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VOLUME XXVI
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MERTOH DOUBTFUL
WHEN FIRST CHE
TO THIS COUNTRY
Wanted to Get the Money
From Government But
Was Uncertain About
Attitude of People. ]
THOUGHT CLAIM I
WAS LITTLE WEAK
jUlemes He Had Idea of
* Finding “Clever Politi
cian” Who Might Be
Able to Make Deal.
• New York, Sept. 14.—<46—When
Richard Merton, German industrialist,
first arrived in America in April,
1021, td attempt to recover the assets
of the American Metals Company he
knew his legal claims were weak. He
testified to this today at the trial-of
former Attorney General Harry M.
Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller,
former alien property - custodian,
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
government.
His lefial claim was not strong,
he felt because the transfer of stock
to the Societe Suisse, a few days be
fore America entered the World War,
was oral.
In answer to a question of United
States Attorney Buckner, concerning
the late John T. King, former Re
publican national committeeman from
I Connecticut, he said he did not come
here with the idea of finding "a clever
I politician.” Mr. King was also in
dicted but died shortly afterward.
Merton said he pictured America as
a nation much different from England.
France or others of the allies. “I
did not think America exactly friend
ly," he said, "but I eerta'nly knew
they would be more decent than the
others.”
Although he felt his case to be
weak. Merton said he also felt 'that
America bad no desire to seiae private
property or to impound It without just
and sufficient cause.
Merton said his mind was “split"
by two ideas. One was that tbe claim
could be collected by showing that the
oral transfer was legal. This was an
ownership claim. The other idea was
to show that although the Metal One-
XcJMmIT ‘fttitfbd shares of the stock of
.the Society j
amount <4 ,(be shares of the American
Metal Company which had been of
fered as a guaranty. The guaranty
was made to prevent—the Bociete
Suisse ami its adjunct institutions,
the Swiss Rank, from going into bank
ruptcy. This wns a debt ela ! j.
In any case, Merton said it was not
his intention to reveal the relation of
the Metall Gesellschaft until neces
sary • He said he felt that a revela
tion of this relation would prejudice
hjs claims.
After conversations'w'th G. R. Wil
lia'ms. first assistant to Miller, who
vcas then alien property custodian.
Merton said he learned that the claim
would be made on the ownership ba
sis, and that It was eventually made
and paid on this basis.
THE COTTON MARKET
I Nervous and Irregular During Early
Trading Doe to Reports of Tropical
Sept. 14.—0 P)— I The
cotton market .was nervous and ir
regular in today's early trading, as if
influenced by conflicting reports re
garding the tropical storm situation.
There were two of these disturb
anees, one beeing reported in the
ne : ghborhood of Cuba and the other
off the Atlantic coast, and after open
ing 1 point higher to 2 points lower,
with active months 2 to 5 points-low
er. prices rallied on apprehensions
that one of these storms might reach
, the coast.
December sold up to 17.23, the gen
\>eral list showing net advances of about
5 to 12 points. Except for the storin
threat weather conditions were con
sidered favorable, and the market wns
off a few points from the best at the
end of the first hour.
Cotton futures opened steady: Oc
tober 16.06; December 17.14; Jan
uary 17.21; March 17.40; May 17.60.
Undertaken to Prove Meetings No
Nuisance.
Charlotte, Sept. 13.—With tbe con
tinuance of “Bishop” C. M. Grace*!
meetings here today, Tom P. Jimisou,
attorney for the “Bishop,” was busy
securing affidavits in support pf the
contention that the meetings are not a
nuisance.
The commissioners in the meantime'
had done nothing toward retaliating
against the injunction. What action
is to be taken will be determined later
in the week, Major W. B. Robertson,
, commissioner of public safety, said.
Major Robertson said he and the other
commissioners would probably confer
with Claude Cochrane, city attorney.
Wagner Pleads Not Guilty.
