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PAGE FOUR i i i. i T. R SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher IT. U. Associate Editor . ' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tb« Associated Press Is exclusively •ntltled to the use for republlcatlon of ■mJHI nows credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the lo fef-.’stwl news published herein • AU rights of republlcatlon of special g Maputches herein are also reserved. Special Representative ? . V FROST. LANDIS & KOHN ' 111 Fifth Avenue, New York Peoples’ Gas Building, Chicago 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta ‘-'' ■■tered as second class mall matter ■t the postofflce at Concord. N, C„ un der the Act of March I, 1871, ™SUBSCRIPTION RATES KSBr. - In the City of Concord by Carrier I One Tear *B.OO Six Months 3.00 -Kree Months 1.50 One Month .80 Outside of the State, the Subscription af■ i, • la the Same as In the City Out of the city and by mall in North Carolina the following prices will pre- One Tear $5.00 8 Mx Months 2.50 ■ ®6eo_ Months 1.25 ~ Com Tnan Three Months, 50 Cents a Month All Subscriptions Must Be Paid In Advance ■ RAILROAD schedule! In Effect December 3, 1*22. Northbound, No. 44 To Washington 5:00 A. M. No. *6 To Washington 10:56 A. M. No. 46 To Danville 5:45 P. M. No. 12 To Richmond 7:10 P. M No. 22 To Washington 8:29 P. M. No. 138 To Washington 9:45 P. M. No. 30 To Washington 1:40 A. M. South honnA No. 45 To Charlotte 3:20 P. M. No. 35 To Atlanta 10 06 P. M. No, 23 To’Atlanta 2:37 A. M, No. 81 To Augusta 6:07 A. Mr No. 187 To Atlanta 8:41 A. M. No. 11. To Charlotte 9:25 A. M. No. lit To Atlanta 9:15 P. M. I —FOR TODitfr— | ||jj Bible Thoughts memorized, will prove a ?! ISi priceless heritage in after years. |gj THE LOUD IS GOOD:—O taste anti seo that the I.onl is rim id: Messed is the man that trusteth in him.— Psalm 34. 8. g-Jf" -1 THE REPUBLICAN DISAGREE MENT. Certain Republican leaders seem de termined to make President Harding retract on his eonrt plan. <>u the «th-! trr, -hand some of the most powerful of the G. 4>. p. leaders have promised their support to the President in his efforts to fret his plan adopted by the United Slates. Certain Democratic or ganisations and leaders have praised the President. Others are said to lie against Isis plan because it does not go far enough. Former President Wilson is said to feel that we should go all the way to the League or leave the League alone all together. The President's plan. Mr. ■'"Wilson is quoted as saying, does not.go far enough, and therefore is no good. All of which indicates that the peo ple of the world are coining more and more to see the wisdom of the League. If Mr. Harding and his fel l lowers did not see something of the I attitude of the people of the United ■ States in regard to the League they Hwould not advocate even the court wan. Secretary Hughes is given creel- Hi for urging the President 1o approve Be court plan, and he unquestionably that the people wanted such ne or he would not have suggested it. this action also indicates that the are trying to get their in a row for the next election. want to have some kind of a HJHcign policy to go to the people with. " ; Tittle proposal of the President is .V-iaWßlng a great fnror among the ile tj, JlilNicans. and promises to cause a se- C'Wons split in the party ranks. Mr. Harding is now trying to avoid the split, but for once is* sticking to his * guns. and so far has shown no incli nation to quit under tile and forsake Ijis court plant. A HEAL ASSET. IpThe Cabarrus County Building Loan ami Havings Association this month Optebrates its 25th anniversary. From a business concern with assets of $12.