I DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXTV
Chamber of Commerce
Officers Are Chosen
i
Dr. T. N. Spencer Reelected
President for Year and H.
W. Blanks Is Again Named
Secretary.
CAMPAIGN FOR 1
MEMBERS SOON
Drive to Increase» Member- 1
ship to 400 Will Begin on
Monday Morning.—Other
Activities Planned.
Directors of the Chamber of Qommeroe
met at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday sight
tto elect officers for the year and make
plans for the membership campaign which
will, be inaugurated Monday. The meet
ing was a very enthusiastic one and the
directors \vere very optimistic concerning
the year’s work.
Officers chosen at the meeting were:
President—Dr. T. N. Spencer.
First Vice President—G. L. Patter
son,
Second Vice President—L. M. Rich
mond.
Treasurer—A. B. Palmer.
Secretary—H. W. Blanks.
After the election of officeri discussion
concerning the membership campaign
wars' started. It was unanimously de
cided to start the campaign Monday and
40(1 members was the goal decided upon.
At present there are 85 members of the
chamber and officers present at the meet
ing expressed the opinion that Concord's
chamber Bhould be as large as those in
other cities of the same size as Con
cord.
Every person who took part in the ho
tel campaign will be asked to assist in
the chamber campaign. It was reported
at the meeting that a number of sales
men in the drive last week already had
agreed to take part in the campaign be
ginning Monday.
Officers of the chamber decided to start
■the campaign Monday with the first re
ports to be made at 5 o'clock Monday
afternoon. Monday night a luncheon
will be served at the Y; Tuesday at noon
another tuiicheon will be served and the
campaign will close with another lunch
eon Tuesday night. Salesmen in the
campaign wil make reports at each of
the luncheons.
"The Chamber of Commerce can do
valuable work for Concord if it is given
the) support it deserves,” stu of the cM
ftrfors stated at the meeUnjt "'** '■ The
cause the public generally has not back*#
it. In the campaign we are going to
seek 315 new members, to make the total
membership 400, and when we get this
the organization will really function as
it is possible for it to function.”
One of the most important matters be
fore the chamber at present is the Lakes
to-Florida highway. The routing of this
highway was discussed at some length
by the directors and officers and it wos
agreed that Concord would do every
thing possible to get the highway through
this city.
A meeting of the highway company
will be held at Wytheville, Va.. tomorrow
morning at 10 o’clock and G. L. Patter
son and A. B. Palmer were appointed
delegates from the Concord chamber to
the meeting. It is understood that large
delegations from Salisbury/ Lexington,
Winston-Salem and Mt. Airy will attend
the meeting and seek to have the high
way routed via Mt. Airy, Winston-Salem,
Lexington, Salisbury and Concord. It
is understood that Charlotte. MoorCsville,
Statesville, and Eikin will also send del
egations to the meeting in an effort to
get the highway routed through those
cities.
It was reported here that an effort
wopld be made to elect new directors at
the meeting tomorrow, but Mr. Blanks
conferred with officers of the highway
company over long distance telephone
Thursday afternoon and was advised that
no directors would be chosen. It was
also reported in this connection thfit the
new directors slated to be elected would
favor the route via Statesville, Moores
ville and Charlotte.
The matter of the highway route was
discussed with a number of Concord busi
ness men at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday
afternoon by three Chamber of Commerce
men from Mt. Aairy. These meen keep
in c'.ose touch with all developments and
thev declared the highway from Bluefield
to Wytheville, which is almost impassable
now, will be paved in the near future.
That is the only bad stretch in the road
and when that is rebuilt tourists will
hnve an improved highway from Bluefield
through North Carolina. The road is
certain to attract thousands of motoring
visitors and for that reason Its location
is of importance to this section of the.
country.
The directors voted unanimously in
favor of increased pay for mail carriers
and instructed the secretary to so advise
Senator Simmons and Senator Overman.
