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99999999 9 ASSOCIATED 9 9 PRESS 9 9 DISPATCHES 9 99999999 VQLUME XXIIL Thousands Pay Tribute To Their Dead Leader Nation Mourns While the Saddest Trans-Continental Journey in Its History is Being Made at Present. HUNDREDS STAND ALONG THE TRACKS i On Which Special Train is Rushing to Capital—None Too High or Too Low to Pay Their Respect. On Board President Harding Funeral Train. Roseville. Cal.. Aug. 4 fßy the Associated Press),—The sorrow iii the | hearts of the American people over the I death of their leader was exemplified to day by silent groups along the railroad side as, the special train bearing the body of Warren (.!. Harding, traversed Cali fornia and the wide reaehes of Xevada. With bared heads they stood, some times in groups of hundrids. sometimes only a score. and sometimes singly. There was none too poor, none too rich, none too mighty, or none too humble to pay their mark of respect to flie mem ory of President Harding. They were conscious only of showing their sorrow, but to those on the funeral train they typified the American people as a whole. It was the same from early morning on through the day. It had been the same since the train left San Francisco at 7:15 last evening. It will be the same throughout the .1,000 mile journey to Washington, and after that the trip to Marion, Ohio. The nation mourns as the saddest trans-continental journey in its history is being made. Mingled with their sorrow the silent bare-head people felt the utmost sympu thy for the bravely calm woum:; who rides with her dead husband in the Inst ear of the train. The hurriedly passing train gave them no opportunity to express their sympa thy in words,, but Mrs. Harding read it in their faces. It gave her strength in this hour of sorrow, but it also was a constant reminder, though she needed none, of her great loss. Mrs. Harding • continued to boar up well under the strain and was still as de termined as she was on Thursday that she wouldn't break down. Siie retired early lust night, temporarily exhausted by the ordeal of the day. While she sought sleep the silent groups marked the pussjug of the train, . When San Francisco hail pafcf fie? THisr ' respects other towns and cities along the route took up the task. The coming of darkness seemed to make no difference and thousands stood along the tracks at Stocktoii as the train passed slowly through this city. All was quiet on the train during the night. There was only the clicking of the ear \Vhcels as the train sped on. ' The only movement was the hourly change in guard of honor beside the Hag-draped coffin in the last ear. Each hour a new seildier. a sailor and a marine made their way quietly through the train to the last ear. Soon afterward the guard they relieved made its way back. Mrs. Harding Rested l>uring Night. On Board President Harding Funeral Train. Hazen. Nevada. Aug. 4 (By the Associated Press). —Mrs. Harding rest ed last night as well as could be expect ed. The widow of the late President retir ed early to her state room and when the train reached here about 8 a. m. the door was still closed. There had been no occasion to call anyone during the night. Mr*. Harding to Live With Sawyers. Marion, 0., Aug. 4.—President. Hard ing's widow will make her future home at the farm of Dr. C. E. Sawyer, per sonal physician to the late chief exeeu- ( tive, just outside the city, according to nn announcement in today’s Marion Tri bune, a morning newspaper controlled by the same men who recently bought Mr. Harding's interest in the Morning Star. Waterloo. Once Tourist Mecca. Gives- Way to Newer 1 Shrines. (By the Associate Press.) Brussels, Aug. 4. —-Waterloo, until 1014, was the most .frequented spot in Belgium. Victor Hugo's “dreary plain," dotted with monuments commemorating the armies taking part in the battle, top ped by its colossal lion on tbe historic hill of Mont Saint-.Tean, attracted count less foreign visitors, and on Sundays citizens of Brussels journeyed there in caravans. Ancient mail coaches clattered up and down tbe streets of the Belgian capital, and their conductors, to the discordant tunes of obsolete brass instruments, in vited tourists to 11 miles dis tant. Guides fought and cursed nt the Wat erloo station for the remunerating privi lege of escorting over the battlefield the