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* ASSOCIATED** * PRESS • * DISPATCHES * VOLUME XXV BELIEF IN CHRIST ILL SAVE, PASTOR TELLS GRADUATES Dr. J. C. Rowan in Sermon to High School Seniors Tells Them to Find Light in the Deeds of Christ. ‘; 1 FINAL PROGRAM ' THIS EVENING When Members of Class Will Get Diplomas—Dr. Pretty man Will Deliver the Liter ary Address. Taking n» hie text "What Must I Do To Be Saved? Believe On the Lord Jesus Christ and Thou Shalt Be Saved.” Acts l(i;30. Dr. J. C. Rowan preached an inspiring sermon to the members of the gradating class of the High School and to an audience which filled every i■ t at the High School Auditorium yesterday morning. Final gmunting exercises will be held today when the Seniors give theiv Class Day Exercises at 5 o’clock and when the annual address is given nt ft o’clock tonight by Dr. R. J. Prettyman of Gast onia. Prizes, awards and diplomas will also be nt the night gathering. The. Senior , Class entered from the rear df the Auditorium when the Junior Class, acting as the choir, and the con gregation sang Holy. Holy. Holy. This was followed by Prayer by Rev. Den MacDonald and scripture reading by Rev. M. R, Gibson. Special music was rendered by the Junior Class which sang ns an anthem. "Largo” from Xerxes by Handel. A fe male sextette composed of Misses Knth leen Smith, Zula Petrea, Elisabeth Mc- Fndyen, C’arice Troutman. Lula May Ritchie and Beatrice Fisher sang one number, “Lift Thine Eyes”, from K'iza by MewlelHsohn. Miss Dorothea Wolf cccompnnied on the piano. The text of Dr. Rowan's sermon was as follows: What must 1 do to be saved? Be lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou ■ jsbalt be saved —Acts 16:30. I am not here today to tell some new story but an old. old story which you have heard or should have heard before. 1 am going to tell it because I know it is truy and satrsttes the longing of .the human heart as nothing else could do., 1 art) going to tell it because those who know it best seem hungering and thirst ing to hear it iike the rest. lam go ing to tell it because more wonderful it seem* than all the golden fancies of all our golden dreams. I ain going to tell j it because I believe with the author of that grand old hymn. “And when in scenes of glory. I sing the new. new song, ,’twil be the old, old story that I have loved so long.” lam going to . tell it just a simply as I can—that mes sage of salvation from God's own Holy Word. Before telling the old, old story today, let me say that we have a more sure word of prophecy than the words of the hymnist when she said “And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, pew song., ’twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long we have the word of Saint John, who leaned against the Master’s head at the last supper and heard the throbbing of His great heart as it beat for a world. „ This Johfl, banjo lied to tile lonely isle of Patmos and separated from the work that he loved by the rolling waves of a restless sea, being in the spirit on the Lord’s-tday. caught the vision of a better world and heard the music from its distant shore. The song that he heard was. "The song of Moses and of the Lamb." The first part of the song told of God's redemption through Moses —a redemption whiefy.js .still celebrated in the Jewish pa.ssover. I for one; thank God that the Jews still celebrate that feast. What a stay and support it is of our faith in the historicity of the Old Testament! The last part of the song told of God's redemption through the sacrifice of His own son—a redemp tion which is still celebrated in the Lord’s Supper. I, for one. thank God that Christians stiU celebs,t*, that sacrament. What a stay and .support it is of our faith in the historicity of the New Testa ment! Do you think men would have observed for thousand* of years the Pass over and the Lord’s Supper if the Pass over and the Ilord’s Supper symbolize nothing but ancient myths and ties? Certainly; pot! Toa can not logically deny the marvellous redemption of God until you can explain away—absolutely away—the Passover and the Lord’s Sup per. • ■ • - '*■<> - . Now, what is- the message of salva -1 tion from God’s own Holy Word? Lis ten as I quote ft fa ..brief: “What must Idoto be saved? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” That’s the message of salvation from God’s own Holy Word; and that’s my text for today. Some of you may wonder why I have selected that text, knowing that several members of my congregation today may be Jews. I have four reasons for do ing so. and three of those reasons are from Hebrews. My first reason is this: A celebrated Jewish rabbi, may of whose sermons I havje wad, penned these words : “If professing’ Christians had only been true and liv#d Christianity, the world would have been, converted to Christian ity long ago if’ Professing Christ and then living ifi Wilful and deliberate op position to Hjm is no Christianity. Don’t begin to sayj! Why, even Paul was not perfect! Pgui was not perfect; but he wanted to be, and tried to b«. "Not as though I were already perfect, but I fol low after.’’ Are you and I following (Continued on Page Six.) The Concord Daily Tribune Hi .-I—-a—u.. y Former Vice President of the United States Who Died in Washington Today. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Eaay Today at Decline of 7 to 11 Points—Decline Carried July to 22.87. lily tfcc Associated Press) New York. .Tune l.f—The cotton mar ket opened easy today at a decline of 7 to 11 points under loeal and southern selling, attributed chiefly to liquidation of small old accounts due to reports of rain at a few points in Texas and in creasing southern mill curtailment. With Liverpool closed and the government crop report due at noon tomorrow, general business was very quiet. There was no sperinj trading feature on decline which oarried July off to 22.87 and October to 22.38 on the early trading. Covering caused raljjw*- -f six or seven points, but the market was within- a point or two of the lowest and at the end of the first hour, active months showed net losses of five to ten points.. Three more private corp reports is sued this morning ranged from 73 to 77.5 without apparent effect on senti ment. Cotton futures opened stonily: July 22.88; October 22.30; Decem)>er 22.55; January 22.15; March 22.43. “TRADE ASSOCIATION” METHOD IS UPHELD Business Concerns Operating Under Plan Not Violating Law. Supreme Court De cides. (By the Associated Press I Washington. June I.—The "trade asso ciation” method of co-operation within great industries was upheld by the Su preme Court today over the protest of the Federal government, i Laying down principles of fay reaching importance -to the business world the court decide that neither the Cement Man ufacturers Protective Association nor the Mnple Flooring Manufacturers’ Associa tion was invalid under the anti-trust laws. The operations of these two associa tions have been declared by' government counsel to be broadly similar, and typical of a movement among great business con cerns to pool their interests in violation of the Sherman act, under the guise of merely exchanging trade information. "With that contention the Supreme Court disagreed, holding that both organizations were operating lawfully. INCH-STAPLE COTTON 18 POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT SOUTH Says Report of Bureau of Plant Indus try Following Series of Tests. (By the Associated Press) Washington, June I.—Every cotton planter in the South can raise cotton of at least one inch staple, officials of -the Bureau of Plant Industry of the depart ment of agriculture declared today fol lowing a series of experiments through out the belt. .If this is done, they contend, there ■ need be no fear of foreign competition, because American cotton would be far superior to cotton producted by any oth er country. Tremendous quantities of short staple is now produced in the United States tnq commission asserts, due to the mixing of seed in ginning, and is brought into direct competition with cotton of short Staple produced abroad. The seed mix ture at gins can be eliminated only by community co-operation, with local gins, so that only a uniform quality of seed cotton will pass through the gins. MILLS TO OPERATE ON 3-OAY SCHEDULE Three Cotton Factories in Rockingham Community Cut Another Day. Rockingham, May 31. —The Midway, Leak and Roberdel No. 2 cotton mills, which for some weeks have been run ning on four days a week time, will this week drop another day and run only three days—probably on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The stagna tion In the cloth markets forces the short time It is hoped that these three mills will soon find a readier sale and revert to full time. Loses Fight to Compel Children to At tend Public Schools. (By the Associated Press) Washington, June 1. —Oregon lost in the Supreme Court today its fight to compel children to attend public schools. STAR THEATRE “Home of All Good Pictures” Monday and Tuesday TOM MIX in , rrilK RAINBOW TRAIL” \ Wednesday Only WILLIAM FARNUM in "THE CONQUEROR” Thursday Only JACK PERRIN in * “THE KNOCKOUT KID” i Friday and Saturday , DUCK JONES In “THE DESERT OUTLAW” A blazing atory of cowboy trails , i CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1925 mmm opens 1 IN INIS CITY ON THURSDAYJUNE 4TH The Entire Program Prom ises to Even Surpass the Delightful One