J. B. SHERRILLr, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. -reach Tighten Their Hold on Ruhr Valley (;oi mans Ordered to Deliver \ i Coal to France or Bel and France Makes Reply at Once. MORE TROOPS ARE MOVED TO ESSEN Troops and Tanks Moved Up [’•(fin Old Zone, and the km£ Around Essen Made dark Tighter. r v ir. .I.in. 10 illy i]je Assoeiatrtl Because of :i eh:i nm l of front .oil magnates and the repudia te agreement to resume coal the French today reinforced vnj >a f ion movement. Troop. - ? nk- were moved up from the i / it. :ii.tl the ring Ks>( i n whs] t.-ilti'lied j * \o Coal Deliveries. |. !.!in, .lan. IT, ißy the. Associated j*i t he German eomlni.-sioii has ] led iiie coal owners of the Ruhr j - -apply ill vc coal or coke to France j , Belgium even if payment is made.; J.,r |il,- cttlrt. i : - -fiiVening attitude hv the Ger-j gevenmicnt is expected here to! j i|ih;ite drastic action hy the i t J|. i: srovchllllenf. Excitement at Bochum, lierliti. .lan. 15 (By the Associated i ]• ,-.sm.—Ueeonlinu tho arrival of the! I ii .j: Kochiun. rite Lokul Anzei-' - .it! ‘wnrk immediately teased an- 1 m it. inetit prevailed. The coin-, n,Hiiisi>. ii adds, began distributing) !.:. ri advocating war with France.; ..•; ileinanding the resignation of • ♦ llVir ('turn. Extending Zone of Orel ipa (ion. I*. ii .seldorf. .lan. 15 tßy the Assn-j t I Pros i.—France’s answer to the i a mine owners' refusjtl t<» tie-! 1 • coal on any terms was to extend I t!;•* /‘>ne of occupation originally in-! . -•••.! to cover only the Bochum reg-1 , n. l'he new line established hy Gen-! •• 1 :ir Stinnes steel works, was occu !'icil v the'French today. The dccu-l i.>:t of Gelsenkirchen lias l*cen com-) Rupture is Complete. Loin]' tt. .lan. l. r » ißy the Associated' I’.'-- The rupture between the Fran-j • !;■ _an eomiuission of control in ; i :. ami the German industrialists 1 - '■■tnphred, says dispatch to The J'veniu‘g \ews fronrKsscji today. Mil- , Han penalties., more severe and ex :• i:-iv» than those contemplated yes !• riy are now being put into effect, 'ids. and the advance into Germany j •i- at ird upon an even greater staged Set to Co-operate Willi French. Pari.-. Jan. l.“» (By the Associated I P -- 1 . The German government. -a Havas (Pspiteh from Essen this j afteji. lias sent instructions to the I '• • an industrialists not to co-operate I ' Prance in deliveries of coal. NKt.RO IS TAKEN TO THE ASHEVILLE JAIL ; Haywood Officers Feared Mob • Vio-! bare Following Arrest of Negro fori Murder. A-lu ville. .Tnn. 14.—Fearing mob | b'.nce jafn-r a crowd of several linn- i •I'- i Wayhesville. citizens gathered I ■nd tlie jail tlrs morning fol-| i • vV i ll Sr die capture of George Love, ne -i ■ ettarged with the murder of Bill ■ . Sheriff Cape. of Haywrood ' unt\ m iicd Love, to Asheville this !»C*TlH»nil. . | C a ci.inner’s inquest held Ihis l! ng. ilie verdict was that Brock ! . 1 ('ll his death as a result of gun "'•undsTntlieted hy Love. 1 excitment has pre- P in the vicinity of Waynesville • S! “'‘ Crock was shot, and ,a posse i ! 'zens scoured that section for PI hears, finally capturing Love in a sections. When arrested he of -1 :, 'i in. res-iance, and made no State ment. —M: yor Howard and Chief of Police ■ v : ' ! iiu;i*-ld. of Waynesville, accom -1 l;i ' Hie sheriff to Asheville. Brock " ■ Saturday afternoon as he '■ storo. and ill feeling witli the - said to have caused the fatal ’ rv ' h Herrin Riot Will Give Their Judgment Soon. - ..T * ' "• 111., Jan. Jl—A jury of : "a comity farmers will deliver next wr.ok on, the Herrin ■ ' 1 e greatest tragedy in the in l"' ’ i:l1 history of Illinois. ‘ 1 iheir case practically complete. ! u i lie definite today expressed '' ' 1 •' hi the speedy acquittal of ■ defendants charged with the ] " " 1 "f Howard Hoffman, one of T - *'•’ 'i slain during the.outbreak T ‘ ' '’in charge of the pi‘osecut : on . '* ‘ 1 t" he quoted. s Stolen and Recovered. s ’ in"- one carried off the Cadflac . T". 1 ■ i r of Mr. L. A. Brown last s .' 1 ' 1 h o’clock from North Union :!n ell Gaines, the. lattwr of whom died several weeks .ago in Florida. I Mr. Mcf’uhhins was twice married. ; bis first wife, Miss Annie McXntr ] Krider, dying in ISSS, a ypar sifter ; their marriage and an infant son dy i ing a short while thereafter. In ISft:* i he marr'ed Miss Mamie G.askill ami | sjie, with one daughter, Mrs. Forrest J .Tames Allen, of Eustis, Florida, sur i vive. ; Funeral arrangement await tin* ar rival of the daughter and the. service { will probably he held Tuesday with ; interment in Chestnut Hill, i Mr. McCubbinU first public office was ! chairman of . the Rowan county com missioners and in 1002 he was elected i clerk of the court. Last “month he began bis sixtJi term in his office. He j was a deacon in First Presbyterian ; Cliurcli. a Shrincr, Royal Arcanum and ! .., / Jin-V T.