- 000 in IttOl, the association has grown to on enterprise with assets valued at a quarter of a million dollars. More than $1,000,000 is handled auuunlly hv the association, which is recognized j generally as one of the most sued as. ful in North Carolina. association is one of three in '• this City. Each lias played a lug tm tor in the bqiiding of Concord, Tlqy have made money possible to every fe.teioss of citizen and are a real asset to vCoucord. We believe a cheek-up of tills city would show Hint a great ma plorfty of the homes iiere were built the assistance of one of these building ami loan associations. '■ ■ '■ ' I——— 54-; The new High vjfchool site offers . ,’plenty of ground for a fhte athletic field and we hppe the field will lie laid off, built and equipped as soon as pos it qlrile. The school locutions heretofore .harp never offered enough ground for I aa»*h a field uud ndiv that one is avail iyaW© we h°Ueysome plan will he adopt - bf Which the various athletic 'teams C',at-t!be high school can ham a ground to work on. It is possible tkut the ’ business men of the city will lie ask- WM&Jtek' in this work, and if they are we hoj>e they will respond gener ous'/- A better spirit will he a roust d , among- the Students of the school if ■ they are given their own athletic field . which they can use at their leisure. At present they are forced to depend on ; the generosity of some citizens or qr , ganization when they want to stage a football game, baseball game or ath letic-meet of any kind. r ~ KAOLIN AND ALUMINUM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED Valuable Property Owned By Vir ginians to Be 'Opened Up Near Lenoir. Lenoir, April 20.—There ts a probability that a Kanin and atumi nume mine will be developed on a big basis a short d'stance from rat terson. The property is located about eight.miles from here. B. V. Booth, cashier ofVthe First National Bank of Danville, Vn„ M. R. Warren and Charles Gneuter, mining engineers, \ also of DanviLe, Va„ owners or the property, were here a few days ago. The property is known as the Har per-.iackson prosperity, and consists of about 180 acres. The symjr and explorations were made liy Mr. Guenter sometime ;u. He reports that there are valuable depos ts of kaolin, aluminum tin. j etc. There are well defined veins and I not mere pockets, is the way- r.lr. Guenter describes th; property. The estimated cost of the develop- j meut is placed at $50,000 by Mr. ! Guenter. A tunnel will have to be j dug, and this is placed at $25,000Nl The minerals taken from building this tunnel would more than pay tor ( the cost of building if. Engineer j Guenter’s report also covers a water j power development for furu’shing i power for the-- developing nt ol me | mining property. The owners of the property to not j make any statement as to how early ! they expected to begin mining opera tions. It is believed here, however, that work will he started before sum- ' sner is over. The visit of the owners to this | 1 property several days ago hijs laused p a number of rumors to. gfet in Jli a «i-1 1 tion. One of them s tltatiil is a uig i 1 gold mining property that will .vequire 1 something like $500,000 t© develop it. | This rumor has it that there are mil- | ■ lions of dollars in gold buried beneath j Cestnut mountain. This same rumor!' says that ofce* local conceyit tried- to j ! buy $50,000 worth of stock vn t liisT t gold mining enterprise, 'but request ! 1 for -deck was turned down by the!' men who owned the property. # COTTON SPINNING SET NEW RECORD FOR PAST MONTH ; Reaches More Than Nine and One- Half Billion Active Spindle JHours. I [ Says Census Bnreau. Washington,y.Vpril 2T.—Cotton spin- J : ning set u new record in March, reach- j‘ iug more than nine and-one-half billion ! active spindle hours, the census lui- j - mm's monthly report tchla.v showed, j - In cotton growing states spinning ue- • tivit.v exceeded the five billion notic e ' ' spindle hours for the first time. Active spindle hours for March for j' the entire country, totalled 0,531,002.- < 051. or an average of 225 hours forl ■ each spindle in place, compared with j 8.449.370.085, or an average of 2271 hours per spindle in February this] year and 7.700.741,174, or an average! of 211 in March last year. Spinning spindles in plan* March 31 numbered 37.808.f413 of which 38,- 300.318 were ©peruted at some time during the month, compared with 37.