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Bryan Burial Friday at
Arlington Cemetery
THE BODY WILI LEAVE
DAYTON TOMORROW
To Lie In State on the Lawn
In Tennessee Mountain
Town, Resting in a Metal
Casket.
WILL ALSOLIE IN
STATE AT CAPITOL
Mortal Form of the Great
Commoner Is Watched by i
Friends in a Simple South- j
ern Home. h
Dayton, Tenn., July 27.—Watched by '
his Dayton friends, the mortal form of I
William Jennings Bryan, whose spirit I
tied as he slept late yesterday, lay in the j
front room of a simple southern home
tonight while the invalid widow worked
out plans for bearing the body of the- J
former secretary of state to Washington j
for ultimate burial in Hie resting place!
of the nation's military heroes. Aiding- i
ton cemetery.
Humble followers of the great Com- j
moner came, from the tree-clad Cumber-j
land slopes "late today to gaze for the ;
last time upon the face of him who. was •
their champion of Christian faith and to
pay the last tribute of honor and high
esteem.
Tomorrow afternoon, under a spread
ing maple on the lawn of the ItiCliard
Rogers residence, where the former Dem
ocratic chieftain spent his last days ami
breathed his iast breath, a more formal
ceremony will occur when the public is
invited to view the remains of the dead
leader as he lies in state within a metal
casket of bronze.
All details of the last rites for Mr.
Bryan will be simple and without dis
play, in accordance with the wishes of
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Mrs. Bryan. The bereaved woman lias
borne her sorrow with unflinching cour
age and has at all times directed the
arrangements for the care and burial of
her husband’s remhins.
The schedule of the funeral party as
tentatively outlined late today by the
widow and her group of solicitous advis
ers call for the departure of the body
from Dayton on a special railroad car
Wednesday morning at 8:-40 o'clock.
His friends talked among t'hemselves
of the vigor which Mr. Bryan had shown
in the days preceding his unexpected
death. At Winchester on Friday the
Commoner had spoken to a vast throng
of cheering men and women with his
accustomed eloquence and power. On
the return he had declared to t’he at
torney general that he "felt tine.'*
They spoke too of the heat of the long
and bitterly contested fight over the Ten
| nessee evolution law. They felt that
the strain of the trial with its oppres
sive weather and intensity of excitement
They recounted the last utterances of
[had weakened the fundamentalist iead
'’er's system and sapped his strength.
Air. Bryan anti showed their deep grief
I at his departure.
“Noblest Hero of These Times.”
I "There lies the noblest hero of these
times." was the tribue of his associates
las voiced in muffled tones by Ben Mc
! Kenzie.
j From all parts. of the country, tele
! garms poured in by hundreds today to
j tell the widow of t’ue sorrow of millions
iand the sympathy of uncounted thousands
lin her hiss. Mrs. Bryan, seated in her
I rolling chair, at intervals throughout the
i day. listened to the reading of these
! messages by her constant attendants.
| Her well-controlled grief seemed as
suaged by the assurance of loving hearts
which turned to her in condolence.
HUMOROUS INSTANCES
IN MK. BRYAN’S LIFE
I He Could Appreciate a Joke Even at His
Own Expense.—Personal Reminiscenc
es.
Chicago. July’ 27.—William Jennings
Bryan enjoyed a joke even at his own
expense. At a dinner here, the song
leader of the clnb entertaining Mr. Bryan
said that “in consideration for your hon-
THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBONB
ored guest, a prohibitionist, we will re
frain from singing ’How Dry I Am’.'’
Mr. Bryan summoned the song leader
and whispered in his ear. The song
leader then announced: "Mr. Bryan re- ‘
quests that we sing it, and suggests that
those sing first who have been dry long
est."
When he was given the floor, Mr.
Bryan said he was glad the 18th and
liitli amendments had changed the com
plexion of political meetings’.
"We see red cheeks where*'l}efore we
saw red noses.”
On another occasion "he- arecomiiniiied
Dr. Clarence Edward MaeArtney, for
mer moderator of the Presbyterian
Church, to a gathering of-students at Mc-
Cormick Theological Seminary here. Mr.
Bryan was introduced as having been
persuaded to speak. He promptly took
exception to the word persuaded'
"if I had not been -asked to speak
I would have asked for the privilege,"
said Mr. Bryan.
