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fc CONTINUES;
B. Hwwr I I'Din hi
■ H<* ( ame As
■ j-ier '' And
Couii'i‘l In C ase
Is sTI IHKS
i-gv ( ARLi - 1 LI A
l Court Room Be
■ indue Arrived—
ties To Ri'i‘ Him
■S Character.
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I u;|v I'll for
I ii.i'li-r i.'isil.
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■ inif friend
■ .lifomlant in
■ :1 n it- for court
I A v;i'i i lie mine lo
Bp ~ | i ,i,trader, and
H :i v a nattorney
. > I'.uU coininis
■ came to tes-
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■p ' f,iriii<T ia ini' ipal court
KL !»,.;rz\' 1 ■ -1 nT. nr-
KV,, ]l,.o:iii. lawyers.
■j n , , n S. Merger.
■ ;,’r ami Inyhooil
K , [■■ •! iti» < 1 revival
K„.nvi:. - rulaeions hits of •
I navvcil to Ki'Ullis. ■
n action* which
Ewh-ltiilc K'Tium was insane
8,.. i.iiil kili'-ii l.is estranged
■, , j,;,. la>t 11. sober ftth.
B«ini' in;., curl ten min
■u^|Uij-, (’ii<-ier R. Shook
■ ,1;, ml '■eeimsl to j
Ktiiiie 'r■ i* 1> mg tlie jury, his 1
Kvj f r „iM ihue to timc. and j
I u ,■!: hi*. in.m rimmed :
Bi(<-::. :•> v' ; ..iiclici| far down in
B i«ro'i| ami talked in
H .f 1 :uT:I cr - Komola
>r t!ic trial to pro-
B of <• mrt. Remus
B, Amir Honor, i
B’>i" \oii and the jury
Hgpa.mu cmiuct of y ester-
Mu. !•••'(...: and Ifemus
■ -t.-!:e.l Mir lit ]y and
Hr.} :-:rri,*i- display of enm-
H Harry Triiesilale raced
H> rr:i.;>::ii|>-r ...f his murder
■ K- r!ie afternoon
Hot mi:, v.ii.ai ii crept into
Hi :hat jii-r. 1 ::»rIn- was l>eing
H Mr. Hi ina* i iiat if his wife
Hi so! "f woman. to double
B ami in m kill him. that
I li'i'iln riie -aim- to me.”
I -Tory to Rem
■ : R'-i. a- i.ad a n outburst
I I li.nl i.ad m > elm nee to
■ If 111 >ee him lonigjit
■ a-.. ’ " li. 1 'lhuesdale.
■ a !li-i{ ;i v a witness
BfW"!! i i-.is- examination
PRI'H MW HA
I TO MK Y ICO CITY
stalls l initial o ;ml to Have
Imitation to Him.
i-':!-.. ! It. S (/P)- Till*
n w:i.- ;n|vised today
in Mrxic,, City 11ii
ir I’ l ' l iiit < 'all**- had
mvitat;>>n to < '<>l. ('has. |
ltTsr '‘ ,n !iiak<- a non-stop j
\„rk t j, Mexico ( ty. '
; "rti'i.ds would not dits- |
flirt h*-f than to say i
’ a government
'‘Him-. I*-rift every assist-
Lutilixi-gli if In* de
>itoli a flight.
. ar, ‘ “"t permitted to cross
'■ '‘idler government ex
.r»! I‘" ! mission, blit it was
r I.milo-r-j.ii would not en
difficult ies_
j. :l|v lacking., it ap
“ Wn «ili he some time
■fV Up
1 n-akev it possible j
.l , !l ’ * may extend his '
Me\ ico C : ty or pos-
Mtfel
1 I!:|S *‘ Sails For Home. :
V 1 X r - Dec 8- -Dr.
president of the,
J .Nurth Carolina, who'
•“hat-oi.e f,-,r tin* last six,
f absence, is on
tir'c **'' •»i l‘*tl yesterday
liner ].a Salle,
1 hdeatis Decent-
I ’ ii
s ''Mae’ed in Chapel ;
‘•i.n.i j .\l ls . Chase and]
H will remain in
1 1 ‘'"'litlts longer.
LJ' f ’ i! . llir ' ret urn will be his
I's! ' 'iil.iuitted to the
!ft of January.
