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VOLUME XXVI ♦ CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1926 • NO. 255
GOVERNOR MLEJUI
RKRIITICKS
OF JOHNSON J. HAVES
Says the Latter Passes Ov
ler the Uyly Record of
Corruption of the Re
publican Party.
MAKES UNJUSTIFIED
CHARGES OF FRAUD
Hayes Does Not Specify
Single Instance Where a
Republican Has Been
Cheated of His Vote.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
(Staff Correspondent)
Raleigh, Oct. 28.—The "biennial
alibi" of the ■ Republican party in
North Carolina is being employed by
R Johnson J. Hayes. ‘Republican ean-
Eh didate for the Cnited States Senate,
jB •who lias been denouneing the I)emo
eralie party for alleged dishonesty in
F elections. Governor A. W. Mellon de
elared here last night when he un
loosed one of his most biting attacks
_ on the Republican party and its record
■ in flie state, and answered statements
■ being made by Hayes in his cara-
B pnign. The auditorimn of the eon
■ so.idnted high school at Itonlee was
packed to overflowing by an enthusi
■ astic Chatham county audience, nnd
H the governor, despite ten days of vig
orons campaigning, was at hip best
> and struck blow' after blow for the
1 J lemoeratie party in an address that
sunk into the minds of his hearers.
"Tie Republican lender, Mr. Hayes,
B passes over the great retard ofachieve-
F' meat of the Democratic party in N'orth
Carolina as well as the ugly record
B of corruption in ofliee of thJUlepub
iiean party during the Harding ad-
IB ministration and majors in denouncing
the Democratic party f<jr alleged dis
honesty nnd corruption in elections,"
tit) governor said. "In this he runs
true to form and follows in the wake
of former leaders of the .Republican
party in the state. _
■'For the purpose of toying to ex
plain why the Republican party in
North Carolina is graaual.y luging
ground, Mr. Hayes said that tbe Dem
■ ocratie election officials are "cheating 1
■ the Republicans out of' their voter*.
He is a lawyer and has been solicitor
long enough to know that s&ioys.
IB charges mould not be inode without
liroof trf their trttf.ifqlnesK. He does
not spec-ify a single instance where
any Democratic election official has
cheated any Republican out of his
vote or has failed to honestly conduct
an election in his voting precinct. If
B he will read the consolidated statues,
he will see that North Carolina has
V one of the most comprehensive and
drastic corrupt practices net in Amer
ica, the violation of any section of
I- which is a serious ael which may be
severely punished.
f "It is amusing to observe the in
consistent attitude of Mr. Hayes and
other Republican leaders as they go
over the state making unjustified and
wholesale charges of fraud and cor
ruption against Democratic election
officials, when they have no proof to
support them. It seems to me that
it would eome with better grace from
these Republican leaders if they would
explain their own disregard of tfe
sanctity of the election franchise. I
should like for Mr. Hayes to explain
why it is that the Republican party
has committed a wholesale fraud upon
the primary election laws of the state.
The Republican party itself has de
frauded the rank and file of Repub
licans out of their legal right to name
their candidates according to the laws
of the state nnd have adopted the
method of selecting their candidates
in a room in some hotel and then have
them ratified by a so-called conven
tion.
"I suggest to Mr. Hayes that if he
is genuinely interested in preventing
election frauds in the state he join
with Senator Norria, of Pennsylvania,
in denouncing the corruption prac
ticed in that state, which has bet-ora*
, a stench in the nostrils of all pa
jlt triotic citixens. If be is afraid of
▼v the political influence of the bosses
of Pennsylvania, then I suggest that
he condemn the acts of the Republican
party in Congress in refusing to order
a re-districting of the congressional
districts, which has been refused for
the last six years.
" am inclined, however, to excuse
the ‘biennial alibi’ of Mr. Hayes and
the former leaders of the Republican
party because I know they are deeply
huminiated and discouraged by the
fact that the Republican party is los
ing ground, in North Carolina, aa
shown by the Democratic gains in
1924 nnd 'aa will be further shown
after the election next Tuesday.”
Many other matters of interest were
also discussed by the governor.
Ban for SaaNay Baseball.
Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 28.—<^>—The
Dauphin county court today declared
Sunday baseball in Pennsylvania “a
wor’dly employment” and a violation
of the blue lawa of 1794.
The decision upholds the state in
an action against the Philadelphia
American League baseball club. The
proceedings resulted from a game
played August"22nd between the Phil
adelphia Athletics and tbe CHicago
White Box.
Loan for Hungarian Cities.
Budapest, Hungary; Oct. 28.——
■Hfc The minister Os finance has concluded
mT a loan with Speyer & Company, of
New York for 16,000,000 tor Hun
garian cities,
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FRI T) FLARES I P
• AGAIN AND FOUR
’ HI TIDINGS BI’RN
West Frankfort. 111., Oct. 28.
lA")—The smouldering feud between
the Hirgi-r and Shelton gangs of
Williamson county, flared itpagain
I ear.v today when a band of some
l : fiftten men ntacked ‘‘Shaw's Card-'
I en", a read house, frequented by-
Birger men. ridd ed four dilapidat
ed frame buildings with machine
. gun fire, nnd finding no one to
■ fight back, burned them to the
f I rronml.
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QUEEN MARIE’S
COUNTRY HOME I
* Her Love of Country Life is Most I
Pronounced.—Wants to See Our
Country Homes.
Washington, D. Oet. 28.—1 n
l the arrangement of the itinerary for
her present tour of America, Queen
Marie of llnumanla has expressed a•
wish to view some of the benotifitl
country homes on this side of the At
lantic. Her love of country life is
most pronounced. The girlhood of
Her Majesty was passed in nn Bug-
Rsdt country home‘and it is in her
country home at Sinaia that she has
been seen to greatest advantage since
she became Queen of Roumanin.
Caste! Peles. at Sinaia, has been
the county residence of the Rou
manian royal family for more than
half a century. It was ns early as
1871 that the late King Charles nnd
bis Queen migrated there in search
of cool mountain air. as a restora
tive after the scorching euummer
heat of the plains. In those nays,
however, Sinaia could boast of little
else than its ancient cloister, in
which the royal family (accompanied
by a modest suite) occupied a series
of small, white-washed cells, aad
lived in almost primitive simplicity.
The magnificent view of the Car
pathians, the peaceful Ih-aehova val
ley. and the flashing mountain j
stream;) were counted ns rich com
pensations, and the affection which
was so early rooted in the heart of
King Charles for this most pictures
que spot swayed hi* life to the end.
King Ferdinand nnd Queen Marie
entertain the same fondness for
Sinaia as did their predecessors on
the throne, and it is there that they
reside during the greater part of the
year.
The highly artistic and beautiful
Pastel Peles is the outcome of uiuch
patient waiting and economy on the
part of the late King and his con-1
sort. The enormous building, of a]
style which piny be said to belong to
the- Renaissance school. - with its
naajjy graceful minarets and baleou
lCuihciiiriQ|>i,and gables, and
rntfruumlhiiS. Pastel Poles is built!
on the lower mountain slopes, and!
the view obtained of it from the! ;
high l-oad to Sinaia is exceedingly i
fine, tor, with its near background j
of magnlflcetit forests and towering!
mountain peaks, it produces an ef
fect both unusual and inspiring.
Beautiful, well-kept gardens, laid
out in terrflres, a luxuriant growth
of flowers and shrubs, are all fit
ting adjuncts to this complete pic
ture. The interior is a clever com
bination of luxurious comfort and
high art. and there are evidences on
till sides of the culture tastes which
have discovered the secret of uniting
beauty of outline and proportion
with personal ease ami comfort. The
massive carving and colored win
dows exclude perhaps a little too
much sunlight in some parts of the
building: but the subdued light, and
gentle' splashing of the Peles, which
has been captured in its course down
she mountain side to cool and beauti
fy the home, add just a suspicion of
mystery and romance which en
hances its many charms.
THE COTTON MARKET
Steady During Early Trading With
First Prices 8 to IS Points Low-j
er.
New York, Oct. 28.—OP)—The cot
ton market was steady during today’s
early trading on reports of smaller
southern offerings and relatively steady
Liverpool cables.
