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BODY OF BALLOONIST
ROTH FOUND LASHED
TO CRAFT’S BASKET
Body Was Found in Lake
Erie by Men in a Fishing
Boat—Body of Lieut. Null
Not Found.
\ BALLOON MISSING
FOR THREE DAYS
Lieut. Roth Was Dressed
\Only in Underwear, and
Seemingly He Had Been
Killed by Exposure. -
tllr toe Aaanelated Preas-t
Port Ktnuley, Out., July !).—The bas
ket of the Uuited States Navy bnlloon
A -tMI9B, containing one body, wa* found
this morning fifteen miles southwest of
here. The body, clnd only in under
mear. wrfs found lashed to the basket.
Fishing Boat Finds Basket.
Port Stanley. July 9 (By the Associ
ated Press).—The body of Lieut. L. J.
Roth, pilot of the ill-fated ft. S. Navy
Balloon A45698, was found in the basket
of the airship 14 miles south southwest
of here this forenoon.
The basket, for which a vain search
had been made by airplanes. Hying boats
and other agencies for three days, was
picked up by a fishing boat, out of Port
Stanley in 'command of Cnpt. Geo. Wil
son.
Xo trace was found of Lieut. T. B.
Null, who accompanied Lieut. Roth as
aide when the balloon left Indianapolis
last Wednesday.
The basket was towed into this port by
Captain Wilson and then the body was
temporarily placed in a fish house in
charge of the police.
Evident that Lieut. Roth died of ex
posure was seen in the fact that his head
and shoulders were hanging over the
edge of the basket. Identification was
established by laundry mark **L. J. It."
on his underwear. A ring on his third
finger of his left hand contained a red
stone.
The I'. S. Army bnlloon Xo. A-(5(Y98
was one of tl*? thirteen entrants in the
national elimination race that started in
Indiana polio Ins"' W«U« siijy' nftewio-Mi.
ow'f he ot aw in-eutrffSWs s. ,sfnaa«ieT*mr*
many hours before fears for tile safety
of I.ieuts. Roth and Null were felt.
The last sight of the A-0(508 was liver
Lake Krie on YY'ednesday.
' Think Nidi’s Body Has Bom Found.
YY’indson, Out.. July i(. —A body be
lieved to be that of Lieutenant T. It.
[Null, the second Ameriean balloonist
who disappeared with Lieutenant L. J.
Rotb in the ill-fated balloon A16608,
was found today in Lake Erie at t’oine
I’elee near Leamington.
Tile body was discovered sliortly after
that of Lieutenant Rotii had been picked
up in tlie basket of the balloon 14 miles
off Point Stanley where the big bag fell
into the lake. The body apparently had
been in the water about a day and a half.
The body was apparently that of a
man about five feet and seven inches.
It was dressed in blue serge with army
shoes.
LEAVE FOR INSPECTION
OF ROADS OF £*TATE
Gov. Peay and Other Prominent Men to
Visit Various Cities In North Caro
lina. / \
IBr th» Associated Press.
Charlotte, July 0. —Governor Austin
Teay, of Tennessee, who is on a tour
of inspection of North Carolina high
ways. and is nccoinpunied by Nortli Car
olina and South Carolina goood roads
enthusiasts, left here today for High
l'oint,. N. C. The party is to' visit
Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Durham,
Chapel Hill and Raleigh before return
ini to Charlotte Wednesday evening.
Proposals £pr linking up the highway
systems of the Carolinas and Tennessee
were discussed by officials of the three
states during a conference in Asheville
which was marked by the presence of
Governors Peay and Morrison.
Governor Peay's party includes Mrs.
Peay and their sou: Frank Page, chair
man of the North Carolina Highway
Cominiasion; Charles O. Hearn, editor
of the Spartanburg Herald; and A. B.
J-iuigley, ofc’CSAutobia, both members of
the South Carolina Highway Commis
sion; and &H. McDonald,*’of Wash
ington, chief of the bureau of public
roads.
To Encourage Building and Loan Asso
ciations. . -
Atlanta. Ga.. July 9.—A bill defining,
regulating, and encouraging local, mu
tual or co-operative building and loan as
sociations in Georgia has been introduced
in the general assembly here. The
- measure, which has been referred to a
committee, would make the state law
very similar to that of North Carolina.
At the last session, building and loan
associations were placed under the su
pervision of the securities commission
hut no defining powers of regulation
were provided. The new bill, if passed,
it is’said, will remedy this condition and
will also’'make several provisions with
reference to the taxation of the con
cerns. . ’■ ,
Warrant For American Issued in China,
Ohanghai. July 0 (By the Associated
Press).—A .warrant was issued here to
day for the arrest of Lawrence ; H.
