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PAGE FOUR The Concord Dafly Tribune. MPBBKILL. Editor and Publisher W*T«HBaaßmu amoci»u Editor W news credited to tt or not otherwise Monted in this paper and also the lo cal new* published herein. All rights ot republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Special Representative FROBT, LANDIS A KOHN 226 Fifth Avenue, New Tork • Peoples’ Gas Building, Chicago 1006 Candler Building, Atlanta festered as second class mall matter at the poatoSce at Concord. N. C„ un der the Act of March 8, 187%. ” SUBSCRIPTION RATES In the City of Concord by Carrier One Tear 20.00 Biz Months 3.00 Three Months l.|o the* State, the'lfubscrfptlon Is the Same as in the City Out of the city and by mall In North Carolina the following prices wll pre- OB?e” Tear 35.00 Six Months 2.50 Three Months 1.25 Less Than Three Months, 50 Cents a Month All Subscriptions Must Be Paid In Advance RAILROAD SCHEDULB la Meet April M. HU Northbound. (Co. 138 To Washington 6:00 A. M. No. 36 To Washington 10:25 A. M. No. 46 To Danville 8:15 P. M. No, 12 To Richmond 7:10 P. M. NO, 82 To Washington 8:28 P. M. No. 88 To Washington 8:80 P. M. Southbound. No. 45 To Ctferlotte -- -.4:23 P. M. No, 35 To Atlanta 10.06 P. M. No. 29 oT Atlanta :2:45 A. M. 30. 31 To Augusta 6:07 A. M. o. 33 To New Orleans 8:27 A. M. No, 11 TO Charlotte >:OS A. M. Wo. 181 To Atlanta 9:15 P. M. f T IX—FOR TODAY—I B Bible Thoughts memorized, ttfl prate s 111 PI priceless heritage in alter jesre. !■ FULNESS OF JOT :—Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy: at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.—Psalm 1:11. SrJTFICIENCY:—Our sifffieiency is of God.—2 Corinthians 3:5. • CONGRESS AGAIN. Congress convenes again today after a reeess of several mahitlys. all those persons who keep infi9hatp% in touch with Congresses and polities in general, are of the opinion that the present ses sion will be a very important one. Nominally the Republicans have a ma jority in both houses of Congress, but things are not certain now. and there is every reason to believe that the "blocs" will control matters. There are “blocs" of all kinds in Congress now, but the biggest and most important one is a Senator—LaFollette, who seems to con trol the other members who are listed neither with the Democrats nor the the Republicans. The power of LaFollette has to be recognized, as much as the regular Republicans have it. and this man is almost certain to wield the whip hand in the present Congress us he did in the last one. At the beginning of the last Congress Senator Lodge and his supporters were certain they would not enter to the Senator from Wisconsin, but they changed their minds. The situation will be much the same this year. Sena tor LaFollette is not expected to line up with the Democrats but he will make the Republicans pay dearly for any alleg iance he gives them. The polities! future of President Cool idge -will in all probability, be determin ed by the action of Congress. If Con gress acts favorably to the propositions that appeal to the masses, then Presi dent Coolidge is almost certain to be the Republican standard-bearer in the next Presidential election. If Congress makes breaks, which will be forced by the Dem ocrats and in many instances, by the progressives and the various .“blocs," 1 then Mr. Coolidge is not likely to get the Republican nomination. Mr. Coolidge is a man of few words and his ability to refrain from speech making bus many many frineds and supporters for him. Ilut with Congress in session it will not be possible for him to maintain his silence. ' There is his address to Con guess. for instance, and then later many questions probably will be left with him to decide. He will have to be the admin istration leader whether he wants to be or not • and his action as such will be closely watched. Reduction of taxes and the bonus will be the biggest problems to come before Congress, according to present indica titons. Officials of the American Leg ion and other service men's organizations declare the bonus will carry. They know what they are talking about, these of ficials declare, and they are positive they have enough votes to put the measure through. Ob the other hand there are Republi cans and Democrats alike who are just as sure that the reduction of taxes will he accomplished. This will be done, they