ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
CRANFORD CASE TO
BE HALTED TODAY
FOR REST OF WEEK
Jurors Will Be Permitted
to Spend the Week-End
at Their Homes in An
son, the Court Rules.
NEGROES’ BODIES
HAD NO BRUISES
This Was Testimony of the
Undertaker Who Dress
ed Bodies of Negroes
i Who Died in Camp.
Albemarle, July 23.— OP)—The bod
ies of James Terry and James How
ell, negro convict*, who aft alleged ]
to have died from mal treatment, had)
no bruises or, other indications of
abuse on them, P. J. HuiTnientt. mor
tician who was in charge of funeral
arrangements, testified today.
Mr. Hunnicutt, former president of
the North Carolina Association of
Funeral Directors, said he saw the
bodies of Terry and Howell in August
1!)18. He testified that records in his
establishment showed no signs of mal
treatment were discovered hi prepar
ing them for burial.
, The indictments on which Ncvln C.
Cranford, former superintendent of the
Stanly County convict system is be
ing tried, charged him with the mur
der of the two negroes.
Announcement was made this morn
ing just before the opening of court
that adjournment will be had this af
ternoon until Monday morning at ten
o'clock. Permission was given tbe
special jury summoned from Anson •
county, to' return home for the week
end.
EDITORS SPENDING DAY
AT BLOWING ROCK
Held Business Session Here Before
Noon.—Rutherford Sun Wins Cup.
Hickory, July 23.—(A>)—The edi
tors and publishers at the 54th con
vention of the North Carolina Press
Association left Hickory at 8:30
o'clock this morning for a trip to
Blowing Itock, where they are being
entertained at a barbecue by the Hick
orSC. Chamber of Commerce. There,
was a Short business session held at
Jterief
mbtWng, and the barbecue was on
Green’s Hill, near the Manor.
Outstanding among the accomplish
ments yesterday was the decis'on to
employ a full time field secretary for
the Association, and amend the con
stitution to provide for membership
dues of o4ie cent for every subscriber.
That subject was under debate the
whole of yesterday afternoon, and it
has been tbe topic of almost undivided
interest today. Some of the larger
newsimpers of the state will be forced
to pay great membership fees under
the new arrangement.
It was announced this morning prior
to the Blowing Rock trip that the Sa
vory cup for the best weekly paper in
the state was awarded to the Ruther- 1
fordton Sun. The committee on
awards said “in out 1 judgment it ex
cels other publications, weekly enter- '
ed, in general makeup, typographical '
appearance, news presentation, and lo- 1
cal matter. We were particularly im
pressed through cuts and writeups qf ’
local business and manufacturing en
terprises.”
The committee found the Sun pos
sessed of a desirable editorial page
and other features that go to make
up the prise winning weekly stake.
i
WTtlt Our Advertisers.
C. Pan Covington replies to Mr.
Hop Song's letters in this paper today,
and tells all 'about it All According to
Hoyle. „ ,
The Yorke & Wadsworth Company
is offering s|>eeial prices for Saturday
on tires. Isjok up ad. today.
Special for Saturday only— s gal
lons of gasoline and an' ice cold Coca-
Cola for $1.25 at Yorke & Wadsworth
Co. See ad.
Efird’s annual July Clean-Up Sale
is now on. Nothing reserved. See
ad.
A bank’s success can usually be
measured by the degree of personal
interest it displays in its service to
depositors. See ad. of Citizens Bank
and Trust Company.
If you want value in frocks., read
the ad. of J. C. Penney Co. Go see
them for yourself.
Fresh South Carolina melons at
the Cabarrus Cash Grocery Co. Every
one guaranteed to be ripe.
Say Catholic Church Will Be Closed.
Nogales. Aria., July 23. —A semi
official dispatch to the Herald- from
Mexico City today said that the sec
retary of war in the cabinet of Preal
dent Calles had ordered all federal
troops in the republic to be under i
arms and ready for instant action on
August Ist at which time reports pre
viously have stated the Catholic 1
('.lurches throughout the nation will
be closed under orders from high ec
clesiastical officials.
Good Will Bands on Tour.
(By International News Service)
Hot Bprings, Ark., July 23. —East-
ern Arkansas, Mississippi and north
ern Louisiana f towns tfcis year wfll
hear concerts rendered by two bands
of the local Rotary Club.
The Chamber of Commerce is spon
soring the three-week tour of fifty,
youthful musicians on their goodwill
tour of many towns.
A party of buainess men left here
last Monday with tbe bands.
The Concord Daily Tribune
Judge Winston Reviews the
Progress of Newspaper Plants
Hickory. N. C., July 22—OP)—The
mechanical development of the news
paper in (he past half century was
brought strikingly to the attention of
the publishers and. editors here today.
