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VOLUME XXV
Hundreds Pay Homage
At The Bier of Bryan 1
As Body Lies In State In
Dayton Persons In All
Walks of Life Filed by to
Pay Last Respects.
SIMPLE CEREMONY
MY SIMPLE PEOPLE
Removal of Body to Wash-J
ington Delayed That Trib
ute Might Be Paid Him by
His Tennessee Admirers.
(By the Associated Press)
Dayton, Tenn., July 28.—Funeral ser
vices fir Wm. J. Bryan will be held in t
Washington at the New Yorh Avenue '
Presbyterian Church seme time Friday I
afternoon, Mrs. Bryan announced today. I
Th 5 Rev. Wallace Radciiffe, pastor of the '
church where the final services for the
former Secretary of State will be held.
Had been for many years a great friend
of the Commoner and his family.
The exact hour of the funeral wil de
pend upon the time of the arrival in
Watdiington of Wm. J. Bryan the young
er, who with Iris sister, Mrs. Grace par
graves, is en route from California to join j
the widowed mother.
Dayton. Tenn.. July 28.—As the body
of William Jennings Bryan lay in simple
state at the home of a friend here today,
simple people of Ameriean paid him I
sympathetic tribne.
Willie others from among their midst!
poured messages of eondolenee into the
little white cottage which housed the re
mains of tiie Commoner, uncounted thou
sands whose causes lie had championed
mourned a leader silently.
Os varying political view he had found
in them a common chord when he came
forward as a defender of the inspired
Bible and revealed reiigidn.
And while others of the immediate
family were hurrying across the eonti- ,
nent from California and other western
states these admirers were discussing his
virtues in homely phrases.
Among the foothills of the Cumber- 1
Innd. where he had spent the closing 1
days of his career, farmers paused to 1
talk with neighbors of the man who had *
passed.
Out of deference to these simple peo- !
p’e. M rs. Bryan, who had expressed a1 !
deidre for an unostentatious funeral Serv
ice for her husband, iiostiioned arrange- j
ln'ents* foirtltem "to tnYe the last look at
his remains.
Their appreciation of this deference
was shown today. By foot, on mules.. 1
jogg'ing behind rude conveyances, and! 1
by automobiles they came from nmong the
hills. <
Lightly they stepped as they left the *
sidewalk and passed up the four cement
steps to (he grassy lawn where rested ]
t lie bronze casket. Conversation ceased >
and they were silent as they stoically
viewed the placid features of him who
last they had heard and cheered as he t
defended the Bible in which they be
lieved.
Plans for the journey to Washington
and interment in Arlington . Cemettjry
had been taken over by William E. ' (
Thompson, youthful secretary to the dead 1
man. who was recalled from Virginia
to join the widow of the former chief c
by the news of the death. jj
Although surrounded by friends who |
sought to attend here every desire, Mrs. J s
Bryan has been crusliingly alone in her ;
grief. Her son. William Jennings, j
tlileir youngest, left for California a few t
days before hi* father died. The score-1
tary had gone on hia vacation. Ail her i
daughters were in distant states. f
Yet the fortitude with which she bore
lier sorrow amazed associates who sought s
to share her suffering. Repeatedly her
strength of will and bright eyed courage «
drew from attendants the exciamattion:
"She is the bravest woman I have ever f
seen.”
Mrs. Bry an Visits Chattanooga.
Dayton. Tenn., July 28.—Mrs. Wm. J. f
Bryan weut by automobile to Chattanoo- '
ga this morning accompanied by uer ,
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Owen and Mrs, 1
W. Sherman Jennings, widow of a former
Governor of Florida. * 1
The party left with the announcement
that the purpose waa to give Mrs. Bryan .
an outing and to do some necessary shop- 1
ping. They expect to return to Dayton ,
before 2 o'clock p. m. when the body of
Mr. Rryan will be laid in state.
This is* the first time Mrs. Bryan had
left the Richard Rogers premises since j
flip death of her husband Sunday.
