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6 « ASSOCIATED to 'M to PRESS to ~ to DISFVATCHES to totofytototototo VOLUME XXIII Body of Dead President At Rest Under Capitol —1 A* ft i Here Body Will Lie in State Until Time For It to Be Taken to Marion, Where Burial Will Take Place. THOUSANDS JOIN • FUNERAL MARCH Procession Headed by Persh ing, and Among the March ers Was Woodrow Wilson, Striken While in Office. Washington; Aug. 8 (By the Associ ated Press).—A swelling tide of honors' bory Warren G Harding today back over the road by which he came triumphantly 7 to the Presidency two crowded-years ago. For him the urge of ambition was eud •ed. the co'mpelMng call of duty stilled iu death. Amid the tens of thousands of his countrymen grouped along the way. he passed in such as only the great dead of the nation may know. And beyond tin* brief hour of the ceremony of sorrow there awaited for him rest eternal on the soil that gave him birth. Down the wide avenue he was carried today with marching legions tramping ahead to lay him under the dome of the capitol, awhile ere he goes bark to his native state to stay forever. That high resolves of duty had brought him death and with* it the peace and quiet he loved, but. which he could set aside at the na tion's call. With Pershing riding ahead, the march ing thousands of the escort led the way. the steel of their bayonets glittering above them. Soldiers, sailors, marines and civilian soldiers were all there; be hind them came the new President, still bowed in grief that his high office came at such a price. Came also two men who before him lead held that office, one to be Stricken like him and so crippled in illness that he might not give him self as he would to the qorrowful duty of the day. Behind these in endless ar ray marched the great body of American citizenry and the men who keep the wheels of a great government moving' in the huge silent buildings about. Military bands‘interspersed in the col umns played ull old hymns that stirred aud comforted. The hush and dim mys tery of last night when the flag draped casket come to its brief space of quiet in the Wh.ie House was lacking'. But tbs»s'. wus no souijd or movement in .the, ',la,V kissecls^h,.cm,- until thdt fateful burden under its color • ful glorious bunting had been carried by on silent wheels to be lifted to the cata falque in the great stone chamber of the capitol rotunda. There, in keefving with the simplicity of the man who lay dead, the funeral services were of a brief impressive nature. Afterward in its place of honor beneath tin' dome, tile body was to lie until night fall while thousands upon thousands til ed past the pier with bent, uncovered heads to bid farewell to the kindly upright man so soon to leave Washington forever, It was a few minutes past 10 o’clock when tin* great procession of sorrow swung out frofn the White license gates to begin its jrilgrimage up the historic j avenue where so many long caravans of 1 grief and rejoicing, of regret and triumph, had preceded it in years gone by. Tenderly the President had been car ried for the last time from the portals of the White House and placed again on the artillery caisson that had borne him last night from the funeral train to the Fast Room to lie for u few hours amid the* flowers that had been placed there in tribute by tile potentates of the earth and by the plain people the fallen chief tain loved so well. As the fnuneral hour approached the casket was opened so that near relatives aud friends might have their last look there in the Fast Room at the features of their beloved dead who lay with a peaceful in the repose of eternity. Former President Wilson, himself broken by the cares of the Chief Magis trate, came to the great portico just be fore the hour of departure to take his place in the cortege at the 7 invitation of President Coolidge. Chief Justice Taft,, the only other living ex-President, ulso was waiting when the casket, enshroud ed in the Stars and Strikes like that of other soldiers who have made the su-- preme sacrifice in the service of their country, was lifted from its setting of flowers to be borne to its place amid an other and perhaps grander array of floral coloring, and fragrance in the rotunda. President Coolidge, who enters thus with u liegvy heart upon the duties of the highest office iu 'the land, arrived to take Ins place also just at the hour set for the departure. * As the cortege was forming underneath the shadows'of the great trees through which many Presidents have looked out on the world, sometimes in triumph and many times in sorrow, the bell in St. John's Episcopal Church across TjaFay ette Square, known ns the church of the President, began