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• ASSOCIATED 8 8 PRESS 8 8 DESPATCHES 8 888888888 VOLUME XXV More Earth Tremors Felt In Santa Barbara During Night; No Further Damage Reported NUMBER KILLED IN ' THE FIRST QUAKES Most of the Deaths Were Re ported in Santa Barbara Where One of the Largest Hotels Was Destroyed. ASSOCIATED PRESS SOON ON THE JOB Sent First Direct Messages From City After Rigging Up Temporary Quarters In Ruins of ,the City. (By (be AuMlnte* PiexH.) Santa Barbara, Juife 30.—A violent in thquake shook struck this city at 1:22 o’clock this morning. This was the heax icst shake since the heavy tremor of yes terday morning. Quake Felt at Santa Crux Santa Cruz. C'nl.. June 30.—A slight earthquake shocks were felt here at 6:43 yesterday evening. Reports from Salinas and Watsonville, indicate that the quiv ers were felt there also. No damage was done. Associated Press Gave First Direct News Santa Barbara. June 30 (By the As sociated Press). —From a flimsy shack Bxl4 feet “furnished" with five small empty packing cases and a make believe •able of discarded boards, to which an Associated Tress wire had been hooked hastily, the first direct news of Santa Barbara's disaster went out to the world shortly after noon yesterday. This emergency headquarters manned by Associated Press staff writers and tel egraph operators, filed a steady stream of news on the seaside tremor through the day and into the night, checking and re checking the lists of dead and injured, esf'mfating and re-estimating front best avaUuble data the loss to the community. from here she staff men ranged the stricken area from the Arlington Hotel to the water front in never-ending expedi tions to get the facts to the outside world. When nightfall came, a new problem faced them—what about light? For the wires had to be kept going so that those who read the morning papers comfortably between sups of coffee might know how a city of 31.000 had fared during and after one of the outstanding cataclysms of the 'Pacific Coast. Another Quake. Santa Barbara, June 30—A severe earthquake again rocked the ruins at 4:3!) til's morning as sailors began dis embarking from the battleship Arkansas. Tells of Collapse of Budding. Isis Angeles, June 30.—A graphic ac count of the terror that overtook occu pants of buildings in the downtown dis trict of Santa Barbara yesterday was brought here today by W. It. Scott, of Isis Augeles. who had a narrow escape from death in the California hotel. * Awakened by the first shock, he said he saw the walls of his room shaking. "They swayed sickeniugly,” lie contin ued. “I leaped out of bed and raced downstairs, elail only in my pajamas. In the lobby I overtook a man struggling toward the door with a small ehild. As they reached it. the building gave way. Debris and wreckage piled upon them. I dived through a window into the street. “When I looked back, the hotel was a gaunt ruin, its outer walls had failed into the streets. Standing on a heap of wreck age on the third floor I saw a fat man screaming at the top of his voice for a taxicab. “Later I found most of the guests in scanty attire in a nearby vacant launch.” Disagree as to Cause. New York, June 30.—Experts were divided today as to the cause of the Santa Barbara earthquake. Ocean leakage, ac cumulated strain in the earth crust, vol canic disturbances, sinking of ocean bed, and extreme hot weather, were among the causes assigned. There was also disagreement as to whether there was any relation between the tremors in Montana and those which laid Santa Barbara in ruins. Some ex perts said there was no connection, while others thought that the Montana shocks pulled the trigger aud caused the twelve minute disturbance of rock strata under Santa Barbara and vicinity. Dr. ■Herman L. Fairchild, professor emeritus of geology at the University of I Concord Theatre I ((COOLEST SPOT IN TOWN) LAST SHOWING TODAY CONSTANCE TALMADGE IN “HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE” I It’s a First National Also Paths Nows and Aesops j Fables 1:30 to 11:00 P. M. i 10c—aOo—30c I TOMORROW BETTY TOMPSON in “WOMAN TO WOMAN” H The Concord Daily Tribune Rochester, N. Y., said that the Montana tremor traveling underground might have touched cff stored-up strains in southern