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VOLUME XXIV , / ' CONCO§|n& WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1924 NO. 237.
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WLUMO
WM Make to De
termine Whether Or Not
Money Is Being Raised to
“Buy Election” of Coolidge j
TO FOLLOWiUP
FIRST CHARGES
Charges Brother of Secretary
Mellon Is Leader in Drive
to Raise Money, to Be
Spent In Doubtful States.
(By the AuectatM Preea.l
Hoboken, Oct. B.—Determined to press
liis demand for a Senate investigation to
establish whether a “shisb fund” is be
ing collected to “buy the election for
President Coolidge in doubtful States" as
lie charged in an address last night at
Scranton. Pa., Senator LaFollette invad
ed New Jersey today for a speech in New
ark before swinging westward for a tonr
to the Pacific coast.
On reaching Hoboken he issued a
statement reiterating the slitsh fund
charge. “I intend,’ he said, “to follow
up vigorously my demand for an inves
tigation of the special slush fund which
is being collected under the direction of
\V.- T. Mellon, of Pittsburgh,, brother of
the Treasury Secretary, and Edward T.
Statesbury, the Philadelphia partner of
.T. Pferpoot Morgan, for the alleged pur
pose of buying the election for Coolidge
in the doubtful states.
"It is evident that this is a repetition
of the tactics used by Mark Hanu in the
campaign of 181)6’
Mr. La Collette was waiting a reply to
day to his telegram to Senator ftornh of
Idaho, chairman of the Senate commit
tee on campaign expenditures in which
he demanded an immediate investigate of
the alleged slush fund.
Stamp Denies the Charges.
Washington, Oct. 8. —C. Bascomb
Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge,
branded as “pure fabrication” today the
statement by Senator Ira Follette, in
dependent Presidential candidate, that he
would have charge of a campaign slush
fund for the Republican patty.
“I know nothing about the Republican
iSrSnlv* ■
direct or indirect, with the handling of
them. Neither 1 , wilt I have in the fu
ture.
“It has not been suggested to me that
I leave Washington in the interests of
President Coolidge’s candidacy and I
have no intention of leaving."
Mellon Denies Charge.
Pittsburgh, Pn., Oct. B.—Senator Rob-'
ert M. LaFollette's charge that a slush
fund yens being raised .in Pennsylvania
“for use elsewhere” in the republican
Presidential campaign by a committee in
cluding W. L. Mellon, a nephew of Secre
tary of'the Treasury Mellon was charac
terized as ridiculously gbsurd by W. L,
Mellon today. f
“flo statement is necessary. It’s just,
a lie, and does not call for any answer,” .
said Mr. Mellon.
Denfcs Wheeler's Statement. j
Seattle, Wash., Oct. B.—Charges of!
Senator Burton K l . Wheeler, independent 1
Vice Presidential candidate, in addresses j
in Seattle and Portland, that a secret |
freight rate agreement exists between the
government-owned Alaska Railroad and
■ the Alaska Steamship Company, a '.lor
gan corporation, were termel by E. T.
Stnnnnrd, vice president of the steamship
firm here, as “partly misstatement, and
partly deliberate falsehood.”
With Oar Advertisers.
Brushed wool sweaters, attractive new
styles, at J. G. Penny Co.’s, 98.08 to
$0,90. These arc exceptional values. See
nd, on page seven.
See the ad. elsewhere of Efird’s Beauty
Parlor.
The Chinese Launder has changed
hands. Charlie Derchen is now operating
it.
Virginia Dare Shoe, very attractive,
only $4.95, at Parker’s Store Store.
Have your dresses and suits cleaned
now. Send them to Bob’s and do not
wait till you are ready to wear them.
Four piece bed room suites at the Con :
cord Furniture Co.’s for only $124.50,
Take care of what you earn and it will
take care of you. See ad. of Cubarrua
County B.L. & S. Association.
’ To have one's initials stamped out in
silver, and to wear them on the shoe
strap is a new fad among fashionable
women in Parjs. r
H WHY NOT START NOW? ||
53 A new interest quarter in the Savings De- EE
53 partment of this institution began October the Ejjjj
Sal i-Sl* C
53 All deposits made in our Savings Depart
a ment on or before October 10th draw four per I
53 cent, interest compounded quarterly from Ee
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IK McLEAN SPEAKS HERE
IK , AT 7:50 TONIGHT IK *
IK The meeting to be held at the IK
IK court house tonight, at which time IK !
