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.' l' • •• - - . ■ ■ ■ i? i VOLUME XXIV COBHER STONE OF ™ htoTui Exercises to Be Held Tomor row Afternoon at Three O’clock—W. H. McNairy, Former Pastor, to Speak. CONGREGATION WAS ' ORGANIZED IN 1881 Interesting Historical Sketch. , —Present Church Erected in 1884-1885.—Rev. W. C. Lyerly Now Pastor. The corner stone of the new ehnrch building of the Trinity Reformed congre gation will be laid Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The address of the occasion will be made by Rev! W. H. McNairy. a former pastor. Other ministers will take part in the service, ft will be a most interesting occasion and marks an im- I>ortnuf e|M)ch in iho history of this church. Trinity Reformed congregation was or ganized by Rev. G. Dickey Gnrley, mis sionary under the tri-syuodic board o4< Heme Missions of the Reformed Church in the United States. The organization was begun January 1, 1881, in. a hall in the Means building on South Union Street. At this meeting file name “Trinity Reformed Church of Concord” was given and the constitution of the Reformed Church in the United States was adopted for governing the new con gregation. At a meeting January 30th of the same year Alexander Foil was elected to the office of elder and James Foil and J. W. Fetzer were elected dea cons. These were installed March 20, 1881. There were fourteen charter mem bers. This congregation' whs received into the fellowship of the Claesta of North Carolina at the annual meeting in Salem Church, Lincoln county, May, 1881. The Classes bad appointed Revs. J. A. Foil and Peter M. Trexler at the annual meeting in Brick Church In Guil ford county in 1880 in answer to a pe tition from Reformed people in Concord “to provide them with a minister and regular service.” Previous to this time Rev. P. ML ier, pastor of Zion and Gilead churches, preached in Concord. The 'record says. “For frsnr -post a wtiirtbeeof-Jtet»rn>cd people who were living in Concord felt a warm desire to have worship after the manner of their own revered church; and if possible to be gathered in a spirit ual household. Particularly so was the family of the lamented Rev, Samuel Fet zer.” Rev. G. Dickey Gtirley came at the challenge of the board of Home Millions whose superintendent was Rev. Dr. Theo dore Appel. Dr. Appel visited Concord and urged the organization. Rev. Mr. Gurley served little more than a year, during which time nine more were en rolled as members. Those now living who were received by Rev. Mr. Gurley are: Mrs. Jane Foil, Mrs. 8. E. Foil, A. Gj- Boat, Mr. and Mrs. J, 0. I/ippard, R. T. Lipparu. Rev, Paul Barringer served for three years, 1882-1884. He was only supply, liaving the large west Rowan charge at that time. During his pastorate the present building was erected, the corner stone being laid in. May, 1884. Before the completion of the church Rev. Jesse W. Cecil became pastor. He preached the first sermon in the new church. The church was dedicated May, 1886, the sermon was preached by*the Rev. Dr. G. William Welker. Rev. Peter M. Trexler became pastor ni October, 1885. During his pastorate the annual sessions of the Classis of North Carolina was held in the church May, 1887. Rev. Paul Barringer was elected president. During this time the church was under the control and aided by the board of Home Missions. In 1891 Rev. Mr. Trexler resigned. The mission was connected with New Gilead Church in 185)2 and made a pastoral charge by the Classis of North Carolina. Rev. Paul Barringer became pastor. A lot was purchased for a parsonage and the house was built in 1803. Rev. B. Frank Davis beoame pastor in 1894. During his pastorate the chap el was built near the Cabarrus Mill, in which a mission Sunday School was fostered for a number of years. In 1896 Concord was made a pastoral charge and placed on the roll of Home Missions. Rev. Mr. Davis resigned in 1808. On June Ist of that year Rev. .1. N. Faust became pastor. He served till August, , 1809. The church was without a pas -1 tor till January 1, 1901, when Rev. W. H. McNairy came to Concord. During liis pastorate plans for a new church were made but for some reason no church wns built. Under the pastorate of Rev. H. A. M. Holshouser. Ph. D„ 1904-1905. the church was remodelled, the pulpit 1 receas was built, the pipe furnace in stalled, new pews were placed, the art glass windows were placed and the church was made new. Dr. Holshouser was chairman, secretary and treasurer of the (Continued on Page Sight) “Made-in-Concord” PICTURES ' At Pastime Theatre MONDAY, TUESDAY, WED NESDAY and THURSDAY Local Scenes, Local People, Lo cal Color ,- —1 . : *'.