY Of Home-Coming of Amer ica's Unknown Soldier From France New Shrine of American Ideals. WREATH OF FLOWERS AGAIN LAID THERE President Harding Made Pil grimage to Arlington From Washington in Behalf of His Countrymen. (Br th Amrlnlfl Pr.l Washington. Nov. 11. On the plain grnlilte block In Arlington Cemetery that ii year ago loi-ame a new shrine to Anierlmn Ideals, then- blossomed todny a wenltb of dowers laid there to coimnetnorate the llrst nmilversery of the home-coming of America's un known soldier from Fraiu-e. Again the nation sealed the covenant of Am erican faith it then pledged lieside the grme now covered by the massive boulder. And the utter simplicity of tlie scenes today contrasted against mem ories of pomp nnd splendor of a year ago in the snme liennty of setting serv ed to add new glory to that which is idealized in the blood of this humble soldier shed In Franco, the high pur pose that is Americanism. Again President Harding mane tne pilgrimage from Washington in behalf of his countrymen. message he bore was no spoken word, but a simple wreath to rest on the great stone. The guns that roared the national salute in honor of the dead alone broke the stillness to voice a na tion's pride. For the army Secretary Weeks ac companied the President, and for the Navy Secretary Denby. That complet ed the group which, carried to the tomb the token of remembrance that wns placed for nil the nation. The only touch of ceremory was that lent by a clattering troop of cavalry which es corted the Presidential party. North Carolina Celebrated. Raleigh. Nov. 11. With Wilmington leading in the list of notable invited for hercelebrntion. Armistice Day wa being observed with fitting exercises in practically every town in North Car olina today. Governor Cameron Morrison, Gen J. Van .It. llRtts .jGeneml A-JL. .Rowley, of Camp Bragg, and Major Gordon Smith are the headliners in Wilming ton. The Governor, the Adjutant Gen eral and Major Smith left Raleigh ! Friday night. J. W. Bailey is speaker at Monroe, where one of the rcil big celebrations is being singed Col. Albert L. Cox is speaker at Waynesvillc; A. W. Mc Lain is speaking nt Scotland NVeki, anil Congressman E. W. Pou speaks at Nashville, where a monument to the soldiers of the World War Is being unveiled. Rig Celebration at Wilmington. Wilmington, Nov. 11. A huge pa rade stretching four miles over the streets of the city, nnd addresses by Governor Cameron Morrison. Briga dier General A. J. Bowley : Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts, and Congress man Homer Lyon featured today's ob servance of Armistice Pay in Wilming ton. Approximately 10,000 visitor from all sections of the state thronegd the streets nt 0 o'clock to witness the pa rade and take part in the festivities. At 11 o'clock the column stood for one moment while the thousands thronging the streets howeil their heads in silent prayer, to which which Mayor James H. Cowan pronounced '.'Amen." Governor Morrison and Gen. Bowley in their addresses paid high tribute to tlie American aimy and its part in the great war, and called upon surviving metnbi rs of the Legion to carry on the fight in time of peace until the wel fare f the entire world is mado safe for all people. A letter of greeting from former President Woodrow Wilson addressing the local Legionnaires as comrades of tht great struggle was read by Com mander R. C . Cantwell and evoked great applause. Another letter was read from Senator F. M. Simmons, who was to have been one of the pr'n clpal speakers, expressing his regret at being unable to attend. Calling1 of Special Sefnn is Criticised 12,- ITe Hull Washington. Nov. 10. President , '""'snam proisi against ii. Hardlne. -by ca'l'ng a special session I ! of Congrss "for the passing of the Mortgage On Hero's Htmie to Be sliio subsidy bill, hns shown that he Burned, has not prof ted by the lesson of New York, Nov. 10 The J3.000 Tuesday's gfreat Democratic victory," mortgage on the Kentucky home of Cordrll Hull, ehrirman of the nation- sergeant Samuel B. WoodfiH. named al Democratic conmittee. declared to- by General Pershing as the outstand night in a forma' statement. Mr. Hui ing hero of the war. will be burned on san1 ttlnl Proside.net Harding "pre- """ar.lv acted on the advice of itirn Dnnglierty nnd Lnsker and had 1 ,ce "A "f'ai'nt Public, s-nt.ment w "-"-Kin- a i-'-i'i-ii'irfcii-u iuiic-b I-. Trioutea xo a iuna tor sergeant ivoou sancfion repudiated nieasures nnd pol- nu which totaled $10,000. The mort lcies. '- " ami v.wrei,i night swell the democratic majority In Tuesday's elect on to 83.583. smash- Ing a 1 records in the political history of the state. It tppeors now that th- . ru u hi, t"jw - un iw-oi rep ii ui i ,i ii vvw ii lot- mim.