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VOLUME XXIV
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SHOWN IN FORECISI
Government Figures Just
. Made Public Estimate This
Year’s Crop at Only 12,-
596,000 Bales. ;
2,662,636 BALES
ALREADY GINNED
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Report Was Based on Con
dition of Crop on Septem
ber 16.—Crop Estimated at
56.4 Per Cent. Normal. ,
(By (he A wool* ted Press)
Washington, Sept. 23.—The cotton
crop was forecast today by Department
of Agriculture aa 101,000 bates smaller
than indicated two weeks ago, 'with a
total production of 12,506,000 equivalent
‘506-pound bales indicated.
Os this crop 24162,630 running bales
counting round as half bales, had been
ginned prior to September 16, the Cen
sus Bureau reported. \
■ The crop reporting board’s forecast of
production was based on the condition of
the crop on September 16, which was
50.4 per cent, of a normal, indicating a
yield per acre of about 140.2 pounds
compared with a condition of 50.3 per
cent, on, September Ist this year indicat
ing on that date a' yield of 151.3 pounds
and a total production of 12,787.000
bales. Isist year’s crop was 10,139.(571-.-
Tb? condition on September 16 and
the forecast on protJvotioS therefrom (in
thousands for North Carolina
was 52 and 782.
The ginnings prior to September 16
for North Carolina was 24,213.
Ginning* • prior to September 1 this
year were 962,204 running bales.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, (924.
BLAME PARENTS FOR "
MORALS OF YOUTH
Lutheran Committee Lays Scant Dress,
Cosmetics, Gambling and “Secret
Faults" at fjoor of Hotpe.
Reading, Pa., Sept. 28.—Direct re
sponsibility for the lowering of moral
standards among the young w.gteced up
on >he American home in a report just
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Church in America. It is expected that
the Conclusions drawn in thin pronounce
ment wHi provoke much discussion when
the matter is presented at the biennial
convention of that church in Chicago in
October.
The committee asserts that far too
many Christians “are absolutely unmoral
in their perspective life.” It adds: ,
“The home is unquestionably directly
responsible in the majority of instances
for the startling lack of morality en
forcement. '
“Mothers must be held responsible,
not Parisian modistes, for the kind of
dresses their daughters wear.
“Mothers must be held responsible for
painted and powdered faces and for the
unearthly hours their 'daughters are. al
lowed to keep.
“Fathers must be held responsible for
the gambling instincts of their sons and
the many “secret faults which might
have been anticipated through compan
ionship and better example." \
RAINS CAUSE DAMAGE TD
NORTH CAROLINA ROADS
Estimated That Damage VVHI Amount to
$220,000, Accurate* to Statement by
Mri Page.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 23.—Continuous
rains for the past week have damaged
the roads of North Carolina to the ex
tent of approximately $220,000, it was
stated hete last night by , Frnnk Page,
chairman of the State HigKway Commis
sion, just after be had sent a message to 1
all division road engineers restating his
orders of Saturday to put all available
reserve road forces to the repairing of
highways at the first opportunity. The
rainy , lately be .said, had put certain sec
tions < i the st-ie highway in conditions
that ar> ximili.r o tho-f of throe years
" vnen the madbuilrfiug pr was
first, »rted.
BoD Weevil in North Carotin*.
(By tM Associated Press. 1
Raleigh, Sept. 23.—That the boil
weevil has made its presence particu
larly known in North Carolina is evi
denced by the 6 per cen decrease in the
condition of the. ctfop during the past
two weeks and in a long of 46/000 bales
in the forecast production, says a state
ment issued here today by Frank Park
er, f state agricultural statistician. ' The
present condition of 52 per cent Indi
es tegs per acre yield of 208 pounds, and
a present prospect of 782,000 bales, or
25 per cent less than was produced last
years, though this year’s acreage is
greatly increased the statement says.
