North Carolina Newspapers

1 rm? Concord Daily TRrarNE m ruDArs NEWS TODAY ASSOC ATED 9 PRESS f DISPATCHER VOLUME XXII. CONCORD, N. C. TUESDAY. JANUARY 1G. 1923. NO. 289. GERMANS AND FRENCH NAY CLASH L. 1 J 4 I ' f, ! V French Preparing Now To Seize Another City And This Action May Bring Men in Conflict With 2:,,000 Men of the German Reicswehr, Who Are Reported to Be Concentrated South of Muenster, 25 Miles From City of Dortmund, to Which OUTPOSTS OF TWO FORCES ARE ABOUT 10 MILES APART NOW Reports From Bochum State That Revolts Against -the French Have Been Put Down, and Everything is Quiet Again. French May Arrest Coal Directors Who Have Ordered no Coal Deliveries For French and Belgians. i VVT-n, Dortmund. .1 H n. It! TBy tile Asso ciated Press I. Frcuch general head qwat'Qfltl hns information thn I I'.'i.iNi'i men ut tlic : t urn i roichswehi- arc concentrated south of Muonster, less than -0 tulles north of i.uenson. in fkej north of Dortmund. The-Frcnch have advanced to IniiIi Dortmund unit l.ueii; sen. unit the oiiIm,sik of the 'French iu:il Gorman forces nt some points are ,,nlv from K to 10 miles npiirt. Dortmund. Jan. Hi illy the Aso- ciated Prossj. French cavalry up-! liearod on thi'. outskirts of tin.- city at noon tml'iy. It Is expected that the inclination fills city will he completed liy 4 p. in. toilny. May Arrest t'oal IMrertors. Umdon. .Inn. Hi ( By the Associat ed Press). French, throat to arrest German coal directors In the Huhr valley has caused a iwinic in Berlin, says Central News dispatch from the Herman capital thWi afternoon, tm the Berlin exchange this morning the dollar rate was around 18.000 marks. Quiet Again nt Bochum. raids, .Inn. Hi (Ry the Associated Pi ess). Order hns liocn rostoriHl at RiH'hnin in the newly mcupicd Ruhr district, where a clash occurred be tween Gerumii deuKilist ra tors and the French troops of occupation hint night, it was officially announced) here this I morning. ' vt. rowf-r -i -.V i- -'V. . Ol-FIWAIXV RECOGNIZED (invernnient Kuoys Nothing of Repar ians Plan Mr. Doyden Has Suggest eiL ti ,i,:,,t,,ii . ... i,' t itv tin. aa. eiated I'resi.lduilnistratioh omcials continued to iiTslst Halay that the Aiuerleati government considers Itself separated from the .reparation plan which haB been placed before the rep arations commission by Roland AV. Itoydr.a, the American observer, who is . representing the Cnited fetates unof ficially on tlie commission. Otlicials at the White House, eyen went so far as to say that they did not believe Mr. Borden eve, presented a plan to the 'commission as reported in news icsiuitches from Parts. In the fact of dispatches giving de taiisof how the pla.11 was laid before Secretary Tlnfi-hes weks iico. it was de- hired at the State Department that the Department knew nothing of the plan and desired not to lie In any way associated with it. EVERETT TAKES OATH OF SECRETARY OF STATE R'chmond Ccnnly Man Sworn In, Judge W. T. Story Ailministering Oath. 'Raleigh, Jan. 10 (Hy the Associated Press). V. N. Everett, of-Richmond County, who was appohtteil by (Jover nor Morrison to fill the unexpired, term of (he late J. Bryan Grimes, today was sworn in as Secretary or State, Judge W. T. Stacy administering the oath. Mr. Everett was showerexl with con gratulations from Isith the House and senate ami irom nunureos 01 menus throughout the State. . ., - ; . . Farks Belk Store tc ,B Closed Tomor. , JTSL . ... , 1ue.raras.mn41 ntwre closed tomorrow, while final prepara Hons are being made for the big He mnvft) Sale which starts at Tlie store on Thursday morning at i o'clock. The sale will lie held for tlie pur pose of reducing tlie present large stock of the company, so that the stock will not have to be moved when the new quarters of the com pany are completed. The new addi tion proliably will be ready for oecu