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C' :H 11 ! I pari Os Sinclair’s jjinony To Committee [owed In Present Case r I Testi- g e n as Volun iMinwny Admit- With Sinclair s Sail to See About ' teapot Dome. 'A 3 '—I’art of *Ln bv llorry V. Sin committee V'jhe Teai or Dome trial today by Jus- the I strict or tol offer of SU-r 1! '-S. •>«»; admit the .statement 'irtu the oil committee « 1923. a- he was not that lime, and con not a witmvs in Llie L„ held that under the JVven before a congres- LJf could not be used fir 5 s fenvinc it in any A proceedings against t 0 t he ruling of Justice ,i, f Faii-Dohery trial last putting statements by te dants in that case. Jus- Ijihi ♦>?<? statements were 3;t. and consequently do ja'ihe prohibition of the rvas a severe blow to eon ml who bad hoped the trial jury much ptory which the oil op iljjert B. Fall gave iu E ; appearances before the littee during the days be- KStijation took a sensa s#riy in 1924, after Fall the'Teapot Dome naval U Sinclair. jtat given by Sinclair on 1823, was that he went New Mexico, to see ihung Teapot Dome, and iiiae Indian lands in Ok- KB. Oct 27. — UP) —Direct Sit $90,000 in bonds were s the safety deposit box j, M after the lease of uto Harry F. Sinclair, Ecedby the government to ll'll cf the two men for piracy. tear was given by Z. T. Bat cashier of the First Sci of Pueblo, Colorado, xll. T. Everhart, sen-in il and a director of the 4 the bonds with him on £2. after a trip to the testimony wa* resum ?t ruling by Justice Sid ing testimony of Sinclair 'jrapwsional investigating h Onr Advertisers. I® Interest to see the line Hide Shoes at the G. Sw Store. In a new ad. *2 learn iff these shoes. Clothes Week at the *9 Co. Read all about it in this paper today. At Ira will kinds of rihe cold weather, and at prices. 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The plans for the American fly ers call for their departure for Bayonne, France, by express train tonight, and continuing on to Paris by airplane tomorrow. They hope to board the steamer Maure tania for home on Saturday. TWO CHURCHES TO • BE CONSOLIDATED West End and Centenary In Win ston-Salem to Be Pronounced One. Winston-Salem, Oct. 24. —The for mal Tinion of West End and Centen ary Methodist churches, this city, a project that has been under contem plation for some time, -will take place Wednesday of next week when Bishop Edwin D. Mcrazon, of Charlotte, de clares these two churches united at the Western North Carolina Con ference. This announcement was given out by the Bishop during his visit to this city. He returned home today. Bishop Mouzon also declared at the same conference he would name a pastor for the united churches and a junior pastor- He also stated tnat the term junior pastor didn’t neces sarily mean the younger pastor, but that since the two churches would be united there must necessarily be a unit head to the organization who would be the senior pastor. • ’ Church services will continue at both churches much as heretofore, Bishop Mouzon said, dne to the fact that neither building is large enough to care for both organizations. How ever, he advised that the women or bo A churches unite in their mission ary work and that other church acti vities be coordinated. “We go into our new church in Charlotte on next Sunday to worship for the first time and I want you, be fore you build your church here, to come to Charlotte. I would have you see the tragedy of not buying enough land on which to build. The Charlotte church is scattered out like a rail road train. The congregation there could have well taken $60,00 off the building and put it in more land and had a finer place. “When you build here, build for a hundred years and get plenty of land.” THE COTTON MARKET Opened Firm Today at an Advance of 8 to 25 Points on Continuation of Buying Movement. New York, Oct. 27.—C4 5 ) —The cot ton market opened firm today at an advance of 8 to 25 points, on a con tinuation of yesterday’s late buying, evidently prompted by a tendency to scale down crop estimates. Liverpool did not fully meet, yes terday’s local advance, and was a moderate seller here, but buying was Sufficient to send active months 14 to 26 points net higher in the early trad ing, December selling to 21.23 and March to 21.54. THb advance was checked by realizing and there ap peared to be some southern selling which caused reactions of a few points from the best by the end of the first hour. The market was unsettled later un der realizing or liquidation by recent buyers,, while there also appeared to be some local and southern selling on the decline. December sold off to about 20.77, and March to 21.00, or about 23 to 30 points net lower. Cotton futures opened firm: Dec. 21.10; Jan. 21.27; March 21.50; May 21.65; July 21.50. LEXINGTON MAN IS VICTIM OF SUICIDE Walter F. Lopp Borrowed Pistol With Which He Killed Himself in Bor rowed Auto. Lexington, N. C., Oct. 