*+*%•*•*« © ASSOCIATED ® * PRESS « « DISPATCHES © 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. & * * ♦ ********** 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 .. f- ""■'J"-’ " -■ "U 1 -" 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