„'• r ; Beat^Mexico L ft B i M fcnrtd CRo«h O ha* WOB a legal tat with Use Mexican , (Ofwnihent Mexico win pay him riMMtae for kisses sustained to his *““*»» property Ip Lower OaHfomta , daring the Mexloaa Revolution. Now i h*'* coming home to spend Christmas a Potueroy for tthe firm t in.*. MASSACHUSETTS MILLS RESUMING OPERATIONS i Rdccnt Banner Sale of Cloth Has Elec trified Textile Industry in East. Fall River, Maas., Nov. 21.—-The Poeasset Manufacturing company will resume operations next Monday after being closed for nine months, with every department running full time. The concern employs approximately 3,- 500 hands and its reopening is con strued as giving further proof of t ehe optimistic feeling that has entered the textile industry here following the ban ner sales of 300,000 pieces of cloth last week. The Narragansett Cotton Cloth, Manu facturing mills will Increase the num ber of looms and operatives in its weav ing department next week also, and a number of other mills are gradually decreasing their curtailment of produc tion. Although sales in the local cloth mar ket are not expected to equal those of al week ago, n fairly good demand has been noted nil this week, and the total sales will be considerably larger than the average weekly trading for months past. . The local chamber of commerce. In ‘a statement issued today, declares that with!h a period of five weeks every-quli, in the city wil/ be running full time. ENGINEER J. W- MILDER \ IS SCALDED TO DEATH ; la Pinioned in IDs Cab When His En gine Is Struck By Another at Spen cer. Spencer, Nov. 21. —Yard Engineer Jno. W. Miller, aged about 50 years, was scalded to death when Vaught with a sideswipe by another engine on the Spencer yards this afternoon. Death foU lowed in a hospital two hours after the accident. It Is said Mr. Miller’s engine was standing on a switch when an engine in charge of Engineer Swaringen slrndk it, Mr. Miller was pinioned in bis cab with humted steam pipes blowing hard in his face and body. He is survived by a wife and three children and had been iU the service of j the Southern for about 28 years. COTTON SPINNING SHOWED INCREASE DURING OCTOBER Total Spindle Hours Being Over Billion More Than hi September. (By the Annortatrl l’romi Washington, Nov. 22.—Cotton spinning activity showed marked increases during October, the total number of active spindle hours for the mpnth being over a billion more than in September this year, the census bureau’s monthly report today disclosed. October was the most active month in the industry since Jan uary this year. Mrs. Sheatsley Dead Before Body Was Placed in Furnace. Columbus, 0., Nov. 21—Mrn. Addie Sheatsley. 50, found cremated in the furnace of Hie parsonage of Christ Lutheran church, in Bexley, a suonrb Monday, was dead before her body was placed in the fire vault, it was indi cated in a preliminary report submitted to County Prosecutor John R. King by Chemist T. C. oLng, here shortly be fore midnight. Mr. Long said “no trace of carbon monoxide poisoning was found in three ounces of good blood” taken from the lungs of the victim. Practically ait known tests were made in attempts to fiind trace of poisoning, he said. In tense congestion was noted in each of the lungs He stated. “Had Mis. Sheatsley breathed after she entered the furnace, her lungs im mediately would have become filled with | the carbon monozide gas which would have been absorbed at oncA by the blood, “Mr. Long declared. i - ■ Mrs. ABee Longworth Will Become ■ Mother in February. Washington, Nov. 21.—Mrs. Alice Rotee-velt Longworth. it was learned here today, expects to become a mother early in February. Rooms have been engaged for her in ,a Chicago hospital, where she p'ane to ‘ receive her first born. She was married to Representa tive Longworth, of Ohio, the present, Republican floor leader in the house, February 7, 1906, in the White House. , Butterflies Like Whisky. Paris, Nov. 22.