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VOLUME XXIV
Will Mass of Matters Be
Presented to Legislature?
Or Will the Extra Session Be
Devoted to Business For
Which It Was Called?—
\ Opening Session Thursday.
FIVE HUNDRED
BILLS ARE READY
According to One Report
Heard in<Raleigh.
Road Bill and Klan Expect
ed to Get Some Attention.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, Aug. 4.—With the day for
the conventiong cf the special session
of the General Assembly, only three days
distant, interest was concentrated on
whether or not the legislators would con
fine themselves to the two matters for
which they have been called together to
attend to, or would branch out in va
tious other directions. Gossip of va
rious sorts has been going the rounds for
days to the effect that pressure would
be brought to bear to have numerous
. other matters looked after.
The sessions has been called to con
sider and act upon the ship and water
transportation commission report, and to
correct an error in an amendment to be
put before the people guaranteeing the
highway bond sinking fund. These two
matters, it is believed, could easily be
taken care of In the constitutional three
weeks for which the legislators could
drnw salary.
There have been reports, however, that
many members have in their hands loc&l
bills, the total number being fixed in
some reports at as high as .TOO. The
latest reports are to the effect that an
effort will be made to repeal the law
authorizing a $10,000.000 bond issue to
build a railroad into the mountainous
section cf the northwestern part of the
state.
'there also is said to be the likelihood
that a bill for the regulation of bus
lines would be introduced, and that the
Ku Klux Klan may be brought into the
issue. The State primary law also may
be subject of effort at amendment, it is
said.
The session will open on Thursday and
it is expected that the preliminaries will
be disposed of on ."that day, getting the
assembly in shape to daglHMMMui within
the next day or two if ittCttiembers Vtsh.
An effort may be made on the first day,
it & said, to pas* a resolution limiting
- tihwAmhier-t
to-the two things fob wMCIi 1T
called.
HID BEAR REALLY CARRY
CHIU) AWAY FROM HOME?
Much Excitement When Mother Returns
Home to Fnd Her Baby Gone.
Clarendon. Aug. 2.—The home of Mr.
and Mrs. Shepherd Strickland, about a
mile southwest of town, for a few hours '
yesterday was the scene of wilk excite
ment and anxiety.
Mrs. Strickland went to the house of
n neighbor for a short time, leaving her
four-year-old boy and one-year old girl 1
on the porch by themselves. Returning 1
about 9 o’clock in the morning, the girl i
baby was missing, and the little boy
arousing from a nap told his mother that
a bear had been after him and came neart
catching him. When asked where the •
baby was he said he did not know. ,
Soon the news spread that the baby
was missing and presumably destroyed
by a bear, the whole surrounding coun
try turned out to assist in the search
for the missing child and the bear. The
tracks of some animal, and said by some
of the party to be that of Bruin, were
seen leading in the direction of the
house, and then every one was con
vinced that the child was destroyed.
Every nook and corner was scoured
in the search for the child, but to no
avail for about four hours, when one
of the party discovered the baby in a
ditch about threApiarters of a mile from ,
home, alive and unharmed, with not the
slightest mark of any kind upon its
body.
The little girl is just beginning to
walk and is frail, and having made this i
trip of her own accord would have been
a physical impossibility, as the route i
from the house to the point where found
crossed a canal and several ditches.
How did the baby get there is a ques
tion that has not been satisfactorily
answered, and is still puzzling the minds
of the people. Some advance the theory
that the baby was actually stolen by a
bear, which, becoming frightened, drop
ped her and ran off, while others think
if this had been the case the baby wbuld
have been iajured in some way. Some
others say that it might probably have
been a prank of some mischievous per
son to tease its mother. Anyway, the
child is restored to its mother and there
is no mother happier than she.
North Carolina Will Observe "Defense
Day.”
Asheville, Aug. 2—The state will
carry out what ever procedure the law
requires in regard to the National De
fense day on September 12. it was indi
cated today by ovemor Cameron Mor
rison, who is here on a brief vacation
with Mrs. Morrison and his daughter, 1
Miss Angelia. The chief executive said
he bad not seen President Coolidge’s let- 1
ter in regard to the matter and did not 1
care to express an opinion about it. In 1
a recent speech at. Camp Bragg Gover- 1
nor Morrison endorsed the idea of 1
National Defense day and declared that *
preparations for its observance would
’lhave his support and good will. 1
Two KHled In Train Wreck. i
(By the Associated Press.) i
Dunkirk. N. Y„ Aug. 4.—Two persons i
were killed and two were injured when <
the third section of New York Central’s <
20th Century Limited struck an automo
bile at the Robin Street crossing in this i
city early today. The dead are: Rnsaell t
Fa use, five years old, of Lakewood, Ohio, ’
and Quibel of Aigonac, Mich. !
