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VOLUME XXII.
CONCORD. N C . MONDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1922.
NO. 201.
NOVEMfiER EXPORTS
j
COMMCfCe '
Department of
q. . - .
oprwi oyw M ler LfBH
Month Totalled 182.000
U' Jd Jv
UUU, lilfTn KeCOrd lor I ear.
TTaT A I to TDCITDD
IvJTAL IS (iKhAlhK
THAN I AST NflVIPMHPR
1 ' lVOl nUTDinDbn
In Comparison With Now j
Der, 1913, the increase Was
More Than $138,000,000
the Report Shows.
(Br he Aaaoelalen' Praar.)
Washington. Ier. IK American ex
ports In Novondier reached the highest
point Of the year, aei mdlng hi official
overseas linU' statistics nude public
today lij- the I ii'partiui nt of Commerce,
showing total exports of $:KiK,t)nn.MM).
The Nnvcmlier total Is $12,000,110:)
greater than the Value of Octolier ex
porta, ami $00,1100,000 cr at. i tlllin the.
value of commodities shipped abroad in
Novemlter last year. In rnWlpaflinh
willi Novemler. 101 ;. the iuerense was
more than i:ts.oKi,(MHV
A brief statement li.v Uie department
deelared the Xoretnlier returns showed
Hint Amerlran nRilculturc tind Industry
t-fnefally lienefltted from the. iticrensinK
export business. Detailed analysis of
the trade, however, has not lieen made
public.
BANDITS SECl'RKD ABOl'T
$200,000 In DKNVKK RAID
Itob Messenger In Front of Fetleral
Mint and Fscape in Automobile.
(By the AeMnHaiea 1'reaa.l
Denver, Colo.. Dee. 18. Three ban
dita ttxlny ahot and probably family
wounded ("hnrlea I.lnton. a Federal
Reseil.e Bunk (.unrd, and eamped
with about $2(H.(HI0 in cYirreney of $0
deuominallons, which was lietv
loadel onto a Federal Reserve truck
in front of the Denver mint.
The money was heiil); transferred
, from the mint, to the local reserve
' Iwink.
The rohlrs seized the money and
sprang into ,m ainVimoiiile. 'As their
enr sped awnyjlie amed covennnent
f.anrds inside le mint bnihlint; tired
from the windotu nt the roblteis. The
entire Denver. lsdW force niilcklv was
While the robber? was goltig on. ne
cording to witnesses, a second itutotho,
Idle bilided with muskinl men. nrnicd
with shot gnus and rifles, stoml 20
faet from the bnndlt enr. apiiarently
reSady to give aid ft needed.
Sheriffs in nearby eountiles were
quickly notified liy the imllcc in Bu ef
fort to apprehend the robust.
ijiines 10 utve money in t ntirrn muni-1
Ing Fund
The Ladies' Aid Society of Ihe First
BaptisM'hurch has turned over to the
building committee the sum of 8(1Q0
on the new church, anil they exiHs-t
to turn over an additional amount
shortly, which will make about fl.lKK)
on the new church for the yeur. All
objects fostered by the Church will re
celre about $4,800 from the Society
for the year.
Christmas Play.
"Up the Chimney," is the title of
the piny to be given by the children
of the Second Presbyterian Church on
Christmas morning at (1:30 o'clock. A
large junior choir will ping' carols, and
there will be special nnhiliers between
the acts. The usual tree and "treat"
will lie given nt this time.
Blanche Fnnk Miller, who has been
elected a justice of the peace In
Tacoma, ojijewts to liclng called
"judge."
IT COSTS
TO JOIN OUK
NOW AND
H taBaaaf aaal bH bbbbI aaalal I aaaal BaHaBBBal g
NEXT CHRISTMAS
COME IN WE WILL TELL
YOU HOW TO DO IT
1923 i
CLUB OPENS MONDAY
DECEMBER 18th, 1922.
WALLACE BHD M it UHTH
, T i IUm Prrtn- Mar- Mu-
DM It Hapa-ar a. Art-...
Sa i mmiiH
Lm naxaW. Dae. IV -Wallace Held.
