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VOLUME XXIV
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DNffiINIIIMD
ON SWING THROUGH
THE BOnDEt) STATES
Nominee Makes Personal Ap
peal to Maryland Voters.—
Two Addresses Scheduled
There For the Day.
FREDERICK IS
HIS FIRST STOP
And Tonight He Will Go On
to Baltimore Where He
Will Address Thousands in
Regimental Armory.
(By i»r ARMoclateA Frew*.l
Baltimore, Oet. I.—John W. Davis,
Democratic nominee for President, will
make hit personal appeal to the voters
cf Marylarid today. Two addresses are
>,|‘ v scheduled for the nominee, the first at
atfr-of/en air mass meeting nt Frederick
thb afternoon and the other tonight at
the Fifth Regiment armory in Balti
more.
Mr. Davis will reach Frederick short
ly after noon. There he will be enter
tained at luncheon by the United Demo
cratic Women of Alary land before he
speaks at the mass meeting. Following
this address he will return to Baltimore
and will be the guest of the fSStte cam
paign committee at dinner.
More than 80 chairs have been placed
in the armory but it is said that 20,000
people can he accomodated. Loud speak
ers have been installed outside the hall.
TWO REPUBLICANS TO
SUPPORT MR DAVIS
President Hibben and Dr. IV. C.
Thompson Swing to Democratic
Nominee.
Washington. Sept. 20.—The Demo
cratic National Committee announced
last night that Dr. John Grier Hibben.
president of Princeton University, and
Dr.. William C. Thompson, president of
Ohio State University, had made it
known that they would support John
W. Davis, for the Presidency. Both
were described as , long-tigne .Republi
cans.
Dr- Hibben. the committee pointed
,out, n’M one of the 31 prominent Re
v phblicans ti-bo, signed the appeal in 1020
foe. ( JM**port of vthevHntdiug tirk cOns a
mean* of Srmgmg Anfcrica'ri
participation 'in peace problems. Dr.
Thompson, says the statement, “has
long been as a Republican lender of
Ohio and the Middle West’’ and “his
counsel has been constantly sought In
party matters since the days of Mc-
Kinley.”
Kills His Business Rival In Synagogue.
lies Angeles. Cal.. Sept. 211.—While
nearly 100 horrified worshipers looked
on, Solomon Ostmw, 315, walked into
the Zion synagogue during Jewish
festival services ' here today and shot and
killed his business enemy, Harry Denny,
55, and wounded a man and a woman
in the struggle that followed among
members of the congregation for |»s
session of the gun- Escaping the throng
of nngry worshippers who badly beat
him and threatened to lynch him,
Ostraw later was arrested by police.
In jail lie said the slaying was the
fesult of business trouble between him
and Denny but refused to divulge its
nature.
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We pay you to save.
Show me the man who thinks big
things\
—and I’ll show you a man who plans
every detail. ,
Haphazard, hit or miss methods never
bring success.
If you are married, go over the matter
of saving together. Work out a sched
ule and then stick to it. Often you can
save money without denying yeiurself a
single necessary thing. .
We. are able to declare unusually high
dividends to the person who invests his
savings with us—due to our mutual (non
profit) plan.
Furthermore, our plan of REGULAR
saving is the true way to practice thrift.
REGULAR SAVINGS GROW. Once
in-awhile methods of saving never ac
complish much.
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Prepaid
r ntvutu
The Concord Daily Tribune
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Present Fate of Martin
Rost Rests With Judge
Judge Shaw to Determine
\ Whether Or Not Slaver of
Jesse Vanderburg Will Be
Freed on Bond Now.
HEARING HELD
l IN CHARLOTTE
Bost Tells Story of Shooting,
Declaring He Was Defend
ing Himself—Mrs. Vander
burg Gives Statement.
. Martin Bost. took the stand in his
own defense at the habeeas corpus hear
ing in Charlotte Tut-day ufternron be
fore Judge Thomas Shaw, the hearing
having been sought by counsel for Bast
as a means of securing bail for him un
til he is tried in Cabarrus Superior
Court for the death of Jesse .1. Vander
burg. Other witnesses were presented 1
by the defense and they were followed by
a number of State’s witnesses, the hear
ing continuing several hours. Judge
Shaw has not yet made his decision.
