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ASSOCIATED , PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV 34 Members of Sub Crew Are Imprisoned On Ship Which Lays at Bottom of Atlantic RESCUE SHIPS ON ITCH FOR VESSEL The Men Are on Sub S-51 Which Was Rammed During the Night by a Vessel at Sea. THREE SURVIVORS ARE PICKED UP Fleet of the Rescue Craft Searching for the Sub. — Fate of the Men Is Caus ing Much Anxiety. Boston, Sept. 20. — UP) —Thirty-four members of the crew of the submarine S-51 lay imprisoned at the bottom of the Atlantite today after their ves sel was rammed last night by the steamer City of Rome, of the Ocean S. S. Company, on her voyage from Savannah. Ua., to Boston. Three •survivors were picked* up by the steamer and it was a matter of con jecture as to whether tho remainder were drowned or were alive in the underwater vessel. While a lleet of rescue craft from Newport, It. 1., New York City and New London, Conn., the submarine's base, was rushed out to the point 20 miles east of Block Island Where the disaster occurred, those on shore eagerly awaited news of the crash. The City of Rome was proceeding to Boston, and Capt. Diehl, her com mander, gave no details in his first message to officers of thhe company. She was due to reach Boston some time this afternoon, and it was said she might not arrive before 4 or 5 o'clock. Hope that the 34 men who went down with the S-51 might still be alive was increased when the destroy er I’utnam, sent to the scene from the naval training station at NewpWt. sent a wireless message saying they hud dixVwertd wtan* «pp»i ntty a buoy made up of a bunch of life preservers. Naval men at Newport express the hope that the buoy had been floated out of the sunken craft by members of the crew who might be alive and wnnted to give their position beneath the water. Men rescued by the City of Rome were Dewey Kile, F. F. Lire, and A. Oier, all members of the engiue room force, according to a message receiv er! at the Boston Navy Yard. "Noth ing else could be found,” said the message. “An oil spot showed up where the S-51 went down." At New London, from where the S-51 sailed on September 20th for a practice cruise, naval officers said the fact that oil showed upon the surface of the water did got necessarily in dicate that the craft was a total wreck. They said she might lie at the bottom of the 125 feet of water with all her hatches closed, and many of the men in her alive. Ships being rushed to the aid of the submarine besides the Putnam in clude a salvage ship with diving and hoisting apparatus from Newport, throe submarines from New London, and the salvage ship Vulcan, from New Y'ork. Efforts were being made to communicate with another salvage ship somewhere at sea. No tfliips are being sent from the Boston navy yard, although a rescue vessel stood by throughout the night waiting for or ders to proceed. It was not believed that the City of Rome sustained any damage from the crash with the submarine. Her cap tain's message indicated she was in good condition and proceeding to Bos ton. Efforts to learn details from him by wireless were futile, and it was not expected he would tell his story until the ship reached port. The City of Rome plies regularly between Boston nnd Savannah, with freight and pas sengers, and follows the outside course around Cape Cod. It was reported she might come through the canal to day, however, but officers of the line TODAY ONLY ' J PETE MORRISON and • LIGHTNING in 1 “Mystery of \ Lost Ranch” h' ALL ACTION DRAMA • ADDED— PaOie News jyid Comedy “HELLO BABY” [ Battling Brewster No. 14 ] ' A Program of Exceptional Quality - Monday and Tuesday t DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in « “THIEF OF BAGDAD” • cirmTHTi-m T r 1.111 mrrrtr The Concord Daily Tribune ♦ Another Cause For the Wreck of the Shenandoah Is Given t.akehurst. N. ,T., Sept. 2C.—oP>—- Additional testimony indicating a fail ure of gas cells in the airship Shen andoah was given today to the navnl court of inquiry which is meeting to | ascertain the cause of the disaster to that draft. j) August O, Qnerenheim, one of the survivors, said he saw one 'cell in the aftter part of the ship deflated before he heard the cracking of the ship. Similar testimony was given yesterday by James H. Collier, chief rigger on the Shenandoah. “It is possible the ship had broken at frame 105 before that time,” Qnerenheim said. "It would have been difficult for me tQ hear a sound that far away.” were without advice on this score. | Radio messages received from New London stated that the Chawink and the submarines 8-i, 8-3. S-4!) and' S-10 were being sent to the scene of the collision. They will endeavor to locate the sunken vessel with listen ing gear.' The commander of the con trol force, it was reported, was pro ceeding to the scene on the Camden. The Camden is a 9.000 ftin auxiliary cruiser. Position of Submarine I/mated. Newport, R. 1„ Sept. 2(l.