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VOLUME XXIV
Cannon - Varner Interest
To Build Theatre Here
Lease and Plans For
New Building Being Per*!’
fected.—Will Be Modern
and Accommodate 700.
WILL BE~READY FOR
OCCUPANCY JAN. IST
H. B. Varner to Add New
Theatre to His Chain.—
Lessor Head of Moving
Picture Association.
A business don! has been consummat
ed that will result in Concord having n ]
new. modern theatre. Mr. J. Archie
Cannon, of the city's most substantial
and progressive citizens, has signed a
contract and lease with Mr. Henry'
liranson Varner, of Lexington. one of
the most prominent theatre owners and
malingers in the South, to build a thea
tre on the vneant lot immediately in the
rear of the Cannon building on I'nion
street, which will be under the manage
ment of Mr. Varner for a term of years.
Plans for the new building are now in
llaleigli, where they are undergoing in
spection for approval of the insurance de
partment. Following their approval,
work on the new theatre will bo started
and it is expected to be ready for oeeu
paney early in the coming year.
The building will be of briek and will
consist, of a large modern stage, audi
torium seating t>oo or more and balcony.
The main entrance will he through the
arcade of the Cannon building but there
will be a stage entrance from Depot
slreej near tbe city standpipe.
In leasing the building to Mr. Varner.
Mr. C'annon brings to the business life of
the town one of the most forceful iig
ures in the theatre and moving picture
business in the country. For many years, •
Varner was owner and editor Os the
xington Dispatch and for twelve years
is publisher of the Southern flood
ltoads and president of tbe North Caro
lina tlood ltoads Association. During
the Aycock and Glenn Administrations
Mr. Varner was commissioner of labor
and printing for the State.
About ten years ago, Mr. Varner be
came interested in moving picture thea
tres and a few years ago lie disposed of
his publishing plants ami since that time
Ibis devoted all of his energies to the
tjmptrc business.
the theatre field, Mr. Varner has
nut, .imoawsw. M»' i
Opfrate? 'The Lexington Hreatm “i«tc 0T
tbe largest and most modern In the State;
l’ahxee Theatre. Salisbury; lladin Thea
tre, lladin; Young’s Theatre, Lexington;
Strand Theatre, Salisbury.
Mr. Varnipr is president of the Motion
Picture Theatre Owners' Association of
North Carolina and has been the south
ern representative in the national confer
ence during the past ten years. lie has
been especially active in legislative ac
tivities looking the betterment of the
industry and is a .close friend of Will
Hays, national director, of the moving
picture producers.
Mr. Varner will spend considerable
time in Concord after the new theatre
opeus.
WARRANTS FOR KINO AND
H VKKKI. ARK SWORN OUT
la Question Whether Federal or State
Authorities Shall Hold King.
(By the Associated Press.*
Columbia, S. C., .Tuly 19.—“-Although
Mortimer H. King, who officers say con
fessed in Canton. N. C., to the slaying
of Major Samuel H. McLeary twelve
miles south of Cheraw on July 2nd, was
held here In the Richland county jail
as a prisoner for the Federal authori
ties. the sheriff of. Chesterfield county
was expected to arrive here today with
a warrant for his arrest on a charge of
murder.
The Department of Justice, whose
agents made the arrest, has been request
ed tot rule on the case to determine
whether King should menain in the cus
tody of Federal officers or be turned
over to the State authorities.
Warrants for King and Frauk Harrell,
alleged accomplice, were sworn out at,
Cheraw late yesterday.
A man arrested at Greenville yester
day, suspected of being Harrell, had not
been identified this afternoon.
MAN GIVING NAME AS
FRANK HARRELL ARRESTED
Taken at Hartsvilie, 8. C., and Is Being
Held, as Suspect in McLeary Caae.
(By the Associated Press.)
Columbia, S. C., July 19. —A man giv
ing his name as Frank Harrell was ar
rested Inst night at Hartsvilie, S. C.,
and is being held ax a suspect in the Me-
Leary case, says a dispatch today to the
Columbia Record.
Two Men Say Suspect is Not Harrell.
Greenville, S, C.. July 19.—Two men
wbo said they are acquainted with Frank
Harrell, alleged accessory of Mortimer
H. King in the ' killing of Major Samuel
H. McLeary, today declared the suspect
arrested here yesterday w»s not Har
rell. 1
Remains of Dead Major Will Rost In
.. Arlington.
