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■upiine edited by George B.
■i former secretary of the
■at National committee, took
■it addressed inquires to 5,-
fcipers editors ia the country
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HWers." Approximately one
■•jo* addressed responded in
■tuce, and the results were
Ik today.
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■tjtion that President Cool
ie not renomination,”
Ids annauneement, “many of
■r and political leaders re-
HCoolidge sentiment still strong
li‘President's statement and
■ that the nomination would
■ forced upon him.”
■ the newspaper editors, 737
■ believed Smith would be the
■ 163'favored Senator James
■of Missouri: 102 spoke for
■ tnd 110 for Edwin T.
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J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
One Killed and Six Injured at
Greer, S. C., When Building Falls
Grew, S C Nov. 21._GP)_o n e
man was killed and six otters in
jured when a building occupied ~by a
10-cent store collapsed here today af
ter fire had gutted the second floor.
. The bo . dy Carl Miller, restaurant
weeper of this city, who was on the
scene as a volunteer fireman, was
taken from the debris soon after the
collapse, and search was made to as
certain whether or not others might
be buried in the tangle of timbers.
Russell DeShields, of the Greer fire
department, was seriously injured,
and J. G. Scott, Greenville fire depart
ment; Vernon Fleming, Greer fire de-
Almost Certain School
Books Will Be Cheaper
Now Appears Certain That Cut of at Least 10 Per
Cent. Will Be Possible For School Children of
North Carolina in Near Future.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASKERVILL
Raleigh, Nov. 21.—A decrease in
the cost of school books to children
of at least 10 per cent, now' appears
virtually certain, as a result of the
last meeting of the State hoard of
education and representatives of pub
lishers, though the final details have
not as yet been worked out and prob
ably will not be until after another
meeting between the board and book
publishers to be held Monday (today),
it has been authoritatively learned
here.
Virtually all of the publishers have
agreed to a plan which will permit
the school books in use in the state
to be sold to the school children at
a 10 per cent, lower cost than is now
the case, it is understood, as a result
of a tentative agreement whereby the
publishers will absorb the 10 per cent,
commission, formerly added to the
cost of the books, to cover the ex
pense of distribution through the
State School Book Depository in Ra
leigh.
Heretofore textbook contracts have
been executed with the book publish
ers, with the contracts naming the
retail price at which the books have
been 6old to the school children, this
price being approximately 20 per cent,
higher than the wholesale price, 10
per cent, going to Alfred Williams
Company, Raleigh the State Textbook
Depository, and 10 per cent, going to
the local depositories or firms in each
of the counties handling the books.
The plan now being considered pro
poses that the school children shall
pay a price that is but 10 per cent,
higher than the wholesale price, this
10 per cent, to go to the local mer
chant or depository selling the books
direct to the school children, while
the 10 per cent, formerly paid by the
school children to the State Deposi
tory here in Raleigh for handling
charges will be absorbed by the book
publishing companies and paid by
them to the State Depository, as
handling charges. The position of
the publishers is that the State De
pository saves them enough in over
head and handling charges to enable'
them to pay it 10 per cent, to do this
STREAM POLLUTION
GIVEN ATTENTION
Experts of State Hope to Have
Problem Solved in Near Future.
The Tribune Bureau
Sir' Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Nov. 21. —Plans upon
which the State of North Carolina is
working toward the solution of stream
pollution are along the most construc
tive lines and should be worked out
satisfactorily, C. A. Jobson, treasurer
of the Pulp and Paper Waste Dis
posal committee of Pennsylvania, and
A. F. Jones, assistant sanitary engi
neer of the same state, have written
to Major Wade H. Phillips, director
of the State conservation department
and secretary of the special committee
of his department and the State board
of health, on stream pollution and
conservation.
“The development of natural re
sources and the building 1 of industry,
writes Mr. Jobson, “brings with them
burdens, much of which are of such
a nature that cannot be handled by
the enactment of drastic legislation
which, after all, in the last analysis
are really non-enforcible.
