i 11.1N.1 .. -jr" ASSOCIATED -*1 *■ *i, "f press .* I: a despatches ■■"■a 111 r'l yf i ■■■»—. ■■■ VOLUME XXVI I i nlm HIP UIQTHiI ! %ir ihnnn Ann nrwv llf Q f j IJ II flf 111 flf 111 i II r \ i| 111 111111 ||l|| | Wealth of Pioneer. 1 wm —somethin, like $3U0.f100.000 eepre sen ting the present valuation of the ortate of Mark Hopkins, the pioneer Who trekkeld from Randolph county*; North Carolina, to California during the .-gold rush of ’4O. . ; - Morn- than 125 .North Carolina claimants have announced that they will start proceeding* in the United States District Cotirffibere soon In an attempt to establish their right to the Hopkins fortune. The impending action of the North Carolina claimants is the outgrowth of a trip by a High Point, North Carolina, man, Norman Lee Free man, to the Pacific Coast two years ago* ' Freeman, who represented 12T claimants, including himself, looked over the California estate and . re tained Judge J. H. Longden, of Saorampnto, Onl., as attorney for the helm... t , FBe New - Petition. ' Judge Longden Usd a petition • asking to have the original distribu tion of 1883 set aside and a, new dis tribution made, oh) the ground Jof fraud This was based on the conten tion of Mdses Hopkins, a brother ol Mgrk, that there |jj|t« no other living and his wife, Dr. H. IV Longdeh, have Men in North Carotjna for several weeks investi gating the list of North Carolina 1 Randolph fj^,n, ulk JerseV, W’ashingtoT^^^^^ifomla, it was said. North Carolina attorneys for the claimants in this Btate and Victor 8. - Bryant, of Durham, assistant to Judge Longden, hate been confer ring her* for several weeks, and*wlil continue until they come to the potttt of taking deflhite court action, it was said. • Court action here is expected to include toe filing of a petition in. Halted States District Court for per mission for a hearing in which toe claimants would attempt to. estab ' lish their right to a part at the •'es tate, it wm ssid. - Left in Gold Rush. ’%/ Mark and Mosto Hopkins, aged about 85 and 30, are said to have left their home in Randolph County in 1840 for California in the gold rush- Mark Hopkins died in 1878 and the estate was settled in 1883, the bulk- of it going to his common law wife. Moses, it is said, received only one-fourth. He died without leaving any blood descendants, it was claimed. After Mark Hopkins’ death his ' ' ’ Ml- bw'J* l[\, < i, .... n V |j’ M /i w y m| mTt I A T 1 r U mF %yf y ra T" ■a I hri LiuJNLUKD JJA LY I KIKIJNhi North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily ♦ * * * **** * * * * ♦ I ANOTHER STORM * ■ * forming near * BERMUDA TODAY » jH • .... -i.'• «|£ SS Washington, Aug. 6.—OP)— Mi Mi -A ttopical atom of'marked in*'Mi f tensity is moving: northward Mi fltom Bermuda and su> weather Mi Mi bureau has wnrned shipping on jfc * the north Atlantic coast to “ex- Mi Mi pect gales tomorrow and Sun- Mi * ***■ V *| * , ’ Ht ♦ Mi Mi Mi Mi ********** j v , fS&N 1 SAME AT MONTHLY MEETING :v’v —— r Adept Budget and Tax Rate For MM and 1227. Latter Remaining The adopting of the budget and the setting of the tax rate for 1026 and ,1027 were the principal things accomplished by the members of the City of Concord Board'of Aldermen at their regular monthly meeting in the court room of the City Hall last night. Although a few ■ technical minor charges were marie in the tax rate, It remained at $1.62 per bun-1 dred. The-members of-the board voted to donate $65.00 to the colored flre men of the city that they might at tend the state colored firemen tourna ment to held at Farmville in the near future. A petition was presented from the merchants of the Fewest Hill and the Gibson Mill sections requesting the city not to. discontinue the policy of maintaining a night policeman in their respective districts. The board voted to leave tbfcr matter to tht dis cretion of Majtor Barrier and CM* Because the former housing place for the Cannon Mill Ffee Deport ment track was sold sometime ago, toe members of the Board voted that the city purchase an old store-room In Ward 4, on Powder 'Street, for that purpose. The consideration will be about $600.00. , In concluding Its meeting. the hoard condemned toe right of way fqr sewers In Wards 4 and 1. AIRMAN KILLED, ANOTHER HURT TRYING TO SAVE HIM Fkwt Lieutenant C. E. Partridge Fa tally Hart and Cadet Haritld C. Wilson Badly Hart. Rantoul, 111., Aug. fl.