Washington, July 18.—Arlington na
tional cemetery will be ,the final resting
place of Major Samuel H. McLeary,
murdered army officer, whose body was
found yesterday by a posse of searchers
near Cheraw, 8. C-, It was announced
here today. " The’ interment will tnk(
place either ti morrbw or Sunday. ,
Simplicity will, mark the burial aerv
< ices, the arrangements for which are be.
ing made by. the major’* widow in eo
operation with the war department. Ev
ery facility of the department, it wai
announced, will be placed at the die
posal of the bereaved family members.
The Concord Daily Tribune
!•
1 $
* CO PER CENT OF COTTON
* milks Operated at *
*. LOSS PAST YEAH. #
* *
■*K Charlotte, July 19.—Ninenty per H;
rent. <>f the cotton, mills of the SI
SK I’nited States have operated at n
In-- for the past several months. u<- jfc
SK cording in a statement here today rK
sk by W. D. Adams, of this city, score- IK
tarv of the American Cotton Mann
* facturers association. IK
5& Conditions in the industry, he JK
?K said, have been unusually distress- SK
ing. &
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I GRUESOME FIND DESCRIBED
BY AN EYE WITNESS
McLcary’s Remains So Completely Hid
den They Never Cc-uld Have Been
Found.
Cheraw. S. C., July 17- —A pile of,
cleanly picked bones and several feet
distant a skull that might have been put
on an emory wheel, so devoid was it of
flesh—these lying in a soggy bit of
marshy ground was all that .was found
today of Major Samuel H. McLeary.
who was killed on July 2nd at 2 o'clock,
eleven and one-hnlf miles south of Cheraw
by Mortimer 11. King and n companion. I
Leaving Asheville late Wednesday af
ternoon. Capt. M. S. Williams and two
deputies hurried towards Cheraw with
Mortimer King, who a few hours pre
vious had confessed at Canton to hav
ing killed McLeary, robbed him and
stolen his Dodge car. The party came
by Union S. C.. in search of the partner
of King, implicated with him, but were
unable to locate him. -As they con
tinued on towards Cheraw, when near- ,
ing Mcßee. King had the party to stop,
thinking that was the spot but he was -
mistaken, and the party continued. Fin
ally when "a point eleven and a half
miles south of Cheraw was reached, on
the north and south' highway, he quickly
halted the car. pointed to a thick mass
of undergrowth beside tbe road and said: 1
‘•There he lies.”
And 200 feet within the woods was !
found the bones of the dead man. The
fowls had made a clean-up job since
July 2nd, and what clothing he wore ’
was massed in the mire. His army !
shoes, and ten feet distant, a civilian
cap, were all that remained, protruding t
.
Coroner Holds. Inquest. j
Immediately upon * finding the body, t
Captain Williams hurried to to I
communicate with the Chesterfield coun
ty officers, and the two deputies turned
southward and carried their prisoner to
Columbia to jail. The finding of the
body was at 11:80 o'clock. 1
At 3 o’clock Magistrate Whiteford 1
Pate einpauneled a jury of six men in 1
the edge of the woods, 200 feet from
the bones, and after the jury had viewed 1
the spot, the testimony of Captain Wil
liams was taken, he detailing King's
confession and how King had pilo.'ed
them to the body. His was the only
testimony. The coroner's jury verdict
was that McLeary came to his death at
the hands of Mortimer King and part
ner. „
When the body was first found, King
showed. Captain Williams the two bul
let holes in the skull. All the way from
Canton during the ride Wednesday night
and this morning. King appenred to be
enjoying the trip, said the officers, as
though he were on a joy ride. He dis
played little evidence of nervousness.
-His trial for the murder will be at
Chesterfield at the September term of
court.
Immediately after the inquest the
Cheraw undertaker gathered the remains
1 in a basket and carried them to Cheraw,
where they were placed in a sealed eas
' ket for shipment.
Miss Bonnie McLeary, sister of the
slain man. reached Cheraw from Ashe
ville about noon, and was desirous of
seeing what was left of her brother.
Rode Through Rockingham.
’ From what can be learned, Major Mc
'• Leary was on his way to Fort Moultrie
in his Dodge, when between Raleigh and
Sanford on the morning of July 2nd he
was stopped by King and partner who
asked for a lift. The major assented,
and found the two were headed for
Columbia. Reaching Rockingham short
> ly before noon. King mailed a letter to
his wife at the postoffice. The party
I then continued southward.