“Constructibe co-operation by all
parties concerned seems so basically
sound that I feel it is bound to pre
vail and ultimately result in much
more constructive improvement than
can be secured through any other
measure, and I am interested in th<Y
way you are approaching this matter
in your state.
“It is going to take a lot of work,
patience and efforts and of- necessity
your progress in improving conditions
and laying plans for the future will
be slow, but they will be constructive
and after all this is what counts
Both Mr. Jobson and Mr. Jones
spoke at the recent Durham meeting
of the North Carolina sectiton of the
American Waterworks Association.
Both of them wrote that they were
deeply impressed at the progressive
ness and accomplishments in North
Carolina.
U. S. Branch Bank to Open Decem
ber I.
Charlotte, Nov. 17—W. T. Clem
ents, cashier of the branch of the
Federal Reserve Bank, to be opened
here, arrived here today from Rich
mond to assume his duties and an
nounced that the branch will open on
December 1. Hugh Loach managing
director, is expected to arrive here
within a week. They both come from
Richmond.
Churches complain that they are
unable to obtarin competent organists,
since the motion-picture theaters with
the offer of larger salaries obtain tfic
best of these musicians.
[ > ® r 4 an <l Leon Flynn, chief of
the Greer department, were also in
jured but not seriously. Two other
persons whose names were not ob
tained were slightly injured.
damage was estimated at $50,-
000. The building was occupied by
the McClellan 5 and 10 Cent Store,
and a pressing club. The fire or
iginated in the pressing club.
The aid of trucks from the Green
ville fire department was obtained to
help bring the flames under control.
For a while it seemed that an entire
block in the main business section
was threatened.
work for them.
It seems that the majority of the
book publishers prefer to retain the
State Depository as the principal
means of distributing the textbooks
over the statei, rather than for the
publishers to attempt to distribute
the books directly to the 100 coun
ties and to several different dealers in
these counties. For instance, the
publishers would much rather sell a
SI,OOO order direct to the State De
pository here in Raleigh at a 10 per
ceht, discount, rather than go to the
trouble and expense of making up and
shipping ten or fifteen different or
ders, and making collections on these
orders, since the expenses in many
cases might exceed this 10 per cent.
One book company, however, is con
tending that it can distribute its
books to the county depositories and
dealers direct at less expense than
it can through the State Depository,
and for the time being is holding up
a complete agreement on this ques
tion. However, to get around this,
the board of education may make it
optional with publishers as to wheth
er they distribute their books through
the State Depository, or direct to
the dealers. However, it is expected
that this optional clause will be vig
orously l opposed by the Raleigh de
pository, since it might mean a big
loss to it, since if the publisher found
they could distribute their books at
a cost of less than 10 per cent., they
might cease to use the depository, and
thus greatly reduce its business.
There is also- some disagreement as
to the type of contract which is to
be executed, and as to whether it will
continue to be a contract quotlngAb®
retail prices of the books to the chil
dren, as at present, or a wholesale
contract, plus a 10 per cent, charge
for handling, ' which will make the
selling price to the children. " How
ever the majority of the members of
of the board of education seem to pre
fer the contract with fES~ retail prices
fixed, so that there may be no doubt
as to the prices at which the books
are to be sold to the children.
It is hoped that all the details can
be ironed out this week and the final
form of the contract decided upon
within the next few days..
SEEK WET PLANK
IN PARTY PLATFORM
Association Against Prohibition An
nounces Intentions.
Washington, Nov. 20. —Insertion
into the political platform of at
least one of the political parties in the
1928 presidential election of a plank
for a national referendum on the pro
hibition question, will be strived for
by the Association against the pro
hibition amendment. “Such an event,”
the Association said today in a
statement, “will give the people an
opportunity to declare themselves on
the most vital N issue facing the na
tion since the slavery controversy
which led up to the Civil War. In
cidentally the result may convince
even the mo6t ardent professional
“dry” that the “huge majority of the
nation’s citizenry in favor of prohibi
tion exists only in their distorted
imaginations.”
MRS. I. B. MILLER DEAD.
