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VOLUME XXIII
False Note in Finance
Ends His Music Hopes
Alan Dwan’s Plan for a Great
Association of Artists Gets
Out on Time, Says Okla
homa Paper.
TELEGRAPHS HIMSELF 4
UNLIMITED CREDIT
Wrote Plans on Tuneful
Scale, But Discord Fol
lowed When ‘ His Notes
Didn’t Ring True.
The following article appeared in the
Okmulgee. Oklahoma, Daily Times of
June 3. 1923:
Okmulgee remembers Afnn Dwan and
his plans to establish here an Association
of American Artists, which was to be a
rendezvous for ambitious Americans,
musically inclined, who lacked the means
of coaxing forth the golden notes that
were awaiting the magic touch of i
inaster-voice to lure them out for the
delectation of a music-loving public.
Okmulgee remembers the golden notes
that issued from the throat of Alan
Dwan find hOw he favored many an oc
casion by the exercise of his talents. Jt
remembers also that he went away from
here, where he felt that he had been play
ing life's tune in a minor chord. .to go to
Muskogee, where he outlined to a group
of worthy citizens, his plans to run the
yvhole scale in establishing that city as
America's music center.
But only a ftTvored few know that
he went to New Yorjt therh to become a
golden-note impressano by effecting a fal
setto movement whose falsity at last
brought discord which seems to have
nbruptly terminated the concer®which he
hoped to stage with his golden notes,
which in the assay were found to be but
dross.
Letters Tell Story.
It’s a long story,'fellow songbirds, but
the score is easily followed by reference
to a series of letters which have passed
between certain New Yorkers, whom Mr.
Dwan elected to be his patrons there, and
certain Okmulgeeans who are still under
the spell of his notes with the dollar
mark prefixed. *
'Twill be remembered that Mr. Dwan.
after establishing himself here as a mu
sic master extra-ordinary—and his voice
was quite "soopie" as Abe Martin would
say—from the melodious confines of his
studio where uotes floated forth from
morn till night.' \yitiv ctjeq-#ee abe xion.
sent onr -word fUttt trie- pfifti fhr friettm-
American artists association will call-for
notes of a more material character than
those which he had been uttering and
with the thought to lure them on that
music might be established here on a
large scale, some of those who had come
to regard him us an artist of the first
water agreed to lend him their support—
that was all—in his plans to 'establish
liis corporation.
Among them was T. T. Blakely who
felt that Dwan might be able to accomp
lish something for himself and for the
city, and for the sake of harmony Mr.
Blakely agreed to serve as vice president
of the association, not however to the ex- j
tent that he would invest any real money ]
iii the enterprise. E. J. Dick, attorney,
also listened to Mr. Dwan’s pleadings and
sustained them in a manner similar to
that of Mr. Blakely. But Mr. Dwan
caused to be issued a glowing prosperous
in which he printed pictures of his “di
rectors” among whom, of course, were
Mr. Blakely, and Mr. Dick, neither of
whom posed as expert musicians or for
the photographer. And as the returns
began to come in Mr. Blakely ami Mr.
Dick did some thinking. The association
needed money which neither of them car
ed to advance.
“Lay it before the chamber of com
merce and perhaps they will endorse it,”
said Mr. Blakely to Mr. Dwan, when the
bill for printing the prospectuses was re
ferred to him by the printers after Mr.
Dwan had thoughtlessly overlooked it. as
vice president, which was merely, an
honorary office. Accordingly Mr. Dwan
had his day with the directors pf the
chamber of commerce, who in turn, des
ignated a committee composed of A. D.
Cochran. Mr. Blakely and Mrs. John A.
Price, to sound out the music project.
They went into details, inspecting the
plans from every angle, even to the ex
tent of interviewing Mr. Bob Baugh, sec
retary of the Retailers association, who
advised them that although Mr. Dwan
was possessed of a most pleasing tenor
voice, his utterances were not all legal
tenor. This fact was reported back to
Mr. Dwan and it seemed that a base
clef had been struck. He interviewed Mr.