IK A. W. McLean will speak, will ?K ]
IK begin at 7:30 o’clock. In addition IK
IK to the address by Mr. McLean there IK , *
IK will he music by the Kannapolis IK j 1
IK band and a short, snappy, opening IK 1
IK program, i IK j •
IK Mr. McLean in his address will tk j•
IK disen-s various matters that have IK ’
IK been brought into tlie campaign. IK j
IK The general public is invited to IK
IK hear him and it is predicted that IK j
IK he will be heard by one of the larg- IK, 1
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IIK Utica) speech in Cobamis county. IK 1
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THE CATAWBA SYNOD TO
MEET IN CONCORD THIS WEEK '
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Opening Session Tonight at 7:45. —T0 !
Meet !n Westminster Church. |
The Synod of Catawba comprising the 1
Presbyteries of Catawba, Cape Fear. J
Southern Virginia and Yadkin, will 1
hold its annual meeting with the West- ;
minster Pmbyterian Church, October 8, 1
0 and 10th. The opening sermon will be 1
preached Wednesday at 7:45 p. m. by 1
Dr. J. L. Hollowell. of Statesville, the 1
retiring moderator. Rev. H. Wilson, pas
tor of the church, is chairman of the lo- I
cal committee on entertainment. He !
states that lie expects a delegation of 1
about LSG ministers and laymen. '
Rev. J. A. Savage. D. D., of Frank- ,
linton. is the stated clerk, and; Rev. H.
C, Miller, of Greensboro, permanent clerk.
Standing committee reports will take
up the greater part of the time allotted
for business. These reports are general
ly instructive and inspiring.
The Women's Synodical Society will
meet during the sitting of the Synod.
They will hold their business meetings in
the Zion Hill A. M. E. Zion hureh. Mm.
S. J. H. Dillard, of Martinsville, Va., is
president. A popular meeting will be
bgld each night at. 7 :45.
Representatives of the church board
who are expected to he present nre: Dr.
Mahy, Com. on Evangelism of New York :
Dr. J. M. Gaston, of Pittsburgh, Mr. .T.
M. Patterson, of St. Louis, Dr. A. B.
McCoy, of Atlanta, Dr. C. .T. Baker, of
Atlanta and Hr. C'. H. McDonald, of ,
New York.
EVEN IN GAMES TEAMS
BATTLE HARD FOR LEAD
Manager Harris Sends Walter Johnson
Against Giants in Fifth Game.
Polo Grounds, Oct. 8 (By the Asso- 1
ciated Press).—McGraw and Harris
were prepared-to traim.the big .*»»* of i
>tiiefr tflteihffiir siisate(”’w-rfrct»**inwtr' i to- ?
day in (he fifth game of the world’s
series in an effort to gain an advantage ,
Before the scene shifts to the national
capital for the sixth game. At the
! last moment, however, McGraw nnnounc- ]
ed that Nehf, who is suffering from an ;
injured thumb would not pitch today and <
that Jack Bently would take the box
with Gowdy receiving his slants. Man
ager Harris, of Washington, sent Walter ,
Johnson into the box with Ruel receiv- ,
ing.
The teams meet in Washington to- (
morrow for the sixth game of the series.
Before the game starts the clUb owners
of the contending teams will meet and
i toss a coin to decide the place of the
seventh game if such is necessary,
t To date, McGraw has exhibited nine
i members of his pitching staff all except
two youngsters. Manager Harris has
j tried all of his staff except one.
'obtains DIVORCE FOR
BENEFIT OF WIFE
Professor Divorces Wife So She Can Go
to “Perfect Passionate Love.”
(By the Associated Press.!
Chicago, Oct. 9. —To enable ijis wife
to marry another man lor whom she con
fessed “a perfect passionate love,” and
with whom she was said in evidence to
have been living in Evanston for more
than a year. Dr. Alfred L. Hall-Quest,
director of the University of Pittsburgh
extension work, and noted lecturer, has
obtained a divorce.
Every precaution was taken to guard
the name of the man. the cultured love
letters telling of his infatuation for him
having been copied Into the record with
the name deleted. In her letters the
wife pleaded for her freedom.