>. Peoples National Rank and otherwise J connected with the business life of the ! community. THE COTTON MARKET There Was a Further Advance, and 111" Opening Was Firm at an Advance of I | fi to 22 Points. New York, Jan. 1 1} —There was a i further advance in the cotton market during today’s early trading. Liver pool was better than due with private (•aides indicating a continued improve ment in Manchester trade* and the opening here was firm at an advance of U to 22 po : nts. 1 Cotton futures opened firm: Jan uary 27.N0; March 27.00: May 27.05; | July 27.72: October 20.00. I « Many Professions in Parliament London, Jan. 15.—Nowh::-re can such j a varied se ecUon of professions and j , vocations be found as in the British ! House of Commons. Parliament I boasts a clieckweighnian, a locomo- I tive engineer, a corset-maker, a hair i dresser, and a newsagent The most j numerous profession is that of trades. I union officials, of whom there are j eighty-three. There are fifty-nine ! barristers, twenty-one solicitors, and I twenty-eight soldiers. Sailors num j her only eight, ond are (‘quailed by schoolmasters. - j Twenty-two members are directors 1 of public companies, while there are nineteen journalists and authors, Mvventoen shipowners, eleven 'manu facturers. ten engineers, nine land owners, the same number of farmers and doctors, and six brewers disti !ers. _ One of the most interesting mem bers is Mr. 'Martin, the blind fM. F. When a division occurs it is written law that the member nearest to him shall lead h'm into the lobby. Lees Jackson Birthday Dinner Friday. The annual Lee-Jackson Day din ner for the Confederate Veterans of Cabarrus County will he given by the local chapter Daughters of the Con federacy at tlio Y on Friday, January Tilth, as 12:30 p. m. Mrs. L. T. Ilartsefl, chairman of the dinner committee, stated today that plans have been made to entertain ev ery Confederate Veteran of the county at one dinner. “We are preparing for everyone.” Mrs. ITartsell stated, and • expect each Veteran who is phys ically able, to he present.” Ait in teresting program in addition to the dinner, has been nmi raged, Mrs. Hart sell stated. Meeting Postponed. ' i Washington, Jan. 15. —The mee.t ng ' called for today to resume negotia titons between the British and Ameri can debt commission was postponed •until late tomorrow at the request of the British who said they we.re await ing instructions from London. They declined to indicate the nature of the • question on which they had asked ad vice. t —7 1 With Our Advertisers. See. the bright, newest shapes and l colors in hats at the Specialty Hat i Shop. _ > The Citizens Bank and Trust Com - pany lias a message today in a new ' ad. that will interest you. PUBLISHED MONDAVSANU THURSDAYS LEGISLATURE READY FDR REAL WORK NOW Leaders Believe Several Im j portaht Matters Will Come j Before Members During the Coming Week. ! Raleigh. Jan. 15 (Bv the Associated Press*. —The Norih Carolina General 'Assembly which adjourned over the ! week-end out of respect to the mem ory of the late J. Bryan Grimes. Sec- Tetary of State, who 'lied last Thurs ;day night, will reconvene tonight for in short session. Mem tiers today ex- Raessed the belief that coinnciteo ac tion will he taken ibis week on >h" !>V\l hill calling for invoxrVnrion of ! I ii(‘ state printing charges, thus pni lling lh(‘ subject li(*fore t Ik* 'Assembly for action. Members are inclined to believe that I this week will see definite action on several measures of statewide import ance, and their opinions are substan tiated by the fact that one at least — the Governor's ship proposal—should get to tin* floor of the Senate by Fri day because of tin* committee hearing which will consider the measure in all of its aspects on Thursday morn ing. Despite a night session today it is expected a mass of bills will be intro duced into both branches of the As sembly. ALL EGEL LEADER OF BANDIT GROUP DEAD Body of Man Believed to Have Led Denver Robbers Found in Denver Garage. Penvrr, Got.. ..trsii. ir>.