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.
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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
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ANNOUNCEMENT
i
Our November Series Will Open
Saturday, November 6th, 1926
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! 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. »
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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<eaeors, includ
ing the 200 or more Republicans, gave
approval with frepuertt and apantn ne
ons; applause. The feoteritf))' Was not
singing his own praises, either—far
from It. In fact, he scarcely re- .
ferred to any of the accomplishments
of his own administration, dwelling
entirely upon the record of the Demo
era tie party as a whole.
Hence it is believed tlfct Davidson ,
county may be pretty well depended
upon to give a Democratic majority in
the coining election, since it gave a
majority of nearly 400 votes to Gover
no»- McLean in 1924, the first time in i
25 years it had given a Democratic i
majority to a candidate for governor, i
And judging from all appearances, i
the popularity of the Democratic party I
has increased greatly in the county in i
the last two years. •
The governor is getting to be an
excellent campaigner and is heartily i
enjoying himself. It was almost mid
nig-jt before he went to his room
Saturday night, having remained in
the fobhy of the hotel until late chat
ting with friends and -meeting new
ones. He wns up early Sunday
morning, however, and insisted on
calling on several friends before leav
ing for Winston-Salem.
One of the calls he enjoyed most
was that upon Captain Frank C. Rob
bins, i)4 years old, oae of the most
prominent men in Davidson county
and a man who has had a large share
in its development and progress.
Captain Robbins, while not as active
ns formerly, is still keenly interested
in political matters, state, national
and international and conversed in
terestedly with the governor on vari
ous matters. He said that he thought
the present campaign had not been
begun early enough, and that the peo
ple should take more interest in pol
ities than they do.
Governor McLean reached Winston-
Salem Sunday morning about 10:30
and attended church services at Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, of which Dr. Charles C. Weav
er is pastor, with B. C. Womble, who
will be State senator from Forsyth
county in tM« v next general assembly
and who was it member of the house
during the last session.
Sunday afternoon the governor vis
■ ited the teachers’ training school for I
• colored teachers and made a brief
. talk, after which he left with his party
> 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.—</P)—The West
|ern North Carolina conference oif
| Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
will convene Wednesday morning gt 9 ,
o'clock in Main Street Church haM,
with Bishop Edwin D. Mouzou pfljfc 1 ;
siding. The conference historical so
ciety will hold its anniversary in thijl
church tonight at 8 o'clock when
principal address will be delivered by
C. M. Pickens. This year’s session
of the conference is held on the liH)th
anniversary of the establishment mff
the First Methodist Circuit in North
Carolina and tins fact will be featured
in tonigjf's program. Five hundred ,
twenty-five delegates are expected h -i
be in attendance, in addition to humps
numbers of visiting Methodists front J
neighboring towns and comra«%jmß||
Delegates are already arriving, and
by night most of them will be here.
This is Bishop Mouzon's first yfedt fp C
Gastonia. Last night he was guest |if '
honor at a dinner given at the Gw "
tonin Country Club by the local enters
tainment committee, with members of
the local official boards as guests, Ur
an address at that dinner the RUMfel
made the statement that no big
lems would be before the Confegftige %
this year, indicating that everything
was expected to move smoothly.
BROTHERHOOD MEET If
WILL ADJOURN TODAY J
—» — >
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.
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