: motion pktura Ur. is ua l be rrcfe of
rath, a ad for several dan aa at I
mm ei parted tu Ufa. aroortflOf to
Mr. Wallace lUid (Dorothy Daren-
port 111 u lra.e tay In llta Lua
abp - k - r.m miner pim Hi a nmi
. wco.1 sanatoria m ast night, 'the Non-U agriculture tluancln aa-aa-
u of ,m? Phydclan. accordln to urn.
" Examiner, corroborated Jars. I When the Senate met It had pending
j Raid's statements saying jhrfor It the motion to distance the
I " Mr. Reld ha been near death fnrjnne Mil with the other. which wan
the past Ave i s x days. His temp, i a- made Saturday hy Chairman NnrMs.
, lure has repea.edlv reached lift, .ml 'of the agriculture committee. While
hl P"lse Hlf heart action N i wpiMirtet of the N'orrls motion were
irregular nn,l weak. He has fainted tatleropttng to get the floor Senator
Ion on average if three times dan. anil
..ihora
me hi. 1 1
cute he - ml nn; either from a roa
dition of ciHiipU t exh.UEtlon or from
iutliH-ur.il.
The physician d -scrlbiiiK the ill
ness, according to ilr. Examiner said:
"His present Illness hint ho OUUtteo
tiim with over m l litem in ulcobol or I
narcotics, elMiough such indulfrer.i-es
have undeuotet y undermined his ys-
U'lil III ue'umo )-"ti- i'.
'M3-s. Reid in deser.blng his coiidi
ti.ia just before thr br;ikdovn said
he wept and nld:
" 'How did '1 happen to let myself
co? Why rouMnl 1 stop lng ago? I
thought I was strong. I thought I ,
knew ihvm It so well; I can't nude,
stand it:1 "
ludignunt denials of thespullishel
repurts of "orgies" in the Held home.
were made hy .Mrs. Atiee. uareupori.
ninther-ln-luw of the actor, to whom he would make the reisirt on the noin
those reports had la-en credited. ilnntion at the Urst legislative session
"I know there are dope' parties in 'of the Senate and call it up at the first
HolIywiMsI evervone knows that." she 'opportunity. Senators I'lFollette. of
said." "And I suppose Wall? has at-1 Wisconsin und Norris of Nebraska,
tended some of them: I don't know. 'republican, have indicated thut they
1 do knnw that I have talked with him I
after be -returned from parties at the
homes of some of the people in Holly
wood, and I have seen him sadly shake
his luad und $ny: 'Mother. I don't like
it. Thnt Isn't the way to have plea
sure. It's all o false, so nrticticiaV. "
Prohibition Pnoms Trade in
Pocket
Flasks.
(By the AMoelnd'd Press.)
New York. Dec. IS. If -the Chrust
nuis rum fleet reported to lie hound
for New York from the Bahamas suc
ceeds in runnioji the blockade of the
dry navy, it should find New Yorkers
amply supplied with receptacles for
toting the forbidden liquor.
Several manufacturers today declar
ed thai the demand for- Husks had
tr-hled since the advent of prohibi
tion. Shop Windows with their Christ
mas decorations feature clandestine
wet" dBs
Stores ure selling thousands of
flasks large ones for roomy coat
nockets and small ones gracefully
curved for the hip; exjienslve contain
ers of silver and gold and cheaper
ones covered with imitation leather.
Flasks are not the only drinking ap
paratus on display. Shown in abund
ance are hollow canes., decanters.
.classes, never blown for milk, and elab-
orim- oii'mhu '-".
Tchttefcerin Makes a Proposal.
Lausanne, Dec. 18. By the Associat
ed Press I .-r-Forejgn Minister Tchit
cberln, of Russia, proposed today to
the Near East conference a commis
sion studying statue of the Turkish
straits, a plan providing for Inter
nationa) board of control' on which
would be represented, Germany,
I'liited States. France. BngHfnd, Duly
ami eleven states Itordering on the
Black Sea.
Killed When Auto Overturns.
(By the Aainoluted Preaa.1
ltae.ford, N. C, Dec. 18. L. A. Pot
ter, 8t, local insurance man. was killed
Inst night when the automobile in
which he was riding overturned 'at
Rock Ridge bridge, one mile from
Haefdrd. His neck was broken. No
one was with him nt the time of the.
necltlent. He leaves a widow and two
small children.
