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VOLUME XXIII '
Attendance at Cabarrus Fair
Increasing Daily as Fame of
the Tremenous Event Spreads
More Paid Admissions Wed
nesday Than on Opening
Day, Officials Announce.—
Interest on the Increase.
JOE CANNONDAY
BEING OBSERVED
Day Set Apart as Tribpte to,
Man Who Has Been Guid
ing Spirit in Fair find Who
Has Worked Hard for It.
Jw Cannon Day is being observed at
the Cabarrus Fair today and thousands
of people are her* to pay homage to the
man who lias been the guiding spirit in
the first annual fair held in this county
In years. Not noly is Cabarrus County
well represented in the large crowds at
the grounds but all adjoining counties
are represented also, and the crowd today,
>o far as paid admissions go, is the larg
est that has yet attended the fair.
Mr. Cannon is President of the fair
and he has spent an unlimited amount
of money and energy in making the fail
one of the best ever held in the South.
The crowd present on this, the day set
aside in his honor, is a living tribute to
the appreciation felt by all for his un
tiring efTorts.
One of the biggest features of Cannon
Day is the Albemarle Hand, !)tt pieces
strong. The band is composed of' mem
bers of the Wiscassett and Efirtl Mill
Hands, and is one of the largest and best
trained ever heard in Concord. The \Yis
cassett Band has been playing at the
fair all week and the Kfird band came to
Concord early this morning to have its
part in the tribute to the man who has
been a moving spirit for years in the cot
ton mill industry in Albemarle.
The 90-pftce band marched to the fair
grounds from Concord, being escorted by
President Cannon, other officials of the
fair, city officials of. Albemarle, officers of
the Wiscassett and Kfird Mills, and a de
tachment of fair marshals.
• Dressed in attractive and conspicuous
Uniforms the members of the bautl made
a striking picture as they moved through
the business section of Concord to the
tunCk of a lively march. The bind was
grinded with applause and cheois an -it
moved to the fair groutpls. where it hits
heeu prominent in the program of tiie
•lay.
Two mascots with'the band attracted
keen attention. The mascots, both ne
groes of the "old school,” had a profhi
lienl part in the line of march. They
more white coats and one carried a chick
en in a bag -and the other a fat 'possum,
at the same time leading his hound.
At the fair grounds the band was also
greeted with cheers, and its music has
been heard with pleasure and appreciation
throughout the day.
.Increasing interest is noted daily with
the progress of the Cabarrus County Fair
which opened here Tuesday and which
will continue through Saturday night.
» The crowds at the fair yesterday were
not so Urge as those present on the op
ening day, but there were just ns many
paid admissions, officials of the fair state.
On the opening day nil school children
and all veterans of the county were ad
mitted free of charge, and the absence
of the children yesterday accounted for
the smaller attendance. About 15,000
persons paid their way into the grounds
yesterday and last night.
The fair now is in still swing proper.
Every feature was shown on opening day.
to be sure, but everyone at the grounds
is more acclimated now, and Jhere is an
addeil punch to the cries of the announc
ers at' the various shows, the tinkling
cymbals of the midway ring with a clear
er note, and keepers of hot dog kennels
and soft drink stands are more familiar
with the disposition of the crowds and
better able to di»i>ense their wares.
Astonishment continues to he record
ed by those persons who visit the grounds
for the first time. EvejtJ-one it seems,
was expecting a big faif. but they were
not expecting a project' on the scale of
the Cabarrus Fair. They were not ex
pecting a midway that covered acres and
offers 25 shows. t They were nob- exjiect
ing such a clean midway, either, with
shows that present a clean appearance
on the outside and harmless entertain
ment on the inside.