The Concord Daily Tribune
k
' BRITAIN’S BEST BRAINS
Meeting of British Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Toronto. Aug. 4.—One of the most im
portant sessions in the history of the
British Association for the Advancement
of Science, the most famous body of
’ scientists in the world, 1 will be opened
in Toronto this week. It will be the
ninety-second yearly meeting of the ax
; soeiaticn and one of the comparatively
( few that have been held outside the
• British Isles.
. Subjects of absorbing interest to man
kind will be discussed by Britain’s most
. eminent thinkers, the results of whose
deliberations are eagerly awaited by men
and women all over the civilized globe.
• The six hundred scientists from Great
Britain will be augmented by large and
i distinguished delegations representing
i the scientific bodies of Canada ami the
■ United States, those from the latter
■ country attending by special invitation.
The founding of the British Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science was
due on the efirst instance to the Rev.
W. Vernon Hareourt. father of the fa
mous statesman. Mr. Hareourt devot
ed much of his time to scientific pur
suits, and from his researches there
sprang the idea of arranging a yearly
meeting of the nation’s scientists. The
first session was held in York in IX3I.
since when the members have met an
nually. The meetings have been held
in practically all of the prominent pro
vincial cities of Great Britain, in Can
ada, in Australia and in South Africa,
but by a rule of the association no meet
ing ever has been held in London.
Among the topics to be disensed at
the coming meeting in Toronto are ra
dio. airplanes, x-rays, the stars, and the
Einstein theory. Beside the technical
talk to their fellow workers, famous sci
entists of Great Britain and America
will also undertake to explain relativity
to the average citizen and entertain chil
dren with demonstrations of crystal
structure.
SEVERE CLOUDBURSTS
IN CHATHAM COUNTY
Famous Purefoy’ Grist Mill Washed
Away and Other Heavy Damage.
Rockingham. Aug. 3.—Travelers com
ing here tonight from I'ittsboro report a
severe cloudburst. In northwestern
Chatham county early Sunday morning.
Haw River at Bynum Rose to within
four feet of the high water-mark made
in the freshet of 1908. Pokeberry Creek
rose over the concrete highway .bridge
sum! tbc OIK were -badly washed. ■' --J
At Obey’s creek, three miles from
Chapel Hill, the fill on each side of the
bridge was washed out- The most dam
age was done to the bridge across Mor
gan’s creek, two miles of Chapel Hill.
Here the big fill was washed away for
a distance of thirty feet on each side of
the concrete bridge, and this will prob
ably block this main highway for a day
or two pending repairs.
The water flowed to a depth of four
feet over this bridge and washed com
pletely away the famous Purefoy’s grist
mill that hall withstood storm and fresh
et for 75 years. Two hundred yards be
low the concrete bridge stood the county
steel bridge in use before the new high
way was built, and this steel bridge was
washed away. All in nil. it was Hie worst
1 flow of water that has been experienced
in upper Chatham in many years, if
ever, according to reports made by
travelers.
HEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE
HOLDING THEIR OWN
Have Refused to Allow Buncombe Chil
dren in School Until Vaccinated.
(By the Associated Press »
Asheville, Aug. 4.—County health au
thorises stood pat today and refused
permission for some 2,500 children to
enter the county schools because they
had not been vaccinated against'small
pox. Hundreds of these children ex
cluded from school were being vaccinat
ed today. These will be given • tempo
rary permits to attend school. A near
clash between school and health author
ities developed Saturday as the school
authorities pointed to the compulsory at
tendance law, while health authorities
maintained that the health statutes for
bid entrance of unvaccinated persons.
Congressman Ward to Speak in City.
Congressman Hallett S. Ward, of the
First North Carolina Congressional Dis
trict, will speak in Concord at 2 o’clock
Tuesday, August 6th at the court house,
it was announced today by local officials
of the North Carolina Cotton Growers’
Co-operative Association.
Congressman Ward will speak on “Co
operative Marketing” in his Concord ad
dress and is expected to give his opinion
as to the merits and benefits of such mar
keting.
