dispatches VOLUME XXVI U INTERNATIONAL MANIFESTO STATES TARIFF IS BARRIER J. P. Morgan and Other Americans Are Said to Have Been Signers of the Manifesto. WOLFF BUREAU j CARRIES STORY Thh German Agency Says Business Men Feel That Trade Barriers Are Han* dicapping Europe. Berlin, Oct'. 19.— C4>>—The semi official Wolff Bureau today publish es what is declared to be the text of an international manifesto signed by scores of lending European financiers and half a dozen Americans including J. T*. Morgan, setting forth the eco nomic plight of Europe and the neces sity of pulling down the i»ost-war tar iff and other trade barriers if prosjter ity is to be restored. The manifesto, entitled “An Appeal for Removal of Restrictions to Euro pean Trade,” declares that the signers ns business men must expose the grave disquieting conditions hindering a re turn to general prosperity. It points out hqyr tariff barriers, special licenses and embargoes have succeeded since the war in intruding upon international trade and impeding its natural course. es|iecially ns, new boundaries have been erected in num erous areas Which hitherto exchanged goods frequently. Want Tariff Barriers Removed. New York, Oct. 19.— OP) —A re markable plea for removal of the tariff barriers and other restrictions upon European trade was issued here to day over signatures of scores of lead ing financiers of Europe, and half a dozen Americans headed by J. P. Mor gan. There can'be no recovery in Eu rone, the manifesto declares, until the politicians realize t’.iat “in times of peace our neighbors are our custo mers. and that their prosperity is a condition of our own well being.” QUEEN LAYS WREATH ON UNKNOWN SOLDIER’S GRAVE TPifcffii IT ; i pfc R# rt ■ Wk^i Reached America Monday. Washington Oct. 19. — UP) — The homage of Old World royalty waa paid again at the Shrine of new world democracy when a pilgrimage today to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the United States became the first official act on American soil of Marie, queen of Rumania. lteginning around a formal cere mony less than 24 hours after her ar rival at New York, t*.ie trip of Amer ica's energetic royal visitor to place n wreath ui>on the tomb in Arlington national cemetery, Virginia, marked her presence in the sixth state that has felt the touch of her queenly foot,- in addition to the District of Co lumbia within the span of a day. And in each she hag received a royal wel come. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland echoed New York’s giad greetings, groping for glimpses of roy alty as the Queen’s special sped past. “I’ye seen so many smiling faces since I landed," she said in an audience to three press representatives aboard the train. “They make me very hap py.” "The people seem really glad that 1 am here. I hope they will take me to their hearts as I already have tak en them to mine. "They seem to want me here as a queen," she replied to a question as to whether she would assume an incogni to to seek any of the privileges of a private visitor in this country. “1 sSiall not appear in the movies except as I am snapped on the street. But I'm not saying I won’t write for them.” When she reached Washington at the close of her first American day, Queen Marie met another clamorous welcome, and had her first giipse of the nation's capital. Two army bands sounded the Ru manian and American anthema, white the Queen stood smiling, her arms full of orchids, and her gaze on the far off capitol. behind her, Princess I'eana, carrying roses, and Prince Nicholas waited shyly. While diploma cy claimed the Queen who was ushered into the first car of the entourage by Secretary Kellogg, the navy in the person of Admiral E. W. Ederlle, elai tiled the Prince who had been trained .in the British navy. The. army, represented by General Fox Connor, acting, chief of staff, eseorted Princess Ileana. At the Roumanian legation where on the extra territorial soil of her own country, the. Queen spent the first n'ght of her stay in this country, the crowds that fifed the streets waited like pilgrims for a sight of a new prophet eBS. Today she, becomes the official guest of the nation, being received at the White House with Princess Illena and Prince Nicholas at 4 o’clock, and re ceiving President and Mrs. Goolidge In return at the legation half an hour later. Dinner at the white house with SO guests will mark the end of a day full of Presidential ceremony. The British Government at one time promoted lotteries, the famous British Museum having been founded by one which raised SBOO,OOO to pur chase the collection of Sir Hans Sktane. The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolines Leading Small City Daily 11 1 - ■ ’'l '.:t — ■ i, ~ esanaMß a Gov. McLean Advocates a Statewide Radio System By J. C. BARKERVILL (Staff Correspondent) Ashrvi.le. Oct. 19.