tolling its doleful la ment at the passiflg of a great heart into a galaxy of immortals. Only as the procession started did It become known that Mrs. Harding had „been with the body in the. East Room for a half hour at 1 o’clock this morning. She Was alone at* times, and at other times attended by one or two relatives. While officials were gathering at ||ie funeral hour to take up their pluces in the cortege she remained in her room alone withl her grief. Before the casket was carried down the steps walked the two ministers who were selected ttr officiate later at' the funeral in the rotunda. In Pennsylvania Avenue, the long si lence that had hitherto been disturbed only ’by the trampings of the restless mounts of the troopers, was broken by the strains of. Chopin’s funeral march, played by Bn army band. There was on ly a brief delay then until the last jour The Concord Daily Tribune ,V-'■ P - • ' w . .f •W' « 1 HIDES HER JEWELRY IN H£R STOCKING Greensboro Woman Outwits Nervy Highway Robber. Greensboro,' Aug. 7.—When a high wayman h<Td up John T. Rees, promi nent cigar maker of this city and hitS wife aud daughter on the Guilford Col lege-Greeusboro road last night, near the outskirts of this city, Mrs. Ross stuffed her jewelry, valued at more than SI,OOO, iu her mouth, later putting it into her stocking, aud the bandit got only Mr. Rees’ wallet, containing $9.50. The hold-up was staged under circum stances that make Mr. Rees think an other fellow was a confederate of the robber. While near the Walter Ben bow place east of the creek that crosses the road. Sir, Rees, in liis ear. passed a ear stopped and thinking the man in trouble stopped. Then the man ' stepped out, pofnted a big pistol at Mr. Rees and said ‘'Halt." There was nothing to /to but turn over the money. The fellow in the ear that had been stopped was 'also robbed. But when the robber told the two to ''beat it,” and Mr. Rees did so. the mail in the other ear did not leave, not right then. When Mr. Rees got back in his auto mobile he found 'Mrs. Rees in a highly nervous condition, but she'had had pres ence of mind to conceal her, jewelry in’ her stocking. They drove to the city* and telephoned from Westerwood to the police, who searched the countryside, but could not get any clue to the bandit. STONEY STILL LEADING IN CHARLESTON PRIMARY Official Count on Friday Will Be Need ed to Definitely Determine Winner. Charleston, -S. C., Aug. 8 (By the As sociated Press).-—Results of yesterday’s municipal primary here wliich was held under the protection of state troops, will not be definitely known until the official cojpt of the ballots by the executive com mittee on Friday, it was indicated today. With three boxes uncounted because of alleged technical irregularities, however, Thos. P. Stoney, solicitor of this circuit, bad a lead of 952 votes over Mayor John P. Grace, who is seeking a third term, ac cording to the unofficial 'count which gives Stoney (1,542 to 5.590 for the in cumbent. Fifteen ■out of twenty-four candidates for aldermen who appear to be nomihat ed on the present returns ran on the Stotiey ticket. Two of them are women. -Mayor Grace has refused to concede ■ Al'iM’ugiL ,* h ? I ffio uncounted boxes will change tne pres ent standing. Orders Gasoline Sold at 10 Gents. Pierre, K. D., Aug. 7.—Characterizing the price of gasoline in South Dakota as “highway robbery*!” Governor Mo- Master this afternoon ordered the state warehouse at Mitchell to sell gasoline to the public at 16 Cents a gallon. He also called on the people of the state to form associations to purchase the pro duct in carload lots until such times as dealers “cease their policy of greed and avarice” The governol' declared that gasoline costs 14 cents a gallon in earlots in South Dakota and that oil companies are selling it at 28. With Our Advertisers. The Ritchie Hardware Co. makes. a specialty of builders’ hardware, and can furnish anything used in building. For shiny noses use Venetian Creme Mystique, at Gibson Drug. Store. Munsingwear Union Suits, August Clean-up prices, 95c to $1.95 at Fishers’. New, Sheet music at the Musette. See list in new ad. today. C. H. Barrier & Co. keep at all times a full line of groceries, meats and pro duce. Aud the prices are right, too. ney of Warren Harding along Pennsyl vania Avenue had begun between the dense crowds of humanity that made a long aisle of grief from the very gates of the executive mansion to the towering capitol n mile away. At the same time n bugler came to the portico aud sounded shrilly the soldier's single note of the call to attention. Service Very Brief. Washington, Aug. B.