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ASSOCIATED • PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI New Hotel Is Leased To Foor Interests At Meeting on Wednesday m ' a I The William Foor H6tel Operating Corporation Secures Lease on Hostel ry Now Being Erected. TERMS OFIjEASE GIVEN APPROVAL Six Per Cent. Interest Will Be Paid.—To Purchase Furniture For .Rooms in > the Immediate Future. Concord’s new hostelry, now nearing completion, will be operated by the | William Foor Hotel Operating Com ; pany, of Durham. Agreement on a lease for the ho- S tel was reached here yesterday at a | conference betwen officers of the Con s cord Realty Company, which owns the structure .and a representative of the r operating company, the principal fea tures of the lease being: The operating company to pay all [ expenses incident to the operation of the hotel, including taxes, repairs and insurance. The operating company to pay stock holders of the hotel company (1 per cent, on their investment before any revenue goes to the management. All income above the six pur cent, i •» be divided on a profit sharing bas is between the operating company and tlie holding company. Supervisory committee from hotel company to have right to co-operate with operating company in manage ment. ,O. W. Donnell, secretary and treasurer of the William Foor cor poration. represented his company at the conference here yesterday. He advised the hotel company officers that he would come to Concord when the hotel is opened ami personally supervise its management for some j time. He was manager of the Ho tel Charlotte when it was first opened. The supervisory committee from the hotel company which is to co-operate with the operating company is win posed of G. L. Patterson, L. D. Col traue and L. T. Hnrtsell. Mr. Patterson, president of the realty company which owns the hotel, stated after the conference that fur i,. nisblugs for the hostelry are to be ■ jHWrtimsgttir thC-tffirnwfl«T<i’*flrtltrgrtr \ is estimated, Mr. Patterson said, that j' -the equipment will cost $50,000, this total allowing an average of SSOO a ' room for the 100 rooms. Mr. „ Patterson explained In thb* connection that kitchen equipment has already been purchased at a cost of about $7,200. It was stated after the conference yesterday that practically all of the directors of the holding company were well pleased with the terms of the lease, which was considered by them as a very liberal one. The William Foor Hotel Operating ’Corporation now manages seven ho tels in this and other states. In addi tion to this company. Wiliam Foor, its president, is also president of the Foor-Rob : nson Co., which operates eight hotels. i It is impossible to determine at this time just when the building will be I ready for occupancy. It is hoped, | however, that the formal opening will come not later than the middle of May. Mr. Donnell, who has had extensive hotel training, has agreed to assist the holding company officers in their work of purchasing furniture and oth er equipment fox the-.building. It is probable that the directors of the holding company wiH choose n name for the hotel after the meeting next Tuesday night when women of the city will be given an opportunity to suggest names that seem to them I appropriate. Negro Conference In Session. . Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 28.—t/P>— L Problems relating to working eondi k tione experienced by tenctiers were discussed at today's session of the 35th annual negro conference now in > progress here. It was "Workers Conference Day” and addresses were delivered by B. C. Caldwell, field agent of the Jeanes & Slater funds; B W. A. Robinson, supervisor of teach er training in North Carolina high ■ schools. General discussion of va rious teachers' problems featured gs these sessions. The big Auction Sale at the W. C. K Correll Jewelry Co., will close next Saturday night, January 30. Auction a Sales will be held today, tomorrow and Saturday at 2:3G and' 7.30 p. m. | Free’valuable prizes will be given at every sale. Much greater force is exerted by explosives used in blasting stumps , when the ground is wet than when dry, because the water in the ground is not compressible. , >.. - City Tax Notice! Effective February Ist, an additional penalty on City Taxes. Your street assess ments are past due. J CHAS. N. FIELD, IIP City Tax Collector. The Concord Daily Tribune . \ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily _ For Sale ... v Lemuel Tittle (abovei tried to sell his 13-year-old daughter Bertha u Joseph Parr (below/ tor tlOti accord Ing to police at Galena 111. who ar rested the two men They Uve ai Pubuque. la Parr wanted to marry Bertha BOWMAN’S TRIAL, SET FOR TUESDAY Frank Linney Added to Strong Array of Counsel For Accused Officer. Hickory, Jan. 27.