ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXV
MILD KEEP LSI.
HID FOOD THE
SOUTHERN COMPiINV
Bill of Equity to Perpetual
ly Enjoiil Southern From
Getting the Atlantic and
Yadkin Has Been Piled.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
FILED THE PAPERS
Alleged That Southern Has
Violated Its Right and
Will Continue to Violate
Them In Future.
Greensboro, Aug. 20.—A bill of
equity seeking to perpetually enjoin
the Southern Railway from repossess
ing the Atlantic & Yadkin railway,
now in receivership, and to demnnd an
accounting by the Southern for all its
dealings; and transactions with the
A. & Y. 'ince "ts purchase, was for
warded to this city by Attorney Gen
eral Rrummitt to be filed in the west
ern district federal court.
The action was brought by the at
torney General on behalf of the State
of North Carolina. Associated with
him are Assistant Attorney General
Frank Nash, Aubrey 1,. Brooks' and
E. S. Barker. ,)r., the latter two rejf
resenting the legislative committee
named in 1924 to prosecute a legal
move looking to the restoration of the
old Cape Fear and Yadkin, running
from Mouut Airy to Sanford, is a
part.
The bill sets up a series of 55 al
legations, charging that the Southern
has violated, and, if allowed to repos
sess the road, will continue to violate
the rights, privileges and duties grant
ed and imposed upon it by its char
ter and the constitution and laws of
thpiState. In setting forth the allega
tions the bill goes at length into the
history of the purchase of the A. and
Y. by the Southern after the old C.
F. and V. had been bought at a re
ceivership sale aud afterwards dis
membered, the Southern taking the
line from Mt. Airy to Sanford and
the Coast I.lne that part from San
ford to Wilmington.
After operating the Atlantic and
Yadkin for many yttafC tint Southertf
put it into receivership early last
year. At that time the state filed n
petition tvdting permission to intervene
in the suit in the interests of the
public.
In the bill of equity to be filed
the State asks:
That the courts retnin possession
and custody of the Atlantic A Yad
kin Railway until the merits of the
suit are decided, nnd the final decree
entered.
That the receivers be directed to
demand of the Southern Railway Co.
aud rt be required to account in full
to 'the receivers how much it is in
debted to the Atlantic A Yadkin for
wrongful diversion and misappropria
tion of traffic to its own lines since
the purchase of the road.
That the receivers be ordered to de
mand of the Southern Railway Com-,
pany and that it be required to re
convey to the receivers, all terminals,
side tracks and station houses, etc.,
improperly taken from it.
That the receivers be directed to
require an accounting so as to ascer
tain the actual difference expended in
settlement of the original purchase
price, and the amount actually re
ceived from the sale of the $1,500,000
bonds, and that the receivers be paid
the difference.
That the receivers demand all the
capital stock of the Atlantic & Yad
kin Railway and that it be delivered
to them, and that said stock be can
celled by the receivers as a liability
against the Atlantic & Yadkin Rail
way Company.
That the Southern Railway Com
pany be perpetually enjoined and re
strained from bidding at the sale of
the road when the same iB offered at
public auction by the receivers, and
that it be restrained from entering in
to any agreement or understanding
with any individual or corporation
tending to suppress bidding at the
Concord
Theatre
(THE COOL SPOT)
Last Showing Today.
j "BORN RICH”
s With Claire Windsor, Bert
IS Lyteli, Cullen Landis and
Doris Kenyon
S A First National Masterpiece
- Also Ben Turpin in
"The Reel Vir
ginian
NOTE:
Hear Wm. Klassette on tfie |
jj Hope-Jones Organ featuring to- |
i day t
■ “WILL MY DREAMS I
COME TRUE?”
[ TOMORROW sad SATURDAY 1
“THE SCARLET ' I
WEST”
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The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
“Girl Crazy?”