Just ns surprising to them are the fine
exhibits. The exhibits would be a credit
to a State Fair, for though they are not
as numerous as those which' probably
' would be found at a State fair, they are
just ns interesting aud just'ns remarka
ble. The exhibits have created keen in
terest, and they have given a new insight
into the possibilities of Cabarrus Coun
ty as an agricultural and manufacturing
center. •
The buildings which house the live
stock were packed with interested spec
tators again Wednesday. • In the crowd
which viewed the cows, horses, hogs,
chickens and other sjoek were many who
had been in the buildings on opening day.
and who had been brought back by an
overwhelming desire to view again the
wondyrful stock exhibit.
The midway is always the center of
interest at any fair, and it seems but
just to reiterate that the shows ou the
midway at the local fair are far above
those usually found at fairs. Zoidman
and Pollie, owners of the shows, guaran
teed to officials of the fair that they
would offer nothing objectionable- and
they have lived up to this guarantee so
far. "The ’midway is one of the largest
and cleanest I have ever seen at a fair,”
a Concord man stated this morning, and
this statement seems to cover the case
(Continued on Page Two),.
The Concord Daily Tribune
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fe GOVERNOR TO BE * •
K HERE TOMORROW.
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*- Having lieabd nothing to the eon- 4* :'
k trary since his acceptance, officials ■
!' of the Cabarrus County Fair are ex- jk|-
« peering Governor Cameron Morrison &!;
r to attend the fair tomorrow. Gov- 4:' ■
K ti-nor Morrison is in Raleigh and not
i: ill Indiana, as reported in press ik'i
!' dispatches, and as 1 lie accepted the 4-1
K Concord invitation tome time ago -ik :
K and has not cancelled the engage- kI;
K ment, he is expected to make in ;
K*address at the fair grounds toinor- ik s
k row and then make an inspection of k 5
k the grounds and witness the horse ik 5
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F'ORGET-ME-NOT DAY
To Be Observed Throughout the I'liited
States on November 10.
Washington. Oct. 18.—On the eve of
a tour of the Knifed States, in the in
terests of 1011.000 wounded and disabled
American veterffns of the world war.
whom lie represents as National Com
mander of the Disabled American Veter
ans of the World War, .lamo-\A. McFar
land, of Dalton, today announced
that several hundred-cities and towns i»
all sort ions of the country, in addition
to those communities where the Disabled
American Veterans already have a chap
ter functioning, will stage local drives on
"National Forget-Me-Not Day,” to be
observed throughout the I’nited States,
on Saturday. November l()th.
National Commander McFarland, who
was the first veterans’ official to- greet
President Calvin Coolidge, when the na
tion's chief exeeutitve took office at the
White House, will be among the distin
guished guests''at the fifth annual nat
ional convention of the American Legion,
to be. held iu San Francisco, October 15
to lit. McFarland is vine of the various
veterans' leaders invited to the great Leg-
I-egiou's National Commander. Alvin
ion conclave, ns guests of th American
Owsley of Denton, Texas. The Disabled
Atne.-icnu Veterans' chief plans several
speaking engagements cn route to the
Pacific Coast, and in each instance lie
prOpos'es urging a thorough and cYitfius
iastice fulfillment of ' "Forget-Me-Not
l)av" activities on Saturday, November
10.'
Throughout the country, thousands of
pretty girls, club women and other fem
inine workers* will distribute the little
forgetmenot flowers to public-spirited cit
izens. Proceeds of the Day's activities
all over the United States on November
10 will be used for national and local .re
lief, welfare, educational and rehabilita
tion work iu the interests of the disabled
and wounded American world war veter
ans. In each community the leading
bank will serve as treasurer of the com
mittee, aud will handle all funds taken
in fi-otn the sale of frogetmenots.
Rules foC Weddell Bliss Supplied With
Licenses.
"(By the Vuocnitol Press.)
, Centerville, Mich.. Oct. 18. —County
Clerk John Niendorf, of St. Joseph
county, believes that a county clerk« re
sponsibility, does not end with the issu
ance of marriage licenses. He Jias had
printed a supply of cards containing his
rales for a successful marriage, and each
couple is given one.
One side of the cat'll caraies the coun
ty clerk's blessing: "May all .your days
be as happy as your wedding day.”