California. He said that the Montana I tremor might also lead to further shocks - in the western mountain states in the ) next fe wdays. The view that the Montana ami Cali fornia quakes were unrelated is held by , William Howie, chief of the division of geodesy of the Coast and Geodetic Survey l at Washington. “The earthquake at Santa Barbara;is ’ the same old story, an ocean leakage,” ; said Prof. T. J. See, of the Mare Island observatory at Sian Francisco. The quake in both Montana and Cal ifornia may be attributed to the re -1 sumption of volcanic activity in Mt. Lassen, a peak in the Sierra Nevada range in the northwest part of Cali ' forma. Brother G. E. Rueppel, St. Louis ■ University seisihogrnpher, believes. The volcano has long been dormant and was considered extinct. Streets a Mass of Debris and Ruins. Santa Barbara. Calif.. June 211.—A series of earthquakes, described by sur vivors as rocking and swaying the busi : »es« center of Santa Barbnra ns if it were on a turbulent ocean, early today left the principal structures of the Channel City a mass of debris and ruins. The loss of life was not large, due to the tremor occurring at 6 :44 o'clock in the morning and n’so that the mass of ruins fell in the second earth quake some 13 minutes after the first tremor. Estimates of the loss vary from $3.- 000.000, a “conservative" figure by the city manager, to 30,000,000, a figure quoted by the city engineer. Indications the that 12 lives were lost, although this rests upon the re covery of several bodies asserted to bo in the ruins. Chastly Ruins. State street, the main thoroughfare, is a ghastly avenue df ruin, portions of its most stately building being tumbled down, and cornices, walls and fronts of practically all principal structures shat tered down. The earthquakes continued nil through the day. They menaced the water supply by crashing out the dnm of Sheffield reservoir, but a by-pass has been established back in the hills and water provided for the city. Tensor-Stricken. The terror-stricken 30,000 mnab itants in most cases settled down to an emergency existence by noon, many of them living on the lawns.' “I have been through 50 earthquakes, hut never one like this before." said Manager Richmond of the Arlington hotel. "It just took the hotel that we con sidered strong ns a fortress and shook it back and forth ns if it were a rag. “It was precisely ns if one were at sen in a storm. One wou’d not believe it were possible for n building to move with such force in so many directions and nppadently so limply r.s did the Arlington. “The hotel is a total loss.” Other stories of the motion of the earthquake were similar. Like Sea Storm. “The twisting of the earth was like a violent storm at sea,” said Harry A. Ford, janitor at The Daily News. He was one of the comparntively few men in the downtown district when the earth begnp its shivering. “The first shook shook The Daily News building like a little ship in a big storm. It knocked several of us down. There was nothing to do, it was just a question of getting up and holding on. Then came the second shook. This was the one that did the damage. It just rooked baek and forth, back and forth, until the crunching nnd crashing sounds showed that the buildings were being torn down.” Autos Burled. Along the main thoroughfare. State street, there were many automobiles and trucks which had been parked at the curb and which were almost buried under the debris. It was in one of these that William Matthews, a lather, was . killed. 1 The finest building in town, the San J Marcos, a big four story firstelass struc ture, built ns an “L,” on a corner, had ■ , its who'e corner center pushed Into the i debris. Dr. James Angle, dentist, was , killed in this crash. Father Augusten, at the old Santa i Barbara mission, told a thrilling story i of what he declared to be a miraculous . delivery. At the first tremor he went to • the second story room where Father englebrecht, aged priest and author of r bistories of the mission, was confined as [ an invalid. Lifting the invalid priest to his back, 1 Father Augusten proceed to the stair- I way when with the second Rhoek he fell J through a hole to the floor below With the invalid priest on his bnck. Neith er was injured. Doheny Gives Bond. (By the Associated Press) I,os Angeles, Calif., June 30.