! Today, a single typesetting machine
weighs a ton or more—a half century
ago an entire newspaper outfit could
| be and was hauled across country in
| a single wagon.
Former Judge Francis D. Winston.
■ of Windsor, told of the incident in his
address tonight before the North Car
olina Press Assac/ation. When, in
1874, Windsor men bought the news
paper outfit at Enfield, Judge Win
ston, then a youngster, brought the
outfit across country in a two-horse
wagon to Windsor, “presses, furniture,
■ type, boot, key, quoins, cases, tympan,
chases, fly, ink-rollers. composing
stone, a peck of pi, and the other odds
and ends of an unsuccessful newspa
per venture.”
That was the beginning of Judge
Winston's early career in the field of
journalism, which engaged his atten
, tion for some years, and resulted in
II h ! s addressing the newspaper men at
their convention at Hickory-Catawba-
Springs in 1878.
Judge Winston told the newspaper
men tonight something of that earlier
meeting, nearly a half century ago.
Personalities, incidents, scenes, passed
in rapid review as he sketched the
gathering he attended as a mere
youngster, and told of the intervening
years.
He first told his hearers—quoting a
witness on the stand in n trial he re
called—that there were ‘four kind of
memories: one what you seed; one
what you heerd; one what you're told
to tell; ami one what you makes up,"
anil he added that he hoped to re
member “only what I 'seed' forty
eight years ago.”
The speaker interrupted his memo
ries at one point to bring the editors
sharply into the present with a plea
for support for a measure he said he
'planned to Introduce in the ne.tt Gen
eral Assembly.
“I now ask you to enlist the press
in supporting a bill I shall introduce,
and hope to secure its passage in
the next General 'Assembly, providing
for an elaborate department of hnmi- -
DEATHS FROM THE AUTO
ARE STILL ON INCREASE |
Death Rate Per 100,000 Increased l
From 14.0 in 1023 to 15.7 In 1924.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
July 23. —Automobile fa
rtw. <jr 4n
rresse, according to figures just made
public by Stacey W. Wade, commis
sioner of insurance. These figures
were compiled by the national bureau
of casualty and surety underwriters,
and show that the automobile fatali
ties in 1025 numbered 22,500, an in
crease of approximately 2,200 over
the record for 1024.
The automobile death rate per 100,-
000 population has increased from
14.0 in 1023 to 15.7 in 1024 and 17.2
in 1025. Registration of automobiles
increased from 17,501,081 in 1924 to
10,954,347 in 1025. Fatality rates
on the basis of registrations have
been decreasing for several years, but
the fate for 1025 was Virtually the
8a me as for 1924.
An encouraging feature of the sit
uation is that certain cities carrying
on intensive safety work -have se
cured marked decreases iu automobile
accidents and fatalities.
Non-fatal automobile accidents in
the United States are difficult to es
timate because of the lack of com
plete statistics. However, several in
vestigations indicate that there are
about thirty non-fatal accidents to
each fatal accident. That means
that in 1025 there were approximately
675,000 people injured in automobile
accidents in addition to the 22,500
who were killed.
“The best safety device so far
known is a careful driver,” said Mr/
Wade, who recommended more care
ful drivers as his only solution of the
problem.
Bishop Boa* to Live in little Rock.
(By International News Service)
Little Bock, Ark., July 23. —Bishop
Hiram Abiff Boaz, appointed bishop
of the Episcopal area comprising Ar
kansas and Oklahoma, will make his
home here.
This is the first time in history
that a bishop has selected this city
as his permanent home.
Local Methodist donated a $5,000
lot to Bishop Boaz and a handsome
brick veneer residence costing $35,000
la being built.
Attempt to Change ’Phone Call
Reveals Prison Swindle Scheme
Leavenworth, Kans., July 22—A
conspiracy among prisoners at the
federal penitentiary to swind’e the
government out of approximately
$150,000 has been revealed because
one of the prisoners involved tried to
charge the government for a personal
long distance telephone call, Warden
W. I. Biddle announced tonight. One
check for $790 obtained on a fraudu
lent invoice already had been mailed
to a paroled prisoner living under an
assumed name in Denver when the
plot was discovered and 125 similar
faked invoices ranging from SBOO to
$1(200 were found in the hands of
trusties, working as clerks.
Signatures of approving officials
bad been obtained on the Invoices by
tracing genuine signatures from can
celled checks on fraudulent invoices
with the he p of the prison motion
picture machine, secret service men
•aid.
The plot waa discovered when
gration and investment; and bringing
to the attention iof the world North
Carolina's desirnb'lUy as a pin -e for
homes, business, recreation and rest."
