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VOLUME XXVI
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Rescue Workers Think
Three Trapped Men In
Rockwood Mine Living
These Men Are Known to
Have Had Access to the
Lumber at Point Where
They Were at Woric.
TWO BODIES ARE
ADDED TO OTHERS
In All Eight Bodies Have
Been Brought From the
Mine.—Rescue Workers
i Meet Many Obstacles.
Roekwood, TVnn., Oct. 6.— UP) —
bringing reports of two additional
known dead in the explosion that is
believed to have snuffed out the lives
of twenty-eight men, in the Roane
Iron Company's coal mine here, Mon
day, pile rescue crew which entered
the initie at 0 o'clock last night
emerged shortly after 2 o'clock this
morning. >
The newly reported deaths bring]
the total known fatalities to eight,
six bodies having been previously
brought to the surface. On account
of the mangled condition the bodies
were identified solely through articles'
of clot’.iing and a jack knife, as those
of Charlie Davis and Jess Dale.
Some hope is held by Will Knox,
a miner, that Frank Bowles, P. C.
Craven and an unidentified laborer
have survived the deadly after damp
resulting from the explosion by board
ing themselves .in with lumber whteh
' had been lef tby Knox. The three
men were woring in the Rodgers en
try.
Twenty men remained unaccounted
for this morning’. TV location ot
these seems to preclude any hope for
the survival of others than Craven*
Bowles* and their unidentified congS
panion.
Stevens, one of the dead, father of
ten children and a veteran at 44 years
service, fled 10,000 feet following the
blast, only to be overcome by after
damp when within 100 feet of a brat
tised enclosure tbnt would have
spelled safety.
Officials maintain their non-com
mitai attitude wtXi regard to per
sistent .runiorH of fire in the Rodgf'ra;
"tot*- V,The rescue party scheduled
t«J eutt* Ufrsenbig' at fl o'clock this
Mt^ayaHab^
m ini* yteolared this was done as a
precautionary measure.
IWhncfed rescue parties have pene
trated within 1.000 to 2,000 feet of
the end of the slope, according id
various estimates.
Rescue work is progressing slowly
on account of safety measures pre
scribed by officials of the United
States bureau of mines.
Funeral services were to be held
at 2 o'clock today for W. C. Eliott
under the auspices of liie Knights of
Pythias.
POWELL AND STEVENS
CASE STARTED TODAY
Many Prominent Lawyers of the State
Taking Part in Trial.
Kenansville, N. Oct. Aj-Wkb
one of the largest assemblies of legal
talent in the history of the state par
ticipating in or observing the case,
the trial of Henry L. Stevens, Sr. for
mer president of the defunct Bank of
Warsaw, and former city attorney,
and .T. K. Powell, vice president of
the bank, jointly indicted under charg
es of fraud in connection with the is
suance of $45,000 in alleged spurious
notes on the town of Warsaw, opened
today.
Court officials predicted this morn
ing that the eptire day would be con
sumed by the state in presenting its
initial evidence and the trial would
probably last the entire week. Judge
Devin said it was probable that he
would hold another night session to
n:ght in order to help clear the docket.
REYNOLDS TO TAKE STUMP.
Defeated Candidate For Senate En
lists hi AMI of Overman.
Asheville, Oct. 4.—Robert R.
(Bob) Reynolds, defeated opponent
of Senator 'Lee S. Overman for the
democratic nomination for United
States senate, has announced that he
has set aside the week of October
25-30 for service to the party and
will take up the ludgei in behalf of
Senator Overman in a number of
speeches to be delivered throughout
the state-
Home of C. M. Fesperman At Badln
Destroyed By Ftrg.
Bndin. Oct. B.—The home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Fee per man on Falls
Road was destroyed by fire Saturday
morning at 2:30 o’clock, Mr- and
Mrs. Fesperman were in Salisbury,
leaving in the afternoon to sake their
little daughter to an eye specialist.
'Hie home was ready to fall in when
discovered by One of the neighbors
across the street.