1 s hMk On Increased
tP j|Vldp "« l Basis
i s '&)—Common
rd- ,1 ‘ * 1 Railway company
ii increased an
fij x~ ’ ". i:M "f $S a share,
Hi y ' ]’ :i .quarterly dis
•it a re. payable
\ “''l'l'Ts of record Jan
% n lt , quarterly of
V Wj, . |,p re,l also was an
' •hunni ry 16 to
'' nd December 27.
THE CONCORD TIMES
J- B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Graham Looks Forward To Dinner
With “Capt. Jesus” After Death
The Tribune Bureau.
„ ... s *r Walter Hotel.
Knewli. 1n..-, S. ••I Be soin .
ra, ,' linl "' r "Hi, cam. Jmiis tomorrow
-rlhey never put u man boliine the
bars up there."
So it is that with his mind fixed
unswervingly upon spiritual things.
:ind a land that is fairer than dav."
Ileelur G rah a rn. big Hoke county
negro who is |i> die in the electric
chair tomorrow morning for the inur
(!er of Captain Paul Johnson, war
veteran «>t Hoke county, is facing his
fate with a smile, because of the
faith that is in his soul.
Still protesting his innocence of
the premeditated murder of Captain
Johnson, and claiming that he killed
him only in self defense. Graham
says that he is "ready to go." He
is fearless Os death in the new-found
faith that is his now.
I' don t make any difference
whether you are white or black to
■li >nv. Hector said, "and everybody
gels a si|iiare deal up there. This
THREE TIMES AS
MANY BIRTHS AS
DEATHS IN CITY
\ * ta l Statistics Report Shows
40 Births and 11 Deaths
in Month.—Total For the
Year Is Given.
More than three as many births
were reported in Concord in Novem
ber as deaths, and the total for the
year has been about the same, ac
cording to figures compiled hv \V. M.
Sherrill, registrar of vital statistics
for Concord.
During November. the report
shows. -40 births were reported, and
tor ,tlie same month there were only
11 deaths reported to the registrar.
Mr. Sherrill's report explains that
the births were reported by only five
of the city s physicians, indicating
that the total probably would have
shown even greater figures had all
of the physicians reported. The
deaths were reported by yiree un
dertaking establishments and no
doubt are complete as these are the
only funeral homes in the city.
Fur the first eleven months of the
year, ending November .‘{oth. the re
port shows. STS births have been re
porter! as against 147 deaths. This
is art average of about 51 birtns a
month and 15 deaths.
So far fewer births and deaths
have been reporter! during the second
six months as compared with the
first half of the year. If the record
of the first six months is reached 40
births and 22 deaths must be report
ed iu December. The former figure
may be reached but it is unlikely
that the latter will be.
During the first six months 00
deaths and 102 births were reported,
and while there has been no marked
decrease in births during the second
half of the year, there has been a
rather marked decrease in deaths,
with the result that the total for the
second half of the year is not ex
pected to reach that of the first half.
Heart diseases accounted for 4 of
the 11 deaths reported in November,
this total being the highest for any
one malady. Two deaths were (•.•ttts
ed by pneumonia and two front ac
cidents. One person was electrocuted
and another died from shock after
being attacked by a cow.
The second pellegra death of the
year was reported, the victim being a
(5-year-old negro girl. Measles re
sulted in one death and there was
one Tstill birth reported during the
months. Five tailored iiersons were
among the 11 and 4 of the eleven
were males.
Os the 40 births reported-during
the month 23 were of male children
this being about the margin of ad
vantage enjoyed by the male sex
throughout the year. Eleven of the
40 were colored, this being the largest
number of colored children reported
any month since July.
Two illegitimate children .were re
ported during the month, one being
white and one colored.
Honor Roll of White Hall School.
The honor roll of White Hall school
for the second month follows:
First grade —Murlin Barbee, Law
rence Bresson, Hay Kiser, James
Shoe and Geneva Howard.
Second grade—Eupheinia Arthui.
Leola Lowder and R. P. Arthur. Jr.
Third grade—Yyonnie Walters.
Geneva Graham. Craven Mabery. Ed
gar Barbee, Bunyon Graham. Willard
Miller. Verna Louder. Inez Thomp
son, Mary Lee Ilartsell and Bertie
Ilartsell.
Fourth grad**-—Huy Bar boo and
Edith Shoe. .
Fifth grade—Howard Kiser. Glenn
Kiser. Harry Lee Kiser. Sudie Cor
zine. Fay Babery and Robert Yow.
Sixth grade—Amie CoJey. Margaret
Shoe and Ixds Talbirt.
