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i Friday, September 25,1925 \ The Concord Daily Tribune I f .1. B. SHERRILL B Editor and Publisher ■W. M. SHERRILL, Associate Editor | MEMBER OF THE ■ ASSOCIATED PRESS ■ The Associated Press is exclusively ■ entitled to the qse for republication of ■ aft-news credited to it or not otherwise ■ credited in this paper and also the lo ■ cal news published herein. IB AH rights of republication'of spec- Bial dispatches herein are also reserved. ■ Special Representative 1 m FROST, LANDIS & KOHN fB 223 Fifth Avenue, New York ■ Peoples' Gas Building, Chicago IB 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta H Entered as second class mail matter ■t the postoffice at Concord. N. C., un _dcr the Act of March 3, 1879. ■ 51 list I;i i r1 on V," T - ; the City of Concord by Carrier: Kne Year $6.00 Months 3.00 Months 1.50 Month , .60 of the State the Subscription B Is the Same ns in the City Out of the city and by mail in North the following prices will pre : Year $5.00 Months 2.50 Months 1.25 Than Three Months, 50 Cents a ■ Month Subscriptions Must Be Faid in El Advance f RAILROAD SCHEDULE ■ In Effect June 28, 1925 Nortiibound 80. 40 To New York 9:28 P.M. Wo. '36 To New York 10:25 A. M. W 0.4 34 To New York 4:43 P. M. To Danville 3:15 P. M. Wo. 12 To Richmond 7 :10 P. M. 32 To New York 9 :03 P. M. ■No. 30 To New York 1:55 A. M. K Southbound Wo. 45 To Charlotte 3:55 P. M. B«o. 35 To New Orleans 9:56 P. M. Bio. 29 To Birmingham 2 :35 A. M. Bio. 31 To Augusta 5:51 A. M. ■No. 33 To New Orleans 8:25 A. M. Bio. 11 To Charlotte 8:65 A. M. ■No. 135 To Atlanta 8:35 P. M. ■No. 37 To New Orleans 10:45 A. m! ■No. 39 To New Orleans 9:55 A. M. ■ Train No. 34 will stop in Concord Bto take on passengers going to Wash- BJngtbu and beyond. B Train No. 37 will stop here to dis ■charge passengers coming from be- Byond Washington. |uLr BIBL E thought! I M —FOR TODAY-1 •! Greatest in the Kingdom Whos oever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is great est in the kingdom of heaven. —Mat- thew IS:4. WILL IT PROVE ANYTHING ? While the two aircraft infinities are dill in their infancy and could hard- , ly be expected to develop anything def inite, it is a fact nevertheless that they start out in a manner calculat ed to make the public think nothing constructive will result from them. In the inquiry into the cause of the ' Shenandoah's tragedy most of the wit nesses have disagreed as to the cause. S'o one seems to know just what was Brrong and while the inquiry was t-rted ns a means of getting the opln n of many experts what can be learn ivhen no two people agree? Practi cally every witness culled had his own ’ explanation and if changes are made ■ to correct faults pointed out by each yritness the entire make-up of a dir- I igible to replace the Shenandoah will be nothing like the one destroyed. On one point, however, there seems t«g.be some agreement. That is the charge that too many safety valves were removed from the dirigible be- ( fore the trip to Ohio was begun. Ten valves' were removed, the idea being to save helium. Other than this point ho one seems to agree about anything. The aircraft inquiry by the Presi dent's board has resulted in nothing but arguments over matters that do not count. Petty quarrels already have developed and that means bigger quarrels will probably come up later. Bie experts like the experts in the Shenandoah inquiry, have ideas they want tried and they can't agree with anyone else. However, Charges of inefficiency and mismanagement were made against the air service and such charges had to be investigated. The public hopes the inquiries will develop something that will be of much benefit to future aviation plans in this country. jJtoI’NTY ROADS IN FINE SHAPE Despite the fact that roads in the I county have not been worked since | early in the summer, they are in good | condition taken as o whole. Some of I® them are especially good while others must classed as fine. The roads are dusty of course, for there lias not been enough rain in the county to lay the dust for several weeks, but in some manner they have been kept in reepair. With few ex ceptions the roads have not been made rough by holes that usually comie during a dry sjh>ll ami on some of them a person can motor for miles without striking a hole. The road from Concord