All the household goods were burn
ed with the exception of a rocker
that was on the porch. Hie origin
of the fire is unknown, as there had
been no fire in the house since din
ner. The household goods were par
tially covered by insurance.
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DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE
DUB TO THE WOMAN VOTE
This h the Opinion of no Less and
ObSerVrr Than Gov. McLean.
Raleigh, Oct. 6. (4» -Ninety
five nuinties will go Democratic in
the November * election and the land
slide will be caused by the woman
vote.
That Is the opinion of no less an
astute political observer than Gov
ernor AngUs Wilton Mi-liean. and in
it be is bucket? up by the canny John
6. Dawson, State Democratic chair
man, who bears the reputation of
rarely going amiss in his prognosti
cations.
But Chairman Dawson goex the
Governor one better in his prediction.
He agrees that the woman vote will
help largely to swell the Democratic
totals, but he says that he has also
received evidences of many conver
sions to the faith since the 1024
ejection.
* "The Democrats are running in
North Carolina on their record,” he
asserted, "and many members of op
posing political faith have come to
realise that that record is 'so good
that they, are coming into the ranks."
Cocky? ‘
Not so much as the ba’d statement
would have it apiiear. The Demo
crats are confident. Os that there is
no doubt, but although they are at
tempting to disseminate an atmos
phere from' the State Headquarters
here that they recognize no opposi
tion ami have no idea of doing any
thing else but sweeping through the
state on November second as com
pletely as a filial wave over an un
protected beach, they are launching
a real campaign.
tpttle plans have been carefully
(Uriti up for attacks on erstwhile
strongholds. The mails
Jjjf dally carrying printed messages
y' Democratic achievement into
nerny territory. Speakers, smooth of
tongue and effulgent with . “Old
Guard” logic hare already Wen as
signed to ko into the disputed ter
ritory. Although incomplete and un
announced, the speaking list is
known to include the best orators in
the Democratic party and the itiner
ary fairly bristles with towns in
counties that long have constituted
barriers to the seep of Democratic
Mtyer.
, Properly the campaign was launch
*Ti» ’fcT'SS
went to Wilkes county, ostensibly to
deliver an agricultural speech at a
county fair. At the last election
WHkes voted two to one Republican.
Then oh Saturday O. Max Gardner,
generally regarded as the Democra
tic gubernatorial candidate in 11)28,
invaded Madison, which two years
ago turned the Democrats back by
more than two to one.
This week there are more eigni
fieent events. On Tuesday Senator
Tom Heflin, of Alabama, a national
Democratic big gun, boomed away at
the Johnston county fair. Johnson,
two years ago, slipped into the Re
publican column.
The campaign generally will be
directed at the far west and the few
Piedmont counties that went Repub
lican its 11124. Os these there are
seventfeen. Only three eastern eoun
tiivs" fell away from the Democrats at I
the last election. They were Tyrrell
and Johnson, where resu’ts were
close, and Sampson, where the G. O.
P. garnered a three to two decision.
In aU, eighty of the one hundred
county’s went Democratic , which
moke ft necessary'for the Old Guard
to regain fifteen of these to bring
true the prophecies of their leading
politicians. Another part of the task
wtl) be to keep the counties that
voted with the democrats in 1024, an
undertaking that may present diffi
culty in view of the fact that the
final count was so dose in many in
stances that the total vote for Gov
ernor In 11)24 gave the Democrats
margin of only 108,814 votes over
their Republican rivals.
With Our Advertiser*.
You can do your washing in one
hour if you use a Dexter washing ma
chine. Se display at the Cabarrus
Fair next week by Brown Co., Gran
ite Quarry. See illustrated ad. In
this paper. One machine will be sold
to the highest bidder. Bids will close
at 4 p. m. on the last day of the
fair.
The tire department of the Concord
Vulcanisiug CO. is here to serve you.
Wrenn at Kannapolis, will clean
your clothes in a manner tiiat will
please you.
Children’s school dresses, 88 cents
at Ellrd's. Coats, dresses and sweat
ers for all the school children.
See the new ad. today of the Forest
Hill Cleaning Co. Phone 175 J.