The directors also were instructed to go
as a committee to city and county offi
cers and ask that visiting motorists be
, given every consideration while in' the
county and city.
Winston Excavates For New Passenger
Station.
Winston-Salem, Nov. 20.—After wait
ing for several years, the citizens of
Winston-Salem now feet (insured that
thin city is to be provided with a modern
union passenger station. The excava
tion work for a structure that will cost
approximately SBOO,OOO is now in
progress. Big steam shovels are being
used and it. is thought that it will re
quire at least eight weeks to complete
this part of the contract. The site is
one that was formerly known a* the
Wheeler property in the eastern part
of the city. The three railroads enter
ing this city, the Southern, Norfolk &
Western and Southbound, are putting
up the money. The .plans call for a
modern structure in e mpartieu,ar
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1 .COMPLETE UNOFFICIAL >'
s STATE VOTE RECORDED;
' Davis Ran Far Behind State Ticket.—
I Se tutorial Balloting Is Hewtlest.
I / Raleigh, Nov. 20.—John W, de-
J Demoo-.-atic Candida i<> presl
; dent ran more tliqn 13,000 i§'! the
I Democratic state ticket in the. &«ttinn of
j November 4, according to tnb
| illation? for the state and national tick
j ets as comnared with 538.000. cast for
President four years ago.
More votes were enst in the balloting
for United States senator than in any
other race, according to the unofficial re
turns. A total of 481,747 were cast in
this race, of which United States Sena
tor F. M. Simmons. Democrat, received
206,007 and'A. A. Whitencr. Republican,
185,660, a majority of 110,447 for Sena
tor Simmons.
For governor a total of 477,76!) votes
were cast, A. W, McLean, .Democrat, re
ceiving 202,805 and Isaac M. Moekins,
Republican, 184,854, a majority of 108,-
041 for McLean.
John W. Dnvis received 270.383 out of
the 476,401 votes cast for President, with
Calvlii' Coolidge receiving 100.444 and
Robert M. LaFollette, 6,560. Davis’ ma
jority over Coolidge and LaFollette com
bined was 77,740.
The constitutional amendment author
izing an increase in the salaries of mem
bers of the North Carolina general as
sembly from $4 a day to $lO a day nits
defeated, according to the unofficial re
turns for the entire state, by a majority
of 7,077. The vote in favor of the uieas
ure was 101.020 and against it 108,106.
The majority against the port terminal
bill with 46 precincts yet to be reported
stands unofficially at 52,402. The vote of
the measure was 126,680 and against it
179,12..
JEFFERSON DAVIS ROAD ,
IS NOW LENGTHY ONE
Highway Covers 8,417 Miles, U. D. C.
Delegates Are Told at Convention.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 21 (By j|he Asso
ciated Press).—A total of 3,45« miles
now is included iii the Jefferson Davis
Highway, Mrs. John Woodbury, of Louis
ville, Ky„ reported to the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy today.
In asserting that the work of the com
mittee, of which she is chairman, is to
have parts of state road systems desig
nated as the Jefferson Davis highway, to
Work for their development, and to mark
and beautify them. Mrs. Woodbury said
there “is a wave of actual road construe
tiou which is .jajwtfryifcide nnd->*he.Vic» •
kiWfifthMiMCTiiuih oil
.Highway is right, nojy.”
MAN USED LIBERTY
BONDS AS AN APRON
Bonds Part of Those Which Were Stolen
FYom Bank at Springsboro, Pa.
(Dr the Associated Press.)
Youngston, 0., Nov. 21.—Bonds and
stocks valued at about half a million
dollars, said to have been stolen from
Bentley’s Bank at Springbcro, Pa.', were
fpnnd in a city park here and have been
recovered by postal authorities it was an
nounced here today by Postmaster West
wood and Postal Inspector Harry Turn
ier.