—A State-Owned i radio broadcasting station is likely to soon become a reality in North Caro [ Una, since It has been decided not to wait on pending legis.ntiun in COn greßs, but to proceed at Once with i plans fpr the erection of such ft sta tion. Governor A. .W. McLean ' an •. nouneed here today. A survey of the 1 j state is just being completed by one jof the chief radio engineers of thy Radio Corporation of America, who [ was sent here .ast week from New j York to determine if Caere are atiy "radio pockets" in the state, and if so, where, and to select the best loca tion for the broadcasting station. This engineer is expected to return to Raleigh today from the western part of the state, where he has been mak ing tests iu the vicinity of Asheville and Murphy. He has already made tests at. E izaber.i City and Morehead City iu the east und around Raleigh and Durhauci He is now returning to Raleigh to, conduct more detailed experiments there, as it is desired to locate the sending station as nc-nr as possible to Raleigh. For two years now Governor Mc- Lean has been advocating n State owned radio station, to be used for State purposes only, chiefly along ed ucational lines, to disseminate general information to the entire State, and especially to the great radio audience in the rural districts. Because of ex isting eomUtlons in the radjo broad casting field which seemed to make it difficult to obtain a suitable wave length and because of pending legisla tion in Congress wit'n regard to radio regulation, definite plans for this! State station were held up indefinitely. But owing to the fact that legislation failed to pass in Congress during the last session and may be held up in definitely, officials in Washington ad vised the governor last week to go ahead and erect the station, assuring him that the interests of North Caro lina would be amply tuken care of when the legislation is finally enact ed. So, w'.iile in New York ten days ago, Governor McLean conferred with General J. G. Harboard, president of the Radio Cor|>oration of America, and Owen D. Young, chairman of thi board of directors, telling them of his plans and asking them to have an im-’ mediate survey of the state made so that some estimate of the type of sta tion, that would be required might be made. Both were much interested in the plan, especially Mr. Young wGo Is -'flu; the Owen Young who really devised the "Uttwes plan” for repaya ' -’fiasU-jMtyaieutaJ&B GcrnuwyA'diijligtj neer was at once dispatched, and as" soon as his report is made, an esti mate will be sumbitted giving the cost Os the proposed station.. 8d highly perfected has the art of srienod of radio broadcasting become it present, t’nat by means of telephone connections, it will be possible to broadcast programs and lectures from any point in the state through the State station, the governor said, call ing attention to the fact that it.would be just as simple a matter to broad cast a musical program or lecture from the University at Chapel Hill TRIBUTE PAID TO THE REVOLUTION HEROES Thousands Gather to ConmemoraCe 148th Anniversary of Surrender of Cornwallis. Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19.—OP)—Trib ute was paid to heroes of the Ameri can Revolution today by thousands of persons who assembled here to com memorate the 145th anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis. The placing of a wreath on the Yorktown monument by representa tives of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Daughters of the Am erican Revolution and other patriotic organizations,will open the exercises, which are under the joint auspices of the Sons and Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution of Virginia. The principal address will be by S. Otis Bland, of the fjrst Virginia dis trict. COTTON SEED STATISTICS From August First to September Thirtieth 888,885 Tons Crushed in, United States. Washington, Oct. 19.— OP) —-Cotton seed crushed during the two months period August Ist to September 80th totalled 538,205 . tons, compared with 601,514 tons in the same period last year, and cotton seed on hand at 1 mills September 30th totalled 577,- 9SI tons compared with 779,430 tons a year ago, the census bureau an nounced today. British Merchant Ships Fired On. Hankow, Oct. 19.