numerous-visitors which every train dis gorged into the town. Cases, restaurants, hotels were doing a huge business. Today gaunt and sad guides await visitors in vain. Waterloo is desolate. Deserted inns are closing up. A great souvenir is being wiped out: nn industry going bankrupt. Devastated Flanders fields are raonp olizing the curiosity seekers. Nieurport. Dixmude, Ypres and the Yser, the most thickly pbpulated war cemeteries of Bel gium, also provide its greatest attraction for the living. The Great War has killed Waterloo, and by half-destroying Flanders has re suscitated it. With Our Advertisers. For enlarged pores use Venetian Pore Cream, sold by Gtbtete-DrUg Store. Best, makes of tooth brushes and paste at Cline's Phartnaey. The Citizens Bank add Trust Company offers sorvice along with eethrity. *- r' S' ' v- 1 J-r 'i EA . JSrf»v?,V' - -•>* The Concord Daily Tribune r —• FIRST LADY OF LAND AN {SXPEBT HOI'SEWIFE Tall and Graceful. She Has Made a Wide Circle cf Friends at Capital. Washington. Aug. 3.—Friends of Cal vin Coolidge say of him that he is "as plain as an old shoe." but for Mrs. Cool . idge, the new First I.ady of the Land, jis reserved the title of being one'of the best housewives, in New England. ' Restricted in social entertainment here by living in a hotel while her husband was Vice President, she has not had tht opportunity to demonstrate the excel lehce of her cooking, which her friend: say held wide repute in New England, but now it is predicted that she will re same the practices of marketing and shopping; will supervise the menus at I the White House, and probably will cook j some of the President's favorite dishes, ns she used to do in Northampton. Tall and graceful, with black hair and blue eyes. Mrs. Coolidge already has es tablished a popularity in Washington which is confined to no faction or party.- A good mixer socially, she came to Wash ington with no prejudices and has al lowed none to develop. As wife of the Vice-Ptesident, she became president of a dining club composed of wives and daughters of Senators, and in that ca pacity she proved a distinct success. Mrs. Coolidp* is noted for a conserva tive taste in clothes. Finely poised, she wears things comfortably and well. She likes suits best of all. The Coolidge red way made fashionable by her soon after coming to Washington, but recently she has word blue a great deal because it is economical. She also has been noted here for her well-shod feet, generally having her footwear match her costume. Mrs. Coolidge plays the piano, insist ing that she does so merely to accompany her two sons, both of whom play string instruments. The two boys have been away to school during most of the time their parents have been in Washington with the result, she says, that their mu sic has not caused much annoyance to Mr. Coolidge. She also is a dyed-in-the wool radio fan. While Mrs. Coolidge found the duties of the-wife of the Vice President nrdu ous. she always showed marked vigor and pleasure in meeting them. Deeply interested in the welfare of her hus band, she has been a frequent visitor to the Senate galleries, where she follow ed the debates over whicii he presided. She often accompanied him on bis speak ing trips. Mrs. Coolulge is a staunch Republican tfuAsllF 1.1. S uev(fri*»*'-lSimi»ii mlt lw. never attempted to advance herself as a lender. She never permits herself to be interviewer on political subjects, augh-1 ingly remarking in explanation that she has established the rule so as so keep from contradicting her husband. FUNERAL. SERVICES IN * WASHINGTON ARRANGED President Coolidge Authorizes Announce ment Following Conference With Hughes and Otlier Advisers. Washington, Attg. I.—President Cool idge, after a conference tonight with Secretary Hughes and other advisers, au thorized announcement of detailed ar rangements for the funeral services here of the late President Harding. The. plans fit in with those an nounced in San Francisco, which call so? the arrival of the Presidential fun eral party here Tuesday afternoon, ser vices in the cnpitol rotunda Wednesday, departure for Marion, Ohio, Wednesday night and burial in Marion Friday. Upon arrival here, Mr. .Harding’s body will be taken to the White House, where it will remain in the east room until it is removed to the capitol for services in the rounda