“Hie Cave Man” at the Concord
Theatre today only.
A strap pump of style, value and
comfort, only $3.49 at the J. C. Pen
ney Co.’s. See ad. for further par
tuculars.
Avoid a summons in a damage suit
by taking some auto insurance
through Fetaer A Yorke.
A special purchase enables the
Parks-Belk Co. to sell a big lot of
men’s, young men's and students’ one
and two-pants suits for $0.95 to
119.06. Other suits up to $29.05. Ex
ceptional values in overcoats too. See
ad. today for other big values.
The standard Buick Co. has five
used can for sale. See liat in ad! to
day
Grandma—lt says here that young
women are abandoning all restric
tions. Now, mind, don’t let me catch
you goin’ without youn, Ethel 1
WEATHER FINE
FOR TODAY’S GAME
IN ST. LOUIS
St. I.onis. Mo., <>r. O.— UP) —A
warm xu# anil a lig'it cool breeze
tinlay gave .promise of a dry dia
mond for the fourth wor d series
game. Tile westhir bureau fore
casts "fair today” and "fair Thurs
day with rising temperature."
rOMMISftIGNEtt WAHAM ~
ON THE COTTON SITUATION
Renews Plea for the Cutting of the
Costa of Producing Cotton.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. Oct. C.—A renewed plea
for cutting the costs of cotton pro
duction and for diversification of cro|»s
as the only safe insurance against
the evil effects of slumps resulting
from over-production '.las been sound
'll by Commissi oner of Agriculture
W illiam A. Graham. While he would
not oppose the storing of the pros
pective cotton surplus, if it could be
.-Xlicditious'y and itiexpenwiveiy'done,
vet lie is of the opinion, he pointed
out, the raising of more food anil
.’cedstuffs along with cotton believing
[hat this wou.d naturally help . the
farmer and would certainly help him
tide over any crisis I'liat might arise.
Further, Cominissiimer Graham
stated that lie did not consider it a
wise policy for farmers to be kept
continually in the position of being
forced to tnke temporary measures,
mch as hasty and expensive storing
if’Cotton when by diversification and
reduction of production costs they
could put themselves in a position
of permanent security.
“The cycles of prices in the cotton
market has again been completed and
we are looking for a Sully or a Ford
L o corner the crop and rescue Am
producers from financial rgin. But
Sully got hi* lesson and Mr. Ford
is likely to "profit by his example.”
“I am a cotton farmer and am vi
tally interested in any and all means
and movements that will get the farm
er more money for his cotton. I
have joined everything that came my
way that gave any promise whatever
of stabilizing the cotton market. I
have long been impressed with the
working theories of t'je cotton co
operative exchanges and still feel that
if .properly managed and they could
get control of any. n third, or even
a fourth of the crop, together with
a concerted effort ou the part of both
members and non-members to help
adjust production to consumption,
they could, by holding back any sur
plus, so regulate the market as to es
tablish a fairly uniform price f.iroughi
out a period of. years. This turn berg
■ ifti conviction and f have done everj i-
mr poweV ft.
materialization of these views: but
the present slump in prices shows the
working of forces out of reach of the
power of the co-operative forces that
have prevented the co-ops from get
ting hold of more thnn a small frac
tion of the South's cotton production
and thus preventing any appreciable
influence on prices.
"Again the present slump in prices
does not seem to bear any close re
lationship to production. It requires
expert figuring to show why a 14,-
000,000-bale crop should sell for 24
cents a pound and a 16,000,000-bale
crop of equally good grade and staple
should sell for 12 or 13 cents a pound
—2,000,000-bale increase in produc
tion cutting the price fifty per cent.
Os cqurse the bears are now getting
iO'their work.
"Some think that the holding of
3.000,000 or 4,000,000 bales off the
market might boost prices and im
prove the situation. But “might” and
“if are words that loom large in
the English language. Should this
be done “the manufacturers might”,
as pointed out by the editor of one
of our leading dailies, "begin to play
the waiting game” against our hold
ing game, and in the end the price
would be no better and we would
have to pay our storage rfiarge to
boot —representing that much more
loss on the crop.
