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r Oft®®®®** • TODAY’S • • NEWS 0 • TODAY * VOLUME XXIII Spirit of Service Great Factor in American Life President Coolidge says This Spirit Has Been Predomi nant Always in the Life of ' the American People. RED CROSS BUILT ALONG THIS LINE For That'Reason More Than Any Other, President Says,: Organization Has Grown to Its Present Power. " (By the A*Mociated PreNN.) W«HkinKton. Sept. 24.—A deep -faith in spiritual things, tempered b.v a hard sense adapted to the needs of the world, is the kind of practical-idealism that is represented in the history of America. President Coolidge said today in Itn ad dress before the annual convention of the American Bed Cross. The people, he added, are not likely to adopt any other course. The idealism of which he spoke, the President said, was illustrated by the men who went to Europe when our own liberty and life were in peril, but who when victory was secured, retired from the field “unencumbered by spoils, inde pendent, unattacked and unbought.” President Coolidge's address, his first formal public utterance, was devoted to praise of the qualities which have made the Ited Cr<ws a success. Chief among • these, he saiiT was its practical idealism. "The American Bed Cross is a modern application of ancient principles." the President said. "The idea of charity is very old. It is included in the teachings of the earliest philosophers. It is one of the fundamental doctrines of our Bible. It is a spiritual construction of human relationships. It is life in obedience to things unseen. "Throughout history men had been taught to put their trust in other things and have failed. They have sought for power through material resources alone. They have thought it might be gained b.v the accumulation of great riches. They have attempted to .rely upon the naked force of armies and navies, conquering b.v the might of the sword. But these forces are not the ultimate rulers of mankind. They are necessary for security as po lice and the criminal courts, and bolts and bars are necessary. The adjuncts of pence. But they are negative forces. They do not create; they resent. They are not the ultimate force in the world. They do not make the final determina ' tiop amtttix tnm».. OvL nigher power. “Mankind has nos yet. cannot yet, dis card the use of these forces. It is sig nificant, however, that the great nations have at least agreed upon their limita- 1 _ tions. But it is even more significant j that civilization is coming to rely more and more upon moral force. It is be cause the Bed'Cross has been a practical | illustration of that principle that it has been a success. It makes it’s appeal di rectly to the conscience of mankind. It does not have in it any element of com pulsion. It is a voluntary offering of the people themselves. Whenever and wherever an emergency has resulted in human suffering to the extent of its abil ity it administers whatever may be nec essary for temporary relief.” With Our Advertisers. See the new ad. today of the Miller- Starnes-Parker Co., the new jewelers and optometrists here. » You can' save ISO per cent, or more on your heating bill this winter—read the new ad. of the Concord Furniture Co. today and find out how. The new- Victor records for October at the Bell & Harris Music Department. Good things to eat always at Clide'& Moose's. Sorghum, honey and molasses. Dining room furniture of the finest character at Ball & Harris'. The home dressmaker will find much of interest in the new assortment of fab rics for the making of fall dresses and other garments to be found at 80arboro'«, the jew store next to Gibson Drug Store. I!oii can easily own a home of your own. See ad. of the Cabarrus County liuildirg Doan and Savings Ass oe ! ation. Boys’ suits, from 10 to sls, at Hoo ver's, in a smart new model. See new ad. Choice lots in City View are being snapped up. Get yours before they are all gone. Easy terms. See big ad. to day. ' ■*** You will always find courtesy at the l Citizens Bank and Trust Co. The condition of Mias Elizabeth Wood house, who has been undergoing treat ment in a Biltmore hospital for some time, is reimrted today as improved. She is still unable to leave the hospital, how ever.. S FRIENDLINESS || *3 is good banking policy. EE = YOU FIND IT HERE! || /"'WIZENS til ■ BANK £<• TRUST