Elks Hurt in Train Wreck. |
(By the Associated Press)
Albui'jueque, N. M. July 28.—Several
passengers are “reported to have been in- ]
jured near Perea today when a special
train carrying a group of New England
Elks was wrecked. The wreck is said ,
to iiave been due to a washout. ,
(Concord Theatre [
(THE COOL, 8P0T)
LAST SHOWING TODAY §
John Bnnn and Alice Calhoun in |
“The Code of the 1
Wilderness”
A Vitagraph Feature. |
Also Aesop’s Fables and Path* |
News No. 60.
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“STRANGER”
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The Concord Daily Tribune
FINAL STATEMENT OF
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN!
“The Bible Is Good Enough ,For Ms,”
Appears in Current Isspe of Collier’s
Weekly. ji
New York, July '27. —William Jen
nings Ilrynq’s last formal utterance on
' evolution entitled: "Tile Bible is Good
i Enough for Me.” appears in the current
I is,ue for Collier’s Weekly as an answer
to claims for evolution made in the prev
; ious issue by Leonard Parw’n, son of
Charles Darwin.
“The theory of evolution." Mr. Bryan
says, "is dangerous to society. When
one considers man but a 'bundle of char
acteristics inherited from brute ancest
ors.' as many evolutionists do, it not ou
ly libels man. the greatest handiwork of
i the Almighty, but it paralyzes ull efforts
lat refoim.
"Followers „f Darwin have carried th : s
( doctrine o fares to declare that pity and
sympathy, tile greatest of moral forces,
are unmanly and interfere with the com
ing if their meritless superman. Few
people wlio profess to believe in evolu
tion have ever read Darwin.
"Ail Darwinians are prone to under
est'mate the relative importance of en-
I vironuient. To argue that descendants
inherit intelligence because of physical
laws is to ignore the fact that intelligent
people surround their children with ail
environment that cultivates intellectual
ideals and furnishes educational opport
tunities to the Child. /
From Humble to Great.
‘There is proof in abundance to sup
port the proposition that a child boru in
to a home where neither parent eau read
or write, may in spite of such an inheri
tance, rise to intellectual heights, pro
vided the environment is favorable.
“Most of our great men in the I'nited
States come from the common people
and it is no reflection upon tbe parent
to say that a elrld surpasses him in
breadth of mental vision or in depth of
intellectual enthusiasm. And this is not
an evolution, because we have examples
of ignorant children who were the de
scendants of intelligent parents. They
simply lack the ambition and ideals that
inspired industry. This Is not a defect
that comes in the blood, but is the result
of bad companions or bad habits.
"Nothing could be more disastrous to
the race than to have parents act accord
ing to the philosophy of evolutionists.
If every parent, who. lacking education,
attributed to an inherited defect, ami
believed that hi* children would inherit
that defect, it would chill the spirit
which has led parents to devote them
selves to the improvement of their chil
dren.
"Darwinism gives us the doctrine of
despite; Jesus brought into the world
the gospel of hope.
"Darwinism enthrones selfishness, the
Bible crowns love as the greatest force
in the world.”
Milestones in Life of Bryan.
Dayton. Tenn., July 27.—Milestones in
the life of William Jennings Brvan are:
March 10. 1800—Born at Salem. 111.
1870 —Entered public schools.
1875 —Entered Whipple Academy.
1881—Was graduated from Illinois
College, Jackson. 111., as valedictorian of
his class.
1883—Graduated from I'nion College
of Law, Chicago, and began practice in
Jacksonville.
IK.Hl—Married to Miss Mary E. Bair
at Perry, 111. Removed to Lincoln.
Neb.
1888—Elected delegate to state eonver
tion.
1800—Elected to Congress in nominal
ly Republican district and started fight
for tariff reform.
1802—Attracted attention by his tariff
speech.
1803—Opposed the repeal of Sherman
silver purchase act.