”Os course the man who is in a
position to hold this cotton is not
going to sell at a price far below the
cost of production while the class of
producers that are not in a position
to hold must put their cotton on the
market regardless of price. Here is
an economic fact of whit'j we must
all take account when discussing the
holding of cotton.
“It will be clear then that the
holding movement as urged by some
writers on the subject Can effect only
the distressed portion of the cotton
crop—which, by the way, is the ma
jority of the crop. But, in view of
all the faotors involved, is the holding
of the surplus cotton crop by bankers
and other business organizations for
a better price a practicable undertak
ing and one that would be ultimately
beneficial to the cotton industry ? 1
doubt it and for the following rea
sons :
“First, we can have no control
whatever over future production and
the recurrence of a surplus from year
to year.
“Second, this year it is claimed that
a surplus of 2,000,000 bales has pulled
the price down to 13' cents and some
feel it Is a vital matter to hold three
or lour million bales off the market
In order to stabilize the price. But
what is to be done with this surplus?
Shall i? be destroyed or shall it be
added to the 1927 crop which may,
and likely will, again be 16,000,000
bales. It Is clear then that holding
a surplus In the 1026 cotton crop
would utterly destroy the crop of 1927
and so on.
“Our only hope lies in cheapened
production. Hie cotton crop is coat
ing the South too much, to produce
it. The land is too poor and the
labor is too high. Too much reliance
is placied on fertiliser and too little
effort is made' to increase fertility
through natural mean*; hence the
CONCORD, N, C„ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1926
First Picture of Vera Cruz Hurricane Disaster
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This fifcst picture to arr ve from Vera i ruz, Mexico, since the hurricane caused death and destruction there,
shows a section of the waterfront. Note the wreckage in the foreground and the ship battered against the (lock,
(International Newsreel)
FARMER HAS REMEDY
IN HIS OWN HANDS
Use Should Be Made of the Cotton
Co-Operative Associations
(By International News Service)
Montgomery, Ala., October 6.—De
spite the fact that the present cotton
situation is bad and threatens a busi
ness crisis, it is not hopeless, de
clares Prof. L. r. Duncan, head Os
the agricultural extension work of
Alabama.
A bumper crop in 11)25 followed- by
afiofjer big crop in 11)26, which .left
a big carryover from the '25 crop in
tlie hands of the mills and made little
buying of this year's crop cuused the
present cotton situation, says Pr*f.
Duncan.
The result has been a steady I e
eline in price until now it is bell w
the cost of production, causing farm
ers to be discouraged and bankers and
business men to be distressed.
In giving his suggestions to save
the crisis. Prof. Duncan said: J
,“I think that maximum use should
be made of the eo-operative marketing
associations in each of the cotton
growing states. These associations
hare -been operating five years qnd
ar<- fiimm-iaUy. able to 1 ilphif
quate portion of the South's ooftoil
crop in the proper way anil to the best
advantage.
“Along with the maximum use of
these cotton pools. I think that the
second step should be to creat long
time pools for carrying the necessary
amount of the present crop over to
future years. Such a long-time pool
should require n guarantee from farm
ers that they will reduce their 11)27
acreage of cotton at least 25 per cent,
and a pledge from bankers and busi
ness men that they will support it
whole heartedly to the end."
Such a pool was first suggested by
officials of the Alabama farm bureau
federation, who agreed to put the farm
bureau organization behind it if satis
factory agreements can be made.
Prof. Duncan endorsed this plan
and is ready to give it the hearty
support of the extension service.
Innocent Bystander is Revolver
Victim.
Charlotte, Oct. 4.—Fred Hays,
negro, is dead and Willett Hinson,
alias Bessie Dunn, alias Bessie Ison,
uegress. was lodged in jail as the re
ult. She aimed her 32 caliber pistol
at another negress but her aim was
poor and the bullet struck Hays, an
innocent bystander.