—l4>)—One flyer was killed at Ohanute Fletdhere today and another who flew to his assistance, crashed down beside him, receiving injuries expected to prove Flyifii Cadet Harold C. Wilson, of. fiwndtfi Field, Michigan, flew his pin fie to Cartridge’s assistance, and Wat into a side slip at the Same place, and altitude, and crashed less, toan 150 yards away. Wilson was taken from the wreck age unconscious. Partridge was dead tfhfin est riba ted. Lieutenant J. R. Wolf, Chicago, Wilson’S passenger, was Injured se- Both Partridge and Folf were re serve officers here for their two weeks kommer tralning. -Ny j Ynutjtmr Advertisers, The New York Case will, open Mon day, August 9th, under new manage ment. See ad. SeeaHoover’s new ad. today. Stngfebaker and Dodge sales and service at Auto Supply and Repair Co. You cap get .free from your grocer one psekage of shredded wheat bis cuit and one chopping bag, with every two-bqx purchase of shredded went biscuit. See ad. in this paper. Specials in silk undies, corsets and hosiery at Fisher's. Master creation in perfume at Gib son Drug Storf. Summer clothing for men and young men at Eflrd’s. / The t Nqw York ’Cafe will open Monday, August flth, under new man agement. On opening day coffee or ice cream will be free with meals. Men’s socks 5 cents a pair or 50 Cents a doxen at Parks-Belk Co’s. Otber big bargains. See ad. Mbs Lents to Lancaster House Party. . Miss Nancy Lents will leave to morrow for Lancaster, 8. C v where She will attend a house party to he given by Miss Elisabeth Laney, min mate of Miss Lents at Winthrop Col lege, Rock Hill, S. C„ last yesr. The house party will last about a week. 'Vw- V HbfiMf Aviators Found. Beunos Aires, Aug. 6.—OP)—La Naeion’a Rio Grand de Sul corre spendent reports that Bernardo Dug gan «ad his fellbw aviators, missing I since Monday, arrived there unexpect- at noon today. < -jUi a a -i—mat j 28, 1874, Hopkins wrote a will in {Ban Frkncisco and mailed it to North | Carolina to a "Mrs. Moore” said to SHK|MH; ; a former sweetheart. Be* j cause she was not named as one of the beneficiaries Mrs. Moore was said |h» have never revealed the will and its existence was not disclosed until I found in her former home by her grandson, David 8. Moore. The doc ument was illiterally written on a uUltnliUn rtnl iu Showed He Usd 1218 BADLY DEFEATED ■ Judge at Scopes Trial is Trailing Opponent by a Small Margin at Present Time. t Nashville, Tenn.* Aug. A—W 3 )— Un-official .re; urns today gBTe Gover nor Austin I’ehy, caumdate for the democratic renominntib for the third term, a lead of 1,21: iUfSt ■ |||l»/ (■ mi ' iHfe' ' «£*■« <■ **n -' ,; >; - ■, Mf,;'. . #&*> »>-. ''llV * '*S?." 9S > *JBBBK|S''/'. (' v '; I Wm " > *;£* Alexander Simpson, special prosecutor in the Hall-Mills mmv der case, was photographed questioning Mrs. Jane Gibson, the “pig woman,” following which he announced he would •sk for four murder indictments. International Newsreel. ■■ > w n - , . fa-- ■ -■- 70U McNIDER SAYS HE WILL BE AT HICKORY Sxpcets to Attead American Legion Convention August 23rd. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Aug. 6. —“I intend to be 1 it Hickory at the America Legion i •onvention August 23rd unless some :hings trips me up very violently at ;he time,” said Colonel Hanford Me- , Jvider, assistant secretary of war, and 1 former national commander of the American Legion in a letter to Gov >rnor A. W. McLean, just made pub ic. The letter is in reply to one from Governor McLean in which the governor urged Colonel McNider to >e present at the Hickory convention, lovernor McLean had written Dwight W. Davis, secretary' of war, asking ( that he do everything possible to enable Colonel McNider to be pres et. In the absence of Secretary Davis, Colonel McNider answered the letter it the governor himself, and his re ply follows: “Your letter has been referred to Be and you can be assured that I intend to be in Hickory, unless some thing trips me up very violently at the time. “Due to the secretary’s absence, I have been unable to give Commander Stevens a definite acceptance, but I Feel sure that I can make the affair unless the secretary hag some plans; which would be disrupted by my ab sence.” -y —" 'V - , i Carpenters Union Meeting in Salis bury. | Salisbury Aug. B. (A I )—The North I Carolina State Council of Carpenters,* affiliated with the American Federa tion of Labor, opened its annual con vention here this morning. In the ab sence of President L. F. Yoder, of Hickory, first vice president J. W. Parker, of Charlotte is presiding. Sec retary G. H. Whitaker of Asheville is at his poet. About 50 delegates are expected before the close of the day. J. L. Bradford of Nashville Tennessee International representative of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters is attending the meeting and made an address at the opening session. The meeting will run through tomorrow and hold over meetings will be held nett week between sessions of the North Carolina State Federation •of Labor which opens Us convention here Scant Shirt Shock King George. London, Aug. 4.—King George has been horrifred-at the girls’ dresses at aomed suddenly among all women, even the yotmg girls of the exclusive yachtMur° the world* Cowes dresses the first day of the regatta- Yesterday, it was reported, an edict circle, or aspiring to it,* appeared in GERTRUDE EDERLE IS TRYING CHANNEL AGAIN Had Crossed More Than Half the Channel at 1 O’clock This After noon. Cape Gris Nes. France, Aug. 6. — lA*)—-Gertrude Ederle. the American jwimmer, started at 7 :09 o’clock this morning in an attempt to swim the English Channel. . Weather conditions when she took ter plunge were fine. At 10 o’clock the American girl was four miles north by west of Cape Gris Nes, am}, still makfng good prog ress, although the wind at that hour had freshened and was creating slight sea wave. Her position wbb regarded as favorable. At 1 p. m. Miss Ederle had covered more than 12. miles and still was swimming strongly. Weather and sea conditions were still unchanged. Conditions Unfavorable at Dover. Dover, England, Aug. 6.— (A>) — With Gertrude Ederle about half way across the .channel after six hours in Kie water, conditions on this side were unfavorable, A strong south west wind blowing against the ebb tide, was kicking up a bad sea. Still Making Progress. . Dover, Aug. 6.—G4>) —Gertrude Ed erie, plucky American girl swimmer, was about seven miles off this port at 4:45 this afternoon on her attempt to conquer the English Channel. She was about two miles northwest of the Bast Goodwin lightship. She bad been in the water nine and one-half hours, having begun her at tempt at Cape'Gris Nes, the French side, at 7:09 a. m. The wind which had been kicking up a bad sea here, had moderated slightly, but a heavy rain was fall ing and the condition of the sea was far from favorable. HIGHWAY COMMISSION GETS GAS REFUND FROM STATE Perfect Records Kept by County En gineer Enables County to Get Re bate Amounting to ffUB7. Because of the exeslient records kept in the office of the Cabarrus county highway commission, this coun ty has just received a refund from the State of North Carolina for the fas used on construction wory for more thsn two years prior to Janu ary 19, 1920. Hud the records of the office not been very complete it would have been impossible for the county to collect this rebate amount ting to something more than $24127. From January 10, 1928, on, the ... r. | MH . TMEIISTEM IS Latest Reports From Akita j } Say the Flood There Has i Subsided to a Marked ; Degree. ’Korean" floods ALSO SUBSIDING In Various Places Many Are Homeless as Result of the High Water Dur ing the Week. Tokio, Aug. 6.