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VOLUME XXIV
AKWTORS RECEIVED
Mil OPIUM
FINISH OF JOURNEY
People of Seattle Paying
Homage Every Citizen
Would Pay Were It Pos
sible for All to Be There.
BUSY PROGRAM
FOR THE DAY
Airmen Await Orders From
Washington Before Decid
ing What to Do—Tell of
Experiences at Luncheon.
Seat tel, Sept. 29 (By the Associated
Press). —Six United States army avia
tors who completed a flight around the
world here yesterday, were prepared to
day to received the welcome which has
been arranged by an appreciative citizen
ry.
The elapsed time of the flight was
lira days, total mileage start to finish
27,534; days actually in the air 66;
actual flying time 351 hours, 11 minutes;
average speed per hour 76.36 miles.
Lieut. Ijo.well H. Smith, commander
of the flight, officially reported comple
tion of the journey, to Major General
Patri.ck at Washington by telephone last I
night. He was informed by (general
Patrick that future duties and move
ments of the six aviators will be an
nounced tomorrow.
At a public luncheon today the fliers
and their mechanics were to make talks :
describing their trip. In addition to
the luncheon the aviators were to speak ;
at the dedication of a monument at Sand i
Point, commemorating man's first cir- ■
cumnavigation of the globe by air. i
JAPANESE HOLD OUT
FOR THEIR CONTENTION ,
Will Not Sign Protocol Uniless Demands '
Are Granted by League Assembly. '
Geneva. Sept. 29 (By the Associated
Press). —Two members of the Japanese
delegation told press representatives ho- '
day that if Japan did not obtain satis- j
faction of her demand for an amendment
to the proposed protocal of arbitration ,
and security, she probably„aiucJi to their ,
regret, would be obliged to vote against
If this happens, the protocol, initiated
by Foreign Minister Benes, of Czecho
slovakia. and elaborated by the disarm- 1
ament commission and its sub-commit- r
tee, will fail of adoption, and Consequent
ly the international disarmament confer- j
enee provided for in the protocal and
planned for next summer, will not be
held. I
The sub-committee to which the Jap
anese proposal.had been entrusted, held
a brief meeting, but adjourned until this
afternoon before taking up the Japanese
problem because the leaders decided it
would be more practical and less dan- .
gerous to find a satisfactory formula in *
private conversations. <
Hawk is Eight Feet From Tip to Tip.. 1
Danville, Va., Sept. 27.—A hawk |
with a wing-spread of eight feet, was 1
shot to death at Witt yesterday evening £
by Kinnie Eehois, stable boy for O. J. '
Reynolds who, hearing a commotion in s
a barn, ran to the spot and found a
rooster valiantly striving to beat back
the' marauder. The cook bad been badly
injured in the setto. The hawk wheeled
as the boy approached and took refuge 1
in an automobile whereupon the boy 1
ran for his gun and calling a bird dog J
shot the bird of prey asthe dog bushed ‘
it from the garage. “
Gold Medals for Bravery. c
(By the Associated Pres.>
Elizabeth City, N. C., Sept. 29.—G01d
medals will be presented to six men at
the Albemarle District Fair to be held
in this city on October 9as a recognition ‘
by the United States government of *
their bravery during the World War f
in rescuing the crew of the British |
tanker Mirlo from the midst ot flaming 1
oil. after it had been torpedoed hy a .
German nubmarine off the American
coast. These men. members of Coast
Guard Btation 179 at Chieomicomico, <
are Captain John Midgett and surfmen i
Zion, Leßoy, Arthur and Clarence Mid- J
gett and P. I. O’Neal.
Mrt. Shank Pleads Guilty.
(By the Amnetated Press.)
Frederick. Md., Sept. 29.—Mrs. Mary 1
Shank pleaded guilty in circuit ‘txjurt to- '
day to an indictment charging her with ]
tarring and feathering Dorothy Grandou, 1
a young girl, at Myersville, near here, \
lust July.
Evidence in the cases against nineteen
other persons will be heard by the court
before the woman is sentenced.
Mrs. Ferguson Wins Injunction Case.
Austin, Texas, Sept. 29 (By the As
sociated Press). —Mrs. Myriam 4-
guson today won. the first step in the
court fight to have heb disqualified as .
a Democratic nominee for Governor of j
Texas. An injunction to keep her name \
off the ballot was refused by Judge Geo.
