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ASSOCIATED
PRSESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
Usfog Every Possible
MeasureToAvoid Any
Epidemic In Florida
Relief Workers Doing Ev
erything Possible to Get
Medicine and Serum to
Stricken People.
DEATH UST IS
STILL GROWING
Refugees Are Being Moved
Out of Storm Area and
Rescue Workers Con
tinue Hunt for Bodies.
(By the Associated Press)
Sanitation, movement of refugees
out of the storm a|en. and efforts to
locate and reeovdf the bodies of
the uncounted dead today occupied
the attention of workers endeavoring
to rehabilitate the southeastern Flor
ida coast section hit Saturday by n
'hurricane.
Every effort was being made to get
into the district medicines and serums
needed to prevent a serious epidemic
of disease, and in an effort to prevent
sickness. Davie and Moorehaven have
been ordered evacuated by all except
workers needed to clean up or search
for* bodies, i All workers or persons.
remaining in the district are required j
to be tf&ccinnted against typhoid. I
The'knbwn death list from the hur
ricane stood today at more than 400.
with the possibility that Moorehnvcn.
agricultural city on the banks of
I-oke Okeechobee might have mere
deaths even than the city of Miami.
A tojal of more than 110 bodies had ■
been recovered up to last night at 1
Moorehaven, and probably 200 morel
were killed there, according to Col.
T. J. Lowery. Jr., of Tampa, in'
charge of troops guarding the area. I
At Miami the known death list
reached 100 last night, but estimates I
of the final total vary widel. An'
undertaker in charge of compiling the’
list estimated that no more than ten (
more bodies would be found. F. K.
Collins, heud of the missing persons
bureau, expressed the belief that 750
more bodies would be found when all
of the Wreckage along Iliseayne Bay
and unexplored spots hnd been search
ed, and the bottom of the bay had been
He was supported in this!
belief b.v J. O. Irvin, city editor of!
the Miami Nett*,, wlm watched the
■tal-m frmh" r Jj6e New s tuwee.'- -Me
fieilina 4*>i„td6 out that MrMi&B
were in the narbor at the time, and
all were wrecked.
Known deaths in all sections struck
by the storm today stood at exactly f
400. This number of bodies has been
reported recovered. The chief of the
Seminole Indians in the Miami area,
leaving the Everglades for treatment
for his injuries, reported that many of
his people had been killed, but could
give no exact figures, although persons
who talked witli Mm interpreted hi*
statements to mean that perhaps 100
or the 350 Indians in that seetiona
had perished. Should even a fraction
of these have perished, as they doubt
less did, tbe known death list would
be swelled to well above 4tH).
Relief measures arc being pusned
today with all itossible dispatch. The
T’nited States navy destroyer Downe
left Charleston, S. C., last night, plan
ning to travel 25 knots an hour uutil
she reached Miami with a large quan
tity of tyhpoid serum. The Casein
is due to leave today with a general
cargo of supplies.
Danger of a typhpid epidemic was
stressed by Dr. WltliSm K. Redden,
national medical director of the Amer
ican Red Cross, and Miss Bryntine
C. Anderson, field superintendent of
nursing fpr the Florida state board of
health. Dr. Redden is in charge of
medical work in the area, and Miss
Anderson is directing nursing work
at’ Fort Lauderdale.
Plans for rebuilding the destroyed
buildings are already being made and
repairs have started in many plaees.
The national board of fire underwrit
ers of New York is sending its stall
of adjusters to Miami to assist local
underwriters and public adjusters in
classifying and paying off insurance
losses estimated at between $6,000,-
000 and $10,000,000.
The total deaths was added-to last
night with definite word from Bimini,’
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Bahama Island, jnst off the Florida
coast, that at least seventeen persons
were killed in the Bahamas by tbe
hurricane. Os thane, seven were killed
at Bimini, according to radio message
from Bimini to Palm Beach.
I . ,
EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID
IMMINENT IN FLORIDA
Dras'le Steps Taken in Stinn Area
—M ere Haven and Davie Ordered
Evacuated.
