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VOLUME XXVI ‘
JUSTICE GUKBE
DECLINES TO ACT
111 GIL BITES
Refuses to Receive Appli
cation For Bail of Henry
dela Carpender and Wil
lie Stevens.
REFERS MATTER
TO ASSOCIATE
' Tells Attorneys That Jus
tice Parker Asked That
Bail Question Be Re
ferred to Him.
Newark, N. J., Aug. _ 23. — UP)
Chief Justice Gunmere of file Supreme
f ourt today refused to receive the
application for bail of Henry dc In
Rnryere Carpender, and Willie Stev
ens, charged with the murders of the
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs.
Eleanor Mills.
In declining to consider the appli
cation Justice Gunmere, who previous
ly had admitted to $15,000 bail for
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of
the rector, also charged with the mur
der, said he had been requested by
Justice Parker to refer to film any
such applications.
Justice Parker, who is in Maine
01: vacation, presides in Somerset
county, where the crimes were coni
n', ted.
Corpendey and Stevens, who were
l e d for a grand jury cast week at a
hearing in Somerville, are in Somer
set eotinty jail.
MOORE'S CREEK BRIDGE TO
BE NATIONAL PARK NOW
Thirty-Acre Ttraet Will Be Turned
Over to the Federal Government.
Moores Creek Bridge. Pender Coun
ty, N. C., Aug. 23. —With appropri
ate ceremonies, a 30 acre tract of
laud here will tomorrow be transfer
red from the State to the Federal
government, tile ceremony being the
celebration of tile sesqui-ceutenninl of
the Rattle of Moore’s Creek Bridge.
Assistant Secretary of War Hanford
MacNider will accept the land which
will be converted into a national park.
Ararangements bad been completed
toduy for the celebration which is ex-
I pected to attract 5,000 to 10,(WO per
' sons from all sections of the State. A
distinguished assemblage will be in
attendance and a number of fqteak
ers of note are on the program.
The exercises will open at 10:30
o clock when G. J. Moore, president
of the Moore’s Creel; Oattle Ground
Association will formally announce
the beginning of the eelebration. He
will then call on Mrs. T. C. Turnage.
state chairman of the Daughters of
the American Revolution Moore's
Creek Battleground committee to pre
side, who in turn will ask Mrs. Ed
win C. 'Gregory, of Salisbury, State
regent of the D. A. R., to take the
chair. i
After an invocation by Dr. C. G.
Vnrdell, president of Flora Macdonald
College, the ceremony of a salute to
the flag will take, place. The ad
dress of welcome then will be deliver
ed by Judge J. D. Murphy, of Ashe
ville. a former native of Pender coun
ty. Mrs. C. M. Parks of Tnrboro,
state vice-regent of the D. A. R.,
will deliver the response. Greetings
will be extended to those present by
Senator Lee S. Overman who spon
sored the bill /hi the Senate creating a
national park here; former governor
Cameron Morrison: Mrs. W. O. Spen
cer, of Winston-Salem, vice-prewdent
general of the D. A. R. and Louis T.
Moore, executive secretary of the
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, of Green
wich, Conn., president general of the
National D. A. R„ then will speak
after which Brig. Gen. A. J. Bowley,
commander of Fort Bragg, will intro
duce Assistant Secretary of War
Hanford MacNider who will accept
the park on behalf jyt the government
and deliver an address.
Congressman C. I* Abernethy, of
New Bern, who introduced the bill
in the lower house of Congress to
make the battle ground a national
park, will then deliver the last ad
dress of the day.
The entire assemblage then will
partake of a basket lunch on the bat
tleground. Music will be interspersed
in the program nnd a large selected
chorus of Eastern Carolina will sing
a number of -selections.
The battle of Moore's Creek Bridge*
was an important engagement in that
it broke the backbone of the move
ment-to support the English cause in
North Carolina before it was fairly
launched. The battle was' fought on
Ftlbruary 27, 1776. between fIJ.OOO
patriots led by Colonel Alexander Lll
lington and 1,000 torics led by Colo
nel Donald McLeod. England bad
looked to the Highlander troops to
hold North Carolina loyal to the Brit
ish Cause but this unexpected defeat
effectually broke the movement to keep
the patriots from taking up arms for
the new American republic in the
stirring days which were to follow.
