ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVII Summer flats | For Summer Wear Sp Vacation Time I Going-away and dress hats For Summer Wear SuwShop 22 South Union St. CONCORD, N. C. 22 South Union St. mmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmm 1 " lT m * i < I The Weather Prophet Ip Handing Us, a Bad Year Washington, Juno 23.—Herbert Janvrin Brown, long-distance weather forecaster, who accurately prophesied violent weather disturbances for 1927, now predicts further destruction for the remainder of the year. An early winter, preceded by kill ing rosts, more tornadoes, a series of violent West Indian hurricanes some of which may .rival in intensity the Florida hurrican of last' Septem ber, severe hailstorms, cloudbursts, more floods and a .markedly cool summer, are among Brown’s predic- ( tions. The period from June 28 to July ; 2 will see heavy frosts in portions of the corn belt and ns far south ns the Ohio and Potomac rivers, extending to the Atlantic seaboard, Brown warns. This will toe followed by “very danger our frosts" from July 7 until July 11 | over the same sections. Brown prophesies the corn crop for 1927 will probably toe the worst on record; the apple crop will be the smallest in many years) and late spring frosts and other severe weather abnormalities will cause'great damage to other crops. •‘There will be abnormal, heat, par , ticularly and briefly during July aiid August; but for the larger arena of the United States and Canada, for I a large majority of their population 1927 will be written down as a memo rably cold, dry year,” he forecasts. , In short, Brown, predicts the low est productive agricultural year in the past quarter century. And ac cording to the Uuited. States depart ment of agriculture crop reports, his forecasts are running true. I MRS. MONTAGUE WILL GO ON TRIAL TODAY Two Score Witnesses Summoned and 150 Special Veniremen Slated to Appear in Court. Asheville, June 22. —With two score witnesses summoned and 160 special veniremen slated to appear tomorrow morning at 9:30 o’clock everything apparently is ready for the start of the trial of Mrs. Anna K. Montague, practical nurse, who is charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary R. Cooper, L her aged patient and companion, in the Cooper .home on Moutford avenue. The Concord Daily'Tribune The department’s report of June 9 stated the peach crop would be 51.8 iper cent normal; early potato corp 68.9 per cent normal; apple crop 57.2 per cent normal. I Latest figures indicate the corn crop for 1927 will be approximately 63 per cent good, the lowest in many years. Four years ago Brown predicted the Mississippi floods before the house committee on agriculture. In that year he foretold 1927 “would witness a return of the conditions of 1816,” ! historically known as “the year with j out a summer.” . In l)is forecast of January 1, Brown said: “Violent tornadoes will 'be one notable feature of the year." And destructive tornadoes have taken toll of hunderds of lives and millions in property damage. I In early April some sixty persons lost their lives in the Rock Springs, Texas, tornado, and about 300 tyere killed in southwestern tornadoes a month later. Now Brown says: “There will be no mouth from now until the end of the season which ;wlll lack the ele ments of adversity, such as winds, drought, hail storms and cloudbursts. ' "There will toe an unusual number of West Indian hurricanes. Ij “Later summer frosts will begin in August along the northern border, penetrating as far sobtb as the Ohio , valley and the Potomac river perhaps, before that time.” Brown gives as his main reason for natures unusual trend this year the n'turn of the'maximum sun spot period, causing “violent fluctuations I of Bolar beat.”, For many boars today, Mrs. Mon tague sat in. the office of her attorney under guard by permission of Judge Thomas J. Shaw, of Greensboro, for an eleventh hour conference with de fense attorneys. Just what the result of that conference will be is a matter of speculation on the streets here tonight and Interest in case is running high. Mrs. Cooper’s body was found in the vacant lot adjoining her home on the morning of May 10 and Mrs. Mon tague, who was sleeping in the Cooler home, was notified and appeared to be greatly shocked and surprised. CLUB STANDINGS. National. W. L. Pet. Pittsburgh 37 19 .661 St. Louis 34 22 .607 Chicago * 35 25 .553 New York 28 28 .500 Brooklyn 28 32 .467 Boston 21 29 .420 Philadelphia 22 32 .407 Cincinnati 22 38 .367 American. W. L. Pet. New York 43 17 .717 Chicago 35 27 .565 Philadelphia -33 27 .550 Washington 86 28 .517 Detroit 26 29 .473 Cleveland 27 32 .458 St, Louis 25 31 .446 Boston 15 43 .259 Piedmont. ’ W. L. Pet. Raleigh ...37 26 .587 Rocky Mount 34 27 .557 High Point 30 29 .492 Winston-Salem 28 - 33 .459 Durham 26 32 .448 Salisbury 26 34 .433 Virginia. W. L. Pet. Portsmouth 34 25 .576 Wilson ..... 