Baugh and demanded to know how come
until Mr. Baugh invited Mr. Dwan to
' re-decorate the mahogany in lieu 'of a
certain slip of paper or two which he
then had iu his possession. Mr. Dwan,
waxing wroth, left the presence of Mr.
Baugh with the urge that he would con
sult his banker and return forthwith.
A week later, Mr. Dwan had almost
reached the> high O of his ambitions iu
Muskogee, where, it is said, he progress
ed far enough with his interpretations of
what he intended to make of the Asso
ciation of American Artists, headquar
ters, Muskogee, Okla., to obtain railroad
fare to New York. In the meantime, it
.should be stated, Mr. Blakely had in
sisted upon resigning as vice president of
the association, and Mr. Tlick is said to
have done likewise although he had been
out of the city in'a hospital and has not
been informed of late events in the life
of the music-master.
Also, Mr. Dwan succeeded in bringing
to Okmulgee a party of four very promi
nent characters in the musical world who
studied his proposition, announced it
feasible but who privately ventured the
opinion that Mr. Dwan was not the man
who could put it over. Mr. Blakely and
Mr. Dick about this time .were both wan
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The Concord Daily Tribune
WEEKLY CROP AND
WEATHER REPORT
Favorable Temperatures in
Eastern Part of Belt.—j
Picking About Cotnpletedl
in Most States.
(Bv tile Prraa.)
1 Washington. '‘Oct. 31.—-The weekly
weather and crop review issued today
by the Department of Agriculture <!<’-
! sorbed conditions of Southern crops ns
follows:
I Favorable temperatures prevailed over
the more eastern district of the cotton
belt, but in western states there was
j much clody. rain and cold weather.
, Picking is nearly completed In all dis
! friefs ex co]it in the northern states of
the belt, particularly in Oklahoma and
west and nm-th Texas. In Ok'ahoma
on account of the weather, cotton pick
ing is much delayed. In west and north
west Texas some damage and deteriora-
I tion has resulted on account of ra'n and
; tiickiug has been delayed. In North
(Carolina rain relayed picking somewhat,
j and about one-fourth of the crop remains
to be gathered, but the yield is reported
ns better than expected. The weather
by states: North Carolina, cdol with
moderate rains early in the week and
snow ill the mountains, fair with mod
erate temperature there after. No kill
lifg frost yet east of the mountains.
Crop matured beyond material change.
Cotton turning out favorably. Rain
delayed cotton picking.
NEW HIGH LEVELS ARE
REACHED BY COTTON
Spots Remain at 30.50 on New Orleans
Market—Close Net V»rhanged to 4
Points I’p.
New Orleans. Oct. 30.—Moot posiUons
in file cotton market today made new
high Ipvpls for the season and spots re
mained at 30.50 for middling, the peak
price of the season thus far. Decem
ber was advanced to 30.50 cents a pound.
Gains were scored in the face of a great
deal of pre-bureau liquidation from the
long Side and were mainly due to con
tinued unfavorable weather in the west
ern belt although some buying was in
duced by a continued good demand for
spots and telegrams from Galveston, es
timating end of the month clearances
for foreign export out of that port at'
100.000 bait's as jiga'nst previous esti
mates of 100,000.
■ - pomTswero nifiiTe in xyinpnufy with
a poos Liverpool but wliert December
touched 30.20, new buying camp in and
during the remainder of the session val
ues were fairly well supported by a scat
tering demand which at one stage bail the
list 12 to 24 points higher than file
last sales of yesterday. In the late
trailing there were small sags and the
close was net unchanged to J points
higher, the last sale of December being
at 30.35.
Too much rain was complained of in
the western division of the belt with
indications that bad weather would ex
tend eastward. Some sections of the
northwest reported freezing temperatures
and the forecast called for temperatures
well under freezing in the northwest.