FREE SEASON TICKETS TO THE
CABARRUS COUNTY FAIR.
The Tribune haqjtrrauged with the
management of the Cabarrus County
Fair for a limited number of Season
Tickets which will be good for admis
sion every day of the fair. We arc
going to give these away to old or new
subscribers absolutely free. All you
have to do is pay your subscription
one year in advance.
The Concord Daily Tribune
- ' North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
“SHEIK” DEAD
t RODOLPH VALENTINO
: MTU DEIO
n FROM OPERATION
Original “Sheik” of the
Movies, Dies as Result
of Complications Follow
ing Operation.
New York. Aug. 23.— UP) —Rudolph
Valentino, original "she k" of the
moview, died today.
Death occurred at 12:10 o’clock
Eastern daylight t’me, at the Poly
clinic Hospital.
The screen star had been , : n the
hospital for eight days, ami although
he at first was reported in a critical
condition, improvement had been
shown during the latter part of last
week, and it was thought lie was
safely on the road to recovery. Last
night, however, he suffered a relapse
due to pleurisy which set in in his
loft chest due to weakness following
a douhle operation for acute appendi
citis and gastric ulcers, and accom
panying local peritonitis.
Valentino came East several weeks
ago to attend the Broadway Premiere
of his latest p ! eture, and to bid fare
well to his brother who was return
ing to his home in Italy after a visit.
He collapsed in bis apartment here a
week ago Sunday afternoon and was
removed to the hospital where an im
mediate operation was decided upon.
Local peritonitis set in shortly after
the operation, and doctors
that only his rugged constitution
could save him from the dread condi
tion becoming general, a condition
which usually results in death. They
said tile crisis would be passed in
from 48. to 72 hours.
Valentino rallied and Wednesday
was reported definitely out of danger,
barring further complications. The
physicians ceasede the regular issu
ance of bulletins regarding his condi
tion. The statement that he had de
veloped pleurisy followed the terse
report of a relapse.
Thousands or messages or sympathy
from personal friends of the actor
and “fan” admirers flooded the hos
pital throughout his, illness. Num
bers of persons sought to gain en
trance to his suite to wish him good
luck .in his fight, but even the best
friends were barrtsj' by the special
guard set at the door. Aside from S.
George Tllnian, his manager, who ac
companied him to the hospital no one
but the doctors and nurses was ad
mitted to the sick room, until last
night when Joseph Schenek. head of
the United Artists Film Company,
was admitted for a brief farewell visit.
Waterworks Men Meet at Wilming
ton.
Wilmington, Aug. 23.—OP)—More
than 100 delegates were in attend
ance today at the opening of the sixth
annual meeting of tbe North Carolina
section of the'American Waterworks
Association which is holding a three
day convention here.
The opening session was begun
shortly before the noon hour; the ad
dress of welcome having been deliv
ered by Major Walter H. Blair, the
response was by J. O. Cra : g, of Salis
bury, president or the organisation.
An address prepared by Governor
McLean was to be read by one of the
delegates, the Executive having found
it impossible to attend.
Sharpe Hag Nothing More to Say.
Charlotte, Aug. 23.—0P>—Ben C.
Sharpe, federal prohibition adminis
trattjF for the eighth district, com
prised of Georgia and the Cnrolinas,
left for his summer home at Glendale,
N. C., today following a conference
with office members here.
Mr. Sharpe would make no state
ment prior to departure relative to
the outbreak in Washington a week
ago following the administrator’s
statement declaring the eighth district
has “more liquor than at any time
during the last three years.”
Louisiana Man Shoots Two.
Alexandria, La., Aug. 23.—04 5 )
John i Schmidt, 45, killed his step
daughter, a Miss Jolley, 10, with an
axe and probably fatally wounded his
wife at Rhyueharf, La Salle parish,
today, and* fled into the woods bearing
a shot gun and accompanied by his
do*.