Congressman Ward is one of the most
interesting speakers iu North Carolina
and as he has given much time and 1
thought to the subject he will discuss
here, he is certain to present a very able 1
discourse.
It is very probable that Mr. Ward will 1
be heard by a large crowd here.
i
Rock Springs Camp Meeting Scheduled. 1
Gastonia, Aug. 2. —The annual camp J
meeting at Rock Springs Methodist '
Church in Lincoln county, will be held 1
this year, beginning Tuesday, August 5, ,
and ending the following Monday. Many
people from Gaston county are planning
to attend the
There will be preaching three times ‘
a day. at 11 a. m., 3 am) 7:30 p. m.
Rock Springs is one of the few old- j
time Methodist camp grounds which has ;
survived the onrush of modern progress, j
It has been in operation for just about
one hundred years and continues to
drnw thousand of people each year. |
An interesting feature of this years ,
meeting will be a gathering of the old \
students of the Rock Springa Academy
They will hold their annual reunion at
2 o’clock Friday afternoon, August Btb.
FEDERAL SOLDIERS
SEEK SOLUTION OF
. MURDER OF HOMO
Are Being Used in Hunt for
f Men Who on Saturday
;! Shot Death From Ambush
Mrs. Rosalie Evans. 1
V
P WOMAN PROMINENT
- IN HER COUNTRY
t I Was Widow of Former Pres
; ident of Bank of London
i in Mexico—Figured in Re
cent Affairs in Mexico.
Mexico City. Aug. 4 (By the A shoo i
■ nted Press). —Federal forces are searoh
i ing foe the slayers of Mrs. Rosalie Evans'
. who was shot to death from ambush near
■ Texmnleeau, Puebla. Saturday night.
The widow of a British subject, a for
mer President of the Jtank of London in
‘ Mexico. Mrs. Evans was one of (he cen
tral figures in the recent international nf-
I fair between Great Britain and Mexico,
i culminating in the withdrawn! of the
Brititsh charge, Herbert C. Cummins. Mr.
I I Cummins was accused by the Mexicans l
of undue harshness in his communications I
concerning Mrs. Evans’ dispute with the
.Mexican government over nttempts to
divide her estate under the agrarian pro
gram.
Accompanied by John Strauss, ihe
German manager of her estate. Mrs. Ev
ans was driving homeward when she was
shot. Strauss made a desperate effort to
defend his employer, and then summon
ed help before collapsing from wounds.
The American charge de affaires last
night conferred with the foreign minis
ter.
Seeking to Find Murderers.
M asliington, D. (’., Aug. 4* —American
Charge Schoenficld at Mexico City, re
ported today to the State Department
that he had taken up with the Mexican
government the case of Mrs. Rosalie
Evans, a British subject, who was shot
and killed yesterday, and that the Mex
ican authorities had given assurance that
every effort would be made to appre
hend and punish the murderers.
•I. H. VAUGHN KILLED
V AT WINSTON-SALEM
Just • After He Had
Closed His Place of Business.
Winston-Salem, Aug. 2.—J. H.
Vaughn, a well known merchant of east
Winston-Salem, was shot and killed
about 11 o'clock here tonight as he was
entering his home after having closed
his place of business for the day. Mr.
Vaughn was 52 years old and leaves a
widow and one child. Robbery is said to
have been the motive.
Police say a negro was seen fleeing
from the home immediately following the
shooting and that they are in possession
of an automatic pistol as well as part of
a sweater said to have been lost by the
supposed assailant as he made his hasty
getaway.
FORMER SENATOR TOWNSEND.
OF MICHIGAN. IS DEAD
Died Suddenly Last Night While Visit
ing Home of Friend in Jackson, Mich.
(By tlic Asaoclr'ed Press.!
Jackson, Mich., Aug. 4.—Charles E.
Townsend, former senior United States
senator from Michigan, died suddenly of
heart disease while visiting at the home
of friends here last night.
At the time of his death, Mrs. Town
send was a member of the v joint inter
national committee dealing with boun
daries. He had been prominent in state
and national public life for more than
20 years having been elected to Congress
in 1902 and to the Senate in 1904,
where he served until defeated by Sen
ator Ferris, democrat, in 1922.
John Temple Graves to Edit New Daily
at Hendersonville.
Hendersonville, Aug. 3.—Purchase and
conversion into a daily newspaper of The
Western North Carolina Times, a semi
weekly paper published here, is announc
ed by Leroy Sargent and H. W. Fuller,
New York and Florida business men who
have located in this city. John Temple
Graves will edit the newspaper, accord
ing to announcement of the publishers.