—E. L. Dohney, oil magnate, appeared before United States Commissioner Raymond I, Turney and posted $5,000 bond yesterday for his appearance in Washington Oc tober uth to answer the indictment re cently returned against him and Albert- B. Fall, former secretary of the interior. A butcher convicted of selling bad meat, in the olden days of Britain, stood in the pillory while the meat was burned I to windward of him. Being luck ia often * sign of bad luck. The Assyrians were the first to equip | an army with iron weapons. CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1925 SANTA BARBARA IS ! AT WORK ALREADY; Despite the Great Havoc Wrought by Earth Tremors Citizens of City Are Al ready Buiding Town Again NINE KILLED IN THIS CITY ALONE .Thirty Others Are In Hos pitals as Result of Injuries —Loss Is Eestimated Now at About $15,000,000. (By the Associated Press) Santa Barbara. June 30.—A hot .Tune sun rose today on a physically prostrate city by the blue I’acifie that throbs : nevertheless through every pile of her earthquake debris with the indomitable spirit of ' The tablets of death indicated that 1 nine victims ha*l paid with their lives ' their portion of tile toll taken by earth ' tremors that started yesterday morning j at 6:44 o'clock and which have continued 1 at intervals. 1 In the hospitals lay thirty injured. Conservative estimates of material dam- ! age fixed the loss at $15,000,000. More liberal surveys said $30,000,000. The dead: Mrs. Charles I’erkins. 83, ■ millionaire widow, of Burlington, la. i Betram Hancock. 21. son of G. Allen : Hancock. Los Angeles millionaire. ] William Proctor, Patrick Shea, Sen- i tliier Storier. Marrainima Mienestide. Dr. : James C. Angle, dentist, Merced Leon, i Santa Barbara, June 30 (By the Asso > ciated Press). —Looters plied their nefar ious trade amid the earthquake ruins of ] Santa Barbara daring the night. Nmp- i erous reports of their depredations came ] from officers, national guardsmen and j naval reserves who threw -a network of < p&traia arftund the business;district dur- | ing the dark lionrs. i Gaudalupe Catholic Church was said to i have been one of the principal sufferers, ! Here the police report the altar vessel of t gold and silver were stoleu. State Street, the main artery of the i town, and business district, presented a i desolate appearance. In front of one shop . lay what was %ft of a small automobile. < Blocks of stone weighing 400 to 500 ( pounds each had crushed it Hat, and in their fall had ground out the life of Wm. , Proetor, window cleaner, who had just ] driven up to his early morning job when ; the first tremor came. ; In the crumpled ruins of the exclusive Hotel Arl'ngtou, the meeen of world trav elers for years, the fall of a tank con- i taining 6,000 gallons of water had swept ) to their deaths Mrs. H. G. Perkins, aged ■ millionaire widow of Burlington, Ia„ and ; Bertram B. Hancock, son of G. Allen : Hancock, wealthy Los Angeles realty i dealer. Baek of the hills the Old Mission of Santa Barbara founded by the Spanish . fathers who came with the eonquistadores to the new world still stood in part, de fying the earthquakes. It had gone through a similar quake in the 80's and was rebuilt only to suffer a similar fate . yesterday. One other is reported in the ruins. ] The injured were treated at Cottage j Hospital, the only hospital remaining fit I to receive patients. No check lias beert j possible for those treated for injuries in i their homes. Caught By Earthquake That He Fore- 1 casted. Pola Alto, Calif., June 20.—Dr. j Bailey Willis, noted seismo'ogist of ! Stanford University, who predicted an j ear.hquake in the general region of, j Santa Barbnra. is in that city. Dr. ; Willis, the president of the Seismologieal j Society of America, caused to be pub- I lished recently that earthquakes north ; of San Juan Beautistn, San Benito j county, have relieved the earth pres- ] isures in northern California, but that j other pressures were Accumulating in j southern California, which eventually | would resu’t in a big tremor, By a j strange chance he left for Santa Bar bara Saturday nnd was believed to be ; in the heart of the disturbance. Every Child Cam Get One of Our Beauti ful Dolls. Every child