— UP) —The position of the submarine S-51. sunk off Block Islam! last night in a col lision with the S. S. City of Rome, was located today by rescue craft searching for the vessel, it was re ported in a radio message to the Newport naval training station. There were no signs of life, the message said, but crews of the rescue ships were optimistic that some of the 34 men who went down with the subma rine might be alive. The position of the S-51 was given ns about a mile and a half southeast of that given first by the City of Rome. Four submarines were stand ing by as was Vincent Astor's yacht, the Mourmahal. City of Rome Comes Into Harbor. „ Boston. Sept. 2(1. — UP) —The svteam er Cijy of Rome came into the harbor shortly before 3 o’clock tflis after noon. It was expected that it would take some time to warp her into her berth at Charleston. The City of Rome Should Have Re mained on the Spot. Washington, Sept. pti.— UP) —The steamship City of Rome .should have remained on the spot unless urgently impelled to leave, after ramming file submarine S-51 last night, Secretary j Wilbur said today. The conduct of the captain of the : City of Rome, the secretary added, j would be inquired into in connection j with the investigation that would be • irdered. and if it was found there had been any criminal act of negli gence ou his part action would be aken against him. Mine Sweepers Ordered to Scene of Wreck. Boston, Sept. 20. —(A s )—The mine sweepers Lark and Mallard, now at New York, have been ordered to the scene of the wreck of the submarine I S-51, off Block Island, the Charles ton Navy Y’ard reported today. | Efforts to Communicate With Crew 1 Unsuccessful. Pbtsmouth, N. H., Sept. 20. —( A *)— j A wireless message from the Camden picked up here this morning said: j “Diver, reports S-51 resting on keel, inclined to port. Attempts to com municate with crew unsuccessful. Large hold in port side aft conning tower." Captain and Five Seamen Drowned. North Sidney, N. S.. Sept. 26.—C/P) —Captain Joseph Vacher, of the 55- ton schooner Inez G, of Bureog, and five seamen were drowned last night when their vessel capsized about three miles off Lingan while making for North Sidney for shelter. When day breaks some men are too lazy to make use of the pieces. ANNOUNCEMENT j | The 56th series in this old reliable building and loan ■ I and savings association w'll open on October 3rd, 1925. ; The Officers and Stockholders invite each and every '• j person in Concord to take some shares in this series. 1 Running shares cost 25 cents per share per week, t Prepaid shares cost $72.25 per share. 5 Each share is jvorth SIOO.OO at maturity, j We have been maturing our stock in 328 weeks. I jj Tax return day is coming. : “JUST REMEMBER THAT ALL STOCK WITH ! j US IS NON-TAXABLE.” START NOW I II CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND j SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Office in the Concord National Bank £ J i'itt'l'.i i u ,i. 1 4,i ff?i":i'!a"!u;ri:'!!iTi‘'m , a'iT'!isanyiun it ri i gs»m- n rr-nr» “Describe the character of the de flation.” directed Judge Advocate Foley. “The lower part of the gas cell was cupped up. as one does when de flated,” Qnerenheim said. “Then the whole cell dropped down to the axle cable. After that I didn't take much note of it.” “This was slightly before T heard the cracking up of t'.ie ship, hut I think the ship had cracked before that time because Coleman who was either on the ladder or at the ladder, came up into the ship (from an engine cat aft). and told tne he had seen No. 4 engine ear carried away. It was after t'.ie gas cell became deflated." !♦************♦ NS j NS CAMPAIGN FOR RED CROSS * * SWEATERS CLOSES MONDAY* NS sir * Tiie campaign for sweaters for 4S * ex-service men in our govern- * * ment hospitals closes Monday, NS NS Our quota of sweaters has been NS r;- reached, but we hope others will -}- volunteer to buy or knit a * * sweater, for there will no doubt NS * be many places that will not * NS reach tfieir quota. * NS The following have promised * * either to >buv or make sweaters * NS to date: * * Mrs. D. L. Dost. Mrs. G it. NS NS Lewis, C. A. Cannon, Mrs. * NS J. Cannon, Miss Elizabeth Gib- NS NS son. IV. A. Jenkins, Dr. Thomas NS NS Madison Rowlett. Mrs. It. A. NS * White. Miss Jerni Coitrane and NS NS Mrs. M. J. Corl. Please call NS NS Tiie Tribune early Monday mom- sJS NS ing and state what kind of a NS 'IS sweater you will knit—the one NS NS with or without sleeved. NS W. A. JENKINS, Chairman. NS NS NS * NSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS^ GRIGG TO CAPTAIN DUKE RUHR DEVILS All-State. Tackle Unanimously Elected to Lead Methodist Eleven This Year. Durham, Sept. 25.