of Last Year. FIVE-DAY~PROGRAM WILL CLOSE JUNE 9TH The Redpath Chautauqua is Brought Here Under the Auspices of the Woman’s Club of Concord. The Redpath Chautauqua opens its big five- day program here Thursday after-; noon, June 4th. The entire program promises to even surpass the delightful! one of last year. The Jugo-Slav Tam-: burica Orchestra, a thoroughly trained and experienced musical organization, will open the program Thursday afternoon. They will give the melodious music of their own country and also many of the! melodies with which everyone is familiar.. On tile first night following a concert by the Jugo-Slav Tamburioa Orchestra, Dr. Hilton Ira Jones, a well known chem ist. will lecture on “Science and the Fu ture.” His. experiments are fascinating and spectacular. They are entertaining and full of information, not only for the older people but also the younger. On the second morning a special pro gram for the children has been prepared by Mr. and Mrs. Faubel. They will also appear on the afternoon program. They sing,, play and read and have never fail ed to delight their audience. The program for the second evening is given by the Great Laurant and Com pany. It is a spectacular production of Magic and Mystery. Mr. Laurant car ries three assistants and large stage ef fects. Mr. Julian 11. Arnold will give on the third morning a special story recital of interesting incidents of travel and native customs which will be interesting and in structive to the children. In the after noon he appears in the Arabian costume when he gives one of his famdtis lectures on the Arab. Mr. Arnold is a son of Sir Edwin Arnold the author of “The Light of Asia,” and one of the great men of England. The great American comedy “Give and Take" wilt 8* An evening of thorough enjoyment fs m: store for all who see this comedy which played for nearly a year in New York and about eight in Chicago. Re ports from:JottyT .fowiix and cities where it has been presented by) the Chautauqua indicate delightful audiences. N Monday afternoon. June Bth, a Grand Concert is to be given by : the Chicago I.yrit Singers. The Redpath people say this is One of their finest numbers. There will be ensemble singing, duets and so los. Much -of tjieir work is in costume. "Pathways so ''Power" is the subject of a lecture by William Rainey Bennett for the fourth night of Chautauqua. Mr! Bennett is one', of the foremost inspira tional lecturers of today. He has wit. humor, reasoning, everything to hold the attention of an audience, It has been said that Mr. Bennett's lecture is Worth more than gold to a young man Or woman. , The last morning of the five dqys is given to Everett Kemp who has d’Spec ial program for the children. a well known reader and his number will be full of fun as well as its serious parts. In the afternoon Mr. Kemp will present a dramatic entertainment. He is a .mas ter of characterization. The five day program will close Tues day evening, June oth, with a beautiful musical playlet "The Shepherd's Dream.” Miss Feiertag’ the soloist, is a soprano with surprising richness of tone. Every member is an artist. This company is an original idea with the Redpath Chautau qua and has been especially coached by Mr. Sandor Radnnovitis. Beautiful cos tumes are worn by the members of the Colonial Harp Ensemble Company on this last evening. Quite a number thiuk this is best of all the numbers. The Redpath Chautauqua is brought here under the auspices of the Woman’s Clttb, the members of which are selling tickets. The club feels that it i« some thing worthwhile to do—to give to the comnfiinity an opportunity to hear for five days a series of entertainments that are far above the average, clean, whole some, instructive an<} uplifting. The children of our city need a cultivated taste for the higher and better things of (Continued on Page Six) With Our Advertisers. With Goodyear tires on your car, you know you have as good as is made. Sold here by the Yorke & Wadsworth Co. Phone 30. You will find a complete line of sani tary goods in the notions department of the Parks-Belk Co. Mason fruit jars in pint, quart and half gallon sizes at the Charles Store. Congoleum and grass rugs at Patt Cov ington’s. The Browns-Cannon Co. is now mov ing into its new home in the Cannon building. I Ice. coal, service, by A. B. Pounds. ''The Kidd-Frix Co. carries at all times a full line of Victor and Okeh records, player rolls, statitonery, office supplies and musical instruments. Robbers Get *15,000. (By the Associated Press) Chicago, June I.