lmncy in about four weeks, and will make the home of the company one of (he largest in North Carolina. Four pages 'of ads. telling about the sale will appear iu this paper tomorrow. Dental Clinic to Be Continued. Dr. S. E. Buchanan, county health of ficer, hns received a letter from tlie State Hoard of Health advising that Dr. H. B. KopJer. who was sent here to conduct a free dental clinic for two monlh, will lie kept here three months by the State, provided the citizens of the. county will raise $300 to keep him here the fonrtli month. More than half of this sum has been raised.' If you have a contribution to make send It In at once Dr. Foster Is do ing n great work among the school children of the city and conntyf For so little as to one can hire ir sH-eil train on, any of the Kngllh railways, with engine and crew com plete, and travel liy ft in solitary state for about twelve miles. Forty dol lar Is the lowest figures, and twelve miles the leaat distance, for which tne company will make tne neecss- ar I Vench Are Moving. DYNAMITE CHARGE DAMAGES HOUSE Twelve Persons Also Injured As Result of' Explosion in Louisiana Town. rlly l lit- v si,,' l : t el t'reflM.I Crowley, I,a Jan. Hi. Twelve per sons were repelled injured and a ntiia lier of haUdings wrecked at NontC l.i.. 20 miles from here last night as n result of an cxplnsllion of dynatnite. ile.taili were lackin o tlie ntporti receiveil Details weir lacking, lint accurdlns here. "(HI pounds f dynamite blasted in a garage where it was stored witli gasoline.' . Some ono entered the. garage with a lantern last night, igniting-the gasoline, whleb i.iiiscd an expbis'on setting off the dynnmite. The blast was felt here, and also at i tJneyiUin. 20 miles south of here. The. I Lafayette vand Itayne tire departniems i respondeirto the call for help. IMPORTANT TOMMITTKE MKRTINO NEXT SATI RDAV Executive Committee of N. V. Etliiro tion Assoriatlon to Meet in Raleigh. ' Hi the Arwictaietl I'rrn i Raleigh, X. C.. Jan. 1(1 In addition to the usivil business tlutt will lie j transacted ai tic ant)qg meeting of :Mk wtinAimw he Noii-n' Carolina Bducntion Association here next Saturday, the ofllcials will out line the plan of work for the red to be submitted to the local units fori adoption. , The mmnmiHidationa of i V ' ""'n.itte.. approved by the teach taie through this referen- diim will constitute the program for 928. The committee will make its recom mendations from the report of tlie spe cial committee appointed at the assem bly in November to consider the sug gestions, of the secretary. In the opin ion of officials of the organization, it was stated, the results of this com mittee meeting and of the referendum will mark an important step In the 01 S""""' """" " m, Among the imporjant ecommenda- tions of the special committee, com ixised of Dr. T. C. Amid- of Elon Col- "t- '"cin. ,.1 fM,n. Carolina ttute Collegia and SiTperin tendCiiti S. h. Sheep, of the Elizabeth City schools, are the following: "1. The holding of group or see tiona 1 meetings of teachers during the year in -ddltion to the one big meeting whiehTins been held every year in the past. This will carry (lie work of the association to every teach er in- the state. w "2. Providing a committee which will work with the department of ed ucation iu the revision of school laws which relate to teachers. "3. The appointment of a commit tee which will junki 11 'careful study ol the rettreiuenr, laws ot oilier stales with a view of working out 11. retire- ment law in North Carolina. It Is expected that these studies will cover 'every stnte in Hie union that has , 1(lopte(, retiremellt hnv lln(l it i8 1 the hone of these interested in this rmrticnlnr fen tore that, the committee will lie in a position to ask the legis lature of lt)2."i to act on this legisla tion. "t Consideration of the establish ment of a magazine or journal which will go to ail members ot the associa tion. , "i. Co-operation with the state de partment of education in making stud ios of outstanding educatlonul work in the state, and having these published in bulletin form. "0. Consideration of a suggested urogram of work .for the local units. The president, Miss Eliza bet ii Kelly, hns some very interesting suggestions for tills program for the locals. "7. 