Steals Three Tons of Coal
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 8. —(IKS)
A hard-working thief pulled a mean
trick on Mrs. Eva Fink here the
other night.
Alarmed over the cold snap, .Mrs.
Fink bought three tons of coal,
which was stored in an old shed be
hind her home.
Next morning the coal was gone.
“He must have worked mighty
hard to haul away three tons in one
night,” say police.
Hear Arguments for Mrs. Montague
Raleigh. Dec. 6.-The Stat* su
preme court today heard arguments
in behalf of Mrs. Anna K. Montague,
Asheville nurse, convicted of slaying
her employer. Mrs. Mary R. Cooper,
and sentenced to from 12 to 20 yen is
in prison.
world, most of it. is prettv rotten
anyway.
Only once did Graham show am
sigus ot weakening when talking with
reporters, and with his relatives,
that was when he looked over at his
wife and three small children, his
sister and brother-in-law-—and as ho
saw their grief and heard their sobs
tears welled up in to his eves for u
moment—but not for long.
His wife and other members of the
family left here this nftcjruoon to re
turn to Hoke county, as they did not
wish to be in Raleigh the day of the
execution. His body, will lie sent to
them there by the State.
< -O first prison officials feared that
Graham might give some trouble,
since he is a powerful men weighing
more than 200 pounds, and more
than six feet tall. Hut in his present
state of mind. in which religu,
thoughts are uppermost, it is not
thought that he will give any trouble,
hut that his faith will carry ».:, n
through the terrible ordeal.
COUNTY AGENT GIVES
REPORT OF WORK FOR
PAST TWELVE MONTHS
R. D. Goodman Travelled
11.081 Miles on Official
Duty.—Held Conferences
With 3,029 Farmers.
Fulfilling the duties of his office
during the fiscal year just ended re
paired County Agent it. I). Goodman
to travel 11.081 miles, almost equal
to half the distance around the world.
This is revealed in the summary of
the county agent’s work for the fis
cal year, ending November 20th.
Mr. Goodman was in the field 225
days and in the office 70 days. He
held conferences with .‘5.020 farmers,
and answered 1.700 telephone calls.
Visits in the country carried the
agent to 74.7 farms, and 2.’l lield
meetings.
During the year 40 specialists and
county agents visited Mr. Goodman
regarding work. These experts were
proficient in many phases of the ag
ricultural industry, conducting in
many instances special demonstration
meetings.
In the vaccination of 1,805 hogs
the sum of 8500.58 was ox |tended for
serum, ithe report shows. Two hun
dred head of cattle were dehorned.
The comity agent supervised this
work as well as sponsoring the co
operative wool sale, and aiding Ca
barrus farmers to secure 10.500
pounds of government explosives.
The agent’s summary follows :
Days in field 225
Days in office 70
Conferences 5.020
Telephone calls 1.700
Letters written SSO
Farms visited 745
Field meetings 25
Community and other meetings
held and attended 55
Miscellaneous meetings 25
Hogs vaccinated 1.805
Cattle dehorned ' 200
Acres terraced 050
Farm buildings planned ........ 10
Miles traveled 11,081
The report of Mr. Goodman was
presented to the board of county Com
missioners Monday, tin* hotly express
ing its compliments to excellent work
of the agent.
Lindbergh Has Close Call; Ilis Plane
Damaged.
Hasbroucks Heights, N. J.. Dec.
5. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
narrowly escaped injury today when
one of the wheels to his Spirit of
St. Louis, struck ii hole and tilted
the plane sufficiently to damdge the
propeller at the Teterboro Airport,
according to information from the
Gates F.ying Circus company.
Lindbergh was taxiing across the
field, ready to leave, when the acci
dent occurred according to company
officials. They believed that if the
hole had been slightly deeper, the
plane might have been thrown over.
Whether Lindberg’s plane had been
repaired so that be could resume his
flight was not learned.
Irregular Price Movements Occurred
At Opening of The Market Today
New York. Dec. 9. —OP)—lrregular
price movements occurred at the j
opening of the stock market today, j
with the more important stocks tend
ing downward. National biscuit which
had a 10 point jump yesterday, open
ed 5 1-2 points lower, while United
States Steel, Western Maryland, and
Calumet and Arizona were off a point
or so at the outset. Atlantic Coast
Line opened about 1 1-2 higher.
Six Hurt In Wreck
Atlanta, Dee. 6. —Six men were se
riously injured, 1 probably fatally,
when the locomotive an.il 12 cars on
an Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
freight train left the tracks near hero
shortly after midnight today, starting
a blaze from derailed gasoline tank
ears that for a time threatederi to
destroy the entire train.
