i The Concord Daily Tribune !'
TODAYS
NEWS
TODAY.
VOLUME XXH.
CONCORD. N.C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1022
NO 243.
Deputy Sheriff Propst
Killed in Kannapolis
Early Friday Evening
Lee MHarfe Is HeM in Cabarrus County Jail Charged
With Kilting Mr. Propst and Wounding Three Other
Officers and a Civilian Who Sought to Arrest Him.
M'HARGE HIMSELF WAS SHOT ,
IN ARMS AND BdDY FOUR TIMES
Conditions Is Said to Re Improved and He is Expected
to Recover Chief Boger and Two Kannapolis Police
men Among Those Wounded,
Deputy Sheriff W. F. IVepst, of tliln rity, was shot and killed, and three
KannapolU policemen and a civilian were wounded In Kannapolis eariy
Friday night when Lee MrHarje, while man about 42 yean of afe, is alleg
ed to lave run arourk with 4S calibre six-shooting run. McHarge in turn
was wounded several limes by the officers and a civilian who arrested him.
The wounded persons are: t'hief J. L. Boger. of the Kannapolis police;
Patrolman J. V. Swine and Patrolman Mile Pruett, of the Kaiuiapolis no
lice, and Mr. ItosOau, a section foreman of the Southern Railway Company
of Landis. A message from Hie ( uncord Hospital this morning stated that
the wounded men are expected to recover.
McHarge is lodged in the Cabarrus County Jail here. His wounds were
I rented at, the Concord Hospital late Friday night, and he was brought on to
the jail here. It is believed thai he will recover, unless complications set in.
The shooting started in n Kannnpo-
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u rtJi L Ua ", , "1 ."" T" '" "I1 fr some time. It is thieved,
after the ilffiilr Ity Coroner Davis, Me- n( wpvpr
mTiW-k,l ".""T.S'c and"W The other woumled men are ex
severnl men he Wanted liB tain lhn; ,N , m WRR mM , ,,,
alleging the.- had take.. that amount , , , ,, morlv)nB. Mr. Bl)Htilin
from him in n gambling game. In , , 1 ., , , f , , w(llm,l,
making his demand -McHarge alleg- examination at the hospital ted
isl to have drawn his gun. , t ww np ,
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minding tha the man put his Kn " ! mloued the ,los,rnl, nml ne too re.
his pocket. IiiHtend or onm plying with . ,,, !.-.,;,.,. Ln .,.,,
tbts order McHarge is alleged to have
opened fire on the Chief. One imllet
lodged in the Chief's tight hip and
another missed, passing out of the
cafe and wounding Mr. Rostlaii. who
was walking on the street outside of
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, ir '""",K """ ""'"ihad lsen seriously injured was first
tue caTe. entertained. This is not the case,
J,Jtf.Birr,,a,ul fS'?n wero: however, and it is believed he will re-
rimiiru m uv inicniu nuHiinii( wgm"
their wounds ' were dressed. While
here the KaunnHlls (lilef got in com
nmnicatlon with A county oftkws
mul nskml thnt Hoiopotic im hiiok tfi
am. assi nun mnuv rnv go ones 10 ,
iviiiiiitiiiutui iiitu i lie omirrn uicit'
nrrext McHnreo. Pennty . Sheriff
Propfft answered the tnll, and ream
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also atisw-c-ml the call of he Kauimiv
oils Chief, making, thu tvip with Mr.L
the party separated. Mr. Propst going
with the KannniHilis jiatroluen and
Mr. 1 1 ousel and Sheriff Spears and Mr.
MeCimly going in another direction.
There he Joined two Kannapolis
policemen. Swing and Pruett, nnd R.
M. Housel, garage owner of Kannap
olis. The party immediately went to
West Kan impel is. according, to a state
'iuent from one of them, knowing that
McHarge spent most, of his time In
that section of the .city. They drove
np In front of a "swore ami watched,
and after several niinuteB saw their
man puss and enter a store in front
of which they had Immmi sitting. He
was carrying his gun in his hand at
the time he passed them, one of the
officers stated.
As soon as McIInrge entered the,
store, according' to evidence secured
by Coroner Davis, the three officers
and Mr. Housel followed him np. En
tering the store Deputy Sheriff Propst
commanded McIInrge to throw up his
hands, and again .the man is alleged
to have answered a command of the
law with bullets. He shot until he
emptied the magazine of his gun, and
then surrendered.