Aviators Bendy For, Another Flight,
(hr the Associated
San Diego, Sept 23,—Three IT. S.
army aviators on the honr* stretch df an
air cruise aroUnd the world slept sound
ly this morning while observers at Roek
well Field expected a lovV .fog to disap
pear under a southern fl|ittomia sun be
fore the scheduled departure of the
three airmen for Santa Monfca at 12.30
P- “• Pacific time;
t Aviators o(M£or jg Dijj*fc
world fliers hoppetl off here at 7:28
sky was clear and only a slight breeze
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STATE WILL BE HEARD
1 AT PEACOCK HEARING
CalifcrrSa Authorities Will Wait For
Btet?t* Representative Before Giving
'Peacock Hearing.
(By tile' Aanociated pr«n.i
Raleigh, Sept. 28.—Governor Morrison
has been advised by California authftri-
F tic* that the hearing on the requisition
for the return to North CaroUtu of Dr.
I J. W. Peacock. ThoraasviHe physician,
who was captured near Los Angeles sev
eral days ago, would not fte held until
( the arrival of representatives from this
state, it wfs teamed this uorning.
S Governor MoVi-ison being advised at
* Chnclqtte yesterday that Mr. Peacock In
tended to fight extradition, announced
that he would direct Attorney' General
J. 8. Manning to go to-California to ap.
pear at the hearing in behalf of the
• state.
J Dr. Peacock escaped from the criminal
insane department in 11(23, after being
committed there following his trial in
connection with the slaying of Chief of
> Police Taylor Os Thomasville, the jury
l having found him not guilty of murder
and deviating him to be a paranoic.
1 CROP REPORT STARTED
BUYING MOVEMENT
1 Prices Advanced 190 Points or $9.50 a
Bale After the Rcfmrt. '
(By (He tiMditca Press.!
New York. Sryt, 28.—The government
crop report today proved so serasational
i ly bullish that a big buying movement
set in on the market here, quickly ad
vancing prices (90 points, or. $0.50 a
bale. October sold at 23.90, thereby
i reaching the 200 point limit permitted in
any one trading day. December touched
28.25. Mill interests were among the
heaviest buyers.
Big Jump at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Sept. 28.—Cotton jumped
$lO a bale, the trade,limit for one day,
upon recefet of the bureau report at the
Exchange today which placed the condi
tion at 58.4, and the indicated yield at
12,596,000 bales. October toadied 22.55
and December 22.82. The 200 point ad
vance affected all months.
THE COTTON MARKET
Quiet But Easier During Eariy Trading.
—First Prices Steady at Decline.
(By (he Assoctatsd Press.)
New York, Sept. 23.—The cotton mar
ket was quiet hut easier today during |
the early trading. Business was restrict
ed by uncertainty due to the showing of
the government report, due at mid-day,
but there was a little southern selling and
commission house liquidation, promoted
by expectations of better weather in the
South. First prices were steady at a de
cline of 2 to 8 points, but December soon
sold off from 21.59 to 21.45, the general
office showing net declines of 9 to 14
fber 2216/ December 21.90; January
-2160; March 21.83; May 22.05.
DORMITORY AT LENOnu
H RHYNE COLLEGE DAMAGED
Fire Started In Basement of Oak view
Hall, Girls’ Dormitory.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Hickory, Sept. 23.—Fire starting from
improper insulation in the basement of
Oakview dormitory at Lenoir-Rhyne Col- i
lege last night about 7:30 o'clock caused
the girls who stay there to turn out in
many-colored frocks and scamper about
tbe campus excitedly. No real 'damage
resulted.
Fire department officials expressed be- |
lief that it might have been a danger- '
oils blaze had it not been detected in
time. It was stated this morning by J
Chief Whitener that an inspector would
examine the building at once.
Conference on Tuberculosis.
Sioux Falls, S. Dak., Sept. 23.—The '
annual session of /the Mississippi Valley. 1
Conference on Tuberculosis, which got 1
under way here today, has attracted a 1
notable gathering of eminent medical '
men, prfblic health officials, social work- '
ers. and others, from more than a dozen
states. The conference will remain in
session over -tomorrow and Thursday.
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Twenty-three years ago North and '
South Carolina had only two and a half !
million active spindles and 68,006 looms. I
Today there are in operation in these
states ten and a half million spindles
and 192,000 looms, with products valued i
at $350,000,06a ' !'
