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VOLUME XXIII
EVERYTHING AT FAIR
GROUNDS IS TAKING
ON SHAPE RAPIDLY
Last Link in Race Track Was
Closed Yesterday.—lt Will
Be as Good as Any Race
Course in This Section.
STALLS FOR HORSES
ARE COMPLETED
Grand Stand Seating 2,000
Persons Has Been Com
pleted.—Exhibit Building
Getting Finishing Touches
Everything nr the ('abamm County
Fair grounds is rapidly taking shn|>e,
according to a statement made today by
one of the officials of the Fair.
The last link in the race track was
closed yesterday and this morning the
finishing touches are being made on the
race track. It will be given additional
attention from time .to time, and by the
opening date for the Fair it promises to
be as good as most race courses In this
entire section.
A total of 85 stalls for horses has
been completed and are now ready for
service.
The grand stand, with a capacity of
2,000 persons, and a row of box seats in
the front, has been finished.
The exhibit building, which is 50x150
feet in size, is now receiving its finish
ing touches, and will be turned over to
the Fair officials the first of the coming
week.
Sites for the stock barn, and for the
hog barn have been marked off. and work
on these will begin the first of next
week. The Poultry building is well un
derway. and unless something unforseen
occurs to cause a delay, it should be
completed within the next len days.
Material for the fence has now arriv
ed. and work on construction of the
fence is moving forward. The fence
will be of heavy mesh wire, five feet iu
height, at the top of which will be three
strands of barbed wire. The post holes
have been dug, and workmen on Monday
will begin putting up the wire.
Those in charge of the work at the
Fair Ground are very enthusiastic over
the progress which has been made, and
declare that there will be nothing unfin
ished when the date arrives for the op
ening of the Fair. The atttdai urttr- Jist
has been issued and -is being distributed
by Dr. Spencer, and indications are that
there will be many splendid exhibits
from Cabarrus county on display.
THE POLITICAL OBSERVERS
STUDY .JOHNSON STATEMENT
Many See in It Forecast of Sharp Di
vision in the Republican Party.
New York, July 20 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Denunciation of Presi
dent Harding’s plan for America’s entry
into the world court which was empha
sized last night in an address by Sena
tor Hiram Johnson, of California, was
studied closely by imditical observers to
day. many of whom saw iu it a forecast
of sharp division in the ranks of the
Republican party.
Senator Johnson has been considered
Presidential timber by many of his
friends, and it was predicted that the
dinner given in his honor last night
would be occasion for launching a boom.
Such, however, was not the case so far
as any formal statements were con
cerned. There were several among the
Quests, however, who shouted at. one
time or another "Hiram in 1024.”
It-was indicated that Senator Johnson
would carry his fight against the United
States joining the world court, to vari
ous sections of the country. He insisted
that the court had its genesis in the
league of nations, and was still a part
and jrarcel of the league.
FOUNDERS’ FUND SOCIETY
Os the S. S. Board of M. E. Church,
South, Launched at Lake Junaluska.
(By the Associated Press.)
Lake Junaluska, July 2<i.—The Found
ers Fund Society of the S. S. Board of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
was launched here today when L. F. Sen
snbaugh, of Nashville, director of the
Teacher Training Department, present
ed plans to establish such an organiza
tion.
The Society, it was explained, would
be in commemoratiou/of John Wesley,
the founder of the Methodist Church and
of the estbalishment by him of a Sun
day School in Savonah in 1736. Its ob
ject would be the erection and equip
ment of suitable buildings fqr leadership
training schools of the Southern Assem
bly of the church here, and for its west
ern assembly in Arkansas, and at such
other places as the board may deem
wise; the provision of camps for older
boys and girls, and assistance for per
sons seeking to prepare for service in the
field of religious education.
GOVERNOR MORRISON AT
HENDERSONVILLE TODAY
Attends Ceremonies Marking Opening of
New Water System.
tty the Associate* Press.l
Asheville, N. C., July 26.—Governor
Cameron Morrison will attend the cere
monies marking the opening of a new
water system at Hendersonville this af
ternoon at 5:30 o’clock but wjll not go
to Hamlet for the Sandhills Peach Expo
sition at that place.
This announcement was made today by
Miss Margnret Willis, secretary of the
Governor. The Governor’s health is
good, bnt the Chief Executive is in need
of a complete rtst. and that is what he
wants tp get while in Asheville, accord
ing to his Secretary.