So unfavorable have conditions in some
sections of west Texas and Oklahoma
become that reports during the day stat
ed that pickers were leaving the fields
b.v the thousands. The late sag was
partially due to messages from drv goods
centers to the effect that the buying
movement which started last week was
dying out.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opening Trices Were Fairly Steady at a
Decline of « to 17 Points.
vtie Pnna.l
NVw \ork, Oct. 31.*—The cotton mar-1
ket wqs nervous and unsettled at the op
ening today, first prices being fairly
steady at a decline of 0 to 17 points in
response to' lower Liverpool cables and
scattered liquidation b.v some of yester
day's buyers, Vho probably found the
weather map rather less bullish than ex
pected. There was a good deal of trade
buying reported at the decline, however,
and after selling off to 30.16 for Janu
ary, the market rallied to 30.28 1 for that
position on covering, with active months
ruling about 3 to 6 points net lower dur
ing the early trading.
Cotton opened fairly steady. Dev.
30.65; Jan. 30.20; March 30.20; Mav
30.32; July 20.75.
More Evidence in Bureau Inquiry.
•By the Associated Tress..
Washington, Oct. 31.—Payment of an
additional $33,000 to Matthew O’Brien,
a San Francisco architect, for a revision
of his plans for a government hospital
at Livermore. Cal., to make them ac
cording to the terms of his original con
tact. was disclosed today before the
Senate Ytcraiw’ Committee.
The nearest stars are so far front
the earth that their light takes more
than three years to resell us.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS.
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Partly cloudy and colder tonight; frost
in interior tonight if weather clears;
Thursday fair, slightly warmer in west
and central portions.
CONCORD, N.C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1923
HALLOWE’EN STUFF
TO FEED 2.000.000
CHILDREN OF GEHMAHY
American Society of Friends
Making Plans to Care for
Children Mayor General
Allen Announces.
Chicago. Oct. 31. (B.v the Associated
Press).- —Major General Henry T. Allen,
who commanded the American forces on
the Rhine, announced today on his ar
rival from Washington that plans are be
ing made to feed 2.000.000 German chil
dren this winter through the medium of
the American Society of Friends. Gen
eral Allen who returned from a visit to
Germany last July, declared that "a very
grave situation, and one with which Dor
many itself is not able to cope," exists
in the former enemy country. He has
accepted the chairman ship of tin. Ameri
can committee in charge of the campaign
which lie said had beeu endorsed by Sec
retary of Connqerce Hoover, and being
participated in b.v many nationally known
individuals.
HIGHER W AGES SOUGHT
BY RAILROAD MEN
Their Requests Are Being Met With Op
position on Practically All Roads.
, (By the Aascelated Tress.i
Cleveland, Ohio. Oet. 31.—Heads of
the transportation brotherhoods have
heard from several hundred railroads
throughout the country in reply to train
service employes' request for increased
wages, and the replies in most every case
show uniform counter proposals to con
sider the elimination of the payment of
tome and one-half for overtime and other
working rales. B. I). Anderson, president
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Engine Men. said today. "We
have received several hundred answers
from railroad managers to the men's re
quest for increased wages,” Mr. Anderson
said "and in most every case they show
a marked uniformity in requesting the
elimination of time and a half for over
time and other favorable working rules,
apparently with the object of delaying
the negotiations."
Files Complaint Agains Oil Companies.
Chicago, Oct. 31 (By the Associated
I’dess).- —The Standard Oil Company of
Indiana today filed a bill of complaint
in the I'nited States'District Court here
against the Universal Oil Products Com
pany and annoqnced that a similar bill
had been filed in Federal District Court
at East St, Louis against the Roxana
Petroleum Company to enjoin them,fAnn
the use of certain oil cracking processes.
The bills allege infringement of patents.
Seeking >75.000 Damages.
fßt the Associated Tress.)
Raleigh, N. C.. Oct. 31.—Trial of the
suit of Mrs. Louise E. Gerow, as admin
istratrix of the estate of the late Her
bert W. Gerow. who was kilted in an en
gine explosion on the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, was opened litpe toduy. The
suit is against the railroad company and
$75,000 damage is asked.
Power Hearing to Be Held November 13.
