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TODAY'S
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TODAY.
VOLUME XXII.
CONCORD N C , WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1923.
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French Ultimatum is
Ignored by Coal Men
. - -
German Mag nates Failed to HICKORY CAPITALIST
Appear Before the Central ' GETS WATER RIGHTS
( onunission, a They Had
Been Ordered to Do.
NEXT MOVE IS
UP TO FRANCE
rreneh Had w arned .Mae:-
itates That Coal Deliveries
Had to Be Made, or Heavy
- Penalties Would Follow.
DllMMhtMf, Jnn. 17 i By tin- Assn.
oialill Press). Kepi . nciiI , r . (if ihi'
Genua n magna tin nihil hi n ii . ' this
iMWRtitR aware the emu mi commis-
sion. minting word they, had dei idiil
tti iiIm-v the instniriioiis tif I ho Berlin
government Instead of I he I 'n-tu li m--
dors ns til iuul deliveries. Hills plne-l1"
ing 1 hi next nunc squarely up In the !
I n'lii-li iMiupying aiiilmi Hies.
The ultiiuatinii, delivered to the in
dustrial loaders yesterday, directing!
thorn lii resume iiitil deliveries under
henry f tt-itii It lc-s fur failure, expires nl
i . in. Nil action will ln taken by
I In- French. It is slnliil. milil tht' iml
-I hours from the delivery of t ho ul
timatum yesterday afternoon bag dap-
SClf,
( la-.li"- in Dortmund.
Dortmund. Jan. 17 i Hj Hie Assoc!
aled I'rossi. I I'lnonatrarions hy mil"-1 hrnodiQtt ovi'.r the nulelde of In r inusin.
lotialists In Ibe stni'ts of linrtiiiund ' Miss Martha llarpi r, nf t'harlotte, is
hite, last evening runned eltiRhea with hellevnl to have aetnatetl the rash net.
I'lunihnnlHtlc labor elotnenfM, hut in- A shot from her father's pbtol enter
lervention hy the Kieiu h fnreos was inii the lemple aildi ancini; all the way
nut miiMnitated.
I r.-in h Will Operate Mines.
Kssen. Jan 17 I Hy the Assoeialnl
I'less). The Franeh occup idenal 'au
thorities annuuiu'ed this afternoon that
they will hegiu operating the ujinen of j
the Iltthr distrk-t toiunrrow. requiai-
tion'ng Oerman labor if necesftry.
The Hnhr coal and industrial niftjf
Tiates who refused to eo-operate with
K.yieli will bo prosecuted before a
court martial.
Orrupai.ioa of Ruhr C'oiuph'letl.
DusseWorf. 5:0 p. m., Jan. 17.
(Uy the Associr.ted Press)'- I, wis
ii(tldl.illy nnnoiincad by Genera, no
Ooutte thld afternoon that the milt-iai-y
operations of the Ruhr occupa
tion are now completed.
1 . , T. r , ,
-ir:WW'JW 'iiwitii-WaaM,, ,tr- totter, -mi -ai liuv 1if:rt
ine niiues uirouSnoui ine msmci io-
morrow rooming jilaclng mil.tnry
Ki'iu-ds at the mouths of every pit.
Hie Kuhr magnates were Informed
IM i afternoon that the1.!- properly
will U: conflscated and v. ill be work-
ed under French managemnit for the
lieneflt ;vf the republican account.
DEBT COMMISSION MI ST
IIII'L' ILILII.'VIW j ,-. , , , . . .
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ISmtTlt
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Washington. Jan. 17. The Ameri-
can debt, comniission hiis frankly told
the Kritish mission, itccordiug to in
J'ormntion today ut the Treasury, that
it could not assent to any plan of apt
rlemetit of tireat Ttritain's war debt
which could not 1m expected, to re
ceive the approval of Congress nt this
session.
In view of the determination of
President Harding not to call an ex
tra session of the new Congress the
whole question of a settlement of the
British debt would have to be held in
abeyance until next year if Congress
fulled to ratify any arrefgettenl might
lie so changed ns to require the nego
tiation of a new settlement.
The America n. commissioners also
were reported to feel that a failure to
obtain ratification would hold up the
refunding negotiations with the other
debtor nations. It has beou their
hnie to make the settlement with
Ureal Hritain 11 guide for the refund
ing of all of the other war debts.
While both the British und Atuert
enns still were hopeful today Unit an
agreement in principle would nunc
out of the present negotiations, they
plainly were not as optimistic 011 this
IMiinf as they hail lieen.
AGREEMENT IN COTTON
DIFFERENTIAL IS REACHED
Cotton Can Be Shipped From South at
the Same Rate as From Eastern
Ports.
(Br the Aaaaclatca Prena.t
Atlantic City, X. J., Jan. 17. An
agreement on cotton differential whs
reached hero today by American ship-
ping men who have lieen conferring
liere for three dnvs under the aasolces
of the I'nlted Stutes Shipping Board.
