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VOLUME XXIII
Max Gardner Will Speak
On Opening Day of Fair
Shelby Man Accepts Invita
tion to Officially Receive,
' . Fair in Behalf of Cabar
rus Farm People.
GOODMAN NAMES
HIS ASSISTANTS
County Farm Agent An
nounces List of Persons
Who Will Assist With the
Farm Exhibits.
O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, one of the
State's most prominent men. and a shak
er of unusual ability, has signified his
intention of attending the Cabarrus Coun
ty Fair- when it opens on Tuesday. Oc
tober 10th. Tills announcement was
made today by an official of the fair
who communicated with Mr. Gardner on
Thursday and who stated after the con
versation that Mr. Gardner would offi
cially accept the fair for the farm people
of Cabarrus, for whom the fair will be
given.
Mr. Gardner needs no introduction to
the people of Cabarrus County. He is
known throughout the State ns one of
North Carolina's ablest men, and he is
certain to be heard with keen interest
when*he speaks on tlie aliening day of
the fair. Mr. Gardner will speak at the
fair grounds immediately after the pa
rade reaches the grounds.
Major W. A. Foil, chief marshal of
the fair, stated this morning that he
talked with Governor Cameron Morrison
Thursday and that the Governor was pos
itive now that he would be able to be
here for Friday of the fair, tvheu Gov
ernor's J)dy will be observed. Governor
Morrison will leave Concord Friday
night for Washington, where he will go
on State business.
Major Foil also stated that he talked
with Governor Mel.eod, of South Caro
line, and was informed that the Chief
Executive of the I’almetto State will not
be able to .be here for Governor's Day
nulesa present plans are changed. Gov
ernor McLeod at present intends to be
in Indiana on the day he was invited to
■ speak here, aud he told Mr. Foil that
lie could not nine unless some im|s>rtant
business developed in the immediate fu
ture which would prevent him from mak
ing the trip to Indiana to attend a con
ference of Governors. In event the In
diana trip has to be cancelled. Governor
‘'McLeod stated, he would~jnaiw every
chart to be here with Governor. Morrison
rn. Wfhtey ’
K. !). Goodman, county farm agent
and general superintendent-of farm and
field crops aud livestock exhibits at the
fair announced today the following list
of committees which will assist him in
file work of securing and displaying ex
hibits from the farm.
Department A—Farm aud Field Crops.
•4V. H. Furr, Sam .Black. Clias. It. Wal
ker. W. .M. Morrison. Sum I’harr.
Department B—Horticultural Prod
ucts: E. A. Morrison, W. C. McKinley,
H. E. Cline. J. A. Furr, .Ino. It. Black
welder.
Department D—Livestock : W. O. I’e
trea, Italph Morrison. Beef cattle. Geo.
V. Kluttz, P. M. Krimmiuger. Guernsey
cattle: Nat Archer, W. H. Hagler. Hol
stein cattle: Chas. E. Boger. J.L. Witl
thal. JtVsey cattle: Watt Smith. Roy
Scott. Berkshire hogs, A. H. Litaker.
Durts- Jersey hogs, G. L.' Brown. O. I.
C. hogs. F. M. Currish. Hampshire
hogs. Geo. Y. Kluttz. W. E. Alexander.
Poland China hogs, Jno. C. Casper,
Hitrris Bro. anti Newels.
Poultry in General —H. E. Cline. Mrs.
Ed. Irvin, Mrs. W. N. Bnrnhardt, Mrs.
L. W. Earnhardt, Mrs. M. N. Petrea,
Paris Kidd, Cameron Macltae, B. C.
Hopkins, ,J. F. Faggert. Mrs. It. A.
Alexander, Mrs. G. C. Hagler.
To be popular at home is a great
achievement. The man who is loved by
the cat, by the dog, by his neighbor's
children, and by his own wife is a great
man, even if he has never had his name
in ‘‘Who's Who.”