IWarrenl VandervoortT Parkers
burg. la.. shot and killed his father
'Rev. R. J. Vandervoort, and set*
ously wounded his mother, he said
because his family life was one ol
continual "bickering,” and that lu
could not stand It any < longer
Neighbors, however, say the boy it
i"giri crasy ” and that he wanted- tbi
(11,000 life insurance the father car
tied. Bottom. Mr. and Mrs. ,Vandsr
Aaoort./-
WILSON PROMISE IS
REDEENEDIKEUKS
Promise,Redeemed When
the Special Concessions
Were Made to Belgium in
Regard to Her War Debt
Washington, Aug. 20.— UP) —When
the American government recognised
Belgium’s claim to special treatment
in her payment of tb war debt, Sec
retary Mellon said to<lay it redeemed
a promise of President Wilson, which
at the time it was made was so im-
I>ortant that it forestalled disruption
of the Versailles peace conference.
The Treasury Secretary who is the
bead of the American debt funding
commission, declared that circum
stances were weighed carefully by the
commissioners and President Coolidge
in agreeing to the rate of interests on
all Belgium borrowed from the United
States during the war. Mr. Mellon
said the pledge of President Wilson
was made at a time when Belgium was
about to withdraw from the peace ne
gotiations, and that Secretary Hoover,
a member both of the Versailles con
ference and the debt commission, tes
tified during the debt discussions here
that the influence of Mr. Wilson's
promise on the peace settlement was
indisputable.
Trotiky Returning to Power.
Warsaw, Aug. 20.—C4»)—Advices
from Moscow report the return to
power of Leon Trotzky with the ap
pointment of the former war minister
as chief of the economic council.
Flattery is the best core for a stiff
neck. Therel are few heads it won’t
turn.
sale or looking to acquisition of inter
est in the property.
That the receivers be enjoined from
turning the road back to the Southern
Railway Co., or from receiving any
bid from it, or from making any con
veyance or transfer of this property
to the Southern Railway Company or
any corporation controlled by it, or
any individual s for its benefit.
Christian Religion Fundamental
’ is the Organic Law of the Land
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 20.— OP)—
| The Christian religion is recognized
jj as fundamental in the organic law of
I the land in an opinion by Justice
jj Brewer, of the United States Supreme
j Court, handed down in 1802 in the
§ case of the Church of the Holy Trin-
I ity vs. United States.
This record was called to the at-'
j tention of Governor Austin Peay by
I a well known Tennessee jurist in view
jj of the fact that the Tennesse governor
| signed the bill which bars the teach
jj inf of the theory of evolution in the
jjj public spools of the state and since
J its adoption had maintained his funda-
A mental attitude on religion, in the
"j fight to have the law declared con-
D stitutional.
|J This case was an appeal from New
n York State. The church made a con-
II tract in September, 1887, with an
H alien residing in England, by which
EJ the preacher was to remove to New
□ York City and enter into the service
Hj of the religious organization as rec
□ tor. It was then claimed that this
H contract was forbidden by Chapter
H 10223 Btat. at L. 332 and action was
a commenced to recover the penalty pre
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EARLY WINTER HIS
PUT STOP TO THE
I’IILLAN FLIGHT
Explorer Will Not Be Able
to Fly Over the Un
known Polar Sea on His
Present Trip.
PARTY MAYBE
SPLIT UP SOON
Very Probable That One
Ship With Naval Avia
tors Will Return to the
States Soon.
Washington. Aug. 20. —OP)—Early
approach of the Arctic winter has
forced the MacMillan expedition to
abandon its effort to fly over the un
known Polar Sen and may even lead
one of the two ships to return ahead
of schedule.
Although officials of the Notional
Geographic Society said today they
had received no indication that the
party might split up and one of the
vessels precede the other in its re
turn, they however admitted it as a
possibility.
When informed of a report to this
effect it was said that if Commander
Donald MacMillan should decide up
on such a plan, it probably would be
to enable the naval flying unit with
the expedition lo leave the far North
before the closing in of winter
weather.
It also was pointed out that the
scientific work still to be attempted
in Greenland, Labrador and Baffin Is
land would not necessarily require the
efforts of the entire party, and that
in view of this, a part might return in
advance. They were of the belief,
however, that if this were done there
would be only a matter of ten days or
two weeks 1n the time claiming be
tween the arrival home of the two
ships.