—G4>>—The Far Eastern flood situation je improving. The latest reports from Akita says the flood in the prefecture of that name is subsiding. The casualties Were relatively few. The rice crop is placed at 2,000,000 yen. The Korean floods also have sub sided, but have left many bomele&s. Number of dead is placed nt 50 to 75. The damage there will reach sev ■' eral million yen. The floods were in Kogendo province. Floods in vicinity of Hankow, China, on the Yantse River have taken 3,Q0f1! or more lives, and driven a quarter of million farmers from that section. Latest report from there was yesterday, when conditions were reported very bad. EXTENSION MOVEMENT IS ON IN CHARLOTTE Proposed Extension Would Make City Largest in North Carolina. Add 10.000 Inhabitants. Charlotte. Aug. 5.—A movement to extend Charlotte’s city limits is quietly being pushed by a number of ’caders here in an effort to crystal ize sentiment in favor of such a pro posal by the time the general assem bly meets again, it was learned to day. The proposed extension would add 10,006 inhabitants to tbe city, mak ing Charlotte the largest city in tbe state, and would increase the city’s assessed property valuation by more than $12,000,000, it was estimated. This would increase the city’s annual revenue- by $139,000, figured on the present tax rpte of $1.16 on tl}e hundred. It was indicated that a bill will be presented in the next legislature asking for authority to extend the limits hnlf a mile on the northern and southern limits of tbe «ity and one mile on the eastern and western limits of "the 'ncorporation- ’This would make the city three miles square in all directions from Inde pendence square, the present center of the municipality. Some of the populous sections to be taken in under the proposed ex tension would be Myers park, the city’s most exclusive residential sec tion, Rosemont, Midwood manor, parts of Dilworth and other thickly populated suburbs of the present city. HOUDINI MAKES TEST IN SEALED COFFIN Stays Under Water an Hoar to Prov* Carbon Dioxide Would Not Cause Death. New York, Aug. s.—Fear and not poisoning l by carbon dioxide causes the death of miners and others trapped in airtight compartments, in the opinion of Harry Houdini, who had himself sunk in a sealed coffin in a hotel swimming pool for an hour and a half today to prove his, con- tention. Dr. W. J, McConnell, of Philadel phia, a physiologist of toe United States department of mines, who ex amined the stage magician and op ponent of spiritualism before and af ter the experiment, reported that physical reactions from the test were not marked. Houdini said he felt only a slight dixziness when he was released from the coffin. * “The important thing is to believe that you are safe. Don’t breathe deeply and don’t make any unneces sary movements,” Houdini said. During his stay under waller in tbe coffin, Houdini kept in communica tion with watchers ever a telephone connection by which he indicated ev* ery few mtoates that he was all right. It was computed that there were 34,398 cubic inches of air in the cof i fin. The oxygen in that air, aecord i ing to physicians, should have been all used up in three or four minutes so that’Houdini breathed “close” air . filled With carbon dioxide, tor 80 . minutes. He emerged smiling. “8. A H.” Green Trading Stamps. The following business houses of Concord will issue the nationally pop ular “8. ft H.” Trading Stamps com mencing Saturday, August-7th: E. 1 B. Grady, J. ft H. Cash Grocery, W. J. Hethcox and Long’s Filling Sta- J tiou. You will receive one stamp on every 10 cent purchase. You will |sht a stamp book free in which to laave your stamps till you ate ready 1% redeem them in premiums: See [bait page ad. in this paper for full AjpuGculars. : N • jiSMnferi Case Cost County «ajMB%7 jty **248.27, according to announce -I?