DISPATCHES • , sayasaasßSßsess VOLUME XXVI- Cabarrus Day Draws Monster CrowdToFairGrounds Here Despite Many Signs Os Rain ' WEDNESDAY CROWD GOOD AND RIGGER CROWD DURING NIGHT Showers Yesterday Failed to Interrupt the Program Until Heavy Downpour Sent Thousands to Cover Just as the Free Acts and Fireworks Were to Begin at Night. . ‘ > POULTRY PRIZE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED BY J. IVEY CLINE More Than 600 Birds Entered in Fair This Year.— Fraternal Day Tomorrow With Singing Contest , One of the Features Planned for the Closing Day of the Fair. This is Cabarrus County Day at the Fair and hundreds tip on hundreds of the sons and daughters of the county are at the grounds, forgetful of routine habits while they renew old friendships and make new acquaintances. Business in the city is at a standstill in most instances while the day fs being ob served as half holiday for the occasion. , Visitors at the fair yesterday had to play hide and seek with the sun and while the attendance was below that of Tuesday it was much larger than on the second day of the fair last year, paid admissions being between 1,500 and 2000 more. Showers fell intermittently throughout the day with a hard downpour about 6:30 last night despite this conduct on the part of the weather the regular program was carried out with few inter ruptions. Friday.will be another big day at the Fair and on Saturday the Singing Contest, a hew and unique feature, will be offered. Singers from Mecklenburg, Gaston, Stanly, Rowan, Davie and Cabarrus county have entered and their music, to be rendered in front of the grandstand, Saturday afternoon, will be one of the most pleasing features of the closing day. ThrPfltMilnv (•lnmlu hiort," said r. wireless message today from Commander G. R. Metcalfe to the line’s offices here. Details were "very vague," the message sakl. adding that a witness t< the drowning was ill. thus causing i delay in reporting the'death. Tin commander said he was making a thorough investigation. , JKda* Oglesby Leans ‘Cowart* NMery/ . Winston-Salem, N. C., Oct. 14. (A*>—Judge Oglesby, presiding over Forsyth County Superior court this j week, apparently has n leaning I toward history ns well ns the law — j anyway he couldn’t believe a young I negro girl, found guilty of larceney. | was so very bad after she told him I authentically when the Declaration |of Independence wns signet! and that Coolidge was President of the United j Staates. True, the erring negress hadn’t [ever heard of Governor McLean and didn't know who the Mayor of Win 'ston-Saiem was. but she said she ] aspired to be a history teacher when !shc grew up. | The Judge plied the young truant with historical questions while be | was ruminating over her fate, which lie finally reserved. With Our Advertisers. Today and Friday at the ConcoVd Theatre, Norma Shearer in "The Waning Sex.” Next Monday and Tuesday “Stella Dallas.” Special prices on clincher cord tires, 30x3 1-2, at the Ritchie Hard ware Co. only $8.05. These are gen uine gum-dipped Firestone tires. Phone 117. Tally Cards, sopre cards, etc., at CUne’s Pharmacy. Telephone 404. Best grade of field seeds at the Ca barrus Cash Grocery Co. All fair visitors are aßked to in spect the line of clothing and furnish ings nt Hoover’s. Watch the papers tomorrow for an nouncement. of one of the biggest events in the merehand’sing history of Concord. Meet all your friends at the Parkx- Belk Company's store this week, check your baggage there free. Special bar gains all over this big store. and Third Pullets, First, Second and Third Cockrel, Second. Hen—R. I). Goodman. Ancon as Firet Old Pen, First Young Pen, First, Second and Third I’uliet, First and Third Cockreis, First and Second Cocks —S. A. Denny. Second Cockrel —E. A. Kurv. Hhibd Pen— L. W. McCoy. First and Second Hen—W. H. Braf ford. Buff Rock First. Second and Third Young Pen, First, Second and Third Cockrel,. First, Second and Third Pullets, Firsts Second and Third Hens, First, Sec ond and Third Cock and First and Second Old Pen—J. Ivey Cline. White Leghorn Second Cockerel. First Pullet, First Old Pen, Firs!, Second and Third Hens—J. Ivey Cline. First and Third Cook, First Cock erel, Second and Third Pullet, Third i Young Pen —E. J. Sharpe. Second Young Pen—W. H. Brafford. First Young Pen — W. J. Keever. i Second Cook—B. F. Phillips. ThIW Cockerel—B. L. Freexe. White Rocha Firet Cock, First and Second Cock erel*, Third Pullot-rW. E. Ludwig. I First Pullet. First Hen, Second Cock—R. J. Fink. \ , Felmisii Gians Rabbits, First Pdir I —W. E. Ludwig, CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1926 The Gloves That Gene Wore jfIHS ■ ; < ~ • - ■fcste*.,... ** iH 5 f : rOTf * - & - , . These gloves.’ which Gene Tutjkey used in his fight with Jack Dempsey, \u»n» nutogiaphed ami pi‘ )—Today's American says a thirty-gallon still was found recently in a cellar of the National Democratic Club on Madi son Avenue. No member of the club j was concerned with the apparatus, it! was explained, but employees puide j whiskey and smuggled it out to peddle. The discovery was made, it was said, when plumbers were called in to make some repairs after the discharge of a paid executive of the club. The club has on its roster many of the most prominent Democrats in Hie country. > DON JUAN Sabastieu i Jy i Ii I|i|) ' S . I r The publication of this great serial stdry will begin in The Tribune soon. maul tri ck stolen - BY ARMED BANDITS ) Mall Was Being Guarded by Police But One of Men on Truck Was Killed Ih Fighting. ■ E.iznbeth. N. .1., October 14.—0 P) i —Bandits armed with sawed off shot F guns held up a mail truck under police I escort in the business district this • morning and ki.led onc_ronn and ■ wounded two others. The dead man was John Ena, an 1 employee of the Elizabeth post office i who was in charge of the truck. John i Quinn, also a jmst office employee, was wounded and Motorcycle Patrolman Christman who was escorting the truck, was knocked from his machine j when one of the bandits cars collided I with him. He was shot ns he lay on the ground. j The bandits got away. It is be lieved l'. to re were ten or more in their party. They occupied two automo biles. ( $160,000 Pay Roll Taken. I Newark. N. J., Oct. 14.—OP)—A j i»y roll cf SIOO,OOO consigned to th< Elizabeth Port Hanking Co., and in tended for the Singer Sewing Ma chine Co. was obtained in the Eliza beth mail robbery, Recording to rel - reaching this eitjj, V. * , MRS. SIELAFF IS STILL STATE’S CHIEF WITNESS Says She Manufactured Evidence Tending to Aid Mrs. McPherson. , Lqs Angeles, Oct. 1-4. — (A*) —Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Seilaff, Titian hniied seamstress who declares she was employed as a double for Aimee Semple McPherson to support the evangelist's kidnapping story, today was to continue in her role as star prosecution witness at the preliminary hearing of the Angelas Temple pastor on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice. | Occupying the witness stand in mu nicipal court here for today Mrs. I Wiseman added details to her con fession that she maim factored evi- I dence to show thut Mrs. McPherson j was kidnapped from Ocean Park beach last May and was held captive for nearly five weeks in a desert Shack in northern Mexico. Her testimony centered on the I state charge that Mrs. McPherson oe | cupied a cottage at Catmel, an ocean resort, with Kenneth G. Ormiston. | former Angelus Temple radio operator. I As part of the arrangements Mrs. Wiseman testified, she was to testify she was the woman who shared the cottage with Ormiston. I N Gypsies Arrested. {By International News Service) I Little Hock. Ark., Oct. 14.—Fully three scores of Gypsies were around police headquarters here when officers nrrested twelve of u caravan which pulled into this city yesterday. The twelve Knights of the Koad were taken in custody as suspects , following the disappearance of $32 from the cash register of the Adams grocery store which was discovered af i ter t'.ie gypsies had been shopping there. The clerks at the store were unable to identify any of the suspects and they were released. However; the band has been warned to leuve this city or disband. Officers have been instructed to ar rest all gypsies where they may be molesting merchants and merchants have been urged to report to police where gypsy bands appear. Big Coat Sale at Fisher's. The November Coat Sale at Fill er’s is always a notable event. This year it will begin Friday, October 15. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have just return ed from New York, where they pur chased a beautiful line of ladies' coats, for fall and winter. During this sale thousands of dollars’ worth of these coats for women and misses will be offered at attractive prices. See big ad. in this paper today. Denies Mussolini Needs Operation. Rome, Oct. 14.