NOTHING
HAVE
l at A
MNM M
uu. ww ran raw
Bill Will WMrtmiui kt
ale Kb Um Nerrk ArriruHurr Ft
ia rM.i
W'aaaUct.ai Dr. 1- I'naaaentt
of fto admlnlatratiuo ralpfanc hill
won tha Arm rU-torr In the Jockeying
In the Satiate loihTX over the amr of
iw otipcueni 1.1 ill place IIe 1411 wnu
Idin&deil. of i.iiImihiiii. m democrat!.
-i i i mi lei of the ship iiieHsnre. cUlined
reioenllion In mi ordauci- n.th a tuie
lion given hist week, and launched in
U n 1" I' ill liehalf of the '-ill
Bl'TI.KK Ji-rrs APPROVAL
BV M.N M I t OMMITTKF
rtianiinous Approval of Ills Nomina
tion As Member of Supreme Court
(liven by Senate Committee
I Br ta AawM-iatra rtr.i
Washington. Dec. 1. The nomina
tion of Fierce Butler, of Muinesnln. to
I an associate justice of the Supreme
t'otu-t, was ordinsl reuortiil to tic
Senate by a nnnniuious vote of the
Senate Judiciary Committee.
The. committee acted after receiving
a reMrt from a siileniinuiitte-' which
inquired into the nominations and ree
onuBMlM fin ei utile action.
Chairman Nelson announced that
will tight confirmation.
WOMAN F01ND DKAD IN CAR;
DRY AGENT IS BEING HELD
la inn. He Was Attempting to Cross
Creek and Weill Over Embankment.
Greensboro. Dec. 17. (!. F. Albert i,
prohibition enforcement officer, I re
ported to the police here late tonight
thnt while attempting to cross Buffalo
creek, 10 miles from Greensboro In his
automobile in which was Mrs. Kdnn
Glenn, wife of Stanley Glenn, of this
place."He missed the bridge, went over
a 15 foot embankment into the water ;
Hint he. scrambled from under the au
tomobile and thnt he fears Mrs. Glenn
is under the machine dead.
City and county officers went to the
scene ami found the machine partially
submerged In water, mid found Hrs.
Glenn dead in the car. Albert! was
phuvtl under arrest and locked tip
THE COTTON MARKET
Market Was Active and Rather Exeit
ed at the Opening Today.
(Br the Aaaoclated Preaa.)
New York, Dec. 18. The cotton
market was active and rather excited
at the opening today. Relatively firm
Liverpool cables and private reports
of rapidly improving general trade
conditions In England evidently stlm
nutted the buying movement which
started nl the publication of the gov
ernment crop estimate last week and
Ihe .polling was turn nt mi advance ot
li2 to -IS points.
Cotton futures opened fivni: Decent
her 2S.75; January 26.70; March 26,00!
May 20.08; July 25.05,
KELLER'S ACTION WILL BE
INVESTIGATED AT ONCE
Committee Appointed to Determine
What Action, If Any, Will Be Taken
by the House.
By the Aaaeelaled Praa.t
Washington. Dec. 18. The House
Judiciary Committee appointed a sub
committee today to investigate what
action, If any, should be taken in con
nection with the refusal of Represen
tative Keller, republican, of Minneso
ta, to testify liefore the committee as
to the information on which he based
his Impeachment charges against At
torney General Dougherty.
IjCDCR KBFIjSES TO DISMISS
CHARGES AGAINST MRS. I5ICI.ni..
In Connection With the Killing of
"Honest" John E. Bninen.
rBy the As.mx ml-,1 Preaa. I
Mt. Holly. N. J., Dec. 18. Justice
Kalisch today refused the motion of
Mrs. DorrU Brunen's attorney to dis
miss the charges against her In con
nection with the killing bf "Honest"
John K. Bninen, carnival owner.
Justice Kalisch declared that although
"it may he thnt the testimony in this
case be very meager as far as Mrs.
Brunen's connection may be concern
ed" the question' must be. settled by
the jury.
No Fireworks Allowed In City.
Chief Talbirt this morning decia, i
that the police were going to enforce
the law In regard to shooting fire
crackers in the city during tne
Christmas iperlod. There is a city law
aeainst the cracker, Chief Talbirt
(Stated, and it Is the duty of the
no ice department to see that it Is en
I forced. His officers have 'been In
j structed to enforce the law, the cnlof
added.