Mfao Barrett in Channctl Again.
Dover, England, Aug. 23 UP)—
Mias Clara Belle Barrett, of New
RocheHe, Y., who came within
two miles of swimming the English
Channel on August 3rd, started on a
second attempt at 1:40 o'clock this
afternoon.
It seems useless for a stenographer
to aay she hates being dictated to.
ANOTHER OFFICIAL
OF STANLY COUNTY
NOW IN LIMELIGHT
Woman Says She Was Se
verely Beaten by J. C.
Burleyson, Keeper of the i
County Home.
BURLEYSON”EtEADY
TO FACE CHARGE
Says He Wants Full Inves
tigation To Be Made of
the Charges Lodged by
the Woman. T
Albemarle, Aug. 23.—OP)—From
her cell in the Stanly county jail,
| Mrs. Fannie Mclntyre today told
newspaper men that she had been
j severe.y beaten by J. 0. Burleyson,
keejier of the Stanly county home, of
which she was an inmate until last
Tuesday when she departed.
* The woman, about 35 years of age.
; was arrested here upon orders of Bur
ley son.
Reports are to the effect that fie
incident has been re|iorted tc Mrs.
Kate Burr Johnson, head of the de
partment of public welfare, and thnt
, 811 investigation is probable.
E. r A. Moss, county welfare officer,
in discussing the case, said that lie
had investigated and found tnnt Bur
ley son had whipped three inmates
‘ hut that 'he had reason for doing
so.”
Burleyson told reporters that he
wished the matter delved into freely.
T don t want the job unless I have
a right to protect these old people
from such, characters as the Mcln-
Iy re woman.”
HEAVY BLOW STRIKES
OFF VIRGINIA COAST
Considerable Damage to Seashore Ae
sorts Result Although Shipping Es
capes.
Norfolk, Vn., Aug. 22.—A north
east gale that reached a velocity of 62
miles an hour swept the Virginia
coast this morning shortly before day
break, sending shipping scurrying to
cover, battering beach resorts and do
ing considerable damage inland. De
spite the strength of tile wind nnd
■ the rotiglit seas only one distress calf
was picked up at sea by wiresless
stations here. This came from the
Norwegian steamer Modig, off Hog
Island, reporting that all of lier steer
ing gear had been carried away as
well as both anchors and that the
ship was walloyving helplessly in the
trough of the sens with prospects of
being driven ashore.
Coast guard headquarters here dis
patitled the cutter Manning to the aid
of the distressed craft and she was
taken in tow. Hoyvever, the wind
was so strong the towing hawser soon
pnrted ansl the cutter Mascoutih, an
even more powerful vessel than the
Manning, was sent to the Modig.
Around t) :30 o’clock the Manning and
Maseoutin had succeeded in getting
new lines aboard the freighter, the
former at the bow and the latter at
Hie stern. Thus, with the Manning
towing and the Maseoutin performing
the difficult task of steering by means
of only a stern line it was hoped to
get the steamer inside the Virginia
erpes without further difficult.
ELEVATOR MAN
IS IDENTIFIED
Three Witness Say Lance Rode
With Donaldson.
Atltnta, Ga., Aug. 22 —Positive
identification by three witnesses of
Jack Lance as the man who yvas
seen to ride several times m the
Georgian Terrace hotel elevator with
Bert Donaldson both prior to and on
the day of Donald's slaying were
developments today in the investiga
tions of the ease. Lance was arrested
Friday in Jacksonville, Fla., and re
turned to Atlanta at the imtanee of
Solicitor General John A. Boykin.
A warrant charging him with pay
ing Donaldson was issued yesterday.
The witnesses to identify Lance are
said to have been employes of the
hotel although they were not identi
•cd by Solicitor Boykin who has
thrown a veil of secrecy about
movements of investigators worjclng
on dues which he hopes will lead
to the capture of these responsible
for shooting Donaldson.
The victim was special investiga
tor assigned to Solicitor Boykin's of
fice and was shot down as he entered
the Georgia Terrace hotel room by a
man who had concealed himself in a
clothes closet-
Milllon Dollar School in Tenneasee.
