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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Paris Girls Bank on Shapeliness
And Just Won’t Lengthen Skirts
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Paris, .tan. 25. —American women
i and girls may wear their skirts long*
i cr, but we will not. is the abrupt re
-1 ply of the French to information:
j from .New York that evening dresses
■ are being worn down to the ankle
' and other clothes will follow suit.
I Wearers of skirts in Paris are
unanimous in favor of- keeping them
Ishort and are supported by the de
signers, but the latter are somewhat
prejudiced by the indication that
America would try to dictate women's
fashions.
“Tiiis is another attempt.” said the
manager of a well known Rue do la
Paix establishment, “to wrest the po
-1 sition of arbiter of what women ought
to wear from Paris, but it will fail
jlike the others which preceded it. Ev
en now American buyers are on lin
ers en route to Paris. They will ar
rive in a day or two, see our models,
and then there will be a race back to
New York to see who will get there
first ; and I assure you the first to
arr’ve be showing models of skirts
as short, if not shorter, than ever.”
M. Clement, manager of Paquin’s,
says their robes are no longer, but
that there is talk of shortening them
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CHARLOTTE TO BID FOR
REPUBLICAN CONCLAVE
Committee Will go to Durliam in
Effor* to Secure th* State Con
vention.
Charlotte, Jan. 24.—Mecklenburg
oounty Republicans are pTnuning a
spirited fight to bring the state cou
' vention of the party here thie spring,
it was learned today.
A committee will be named at the
1 county convention next Saturday to
carry Charlotte's bid for the eonven
i tion to Durham Where the istate ex
. ecutive committee meets February
10.
Charlotte's chances of being
chosen as the convention city are
bright, according to local Republi
, can leaders, who point out that the
ninth congressional district has been
one of the close district during the
past few years and they feel that
bringing the state convention here
will have a beneficial effect in their
effort to overcome the Democratic
majority in the election next tall.
Greensboro. Raleigh and Winston-
Salem also will bid for the conven
tion. it was understood. However,
local leaders feel that Charlotte's of
fer will stand a good chance of be
ing accepted. The convention met in
Greensboro in IJI2O and in Winston-
Salem in 1922 and Raleigh in 1924,
so \t is felt here that Charlotte hag
a real arguing point hi preswitWrg H*
bid to the eommittee Durham
next month.
The county convention at the
courthouse next Saturday will name
the committee to attend the execu
tive committee meeting and also will
ame delegates to the state, congres
sional and senatorial conventions.
Mis. Mary Settle Sharpe, one of the
outstanding women leaders of the
Republican party in the state will be
one of the speakers to address the
county convention.
MECKLENBURG STAMP
NOT PROBABLE SOON
Overman Informed That Lack of
Funds Prevents Issue of Memorial
Stamp.
Washington, Jan. 23.—N0 stamp
can be issued by the Post Office De
partment to commemorate the sign
ing of the Mecklenburg Declaration
of Independence on account of lack
of funds, Senator Lee S. Overman was
informed today by R. S'. Regar,
Third Assistant Postmaster General.-
Senator Overman urged that the
stamp be issued at the request of Dr.
Archibald Henderson, of Chapel Hill.
“Knowing of the personal interest
that you have taken in this matter,”
Mr. Regar wrote “Senator Overman,
"I had hoped that it would be pos
sible to grant the request of Dr. Hen
derson and a final decision has been
withheld to determine whether the
appropriate _ funds available for
stamp manufacture for the current
year would allow for a Mecklenburg
stamp. Since writing Dr. Henderson,
it has become known that other new
postage stamps, in addition to the
13-cent and 17-cent stamps/recently
issued, will be required. With these
facte in mind and knowing that the
1 Department may also be called upon
to provide a set of commemorative
stamps for the Sesqui-Centennial, I
' do not believe that favorable action
can be taken on the Mecklenburg
stamp.”
The victory of Ivan Poddubny over
Stanislaus Bybszko puts the giant
■ Russian in line for a match with
> Joe Stecher for the world’s heavy
■ weight wrestling championship).
| OUR FRUIT TREE OFFER |
M -- - - in
0 One of the Best We Have Ever Been Able to jj
I Make.—Many Taking Advantage of It.