Tommy Walker Wins Over John Mason.
>■ Salisbury, Oct. 7. —Tommy Walker, of
; Charlotte, 156 pounds, won the decision
over Battling John Mason, of Lexing
-1 ton, 154 pounds, here last night when
Mason’s second threw in the towel at
1 the beginning of the sixth round of a
1 scheduled 10-round bout. Walker forced
Mas«U to take the count of eight in the
fifth round and had him on the floor
i with eight more counted off when the
- gong ended the round. ■ Several hard
s punches to the stomach were more than
Mason could stand, and Walker won.
ROBBERS CHLOROFORM 1
VICTIM NEAR rtANFORD
S. 8. Ellington Says He Was Relieved
of Otar SIOO.
Sanford, Oct. 7. —Chloroformed and
robbed of over SIOO and his wnteb, S. 8.
Ellington, agent of the Atlantic and
Western railway at Jonesboro was
found early Tuesday mtiming in n state
of unconsciousness by workmen whi’e
en route to their Work on the Mauiord-
Jonesboro highway, near the home of
A- C. Hughes. Chief McKeman and
Sheriff Rosser were immediately noti
fied, and went to the scene of the rob
bery. They picked up Ellington and
carried him to the Central Carolina
hospital.
After many hours he was able to give
an account of the robbery. He sßid he
was on his way to b'"s home in Jones
boro after attending the jmvival service
in the town hall and had dropped a
man near the roller mi l some distance
from the scene of attack, this being
about 11:80 o'clock. -Then starting on
his way he was accosted by two men
seated in a Ford touring car. They
waved him down. After stopping they;
asked thnt. he earry them to Jonesboro
for gas. This he agreed to do. then after
he started his car one man on the rear
seat clasped his hands around Elling
ton's neck, pulled him backwards into
the rear seat, placing a hnnkerehief
over his fare, and that was all he re
members.
Twelve dollars was found in his
pocketbook nnd Ellington elnims over
SIOO and his watch were taken by the
robbers. The empty bottle and two
handkerchief was unmolested. .
RAIL WORKERS WANT
1920 WAGES RESTORED
Official of Union Says Railroad! Made
Profits of $10,000,000,000 Last Elev
en Years.
(By the Amfcclatod Press.!
Chicago. Oct. B.—Kailria 1 profits to
talled $10,000,000,000 in the 1 last eleven
years, and are now running approxi
mately a billion a year, E. H. Fitzgerald,
president’of the brotherhood of railway
clerks, freight handlers 'and station (m
--ployees, declared in opening the wage
hearing involving the brotherhood's re
quest for a restoration of the 1920 wage
rales before the U. S. Railroad Labor
Board today.
Fitzgerald cited the increasing prosper
ity of the industry as groan 1 tor a recon
sideration of the present wag> rates by
(he board. The rates established by the
board in ldiO cere cut by it during the
depression i xtenoing throug'i 1021 and
1022, when, he said, the board staged it
would be abie Id “give increased eonsider
r:.on to the scientific adjustment of a
living nnd saving wage” when the con-'
dition of the carrier*....wap improved.
SPEECH IS CUT SHORT
AHmny Station is Forced to Resign
Privileges of Air.
Schenectady, N. Y.. Oct. 6.—Radio
broadcasting of the address of John W.
Davis, Democratic Presidential candi
date, was making at Albany, un
ceremoniously halted when Mr. Davis
was in the middle of a sentenee tonight
as WGY, local station, was forced to
resign the privileges ofthe air to WHAZ
she. Rwisselner Polytechnic Institute
station at Troy.
Under an existing arrangement,
WGY on Monday nights curtails its
program to permit broadcasting from
WHAZ on similar wave length- It was
areed that tonight WGY would be perl
- some “overtime” to insure -com
pletion of Mr. Davis’ address. The
Democratic candidate was late in start
ing. however, and when WGY’S time
limit expired it was found impossible to
communicate with WHAZ and the
broadcasting was abruptly stopped.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY PUTTING
MILLIONS INTO EQUIPMENT
Buying 50 New Locomotives and Thou
sands of Freight Cars; , Also Many
Passenger Cars.