I'nder the agreement the shipping
freight rates on cotton will he increus-
ed from 17 cents to 20 cents. This
a. tl., m i .. 1. ...... -MmJiL
iiiiikcs 11 iHiswuic no .niuueiii Binpix-m
to shin cotton direct to Liverpool and
other Eiiroiienn cities nt the same rate session tlie freshman duss is otllcjally
as would tic charged if the cotton were recognised on the campus, their ini'si
shlpped from Now York Cltv. ' dent acting us the class' representative
The new arrangements, shipping of- on the Bluilent council, and tlie mem
Jlclals snid, will cut down cotton ship- hersV.f the diss liuvlng the right to
ments from New York und .will in -
crease from Southern cities,, princl
imlly New Orleans and Galveston.
Meeting in Raleigh
I Br tha Aaaii'lalri I
Raleigh, N, C, Jan. 17. A confer
once Of negro supervisors ami tench-
era of home economics IrrNorth Caro-
Una to meet In Raleigh February 1-3
has been called by Miss Kn tacrine Mo
rn 11, acting head of tne home econom
ies department, it was announced to
night. The work for the year will be out-
In. e.l st the meeting.
Joseph R. Elliott to Ereit
i . a w-m a r u a. "
maro-aiecinc I'tanis on
the Catawba.
(By Ihr l.-oclnl.d !'.- i
Hickory. Jim. 17.' Acquisition nf
I A . . ' i I I . iH i t lli'Mw I , III. flltuulin
utrcr from u Mm irii, im
tli rsi-fnril Shoals down In tin I 'm-luil
inc ihr. old Thornton Sliml. n iiu
R III Kill tlnJll.V ll.V Joseph It. I :
Iin-mI lupltalists. .Mr. Elliott said work
Of const run long hydro elulrie plant
would if gin within a few mrki
The property which .Mr. Klliolt nV
Miiinil rfl nliimsi sifKi.non. ii w.is
stated nnid them were reports which
ho wimhl lail discuss Hull A. M. K I -1
lor. of .Mnrganlnn. would in; aasociatcd
with Mr. Elliott in tlx- devehipaient.
'I'lio alorMiwi-r rlghlsaro uiidorsliMid
Xtl'll'l ;i,i III IW'i miles along lilt'
r , '
mis-' EULA Reai i ; n takes
III I; OWN MM', AT MONRO!-:
Shoo Is Herself Ihniitgh I ho Temple
With Father's Revolver Wllhout Prr
vlous Warning.
Monroe, Jan. Hi. Miss KuIh Mfllor
lii'uilltjmi. fUtraotlve 17-yo ir nlil- hijji
si ImioI stiiiloiil. timk her lifo hor ilii
muriiluii hi tin- hniiit' nl hor fiithor.
ir. It. ('. Roiicrfi-Mrq, a pfOinlmM ilon-
lisl. rcspuinli'iu'.v. i-aiisi'd hy onnslaiil
through the hrjid. stmfTeil nut Ibe life
of the popular young girl almost in
stantly. Miss lyadfearn hnd aaaiated her sis
ters in liifih'ng up the puny to the lii-
tie cart which they drive to and from
school every day. but. at the ln-t mill
ute decided to stay al home. " As the
other children were preparing to leave
she bid them good-bye ami entered the
house. That was the. last time she
was neon alive. A pistol shot was
heord by one of tho sisters. She rap
into Hie rear part of the house, where
her futhivf, unoimseious of the terrible
trngi'dy. was getting ready to come
down town.
"I'ppn." she said, "suinelinily's tslinol-
in
ot having hmm tln report or iiu
f , . , . , ,
' j,lHifive ,Jiat m lt.ar,i siir, however.
(, ,. Keidfiarn. more to ipilel her
. rhm, anything else .explored the bouse.
; wl,n enUlred ,., f Miss
4,;ulll Mlller ho WB stmiMei , So(. her
,,.1..., nnmrriite fn the siile of her l.c-.l.
Mi-s ltedleiirn was in such good
lietilth and line spirits that friends
I nl' llin fniiiiiv nrn 111 .1 Ins-: In .ii-enllnl
- ' "" ....
i over iw suicitU' f hvv cnusin, nn ifK-
'''''"" wlii-U hec, the sulijec,
!"f "iW comment in the KodlYarn
Ihonie.
. T, ,(,as4,, la v(,rv nromincntlv
onHaected. being the graunddangbter
of Mrs. Annie Heath,
widow of the late, B. J.
ol' Charlotte,
Heath.
HOUSE REBVULICANS BOOST
MONHEM. FOR CABINET
Urge Him as Secretary of Interior,
Succeeding Fall.
Washington, I). ('., Jan 16. Presi
dent Harding is being deluged with
recommendations hy House Republicans
urging the selecttipn of Representative
Frank W. Mondell, -.Republican floor
leader, as the successor of Albert H.