One of the first shots fired in the
store struck Mr. Propst. The bullet
entered his right chest, and passed
through his body until it struck his
backbone. Another bullet caused a
flih wound on Patrolmnii Swing's
face, nnd still another entered the
body of Patrolman Pruett. Mr. Hous
el was the only person who was not
injured.
After emptying his gun McHarge
walked up to the officers and handed
it to them; Mi Housel taking it. He
showed no sighs at that time of lie
iug woumled, Mr. Housel stated,
I hough four men had shot at him sev
eral times. I-nter he weakened some,
however, nnd when brought tj the lo
cal hospltah Inter In the night was suf
fering to some extent. He did not
break down under the fire, however,
nnd walked froth the store with Mr.
Housel. i
Mr. Housel immediately carried the
wounded men hack to Kannapolis, and
Srom there they were rushed 'to the
lpcal hospital. Mr. Propst died short
ly after reaching thehostpltal.
An autopsy was performed on his
body nt the hospital aliout 0 o'clock,
and the bullet which ended bis life
located. The bullet corresponded in
size and description to the one talent
from the hip of Chief Boger earlier
In the evening, Coroner, Davis stated.
.lust why McHarge decided to try to
.shoot hia way to freedom Is' not defi
nitely known yet. It is intimated in
some of the evidence that t 'oroner Da
vis has secured, that the man had
been drinking some in the afternoon.
" though he wna not drunk at the ttmo
of the shooting. It Is believed, howev
er, that he had become desperate
through the alleged loss of much mon
ey in recent gambling games, and in a
mad' fit of fury opened fire on Chief
Roger when the hitter tried to arrest
him. Having shot one officer known
is ls possible that McHarge thought he
uilght aa well try to ahoot his way to
freedom, and. he kept np this game ao
lona as his ammunition lasted.
Ciief "Boger is not lielleved to be
seriously hurt. He was carried back
to his homo in Kannapolla after the
bullet In hf hip had been extractoa
Patrolman Pruett is more danger
ously, wounded, according to one re
port from the hospital, though it was
intimated this morning that he is ex
liected t recover. He was shot In
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the side, and fear that his ahuomen
cover.
Dr. S. E. Bwhannn, wnnty physi-
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,H, llt1tlv(Hl ,ne mnll ls nof critlcnlly
The prisoner had no temperature
when the examination was made. Dr.
Buchunnn stated, and he scejned to he
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ufferlng but little.
Six bullets entered MeHnrge's body
Buchanon stute.1 als...
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Two en-
lieiisi HUM
cfTsCTe of
his net, and the other entered his
left chest.
Very little seems to be known about
McHarge. Several persons from
Kannapolis state that he has been
there for several years, off and on,
while others declare he had made bis
home there permanently for the Inst
three or four weeks. Another Kannap
olis man declared that ordinarily Mc
Harge is a clevfr person, nnd express
ed the opinion that the man believed
he bad killed Chief Boger and thought
lie might ns well tight for liberty. He
ls sttid to he alsmt 42 years of.age.
Though the shooting of Mr. Propst
occurred in Rowan County, It is ex
pected that McHarge' will be held In
the county jail here until it is deter
mined in which county he will Is? tried.
The shooting started in this county,
but Mr. Proiwt had stepiied across the
Rowan line about ten feet when he
was mortally wounded. It is believ
ed thnt McIInrge is not in position to
be moved now, though he does not
seem to lie critically wouiidedi
Dr. Davis, Cabarrus 'Coroner, did
not hold an Inquest after rebelling
Kannapolis. He discovered Mat the
shooting of Sheriff Propjt occurred
just over the Rowan line, arid If an 'in
quest is held it "vill he coitdttGHfLby
nhe coroner of Rowan comnK', MMUe
people believe, however, that an
quest will not lie necessary. The
shooting of Mr. Propst and the two
patrolman, occurred in the store for
merly managed by Bruce Ford. The
manager of the store retreated to the
rear of the room when the firing he
gnn, it is stated, as he was unarmed.