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The Goncqrd Daily Tribune
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' MrTIGUE-STRIBLING BOUT
i CAUSED BIG SENSATION
Man Who Refereed Bout Has Made Three
Decision* as to the Winner.
4Mr in* AMoemted Press.
Columbus. Op.. Oct. s.—Mike McTigue.
of Ireland, retains the world's light
heavyweight championship by virtue of
three decisions by Harry Erdle, New York
referee.
After 10 mediocre rounds here yester
day, Erdle made motions with his hands
and left the ring, only to return in a
few moments rind declare Young Strib
ling, of Macon. Gn.. the winner, nnd'three
hours later from the seclusion of a pri
vate home, issued a. statement that the
original verdict, a draw, with McTigue to
retain his crown, stood.
Major Jones, promoter of the bout, de
clared that a challenge from Georges Cnr
pentier after the latter's victory in lam
don and an offer from various promoters
running ns high? as -Sjti»o,(KK» influenced
the ehampion in his action. McTigue
knowing his value as a drawing card
would be depreciated by a loss to Strib
liug.
Major Jones declared Rrdle. Jacobs
and McTigue had attempted to perpe
trate a “colossal fake" aud "apparently
have Succeeded in carrying out their in
tentions.'’
The promoter appealed to Chairman
Muldoon. of the New York Boxing Com
mission. outlining his version of the fias
co.
AUTOMOBILE MEN ARE
HEARD BY PRESIDENT
, Importance of Auto in Transportation l
Question Stressed at the Conference.
IBy the Associated PrcShl
Washington. Get. s.—President Cool
' idge. who has been studying the trans
portation question, through conferences
i for the past few weeks with leading rail
road executives and representatives of
I shippers and farmers, went into a new
; angle of discussion today at a meeting
with half a dozen of the leadiug automo
bile manufacturing executives of the
fcouutry as represented in the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce.
The automobile executives are in con
ference here today with Department of
Commerce officials and were presented to
the President by Assistant Secretary
Drake.
Tile President, in bis discussion of
conditions in the automobile industry
went into the part played by motor ve
hicles in transportation, the steps that
might be taken tsri >
nient might give to the manufacturers.
The automobile executives in confer
ence witli Assistant Secretary Drake,
proposed to extend nh invitation to the
’ iding automobile and highway engi
neers of Central and South American
countries to visit the United States to
study American road building as a pre
liminary to the pan-American road con
ference to be held within the next year.
With Our Advertisers.
Scarboro's will put oil side Saturday
moruing electric irons guaranteed for
one year at s2.l>S.
Blox. the new fascinating game, at
the Musette.
I‘iggly Wiggly is offering some Special
bargains now. New ad. gives particu
lars.
C. 11. Barrier & Co. lias plenty of
pears and sugar. Now is the time to pre
serve them.
Your dreams will come true if you
save money in the -Cabarrus County
Building. Loan and Savings Association.
Will Issue Another Call to SoHhk.
Oklahoma City. Oct. 5 (By the Asso
ciated Perss). —It was indicated in well
informed quarters today that a call for
a meeting of the lower house of the Leg
islature was iu progress and it would
probably go o'ut soon, summoning the
body for an impeachment session Octo
ber 17th.
He who has love in his heart has spurs
iu his heels.
CONCORD, N. C„ FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1923.
LLOYD GEORGE NOW'
PAYING FIRST VISIT
TO UNITED STATE
Former British Prime Minis
ter Reaches New York or
His First Visit to the Unit
ed States.
WOMEN (PROTEST
AGAINST VISIT
Tried to Hold Anti-Lloyd
George Parade But Police
Reserves Took, Hand in
the Mater.
New York, Oct. 5 (By the Associated
Press 1. —David Lloyd George, war pre
mier of Gerat Britain, today set foot on
American soil for the first time.
Try to Start Demonstration.