at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. A private ser vice, if desired by Mrs. Harding, will be held at the White House before de parture *to the capitol. The funeral train "will be met here by President Coolidge. several members of the cabinet, supreme court justices and other high government officials. When the body is taken from the executive mansion to the capitol! it will be es corted by a squadron of cavalry, a bat talion of field artillery, a brigade of in fantry. a battalion of marines and a de tachment of sailors. Body to Lie in State. After the services in the rotunda, the body will live in state until shortly be fore 6 p. in., when it will be-taken to a train which will Leave for Marion nt 7 o’clock. The public will be permitted to pass through the rotunda to pjace wreaths on the catafalque. On leaving the capitol the body of Mr. Harding will be escorted to the station by President Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft and the justices of the supreme court and members of the Senate and house who will accompany the funeral party to Marion. The services in the 'capftol rotunda will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Freeman Anderson, acting pastor of Calvary Bap tist Church, where President Harding regularly worshipped. He will be as sisted by the chaplain of ,the' house. Rev. Dr. James Sheat Montgomery. Full-Blooded Alaskan Natives Are Dying Out. (By tbe Aasoeuted Press.) Anchorage Alaska, Aug. 4.—-Within a few decades full-blooded natives along , the southwestern coast of Alaska will be scarce, according to Charles Coach, who has spent much time in tlie lower Cook l Inlet country. The squaws refuse to marry full-blood , ed men because tbe white men hre bet • ter providers and offer better opportuni ties for social advancement, Mr. Coach explained. Only the educated native who has some regular mode of earning • Hv ' iug, has a chance to win a young squaw. ! The condition of Miss Mary Hill, who underwent an operation at the Char ' lotte Sanatorium this week, is reported today as being very satisfactory. CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1923 PROPERTY MLUE OF COUNTY GIVEN OUT BY TAX ASSESSORS Total Value of All Property, Not Including Railroads, Telephone and Telegraph Companies, is Given. $36,144,993 TOTAL SHOWN FOR YEAR i No. 4 Township, Which In cludes Kannapolis, Has Highest Valuation of Any Party of the County. The Kiwauis Club of "Concord at its regular meeting at the Y., M. A. on Friday evening was given the first in formation regarding the tax returns of Cabarrus County, which have just been completed by the tax supervisor of this county. Major W. A. Foil. Only a few matters of business were brought before the meeting. An invita tion from, the Rimer Community Club that the Kiwanis Club meet with them on August 17th was accepted by the Ki wa ilia ns unanimously, and the following committee was appointed to arrange a program for the occasion: Will Foil, Bre vard Harris. Albert Palmer and Tracy Spencer. Tracy Spencer and Will Foil; •officials ■if the Cabarrus County Fair, were also named as a committee to arrange for a Kiwanis Booth at the coming fair in Oc tober. The attention of the members was call ed to the approaching Carolina District Convention. which will be held at Wrightsville Bench on August lfith and" 17th, and members were lurged to at tend at once to having their reservations made for this event. Little Misse Adelaide Foil entertained the Club with two piano selections, which were enjoyed very much by her audi ence. Major Foil then submitted a number of facts regarding the tax valuations in Cabarrus County for the year 11)23. showing an increase over the previous -year of about one million dollars. The figures -submitted did not include the val uations on railroads, telegraph and tel ephone properties and the like, which have not yet bi*eu received from Uul ' Wj)t-'de three propert iq*. \yhich were assessed at $1,574,701 in 11)22, the aggregate value of all property for taxa tion in Cabarrus County amounts this year to S3B,J 44.1)1)3'. The largest township in the county— No. 4 township including the town of Kannapolis—returned an aggregate val uation of $12,270.531; while No. 12 township, including the city of Concord, returned a total of $11,61)3,682, which shows something more than half a mil lion dollars more, returned from No. 4 township" than from the City of Concord. Male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, returning poll tax for the year in the county numbeiv 4,1)71, of which number 1,524 live in Concord, and 1,225 in No. 4 township. Some of the other items as shown in a recapitulation of the figures for the en tire county are as follows: Total number of acres returned for taxation, 215,527: valuation $8,235,040. Value of manufacturing property s!