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\ v i V fp VOLUME xxx vm. NO. <8 1928 Will Mark Change in Size of Paper Mone> Designs Expscied Mak'.r Note- Raiser'* Task More Difficult Washington, Dec. ~S,?The yea; 1D28 will mark the first change 12 size of paper money since 1861. For months the bureau of en graving ami printieig, the greates priftfc shop in the world* will be buss ^ making new and smaller $1 bills s< that upon some fiiel day next fat they may be issued simultaneous]> throughout the country and the olt ones retired at one swoop, to b' redeemed, of course, upon demand Noll' of other denominations wil be printed and put in circulation probable in 1923. The new notes will be six and five sixteenth by- two and eleven-six teen til inches, whereas the notes nov in circulation are 7 71'J by 3 1-i inches. By the change the govern ment expects to save $2,000,001 annually. The reduction in size o the bills is expected to increase th< capacity of the bureau of engravini and printing hv 50 per cent becauei twelve of the smaller notes can b printed at one impression upon th' same press which now prints eight. Through the change in size th hills will he made more convenieu to handle and will also he nior, durable. The new notes will sli into a hill-fold or pocket, it is claim ed. without creasing or folding, am for thi.- reason are expected to haw much lunge) life than those now ii use. The life of thi average btl now is not more than six or .even monlhi. treasury officials say. Fold ins is nm* of the chief items cut-tin) vhor the life of paper money. 'designs o:i the- hills ate also to b si; inlaidizeil. Many designs not appear on the difi. Merit denominn ion am! the variou kinds of notes n a. iino-M'O. s pu:'iraiM f.U) L'Aamifn appear" both im chr $1 and som | -'2i> bills. Treasury officials point out tha through rSandiirdizitig the design tin now notes cannot be so e'asil "raised'' to higher denominations b the crooked gentry who mate fchi their business, in addition to star dardized designs on the new pape money there will ho a relation In tvecn the portrait on the face an the engraving en the back, except i casts of the $1 bill and those abov Si 01!. On the face i)f the new $1 hill \vi la- the portrait ef Washington an on tiie backjwifl he the word "one in large Jetlers. On the $2 bill wi be a portrait of Jefferson with a engraving of Montieeilo, his nomi on the back. Lincoln's portrait will bo or. tn iace oi the Sf> liiil with the Liiieol Memorial for the back. Hamilton' , portrait will appear on the face n tiit $10 bill a mi the treasury builr i'UT OP tho back. For tho face rf ?b ?20 bill Grovor Cleveland's portrai ha.>- been chosen, with the Whit House for the back. Grant's pot rait will bo on the fac of tlie ?50 bill. Benjamin Franklin' on the ?100, William McKinley'ss o the ?500. Jackson's on the $1,001 Madison's on the ?5,000 am! Chnse' the 5)0,000. All these designs have been aj proved . although some may h changed later. No retirement of money-makin machinery will be necessitated b the change, it is -said. TERN KILLED BY MR. JIM GREER AT RUTHERWOO Believing he 'was defending hfiock of chickens against an inroa from a chicken hawk, Mr. Jim Grer of Rulherwood, shot and killed tern, a species of seal gull of th Arctic region used by the Unite States botanical survey for oxper mental purposes. The bird woi an aluminum band on the right fo< with the inscription, "Notify Bio Surv." and the number 421102. M Greer has written to Washington t learn the date on which the gull wi (jtiiiueu una any- otn.er jjitonnatio he may procure. The bird was of pear! gray color and measured 3 inches from tip to tip. A racei new.