27. —OP) After an automobile he was driving had crashed into a wire guard on top of a South Main Street fill here to day, the body of Walter F. Lopp, 49, veteran merchant, was found on the scene with a bullet wound in the head. A coroner’s jury returned a suicide verdict. Mr. Lopp had borrowed the automo bile from a brother-in-law, and the pis tol from a hardware dealer a few minutes before the tragedy. A har ware clerk said Mr. Loop had P chased eix cartridges for the pistol, with the explanation that he intended to leave the gun with his wife whi.e he was away on a trip. Relatives said Mr. Loop had suf fered a nervous attack Tuesday but had apparently recovered and was feeling better this morning. Mr. Loop was a trustee of the Lutheran Orphans Home at Salem, Va. Funeral services will be held at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. The Gulf of Mexico Coast line of the United States is nearly one thousand miles longer than the Paci fic Coast line. Fights Death Charge I w \ ' ' f 5 -3 d'V Ptv : * ' ' V ■ A Bessie Morse is on trial at New Brunswick, N. charged with i plotting to kill aged father and two other members of her fam- ; ily to gain $100,0(30 inheritance. Despite allegation that he was< intended victim, her father is; financing heiv fight in court, HAVE FEDERATED WOMEN VOICE IN OWN POLICIES? Or Must They Accept Rulings ana Edicts of National Federation With out Protest? The Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. By J. C. Baskervyj. Raleigh, Oct. 27.—Which is the re lationship of the various Women s clubs in the state to the National Federation of Women’s Club? Must the individual clubs accept the rulings and edicts of the national federation with blind allegieuce, or may they question national policies and decide for themselves whether they will ac cept them or reject them? These questions have bjen thrust violently to the fore in the Raleigh Women’s club, have divided it into two factions, and bitter warfare now threatenes as a result of the invitita tion that has been extended by the “Insurgent” group to Mrs. Atwood R. Martin, of the Women’s club of Louisville, Ky., to speak in Raleigh on the policies of the Women’s Con gressional Committee, through which the National Federation conducts its lobbying in Washington. The Louis ville Club was summarily thrust out of the National Federation by the Na tonal officers when it refused to in dorse the full legislative program of the Federation without first examin ing, into it itself. And now because one group of members of the Raleigh Women’s club has decided that it wanted to know both sides of the question, and because it felt that it was entitled to know the facts in the case, the “stpid pat” members of the club have raised the cry of heresy and disloyalty against those members who desire to seek out the truth for themselves, rather than to blindly accept the dic tates of the National officers with re gard to policies and legislation spon sored by the Women’s Congressional Committee. “The claim that we are disloyal to the Raleigh Women’s club or to the National Federation is ridiculous,” said Mrs- Kenneth Gant and Mrs. C. B. Barbee, who with Mrs. H. B. Johnson compose the committee which is arranging for the coming of Mrs. Martin from Louisville, and who will here sometime next week —the exact date has not yet been set. “And we do not see how the desire to hear the facts in the case, as pre sented by Mrs. Martin, can be con strued as disloyalty, unless the desire to know the facts in the case and to decide for ourselves what stand we shall take, be disloyalty. We are not defending the Louisville club or Mrs. Martin —for we are not familiar with the facts. All we want is an oppor tunity to hear Mrs. Martin, aKer which we may or may not agree with her.” < But the “stand pat” wing of the Raleigh club aready looks upon the “liberal” wing as a group of heretics, and xefer to them as “those women.” Members of the club who have been friends fbr years now pass each other on the street with eyes staring straight ahead, as a result of the in tense feeling that has sprung up be tween the two groups. The “stand paters’” maintain that the liberals are openly defying the club in inviting Mrs. Martin to Ra leigh, since the club itself declined to extend the invitation. On the other hand, thf» liberals maintain that the question of whether to invite Mrs. Martin or not was never decided by the club, since the motion was tabled, and that hence they have a right to ask her to come to Raleigh and pre sent her side of the question. The opposition on the part of the “stand pat” element in the local club is not so difficult to understand when it was learned that the position of the club is largely being dictated by Mrs. Palmer, who for years has been the virtual ruler of the Raleigh Wom en’s club, and who also happens to be vice chairman of the National Legislative Committee of the Nation al Federation. Naturally, she does not fancy being put in the position of CONCORD.N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927 Bowie Says There is Plenty of Sentiment in State for Smith The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Oct. 27.