That the men who found the money,
all foreigners, were not fully aware of
the value of their find was indicated when
the foreman of one man who works in
a steel plant said that last night he found
the man wearing two SI,OOO Liberty
Bonds for an apron.
RENOUNCE CITIZENSHIP
TO HELP AGED MOTHER
Samuel and Fred Daniels to Become Eng
lish Subjects Again So They Can Be
With Their Mother. A
IBy the Associated Press)
San Francisco. Cal.. Nov. 21.—Samuel
Daniels, aged 25, and Fred Daniels, ag
ed 29, English born naturalized Ameri
cans, who fought under the American
flag in the world war, have renounced
their citizenship because, under the new
immigration lay, they were not permitted
to bring their aged mother from England.
Today the brothers planned to apply for
passports to return to England where
they will reside with their mother who
is feeble and ill.
Working nt 96 to Get Money For Burial.
Kinston, Nov. 20.—Alleging lie had
"done been treated wrong." David Mc-
Daniel, 96, negro laborer, today sought
a laborer’s lien from the clerk of the
court against his half brother, William
McDonald, a Craven county farmer.
“I ditched his farm last spring. 1
was to get SSO so as I could have a
good suit to be buried in case Gabriel
bioviied for me,” “Uncle” David stated in
his petition, which Jesse T. Heath, the
clerk, took under advisement, »,p ,
' After he had dug ditches all over the
place and put the drainage system in
good shape, the brother declined to pay,
David declared. "He said I was wrong
about it. His wife said I was right.”
Clerk Heath suggested, without any
bearing on the matter in hand, that “Un
cle David,” working with farm imple
ments at 96, might not need a burial
suit in the near future.
Member of Roosevelt Family Divorced.
IBy the Associated Press.)
Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 21.—Emily
H- Roosevelt-Chattersou, of Stamford,
a member of the Roosevelt family of Oys
ter Bay, was granted a divorce here to.
grounds of intolerable cruelty. Mrs.
Cbatterton told the court her husbnad
subjected her continually, to public hu
miliation.
Harry Behan Getz 90 Years.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Nov. 21.—Harry Behan,
' convicted of having robbed Mrs. Howard
; Johnson of $6,000 worth of gems in the
! Hotel Atlantic last May, was sentenced
to 20 years imprisonment in Sing Sing
'Prison by Judge Collins todf*., .
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CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1924
— ; ,
’ UKr ‘’l ;
recognized a '«>"fe«ince with party leadoil. 'Ad- vm^few
recognized the premier as he moved along, minus overeat, and wkh
-- l>!pe in mouth. |
STATE LUTHERAN SYNOD
Body Is Unable to Act on the Assembly
Proposition—Approves Ccntin option of
Collegiate Institute Appeal.
Gastonia, Nov. 20.—The elosiug day
of the Lutheran synod was jammed with
many important items of business. The
Lutheran assembly ground proposition
caused the most debate. All are in'
favor of such l an assembly ground but
eery few are in favor of the site pro
posed. which is near Rural Hall. Other
propositions heard came from Hender
sonville, Waynesville. Boone, Watauga,
itud other points. The decision of the
'synod was to refer the matter back to
he committee for further investigation
and to report at the next meeting of the
synod.
The synod approved the continuation
>f the Collegiate 1 Institute appeal and
urged congregations, Sunday Schools and
brotherhoods to put the cause across by
January of next year. Over two-thirds
of the ainout required has already been
aised The brotherhood representatives
placed before the synod a propposal to
aise a hundred thousand dollars for a
gift and loan fund for the establishment
pf mission in North Carolina. The
»yno<j approved the proposition and it
was. then i made known that near half
die amount had already been subscribed.
Hie remainder will be in hand within
Jhe next year.
ufiuU tfsiuey ’£w fn)
hHrch in the next few weeks. It was
made known that many Lutherans 'in
Russia and other sections of the world
ire in need 6f food, raiment and the re
building of their churches. In the last
six years American Lutherans have given
millions to comfort their brethren in the
faith throughout the world.