C. Calhoun in the 53rd district court, j
Vinton Perin Gives Up.
(By the Associated Fne.)
Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 29.—Rain-soaked
and disheveled, withtfjjta clothes bearing
the marks of out of doors,
Vinton, Perriii, ISO years old, surrendered
today to <br the slaying of his
mother-in-law, Mr*. Frances D. Rawson,
77 years old, a'nd’lOf'loe shooting of his
sistriSin-law, Miss Nina Rawson.
A manufacturer in Chicafco has con
•trpeted a miniature golf course adjoin
ing' bis factory for the entertainment of
his customer? from out of town.
The Concord Daily Tribune
' ? • ,
Body of Concord Man
Found In Lumber River
—, j*.
' Body Identified as That of
Clyde Cook, Who Left His
Home Here Last Week for
Visit to Relatives.
NEGRO SAW MAN
JUMP INTO WATER
Body Sent to Albemarle and
Funeral Services Were
Held This Afternoon at
Friendship Church.
. The body of a white man, later identi
fied as that of Clyde Cook, of Concord,
was drugged from the Lumber river
near Lumberton Saturday, afternoon. The
body bore no signs of foul play, although
officers at first had some doubt that it
was a case of suicide.
When taken from the river SI.BO, all
silver, was found on the body. The sui
cide theory was first given by a negro
woman, who told officers that she had
seen a strange white man acting funny
on the iron bridge Monday night and saw
him jump into the river. For some rea
son the officers did not think much of the
story, thinking she had possibly dawn
on her imagination too much.
A lady who lives on Water street, at
Lumberton. which parallels the river,
saw something resembling a corpse float
ling down the river. She immediately!
! turned in the alarm and within 15 min
utes a boat had overtaken it, and the
body baited. The Robeson county court
house is one block from where the body
was first seen. It passed under the iron
bridge.
L. D. Guy; of .Concord, identified the
remains Saturday night as that of Clyde
Cook and stated that he believed death
was due to suicidnl intent as the young
man had been in ill health for some time
and very despondent.
According to Guy the dead man passed
through Lumberton with him last week
end, and disappeared while they were at
Bellamy, several miles east of here, where
Guy was visiting relatives.
A coroner’s jury at Lumberton yester
day found that he came to his death as a
result of drowning by suicidal intent.
There was no evidence of foul play.
The body of Mr. Cook was sent by au
tomobile yesterday to Albemarle and the
funeral services will be held at Friend
ship Church, near that city, this after-.
«—>- l»te*umut .«UL he Jiutj
cemetery of the Church:
Wiley Cook, a brother of the deceased,
and J. M. Simpson, of this city, went to
Lumberton for the coroner’s inquest.
They returned to Concord last night.
POLICE RESCUED SAILOR
FROM AN ANGRY MOB
Charged Man Broke Into Stateroom on
Vessel and Made Attack on Young Wo
man.
IBy the Associated Press.)
Hoboken, N. J., Sept. 29.—A squad of
police today rescued Christopher Dunee,
31 years old, a sailor, from passengers
and members of the crew of the liner I
George Washington, * who made threats
of lynching, after he had broken into a
state room and attacked- Miss Otillie Ur
ban, 22 yqars old, ns she slept. He had
almost succeeded in handling the girl 1
with a rope when nelp came. The police
said he was intoxicated.
Henry Hentz Dead. 1
(wuj p»)»|M>n y (HI
New York, Sept. 29.—The death of 1
Henry Hentz, last surviving charter
member of the N£w York Cotton Ex
change, at his home in Madison, N. J.,
in his ninetieth year, was announced to
day. For more than half a century he ;
had been an .outstanding figure in the j
cotton trade in America. 1
Third Death From Football. \
(By the Associated Prensj
Harrisburg, 111., Sept. 29.—The third
death this season resulting from injuries
received on the football field, was report
ed yesterday when Max Lancaster, 22 i
years old, members of an independent
football team, died.
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What about keeping home labor
busy, anyway?
When enough people invest enough savings ,i:i our institution, we, ,111 1 1
lend that money for home bu’lding.
r That ves employment to teamsters and brick masons, carpenters, 0
plumbers, printers and electricians, and to a whole lot of other people.
That none? is sjient right here in this town and vicinity.