1805—Choice of Nebraska Democrats
for I'nited States Senator.
1800— Editor of Omaha World-Herald.
180(1—Nominated for president at Chi
cago after his famous “Cross of Gold”
speech.
1808—Colonel of Nebraska volunteers
in Spanish-American war.
1000—Nominated for president at
Kansas City convention.
1001—Established VTlie Commoner.”
1005-06—Made tour of world with
family.
1008—Nominated for president third
time.
1013—Retired from Wilson cabinet.
1020—Pleaded f»r prohibition enforce
ment before Democratic convention at
San Francisea
1025—Became chief figure in prosecu
tion of Scopes evolution case and made
passionate defense of religious faith at
Dayton, Tenn.
Body of Bryan Will Leave Dayton Wed
nesday Morning.
Dayton, Tenn., July 27.—The train
which will carry special car bearing
the body of William Jennings Bryan to
Washington is the regulajrly-sched uleil
Southern Railway train No. 42, from
Chattanooga to the national capital. The
car will leave Dayton at 8:40 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
Leaving Chattanooga at 11:20 a. ra.,
central standard time, the train has
these eecheduled stations and hours of
arrival.
Knoxville 2:45 p. m.
Bristol, Tenn.-Va., 7:05 p. m.
Roanoke, Va., 12:45 a. m. Thursday
(eastern time).
Lynchburg, Va., 2:10 p. m.
Washington, 7:30 a. m.
Find Three Dead Bodies in Room.
(By the Associated Preea)
New Haven, . Conn., July 28.—Two
boys and a man were found dead in a
room at the Flanagan Hotel here today
after a door hod been broken down to
gain entrance to the room which they
had occupied since Sunday. They were
last seen Monday night when the man
went to a nearby store to buy food.
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COMMITTEES PLAN TO GO
TO SALISBCRY THURSDAY
Will Meet With Committees From Other
Cities In Regard t® Extension of the
Piedmont and Northern.
Quite a number of Concord business
men, appointed by various civic organi
zations as committeemen to work for tile
externa- n of the Piedmont and Northern
Railway from Charlotte to Winston-
Salem, plan to go to Salisbury Thurs
day afternoon for a conference wit'll com
mitteemen from Charlotte. Salisbury.
Lexington and Winston-Salem. The
meeting wilt be he'd in the court house
at Salisbury at 3:30 o'clock.
It is probable that the Concord party
will leave about 2 o'clock so as to pro
vide time for an informal meeting with
other commit!semen before the conference
is formally railed. Tile committees
from Concord will represent the Rotary
Club, the Kiwauis Ciub. the Merchants'
Association, the Chamber of Commerce
and the city. Mayor C. H. Harrier and
Dr. T. N. Spencer, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, will be among
those present from Concord.
Former Governor Cameron Morrison,
who has been acting as spokesman for
those persons who believe the railway
company can be persuaded to extend its
line, will serve as chairman of the meet
ing at Salisbury, the conference having
been ealletj at his suggestion.
It is believed that definite action of
some kind will be taken by the con
ferees.
CAPTURED AVTER CARGO
OF LIQLTOR IS UNLOADED
First Time That a Big Ship of This
Size Has Successfully Eluded Rum
Chasers.
New York. July 27.—The 2.000 ton
steamship Augusta was captured by
customs officers in the Hudson river off
Dyskman street today after the ship
had run the gauntlet of the rum block
ade and her crew had unloaded and dis
posed of .a cargo of liquor worth $230.-
000 at bootleg prkfte. leaving otffy ' Iff
bottles aboard. The crew of 24 men was
arrested and the captain admitted hav
ing turned the liquor cargo over to “re
tailers” for distribution.
. This is the first known ease since the
const guard bloeknde started that a ship
of such size successfully has eluded the
rum chasers and slipped in to the har
bor.
As the ship was being towed to the
barge office. Assistant Solicitor Barnes
of the legal division of the customs ser
vice held a preliminary hearing aboard
the vessel, examining Char'es Wilson,
acting captain nnd other of the crew.
