ASS^AWD
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
SOLICITOR LONG
MAKES FINE SPEECH
IN THE TOWEL CITY
Declared Republicanism is
a “Menace to Mankind j
and the Nightmare of the I
World.”
A LARGE CROWD
OF VOTERS PRESENT
Largest of the Campaign—
He Loves Republicans,
He Says, But Hates Re
publicanism.
Kannapolis. Oct. :!0. —Although com
peting with two mammoth Hallowe'en
ceiebrations and a city-sweeping re
vival meeting. JJobu o Vnnee l.ong,
fifteenth dint riel solicitor, cloning the
Democratic cnnipnign in the towel col
ony. addressed Inst evening the largest
gathering of voters and vote getters
since the Democratic porsonnel took
charge of county offices four years
ago. i
The speaker ran the scale of plat
form oration from lauding Sheriff
Caldwell, of this county, to touting the
administration of Angus Wilton Mc
l.esu. governor of North Carolina.
“I love the Republicans," the form
er legislator shouted, “but I hate re
publicanism'. It io a menace to
mankind and the nightmare of the
world."
“The Republicans claim a divine
monopoly upon the prosperity of the
country,” he added, “but it was un
der Democratic measures that the
country rpse to industrial splendor.”
Mr. Dong wns introduced to the
huge throng by D. A. Jolly, .president
of the local Democratic club. His
address on the state and national is
sues follows:
“Democrats, you have a heritage to
tight for. Let no Democrat fear the
record of his party. Proud of our his
tory, fond of our traditions, let us
confidently proclaim the record and
unfurl our achievements to the world.
It is a long wax from Aycock to Mc-
I.ean, but it’s one glorious song of
prosperity and peace for our people,
and at no time has our state of any
other Bt*te, made such dazzling prog
ress as North Carolina has made un
der tb% f matchless leadership of our
presttnw-wfsw and pktHWrKr gowrimr;
' Angus slcLean,
“Charity forbids that we go back
too far into the history of tllb Re
publican party. With this senti
ment I am sure the Republicana them
selves will agree. But history gives
us no ray of light, the position of the
Republican party on present day prob
lems gives no promise of reformation
whatever. The Democratic party has
sealed every question of the age. to
clear the way for the progress of the
state, and in nil these struggles the
Republican party has only been a
party of negation and opposition. We
all remember with what acrimony and
determination the Republican leaders
fought the adoption of the great con
stitutional amendment which measure
saved our civilization and actually
saved what is left of the Republican
party. But through revolution and
storm, the people amended our con
stitution and no Republican dares to
attack it now.
"We grappled with the railroad
question. We received no intelligent
assistance, but were met by antag
onism and overwhelmed by false
prophecies as how we would destroy
business and retard progress of the
state. But we fought it all out and
greatly improved conditions. The great
temperance question while non-par
tisan had to be fought out through
the legislature and it was t'.ie Demo
cratic party that responded to the ap
peal of the mighty progressive moral
forces of the state. We passed tie
Watts law, the Ward bill, ami all nec
essary legislation for their enforce
ment. The effect of these measures
was to destroy root and branch the of
liquor in the state.
-Then we submitted the state-wide
prohibition bill to the vote of the
people, whiclf measure I had the honor
to introduce into the State Senate.
Through all this battle for the moral
uplift of the state, Republican lead
ers only served to knock and do all
they could to misrepresent and Unpop
ulariae the cause. I know them, I
was fighting hand to hand with them,
but he It said to the shame of these
Republican leaders and to the eternal
glory of the rank and file of the re
publican constituency, these patriotic
voters repudiated the leadership of the
Republican party as evidenced by the
fact that some of. the biggest majori
ties given for state prohibition were
rolled up by strong Republican coun-
“Now, my Republican friends, why
on earth don’t you rise up and repudi
ate the unpatriotic and false leaders
of the Republican party in the state?