—Fred Grigg. of Gastonia, all-state tackle outstanding player on -the Duke University foot ball team, was unanimously elected captain of the Blue Devils at a meet ing of the varsity here tonight at i) o'clock. He will lead t'ae Duke grid i dej's against the Guilford Quakers in | the opening game of the season here ! tomorrow. j Grigg last season proved one of I the most aggressive players, especial • l.v as a defensive man, in North Car olina and was loudly praised by Tar Heel sports writers. liTis season lie has shown up brilliantly in scrim mages both in the offense and the de fense. He will be a power in the Methodist line. Coach Pat Herron and Duke supporters are expecting Grigg to go better than ever this year. The new Duke captain is a popular man on the campus and when the : news was circulated among the stu ; dents here tonight every one expressed i immense satisfaction at the selection j of the team. , \V. F. ELLIS BADLY HURT AT HIS HOME Falls From Second Foot Over the Railing to First Floor.—Has Re markable Escape. Salisbury, Sept. 25.—W. F. Ellis is suffering from severe bruises re ceived last night when he fell from tho second floor landing at his home over the railing to the floor be low. Mr. Ellis is about 70 years of age and rather heavy and his escape from death in the fall is remarkable. He is well known throughout the j state, having travelled over a large I territory as salesman for years. He was formerly a member of the Ellis- Stone firm at Greensboro. North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925 End of The Third Week Os Tribune - Times Big Subscription Campaign Some Intensive Action Is! Just Beginning to Be Displayed by Some Who •Are After Prizes. STILL ROOM” FOR ENTRANTS It Needs Only a Glance at the Vote Column tp Show This.—Better Gelt In Right Now. With tonight marking the end of the third week of Tjie Concord Trifc line and Times SIO,OOO automobile and cash campaign, it should witness 1 t'.ie vyry busiest time so far of this! great offer to wide awake and live wire workers. Some little intensive action is just beginning to be dis played by the few people who are now endeavoring for the big prizes which will be awarded at the end of this campaign. Even though it might be a little difficult for one to fully appreciate j the truth of the statement that there | is excellent opportunity for a new entry to win any one As the prizes offered, it needs only a glance at the vote columns to prove this point. There you will find ambitious people represented who have been working for but a day or two and who are even now high in the standing. In truth just one or two long time sub scriptions to The Tribune or Times will make a strong contender out of any one who procures them. Tile campaign management truly wishes that this were not the truth, for this wonderful opportunity should have gained far more momentum than It has to date. With just a mere hand ful of subscriptions you can start on the road to success in this campaign and be a contender. We have urged many times for those who find themselves of hnlf n mind to win one of these prizes to make their intentions up wholly. Merely thinking about it or wishing you might win one of these cars will not do it for you. Perhaps you have thought it would take hundreds fijjd hundreds of subscriptions to suc ceed. Perhaps your own big idejs • have feigh - . .-«ed you. l»etb*ps x&n are making excuses to justify Vom self for letting such a wonderful op , portunity slip away from you when you know that you should be in it right now striving toward hundreds, yes thousands of dollars to be ac quired in a few weeks absolutely on the side from what you are doing. Now, none of these visions or wish es are going to win for any one the prize they would like to have. Y'ou might think you can not do it. Y'ou will never know until you try and after that trial you will very likely be in the position of being surprised at yourself. Just heed these things we say. cut out nomination coupon in this issue and bring or mail it to the campaign department of The Tribune and Times. Tiie office ad dress is room 209, Cabarrus Savings Bank building, the mail address post office box 431. Thelepone 579. Act today. Y'ou owe it to yourself. MODERN WEDDING AT TURKISH METROPOLIS The First Wedding Ceremony Along Modem Lines Is Held at Constan tinople. Constantinople, Sept. 25.