to the Un ion county line is in fine shape al j though it is dusty as must be expeet ■ ed. The road from Concord to the ■Harris place on the Poplar Tent ■road also is fine, as is the road to Jißocky River Church. These roads ire of sandelay, and in addition there Bre the State highways tfiat are al -1“ good repair and always free < from dust. | A new road is being built in the ' ftimer neighborhood now and if the road force* could get a good rain to ji help them they would soon hare this ! in exeunt condition. While this road is claiming chief interest of the highway forces now, supervision is being given to other roads in the ’county that are being built or repair ! ed. WANTS THE "HIGHER-i'PS.” General Andrews, who has charge of prohibition enforcement in this country- now. serves notice on the pub lic that he is after the "higher-ups'’ in the liquor business. He is not going to overlook the "small fry" but at the same time he is going to train his biggest guns on the man who makes it possible for the retailers to exist. If he can stop the supply of the Meggers he has solved the prohibition question and the question will not be solved until this is done. It is right and proper to arrest and convict the man who sells the stuff by the pint and quart but it is much morp im portant that the man frhm whom he received the stuff be arrested and con victed. It will be impossible for General Andrews to do anything unless he has public support. His officers may try ever so hard to catch the “higher-ups" and the “small fry" but both will con tinue so long as they know the pub lie generally is not to aid the officers. FACING THE FACTS. Winston-Salem Journal. The Federal Council of Churches has a frank way of looking at things as they are that is disturbing to those who believe that unfavorable facts should be covered up, or at least, kept in the shadows. It' is surprising how prevalent the tendency- is to hush up tsuths that do not make for the best and those that do not bear out pet theories or cherished beliefs. With the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment, many well-meaning per sons sank back in their easy chairs, breathing forth sonorous signs of re lief in celebration of what they be lieved would be the automatic and complete end of the liquor business. But the rum dragon was not. so easily put down. He was not. obedient to the mandates of the ffiw. He ltas kept very much alive; and most of his activity has been under cover since he was formally outlawed, whereas before there wre many doors to his abode that opened right out onto public and much-used* streets. A re|>ort recently issud by the re search bureau of the Federal Coun cil of Churches shows many weak spots in prohibition- For example: there has been during the last two or three years an alarming rise in the number of cases of mental collapse due to the use of liquor. This is due, of coprse. to the quality of the stuff that, is drunk and not to any larger upmber of drunkards. Other phases of the reiiort are far from assuring to those who are vitally interested in the success of prohibition. ’E'ift Council recommends that the Church should intensify the teaching of temperance. It was but natural that, the churches' should ease up in their temperance campaign which was one of the greatest activities in the days before ’ the prohibition amendment was adopted. The con clusion of this line of reasoning is that many .church people break the Eighteenth Amendment. A critic of the Council's report says that Secre tarv 'Mellon- himself is not a prohi bitionist and to him was left the en forcement job. He is a loyal church man. but was not and is not in sym pathy with the dry law. If he uses liquor at all. it has never interfered much with his business success. Yet, he has never been converted to the prohibition standard. The Church cannot forget the temperance crusade until at least evry church member has been converted to prohibition both ns a national policy and a per sonal habit. A man, successful in business, kept ’iquor in his home and was not dili gent about concealing his practice of inviting friends in to share it with: him. He was, arrested and when tried made a clean and rather brazen admission of bis stimulating hospi tality, thinking the judge would let. him down easy for his frankness. His Honor, however, was “hard boiled,” and gave him three months in the county jail. Did this exper ience lower the standing of himself or family socially? Not. the least bit! Prohibition is part of the "laqj of the and.” But it has not. yet acquired the sanctity and force of the “thou shnlt nuts" that were formulated away back several centuries ngo. The Church has a big job ahead of her in helping to put “teeth" into the prohobition law. To Speak to Farmers and Business Men. Raleigh, Sept. 24.