associated ; PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXV COLFS FATE RESTS WITttJUMRSJUDGE COVLETUME .. : - 'r' \ Judge Finley Delivered Charge to Jury After So- j licitor Don Phillips Had; Been Heard. JUDGE’S CHARGE VERY LONG ONE Says Virtue of Miss Cole Not Issue.—Tells Jury Slander Not Cause For Murder in State. > j Rockingham, Oct. 10.— —The rare < f the state against W. B. Cole, wealthy cotton manufacturer, charted with murder, was given to the Jury si 12.40 o’clock today. After 36 hoars of argument; Judge T. B. Finley the court's charge and the Jury retired to decide the guilt or innocence of Cole, who kill ed W. W. Ormond, formerly the sweet heart of his 24-year-old daughter. Elizabeth Cede. The court room was packed. The doors were closed to the coldest day of the two weeks’ trial, and the win ter garments vied with bright colored clothes of warmer days as the room settled bnek to awrfit the verdict. The defendant, nervous throughout the appeal of Solicitor Phillips for tfti "even handed justice" sat with his family. To the ! r right, somewhat re moved, sal the Rev. A. 1,. Ormond, father of the dead man, ami his two daughters. They were silent and un demonstrative. Richmond County Court House, Rockingham. Oct. 10— OP) —The three subjects in the trial, of \V. B. Cole about which were centered the bitter est arguments are not issues in the wealthy cotton manufacturer's trial for murder. Judge T. R. Finley charged a Union Couuty jury today. The character of M : »s Elizabeth Cole, the war record of W. W, Or mond, formerly her sweetheart, ahd the man her father killed, and the financial position „of the Cole and Or mond families are extraneous mat ters, Judge Finley said. One of four verdicts will be refprnctT by the jury that today begins Us de liberations after one of the most sen sational trials in the state. - W. It. Cole may bo found guilty of murder in tno first degree, of raitfder in ihe second degree, of manslaughter; or he may be declared not guTty. After giving the laws defining each, the charge defined a jury's proper at titude towards the two defenses offer ed by Cole, self-defense and insanity. ‘‘lf you should find from the evi dence that the defendant entered into the fight willingly and that the de ceased started to get his pistol and then the defendant had reasonable grounds to believe, and did-belleve that, he was about to be killed or receive some great bodily harm at the hands of the deceased, lie would at least be guilty of manslaughter.” "The defendant pleads transitory : tJß«nity. As to whether the defend ant was insane at the time of the homicide is a matter of fact for you to determine. I charge you that be fore the defendant can be justified In killing the deceased on the grounds of insanity, that he should show to the satisfaction of the jury that at? the time of committing the deed he was insane and did not know right from wrong, or did not know what be was doing was wrong at the time of com mitting the deed. “By interposing the plea of insani ty or transitory, the defendant says by lus plea that he did the killing, but the act is not one for which be can be held responsible. The court charges you. whether the defendant had a mental disease or not, is a qtlea tion of fact as to whether he had a bodily disease or not, if the question were raised. "The court charges you. gentlemen of the jury, that no man has aright to kill another in North Carolina for slandering his family. Slander is a crime and the law provides a penalty for It, but it is not the death penalty. The court further charges you that no man has a right to kill another be cause he was threatened by him; -a threat alone not being xuffie'ent to justify killing. But you are to try the case under law and evidence. , "The law la no respector of persons, TODAY ONLY Big Double Progrwn Doug Fairbanks in “The Mark jf Zoro”- £ Thrills anil Romance Etftra Features First Chapter of “SECRET SERVICE SANDERB A New Continued Photo play And Last Chapter of “Battling Brewster I > ■ '•■■■ » The Concord Daily Tribune Fair Week Plans Are Finished By Officials « ! ip.WILLAN PARTY 1 * AGAIN SNOWBOUND * # * :I * Monhegan Island. Me., Oct. * | US 10.