The Concord Daily Tribune
rotary club meets
Music and Interesting Talks Claim At
tention of Concord Retarians at Reg
ular Meeting.
The Concord Rotary Club held its
regular-weekly meeting at the Y. M. C.
A. yesterday. President Rankin presid
ed and an interesting program was ren
dered.
Tlte musical events, which opened the
program, were received with marked evi
dences of approval. The first number
was a solo by Miss Ruby Cline with ac
companiment by Mrs. W. G. Black. Rob
Roy Perry, of I-ennir College, then ren
dered several violin selections with ac
companiment by Miss Dorothy Wolff.
Committee reports included a report
from Mr. L. T. Hartsell, of the public
affairs committee, oil the progress of the
committee's efforts to secure a paved
road to Mount Pleasant and a modern
road to the Union County line, which is
later to be accepted as a State highway.
He stated that the board of county com
missioners bad decided to accept the
state highway commission's offer of SIOO.-
000 to aid in building a hard surface
road to Mount Pleasant and that the
town of Mount Pleasant was busy in ar
ranging to build a hard surface street
through the town.
Prof. A. S. Webb made ail interesting
talk on how the members of the Rotary
Club could aid high school boys. He
thanked the members of the club for
their efforts during the past year iu sup
porting the various athletic teams and
in making chapel talks at the opening
exercises. He suggested that in employ
ing boys, business men ask the appli
cants to show their report and in this
way the importance of, scholarships
would be emphasized.
Mr. Wat Shnford, of Hickory Rotary
Club, was V guest of the club. He was
introduced and made a happy talk, which
abounded in humor.
GOV. PEAY INSCRIBES NAME
IN NORTH CAROLINA ROADBED
This Was at Landis on His Recent Trip
Through the State.
Nashville, Tenn., July 24. —Governor
Peay wrote his name not in the sand,
but iu tlie imperishable concrete of a
North Carolina highway when be in
scribed with a stick in the roadbed still
soft, “Austin . Peay, Governor of Ten
nessee, July 11, 1i)23.”
This tvas at Landis, N. C„ where a
large highway building program was un
der way when 'The governor and other
Tennesseeans visited there on the re
cent tour of North Carolina's highway
system.
The executive inscribed his name in
the fresh concrete at the request of the
North Carolina members of the party.
"The interstate meeting and tour of
highway authorities and officials of three
states was an epochal event, the most
determining factor toward the passage of
the proposed $75,000,000 bond issue so
far in Tennessee." said l\ Estes,
president of the Tennessee Good Roads
Association, at whose suggestion the
tour was planned.
The Tennesee Good Ronds Association
is going to commemorate the trip by the
erection of a marker in concrete with
bronze tablet to be placed at a high
point on the Tennessee-North Carolina
state-line, where the official part was
met by the North Carolinians and for
mally greetings were exchanged, Mr.
Estes said.
Ttiere were fifty or more who met the
Tennesseeans at the state line, includ
ing Highway Commissioner' Page, of
North Carolina, and at first the party
thought they had suddenly run upon a
mob, Mr. Estes said.
Instantly the cameras began to click
and motion picture machines got into ac
tion and welcome was extended with the
exchange of short but formal addresses.
Governor Cameron Morrison accom
panied Governor Peay and the party for
two whole days over a portion of the
approximately 1,500 miles traveled.
The governors “talked shop” along the
way, said Mr. Estes. Governor Morri
son telling Governor Peay that the peo
ple are squarely behind the highway
construction and maintenance program,
which had exceeded his most sanguine
expectations, and that lie hud based his
political future on the program.
“There were eight cities averaging
around 30.000 population, which we
could make in one day, Charlotte,
Statesville, Salisbury, High Point, Win
ston-Salem. Greensboro, - Durham anil
Raleigh, all with modern and handsome
hotels, modern streets, schools, and beau
tiful residences, in which* the highway
program has played a great part,” the
roads association president said.
“He added that he confidently believed
that the bond issue had been put over
in Tennessee by tbe official insight into
the fine North Carolina system and the
public sentiment that is being aroused
throughout the state for good roads.
“The association is being asked for
speakers to be assigned in various parts
of the state and we have been asked to
conduct a demonstration each day for the
three days of the West Tennessee Far
mers Institute this month,” asserted Mr.
Estes.
“The party whicli visited North Caro
lina was impressed not only with the
development of the highway system, but
with the entire economic development,"
Mr. Estes concluded.