(By International News Service)
Johnson City, Tenu., Aug. 23.
Making a million dollar institution of
ttie East Tennessee State Teachers
College here, probably within the next
year, is being planned by the commit
tees in charge of plans and estimates
which have been prepared.
Already valued at $750,00, the lo
cal educational institution has ex
panded so rapidly that additional dor
mitories and aebool rooms,' together
with equipment, totalling approxi
mately $300,000, Is greatly needed and
will be approved by the State board
whitti meets next week.
During the past year the enroll
ment of the crflege was 1,465 and ac
cording to Dr. C. C.. Sherrod, appli
cations in excess of this number, must
be refused pending erection of an ad
ditional dormitory building and ex
pansion of several departments.
This will cost approximately $300;-
000.
4
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1926
1 ■ ■ ~ "-"A 1 ' ■!■-* IL-- ■"=
I rr~ —I
In the News of the Day • • j
BERT M
MAUDETnjtTOM rvsseCC Ithaw
Senator Bert M. Fernald Was seriously ill at Poland, Me
Adolpho de la Huerta, foritier provisional president, was al
leged to be involved in d Mexican revolt. Maud Fulton,
former actress and now a scenario writer, was granted a
divorce from Robert H. Ober, actor. Russell Thaw, son ol
Harry K., was injured in an auto accident at Atlantic City.
Ten Hoboes Are Killed When
C. B. & Q. Freight Is Wrecked
Wyanet, Ills., Aug. 22.—Grinding
down Bmlda hill at a mile a minute
I an eastbonml fast freight train of™*
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy piled
up in the heart of town at 10:30
; o’clock this morning, killing eight per
sons and injuring four others.
A broken arch bar connecting the
trucks of a ear is believed to have
caused the wreck. Eighteen cars car
rying perishable freight, were thrown
from the tracks in front of the depot
and overturned. ;
The men killed and injured were
tramps riding in one car . The four
taken to a hospital were said to be
near death.
More than 1,200 feet of double
tracked right of way was ripped up.
None of the men had been identi
fied tonight.
Hundreds of laborers were rushed
to the scene from division points at
Galesburg nnd Aurora to repair the
tracks. One tank car of molases
t" " 1 ’ tt " 1—
THE COTTON MARKET
After Opening Steady at Advance to
Decline. Ptfices Fluctuated.
New York. Aug. 23.— UP)— The
cotton market was quiet enough in
today’s early trading to suggest that
traders generally were waiting for
the government report scheduled for
publication at midday in the local
market.
Reports of further showers or rn : n
in the south over the week-end had a
sustaining influence on prices, howev
er, and after opening steady at an
advance of 2 points to a decline of 3
points, prices fluctuated with a nar
row range.
Further pre-bureau liquidation was
promoted by rather easy Liverpool
cables and after selling at 16.76 early.
December eased off to 16.68 with the
general list ruling about 3 to 6
points net lower at the end of the
first hour. »
Cotton futures opened steady; Oc
tober 16.74; December 16.68; Janu
ary 16.57; March 16.80; May 16.88
bid.
New Power Plant for Alabama.
(By International News Service)
Mobile, Ark.. Aug. 23.—Many cities
of the Gulf coast including Mobile
will be supplied with hydro-electric
service probably about December Ist,
when the 100-miie transmission line
now under construction is completed.
T. K. Jackson, operating head of
the local utilities and vice president
of the Gulf Electric Company, has
' made the foregoing announcement
1 here.
The line, which is to be the longest
nnd most costly yet undertaken by the
1 company, will furnish Mobile with
40,000 horsepower at a preliminary
cost of more than $3,000,000.
The line will reach from the south
ernmost hydro-electric development in
' the Appalachian range, passing west
■ of Montgomery and coming into Mo-
I bile county near Creola.
I The first problem was to make avail
able. in much larger quan.-
■ titles than now consumed in order
• to take care of the growth in the Mo
■ bile district for many years to couie
; Second was to insure satisfactory op
■ eration of this system by eliminating
• every conceivable baiard.