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Many people are taking advantage of our offer to jj
give five fruit trees'and a whole year’s subscription to jj
both The Times and Southern Ruralist, all for only $2.50. «
Last year the Southern Ruralist furnished its subscrib- jj
ers 20,000 fruit trees from the same nursery, without hav- f
ing a single complaint on the quality of the trees. Deliv- jj
ery at your rural route box or any address in good shape §
j; is guaranteed. The money will be refunded if the sub- I
| scriber is not satisfied in every respect.
We do not know how long this offer will remain open, f
L We would advise all to ,get their trees as earl)/as posSi- !
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further. The reason is evident, he
adds, for there is uothing so graceful
as a pretty leg.
A spokesman for Jenny’s in the
Champs Elysefs. the trend is toward
shorter dresses for evening at* well as
ordinary wear. Another designer said
that when America shortened its
dresses too far, Paris resisted, and it
will be the same now.
‘‘We do not dress women en mase,”
he said, "but singly, and we advise a
shorter or longer robe according to
the woman’s figurq, especially the
shapeliness of her legs.”
The only dissenting note came from
Paul Poirct, who said dresses arc too
short, and that if an eighth of an inch
more is cut off they will be hopeless
ly exaggerated.
Several midinettes who wear short
skirts and also help make them, came
r : ght out for the abbreviated mode,
one declaring, if “American girls h id
as beautiful legs as we have, they
would not want to hide them.” Sev
eral, however, hoped the skirts would
get no shorter, admitting they are al
ready somewhat awkward to manipu
late in tramways and omnibusses
where the seats are rather high.
MADAME SNOW PAYS
STATE HER SECOND VISIT
Greensboro Reports Three Inches.—
Covers Southern Section of State.
Charlotte, Jan. 2f*. — UP) —The mod
este Mme. Snow paid her second visit
of the aeoson to North Carolina last
night and today.
Her design \vas cloak elaborate but
more charming than the first. Its
border of sleet was missing but in
stead it bore a deeper softness with
a flake-like veil over it.
The southern section of the state
was clad in a new garment at day
break with the fleecy downpour still
continuing. At Charlotte the snow
was an inch or more deep at 8 this
morning with no sign of letup.
GreensborJ reported one account of
three inches of snow with more still
coming down. It is not unusually
cold at the Gate City.
One inch was reported from Salis
bury and still snowing. Winston-
Salem, in the most northern part of
the state, put the fall at 1 1-2 inches,
melting as fast almost as it struck.
Gastonia measured the fall at three
inches at 8 :30 this morning with more
descending.
INTEREST SHOWN IN
PET AND HOBBY SHOW
Exhibit of Dolls Expected to Be Moot
Unique Play.—More Exhibits
Than Ever.
Much interest is being exhibited in
the Pet and Hobby Show, which : s to
be given next Saturday at the Y. M.
C. A.
More exhibits are expected than ev
er before and arrangements are be
ing made to take care of the numerous
entries. Among these entries, the
most unique is expected to be the col
lection of dolls, which are to be
brought for the #show. All the dolls
possible will be assembled and prizes
are to he aven to the best entries.
Tables and cases are being secured
to keep the things which are brought
to the show from being handled.
According to Y officials, the Pet
and Hobby Show this year will be the
best that has ever been held in Con
cord. ,
THOS. B. FELDER APPEALS
TO THE SUPREME COURT
Attorney Convicted With Gaston
Means, Claim Court Lacked Proof
to Convict.
Washington, Jan. 23.—'The su
preme court today wae asked to
grant an appeal to Thomaft B.
Felder, New York attorney who was
convicted with Gaston B. Means- of
charges of conspiracy to offer money
to Harry M. Daugherty, as attorney
general.nnd other department of jus
tice official#?, to prevent the convic
tion of certain persons and to obtain
the removal' of evidence files from the
department.
