mmu )i i 'XiE Ll
House Bill Providing
Shorter Working Week
I For State Presented!
I #
IK Would Reduce Work
er Hours in Manufac-,
tiring Plants From 60 to
p 10 Hours Each Day.
IREE OTHER STATE
pILLS ARE OFFERED
I. Bill Would Abolish
Ite Crop Liens, Another
touched on Taxes and
another States Finances
Iltiuli. .Fiii. I.’!.—(/4 s ) —Four state
■ measur* •< cropped out of the 2t
■ cut forward in the House dur
■ k brief session today. They
t| from an ad to clarify the law
lii!: privilege taxes. t*> one re
■„ mi miter of working
p in manufacturing plants.
■presentative Kluttz. of Catawba,
■responsible for the move to cut
I working hours. His bill would
|c the number from GO to 55 hours}
|k in all manufacturing plants in
■(ate. His bill provides for five
lot' 10 hours each, with half holi
■oii Saturdays. Provision is made
■the employee may work longer at
Iwn option for extra pay.
■]ge Winston, Bertie, introduced
■ !hat would in five years abolish
Iraetiee of farmers giving crop
ff The Bertie representative char-,
Kzeil the practice as a vicious de
■lVr taking all the farmer could
lice in increased prices for his
lis, hut said it could r.ot be done
I with at a single stroke.
IV. TuHington, of Iredell, made
Love to clarify provisions of the
lue act relating to the collection
Lvilege taxes on contracts and
II lay wood, of Montgomery, ad
-1,1 a motion that would alter the
I law relating to pensions.
liT-bec. of Macon, presented the
Lill with a touch of humor in a
tsal to abolish the bounty on (
lat pelts in his home county.
■other local b : ll of interest came
I Mcßryde. of Rockingham, in the
lof a bill to place a one cent
line tax on all motor fuel cou
ld iu Rockingham County. The (
Beds would go to the road fund.
It House ratified its bill of yqs-
Iv iuvitirjg Ida Clyde Clark to ad- -
I it and also offered a resolution ]
■tiinatlij to Representative John ;
I Hi\\. of New Hanover, on the
■ of his mother. The resolution
Introduced by Judge Wilson.
I Hear Mrs. Clark.
Ltc Capitol, Raleigh, Jan. 13. 1
Both branches of the General !
Inbly indulged in brief sessions to-
Ibefore recessing to reconvene in
I session at noon to bear Ida 1
It Clark, nationally known editor 1
■author, who is in the state pre- 1
lig a series of articles on North
llina.
Jail ia .mber dealers
I MEETING IN CILVRLOTTE
i Nibluk. of Concord, Will Pre
lie at Banquet .Meeting Tonight.
iiarlotte. Jan. 13. — (.A 3 ) —Discus-
intended to point the way to
r efficient operation of the lumber
|ig industry iu the Carolinas, the
jeiitatioti of the annual reports of
rt's, and ibe election of new of-
F of the Carolina Retail Lumber
I'-iw Association and the Carolina
fcle-ii h* Lumber Salesmen’s Asso
|'ui featured the joint and sepa-
I sessions today of these bodies,
|ii convened at 10.30 a. m. in an-
I ion vent .in at Hotel Charlotte.
I- 11 Baguall. of Columbia. S. (\.
Kidt-ut of the Retail Dealers, pre
pi at the joint meeting. which
Bed the opening of the 'two day
I'ention. The entertainment fea
r "t the meeting will be a banquet
[bitel Charlotte Thursday evening
r I'ieli F. (’. _Xiblock, of Concord,
!>n‘siile. it was announced by Vic
! Wheeler, of Charlotte, Seere
blreasurer of the dealers,
ipprox'inately 125 dealers and
ismeii are cxpeeteyl to attend the
iion> of the convention, though on
abour To jversons were present
hi the opening session was called
trder.
I M SLIT WILL BE
nettled out of court
the Levy Told Only Details Re
main to Be Arranged Now.
York . Jan. 13.—(/P)_The sep-
f ‘on suit of Count Ludwig Salm
jSstraetep from his wife, the former
■'lit Rogers, has virtually been
“d out us court, Supreme Court
tl "‘ Aaron J. Levy said today ini
'"Willing continuance of the trial
1 •lainmry ITtli to March 21st.