Fall, secretary of the Interior, whdse
reslgnution takes' effect March 4.
The Now York delegation will meet
tomorrow to indorse Mondell, the Ne
braska delegation called upon the
President today with a recommendation
for him, and the presentation of solid
delegation indorsement appears In be.
mi almost daily onurreiiee.
House members acknowledge Hint
heretofore the President has given no
int'nuitimi as to his choice., tin attl
tnde that is beguming to discourage
the Mondell unpporters.
The belief continues that the Presi
dent Is contemplating moving Post
master 'General Work to the Interior
Department, making a place in the
Cabinet for Senator New, of Indian,!,
ns Postmaster General.
Davidson Freshmen Elect Officers for
the Year.
Davidson College, Jan. fTl. At a
meeting of the freshmen class here
tonight the following utlicers were.
elected for the year :
iffitm
Concord, president ;
Chirlotte, vice president:
Houston, Monroe, election , as presi-
denl came after 11 strongly contested
"tea with Regan, the other nominees
Raker, McMillan and Laiftl being
nl Imltlii toil
-"'
Form this time on in the collegiate
, vote in an rue. sruueni uouy eiect ous
I
Says Prohibition is Tottering to a Fall
Washington, Jan. 10 "Every day !n
every way"' prospects for modification
of the dry laws are tieconilng "better
and better," W. H. Stayton, founder
and executive bead of the association
neninst the nrohlldtion amendment, de
clared In a statement 'ssued tonight im
1 the eve of the birthday of "so-called
prohibition in this country." "After
thru" years of unsteady reign, old
King Prohibition Is fast tottering to a
fall," be sad, and "there are most en-
iiiiirnflng evidences id a change in
OR. PEACOCK FOUND
N ST. PETERSBURG:
Arrived There Tuesday Nijrht
and Is Not Trying to Hide,
According to Reports Fron;
That City.
17 IUr Mrlnl4 Pr.i
tt. IVtorslniiK. Kbi.. Jan. 17. Dr.
J. W. I'ui-I:. wliu i.-ri:A":l friHii Hi
North I'arnlltiH nnyhiin fur tho Imuiiio.
vrriviHl In St. I'otor-liiirn hisi niulil.
' . !
ilo iiiiiii' f - ( loin -Aaior. whore h
hhoiiI ywtiTilii.i . Hi- Inl rm-iitly ni
jmli'il miiio ufior mi IlivonflCiltaM in
Aiiiiilln. iii l thi n gayo u;i a Jnli in a
Ii.ihIh , i .'iinp whoro ho hail hlHfl nnrk-i-is
slnri- Auicust rum.
!r. I'oni'iK'k (umpul from 'tho axy
luin A it (UM 2iuh urn) i iino in i hi
atal!'. Ho win I. oil h.-inl, ho -iaiil. am'
RxhiMInt hainls ciiroroil with iiiIIihli
phll'OS HP Willi ho OXIKH'lK tl toll i-
Klnriila anil Ihon rhirnso a phlli" In
uhiih In lio: Ilo Im ma kins no offort
to hhU", nail ma.'. MH-nlo Ih'i'o, ho sahl.
Ilo tterlaml lu'iiiuhl it" liok in North
Cariiliiia ami thru urn lie takoti in rns
tody. Hr. 1'oiiriN'k was i iminilMiil to
tho Ninth Cnrnlina ndyluin iiftor kill
inL ii poliroinaii at his homo in Thorn
asvilli'. Wiirrauts Knr IVarorh.
Knh'JKh, N. .. .Ian. 17. Warrants
hm
lii'oii issmxl horr rhahrsinx lr.
I. W. Peacock, localiil at St. Peters
burg. Fin., with having escaped from j
tne stare. prison, wiiicti is mane an 01
fense under the laws of Ibis stale, ac
cording to Attorney General .1. S.
Manning.
GRAY DIRECTED TO
CONTINUE TESTIMONY
Attorneys Did Not Waul Him to Tes
tily in the Hearing at Bastrop, La.
IUr the A1.Mm-1a.Tefl Prsa.
Bastrop, Iau. Jan. 17 Judge Fred
M. Odotn tod l.v overruled objection of
counsel for E. N. Gray, wllni-ss in the
open hearing Investigation into' the kid
liapplQg and siaying of Watt Daniels
and Thomas Richards, hooded band vic-
t'tus, and directed that Gray should
continue his testimony liegun yester
day. Judge (Worn repeated his rul
ing of yesterday, however, that Gray
would nut be required to answer pies
lions tint might involve statements of
n possible, itterlintnatlng nature.
STEAIJS DEALER'S BILLS. . I
THEN REALIZES SIN THEM
Yonkers Man Arcnseil of New
Novel Form of Crime. j
Yonkcrs. N Y., Jan. 10. Perhaps 1
Anthony Manuel has bit Upon an un
trodden way of petty crime At any
rate, the following was his custom. It
was charge! by Max Klein. 11 produce
vendor, upon whose complaint Manuel
was arraigned in city court today.