The buyers expect to begin publication
of the. daily during the present week.
Tl ey say that the plant of The Times
will be enlarged to take care of the new
pi bliention.
Two Gaston Mills Will Go Back on
Full Time Monday,
Gastonia, Aug. 2.—The Rex Spin
ning company and the Priscilla, two of
Gaston county’s biggest yarn plants at
Rnnlo. start on a full time run Monday,
according to an announcement today.
A large part of the machinery which
has been idle since the curtailment
period began is now being put in motion
daily as fast as operators and employes
can be secured. Observers here say there
is no reason why conditions should not 1
brighten no all the way around within 1
the next 15 days.
Entire Family Stricken With Typhoid ;
Fever.
Goldsboro, Aug. 3. —The home of
Peter Frynr, colored, in North Clinton i
township, has been besieged with typhoid
fever and the entire family of ten have
been in its throes. The t mother died last
Saturday from the disease aijd the coun
ty health officers are dojng everything
possible to curb the epidemic. The Red
ross has erarge of the ease at the present
time and has a nurse on duty all the
time with sufficient supplies to care for
the stricken family.
Railroads of the United States require
87,500,000 new ties every year. i
CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1924
> Mount Geikie Conquered!
They've don* it. Thete three men have reached the top of Mount delta
—once called the "unctiniAble mountain” —tn Jasper National Park, Cm
a da. The mountain la 10.864 feet high. The climber*, left to right, at
W. D. Oeddea. Calgary. Alberta; V. A. Fynn. St- Louis, and C. G Wau
Edmonton. Alberta^
FIGHT IN THE LEGISLATURE TO MEBANE WOMAN KILLS
REPEAL BOWIE R. R. MEASURE HERSELF WITH SHOT GUN
At^Ma Mrs ' Annie Laws Despondent Over
to Courts For Final De- Financial Affairs, Pulls Trigger With
Raleigh. Aug. 3.—Constitutionality of Alciinnc Am- 9 At t„,i„„ *k„
the Bowie act, authorizing n ten-million body of Mrs Annie I aws 40 years old
ft SLS -
J hi C "crai n j de Clea x t y by Att r in 'the* flmdy.'and^her"’Eva'
ne> General James S. Manning, who 15 , dißoovered the bodv The girla
had neen quoted in a jtaleigh newspaper shrie ked in tprror . Neighbors, hearing
as ready to take up arms against the the w hurried to the spot,
act. The agreement was reached sev- rr>i.„ k«,i„ ,
eral months ago to g> to' the courts to fragment skulf- nndA K hrMi!
determine its constitStoaelity, and there were streW across M
Atonor "V **“ ‘ ’ J * e bO(, - v aad walls of the house near
'At the time of the agreement it was blo<>d - “
not i fbnl °°t ha £TT *s* Uis here Shat Mrs. Laws
oil ’U K S °V, S' comm itted suicide because she was de
road should be made until the question fipondent and worripd ovpr fina , l( . inl as .
of conrMtntionality had been submitted fairs ghe workpd in a teitilp mill
the rrr.ro r 1,r fi OV,S,On ? ° ,dp '- Children worked in
of the measure the State has financed thp mill alpo Yesterday the mill closed
ms Z V n y cn°m, Wcd' OPOe ’ <lown for ten days. It is reported that
' ' she toll' other mill workers that she
Bowie Is Satisfied. didn’t see how she was to manage. Her
Representative Tam C. Bowie, of Ashe friends say she was ordinarily of a mel
coiint.v. father of the act, has expressed aneholy disposition.
satisfaction that the courts will find the
measure constitutional. He said that THE COTTON MARKET
question had been thoroughly studied by
able lawyers before the ,bill was intro- Opened Easy at Decline of 36 to 42 Points
duced and that qualified legal opinion Under Renewed Liquidation,
placed an o. k. on it. lhe Associated Press.)