'Some changes in the plan of operating, the placement bureau so that tlie cost of the service will lie dis tributed among those who use It rath er than the whole membership of Hie association. "In addition to this report of Dr. Amick's committee, the executive com mittee will consider the applications of groups of teachers for the creation of new branches nt the association. Included In these requests for new di visions are the physical education (euehers dciartnien(, a department for art. teachers, a depnrtmetil lor kinder garlen teachers, and a deimrtinenl Iiip science teachers," It was stated. A new textile nln-e dlscove.red by Sir Henry Weekham, tlie pioneer of the plantation-rubber Industry, is claimed rn possess qualities unsurpassed hy any other tcjtl'e. being ns strong aa steal, bulk lor hulk. COMMON RULES GERMANY !!i DEFAULT Has Not Made Certain Be- livurips TW WW Hup fnr Year 1923 Members of Rep arations Commission Find. . Paris, .Inn. 1c, . Ry Associated j 1'rcss t . I In- i0ui rn t ions roiiiniHKliii In ti session tasting less than half m ! himr xkUi.v rushed through a ! -i fanli 'l 'certain .lellvorfwi'ln -kind I'm- ' (lie. year V.V'.. i'he repn radons bloc Franco. Bel I i fclun: and Italy voted in favor of de-j 1 clallii" 'n-delimit, and Kcmhnl I'm,,!. j Hie British delegate, acting in place of j Sir Pohu Bradbury, who. was India-J j posed, abstained from voting. The hnrrliHl decision follow " (lei- ' ninny's refusal to, make any more do-1 tucked on to the Xcal resolution in liveries in kind, including coal wood, i the House- here today liy Repr.-senta-'attle, dytv and building materials, so live Coward, of Jaeksiui Ciainty, ami long as the I'rem h remained hi the! the amendment was a rented. iy Hi-p- Ruhr. rresident Barlhon said Germany's refusal was "an 0en defiance of tin i allies" which must lie met with in slant action. Th Ameiicaii ri'presentatlves. Rol and W. Hovdon DJKi Col. James A. I.o- gan. were iin-seut. but had nothing to I sav. 1 It'E CREAM MEN OK Coward's siocuilment struck STATE TO MKET 1,111 t,vo sections of the preamble of I Mr. Neal's resolntioii. These sections Annual Meeting of State Association j referred to the fact that the useful Will Be Held in WLtston-Salem j ness of the state DHairtuient of Uilmr During Last of Month. A Printing had lieenMiajiaU'ed by (lie lUr the Assneiateii Pku.i j publicity which resnlp'd from charges Ttnleich. .V C. Jan. Hi An address by Mrs. wipilws Dnuiels. wife of the I former secietnry of Cue nlvy. will In the single departure from the ranks of nen:beis of Hie trade in the program of Hit llfih aiimi.il convention of the North Carolina Ice Cream Mainline Un ci's Asso hi tion.' which is to lie belli hoce .tnnioirv 'JR-'l. nfter the ennven-! tim is wehiWil by Uovernor Caa.ef-i - t isS t3itt-?l -14 - - -j "the piograih afSnotlficed tonight fir) the convention follows: Tuesday, January 23, 0:'t0 a. lu, I 1 ,...! -1-,. .1 1 I .ii ,.1 iminihei-u -mil - -i. " ' . . . , ,.'". ,- ,'. 1' J" " " , " " ' Itosiiimso ft V. ( 'net himl of the Arctice Ice Cream Company, (Ireens-1 nesses, semi Tor papers, hooks ami noc j.,, I nnietits, and administer oaths. Report of secretarv-troasurer A .E. I Representative Everett, of Durham )jX() , I County, lutrddiiced 11 hill to authorize Address of President L. A. Corn-1 North Carolina to co-operate with oth jK . 