DON'T FAIL TO SEE
bloria Swanson
-IN-
"Her Gilded Cage"
I STAR THEATRE
TODAY AND TOMORROW
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mmmmmmmm&&mm
BIG CHARLOTTE FIRE
STARTS FROi FURNACE
LThe Six-Story
st BuildinK
on Try on
t Was De-
stroyed Early
nday With
a Los of
,000.
-
KEITH VAUDEVILLE
MOLSE IS RUINVD
Eire Was Barging Eiercely
When Digtovered. Fire
Started in Fmnacc Room
of Trust Boflfinx.
Chnrli.lle, Dee. J7 The
'nisi hiiilding on Bamli Ti
The six-story
Trust building on Bamli Tryon street
iiHilalniug the KefcAli vaudeville thea
ter and a l..rvc niun) i of offices was
destroyed and twv other striH-tures
seriously damaged hi' tire early today
with a total loss eJtl
.....tnl.. Villi
Hinted nt appi,,- i
The nsif was
ing ttirec-stort'
1 off an adjoin
ing oci-npieil by
BriK-kman's retnll
mail order liook
a number of of
all the contents
stationery store,
flees and practical!
of dm stun lure wetr a tnial !"s I n
to fire and watera The Piedmont
luiilcliiu- on tin. smttk-i'lc of the Trust
I building was wntnloiikeil frum roof
to cellar. It watBheadquni-tcrs for
the Piedmont Fire jBsurance company
and the Morris Pitt 1'iink. and ion-
tuiniil numbers of '(Slier offices.
The fire was hellwi tl to have, orlg-
intril in the furnal'e renin of the
Trust building nnA mad gained great
headway before It
was discovered.
Save for one or twMinlnor injuries t
lircjnen. there werwii" casualties in
the fire which nttrat'
persons. One? of
heaviest down
pours of rain Cha:
tte hus had -this
out the time tht
yenr licgan to foil
fire was under co
Had It not linen
the heavy rain
of the last week
buildings soaked a
Inch left nearby
the aid given by
water thnt fell
the torrents of
this morning. Fire
lief Wallace said
the blaze might
astrnus as the
Bern.
e proved as dis
I
one at New )
Tons of water
ere thrown iuto
the smoking ruins
oughout the day
t was I, lucked to
and South Tryon si
traffic until the. hit
ternopn em parts
of the front wall
Ike Trust bnlld-
Ing fell jnto the
- The scene
Of the
Fourth
fire was lietween Third and
streets, on the west side of
South Tryon. within a block of where
the famous Mecklenburg Declaration of I
independence is said to linve been
signed.
Jn addition to the losses to business
men and others whqse offices and
equipment were destroyed, the lodge
room of the Dramatic Order Knights
of K hoi assan. which were in the
Piedmont building, were water soaked.
The Trust building, which also was
knowiLs as the Academy of Music, had
nothing left tonight but tottering Walls,
the front part of which had partly
alien out. it was erected IS yenrs
ago and was a brick structure. With
in recent months il had been purchase I
by C. W. Johnston at a pi ice sjid to
be ,$25:t,(IOO.
Total loss in the building occupied ijy
Brockman's store and ottices was plac
ed at more than $lii(l,O0O. while thous
ands of dollars of damage was done
by water in the Piedmont building.
Other nearby structures escaped with
a few panes of broken glass or scorched
awnings, from the Haines, which were
discovered about 4 :.'!! a. in. The losses
generally were said lo be well covered
by insurance although there were
numerous individuals who had no
such protection against lire.
Muyor Walker announced today thnt
he would turn the city auditorium over
to those whose offices were destroyed
and would erect temporary 'partitions
in the main hall of the buildings.
A cbeck-up of injuries tonight sbow-
ed thnt Captain Al Moody of the lire
department suffered painful cuts from
falling glass and -that R. W. Stokes
was knocked down, apparently by con
flict with an electric wire, but not
seriously hurt. Klectric light and
power was turned off in downtown
Charlotte for several hours during the
fire.
Survey of Prohibition Enforcement
Conditions in West.