Attacks on its constitutionality which New Yorki A 4 .-The cotton mar
were made when the 1923 legislature was kpt d at a dpf . li]|p of 36 , 0 42
considering it and severa tunes since pointK undpr renpwpd ,filiation. Local
then, are based on the following provi- and Houtl , prn spl]i J s pnoollragpd bv
sion of the constitution, found in nr- . , s . , , '
tide 5 Section 4- ptospects of showers in ihe southwest,
“And the General Assembly shall have ® nd of „ f “vorable crop progress
no power to give or lend the credit of v , np r a sp etions except
the State in aid of any person, associa- N ” r ! h ' a ™ h,, 'V contracts sold
Hon or rorrawation, except to aid in the 0 ? and I eeember repre
onmpletiolPof such railroads as may be net declines of 40 to 53 points,
finished at Jhe time of the adoption of Buying by spot houses and scattered eov
this constitution ore in which the state < * rln S later caused rallies of 10 to 20
lias a direct pecuniary interest unless ! ,o mts from the lowest. A private re
tho subject be submitted to a direct vote l*°rt placed (lie condition at 07.0 per
"if the neople of the state, and be an- ‘‘ent., ami the indicated yield at 12.275,-
nroved by a majority of those who shall * bales. Opening prices were: Octo
voto thereon.” her 28,00: December 27,22; January
The Bowie act was passed by the leg- 27.Hil March 27.25 bid; May 27.5.
islntuye without resort to referendum *
Supporters of the measure contended WILL RUSSIA PAY HUGE
that the exception of a proposition “in AMOUNT TO GREAT BRITAIN?
which the State has a direct pecuniary ■
interest” furnishes the authorization for Reported Tbat Anglo-Russian Conference
the legislature’s action. Results in Agreement Over Loans.
Attack Bowie Act London. Aug. 4 (By the Associated
Tn the attack on the Bowie act. an Press).—The Anglo-Russian conference
effort also was made to challenge the * lere " as reported this afternoon to have
constitutionality of the proposed pop de- conc l u ded an important economic and fi
velopment, unless it should be submitted n ancml agreement. Official confirmation
to a vote of the neople. Judge Manning of the report was not obtainable,
said, however, that a referendum is not “ understood that the Soviet goveru
necessarv to insure the constitutionality ™ent hits agi .*ed to pay Great Britain
of the contemplated port measure. 28,000,000 pounds of the Russian debt.
That a severe fight will be made in the ~no® cially estimated at 100.-
General Assembly to repeal the Bowie pounds,
act seems certain with the announce- '
ment of Representative W. H. S. Bur- SP«mer Shopmen Support La Follette.
gwvn that he will introduce a repealer TT .r , * >e,ie<>r ' Aug. 2. A La Follette
bill and the development of an organized ' V he eler club was organized in Spencer
move to support him. However. Mr. recently with 100 names enrolled, rep-
Bowie has an effective group of support- resenting one hundred per cent, of tne
ers standing with him, and any attempt attendance at the meeting held in thp
to kill his measure will precipitate a baseball park. The meeting was called
whale of a row at the lnHtauf,p of Conductor Dan Car-
ter and was presided over by Rev Tom
, r— a „, IP, Jimison. who made a, strong talk for
DevMson Mown., Death of Dr. Hill.* thp La Follettp raovpmpnt declaring it
Davidßon. Aug J. The news of the t 0 be representative of the best and most
death of Dr. D. H. Hill, of Raleigh. progrPss j ve element in the country. The
eomes as a dist.net shpek to h.s David- T , a Ko ,i ette platform was read and ex
son friends. Dr. llill w the third of p ] a i ned t o t (be crowd of voters present,
Davidson’s alumni thnt have passed and it was atatPd thnt thi „ ig on e of
away this summer within only a few any sllph gatherings to be held soon
weeks of each other. These are O. Al- The dub elected as its officers: ,T D
phonso Smith, class of 83; W. A. With- Carter president; W. E. Shuping vice
ers. class of ’B3; Dr. H. Hill, class of president; Rev. Tom P. Jimison seere
l ’BO. tar; and I. J. McAdams treasurer.
Weekly Weather Forecast. Successor to Bishop Haid to Be Named
Washington. Aug. 2. —The weather Soon,
outlook for the week beginning Monday: (By (he Assnelsted Press.)
Mittle Atlantic: Showers Monday und Charlotte. Aug. 4.—The successor of
possibly Tuesday and again near the R t . R ev . L P <> Haid, bishop of North
end of the week: temperature about nor- Carolina, as abbot of Belmont Abbey
®*l- , _ „„ „ , and College, will be chosen August 20th,
iSouth Atlant and East Gulf States; {( was announced today.
