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DISPATCHES
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VOLUME XXVI
.™ER™[
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His Majority When Brooki
Ban Against Him Su
Tears Ago Was Mon
Than 70,000.
STRONG SENTIMENT
AGAINST SENATOB
Reynolds Reduced Over
man’s Majority to Small
est Number in Latter’s
Career of 23 Years.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Although It is evident, that Sena
tor I-ee S. Overman has been re
nominated for U. 8. Senator by a
good sized majority which may
ultimately attain to 50,000 there is
food for thought when it becomes
apparent that this is the smallest
majority ever -polled by Overman.
True, -he has been opposed but once
before when A. ],. Brooks of Greens
boro ran against him in the primary
in 1912, but even that is significant,
for Overman’s majority then was
more than 70.000 out of a total vote
cast of only’ 118,000. the face of
Saturday’s election, then, it must be
increasingly apparent 'that there is’a
steadily growing sentiment against
the ‘‘Rule of the Blder” as repre
sented by Senntor Overman, and to a
certain extent, b> Senator Himmons.
If patience and a mulberry leaf make
a silk gown,' then considerable mul
berry is being consumed in the State
that eventually will figure in the
manufacture of n brand new Sen
atorial toga for someone from the
Tar Heel state at, a not far distant
day—and he will be from a younger
line of descent-
The first time that the succession
of Senntor F, M. Simmons was ever
seriously questioned was in 1900,
when he was opposed for the Senate
by General Julian S. Carr. Senators
' were still elected 1 by the legislature,
but at the general primary that
year, a separate box wna placed for
Democrats on which they were to
place a ballot that would act as an
indication of their preference to the
legislature. This in reality was Jhp
first statewide senatorial
although it [had no legal status, other
than-that.".Uk- legislature was raoraUJf
botind to parry out the will of the'
voters as expressed in tbht unofficial
vote, —-n'r-TTHfnf’lihlMrjif jlj~
335 for Simmons and-fO&l; ftp-
Carr. c
• The secopd time that Simmons
yas given opposition, was in 1912
iVhen he wns opposed by IV. W.
fitchin, who had served 12 years in
-ongrecs qnd had just completed a
erm as Governor of North Caro-
Inn. A third candidate was also in
his race. Judge Walter Clark, chief
hstice of the State Supreme Court-
Former Governor Charles B. Aycock
had announced for the same race,
but died suddenly one night while
making an educational speech in
Birmingham, Ala., shortly before the
campaign opened, leaving the contest
a thcee-eornore<l affair. In the pri
mary Simmons polled 84,687 votes,
Kitehin 47,010 and Clark 16,418,
! giving Simmons a majority of ap
proximately 21,000. The supremency
of thf Old Guard rule was not chal
lenged again until 1920 when Brooks
opposed Overman for the Senatorial
nomination and in which. Overman
piled up a 70,000 majority.
However, it must bo recalled that
Overman was sent to the Senate for
the first time in 1903 by only the
narrowest margin. At that time
Senators were still elected by the
legislature and at first there were
four candidates in the running,
namely Overman, Cyrus B. Wateon
of Winston Salem. Gen Julian 8.
Carr and -Locke Craig of Asheville.
The legislature was Virtually dead
locked for nearly two months, during
January and February of the year.
Craig and . Carr finally dropped out,
leaving the contest between Overman
and Watson and in tbe balloting in
the legislature, Watson lacked but
two or three votes on Several oc
casions from being’ elected. How
ever, Overman was dtvally selected,
but by a very , narrow margin.
So it can readily be seen that if
Overman’s majority in the present
election is not more than 50.900,
Reynolds ha's the distinction of
having reduced his majority to the
smallest number of votes in hi*
career, of 23 years. The fact most al
so be regarded as significant from
both sides as an expression of the
younger generation of Voters in favor
of a younger and more representa
tive North Carolinian —a man more
in harmony and sympathy with their
representative in the Senate.
With Our Advertisers.