1 or cotton producing states in connoc- "The Man Behind the Hun," address i Hon with the cotton commission. Most bv O. S. Jordan, president of the Nut- of the other House measures were of iomil Association Of Ice Cream Sup- ply Men. '"The Growth and Development of Hie Ice Cremn Industry in North Car - olina,'' address hy 11. E. ( artland, or Greensboro, u My Competitor and I," address by Hi P. Olseu, president and manager of (he Ice Cream Review, Milwaukee. Wisconsin. VHow 1 View Hie Associate Member fwmi 11 Muniifiiel over's Viewiioint." uddress bv Charles E. Landredth, of ! endorsed tne program anu accompnsn the Forsyth Dairy Company," Win- ments of the last (Jenernl Assembly, ston-Rnlem. "llefrigeratlon, address bv ueorge Bruungart, of the York Maiiufiictnring Companv. of Vork. Pa. 1 ::!( p. m. Opossum and "raters dinner. H:."10 p. in. Theater party. Wednesday. January -'4. 9:3(1 a. m. Meeting of Ihe board of directors. KPn. 111. "Ret inning" by S. S. Pres ton, of the Crescent Tub and Tinning i..,,..,..n,i lilinumi I'it-v 'Cetin l . i Are Von Selling the Healer or the Consumer V" by R. G. Ribbon, editor of the Ice Cream Journal, New York. "Keep Cool," address by Mrs. Jo sephus Daniels, of Raleigh. "The Dairying Industry in North Carolina," by W. J. Shnford, of the Catawba Creamery Company, of Hick ory. "Ice Cream Sales in Winter," by W. H Savell, editor of the Ice Cream Field, of Atlanta, 0a. "Inter-Chituge of Credit liifonna tron'' by .1. C. Baldwin, of the Dur ham Ice Cream CoUljaiBy. 2:15 p. m. nutomoblle ride. 4 :00 p., in. business meeting for act ive niemliors only. 0:;tt) p. m. annual dinner and enter tainment. High Point School Gels Recognition. 1 Br 1 In- Auoclktea l'r,.i High Point, N. C Jan. 10. The High Point school again has been ac credited a class A institution liy.the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, it has been an nounceu ny y. . .iarr, .u.- . . ... ... . !...., enL. , . , This (lassjfk a Hon entitles any ffwrt- uate of the high school here to enter the frcehmnn class of uny A standard college in (lie south, Dr. Peacock Declared Sane in Arcadia, Florida. Lukeldud. Ma.. Jan. 1.'. Court wrt, Knv Tlittt Dr. J. W. Peacock, who escaped last year from the crim inally insane department of the North Carol 'ua state penitentiary, was de clared sane at Arcadia, Fla., last Thursday before. Judge George W viiiihurc fi,.r in e inn i mit loii hv Ir. H. M. Rlchard-i and Dr. R. R. i yulhVaa of Luktlaud. IRK OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE TODAY Nea! Resolution, CallinR For Investigation of the State Printing, Passes Its Third Reading in the Hdbse. FOUR COMMITTEES VAlUVn IV UOITCP iAJll!n ITS IlUUalL i Most of MeaSUTCS Sent to the House Were of Local Na ture Wants Marriage No tices Posted 15 Ddays. Raleigh, . ('.. .tati Hi (By the As soclatcd Press). (III1 amendment was resentative Xe.il, of Mi Howell, author Lot tjM. measure which in-ovides for an Invest igat Ion of State in inting. Th resolution passed Its ihird readin without further Opposition and was sent to the Senate for that liody's con currence. The Senate cUnld do no better than intriHlia-c- local bill In ;a session which eonsmo 'd hut a few ! minutes. . r lintnuiiess una uiseriminaiioii brought by state prlnteis. and that the ; department Im places! sound bus I iness basis "and thai it lie conducted fairly, impartially, and free from fav ordism and discrimlnaiinn." After the reading dcrk had read the bill Miv Coward osured his amend ment. After this was read Mr. Neal took the floor and aimn.U that he M-m'A accept Mr. . Crf.ufl alteration, The bill went through the third read Ing nnopooeed. It provides for n com mission of nine members of the House to lie appointed by the speaker, and five members of the senate to lie ap- pointed by the Senale President to I couduct tlie investigation, call for wft- a local nature, Bpenker Dawson 1 Douse committees. 