First prices were 8 to 13 points
higher, and active months sold 16 to
18 points above yesterday’s closing
quotations by the end of the first hour,
January advancing to 12.43 on cover
ing Which appeared to be combined
with trade and investment buying.
Private cables from Liverpool said
there was leas hedge selling in that
market, prices advancing on trade buy
ing and covering, and also reported
an improvement in demand for cot
ton cloth from India.
The smaller volume of aouthern
hedge selling here at the opening was
attributed partly to the progress be
ing made in plans for financing and
storing cotton in the South.
Cotton futures opened steady. Dec.
12.24; Jan. 12.33; March 12.63; May
i 12.00; July 13.15.
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With Owr Advertisers.
The Kidd-Frix Co. has designated
each Friday as a Special Sale Day, on
which many bargains will be offered
in pottery, China, glassware, candle
sticks and many other novelties. To
morrow one special is a 34.00 flower
bowl for 81.96.
Smart new dresses, hats and coats
at Fisher’s, at popular prices.
Today and tomorrow at the Con
cord Theatre “Into Her Kingdom,”
featuring Corinne Griffith.
Sehloss Bros, to Co., next fall suits
and top coats and Solvable hats for
Hallowe’en at Hoover's.
A fresh suit each' week will set you
aßlde from the crowd. See ad. of
Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. Phone 787.
Next Tuesday is a legal holiday
and the banks of Concord will be
closed on that day.
Os all animals the tiger is tbe
most susceptible to sea-sickness.
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Otasian E. Carr, city manager
o t Fart Worth, Tex., was ex-1
pected to be a witness for the i
Statffi at the trial of Rev. Frank
Norris, minister accused of j
the murder of D. E- Chipps.
Carr was repeatedly attacked
in speeches by Rev. Norris.
natansHaasl Wswstl
ARIZONA CAMPAIGN
TO GET ATTENTION*
Senator McNary Ashed to Begin an
Inquiry There as Scon as Possible.
St. Louis, Oct. 28. (A*)—lnvesti
gation of the senatorial campaign in
Arinina was ordered today by Senator
Read, democrat of Missouri, chair
man of the Senate campaign fund
committee.
Senator McNary, republican. of!
Oregon, now prosecuting an inquiry*
into the campaign in his own state,
was asked to proceed to Arixona no
soon as his present work is conclud
ed.
Senator Cameron, republican nomi-|
nee . for re-election in Arixona. asked
for an inquiry, charging that SIOO,-
000 had been contributed by copper
and hydro electric power interests for
use against him in the present cam-1
paign.
After rending Senator
burst. Democrat of Arizona, saying]:
that the Cameron charges were false,
find stating there were evidences thatii
large sums were being usd in Snn
tor < amron’s campaign.
ADVERTISING GIVEN
PRESIDENTIAL BOOST | !
Advertising Life of Trade in the Opln-!
ion of President Coolidge.
Washington, Oct. 28. —(A 5 )—Adver-
| rising is the life of trade in the opin
ion of President Coolidge, and aids
extensively in the maintenance of the!
American scale of wages, the main
support of the home market.
Addressing the annual banquet of i
the American Association of Adver- j
tising Agencies here last night, the ] ]
Chief Executive alluded to the na-j
tion's capacity for production and con
sumption through high wuges andj
“the greatest distribution of wealth j
that the world has ever seen.”
Progress May Efface Last Home of
Vance,
Ashevil'.e. Oct. 27.—Gombroom, i
the beautiful and famous home at
which Zebulon Baird Vance spent his
last years,' and a large number of
j other homes will pass out of exist
ence if the city commissioners decide
upon the North Folk of Swannanoa
River as the source of the city’s
water supply.
This fact has been pointed out in
a communication from John Harry
Martin, owner and occupant of
Gombroon - and a stepson of Senator
Vance.
Gombroon, which was the property
of Mr. Martin even while Senator
Vance lived there, stands some seven
miles north of Black Mountain
one of the most famous homes In
Western North Carolina. Its uni
queness and attractiveness aijw said
to be a result of the artistic tirate of
Mrs. Vance, mother of Mr. Martin.
Miore About Klan In Polities.
| St. Louis. Oet. 28—(Ah—Wm. F.