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shares $72.26 per share, all stock matures in 328 weeks.
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CONCORD, N C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1924
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Rev Warren L. Steeves, pastor of
First Baptist Church fn Lima, 0.,
and his wife (above) run a domestic
relations bureau for their congrega
tion. They have been successful in
catching up threatening divorces of
some of their flock,
WO; AN CO v T ESSES
TO FART IN MURDER
Mrs. Elsie Sweetin Admits She Helped
Kill Her Husband.
(By the Associated Press.) 1
Mt. Vernon; 111., Sept- 2?.—After an
ial itii
Tested this morning fwar Wf' wair Jiritim
cated with the Rev. Ditwrenee M. Hight
in the plot to poison her husband, and
Mrs. Hight, in order that she and the
minister could be 'married, --thus confirm
ing the confession made yesterday by
Rev. Mr. Hight.
Arrested yesterday at her home at lua,
near here, Mrs. Sweetin denied any part
in the alleged-poison plot, as had been ad
mitted by the minister, but broke down
this morning after being closeted in the
same cell with the minister, with State’s
Attorney Thompson,
Mrs. Sweetin waived preliminary hear
ing and the case was given :o a grand
J ivy. Mrs. Sweetin. lpoeur-d won, aud
and haggard due to the 12-hour grilling
during which she was confronted with
the | clergyman after the hearing before
the justice of the peace;, before she was
taken to a cell adjoiningthqt'occupied by'
Hight.
In an interview Hight gave , a brief,
sketch .of his-life and told ; how a pre
monition that something fvould happen
h*td warned him to stay away from lua,
ahd bow he had protested after being as
signed to the Ina church. Me said that
during the thirteen years he had been a
minister he had converted 2,500 persons,
132 dpring his stay in Ina. ,
It was one day in church, he said,
when he met Mrs. Sweetin. They met
in the aisle and from then on he had en
tertained a feeling of more than friend
ship for her, he said. His affection for
his wife, he said, began to wane.
• The brains of the Japanese, both male
and female, average greater weight than
those of she Americans and English.
Two Walls fflf Crystal Damp
Laundry Caved in This
Morning, Causing Much
Damage to the Company.
FIVE EMPLOYEES
in tb® Building
However, the Walls Fell
Outward and Everyone
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Two walls of t(*’Crystal Damp laun
dry caved in tkis- Baaing; at 11:30 car
. rying with them ahi Bvnlapche of barrels,
half (aunderpd clothes; wires and other
debris.’ No one wse injured.
The cause of the dbfepse is attributed
by some to toe exenCation which has
been made recently ' beside it for
the foundations ot' the new theatre which
is being placetf’bebind the Cannon Build
ing. and to the recent yams which have
i made the ground very soft. Under ordi
• nary dry weathsr('ebitSitieiu>. the space
between the two buildings would have
insured the safety of the laundry, it is
said. ■ i ■ '
Workmen had jWst procured lumber
to brace the walls, since there were ap
prehensions for its safety, when F. H.
Teeter, who was ia charge of the plant
at that time went out to examine the
proceedings. He noticed that the bot
tom of the wall was slowly creeping out
ward and immediately rhshed inside to
notify the employees to leave. Before
they were able to get out, however, the
beams began to creak ajid the entire side
fell out and a partial .collapse of the
second story occurred.
None of the five employees, who were
inside the building at the time, were in
jured. The fact that the wall fell out
side and not in thereby throwing most of
, the machinery and brick to the exterior,
is one cause for their escape. The fact
that Mr. Teeter gave ,the alarm at the
' time when he did is the principal reason
I for their escape. The plate where the
are used is a mass of twisted pulleys
and crushed brick. "Sphis corner of the
building suffered mo| heavily.
--The building Is anUttgiprrHeiit stand
s ’WgTir a~ Three elec
tric wires seem to he holding a column or
j section of brick in position which, in
turn. •is holding the roof up. A closed
.door at the front kept the entire wall
froiq falling. The slightest jar would
cause a complete collapse of the building,
it appears.