Kearney, American, charged with being
the head of a plot for the wholesale
smuggling of arms into China from Rus-
and Japanese sources.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Crooks, of Jack
sonville. KMi; will arrive this afternoon
for a .short visit with Mr. Crooks’ par
ents on Academy street;
V;. .. 4 ~ ,
The Concord Daily Tribune
COTTON CROP PROMISING N
Is the Largest in Its History. Says
Frank Parker, Statistician.
ißvr sh» \
Raleigh. X. 0.. July 9.—" The cot
ton crop of North Carolina is unusual
ly promising considering the planting
, seasons nnd is the largest in its his
jtory." according to a statement issued
here today by Frank Parker, statistician
of the co-operative crop reporting ser
vice of the U. S. nnd X. C. Depart
ments of Agriculture. The repirt ip
! bnsed on information received from 28
. counties of the state.
“With the acreage at 103 percent."
snys the report “Xorth Carolina shows
the least increase of any state. The
average for the cotton belt is 12 per
cent increase. It is ronor’ d that the in
crease would have been more had ’ the
April report not been given publicity.
That report showed the same acreage
per cent according to the planting in
tentions of several thousand cotton
farmers. It is further recognized that it
was the speculator who suffered most
bv that 'intentions' report, which indioat*
ed prospective planting.
"The prespnt condition of SO per cent
of a normal or full crop prospect for
250 pounds per acre, if applied to the
1.703.4(10 acres means that tile crop
might be over 910.00 ft bales if the
slate conditions 'remain favorable. The
boll weevil nnd adverse weather condi
tions must be roekoned with before the
early frost gets its share. These figures
are based on conditions now and do not
ine'nde any blit favorable influences to
follow. The last crop made 250 pounds
I>er acre and 851,000 bales.
"There are estimated to have been
planted in the United States the great
’ est acreage of any year. 35.287.000
acres with a prospective yield of 11,-
412.000 bales or 17 per cent increase
oyer the 1922 production. The present
condition prospects are 1.3 per cent,
below last year’s report and six per rent
below the ten year average.
“The weather conditions in Nortli
Carolina have been unusually favorable
for eotton during June. The recent
rains have helped to relieve the drought
that might soon have become serious,
even on cotton. The boll weevil lias not
become noticeably bad but its presenee
and activities are how claiming the at
tention of the southern eotton counties
of the state. The stands are poorest on
the stiff eastern soils nnd in the north
ern Piedmont or elny belt. The crop has
grown and recuperated wonderfully
during June."
PRESIDENT IS PLEASED
AVITH ALASKA’S PEOPLE
Lilies Their Appearance and Behavior.—
Party Will Stop Off at Wrangel.
“ A'smrd F. S. S. Henderson with Pres
•otv*., Mnisltug. .Inljiltii;; the AAs
ed Press) .-—The naval transport Hender
son carrying President and Mrs. Harding,
steamed northward along the Alnskan
coast today after making the first no
iiuaiutanee with the territory yesterday
at Metlakuhtla and Ketchikan.
An all night sail brought the transport
early today off Wrangel, where the party
will go ashore for n brief visit before pro
ceeding to Juneau.
The President was very favorably im
pressed at his first stop in Alaska, partic
ularly by the appearance of the people,
who with the exception of the natives, he
declared, might pass along the streets
of any United States city and be taken
for citizens of the place.
Growing Sponges From Seed.
Xew York. .Inly 9.—So important has
tlie sponge become in everyday life that
it is now grown from "seed" like ordinary
land plants.
Before 1914 the finest sponges came
from the Mediterranean, the Sea of Mar
mora. and the coasts of Asiatic Turkey.
The sponges are brought up by divers,
some of whom work naked, while others
wear diving costume. Tlie sponges
present a flesh-like appearance, and are
covered with a firm skin in which tiny
holes appenr and disappear apparently
at the animal's will.
The inside of the sponge, not unlike
raw meat, is intersected by numerous
canals and cavities. These are filled
with a slick, grayish-brown Huid known
as "milk.” This “milk" must be taken
out at oncer for it is the only part of the
animal that is actually alive. Should
it “be left, the sponge begins to decay
and- loose its elastic qualities.