— OF)—Stefani, semi official news agency, today announced that jt was authorized to “deny abso i lutely the news reported in several t foreign newspapers that a German [i professor is coming to Rome to op erate on Premier Mussolini,” The premier's health, it added, was excellent. , A girl's kisses are like pickles in I a bottle — the first is hard to get, but • the rest come easily. INCREASE IN USE OF COTTON SHOWN DING SEPTEMBER Cotton Consumed During j Month Totalled 571,105 l Bales, an Increase Over i August Total. i - MOST OF COTTON USED IN SOUTH | Os the Total 411,259 Bales i Were Used in the Cotton | Growing States—l7,l4s,- j 328 Spindles Active. j AVashington. Oct. 14.—OP)—Cotton | consumed during September nggregat ed 571,105 bates of lint and 74.352 |of [inters, compared with 500,852 of j lint and 0i,78j of linters in August this year, nnd 483.082 of lint and 71.- j 043 of linters in September last year. I the census bureau announced today. Statistics for cotton growing states , include: Cotton consumed during September: 411,258 bales, compared with 350,- 708 in August, C.iis year, and 329,772 in September, last year. ' Cotton on blind in cotton growing states September 30th was held as follows; In consuming establishments 500,- 052 bales. In public storage and nt compresses 3,118,100 bales. Cotton spindles active during Sep tember numbered 17.145,328. QUEEN MARIE WILL LAND ON MONDAY Looking Forward to Seeing New York's Sky Line From Leviatlnn. S. S. Leviathan. Oct. 14.—OP)— When this queen of the mercantile marine points her prow up New York Harbor next Monday a Queen of the realm will be on deck to view Bar tholdi's famous Statue of Liberty, en lightening the world, and the vistn of the city's sk.v line. Queen Marie, of Roumania. has ex pressed a desire to see the panorama unfolded as the Leviathan plows her way through Gravesend Bay and up to her dock at the foot of West 46th street on the Hudson River. She harf informed the Roumanian legation at Washington she wishes to obtsin the full effect of a scene of which she has heard so much. SAYS DAVIS DIDN’T JUMP OVERBOARD Vice President of His Company S*ys Story is Preposterous. Tampa. Fla., Oct. 14.— OP) —Arthur Y. Milam, vice president of the I). I\ Davis Properties, today characterized as "preposterous" the official report of Captain G. R. Metcalfe, commander of the White Star liner Majestic, to the effect t'nat D. P. Davis jiiipped overboard from the ship while, en route to Europe. “It can’t be true. lam assembling facts now that will absolutely refute this theory,” Mr. Milam said. j Shortly after receipt of the Asso ciated Press dispatch ip which Captain Metcalfe was quoted as saying the developed jumped through a cabin port, Mr. Milam made public a second radiogram which lie said had been sent by Raymond Schindler, and F. W. I Montayne, employees of the Davis or- ] ganization, who were accompanying I the developer on the vogaye. Business associates of the developer declared he could have no motive for . suicide. Las Angeles Off on Flight. -■ Lnkehiirst. N. J.. Oct. 14.—OP)—- 1 The nnvy dirigible Los Angeles left the naval air station at 11 :05 o’clock this morning on a three-da.v flight to Detroit. Departure of the dirigible, first scheduled for Monday morning, had been postponed by unfavorable weather. Practical experiments in factories and mercantile establishments show that under controlled conditions a spe’l of work broken by a short rest is more effective than an unbroken spell of the same length. ANNOUNCEMENT The 58th Series in this old reliable Building and Loan Association will open on October 2nd, 1926. RUNNING SHARES COST 25 CENTS PER SHARE PER WEEK. PREPAID SHARES COST $72.25 PER SHARE. ALL STOCK IS NON-TAXABLE. STOCK HAS BEEN MATURING IN 328 WEEKS. THE BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIP TIONS FOR SHARES IN SERIES NO. 58. START SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY—SAVE TO OWN YOUR OWN HOME. BEGIN NOW i V '■ . * - . CABARRUS COUNTY BUILDING LOAN AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION. Office in the Concord National Bank COMMITTEE US EAR TO PUIS TO ! AID COTTON PRICE 1 ' Will Seek to Get \ , Bales Off the Mai r «, and i Reduction in the Cotton Acreage. , KILGORE NAMED ON COMMITTEE It Is Planned to Start the Drive Now to Bring Aid to Fanners for the Pres ent Crop, i Memphis. Teau.. Oct. 14.— UP) —The - executive committee charged with the ! task of sui«*rvising the cotton relief F program approved last midnight bj ' the conference of Southern bankers * merchants and planters. weDt inti . session here today to formulate plant for active launching of the two major * objectives, retirement of 4.t)f!