“The members of the tri-state party!
agreed that the great need is to haveua
highway system right away, linking the
three states and furnishing an outlet
to the seaboard,” he stated.
Would Prohibit Any Unorthodox Teach
ings.
Atlanta, July 24.—A measure to pro
hibit the teaching of atheism, agnosti
cism or Darwinism as a fact was intro
duced yesterday in the Georgia House of
Representatives.
Another measure introduced would re
quire all fraternal and secret oraginza
tions to record the names of their mem
bers and forbid the wearing of masks
in public.
In order to get first hand information
of girls' problems in industry, Miss Elis
abeth Dennison, daughter of a million
aire manufacturer of Framingham,
Mass., is working at the bench as a fac
tory hand in Dayton, Ohio.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923
PRESIDENT SPEAKS
TO CANADIANS TODAY
AT VANCOUVER, B. C. |
First Visit of American Pres- j
ident to Canada.—Points ;
to Century Old Friendship ;
Between Two Countries.
“IT IS PUBLIC WILL,
NOT PUBLIC FORCE”
He Says, Which is the Key
to International Peace.—
Advises Against Annexa
tion to United States.
<Bv the AHoefatrff Prni.)
Vancouver. R. July 26.—President
Harding, in an address made during his
gvisit here today—the first visit by an
Ameriean President to Canada—pointed
to the century old friendship between
the people of Canada and the p4bple of
the United States as proof to nations of
Europe that public will rather than pub
lic foree is the key to international
peaee.
“It is the public will, not public force,
that makes for enduring peace,” he told
his audience of Canadians gathered in
Stanly Park, "and is it not a gratifying
circumstance that it has fallen to the
lot of us North Americans living amic
ably for more than a century under dif
ferent flags to present tlte most strik
ing example yet pronounced of that basic
fact? If only European countries would
heed the lesson conveyed by Canada and
the United States they would strike at
the root of disagreerents, aud in their
own prosperity forget to inveigh con
stantly at ours.”
With his emphasis upon the long
friendship between Canada and the
United States Mr. Harding coupled ad
vice to the peoples of the Dominion to
guard against giving encouragement to
“any enterprise looking to Canada's an
nexation of the United States.”
“Let us go our own gaits along par
allel roads, you helping us and we help
ing you.” he added.
Sir. Harding at the outset alluded to
his visit being the first ever made by a
President of the United States to Can
ada during a term of office, and with
the exception of the visit to President
Wilson to Europe, the first on any po
litically foreign soil.
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Cotton States Merchants' Association.
(By tbe Associated Press.,
Memphis, Tenn., July 26.—Represen
tatives of the Cotton States Merchants'
Association which will be in convention
here August 22-24, inclusive, will be
treated to some of the opening guns in
the great political battle which will
rage throughout the country pending the
presidential election in 1924, according
to the tentative program for the conven
tion. which was awaiting approval of
the executive committee.
The three headliners who have been
engaged to address the convention, ac
cording to announcement by P. M. Bir
mingham, Secretary of the organization,
are Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia.
Senator Oscar M. Underwood, of Ala
bama. and George It. James, member of
the Federal Reserve Board at Washing
ton.
As the convention date draws near, the
office of the Association is a thriving
scene of activity with preparations go
ing forward for the greatest meeting in
the history of the organization.
Arrangements for the entertainment of
hundreds of guests who will throng
Memphis while the assembly is in ses
sion are being made satisfactorily, Sec
retary Birmingham states, under the di
rection of R. B. Buchanan. Chairman of
that committee. Full details of the pro
gram will be ready to be announced soon,
it is stated. -
To Boom Maine in the Wejt.
Augusta, Mb., July 25.—T0 see what
the West has to offer, and incidentally
to spread the name and charm of Maine,
the State Chamber of Commerce is send
ing a special train of "boosters” through
western Canada and the United States,
early in September. The itinerary in
cludes tlie Canadian Rockies, Puget
Sound, San Francisco, Salt Lake City*
and the Grand Canyon, with return by
way of St. Louis, Detroit, and Niagara
Falls.
Inquiry Into Farm Products.
Washington, D. C., July 25.—An in
vestigation into the prospects abroad for
greater export of American farm prod
ucts will be begun soon by the United
States Department of Commerce pursu
ant to legislation passed by Congress.
