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S DISPATCHES t VOLUME XXIV K ARRIVES II CHICAGO FOR SIAV 9F SHORT DURATION Democratic Nominee Will Make Windy City Head quarters for Three Days— Has Conference Today,! SEVERAL SPEECHES ARE DECIDED UPON Candidate Will Go to Mis souri It Is Planned—Makes Definite Plans For * His Denver Speech. (By the AamclMtl Fnw».) Chicago, Sept. 2.—John W. Davis, Democratic Presidential nominee, arriv ed here early today for a stay of three days. This first halt in Ilia westward swing Will he devoted to conferences with Democratic leaders of Illinois and Indi ana. His middle weetern itinerary will in clude Missouri, it was learned today, but the details of the trip will be decided af ter he leaves Denver, Col., on September 11th. Sir. Davis' managers have an nounced that he will make no. speeches while in Chicago. Prominent leaders of his party mpt Mr. parts, his advisers and a dozen news paper men. One of his first acts was to have his picture taken, grasping the hands of the engineer and fireman who piloted liia train. He was escorted to n waiting caravan of motor cars, which, led by a band which devoted itself almost exclusively to playing Southern airs, started a slow parade over down town streets to a hotel which will serve as tem porary headquarters. (SOV SMITH TO~SPEAK N WHEREVIjjR WANTED McClimtock Quito Democratic Speakers’. Bureau Because ft Was Moved to New York. New York, Sept. I.—An agreement by Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, to speak when and where the Democrat ic national speakers' bureau may request and the refusal of Representative James V. McClihtick. of Oklahoma, to remain at -the head of that bureau becatse of it*, rgmoval to New pttlt. we op eratic political circle* hffe. Governor Smith’s promise was am nouneed by Thomas J. Spellaey, director of eastern campaign speaking, after half an hour’s conference with the titnlar heads of the New York Democracy. Mr. Spellaey said, however, that the governor would not begin stumping until after the New York Stato convention. Other than to say that the arrange ment was at his own suggestion Mr. Spellaey refused to enter into any dis cussion as to whether the postponement of the opening of the governor’s speak ing program until after the state, con vention might be taken as an indication that Mr. Smith's decision not to become a candidate to succeed himself was ir revocable. THE COTTON MARKET Relatively Firm Liverpool Cables Failed to Create Much Buying Power. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Sept. 2.—Relatively firm Liverpool cables failed to create much buying power in the cotton market dur ing today’s early trading. After open ing Steady at a net decline, of 1 to 20 points, active months spon showed net leases of 18 to 25 points under liquida tion and local and Southern selling. A considerable volume of Southern selling was supposed to represent an accumula tion of hedging over the holiday. De cember eased off to 24.10 and while there was covering and some scattered baying cn crop deterioration reports from (he Sonth, it was supplied on rallies of 4 or. 5 points. The opening prices were: Oct. 24.58: Dec. 24.33; Jan. 24.28; March 24.45; May 24,62. RADICALS IN TOKIO ARE BEING ROUNDED UP NOW < Action Fellows Attack Made Monday on Gen. Fuqua Who Was Fired On. Tc!kio, Sept. 2 (By the Associated Press). —Police today were rounding up known radicals of this city and endeavor ing to connect other follower* of the late Sakas Osugi with the attack yesterday on General Masatora Fuquda. • The pistol taken from Kyutora Wada, who was arrested immediately (After he had fired a shot at the general, con tained one blank and five baH cartridges. Only the blank cartridge was fired. The wadding from the cartridge struck the. general on the left shoulder and inflicted a slight injury. -V 1 v Tough on Grunt. New York, Sept. I.—Two persons were present at General Grant’s tomb today when the thirty-ninth memorial service in memory of President Grant was to have been held by the American Seventy Jewish elders. These two were Rabi E M. Browne, the only surviving pallbearer at the funeral of President Grant, and a newspaper reporter. When Rabbi Browne realised that he was the only one of a Hat of nationally known speakers who were scheduled to appear, he took charge of the ceremony and read to the reporter a speech pre pared by Mrs. Bernhard Kronlsh, presi dent of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the .fynerican Seventy Jewish elders. Henry J. Case Dead. ' Poughkeepsie Sept. 2.—Henry J. Case, Aged 85, Inventor of harvesting •' tfvV.k'Vv.'L rfa&iAiiMc tube Concord I)ailt Tribune 11 COOLIDGE ON FILM FRIGIDLY RECEIVED Republican Scouts Find Chief Executive Attracting Limited Attention. Wnshington, D. C„ Sept. 2.