- dispatch tolls of one of tlies birds having hern found on the co:t: 01 France, after haying been bande in Labrador, 4200 miles away, ia' June. MIDDLE FORK HAPPENINGS Bynum Norris and family of Boor moved back to their old home o Meat Camp last week. Hubert Norris has been seriousl ill at his home here for the pa! week. The Big Hill selioolhouso was d< stroyed by fire last week, along wit many books be'ongir.g to students. Miss Mary Norris, who is spent ing the holidays with hoirie folk will return to her school next werl Mack Norris. who hs- been rot ) fired in a Sylvia hospital with broken leg, is improving. A Non-Partisan Ne 9001 'HEKMNADirT 1 MURDERING GIRL | - Youthful Staler Takes Whole Rt-j I sponsibility for Los Angeles Crime; | r| Strangle Girl With Wire and Cut Y' Up Body 1 Oakland, Cal.. Dec. 26.?William! "j E. Hickman today confessed that he | alone killed 12-year-old Marian' ;! Parker of Los Angeles, the day after *1 he kidnapped hot single-handed. , j in a confession, amazing for itsj ' ! unrivaled details of brutality, the 1 19-year-old youth said he strangled! " j the child with a piano wire and cut ! her body into pieces in the bathtub lj-of his Bellevue apartment in Los #! Angeles. After the strangling Hickman said ' he realized that he must have the ! body to produce to the girl's father, ! Perry M. Parker, Los Angeles banker, or ho could not collect the ransom, So he devised the scheme of ^ using thread and wire on her eyes ? ar.d throat to make it appear she Q was alive when he returned the body y. to the father for SLoOO. g The confession completely tlimiR nated the mythical accomplice, one g Andrew Cramer, for whom the police never have been searching since the q youth made his first confession after L his capture near Pendleton, Ore., HI where he sought to throw the blame pj on an accomplice. He had no aid, _ J it was a single handed piece of work, I the latest confession made today ree vealed. The mask of mystery which Hickin sought to throw < v. r the killing 1 of the t hi)d w.'is torn away in the course ? < n grilling he underwent as P' the special cat upon which he was being taken to iAngeles was near( : i??g San Francisco. K.; He gave as hi-i reason for the killing, "1 was afraid she would . j make a noise/ c HANDSOME PRESENT GIVEN OUTGOING POSTMASTER VI r- U- M -L : ? ' ?-i?. n ?'. vausnis, :.VZ!D Will I-'C , | succeeded as postmaster at the Boone j- office Sunday by Mr. A. \V. Smith, g! was pffagnted with a handsome white i-j gold watch on Christmas day by the i-j clerks and rural carriers. A letter >-| accompanied the gift, in which .was ; expressed appreciation to Mr. Fai th n ing for his many considerations and e best wishes for success in his new field of endeavor. The letter 'bore II the signatures of B. H. Watson, J. ,1 W. Noiris, C. It. Greene, L. T. Elrod, |R. )!. Townsend, C. K. Moretz and |l| Floyd Eggers. n | Commenting 011 the elegant gift, : Mr Farthing Said: "1 shall always feel grateful to the entire posteffi.ee force for the n ioyei service rendered during my ad's ministration. Without this loyal, t". un-ellish service, no efforts of mine l_ could have been successful. Mr. Watt.. son has been with me through the a entire four and a half years, the othi is ef the force for shorter periods. : But fei- each employe, whether clerk t. i or carrier, 1 have nothing but the s warmest praise. n : '1 feel that 'it would be unfair not ),1 to mention Rudoiph Morels. While ! not a civil service emnlove. yet he , li? .... .-s .i.i.- rveu as .substitute carrier for ,J each rural route and during the e| iiih'tss of the village carrier, as subI stitutc for him. In each case, he has K' fuily met the requirements of the y| responsibilities of the position. With i -uch a force, of clerks, rural and vilI !age carriers, I cannot see how Mr. j Smith, my successor, can fail to be [jj happy in his tvork, and I know he i will make a faithful, satisfactory ofis' ficial. j1 "I leave the office with the kindest ,r- to.,-..in:"!?, to the office force and to the u patr-ms of the office as weli. To the 6, many patrons who hnve so kindly ex(j: pressed a word of appreciation of my ;.