(By the Associated Tress. >
Raleigh, Oet. 31.—Hearing of the pe
tition of the Southern Power Company
'for increases in hydro-electric power
rates in the state, originally set for No
vember 12, was postponed today by the
State Corporation Commission until the
following day, November 13.
Chutney, which epicures consider the
finest pickle in the world, is a Hindu
invention, the origin of which is lost
in the mists of antiquity.
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ALAN DWAN AGAIN |
* *
8; Former OkiUulgee Vocalist Has 8-
|8( Adapted a Pseudonym in V ('. -\-
& The following appeared in the 4
* Okmulgee, Oklahoma Daily Times 4
8( of October 16, 1023: 4
* Alan Dwan of the golden notes 4
8( has been heard from.
* This time. Concord. North Caro- 8i
8: linn, is making inquiry.
81 . T. T. Blakely..for-wrly a director -b
*'»f 1 *wnu's short-lived" Association 4
* of American Artists" which lie hop- -it
8t ed would be the means of establish- 4
* ‘"g Okmulgee as America's music 4
8; center, and in which project he-fc
* sought to interest Mr. Blakely and 4
8( numerous other well-known busi- 4
8: ness men. yesterday received the fnl- ,4
8s lowing telegram addressed "The As- 4
8( sociation of American Artists, ok- *
8( mill gee, Oklahoma 4
8( "Man here from New York mi- 8:
8( der name of Alan Prindell. Lived 'B
- ill Okmulgee as Alan Dwan about 4
two years ago. Is he a graduate 8(
(to and entitled to use your seal? &
* "Concord Merchants Association, 4
* By BEULAH TYSON. Sec. &
* Mr. Blakely hasn't replied to the 4
* telegram as yet. He will probably 4
8; do so today after he has had time *
8( to deliberate.
8s An Okmulgeeaii received a letter 4
8s from a friend iu Alabama some time 8;
8; ago ill which the Alabaman who %■
* new Dwan, here reported that lie had *
8s had the pleasure of tuning in on 8-
8( Dwan one night when a concert was 8s
8s being broadcast from Montgomery, jji
8s He reported that Dwau’s voice 8-
8s sounded unusually rich.
8s 1 8:
8s ("toll's.. Tyson, secretary of the 8s
8s Merchants Association, advises us 8s
,8s that wiie lias not yet had a reply 8-
)js from Mr. Blakely —Editor Trib- 8:
8s line.) .
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METHODIST PROTESTANT
CONFERENCE MEETING
In Opening Session President Dixon Con
demned Substitution of Ragtime For
Gospel Hymns.
4fly the Associated Tress.)
Thomasville, Oct. 31.—Addressing the
opeuing session of the 08th North Caro
lina Methodist Protestant Conference this
morning. Rev. A. G. Dixon, of Greens
boro. president of the conference con
demned what he described as the substi
tution of ragtime times for old Gospel
hymns. He urged a reform of the ten
dency toward the jazzy in church music,
ami a return to hymns sanetioued by
other generations. About 100 ministers
were in attendance for the opening of the
conference, and an additional 100 dele
gates are expected to arrive. The con
ference is being held in the-church here
of which Rev. It. S. Trexler is pastor.
With Our Advertisers.
Buy Milk-Maid bread—one taste tells
the story of its goodness. :
A. B. Pounds sells the best Jellieo
doubled screened coal.
The l’iggl.v Wiggly pays the highest
prices for country produce.
Bargains in sweaters and skirts at
Scarboro’s.
Many new arrivals in suits and over
coats at W. A. Gvereash’s.
To Re-open Consulate at New Castle-on-
Tyne.
London, Oet. 31. (By the Associated
Press). —A settlement of the controversy
over the American consulate at New
Onstle-on-Tyue has been renclied between
Foreign Secretary Curzon and American
Ambassador Harvey, and according to
Mr. Harvey the consulate will be re-op
ened within a fortnight.