The Virginia conference of the North
Carolina synod was given permission to
unite with the synod of Virginia. In
their transfer to this synod the North
Carolina synod loses 32 congregations
with an enrollment of 2,500 persons.
During the afternoon session the synod
was favored by a few remarks from Sis
ter Clara Sullivan of the Virgin Islands.
Miss Sullivan has served in these islands
for a number of years and toM of the
interest which these people manifest in
the church.
Ministerial relief came in for strong
emphasis on the part of the relief com
mittee. All congregations are urged to
'ake up collections for this purpose in
ilie next few weeks. Boards of all in
stitutions were elected, standing commit
tees appointed and time and place of
next meeting referred to the executive
committee.
Officers of the synod were elected as
follows,: Rev. J. C. Deitz, secretary.
Salisbury: Rev. E. 11. Kolin, statistical
secretary. Mount Holly: J. D. . Heilig,
treasurer. Salisbury. The president, Dr.
J. L. Morgan, serves for a period of five
yeais.
la the brotherhood meeting of Wed
nesday night B. Capps, of Gastonia, was
ejected as president; A. R. Rhyne, of
Charlotte, as vice president; H. E. Isen
hour, of Salisbury, as secretary; R. W.
Graeber, of Statesville ,as treasurer, and
L. D. Peeler, of Salisbury, member on
the executive com hi it tee of the synod.
This meeting was the best that Luther
an laymen of this synod' have ever had.
Over 300 men were present for the oc
casion.
In a review of the acts of the synod
it may truthfully be said that more pro
gressive movements were initiated at this
meeting than any session in recent years.
The synod formally adjourned at 6 p. m.
Heavy Trading in Stock Market Con
tinues. 4 *
(By ttie .Associated Press.)
New York, Nov. 21.—Trading in the
stock market today continued at the same
feverish pace which has been maintained
since the election,, but the advance in
price was checked by a heavy wave of
profit taking, which spread over the en
tire list early in the afternoon. Before
the outbrust of realizing sales, more than
two score issues had scaled new peak
prices for the year on a turnover of 1,105,-
700 shares in the first two hours.
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CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS
We have in stock a beautiful line of Engraved Christ- I
| mas Greeting Cards. Call and see them and place ydur or- |
jj der in good time. The prices are very reasonable, and it
ji is best to place your order now while the stock is complete. |
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-NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
' IN COLUJfBIIS TRAGEDY
County Prosecutor Wicks Industrially
White Remains of Dead Woman Are
Interred. |
Columbus, 0., Nov; 20—Efforts to
solve the mysterious digith of Mrs. C. V.
Sheatsley, wife of the Ininister of Christ
Lutheran Church of Xexely, fashionable
Columbus suburb, whose charred body
was found lute Monday in the furnace
of tfie Cheatsley home, were practically
suspended here today' while burial of
the minister's wife was being solemnized
at her old home in. Paris, Ohio.
While efforts to solve the mystery were
relaxed here, they were beiDg pushed by
County Prosecutor John K. King and
City Deteetiye Harry Carson at the
scene of the funeral and in Canton, 12
miles away where relatives of the dead
woman reside. There the officials sought
from Mrs. Lida PponseHer, mother of
Mrs. Sheatsley, and her two brothers.
Charles and Harry , Sponseller. ihtimßte
details concerning Mrs. Sheatesley's ear
ly life and her domestic relations after
her marriage to Mr. Sheatsley in the
hope of throwing some light on the theo
ry that Mrs. Heat si y may have ended
her own life.
County Coroner Joseph Murphy, who
favors the suicide theory, has not yet
rendered his official landing., as to the
today ttutt
he probably will not'do so for several
(lays.
When Mr. King returns, he is expected
to find on his desk a sealed report of any
analyses of the lungs bf the dead woman
made by C. P. Lang, an analytical chem
ist. This report may aid materially in
establishing whether Mrs. Sheatsley was
nlive when her body entered the furnace.