. Zunbrunn, general counsel of the Kii
I Klux Klan, was described here today
before the senate campaign funds
, committee by George W. Meyers, of
■ Marion, Ind., as the legislative agent
of the Kiaa at Washington.
Meyers, a former member of the
Klan in the Hoosier State, testified
I that Zunbrunn looked after matters
, before Congress in which the Klan was
I Interested, inelud’ng immigration re
striction, abolishment of parochial
schools, “and the seating of United
r States senators.”
Farmers to Discuss Cotton Skua
' tion.
Charlotte, Oet. 27.—A mass mee*-
ing of farmers will be held here to
diecues the cotton situation. E. T
Coles, a member of the North Caro
lina delegation to tbe recent Mem
phis conference announced today.
The meeting Vrill he one of the series
being he’d throughout the South to
discuss the advisability of launching
s sontbside movement for reduction
of cotton acreage.
Helium, a gaseous e'ement, was
discovered in a spectrum analysis of
the sun by Lorkyer 39 years before
its existence in the earth was proved.
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POLKY IS IDGPTED
MG'SMFM
I Three Illinois Counties
Await Developments Be
tween two Fully Aimed!
! Gangs.
BIRGER GANG IS
OUT FOR REVENGE
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While the Shelton Gang is
Armed and Waiting sot
Anything That Comes
Up. Ts
Marion, 111.. Oet. 28.—<A>>—^Wil
liamson, Franklin and Saline cimntß
today assumed a po icy of watcliSl I
waiting with two southern lUinnls j
gangs almost at pißtol |M>ints. ' Tito ’•
Charles Birger gang had declared IU!
revenge was theirs, and the ShMW
brothers gang tiad armed and was ql l
guard.
The death Monday night of tW|n
! members of the Birger faction was
! the inrident that fanned the sued to
, feverish heat.
ltoih camps held in readiness an
armored truck and heavily armed met).
The.Birger faction reinforced by three
recruits yesterday, centered activities
around the lenders’ road house twelvje
miles west of here, while the Sheltofi
gang, who have succeeded hi keeping
’ under cover, were reported to be oea
i tering around West City, a small town
near Benton, in Franklin county.
Birger was authority for the state
ment that n battle is only a matter
i of time. “We’ll have a good story
! for you in a few days if we don’t
bumped off." he told newspaper men.
“Outsiders" need have no fear,
Birger declared.
POSTAL CLERK SHOT
BY FOUR GUNMEN
* Charged With Conviction of Throe
Men Involved in Post Office Rofi
| bery.
Paxton. 111., Oi-t. 28.—GW—Four
i gunmen early today shot and probably
fatally wounded Harry Swanson, night ‘
postal clerk after blaming their victim |
! for the conviction of three men in- <
! volved in a post office robbery here
Lyouie time ago.
> Stinson, wtio was !ou duty aUn*- T ■
said-that the quartet apparently bud,
! no intention of shooting up the office
when they came in, although they
covered him with ngvoivers and short
ly afterward began firyig. ‘
Bandits, who obtained $500,000 in 1
, geHiR from three diamond salesmen, 1
were captured not far from Paxton in 1
September.
Swanson was one of the witnesses 1
i to tlie first attack, and the three men -
he iiositively identified were sentenced' *
to prison. 1
Wanted to “Vamp” Coca Cola King. !
New York, Oct.‘ 28.— (A 3 ) —The 1
I name of Asa G. Cdhfller, of Atlanta, 1
I millionaire founder of the Coca Cola 1
* Company, today was injected into the :
$150,000 breach of promise trial
brought by Mrs. Lettie Lash, former J
actress, against Dr. Junius H. Mo
j Henry, nerve specialist.
I An re-direct examination. Dr. Me- ]
| Henry testified that Mrs. Lasli told '
■ him she was seeking an introduction
to Candler for the purpose of vamping '
| him. i;
i Defense Rests in Keever Trial. '
Gastonia, Oet. 28.—(A > )—Charles D.
Keever. charged with the murder of '
Will I. McGinnis at Stanley last
month, res toil his ease at noon and
immediately afterward the state be-. '
gan examination of a large number of
rebuttal witnesses.