Partly cloudy, with scattered thunder-
showers; temperature normal or slightly Cotton on the local market today is
1 above. quoted at 29 cents per pound. /
ANOTHER MIST
OFFERSTESJIiL
KT IIURDIr-rr
Dr. William Healy, of Bos
ton, Testifies for Defense in
Hearing to Determine the
Punishment for Youths.
childishHimpact
BOUND THE BOYS
Much of Dr. Healy’s Testi
mony Unprintable and Re
porters Were Unable to
Hear Him While Talking.
(By the AmkkU(»( Press)
-Chicago, Aug. 4.—Dr. IVm, Healy, of
Boston, testifying as a defense alienist
today., at the hearing to determine pun
ishment for Kichnrd Loeb and Nathan
Leopld, .Tr., for the kidnapping and mur
der of Robert Franks, asserted ‘‘an in
credibly absurd childish compact bound
the boys together and had a bearing on
the ultimate acts of the youths.”
Dr. Healy testified that both boys had
told him that they would again go
through with the Franks murder if the
associations and conditions were the same.
He.said I-oeb said he "found nothing to
deter him" ami Leopold said he would
commit the crime again "if it gave him
pleasure.”
As conditions of the childish compact
which influenced the later lives of Leo
pold and Loeb. nothing was said in open
court, .fudge John R. Caverly ruling with
Dr. Healy that the matter was unprint
able and having him recite it to the court
; the court stenographers for the record.
"Nothing that is unfit for publication
r is coining out here." Judge Caverly assert
i ed. He directed the attorneys and court
stenographers to gather closely about the
> witness, and Dr. Healy gave his testi
| mony in a quiet tone,
i "(ret back, there, you newspaper men,"
i the Judge directed as reporters and pho
tographers pressed forward. “This is not
fit for publication and you are not going
1 to get it."
Dr. Healy was the second alienist to
i testify for the defense, and his testimony
: went ovtjr state objection. Judge Caverly
again ruling that the court had a right.
, to listen to evidence in mitigation of pun
i. ( isbment as he had ruled on Friday .wtjen
* ‘the testimony of Dr. AVm. A. White was
permitted, making a new departure in
Illinois jurisprudence.
Dr. Healy testified that in his judg
-1 ment there was some steady impairment
of Leopold's own judgment concerning
his own self, particularly his relation
ship to life. Previously Dr. A. W.
White had testified that Richard Loeb's
personality was undergoing a process of
disintegration.
CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION
PLANS GET ATTENTION
John W. Davis Gives This Matter At*
tent ion, Having Finished Acceptance
Speech.
(By (he Associated Press, t
Locust Valley, N. Y., Aug .4.—With
his address accepting the Democratic
Presidential nomination off his mind,
John W. Davis was able today to give
more of his time and attention to cam
paign organization plans. Many de
tails of t he-e remained to be worked out,
but party managers hope that they can
be disposed of within a comparatively
short time.
With Our Advertisers.
The Richmond-Flowe Co., has a full
stock of crimson clover, the very best
grade.
One-fourth off on Stein-Bloeh, Roberts-
Wicks, and Clotheraft clothes at the
Browns-Cannon Co.
A final August clean-up of hot weath
er needs at big reductions at Robinson’s.
The entire stock of the Specialty Hat
Shop must go—closing out.
The Parks-Belk Co. still has a limited
quantity of summer goodi to close out
in order to make room for new fall
goods at prices way below normal.
Don't forget that they still have the extra
10 per cent refund sale on the second
floor.
This is the last day of Fisher’s July
Clearance Sale. •
All fibre furniture at half price at
the Concord Furniture Co's. Also re
frigerators, ice boxes and ice cream
freezers.
Brotherhood of Trainmen Not Endorsing
La Follette.
(By (he Aiuoclated Press.)
Porstmouth, Va., Aug. 4.—The Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen as ■ a na
tional organization did not join the
American Federation of Labor in en
dorsing the __ Presidential candidacy of
Senator Follette, and almost eer
tinly will not do so, W. G. Lee. grand
president of the organization, declared
here today.
Tripollni Shot.
(By (he Aswoolnted Press.)
New Orleans, Aug. 4.—John Tripoli
ni, who late yesterday shot and fatally
wounded a 15-year-old girl near Norco,
and who was discovered early today bar
ricated in a house, was shot and probab
ly fatally wounded by officers who had
laid seige to the place.
Robbers Get Cash.