I'lin. I.evy said that counsel for
U|, ' N Sa ni had asked for the ad
tnm*-nt «,f the trial and when the
li'-imnieil at such a long post
''■ni-nt ho was informed by Count
• nis i-ounscl that negotiations
1 t ' ,, t ; lenient out of court were al
!'! '"mp'eted. Only details of the
! | 1, ‘ llt - the judge said he was in
‘"mttined to be arrange.d. p.
Will Not Question Kellogg.
J a Jingtoiu Jan. 13.—OP)—By a
vu> the house foreign as
• '■ iirnittce today rejected a mo
i Secretary Kellogg for
1 ng on the Nioaraguan-Mexi
-1 ' ItU-i *iou_ '
j,' 1 ' ‘ l he "handiest” editions of a
' Cyclopedia -embraces 74.1
1 and fills nine large fiook
u the British Museum.
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
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PROSPECT FOR AUSTRALIAN )
BALLOT HOPEFUL
I j
North Carolina Only State Not Hav- i
1 Ing Some Form of the Australian !
Italioa. )
Tribune Bureau. 1
Sir Walter Hotel. !
Raleigh. Jan. 13.—The enactment j
of a state-wide Australian Ballot law ;
looks very hopeful to the legislative
council of North Carolina Women
who have been sponsoring this law :
as one of their principal legislative j
desire for a number of years.—
Aside from the urgent fact that
I North Carolina is the only state in
the union that hasn’t some form of
the Australian Ballot, public senti
ment is now strongly in«{4ror of it.
according to Mrs. Palmer Jemma,
one of the leaders among the women
of the state. Many legislators have
promised, their constituents to vote
for the measure, and others arrived
with bills in tfieir pockets, so it is
assured of good support, Mrs. Jerrnan
believes.
Not so much hopefulness is felt as
to the faie of the proposed' new ruar
iage law. also sponsored by the Coun
cil. Perhaps the attitude of the law
makers toward it is best expressed
by one man who jovially remarked,
“You women have taken our drinks
away from u.s, now you want to keep
us from getting married.” However,
Airs. Jerrnan is not discouraged.
“1 have lived long enough to see the
passage of many good measures,
which when they were first introduced
wre laughed to scorn, or completely
ignored. You can’t down a good
measure,” she said.
“The idea behind the amendment
to the present marriage law is good
and basically sound,” Mrs. Jerrnan
said. This amendment provides that
the applicants for a marriage license
shall make application for said license
two weeks before marriage.
For years, the women were urged
to take a definite stand on the divorce
problem. When they did, they decid
ed to attack it from the preventative
rather than from the curative stand
point, feeling that it is futile to try
to keep people together after they
have tried marriage and found it
wanting. Statistics show that 60 per
cent of the ditorce are a result of
runaway marriages.
The women feel that there is a
•vital need in North Carolina for a
farm colony for womeu offendeds. ■
Siteh a home vv.mkl provide & place
where these women could be given
industrial training instead of serving
jail terms, as they now do, iu idle
ness. Only a few states have such
colonies, but they have proven highly
successful where they huve been es
tablished.
“The Council favor a much stricter
absentee voter’s law. rather than the
total repeal of the present law,” Mrs.
Jerrnan stated.
THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET
Governor McLean Regards It as the
Most Important Legislative Art l>ur*
ing His Admiitistration.
(By International News Service)
Raleigh, Jau. 13.—Governor Mc-
Lean, halfway iu his four-year admin
istration. regards the executive budget
system as the most important legisla
tive act during bis economy rule.
“The governor now supervises the
business and financial affairs of the
state in much the same way that the
executive head of a large business en
terprise supervises the various brandi
es of that business,” Governor Mc-
Lean pointed out.
"Many instrieaeies in the State
government have been eliminated by
the riystem. and co-ordination of ex
penses Ims been brought al>out.
“The executive budget system,” the j
governor continued, “has bad muck
to do with the marked improvement
that has been brought about in handl
ing the State’s financial affairs, with
the result that large sums of money
have been saved the taxpayers.”
The governor pointed to the balance
sheet in bis budget message to the
general assembly as proof of bis state
ment.
Governor McLean also called atten
tion to the fact that North Carolina
was the first southern state to inaug'-
urate the “executive budget system.”
TWO MORE DESTROYERS
ORDERED TO, NICARAGUA
Rear Admiral Latimer May Keep
Four Vessels There If He Thinks
They Are Needed.