The state put several witnesses on
the stand to prove the good charac
ter of the dead man. after the de
fense counsel had endeavored to prove
him a dangerous character.
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Cotton Committee to Meet.
Raleigh, Oct. 28.—(AP)—Governor
McLean announced today that he had
railed a meeting of the state cotton
finance committee for Thursday, No
vember 4th at the state eapitol, and
that he had been informed that sub
scribers to the million dollars capital
stock of tjie emergency flnanee corpor
ation would meet in Greensboro on
Wednesday, November 3rd to organ
ize and perfect plans for beginning
business.
WBI Help Finance Colton
Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 28.
(A>)—An offer to lend $1,000,000 with
out interest, and to underwrite a like
sum to finance an organization to sta
l bilize the Oklahoma cotton industry,
l was presented here today to a group
of government officials, state bankers
, and business men by Lew Wentz. Pon-
I ca City oil operator.
Belief Expedition for Bahamas.
West Palm Beach, Fla., Oct. 28.
(Ah—A relief expedition ordered by
the National Red Cross, was to leave,
here at 1130 this morning for Nas
sau, in tbe Bahamas. The request for
aid is said to have come from the Brit
ish government. Two doctors with
medical supplies were included ! n the
party. *
MoCHntoek Will Upheld.
Springfield, 111.. Oct. 28.—<A>>—The
validity o< the will of William Nelson.
MeClintock, bequeeting most of his
$1,000,000 estate to his foster father.!
Wm. D. Shepherd, Chicago attorney,
was upheld by roe Illinois Supreme
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fltory Houdini, stage maglciau, was seriously ill at Detroit, j
Mrs. Bula E. Croker, widow of Richard Croker, New Ynrl< !
political boss, won a Supreme Court decision against bis chil* ]
dren by his first wife. They sought a share of his Florida !
property. New York atheists demanded that Uldine Utley, ]
child evangelist, take out working papers before die be pen* j
nutted to preach. Countess Maria Ratti, niece of tbe Pope, 1
was married to Marquis Persiegetti. ' , j
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$11,000,000 Available For Cotton
Fanners tef^ Finance the Cotton Crop |
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. , Tribune Bureau
». Sir Waiter Hotel
Raleigh, Oct. 28.—Eleven millions
of dollars available in North Carolina
with which cotton farmers may fi
nance their cotton and hold it off the
market for a period of two years!
This, in substance, is trre gist of
the announcement made by Governor
A.. W. McLean that more than sl,-
,(X)0,000 has already been subscribed
toward the capital stock of the Cot
ton Finance Corporation, being or
ganized at his instigation last Satur
day in Greensboro to assist the farm
ers of the state to hold back their
cotton until prices improve.
“The response of the bankers and
business men of the state has been
most encouraging and most remarka
ble," said tbe governor in commenting
on the situation. "Nearly $2,000,000
has already been offered, instead of the
$1,000,000 desired, and I am con
vinced that it would have been just
as easy to get a capitalization of $5,-
000,000 as it was to get $1,00,000.
This is also an outstanding example
of the interest which the bankers and
business men fell in aiding the farm
ers and is an evidence of the concern
I’aey have for higher prices for cotton.
With this corporation assured, and
with adequate warehouse space availa
ble, there is no reason 'why the out
look should not improve at once."
Attention was called to the fact,
that through the Cotton Finance Cor
poration, cotton warehouse receipts
and loans made on cotton in storage
could be discounted through Che Fed
eral Intermediate Bank up to $lO,-
000,000, making $11,000,000 in all
that will be available to the cotton
farmers in the state. The interest
rate will not be over 6 per cent, and
perhaps even less.
The storage space in bonded ware
houses available at present is enough
to take care of from 400,000 to 500,-
000 bales, and the cost per bale per
month for the first year is bat 35
cents, including handling charges,
storage and insurance and for the
second year, or any fraction of it,
,‘.ie charge will be but 20 cents per
month.
The personnel of the finance com
mittee which he was authorized to
appoint to provide ways and means
NOW OPEN
Most men and women are faced by the same problem
—the problem of getting ahead.