Tile speaker, adverting again to the
first press convention, told' how a
group of boy editors, members of an
nmateur press organization, attended
aud demanded and secured to the
“grown tip” press association, in the
group, he said, were: "E. A. Oldham,
Southern Star, W.lslington: G. M.
Carr, North Carolina Amateurs, Rose
Hill; R. N. Engle. Oak City Item.
Ralegh; J. M. Howard, Boys Cour
ier, New Bern; and Josephus Daniels.
Cornucopia, Wilson.”
Judge Winston reviewed- the pro
icecdiiigs of the press meeting 4N years
ago, told of a'trip made by tl.e edi
tors over the Western North Carolina
Railroad, and of a fight over a prohi
bition resolution. Tile other issue of
prime 'mportance to come before the
meeting, he said, was the choice of the
next) meting place, and in this connec
tion he commented that "the oratory
of those extending invitations for the
next meeting was picruresque and
graphic.”
Concluding, Judge Winston declar
ed ;
“I do not hesitate to declare the
press convention of 1878 the equal of
any that lias assemble 1. On its i oil
of names are those of a Lieutenant-
Governor, two Secretaries of State,
State Auditor, State Adjutant Gener
al. two judges. Secretary of the Board
of Agriculture and the Board of Trus
tees of the University; a dozen mem
bers of both houses of the Geneutl
Assembly, a United States District
Attorney, and a Secretary of the Na
vy-
“ There were pioneer men. outstand
ing men, engaged in laying the sub
stantial and lasting foundations of i
courage, character. inteU'gence, so
briety and Godliness upon which they
and their successors have rebuilded ,
and are maintaining our great State.” |
“I have lifted the curtain upon that
well set stage. ,
“I ring it down and leave the actors i
to disrobe and enter their long sleep. I
“Less than half a dozen of us stir- *
vive. Good-Night." i
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j THINK GOVERNOR DID '
THE PROPER THING (
| Chief Executive Commended for Call- !
ing Off the Proposed Survey.
Tribune Bureau '
Sir Walter Hotel !
Raleigh; July 23.—Scores of letterr -
liis position In calling oif the recently ’
deceased survey of women in indus.ry
have been received by Governor Me- '
Lean within the past few days. And 1
with the exception of the publicly ‘
broadcasted messages from the orig- 1 >
inal survey agitators, there has been '
no note of protest. j1
Governor McLean is still averse to 1
discussing his survey mail for he ab
solutely refuses to put himself in ihe r
position of debating the matter or J
any of its tangents since Dr. Delin J
Dixon-Carroll, one of the mein- ;
bers of the committee which first 1
broached the subject to him, '
publicly announced that the survey 1
had been gained by political black- J
mail after the governor had insulted
the three women present. Those in .
close touch with the executive state
that he intends to ignore the Carroll 1
attack entirely and that as far as he
is concerned there is no survey prob
lem now. Any further petition or 1
plea had better be addressed to the r
next general assembly, they say.
Despite the fact that those who 1
have sent protests concerning his ac
tion have promptly forwarded a copy c
to the press, Governor McLean said 1
that he did not think it best that 1
he endeavor to publish the messages
of commendation. f
“Just so the people in the states, es- .
pecially the women, get the facts of ,
' the ease, they’ll understand my action .
in calling the survey off.” the governor
said in closing the matter.
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Money in Poultry. «
(By International News Service) c
Conway, Ark., July 23. Farmers
seeking larger revenues in this sec- t
tion have turned their attention to I
poultry raising. 1
An example is pointed out to them t
by the county agent in the experiment (
of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Taylor, living l
six miles north of this town. 1
Starting the first of January this
year with 100 layers, Mr. and Mrs. 1
Taylor have made n net profit of |
$307.14. This is $3.07 per bird for I
half a year. 1
, i
Warden Biddle found a long distance |
call to a St. Louis business firm on
the prison’s June bill. He could not ,
reuiember the call, and the telephone i
company’s records showed that the
call had gone to a nurse in a St-
Louis hospital. Mail from the woman ]
was found in the cell of Jesse Creer,
a eouxiet clerk, who had attempted ,
to charge the call to the prison.
Secret service men, investigating
Greer’s record in the prison, soon
detected the other swindle and found ,
George F. Ames, a paroled convict, \
awaiting payment of the first ,
I fraudulent check in Denver.
Greer admitted his part in tbe {
i plot, according to Warden Biddle, ,
and showed officers a number of can
celled checks, stolen from the prison
i safe, which had been hidden in the
false bottom of a box in his room. A i
number of similar checks were found I
nailed under the benches ig the
i prison theatre. i
North Carolina's Leading Small City Daily
CONCORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1926
POUCH!