On the reverse side appear ten
"rules” to insure " happy marriages,
include:
"Keep up the courtship.. G0.50.j0 on
the money and 50-50 on the love. Make
your own home and don't live with rela
tives. Beware the boarder, and don’t
be a tightwad.” „
"They’re all good rules,”, Neindorf
said. “I have trfed them in my own
home, and I know." *
Students Discountenance Betting at
Football Game.
Chapel Hill, Oct- 17-—The university
student body in chapel this morning
unanimously went on record as con
demping drinking and betting at tomor
row's game as "evidence as jioor siiorts
mnnship • and disloyalty." State college
student body has taken similar action.
A Parisian • doctor declares that cer
tain perfumes affected by his various pa
tients in time produce nil effect uirnm
those using them. Violets inculcate a
-predisposition to sympathy and deyotipu.
Geranium makes one audacious ami hold,
mint generates craft and business capa
bilities, \yhile Vervain develops a taste
for the fine arts.' j
The ancient Greeks staked their faith
on number "3’V-the oracles were con
sultecf three limes, the tripod was sa
cred to the gods, and so forth. . ,
WEATHER FORECAST.
Showers tonight and Friday.; warmer
tonight except on northeast coast.
CONCORD, N. C. ( THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1923
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* SPECIAL FEATURES * *
•k AT FAIR RACES *
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4" Attractive race features, in addi- 4
Ik t'on to the regular events, are being Ik
Ik offered each Aiy at the Cabarrus Ik
Ik Fair. This afterpoon Grace Di- Ik
Ik rect is in the free for nil race. Ik
Ik This marc recently set a new record Ik
Ik for mares ou a half-mile track. Ik
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Ik Tomorrow afternoon an added sea- Ik
Ik tore will be a race between Mrs. Ik
Ik E. T. Cannon; of this city, and Ik
IS Harry Spoerlmse, of Orlando, Fla. Ik
Ik Mrs. Cannon \\i.l 'drive one of Mr. Ik
Ik Spoerhase’s racers and lie will drive Ik
Ik another.*
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ACCUSED KLUCKER PASTOR
. TOO ILL TO ATTEND COURT
On Alleged Charge of Being Drunk and
Operating an Automobile.
•By the laaoelateU PrOa.
Atlanta. Oct., 18.-—Dr. Caleb A. Rid
ley. Imperial Khqlcl of the Ku Klux Klntl,
and former pastor of the Central Baptist
Church of Atlanta, was reported as "too
ill" by his attorneys to .report ita police
court this morning to face charges of
“drunk and operating an automobile.”
The case "was postponed until Saturday.
Motorcycle Officer Shumate arrested
the Klan official after* he said he no
ticed'tlie minister's automobile zigzagging
on Peachtree Street. The officer halted
the machine and placed Mr. Ridley under
arrest. > He said the minister was ap
parently under the influence of whiskey
and he found two small bottles contain
ing liquor iu the machine.
Before being locked up the Imperial
Ktudd declared he lmd driven our- into
the country where lie was accosted by
a Ilian who offered to give him some
whiskey. ■ He said lie accepted the offer
and took a drink.’ Following Itis release
the minister denied the charge that he
was drunk.”'
‘T was not drunk." stated the Klan
official. “"The fact is. I hud a half pint
bottle containing about two tablespoons
of liquor and I had. taken one drink be
fore my arrest."
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tiie cotton .Market
Was Nervous and Unsettled at Opening.
. Opened at Decline of 1 Point to Ad
vance of 20 Points.
New York. Oct. IS.—The cotton mar
ket Was nervous aud unsettled during
today's early trading. Liverpool was
better than due and very unsettled weath
er conditions were reported iu the South,
but these features seemed to be offset by
the disposition th take profits on contin
ued complaint from the goods trade, and
less favorable view of European political
conditions. The market opened irregular
at a decline of 1 point to ari advance, of
2t> points, but after selling at 20.1!) at
the start, December broke to 28.85 under
realizing nad Southern selling. The hit
ter was more active than recently aud
doubtless contributed to reactionary sen
timent. ,
Cotton futures opened steady: Octo
ber 20.80; December 211.0 K; January
28.50; March 28.55; Mav 28.56.