Constant reaping exhausts the sponge
beds, and now they are being grown from
“seed.” The "seed" sponges are cut I
into small pieces and attached by wires 1
tp blocks of cement, either triangular or
circular in shape. The blocks are '
lowered to the ocean bottom and left 1
for about two years. By the end of i
that time the sponge hus grown to’ a
size suitable for commercial purposes. I
It is brought to the surface, and a fresh 1
pice of “seed” si>onge takes its place. I
The growth of the variety of sponge '
used in the bath is slow. Ten years
under water are necessary to bring it to I
maturity. For this reason the sponge I
beds of Florida are not worked regular
ly.
Trying to Get Father Who Left With
Child.
Greensboro, July 9.—The three-year-old
son of Mrs. Mary Itees, tvas taken away
from Chnpel Hill yesterday by stealth by I
Arthur Rees, of Philadelphia, his father.
Mrs. Rees, with a' brother, Louis Graves,
was here today in an effort to intereept
the husband and prevent him from tak
ing the child north of Greensboro, Graves
said.
Convicts Stampede When Mule in Camp
la Killed by Lightning.
Monroe, July 8. — The Union county
chain gang wag badly disorganized yes
terday afternoon during a severe wind
and darn storm when a mule standing,
within about 10 feet of where the con
victs were sheltered in a barn at the
home of Harvey Green in Goose Creek
township was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed.
North Carolinian Drowned.
Marblehead, Mass., July o.—Jas. C.
Braswell,. Jr., of Rocky Mount, N. C.,
was drowned at Bathing Beach here to-'
day. He was * student ht Howard Law
| School. \ v - ’
FORM MITE
JUSTICE DIE Dl
AT IHCHIGAN HOME
Retired From Supreme Court
of United States Some
Time Ago on Account of
Long Illness.
McKinley gave
HIM HIS CHANCE
Served as. Assistant Secre
tary of State.—Appointed |
to Supreme Court by Late
President Roosevelt.
(B» the Associated Prnu.l 0
Mnekinnc Island, Mich., July 9.—Wil
liam R. Day. former Associate Justice
of i'nited States Supreme Court, died
tit his eottage here at 5:30 o'clock this
morning. With him at the time was
iiis son, William L. Day, and" the lat
ter’s wife.
Death was attributed to a general
ireakdown following an attack of bron
chitis last fall. The body will be taken to
Jautou. Ohio.
Mr. Day, who was-in liis 74th year,
•ame here two weeks ago and although
a failing health expected to benefit by
lie quiet of his summer home here. He
utd -pent his summers here for tlie last
forty years.
Death came peacefully this morning. |
The nnine of William It. Day is in- j
delibly linked with that of William Me- |
tvinley. When the latter was elected
President, Justice Day was little known
mtside of Ohio, where he was born in I
1849. He had graduated from the Uni
/ersity of Michigan, studied law in a 1
aw office, taken a few law lectures, and
began the practice of his profession. He
lad been elected judge of tlie common
pleas court in Stark county, Ohio, when
17 years of age and in 1889, President
Harrison had offered him the position of
judge of the district court for the liorth
“rn district of Ohio, hut ill health for
mde his accepting.
Shortly after the election in 1897,
President McKinley let it he known that
le would make John Sherman, then old
'ind near the end of his career. Secretary
>f State, and that he would name his
Jcllom fcOwnsinc.B, MTPIUam R. Day, as as
sistant Secretary rtf -State.
It is doubtful If the new assistant Sec
etary of State had ever met a foreign
unbassador until lie came to Washing
ton in 1897. Sherman could not car
ry many of tlie burdens of Mm office.
The untrained diplomat in the second po
sition in the department had to shoulder
the responsibility of the department in
mch a traetful way as not to offend his
superior. How well lie filled the office,
ind a year later tlie office that Sherman
had occupied as Secretary of State was
expressed later by McKinley when he
said: "Day absolutely never made a mis
take."
It fell to Secretary of State Day lo
attempt to avoid the crash with Spain
aver Fuba. The shrewd moves to avert
war were hjs To him later, came'
‘lie work of restoring peace. President
McKinley selected him 'as chairman of
the commission of the United States to
meet the commissioners of Spain in
drafting a treaty to end the war. The
treaty of Paris is a monument to him.
With this duty over, President Mc-
Kinley named him a circuit judge of the
United States for the Sixth circuit.
Here Jie served, until President Roose
velt appointed him to the bench of the
Supreme Court of the United States in
1903.
A man of slight build with a thin
face. Justice Day never enjoyed robust
health. Once. he had to give up his
work for half a year in order to seek
health in the pines of northern Michi
gan. A great student, this Ohio man
was extremely reticent. Probably the
only intimate man lie allowed to share
his inner thoughts was President McKin
ley. So reticent was he in public life
in Washington before he was elevated
to the bench that he became known gen*
eraily as "The Man.”