—-The (taring bandit who stood on Ihe runping hoard of an automobile as the men who robbed tin* Federal Reserve Bank truck of $200,000 in front of the Den ver mint on December .ISth, last, sped away amid a rain of Pullets from the mint guards paid with his life. Deserted hy his pals, the body of the (lend robher-thelieved to have been the leadef of the band —was found last night in a private garage in the fashionable Capitol Hill residence dis trict . A gaping wound near the bandit's heart told the story. Tn his pocket was « large calibre revolver, while a ritlle and a pump shotgun were found in the car. The man rented the. garage about a week before the mint robin ry occurred. The dead bandit was found stretched out in the front He was frozen and* an overcoat had been thrown over him. NORRIS WANTS HIS BILL TAKEN I P IN SENATE Temporarily Blocks Efforts to Begin (Tnsideratiun of Farm Credits Uro gram. Washington, Jan. 15.—The plan of administration senate h.ia-’ei;; to l>egi*h consideration on farm credits program worked out by the banking committee was blocked temporal’.ly today by Senator No’ iia, Republican, Nebraska, chairman of the agricultural com mittee, who insisted that the senate take up instead his bill for creation of a government co; poratian empowered to buy and sell sane po .uets. COVINGTON DIES AT GREENSBORO Prominent Citizen of State Y’ictim of Pneumonia; Native of Wilmington. Greensboro, Jan. 14. —C. C. Coving ton, of Wilmington, one of the leading business men of North Carolina, died here tonight at 11:20 o’clock. Mr. Cov ington was visiting his sisiter. Mss. I. W. Murphy, when he was forced to his bed several days ago suffering J from pneumonia. Charles Coleman Covington was born ! in Rockingham on July 3, 1X57, thej son of Edwin Poythress and Louisa j (Coleman) Covington, and represents j an old and distinguished family both j parental and materal lines. Aluminum City lo Resume Activities. B.ylin. Jan. 13. —Following an nouncement that the aluminum plant here had received large orders from the Ford Motor Company, things are beginning to limn again; and the works are soon expected to resume op erations at full blast, and prospects are that the town will assume its busy air of 1917. Several shops and local enterprises are opening up following the resumption of activities, which would have begun sooner Jiad it not been for water shortage, according to announcement. Clarkson Not Offered the Secretaryship Raleigh, Jan. 14.—Heriot Clarkson, of Charlotte, tonight declared that Governor Morrison did not tender him the secretaryship of state, notwith standing the governor’s outspoken pur. pose to offer this place to liis campaign manager. "It is a groat office,” Mr. Clarkson said, "hut it is a business man's of fice. Mr. Everett will make a great secretary. He is a splendid business man." The plain mister is good to me unless some honor in lint* with my profession should he given me.” Heavy Street Fight in Memel. Berlin, Jan. 15 (By the Associated Press).— Dispatches to the Lokal Au zeiger report heavy street fighting iin Memel, the Baltic area recently in vaded by Lithuanian irregulars. The Lithuanians, the message asert, arq in almost complete possesison. Southern Building Owners. Atlanta, Ga. , Jan. 15.—Delegates from more than a dozen States nave arrived in Atlanta to attend the an nual meeting of the Southern Asso ciation of Bui-din- Owners and mana gers. The sessions will begin tomor ’ row and continue over Wednesday. CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1922. NEGRO CONFESSES TO SLAYING Os FARMER James Miller, by Police in Baltimore, 'Bills Officers That He Killed John Sut ton Last September. 1 4- . SUTTON WAS VERY PROMINENT FARMER Negro Said Sutton Accused Him of Stealing Corn, and After An Argument He Drew Revolver and Shot. Baltimore, Jan. ly.—Confessing, ac cording to the police, lo the murder of John Sutton, a faritjetyof Kinston, X. C., James Miller, " alias James Smith, a negro fnrin haml, is locked up in a police statidto here awaiting action hy the North Carolina authori ties. The negro, who was arrested last Wednesday as a suspicious character, made his confession after four days in cessant grilling hy theypolice. said one night last September while •driv ing a wagon along a lonely road, he was haltedNy hy Sntton and another white man, known to him only /ds “Cy,” who were in an automobile. Sutton accused him of stealing corn and ordered "Cy" to summon the po lice. The farmer (ben seized the ne gro wlio drew a revotyei' and fired sev eral shots into Suitors body. The pegro. the polk*© said, admitted the theft of the corn*: and stated that when accosted by Sjjjtton he had IS gallons of whiskey ifhldcn under hay in his wagon. Reward YVasi Offered. Raleigh. Jan. 15.