—OP)—The Brit ish merchant ships Poyang and Loong Wo were fired on today by Chinese troops at Chicbow, above Wuseuh, on , the Yangtze River. About 400 bul lets hit the Loong Wo, while it wns en route to Hankow. There were no causaltieß. 1 -—I im ' 1 .■ i 1— HEARTHS Russian Cossack Chorus AT HIGH SCHOOL THIS EVENING AT 8:00 O’CLOCK i First AmerfaMt Tow After Most Sue | easeful Tsars In Europe. A Noted Musical Chorus Under • Noted Dhsstor Ado its tun All gtudmrta 50 Cods or State Women’s College in Greens boro as in the studio in Raleigh, In fact,.’ when anything of interest or ' ImiHirtance is going on, it can be -aught orer the radio and broadcast i o all the people in V.ie state. “It is impossible to imagine the ben efit such a station will be to the hale as a whole, especially to the rtua! districts in the wintef months. ! ■ whin people stay at home more, j 1 IPrnfft this station they wi)l be fur ’ rtitired ho,'h information and enter i .aininmt. At gjven hours and on certain days, lectures courses in ag riculture, horticulture, home econo '■ mice and other subjects can be given, thus grentiy en.arging tile scope of . .'he extension work of both State Coi ■ ege and the University. In fact, : there is no end to the uses to which it can be put, being a veritable elepr > *nf house for information and enter t taiument for all the people in the I state. Eventually it is 'aoped to place receiving sets in all the schools, : so that every school in the state may be linked into one big state-wide ' school room through this central radio station, to hear noted speakers or good music, and to receive regular instruc tion in various topics,” the governor said. Asked if it would not be necessary j to secure a special appropriation for the construction of the station, the governor replied that it would not if the costs were not too great, since funds now exist for purposes of pub licity and like activities, part of n'aich could lie used toward the radio sta tion. No estimate has been made as yet i an to the cost of the station, but, nc ■ cording to Mr. Young, a much more powerful station than was at first contemplated must be erected, owing to the extreme length of the state, and its peculiar geographical and topo graphical aspects as well as the dif ferences in atuiospheric conditions, carying from the damp, foggy atmos phere of the coast to Vue high, dry air of the mountains in the west. It will also take more power tq get across and into the mountains, the engineers say. "The more powerful station will al so be an advantage in that it will enable North Carolina to get much I beneficial publicity outside the state . ns well as in it,’ 'the governor said, pointing out that it is just as neces sary to let people in other states know about what North Carolina is doing as to keep tile people in the state in formed as to its activities. The governor spoke of having vis ited the experimental laboratories at r the Radio Corpajaztian~«l>S Atneriia and of seeing the wonderful develop ments which have been made, one of them the apparatus whereby it is possible to hear the voice of a speak er and see him at the same time. This 'aas not been perfected from a commercial standpoint, but will be eventually, the governor believes. It would probably require a nuiuuer of months for the installation of the State station, after the estimate and contracts had been approved, the gov ernor stated, saying that it would be several weeks before the results of the present survey will be known. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Unchanged Prices to Decline of 5 Points. New York, Oct. 19— OP) —The cot ton market opened steady today at un changed prices to a decline of 5 points under selling promoted by relatively easy cables, and the favorable weather map. Southern hedging also was report ed, but in comparatively small volume and after easing jsf to 12.80, January contracts rallied so 12.90, or 4 points higher on covering and trade buying. The early selling was accompanied by reiterated talk of probable increas ed crop estimates from private author ities within the next few days. The bulge after the call was not fully sus tained, active months.rnling about net unchanged to 3 points lower at the end of the first hour. Cotton futures opened steady: De cember 12.70; January 12.80; March 13.00; May 13.26; July 13.50. LACK OF ORGANIZATION HURTS COTTON GROWERS I Cotton Seed Crushers Meet in Mem phis to Discuss Problems Facing Them. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 19.