That Mr. Housel was not killed or
seriously wounded is due to the fact
that MeHnrge's ammunition ran out,
according to information received,
here. After lielng shot at by Mr
Housel severnl times, McHarge ls said
to have leveled his gun at Mr. Hous
el's heart and pulled the trigger. There
was only the clicking of the trigger,
for the bullets were all spent. It was
then, according to reports, that Mc
Harge gave -up his gun to Mr. Housel,
declaring . "you are the better man
now, for youi ammunition lasted long
er than mine."' It is said that the
officers and Mr. Housel fired at least
15 times nt McHarge,- and It seems
only a miracle that he was not shot
dead in the store.
McHarge was wounded in the cafe
by Chief Boger, but the wound proved
only slight, entering the right arm. Mr.
Boger, in addition to being shot in
the hip, also received a bullet In hia
right arm; and this probably account
ed for the fact that he did not shoot as
straight ns usual. He is said to have
emptied his gun at McIInrge. .
The shooting caused great excite
ment in this city and in Kannapolis.
The popularity of the man killed and
the men wounded caused the news of
the affair to spread like wildfire, and
it was the sole topic of conversation
here during the night and today. There
was some tins oi moo action aguiusi
McHarge, hut this did not materialize,
and the man was not dlsturlsxl in the
county Jail, where he was carried af
ter hia wounds were dressed.
Mr. Propat was 66 years of age, hav
tug been horn In No. 5 township on
January 22, 1807. He was a son of
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TLOCAL
to Drto
TW Ira-el high arhaoi StMhaTI team
Inoi Its nrrt aanx. on Its hum iwnu
Friday aftartmna to HoaresrtUr by
the mural a a one r not-Mown. Tory
isiri-Usaed the rloltori la maajr de
parrmeora . f the par, not lark Oil the
punch to drrre arroaw for a aeroad
touchdown. A Coaoord fumble whVh
the Monrewllle rfftbt end rnvryed Slid
raced fifty yards with. gaw. them th"
margin of victory. I
The lis sl resorted to forward passes
- rn 1 hurt nit I, in k-, nil runs fur in.rM
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Tht.lr tirt touchdown cam aa the re-
salt of straight line hw-ks worked uti
aeries of plays without any signal-.
The Concord defensive line was slow
in luerttng these bucks. Not a single
en3-rnn- by Mooresville gained a yard
and the majority of tin in were stop
ped before they got to the line of scriin
innge. The visitors ceraplcted one
forward pass and had onfe intercepted.
T start the gnuie Ritchie kicked
off for CtHMsird. Incidentally, he made
nlsmt one of the prettiest kicks seen
this year, kicking fifjy-ftve yards.
Three attempts at gains netted little.
and the visitors were forced to kick.
It was Concord's ball on her own forty
yard line. Thrcctltne buck gave n
first down, a pass to Sullivan placed
the ball on the thirty-yard line, from
which a pns to Cleaver, iihhsl by good
interference and pretty broken field
running plnced the ball across for the
first touchdown, ltlilenbour failed in
his attempt to kick goal.
jiui-iiie iixaiii sicKeu on ro iinn'os-..
vllle. The visitors then Isyran a
rles of line bucks which finally carried
the Dull across the second quarter.
The visitors scored another toncli-
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down in the second qrtr when the
right end picked up a fumble on the
sidelines and raced fifty yards for a
touchdown.
The locals should have had another
touchdown in lihe lat quarter wheu
end runs nnd line bucks carried the
hall to the eight yard line for a first
down. The lacked six Inches of cur
rying It over on the four downs.
The entire. Iwal team showed nn
well, but were just n little off in form,
due to lack of practise this week. Af
ter two hard games last week, thev
were given n rest Monday, and it
raiMd too much for practice Wednes
day. Two days were nil that they
could get In this week. -'They hope
with another week's practice to avenge
a last year's defeat next Friday In
Spencer.
I'TXRRAI, SERVICES FOR
(JEN, LUKE TC. WRIGHT
Will Be
s Sunday at
Br the AMoolatoa preu.
.Memphis, Tenn., Nov. W. Funeral
services for General Luke B. Wright,
7ft years old, ex-secretary of War in
the cabinet of President Roosevelt,
governor-general of the Phillipine for
severnl years, and at one time United
States ambassador to Japan, who died
at his home here last night, wilP be
held Sunday afternoon at St. Peters'
Roman Catholic Church. Burinl will
he in the family lot nt Forest Hill
Cemetery.
General-Wright's death occurred ear
ly last night after an illness of sever
al mouths.
General Wright wns n Confederate
veteran..
In politics he was a democrat, Imt
was first appointed to FederaP office
by President McKinley.
