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VOLUME XXV
THE Ml* Kffi
BEGUN TODAY IN TENT
NEAR CEMTTHL SCHOOL
Jujce-Slavi Tamburica Orches
tra, Opened This Afternoon
and Will Appear Again
This Evening.
LECTURE TONIGHT
BY DR. HILTON JONES
Intensive Campaign Today
Resulted in Many Tickets
Being Sold.—Sale of Sea
son Tickets Ends Today.
This afternoon at 3:30 o'clock Con
end's Hedpath Chautauqua season be
gan in the big tent on Central Grammar
School grounds, the Jugo-Slav Tamburica
Orchestra presenting their concert as the
afternoon attraction. Tonight, the sec
ond number will be given at 8 o’clock.
I)r. Hilton I, Jones speaking on “Science
and the Future." The Tamburica Orches
tra will also appear again.
Despite 'the lethargy which was so
characteristic of the early days of sea
son tickets to the Chautauqua the Wom
an’s Club members are confident today
that the quota allotted for pre-perform
ance sale would be disposed by tonight
which marks the close of the sale of sea
son tickets. An intensive campaign
yesterday netted the sale of many of the
tickets.
The lecture this evening, according to
advance dope, is well worth the price,
Dr. Jones being a chemist of note and
bringing a message which is not only en
tertaining but also very instructive. He
performs certain experiments and by
means of them demonstrates principles
in chemistry which lie brings out later
in his lecture, showing what may be ex
pected in the future.
The Jugo-Slav Tambucira Orchestra is
a unique musical organization, in which
the tamburica has a premier place.
H. 1,. Kook wood, piatform manager,
who arrived in Concord Wednesday, de
c'ared this morning that in his opinion,
the lecture this evening will be well
worth the price of the ticket. He told
an incident of a prominent lawyer in
Dumbarton who stated that the per
formance had cost him sl6 and thaf if
was worth every cent it cost.
The second day’s program is as fol-.
lows*: —'
Morning: Children’s Entertainment —
Mr. and Mrs. Faubel.
Afternoon: Popular Enttertainment—
The Faubel , Entertainers.
Night: Magic and Mystery. Spectacu
lar Production, The Great Laurant and
Company.
REPRIEVE IS GRANTED
GERALD CHAPMAN
Date For Death Changed From June 25th
to December 3rd Under the Reprieve.
Hartfbrd. Conn.. Jnne 4 (By the As
sociated Press). —A reprieve for Gerald
Chapman froiq Jnne 255th to December
3rd was issued today by Governor John
H. Trumbull, on the application of State’s
Attorney Hugh M. Alenrn. Chapman
was convicted at the March term of Su
perior Court for the murder of Police
man Skelly in. New Britain and after a
sensational trial was sentenced by Judge
Jenniuga, to be banged at the State’s
prison on June 25th.
Co-Eds Declare Decorous Men Make
Best Husbands.
(By the Associated Press)
Los Angeles, June 4—Results of a
questionnaire of 595 co-eds of the Uni
versity of California, southern branch,
held recently, revealed that men who are.
respectable without being of the “goody-,
good” type, and who have n decorous at
titude toward life and its recognized in
stitutions are the ideal husbands de- 1
sired by modern college girls. The query
was submitted by the civic education de
partment of the institution for the pur
pose of ascertaining what standards are
necessary for husbands.
Other qualifications needed are an in
come of at least $250 monthly, with as
surance of advancement: he myst be a
member of a large family, and prefer
ence was expressed for the professional
or business man who can talk about
subjects other than his business.
Answer China’s Note.
Peking, June 4 (By the* Associated
Pressfl —The reply of the powers to
China’s note protesting the recent shoot
ing of Chinese rioters at Shanghai by
foreign police deprecates the affair, but
said the responsibility rests upon the
Chinese demonstrators and not upon the
authorities of the foreign concessions of
Shanghai.
Round Dance
TONIGHT
—AT—
Poplar Lakei
10 Cents a Set
POOL FREE TO LADIES \
Fresh Water From the City Main’
In This Pool Every Day
\ ‘ A":;';;
The Concord Daily Tribune
Total Concord Fund For the Coal
Mine Sufferers Now Is $143.42
As a result of the second day’s appeal
for relief for the mine disaster sufferers,!