Leakewrille, Mias., Sept. 14.—<46
| Kennie Wagner, charged with tbe
murder of Murdock Mclntosh, Gten
1 County deputy sheriff In December,
I 1024, entered a idea of not guilty
& when his trial opened here today.
1 Armed guards patrolled the grounds
I about the court house.
■ Sowing is s sport in Which the
,4 women of Poised excel, and nearly ev^
flf ery river town in the country boasts
li M el one or more women'* rowing dubs.
The Concord Daily Tribune
v North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
In the News of the Nation ]
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Charles Edison, son of Thomas A. Edison, was given man
agemenTof his father’s businesses. Plans of L. F. Loree to
form a large railroad merger in the South were attacked
before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Figures com
piled by Joseph S. McCoy, United States Treasury Actuary
show there are 11,000 millionaires and one billionaire in the
country. Congressman William D. Upshaw, dry leader
declared a “wet slush fund” caused his political defeat.
Feature Os Cabarrus Fair
Singing Contest To Be New
This Year.
Officials of the Cabarrus County
Fair, to be staged here on October
12th to 16th inclusive, have provided
several new features in addition to
>*iie regular program which ranks with
the beat offered at any fair in the
state.
Fallowing the announcement made
several years ago that the fair each
year will he bigger than tbe preceding
one, offlciala have gone to additional
expense this year to make the 1026
fair more entertaining, more instruc
tive and more comprehensive than any
of the other faira in the county.
In (Uscutudug tiie expense of the
1026 fair officials stated that passes
will "Dot be issued as freely this year
as they have-been in the past. “It
will coat $29,000 to stage the 1026
fair,” one official aid, “and wfe cafi't
make expenses with passes. We feel
certain that the public had rather
pay tbe 50 cents or 25 cents, aa the
case may be, than bother about getttug
passes. The passes will be given to
those deserving them and to no oth
eas.”
It was explained in this connection
that the coat of the fair this year
will be at least $3,000 more than was
spent last year when, the program wax
more comprehensive than any pre
vious year. It was also stated that
drivers of trucks and other vehicles
delivering goods within the -grounds
will have to pay a certain admission
prjee. “This price will be enough
to cover the expense of handling such
vehicles,” it was stated. “For three
years we have allowed driverr’to en
ter the grounds free of charge but
this year we are forced to make a
change. A special price of admission
will be made for the drivers.” t
One new feature of the fair this
year, ■ and one calculated to arouse
much interest, will be a County Sing
ing Contest. Officials have secured
Prof. J. E. Norket, of Charlotte, to
have charge of this feature and he
baa invited choirs from counties
throughout the state to erftef the con
test. Prises will be awarded to the
Winners who will be determined by
the public.
The singing contest will be staged
on Saturday, the last day of the fair,
and choirs from the following coun
ties already have entered: Gaston,
Union, Mecklenburg and Davie. It
la predieted that a number of Cabar
rus singers will enter.
The contest will be held in front of
the grandstand at the conclusion of
the races and free sets Saturday af
ternoon, the regular program to be
moved up so the contest can begin by
3 o’clock.,
Officials report fine sales in the
auto apd merchants display tent. Ev
ery auto dealer in Concord has taken
apace in the tent. It is seid, and in
addition a number of other business
houses have reserved spaces. The
autos will be displayed around the
er booths in the center.
B be decorated brilliantly.
In the fair in all parts
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THE COTTON CATERPILLAR
In League With the Flees and,Weevil
la Doing Much Damage. f
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Sept. 14.—The cotton cat
erpillar has invaded the state and in
league with the cotton flea and the
boll weevil is doing 'damage bordering
on devastation in Wake county, and
is likely to appear in any other coun
ty iu a like manner at any tinte, ac
cording to Frank Parker, of the Unit
ed States and state crop reporting
service, and Dr. R. W. Leibby, state
entomologist, who have been investi
gating reports. So serious is the In
festation in t'.ie fields of D. R. Green,
of Wake county, that late yesterday
he obtained a large dusting machine
from the state prison farm and work
ing far into the night, dusted his
fields with calcium arsenate in order
to save his crop from the caterpillar
and weevil, as this dusting is effective
against both. Thus the prediction
made a week ago by the crop reporting
bureau that weevil infestation and
damage was much greater than the
farmers realized, is being borne out.