The Burlington store nr tbe Mark-
Ron Shoe Store has been closed *” d l
the entire stock shipped to the Con
cord store. Included in this ship
ment are some of (he. most beautiful
patterns of the season. See ad. to
day
Are you ready for the great social
function of the season, the opening
of the new hotel Thursday bight7
Fie bar’s have everything arranged for
you, evening dresses, dance frocks 'n
iv&Eris# A,soW '
I W. J. Hethcox win be glad to give
I yon an estimate on any kind of wir-
The Concord Daily Tribune
n Beginning On June 22nd
u <
RAISE HUGE AMOUNTS
■ A : v - 1 ; FOR CHURCH school
X Norwegian Lutherans Exceed Quot
® ! fa-JPrtve For Four Church Co
, (Special to The Tribune)
New York, N. Y.. .lute B.—A l<
tnl of nearly $2,300,000 has bee
> pledged’"by the Norwegian laithern
» Church Os America foi-_Ws four I’m
portant schools of higher learning
v says an-aaneuneement-from the New
I Bureau of (he National/'- Lutherai
Council. Simultaneous appeals so
g endowment funds’. were made las
month for Luther, Collegf. Decora);
la.. St. Olaf Upllcge, Northfield, Minn.
Concordia College, Moorhead. Minn,
and Augurtana College, Sioux Falls
N. D. Luther and St. Otaf togcfhei
l " asked $550,000, t’oucordia 'sough
‘‘ $500,009, and Augqstnua. $500,000
a Tliree thousand Eutherah eongrega
7 t’ons of that body in every part of thi
M T nited States and Canada eontribu
s ted.
'* To date Angustann-College has se
p cured more tlian $300,000 of the re
- quired amount, Concordia has gont
' “over the top" with $550,1)00. and tht
: joint appeal for Luther and St. Olal
’ has passed $1,300,000 and will likely
p total $1,400,000. breaking all record*
f for camiHiigns of . the type.
e “It is unquestioned rtiat nothing
j like it has ever been done within thi
[ Lutheran Church of this land," de
. dared the Rev. (>.'H. Pannkake, mat)
, ager of the campaign for Luther and
St. Olaf. “It is doubtful whether
f there is a parallel anywhere in the
. land. In the laud. In thnt respect.
, this campaign is unique. Not even in
» the days of frenzied wealth'right at
■ ter the war was there an oversubscrip
. tion as large as this. From the staml
: point of the Lutheran Church in gen
■ erul. this achievement is historic."
, NO OFFERING JUNE IS OF
GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
I Made Nett Necessary by Increase in
Income Taxes Collected.
Washington, June 7.—Secretary
: Mellon today made tbe following an
• nouncement:
i ’The Treasury will make no offer
i ing of Government obligations for
■ oa|c on June 15, 1926. This depart
ure from the usual procedure on the
■ quarterly tax payment dates has been
eeipts over earlier expectations, and
the fact that the aggregate jpuhl-’c
debt maturities due June 15 are
* •domewfiat leas than usual. The
amount of taxes to be received in
June together with the balance now
on hand is expected to be sufficient to
meet the Treasury’s cash requirements
until September, when further financ
ing wtU be necessary.”
Mayor Faces Trial on Liquor Charge.
Boston, Mass.. June B.—Mayor
Lawrence F. Quigley, pf Chelsea, to
gether with members- of the Chelsea
police department and various others,
were arraigned in the United States
court here today to stand trinl for the
second time on a charge of conspir
ing to violate the prohibition laws.
The first jury disagreed. Several of
those indicted pleaded guilty and
turned State’s evidence, describing
sales of liquor and paymenf of "pro
tection money. 1 ’ The mayor and the
police entered a general denial.
Seventy-Five Divrree* Settled in Two
a , Hoar*.
(By International News Service)
Atlanta, Ga.. Jane B.—lq one morn
ing Judge G. H. Howard, of Fultoq
Superior Court, disposed of 75 unde
fended divorce cases at the rate of
one every minute and 84 seconds.
Judge Howard failed the aourt to
order at 9 a. m. and ut 11215 a. ra„
dismissed the jury 'until the next morn
ing. The speed with which Judge
Howard disposed of the calendar is
believed to have established a record
for the divorce court.
Deny Peret Hue Resigned.
Paris, June B.—OP)—The report in
Geneva that Finance Minister Peret
had resigned was categorically denied
this afternoon by M, Peret’s princi
pal secretary.