—Five robbere held up and virtually cleaned the Baker Street Bank in Cicero of vailable cash estimat ed at $15,000 today. The robbere es eapeds in an automobile. He Takes a Downward View ■ 1 j 1 This is Clyde E. Pangborn, America’s first “upsidedown flyer,” and the star pilot of The Flying Circus which The Tribune will stage at the flying field a mile and a half out South Union street next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. You are invited to attend. THOMAS R. MARSHALL Mwmm He Had Been 111 For Several Days But His Condition Was Not Regarded Serious Until Early Today. PLANNEDTOGO /. HOME THIS WEEK Heart Affection Caused His Death. —Served as Vice President During Trying Days of the World War. Washington, June 1 (By the Associ ated Press).—Thomas R. Marshall, war time vice president of the United States, died here today. He passed ayvny at the New Willard Hotel here, where lie hnd been ill for several days with a eokl and heart affec tion. The end came unexpectedly as the for mer Vice President had shown improve ment in the week he had been. confined to his hotel room, anil plans had been made for his return to his home in Indianapolis some time this week. Accompanied by his wife. Mr. Marshall came to Washington a week ago today. On his arrival he went directly to the ho tel complaining of great exhaustion. When physicians were summoned it was found he had suffered from a heart attack. He regained his strength gradually, however, and was soon in such condition ns to al low Mrs. Marshall to leave the bedside and attend to errands about the capitol. Death resulted from a recurrence of the heart attack which he suffered a week ago. Tentative plans were made for the bur ial at Marion, Ind., near his father and mother and a foster child. When the end came the former Vice- President was sitting up in bed. reading from the Bible to which he had turned throughout life for consolntion and gu:d ance. and into whose passages he often delved in his office adjoining the Senate chamber in moments when his presence ■ was not required as presiding officer. Only a nurse was at his bedside. Mrs. Marshall was in an adjoining room. Sud denly slumping down into the pillow he . passed away without a word and appar ently without pain. The room in which he died was on the i fourth floor of the Hotel, overlooking L street, fashionable shopping center. It was in this hotel he had resided during 1 his official life in Washington. > The former Vice I*resident had planned * a ten day stay in Hie capital. It was one o t the periodic visits he had made since his retirement from the Vice Presi dency in 1021 »nd on these occasions he had always called at the hWite House to I pay his respect* to the President. t‘ Mr. Mnishall came to public office from - Columbia City, Ind.. hut recently he had - opened a law office and moved into a mod est residence ji Indianapolis. CONFLICTING TALES CKEDM'SDEffI Police Inquiry Into Death of Deo Reynolds Parsons, Wealthy Chicago Man, Brings Different Stories. WIFE SUGHTLY HURT IN FIRE Body of Dead Man Found After Fire In The Drawing Room—Say Wife Tells Dif ferent Stories About Fire. Chicago, June 1 (By the Associated Press). Stories confronted the police today in the : r efforts to ac count for a mysterious fird which caused the death of Deo Reynolds Parsons, a wealthy broker and club man. in his apartment in a fashionable - North Side neighborhood Sunday morning. Firemen found Parsons partly clothed in the burned drawing room of his home. In the apartment at the time were Mrs. 1 “arsons and James King, a policeman who said he had accompanied the broker j home several hours previously. Mrs. Parsons, an amateur singer, and known to her friends as a motorist and horsewoman, suffered slight burns on the face and hands while King was severely burned and also injured when he fell from a second story window. Many persons about to attend services at the nearby Michigan Avenue Church and millionaire residents of the Gold Coast were attracted to the scene of the blaze. Mrs. Parsons said she did not know of her husband's death when she greeted firemen who entered the apartment. At first informing the police that she and Mr. Parsons returned home at 10:80 Saturday night, she later fixed the time as 1:30 a. m. Sunday, saying she had retired immediately. Neighbors reported, however,.they had heard the two talking loudly in front of the building about 4:30 o'clock Sunday morning. Awakened by someone about 10 a. m., Mrs. Parsons summoned a Japanese ser vant and sounded the alarm. The Japan ese said that previously Mr. Parsons had awakened him early in the morning to prepare breakfast for the clubman and Policeman King. Breakfast over, the butler went back to bed, he said, leaving Parsons and his guest in the living room. Firemen believed that Parsons, holding a lighted cigarette, may have fallen asleep on the divan, thus starting the fire. Be side the body was found an unexploded revolver cartridge, but its presence there could not be accounted for. King, who was questioned at a hos pital, said he had just ended hiß patrol duty on upper Sheridan Road when an automobile careened towards him and halted at his side, and the single occu pant, Parsons, introduced himself and in vited the policemnn to help him drive ■ home. King accompanied the broker to the Gates Flying Circus to Be inConcord for2Days — * i EXPECT ADVERSE REPORT 1 ON LEASE OF SHOAr Believed Special Committee Against t\_ Lease of Power Developed at Plant. (By the A.MMlairt Crra.l Washington, June I.