—(By the , Asso ciated Press). —Under- the vast dome Os the capitol with low spoken prayer and the tender words of old hymns, Warren Harding was given into God’s keeping at noon today by the men of high place iu the nation who had served with him in the short years of his leadership for the glory of the flag that was his wind ing sheet. As simple in its dignity and its high faith in the goodness of God as the man whosf passing it marked, the religious ceremony took a bare twenty minutes. Then under the ceaseless vigil of motion less sentries who stood at the corners of the bier, the great doors were opened for the waiting thousands outside to pass slowly by the casket on which the sorrow of the nation and the world poured out today. . Through the brief service a slender womanly figure sat erect and motion less beside the casket on the high base of honor with a heavy veil hiding her features. Mrs. Harding facqd her pub lic ordeal of sorrow with stoic courage. Never a break in the firm spirit that has borne her 'up through the tragic days Was visible to the pitying eyes that dwelt upon her. When the last word had been said she walked slowly through the Seq|te cor ridor, her hand barely touching the arm of Secretary Christian, her slender flgtlre straight with no hint of the crush ed heart within. And for the first time since he died, with her eyes upon him far away in San Francisco, the precious casket was left' by this strong, loving, loyal wile and widow to the keeping of the nation for the tittle hours until she claims it again to bear it back to Marion and ita long rest. , ■ r .*■ CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1923. AMERICA TO VIEW THE SUN’S ECLIPSE First Total Eclipse to Be Seen in the United States Since 1018. , Washington, I). C„ Aug. B—One month hence parties of astronomical sci entists from all parts of North America and from Europe as well, will be setting up their instruments with almost un pronounceable names at various points extending fr<®i Isis Angeles into Lower California, in the expectation observa tions of the first total eclipse of the sun visible in the United States since 1918. Regarded as the most important astro nomical event of the year, the eclipse of September 19th .will attract of scientific men to the section whore the period of totality will be longest, and where consequently the best observations of the selipse may be obtained. Santa Catalina Island will be the niecca for numerous parties of observers, while many others will make ’their’ headquar ters at Ensenada, in I-ower California, where the period of totality will last longer than at any other easily accessible point, * Some of the scientists will photograph stars in the vicinity of the sun in an pf , fort further to substantiate the Einstein theory, according to which light rays, be ing matter and therefore subject to the pull of gravitation, are deflected from their coufse by the proximity of a ■ heavenly body. Other observers will devote their at tention to the corona, the golden emana tion which extends outward from the sun past the border of the moon iu every direction for hundreds of thousands of miles. With.the spectroscope they will watch for any chemical elements hitherto undetected in the soliar atmosphere. Still others will study the red promi nences, supposed to be fiery matter pro jected from the sun’s deep interior with enormous velocity and extending through tlitycorona, and Which change their form so rapidly that they are never precisely alike at two consecutive observing sta tions during the same eclopse. The exact moment when the apparent edge of the moon touches that of the sun will be noted by still another group of ns trAuomers for the purpose of otjjaiuiug more precise data concerning the orbit of the moon, and in the hope of solving a lunar problem of some years’ standing— that is. the small but as yet unexplained acceleration of the moon’s motion in its swing around the earth. The word “ecliptic” is derived from the word "eclipse,” owing to the fact that all eclipses of the sun or moon occur on the great highway along which the earth, the moon, the planets and the sun appear to move, a narrow roadway ap parently through the stars. The moon’s orbit and the earth's shadow occupy this path and never go outside of it. At each new moon an eclipse of the sun very near ly occurs. The moonjiasses between the je«th. itni-Dt* *un,~ur very nearly so, at egch new moon/ The eclipse of the sun is occasioned by the movement of tile moon. The sun stands still, virtually. While the moon sweeps river his face. That is, the sun moves only about a mimitje and a half aloug his path during an hour, which is about tlre duration of ait eclipse. Hence, it is clearly apparent that both the eclipse of the moon and of the sun are brought about by tjie moon's ifiotion. with vir tually no reference whatever to the mo tions of either the sun .or the earth. Iu Oldeu times great calamities were associated in the minds of the people with an eclipse, but as a scientific and well established fact, an eclipse lias no effect on the physical condition of the universe. Neither lias an eclopse any ef fect on auimal or vegetublV life bn our globe. The ancient alarm was the most groundless of all' fears. CHANCELLOR CUNO TALKS REPARATIONS Says Reparations Proposal of Great Bri tain Was Unpleasant to Germany. Berlin, Aug. 8 (By the Associated Press).