Customs officials said the operations
of the Augusta were the most daring in
the history of the customs nnd pro
hibition laws. None of the officers had a
license, it was charged, no log was kept
and there were no ship's article giving
the names of the crew.
H. M. DANAHOE DIES AT
HOME IN STANLY COUNTY
Prominent Farmer. Native of Irideil.
Former Resident of Charlotte, 74
Years Old.
Albemarle, July 27.—One of the lar
gest country funerals in the history of
Stanly county was held four miles nortli
of Albemarle Sunday afternoon at S
o'clock for H. M. Danahoe, prominent
farmer, who died suddenly at his home
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Burial was at the Kirkwood family
graveyard, the services having been
conducted by Rev. J. T. Harris. Rev. J-
C. Dry aud Rev. Mr. Anderson, of the
Presbyterian, Methodist and Bnptist
churches, respectively. A large number
of friends attended the service.
Mr. Danahoe was 74 yenrs old and
had been a prominent farmer in this
county for 20 years, having moved here
from Charlotte, where he lived for 10
years or more. He was a native of Ire
dell. county, having been born in 1851.
Since boyhood he had been a member of
the Methodist church.
Prohibition Headquarters In Mint Build
ing.
Charlotte, N. C.. July 28.—Headquar
ters for the eighth prohibition district, to
be moved to Charlotte from Atlanta, will
be established in what is known as the
“Mint” building. This building is one
of the most historical in Charlotte and is
located next to the United States post
office. It was formerly used as mint
nnd assay office, in the days when gold
was mined in large quantities in this sec
tion. During the World War it was de
voted to activities to help win the war
aud later recruiting offices and other
government agencies were housed there.
It is located on West Trade street, not
far removed from the “Square,” which is
the center of the business section of
Charlotte.
With Our Advertiser*.
Everybody is invited to attend a spec
ial demonstration on Libby’s Evaporated
Milk at the store of tbe Dove-Bost Co.,
tomorrow (Wednesday). Peaches and
cream will be served free.
Cool clothes for men at Efird's. Suits
from $2.95 to $13.45.
Boys’ long , white duck pants only
$2.95 toiladme etaoin nu etaoin nn nu
$1.25 “it Efird's.
LM showing today of "The Code of
the Wilderness,” at, the Concord Theatre
today. Also Aesop’s Fables and Pathe
News. Excellent music on the big pipe
organ. Tomorrow “Welcome Stranger.”
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CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1925
To The People of Concord and Ca
barrus County:
Whereas, Our Country’s leading private citizen has an
swered the inevitable call that comes to us all, and
Whereas, The private and personal character of'Wil
liam Jennings Bryan is worthy of the emulation of the ris
ing generation,
And # whereas, it seems fitting that we should give some
expressjon of our appreciation of his life, character and ser
vice ;
Now, therefore, I, C. H. Barrier, Mayor of the City of
Concord , do hereby request that all citizens of Concord
and Cabarrus County, assemble at the Court House in Con
cord next Friday at the hour of the funeral at Arlington
to take such action as mav be deemed proper.
This July 27th, 1925.
C. H. BARRIER, Mayor.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
MOURN’S BRYAN’S DEATH
Sends Message of Condolence (o Widow
of Great Commoner.
Swampst'ott, Mass.. July 27.—Presi
dent Coolige late today sent the follow
ing letter of condolence to the widow of
William J. Bryan: "My Dear Mrs.
Bryan :
“The sudden death of Mr. Bryan
brought a sense of personal loss to Mrs.
Coolidge and myself. It was only the
other day that he had been our guest
at tile White House. We wish to extend
to you and your family our most heart
felt sympathy.