-j efforts to serve thera/I am deeply ?i grateful." t! J J FORMER WII.KES BANKER TO j BEGIN SENTENCE JAN. 15 o' ls Wilkesboro, Tec. 23.?Clem ni Wrcnii. president of the <' funct a'Bank of Wilkes, today b'gan put,?J; ting hi- affairs in shape preprra'crv jl i to entering cho state prison cn oasiu1C. afy i 5 ;o begin serving a 0 to i2g; year lentot'c-e .tor embezzlement and jj! other charges arising out of t'.e qiiai'ure of the institution la t May ! C..1..+ ? - - I v I'yiivbiiytJ W'l ?*.r"lin yesterday afternoon was preceded by a jury verdict that actquitted A. c G. Hendren, W. B. isomers and W. 13 H. Foster, director?, who had been on trial for making false statements j, concerning the bank's solvency. )t " Shuffle 'Em Up "That savor's a card." h "Ych, that comes from his association with decks." 1 s.j A man in Chicago was shot, but t ; a silver dollar in his porket deflected the bullet, ft is a good thing ho a wasn't a poet.?American Lumberman. 1 -,:.Sc jzjjCv.s. JsS 1'. likp -i ..M-A.' < 'JGA twspaper, De 3 ed to the \'E, WATAUGA < ? S'TV, NORTH ! New Chev et Car To P /ear Jan. lsl i However, No Details of "Spectacu j las- Automobile" Will Be Announc! cd Before Fiwl of the Year j Detroit. Miett., Deo- 24..-?Pr&mis ;/)ir the most spectacular low piicec I . Hitnreohvj#. ?*.U *?> ?- - !**- f'U???< | let Motor company announced hen ; today that a complete new line o1 motor cars will be introduced to th< | public January 1st. In confirming reports that Chevro let Would shortly introduce a new car of surpassing interest, W\ S Knud-o/i. president of the Chevro I el Motor company, declared that th< official announcement covering al details of Chevrolet's sensational nev | product would come Sunday. Janu 1 i'.ry first. Xo details will be avail able until that time, he said. Chevrolet assembly plants hav< been in production on the new cai since December 12. Shipments o j the new car to dealers have beer j leaving- the various assembly plant; i since December 15 s*. that the vas j coutitrv-wide dealer organizatioi I may be prepared for the introductory showing next Sunday. Un'oridlei enthusiasm is being displayed ore the new ears by Chevrolet field sale officials, who have been milling int? Detroit for private showings of tin new line. 1 Practically every Chevrolet deale ir. the United Stater will have car: ready for public inspection .lanuar; first. As this paper is mailed out vu ( work for the year 1027 comes to : i close In this shop it has been 5; I weeks of real work, without inter j mission, and we are more thnnkfu than \ye can express for the loya support given us through the ontin year by our business men and sub j scrihers. V. ? have no complaints : make, and \ve w>ii enter upon tty labov.- of 1928 fully expecting i co-operjiiion and support. We l?av< no fears but what we will get it. T< | each ami every one of them wo ex i tend the greetings of the season : heptng i hul the ir.ccining yon/ will b, , Cull ol" blessings for them. Without disclosing detail-:. Ohcv I relet official- declared that the-net I care would embody the results pi 1 i years experience and progress 11 the building of low priced transpoi tution. Lessons learned from mii lions of miles of testing on the Gen era! Motors moving ground hav been brought to bear on the net j iductj officials declared: In fae all the resources of General Motor have been employed for month:, ii design and build tbe car thai i heralded to be by a wide margin thi I greatest automobile ever offered b; [ Chevrolet. ? ! Mr. I.. L.. Bingham, of the Boom ' Chevrolet company, returned Toes ! day night from Charlotte where h had his first peep at the nev car i He is very enthusiastic over the iut provements made, and believes th car will measure up to all that i claimed for it. Among the change in the new model is a wheel base o 107 inches' as