Sullivan and Walker to Lead Sunday
AfternoonMeetlng at .
The boys' division of, the. Y, ,whlch
has chnrge of the meeting for men
and lKy tomorrow, Sunday afternoon,
are featuring Sullivan, the big high
iback on the local high school team,
and W. C. Witlker, another of the-plny-ers.
"Bub'' Will talk about athletics and
Christian citizenship, telling what
athletics will do to help make a boy
a better citizen. Wolker will talk on
service to school and its relation to
Christian citizenship.
Mr. Caswell, a former Davidson
College, baseball piayery and' now coach
on the lenoior high school football
team, will also be present nnd make
a short talk.
All men and boys are invited to he
present. The orchestra will be pres
ent. f
Ml. ' Pleaannt Defeats' ha n napolis.
Mt. Pleasant, Nov. it In the first
game played on theWme court this
season M. P. C. I. defeated the strong
Kannapolis H'ghs in a fas game of
basketball to the time of 29-9 Although
Kannapolis fought hard throughout
the game, they were unalte 'to keep
the cadets from running up the score
on them. At the end of the first half
the score stood 14-1, Kannapolis hav
ing been able to cage only one foul
goal.
For M. P. C. I.. Captain Roberts and
Bechler at forwards, and Goodman at
center, showed that, they could put up
a classy exhibition of basketball, and
with Smithdeal and Vestal playing
their usual steady game at, guards, the
entire team worjied with dock-like
precision. For the visitors, Mauldin
and 'Montgomery showed up well, with
two field goals ekch to their credit.
Sunderland Defeats Concord Team.
The Sunderland and Concord basket
ball teams played a very interesting
game on the Sunderland court, Fri
day afternoon, November the 17t, nt
3 :30 o'clock.
The Une-up was : Sunderland Mary
Vance.e; Laurene Wenti, side center;;
Mary U Barrtuger, forward: Maryin.iacp that attracted a youni genera
Brooks, Mlna Misenheimer, guards;
Hue Torrence and Kathleen Cnrter,
aul.' Concord Margaret Salkes, cen-
tar; Sara CroweU, side center, Mary.
McLellnn, Edna Yorke, forwards.
minces nowuru, .wuiceni vtnrn,
gun i d ; Mary Boger, sub.
The score was 42 to 5 In favor of
the Sunderland
M. CLEMENCEAU HAS
MffilVED IN AMERICA
Noted French War Premier
Arrives in New York After
Being Absent for More
Than Half a Century.
.WAS GREETED BY
. aara .-.. a
fllANI TtlUUSAHUS
Police Band Met Him, and
Accompanied H in on Drive
to City Hall, IV here Official
Reception rms Held.
New York. Nor, As i By the Asn.-v
elated Pns-s). Mi -ges 'leinenceau
tcslay again set foot "n American sil.
The war premier pi Krnnee who left
this country mom than half a century
ago as a medical sMid. nl. returned in
ripe oh) age with anv years of ripe
statesmanship behind him to win for
Ills countrymen the f uqiiitliy of Amer-
The. Tiger came as a private citizen.
Iwtt to no poll ntrfte could have been
extended a more stitttlv welcome than
was accorded him When he was taken
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Band, M. Clemenceati and the commit
tee which had gone down the Bay to
welcome, hint, started up Broadway for
hia. official reception at the City Hall.
Receives Grwtt Welcome.
, New York, Nov. 18. George Clerqen
ceau, the French "Tiger. ' who came to
this country for the first time more
than 50 years ago to "sop what a re
public really looks 'like," :s hack in
town again.
He dropped in on New York fi-im
Paris today, ready to start out on a
lecture tour of America, but he will
remain here n litti while first, for
he has a number of old metropolitan
acquaintances to renfew -some of them
with persons, but rijne nore, perhaps,
with street and Mfecs. and fnmiliar
old land-marks which he learned tc
know and to rerere'Tvliile yet a boy.
-The maker and '4fceauer of minis
teries, as Cleniencejn lias come to be
known uscause ;ctt,e rKhendotft
poWer he once held in the political
affairs of hi country, ia here on hie
own hook and unofficially to present
the case of France to the American
people, and this he wilt do in the
languages of the masses, for not only
does he speak English, but bespeak:
real American English flawlessly
and'without effort. He Is a master of
our wisdom and has kept tip with
American .slang for more than five de
cades. Jt was back in 1866 that young Dr.
