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Cole Case May Go To |
Jury Early Tomorrow
Indications Now That Fin-!
.al Arguments Will Be
Completed This After
noon or Early Tonight.
JUDGE WORKING
ON HIS CHARGE
Will Have It Finished and
Ready For Deliverance
When the Lawyers Have
Completed Arguments.
Richmond County Court House.
Rockinghqm, Oct. 8.-—(^)—Confidence
was stamped upon fine features of
W. R. Cole today as the jury that will
decide his fate for the killing of W.
W. Ormond, his daughter's former
sweetheart, heard conehiding argu
ments in his trial.
The wealthy cotton manufacturer
read fetters while (tznirr IHenry
addressed the jury in his' behalf.
Several score persons were in (Cie
court room. Overhanging clouds made
the use of lights necessary, and the
bright colored clothes worn in earlier
days of trial had given way to heavier
garments.
Judge Finley was engaged in pre
paring his charge to the jury, in the
belief that arguments will be complet
ed today.
, ‘‘The State has declared that Cole
thrust 'his daughter into the breach.
The yosng woman is in the breach,
but Ormond dragged her in," said Mr.
Henry.
W. T. Pittman for the State fol
lowed with an appeal for "even hand
ed justice.”
•T. Chesley Sedberry followed for the
defense.
W. C. Douglass, of Raleigh, who
was scheduled to follow Mr. Sedberry.
interrupted file speaker when he re
ferred Jo the physicians who were
called by the defense. Their testi
mony was not allowed and the court
suggested that the speaker omit the
reference. '
Mr.' Douglas was the next speaker.
“Oh God, is this a circus? Can it
be that what the defense has said is
true? In the -15 long years of my
• practice I have never approached so
solemn an occasion."
Mr. Douglas is the oldest lawyer
in years participating in the trial.
“I tiave practiced a good many
years,” he said, "but I have Ilever
defaced a tombtcnc, robbed, a grave,
■■*** tnt put a corpse.”
Members of deftuse counsel had
warned the jury of the "venerable
Mr. Douglas" anil as the w’.iite haired
mail warmed to bis argument, he
struck out with surprising forceful
ness. ■*
The speaker asked why so many
criminals plead insanity, and answer
ed "Recause so many criminals crass
the sea of murder in its cockle shell.”
"Men of the jury, you shall" not
bring down Harrow's cussednes* mid
transplant it in the land of North
Cnrolina." Mr. Douglas characterized
Cole's insanity defense as a “hookus
pokns Tom foolery. Chicago Spdom.”
“Bill Colo says he prayed, and got
up and killed. As a cure for insan
ity that's got Sloan's liniment and [
Tutt's Pills bent all to pieces."
FBTZERB HELD MEN
OUT OF HARD WORK
Confine Workout to Hard Signal
Drill Lasting Till Late In Eve
ning.
Chapel Hill, Oct. 7.—Coaches Bob
and Bill Ketzer continued to hold
their first string nfen out of hard
practice, and today they confined t'.icir
workout to a hard signal drill that
lasted till dgjkness settled over Em
erson Field. The second team, how
ever, took on harder work and scrim
maged the freshmen for nearly an
hour with neither side scoring.
Both the varsity second and the
yearlings showed some good gains
during,the scrimmage with the sec
onds taking to the air for their long
est gains. Cobb at quarter, threw
several long passes to Sides and
Young for gain of from five to sis-l
teen yeards. Young showed mighty
well on the receiving end of the at
tack, and in addition reeled off sev
' eral' nice runs. Ford was the star
for the first year outfit.
. Gen. Skiddy Re-elected.
'New Orleans, Oct. B.—W) —Gen.
Wm. Skiddy, of New York, for 27 1
years treasurer of the General conven
tion of the Episcopal Church, was to
day re-elected unanimously, to that po
sition by the House of Deputies and
submitted to the House of Bishops for
ratification.