Hays died soon after he was taken
to the hospital.
soils are gradually going down in fer
tility and the acre production is fall
ling off jxeept where very large ap
plications of fertilizer are made. Un
less something is done to reduce costs
of production the price of cotton will
not pay the fertilizer bills and this
condition will automatically reduce
the Aniericau surplus, but the world
crop is juttt beginning to be felt on
the world market, England alone pro
ducing 8,000,000 bales in 1924.”
ANNOUNCEMENT
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Association will open on October 2nd, 1926.
RUNNING SHARES COST 25 CENTS PER SHARE
PER WEEK.
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THE BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIP
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BEGIN NOW.
CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND
t . iivGS ASSOCIATION.
Office in the Concord National Bank
NEGRO WELFARE WORK
Gastonia to Have a Full Program of
Work Among Colored People.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. Oct. 6.—According to the
notion of the Gastonia City council
and the Gaston County coinmiMfcion
ers, that county is to have a full
program of Negro Welfare work,
which will embrace the local colored
hospital, health work in the schools
and other health and welfare meas
ures. This action has followed the
recommendations made by Lieuten
ant I>awrence A. Oxley, head of the
Bureau of work among Negroes of
the Statea Board of Charity and
Public Welfare, who has just return
ed from Gastonia where he made a
thorough study of the needs of the
Negro people of the county, at the
invitation of the city and county
commissioners and the county super
intendent of public welfare, Mrs.
Gertruce Keller.
A budger of S4OOO was approved
b.v the commissioners, and it was de
cided to throughly re-organize the
colored hospital in order to give
greater service to the people of the
community, bnce it was ' found that
during a recent six ,;-jgPSths period,
only 38' patients wen* titrated‘krtd of
these 11 died. A tan-bed annex for
Negro tubercular patients will be
erected immediately on land donated
by the city of Gastonia. The hospital
is to be put in first class condition
and will, under the new program,
serve as a radiating center, in the
development of a county-wide health
and welfare program, cooperating
with the public health and public
welfare departments. All Rchool
children are to be given a medicnl
examination, and t,nbei)culcsis, or
thopedic and baby olinies are to be
held at the hospital.
Registered nurse will be secured ns
superintendent of the hospital, and
there will be four student nurses.
The superintendent will also serve
as assistant to the superintendent of
public welfare. The surgeon-in-ehief
of the hospital is Dr. Lucius Glenn,
a member of the State Board of
Medical Examiners.
The City has appropriated SOOO.
toward the budget of $4,000. and the
county SIOOO. The remainder will be
derived from various sources, such
ns the sale of tuberculosis seals, fees
from the patients, private subscrip
tions from Negroes, and special
gifts. About SSOO will be necessary
for repairs to the building and it is
expected that the annex for tuber
cular patients will cost about -2500.
During the last eighteen months fif
teen Negroes have been sent from
Gaston County to the State Sana
torium.
Rattlesnake Died Hard.
Wilmington, N. C„ Oct. 5.—(A > )
When he failed to kill a five-foot rattle
snake by running over it with his
truck, H. T. Hodges, of Dunn, turned
back and dispatched the reptile with
a shot from a revolver. The snake
had twelve rattles and is reported to
have died hard, even after being
crushed and dbot.
I TALES OK HORRORS FROM
12,009 CHINESE REFUGEES
Dead Bodies Litter Streets of Wu
chang and People Are Eating Dogs,
Cals and Rats.
Hankow, Oct. 0. —04>)—Two rescue
laum’.ies and several lighters have suc
ceeded in bringing 12.000 women and
children to this city from the neigh
boring city of Wuchang, where the
northern and southern Chinese troops
are nt death grips. The rescue was
effected Sunday and Monday, after a
previous attempt had failed when the
ships were tired on and forced to re
turn, aH'nough the opposing forces had
previously agreed to the rescue.
The northern troops who are hold
ing Wuchange against the besieging
Cantonese have permitted the beggar
and impoverished element of the civil
ian population to depart, holding the
better classes In the city.
Charitable organizations are caring
for the rescued w'.io relate appnlling
stories of conditions in Wuchang.