The facts to be found will be lnid be
fore the next session of Congress, with
recommendations for legislation, if it is
thought further legislation is necessary.
Interest in the survey has been height
ened by recent slump in grain prices.
Jack Collins’ Plea to Be Self Defense.
Salisbury, July 25.—Jack Collins,
Salisbury man who is charged with the
kitting of Gus A. Adams at the govern
ment vocational school at Chick Springs,
S. C’., is out on $2,000 bond and is here
visiting his wife and family for a week.
Collins claims self-defense and expects
to be found not guilty when the trial
comes up in August in Greenville, S. C.
Expelled From Curb Exchange.
(Bit the AHMitna Frees.
New York, July 26.—The board of
governors of the New York Curb Ex
change today announced expulsion of
Adam L. Schneider, of the firm of A.
L. Schneider & Co., for violation of the
exchange’s constitution.
In Des Moines, women detectives pos
ing as “gappers” trapped 115, Aptonro
bile “mashers” in one day recently,• *'
I INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA. ] !
(By the Associated Press)
Sixty-five million dollars has been appropriated by the -
last two general assemblies for road construction and'main- f
tenance in the state.
The State Highway Commission, in addition to handling ] j
the construction program for roads, has under its jurisdic- 11
tion a well-organized maintenance department which de- ! '
votes its-entire time to keeping in condition the roads con-- | !
structed with state funds and those roads-which have been 8
removed from county to state jurisdiction. ![!
A plan of the Commission, which is being developed !
by degrees,' is to construct a “Mountain to Sea’’ hard sur- |!|
faced highway. Many sections of the proposed route al- '!'
ready have been hard surfaced. I 1 !
The system employed by the commission is to divide !'
the state into districts comprised of several counties each. '!
Every district has a district engineer in general charge of |
all maintenance and construction work. Coming under his I 1
authority and in direct charge of field operations are two |!
engineers, one for maintenance work and the other for con- |
struction and the condition of all roads being maitained. !|
The general headquarters of the Commission is at Ral- |!
eigh, the state capital. Frank Page is Chairman of the j!
Commission and Charles M. Upharn is state highway en- jjj
gineer. ” V
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McGowan and Finch Receivers
of the Mecklenburg Mills Co.
(By the Associate.) Prcu.,
Greensboro, July 26.—E. F. McGow-1
an, of Charlotte, and Thos. J. Finch, of
Thomasville. were today named as re- !
reivers of the Mecklenburg Mills Co.. !
known as tbe Norwood mills, by Federal
Judge James E. Boyd here today. The ]
new receivers were named instead of M. j
L. Cannon and J. 1). Broughton, select
ed more than a month ago when a peti- |
tion for receivership was tiled, and who 1
McBRAYER REPORT IS
TURNED OVER TO GOVERNOR
Was Sent to Him at Asheville by Spe
cial Delivery This Morning.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. C., July 26.—The report
of tbe legislative committee appointed
at the last session of the legislature to
investibate charges of mismanagement
against Dr. L. B. Mcßrayer, superintend
ent of the State Sanatorium for the
treatment of tuberculosis, was filed at
the Governor's office today.
Chairman Bowie and other members
of the committee declined to give out the
details regarding He said
the committee members- bad no objection
to tbe report being given to the press but
thought this should be done by tlie Gov
ernor and Council of State.
Tbe report was mailed by special de
livery to Governor Morrison at Asheville,
where it is expected tlie contents will be
made public.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opening Decline of From 5 to 14 Points
Today.—Good Deal of Realizing.
(Ur the Associated Pren.)
New York, July 26.—Disappointment
over the failure of Liverpool to reflect
the high temperatures and liot winds re
ported in the southwest yesterday ex
plained an opening decline of 5 to 14
points in the local cotton market today.
There was support from New Orleans
and trade and commission houses, but
the selling for Liverpool account and by
spot houses was rather liberal while a
good deal of realizing by yesterday’s buy
ers took place, forcing October off to
22.68 aud December to 22.52 or 20 to 22
points net lower.
Cotton futures opened steady. Oel.
22.75; Dec. 22.55; Jau. 22.38; March
22.51; May 22.60.
To Be Tried for Murder of His Wife.
(By the Associated Press.)
Frederick, Md., July 26- —The trial
of Evard Kepner, indicted for first de
gree murder of his wife, was set for
August 7th today after a conference be
tween the judge and counsel for the
state and defense.