-**Oovernor Morri son on October 4th, last, offered a re ward of S4OO for flute arrest and con viction of person o# persons respon sible for the killing of John Sutton, a farmer, near last September Nothing was known at the* Governor's office of the arrest lif James Miller, alias James Smith, aft Baltimore, who the police at Baltimore say, has con fessed to tin* killing of Sutton. SAM GOMPERS FAVORS LIGHT WINE AM) BEER To Moboltze Forces of Labor for a Modification of The Volstead Act. -Cincinnati; JMi; iatton of the forces of American organized la bor for a modification of the Volstead act, which would provide for the. manu facture and sale of beer and light wine, was arranged for at a conference held today between Samuel Qompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor and the general executive board of the~Brewery Workers’ International union at that organization's headquar ers here. I “We plan to make America oncej ' more the home of the sane and the ! j land of the free.” the noted labor lead-! or declared, following an all-day con ference with the hoard members, who j represent every" section of the United' States and Canada., While the conference was held in j secret, it was announced that plans • we.re discussed for a nation-wide: drive for a revision of the prohibition j law and that every member of Con gress would he personally interview ed and made acquainted with the po sition labor takes on the prohibition law. “Wine and be.er of light alcoholic [ content are sure to comp hack and ! they will come back very soon,” de clared Mr. Goinpers, who made a hur ried trip from Washington to attend ! the conference. | RAILROALS APPEAL TO BE HEARD APRIL 16TH [Test Case Against North Carolina I Taxes Moved Up By Highest Court. Washington, .Tan. lf>.—Appeals by the Southern, The Norfolk Southern, the Atlantic Coast, Line and the Sea hooard Air Line Railroads to test the validity of the franchise and ad va lorem property taxes levied by North Carolina were advanced by the Su preme Court today for hearing on April 16th. The lower Federal court sustained the law, but granted an injunction staying the collection of taxes pending decision of the Sunreme Court. Removal and White Goods Sale at Parks Belk Company. The big Removal and White Goods Sale at the Parks-Belk Company will begin Thursday morning, January 18, at 9 o’clock, and continue for 12 days. The company is preparing to move some of the stock into its new addition as soon as same is completed, and the big sale is being offered as a means of reducing the stock before I the transfer is made, j In four pages of ads. in this paper j today you will find enumerate some of "the tine bargains the company is to J offer during the sale. Every article of clothing and every pair of shoes in the store will be reduced in price, and many other commodities also will fe,ol the price cut. j It will be to your advantage to read the ads. carefully and be on hand when the store opens on Thursday morning. Make a check of the goods wanted and call at the store and get them before they are picked over. Mr. R. W. Horsfey has opened a\ jewelry store in the Porter Drug Store. >j He is prepared to repair watches, clocks, jewelry and spectacles. Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 2V emits per pound; cotton at 72 cents per bushel. APOSTILIC DELEGATE MUST LEAVE MEXICO Will Be Banished by Presi j dent for Participation in Outdoor Religious Exer cises Held Last Week. Mexieq City, Jen. 15 (By the Asso ciated Press).—Monsignor E’/iesto Filitti, the apostolic delegate in Meffi ico, was ready today to leave the country either tomorrow night or Wednesday, in compliance with Pres ident Obrogon's order expelling him lor participating in outdoor religions ceremony held last Thursday in alleg ed violation of the federal constitu tion. It was considered possible but not probable the diplomatic protest by Catholic nations represented here might bring modification of the order, which it was thought would he extend ed to include other, foreign members who took part in the ceremony. The hroll bishop is alleged to have officiated at the laying of the'corner stone of a religions monument. DR. VALERIA PARKER WILL BE HEARD IN THIS STATE Noted Lecturer Will Make a Tour of North Carolina Next Month. Raleigh, N. ('.. Jan. 15.