Atlanta, Ga„ Oct. 7.—New locomo
tives. freight nnd passenger ears, cost
ing approximately nine million dollars,
have just been purchased by the South
ern railway system for delivery during
November nnd December of this year
and parly months of 1925. Included in
the purchase are 3,000 box cars, 250
flat oars, 250 stock cars, 25 passenger
coaches, 10 baggagge and express cars,
six dining cars, 25 eavy mikado type
freight locomotives. 15 heavy Pacifie
type passenger locomotives, and 10
eight-wheel switching engines. AH of
this equipment will be of the latest
type, the passenger and flat cars of all
steel construction, the box and stock
cars with s-teel underframe and the
locomotives recently built for the South
ern.
COAL OPERATOR OF
PROMINENCE IS SHOT
Lee J. Sandridge and Two Compnkma
Shot From Ambush as They Prepared
to Open Closed Mine.
(By the Press.!
Elkins, W. Va.. Oct. a—Lee J. Sand
ridge, one of the best known coal opera
tors In West Virginia, and prominent
in Democratic political circles, was shot
near Philippi today while en route to the
Meridan mines to reopen operations on
a non-union basis. Two men accom
panying him also were wounded. The
assailants fired from the underbrush
along a road.
BBood Transfusion for Daubert.
(By the Associated Frees. 1
Cincinnati, 0., Ott. B.—A blood trans
fusion operation today was performed on
Jacob Daubert, first baseman of the Cin
cinnati National League team. Hl* f>hJ*-
ician wanted to replenish Daubert’s nub*
ply in an effort to bolster up his poWSts
of resistance after an operation for ap
pendicitis performed several dijrs ago.
A worn out field in Catawba cOuntd
planted to vech, soy beans, cowpeaa ana
crimson clover for three years double!
its jpetd _ cotton SOO^
Hundreds Here Looked
jFor Giant Air Vessel
People Disappointed
Wsnandoah Took a
mat Failed to >
City, j
HUN^jBIigEADY'.
Sweet craft i
Ship FqlHMwrLines of the
SouttffHMlltoay Until It
Reached Landis, Where It
Turned to the West.
Hundreds of Conotrd pc Vpte looked in
vain for the coming of ths Shenandoah,
the giant dirigible which left its home i
base at Lakehurst, N. J.. Tuesday morn-!
ing on a swing aioUnd the continent.
In every part of nil city interested per
sons craned their necks for a glimpse
of the monster air-craft and the vigil
was not forsaken until word readied the
city about midnight that the ship had
missed Concord when it left the route
of the Southern railway n(, Landis, tak-1
ing a course that probably carried it
near MooresviHe and Huntersville nnd
then to Dallas, four miles northwest of
Gastonia.
After leaving Watfiington at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon the jShenandonh followed
a'.jpost directly the lines of the South
ern. It passed Charlottesville, Lynch
burg, Danville, Greensboro, High Point,
Thomasville, Lexington, Spencer Salis
bury, and China Grove. It was re
ported at Spencer at 10:57 and at Sal
isbury at 11:05, nnd when this message
was received in Concord t4\e watchers
expected to see the-aircraft soon. How
ever, when a point between Landis and
Gbina Grove was reached, the ship left
the Southern tracks, cutting out the loop
the main line makes in reaching Con
cord, Charlotte and Gastonia.
The fact that the ship hgd passed
near MooresviHe was not known in Con
cord until near the midnight hour. The
information that the ship had passed
Salisbury was received through the ticket
agent of the Southern, who had kept in
touch with the dirigible all afternoon.
When lie reported her in Salisbury at
11 :65 and nothing was heard of her
here for the next hour, some of the
hundreds of watchers began to worry.
.They feared that, something must have
happened to the ship!
Soon, however, thej were advised that
tlie ship had been oe*n near MooresviHe'
*«d -Huntersville their
watching had been in ram. The route
taken by the Shenandoah, at Landis was 1
the most direct to the South and natur
ally it was the one followed. The fact
that the lines of the Southern were fol
lowed practically all day indicates that
the main line of the Southern for that
part of the journey, offer the most, di
rect route to the Sooth from Washing
ton.
Few events in recent years havearous
pd greater interest in Concord than the
expected visit of the Shenandoah. It j
was just like election night, with hun
dreds gathered at homes and other places |
in the city eager for some word from
the giant craft. The Tribune kept in!
touch With the dirigible untU early in
the night and then information was giv
en out at the ticket office of the South- ■
ern.