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COLONEL MITCHELL j
REFUSES SERVICE
Refuses to Appear Before'
the Board Making In
quiry (Into the Shenan
doah Disaster.
Washington, Oct. B.—oPl—Cti|.
Wni. Mitchell refused today to testify
before the naval court investigating
the the airship Shenandoah Jlsaster.
Advised officially that t'o’. Mitchell
lu-d refused to appear the court di
rected the judge advocate general to
communicate that fact to the War De
partment which originally had order
ed Mitchell to oatac before the court
and K - ve testimoiy
After he had objected to being
sworn before the court under the or
der of the army directing him to ap
pear n formal subpoena fqr his ap
pearance was issued today by the nav
al body. Judge Advocate Fo’ey deliv- '
ell delivered it in person, and Mitchell
refused to accept service under ad- '
vice of his couuscl. '
While the court was in executive '
session determining its course after
Mitchell had objected to taking the
oath, Representative Frank R. Roil,
of Illinois, his attorney, made public
a communication which the Colonel
sent yesterday to the adjutant general
of the army.
HELD I P ON PUBLIC HIGH
WAY NEAR ALBEMARLE
James McLesfer, Son-In-Law of
Woman Whose House Was Recently
Dynamited, Arrested.
Albemarle, OcfT 7. —One of the
boldest robberies of its kind was
committed here Tuesday afternoon
when O. O. Bowers of this county
was held up on the highway north
wed of tho city. The robber, threw
a pistol in Mr. Bower's face, demand
ed money, and got SB.
Mr. Bowers was coming to' town
in his wagon, when he wns passed by
a Ford touring ear, with one passen
ger. This car went several yards
down the road and stopped near a
clump of bushes, and the driver
sprang into the bushes nearby. Mr.
Bowers unsuspecting drove on
down the road, uud us be came op
posite the bushes the mau, with u
handkerchief over his mouth and
none sprang out with the pistol uud
demanded the money. Mr. Bowers im
mediately gave up his (8., and the
MAiber got in the Ford and drove in
the direction of Albemarle.
Mr. bowers came on to town and
notified the police dpartment and
officers were soon on the scene.
Some boys working near the scene of
the robbery said that a Ford passed
driving very rapidly, and had one
large hub. This gave the clue that it
was a “U Drive it It" car, und they
came back to town, and with the
description of the mnn. began the
senrch which soon resulted in the
arrest of James McLcster, near the
Southbound railroad, son-in-law of
Mrs. June Broadawny, whose home
was recently dynamited.
The gun and money were gone.
Upon investigation officers learned
jthat the cn-r had been bird from the
Manous Taxi Station, McLester say
ing he wns going to visit relatives
near Mt. Pleasant. The car bail been
driven l(Kt miles and the bill was
$13.25. Payment to the Taxi com
pany was made with one five and
three one dollar bills, and a pistol
given as security for the remainder.
NOEL AND CHAUFFEUR
FACE MURDER CHARGE
They Will Be Tried For Lives In
Connection With the Death of Mary
Daly.
Ncward, N. J., Oct. B.—C4s)—Harri
son W. Noel, slayer of six-year-old
Mary Daly, of Montclair, and of Ray
, mond Pierce, a negro chauffeur, must
, face trial in Essex) County for the
slaying of the child.
Judge Edwin C. Oaffrey, in com
mon pleas court, before whom n loug
series of hearings was held to deter
‘ I mine whether Noel, admittedly men
tally insane, was nevertheless legal
. ly sane, today announced the deeis
. ion.
“The guilt or innocence of Noel is
for a jury to determine and judgment
of this case is that the defendant be
remanded for trial," he said.
I Cash Advance Makes Hit With the
Farmers.
| j Greensboro, Oct. 7. —Co-operative
! Tobacco Association officials here state
[: that the cash ’advance of 05 per cent,
is so large that the problem now is
not to keep some fainthearted mem
bers from selling their tobacco on the
1 auction floors, but to keep new mem
bers from “bootlegging” tobacco in
the co-operative warehouses, attracted
by the good price. That would be
dtjne by selling to a member and hav
ing him deliver it. The quality of
the weed delivered yesterday was bet
ter than expected. About ten thou
sand pounds was delivered.