Clemenceau, just turned 25, first step,
ped ashore in New York. His meagre
wardrobe spoke eloquently of his
poverty, but the case, of shiney new
surgical instruments, his only othei
possession, hold his fittue or so he
thought at the time.
Back of him, he believed, lay his
political career, which was not much
to boast of. He has served a snort
term in prison for activities in behalf
of the Republic, and had been invited
to leafre France for falling to resist
further temptations along the same
line upon gaining his freedom. After
all, he concluded, the medical profes
sion, which had supported six genera
tions of Clemenceati before him, was
superior to politics.
, Promised a Email monthly remit
tance from his father,, the future war
premie of France established him
self in what is now the ffceenwtch
t Villa eri. spcttnn of ew Yorlr nnd he-
gan to practice medicine. His field
was the large French population then
living around Washington Square, and
while. he succeeded indifferently well
in obtaining patients, his collections
fell hopelessW bel w hl needs.
This prompted him to communicate
with the Paris Temps, Jor which he
.subsequently wrote a series of 'bril
liant letters describing conditions in
America, fh'- correspondence bolster
ed up his income to a certain extent,
but the reoiittaneeos from home had
stopped fh the meantime,, hence he
still was. in the mashes of poverty.
ForcO! to strike out on a different
tack, he obtained a "ositbm In a
library, where he remained for two
years, the happiest ones of his life,
he said opt long ago. Libraries were
not used much in Uiose days, and the
young Frenchman had ample time ti
seclude himself among the: books,
reading the best - hilosphers nnd his
torians while he nei feetoct his English.
"There my mind acquired what It
lacked, and my intellect completed
its ' formation," he wrote years after
ward. In the evenings the young student
would invariably be found at Pfaff s
a famous old German restadrant in
Lower Broadway, where Inthe early
sixties met the little group of cele
brltiee presided over by Henry Clnpp
The days of Fritz James O'Brien
Walt Whitman, George- Arnold and
Charles Dawson Shanley at Pfaff's
vepe gonei but there still was an
atmosphere of romance about the
I tjon 0f intellectual s, and to tlrls
coterie Georges Clemenceau was In
troduced.
A f(w' months b-fore he had writ
t(n to the xxnv thatr' "Americans
ha.l'no eenemt Wens and no ond eof
fe. But now all thie was changed
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Marge.
flallabarr, Nor. IK Solicitor Hay
den dement stated at noon today that
he vunild a)re jp Mcllarae. who la
alleged to hare shot and killed Depot
Shei :tT Prnratf on the Rnwan aide of
KaiinH.!lti Inst eight, brought to Sal
ishory at ome if be is able to be am
ed from the Calnrriis County Jail, and
that be would draw n Mil of nuU :
meni charging murder in the first d
grce and send It lvfcre the grand Jnry
of RoWan Hiqicrior Court which eon
vHoes lnr Monday morning, with
Judge T. B. Flndley presiding. Coro
ner Newuiun Is out of the city, and
nothing could Is- learned this morning
as to an inquest.
NATIONALISTS CONSIDER
Sl'LTAN HAS ABDICATED
Think His Flight From (onstanliiio
jle on a British Warship Amounts
to the Same Thing.
(Br th tlMrtatea Pma.t
Constantinople. Nov. IM. The Turk
ish nationalists consider that Sultan
Mohnuiim-d VI. W his flighf. has sur
rendered the Caliphate, according to
Rnfct Pasha. Kemnlist governor of
Constantinople.
"According to the Moslem law." he
told the Assisinted Press, "when the
Sultan leaves Turkish soil and en
ters Christian territory, he places
himself under Christian protection
anil thereby loses the Caliphate, ceas
ing to retain any authority over the
Moslems.
"Great Britain's connivance in the
escaiie," he added "is a flagrant inter
ference in Turkey's internal uffnirs."
Wives Weep For Him.
Constantinople, Niv. IS (By the As
sociated Press). The Sultan's wives
Bjid Indies of the harem are over
whelmed with grief and dismay over
the flight of the Sultan. It was not
known he wns going.
The Sultan's youngest wife, whom
he married only nine weeks ago, and
who is the 20-yea r-old daughter of his
gardener, became hysterical when the
fact of the Sultans flight was con
firmed. Other attaches nnd Indies of
the palace, numbering 800, wept bit
terly.