THE COTTON MARKET
Easier During Early Trading, After
ail Opening Decline of FYom 3 to
9 Points.
day's early trading on a continued ten
dency to increase estimates of the
crop. Relatively easy Liverpool ca
bles and reiterated reports of an easy
spot basis in the eastern belt.
The market opened easy at a de
cline of 3 to !) points. There was
some foreign trade buying and cover
ing at the decline, but the selling
movement continued and prices show
ed net losses of about 7 to E) points
at the end of the first hour.
Cotton futures: October 23.30; De
cember 23.53; January 23.03; March
23.20; May 23.65.
With Our Advertisers.
Don't fail to see “The Wren'' at
Winecoff school tomorrow night.
Last showing today of “Born Rich”
at the Concord Theatre today. Also
Ben Turpin in ‘The Heel Virginian.”
Hear Wm. Klassette on the big Hope-
Jones organ.
J. Harry Rosenberger, of the fam
ous Sehloss Bros, is at Hoover’s today,
tomorrow and Saturday with a full
line of fall woolens on display.
See the new prices on Chevrolet
cars in the big four column ad on
page six today. Sold in Concord by
the White Auto Co.
On page three today you will find a
three column ad. giving the new prices
on Studebaker ears. Auto Supply &
Repair Co.. Concord agents.
Only SBSO for the new Essex coach.
Sold here by the Concord Mototr Co.
Wisconsin Election September 29th.
Madison, Wis., Aug. 20.—OP)—A
special election for United States Sen
ator to fill the unexpired term of the
late Senator Robert M. La Follette
will be held September 20th. Gov
ernor Blaine issued the call today.
The special primary to nominate can
didates for the office will be held
two weeks before the election, as the
law provides.
- scribed in the act of Congress. The
I statute prohibited the importation of
E aliens to the United States to per
‘ form any labor or service. The cir
s cuit court heid that, the contract was
> within the prohibition of this statute
- and rendered judgment accordingly
and the question presented for deter
■ initiation before the United States
’ court* was whether the lower court
' had erred in that conclusion.
3 The highest tribunal in the land
- ruled that the construction invoked in
‘ this case could not be held as cor
s rect and reserved the judgment for
- further proceedings.
: Os a most interesting nature in
• view of the Dayton evolution trial
and Hie pronounced stand far funda
’ mentaUsm taken by William Jen
■ nings Bryan and Governor Peay as
i opposed to the liberal views on inter
i pretation of the Bible upheld by
' Clarence Darrow, scientists and oth
■ ere are the citations from copstitu
■ tions bf various states and the con
i slitution of the United States quoted
' by the justice of the Supreme Court,
i The opinion said:
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ilrs7 Flora Meyors GlllentineT Murphreeaboro, TennLT has been appointed
nember of the Tennessee text book commission. She will purge school
books of evolutionary theories
WILL NOT ABANDON
SCHOOL AT KINSTON
Governor McLean Certain
Caswell Training School
Will Not Be Abandoned
by the State.
Raleigh, Aug. 20.—(A*)—Gov, A.,
W. McLean in it statement issued
•through the executive office last night,
declared the state is firmly committed
to care for the feeble minded children
of the state, and there is not reason
for believing the training school at
Kinston will be abandoned.
“In my opinion North Carolina is
just as firmly committed to the policy
of maintaining the Caswell Training
School for feeble-minded ohildreur-as
she is to any of the other charitable
and correctional institutions," said
the statement.
Governor McLean’s statement was
issued because of reports that “some of
the ]>eople of Kinston are greatly ag
itated over what they consider a pos
sibility that Caswell Training School
may be discontinued.”
“BILL NYE” ANNIVERSARY.
Elaborate Preparations Completed for
Celebration Next Week.
Asheville, N. C, August 20.