IS COMPUTE NOW
HCtPT ME PUKE
The Noted French Leader
Has Only to Select Min
ister of Labor to Make
New Cabinet Complete.
BRIAND CHOSEN
FOR CABINET
Is Named Secretary of the
Foreign Affairs and Paul
Painleve Is Again Made
Secretary of War.
Baris. July 23.—OP)—M. Poincare
early this afternoon had filled ev#ry
l>oxt in hix new cabinet with the Ex
ception of the minister of labor.
The official list of the new minis
ters with the labor |>ortfolio still to
be filled is as follows:
Premier aud minister of finance.
Kamond Poincare.
Minister of justice. Ism's Bart lion.
Foreign affairs. Aristide Brinnd.
Interior, Albert Sarraut.
War, Baul Painleve.
Marine, Georgeß Laygues.
Publ : e works. Maurice Kokanowski.
Education, Edouart Herriot.
Commerce, Andre Tardieu.
■Colonies, Leon Perrier.
WHEN WHISKEY
THREATENED THE UNION
Tomorrow Anniversary of So-Called
Whiskey Insurrection.
Washington, D. Cl., July 23.—To
morrow will be the anniversary of file
beginning of the so-called “Whiskey
Insurrection,” the uprising in 1701
which for a time threatened the very
existence of the Union. Se serions
became this uprising in western Penn
sylvania that President Washington,
as commander-in-chief of the army,
put himself at the (lead of about 13,-
000 militia to maintain the sovereign
ty of the federal government.
In the towns ’ and villages along
the Monongaheln river whiskey was
money. It was as much the circu
lating medium of that section as sil
ver or paper currency was in the
great, cities like Philadelphia. In
Pittsburgh and in the neigiboring
counties a gallon of whiskey -was tl»
Tokiti of d sfiflirtig.
The Congress of 1702 taxed spirits
manufactured in the United States at
not less than seven cents a gallon.
Among the manufacturers of whiskey j
in Pennsylvania a fury of resentment
wns created by this law, and it nat
urally followed that the tax collec
tor's lot was not a happy one.
The disaffection was rendered much
more intense w(ien the delinquent tax
payers learned that the State courts
had no authority in excise cases and
that the distiller who resented the of
ficial curiosity of the tax collector
could be taken from his farm and car
ried over the mountains to Philadel
phia and there in a federal court be
tried for the offense he (ind commit
ted 350 miles away.
The complaints induced Congress to
pass an act giving jurisdiction in ex
cise cases to the State courts when
the nearest federal court was more
than fifty miles away from the scene
of the offense.
But after the act had been made
a law early in June, a United States
marshal, who was late in the service
of a writ that had been issued in l(ic
middle of May, attempted to arrest a
distiller about fourteen miles from
Pittsburgh in July. A body of farm-1
ers came together and marched on the ■
house of the revenue inspector near
Pittsburgh, who fired on the mob,
killing one and wounding six. The
house was stormed that night and the
troops tliat had taken possession of
it were captured. After this the
rioters made an agreement to meet
again and decide on their future
course.
Tomorrow, July 24th, will be the
anniversary of the date on which the
farmers and distillers gathered in
1704 and determined to resist the na
tional government. Before the end
of July 6,000 armed men inarched
through Pittsburgh and crossed Hie
Monongahela river.
The moment that Washington
learned of the situation he issued a
proclamation ordering the insurgents
to disperse and called for 13,000 mi
litia from New .Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and Maryland. Meanwhile
the commissioners were sent to treat
with the insurgents,' but the soldiers
also moved aud crossed t(ie Alleghany
mountains into the disaffected terri
tory. While the soldiers were march
ing to subdue the revolt the insur
gents were deliberating on the terms
that the commissioners had brought.
Among the leading representstives
of the people in rebellion was Albert
Gallatin, who in later years acquired
political fame and distinction. He
wns one of a committee of sixty ap
pointed to consider the government’s
terms. Gallatin favored accepting
these terms, but t(ie majority of the
insurgents objected.
The firmness of Washington’s pol
icy soon caused them to give way,
and the revolt was subdued without
bloodshed. Some prisoners were tak
en, bus Washington wisely pardoned
them, while the government set to re
form the abuses that had brought
about the trouble.
11l 1924, according to figures just
made public, 1,218 persons were killed I
in the mines of Great Britain, and 1
187,1111 disabled for more than three>
days. !V - *Jj
NEW GOVERNMENT
1 COTTON ESTIMATE
J NOW IDE PUBLIC
1
rjCotton Crop of 15,368,000
•j Bales This Year Is Indi
ij cated by Condition of
Crop July 16th.