Fight Weevil With Airplane.
Baton Rouge, La., Oct. B.—W>)
The airplane has been used to “dust"
the bolt weevil fields with calcium
arsenate and now the experiment is
being tried in “dusting” sugar cane
to control the borer. Thousands of
dollars will be saved planters if the
experiment is successful.
Feeding English Rata Costly.
London, Oct. B.—l4*)—Rat experts
j estimate that it costs England 70,-
: 000,000 pounds, or about $350,000,-
j 000 a year to feed its rats. This is
( the food charge and does not include
ri the damage done.
WILL THIS WEEK ’
SPELL SUCCESS OR
1 FAILURE FOR YOU?
Which Will It Be? —lt
Is Entirely Up to You.—
Don’t Lose a Single Op
portunity Now.
WORK AS YOU NEVER
WORKED BEFORE
Six Club of Subscriptions
Now Have a Voting
Power of Over Half a
Million Votes.
Coming out victorious in The Trib
une-Times campaign is the aim of
every "live wire" in the race and
from the activity fiiiht friends of can
didates are showing it, seems there is
an intense rivalry on every hand,
each candidate has his or her circle
of friends who are boasting their fav
orite—and those "factions" are pitch
ing in with energy to put their can
didate across.
After Saturday night fitcre will re
main but one short week of the First
Period Big Vote schedule—really it is
narrowing down to what amounts to
a matter of days—-soon, and almost
before you know it, the closing hour
of the big votes will be but a few
minutes away. That is just the rea
son that every one should awake to
the full realization of what this week
CAN mean to them. This week can
spell success or failure for you.
Which will it be? It is entirely up
to you—lose not a single opportunity
this week—work as you have never
worked before—with the thought in
mind of maintaining your present
good standing for one of the Capital
Prizes.
Figue It Out in Time.
If turned in now, six clubs of sub
scriptions have a voting power of
over half million votes. There is no
limit to the number of clubs a candi
date may turn in. Twelve of them
will produce over a million votes.
It is to your interest to get every
possible subscription in to campaign
headquarters before the otiose of the
first period. There is nothing to be
gained now by holding back subscrip
tions—if you hold them later than
Monday night, Oetober PJfij. you will
be the tester. After.. October ,lQtk,
the voting power of subscription is
very much reduced and still further
reductions will occur, in the vote
schedule before the close .of this short
election.
Every new five-year subscription
now counts with the clubs, over a
half million votes. A few of these
would pi gee any candidate in good
position to win any prize in the list.
Keep in mind that the voting pow
er of subscriptions, is NOW at its
very highest point—until 12 o'clock
one week from Monday—October 10.
Twelve o'clock October 10th. the
last day of the big vote period. Elec
tion headquarters at Room 200 Ca
barrus Savings Bank building will be
open until midnight to receive votes.
All persons who are in the office
on or before that time will be waited
on and will have their subscriptions
counted on the present big vote sched
ule.
Subscriptions that are mailed, if
the envelope bears a postmark of not
later than 12 o'clock, October 10th,
will count on the big vote schedule.
IT IS ANYBODY’S RACE FOR
THE BIG CARS AND MONDAY,
OCTOBER 10TH. at 12 O'CLOCK
IS THE FINAL HOUR OF THE
BIG VOTES .
Japanese Girl’s Tongue Attacked By
Strange Colony of Microbes.
Tokyo, Oct. 8.—(40 Strange
things in medicine and surgery are
often reported from Japan, but one
of the strangest is the recent case of
a girl whose three-inch tongue was
eaten up to one inch by microbes. By
cauterization, the surgeons report,
they were able to restore one inch of
the organ so that the girl now has a
tongue two iuches iu length.