The Day family was not fond of so
ciety life. Unlike some of his asso
ciates in official life. Day, when in the
state department did not spend several
times Ms salary in rent for a mansion,
but lived in an unpretentious residence,
trusting to his ability nnd demeanor to
bring the requisite dignity to ’ the posi
tion he held.
Justice Day had one hobby. It was
baseball. Few games lie missed, when
business would permit his attending.
Charters Granted.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh. July 9.—Secretary of State
W. N. Kvereet has gruuted a charter
of incorporation to the Reynolds Manu
facturing Company of Hickory, N. C..
| for the purpose of conducting a general
retail and wholesale business in toys,
furniture, school and office supplies, etc.
The pacitnl stock is listed as SIOO,OOO
and the incorporators are J. L. Aber
neth.v, J. W. Ballew, E. W. Reynolds.
J. C. Shuford, J. W. Shuford and G. R.
AVootten.
With Our Advertisers.
Telephone No. 117 is the Ritchie Hard
ware Co. See new ad.
The Automatic Refrigerator saves ice.
.food, work. The Concord Furniture Co.
Sells them. Get a demonstration.
, The Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany will handle your affairs for you
and save you the worry. <
Newest things in hosiery, sport togs,
etc., at Fisher’s.
Lodge No. 49 Jr. O. A. M. will hold
another important meeting in the lodge
'rooms tomorrow, uight. About fifteen
new members will be initiated and after
the Initiation refreshments will be seiNrad.
ifeasLwfLw- , i
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 9, 1923.
COMPANY E LEFT FOR
CAMP EARLY YESTERDAY
Men Reported at the Armory Saturday
Night at 12 O’clock and Left on Train
No. 138 Yesterday.
Members of Company E, Concord's
national guard unit, left Concord yes
terday morning on train Xo. 140 for
Morehead City, where the annual encamp
ment is being held now at Camp Glenn.
About B.> members of the local company
left for Cam]) Glenn, f
Tlie members of the company reixirted
at the armory Saturday night at 12
o'clock. They spent rfjosi of the night
preparing for their departure, but were
able to get some sleep i# the armory. At
3 o'clock yesterday Morning they were
marched to tlie Ideal Lunch Room, where
breakfast was served. This case prepar
ed sandwiches also for tlie men’s dinner.
The company reached l amp Glenn last
night. They will return July 23rd.
The program arranged for camp this
year is one well-rounded of instruction,
and recreation. Drill will be conducted
from 7to 11:3f) a. m. with mess at 12 :30
o'clock. Organized athletic activities will
consume the entire afternoon and a lov
ing cup will be presented to the eoni-i
pan.v having |he greatest number of
points at tlie end of tlie camp season. Ma
jor H. B. Fowler, of Durham, will he
athletic officer aud instructiou in swim
ming will be given. Tin- company mak
ing the best showing in shelter tent
pitching will receive a pup and another
prize will be given to the machine gun
that makes the quickest advent into ac
tion.
An outstanding feature of the encamp
ment will be the decoration of the colors
of the 120th infantry by'ai representative
of tlie Portuguese government for its ac
tivities in the world war.* Governor Mor
rispn and other high officials of the state
and nation will attend the ceremonies,
which will include a regimental review,
j The second week will be devoted large-
I l.v to range work, marksmanship badges
(to be awarded to men qualifying,
j This will be the third annual summer
encampment of the 120th infantry and
3,000 men are expected to attend, a larg
er number than that of at either of the
other two camps. Col. Don E. Scott, of
i Graham, will command and Col. A. L.
Parker, of Raleigh, will be senior in
structor. Captain James 11. Barbin, of
Charlotte, has been detailed as instruct
or also.
J. YY'ilson Smith, secretary of tlie state
Y\ M. C. A,, went to Camp Glenn last
week to prepare the Y. hilt for the recep
tion of the military men. Other state 1
officers will assist him at the Y’., as lias
been the ease during the past two -en
campments. The organization provides
movie shows, athletic 'equipment, sta
tionery. distributes mail and does many
other things to make the outing; pleasant
for the men. > I <
Among the nationnk-giuhvi-uyuts to be
at Camp Glenn are Company F, at Char- 1
lotte, Company K. at Shelby. Com]iany G.
at YY'inston-Salem, Howitzer company at
Gastonia, machine gun company at l
Wayuesville, Company 15 at Burlington,
YY'arrenton company, headquarters at ’
Oxford, service company at Ralegh, coin- 1
pany I at Plymouth,, aud medical dc- I
rudiment at Graham. I
HIGGINBOTHAM GUILTY
' Verdict of Murder in Second Degree and
Gets Twenty Years.