maintain, at the expense of the lon.us. which will be an impossibility with, tax reduction*. The session of Congress that comes just before a Presidential election is al ways considered an important and dan gerous one. The session that began, to day will be no exception. Many promi nent politicians and officeholders will be N||tde or killgd politically by this Con- WARMING TO AUTOIHTB. Just ;ip' W cefterjQ one o* 4ts, most prominent streets; BtJ Louis has eredted and dedicated a very unusual monument bnWmSiut ot v?;*..,; v ... ,t-• nud ' V-MF-Tit. 1 The monument is a memorial to the thirty-two children killed by automobiles in that city during the year just end >*• stands out very prominently Jand very pathetically at a point where traffic never ceases and where every mo torist that passes may see and be re- I minded of the terrible toll which reck lessness exacts. | It is a very simple monument and a still more simple inscription, yet thi6 memorial carries a message which im presses more deeply than many words of verbal warning or volumes of written advice. Several other cities in the T’niteU States have erected monuments similar to the one in St. Louis. The idea is a new one and may prove a good one. It is saves the life of a single person it will prove worth while. , TODAY’S EVENTS. Monday. December 3, 1923. Festival of St. Francis Xavier, patron saint and apostle of India. The Oratorio Society of New York is to celebrate its golden jubilee today. General Sir William D. Otter. the famous Canadian soldier, is 80 years old today. A “Coolidge League of Nebraska." is to be organized at a meeting called for Omaha today. At noon today the Senate and House will be called to order for the first ses sion of Congress in President Coolidge's administration. Whether or not the city of Portland. Maine, will go on daylight saving time next year will be decided at the municip al election today. Hearing is set for today in the com plaint of the Federal Trade Commission against Pennsylvania anthracite opera tors, charging unfair commercial prac tices. Tlhe second National Exposition of Power and Mechanical Engineering is to be opened in New York today under the auspices of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Adatli Israel congregation of Cincin nati, the oldest orthodox Jewish congre gation west of the Alleghanies, is to celebrate its seventy-fifth anniversary to day. All phases of Presbyterian church 'work are to be discussed at a great nat ional conference of the denomination which is to open in Cleveland toqay in response to a call issued by the Presby terian General Council. DEAD AT THROTTLE RUSHES INTO CRASH Twoscere Injured, Five Badly. \\ hen Special Hits Halted Train in Georgia. Albany. Gu.. Nov. 20.—With the engi neer dead in his cab—so other railroad men believe —a heavily laden passenger train speeding south with its cargo of Florida (ploughed through the rear of another train similarly load ed early today. Twoscore persons were injured: five seriously. The Louisville and Nashville's South land Special was halted at Nahuntz, pre paring to be switched to another road. The Southern Railway's Kansas City- Florida Special was heading the same wav, but making no detour. Engineer John Evans, of Macon, was in the cab of the speeding train. He was picked up dead after the crash, and members of the crew of the Southland believe he was dead beforie it. EvaFs, they say. hurled his train right over torpedoes and past flare signals placed there to protect the train making the detour. The heavy passenger loco motive ploughed right through the rear cars of the Southland. Admits Theft of Many Stamps. Washington, Dec. I.—A confession that he has systematically robbed the Po3t Office Department of stamps valued at approximately $75,000 after nearly 25 years in the service lias been ob tained by federal authorities from Her man C. Davis. Davis is at liberty under $5,000 bond. With a staff of 128 teachers and an enrolleineut of more than 5,000 pupils. Public School No. 100, of New York City, is believed to be the largest in the world. EVERETT TRUE ~ ' BY CONDI if ' v** Mi FOVit. *T" < Sew i r 7 , IT I "•fKSRy' Hi ijE. . tt. —"M‘:f Hi/ THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE WILL OF LATE REV. MR. GENTRY j CHANGED BY CONSENT JUDGMENT .McCain Heirs Come Into Possession of Minister’s Wife’s Fart of Property. ; Albemarle