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VOLUME XXIII
Thousands Pass Before
Bier of Their Leader
From Two O’clock Thursday
Afternoon Until Midnight,
and During Day, Many
Pay Last Tribute to Chief
MANY BEAUTIFUL
FLORAL DESIGNS
Final Services Very Simple,
in Accordance With Wish
of Mrs. Harding.—Many
Notables in Attendance.
Marion, Aug. 10 (By the Associated
Press).—The day when human eyes
would look their last on the faee of
IVarren Gamaliel Harding, twenty-ninth
President of the United States, dawned
with many who loved him still waiting
to pass slowly beside the bier, resting
in his father’s home. Before the
shadows of evening steal across the wide
peaceful fields of the valley where he was
born the gates of his tomb will have
closed behind .him and the long, long way
of his funeral ended.
In gracious kindness the sorrowful
Woman who longed for the end of the
public ordeal that has stretched into
more than a week of ceremonial and
pageant that the people of the nation,
the state and the two that claimed him.
as its son, might testify to their grief,
set aside her own wish to be alone with
her dead at the last. Throughout the
hours of darkness last night the casket
which held him lay open in the humble
home, and all were freely welcome to
pass beside, At again. Today the face
•if the dead chief was made visible for
the last, time to the "boys" who knew
him as "the boss” in the offices of the
Marion Star when he sat there as edi
tor. A few others came privately to
the casket because of their close asso
ciation of bygohe years with the dead,
la the depths of her sorrow Mrs. Hard
ing has not failed of tho t houghtful
kindness that has marked her every ac
tion before and since death came to her
liushand in San Francisco.
Last night it seemed that every man.
woman and child in Marion stood iong on
the shaded quiet streets to pay this last
honor to the dead. • No man kuew with
exactness how many thousands had walk
ed through the modest room where the
casket Jay and gazed a moment on the
peaceful face under the glass.
There was a hush of mourning about
the dark streets dcJpite .the hundreds
waiting to enter and the other hundreds
streaminjf stitwly • asvoy,, - Lalki«wi~v«4tk
hushed voices of the neighbor and friend
whose greatness they had acclaimed. They
lmd seen him in death as they had
known him in life. The calm dignity
that marked him in his hours as Presi
dent remained with him even when his
life had ceased. He was the-same War
ren Harding some of them had known
for years, and seemed only to sleep as he
lay there. It was hard for them to real
ize that this old friend was dead.
The last day before the tomb shall
claim these ’‘hallowed relies” began
peacefully and no stir of marching leg
ions to join in last honors. Here and
there on the streets walked men of the
Ohio National Guard, hut they walked
for the most part unarmed, and merely
to see that the peace and quiet of the
sleeper was not disturbed. They would
not go with him to his tomb.
Again today the stir of movement in
Marion was hushed. The great mills
that surround it were silent and desert
ed. The ratuling traffic of commerce
broke the quiet of the shady street. On
the railroads long trains came in to add
new thousands from the distant places to
the throng already gathered; but no whis
tle blew and the clanging of bells was
. stilled.
Except for the multitude that grew
hourly to fill the sidewalks mith moving
humanity Marion was a city of silence
in her sorrow, a silence that would not
be broken until the simple funeral train
gathered late in the day to bear the dead
President to the tomb that awaited him.
Then, there must come an added stir
and movement that could Dot be avoided;
then would voices be raised in prayef or
sacred melodies as tlie last rites were
said. But the morning hours were peace
ful and calm and as untroubled :1« the
sleep of the man thus honored
Flag From Mayflower on Hearse..
Marion, Aug. 10.— (By the Associat
ed Press). —A great blue flag with four
white' stars, that is waved proudly from
the masthead when the guns saluting
battle craft roared their tributes to
President Harding in the past, will wave
bravely before the hearse that earris
him today to the tomb. It is the Pres
ident’s flag from the President's yacht
Mayflower, sent to Marion in the cus
tody of a proud member of the May
flower's clew that the little company
from the ship which marched in Wash
ington as special guard of honor of the
dead shall be represented also at the
last service for the eommander-in-chief
who will sail with them no more.
Marion Streets' Crowded.