Kid well Case I'p Again.
Washington, Dec. *6.—CP)—Edward
j. Kidwell. known as the talkative
juror in the Fall-Sinelair oil trial,
again was brought into the Sinclair
contempt proceedings today when
counsel for Sheldon Clark, asserted
that the real reason for the oil mis
trial was the approaching of Kid
well by two persons. No action
against these persons has been taken
by the district attorney, he asserted.
Cans of aluminum are now propos
ed to supplant the familiar tin can
used as a comtainer for fruits and
vegetables.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY DECEMBER, 8, 1927.
JURY IN MURDER
CASE NOT AGREED
Court Room. Mays Landing. N.
J.. Dee. 8. —( A *) —Seventeen hours
after the case was placed : n Iheir
hands, the jury in the Lilliendahl
murder trial reported .to the court
today that no verdict had been
reached. The jurors were «-:on!
back to continue their dclibera
lions.
After a night of deliberation the
jury called for breakfast at 0 a
m. today. The usual drift of rum
ors was floating about the court
house; The most persistent was
that the jury stood Ift to 2 for
conviction.
CIVILIZATION AIDED
BY SANITATION SAYS
NOTED GLOBE-TROTTER
W. G. Archer Appeals to the
Rotarians Here to Enforce
Local Cleanliness at Any
Cost.
"Sanitation has been the making of
every great and powerful city since
the world began." said \Y. (J. A reli
ef, globe trotter extraordinary and
former military adviser to the King
of Arabia, in a talk on “Sanitation
and Civilization," made to the mem
bers and guests of the Concord Ro
tary Club at their regular weekly
luncheon yesterday in the civic club
dining room of Hotel Concord.
The speaker declared that sanita
tion and cleanliness were the most
tremendously moral questions ever
known to the world and he appealed
to the Rotarians. in keeping with
their motto, to get behind and stay
behind movements to assure this city
of increased civilization through the
necessary channels of proper sanita
tion.
Taking his listeners on a geogra
phical tour of the world. Mr. Archer
told of pipes and other paraphanalia
he had found in the ruins of am lent
Babylon, authentically proving that
city to have been equipped with a
system of sanitation similar to that
now used in our greatest city, New
York, when it was at the hey-dey of
its power. He told vividly of the re
markable civilization reached by
Rome of the middle ages and attrib
uted it to their ultra-modern meth
ods of keeping filth and disease from
becoming rampant.
in asserting that every particle of
filth in the world is a menace to civi
lization. Mr. Archer said:
"No civilization bo* been destroy
ed since the world began by people
who bathed. All of the great trage
dies and disasters of. history nave
been caused by the unbathed, igno
rant multitudes.
"Foul, grimy peasants, who bathe
perhaps twice in a lifetime were the
cause of the overthrow of and untold
suffering to the Russian nobility.
The constant turmoil in Turkey has
the same basic reason, and, in Mexi
co. death, destruction, revolution, ar
son and crimes too numerous to men
tion" have been caused by lack of
sanitation.”
The speaker declared that the
world moves in cycles and that the
same conditions faced today were
faced centuries ago —that the various
periods of civilization have passed
through tlie identical experiences as
mankind.
Interspersing his talk with humor
ous or pathetic parallels, as the oc
casion demanded, Mr. Archer dis
played a gift of oratory seldom seen.
His closing words, after the manner
of the Arabs whom he learned to
love so well during his two years and
a half with them, were exceedingly
well-chosen, showing the spirit of
Rotary in its fullest meaning.
Prior to the feature address, Pres
ident Byrd called the meeting to or
der and the minutes were read by
R. E. Kidenhour, .Jr., secretary, who
reported that the meeting last week
had had a hundred per cons attend
ance.
W. G. Brown, chairman of the
better citizenship committee, read a
letter from Govefnor A. W. McLean
asking the civic clubs to give all the
possible assistance in aiding ex-pris
oners become worthy and respected
citizens. His committee was instruct
ed to comply with the governor's re
quest in every possible way. .
Station Without Trains
London, Dee. B.—There is an un
derground railway station in London
which, although "no train has ever
passed through it. lias probably held
more valuable'property than any oth
er station in the world. It is where
the Crown Jewels and National Gal
lery paintings were deposited for
safety when the Germans were drop
ping bombs on London during the
war.