OUR NOVEMBER SERIES
is now open, and as thousands of men and women in Con
cord will testify, there is no better and surer way of get
' ting ahead financially than by the Building and Loan
route.
If you want to buy or build or to save money, come
in and talk the matter over with us.
• I Citizens Building & Lean Association
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for meeting the present cotton sitna-!
tion was also announced by Governor j
McLean. The members of the com-1
mittee are ns follows: J. W. Simpson. |
Greensboro: Thomas H. Shipman.!
Brevard ; N, E. Calhoun, Winston- 1
Salem; F. F. Fagan, Rocky Mount: I
E. B. Crowe, Raleigh; W. G. Gaith.
er, Elizabeth City; N. M. Victor.
Charlotte; J. Ehvood Cox. High
Point; John F. Wiley, Durham";
Ralph W. Page. Aberdeen, and James;
H. Pou, Raleigh. M. L. Corey, of i
Richmond, Va.. one of the receivers
of the Tobacco Co-operative Associa
tion, as is also James H. Pou, will
act in nn advisory capacity to the
commission, as Mr. Corey is very fa
miliar with the system of financing
employed by the Intermediate Credit
Bank.
This committee Is to co-operate with !
the warehouse committee appointed
at the Greensboro meeting, for the
purpose of bringing to the attention
of the farmers, bankers and others
interested in cotton, the various ineth
igls whereby cotton may be held from
the market until the priees improve.
The finance committee will co-operate
with the banks and the cotton finance
corporation, now being organized, and
other agencies in the state as to ways
and means of relieving the situation.
It will also enable those desiring to
do so to carry ttieir cotton at the low
est possible cost for as long a period
as two years, if necessary. .
This committee will in no wise be
connected with the cotton finance com
mission in any other than an advisory
capacity, however, as the finance cor
poration will elect its own officers
and directors at the first meeting of
the stockholders of the corporation,
which is expected to take place in
a few days.
A telegram lias been received by
Governor McLean from Eugene Meyer,
of President Coolidge's cottop com
mittee, advising that cotton financing
corporations of $1,000,000 capitaliza
tion have been assured in the states
of Louisiana, South Carolina. Geor
gia, Alabama and that other cotton
states are working on plans to pro
vide similar corporations.
Cotton on the local market is quot
}d today at 11 1-2 cents per pound.
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NOT TO BE CALLED
TO WITNESS STftKD
Evangelist and Her \
er Will Not Be
Testify at the Preh
nary Hearing.
HEARING NEARING !
THE END TODAY!
Judge Samuel R. Blake!
Will Decide Whether to)
Hold the Evangelist for j
Superior Court.
Los Angeles. Cal.. Oct. 28.—<A>)—
The preliminary hearing of. Aimee 1
Semple McPherson, evangelist, accus
ed of conspiracy in connection with
her story of being kidnapped ami held i
for ransom, emered its final stggc to- !
day with the last of the defense wit- <
nesses exiieeted to testify. )
i Defense counsel indicated that
i neither Mrs. McPherson nor tier i
mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, a oo
; defendant, would be placed on the wit- i
! ness stand. i
j A preliminary hearing for Mrs. Me-
I Pherson, her mother nnd Mrs. I -er
mine Wiseman Siclaff, another de
fendant. nnd tfw -evangelist's accuser,
j which began in' municipal court thirty
days ago, is the longest on record
Here.
With the comfilftion of defense tes
timony.
| Blake must dfra|e whether or not’ to
| hold tile wealrjSy evangelist and her
co-defendants, ijto/answ er to superior i
'court. I*s «■ j'
Ormistdn Stayed in New York.
I New York. Oct. 28.—<A»>—Ken- j
j noth G. Ormiston, missing radio man i
; of the Aimee Semple McPherson ease. |
j lived at a New York hotel for almost I
j a month until September 17th. when j
; he disappeared leaving a trunk behind
| him, the district attorney's office an-‘
| nouneed today.