should have one of our beautiful infant, dolls—it’s easy. You can get one by getting only 5 six-months subscriptions to The Concord Dally Trib une or 6 twelve-months subscriptions to The Concord Semi-Weekly Times. One of these dolls is now on display in the front window of The Times-Tribune office, and has been greatly admired by all who have seen it. TAX NOTICE All unpaid City Taxes for the |, years 1923 and 1924 w(ill be ad- I vertised and sold after July Ist, 1925. CHAS. N. FIELD, I ■25-st. City Tax Collector. , ;Xi;iXOXr3XI£S3333333Z23333TCTrT'^ 1 M 1 ;j:! Interesting Facts Concerning Our Rural White Schools 1- a Today closes the scholastic year of 1024-25. and figures gleaned ? r from the Superintendent's report as shown below nnd compared with F the years 1020 and 1015 show marked development in our Rural School j progress within the past decade. 1915 1020 1025 jj. . No. Rural School Houses __sl 51 55 j hi No. Class Rooms 04 118 167 "j I;; Value School Property $37,500 $&3,050 1 $301,675 J 1„ Average term in days 112 120 135 i Census 4,958 „ 6784 6508 "j 111 Enrollment „ 4152 4015 5100 I I, Average Attendance 2913 3552 3572 "i .jj No. in High School 73 173 35ft !'j |!, Os <he one hundred and sixty-seven class rooms recorded above for j J ijj the year endiug 1925, 84 have been built in the past eight years, and [j F |L large brick auditoriums. -t |-1 Plans are being made now for much larger developments in our ru- "j t ra ' schools for the next two or three years than lias been made in any j-j I- previous period Qf time* of the same length. '' »• fi •■s*rr t "!■ -r-r rr; i 1 , 1 n»n. lilu'msjjim; !sn»' i-si 1 ■ Z--.T 12:1 nr; aߣni333zr£ry rr GOVERNOR TO RUN STATE ON A BUSINESS BASIS All Departments in the State Pat Under Budget System by a Legislative De cree. Raleigh, June 30.—Every department and institution of North Carolina has been placed on a budget basis, as a re sult of legislation passed by the 1925 general assembly. The act exempts the State highway commission, which al ways lias operated on its own funds as a separate portion of the government, and which will continue as heretofore. The governor, under the new law, be comes the real financial head of the state. He is vested with the power of drawing up, after consulting with the budget commission, the revenue and ap propriation bills each two years, and he is charged with responsibilty to see that appropriations are balanced by revenues. Department heads are brought direct ly under the governor's control by the new law. He has beet, given the power to investigate the cost and methods of operation used by every department and institution, and may recommend to the legislature such changes as he feels are necessary to effect ecowunies in govern ment. He may order drastic reorgani zation of department* if he feels that thereby the stated moneys may be saved. Overdrafts Eliminated. Heretofore numerous independent ap propriation measures for individual insti tutions have been passed by each legis lature. The result has been that the general appropriation bill seldom, if ever, carried amounts covering all State ex penses. In addition, j number of in stitutions, and virtually every depart-] ment, had the power to draw on the' State treasurer .for funds, and this re-1 suited in large overdrafts of the general funds. As an outcome of this policy it has been estimated by the Stale audi tor that at the close of the fiscal period. June 30. 1925, the State will face a dfieit in its general fund of close to $!),- 000.000. The new policy will become effective July 1, 1925. After that date all de partments and institutions will have to keep expenditures within the definite amount fixed in the appropriation bill for their operations. The State highway commission derives its revenues from the four-cent tax on gasoline and the auto license taxes. Out of this income the sinking fund for the road bond issue is cared for. as well as all operating and maintenance expenses of the commission. Ancient Roman statutes are incor porated as common building stones be neath the old Turkish citadel walls of Angora. | ’ You could not buy this beautiful doll for less than $5.00, but you j ?