Vice President Charles G. Dawes re
cently recalled that in iheir youth he.
Bryan and John .1. Periling ate at the
same lunch counter in Lincoln, Neb.
Measured by dwellings.' Bryan was the
"plutocrat” of the three, said Mr. Dawes,
occupying his own house, while Pershing
paid .$lO a month for a room over a
store. 3 ■'
BRYAN WAS NEAR DEATH IN
RALEIGH IN SEPTEMBER. 18»«
In First Presidential Campaign Sucked
Beetle Into His Windpipe. Almost
Choking.
Raleigh. July 27. —But for the quick
work of surgeons, the obituaries of Wil
liam Jennings Bryan would have been
printed twentydnne years ago and' they
would have carried the date line, "Ra
leigh. X. C„ September 20. 1800." ' The
story is printed for the first, time in to
day’s Raleigh News and Observer of
which Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
n,avy during the Wilson . administration,
is owner. o
Bryan, then the youthful demigod of
democracy, was swinging through the
South in his first campaign for the presi
dency. He spoke to 2(1,000 people here
that night and but few noticed the sharp
convulsion of pain that overspread his
' face as he concluded or that he slumper
toward his chair. Those near him saw
it ami sensed that something was wrong,
i They moved instantly to him and dis
i covered he was unable*o speak.
: .He was hurriedly removed to his room
i where an examination disclosed that
with his last inhalation as he concluded
his speech he had sukced into his wind-1
paper an enormous beetle. It was a!
hard-winged, sharp legged night flier of
the species still common to this section.
The presidential candidate suffered pain
ful lacerations of his throat but he quick
ly recovered and the next day continued
his trip throughout the southern states.
The press dispatches of the night bore
no reference to it but for the timely aid
of those close to him he would have i
choked to death.
Bryan's DM Speech to Be Delivered
Through Papers.
Dayton, Tenn., July 27.—The last
speech of William Jennings Bryan will
be delivered tomorrow afternoon.
Instead of being enunciated in the
ringing tones of the "boy orator of the
Platte." however, it will reach the pub
lic through the medium of the newspa
pers.
Prepared by Mr. Bryan for use during
his participation in the prosecution of
John Thomas Scopes in the evolution
ease, he was twice cheated of opportuni
ties to deliver it.
The first chance passed by a freakish
twist of the Scopes trial as the attorney,
after expert testimony was ruled inad
missible. agreed to confine their remarks
to tlie jury to • brief appeal for a ver
j diet of guilty to speed the ease on its
way to the higher courts.
Death intervened the second time.
Mr. Bryan had determined to deliver the
address during the next week in Tennes
see and tiad made arrangements for it
to be printed anfj released to the press.
After his death, announcements were
made that it would be released to news
papers for publication tomorrow.
Hole In His Sock Humiliated Bryan.
Wichita. Kans.. July 27. —A humiliat
ing exiierience of V. J. Bryan is re
counted in a letter by him to W. E.
Holmes, secretary of the Wichita Cham
ber of Commerce and a close friend of the
Commoner.
With other notables. Mr. Bryan was
visiting some temples in Japan, and ns
is customary, he removed his shoes on en
tering.
"imagine my chagrin.” he wrote to
Mr. Holmes. /‘when on removing my
right shoe. I found a hole In the heel
t> f ny sock. I felt that every person
in tlie crowd saw it and I am greatly
humiliated. This feeling was not in
any sense ameliorated when, on remov
ing my left shoe, there was also a hole
in the heel of my left sock. I thihk it
was the most humiliating experience of
I my life.”
I COUNTRY I
CQRRESPONDENCH
CHINA GROVE ROUTE ONE. \
We are having dry weather now. ■
AW are glad to note that Mr. George.
Dry has recovered from the mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller and Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Miller, of Trading Ford,
spent Sunday afternoou with their cous- (
ings. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Yost, of South
Rowan. Also Mr. and Mrs. Rimer Yost
and two little daughters, of Greensboro,
spent a few days with Mr. Yost's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Yost.
The daughter of Mr. Paul Miler. who
spent a week with her cousin, Mrs. T. M.