EGYPTIAN SITUATION
IS GIVEN ATTENTION
British Foreign Officer Informed of the
Facts in Connection With Assassina
tion of General Stack.
London. Nov. 21 (By the Associated
Press).—The British foreign office is in
communication with Field Marshal Vis
count AHenby, British high commission
er in Egypt, and the Sudan, regarding
the steps to be taken in connection with
the assassination of Major General Sir
Lee Stack.
loot’d Allcnby’s views are expected to
lie considered by the British cabinet in
time for the note to be delivered to the
Egyptian authorities by Saturday night
or Sunduy.
Change in the Management of Oteen Is
Hinted.
Asheville, Ndv. 20.—Official confirma
tion of the report that Major W. E.
Whitledge, of Camp Kearney, Calif., will
succeed Colonel .lames E. Miller at the
United States veterans hospital at Oteen,
was lacking today, but Colonel Miller
,whon asked about it said he had heard
such a report.
However, he also declared nothing of
ficial to that effect has come from the
veterans bureau at Washington, and he
could not say whether or not the report
is true. It was anounced from Wash
ington some time ago that there would
probably be a change in control at Oteen,
but nothing further than this has come
from tbb bureau.
Major Whitledge was at one time ward
surgeon at Oteen and knows conditions
there. He is at present located at a
large hospital at Camp Kearney. He
has seen active service in /the army and
entered the veterans’ bureau work in
1920. He was in charge of hospitals
at Demins. Neb., and Fort Bagard. New
Mexico, before going to California.
To Start Up Blast Furnace.
Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 21. —The
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company to
day announced that a blast furnace here,
idle since spring, will go into blast about
December Ist, while all independent steel
executives reported increased inquiries
aud better orders, with prospects that by
January 15 the mills will be working at
capacity.
K MING DEAD
AFTER ALNESS OF
RBT SEVERAL WEEKS
Death Occcurred at Sanitari
um Where She Had Been
Under Treatment Some
Time.
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD ON MONDAY
Her Body Probably Will Be
Placed Temporarily in the
Vault Alongside That of
Her Husband.
Marion. 0., Nov. 21 (By the Associat
ed Press). —Florence Kling Harding,
widow of Warren G. Harding, twenty
ninth chief executive of the United States,
died here today.
The end came at 8:55 at the White
Oaks Sanitarium of Dr. Carl W. Saw
yer, where she had been lighting for
life for the last few weeks.
Mrs. Harding's death was due directly
to a kidney ailjnent, from which she has
! suffered for years, and which nearly re
sulted fatally while she was mistress of
1 the White House. She died , peacefnly,
Dr. Sawyer said.
While no definite announcement has
1 been made, it is expected that Mrs. Hard
ing’s body w'iil be placed temporarily in
1 Lhe receiving vault in Marion cemetery
alongside the body of her husband.
Funeral services will be held at Ep
worth Methodist Episcopal Church Mon
day afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Mrs. Harding was born in. Marion, 0.,
in 1860, of a sturdy stock of pioneers,
her father, Amos Kling, being one of
the town's first settlers. She married
Mr. Harding in 1801 when things did
not look too bright for Rim. He had
just taken over the ownership of the
Marion Star, and it was loaded down
with mortgages and still had to make a
place for itself in the community. She
never had been used to extravagance,
however, and she immediately turned to
the task of helping put the newspaper
on a sound basis. She went to work
in the business office, and soon was in
charge of advertising and circulation,
buying the print paper and other sup
plies, and even standing by the presses
and instructing the carrier before they
started, job-.-their routes. She mothered
the hfttW-wrtafoHabed fee tbe-cereier-beyn
one Os whom, answering to the name
of Baldinger. entered the army, rose to
the rank of major and was later de
tailed at the White House as military
aide to the President. Another was
George Christian, who became tfie Presi
dent’s private secretary.