- 270.302 in place February 28 and 35,- 307.707 opera ted at some time during February, and 3 ,857,,877 in place March 31. last year, and 31.872,812 operated at some time during the month. The average number of spindles op erated during March numbered 40,- 380,020 or at Tox.:> per cent of capacity on a single shift basis, compared with 40,407.845. or at 100.0 per cent capac ity ill February, Statistics for cotton growing xtucs follow: Active spindle hours, 5.110.534.702. or an average of 314 hours tier spin dle in place.' Spinning spigdles in place March 31 totalled 10.313.150 of which 10.005, 544 were active at .some time during the month. Declined With Thanks. •J. Fuller Gloom's antiquated ear ran against a telephone pole, to the detri-, ment of itself a id its alleged master. ‘Alrt” ejaculated a by-passer. “Have an accident?” ("No, thank you!” repled the pessi mist. “I’ve just had one.” The head of the bouse cam:: down stairs in an irate frame of niiad and told his wife that Bobbie hud taken some change from his pockets. “I don't th : nk it’s fair of you to ac cuse Bobbie that w i.v. Jack. Wliv. you might as well say I'd taken it!” “Oh, no. my dear.” the Drute answered, “it wasn’t all taken, you know!” V Hiyi/ 1 nrTr • ••' " ,T ‘ TX,t ~~ m, ■■ ' ' -qg r HANK and FETE »■ pebfect logic/ffmes f . Sfrf, SINCE C ■ 1 V.'v. " f ' rj " rri -" - " ~ ji'if \ . X KNOW Sd\ r - [ r-~, »- - , ONWQOC£--l ifksLS " 111 NO REDUCTION |N THE SI PPLY OF FARM PRODUCTS So Economists 2nd StaiMicKuw. «c pert.—Home Demand Is Active. Washington. April Sl.—-At least no reduction in the supply of American farm products this’year, a slightly leas favorable foreign dematuLsMid an aetivA demand at hitine as long as the present business conditions continue were forecast tixtay by a committee of 18 prominent economists and sta tisticians in a report to Secretary Wal lace, of the department of agriculture, after a two-day cqiiferenee here. “It is of the mokt vital interest to American ugrictuiture,” the report said, "that the United States lend aid in every way possible to the settle ment of the reparation and other Eu ropean problems. "The favorable factors wftli respect to foreign demand are: First, the in fluence of American prosperity upon | the demand for European goods, and second, tlie possibility that the slight business- recovery that has occurred in j a number of European eouhtrles may i gradually gain momentum. "TMe unfiivorable ■ factors nre : | First, tlie piling uu of gov- j eminent debts on the continent of Eu- ! rope, with its offset upon exchange. 1 currency and 1 nisi ness; second, the 1 Ruhr.situation. "With some overflow of tlie business activity of The United States to tlie’ rest of flic world. iwrJioulnrly the non- European part of the world, tlie pros- j IM’Ct would rather he that there will lie’ some increased production of foi«is in foreign countires. We cannot, fore, confidently offer aiif reason for the expei-tation that our farmers will meet any less severe competition in Europenn markets during the coniiiig roar than they have met during the last year." l Prosperity for a While. Predicting tlie domestic demand for agricultural products would lie am! tive as long as the present condition ! of business with full employment coin } tilines, the cpminittee said most com- j potent oliservers seem to agree that' file country may expect general busi- j ness prosperity to last at least six to!; nine months longer. The enormous net movement of’l-L 120.000 persons from farm to towns! and cities in the two years ending with j, December 31. 1022. leaves the farm in ; < an tuifavorahle position to meet enter- ■ gencies, tlie committee declared. , M itli European countries making es- | ; forts to place their grain prodhetlon i ; mi a pre-war basis, tlie heavy wheat exixirts of tlie last two years may be expected to decline, and the cnnuniU" tee advises that American product ion ’ -liould he readjusted to • meet these! changing conditions. The condition i j us winter wheat is unfavorable, in tended plantings of spring wheat uriH, 5.5 jier cent below last year's acreage jj pul weather thus far lias hs-on unfav-1 arable for spring planting. j , Tiiere is no evidence tlmt tlie eon- j , -umptien of Aniprievn cotton iii 1022- j - 24 will f ill below the indiciued world [, "onsniription for 1022-23 which is not j | ess than 12.000.01i0 bales, the commit- •] 'ec reported. .