West l‘ (1 ; m lteach. Fla.. Sept. 22-
- —A typhoid epidemic is imminent
in the 60-mile stretch swept by the
hurricane last Saturday and Sunday,
American Red Croat and state board
officia s said today.
As a result drastic steps were
taken in two places to prevent a
serious outbreak of the disease. The
city of Moore Haven and the town
of Davie were ordered evacuated
and residents of two plaees were be
ing moved to cleaner and safer spots
tonight. Efforts are being made to
secure all possible supplies of ty
phoid serum and in the evacuated
sections all persons remaining or
coming in must submit to vaccina
tion.
Legion Men Called Out to Guard Ft.
i Lauderdale.
Ft. Pierce, Fin., Sept-. 'JJ. —A call
for legionaires. for guard duty at Ft.
lattiderdnle growing out of fear of a
typhoid epidemic was received here
tonight. Melbourne post prepared to
send 25 men and Fort. Pierce ;iost
planned to recruit an additional
number.
15,810,000 BALE COTTON
CROP NOW PREDICTED
Condition of Crop on September 15th
Was 59.5 Per Cent, of Normal One.
Washingtoin, Sept. 23.— UP) —A
cotton crop of 15.810,000 bales of 500
pounds gross weight is indicated by
the September 10th condition on tbe
crop wh'eh was 59.5 per cent, of a
norma), the Department, of Agricul
ture announced today.
The condition on September ISth
and Indented production by states fol
low.: Virginia, condition 65 per cent,
and production 47,000 bales; North
Carolina 09 and 1,199.000; South Car
olina 55 per cent, and 1.067.000; Geor
gia 50 per cent., and 1,109,000; Flor
ida 05 and 20,000; Mobile 01 per cent.
amfedHOhOnOgf'lOnaiTiiii'i i Oawutooito
and 300.000; Alabama 02 per cent,
and 1.101/100; Mississippi 02 per
rent and 1,401.000; Louisiana 58 per
cent, and 037,000; Texas 57 per cent.,
and 5.250,000; Oklahoma 62 per cent,
and 1.004.000; Arkansas 50 per cent,
and 1.286,000; New Mexico 90 per
cent, and 79.000; Arizona 81 per cent,
and 103,000; California, Old Mexico
92 per cent, and 80,000. )
Range forecasts Indicating a mini
mum and maximum crops under cer
tain conditions were omitted in to
day’s report, and will not be Issued
during the remainder of the season.
Ginnings totalled 4,282 006 running
bales, including 53,311 round bales to
September 10 last year, and 2.606,793
running bales including 87,865 rwmd
bales to that date in 1924.
Ginnings by states this year to Sep
tember 10th were: Alabama 225,948;
Arlnma 14,114; Arkansas 132.792;
California 0.570; Florida 11,102;
Georgia 343,812; Louisiana 172.008;
Mississippi 250.509; Missouri 7,763;
New Mexico 040; North Carolina 35.-
723; Oklahomo 30.013; Sooth Carolina
150,387; Tenneaee 0 010; Texas 1,-
090,540; All other States 305. \
Negro Revival Tent Cut to Pieces.
Statesville, Sept. 23. — (A") —Uniden-
tified . persons set upon and cut to
shreds the revival tent erected on
Kincaid lot for use in a negro revival
scheduled to have beguu Sunday. Po
lice were making every effort this
week to apprehend the culprits.
American KiMed in France.
Paris. Sept. 23.— (A*) —The Lyons
express Wits In collision this morning
just outside Hericy station of the
Parls-Montereau line. Two persona
Were killed and 18 injured. One man
killed bad an American passport.
A Japanese womari takes a hot
bath at least twice a day.
FLORIDA CITIZENS
OVER SHOCK JORK
TO REBUINLO STATE
i
Recovered From the First
Shock of Hurricane, Cit
izens Set About Rehabil
itation Work.
APPEAL FOR~BIG
AMOUNT OF FUNDS
Nation Asked to Give Lib
erally So That Injured
and Sick May Be Given
Proper Attention.