“Mr. Bryan has been a prominent fig
ure in public affairs Tor a third of a cen
tury. He has been a leader ill the ad
vocacy of many moral reforms and was
representative of the effort for purity
in our political life. He waif endowed
with the great gift of eloquence. Tbe
sincerity of his motives was beyond dis
pute. He was three times chosen head
of a great political party and held the
exalted office of Secretary of State. His
career was another example of what
American opportunity affords to those
who have the will industriously to apply
themselves. It would be difficult to
find among his contemporaries any one
with so large a circle of friends and ac
quaintances who had so generously be
stowed upon him their esteem and confi
dence.
“I trust that you may be given great
consolation in remembering all his worth
and in the abiding taitli tjmt a Divine
Providence lias ordered all things well,"
Busses on South Carotin* Komis ttfl
Be Fumigated.
Columbia. July 27.—Samuel Mc-
Gowan. chief commissioner of the state
hightway department, announced here
today that, effective hero today, all
passenger bim.es operating on the high
ways of the state will be required to
undergo fumigation at regular inter
vals.
The order provides that the busses
shall be fumigated at least once in 10
days, under the supervision of the health
authorities in the towns which are
terminals of the bus lines.
This is for the protection of the
traveling public. Mr. McGowan stated.
Bryan Was Not Thinking of Presidency
Again.
Dayton. Tenn., July 28.—Reports that
William Jennings Bryan hoped to make
another campaign for the presidency, or
that he planned to make his advocacy
of fundamentalism a means to such an
end. are without foundation in truth. W.
E. Thomson, secretary to Mr. Bryan for
the past four years, told the Associated
Press today.
Evolution Suit Bearing Continued.
(By the AnsiclaM Press 1
Washington, July 28.—A hearing in
Washington’s evolution suit was post
poned today until Friday.
Mrs. J. F. Minne and little daughter,
Betty Joe, of Tampa. Fla., are spending
several days with Mrs. J. Mac Caldwell.
From here they will go to Henderson
ville, where they will spend the remaind
er of the summer.
High Lights From Last Speech
of William Jennings Bryan
(By the Associated Press)
“Christ has made of death a narrow
starlight strip between the companionship
of yesterday and the reunion of tomor
row ; evolution strikes out the stars ami
deepens the gloom that enshrouds the
tomb.”
“It may be a surprise to your Houor
and to you. gentlemen of the jury, as it
was to me. to learn that Darwin spent
three years at Cambridge studying for
the miuistry.”
“He (Darwin) drugs man down to the
brute level, and then judging man by
brute standards he questions whether
man’s mind can be trusted with God and
Imortality.”
“Do these evolutionists stop to think
of the crime they commit when they take
faith out of the hearts of men and wom
en and lead them out into a starless
night?"
“What is the taking of a few dollars
from one in day or night, in comparison
with the erime of leading one away from
God and away from Christ?”
“The soul is immortal and religion
deals with the soul, the logical effect of
the evolutionary hypothesis is to under
mine religion and thua affect the soul.”
"The body of our people are so valuable
that druggists and physicians must be
careful to properly label poisons; why
not be as careful to protect the spiritual
life of our people from the poisons that
kill the soul.”
“Psychologists who build upon the evo
lutionary hypothesis, teach that man i»
but a bundle of characteristics inherited
from brute ancestor*”
THE COTTON MARKET
Prices Broke 17 to 25 Points on Op
ening Call and Still Lower in Next
Half Hour.
(By tbe Associated Press.)
New Y'ork. July 28.—Early report* of
rains in western Texas, witli a lowering
of temperatures led to a selling move
ment in the cotton makret at tile opening
today. The prices broke 17 to 25 points
on the opening call and still lower the
next half hour.
There was active realizing by local
traders and selling pressure from the
South ami from Wall Street, partly based
on the belief that rain and cooler weath
er might extend into the drought area
of Texas. Altogether at the end of the
first hour tile market was about 50' to
55 points under yesterday's highest levels,
and down 33 to 36 points from Monday's
close.
Tiie heaviest buyers on the decline
were brokers who frequently act for Chi
nese interests. Their purchases of Jan
uary contracts were estimated as high
as 20,000 bales.