Marion, Aug. 10 (By the Associated
Press). —Slow moving throngs crowded
the streets of Marion again in the last
public honors Warren G. Harding will
know before the doors of the ivy-grown
vault will close upon him. !
It seemed that not alone Ohio but ev
ery surrounding state from which Ma
rion could be reached had sent legions
here to pass beside the bier or to stand
silent as the dead President was carried
to bis rest. Congested sidewalks flanked
the city streets where t)ie home of his
father, sheltering the great son again,
stands behind a great wall of glowing
flowers.
On the north side down the tree-lined
stone walk that leads to the home, a
close crowded line kept in by guardsmen
stretched awny for block*. The far end
was down beyond the draped court
house, .and it moved away from the house
TBfe Concord Daily Tribune
♦
7 R. Si. HACKETT SEEKING
, CUSTODY OF DAUGHTER
r Former Congressman of Eighth District
P Secures Writ Returnable in Greens
boro Saturday.
Statesville, Aug. tt.—Former Eighth
District Congressman Richard N. Hack
• ett, of North Wilkesboro, first husband
' of Mrs. Franklin Long Biker, of New
York, daughter of Judge aud Mrs. B. F.
f Long, of this place, has commenced ac
tion re secure the custody of his daugh
' ter. Miss Lois Long Hackett. who also
r bears the name of her step-father Sir.
Riker.
Papers lmvp been served by Sheriff
M. P. Alexander, of Iredell county, upon
1 Mr. and Mrs. Frank’in Riker and Judge
• aud Mrs. Long, grandparents of the
f young lady; and bond has been given
i for appearance before Judge Thomas J.
1 Shaw, who has granted a writ of habeas
; corpus returnable before him in Greens
; boro Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
• Sirs. Riker aud others also were sum
■ moned to appear before the clerk of Su
: perior Court of Wilkes county August
• 25th to asnwer the proceedings brought
by Mr. Hackett for divorce and custody
of the daughter.
L Mrs. Riker several years ago secured
■ a diyorce from Mr. Hackett and nfter
i ward, married Sir. Riker.
1 COUNTY-WIDE PLANNING
FOR SCHOOL EFFICIENCY
Beard Created to Make Surveys and
Make. Suggestions to County Boards.
Raleigh. Aug. , !).—A board of county
wide planning, to aid counties-in provid
ing a uniform county-wide system for
the operation of schools, has been cre
ated by Superintendent of Public In
struction A. T. Alien.
The numbers of the board arc com
lxtsed of Sir. Allen, chairman, ex-officio.
L. C; Itrogdcn; J. Henry Highsmith:
Sliss Elizabeth Kelly; J. J. Rlair, George
Howard, Sr., and Frank A. Edmond
son.
As requests for assistance come in.
one member of this board will be as
signed to a county to collect the facts
necessary for a county-wide plan. These
facts will bo’brought into the office of
the state superintendent where they will
be considered by ull the members of the
board of county-wide planning. In
this Way will be evolved a tentative plan
for submission to the county board of
education for consideration and adop
tion. It may turn out that several
plans will be submitted. The depart
ment will take up the work in the or
der in which the requests from the coun
rtirs work is welT underway in several
counties now, it was announced.
COTTON ASSOCIATION
SHOWS FINE RECORD
Co-operative Marlteting Association ill
State Received 135,420 Bales of Cot
ten Last Year.
Raleigh. Aug. 10.—The close of the
first year of o|ieratiou shows that the
North Carolina Cotton Growers Co-oper
ative Association bus received 135,420
bales of cotton, approximately eighteen
per cent, of the total crop of the State—
a fairly good showing for the first year
and a larger iiereentage than is shown in
the reports of any co-operative cotton as
sociation in the South.
To tlie members, the association lias
advanced a total of 22 cents a pound, ba
sis middling, on all short stable cotton.
The bulk of this cotton lias been sold and
General Manager Blalock hopes to close
out the remainder and make a final set
tlement before the new crop begins to
move. "It is impossible," said Mr) Blalock
"to give an exact statement but I believe
that members of tlie association will re
ceive between ,$15.00 and $20.00 a bale
more for their cotton than the average re
ceived by non-members."