Always put off until tomorrow the
unkind act you want to do today. l ,
; burst, flooding the trneks with the
/sticky fluid.
i The station agent at Wyanet nar
rowly escaped being struck.
The injured were hurried to the
hospital at Princeton, several miles
away. The dea'd, some believed to be
mangled beyond recognition, were tak
en to the depot freight room to await
action of the coroner’s jury. All
were young men.
The middle sectibn of the train,
which consisted largely of refrigerator
cars, leaped from the rails as it passed
the depot in the center of town and
pitched over on the right of way.
Many of the cars remained on the
tracks when the air-brakes locked.
The cars contained fruit, meat and
vegetables for the Chicago market.
The engine was thrown off the
track but did not overturn and the
crew escaped injury.
The wreck was the fourth to occur
at the spot within two years.
FIND HIDDEN “ROOM” I
UNDER NEGRO CEMETERY
No One Seems to Know Just How the
Room Was Built.
(By International Ifews SerVlcel
Decatur, Ala.. Aug. 23 —A mysteri
ous underground tunnel, discovered by
roadworkers on the Moulton highway
near here recently, was explored
through curiosity by workmen and
found to lead into a large “room” tin
der a negro cemetery after winding
under the highway from its starting
point to a distant patch of woods.
The entrance to the strange tunnel (
was found to be through-a vine-cov
ered bank in fee dense woods. The
passage led across a field, under the
highway and into a large room-size
cave underneath the negro cemetery.
Some think it was a hiding place
for a band of outlaws many years ago,
others sny it was used as an effort
to frighten negroes at the cemetery
burial ceremonies by “strange voices”
and cause the cemetery to be moved
while still other declare it is a nat
ural passage, a freakish act of na
ture.
Workmen excavating a route for
the new highway down the old road
way dug into the middle of the tun
nel and explored it. The middle will
soon be filled with dirt and work on
the highway continued.
Curious people from miles around
are now exploring the passage and the
discovery has caused much speculation
among workmen, negroes and other
people in this neighbortiood.
Whether it’s a natural passage or
au artificial cavern is not known and
probably never will be.
Enters Suit For $43,000,000.
, New York. Aug. 23. —(A*)—A suit
for $43,000,(KM) damages was started
in federal court today by George Has
kell, of Springfield, Mass., president
and director of the Bosch Machine 4k
Tool Company, against the AlumHiuiu
Company of America and others un
der fee Sherman anti-trust law.
Haskell alleges he lost $16,000,000
through a conspiracy entered into by
officers and directors of the Alumi
num Company of America with the
late James B. Duke, to whom lie had
confided his own plans for aluminum
industrial development, He asked
three times the amount of his actual
losses under the provisions of the
anti-truat law.
i CHINESE VESSEL IS j
TAKEN BY PIRATES j
IN UUH ACTION!
Thirty Pirates Boarded the j
River Steamed and Com-j
j celled Crew to Go Where
; They Directed.
j PASSENGERS ON
I VESSEL CAPTURED 1
| Steamer Was Ransacked;
| and Cargo and Belong-!
ings Carried Off by the
Bandits.
Hong Kong, Aug. 23.—(A 3 )—The
Chinese River, steamer Mousing, en
route from Malow Chow, Chfhese
maritime customs station near Macao
to Sumn’g. was boarded by 30 pi
rates at 10 o'clock last night and the
passengers and crew terrorized and
kiduapjied. It is believed the passen
gers were wealthy Chine returning to 1
China from San Francisco. I
The pirates boarded the ship off
Kaulan Island, otherwise known as
"The Pirates Fortress.” They fired
a volley of revolver shots, and the |
passengers were panic stricken. The;
( 'hinesp master and crew were cover
ed with revolvers and compelled to
steer the ship to Wonchu, where the
more than 100 passengers and the
members of the Compredore (native
steward) staff were kidnapped, be
s:des the ship’s eight armed Chinese
guards. Oue of the guards was stab
bed and seriously injured. The pi
rat, s completely ransacked the Man
sing nnd curried off the cargo and
passengers’ belongings. The captain
and crew were finally- released and
took the boat back to Maloebow. At
last reports the passengers were still
being held.