Practically all the machinery in the
’ laundry is -mined. The connections,
water, steam, etc., are dll broken. Not
only| is the machinery and connections a
complete loss but an unusually large
number of washes were -ruined.
The building, -which has been occupied
hy the Crystal Damp Laundry for several
years, is owned by M. J.:Corl. '
NEGRO SEIZED BY MOB M- is .. .
LOCATED’BY OFFICERS
Operation Wa* Perterated Upon Negro
' by Mob, It Is Said—Was Found in
House With White Woman.
(By (be Associated Press.)
Jackson, Miss, Sept. 28, —Albert Brun
son, negro,- whp last night was seized by
a party of masked men on the Jackson-
Vicksburg highway while being, escorted
by officers to the jail at Vicksburg, was
brought back here early today from near
Clinton, where he was located by a
sheriff’s posse following his release hy
his captors after an operation had been
performed upon him.
The itegro and a white woman said to
have come-here recently from Herman
villt, Miss., were arrested in a raid, on
house in the negro section ot the city
Sunday night. * , i .
Asheville Wants O. Henry Memorial.
(By (be Associated Press.)
Asheville, N. C., Sept. 22.—Proposals
that the memorial to O. Henry which
I has been suggested from time to time,
be established in Asheville where the
' writer is buried are now ’being consid
ered by the local chamber of commerce.
Thte chamber manager, JP. G. Miller, is
planning a ttrip tot New York next week
for the purpose of conferring with offi
cials of the Southern Exposition to be
i held there next January and at that
time wDI discuss the proposed memorial
with friends of the dead writer.
Mr. MiUer and the Chamber of Com
merce are. greatly in ffcvor of erecting a
| memorial in this city and say that they
i have received many suggestions that it
[ would be "exceedingly fitting” that
Asheville have such a memorial to the
writer who spent much of his life here.
MeAdoo h Silent on His Return to
United. States-
New York, Sept. 22;—William t 5. Mc-
Adoo, returning on the Leviathan today
after several weeks ia Europe,, declined
| to! comment on polities at this time, al
though he asserted he would “have
something to say later.”
“I have been out of touch with the
[ political situation for more than cwo
| months,” Mr, McAdno said, “and um
therefore unable to discuss it inteligent
ly at the moment.”
-Shanghai, Sept. 23 16:80 p, m. IRy
the Associated Press).—The luU in,
China’s dvU war continued today with
(fly tb« taking of further defense pre-
Iciutiona and threatened tabor troubles to
break the monotony of the dragging hos-
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1 Canada’s poultry production last
lsear was valued at SSO,OO<MXX>.
Means May Stick to Repudiation
Or Else Deny Latest Statement
He Spread? Long Trail of Mystifying Doubt and>
Variously Reported on Way to His Home in c i $
corCfr in Seclusion in (Home Near White Hoi
Washingtmi; Sept. 22.—Gaston' B.”
Means, star witness of the Daugherty in
vestigation, nfter making a statement rer.
1 pudiating the sensational testimony he
, sore there, today added a new chapter,
to the long jand colorful story of his con
nection with the celebrated case, by'
spreading a long trail of mystifying
doubts as to whether he was going to
stick to his repudiation, or, in turn, re
pudiate it.
Means tonight apparently has made one
of his quiet disappearances. He was va
riously reported on his way to his home
at Concord, N. (V, or in seclusion in the
well apopinted house he maintains on
fashionable ■ Sixteenth street about a
stone’s thro#- from the White House,
guarded against questioners by his ser
vitors, or en route somewhere for “a con
ference.”
Means’ repudiation of his testimony be
fore the Daugherty committee was in a
signed statement given out Sunday eve-'
ning in Columbus. Ohio, by former At
torney General Daugherty in connection
with a letter written to John W. Davis,
democratic candidate for President. Son)?
of it was to the effect that Means’ sen
sational testimony had been suggested to
him by Senator Wheeler, the committee
prosecutor. The train of events which
followed its publication in Washington
was swift but mystifying.