B? tha Aaaurlate Preaa.,
IV, , si, i, ,,.!,, n Tine IS Pluoa hnvp
been completed by the prohibition mi-
reau for a survey of enforcement con-
dltlons in the far western states sim
ilar to that just completed by Com
missioner Hayues in the south. Mr.
Haynes accompanied by several of his
Bureau chiefs will leave here on Jan
uary 18.
Community Christmas Tree.
A community Christmas tree will be
erected oh the lawn of the Y again
this year. The tree will lie erected
In time for the exercises, which will
be held on Saturday evening at 7
o'clock. Voi the past several yenrs
the community tree has been erected
on the lawn of the Y and 1 the programs
""W '"
The public is Invited to attend
exercises this yenr.
the
The Lithuania is Reported Aground.
elated Press).-TI,c Danish s,emhlp'
I ithunnin which left New York De-
,Zn'telXrtJrta
Copenhagen, Dec. 18 (By the. Asso-
. i .o,i
nirround on Bernhold IslaW in the
Hal S,"a Bf'rn"oW ""T 1,1 ,De
J 1
Mr. W. H. Fowler, of Knnnanolia.
TV,.
S4i
lust week killed an eleven mot
uog tUHt weighed tOO pounds.
last week killed nn eleven months old
arcctAL
s mi i
MRMfr
(an -en . Frail aaa VafHaMr Graw
tag la He uhm at Wait (
( Ik. A
Ralebra. Der. IH. Upt'ial roavara in
fruit aaxl iranal.le marlng thr
North i an.lliia Mate C.sVt. January
S to 1. will ' n.i.i.,. i,. v aad tlaaely
feature of Interest to pruf.il aalre
lanuerm.- aei-ordlnc to an annuaiM
eBt tiaJar by Profeaaor J. V. Plllf
bury. head of (be department of nor
W culture.
As mtllneL ttte Work will be otrereil
in the form of three two-boar demon
stration Nrture during the forenoon,
and hr demonstralhio and practice In
graiung unit un-klng Inter
Boiling Hall, of Waynemille. will
lie in charge of the w,.rk with friiit
duriug Ibe first w-. it was slated
The grading and packing of vegetables
lo be given the -nsind eek of the
short term, will U- under the direction
of (ion el I Sbuniuker. of the Imn-iiu
of nutrketi.
, "The demonstration- lectures of the
first week will cover such timely sub
jects as improvement of farmsteads:
choosing rarities for the orchard ; or
chard planting: establishing the or
chnnl: peach problems; priiuiug appbs
and peafhf-.,grnpes and small fruits:
pei-in and flg culture, and furm wissllnt
management.'' it -was stated.
"The second week will lie devoted
cbieflv to vegetables and will Include
me following topics; truck crops far
North Carolina ; production problems
with the Irish potato, sweet potato,
letturee, tomato and onion crops; ills
eases of vegetables. Irrigation, ami
marketing. A packing and judging
contest, open to nil who attend will he
held nt the conclusion of the course."
MORE TEACHERS NEEDED
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Mid-Year Resignations and Other
Causes Have Resulted in Shortage,
illy ihe Aaaoclated Pre.)
Rhb'igh. Dec. 18A.Mid-year resigna
tions and other causes have resulted In
n serious shortage of teachers In
ted hundreds ofIN'"',h .t"roU"4.: 'Hlti!ig in a de-
luauu mi- weu-quauneu instructors
for the niiening of the new school
venr in January, according to an an
nouncement made today by officials of
the placement bureau of the Education
Association.
"There is an unusually heavy de
mand for teachers at this season (if the
year." reads the statement. "Some of
these vacancies are occurring in the
s sruooi s.isiems oi tue state.
mm innr are inaiiv openings in tne
rural sections ot different counties.
"The fact that many of the moun
tain schools, whifli opened early in
the fall or late Summer, are complet
ing their work at Christmas time will
llflllM'Vt; the.. sltuaiiyiL hut evenl
with these niTdRIoth. .there- strfrtTi'elieJdTnrv. oldest Islv 10 nnTbie to wTk'1
vacancies which cannot be filled with
the registrations with the bureau nt
present.
nen i uniineo teachers can secure
places through the placement bureau.
Teachers holding lower grade certifi
cates can find places also, if they have
had successful teaching experience.