<).oof bales of this year's crop, and a ‘r’es : sonable reduction" ill cotton acreag -for 11)27. - Meeting at the call of Dr. Tai Butler, farm economist. Memphis '• chairman of the executive group, thi * supervisory reflected the determined attitude of the convention in its lour " continued sessions, and last night premised active prosecution of tin 1 campaign for meeting the cotton mar ket depression of this year, and pre venting a recurrence of the prici slump in the state. Conferring with Mr. Butler wen B. W. Kilgore, of North Carolina, and •8 W. Fox, of Mississippi, committee men. ) Sees Solution to Problem. Washington, Oct. 14.—UP)—Solu tion of the cotton price problem ii believed by Secretary Mellon to b( assured in the aggressive attitude ot southern business leaders. It was reiterated at the treasury to day that there will be no difficulty ai far as credit for the orderly market ing of the record crop is concerned Federal Reserve Banks in the Soutl were described as in excellent condi tion and t’je intermediate credit bank; were reported ready to meet demands Warehouses and other storage fa eilities and other requirements 'per i tinent to marketing are the imme diate demand, and its tjiris respect «b> secretary understands conditions an much better than In 1921. Trial of Rev. OH, Wood is Post i potted. | Tribune Bureau i -Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Oct. 14.—The trial of th* Rev. George Wood, of Kinston, on s charge of manslaughter in eonnectioj with the death of J. B. Vickers, es caped convict whom he was returning to prison 'acre after his recapture ir South Carolina, has been postponed until the November term of court anc will not be tried in superior court here Thursday of this week as had been intended. No objection was of sered by Solicitor W. F. Evans. In j ability of John G. Dawson, senior member of the defense counsel, to participate in the trial at this tim< because of his duties as chairman o! the State Democratic committee wat one of the reasons for the postpone ment. Private Ownership Advocated: i Savannah, Ga„ Oct. 14.—(A s )—Op ! eration of the American Merchant Ma rine under private ownership w’jer and if private interests arc prepared l and able to undertake the project and maintain it, was advocated hgre to -! day in a resolution submitted by the ! Savannah Cotton Exchange, and ap proved unanimously by a large num ber of shipping and business inter ests at a hearing before Admiral W. S. Benson, commissioner of the Unit eel States shipping board. | The- pearl shell industry is of con siderable importance to Arkansas, as it is estimated that the average m nuul output of commercial shells is 12,230,367 pounds, sufficient to make about 733,000,000 pearl buttons. The value of the yearly output in the rough state is approximately a rjuar ti-v of u mil'ion dollars. • THE TRIBUNE 1 PRINTS TODAY’S NEWS TODAY j 1 ’ ■"■■■ ■*■■ 'J NO. 243 BEGIN ROUNDUP TO ' FREE KINDT CITI "H'MIILE' & i Seven “Hard Boiled” Cap tains Organized Into ft Squad Which Will De vote Work to Gangsters, ORDERS TO KILL X! given to Them Told Not to Take Chances With Armed Gangster! or Any Others Who Re fuse to Be Arrested. q ■ Chicago. Oct. 14.—OP)—A’ squad of ■ seven -'hard boiled" captains lias tact) r selected by Chief of Police Morgan i Collins to begin a roundup to ftgg the i city from gang rule. The order came simultaneously with 1 Information obtained by the police 1 that Earl “Hymie” Weiss, slain gang leader, was double crossed by his own ieutennnt Patrick Murray, who jhjgjtc J ‘elf was killed by those who were al eged to have paid him to ;j {Veins. This informant whose name was not •evealed, not only declared that Mgfr i 1-ay lured Weiss into the machine gjfo ;l rap on North State street, but thgt J Ur automobile load of gangsters alfccV’J ated with machine gunners was at the u-ene. The order of -' CJiief Collins issqeg ifter a conference with Mayor Rever, *5 virtually reorganized tile detective -.one squad system. It placed ft dj- * rect command of the seven casi|Bßmfti vho compose the new gangster's bd •eau, 30 high speed cars manned fey N) squads, or a total of 450 men wil# ifteen lieutenants. In addition, the ■aptains will have use in emergency of 107 detriment flivvers giving com. naud over a shot gun and mofor % ■quipment force of 1,092 met) — tb* ‘4 irioy with which they are to carry I he city's offensive against gangsters. Orders were issued to arrest any tnown gangster oh sight, and to kill -I tny gangsters with a gun in his hand, i >r who refused arrest. IAN ANTONIO GETS •