76th SERIES j
Concord Perpetual Building & Loan iji
Association
i . j
Starts Saturday, June 5,192 ft
’ •’:»*' | ‘
Books'Now Open at Cabarrus pavings Bank, ; |
Concord and Kannapolis, N. C. '
SAVE AND HAVE
8
Call and subscribe for Some Stock in This Old Reliable o
Association Now While You Are Thinking About It 8
No Better Plan Than the Building and Loan' Plarf to Q
SAVE MONEY- or SECURE A HOME J
C. W. Swmk, RL Woixihous*, Set K Tress jj
♦ -
Convention Will Be Called
t* to Order at 2p.m. on
ta June 22nd by President
**• Stevens.
MANY DELEGATES
PLAN TO ATTEND
111 . •' __
Round of” Entertainment
vs Provided in Program.—
Banquet and Dance to
si Attract Many 4
h,
*-i The tentative program adopted
i. 'some time ago for the annual con
*. vention of the N'ort'i Carolina Build
"f ing and Ldian I.eague, to be held
1 1 here June 22, 23 and 24, has been
9. adopted and made public by J. F:
a- Stevens, of Greensboro, president of
>e the league. The program provides
J- talks by men of national reputation,
various busineSs sessions and a -round
e-! of cihertaihment extending over the
e- three days of the convention.
ie The convention will te called to
le onler at 2 p. in. on June 22. by Mr.
if Stevens. Delegates are expected to
y register at tbe Hotel Concord during
I" the morning. The afternoon pro
gram includes addresses of welcome
g.nnd responses, I'.ie President’s report,
'C j the report of the Secretary-Treasurer,
“| by George -K. Wooten, nf ‘Hickory,
i- and R. 14. Davis, of Rocky Mount,
d and an open discussion.
T > At 7 :30 p. in. a swimming carnival
e dill be staged for the visitors at the
I. Y. M. C. A. and at 8:30 a theatre
n party will be giveh at the Concord
f- Theatre. A picture, made especially
•- for building and loan men, will be
I- shown nnd in addition there‘will be
'- vaudeville and other attractions.
Wednesday morning Hon. Stacey
W. Wade, of Raleigh, State insurance
commissioner, will address the co'n
-5 petition on "The Building and Loan
Association a Force for Civic Prog
-1 ress.” Appointment -of committees
will follow and then there will be a
y discussion of “Practical and Effective
'* Advertising.” ,
J. B. Robeson, of Raleigh, will ad
dress the convention during the
r morning on “The Ohio Plan.” At
- 2 p. m. another business session will
e be held when the report of the legju
ii latTve committee is h'eard. “DwTces
;«sawsri!fefer
• Business?’ will be the snbjec'd'of dis-
B eussion at tbe afternoon session.
n At 4 o’clock the delegates will be
i* taken on'a tour of inspection to the
i Cannon Mills nt Kannapolis and from
r there they will be taken to the Jack
t son Training Kdiool where students
» will offer a program for them.
Thursday evening at 7:30 the an
nual banqnet will be staged in the
Hotel Concord. Honor guests will
• tie Dr. Horace F. Clark, of Kansas
r Uity, Mo.; C. Clinton James, of Wash
- ington, D. C., and, Henry S. Rosen
i thai, of Cincinnati, O. A dance at
- the Merchants and Manufacturers
• Club will follow the banquet.
! The convention will close after a
• business session Thursday morning.
• District presidents will report at this
session, officers will be elected and
I the 1927 meeting place selected.
! Between 150 ami 200 guests are
expected to attend the convention,
‘ the first to be held in the new hotel
here. I
► Rains Pot Finishing Touch to Potato
Crop. t
Tribune Bureau
fSir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, .Tune B.—The rains of last
- week put the finishing touch to the
f potato eroi) in the truck districts in
the eastern section of the state ami
> digging Rtarted in the nrea around
, Aurora today. There are more than
■ 4,000 acres in this section alpne plfnt
* in Irish potatoes, many thousands
i of acres more In the same territory.
I Eight cars have already been shipped
from Aurora and a record Crop is ex
pected. While the potatoes are a bit
'smaller thin usual, due to the dry
i weather, the quality is. said to be of
the best. The department of labor
I is helping furnish the laßor supply,
• and still has need for several hundred
more worfers, officials report.