Widow of Former Mayor ot Albe
marle Dies Suddenly.
Albemarle, Nov. 20.— :r M ( rs. I- B.
Miller, widow of Ira B. Miller* who
for a number of years was mayor
of Albemarle, died here today in the
home of her son, Ernest Miller. Mrs.
Miller had been sick for only a few
days and her death was unexpected.
Mrs. Miller leaves one son, Eniest
Miller, of Albemarle, and Tour
daughters, Charles Rowe, of
Newton, Mrs. Hurbert Tyler of
Goldsboro, Mrs. Ray Hendley of Ba
din, and Mrs. L. S. Spence of In
dianapolis, Ind.
The funeral will be held in Albe
marle tomorrow afternoon.
Denies There Is Vast Horde Os Arm
ed Soldiers In Europe.
London. Nov. 19— Sir Laming
Worthington-Evans who has neict
half a dozen cabinet positions, in n
newspaper interview today comp’ains
of a recent statement by former pre
mier Lloyd George and widely repeat
ed since by newspapers and politi
cians that Europe has 10,000,000
trained men under arms.
Sir Laming asserts that the latest
authoritative figures show that there
are not more than 3,502,0Q0 including
the Russian red army of 1.124,000.
On the other hand, according to Sir
Laming r more than 5.000,000 men
were under arms in Europe in 1914.
The baronet protests that the cause
of disarmament, which Lloyd George
professes to have at heart, is injured
by such sensational statements.
If there were only three persons
in the world one of them would be a
leader.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1927."
HENRY FORD TALKS 1
ABOUT CONDITIONS
THROUGHOUT WORLD
Says He Fears World War
Not Last One For World
—Sees Great Advance
Soon For Aviation.
PRAISES JEWS
FOR THEIR WORK
Thinks Russia and China
Will Grow as People are
Given Work and Better
Living Conditions.
New York, Nov. 21.— i/P) —Herman
Berstein, editor, who recently with
drew a $200,000 libel suit against
Henry Ford, after the latter had apol
ogized for anti-Jewish articles in his
Dearborn Independent, today made
public an interview with him in which
the automobile manufacturer dis
cussed a wide variety of subjects.
Mr. Ford believes that airplanes
carrying 200 passengers will be in
general use in five or ten years. He
fears the World War was not the Hist.
He foresees the rise of Rhssia and
China through work. He praised Jew
ish enterprise, and said the Jews de
serve much credit because they spur
others to work harder.
Mr. Ford spoke highly of Herbert
Hoover, describing him as a man of
extraordinary constructive achieve
ment. He believes he would make
an ideal President.
Unemployment and idleness breed
war and revolutionists, the motor
manufacurer told Bernstein at De
troit, in urging hard work as the
agent for peace and progress. Term
ing work “the only salvation of the
world today,” Ford asserted “Ger
many is one of the best examples of
a nation getting on its feet again af
ter a dreadful catastrophe. I be
lieve that Russia will also come into
her own. China will also adjust her
self.”
“The Jews,” Mr. Ford declared,
“are achieving things everywhere be
cause they work hard.”
U. D. C. TO MEET IN HOUSTON.
Texas Wins Over Other Bidders for
1928 Convention—Durham Youth
Wins Baruch Prize.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 18. —A mass
of routine work remaining on the
schedule caused delegates to the an
nual convention of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy to epeed their
program somewhat today in an effort
to clear the calendar before adjourn
ment tomorrow night.
The selection of Houston, Texas, as
the 1928 meeting place was followed
by a mass of detail work throughout
the day which necessitated three busi
ness sessions during the day.
Miss Katie Daffan, armed with a
large number of telegram from the
mayor and other city officials, extend
ed the invitation of Houston and urg
ed the members to carry the conven
tion west of the Mississippi to aid ex
pansion of the organization in that
direction.
A courtesy invitation from Chicago
was declined with thanks.