THE GARRETT TRIAL
Robert and Larkin Garrett Expected to
Take the Stand This Afternoon.
IHr th* Associated Prraa.»
Cumberland Courthouse. Vo., Act. 18.,
—Continuing the speed that marked both
yesterday and’ the preceding day. rapid
progress was made this morning by tin
defense in the second trial of County
Clerk It. O.' Garrett, charged with the
murder of the Itev. K. S. Pierce. Most of
the less important witnesses had been
heard when Judge White recessed court
for dinner and this afternoon the de
fendant and his brother, Larkin C. Gar
rett, jointly indicted with him for the
Pierce killing, were expected to take tin
state.
Indications wfcre that all evidence
would be in before adjournment tonight,
and tomoiTow wonld be giyeu over to the
final argument bhfdre the jury which is
expected to get, the case tomorrow.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE
Attendance at Winston-Salem Largest in
History of * the Conference.
tßr the Aaanelatetf Cress, i
■Winston-Salem. Oct. 18.—Reports of
presiding elders hud other routine mat
ters were on the program for this morn
ing's, session of the 'Western Noi-th Car
olina Methodist Episcopal Conference.
The Epworth league held an annual ses
, sion'thii) afternoon and tonight will be
'anniversary evening for the Board of
Missions. Rev. R. M. Courtney will pre
side aud Br. W. N. Pinson, of Nashville,
Tenn., will make the principal address.
Attendance uikwi the conference is re
garded as the. largest In its history and
the members lire Heing entertained by the
local Methodists. Weather lias been ideal
since the conference began.
r , Pastor Honored.
IBr th* AhweMM Press. *
Olean, N. Y., Oct. 18. —The local coun
cil of the Kqights pf Columbus last night
presented the Rey. Dr. G. K. Williams,
who has resigned as gmstor of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church here, with a
Jt2ml degree Masonic ring. The hccusiou
was a public farewell recepfiou for the
clergyman who has been appointed pas
tor of a church in North Tonawamlu.
Football at Greenwood. 8. C.
Greenwood, f 5. C., O-t. 13.—Presbyter
tin College 58; Erskiue 0. i
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__ Goshf
If David Lloyd George, ex-pro
mier of England, didn’t say that he
Certainly must have thought It as
he gazed at the New York sky
scrapers. He arrived with his
daughter Megan, and his wife. It
to Lloyd George’s Srit visit W this
ffteptqr.
FARM WAGES INCREASE
The Present Wage Without Board Aver
ages $37.00 Per Month.
Raleigh, Oct. 18,*~ Kurin wages in
North Carolina have increased during
the past •year on account of file bright
outlook of the crop production, but. due
to reports that the labor sppply is 20
per cent, short of normal, the farmer is j
unable to compete with the urban aud
public work wages, declared Frank Par- 1
ker, of tile Co-operatic Crop Reporting
Service, today when he issued a report on
farm employment conditions in North
Carolina.
In his report Mr. Parker said:
"The present wages by the month
without board average .$.'57. according to
400 reporters fropi different parts of the
'State. ' Thys f» , s2*iuon' ThSm a year
ago. With board, tin- average wage is
S2B, or 10 per cent, above last year.
The wages by the day. without hoard, in
cluding the daily earnings of piecework
ers. are SI.BO. and witn hoard.! $1.44.
ThT? -a iso is slightly above last year's
-wages.
"The demand for farm labor is quite'
equal to last year with a supply of only
80 per-cent, of.the normal need. It is
common over the Stale to see the Farmer
and his family doing the work, unable to
secure', and often unable to pay hired
'labor. Farmers living nearer the larg
er towns find, that they have to harry
labor back and fort in automobiles, they
no longer being satisfied to walk or even
ride in wagons, although their wages
are much higher than iu former years.