—Recent experiments 1 by a noted zoologist have led to the dis covery that male butterflies like to get drunk, while the females shun liquor. The butterflies were placed In a screened ’ garden with bowls of whisky and water. The males invariably took to the liquor. CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1924 j Annual City Father and . Son Banquet Held Here • dh. 1 [More Than 250 Fathers and I Sons Attended Banquet, ( Which Was One of Much j Interest and Profit. [REV. C. bTsCOVIL PRESIDING OFFICER Music, Readings, Short Ad dresses and Supper Among Features Offered to Large Crowd Present. Comradeship and friendship were the prevailing notes at the-city Father and Son banquet held Friday night at the x. M. C. A. Mjfre than 156 men and boys were present in addition to the en tertainers, and the event proved of keen interest to all ..pwsent. Staged under, the direction of Secre- 1 tary H. W. Wanks, of the Y, the, ban- 1 quet was made successful hy the coopera tion of all agencies of the Y ami the city. The qity,. Hi-Y clubs rendered especially fine service to Mr. Blanks as did the Y orchestra and the ladies of the city who prVpiired and seryed the luntheon. v - The following are the officers of the Hi-Y clubs which took part in the ban quet and its preparations: Senior Club—Joe Pell, leader; J. F. Harris, Jr., president; George Howard, vice president; Frank Armfield, secre tary ; Livingston Easley, treasurer. Junior Club —Ed. Morrisqp, leader; Ed. Dojtou, president; John Armfield, secretary and treasurer; Billy Moore, correspondent. The music of the Y orchestra was one of the most pleasing features of the fine program offered at the banquet. Members of the orchestra are: Prof. Price Doyle, director; Jason Fisher, assistant director; Jason Gaskel, violin; John Roseman, trumpet; Carl Biackwelder, second cornet; I,other Black welder, trombone; Archie Earn hardt, trombone; Willie Murr, drum; A. Viola, flute; George Peck, alto saxa-, phone; Bill Caldwell, clarinet; Buford j Dellinger, clarinet; J. A. Peek, bar sax aphone: 8. K. Patterson, flute; John! Goodman, piano; J. P. Peacock, bass horn. The banquet was arranged as a trip from “Dad-town to Boyville,” . and in stead of a toastmaster there was a train dispatcher, and each 'number on the pro gram was given a train number. The dispaeher was Rey. P..IL Seovil. rector of ' AH Snfnts Episcopal Church, wfio preajd-, ed’in a most pleasing manner. Some; of the towns passed by the train, ac- ? cording to the schedule . given to the guests, were HikesviUe, Baseball Corner, Church Pen. Happyhome City and Chum burg. The railroad was described as “America's Greatest.” , The menu also was rather unusual for the ladies served: Fruit Grin - I Salad Blush Meat Compote Rabbit Food J Stuffed Pomme de Terre | Pair and Beurre . Spited Goobers , North Pole and Trimmings I , Blackwater The Davidson College .quartette and Miss Loraine Blanks offered interesting bits to the program. The college singers were roundly applauded after their two appearances, and Miss Blanks read with such unusual ability that she was forced to respond to the applause of her hearers with an encore. * The banquet began with the invoca tion by Rev. R. G. Short, of the West Concord Baptist Church and during the luncheon several numbers were rendered by the orchestra. After the luncheon and before the speeches were made a snappy song was led by Miss Mary MacLaiigb lin, of the high school faculty. “The Sharing of Life" was the subject on which Mr. Seovil talked for a few minutes. It is fine to have the spirit of sharing, which means giving, Mr. Seovill said, but first it is necessary to have something Op share. He declared every boy should Jiave, to share with others, a sound body, a sound mind, and a reverent spirit. “The selfish man who lives alone gets nothing from life,” Mr. Seovil said. “Real happiness come 6 through giving.” J. F. Harris, Jr., gave a toast to dads from the lads, in which he urged his companions to make comrades and friends of their dads.’ The response WPS made by D. B. Col trane, who urged his hearers, and espe cially the young people, to walk care fully- at all times because “we arc being oliscrved.” Neighbors, merchants, bank cis, farmers, preachers and others are watching, Mr. Coltrane said, and the young people must be careful that they “btar watching.” Mr. Coltrane also urged his young hearers to get an aitn in life. “There is no fnn iii life un less it leads to something,” Mr. Coltrane said. “Aim is the bread of spiritual 1 life.” 1 Wallace Moore had for his subject “Pulling Together,” and he gave codes of living for both father and eon that he declared would result in closer rela tionship between father and son. (Continued on Page Two) - '' -’l' CHRISTMAS GREETING CARDS I We have m stock a beautiful line of Engraved Christ- ’ fljt| |j mas Greeting Cards. Call and see them and place your or- Tj 1 J der in good time. The prices are very reasonable, and it W I is best to place your order now while the stock is complete. : times-tribunf, office. | l SIMPLE SERVICES FOR , Mrs. warren harding 1 Service* WiH Be £ eld in Marian Mou ■ day Afternoon—GAe Club to Sing. (By the AnaWflme* Freon) I Marion, 0„ Nov. 22.