WON'S n NT
BE POSTPONED WEEK
Possibility of Delay Seen as
the Senate Court of Im
peachment Prepared to
Hear the Case.
(By the AM.Moelnled Press.)
Oklahoma City. Oel. 31.—A possible
delay of ti I most a week in the impoixli
meiit trial of Coventor J. C. Walton,
loomed today as the prediction was made
in legislative circles that the senate court
of impeachment could not consent to a
brief continuance, should the Executive
request it when the hearing opens to
morrow'.
In such an event, a postponement at
least until Tuesday or Wednesday of
next week was considered entirely prob
able. While final arrangements for the
trial being completed today the House
investigating committee was conducting
an inquiry into other departments of the
state administration in the courts of gen
eral impeachment investigation.
FI'RNEY DEPOSITION IS
HEAD AT KLAN TRIAL
Says He Paid Money to Field Agents
When Tcld r l|o Do So by Superior
Officer.
(By (hr AHMoeim*»(l Press.>
| Atlanta. (Ja.. Oet. 31.—Reading of the
j deposition of X. M. Forney, cash’er of
j the Imperial Palace, was continued t >-
,i day at the hearing in Fulton County
j court in the suit of 11. X. Riddenhouse,
of Philadelphia, and others for a receiv
er for the Knights of the Kn Ivlux Klan.
Plaintiffs expected to continue reading
affidavits and depositions throughout to
day and possibly part of tomorrow, and
after they complete their testimony the
defense is expected to introduce a nuni-
I her of affidavits. Mr. Furney was close
j ly questioned in the deposition in the suit
i about advances for expenses for various
| field men and how he payed out the
j money. He said he advanced money
to various field menSm the request of
i Imperial Wizard W. H. Evans, in any
| amount instructed, and he did not know
i for what purpose advances were made,
i “He is my superior officer." Mr. Fur
ney said.
Mer (Rouge Bodies in ‘Lake 4S Hours.
New Orleans, (let. 30.—Tile two
mutilated bodies found in l.ake La
Fouehe last December and identified as
those of Watt Daniel and T. F.
Richard, of Mer Rouge, who were kid
naped by hooded men neat' Bastrop four
months earlier, could not have been in
the water more than 4.N hours, if that
loti!;. Dr. Charles W. Duval. the
pathologist who eendueted the autopsy,
told the Timex-Picayune tonight ac
cording to a story that newspaper will
■publish tomorrow. Members of the
Morehouse parish in Ku Klux Klan. at
door Governor John M. Barker
and others have laid the kidnaping and
alleged murder of the men. repeatedly
have charged the bodies were not those
of Daniel and Richard but that they
were “planted'’ in the lake a short time
before their discovery in order to fasten
the crime upon the klan. Onpt. J. K.
Skipwith, the Morehouse exalted Cy
clops, has declared upon several oc
casions that the bodies came from a
medical school in St. Louis.
Boner Law Funeral Wednesday.
London. Oct. 31 (By the Associated
Press).—The body of Andrew Ifonar
Law, former prime minister, will be
buried in Westminster Abbey at noon
next Monday.
Newell Mine is Now Being
Operated „ Ore
SEPARATISTS PLAN
NOT RECOGINZED
Great Britain Will Not Re
cognize Movement Which
Was Started Recently in
Rhineland.
London. Oct. ill (B.v the Associated
Pressi. —Great Britain lias formally ad
vised France and Belgium that it can
not recognize the Separatists movement
in the Rhineland or the establishment of
an individual state in Cologne, or part’s
of the occupied area.
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
MEETING IN BOSTON
Meeting Is Held in Connection With Tex
tile Exposition.—President Amory Pre
siding.