“The total acreage in ail field crops
is about the same ns last year in most
parts of t-he State. Ip some parts of
the central and Piedmont area there is
evidence of increased idle acreage. Til's
would make the total about 1 to 2 per
cent, less than the liv-year average, there
being much less idle land in the east
than elsewhere. The State satistieian
while traveling over a large section of
the State kept accurate counts of all
fields passed in traveling over 1.100
miles. The result offered a good check
on the crop reporters' data which was
compiled as of October Ist.
NOTHING DEFINITE IN
TIIE ENKIGIIT ADDRESS
Police Commissioner of New Y'crk City
Explains What He Meant in Radio
Talk
(By five Associated Press.)
New York, -Oct. IS.—Police, Commis
sioner Blight did not mean that the
,Klwell nip Dorothy King murder cases
had been solved by the department when
he stated in a radio talk Tuesday night
that many cases whose solutions were
known to the police could not be brought
into court because of insufficient evi
dence.
“I was merely speaking generally about
cases of this type," In- explained .today.
“I did not mean those particular ones
tvere cleared up.”
Alaska Celebrating Today.
IBy the Associated Pres* ■
Fairbanks, Alaska. ()Ct*. 18 (By the
Associated Press). —Every camp town
and city in Alaska is celebrating today
in commemoration of the 56th annivers
ary of the raising of the American flag
at Sitka.
Woman Accuses Husband of the
Murder of Brother, Her First Husband
IBr the Associated Press.)
Douglas, Go.. Oct. 18.—Love S. Rogers,
a farmer, and his brother's widow, Mrs.
Alton Rogers, were scheduled to arrive
■ here today from Avon Park, Fla., where
Mrs. Rogers yesterday confessed, office; s
.: said, that Love killed his brother Alton.
:: to protect her from her lnißbnnd’s
i' wrath, burying the body in a cotton field
i and later leaving here with Mrs. Rogers.
- after which they were married, but at
• what place she told officers she could
I not remember.
| Ivove Rogers has been indicted on a
charge of murder by a Coffee county
- grand jury. The trial date will prob
ably be set on his arrival here.
DEBT COUSIN
HAS BEEN CALI-ED
TO MEET SATURDAY
Call for Meeting Has Been
Issued by Secretary Mellon
of Treasury Department.—
Many Send Out Statements
TREASURY STUDIES
J OJHER countries
Anxious to Know Financial
Status of Debtor Countries
Before Anything Else is
Done by Government.
tßy tiie Annoetnted Freni*.>
Washington, Oct. 18.—Secretary Mel
lon today eaUed Hie del>f commission to
meet Saturday. October 20th. but declin
ed to disclose wliat subjects would be
considered aside from the commissions
annual report.
Asked whether the commission would
consider the sending of ”a first of the
month statement** to the debtor nations
Mr. Alellon said Jte had given no thought
to that phase of ihe situation. He re
called that one communication of that
nature had been sent to all the powers
more than a year aguT and added he
thought it was time for the t'onimission
to meet and discuss whatever matters
its members may call up.
. Coincident with the call for the Satur
day meeting, it* was made known at the
Treasury that careful survey had' made
made of the financial status of all for
eign powers. Ofticjal comment was that
the commission wanted all the facts and
been gathering them piecemeal since it or
ganized after the passage of the debt
funding act.
Mi'. Mellon refused to speculate on
whether a second communication to the
foreign powers advising of this govern
ment's readiness to enter into funding
negotiations would result in a revival
of constructive efforts on the part of
the debtors. Me said any question of
approaching the foreign powers would
have To lx* handled diplomatically and he
chose therefore to maintain silence.
CLEVELAND WILL NOT
ASK FOK CONVENTION
Ohio City Decides Nat to Ask Democrats
to llolf! ‘National Convention There.