The work of a young college stu
dent and instructor, Jesse T. Carpen
ter, of Durham, N. C., was today
awarded the Mrs. Simon Baruch uni
versity prize- of SI,OOO dollars for the
best paper on a topic of southern
thought, history .or politics.
Young Carpenter graduated from
Trinity college, not Duke univereity,
in 1920, took his master’s degree at
lowa university in 1925 and later be
gan post graduate study at Harvard.
RED CROSS HAS
BIG JOB AHEAD
1,500 Persons Added to List of Those
Being Cared For.
Washington, Nov. .18. —Approxi-
mately 1,500. persons were added to
the long list of disaster victims look
ing to the Red Cross for aid as a re
sult of yesterday’s tornada in Wash
ington and neighboring communities
in, Virginia and Maryland.
This announcement. was made to
night by the relief organization,
which added that 60,000 persons were
now being eared for as a result of
five recent disasters—l7,ooo victims
of the Mississippi Flood, 30,000 St-
Louis tornado sufferers, 8,000 home
less and sick from England
Flood, and 2,000 who felt the effects
of the Pittsburgh gas tank explosion.
The Washington tornado, it said, sent
the total to around the 60,000 mark.
Not only is the Red Cross still
providing general relief to 17,000
sufferers of the Mississipp Flood, but
it is serving 60,000 meals a day in
the effected region.
Undernourishment Predisposes Tuber
culosis.
Sanatorium, Nov. 18. —Undernour-
ishment predisposes tuberculosis in
both children and adults. Any steps
leading to tb« discovery and proper
treatment of undernourishment in
children and adults contribute to the
prevention of- tuberculosis.
The clinical symptoms of childhood
tuberculosis follow closely the .symp
toms produced by malnutrition.
Chronic fttigue in children also fol
lows closely the symptoms of under
nourishment.
Undernourishment causes bad pos
ture in children, because the muscles
are too weak to hold the various parts
of the body erect. Bow-legs and knock
knees are the results of . faulty nutri
tion. Normally nourished children ac
casionally have tuberculosis but the
number of undternourished children
who have the disease are greatly in
excess of those who are normally
nourished.
* Watch your child and yourself, and
see that you keep both yourself and
your child well nourished.
Socialists Elected
Socialists will hold ths rains fop
four years In Reading, Pa. J. Henry
Stump, clgarmaker and socialist
newspaperman, was elected mayor
of Reading, and swept the entire
Socialist ticket into office with him,
PROCLAMATION BY
GOVERNOR McLEAN
— l
Sets Aside Thursday as Day of
Thanksgiving in North Carolina.
The Tribune Bureau j
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Nov. 21. —In order that
the people of North Carolina may
continue to enjoy the prosperity
which has been theirs for the past
year and not lose sight of the good
ness of Divine Providence which has
made it possible, Thursday, Novem
ber 24th, was today formally set
saide as a day of Thanksgiving for
the people of North Carolina in a
proclamation by Governor A. W. Mc-
Lean.
The people of the state have pros
pered materially in the past year, the
governor calls to mind, but these
gains can never be made permanent
unless the people realize their de
pendence upon Almighty God and by
so doing give their material advance
ment a material interpretation.
“So let us approach this day of
Thanksgiving in a spirit of humility
and with earnest simplicity, return
hearty thanks to the Great Giver for
the things He has done for us during
the past year, forgetting not to in
voke guidance for the future, that we
may not fall into the error of self
reliance,” the governor continued.
The* full text of the proclamation
follows:
Whereas, through paths of peace
and prosperity a benign Providence
has once again led us to that season
of the year when we should lay aside
our worldly pursuits and turn our
attention to public and private de
votions, designed to give expression
of our gratitude to God for the many
blessings He has seen fit to bestow
upon us;
• Now, therefore, I, Angus W. Mc-
Lean,. Governor of North Carolina,
conforming to the time-honored cus
tom which had its beginning soon af
ter our forefathers landed upon this
continent and has become a part of
our national life, hereby proclaim and
set apart Thursday, November the
24th, as Thanksgiving Day and call
upon the people of North Carolina
to accord it due and reverent observ
ance.