In his petition, Felder claimed he
had not been confronted the
trial by witnesses agaist*him; that
the indictment had not charged • any
crime; "that the government had
made improper use of grand jury
minutes in examining witnesses and
that there was lack of proof to con
ect him with the offenSw; charged.
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The condition of K. L. Craven, who
■ has been seriously ill at the Concord
: Hospital for several days, is reported'
today as being encouraging. Mr.
Craven rested well last night and was
a little better today.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1926
Fishing’s Good in Texas
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A party of anglers from Fort Ww th. Tex., made what they believe a
record catch of fish when they dropped their lines off the Sabine light In
the Gulf of Mexico. They landed 14 ” , .varsa'w” fish, a variety of deep sea
hast, weighing a totgJ of 2200 pound*. Part of their haul Is shown above.
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RANKIN PRAISES
SIMMONS’ WORK
Duke Hospital Fund Director Re
joices at Inheritance Tax Adjust
ment.
Charlotte, Jan. 25 Dr. W. S.
Rankin, director of the hospital and
orphans sections of the Duke Endow
ment, has written Senator Simmons
expressing his gratification at the sen
ator’s effective efforts in behalf of a
satisfactory adjustment of the inheri
tance taxes which carried without
amendment have rested very heavily
on the hospital funds of the Duke En
dowment. Dr. Rankin calculates that_
the income from ffue Millions saved
the Duke Endownment together with
supplementary income will mean 25.-.
000 people provided annually with
hospital care. His letter follows:
“.As I wired you yesterday, I am
elated and profoundly grateful for
your interest and effective efforts in
behalf of a satisfactory adjustment
through the new tax bill for the heavy
inheritance taxes which, under Jhe
law of 1924, would have rested dis
tressingly heavily upon the hospital
funds of the Duke Endowment.
“While human values, such as the
avoidance of unnecessary grief and
sorrow of parents for children and
children for parents, relief from in
terest and zest in the ordinary tasks
of life and increased happiness, be
weighed in the scales of personal ex
perience. certain facts stand
which, though falling far short'of in
dicating the far-reaching .effects of
your successful efforts to amend the
new tax bill in the way it has been
agreed upon, vaguely indicate how
large and fine a service you have gone
far toward accomplishing.
“To save the sum of six or eight
millions of dollars to hospitals will
make available artmially an income of
$400,000. It will cost about a thou
sand dollars a year to maintain com
pletely and occupied at all times a
hospital bed. $400,000 would then
maintain four hundred hospital beds.
Each bed during the course of the year
will have a turn oyer of about twenty
five patients, so that the Fqur hun
dred beds will provide -treatjhient for
ten thousand sick people, with the
average general hospital stay of
twelve to fourteen days each.
“In the way that the funds of the
hospital section of the Duke Endow
ment will be spent, it is reasonable
I to expect that they will be supple
mented by contributions from the
communities in whictPlhey are spent,
both from voluntary organizations,
churches, city clubs and county and
city officials. It is very probable
that for every forty cents which the
Duke Endowment spends in hospital
care, the community will spend sixty
cents. In this way the $400,000 will
stimulate and indirectly provide a
hospital fund of a million dollars for
the care of those who can not pay
hospital bills. This means then, in
stead of 10,000 people treated annu
ally, 25,000 provided with hospital
care.
“I am sure that one who has served
so faithfully and so greatly fully real
izes that a good service is its own
sufficient reward. Nevertheless, the
satisfactions of life do not suffer
through the consciousness that they
are shared by our friends, and the
purpose of this letter is to tell you
how thoroughly we appreciate what
your services in this important matter
mean.”
Calls For Correspondence.
Washington, Jan. 25. — (A*) —The
House naval committee today asked
the naval department for all corre
spondence with the air craft develop
ment corporation backed by the Ford
interests concerning the building of
an all-metal dirigible. /
The committee acted after Assist
ant Secretary Robinson of the Navy,
had declared $300,000 carried in the
naval appropriation bill for such craft
had not been reqeuested by the Navy
Department and he personally saw no
need for entering into a contract for
such a ship. ;
In a general discussion of why the
item was placed in the bill, Represen
tative Vinson, Democrat, Georgia, de
clared he examined the appropriation
committee record and found only one
question asked by navy officials touch
ing on the subject.