-i " . ii,. .1 n -,,1.1 Vino Vinon Hit been cut I IU- fti.:iii;iai nnrp wui , in.., roan to from 29 to 8, and in the upper nouse nnmnerea hy a special system wnere he also from 9 to 2. The constitutional bv e-ch con be traced to the farm .e amendment appears to be defeatde. from which It originated." IjOTAI hm.h tx Mrarraf II S 1 aa aerial att ne to a Flashing aa aerial att t rlsllun "mhl m.i rrt m t.rfbr loral II lr.hu iiTrt.. 4WNt-ri ibe Jlsatftra- III hnrh by a m at IS to T. The visitor wtrr rtmriy outHaacl frosa I k. i.i. in- to nt bat tar !-- - la vtrw of the gamr today with Atbe raarle. oased op a bit after a two tow iMlown lead, aad a rmaaber of second string area were ned. Hunt trrmihV cored ber touchdown with serle of name while the uil. were In and annexed an additional point with another pans. SnllVan was the outstanding tsr of the game, luab on offense ami de fense. His deadly, hinting tarklr-s end hi driving line Im, kn. ki l more ptp not of the HoBlenvllle play ers i ha a anything c!. while he nl-.i Binde Mime gains at the receiving end of i nt forward passes. To open the. game the visitor won the losj ami ib-ehled to receive. Ritchie kicked off umI Mooney return ed to the thirty-five yard line. Three plays gave, them a first down and four piore annexed snother Urst down. Concord held lhn and took the Iwll on downs on Its own forty yard line. Sullivan hit the line for six yards, and the llnntersville luicks came In to stop the line rush. Captain Hidcnhonr inn iii.ii inis move anu cauniy cauisi for a pa's over their heads. Sulli van caught it nnd carried it to the twenty yards line. Another pass to Cleaver carried the ball across. Cnpt. Ridenhour drop-kicked for the extra IKiint. Tbc locals then settled to a defen sive and open play giime. awaiting n chance to score. This chnnce came in the second quarter, when a muffed punt gave the bill to Concord on Huntersville's eight yard line. With a number of second .-tring men in Sul But this time the!"vnn "gin ploughed through the line roc tne necessary gain Lincberger failed to get his drop kick between the posts. The visitors scored in the last min ute of piny in the first half, when they opened nu aerial attack which the scrub backs could not break up. Concord goes to Alebamrie, this nf; ternoon and while a number of first string lien will not be able to play, they arc confident of winnig this game also. Birthday Party For Mrs. D. H. Riden hour. One of the most beautiful parties of the season wns given Friday after noon by Mrs. R. E. Ridenhour in hon of of Mrs. D. H. Ridenhour, mother of Mr. R. E. Ridenhour. The happy oc casion celebrated the seventv-nlnth anniversary of Mrs. Rldenhour's birth, nnd tlie majority of the guests included her most intimate friends holies' near her own age. The home wns most beautifully dec orated. Bunches of gorgeous chrysan themums were artistically placed here and there throughout both the living room and. hall. In the dining room lovely white and yellow chrysanthe mums were beautifully arranged, the white lieing symbolic of the purity of life and the yellow of the golden old age full of good deeds, of these splen did women ofmature years. Mrs. Ridenflnir, assisted hy Mes dames Ridenhour, Jr.. J. C. Blume and Miss Frances Ridenhour, served de licious refreshments. One of the prettiest features of the party was the cutting of tlie birthday cake, a lovely old fashioned pound cake, beautifully decorated, in the center of which little candles were arranged to form the figures, 79. The honoree received many beauti ful and useful gifts. Mrs. Rldenhour's guests were: Mrs. R. S. Harris. Mrs. .Ino. Cline, Mrs. K. L. Craven, Mrs. Mum!. Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. B. F. Rogers. Miss Martha Sims, Mrs. .Ino. A. Sims, Mrs. Weddington, Mrs. l'emherton and Sirs. W. S. Bing ham. Bishop Objects to Cruel Thrusts at Rectors Wuliiw. New York, Nov. 10. Bishop Paul Matthews of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New Jersey has written a letter to the press, published here to- day, protesting against the irrespon sible statements and cruelly unjust insinuations against Mrs. E. W. Hai 1," in connection with the murder of her husband, Rev. Edw.ard . W. Hall, and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills at NewBurns wiok, N. J. "I feed," he wrote, "that the news I papers are quite right in publishing facts, but they ought to know their facts; and in this case, perhaps more widely published than any case In recent years, I feel that time and aga'n a cruel nnd bitter wrong has been committed against