(By thi* AflNoclated Prenu.i
Boston, (fr-f. 31.—The National Asso
ciation of Cotton Manufacturers opened
its semi-annual meeting today in connec
tion with tin* textile exposition iu prog
ress in Mechanics building. President
Robert Amory presided. 11. C. Meserve
reported that tin* research department of
the association had been actively co-oper
ating with the Federal Bureau of Stand
ards in its work on dyes and fabrics, and
with the division of simplified practice
in its worn on the elimination of unnec
essary variety of sizes. Industrial rela
tions committee reported it was working
to help the members of the Association
“to put the question of employes relations
on a workable, practicable basis.*’ The
committee on rates and transportation
urged that the members make clear to
the railroads the necessity of prompt
shipment on lint cotton from the South i
to the northern mills, and said the rail
roads of the southwest had assisted by l
opening up additional water routes for
c-.ittou shipments.
BLAIR’S INCOME TAX REPORT
Eleven Persons in State Pay Tax on
Annual Income of One Hundred
Thousand.
Washington, Oet 31.—Eleven persons
in North Carolina received more than
one hundred thousand dollars income
each in the calendar year 1021, Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue Blair shows
in a report made on statistics of in-
The identity of the men : s carefully
concealed. Fvr jin stand* t here were
three who got "between two . hundred
thousand and seven hundred and fifty,
their total being $1,010,700.
The greatest number of taxable in
comes in one class was for persons get
ting from two to three thousand dollars
a year, the total being 13.024. (IF
those getting from? one thousand to two!
thousand dollars there were 15|f>52 but
only O.SS7 were taxable. Eight men got j
more than SIOO,OOO and up to tw’o huu- (
drod thousand.
North Carolina’s personal and corpo- J
ration income reported as subject to tax
ation das $103,410,0.38 and the tax paid
was $10,750,070. *
AMERICAN DRY PLAN
PRESENTED TO BRITISH .
Terms for Basis for Anglo-American
Treaty to Cope With Rum Running |
Discussed.
< B.v tlie AMoeToled Preniic
London Oct. 31. (By the Associated
i Press). —The tiual terms which will
form the basis for an Anglo-American
treaty to cope with rum running along
the American coast were formally pre
sented to the Imperial Conference by*
Lord Curzon, the foreign secretary, this
afternoon. Ambassador Harvey and
Lord Curzon agreed to the terms at an
hour’s conference in the foreign office
yesterday. The terms laid before the
conference were:
First, the United States authorities
will have the right to search any Brit
ish ship within the 12-mile limit sus
pected of carrying liquor for smuggling
purposes.
Second, the I’nited States will for
mally affirm by treaty the principle of
the three-mde limit for territorial wat
ers.
Third. British ships will have a right
to carry liquor under seal into terri
torial watejps of the I’nited States.
ASKS PERMISSION TO
RETURN TO GERMANY
Request Made to the Dutch Government
by Fenner Crown Prince. Now in Hol
land.
(By (he \Mnoctnled t*re«M )
Doom, Holland, Oct. 31.—Former
Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm, of
Prussia, it is learned authoritatively, has
asked permission of the Dutch govern
ment to return to Germany. Holland
does not object, but would not allow the
Price to return again to his this country.
According to reliable sources.,: Frederick
Wilhelm has conferred with the German
minister at The Hague in regard to his
return.
Wake Forest-Furman Game Cancelled.
(By the Aasoomt-it Press.)
Raleigh, X. (’., Oct. 31.—The foot-]
hall game between Wake Forest and '
Furman University, of Greenville, S. 0.,
scheduled to be played next Saturday at
Greenville, has been cancelled, according
to word received today from Wake Forest
College. The game, it is said, was can
celled by Furman, because tis the fact
that Wake Forest not. being .a member
of the Southern Conference, plays first
year men.
Kellogg Appointment Accepted.
London, Oct. 31 (By the Associated
Press).—The appointment of Frank B.
Kellogg, as United States Ambassador to
Great Britain, has been'formally accepted
by the British government, it was off
icially announced this afternoon.
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NO. 258.
Men Who Have to Mine
Recently Declare Three
Shifts Are Working Daily
and Ore is Being Secured.
SPECIMENS SHOWN
AROUND THE CITY
Ore is Declared to Be Very
First Operated
by Men Who Secured Some
Gold Ore From It.