—Constan tinople has witnessed its first Turk ish wedding with both the bride and groom present. A generation ago even the engagement of the two young persons was arranged entirely by their families and the bride and groom nev er saw one another until after the wedding. The wedding was held in a club hquse and was attended by some 200 persons, men and women. Tiie bride wore a modish street coat and a thin veil hound about her head. Her face was entirely exposed. The priest, bearded and turbaned, alone was in keeping with the old tradi tion. The priest asked the girl if she would accept the man as her hus band, under a contract that lie would present her with the sum if 150 liras or Turkish pounds, and a guarantee that in case of divorce he would pre sent her with another 150 liras an swered in the affirmative and thei groom did likewise to a similar ques- j tion. Rings were exchanged and the ! priest pronounced the couple man and wife. A reception followed in which both the men and women guests took part. 'The only incident harking back to the old type of social ceremony was the sprinkling of eau de 'Cologne on the heads of the guests. Observange of Yoin Kipper. New Y’ork, Sept. 26. —At sunset to morrow evening jhe Jewish people throughout the world will begin the celebration of Y'om Kippur, or Day of Atonement, the most widely ob served of the many feasts and fusts I in the Hebrew calendar. This fast | day is considered the most important of all the Mosaic holy days. With | its observance the penitential season which began with the New Y'enr comes ; to an end. and the Jews then look , forward with joyful anticipation to the celebration of Succoth, or the Feast of Tabernacles, the harvest festival of the ancient Israelites. The roar of Niagara Falls Is to be broadcast by radio. I I ♦- SCOTT AND WIFE DENIED DIVORCES; Judge Hearing the Cases Refuses to Grant a Di [ vorce to Either Congress man or His Wife. Alpena, Mich., Sept. 20.-—-OP) Frank T>. Scott. Michigan congress- j man, and Edna .Tames Scott, his wife, both were denied divorces in a deci sion handed down today by Circuit j Judge Frank T>. Emerick. Congressman Scott in tiis bill eharg-i ed cruelty and misconduct, alleging that his wife had been indiscreet in j her relatione with three men. Captain | Wilbur Sumner, of the army air serv ice ; Harry Wyckoff, of Washington, hotel clerk, and au unnamed man whom she met in Europe. Mrs. Scott filed a cross bill in which she charged her husband gam bled for high stakes and drank. The Seotts separated in December, 1023. The case was begun before ! Judge Emerick last December, was j interrupted in January to permit both I sides to obtain additional evidence. ! and was resumed in August. The marriage of the Seotts took place in 11)1-1. There are no chil dren. SKELETON FOUND NEAR MORGANTON HOSPITAL Man Had Been Dead Long Time.— Believed to Have Been a Suicide. Morgantcn, Sept. 25. —Wednesday morning a patient from the State hospital who has the freedom of the grounds and had gone into a thicket just beyond the hospital to set a squir rel trap made a gruesome discovery. About 300 yards from the Enola road and on the State grounds lay a pile of clothes and bones, outlining a man’s form, and several yards from the body was a skeleton. Coroner .T. R. Riddle was notified and summoning a jury made an inves tigation. The man had evidently been dead for some time and the evi dence pointed to suicide. Above the spot where the skeleton lay was stretched a wire to which dangled a fragment of cloth. The coroner’s jury reached the conclusion that the man. possibly a patient at the State hospital, hanged himself and that the body hung suspended in the seclud ed place, unnoticed until it dropped from decay. About seven months ago a patient by the enatne of McCrary disappeared mysteriously from the hospital and until this time nothing had been heard of him or no trace found. The theory is that the bones and cloth ing discovered represent the mortal remains of McCptry. Considering the length of 'time that has elapsed the clothing was in fair ly good condition. The blue of the shirt and the heavy work shoes were evidence that it was the body of a farm patient at the hospital. 11l the pockets of the trousers was change in the amount of sl.lO. The remains were placed in a cof fin and after such further investiga tion as the hospital authorities can make will be given decent burial in the hospital cemetery. TO DISCUSS FRENCH WAR DEBT OVER THE TEA CUP Formal Negotiations, However, at a Standstill Over Week-end. Washington. Sept. 26.