New York. Oct. s.—Police reserves to
day broke up a parade of middle aged
women carrying banners denouncing
Great Britain outside the City Hall,
where a crowd of several thousand per
sons had gathered to greet the former
Prime Minister Lloyd George, on his visit
to America.
More than twenty women carried ban
ners, some of which read "Don't let Eng
land pull tile wool over your eyes,” aud
"British bootleggers are Hooding Amer
ican with British booze.' The police
seized the banners and tore them into
shreds. There were no arrests.
During the melee a number of automo
biles paraded past the outskirts of tlie
crowd and circulated anti-Lloyd George
statement. A woman struck a police
sergeant over the head witli banner she
was carrying aud was takeu into custody.
Women said they were members of the
American Association for Recognition of
the Irish republic. Some of banner ide
stroyed by police bore these inscriptions.
"Lloyd George's Black and Tans are
here”; "Lloyd George's hands are red
with the blood of women and children.”
Coming here as a private citizen to
tour the. United States and Canada, tiie
doughty little Welshman and his family
were taken off the Mauretania at quar
antine aud lauded at the Battery on the
police boat Macon.
At quarantine the last member of the
"big four” to come to the United States,
made it known that lie intended to call
on. former President Wilson, with whose
*l>?«ni y »W' -VerwnlMwi.' «n4»ttg tin*
world war. was drawn. A crowd of sev
eral thousand was massed at the Bat
tery to greet the man who laid steered
the British ship of state through the
troublous waters. As Mr. Lloyd George
stepped ashore, he beheld nine platoons
of mounted police drawn up to escort
him to the C(ty Hall. With the police
were delegations of Canadian war veter
ans.
Crowds lined the streets as the pro
cession moved toward the City Hall.
Shortly before, poliee reserves had brok
en up a parade of Irish women carrying
anti-English banners. There Acting May
or Hurlburt welcomed the former Prime
Minister to the metropolis of the United
States.
FILES COMPLAINT
Ship and Water. Transportation Coninils
mission Files Charge Against Aberdeen
& Rockflsh Railroad.
4By the Associated Press.*
linleigh, N. C., October s.—At tbs
request of the State Skip and Water
Transportation Commission the North
Carolina Corporation Commission today
filer! a complaint with the Interstate Com
merce Commission against the Aberdeen
<Sc Rockfish Railroad, et al, for failure
to publish through rates between New
York City aud interior [mints in North
Carolina throngh the port of Wilming
ton. Fifty-three railroads operating in
this state, and she Clyde Steamship Com
pany are named as defendants in the
complaint which alleges that the failure
‘‘constitutes a discrimination against the
localities and shippers in North Caro
lina i i a in that it denies to said
shippers and localities the benefit of the
use of the route through their nearest
port, and the benefit and advantages of
rates’ reflecting the shorter rail haul to
aud from the port of Wilmington, in' vio
lation of Section 3 of the act to regulate
commerce.”
Webb Talks to Newspaper Men.
New York. Oct. 5. —Clins. H. Webb,
husband of Mrs. Gertrude Garmon Webb,
who died mysteriously last week at a
prominent club in Rye, N. Y., in an in
terview with newspaper men today, de
nied heatedly that he had told his. wife
she had only thirty days to live.
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HORSES WILL RACE BY THEMSELVES AT CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR OCTOBER THE 1« TO THE 30.
WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA CONFERENCE
\iuuial Session fa Ac Held in Winston-
Salem October f 0-21,
(By the AnoUaiMi Pteu.i
Raleigh. N. C., Oct. s;—Optimism
•haracterizes the monthly cotton report
'or October issued here today by Frank
•arker. agricultural statistician of the
"o-operative Crop Re|x>cling Service.