CONCORD, N. C-v TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1926
■**■ A' .-<« I I IP I -” 11 I I --"1
[ Slayer, Victim |
General Petlioura, above, was’
shot in Paris by Samuel
Schwartzbar, below, who
surrendered, saying he had
fired at the general because
of his cruelty to Jews wliile
attempting to establish a
Ukrainian republic. '■ j
PRIMARY FACTS
Overman Continues to Lend Over Ret -
noids.—Judge Stack Winner.
Raleigh, June B.—G4>)—Wi-fli 1,230
precincts reported out of 1,717. in the
state. Lee S. Overman was maintain
ing his lead for the Democratic nomi
nation as Senator over Robert R. Rey
nolds today. The vote stood: Over
man 106,646; Reynolds 69,610.
This represented scattered returns
from 78 counties and complete returns
f#rom 48 of the 100 counties in the
Jftfltfei- "<»f-these Overman’ find enrrhO
84, while Reynolds led In 14.-
Scarcely any returns had been re
ceived here today from the other races.
It appeared on the basis of late re
turns last night that Congressman
Zcbulon Weaver and A. L. Bulwinkle
had been- easily renominated over Fe
lix Alley and J. A. Dimme-tte respect
ively.
In the races of Superior Court
judges *a lieck-and-neck race was in
progress in the fifth district, with
Romulus A. Nunn polling 5.530 wliile
half the district had reported against
4,314 for Julius A. Brown. .
In the seventh district n second
primary will be necessary between
Thos. H. Calvert and W. C. Harris.
In the -thirteenth district Judge A.
M. Stack lias been renominated over
V- C. Redewine on the face of nearly
complete returns. In the 20th dis
trict Jas. D. Malone and Thos. Moore
were leading the ticket with 3,001 and
3,322 votes respectively. Two other
candadates*were trailing and a sec
ond primary was -the prospect with
three-fourths of the vote reported.
WILL ASK *3,000000
TO PENSION PASTORS
Lutheran Board Plans Campaign Next
Year For Aged Ministers.
(Special to The Tribune)
Philadelphia, Pa., June B.—The
Board of Ministerial Pensions, and Re
lief of (the United Lutheran Church
in America, in a statement from the
■executive secretary. Dr. Edgar Grim
Miller, announces that its campaign
for a minimum of $3,000,000 for the
pension fund for Lutheran pastors
will start on Reformation Day, Oc
tober 31, 1927. The firm of Ward,
Wells, Dreshman and Gates has con
tracted to conduct the campaign ond
has assigned Mr. C. H. Dreshman of
that firm as campaign manager. Mr.
Dreshman is already well known to
the Lutheran church through his
successful management of the endow
ment campaigns at Wittenberg and
Muhlenberg Colleges.
W. H. Woodson. Jr., to Wed.
Salisbury, June 7. — Mr. and Mrs.
Walter H. Woodson leave this week
for Grayling, Mich., where on Satur
day they will attend the wedding of
their son, Walter H. Woodson, Jr.,
to Miss Grace Bauman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bauman. The
ceremony tnkes place at the summer
home of. the bride at Lake Mur
grethe. After the wedding trip the
young couple will come to Salisbury
to make their home.
Bulwinkle Gets 24,000 Margin.
Gastonia, June 7-— Major A. Lee
Bulwinkle, representative in con
gress from the ninth district, will
haire a majority of about 24.000
votes over Dr. J. M. Dimmette. it
was stated tonight, after all counties
have reported.
Mr. Towseud and Mr. Connor both
had opposition, but came out- victor
ious by substantial majorities. Mr,
Fountain was unopposed.
't-y • . . ——~M. -■
.-In Switzerland the bride on her
wedding day will perinit no one. vot
Men. bar parents to Una her on the
m EXPLOSIONS
ROOKED METROPOLIS
i 1 . • • - *
I' Eleven Men Hurt, Railroad
i st&l Street Car Tracks
Twisted and Other Dam
age Done by Explosion.
STUBBORN FIRE
jj RAGED FOR HOURS
| Fire Broke Out Under a
| Pier Following Explo
j [ sion Which Was Caused
| by Gasn in Sewers.
j New York, .Time B. <A>)—Dostruc
* Mop-trf near earthquake proportions
!; in the region of the Hudson River
i ! pier* at 12!)tb street today told a tale
, of a grim battle between the combined
j! forces of firemen, police and Rurgeons
i'■ against a spectacular fire caused by
? terrific sewer explosions.