Miami. Fla.. Sept. 23.—OP)—Reerfv
ered from the first shook of Saturday's
devastating hurricane, dazed residents]
of Florida's storm stiroken area aided!
by Red Cross and oi'.ier relief agencies!
today stoicaliy set about the work of
rehabilitation-
An appeal for a targe sum cf mon
ey for relief was made to the nation
last night by an executive committee,
headed by Frank B. Shafts, publishes!
of the Miami Herald. In a proelal
illation Mayor Romfh and City Man
ager Wharton designated the Ameri
can Red Cross as the official relief or
ganization of. the city,
j As surgeons ams hastily recruited
forces of volunteer nurses bent their
energy to relief of the injured and
homeless specially drafted forces, of 1
men began the task of clearing the I
sixty-ml'e wreckage-strewn constnl:
area between Miami and West Palm
Beach and the flood region about Lake
Okeechobee.
At the same time grave fears were
expressed at sanitary conditions and
officials of the United Public Health
service were prepared for whatever
measures are necessary to prevent an
epidemic.
Casualty reports from the score or
more cities and towns leveled by wind
and sea still varied widely today but
rescuers placed the total loss of life at
400.
The Miami missing persons bureau
has estimated that a thorough search
of the tangled wreckage and. the wat
ers of Biscayne Bay will reveal at
least 750 bodies.
03.000,000 Damage at Pensacola.
Pensacola, Sept. 23.— (/Pi —With
damage placed at $3,000,000 from the
Jburricune which swept In Monday af
■totg’ift'HlHffiritfg ? < Star Miami sera, amt
spent its fury along the Gulf Cohst
of Florida, Alabama and Miss’ssippi,
l’ensncoln and other cities in the path
of the gale today went about the tusk
of immediate repairs.
No deaths have been reported here,
although several are known to have
occurred in Alabama.
4,700 Houses Completely Destroyed.
Washington. Sept. 23.— UP) —The
Florida storm completely destroyed
4,700 houses and damaged more or
less seriously 0.250 more in the Mi
ami area alone, Henry M. Baker, na
tional director of Red Cross relief, re
ported to headquarters here today.
Maximum and Minimum Cotton Crop
Figures Ordered Discontinued,
Washington. Sept. 22.—The prac
■tice of the Government Crop Report
ing Board in giving maximum - and
minimum estimates of the cotton
crop was ordered discontinued today
by Secretary Jardine and in the
future predictions will be based only
upon conditions as they existed at
the time of the report.
Congressman Hammer several days
ago launched a vigorous protest
against the maximum and minimum
estimates of probable cotton yield,
writing Secretary Jardine about the
matter in addition to issuing a state
ment giving his view that the system
was harmful to the cotton growers.
Judiciary Rules One Drink Makes
Drunk.
Statesville, Sept. 22.—The ques
tion of when a man is drunk has
been settled to the satisfaction of
the local judiciary. Trying a case
against a negro charged with drunk
enness last week City Prosecutor
John G. Lewis answered ffie ne
gro’s argument that be had taken
only one drink by declaring a man
was drunk with just one drink in
him.
Judge Starr held with the prose
cutor and.as the accused negro hap
pened to be driving an automobile
when apprehended he fined him SSO
and costs for his one drink.
Dictator Kwntylis To Retire.
London, Sept. 23.—CP)—A Reuter
dispatch from Athens says that the
Premier dictator general George Kon
dylis had dissolved his own political
party and will retire from politics.
His action was taken to stop com
plaints from political leaders that he
vis working in his own interests.
Gen. Kondylis overthrew the Pangalos
government August 22nd by a coup
d'etat.
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CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1926
150,000 Fans To Pay $2,000,000
To See Dempsey-Tunney Battle
By DAVID J. WALSH
(International News Service Sports
Editor)
Philadelphia, Sept. 23.—Picture to
night a towering stadium fiiled to its
concrete brim with people; conceive,
8 cro "'<l ranging between
I 123.000 and 150.000 souls rising head
j upon head from the depths of the Bowl
| to the topmost tier lined in jagged
relief against the sky of early evening ;
! the box office, cheek up pn Hie
. receipts and you will find that the
ki ling runs into two millions of
dollars.