This strange station has seventy
feet of standard underground track,
used for teaching engineers and sig
nalmen of the London Cnderground
Railways the intricacies of their
jobs. At one end of, the station is
a large lecture room for sixty pupils,
while regulation signals are installed
along the track. By means ot toy
cars, drivers are taught how t<> avoid
collisions and how to use the electro
pneumatic signal system.
Beginning next Monday night many
of the department and other stores
of the city will remain open each
evening until Christmas in order to
serve the shoppers. The stores -will
likely remain open until 9 or 10
o’clock. Nearer Christmas all stores
, will remain open until late each
night.
Many paupers have lived to be 100
years old. but there is no record of
a multi-mollianaire having attained
that age.
REPUBLICANS WILL
GATHER IN KANSAS
CITY FOR MEETING
In Lons: Fight In Commit
tee Kansas City Won
Over San Francisco,
Wich Started In Lead.
CUT VOTESFROM
NORTH CAROLINA
This State Will Have Two
Less Votes In Next Con
vention—G. O. P. Will
Meet Before Democrats.]
Washington. Dec. N. (A 3 )—The
battle of ballots for a Republican
presidential candidate to succeed
Calvin Coolidge will be waged in the
Civic auditorium of Kansas City, it
was decided by the Republican Na
tional committee late yesterday on
the 20th ballot. Kansas City won
out only after a dogged fight that tit
one time foun<L San Francisco just
4 votes from the victory.
The final vote was: Kansas City
58; San Francisco 50: Detroit 4:
and Chicago 1.
Selection of Tuesday, June 12. for
flic opening day of the meeting made
it appear certain that the Democra
tic convention will follow that of the
Republicans. The Democratic Na
tional committee wiW meet here next
month to select a date,, probably in
the last week of June.
The committee reapportioned the
number of votes each state Will have
in the convention.
Twelve states ate affected by the
change: Alabama. Louisiana and
New York losing, one each; Georgia.
North Carolina <and Virginia losing
2: Arkansas. Oklahoma and Wiscon
sin losing 5; and Tenessee 8; with
Texas and Kentucky each gaining 5.
S. W. THOMAS KILLED
IN ACCIDENT AT KING
D. C. Butner Perhaps Fatally Hurt
XVlieu Freight Train Hits Auto
mobile.
Winston-Salem. Dec. 7.-—S. W.
Thomas, 55. was killed instantly and
D. C. .Butner. 21. was perhaps fatally
injured when an automobile' id"WhiMt
they were riding was struck by an
Atlanta- and Yadkin freight train
at King, 15 miles from here, early
this afternoon.
l.utner was brought to the Law
rence hospital, this city, where it
was reported tonight that his condi
tion is critical, with little chance for
recovery.
Thomas and Butner. it is said
were on route to Winston-Salem,
travelling in Rutner’s automobile.
Butner was driving. They had driv
en only a short distance when they
reached the grade crossing on the
eastern olge rtf town. FMg. if is
believed, prevented the men from ob
serving the approaching train, which
was westbound out of Greensboro for
Mount Airy.
Again After Record
Situ Francisco. I >ec. S. — (A 3 ) —The
spirit of California, tri-motored mon
oplane. took off from Mills Field at
7 :55 a. m. today, on a third attempt
to break the world’s endurance rec
ord by remaining aloft more than 52
hours, 20 minutes. Weather was
said to be favorable for the attempt.
TIIE STOCK MARKET.
Reported by Fenner & Beane.
(Quotations at 1:00 p. m.)