Prospective teachers who do not hold
certificates should take up with the
certification bureau of the state De
partment of education the matter of
what certificates they vwill be entitled
to before they liegin looking for work.
"Superintendents mid school commit
tees are not willing to employ teachers
who have not hud the training and
this is one of the causes of the short
age." the statement concludes.
COMES BACK FROM THE
GRAVE'S SHADOW TO TESTIFY
Dan O'Rourke Tells His Storv in the
Trial of the Men at Herrin, III.
Marlon. 111., Dec. IS (By the Asso
ciated Press). Shot .down and left to
die on a lonely roadside, Dun O'Rourke
returned today to tell his story at the
trial of five men charged with murder
in connection with the Herrin riot.
That O'Rourke, who still bears the
scars left by his injuries, had come
back from the very shadow of the
groro to testify for the prosecution was
announced by the, counsel of the state
at the opening of court this morning.
VALUE OF THE GERMAN
MARK IS INCREASING
Mark Fell From 8,300 to 5,600 to the
Dollar in the Course of the l.asi
Five Days.
Berlin, Dec. IS (By the Associated
Press). In the inldsl of their Christ
mas shopping German consumers of
all classes were jubilant today at the
unprecedented drop in the dollar rep
resented by mark exchange, falling
from s.rtOO to 5.1)00 to the dollar In the
course of 5 du.vs. This rise In the
mark has already produced a drop of
from 10 to 25 per cent,, in wholesale
m"eJ prices. The retailers ure re-
luctant to make reductions because
they are stocked up with goods bought
when the market was much lower.
INFLUENZA CASES ARE
REPORTED AT TRINITY
School Will Close Today Instead of
Wednesday Thirty-Six Cases Re
ported. (Br "" Aaaoclated Preaa.)
Durham, Dee. 18 It was announced
today thut Trinity College would be
closed this afternoon for the Christmas
holidays, two days earlier than usual,
'because of a number of onses of In-
uueiizu among tne sum cuts. a totni
of M caHP), nBa been reported on the
camDUS lOUay.
Dead Body of Robed Makme Found.
(By tha Aaaoclntrd Preaa.t
Statesvllle. N. C. Dte. 18. J. Robert
Mnlone 30, disappeared from his home
n Shllob township December I), and
""thing had been heard of him until
his bodv was found in a branch near
hl hne late yesterday afternoon, with
a gnsh'in his throat. Malone was In-
sane, and application had been made
to have him admitted to the state ho-
pltal. He leaves a wife and three
children.
of orpoatT. NmEM
rO CHRIBTMAS CHARITIES
Party Smdj Caaaa Dtatarerid ka Orr
Forty nnwrtuultles" bare
round in ( oa-ord. and the ajople of
the . .ii are aafcwl lo adopt Hmsb (or
Chriataas. The "I ipfmrt unit lea" rep
reaetii uay famllim and pemwji In
the ctty. aial the following list bsa
i -t solan it led by meinberv of the i-nai-mlllen
lnveatigating the- silnatbai In
the city ;
". I -.M mum No. 1 Two children I
who wmild nipreeiate tor anil cuafec-l
inniiiries Boy iipcl lo and girl U
rear.
Iipjrtnnlty No 1' Father III Hree
luoiiths. .No siipKirt Mother and lai
by of two years, girl 7 years. .Need'
fuel, i ...i ,!,! uins things for chll-
ilrcii. Taken.
liMMirtunity No. :i Mother has tu
1 I -e, m
lamer in jiui. imiiv L' lenrs.
lioy i and girls o mid 12 yearn. Fuel.
tiMsl and iuas limits
Dpisirtimity No. -J Mother and fath
er, Iml.y 4 years. Little crippbsl girl
H yenrs. girl It. FoimI. fuel mid Xuiasl
hlngs. I
l piMirtunity No. ,"i Coloretl woman
has tula-rciilosis. ill for a vear. Fuel
and fissl.
Onportunlty No. S Mother and fath
er. Boy 1J years and grandmother
who has tuberculosis. Fuel and food
and Xmas things for Uiy.
Opiwrtiinlty No. 7 Young girl 17
years old has talierculnais, in tied three
months. Flowers and fruit. Taken.
Opportunity No. x An ex-soldier
has tuliercnlnsis. confined; to lied.
Fruit mid flowers.