“The cotton crop it Nortli Carolina is
unusually good, considering the various
igeneies that have worked towards its
letrimont, including the boil weevil, cot
on caterpillar and the weather,” reads
he report. “Nature Seems to have been
jlensed, particularly pleased with North
'arolina inasmuch as she lias given us
he earliest July crop in history, thereby
jetting ahead of the boll .weevil. Even
bough the weevil did hit the erop heriv
l.v after the first of August, several see
ions, even Robeson Comity, had quite a
sprinkling of boils to set and develop af
er that time. Naturally, with a rather
leav.v growth of foliage due to heavy
Vrtilization and a very slight, or entire-*
l.v lacking evidence of bollx on the upper
half of the plant, the average fanner un
lerestimated his prospective yield.
"In September, the cotton caterpillar
did terrific damage by stripping foliage,
incidentally revealing that the number
of setting boils on the lower pari of the
plant was greater than realized. The
killing of the leaves will result in ear
lier maturity aud opening of the bolls,
is well as easier and cleaner picking of
the crop. These conditions warrant the 1
statement that North Carolina was par- j
tieularly blessed in a cotton crop under
the boll weevil conditions tlmf existed.
“Our entomologists explain that the
cotton caterpillar is not an. army worm,
although its habits would indicate it so.
In fact, tiie moth of this pest winters in
Mexico. Consequently, it takes all tiie
summer for them to reach us after their
appearance in Texas iu the early spring.
"Concerning the condition of the crop,
it is found that the best area is in tit*
northern part of the belt, with a favora- j
ble peninsular projecting down even to ]
Scotland and part of Robeson County j
through Hoke and Harnett ami up to !
Durham County. As is generally known, j
the worsty conditions prevail iu tiie
coastal counties. The fifty to sixty per j
cent, condition belt extends from lower
Robeson northeastward to Albetna.le '
Sound, passing through Bladen, Samp
son. Duplin, Lenoir. Putt, Martin. Bertie
Counties.
"With a ’forecasted production for
North Carolina of 877,<HH) bales based on
(54 per cent, we have one of the larg
est crops tiie state lias ever grown, in
fact it is 25.000 bales more than last
year's final production. The United
j States crop of .11.015.000 ball’s is 12
I tier cent, more than last year's erop. The
condition of 40.5 per cent, for the cotton
belt is approximately the same‘as the
condition reported a year ago.* Arizona.
California, Oklahoma, '{.'vtxus. South Car
olina and Virginia have ‘made conspicu
ously larger productions this year titan
in 1922."
FOUR PRISONERS ESCAPE
FROM THE FORSYTH JAIL
Men Sawed Two Sections of Bars From
. Cells and Severed Bar Across Win
dow.
•By the Annin rated Preen.*
AVinston-Salem, Oct. s.—Sawing two
sections of bars from their cells aud
then severing a bar across a window,
four prisoners made a daring escape
from the Forsyth jail during the night.
The prisoners leaving were John Gib
son, negro, sentenced in the Superior
Court this week to ten years in the
state prison for housebreaking and lar
ceny ; Jay Phillips, a negro, sentenced to
two years for housebreaking anil larceny ;
George Wilijams, negro under sentence
of IS months for larceny; and Ed. Rice,
negro, charged witli nuisance and carry
ing a concealed weapon, but not yet sen
tenced. The four men were iu one cell.
STINNES WILL CONFER
WITH GENERAL DEGOUTTE
At Conference Situation in the Ruin- Is
Expected to Be Fully Discused.
Duseldorf, Oct. 5 (By the Associated
Press). —Hugo Stiunes, the German in
dustrial leader, arrived in Duseldorf this
morning. He aud several others of the
Ruhr industrial group have arranged for
a conference with General DeGoutte, tiie
French commander in the Ruhr, this af
ternoon. It is generally believed the
Germans will propose methods of restor
ing the Ruhr valley’s industrial activity
and incidentally suggest some modifica
tions of the Fra neo-Belgian military occu
pation.
Negro Electrocuted at State Prison.