compared with lit inches on the 10:27 model- "This in | crease in the wheel base has enablei ! the engineers to obtain a ninth bet i let- balance between the height, an. | length of the car and this is an itn portant factor in the splendid lira impression which 1 had of the car,1 said Mr. Bir.ghatn. "The new beauty is enhanced b; a newly designed radiator that fol i lows the lines of the newest an< i highest priced cars. It is high an. narrow with a non-rusting airplan. I metal shell. The trade mark of lb i car 'has been framed in a bronz* plate of artistic design and u nev radiator cap provided in kcepini with the appearance of the car. Tie radiator shell has been given greate depth, adding to the big ear appear ance. The radiator mounting ha been grcat.y improved .o that th radiator is much more rigid than ii previous construction. "Other changes I noticed," eon tinued Mr. Bingham, "ine.ude room | ier Kit her bodies. Wider doors, r.cr beautiful upholstering material bleri I tied with the Due.) finish The sedai I body is three inches longer and th ! coach five inches longer. Alt mode ; are equ pped with" disc wheels an. ."0x4.50 full balloon birds. Tiie car i arc low ahd the lines ore cent uuou ! ami pi easing. Cue of the greatcs ! improvements, probably. js the net j four-wheel brake design. the servic. : t>ra!?;s eon ist of two infernal ex ) ponding brakes on the front wheel j and two external contracting brake j or, the real wheels. An entirel; { separate set of brakes and nperatin: ! parts ere used for the emergency. '"A number of important moto changes have been made. The net cars are equipped with a'uminurr. pis j tons which arc much kghter i j weight and therefore an importan ' factor in smoo her operation. Anoth | er improvement is a thermostati . oor.trolof he water circulation a th" th*. rmostote is placed in t ' -i i r an v ater out e . A cran CI- von has been :ddtd T i cvv car quipped witn a scm Best Interests of Northwes CAROLINA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER GA?iwiLLLAND~[ } F. A. LINNEY'S JOB J Stated that Local Man VV.:.U Step Dov?r. a& Attorney for the Middle District and Gavin Named Short-i I I ly After Senate Convenes Jan. 4] ?| John A. Livingston in \Vinston-Sar! fj 'cm Journal. J Washington, Dec. 27.?^Entangle-! meats in North Carolina Republican J * ranks have been cleared for the ap-l pointment of E. L. Gavin, Sanfordi lawyer, as district attorney for the t middle district, to succeed Frank A. * Linnev, arid his name is expected to I be presented to the senate shortly after it convenes January 4. The North Carolina Republican) - organisation from Internal Revenue \ Commissioner David K. Blair clown| e is now said to be solidly behind the! r Sanford attorney, and there are no! f further impediments in the way. II I is true that Frank Linney would * like to continue in the job until he II could have the assurance of being ? ? mimed next year as the Republican i candidate for governor, but no ReH publican has preached more earnest L' j iy the necessity of bowing to or5 j ganiz&tion mandates and ho is o.v* i pec ted to step aside gracefully. - j Of course nothing is assured in politics until it has happened, and ' there may be further obstacles in the s way of Gam's appointment but as matters stand now, he has the united backing of National Committeeman i" C. A. Jonas and State Chairman ?J Brown low Jackson, as well as that iI of Mr. Blair. 1 -j Sir. Linnny ha- never said thai he! ?, -.wis a candidate foi the district at-1 1 ;.-ir;u*ysWp, hut he has been upas-Vive j . -romace n**. biriaf-ay Patterson j - i-ofttimieid to be active for him.' ti she has booh polite about it. Mr. ! -to;, '0- b'eim too l'M>v connected r v.itl: 'tan 1;'publican e rcranir.atim to; o bo removed jvoni the arena. Tie still; >t Vtf.s hlj i?ye,s put for wivitcvei p'anis . that may coin- his tv::y. Ho V'ocis > the .