CROP IS GOOD
' IN THIS STATE
“ Crop 88 Per Cent, of Nor-
I mal in North Carolina, ;
■ Which Leads Virginia
and South Carolina.
Washington. July 23.— UP) — \ oot
' \ ton crop of 15,308,000 equivalent 500-
-! lb. bales this year is indicated by the
| condition of the crop on July 16,
-1 which was 70.7 per cent, of a normal,
> 1 the Department of Agriculture an
, nounced today. A crop of 15,535,000
• bales was forecast from the July 1
i condition of 75.4 per cent. Last
■ j year's crop was 16,103,57!) bales.
I Should developments during the rc
! mainder of the season be-as favorable
as during 1021, 1022 and 1023, about
13.476,000 bales might be expected,
■ the Department announced; but if
developments are as favorable ns dur
ing 1024 and 1025, about 16.025.000
might result.
Indications are that the acre pro
duction will be 155.8 pounds, compar
[! ed with a forecast of 150.5 pounds
| from July 1 conditions.
1 The condition of the crop by states
I follows:
■! Virginia 71 per cent of a normal;
• i North Carolina 88 per cent.; South
• j Carolina 55 per cent.; Georgia 61;
i j Florida 80; Missouri 70; Tennessee
■ 71; Alabama 71; Mississippi 70; Lou-
i 1 isiana 71; Texas 73; Oklahoma 78,
• I Arkansas 42, New Mexico 84; Arizo
,! 1)0, California 00; all other states 73 ;
, Lower California 102.
WOMAN OVER CENTURY
OLD DIED THURSDAY
> Mrs. John A. Overman. Lacking 22
Days of 101 Years. Passes East of
Liberty.
Liberty, July 22.—Mrs. John A.
i Overman, aged 100 years, eleven
; months and eight days, one of the old
i est women in this section! if not the
entire state, died-irt the Home of* her
. daughter, Mrs. Isabelle Sullivan, this
evening at 6 o’eloek after an illness
of just one week. Death was the im-
I mediate result of a stroke of paraly
sis which cut short the expectancy
of the remarkable old woman to
reach her 101st milestone.
Mrs. Overman was born August
12. 1825, and last year her 100th
birthday was made exceedingly hap
py by the attendance of hundreds of
1 friends and relatives. She was the
daughter of Tom and Sarah York
Overman and her* maiden name was
I Sybie Allred Overman. Her father
j was a settler from England, and he
I was the' father of 10 children, of
I 1 which Mrs. Overman was the oldest.
Her daughter with whom she made
her home. Mrs. Sullivan, has her
self reached the remarkable age ot'
four score years.
On her 100th birthday Mrs. Over
man, who had been rather deaf for
a number of years, talked interest
ingly of the many events of nation
al and international importance that
had transpired since her memory be
gan to serve. Among them were some
of the greatest changes the world has
known, for reference to any history
covering the period from 1825 to
j 1026 shows the great strides made on
all sides. It was the conviction of
Mrs. Overman that the girls of 80
and 85 years ago would not suffer in
comparison with those of a like age
today.
Mrs. Overman was married when
she was 14 years of age and five'
sons, J. O. Overman, of Liberty, the
oldest, who is now 68; J. V. and A.
J. Overman, also of Liberty; T. F.
Overman. Siler City, and two daugh
ters, Mrs. S. H. Burlington, and
Mrs. Isabelle Sullivan, who resides
six miles east of this place, survive.
Funeral services over the remains
of the lovable and Christian woman
will be held from Pleasant Hill
church Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
A tremendous gathering is anticipat
ed by reason of the wide circle of
friends of the deceased, who has spent
her great life near the place of her
birth in Chatham county.
Another Rail Merger Planned.
New York, July 23.— UP)— Plans
for the great Loree raailroad merger
in the southwest, combining the Kan
sas City Southern, Missouri, Kansas
Texas & St. Louis Southwestern Sys
tem, were completed at a meeting of
the Kansas City Southern directors
| today. An enrly application will be
made to she Interstate Commerce
Commission to approve the cousolida
; tion. The Kansas City Southern di
rectors approved the plans. Directors
| on the other roads previously had tak
, en action.
; The merger which hag been in the
proces of formation for more than a
year, will unite railways with total
assets of approximately $600,000,000.
and a combined trackage of more than
6,000 miles.
Franklin S. Terry Dead.
Asheville, July 23.— W) —Franklin
8. Terry, vice president of the Gen
era! Electric Company, died at 2
o'clock this morning at his home in
: Black Mountain, near here, follow
lling a heart attack.
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►< Ah average of one tfiipwreck a day
iis the toll of the sea each year.