>.- 710,608. Number of town lots in entire county, 4,506; valued at $7,713,068. Aggregate value of real estate in coun ty $25,421,079. Stocks of merchandise $1,102,082. Manufactured articles and material in process of manufacture, and machinery not affixed to realty. $4,556,224. Net value of persona! property, above exemption of S3OO which is allowed, $282,707. Horses in county 2,540; valued at $142,273. Mules -in county 3,216: valued at $223,757. Sheep 601, valued at $1,455. (teats 128. valued at $l4B. Hogs 5.706, valued at $50,360. Milk cattle 5,044, valued nt $120,780. Other cattle 2,768. valued at $31,628. Dogs returned 146; valued at $4,007. Female dogs 202; valued at $1,304. Net solvent credits $2,300,084. Ootlier fungible and intangible erty not otherwise specified $103,375. Total value of all personal property in county $10,172,807. Aggregate value of all read and per sonal property in the entire county $36,- 144.903. To this amount will be added the as sessed valuation on railroads, telegraph and telephones, which will increase the total taxable valuation in Cabarrus county to almost $38,000,000. The attendance prize at the meeting was drawn by Dr. Ban! MacFadycn. The meeting next Friday cvei-jng will ; be in charge of Team No. 8, Charles A. • Cannon captain. Lutherans to Meet In Germany. (By the tuorincd press. ' Eisenach, Thuringia, Aug. 4. —Forty American delegates will be among the international groups which will attend a 1 world congress of the Evangelical Luth [ ci*an Church here August 10 to 25. The “ sittings will be held within the Hhadow. > 0 f the ancient castle of Wartburg. where 1 Martin Luther translated the Bible. Ninety German delegates will be pres " cut. The other visitors will include 13 • representatives from Sweden, seven each ‘ from Norway, Russia, and England, six 1 from Denmark, four from Esthonm, » three from the Far East, and three from • Caeoho-Slovakia. Accompanied only by her three .young !> children, Mrs. Thomas D. Scliall, wife •- of the blind congressman, recently drove i . her own car , ~*»n "Washington, D. -C.,' her home in Minnesota. .‘Alt-"i> I COTTON CfcOP GOOD IN NORTH CAROLINA NOW Prospects in This State Are Better Than For Entire- Country. (By the Associated Press.) '' Raleigh, Aug. 4. North Carolina leads the main cotton producing belt with a condition of 82 i>er cent, of a normal, according to a statement issued tonight by Frank barker, agricultural l statistician, department of agriculture reporting service. The average of the whole belt is 67 per -rent. Mr. Parker | said this forecasts a July prospect of bi.i.OOO bales for North Carolina anil | 11.516.000 bales for ..the I’nited States. ‘"The cotton erdp is unusually prom ising in most pnrtsiof North Carolina ns reported on a brtjis <,f July 27 con ditions,"’ continued Hr. Parker's state ment. "Complaint 5s made from the Southern Piedmont Brea that the crop' is damaged due to dry weather. Rain j is needed especially ;in the Piedmont counties. "The damage by the boll weevil is. conspicuous from Mecklenburg to the coast with several complaints showing | up in the Central Piedmont and north- j prn coastal counties, although there is evidence that the damage in the latter area is not as great, us was expected. This is to a less extent true in the cen tral coastal belt also.. The boll weevil! ravages usually show up effectively at'- <ter July 25. •'Tile crop is late and the plants some what small, but they are well fruited, which after all A the valuable factor. The crop throughout the state is general ly in a good state of cultivation and j growing nicely. The stands are usual ly good and the crops are -clean. As many reported, it is tin* finest crop in many years iiu North- Carolina. Very I few places report poor stands, these be ing primarily in the lower Piedmont. I while the northern part of the state re ports the red spider doing some damage. The