A womahi steeplejack in California, as
her husband's partner, does her full
share of perilous work.
of sadness instead of toward it. Hun
dreds upon hundreds came to join the
gathering every hour, come faster than
the' slow movement past the bier could
übsorb them. A thin handful seemed the
line of those coming from the quiet room
around which the sorrowful thought of
all Americans centered today. Thousands
must fle turned away in disappointment
almost entirely, although hours still in
tervened before the simple funeral train
was formed.
Word came of special trains sweeping
toward Marion from all directions. Motbr
cars cifme rolling in over every road
bringing added scores ,to join the silent
company gathered sadly where so short
a time ago thousands similarly gathered
in noisy acclaim to the man who will
hear no more cheering. Up every side
street the machines were massed at the
curbs in almost endless rows. Here and
there a car on business that had to do
with the funeral rites moved swiftly, or
a troop laden truck moved with its hu
man freight about some new> tasty of
watching. Against the curbs the young
guardsmen stood widely spared to keep
the crowds on the sidewalks.
Traffic officers held the intersections
and waved the necessary flow of vehicles
on its way. A thin haze dimmed the
sunlight a little in the Corning hours,
but it was a bright day for all that. The
towu had the qniet and the lfttle loitering
groups about its countless comfortable
homes of a Sababth morning. The hush
was there, and th» other cessation from
a warkoday affairs: Only the endless si
lent throng that waited In the line on the
long walk 'of <aplM"Wstujt' leading to the
boyhood home it JfOpd man served to
break the Sunday calm.
Arrives.
Marione 4#lt- WJWp’ the Associated
Press). —TW spec Wit** in carrying Pres
ident < UKth'c Taft aud
other the funeral of
President HatgfagMflvcd at Marion at
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1923
COOUDGE BORN ON
NATION’S NATAL DAY
Is First President tc Have Been Bom
on July 4tliz
Washington, D. t'., Aug. 10.—While
the summer months have been ill-starred
for the of the United States—
-12 of the 26 who have died havipg pass
ed away in the months of June mid July
: —Mr. Harding was the only President to
die in the month of August. However,
viewed, it is summer season that is bad
for Presidents. While the summer has
witnessed the takings-off of 13 of the
i chief executives, it has produced no more
■ than three, including the new occupant
I of the White House.
Mr. -Coolidge. as most people are al
ready aware, is the first of the Presi
dents to be born on the Nation's natal
day. On the other hand three of the
Presidents hove died on July 4th. > Adams
and Jefferson, the second and third Pres
idents. both passed away on that date
in 1826, and Monroe died on July 4. 1831.
The deaths of Van Buren, Taylor, John
son and Grant also fell in July.
Just as 25 of tile 28 Presidents were
born between October 1 and April 30. so
only 11 out of 20 have died within these
seven months. No President was ever
born in May, and none has ever died in
that month. And now the single Presi
dential offspring in August has found its
counterpart in tlie death of .President
Harding in this month.'
Believers in luck and omens might
find some ground for apprehension in the
fart that President Coolidge was born
in leap year. Leap years seem to have
been unfortunate for the Presidents. The
Presidential offspring of leap years have
been Taylor, who died in office; Pierce,
who gained neitfier fame nor a second
term; Johnson, the only President im
peached, and \\ ilson, who was stricken
in office.
It is also to be noted that Mr. Coolidge
succeeded to the presidential chair on a
Friday, which has a record of having
been a dark, drear, unlucky day for Pres
idents. Tyler, Polk and Pierce, died on
1‘ rtday; Lincoln was shot on Friday.
President Harding was inaugurated on
Friday. Os three other Presidents who
came into office on Friday, one was assas
sinated. and two, John Quincy Adams and
Pierce, failed of re-election.
Equally menacing is the shadow of Sat
urday in tile careers of the Presidents.
Lincoln entered office the first time on a
Monday. Tlie second time he took the
oath again on Saturday, and on Saturday
lie died. Garfield was born on Saturday,
was also shot on Saturday, and he died
on Monday. McKinley, inaugurated for
his second term, on Monday, met violent
death on Saturday six months later.