Opportunity No. 0 Grandmother (1(1
years old. has cancer, cares for two
grandchildren.
I girl 12 years.
I things.
Buby H years, little
Fuel, foisl and Xmas
Opportunity No. 10 Father sick.
Mother works In mill. Boy 7, girls 8,
VI and 18 years. Food und Xmas
things.
Opportunity No. 11. Father and
mother, girl 11 yenrs. bovs 1,1. I) and 1
years. Fuel, food and Xmas things. I
Opportunity No. 12 Widowed moth
er. 2 children in orphanage. 1 bov 4
years old with his mother. Food fuel
and Xmas things.
Opportunity No. 1.1 Old lady 70
yenrs old. Fuel, food and confection
eries.
Opportunity No. 14 An old lady
with orphaned grand-daughter 13
years old. Xmas things.
Opportunity No. 15 Mother and
Father, baby 2 months old, hoy
years, girls (!, 7. 8, 10 and 12 years old.
food and Xmas things.
Opportunity No. 1(5. Mother and
father baby 18 months, girls 10 and 5
yenrs, ' grandmother K0 years. Food
und Ninas things.
. I llinort unit v No 17 Vat i
nt nil times. Mother works. Bovs l(t,
18, (! and 1 years. Girl 0 yenrs. Food,
fuel and Xmas thing!
Opportunity No. 18. Widowed moth-
er works In mill. Girls 10 and 4 years.
Boy IS years. Food, fuel trad Xuius i
things.
Opportunity No. 10. Old lady 80 j
years old. alone in the world. Food'
and confectioneries. I
Opportunity No. 20 Fnther sick,
mother works in mill bov 4 veal's old.
food, fuel and Xmns things.
Opportunity No. 21 Widow, no sup-1
port. Boy 14 .veal's old. girls 10 and!
12 years. Food, fuel and Xmas things. !
Opportunity No. 22. Father and
mother, (iirls 12 years. Boys 2, 5, 7
and 10 years old. Food and Xmas j
things. Taken. j
opportunity No. 2X Little bov nine,
years old. Xmas things. Taken.
Opportunity No. 24. Widowed moth
er, boys 13, 10 and ti. (Iirls 15, 7 years
and 10 months. Food and Xmas things.
Opportunity No. 25. Widowed
mother, has tuberculosis, daughter It!
yearn, hoy !. Fuel, food and Xmas
things. y
Opportunity No. 2I.
Widowed moth-
er, daughter 14 years. Boys 111 and
11 years. Food and Xmas things.
Taken.
Opportunity No. 27. Father sickl
mother works. Boy 5 years, girl 4
years and bnby 2 years. Food and
Xmas things.
Opportunity No. 28. Two crippled
boys in Orthopaedic Hospital. 8 and 4
yenrs. Toys and confestioiieries.
Opportunity No. 20. Little crippled
girl (i years old. Toys and confection
eries. Opportunity No. 110. Crippled boy
It years oid. Toys and confestioiier
ies. Opportunity Nil. 31. Crippled boy 6
years old. A Christmas remembrance.
Opportunity -No. 32 Widowed moth
er, boys li and 15 years. Girls 10 and
12. Food, fuel and Xmas things. Tak
en.
Opportunity No. 33 Mother and
father mutes. Boy 7 and girls 2 and
5 years Food and Xmns things.
Opportunity No. 34. Little boy 10
yenrs. Xmas things. ,
Opportunity No. 35. Little girl 8
years. Xmns things.
Opportunity No. 30 Little boy 7
yenrs. Xmas things. Taken.
Opportunity No. 37. Little girl 8
years old. Xmas things.
Opportunity No
38 Young colored
woman who has tuberculosis. Food 'the county Jail, und all children need
or Xmas things. lug clothing will be cared for also.
Opportunity No. 38. Young colored '
woman, has tulierculosls, in lied five
months. Fruit or Xinus remembrance.
Opportunity No. 3D Father oh
..i ........ n..n..... ,, . ..... n
',,' x"mV8 things.
OMinrtnnllv Vn jnIiWW HI for
Ave months, wife nnd sou, son only
suport. Fuel, food und Xmas gift for
the boy.