Elaborate arrangements have been
completed for the celebration next
week of the seventy-fifth anniversary
of the birth of Edgar Wilson Nyer
(Bill Nye) the great American
humorist. The celebration is to be
held in the old historic Calvary
church at Fletcher, near Asheville,
where Mr. Nye made his home dur
ing the latter years of his life.
The observance will begin with an
Edgar Wilson Nye memorial service
next Sunday. The principal features
will take place Tuesday, which will
be the anniversary of the humorist’s
birth. On that day an imposing
granite monument with tablet to
Nye, the Nye memorial window in
the church, the boulder with tablet
at his grave in the churchyard the
memorial flag staff, the gift of Ashe
ville, and the Nye Memorial Shelter
by the roadside, will bo dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies.
Following the services at the
church there will be a program of
exercises at Nye’s old home, Ruck
Shoals, near Arden. Messages from
President Coolidge and the Governors
of Maine Wisconsin, North Carolina,
New York and Wyoming, the States
with which Bill Nye was most in
timately associated, will be read at
the celebration.
FOUR INQUIRIES INTO
EXPLOBION ON VESSEL
Forty Victims of Explosion Account
ed for and Four Other Persons Are
Missing.
Newport, R. I„ Aug. 20.—0 W
Four separate investigations were un
derway today to determine the respon
sibility for the tragedy from the ex
plosion of a boiler on the excursion
steamer Mackinac Tuesday night
which has claimed forty victims to
the present. Four other persons are
still missing and it is believed that
they may have pumped overboard and
drowned. Hospital authorities who
have saved many sufferers from scand
ing steam which enveloped the boat,
said the death list would probably
exceed fifty.
State boiler inspectors, who visited
the death ship yesterday, said the
boiler which exploded was cracked and
in a weakened condition.
A woman’s curiosity is exceeded
only by that of a man who says'jte
hasn’t any.
NOTED EDITORAUD
PUBLISHED IS DEW
Victor Fremont Lawson,
Editor of Chicago Daily
News, Dies After Illness
of Only Three Days.
Chicago, Aug. 20.— UP) —Victor IT re
mtmt Lawson, one of tie last of iV'
American pioneer journalists, is dead.
The editor and publisher of The
Chicago Daily News died last night
at his home on Lake Shore Drive after
an illness of only three days of a heart
ailment from which he had suffered
in recent years.
Foremost among exponents of un
tained news, one of the founders of
the Associated Press, and owner of
one of the greatest newspaper successes
of the continent, his death marked the
passing of a premier newspaper figti
ure of the last century.
DAVIS SPRINGS HOTEL
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
Was Reduced to Ashes Within an
Hour at 2 O'clock Wednesday Af
ternoon.
Statesville, Aug. 19.—The well
known Davis Springs Hotel, near
Hiddenite. seventen miles north of
Statesville, was totally destroyed by
fire this afternoon. The fire was
first discovered on the kitchen roof
about 2 o’clock nnd without equip
ment for fighting the flames this pop
ular summer resort was reduced to
ashes within an hour. There were
nearly a hundred guests. The bowl
ing alley, garage and all nearby out
buildings were consumed.
Tlie magnificent shade trees near
the building were charred. The flames
spread to the adjoining woods and
late this afternoon, when a newspa
per correspondent left, forest fij-es
were raging from the ruins of the
hotel.
The original Davis Springs Hotel
was built twenty-one years ago by
Rev. R. L. Davis and brother, Jeff
Davis. Many improvements had been
made until this summer it became a
fully equipped hundred room hotel.
Last fall the property was purchased
by Dr. S. T. Crowson and H. T.
Kelly, of Taylorsville, who has been
proprietors during this seison.
The guests there today were from
many southern states. The property
had an estimated value of $40,000
with about $12,000 insurance. This
afternoon Dr. Crowson stated the
owners had no plans for the future
although he thought it likely will be
rebuilt.
Shop at Home and Save Money.
Topeka, Kas., Aug. 20. -One
Topeku woman has become an ardent
convert to the “shop at home” move
ment. Having accumulated the
wherewithal for a new outfit of Fall
and Winter finery she journeyed to
Kansas City to do her shopping.