—Interest in the candidacy of A1 Smith as the Demo cratic nominee for president in 1928 is stronger in North Carolina now than it has yet been and prejudice against him is diminishing daily, ac cording to Thomas C. (Tam) Bowie, of West Jefferson, and an enthusiastic Smith supporter, who is in Raleigh ap pearing before the Supreme court. Bowie is generally regarded an being the spokesman for and the leader of the Smith forces in North Carolina. Although the opposition to Smith claims that there is less interest iu him and his candidacy in the state now than six or eight weeks ago, and that the wave of interest that at that time seemed high has since subsided, this is vigorously denied by Mr. Bowie, who says that while there may not be so much surface talk and discus sion as there was, that at the same time there is greater crystallized sen timent for Smith now than at any time so far. “Os course, there is still some op position to Smith by the various Prot estant churches and religious organi zations, and some of these will un doubtedly continue to fight him to the bitter end. But there seems to be a more and more liberal attitude being shown all over the state toward him, especially with regard to his religion. More and more people are coming to realize that the fact that Smith is a Catholic should not be al lowed to prevent him being nominated or elected president.” More and more Democrats in all parts of the state are gradually com ing to the conclusion that Smith is the only candidate which the Demo cratic party can name which has any ! chance of winnfhg the Democratic | vote in all sections of the country, | especially in New York, Massachu | setts, Maryland and other eastern key i states. And if the Democrats in the ! South will support him, as they should, Smith- can be elected president, Mr. Bowie believes. “And when it is realized that at last the Democrats have a candidate who has a chance of winning the elec j tion, even the stand-pat North Caro lina Democrats will get off the fence and rally to him, and vote for him,” having her own club take issue with the program which the committee of which she is vice chairman, has out lined. It is reported that the officers and members of the “loyal” wing of the club have asked a number of the Na tional Federation officers to come to Raleigh, in a& attempt to keep tb& “revolt” from spreading, and 4it is rumored that a resolution may be presented to the “loyal” members, forbidding them to attend the lecture by Mrs. Martin. If thie is done, a packed house is expected. At any rate, the schism is more than a mere “fuss,” and is one that may spread to the entire State Fed eration. v Johnson Mentioned as Possible Man ager of Cleveland Indians. (By International News Service.) Cleveland, Oct 27. —Walter John son, former Washington American league pitcher, is the latest possibility mentioned in connection with the 1928 management of the Cleveland In dians. “The Big Train” recently re quested his unconditional release from the Nats. Others mentioned as being con sidered for the Cleveland post are Billy Evans, American league um pire; Tris Speaker, former Indian manager and more recently center fielder for Washington and Roger Peckingpaugh. A change in management, if one is made, is expected to materialize in November when a proposed sale of the Cleveland club is expected to be consummated. 21 Children in 25 Years. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 26. —(INS) — Twenty-one children in 25 years and only one set of twins in the lot. Such was the record of Anna Mor row, negress, of Memphis, and she issued a challenge to another mother anywhere to beat it. Anna said she has her hands full in taking care of her “little” family, taking in washing, ironing and cooking, while her hus band goes about his job as a loborer. Former Salisbury Woman Dies In Wadesboro Home. Salisbury, Oct. 24.—Mrs. Estelle Cowan Blalock died in Wadesboro and the body is being brought to Salis bury. Funeral and interment take place Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock. Mrs. Blalock was a memoer of one of the oldest and best known families of Rowan county. She left Salisbury some years ago. MAGRUDER LETTER WITH PRESIDENT In It The Rear Admiral Asks That Orders Reliev ing Him of Present Duty Be Revoked. Washington, Oct. 27.