The old Newell Mine, first operated
more than 30 years ago as a gold pros
pect and later abandoned when the gold
vein seemingly stopped, is being operated
again now. Instead of seeking gold
the present operators of the mine are
seeking copper and reports reaching Con
cord indicate that they are having much
success at present with every indication
that the output will increase.
Tlte mining property at present is
owned by Mr. Frank Teeter, who pur
chased it several years ago. It is lo
cated about a mile and a half from
Flowe's store and as it« was owned by
the family of Mr. W. G. Newefll for a
number of years, tile mine derived its
name from the Newell family name. Mr.
Teeter purchased the tract, 35 acres,
from the Newell family and leased it to
the men who are having it operated.
It is understood that the lease on the
property is held by several Charlotte
men. who have a miner from the West
in charge of the property at present.
The mine has been worked for several
weeks, but the operations have been kept,
on the quiet and the general public lias
not known that copper was being found
in large quantities in the old hole which
was considered “dead” a number of years
ago.
One Cabarrus county man who has
property adjoining the mining tract de
clares that within the past several weeks
a ear load of copper has been shipped
from the mine to a northern refinery.
Another ear is about ready to be shipped.
The copper is loaded at the mine on
trucks and carried to Cabarrus, where
it is handled over the Norfolk-Southern
branch running into Charlotte. The
copper recently shipped in the first ear
was valued at about SI,BOO, reports
reaching Concord stated.
At present about 30 men are employed
in tile mine, it is understood. They
work in three shifts, thus operating the
mine 24 hums each day. In udAition
to the better ore- which is being loaded
on the trucks for shipment to northern
refineries, there is a large quantity of
rougher ore that is being mined but not
shipped at present. One estimate made
by a man 'who has visited the mine
places the best ore at 75 per cent, pure
copper. This man brought a number of
samples to Concord with him, and de
clared that much ore similar to that he
had is being takgti from the mine.
Another man who owns property ad
joining the mining tract told a repre
sentative of The Tribune that the men
operating the mine have made him sev
eral offers for a lease of his property.
The man is of the opinion that the cop
per vein extends through his property
and the fact that the operators want a
lease on his property indicates that they,
hold a similar opinion. This man de
clares that the operators of the mine
have made efforts to secure leases on
other property adjoining or near the
mining tract.
That there is lead as well as copper
in the mine property and on some of the
land adjoining is the opinion expressed
by the man who brought tile copper sam
ples to Concord. This man also brought
samples of ore which he declared con
tained lead. If lead in large quanti
ties is really discovered in the neighbor
hood the land will greatly increase in
value, in addition to the value given it
already by the discovery of copper.
The Newell mine was first operated
more than thirty years ago. It was
opened first by prospectors seeking gold
and some gold was taken from it, but
not enough to pay for the costs of miu
ing. At that time copper was too
cheap to be mined and the workers of
the mine paid no attention to any ma
terial except gold.
About twenty or twenty-five years ago
a representative of an English company,
or rather a man representing himself
as a representative of the English com
pany, came to Cabarrus county and se
cured an option on the property, accord
ing to local history. Later he sold the
lease, together with several he secured
on mines in Rowan county, to his Eng
lish company for large sums of money.
Local history declares the man then dis
appeared and the English company
er went to the additional expense of min
ing what they thought to be merely a
hole in the ground.
The property then was purchased p.v
the Newell family, which held it for sev
eral years. It was not mined at all
during these years. Mr. Teeter pur
chased it several years ago and did noth
ing with the mine until the Charlotte
men offered to pay him for the right to
operate the mine. The agreement was
made and work on the property began
at once with fine results.
Concord people who have been to the
mine express surprise at the activity
there. The Newell mine is well known
to the older inhabitants of this city and
tjiis county, but its inactivity for so
many years has resulted in little promi
nence for it and the younger generation
knows little of its history.
Several jnen who have been to the
mine recently and who have seen the
character of the ore mined are of the
opinion that the mine during the present
operations will prove a paying proposi
tion. and will again bring prominence
to Cabarrus as a mineral county.
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