1 ihnirmeii are: announced Thes? and four theii Revision of laws: v s. Bryant, of ml election. D. T. Durham ; privilege: McKinon, of Robeson : lish and fisher ies, M. I.. Davis, ' Carteret: public service corporations, U. 3, Poisson, of New Hanover. A resolution adopted by the "big four" brotherhoods of the state which ami vuicn aiso euootsou u:e propo- 1 ciuiuiiiicn m 'fiwr"," eunial message to the present Assem- W was spreau upon ine minutes up- oil iii'ii ii'ii wi iii-i,.-cuiiii, ,1 null.. Murphy, of Rowun. Representative Van B. Martin, of Washington county, introduced a measure which would provide that fif teen days' notice of intention to mar ry lie presented to the Register of Deeds by the coiitriicfing parties lie- ,, ... ... . , 1 ., ,,i ; .... Mil. en ii in-nuii.i n, ,hij .11.111- 1 i"ii this law b the Register. PRESIDENT UL Has Been Sm'iVrir.g With Cold for a Week Condition Mm Merlons. (By tkv Associated Pre.i Washington, J'an. 16. President HariJ.ng for the pdst 'week has be?n suffering from a several cold, and soon after today's cabltit.! meeting lv? went to the white houac proper t lie down and rest The President incr (he newspaper urespondents as usual ror nis auer- inh(iiat ,u,.iii, lint indie 1 lid III- t'l' I . 1 1 . .1 . .... i ,:. i ..a. .1,, I.. .. , MUllspuNcu, uuu oiu uu uwiiu ii una..- er any other than most Impertant questions. It was said there was nothing at all aluriiring in his eondl- tion. Fire Drives Guests From Central Hotel at Shelby. 'Shelby. Jan. 1B.--Wbjhi fire broke out Iu Hie basement, of the Central Hotel here tonight at 10:30. the l.0 ..,., many of tllelu tuy attired lurmn m-tr forced to nee Into the However, no one was injured, nnd , ( , u egtlmRt, . h( f0V al)01 $li000. Th(V imteiag crowded when the ... , H0Undcd and smoke soon sprcsd throughout ihe guests' rcnnis.! T ie lire, deparlnicnl qUlekly wmpad - eil and within u short time the blaze was under control turned to their rooms extinguished. . .lulge Alton B. Parker to Wed. N?w York. Jen. 16. Judge Alton ; Brooks Parker, democratic candidate for isres Ident in 1904. today obtained 'lk'ciiM to marry Anrtlla Day Cumn bel! of this e.ty. BODY OF RAILROAD STRIKER IS FOUND Body Was Found Hanjfinp From Railroad BriflVo Near Harrison, Arkansas, Where He Had Been Employed. i.iuie iicmk. At I. . .urn. Ii,. I liejHiily df K. C iregor. a Missouri 4: Norlh Arkansas railroad striker, was found Nwty banging from a bridge near rail road yarns at Harrison, Ark., accord ing to tl,c Harrison corresMindent of the Arkansas Democrat. Oregor Is said to Is- thi, man who oiieninl lire on officers and eitlxens who senrehexl bis home yesterday, aiiording in a tele gram to the Arkansas Oejnoernt. it is said here that he was called before the viglluiicc committee last night and that he defied them, avowing tlait "a day of reckoning" would come. A coroner's jury is licing euiuniclo! to investigate the killing. Several hundred armed citizens who begun "house cleaning" yesterday. ! still were walking the streets this, i nmnniiHc lor siriKers wnom 1 they were "grilling" before a commi!-! ni'. ii is saio, in an etiori to jnnn dues as to who is responsilile for the aestrnetloi f railroad property. WANT STATK TO RAY NATIONAL SI 'ARDSMEN Adjulant tieneral's Department Has Prepared Rill for State Legisla ture. i II v (,r Auorlatrd lrr.) II.. 1. V I, I.... ir 4 - v o. l.i. ,1 unnsMlC to have the state pay each enlisted mini in the North Carolina National , fJOiird fifty cents for each armory j drill, the pnymenta to cover not more! than sixty drills a year, and to crease the salaries of company com- tm, function More will be appointed 'morning that he wired the authoritiiis manders from $1(I0 annually to i to attend if it is deemed necessary at iikeland and St. Petersburg yester iiikI of lieutenants and supply ser- j wit)-, Hie exception of the an-' ('"-v to lu''('st !h'- l'eacock. advising gennts of companies from $So per mini to 100 was inlrodnced in the ifoueral ossemblv tonight. 