Dr. Mullins Chosen President of the
Baptist World Alliance.
Stockholm, July 20 (By the Associat
ed Press).—Dr. E. Y. Mullins, of Louis
ville, Ky., was unanimously elected
president of the Baptist World Alliance
today by the third Congress of tlie «U
--lianee Au session here.
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One wealthy woman of Los Angeles
journeys to Kansas every summer and
cooks for all the hired bauds on her
big farm there.
Mrs. Hollie J. Starkey, 83 years old,
was the winner of an old fiddler's tour
nament held in a Texas town the other
day.
FRIENDLY SERVICE
2* rendered uniformly to all our customers is 35
IE largely responsible for the steady and substan- ~~
3j tial progress of this institution.«.
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V^%WIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII#T^^E
refused to serve.
| Each of tlie new receivers was order
ed to give bond iu the sum of $25.1X10.
j Under tlie terms of today's order the
-receivers may issue certificates bearing
-interest at the rate of 6 per cent, and
j constituting a lien on the, property so as
| to raise money to “manage, conduct and
operate” the mills if they see fit. Tbe
I certificates cannot exceed $150,000 un
less specifically ordered by the court.
SANDHILLS PEACH SHOW
To Open Tomorrow Morning at Hamlet.
—Attendance Expected to Be Large.
(By the \ MMoclaletl Press.
Hamlet, July 26.—With the choicest
•of what is expected to be a $2,000,000
crop on exhibition, the third annual
Sandhills Peach Show will open here to
morrow morning.
With a large warehouse for the show
instead of the tens formerly used and
a system of calling for the choicest dis
plays rather than having them brought
in, the show tomorrow is expected to
outstrip its two predecessors both in size
of dixphyv and iu general urraugenjents.
.Tills season the promoters of the sSiow.
having in mind the fact that the peach
grower is exceedingly busy at the pres
ent time with a fast ripening crop, ob
tained trucks, to call for the various ex
hibits. In this way a greater number
of producers will be represented at the
show.
Arrangements for entertaining vis
itors to tile show have been made on
an extensive scale. Last season hun
dreds attended tlie show and this year
it is expected that the attendance will
be more than doubled. The fact that the
Sandhill belt of South Carolina is fast
developing a peach growing industry sim
ilar to that of the North State, is expect
ed to draw a large number of South Oar
oliliaus Hamletward tomorrow.
Governors Morrison, of North Caroli
na, and McLeod, of South Carolina, were
invited to attend the opening, but be
cause of other engagements neither was
able to attend.
GENERAL PERSHING IS AT
camp McClelland today
Presents Distinguished Service Cross to
Captain Cox. cf Asheville.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
Anniston, Ala.. July 26.—Reveille to
day at Camp McClelland found Gen. .Tno.
J. Pershing, chief of staff of the U. S.
Army up and stirring for a busy day.
After a review of troops lie presented
a distinguished service cross to Capt.
Geo. ('. Cox, of Asheville, N. C.
Capt. Cox was honored by the govern
ment for extraordinary heroism in the
Meuse-Argonne offensive during the
world wa r.
Ward Reindicted and Held Without
Rail.
IBy tbe Associated Press.)
White Plains, N. Y., July 26.—Walter
S. Ward, wealthy baker's son, today was
reindicted on a charge of first degree
murder and was held without bail.
The trial was fixed for Thursday, Sep
-1 tember 4th.
In 1850 the tallest building in New
Y’ork was only five stories high, aud the
church spires were conspicuous above
them. Now there is no spire in tbe
• city that begins to approach in height
many of the towering skyscrapers.
THE STATE WINS FIRST
SKIRMISH IN GARRETT CASE
Judge Rules That the State Has the
Right to Appeal for a Change of
Venue.
(By the Associated Press.'.
Cubreland Courthouse, Va., 1 *
The State won the first ski! otate U® 1 *
at the trial of t lie Common we,
Garretts, when Judge B. D. white over
ruled the demurrer of the defense to the
motion by the State for a change of
venue. The demurrer challenged the
right of the State to enter such a mo
tion.
The court held that the law was de
signed to protect the public as well as
the individual and that the State did have
the right to appeal for a change of venue.
He announced lie would hear the read-
of affidavits or oral testimony by
which the prosecution hopes to establish
that a fair and impartial trial could not
he held here.