Os slight build and medium height,
Mrs. Harding carried herself strongly
erect and with charming dignity. Though
her hair was silvering before she came
to the White House, her eyes were as
bright, her manner as vivacious, and her
glances and smiles as radiant as when
she Was a girl.
She was always well gowned, but nev
er cared for extremes in dress. Her
coiffure particularly was said to be the
mystery and envy of many Washington
society leaders. She had an interesting
collection of laces and some rare and
handsome piece, usually helped to com
plete her gown. She did not affect jew
elry and usually wore only a diamond
solitaire or diamond clasp on a piece of
black velvet about the throat.
The life story of Florence Kling Hard
ing, life an epic of sturdy American
womanhood, was a chronicle of continual
struggle against great odds, and of con
tinual accomplishments.
From the day she first faced the world
in a pioneer home in the middle west,
until, broken in health, she uudortook the
heavy responsibilities of the White House,
she encountered hardships before which a
less courageous spirit would have weak
ened into drab mediocrity.
Despite these trials she not only kept
her courage and her vigorous individual
ity, 1 but she retained as well a depth of
human understanding and a confidence
in herself and those about her that en
deared her to many' thousands. After
she became First Lady of the Land, as
always in the years preceding, the help
less and the unfortunate received the first
and fullest measure of her devotion. Chil
dren of every clnss had her unfailling at
tention. Wounded veterans of the World
War’ owed her many a debt for hours
gladdened by her visits to their hospit
als or by flowers' sent by her personal
order from the White House Conserva
tory. Her unusual outgiving of sympa
thy extended to animals, many of whom
she befriended and protected.
Park Commission About Through Trip,
fßy the Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 21. —An inspection
of the Mammoth Cave section in Kentucky
is all that remains on the itinerary of
the Southern Appalachian Park Commis
sion appointed, by Secretark Work to se
lect a site for an eastern National Park.
The park experts were back at Wash
ington today after a series of trips to
North Carolina and South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia,
West Virginia and Kentucky. Their rec
ommendation for a site will be conveyed
to Congress through Secretary Work ear
ly in December.
Higktawl Park Company Get* a Tax Re
duction.
Raleigh, Nov. 20. —A reduction of •
$200,000 in thi valuation of properties of I
the 'Highland Pork Manufacturing coin-1
pany, of Charlotte, jins been allowed by
the state tax commission as the result of
an appeal in which the corjoiration .
claimed an excess assessment of 81177,0001
* !^t al v »lu«tion o£ approximately
$3,500,000.
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THE COTTON MARKET
Was Nervous and Irregular preceding the
Publication of Government Report—
January Off to 24.10.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Nov. 21.—The cotton mar
ket was nervous and irregular preceding
the publication of the government crop
I report today. Scattered liquidation and
£ some hedge selling from the southwest ap-
Jj peared. but after opening steady at a de T
I dine of five points to an advance of five
points, prices advanced slightly on cov
, ering and traije buying. January sold
off to 24.10 at the start and later rallied
1 tto 24.25, or five points net higher, and
, other months showed similar gains with
1 prices holding .fairly steady at the end
of the first half hour. The rally was
promoted by reports of a good opening
tone iu the stock market, and rumors
that there wpre trade buying orders in
the market for execution on the dip.
Cotton futures opened steady: Decem
ber 25.!)5: January 24.13; March 24 52-
May 24.81 y July 24.75.
A. F. OF L. MUST BE KEPT
FREE FROM POLITICS
Executive Council Report* to This Effect
at 44th Annual Convention.—Ballot
Reforms Should Be Sought.
El Paso, Nov. 21 (By the. Associated
Press).—A special report on the political
policy to the American Federatiop of La
bors 44th annual convention today by
its executive council asserted that the or
ganization must be kept free from polit
ical domination and that the non-parti.-an
political campaign committee created dar
ing the recent national campaign must be
maintained permanently.