\MuU is ii—the raining of the nstl
ennium! No. ihis seems to be some
thing . really important. It is the
world s heavyweight championship
fight between Jack Dempsey and Gene
. Tunney and the men and women wVio
paid their money, had their clothed
tom, their bunions assaulted and their
dignity assailed in general wouldn't
have missed it if j; cost them twice
as much in time, trouble and money.
It affords one of the mysteries so
prevalent With genus American*.
These two men, we are informed. Ore
not very evenly matched. It is )tot
supposed to be as good a fight as the
Dempsey-Firpo brnwl nor as intrig
uing a prospect as Pile meeting be
tween Dempsey and that dear Georges.
let neither of these spectacles were
ab.e to gross the attendance nor the
receipts with which the (Vsqui-(Vn
tepnial Sta'dium will be favored to-
The respective capacities of
™* plants used may save something to
do with this; still, you couldn't figure
to fill the Hippodrome with a Tom
show and this Dempsey-Tunney fight
can’t be so terribly hot. at that.
It may be the champion's first start
iu three years, but disabuse your mind
of the idea that he is “only a shell
of his former self," as old Jim Jef
fries was in Reno.
He is still a rip-tearing fighter.
Perhaps 'lie is not so fast as he once
was, but he is actually bigger and
stronger. As for Tunney, the hero
of the I nited Stntes Marine Corps,
his record indicates that he is a fast,
shifty big man with the punch of a
middleweight. There would appear
to be nothing to get exicted about in
Ins fig’lit but the addicts are excited
just the same.
Due to something a great deal more
than the old established custom of
the betting gentry sticking with a
champion until he is beaten, the Man
assn Man Maulei sidles through the
hemp ns a 3to 1 favorite. These odds
are not exnctly false, according to
•hose credited with laying “smart”
money, but there would be a firmer
basis for them had Dempsey punched
-more necamtely during the clmi'Rj
days of the training grind at the dog
THE STOCKHOLDERS ARE
HELD TO BE LIABLE
Judge Oglesby at Winston-Salqpi Or
der* Them to Pay Depositor*.
Winston-Salem, Sept, 22.—Late
this afternoon Judge Jcfan M. Og>Kby
handed down a decision in superior
court in which he sustained the de
murrer in the hearing wherein the
depositors and stockholders of the
defunct Merchants Bank and Trust
company nre asking that the officers
and directors of the institution be
made parties' to the action of the
state corporation commission.
In his decision Judge Oglesby or
dered the Wachovia Bank and Trust
company, as receivers, to proceed to
collect from the stockholders the
amounts of their liability. He also
directed that the receivers continue
with any action they might deem
they have against the directors of
said defunct bank.
Counsel for stockholders stated to
night an appeal to supreme court
will be taken.
Counsel for stockholders and de
positors contended that liability of
stockholders is secondary and that
directors and officers should first be
sued, and necessary funds to cover
•he loss sustained by depositors be
obtained from them and then ob
tain any balance needed from the
stockholders. Counsel for receivers
claimed that liability of stockholders
is primary nnd that each stockhold
er should pny the amount of as
sessment allowed by law; that after
collections nre made on stockholders
assesment. action would be tnken
against officers nnd directors; that
should any surplus exist after pay
ment to creditors then the balance
would be distributed among stock
holders.
Typhoid Vaccine Sent to Florida,
Washington, Sept. 22.—Thiough
the efforts of the air mail service a
special airplane of the Atlanta-
Miami eoutraet route was dispatched
at 2.35 p. m., from Jacksonville to
day with 100 pounds of typhoid
vaccine for Miami.
Radio Report of. Fight to Be Given
From From Times-Tribune Office
Fight fans need not be at the ring
side in Philadelphia to get a blow-by
blow report of the Dempsey-Tunney
fight tonight. Through the' courtesj
of The Charlotte News and The Ritch
le-Hardware Co. a radio report of tbe
fight wiH be offered at The Times-Tr.b
une office, the program to begin about
7:30 when the preliminaries will be
gin.
The preliminaries will begin at 8:30
Philadelphia time, which i* 7:30 Con
cord rime. The main bout will fol
low abont an hour later. Fans who
gather at this office about 7:30 shook
hear the entire program.