Washington, Jan. 13.— UP)— I Two
more destroyers have been ordered to
Nicaraguan waters today by the navy
department.
The ships are: The Williamson and
the Goff. Both now are with the
scouting fleet off Cuba.
Navy officials said the plan was to
have the Williamson and the Goff
place the destroyers . Smith-Thompson
and Osborne, recently sent to Nk*a
ragua. These two in turn would take
the places of the Williamson and the
Goff in the scouting fleet.
Doubtless Rear Admiral Latimer, in
command o# the squadron in Nica
raguan waters, will keep all four ships
I as long as he thinks conditions war
rant.
Want Army of 118.750 Men.
Washington, Jan. 13. —< A *)—Provid-
ing for an average strength of 118,-
750 men, and flatly rejecting the bud
get bureau recommendations for a
for of only 115.000, the army appro
priation bill carrying $366,001,118
for the next fiscal year was reported
to the -House today by its appropria
tions committee.
| Air Spy? tT |
nllf nK|
' % «
Vivian Slanders, an English
man, was held by French
police on suspicion of being
engaged in an espionage plot
directed against French air
forces
liaufuaumui burnmieul
SETIMENT AG A IST
COMPULSORY INSURANCE
For Automobile Owners. .State In
surance Commissioner Wade Flat ly
Opposses It.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 13.—Marked senti
ment against, compulsory liability in
surance for automobile owners has
been uncovered in legislative and offic
ial circles following introduction of '
a bill by Senator W. B. Horton, of
Caswell county providing for a mini
mum amount of SBOO.
Stacey W. Wade, state insurance
commissioner, has come out flatly
against compulsory insurance as has
Col. James A. Youuy,’ former eom
missoner. The National Association
; of-'-Insurance Commissioners and the
National Uuderuvriters association,
well as state .nnd national ptotor and
dealer are" as& opposed
to the measure.
The compulsory liability insurance
law went into effect January Ist in
Massachusetts and the- nation is now
awaiting the reaction to the measure.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts
has ruled that insurance companies
must issue policies to all who apply,
thus nullifying all discriminatory
powers now enjoyed by companies in \
all stales except Massachusetts.
Opponents of the—measure express !
the belief that it will increase high- I
way hazards rather than curb danger
ous and reckless driving, for which
a motorist who has been compelled
to insure Xo be more careful than he
was without it, opponents point out,’
adding that the insured motorist has
less to lose than the uninsured.
North Carolina is the 39th state
in which compulsory insurance laws
have been introduced and Massachu
setts is the only one that has enacted
a law. Several other states have
appointed Committees to study such
legislation.
Opinion has been expressed repeat
edly in official circles here” that a
state police patrol system will do ■
more towards accident prevention on
streets and highways than even the
most enthusiastic pro|>onents of com
j pulxory insurance would hope to ue
j complish and at an infinite fraction
I of the cost to the motor car owner.
Melts Denies Call to Arms.
Raleigh, Jan. 12. —Rumors abroad
to the effect that leal military units
bad been ordered ~to prepare for
moblization were declared by Ad
jutant General J. Van B. Metts to
night to be without foundation.
Nicaraguan developments have
given rise to the reports, bobbing up
at various points in the state, that
the national guard was getting ready
for war but General Motts assured
tonight that even-tiling is still on a
“peace basis.”
Any mobilization orders vnnt
might be issued logically would be
first directed to the regular army,
Genera) Metts said,a nd die was cer
tain that there owuld be no great
secret about it if the call should
ever go out for the mobilization of
the national guaYd.
Centenarian Freezes to Death in
Snow Drain.
Reidsvillo, Jan. 12.—Jane Roach,
colored. 107 years old, who lived
alone in a small Chouse near the
home of Henry Bro\vn about four
miles west of Iteidsville, left her
home some time Sunday night nnd
Irbs found dead Monday morning by
the Brown family who missed the
old colored woman early next morn
ing. They began a search and found
her ’ying in a small drain a short
distance from the home, her hotly
covered with snow. It is supposed
that she wandered away during the
night anti fell into the drain, was
unable to extricate herself and froze
to death. Funeral and burial took
place at €Jool Springs, near Went
worth, Tuesday afternoon.
McNary’Haugen Bill Approved.
Washington, Jan. 13.—0$*) —The
bouse agricultural committee today
approved the McNary-Haugen farm
relief bill by a vote of 13 to 8.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 192
605.217 BALES OF '.
COTTON WERE USED
DURING DECEMBER
Total Was Almost 100,000
Bales More Than Total
for December 1925, Rec*
j ords Show.