—An adverse re port on the proposed leasing of power at Muscle Shoals, Ala., is expected to be recommended to the war department by the Mnscie Shoals commission. This is the sentiment of members of the commission now in Washington, who also have been in touch with other mem bers. The war department some time ago asked the advice of the commission with regard to the proposed leasing of power. The commission’s answer will be 'drawn up at a meeting called by Chairman McKenzie for June 10th. to be held here. This will be the first meeting of the commission since it was organized. Investigation of the Muscle Shoals property has led to the conclusion that the new power expected to be available by July Ist as a result of the work on the Wilson dam will not be ready until December Ist. By that time the com mission is expected to have drawn up its report on the disposition of this prop- 1 erty. This report will be submitted to Con gress which convenes again in December. President Ooolidge holds the view that J no power should be leased if it will inter , sere in any way with the final disposition of the property. On such a ground it is understood the commisison would recom mend against leasing of the power. The War Department, however, is not bound to follow the recommendation. CONDITIONS AT MINE APPROACHING NORMALCY Only Work of Experts From Washing ton Left to Remind One of Last Week’s Explosions. (By the Associated Press) Coal Glenn, N. C.. June I.—Conditions at the Carolina Coal Company's mine here today had resumed a normal appear ance. Only the party of Federal experts here to make an official investigat'on of the disaster of test Wednesday which snuffed out 53 lives, and the Red Cross relief workers remained as outside evi dence that disaster had visited the little town. The ropes which held back hun dreds from the mine while rescue was in progress were no longer netsjed, for the crowds bad departed. The relatives had scattered to their homes in Chatham and adjoining counties to mourn their grief free from the curious glances of the thou sands who had come from far and near the- —- r -,. „ Many of the miners who had responded nobly to the call for rescue workers today slept for tie first time in four days ex cept for intermittent naps., Within the mine the experts and a small crew of minors explored the innermost recesses in an attempt to determine the couse of the three explosions which killed half the adult population of the town and wrecked the mine so that its operation \yiil be im possible for many weeks. Red Cross workers were engaged today, in making a survey of the situation "for the purpose of extending relief to stricken relatives. An appeal by Governor McLean for .$35,0(3) for the work was supple mented by $5,000 from, the Red Cross' funds and it was indicated in reports re ceived here that the Governor’s call was having imediatc response. TIIOS. J. DAVIS ENDS LIFE AT CHARLOTTE Presitlent. of Elba Company Brooded Over Business and Illness of Asso ciates. Charlotte. May 31.—Thomas J. Davis, president of the Elba Manufacturing company, shot himself through the brain with a .32 calibre pistol and died in stantly in his office here late today. His son: Merriman R. Davis, who had gone to the local plant with the father a few minutes prior to the shooting <vas in an adjoining office when she heard the fatijf shot. Officers who investigated pro •noqueed it a clear case of suicide. Brooding over business worries brotight about by the long continued ill health of his chief business partner, John R. Vanness; the recent death of his near neighbor, friend and business associate, Sam It. Moore, and the ill heaflth of the manager of the Maxton 1 plant of the Elba company, was the I cause assigned by riifmbers of his "family | for the act of self destruction. Mr. Davis was in his 65th year. He has two sons, students in the Univer sity of North Carolina. He was connect ed with a variety of business enterprises in Charlotte. latter's apartment where.they were served breakfast, after which he said he depart ed. ■ He had just reached the downstairs eu : trance, he related, when a man rushed up aud said the apartment was on fire. King went back, entered the living room, arid closed the door, he said. Unable to open it, he opened the window, hanging to the ledge until his strength gave way and he fell. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons were married in 1022. He was 40 years old. Concord Theatre (YOUR BEST THEATRE) I THURSDAY-FRIDAY-SATURDAY ? Marlvin j LaMann ? TnAAVQ NENPS TODAY NO. 129 Tribune Con -tftte .niseis Good for t ree Hides to Be Dropped in Front of Our Office. DEMONSTRATIONS OF STUNT FLYING ‘“Peck’s Bad Boy” Will Pre sent Some Daring Exploits. —Be at Tribune Office at i Noon Each Day. He has settled down to steady work now. this slender young man who earned the title of "Peek's Bad Boy” during the war because of his daring exploits in air planes. But occasionally he finds time to play, and play to him means to tumble and toss an airplane in the skies like a twirling twig in a windstorm. His right name is Clyde E. Pangboru, and he is the star pilot and one of the I owners of The Flying Circus which The Tribune has contracted to bring to Con cord to stage free exhibitions of stunt flying and aerial dare-leviltry Tuesday and Wednesday; afternoons. In addition to Pangborn. there will be Pilots Ashcraft a ihJ Brooks.— Diavalo Krantz, the wingVvalfeer ; Chance Walker. "Wild Bill” Wunderlich, Ivan Gates him self and others. The 'planes will fly dvrifHflffc business district of Concord at noon Tuesday and Wednesday and each day will shower down copies of The Tribune in front of The Tribune office. Inside these rolled newspapers each day will be fljre tickets, each of them worth an airplane ride without any cost. Other persons who desire to fly will be taken for aerial “sight-seeing” tours at nominal charges before and after the exhibitions. Pangborn was an experienced pilot when America entered the war, and he soon was selected as an instructor. But be wouldn’t confine himself to the safe and steady courses of the air. He was what is called a “born stunt pilot.” He wanted to send his plane through twists and twirls, through loops a spirals. One day. he attempted to roll the wheels of his 'sip' over the roof of his command ing officer's quarters. He was “grounded,” 'the penalty for disobeying orders, which at that time prohibited stunt flying. But lie was up again, only to be “grounded” ngain. Time and again this ers were sent to France, but Pangborn, spending about half of his time on the “ground", only could regret his foolish iin-. pulses. Thus he gained the name of “Peek's Bad Boy.” But during this time he learned how to fly 'an airplane upside down. To ac complish the feat meant that both he and • the airplane would become covered with hot oil, that the motor would probably be .stalled, and that he'd take a chance on his life. ©at he did and thus earned a new name, which still sticks to him. It is "Upsidedown” I’augborn. The upsidedowri flight will be one of the features of The Tribune's Aerial Meet in Concord. Moving Mountain Pauses in Slide To ward Valley. Denver. Colo., June I.—Charles W. Henderson, mineral geographer of the United States Geological Survey, points out that even a mountain cannot engage ing “galloping" without pausing to "catch Its breath.” He believes that the “mov ing mountain" on the highway between Meeker and Rifle, .Colo,, may be resting for another slide into the Rio Blanco val ley. A number of large cracks have appear ed across .the base of the mountain, and this, according to Henderson, indicates that the base of the peak is weakening. If (his base, a stratum of sandstone, gives way, the mountain is expected to silp farther into the valley. Geologists attribute the movement of the mountain partly to “a physical ampu tation" of its base, made for the con struction of the highway. This slicing iof the peak's tie apparently upset its j equilibrium, they say. Six White Miners Killed. (By the Aaooelated Press) Birmingham. Ala.. June I.—Six white miners were killed last night in a mine accident at Piper, Ala,, reports to the Little Cahaba Coal Company, owners of the mine here said. Death is believed to have been caused by accumulation of black damp in an unused heading of the mine, which the six men were exploring. There was no explosion. Rowan and Stanly Boys Honored. Among those receiving monograms and letters for athletic ability at the University of North Carolina last week , were Herman Holshffiiser of Rockwell, R. L. Sides and J. B. Hatley of Albe marle. These boy 6 received letters in baseball. The Charles Store Company will open a store in Salisbury tonight. WHAT BATS BEAR SAYS i | fair tonight and Tuesday.