The Charlotte News wIS get a blow
by-blow report from the ringside aw
will broadcast this from Charlotte
track in Atlantic City.
That was the biggest criticism of
his work—inaccuracy in punching.
' The scowling champion can whip
any man he can hit, but ,'ie will have
to hit the vigorous young man from
f old Greenwich Village if he intends
, to chastise him at all severely.
' The battle is one between a natural
lighter, one who sails -'n with both
lists flying-—impetuous, cruel—and a
"made' contender who is methodical—
a boxer who .'.rinks everything out
before aiding.
j Dempsey, considered by many the;
greatest of all the heavyweight batti-1
[ers. has altogether too much for his !
■ smiling, and courteous challenger if ]
j he is anything like the champion who j
. flattened Louis Firpo. outgalloped old j
ij Tom Gibbons, and who bowled overl
h I'arpeutler, Brennan, Miske, Willard!
■ and i’.ie rest.
I Some close to him said he has been
I bothered no little mentally, however.
' A string of lawsuits, injunctions, nt
i tachntents and court actions of one
ij kind or another with most of the
i trouble engendered by his split with
j his former manager. Jack Kearns, eer-
I tainly did him no good,
j Dempsey virtually mannged himself
j iu making and preparing for this ran-
I test. No tighter ever succeeded when
;he piloted himself, nnd Jack might
have to remember that tomorrow.
The men weighed in at 2 o’clock
this afternoon in the downtown of
fices of the Pennsylvania State Ath
letic Commission. Tunney reiterated
that he intended to walk right out I
and slug with Dempsey, pei'.iaps the
greatest slugger in the history of the
game. His friends pointed out that
this would be a fatal error—that
Dempsey would knock him out quick
■J ly if he adopted that plan of battle.
I According to many close observers,
Tunney's only chance would be to hit
nnd block Dempsey until he survived
the champion’s terrific early attack, |
something t'.iat has characterized each j
of Dempsey’s engagements.
They are going ten rounds to a de- j
cisicn which is to be rendered by two i
judges and a referee. At the conclu
sion of the battle, provided it goes
i the limit, the announcer will climb
: into the ring to take up the slips
I of those who are to elect the winner.
He will first take that of the ref
eree. and, without looking at it, pick
up those of the two judges. Should
the latter disagree, the decision of the
referee settles the argument.
Dempsey's chief second was the ex
citable Frenchman, Gus Wilson as-!
slated by Manager Gene Normile, Cap- j
tain Mabbutt and Jerry Luvadis. j
Manager Billy Gibson, Trainer Lou ]
Fink and a pair of assistants were to
Took after Tunney. They Iprohsbly
will have to do a lot of looking.
!dUKE WELCOMES
MANY STUDENTS
■ Total Enrollment Nqt Yet Known
But it is Expected to Reach 1,500.
Durham. Sept. 22.—With the of
ficial raising of the flag to the top of
the campus flngwtaff of old Craven
Memorial hall, the 1926-27 academic
year at Duke University began this
morning, with the first chapel ser
vice being held nt 9 o’clock.
Hundreds of olu and new students
filled Craven Hall, while President
Few, Dean Wannamaker and other
members of the university adminis
tration tendered a welcome and offer
ing the aid of the entire faculty and
administration during the coming
year-
The total enrollment of the univer
sity is not yet known, since it has
been impossible for the registration
office to make a complete tabulation,
but it is believed that there will be
fully 1,500 students, the number
which was predicted a few days ago.
Island In Ruins in Wake of Gale,
Salors Report.
Miami, Sept. 21. —Reports reach
ing here today indicated that the is
land of Bimini, 135 miles from Nas
sau, in the Bahamas, was almost
swept away by the tropical hurri
canes of last week which ravished
the east coast of Florida.
Nassau was not hard hit but felt
the effects of the hurricane, said the
reports.
The reports that Bimini had suf
fered severely were verified by crew
members of the tug boats which ar
rived here today from that vicinity-
They did not attempt to land or
check for dead or injured.