1111s mu tiro iues mm t lie state 1 shall augment the amount now given o enlisted men by the federal govern ment for armory drills to the extent if lifty cents for each drill," said Major Gordon Smith, of the adjutant general's department, in discussing the measure. "The number of drills for which payment would be made would not exceed sixty a year. "At the present time the federal government pays a minimum of $1 per drilNlo each man, and the stale is being asked to contribute less than one-half. the amount allowed by the (.'lilted States. "Tlie most important part of the 1, aining of a National Guardsman must necessarily take place at his home station, and it is here that he learns to be a soldier and equips him self for service whenever needed eith er by his state or the federal govern ment. "These men give up approximately one niirhr a week to militarv instruc- .ioii, and it is felt that the state should in this way show its appreciation of the splendid service thev are render-! lug the stnte. About twenty-four hnn. died men are eudy to serve the stah whenever necessary j--no matter wheth er it Is twelve o'clock in the day or night and are available throughout the year. "During tlie past year, about sixty Officers and one thousdiid men have been on state duty, in several cases for weeks at a time, and during this en tire time there hhs nol been one com plaint from them, though they were requrled to sacrifice time and money . ... i..Aj 11. ..... They have displayed a fine spirit and the state cannot but be jiroud of this splendid body of men that constitutes what is admitted to be one of the most important branches of the state government and one that is absolute ly necessary. "When called UMin these men must be well grounded in the rudiments of military and the medium for acquir ing tills knowledge is the drills which are held in the armories during the I commission will not be ready with its year under a program of instruction I recommendations to the general as whlch is nrescribed and administered semblv before Wednesday, according nv the war department. The govern- , ....... 1 . 1 fliln ti-.i!u!n,r un luw.nu. . .. . . . .. X . i- a, .... KS ry tnill IT lXiys 11 nil li 1 1 n 1 1 1 ii oi .pi per -The bill also makes provision for paying company commanders $20(1 pet .11.11111.1 lliufllllll nf lflll IIU lit 1, '111 ' lienleiiants of cnni'piinies $100 per an num, instead of $50, and supply ser geants $100 111 lieu of $"i( now nllow ed. "The rensons for asking for this small increase for company onWrs is obvious they have the hardest jobs In the National Guard ' and there Is no end to their responsibilities. "No increase is asked for Held offi cers, hut company ofiicers deserve this small lncreuse for work which takes nn average of two or three hours a nilrl in the case yt supply ,otol and the company com- Tl... .,n..iu m mnnders have to keep up with proper t,J .lw. n..., J jly amounting In money value from niier iik mi .ir mu, t $7r,(M)0 per orgKiilzatlon I which luis U'cii issueil them Try the national government,' he stfld. Tlie Indigo industry is one of the oldest of the early rhemVnl Industries - In the Southern States. It 1 met- Honed In Louisiana as early as 1720. Dr. J. W. Peacock Can Be Brought Backto State 527,945 BALES OF COTTON CONSUMED During Month of December, the Census Bureau States in Report. i ii i hi- . i.-ii,., i Prru.1 Waahlaatoti, Jan. Id Cotton n snmed during Derember amouuteil to .VJT.'