— 0 P Lack of proper organization is large ly the cause of “the trouble” in the South, cotton seed crushers of the country were told today by Kenneth D. McKellar. “United States senator from Tennessee. Seed crushers met here to consider plans for relieving the depression in the market for cotton seed and its products. Mr. McKellar was asked to address the meeting of perhaps fifty cotton seed oil men before a round table dis cussion was begun. The provisions of the Haugcn-Mc- Nary farm relief Mil were described by Mr. McKellar. Charlotte People Study Tourist Hotel Prospects. Charlotte, Qct. 19. —Tne employ ing of aii expert to make a survey aa to the possibility of success of a tourist hotel in Charlotte and a meet log scheduled for Monday are steps planned by citizens’ committee which is inquiring into advisabbi'.ity of or-' ganiafng a company here to bnild the' proposed hotel. At the meeting Mon day the special committee will dis cuss with Frank H. Anderson, vice president and manager of the Con tinental LeUnd Hotel Corporation of New York, the Form of contract to .be signed. CONCORD. N. CL TUESDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1926 MM* ly ■Kjfp ■ ■. i. Edward W. Browning, New York’s “Cinderella man” and husband of Frances “Peaches” Browning, played leap frog with newspapermen to demonstrate his virility and fitness for married life. (XBiMßMitaiifel B«uniU GOV. McLEAN AT HICKORY Record of Democratic Party Con trasted With That Under Republi can Control. BY J. O. BASKERSVILL, Staff Correspondent. Hickory, Oct. 19.—. Declaring that there are some in the State who would destroy the State by desiring it to make too rapid strides toward I the accomplishment of its goal, especially with regard to highway building. Governor A. W. McLean declared here this afternoon that the only progress worth while was the progress which was in keeping with the ability of the taxpayers to pay. and that the bonded indebtedness of the State should not be increased be yond the ability of the nation’s credit structure to carry it. “’Mitfit are two definite thought at present with regard! to the advancement which the State should make,” the Governor said. “One school. represents the ‘progress nt any price’ group which urges the im mediate completion of all state pro jects. which would involve an ex penditure of nearly $100,000:000;' They have no thought of the ability of the taxpayers to carry this burden or of the bond market to absorb the bonds. They are nothing more thnn opportunists, who think only of the present without regard for the fu ture. "Then there is the other school comprising what ‘I believe to be the ’arger portion of the thinking peo ple of the State, who while in favor of making progress along all lines, feel that this progress should be moye or less conservtive nnd in keep ing with the ability of the people of the State to ]>ay for this progress. These people believe that any pro gram of expenditures should take the future into consideration as well as the present, and that the future should be amply safeguarded. While it may take a little bit longer, the same ends will eventuall by achiev i ed without having to tnke any dan gerous risks, and this is the program of progress which I advocate,” the . Governor declared. The record of the Democratic i party in the State in the last 25 years was briefly outlined by Gov ernor McLean nnd contrasted with . the accomplishments and progress unde it Republican control, previous . to that time. He pointed to the fact that in the 25 years under Demo cratic administrations, more than $200,000,000 of pub ic money had been handled without a suspicion of graft. 1 Again an intimation was given that a determined fight wou’d be • put up for the eventual estnblish > ment of an eight months term for all the schools of the State when the . governor declared ttiat while the ■ progress made in public education iu . the state in the last 25 years had ■ been pheuominal, the Democratic i party was far from satisfied and . would not rest in its fight for better education until every child in North . Carolina was assured of as good an i education as the children of any , state in the Union.. The increasing tendency of the I ANNOUNCEMENT i Our November Series Will Open Saturday, November 6th, 1926 i■ / j ! 