old adage that ,n dry June will make a good cotton crop seeing to he holding true this year. v “The condition is consistently good, but the poorest area is 70 per cent, in, the lower central or Piedmont counties. The next lowest is ill the southern coastal or weevil-infected counties, where the condition is reported to bet 82.5 per cent, of a full crop. The central coastal area reports the best crop, at over 00 per cent, of normal. A normal condition means that which tvould result if weather and cultivation "•ere to be favorable throughout the sen :on. The conditions mentioned do not nclude any factors that may be effec tive after this datp. "The private cotton condition report made by the Southern Products Coin muy (Japanese) of Texas, basis .Tune 23, gives the cotton belt about 70 per* •put. and North Carolina 80 per cent. | >f "a full crop prospect. The week or tell day* period tfIOWWI and -ftte -firrt that they do not have a field expert in ! •his state accounts for the difference. I It "is .found, too, that quite a bias in ! •otton estimates exists! In fact sev eral factors have to he considered in ' irder to determine the probably true status for estimates are no more reli able than those who report them. The broker, merchant, banker, farmer, spe cialist. and average traveler sees the •rop through different glasses which ef fect the picture each gives. The com posite picture is more nearly correct. The government cotton report for North Carolina alone is based on thousands of j careful estimates averaged by counties J and weighted or proportioned according | o their acreage importance.” WILLIAM FAKIES HANGED HIMSELF IN PRISON CELL Was to Have Been Electrocuted for the Slaying of Four Persons Last Sep tember. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 4 (By the As sociated Press). —Wm. C, Fat-ies. sen-! fenced to be electrocuted on August 24, j was found dead in his cell at the state j penitentiary here this morning. Prison authorities said he Imaged himself with , pieces of sheets during the night. The death of the 62-yeflr-old cotton mill worker who was convicted of mur-1 der in connection with the slaying in September last, of four members of the J. M. Taylor family at Clover, in York County, was discover---! when attendants went to his cell about 7 o’clock to take him breakfast. A note was found in the death cell oc cupied by Fairies; "Dear Friends." it read. “I leave you all in peace and hope to meet you in peace. I want to go down in peace, and no one make light of me and my hope is lo meet you all in glory and peace.” Faires had tied his own hands before lie let his body fall V\;itli the noose around his neck. Dies Whße Reading of Harding's Death. New York, Aug. 3. —An unidentified man dropped dead of heart failure in the Times Square subway station early this morning as he glanced at the front page of a newspaper extra announcing President Hardiug'H death. yiHHiiiiiiii limn iiimiimiiHHiiiiy Z 2 This bank strives to give service that pleases ; Sin so far as that service is consistent with ab- e !• E5 solute security. i /CITIZENS fife I BANK &• TRUST COj-liMi 1 ;.-:M h .CONCORD, N. c. | 'EIGHT KANNAPOLIS PERSONS HURT WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED -| Were Hurt When a Truck They Were Riding on Was Alleged to Have Been Side-Swiped by Car. FIVE SUFFERED VERY SEVERELY | - Lewis Lefler Arrested by | Sheriff Mabry and Lodged ! in the County Jail in This City Friday Night. I' ive young people from Kannapolis -are in the Concord Hospital as a result lof wounds they are alleged to have re ceived Friday night when a truck they were riding on was side-swiped b.v a car said to have been driven by Lewis Letter, a young man of this county. Three other young pimple of Kannapolis who were injured in the accident were" | given treatment at the hospital and re j turned to their home. The injured are ; Miss Hattie Demarrus, broken ankle. Charles Turner, lacerated leg. , Wiley Davis, broken leg. .Miss Melzie Watts, broken kmc and broken ankle. [ -Miss Mosie Reel, badly bruised.leg. I Letter was arrested some time after the accident and lodged in the county jail. The arrest was made b.v Sheriff Mabre.v. who went tp the lionie of the young man's father. Mr. A. F. Letter, and made tile arrest. No effort was made to give bond Friday night, as. Sheriff Ma bre.v told Letter