Monday has been the golden day for
Presidents. Washington, Lincoln. Jef
erson. Monroe, Jackson, McKinley—
nearly all the great or popular Presidents
not to mention Taylor, Hayes and Ben
jamin Harrison—started their first or
second terms ou the day of the laun-
Nine Presidents have been born in late
autumn, eight in the winter* including,
of course, at winter's very center, both
Washington and Lincoln—and .eight in
early spring. Besides President Coolidge.
the only chiefs mid-summer lias provided
the Nation were John Quincy Adams and
Benjamin Harrison. With one exception,
aside from the three already noted, the
Presidential birthdays liave been re
stricted to the period between October
and April, The exception is Mr. Taft,
who was born in September.
DYNAMITE DESTROYED
STORE NEAR RALEIGH
Reported That Owner of Store Had Been
Advised in Letter to Leave Comun-
Hy.
(By the Associated Press.!
Raleigh, Aug. 10.—A small country
store owned by Mr. and Mrs. Zack Jack
sou and operated by the wife, Mrs. Flor
ence Jackson, on the old Creedmoor
Rond about 12 miles from Raleigh, was
wrecked by dynamite between’ midnight
and 1 o'clock this morning according to
reports brought to the sheriff of Wake
County early today.
The destruction of the store is said
to have followed the receipt by Mrs. Jack
son of two letters signed ‘‘K, K. K."
warning her to move the store, a sort of
community gathering place, away from
that section. The writer or writers of
the letters informed Sirs. Jackson that
she was an "undesirable" resident.
Til* objection to Mrs. Jackson and her
store, according to the letters and such
other information us the officers here re
ceived, dates hack to a neighborhood
quarrel over the best way- to improve the
community schools.
CLASH AT CHARLESTON
Trouble Started When Soldiers Searched
1 Chairman of Elections Committee.
Charleston, S. C., Aug. 10. —(By the
Associated Press).—Congressman W.
Turner Logan, chairman of the city ex
ecutive committee, clashed with state
troops guarding the Hibernian hall here
today when he attempted to enter the
hall to preside over a committee meeting
called to formally declare the results of
Tuesday’s municipal primary. Tlie
chairman who repseseuts the first South
Carolina district in Congress, resisted ef
forts of tlie soldiers to search him for
arms.
The sheriff of Charleston county was
directed to arrest Mr. Logan by Lieut.
Col. Withingtton, commander of the two
nationnl guard companies on duty, but
the former instead prevailed upon the
Congressman to go with him to an ante
room and a few minuteß later the sheriff
announced he was satisfied the chair
man was unurmed. Members of the
committee and others were searched by
troops as they entered the hall.
Cabinet Resignations Will Not Be
Tendered at Once.
Washington, Aug. o.—Whutever re
signation may be submitted by caDinet
members, as a result of President Hard
ing’s death, it is considered improbable
that any will be tendered the new
President immediately.
All the cabinet officers, it was in
dicated today will continue to serve at
least for the present, in conformity with
the of President Coolidge that
they not even submit their resignations
as a formality..
WILL SPEAK BEFORE
8. S. CONVENTION
MR. D. W. SIMS
General Secretary of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association, who will
Attend Cabarrus County Conven
tion to Re Held Next Week
THREE MORE TEXTILE
PLANTS ARE MARKETED
Victor-Moinngtian Company, Greenville.
Disposes of Three cf Chain of Eight.
Greenville, S. C., Aug. o.—Stockhold
ers of the Victor-Monoghan Company,
in annual meeting here today, voted to
sell the Ottary, Seneca and Wallace
plants of their chain of eight mills to
three eastern buyers for an aggregate of
$2,320,616, an average price of $38.50
per spindle and $160; per share for the
stock of the company represented in the
three plants.
Plans for the sale lnul been approved
by the, board of directors of tlie com
pany lacked only the approval of the
stockholders to close the negotiations.
Tlie plants sold, their buyers and
other facts follow:
Ottaray plant. Union. S. C„ 24,740
spindles, 540 looms, together with tract
of land and all machinery, sold to G. H.
Milligan. New York fiity. for $063,456.
The Seneca plant, Seneca, S. C„ 10,-
840 spindles, 450 looms, with tract of
land on which mill tallage is situated,
with all machinery and equipment, sold
to Goddard Brothers, Providence, R. I.
for the sum of $773)840.