a high mind ed Christian woman nnd one alto gether trimac-nt I wish to enter an the stapr of a vaudeville theatre on Broadway tomorrow n ght as a part 0f Armistice day ceremonies, Vaudevil e audiences 1-st week eoi- gage on the war hero's home was paid with part of that sum this week : a paid up life 'nsurance policy which cost $3,500 and a cash gift of $3,600 will be made Srrgant Wood fMl tomorrow night. The ceremonies will tie attended hi' General Pershing. Major General rjnard. Mslor General O'Bvan. Nyng, sRr- Admiral Glennon and othirr notables. All egi sold In Denmark are now iaTION in hear r II EASTSTILL CRITICAL All Morning Newspapers in Constantinople Agree on Seriousness of Situation in That City Now. DEFINITE NEWS IS IjVCKING, HOWEVER The Papers Give No Facts to Justitfy Their Views. Allies Are Still Demanding All Their Rjghts. (By i London. Nov. 11. The situation st Constantinople where the Turkish nationalist- want the allies to get out and the allies are. determined to sit tight, is still very critical, all the mi. in ing papers agree, hut none of them tnrnish any definite news to justify fMe(r Tlew Even the government Itself Is de cloretl in s-nue quarters to Is- largt ly in the dark owing to the difficulty of cnuununlcnting with flie Near Rant, as a result of the cuittlhg of the entile; line near Chanak by the Turks. Even this fact Is regarded as ominous. Alwolutely nothing can lie learned regarding the present attitude of tie Angora government, and it Is equaMy unknown whether the allied commis sioners have carried out their threat to establish martial law In Constan I nople. The deimrture for Ijnusanne of tie Turkish nationalist foreign mlnist r has attracted a great deal of attri tion here, and in some quarters his r 1 expected start without awaiting A gora's reply to the latest allied note is regarded with suspicion. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Firm at a Decline of 2 Po'nts to An A dim ice of 11 Points. New York. Nov. 11 The cotton mar ket opened firm at n decline of 2 points to an advance of 11 points, with ac tive months selling 5 to 11 points net higher during the first few minutes on Liverpool buying nnd a moderate V adq demand. Much scattering liquida Ion for over the week-end was prob biy proinoated by a less favorable view of tlie Turkish situation and the market turned easier. ' Cotton futures opeued firm. Dec. 26:15: Jan. 23:08; March 25:87; May !. tk.1 OA .-ML . . Closed steady. New York, Nov. 11. Cotton clos-d Dec. 26.04; Jan. 25.85; March 25.77; May 25.51; July 25.16. SPLIT TICKET NAMED IJf ALEXANDER COUNT? Ca'mpliell Carries Ccmiity Votw More Than Cast With 27 For Rch Houghton. Tnylorsville, Nov. 10. According to returns compiled by the registrars :n each precinct in Alexander count:, officia: count of which was made yes terday by chairmen of voting pre cincts, the Republican state ticket carried by 100 votes. J. B. Robinetttj, Democrat! for sheriff, and Shot we Ik Patterson, and J. A. Pennell, commii slorprs on the Democratic ticket, are the only candidates on the Dmocratic county ticket to be elected. On tie congressional ticket J. I. Campbell de feated R. L. Doughton by 27 votes. Petition to Decrease Rates Denied. (By the AasoclateA Preaa. Washington. Nov. 11. Applications of trans-continental railroads for au thority to decrease rates to and' fro u the Pacific coast terminals on traffic originating east of the Rocky Moun tains, or destined therefor, were denied today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The roads had declared the reduc tion was necessary to enable them to meet coast-to-eoast competition of the, steamship lines. Granting of their application whlcli was charged by a number of inter-mountain cities would have resulted in making trans-continental rates generally lower ithanthof e. on traffic to and from intermedia. e points. Practically all commodities lnciutlfd in the commerce from the Pacific coa t were covered In the railroad's appli cation. Wharton Organizing New Warehonte Corporation in Salisbury. Salisbury, Nov. 10. A new war v house d'strict is to br opened up t y a company composed of E. P. Wi i -ton. of Greensboro and Salisbury, P. N. Peacock and -Mrs. P. N. Peace f , of SrMslbui'y. who have organized 1 e Salisbury Warehouse corpora! i . u They have secured two city block t property neai- the Southern rnil jf main line wb ch property now ha i number of negro houses on It. ? . i initial outlay for this property Wt s around r 90,000. A sidetrack will s j t the oropertv and warehouses wil' 3 build on either side of this track USE PENNY COLUMNS IT PA L WHEN BUSY c ADVERTISE; WtiSnULL ADVERTISE MORE