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i SECT OF SHAKERS IS
FAST NEARING DEATH |
] Once Powerful Religious Sect Now j;
But Little More Than a Remedy, j
Lebanon, Ohio, Oet. 28.—(A 3 )— j
I Only 1 the epilogue remains to l»> i told :
' of the story of the Hinders, once ydw- j
terful religiqps jwet „\ "> J, -P
[ Less than a half eeifhiry ago the *
j Shakers owned and farmed thousands j
; of aeres of the best hands in Ohio, as I
well' as rich tracts in the east. To- i
, day, all their Ohio lands are in the)
j hands of others, and the Shakers have i
| gone. The few colonies remaining in
the East, at East Canterbury, N; H.: |
Pittsfield. Mass., and West Albany, j
and Mount Lebanon, N. Y„ number |
but u few dwindling hundreds.
Founded 150 Years Ago.
! More than a century and a half ago.
I the adherents of "Mother Ann Lee"
came to America from England, and
established the first colony of Soakers
in New York state. Nearly a cen
tury anti a quarter ago John Meach
am, Issaehar Bates and Benjamin S.
Youngs, missionaires of the new faith,
I came over the Alleghanies to Lebanon,
[ Ohio, where they set up the banner
of the Shakers in the wilderness.
Despite opposition, the new sect |
grew and became wealthy. The Sliak- j
era bought the best land in the region, j
They were sober, industrious, pious
and honest. They abolished marriage
nnd depended upon converts from
; other denominations or "from the
world" to keep up their membership.
| But they offered the convert little be
yond a life of peace and quiet. When
1 a man and his wife joined the sect,
all their material possessions passed
' into the hands of the church, and the
| conjugal ties were abolished.
Lives Almost Monastic.
Shakers made their life almost mon
astic in ettoar. Like monks and nuns
they toiled for their church, gave suc
cor to trie needy, and maintained the
relationship of brothers anti sinters.
The "pooling" of lands and all re
sources in the hands of the church
made it a communistic enterprise.
There was little intellectual life,
and education was not encouraged un
til the later years of the church. The
Shakers believed that Adam and Eve
were trie physical progenitors of man,
but that man's spiritual nature sprang
from the mythical union of Jesus and
Ann Lee.
But the church and communistic
colonies founded on these beliefs and
practices did not prosper. There were
desertions; schisms broke out. With
in comparatively few years tbe mem
bership in Ohio dropped from more
than a thousand to the one lone Shak
er still in Lebanon, and the total i
' membership in all the colonies in i
America from more than (1,000 to less
than half a thousand.
Work Is Resumed on New rieot
wood.
Hendersonville, Oct. 27. —Work on
the Fleetwood hotel, atop Jump Off
mountain, was started up again to
day by the new owners, the Florida
East Co««t Realty company. Twenty
five men were put to work, to be in
creased to (50 next week and to 150
the following week. Work was stop
ped early laat summer.
Royal Party In Canada.
Ottawa. Ont., Oct. 28.— (A>) —A spec
ial train bearing Queen Marie of Rou
mfinia. Prince Nicholas and Princess
Ileanu arrived in Ottawa shortly be
fore 11 o'clock this morning from
Montreal. The royal vU : tors were
greeted by Viscount Willington, Uov
ernor-general of Canada.
SHIPS COLLIDE If
ONE SINKS 001
PI"" 1 »TO m
, ..an Reported Lent .
saifd Another Hurt WlfSp |
Ships Crash in Fog Near
New Orleans.
LOUISIANA GOES *3 1
DOWN WITH SPEfcB
I
The Other Vessel, the Bflp|||
ison, Made Port W&l**. •
out Aid But Her Bo# is
Damaged.
New Orleans, Ln„ Oct. 28. -UP) —
The steamship Louisiana sank outside
South I’ass early today, after coffid- - “
ing with the steamship Madison in a
fog. officials of the Gulf ami Southern
Steamship Company were infnfmftfl :
One man is rc|mrtcd missing and aa
other hurt.
The Louisiana, outbound for Minipt
and Key West, was struck by the
Madison just outside tiie pass, and
sank a few minutes later. The #adf r
son was inbound from Tampa at the
time of the accident.