—Funeral services Monday afternoon at Kpworth Methodist • Episcopal Church here for Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, whujfciird yesterday at the home of Dr. Carl w.? Sawyer, son of the ■ ’ate Dr. C. E. Sawyer. President Hard , ingV persona! pbysdejan. will be simple. • This was amiouyefd today by George ! B. Christian, Jr,}, -former secretary to I Mrs. Hprding, and a lifelong friend of the family, who, k in charge of the fun |eral arrangements. . • i Tentative funeral plans, Mr. Christian i said, include singing of "The End of a ‘ Perfect Day" by the ColUmbus. Ohio. Re- I publican glee elub, which, wliile Mr. Hard - iug was President, was heard often at 1 the White Honse oH sperm 1 occasions. | The song was favorite, ', and always was requested by her when any musical organisation appeared at the executive mansion. THE COTTON MARKET ( —: L. Opened Steady at Decline of 5 to 16 Points Under Renewed Selling Move ment, ; / v •« (By Ur Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 22—The cotton mar ket opened steady at,' a decline of 5 to 16 points under a renewal 'of the selling movement which developed after the pub lication of yesterday’s crop and ginUings reports. December contracts sold off to 23:50, on the further liquidation in preparation for possible notices on Mon day, or about • 10 points shortly after the call. Offerings were absorbed by trade buying and covering at the decline, however, and prices steadied up later, al though the undertone was rather nervous. Cotton futures opened steady; Decem ber 23.55; January 23.75; March 24.10; May 24.45; July 24.48. Closed Steady. New York. Nov. 22—Cotton futures closed steady. Dee. 23.61 to 23.65; Jan. 123.89 to 23.92; Mares 24.30 to 24.33; 'May 24.00 to 24.08: July 24.64 to 24.68. FIRM ACTION DEMANDED IN EGYPT AT PRESENT Public Is Expecting and Demanding That Great Britain Take Firm Measures to Correct Situation. (By (he Associated Press.) London, Nov. 22 (By the Associated Press),—.The BtitisN.jSiblie fee expecting,, j »nd ; the majority, of the London press is ' ; demanding, that the government take firm action toward Egypt in connection with i the assassination in Cairo of Maj. Gen. Sir Lee Btock, governor-genera I of the Sudan and sirdar of the Egypt'hu army, i t The opinion is widely expressed that, notwithstanding the Egyptian officials' compliance with the custcniary f.mnali- t i ties and their expressions of regret, the, murder was actually a political crime oi 'K inating in a desire to oust the British < I from the Sudan. . HQWARD M. GORE IS , ,/ j * NAMED BY PRESIDENT To Become Secretary of Agriculture.-do Succeed the Late- Henry Wallace. (By the AMoetMetl Press.» Washington, Nov. 2.—Howard M- Gore, of West Virginia, today was ap pointed secretary of agriculture to sue- ; cee4 the late .Henry Wallace. Mr.-Gore, who has been serving as act ing secretary since the death of Mr. Wai- ! lace, can serve only Until next March ' 4th. when he becomes Governor of his home state. YVoman in Ohio Hangs Self and Two 1 Children. Massillon, 0., Nov- 21.—A note found on the dining room table when he re- ! turned from a hunting trip early this afternoon, 'directed Donald Burkhart to the basement of his home where" he fonnd hanging from a beam the lifeless body of his wife. Mrs. Ruth Burkhart, 32 and their two children, Nellie May, eight, and Donald, Jr.* seven. Mrs. Burkhart had been in ill health for some time. Police Chief Edward Ertle expressed 1 the opinion that the mother had strangled the children before tying ropes around their necks and hanging them in the cellar. “The two children have gone nnd I am going with them,” Mrs. Burkhart’s note read. President Will Not Interfere. (By (he Associated Frees.) Washington. Ncv. 22. —Regarding par ty organization in Congress as a matter for the members themselves to determine, , President Coolidge has made it clear that lie intends to make no effort, to infla ince the selection of * Republican floor leader in the Senate, or a new spealfer in the House. Robbed of Diamonds Worth SIOO,OOO. (By the Associated Pi css. I Chicago, Nov. 22.