Says Report.
<Hv the Associated Press.>
New York. Oct. IS.—Cleveland has
withdrawn as a contender for the next
Democratic National Convention, ac
cording to John K. Young, secretary of
the commit fee, which is seeking to bring
the gathering to New York. Chicago
withdrew several weeks ago. Mr. Young
said, declaring the two -withdrawals ap
peared to leave thift city alone in the
lield as a contender.
Chicago, he said, abandoned all hope
when ; t was announced that New York
intended to raise a fund of at least $2o0 ( -
000 to entertain the convention next
Word received today from Cleveland,
Mr. Young added, was that while that
city was confident it could raise a fund
to pay expenses of the convention, it had
decided to relinquish .its claim because
it had been learned that a majority of
the members of National Democratic
Committee had openly spoken in favor of
New York.
Mail Kills Himself in Presence of
Young Wife.
'Lancaster. S. <\, Oet. I(s.—Henry U.
Taylor. Jr., a young married man of the
Lancaster mill village, shot hnd kiMed
himself today at his home, the weapon
used being a .88 Spanish pistol. The
bullet entered the right side of flu* head,
passed through and lodged in the wall
of the room. It is said that there was
no reason for the rash ayt Taylor and
his young wife were discussing the mas
ter of going to Hock Hill, and either in
seriousness or jest he is reported to
have said. “I'll go to Rock Hill or kill
myse’f." With this remark ho raised
the revolver to his right temple aud
pulled the trigger. Death was instan
taneous. A coroner’s jury was impanel
ed and a verdict of suicide was return
ed.
Opposes Recognition of Soviet Russia.
(By the Affißoelated PreM«.)
San Francisco. Oct. 18.—Opposition to
the recognition of soviet Russia and de
mand for annual registration of all aliens
in the Cnited States formed the high
lights of the American Legion American
ism committee report submitted to the
floor of the convention here today.
j An investigation by the Pullman Car
Company with a view to reducing waste
j disclosed the fact that the saving of a
! cake of soap a week by each of its clean
! era would ajnount to $12,000 a year.
| Coffee county grand jury took action
following the report made to Sheriff Tan
ner here, that Love had admitted the
killing to friends, teling that after he
shot his brother to/leath he stripped the
body of clothing, dragged it out of the
house, and buried it in a cotton field.
The body was foilnd. wrapped in an old
qirlt. #
According to tlm sheriff the killing
took place November 8, 1022. Love
Rogers,, officers said, reported his brother
had disappeared from home, and nothing
was suspected. Rogers and his brother's
widpw left here several months ago. go
ing to Florida, where he is said to have
told friends about the deed.
DRASTICPROGRAMOF
POWER CURTAILMENT
MONDAY, OCTOBEr:
Unless There is in the Mean
time Enough Rainfall to
Refill the'Reservoirs Which
Are Now Empty.
ANNOUNCEMENT
IS MADE TODAY
By the Southern Power Com
pany.—Power to Be Cut
Off in Certain Zones One
Day Each Week.
IMr AMoeiaied Pfeaa.
Charlotte. Oct. is.— A drastic pro
gram of power curtailment, effective Mon
day, and involving enterprises in the Car
olinas was announced today at headquar
ters here of the Southern Power Com
pany. conditioned on failure of rainfall in
the meantime to refill tin* reservoirs now
empty.
The conditions of the cultailment plna
devised by the company contemplates
•shutting off power from lines serving con
sumers in each of several zones on one
day each week, insuring a temporary op
erating schedule of five days weekly for
all plants.
The announcement said the company
had deferred curtailing it* output of pow
er regarded as possible. Vice President
Rurkhohler. said “Nothing less than a
water famine exists over the watersheds
draining into the Catawba River.** and
the reserve water in “R ridge water reser
voir has been depleted ; n an effort to
maintain the river’s How throughout the
shortage.