RECEIVERS REPORT TO
JUDGE ISAAC MEEKINS
Tell of Progress Made With Defunct
Co-operative Tobacco Association.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Aug. 23.—Much of inter
est to tobncco growers generally and
all those interested in tobaeeo is ex
pected to result here Monday when
-fee .receivers of the defunct Tobacco
Growers Co-operative Association
here and report to Judge Isaac M.
Meekins. who appointed them, what
progress has been mnde in the dispo
sition of the association's affairs. It
is expected that reports of disposition
of tobacco made by the receivers will
show that much of the leaf that was
held on 'hand by the association has
been profitably disposer! of and that
members will lose ns heavily as was
at first believed. Receivers for the
various warehousing corporations also
are to be on hand and report on the
progress they have made.
Among the various matters to be
taken up at this meeting is the ques
tion of the disposition of some 800 1
suits by the old association against
grower-members who failed to
feeir delivery contracts to the assoeia- '
tion. This litigation has been pend- '
ing a long while but has never pro- j
pressed beyond the preliminary stage. .
'The association prosecuted many sim
ilar suits in the courts before its de- j
mise, nnd won many of them. But
as things progressed, it became harder <
and harder to win these suits, and (
toward the last days of the associa
tion's life, it became mtfre and more .
difficult to hold members to thbir eon- ,
tracts. ,
The real reason for this was the <
realization that the grower could not ]
carry out his agreement and that the
majority of fee smaller farmers were i
not table to finance their farm nnd 1
pay their expenses with their princi
pal money crop held up indefinitely.
The five-year contract was proving a
boomerang that brought increased 1
bondage instead of freedom. The re
volt that ensued resulted in bringing
hundreds of growers into court tor
failure to fulfill their contracts. And
until the present, it has not been de
termined what to do with these 800
tiuts that are still pending.
However, due to the uncertainty as
to the status of these suits and con
tracts now, it.is believed that the re
ceivers will cancel the suits, especially
since the grower-members have been
relieved of any future deliveries.
Plan Entertainment for Mrs. Brosscau
Wilmington, Aug. 21.—(A s ) —The
local chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution have completed
all plans for the entertainment here
and at Wrightsville Beach, Monday,
August 23, of Mrs. Alfred Brosseau,
President General of the D. A. R.,
who will come to Moore’s Creek Bat
tleground for the celebration there on
August 24th, of the 150th anniversary
of the Moore’s Creek Bridge Battle.
Mrs, Brousseau and other visitors
will be tendered a reception on the
Beach Monday night. Among those
who will attend are Mrs. W. O. Spen
cer, of Winston-Salem, vice president
general of the D. A. R„ and Mrs. E.
C. Gregory, state regent of the or
ganization, and Senator Lee S. Ov
erman.
The following morning the party
will leave for Moore’s Creek Battle
ground to take part in the presenta
tion of the Federal government a 30
acre tract of land for the establish
ment of 4 national park.
Motor buses plying between Los
Angelas and San Francisco carry
stewards and serve hot meals, pre
pared la tiny kitchenettes.
| She’ll Fight! ~|
/fM Sk,
Mrs. Sebastian Kresge re
turned 'to America from
ibroad with the announce
ment that she would fight the
divorce action brought by her
husband, millionaire five and
fen cent store operator.
GaUmztlonsl Bewzreeli
PRESIDENT FACES j
VERY BUSY WEEK
Will Confer With Business
Men and Party Leaders
at Summer Camp Dur
ing the Week.
Paul Smith's, N. Y„ Aug. 23. —(A 5 )
—Another busy week for President
Coolidge opened today with the calen
dar of visits from William Green,
president of the American Federation
of I .all or; the seven members of the
organization's executive committee;
Leuis J. Tabor, of Ohio, bead of the
National Grange; and Samuel Koe
nig, chairman of the Republican com
mittee of New York county, ,
The labor leaders motoring here
from Plattsburg, were invited to
luncheon at White Pine Camp, while
Mr. Koenig had an engagement to
meet the President at the summer ex
ecutive offices. With Mr. Tabor the
President desired to discuss agricul
tural conditions, particularly in the
East, where most of the Granges’
membership lives.