Press, I Final settlement of the will of. the | late Rev. C. M. Gentry, involving the sum of approximately $25,000, was made | here last week under a consent judg j mens favoring the contentions of the Mc j Cain heirs that the wishes of the late ) Mrs. Gentry were not complied with in Ithe will, which dealt with property which was in her right. It will be remembered that Rev. Sir. I Gentry, a retired Methodist minister, [willed the greater portion of the estate to charitable institutions, leaving about one-eighth to Mrs. Gentry’s heirs—the | McCain family—and one-eighth to his | own heirs, Mr. and Mrs. (gentry having Ino children. The remainder of the es j tate was left as follows: $6,000 to the Methodist Orphanage at Wiuston-Salem: $45,000 for a memorial fund for Mrs. Gen try in the Near East Relief: and $6,000 to missionary Bible workers. Isy the judgment pronounced last-week the McCain heirs receive half the es tate. the remaining half to be divided equally among the three causes named and the Gentry heirs. Mr. and Mrs. Gentry had an under standing as to the disposition of the property and made a mutual will leaving the whole estate the the surviving mem ber. with a proviso by Mrs. Gentry that in case Mr. Gentry should be the sur viving member of the union that at his dentil her part of the estate should be left to her heirs. Mrs. Gentry died in March, 1018. and Mr. Gentry at the advanced age of 71, followed her July 4, 1022. leaving a will as outlined-above. Mr. *nd Mrs. Gentry resided in Al bemarle following his retirement from the pulpit. Mrs. Gentry was u sister of former Sheriff George R. McCain, also of Sir. J. T, McCain, who died some years ago in Texas, and has children liv ing in the west. Mr. Gentry’s death and his disposi tion of the property, also the fact of his having been a minister who aciumulat ed such a large sum. created wide com ment in the newspapers in the summer of 1022. Tile matter proved interest ing to the popular miud and received quite a lot of attention. When Mr. Gentry's will was filed for probate the McCain heirs, knowing of Mrs. Gentry's wishes in the matter and having knowledge of the mutual will filed a complaint. The contention of the plaintiffs, which was accepted by all parties concerned and the court, was that under a fair in terpretation of Mrs. Gentry's will that the property in her own name should be disposed of otherwise than in the way designated in Mr. Gentry's will. NEGRO FRUSTRATED IN ATTEMPT AT ASSAULT Girl Held Up at Point of Revolver. But Negro Frightened Away When She Scree roe^}. Winston-Salem, Nov. JO.—A message received here today from King stated that an unknown negro late Thursday afternoon attempted to assault Miss Virgie White. 16 year old daughter' of I’d wilt White, a well known citizen of King, Stnckcs county. The girl, it appears, had gone out into a corn field to get some feed for the chickens when the negro appeared out of some woods. He drew a pistol and ordered the girl to stop. Site began screaming and her cries were heard by Jar.ies Williams, who ran to the scene. When the negro spied Williams lie fled back in the woods and was tracked for some distance, but the trail was soon lost by darkness. A posse of citizens was formed this morning and search for the black was resumed. An act of parliament was passed in the reign of nines I. imposing a penalty of fine or imprisonment upon anyone who was present at a football match. Hie act has never been repealed, but this fact does not deter millions of people from • attending the matches dur ing the season in the British Isles. The Chicago district boasts of no fewer than twenty-four publie and daily fee golf courses, more than any other city in the world. A MURDER THAT MADE LITERATURE Hundrdedth Anniversary ot a Gruesome Murder Celebrated. , London, Dec. L—A mast unusual cel-| ebration was that held recently «t the town of Radlett, in Hertfordshire, when the hundredth anniversary of a gruesome murder was commemorated. The reason why this crime has been singled cut is because, sordid though .it' was, it has played a remarkable part in English literature. Sir Walter Scott, George Borrow, -Charles Lamb, and Dickens, among others, seised upon the incidents and immortalized them in prose and verse. John Thurtell. a resident of Norwich and of good family, thought he had beeu cheated by a lawyer, William