They say the people, desperate from
starvation, nre eating dogs, cats and
rats. Tree roots and leaves already
have been eaten.
The military as well as the civilian
population ip starving after qousum
ing SIT ’the ‘ftVestbCK, Bodies Utter
the streets, unburied because coffins
are unobtainable. All available cof
fins have been filled with sand and
used as barricades.
Refugees report that 200 northern
soldiers were killed during the recent
sortie from the city gates.
THE COTTON MARKET
Yester lily’s Rallies Followed "by Re
newed Weakness in Market Early
Today.
New York, Oct. 6.—OP)—Yester
day's rellies were followed by renew
ed weakness in the cotton market
early today, owing to lover Liverpool
cables, larger private crop figures,
aud a favorable construction of the
weekly report of the weather bureau.
The opening was easy at a decline
of 10 to 27 points, and after a slight
bulge on continued covering or trade
buying, sold about 20 to 36 points be
low yesterday's closing figures under
liquidation or reselling by recent buy
ers and further Southern hedging, al
though the latter was said to be less
in evidence than recently. December
contracts sold off from 13.28 to 13.11).
The market was withfn a point or 2
of the lowest at the end of the first
hour.
Two more private reports were is
sued, one estimating the condition of
the crop 61.2 and the indicated yield
16.636,000. The other placed the crop
indention at 16.030.000 bales.
Cotton futures opened easy: Oct. 1
13.40; Dec. 13.28; .Tan. 13.30'; March
13.54; May 13.74.
FIVE CONVICTS ARE
STILL BEING SOUGHT
Were WMi Eleven Others Who Made
Break at Granville County Camp.
Ovford, N. C. Oct. 6.—C4>)—Five
convicts were still at large today as
the result of a sensational break for
freedom by sixteen prisoners at the
Granville County road camp near
here Monday.
The men held up the guards while
they were being assembled for the
day's work, and left them helpless
while they made their getaway.
The alarm was spread shortly after
the delivery, and a drag net spread
over the county, resulting in the cap
ture of one man und. the voluntary 1
surrender of 12 others.
Favor McFadden Banking Bill.
Los Angeles. Oct. 6. — OP) — The
American Bankers Association today
accepted a mandate to prosecute vig
orously the enactment of the MacFad
den branch banking bill now before
Congress, minus, however, the two
Hull amendments.
In a special session of Gie 52nd con
vention of the Bankers Association
which started laat night, but ended
early today, the MacFadden bill was
endorsed after much argument. The
vote wns 413 to 26a This reverses
the action of the Association taken in
Chicago in 1924, when the Hull
amendments were endorsed.
An error in the Argentine stamp
of the 1899 issue resulted in one of
the specimens being sold, at auction
in London the other day tye SSOO.
SOUTH OKLAHOMA
PEOPLE PREPARE TO
CiOUT^tir
Crest of Floods Moving
Today Toward Southern i
Oklahoma, Leaving Ruin;
in Its Path. j
NEW RECORD IS
NOW PREDICTED
Feared Now Water Will
Reach 25-Foot Stage in
Several Localities Dur
ing Thursday.
Chicago, Oct. 6.—(A s ) —The river
bottom country of central Oklahoma
and western Illinois today shared the
brunt of Hoods draining from adjacent
areas.
With the crest of the tide due there
iate today sout’hern Oklahoma made
systematic preparations for the ad
vance of waters from the north and
expected to survive with minimum
damage.
Townsfolk of Reardstown. 111., who’
have battled nearly a month with a
racing Illinois river, battered down
doors and windows of flooded houses
und hastened relief measures in an
ficipation cf higher water.
The federal forecast warned that
Thursday probably would see the ex
tublih'jment of a new flood record with
the influx of water to a stream which
was rapidly approaching the 23-foot
stage. In 1!)22 the Illinois climbed
to 25.1 feet at Beardstown.
There was suffering from exposure
and a first death as a result of the
long siege was reported. Mrs. 7.
C. Soule, 60, whose home was sur
rounded by water, deid from pneu
monia.
At Peoria levee patrols were on
duty.