Atchison 194
American Can 09Vs
Allied Chemical 140%
American Smelting 171%
American T. & T. 178
Atlantic Coast Line 190%
Baldwin Locomotive 251
Baltimore & Ohio 118
Bethlehem Steel 53
Chesapeake & Ohio 208 Vi
Chrysler 57%
Corn Products 05
New York Central 160-%
Dupont 311
Erie r 02%
Fleishman 07%
St. Louis-Franeis. R. R. 53%
General Electric 131 %
Gold Dust 73%
General Motors 125%
.General Railway Signal 120%
Houston Oil 150%
Hudson Motors 09%
Mo.-Kans. A: Texas 42*%
Kennecott Copper 80%
Ivans. City Sou. Ry. 02
Liggett & Myers 1 121%
Lorillard 39%
Mack Truck 107%
Mo.-Pacifie, Pfd. 112%
Montgomery-Ward 113
Nash Motors 95%
Packard Motors 52%
Phillips Pete. 1 40%
Producers and Refiners 23%
Reading Railroad 197%
*B" Rey. Tob. Com. 150
Rock Island It. R. 107
Sears Roebuck r 85%
Southern Railway 146%
Stand. Oil of N. J. 39%
Sou. Pacific R. R. 122%
Studebaker Corp. 57
, Tobacco Prodc. 119%
Union Carbine 145%
Wabash Railway 65%
i lYestinghouse Electric C’o. __ 89%
I Wes. Md. R. R. 51 Vi
Yellow Cab and Truck 32%
Woolworth 190
U. S. Steel 139%
Coca-Cola 124
Cold Winds Sweep Dixie
And Send * lercury Down;
ColderY . atherComirig
TONSIL CLINIC HELD \
WEDNESDAY; CHIDRL 1
UNDERGO OPERATIOI
King's Daughters Sponsor
Third Clinic Within Past
Few Weeks —Dozen Have
Tonsils Removed.
'File final of a series of clinics for
the removal of tonsils was held Wed
nesday morning in the office of l>r.
It. B. Rankin under the auspices of
the Concord chapter of the King’s
Daughters. Three indigent children
suffering from tonsilitis, underwent
successful operations. Dr. Rankin
performed the operations while l)r.
D. (J. ('aidwell, head of the Cabur
ins Health department administered
the anesthetics.
Three tonsil clinics have been con
ducted during the past few weeks by
the King's Daughters, twelve chil
dren submitting to operations and
restored to good health. It is proba
ble that the King’s Daughters will
supervise additional clinics during the
year of .1028.
ROMEO PADGETT NOT
TO GET IIIS FREEDOM
Federal Officers In Ohio Revoke His
Parole And Order Him Returned
To Prison.
Charlotte. Dec. 7. —Romeo Pad
vet t's hopes for freedom on bond
were dispelled today when state offi
cials were notified that federal offi
cers at ChillicoAe. 0., had revoked
his parole and ordered him returned
to prison there to complete 18
months of a three year sentence. He
had been convicted for theft of an
automobile.
Padgett was held by officers here
for his alleged participation in a gun
battle in which Rural Policeman
Henry Mosely was seriously wound
ed. His efforts to gain freedom here
were unavailing when he was unable
to raise ss,Wftft bond required by the
court.
IHITY REACHES PARIS
ON HIS WAY HOME
Will Sail Saturday .After Being Re
leased From French Foreign
Legion. ,
Paris. Dee. ft. — UP) —Bennett I.
Doty, who was released from serving
his enlistment with French Foreign
Legion, arrived here this morning
from Marseilles.
He immediately went to a first
class hotel, where he registered as
Bennett J. Doty, profession student,
address, Memphis, Tenn.
Coming from the warm climate- of
Sihi Bel Abbes, Algeria. Doty was
not supplied with overcoat and shiv
ered in the hitter cold here.' He in
tends to sail for America on the Co
lumbus on Saturday.
With Our Advertisers.
The G. A. Moser Shoe Store is of
fering tnony saving prices on footwear
In a new ad. today this company
enumerates some of the many price
bargains it is now offering. Read the
ad, without fail.
The Gray Shop's Annual Coat
Sale, an important event for wom
en and misses, is announced in a
new half-page ad. in this paper. One
hundred fashionable winter coats,
comprising every favored coat made
are being offered, and in addition
this shop is offering remarkable dress
values at $lO. Millinery, offering
mAny unusual bargins, also being of
fered at reduced prices. Don't fail
to read carefully this attractive ad.
Christmas' is just around the cor
ner advises the .T. C. Penny Co., in
a new ad. in this. paper. For the
Yuletide season this store has hun
dreds of attractive gifts that will
make ideal and serviceable presents.
Read carefully ad, in this paper and
call at store to see the variety of
goods offered.
Stealing A Roof
London. Dec. S. —The modern thief
is catholic in his tastes. He will de
vote just as much attention to turs
and costly gowns as to cash, silver
ware. and jewelry. But his latest
“line” in robbery is rather a curious
one.
For three months a plumber was
seen plying his task on the roof of
a large railway station. It was as
sumed by the employes that he was
engaged in repair work. One day.
however, a railwayman noticed that
the bag the plumber was carrying
home with him looked suspiciously
heavy. The man was stopped and
his bag was 'found to contain fifty
pounds of sheet lead. He then <on
fessed that he had been removing the
lead from the station roof, taking it
away each night in his bag. and sell
ing it.