—E. T. Morris, a i salesman for a New York jewelry yon corn, reported to the police today that he was held up and robbed by two men in a South Side jewelry store, oL<4***' monds valued at $106,000. ■ ! NEFHEW OF FORMER 1 MMSDOIIIB ■ XLLED 111 COLORADO }N. B. Broward Fatally Sfrot ? in Home of Hal K. Cady, Who Has Been Placed Cri der Arrest. PARTICULARS OF I KILLING MEAGER E Officers Declare Cady Ap l peared Dazed and Did Not 1 Understand What He Had Done. j (By (he i| ll * , ® c,n t®d .IPvc*»-) Orlando, Fla., Nov. 2g.—N. B. Brow ard, nephjjsv,. of former Governor Brow ard, and son of Malcolm Broward, of Jacksonville, was shot and killed early today in the home of Hal K. Cady. Cady was placed under arrest. According to the police, three shots were fired, one striking Mrs, Cady on the cheek. Sheriff Karel refused to let anyone see Cady until after the inquest is scheduled for this afternoon. Sheriff Karel said, however, that Oady was in no condition to talk and seemed in a daze. “He did not know he had shot his wife until I told him of it,” said the sheriff, “nor did he seem to know that he had shot Broward. He seemed to think Broward killed himselt when he stepped on a rug.” “Cady said they were scuffling and showed me a place on his chest some what brtlised, and he said Broward had bitten him thpre,” Sheriff Karel con tinued. Broward formely lived in Jacksonville, but. has been living here with his sister and brother-in-law. Mr. # and Mrs. Leroy Giles. It is said that his wife is liv ing in Jacksonville. They have two children. STILL. WORKING ON • THE BHEATBLEY CASE Officers Confer With Expert Chemists and Others Who Have Had Pact in : Murder Mystery. (By the Anocistea Press) Cohimbns. 0.. Nov. 22.—-County Prose cutor John B. King was in a closed con- ; ferenee Jet* today With experts who ex amined the vital organa. «f Mrs. Addle * 'Sheiadsley, * whose' "body was font; 1 iti’the v furnace of the Sheatsley home, and city detectives who have been aiding in the investigation of the case. Conferring with King was C. F. Long. * chemist, who reported yesterday that af ter an examination of the lungs of the" woman lie was convinced that her dead j < body was put into the heating plant. There was no trace found in the lungs, Mr. • i Long said, of carbon monoxide gas, ash-1' es, or soots, which would have been the case had she deliberarely enwled into i the furnace. i i MR. PORTER GIVES WARNING « That V, S. Delegation to Opium Con- i ferenee Must Have Right to Present | Any Suggestion It Desires. Geneva, Sfov. 22 (By the Associated i Pi'ess). —In a brief but clear statement i today, Representative Stephen Porter, of i Pennsylvania, head of the American del- < egation to the International opium con- i ferenee, served ' notice that the delega tion from the United States would not continue to sit in the conference unless it was given the right to present any suggestion it considered germane to the purpose of the convention. Mr. Porter was driven to deliver this warning be cause of the report of the conference's business committee, which, it was declar ed, tended to curtail the /scope of the , conference and shut out all disenssion of , the important points of the American program. •! BRITISH NOTE HlftlDED I TO EGYPTIAN PREMIER , ■ , „ “ '-4 | Demands Proper Apology in Connection j With the Killing of Major General | Stack. > . Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 22 (By the Aeso- . dated Press). —A British note handed to < tfie Eg.vptiaif premier today "demands a I “proper apology” in connection With the ] killing of Major General Sir Lee Stack, the sirdar, and an indemnity of 500,000 i pounds Sterling. , The note also demands the prohibition i of political demonstrations, ami the with- < drawal of Egyptian officers and units , from the Sudan, the Sudanez troops to 'come under the control of the Sudan government proper. , „ Unhappy Women Smoke, Vienna Doctor Learns. Vienna, Nov. 22. —Happy and satis fied women almost never smoke, Dr. R. Hofstaetter, celebrated grynaecologist, avers in his book, “The Smoking Wo man.” “Women regard smoking as some thing smart,” he continues “Smoking affords them an opportunity to execute I a surprisingly large number of playful and therefore graceful movements and positions. I “It is a significant fact rnai . the smoking woman is much more concerned about the motions through which she! goes as she smokes than is the man, for I whom the accompanying movements, Touch tm the play of his features, bear the character of automatic, unconscious movements.” T MI 1 ' London, Nov. 22.