The Isiuisiana was said to have
been proceeding slowly through an
impeding fog. when she was struck i
amidship. The ship, a freighter, ca,r- >
ried a crew of about :tt. ■’ The
son. a passenger carrying vernal, car- 9
t ied a crew of between 35
men. and several passengers. Jfjf of
the passengers were reported, .safe. 0
. The Madison was able to p mcoja M, M
Pilot Town, near the mouth, < if the
I Ttivor, under her own power, and I lat
! er was reported to have left that poiut
| to continue the trip up the river.'al» c
| though her bow was damaged.
i THREE KIDS MAKE LONG ,
TRIP IN STOLEN AI M L
I Now They Must Go to School a Tear • ft
or Go to Jail. . 9
(B.v International News Service. L 111
I Pine Bluff, Ark.,yOt. 28.—Three ft ||
I youths have been returned to their <1
schoolrooms at Chicago after a 1,-
1 2<X> mile trip in a stolen aiito. They' >|
| must be faithful in their school at-' 1
I tendance or go to jail. They would
have gone to jail, anyway, had if not ’M
i been for big-hearted It. 8. Commis
-1 sinner Elliott. {
| The trio, one 1.3. otic 14 and’ the ',-f|
[other 15 years of age, decided on a ft
I great and risky adventure while ft;
istanding in front of a church, 6 Ittft : t|
I Chicago on October 3. •—“‘"a ,
i A new auto was left in front of ■ J
! the church, the motor running. They sja
| leaped in the car and drove aaroxßLjljH
| For days they were tourists a till had
I lots of fun. But they went" broke -
when they reached Pine Bluff and f
went to work in the rice fields. >
Arrested here, they admitted their
guilt. Ail begged to be allowed to
return to school in Chicago, par
ents of the youths came here from
Chicago and Commissioner Elliott :j
allowed the fathers and mothrtS of
the boys to take them back iioihf. „
An agreement was reached be
tween Hie parents, the boys and the
commissioner that if the youthA’dp.. j
not attend school faithfully they will
be tried and placed in jail for the ft
I theft of the car.
i The outomODtic was only slightly
Iworn from the long trip and has
I been returned to its .owner. The. par
ents of the boys have agreed to pay ft?
any damages done to tiie ear.
Annual Sessions on Presbyterian. j|
'Women at Red Springs. " -
Red Springs. Oct. 27.—The font-,
teenth annual meeting of the Wom
an's Auxiliary of the Synod of North
.Carolina opened here in the Presby- j
terian church Tuesday afternoon ;|
with the president. Mrs. W. L. Wil
son, presiding. Approximately sig
hundred are in attendance.
This mornings service began with
a prayer circle at nine o'clock, folr
lowed by reimrts of the various of- <
fioers of the synod and the report*
from the nine Presbyterials com
posing the synodical, namely. Albe- y
■ marie, Concord, Fayetteville. Oran* i
ville, Kings Mountain, Orange, Meek
lenburg. Wilmington and Winston-
! Salem, Mrs. W. C. Winsborougli. of Hi
• St. Lou is. Mo., head of the women's
5 work in the Southern Presbyterian
1 church, conducted the devotions) ex- ft
ercises. Rev. W. M. Hunter, of
e Davidson, explained the proposed
1 synod, recommended by Mrs. Wins
e borough.
Mrs. Cameron Makrison spoke of
tiie needs a mission court for ■$
North Carolina. The mission court
came in for discussion again. The I
synodical went on record as approy- J
lug this home for missionaries on
| furlough, to be known as a mission
court. A committee consisting of I
Mrs. Cameron Morrison. chairman,
and Mrs. M. W. Norfleet, Mrs. W.
M. Reynolds, Mrs. W. L. Wilson ft
and Mrs. L. Richardson was ap
pointed to look into thp cost of the S
necessary building, etc., and report, i
to the spring presbyterial for nc-,4
eeptance.
Dr. E. E. Gillespie, of Greensboro*||
in a very interesting address told of S
the spiritual need of North CarrdfliS^l
The afternoon session closed with, '%
the re-election of all former officers,®
. —— ——
THE WEATHER 'Jg
Fair tonight, not so chid in centHs;|
and west portions. Friday increMwi
cloudiness and warmer, followed jygj
' showers in extreme west. Gent«|ft
variable winds, becoming moderate to
fresh in the south. 'yS®
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