—Dr. Valer ia 11. Parker, director of the depart ment of protective social measures of the American Social Hygiene Associa tion, will make a speaking tour through the various towns in North Carolina from February 4 to Febru ary 10, officials of the State Board of Public Welfare announced tonight. l>r. Parker’s leetures will he deliv ered under the auspices of the bureau of epidermiology of the State Board of Health in conjunction with the State hoard of Charities and Public Welfare and the Social Service Department so the Raleigh Woman’s ('lull, it was stated. Social hygiene will tie Dr. Parker’s general subject. Her talks will he di reeted especially to high school and college girls and their mothers. Her itinerary will lie as follows: February 4. Wilson; February 5. Greenville and Kinston; February S. Winston-Salem: February 9. High Point and Salis bury: February 10. Charlotte. "Dr. Parker, who was formerly sec retary of the United States Interde partmental Social Hygiene Board, lias had long experience in social work." reads the announcement. "She has not J*#iru in regular* meUi^L-w&vUa\ jm& her marriage in 1005. In 1913, she was appointed the first woman proba-. tion officer id he.- home town. Green wich. Conn. iTbe following year, she became field secretary of the Connec ticut Social Hygiene Association, and continued to work for this organiza tion until 1919. when she joihed the staff of the American Social Hygiene Association. ' "From 1919 to 1921, she directed the social hygiene work of the National League of Womeq Voters. She s'ill directs this work in the Nations! Con gress of Mothers and Parent Tenche s Associations and also the Social Moral ity of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1920. when the United States Public Health Ser vice held its institute on venereal di seases. and social hygiene, Dr. Bar ker was appointed one of the lectur ers, and she also was a member of the committee of fifty for the All-Am erican Conference on Venereal Diseas es of this year. "In addition to her lecture and edu cational work, she has had experience in the direction of a home for desert ed and unmarried mothers and tliei% batiies, and during the war. she was* appointed under the Connecticut State Council of Defense supervisor of a force of six policewomen who formed a part of the state police force and acted as law-enforcement and protect ive agents. “In June 1921, Dr. Parker was ap pointed to succeed Dr. Thomas A. Stor ey as executive head of the Govern ment Social Hygiene - Board. The work of. this board was restricted to areas near some ann> post or naval station, that is. places likely to he frequented by soldiers and sailors on. leave. The government in its plan for a clean army and navy did its utmost through the hoard to protect men in the service ¥rom evil conditions in communities near which they were stationed. "Members of the United States In terdepartmental Social Hygiene Board were the secretaries of war. navy and treasury and three surgeon generals. Josephus Daniels was secretary of the navy when Dr. Parker was executive officer. Upon the failure of congress to appropriate funds for continuing the work of this board after July 1922, Dr. Parker returned to the staff of the American Social Hygiene Association. RED RIVER CASE DECIDED South Bank of Red River Made Texas- Oklalioma Boundary Line by Court. Washington. Jan. 15. —The South cut bank of the Red River was made the boundary line between Texas and Oklahoma by order ot the Supreme Court today in the famous Red River case. . • The decision is a compromise of the conflicting contentions of the United 'States and Texas, the cut bank, for irnost of the distance where the contest I ('entered at the Big Bend being >e tween the Muffs ' which the United States insisted should be made the boundary, and the south bank of the River at its normal stage, which lex as urged should be made the line. Ether was known to the earliest chemists v A day of to* in London is estimated to cost $8,625,000.' Sheriff of Morehouse Parish On The Stand ANOTHER CATHOLIC CHURCH IS FIRED St. Mary’s Cathedral Saved Only by Propmt Action of Fire Fighters. Hamilton. Ont., Jan. 15.—Early dis coverv of a threatening blaze saved St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral from destruction by fire at midnight. Officials of the fire department and church authorities were unable to offer explanation as to the cause of the. ftrq which started in the altar. The fire is the twelfth of a series which lias damaged Roman Catholic institutions within the last year. TO PROBE AUTOMOBILE WRECK MYSTERY Albemarle Man Charged With Man slaughter of Three Men. Albemarle, JaiA. 13.