After arriving in the western Mis
souri City, however, site was relieved of
her purse by a pickpocket before she
had time to make her purchase. Upon
her return home she made her pur
chases at (he local stores on credit
and now faces the prospect of saving
her pin money for the next six
months in order to settle the bill.
Denies Sartain and Rhlel New Trial.
Mobile. Ala., Aug. 20.—04*)—Judge
Robert T. Irvin in federal court here
today banded down a formal order de
nying a new trial to Albert E. Sar
tain, former warden of the Atlanta
federal penitentiary, and Lawrence
Rhiel, of Columbus, Ohio, recently
convicted of conspiracy to receive
briber. ’
DENOCRATIC FIGHT
STRUGGLE BETWEEN
HENRST AND SMITH
That Is Attitude of Many
New York Persons as a
Result of Actions For
Mayorality Nomination.
HEARST HATES
GOVERNOR SMITH
And For That Reason He
Wants to Put Mayor Hy
lan Over Because Smith
Is Opposing the Mayor.
New York. Aug. 20.—OP)—Ak for
the mayoralty campaign, plunged into
the rally stage today, the republicans
were on record os regarding the
breneli in the democratic ranks as a
fight between Governor Smith and
Wm. Ranolidi Henrst for control of
the New York delegates in the next
Democratic National Convention.
Views were expressed by Chas. D.
Hilles. republican national committee
man and city chairman.
“Hear.st is consumed by his hatred
of Governor Smith,” Mr. Hiles said
yesterday in a speech in behalf of
Frank Waterman, organization repub
lican designee for mayor.
“Smith is determined to unseat May
or Hylan aud Hearst. A Democrat
ic leader of Staten. Island is reported
as saying that this is a fight to de
termine who will control the Demo
* cratic party in New York, and that
if Senator Walker wins in the pri
maries, Gov. Smith will name the del
egates tto the Democratic National
Convention in 1928, whereas if Hylan
wins Hearst will name the delegates.”
DISSE FOUND GUILTY OF
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
Jtuy in Case Deliberated I .ess Than
, Half an Hour.—Want Verdict Set
Aside.
Richmond, Aug. 20.—(A 3 )—Rudolph
| Disse was found guilty by a jury in
Hustings Court here this afternoon of
first degree murder and sentenced to
death in the electric chair for shoot
• ing to death Henry Grady Carter on
3 Juir29oi-. last.-' ■ - “ - V
The jury deliberated less than one
‘ hour and a half.
A hush fell over the court room as
the verdict was pronounced. Disse
did not change his expression, nor
did he move in his chair.
The form of the verdict was ap
; proved by the commonwealth.
Defense Attorney Jas. C. Page
arose;
“We wish to ask that this verdict
be set aside,” he said. “We ask this
on the grounds of misdirection of law.
erroneous instruction, exclusion of
instructions asked of the court, and
admission of improper testimony,” he
declared.
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BACK TO NATURE.
Women Wearing Less Daily, British i
Vicar Bemoans.
London, Aug. 20.—“ Day by day in
every way women grow nakeder and
nnkeder.” says the liev. Richard
Free. Vicar of St. Clement's Ful
ham.
“One need no longer scour the
European galleries in search of the
eternal feminine in undrrws uni
form,” said the Vicar. “Examples,
which rapidly become the rule, are
to be seen in every bus, at every con
cert and garden party, and in our
very streets and homes.
“Will the police have to be called
in, as they were on account of the
Parisian ladies after tlie French
Revolution?”
Dr. Howard in Bandit Camp.
Peking. Aug. 20.—OP)—Dr. Har
vey J. Howard, the American who
was captured some time ago by ban
dits in Manchuria at the same time
that they killed Morgan Palmer, for
merly of Plattsburg, N. Y., has been
definitely located in a bandit camp
some 40 miles from Fuchow-Hsien.