They are just as wrong as all the
other great issues that we are trying
to work out for the good of the state
as they were about the temperance
question. Now, who said I cgme
here to abuse Republicans? I love
the Republicans. I hate republican
ism. It is a menace to mankind and
the nightmare of the world. I want
the democratic, forward looking man
hood of the Republican party to come
to the Democratic party. You are
unequally yoked together. Come ye
from among them and be ye separate
and apart from them. There la a cor
dial reception for all men who love
their state and cherish her institu
tions in the Democratic party. There
yr r never a finer time.
"No, “J friends, these Republican
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For the death of D. E. Chipps
(above), Rev. Frank Noma
of Fort Worth, Tex, was to
go on trial on November 1.
. list—stinaal WavermU
CAN SCRATCH ANY
TICKET AS USUAL.
IN THE ELECTION ,
Candidates for office in Cabarrus
county state that within recent !'
dnys they have been told thnt some j (
voters have been advised that a ,
law against scratching tickets has ■ (
been passed.
There is no such law, of course. : i
and persons circulating such re- I
ports have done so falsely. Any !
candidate rnn be scratched on any I (
ticket as lias been the law for I
years. \\
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PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM
THE MECKLENBURG JAIL j 1
Left Tools for Sheriff, Saying He
Might Re In Jail Sometime.
Chariofte, Oct. 3Q. —(^>—Four pris
oners skived their way out pf the
Aiccklenburg county jail and escaped
eqrly today, leaving a note for the
ahoigWjtpglng:--
“Wf are leaving our tools. Maybe
you'll be in jail yourself some day.” 1,
The men were T. C. Mims, charged
with burglary: J. 1,. Cunningham, and {,
F. A. Thomas, charged with stealing
automobiles; and "Kid” Wallace, i
charged with larceny. All were be-',
ing held for trial.
The men were incarcerated on the
second floor, and descended by a rppe
made of blankets.
Bull snakes are kept in the balloon
houses of the big oil refniug plant at
Casjier, Wyo., to exterminate mire
that eat holm in the balloons. The
balloons are used for the storage of
gasoline vapors over the tanks dur '
ing the day when the vapor expands.
leaders won't take the people into
their confidence. We were bound
as if strapped to a Corpse, to an an
tiquated, inadequate tax system, twen
ty-five years at least behind the times.
We are to have more money to meet
the increasing needs of the state. To
raise this money without increasing
taxes any more than possible was our
problem- We passed the revaluation
act: The Republican leaders proudly
proclaimed their patriotic support of
this measure, actually claimed they
orginlated the same, and they were
pioneer advocates of this system, and
solidly voted for the passage of this
act, but just as soon as a little mur
muring arose in the administration of
the law. before it could be Understood,
straightway they began to make ex
cuses and cowardly repudiated their
own act in a vain endeavor to make
political cnpital out of this purely
business piece of legislation. But the
Democratic party has so wisely worked
out the tax system that more than
one-half of our people are now pay
ing less taxes except in certain coun
ties under Republican misrule than
ever and the counties now have su
preme control of their tax levy.
“Now, listen, if there 'is anything
wrong about your tqxes in Cabarrus
county, ask your commissioners what
the trouble is. You are paying no
state taxes on your real estate and
yaur personal property. Take that
proposition home with you. There
are some other features about our tax
laws that you do not hear Itepubli
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OUR MISSION
is to help the man of moderate means to build or buy a
home or farm.
Any family that will save can have a home of its own.
That has been proved over and over again.
Come in and see us-—we will explain how our institu-
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SURVEY SHOWS NEK
! ENGLAND MILLS TQ
1 BE IN BAD SHAPE
The Situation Admittedly
Is Not of the Best, Says
the Boston Chamber of
Commerce Survey.
situationTn
SOUTH BETTER
Mills in the South in Bet
j ter Shape Than Those in
New England, and Cause
j for This Is Sought.
i Boston, Oct. :iO.—OP)—A textile
situation which was adinillcdi.v not
of the besi confronted New England
today with a drastic pries decline in
cotton resjionsible for new troubles in
a district already affected by rce.-x
--, ons in the wool and silk activity.
Coincident with the tumbling of
cotton quota lions which followed
quickly on the heels of the announce
ment of an unusually large crop, was
the report of a survey of the indus
try in New England which showed
the need of some means of putting lo
cal manufacturing on a parity with
the resources of the South.