Our plan and our work mean better times for all the people of this
community. | “
You can and should join with ns —if only for 10 shares, which i
. would cost you only $2.50 per week. j 1
’ Come In and talk the matter over with us. We will be glad to ex- ! !
|.j 1 plain the plan to you. Prepaid shares cost $72.25 per share. We ma- 11
| tore our stock in S2B weeks. All stock is non-taxable. ] !
SERIES NO. 54 NOW OPEN—START NOW ' , !
I I CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAV
INGS ASSOCIATION J
Office in the Concord National Bank
CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1924
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THE COTTON MARKET
' Opened at Decline of 2 to 11 Pointy*)#
’ i Later Turned Firm on Rebuyinf.
I I By the Associated Press. 1
| New York. Sept. 29.—The cotton mar
: ket opened today at a decline of 2 to
11 points'under selling which was eri
’ couraged by rather easier Liverpool
cables' and the failure of the weather
news to show any frost in the south
. west. Further 'rains were reported in
, the eastern belt sections, however, ac
companied by reports that cotton was
sprouting in the bolls, and the market
soon turfied firmer on rebuying by sell
ers of last week and covering. Decem
ber sold up from 24.35 to 24.70 in the
first half hour, the general list showing
net advances of 14 to 25 points.
Private cables attributed the decline
in Liverpool to reselling by bulk and
hedging, but that offering has been ab
sorbed by spinners calling. The open
ing prices were: Oct. 25 50 to 25.30;
Dec. 24.40: .Tan. 24.43; March 24.75;
May 25.00.
SEARCHING FOR BODIES
OF 28 MISSING MEN
Men Were Mem be** of the Crew of the
Freighter Clifton.
(By the Associated Press)
Cleveland, 0., Sept. 29. —With the re
covery of wreckage from the whaleback
freighter Clifton, and sighting of more,
efforts today were eonfined to the recov
ery of the bodies c,t 28 men, officers and
crew of the ill-fated vessel. The search
is centered on the Canadian shore, where
it is believed the bodies will bo carried.
Bailey Discusses Port Terminals.
Raleigh. Sept. 29. —That markets of
the West are closed to Carolina oyster
shippers and those of the East closed to
Carolina truck shippers by reason of the
appalling freight rate discriminations, is
an interesting discovery made by Josiah
William Bailey, recent candidate for gov
ernor. who now is devoting his time to
the interests of the Port Terminals and
Water Transportation measure upon
which the voters are to pass in the com
ing election.
A Chesapeake Bay oyster shipper, Mr.
Bailey points out, cau ship oysters to
Kansas City for 17 cents a gallon less
than his competitor in North Carolina
can ship them to the same point—and
this 17 cents is a handicap the Carolinian
eannot overcome.
A California truck grower, for another
example. cap ship vegetables
fflnore thrtri it.twp - miles UK? great' e-m*
sliming markets of the East for SIIO.OO
a car, less than his competitor in East
ern Carolina cau ship to the same mar
kets.
“Woodland & Co., Moreliead City, ship
ped a carload of oysters to Kansas City,”
Mr. Bailey said: “they found that the
rate from Baltimore was 17 cents a gal
lon less than from Moreliead City. This
discrimination against North - Carolina
oysters accounts for the fact that, not
withstanding we have abundant oyster
beds on our coast and extensive waters
in which to develop the industry, we can
make no progress as compared with Vir
ginia and Maryland oyster shippers.”
If North Carolina were on equal foot
ing with its competitors, it could control
the' oyster market, Mr. Bailey contends,
citing the fact that the Carolina canned
oyster, put up at Morchead City, deter
mines the price on the Pacific Coast. This
is because water transportation, through
the Panama Canal, permits Morehead
City to compete on equal footing with its
rivals. Adequate port facilities and wat
er transportation, he is convinced, will
solve the State’s rate problem.
Miss Clara Ludlow Dead.
Washington, Sept. 29 —Miss Clare S.
Ludlow, whose work as an entomologist
in the study of disease-bearing mosqui
toes, has distinguished her in the field of
science, died here yesterday at the age
of seventy years.
League to Admit Santo Domingo.
Geneva, Sept. 29.—The League of Na
tions assembly voted today to admit the
republic of Santa Domingo to member
ship in the league. The vote was unan
imous.