■ may have her FREE for only five six-months subscriptions to The Con '£ cord Dally Tribune, or six yearly subscriptions to The Concord Semi l- Weekly Times. When you have secured the names and money bring or mail to The 1. , Tribune-Times Office, when the doll is yours. jr PRICE OF THE DAILY TRIBUNE In the City of Concord and outside State of North Carolina $6.00 a ' !" year. BOn rural routes and anywhere in North Carolina outside of Con cord $5.00 a year. ", Price of Concord Semi-Weekly Times, $2.00 a year everywhere. If you do not take The Tribune or Times regularly now, your own r subscription will count as one. Ask five friends, neighbors or fellow-workers to sibscribe, and j- the Doll is yours. We will give you a book to get subscriptions. Come i! L anil get one. You will receive the doll just ns soon as you submit your signed j- subscriptions. That is positive, for the Dolls are already in The Times- S; Tribune office. A doll that will delight the heart of any little girl, j. A new subscriber is one who has not been taking The Tribune dur- M ing the last 30. days, and who does not owe anything on bnck subsorip |!|| lions. The Tribune reserves the right to accept or reject any order. Names cannot be changed from one member of a family to another. I ■rt-T TTIf *1 tTTtr TTTTTJI. "I T'»' t 'tTrrt *TI T T ~»" y "TT7 'TT'T't f-rryp' WONDERFUL PROGRESS I MADE BY THE SOUTH • Shown by the Annual Report of the Southern Railway. Washington, D. C„ June 30.—The won derful progress made by the South in the ■ expansion and diversification of its manu facturing activities during the past 20 i years is graphically shown by figures eon -1 tained in the annual report of the South ■ ern Railway Company just issued. 1 From 1904 to 1024 the tons of mnnu- I factured products, including all less than carload freight, handled by the Southern increased from 5,820,828 to 12.291,758 1 tons, or 111 per cent. During the same period the tons of 1 product of mines increased from 8,368.- 471 to 18,009,314 tons, or 110 per cent, an interesting fact being that the coal traffic despite the very large development of hydro-electric power in the South. ' The tonnage of products of forests in . creased frnm 3.607,174 to 7.785,836, or 116 per cent; products of agriculture from 2.450,732 to 4.232.220, or 73 per cent; and products of animals from 283,- 844 to 431,334, or 51 per cent. “A noteworthy feature of this exhibit.” says the report, “is the evidence it af fords of the South’s uniform development along all lines of economic endeavor. More and more every year southern fac | tories draw their raw materials from southern farms, forests and mines.” The report also calls attention to the phenominal development of the textile in dustry in the South and its extension to new fields in western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and northern Georgia; the marked expansion of cement mauu ■ | faeturing; and the healthy growth of the j southern iron and steel industry. Refuses SSOO Won for Pageant, Nashville. Tenn., June 30.—The $350 prize offered by the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian denominations of the South for a pageant to be used during the annual observance of children's week has been won by Miss Minnie E. Ken -1 nedy, it was announced today. It was further announced that Miss Kennedy had declined to accept the prize, deelar • ing that she wished her work to be a contribution to the cause of childhood. She is superintendent of the elementary i department. General Sunday School board of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. The title of the pageant was “The Voice of the Future.” The purpose of children’s week is to 1 belli parents and the church to appre ciate tlie opportunity of producing a Christian nation, it was stated by one • of the leaders in the movement. Dur • ing the week each church pledges itself : to do at least one definite thing for the religious education of children. ! DR. E. I. UN ij WILLING TO SELL | FEET OF HEED Uli j Advises Relatives Here That } He Will Sign Option Giv ! ing City Right to Buy More of Reed Property. 