Efforts have been made repeatedly
to gain information by radio as to
the effect of the storm in the Ba
hamas. Nassau was heard, but noi
very clearly.
Elaborate plan', arc being made iu
1 Milwaukee for the entertainment of
the National Council of Women,
l which is to open its annual session in
that city October 10th.
One of the radios in this office will be
tuned in on Charlotte and another, for
emergency, will be tuned in on Phila
delphia.
The rad'os to be used for the re
ports here have been furnished by the
Ritchie Hardware Co. They are two
late model Bosch machines with a loud
speaker of great magnitude. A rep
resentative of the company came to
Concord to Initial the machines and
when installed and tuned in last
night they brought fn reports from va
rious parts of the country with great
distinctness.
There will be no admission of any
kind and friends and patrons of the
■paper are invited to bear the reports.
In the News Round the World
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PRANCES'. ALXtA. GATTI - CA7AZZA 7
ROBERT PWAGKER V MACKENZIE KJWG
Madame Frances Alda, prima donna, and Gatti Cas:izza,
upera director, agreed not to get a divorce. Robert F.
Wagner was reported to be Governor A1 Smith’s choice sos
Democratic candidate for Senator from New York. William
McKenzie King was to be made Canadian Premier.
tlnlwmVional NavsreslJ | # '
JACK DEMPSEY WAS IN
TRAINING IN THIS STATE
Divided His Time Between Hender
sonville and Asheville.
As’jevi'.le, sept. 23.— UP) —Western
North Carolina is looking forward
with especial interest to the Dempsey-
Tunney battle for the world's heavy
weight championship at Philadelphia
tonight, for it was in this section that
! the champion did his first montu's
j training for bis first bout in three
years.
During the month that he stayed
in North Carolina, Dempsey divided
his time between his camp near Hen
dersonville and this city. Many peo
ple of this section saw him in his
daily workout. He attended a large
number of social functions bo'.’.i in
Asheville and Hendersonville.
His wife, Estelle Taylor, • motion
picture actress, was with him during
the last week of his stay in North
Carolina, and accompanied him back
to California on May 25th. #
While in training he retained .7.
Y. Jordan, Jr., of Asheville, widely
known as a sports authority and gen
eral entertainer, as his attorney.
Another reason for western North
Carolina's interest in the outcome of
the championship bout came out dur
ing the visit of Hiram Dempsey, the
champion’s father, to his son’s camp.
He stated that Jack’s maternal grand
mother, whose name was Scott, was
a native of Yancey county. North
Carolina.
Personalities of Gene and Jack
Analyzed.
Philadelphia, Sept. 22. —The per
sonalities of Dempsey and Tutiney
offer contracts like those of Roose
velt and Wilson, in the opinion of
Dr. Abraham Boron. neuropsy
chiatrist and examiner for the state
athletic commission.
Dempsey lias enormous emergency
energy. He attacks aggressively and
conquers in direct relation to his
emotions and his opponent's behav
ior.
Tunney is a thoroughly developed
precocious physical machine, and is |
first guided by thought creations, ac
cumulative energy that finally forces
him to act.
Tunney must put forth "almost
superhuman efforfs." if he is to de
throne the champion. Dr. Baron
thinks. "Dempsey,” he said, “is a
physical machine that will execute
and get off first.
"His ego and object identical, he
gets things done first, a propensity
exemplified by the late president,
Roosevelt."
He can successfully manage ex
ternal conditions and always feels
safe.
“President Woodrow Wilson rep
resented this type of personality
Tunney is u student and hinking al
ways over valuing object or oppon
ent, and so assumes a defensive at
titude insuring, his safety. Te is a
taker rather then a giver.”
’Bqulry McManus Declared Capable
of Handling Affairs.
Charlotte, Sept. 22.—'Squire A.
W. McManus, 79-yea r-old veteran of
the civil war and magistrate in
Onion county for the last 40 years,
was declared by a jury of Mecklen
burg county citizens today to be
capable of attending to his affairs.
Thp decision was in the form of a
finding by the jury that 'Squire Mc-
Manus was sane and that the allega
tions Os bis eight living children that
he wag incapable of managing his af
fairs were not sustained.