The testimony of Bost, Mrs. Vander
burg. Sheriff Caldwell Ed. Riggers and;
Dr. I. A. Yow was given especial atten-1
tion net only by Judge Shaw btit by j
counsel. It developed from the hearing
that the State in trying to break down i
the defense plea of seif defense will -try I
to show tha t the shooting occurred in I.
some woods near the Bost home instead j
of near the back porch of the home as';
Bost declared.
"I’m sorry I had to do it, but he was,!
coming on me with an a*xe and I had, to
do something.”
That, according to Bost in his testi
mony at the hearing, was his reason for j,
shooting. He and Vanderburg had been
together the night before the sliootipg, '
alf the day of the shooting and thsre ,
had been no trouble. Just before dusk,
however, Bost said, Vanderburg told Idm
he was going home. Later the witness 1
said he saw Vanderburg coming to his J
house again. Vanderburg, according to ]
Boat, laid down and started kicking. 1
“Don’t kick the wire in the door,” the
defendants said he told Vanderburg, and
Vanderburg later said “I’ve got a gun ’
in my pocket and I’m going to shoot
you.”
Vanderburg left the house then, Bost
said, and in a few minutes he saw him j
coming toward the porch with an axe
in hand. It was then he shot, Bost
said, and when he shot Vanderburg.had '
the axe raised as though to strike. Van- 1
derburg was right at the porch steps 1
when he fired, Bost said. '
Bost said that he was standing in a
door of his dining room when he shot. 1
The door was about two feet from where 1
Vanderburg was standing. <
Bost said that he shot twice and laid 1
his' pistol back in the room where he
stayed most of the time. He unloaded ]
it and placed the cartridges on the fire
board he said. He declared that he did
not know what became of the pistol later. 1
After the shooting he went to the
home of Bd. Biggers and got the latter
to take him to the home of Frank Smith.
Bost said. At the Smith home he said
he told them of the shootißg. but did not j
tell them at first who had been shot. ]
He said be told Biggers and Smith that (
the man he shot was coming on him ,
with an axe and this statement was
corroborated later by Biggers. (
On cross-examination Bost said Van- (
derburg brought, a jug of wine to his ,
home on Monday night before the shoot- |
ing on Tuesday night, and that Vander- (
burg was drinking Monday night and ,
Tuesday. |
Asked if he took any of the wine Bost
replied that he took just a swallow to '
show Vanderburg that he was not mad |
with him, as the latter had charged whets-.
Bost refused to drink at all. Vander
burg spent Monday night with him and j
was there all day Tuesday, Bost said, j
The prosecution during cross-examina
titon asked Bost if he shot Vanderburg *
in some woods near his home anil the <
defendant replied “no.” The defendant s
also declared that he saw an auto or '
buggy in a blind road that leads behind i
his barn, and that he heard no shots ex- 1
cept the he fired. > i
Bost under cross-examination stuck to I
his story that he and Vanderburg had
been friendly during the day but he ad- j
mltted that he had called Biggers and
Smith on the night of the shooting be- ■
cause his closer neighbors were “kinder
mad” with him.
Bost also declared th'at to him it’ap- .
peared the axe dropped over Vander- :
burg’s shoulder after he shot and he de- -
nied that he touched the axe after the
shooting.
Borit said when he saw Vanderburg
coming with the axe be picked up a pis
tol off of table in dining room where
he kept it 'most of the time. Said
stranger walked in on him once and he
always kept the gun handy after that.
Bost admitted on cross-examination
. that his wife and children left him about
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Irish “Rabbis” and 5,000,000 Jews
In Chicago, Wine Permits Indicate
• Chicago, Sept. 29.—Federal agents,
seeking reasons for the excessive nse of
‘‘sacramental wine” in Chicago, have
discovered that many of the “rabble”
L signing withdrawal permits have Irish
names, and that the franchises issued to
"congregations” indicate a Jewish popu
lation exceeding 5,000,000 in Chioago
alone. This is 1 #OO,OOO more than the
entire population.