.U.", hales of linl ami tlijMTB balm of l;nters. the Census Bureau announc ed today. Oonsnmptlton during November was W7.WS1 bales of linj and 5S.122 of linters, and in Detmlwr ennsmnptioii totalled r.lO.ULT, of lint and 45,434 of linters. SET OK RI LKS MAKE FOB SCHOOL CHILDREN High Point High School Functions Will Re Regulated in the Future. in the AMOclittcd PrfH.1 High Point, X. ('., Jan. Hi. Dancing has heen , hi I h, vied nt oneial rmwitinnu jjiv(,M in ().0 nlue f tlie High Point I liigh school, according to a serv'f rules j .,..,. i... i l(. Johnson, princiial. dancing Ix-en placed I ,mv , on tlie mack list bur with the axeea tion of the "annual junior-senior af fair" all pnrtlea must end at 10.30 and "parents may expect their clill drew home shortly after this time." The full set of rules Intended to eon trot social ! unctions given under th mime of the high school lias domed by the faculty and is as fol lows : j ... rP1.,il iiol'ii, iuui.in miiuf 1... ..' ...ii . ...... .v ..... ..... ... ...... p, ... M us IV 11 s Chimte In n ctllile-ll or gtndents before a social function1'01"'01. nsP wnlllu" uie from fh( nojMg gtfL hl ti, nlmie o( the high j st.iool will be authorized r !(ns( two 0,aperones selected! from the school faculty . must attend ah-lnnoi inBtnuurfn tr,ip nil nnfio '. - tnA nt lotn m r-iwni, ,. I expect their children tu shortly -af- 4.,,. ii,;0 time -.1 Theve ahntl 1,0 no ilanno t social functions given in the name ofi ! the high school. "". .Suitable games and other simi lar activities to engage the attention j of students attending parties must lie prepared before hand." These rules will be considered in I force whether the party is held in the 1 school building or in private homes, it was stated by the principal. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at a Decline on May but Generally Higher. ill. thr 1:1, oil .Krt-NM.l New York. Jan. (!. The cotton mar ket opened steady at a decline of two points on May but generally two to five points higher owing to the. continued firmness of Liverpool. Tlie South was among the mere prominent sellers on n reaction, which soon carried March off to 27 :) and May to 27 !6o, i V nnont us to 16 points nei. lower, j Cotton futures opened steady. Jan. 27 :4o ; March 27 :(I5; May 27 :T5; July ! -'7 :5tl ; Oct. 25:lo. MRS. DAVID JANE HU.L DEAD IN WASHINGTON Death Due to Injuries Received Mon day When Struck by an Automo bile in Capital. (By the Anaoclateu Prasa.1 Washington. Jan. Id. Mrs. David Jane Hill, wife of tlie former amlias uilil.tl' I,. 1 : . ,! I", I I I ill. Ill lllll'O tllll'IV from injuries which she suffered when struck by an automobile lute yesterday. She was 60 years of age. Stepping from the curb just nfter leaving her home on Rhode Island Avenue, Mrs. Hut was struck by a delivery wagon driven hy Guy C. Lee, a negro, who is being held by the po lice. State Finds Itself With a Nice Sum in the Treasury. Raleigh. Jan. 15. The state budget to Representative W. K. Everett, mem- Ii.n. .,r Ihu nniiiiiileolini i ... . . . . .... i . Mr. Eveniett madd known here to day tlie fact that the state's budget will total $10,000,0(10, an increase over that of two years ago. This budget allows for tlie approxi mately $2,."iOO,0OO surplus In the state treasury. , The budget commission's recommen dations of two years ago were far about $1,000,000 lu excess of the prob able income ns indicated at that time, whereas the income of the state actual ly created the surplus. With Our Advertisers. Miller's Butter-Nut Bread Is made of choicest materials in a bakery rmt cd for Its cleanliness. Overcoats for $H.rio up nt Hoofer's. The company has line line of coats for Ihe youngster who wants to play ont-or-doors. Why risk your valuables th lire or burglars? Yon can get a safe deposit box at the Citizens Bank and Trust Company and know your valuables are! safe. Fisher's is showing new hat modes for spring. All winter bets at half and laa. If Requisition Papers Are - Honored by Gov. of