—What js described as a record in Bp* . ,Mr| I SnN \ ' 'lffifiiL' f 1 , This I* the way Charles \V Sarles of Elmira. N Y.. retired engineer, thinks the earth look# In thi* model globe, the depression in the center represents the oceans, ho .Bays. l'. D. C. CONVENTION IS TO COME TO CLOSE TODAY Final Session of 31st Annual Convention WHI Be Held in Savannah During the Day. I (By the ARMoclaifil Pre**.) Savannah, Ga., Nov. 22.—With most of its routine business cleared away, the 31st annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy entered its last day. Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Amerieus, Ga., president-general, e-yiressed herself as well pleased with tlm progress made by the convention and said she was especial ly pleased with the action taken in vot ing the establishment of n Woodrow Wil son scholarship, available to law stu dents, at the University of Yirginina. Approximately $7,000 already has been pledged within the convention for the scholarship, and Mrs. T. T. Stevens, of Atlanta, cairman of the educational com mittee which recommended the step, was planning to renew her efforts for sub scriptions during the day. Tonight, the convention will complete any new business which may develop, will hear the report of the committee on resolutions, and instal the officers for the 1925 term. >■ DAUGHTERS WITHDRAW - SUPPORT FROM WRIGHT "fto Is Engaged In a. Campaign to Cor * reet Naval Records of the Confeder acy. Savannah. Ga., Not: 22 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Support of the work of A. O. Wright, engaged in a campaign to cotrect daval records of-the Confederacy, today was withdrawn by the T’nifed Daughters of the Confederacy iu conven tion here. During (he short debate on the floor of tlie convention no details of the propos ed discontinuance of action were given other (than that the organization was dis satisfied with the methods said to have been employed in the work by Wright. The organization had a committee to assist Wright in his work but when the report was called for the chairman was not present. A motion to discontinue the committee and notify, all chapters of the action was passed without a dissenting vote. SOME RESOLUTIONS BEFORE CONVENTION Delegates to Labor Fedentiou Conven tion Hear Reports on Some Fifty Res olutions. EJ Paso. Tex., Nov. 22 (By the As sociated Press). —A shert morning ses sion ending the first week of its meeting, brought before the annual convention of the American Federalism of Labor today a three hour program of partial commit tee rcuorts on some fifty resolutions. The convention last night approved the report of its committee on education, call ing for an intensive nationwide campaign to obtain ratification of the child lat e amendment to the Federal constitution. An adjournment action had been taken on 22 resolutions, many dealing with rou tine matters or minor jurisdictional dis putes. “The American Federation of Labor will leave} no stone unturned in its en deavor to bring about ratification of this necessary legislation for the protection of children,” said the committee report on child labor. Rep. Longworth Against Insurgents. <By the Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 22. —Representative Longworth, of Ohio, the Republican House leader, came out today in favor of restricting the consideration hereto fore given the insurgent Republicans in the House. These insurgents who failed to support President Coolidge, Mr. I/ongworth said, had no call for undue consideration in the organization of the next House. The Ohio representative who called upon President Coolidge, contended, as have several other republican members of the House or Senate, that inasmuch as the republicans will be held responsible for legislation, the party should take such steps in the organisation of the next House to prevent hindrance from the in surgent group. He did not outline, how ever, any specific plan for taking care of the LaFollette supporters in the way of committee assignments. Heavy Frost Predicted for Tonight. (By tUe Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 22.