Raleigh. N. C., Oct. s.—James Miller,
negro, convicted of the murder of John
button, a white farmer of Lenoir Coun
ty, on September 29. 1922, paid the
penalty with his life this morning. Mil
ler was electrocuted at 19:30 this morn
ing in the small death chamber in the
state prison. According to Warden
Sam Busbee, the negro confessed to the
crime just before entering the cham
ber.
SEIGE OF EDOYVILLE
BEGINS ANOTHER DAY
WITHOUT BIG CHANGE
Prisoners in Kentucky Prison
Showed No Sign of Weak
ening as They Began An
other Day’s Fight.
STILL HOLDING
DINING ROOMS
Men Were Serving Sentences
For Murders, and They
Have Shot Several Guards
in Effort to Get Away.
Kridyvillo. K.v.. Got. 5 (By thi* Asso
ciated Press).—"The seige of Eddyvilie”
entered its third day today.
Their hands ml with life blood of the
guards, Monte Walters, Lawrence Grif
fith and Harry Ferland, convict murder
ers still lurked behind the bullet riddled
j walls of the two-story brick mess hall
of the Western state penitentiary.
For tnore than two days and two
nights tiie gunmen there have held the
improvised fortress, despite the combined
efforts of prison guards, m troop, of na
tional guard machine gunners, volunteer
[citizen riflemen to dislodge them.
The desperate courage of the lost leg
ion—those men with "all to gain and
nothing to lose**—carried the tjriip
through two barrages from rifles and
machine guns that drove a stream of
bullets through the mess hall walls tear
ing out large holes in the north and west
sides at points where the tire was con
centrated ; a gas attack released by tear
gas bombs lobbed into the building
through breaches in the walls, and bom
bardment of rifle grenades.
Just before midnight Governor Edwin
P. Morrow ordered national guardsmen
to the scene. Acting upon a request for
reinforcement from Warden John Chil
ton who said the machine gunners were
worn out by the strain of the long watch.
Governor Morrow ordered 25 members
of Co L. 12!) th Infantry, .Mayfield, to
the scene. They were expected to arrive
by noon today.
TRIAL OF MRS. WAGNER
UNDERWAY AT PRESENT
Woman Is Charged With the Murder
of Mrs.(Rosetta Warren ami Unborn
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<By fhr UMiPtflfeil Prww.
Paducah, K.v., Oct. 5. —The trial of
Mrs. Henrietta Wagner, 60, on an—in
dictment (barging murder in connection
with the death of Mi’s. Roseant Warren
and her unborn child when the Warren
home was wrecked by dynamite- blast
here last. April was underway here in
circuit court today. Members of the
jury, drawn from an adjoining county,
cere told by City Attorney F. E. Graves
in a preliminary statement today that
the death penalty would be asked for.
Mrs. Wagner, who had pleaded not
guilty of the indictment, fainted follow
ing Attorney Graves* statement.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Fairly Steady at Decline of 17
to 25 Points.—December Off to 28.15.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Oct. s.—The cotton mar
ket opened fairly steady at a decline of
17 to 25 points and the active positions
soon showed net losses of 25 to 25 points
with December selling off to 28.15 under
liquidation and Southern and Wall Street
selling. The market appeared to be in
fluenced by relatively easy cables. Fa’ll
River advices claiming there probably
would be increased mill curtailment if the
demand for goods failed to broaden, and
the report of an easier tone in she stock
market.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady.
Oct. 28.55; Dee. 28.30; Jan. 27.7; March
27.70; May 27.70.
ALISTER McCORMICK IS
MARRIED IN PARIS
Chicago Man Weds Miss Joan Tyndale
Stevens, a Well Known Woman of
London.
(By the Ann«*et*t*<l Pr«na.>
Paris, Oct. s.—The civil marriage of
Abater McCormick, of Chicago, and Miss
loan Tyndale Stevens, of London, took
place at 10 o'clock this morning in the
hall of the 16th ward palace.
The ceremony was simple, being attend
ed by less than a dozen persons. The
witness for the bride was the Hno. Chas.