CO.l Hi V h. CONCORD, N. C. 1 3HMhW \^c%raniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii#s^^ The Concord daily Tribune MISS MARGARET BEBSEKT DEAD AT HER HAME HERE Death Occurred Shortly After 11 O’clock Today—Funeral Services to Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon. Miss Margaret E. Beseent, one of Concord's most beloved women and a pioneer in education work in Cabarrus county, died here this morning shortly after 11 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith, with whom she had lived for a number of years. Since Sat j nrda.v Miss Bessent's condition had been I critical, and death was not unexpected. Funeral services will be held tomor row afternoon at 4 o’clock at All Saints Episcopal Church. The services will bp conducted by Arcbishop W. H. Har din. of Salisbury, and interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery. Biss Bcssent was born on August 2, 1844. at Moeksville, Davie county. After her father's death, which occurred when slip was eight years of age. Miss Besscut came to Concord, being adopted by her uncle, the late Dr. It. IV Besscut. As she grew up her uncle found .a home for her at the home of the late John A. Moss. Miss Besscut attended school at and graduated from Edworth School at Greensboro. She then taught for a number of years in Cabarrus county, later conducting a private school in this city and after that being principal of the Concord Apademy. Her work in the Academy and other schools had* been so successful that she was asked to join the faculty of Salem Academy, and she was connected with that institution far twenty years. After her- work with Salem she returned to her home here, where she had* since lived quietly. Miss Beessent was recognized as one of the greatest educators of Cabarrus county. Taking up her work during the period when an education was hard to obtain, slip followed her vocation with an untiring spirit and a great love for her students, and was so successful that she became known throughout the State. To most people in Concord Miss Bes .sent was known as as "Miss Maggie." a name given her in the school room, and a name that became symbolical of gen tleness. kiuduess and helpfulness in the wide circle of friends she made wherever slip was known. SUIT AGAINBTTHE PEANUT HOUSE SETTLED Settlement wag Beached Out of Court.— Feared Peanuts Industry Would Suf fer. (Pj ITie Associated Press. I Norfolk. Va„ Sept. 24—The $3,ft25.- -flfW-turlt of the Peanut iSAwers Asso ciation against a dozen or more big cleaners and shellers of Virginia and North Carolina was today settled out of court. Announcement to this effect was made this morning when Judge Groner con vened United States District Court, which had been recessed from 'Friday. .Lawrence JL. Levy, chief counsel for the Grower* 1 "Association, submitted a motion asking that the case be dismissed. In brief. Mr. Levy stated that it was the belief of both sides that a continuance of the hearing would do damage to the peanut industry, as a whole. THE COTTON MARKET Had Somewhat an Irregular Opening.— Prices Higher After the Opening. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Sept. 24.—The cotton mar ket had a somewhat irregular opeuiug today, first prices being seven points higher to points lower, but there was buying on reports of unsettled weather in the South and the steady showing of the later Liverpool cables. This sent active months about 10 to 15 points net higher during the early trading. Cojton futures opened steady: October 20.30: December 28.80; January 28.40 ; March 28.30; May 28.20. DR. YARBOROUGH IS / , AGAIN BEING Is Charged With Rioting in Connection With Hogging of Man in Macon. (By #l»* Associated Prc*~.i Macon. Ga., Sept, 24.—Dr. C. A. Yar borough. Macon dentist, who the State alleges was the ring leader in a series of (loggings here, was again placed on trial in city court here today, charged with rioting in connection with the Hog ging of VV. O. Barnett, harness manufac turer. , The cases of eight other mtin, charged with being implicated in vari ous Hoggings, f’ere continued. Yarborough was acquitted last week on a charge of whipping R. F. Mills. Exiierts say that * watch keeps much better time if it is wound in the morning instead of . at night because the spring is taut throughout the day,, when it is subject to- most vibration. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1923. DEFENDS HIMSELF FOR PRAISING PRIZE FIGHT Minister Characterized the Peoeple Who Have Criticised His Statement as Hyp ocrites. (By the Associat'd Press.) Chicago. Sept. 24.—The Bev. Freder ick E. Hopkius iu his sermon yesterday nt the First Presbyterian Church iu Mich igan City. Ind.. characterized as hypo | c-rites those who criticised his sermons Sunday a week ago praising the Demp sey-Firpo fight. He said he had receiv- I ed hundreds of letters assailing him for , extolling the fight and the elements of character which the fight exemplified. "I have been listening all week to quite a storm of hypocrisy," lie said. "As for the prize fight, it is only using common sense to realize that newspapers would not sell millions of papers describ ing the fight if only the low-minded are interested in tile fight." "One reason the pulpit does not reach more men is because it does not talk of things that interest men. The first thing men turn to in their newspaper is the sports page." PEASANT ARMY MARCHES ON BULGARIA’S CAPITAL Attempt to Be Made to Oust Government Is Report ill France. Paris. Sept. 23.—A despatch to othe Havas Agency from Sofit says the pres ent insurrection in Bulgaria is spread ing ami gathering strength. One hun dred thousand peasants, a majority of whom are armed, and fairly well organ ized, are marening on Sofia in an at tempt to overthrow the government. The dispatch adds that the cabinet sat throughout Saturday night. . It was pre sided over by King Boris. Two regi ments-alive been despatched against the oncoming peasants who are reported to have halted in the face of rifie fire. Bulgarian towns along the Jugoslav frontier are showing special activity. Al though it is asserted in Sofia that the movement is purely agrarian, the com munists luive taken a hand in the con troversy and arc directing a general strike which is to become effective Mon day. A Havas dispatch from Sofit dated Saturday says the Bulgarian chamber of deputies was dissolved by royal decree. The dispatch adds that the date of the elections had not been fixed but, un der" the constitution, these would (take place within two months of the dissolu tion of the .chamber. Four Are Killed in Auto Accident. Schenectady, N. Y.. Sept. 23.—Four persons were killed and two others in jured when their automobile was struck by an interurban trolley car near here late today. The (lead are. Mrs. Louise Talford. 1!), >f Schenectady; Kcgna Talford. her one year-old daughter. Earl Moore, 25, broth* es of Mrs. Talford. and Mrs. James Leree. 35,* Schenectady, sister of Mrs. I-ltw-d. . The injured are, Herbert Clarke, 7. of Albany, and Robert Talford, husband of Mrs. Louise Talford. Tile auto was struck by the trolley when it was being driven across the racks. The trolley carried it 00 yards. Club Meetings For Week. Miss ('athleen Wilson, county home demonstration agent, announces the fol lowing community meetings for this week : St. Johns. Wednesday night 8 o'clock. Rocky ltiver Thursday night 8 o'clock. Harrisburg, Friday afternoon, 3 o'clock. The St. John's and Rocky River meet ings will be regular ones, but the one at Harrisburg has been called for the pur pose of discussing exhibits to be enter ed iu the county and community falft. Durham, N. Sept. 22.—The build- New Methodist Church at Durham! church, of this city, is receiving plans for a new church edifice to take the ing committee of Trinity Methodist place of the one that was recently burn ed. One set of plans submitted to the committee calls for a church constructed of white stoue with a spire 1(50 feet higher than the steeple of the old church- Durham Methodists Will Build New Edifice. Durham. Sept. 22.—The building com mitee of Trinity Methodist Church, of this city, is receiving plans for a new church edifice to take the place of the one that was recently burned. One set of plans submitted to the conimitee calls for a church constructed of white stone with a spire 100 feet high. 40 feet higher than the steeple of the old church. E. W. Dixon Dead. (By the Associated (»re*e.i Winston-Salem. S4pt. 24.