We have prospered materially. The
spiritual life of our people has been
advanced during the past year. Edu
cationally we have moved forward;
we have not turned a deaf ear to
those in need, and for every kind act,
individually and collectively, God has
blessed us. We have not been vis
ited by flood or famine or pestilence.
I trust ithat our progress shall con
tinue that we may become a still
greater State. But, let us not for
get that our gains can never be per
manent unless we realize our depend
ence upon Almighty God and by so 4
doing give our material advancement
a spiritual interpretation. We must
satisfy ourselves that our foundations
are sure and avoid the accumulation
of wealth and prestige for selfish pur
poses ; otherwise, our material assets
will become moral liabilities.
Let us approach this day of Thanks
giving in a spirit of genuine humility
and, with earnest simplicity, return
hearty t thanks to the Great Giver for
the things He has done for us the
past year, forgetting not to invoke
guidance for the future, that we jnay
not fall into the error of self-reliance.
Let us avoid mere semblance and
pretense, realizing that no people can
prosper without true religion—not
secterianism nor dogmatism, but the
principles of brotherly love, which we
mst apply to our daily conduct if we
are to contribute toward making the
world a better place in which to live.
On the day appointed, therefore,
let us suspend all unnecessary busi
ness and render our devotion to God,
in the home,*in the clfcurch, or wherev
er we may chance to be. - Let genu
ine gratitude be the guiding spirit of
our conduct on that day, for we have
much for which to be thankful. I
shall not attempt to enumerate the
blessings of the past year. Each
individual should search his own life
and determine the measure of his per
sonal obligations to his Creator, and
then join with his friends and neigh
bors in giving expression to Almighty
God.
Done in our capital city of Raleigh
on this, the nineteenth day of No
vember, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty
seven, and in the one hundred and
fifty-first year of our American in
dependence.
ANGUS W. McLEAN, Governor.
Mr. and Mm. L. O. Stevens and
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Livesey, of Char
lotte, were guests Sunday of Mrs. W.
D. Harry.
C. M. West has entered the Char
lotte Sanatorium for treatment.
Blood Shed Ii ' olorado
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RELATIVE OF THE
GOLDEN GOOSE
E. M. Bost, negro of No. 2
township, has no golden goose, but
he has, apparently, the nearest re
lation of that,mythical web-footed
domesticated bird—this goose laid
an egg greater in size than a stan
dard baseball.
As Bost Baid: “Why, Boss, die
yar egg would las’ a week wid
.ham, if de ham could be got.” The
negro’s statement in the whole is
not exaggerated. Another thing
Bost%ays about his goose: “She’s
de furst I ever saV lay eggs at dis
season of de yar.”
The poultry experts will have to
decide this question.
NON-SUIT JUDGMENT IN
DEMPSEY-KEARNS CASE
Trial Halted When Counsel Told the
Judge Justice Was Not Possible in
the Case.
Newark, N. J., Nov. 21.—<#)—De
fense charges ’of attempted tampering
with justice on the part of Jack
Dempsey brought an end today to
Jack Kearns’ $333,333.33 court action
against Dempsey.
Both sides agreed to ending the
case by a voluntary non-suit after
Judge Runyon had told the defense
who wanted the trial to go on, that
the only alternative would be a mis
trial.
Just before Judge Runyon issued
his ultimatum, the court was thrown
into an uproar by George L. (Tex)
Rickard, who so resented a remark
of Kearns’ counsel that the promoter
had boasted of paving the case “in
the bag” that he called the lawyer
“a contemptible liar” in open court.
All the charges of “influence” were
made by Arthur Sager, chief counsel
for Kearns, who seeks damage on a
contract made when he was the for
mer boxing champion’s manager.
Sager complained about a three-day
adjournment last week, granted be
cause Arthur Driscoll, Dempsey’
chief counsel, had said he was sick.
He charged Driscoll with faking
sickness so that Dempsey might have
time to stump the State, beating up
public sentiment for himself, and that
“the sinister shadow of George L.