—Repub lican campaign managers are trying to ferret out the significance of the fact that of all the Presidential candidates President' Coolidge is “taking’’ the least of ail with the movie and theatre patterns (there films of the various candidates are being shown. It ban become a matter of daily corn meat in Washington that thp President receives, in moat instances, no applause when news reels films are shown of him. Even Governor Bryan, whom Republican newspapers have tried to ridicule and belittle since he became the Vice Presi dential candidate of the Democrats, has shown to better advantage so far as ap plause can be taken' as a barometer of public sentiment toward the candidates. At one of the leading vaudeville theatres of Washington, where Coolidge pictures, showing him on his vacation and receiv ing friends, were exhibited in successive news feature releases, the fact did pot go unnoticed by prominent Republicans present thnt not a ripple of applause greeted the Coolidge films on either of the two separate occasions. There was a mild wave of applause from the crowd ed honae on one occasion for General Dawes when he was shown, and a more pronounced round of handclapping for Governor Bryan. The Davis pictures were not included in the releases at this particular house. Henry Ford and Edi son were .applauded when shown Sepa rately from Coolidge aR the President's guests. At motion picture houses in the na tional capital, where the films have shown the spveral candidates the same condition of apathy toward the President has manifested itself, and while.the other candidates have been cordially received, there has been a noticeable lack of en thusiasm for Coolidge. Usually there has been not the faintest suggestion of applause. This is an unusual condition, especially in a Presidential year, be cause there are numbers of persons who always applaud, a President of the United States regardless of politics be cause of the exalted office he holds. j The same reports of a lack of popular enthusiasm for Coolidge among the “movie fans” and theatre patrons gen erally in other eastern cities have been brought to Washington by political scouts. Apparently the significance of it is that it is President Coolidge, rather than Davis and La Follette who must “make votes)” instead of holding strength which it has been believed he inherited along with the office he now holds. If this apathetic condition toward Coolidge is shown to exist in the Middle West and other more distant sections of the coun ts* there is talk that the Presidential wSi &e stump and try to arouse popu lar sentiment in his own behalf. In the comparatively few instances where Coolidge and Davis have been shown on the same screen in Washing ton, the advantage so far as popular sentiment can be gauge*] by applause has been entirely with Davis. Wash ington residents are disfranchised so far as voting in tho-District. of Columbia is concerned, but it has always been noticeable that the national capital con tains a larger number of Republicans than Democrats. This condition makes the lack" of popular support for Cool idge the more noticeable, Dawes seems to get as much applause as is usually accorded a vice presidential candidate. The situation Myalls the , fact that President Coolidge was so small a fac tor prior to President Harding’s death that Republican leaders seriously dis cussed the advisability of substituting a more popular figure as Harding’s running mate for 1924. Senator Barton K. Wheeler, the run ning mate of La Follette on the third ticket, will make his opening speech on historic Boston Commons tomorrow and the campaign of the so-called “Pro gressives” will be on. Wheeler is ex pected make a vitrolic attacks on the corruption of the Harding administra tion, as brought out in the senatorial investigations, and point to President Coolidge’s failure to support the investi gators as evidence of his inability to comprehend the real issue of the cam paign. The spellbinders wil lbe turned loose everywhere tomorrow and Labor Day will mark the real opening of the cam paign. With Our Advertisers. Good hardware means more to a build ing than anything else. See the Rusxwin line at Ritchie Hardware Co. Mel-Bro Lotion for facial blemishes eventually—why not now? A noticeable showing of living room suites at Bell & Harris’. Also new Vic tor records. Get your school supplies at Cline’s Pharmacy. Tube of tooth paste free. Read the ad. of K. L. Craven & Sons about your coal supply. Fresh shipment of small sugar cured bams and breakfast bacon at Cabarrus Cash Grocery. Read the new ad. of the Mutual Oil Co. today. Stetson and No Mame hats for fall at the Richmond-Flowe Co. Advance showing of Virginia Dare Slip ' pers at Parker's Shoe Store. August Wannest Since 1918, and Driest Since 1896. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. I.—August was the warmest month here since July, 1918, and the driest August since August, 1896, according to the local 1 weather bureau. The average tempera ture during the month was 80 degrees, .and only .96 inch of rain fell. | The thermometer at the weather bureau recorded temperature of 90 degrees or more on 17 days during the month just ended. Death of Prominent Mason. Kansas City, Sept. B.—Dr. W. F. Kuhn, 75 years old, grand high priest of General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the United States, was found sv: tfHL i ' Lyons, N. Y., ta 1847. v—-c" ■■■" ■*■"! • « 'I ' * II ■ . ■ .1. I . ■ CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1924 ■".TT-.SI” I .* B.T' , , .1 New Home of Cabarrus Savings Bank Opened _____ Home of Banking Company Largest and Most Modern Office Building in City*— Batik’s Home Is Beautiful EVERY FACILITY IS NOW PROVIDED Equipment In Bank Itself Very Modern and'Tasteful. Many People Call to Con gratulate Bank Officials. Concord’s newest building, and one of the city's most modern and most beauti ful Is now completed. This building is the uew home of the Cabarrus Having* Bank nnd. as it rears itself impressive ly above the surrounding structures, it gives promise to a larger and more pros perons Concord: a Concord in which a new life and wholesome vigor Is pulsat ing, a Concord given new growth by the far-sightedness of its business institu tions of which the Cabarrus Rank is a very vital and progressive member. The site of the bank building is a most fortunate one. At the intersection of Union and Meant* streets with the court house and park nearby, a touch is given which would have been impossible to find elsewhere in the city. .Here the jostle of hurried traffic meets, the quiet serene of the court house green. The tall trees make a most effective background for the building as it raises itself skyward. The new bank building itself is a beautiful example of modern office build ing architecture. The exterior of the two lower stories are finished in white limestone with recessed joints while the four upper floors are done in roughened red brick decorated with pilasters of white pressed brick which have ornate Corin thian capitals. The interior, however, is where the architect outdid himself, mak ing what is possibly one of the most love ly banking rooms in the South. There are two entrances; the one to the bank proper being of conventional solidfitty pujtgestlfng immense strength; the other being the access to elevators and consequently to the upstairs office. This latter entrance is of pure white marble streaked in ebony. On entering the banking, room* one is immediately struck by the exquisite beau ty ot the interior. One feels that here is a real cathedral qf, commerce. In taut. ' (he-coL utlmr and railing, 'wffleti are of most im posing design, might had one to think he was in an Egyptian Temple, The whole effect is lovely in a most unusual fashion. First in any description of the inter ior would come these columns and ceil ing since these force themselves on the eye before the rest of the building is no ticed. The columns are large round af fairs in cream blocks matching tiie wails. The bases are of black onyx marble and the capitals are of the very attractive de sign which makes the room unique. They are of a Ronnta Corinthian design done in colors. The canthas leaves usual in this type of architecture, of a bluish green are placed on a background of dark buff shaded to a cream. The ceil ings have recessed squares of a dead white with ornate borders ornamented with blue and buff embossings and scrolls. The remainder of the ceiling gives a pleasing effect where the artis tic shadings of delicate blue blend with the cream background. The cages where i the employees work are both beautiful' and business like in their brilliantly polished white marble, streaked with black, topped by bars of burnished copper. The woodwork is of, mahogany throughout adding richness of appearance to the banking house. There are five tellers’, two building and loan two bookkeepers cages, and collections, notes, savings nnd information cages. Besides these there are several - other rooms on the ground floor. Among these are a private consultation room, the president’s room, one for the cashier and a ladies’ writing room with lavatory at tache*]. The writing desks in the lobby are of conventional desigu of white mar ble with plate glass top. The vault is most impressive in its solidarity and strength. The main door is easily two feet in thickness while the entire vault, of toughest steel, is impreg nable because of its sheer streugth and in addition because of the intricate