—The trial of Wade V. Bowman, former major in the North Carolina National Guard, chgrged with criminal assault on a 12-year-old girl, is scheduled to be calJod in Cntnwbg fiPKhty Mgiwtto* Court next Tuesday, Judge Webb presiding. It also become generally known throughout the city that Dis trict Attorney Frank Linney nas been retained to appear for Bowman, and rumor has it that Haden Burke, of Taylorsville, has been added to the staff of defense lawyers. No additions have been made with-in the ranks of the prosecuting ! battery, Solicitor' Huffman will be aided by O. A. Whitener and Louie Whitener. If Burke has been retain ed by,the defense it gives Bowman a fighting force of W. A. Self, C. W. Bagby, Judge W. B. Council, W. L. Marshall and District Attorney Lin ney. After a wait of nearly six months, over two months of which Bowman ; spent in jail, his case will finally come to an end. It was continued from the November term because of the crowded docket and after the grand jury had returned a true bill against the defendant. Since that time ho has been in jail. The case grew out of the alleged assault made by Bowman on a little girl on the evening of July 28 last. He was visited by local authorities l te that night and arrested on the capital charge, a hearing was held and Bowman was allowed to go home until the next afternoon when another hearing was held. Bowman pleaded guilty to a simple assault aud the matter rested there until July 30 when he was arrested a second time and placed in jail on a charge of criminal assault. He was held without bond until the pre liminary hearing on the afternoon, of . August 1 at which time he was re leased on a $7,500 bond, probable . cause of assault on a female with in . tent to coihmit a felony having been , found. i —• With Our Advertisers. I The big Coupon Event at the ! Browns-Cannon Co. starts Friday, ■ January 20, and ends Saturday, Feb- I ruary 6. You will find in this paper ’ a coupon which will be good for $7.50 I I on any suit or overcoat in this store, regardless of cost. See big ad. today. Act quick as only 100 coupons will be •! accepted. ' j The big Auction Sale at the AV. C. Correll Jewelry Co. wil leloee next ' Saturday night, January 30. Auction 1 1 Sales will be held today, tomorrow and Saturday at 2:30 and 7.30 p. m. Freb valuable prizes wi be given at every sale. ' The Ritchie Hardware Co. will give 500 votes on every dollar spent on , tires and tubes this week. Read their 1 new ad. , * \ ■ See Patt Covington’s new ad. today ; —anything you want. Broadcloth shirts at J. C, Penney Oo.’s for only $1.40. Neckband and collar attached styles. H. B. Wilkinsoh will give 500 votes for every dollar spent on Simmons’ 1 graceline beds. See ad. for prices. ' Adventist Meutfag in Charlotte. . /Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 28.—</W—Of ficers of the Seventh Day Adventist churches from North Carolina and South Carolina will open a four day convention here tonight. Mpre than 00 delegatee are expected to attend, those In charge announced. f / _ / moniGlß WITH EIGHT HIDE LOST 118 WE Caught in Terrific Blow on Lake Michigan They Dropped Out of Sight Today. EFFORTS TO REACH THEM OF NO AVAIL Men Went Out Yesterday Morning to Fish Far Off Port, and Were Unaware of Approaching Storm. Muskegon, Mich., Jan. 28.—(4 s )— The two fishing tugs, Helen M. and Indian, with eight men aboard, caught jn the terrific gale on Lake Michi gan, dropped out of sight at 8 a. m. today, coast guards reported. The tugs had been driving to the south during the nig',it, and the blizzard made it impossible to locate them. Shortly after daybreak the coast guard crew started out again in the blizzard in search of the tugs. Dur ing the night the coast guard got with in half a mile of the tugs, but could not shoot a line to the helpless ves sels. The steamer Alabama, one of the most powerful ice cruisers on the lakes, attenmpted to reach the tugs last night, but after foreing her way through the harbor and into the lake was compelled to return and seek shelter in the channel. The tugs went out yesterday morn ing spending the day at the fishing grounds far off port, unaware of the approaching Rtorm. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at an Advance of From 1 to 3 Points. New York, Jan. 28.—C4*>—The cot ton market opened steady at an ad vance of 1 to 3 points in response to steady Liverpool cables, but eased off under renewed near month liquida tion. Rumors that 1,000 bales of cotton were on the way here from Liverpool were not confirmed but March sold off to 20.10 in the early trading, or 0 points net lower, while later months just about losttbeir opening advanc*, ■ Soato -Of -4b*.’ <«•{&.* -at- Mn.-Ma /Woe accompanied by purchases of October, presumably to transfer old long ac counts. General business was quiet, the mnrket holding fairly steady at the end of the first hour. Private cables reported covering and continental buying in Liverpool. Cotton futures opened steady. March 2024; May 10.60; July 10.93; Oct. 18.22; Dec. 17.95. DISCUSSING U. S. FLEET ON AUSTRALIAN CRUISE Suggested That the Fleet is in Need of Many Repairs. Washington, Jan. 28.—(4 s )—The performance of the United States fleet on its Australian cruise last summer is the subject of much discussion among a number of members of the ; House naval commitee. , Representative Britton, of Illinois, 1 ranking Republican member, said to ; day he believed confidential informa tion on the cruise would disclose that I the fleet was slowed up several times ■ because of repairs, and that the fleet . a* a whole is in need of many major i repairs and alternations. ■ A confidential report to the. secre -1 tary of the navy by Rear Admiral > Robert E. Coontz, who commanded i the fleet at that time, is now in the i hands of Chairman Butler, of the com t mittee, to be presented at an exeou -1 tive session. i ENGLAND’S WAR TERMS TO ITALY Are More Liberal Than Those of the Italian-Ameriean Settlement, Treas ury Department Says. AVashington, Jan. 28.—(4 s )—The Treasury issued a statement today de signed to show fbat the war debt terms granted to Italy yesterday by Great Britain are more liberal than the Italian-Ameriean settlement which is under severe attack in Congress. Here is the way the Treasury fig ured it; Italy owes Great Britain $2,837,- 000,000, and will pay her $1,346,000,- 000 over a 62-year period. Italy owes the United States $2,- 042,000.000 and will pay this country $2,407,000,000 over a like period. New Specials at the Parks-Belk Co. In this paper today you will find hundreds of added specials for Fri day, Saturday and Monday at Parks- Belk Co.’s. Every department of this great Btore has something at tractive to offer you. They have re ceived a large assortment of new Spring dresses in the new prints and materials, and In the smart styles. Read the full page ad. in today’s Trib une and Times. _ Prince of Wales Suffers Fractured Collar Bone. • * Leicester, England, Jan. 28.—14 s )— The Prince of Wales suffered a frac tured collar bone when he was thrown from his horse today while hunting with the Fernie hounds. v Be accident occurred at Little Shelton this afternoon. The Prince fell on his left shoulder, breaking the collar bone on that ride. He la re turning to London for medical atten tion. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1926 Says Miss Cole’s Letters Wfll Be Read Before Jury Raleigh News and Observer. i A declaration that the much flis cussed eorrespondenee between A|iss 'Elizabeth Cole and his son. AY. fW. Ormond will be offered in evidence, features the reply of Rev. A. L. Or mond in his $150,000 damage suit against AA T . B. Cole, wealthy cotton manufacturer of Rockingham, for >|the slaying of his son. The reply, which constitutes the final pleading in the ease, was filed in AA’ake County Su perior Court and the ease now stands for trial with only the priority of tber cases standing between it and a pfcee on the calendar. It is possible Hint the case will be reached this Spring and unless continued it should In due course go to trial sometime this year. The hitherto suppressed correspond-; ence which the minister states in bis reply will be read in the civil action 1 was the center of popular