—The mystery j surrounding the Cause of the fateful ] automobile wreck! in which Ralph I Smith and James Stagg, of Durham, i and Albert Mooneyham. of Raleigh.! lost their lives, seems to he unraveling. It will he recalled that these young men met almost sudden death on Sun-, day afternoon of last November sth ] when the Nash roadster, in which they I were riding, plunged off a fill and in-1 to a tree on the Raleigh-Albemarle-! Charlotte, highway, between Albemarle! and the Swift Island bridge. Rumors of a sensational nature! have been <;oing- the rounds for some ♦lays culminating in the arrest of Archie Palmer, of Albemarle, on a charge of manslaughter and for driv ing an automobile while intoxicated. Palmer is out under a $5,000 bond ■ pending the preliminary hearing. | which, it is understood, has been set I for January 31. The evidence upon ; which the State bases its charge has : not been made public. It is understood, however, that wit-j nesses will testify that Palmer, Frank i Smart and two girls, of near Badin.! were coming toward Albemarle in a ! Ford coupe on the day of the trage-! dy, and that the young men in the' Na§h oariundertook to pass the Ford, and that the Nash was caused to leave the road by being struck hy the Ford eoupe. None of the young men in the wreck- j ed car ever regained consciousness to tell how the wreck occurred. One died suddenly, another died before as sistance could be rendered, the other died in a Charlotte hospital a lew days after the wreck: - - Palmer is a young man and a son of C. M. Palmer, one of Albemarle's most prominent citizens. The case will, no doubt, create considerable in terest throughout the State as the dead men are said to have been well known in Durham and Raleigh. FIVE MORE DIVISIONS WILL MARCH ON ESSEN French 'Will Send 45,000 Additional Men Into Germany’s Greatest Indus trial Region. Washington. Jan. 15—The French embassy informed the State Depart ment today that live divisions com prising a total of 45,000 men, would j take part ill the new move "to insure I control over the Bochum district” as a j result of the German government’s or-; dor stopping coal deliveries. v.i Richard Edmonds Commends Morri- i son For His Program. Raleigh. Jan. 13.—Richard H. Ed-! monds, of Baltimore, editor of The | Manufacturers Aecord, in a message to Governor Cameron Morrison, re ceived here tonight, congratulated the governor on the program which was contained in the state executive's bi ennial message to the general assem-, hly last Tuesday. , In his message Mr. Edmonds stated ! that the example which North Caro- i lina is setting in general progress j should serve to stimulate the entire south, and he further said that if] such could he (lone "we would see in j the 1(5 southern states greater prog-! ress than any other section of thiSj country has ever made." "Especially do I heartily commend J yotir suggestion for state owned ter- j minal facilities and for the continua tion of your highway work, two things which will help North Carolina solve the transportation problem." said Mr. Edmonds' message. "Business is ex panding far more rapidly than the fa cilities for handling it." New Sleep Recorder. New York, aJn. 15. —It’ you, wish to know just how long you sleep and whether or not 3 r ou hay a been rest less in your sleep, all you have to do ‘is to equip your bed with a maejaine which has just Men perfected by scientists. The apparatus, it is claim ed, wil! record evffry movement you have made in the night. _ A rubber pad is placed under one end of the bed-posts to make the bed susceptible to motion. Fixed to ths bed-post is a delicate lever which is on a revolving drum. The least move ment alters the bed’s center of gravity, so that the waves on the drum show when and how you moved, ißy linking the contrivance with an ! electric bell in another room' it can be substituted for a night nurse in | the case of sickness. New Governor in Air barna. ' Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 15. —The in auguration of Judge W. W.. Brandon as governor of Alabama took p ace 10- ; day arid was accompanied with an of j the ceremonies which custom has | prescribed for the occasion., A brit liant military parade was one oi the I principal features of the program. ! Visitors from all actions of the State came to the dapital to attend the event $2:00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. Says He Did Not Deputize Capt. J. K. Shipwith or Anyone Else to Act as Dep uties Under Him. TELLS OF ARREST OF ONE FARMER Who Was Brought to His Housed by Shipwith and Friend*—Said Men Acted Without Proper Authority. Bastrop, La., .Tail. I.".