Quite a large crowd gathered near tlie
Southern station here, expecting the ship
to pass almost directly over them as it
had been following so closely the lines
of the rail company.
Concord was agog over the coming of
the dirigible. Children were put to
bed only upon promise of being awakened
when the ship came into view; grownups
who usualy are asleep at the time the
ship pased Lexington and Spencer dis
sipated to the extent of continuing their
vigil until the midnight hour: and young
people accepted the coming of the ship
as an excuse to delay the hour of retir
ing. It was a disappointed crowd that
f Take care of what you earn .and it will take care of you.
t IjUsiw you should pick your investments.
K* itriAMment that looks pretty on the outside, but is un
prtwren. substantial and safe place to invest money,
the cjthice of people of modest means, of big business men
little children.
(very man's investment.,)'
are open to all and on equal terms.
no favorites. All share and share alike,
tbe.lflnd of investment you want?
vKgklll be glad to serve yon.
share* cost 25 cents per Share per week. Prepaid Shares
coat sSp2f> per share. We have been maturing our stock in 32S
Rif All stock is non-taxable. Scrieu No. 54 now open.
i’Bpx appreciated with us large or mnall.
HfitiiUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAV
INGS ASSOCIATION
■ OFFICE IN THE CONCORD NATIONAL BANI*
beard the news of the ship’s passing by
a more direct even if less populalpd
route.
Reports sent out from the ship dur- i
ing the night and today declare that *■■■ j
u jtliiug is moving along smoothly. The
ship is moving without tremor nnd the
weather eoadvt'ons have been perfect.
While passing over Greensboro Ad
miral Mcffit. in charge of the ship, ami
a newspaper men from Chicago who s
making the journey in the big cratt,
speke through the ship’s radio. The
message was ricked up in Greensboro
and other -ities in this section.
Everything O. K. With Craft.
On Board the U. S. Ship ShennDdoah
Over the Alabama-Mississippi Boundary.
Oct. 8 (By the Associated Press I. —The
Shenandoah approaching the Alabama-
Mississippi boundary at a speed of 56
miles an hour, 3500 feet above the wooded 1
fields and valleys, had completed the
first 24 hours of its 9.000 mile test voy
age at 9 a. m. Central Standard Time to
day. Tlie airship sailed into the upper
strata of Mississippi over Columbus, with
its course laid directly west across the
state to reach the Mississippi River at
Greenville before noon.
Passes Over Mississippi.
Starkvilif, Miss.. Oct. B.—Tlie Shen
andoah passed ovsr Starkville at 9:17
o’clock this morning sailing gracefully
in a westerly direction.
Planes Greet Ship.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. B.—Convoyed
by seven planes of the Birmingham sec
tion of the 106th observation squadron,
the navy dirigible Shenandoah paased over
Birmingham at 7:16 o’clock this morn
ing. She slowed down her engines and
came close to the earth in order that
the people might get a good view of her.
On Board the United States Ship
Shenandoah, en route from Atlanta. Ga.,
to Birmingham, Ala., Oct. B—Sailing
smoothly at an altitude of 2,500 feet,
the Shenandoah crossed the lower tip of
the Allgeheny mountains at a speed of
45 miles an hour at 6 a. m.
Atlanta was passed at 4:45, just as
the day was breaking, and the Georgia
metropolis was awakeping. The salvo
of locomotive whistles echoed up against
the clouds to the wonder of the ship.
The sun, a golden ball, was peeping
over the eastern horizon of the Blue
Ridge foothills. The haze broke away
from their tops, tlie rays of the morning
sun rippling in long lines like a newly
plowed field. Banks of clouds lay heavy
in the valley, the reddish dirt roads
looking dike ribbons among the green
far -below, ’ 1
fn some 1 of the skittered Domes of the
hills entire families were gathered, and in
the early morning occupants of wagons,
being driven to town gazed aloft as the
ship emerged from the dawn,
i Toward dawn the head wind which
: tlie ship had been bucking died down, and
I while 'the speed through the nir and
speed of its motors did not change, its
j speed over ground increased from 35 to
| 45 miles per hour due to the dying down
\ of the wind,
i The course which was laid to Atlauta
I is about equal in distance to a flight
| from Lakehurst to Chicago. With good
winds a year ago the Shenandoah made
| the trip from Chicago to its New Jersey
hangar at a speed of 85 miles an hour.