It was at a point about 11 miles south
of Cheraw that the partner sitting on
- the front seat remarked to King, who
- was on the rear seat, to go ahead. King
, is said to have leveled two pistols at
- McLeary's back, when the major turned
e around and laughed, King pnt up the
guns. Then his partner remarked, ‘‘Let
. him have it, Red," and again King
a pulled his weapon. They then ordered
t the major from the car, and it was
r when beside the road -among a “small
>1 patch of' briars that King shot him
t twice, each bullet entering the head and
the last one killing him.
They then dragged him to the bushes,
and left him 200 feet distant in a place
n that no human creature would ever have
bad occasion to go and where the bones
i- would have remained undiscovered had
g ,not the broken down Dodge been found
j, near Canton and King's confession se
o cured.
8' ,
d Americans Sweep Everything * Before
e Them.
Olympic Swimming Ftool. Leu, Tourel
lea, France, July 18 (By tbe Associated
p- Press). —America’s Olympic men and wo
>- men-swimmers today again swept every
r- thing before them, every American en
is treat in the '-diving end Swimming events
M disputed today reaching the finals or
semi-finals.
tt-—n.L| — —
CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1924
' 1 fr
Will Fight for Title
""^UNNeT 11 " mmmm
she light heavyweight championship of America will he &t stake when
lene Tunney the holder, battles Georges Carpentier the efitorful French
nan at the Polo Grounds. New York July 24 Both weSv active com
Atants in the late war. Tunney with the A E F and Oai nfentiet with tha
French air forces f
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NAMES ON McLEARY’S MAP
LEADS TO KING’S ARREST 1
Writing Names of King and Harreil Lead
to the Arrest of King.
Asheville, July 1fv —Writing the
names M. King and Harrell upon a pen
cil sketch of a road map wax the clue
thnt lend -to the arrest of Mortimer H.
King, at Canton. last Tuesday and
brought about a solution of the mystery
surrounding the murder and disappear
ance of Major Samuel H. McLeary.
When King or his companion penciled
these names upon their sketch they set
the Iran ip .which' they were cauglit af
ter- tifilscixM •Jffpm v ni-fr |lSd hOen baffled
ill their attemps so trace the identity of
the two mystery men who had driven
the major's stolen automobile into the
Thiekety section ear Canton where it
was wrecked and abandoned on July 3rd. -
This was established today by A. G. .
Russell, deputy sheriff and special po-1
liceman at Canton, who told of the I
events leading lffiFto King's arrest and
confession at Canton.
Identification of laundry marks upon
a shirt found in King's room which proved t
to be a garment belonging to the slain I
officer was made By A. .T. Snmuer, chief ‘
of police of Canton, according to Alr/I
Russell who said that several mistaken ■
reports have been circulated in regard !
to the solution of the mystery.
Credit for the clue which brought j
about King's arrest is given by the dep- j
uty sheriff to Miss Bonnie McLeary, I
sister of. the slain/officer, who detected!
the names of M. King and Harrell on
the pencil map that had been found with
the major’s effects near the point the
automobile had been abandoned.
Russell said that a suit ease and brief
ease belonging to Major McLeary had
been found in the woods near the pjoint
the automobile had been abandoned by
Carl Willis and Tom Sorrels last Sun
day afternoon. They brought the prop
erty to Canton and turned it over to
Chief Sumner. Russell joined the Chief
and a search was made, Sunday evening,
of the Thiekety section in the-hope that
McLeary’s body might be found. These
officers collected all the data am to the
men who had driven the automobile into
the Thiekety section, their attempt to
drive over Crab Tree mountain, their
return and their stopping at Mrs. Luth
er Hall’s home for water to' wash their
hands and fill the automobile radiator.
Miss McLeary arrived in Canton
Tuesday night and was given the major’s
siutcase and briefcase. She found the
road map, a roughly drawn sketch with
the names appended. The map was
turned over to her cousin, Mr. Ains
worth, who brought it to the marshal's
office in Asheville. In this city Air.
Ainsworth lost the map.