-t'ltg of (icfp.lt keenly, because i In thinks that his toug ' ecord <>i nav| ty sc. evict entitles him to more eon! sulci at iilr. than he has rocoivrd. l*; Win hi:- had oppoi turnty to step 3 i aside for the joi at being first as111 sistant district attorney with the understanding that he might later l- have the muiii .io'o, but he turned i- down such overtures and has been " an active candidate for the main jbb v only. Tlis friends have pmheu his t ease with vigor. and the- latest word s is that he may look for the appoint 5 menl after the new year. ? 6 CREW NOW OVERHAULING y LOCAL. TELEPHONE SYSTEM ' j The- Bt-U "Telephone company has! L"! large foree of linemen on the joh I ~.j in Boone, engaged in repairing the! whole system whieli will he strung j ' | with solid coper wire and the most ! ~! mo'lera equipment will be installed | "I when that company rakes over the; 1 Watauga Telephone sy;;rein, which' ? will be in rile very near future. *! So far :io yats schedule < rbiii the | * j new company has been made public, j Vi but it is understood thai the new'. j rare will bo much higher. Of coursej \\ the toivn will have much better serv-J I ice, hilt The Peinaerat rant,, to ex-; ~j press its appreciation ;o the Wat-j yi aoga Telephone company for its ef-i j forts in giving; the town oral county j 1 the best service possible. The old { j company has been criticised but still. went on supplying us with something j *. we eould hardly do without. They i 'J should retire with the thanks of ev-'j eJ ery patron on every line, for doingi iSJ their best. i a! , _____ WOMAN FATALLY BURNED IN * HOTEL FHtE AT BUTLER, TENN. J Butler, Tenn., Dee. 2G.?Desiruc0 tioo by fire of the Butler hotel and all contents resulted in fatal injury 1 to Mrs. C. D. Thomas. 28, daughter of I. E. Shupe, owner and manager of the hotel, about 4 o'clock this after-noon. Mrs. Thomas was taken ? to a hospital in Johnson city, and I died at y:50, about 20 minutes aCt1! er her arrival there. She- the e' only periou in the hotel at the time, j ? Opening her door on the second f'oor; *i when the alarm of fire was given.1 i exi; ?3.< enveloped in flames; her hail- burned off* fees Minded and her! ji body badly burned With her cldfh?i ?pfr ablaze shty.'eapru from the wir-i ,j dpw ird suffered other injuries. j ~! The monetary less is estimsted in. SJ excess of 530,000. yj "What must a man be to be g buried with military honors?" "Dead." r : : : v reversible steering gear of improved design." n I The change?, .noted here are only 11 a few of the many improvements i-' noted in the new Chevrolet. The c local dealers will have one or more[ d ?rs here for inspection Sunday \ e ; nd those desiring to look it oyer, k may get a glance at it in the show; e window of the Boone Chevrolet' i- company. )CRA >t North Carolina i;t27 Near Fatal Shooting ft In Beech Creek Section Grady Harmon in Hospital and Fred Harmon Under Bond, Charged With Deadly Weapon Assault C Fred Harmon, ol the Beech Creek Section, was released Tuesday after-} noon by Justice Hahn under $1,000 bond, after having been held in the! county bastile since Sunday on aj o charge of assault with a deadly I s weapon as a result of the shooting of o his cousin. Grady Harmon, in a c Christmas day carousal at Windy g Gap, fifteen miles from here. n Both men, according to officers, ti had been drinking and the shooting* j u is alleged to have been accidental. v However, the evidence of liquor like-' p iy influenced the justice in remand-j t ing the defendant to court. The j t' wound was inflicted in the abdomen! s( and at first was considered serious, i but evidence introduced at the pre- n li miliary hearing by physicians was a t;? the effect that tin- wounded man would recover. SIX OFFiCERS KILLED IN TENNESSEE GUN BATTLE v tSouth Pittsburgh, Ter.it., Dec. 26.! h ? With virtually all local law en-| p forcement officers dead or disabled,] t. national guardsmen tonight, policed ! 