Yost, returned to her home at Trading
Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. AA T . A. Pleas have return
ed home after attending a few days with
Mrs. Pleas' sister, Mrs, Frank I.yles in
Keysville. A'a. F.
ROBERTA.
AA’e are still having some warm dry
weather.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Billings
a daughter.
Mr. Charlie and Mr. Garner Ver
ble have returned home from Camp
Glenn, where they have been taking mil
itary training.
Mr. Charlie Wrble and Miss Odessa
Pressley were married last Monday in
South Carolina. Their many friends ex
tend congratulations.
Mr. and Mrs. AA\ H. B ; ggers spent
Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. George
Kluttx. of AVatts Cross ltoads.
Mr. Ifae Tucker, of Derita, spent Fri
day night with his uncle, L. AA\ Black
welder.
Mrs. Julia Garmon is spending a few
days with her son. Albert, of Kowan.
There was a large crowd present at
prayer meeting at L. AA\ Rlnckwelder'n
Saturday night.
Our choir is practicing for the Sunday
School convention at Poplar Tent Fri
day. July 31st. AA’e are expecting to fur
nish singing throughout the program as
Has been requested. ’ '
A’enus, we are having plenty of good
Old ripe watermelons to eat these Warm
days. They are very refreshing.
■ There was a crowd of friends at
thp birthday dinner given Mr. Mack
Starnes at the home of Air. Will Kiser,
Saturday, July 25th.
Come on Route Seven, with your items.
AAle like to read them. ■ •
.SWEET DREAMS.
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enochviLle
Airs. H. H. Overcash is suffering .in
tensely from being stung in a blood ves
sel by a bumble bee.
Mr. and Mrs. Alack Upright spent
Sunday with relatives in the country.
Mr. and Airs. .1. W. Parnell and chil
dren. of CAinrlotte, and Air. and Airs.
Herman Cook and children, of near Kan
napolis. spent Sunday afternoon at the
hopie of H. H. Overcash's.
Mr. and Airs. Elmo Wallace and chil
dren and Mr. and Mrs; Lee Helton and
children, of Fauafon. IS. C., are speed
ing several days the' home otfcMr.' and
Airs. A. A. Wallace.
D. P. Winecoff is expecting to add
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THEY say a tight man squeezes his dollar until he makes “the
eagle scream.”
A wise man makes his dollar stretch. He buys—but he buys
wisely, making every dollar go a long way.
He knows that the purchasing power of a dollar has shrunk
considerably in the last ten years. He also knows there has
never been a time when wise buying paid bigger dividends.
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Every day, this newspaper contains information that you
should have to increase your buying power. The advertisements
are intimate little lessons in every-day economy. They teach you
how, when and for what your dollab will go farthest.
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Manufacturers and merchants tell of their products through the
advertisements. Almost every new opportunity is offered through
an advertisement. ; Practically every unusual buy is advertised.
|,, , - • ■ <; -, v’ | I{• $ i .
* > ' You can stretch"' your dollar to its elastic limit by keeping
abreast of the opportunities to get full value.
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The advertisement will help you make your money go far
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two new rooms to his residence.
Miss Jennie Bell Overensh is spending I
a few days with relatives near Stony I
Point.
Hugh Overcash and George Edd Smith •
have gone to South Carolina fora truck ' |
load of peaches.
Air. and Airs. Jake Sechler, Mr. and
Airs. G. T. Upright and baby. Sir. and
Mrs. AA’.>. F, Allman, and children were
visitors Sunday at, &' (}. Upright’s.
Octavi* Upright went to Mooresville
Thursday to accept a position in the mills !
there.
Air. and Airs. Theodore Outen spent j
Sunday with relatives of Mrs. Outen.
A birthday dinner was given at the*
home of A. A. AA’allace last Saturday!
in celebration of his birthday.
Come on, all you country correspond-1
ents. Lets get busy and report more
news. Items have been a scarcity in'
recent papers. BUSY BEE. I
DECLARES BRYAN WAS ,
NOT A GREAT THINKER
English Press Says Great American Was
An Emotionalist, a Sentimentalist.
I/ondon. July 27.—Aside from his elo
quence, the London editorial writers do
not attribute any degree of greatness to
Willinm Jennings Bryan, in whom they
see emotionalism as the outstanding char
acteristic. but admit his sincerity and
personal magnetism.