Cotton futures opened easy. Oct.
25.05; Dec. 25.25; Jan. 24.76; March
25.05; May 25.27.
HOW BRYAN ACQUIRED
TITLE OF COMMONER
Was Dubbed “The Groat Commoner” by
Newspaper Man After Nomination in
1896.
Chicago. July 27.—The Chicago Her
ald and Examiner tonight says that the
title. "The Great Commoner,” was given
t°. J.,Bryan, by a newspaper IWUh
Willi* J. Abbot. now editor of the Ctiris-T
tian Science Monitor, just after Mr.
Bryan’s nomination in 1806. as the Dem
ocratic candidate for president.
After Mr. Bryan's famous “Cross of
Gold" speech, which brought him that
nomination, his hotel room was filled
with newspapermen. The secretary of
the president of the Burlington Rail
road, following a railroad custom of
many years' standing in these day, came
to tender the candidate the use of the
railroad president’s private car to return
to Nebraska.
"Rut, Mr. Bryan, you certainly can
not do that.” spoke up Mr. Abbot, the
theme of the ‘f'rose of Gold” speech still
fresh in his mind. "Y'ou are a com
moner. Y’ou arc The Great Common
er.”
Thinks Trade Commission Is Needed.
(By the Associated Press)
Swampscott, July 28.—President Cool
idge believes a federal trade com mission
has a useful function and is not in sym
pathy with suggestions that it be abol
ished.
It was the President's conviction that
while some of the criticism of the trade
commission is justified, it is performing
a difficult task as the policeman of busi
ness, and on the whole is performing a
useful service to the public.
Named Cardinal at Quebec.
(By the Associated Press)
Rome, July 28. —The successor of Car
dinal Begin, arch bishop of Qucbes, who
died several days ago. will be the Most
Rev. Etigene Roy, coadjutor arch bishop
of Quebec.
“Christians desire that their children
be taught all the sciences, but they do not
want them to lose sight of the Rock of
Ages, while they study the ages of rocks;
neither do they %-sirp them to become so
absorbed in measuring the distance be
tween the stars that they will forget Him
who holds tiie stars in His hand.”
"Ail evolutionist would never write
such a story as the Prodigal Bon. it con
tradicts the whole story of evolution.”
"A man can be chauged in the twink
ling of an eye, and a change in life fol
lows a change in heart.”
“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
in eaith as it is in heaven; evolution
makes a mockery of the Lord's prayer.”
"Can any Christian remain indifferent.
Science needs religion to direct its ener
gies and to inspire with lofty purposes
those who employ tiie forces that are un
loosened by science. Evolution is at
war with religion because religion is
supernatural. It is therefore the re
lentless foe of Christianity which is a
revealed religions.”
“Science is a magnificent material
force, but it is not a teacher of morals.”
“Science has made war so hellish that
civilization was about to commit sui
cide.”
“Again love and force meet face to
face, and the question 'What must I do
with Jesus?' must be answered. A bloody
brutal doctrine, evolution demands as the
rabble did 1900 years ago that He be
crucified.”
"Evolution is not truth, it is merely
an hypotheais, it is millions of guesses
strung together.”
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j MISSING GIRL IS
SEEN IN SALISBURY
! Ruth Murrie, Aged 15, of Burlington,
Has Been Gone Since Friday.
Burlington, July 27.—Ruth Murrie,
' the 15-year-old girl runaway from her
home, near here, was seen sitting in the
roadster in which she left at the curb
on a street in Salisbury Sunday, accord
ing to information communicated to her
father, Ira Murrie. by a young man who
knew her. She was out of gas.
Some time later the girl managed to
get gas. she young man said, and dis
appeared. This information was given
the local police department this morning
by Mr. Murrie. who is greatly distressed
and alarmed at the way his daughter
left her home.
Miss Murrie. missing since Friday, is
believed to be on a wanderlust journey
rather than a victim of foulrplay, as sug
gested ill ail earlier report.