The cotton caterpillar has also been
reported from Cleveland county, and
indications are that it may appear
momentarily in auy of the other coun
ties. The caterpillar belongs* to the
army worm family, and develops in
sqch numbers IMat if not checked in
its incipiency, it will denude a field
of cotton of Its leaves in a day's time,
tlitis preventing the further develop
ment of the cotton. Cotton attacked
by the worm now would cease grow
ing and fail to develop, resulting in
the loss of almost the entire crop.
Immediate dusting with calcium ar
senate is the only method of control
that has been found practicable.
Already most of the top crop has
been destroyed, through the work of
the cotton flea or hopper, which, by
sucking the sap from the stems of
the small squares, has caused them to
shed; preventing the development of
bolls. This bss consequently forced
the boll weevil to attack the larger,
maturing bolls directly, instead of
those near the top. as they usually
do.
Careful scrutiny of fields by farm
ers and quikk action on their part
if infestation is discovered, may yet
save much of the crop from damage.
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Captain Ashe la 86.
Raleigh, Sept. 13.—Captain S. A.
Ashe, federal 'court clerk, celebrated
his fidth birthday by working gingerly
and walked up street as usual. The
captain, who has saved the history of
tbe state without quite getting the
kick from the Mecklenbiirg declara
tion that others have, is still going
strong aa editor and historian. He
is in better shape than he has been
for ten years. ’ .
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! Twelve Pages Today
* Two Sections
CONCORD, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1926
DM OF [DTI
FOR HELL H. GORE
nmirn
Governor Walker, of Geor
gia, Intervened at Last
Minute to Save Life of
Alleged Murderer.
supremeTcourt
JUSTICE ACTS
Asks Governor to Grant
Respite So Court Can
Hold Hearing on Matter
on October 6th.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 14.—OP)—Ch’ef
Justice Richard 11. Unxseil of the
Georgia Supreme Court today re
quested Governor Clifford Walker to
grant a respite to Mell M. Gore, who
was to be electrocuted at Milledge
ville state farm today for complicity
in the slaying of Wm. M. Check, a
grocer, here last December.
The requ-st. was made in order that
the court might hold a hearing on Oc
tober 6th on the petition of Gore’s at
torneys speaking to stay the execu
tion.
Reuben Garland, attorney for the
condemned man, presented a petition
to the Supreme Court today asking
that body to order Judge John D.
Humphreys to show cause why he
should not grant a bill of exception to
nermit nn appeal to the Supreme Court
from his rule declining to enjoin tbe
execution of Gore.
Gore's attorney claims that the on
ly pnpers in the hands of Hie warden
of the state penitentiary at Milledge
ville call for the execution of Gore
on July 10 nnd that Gore lias never
been re-sentenced since he was re
spited by the Governor. He contend
ed that the law requires the execution
papers to be in the hands of the war
den ten days before the date of exe
cut!on and that these papers only
reached Milledgevilie on September
11 nnd call for execution of Gore,
July 16th.
Gore was to be electrocuted todajj
for the murder of W. H. Check, gro
cer, who was shot to death in his
store last December.
Respite For 60 Days.
j Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 14.—<46—Gov.
fcilfford Walker today granted a res.
•ptte of 60 ffa.vs To Mell M. Gore, whd
was to have been electrocuted at the
state prison at Milledgevilie today for
complicity in the slaying of Wm. H.
Check grocer here, last Derember.
The respite was granted at the re-,
quest of the Georgia Supreme Court.’