1 BANK PRESIDENT GIVES HIS VIEWS ! Mr. Coltrane Thinks the En tire Street If Any At All Should Be Widened. —Al- dermen Meet Tonight. Word was received by Dr. J. F. Reed here shortly before 2 o'clock to tile effpet that Dr. E. J. Buchanan, of Lexington. . who last week ojqxised the sale of prop erty belonging to the Heed heirs and who inter agreed to a five-foot option , which the city asked for. had agreed to an . option calling for the sale of eight feet I of property so that Depot street could be . widened to that extent. This agreement gives the Board of Al dermen at their meeting tonight 'the prlv iiedge of expanding the street to a width which had hitherto been thought impos sible. The only opposition which now exists to the widening of the street conies from officials of the Concord National Bank who have held buck, it came to light at the Saturday night meeting <f the Itcard of Aidermen, because as Ihe injury which would be done to the tele phone com-nry building. In response to the query as to whether the Nat'onal Bank would oppose a ten foot widen'ng any more than it would a five-foot widening. I). B. Coltrane. presi dent of the bank, declared that he was perfectly willing for the city to take the property provided they were really going to make it a good street. What he op liosed. he said, was that the city take property ami make a pocket, leaving the surrounding buildings to project in un sightly fashion. He favored, lie added, any action where by the city would begin at Church street and come all the way through to Union Street, making the thoroughfare of uni form width. This would give a good wide street and make the expense at tached worth while. Daring the morning, sevetifl measure ments were taken (it~ tft(K street at the square. Engineer Walter Furr re-meas ured Depot street from Spring to Church. He took the offsets in order to deter mine what amount of each jierson's prop erty would have to be lopped off in or der to secure a street the same width throughout. Later Mayor Clarence Barrier and L. D. Coltrane were noted with tape in hand taking street widths from building cor ner to building corner. The meeting tonight which convenes at 8 o’clock is exciting more interest and more discussion than any other meeting of the board in recent years. Groups es persons knot together on street corners and in stores and take up. the pros and cons of the questtion. It is thought that the meeting will be attended by a large delegations of citizens. KANNAPOLIS MAN IS SENTENCED TO JAIL Thomas Baker Must Stay in Jail Ten Weeks for Driving Car While Intoxi cated. (By the Associated Press) Salisbury, June 30.—Thomas Baker, a ■ mill employee of Kanuaiiolis, must spend • his next ten weeks in county jail. This was the sentence passed upon I him today by Judge Coggifts in Rowan I county court after Baker had been found I guilty of operating an automobile while I under the influence of whiskey. Stating he did not wish to deprive i Baker's family of his support Judge Cog- II gins ordered him to report to the jailer | every Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock to ; be confined until 7 p. m. the following I day, for a period of ten weeks. He was ! also fined SSO. [ GIVES WARNING AGAINST CANADIAN FORD COMPANY Corporation Commission Attorney Says Stock Not Worth What Asked For It. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, June 30.—North Carolina in vestors are warned against the purchase of bank shares of the Ford Motor Com pany of Canada in a statement issued yesterday by I. M. Bailey, assistant at ■ torney to the Corporation Commisssion. Mr. Bailey states that the offer as made by the Continental Company of 60 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, N. J., is in defiance of the North Carolina blue sky law. and that the shares are being ! offered at twice their value. “The stock sells on the curb market at $590 per share,” he says. “And the' proposition ' offered, if accepted, will lnet the Conti nental Company SI,OOO on bank shares,” ■ The weekly meeting of the Concord Ro " I tary Club will be held at the Y. M. C. . lA. tomorrow at 12:30 o’clock. A. G. • | Odell will have charge of the program. ’I " ' __ NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that all H persons owning and operating au ; tomobiles in the City of Concord ■ are required to secure city license ij tags and tags for hibe on May Ist !