interest during the trial of Cole at Rocking ham last October for the in order J of young Ormond which resulted in the arquital of the defendant, the jary reaching its verdict on the grofnd that the slander of Miss Cole fby j young Ormond justified the riiootlhgi which took plaee on the streets ofi .Rockingham on the afternoon of un gust 15th.' This reply also asks the court to eliminate from the civil action all K. L. CRAVEN DIED IN HOSPITAL YESTERDAY Had Been hi 111 Health For Several Months. —Funeral Services Tomor row. K. L. Craven, one of Concord’s dld est and most prominent business, men. died in the Concord Hospital yester day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, -death being caused by pneumonia. Hp had been in ill health for several months and entered the hospital a week ago, pneumonia developing yesterday. Funeral services wlil be held at Central Methodist Church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R. M. Courtney, pastor of the Church. Rev. C. Herman Trueblood, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and J. C. Rowan, o fthe Presbyferian Church, will assißt. Interment Will be made in Oakwood cemetery. Mr. Craven was 81 years of age, having been born in Randolph coun ty November 7, 1844, n son of fhc late Kindred Craven. He wbr mar ried in February 1873, to Miss Colum bia Eddins, of Charlotte. fturlng the AVar Between the States Mr. Craven was engaged in making bobbins for the Ooqfederaqy in a #*» at Cedar Falls. N. C„ and assisted in reund-up and captors of' deserters. He came to Concord in 1870. securing a position with the firm of Odell, Curtiss & Co. Later he was employed by Montgomery & Dowd and when that firm went out of business he started in business for himself. His entire stock of goods was destroyed by fire after he had been in business about eight months and he secured a position then with the Cannon & Fetzer Co. Thirty years ago Mr. Craven or ganized n coal bnsiness and had suc cessfully operated it since. At the time of his death his son, BCm.R. Craven, was associated with him in the business. Mr. Craven was a life long mem ber of the Methodist Church and for many years had been a member of the board of stewards of Central Methodist Church here. He was in tensely interested in all church mat ters and gave liberally of his time and money to problems ‘affecting his : Church. He was a good man and citizen ia all respects, and his life was rich in good works. The deceased is survived by his . wife and six children: Mrs. L. A. I AVeddington, Miss Ada Craven and ■ Mrs. Ernest Porter, of Concord; Lois and Henry Craven of Raleigh, and ■ Ben R. Craven, of Concord. The following will be the honorary pall bearers: Dr. J. E. Smoot. Di B. Coltrane, Dr. H. C. Herring. \A\ R. ' Odell, D. B. Morrison, R. A. Brower, M. J. Corl, J. Lee Crowell, Sr., Jno. : K. Patterson, Dr. G. B. Sturgeon, ■ A. S. Dayvault. The active pail-bearers will be: J. » B. Sherrill, J. F. Dayvault, Dr. AA\ - C. Houston, R. E. Rldeuhour, C. B. t AVagoner, A. J. Dayvault. r 1 The Olympic in Distress. 1 New York, Jan. 28.—Reports that the AVhite Star liner Olympic was ini ‘ distress were definitely set at rest to day by a wireless message received ' from her commander by the Associated Press. Timed at 10:54 a. m., Green wich time, the message said: “Olym ' pic’s position 105 miles west of the ’’ Sciily Islands. All well.” Socialist-Democrats AViU Refrain From : Voting. Berlin, Jan. 28.—(4P)—The social- ist-democratic party -.at a caucus today j decided to abstain from voting in the relcbstag when the motion of confi ' dence in the new Luther cabinet comes, ' up for action. This is regarded as . favorable to the continuance of the “ new ministry. h* The royal road to success would have more travelers if so many weren’t lost trying to find snort d cute- j The girl who boasts that she can neither cook nor aew usually does so n because She has nothing else to g boast about. le Umbrella handles are now being 'e made to hold cigarettes, thus serving « also as ft smoker's companion. e- i- Grumbling at your lot only helps to make it a lot woiae. j reference to the murder trial, which is declared to have no bearing on the civil action. The murder trial attracted nationwide attention and the letters, which it is now said will be made public were ruled out by Judge T. B. Finley as