—0P>—A letter of Rear Admiral Magruder to President Ooolidge asking for an interview and revocation of the order which relieved him from the Philadelphia Navy Yard command, was delivered at the White House today by Secretary Wilbur. There was no ’ comment forth coming from the naval secretary regarding his conference with Mr. Goolidge, although he spent up ward of a half hour with the President. It has been arranged, Mr. Wil bur 6aid, for Rear Admiral Ma gruder to confer with him in Washington on November sth. Whether the President will grant or decline the admiral’s request for an interview before that time was not stated. Mr. Bowie said. The principal opposition to Smith in the South is based upon his atti tude toward prohibition, rather than upon his religion, according to Mr. Bowie, since people' are taking a more and more tolerant attitude toward him from a religious standpoint. But the opposition to him because of his per sonal beliefs on prohibition are just as ungrounded, Mr. Bowie thinks. “It must be remembered that the eighteenth amendment is an amend ment to the United States Constitu tion, put there by the sovereign states of the nation, and that no one man or group of men can ever hope or ex pect to change it, even if they so de sired,” said Mr. Bowie, “and Gover nor Smith at no time has indicated , that he intended to seek nullification, but has repeatedly stated that he would enforce the law —and he will. “In fact, I believe that prohibition ' would be enforced here in the South much better with Smith as president; than it has ever been enforced by any of the Republican administra tions. And for this reason: the pres ent federal prohibtion enforcement of ficers in the South for the most part Republicans, who have secured the jobs through political pull and who do as little dry law enforcing as pos sible. “But if Smith were tp be elected president, this would all be changed because the enforcement of the fed -1 eral prohibition law would be in the hands of Democrats, who know the South and conditions down here, and they in turn would be assisted by en forcement oficers who also would be Democrats—and there would be real ; dry law enforcement for the first time without any scandals and the present 1 inefficiency under Republican admin istration.” The only possible modification of : the prohibition law possible is the re vision of the Volstead act, but this can only be done by Congress, and there is very little likelihood that Congress will ever consent to even re vise the Volstead act, according to Mr. Bowie. So on the whole he thinks that the opposition to Smith ; because of his personal attitude toward f prohibition, is .very poorly grounded. “The opposition is crumbling from every angle,” Mr. Bowie says, “and ! not only will Smith be nominated — he will be elected.” TROOPS IN ROUMANIA HELD IN READINESS Internal Situation in That Country Has Never Before Been So Critical. Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, Oct. 27. OP) —The Internal situation in Rou mania following rumors of Carol’s reported intention to retam and claim fbe throne has never before beep so crtical, it was. indicated today in advices from Grada Almare, Bucha rest, end Temesvar. Troops were said to be concentrated near Bucharest in anticipation of a possible revolution. Telephone and telegraph communica tion with Roumania have been sus pended, and conversations over the frontier are cut off if of a political nature. The advices state that M. Manu, leader of the peasant party which was supposed to hold an important meeting today, was arrested yester day but escaped The advices also declared that premier Bratiano was assuming virtual dictatorship in the situation, neither discussing nor con sulting with any members of the regency the measures which are being taken^ Get Oedit for SI.OO on State License. The Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Oct. 27. —Holders of coun ty hunting licenses who desire to take out state licenses will be allowed cred it for the dollar paid to the state for the county licenses, according to in structions sent out by J. K. Dixon, assistant director of the Department of Conservation and Development, to all selling agencies. When such an exchange is made, Mr. Dixon declares that it will be nec essary for the licensee to pay the is suing fee as required by the law to the selling agent. In each case a new application must be made out. THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner & Beane. (Quotations at 1:25 P. M.) Atchison 185% American Can 62% Allied Chemical 147 American Smelting 161% American Tel. & TeL 176 Baltimore & Ohio ll7 Bethlehem Steel 50% Chesapeake & Ohio 208% Chrysler 53 Corn Products 59 New York Central 160% Dupont 819% Erie __ 63% Fleishman 65 General Electric !_ 124% Gold Dust - 67 General Motors 130 Gen. Ry. Signal 121% Houston Oil 148% Hudson Motors 68% Mo.