Opportunity No. 41 Father and
mother and I six 'WWr very needy
Girls IS, 0 and 13 years. Boys 10 and
8 years, baby 1 on.h old. Food and
Xmas things for children.
Any case which appeals to you may!
lie taken by you. Call Mra. G, B. Lew-
is or Miss Stockton's office for address
of yeur 'Opportunity." Whenever pon
slble It is desired that person taking
an opportunity aeuver. u, ' out wnere
UKE SUPFRinn nqw
larart
mftfllf LIVES
;Ulln10
Sailors Who Are Tryuif to
Bring Bark to Safety Boats
on the Lake Take Great
Risk With lives.
FORTY PERSONS SO
FAR HAVE PERISHED
And Before Last Ship is Car
ried to Port or Given Up
For Lost, the Total Will
Be Larger.
Chicago. Dec. IK (By the Associated
Press i . Rattling foot by fisit through
towering sens and freezing spruy. tne
men who go down to the seas in Khi
lighting a buttle across Ihe ley
waves of ljike Huperbir to k s-p nav
igation open far beyond its usual time
and bring down ' the' lake the last car
goes of the year.
Already the tight has claimed its toll
of lives and lafnre the last ship has
lieeu accounted for or lieen given up
for lost that toll may be greater.
Nearly a dozen died a few days ago
when a Canadian steamer was dashed,
to pieces within a stone's throw of
safety at the mouth of the Portage
Ijike SMp Canal.
Saturday night 27 more were added
to the proliable death roll when surviv
ors of the tug Itelinnce. .wrecked Wed
nesday on 1,1 Kurd Island, reached, Snult
Ste Marie after almost indescribable
hardships.
Snult Ste Marie ('Out.. Dec. is
Twenty-two of the 27 pei-sons who
have been missing since the tug Re
liance struck on the rocks off Lizard
Island last Wednesday have been
saved, according to report from the tug
Grey, which reached the wreck today.
INADEQUATE DISTRIBUTION
FACILITIES FOR FARMERS
Is the Cause of Their Troubles. Says
Former Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury.
ur. i
(Br the Aaaoclated Preas. I
Washington, Dec. IS Distribution
facilities and not inadequate credits
have caused the present troubles of
the farmer's, R. C. Lefflngwell, former
assistant secretary of the Treasury,
declined today at the Semite Banking
"lfMWlWr4wrf
proposals. Insisting that "there Is no
such thing as stability prices," he con
tended that the farmer s troubles were
httfely traceable to purchases made
hy them of turns, equipment and otner
supplies at Inflated prices,
"
tfrpnan inuuren oruugiu oam iv
iNonn iaxoiina.
I the Aaawclated Preaa-i
Rnlelgh, N. O. Dec. IS. Homes are
being sought for live children, who
were brought from Virginia, when an
orphanage there was abolished owing
to alleged irregularities, by the. North
Carolina Bureau of Child Welfare.
The children now are being held In
the detention home of Hie bureau and
originally came, from thisWnte.
The orphanage; which was abolished
in .Virginia, formerly was located In
this stnte, but was moved when an in
vestigation was started by North Car
olida officials, according to Miss Kmeth
Tuttle, of the. bureau. Two of the
children arc. boys and three girls.
Soviets Order Consuls to Leave,
Vladivostok, Dec. 18 I By the Asso-
cited Press). The soviet government
of Vladivostok which recently took
over the administration of the. city and
surrounding territory, known as the
Prlmoria, today ordered the consuls of
France and ten other countries to close
their consulates and leave tfie Prlmoria
within a week.
Houston F. Fible and Company Fails.
(Br tha aaeaelated Preaa.)
New York, Dec. IS. Announcement
was made today by the, New Y'ork
Stock Exchange of the failure of
Houston F. Fible and Company, of
Kansas City. The firm which was
admitted to the exchange in 1900 con
sists of W.' R. Houston and W. M.
Fible.
A proposal is made that YVellesley
College shall follow the example of
Bryn Mawr and open Its doors for
summer courses to women in industry.
this is impossible the committees in
charge will deliver. Also, when a per
son wants o take a part of an oppor
tunity and does not feel they can fur
nish fuel, thnt will be looked after by
the committees.
Bags of confectioneries will be fur
nished to 80 men on the chain gang, 00
persons nt the county home, and 14 in
;
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