$1451.42 was pledged in Concord, accord-1
ing. to Rev. W*. A. Jenkins, head of the.
Red Cross Chapter.
The following is the fund as it stands
today:
Previously acknowledged $47.501
Mrs. Ada Gorman 19.00 f
E. C. Bnrnhnrdt 1 10.00 1
F. ,T. Haywood I—’_2l ii 10.00
IV. G. Caswell - ■ 5.00
W. It. Odell 5500
A. Friend .1 1.00
M. Meriweather 5.00
ID B. Coltiane 5.00'
FRED J. KRICKE IS
SUED Fi BIG SUH
Suit Against Him Is Said to!
Be Sequel to Robbery of j
Jewels From Mrs. Irene j
Schoelkpf In 1923.
(By the Associated Press) j
New York. June 4.—The Evening
World says today that a sequel to the j
. robbery of $285,000 worth of jewelry
! from Mrs. Irene Schoelkopf of Buffalo. |
(January 1. 19251, when she was lured to j
> a New Year’s party In the New York ten- j
| derloin has come to l : ght with the service j
iof prfpers here on Frederick J. Kracke,!
appraiser of the port of New York, iu I
suit brought by Mrs. Schoelkopfs hus-1
band. C. P. Hugo Schoelkopf, to recover!
$35,000 which he alleges was paid under
duress.
Clarence E. Dill Is named ns posdc
fendant with Kracke in the suit, which
was filed in the Supreme Court of Erie
County. ' The plaintiff alleges he paid the
defendant $25,000 on his representation
that Mrs. Schoelkopf was said, to have
been implicated in gllp robbery by a con
fession which the defendants alleged to
have been made by Frank Carmen, and
that publicity of the case against Carmen
would do her harm. The complaint states
that Carmen made no sueh confession.
EXPERIMENTS POINT WAY
TO NEW TYPE OF AIRPLANES
i !
A Tailless Biplane. Weighing Less Than '
600 Pounds Declared Practical. 1
(By tbe Associated Press)
Santa Monica. Ctfl. Jnne 4.15--A tailless 1
biplane, weighing iess than 000 pounds. ■ |
which may revolutionize aviation, was 1
declared practical here recently by Pro- 1
femor A. A. Merrill of the California 1
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Cal.. 1
following what he termed “successful
trial flights” at Clover field, near here,
of model planes. 1
Such a machine, in miniature, shot 1
from a catapult, sailed gracefully 1
through the air for a distance of more 1
than 100 feet and maintained a speed ,
of thirty-five miles an hour. It was held .
perfectly balanced in the air by arti- ,
ficinl air currents furnished by four
large motors.
A man-sized plane, which will have ‘
a wig span of twenty-two feet and a
length of nine feet from the propellor to 1
the tip of the fuselage, is being con*
Htrueted at Venice, Cal.. neßr here, 1
nnder the supervision of Professor Mer- I
rill. It will be driven by a light four- 1
cylinder motorcycle engine. The snip •
will be tested at Clover field upon com
pletion, which will be about two months
hence.
“The wings on the regular biplane 1
now used in commercial aviation are so
eonstructed that the air strikes them
first and is forced down and upon the
tailpiece, wjiich eliminates the pitch of
the plane.” Professor Merrill said in ex- 1
p’aining his theory. “The tnilpiece was
eliminated in the construction of
models and gliders by determining a
point of gravity, and adjusting the
lower wing of the tailless plane so that
air currents strike the two wings si
multaneously. Although the plane may
have a greater tendency to rise and fall
than the ordinary type plane, it will te
main perfectly ba’anced,” he concluded.
Another Special Venire For Shepherd
Trial.
(By the Associated Pres*)
Chicago. June 4.—Another special re
nire of 100 men, the fifth, reported today
for examination in the selection of jur
ors in the trial of Wb. D. Shepherd
for the murder of Wm. N. McClintock,
now in its third week.