Although it is said she visited a den
tist during the afternoon and idled about
Burlington until 11 o'clock that night
and left alone in tiie direction of Greens
boro, it is more generally accepted that
she had some pact with a young man. pos- >
sibly to run away and get married. She
left in a Ford roadster belonging to her
father, Ira Murrie.
It is not believed that slip was lured
blindly into a trap, and her movements
on tiie afternoon and night revealed that,
almost certainly, she executed a plan
premediated to run away.
So far as can be learned, Ruth Mur
rie hail no unhappy home environment
to cause her to leave liome.
TEXTILE WAGE REDUCTION
BRINGS FORTH PROTEST
President of American Federation of La
bor Shys There Are No Reasons For
Wage Cuts.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington. July 28.—Protest ngninst
reduction of wages in the textile industry
was made today by President Green of
the American Federation of Labor, who
declared such action was not to be based
on "reason, fairness or justice.”
Mr. Green wrote to Robert Amory,
ittttiuLent .of.t>e Jjjatianjß Association of.
Cotton Manufacturers, and to Andrew G.
Pierce, president of the American Woolen
Co., declaring action taken by them rep
resented the "power of force and might.”
To Lay Cornerstone of Salisbury Church.
Salisbury, July 27.—Rev. A. L.
Coburn, who back in 1890 was in
strumental in building a Methodist
chapel on South Main* street and who
was the first pastor for that congrega
tion. is this week -accorded the dis
tinction of laying the first brick of tin
new and handsome, ehureh home that
will bear his name—the Coburn Me
morial Methodist church. This church is
being built near the site of the nrst
chapel and a block from the brick church
which the congregation has been using
for some yenrs nnd which it has out
grown. The laying of the first brick is
a feature of a program that will include'
among its number a brief history of the
ehureh by the present pastor, Rev. W.
A. Rollins, and tiie singing of several
appropriate hymns of praise.
Dr. Gilmer Brenizer is Surprised By-
Progress.
Washington, July 27. Dr. and Mrs.
Gilmer Brenizer have returned here
after a visit to western Carolina, In
cluding Blowing Rock. “Asheville and
other places.
Dr. Brenizer, who was born in Char
lotte, has spent most of his time here.
He lias a position in the treasury de
partment. He has not been to the moun
tain regioin of the state in five or six
years.
"I never saw anything like “the de
velopment there,” de declared today. "I
would not have known it was the same
country.”
That is the story everybody brings.
East Has Produced Bumper Weed Crop.
Kinston. July 27.—Eastern Carolina
lias one of the finest tobacco crops in
history. This appear* to be the case
on the face of many reports had here
from throughout the belt. The yield is
exceptionally heavy ill some of the lower
belt counties, while the general quality
is good. In this immediate section
weary farmers have weeks of hard work
ahead of them to house the crop, though
hundreds have been laboring ceaseless
ly about th curing barns since the latter
part of J une.
Fish That Flirts.
aoiulon, July 28.—Fish that climb
trees, monkeys that brush their teeth
after meals, and birds that sleep up
side down are amoug the strange crea
tures discovered in the Malay Peninsula
by Carveth Wells, an explorer. Another
freak of this part of the world is a fish
that flirts. It is the only swimming
animal known to have a real wink.
Youth Runs Amuck in Restaurant.
(By the Associated Press>
Richmond. July 28.—A man and wom
an were killed, a police detective prob
ably fatally wounded and another mail
shot in the leg by an eighteen-year-old
youth in a restaurant here shortly after
1 o'clock today. »
Miss Elizabeth Frepze. of High Point,
and John Parks, of Durham, are visit
ing a? the home of their grandmother.
Mrs. H. B. Parks, on West Depot
street.
Benjamin Franklin was a noted long
distance swimmer and during his early
residence in London he served for a time
'as a professional instructor.