However, Aliss McLeary recalled the
names. She said King's name was im
pressed on her mind because she has
a relative by that name. Search was
I : ’ :
Rich Gold Ore Brought to
i Light in Northeast Cabarrus
Alt. "Pleasant, July 19.—Keen interest i
is being taken in the mining operation i
that is now being conducted on the farm I
of Matt Crayton, which lies in the north- i
east corner of Cabarrus county. This I
mine was discovered by Richard Crayton '
while he was preparing the farm lan<J <
foe crops early in the Spring. Hi« at- i
tenthra was drawn to rock of gold-bear- i
ing appearance, and when broken the 1
gold could plainly be seen.
Air. Crayton and • his son soon dis
covered the vein hidden under leas than
a foot of soil and numerous holes that
they dug in the- vein disclosed very rich
ore. They brought this property to the
attention of J. L. AlittenbubUr. a west
ern mining man who bad settled in this
district for the past foqr years due to
tbe splendid gold formation that this
part of the country affords.
Mr. Mittenbuhlcr immediately -acquired
thal mining rights to this property and
- -‘7 "
then begun for Al. ft ing and Harrell, ti
The time keeper at the Champion Fibre h
Alills informed the officers that Alor- *'
timer King was working there. I
King was arrestedraud placed in the
Canton jail That flight he protested 11
his innocence and sdkl he had coine to *
Canton on the trait, leaving on July J
3rd. |T ‘ t
Next day the officers searched King's a
room at the boarding house. Chief a
Sumner found the shirt and recognized '
the laundry marks as.being the same as
those on other shirty belonging to Major .
AlcLeary. King wj*s confronted ’with *
the shirt and after .ftljme admitted the c
minder. He made** I *'' tftjp cmifoaricm 4
which he signed.
i
INVESTORS TO BE SECURED
BY ALL GERMAN RESOURCES
.To Have Priority in the Event of Gcr- «
many's Default in Payment. 1
I London. July 19 (By -the Associated '
Press). —The committee of the inter-nl- <
i lied conference in charge of sanctions in <
the event of Germany’s default under i
! the Dawes scheme, today unanimously <
I agreed to insure investors in the loan to
• Germany of priority on ail German re- *
(sources in the event of Germany’s de- ,
fault.
i The committee also agreed unanimously •
! to reserve the rights enjoyed by the na
j thins which signed the A’ersailles treaty,
j These two issues stood in the Way of the 1
I negotiations of the conference yesterday, 1
! and the agreement on them, it is believ- 1
ed, will expedite the xvork of achieving
a general agreement on the Dawes plan. 1
The agreement on preservation of the 1
rights to the signatories to the Versail- 1
les treaty was a concession to Premier 1
Herriot. of France, and in effect it pre
served the right for separate action on 1
the part of France.
DEATH OF PUBLISHER
> OF THE DENVER POST
, Occurred Today After a Short Illness.—
Was 87 Years of Age.
(By the Associated Press.)
Denver, Col.. July 19.—Harry H. Tam
meu. editor and part owner of the Den
ver Post, died early today after a short
illness.
In addition to his interest in the Post.
1 Mr. Tammen possessed a private fortune
. estimated at $5,000,000.
i Mr. Tammen is survived by his widow
- and a brother, Frank Tammen, of Den
-1 ver. He with his partner, Fred G. Bon
fils, formerly owned the Kansas City
i Post. They also were former owners of
• the Sells-Floto Circus.
Mr. Tammen had been il about four
. months. About three weeks ago lie was
operated on at Johns Hopkins Hospital
> in Baltimore, and returned Monday in
■ the private car of J. Ogden Armour, a
i close personal friend. He was ti’ years
i old.
on assay learned that the ore values were
more than one hundred dollars to the
ton. He has now installed a stamp
mill and concentrating table ams has suuk
the shaft to over a depth of twenty feet.'
The ore vein has increased in width to
over four feet. He is now making ar
rangements to install air compreaser. air
drills, steam hoist, engine and larger
boiler.
There' can be no doubt, il is said, of
the success of this operation as the con
centrates assay over SBOO per ton. This
mine is in the famoiw Reed mine dis
trict. The Reed mine mint record is
over two million dollars with practically
no work carried to depth and aa Mr.
Alittnebuhler says tbe Reed mina has
hardly been scratched. .
This operation is bound to attract at
tention in the wining world and be a
treat assistance to otir community.
WHEELER ACCEPTS !
SECOND PLACE ON
LA FOLLETTE TICKET
After He Had Previously De- ,
dared That He Would Not
Accept.—Was Urged by La
Follette to Make Race.