The flood was receding in Missouri
and along the Oklahoma-Kansas bird
er, with six known dead and property
loss of more than $2,000,000.
QUEEN MARIE TO BE
HERE ABOUT DECEMBER 10
Asheville Wants to Have the State’s
Reception to Her ill That City.
Tribune Buregu
Sir- Waiter Hotel
Raleigh, Qpt. 6, —Queen Marie of
Romania wiH probably pay her visit
to North Carolina between December
10th find 15th, it was announced by
Governor A. W. McLean following the
receipt from the Rumanian legation
of further information regarding Her
Majesty's itinerary. She will re
turn to Washington from Mer tour of
the West on December oth, the gov
ernor was advised, beginning her trip
to tile southern states she intends to
visit almost immediately.
Governor McLean is in, receipt of
a telegram from the Asheville Cham
ber of Commerce, in which it is states
that "Asheville would be glad to have
Queen Marie select Pais city for her
visit to North Carolina, and to have
North Carolina’s reception extended
to her here.’’ Governor McLean has
replied that at present he has no defi
nite information as to her plans with
regard to her visit to this state, but
that as soon as lie learns anything
definite he will notify the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce.
It was also announced that Mrs. B.
Frank Mebane, of Spray, and Mrs.
J. Elmer Long, wife of the lieutenant
governor, have accepted the appoint
ments as members of the nutional re
ception committee which will welcome
Queen Marie and her party on their
arrival in New York. It is also ex
pected that Mrs. Mebane and Mrs.
Long will assist in whatever arrrange
ments are made to tender a reception
to Her Majesty on '.ier visit to this
state to whatever point she may
choose. Queen Marie is expected to
sail from Cherbourg on October 12th,
aboard the United States steamship
Leviathan, on which a special suite
lias been placed at her disposal by the
United States lines. Her Majesty is
expected to arrive in New York on
October 17th or 18th. She will pro
ceed at once to Washington, aboard
a special train, accompanied by the
ladies of the national reception com
mittee.
Literary Giants in England Grind j
Away-
London, Oot. 6 — OP 1 )—There seems I
to be no limierio the industry of Eng- j
land’s veteran literary giants.
H. G. Wells is grinding out ii I
three-volume novel. Arnold Bennett
is about to launch a new romance. !
Hudyard Kipling, recovered from his
serious illness, has another book .of
short stories ready for his public.
Bernard Shaw, having celebrated
his seventieth birthday, is hard at
work again, lecturing and writing.
John Galsworthy's play is a success
in London—and he insists it is not
necessarily his last dramatic work.
Resides his plays. Galsworthy has
the fortunes of the Forsyth family to
look after, and has turned out anoth
er novel about them.
Veteran Dies of Injuries.
Raleigh, Oct. 6.—OP)—A. R. Eth
eridge, 82. an inmate of the Boldiers’
Home, died early this morning as a
result of injuries received when he
was struck yesterday by a hit-and-run
motorist. Etheridge Was a native of
Dare county.
Arthur Bawtree, who attended
this year's Handed Festival at the
Crystal Palace, has attended every
tetmUince the first one Was held
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THE TRIBUNE
PRINTS
TODAY’S NEWS TODAYI
NO. 237
WEATHER DAMAGE ■
CAUSES BIG LOSS
TO COTTON CHOP
Federal Department of
i riculture Estimates the
Loss on Cotton Earn '
Year at $25,000,000; Tgj
MILDEW ONE* OF J1
CHIEF CAUSES
-*
Decay Is Another Cause,
and This
Makes Fiber So It Can
Not Be Utilized. ||
Washington, Oot. 6. —(/P>—Weatb-
er damage to raw eotton after pick
ing was charged with losses estimate
I'll nt upwards of $25.000K)0P-annu
ally iu a statement today by tfc*
department of agriculture. •
By weather damage the dePMMMKI
said it meant damage that TegulteS '
from excessive moisture iu bales Os
cotton.