32 29 .625 Petersburg 30 30 .500 Richmond 29 30 .492 Kinston 27 32 .458 Norfolk 25 32 .439 South Atlantic. ,W. L. Pet. Greenville 36 25 .590 Charlotte 34 29 .540 Spartanburg 32 29 .525 Knoxville 30 28 .517 Asheville 30 31 .492 Macon 29 31 .483 Augusta 26 . 35 .426 Columbia 25 34 .424 Prominent Carolina Women In Wash ington. Washington, June 21. —Among the North Cgrolians here today are: Mrs. E. C. Gregory. State regent of The Daughters of The American Revolu tion; Mrs. v W. N. Reynolds, Winston- Salem; Mr. rind Mrs. A. G. Odell. Arthur Odelfc Jr. and Miss Elixabetl Odell, ol Concord. They are at the Mayflower. Fools rush in where wise men few. to-wad. 1 SECOND SECTION CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 23,1927 {[South Carolina Traffic Men Back P. and N. Charlotte, June 22.—South Caro- 1 Unions today began adding their mite to the effort being made by the I Piedmont and Northern railway '-to secure a permit from the Interstate Commerce commission for extension of its electric lines from Charlotte to , Winston-Salem and closing the gap between Gastonia and Spartanburg, i Although J. S. Clinton, of (Veen- : Iville. traffic manager of the line, was the ehief witness today, n group of Spartanburg business men were placed on the witness stand in the hearing before Examiner H. C- Davis and asked that the line be completed, giving a connection between the Georgia and Florida railroad at Greenwood. S. <’.. and the Norfolk and Western at Winston-Salem, and in this way n through line from the Virginia coal fields to Florida. The Spartanburg’ men included C. O. Hearon, editor of the Spartan ' burg Herald: H. A.' Ligon. textile magnate and president of the Spar tanburg chamber of eommerco; W. H. Henly, manager bright-red tin, with a picture of a man in sunshine. Yet it had that full, rich to- p.a.u*m w. imtuyn* ill < *7 f * ’ riu, pound ond helf-ponnd tin humi- j I i a frock-coat on it. They told me it was bacco body that let me know I was 1 the greatest pipe*obacco ever. smoking. You know what I mean. ZIZZUZ'.t j; , 1 decided to find out for myself. I I sure figured right when I signed with ■ i bought a tin of Prince Albert. As I P.A. The philosophers say the only real - 4 l opened it, the aroma that floated out of pleasure is that which you share with • - |a! 1 it gave me a real thrill. It reminded me others. So I'm letting you in on the - I of a trek through the woods when the ground floor. Get yourself a tidy red tin MMpI !j dew is on the leaves and the sun is on of good old P.A. today. Fill your pipe mum the tip. I couldnVwait to try it. to the brim—and go to it! HSFmL : Prince albert M aattt _ —<*Ho other tobacco is like itl —J 9 1W, tJN j j .-> * Ijf L l ill i"iWiiM I i ITf I 'i''"" ’ ' lIH | nature to that of a general carrier lof freight. Cross-examined by Stah’.e Linn, of Salisbury, of counsel for the South ern railway, the traffic manager was put through a series of questions I destined to develop that the line is a general freight carrier. When he j had stated that the extension might j change the character of the line he was asked the extent and nature of the possible changes but that he could not tell. W. W. West. Charlotte hardware merchant, asserted construction of the lines was necessary for the "wel fare of the section." H. L. McClarcu. Charlotte, chairman of the industrial division of the North Carolina de partment of conservation and devel opment. said he considered the pro posed extensions necessary, "for in dustrial progress is dependent on transportation." "I think," he con tinued. "that progress is just begin ning. These extensions will provide local transportation and will remove the possibility of progress being lmndioaped to' laek of- adequate facilities." 'Completion of the P. and N. "would be a valuable contribution to the transportation of this growing section,” he said. New Chrysler Line. Detroit. June 23.