LAST OFFHKIVE OF
CAMPAIGk SETTING
ITTRIIM
Democratic Presidential Nom
inee Plans lor Campaign
in East, Border States and
the Middle
OHIO, KENTUCKY
AND OTHER STATES
Will Be Visited by Mr. Davis
Who Plans jM End Drive in
New York-City on Night
of November First.
(By the Associated Press.)
Locust Valley, N. Y., Sept. 29.—John
W. Davis began preparations here today
for the last big offensive in his campaign.
The offensive wilt cover three general
fields, the middle west, the east and sev
eral of the border slates. It will be in
augurated next Wednesday in Maryland,
with addresses at Frederick and Balti
more, and will end with a rally in New
York City on the night of November Ist.
Returning to New York on Thursday
from Baltimore. Mr. DaviS will speak
that night at Madison Square Garden
with Governbr Smith. Then he‘will
make a one-night stand in New Jersey,
and another in Rhode Island before
starting westward through upper New
York State-
In the last month of the campaign the
' Democratic Presidential candidate will
■ deliver more than a score of set address
> es, and will give an even greater nuin
> her of read platform speeches ns he trav
i els through New York. Ohio, Indiana, 11-
i linois, Kentucky, Missouri and other
■ states.
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JOHNSON HEARING IS
STARTED UP AGAIN
Trying to Determine Who Is Responsible
For Death of W. W. Johnson.
I y the Associated Press.)
Sept. 29.—Investigation in
to the death on September 6th of W. W.
Johnson, of Mt. Holly, was resumed
here today by Coroner Frank Hovis. The
inquest was postponed more than a week
ago in order that the police might have
more time to investfcaje the slaying at
« the* home of Robert JfcTtfied, here.
Lee R. Fulp, of’- Statesville, still is
held in the county jail on a charge of
murder in connection with the slaying.
He spent the night with Johnson, whose
body with a bullet hole in his head, was
found lying in the front room of the
Reed home, and waH arrested \it States
ville the same day.
Reed, who was held as a material wit
ness, was released on a writ of habeas
corpus a week ago.
The Jury’s Verdict.
Charlotte. Sept. 29.—W. W. Johnson,
Mt. Holly barber, came to his death “as
the result of n piNtol wound at the hands
of an unkuowu person or persons,” the
cqroner’s jury which has been investi
gating the ease ’since the body was found
on September 6tli, said in its verdict an
nounced today.
The jury recommended that Lee It.
fulp. of Statesville, who spent the night
with Johnson at the home of R L. Reed,
where the body was found; Reed atul his
wife, and Mrs. N. M. Jones, a neighbor,
be held as material witnesses for the
grand jury.
No additional evidence was offered at
the inquest today.
FRANK HAMPTON SEES
. DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS
Thinks LaFoHette Vote is Going to
Give Davis in Most of the Doubtful
States.
Washington, Sept. 28. —After he had
seen John W. Davis, Democratic candi
date for President, Frank A. Hampton,
secretary to Senator Simmons, and a
member of the Democratic national
board v s strategy, said that Mr. Davis
is very confident of his election and
that the members of his party who
have traveled with him on his speaking
tour are aU chock full of confidence in
the result and assert that the Davis
candidacy is rapidly winning not only
in the east but especially in the west
and middle west. Mr. Hampton con
tends that the LaFollette vote is go
ing to give Davis mose of the doubtful
states and quite a number of states
that are normally safely Republican.
Thomas W. Miller Resigns.
Washington, Sept. 29. —Thomas W.
Miller, tendered his resignation to Pres
i ident Coolidge today as alien property
1 custodian.
I The President in Indicating that he
i would accept the resignation, asked Mr.
1 Miller to continue in his office for the
i time being.
i Mr. Miller said he was forced to re
! sign because the duties of president of
[ the Inter-Allied World War Veterans’
Association to which he was recently
elected, would demand his presence
abroad during most of the next year.
Mao Electrocuted.
(By the Associated I’mal
Lenoir, N. C„ Sept. 29 —Chas. Hilde
brand, aged 54, an employee of the Grau
; ite Falls Manufacturing Company, was
i electrocuted early today when attempt
-1 ing to start a pump. There were no
witnesses. Dampness, due to incessant
ralna of die last two weeks is believed
1 to have caused the pump to become
charged.
I In England first-class racing pigeons
are very* Valuable. At a recent sale I
1 for example, 104 pigeons realized in all)
! more than $18,060. One particular bird
alone was sold for $1,125.