—Edward W. Dixon, aged about 05 years, manager of the Imperial Tobacco Company's »plant and business here, died at his home at 11 o'clock today after several months’ ill ness. He is survived b.v his widow, two sons and a daughter.. Morning Paper for High Point. The High Point Publishing Company, which is to issue Tlie Morning Herald, at that place, has been organized with 11. A. Mills, president; John Beasley, vice president and general manager, and L. C. MeCaskili, secretary and treasurer. The first edition of the paper will .come out on' the second Sunday in Octobe^. Mrs. Ward Called to Stand Today. (By the Associated ITmh i White Plains, N. Y„ Sept. 24.—Mrs. Walter S. Ward was one of the wit nesses today called by the prosecution as a witness in the case in which her husband is charged with murder in the second degree of Clarence Peters, of Hav erhill, MasKsachusettß. Wilmington Public Schools Open. (Hy the Associated Cress.l Wilmington. N. C., Sept. 24.—The Wilmington public schools opened this week for the 1923-1024 session with an enrollment of 7.374 pupils, the largest enrollment in ths history of the city. ' The title of the Sheikh whieh is so of ten met with in present day fiction is a class rank among Arabs, implying a chieftain, the head of a village or tribe or even an eminent man. The correct pronunciation is “shake”—not “sheek.” ■ , -g v v I J&mk jSSF? 3 V' . Jpg*'- aMaßy FAMOUS MENDELSSOHN QUARTET TO SING AT THE EXPOSITION Charlotte, Sept. 24.—The Made-in-Carolinas Exposition Committee lias ju-t announced the engagement of tli* famouCity, for the first week of the Mude-in-C s Mendelssohn Male Quartet of New Yovkarolinas Exposition.' The Club will sing each afternoon and evening during the first week o f the exposition only. They arc unable to be absent from New York for a hinge,- per iod, and it lias been necessary to engage another quarteb—The Adana, mirtet of Toronto. Canada, to replace them! Tim Exposition committee is indeed fortu nate in being able to bring thesg two nationally known siuging organizations in to the South. The musical program of Ihe Exposition will be second only to Atlanta's Grand Opera Season and will attract visitors from all over (lie South. COTTON MILL STOCKS CONTINUE TO CLIMB Average For Week Is $138.72. While Some Storks Jupip From $4 to sll the Share. Gastonia, Sept. 23.—Cotton mill slocks continued to climb to higher levels dur ing tlie week, according to the average released by K. S. JDiekson and Company, the present average standing at $138.72 compared with $137.40 .last week.* The advance this week brings alie average back to where it stood May 15th, of this year. All stocks were firm during the week, the only decline being Poe Manufactur ing. with a loss of $4 per share, while •ayge gains took place in other issues as follows: Anderson $11) Woodside $N Uhiquola $5. Williamson $.7. Woodruff $5. Newberry $4, and Pacblet $3. Ma jestic. Gaffney. Sterling. Judson and On also showed good gains in tlie hid price. Small gains were recorded throughout the list. Present mill earnings iaiml justify eo haiTW?u 7)notations for sum■ ks, us yarn liiill Officials here state that buyers of yarns arc Slow to follow the big advance in cotton. On the other hand traders i are feeling better over the big jump! in cotton and fee! that prices for the! mill product will soon be in line with i •otton prices, UNDERWOOD DENIES HE HAS ABANDONED LEAGUE Candidate for the Democratic Presiden tial Nomination Declares. However, It Not an Issue. Washington. Sept. 23*—Senator Oscar W. Underwood. Alabama’s candidate for the Ileniocratic presidential nomination, denied today having asserted recently in Chicago that lie was "no longer a strong advocate of the league of na tions.” He added he had not been dis cussing the leage " because that is not an issue.” "My views of the league of nations are well known," lie said. “I voted for the Versailles treaty without reserva tions, which included the league of na tions covenant. I have no apologies now for my action then. The. Republ ican papers are trying to answer my criticism of the administration b.v saying that* I am now opposed to the league of nations. They have not yet answered my criticism that the party lias no pol icy intended to be helpful in Europe, to preserve peace, re-estab’isb Europe’s finances and bring industrial stability. “I might says that I have not been discussing the league of nations, because that is not an issue. The Republican party rejected it. But lam justified in criticising tin* Republican adiiiiuistra ton for its lack of policy in Europe. We ought to do something to help Eu rope. and we have done nothing.” Finds Child Has No Sense of Propor tion. (By tnr Aiinelnted rrn>.i Chicago. Sept. 24.