The patient, Mies Sonoko Torii, 18
years old. found while she was at
tending school that her tongue ap
parently was getting shorter. With
in a few months the tougne had de
creased to such an extent that the
girl had difficulty in talking. She
consulted a number of doctors who
said they could do nothing for her.
Finally one of the most prominent
Japanese surgeons decided the ton
gue was "colonized" by unknown
microbes. He tried cauterization and
a "cure" apparently was effected.
Japanese scientists say there is no
record of a similar case.
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Last time today of “Charley’s
Aunt,” with Byd Chaplin, nt the War
ner’s Concord Theatre.
“Bobbed Hair." starring Marie
Prevost, at Warner's Concord Tlmatre
scon.
It is estimated that ninety-three
per cent, of the ocean floor is en
tirely devoid of plqnt life.
Lord Rosebery, at 78, is Britain's
oldest ex-Prtme Minister.
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1925
Mrs. Wilson Reported Engaged.
From Paris come rumors that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the late 1
president, will marry Dr. Sterling Ruffin, a Washington physician and
llose friend of tho Wilsons for many yearsr Ruffin is 58 and a bachelor.
Ha and- lira. Wilson now are in Parle-
At Least 100 Horses Expected To
Be Entered In Races During Fair
♦
Reports Reaching Fair Of
ficials Indicate All Stalls
Will Be Filled When the
First Race Starts, i
TRACK INFINE
CONDITION NOW
All of the Horses Listed
„ For Races Will Arrive in
Concord Not Later Than
Monday Morning.
"It looks like we are going to need
more stalls at the fair grounds to (
house all of the horses that will b
iere for fair week.”
Thus spoke Dr. T. N. Spencer, sec
retary of the fair, when asked today
how many racers he expected here.
“Why, every day I get messages a -,;-1
'tig for spaces in the barns, and the
horses already listed include some of
the best that have appeared in the,
smith and middle west lit is year.’ ’ i
Several officials of the fair hive
been to Winston-Salem this week for
the Forsyth Fair, and they return !
home with the announcement that
practically every horse in the Twin
City this week will be here for t’.ie
local fair. And in addition to these
many other horses are headed this
way now. It is expected that the
total will reach the 100 mark when
the starter calls for the first heat
Tuesday afternoon.
Dr. Spencer announces that Mr.
Copenhaver, starter for the races at
the fair year before last..has been
secured for this year. Mr. Copen
haver was a great favorite with local
race goers on his first appearance
and his return means the" races will
start on time and without undue
delay at the wire.
Grace Direct, the Penny brothers <
mare which set a track record of
2:04 1-4 on the local track last year,
will not return this year. The fair
officials want to get as many new
horses as possible this year, believ-j
ing the fair patrons had rather see!
different horses each season. How-1
ever, some of the horses that have!
been here before will return, of course,
but they will be pitted against oth-1
ers making their debut on the local 1
track.
Twenty horses already are quar
tered at the fair grounds and the
others who are' listed for the races
are expected to reach Concord Sun
day. Monday will be utilized by
the drivers as a practice day.
As has been the custom on the
two previous years, school children
of the county will be admitted to the
1 NOW OPEN j
1 l The 56th series in this old reliable building and, loan I
and savings association w'll open on October 3rd, 1925. I
The Officers and Stockholders invite each and every jj
' ! person in Concord to take some shares in this series.
, Running shares cost 25 cents per share per week.
i! Prepaid shares cost $72.25 per share. i
, j Each share is worth SIOO.OO at maturity.
, We have been maturing our stock in 328 weeks.
■ Tax return day is coming. I
\ “JUST REMEMBER THAT ALL STOCK WITH !
i US IS NON-TAXABLE.”
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START NOW
CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND
| - SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
* Office in the Concord National Bank
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“BIG SIX” MATTHEWSON
DIED DURING THE NIGHT
TnhereulcMs ami Pneumonia Cause
Death of Great Pitcher at Moun
tain Camp.