Controversy was waged between As
sistant States Attorney C. E. German
and W. S. Stewart, chief of defense coun
■ sel before court opened over the compe
tency of testimony of the testimony for
! I the prosecution by Judge Olsen of the
municipal court. Judge Olsen instigated
, j the investigation of McClintock’s death.
I Rug and Drugget Sale at Parks-Bdk
Company’s.
The Parks-Belk Co. bought a large
number of rugs and druggets through
the Belk system at the rpeent auction sale
of Alexander-Smitb Co. and secured some i
great bargains. They are now offering 1
them to. you. The prices range from 10 |
■ cents to $59.50, and everybody can be
j sinted. See the big ad. on page six to-1
day.
j 450 Suspects Arrested in Bulgaria. *
■ Sofia, Bulgaria, June 4.—The country
wide roundup of communists yielded 450
suspects, many of whom have confessed,
the police said, to connections with illeg
al organisations. Two suspects were
! killed at Lourgas when they resisted ar-1
r !
i Dound dance tonight at Poplar Lake,
| ten centa a set. Pool free to ladies.
1 Fresh water froin the city main in this
pool every day. ]
CONCORD, N. C , THU RSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925
Mrs. J. W. Cannon. Jr. 8 02
! Mrs. Zeb Moore 5.00
| Mrs. M. E. Camion 10.00
,C. A. Cpnnon 10.00
<’. W. Bwink 5.00
Mrs. John J*. Allison 5.00
[A. S. Webb 1.00
| Total $143.42
C The amount which the Red Cross has
1 asked North Carolina to raise to relieve
suffering amoug the widows and children
of the 53 men killed in the mine explos
ion is $35,000.* This amount is consid
ered necessary in caring for the 163
children left fatherless and the other de
' pendents.
KIRBY THREATENS
TOM 01 LIFE
Admitted to Officers That He
Killed Miss Aida, and Says
He Will Kill Himself If
Given the Chance.
Augusta, Me.. .Tune 4 (By the Associ
ated Press). —PrecauCons are being tak
en to prevent Harry A. Kirby, confessed
murderer from killing himself. Through
the bars of his cell in the county jail here
yesterday he admitted to County Attor
ney Southard that he strangled to death
Miss Aida Heyward, shot her aunt. Mrs.
Emma M. Towns, and then set fire to
their cottage at Lake Maranaeook, Win
throp, Me., on the night of May l!>th.
Kirby after' the confession threatened to
commit suicide.
He said he was drunk when lie entered
Mins Heyward’s .cottage and shot down
Mrs. Towns. He admitted his story of
finding Miss Heyward's body in the woods
Rfid carrying it to the cottage he occu
pied, was a lip. Instead, he said, he car
ried her to his house after shooting her
aunt and left her tied and gagged while
he returned to Net the cottage on fire.
STREET CARS MAY
YIELD TO BUSSES
Durham Traction Company Trying Them
Out On Several Lines.
Durham, June 3.—Busses may soon
take the place of street cars in Durham
due to the greater flexibility of the motor
conveyance over the old street car. and
the possibilities of speeding up traffic and
giving greatly improved service to the
public generally. The Durham Public
Service Company, through R.. L, Lind
sey. vice president, lias laid before the
city council, a proposal to motorize the
entire Lakewood Park-Mntigum street
line, one of the two main lines of the
Durham system, serving all the northern
and all the southwestern sections of the
city. The council has taken the propos
al under advisement and referred the mat
ter to the utilities committee.
Bus lines are already in operation in
West Durham and over much of North
Durham and the Club Boulevard section.
They' are also being operated on the
Chapel Hill street section during the con
struction of the Chapel Hill street under
pass, which blocks street car traffic to
that end of town.
Where the bus lines have been put into
operation, they have proven speedy, of
practically no inconvenience to general
traffic, as compared with the street cars,
and profitable to the company, the com
fortable busses attracting much traffic
which could not be darwn to the noisy
street cars operating over tracks none
to smooth.
It is expected the city will sanction
the replacement of the street cars with
busses over the lines requested and that
ultimately Durham will do away with
street cars entirely.
MANY RIFFIANS WERE
KILLED IN FIGHTING
250 Killed and 300 Wounded During
tile Fighting May 21st and 22nd.