One inquirer quoted Means as having
repudiated his repudiation and having
said that if the Daugherty committee
would reopen its hearings, Means would
promise something more sensational than
anything yet developed. This inquirer
quoted Means as drawing a dose dis
tinction between a signed statement and
a sworn affidavit. To one inquirer.
Means maintained that he had sworn to
no affidavit repudiating his testimony and
to another inquiry declared that he had
not repudiated his signed statement. The
statement given out by Mr. Daugherty
was Higned but not sworn to.
Correspondents of the Associated IVess
found Means in his room with the door
barricaded by a heavy piece of timber. He
declined to be questioned at any length,
but reiterated that he had not repudiat
ed the statement which came from Co
lumbus. During the day Means disap
peared and further attempts of question
ing were fruitless.
Senator Ashurst, qf Arizona, democrat,
was the only member of the Daugherty
committee iu the eapitol today, and he
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GASTON ttTfifcYNS
m VISITOR IN CONCORD
Arrived Daring Night to Visit Mother,
Mrs. W. G. Means, and His Wife and
Son.
Gaston B. Means, who reportß from
Washington declare was sought diligent
ly Monday at his home there, arrived in
Concord during the night. He is a visi
tor at the home of his mother, Mrs. W.
G. Means.
Mr. Means joined his family here, his
wife and son having arrived in Concord
last week.
Mr. Means was on the streets early
this morning, stopping at a number of
business houses o fthe city to speak to
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MAY CALL DAUGHERTY
COMMITTEE TO MEET
Senator Brookhart. Chairman of Commit- <
tqe. Ready to Hear New Evidence Any
Time.
(By (he tMOrUtM* Pma)
Camp Perry. Ohio, Sept. 23. —Senator
Smith W. Brookhart, (ffiairman of the
Senate Daugherty, investigating commit
tee, today said he bad wired Senator H.
F. Ashurst, of Arizona, the only member
of the committee in Washington, that he
might if he desired call the committee
together to hear additional testimony.
Germany Wants to Join League.
Berlin, Sept. 23 (By the Associated
Press). —Germany will in the near fu
ture make an effort to enter the League
of Nations on an equal footing with the
great powers, it was officially announced
today in a communique issued at the
close of a cabinet meeting.
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Aviators Complete Their Trip
Around World in San Diego
San Diego, Cal-, »Sept. 22.—-Ameri- 1
ca's round-the-world fliers returned tot j
day to Rockwell Field, San Diego, from I
where they took off last March to start
on their globe-encircling trip. j
As if to give good measure to auj
achievement already heralded far \ and-]
non need .schedule, disapi>olntang part .oft
a large crowd which was ass&ibUiiltSjk:
meet ami diver them.
The anuou|(Ked plan is for
to resume tomorrow their trip towSrmi
Seattle, the official starting point of the
flight. They expect to leave for Santa
-Monica about nodu.
At 10:24 a. in. Lieutenant Lowell H.
Smith, cointnander of the squadron, drop
ped the wheels of his aircraft on the
ground of historic Rockwell Field, and!
Lieutenant’ Erik Nelson, wing-mate of
Smith on the entire world voyage,
brought his ship to the field at 10:*4:51,
followed by Lieutenant Leigh Wade, at
10 £BS o’clock. ,
Amid the crash of a band, the cheers
of spectators and the roar of the pro
pellers as Lieutenant Smith taxied to a
standstill, came a cry from the lips of
Ma. Jasper Smith, mother .of the world
flight commander, “I want my boy J’V.
From his seat in the forward cOckpit,
Smith, his grime covered face eggerly
sinning the crowd, nasi hie ,mother and
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naj# to attract
said he knew nothing about Means' repu
diation or subsequent statements, but
. was perfectly agreeable to reopening the
' hearing if it seemed warranted. Some
• t friends and associates of- Senator Wheel
er, who did not wish to permit the use
of their names, declared that Senator
Wheeler had known for some time that
Means was about to repudiate his testi
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Wheeler Turns Guns on Daugherty and
Means.