*** *>7 J ft* 1 tie. Clerk of Superior Court. | sh «rt. *><_/ i WmrnmmfmMimk , * i I Hp: 1 ■ - V 11l 1 .. * ; . 1 Morris Roderick Volck, New ’ York broker, and Florida La ! lanne, Follies girl, were mar ried after a month’s acquaint ance. ’ f- .n , |hnM| | I I I i I .j ••• i . : ", .—sss ..i-tgr THE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR CHURCH WORKERS School Hears Reports of Heads as Synpldßcal Organizations. Other Matters. • The Lutheran Summer School for Ofcurch workers Continues to enjoy a feast .of good things at the bands of [those who have the school in charge. Historic points of interest around ,Mt. Pleasant are being visited daily. The school will enjoy an outing on Saturday afternoon at Ritchie’s Lake !15 miles distant. On Sunday many lof the pastors will be preaching in I nearby. churches, while the students will enjoy renewing old acquaint ances in these churches. [ The State Sunday School asKociu ition of Lutherans will Ifitot Friday 'afternoon on the grounds of the Col legiate Institute. Some 200 Sunday schools are members of this organi , zation, the purpose of which is to ; better organize and promote Luth eran Sunday Schools. The meeting will be called to order by the Presi dent, Prqf. Marion, of Lenoir-Rhyne College, and the schools enrolled will report concerning tbe work of the past year. Tbe school heard with much inter est the reports of heads of synodical organisations. Mr. G. M. Wise, Presi dent of the Luthsr League and a ministerial student told of the work and hopes of the league. He reminded his hearers that every one of the 40 students in rhe Seminary was a pro duct of the league and that addi tional students must come from this organization; The annual meeting of the league will be held at China Grove, August 31-September 1-2. Mrs. Julia Hall, of Cherryville, children superintendent, told of the work of the children. North Caro lina: leads all the synods in this de partment, in contributions and or ganizations. Dr, J. L. Morgan, president of tht Synod, expressed pride in the Sum mer school, first for the excellent tal ent which the School brings to the State ns instructors and second for the talent which is being trained for the work of the Church Iu speaking of the needs of the church he enumer ated three needs. We need defiinite objectives. Know wljat we want to do and do it. We need expansion of the church in rural sections and cities. We need mow men for the ministry. We now have more man than ever but still there are a dozen pastorates vacant. The Rev. C. A. Linn of Oherryville is causing quite a bit of discussion or the campus through his lectures on th< first chapters of Genesis. The lecture today was on the creation of man, tin lecture being well throughout and ablj presented. Under this heading he firsi spoke of the image of God iu whom image man was created. The image of God in man in spiritual not phy sical. This spiritual image is in nl men. alive in those who have receive* life of God. dead in those who in wore and deed disown God. In speaking o the physical man, he neither descends uor ascended from any other creatur but is the creation of God. ,The pro cess by which God created man is no revealed to us, but it neitKSk detract! nor adds to the glory of his name t< see that God is able to create mai through a long process as well as t, create him in an instant. The Biblica literallst and the Biblical liberal can’ agree, or rather don’t. On Friday night a number of Ice turn will be given on the subject « jMMy School work theae being mad by a number of laymen of the eburcl ' -i5..,. -{pi Mrs. M. T Blalock Observes 7M ■ ■ •- - ?? XELE ,!. I no. laH Doughton, N. C. f to TeiPj nessee State Line, (g* No Prejudice In Matter But Commission Do«K Washington, Aug. 6.