—(/P)—The American and Frcncli war debt nego tiations have adopted a policy of dis eusisng the difference over the teacup. With the formal negotiations at a standstill over the week-end Secretary Mellon today accepted an invitation to lunch with M. Caillaux and others of the French commission at the French embassy. The function was arranged as the first of a series of daily luncheons at which the princi pals in the negotiations will seek the common ground of understanding they have not thus far discovered in the more formal exchanges of the confer ence room. M Caillaux apparently found the new method of negotiations more to his taste than the somewhat sharp apassegs through which the diseus i sions have passed since they began I two days ago. He had made no effort | last night to conceal his disappoint- I ment at the tenor of the American re- \ ! ply to his first proposal of settlement, but today be seemed more cheerful. SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED AIRPLANE IS DESTROYED It Was Planned to Use It In Non- Stop Flight From Paris to New York. Dreux, France. Sept. 26.—OP)—The ' airplane specially constructed for a non-top flight from Paris to New York, planned by Paul Trossoon and Francis Coli, was destroyed wften it crashed twelve miles south of this place today. Trossoon and a com panion aviator named Favreau who were trying for a speed record in the machine, were seriously injured. Trossoon and Faveau were brought to the hospital here. They took off for Etampes shortly after noon yes terday, to attempt to set a new speed mark for a 3,000 kilometer flight, making the eircuit from Etampes to 1 Chartres to New Orleans. Among Mexicans the proportion of bridegrooms who take brides older than themselves is said to be (larger than among any other people. W.R. Cole Is To Go On Trial Monday For First Degree Murder ANOTHER CUT IN PRICE OF “GAS” Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Makes Re duction of One Cent a Gallon in This State. New York, Sept. 2(s.——The J Standard Oil Company of New Jer- I sey today established a flat rate of j 15 cents a gallon for tank wagon gas ; (dine throughout its territory, prices ; being reduced one-half cent a gallon in New Jersey and in trie citis of Washington and Baltimore, and one cent a gallon in Maryland, North Car olina, Soutth Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Kerosene prices in North Carolina and South Carolina also were cut one cent, to 13 cents in North Carolina, and 13 1-2 cent* in South Carolina. FARMER WANTED TO „ DIE AS CHRIST DID With Lawyer On One Side and Doc tor on the Other He Felt His De sire Was Granted. Wilson. Sept. amusing story is being told in which three noted local men are stars in their respective roles—a farmer, leading at torney, and an eminent, physician. The farmer, who was as straight as a string and never allowed himself to owe any man for any length of time, and who loved his morning nips as well as any man who ever ‘’looked upon the wine when it is red”—per haps as well as did his professional friends—after being confined to his bed for a considerable time, came to the conclusion that perhaps he had bent his elbow too often and let the juice of the apple trickle down his gullet in larger quantities than was good for the inner man. He was made conscious that the time was near for him to prepare for crossing the “great divide.” With this premonition in mind, and wishing to die as lie had lived, he sent for his lawyer and doctor. When the professional men arrived at his home he called the doctor to his bed side and said : “Doc. I am afraid my time has come; don't hesitate to tell me what you think.” The doctor was frank and told him the Death Angel was hovering near. After calling his wife to his bed side, the farmer said to the doctor. “Come to the right side and take my hand.” and to the lawyer “Get on the opposite side nnd take my left hand.” Then he inquired of both, “Do you know how much I owe you?” On being informed, he commanded his wife to pay both at once, and then exclaimed: “I want to die as did Christ, between two thieves.” SPECIAL TRAIN SEARCHED BY PROHIBITION AGENTS ! Veterans of Spanish American War j Held lg at Cincinnati on Way to Reunion. Cincinnati. Sept. 25.