Saranac Lake, N.Y., Oet. B.—OP)
—Christy Matthewson, one of the
greatest pitchers of all time, is dead
in his mountain catnp.
A hero cf the World War, as well
as of the diamond on which he was
the first big college star, 'lie died lute
last night of tuberculosis and pneu
monia, the result of being gassed
while a captain'in chemical warfare
service ill France. The end came
while his buddies of the American
Legion were holding convention in
Omaha and while Walter Johnson, his
greatest contemporary. 4as being
hailed as a iiero in a world series
much as Matthewson had been in the
past.
“Big Six.” as he was known before
his stature battled intermittently
with tuberculosis for five years, went
to France in If>lß after three years
as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
Returning as coach of the New York
Giants with whom he 'had p'ayed for
seventeen seasons he was taken se
riously ill in 1020 and retired to Sar
anac Lake.
The battle for health apparently
won in 1023, he became president and
part owner of the Boston .Braves.
He caught cold on the spring train
ing trip with the Braves last spring
and was foreed to return to his camp.
Less than a month ago his physicians
reported he was holding his own.
The end came unexpectedly.
Ford Airplanes to Be on Sale Today.
New York, Oet. 7.—Ford airplanes
will go on sale tomorrow at the John
Wanumaker department store here as
regular merchandise, the retail price
being $25,000 each.
fair ground free of charge Tuesday.
The opening day will be "Educational
Day" and teachers and pupils will
bt guests of the fair association on
j that day. Passes are not to be is
■ sued to the teachers but those active
! ly on duty are expected to be easily
identified at the gate.
No rain insurance is being car
| ried by the fair association this year.
Generally fair weather is predicted
for the week it is pointed out. and I
besides it seems that it is never go
ing to rain again. “We are going
to take a chance with the weather,"
one official said. "There are no signs
that next week will be a wet one
and after all the dry weather we
have had we are willing to take n
gamble that rain will not interfere
with t’.ie fir.”
LEGION REPORT IS i
EXPECTED TO LEAD
TO BITTER BATTLE
Report of Legion Commit
i tee on Aeronautics Fails
to Mention Colonel Mit
chell’s Name.
NEW DEPARTMENT
WOULD BE MADE
Defense Department Is
Proposal Included in Re
i port to Be Submitted
Today.
Omaha, Nob., Got. B.—Ono of tho
groatPHt fights of the American Leg-
existence loomed today.
In two words buried down in today’s
program was hidden a situation that
promised to develop a test of the
strength of old line leaders and Log
j ionnaires termed by some ‘'the insiir
| gent group,” with the result possibly
* influencing the election tomorrow of a
i national commander, and even the
| policy of the organization. They were
‘‘committee reports.”
I The promised fight centered on the
! rc|H>rt of the Legionnaires first aero
: nautical committee, which labored all
I yesterday before finally developing a
paragraph that left out the name of
Col. Wm. Mitchell, air service critic,
but recommended support of onq of
his proposals.
The report prepared for submission
to the convention today recommends
tiiat the Legion go on record as fav- j
oring development of a new cabinet
position, that of the Defense Depart
ment. with three subordinate branches
equally representative of the army,
navy and air sen’ice.
Will Erect Memorial Shrine For
Woodrow Wilson.
Omaha, Xel»., Oct. B.—A resolution
endorsing the proposal for tile erec
tion of a memorial shrine for the late
Woodrow Wilson, commander-in-chief
of the American forces during the
world war, at his birthplace in Staun
ton, Vn., was passed unanimously by
the American I.egion today. The Reg
ion at a previous convention endorsed
a proposal for the erection of a me
morial university to Woodrow Wilson
at Valdosta, Ga.
EIGHTY DELEGATES
HEBE ATMEETING
Cabarrus Black Boys Chapter Host
ess to Third District Daughters of
Revolution.
Over eighty women were present
here this morning from nearby cities
as delegates at the meeting of the
third district of the Daughters of the
American Revolution which held its
sessions in the assembly room of Cen-1
tral Methodist Church.