—Children four years old have little or no senco of proportion, is the conclusion of Miss Stella McCarty, associate professor of education at Goucher college, fo’lowing a test over a iieriod of three years to gauge the natural artistic impulses of children between the ages of four and ‘eight. More than 40|000 drawings submit ted from all parts ot the United Stales were examined in tffe test, the result of which lias been announced here by the committee on conservation and advance of the Methodist Episcopal church. Children were allowed a five choice of subjects, which included more than DOO topics, with a very wide range. “Tbe majority of the girls submitted drawings of houses and domestic thiqgs. while the boys drew on their imagina tions more and constructed pretentious buildings, bridges and me ehanical de vices.” said Miss McCarty, who also is chairman of tlie Kindergnrdeq club of her city. “After carefully studying ( all the drawings, I came to the conclusion that children four years old have little or no sense of proportion. At eight years, about one-fourth of the number had de veloped it. Only one-eighth of the draw ings shows any signs of perspective.” Children in India have to learn the multiplication tabic up to forty times forty, nnd this is further complicated by the introduction of fractional parts. FOURTH PERSON KILLED IN TWO DAYS BY AUTO Spencer Lad .Jumps off lee Wagon Just as Heavy Truck Passes and is Crushed. Spencer, Sept. 22.—Tlie fourth vic tim of automobile accidents in Rowan county during the past two days was George Thomas Melton, aged six years, so of Mr. and Mrs. William Me’tou of Spencer, who was instantly killed by a heavy road truck owned by J. G- Coun cil and driven bv 0. B. Rigsbce, both of Raleigh. Tlie accident occurred near Spencer depot this afternoon when the lad jump ed from behind an ice wagon on which fie was playfully riding, just in time to be struck b.v the heavy truck loaded with six toils of stone, making good speed down a deep grade near the pas senger station. It was : nipossible for the driver to stop until after fatally injuring the boy. who lived but a few moments. Mr ldigbee and others who saw the accident stated that the lad apparently did not see the truck. His body wSs badlC mangled.- The driver of the truck talked frankly about the accident and assisted in taking the body home and then sought officers for the purpose of placing him self in their hands. It is contended, however, that the accident was unavoidable and that the driver is held blameless. The owner of the truck makes headquarters in Ral eigh and is doing a large amount of hauling for street work in Spencer and has several trucks on the job. J. KLWOOD COX BOBBIN PLANT. OF HIGH POINT. BURNED Blaze Starts in Shaving Pit. Quickly Spreading to the Machine Depart - ment. a High Point. Sept. 23.—The bobbin plant of the .T. Ehvood Cox Manufac turing Company on South Hamilton Street near ConMiierce, was destroyed b.v fire at 3 o'clock this .morning, entailing a loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. The building, a three-story brick struc ture. and the complete stock, consisting of dogwood, persimmon, hickory and oth er woods used in the production, were burned. Tlip flames, which originated in the shaving pit. quickly made their way to the machine room and main section of the building. The old Gate City Motory Company, an adjoining structure, was \seriously threatened, but a large fire wall headed off the flames and saved that building. The office of flic manufacturing com pany. which adjoins the main building, also was threatened, but the flames climbed their way above the one-story building and did no damage there. The origin of the file had not been determined this aft.ernoon. None of the officers of the company could advance any explanation concerning its origin. Vaccination for Dogs. Weehawken, N. J.. Sept: 24. —Next spring every dog in Weehawken wifi be running around with a vaccination mark on his leg—or wherever they put it— and nobody will be able to start a panic by yelling “Mad dog.” at sight of some hot and tired purp moseying along with his tongue hanging out. Mayor Leech, of Weehawken. had hoard of a vaccine announced about two years at the Congress of Doctors in Chi cago had proved effective in making in dividual (logs immune from tables. The mayor conferred with the health commit tee and is was decided to vaccinate all dogs in town. As it is late in the year, however, they agreed merely to lay ill a supply of vaccine for the present, so as to be all set by May 1. 