SOUTH CONSUMED
439,837 BALEP
An Increase Over Decent
ber 1925 Consumption-!-
17,395,284 Spindles Ac
tive in Month.
Washington, Jan. 13.— (A 3 ) —Cotton
consumed during December totalled
601.217 bait* of lint and 16,016 of
linters. compared with 176,216 of lilt
and 61.234 of linters in December „«
year ago. the census bureau announced
today.
Statistics for cotton growing states
included :
Cotton consumed during December.
439,837 bales; compared with 400.590
in December a year ago.
Cotton on hand iu cotton growing
states December 31st was held as fol
lows :
In consuming establishments, 1,-
227,182 bales.
In public storage and at compresses,
6,192,532 bales.
Cotton spindles active during
, cember numebered 17.391,284.
LIBRARY SERVICE IN
STATE BELOW NORMAju
Only 30 Per Cent, of North Caro
linians Have Public Library Facili
ties Now.
Raleigh, .Tun. 13. —< A )—'About 70
per cent, of North Carolinians arc
without public library facilities,, com
pared with an average of 45 per cent
for the entire country and Canada,
the biennial report of t\ie State library
commissions say«.
The report was before Governor
McLean today, and states, however,
that steady development of library ser
vice in the state has been made in
the last two years covered by the
report.
The commission requested an in
creased appropriation of $42,221 for
the year 1927-28, and $35,720 for the
year 1928-29.
The,* budget eommlwootiv
cut the request to $26,000 for eaeh of
the two fiscal years, to include a sl,-
350 printing, binding and publicity
fee. the printing not to be charged to
the aeeount of the department.
The recommended appropriation to
the legislature less this item was $24,-
610. or less thau the $21,000 estimat
ed for the department for the current
fiscal year.
With Our Advertisers.
j The Ritchie Hardware Co. has just
I received a large shipment of xvater
fountains, feeders, chicken hoppers
and buttermilk feeders. Agents for
the famous Buckeye incubators and
brooders.
The Bell & Harris Furniture Com
pany offer values that invite compari
son in mid-winter furniture.
ONE KILLED, ANOTHER
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Car in Which Miss Watlington and
j Miss Mcßryde Were Riding Is
Wrecked on Highway.
Winston-Salem, Jan. 13.—OP)—
Miss Catherine Watlington, 17, is
dead, and Miss Bessie Mcßryde, 16,
was seriously injured this morning at
7 o'clock on the Piedmont Highway 6
miles north of Reideville, according to
a special to The Sentinel, w-hen their
small roadster skided on the icy con
crete road, struck a snow bank and
rolled down an embankment, overturn
ing.
, With them at /the time were Miss
Pauline- Watlington and Mrs. Grace
Evans, all on their way to work in
Reidsville. '
Miss Watlington’s fatal injuries
were caused by the steering wheel
striking her in the breast and she was
instantly killed. Miss Mcßryde’s
death is hourly expected.
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Wants Data About Government Still.
Washington, .Tan. 13.-— (>4*)— -Secnih
tary' Mellon was called ' upon 'in a'
resolutidn today by ’ Representative
LaGuaCdia, Republican, New York, to
famish- information' on * what he al
leged was government operation of the
distillery in Elizabeth City, N. C.,
and also of a poolroom in Norfolk,
Va.
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STATE HIGHWAY LAW
IS TO BE REWRITTEN
I BY THE LEGISLATURE
1 In Order to Give the High
i way Commission * Juris
diction Over the Loca
tion of Roads.
{RESULT SUPREME
COURT DECISION
In Case From Robeson
County—Also to Circum
vent Court’s Decision in
Newton Road Case.
T*iie Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. V. BANK FRY ILL
Raleigh, .Tan. 13.—The state high
way law is to he re-written in order
to give the highway commission juris
diction over the location of roads, as
the result of the decision by the State
Supreme Court yesterday, affirming
the case of Carlyle vs. highway com
mission, Robeson county, in which the
plaintiff alleged toat the highway com
mission had no right to utilize a
portion of a read already completed
as a party of the county seat-to-eounty
fieat route between Raeford and Lum
berton.
This was learned authoritatively to
day from a member of the public
roads committee of the house, who
declared that this committee would
begin at once on the work of revis
ing the highway law, so as to cir
cumvent the Newton highway decision
of the Supreme Court and this latest
decision, which was based largely on
the Newton decision.