V'hioh washed*)*) hear a on Oc
tober 6 presented 'by Gore's attorneys,
directing trial judge John D. Humph
ries to show cause why he should not
grant a bill of exceptions to liis ruling
declining to enjoin the execution of
Gore. Gore’s lawyer asserted that
Gore had never been resentenced since
the last respite by Governor Walker
expired, and that the execution papers,
in the hands of the penitentiary ward
en in Milledgevilie called for Gore to
be executed July 16.
WRECK PLANNED, SAYS
RAILROAD OFFICIALS
Find Evidence That Wreck on the
Missouri-Pacific Sunshine Special
Was Nolt An Accident.
Little Rock. Sept. 14.—(46 —The
wreck of the Missouri-Pacific Sunshine
Special, en route from New Orleans
to St. Louis, which cost the life of
George Bushy, Little Rock engineer,
and severely injured H. J. Munda, of
Little Rock, fireman, wns deliberate
ly executed, officials announced today
after an investigation of the scene
near McGehee, Ark.
Rail officials said that, rail fasten
ers had been moved and spikes pulled,
causing one of the rails to turn under
the engine. A spike puller and wrench
were found by the road bed.
Bloodhounds in charge of officers
were sent to the scene this morning.
No clue was available as to the iden
tity of any of. the wreekers.
Mr. Wood Waives and la Bound Over.
Raleigh, Sept. 13—Rev. George
Wood, Universalist preacher who is to
be tried for killing Convict J. B. Vick
ers while bringing the escaped prison
er back to Raleigh, will not make
any disclosure of his case until the
jury hears him.
The Rev. Mr. Wood will not avail
hliflself of a preliminary hearing to
day but submitted to bond and left
his case with liis lawyers, James H.
Pou, W. and B. Jones and State
Democratic Chairman John G. Daw
son. The Rec. Mr. Wood is a Uni
veraaliat. The church la not Wood
thirsty. It opposes capital punish
ment, but It does not believe that the
preached practiced it on the prisoner.
The fatal shooting ia accepted as an
accident.
Mr. Wood will probably be tried at
the present term of court. There has
been on suggestion that his case will
be continued.
WIB Not Stop Fight.
Philadelphia, Sept. 14.—(^)—“The
injunction obtained in Indiana to pre
vent the Dempaey-Tunney fight is
merely • matter of news in the Penn
sylvania courts; it hae no legal ef
fect,” said Attorney General George
W. Woodruff today.
Common observation of life will
bear out the saying that it h the
most ae'fish, is e clans, who clamor
moot about their wrong*. , '
BIPTISTS OF ISO
MOTIFS GUIDED
10 LOCH CHURCH
[Two Day Session of Meck
, lenburg-Cabarrus Asso
ciatioh Opened in First
Church Here Today.
! OFFICERS NAMED
FOR NEW YEAR
jAt Slorning Session Con
! solidated Rural Church
es Discussed. —Women
Show Year of Activity.
The forty-first annual session of the
Mecklenburg-t’abarrus Baptist Asso
! emtion convened in the First Baptist
i Church here today, with Rev. F. L.
j Fink, moderator, presiding. Luther
IK.* Bnrnhnrdt served as c’.erk-secre
| tary.
] The roll call at the opening session
j showed the majority of the churches
I represented, with their church let
! ters prepared, these showing Lie work
j accomplished by each individual church
: in the association during the year.
I The following officers were elected
to serve the association for the new
year; Kev. F. L. Filik, moderator and
Luther E. Barn'.iardt, clerk. Com
mittees to report at the present meet
ing of the association were; Order of
Business, Executive, Digest of Let
ters, Petitionary Letters, and appoint
ment of delegates to State conven
tion.
New pastors coining into the asso
ciation during the past year, were
recognized and cordially welcomed in
to the association. They were Rev.
(!. Herman Trueblood, pastor of the
First Baptist Church here; Kev. Mr.
Rivenback, pastor of the Concord
Westford Church; Rev. Mr. Bryant,
of Kannapolis, and Kev. B. U. Hager,
of Rockwell.
Joseph A. Gaines, chairman, pre
pared tiie report of the executive com
mittee which was presented to the
convention by Rev. Clay I. Hudson.