Head winds stretched the Atlanta voy
age to nearly 20 hours.
Across tlie Mississippi.
Greenville. Oct. B.—The Shenandoah
passed over Greenville and crossed the
Mississippi River on its westward voyage
at 11.44 a. m.
No LaFollctte Electors in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Oct. 8. —I, a Follette elec
tors will not go on the ballot in Isiuisi
ann, federal district -judge Rufus Foster
today having decided that he was with
out jurisdiction to act on an application
for an injunction to restrain the Secre
tary of State from printing the ballots
I without'the names of the independent
' electors.
Brookhart’s Foe |
* M, -BMPf
Luther A. Brewer, former Cedai
Rapids da.) newspaper publisher
ha* entered the race for the Senati
against the Incumbent. Swlth 5V
Brook hart. He Is running as at
Independent Republican.
BRENNAN SAYS DAMS WILL
CARRY CHICAGO AND STATE
Dish yards Noise and Straw Vole.—Says
the Quirt Vote- Will l>a)> the
Election.
Special to XeW York World. '
Chicago, Oct. s.—One important dem
ocrat of Illinois, at least, does not sub
scribe to the prognostications of gloom
that are so prevalent among forces com
mitted to the triumph of Davis and Bry
an out here.
Mr. George E. Brennan is mildly pa
tient with the doubters aud tlie weak
hearted. For himself he admits no
chance of Coolidge carrying Illinois,
and it must always be remembered thnt
whatever the facts and prospects in this
State, liis data is a little more complete
than any of the others.
Despite his optimism it impresses an
outsider that Coolidge has the best of it
in this State at this time. Nevertheless
there is some logic in Bremfhn's point
of view.
He knows what is going on and they
know what he lets them know, which is
not all of it by any means. So the opin
ion of George Brennan as to what is go
ing to happen in Illinois is not to be
lightly disregarded.
Remembers 1912 Split,
One inalienable asset is possessed by
the Democrats of Illinois. They play a
stronger game of politics than do the Re- '
puhfema** Th«y tor otherwise
they wofijd r«tt every now and then takfi"
the State .away from the more numerous
oppositiori. At intervals the oracle
speaks to his followers and they imme
diately perk up.
Today, for example, they are in a
much better frame of mind than they
were yesterday, because of a little sermon
he preached, in which he compared the
present state of the public mind with
that existed at the beginning of October,
1912.
“I don’t know what the old man's got
up his sleeve,” said one of his disciples
prayerfully, “but I hope lie's got- some
thing.”
Brennan drew the parallel between the
present campaign and that in which re
volt split the Republican party, but per
haps the lpost significant tiling about
it is this explanation of his belief that
the non-cheering voter would naturally
ultimately decide to support Davis.
Bank on * Deadlock.
This confidence that the worst that
enn befall the Presidential ticket in the
coming election is that it will go into
Congress, is the first article of Democrat
ic faith. I have yet to meet a Demo
cratic politician who admits that Cool
idge can possibly get 266 votes in the
Electoral College. _ „
Incidentally the open rupture be
tween Brookhart and the G. O. P. which
appears to make it certain that La-
Follette will carry lowa goes far to
ward confirming this belief.
Ex-Senator and now Judge Kenyon
is exiiected to be the next to take the
plunge. He was offered Denby’s place
in the Cabinet when Tea Pot Dome
forced that Secretary of the Navy to re
sign and he couki have had Dawes’
place on the ticket, which two offers in
dicate how important his support was
regarded by Republicans.
Senator Norris, of Nebraska, another
who would not accept the Vice Presi
dential nomination with Coolidge, prob
.ably will not be far behind in switch
ing from LaFollette's silent battalion
to his shock troops.
Btgham Sentenced to Die October SI.
Conway, S- C,, Oct. 7.—Edmund D.
Bighorn, sou of a former state senator
and alleged slayer of five members of
his own family, was sentenced ■, to be
electrocuted October 31 by Judge Hayne
F, Rico: in circuit court here late today.
! following his conviction on charge of
1 murdering his brother. L. fijmiey Big
[ ham, in January. 1921.
i Cotton on the local market todav is
| quoted at 24 1-2 cents per pound. Cot
l ton seed at 52 1-2 cents.