Bloomington, 111., Sept. 22.—Dropping
for the time being all other campaign is
sues, Senator Wheeler, independent can
didate for vice president, seized as ma
teria] today the recently-published letter
of former Attorney General Daugherty
to John W. Davis, democratic -presiden
tial nominee and the statement of Gas
ton B. Means, for new thunder to back
his repeated allegation of corruption in
i the republican national administration.
His audience at night which heard him
loose the attack was the first encounter
ed on his tour in which farmers predom
inated. After many days of talking to
city dwellers and industrial workers, he
found himself at last in territory where
the strength of the countryside is claim
ed by the LaFollette boosters.
The correspondence, he said jeeringly
as he began, all conveyed the idea “that .
I. a new senator from Montana, had been .
able to frame tile attorney general of the
United States as well as W. J. Burns. ;
tne great frftdmational detective land
the whole republican administration so ]
successfully that the silent, eautious man .
in the White House was forced unwill- j
iugly by aroused public opinion to oust j
Harry Daugherty from office.”
“That was giving himself and Sena- I
tor Brookhart, republican, of lowa, an- <
other member of the investigating com- 1
rnittee, ‘entirely too much credit’.” \
He described Gaston B. Means, whose 1
affidavit said Senator Wheeler had coach- *
ed witnesses to give fake evidence, as “the '
trusted employee of Burns aud the asso
ciate of Daugherty,” and gave the sub- '
stance of several conversations he said |
he held lately with the man. Means told -
him endeavors were being made to get ’
him to repudiate his original stories of !
bribe-taking, Senator Wheeler said, and ’
professed now to be fu possession of
of “important new documentary evidence” ’
which be desired to bring to resunted
hearings-of the investigating committee. I
LODGED AGANST MEANS
Charged in District Court With Havteg
Repudiated Income Tax.
(By the Associated Press.) |
Washington. Sept. 23.—Gaston B. ‘
Means investigator and star witness, was 1
charged in district -supreme court here 1
today with having repudiated his income 1
tax. .<
Internal revenue collector Tate filed
a tax Hen judgment'for a total of $267,-
514.40, which covers uupaid income tax
for the last three years and addead pen- )
hlty, for non-payment. The tax is $214,-
091.52 and the penalty for failing to see (
is $53,522.98. ,
Means in his testimony in the Daugh- I
erty investigation, which he requdiated
in a signed statement aud later to some (
inquirers, disclaimed the rejudiation ]
while he affirmed it to others, described,
himself as investigator of wide acti- j
rities, drawing large fees, some of them
at times from foreign governments. f
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Austin Carter Gets Respite TM Nov. 15.
Raleigh. Sept. 23.—Austin Carter, of i
Rockingham county, who was to have
been electrocuted on September 28 for '
the murder of his wife, was today given 1
a respite by Governor Morrison until No
vember 15. in order that the governor I
look into the meritß of the case, it was
announced at the executive offices. (
International Institute. '
Geneva. Sept. 23 (By the Associated
Press). —The assembly of the League of
Nations today authorized the foundation 1
in Paris of an international institute for
intellectual co-operation to be conduct- 1
ed under the auspices of the League of 1
Nations. '
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I Jumping from the plane, Smith rush
jed into his mother’s arms. 1
1 ‘‘My boy, my wonderful boy!” she •
I whispered, as she kissed the flight com- '
majidei- repeatedly. Smith’s father reach
the only spot on the army aviator’s
pace that was not being smothered with ’
fjkifwes by his wife, reached his arm ]
jaround both and, planted a resounding >
## on his boy’s right ear. It was i
More than Lieutenant Smith could stand ■
find, hot give vent to his feelings. The 1
man noted throughout the American air i
service for hiij steel nerve, his stoical l
demeanor in the face of greatest danger
wept. |
Another mother wept, too, for joy at '
the homecoming of a globe airman. She ,
, was Mrs. Harding, mother of Lieut
! ennnt John Harding, relief pilot and me
chanician with Lieutenant Nelson.
“God bless you,” she said as she flung
her arms around her boy's neck.