Mason Cotton Mill Sold For SUJS.OOO
To Mauney.
King* Mountain. Dec. 5. —W. K.
Mauney, receiver for the Mason cot
ton mills, sold the property at aue
tion today for the sum of $125,000,
corporation was capiatalized at $24<V
00ft with liabilijties of $175,000. The
W. A. Mauney the buyer. The
sale is subject to five per cent raise
in 20 days.
If the whole sky were filled with
full moon*, the light would be no
brighter than ordinary daylight.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance*
Coldest Weather Os The
Year Already Grips
Some States And Others
Will Be Colder Tonight.
mercur^Tfalls
WITH RAPIDITY
Old Man Winter Expected
To Ride Over All Os
Dixie And Extend Icy
Fingers To The East.
At lan to. Deo. B.— (A 3 ) —Freezing
winds swept through Dixie today and
left in their wake the coldest weather
of the winter, and forecasts for even
colder weather tonight and tomorrow.
Little Rook. Ark.. in tin* direct
path of the winter winds, shivered
with a 14 degree temperature today,
and Louisville. Ky.. further north,
was hit hy 12 degree weather.
Atlanta had a temj)erature of 2<>
today. Hut a 14 degree drop in the
mercury by <> a. m. tomorrow was
forecast, while freezing weather was
forecast by C. F. Von Hermann,
weather bureau chief here, and all
of < 1 corgi a and the northern coast of
Florida tomorrow.
Old man Winter, riding high and
handsome on a wave of freezing air
sweeping southward over the country,
got to points in Dixie liefore he
reached such cities as New York and
Washington today where tempera
tures of 52 and oti were reported at
(i o'clock this morning.
Weather bureau observers here
said the grip of the cold would ex
tend today and tonight to include
eastern cities, as well as those of the
south. The force of the cold wave
had not struck North and South
Carolina and Virginia early today,
where cold to freezing weather is due
tonight.
New Orleans today reported a
reading of .‘>4 at 7 a. m.. St. Louis
4 above. Wilmington, X. (*.. <>2.
Washington Ati. Nvw York .*52. Sa
vannah <SO, Charleston, S. C. <54.
.Mid-West Gripped By Cold.
Chicago, 111.. Dee. S, — UP) —Winter
came in earnest to the middle welt to
day. pushed soutlyward by a 00-mile
an hour wile. noeoiapnftbeiMtrrt -heavy
snowfall and biting below-zero tem
peratures. While Minnesota. lowa,
and Wisconsin bore the brunt of the
blizzard and low merenry which has
prevailed in the Northwest and Can
ada since Monday. Illinois was wind
and snow-swept as its thermometers
slid slowly downward. The <*old was
felt from Colorado to Ohio Valley
and south to the Gulf of Mexico.
Temperatures of 20 below zero were
not uncommon in Minnesota, while
train service was jumbled, and traf
fic almost at a standstill at many
parts. Minneß|H>lis and St. Paul
called it the worst blizzard in four
years. Sr. Paul and Sioux Falls.
S. Dak., were among the larger cities
forced to close their schools, while
at Muincapojis classes were dismissed
at the Cnivcrsity of Minnesota for
the first, tune, in history.
British Divorces Show An (netease
London, Dec. S. —tINSt—Accord-
ing to official figures just published,
divorce petitions in Great Britain
last year numbered 5.7 K?. or 572
more than iu 1025, an increase <>f
17. X per cent.
Reasons given for the increase are
the alterations in the Poor Persons'
Rules, by which proceedings can now
be started at 25 district regisnies
and heard at IS assize towns instead
of 11. The number heard at assizes
was 1104 or 512 more than in 1025.
The full effei-t of the change is
not yet apparent, but there has i>een
an increase of 1052 or 51.7 per cent,
in the applications for poor |»ersons'
certificates.
These figures represent one divorce
in every hundred marriages in Kng
land.
Will Hear Appeal Friday
New Orleans, Dec. S. —(INS)
The Louisiana State Supreme court
will Friday morning hear a petition
by Mrs. Ada Bonner G-bouef and
Thomas K. Drehcr, both of Morgan
City, appealing for a new trial after
Criminal Court Judge I K Simon re
fused a similar request.
The two were convicted of killing
the woman's husband and sentenced
to death.
Star Theatre
Today is your last chance to
see "Two Girls W anted." Joe
Host was right when he
this picture was a knockout.