Klein, calling at an early hour, slip- I
ped hills for gmids beneath the di)i,s..11dvanei: sheets nf tlie supremo couf'.s
of customers. Manuel, dogging hisjivb.cn now await book publication
steps, retrieved them. L iter. Klein I proposed bv Senator L. R. Vascr, ami
-;:iid Manuel presented the lulls and
got I lie money.
Manuel was remanded to ja'l pend
ing further Investigation.
Removal and White Goods Sale at
r Parits-Belk Company.
The big Removal and White Goods j
Sale al the Parks-Belk Company will
begin Thursday mornnlg, January 1H
at 0 o'clock, and continue for 12 1 the after action on the Bagpett anti
days. The company Is preparing to mask.ng bill.
move some of the stock Into its new 1 The outstanding feature of the ses
addltlon as soon ns same is completed. ! sion was the nnuo.mcem.ent that the
and the blu sale is being offered as a I house com'mittee on water commerce
means of reducing the stock before
the transfer is made.
Ii four pages of ads
In this paper
today yon will Hud enumerated seme slder the aminlstratlon ship 1'ne bill,
of the tine bargains Hie company is to it has beau announced in the ad
offer during the sale! Every article ministration circles that the delog.i
of clothing and every pair of shoes in ; tlons from many eastern points la
the store will be reduced in price, and terestcd in the sh'pping bill wi". leave
many other commodities also will foci for Raleigh late todiji and tonight to
the price cut. bo heartl at the meeting.
It will be to your advantage to read .
the ads. carefully ami be on himd 1 state Library UonmiiaVtfnn Has Import
when the store opens on Thursday ; ant Books For Reference,
morning. Make a list of the goods I nieigh, N. ('., Jan. Hi. The state
wanted and call at the store and get ! Horary commission today announced
them before they are picked over. j( nHd number of books on -ersonnl
. nil( national economy available to
Twcnly-llve thousand dollars is me
value, set upon the hands of Miss Mil
licent woodward, the champion type
writer of Europe. She can wrire nt
the rate of 230 words rt minute. Even
when blindfolded she can take down
1(1!) words from dictation without a
single slip. Afl the time she is at he.r
machine she tnlksMnerrily upon every
Subject imaginable.
Noted Speaker Coming
Here For
Sunday School workers of Concord
' Towiishlu will lulve the nnnortimitv of
' ' 1" IR S!
hearing three nihil Sunday School ex
ports at tlie Concord Sunday School
Institute in St. James Lutheran
Church, February 7. 8 and 0. 1028,
The leaders in charge of the move
ment feel that tho,v,havo been very
fortunate in having secured these
speakers for the program :
Mr. U. T. Albertson, Indianapolis,
Indiana, who is General Secretary of
Indiana Sunday School Council of
Religious Education, am) u wel known
lecturer.
,Mr. D. W. Sims, who Is widely and
favorably known us General Superln
tendent of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association, will deliver a sc -
lies of lectures at the Institute. Ha v-
Ing attended a previous institute in
Concord nlmnt 11 year ago. Mr. Sims
nwils'iio intrialuellon to the Sunday
Si bool workers in and around Con
INK OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE TODAY
Iirgest Number of Bills Yet
Introduced to the Senate
Made Appearance During
the Morning Session.
LOCAL BILLS ONLV
SENT TO HOI SE
Several of the Bills Presented
to Senate Were of Unusual
Interest Solons May Hear
Crissinger.
Rtli lull. Jan. 17 illy (ho .Woeinuil
l'li'.-si. Hill- uhiih wnuh uuthori.o
sill-)."' a I openillaM iai iimiiirin nf stall'
N'nl and i liiu lliil.ic Inst i I ii t Ion-,
ili' 'iiu .1 soo la I iiiiian' in onnldo iinin
llos to i-stnhlUli and inaintniu orphan
iiKi's. and that would p'Tinit tho adinis
sirn of ; '-mi- iiiiitv I Jul ii .10 yp.ii-s
nhl In Caswi ll Tmlwm; Si-hiKil fur Ho'
fii'lilc inh.ihil. iiiliiKlinod in tho
Senate today among the largest Imtch I sonni'S nr t hristmas nevemges bail
of measures yet olTereil in a single sen- much to do with the order,
sion. "egotiat ions llaltid.