\vaHnhU>_informa.ti'iii : ndicntes tlie world carry-over of all | •otton on July fit. 1023. will be 0.800. ' A PLUMBER WHO FULL OF "PEP"- / 1S APT TO HAVE A ] )( V-DANDY I \Ve're full of pep and we’ve got a good rep but, at that we watch out — step. Each plumbing job accomp-l fished by this shop lives up to the clfflacler of the work which \Voti us such an envi able place in the business of this community. EB. GRADY Plumbing and Heating Contractors l i Corbin St. Office Phone 334 W THE CONCORD KQtY TRIBUNE i i i »u.. tiauJin-HJ-tw 04MK.hales, largely of 'foreign short | staple cotton,’ and thb.t American cot ton will be little, if any, "restricted on account of foreign production. 4hi the basis of farmers’ intentions ’| to plant 12 tier cent greater uereagy this year, the cotton acreage harvested in J!)23 would be 35,888.000 acres. Rlihuld the yield prove the same as the average of thfe la»t liver years the ' total crop would he 11,180,000 bales: if it is the same as the iowffitt yield of the five years It would he 0,610.000 Imles, and if the same as tlie highest yield of tlie five yeans it would he 13,770,000 bales, tlie report states. Tlie indicated carry-over in the United States July 31, 1028, will lie 1,184.000' bales, including 100,(WO bales of im ixii'ted foreign cotton. Com Conditions Normal. The corn situation is aliout normal, tlie committee found, but between I now and the time will lie some ten-! j deucy toward com shortage because j ; of the larger number of pigs on feed.; j Hog .production lias lx,-eii heavy and iis still in a state of expansion, Un-! | less Inad wea flier and other conditions ! (iiave reiltu-od the number of spring l pigs to an unusuaT degree, the price 1 ' «>f hogs may lie depressed next fall j and winter. During the last winter I more pounds of ixirfc prislucts were! ■ omiliiced than in any previous winter! in history, amounting to a 80 per cent , increase over the preceding year. The ' Ugospeet wliicli prmluecrs must face .before a year has elapsed is the ab i sorption of domestic and foreign con sumers of a surplus of over 6,000.000 lings and 250.000,000 pounds of stored .products. , i A ten per <ent increase in the in tended tobacco acreage raised serious questions, tlie committee repirted. I The general business situation war- I fftnts expectation of an active demand | ftoui ultimate consumers during the j , next nine months. Forecast of 1928 Cops. Winter'wheat production this year was forecast recently by thv Depart ment of Agriculture at 572.317.000 bushels, and rye at 75.782,000 bushels, ci ni pa red with 586.204,000 bushels of winter wheat 95.457.000 of rye last yea r. Tlie forecasts were U3sed on ttv eondltimi of tlie crops April 1. which for winter wheat was 75.2 per cent of a normal compared with -78.4 per cent a year ago and 84.1 the ten year average and for rye 81.8 per cent of a normal compared with 89.0 a year ago, and 88.6 the ten-year average. Rural enterprise. There cathe to the farm of a man in Vermont, a stranger, who was full of '.dvice touching eertatn needed im provements in and about the place. “The first thing you should do.” said he. "is to harp that mudhole in tlm road repaired.