"Department studies have shown
that there are two distinct stages Id
the process of deterioration of tvattoa
as a result cf thiß condition—inilde#
or discoloration, and decay of tf»e fill
er." the statement said. *•« V ’v3|
"Mildew lowers the grade and cake.-"'
sequently the value, but does not se
riously weaken the fihpr. The fiSjgfoyJ,
however, is seriously weakened by the
process of decay, and if it is nob
stopped the fiber eventually ~will <4-
destroyed entirely.”
‘‘Six tests were made by the depute "
meat in five representative lncahtihs'-
in the cotton belt. In each of thrift
experiments but one, seven bales of
cotton were used, one bale being store#'
in a warehouse and the remaining!
six bales exposed to the weather under
various conditions. 'IMe loss in Aril
exposed bales varied from a few
pounds to more than 50 per cent, at
a bale. Thirty-five bales were e*c
posed during the experiment and from
an' original total weight of 17,622.
IKiunds there was a loss of 3,530
pounds. The six stored bales last J
an average of less than 1 per cent."’/
DEFENSE RESTS IN THE ''M
DAUGHERTY-MILLER CASK
Neither cf the Defendants Took the .
New York, Oct. 6.— OP) —The de
fense rested unexiieetedly today in tb«
Daugtherty-Miller conspiracy
The jury was exensed andraot.ipns .•)
for striking out parts of evidence and i
direction of verdicts acquitting' the 1
defendants were denied by Judge ''
Mack. Court was adjourned ’aU noon. -
until 2 o'clock for summations to be-,
gin.
Neither Miller nor Daugherty took
the stand.
William Rand, counsel fer Miller, ;
prepared to make his summation this m
afternoon. May Steuer, counsel fat
Daugherty; is-to make his tomorrow i 3
morning, and TJ. S. Attorney JSmocy
R. Ruckner is to make the govern- ~
ment summation tomorrow afternoon! .«Q
Judge Mack is expected to chbrgie ‘ thf J
jury Friday.
Calt Tackles Wrong “Laaard” and
Rues it.
Lexington, Oct. s.—Chief of Pb-t
lice A. P. White has a eat that hsts l
learned that all lizards are "fitit as fi
good ,ax they look. Until a few days
ago this tabby lost no opportunity
to pounce on a fat lizard and.make a
meat Bne the cat went out of its ,
class one time.
When tlie greaat storm had pairiad
over Miami. Chief White nreceived ii
word his brother. Robert, was among
the missing, so he drove immediaMy
to Charlotte and their joined anoth
er brother on a trip to th» storfti
zone. Upon his arrival lie found the
brother had turned up. almost half j
dead after two dnys and nights of
struggle through the huribsuje to
reach his wife and six children, ani i
was convalescent. Before feturning, !
Mr. White secured a baby alligator f
brought it home and placed it in ar' :
box in the backyard, All went well
for a few days.
One morning, however. " the <wt ;
limped into the kitchen with a woe- i
zegone look, its fur badly rulfjlpS
and its tail looking like it had ixn-tl j
whipped about by the Florida blow.
Suspicion was rightly placed unit jjS
| the alligator was found missing, with ;
[no sign of “remains.” Neitt day, ; «jj
| however, the big "lizard” was lortttrii
across a busy street in an s 1 toy «p
--j i*arently headed for the semi-tropics,
| It was returned to captivity.
Hold the Cotton Bock.
(By International News Service) JB
New Orleans. La., Oct. 6.--Hi>lm9
the cotton back from the market, -jMgXj
the advice given by Frank B.
lending cotton factor of New OrleangS
to eotton producers, bankers and bu«-*l
iness men of the South. „ . •
By using the policy of slow selling,
Hayne says, the price would be sub
stantially stimu’ated. He declares 4a
heavier world demand for A
cotton will be made in. the near f«-U
ture.
Ha.vne lays the cotton clump to fegh :4
that the market will be flooded
declares the only solution is to stMjM
t’.ie cotton and sell it later when kM)'J
present supply is smaller. J§|
THE WEATHER ~l|
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight, 1
Thursday fair. Fresh west and nMtSI
west winds.