—Chancellor Cuno in his prom ised speech .in the reiehstag today on the reparations situation dealt partffcu larl.v with the proposal for a settlement recently advanced 'by Great Britain. The chancellor said th principle on which Great Britain had based her pro posal was unpleasant to Germany. The government, Chancellor Cuno de clared. could not acquiesce in the French demand that the government would sug gest to the people of the Ruhr that they 'bandon passive resistance. Widow of George A. Gray, of Gastonia, Dies in Charlotte. Gastonia, Aug. 7.—Mrs- George A. Gray. Sr., widow of- Gaston county’s pioneer textile organizer, .died suddenly tonight* in u Charlotte hospital from heart trouble. , ' She was 65 years old, aud is , sur vived by the following children: Mes dumes ,1. H. Separk. F. D. Barkley, H. S. Legare, \V. G, Hammer and P. It. Efird. of Charlotte, and .1. I snider Gray. George A. and Charles D. GrSy. AH the above named, sons, together with J. H. Sepork. were active in the urbanization of the .Gray-Separk cnain oKsix mills here. i. D. McCall Weds Miss Effie May WlUi&ms- New Y’qrk, Aug. 7.—The marriage of Miss Effie May Williams, of this city aud Jacksonville, Fla., to Johnson D. McCall, attorney and former mayor of Charlotte, N. (\, was solemnized here ; today in the home of the bride at 615 I West 143 M street. Rev- Dr. W. J. | Mosier, of Demurest,' N. J., performing , the ceremony. The bride is a daughter of Dr. | Abraham D. Williams, prominent physician of Jacksonville. Flu. She was attended by her sister,-Miss Bessie Wil liams. r . * • Meeting at Cabarrus Mill. ThAre was great interest taken Tues day night at the tept meeting on Young street, near the oabarrus mill. There was a large crowd at the tent, more than could be seated. - Some 40 or 50 asked to be prayed for. Remember the meet ing touight flnd all (his- week, and prob- | ably longer. Come and "help make this one of the best meetings ever held iu this section of the country. Every body welcome. X. Laddie Bdy Bids Farewell To His Beloved Chieftain Washington. I). C., (Aug. 8 (By the As sociated Press).—Laddi i- Boy said his last goodbye to his thaster in the East Room of the White House this morning and there may be some hard hearts who will say that a dog ccjuldu’r know, but it seemed to those'about him as thougl) he did. * Mrs. Harding, who, loves Laddie Boy no less than her husbfhd did. told the at tendant whose sppeisl • charge the pup has been, to take him Into the East Room | a minute because he beemed to want to (to. Alertly he spiffed 1 the heavy air.l freighted with the frjgiance of funeral | MARION TO BURYjHER BELOVHD ONE SIMPLY Mrs. Harding's Wish For Quiet Cero rnOny Is to Be Carried Out Marion, Ohio, Aug. 7.—Though the nation will conduct appropriate funeral service for Warren G. Harding as its President in Washington Wednesday, Marion, Friday, will (attempt to forget his exalted official position as head of the nation and bury him as one of its ’distinguished citizens. For Marion, the funeral services will be for the late President ns that of a private citizen with tie recognition that he was the most distiijgui.shed in the na tion. 'J’here will be :no pomp or elab orate eereihqny in the laying to rest of the dead President. What dignity there is will be more through the pres ence of distinguished persons who jour ney here to pay last tribute than through any efforts to make it so. The funeral insofar as possible, Will be a meeting of relatives and friends to bid a last farewell to a loved one. Such is Mrs. Harding's wish and her wish will pre vail. Orders for a simple! funeral were re ceived by Col. F, I’.? Lalm, from Col. C. O. Sherrill, in charge of funeral ar rangements at Washington. Details for carrying out this order were to be furnished by Mrs. Harding to those near the family who met the funeral train in Chicago. . *" According to Colonel Sherrill’s in structions, the funeral, train will arrive in Marlon at 10 a. ip. Thursday. On this train with the‘ President's body will be those who mpde the Alaska western trip with him'and watched aud hoped for liis recovery 'in