Rickard, Dempsey’s spiritual adviser,
might be cast over the court.”
“Your Hbnor,” Sager pleaded, “if
you do not call a halt to this trial,
such a scandal--will develop as will
make the kentities or the Burns de
tectives in the Fall-Sinelair action
smell like attar of roses.”
REMUS MJJST STICK
TO THE PLAIN FACTS
Will Not Be Allowed to Give Emotion
al Review of His Life.
Cincinnati, Nov. 21.— UP) —The
emotion elaboration of the history of
his recent life which George Remus
had planned to lay before the jury in
his murder trial was barred today
from his opening statement.
When Walter K. Sibbald, assistant
prosecutor, arose to make the State's
opening statement, Judge Chester R.
Shook ruled:
“Each side will be limited to two
hours. Each side will make a plain
statement of its case. There will be no
emotion, and no argument. There will
be a simple statement of the facts
that the evidence will bring out.”
Sibbald’s, 6 feet 4 inches tall, and
with a voice that rivalled Remus’s
roar, asserted that the state would not
only prove the first ’ degree murder
charge upon which it asks Remus to
be electrocuted, but that there were
others equally guilty, “members of
Remus’ gang” and added:
“The state will show that in pre
paring and planning and carrying out
this murder, Remus had assistance and
encouragement of others.”
It would be hown that on the night
of October sth, Remus went to the
hotel where Mrs. Remus was staying
to kill her, said Sibbald. Mrs. Remus
was shot to death October 6.
Charles M. Elston, associate coun
sel with Remus, interrupted the as
sistant prosecutor’s talk to gain a
ruling from Judge Shook that Sib
bald should not say “murder.”
t >
Absent-Minded One Wins Prize.
Chicago, Nov. 20. —A stout man
who refused to reveal his name yes
terday laid claim to a place in the hall
of fame alongside all absentminded
professors of funny story fame.
He approached the lost and found
department of a downtown hotel
where he was a guest and mumbled
to a sympathetic lady attendant some
thing that sounded like “Losh falsbe
teesh.” .
She delved into a collection of mis
cellany and fished out a set of fglse
teeth, uppers and the lowers, com
plete,
“Isn’t it funny?” he remarked
after finding that they fit, “I never
missed them until I ordered lunch.”
Couple Prefer Death to Parting.
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 20. —A hus
band’s devotion to *his wife sent Mr.
and Mrs. Charles N. Neumann to
death, arjp in arm, in the waters of
Creek Lake, near here. As they were
inseparable in 20 years of married
life, the prospect that a nervous
breakdown suffered a few months ago
by Mrs. Neuman might make a part
ing necessary, caused them to seek
death together yesterday in the lake
they had visited many time on outings.
Their bodies were recovered today.
Lady Blanche Be res ford, whotse
wedding / was a brilliant event in
Westminister -Cathedral the other
day. evidently does not believe in the
“unluckiness’ of peacocks, for pea
cock brooches were worn by her nine
bridesmaids
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance
Three Strikers Known to
Have Been Killed and
More Than Score Injur
ed in the Fighting.
POLICEMAN^FTRED
ON L W. W. MEN
Officers of the Coal Com
pany Had Issued Warn
ing That Guards Would
Shoot to Kill.
Denver, 0010., Nov. 21. — UP) —First
blood was shed in the I. W. W. coal
strike in Colorado early today, when
the State policemen fired on several
hundred strikers who stormed the Col
umbine Mine of the Rocky Mountain
Fuel & Iron Company, thirty miles
north of Denver.
Three strikers were known to have
been killed and more than a score
were injured. Strikers asserted that
from seven to ten had been slain, but
this could not be verified. Many of
the State officers were injured.
Governor W. H. Adams ordered
dut part of the Colorado National
Guards and declared martial law in
the coal fields of northern Colorado.
Troops were on their way to the
Columbine Mine when the governor
signed an order shortly before 10 a.
ra., giving the national guard absolute
authority in the strike district.
The casualties were the first since
the I. W. W. called a strike in the
Colorado coal fields October 18th.