11 this section to prevent further j k orders growing out of a gun fight < I last night between city and county h authorities in which five men were 1 killed and four wounded. tie fatally. ] c Although military once-s said t the situation was well in i. d. 1-7 ?j more militiamen were ordered from Chattanooga. late today to !*??. -JK ii.. i . night after the t\Vo factions bad i "shot ii cut" on the downtown 5 strectsjThe death in a Ch<?UaPopga hosfei tdday of Chief of Police J a me- i Connor brought to six the number of. i fata..tie- in the ciStc battle, which 1 was mi" to have climaxed a feud .between police and sheriff's officers wing out of a recent strike at a i local manufact uripa plai in which ; the- respective iaw enforcement;1 I agencies hipihftevi opposite sides. Details of the shooting, which i shattered the Chiistmas quiet of , 1 virtually desciHeti streets, subsided; as. suddenly as. it started after a momentary^ exchange of shotgun and i pistol fire, were meager. A state j : merit f roir. one of the principals, j J however, developed thai brother i was arrayed against brother in the.; fatal feud i Thomas Connor, a deputy sheriff t and brother of Police Chief Connor-; whose account furnished the only t known coherent story of the events' leading to the shooting, said that city' officers had drawn pistols on him in ail encounter earlier in the evening, ' and that the tight began when Slier ? I*?* 1 5 -? ir.-'ij a ,iii . swvyimt vvcyiii:v? J 1 ;-.U i sought to arrest members of < the opposing gromti lor displaying; 1 their whapdas thrjntroiirgly. ]f T? H;< Ohsiting; exchange of rhot;, \ f)n? sheriff, Deputy Shori^f J-. A;[ v Hennessey, City .Mar.-hal Ts'vvjngri < Smith b%hl Marshal Ren Porker " and Special Policeman O. If. Larowe I were killed and Chief of Police Con-' nor, Deputy Sheriff Fayette Nekon < and S"eci?d Pcticeihaii Charles Tilt ( man and .lohn II a to: fell wounded- f Tim latter two woo believed not to! v have been seriously hurt. SQUIRREL AND BUFFALO ; c While having dinner with Colonel j t W. L. Bryan last week, Mr. J. 'fi.jf Morris recalled the first mea! he even had in Boone. When 10 years of | age, before the Civil war. Mr. Morris, i killed eight gray squirrels, and in! v company with his uncle, Tom Morris, I < ipime to Boone ar.d presented them; to Colonel G. N. Folk, who occupied! 1 a house standing on the rite of the j Dr. Jones residence. The colonel i had the squirrels dressed and a din-1 ner prepared for his friends, which.! ' while could not compare with the j ' last dinner at which he was a guest jc ,u Boone, when he and "Squire Bryan! < broke bread together over a meal at; t which the principal dish was fresh < buffalo steak from the Canadian preserves. This, he said, was the finest; > treat of all. Mi. Morris recalled! c rmir nis imroriei.am host orgliijze<jI < Company D. First "JfTonrtl-. Carolina'. ?avilli;., and marched away ill tU< oar'.v month:; oi the civil war H J was later made a colonel in ih?? Co' - I federate armies. j t : ! c HICKMAN NOW IN LOS ANGELES BASTILEl Los Angeles. Dee. 27?Brought i ' safely back to the city where less,T than two weeks ago he brutally killed: c Marian Parker, 12-year-old school I girl, and dismembered her body, Wil- t Ham Edward Hickman was in the county jail here tonight awaiting ar- ' raignment next Thursday on a charge of murder. Despite :be intense public feeling I aroused over the kidnapping and! ; killing of the Parker girl, there were; 1 no outbreaks today when Hickman 1 wis returned from Pendleton, Ore.,! 