being incompetent evidence. The reply of Air. Ormond asserts that only “garbled extracts" of letters passing between young Ormond and Cole and characterizes the advice giv en Cc!e by his attorney. F. AV. By j num, ns "foolish" nnd the testimony of Cole when on trial for bis life as "blasphemous.” Rev. Air. Ormond, who at the time of bringing suit, was residing at Ox ford. i* now in charge of a church at 1 Oxford, but the suit was brought in I AA’ake county, where he qualified as 1 administrator of the estate of his son who at the time of his death was employed at State College as an elec trician. Air. Ormond is represented by Doug lass & Douglass and It. N. Simms, of j Raleigh ; Larry Moore, of New Bern ; I Harold Cooley, of Nashville, and AA r . R. Jones, of Rockingham. Pou and Pou and Jones nnd Hor j ton, of Raleigh; A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro, and Bynum and Henry, of Rockingham, appear for Cole. SENATE DEBATE OPENED ON THE TAX MEASURE Chairman Smoot Wants the Measure Passed by February 10th. AA’ashington, Jan. 28.—(4 s)—Open ing senate debate on the tax reduction bill today. Chairman Smoot, of the finance committee, in charge of , the measure, set February 10th as the date for final passage of the tax re duction as to be assured by March 15 when the first income tax installments are due. Senator Smoot said ample time should be given foV debate, but he warned that after passage of the meas ure by the senate the bill must be sent to conference for adjustment of differences between the House and Senate, with a further delay, while new income blanks must be printed. The committee chairman discussed principally the tax reducing points of the bill, particularly those provisions by which committee under a compro mise agreement of republicans and democrats increased the amount of to tal reductions of $330,000,000 provid ed by the House bill, to $352,000,000. Reductions in the income taxes pro vided by the measure would amount to $219,000,000 this year,; Mr. Smoot said, which he divided as follows: In comes of less than SIO,OOO, $52,200,- 000: incomes of SIO,OOO to SIOO,OOO, $46.300.000; incomes in excess of SIOO,OOO, $120,000,000. Anticipating attacks on the grounds that the new rates gave too much re duction on incomes over SIOO,OOO by n slash in the surtax rate from 40 per cent, to 20 per cent, nnd .not enough on incomes between Iso,- 000 and SIOO,OOO, Senator Smoot de clared the principle of “sound econ omicsf’ was involved which looked “further than to the interests of any individual or groups.” SOVIET GOVERNMENT TO PRODUCE VODKA Will Make 75,000,000 Gallons in 1926 With 40 Per Cent. Strength. Moscow, Jan. 28.—(4 s )—To satisfy the ever-growing thirst of the" Russian population, the soviet government in 1926 will produce 70,000,000 gallons of vodka of 40 per cent, strength. The government also will produce 5,000,- 000 gallons of brandy and liquors of 60 per cent, strength. The total cost of the production of vodka for the coming year is estimat ed at $250,000,000, from which the state will derive a revenue of approx imately $175,000,000. Wants Dirigible Thrice the Size of The Shenandoah. Washington, Jan. 28.—(4s)—Re placement of the wrecked Shenandoah by a dirigible thrice its size was urg ed today by Rear Admiral Win. A. Moffett, naval air chief, before the House naval committee. He said big dirigibles were valuable for scouting. “Situated as we are,” he said, “the dirigible type is of more value to us . than to Great Britain.” Appointed Premier of Japan. Tokio. Jan. 28.—G4 3 )—Riejiri Wa katsuki today was formally appointed Premier ad interim by Frinee Regent Hirohito. Mr. Wakatsuki, who was minister of home affairs in the cabi net of Viscount Takasdki Kato, takes the place left vacant by the latter's death which took place early this morning. He is the leader of the Kensiekai party. If American wives were remuner ated for their home services at the rate of sls a week, their pay roll would amount to the sum of $17,000,- 000 a year. More than 100,000 jack rabbits Were slaughtered in Ford county, Kansas, last year for the sake' of the bounties. The greatest endurance dancing In th* world —the Charleston Act for Four miles by eight beautiful girls is being shown at the Star Theatre for the last time today. The throng that saw it yesterday said it was wonder ful. They also daimed the o|nto picture, “In Lqve With Love;” was teeming with thrills. - Treasurer When Ben H Urbahns. state treas urer tt Indiana, waa dying he asked Sovernor Ed Jackson to appoint Mrs Urbahns to hla position after hit death. Governor Jackson did so and now Mrs. Grace Urbahns (above). U Indiana's treasurer ATLANTIC COAST LINE GETS LARGE PROFITS Florida Boom Boosts That Road More Than Any Other Except East Coast. New York, Jan. 28.