Ballot reforms, increased interest in
the primaries of all parties, and freeing
independent political movements of the
narrowly circumscribed limitations ah re
vealed by the recent natioual campaign,
also should be sought, the report asserted.
Results achieved in the recent Congres
sional elections were acclaimed as a “sig
nal success in the furtherance of the in
terests of the wage earners, and of the
people of the country generally.”
HULL USED AS A TARGET
STILL FLOATING TODAY
Demonstrations Prove That Hull Will ‘
Stand Much Punishment.
(By the Associated Press!
Norfolk. Va.. Nov. 1 21. —Battered by
shells from the big guns of the United
States Ship Texas, the hull of what was
to have been the giant super-dread
nought Washington, continued today to ,
demonstrate that she can take plenty of
punishment. After being subjected to
a barrage of shells yesterday, the hull was ,
still afloat on the drill grounds off the ,
Virginia Gapes this morning and was ,
giving indications that the damage in- ,
dieted by the firing yesterday was far ,
from mortal. ,
The Washington hhs successfully with
stoocMwo of the tests designed by naval \
experts to send her to the bottom in ac- ,
eormdance with the naval limitation of ,
arms treaty, and a cftll. was sent to Nor- ,
folk this morning from the Texas to ’
have the air bombing fleet in readiness
to move against her tomorrow. |
NATIONAL GRANGE IS
AGAINST AMENDMENT
Comes Out in Open Against- Child Labor 1
Amendment to Constitution.
IBs- flic Associated Press! ]
A'tlanti City, N.. ,T., Nov. 21. —By an
overwhelming vote the National 1 Grange
I<slay put itself squarely on record
against the child labor amendment to
the federal constitution. The organize- ,
tic-n pledged its most vigorous efforts to (
prevent ratification of the amendment.
This decision was reached after a long
discussion, and was supported by the
votes of every state in the body except
Washington, Oregon and Missouri.
Hickory May Expend Hotel Building
Plan.
Hickory, Nov. 2d.—Plans are being
considered for the reorganization of the
hotel program started in Hickory some
time ago. the new plan calling for a
larger building than was originally ,
planned, although no definite outline I
for financing or building has been nil- I
nounced by the committee. The directors j
of the hotel company have secured the
services of the Hockenburg System. ,
Inc., of Harrisburg, Pa., well known
hotel financialists and counselors, and it
is understood that the plan to be follow- I
ed here will be similar to that used by
the Hockenbury system in the suc
cessful financing and organization of
sixty odd hotels throughout the country.
While details of the present under
taking have not been made public, it is
understood that they will be a con
tinuance of the original project and that
the citizens who formerly subscribed to
stock will be a part, of the new plan on
exactly the same basis as they were j
originally.
Secretary Wilbur, Does Not Plan to Re
sign.
(By the Associated Press.!
Washington, Nov. 21. —Secretary Wil
bur has no 1 present intention of retiring
from the cabinet. There have been wide
ly published reports that he would re
tire early next year to accept a federal
judgeship in California. The Secretary
lias received offers of support for ap
pointment' to that vacancy, but has re
plied that he was not a candidate in any
sense of the word.
(tailed to Succeed Dr. George Alexander.
(By the Asaocl.-'od Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 21.—Dr. J.
C. D. Ewing, lecturer ou missions at the
Princeton Theological Seminary, has been
elected to succeed Dr. George Alexander,
as President of the foreign mission board
of the Presbyterian Church, according to
announcement today by the Presbyterian
General Assembly offices here.
Continue “Dry” Drive in Richmond.
(By the Associated Press)
Richmond, Va., Nov. 21.—Prohibition
enforcement activities had settled down
I today to what agents termed “a system-
I atic drive® against bootleggers and other
dry law violators. Thirty persons were*
arrested yesterday.