—040—The MacMillan Arc ! ifc tic expedition, just returned -t --jit; from a severe summer in the -fcj (if; Arctic, found itself stormbound ; on the coast of Monhegan to-^ ; sympathy of those who have gased into his kindly face from day to day. He has heard hit amt’a character bandied around the court room with abandon, Only Last Minute Details Await Settlement Before ' Ground Will Be Ready! For Big Crowds. special Train OF HORSES HERE | Seventy-Six Horses Com-! ing on Train For Races— Exhibits Must Be Taken! to Fair Grounds Monday j TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th 2:1» Trot Purse S3OOI 2:17 Pace Purse S3OOI Entrance Money Added to Purse. I WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 14th 2:14 Trot v Purse #BO6 1 2:11 Pace 1 Purse S3OOI Entrance Money Added to Purses THURSDAY. OCTOBER 15th 2;23 Trot Purse S3OO 2:22 Pace Purse SBOO Entrance Money Added tc Purses FRIDAY. OCTOBER loth 2:10 Trot Purse S3OO 2:14 Pace Purse SBOO Entrance Money Added to Purses SATURDAY. OCTOBER 17th FFA—Horses with records of 2:10 or better _ Purse S3OO Entrance Money Added to Purse CONDITIONS Rules cf Union Trotting Association to Govern With Exceptions As the opening day for the third 1 annual Cabarrus County Fair draws , nearer increased interest in the big | event is manifested throughout the county. Inquiries ooneorning various features of the fair are coming from all sections of the country and officials arc more convinced than ever that in terest ami attendance during the week will break all local records. Nothing remains to be done now ex cept place the entries and as these can be placed easily oil Monday, of ficials of the fair are confident that Tuesday will see everything in full swing at the grounds. Persons witli exhibits are expected to place them some time Monday. No entries will be received after that day. Several persons carried chick ens to the grounds during the after noon and they were housed by J. Ivey | Cline, in charge of the poultry depart | inent this year. A watchman went on! duty at the grounds during tl>o dfl" jand another will be stationed there I tonight and every other night dur. 1 ing the fair. _ The secretary of the horsemen's division of the Rutherfordton Fair Wired J. F. Cannon, President of the local fair, that a special train car rying race horses will reach Concord 1 tomorrow. On the train will be 70 horses, the message stated. In addition to these racers others are expected from South Carolina fairs to swell the total. More than , a dozen horses are already quartered jat the grounds and when the first I race begins Tuesday at least 100 | horses are expected to be at the grounds. | There will be no formal parade this year as an opening feature of fair week, officials deciding to eliminate j this feature. However, the Wiseas- I sett Band, which has played for the ; fair every year since its organization, 1 will be on hand and will give a con cert in the business district. Each day during the fair the band will give a concert at the auto ex hibit tent at 11 a. m. and will play for the free acts both in the after noon and at night. Dr. T. N. Spencer, secretary of the fair, stated this morning that he has issued a special invitation to students of the Laura Sunderland School, the Jackson Training School, Mont Amoena Seminary and Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute to be guests of the Fair Association on Tuesday. The invitation also included all students in the public schools of the county. Concord's business district was rob ed holiday attire during the night, the many colored streamers, flags and add yet he has shown no malice to any one. He has sat silently through out the long proceedings, much of the time with his head bowed a« 'though in prayer. Larry Moore, representing Mr. Or mond. said today during his powerful argument before the Union county jury that when Mr. Orntond employed him he informed him that “I don’t want to do one thing against that girl that isn't absolutely necessary in defense of my dead son.” In the event of a mistrial of the' present proceedings, the letters might play an important part in the second trial. Os course, no one expects a mistrial, but it is safe to predict that the Statq would make another power ful effort to get th® letters intro duced if