Tlie survey just completed by the
Boston Chamber of Commerce, found
a number of unequal factors in t’.ie
ever-increasing competition between
New England and Southern Mills.
The committee found that not only
the shorter working day. but also the
legislative ball on night work bf wom
en operated against the Xew England
mills in competition with Southern
mills where this restriction did not ob
tain. The supposition was rejected
that proximity to source of supply
wns a factor in favor of the South
ern manufactories. Nearness to the
market was held to be of much great-1
er importance, ami in this the local
field had the more favorable situation.
GOVERNOR MeLEAN
IN JOHNSTON COUNTY
Sayg Purchasing Power of Karmen’
Dollar Under Republican Rule Has
Declined From »!.04 hi 1»14 to
Leas Than M Cents.
By J. C. BASKKRVILL . ,
••.S' -•• (Wnff- t^trreHpkuhStrt^
Selma, Oct. 30.—Thoroughly warmed
up by two weeks of vigorous cam
paigning and aroused by the charges
of the Republican leaders with regard
to alleged Democratic misrule. Gover
nor A. W. McLean tpdny, intruding
a county that has been and still is
considered as a radical Republican
county, took off ltis gloves, rolled tip
his sleeves and told the Republicans
what he thought about Republican
prosperity. Republican honesty and
the Republican party’s treatment of
the farmers of the country, especially
the cotton farmers. And the people
who listened to him. both Democrats
and Republicans, applauded his fervor
and fighting spirit, even if they did
not wholly agree with hint.
After briefly reviewing the accom
plishments of the Democratic party in
North Carolina during the past 2d
years it has been in power, the gover
nor turned principally to the discus
sion of two questions, namely the ef
fect upon agriculture of Republican
policies and the need of a better form
of county government in the state, es
pecially in those counties controlled
by the Republicans. The governor
also answered the charges of Johnson
J. Hayes with regard to alleged fraud
in elections.
In turning to agriculture, the gov
ernor called attention to the fact that
the purchasing power of the farmer's
dollar has declined from a value of
$1.04 In 1014 t 0 less t’iian 00 cents
at present, and that yet the Repub
lican party speaks of the prosperity
it has brohgbt to the farmers of the
country.
“Look at these cotton fields, many
of them loaded with cotton that will
remain unpicked because the cost of
gathering the cotton is hardly worth
the price it will bring—does that look
like prosperity? What of the cot
ton mills, many of them running on
limited time and with limited output,
with most of them having stopped pay
ing dividends —does that look like
prosperity? And yet the Republican
party trie* to tell the people of the
nation that it has brought prosperity
with its horse-high, pig tight tariff,
so high that nothing can get in or
get out.”
Assam, with an annual rainfall of
439 inchea,, has the wettest climate
in the world.
CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1926
lift OF POLITICS
TO CLOSE TUESDAY
AT VOTING PLAGES
Leaders in AIL Parts of the
Country Making Last
Day Efforts to Swing
Votes Their Way'
MANY CONTESTS
OF IMPORTANCE
Make Up of Next Senate
Will Be Determined |y
the Votes in Two Sotfe
States.
AVashlngtqn, Oct. “,fl.— OP) —The
great American drama. "Politics of
1920.” Imr.-ied today toward its cli
max, with the actors throughout tec
'•onntry concentrating their inst-min
ule efforts upon snaring the iDuSfycj
vote in the Inst act. Tuesday's elec
tion, which will decile the complex
iion of the 70th Congress. j
Sharing interest with nppeWh Iv
spokesmen for the two major parties
was a formal White House statement
denying thnt President Ooolidge had
expressed any attitude on the choice
of a United States Senator in Illinois,
and a defense by Frank by Frank 1.. |
Smith, republican senatorial nominee!
in that state, against attacks on con-!
tributlous to his campaign of the Iliir|
noise Commerce Commission exercised i
supervision over rates and service Os,
the Insull companies.