“The decision of the Supreme Court
yesterday means but one thing,” «aid
th* spokesman for the committee, “and
that is that th/» highway ijet will have
to be re-written. And from all indi
cations no time is going to be lost in
getting at the job.”
It is significant to note that the
Supreme Court was divided on the
Robeson county ease in exactly the
same manner it was in the original i
Newton case, with Justices Brogdeu,
Connor and Clarkeon rendering the
opinion for the majority, with Chief
Justice Stacy and Justice Adams dis
senting. In the Robeson county case,
s»owever. the dissenting opinion was
written by Justice Adams, while the
dissenting opinion in the Newton mm
was written by Chief Justice Stacy.
Thito the predictions that have been
made that, if the Supreme Court ruled
against the highway commission in
the Robeson county case, the highway
j act would be revised by t*ne general
assembly, seem to be in a fairway to
ward fulfillment. And that a bitter
war will be waged before the task is
completed is almost a foregon con
clusion.
“I dissent from the (fnajority)
opinion not only, because I believe it
-to be unbound in theory and unwkse
in policy, but because in my judg
ment it is based upon fundamental
error and upon misconception of the
purpose and spirit of the act by which
the State highway commission was
created,” says Justice Adams in his
opinion.
“Moreover, excepting the Newton
ease, the opinion as I road it combats
all previous decisions construing t’iie
statute and cannot be harmonized with
them through the medium of doubt
ful or subtle distinctions.” \
The committee on public roads, of
which W. C. Woodard, of Nash coun
ty, is chairman, is the committee
which will have Hie task of ironing
out the present difficulties in the high
way act.
The only other important decision
handed down by the Supreme Court
yesterday was the one granting a new
trial to W. L. Ross, of Warren coun
ty, convicted of e’.aying Mr. and Mrs.
Odum, to whose home Ross’ daugh
ter bad fled when toe had threatened
her. The new trial was granted on
the grounds that certain salient evi
dence had been excluded from the first
trial.
Other decisions handed down were:
Board of Commerce vs. Lumber Co.,
Beaufort, affirmed.'
Lockhart vs. Life Insurance Com
pany, Union, new trial.
, Wentz vs. Piediqont Land Company,
“ Mecklenburg, affirmed.
Killian vs. Hanna, Catawba, af
firmed.
Vs. Brookshire, Caldwell* no
error.- •" ; i: -A
Overman & Co., ys. Maryland Cas
ualty Co., Rowan, no error.
Springer v«. Springer, Burke, af
firmed.
Banks vs. Rochamora, Buncombe,
no error. ,
State vs. Jim Waldrop, Cherokee,
new trial.
Cox vs. Lumber Co., Haywood, af
firmed.
Crips vs. Fibre Co., Swain, reversed.
Arnold Dal}’ Burned to Death.
New York, Jan. 13.- — (A) —Arnold
Daly, actor and theatrical manager,
was burned to death in a fire in his
apartment on the fourth floor at 28
West 51st Street today.
The fire* origin of which is not
known, swept from the ground floor
up the stairway, cutting off the only
avenue of escape.
Firemen dashing into the building
made several daring rescues, but they
seemed unaware of Mr. Daly’s pres
ence in his apartment.
In the 16th century it was a cus
tom of the big universities in Eng
land to present a pair of perfumed
gloves to ail distinguished visitors.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
%
Project to Raise Cotton in
The California Basin is on Foot
Raleigh. X. C., Jan. 13 —South-
ern cotton farmers are evidencing
considerable <*w\eern over the pro
posal that the United States govern
ment sfM«nds $125,000,000 on a pro
ject to create a most formidable
competitor to this section in the cot
ton growing industry, according to
reports from widely-scattered
sources throughout the South.
The proposal is contained in what
is known as the Bwing-Johnson bill,
recently introduced in Congress by
j Senator Hiram Johnson and Rep
i Tentative I’hil D. Swing, both ot'
! California. It calls for government
appropriation of public funds to
build the largest dam in the world
and back of that dam to create a
i water storage reservoir of a capacity
of 26,000.000 acre feet.