Another member, how’ever, said Carl
j Fritsehe, general manager of the Air
craft Development Corporation, testi
fied on this question.
To a question of Charman Burlet
as to the attitude of the navy regard
ing the proposed airship, Mr. Robin
son said the navy, felt that “ if we are'
going to get money we might as well
be good sports and spend it.”
CAPT. AMUNDSEN SAYS
STORY MISQUOTED HIM
Denies Saying Dr. Cook's Claims
Were as Good as Admiral Peary’s.
Houston, Tex. Jan. 24- —Captain
Roald Amundsen, discover of the
south pole, denied here tonight the
statement attributed to him in Fort
Worth Saturday that Dr. Frederick
A Cook's claim#? to having discover
ed the north pole are at? sound as
Admiral Robert Peary’s.
“Speaking as an explorer,” said
Captain Amundsen,” w r hat I said
was that I could not form an opin
ion—that one similarly situated can
not form an opinion—without first
having the opinion.// both Cook and
Peary before me for study. I was
misquoted.”
Captain. Amundson, here to lecture
upon his attempted trans-pole flight
said he felt that his statements in
Fort Worth were misconstrued ‘in
i that he expressed the opinion no
weight should be given the testimony
of Eskimos.
“That has been my experience
with them in 30 association,”
he explained. ..
“Dr. Cook has been accused of
faking the accent of Mount McKin
ley. I can not say he did not ascend
it since I have never ascended it
mjraelf. And if I should attempt to
pass upon his claims to the discovery
of the north pole, or Admiral. Peary’s
for that matter, I should want,
'•tWiV observance.”
The discoverer of the south pole
was not aware of the furore he
created upon publication of the as
sertion credited to him. His visit'to
Dr. Cook, who is confined in Leaven
worth prison for land fraud convic
tion was one merely of friendship
begun 3ft yearn ago during a polar
exploration together, hi* said. Cap
tain Amundsen and Dr. Cook were
together in an effort to reach the
south pole and as a consequence
were accorded royal decoration^
Captain Amundsen was explicit in
saying that he had given no w T ord
either for or against Cook’s or
"Peary’s long mooted case save the
belief that Eskimo evidence was un
reliable- ' '
THE COTTON MARKET
March -Sold Up to 20.29.—Market
Steady op Early Trading.
New York, Jan. 25.— OP)— The cot
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 3 points to a decline of 2
points and was steady in early trad
ing on steady showing of Liverpool
combined with encouraging reports
from the cotton goods markets.
March sold up to 20.29 and Octo
ber to 18.30, net advances of about
three to 10 points but there v ? as some
southern selling here as well as real
izing, which carried prices off a few
jioints before the end of the first hour.
General business w T as quiet, much
o£ the trading representing switching
between old and new crop positions.
Private cables said the steadlnes
in Liverpool was due to local and con
tinued buying there, combined with a
fair spot demand from spinners and
exporters.
Cotton futures opened 'steady: |
March 20.23; May 19.67; July 19.04;
October 18.25; December 18.03.
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Kiss-Proof Lipsticks Latest Fad.
Paris, Jan. 23.—. Lipsticks guaran
teed not to stick and show the trace
of kisses are the laest novelties of
Paris beauty barbers, who say have
come to them from German hands. I
No matter who is the author of
invention, it will not go begging.
Kiss-proof rouge sticks have long
been demanded for much labdr as
well as money is lost by having to
renew t'he paste many times a day.
The new variety comes in all shades
and flavorings and is of such good
quality that one application a day
is all that is necessary. Betraying
smudges will now be done away
with. Chaperones will please take
warning!
With Our Advertisers.
Everything is reduced in the big 4
January clearance sale at Parks-Belk
Co’s., except contract goods. The
whole store is running over with bar
gains. Also winter hats half price.
See new ad. today on page two. j
Storm Warnings Issued.
Washington, Jan. 21. —The weath
er bureau tonight ordered storm
warnings displayed on the t Atlantic
i from Southport, N. C., to Sandy
Hook.