The State was not ready to proceed,
however, and as it was then 12 o’clock
Judge White recessed court until 1 :30
o clock. The reading of affidavits was
expected to begin immediately upon re
convening to court. Whether oral tes
timony would be heard was not indicat
ed.
DESERT RAILROAD MADE
TO ORDER FOR PRESIDENT
Forty-Mile Railroad Rushed to Com
pletion in 87 Days.
Salt Lake City, July 2ii.—A forty
mile railroad over the desert between
Lund and Cedar City, rushed to com
pletion in 87 days at a cost of $1,049.-
000, was one of the incidentals in the
recent reception by the state of Ctah to
President Harding.
9h April 2, last, the right of way
men, acting for the Union Pacific rail
road, secured possession of the needed
ground for the construction of the rail
way from the Salt Lake route main
line at Lund to the entrance of Zion
National Park. and. on the same day
the first scraperful of earth was turned
on the grade.
The contractor strung his men out
in sections and as fast as a section was
completed, the track-laying crew took
possession and the ties and rails were
set in place. Crowding upon their heels
was the ballast crew. And so the work
was rushed toward Cedar City.
In the midst of this orgy of toil came
word that the President of the United
States would visit Zion Park, providing
the track was in shape for his big
special train upon his arrival in the
west. Every man on the system from
the highest executive to the lowliest
section hand plunged into the work with
redoubled energy.
Whereupon there came the announce
ment that President Harding’s trip to
southern Utah had been cancelled, and
the work dragged.
But again came cheering news, delh
nite- this time, that tlie president Won Id
come. Ignoring dust and desert heat,
the men plunged into the job again,
determined to finish the road in time.
Only forty-eight hours before the ar
rival of the president's train the depot
site at Cedar City was strewn with
foundations and debris left from the
removal of houses that had been carted
away or torn down. Ballast trains
brought in clean white gravel. An ap
proach twenty feet wide for automobile
travel was graded and surfaced and
grounds were roped off.
Twelve hours before the president’s
train was due the - electricians were
erecting poles and stringing the lights
along the railway track and the station
yard.
The superintendent of the work rode
into Cedar City on a pilot train ahead
of the presidential train and met his
yard foreman, who was just finishing
his second continuous 24-hour shift that
week. He was covered with dirt and
grime abd a half-inch growth of rough
beard bristled on his face. The superin
tendent prevailed upon him to get
cleaned up and take a little nap before
the president arrived- The man dragged
himself into a car within 500 feet of
the spot where the president’s special
was “parked.” and slept so soundly
that he never even saw the highest
executive.
During the construction of the new
branch, ballast trains bringing gravel
were given right of way over every
other train onn the Salt Lake route
main line. The biggest day’s output was
119 ears. In the 87 days nearly one
half Snillion tons of gravel were hauled
an average distance of 100 miles.
NAMED RECEIVER FOR
FIRM OF BARRETT & CO.
Roy Elliston. of Augusta, A pointed l»y
Judge Sibley Today.
(By the Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—Roy Elliston,
of Augusta, was named receiver for Bar
rett & Co., prominent cotton factors of
Augusta, by Judge Sibley here today
immediately after W. H. Fleming, Au
gusta attorney, had presented a petition
in bankruptcy. The order for receiver
ship will be filed in Augusta this after
noon. The proceedings were brought be
fore Judge Sibley on account of the
disqualification of Judge W. 11. Barrett,
of Augusta, who is a relative of Frank
H. Barrett, president of the cotton com
pany.
' Sir. Fleming said the proceedings were
in an effort to keep the firm together,
and not to disrupt matters. He would
make no other comment.
Judge Sibley said he understood cred
itors of the company had been unable
to effect an agreement, and that there
would be no opposition to receivership
action. It. was brought, according to
the judge, by three minor creditors,
whose cotton is held by Barrett & Com
pany. No figures as to liabilities and
'assets were mentioned in the petition.
Diamonds may be black as well as
white, and some are blue, red, yellow,
green, pink and orange, but there is no
violet diamond, although, in addition to
amethysts, there are sapphires, rubies
and garnets of that color.
Kite flying has been popular in Japan
for many centuries, the kites depicting
the most absurd figures, generally of
aged gentlemen, birds or puppy dogs.
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NO. 176.
MAGNUS JOHH 1
„ 111 "S REVOLUTION
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New Senator From Minne
sota Says Conditions Con
fronting Laboring Man and
Farmer Must Be Changed.