Lake City. Fla., July 7.—Thomas
i Walter Higginbotham was lute today
I 1 ’ found guilty of tlie murder of Martin
Tnbept, of North Dakota, in the second
degree by a jury here. Tlie jury was
| out one hour and twenty minutes.
. j Higginbotham was sentenced to 20
years imprisonment. He was released
on a SIO,OOO bond pending hearing of np
peai.
The formed convict whipping boss was
accused of having caused the death of
Tabert as the result of a beating ad
ministered while the Xorth Dakotan was
serving a term in the Putnam Lumber
Company convict leased camp. The
trial consumed thirteen days.
Higgenbclham Denied New Trial by
Judge.
Lake Vity, Fla., July 8. —After mak
ing bond of SIO,OOO. Thomas YValter
Higginbotham, convicted yesterday of
second degree murder and sentenced to
serve 20 years, left hero early today
with Mrs. Higginbotham and their four
year-old son, for his home in Green Cove
Springs, Florida. Members of counsel
for State and defense also have depart
ed.
His attorneys are preparing . his ap
peal.
Judge M. A. McMullen today notified
the motion foV a- new trial and sentenced
Higginbotham to 20 years, the punish
ment-fixed by (he jury.
THE COTTON .MARKET
'Opened Steady at Advance on July But
Generally 10 to 27 Points Lower.
*Br the Associated Press.)
New York, July 9.—The cotton mar
ket opened steady nt an advance of 1
point on July but generally 19 to 27
lioints lower in respouse io # the poor show
ing of Liverpool aud tlie favorable weath
er news. July sold at 27.04 nt the stnrt.
but quickly eased off to 2(1.75 after the
execution of a few over-Sunday buying
orders, and tlie gfieneral list soon showed
net lohsck of 25 to 35 points, with Octo
ber declining to 23.45 and December to
22.97. |
Cotton futures opened-steady. July
27.00: Get. 23.55; Dec. 23.03; Jan.
23.75; March 22.72.
x Ground Hogs ' Attracting Attention.
YY'bile on a visit recently to Avery
county Mr. John L. Potts purchased two
ground hogs, which lie has on exhibi
tion in a wire pen at his home on Ami
street. These animals are now about five
inonßis old, md are attracting much at
tention. They were captured wheu sev
eral days old, and the lady from whom
Mr. Potts bought them bad to raise them
on milk, and they can take a bottle of
milk, hold it up with their front paws,
and drink it just as n baby does. They
also ,ent with their front paws, holding
whatever is given them -to eat up to
their mouths, just as a squirrel does
while eating. .They are not wild and
'can be handled easily by any one without
fear of being bitten by them.
‘.CSC j ’•*:£fitai’ ua. '.V-x * ■. .
FRENCH DEPUTIES IK
' FAVOR OF MXEPTING
Tim OF PUCK
l '
Chamber Passes Bill Approv
ing Treaty Concluded De
cember 12, 1922, by Several
Larger Countries.
GOES TO SENATE
FOR ACTION NOW
On Saturday the Chamber
Approved the Washington
Agreement on Naval Lim
itation After Much Debate
Paris, July f) (By the Associated
Press). —The chamber of deputies today
lnanimously approved the Washington
reaties relating to the Pacific.
The chamber passed a bill approving
•he treaty concluded December 12, IR2I,
b.v France, the United States. Great Brit
ain and Japan covering their island pos
sessions in the Pacific and the declara
tion adopted on the same date relating to
the Pacific mandates.
it also accepted the complementary
agreement made in Washington on Feb
ruary Oth. 1022, in which application of
the treaty was precisely defined as it con
cerns JaiMtn.
On Saturday the chamber approved the
Washington agreement on naval lirnita
lion. Both treaties now go to the Sen
ate.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
CLOSES AT GOLD HILL
Unusually Fine Meeting of Methodists.
Held Last Week.
Salisbury, July S.—The Salisbury dis
trict conference of the Methodist Church
has just closed a two-day session held
with the church at Gold Hill and pre
sided over by Dr. T. F. Mari*. presid
ing elder. There was a gowj, attendance
of the preachers and delegates and large
numbers of visitors at each session.
Nothing out of the ordinary occurred
on the program. The usual routine
work of annual gathering being attended
to. There were, however, several fea
tures that stood out prominently. One
of these wi)s mi excellent sermon by a
young man, Rev. W. A. 801 l ins* of the.