RESIGNS PRESIDENCY OF
N. C. PRESS ASSOCIATION
I. B. Shenill Offers Resignation And
1st Siiceeeded bj Roland F. Bensley-.
(fly AS9ialjM1U. .
Salisbury, Xov. 18. -The Executive
Committee of the North Cnrollna Press
Association meeting here today had
before it the resignation of President
John B. Shenill. of Concord. A con
flict of duties made it imperative. Mr.
Sherrill said, for him to resign, and
the first. Vice President, Roland F,
Beasley, of the Goldsboro News, goes
up as President Mr... Sherrill serv
ed as President last year and was re
elected for a second term at the Shel
by meeting in July of this year. Hav
ing been elected a member of the
General Assembly vto meet In January
of the coming year, and having a win
ter meeting of the Association schednlt
ed for High Point on the 11th and
12th of January, Mr. Sherrill tender
ed his resignation as head of the news
paper organization.
Miss Beatrice Cobb, of Morganton,
secretary of the Association,. Mr. Sher
rill, and R. K. Price, of Rutherford-
ton, were here tiidny and were later
joined by Mr. Beasles, who cume in
response to nn urgent call from the
Secretary.
Harding Now Said to Be Won to the
Bonus.
Washington, 'Nov. It. Has Presi
dent Harding changed his position on
the Soldiers' Bonus bill, if so, will
the bill be passed tit the short session
of Congress and slened by the Presi
dent? Such is reported to be the case.
. It was said at the Capito.: today that
within the last few days the President,
n conversation with a friend, had
stated that he now believed the coun
try wanted the bonus and that this
being so there was no reason to de
lay the passage of the bill until the
new Congress met.
The President, it was said, based
his opinion ns to the country's position
on the returns in Illinois, Iowa, Okla
homa and other States which voted
bonuses to their ex-service men
November 7. It was also said that an
iffort would undoubtedly be made to
Dass the bill before the fina' ad-
'journment of Congress on March 4,
1923.
This information came from a
wurce usually well informed. It lacks
White House confirmation.
With Our Advertisers.
Buck's Hot Blast stoves and ranges
are the latest to lie found. Particu
lars concerning them can lie found In
the nd. of the Concord Furniture Co..
Fisher's on Monday will sell silk
and wool sox In pretty combinations,
values 85 cents for 59 cents.
The Concord Knnnifpolis Gns Co.
has an ad. today that wil interest you.
The Cit.ir.ens Bank and Trust Com
pany will loan you money for business
purposes. It Is anxious to be of ser
vice to you.
Open House Party at V. M. C. A.
Invitations ns follows have been is
sued : "
You are cordially invited to nt tend an
Open House Party
at the Y. M. C. A.
Concord, North Carolina
on Tuesday etening, November
21st.
from seven-thirty to Mate-thirty o'clock
A very Interesting program of Gym
nasium Activities and Water Sports
await you. ,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Y. M. C. A.
Twaiertlag of the Klwanh flat of
C. acord M tbr I It C. A oa Friday i
f.ni'.iii-i tit tit
arranged by team No. 10. Bob
mpiala.
The only matter of boaiaea which
was brought before the rinh we con
aiders tUm at the 1'ndcr Privileged
Child, as set forth In a letter from
Harry K Karr. general chairman of
the Committee Putdle Affairs of
the Klwanis Intenintbmil. A motion
was uiade and i ail lid that the local
president appoint a cominlttre of tire
to undertake tin- work in la-half at
the under prn ili-Ki d children of this
community. Ireeldeaf Palmer an
ncunced that lie wonld name this com
mittee lit the next meeting.
The program arranged by tejuu No.
JO was opened with a shop talk by
Bob Itideiibonr. who read an instruc
tive and entertaining discourse on the
no del ii laundry Besides going Into
the organisation nnd the methods cm
ployed in modern laundries, and show
ing the wonderful Improvements that
have been made, the local laundrymiin
told of the iiiisreineiit that is now on
fint to have nil textiles examined nnd
lals'lled In aoi-ordaiice with the ma
terials used in Its manufacture, sim
ilar to the treatment accorded medi
cines and foods under the government's
pure food act. This matter is being
urged Jiy the national laimdrynien's
organizations, since the laundry m held
re-ponsible in so many instances for
damage to textiles, whereas the real
cause-of the trouble. Is that the gissls
were made of interior materials nnd
were tuft what they were represented
to lie.