Wearc, who had wou fifteen hundred dollars from him. The pair were members of a gambling club that frequented a cer tain public house. Thirtell had appa rently been planning a means of revenge, and at last decided to murder the other. To do' this with safety—though Thur toll's actions throughout showed that he treated the crime ns an almost ordinary occurrence —it was necessary to get the victim to' some quiet spot. At is hap pened, Thurtell at the time was living as the tenant of a friend in a cottage near Radlett, and he solved the difficulty by inviting Weare to visit him for a few days' shooting. Thurtell had taken into his confidence the’ friend whose tenant he was. and another man named Hunt, both of whom turned agaiust him at the trial. The ]tarty made the journey in two gigs—one containing Thurtell and Weare —and by the time this one had reached its destination, the other was far in the rear. They got out of the gig. and then ap parently Thurtell set upon his victim. Weare begged for his life, and later took to his heels, with the would-be murderer in hot pursuit. At last Thurtell came within pistol shot. He fired, and Weare fell. The assailant completed the deed with a dagger. The pistol was thrown away, and when it was found the three •men—Thurtell. Hunt and the other— detained. After the other two had told their story, tlie murderer was indicted. The excitement produced by his trial was almost unprecedented. In all ways the trial was up to expectations, for Thurtell made a speech from the dock which, though flowery aud hypocritical.’ was well conceived. He was found guilty. It is said that friends of the condemned man amoug the sporting fra ternity made a serious plan to rescue him at the last moment, but the large sum necessary for the hire of men could not be obtained from TliurtelPs family. Scott denounced the sympathy that was shown by the public to the con demned pian. yet,lie took considerable trouble himself to.,vi>it the scene of the crime, ami his journal contains his com ments on the affair-. I/ord Lytton. in /T’elhaui," borrows from the circum stances of the tragedy for the murder of Sir John Terrell, anil Theodore Hook is supposed to have written a verse on the subject. At the trial Weare. the' victim of the crime, was stated by a witness to have been a respectable'man because he had a gig. and from thjy Carlyle coined the word "gigmanity” a# a synonym for re spectability. Charles Dickens made a elose study of the celebrated murder am} incorporat ed some of the details of the crime and the trial in several of his novels. CAPITAL BRIEFS O. B. Tyson, convicted for second de gree murder and who. has served quite a" long time, has been paroled for the bal ance of his sentence because of the con dition of his health. Governor Morri son. signing the parole, stntes that the condition of his health is such that he is advised the man will only live a short time and he desires, upon recommenda tion of the trial judge and solicitor, to give him an opportunity to pass his re maining days with hjs family. Louis Zapautis. convicted from Dur ham county for violation of the prohibi tion laws, has received a commutation of sentence from Governor Morrison Instead of serving four months he will be required to post a bond for good be havior and to appear at each term of court for twelve mouths and show that he has not violated the prohibititon laws. Ben Walker, convicted for complicity in the manufaetue of whiskey and sen tenced from Guilford county to serve ten months, has beeu. given an nndefeg minate sentence of not less than seven months because of good behavior. Repairs on the capital building are progressing steadily but it will ty- some weeks before the work is The inner walls of the ancient structure are being given a thorough revamping, and considerable strengthening work ia in progress. New heating facilities ate being made in some portions of the build ling. Wll Asl $400,060 Increase in Capital, Hals-bury, Nov. 29.