Uoncord circuit, who preached at the
11 o’clock hour Friday.
The Friday night session tvas given
to young peoples* work, the Sunday
school and Kpworth League. Those
who took part in this program included
D. V. Woosley and Miss Virfeina Jen
kins. of the conference Sunday school
headquarters, Prof. (\ A. Reap, of Stanly
county. Rev. M. B. Woosley. Miss
Kradley, conference field secretary of the
Kpworth League. G. G. Adams, of Nor
wood, conference secretary of the inter
mediate and junior league work, and
Miss Jolmsic Hobson, of Salisbury, who
was recently elected district secretary of
the league. #
The district conference licensed four
young men to preach, these being Fred
H. Shinn, of Mt. Olivet, Reuben Roy
Rogers, of Richfield. Marrhnon Charles
Henderson, of Concord and Janies Brad
ford Wilder, of Concord. Vance ().
Dutton, of Salisbury, was recommended
for adminssiou on trial into the annual
conference.
J. F. Shinn, of Norwood, was re-elected
’ay leader for the district and Pi N. Pea
cock and C. G. Goodman associate lead
ers for Rowan and Cabarrus counties.
Delegates to the annual conference
which meets iu Winston-Salem October
17th were elected as follows: J. F.
Shinn, of Norwood; W. R. Odell, of
Concord; C. A. Reap, of Albemarle:
George A. Troutman, of Millingport; J.
(\ Kesler, of Salisbury: J. P. Curlec, of
Salisbury; 0. J. Goodman, of Cook’s
Crossing; and C. G. Frick, of Go’d
Hill. Alternates: Mrs. W. W. Weant.
of Salisbury; A. Hall Sides, of Kan
napolis; C. H. Barrier and A. S. Webb,
of Concord.
WOMAN MI ST DIE
Mrs. Alina Huzzi Sentenced to Death for
the Killin',’ of Frederick Schneider.
I By the AMMOrltileil Prens. i
New \ork. July o.—Mrs. Anni Buzzi,
today was sentenced to die in the elec
tric chair during the week of August 6th
for the murder of Frederick Schneider,
a Bronx contractor, with whom she liv
ed for eight years.
Children’s Day at Center Grove.
Children's Day will be observed at
Center Grove E. 1.. Church Sunday. July
15th.
A cantata entitled "The Earth Is the
laird’s” will be given in the morning by
the school. Special music. Address by
the pastor. Rev. C. A. Brown, in the af
ternoon.
Dinner will be spread on the grounds.
All are invited to come and enjoy the
day. * X.
To Prospect For Oil.
(My the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, July o.—For the purpose of
prospecting for oil and dealing ip tiltes
for lands for such purposes and con
ducting a business such ns would be
conducted by au oil prospecting concern,
the secretary of state has chartered the
Stouy Point Oil Company, of Stony
Point, N; C., with an authorized capital
stock issue of .SIOO,OOO. Incorporators
are named as N. F. Steele, A. L. Watts,
and W. W. Watts, of Stony Point, and
C. R. Stimpson, of Statesville.
Mrs. Fletcher Fink and children have
returned to their home in Gastonia af
ter spending some tiipe here as guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fink.
Miss Lou White is the executrix of
the estate of the late Mollie A; White. '
PERSIDEN HARDING ADMITS
ADMIRATION FOR APT IMPOSTER
Has a Fondness for Being Buncoed
Wien It is Done Painlessly,
*By tile AiNocUVed t*re«». \
Washington. July 8. —President Hu-r
--ing has confessed to a characteristic of
ten ascribed to Americans by foreigners
—a fondness for being buncoed when it
is done painlessly.
Tlie confession was made iu a letter
written to Colonel George B. Christian,
father of the secretary to the President,
and has a background extending into the
days when Warren (J. Harding was edit
ing tlie Marion Star. It was then'that
a stranger dropped into Marion one day,
called on Kditor Harding and, introdue
ii /'himself ns a member of the Virginia
blanch of the Harding family, mentioned
that his cash in hand had unexpectedly
run iow and that a small loan would be
useful. The President then as now was
proud of the name of "Harding*’ and
extended the loan.
A few days later Mr. Harding met
Judge Scofield, a leading citizen of
Marion and a close friend, and told the
story of the stranger’s call. When he
had finished Judge Scciieid announced
that hi had been visited jiy the same
gentleman, who described himself as a
distant eousin named "Scofield." and a
members of the Scofield family of Vir
ginia. The judge like tlie editor ex
tended financial aid.