Fez, June 4 (By the Associated
Press). —An official communique today
announced that the Biffian loses May
21st and 22nd from the French bombard
ment were 250 killed and 300 wounded.
The communique stated there had been
sharp skirmishing in the central section
today with the Riffiians repulsed.
Abdel Krim was reported to be urg
ing various tribsemen who have not here
tofore been fighting, to organize against
the French.
Condition of Sec. Weeks Improved.
Boston, June 4(By the Associated
Press). —Secretary of War John W.
Weeks who has been in a critical condi
tion at Massachusetts General Hospital
since an operation for gall stones a week
ago. passed the best night he has had
since Saturday, according to a bulletin
Drs. Daniel Fiske Jones and F. Gorham
Brigham.
A second bulletin issused shortly after
1 o’clock said:
“There has been no change in the con
dition of Secretary Weeks since this
morning’s bulletin. He is taking more
nourishment and more food than in the
previous twelve hours.”
Disturbances In China Spread.
I Washington, June 4. —Disturbances in
Shanghai and Canton have been extended
•to include Changsha where the situation
ns reported today to the State Depart
ment, is described as “serious but under
control.”
Mrs. Rosario Runno. known as the
“Coffee queen” of San Salvador, is now
in the United States on her way to
Parts for a Rummer vacation, Mrs.
Runno owns one of the largest coffee
plantations in Central America. It con
tains 80,000 ares.
1A 26-story structure about to be erect
ed in Toronto will be the highest of
fice building in the British Empire.
Here to Arrange for Tribune’s
MovingPictnre “Concord’s Hero”
Which The Paper Has Arranged to Present at thfe Con
cord Theatre Here Next Week.
NAMES RECEIVED UNTIL SATURDAY
Fill Out the Application Blank Printed In Every Issue
and Send In Your Photograph.
Already applications and photographs
are pouring into The Tfibune Movie Ed
itor from some of the hundreds of beau
tiful girls that Concord is graced with,
for the opportunity to play the title role
in the. two reel comedy drama entitled
“Concord's Hero,” which The Daily
Tribune has arranged to have filmed in
Concord next week.
At a great expense The Tribune has
arranged for a motion picture unit, di
rect from the land of the silver screen,
Hollywood, to comp to Concord and pro
duee a picture BDd at the same time
show the !>eople of this city just how a
“movie” is made.
J. 'Cunningham, of the Interstate Film
Producers' of Hollywood, Cal., arrived in
the city today and is {completing arrange
ments for the filming of the comedy,
which will be personally directed by Don
O. Xewluwl. Assistant Director Den
mark, after motoring in and about the
city looking for* "locations" to be used in
tile picture was enthusiastic over the scen
ic possibilities in and around Concord.
“Great." he declared. Concord has
scenic beauty that eqtials ,the far famed
beauty of California. We have the
equipment. Concord, has the desired lo
cations for _ our “exterior” scenes, you
give us the film folk, and we will turu
out a two-reeler that Concord will be
proud of. '
“Concord's Hero” will be a modern and
up to date comedy, in every respect, being
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Enclose photograph is you have one. It will be returned.)
BELRIDGE OIL CO. SUIT
WILL BE TRIED JULY 14TH
Has Been Pending* For Several Years and
Is Concerned YVtth VAval Oil Leases.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington. June ,4. —Trial of the
government’s civil suit against tile liei
ridge Oil Company pending for several
years, has been set for July 14, in the
United States District Court at Los An
geles.
The suit involves the validity of the
executive order issued by President Hord
ing. tnvnsferring the naval oil reserve
from the Navy to the. Interior Depart
ment, but Fas uo direct connection with
the* litigation in .the Teapot Dome and
Elk Hill reserve cases.
SWARMING BEES MAKE
PRISONERS OF FAMILY
Home-Hunting Insects Take Possession
of Fanner’s Porch.
Louisville. Ky., .Tune 4;—The family
of Mathias Poschingei* were held virtual
prisoners all day yesterday in their home
by bees, estimated to have numbered 60,-
000. The bees, vagrants from a nearby
wood, took possession of the I’oschinger
front porcli at 9:30 o’clock yesterday
morning. Every attempt of the bexeiged
family to gain freedom was promptly
blocked by the insects.