Continued drawing on the Rridgewater
reservoir would imperil the entire sup
ply of.power the comjmny is furnishing
many large plants in the Carolinas should
the drought continue, the announcement
said.
A similar program of curtailment be
came necessary last fall when a "less se
rious condition existed,” Mr. Burkholder
pointed out.
L. H. BARGER. SALISBt RY
MAN, AC CIDENTALLY HI RT
Pistol He Was Carrying Fell From Hols
ter and Was Discharged in Fall.
(lly the A.HHocinU-u Press.*
Oct. the pistol
which he was carrying iu a holster on his
arm fell out and was accidentally dis
charge!. L. H. Larger, of Salisbury, en
gineer on the Southern Railway, was
wounded in the shoulder and taken to a
local hospital.
Physicians were unable to locate the
hullet which is believed to be ifi the back
of the shoulder. The ball entered just
under the arm pit. indicting a painful in
jury.
TAKES ACTION TO CLOSE
ALLEGE LAW VIOLATORS
Number of Cases, Restaurants am! Wet
Saloons in New York Get Attention.
(By the A*aocinled Freda.)
New York. Oct. IS.— Cnited States
Attorney Hayward today filed f>4 injunc
tions and common nuisance suits in Fed
eral Court under the Volstead Act to
close alleged wet saloons, cases, restau
rants and cabarets in this city.
The names of the places \vas not avil
able this morning as the complaints in
some of them had not been field. Evi
dence on which suits were based was ob
tained by Cnited States Attorney John
Holly Clarke.
PALMER ATTEMPTS SCICIRE
Accused of .Giving Worthless Checks to
His Rride of a Few Days.
iHr the tiimiclnied Predd.
High Point, N. <\, Oct. 18.—Just be
fore taking the stand in police court here
today to admit uttering worthless checks
for nearly 1.000 in keeping up a pretense
of wealth before his bride of 11 days. R.
F. Palmer, formerly, of New York, at
tempted suicide by drinking poison. Quick
efforts of doctors working against his
protests saved him.
Palmer absolved Mrs. Palmer, jointly
charged iu the case, of all blame. He
was given GO days in jail. Mrs. Palmer
returned to her home iu Greensboro.
May Consolidate Columbia and Union
Theological Seminary.
(Hy the Addoctnlert Predd. •
Tallahassee. Fla.. Oct. 18.—The Pres
byterian Synod of Florida in thirty-sec
ond annual session here voted today to
recommend consolidation of the Columbia,
S. Theological Seminary with Cnion
Theological .Seminary at Richmond. Va.
Consolidation includes the suggestion for
enlargement of scope of the work of the
combined institution* to incorporate an
extension department.
Salisbury Listens to Ku Klux Klan
Lecturer.
Salisbury, October 17-—The county
courthouse was filled with men aud wo
men to hear W. I>, Parish, of Rirming
ham, lecture on the KuKlux Klan. The
Speakers went into his lecture without
a formal introduction and while there
were doubtless many members of the
klau present only six or eight were in
regalia, these being used to distribute
literature.
121.772 Methodist Sunday School Pupils
in W. N. C. Conference.
(By Jhe Addoclated Predd.)
Winston-Salem, Oct. 18. —There are
121.772 pupil* enrolled in Sunday schools
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, hi the Western North Carolina
(,/onfereuee, according to a report made
at the annual %essiou of the conference
here th ; s week.
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NO. 247.
POWER RATE HEARING
SCHFnm.ED FORIEXT
'“liiuii i H,ITIS STATED
North Carolina Corporation
Commission Sets Novem
ber 12 as Date for Southern
Power Co. Hearing.
INCREASED RATES
BEING SOUGHT
Persons Opposing Increase
Have Been Notified to Pre
pare to Appear Before the
Commission.
(By the Assoclifted Pro**.)
Raleigh, X*. Oct. 18.-—Ten o'clock on
the morning of Monday, X'ovember 12th,
was announced by the Xorth Carolina
Corporation Commission today as the
hour and date for beginning a hearing
on the petition of the Southern Power
Company for permission to increase its
rate to an extent allowing a "fair return
on the capital invested."