he would be held until the seriousness of the young peoples’ | wounds could be determined. The accident occurred on the ('uncord- Mt. Pleasant road. Sheriff Mabrey stat ed. The young people, members of a Baptist Young Peoples’ Union of Kan napolis. were en route to Kiudle.v's Mill to have a picnic supper. Letter and a brother were headed towards Concord. The accident occurred near the new home of Mr. Hahn, about four miles from Con cord. It is alleged b.v persons i, u the truck that letter drove bis ear so close to the | truck that eight persous sitting on the I right side of the truck with their feet hanging over the ajjle, were struck b.v '.llia. car. Tin- 8 persons vstvuok -were | badly hit At that medical attention was I necessary. j It is alleged that Lefler did not stop 1 his ear after the accident, and Sheriff 1 Mabrey declared that when he reached the Letter home the father of the two boys had not been told of the accident. Sheriff Mabrey also declared that the two hoys told him the truck was partly on the wrong side of the road and for that reason their ear side-swiped it. The five persons in tile hospital have very painful wounds, it was reported this morning. Several of the young peo ple. it was stated, had portions of Hesh j torn trom their legs in addition to suf- I faring broken bones, and the combina tion of wounds proves very painful. One report received here stated that the na ture of several of the wounds indicated that the iron support for the top of the Letter car had struck the young iieople. This support, it was pointed out, ex tends several inches from the body of the ear, and the wounds indicate that this support. was about level with the ; body of the car when the accident occur i red. I Sheriff Mabre.v stated that Lefler de nied that lie was driving recklessly, and jclaimed that he did not have enough I space to pass the truck. It is probable, according to reports at I ilie court house, that Letter will be charg ed with Speeding and assault with a dead ly weapon, unless the wounds of the young people prove more serious. Un der smSi conditions more serious charges will be preferred against him. it was pointed out. White House Again to Become the Home of Boys. Washington, Aug, 3.—The White House, with ME and Mrs. Coolidge and their two sons, once more will become the home of some American boys. Neither President Wilson nor Presi dent Harding had sons to recall the days when the staid old halls echoed to the scrambling of tire lively Roosevelt youngsters. John and Calvin Coolidge, Jr., 16 and 1.7 years old, respectively, will be away at school in Mereersburg, l’a.. part of the time, but while they are at home at - the White House it is expected there will bl a noticeable change from the at mosphere of recent years. LEGIONNAIRES TO ATTEND I FI'NERAL OF PRESIDENT Thirty-One Members From Nortf '* lina Placed on Committee by gtgta Cortimandcr. (Hr the AmocUW* Frees.) Greensboro. *ing. 4.—Pursuant to in structions received here today at liead- I quarters of the North Carolina depart ment of tlie American Legion from Com mander Alvin Owsley. It. K. Denny, de partment adjutant, announced this af ternoon that James A. Lockhart, state - commander, had appointed a committee of 31 Legionnaires to represent the 1 Legion at the funeral of the late Presi ! deal W. G. Harding. Adjutant Denny explained the reason for the large number appointed was be cause Commander Lockhart wanted to be certain that the North Carolina Le . giX) is represented at the funeral in Washington next week. Commander Owsley in his telegram to , the state commander requested every American Legion post in North Carolina | to "observe a period of 30 days official mourning in respect to our beloved 1 President." All Legion posts and de partment standards should be "approxi mately draped with crepe.” he advised. The members appointed by Command er Lockhart include Thomas I). Marsh, Salisbury, Earl N. Carr. Hickory. Members of this committee will go to Washington for the funeral of the late commander-in-chief of the United States and will join similar committees from other states. The department’s colors will be car ried by the committee. NOTHING NEW NOW IN GARRETS CASE K. O. Garrett Will lie Triad This Month and Larkin Garrett Next Month. (By the Associated Press.) Cumberland Courthouse. Va., Aug. 4. '—Although Judge