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ABANDONED
f'HOPE FOR ANOTHER
DISARMAMENT MEET
It Is 'Said at Summer White
House That the President
Still Is Hopeful for Con
ference Soon.
SECURITY PACT
WOULD DO GOOD
The President May Call For
Such a Conference When
He Thinks Conditions In
Europe Are Right.
(By the Associated Press)
Swampseott. Mass., July 28.—Consum
mation of the European security pact in
the opinion of President Coolidge would
• lay a broad foundation for further dis
armament.
Published reports that the President
had given up hope for another disarma
ment conference were denied today at the
summer white house, although it was
pointed out that conditions in Europe
were not yet propitious for initiating a
move for a conference.
It was stated here that there had been
no change in the status of the proposal
which thus far has been confined to pre
liminary and rather indefinite suggestions
from the administration that it would
make an effort to have a conference call
ed whenever there appeared to be a like
lihood of its going through to a success
ful termination.
FINEST PEACH CROP NOW
IN MOTION TO MARKETS
.One Hundred to 200 Cars Dally Are
Moving Out of Moore and Adjoining
Counties.
Southern Pines. July 27.—The finest
and biggest crop of peaches ever moved
out of the Sandholls peach belt is now in
motion, and the prices are holding up
on a satisfactory basis, with the ex
pectution that next week will see prices
higher, as the Georgia crop will then be
out of the way. The peach belt, hns
broadened and more, trees are in bearing
now than ever.
The army of hands busy in the
orrhardS' maltes’ thrngsleok like tutwey,-
tvhfch is beginning to float freely with
the earlier pays. Since the dewberries
were harvested, business hns picked up,
and the temporary lull after the winter
visitors left was quickly forgotten.
From 100 to 200 cars daily will move
out during most of the opening week,
and the ensuing 12 to 15 days will move
the big end of the crop to market. The
tobacco harvest is also in full swing
now. with leaf of fair quality, although
hardly so good as last year, and the
aerengge production not far behind la -t
year. Moore county will have money in
its fingers the balance of 192 T
Footprints of Prehistoric Monster Em
bedded in Coal.
(By tne Associated Press)
Salt I.ake City. July 28.—Large pieces
of coal in which are embedded the foot
prints of a pre-bistori'c animal believed
to be a tyrannossaurus, the fiercest of the
carnivorous dinosaurs which roamed the
earth millions of years ago, have been
found in the Panther coal mine in Car
bon county. Utah. The find was made
several thousand feet underground.
The tyrannosaurus is believed to have
been 47 feet loug and 18 to 20 feet high
when erect, with a tail like a lizard.
Kinsey Brothers W'in by Default.
(By the Associated Press)
Seabriglit. N. .1.. July 28. —Only a
sportsmanlike default by the opponents
averted defeat today for Robert and How
ard Kinsey, of San Francisco, national
doubles champions at the hands of Ar
nold Jones and W. W. Ingraham, of
Providence, R. 1.. on the first round of
the Seabriglit invitation tennis tourna
ment. Scores were 10-12; 6-1; 2-5;
default.
Sharp Break in Rubber Prices.
(By (lie Associated Press)
London, July 28.—Crude rubber prices
which recently rose to unprecedented
heights, weakened rapidly today under
pressure of speculative sales dropping 3
1-2 pence for spot quotations, bringing
the price to 3 shillings 2 pence per pound.
Mrs. Guinevere Gould Married.
(Cy the Associated Press)
New York. July 28.—Mrs. Guinevere
Gould, widow of the late George .1. Gould,
and heiress to a large part of the Gould
fortune, was married at Montreal today
to Viscount Lunsfords, son and heir of
the Earl of Middleton.
American Ambassador to Japan Dead.
Tokio, (Wednesday) (By the Associ
ated Press). —Edgar Addison Bancroft,
American ambassador to Japan, died this
(Wednesday) morning at Karuizawa.
WHAT SAT’S BEAK SAYS
l Fair and slightly cooler tonight; Wed
nesday fair, cooler in east portion.