—Railroad men c/stimnte that when the year's figures are complete the Atlantic Coast Line will have reported net earnings for 1925 equivalent to $26 per share on its common stock. These phenomenal earnings for a railroad have come from the unusual ex pansion of the business moving be tween the Northeast and Florida. They will compare with net earnings after charges, of $19.34 in 1924 and with $18.64 in 1923. The outstanding features of the increase in the way in which the road lias benefited from prosperity of the State of Florida. No road out side of the Florida East Coast has benefited in the same degree- In the first ten months of 1925 the At lantic Coast Line moved 18.5 per cent more freight than in the same period of 1924 and in the first 11 mouths of 1925 the roair profited from this increased business to the extent that its net railway operating income- was 38.4 per cent over tjie same period of 1924. Comparison of the railroads of the country as a whole with the situa tion of the Florida roads make the contrast even more striking. In al most every instance the gain in earn ings or in traffic has been less than five per cent. A’irtually all of the increase has been in freight traffic, as even the Florida railroads are not exceptions to the decline of railroad passenger traffic as a result of mo tor competition. The Atlantic Coast Line reported i net railroad operating incomes in . 1924 of $15,179,185. of which $13.- 304,781 was made in the first 11 months. In the first 11 months of 1925 its net operating income was $18,410,850 or an increase of 38 per cent. 1 DARNELL SENTENCED TO SERVE 5 to 8 YEARS [ For Slaying Joe Hinson, Postmaster 1 at Pineville, Thanksgiving Night. * Charlotte, Jan. 28.—A sentence of ‘ from five to eight years in State ' prison was imposed on Zeb Darnell, ’ 53-year-old Pineville farmer, in Su perior Court here today following his f conviction yesterday of manslaughter. Darnell was tried for tile slaying of ! Joe Hinson, postmaster of Pineville, ■ who was killed Thanksgiving night, following a “party” attended by both men. t The plea of the defendant was self defense. On the stand he told the jury that > he and Hinson had both been "drink - ing” and that after he had shot the • postmaster he brought him to Cliar i lotte for medical aid, not knowing that he had killed him. - The jury was out two hours. About the Use of Sauer Kraut. Louisville, Ky.. Jan. 28.—(/P) j Anti-German sentiment in the United States during and following the ( World War, and disappearance of the! saloon free lunch counters, were blamed by Renick W. Dunlap, as sistant secretary of agriculture, iu an address here before the kraut di vision of the National Cannens As sociation, for the falling off in the use of sauerkraut. “It is one of the characteristics of human beings to feel that patriotism must necessarily include such minor predudices,” that the speaker, refer ring to the anti German sentiment. “The belief that the eating of sauer kraut, which was German in origin, would have made less patriotic any American who happened to like it, was -a fooMsh opinion In fact, I am sure kraut would w have made an excellent ration for the troops." The speaker pointed out that one seventh of the total commercial pro duction of cabbage in the United States is utilized in the making of cauerkraht, and place the amount of commercial sauerkraut annually pro duced in the United States at about 400,000 barrels of 45 gallons capaci ty. The word brain occurs for the first time in the Smith Papyrus of the seventh century B. O. This papyrus gives the most important medical knowledge we have from ancient timgg. MERCHANTS CHOOSE | NEW OFFICERS FOR | YEAR AT MEE t ; Julius Fisher Chosen Pres ident of Merchants’ As sociation at the Annual Meeting at Y. M. C. A. INSTITUTEWILL BE HELD SOON Expert Engaged to Con duct Institute For Three Days.