1024, when Weehawken liojies to be the first city in the cast to elnninatie rabies by conimi’sor.v vacci nation for the animal. Health Inspec tor David J Walsh and Hpaltli Doctor William ,T. Synder are planning the cam paign. Appointed Assistant Secretary of Agri culture. ' Washington. D. C., Sept. 22.—0 n the commendation of Secretary Wallnce, of the Department of Agriculture, Howard 51. Gore has been appointed assistant srj-nflary of agriculture by President Coolidge to take the place of Charles W. Ptigsley, who recently resigned to accept the presidency of the South Dokota State Agriculture College. • MILITARY BOARD GETS MOB EINFORMATI3N Facts About Burning of Three Homes Given to Gcv. Walton’s Commission. Tulso, Sept. 24 (By the Associated Press). —Testimony describing U J ing of three houses in Tulsa in j by a party of masked men. .irarn by Governor J. C. Walton’s military com mission this moruuig as the investiga tion into hooded band activity was re sinned. a high officer of the commission declared iu an interview with newspaiier men. A wedding ceremony performed in the center of a field in Creek County, adjoin ing Tulsa County while the bridegroom was chained to a gas engine with pistols leveled at his head was another case heard tiiis morning. NO METHOD FOUND FOR OPERATING SHIPS Shipping Board Tells President No Sound Methods Have Been Found Yet. (By tlie Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 24 —President Cool idge lias been advised by members of the Shipping Board that a thorough can vass of the situation hoc; failed to de velop any suggested plan of operating the government merchant marine fleet which offers hope of escaping a definite and continued deficit. Computation of the various factors which *entci- into marine transportation place a “fixed differential” of “$5 a ton against American ships,” the President was informed, and this handicap was met regardless of the method of opera tion devised b.v the board. The Menhaden Fishing Industry. (By the Associated Press. Wilmington. N. C., Sept. 24.—The Menhaden fishing industry is expected to get well underway here within the next 10 days. Two large commercial fish ing concerns already have begun opera tions for catching menhadden fish, also known as "fat backs,” but the industry is not expected to reach its height height for several weeks yet, until the southern migration of the fish from northern wat ers lias caused a more plentiful supply. Notaries of Public Licensed. (By (he Associated Press.) Raleigh, N. C„ Sept. 24 Notary of j public licenses have been issued at the of fice of the Governor to the following per sons : A. W. Gregory. Varma: Nathan Holle man. Apex; W. E. Barbour, Smithfield; | Jay Bivens.-Gastonia ; C. L. Grier, Char lotte ; C. L. Hill, Buladean; Miss E. i Newton, Kinston; T. H. Tavlor, Ashe ville. Tom Cox Takes Own Life. i ßy the AMMoclotcU Prena. Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 24.—While police, summoned by liis family, wefe speeding toward his home about 2:4f» morning. Tv»n Cox., profusion— nl billiardisr and one time runner-up in a world’s championship match, shot him- ! self through the head with a revolver dying instantly. He was 55 years old and had been employed at a local bil- J oard parlor for some months. Karthquake Casualties Reported. | Teheran. Persia, Sept. 24 (By the As sociated Press). —Several villages iu the vicinity of Bujnuril are reported to have been destroyed with casualties as far as known of 12M dead and about 100 injur ed* in the earthquake which shook the regiou last Thursday, say d'inpaf elves reaching here. The shocks are continuing. Damage also is reported in the district of Shir van. Case of Deserted Love, Kills Man, Then Stops. Atlanfa, Ga., Sept. 22.