"In a Presidential year." Smith rtf-j
flared, “the great protected interests
contribute to the campaign funds of,
the candidates who will give them' or j
continue a protective tariff. Who i
finds anything sinister in that? ,|
"Forgetting the President as a per-j
son, or whether he is republican or r
democrat, he has under our present i
law power personally to raise or low-1
er the tariff 10 per cent. Will this!
country charge that beenuse the pro-!
teoted industries contribute to the!
fund to elect him, he was put under ■
obligations to grant special favors to!
these contriblutors ?
"And what if Samuel Insull did con
tj-ibnte to the campaign fund used in!
my behalf? Other interests contribute,
to the campaign funds of candidates j
for President—the railroads, banking i
the star) industry, the tolar'
mdustry. Will anyone dare say that
these contributions disqualify the can-|
didate for President to hold the office;
if elected?”
The formal White House statement 1
was Issued without comment, after the
President had been informed that yes
terday's issue of the Chicago Tribune
had represented him as making cer
tain comments on the Illinois political
situation.,
ONE KILLED. FOUR
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Fireman Otis L. Jenkins Killed When
Two Freight Trains Crashed.
Charleston, 8. C.. Oct. 30.—GPW8
In a head-on collision between two
Southern Railway freight trains one
mile west of Kingville this morning,
one man was killed and frnir others
injured.
None of the injured wns reported
in a serious condition, according to ud
viccs received at the office of the
Charleston division from Columbia,
where the injnred men were tnken to
a hospital.
The dead: Otis L. Jenkins, 23, of
Charleston.
The injured : Engineer Mark Abney,
of Charleston; Engineer C. B. Heidt,
of Charleston : 8. K. Pridgin, Wilson,
N. 0.; W. M. Aikins. of Petersburg,-
Va. The latter two were riding as
caretakers for a quantity of livestock
on the train being shipped from
Orangeburg.
Exact details of the accident are
lacking at present, but the division
superintendent departed immediately
for the scene on a wrecking train. An
other wrecking train and a relief
train were sent from Columbia.
Killing Frost at Asheville.
Asheville, Oct. 23. — OP) — The first
killing host of the season vbclted this
section today. The thermometer went,
went down to 30 during the night.
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Will Not Reach Our Theatre Until
Wednesday and Thursday
November 3rd and 4th
Just Two Days—Don’t Miss It
PASTIME THEATRE
NINE ANTHRACITE
! MINE WORKERS ARE
(KILLED IN EXPLOSION
s Gas Explosion Occurred at
the No. 7 Colliery of the
Susquehanna Collieries
Co. in Pennsylvania.
RESCUE SQUAD
! COULD NOT ENTER
i Two Bodies Were Removed j
', Shortly After the Acci
dent—None of the Men|
j Reached the Surface.
Wilkes Barre. l’a., Oct. 30.— OP) —
Nine anthracite mine workers were
ki.led in u gas explosion at the No. 7
colliery of the Susquehanna Uollieries
Go., at Xantieoke today.
! A rescue squad attempted to enter
the ni’ne. but coulhl not penetrate far
because of bhiek damp. Two bodies
were removed shortly after the acci
dent.
None of the men near the scene of
the explosion reached the surface.
THE COTTON MARKET
i Opened Firm at Advance of 20 to 32
j Points, January Going Up to 12.73.
! New York, Oct. 30. — OP) —The eot
j ten market opened firm today at an
, advance of 20 to 32 points in response
to relatively firm Liverpool cables. .
1 reports of better demand for cotton
! goods in Manchester, and a more
ho|>eful view of the British coal sit
uation.
j The comparatively light volume of
i Southern hedge selling here yesterday
| probably brought on some overnight
j buying orders also, and the opening
(advance carried January contracts up
ito 12.73, the highest prVe touched
I since the government report last
j Wednesday. At this level some
! Southern selling was in evidence,
; however, and the market eased back
' some 8 or 9 points from the best be
| fore tlie end of the first hour. An ear
j ly settlement of the British coal trou
bles not only would be expected to
| open the way for a revival of activity
in Lancashire, but to release ocean
j tonnnge for shipments of cotton from
J this country to Europe. (
• Cotton futures opened firm : -Decem
ber 12.55; Jamuiry 12-TO« March
1 12.96; May 13.18; July 13.40.