bur glar alarm system which is most mod ern. The money is kept in a safe and is accessible only by piercing four steel doors. Besides this, there are in the vault places for important documents and books, safety deposit boxes and an inter esting feature where four full length mir rors make it possible to see any person approaching from the rear. The lighting system is new in every re spect. The shades are beautiful in their simplicity and supply a bountiful illumi nation. However, the natural lighting is very fine, being given through large windows on the one side add a stained glass skylight on the other. At - the rear, on a mezzanine floor, is a handsome directors’ room beautifully finished in high oak paneling with a safe for records and papers. The four upper floors are given to of fices which are already occupied by a number of the city’s leading firms. These offices are business-like and convenient in every way, well equipped and having excellent lighting. The Cabarrus Savings Bank was founded in January, 1897. Since that tife it has had a steady, yet progressive growth and has gone forward till now it has branches at Albemarle, Kannapolis and Mt. Pleasant The capital stock amounts to $400,000 with deposits well over two millions of dollars. The sav ings deposits alone are SIOO,OOO. These figures give some idea of the strength of the bank Which is one of the largest in this section of North Carolina. TffiTpree ' ’ i -Vi . i*- ' ... » 1, .4 OPEN TWENTt-TWO NFAV AUTO LICENSE STATIONS Pfcrn Has Worked Satisfactorily and Has Saved' Mm State Considerable Money. Raleigh. Sept .1,-—Secretary of State IV. N. Everett fojmd the substation >'an of distributing automobile license plates so satisfitebory that he is pr anging to open up 22 new branches. Thirty-eight have: been in operation tince the new 1924 tags were first plnc hl on sale, and tb« 22 new ones will be ipened in time fm* next year's distri bution. • W By distributing 4be tags through the branches, Mr. k Everett's automobile license department saved n substantial Him in postage' and made possible per :onal application by motorists. Two hundred anil eighty thousand ‘.agH hnve already been distributed, more than were handled- during the' whole if last year. The total for 1924 may run to 300,000, nnd another increase for next year is anticipated. The towns and cities where it is con templated to open sub-stations are Aslieboro, An lander, Beaufort, ISoone. Concord, Dunn, Forest City, Hender ■ionvjlV, Hickory, Lnurinburg, Linooln ton, Louisburg. Monroe. Mount. Airy. Plymouth, ReidsviUe. Rrjxborn. Smith field, West Jefferson, Whiteviile, Wil liamson, Wadesbpro, and possibly Bry son City. ' - v PRINCE SPENDS DAY IN BED AFTER NIGHT OUT Was With Party of Friends Monday Night and Had to Sleep Most of the Morning. (By the Associate ! Preset Syossett. N. Y., Sept. 2.*—The Prince of Wales began Ills day this afternoon, having retired in 'fltrly morning hours after an evening Rpent at the home of one of his Lung Island neighbors. It was the second occasion since his land ing that he has left his temporary home to spend an evening' in company of only Major E. D. Metcalfe, his equerry, and One or two American friends. Members of ljis staff who were with the Prince last night were in bed at 11 o’clock this morning, according to mem bers of the household. Nor had the Prince arisen at that hour. One of the party- who had not. ac companied the Priilde last night snid Ed ward Albert had no* Mold him where the evening was spent.ijfe '* ISLAND -OF- SfClfcx VmTUAUNWASHED AWAY' Was Struck by Seeons. Hurricane Within Four Days, According to Reports to Washington, (By the Assookateil Press.) Washington. Sept, 2.—The island of St. John, iu the Virgin Island group was practically laid waste by the second hur ricane within a period of four (lays, ac cording to 1 an official dispatch today to the Navy Department. So far five deaths have been reported on . the island, but there were many minor casualties, the dispatch said. It gave no further details. Ephianf Is Licked by Wise Counsellor. New York, Sept, I.—Frederick A. Burton’* Wise Counsellor, chestnut son of Mentor by Rustle, at odds of 13 to 5, won the big international special from a field of nine starters at Belmont park today, leading Epinard, Pierre Wer theimer’s great French thoroughbred, to the wire by half a length. August Bel mont's Ladkin was third, three lengths astern' the flying flank of Epinard. The time for the six furlongs was 1:11 4-5. The race carried a money value of $29,000 to the victoi*. Sixty thousand persons, including the Prince . of Wales, saw the turf classic. Epinard, despite hiß defeat, demon strated he Is a great runner. Quoted with Zev at 3 1-2 to 1. the champion ' three-year-old of France in 1923 loet , the race only after a hearbreaking drive , with Wise Counsellor down the stretch. Charged With Attempted Robbery’. (By the Associated Tress.) Alexandria, Va., Sept. 2.