» WHAT SMITTY’B WEATHER GAT '
SAYS
Fair tonight and Thursday, cooler
\ Thursday in northeast and central por
f* lions tonight.
ANOTHER REDUCTION
CROP IS :
oidli FORECAST
Government 'Estimates Crop i
of 12,499,000 Bales in Fore
cast Which Is Made Pub
lic at This Time.
REDUCTIONOF
97,000 BALES
Prior to October First 4,525,-
520 Bales Had Been Gin
ned.—Condition of Crop
Poor. •
(By the Auadtted Press.) . , <
Washington, Oct. B.—The cotton crop .
declined 97,000 bales in the two weeks
from September 16 to October 1, the
Department of Agriculture indicated to
day in its forecast of a total production
of 12.499,0fW equivalent 500-pound bales,
based on the condition of the plant' on
October Ist, Last year 10,139.671 bales
were grown. Two weeks ago the fore
cast for 12,596,000.
Os this year's crop, 4,525,520 running,
bales, counting round as half bales, had
been ginned prior to October 1, the Cen
sus Bureau announced.
The condition of the crop on October
1 was 53.5 per cent, of normal, indicat
ing a yield per acre, of 148 pounds, com
pared with 5.4 per cent., indicating a
yield of 149.2 ]>ounds per acre on Sep
tember 16th.
The condition of the crop on October
1 in North Carolina was 47 per cent, of
normal and the production forecast 723,-
000 bales.
Cotton ginned in North Carolina prior
to October 1 totalled 36,478 bales. * *
The quantity of cotton ginned prior to.
September 16th was 2,666,501 bales, re- b
vised figures nnnnounced today l show.
THE COTON MARKET
Government Crop Report Preceded by
Nervous and Irregular Fluctuations.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Oct 8. —The government
crop report was preceded by rather nerv- v
ous and irregular fluctuations in the cot- ,
ton market here today.' The opening
was steady at an advance of 12 to 20
points in response to relatively steady
Liverpool cabled, reports of- . whittled' ~
weather in the southwest, and further
covering for. over the burean report. The
weather map, however, was rather more
favorable than expected, while the week
ly report of the weather bureau received
a favorable construction. After selling
at 25.43 December eased off to 25.32 un
der realizing and hedging. The cov
ering continued, checking the decline and
causing frequent rallies, but general busi
ness was quiet during the first half hour.
The opening prices were : Oct. 26.30 ;
Dec. 25.40; Jan. 25.50; March 25.85;
May 26.05.
Inter-City Rotarkun Gather at Char
lotte.
Charlotte, Oct. 7. —Rotarians from
Concord. Monroe, Gastonia, Salisbury,
Statesville, Mooresville and Rock Hill,
S. C., were here today as guests of the
Charlotte Rotary club at an inter-city
meeting.
The session started this morning at
the Hotel Charlotte nnd continued until
5 o’clock in the afternoon. Mayor li. H.
Mahon, of Greenville, S. C., district
governor, presided and made one of the
principal speeches. Members of the var
ious clubs represented here also spoke
during the meeting. .
The Bargaih Basement at Parks-Belk 00.
The I’arks-Belk Co. has remodeled the
down stairs store and turned it into a
Bargain Basement. They have now a
much larger and better place to display
the goods downstairs. They have a
wonderful line of toys and scores of oth
er things, on which they offer you very
low prices. They will give a free ticket
to the coming fair to everyone who pur
chases $5 worth or over. See full page
. of prices in today’s paper. ‘
Manchurian Forces Advance.
Shanghai, Oct. 8 (By the Associated
Press).—The forces of Chang Tso-Lin,
Manchurian war lord, entered Shanhaik
wan yesterday evening, according to a
Japanese report from Mukden. Many
1 causal ties were suffered by both sides in
heavy fighting which preceded the entry,
according to the report.
Episcopal Meeting of Importance.
' New York, Oct. B. —Representatives qf
E the House of Bishops of,-the Protestant
‘ Episcopal Church and Aiembers of the
' national council meet, in joint session
• here today to outline the program the
church will pursue for the next three
years.
Good Weather Predicted for Game.
« New Yorg, Oct. B.—After a night of
rain the sun came out this morning and
indications were that there would be
; good weather for the world series game
this afternoon.
Just 2 more days
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