The hearing as to his sanity took
place before James M. Yandle, clerk
of Superior-court. It lasted two days.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of 4 to IS
Points—Advance Met Selling.
New York, Sept. 23.— UP) —T.ie cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 4 to 13 points in response
to relatively steady Liverpool cables,
reports of considerable rain in the
South, and a private report estimat
ing the Texas crop at 4;TOK.<RKI basts,
considerably below seme of the recent
estimates. .
The advance met further hedge sell
ing which caused irregularity but a
good deal of covering ill preparation
for the government crop report ex
pected at midday, held the market
fairly steady, active months showing
net advances of 10 to 15 points at
the end of the first '.lour. December
sold up to 15.92 and January to
16.03. *
Private cables attributed the ad
vance in Liverpool to covering, with
local and continental buying in an
ticipation of a settlement of the coal
dispute.
Cotton futures opened steady. Oct.
15.66; Deefl 15.87; Jan. 16.00; March
16.28; May 16.55.
WEEPING GIRL IS
WITNESS FOR STATE
Called to Testify Against Harry M.
Daugherty and Thomas W. Mi Her.
New York, Sept. 25. —(A*> —A weep
ing girl gave testimony today in the
conspif.icy trial of Harry M. Daugh
erty and Thos. W. Miller, that led to
the introduction of evidence to show
that two Liberty Loan bonds with a
value of $20,000 that Richard Merton,
German metal magnate, paid to John
T. King, late republican national com
mitteeman from Connecticut, were ex
changed for bonds of smaller denomi
nation by an attorney in the alien
property custodian's office.
Charlotte Selected as Headquarters.
Charlotte. Sept. 22—Charlotte was
selected as headquarters for one of
the agencies of the Southern Presby
terian church, according to decision
made at a conference between Dr.
Henry S. Sweets, of Louisville, Ky.,
of the Committee on Christian Edu
cation, and I>i\ Henry W. Mc-
Laughlin, head of the Committee on
Country Church Work Tuesday.
Dr. McLaughlin was here a few
weeks ago. conferring with .T. B.
SpiUmil'll, of Charlotte, head of the
stewardship committee.
Dr. Melanighlin was favorable im
pressed with Charlotte as a location
for his ojfice. North Carolina is the
largest synod in the Southern Pres
byterian Assembly. and lias the
'argent membership in rural chnrch
w. Mecklenburg * Presbytery, com
prising only six counties of . the
State, has more than 70 country
churches.
Back in Old North State
once more, the Best State
in the Union, and Con
cord the Best Town in
the State.
Would Appreciate it if
all my friends would pay
me a visit. I am very
anxious to shake your
hand.
Your True Friend, \
JOE GASKEL.
“THE HUB”
THE TRIBUTE
TODAY’S NEWS TODAfi
NO. 225
SHOWERS MAY FALL
P ING NIGHT BUT ,1
EVERYTHING READY
Last Legal Barrier tU- ,1
moved When CoQpmii|S
Pleas Court Declined t#* 1
Grant Injunction Soug« ij j
SLIGHT DRIZZLE
DURING THE DAT 1
Overcast Skies Give Sign 1
of Rain But a Record
Breaking Crowd Is Pre
dicted Just the Same, i
Philadelphia. September 23.—fidtpinj
Cloudy with possible showers was the ..
prospect early today for the Dempsey- ?
Tunney tight tonight. T’je day
with overcast skies, and at
there was a slight drizzle.
All Legal Barriers Removed.
Philadelphia. Sept. 23.— (A s )—The 5
application for ah injunction to_. stojl S|
the Dempsey-Tuuney fight tonight wa*|-l
dismissed this morning by unanimqiuj|||
decision of three judges in
pleas court.
This removed the last legal barrier i
from the pat'.i of the tight.
