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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 <jf the Spartan
burg Transportation association and
others. A number of Charlotte busi
ness men also advanced their, ideas.
Attorneys for the Southern rail
way. which is bitterly fighting the
proposed extension, asked each of !
them if it would not be a calamity
if the business of the Southern rail
way suffered from a duplication of
lines. 11l each instance they answer
ed “yes” but added that they did not
believe the proposed line would hurt
the Southern but rather that it
would prove beneficial in the end. 1
William Gibbs McAdoo. former
secretary of the treasury, .appearing
for the Georgin and Florida railroad, ]
left today for an unannounced desti
nation. It was not stated whether or
not he would return.
Although insisting that the Pied
mont and Northern is “distinctly an
interurban” at present. Mr. Cureton
• told Examiner H. C. Davis that ex
tension of its line might change its
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looked around me. The fellows who was ready to sign on the dotted line. It
seemed to be getting the most out of was cool and sweet-flowing as Tennyson's
[ their pipes were Ailing them from a brook.. It was mild and mellow as spring
> 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
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| 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. '
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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
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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."