—Fred Car penter, sheriff of Morehouse parish, denied today that any commission had been issued deputizing ('apt. J. K. Skipwith. leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Morehouse parish, or any other men to arrest Alonzo Braddoek. who testified Saturday he was seized at hi§ homo hy Skipwith and several other men, brought to Bastrop and turned over to Carpenter. * Fred Carpenter, was the first wit ness called today and was asked about I the seizure of Braddoek. * “‘Who brought Braddoek to your I house?" "Captian Skipwith. Marvin Pickett, Benton Pratt. Mm. Mclntosh, and [Dave ('ox." j "Was there a warrant issued or ’used?” . m "Not that I know of "Were these men deputized hy you?!! “No, sir." j “They were actinc- on tlieir own au thority." "Yes, except Captain Skipwith said he had found some stills, and asked [me would 1 deputize him. I told him i to go ahead and get the stills." j "Was Captain Skipwith issued a j commission by the court to net as your deputy, or tiny member of ids : party?” i "No.” ! Me Yen Young, a Bastrop dru"'dst, ,! testified to having received a pack age of shoes from Fred Cobb, j < The witness said he took tlfe pack age hut he did not know who the man iwas who brought it to him. This witness was used to corrobor ate Fred Cobb, who testified Saturday he had been kidnapped hy a hand of black hooded men and taken to the -V woods and lectured. He said he iden tified Lanry Calhoun us a member of € the kjdnitpping hand iVwlifs hihkk" M ' in g torn * aihT f tin t a'f "the scene of the torture he left a pair of shoes. Mem bers of the bum! called his attention to this and said they would take care of the shoes for him. He said he waited a reasonable time and then wrote a note to Calhoun asking for the shoes, and the note was delivered to Mrs/ Lanry Calhoimd. He said the shoes were left at Young’s Drug Store, where his son was employed. KM MEETING IV TWIN CITY North Carolina, Associat on Holding Annual Mceiing in Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem, Jan. in.—The North aroiina IJ tt r . ta.riera A s joiatiun convened in this city this morn ng a,t 11 o’clock. There was a' small cteleV gati-on present and the morning ses-\ sion was taken up with pre iminurv\ organizations and appointment of coins- \ mittees. At .1 *’clock ladjouriimeajt was taken for a conference of the coirtf m ttees which will report when the convention reassembles at 3 o’clock. 'Matters of importance to letter car riers of the state will be presented for discussisn at the afternoon session. | THs evening at 7:30 an informal smoker will be held at which discus s.cn of the business of the convention i be contjihued. Dance Hall Riot Ends in Two Deaths. Taylorsville, .Jan. 14 —William Mot ley, 42 years old, mayor of Kincaid, 111., a mining town ten miles north west of here, and Tony Matinzo, a miner, are dead as a result of a shoot ing fray which took place, at a dance hall at Kancaid early this jnorning. Mayor Motley and Town Marshal Vincil were called to a dance hall where a disturbance had broken out. As soon-s as the officers reached the hall, shooting began and Mayor Motley fell fatally wounded. The. marshal emptied liis pistols into the crowd, killing Matanzo instanly. Week-End Sale at Eflrd’s. In a two-page ad. today Eflrd’s is pointing out some of the tine specials it will offer for over the week-end. The sale will begin and" continue through Monday, and some of the finest bargains the company has oflered in recent months will be put on sale during the four days. Overcoats, boys’ suits, wool blan kets. shoes, ladles’ ready-to-wear, tow els. boys’ caps and hundreds of other commodities will be offered Jit special prices during ibis week-end sale. You cannot afford to fail to read the big ad. and call at the store while the bargains are being offered. Sweet Potato Stocks. Washington, Jan. 14.—Storage stocks lof sweet potatoes totalled 2,894,532 | bushels December 15, or about 10,000 | bushels less than a year ago. the. De ; partment of Agriculture announced to day Deleware reported the heaviest | stocks with 702,703 bushels, while ‘ Georgia had 323,000 Maryland 320,000 ' and Tennessee 276.355 bushels. Stor age stocks in other states included Vir i ginia 80.243 bushels and North Caro-/ lina 40,900," A big,thundercloud may often repre sent as much as 200,000 tons of water 'suspended in the air. i ■'/: * N 0.55.