The report was unanimously accept
ed.
Report on woman's work of the
past year was made by Mrs. B. S.
Blanton and showed the women are
carrying successfully their full portion
of the church work.
f M.r. Trueblood was recefityifeid and
welcomed to the chair after which the
same courtesy was extended to Rev.
IV. L. Grigg, pastor of the Ninth |
Street Church of Charlotte.
At tbe morning session some time ]
&ras .devoted to the discussion of con- 1
Widited churches for the rural sec- 1
tions, ? the consolidation plan to be [
Similar to that under which consoli
dated schools are operated. In her I
report Mrs. Blanton stressed the con- j
solidated idea.
The report on periodicals was read J
by L. E. Barn'hardt, and was dis
cussed by Rev. W. R. Beach, field rep
resentative of the Biblical Recorder,
r' Dr. J. A. Gaines, of Charlotte, de
livered the annual sermon, which was
one of the chief features of the morn
ing session. “The Cloud of Wit
nesses" was the subject from the text:
Hebrews 12 :2.
At the noou hour the ladies’ aid
society of the hostess church served
au old-fashioned picnic dinner.
At the afternoon session the de
nominational co-operative program was
the subject of discussion and denomi
national affairs were ably discussed
by Dr. E. C. Maddry, corresponding
secretary of the Baptist State mission
board.
Tonight after a song and praise
service, led by Mr. Trueblood, there
will be a report on stewardship by
Kev. J. D. Moose, and this will be
followed by a report on B. Y. P. U.
work by Homer Bollinger.
There will be sessions again tomor
row morning and afternoon.
The program for tonight and to
morrow follows:
Morning Session.
. 10:00 —Enrollment of delegates and
election of officers.
10:20—Appointment of committees
to report at this session.
Reception of petitionary letters.
Recognition of visitors. -
10:35 —Report of the Executive
Committee —Rev. C. I. Hudson.
11:00—Report on Woman’s Work
—Mrs. B. S. Blanton.
11:30—Annual Sermon—Rev. J.
A. Gaines.
12.30 Dinner.
Tuesday—Afternoon Session. «
2:00 P. M. —Report on Co-opera
tive Program (State, Home and For
e:gn Missions; and Convention Ob
jects)—Rev. T. L. Cashwell.
4:oo—Report on Periodical* —Rev.
T. L. Cashwell.
4:3o—Miscellaneous Business.
Adjourn.
Tuesday—Evening Session.
7.30 Song and Praise Service—
Rev. C. H. Trueblood.
7:4s—Report on Stewardship—
Rev. J. D. Moose.
B:3o—Report on B. Y. P. U. Work
—Homer Bollinger.
Two Trainmen Hurt.
Winston-Salem. Sept. 14.—(46
Engineer Swift Hooper, and Freman
' J. H. Wall, both of this city, were in
jured this morning when the engine
of passenger train No. 1 on the Wilkes
' boro line overturned at the 21st Street
Crossing In this city. They were re
moved to the hospital and it is stated
that their injuries are not considered
■ serious. None of tbe passengers was
- hurt, the eoaefaes remaining on tbe
track. -
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Mrs. Thomas Miller is shown
on her way to Federal Court
in New York to comfort her
husband, Colonel Miller, on
trial with former Attorney-
General Harry M. Daugherty
on charges of conspiracy to
defraud the Government.