Mr. Harding and Judge Scofield had
many a hearty laugh over tlie incident,
ind they laughed even more heartily on
earning several weeks later that Myron
1. Herrick, then a Cleveland business
man but since governor of Ohio and am
bassador to France, also had helped out
ill tlie hour of Deed "a cousin by tlie
name of Herrick from Y'irginia who
needed ear fare home.” But gradually
Ylr. Harding ceased to think of it, until
he other day he received a letter from
' 'ohiuel Christian, recalling the visit of
he "Y'irginia cousin," and saying that
nc himself had been recently victimized
in a similar way.
"I am in receipt of your letter."
' ’resident Harding wrote in reply, "in
'•vhieh you tell me of the call Upon you
ly tlie breezy and companionable eiiap
vho, after the fashion of the gentleman
■vho was named Harding one day. Sco
ie’d another day. and Herrick another
day, took you in for a small loan which
would accommodate him on his virtuous
iva.v. 1 can only sympathize with you.
You remember tliq chap who represent
ed himself to me as a Harding from
Old Virginia.' and I recall that I pre
sented him to you and that he took you
in as well as me. aud that you and he
fought over some of the battlefields of
the Civil YY'ar without your detecting
any fraud in him. but you did escajig
being touched ns I was for a small draft
a PUP my cash account.
''Somehow. I have always-enjoyed be-‘
ing buncoed by* that fellow. He was so
■lever about it that he skinned me with*
>ut wounding me. One encounters so
“any confidence men in the activities
if our present day life that it is a pleas
ure to meet up. witii an artist who can
kin you without your having felt it.
Hie thing that gets on my nerves most
is the cruder nnd boiler confidence man
wlio tries to put something over on me.
and I know that he is trying it. aud yet
he thinks me susceptible enough to be
wholly innocent of hi s plans.
"In oilier worjls. when you are taken
in it is a joy to be taken in so beauti
fully that you haven't the slightest
knowledge of it litil you come to the
later realization that a promised loan
is not returned. Ido not know but
that it is a good thing that we have
some of them in our midst at all times.
It serves to remind us that one needs
to be cautious without being suspicious,
aud also -that the world is full of won
derful talent which, if only applied in
a righteous way, might result in notable
accomplishments. Moreover, I think it
brings us to a helpful degree of humility
to be reminded that there are smart
chaps who can take ns in without our
even suspecting it.”
ISMET PASHA PROVES
HIMSELF A DIPLOMAT
'Peace in Near East Was Just About
hike the Leader of Turks Demanded
Front the Star.,
Lausanne. July 0 (By the Associated
Press i.-—lsmet Pasha has proved him
self a great diplomat for by the Near
Eastern peace which was arranged in
principle between the allied and Turkish
lepreseniatives early today be achieved
a signal victory for his count iy.
He never relinquished bis grasp on the
delicate situations tliai often confronted
the conference. He was better than the
brilliau! Marquis Cmzon in the first
stage of tile negotiations and kept all I
the skilled diplomats guessing from the
start. He smiled always, but seldom I
if ever did lie yield.
The Angora government still must be
consulted oil several poiuts concerning
allied concessions in Turkey, but every
body in Lausanne believes peace will be
signed within ten days.
PICKETS ARRESTED IN
MASSACHI SETTS CITY
City Attorney Rules That Picketing in
Brockton Has Been Illegal and Arrests
Follow.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Brockton, Mass., July !).—One hun
dred pickets were arrested today as a re
sult of the opinion of City Solicitor Jas.
A. Ilandrahan that picketing during the
shoe strike now in progress here, is il
legal. Among those arrested were two
strike leaders.
Every cell in the police station was fill
ed and the prisoners, led by their lead
ers, sang "America." There was no dis
order attending the arrests.
Labor Cheap in Mexico.
Mexico City, July {(.—Twenty cen
tavos, or ten cents in American money,
is what the Indian workers of the
Coixtlahuca district, state of Oaxaca,
earn in a 12-hour day, according to a
report submitted to the department of
industry and commerce. These labor
ers make palm leaf hats.
Mr. Jack Wadsworth, of' the Gibson
Drug Store, is taking hia vacation this
“week.
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FUKTODH
' Lieut. Russell L. Maughan
Left Mitchell JField, New
York, This Morning at
3:56 O’clock on Flight.
SAN FRANCISCO
IS HIS GOAL
Aviator Hopes to Make Trip
in Sixteen and a Half
Hours.—Four Stops to Be
Made on the Trip.