1 where he was captured last week. ' s ? aMBKnr FtVK CENTS A COPY mlWWir AT BLOWING ROCK Consolidated School, Scheduled to Open Today, Piutpooed Until Next Monday. Because Work on New Building is Not. Completed Bioutifit Rock. Deo 28.?The petting date of the Blowing Hock rhool was changed from Wednesday f Ihi- week until next Monday beuuse the workmen were unable to et the new building: ready by Wedcsday. It was considered impracicable to teach three days in the emporary quarters and then move ito the new building. especially as reparations had already been made t> move the equipment from the enipofary roomr, which were cpnequcntiv in disorder. A substantial increase in enrol I lent is expected af^fcer the holidays, s a number of parents have already fcat.ed their intention to st&rt their hildre;: in school Monday. It is the hope of the school board hat the delay in re.-uming school ork after Christmas will have little ffect on the enrollment during: the ast month of school, as the approbation for the school depends upon he average attendance for that tionth. If the enrollment can be :ept up until the end of school, Mowing Rock can have a standard ligh chool next year. The school mard wishes especially to have the operation of parents in keeping lv children in school until the last iay of the term. Christmas Very Quiet Christmas in Blowing Rock passd off q:. ieviy. with no disorders of feiSct. arc rding to Policeman K. Story. Commercial Airline Cecil Ci'itfhov. who was reported n a stob, originating in l.eivoir to >?? planning ; commercial airline 'n.rni here to tlie i 'iedmont aid Monday that the plar. as yet-.is ; >n!y \i: its ml ileus state. He aid le had no ni (cued the plan merely as i possibility, but had taken no drfidt.e steps in that .direction If 1 can raise the money,'' he explained. "I .hail do it; otherwise 1 goivt." Visits Husliand in Hospital Mrs.^TTafry Copper spent Cnristmas in Sutesvilie visiting Mr. Coop21% who i.s in a hospital there. It s Chared that the lirfeetion resulting Limn .1 vY-jinm in nis aim may make i nipi.it aiion necessary. Mr. Cooper viis injured while hr was changing .he glass in a windshield. ;iVlTANS BANQUKT AT ABINGDON, VIRGINIA A delegation of twenty-.wo mom >ors and friends of tin Boone Civiun Club went to Abingdon. Vn.? luesday evening to attend a ban[Uet of the various clubs of western iorth Carolina, east Tennessee and outnwesi Virginia. The oeca ion vus v. el! attended and th: visitors veiv entertained as only the Abir.gUjiV folks are capable of entertainr,p. After a very interesting prop-ain, composed mostly of music, in.i good eats served u. the spacious lining mom of Martha Wat hingxon iloliege, there was a spiri tot' good cl'.owsnip demonstrated, such as alvays exi t in Civitaii clubs. The Civitan club is doing as much ir move toward the building of good itizenship and the stamping out of im great white plague than any oth r civic organization in the United "dates. The local delegation returned ionic Wednesday morning a* 2 a. m... vith rhe feeiine* that the ml*. coit'n the time and price. iVINSTON-SALEM IS NOW LARGEST CITY IN CAROLINAS Estimates made )>y the United States department ot commerce how that Winston-Saicm has not hly stone Tar ahead of other North Carolina citaea in population, hut hat it is now the largest city in the TnioJinas. Winston-Salem, the goyernmeiit iguves indicate., had a population, if ."7,!00 on -July i. last, while yharle-too. the metropolis pi ho th iar.-ittr.a. was given an estimat d >opv"ar oe of 75,000. Winston Sac-ro, therefore, lead its nearest r.val 2.100, and is today recjniizrd by he government as the largest rtraniipaiity in North .mo South Caroma. Charlotte is the second largest city n the state with an estimated popn ation ot 55,1)00; Greensboro is third toi 50.900 and Wilmington, the >nly other city in the state with a jopulation of over 30.000, is credited vith 45,700. MORGAN HEADS U. S. STEEL CORPORATION New York, Dec. 27.?.T. Pierpont Morgan. international banker, has jeromc the nominal head of the United Slates Steel corporation, founded by his father. Mr. Morgan ucceeds the late Elbert H. Gary. j
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