Probing still further, the Federal
agents discovered that the business ofj
furnishing “sacramental” wine was so
profitable that it permitted the paying
Applicant* for permission to withdraw
and sell “sacramental” wine Were in
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CONCORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1924
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INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES
To Be Hdd at Dayton, Ohio. From Oc
tober 2nd to 4th.
Dayton. 0., Oct 1 (By the Associated
Press). —The world’s airplane speed rec
ord of 243.08 miles an hour, made by
Lieutenant A. J. Willinms. V. 8. Navy,
in the Pulitzer races at St. Louis a
year ago. is expected' to be beaten by
one of the three United States army av
iators entered in this event at the In
ternational Air Knees to be held here
October 2, 3. and 4.
The navy will not rake part in the races
this year. This decision, made early last
winter, conforms to a policy whereby the
army is responsible for the defense of;
the Pulitzer trophy against international
competitors, and the navy accepts a sim
ilar responsibility with respect to the
international seaplane races for the
Schneider (’up trophy.
The navy will defend this trophy
against competitors from Great Britain
and Italy at Chesapeake Bay near Bal
timore on October 24 and 23.
There are no entrants for the Pulitzer
race this year outside of the three Unit
ed States Army men. They will fly
planes that went through the Pulitzer
race at St. I oil is last year. Two of the
planes, reconditioned Curtiss army racers,
I will be flown by Lieutenant W. H.
Brookley of McCook Field and Captain
Burt Skeel, of Selfridge Field, Mich.
Lieut.' Harry H. Mills, of Wilbur Wright
Field, will fly a Verville-Sperry mono
plane.
Wright Field, where the races will be
held this year has 53.000 acres and a
grandstand a mile long is being built for
the spectators.
In order that those who attend may
hear as well as see, loud speakers will be
installed nt intervals of 300'feet along
the grandstand and connected with the
judges’ arid timers’ stnnd •at the start
and finish of the 200 kilometer triangu
lar course.
The army entrants have stated they
expect to eclipse Lieutenant Williams'
reconi by at least 20 miles ail hour. They
are figuring ou a speed of between 260
and 270 miles an hour.
Lieut. Alexander Pear Hon of McCook
Field, who was killed recently while he
was flying the plane on which Lieutenant
Willirims made his record at St. Louis
had j touched a speed of 286 miles an
hour. Pearson was making a practice
flight and the wings of his plane col
lapsed while he was banking for a turn.
The Pulitzer trophy jgats first compet
ed for 1920. It has -been won twice
by (he United Slaves (Hib.v BerviPe.
once by the United States Navy Air'Ser
vice and once by a civilian flier. In 1920
Lieut, C. C. Mosely won it with the then
record breaking speed of 156 miles an
hour and iu the intervening four years
the speed has increased nearly 100 miles
an hour.
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN
BUTLER AND KENDRICK
Mayor of Philadelphia Says Differences
Are Temporarily Adjusted.
(By the Associated Press.,
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. I.—A reconcil
• o is being effected between Mayor W.
F. KendriA, and Gen. Smedley D. But
ler, directotr of public safety, according
to a statement issued today by the May
or.
“As a result of the interest of mutual
friends,” said the statement, ”1 am in re
ceipt of a letter from General Butler
which is satisfactory until such a time
he is physically able to call upon me and
discuss differences which must he satis
factorily and thoroughly adjusted.”
BROOKHART’S ATTITUDE
WORRIES LEADERS
lowa Republican Central Committee to
Discuss Matter Tomorrow.
(By ae Associated Frees.,
Des Moines, la., Oct. I.—A meeting of
the lowa republican central committee for
tomorrow was called today at which the
situation brought about by Senator
Smith W. Brookhart’s statement demand
ing that Chas. G. Dawes withdraw as
the republican candidate for vice-presi
dent will be discussed, State Chairman
Burnquist announced.
Europeans Told Americans Insist Upon
Best in Music. >
Vienna, Oct. 1. —European musicians
who have gained the impression that the
United States is a land of gold where
art is not fully appreciated and that
much money can be obtained with little
effort, recently were given some sound,
but perhaps shocking, advice by Frieda
Hempel, who is spending the summer on
the continent.