Means Talks About His J
Repudiation Statemev »
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> PRIZES OFFERED FOR
t HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT?
11,398.50 in Prizes to Be Given at the
State Fair This Year.
I 'By the Associate'! Press.)
. C * S<,pt - 29.—-lore than
I SI,OOO will be given in prizes for
| horticultural exhibits alone at the
North Carolina State Fair, which will
be held here during October 13 to 17. it
was stated today by C. D. Mathews,
chief of the horticultural department of
i the Extension Division of the State Col-
I lege and Department of Agricuture. The
exact amount to be given in prizes is
. $1,397.50 of which apples will take the
mnjor part of the awards,
t The exhibits and contests will be
. with all kinds of horticultural products,
' Mr. Mathews said, but empuasis this
year is being placed upon apples,
pecans, and sweet and irish potatoes.
Many kinds of fruits and vegetnoles
i will bp shown and the best method of
■ producing them as well as other pro
duets will be explained and demon
-1 strated.
Chief Matthews in expraining the
. exact purposes of the exhibit by the
horticultural department classed the
main reasons into four groups: To show
North Carolinians North Carolina pro
ducts of horticulture: to increase con
sumption of the state's products by
North Carolinians and others; to
educate growers of high quality pro
ducts; and to interest the growers in
raising better quality of products in
order to get higher prices.
It was allso stated by Mr. Matthews
that the department hoped to increase
the demßnd for North Carolina pro- I
ducts of horticulture by acquainting the I
public with these products tnrougfl the
sale of them at the fair. Only a small i
charge for this service will be made to |
the exhibitor. The exhibitors will also
he on hand it was said to take oruers
for future delivery.
The officials of the department feel
that the growers who exhibit there pro
ducts this year will be . greatly bene
fited not only by the advertising derived
from the displays but from sales that
will be conducted by the department
after the close of the fair. Growers are
urged by the department to make ex
hibits even though their products may
not appear to be prize winners, for the
officials say that there is much to be
learned in the selection of fruit, vege
tables and nuts for prize display and
they elajm that there, is no better place
.to learnithsn at fcbe>Styte Fair. a
There Is little worry to the ftiniW in
entering these horticultural / contests,
only the selection of the product from
his own place as the extension workers
of the horticultural department will ar
range all displays free of cost. The
farmer is to merely mark his product
when he ships it to the department and
the rest is left up to the officials. Every
thing for the display, such as booths,
tables, plates, and well designed mark
ers are furnished by the office.
Entries in these contest close on
October 4, it was stated, and all ex
hibits must be recorded at the office of
the department officials by that time.
To facilitate matters for those farmers
who find it ,to their advantage to pick
their prize products early, arrangments
have been made with the ice department
of the Durham Service Company to
store the exhibits until the time of the
fair. According to Mr. Matthews, ex
hibitors should ship their displays ex
press charges prepaid to the Durham
Public Service Company. Ice Depart
ment. The shipments should be plainly
marked “Exhibition Fruit for North
Carolina State Fair,” it was said, in
order that the company may give it im
mediate attention.
Predictions are made by those who
have handled the horticultural exhibits
in the past, that the displays and
demonstrations, both, this year will
excel all others of the past that have
been handled by that department.
Practiculnr attention, it was said, is to
be laid upon the teaching of the farmer
something new in horticulture no mat
ter how experienced he may be.
McCrary Funeral Tomorrow.
(By the Associated I'.ew 1
Lexington, N. C., Sept. 29.—John W.
McCrary, aged 85, president of the Com
mercial & Savings Bank, died at his home
here last night after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held from the
First Methodist Church here at three
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Jenny Ashhurst, of Charleston.
S. C., is spending several days with Mrs.
S. A. Wolff at her home on Tribune
Street.
Salient Features of the
Great Flight Summarized
Sand Point Field, Seattle, Wash., i
Sept. 28.—Among the salient features of (
the United States army globe encircling ]
flight that ended today were: i
The flight was started officially by 1
four planes from Seattle, Wash., 8:30 i
a. in. Sunday, April 8, under command 1
ts Major Frederick L. Martin in the 1
flagplane Seattle, and was completed to
day—five months and twenty-two days— i
by two of the original machines and the I
Boston 11, a spare air cruiser sent to .
pietou Harbor, Nova Scotia, for Lien
tenant Leigh Wade, whose machine was <
Wrecked near Faroe Islands, August 21. i
The aviators origignally left Santa !