—-At n meeting ot the stockholders of, the Salisbury Bank •and Trust Company, Jt was unanimous ily decided to make application for an amendment to the charter of the bank making the authorised Capital of the in stitution *500.000 instead of SIOO,OOO, the of this bank. The sfoek/ will be increased as of January 1, 1024, and the amount of such addi tional capital to be sold will be optional with the board of directors. p-i He thinks best with his head who thiljks also with his heart. m ■■ .. isuin.. DJNNER STORIES I “My good man. you should begin pt | the bottom and work up.” “It can’t be done in my line. I’m a i grave digger.” I Wanted: A young man to undertake I the Bale of new patent medicine. The I advertiser guarantees that it will be I profitable to the undertaker. Little Willie was enjoying a play with his kittens on the street when a gentle man passing by asked him the names of his kittens. “Joe and Jerry,” was the prompt re ply. “Why not call them Cook and Peary : the man then asked. “Go on, man,” Willie said, “these ain’t no pole cats.” * Definite. Old Colored Mammy: “All wants a ticket fo’ Florence." Ticket Agent: (after ten minutes’ of weary searching through railroad guides) “Where is Florence?” Old Colored Mammy: “Settin’ over dar on de bench!” “How old is that flapper?” “In her early nicotines.” “Hello, little sweetheart, will you dance with me?" “Sir! I’m a chaperon.” Representative Harry B. Hawes, Democrat of Missori says: “There are always two sides to a question. I did not believe that until recently. The utilities committee of a thrifty town in my State permitted the street ear company to raise the fare so that the public would get four tickets instead of six for 25 cents. This caused a great storm of protest. An indignant citiaen of the community met an old Scotchman on the street and tried to get hint exercised on the subject, but failed. “ ‘Well what do you think of it?’ he said. "‘Of what?’ asked the Scotclimnu. “ ’Why the utilities committee allow ing the roads to eol’ect 25 cents for four tickets iustead of six?’ “ ‘Fine. I like that,’ was the reply. “‘Like it. why?’ “ ‘Because I walk all the time, and now I can save 25 cents by four trips instead of six.' ” Neighbor Women: So your mother wants to borrow my elothes-wringer, does she? Tenement Child: Yes, ’cause bruver put Kitty’s tail in it ’n spoiled it all to pieces, 'n muvver says you're a horrid (dd woman if you don't: but don't tell her I said So. 'n I think you are any way. so there—where's your wringer? A little boy was eating persimmons in school. “Johnny.” said the teacher, “are. you whistling?" "Wliithlin’, hell,” said (he youngster; “I think I’m poitkeued.” Los Angeles had the first colored po licewoman in the United States. Durant open and closed models are on exhibition at our show room. Determine to see and compare the car which broke all records for new car deliveries last year. We have both models on display. Cab and let us demonstrate a closed car to you. Special run on Tires. 31x4 Cord Tires. 30*3 Cord Tires. i C. Blume Garage i ifrktl lii M ~ r -——■ I | Yotf SHOULD MAKE ) F CBfTApYOUUBEWARHj We're reliably informed that cold weather’s coming. You know that your home needs the installation of a lew heating system and you are qpite reliably informed that we * are the proper plumbers to attend to that ,Wt«r. / f E.B. GRADY 1 Contractors * Men’s All Wool Overcoats slß.sfr , . .. * t We just received another ship- ' ment of these fine overcoats in two different colors. While th§y last at special price $18,50 Other- Fine Overcoats $25 tc SSO Men’s All Wool Suits $25, $27.50, $29.50, $35 and up. - Hunting Trousers, Corduroy, ; .ml K Khaki and Whipcord $3.50, $4, II jj jfl It. —Water Proof Hunting Suits— j| ’ißnoHMafllHjl ** : { W. A. Overcash Clothier and Furnisher A Newer Living Room Furniture } Beautifully Upholstered Overstuffed Suites in beautiful Velour. You could not find a more comfortable Suite for the Living Room than this one. It ihas broad, restful arms and loose cushicftis built over a spring foundation. The back is deep and soft. Upholstered in Velour. Many other Suites to select from. , BELL-HARRIS FURNITURE CO P. S.—Don’t forget to see our line of stoves and ranges. , “THE STORE THAT SATI SFIES | IWJ HJakta HTV 1 j! rat C pJ j! A HOOSIER Unexcelled | That Spic-and- Your^Mother IBfe H. B. WILKINSON JgS Furniture Jjk l I The New Hardware Store Boys’ Leggins, Leather and Canvas. Union Roller Skates, all sizes ; Boys.’ Bicycles and Velocipede , —all sipes and prices. Phone All Orders to the New Hardware Store Ritchie Caldwell Cneimy. lit. lynnOlM K HMMr* The New Hardware Store : . t • l.>-' - '. V “ » * * ' ” Monday, December s, 1923 Jkk PEARL Drug Co.
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