Dr. Howard is reported to be well,
N. A. Blackwelder Returns Home;
Enjoyed His Trip Through West
N. A. Blackwelder, Cabarrus Coun
ty farmer who has been missing since
Saturday a week ago, returned to
Concord late Wednesday evening after
an 11-day glimpse “beyond the hori
zon’’ and was almost immediately tak
en to his home in No. 5 Township by
a daughter and a grandchild who had
come to get him wEeii they heard of
his return.
His story was one of a desire to
travel, to see beyond the narrow eon
tines of Cabarrus county, of a desire
unrequited until he took fate in his
own bands and proceeded "to see the
world.” It mattered not to him thut
he left behind him a wife of forty-five
years, children and grand-children who
searched vainly for some trace of him.
He wanted to get out and sec some
thing.
In particular, he wanted to see Il
linois. Ever since he was a youth in
his early twenties, he had longed to
view that state. It had a fascination
for him that the Orient has for oth
ers. And yet, here he was, after for
ty years of longing, still at his farm,
still doing the same duties he lftd al
ways had. At 67, he was no nearer
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who has been chosen to succeed John
T. Scopes as a high school teacher at
. Dayton, Tenn. It’s a safe bet that he
. is a Fundamentalist and won’t men-
I tion monkeys during the coming school
year.
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HELD FOR Illy
Coroner’s Jury Will Inquire j
Into Death of Mrs. H. B.
Hunt and John Gobel Is
Being Held.
Miami, Fla., Aug. 20.— UP) —A cor
, oner’s inquest today will probe tile
death b*- poisoning of Mrs. U, .
, Hunt, for which John tfobef; wealthy
Daytona realtor, is being held.
An autopsy of the body conducted
by I)r. R, K. Jauden, county physi
cian, yesterday, disclosed evidence that
a powerful corrosive poison caused her
death. However, a qualitative analy
sis has not yet been applied.
Mrs. Hunt was arrested Tuesday ’
following a warrant sworn out by
Gobel charging grand larceny of a
diamond ring Gobel is then said to
have visited the jail, seeing Mrs. Hunt
and telling her he was thinking of
withdrawing the warrant. He said
he wanted to fix things up and was 1
left alone with her.
A few minutes later the woman
[came running out of the jail office,
police said, crying that Gobel made
her drink something.
Then she threw her arms around 1
Gobel’s neck, asking wby be did that. :
| Eater, however, at a hospital just *
before she died, she whispered, “Well, 1
I guess I did a good job of it.” j
Gobel claims she was a dope fiend.
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Agree on Customs Traffie Conference.
Tokyo, Aug. 20. — UP) —The interest
ed powers have virtually agreed on
their attitude toward the proposed
conference on the Chinese customs
tariff. Tile foreign office in a state
ment today said it had been agreed
that the tariff autonomy cannot be
granted China at present, the agenda
arranged by the Washington agree
ment must be first considered by the
conference, after which the delegates
will decide regarding the discussion
of any reasonable proposal China may
make.
It was generally agreed that no de
cision should be made at present.
Tiger Flowers, who is recovering
from a recent operation, expects to
be able to meet Allentown Joe Gans
at Grand Rapids on the night of Au
gust 21st.
Illinois.
Thinking it over though, Mr. Black
welder came to the decision that
something had to be done quickly if
he were to get away. His family
would, he knew, never consider let
ting him leave. If he had mentioned
it, he declared, they would have found
so many things that had to be done
that he knew he would never have
gotten away. He therefore decided to
pull out quietly.
Since Illinois had been the goal of
his ambition, he took note of the ad
vertisements and saw one in the At
lanta Journal which exactly suited
his purpose. It was to the effect that
machinists were wanted in Moline,
Illinois, at a salary of from five to
ten dollars a day. This, thought Mr.
Blackwelder, would give him a
chance to live well and make money,
in addittion to seeing the state he
desired to see.
Coming to Concord on Saturday,
August Bth, he made all his plans.
When his daughter suggested going
home he told her that she could leave,
■ that he would return with one of the
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THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAYS
NO. 20j|
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Dieting I
ANNUAL CONVENT!™
Sessions of Convention Alt j
Being Held Today at St»]
Stephens Church in No. I
7 Township. 1 J
BIG ATTENDANCE J I
DURING THE DAt j
D. W. Sims, General Su»i
perintendent of the State!