—G4>>—0. O. Moser, of Memphis, Teiin., general manager of the American Cotton Growers’ Exchange, will spend the week of October sth to 10th in North Carolina speaking at mass meetings to farmers, business men, and others on cotton problems. The announcement has been made by Homer H. B. Mask, of Raleigh, director of field service of the ex change. Mr. Moser will open his speaking engagements at Monroe at 10 o'clock on October sth. The same day, at 3 in the afternoon, he will speak at Concord. On October Ottli he will speak in Smithfield and Dunn, and his program will carry him to Clin ton and Goldsboro the following day. He will speak at Tarboro the morn ing of October Bth, going to Scotland Neck the same afternoon. Oh Oc tober. 9th tie will speak in Raleigh at State College at noone, in the city at 8 p. m. and at Nashville at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. ■He will be in Lumberton for a speech at 11 o'clock on the morning of October 10th, and will speak again that day at 8 p. m. in Laurinburg. Mr. Mask is making efforts to get in touch with cotton growers and others interested in cotton witli a view to having large audiences hear the cotton exchange official. Nobody loves anything by polite ness, but many people seem afraid to risk it. > Published by Arrangement with First National Pictures, Inc., and Fran) . Lloyd Production*. Inc. THE STORY THUS FAR I . - Arriving as a miner to dig for gold , ■ b JtMe Yukon, Pierce Phillips meets : flryrith many strange persons on the rail across Chilkoot Pass to Linder '>on. First it is ’Poleon Doret, a fiant French-Canadian, then Tom ' linton—and then the beautiful Coun tess Courteau. Me assists the Countess back across 'he Pass and arrives at the camp of yie McCaskey brothers fust as they ire all arrested tinder suspicion of taring stolen provisions from the 'ther miners. At a hasty mob meet ing the McCaskey brothers wrongly tecuse Phillips of having committed Jar theft And despite the protests of Poleon Doret all guilt points in his direction, so skilfully have the Mc- Caskeys covered their own trail. Mob rule prevails when Phillips at tempts to explain his innocent par ticipation. CHAPTER IV. (Continued) Phillips went on with his story ind told of spending the night with tom Linton, then of his return to Bheep Camp to learn that he had been robbed of all his savings. Cor roboration of this misfortune he left to the oral testimony of the two brothers McCaskey and to the cir cumstantial evidence of Jim’s band aged head. Jim McCaskey was next called and Pierce made way for him. The younger brother made a poor start, Silt he warmed up to his own de fense, gaining confidence and ease is he talked. In the first place, both he and Joe Ivere innocent of this outrageous tharge—as innocent as unborn babes —and this air of suspicion was like lo smother them. This Jim de clared upon his honor. The evi. dence was strong, he admitted, but It was purely circumstantial, and he proposed to explain it away. He Proposed to tell the truth, the whole tritth, and nothing hut the truth: let ting the blame fall where it would, ind . leaving the verdict entirely up jo hearer Joe would substantiate nis every statement. It was quite true that he and his brother had been Good Samaritans; ’•hey had opened their doors and had taken in this young man when he was hungry and homeless, but that was their habit. They had fed him, they had shared their blankets with bim, they had helped him in a thou sand ways, not without serious in convenience to themselves. Why, >i»ly on the day before the speaker aimself had volunteered to take the roung man’s earnings to Dyea for lafekeeping, thereby letting himself Ji for an unmerciful mauling, and differing a semi-fractured skull, the harks of which would doubtlessly itay with him for a long time. Phillips had left camp early the previous morning, to be