1 If you want to buy or to build, or to save money, ' i come in and take out a few shares in this new series. We sell prepaid stock at $72.25 per share. ; Citizens Boilding & Loan Association . r Office in the Citiseoa Bank Building ’ —m——mwws—wawawnas , rank and file of Republicans to see the wisdom of maintaining a Demo cratic state government was stress ed. the Governor asserting that an increasing number of Republicans were voting the Democratic ticket in Slate e’ections each year. Though the notice had been short, a large audience, for an afternoon audience, and here, as in Hickory last night, an enthusiastic welcome was given to the Governor. Reports of increased activity and interest in the election were given to the governor from all the sections visited since he left Raleigh last Saturday, and. while it is generally "onceded that the Democrats will noli a good vote, the principal thing the party faces at present is getting out the vote on November 2. The im- Iportance of getting eyertf l voter to on election ifi con staatly being stressed, and iif this can be done, the democrats feel sure ot a record vote at this election. Immediately following his ad dress, the governor was to leave here for Asheville, where he will be ffbe speaker of the evening nt the fyanqnet to be given by the Morris Plan Hankers Association, in session there- is address tonight will be along banking lines, rather than oolitiea 1 . Tomorrow night he will speak in Lenoir, and Thursday aft ernoon in Lineolnton. probably speaking either in Concord or Marion Thursday night. He will speak in Albemarle on Friday night. M’LARTY IS EXPECTING TO LEAVE HIGH POINT But Says Report He Will Be Asked to Be Sent to Greensboro is Merely P.nmor. High Point, Oct. 18.—Dr. E. K. McLarty. pastor of the Wesley Me morial church, declared here today that the report to the effect that he would be as|}ed to serve as pastor of the West Market Street Methodist -burch in Greensboro was “unofficial and based merely on rumors.” How ever lie said' that he had completed p four-year term as pastor of the local church and had announced to the board of directors that ho did not ex pert to return for another year. Dr. McLarty has been requested by members of liis congregation to serve another year, but he has de clined the offer- Announcement is made that he will preach his last sermon at the Wesley Memorial church next Sunday. W. C, T. U. Meeting in Salisbury. Salisbury, Oct. 19.— OP) —-The first meeting of the state convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will be held tonight at 8 o’clock at t'.io First Methodist Church when the ex ecutive committee will discuss plans for the sessions to follow. The con vention proper opens Wednesday morning with Mrs. W. B. Lindsay, president, in charge of the convention. Albert P. Boyle Dead. Charlotte, Oct. 19.—CA>)—Albert P. Boyle, aged 73. vice president of the ; A. L. Boyle company, died here to- j day. He was a native of Augusta. Ga., and came 'iiere three years ago. UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA MEETS IN RICHMOND Opens Its Fifth Biennial j Convention in Richmond , Tonight.—Some Figures of Progress. MEMBERSHIP NOW i TOTALS 942,920! I ' This is the Largest Luth eran Body in the United ! States and Canada—Has 34 District Synods. Rjchmond. Va., Oct. 19.—Rich mond. the old capital of the Confed erate States of America, today wel comed delegates from the reunited Lutheran churches in ,the North and in t'je South, assembled here for the fifth biennial convention of the T’nited Lutheran Church of the T'nited States and Canada. Three times in the last eight years Lutheran delegates from the South have gone forth into northern cities to confer on ecclesiastical methods and plan t'.ie work of the church. Once, in 1920. the convention met at Wash ington. This year for the first time delegates fr< in the northern cities are meeting their southern brethren on southern soil. At the time of the war between the states schisms appeared in the ranks of the great <’.lurches, and the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Lutheran denominations divided into northern and southern groups, the separation of three of these denomina tions continuing to the present day. In three of these groups efforts have been made to reunite the divided churches, but without success up to »’je present time. After overtures toward merger oh one side or the other had been made during a period of four decades, the first approach being made in 1876, delegates of three outstanding Luth eran bodies met in New York City in 1918 to organize the present United Lutheran Church in America. T’je northern bodies, the General Synod and the General Council, and one southern body, the United Synod of the South, had previously taken definite action favoring the merger and sent representatives to -the con vention instructed to vote in favor of a union that would at once submerge the animosities and differences of half a century before, and pave the way for effective co-operation. The present convention of the re united church, \riiich