Association, Present for ]
the Convention. ' | I
Sr. Stephens Lutheran Church
day is the meeting place for, the 16211:]
Cabarrus County Sunday School CoiarJ]
vent ion. tic opening session of
was held this morning at 10 (loloejkc]
Reports reaching Concord at noon]
stated that an unusually large at l -!
tendance marked the morning scanned]
and indications were that the
ance in the afternoon would be modi ]
larger. ■
I). tV. Sims, general
of the North Carolina Sunday 8ch&|l!
Association, is present for the tofc]
vemion and his talks were to be among ]
tile features of the day's program. Mr.-]
Sims this morning talked on “Lea4QH9
Preparation” and during the after-!
noon he was to discuss tile subject, ]
"Reaching and Holding Adults in the ]
Sunday School.” ]
E. .T. Sharpe, superintendent of the ]
adult division of the county associa- ]
tion; Miss Eugenia Lore, Huperiat!
tendent of the children's division Os ]
the association; R. P. Benson, vftsi|!
president of the county amodatMlfl
and other persons who have taken a ]
leading part in the work of the asMpfl
eiation were heard during the morniW
ing and afternoon. !
Election of officers and present*-!
tion of the attendance prize were to!
ln‘ among the features of the after-!
noon session. The convention will!
be decided on later by officers of the!
association. I
PRISONER SAYS LIFE I
WAS HARD AT QUARRI!
■ ■■ .>a
Ran Away Because of the Poor FoadH
am? Insatisfactory Quarter*.
Statesville, Aug. 19.—Louis
Charlotte negro, who escaped from!
the State convict camp beyond
ville a week ago. after
months of a 15-year sentence for high- fl
way robbery, is in jail here
orders from State officials.
oner says that he was on his way to!
Charlotte and had stopped at tfcg!
home of a negro in South
to get something to eat when
cal officers apprehended him. ■
Gibson, who looks to be about 25 !
years of age, tells the officers that!
lie began his sentence on the Slate I
farm and while there he was
plenty of food and satisfactory treat*!!
meut; but when they transferred
to the rook quarry in the mountains,!
’Lie allelges that he was put on a hard!
diet and not enough of it to enable!
a man to work hard all day. He!
stated that he ran away from th*!
camp on Monday of last week, jflH
guard firing several shots at him 'w!
he tied. His only reason for
chances on death in making his- es-!
cape was the poor food and
factory quarters at the camp, he fgMIH
FIND BODY OF F. P. I
RAINWATER ON ROAD!
Oheraw Merchant Shot Four Times.-*-!
No Clue as to Who Did the
ing- , S» s-egH
Oheraw. 8. 0., Aug. 20.— UP) —'P.'JggH
Rainwater, prominent local merchant!!
was found shot to death on the Socle-!
t.v Hill highway about 7 miles fgqjßm
here last night. !
Four gunshot wounds were in
body. A pistol was found near with!
4 exploded cartridges which i*i,b*|!
lieved to have belonged to the
man. Rainwayer was found
down in liis automobile. The
was discovered when passing
ists saw his machine standing at
side of tlie road, apparently
pied, and investigated. !
One theory here is that the mtjjH
chant was slain by rum runners wfta!
mistook him for a prohibition oflcmH
President off For Northamptufc'rfK
Plymouth, Vt.. Aug. 20.— UP) —With!
weather ideal for motoring, PresidßM!
and Mrs. i'oolidge left here today inH
bis old home in Northampton, MMHg!
Afler an overnight stay there they
continue to Swampsoott, arriving!
the summer White House probably!
late tomorrow. ■
I)o not hurry; do not
nothing good is got by worry.
SAT’S BEAR SATSI 1 ■
Partly cloudy tonight and
probably local thundershower* :!’ri!
day and in extreme portion
somewhat cooler Friday. .■>' !
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