COOK COUNTY WARDEN
BEGINS SIOO,OOO SUIT
Captain We! deling Made Defendant
In Action—May Open Other Suits.
Chicago, Aug. 21. —Accused, only
a few moments after his dismissal os
warden of the Joliet state prison, of
assisting prisoners in a plot to es
cape from the Cook county jail,
John L. Whitman, widely known
prison executive, struck back today
both at (hose who gave publicity to
the jail break charge and at those
responsible for his ousting as peni
tentiary chief.
He filed suit for SIOO,OOO against
Captain George H. Wcideling,. war
den of the Cook county jail, charg
ing defamation of character, and his
attorney announced that similar
suits will be brought at once against
Governor Len Small, Chairman
Chauncey Jenkins, of the state wel
fare department, fqrmer Chairman
Will Colvin, of the state board of
pardons and paroles, and Sheriff
Peter Hoffman, of Cook county.
CROP ESTIMATE
Government Report Estimates Cotton
Crop This Year of 15,248,000 Bales.
Washington, Aug. 23.—(Ah—A cot
ton crop of 15,248.000 hales this year
is indicated by the conditions on Au
gust 15th, which was 03.5 per cent,
of a normal, compared with 15,621,-
000 bales indicated on a condition of
69.8 per cent, on August Ist, the de
partment of agriculture today an
nounced. Last year 16,103,679 bales
were produced, and the August 15th
condition was 62 per cent.
With Our Advertisers.
The “Back to School Week” at the
Parks-Belk Co. is still on. See new
'ad. today for things needed.
Read the ad. of the Bell & Harris
Furniture Co. and learn why you
should see their furniture.
See the booth of the Syler Motor Co.
at the Auto Show.
The Ritchie Hardware Cq. has an
attractive booth at the Auto Show.
New Fall hats for men in all the
new shades and correct shapes at the
Richmond-Flow r e Co. See ad. today.
Are you putting it off or putting it
on. See ad. of Hoover’s.
New Fabrics for school clothss at
J. C. Penney fo/s. See the ad. to
day for prices on these goods.
More New York for you. New fall
dresses at Fishers. Prices $9.75,
sls. $16,95, $26.95. See ad.
The Concord Theatre is today show
ing the play by Marshal Neilan, en
titled "Mike,” On Wednesday Rex.
Beach’s story “The Barrier,” will be
shown at this theatre.
Gat a Season Fair Ticket Free.
lVe have only a limited number of
Season Fair Tickets. Pay one year’s
subscription to The Tribune and get
yours absolutely tree.
THE TRIBUNE - I
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAfI
NO. 198
MIRES OF 1
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Eighth Annual State Cffiifc W
j vention Opened in Hfclfflß
ory This Morning WitlM
Large Attendance. |jj m
! 1,200 PRESENT AT M I
THE BEGlNNlffltijj
More Than 2,000 ForiMf 1
Service Men Expected—Gß
Auxiliary Members Are jf
Also Meeting. ’’l 1
Hickory. Aug. 23.—(A 3 ) —The elgbtfijlv
anmini convention of the North Caro- n|
linn department of the
gion came to order at 9:30 n’elart. ,«§
here this morning, when
200 delegates from the various fWtlflf 'mg
over the state gathered in the jcMroX
Hail. Department Commander
I ry 1,. Stevens opened the conve(ifl**,®S
| with the advance of the coloMhJ9|
; while the crack band from Ptiw'ißSj
| Bragg sounded with a barp
trumpets the regulation call.