. '-Si
Dempsey Weighs 190. 'M
Atlantic City. N. .1.. Sept. 23.—(API A
—.Jack Dempsey moved the beam
IDO pounds when lie weighed in thia
afternoon for his fight tonight at Phil-- 1
adelphin with Gene Tunney. „,sSg
Tunney Vses Plane to Reach Phßa- I
delphla. i sal
Philadelphia. Sept. 23.—(A*)—Coin-
pleting a spectacular jump to the,
scene of his battle with Jack Dempsey
tonight. Gene Tunney arrived at the
Navy Yard here by airplane this as- |
tertioon.
Heavyweight title challenger in a i
Curtis Oriole plane piloted by P, S.
“Casey” Jones, of New York, landed !
safely after a liop-off approximßtel$ l .'o|
100 miles from Shawnee on the Del as |
ware, not far from the training camp *
at Stroudsburg.
Weather Conditions Improve. . J
Philadelphia, Sept. 2R. — (A I )—The
weather conditions were more favora- y
hie for the Dempsey-Tunney fight to-1
night than apparent at noon. It hi*
stopped raining and clouds were higlK_
er. The tem|>erature was 70.
Tunney Weighs 185 1-2 Pounds.
Philadelphia. Sept. 23.— UP) —Gepaj
Tunney. jumping bn the scab* shorwy*!
after his airplane trip here weighed «
185 1-2 pounds. He weighed in be-,
fore Frank Weiner, chairman
Pennsylvania boxing commission, and
was pronounced in perfect condjpMflH
by the commission’s physician.
With Our Advertisers. >JJ
Special at the Ritchie Hardware
Co.—a 30x3 1-2 regular clincher cord*
tire, only *7.95, Prices on FitoriMiH
glim-dipped l ires. all sizes, have been
reduced. See big ad. today.
Melrose flour. Liberty self-riri|2§J
Hour, Belle Rose and dream of Wheat '
flour at Cilne & Moose’s. Quality, ,
price and service have built up an ex- .}
(•client trade for this firm.
All kinds of bulbs for fall planting)
at the Gibson Drug Store. i» ■, .j|
You will chuckle at your coal WSrejM
if you put in a Calorie pipeiesa fur- |
naee. See F. C. Niblock. or phoaf ,-J
M. L. Eudy.
Marion Davies in “Zander the ;
I Great" at the Concord Thentre today
and tomorrow.
Ritchie's Case will give you a
report of the Dempsey-Tunney fight
tonight.
Joe Gaskel is hack in Concord, “The ■]
best town in the State.” He is
anxious to shake your hand.
Tile 58th series of the Cabarrus
County B. & L. Association will be
gin October 2. 1926. Running shares,
25 cents a week. prepaid shares.
*72.25 per share, par value *IOO. All
stock is non-taxable. , Start spying |
now for a rainy day.
Read Pat Covington’s new adi to
day. It has in it a letter
Song." * *
Fisher's presents the newest** Paris
creations in hats. Prices, *lO to fUfe-ls
When you are ready for fall shirts, J
Hoover’R is. ' „ . JyjM
Tlie big dry goods department at the 8
lbirks-Belk Co. is full of new fall mer- A
chandise. A genuine full fashioned; ..|fl
silk hose for !I8 cents is one of the
many big bargains -offered. yEM
Find Telegrams Addressed to Ormta-. fS
ton.
Los Angeles, Sept. 23.—(A*) —Tele-
gram purporting to have been stgPljNß
by Aimee Semple .McPherson and her ;!
mother. Mrs. Mamie Kennedy and i
others addressed to the missing radio Sj|
man in the Angelas Temple kidnap-, S
ping ease, Kenneth G. Ormiston/at a M
San Francisco hotel, were fouhd
county detectives here today in the |
I rooms of Dr. A. M. Waters, who com- 3
mitted suicide September 15th. ■ tJH
Committee's Report Adopted. .jH
Geneva, Sept. 23.— UP)—' The world $
court delegate eonferenee today adopts*’y
ed its committee’s report i
the acceptance of American rtM/fftfoSu
tious lo membership in the court ami J
then adjourned.
The human brain contains 300,606 - *
060 nerve cells.
THE WEATHER ■ '
Generally fair tonight and PridajkTS
except probably showers Friday in tX&M
treme west. Gentle southeast ■iSIH
south winds,