—Minnie Wilcox and Edward Hansbrough. of Bal timore, both 19 years old, are held by police here on chargee of attempted high way robbery. The plan failed, police say the girl told them, because of her in experience, and John H. Fisher, a Wash ington chauffeur, who was to have been the victim was enabled to tarn the tables, capturing the girl and her companion. Wheeler Visits Boyhood Home. (By the Associated Trees.) Boston, Sept. 2. —Senator Wheeler, vice presidential candidate on the LaFol lette ticket, visited his boyhood home at Hudson today, to renew old acquaint ances and memories. His speaking sched ule for today fixed only two engagements, both in the evening hours at Biddeford, Maine, and Portland, Maine. ent officers are: H. I. Woodhouse, presi dent; M. L. Cannon, vice president; C. W. Swink, cashier; and W. G. Caswell, assistant cashier. The new building is beautiful. It is easily a fitting monument to twenty-sev en years of service to community. It is not only a monument to past enterprise but is a vision of future service and helepfulness wherein the long vista of years bring forth (in enlarged, more beautiful and more prosperous Concord. Business was conducted in the bank today for the first time and during the day quite a number of persons have call ed at the company’s new home to inspect the building and offer congratulations to the officers. In every case the visitor was struck with the beauty and arrange ment of the interior of the building, judging from com menu heard on ei»ry side, and every one was generous in his congratulations to the officers for the as- TROOPS PREPARING IB GO BACH HOME AFTER HERRIN DUTY Ordered to Leave “City of Blood” Where They Were Called Following Riots in Which Six Died. ADJUTANTGENERAL ISSUED THE ORDER Which Takes Troops From the City.—Ministers Ask That Sheriff Be Made to Quit His Office. Herrin, 111., Sept. 2 (By the Associat ed Press). —State troops on duty here since Satnrdny when six men wore killed in a clash between members of the Ku Kliix Klan and the eounty sheriff and his deputies, prepared early today to return ' to Springfield. Seventeen troopers under command of Captain 11. M. Bigelow were ordered to remain in Herrin until released by Sher iff Gallagan. The order for the withdrawal of th<# torops eame yesterday after State's At torney Delos Duty had expressed disap proval of the action to Adjutant General Black. Dr. J. D. Black, superintendent of the Herrin Hospital, nnd John Crang, held under bond in connection with the slay ings Saturday, were to be arraigned in the Herrin city court on murder charges before Judge E. N. Bowen against whom ■a murder warrant also has been issued. The preliminary hearing of Dr. Black and Claude Craig was continued until September 12th. Failure of the assist ant state's attorney to appear was given ae the reason. Want Galligan Ousted. Marion, 111., Sept 2 (By the Associated Press). —A delegation from the pi ininters association of Williamson County came here this morning to ask the county board to request the resignation of Sher iff George Gallignn. BOYER FACED DEATH TO SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS Veteran Driver Took Chance to Keep Machine From lotting Spectators. Altoona, Pa., Bept. 2.—Joe Boyer, speed king of the automobile world, went to his death on the Altoona speedway yes terdny a hero, it became known today when the last words of the pilot were dis closed by the doctors who amputated his crushed legs. Examination of the wrecked racing machine showed that a blowout caused the accident, and veteran racing men said it was little short of miraculous that the enr running at 125 miles an hour, did not run down the bowl and crash into the hundreds of spectators in the infield. This speculation brought out the true story, the fact that Boyer deliberately sacrificed himself to save others. ANOTHER PROTEST IS MADE TO THE CHINESE Government. Told That Fighting in Shang hai “C®oi*l Not Be Tolerated.” (By the Associated Pres*,) Washington, Sept. 2.—Prospects of a .battle between Chinese naval and land forces in the vicinity of Shanghai have caused diplomatic representatives of the United States. Great Britain, Japan and France in Peking to formally notify the. foreign office officials there that such a military engagement was “unthinkable, and could not be tolerated.” Advices regarding the situation in Shanghai city and harbor were received by the State Department today from Ed ward Bell, charge do affairs at, Peking. These contained the first reports of the latest action taken by the diplomatic corps. PRESIDENT TO MAKE SPEECHES OCCASIONALLY Will Have No Set Program to Follow During the Campaign, However. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 2. —President Cool idge plans to make occasonal speeches during the campaign as various situa tions arise, but after a conference today with William M. Butle*. chairman of the Republican national committee, it was said that the Executive had no detailed campaign plane. Mr. Butler reported the political out look as encouraging, and told Mr. Cool ■ idge that the committee desired him to • proceed in the campaign “as you have been, and as you see fit.” Germans Make Initial Payment. (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, Sept. B.—Germany today made her initial payment of 20 million gold marks under the Dawes plan. The pay ment was received here by Leon Frazier, assistant to Owen D. Young, acting agent general for the reparations payments. Primary In Wisconsin. (By the Auoclr'cd Press.) Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 3.—The weight of the endorsement of Senator Robert M. LaFollette will be determined today, in the Wisconsin primary which is a republi can contest. LaFollette candidates are opposed by regular republicans. . _ —' a, McCoy Pleads Not Guilty. (By the Aiudatet Press.) Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 3. —Kid Mc- Coy, former pugilist, today pleaded not guilty to one charge of murder, three of WBB wt f<wr 'OctoiilNir , ft/? / Kept Promise! I+ jL3k& k >•• <•'••• jUKteii’v It’s beginning to look like James E. Ferguson s promise to his dog is going lo come irue When "Jim" 1 was impeached as governor of Texas eight years ago. the dog, then only two years old. seemed disconsolate as the rest' of the family in leaving the capital at Austin. "Never mind." Ferguson told him. “youll live to see the Fergusons in the governor’s house again " And now Ferguson * w)fe. Mrs. Miriam E. Ferguson, has won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination—and her fight for “Jim's" vindication And since Tex as Is a Democratic stale her nomi nation practically means election. Here “Ma" Ferguson Is seen with ■ • Jifn's" dog.^ FORMALLY NOMINATE MRS. MIRIAM FERGUSON Democrats in Stats Convention Will Nom inate Woman Who Won in Iterant Run-off Primary. (By the Associated Press.) Austin, Texas, Sept. 2. —Democrats-of Texas went into state convention today. - -wkhavstatr-ofvsffisera-namhiwted by yw caucus last night of supporters of Skrttf* Miriam Ferguson, nominee for Governor, before them for approval. ‘ Developments of the Democratic Executive Committee meeting and the caucus yesterday indi cated that the Ferguson adherents would bo In the majority. The Executive Committee selected Jed 1 O. Adams, of Dallas, as Democratic nat -1 ional committeeman to succeed' Thos. B. ' Love, who resigned because he said be could not follow Mrs. Ferguson as the ' party leader. All anti-Ku Klnx Klan delegations to “ the convention were seated by the com ' inittee in all contested eases except that from one county where a delegation re puted to be pro-Klan was seated. , The gathering of Democrats here 1 brought the announcement that I)r. F. M. D. Hill would be an independent candi date for Governor. ATTWOOD SPIVEY IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT While Ou Hunting Near Mount Gilead He Is Shot By Small Boy, and Dies From Injuries. Mount Gilead, Sept. I.—A most Un usual accident oecuVred here Wednes day when Attwood Spivey went out alone for n hunt. Becoming weary he sat down to rest. A neighbor, son of Mr. Dunn, was also hunting alone. Seeing a squirrel climbing a tree lie shot, not seeing Mr- Spivey. Three shot struck Mr. Spivey in the eye, putting it out completely and lodged in the brain. Mr. Spivey walked home with the as sistance of the Dunn boy. Hemmorhage soon set up and death eame Friday. Mr. Spivey suffered the loss of two fingers at a saw mill last year and was hurt in an automobile accident this year. Gaston Tax Rato is Same t-s Last Year Gastonia, Sept. 1.-—The board of county commissioners, in session today, fixed the tax rate for the current year at $1 per .SIOO worth of property which is the same ns last year. It is distribut ed as follows: General county fund 12 cents; rood maintenance 14 cents; schools 55 cents; interest on bonds and reduction of principal 29 cents. The amount set aside for schols is two cents less than last year. Aviators On Another Flight. On Board the U. S. S. Richmond, (by wireless to the Associated Press). —Sept. 2. —The United States army planes on their world flight hopped off from Ice Tickle,. Labrador, at 10:25 o’clock east ern standard time this morning. WHAT SMITTY’S WEATHER OAT SAYS L'.