The petition of the Power Compnay
was presented to the commission by a
representative of the Company last week
following a statement by .7. 71.
I’resident. of Charlotte, that he was
"through" with the development of pow
er plants in this sstate unless permission
to increase rates on power were granted
by the Commission, which following a
hearing in 1921 set the minimum rate
chargeable at $1.25 per kilowat hour.
An increase in rate of about 10 per
cent is asked in the Southern Power Co.
petition now before the Corporation Com
mission.
Notice has been given to consumers of
hydro-electric power of the state of the
Southern Power Company's petition, and
persons opposing the requested increase
in the rate will be allowed to apear be
fore its hearing beginning November 12th.
A committee of ritissens from Hickory
headed by .7. D. Kllio’tt. president of the
Hickory Chamber of Commerce, and H-.
W. I,ink. Secretary of the Chamber, ap
peared before the Commission today and
presented a resolution adopted by the di
rectors of the Hickory commerce body en
dorsing the request of the Southern Pow
er Company for permission to inerease its
rate to such an extent as will enable it
"to pay a fair and adequate return on
the .capital ■ ,
-Members of the Hickory representatives
said they represented 40,000 spindles and
many other industries besides textile man
ufacture’s in the vicinity of Hickory.
The Corporation Commission also re
ceived a copy of a resolution from the
Marion Iviwanis Club, favoring the
granting of permission to the Southern
Power Company to increase its rate if an
increase is necessary to the further de
velopment of power plants in ttliis state
and permit a fair return on the capital
invested.
THE COTTON MILLS
TO REMAIN SILENT
Will Make No Move to Oppose Increase
in Southern Power Rates.
Charlotte, Oct. 17.—N0 cotton mills
in this immediate territory will oppose
the request of the Southern Power Com
pany for an increase in its rate to whole
sale consumers, now before the Corpora
tion Commission, unless it be the Cannon
group at Concord, according to informa
tion received here.
The Cannon mills, the C. IV. Johnston
group of mills in Charlotte, the Marshall
Fields interests in Spray and the Cone
properties in Greensboro, were among the
outstanding opponents of the adjustment,
of rates made in 11121 when the Southern
Power Compand asked the Corporation
Commission for the right to abrogate its
old contracts and make new covenants
with its wholesale customers on the basis
of a higher charge for its current.
* It is understood that all the cotton
mill customers this way from Greensboro,
at least, with the possible exception of
the Cannon group, will make no move to
forestall before the Corporation Commis
sion the new request.
The Johnston group of mills here, it
is contemplated, will not join in any in
dividual or concerted effort to keep the
power company from procuring the high
er rate. aUliough this management was
in the 1921 fight.
The Corporation Commission has not
yet set a date for the hearing on the
matter but it is expected that a definite
time will he named within the next few
days. *
Jir. Duke will not personally appear
at the hearing and it is unlikely that
any other officials of the conipany will be
present except the lawyers. Mr. Duke
is in Canada, where he will remain for
several weeks: \V. S. Lee is also in Can
ada, but will go»to Princeton l diversity
the latter part of the week to deliver a
lecture and will return to Canada to
assist further in the development of water
power which has been undertaken by Mr.
Duke.
Find Whiskey Distillery in .Basement of
Hotel.
Asheville, Oct. 17.- —Belief that at one
time some person manufactured whiskev
in the basement of the jllnttery I’ark
Hotel was expressed by the city police
today. Workmen engaged in tenirng
down the famous hostelry came upon
the queer apparatus which resembled nu
illicit distilling outfit. It was apparent
that it had not been used for several
years. The apparatus i« now at po
lice headquarters.
The largest all-steel packet boat on
inland waters, the "George H. Walker,"
has been placed in service between. Pitts
burgh and New Orleans.
The distillation of brandy is one of the
prominent industries in the new republic .
of Esthojiia.