Wallace plant. Jonseville. S. 0., 15.-
080 spindles. 424 looms, with tract of
land on which mill and village is situ
ated with all machinery and equipment
sold to J. Ridley Watts and Company,
of New York. ,for ,tbeqmin of $6234220
The transfer* WWT&-ffinde afsoiin
ns deeds can be drawn but not later than !
September 3. 1023.
Tired ’Tending to Child. Negro Boy I
Poisoned Him.
Cenorville. Md.. Aug. o.—Thp al
leged determination of a 12-year-old |
negro to wipe out a family of husband. |
wife and two infant children un
covered here today, according to Justice
Robert Course?, after William Coppage
Hall. Jr., one-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. William C Hall, of Church Hill
had died, osensibly from injuries re
ceived in jt fall.
The funeral of the child was halted
at 2 o’clock this afternoon while a
coroner’s inquest was held, which de
clared that Frank Bryson, a negro boy,
had deliberately placed quantities of
poison in the baby’s milk to kill it. and
also had scattered the .poison in salt,
sugar, oatmeal and coffee about the
Hall home with the confessed intention
of killing the father of the child.
He is said to have admitted causing
the death of the child because he was
tired of attending to it. and that he
tried to kill Mr. Ilall because he had
been reprimanded for staying out late
at night.
Bilbo Runs 36.000 Ahead of Conner For
Second Place.
Jackson. Miss., Aug) 9.—-Tabulation
by the Clarion Ledger at 8:15 p. m.
tonight of tlie vote for gover
nor from 81 of tlie 82 counties-’ in the
state showed a total of 243.617. divided
as follows: Whitfield, 82,324; Bills),
61,751; Conner. 46,(i11; Franklin. 36.1
605: Bell, 16.260.
The missing eounly was Issaquena,
wljich in the senatorial primary last,
year, with women participating polled
a total of 105 votes.
W. H. Mahone, Charlotte, Heir to 20-
Million-Dollar Estate.
Charlotte. Aug. 9.—W. H. Mahone,
contractor of this city, grandson of the
bite Bishop Caleb Key, of New York,
and his mother, are tlie only living heirs
to the $20,000,000 Key estate in New
York, it is learned today: and Mr. Ma
hone states that he is sure nothing will |
prevent the settling of the estate as it
should be settled. • '
Concord Has Some Wise People
Why do I know?
Because they are placing their orders
for next winter's supply of coal.
Are you wise?
If so. 1 will thank you for your coal
, orders.
A. B. POUNDS.
LUTHERN WOMEN ARE
TO HOLD CONVENTION
Will Meet in Statesville Tuesday For
Four-Day Session—Program Outlined.
Statesville. Aug. 9—The annual
meeting of the woman's missionary con
vention of the United Lutheran church
of North Carolina will be held in St-
John's Lutheran church. Statesville.
August 14 to 17. inclusive.
Tuesday. August 14. 1 the executive
committee meeting will be held. and
at 8 o clock Tuesday nigiit an informal
reception will (be held at the church.
Around 200 delegates from all sections
of North Carolina are expected to bo
present. Entertainment in the homes of
Statesville people has been arranged on
the Harvard plan.
The program, which is yet incom
p’ete. will be one of extraordinary in
terest. including addresses by mis
sionaries from both the home and
foreign fields, and leading ministers and
religious workers in this and other
states. Among the speakers on the pro
gram beginning Wednesday are.the fol
lowing : Miss Jessie Thomas, of the mis
sion field in Guntur, India: Miss Maude
Powlas. missionary from Japan: Rev.
Henry Einspruncb. missionary to the
Jews in Baltimore; Dr. J. I, Morgan,
president of the united Lutheran church
of North Carolina : Dr. A. I). R. Handi
er of Richmond, superintendent of home
missions of the southern district of the
church; Mrs. Sidney R. Kepner, of
Pottstown, I’a.. president of the wo
man's society: Mrs. M- O. .T. Krepps. of
Columbia, S. C., prominent church
worker; Mi's. C. L. Brown,
widow of the lamented Dr. C. L. Brown,
who for a number of years was missiorf
arv in Japan, and died in Africa while
investigating the mission fields of that
continent. Mrs. George Westbrook, of
Rocky Mount, will direct tlie music and
will also sing a number of solos. Mrs.