Sun Francis co. It will be thq same train that bore the body to. Washington. In ad dition to those who have so far made up the funeral cortege, the funeral train al so will carry Speaker Gillett and Sena tor Cummins, president pro tern of the senate; cabine office*, tjapt. Adolphus Andrews of the uavyp’trfW' Maj. -ft. M Baldinger of the army, aides to the late President. President Coolidge, accompanied by other high government officials, will ar rive on a special train at 8:30 Friday morning. All Marion citizens were officially called upon .by proclamation today by Mayor George W. Nelly to suspend ail activities the day of the funeral “and join as neighbors and friends tot tpay the tribute which is truly felt in our hearts.” ( ' , LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS TWO AT DALLAS, GEORGIA Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sweat Dead, but Child in Man's Arms Still Liv.es. Dallas, Ga., Aug. 7.—Air. and Mrs. Ray Sweat were instantly killed .and their 10-months-old boy, which Mr. Sweat was carrying in his arms, was badly burned when the three were struck by lightning during q storm here yesterday afternoon, it became known today. School children found the bodies and the child about an hour' after they were struck by the bolt. The Sweats, who lived five miles front Dallas, were on their way to visit a neighbor. The baby was conscious when picked up but was severely burned on its right leg and, arm. Four Killed When Truck Stalls oil a Grade Crossing. Niagara Falls, N. Y„, Aug. 7.—Four persons were killed at the Wheatfi.eld highway crossing of the New York Cen tral railroad one. mile east of La Salle, late today. The dead are: Charles Pratz, of Wheatfield a-oad; Mrs. Letha Brooks, niece of Pratz: Christopher Brooks. 5 years old: John Brooks, one year old, son of Airs. Brooks. Pratz and the Brooks family left home in a light truck to call for John R. Brooks, husband of the dead woman, who was working at La Salle. Wit nesses said that when the truck reached the tracks it stalled. Before Pratz had time to get it started again, the ma chine was struck by a train bound from Niagara Falls. The force of the colllssion tore the pilot from the engine and tossed it to one side of the track . Three of the-victim* to pieces under the wheels of the train. New York, Aug. Fanelli , wanted her hair bobbed- Frank, husband !of Lucy, didn’t. So the hair went and so did Lucy. That’s where the complion j tions came. Having bobbed the* hair, and ■ knowing Friend Spouse’s sentiments re garding that practice, Lucy decamped | from the Fanelli bailiwick, and hasn't been seen since. Frank is taking care of the five children. He has since moved to No'. 106 Fairmont avenue. Jersey City. His theory ia that Lucy is staying away until the hair grows again. He wants her to know that if she will come back, he won't care if she has her hair bqbbod or shaved off or what not. Just so she comes beck. Orders Post off! sew Closed For an* Hour. I Washington, Aug. 7.—Postmaster General New Monday ordered the clos ing of a” postoffices £]{jday between 3 and 4 p. m- Central standard time, in 'tribute to the late President Harding. blooms, walked solemnly around the bier lying under the great crystal chandalier, and poked his nose in the flowers as if looking for the 'master he knew was there but couldn't see, and then turned brown eyes on the White House attaches with an inquiring look which was too much for-them to endure without their own eyes turning misty. Laddie Boy knew his master was back in the house, but he seemed to sense that | for some reason he couldn't find him, aud Ilike a good dog would, he concluded there was nothing to do but go back to his favorite spot and wait, faithful to the I end. NEGRO ATTACKS AGED WOMAN Draggefl Into Woods and Overcome by Her Assailant. Greensboro, Aug. 7.—Sheriff's posses tonight were combing Guilford and sur rounding coun’ties for a "tall, slim, very black, mustached negro,” who this morn ing at 10:30 o’clock is alleged to have criminally assaulted Miss Martha Sow ers, aged .10, at her home near here. Miss Sowers, who lives with a sister near the Pomona mill here.' went from the house to a spring nearby to get a bucket of water, and the negro jumped out of a patch of woods, seized her, choked her and dragged .her into the woods, there committing the crime, ac cording to the story she told officers. She said that she thought she could identify the black if he were caught, and . a suspect was arrested in High Point and taken before her. but she was sure he was not the man, so he was released. The hunt continued all afternoon and tonight, but without result. She could not give a very definite description of her assailant. A boy told the sheriff's forces that he saw a negro, answering the description Miss Sowers gave, at the spring shortly before the commission of the crime, but the boy was not present when the attack was made. - The most,, diligent search has failed so far to secure the guilty person. While there is a considerable amount of indignation here as a result of the attack, there is no hint of lynching should the man be caught, and no crowds, the hunt for the black being carried on by deputies and policemen. LIPPARD AGAIN GETS AWAY FROM OFFICERS Deputies Have Instructions to Haud • cuff Him, if Again Taken. Until He is Behind Bars. Hickory, Aug. 7. —Catawba county deputy sheriffs tyho captured Ed. Lip !