— Leonard Talks on Aims of Association. Meeting at the Y. M. C. A. last night, members of the Concord Mer chants' Association elected officers for the year, decided upon dates for a Merchants' Institute here and listened with interest to an address by J. Paul Leonard, secretary of the State Mer chants’ Association .Those chosen are: Julius Fisher, of Fisher’s, Presi dent. O. A. Swaringen, Vice President. Clyde Propst, Treasurer. Directors, in addition to the offi cers, Ernest Robinson, C. M. Ivey, J. E. Davis, Smith Barrier and Dr. J. W. Pike. The institute will be held March 15, 16 and 17 and will be offered under tile direction of the Retail Institute, of Chicago. ,T. W. Griest, manager of the company, will conduct the in stitute in Cbneord. Facts as to Che plan for the insti tute. the manner in which it operates and its purposes were given at the meeting by O. A. Swaringen, retiring president of the local association. Other members also discussed the : proposition, ns did Mr. Leonard. It ; was pointed out at the meeting that similar institutes have been held in various cities in the state and have proved so successful that other similar events are being arranged. Mr. Leonard spoke on “Some of the Purposes and Benefits of a Merchants’ Association.” in which he also pointed out the necessity for such an organi zation. Mr. Leonard made it plain that while it is right and proper that mer chants should be members of and co operate with other organizations in a town, they should remember, .that a merchants’ nssociatioti is the only or ganization promoted primarily for the mutual benefit and protection of the merchants. “Organization of other classes of business men for their own benefit makes it necessary for the merchants to organize,” he said. Secretary Leonard discussed briefly some legislation pending in Congress that is of special interest and import ance to merchants and dwelt at more length on proposed legislation in North Carolina. He discussed in this connection, particularly, the sales tax, offering South Carolina as an ob ject lesson of the injustice and incon venience of such a tax. Merchants in North Carolina have prevented the enactment of such a law in this state and as an organization they can pre vent it in the future, the speaker predicted. “In a general way,” Mr. Leonard said, “I want to emphasize the fact that it is a purpose of a merchants’ association to bring merchants closer together and therefore create better relations as merchants. A merchants’ association furnishes the medium for concerted action and through it mer chants can speak as a whole through a single channel. “Mr. Leonard also said that it is only subh an associa tion can merchants expect to rid theii business of trade abuses such as fraud ulent advertising and the like. Merchants, Secretary Leonard ad vised, should use their association as a means of educating the public to the functions of the retailer and his importance. “The merchant,” he said, “is the purchasing agent for a com munity and is expected to meet the wants of the public public. Likewise he is the collector for all consumers who have trade with the public.” Mr. Leonard stressed the fact that merchants should promote trade ex tension through co-operative adver j tising, “Where it is impossible for ! one or two merchants to really ac ■ I complish anything along this line, if ■ j nil merchants will advertise the fact ■! that they have the right kind of serv [ ice and merchandise they can create i trade extension. “No other class of people is so vitally interested in the newspaper as ' the merchants,” Mr. Leonard said with special emphasis, “and they have ' the right to demand a good paper only i to the extent to which they are will ■ ing to patronize it. My advice is ■ to give such advertising patronage as . will enable you to have a good paper, - and aid jn building up the circulation . of your home town paper. The more ' circulation the paper has the more , will your advertisements be read.” i Merchants living in. Concord, Mr. 1 Leonard said as an illustration, should boost a Concord paper, not a paper in - some other city, for they carry their - advertisements in the Concord paper. I “I have suggested in several cities,” f the speaker continued, “that mer- E chants give as premiums or prizes - subscriptions to their home town pa t per. I have suggested further that -a sum of SI,OOO more or less be raised by merchants with which to secure subscriptions which would be sent out t to non-subscribers. Merchants bene t fit from large subscriptions lists for s newspapers in which they advertise.” t !The Irish Free State bas imposed » tax on bachelors. THE TRIBUNE PRINTS TODAY'S NEWS TODAIi NO. 21 r f UNI THOUSANDS 9 ITT^myF j The King of Belgium ag | Chief Mourner Followed 1 on Foot the Casket as It | Was Born to the Gram | marshalfoch if WAS PRESENT I Thousands Lined Streets I to Pay Tribute to Him I Who Was IncaraafldreMßß the Nation’s Love. Brussels. Jan. 28.