will continue in session for an entire week, is attend ed by delegates representing approx imately 1,380,000 members grouped together in 34 district synods. The convention will hear reports on the increasing effectiveness of home missionary works in hundreds of com munities and will discuss plans for a consolidation of such work. The re ports will tell of the development of American Lutheran work in the for eign fields in India, Africa, Japan, South America and the West Indies, and the purchase and occgpation of a new field in China. The educational, social service, publication and other activities of the church will be con sidered in detail. Particular atten tion will be given to the efforts that are being made to lighten the burdens of Lutheran immigrants to the United States and Canada from foreign lands. Some Statistics. New York, Oct. 19.—The United Lutheran Church in America, which opens its fifth biennial convention in Richmond, Va., tonight, has gained 38,167 in baptized membership dur ing the past year bringing its total members* ip up to 1,417,909, accord ing to latest statistics compiled- by Rev. G. L. Kietfer, statistical secre tary. Confirmed membership like wise shows an increase of 30.660 over last year’s figures, bringing the new total to 942,920. The United Lutheran Church, which is the largest Lutheran general body in the United States and Canada, is divided into 34 district synods, each of which sends clerical and lay dele gates to t’je conventions. During the past year the 5,418 congregations com posing the church contributed $623,- 116 to education, $218,881 to foreign missions, $110,766 to home missions, $403,638 to inner missions, their total benevvolences amounting to $3,722.- 895. During the year valuation of church property increased from $103,- 878,226 to $114,366,118 and congre gational expenses outside of benevo ' lence reached a total of $15,793,394. A supplementary report made to , Secretary Kieffer by inner mission in stitutions connected with the United j Lutheran Church shows a total prop -1 ert.v valuation of $11,982,682'; and 43 theological seminaries, cOlleges and junior colleges and academies report ed a total valuation of $12(170,130. Sl* hundred and four professors were employed teaching in the educational institutions where a total of 9,005 men and women are students. Prisoner Objects to Freedom; Fights to Stay in Priam. Fort Madison, lowa, Oct. 18.—An inmate of the lowa state prison was forcibly ejected today after he had argued with prison officials for more than two hours that be was being wrongfully cast out into freedom. The prisoner, E. J. Brown, of Tama county, was sentenced to a five-year term for larceny by embet -1 element. Good behavior had reduced j his sentence by more than a year and it expired, today. i TROPICAL. STORM OF GREAT INTENSITY IS MOVING TO NORTH Washington. Oct. 19. —DP)—The ■ tropical disturbance which Is of great intensity, i« moving north westward and north northwest ward at the rate of about 223 miles a day, the weather bureau reports. 1 It is central this morning ap proximately in lat’tude 18, Long- , ! itude 83 1-2. » |■ ; 1 j GOV. MeLEAN AT HICKORY j i I i Is Getting to Be an Excellent Cam paigner.—Is Is Fine Fettle. I By J. C. BASKERMLL j (Staff Correspondent! | Hickory, Oct. 19.—-Governor A. W. ' j Melanin reached here Monday after-1 noon in fine fettle, after spending fout days in enemy territory, during which | an enthusiastic reception has been j given him at every stop. The gover nor is growing enthusiastic for the out.look of the Democratic party in) ,'.ie approaching election on November 1 2nd. He is more and more convinced that the rank and file of thinking Re- - publicans are seeing the wisdom of maintaining Democratic control in the i State government, with the result that i more and more of them are going to < vote the Democratic ticket this fall. ] And this by no means is the view i of Governor McLean alone, but is the opinion of those who are politically sagacious t*j rough all the sections of (he state which so far have been vis ited—Greensboro, Lexington. Wins ton-Salem. Concord, Statesville and Hickory. At every plaCe. those "in the know" concerning matters polit ieal 4 have told The Tribune corre spondent that there is real satisfac tion on almost every hand with the manner in which state affairs are be ing administered and that an ever growing number are fuming toward t’je Democratic party because they realize that it stands for fair gov ernment by the majority of the people for. the majority of the people. This was very evident ill Lexing ton Saturday uight, both durifig and •after the address by Governor Mc- Lean. During the speaking one man remarked to The Tribune correspond ent —and 'je did not know that he was talking to a newspaper man— that th>re were at least 200 Repub licans in the audience of at least 1,- 000 persons who listened attentively for nearly two hours as Governor Mc- Lean recited the accomplishments of Democratic administrations in North Carolina. And his. ,h for Statesville, spending Sunday night ■ there. 