Perhaps the most enjoyable numbers
on the program were the two solos by
Mrs. J. B. Womble, whom Concord is
proud to own as one of her musicians.
Mrs. Womble's first selection .was
Tosti's "Good-bye," nnd.ns an encore
she sang CharlM Denn.vn "l.ullabye."
Her voice wns never better, and a
more attentive nnd appreciative audi
ence could hardly be found than the
Klwaninns;whn enjoyed every note of
both songs. Mrs. Womble possesses
n powerful, yet sweet and sympathetic
voice, and the ease and grace which
characterize her singing are, nlways
enjoyable; and these features were
never bettetr displayed than in her
singing last evening. Her accompani
ments were played by Kiwatiinn Nell
Herring, in her ttsunl effective man
ner. As a flitting close to the evening's
entertainment Buxton Robertson, who
is rapidly earning the distinction of
being a premier laugh-producer, ren
dered a reading on George Wnshing
tond. and, the apple tree, which was
henrtHy eatjoyed. - -:--
Bolt Rideuhuur introduced ns his
guest his son, Boh Ridenhour, Jr., the
only Rotarian in Concord with 100 per
cent, attendance record for Uie past
year. Young Bob was greeted with
applause by the Kiwaninns.
Teams Nos. 6 and 11. Fre.d Shepherd
nnd Juljus Shatters, captains, respec
tively, reported 100 per cent, atten
dance nt the meeting Fridny evening.
The attendance prize, for the meeting
of last week was drawn for by the
members of teams' Nos. 2. 4, 0 and 10.
Jay Cannon, of team No. 2, was the
winner of the prize, which was do
nated by Joe Pike, of team No. 9.
The silent lsiost was given by Boh
Rldenhpur. Each Kiwaninn was giv
en a numbered ticket when lie came
into the room. A lucky number was
drawn from a hat, and the holder of
the corresponding ticket, Dr. Bill
Wadsworth, wns presented by Mr.
Ridenhour with a .$ii.OO laundry lsKkki
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady, at and Advance of 2
to 10 Polnst on Covering Movement.
B the Associated "reus.)
New York, Nov. 18. The cotton mar-
kef opened steady at an advance of
2 to 10 points on a continuation of
the covering movement which wns in
progress at the close yesterday. Trad
ing was much less active, however, and
inter felting to 2o:N0 January con
tracts eased off to 25:02 under scat
tered Southern selling and realising
Cotton futures opened steady : De
cember 25.74 January 25.75: March
25.70; May 25.45: July 25.20.
iyl 1 dosed Steady.
New York, Nov. IS. The cotton mar
ket closed steady. Dec. 25:00; Jan.
25:50; March 25:44; May 25:28; Julv
24 :08.
Tourist Robbed on Carolina Highway.
Shelby. Nov. 17. News comes from
Grover thnt n tourist on his wnj south
automobile wns held up and robbed of
$50 in cash on the nationil hikhwny
near Blncksburg yesterday. He re
ported the mbliery to officers at Blncks
burg and OalTney, but could not furn
ish no clue to the robbery. The tour
ist, whose name could not be learned,
was unarmed and had no way to de
fend himself, so when two negroes
halted rim in n patch of woods and
demanded his money, he turned it over
to them.
Dallas is Out on Bond.
(Br the Associated Preaa.)
Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 18. Her
bert E. Dalhis. charged with slaying
Joseph Southwell, Atlantic Const Line
engineer during the rail strike last
July, wns released on $10,000 ball to
day by Judge George W. Connor. Dal
las wns to have been tried this week,
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H i.mT.vr'r" Tr'r"
r.,. rw,ii i,,i kiu. i 1.11.1
- ii. ciuinn 1.1m ifvrii 1 11 jn nun-U .
July 18th.
Southern Wants to Issue Bonds
(Br the AaaaeJata I'rcaa.i
Washington, Nov. 18. The Southern.
Hallway Company applied to the In
terstate Commerce Committee today
for nuthorlty to issue 5.000,00() In 4
per cent, general mortgage bonds.
These securities will represent expeii
dltures made by the company in ad-
dltions and betterment
RNMENT
"-Le YtffflH
ia-" Wl Uw I L
Republican Chairman of Uw
Farm Bloc Gives Idea as to
What Republican Most
Do in Congress.