«rd last night and penpryed elude them at his father’s home in ■Hickory early today, have instructions to keep the handcuffs on him until he is behind two locked doors in the Hickory jail. Deputies Hawn and Whitener ran into Lippard in the South mountains by accident, beat him in a race through the darkness when they suddenly cut a flashlight they had on him and grabbed him as lie spraddled a small trj>e. His wife and children, who had !'C‘MI taken to this section by I.ippard, plead ed so hard that the officers agreed to take him by his father's home to ar range for bail. It was here that I .ip pa rd, on a pretense of drinking water, eluded them. In his Essex touring car. which was appropriated, were found two .45 caliber pistols, loaded, and a package of .38 cartridges. It is believed that he had three pistols and that one of them was in the house where he was located. I.ippard is wanted on an old liquor charge and more recently for transport ing a ■ 15-year-old girl for immoral pur poses. Poverty Ends Royal Romance of Many Years. (By the ANKocleted Frees.) I.ondoii. Aug. 8 —The post-war pover ty of many once powerful nobles has brought before the public the sad end ing of a royal loye affair. The story is the romance of Princess I. of Belgium, daughter of Leopold 11. who married Prince Philip of Go burg. and about thirty years ago left her husband and her two children to elope with Captain Geza von Mattasich, 'a Hungarian nobleman. The princess was divorced by her husband, and Captain von Mattisch lost liis commission in the Austro-Hungarian army. Following the war money be came scarce, and the lovers were com pelled to move from their palatial resi dence in Vienna to a small village. The princess disputed the will of her father, who left everything to his mor bauatic wife, the Baroness Vaughan, but she lost the suit. Then she appealed to her sister, the Princess Stephanie Lon yay. former Crown Princess of Austria. Princess Stephanie offered to allow 3 s>uise, who is now l>4 years old, to spend the rest of her life at the beauti ful castle of Orosziar, in Hungary, on condition that she leave voiv Mattisich. The offer was accepted, and friends now have found another home for the penni less captain. Thursday Afternoon Specials at the Parks-Belk Co.’s The store of Parks-Belk Co. will not only be open tomorrow (Thursday) af ternoon, but they will offer many specials for that time. For one thing they will have a big aluminum sale of water pitchers. li#ad the big three-column ad. on page two today for other Thursday af ternoon specials and also specials for Thursday, Friday stnd Saturday. Clean Sweep Sale by the Concord Fur niture Company. Starting Friday morning, August 10 I the Concord Furniture Company will have a Clean Sweep Sale, during whieh all goods will be reduced from 20 to 30 per, cent. Everything will be marked in ■ plain figures,’and the prices are- guar ■ anteed to be actual aud genuine. reduc- II tions. The sale will close .Saturday, i! August 28th. • Read the big ad, on page ' five today, and get ready (or the sale. * ■ * GREAT LAYMEN’S CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT JIN ALISHA Open tn August 10th. and Will Extend Through August 15th. (By the Associated Press.) Lake Jnnaluska. X. Aug. B.—Pre parations have been, completer! for wf is termed the greatest inference I gtj laymen ever held by tue Method* Episcopal Church. South, which opens here on August 10 with sessions that will extend through August 15, accord mg to announcement todav by 14. L. Moreloek. head of the Board of Lay Activities, whieh was .organized at the last general conference of the church. Mr. Moreloek said not less than 2.000 laymen from all parts of the South are expected to attend. Mr. Moreloek said through the Board of Lay Activities in its various units of organization from the general board, down throuh the conference, the district, the local charge and church, purpose is to arouse laymen of the church to as sume burdens of church affairs. "Some of the