I Rleven men were injured, one se
| rioqaly, when gas in a 7\ 1-2-fopt
j sewer exploded late yesterday. The
detonation which was heard for miles
rocked buildings, tore heavy beams
from the runway of the Fort Lee
ferry house, twisted railroad and
street car tracks and hurled manbote
covers nearly lmlf a mile. Fire start
ed Immediately under the pier and
- raged fiercely for nine hours before
river and land fire fighting forces ex
tinguished it.
Gjmtavus Adolphus, crown prince
of Sweden, was one of the hundreds
of spectators who watched two fire
boats and a small army of shore fire
men,.fight the blaze. While the flames
were at their height belching heavy
smoke out over the river, the Corsair,
J. I*. Morgan's yacht with the Prince
a boa ixl, passed within a'few hundred
feet headed down stream.
RESULTS ACCRUED TO CROPS
AS RESULT OF THE RAINS
Rains Were General Over Most of
the State Last Week.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, June B.—Reports concern
ing the benefit that has already ac
crued to crops as the result of the
rains that were general over most of
the state the latter part of lagt'week
are already coming into IBf 'depart
ment of agriculture, afid farmers have
been greatly encouraged as a result.
The prediction by the department that
the rain was literally worth millions
of dollars to the farmers is being am
ply borne out. I
A farmer in the northwestern Pied
mont section writes: “Up until the
first week in June it had been ex
tremely dry, but since then there
hnve been good rains in Forsyth.
Surry and Stokes counties and crqps
are looking much better. Most of
the tobacco has been planted and is ’
doing well and the outlook is most
optimistic.” I
“The weather the last few days 'lias
been most favorable for a good crop,"!
writes another farmer from Person
.county, in the north central section
of the state. “We have had several
good rains and oats, rye and wheat
are doing well. Cotton is beginning
to do better and the tobacco crop
looks fine. All we need now is some
good warm weather and things will
be right all right.” I
Fyom Craven county comes the re- j
port that tile rain there Friday and
Saturday was of great benefit and
that although it had been very dry.
both cotton and tobacco, which had I
been very backward, showed signs of
becoming more promising. Farmers
in the section are much more optimis- i
tic.
Down in Stanly county there have 1
been a few showers, but no rains, and
the crops there are still in need of
a good downpour to put them on a
par with the other sections. In
Chowan county they have had good
rains and the potato crop is benefit
tibg greatly, as well as other crops.
The rainfall last week was largely
cast of the linft drawn southeastward
across the state beginning in Ashe
county, in the northwest, and on down 1
throngti Wilkps, Yadkin, Henderson, 1
Randolph, Montgomery and Richmond
counties. West of this line there ;
were only scattered showers.
South’s Sugar Cane Crop is Threat-!
ened. j
(By International News Service) j
Tn lahassee, Fia., June B. Dixie
is threatened with losing its nation-,
ally accepted hold on sugar cane 1
production.
And the only way to remedy this i
situation is for the growers to sub-1
atitute another variety of cane with- 1
in the next few years.
These were the facts contained in
an article in the current number of
the Department of Agriculture bul
letin. '
“The sugar cane .fields of North
ern Florida are sick.” the article
said, “In fact, there is a very severe
disease called mosaic, that is spread
ing among all the so-called s ‘ribbon’
cane varieties.
“While it is largely restricted to
Florida, Southern Georgia and Louis
iana, it is likely that all of the cane 1
in the South will become infected by
the disease," the article declared- j
Would Throw Out Clark Contest. |
; Washington, June 8. ——The
House was asked today by Ita elec
tion committee No. 2 to throw out ,
the'contest of Don H. Olark, of Sa
vannah, Ga„ for the seat of Repre-j
tentative Edwards, Democrat, of that i
state.
Public Invited To The
FormalOpeningOfNew
1 Hotel C oncordThursday
I *
I POLICEMEN STOOD
Ij AT POLLING'PLACES|
*' Therefcre Canvassers in Wake Are
. Asked to Make a Recount.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, June B.—Because police
men stood at polling places in Rn
i leigli and worked openly in the behalf
* of his opponent, as he alleges, W. F.