| Persons operating cars after Julj l Ist without proper city license j tags will be prosecuted. CHAS. N. FIELD, jj City Tax Collector. * TODAY’S m 9 NEWS 9 9 TODAY 9 NO. 155 BRITISH REPORTED if CHINESE BRIHOS ; British Vessel Was Guard ■ ing Foreign Shipping When It Opened Fire ori Brigands Who Returned Fire. BRITISH THANKED 1 FOR THEIR WORK • Residents of City Glad to Be 1 Rid of Pirates—Americans Report Disorderly Mobs In Several Cities. I Hong Kong, .Tune 30 (B.v the Associ : ated I’rese). —An armed launch river pa . trol of the British government protect - ing shipping in the western river area I near here today met a large body of brig i ands cruising toward Kong Moon. The i British opened fire on the bandits, kill ing many and dispersing the remainder, ■ for which they were thanked by Kong Moon residents. American missionaries • are returning by rail from Shuiehow, ■ Kwangtung province, reported that they i were met by disorderly mobs at Wong ■ sha and Canton. After the progress of ' the trip was retarded several times they i arrived at Ilong Kong safely. THE COTTON MARKET Rather Unsettled at Start, and Active Months Sold 10 to 15 Points I'nder Yes terday’s Close. (By the Associated Press) New York, June 30.-—The cotton mar ket was rather unsettled at the start to day. recent buyers showing disposition to take profits in advance of the govern ment crop report expected on Thursday. The crop was steady at an advance of 3 point on July but generally 3 to 6 points • lower and active months soli. 10 to 15 points below yesterday's closing figures in the early trading. There was uo indica tion of improvement in the southwestern weather conditions, however, and realiz ing sales were sufficiently absorbed to check the decline at 23.0 N for October and hold the market comparatively steady around the 24 cent level at the end of the first hour. Two more private crop reports issued with condition figures ranging from 69.2 to 74.5 per cent., and crop indications from 12.604.(MM) up to 13.7(M),(MM) bales. Cotton futures opened steady: July 24.07; October 24.0* ; December 24.16 ; January 23.03; March 23.90. With Our Advertisers. East showing today of Constance Tal madge in “Her Night of Romance.” It's a First National and a good one. Tomor row, Betty Compson in “Woman to Wo man.'' The regular quarterly dividend of 1 3-4 per cent. (.$1.75 per share) on the pre ferred stock of the Southern Gas and Power Corporation has been declared pay able July Ist. The Kidd-Frix Co. handles the All-Steel line of office furniture. To to their store and let them show you. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co. sells Empress aud Karaghensian rugs, which arc of rare beauty and designs. ' This is Dr. Scholl's Foot Comfort ! Week. Co to Ivey’s aud get relief. . Children’s pumps, 65 cents to 98 cents; ladies' pumps, 95 cents to $4.95, and men's oxfords $1.95 to $4.95 during the Great Alteration Sule at Markson Shoe | Store. This is Wear-Hver Aluminum week at t the Ritchie Hardware Co., during which you get 20 per cent, off on aluminum uten sils and house furnishing goods. Mrs. , Nannie Topin, factory representative, is there and will be glad to help you solve , your problems. The officers of the Cabarrus Savings . Bank are always ready to help you in , your business matters. Decrease in Income Tax Collections. (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, June 30.—A decrease of $730; * 925.86 in income tax collections for the ' fiscal year ending today, as compared with collections for the fiscal year end s ing June 30, 1924, has been announced by Commmissioner or Revenue R. A. Dougliton. Mr. Doughton stated that - this decrease would be partially offset e by an increase in inheritance taxes. 1 Tims. F. Barry Dies Suddenly. Asbury Park, N. J., June 30 (By the . Associated Press).—Thos. F. Barry, of s Chicago, president of the Globe Mutual () Life Insurance Co., dropped dead of heart s disease on North End Bathing Pavilion e last night. The body was found by two g boys who notified the life guards. k r Shepherd Freed of All Charges, n Chicago, June 30.—William D. Shep i- herd today was freed of the last charges , ” against him when the grand jury voted a "no bill” in connection with the death of Mrs. Emma Nelson McOiintock six* '• teen years ago. ■ WHAT SATS BEAR SAYS irni \ iu Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, slightly cooler tonight in north portion.