high lights of the con ference will be found in the good fellow ship which abounds at Junaluska." said Sir. Moreloek. "The biggest men in the church will be there and there will be opportunity to hear and meet a num ber of the /great leaders of religions through in America.” There will be an open form each day, led by Sid H- Blau. Secretary of State, ‘ Montgomery. Ala ; Judge SI. C. Childers. San Antonio: T. S. Southgate. Norfolk and Judge K. Erskine Williams, Fort Worth. The sessions of the conference will be held in the Mission Building with the exception of platform addresses which will take place in the main auditorium. Speakers on the program, in the! order of their first appearance are: I)r. Ernest C. Webb, University of Texas, Austin; Bishop W. 11. Beaehamp, in charge of work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Europe; Dr. C. M. McConnell. specialist in rural missions. Methodist Episcopal Church. Chicago; Sid. H. Ilian. Secre tary of State from Alabama, and lay leader ofthe Alabama conference; Judge John H Clarke, former Associated Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Youngstown, Ohio: Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, President of Wofford College , Spartanburg. S. C. Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon. in charge i «of Methodist interests in the Tennessee, Memphis and Holston conferences; Judge Mi M. Childers, lay leader ot (he West Texas conference, San Antonio; Dr. .1. Stitt Wilson, .-uithor and lectur er. Berkeley. Cal.: T. S. Southgate, President of Southgate Terminal Cor poration, Norfolk, and Judge Erskine Williams, President of he General Board of Lay Activities and lay leader ot the Central Texas conference. Methodist tymjgppal Churi,, S,»,t)i. , Chicago Library Has 3.500 Books For Blind Readers. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago. Aug. B.—-In an effort to reach every sightless person in this part of the country, the collection of books for the blind in the public library here has be come one of the largest in the United States, according to Nathan R. Levin, as sistant librarian of the Chicago Public Library. * The blind from .nearly every, state .in the Mississippi valley patronize this col lection, because of its ready accessibility, declares Edward Peterson, in charge of tlic work. Anybody can apply for a loan, and the government permits the books to be sent out in franked envel opes. The number of available volumes in raised printing is comparatively small, it is sai(J. but the Chicago library, w th 3,- 500 books, claims to have virtually ev erything ever published for the benefit -of sightless people. .Mrs. Reese Saves Her Jewels From Bandits. Greensboro, Aug. 7.—When John T, Reese, Greensboro cigar manufacturer, his wife and daughter, were held up on the Greensboro Guilford College road, near the outskirts of this city. last night, Mrs. Fees lmd presence of mind to put her jewelry in her stocking, and tile bandit failed to get i.t. The hold-up man was too busy getting Mr. Rees’ wallet, containing only $0.50, to notice what she was doing. Mi - . Rees was asked to stop by a man in a stalled car. and when he stopped to help him another man popped out of some bushes and held both up. Salisbury Sells Bonds For School Im provement. Salisbury, Aug. 7.—Salisbury today sold one hundred thousand dollars of School bonds to the Mississippi Valley Trust Company, of St. Louis, and the Detroit Trust Company, of Detroit, these being joint bidders for the bonds and their bid being par plus a bonus of four hundred and fifty-five dollars. The in terest is to be five and a quarter. Bids were submitted by 10 bond buying firms. The money is to be used partly to build, additions to present school property and to pay off debts for property al ready improved. Has Left Beard Grow For Forty Years. Greensboro, Aug. 7.—0. A. Farring ton. shipping clerk of the White Oak mills here, wasn't shaved in 40 years, k not since lie 1 was 23 years old. , • And lie did not do it to win a bet, nor to join the Zion City colony, whose members are forbidden to shave- He was and is simply obeying doctor’s orders. His physician. 40 years ago, ordered him to let hist beard grow. Mr. Farring ton lmd the measles then, leaving him with au extreme hoarseness. "Let your beard grow long to protect your throat,” his physician suid. His beard is all hair and a yard long. Pelzer Mills Sold. (By the Associated Press.) Spartanburg, S. C„ Aug. B.—The sale of the l’elzer Manufacturing Company's mills at Pelzer, to Lockwood Green & Co., of Itoston, Vas announced here to day through-A. M. Law & Co., of Spurtanburg; 9669999* 9 TODAY’S 9 9 NEWS 9 9 TODAY 9 @9999999 NO. 187., MEMORIIL SERVICES wnwcmflßlCiTY HWMOOI Services Will Be Held in Memory of Late President Harding.