Closed Steady.
| New York. Oct. 30.— OP) —Cotton j
futures closed steady at a net advance
of 18 to 21 points. December 12.58
to 12.00; January 12.88 to 12.71:
-March 12.92 to 12.93; Mav 13.10 to
13.18; July 13.39 to 13.40.
DIES FROM INJURIES
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Another Victim Has Fractured Skull
and May Not Recover.
Albemarle. Oet. 29.—Henry Lefler.
age 18. of this city, died this after
noon from injuries received last
night on the Salisbury Rond, in
Northwest Albemarle when an auto
mobile driven by a Mr. Chandler, of
this place, ran into him and two oth
er pedestrians. Miss Dorn Carter, a
young woman of this- plnce, is at a
local hospital suffering from a frac
tured skull as a result of the acci
dent and is not expected to recover-
James Holt, who was also one of the
party smashed into by Chandler, al
though rather painfully hurt, is not
seriously injured-
Mr. Chandler says that he was not
driving at a reckless rate of speed
at the time he ran into the three
pedestrians, but claims that he was
blinded by the lights of another car
which he was meeting at the time.
He says that lie did not see the peo
ple at all.
Sesqui a Financial Failure.
The sesquicentennial at Philadcl
phia. commemorating the 150th an
niversary of the declaration of in
dependence, wns pronounced by May
or Kendrick a "financial failure.”
The director general reported thal
the exposition was running behind
from $25,000 to $40,000 a week ir
operating expenses alone. Only 5.-
i 000.000 persons had passed through
the gates where 25,000.000 were ex
pected.
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Grave diggers exhumed the body of Mrs. Eleanor Mills from
the Van Lieuw Cemetery, New Bruiiswick. N. J. A new
autopsy was to be performed in the search for evidence in
the Hall-Mills murder.
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ANOTHER NEW TURN
,IN HALL-MILLS CASE
Razor Said to Have Been Used to Cut
Woman’s Throat Now Among Ex
hibits.
Somerville. N. J.. Oct. 30.—OP)—A
stained finger marked razor, said to
have been used to cut the throat of
Mrs. Eleanor H. Mills, today was in
cluded among the exhibits to be of
fered in evidence against his alleged
slayers when they go to trial next
Wednesday.
Toe razor was turned over to Spe
fcial Prosecutor Alexander Simpson
yesterday by Frank Caprio, a detec
tive. who worked on the original Hall-
Mills murder three years ago. He
said it was given to him by the late
Azariah Beckman, prosecutor of Som
erest County, when the murders were
committed.-with the remark.
is the little thing that did
the slashing."
The reasons.for delaying producing
| the razor were not fully explained.
An expert engaged by Simpson
thought there might be blood stains on
the razor and was certain it had fin
gerprints.
The razor was produced shortly af
ter the body of Mrs. Mills had been
returned to its unmarked grave in
New Brunswick after its second ex
humation and after an order had been
obtained for the exhumation of the
body of I)r. Edward Wheeler Hall in
Brooklyn.
The state is dpslrous of knowing
the exuet angle from whit'd the bullet
that killed Dr. Hall was fired. His
body was exhumed today. The au
topsy on Mrs. Mills proved that the
three bullets that struck her were
fired from the front and that Iter
throat was slashed after death.
Mrs. Hall, widow of the rector, and
her two brothers. Henry and Willie
Steveus, will go on trial next Wed
nesday.
With Our Advertisers.
“It Must Be Love." featuring Col
leen Moore, at the Concord Theatre
Monday and Tuesday.
The (Smcord Plumbing Co. will
make your house warm for you.
Let the Concord Vulcanizing Co.
tell you what it will cost to save
your tires from the scrap heap.
A fire insurance jmlicy is the safe
ty gate that stands between you and
fire loss. See new ad. of Fetzer &
Yorke.
Work called for and delivered by
the Up-to-Date Shoe Hospital. 22 S.
Union street. Phone 105.
See the new ad. of the Pearl Drug
Company.
New fall slippers SI.OO to $2.00 un
der regular price at the Markson
1 Shoe Store.
One lot of special stationery only
79 cents, at Cline's Pharmacy.