The American singer warned the Eu
ropean musicians that the only artists
who succeed in the United States are
those who are of high ability and qual
ity and give their best to the American
public. Americans, she added, are wil
ling to pay well for their best music,
j but insist upon having the best.
formed they would have a stand on “in
spection.” This involved a fee of S3OO.
After 2,000 gallons of wine had been
sold another “inspection” became neces
sary, the: fee this time being S4OO.
In making their applications several
of the alleged “rabbi*” gave the names
of Proteatant churches. In other case«
their “congregations” were purely imag
inary. Many assembled in dingy cellars
and their religious duties consisted solely
SPSS** “sacramental” wine or
find their supplies of wine limited.
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LA FOLLETTE HEWS.
BfTTERLV AnACKED
IN BANKA'S SPEECH
In Address Before American
Bankers’ Association John
E. Edgertotf Bitterly As
sailed the Sfnator.
LA FOLLETTE CALLED
“ARCH-DEMAGOGUE”
Says People : Must Resist
Such Attempts as Senator
La Follette Has Made to
Weaken Power of Courts.
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Chicago, Oct. (By the Associated
Press).—The political views of Robert
La Follette independent candiate for
President, were attacked at today’s ses
sion of the American Bankers Associa
tion general convention.
Previous offenses had confined them
selves to condemnation of the principal
planks in the platform of the independ
ent candiate whose nauie was not men
tioned but today he was specifically
named as “the nation's chief liability,”
in an address prepared for delivery by
John E. Edgertoa, president of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers.
Mr. Edgerton declared “the elements
of distrust and suspicion, prejudice and
hatred, discontent ami vengeance have
been multiplied and are being brought
together in a dangerous power, by an
enterprising genius from Wisconsin who
is never happy except when conspicuous
as either a destructionist or obstruction
ist.”
Except for the human element of re
sponsiveness of the egotistic to the ap
peal of the demagogue, he declared “that
arch-demagogue, LaFollette, and all oth
er demagogues would be compelled to find
some useful employment for their mis
applied talents.”
“If there is anything against which the
citizenry of our country should hurl its
resistance,” he continued, ”it is the im
pudently recurring attempts of charla
tans in various disguises to weaken the
arm of our, courts by cunningly devised
statutes and amendments to the consti
tution.
“One of the proposals which embody
the.evidence of these fatal tendencies is
the so-called child labor amendment. It
■fer meant ♦o resttti?rwwfiuction mid com-,
pel uneconomic advances in wages and
to expand powers of tiie federal govern
ment so as to require creations of more
public offices and further excuse for
raising the cost of government.”
EASTERN CAROLINA IS
RECOVERING FROM FLOODS
Beeiieved Most of Largest Rivers Have
Reached Chest of Flbd
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, Oct. I.—Eastern North Caro
lina today wus taking Htock of the dam
age wrought by the recent henvy rains
which carried most of the rivers out of
their banks, and (linked losses as yet un
estimated to farmers who had crops
standing in the fields.
Although the danger had uot yet pass
ed, that the rivers will do even greater
damage still, it was expected today that
with the cessation of continuous rains,
that the rivers would begin to recede.
The flood crest early today was passing
down the Cape Fear opposite Fayette
ville at a height of 40 feet, well above
the flood stage. Roanoke River also was
reaching its crest as Weldon with a stage
of more than 35 feet. The Neuse was be
ginning to recede. Similar reports were
received from the cities and towns ad
jacent to the Tar, Little, Flat and other
rivers which had been reported out of
their banks yesterday.
Thousands of acres of crops are under
water, and damage has been done to
roads throughout the East.
Coastal towns which yesterday were
menaced by a storm of hurricane propor
tions today were reported to have weath
ered the gale without serious damage, al
though power plants in many places were
out of commission.
Kivers in western Nortli Carolina are
reported to be receding without having
done any serious damage.
Minimum Speed Is Fixed for Charlotte
Automobile Races.
Charlotte, Sept. 30.—A speed of 110
miles per hour for five miles will be
necessary for entrance into the races
to be held at the Charlotte speedway on
Saturday, October 25th, it was an
nounced here today. The qualifying
trials will be held on Thursday, October
23rd.