NOW PREPARING A
FORMAL STATEMENT
Special Committee of La Fol
lette Called on Wheeler
Yesterday and Formally
Tendered Him Nomination
IBs tkr AssoeWif I’rox**
AVashington, July 19. —Senator Burton
K. Wheeler, Democratic prosecutor of the ,
Senate Daugherty committee, today an- |
nounced his acceptance of second place (
on the independent Presidential ticket ,
headed by Senator Robert AI. La Fol- ‘
lette. i
Although he previously declared lie t
would not accept such a designation, Air.
Wheeler yielded and reversed his deei- i
sion after he had been urged to do so i
by Senator La Follette and by several
of his pricipal advisers.
A special committee from the group
of I,a Follette followers, in conference
here, called on the Alontana senator yes
terday, and formally tendered him the
endorsement of the conference for the
vice presidency. He promised to reply
today and lie did so soon after he reached
his office.
“I will accept the nomination,” was
his first terse announcement of the de
cision. Then lie turned to the prepara
tion of a formal statement setting forth
his position to the country, and replying
to the formal offer extended to him by
La Follette leaders.
Several days ago Senator Wheeler an
nounced he could not support John W.
Davis, the Presidential nominee- of his
party, although he intended to work for
the Democratic state ticket in Alontana,
and to give his aid toward the re-election
of his colleague, Senator Thomas J.
Walsh.
Senator Wheeler later sent a letter to
Wm. H. Johnston of the machinists un
ion, wbo headed a committee that called
on him Yesterday, accepting the homina
t»». iA this iritip(ffij-«ipir wrAjii
paign with a broadside against the polit
ical affiliations of Calvin Coolidge and
John AV. Davis. j
"I am a Democrat, but not a Wall
Street Democrat,’' he said. "The Dem
ocratic party has wantonly abandoned a
great opportunity for great public ser
vice.” Both the democratic and republi
can parties, he declared, had '‘ignored
the call of the unorganized millions who
are the victims of thep resent economic
disorders.”
WHEELER UNANIMOUS CHOICE
AS LA FOLLETTE’S RUNNING MATE
Alontana Senator Telia Committee That
He Will Reply Within 24 Hours.
Washington, July 18. —Senator Bur
ton 'K. Wheeler, Democrat, Alontana,
can have the vice presidential nomina
tion cn the La Follette ticket if he
wants it. Senator La Follette himself
urged Air. Wheeler to become his run
ning mate and indorsement was offered
the Alontana senator on behalf of the
conference for political progressive ac
tion, which approved La Follette's in
dependent candidacy at its recent con
vention at Cleveland.
Senator Wheeler said he would an
nounce his decision within 24 hours.
Some of those who consulted with him
during the day declared they were con
fident he would be a candidate, although
he announced two days ago he would
decline indorsement if it were offered
him.
Efforts to get Senator Wheeler to
change his mind were renewed as a
group of La Follette supporters, in
structed by the Cleveland convention to
indorse a vice presidential candidate ac
ceptable to the AVisconsin senator, met
here today to make a choice. After
Air. La Follette had been in’ conference
with the Alontana senator, a delegation
representing the national committee of
the conference for progressive political
action called on him to urge him to
accept the nomination.
THE COTTON MARKET
Thre* Points Higher on July But Gen
erally 14 to 32 Points Lower.
(By the Ameletei Preaa.)
New York, July It).—The cotton mar
ket opened easy today at an advance of
3 points on July but generally 14 to 32
points lower under realising in anticipa
tion of the government erop report Mon
j day, and scattered selling encouraged by
1 reiterated reports that dry hot. weather
, had caused little or no damage to crop
, prospects in Texas. July was in de
, maud, however, selling up to 31.00 on
. further coveriug, or 20 points net higher.
\ After declining to 20.14 at the start. Oc
| tober rallied to 20.20 in sympathy with
near months strength. Opening prices
, were: July 31.4 ii; October 28.25 :'De
. cember 25.32; January 20.17; March
25.50 bid. ,
f American Women Win in Olympic Tennis
Competition.