In the House, touay was devoleil I Washington, Jan. 17. The British
to inl induction of Iii I Is of haul im land American debt comissi ms mive
Hrtance only, am) the cominittec 1 reached a point In their negot ations
reports already schtjilnled. where it virtually is iigroml no further
I). It. Crissinger. tin- ("resident's ap i prosress can be made until the Brlti.-b
Kiintee to be Governor of the Federal commissionei s have relurneii to Lon
Reserve Board, will ili' inviteil to ad j don and conferred with their govern
dress the General Assembly iii Joint nient.
session here nt any lime that may
suit his convenience, according to a .
resolution introduced in the Senate by
O. E. Mendenhall. 11 Guilford, and
Kissed under susp, r' the
rules. . '
Two bills introdiieiMl tmhiv by Senn-'
tor W. I.. Long, of Halifax county, for;
statewide eftecb vfmld amend the 1
present law relating to the trial of ,
an issue of fact by legalising the trial i
of a c'.vil issue itnmnliately followin
the joining of the issue instead of
waitiug SO days Ouwafter. and would
limit the resale of .real estate under
foreclosnte or judicial order to a sin
gle lime untler a railed bid.
Senator W. A. Graham, of Lincoln,
introduced in the .Bf-nate the liil al
ready licforo the Hon
Noilh Carnlinn lo iii
movement of the fltuton commission one was nijiircii 111 rue 1111111111 which
organized at New Oilcans, for opera-1 gave the tire department a desperate
tlon throuirhonr thI cotton bolt iii'lmttle. 1
tunrketlng nnifl m rrwTtgtir -rm tne non nan am tiimiewai m uviu.nmu
and wlH,,ii when six states shall have en-lot! in a negro pressing club, and the
ternl the movement. (
The hill which proposes surgical
operations in certain cases on inmates
of state institutions introduced by
Si tor J. R. Raggett, would leave
derision ill such cases to the Snperln
tendetit, tlur trustees ami the pbysi-
clans of
I I lie nisi 11111 1011 i i 'in t-i nen.
Authority
for
the .punish nient of 1
imeiiii.ment of the law governing the.
sale of properly nnder mortgage or
deed of trust proposed by Senator "A.
F. Sams, are Incorporated in the bills
offered in the senate today.
Some informal discussions anion,-,
members prior to the opening of the
meeting was held on the Milliken
Kcret order bit, and some mcmoers
wanted to hold the measure up until
I would ,m?et In a joint session with the
1 writer commerce c.iuralHttee of tin
j Senate on 'Thursday afternoon to con-
j vomers of North Carolina. Those
bo
Urts and household accounting and eco-
iw.ml.e uii.l aalwnftn' fr. .lit the Am.
erlean Library Association reading!'" due to a broken car wheel
list
Canada recently made its firt ship
ment of chilled me it to Europe by way
of the Panamai Canal.
S. S. Institute
' ol d.
Miss -Daisy Mngce is a specialist In
the work with children in the Sunday
School. Her addresses at the Institute
will denl In a practical way with the
religious education of children and
young people. By spaCWl training and
- '- .,Ha. .,(..., I ... I., Ml.. I .
g is wefl quaH.Vf7or he wMk she of the twimnks in that town,' 'having .fef.Sh.TZthl
is to do. been established nbontth.ee years ndtag n n, ,h ' lt v
um Mr Cllne who is secretary of Attaches of the Natural Museum
This is one of a series of similar H? iid M ills of It lacksbu r a confessetl themselves at a loss to cata
lnstllutes be'.ng held under the aus- "f. SJSzL i "Iff f' logue the queer seafarer. Captain
pices of different county Sunday
School Associations, and the North
Carolina Sunday School Association.
'llie North Carolina Saaday School As-
social ion Is a ro-onerntlve effort of
1 Sunday School workers from differ-
out denominations lo extend ami im-
I prove Sunday Schoel work in this
Sao All Plans and methods sag-
goated are those that are common to
all workers of all denominations.
, ' v-
ALCOHOL DEALINGS
HILL BE CURTAILED
Officers Will Take Action in
Effort to Combat the Illicit
Liquor Traffic, Under the
Present Plans.
Wa-t.ihKloii. Jail 17 illy the Amv
rtntnl fm I lirasiir cHrtalliwM nf
diMliuH in iloiialiinil ami Industrial
Uh "ll'il hits lai n dn Idoil llalll to fill
oral prohililtinn aiitlmritlni as Iho next
slop in tlii-lr i ainpjii.M: ii, imnlail tho
illh il II., in.r nafl.i I Hnh'ra burp hnti
I iwuiil fur rei mat ion of muni of
'ikalois' jH iniliK. , anions iln-so lioiai;
that I mm nod in niii' nl iho lariroMl aim
hnl tir'uluijiit; plan, in tho ntunlry.
Tho iIwIhIihi In wilhdrtiw Ih-onso nf
this 1 .l.i in and In ii'fuso to roissno
doi'lis for uhii h upplii al ions won'
lienitiiiU. was rilli-hoil al a nuifi'i-Ptiii"
if tnnhilui inn oufiiroMUCM olliiials iit
li'tulnl hy Aitinx l'imiinlfiHlii:Hr Joihh,
I Ai-tlne I i iis-i in- Vi lli. wh y fn Now
York, and hmtls of tho prim ipal hu
. roans ;it houiliUiirtPrs hoti". Ii is uu
dorMliHMl that n'Mirts suhiuilloil hy Mr.