The Poschingers called in a bee ex
pert, who advised that water be thrown
on the bees.
Include Battleships in Publicity Jurisdic
tion.
(By tbe Associated Press)
Geneva, June 4.—A committee of the
arms control conference today agreed to
include warships within the publicity jur
isdiction of the proposed convention pro
vided airplanes also are subjected to the
convention’s supervision.
R. B. Southgate Promoted.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, June 4.—Richard B.
Southgate, assistant chief of Near East
Division of the State Department, has
been appointed first secretary of the Ha
vana embassy.
Seventy-fourth Series
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produced along the same lines ns the well
known Maek Sennett comedies through
the direction of which Mr. Newland lias
made a reputation for himself.
lu a few days. Director Ben O. New
land, who will have charge of the film-:
ing of Tlie Tribune’s comedy-drama.
“Concord's Hero,” will arrive in the city:
accompanied by electrical and studio:
crews with a battery of studio lights that
develop 250.000 candle power of light,
and all the necessary “props” that a pro
ducing unit carries, and the work of
filming the two-reeler wjll begin.
To the movie fans of Concord that
have never had an opportunity to journey
to that magic land of the silver screen
this w : ll indeed be the chance of a life
time, for Director Newland will set up
a pocket edition of a Hollywood {Studio,
and every person who so desires will have
the opportunity of seeing the making of
every “interior” and "exterior” Scene that
goes to make up “Concord's Hero."
Girls get busy, ffHl out the application
that appears in this issue of the paper,
and mail, send, or bring to The Trib
une Movie Editor at once. Now is your
opportunity to fulfill ' that desire, that
every girl has hidden deep down in her
heart, to be able to some day see herself
starring iu the movies.
The Tribune will keep open house for
the names and photographs of all who de
sire to apply for the leading role until
Saturday, so don’t delay, send in your
application and photograph' at once.
THE COTTON MARKET
First Prices Firm at Advance of 29 to
39 Poiiftfl—Further Advancement Came
Later. • .
(By (be Associated Press)
New York. June 4.—A further advance
featured the opening* of the cotton mar
ket today owing to the continued com
plaints of droughty conditions in South
Texas and relatively firm Liverpool
cables.
The first prices were firm at an ad
vance of 29 to 39 points, and active po
sitions sold 37 to 41 points net higher
before the end of the first hour on cover
ing and trade and commission house buy ;
ing. Spot houses again were buyers of
[July but realizing checked the advance
I arotind 23.46 for that position and 22.73
[(for October. Offerings were well enough
absorbed on recations of 8 or 9 points
to give the market a fairly steady under
tone, with buying promoted by reports
that the crop was making less favorable
progress in some parts of Georgia.
Cotton futures opened firm : July 23.35;
October 22.65; December 22.83 to 22.95 ;
January 2.45; March 22.80.
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and put it in fine condition.
To prevent freckles use Venetian Lille
Lotion, sold by Gibson Drug Store. .
Victrolas sold on easy term by Kidd-
Frix Music and Stationery Co.
Bath suits from 49 cents to 98 cents
at the Ctarles Store.
Real liam.s 30 cents a pound, at Ca
barrus Cash Grocery Co. j..,;
The Cabarrus Savings Bank will wel
! come an opportunity to be of service to
you.
Kills Eight Members of Family.
(By the Associated Press)
Hamilton, Ohio, June 4.—Becoming
violently insnne, Floyd Russell early to
day shot and killed eight members of his
family, according to the police who ar
rested him after he had shot and slightly
wounded himself. The victims were his
brother's five children, brother, mother
and sister-in-law.
SIMPLE RITES SAID
OVER THE REMAINS
OF T. R. MARSHALL
Humble As He Was In Life
So Was Former Vice Presi
dent ;In Death.—Funeral
Held This Morning.
SIMPLE SERVICE
ASKED BY WIDOW
Scottish Rite Masons Had
Charge of Services and On
ly Closest Friends and Rel
atives Attended.