-.l thttndmhomr, tonlfht and , Wednesday, cooler and west ■' : '• A v' „ ' ntiw JlZ.ll' ’/a' _'* V) Ji&W * NEWS # * TODAY - ; ■ sssss NO. 207. LEGION CONVENTION ; Sr AT ASHEVILLE. Election of Officers and Se lection of Next Meeting Place to Be Decided Dur ing /the Afternoon. TWO CANDIDATES FOR COMMANDER R. G. Cherry and Wade Phil lips Leading Candidates.— Auxiliary Members in a Business Session. (By the Associated Press.) Asheville, Sept. 2.—Election of officers and selection of the next meeting place will bring to a closs this afternoon the sixth annanl sessions of the American Legion ami the fourth annual meeting of the Legion Auxiliary, Department of « North Carolina. The business sessions of both organ izations feotnred the program this morn ing with several prominent speakers scheduled to address the Legion and the Auxiliary members during the day. Among these speakers were Waston B. Miller, chairman of the National Re habilitation Committee of the Legion at. Democratic candidate for Governor of Washington. D. C.; A. W. McLean, North Carolina; and Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh. Mr. Miller was on the pro gram yesterday, - but did not reach the city in time. At the business Ression of the legion, various matters came up for discussion this morning, among those scheduled be ing a plnn for location of permanent state headquarters and discussion of a resolution calling for an endorsement of the State ship and water transportation development plans. The election, of offi cers by the Legion will be the final busi ness matter today. > The business session of the Auxiliary this morning was confined to routine bus iness, the program calling for reports from rehabilitation committee, the his torian, the prison committee, child wel fare and legislative committees, an well as reports from the district committee . women. The contest for State eom ; mander is said to lie between Major (i Phillips, of Lexington, and R^^ FIRE LOSSES IN STATE 1 in july Were ■ Big Reduction Over Same Month Last I Year. Records Show. Raleigh, Sept. 2. —The fine losses in | North Carolina during the month of .Tilly . last were $11)1.030 as compared with a. . loss of $4230.014 for the same month of > 1023. according to the monthly fire re . iiort of Stacy Wade, commissioner of in surance. This makes fhird succes , sive month that the fire loss has been be . low $200,000, says Mr. Wade, and with • the exception of the month of February, . the first loss of every month this year has been below the corresponding month . of 1023, while last year’s losses showed a decrease of $1,000,000 for the year, . 1922. The decrease in fire loss for the first seven months of this year over that of last year has already reached $1,200,- AOO, the report points out, with the pros pects for the month of August being very low. However, . August 1924, fire loss is not expected to be as low as August, 1923. fire loss which was only $84,689, the lowest on record for auy single month, according to the statement. The tabulated report shows that there were 99 fires during the month of July with the total loss of 91 of them being only $39,166 and eight of them causing a loss cf $131,870 mostly in the indus trial district. Os these 99 fires, 60 of them were town dwellings with a loss of $30,884 and eight were country homes with a loss of $19,147, The principal causes of fires Were stated to be shingle roofs, oil stoves, and gasoline ignition. According to the report the value of property at risk in the 99 fires was sl,- 100,385; insurance involved was $549,- 018; and the loss was $191,086. Durham held all other cities this month tay setting and unequaled record of having no fire losses in three succes sive months, the statement says. Other towns getting on the honor roll for having no fire losses to exceed $4 during the month of July were Kinston, Washington, Carthage, Thomasville, Mooresville, Lexington, Graham, Marion, Kockingh&pi, Albemarle, Red Springs, Spring Hope, Huntersville, Randleman, Littleton, Pinehurst, Elm City, Aber deen, Warsaw, Granite Falls, Pine Bluff, Kerneerville, and Randolph county. Efforts to Trace Car Laden With Arms ' Falls. Herrin, His., Sept. I.—Efforts to trace the automobiles which late this afternoon drove np to the rear of the Herrin city hall and which are loaded with rifles, shotguns and ammunition were unsuccessful up to 8 o’clock to night Questions put to police and firemen who occupy the building were answered ... by! negative headshakes. No one would talk and attempt to follow the car met with little success. Censorship in Part of China. Peking. Sept. 2 (By the Associated Press) —In view of the military situa tion in the Yangtse valley, the Peking garrison was placed a censorship on rail way, port office and telegraph offices throughout the metropolitan are*. { _“„“S
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