Warnings had been issued by oP
ficials of the fuel company, operators
of the mine, that any attempt by the
strilters to invade the property would
be met by gun fire.
Nearly 600 strikers gathered out
side the mine about 5 a. m. They
were met at the gates by the chief of
the State law enforcement depart
ment, and a dozen of his men.
The strikers weVe commanded to
halt, but surged through the entrance
and engaged in hand to hand conflict
with the guards.
Guns were wielded by the polioe,
but they were overwhelmed. The
strikers used rocks, clubs and knives|
The officers rallied and withdrew
to take up a new position. As the
strikers approached the officers warn
ed them, to stop, and fired shots over
their heads. The advance was con
tinued, and the State officers levelled
their guns directly into the ranks of
the invaders and opened fire. After
nearly a score had dropped, the strik
ers fled through the gates.
One of the injured was a man
clothed in a woman’s dress.
Responsibility for the , deaths of
those killed rests squarely on the strik
ers themselves, Governor Adams de
clared in a formal statement.
“Chief Louis Scherf of the State law
enforcement squad, had every patience
with the advancing strikers, and he or
dered his men to fire only when it ap
peared that his own life and those of
his deputies were in jeopardy,” the
governor said.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Prices Were Irregular at Opening of
the Market Today.
New York, Nov.. 21. — UP) —Stock
prices were irregular at the opening
of the market today. New highs were
attained at the start by International
Paper and Calumet & Arizona up 2
and 1 points, respectively, while Atch
ison and Baldwin opened a point or
so higher. Allied Chemical had an
initial loss of 1 1-2.
Hanger Striker Given Freedom.
Raleigh, Nov. 20.—Thanksgiving
Day this season will have a greater
significance to Walter Lewie, 15, of
Berwyn, Md., than any other holi
day of his life.
Serving a thirty-day sentence for
vagrancy, Lewis late yesterday was
paroled by Governor McLean. His
older brother was expected here to
day to take him home to his parents,
twin brother and seven sisters.
Clemency was requested for Lewis
by Senator Tydings, of Maryland, who
enlisted the aid of Senator Simmons,
of North Carolina, in securing Gov
ernor McLean’s investigation of the
case,
Lewis was said to be a victim of
wanderlust, had ran away from home
and while returning was arrested on
Raleigh streets for vagrancy.
With Our Advertisers.
Rice, coffee and sugar at unusually
low prices are being offered by Cline
& Moose. Notice the prices given in
their advertisement in today’s issue.
Coats so all kinds and at attractive
prices for ladies and children at
Efird’s. See new ad today.
See the ad. of Yorke & Wadsworth
in regard to the new Atwater Kent
radio, coming soon. It requires no
batteries at all. Hooks on light socket.
Belk’s will be closed Thanksgiving
Day. Shop early. Union Suits at
79c, 98c and $1.25. All sizes. Also
sizes for boys at 50c to 89c. Ses ad.
Ivey’s has a foot expert at their
store today to examine your feet free.
See the ad. and visit the store.
Coolidge’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
Criticized.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 20.-*—Presi
dent Coolidge’s Thankgiving procla
mation was criticized in two Memphis
churches today for lacking due hnmili
tj.
Rev. H. F. Waring, Unitarian, and
Rev. Robert George, Congregational
ist both found fault with the wording
of the document, but Mr. Warning
added that other presidential state
ments had counterbalanced it and Mr.
George said that it was “neverthe
less, an unusually good document.”
Health is better than wealth—be
cause no one tries to borrow it.
10,899,182 BALES -
OF COTTON GINNED
TO NOVEMBER 14TH
Total For Year Is. More
Than Two Million Bales
Under Total at Same
Date Last Year.
THIS STAJEHAS
675,407 BALES
The Condition of Crop on
November 14th Indicates
Total Crop of 12,842,000
Bales.
a.