Evans, socilitor in the seventh judi
| cinl district, defeated in Saturday’s
primary by Leon S. Brassfie’.d, this
’ morming formally presented a peti
[ tion asking pile Wake comity board
of canvassers* to make a recount of
the ballots cast in the election Satur
day. Mr. Evans appeared before the
board yesterday in person and after
; making a number of eharges of ir
regularities, was asked to submit his
’ charges in formal, written petition
today.
“There were numerous irregulari
ties in tile election and I have'Mhe
proof, although at this time I cannot
reveal all the facts in my possession,l
said Mr. Evans in discussing the mat
ter today. "Although my opponent
1 had stated that he wanted the elec
! tion to be perfectly fair, when he
. was asked at the hearing before the
board if he would agree lo a recount,
he was opposed to it. So when a
man is opimsed to a recount in an
election conducted by his own men
and machinery, something in it must
have been crooked.”
The contest between Evans and
Brassfield in Raleigh and Wake coun
ty, ns well as in Franklin county,
was, one of the most bitterly fought
political battles in years and numer
ous altercations at polling places were
reported Saturday. At 3:30 o’clock
Sunday morning n fight in an office
in t'.ie Lawyers’ building here so
frightened the negro janitor that he
called the police who found a gory
fistic battle in progress in one of the
offices there between two supporters
of the two candidates for solicitor
ship. Ten or twelve men were in
the office. The feeling as the wesult
of the election had not cooled by Mon
day morning w’lien bone crashed
against bone as Herbert Gulley, one
of the managers of the Evans cam
paign, and Ed Hugh Lee, city tax col
lector and suporter of Brassfield, par
ticipated in a strenuous fistic encount
er on Fayetteville street, nearly op
posite the- city* Tmll. -vfc .’
Supporters of Evans are very frank
and candid in their claims that Brass
field and his formes “stole” the elec
tion by packing the poles with work
l ers and officers who openly sought
to influence the voting, and these
charges figured in the written peti
tion submitted by Evans today, to the
Wake county board of canvassers.
Evans frill not seek a recount in
Franklin county, which gave him ,a
majority of about 1.000 votes. In
.Wake county, however, Brassfield re
ceived a majority of approximately
300 and in Raleigh his majority went
1 to about 900.
1 In setting forth his reasons as to |
why a recount should be made, Evans
nlleges that the members of tlje police!
force in Raleigh worked against him,
intimidating voters wherever possible,
that there was a large illegal regis
tration, that many people voted twice,
thnt in one precinct—the eighth—22
negroes voted, and that at another
i precinct several voters were under
| the influence of liquor.
BRAZIL NOT TO QUIT
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
At Least Delegates at Geneva Con
ference Have Heard Nothing to
1 That Effect.
| Geneva, June B.—C4>)—Members of
the Brazilian delegation of the
League of Nations told t'.ie Associat
ed Press today they knew nothing
about the reported intention of their
country' to resign from the league as
suggested in a dispatch from Rio
Janeiro.
’ A Rio Janeiro dispatch late last
night quoted the newspaper A Globo
as announcing Brazil’s withdrawal
from the league. The paper said for
i mal notification of the resignation
would be sent 'to Geneva in a few
weeks.
I Afranio Mello Franco, the chief
Brazilian delegate who did not at
[ tend yesterday’s council because of ill
: ness, was still indisposed today and
! was receiving no one.
LAST TIME TODAY
“THE BAT*
It Thrilled a Crowded House
Last Night
Wednesday
RIN TIN TIN
The Wonder Ddg
—in—•'
“The Night Cry”
ALSO
1 STATEWIDE CHARLES
TON CONTEST
f i in .Uni
Concord Theatre
Dinner and Dance Nut to
1 Be Staged for Stock
, holders Only, Manager
C. Ross Wenrick States.
BUILDING OPEN
DURING THE DAY
Interested Persons Invited
to Inspect Building From
Two to Five O’clock on
Thursday Afternoon.
Every interested person and not
merely the stockholders are invited
to attend the informal and formal op-,
cuing of the nqsv Hotel Concord on
Thursday of this week.
The building will be thrown open
to the public Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock and for three hours the
structure will be.-available for in
spection by every one.
At 7:30 the formal opening will
begin with dinner and at 9 o'cloek a
! danee will be given. At. the same
hour bridge will be p’.ayed on the
i mezzanine. Persons who desire to
1 secure places for the dinner and dance
are asked to make reservations now
with <\ Boss Wenrick, manager of
the hotel.