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TRUE BILL EXPECTED
AGAINST REV. GEO. WOOD
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Tribune Bureau I
Sir Walter Hotel |
J Raleigh, Sept. 14.—1 t is expected
! that a true bill will be returned Some
I time today by the Wake county grand
) juty charging the Rev. George Wood,
j of Kinston, with murder, or at least
I manslaughter, in connection with the
! fatal shooting of J. B. Vickers, es-
IcapSd convict, who he was returning
jto the state’s prison from Spartan
t burg, S. C., where ,he had been cap-'
tured after a previous escape from l
a prison guard in Charlotte. Wood, i
though a minister, was deputy sheriff
in Lenoir county, and much intenested
in welfare work. If he is indicted, |
as seems certain, the unusual paradox!
will be presented, of a minister going I
to triaj for the murder of a man he I
sought to help. Kev. Mr. Wood and
his attorney, John G. Dawson, chair
man of. the State Democratic com
mittee, were in Raleigh yesterday, in
lieu of t'je possibility that the true
bill might be returned then, but it
was not forthcoming. However, itiß
believed that the indictment will be
returned toduy, though it may be sev-
eral days yet.
It is generally believed that So-
Jicitor W, F. Evans, Wake county’s
so-called "hanging solicitor,” will seek
the extreme penalty, in order to make
an example of Wood. His prosecu
tion is also expected to be further
embittered because of the controversy
between himself and Coroner L. M.
Waring as to jurisdiction in the mat
ter,.when Waring released Wood on
his own recognizance, before Vickers
died, and Evans immediately (lad him
re-arrested.
i TWO NEW WITNESSES
IN HALL-MILLS CASE
They Are Expected to Corroborate,
Three of State’s Most Important
Witnesses
Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 14.—(46-
Corroboration of three major state
witnesses in the Hall-Mills murder
case was expected today from two
new witnesses, a man and a woman
who kept a rendezvous in de Russey's
• Lane near the spot where Rev. Ed
■ ward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Milk
■ were slain four years ago tonight,
Special Prosecutor Simpson announc
. ed.
He announced witnesses would be
questioned by his investigators at
Somerville.
- Paris Turns Deaf Ear to Mussolini
Rebuke.
Paris, Sept. 14.—France refuses to
accept any responsibility for the at
: tempted assassination of Premier Mus
solini in Rome yesterday by the young l
stone-cutter, Ermete" Giovannini. If J
Gtovannini in slipping back into Italy, I
th* IV. ißth government maintains that (
i ia for the Italian- force to explain, j
Although it is recognised that Mus-I
■ solini spoke i n hot blood following
■ hts narrow escape when he declared I
t from the Chlgi Palace balcony, “There
- must be an end to certain culpable
I and unconscionable tolerancies on the'
I oth*r side of our frontiers,” resent
< ment against him for attempting to
» make France responsible is no wise,
lessened.
PROHIBITION AND
WORLD COURT #
ISso||^ :
Voters Choosing
Party Standard Bearers
For State and Federal
Offices.
SENATORBUTLER
HAS OPPONENT
Former Sen. Walsh With
out Opposition in Party.
—Prohibition Big Ques
tion in Maryland.
Washington,. Sept. 14. —(A 3 ) — Prohi
bition and American adhesion to the
world court figured prominently again
today among issues before voters of
nine states who went to the polls to
choose party standard bearers for t'ae
state and federal offices.
The campaign of Washington Cook,
member of the governor’s council in |
Massachusetts, against Senator Wil
liam M. Butler, chairman of the Re
nublican national committee, for the
party’s senatorial nomination has fea
turca advocacy of modification of the
Volstead act. Senator David
I. Walsh has no opposition for the
Democratic nomination.
In Louisiana Senator Brussard,
Democrat, was opposed for renomina
tion by Jarred Y. Saunders, foriper
governor, and a dry.
Prohibition likewise featured the
Maryland Republican primary, where
Senator O. E, Weller was opposed by
Representative John Phillip Hill, who
is prominent among wet forces in the
House. Representative Millard Tyd
ings has no opposition for the Demo
cratic senatorial nomination.
! Senator Lesley L. Jones, a dry, is
| opposed in Washington by six candi
dates for the Republican senatorial
| nomination. The subject of prohibi
' tion has been prominent during the
campaign.
j In Colorado, Senator Rice W.
' Means, reputed to have the support
j of the Ku Klux Klan, is opposed for
the Republican nomination by the
, forces of Clarence C. Hamlin, Repub-
I lican national committeeman, who
| heads i'je Anti-Klah wing. National
■ issued played no part in the campaign
i which was one of personalities.