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'* $ I
! * 400 STRIKERS IN *:
* BODY SEEK PLACES *
* THEY QUIT FROM *
* New York. July 23. —OP)— *
46 Escorted by police, 400 striking 46
4t subway employees today marched 41
' 46 from their headquarters to the 46
4$ yards of the Interborough Rapid 46
[ 46 Transit Company to ask that 4!
46 they may be given back the jobs 4 s
46 they quit July'6th. 46|
I 46 The company had announced 4: j
46 previously that the strikers 46’
| * would be taken back, although 46!
146 it was indicated that there might 46 j
I 4 be some delay in the return of 46
|4! the actual leaders. 46
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I ANOTHER BIG COTTON
CROP IN STATE SEEN
1 State Crop Statistician Sees Condi
tions as Favorable For the Crop.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 23. —Despite the
coldest spring in years and the j
drought of early summer, another j
heavy cotton crop seems in prospect |
for North Carolina, according to the j
estimate of Frank Parker, crop sta-1
( tistician of the department of agri-1
culture. His opinion is backed by I
the government’s mid-July condition
report, released from Washington to
day, w'aich figures the North Caro
; linn erop at 88 per cent, of normal
or full growth.
Mr. Parker and his assistants have
; just completed a condition survey ov-'
er all cotton growing sections of the
[ state. They find stands almost up
to what they were a year ago, crops
well cultivated as a whole, and re
gardless of the loud cries of “hopper,
hopper’’ that have recently rung
through the state, there lias been very
little damage from pests and the
weather is most unfavorable for the
developing and breeding of the flea
as well ns the weevil.
The possible fact of an unusually
heavy cotton crop is not considered
by Mr. Parker to be necessarily good
ne\YK. The t\vo million bale surplus
of Inst year made a short erop rather
to be desired this season. However,
if the entire belt is going to show a
heavy crop it. is hoped that North
Carolina will not find herself short
of cotton in the face of a low mar
ket.
The following paragraphs are tak
en from Mr. Parker’s condition re
port :
Until the rains of June 20th came,
the condition of cotton and other
crops was nearing a crisis, due to a
long drought coudition. Based on
June 20 th conditions, the report of
63 per cent, condition of cotton sfilP
reflected the poor stands, backward
growth and unmended condition of
the plants. The mid-July report
shows a condition of 88 per cent,
of a normal or full crop growth and
a boll weevil infestation less than one-1
half of what it was at this date a ;
year ago. This situation is less than j
10 per cent, below last year’s condi-1
tion which resulted in the State's j
largest cotton crop.
Two factors that will affect the (
ultimate crop most are stands and |
lateness. While making field inves
tigations during the past month, the
stands of about 2,500 fields in fine
different parts of the State’s cotton
belt were estimated to be between 75
and 80 per cent, of the desired stand.
Last year’s crop was estimated at
from 5 to 8 per cent, better than
this. It will be remembered in this
connection that the final yield was
amazingly good. There is no doubt
that the crop is from 12 to 20 days
late. This .will be of considerable
importance, provided the boll weevil
damages are appreciable before Sep
tember Ist. It will be remembered
that the crop was also late last year,
but this was not apparent in she final
harvest.
Favorable conditions at the present
time are: Excepting at planting time,
we have had almost ideal cotton
growing weather; the weather has
been generally unfavorable for bo!
• weevil development; crops haye been
well cultivated and are generally
clean; there has been no leaching of
plant food by excess rainfall; plant
roots have gone deeply into the soil
and can stand considerable dry weath
er, and file present hot, dry weather
is unfavorable for the grubs to hatch
out in the fallen squares.
Ruth Catches Baseball Dropped From
Airplane to Establish New Mark.
Mitchel Field, N- Y„ July 22.
“Babe” Ruth today claimed a new
honor—that of being the first man
to catch a baseball dropped from an
airplane moving 100 miles an hour.
He caught a regular baseball drop
ped from an altitude of from 200 to
300 feet.
The ball was dropped by Capt. H.
F. McClelland, flying an Army pur
suit plane. The attempt to establish
a new altitude catching record, how
ever, failed, as Ruth could not locate
balls dropped from higher altitudes
in time to get under them.
The catch was made on the
seventh attempt. The first attempt
was made at an altitude of I.OOC
feet. The ball dropped among cemera
men. The plane then descended’ to
from 200 to 300 feet and Ruth miss
ed five balls after hnrd runs.
The bail Ruth caught was dropped
from the plane 200 feet before it
was over Ruth's head. Like the
otbere, it was sucked nlong by the
plane, which could not reduce speed
be’ow 100 miles an hour, Ruth wore
a fielder’s glove.
i Denies Charges.