j lain Robert E. (Jribbin read a metnto/ffifl
: rial to the dead of the past year. ngs ,/Kl
/.I. Allen Adams, of Green sbocoj gav#
j a beautiful memorial address to ttui J
j dead of the World War. v d9 I
j Late arrivals poured into the con- 9
j vention hall until practically every I
seat was takenand the opening nttftt- fi
j bers of the meet were attended $$ a
J loud applause ami cheering. IfMF
| Virg’nia Huffy, of Raleigh,
j heart of the American Legion^*
'ushered to the stage, while the eon
! vention cheered mid the band pftybd j®?
| "Let Me Call You Swcclheart,'’ I
The invocation by Chaplain
I bin and the address of welcoiZtK by ms
Joseph L. Murphy, of the HiekS#|t 3
post, started the convention on .’i/
spirited way. Mr. Murphy said “Th*
mayor did not permit me to give yML JBI
the key to Hickory because HickoffY
is never locked” and ’’the bars aft! u|j
not down here today, but the flood Yffii
gates are open.” Responses t« the pi
address'-of welcome were given by
Albert L. Cox. of the North t'aroHtWgH'
department of the American Legion,
and Miss Annie Lee, auxiliary prcai- lai
dent for that body. Mrs. W, D„
Pemberton, of-Concord, spokg
War Mothers, and Mrs. Glenn Long, Si
’ of Newton, brought greetings from .18
1 the United Daughters of the knifed- '«
DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT ' Mil l
DIES IN SUMMER H0M»; : ®
End Comes Peacefully After ®
of Failing Health to Great Kthteli-' ’■j
' Northeast Harbor, Me., Aug. 25.- I
Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president (*ttie- m
ritus of Harvard University, died it jl
his summer home here today. ■ H& i
was 92 years of age.
Dr. Eliot had been in delicti*
health since he came here early , ill
the summer and had been confined .to
the house of late. He had Rpcnf .ills Z
summers at Northeast Harbor PiWhCa
the early 80’s. The end ca«pc peace- S
fully late today.
Funeral services will be held 1n the
union church here on Tuesday at
noon, and services will be held alto >.
in Appleton chapel at Harvard t’ltf
versity, Cambridge, Mass., on ■ Wed- J
nesdny. Dr. Eliot's son. Rev. Sam- Z
up! A. Eliot, of Cambridge, Mass., also 1
has his summer residence here, auj j
was present at the end. ,
Dr. Eliot was president of MM|M|
for forty years, from 1869 to lfHKjfl
notnb'e event in his career ~aftsr jjjj§»
retirement as an active educatql* #fls
toe celebration of his 90th' bifffiday
when he received the felicitations ffitM j
tributes of educators nnd HafVdfi.i
men from nil parts of the
Even after passing his 90th hi rtf- -
day. Dr. Eliot appeared accnsMflVßjk '
as a speaker at public meeting, nil
frequently expressed his opinion r$ a
subjects of public interst. In Aptlj, 1
1924. he led a group of Cambridge 1
home-owners in a successful ptotewl
against tlie erection of apartmeQt '
houses in the quiet ueighborlhMd 1
where he lived. The following niorttos.
he took issue with President Nicholas's
I Murray Butler, of Columbia Univbl
i isfy, on the subject of prohibition, ex-i
pressing his belief that the Volstead//
act was working efficiently. In the|
course of the debate he disclosed thafM
. he himself had become a teetotaler §
- at BS,
Faithful Negro Gets $5,000t. y*S9
i (By International News Bervito>
Knoxville, Tcnu., Aug. 23.—"Luitffc ■
faithful chauffeur who had served Col.
M illiam Caswell, who died here re-'Z
i eentiy. for many years thought he witg.J
in the world alone—jobless. DpH
* But the other day officers came to*
‘ hum’s home and notified him that i
. the will of Col. Caswell had leto him ;
; $5,000 as a gift for his long and faith- :
t “Lum” says he will build him a.I
• small house on the outskirts of *»l*s|*
, One minute in jail was the
twice imposed by an Arkansan iudg* -.J
- on a man charged with . ombe**Hj»isa|
■ five dollars from a neighbor. |
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight.
f fair, except for thundershowers in thVfl
i extreme west portion. Fresh nortA- ’l’
t east winds, possibly strong it
on the coast.