Indianapolis. Ind.. June 4 (By the As
sociated Press). —Humble as he was he
in l’fe, so was Thomas R. Marshall today
in dentil. The body of the nation’s war
time Vice President and Indiana's 27th
Governor fittingly might have lain in
state in the capital building where onee
he held high office. Instead, it rested in
his quaint old home here waiting simple
services to be held for him about 10 a. m.
today.
The Scottish Rite (Masons, of which j
Mr. Marshall was an honored member,
will conduct funeral ceremonies which
will be attended only by members of the
order, immediate relatives and members
of the Marshall family. The casket will
be taken to Crown Hill Cemetery, there
to be placed in the receiving vault and
held until Mrs. Marshall determines upon
its final resting place.
No pomp nor pageantry will marl: the
obsequies. Mrs. Marshal] having express
ed the wish that the passing be attended
by the simplicity so characteristic of her
husband.
Laid to Rest.
Indianapolis. June 4.—Thomas Riley
Marshall was laid to rest here today.
Such simple obsequies as might be ten
dered any humble citizen were accorded
tlie man who served the nation as vice
president during the World War. and
who had served his native state of In
diana as its twenty-seventh governor.
A tribute was paid by Rev. Matthew
Smith, Mr. Marshall’s warm friend and
pastor, Scottish Rite, services for a de
parted brother were read, and then the
body was taken to Crown Hill cemetery,
where it will remain ill a receiving vault
until Mrs. Marshall .decides ,upon its final
resting place.
Rev. Mr. Smith, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, which was the wor
shipping place of Mi*, and Mrs, Marshall,
•spoke of Mr. Marshall as a Christian and
of hjs kindness.
FRteNCH REPLY TO THE
BRITISH NOTE FINISHED
Notes Cover Negotiations Regarding the
Western European Security Pact.
(By the Asuociateil Press)
.BariS, June 4.—The Frecch reply to the
British observations regarding the pro
posed French note to Germany answering
the latter's suggestions for a western
European security pact will be sent to
London' tonight considerably nearer a so
lution.
Important to Ex-Soldiers’.
Charlotte, June 4.—J. S. Pittman,
manager of she Regional Office of the
TJ. S. Veterans’ Bureau here announces
the receipt of a telegram from General
Frank T. Hines, Director of the Bureau,
Washington, D. C„ enlliug attentiou to
the fact that, in order to effect rein
statement under Section 304 of the
World War Veterans’ Act, remittance
and necessary proof must be made on
or before June 7, in all cases where
insurance has lapsed two years or more.
Mr. Pittman states that this refers
specifically to ex-service persons who
may be suffering with service connected
disabilities and that existing laws make
it possible for any ex-service man in
normal health, subject, of course, to
evidence of insurability satisfactory to
the Government, to reinstate all or any
portion of his original war risk insur
ance, provided action is taken prior to
July 2, 1926.
All persons interested, especially those
affected by Section 5104 of the Act.
should communicate immediately with
the nearest 11. S. Veterans’ Bureau of
fice for particulars.
Note Given to Germans.
Berlin, June 4 (By the Associated
Press). —The inter-allied note to Ger
many detailing her failure to fulfill the
disarmament requirements of the Versail
les Treaty was today presented to Chan
cellor Luther by Baron D’Abernon, the
British Ambassador to Germany, repre
senting the allied ambassadors who ac
companied him.
Marines Leaeve For Shanghai.
Manila. June 4 (By the Associated
Press). —-With 300 marines aboard bound
for Shanghai the U. S. S. Jackson de
parted from the Cavite naval station to
day. The gunboat Sacramentot now at
Hong Kong has been ordered to Shang
hai also.
Dempsey Will Fight.
(By the Aenoclated Press)
'New York, June 4.—. luck Dempsey, the
world’s heavyweight champion, today ca
bled Billie Gibson, manager of Jean Tun
ney, that he would meet the winner of
t>he Tunney-Gibbons match if “proper in
ducements Avere offered.”
Mr. Moose Here.
John B. Moose, who recently received
his Ph. D. degree at Hartford Founda
; tion in Hartford, Conn., ie spending some
: time with hi* mother, Mrs. Giles B.