• Wrenn. at Rannapolis, can clean
, your dress without injury. Phone
178, Kannapolis.
. Buck's radio heater heats from six
rooms with less fuel than one open
grate consumes. See ad. of Concord
Furniture Co.
In the Philippines are large de
posits of coal, as yet undeveloped,
which it is calculated can be mined
for three dollars a ton.
I HOLIDAY NOTICE
Tuesday, Nov. 2nd 1926
BEING A LEGAL HOLIDAY IN THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA, THE BANKS OF CONCORD
WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK
CONCORD NATIONAL BANK
j CITIZ&NS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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DEMOCRATS WORK FOR
BIG MAJORITY TI'ESDAY
Carry Vigorous Campaign Right I'p j
to Momlay Night.
‘tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Oct. 30.—Carrying its vig
orous campaign up to tint very eve
of the election next Tuesday, Demo
cratic headquarters for the state have
completed plans and dates for speak
ers through Monday night.
Tonight and Monday a corps of
speakers will appear in all sections
of the state in an effort to roll up
this state’s largest Democratic major
ity. Although thig is an off-year for
state officers, the speakers are arous
ing an interest that has seldom, been !
experienced previous to such an oecn-!
sion. , i i
One of the most favorable aspects J
to the coming election, political ob- i
servers declare, is the fact that there |
is perfect harmony in the Democratic
ranks of the state. All forces have j
been lined up to return the candidates
of the. party by the largest possible
majority.
Predictions as to the majority for
the Democratic party vary and al
though there was no statement from
headquarters it is expected that it’s
program will bring a pleasing surprise
to the party backers. Every effort
is being mode to arouse the electorate
and to turn out a record vote for an
off year.
Most of tile campaign speakers have
been urging the party against over
confidence that would make the vot
ers careless in appearing at the polls.
With the purpose of arousing the vot
ers for action rallies have been ar
ranged in many sections of the state
where local speakers will appear.
Political forecasters declare that ev
ery member of this state's delegation
in Congress will be returned by sub
stantial majorities. They point to the
fact that this state has a crops of
representatives and senators who play
prominent parts in national affairs in
? addition to being zealous in the in
terest of their state and the clients of
| their respective districts.
All speakers in the campaign 'have
. stressed the efficiency and honesty
. with which the affairs of the state
have been administered under Demo
. eratic control. They point out tJ«U
| tile present prosperity which the state
; enjoys has come about under Demo
cratic state government Which has met
the natural needs of the state by pro
viding schools, roads and improvement
of !he public institutions of the state.
William Seward Webb Dead.
Burlington. Vt., Oct. 30.— UP) —
, Three sons and a daughter lost a race
with death to reach the bedside of
Dr. William Seward Webb, railroad
builder, capitalist. physician and
sportsman. Death resulted from a
~ heart attack at his home lien*’ here.
He was 75 years old.
Dr. Webb was the builder and form
er president of the Mohawk & Malone
, railroad, and a director of the Pull
man company, the Central Vermont
railroad, and other transportation
, companies.
[j Smoking in the streets of Bos
ton was unlawful and brought pro
secutions as late as 1848.
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TODAY’S NEWS TODAY J
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BANDITS HALO J
UP PAY rail 1
ANO GET $12,000 j
Shot and Seriously Wottml*
ed James Nelson, DrH'|f ;f
of Bag Manufactufere* 1
Car, at New Orleans. 1
F.OUR PERSONS J 1
WERE IN THE CAR |
A Sawed-Off Shotgun Wad
Fired at the
Car to Bring It to a §td|i
to Get the Money.
New Orleans, Oct. 30. — UP) —-Three fj
bandits intercepted a payroll hiesseqg- i
er here today and escaped wit fa ties 1
$13,000 weekly payroll of Wentp, A |
Co., Inc., bag maiiufamKtK.jjjffljF.Jß
shooting and seriously wotiudlnd .fas.