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NO. 274
liIEOTTDG HELD
' IS FORECAST MOV
Latest Government Foreeast
Just Made Public Calls for
Crop This Year of 12,992,-
000 Bales.
11,147,524 BALES
ALREADY GINNED
540,595 Bales Have Already
Been Ginned in the State.
-—Report Had Little on the
Cotton Market.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Nov. 21.—The cotton
crop was estimated today at 12,01)2.000
equivalent. 500-pound bales by the De
partment of Agriculture. A erop of
12,816,000 bales was forecast a fortnight
ago. Last year’s crop was 10,130,671
balo«.
Os the total crop, 11,147.524 running
bales, counting round as half bales, had
been ginner prior to November 14th,
compared with 0,360,458 bales for 1023,
and 8,860,078 for 1022 to that date, the
census bureau announced.
The preliminary estimate of produc
tion by states includes, North Carolina
760.000 bales.
The ginnings in running bales, count
ing round ns half bales for North Caro
lina was 602.187. '
The revised total of cotton ginned this
season to November Ist was announced
as 0,710.332 bales.
Not Much Effect on Cotton Market.
New York, Nov. 21.—Suspension of
trading on the New York Cotton Exchange
Jor 20 minutes today while the govern
ment's report on the cotton crop was be
ing received successfully averted confus
ion in trading, which heretofore has fol
lowed publication of tließC estimates.
A moderate and orderly advance of 0
to 20 points in prices, which tok place
after trading was resumed at 11:15
o’clock, contrasted with the erratic fluc
tuations which previously had followed
the government’s erop frecasts through
out the summer. The scramble of trad
ers to take advantage of the latest figures
on these occasions frequently led to
changes of 20. and 30 points between
sales, Until fluctuations sometimes run
ning the extreme limit of 200 points al
lowed in one day’s 'Hading/'
timate of 12.902.000 bales was fairly
close to recent predictions, but the gin
ning figures were considered bearish and
subsequently led to a slight reaction in
price.
The Liverpool cotton market followed
the lead of the NS«w York and New Or
leans exchauges in suspending trading
for 20 minutes.
PERFECT MAN CAN BE
PRODUCED IS THOUGHT
Regulation of Glands Will Produce Per
fect Specimen of Man,* Dr. Rodney
Fiske Predicts.
I By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 21.—The pro
duction of the perfect man by regulation
of glands is predicted by Dr. E. Rodney
Fiske, of New York. <
Speaking yesterday at the convention
of tlie Eastern Homeopathic Medical As
sociation, he said that recent discoveries
concerning the functions of glands of the
b liman body had p&ved tho way for pro
duetion of the perfect man.
With Our Advertisers.
“Exceptional Business Opportunity”
See ad. on page eight today.
Just a small payment down gets the
goods at Farley's. Fur trimmed coats,
$14.98 and up. Overcoat* and suits
$19,75 and up. Women's and misses’
suits and boys' two-pants suits at at
tractive prices. Everything worn by
men, women, misses and children.
Have your ear cleaned at Howard’s
Filling Station and get ready for that
Thanksgiving ride.
Charming three piece suite at Concord
Furniture Co. at $87.50.
You will like the bread, and pastry
you get at the Concord Steam Bakery.
Get a free sample of Kotex at the
Cabarrus Drug Store.
You will find a number of extra spe
cials at the Piggl.v Wiggly Saturday.
Read the reward today of the J. C.
Penney Co.
I The new satin liats at Efird’s for $2.95,
$3.95 and $5.00.
Fresh fish and oysters at J. F. Day
vault & Bros.
Many Killed in Pennsylvania Accident*.
<Bf the Associate!! Press.)
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 21.—Three hun
dred and ninety-three persons were kill
ed and 9,228 injured in Automobile acci
dents in Pennsylvania in the six months
ending November 1, the Department of
Highways announced today. These fig
ures do not cover fatal accidents in injur
ies occurring in the boroughs.
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