Mitchell Field. X. Y„ July 9 (By the
Associated Press).—Lieut. Russell L.
Maughan, I\ S. A., piloting a pursuit
plane, hopped off at 3:56 a. m., Eastern
daylight saving time today on the first
leg of his dawn-to-dusk flight across the
continent.
Tlie attempt to reach the coast by the
light of a single day was begun in the
flood of a dawn of high visibility which
held the promise of excellent flying
| weather on the first leg of the flight to
.Dayton, Ohio.
I Lieut. Maughan, flying his plane strip
lied to the barest necessities, circled
| above the field once before heading for
Dayton.
The take-off was witnessed by army
officers iu tlie flying-corps and officials of
the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce.
Lieut. Maughan expects to reach San
Francisco in 16 1-2 hours of daylight
savings time. The distance is estimat
ed at 2.610 miles, and an average speed
of 160 miles an hour will be maintained.
Four stops will be made: at McCook
Field. Da.vtou, Ohio; Municipal Field,
St. Joseph, Mo.: Air Mail Field. Chey
enne, Wyo., and Said urn, I’tah.
The object of the flight, said the com
manding officer here, is to blaze a trail
for the transporting in one day of fleets
of airplanes from const to coast in the
event of an attack, on the Fnited States
by hostile forces. It will also show, he
said, the proper sites for the establish
ment of landing fields, and will aid the
development of commercial aviation.
At Ipdianapolis.
Indianapolis. July 9.—Lieut. Russell
iy Maughan. Hying across the contiiypt.
passed directly over Indianapolis at 9:12
a. in., Central Standard time. .
Passes Dayton.
Dayton. Ohio. July 9.-^-Lieut. Russell
1,. Maughan arrived over McCook Field
here at 9:10 Eastern Standard Time, one
hour and 38 minutes behind his schedule
on the first lap of his dawn to dusk
flight across the coutinent.
He hopped off again at 9:36 a. m.,
Eastern Standard time for St. Joseph,
Mo.
Springfield. 111.. July 9. Lieut. Rus
sell L. Maughan passed Springfield. 111.,
at 10.22 a. in., Central Standard time,
flying low. .
Springfield is approximately 190 miles
from Indianapolis and the distance was
negotiated in one hour and ten minutes.
This would indicate that Lieut. Mau
ghan is keeping to his stride of *l6O
miles an hour.
Southern Industrial Conference.
(Mr (be Associated Press.)
Imke Junnluska. N. C., July 9.—The
Southern Industrial Conference under
the auspices of the National Board of
the Young Women’s Christian Associa
tion, which closed here today was at
tended by 227 delegates from seven
southern states it was announced here
tonight. Georgia, Florida. Tennessee.
Kentucky, North and South Carolina
and Virginia were the states represent
ed. The delegates, it was said, repre
sented industrial clubs of city Y. W.
C. As. business girls' clubs, and south
ern colleges. North Carolina College
for Women, Converse, Rnndolph-Macon,
Salem College. Florida State College
for Women, Wesleyan College, Peabody
College. Farmville Normal, and Hollins
College sent de'egates.
The purpose of the conference was to
plan for club work during the coming
year. Many speakers addressed the ses
sions on various phases of Christian
fundamentals and industry. There was
1 also time for all of the delegates to en-
Ijoy the wonderful scenery and the
recreational advantages of this sec
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Boston is Chosen by Elks for 1924.
At’auta, July B.—Boston has been de
cided on for the convention city next
■ year by the delegates who are gathering
here for the 59th grand lodge convention
and reunion of the Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks, according to a
story which will appear toinonrow in the
Atlanta Constitution, The Massachu
setts city Ims been assured of the con
vention, according to the story.
Refuses to Direct Verdict of Acquittal.
Washington, July 9.—Justice Stafford
refused today to direct a verdict of ac
quittal in the ease of Charles W. Morse,
his three sons and four others who are
on trial on indictments charging con
spiracy to defraud the government in
connection with wartime ship construc
tion and operation contracts.
Charters Granted.
(Br the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, July 9.—Secretary of State
W. N. Everett has granted a charter to
■ the City Pharmacy of Gastonia for the
1 purpose of conducting a general drug and
p medicines busineso. The capital stock
1 is listed as $25,000, and the incorporators
1 are named as M. L. Raley, of Ruby, N.
■ C„ and J. B. Threat and M. O. Mc-
Neely, of Gastonia.
i Miss Carolyn Kime, of Mount Gilead,
(Ms visiting Miss Mary Mclnnis, on McGill
'Street