M. Astie.v, her step-father, while Lean-,
der Hamilton McCormick acted in the
fame .capacity for the bridegroom. The
bride was given away by her mother.
U. D. C. DELEGATES , V T „
GREENSBORO. „
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Memorial Services, Morn,* ‘cA 0 ’ ,ftf.
neon Sessions and 1., Are
Failures of Today’s Program.
sMy the Anau>eliited Preu.l
Greensboro, X. C., Oct. s.—Observance
of a memorial hour at noon today with
a roll call of departed members, a lunch
eon at the Greensboro country club as
guests of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs,
and morning and afternoon business ses
sions featured tiie animal eonventio# of
the North Carolina Department of the
l nited Daughters of tiie Confederacy to
day.
This afternoon the delegates were tak
en for a triii of inspection of Guilford
battleground, where the armies of Gen
erals Greene and Cornwallis fought, and
this svening will be introduced to Major
Charles M. Steadman, tiie only Confeder
ate veteran in Congress; and Col. W. H.
Chapman, second in command in Mos
by’s famous raiders, and one of tiie few
survivors of that band.
A historical program will be rendered
this evening, and in addition to an ad
dress by Major Steadman on “Nortli
Carolina's Part in the War Between the
States," Mrs. Livingstone Rowe Schuy
ler, of New York, president general of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy,
will also ’speak.
The election of-officers and selection
of the next meeting place are matters of
business slated- to come up during the
final session Saturday morning.
ASK AMNESTY FOR MOB
MEMBERS AT SPRUCE PINE
Overtures Suggest Proposition to Put lip
With Negroes If No Prosecutions Re
sult.
Ben Dixon MacNeilt in News and Ob
server.
Spruce Pine, Oct 4.—l’lea for amnesty
for the members of tiie mob who deport
ed /more than sue hundred negroes from
tliis county last Thursday carrying with
It the obligation to refrain front further
molestation of negro labor here and tiie
arrival of organizers of tiie Ku Klux
Klan in the village lifted the seige out
of its lethargy here today.
Iu so far as the civil authorities were
concerned overtures made by representa
tives of tiie mob to the authorities here
suggest that in return for assurances
from Governor Morrison that no prose
cutions will result from the disorders
here last week, tiie participants iu tiie
deportation will sign an agreement to
abstain from disorders hereafter, and
allow negroes to come and go as they
will. The proposal has not been for
mally made.
No actual negotiations hqve been piade.
Representatives of the rioters who ap
proached within the official circle were
‘old that before the matter couldt be dis
missed, and without making any prom
ises for Governor Morrison that they
.tthvw -some evidence of-gooiLJuith,.
trefierably their names, duly attested on
• document that would bind them to keep
file peace. tlii« much must be in hand
before anybody will agVee to intercede
with tiie Governor.
Deputies have been all day on the
trail of a mysterious individual who is
here as a representative of the Ku Klux
ivlan. Heretofore there has not been a
Kluckcr so far as anybody knows on
tliis side of tiie Blue Ridge mountains. |
Whether there are any here now nobody j
knows exactly but, cards of application
for membership have been seen in the
town and it is understood that a number
of people have contributed their ten dol
lars.
Negroes. Catholics, and Jews are the
bait that is being used by the organizer,
it is commonly reported about the streets.
Mitchell county has little use for either
•ind such an appeal finds fruitful ground
here. The religious prejudices of the
majority of the people are partieuarly
stroiig anil have been made use of in
more than one political campaign.
Halt Oklahoma Court Battle Until
Tuesday.
Oklahoma City, Oct. 4.—Witli the
court battle between Governor J. C. YY’al
ton and members of tiie Oklahoma house
of representatives halted until next
Tuesday, citizens whose attention has
been fastened on tile spectacular contest
between tiie Executive and legislative
branches of tiie state government tonight
turned to matters that had been forced
into tiie background. Martial law un
der which they have lived for nearly
three weeks has become military rule
virtually in name only.