Decision on the rate of speed to be
attained in the qualifying rounds was
made at a conference with speedway offi
cials and Richard Kennerdell, of Frank
lin, Pa., chairman of the contest board
cf the American Automobile Associa
tion.
Drivers who intend to race here will
leave Fresno, Calif., with their cars
aboard a fruit express train the latter
part of this week and expect to reach
Charlotte about October 12th. From
that time until the date for the qualify
ing trials they will devote their time to
tunning up their mounts and familiar
izing themselves with the course.
Anti-Saloon League Rejects Both Smith
New York, Sept. 20.—Neither Theo
dore Reessvelt, Republican gubernatorial
I candidate, nor his Democratic opponent,
l Governor Smith, has the approval of
! the Anti-Saloon League of New York,
it was announced today by Arthur J.
Davis, who succeeded H. A. Anderson I
,at superintendent. I In a statement to-J
day Mr. Davis said that “from the stand
-1 point <jf prohibition enforcement there
is UtHe choice between the candidate of]
the two great parties.” .
MENDED PROTOCOL
ON SECURITY NOD
ARBITRATION 01
Protocol Presented to As
sembly of League of Na
tions for Approval—Gener
al Report Also Made.
PREVENTION OF
WAR WAS PURPOSE
Of' Protocol Says Report
Which Was Submitted by
Committee Which Had
Charge of Agreement.
Geneva, Oct. 1 (By the Associated
Press). —The amended draft protocol on
arbitration and security was presented to
the assembly of the league o( nations fin
ite approval today, accompanied by a
general report by M. Politis, of Greece,
and Dr. Bencs, of Czecho-Slovakia, offi
cial reporters for the two commissions
which jointly framed the document.
Special chapters are devoted to con
demnation of aggressive war, compulsory
jurisdietiton of the world court of jus
tice, the strengthening of pacific methods
of proceedure, the domestic jurisdiction
of states, sanctions and reductions of
armament, all of winch ifre foreign fila
tures of the protocol.
“Our purpose," says the report, "was
to make war impossible. The plan
drawn up leaves no loop hole, it prohib
its wars of every description and lays
down the rule that all disputes shall be
settled by pacific means.”
SAYS JUDGE CAVERLY ~
IS IN HOSPITAL NOW
Chicago Tribune Says Judge at Loeb-
Leopold Hearing Has Been Sick Since
Hearing.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, Oct. I.—Judge John 11. Oav
erly, who sentenced Nathan I Leopold, Jr.,
and Richard Loeb, confessed kidnapper
slayers of Robert Franks, to life impris
onment, has been a closely guarded pa
tient in a hospital here since the close of
the case, says today's Chicago Tribune.
Althougii Mrs. Caverly denies that the
Judge is sick, and says she lias been go
ing to the. hospital to visit friends, the
newsitotffrr says (flat he is believed to be
snffeyingjteum * nervous'breakdown.
Newspaper Story Confirmed.
Chicago, Oct. I.—Judge John R.
Caverly who on September 10th sen
tenced Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold,
Jr., to life imprisonment for the murder
of Robert Franks, was stricken with a
nervous breakdown immediately after the
close of the trial, but is much improved
in a hospital here, former Judge C. A.
McDonald announced today after visit
ing the judge. That the judge had been
in a hospital or that he had a nervous
breakdown was unknown even to his
most intimate friends, J udge McDonald
said.
“Not even fiis most intimate friend*
were aware of the judge's breakdown
and they actually believed he had gone
away for a rest, as had been announced,”
said Judge McDonald. ”He became ill
.almost immediately after he had given
his decision and went to the hospital the
next day. He was found to be suffer
ing from high blood pressure, and his
physician immediately ordered him to
bed. He has improved rapidly and is
now resting up.”
With Our Advertisers.
The Mutual Oil Co. is delivering its
truly economy coal. See ad. Phone 19.
See the ad. of the new Efird Stores at
Concord and Kannapolis.
Electrical satisfaction is what you get
xvhen you deal with W. ,T. Hetheox.