Water to be stored in this gigan
tic reservoir is to be used in irri
gating the Colorado River Lower
Basin; ami the thousands of other
wise fertile acres comprising that
basin are to be cultivated in cotton
—the crop of which Las, even with
out competition, spelt disaster for
thousands of Southern farmers. It is
claimed by opponents of the bill that
cotton can be raised in the Basin at
a substantial profit even if the mar
ket price is only fifteen cents per
pound.
According to the authors of the
bill, the Colorado Basin enjoys
many important advantages over the
group of Southern states from which
American cotton production has
heretofore come. Those advantages
are given as (1) No boll weevil
(2) No need for fertilizer (3) Bet-
ROBBERS AT STANFIELD.
Were Halted I.ast Week In the
Midst of Tlieir Undertakings.
Stanfield, Jan 10.—Robbers at
work upon the door of Mr. T- C.
Huneycutt’s store were soared away
Wednesday night about 2 o’clock.
Mr. P. W. Teeter and Ralph Bar
bee, returning from Salisbury and
Spencer on business, saw a large lux
urious sedan parked below the railroad
just opposite the Norfolk and South
ern Depot. They suspicioned some
thing by the car being parked there, as
there is where several cars have been
parked ruring robberies. They turned
around and came back through the
town, but did not see anything suspic
ious. They then went and got Depu
ty Sheriff Green and returned to the.
scene but the car was gone. They
made investigation of the depot, bank, i
postoffice and stores to see if they had
been robbed, but did not find any
signs. They decided that the parked
car meant nothing and went home.
enter his store. AH the moulding end
putty had been removed from the large
glass in the rear door of the building.
This work was done with a knife and
screw driver from all appearances.
The robbers must have grown sus-
I plcious and fled when the car turned
around and came back through town.
Mr. Honeycutt handles dry goods
mostly. The robbers were probably
intending to make a haul on Mr. Hun
eycutt's ready-to-wear clothing. The
sedan which looked like a Buick, .was
supposed to have been from some town.
The car was facing Monroe and the.
tracks the foHowing morning showed
that the oar went that way.
MUSSOLINI DECLARES
WAR ON THE MASONS
He Assures Deputies That Drive on
Protestants WiH Go on.
Rome, Jan. 12.—Mussolini yester
day received delegates of the Center
Partey from the Chamber of Depu
ties. Ho pledged himself to make
war td the end against offiee-ho’ders
who still are Masons affiliated with
the Grand Orient.
The extreme fascist! organ. 11
Tovere, continues bitterly to attack
I American intervention in Nicaragut.
and while supporting President Cal
led of Mexico today critiZes the
Pope for putting the French Organ.
L’Action Franeaise. on the indext
expurgatorius. It accuses the Pope
of “Ori ntating” toward the radical
Masonic Government in France by
this action.
x II Tevere, consistently Anti-
American, is credited with ousting
Farinaoei from Italian office, claim
ing that he was proving to be a
thorn in the side of the Italian
Government* w’hich is moving con
sistently for reapproachment with
Vatican.
Hoover’s January Cla«ranee Sale.
On Friday, January 14th, there will
begin at Hoover’s a sensational sale
of clothing and men’s and boys’ fur
nishings at from one-fourth to one
half off of regular prices. The sale
will end Saturday night, January
22nd, gjving you eight full days to •
secure these bargains. Clothing, hats,
shirts, socks, sweaters, pajamas, night
shirts, bath robes, union suits, etc., in
cluded in this big sale. Sale for
cash only. In a full page ad. today
in both The Tribune and The Times
you will find many of the prices men
tioned.
Body of Babe Found on Charlotte
Street-
Charlotte, Jan. 12. —The body of
a baby girl, twelve pounds in weight,
was found here today on Blast Trade
Street, one of the chief thorough
fares of the city. The child was well
developed, evidently white, < new
born, but it could not be determined
whether or not it had been placed
dead or alive in the street.
Mrs. Cranford Dead-
Salisbury, Jan. 12.—MMrs. Julia
Cranford, aged 75, died suddenly at
the home of a daughter, Mrs. James
Parks, Sunday night. Two sons and
two daughters survive.
ter grade of cotton and higher price
(4) More cotton per nere (5) No de
pendence upon rainfall (Hi Gres*
seaports within easy range t“
cellent manufacturing ee"
The item of "fertilize,
the largest in the South * |
expenses and with no st ~ expense j
the California farmer no doubt can!
produce his crop and sell it profit- j
ably at fifteen cents a pound.