The Morning Post says his life story
illustrates at once the power nnd weak
ness of mere eloquence.
“Bryan’s silver sjieeeh." it adds, “could
not match the golden silence of such a
man as Coolidge. It is characteristic
of American psychology that sensibility
to the charm of Bryan's oratory was
combined with criticism nnd dissatisfac
tion.”
The Daily Telegraph:
“He was never a thinker; he was an
emotionalist. Sentimentalism was the
explanation of such success as he achiev
ed as a politician, and sentimentalism is
also n sufficient explanation of why he
never reached the supreme goal of his
long endeavors, for there is a great sav
ing reserve of coinmonsonse in America.”
The Westminster Gazette sees in Mr.
Bryan ’‘a rather incredible figure, Jiut
with fine fervor and sincerity that com-
pelled respect."
It adds: “He must be reckoned among
those who taught America to consider j
her duties in relation to the rest of the
world. He was above nil a preacher,
. rather than a practical politician.”
The News says: “His intellectual
equipment was almost negligible. He was
a hopeless administrator anil an impos
sible colleague, nnd although in privnte
life' honest and well-menning, these are
' net qualities that ordinarily raise men
so it greait place. His whole life was
spent in leading a lost cause.”
Ten Per Cent'Wage Cut.
Lawrence, Ma»«., July 25.--A ■ teq
per cent wage reduction effective Men
’ day> was announced today by Walworth
' j Brothers, Inc., manufacturers of dress
I goods. The reduction will affect 300
" operatives.
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• | During the last cenhiry, the average
I wool production of . the merino sheep of
Australia has been increased from four
I pounds to 8 and 10 pounds.
Tuesday, July 28, 1925
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State Farmers’ and Farm Women’s Con
vention.
The Stnte Farmers' and Farm Wom
en's Convention, to be held at North
Carolina State Coilege, Raleigh, July 28.
20, and 30. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, will furnish the fanners of the
Rtate a great t’rip to see part of the
state and attend a very interesting and
instructive programme for farmers and
their 'wives at a minimum expense.
Cabarrus lias the reputation of send
ing a good delegation to the convention
in past and we hope to have a> good at
tendance in Raleigh next week. The
party will leave Concord around 6 or 7
o'clock Tuesday morning and make the
trip via Salisbury, Greensboro. Durham,
Raleigh, nnd return via Sanford, and
through the peach section to Albemarle.
As the peaches will be ripening about
their best at this time and some of the
farmers may want to bring a few sand
hill peaches home with them is one of
the principal reasons for making the trip
as suggested.
In addition to the number of lectures
on the programme relating to farming
and home problems I have been informed
that the Snow Cap string band, that
thrilled the convention with its music
list year, will bo there from Henderson
county.
The rooms of the college dormitories,
including bed nnd mattress will .be fur
nished free and meals at the college din
ing hall will only cost you 25 cents.
Anything extra in the way of towels,
sheets, blankets, comb, brush, etc., should
be carried along, and by several going to
gether in the same automobile the trip
can be made very cheap.
Federal Aid to Roads
Washington, D. C., July 25.—1 t was
announced here today by the Bureau
of Public Ronds of the United States
Department* of Agriculture that 9,445
miles of Federal Aid road was brought
to completion during the fiscal year end
ingg June 30. An additional 4.587 is re
ported but has not been finally inspected
and accepted, said the Bureau.
"Texas,” it was pointed out, “led n
'mileage completed during the year, with
784 miles, followed by South Dakota,
with 458 miles. Illinois, with 431 miles
and Minnesota, with 420 miles.” Proba
bly them ost. notable project opened to
traffic is the Wendover out-off across
the Great Salt Lake desert, which has
removed an nncieut obstable to trans
contiinental highway traffic.
Japanese Mills Take Much American
Cotton.
New York, July 20.—A report of the
Japan Cotton Spinners association to
, the New York cotton exchange states
cohsumjition of raw cotton in Japan,
during April, amounted to 197,000
bales of 500-pounds gross, an increase
of 12,000 bales over March.
Whipet racing is popular in E. n Khmd. i
Instead of chnsing rabbits, the dqgs race ~
towni#> fhefr masters at the end of tht> .
course.