I (By (he Associate.! Press)
Detroit, Aug. 4.—Bandits who held up
and robbery the Harlevoix Avenue ranch
' of the Continental Bank today, shot and
, killed a policeman. They escaped with
r an undetermined amount of currency.
The building of the Great Wall of
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LOT. H FORCED
JO HOR PURE
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The Airplane Boston, Which
Lieut. Wade Was Driving,
Has Been Abandoned by
Cruiser Richmond.
LIEUTENANT NOW
ON THE RICHMOND
Two Other Airmen Made the
Dangerous Flight From
Kirkwall to Iceland 'in
Safety. ,<
On board the United States Cruiser
Richmond. Aug. 4 (By the Associated
Press). —The Boston, the airplane pilot
ed by Lieutenant Leigh Wade in the
American army around the world flight,
was abandoned enrly this morning. The
plane was taken in tow by the Richmond
yesterday- after Lieutenant Wade and
his mechanic had been forced down at
sea by engine trouble while negotiating
the jump from Kirkwall to Iceland.
The Richmond’s effort to salvage l the
wrecked plane was abandoned when the
machine, which had been gradually till
ing while being towed in heavy sea, cap
sized. The Richmond then turned about
anil made for Reykavijk, Iceland.
Lieutenant AVade. on board the Rich
mond. was chagrined over the fate that
brought his plane to grief and stopped his
participation in the flight so near the
conclusion but he took the disappoint
ment well.
May Send Another Plane.
AA'ashington, Aug. 4.—The question of
dispatching another army airplane to
Iceland to permit Lieut. AVade whose
plane was wrecked, to continue the jour
ney, was taken up today by army and
navy officials.
Officials were advised by wireless that
the Richmond had recovered the plane
and it might be possible to repair it, but
the dispatch failed to say whether it was
sent before or after press dispaches stat
ing that the plane had been abandoned.
Lieut. Wade Out of Flight.
AA’nshington, Aug. 4.—Unless the
wrecked airplane of Lieut. Wade, army
flier, can be repaired at Reykjavik, he is
definitely out of the world flight, it was
said, here today .at the. DfrcaftfflEhL. -
It was indicated thar constderatioa ol a "
plan to send a new craft to replace the
Boston would not be pursued, because it
was found to be impracticable.
It has not been determined when Lieu
tenants Smith and Nelson, who reached
Horuafjord safely w#i start for Reykja
vik.
REV. W. S. LONG DIES 1$
THE SANFORD HOSPITAL
Dr. Long Was the First President of
Elon College—Brother of Judge B. F.
Long.
Elon College. Aug. 3.—Rev. William
Samuel Long, of Chapel Hill, who was
injured in an automobile wreck near
Sanford on last AA’ednesday, died as a
result of his injuries in the Sanford
hospital this afternoon.
It was at first thought that Dr. Long
despite his great age would recover from
the injuries caused by the accident
Three ribs were broken and it was be
lieved this was the extent of his injuries.
Later it developed that there had been
internal injuries and he declined rap
idly.
He was on his way from his residence
in Chapel Hill to Hamlet via Sanford
when the accident occurred to the auto
mobile in which he was riding with his
wife and his stepson an(l daughter, T.
Rice Aimes and Miss Willie Aimes. Dr.
and Mrs. Long sustained injuries but
the other members of the party escaped.
Mrs. Long has completely recovered from
her injuries, which were slight. Dr.
Long was internally inqured and was
unable to survive the shock to his nerv
ous system.
Rev. W. J. Smith Dies at Charlotte
Home.
Charlotte, Aug. 2.—Rev. Walter Johns
ton Smith, for 24 years superintendent
of the Thompson Orphanage here and a
well known minister of the North Car
olina Episcopal Church, died this morn-
ing at his home on North Meyers Street.
The body will be accompanied to Scotland
Neck, his native home, Sunday morning
and funeral services will be conducted
there in the afternoon.
A year ago Mr. Smith fell and broke
his hip. For months he was confined
at a hospital but recently he has been
at his home pneumonia developed caus
ing death.
Higginbotham to Get New Trial.
Tallahassee. Fla.. Aug. 4.—The Su
preme Court today denied the petition of
the state for a rehearsing in the case of
Thos AV. Higginbotham, who several
weeks ago was granted a new trial on an
indictment charging him with the death
of Martin Tabert. more than two years
ago in a Dixie County lumber camp.
WHAT SMITTY’B WEATHER CAT
HATH
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday;
somewhat warmer Tuesday In weat and
central portions.