, Vrllnwloy of his InvOHtltZlltion into tho
UrThhN SMALL HOI SEW saying nl the time, "We must have
DESTROYED BY BI.AZE .,, mistaken and the able doctors
. . .... , mr 7 . . , . , must lave been right "
"' W,n,ds J"rl Industrial, .., w,mt to Im the sentl-
HMto ta Wf'ville During the ',,, ,,. , ,n(,7ommun,tyr , the
r,re' iiuestlon which is constantlv coming
B '' " Prew.i i,, ov,r the vviies.
Statesville, Jan. 17 Fifteen small Here if is in a nutshell:
houses were destroyed hero early to-! "(), uws may he all right, 1ml our
uay uy lire w.iw n. iiiniieu n mgn
winds, threatened for a time to spread
to laluable mnuutactnrlng estahl.sh-
meiits ami the Southern Hallway sta
tion. The structures consumed, however,
were small ones on the west side of
South Center Street, and the total loss
was estimated at not more than $80.-
'. to anlbori,e 000 to ifio.ooo. ol which about one
oei'Mte in the third was covered by insurance. No
buildings burned included n negro
houses, tour white residences, ami
three small business structures.
PRESIDENT CANCELLED
ALL HIS ENGAGEMENTS
... . . . Rpnviin in Red as Dav of
Rest Was Deemed Advisable by His
Physicians.
(Br Ihr taaurlnted Presa.l
Washington, Jan. 17 President
Harding cancelled all of bis engage
ments today in order to remain in bed
on account of an attack of grippe
It was said at tlie White House that
the day of rest, was decided on merely
as a precautionary measure, and the
President's condition showed no serious
Weh ipmetits.
Secretary Christian after a visit to
the President's room said bis chief
"felt a very little worse" than he did
yesterday, when he attended the cab-
Inet meeting, but he spent the remain
der of tne day lying down. He has
been suffering from a heavy cold for
several days.
TRAINS DELATED Bl
WKtith IN IK(.irIA
Twenty-Five Freight Curs Piled Up
on Main Line of Southern Railway
System.
(Hy 1 lie Aaaoclnlnl l"rM.
Lynchburg, Vn Jan. 17. Six pas
senger trains, hound in both direct inns
between Washington and Atlanta were
considerably delayed by a wreck of -'
freight cars which blocked both Hacks
of the Southern Railway near Syca
more early today. The trains finally
wim ilolmiMH nVOi tin, V.ii'fnR- .V
Western Railway. Tin
wreck occur-
I-,,, 1 uln.i-lU' 11 11 . ' 1 11 1 i. I n i I, h 1 nnd il was
hoped to 'have Ibe tracks cleared late
this afternoon. The accident was said
Will Speak Before Forestry Meeting.
Ashevllle, N. C, Jan. 1(1. E. H.
Frotblllghom, director of tlie Southern
Appalachian Forest Experiment Sta
tion, will deliver 1111 address at .the
Southern Forestry Conference in Mont
mmi iiu iiimnii'v onjinjtl (J T
Backus', district forest Inspector, also
i- nia nii viu ,,it..i,,i Um nipotlnir.
of this city, will attend the meeting,
The congress was organized in
Asheville In 1010. A number of men
prominent In forestry work will be
present nt the Montgomery meeting.
R. E. ( line Bank President.
Mr. Ralph H. Cllne. a former Con
cordlau, was elected president of the
Citizens Bank of Rlackslimg. Souih
Carolina at n recant meeting of the
stockholders of tliHt institution.
n'l... .'i. n.tnlr Ic ll,., ,,. iiiiii. 11-
' 1. "1 ",' ". ,,. u."ii,ot
"J " ,,","Xni.,,V
01s sine c ns oegiiimn.
Bates College, for the first time. in
no inM of intereolli g ate debuting,
has voted to allow women students to
participate.
1
.mho. nenricue nown i nri aw.-
relury of the Norwegian legation in
the City of Mexico.