B Olympic Stadium. Oolombes. France,
. July 10 (By the Associated Press). —Miss
b Helen Wills and Mrs. George Wiglitman,
f the American pair, won the women’s dou
.. bles championship of the Olympic lawn
i tennis competition, defeating Mias Kath
leen McKano end Mrs. Phyllis Covell in
,i the finals today, 7-6 /and 8-0.
a Miss Mary Alice Hutchinson, of ©bar-
I lotte, is visiting Miss Lila Grier Pharr,
OMECOBUU,
ITTACKS FROMIOB
Joe S. Kornfield, at Teheran,
Persia, Died Friday After
Having Been Brutally At
tacked by a Mob There.
MOB MISTOOK MEN
FOR MEMBERS OF SECT
Against Whom a Demonstra
tion Was Being.—Another
American, Melin Seymour,
Also Bady Hurt.
(By the AsHOelnteil Press.)
AVashington. July 19.—A message re- j
eeived today by the State Department ]
from American Alinister Joseph S. Korn- ,
field, at Teheran. Persia, said that vice ]
consul Robert linbrie died from shock at t
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after hav- ,
ing been brutally kieked and beaten by ,
a mob.
The vice consul and Aielin Seymour ]
also an American, had stopped their car
riage to watch a religious demonstration ,
in the city, the message said, and were
rushed by the mob who mistook them ,
for members of a sect known as Bahais, |
against which the demonstration was di- |
reefed.
Seymour's condition was said to be so -
serious as a result of the beating he ,
received that he had been unable to make
any statement.
Death Conti lined by British Officials.
London, July 19 (By the Associated -
Press). —British officials confirmed today
the death of Alajor Robert Imbra.v, the
American Alee Consul in charge at Te
heran, Persia, who it was stated, was
attacked by a fanatical mob yesterday
morning while photographing a public
fountain in company with another Ameri
can named Seymour.
Alajor Imbray died during the after
noon, while Seymour, whom it was irn
iwssible to identify further, was taken to
a hospital in a critical condition.
HUGHES SAYS AAIERICA
IS BEHIND DAWES PLAN
“We Are Very Much Interested in Hav
ing It Put Into Operation,” He Said.
views regarding the Dawes plan. Charles
Evans Hughes. American Secretary of
State, upon his arrivul today aboard the
Berengarin, said:
"American sentiment is very strongly
behind the Dawes report as it now
stands, and we believe the prompt execu
tion of that reiiort is of the greatest im
portance.”
In an interview Secretary Hughes em
phasized that his message to England
was unofficial. Regarding the Dawes re
port. however, he declared "AA'e are very
much interested in having it put into
execution. AA’e hope it will be found
possible to have that effect given to it at
an early date. AA'e consider that it af
fords a sound basis for econotaiC recuper
ation of Europe.”
Asked whether he considered that the
Dawes plan could be modified and yet
have the full effect which he aparcutly
hopes for, Secretary Hughes replied,
‘•That's a discussion into which I'm
afraid i Cannot enter.”
Dawes Sends Message to Committee.
London. July 19 (Ily the Associated
Press). —"Our work must be, and will
be approved by the peoples of the world,
because always personal considerations
were unknown in our effort to point out
the practical, economic and common
sense basis of future co-operation between
the allies and Germany,” Charles G.
Dawes declared in a message to his fel
low members cf the first experts commit
tee. made public in part today by Owen
D. Young.
The message was in reply to one of
felicitations sent to the vice presidential
nominee of the Republican party by his
fellow members of the committee which
drew up the Dawes report.
“It is my prayer and expectation,”
said General Dawes, “that the important
conference now in session in London will
demonstrate that the nations facing
away from the chaos left by the war, and
from hatred, with a sincere determina
tion to found un enduring and Christian
peace based upon common good faith.”
With Our Advertisers.
I/Ct AA’. J. Hetheox demonstrate to you
one of his small motors for running sew
ing machines.
Rent a Ford from J. I). Boyd and drive
it yourself.
Hot rolls at the Carolina Case every
day from 4to 7 o’clock. See ad.
Big bargains oil next week at the
Parks-Belk Co.'s One-half off during the
July Clearance Sale.
Grand, opera at Asheville beginning
August 11th. See ad. for particulars.
A'ou can bank by mail just us easily
as in person. See ad. of Cabarrus Sav
ings Bank.
Only six more days of Efird's Removal
Sale.
Railway Shop Laborers to Support La I
Follttte.