Boston, July 23.— (A*) —Capt. Hart
! ley, of fae United States liner Levia
than today, flatly denied that any li
quor had been sold on board the
ship, as charged in a statement last
night by Captain W. H. Stayton.
chairman of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment.
SHOWERS BROKEUP
HEAT WAVE; p>>
TfMTURWf
Cooling Breezes Followed
In Wake of Showers in
1 Many Sections of the
South.
YORK. S. C., IS
HOTTEST FOR DAY
The Temperature There
Was 106 at One Time
Thursday.—Two Deaths
in Charlotte.
i (By the Associated Press)
; Climaxed by two nditional deaths
i 1 and several new 'neat records, the
j sweltering heat wave which has swept
I the South came to an abrupt end yes
i terday when thundershowers andcool-
I ing breezes lowered temperatures
! many degrees in most of the southern
states.
At Charlotte, Njf C., two persons
died when t'.ie mercury bubbled up
to 103, passing Wednesdays high
mark of 102. Two negroes, a la
borer and a laundress, succumbed af
ter being overcome by the excessive
heat.
York, S. C„ set the high mark for
the South yesterday with a tempera
ture of 106. Other sections of South ;
;j Carolina continued to feel the blister
ing heat.
Declaring that “only a man c'aarged ]
with murder should be confined dur- |
ing this weather,” Judge W. C. Har- ]
ris, of Raleigh, N. released all i
prisoners in the city jail because of :
the heat. The thermometer stood at ]
98. ,
With a high mark of 98, Nashville
led Tennessee's high mereury record.
Chattanooga and Knoxville each reg- ,
istered 96. •
After touching 99.5 in Atlanta ,
Wednesday, the mercury slipped
downward when yesterday’s thunder
showers brought a cool breeze.
In Miami a new 24-hour rain re
cord for July was established. Be
tween noon Wednesday and the same
time yesterday 3.8 inches of rain had, i
fallen. The temperature ranged from
72 to 82. i
“LIFE OF THOMAS E
WATSON” IS POPULAR
Hundreds of Copies Have Been Sold
in Georgia and Other States.
i (By International News Service)
Atlanta, Ga., July 23.—Hailed here
! as on? of tfie outstanding biographies
j in American literature “The .Life of
j Thomas E. Watson,” by William W.
i Brewton, of the Atlanta Georgian, has
' gone on sale with the brightest prom
| ise of any book circulated in Georgia
jin many years. However, the Wat
! son biography is selling beyond the
' borders of the state as much as with
in the state, according to sales re
ported so far.
Brewton wrote his life of Watson
from material furnished 'him by Sena
tor Watson from time to time since
1913 when the author promised Wat
son at Hickory Hall, Thompson, Ga„
to “keep the record straight” on the i
career of Georgia's most versatile [
soil; and also from the rich collec- i
tion of Senator Watson's private pa
pers turned over to Brewton after 1
Senator Watson’s death. Though he <
was for many years preparing for the <
task. Brewtoon wrote the book in five I
months when lie actually began to 1
write. The book was written by 1
j Thompson in the same room on the
' same desk as Watson used when writ- '
ing his immortal "Story of France” >
jnd "Napoleon.” i
Bhewton is handling the sales him- 1
self from post office box 2172, At
anta. Qa. The Watson biography
s priced $3.50 a copy pi us 15 cents
;or postage and packing.
JUDGE HARRIS TURNS
ALL PRISONERS OUT
Because of Intense Heat, He Orders
Them Released on Their Own
Recognizance,
Raleigh, July 22.—Because of the
intense heat, City Judge W. C. Har
ris today ordered the release on their
own cognizance of ail prisoner* in
lie city jail ayvaiting trial.
"A man must be charged with
murder or something very serious to
be kept in that place this kind of
weather,” Judge Harris declared as
he ordered tine turnkey to swing
open the doors to the jail. Some 15
or 20 prisoners walked out, after
oeing recognized for their appearance
in city court for their trial.
Judge Harris is the Democratic
nominee for Superior court judge in
he seventh district.
Catawba River is Searched For Body
of Fred Skidmore
Gastonia. July 22.—Parties con
tinued search today for the body of
E’red Skidmore, 23, Southern Power
■ompany employe, who was drowned
while swimming in the Catawba
river at Mount Holly late yesterday.
The young man had been in the
water only 10 minutes before going
; under, after a call for help it was
[ dated.
Chaa. K- Flowers Falls to His Death.
Durham, July 22.—Charles E.
Flowers, 54 years of age, brother of
R. L. Flowers, of Duke university,
■ was instantly killed when he fell
• from the 12th story of a hospital in
‘ Philadelphia late Thursday after
: noon, according to word received by
. Professor Flowers following the fatal
accidental. Details of the accident had
not been received here late tonight.