E. A. Schenk, of Greensboro, will be
organist. Benton Peery, of Chicago, js
on tlie program as soloist. A pageant
illustrative of Japan, given by local
talent under the direction of Mrs. E. R.
Taylor, of Statesville, comes Thursday
nigl^t
OWES MILLIONS; HAS $1.70.
A- C. Tolde. Indian Packing Company
Ex-Official. Files Petition.
Chicago. Aug. 9.—AA’ith virtually no
assets and owing $4,000,000. according
to court records. Alfred C. Tolde.
former secretary and treasurer of the
Indian Packing Company, a Chicago
concern that was absorbed by another
three years ago, today filed a petition of
voluntary (bankruptcy in the Federal
Court here. The petition sets forth that
the unexempted assets of Mr. Tolde
consist of $1,741 The exact liabilities
are given ns $4,139,354.76.
> These liabilities, it as set forth, were
incurred by the petitioner during Ihe
time, he was an executiy? of th.e pack
ing company as a result of his signing
[ notes ns guarantor.
Before the Indian Packing Company
was absorbed, its stock went through a
| big ciitub on tlie New York curb, jump
ing 20 points l.i one day. but ultimately
; suffering an no.'up. and disastrous de
| dine.
|
INDEMNITIES DEMANDED
FROM THE CHINESE
.Fifteen Foreign Ministers Present
Claims to the Cliinese Govern mem:.
Peking, Aug. 10 (By the Associated
Press).—lndemnities for the capture
and imprisonment of foreigners by the
Suchow train bandits last May were
demanded of the Chinese government in
a communication presented today over
the signatures of fifteen foreign minis
ters.
Although nationals of only four for
eign powers—America, Great Britain,
France and Italy—were victims of the
bandits, the other diplomatic representa
tives joined in a memorandum which en
dorsed the demands made separately by
various legations at the time of the
brigandage in Honan province in 1912.
Guardsmm Still Remain on Dutj) at
Charselton.
Charleston, S. C., Aug. 9.—Two full
national guard companies will stand
guard at the Hiberanian hall here tomor
row when the executive committee offi
cially canvasses the vote east in the mu
nicipal primary of Tuesday, it was an
nounced tonight. The voting and pre
liminary receipt of returns by the com- ,
mittee oil Tuesday bight were conducted
with guards composed of details of mil
itia liycu. i
Stoney supporters claim that the un
counted votes will lengthen the lead of
tlieir candidate, but Mayor Grace has re
fused to concede defeat. He has de- .
dined to make public a statement with i
regard to tlie primary. ]
Two Thirds Cotton Crop on Stalks in i
Robeson. 1
Maxton, Aug. 9.—The cotton crop in 1
this immediate vicinity is the best ever
grown. The boll weevil may and per- i
| haps will get the balance of the crop but 1
a two-third crop is on tlie stalk now if I
if will mature.
Pay Tribute of C:i ence
To the
ROANOKE BOOSTERS TO
MAKE STOP IN CONCORD
1 irginians to Spend Twenty Minutes
Here cn August 23, While on Tour of
State.
It became definitely known Thursday
that the Roanoke Boosters, a partv of
business and professional men from Roa
noke and other points in Virginia, will
stop in Concord for 20 minutes on Aug
ust 23rd. while they are making their
trade trip to various points i n this and
other States.
The announcement that the boosters
will stop here was mude by A. C. Cline.
Secretary of the Concord Kiwanis Club,
who received a letter from Jt. H. An
gel], President of the Booster Club, in
which definite announcement of the Con
cord stop was made.
The letter to Mr. Cline from Mr. An
gel] reads:
"Mr. A. Campbell Cline,
“Secretary Kiwanis Club,
"Concord, X. C\,
“Dear Sir :
“The Roanoke Boosters' Club will ar
rive in your city on August 23rd at 1:25
p. m., and leave at 1 :45 p. m. We would
be delighted to have as many of the Ki
wanis Club as can conveniently do so,
meet the Boosters' Club on that day.
"In our party we will have the Hon
orable E. Lee Trinkle, Governor of the
State of Virginia, and four of his offi
cial family; (he Honorable Mayor of
Roanoke. Mr. B. J. Fishburne, and the
Honorable Clifton A. Wood rum, Con
gressman from this district.