L In Sont|. Carolina a’ nasi wi
f inary found Senator Rlltimo-ft. Simth.
j contesting for the Democratic nomina
| tion wit'.i Cot. Edgar A. Brown, speak
er of the state bouse. Neither re
ceived a majority in the original pri
mary. Col. Brown has attacked Sen
ator Smith's vote in favor of Ameri
can adherence to the world court.
In Vermont Senator Porter H. Dale
had no opposition for the Republican
nomination, but the voters were chos
ing candidates for state offices and for
' members of the national house of rep-
I resentatives.
j In New York the wet and dry ques
tion was prominent in four represen
tative districts, three dry Republicans
I being opposed for renomination by the
| wets, while there also was one wet
| and dry fight for a Democratic con-
I gressional nomination.
In Michigan the campaign hinged
upon purely state issues, with Gover
nor Alex J. Groesbeck running his
fourth Republican nomination as
’ executive against Colonel Fred W.
■ | Green, four years mayor of lona.
DELAY EXECUTION OF
GORE AT LAST MINUTE
Governor Walker Postponed Execu
tion to Investigate Statement of a
Woman.
Milledgeville, Ga„ Sept. 14.—(A 9 )—
Governor Clifford Walker has per
mitted state prison officials to delay
the execution of Melt Gore at 2 p. m.,
eastern standard time, the last legal
minute, Superintendent B. H. Dun
away announced this morning.
The permission was given presuma
bly that officials might further investi
gate the statement Sunday by Ruby
Ray, convicted girl accomplice, who
declares she fired the shot which killed
William H. Check, Atlanta grocer, for
complicity in whose slaying Gore was
given the death sentence.
The Ray woman was taken from
her cell at 2 a. m. today by deputies
of Fulton county and Solicitor Gen
eral John A. Boykin, who left with
her for Atlanta.
Bankrupt Shoe Sale.
The Bankrupt Shoe Sale of the
stock of the Ruth-Kesler Shoe Co.
will begin on Thursday. September
ltltli, sharply at 10 o’clock a. m. High
grade shoes, such as Florsheim, Bos
tonians, etc., will be on sale. Flor
sheim $lO shoes at $6.86. One hun
dred pairs of women’s pumps and
slippers, 1)6 cents a pair.
In order to make this Bankrupt
Sale extra snappy, pn Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday. September 16, 17,
18, they are going to sell a real pure
silk $1.50 hose for men' and women
for one cent with a purchase of any
l>air of shoes from $4.05 up. Buy an
many as you like, only one cent per
pa ! r.
Read the double page ad. in today's
paper for scores of other bargains at
this big sale.
I S. O. 8. Call Picked Up
New York, Sept. 14.— (A 3 )— An 8.
O. S. call from the British freighter
Loyal C-itixen in the vicinity of Ber
muda was picked uf> this afternoon
by the Independent Wireless Tele
i graph station. No information of
the ship’s plight was given.
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MORE COTTON USEf 1
LAST MONTH THAN
PRECEDING MONTH
Total Consumption in A$- |
gust Was 500,652 Bates
of Lint, the Census Bn- i
reau Shows.
JULY TOTAL WAS
LESS THAN THIS
Total For August Greater
Than Last August.—3l,- 1
321,936 Spindles Ware 1
Active.
M
Washington, Sept. 14.—(A 3 )---Cotton |
consumed during August totalled 500,-
652 bales of lint, and 67.781 of lint- ,
ers. compared with 460.018 of "lint |
and 61.240 of linters in July this J
year: and 448.465 of lint and 03,5*8 |
of linters in August last yeu'r, 'tbq.'Vj
Census Bureau announced today. *v
Cotton on hand August 31 was held l
as follow s:
In consuming establishments 020,- iff
044 bales of lint and 123,255 of lint- *
ers. compared with 1,006.521 and
144.347 on July 31 this year, and 680.-
527 and 07.230 on August 31. test
year.