Any one who .desires to be present
can make reservation, it was stated
this morning by Mr, Wenrick. "The
dinner and dance are not for stock
holders and their families only,” Mr.
Wenrick stated. "Tilt- hotel is a com
munity project and wc want every one
to feel free to use it at any time.
Those persons who desige to attend
the dinner should notify me. at once
so reservations can be made.” Invi
tations were first to' the stock
holders, it was explained,, because
their names were first given to Mr.
Wenrick. The management of the
hotel hppes to have the dining hall
anjl dance hall filled for the opening.
The full corps* of assistants has ar
rived in Ooncord to assist Mr. Wen
rick, it was stated this morning. All
of the employes of the hotel who will
handle food were given a physical
examination this morning by Dr. S.
E. Buchanan. The employes arf cer
tain they will have everything in
readiness by Thursday.
The final touches were given' to the
floor of the dunce haU thts morning,
dining room tables nt«F CBffTHT'lfiere
placed, all beds wete prepared and
other last minute matters attended
to. Dishes and other eqnipment in
the kitchen have been thoroughly
cleansed and already provisions have
been purchased in preparation for the
formal dinner on Thursday evening.
The hotel will be ready for it first
guest Thursday afternoon, Mr. Wen
rick stated.
The opening of the hotel will be a
gala occasion in Concord. It will
represent the most comprehensive oc
casion in Concord. It will represent
I the most comprehensive community
I project in the history of Concord and
will meet a need long felt.
r — h
HUNDREDS PRESENT FOR
DUKE ALUMNI PROGRAM
Alumni Parade and Dinner Among the
Features of the Day.
Durham, June B.—(A*)—Featured
by the commencement sermon of Dr.
Ernest Freemont Title, of Evanston,
111., the annual alumni, day program
at Duke University got underway
here today.
An alumni and dinner also
was on the program. \
Hundreds of old graduates, repre
senting many states and every sec
tion of North Carolina were on the
campus. Hundreds of visitors in
cluding relatives and friends of the
graduating class also were presne.t
, Dr. Title's sermon was at noon and
was followed by the alumni parade
in which classes from 1871 to 1925
were represented. Dr. W. A. Lam
beth, of Washington, D. C„ was the
principal speaker for the-dinner.
The program today will close to
night with the annual reception for
the graduates and alumni given by
the university.
SPECIAL VENIRE CALLED
FOR STANLY COUNTY COURT
Will Be Used to Furnish Jury in the
Case Against Sweat, Gray and
Lawrence.
Albemarle, .Tune B.— (A I ) —A spe
cial venire of 100 men has been called
for the hearing of murder charges
against Carl Sweat, Theodore Gray
and Mack Lawrence, set for tomorrow
in Stanly County Superior Court.
Superior Court Judge Webb has
ordered the venire to report tomor
row morning. l
The men are charged with complic
ity in the murder of "Dad” Watkins,
aged man, who was killed and his
hotly burned some time ago. John
Gray, now under death sentence at
state prison, Raleigh, for the crime,
is being returned to testify against
Sweat, it was announced.
Three in Race to Preside aa House
Speaker. ‘
Raleigh, June 7. — The primary re
thrns definitely put three candidates
into the race for the speakership of
the next houses
N. A. Toweend, of Harnett coun
ty; H- G. (Tobe) Connor, of Wil
ton, and R. T. Fountain, of Edge
combe, announced months ago their
purpose to seek the speakership if
the primary turned opt aU . right tor
them. ' ’' '' "•• •J-
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-PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY J
NO. 133 yj
BROOHRT LEADER
OP'P'M
IRIOII
■f '
- His Vote Almost Larfipp
‘1 Enough to Give Hjnfcsf|
Majority Over the Other <
Four Candidates. If
CUMMINS HOLDS j
! TO SECOND PLACfcJ
1 Half of Precincts in Stagil
Show Brookhart Has
142,150 Votes to 99,6}|J
For Cummins. :
I Des Moines, la., Jmvf B.— Off*)-— 4
,! lowa republicans want Cfl. Smith 4KM
Brookhart in the United States Sen
ate, and since lie cannot sit ill the-/.;
seat for which they nominated Mb fajjjj?|
1 1924 he is to succeed as the jjkrqflpj
. nominee, Albert Baird Cummins, sen- j
ate veteran of 18 years' service.