: Moose, in No. 8 township.
I A meeting for colored people will be
held at Tucker’s Chapel next Sunday as
ternoon at 3 o’clock.
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NO. 132
LITTLE PROSPECT IS
SEEN FOR PTO
ipiSfWEEK
Weather Man Predicts High
Temperatures Will Con
tinue For the Next 48
Hours, At Least.
HEAT CAUSED*
MANY DEATHS
Practically All of the Coun
try Is Feeling Effects of the
Heat Wave at the Same
Time.
{By the Associated Press)
Chicago. HI., June 4.—Little hope for
cooler weather was held out today by the
weather bureau to a nation sweltering in
many places from the greatest heat in
many years. 1
Continuance of high temperatures pre
vailed from the Rockies To the Atlantic
Ocean for several days was forecast by
weather observers for at least 48 hours
longer at many points. The Middle At
lantic States where the heat has been the
most intense the last day or two and the
Southern States in particular were due
to have a heat wave with them as o more
or less unwelcome guest.
Another Death In New York
New York, June 4.—One dead and siv
prostrations were the toll of the heat wave
for the first few hours this morning as
New York sweltered through its fourth
consecutive day of stifling weather. Be
ginning at sunrise the temperatire mount
ed steadily while a hazelike humidity
blanketed the city. At 11 a. ra. the ther
mometer stood at 84.
JUNE FIRST COTTON REPORT.
Condition of the Cotton Crop in North
Carolina is 74 Per Cent.
Raleigh, June 4.—First report on cot
ton prospects for this season was made
public today by the United States De
partment of Agrienlture. The report
shows that on May 25th, the eondition
of cotton was higher than on that date
in any year since 1018, the average con
dition of cotton in the United States
being • reported at 76-0 percent although,
the ten year average for the same date
has been only 72 percent. The prospect
are poorer - than usual only iu Texas, j
North Carolina nltd Virginia. Practical- .
Ij everywhere else the crop has secured
a good start on well-prepared soil. The
fields are mostly clean and are ifi ail un
usually good stflte of cultixation and
growers are inclined to be optimistic.
The doubtful features of the situation
are the large number of boll weevils re
ported as appearing in the southeastern
states and the. lack of subsoil moisture
in much of Texas. These.' factors, unless
helped by favorable weather, may
materially change the outlook later in
the season.- .
North Carolina Crop.
Tile condition of cotton in North
Carolina .Tune Ist was 74 percent of
normal as compared with 71 percent at
this time last year and a ten year aver
age eondition on June Ist of 76 per
cent. Only three states in the cotton
belt showed a lower average than North
Carolina. Those were Virginia 72. South
Carolina 72. and Texas 70 percent.
This year opened up with the earliest
and most favorable spring preparation
and planting season that the state has
perhaps ever experienced. Farmers were
ready to plant, but feared that it might
be too early for later growth of crops.
While the rainfall has been insufficient
throughout most of the cotton counties,
the tempera tuTe also has been too low
for the development of the cotton plant
growth. Inferior seed were poor in
vitality which accounts in a large meas
ure for the small size of plants and ir
regular stands as much as the unfavor
able May weather. Much replanting has
occurred.
Late plantings will undoubtedly re
sult in poor yields, but there is not near
ly as much replanting as was done last
year. It is well known that a cool May.
such as we have had. results in a good
development of the root system, while
the tops seem to stand still. This stunt
ing effect lends to early fruitfulness
which is an advantage under boll weevil
conditions. However, it is really too
early to tell much about the outcome of
the crop.
The average date of planting cotton iu
North Carolina thus year was about
April 27th, which was about the same
as last year. Cotton was up to a poor
stand about May 20th. but owing to the
poor growth of plants, farmers have
been afraid to chop it out to a stand,
consequently only about 12 percent of
the crop has been chopped to date. Lit
tle chopping will be done until warmer
weather insures favorable growth of
the remaining plants.
According to the growers’ reports, 00
percent, of the cotton acreage was ferti
lized this year with an average applica
tion per acre of 450 pounds. The aver
age value per ton of the fertilizer used
was about $30.50.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS
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