D. H. White had ar ranged to be in court for a few minutes to formally complete the record of the trial there were no activities in the now famous "Garrett case" here today following the declaration of a mistrial late yesterday in the case of Larkin C. Garrett, first of the brothers to be ar raigned fyr the slaying last June sth of the Rev. K. S. Pierce, Baptist min ister. The suddenness with which the trial endel yesterday when court sus tained the challenge of the State to Juror W. E. Wright because he is al leged to have made statement favorable to the Garretts a few days before he was summoned for jury service, continued to be the sensation of the hour around < ’umberland Courthouse. After he had adjourned court this morning for the purpose of deciding the next step in the case Judge White later held a conference with counsel for the State and defense and it was agreed to set the trial ’of Rober ft). Garrett ' for August 20th and that of Larkin Gar rett for the September term, beginning the fourth Tuesday of that month. Bail of $25,000 for each of the brothers was renewed with the same bondsman and the Garretts will be free until their cases are ugain called fpr trial. CIIAS. W. MORSE AND THREE SONS ACQUITTED Were Charged With Four Others With Conspiracy to Defraud the United Statts. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 4.—Charles W. -Morse, New York shipbuilder, his three sons, and four others, were acquitted here today by a jury on charges of a conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with wartime ship con struction and operation methods. Besides Charles W. slor.se the de fendants were Edwin A. Morse, Benja min W. Morse, Harry F. Morse, N. H. Campbell, of New York, treasurer of the United States Steamship Company; Robert* O. White, of New York, presi dent of the l nited States Transport Company; Rupert if. Much, of Augus ta. Me., assistant treasurer of the Vir ginia Shipbuilding 'Corporation: and Phillip Reinhardt. formerly of the emergency fleet corporation, auditor at the Virginia Shipbuilding plant at Alex andria. Va. THE COTTON MARKET No Uneasiness Developed Over the Death of President Harding. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Aug. 4.—lnstead of show ing any uneasiness over the death of President Hhrding and its possible effects on the business world, the cotton market this morning developed pronounced strength and activity. Opening 11 to 20 points higher the market made further rapid gains that soon carried October contracts up to 22.(52, December to 22.0.) and January to 22.32. represent ing advances of 33 to 43 points above the close of Thursday. Cotton futures opened steady: Octo i her 22.35; December 22,20; January 22.17; March 22.23; May 22,15. Shooting Affair at Spencer. (By the Associated Pins.) Salisbury, Aug. 4. —Frank A. Brown, a Silencer merchant, is in a hospital here today suffering from a bullet wound in the breast said to have been inflicted by C. B. Williams, a Southern Railway en gineer who the police said, declared he found Brown at the Williams home in Spencer last Friday night. Williams was arrested and later released in SSOO bail. The Eighth District Meeting of the Improved Order of Red Men will be held in the Pythian hall today at 3 p. in. After the business meeting there will he a public speaking at the Court House by the Mayor aud others. The public is invited to the meeting at the Court House at 4:30. Before the advent of the American revolver, the Scottish cities of Perth, Stirling and Dundee were great centres of the pistol-making industry.' Scottish pistols were famous as far back as 1015, and were exported to many coun tries. Tbere were at one time nearly One hundred concerns in Scotland en gaged in the industry. 1 «• » TODAY’S • ® tfEWS « # TODAY «l NO. 184. to? "MS HP | III! ffi IMPOSED BY DEATH OF MING New President Held Series of Conferences With Ad visers During the Morning . and Talked With Reporters NO CHANGES TO BE MADE NOW Says Present Personnel of Harding Administration Has Done Well and Will Be Kept on the Job. Washington. I). C„ Aug. 4 (By the Associated Ijress).