The program presented held the in
terest of the delegates throughout the
morning. After the ritual, led by
Rev. W. A. Jenkins, and the invo
cation by Dr. J. C. Rowan, greet
ings from the city of Concord to its
visitors were extended by L. T. Hart
sell. Mr. Hartsell was followed by
Mrs. Charles B. Wagoner, who
brought greetings from the local chap
ter. Mrs. Wagoner is regent of the
Cabarrus Black Boys chapter.
A response to the greetings was
made by Mrs. Isaac Hardeman, of
Charlotte, who declared that it was
a great pleasure for the entire per
sonnel of delegates to pay this visit
to Concord.
The roll call was made, and as each
chapter was called, the delegates from
it rose, showing the number from
each place. On account of illness, i
Mrs, Grady Gibson could not sing
"The Star Spangled Banner.”
Mrs. Edwin Gregory, state regent,
was presented and in a brief and
impressive talk, told of the aims and
ideals of the organization. Follow
ing Mrs. Gregory, a number of the
officials made reports in a business
meeting which took the remainder of
the morning.
A luncheon was served at the con
clusion of the business hour.
Duke Reception Is Deferred for a
Time.
Duiham, Oct. 7.—R. O. Everett
chairman of the mayor's committee
on arranging for the Duke dinner in
honor of James B. Duke, has received |
a letter from Alex H. Sands, private
secretary to M r - Duke, stating that
no date could be set for the occasion
on account of Mr. Duke's illness.
Mr. Everett expressed the hope that
the philanthropist and tobacco mag
nate would be able to visit Durham
as the guest of the city, and county
late in the fall. He stated that the
Committee in charge of arranging the
dinner would continue preliminary ar
rangements pending the setting of a
date for the occasion.
Minister Says Secret of Care Free
Life Is in God.
Chicago, Oct. S.— (A>) —The seeret
of a carefree life is to put it in line
with God’s purposes, declared Dr.
Henry Howard of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, in an address on "Don't
worry,” opening the nineteenth
season of the Sunday Evening Club.
“Christ’s Cure for n worried life
is explained in His words: 'Sleek
ye first, the Kingdom of God and
His righteousness and all these
things (what you eat and drink and
wear) shall be added to you',” Dr.
Howard said. “Everyone who has
stood up to life has felt its worry,
stress and strain. But the way out
from worry does not lie along the
line of escape from work.
VICK ALDRIDGE AND
STANLY COVELESKIE
OPPOSINGHURLERS
T
&tute Library
For the Secot._
the World Series Being
Played in Forbes Field
It Pittsburgh.
WASHINGTON GOT I
OPENING GAME
Due to the Very Effective
Work of Walter John
son, Who Fanned Ten
Batsmen.
i Pittsburgh. Pa., Oct. B. — UP)
j Pittsburgh’s Pirates, borne down in !
I theier first attempt to board the flng
ship Washington, are realigned today
for a new attaek, with Vick Aldrigo.
former Chicagoan. arrayed against
one of the greatest moist ball hurlers
of the present day, Stanly Coveleskie.
T,he Senators of young Stanly Har
ris, one game ahead as the result of
their 4 to 1 conquest of the Bucnn
neers in the first contest of the world's
series or Forbes Field yesterday are
jubilant. Walter “Barrier” Johnson,
veteran of almost two decades, led
them to the victory that they most
desired.
CJoveleskie with his deceiving spit i
ball, has been regarded as the man
the Pirates will have to beat to win
the series, and they now have their j
test.- After suffering with a sprained j
back for several days he reports him- :
j self ready for conflict, and Harris!
was definite in announcing the choice. I
BRIBE OF FIVE WEEKS IS I
“UNLOADED” GUN VICTIM;
Mrs. Ruby Weeks, of Sampson
County. Instantly Killed by Hus
band’s Nephew.