The Standard Buick Company has sev
eral used cars for sale. See ad.
Duofold fountain pens at the Starnes-
Miller-Parker Co.’s.
The big Blanket Sale is now on at the
Parks-Belk Co. The prices will surprise
you.
Regular saving is what couuts. Take
some shares now in the 54th series of
stock in the Cabarrus County B. L. &
S. Association.
Not MucNi Water Damage Is Reported
In Rowan.
Salisburyy, Sept. 30.—Salisbury along
with the rest of this section of the coun
try suffered from heavy rains during the
past few days though no one reports
any special amount of damage. C. M.
Smith, local weather observer, reports
that from the 14th to 28th inclusive,
there was a rainfall here of 9.67 inches.
This is more than fell since May 25 un
til this prolonged rain began. During
Monday the fall was 2.42 inches.
3 Savings department
Today marks the beginning of a new quar
terly interest period in the Savings Department EE
3 of this institution. i
3 All deposits made in this department on or
3 before October the 10th draw interest from the EE
S 3 Ist, compounded quarterly. 5
Bank something regularly. \ .
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Another Beauty
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Visitors to the International Petro
leum exposition at Tulsa, Okla., in
October wKI get a look at this young
beauty, Mira Evelyn Florence Con
rad. 17. -who wilf represent Colorado.
BAPTISTS TO COMPLETE
75-MILLION CAMPAIGN
: W»1 Go at Gigantic Undertaking With
out Pessimistic Note Being Sounded.
Ra’eigh. Sept. 30.— At the . call of
Secretary Charles E. Maddry, who is I
the executive head of the Baptist mis- 1
steering committee of the. 75 million
campaign, together with all the heads
of departments of the board of missions,
met in this city Monday to outline the
plan of operations in finishing up the
75 million campaign this fall and at i
the same time to launch the new pro
gram for 1925. Tliis steering committee
of 15 members, of which Dr. Charles L.
Greaves, of this city, is chairman, was
appointed by the last state convention
and is widely scattered throughout the
state.
The committee found itself confronted
with the gigantic task of raising be
tween now and December 31 a million
and a half dollars to complete the 75
million campaign, and the 1925 program
of North Carolina Baptists calls for the
raising of a million dollars. In the face
of such a large undertaking not a pessi
mistic note was sounded. On the other
hand there was perfect uuanimity o»r
(he pairt-VHP the coflvmiftee'-tbat
goal' c6nld' "Be reaeffed ’arid ’TBoS' fifo-’
reeded to plan for its accomplishment.
Practically every one of the .64 Baptist
associations have been organized and
plans were laid to organize out to the
Inst church and to reach the last indi
vidual of tiie 340,000 Baptist' church
members in the state with the two-fold
program.
-GREEK CABINET QUITS;
REASON NOT GIVEN
SophouKs Cabinet Resigns, It Is Believed,
Because Party Leaders Withdrew Con
fidence.
Athens. Oct. 1 (By the Associated
Press). —The Greek cabinet headed by
M. Pophouils lias resigned. The reason
for the resignation has not been made
known, but unofficially it is said to have
been due to the withdrawal of the confi
dence of party leaders.
The' political situation in Greece has
been growing worse for some time, ow
ing largely to inability of the party lead
ers to pull together and form a strong
government.
Judge Shaw Has Not Reached Decision.
(By the Assoc lated Press.)
Charlotte. Oct. I.—Judge J. T. Shaw,
now holding Superior Court here, today
had under advisement releasing under
bond of Martin Bost, who is held in Con
cord on a charge of having slain his
neighbor, Jesse Vanderburg. The slay
ing ocurred on September loth. Bost
claims self defense!
Election Ballots Being Mailed Out.
(By the Associated Press 1
Raleigh. Oet. I.—Official balots for the
: general election on November 4th today
were being sent to 81 counties in the
state, the other 19 counties being under
the Australian ballot system, must print
their owii tickets, it was announced at
the office of the state board of elections.
Winston-Salem Tobacco Market.
(By the Associated Press.)
i Winston-Salem, Oct. I.—The local
. tobacco market opened the 1924 season
i today with sates at four of the five
, auction warehouses.