—CAP)—Belgium said farewell to Cardinal Mercier to day. ’•vmH Tile King as chief mourner follow ed the casket on foot as it was bora* through the street among tile tolling ? of bells, bombiug of minute guns and strains of funeral marches from mask- > ed army bands. Hundreds of thousands lined the route of the-tiortege to pay tribute to 5 the prelate whose stand against the L German invaders caused him to b* /j hailed as the incarnation of the na tion’s soul in wartime. With the King marched thb_ heir ap- J parent, Prince Leopold, and Marshal , Foch, Generalissimo of the allied arm- S ies. and chief artisan of the victory to ’ which the Cardinal so mightily con tributed. Delegations of wounded veteran* J from all the allied armies followed to a long procession with representatives of many'nations, members of the Bel gian government and parliament, and the municipal authorities of 'BruMeiii-v.fi Malines and most of the other import ant cities in the kingdom. .V 8H There was a href halt at the Place j j du Congress while the mourners paid tribute to the Unknown Soldier lyinß \ there. Thence the procession moved ( to the Ste Gudule Cathedral. ;;SJ The lamp posts on the street along the line of march were draped with black and most of the houses display ed the Belgian flag at half mast. The -ij entire Brussels garrison supplemented by police and gendarmarie directed- , the vast crowd. It was a silent mourning city througli which the Cardinal’s body, brought here from Malines, to receive the nation’s tribute, was car and vehicle traffic had been stop*-, g ped since early morning and the M schools and business establishment* 1 were closed. DARNELL CONVICTED OF MAN SLAUGHTER | Pineville Man Will Be Sentenced To- ■ day for Killing Postmaster Hta-. I son. Charlotte, Jan. 27.—A verdict of manslaughter was returned late today by the jury in the case of Zeb V. ’ Darnell, farmer, on trial the iast -ji two days in Superior Court here in | connection with the killing last J Thanksgiving of Joe Hinson, post- ‘j master at Pineville, near here. The I State yesterday abandoned its demand i for a first degree verdict. Judge James L. Webb stated he would an nounce the verdict tomorrow, Hin son was shot nnd killed at a Thanks giving party at a Pineville residency and later that night Darnell (fame to.'Jl Charlotte, surrendered and admitted S that he did the shooting. His own admission was the only direct evidence that he shot Hinson. Earthquake Shock Recorded. .» | Charlottesville. Ya., Jan. 28.- — UP)— An earthquake shock of almost twO J hours' duration was recorded on the seismograph at the Rouss physical laboratory at the University of Vir- I ginia early today. The shocks began at 5 :41 and continued until 7 :13. A. J. Weed, in charge of the seismograph, expressed the opinion that these were 1 after shocks of the quake recorded on ! January 24th. i VMgM Old-Fashioned Dance at Wayside lull. f Subrey. Mass.. Jan. 28.—OP)—The Wayside Inn today rang with the strains of old time music as modern high school seniors engaged in a Vir \ ginia Reel and other dances of other days. The senior class of the Malden High School in choosing the historic Inn qs the scene of their annual party, accepted the terms of its owner, Hen ry Ford that only old fashioned dances ’ should be permitted. [ Arlington National Cemetery la 4 ‘ to have a tablet in memory of the ’ twenty-three United States Army ehap’ains who died in the World ’ War. * , • California bas the largest number 1 of divorced men nnd women of any 5 State in the Union. e BAT'S BEAR SATSI i . ' win in ii t i Skl r m • \ 1 « K') fIHP i gsgsA; »c \ M t ” Fair and colder tonight, Friday
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1926, edition 1
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