I Pope Pius XI. usually confines his
breakfast to a small cup of coffee
and a dry biscuit, whjch he dips into
’ the coffee.
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DRASTIC CLOTURE'
RULE IS INVOKED
BV SENATE TODAY
lit Order to Limit -Debate!
on the World Court—
Step Makes Certain Vote
in a Few Days. ~
VOTE WAS 68 to
26 FOR CLOTURE
Which Was Five More
Than Necessary Two-
Thirds.—3s Republicans
and 32 Democrats.
Washington, Jan. 25. —( A *)—ThcJ
Senate invoked its drastic cloture rule
today to limit debate on the world
court.
The" step makes certain a final vote
on the court issue within a few days,
with adoption qf a- resolution of Am
erican adhesion to the tribunal a fore
gone conclusion.
The for cloture was 08 to 26,
or five more than the necessary two
thirds.
Thirty-six Republicans and 32
Democrats voted to invoke the rule
with 18 Republicans and 7> Democrats
and one farmer-labor. opposing it.
No Agreement 'ftcached.
Washington, Jan. 25.—(/P)—Pro
ponents of the World Court in the
conference today decided to propose
that limit of debate » on the world
court issue begin March Ist.
Th ; s is wholly unacceptable to op
ponents and,a vote on cloture at 1
p. m. Is regarded as inevitable.
LOST CHILD THEME
, OF NEW ORATORIO
“Guardian Angel” Is Title*—Deals
With CoSoniai Days in North Car
olina.
Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 25.—The
legend of the child lost in the forest
and protected from wild beasts. a* by
a guardian angel is the theme of an
oratorio, "he Guardian Angel,” writ
ten by Prof. Charles Sanford Skilton
of the University of Kansas.
Its premier production will come
this spring at the meeting of the
Kansas Federation of Music Clubs.
Into the’oratorio is woven much of
the religious spirit of the Moravian
of 1705 at Salem, N. C.
Many "quaint customs of the Morav
ians are brought out. Prof. Skilton
learned the legend while teaching at
the Women’s College, Salem, soon
after completing his musical educa
tion in Europe.
„ The Moravians had moved south
ward from their earlier settlement
at Bethlehem, Pa., and had endeavor
ed to make homes in the mills of
North Carolina. It was their cus
tom to divide church congregations
into “choirs.” one of which was com
posed entirely of children. At stated
reasons of the year each choir held !
feast. The children observed
this custom on Christmas Eve, when
they sang a song beginning, “Jesus
makes my heart rejoice.”
This song furnishes the central
thread for the oratorio, which is di
vided into three sections. In the
first section a group of children seeks
permission to play in a meadow
where men are working, near a
forest. The story is told in a dialogue
of one child with its mother. The
mother demure, but upon consulting
the “text book” .and finding the text
for the day, ’ “He shall give His
angels charge concerning thee,” con
sents to allow the child to go to the
meadow out into the forest. The
child, however, is tempted by bright
blossoms at the edge of, the waods,
and wanders deeper into the timber,
becoming lost and falling to sleep.
In the second section the child
awakens, hears voices of its play
mates and attempts to answer their
.calls but con not. The child is held
down as if by a great hand, the lips
sealed by the fingers of the hand.
Gradually the voices die away and
the child is able to make its way to
th i edge of the clearing where it is
I found. The searchers discover the
tracks of a panther and their pious
belief that an angel sent from heaven
to prevent the child crying out, and
thus attracting the animal.
The third 'section up the re
covery of the child, and the music
returns to the colonial simplicity of
the opening chorus. The middle sec
tions, . howeyer,* are developed along
modern musical lines.
' The production cal’s for five solo
voices, a children’s chorus of 500, a
mixed chorus of 300 voices and sym
phony orchestra. The libretto is by
Abbie Farwell Brown of Boston,
writer of children’s stories and
poems.
“The point of view of the ora
torio.” said Prof. Skilton. “is to re
produce the piety of the founders of
America, both as represented in the
New England colonies and in some
parts of the South. It is truly
American in'its production and in its
characters. The writing of Ameri
:* cans, in their owH* way, is, I be
“ jieve, the only way to develop a real
American music.”