forced to prosecute again. The prosecution has intimated throughout the trial that the contents of the letters would go a long way in convincing the jury that Ormond played the role of a man in writing Cole the “slander” letter. The de fense attorneys on the other hand, have privately said that the introduc tion of the letters wouldn't have damaged their case, so certain are they that there’s nothing of an ex plosive- nature in them. Miss Cole, they say, has assured them that she is certain no letter in the packet con tains anything that would besmirch her. t North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1925 ‘ ' ' ■■■ , ■ ' r ■ ■ ■■ -vrrr." ■■ . = Coolidge Speaks Before American Legion r* " 1 Here is President Coolidge at the speakers' stand of the American Legion convention at Omaha. Just be ; hind tlie radio microphones is James A. Drain, national ecmmtuider of the Legion. At the left can he seen the f huge gong used to keep the convention In order. ADVISE ABOLITION OF THE CHAIN GANG Grand Jury cf Brunswick Says Cast! Far Exceeds Bern fits Derived. Southport. Oct. 10.—Drastic cintug- j es in tile county government of lira. ' wick were recommended by the grand | jury in their report to Judge Daniel-, filed just before adjournment of com t | here Wednesday ofternoon. Consider- ! able comment was bear-1 on all side I as scon as the report had been read. The grand jury recommended the j absolute abolition of tin* chain-gang, j stating that their investigation con vinced them that the eost of operat ing (lie chain-gang, feeding the piis oners and transporting them back and forth . far exceeded any benefit tin county of Brunswick might receive. They further recommended that the recorders court be abolished, stnflng that in their opinion the magistrates and superior courts could adequately handle the crime situation in the ccVui ty, and they felt the expense of a recorder's court should be eliminated. This grand jury seems to have giv en considerable thought and attention to the expense of county government and settled Ilians'- reeommendatitons which would make for a more eco nomical administration. They further i Suggested that the cojtunisioners, eta.se to make special allowances to Deputy Sheriff Cotton, and that he he re quested to perform all of the duties ineideut to his office or the sole com pensation of $2,000, his present -alary. BONNIE BROOKS GOES ON TRIAL FOR MURDER Only Three Members of the Jury Chosen at Adjournment of Court Friday. Hendersonville. Oet. I).—Three men sat in the jury box when court ud journed for the day after two hours of endeavor to select a jury to try Bonnie L. Brooks, charged with the murder of Sam Y. Bryson. The State and defense had each ex cused a juoror, and eleven had been excused for cause. It is doubtful if the remaining nine members of the jury can be selected by noon tomor row. Stanly Farmers Grow Better Variety of Cottoi; Albemarle, Oct. 10. — OP) —Farmers in Stanly county are profiting by the experience of N. B. Efird, of Albe marle, in growing a better variety of cotton, reports Farm Agent O. H„ Phillips. •In 1924, says Mr. Phillips, Mr. Efird planted a small acreage of Mexican big boll cotton ami was so pleased with the results that this year he planted his entire crop to eth same variety. Many farmers in his com munity planted the variety this year, and it is the opinion of Mr. Efird that the whole community will plant nothing but this pedigreed seed next year. Mr. Phillips states that the gin owned by Mr. Efird has set aside cer tain days for ginning this cotton and is rendering a fine' service to farmers in that community by keeping the seed clean and the strain pure. Report J. B. Duke in a Critical Con dition. Durham, Oct. 9.