“Very truly yours,
"ROANOKE ROOSTERS CLUB,
"R. H. ANGELL, President."
Members of the Kiwanis Club, other
•ivic organizations and several city offi
cials will map out a program of enter
tainment for tlie visitors, according to
present plans, i
ORDEAL FOR WILSON
TO ATTEND FUNERAL.
But He ‘‘(’ame Through Excellently,”
Grayson Atfciounees After the Obse
quies.
Washington; Aug. S.—Woodrow Wil
son was a dramatic figure in the parade
which escorted the body of President
Harding to the Capitol this morning.
For more thhn an hour, the former
President waited in the hot sunshine out
side the White House to take his place
in the funeral procession and thus pay
his tribute to the man who succeeded
him.
The former President, with Mrs. Wil
son and Admiral Grayson, his friend and
physician, passed down . Penus-.vlva-nia
Avenue in their automobile to the east
front of the Capitol, but he did not at
tempt to enter the building, but drove
away to his home in S. Street. The
former President had a place of honor
in the cortege. His car followed "that of
Chief Justice Taft, which was preceded
by the automobile of President Coolidge.
Behind Mr. Wilsosn came the foreign
ambassadors.
It appeared that Mr. Wilson was much
moved today. When he was waiting
in the White House grounds, and the I
flag-covered coffin was taken from the I
East Room to the artillery caisson, his
eyes were fixed upon it, and on his face
was an expression of sadness. I
During the slow ride down the ave
nue he was a silent figure. A few
times he spoke in a hushed tone to Mrs.
IV i I son. Hundreds of .the people along
the sidewalks bared their heads as he
passed.
The effect he left upon observers was
that of man stronger physically than I
he was when he rode down Pennsylva
nia Avenue behind the body of the Un- ]
known Soldier on Armistice Day, No-1
vember 11. 11121. His face was' fuller, I
his eyes were firmer and he held his |
head more alertly. He still has to be |
assisted in and out of his automobile,
two attendants helping him into it this
morning as he left the S Street house.
After the former President returned
to his home. Admiral Grayson said his
patient had stood the ordeal well. This
was taken as an indication that the
naval doctor considers that Mr. Wilson
is improving, and, in fact. Sir. Grayson
confirmed that belief by saying:
“Mr. Wilson is stronger today than he
was a year ago. He came through to
day excellently.”
With Our Advertisers.
The Linn property in and near Rock
well, N. C„ will be sold at public auction
at 10 a. m„ Friday, August 17th. See
half page ad. in this issue for particulars.
Ransack—(meaning to search, rum
make, overhaul, explore) Sale at the store
of Browns-Cannon Co. See new ad. in
this issue.
Hoover's says: “Yes we have no ba
nanas, but we do have new fall suits.”
Change of ad. today gives interesting
facts to the men of this section.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Company
in a new ad. assures you absolute secur
ity. liberal treatment and a number of
other things, if you do business with
it. |
The Clean Sweep Sale at the Concord
Furniture Company is now on. Every
thing reduced twenty to fifty per cent,
according to new ad. today.
Memorial Service Tonight.
As has been heretofore announced
there will be memorial services at. For
est Hill Methodist ChiSreh tonight be
ginning promptly at 8 So'clock. An
excellent program consisting of music
and short addresses has been arranged.
The people from town, and county are
cordially invited to attend.
William Rockefeller Leaves a $102,584,-
438 36 Estate.
New York, Aug. I).—William Rocke
feller left an estate with a gross value
of $102,284,438.30, it was shown today
in the rejiort of the state tax commis
sion. The report showed a net value
of $67,640,660.30 aftgr deductions for,
administration expensttg debts, funeral
expenses and commissitM* to «VMftors.
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NO. 189.
From Coast to Coast and
From Border to Border
Silent Tribute Will Honor
Dead Leader.
INDUSTRY ALMOST
COMPLETELY STOPPED
All Federal Work Stopped
and Work in Many Other
Industries Was Halted
During the Day.
Washington, D. C.. Aug. 10 (Bv the
Associated Press).—The nation wili pay
a tribute of silence to Warren G. Hard
ing as his body is entombed today at Ma
rion.
From coast to coast and from border to
border, every wheel of Federal govern
ment, and practically every one of in
dustry and commerce will stand still.