Clinton, Oct. 7.—Airs. Ruby Weeks,
10. and five-weeks bride of James
Weeks, a farmer, living fifteen miles
north of Clinton, was instantly killed ,
in a bedroom at her home at 7 o’clock •
this morning, by the accidental dis
charge of a single barrel shot gun in
the hands of James Weeks, 16-year
old school boy. and nephew of the
slain woman's husband. Dr. ,T. S.
Brewer, coroner of ttoseboro, follow
ing an investigation. declared the
tragedy was accidental and did not i
require an inquest. According to the !
husband and another nephew, Lacy
Weeks. 17-year-old brother of the boy I
holding the guns, Mrs. Weeks entered I
the bedroom from the porch to an-1
nottnee breakfast. The youth was ex
amining the gun for which his uncle
had traded yesterday and apparently
had pulled the hammer back, not
knowing the gun was loaded. The
j trigger slipped from his fingers at
the instant Mrs. Week entered to call
her husband. The load entered the
opened mouth of the victim and lodged J
in the brain at the upper part of the]
back of the head. The boy at the j
time the coroner investigated was a j
nervous wreck and in the care of the
family physician. The mother of the
dead woman, Airs. Uriah Tart, living
in the same neighborhood, also col
lapsed when informed of the tragedy
and was under the care of a physi
cian. Today's tragedy was the
fourth death in the Weeks’ home t
within the last thirteen months, his 1
mother, an aunt, and a sister having (
recently died. 4
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THE COTTON MARKET c
\
Opened S(eady Today at Decline cf 2 i
Points on October But Generally 1
Higher.
New York. Oct. 8. —(4*)—The cot- i
I ton market opened steady today at a (
decline of 2 points on October but 1
I generally 1 to (J points higher in re-P
j spouse to steady Liverpool cables and !
rejiorts of too much rain in northern j
parts of the Central and Western
belts. A good deal of early covering 1
and some trade buying was supplied
by liquidation or Southern selling, and 1
while the market was fairly active,
fluctuations were comparatively nar
row. December sold up to 22.80 with
the general market ruling about net
unchanged to 7 points higher toward
the end of the first hour.
Cotton futures opened setady. Oct.
22.82: Dec. 22.7(5: Jan. 22.02; March
22 28 ; May 22.52.
| Annual Bucks* Stove Sale at Concord ;
Furniture Co.
I The annual Buck’s stove sale at the j
I Coucord Furniture Co. began Mon-i
day, October sth, and will continue I
nil this week. During this sale a ;
Junior range will be given free to I
any little girl whose mother buys a I
big Bucks’ range. You can pay $5
down on any range or beater, and pay |
the remainder in easy installments. I
You will also be given 1.000 pounds
of coal free if you purchase a Radio
| heater, or a Buck’s parlor heater.
Grade Site For Hotel.
Greensboro, Oct. G.—The Founda
tion Company, a New York contract
ing concern, today sent a force of
men here to grade the site for the
erection of the King Cotton Hotel,
a 14-story structure to be erected
by .T. E. Latham and associates. It
will contain 245 rooms. Work of
pouring the concrete foundations is
scheduled to start by November Ist.
President Back at Capital. ,
Washington, Oct. -B.—President
Coolidge returned to the White House
early today from Omaha, Neb., where
‘ he attended the American Legion con
vention.
THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY 1
NO. 241
MILLION BALE JUiP I
IN COTTON CROP ISfl
PRESENT FORECAST|
\rt Made Public by the B§|
Government Today Pre- fl|
diets Crop This Year ofXif
1b,759,000 Bales. g|
BIG INCREASE B
IS INDICATED K
Report Before This One l||
Estimated Crop of 13,- ■gl
027,036 Bales.—Seven
Million Bales Ginned. ISI
Washington. Oct. B.—(/P) —An
dirated total production this year
14.7.7.1.000 equivalent 500-pouud bales
of cotton, of which 7.101.710 running ft*
ballcs counting round as half bal£S
had been ginned prior to October Ist, .Bpl?