—Apparently au- j thentie reports were received in the city today that the condition cf James B. Duke, philanthropist and financier, is extremely critical and that his death is momentarily expected. Ef forts to secure definite information, however, have been unsuccessful. He has been ill for several weeks, ac cording to information received, and recently underwent a blood transfu sion. banners flying high, during the day in the face of the wind which brought a touch of winter to the atmosphere during the night. Shows which are to make the mid way at the fair their headquarters during the week, will arrive in Con cord tomorrow. They will be ready for operation Monday night ami the public will be admitted to the grounds free of charge that night. Fireworks experts are already in the city, ready to put on the first bril liant exhib'tinn Tuesday night. The firework* this year will be bigger and more dazzling than ever before. “We are ready," stated Dr. T. N. Spencer, this morning. "Minor de tails that cannot be attended to until the last minute confront us but the big tasks are out of the way and we will be ready for tb« opening Tuesday. . i 1 1 ♦ ■»#•**********♦ m * * FIRST SNOW OF * '■¥. YEAR FOR STATE * I . * j * Asheville. Oot. 10.—OP)—The * I first enow of the season fell in I I and about Asheville and near : freezing temperatures prevailed I Habere last night and this morning. • pK ' i pea As-time program of AMERICAN RED CROSS I To Be Discussed at Annual Conven tion at St. lifliiis October 12-15. St. Louis, Oct. 10.—(/P)—Further expansion of the peace-time program of the American Red Cross, in which nearly 70.000 volunteers are enrolled, will be discussed at the annual conven tion here October 12-15. Robert E. Bondy. national director of war service, will outline the $3,- 000,000 Red Cross program for world war veterans. Henry M. Raker, nat ional director of Red Cross di-aster relief, will be present and Earl Kil patrick. an assistant, will tell of re habilitation work after the great tor nado last March in Missouri, Illinois ••d-Jadiatm... • Major General Meritt IV. Ireland, surgeon general of the army, and Rear Admiral E. R. Stitt, sugeon gen eral or the army, have promised to be present. Judge John Barton Payne national chairman, will preside. Speakers include Melville E. Stone, counsellor of The Associated Press; V. R. Dawes, president of the Chicago Association of Commerce; Dr. August O. Thomas, Maine sup erintendent of public schools; Col. Ernest Bioknell, vice chairman of the Red Cross, who was Red Cross com missioner to Europe and directed many of the projects abroad after the worli war; Dr. Arthur W. Dunn, national director of the Junior Red Cross, am 'Chancellor Herbert S. Hadley, of Washington Cniversity, St. Louis. Round table conferences will be held on the subjects of home hygiene public health nursing, rural pro grams, city and community service, nutrition service, first aid. life sav'ng Junior Red Cross and chapter work Low Record on Fire Losses in Ashe ville. Asheville. Oct. 10—OP)—Asheville made a new low record here during ' September on fire losses, when the to tal losses from fire for the month , were reported as SGS. August's fire loss total was SBS, .Which, up to that time, was the low figure in the city's fire department history. Os the SOS total for Sep teinber. S4O of the loss was on build ings, $25 on contents. Chief A. L. Duckett's report shows. Mother of Commander Lansdcwne Is Dead. ( Washington, Oct. 10. -- (/P)—An nouncement of the death of Mrs. Eliz abeth Knox LanSdowne, mother of Commander Zachary Lansdowne, was contained in a telegram received here today from Greenville. Ohio. The message came to Mrs. Zachary' Lans dpwne who on yesterday testified be- I fory the naval court inquiring into 1 the wreck of the Shenandoah and the killing of Comamler Lansdowne and members of his crew. Approve Sections of Security Pact. Locarno, Switzerland, Oet. 10.—(/P) —The German and allied statesmen today approved in the second reading the majority of points in the draft of the security pact but left for con sideration on Monday the two main outstanding questions, first the con ditions of Germany's entrance into the League of Nations; nnd second, France's special guarantee for Poland. Book of Prayer Discussed. New Orleans, Oct. 10. — UP)—Dis i cuasion of the bcok of common prayer ■ and indications that the heresy ease of the Rev. William Montgomery : Brown, one-time bishop of Arkansas, i would be thrown into federal court, were the principal matters before the 48th terminal general conference ' Big Liquor Haiti. Miami, Fla., Oet. 10.—C4>)—Four men. 1200 bottles of whiskey, two automobiles and a truck were seized by customes when who surprised rum 1 runners unloading liquor from a small i boat into the machines near Cutler, ! a few miles south of here early to day. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 21 to 38 Points, Active Positions Showing Losses. New York. Oct. 10.-— OP) —The cot ton market opened steady today ut a decline of 21 to 38 points, nct'vc po sitions showing net losses ab -ut 35 to 45 points after the call, under re selling by yesterday's buyers who were apparently disappointed by fail ure of the weather map to show any general killing frosts in the south west. There also was selling on rela tively easy Liverpool cables and con siderable hedging oil the decline to 21.32 for December, but trade inter ests were buyers on tho scale down, ami the renewed week-end covering caused rallies of a few points from tlie lowest toward the end of the first hour. Light to heavy frosts were report ed ill some parts of Oklahoma, Little Rock and Memphis district, with a killing frost at one point in Missouri, but prospects for rising temperatures over Sunday. Cotton futures opened steady: Oc tober 21.63; December 21.55; Jan uary 20.65; March 21.05 to 20.93; May 21.22. C, A-. Ridenhaur Died in Greensboro. 'Richfield,' Dot. 7.—Mr. C. A. Ridershour. of this place, died at tlie home of his son. IV. M. Ridenhour, banker, in Greensboro, last night about eight oclock. Mr. Ridenhour left here last week for a visit to his son. and on Sunday night suffered a stroke of apoplexy and did’ not re cover before death. Mr. Ridenhour was one of the old er pioneers of Richfield and was very prominent in his community. He was for several years mayor of Richfield, tnd at the time of his death was a ustice of the peace. When leaving lere last week lie said that his trip n-obably would cover a period of veeks, aud his sudden death is a very evere shock to the entire com munity. The body arrived on the aorning train- from Greensboro Wed lesda y. Ynnonnce New Hotel For Carolina Beach. Wilmington, Oct. 9.—Contract for a two-story hotel at Carolina Beach will be let within the next two or three days, according to announce ment made today by E. D. Turner, secretary of the Carolina Beach Cor poration. It is understood that the new hotel will cost, in the neighborhood of $200.- 000, and that it will be erected upon the site fronting on the fresh water lake, which is located just a few hundred yards from the Atlantic Ocean. ’ Definite details of the plans for the hotel are not available just at this time, but it is understood -that the structure will be modern in every partieular. Makes Plea in Scopes Case. Knoxville, Teun., Oet. 10— OP) Dr. John R. Neal, senior- counsel for the plaintiff in error in the case of John T. Scopes, vs. State of Tennes see. was to reply today to the state's motion to quash the appeal in the Su preme Court here. I NOW OPEN j j .... . 3 The 56th series Jn this old reliable building and loan » |; and savings association wll open on October 3rd, 1925. j I The Officers and Stockholders invite each and every jj iji person in Concord to take some shares in this series. I; Running shares cost 25 cents per share per week. | Prepaid shares cost $72.25 per share. ,jj I Each share is worth SIOO.OO at maturity. We have been maturing our 9tock in 328 weeks. Tax return day is coming. “JUST .REMEMBER THAT ALL STOCK WITH I US IS NON-TAXABLE.” START NOW CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND * SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Office in the Concord National Bank I 33^3333333533355^ Next Seven Days Big 1 One In Our Campaign! ********** +** ♦ d- ' * CLEAR AND COLD -Y-. ! * AT WASHINGTON M j * $ jfc Washington. Oet. 10.—(sP)— H is: Clear skie-and a stiff cold wind M + greeted those who peeked out ■¥ i H 4 early today to reckon the weath- 1 -f- cr conditions for file third game + a- of tlte world series. A temper- -p Hr tare of .87 was registered at 7 -f- o'clock, but it had risen two de- rhr d 4 grees an hour later. * , * * ****** **■****♦ PRELIMINARY HEARING OF POSTAL EMPLOYEE Charged With Robbery at Rocky Mount Pcstofliee September 15. 1 Rocky Mount, N. I'., Oct. 10.—f/P) —John Burgos', postal employe* charg o<| with the.theft of $.