It. io claimed that all the cotton j
grown in the Colorado Busin is of j
the “Aeala” variety and that it j
commands 2 1-2 cents more “at the i
farm.” New York prices than the •
average go(xl middling Southern cot
ton brings.
It is significant that cotton pro
duction in the Basin has increased,
even under difficult water condi
tion#?. fro?n zero only a few years
ago to a production of. 224.35)3 bale*
of 500 pounds each in 1025.
According to expert estimates,
wit an irrigation system financed by
the Federal government 1,000.000
bales of cotton would lx* added to
the country’s annual output. South
ern farmers see jn that eventuality
nothing but financial ruin ror tnem-j
selves and possibly, through a sur
feited market, ruin for the Colorado
Basin farmer at the same time.
Shoukl Congress decide to spend
$125,000,000 of the public’s money
and the project bo authorized, the
Southern farmer’* attitude is that
the Federal government will.be us
ing public fund* to establish an in
dustry iu competition with the
means of livelihood, upon which
millions in the South are dependent.
ARE STATE’ BLUE LAWS
TO BE MADE BLUER?
Dr. Haywood Wants to Prohibit On
Sunday, Soft Drink Stands Out
side of Cor orate Towtis.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, Jan. 13.—Are North Caro
lina's “blue laws’’ to be made bluer
by the present legislature? It would
seem so, if the bill introduced by re
presentative Oscar Haywood of
Montgomery, former assistant pastor
of Calvary Baptist Church, New York,
may be taken as an indication of
others, that are to follow. Mr. Ray
wood's bill, if enacted, would prohibit
the soft drink stands and “other mer
cantile establishments” outside of
, corj)orate towns on Sunday.
» Though gasoline filling stations are
I not directly mentioned, the term
“mercantile establishments” coveys a
wide range of activity. Thus it would
seem that “soft drink stands” are not
the only type of filling stations which
would be prohibited from operation
become a law.
Although the bill would permit soft
drinks stands, restaurants, gasoline
filling stations and other “mercantile”
establishments to operate as long as
they were inside of incorporated
towns, it would compel those along
the highways in the country to close
up and it is pointed by several that
such a law smaeks decisively of class
legislation, which is expressly against
the tenets of the constitution. Then
too, it is pointed out that proprietors
of lunch stands and filling stations
along the highways as a rule enjoy
better trade on Sunday, due to the
many Sunday motorists, thau any
other day in the week, with the result
that a law compelling them to close
on Sunday would materially reduce
their income.
It is not believed that the bill will
travel the line of “blue law” legis
lation, ind its progress in the general
assembly will be watched closely by
those who are in favor of tightening
the already tight blue laws, enacted
more than 100 years ago and which
are still on the statute books of the
state.
REPORT FIRE DESTROYED
THE ORANGE SPOT INN
Hotel Was One of the Landmarks of
Florida East Coast, Near Mel
bourne.
Rnleigb, Jan. 13.— (A*)— A dispatch
received here today reports that a fire
which broke out yesterday morning
completely destroyed the Orange Spot
Inn, one of the landmarks of the East
Coast, near Melbourne, Fla.
The loss was reported as estimated
at SIOO,OOO. No lives were lost, al
though the guests escaped scantiy
clad and without belongings.
The hotel was under the manage
ment of Florence A. Humber, of Car
thage, N. C.
The fire • department saved several
adjacent residences, but w-as some
what handieatpped by the fact that a
small but dangerous fire earlier in the
winter residence of C. H. Rose, of
Henderson, N. C., had used up its
available supply of chemicals, and
part of the crew: had been left at the
Rose residence to guard against a fur
ther outbreak. t
Trying to Determine Who la Boot
legger to Girls.
(By International News Service)
Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 13.—A special
effort is being made here by police
to determine “just what Pensacola
bootlegger is making a specialty of
selling liquor to young women.”
Following the arrests of several
girls recently, ten in the past three
weeks, Chief William O’Connell pro
nounced war on the caterers to girls
in the liquor business.
One girl recently brought before
the judge on charges of having cursed
an officer in an attempt to resist ar
rest, told the recorder she “was too
drunk to remember.”
WEATHER FORECAST.
Rain and warmer tonight and Fri
day, increasing east and southeast
winds.
AN ANTI-AMERICAN j
POTATO
* mtAICO BROKEN Iff]
A Band of Workers Was
t Headed to the Consulate
When Federal Troops |
Dispersed the Marched j
KELLOGG BLAMED
FOR STATEMBJfif ]
Pedro Zepoda Says State
ment and Not Regime of
the Liberals May Catfse
More Trouble.