SAYS THE U. S. CAN
DO LIKE RUSSIA
Is in Favor of the Fanner Be
ing Guaranteed by Govern
ment Cost of Production
and Reasonable Profit.
St. Paul, July 26 (By the Associated
Dross). —Revolution—tpolitheaL i»di)s>-
trial 1, or even resort to arms—faces the
United States "if conditions confronting
the laboring man and the farmey are not
changed” in the opinion of Mangus John
son, recently elected Senator from Min
nesota on the Farmer-Labor ticket.
“Many think the same thing that hap
pened to Russia cannot happen to this
country,” tiie Senator-elect said today in
a statement to the. Associated Press,
"but don't fool yourself.” It could hap
pen here before yon knew what*was go
ing on.”
“The Czar had a big army but he
couldn't stop a revolution. We haven’t
any army at soo so what could our gov
ernment do if there were a nationwide
revolution? It couldn't do a thing.”
Many things need changing, the new
Senator said, when asked if he had a
definite plan for altering conditions, but.
“right now he has nothing worked out.”
"It will all have to be worked out by
Congress,” he said. --“The farmer is in
dire need,” he continued, “and emer
gency legislation” is needed to remedy
the situation. But clamoring for special
sessions of Congress “isn’t any use,” he
said, "for President Harding in a letter
I saw recently, said he would not call a
special session under any circumstances.”
“The farmer should have cost of pro
duction plus a reasonable profit definite
ly guaranteed by the government,” Mr.
Johnson holds "because the farmers'
products have lost their buying [lower,
and when tile farmer can’t buy the coun
try will soon feel it.”
MACK DIVIDES TIME
WITH PEACE SPEAKER
Evangelist Strung For Meant Authorship
in Bible.
Greensboro, July 24.—The United
States will surely be drawn into another
war to which the world is fast drifting,
declared Frederick .1. Libby, executive
secretary of the Council for the Preven
tion of War to 19,000 people at the Mc-
Lendon evangelical service last night.
Cyclone Mack allowed Mr. Libby to
speak for twenty-five minutes before the
opening of the night service, the first *
time that lie has ever thrown his meet
ings over to any society or speaker, he
said.
Mr. Libby advocated elimination of
armaments, a world court, and league,
and proper education of children in se
curing a universal peace.
Loud voiced ‘'aniens” responded to Mr.
Mcl.iendou all the way through his ser
mon on faith. Forty-nine conversions
were recorded at the end of the service,
bring the total to 85 in five calls. Mack,
too, had another shot at the higher
critics who question the authorship and
inspiration of the Bible. "If the con
sensus of scholarship agrees that Moses
did not write the first five books and not
the commandments then concensus can
go to hell, I am going to believe God and
stick to the old Book,” he said.
BLOCKADE RAISED?
Reported That French Have Raised the
BBlockade of the Occupied Areas in the
Ruhr.
Berlin, July 26 (By the Associated
Press). —It was reported from Dort
mund in the Ruhr today that the author
ities of occupation had announced that
the blockade of the occupied areas had
been raised dating from last night. No
confirmation from authoritative sources
was available.
Frontier Opened.
Duesseldorf, July 26 (By the Associat
ed Press). —The frontier separating the
Ruhr valley from the rest of Germany
was opened at midnight.
Thousands of Germans were passing in
ant Tout of the occupied area today mak
ing haste to transact urgent business.
They were anxious to accomplish all bus
iness possible during the present oppor
tunity because of reports that the fron
tier would be closed again in a few days.
Jury Fails to Reach Verdict.
(By the Associated Press.)
Lewisburfi, W. Va., July 26.—The
jury which heard the testimony in the
trial of William Blizzard, who was in
dieted for accessory to murder in con
nection with the armed march of miners
against Logan County two years ago,
today reported it could not reach a ver
dict. It was given the case for con
sideration late yesterday.
Two Negro Women Burned to Death at
Taylorsville.
(By the Associated Pf as.)
Statesville, July ’26.—Two negro wom
en were burned to death when their home
at Taylorsville was destroyed by fire to
day. The fire is supposed to have caught
from sparks under a wash pot.
Coney Island Hotel on Fire. «
(By the easeesatad Press.)
New York, July 26. —The Whittier
Inn at Seagate, Coney Island, housing
about 200 guests caught fire this after
noon and the flames spread to the roofs
of adjacent houses. Three alarms were
turned in and ambulances summoned.
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