—OP)— Interstate Commerce OommiaMKjH' fag jetted a proposal by the :.ajß North Carolina to build a state-ofiM*’ ;a|| railway between a point -in -.-weatlSf! ill North Carolina and point in jgl (Tennessee. • v-gH The road which would haqftjJHH mt built by the Appa’achian & We«t#t§' w| North Carolina Railway CsftjiMMtp -aW would be organized for the was proposed for one of three - riUhm JlB suggested by the applicants. IUH have been built with the pN£M|H the sale of $10,000.00 worth of atatU S jg bonds. TfSttH jfl| In rejecting the proposal.ssOMH : 'jj prejudice to its later submiamlS ‘{l revised form, the Commission doubt ed that. $10,000,000 was sufficient M Jg construct, equip and opowMhigjlgp* -l| road. In addition the Cbmmtsrtmt § suggested that the company WMwje .11 single route rather than a mim£|rJK| IS alternative routes before the Mom- 1 j mission pasa upon the quchttm -/a sj of the road’s necessity and public ,3 j The Commission’s decision saJJ tM '3J _! “evidence ns to the cost of M tion of the line and its probable ings is inconclusive and S tory. There as n possibility that ffifea jg line may be able to support itself fisr - a time at least, but the estimate* I 3$ earnings have without doubt M W much exaggerated.” .-9 One of the proposed routes wWW&Haj extend from Ibiughton. N. C., igMl Mountain City. Tenn. Distance w|ga |« placed at 86 miles, and the eMffiHHj W TT Mountain flgH $ Tenn.. 68 miles long, at the pfppeised cost of $7,4»86,000- ■ I r rhe third route would tart. / thf’ North Wilkesboro & Mountain Ct|f*j| terminals that would take p territory, being 84 miles long, J §| {costing about $8,845,000. if auxiliary project the company W build a 23 miles line from'^Nort^ : '■ Wilkesboro to Taylorsville In AleltaJ’M ,-| nnder County to connect *■ (li branch of the Southern Railway, JS « t THE COTTON MARKET •%.? 1 Opened Firm at Advance of 14 ft MM I Points With Some Months H t» JM 25 Points Higher. New York, Aug. 6.—(4 s )—J|s «»r 9i| ton market opened firm at' an *4* vance of 14 to 17 points with j months selling 15 to 25 points J iiiglier during the early trading ta 9 active covering. This appcai-ed to be inspired by reports of a iS|| stor msoutwest of movifig i ‘l in a northwestern direction. report was eonsideretl a sharp rally from early decline* i«';l Liverpool, but after the itttlih|SMgH mand here had been supplied, the mare, jg > ket eased off from 5 to 6 points j the best under realizing by .'retfrtjfega I j buyers, and scattered selling | ' lief that the storm area was ttfeffi|P|j I east of the belt to seriously thhtotglY *ll the crop. October contracts tibWl %. | to 17.53 early and January td’tt.4C 1 with prices Inter reacting h*-, ;| and 17.45 respectively. Five -Igttn | of the private end-.Tuly crop 1 were published, condition figU"iW«BM§ ing from 68.3 to 70.5 per cent.,dM9| 1 crop indications from 14.733,600 to 15,755.000 bales. 1 Cotton futures opened 1 i Forest Experts | Asheville, Aug. 6—C4 s )— Forestry experts from all parts of eastern America gathered in Asheville today**'® | the opening session of a two days , , meeting of the Appalachian FortrtvffJ | Research Council. Discussion <>l 1 for securing tire weather forecasting facilities in the southern Appalach'Srti|||yf j a general extension of activities the * ‘i * Appalachian Forest Experiment' tion and the thresting. out of luMBH | forestry problems took Up most of first session of the meeting. | Davis’ Lead C«t to 83«. Topekan, Kans,, Aug. j Former Governor Jonathan M. DavffijKj lead over Donald Muir, of **** i jMßHl i in the democratic race for the guber natorial nomination "in Tuesday’gpri- G had been 1 ut to 858 votes unofficial returns from ali but 148 of'Sj