—frosts are in dicated for tonight in the; southern por tion of the South Atlantic States, the weather bureau reported "today in a summary of conditions. > ============ . NO. 270 ' "' T HP''! COOPER 7 »tllO Offl.lT; JOS. ROORK FREED Verdict in Case Rendered by Jury Which Deliberated Sometime Before Reaching; Its Verdict. » CASE CONTINUED FOR TWO WEEKS Cooper Found Guilty of Vio lating State Banking Laws. -—Was Tried Jointly With Joseph Rourk. (By the Associated Press.) Wilmington, N. C„ Nov. 22.—Thomas E. Cooper, former President of the de funct Liberty Savings Bank of this city, today was found guilty of violation of the state banking laws by a jury in »u --]>erior court. Joseph C. Rourk, former , cashier of the bank, on trial jointly with Cooper, was fopnd not guilty. judge Henry A. Grady, who presided dver the trial, announced immediately after the jury returned its verdict that sentence would be imposed on Cooper at ! 2 :30 o’clock this afternoon. The jury’s verdict held Cooper guilty on four misdemeanor counts in connec tion with transactions in handling the af fairs of the defunct Liberty Savings Bank. : Rourk was indicted on the same counts, and the cases were tried together, tlie jury finding the former cashier not guilty. The case went to the jury at 5:30 o'clock yesterilay afternoon after a trial that lmd lusted for nearly two weeks. It deliberated until 11 :30 o'clock last night when Judge Gmd.v ordered it jockcd up for the night. This morning after only a short period of deliberation, an' agree ment was reached and the verdict an nounced in open court. Cooper, a brother of Lieut. Governor W. B. Cooiier, was president of the Lib erty Sawings Bank which closed about two years ago. He nlso had been con nected with a bank at Raleigh. The state in the long drawn out trial, through Solicitor Woodns Kellum, sub jected Cooper to a gruelling cross exam ination for more than three days. The prosecution contended that. Cooper iu juwdrfeflt us the hank, violated the banking law by making Joans when the reserves of the institution were be low the amount required by l*w. TO WINb UP THE 75 MILLION CAMPAIGN Every Wheel in Every Baptist Church in the State Is Supposed to Turn To- • morrow. • Raleigh, Nov. 22.—Every wheel in ev ery Baptist Church in Xort# Carolina is snpposed to begin to turn tomorrow with n view to winding up the 75 Million Campaign in this state by November 30, when the 1925 unified program will be launched. In other words, all the or ganizations in the 2.200 churches in the state nre supposed to get busy tomorrow and finish up what remains to be coHect*- ed of the 75 Million Campaign pledges taken five years ago. At least $400,000 must be raised next week if the churches measure up to what will be required to meet obligations on the various agencies and institutions of the denomination. Qf this amount at least .SIOO,OOO will go te the Thomasville Orphanage as a Thanksgiving offering, which will count, on tlie pledge. The custom of giving at this time the price of one day’s work to the orphanage has become quite com mon among Baptists in this state. With Our Advertisers. “Fixtures of character'’ at W. J. Heth cox's at low prices. Special-prices on dresses and coats Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Enrd’s. The store will be closed Thanks giving Day. Cook your Thanksgiving turkey with 35 minutes gas on a Chambers range. It eooks with the gas turned off. See ad. of the Concord ami Kannapolis Gas Company. You will find big values in men’s and young men's clothing at the Parks-Be'.k Company. Five furniture for Christmas—it lasts longer. See new ad. ,of H. B. Wilkin son. • Alcohol for radiators at the Central Filling Station. Made-in-Coneord pictures at the Pas time Theatre Monday, Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday. The Flint Forty, a car of refinement, is now at J. C. Blume’g Garage. Go seo it. Dixie Gem coal prepares you for the coming cold wave. See K. L. Craven &•, Sons’ ad. A regular deposit on your savings will soou put you iu the catalogue of the thrifty. See ad. today of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. More than five million farms in the United States produce eggs each year. WHAT SMITTY’S OAT SAYS
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