sure, and he had not come home until an hour pr two ago, but where he! had gone, bow he had occupied himself during his absence, where he had spent the light, of course the speaker had no Wav of knowing. Phillips was often Ihsent at night; he came and he went It all hours, and neither Joe nor the Witness ever questioned him, believ ing his statements that he was pack ing for hire. Neither his brother aor he had ever seen that sack of nee until it was uncovered by the posse, and as for the other plunder, It was all part and parcel of an out -5t which their guest had been assem bung for some time. They supposed, l>f course, that he had bought it, bit by bit, with his earnings. ‘‘That’s all we’ve got to say.” con cluded the elder of the precious pair when he had finished. “You can judge for yourselves who did the Stealing. Jim and I’ve got all the If rub we want; this fellow hasn’t mv.” “Have you anything to say for yourself?” The chairman addressed himself to Phillips. “I have.” Pierce again took the • stand. “You’re making a great mis take,” he said, earnestly. “These men have lied; they’re trying to save themselves at my expense. I’ve told you everything, now I demand that you wait to hear the Countess Courteau or Mr. Lintor.. They’ll prove where I spent last night, at least.” “Mr. Chairman 1” A stranger claimed general attention. “I’ve lis tened to the evidence and it’s strong enough for me. The grub didn’t get up and walk away by. itself; some body took it. Grub is more than Ip-ub in this country; it’s more than money; it’s a man's life, that’s what |t is. Now, then, the McCaskey’s had an outfit when they landed; they didn’t need to steal; but this fellow, this dirty ingrate, he hadn’t 4 pound. I don’t swallow his coun tess story and I don’t care a hoot where he was last night. Let’s de cide first what punishment a thief gets, then let’s give it to him.” “Hear! Hear!” came the cry. “Hanging is good enough for thieves 1“ shouted the choleric indi vidual who had so pointedly made known his distrust of Lucky Broad. “I say stretch ’em.” “Right I Let’s make an example I” “Hang him 1” There rose a hoarse chorus of assent to this suggestion, Whereupon the chairman stepped forward. “All those in favor of he began. But again he was inter rupted by ’Poleon Doret, who once more bored his way into the crowd, crying: “Wait! I got somet’ing to say." He was breathing heavily, as if from a considerable exertion; perspiration stood upon his face: his eyes wer i flashing. He vaulted lightly to the platform, then flung out his long arms, crying: “You hack l&k crazee THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE mans. Wat talk is dis ’bout han| in’? You ain’t wild hanimalsl” The red-faced advocate of th< noose who had spoken a momen) before answered him in a loud voice 1 I paid hard money for my grul and I’ve packed every pound of il on my back. You can take a man’! life by stealing his matches the sami as by shooting him. 1 want to se# thieves on the end of a rope. Doret bent down to him. “AV right, m’sieu! You wan’t blood; w! • give it to you. Bring on dat rope I’ll put it on dis boy’s neck if you’ll do de pullin’. For me, I ain’t can ’bout killin’ nobody, but you—you’n • brave man. You hang on tight w’ill dis boy he keeck. an’ strangle, aif grow black in de face. It’s goiti mak you feel good all overl” “Rats! I won’t do the trick but—” “Somebody mus’ do de pullin' - .’ | ’Poleon grinned. “He ain’t goinf I hang himse'f. Mebbe you got pard ner w’at lak give you hand, eh?’ He raised his head and laughed at the crowd. “Messieurs, you see how ’tis. It tak’ brave man to hang t feller lak dis. Some day policeman’! goin' to come along an’ say: ‘Bj Gar. ,1 been lookin’ for you long tarn. De new jodge at Dyea he tel l me you murder a boy at Sheef Camp. S’pose you come wit’ me atj dc little hangin' yourse’f.’ No, met sieurs! We ain’t Hinjuns: wc’ri good sensible peoples, eh?” Lucky Broad uttered a yelp of en couragement. "Hangin’ sounds &et ter 'n it feels,” he declared. “TViinlr it over, you family men. When you make your stakes and go home, lit tle Johnny’s going to climb onto your knee and say, 'Papa, tell me why you hung that man at Sheep Camp,’ and you’ll say, 'Why, son, we hung him because he stole a sack of rice.’ Like heii you will!” x ’Poleon Doret regained public at tention by saying. “Messieurs, I go! s’prise for you.” He lifted himseli to his toes and called loudly over the heads of the assembled citizens, “Dis way, niadame.” From the di rection he was looking there came a swiftly moving figure, the figure of a tall woman with straw-gold hair. Men gave way before her, She hurried straight to the tent platform, where 'Poleon leaned down, took her beneath her arms, and' swung her lightly up beside him. “Madame de Countess Cour teau,” he announced; then with a flourish he swept off his knitted cap and bowed to the new-comer. To those beneath him he cried, sharply, “Tak’ off dose hat or I knock dem off.” The Countess, too, had evidentlj ] made haste, for she was breathing i deeply. < The Countess, too, has evidently ] made haste, for she was breathing ] deeply. She flashed a smile al ( Pierce Phillips, then said, so that all ] could hear: ’ . ] “I understand you accuse this ( young man o; stealing something j last night. Well, he was in Linder- i man. He brought me over today." 1 “We don’t care so much about tha 1 rice; this stealing has been going on for a long time,” a bystander ex- ■ plained. « “True. But the rice was stolen last night, wasn’t it? The man who stole it probably stole the othet stuff.” “They’re two to one,” Pierce told her. "They’re trying to saw it off on me.” The Countess turned .nd stared at the McCaskey brothers, who mel he-- look defiantly. “Bah!” she ex claimed. “I haven’t heard the evi dence, for I was on my way to Dyea when Mr.—” She glanced inquir ingly at ’Poleon. He bowed again. “Doret,” said he. “Napoleon Doret.” “•—when Mr. Doret overtook me, but I’m willing to wager my life that this boy isn’t a thief.” Again she smiled at Phillips, and he experi enced a tumult of conflicting emo tions. Never had he seen a woman like this one, who radiated such strength, such confidence, such power. It was the elder McCaskey who next claimed attention. “We’ve l made our spiel,” he began; then he launched into a repetition of his former statement of facts. | When the elder brother had con cluded, the Countess again ad dressed the meeting. “You take it for granted that Phillips did the 1 stealing because he needed grub,’!. said she. “As a matter of fact he : wasn't broke he had a thousand, , dollars, and—” « •*: | “Say! Who hired you to argue ' this case?” It was Jim McCaskey : i speaking. He had edged his way 1 forward and was scowling darkly at I > the woman. “What’s the idea, any- | ■ how? Are you stuck on thi* kid?” i Y \ J (To be continued) ; I MURPHY'S ATTACKER GETS SUSPENDED TERM If Vining “Messes” With Liquor a Two-Year Sentence Wili Take Ef fect, Greensboro. Sept. 24.—Judge I). H. Collins, in municipal rotiTt this morn ing, warned J. V. Vining. of this city, that if he **messes’* with liquor in any way. he will put into effect a two year sentence, imposed as the result of Tilling taking three shots with a pistol at T. J. Murphy, former mayor of this city, on September The cat>e came up for trial this morning and the two-year sentence was imposed as a result of a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. A SSO fine and costs were imposed for carrying a concealed weapon. Vinning’s attorney stated that his client regretted very much that he shot and the sentence of two .yearn was suspended as a result. ■ Mr. Murphy told court that there had been found in the room which had keen occupied in'the Mur l phy home by the Vinings a big pis tol. loaded and he asked the court what to do with it. An officer was sent to get the gun. 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Mr. i Murphy declared Jthar he did not ] curse her. The trouble started over ] a call on Mrs. Vining for rent on < the apartment, and she went to Mr. ] Murphy's office and state afterward ( that he cursed her. I A man walking along a country < road found an Irishman perched u]>on i a signpost which pointed north, with i the inscription, “This will take you ] to Malvern.” “What are you up there for?" < asked the man. “Faith.” said the other. “I’ve been | siftin’ here for two bourse, and I'm I wonderin' what time it starts.” The college man of today is read- I ing three times as many books as did ] i his father when he attended college J 25 years ago, says Asa Don Dickin son, librarian of the I'irversiry of ( Pennsylvania Library. 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