—rjrexirlent Coolidge took up his duties as Chief Executive this morning at a series of conferences devoted almost entirely to plans for the funeral of President Harding. He let it be known that the present personnel of the Harding administration would con tinue in office indefinitely, and he could not see any reason for change or for the interruption of any negotiations now being carried on foreign represen tatives by Mr. Harding's appointees. At the first conference with newspaper men. however, the President declined to discuss adiitinistraliion policies He would not comment on the possibilities of an extra session of Congress. One of the first things President Cool idge did today was to prepare a procla mation of Mr. Harding's death, calling for a national day of mourning on the day of the funeral. It will be issued lat er in the day. Next Friday to Be Day of Prayer. Washington. Aug. 4 (By the Associ ated ITess). —The first official act of President Coolidge ns the new executive of the nation was his signature today on a proclamation announcing the dentil of President Harding and calling upon the country to observe next Friday, August 10th, as a day of mourning and prayer. On that day Mr. Harding’s body is to be buried at Marion, Ohio. The proclamation was signed at 11.18 a. m. It was brought to the President's hotel suite by J. Butler Wright, third assistant secretary of State, and then was returned to the State Department for the signature of Secretary Hughes. One of the suggestions made by the Uew President to those with whom’ he discussed plans for the funeral was that Woodrow Wilson take a prominent part in the rites to be performed Wednesday in the rotunda of the capitol over the' body of Mr. Harding. It was said an* invitation would go forward to Mr. Wil son at the S Street home where he has lived in semi-seclusion since he retired from the White House, but those in a isisition to know thought it doubtful whether the former President's physi cal condition would permit his accept ance. The proclamation follows: "By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation “To the people of the United States: “In this inscrutable wisdom of Divine Providence, Warren (.1 iimuliel Harding, 231th President of the United States, has been taken from us. The nation has lost a wise and enlightened statesman, and tlie American people a true friend and counsellor, whose public life was inspired with the desire to promote the best in terests of the United States, and the wel fare of all its citizens. His private life was marked by gentleness and brotherly sympathy, anil by the charm of his per sonality he made friends of all who came in contact with him. “Now. therefore. I, Calvin Coolidge, President of tlie i"nited States of Ameri ca. do apiHiint Friday next, August 10, tlie day on which the body of the dead President will be laid in its last earthly resting place, as a day of mourning and prayer throughout the United States. I earnestly recommend tlie people to as semble on that day in their respective places of divine worship, there to bow down in submission to the will of al mighty God aud to pray out of full hearts tlie homage aud love and rever ence to the memory of tlie great and good President whose death has so sore ly smitten the nation. “In witness I have hereunto set my hand aud caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done at the City of Washington, the, 4th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred twenty three and in the year of tlie independence , of the United States the one hundred for ty-eighth. "CALVIN COOLIDGE, “By the President. “CHAS. E. HUGHES, “Secretary of State “The White House. “August 4th, 1923.” Tuttle Granted Hail; Jones’ Condition Bail. Greensboro, Aug. 3.—F. Clyde Tuttle, who sliot his father-in-law, C. A*. Jones, here at the home ,of the latter Wednes day night, was today granted bond of .$5,000 and given freedom from Guilford county jail, where he had been since the shooting. He is charged with assault witli a deadly weapon. A warrant charging Jones with like offense awaits him when he gets out of the hospital, if he gets out alive. Jones was reported late tonight us still in n serious condi tion, with liis intestines pierced by the pistol ball Terra Cotta Firms Fined. Chicago, Aug. 4.—Six terracotta man ufacturing concerns charged with viola tions of the Sherman anti-trust act en tered pleas of guilty today before Feder al Judge Cliffe and fines ranging from sl,- 600 to $3,000 each were imposed. The firms are located at Chicago, St. Louie, > 1 Kansas City and Denver.