In Oklahoma City, the military court
that was convened to investigate alleged
'aflessness of the' Ku Klnx Klan. has
been disbanded and military force has
been removed. Military headquarters
have been abandoned, and persons ap
pearing on the streets after midnight no
longer need passes. There are no pa
trols to challenge the late wayfarers.
New Interest Quarter
Double Your Savings-It Can Be Done
All deposits in our Savings Department made by Oc
tober 10th will draw interest from October first.
We paid our depositors—on their savings, $25,000.00
interest for the past year. Did you get your part?
THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
Capital $100,000.00 Surplus $135,000.00
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NO. 236.
.rtCfllßT SELECTED
POLICE CHIEF BY
ALDERMEN OF CITY
Present Chief Appointed to
Serve Two More Years.—
All Present Patrolmen Re
elected by the Board.
SALARIES OF THE
POLICEMEN RAISED
Chief in Future to Get $175
Per Month—Several Street
Matters Discussed and Re
ferred to Street Commitee
All of the policemen who hnve been
’ serving the city of Concord for the past
several months were re-elected for two
. years by the aldermen at their meeting
at the city hall Thursday night. The se
lection of the members of the police de
partment was the most important busi
ness transacted by the board, which was
in regular session.
There was little contest over the se
lection of the officers so far as the pub
lic could determine at the meeting. It
is understood that at a caucus Wednes
day night members of the board gave the
matter attention and it is understood
that another caucus was held just be
fore the meeting. Any differences of
opinion that may have arisen before or
during the caucus were settled, and ev
erything moved off smoothly at the meet
ing. I
The officers appointed by the board
are:
1,. A. Talbirt. Chief.
B. F. Widenhouse, First Sergeant.
C. <}. Kidenhour. Second Sergeant.
<!. A. Sloop. W. E. Philemon, V. H.
Holdbrooks, Baxter Itobinson and C. C.
Sloop, Patrolmen.
The board also granted the officers an
increase in pay. The salary of the Chief
was increased from $145 a month to $175
and the salaries of the patrolmen were
raised from $l2O to $125 a month.
Street matters rewived some atten
tion from the board. Persons living on
several streets are understood to be anx
ious to get paved streets and cement side
walks. and it is reported that at the cau
cus Wednesday night the aldermen have
much consideration to these matters.
The clatm of Hiram Sherrill for dam
ages to Ilia property on Pearl and Mea-
VtoW street Was referred-*™ the Sffrct
oomniiltee.
The board agreed to pay S2OO to .1. A.
Moore for damages done to his property
lon Houston and St. Charles street, while
I paving work was being done.
| The board ordered that South Spring
■ street be extended from the property of
S. S. Neal to Tribune street provided the
land for the street could be secured with-
I out cost to the city. The plan adopted
by the aldermen calls for a street and
j sidewalk. It is understood the property
will be given to the city, and the street
extension probably will be made in the
near future.
Cement steps were ordered laid on the
property of Mrs. W. M. Thompson, on
Pine street.
The hoard directed that a committee be
appointed to represent the city at a con
ference to be held with, the Query heirs
relative to getting a jeement sidewalk
on South Cedar street, j
The matter of improving Young, Skip
witli. Powder and Phoenix Streets was
referred to the street committee with
power to act.
At The Theatres.
Pete Morrison is the star at the Pas
time today in the western drama. “The
Homeward Trail." A comedy is also on
the program.
At the Star today Constance Tal
madge plays the leading role in the
drama. ‘An Experimental Marriage.”
At the Piedmont today Pete Morrison
is starring in the western feature “West
ern Blood.” .
Destructive Blaze Visits High Point.
High Point. Oct. 4. —Fire today swept
through the machine room and chair
room of the Ideal Table Company, on
Tate Street, completely destroying both,
and also an adjoining residence owned
by tlie company. The loss was esti
mated by J. M. S. Salesbury, general
manager, at $75,000 partly covered by
insurance.