Despite the tripie patrol of-. Blue
Jackets, Marines and cavalrymen, Colonel
Frank Lahm, air official 'in charge of the
ninth corps area, who flew here from
San Francisco to greet the aviators, and
Major FiUgrald had a difficult time fight
ing their Way to the flag draped reviewing
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Writ of Habeas Corpus Is
sued By Judge Harding
Returnable Before Judge
A. M. Stack on Thursday.
HEARING WILL BE
HELD IN TROP
Judge Stack Is Presiding at
Court There This Week.—
Hearing Is Regarded as a
Very Important One.
Seeking freedom by bond for their
client, Martin Boat, held in the county
jail here charged with the death of Jesse i
Vanderburg, his neighbor, counsel for the
defense applied for writ of habeas corpus
before Judge W. F. Harding in Charlotte
Saturday. Judge Harding signed the
writ and made it returnable before Judge
A. M. Stack in Troy today.
Solicitor Long, not having opportunity
to study the records in the case thorough l •
•y. made motion before Judge Stack for
continuance until Thursday as this week
ami Judge Stack granted his motion.
The hearing before Judge Stack will
be held at 2:30 Thursday afternoon at
the court house in Troy, where he is
presiding at Montgomery county court
this week. All witnesses and attorneys
in the ease will be present for the hear
ing, it is said.
Much importance is attached to the
hearing by those persons who are inter
ested in the case. , Since Bost is being
held by a coroner’s jury the burden
rests on him to show that he should be
allowed bond. For that reason the de
fense is expected to place Bost on the
witness stand.
It is also rumored here that the State
will offer some of its most damaging tes
timony. It is understood that Solicitor
Long and Attorney John M. Oglesby,
who lu-e handling the prosecution, will
offer the dying statement of Vanderburg
if they deem it necessary.
Quite, a number of persons from this. :
county plan to go to Try for the hearing.
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DEATH TOLL FROM
Minnesota.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 23.—The death
toll of Sunday's storms in Wisconsin and ■
Minnesota today reached 50, and the
continued isolation of many Wisconsin
communities caused the fear that the
list in that state might be further in
creased. - ' ilTi-
With Our Advertisers.
Smart leather bags of all kinds at 98e
to $3.98 at the J. C. Penny Co.
An autumnal event extraordinary at
Oestrieher’s in Salisbury, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, Sept. 25, 26 and 27th.
See ad. today.
Save one-third to one-hhlf your fuel'
by using a Cole’s hot blast stove, says H.
B. Wilkinson.-
Gt-oeCries on schedule time tat the
Store at Your Door.
Genuine Cabarrus county sorghum and
finest North Carolina comb honey at the
Cline & Moose Co.
Pratlow fruit salad at special prices
at Piggly W’iggly.
See new ad. of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company today. This, company
has aided others. Let it help yon.
Howard’s Filling Station has an -up- -
to-date car laundry. Try it.
New fall hats at W. A. Overeash’s.
Good brands at reasonable prices.
New fall styles in slippers at Parker’s
Shoe Store. Prices $4.95 to $6.95.
Bee ad. of C. Covington. Nus ced.
Eastman kodaks and supplies at the
Gibson Drug Store.
Put a part of your earnings away ev
ery pay-day. Sefe ad. of Cabarrus Coun
ty Building Loan and Asvings Associa
tion.
Three Youths Charged With Burning
Boy. IS Years Old. , '
Reidsville, Sept. 22.—Charged with
having net fire to John Mabea at hia
home in Henry county, Virginia, near
the North Carolina line, Swanson
Barker, James Colbert and James Iseley
are held under SIOO bond for the grand
juyy by juvenile court judge, John W,
Carter. All are minors and the alleged
victim is 13 years old.
It is charged that Mu ties’ clothing
wns sutuarted with kerosene and that a
match was applied to jiim, resulting in
injuries which have caused his confine
ment in a hospital since the middle of
August. He is now recovering and ia
expected to be in a position to appear
againßt the trio at the October term of
the circuit court.
The three youths deny having set
fire to Mabes and claftn that ignition
was due to his own carelessness.
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