.
ihi rr.uoti. iM inrT
-.11
J. K. Vnla Give thmrryi.
i.rlhrrrd in Ilantr T.wu
Ubrr
6tt
J. Ii. Nnrtm In t'tiarlntl laWr-Trr.
TImmbi Itte. Jan. Hi It wan aU
hy mm nal . ii. bm at im time of
Ibr killlac of t hief J. K. Tailor by
llr J. IV. I'.ni.- k. on April hi. 1031,
that the an or the Lllllne Itw-ir was
ouh the . -r ..I- ., wnrk of a M -nl
il.tispltai v. a m ' 1 1 -l.i i I pl-jn uai tin'
10 t of a i iMisidernhle ii ii in wr of ov-n
who "had Ii Iii" for 'fa vim on aermml
nl his st-tlyti in apiireandiag tlie
laii hnjri'rs and otlot viulatara ol ll'
Uins of Hie Ft Mr .-in. I null. .n
Mr U I.. K"h'i. eiiiernl BianaBer
of iho 'rimuuisv illi' I to it i -I nrpha nap:
Mated at the itravo nf tin- ileeeawil in
liisimi s,,,.,i durlllK Iho funeral sor
vin thai the tuiiriler iviim n "iiiui
MHlhd uiurdiT."
it is known now (hat Iho net i ill Ion
here iii la'half nf I ir I'e.uiH-k have
never for one mnun'iit i-oasnl. hut n ili
rui, iiiiuuiIi:ii has lapen wagoil for him
from Iho day the erime was niiiiiniltod
only al i-ertain larimls tin- flaiil has
Ui'ii Inemtiiied.
Then" are iarlios hi 're who ilo mil
hesitate tu any that I bey have Iki-ii
dnlntt Ihi'ir la-st frnni the time he was
oirtntnit ml to the erlminal Inmno de
partment ai Iho a'nlliiitlary In nut
liiiu llla-ratnl. They are willitiK to
sny they have written lellers nf ris
(iminendntinn in Klorida Insist inc that
1 ir. I'niiiM'k Is as "mine as any man."
ami they say the yfeel that they were
only dniiiK their duty.
The i rnwil that erinl the loudest,
"Insane. Insane." iluriiiu the trial, are
the haul priH'laiiuers of tin
doctor's 1
sanity now. Those who did not la'- of the Missouri-Arkansas Kailrond
lleve the doctor insane during the which precipitated the dcinonstrntion.
trial accepted in goial faith the testi-1 The laxly of E. C. Qregor, allOKiil
mony 01 the alienists and submitted striking shop worker, was found hang
uutetly to the judge's sentiniii' to the ing from a railway trestle yesterday.
ii riininal insane department at Raleigh
cmirts in too many instances an
llllf
(me says
lf the stale does not do
tho clean thing in the Peacock matter
and bring the criminal back behind
the In rs. ti-o strength of the state an
thorl les will bo dlstonnted for years
to come."
Friends of Peacock say : "The au
thorities of the. n'nltentiarv don't
want him. for they say ho is as sane
as anybody." They further say "Snp
post, just suppose, the state brings
b!m back, he will not stay there next
time, for the simple , e.ison he's- not
insane ami they don't want him con-
(jje,.e-
Chief George B. Wlmlierly says::
"Thoimisville is now a good town."
A minister says: "The hi 1 of Tav-
lor has iK'cii sprinkled on the linle'ls
1 the doorposts nl lhomasville. and
while these marks remain the destroy-
inR 'i"U-r'' "ill pass over and do no
.hurt to its inhnbitantts."
It is stated that in a letter Dr. Pea-
cock wrote to il friend at High Point
last spring, during his confinement In
the Raleigh prison, he said: "1 bone
to get out of this hell hole some time
this year." In another letter since he
obtained his liberty, written to some
people here, lie spoke of how he walk-
ed ten miles the tirst sight of his
liberal ion. hoboed a freight tr
and next day walked U7 miles at
rapid pace, fn another letter still
spoke of inn king a pleasant visit
a
tall season, but it seems that most of
bis energies have been given to his
lease in court in Florida, wbere he was
adjudged to lie sane and free from the
judgments of tho North Carolina
I court.
j .Mrs. J. W. Pei k. wife of lr. Pen-
'cock, is living at their home here, nnd
lias not joined her husband. Mrs.
, Peacock has live children, three of tlie
younger ones being with her here, a
! fourth, a daughter, employed in
, Greensboro,, and the fifth, a (laughter.
in training to he a nurse at Walts
hospital, Durham, Mrs. Peacock con
ducts a boarding house here and was
seen In Thomasville today.
St. Petersburg, ITa.. Jan. ' 10. Po
lice said tonight that an all-day search
I "" '" ' " 1 en cock, who escaped
last year troni cue criminally insane
department of the North Carolina pen-
itentinry and who was reported coui-
ing here to practice medicine, had been
without avail.
Liner's Captain Tells of Deep Sea An-
imal Never Before Rcuorled
vl v.!. T' , ZZr
l, Kill. I'l. I j'l .1 1(1 -I HI II
Hobertfl nrouffbt the
today with the story
um D"llM,
of a new deep
i o..ii: .
sea animal whose like 110 mariner hn s
evf reporhil before.
the beast. ( aptaln
ptaln Roberts averred.
bad ears and nose like a pig; was
fully nine feet in girth at the thick
est disoo.nahle section and was about
12 feet long ahoie ihe water line
with an oiiknown nnmhev of feet sub
merged Chief Officer Williams, Sih
one! (Kin or ilieeliiiirod, and Fourth Of
ffcet Sales also saw the monster Cap
tain Roberts mi, and they are going
lo write tlie American Museum of
Natural b story u letter describing it
in detail. They searched countless
Rolsjits explained his Inability to pro
,lde more accurate description as
()ue thp fa( t thgt (he m0llBtOT )m
sighting the Baltic, displayed eiery
evidence of fear, and rushed away,
swimming aiicrnniety on rue sint. oe
ntui helow it. Black and duu brown
were its colors, he said.