Monica, Calif., March 17, but on ac
count of delays.in substituting pontoons i
for landing gear here, the official hop
off was made from Seattle, cutting 10 |
': days off the journey. i
' I The personnel of the flight included 1
. | Major "Martin, commander, and his uiech- j
■ anlcjan, Staff Sergeant Alva L. Harvey, !
Who were missing for t:n days after their 1
Says the Statement Was Not
Sworn to, Properly Exe
cuted or Witnessed and He
Signed It to Get Evidence.
SAYS COMMITTEE
SHOULD CONVENE
Wants Daugherty Question
ed About Statement and
How He Got It.—Talked
Here to Newspaper Men.
In a lengthy interview here Saturday
afternoon with a number of newspaper
men, Gaston B. Means recited in full
what he termed the reasons he secured
employment in the department of justice,
asserted that he signed the repudiation
statement solely for the purpose of se
curing documentary evidence and issued
a challenge to former Attorney General
Daugherty to tell all he knows about the ‘
repudiation statement.
“The repudiation statement that I
signed was not properly executed or
sworn to or witnessed.” Means declared,
“and in signing this document my sole
purpose was following the instructions
of Senators Wheeler and Ashurst to get
in my possession documentary evidence
to show that witnesses were being ap-l
proached illegally for the purpose of get
ting them to repudiate their testimony.”
I Means also declared that the signed re
pudiation statement was not sent direct
ly to Mr. Daugherty and in his •’elial-
I longe” he said: “Now if Mr. H. M.
I Daugherty has iu his possession any re
pudiation signed by me. and I have been
■ confidentially advised that lie has such,,
j it was sent to him after it had been sent
to E. B. McLean at Washington and it
is highly proper that a meeting of the
Brookhart-Wheeler committee be called
to make Mr. Daugherty testify under
oath as to where he got the signed doc
ument. I call upon Mr. Daugherty to
publish the accompanying letter received
by him from Mr. Mcl .can when the lat
ter sent him the signed repudiation.”
Means made public the following letter
which he alleges was sent by Thomas B.
Felder to Edward B. McLean along with
the signed repudiation:
“Dear sir:' I beg to hand you here
with enclosed a document which you will
observe has been properly executed. This
document was submitted to me by ln-y
client. Sir. Gaston B. - Means, after he
had subirfimST t to">rr. j
to whom he stared that while he was
ready and willing to execute the same
that he would not do so until he had sub
mitted it to me as his counsel.
"I have handed a copy of this to the
former A. G. ami he was very much pleas
ed with the contents, and after some dis
cussion as to the disposition to be made
of tile original he suggested and upon his
suggestion I am mailing the same to
you.”
Means declared that when lie was tried
in Concord for the death of Mrs. Maude
A. King, "Great interests” exerted their
influence against him and “I made up
my mind then that instead of working
for big interests I would reverse myself
and see that the same thing did not
happen to any other man.” It was then,
he said, that lie determined to get a po
sition with the department of justice, so
lie could get access to all records and
fight big business.
“I went into the department of jus
tice cold bloodedly,” Means said, “to ex
pose rottenness from the inside. I had
served as English and German agents and
I was familiar with the manner in which
the wheels turned from the inside.”
Means stated he signed the repudiation,
statement in the office of Thomas B.
Felder and while in that office secured a
letter which he says was “the documen
tary evidence I sought." The copy of the
letter in his possession was signed
H. M, Daugherty and was dated "Sweet
briar Ridge." Mt. Sterling and was dat
ed August 28. Excerpts from letter fol
low :
“Means, your client, struck ma an un
justifiable blow when he tohl on the wit
ness stand an untruth about Jess Smith.
I know the reason lie did it, but there
was no reason in the world for him
striking me this blow. I appointed and
reappointed him against the strongest
possible opposition and trusted him and
he deceived rent He owes it to me and
to the public to tell the truth, in that
he never gave Jess Smith a dollar or
talked to him about giving him any mon
ey.”
“You can have him make this state
ment, this is due me; I have no disposi
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flagplane Seattle was wrecked April 80'
on a mountain near Port Moller, Alaska
peninsula, on the Behring seacoast, and
who were forced to quit the expedition,
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, commander
after Major Martin’s accident, pilot of
the flagplane Chicago; Lieutenant Erik
H. Nelson, pilot of the New Orleahs;
Lieutenant Leigh Wade, pilot of the
ill-fated Boston, and Mechanics Lieu
tenants 'Leslie- P. Arnold, John Harding,
Jr., and Henry M. Ogden.