Government's Request Denied.
St. Louis, Jan. 25.—OP)—The gov
ernment’s application to advance the
Teapot Dome oil lease rehearing was
i denied without prejudice today by the
‘ U. S. Court of Appeals hyre. The
' court said it would hear further gov
ernment application if counsel were
unable to agree before Februnary 10
i on the advancement.
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> Forty-four cities in the United
States now have public golf courses.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Coming Over
Brlch Rademacher. Germany* fa
nous breast stroke awmuner. has ac
cepted an invitation to come to
America to compete' with the bear*
Ilia country has to offer. He a ex
*ected within the next few weeks,
fn Germany, they rate him one of
the greatest paddlers that country
ever produced.
ADMITS ROBBING A
GREENSBORO BANK
Danville Man Says He Secured
Cashier’s Key at a Party-
Charlotte, Jan. 22. —Having* con
fessed. according to the police that
he robbed the' American Exchange
National Bank in Greensboro last
Tuesday night, John Wilby Shelton,
of Danville, Va., arrested here today
was taken to Greensboro tonight by
City Detective Moser, accompaniel by
officials of the bank, called here this
afernoon toe identify a batch of blank
cashier’s cheeks which he admitted,
according to officers, that he stole
from the bank. *
According to his alleged confes
sion, Shelton took from the
fifty b’.ank cashier’s checker in
cash and a number of , bonds. Shel
ton- according to- -fc& ilUeg«i„ con
fession, stealthily -securedthe cash
ier's key from the cashier at a party
at a Greensboro reaidence Tuesday
night and entered the bank later the
same night.
The arrest followed a chase over
a good portion of the business sec
tion of the city, after Shelton had
attempted to cash one of the bailk
cashier’s checks for S9O, the limit
designated on the face of the check,
at a local hotel, where he had been
stopping- The- hotel clerk grew
suspicious of the check and de
i ferred payment until he had sent
it to - bank for advice.
The bank advised that it looked
suspicious, whereupon the police de
partment was notified and Detective
Moser went to the hotel. , Shelton
hurried out and jumped into a large
new automobile and drove away, but
took a circuitous route and criss
crossed through, town, the detective
following him and finally catching up
with him after he had taken off his
overcoat.
He showed resentment when ac
costed by the detective, according to
the officers, but when confronted with
a recital of his unusual movements
around town and the attempt to cash
the check he remarked according to
the officer: .
“You’ve got the goods on me I had
ns well tell all I know."
Brady Simpson is Wanted on Crim
inal Assault Charge.
Charlotte, Jan. 23.—Rural and
city police today were continuing a
search for Brady Simpson, 35, Thtfm
asboro white man, who is alleged to
have committed criminal assault
while with the girl and Knox Brown,
16-year-o!d white boy, on a wild ride
Wednesday night. Brow is in jail
here and the gill, Sarah May Hicks.
12-year-old daughter of Mr- and Mrs.
Henry Hicks, of Lakewood, is in the
custody of her parents.
The Hicks girl was missing from
her home Wednesday night but was
found Thursday afternoon. She told
her parents and officers that she had
been persuaded to go on an auto
mobile ride by Simpson and Brown.
Simpson is alleged to have crijninally
assaulted the child during the night
after taking her to Kanapolis and
other nearby towns. He left her dur
ing the night with the Brown boy,
to her story. The Brown
boy faces charges of stealing an
automobile and of having had im
proper relations with the girl. He
probably will be tried next week. /
Reducing Infant Mortality. •
Gastonia. N. C., Jan. 25.—(d*)-
Reduction of the infant mortality in!
Gastonia from 99.4 per thousand in
1924 to 54.4 per thousand, in 1925<
and of the number of cases of contag
ious diseases from 548 in 1923 to
67 in 1925, wa attributed to the qual
ity of the milk supplied by the dairies
i of the county by Cky Manager D. L.