TODAY’SNEwI TODAM
NO. lH 1
Iflll Tf INJ. BUOLONfiI
• DIVORCE AT]
COURT AT NEWPQM
NH2L j||
Former Head of the Pads
ard Motor Co. |
the Suit Started SevqnH
Months Ago. 9
WIFE CONDUCTED I
HER OWN TRIA|fl
Dismissed Her AttomiH
Soon After Trial Startw,9
—Cruelty Grounds raH
the Divorce. 9
Providence. R. 1.. July
Milton J. Budloug. millionaire; NetjW
York Newport resident, and
head of the New Bork
tlie Packard Motor Car Con>punSU
was granted a divorce from JewSfß
Margaret Budloug in the suit fijjed Ujgl
Newport Superior Court by
Blodgett today. For nearly thffSH
years the Budloug.? and their
difficulties had been seen
public eye through a series of eqi|SH
actions. ■
Mr. and Mrs. Budloug were
On October 24. 1923 Mrs. BttftJH
filed a petition for divorce. FetffJMgS
15, 1924 she filed a second
for divorce, and on April 14, 19-H th',l
first action was discontinued. ■ 9
Mr. Budloug then filed the pyoamH
petition in Newport and after tfojj
trial had progressed several dayg ttfgjS
Budlong surprised everyone
mnrily dismissing her attorney. OqmH
iielius Moore, of Newport, and mmß
nouncing to the court that she wouM9
conduct her own trial. ■
An incident at the Plaza Hotel jaS
New York in the summer of 1923 was I
cited by Budloug as an act of
There, he charged, his wife
demand upon him for SIOO,OOO JurfM
upon his refusal to purchase hee v ;qjl*g
feet ion she knelt down and
God to curse him.
In its rescript the court says:
testimony shows that the condueifc J 9
Mrs. Budloug has caused so much
toriet.v that upon Mr. Budlong’g
pearance in public he has beelt
subject of much comment and rhtfjH
rule as to cause him great humiliation.*
and that his health has been so as-B
fooled that he has .been tumbleßumH
r.v on his business.” . ■
STAYTON CHARGES ARE 1
BEING INVESTIGATED NOVVfI
He Says Liquor Is Being Sold on tfclfl
Leviathan and Other Vessels, ia 9
Washington, July 23— UP) —
es of liquor selling aboard. sh’ppiadH
board vessels including the
are under investigation by
authorities in New York. ■
Taking cognizance of the
charges by W. H. Stayton, head
the Association Against PioliibitioaH
Amendment, officials said that
toms authorities and department ptfl
justice agents already had been toS
reefed to establish the facts. " B
The investigation is entirely
hands of the field administrator#
New York and no reports have beejifl
received here. 9
Frank Dow, acting chief of the
liibitiou and customs service; saidjß
considerable liquor undoubtedly’
come in on both United States a«H
foreign vessels, but it had been im-B
possible so far to secure evidence 8h|(B
ticient to confiscate any ships. ,3 B
Tlie shipping board had co-opera
with the prohibition service,' Mi; Dmß
said, and in some instances, ‘.ail dis*fl
charged large numbers of seamen iatlH
plicated in the importation of iiquorß
THE COTTON MARKET J 9 B
Had steady Opening at 1 to 6
Advance, Waiting For GoverueiHH
New Y T ork, July 23.
cotton market had a steady
today at 1 to (> points advance,
business rather quiet pending the
eminent report at noon. Bj
In. additiou to firm cables
better stock market early buying,
stimulated by official reports <|(j|SH
tropical disturbance ill the West laS
dies, and by further reports of
ers in the Southwest. Offerings
mainly from tlie South, Wall
and Liverpool, hut were well
ed when the market held firm,
October up to 17.45 and JanuaryfßH
17.37. or (i to S points higher.
Cotton futures opened steady: Oqfl
tober 17.38: December 17.29;
nary 17.36: March 17.50; May 13||9H
Man Disappears. ..' fMB
(By International News
Mobile. Ala.. July 28,—^TowSM
throughout the state have been
quested to assist in the
William Nathaniel Bolton, 32,
mysteriously wandered away ';
home here last Saturday and has nflH
been seen since. jxt
While fear that he has mej:
violence has darkened the life
Bolton, police believe lie may
been suffering from a loss of meojS
ory. r&l, i oJMH
France's total population
THE WEATHERji jg
Showers tonight and
somewhat cooler in east and eeutwi
portions tonight and in north
Satin day. Moderate shifUngl witS *
becoming east or southeast. B