The route of the aviators traversed
or touched 21 foreign countries and 2fi
states uud one territory of the United
States.
A total of 57 hops were made, an av
erage of 483 miles ouch jump.
With each air cruiser consuming 80
gallons of gasoline in an hour of flymg,
the three planes used in approximately
871 flying hours 2.1,080 gallons. Each
plane used about 30 gallons of oil every
2,400 miles and in the 27,534 miles flight
the machines had 1,026 gallons of oil.
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NO. 229.
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WILE BATTLE FRONT
Battle Line Extended From
Nansiang to Main, and
Heavy Casualties Have
Been Reported,
REIEF STATIONS
ARE ALL FULL
Chekiang Forces Hare Been
Able to Drive the Invad
ing Forces Back About
Six Miles.
Shanghai, Sept. 29 (By the Associat
ed Press). —Hundreds of Chinese sol
diers were killed and many others wound
ed this morning on a six mile front from
Nansiang to Malu, when armies of the
rival military governors fighting for pos
session of Shanghai continued hostilities
with intensity.
According to a witness who returned\
this afternoon from the sector from Nan- '
siang to Malu, both sides were showering
the lines with shrapnel.
| Numerous relief stations were filled
with wounded , while scores of others
were arriving on stretchers. The dead
have been left where they fell, according
to witnesses.
The offensive which has resulted in con
tinuous 'firing since Saturday morning
has enabled the Chekiang forces to drive
tlie Kiangsu troops back six miles ac
cording to the commander of the Che
kiang forces in the center of activity.
ARRANGING FUNERAL
FOR ROBERT IMBRIE
President Coolidge and Other Officials to
Attend Services.
(By the Associated Press.!
Washington. Sept. 29. —Aattendance of
President Coolidge, Secretary Hughes,
and other high government officials
marked arrangement for funeral services
here today for Robert Irabrie, the Amer
ican vice consul who was killed by a
fanatical mob at Teheran, Persia, last
July. Diplomatic representatives of the
Persian government also were among
those honoring in attendance the slain
vice coijsiil. ~ ~ vJi,
Borne to the navy yard earlier in the
day <>n the light eraser 'Trenton, a
of eleven guns signalled the removal of
the body from the ship to the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church for
ices.
YOUTH RIDES HORSE
INTO FREIGHT TRAIN
William Wall, of Near Wadesbooro,
Loses Foot In An Unusual Accident.
Wndesboro, Sept. 27.—William Wall,
aged 14, son of T. Wall, who lives be
tween this city and AnsonviUe, met
with a most unusual accident while
riding horseback near his home about
1 o'clock this afternoon. Young Wall
and a companion were racing their
horses aud the horse ridden by young
Wall ran into a freight train crossing
the roadway. The horse was killed and
the boy’s foot was crushed off. It is
a miracle how he escaped with his life.
He is in the hospital here and is ex
pected to recover.
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The Cabarrus Savings Bank announces
completion of the modern office building.
Desirable offices for rent.
Hot rolls and doughnuts from 4 to. 7
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Don't fail to take some stock in the
present series of the Cabarrus County
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The Citizens Bank and Trust Company
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See ad. today of the Starnes-Miller-
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Use Mel-Bro Lotion for all sorts of
surface blemishes. Sold at all drug
stores.
Let John K. Patterson & Co. keep
your insurance properly checked up. See
new ad. today.
The guessing contest at Cline’s Phar
macy has closed the big sbaving brush
Contained 89,981 bristles.
Situation at Mecca Very Grave.
London, Sept. 29 (By the Associated
Press). —It has been learned that a tele
gram was received in London Saturday
night, dated at Mecca, from King Hus
sion of the Hedjaz, describing the situa- J
tion there as very grave. No news haa
been received, however, definitely indi
cating that the city has fallen to the' '
Wahabis, a fianaticul Mohammedan sect,
as reported.
, W HAT SMITTY*B WEATHER OAT I
SAYS
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Probably showers tonight and Tttea
day, followed by fair weather
in the west portion; cooler in central/.;
and west portions tonight; cooler TOmS!
day. . ft