Tlie prwent Navada legislature has
four women numbers.
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iinMin.w.., nuuuiMLu
HUHMAL ATMOSPHERE
After Two Days of Intense
Excitemnet Arkansas Town
is Quiet Many Are Driv
en From the Town.
ONE MAN WAS
LYNCHED BY MOB
Another Alleged Striker Was
Wounded, and, Man Who
Furnished Bond for Many
Was Given a Whipping.
(Br the A aata Pra
Harrison. Ark., Jnn. 17 Harrison,
tiatay assumed its normal aimosphern
after two days of inlensi' excitement,
the result of "anuefl action" by -it i -ens
gathered here from a radius of
l.lii miles in which one man was lym h
i.d and another woundeil during 11
"roundup" of alleged strikers and more
than IKI persons were forn-d to leave
the community by a "iiunniittee of
l.tSKI." Further trouble was not ex
pct'ted lo follow the "ciejinnp" of er
sons believed to be guilty of. or to have
had I, mm bilge of the bridge Inn ing-
and oilier dcrpredations along the line
t, rigor is siaiu to have resisted the
committee of 1,00(1," an investiga
ting body of citizens when they
sought nn Monday night to question
him regarding the Identity of persons
suspected of carrying on a campaign
of sabotage. Oregor is said to have
! opened lire when called on to stirreu
i der. Later he was captured by a mob
and hanged.
A brakeman named Green, an em
ploye of the Missouri & North Arkan
sas, was shot in the arm. His injury
is not serious.
Geo W. O'Neal, local hotel owner,
and mpitallst. who is said to have fur
isl e l bond for many strikers charg
od with sabotage was ta)-eu from his
shome attd whipped. Ms'bi Marshal
It sp, wl o was aci usse ! l5y t! e com-
ml teeNof belug a sirlk"
aiimhb.er,
was flogged and ordered to leave town.
E. D. Stephens, a former engineer,
wanted 'by the tiimmlttee was not
found. ' . . ., - v '
.I0BS SE( I 'RED FOR
5fi7 PERSONS IN WEEK
, . .. ,,. i
Weekly Report 8:ibmittH hy tile State1
Denurttnent of Labor and I ntiting.
(By I he Aaauclaleil frraa.i
Raleigh, N. ('.. Jan. 17 Five hnn-
tired and sixty-seven persons were
pureed in positions in North Carolina
during the wii'k ending January IS,
according to the weekly report of ,M.
L. Shlpmnn, commissioner of labor
and printing, made public tonight. The
, Wilmington bureau led all others in
the state, securing employment for
ll'ii applicants,
The report follows:
i ' Male Female Total
Registrations 010 160 781
Requests for help ..."(HI 108 g
Placed 40- 103 507
Skilled 04
(Unskilled 280
Clerical and
I profession 1 2."i
S Domestic 80
Industrial 7
Total ."ili7
Ashevllle ."7 R4 ftt
Charlotte 88 tl 07
I Greensboro n4 8 42
I New Bern 02 U "l
I Raleigh 27 10 48
Wilmington .. 88 SI 07
I Winston-Salem 100 20 120
! Total .. 402 10." 567
THE COTTON MARKET
Scine Further Scattering Liquidation
in Market at the Opening.
I Hy the Aaaneliitrd I'n-aa.
New York, Jan. 17. There was some
further scattering liquidation in the
cotton market nt the opening today
' owing to continued nervousness of the
European situation, weakness in the
foreign exchange rates, and tne easier
Bhowln f HT'nints -IrTb
I me ''lKut l",tnts Iower with
'March contracts selling off to 27:20
hiiu axa.i 1 -1
1 r.... i, T . 41
hut brokers with
Liverpool and domestic connections
v. ,.,,. ,,,
"l e ",', f ' , V.
vC 1 t III' iuiini5 i iii me r iaa 'on ' pi
tho early trading.
Cotton futures opened steady Jan
uary 27.00; March 27.22; May 27.43;
July 27.1.": October 23.00.
B lieved to lie the yon.-est grand
m it her in New Rnvland. Mrs. Robert
.!. RaWdtits, ..f Pittsfl. hi. Mass., is a
grandmother at the age "f 38.
Piedmont Today
and Tomorrow
WILLIAM FARNUM
IN1
'WITHOUT COMPROMISE"
A red-liloodcd story of the
front ier, where
and died faster.
men lived fast
Also a Rolin Comedy
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