, Struthers at the dairymen’s annual
banquet here. . A
“This fine record is solely to
the good quality of milk produced by
• these dairymen,” declared the city
manager, “and to the fine spirit of
co-operation they have shown through-
I out the whole campaign for better milk
'in this county.”
FEWER DEATHS IN
H LAST WEEK
FROM ACCIDENTS
Thirty-Three Persons Kill
ed in Eleven Southern
States in Traffic Acci
dents, Survey Shows,
FLORIDA LEADER '
DURING THE WEEK
Alabama Free From Traf
fic Deaths.—Six Killed
and 32 Injured in • This
State During Week.
Atlanta. .Tan. 25.—GP)—The traffic
toll in eleven southern states for the
week endling last night was thirty
three-persons killed and 257 injured,
ifwas shown in a survey made by the
Associated Presa early today.
T*ais v . shows a distinct falling off,
especially in the number killed.
Florida held the record for the week
in the'number killed and the number
injured. There were eight deaths
and 41) injuries in that state. Ala
bama reported no deaths from traffic
causes.
South Carolina reported the fewest
injuries, but five having been re
corded in the Palmetto State. *-
Virginia followed Florida a close
second with 4Q injuries.
There were no outstanding acci
dents during the week, the toll repre
senting -the general run of casual
ties. A tabulation by states includes:
North Carolina, six deaths and 82
injuries; South Carolina, four deaths
and five injuries
COTTON WAS QUIET
NEARLY ALL OF WEEK
One Burst of Activity Followed Pub
lication of Ginning Report—Prices
Lower- '
New Orleans. Jan. 24. —The cot
ton market was quiet, all last week
with the exception of the Burst of
activity which followed the publica
tion of the census bureau report on
ginning* to January 16 on Saturday.
|n anticipation of a total, of about
16,000 the. market had
eased rtff* from the slight advance
with which the week opened, until
March contracts had traded down to
19.47 on Friday, a loss from Mon
day’s high point of 53 points. As
soon as it was known that the offi
cial ginning total was only 15,488.-
230, the March position rallied 42
profits, or to within five points of the
week’s high.
The advance to 20.00 for March on
Monday was the culmination of an
advance due to short covering in the
near.vmonths owing to the strongly
intrenched positions of those holding
the lohg end of January and March.
From that high point the market
gradually eased off, largely because a
good part of the spot interest had
developed weakness although the im
pression which bad been created, bv
large private ginnings estimates had
helped bring about an easier .tone.
A contributing influence in bring
ing about the decline was the falling
off in the spot demand and the
lighter exports. Owing to the di
minished export movement, the total
exports for the season to date, which
earlier in the fall had exceeded last
year’s exports by more than 409,000
bales, have "low shrunk to an excess
compared with last year of .about
33,000 bales and even that small
gain promises to disappear altogeth
er early this week.
Although some of Saturday’s ad
vance following the ginning* report
was subsequently lost, owing to
profit-taking, the week, closed with a
better tone prevailing, t*e
being helped not only by the kmaller
ginnings than looked for but also by
the improvemet in the manufactured
goods trade. Fall River sales of
print-cloths for the Week totaled
200.000 pieces, the largest turnover
in a long while. i - J
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TRACE LOST OF BRITISH
FREIGHTER ANTINOE
Trace Lost by the President Roof*-
velt in Heavy Snow Squall.
New York, Jan. 25. —(A*)—The
liner President Roosevelt wirelessed
the U. S. litre today that she lost
trace of the British freighter Antinoe
after answering an S. O. S. call from
her yesterday in mid-Atlantic. The
President Roosevelt was alongside the
freighter for several hours but trace
was lose in a heavy‘snow' squall.
All of the freighter's boats were
gone, the message said, water was in
the fireroom and her radio was put
out of commission. The Antinoe sail
ed from New York January 14th for
Queenstown with a cargo of wheat.
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The higher we soar the smaller we
appear to those who cannot fly.
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SAT’S BEAR SAYS:
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[ ' Rain tonight, Tuesday partly
• cloudy with rain in east portion; freah
; northeast and east winds, shifting to
northwest Tueday.
NO. 58,