Twice as many telephones are in use
, in the united States as in the whole of
Europe.
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Sophisticated Old Washing
ton Cast Off Dignity to
Welcome Home Winners of
American League Pennant
2,000 GATHERED
TO CHEER TEAM
When It Arrived From Bos
ton Where Last Game of
Season Was Played—Seats
For Games Going Fast
(By the AModilH Free)
Washington, Oct. r l.—Sophisticated old
Washington cast off its dignity today to
welcome home in sand lot fashion its
American League pennant winning base
ball club. For about the first time in
history the city had a chance to stage
. its own parade, cheer its own heroes, and
I forget that it was the sedate capital of
| the nation. The parade was to occur
; late this afternoon.
j The players arrived in Washington at
0:30 o'clock this morning and were cheer
| ed by a crowd of 2.000 at the station.
I Presdent Coolidge a week ago reserv
led an hour from his official duties to
: rake a leading part in the home coming -
celebration, every detail of which had re
ceived the official stamp of approval of a
committee appointed by the district com
missioners.
Tlie reception committee arranged to
meet the players at the American League
baseball park in automobiles aud take
| them to the Peace Monument, the start
ing ]K)int of the parade, in order to en
able the team to take a workout before
the celebration.
Because pretty much the entire city
seemed to want to march instead Os look
on, the committee limited the partici
pants to a few representative bodies.
An announcement was made today that
practically all the 20,000 reserved seats
in the ball park had been sold for the
first two games of the world series with
the New York (iihnts to be played here
on Saturday and Sunday. This, it was
said, leaves only about 5,000 bleacher •
seats on sale for each contest.
THE COTTON MARKET
Tfenfrrday** Declines' Followed by Nerv- *•’
ous and Irregular Fluctuations.
(Bv she Associated Press) <
New York, Oct. 1. —Yesterday’s de- ■
dines in the cotton market were followed
by nervous and irregular fluctuations
early .today. The opening was steady
at a decline of 3 to 18 points under sell
ing promoted by the favorable weather
outlook, aud a private report estimating
the conditions of the crop at 56.4 per
cent., and claiming a 13,000,060 bale
yield was still possible. Hallies fol
lower another private report giving the
condition at 54.7 per cent, and the in- < ■
dicated yield 12,400,000 bales. After
selling up from 24.52 to 24.68, December f ;
cased off to 24.47, the general market
selling about 14 to 21 points net lower .
in the first hour. The opening prices '
were: Oct 25.30; Dec. 24.53; Jan. ''■?
24.58; March 24.85; May 25.04.
KIANOSU FORCES HAVE :
LAUNCHED OFFENSIVE
Fierce Fighting Takes Place Along the
line of Shangltai-Hankehow Railroad.
Shanghai, Oct. 1 (By the Associated
Press.—The ICinagsu forces fighting to
gain possession of Shanghai from the
Chekiang army, launched an offensive at
10 a. m. Tuesday, nine miles west of
Sunkiang, along the line of the Shang
hni-Hangchow railway, firing across a
stream where the Chekiang forces were
entrenched. Refugees are pouring into
Shanghai. ,fy
Offers Judge Whiskey on Bench; Is Ar
rested.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 30.—A Stanley
Copeland was arrested today as n® at
tempted to present Judge John R. Hazel 1
with a quart of whiskey on the bench in
federal court. ,
“I have some tolerably good whiskey
here.” Copeland said as he laid * bottle
before the pudge in open court. Judge
Hazel’s gavel came down with a bang
and Copeland and the bottle left the
I room in the custody of the United
t States mnrshal.
’ Gasoline Price Cut*. 3
(By the Associated Press.) .
Charlotte, Oct. 1 —Gasoline prices '
: throughout North Carolina today took ;
a drop of three cents a gallon at Stand
ard Oil and Gulf Refining Company
stations. The Gulf Company yesterday JS
ordered reductions in twenty-two states
of three cents a gallon, and a W.m
ber of others other companies issued elm
ilar orders. The Standard yesterday
reduced prices one cent a gallon and
todav ordered a three cents cut. 1
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