-Kans. & Texas 42% Kennecott Copper .73% Kans. City Sou. Ry. 60% Liggett & Myers 121 Lorillard 37% Mack Truck 105% Mo,-Pacific Pfd. 54% Montgomery-Ward 81% Nash Motors 83% Packard Motors 46% Penn. RR. 65% Phillips Pete 40% “B” Rey. Tob. Com. 147 Rock Island RR. 104 Sears Roebuck 76% Std. Oil of N. J. 39% Sou. Pac. RR. 122 Studebaker Corp. 54 Union Carbine 130% Wabash RR. * 68% Westinghouse Elec. Co. 79% West. Mryd. RR. 49% Yellow Cab and Truck 29% Woolworth 176 11. S. Steel 134% Coca-Cola 123 Conley Robinson, Lawyer Os Charlotte Dies From Wound Rec ved In Fight - t Was Shot Last Night in a Scuffle With Sister, Who Collapsed as She Found Her Brother Was Dead. SAY ROBINSON ATTACKED WIFE Sister Tried to Part Couple and in Scuffle Over Pis tol, Taken From Robin son’s Bed, He Was Shot. Charlotte, Oct. 27. — OP) —Conley E. Robineon, young local attorney, died at the Presbyterian Hospital here at 9:10 o’clock this morning ae a result of a pistol wound inflicted when a gun in the hands of his sister, Miss Katherine Robinson, was discharged late last night during a scuffle at the Robinson home. Mies Robinson, who had been held at the police station overnight, col lapsed and was placed under the care, of a physician when she learned of her brother’s death. Robineon is alleged to have come home late last night under the influ ence of liquor. In a dispute that fol lowed, he and his sister engaged in a scuffle. * A gun ehe picked up dur ing the scuffle was discharged, the bullet' striking the young attorney in the groin. Miss Robinson claims the shooting was accidental. Miss Robinson was hurried to the hospital accompanied by Mrs. Eloise B. Brown, police woman, Mrs. Robin son and another sister, Miss Louise Robinson, when word was received that Robinson was dying. They arrived at the door of the hos pital room just a moment before the young attorney expired. Miss Katherine Robinson and her sister-in-law grew hysterical as Dr. R. M. Gallant, attending physician, arose from the bedside and confirmed the word of a nurse who met the women. They were both placed un der the care of physicians and re mained at the hospital. Mrs. Brown remained at the hos pital with Miss Robinson, but soon afterward Chief of Police Alex West announced that the girl would be al lowed freedom on SI,OOO bond. Police investigation disploeed that Robinson, under the influence of li quor, attacked his wife with a hand mirror, Chief West said. The mirror was shattered and he continued at tacking Mrs. Robinson with his fists. Miss Katherine Robineon, just two weeks out of a hospital from an ap pendicitis operation, stepped into the room and interfered. A pistol was hidden under Mrs. Robinson’s pillow. Both brother and sister made a grab for it. The sister reached it first. She stood in the middle of the bed commanding her brother to stop. Then the chief said the girld told him, Con ley drew a knife and shouted that he would kill her. She fired once in an effort to fright en him, the bullet hitting the wall above the door. He continued to ad vaqce and seized the pistol. In the ensuing scuffle, the gun was discharged again, the bullet striking the attorney in the groin. Even after he was wounded, the struggle continued until finally Rob inson, weakened by the loss of blood, fell over on a bed. The police chief said a trail of blood about the house revealed the extent of the struggle. Even after he had fallen on the bed, the attorney pleaded for the pistol, the sister told the police. “Katherine, you have shot and killed me,” the girl quoted the attorney as saying, the chief said. “But I don’t hold it against you. You are the best sis ter I have, and I love you.” Describing the scene, the chief said the girl told him, “Oh. I was so tired. I felt like I was going to faint, but I knew I had to hold on to that gun. I knew if he got it he would kill me, and Dot (Mrs. Robinson) too.” Robinson’s young son was ill In the room with tonsillities at the time of the battle. COX IS FREED. Shot Friend Monday Night While Out Hunting For Deer. Asheville, Oct. 25.— 0 P A. Cox, 19, farm laborer, was freed of blame at a coroner’s inquest here today in connection with the death of Hilliard C. Gardner, 42, who was kill ed shortly after sunset Monday by a charge of buckshot. Cox said he thought he was firing at a deer on the farm of S. C. Ingram, near Asheville. The coroner’s jury found Gardner met his death accidentally after listen ing to testimony of T. L. Meredith, of Oteen, and of Mr. Ingram. According to their testimony, he and Cox were in IngramV garden about dusk to hunt deer. Raising his gun and firing, Cox exclaimed, ac cording to the testimony. “I think I got a deer.” The hunters rushed to a tree about 75 yards distance, to investigate. There they found Gardner shot to, death. A basket of apples had been placed under the tree as “bait” for-deer, and it was thought that Gardner seeing the fruit, had gone to investigate. Says Healthy Pupils Don’t Need Vacation. Cincinnati, Oct- 24.—1 f children are in good health a three-months summer vacation from school is not necessary, Samuel M. Allen, presi dent of the National League of Com pulsory Education Officials, believes. Mr. Allen, director of public school education of Nashville, Tenn., schools, referred to the success which Nash ville has had in three years of opera tion under the 12-months school plan. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance X £•’ PROGRESS UNDER A NEW COUNTY MEASURES Co\ \ in Eastern Part of State S to Conform With tjw Law. The Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Oet. 27. —The majority of the counties in Eastern North Caro lina are excellent progress un der the new county government laws, and are co-operating fully in attempt ing to conform to them fully, accord ing to Charles M. Johnson, executive secretary of the County Government Advisory Commission, who ba* just returned from a trip through the east ern part of the state. The best record for collections of taxes that has yet come to the atten tion of the county government com mission, according to Mr. Johnson, is in Greene County, where SherifE E. A. Rasbury has already collected and ac counted for 99.5 per cent of the 1920 taxes. “While there may be some other counties that have done as well or . even better than Greene County,” said Mr. Johnson, “it is the only -county that has been brought to my atten tion as yet where the uncollected bal , ance of 1926 taxes amounted to only , one-half of one per cent., and L think that Sheriff Rasbury is to be com mended for the excellent work he has , done. It is certainly indicative of a very efficient officer.” In the course of this trip, Mr. John son visited counties in the order in which he came to them, and confer red with the county officials with re gard to the new county laws in Nash, Wilson, Pitt, Beaufort, Wayne and 1 Greene counties, and found the of ficials interested in getting all the in formation they could about the new laws. “Even in those few counties where very little has been done toward put ting the new laws into effect, we have found that most of this has re sulted not from a lack of willingness to co-operate, but from a lack of un derstanding of the Jaws. And as soon as the various phases of the laws are explained, and the troublesome places untangled, we have no more trouble,” Mr. Johnson says. “The result is that more and more counties are attaining a higher rating each month.” SAYS TUNNEY WILL RETIRE AFTER 5 YEARS Until That Time He Will Devote Him self Exclusively to His Ring Work. New York, Oct. 25.— UP) —The New York Evening World says today that Gene Tunney will retire from the ring within five years, but still as the heavyweight champion of the world. Until that time the title holder is quoted as declaring he will devote all his time to the “perfection of physical and fistic equipment shunning all stage or similar work of a title-com mercializing nature.” Gene expects to retire to the work he has planned for the future a mil lionaire several times over from his glove endeavors. “Maybe after my ring farewell in 1932,” the champion said, “I will get married —but I don't think it will be even as soon as that. At 84 I have decided that I will be too old to fight —too old to get married —if you like..” NO DECISION SO FAR IN THE TAYLOR CASE Coroner's Jury Still Deliberating in Asheville’s Latest Tragedy. Asheville, Oct. 25.— UP) —The cor oner’s inquest into the death of Mrs. Cora Warren Taylor, continued from yesterday to allow time for a more thorough investigation, was scheduled for this afternoon. Mrs. Taylor was killed Sunday night as she sat in a chair at her home, by a bullet fired from a rifle in the hands of her husband, Burgin L. Taylor. Taylor, who is now held in jail awaiting the verdict of the cor oner’s jury, declared that the shoot ing was accidental. He appeared very nervous today, and was seemingly much concerned about attending Mrs. Taylor’s funeral. ' “It will kill me,” he said, “if I don’t get to go to her funeral.” Early Fogs Bring Heavy Losses to English Railroads. London, Oct. 27. —Usually early fogs in England are calling the atten tion of the railroad companies to the enormous financial loss caused by tkeae nuisances. ~i.n average of $150,000 a day is a very moderate estimate of the a< cual out-of-pocket cost to the rail roads, in the London area, on ac count of fog. This does not include, jf course, indirect losses, such as dislocation of traffic and loss of busi ness, especially g >ocUKrarrying. All work on tLi permanent way has to be suspended, and the plate layers become look-out me ; thou sands of these have to be kept at work day and night and *ae over time bill is correspondingly heavy. Millions of detonators, or tog signals, are used, and the cost of these at forty per sl, is a heavy item. Then the slower running of trains when drivers have to “feel” their way along means a much larger consumption of fuel. Wolfpack In Fine Shape After Win. I Raleigh, Oct. 24.