In public storage and at compresses,
1.715.503 bales, of lint, and 38.132
of linters. compared with 1.036,662 I
and 53,548 on July 31 this year, ami
1.040.178 and 22,747 on August
last year.
Cotton spindles active during Aug- 'f
ust numbered 31,321.036,
with 31.082.482 in July this, year,
and 31.260.774 in August last year.
REPUBLICAN BIG GUNS
MAY COME TO SIATIS
Dawes, Colonel Roosevelt and Govcir* l|
nor Morrow Being Considered by
Jackson.
Greensboro, Sept. 13. —That either
(Vice President Charles G. Dawes or
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will pro|ecJ||
ably visit North Carolina and take ||
part in the political campaign that iii jjjj
now being launched by the State Be- -I
publican organization was a statement gal
made today by Rrownlow Jackson, of 3
Hendersonville, chairman of the Re- .'i
publican state executive
upon his arrival at State headquarters
here. Former Governor Morrow, of ,
Kentucky, has- • alee been invited
visit North Carolina and itiate a fes#
political Kjieeches, Chairman Jacksoh 7\|
stated.
The tentative plan for the riajt Os • 3
the vice president or Colonel Rem*-
velt, calls for three addresses, Mr.
Jackson said. The moat likely spots
for these speeches are Greenahpjo,
Actheville and Raleigh, alt hough • only
the headquarters city is assured' of •
a date in the event present plans
perfected. Greensboro is centrally, fo* ■
cated. the G. O. P. chairman Stitbd*
and for that reason it is believed a
prominent Republican campaign?? 5s
would draw a good crowd her*.
FONCK READY TO START
HIS FLIGHT TOMORROW |
Day of Flight Depends Only op the f
Weather, French Airman States,
New York, Sept. 14.—(A 3 )—-By a ; ;
last minute change in the much,shift- f
ed personnel of the Fonek trans-At
lantic flight, Lieutenant Allan Snody
will not accompany Captain Ron* ,
Fonck, but will be replaced by Lieut.
William Curtin, Captain Fonok an
nounced today. Illness will Jmevent
the participation of Lieut. Snody, said
Captain Fonek in a statement to th*
Associated Press in which he an- '
nounced t’ae names of the crew who '.!
will accompany him. They are: |§
Lieut. Curtin, navigator, and alter
nate pilot; A. Islamof, mechanic, j
Charles Clavier, radio operator, ,
“We will take off tomorrow at 5
o'clock if weather conditions are fav- ~j
orable,’’ said Captain Fonck. “Other- '>
wise the next day or the next; only
the weather man can say exactly
when." • • ,'j
With Our Advertisers.
Blue Ribbon Malt Extract is sold
by all grocers and druggists.
Lumber that will stand the test is
the kind the E. L. Morrisoh Immber
Co. sells.
The Marksou Shoe Store will be
closed today and Wednesday getting
ready for a final reduction of prices.
It wilt be open again Thursday. .’*l
Last time today at the Concord j
Theatre. Milton Sills in “Men of
Steel.” Tomorrow, Rex Beach’s “Th*\j
Auction Block.’ Thursday and Fri
day Constance Talmadge in “Her Bis- .
ter From Pkris.”
The Cerl Motor Co. has four used
cars for sale., See list in new ad. to- ■-
day. \
Furniture Manufacturers Attacked.
Washington. Sept. 14.—C4» ' An- %
other broads’de was touched off today f
by the Federal Trade Commission In 1
its war against methods of solas man- -
ufacturers In advertising and selling
veneered furniture. Twenty
firms in Grand Rapids. Mich., many of |
them doing a nationwide business, 5
were accused of unfairness in
plaints dodketed by the eomm'hsiott, 4
TUB WEATHER
Cloudy tonight and Wednesday!
with light local rains in west' andl
north central porttions, slightly dM&fl
sr-tyrsSLra “*