OUTLINES THINGS
THAT ARE NEEDED
Is Bitterly Opposed to Ship
Subsidy Bill and Does Not
Believe It Will Be Passed
at Coming Session.
IHt lb Aaaatetatr PTtaa.)
Washington. Nov. IS. A program of
"constructive legislation" coupled with
a declaration against the administra
tion ship suhaidy bill was announced
by Senator Capper, republicnii. of
Kansas, chairman of the Senate farm
bio, iii a statement tialay upon his re
turn for the oiening of Congress.
If the republican party Is to con
tinue in jsiwer. said Senator Cnjier
in commenting on the recent Section,
it must finish n constructive program,
including the following acts:
"Put through the complete rural
credit program to provide farmers nnd
st(K-k men with nn adequate finnncinl
system.
it must reduce freight chnrges.
it must reiienl section liVa ( givinx
the Interstate Commerce ( oimuission
control over sfate rates) nnd other
objectionable provisions of the Esch
frnnsiiortntion act.
it must carry out the policy ot n
lietter system of marketing.
it must nut the' development of the
Muscle Shonls project in the hands ot
Henry Ford.
"It milst make undisturbed surplus
es nnd stock dividends pny their share
toward the maintenance of govern
ment. 'D must pass a constitutional
nmeflwuent proniniting tax-exempt se
curities." Declaring that "stand pot leadership
of the old school met with defeat ev
erywhere" in the election with the peo
ple voting "enthusiastically for rne
progressive," Senator Capper said re
garding the administration ship sub
sidy measure:
"I. don't think we shall get any
where in our efforts to restore con-
JUteW'a, j'i'ernmeiit by iil.ing umre
than $it).uaj,ta.it) a year on i,ue pwnuc o
hack, in the form of a ship subsidy in
addition to its present bnrder."
"V
IS DIVORCED
FROM THE CHURCH
Its Object Stressed as Being to Sup
plement Work of Churches.
Atlantic City, N. J., Nov: 17 The
fifty-first international convention of
the Young Men's Christian Association
of North American yesterday adopted
a report submitted by a special com
mission of accepted lenders of both
the church nnd association under the
terms of which the "Y" is divorced
from control of the church.
The special hoard recognized that
for the motive, of its organization, for
its idenl of Christian manhood and Its
spiritual and material support it is
indebted to the church, but the true in
terpretation of the work of the asso
ciation is to supplement thnt of the
churches.
The Y. M. C. A. is a voluntary,
interdenominational instrumentality
through which the laymen, especially
of the churches seek to do together in
the name of Christ and for the sake, of
the churches, a work, as laymen for
men and boys which the local congre
gations or the denomination com
munions, cannot sepnrtely do efficient
ly or mnny not lie nble to do at all."
sulci the report.
"The, duty of the assocation, in
View of the purpose of Christ and su
premacy of the church and its own
autonomy, Is to promote its work
n mong men und hoys in respect, to
their physical, intellectual, social nnd
spiritual welfare, in such a manner
as to lend them to become disciples" of
Christ, members of the church and
stable In Christian charoctcr."
"Ninety per cent of the 120,770 stu
dents now in the Y. Wr. C. A. schools
of the Cnited States and Canada are
ejiernlng their own living." it was re
ported before the education sectitou of
the convention.
Mates For Everyone in Japan.
(Correspoadence of Associated Press.
Tokio. (let. 20. Men and Women
about equal each other in number in
Japan. , A census taken October 1st
showed the total population to be 57.
015,800 of whom 28,801,500 were male
and 28,704,300 females. The number
of people residing In cities through
outh the country is 11,210,000 and in
the suburb nnd country 40,440,500.
Jupiter Has Nine Count 'Em.
Jupiter, wMch is 1300 times larger
than the earth, lias nine moons, four of
which were the first objects discovered
by Galileo when he. turned is first
crude etlescope to the' heavens In the
year 1010. ,
Thellsslon Study Class, of Central
1 Methodist
Church will meet Monday
at 3 o'clock with Mr. H. 8. Williams
on West Corhln street. Mrs. C. ML
ivey, Miss Ids Mne Kiug nnd Mrs. H,
S. Williams will be hostesses.
There will he a dance given at the
American Legion Club Rooms on next
Afmwlnv nvntilna Uunln n.111 l..
nlshed'by .. Hawaiian orchestra.
Ants which can eject poison through
a hollow sort of tube exist In Indo-
China.