Nelson, driver of the company's -a
Four persons were in the Machine
with Nelson, including K. O.
secretary of the company; Miss, Jtosa
moml Arnold, stenographer; ■* w
other employees, when nil automobile
bearing the oldup men a
A sawed-off shot gun was fired-At .%
the company automobile to bring it tft 1
a stop. A slug from this gun was
believed responsible for the injury (if 5J
Nelson. The three men, who Weed j
masked, calmly took possession of the ,
payroll and drove away. The holdtjA II
occurred in the factory district of the J
up-town section.
WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVi. u I
DONE IN RANDOLPH
! Democrats’ C ash Balance of ~555,.
000 Reduced By Republicans jo ail
Indebtedness cf $1,016,087.40.
By J. C. BASKERVILL
(Staff Corresiiondent) jm
Raleigh, Oct. 30. —From prospsllty
to bankruptcy in eighteen months!
From a easli balance in the couptjr
treasury of $55,000 in Deeember f1 i034
when tlie Democratic officers left of
fice, to an indebtedness of $1,616,08?.-
40 on June 30, 1026—this is the rec- j
ord of Republican control in Randol|d|S |;
county for the past year and a halt’
diselosed to The Tribune correspond- \
ent and verified by him during his
! visit to Asheboro the past week, j
; These figures are taken from the pub
| lie, audit, of the county’s affairs agy
! now on record in the court house 125
j Aslieboro.
j Not only did tlie Democratic offi-
J rials have their house in order, .with M
a substantial balance in the
but they lived within their
But since the Republican office hold"-'
ers took charge, the county has been J
going in debt at the rate of , move
than $30,000 a month—or more than £
SI,OOO a day.! In fact, the county ha*
already spent $147,080.52 more-.tkan
its income in the last eighteen month*, j
and has borrowed more than *1(lj(l.0W
on short term notes since June fife
1026, for running expenses. Not gtwFvj
is the county borrowing ncaj-Jy . 75-
per cent, of the money needed-far op-”';
crating expenses, but tax collection • ;
arc far behind, the audit showing that
$113,341.80 of last year's taxes are J
still uncollected, and no statement Jg Si
forthcoming from the sheriff’ in ex- |
planation.
CHARTER ISSUED TODAY ? %
For the Carolina Cotton Finance 'Ct&f i,
poration. With Capital of gt.000,-
000.
Raleigh, Oi>t. 30. —t A*) —A charter
for the Carolina Cotton Finnno* Cor- 3
poration with an authorized capital J
of $1,000,000 was issued by fit* aeo B
retar.v of stat<* today. office*
were given as Greensboro, and tba <
paid in capital ns $250,000. Juliua
W. Cone. Julian Price and John W* ' M
Simpson, all of Greensboro, t#l
* incorporators.
Issuance of the charter is the Arst
formal step toward supplying fund* j
• for financing die state's surplus oof- j
; ton crop in accordance with plhnst
. j laid at the conference of two scora
1 bankers and textile executives'at the %
call of Governor McLean in Greens- j
- boro last Saturday.
» A meeting of tlie stockholders has
E been set for next Wednesday itj
1 Greensboro for the purpose qf formal
1 organization and the perfection of j
t plans for making funds immediately
. available for loans on cotton held in
bonded warehouses.
On the day following a meeting of
1 tlte finance and warehouse committles j
- named by the Governor at Kale : gli to I
t discuss plans for co-operation With the -
i finance corporation and for acquaint
ing agricultural interests tliroughopt ;
the state with the fact that fund* und
- warehouse facilities are available at i
■ reasonable rates for carrying over (he
crop.
. Taxes Collected For October.
Raleigh. Oct. 30.—(A*)—Collect bin
1 of $1,085,333.40 ill taxes for the gfi|-. : ft
eral fund was reported here today for
the month of October by the State j
Department of Revenue. This com-
pares with collections of $1,047,40847
in October 1025.
The Prince of Wales has never
disp’ayer much interest in yachting, it
which has always been one of hiaj
father's favorite sports.
THE WEATHER
Increasing cloudiness tonight, sho*;*;||
ers in the west and wartper in UJiUi
west and north portions; Sunday s
showers, warmer in the east. Mod- 4
i erate south and southwest wlnd^T-ll