Mexico City, Jan. 13. — (A 3 ) —Special ,1
dispatches from Guadalajara state that I
an anti-American demonstration he* i
fore the American consulate there wad ?
only avoided by the prompt
lion of federal antliorities. •(-,
The disepatekes state that a band
of workers had already begun a marclf
toward the consulate when Geh#al J
Ferreira, military commander of thd
state of Jalisco, took personal com
mand of a force of Federal eoldief# ;
and dispersed the marchers.
Blames Kellogg and Not
Mexico City, Jan. 13. —04 s )— r ThiS
declaration that Secretary of State j
Kellogg, and uot the liberal regime in
Nicaragua would be responsible for I
any demonstrations there in which
Nicaraguan and American lives might
he lost, was made today by Pedro Ze
peda. representative of the liberal ifi
terests there.
Zapeda said he had been authorised
by Dr. Juan Sacasa, head of tWf lib
eral government, set up at Puertff Ctb*
bezas in opposition to the regiait dlf
President Diaz, which has been reNaftn
nized by the United States, to guar? x
antee foreign lives and property, ff
American marine* were
from Nicaragua.
“Otherwise.” he added, “we wiH not
be responsible for any manifestatidrt
of popular indignation owing to out
rages by the occupying forces against
the liberals, placing the responsibility
on Secretary Kellogg for any uprising j
in which Nicaraguan or American |
lives may be lost.”
He also said that recent extension
of the neutral zone to Rama on the |
Escondido River was unjustified, 1
their being no foreign interests in that j
section, which is in the heart of thp j
POISON DENATURANT
FOR ALCOHOL STANDS
Mellon Says Treasury Must Stick To
Present Formula Due To Congees*
Demand.
Washington. Jan. 12. —Congress has
required the use of poison denatur- J
ants for industrial alehol, Secretary 1
Mellon today informed the senate jit I
a reply to its request for information
on the subject.
“The treasury does not wish to ftse ,
dangerous substances as denatueirats/'
Mr. Mellon said, “but Congress has
imposed upon the treasury the duty I
of specifying an effective denaturant
readily available to industry.” »
Wood alcohol is the “simplest de
naturant," meeting the requirements
of the law, the secretary said, and
while the treasury had been search
ing for years for a substitute, none
has been found.
“The treasury feels, then.” he de
clared. “that it has not the discre
tion, under existing law's, to abflndoa
an effective denaturant in favor of one
not harmful, but effective.”
As for the senate’s request for finy j
correspondence exchanged diet ween
Wayne B. Wlioller. general counsel *>#
the Anti-Saloon league, and the treas
ury regarding the use of poison deint
urnnts. Mr. Mellon advised that tiero
was none.
THE COTTON MARKET
Showed Continued Strength at Open
ing. With First Proces 6 t& it
. Points Higher.
New York, Jan. 13. — UP)— The cot
ton market showed continued stre&fth
at the opening today. First pridth 1 -
were 6 to 11 points higher, all'posl* \;
tions making new highs ’for the cur
rent movement on further trade buy
ing, covering and commission house
demand.
March sold up to 33.42 while Oc
tober touched tlie 14-cenf level, but
these prices attracted a little more
southern selling, as well as consid
erable realizing. Reactions of sev
eral points followed, but the market
was holding fairly steady at the end
of the first hour, buyiug being en
couraged by reports of rains in the
southwest and the report of the cen
sus bureau showiug domestic consump
tion of 605,217 bales compared with
583,050 bales for the previous month,
and 570.216 for December last year. 4
Cotton futures opened steady : Jan.
13.28; March 13.38; May 13.55; -Tilly
13.76; Oct. 13.07.
Will Seize Ballots.
Washington. Jan. 13.—UP)—Imme
diate seizure of the ballots cast iu
Philadelphia and Alleghany County in
the Pennsylvania senatorial election
last November was decided upon to- j
day by the senate campaign funds
committee.
■ 1
C. M. Vanstory is Oasis Potentate.
Charlotte, Jan. 12.—C. M. Van- |
story, Greensboro man, was this aft
ernoon elected potentate of Oasis
Temple, Ancient and Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at the
close of two-day annual sessions of
the temple here. Other officers were
chosen and representatives elected to
the annual council meeting.
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