Theatres and other amusement places
will be closed; baseball games postponed,
and other events of sports deferred.
As recommended by President Coolidge
in his proclamation officially announcing
tlie death of the late President the day
will be one of mourning and prayer.
Thousands upon thousands will gather in
places of worship for services as church
hells toll their mournful message of a
beloved chieftain laid to his last rest.
These services will not be confined to
land or to America. At sea, on great
passenger liners flying the American and
other flaA. prayers will be said, and
memorial ceremonials will be held in a
number of foreign lands—in historic
W estminster Abbey, in France, in Swit
zerland. in South Aiflorica and elsewhere.
President Coolidge did not proclaim his
burial day a national holiday as it was
not his purpose to recommend a stoppage
of industry, preferring rather to leave
each individual concern the choice of the
method by which it would pay a last
tribute to the dead. In many states, how
ever, a state holiday has been proclaimed,
and in these all banks, national and state,
will be closed. In those states where
national banks may not ue closed under
the law, the transaction of only urgent
business will be encouraged.
In many sections, mines, factories, ship
yards and places of business generally
will be closed throughout the day. Iu
others there will be a cessation of work
at the burial hour.
South Pays Homage.
Atlanta. Ga., Aug. It) (By tiie Associ
»Ted--Presat.—The South today bowed a
farewell salute to a gentleman of the
North. Down below that imaginary line
of historic fame the Southland stood by
in heightened sorrow and in silent rev
erence as Warren Harding reached home
again—to stay.
That he had sprung from the other
side of that line mattered not. That lie
was of political faith other than theirs
was forgotten, since the sudden sad word
was flashed out of the West a week ago
news that had affected the harsn angle
I of politics and had quickly, quietly bleud
!ed the nation into a word of tender ro
memberances of him who had gone. And
, today Dixie bowed with genuine grief and
a sentiment expressed the world over as
the little crowd “up North" showed its
sadness and its love in services simple
and beautiful over the earthly remains of
a neighbor Down through the Blue
Ridge mountains of Virginia and the
Carolines and Tennessee; through the
j old red hills of Georgia and Alabama;
the low verdant valleys of Mississippi and
| Louisiana ; the sweeping ranges of Texas
j and Oklahoma; and the palm-fringed pen
insula of tropical Florida—throughout
j all those states that make up the land
j called Dixie—flic grinding wheel of coin-
Imerce paused.
For it was a holiday—a strange, hush
ed holiday—iu honor of a great man who
was not so much a Republican President
as a President of the republic. Over all
the South the holiday was observed. Gov
ernors of the various states had passed
on the proclamation of the new Presi
dent. Heads of cities and towns and vil
lage governments had relayed it to the
people. For some sections delegations
had gone to the little town 'up North” to
be present at the home services. Others
had sent their sentiments in floral trib
utes. But the entire South was there in
spirit.
Sloop Reunion Will Be Held at China
Grove.
China Grove. Aug. !).—The third an
nual reunion of the descendants of
Conrad Sloop will be held Tuesday,
August 21, at the Lutheran chapel, near
China Grove, beginning at 10 o'clock in
the morning. Bruner Sloop will make
the welcome address, to which response
will be made by Rev. Herman Cooper.
Dinner will be served on the ground
following the election of officers. Rev.
,T H. Keller will deliver an address in
the afternoon, as will Rev. M. L. Riden
j hour.
New Paper is Chartered For City of
High Point.
Raleigh, Aug. !).—The High Point
Publishing company, of High Point, to
day was granted a charter of incorpora
tion by Secretary of State W. N.
Everett. The company will operate a
daily newspaper at High Point. The
authorized capital stock is $25,000 with
SB,OOO subscribed by John Beasley, J.
E. Mills, 11. A. Mills, S. C. Clark. Fred
N- Tate, R. O. Lindsay und C. T.
Kearns, all of High Point.
British Empire a Babel.
London, Aug. 9.—There are spoken in
the British Empire today more tongues
than prevailed at. the time of the de
struction of the Tower of Babel, ac
cording to Pro|essor Daniel Jones, an
authority on languages.
, In the entire empire, he says, there
are from 800 to 1,000 distipet languages.
India alone has 000.