1 Monday morning tfie governor pro - ceeded to Concord, where he visited I Stonewall Jackson Training School, 1 State reform school, and made a short - talk to the boys, calling upon them . to make the best possible use of their ; opportunities in order to become use- I ful citizens. *He was much impressed > with the work being done at the school. From Concord he came ou to Hickory, arriving early in the afternoon. l _ Shslton Guilty of Second Degree Mur i der. s Hendersonville, N. C., Oct. 19. —OP) | —A verdict of guilty of murder In • the second degree wns returned today ; in Henderson superior court against Fred Shelton. 23-year old negro, in 1 connection with the shooting of Dep > tuy Sheriff Romulus Capps last May. • The jury returned its decision short- I ly before 11 o’clock, after having ge i ceived the case late yesterday. Sen tence will be passed this afternoon. TODAY’S NEWS TODAY NO. 247 / METHODISTS WILL j BEGIN CONFEREM TOMORROW IHOnMH Annual Western N ortljt Carolina Conference, $ Will Meet With Main ' Street Church, Gastoaftfe ! BISHOP MOUZON WILL PRESIBS More Than 500 Delegate* ! Expected to Attend,-?? * I Historical Society WiH I Meet Tonight. Gastonia, Oct. 19.— Rev. Oscar Blackwelder Conducted figtfl Devc-tional Exercises at the C&MmiM Session. Richmond, Va., Oct. 19.—DP)—Tho jl final day's sessions of the sth bieae tvi nial convention of the LulheraiCllß Brotherhood were opened this niorniMt-fllSj with devotional exercises by thsFffiaafrJsß Oscar Black welder, of Baltimore. DwqH F. H. Knubel, {’res’dent of the Unit- 1 ed Lutheran Church in America, theti-.-fja greeted the delegates from twelve ;|| states ami the Dominion -f tfgqgda I after which the convention- settle® down to clearing its calendar for ad* ill jourument this afternoon Tlie Saskatoon Library, for which |1 the Brotherhood obtained 4,000 voj- ! urnes during the past year, wan aphuyg the "Brotherhood aecomplishmentOC ‘1 discussed. Andhara College, ofln- 1 dia, for which the Brotherhood was ■ active in raising a $300,000 fund, was* another topic, while a tribute to Efis S. S. Wo! tz, executive secretary of the brotherhood from tlie time of it# organization until his death May, 1925, was to be paid just before final adjournment by Dr. J. M. Bramkamp, ' of Chicago. V :' ;U CHARLOTTE WOMAN 18 KILLED BY GAS < Body of Miss Annie Wilson Found ill ’ Kitchen Which Was Filled With Gas. Charlotte. Oet. 19.— UP) —The body y of Miss Annie Wilson, aged 43, w*® fount) in a gas-filled room at the hfmafg : of her mother, Mrs. George EV Wilson, . ' in Myers Park early today. ’ -vll Tlie body was found lying i# the J k-'tchen of the Wilson home by Mrs. Wilson and a servant. The doctor J expressed tlie belief tlmf Miss Wii son had gone into the kitchen about 6 o'clock for the puriiose of heating water to drink before breakfast, as , was her custom. Miss Wilson lutj been in a highly nervous condition) for : several weeks, relatives said.' * Bhe sup ? sered from melancholia during thfe 1 past few days. JR With Our Advertisers. During the remainder of Oc-tohM: the Parks-Belk Co. Beauty Sbappe will give a Nestle-Lanoil permaneut wave for SIO.OO. See ad. FSwfi Electric, fixtures for ' from the kitchen to the boudoir,' at W. | J. Hetheox’s. "Tlie better yotir lumber the betaSSß you'll build." See ad. of E. U. Mor rison Lumber Co. See tlie new parlor heaters at Yorke & Wadsworth Co. before buy- -l ing. Don't delay in seeing the aeawMffif. -S smartest coats at Fisher's. Ptlcp ,‘ $9.75 to $69.50. Billy Arwood will appear at tbhrlffi Concord Theatre Wednesday. Thurs- J day and Friday at 3:15, 7.15 and 9:15 each day. Cotton Manufacturers to Meet at jj • Pinehurtt. Charlotte. Oet. 19.—DP)—The mid- : ij winter meeting of the Cotton Mann- J facturers' Association of North CaatsM liua will be. held at Pinehutit. vember 26th and 27th, Hunter Mar*s3 shall, ,Tr., secretary, announced 1 day. ■- ■ MMI , ~ ' 1 ' ■' THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight, slightly cah|f|§ • er in north and extreme west; Wed- 1 - nesduy increasing cloudiness folM'sHH -by showers in west. Moderate solfflS east and east winds. ,491