—General Public Asked to Attend. ' WILL BE HELD IN THE COURT HOUSE Address Will Be Delivered by Rev. G. A. Martin.—Sev eral Short Speeches Will Be Delivered. Concord will pay 'homage to Warren G. Harding Friday afternoon, when me morial services will be held ip the court house here. Upon recommendation of 'Mayor Womble, a committee of business men met Tuesday night and made definite plans for the service, which will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The fun eral of the late President will probably be held in Marion about 3 o'clock Fri day, dud'for that reason, this hour was selected for the service here. Mayor Womble in discussing the me morial service, made the suggestion that all business houses of the city close from 3 to 4 o’clock Friday, so that all persons of the city could attend the service. It is understood that his sug gestion will be followed, and all busi ness in Concord will cease while the ser vices are being held here 'and while the last sad rites are being spoken over the late President’s body in Marion. 1 The following program will be observ ed at the service Friday : Call to order by Major W. A. Foil. Music. Prayer—Rev. T. W. Smith. Music. Memorial Address—Rev. G. A. Mar tin. Five Minute Talks by: W. It. (Well, representing the Rotary Club: ,1. Lee Crowell, Jr., representing the Kiwanis Club;- Mrs. Ada Rogers Gorman, represent ing the Woman's Club; John M. Oglesby, representing the Am erican Legion : H. S. Williams, representing the bus iness and professional m#u of the city. (Mm) W represented by officials. The American Legion will have a large delegation at the service, and Capt. K. E. Caldwell will represent Company E, Concord's military Company. Capt. Caldwell plans to have as many members of his com pany as possible present at the meeting, and they will march to the court house in a body. V The-music at the will be under the direction of Alan Pritidell. The general invited to the services. "7? ' s , • \ v THE COTTON MARKET Had Rather Reactionary Appearance at the Opening Today. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Aug. B.—The cotton mar ket had a rather reactionary appearance at the opening this morning. There did not seem to be much if any improvement in weather or crop news but there were private reports of showers at a couple points in Texas and after opening easy at a decline of 7 to 21 points the market Sold about 24 to 30 points below yester day’s closing quotations. Cotton futures opened easy. Oct. 23.75: Dec - 23.70; Jan. 23.50; March 23.50; May 23.46. Luque Attacks Stengel For An Alleged Insult. Cincinnati, 0.. Aug. T.—Today’s ball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds was enlivened by an attack made by Pitcher Luque upon Casey Stengel, of the Giants, in the first half of the eighth inning. The visitors were pounding the Cuban pitcher, having just made four straight hits and three runs after two were out. With Young at bat Luque heard some oue on the New York bench hurl an insulting epi thet at him. He picked StengeL.as the man and wplked deliberately out of the box and over to the bench, tossing the ball to Umpire Klein as he passed. The Cuban took one swing at Stengel who was sitting on the bench and did not arise at his approach. The blow glanced off Stengel’s shoulder, inflicting little diimage. Luque was instantly seized by Young, who had hurried over from the batter’s box and who secured a strange hold on the Cuban, dragging him 20 feet away from the bench, where Luque was taken in charge by policemen and escorted to the Red dugout. After taking a drink of water he seized a bat and rushed again toward the Giant players, but was intercepted before he could do any damage. Roush who came in from centerfield to eugage , in the fray also was headed off before he could get near any of the visiting play ers. Luque and Stengel were banished from the field by Umpire Klem. Luque declared after the, game that Stengel had been the one who attacked him verbally, but Manager McGraw, of the Giants, wh was seated next to Sten gel on the bench, stated positively that tfie latter was not the mgu who in sulted the Cuban and that it was another outfielder on the New York vlub. Says Confessions WIU Prove Impogrant. New York, Aug. B.—Revelations made in reported confessions to the Federal Attorney Hayward by E. M. Fuller and William F. McGee, confessed stock bucketers, are likely to rock the finan cial section of New York to its founda tions, Carl F. Whitney, new counsel for the two former stock brokers, declared today.
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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