was announced today in t\»e con soli- Km
dated cotton report of the department
of agriculture and the census bureau, KgS
The indicated production a fort>-TBf'.'i
niglo ago was placed at 1 2.921
bales. Last yehr’s crop totalled lft,* iRII
G27,oftG bales. WM
Reports from every part of the
ton belt embracing all factors as of 'Kj&l
October Dr indicate a probable yield
I of 152.0 pounds of lint cotton pcrJßfef
: acre, as compared with 142.5 pounds
on September 10th. and a final esti
mated yield for 11)24 of 157.4 pounds. $
. The crop reporting board did not i#-
i sue figures showing the condition on
(Mober Ist in percentage of normal.
The indicated production by states
| includes: North Carolina, 1,150,000; ®||
1 South Carolina. 850,000. Pj|j|
AIR SHAM BATTLE IS jH
BEING CONDI CTED NOW ■g§
Heme 500 Planes, Civilian and Service,
Taking Part in the .Maneuvers at *f||
Mitchell Field. ||M
Mitchell Field, N. Y„ Oct. S.—OP)-* Sf
In a great concentration of Aincricart WBk
civilians and service aircraft, some
500 planes were here today for the wl|
' national air races and a sham battle |Ml|
with a monster invading foreign fleet.
During a program of 10 races last
ing three days, 45 army airplanes H-j
constituting nearly the entire force of .
thoroughly efficient up-to-date ma
chines in the military service, will be
charged with locating and repelling #ll ■■
imaginary enemy force of 400 planes, p*?-
One Aairman Killed. Another Hurt. I
i Alitehell Field, N. Y.. Oct. B.—OP) .1
] —Harry Buennelli, civilian aviator,
was killed, and Clarence D. 'ChSTm- ■sA
bcrlain. pilot, was injured today when S' |
their home built monoplane crashed ■
in the first event of the National Air
Races. |o3j
Through an erroneous announce
ment by Red Cross workers on the
scene, il was first announced that j'~
Chamberlain, whose home is in Ha«- ■
brouck Heigh's. X. .!., had been killed
and Rmmelli injured. SS
IX FAVOR OK JOINING 11
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES ■/.
Committee of Episcopal Church Will
Recommend Entrance Into Body Ir.
With Reservations. S|gj
New Orleans. Oct. 7.—The com
mi;tee to consider the existing rela-
tions of the Episcopal church to the M,-
I'ederal Council of Churches of
Christ in America will report to the j p
48 triennial general conaerence of I
tlint church Hint the majority favors I’
entrance into the council with resets
vations. Tliis announcement was
made late today at the conclusion of
the meeting of that committee. MS
Two members of the committee, it 'mijp
is understood, insist that the church's B 5
co-operation in social service and W
participation remain as it is no" - ;
world faith and order.
Aviator Burned to Death-. B
Chanute Field. Rantoul, Ilk. Oct.
S.— OP) —First Lieutenant Wm. E. -raH
Wheeler, 54. was burned to death to
day wlim the airplane tie was piloting fle
burst into flames 125 feet in the air,
and crashed, a mass of tire. Ccc'l S.
Burger, private first elass, a passen- 'jK
ger. leaped out. alighting on his face. JH
lie received only minor head injur
ies. ;■ i'^B
Another Effort to Save Chapman.
Hartford. Conn.. Oct. B.—(A>)
Gerald Chapman, liandit and convict-|BI
ed si aye rof Policeman James Skelly,
I of New Britain on October 12th of
last tear, began another iig'.it for his wi
’if,* tliis afternoon when counsel ar- H
gill'll on his appeal from his conviction E
for murder before the Supreme Court
B
if itlaciml end to end, the 2,500.- B
(KlO freight cars in use on railroads B
|in the United States would make Br.jH
solid train long enough to reach fl
from New Y’ork to Denver. hi B
SAT’S BEAR SAYSs fl
' Showers tonight and Friday, not, lß
- mucli change in temperature.
erate southeast to northeast Winds. JS