—Mrs. Ollie .lustis, 25, shot and instantly killed Dewitt Turner as she rode with him in an automobile late today, according to tlie story she told the police. It Was a case of deserted love. After killing the man she took the wheel and stopped the automobile and when an ambulance arrived sat holding the dead man’s head in her lap. Will Sue W. E. W. Stokes. (By tlie tsiiociatell Preaß.) Chicago, Sppt. 24.—Announcement that the county grand jury would have oppor tunity to investigate the charges of Mrs. Helen Ed wood Stokes that her husband, W. E. I). Stokes, wealthy New Yorker, whom she is suing for divorce, and his agents have sought to ruin her reputa tion. was made today by Assistant State Attorney Charles S. Wharton. YOU CAN OWN A HOME The dream of a HOME of YOUR OWN is now a pos sibility to every man or woman who is willing to let us work with them to secure it. YOU may plan it to suit your self—we will finance it —and you may pay for it the same as you are now paying rent. Bring the family in any time and we will be glad to explain the plan. Series No. 52 is now open, start right by taking some shares now. The Best in the Country. CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAV INGS ASSOCIATION Office in Concord National Bank 0 ASSOCIATED 0 0 PRESS 0 0 DISPATCHES 0 * NO. 226. jwnuK i-t" n "tLfO»IIE« I MIME LOST l Men Were Taking Part in the James Gordon Bennett Cup Race, Which Began Under i Unfavorable Weather. THREE OTHERS IN RACE LOST LIVES i _ In View of the Terrific Storm Which Was Raging Fear is Entertained for the Safety on Other Men in Race. (By the Associated Press.* , Brussels. Sept. 24.—Five airmen, in cluding two L’. S. army lieutenants, lost , their lives, another was seriously injured, i an( T five balloons were smashed on the i ground or destroyed by lightning in the .Tames Gordon Bennett cup race, which , started yesterday under the most adverse . weather conditions ever experienced in the history of tlje competition. The dead included I.ieut. Olmstead and Lieut. Choptaw, of the U. S. Army balloon S-6. The I'. S. Navy A-6699 and the Fer nanda 111. a French entry, were the on ly balloons reported up to noon today as having landed safely. In view of the terrific storm, fears are entertained for the safety of the ten balloonists not let heard from. I SOUTHERN POWER MAY HAVE TO SAVE JUICE Users Notified That Curtailment Orders May Be Issuer! in Near Future. (By the Associated Press.) Charlotte. Kept. 24.—Declaring light rainfalls in recent months present the | possibility of a shortage of water in the reservoirs of the Southern Power Co. in this section the company announced to day it had advised users of its power that a curtailed schedule of operations I may be asked later of the manufactur ! ers, as was done last fall and winter. I Battery Park Hotel To Be Demolished. (By the Associated Press.) Asheville. N. C.. Sept. 24.—-Battery Park Hotel closed its doors, behind its j last guest this week after 35 years of service. The hotel is to be demolished, ■ giving way to a new skyscraper hotel to be built on a lower level after the —hth. -which t*e present building stands, is shoveled away. 1 Dr. Westray Battle was the first man to register at the opening of the Battery Park Hotel. July 12. IKB6. and E. J. Parker, a salesman of Philadelphia, Pa., was the last person to register before the big guest book was closed. i New' Charters Issued to Corporations. ’(By the Associated Press.) Raleigh, N. C..* Sept. 24.—Charters have been issued 'by Secretary of State W. N. Everett to the 'following corpor ations : Murphy Coal and Iron Company, Mur phy. Cherokee county, with authorized capital stock of $50,000. of which $2,500 has been subscribed by Scott Litton, of Clinehfield, Va.. L. L. Heaton, and Maud K. Heaton, of Murphy. Creditors Mercantile company, of Greensboro, with authorized capital stock of $20,000. of which S3OO has been subscribed by H. W. Beecher, F. B. Smith and W. McCray, all of Greensboro. Gen. Bowdey. Goes to Atlanta. (By the Associated Press.) Fayetteville, N. C„ Sept. 22.—Gen eral A. 1. Bowley, commander officer of Fort Bragg has gone to Atlanta. Ga.. to assume commander of the Fourth Corps Area in the absence on leave of General David C. Shanks- It is under stood that General Bowley will be in command of the area until about No vember I.' Japanese Relief Fund. Gilwood Church ............... 7.50 Sevent.v-lve steps a minute is consid ered the average walking pace of a man in good health.
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