Washington, Nov. 21.——Cotton
of this year's crop ginned prior to
November 14th, the census bureau an
nounced oday, totalled 10,899,182
bales, including 401,06 round bales
counted as half bales, and excluding
linters. t: ■"
Ginnings to November 14th last
year totalled 12,958,444 bales, includ
ing 427,323 round bales; and in 1925
they totalled 12,260,360 bales, includ
ing 218,288 round bales.
This year’s crop, as indicated by
the condition November 14 has been
estimated by the department of agri
culture at 12,842,000 equivalent 500-
pound bales. Last year 72.1 per
cent, of the crop had been ginned to
November 14th, while in 1925 gin
nings to that date represented 76.0
per cent, of the crop.
Ginnings to November 14 in North .
Carolina were 766,407 bales; in Vir
ginia, 16,458; and in South Carolina,
656,240 bales.
THE COTTON MARKET. J. :
Opened Firm Today at an Advance
of 37 to 66 Points on Active Cover
ing and Buying.
New York, Nov. 21.— UP) —The cot
ton market opened firm today at an
advance of 37 to 66 points on active
covering and fresh buying inspired by
the census report showing 10,899,182
bales ginned prior to November 14th,
this year, as compared with 12,956,-
444 to the same date last season.
These figures were below the expec
tations of local traders who had been
talking ginnings around or slightly
above 11,000,000 bales, and were evi
dently regarded as tending to confirm
the smaller estimates of the crop.
January sold up to 20.00 and May
to 20.45, net advances of 60 to 68
points on active months, but the hith
er prices seemed to attract some
southern selling as well ad realizing,
and the early bulge was followed by
quick reactions of 20 to 25 points.'
The volume of business subsided
later, but the market held steady on
future buying promoted by the bullish
interpretation of the ginning figures.
At midday January was selling around
19:88, with the general market show
ing net advances of 46 to 48 points.
Cotton futures opened firm. Dec.
19.65 to 19.75; Jan. 19.74-92; March
20.20-30; May 20.42; July 20.23.
Cotton Up $3 Per Bale.
New York, Nov. 21.«— UP) —Cotton
prices advanced more than $3 a bale
on the New York Cotton Exchange
today, on the government’s ginning re
port showing smaller figures than had
been generally anticipated and tend
ing to confirm the smaller estimate
of the crop. Trading was very ac
tive ht the start, March selling up to
20.30 per pound.
SAYS PRESIDENT NOT
A FRIEND OF FARMER
Hull Comments On “Repudiation” of
Report Recommending Tariff Re
vision.
Washington, Nov. 20. —President
Coolidge “spoke the language and
philosophy of the tariff protected
manufacturer” wheft he “repudiated”
recommendations for a revision of the
tariff, Representative Hull, Demo
crat, Tennessee, charged today.
The recommendations were made
recently by a business men’s commis
sion headed by Charles Nagel, forme*
Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
By opposing any revision of tint
tariff, Mr. Hull said the President
invited the question whether in hi*
opinion there could ever be a situa
tion in which he would favor a re
duction in the tariff on certain pro
ducts under which he charged “cer
tain monopolies” were earning enor
mous dividends.
In “repudiating” the Nagel report*
Mr. Hull said the President “un
questionably was not speaking to*
agriculture, because almost every in
telligent person agrees that agricul
ture suffers enormously greater loss
es than it derives from the tariff.” •
Seventh Woman Takes Seat in thi
English Parliament.
London, Nov. 20.—Lady Iveach,
successful candidate in the recent
Southend election to fill the seat in
the commons vacated by her husband
when he was elevated to the house of
lords, is losing no time in getting into
parliamentary action. She takes bst
seat tomorrow morning, making tb«
seventh woman member of parliament.
Lady Ivtach is the twenty-second
member of her family to sit in com
mons. Commenting on her eleciiion to
day, she declared that aside from
politics, “the voters proves Southend
people at least have confidence that a
wife may represent them as faithful
ly as her husband.”
Since seeing Is believing, tflere la
little wonder people believe in the
modern girl.
in
Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight
and Tuesday; light variable winds by>
coming moderate southerly, j
NO. 41