“ ■Whereupon the owner grew scorn ful. “You pel-formers and experts don't understand local conditions. Why. I have nearly paid off the mortage with the -money I have made Waning automobiles out of that hole.” Going to Make Hint Hustle. (Lawyer—You want to ask $51)00 a vear alimony. How much is your Hus band making? iLady—Five thousand, but I'm sure h: could make more if lie had to- and I'nr willing he should ke p the differ ence. *=*== - 'T" — *■ New Shipments | Justin Dennison’s Crepe Paper j Dennison’s Sealing Wax | Eversharp Pencils. ' Harry C. Lee Golf Sup- I plies. / \ pN “J Musette> P. S. —Have you seen our ’ “Greist Juniorlite,” the elec tric lamp that can be clamp- ’ ed anywhere. In beautiful Ivory decorated and bronze •; finishes. Just the thing for ; the student. Prices are right. !r Mothers of Famous Mot The Mother of Anthony Trollope. ’ | all ,of the gifts* of that: | extraordinarily gifted writer, Anthouyi i Trollope', were inheritances from his mother, either directly or from some of her forbears.. Frances' Milton, dnnglitec of a successful inventor, was; an- exceedingly brilliant' witty nnd. i clever woman, with On ironic twist of; mind;which made even more loveable a lyjnrt full of kindness 'nml a nature capable of the most tremendous sncrl- 1 dices. • Mrs. Trolloiie was a woman who, 1 having limrrietl her husband for pure love, was prepared to suffer any trob i hie and poverty with him in che<-rful- I ness, and without reminding him ail ; the time that she was being deprived of many joys: She mas - according to the Idographers, tlie most capable arid i uiLseliish wife in the world. Slip was resourceful and gifted. Her moral courage amounted to posi-< tive heroism. She Imd an "indoidlt able faculty of finding material siU’- ik-ss iu the very welter of misfortune.” She was a good looking woman, wlgise pleasant face was given point by a pair of very keen, bright eyes, and whose apparently gentle manner was attractively spiced by the wit of a sharp, sarcastic tongue. The chief and jnost admirable of a positive fliaal of admiraide qualities was tliis woman's combined sense of liumor nnd proportion. She never felt sorry for herself, for invtaace. rind and Uffd sniiill tiatjence with self-sym pathy. She believed that if she were to really accomplish any good by m«k- . ing a sacrifice for her husband or her i children, that slip must, not keep re- I mi mling them of the sacrifice. She J did it. and never mentioned it again, i she was not always on a still hunt for “appreciation” in consequences iff which she received her full share of it. Altogether she whs a wise, kind and brilliant woman. Next: Tlie mother of John Con stable. , Dodging tlie Income Tax. "Sorry to inform you. ma’am, but T won't be -able to come any more.” "Why not. Sarah?” "I can't afford it. My husband says if I earn any more money he'll have to pay an income tax.” New Ambition For Nervous People. ' Tlie great nerve tonic that will put vigor, vim. and vitality into nervous, tired out. ail in. despondent people iu a few days is Hie celebrated l’runi fone. Anyone can liny n lad tic, it, is inex pensive, and tlie 'Gibson Drng Store sells I’runitone in such large quanti ties. that it proves that it is a remedy es unusual merit. Thousands praise it for general de bility. nervous prostration, mental de pression and unstrung nerves, caused byoverindnlgeiiye in alcohol, tobacco, or overwork of any kind. As a lira hi food ©r for any affliction of tlie nervous system Pruniton© is unsurpassed, while .for hyfcteria. trem bling and ueur.light’ It’ is 'simply splen did. Mail orders tilled for out of town . customers. 5 ’ UKUMTONK LABORATORIES j BOSTON. MASS, T “ Dr. J. A. Shauers CHIROPRACTOR Maness Bldg. Phone 620 j Maid in Attendance for Ladies" ■ —., . . , ... .... _ . „.. ~.. , .5—mEH-je ELECTION NOTICE. The Board of Aldermen at regular meeting April ,sth, 1023, called a muni cipal election in the' several voting precincts in die City of Concord on Tuesday, the Stli day of May, 1023, for the election of Mayor, one alderman at large, one school commissioner at large, alderman in each of Ward? 1, 2,4, and 5 respectively, a school commissioner in Ward 1, and a school commissioner in Ward 3, The registration Kooks are now op en for the registration of all voters who failed to register for the last bond election. The registrars wilUDe at the polling places each Saturday lietween 9 a. m. and sundown until tlie second Saturday liefore said elec tion, for the purpose of registering all liersons entitled to registration. GEO. 11. RICHMOND, City Clerk. 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