—0 n orders from Columbus, government prohi bition agent< assisted by i>olice, raided a special train carrying sev eral hundred members to the Spanish-American war veteran con vention at St. Petersburg, Fla.. whi e the train lay over. in Cin cinnati last night. Three men, all city or county cm-1 plo.ye* of Detroit and Wayne county, j Michigan, were arrested on liquor charge* when they admitted owner ship of grip* in which liquor was found by the raiders. Liquor was foiiud in six other grips and suit ca-es but no one claimed them. The suit cases and liquor were coufisoat | ed. An entire train load of veterans, several hundred strong was held for search which required the greater part of three hours. The police were stationed at the doors of all cars with instructions to let no one puss. With the cars blocked, the raiders went systematically through all | coaches. * T j Completes Rome to Tokio Flight. Tokio. Sept. 2(l— UP) —Commander l Francesco de Piendo. Italian flying; lace, completed his Home to Tokio i flight this afternoon, arriving at the | I Ka*umigaura air station near here at i 3:52 o’clock. He was welcomed by | naval and military officials. Ed. Misenheimer, Jr., has returned to the University of Maryland to re sume his medical studies. Sing Sing Executioner, Who Put 140 Persons to Death, Will Quit New York. Sept. 23.—John Hul bert. Sing Sing executioner, who is said never to have given an inter view, yesterday let one fact becoaie 1 known. It was that Halbert, who lias turned on the electric current that has sent 140 slayer* out of life, will retire when this ■ year's work is done. Rivaling concert stars, Ilulbert has earned as high as $450 for an evening's worlj. He received that 1 sum for executing Morris nnd Joseph , Diamond and John Farina a few i months ago. But there are slack year.--. In 1919, Hubert officiated in the death house only twice. Then he i received only SSO for each execution, i The per capita fee has climbed from i SSO, when he began in 1914, to $l5O. Hulbert’s biU in 1922 was $2,560- Charged Wis s,!Ue *Jbnuy W. W. Ormond on tnei Streets of Rockingham on August 15th. SPEC I AL^TERM TO TRY THE CASE To Be Presided Over by Judge Finley.—Big Staff of Defense and Prosecu tion Attorneys. Rockingham. N. C., Sept. 26.—W>) —-Charged with the murder of IV. IV. Ormond, of Raleigh, \V. R. Cole, wealthy manufacturer, of Rocking ham, will go on trial in Richmond County Superior Court here next week. Th“ special term of court to try Cole will be convened Monday morning by Judge T. B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro, named by the gov ernor as presiding jurist. Indictment is expected as a mat ter of routine during Monday after which the trial is expected to get un der way at once. That every issue presented to the court will be contested was indicated here this afternoon. A staff of de fense attorneys led by James H. Pou, of Raleigh, an attorney of note, was ready to submit a plea of “not guilty” and to follow it up with a defense which, it is said, will be based on self-defense. On the other hand So licitor Don Phillips will be aided in prosecuting the case by several attor neys retained by the Ormond family ami led by Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, former congressman and one of the outstanding lawyers of North Caro lina. Mr. Phillips has indicated that he will urge a verdict of first degree murder. Ormond, who had been attentive to Miss Elizabeth Cole, daughter of the defendant, for along period of time, had been requested by the parent to discontinue his attentions. It is said that there resulted a series of letters between the two men in which Or mond is alleged to have threatened Cole and which will form the basis of the defense plea of self-defense. On August 15th, the young man had vis ited Rockingham on route to a beach resort and it was while standing in fH-nt of his automobile on a main street of the city that lie was shot and killed by Cole. The latter was arrested a short time later and has been ill jail without privilege of bail since that date. IV. B .Cole, wealthy manufacturer of Rockingham stiot and killed \Y. IV. Ormond of Raleigh, on the streets of Rockingham. Saturday afternoon. August 15th. The young man was standing near his automobile when Cole approached and fired the shots (Continued on Page Two) THE COTTON MARKET i Opened Steady- Today at Advance of 1 to fl Points on Covering and Buy * ing. New York, Sept. 26.— 04>) —The cot ton market opened steady today at an advance of 1 to 9 points on cover ing and trade buying, promoted by encouraging advices from the cotton goods market, apprehensions that a | low barometer in the Oarribean Sea | might develop into a tropical d’sturb (mice Sunday, and reports of a steady spot basis in the South. December sold up to 23.89 at the opening, but mot considerable liquid ation or southern selling, and early fluctuations were rather irregular. After selling ofl’ to 23.78, December rallied to 23.65 however, and the mar- [ ket held fairly steady at the end of j the first hour. Private cables reported trade call- S ings offset by Manchester selling and ! hedge selling this a. m. Cotton futures opened steadv. Oct. ! 