Detroit, July 19, (By the
Press). —Senator Robert M. La Follettc’s
Presidential campaign will be given the
unanimous support of the United Broth
. erhood of Maintenance of \yay Employees
and Railway Shop laborers, it was an
nounced at the union’s headquarters hero
today.
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world is about one-fourth candle-power.
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- and was designed for uarhn hospitals
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NO. 169.
UPDATE DAVIS
ridlPF TO lAINE
FOR TEN DAYS REST
Having Selected x His Cam
paign Manager and Fixed
August 11th as the Formal
Date of His Notification.
WLIL GOTO STUDY
OUT HIS ADDRESS
President Coolidge Will Not
Be Notified Until a Week
After the Ceremonies at
Clarskuburg.
On Board Rockland Express, eu route
ir Islebnro, July 18.—Having selected
is campiiign manager. Clem I. Shaver,
f West Virginia, and fixed August the
lth ns the date for liis formal uotifica
on. John W. Davis was speeding north
ard today along the roekbound coast
f Maine, in search of solitude in which
o study out his address accepting the
temocratic Presidential nomination.
His destination is the summer home
f Charles Dana Gibson, off Rockland,
teturning to New York at the end of ten
ays lie will put his address in writing
efore departiug for Clarksburg. W. Va..
ir notification ceremonies.
In determining upon August the lllli
s the date for his. official notification of
lie action of the New York convention,'
Ir. Davis has elected to fire the first
road side of the 1924 campaign, insofar
s the two major political parties are
oneerned.
President Coolidge will not be notified
nrmally of liis nomination until a week
fter the exercises at Clarksburg. Boih
eremonies will take place at night, so
hat the vast radio audience over the
ountry may listen in without interrup
ion.
With Mr. Shaver now actively on the
ob, the nominee has laid aside for the
inie being at least, the cares of enm
iaign organization.'
Ylr. Davis is accompanied by his close
j-iend and confidential adviser. Frank K.
Polk.
While Ylr. Davis is at the Gibson home
liis campaign manager will- go forward
with flu- completion of the campaign or
sanizatipn, along lines which have bean
worked put ar between th«»*.i
nominee. liis managers. amPa number
party leaders. There is to be a central
board of strategy directing district or
ganizations in the four main sections of
the country.
Davis Arrives at Rockland.
Koqkland. Me.. July 19.—,Tot(n W.
Davis, Democratic presidential nominee,
arrived here today from New Y’ork and
immediately embarked with Ylrs. Davis
for the short boat ride to 700-acre Is
land, where lie will be the guest for ten
days of Charles Dana Gibson.
YVhorever the Rockland Express stop
ped during the run from New Y T ork,
crowds gathered to greet the candidate.
Discussing hix acceptance speech to
day YJr. Davis said he would make it as
brief as possible, declaring that iu his
judgment the day of 'long political dis
sertnins had passed.
CLEM SHAVER CHOSEN
BY DAVIS AS MANAGER
Cantpain Will Be Launched at Clarks
burg August ll.—Nominee Goes to
Maine.
New Y'ork, July 18. —Clem L. Sha
ver, of YVe«t Virginia, will manage the
campaign of John YV. Davis. Democratic
presidential ciutdidateb which wifi be
formally launttbed at Clarksburg. W.
Y'a.. on the night of August 11. with the
official notification of his nomination.
This announcement was maae late, to
day by Mr. Davis before he departed
for Islesboro. Me., where he will spend
ten days, with liis time divided *between
rest and the mapping out in his own
mind of the form and substance of his
address of acceptance.
Announcement of the selection of Mr.
Shaver as chairman of the Democratic
national committee and of the fixing of
the notification date was contained in
ah official statement, the first to be
issued by the candidate.
Selection of Mr. Shaver hao been de
termined upon some days ago. but the
official announcement was withheld un
til Mr. Davis could complete a series of
conferences with party leaders, ’ll in
last of these was held today at the
home of Frank 1,. I*olk. those present
including Thomas Taggart, of Indiana;
George E. Brennan, of Illinois, and Nnr-
Man H. Davis, of New York.
Lefler Motor Car Co. Makes Assignment.
The Lefier Motor Co., doing business iu
the ©orl building on West Depot street,
made an assignment yesterdny for ttie
benefit of its creditors. The liabilities,
it is said, will amount to about SB.IXIO
with assets approximating SI,OOO.
Mr. Steve Lefier, the manager, lias been
absent from the city for several days.
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