Played to a crowded house
last night. See it and he con
vinced it is the best picture of
the season.
Friday and Saturday. Buck
Jones in '‘Whispering Sage."
JO and 25 cents.
NO. 45
COTTON PRODUCED
THIS YEAR SET IS
12.709.000 BALES
In Its Final Report Os
Year Government Show
ed Decrease Os 53,000
Bales.
FALLS SHORT OF
THE 1926 CROP
Prior To December First
Less Than Twelve m
lion Bales Had Been
Ginned In This Country
Washington. Dec. N. — (A 3 )— Cotton
production this year was 12.750.tb1A
equivalent 500-Ih. bales, the Depart
ment of Agriculture announced 1 <><luy
in ils final estimate of the season.
A month ago the crop was esti
mated at 12.542.000 bales; last year's
crop was 17.077.374 bales.
<4innings Report
New York. Dee. 8. — (A*) —Cotton
of this year’s crop ginned prior W
Deeemt>er 1. tin* Census Bureau an
nounced today, totalled 11.712. v 4»ti
running bales, including 45lk*>5il
round bales counted as half bales,
and excluding linters.
tiiniiings to December 1 last year
totalled 14.044.070 running hales,
including 272.502 round bales.
New York. Dee. s. (A 3 ) — Cotton
prices failed to develop any sensa
tional movement on the New York
cotton exchange today after publica
tion of the final government, .crop
estimate, indicating a yield oft 2.-.
75D.000 bales, a decrease of only
.'>2.000 bales compared with the pre
vious month’s estimate.
Values, however, moved up about
•<1 a hale on covering and buying by
trade interests.
WANTS “INSII4K STORY"
OF ARMS CONFKRBNCE
Butler Wants Facts So I*eoj>ie WW
Know America Worked Hand in
Get Anns Reduction.
Washington. 1 tee. S.— (A 3 ) —An ef
fort to obtain what he described as
the “inside story" of the Geneva nav
al arms imitation conference, will
is* made yum by Chairman Butler of
the House naval <*ommitfee.
Ho said today that he proposed to
ask his committee for authority to
call before it the American d eh'gates ,
to the parley so that the Amerieap
people could he “satisfied that we
made our he-t t'fTort, ami the reasons
why we failed."
“Tiiis inquiry will not lie for the
purpose of terrorizing other nations,**
lie declared, "hut to enable us to give
the public the reason why the Amer
ican commission failed to obtain Gregt
Britain’s consent to further limita
tion."
THE COTTON MARKET
Prices Did Not React .Much To V*,9Y*
eminent Estimate of Cotton V?W.
of I2,7K».<MM» Bales.
New York. Dec. s.—(>4*)-—4 'niton
market opened steady today, at an
advance of 5 points to a decline of
1 points, and soon sold 5 to 7 points
net lower under liipiidation and,
Southern selling.
Buying cheeked the decline around
10.11 for January, however. »ihl the
market rallied to about yesterday’s
closing figures before tin* end of the
first hour on covering. Trading was
fairly active, but on the whole or
ders seemed to lie evenly divided,
and dealings were attributed chiefly
to further evening up in advance of
government crop reisirt. •
New York. i tec. o.— (A*) Cotlnjjt
future o|H*ned steady. Deo. 10,20;
Jail. 10.20; March 10.55; May
July 10.52.
ANOTHER CHANGE IN
TAX REDUCTION Bl^
Win Ask For Cut of $232,755,000.
Chairman Green Makes Report To
day.
Washington, Deo. K.— 14A —The Hew
revenue bill will call for a total cut
in taxes of $252,755,000 instead of
X 250.000.000 heretofore estimated |iy
member* of the House ways and
means commit tee.
Chairman Green formally advised
the House of the estimate today iu
a rejtfirt on the measure. The n**w
estimate is only X7.755.tMMt above
the maximum of X22S.tNMt.OtKI ns-oin
n tended by Secretary Mellon.
The chairman suid thHt requests
f<e.- reduce oils aggregating more than
.TVYV**Dt<Mt had been received by
the- committee, and that it was “ob
viously impossible" to make all of
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Wilson, ot
Bartow. Fla., who attended the Wil
son-Cannoii wedding, Wednesday eve
ning. have gone to Charlotte to visit
iiefore returning to their home.
An electrically operated razor with
a b.ade which oscillates sideways
while the user draws the razor down
his face has been invented.
M
Fair, much colder tonight, with
cold wave in i-entral portion; Friday
fair, colder in east portion.