23.61 : Dec. 23 85 ; Jan. 23.18 ■ March ! j 23.12 ; Mary 23.73. , Piano Sale Ends Tonight. j Tiic big piano sale at the Kidd-Frix | -1 Co. ends tonight. This is your last j -I opportunity to buy a piano player , j with 36 rolls of music, and bench to I ! match for only $287. Many other ' I big piano bargains also. The store ! w II be open tonight till 9 o'clock. I Magriage license was issued Friday ! by Register of Deeds Elliott to Jos eph Jones and Miss Lidie B. Weath erman. both of Kannapolis. That was added to It's sa’ary of sl,- 600 as electrician at Auburn Prison. Once Hulbert fainted at the execu tioner's switch. They propped him up and switched on the current. Once a former helper at Auburn Prison came and sat down in his chair, as calmly as n man coming for a shave, and snid: “John, I’m going over the top. It's a pleasure to die. Do n good job, John!” And John did. Who will succeed Hulbert? Maybe Guy La Rock, who two years ago wrote to the State Prison Commis sion from Watertown: “What are the chances for me get ting the job of Official Killer at Sing Sing?” TH£ TkIBUNE PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY! — * NO. 231 BLUEFIELD MOTOR PARTY GIVEN BIG RECEPTION IN CITI uariy Met at Outskirts « the City by Officials am Escorted to the Jacksoi Training School. THREEHUNDRED IN THE PARTI From Concord the Visitor Went to Charlotte to At tend the Big Expositioi There. Rliteficld's motorcade, totaling six ty-two automobiles filled with citi zens of the West Virginia City, wa given a hearty welcome when it paus ed for a brief while in Concord thi morning en route to Charlotte, wher it was the guest today of the Cham ber of Commerce at the Made-iu-Cai olinas Exposition. The visit comes -as a sequel to i similar one made a year ago by i party of North Carolinians frail Concord, Charlotte, Salisbury, an Statesville in the interest tof th Lake--to-Florida Highway to th metropolis of Southern West Virgin ia and is an expression of the gooi will between the two sections of th two states. • In conjunction with the visit of th Bluefieldcrs, enthusiasm in the High way. a project which is to join th middle western states to Florida, by t direct-line road, has been heigbtenei and it is probable that at the dinne tonight at the Chamber of Commerh in Charlotte, action will be taken ii regard to this matter. The routiuj of the Highway, a matter which ha been of serious concern to the eitia of Piedmont North Carolina, will il all likelihood be taken up though i is not likely that final decision wil be made. The entertainment in Concord thi morning consisted of an address b; Mayor C. H. Barrier, a program pre seated by the boys of the Jacksoi Training School and the serving o light refreshments. All this wa done at the Training School, it hav ing been decided not to have th l long line of motors stop in the eit; proper. A pilot car left the oky early tip. morning for Salisbury where the vis tors were met and were brought ti Concord, cmering byway of Nortl Union street and turning west at th Lutheran Church corner. "A- larg delegation of local citizens greeted th West Virginians at the training school. The program presented by th Training School was as follows: Kami number. Welcome—C. E. Boger. Reading: As Soon as You Get t N. C.—Russell Capps. Brief remarks by J. P. Cook on th Training School. Instrumental quartet: Carry M Back to Old Virginia. Page from Sunday School WorV beginning with the Gloria Patri. 100th Psalm. Hymn. Band number. America. Immediately after the exercises a Concord were completed, the entil assemblage left for Charlotte, whei they were given the greater part c the afternoon to see the Expositioi after which they were to be entertau ed at a dinner at the Chamber c Commerce. Practically all 'the vii itors planned to leave Charlotte fc Bluefield early Sunday morning. The passage of the West Virgil ians through North Carolina was constant ovation Friday. Reaehin Mt. Airy shortly after noon, the were taken to “the grove" where the | were given luncheon and welcomed 1 the citizens of that city. From thei | they went to Winston, where col j drinks Were served. At Salisbury, an elaborate dinta was held in the Yadkin Hotel wit | approximately 350 persons in a , tendance. The following prograi ! was presented : Toastmaster —Mr. Stable Linn. - Song: “America"—-All. '-j Invocation—Rev. A. O. Moore.' Address of Welcome—Hon. Walti ! Murphy. Duet—Mrs. J. I). Carlton, Mrs. i ! IS. Marsh. Response to Address of Welecotttjjjl Mr, Ernest Henson. • | Address: "Industrial Bluefield"* Mr. Herbert Markle. Address : "Selling Bluefield”—M i Lawrence Lane. j Address : "Coal Industry”—Mr. ] j I. Shott. Address : "West Virginia”— M Bernard MeClaughtery. Quartet Selection—Criterion Qua (Continued on Page Eight) SAT’S BEAR SAYSt Fair tonight and probably ftgj day, slightly warmer Sunday, ' Ml crate south winds. - > j.