—The Wolfpack came out of the Florida game without l injury save for the minor bruises re , ceived in usual scrimmage, trainers • announced today on return from . Tampa. A light workout was today’s pro gram as the squad settled down for I the grind before the Carolina game. Managers said advance sales of ! tickets for the annual contest here . Saturday indicated that a large crowd . would attend. lEWTREATIEItI EYE TROUBLE 1Y j HELP TARKIHGTOH Noted Writer May Not Lose Sight in Left Eye as Result of New Treat ment Used in His Case. RIGHT EYE IS OF LITTLE GOOD It Is Hoped That Treat ment Will Save Left Eye and Eventually Restore Sight to His Right Eye. Kennebunkport, Me., Oct. 27.— UP) —By means of a new treameut which has been very successful, Booth Tark ington, the novelist and dramatist, may have preserved for many years the sight of his left eye, Mrs. Tark ington 6aid today, with references to reports that he was threatened with . blindess. He practically lost the sight of his right eye two years ago Mrs. Tarkington who said that her husband preferred that she speak for him on this subject, said that he first ,J; had troubles with his eyes about 10 years ago, with the result that he has had little use of his right eye the last two years. Dr. John Ray Newpomb, of Indianapolis, his eye specialist, has been giving him a new treatment which he calls the “serum treatment.” This has never been tried before, Mrs. Tarkington said, but has been very successful. ' “The doctor has ar rested the trouble in the left eye, and does not think he will ever lose his ’ sight entirely in that eye. I have hopes that eventually the sight of his right eye will be restored by this treatment.” Mrs. Tarkington said he had been working right along, and is able to do his work without assistane. He has written a number of essays this fall, and is now correcting proofs on his ~ new novel “Claire Ambler.” “There has been no furious rush of work that he might complete several works before he became totally blind as reported,” she said. FOREST SEEDLINGS . ARE NOW AVAILABLE r - State Has About 237,000 Seedings For Fall and Spring Planting. » The Tribune Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Oct. 20j—Approximately 237,500 forest seedlings are -available for distribution at the State Forest Nursery for fall and spring planting, according to an announcement by F. H. Claridge, assistant forester. Rules of distribution, according to Mr. Claridge, confine the use of the tree seedlings to forest planting and not for ornamental purposes. A small charge to cover shipping costs and part of the cultivation costs is made for the seedlings. The estimated number and species of seedlings that will be furnished by the Forestry Division of the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment are as follows: j 2-year loblolly pine, 30,000 1- loblolly pine 170,000 2- shortleaf pine 12,000 1- locust pine 8,500 2- longleaf pine 9,000 2-year longleaf pine 500 1-year slash pine l 7,000 1-year maritime pine 5,000 In addition to those varieties, the State Foreet Service will be able to secure for North Carolinians approx imately 375,000 seedlings of other va rieties at reasonable prices from oth er sources. These include Norway spruce, white pine, Scotch pine, Am erican red pine, Japanese larch, and Bank’s pine. Fall planting season begins in East ern Carolina around the middle of November and moves westward with the season. Instructions for plant- v ing may be obtained from the state forester at Raleigh. Start Work On Chevrolet Assembly Plant. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27.—(INS)— Ten steam shovels will begin work this week in starting construction of the $2,500,000 southern assembly plant of the Chevrolet Motor Com pany, according to an announcement by officials of the company. The new plant will have a payroll of over $2,000,000 annually and will be one of the most elaborate automo bile building plants in the South, It was said. * THE STOCK MARKET Price Changes Were Narrow and Ir regular at Opening of the Market. New York, Oet. 27.—C4*)—Price changes were’ narrow and irregular at the opening of the stock market to day. Houston Oil and DuPont start ed the day with a two point reces sion, while Loose-Wiles Biscuit op ened a point higher. U. 8. Steel was fractionally lower at the outset. Dempsey and Flynn in Disagreement. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 20.—Although reiterating his denial of serious trou ble with his manager, Jack Dempsey intimated here today that certain fi nancial matters remain to be adjust ed if Leo Flynn is to continue to handle the former champion. “Flynn, like all other managers,” Dempsey said, “wants a lot of money | : and when you are not making big money you can’t afford to give them everything they want.” Dempsey, who is on his way to I New York, said his future in the ring was up to Tex Rickard. WEATHERI Cloudy tonight and Friday ij ’ ' M No. 33
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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