—The Chrysler Motor Corporation lias brought out an ei%irely new lin.e of cars known as the “62" to replace the "60", in cluding a sedan, , coach, phneton. coupe with rumble sent, roadster and landau sedan. Detroit dealers quote the same prices as for the "00". The I landau sednh is an . entirely, new model on which delivery price in De troit is $1,4257'. Georges the baker who • swain the English Channel in record time,last summer, has oeen awarded ’the Grand Prix of the French Sports Academy. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS SOUTH ATLANTIC. Spartanburg 4; Augusta t). Charlotte 1; Knoxville 0. Asheville 7: Columbia 2. Greenvil'.e-Macon. rain. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. Gulfport 5-7: Laurel 4-12. f Meridian 2: Hattiesburg 1. Jackson-Alexnndria, rain. ' y INTERNATIONAL. Toronto 13-3: Rochester 7-4 tsee ong game 7 innings by agreement.) Buffalo 11; Syracuse 7. Rcading-Mersey City, doubieheader postponed, rnin. . • NATIONAL. Cincinnati 9; Pittsburgh 11. St. Louis 11 ; Chicago 5. New York-Roston, rain. Rrookl.vn-Philndelphia. rain. VIRGINIA. Norfolk 7: Wilson 2. Richmond 9; Portsmouth 7. (10 innings.) Petersburg 9; Kinston 1. PIEDMONT. Rocky Mount. 4-1; Raleigh 1-0. Durham 8; High Point 1. Salisbury 5: Winston-Salem 4. SOUTHEASTERN. Albany-Savannnh. rain. St. Augustine 3: Jacksonville 8. Montgomery 0; Selma 12. Pensaeoln-Ooliimbus. not, scheduled WESTERN LEAGUE. Tu’sa 5: Lincoln 3. Oklahoma City 1 ; lies Moines 5- Wichita 4; Omaha (!. AMERICAN. St. Louis 3-5: Chicago 2-8. Washington 4-7; Philadelphia 2-13 New York 7-3: Boston 4-2. i Only three scheduled. Father Kills Man In Court Charged i With Criminally Assaulting Daughter , Duncan, Okla., June 22.—Arch Gilbreath, father of a complaining witness in a criminal assault case, shot and killed R'. F. Cox. in the district courtroom here today. Cox was on trial charged with as saulting three young women April 14, near Duncan. He also was want ed on similar charges at Lawton and Ardmore, Okla. Questioning of prospective jurors was about to begin and Judge E. L. Richardson had aiiiumnced that as tile testimony would be shocking in character, some persons might wish to leave the room, when Gilbreath rose and fired. Cox dropped to the courtroonf floor dead. Gilbreath surrendered , his revolver to a court attache and was arrested. Cox was indicted by a grand jury here last .June in connection with at- North Carolina Steps Into the Ranks :v Os the 5 Leading Federal Taxpayers J Raleigh. June 22. —North Carolina today went into the ranks of the five leading federal tax llayers. Gilliam Grissom, state collector of internal revenue, reported, with more than $200,000,000 paid into the federal treasury since the 'beginning of the fiscal year last July 1. Four states lead 'North Carolina in federal tax collections, Mr. Gris som said, New Y’ork, Michigan. Pennsylvania and Illinois each paying ix more than $200,000,000 annually. Collections to date in North Carolina for the fiscal' ending June 30th are Twaa . Only a Thin Coating. 'Six-year-old Billy came in for sup per with a muddy face that needed i scraping rather than mere washing. His father, w.as appointed face-wash- i THE TRIBUNE TODAY’S NEWS TODATg NO. 139j| tacks on three parties of motdristggl in which he was charged with beating ‘a three young men and assaulting“tltw a young women companions , ' jy * Counsel for Cox indicated that his S defense should be insanity. He~ ToSSI peared uncomprehending at his, raignment and today sat apj*ir*i»f|jra3 insensible to what was going nri- lf f«sß| ] From 50 to 00 spectators filed «nf 'i when Judge Kiehardson made nouncement. ; Gilbreath arose from a spectator’s’-a seat, walked forward with itrolror in hand, and tired three shots Cox's back as (lie defendant saj'fit the counsel table. Cox slumped; for-TS ward in his chair and died almost -S instantly. -■ Gilbreath immediately surrendered J his wea|H>p and was linked up. j already more than the combined total : collected by eight other southern aMtfeji ! during the past year in 1025, ColleScfor Grissom said. Collections at the close of the busi- s ness Tuesday amounted to !? 10,502,- J 367.31 and the sale of more rhajt » Ji half million dollars in tobncco stamps i at the Winston-Halem office t the total over the two hundred miJHU dollar mark. Increased tobacco sales are eni{fe*-S ly responsible for North Carolina’s ; huge contribution to the federal 'if treasury. Mr. Grissom said. er. Daddy was full of energy and haste. Billy was heard to say i earnest, tone: "Be a little careful, Dad—my tygjiij£< is right behind that mud."