. By a vote which hovered close to j)? "!
1 majority over all four of his oppon- .5
J cuts, Brookhart was returned to
, ferment by his party vesterday mjS
j scant two months after his
from the senate in favor of Dan py-Jj
Stix-k. democrat, who . ..ntested f£S|
j election in 1924.
Returns from 1.519 precincts out of
2,447 gave Brookhart 142,150; Cla*. I
-13.43 X: Cummins til). (ill: Kickelberg
| '2.908; Iteanlon 3.389.
‘ Six hundred and two precincts 4jjf§|
the democratic senatorial nominal! i‘«
• gave Claude' A. l’ortcr 8.023; J. Ray
Files 4.453: James Murtagh 4.36Q|
‘ George Finch 1,565.
Rising for Che third time M«-m|
, emissary of the party which both
lowa and in the arena of his seaasjy
activities has disavowed him, nffjjgkS
, hart’s looming figure cast across tb*
capitol a shadow symbol of displeawM
lire in lowa at congressional alliance
with farm relief, and reinforcement •
for the Senate insurgent group of
which he became in less than four
years a vociferous and valued mem
ber. /
Read out of his party in 1924 by
the state- central committee of low* :
and in 1925 by the republican senate !
caucus, assailed by his colleagues af
ter his denunciation in the 1924 cam- 5
paign of Ohas. G. Dawes as tbe patty i
vice presidential nominee and his sup* I
poet of ljiFollette for the nresideacy.
R rook hart uon vextenhn by a' iM
approximating the extremest Claims of
his adherents. a
Renominated with him on the fltoff i
of incomplete returns is Gilbert H. |
Haugen, as Republican Congrestdonai
candidate from the 4th district HatW >
gen shares authorship of the MeNary
Haugen bill of 1925 which has’ - served
as the model of all subsequent "meg fi
ll res by which the West had hoped
to obtain agricultural success. .QflaM
The democrats apparently liomippt
ed in a closer fight among four c#|Sr. ! ;
dates, Claude A. Porter, assistant Mr
torney general in the Wilson adrpp
istratlon-. and the favorite in 'life MC-
Adoo wing in lowa.
Murtagh was accounted the candi
date favored by the faction which jn
1924 supported A1 Smith for Presi
dential nominee. Files is a former
state legislator and Finch ran, oil a
wet platform.
Six republican congressman were
renominated without oppositian aud
the five who face contests apparently
have been renominated over rtieir op- *
ponents.
The republican senatorial" victory j
of Brookhart left in the wake the fig- |
ure of lowa's most honored republi- i
can of other years. Cummins bad
served his. state thrice as- Govegupr. i
had been in the senate for three
terms and the miexpired imrtion of a
fourth, had been offered to the repub
lican party ns its Presidential Candi
date almost a score of years ago, and
had come in 1923 to the Presidency of
the Senate when Coolidge succeeded
Harding. The retirement of Cum
mins at 76 by a progressive recalled
his own ascension to the Senate as alu
insurgent republican almost two dec
ades ago. »
Brookhart won yesterday from the St
man he first opposed for public office.
He sought thg republican senatorial
nomination against Cummins in 1920
and lost. Two years later W. S. Ken
yon resigned from the Senate and
Rrookhart was nominated from a
field of 8 to succeed him. Again in- I
1924 Brookhart was nominated for i* ,
full term/bM after the primary the
state committee openly endorsed Dan
F. Stock, hjs democratic foe. and
Steck successfully contested before
the Senate a vote which had greatly
surprised Brookhnrt’x supporters by
its closeness.
Too Modi “Fishing.”
L (By International News Service) '
Knoxville, Teun., June B.—There
was, it seempd to officers, entirety too
much fishing going on in the Tennes
see River near the Pumping Station,
So Deputy Sheriffs John
and Ed Thomas decided to join in the
sport.
After fishing around awhile they
caught 44 gallons of white com ;
liquor
The officers were attracted to
spot by numerous canoes and boats
that gathered there. But none- of tlto
■ occupants claimed the "white light- k
ning.”
THE WEATHER ,
Partly cloudy tonigty and- WedfidEf*
* day, probably showers in wcsL^dfirß
tion. Moderate southwest frinda,,^