Florida the Thomasville Phvsician Can Be Brought Back. ATTORNEY GENERAL GIVES HIS OPINION Reports From St. Petersburg Say Dr. Peaeock Has Not Reached That City, Where He Said He Was Going. (Br the AMMH-lntr I'mn Raleigh, N. C Jan. Hi. No slops have heen taken' toward bringing Dr. .1. W. PeaeAek back from Florida to the criminal insane department of tlu Stale Prison from which he escaiel Si I it. .Ml. last. Attorney (ieueral Man- Iiing said today that it wooki be within the power of tlie (loveruor of llmida to honor or deny a request of this state for extradition. The fact that a Florida court ban declared Dr. l'eacock to lie sane would not obstruct the Governor of that state) should he desire to permit extradi tion, .the Attorney (ieneral stated, comparing tlie case with that of Har ry K. ThitAV, wanted in New York, ami found to lie suno in Xew Itnniiislih'e lieon in1'Tue Supreme Court of the United ' out tee ueio inai ine (iovernor 01 rvow Hampshire could honor the extvadi- tion papers if that were his wish. Request for extradition papers in the S.UjfrinlonUejM of the State Prison and in- is 010 01 iimexgit iuoa.1. , Warden S. J Bushoe of the North Carolina State Prison stated lilts that. the physician had escaped fitosa the criminal insane uepnrtmeut of the M!L "abef', W in- nun Jim .111 i ei.-ivuti fi i-i-ji.i e his message up to noon today. When asked if he would issue re quisition papers on the Governor of Florida for the-return of Dr. Peacock, Governor Morrison this mornlr" said he had no statement to make regard ing the rase nt this time. Not in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, Fla., Jan, Hi. While reports said that Ir. J. W. Peacock, who escaped last year lrom the crimi nal insane department of the North Carolina Stnte Penitentiary, was en route to St. Petersburg, where il was stated he Intends to practice medi cine, no word had -been re; ci veil of h!m early today. Court lecoids show that Dr. Pea ceckNvns dech red sane at Arcadia, Fla., last Thursday lief ore Judge Geo. W. Whitehurst. after an examination by Dr. II. W. Richards and Dr. It. R. gRtaa, of Lakeland. Fla., according to re)(irts fmu Lakeland. According to information reaching here, Dr. Peacock was examined to prevent any attempt to extradite him to North Carolina, where he was con fined to the criminal insane depart ment of the penitentiary after trial on a charge of killing the chief of po lice at Thomasville. N. C. Mrs. Peaeock in Thomasville. Thomasville. Jan. 10. Mrs. J. W. Peacock, wife of Dr. J. W. Peacock, who escaped from the department for the Criminal insane of the State Pris on at Raleigh, and who is now report ed located in St. Petersburg, Fla., is . the mme here and has no J""1"1 r., ,u,'s ' "" 5" 1 has tlye children, three of the l'eacock ounger ones being witli hey here, u fourth daughter, employed in Greensboro, and the fifth, a daughter in training to lie ii nurse, at Watts Hospital in Durham. Mrs. Peacock conducts a boarding house here and was seen In Thomas ville today. Week-End Sale at Eflrd's. In a two-page nd. today Ktlrd'i is pointing out some of the tine specials it will offer for over the week-end. The sale will bogto Thursday and continue through Monday, and some of the finest bargains the company has Offered' in recent months will tie put on sale during the four days. Overcoats, boys' shoes, wool blan kets, shoes, Indies' ready-towear, tow els, boys' dips and hundreds of other commodities will bo offered at Scliil prices during this week-end sule. Yon cannot afford to fall to rend the big ad. and call at the store while the bargains are being offered. Piedmont Today Neva , Gerber and Jimmy Morrison IN "A Yankee Go Getter" A swift moving, cleverly constructed melodramatic screen story. Aiso The Haunted House Fox Sunshine Cpmody thn' wll to ytsn cold -3 m !