*15,000 from the local pofctofliee. is expected to be giv en a preliminary hearing before the United States Commissioner here to , day. All the money has been recovered by postal authorities. In the mean time. Burges has been under guard in * a local hospital, suffering from a l gunshot wound, which he says was in flicted by mobbed robbers. Postal - authorities believe otherwise. i The robbery was committed on the - night of September 15. Registered i mail containing $15,000 in currency - was taken from the postoffice at that > time. Two packages of the money - were later found in the postoffice) basement, and the third was discov ered concealed near the postoffice. j • The money has all been returned to the senders. > The first intimation of the robbery - came when a Rocky Mount police of . ficer heard a shot in tin* postoffiep. ; Hurrying to the build s ng, lie says, he i found Burges with a shot in bis side. Burges was the only clerk in the of fice at the time, it is said. Burges* version of the incident is ? that four masked men entered the i postoffice. two of them attacking him. . while the other two rifled the mail i pouches. In the encounter with the men, Burges says, one of them shot • him. His arrest followed the discovery ; of the two of the three packages in the postoffice basement. It has not been possible to hold a preliminary . hearing the defendant's»con . dition being such that fie Could not * attend such a hearing, it is said. Want no Circuses, Carnivals or Tent Shews in Salisbury. 5 Salisbury. Oct. 10. (A 3 ) —Salisbury's 1 board of alderman wants no circuses, ■ carnivals or tent shows within the limits of this city. At any rate, the action of thecoun | oil in passing, on first reading, wlth -1 out any indication that it would have • opposition at later readings, an ordi -1 nance which would prohibit the show • ing of any such circus or tent show J anywhere in the city limits within 1.000 feet—about two and a half city blocks—of any residence. Penalties # for violation are prescribed. The ordinance is generally consid ered as eounding the death knell of I j circuses within the city, for it is pointed out that there is no avail* 1 able lot within the city which would not be within the limits set by the ordinance. i . Sunday Closing Law in High Point. High Point, Oct. 10.— UP) —A more ! stringent Sunday closing law was ad vicated here recently by Rev. Charles I K. Coble, pastor of the First Presby . terian Church, who spoke before the j city council, especially urging an or . dinance prohibiting the sale of ice . on Sunday. ? It was pointed out that it would be | unfair to pass such an ordinance in * Hie absence of Councilman Rodney A Snow, who is in the ice business, aud » uo action was taken at the time. y Snow Storm in East. Boston, Oct. 10.— (A 3 ) —A snow storm, record-breaking in its inten sity, for so early in the season, laid r a white covering over New England f today. At St. Albans. Vt.. six - inches fell and the city snow plows * were called out. Burlington, Vt., - had four inches, and Barre, Vt., and Rochester, X. H.. three. TH£ TRIBUNE 1 1 PRINTS * m TODAY’S NEWS TODAY! NO. 243 l Greatest Vote Offer of Ei*l tire Campaign Is Noi® On and It Will Continue! For Just Seven Days. ! NOW GOOD TIME | TO MAKE START! Not Too Late For Persona to Enter As They Cftfl! Take Advantage of Big! Vote Offer Now. >J|! The coming seven days will, question of doubt, prove the moot portant of the entire election to the candidates. The est vote offer of t'he entire is now in force and offers tlte tvine time for candidates, both ent and prospective, to get a lead irjH the race. Those who are wise wi£H get busy at once and gather in th<9 harvest of votes during this period oj|H the biggest vote schedule. H More Votes Given Now. .jH Those who have been thinking oA entering t'.ie big gift distribution earn! paign and those whose names now ap*fl pear in the list, but who have as yetfl not started an active campaign, will! find no better time to do so than right! now. ■ With the present big vote in effect, giving a new candidate chance to pile up votes on the (lout)l|H quick, no one should delay enterihll the big campaign with determinationM land earnestness to.win this. <:omin|! | week. ■ Do Y’ou Want a Real Car? ■ This election is so big that it! ought to have the attention of th