Monday, January 4, 1926
BHPPffppH ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO Jmjht- -ream
ur Extraordinary # Bargaiiiß in Musical Instruments
LET THEM TELL YOU WHAT THEY SAVED BY BUYING NOW bIBBe JB lIV-jft-
Im Beautiful Brown Mahogany Player TERMS Demonstration Going on From 9:00 A. M. Until 9:00 P.M.
Jmm\ M Piano with 18 Player Rolls and Buy Now, Pay Later-Your Credit is Good With Us. A ygM/'IW
U bench $480.00 ptwl Home Without Music Is Like a House Without Wmdows
Open This is to your interest, not ours —we sell Musical Instruments all the year round, but you do not have a chance to buy them at these
Evenkigs Prices but once in a lifetime. Do not m iss this great opportunity.
tonight KIDD-FRK MUSIC & STATIONERY CO. INC. 58S JUNION ST.
PEDESTRIAN GREATEST VICTIM
OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
!k Street Cae Fir ea etuerx
. VTTWAIft AUT0l«O»IL A WTW COUWCt
BhG PEDESTRIAN is the greatest sufferer In automobile fatalities,
■ according to records analyzed by the Stewart-Wamer Safety Council
H the prevention of automobile accidents. No complete record is
for the United States as a whole, but a report based on 3,023
Hto fatalities occurring in the first seven months of 1925, covering a
of thirty-one million, is significant. Two thousand of these
wKf 23 fatalities have been classified according to type. Sixty-eight per
gHit of the victims were pedestrians, 11.6 occurred with another motor
fMbhlde; 7 per cent with horse vehicles, 4.2 with fixed objects such as
■hmp posts, 15 per cent with street cars, 2.7 with railway trains and
IjJAPer cent with hicycies. The remaining 0.8 per cent involved no
| Soßdhion. „The small proportion involving railway trains is encouraging
Llpd doubtless due to the gradual abolition of unguarded grade crossings.
l «The menace to the pedestrian, however, is alarming, and calls for
|B|ceeter care on his part in crossing streets and on the driver’s for
.ignore careful driving.
i
Several New Styles in Blond Kid O
Both Fumps and Very Pretty and Reasonable ?!
$5.95 g
RUTH-KESLER SHOE STORE ft
JANUARY CLEARANCE
DRESS AND COAT
SENSATION
25 Per Cent, to 50 Per Cent. OFF
No Left Overs Here
ALL MILLINERY
At Half and Less
IT PAYS TO TRADE AT
FISHER’S
MR HI IDS. ILK GET RESULTS
CANNON ESTATE SEEKS
RECOVERY OF $875 000
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a series of complicated transactions
by which certain profits accruing to
James W. Cannon were paid to mem
bers of his family. lie was required
by the government to pay taxes on I
these profits and his estate is now su
ing for the recovery of those taxes, j
It is alleged in the complaint that,
prior to June 30. 1010. James W. I
Cannon acted as sales agent for 41
cotton mills of which 13 were con
trolled by the Cannon family and [
were known ns the "Cannon group” i
of livlis.
On June 30, 101(5, Mr. Cannon en-|
tered into a co-partnership agreement!
with John C. Leslie, of New York.!
and Martin P. Glenn, of Philadelphia,
who had previously been employed by
him. Tliis co-partnership used the
trade name Cannon Mills and main
tained its principal office in New
York. Mr. Cannon owed a five-eights
interest, with two-eights owned by Mr.
Leslie and one-eighth by Mr. Glenn.
Under the terms of the co-partner
ship agreement. Mr. Cannon, in addi
tion to his majority interest in the
"Cannon Mills" received personally 00
per cent, of the commissions received
for selling the prolducts of the “Can
non Group” of 13 mills.
At the same time he signed the co
partnership agreement, Mr. Cannon
assigned his special share of those
commissions to the Trading and Com
mission Company, a corporation char
tered under the laws of the State of
Maine in which there were 12 shares
of stock, Mr. Canon and his wife
owning one eacli and the other ten
being owned by their ten children. This
Maine corporation, which had a cap
ital of SI,OOO, received during the
first four months of 1017. $05,000 in
these special commissions and distrib
uted them to the stockholders, Mr.
Cannon having given liis share to his
wife.
On May 1, 1917, a supplementary
agreement was entered into with the
Cannon Mills. Under this new agree
ment the Cannon Mills received all of
the commissions for handling nine of
the 12 mills of the Cannon group (one
of the 13 having-been absorbed by
consolidation) while Mr. Cannon in
lieu of his former (50 per cent, on the
commissions of the whole group re
ceived all the commissions from three
of the mills. These commissions,
however, were not paid to Mr. Can
non but to parties of the “third part”
and "fourth part” set up in the new
agreement.
Mr. Cannon's wife, the “party of
the third part,” received two-twelfths
of the commissions and the other ten
twelfths went to her ten children,
“parties of the fourth part." These
commissions were paid over by the
three mills to the Cannon Mills in
New York for distribution to the as
signees.
The government claimed and col
j leoted a tax on the profits of these
| transactions, the tax paid for 1917
being $1(12,818.02, and that for 1918
being $714,792.82. The executors
claim in their suit tbat Mr. Cannon
was liable for no part of this tax.
Similar Suit in New York.
The suit brought here yesterday is
similar to a suit brought in the Fed
eeal Court in New York by Leslie
and Glenn, surviving partners of
Capnon Mills, for the recovery of
$423,000 in taxes assessed against the
Cannon Mills for profits growing out
of the same transaction. The suit
was won by the plaintiffs in the dis
| trict court and the judgment was af
l firmed by the Circuit Court of Ap
peals, but it was stated by local attor
neys for the executors that the judg
ment has not been collected.
Stanly County Club Organized at the
State University.
Albemarle Press.
I A Stanly county club has been or
ilganized on the “hill" at the .W'
! versify of North Carolina with a
i 1 membership of 21. The officers for
1 the coming year are: C. B. Miller,
[I Albemarle, president; Archie Mc-
I Queen, Albemarle, vice president;
I I Ed Criscoe, liadin, secretary and
\ treasurer; Robert K. Patterson, Al
i bemarie, scribe, and Robert L. Sides,
| Plyler, lias charge of the entertain
i ment.
i The purpose of the club is to de
| veiop n closer relationship among the
boys from Stanly county who are at
tending school at the University.
THE STINGIEST PERSON.
New York Mirror.
The stingiest person I know is a
man who uses no soap when he
shaves.
THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
NORRIS DEFENDS
TAX PUBLICITY |
Nebraska Senator Sees Benefits in
Opening Lists to Public. I
Washington. Jan. 4.—A campaign !
fi r continuance of publicity of in
come tax returns was launched today,
Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne
braska, on the eve of consideration
of the revenue hill, providing repeal
of tliis provision, by the Senate fi-1
nance coinmitte.
Despite the overwhelming vote of I
the house against the publicity provi- !
sion and the announced change in
the attitude of several Democratic f
senators who previously favored t'.ie j
publicity provision, Mr. Norris ex-j
pressed confidence that the Senate "is
not going to vote for secrecy in gov-1
ernmental affairs in the face of the |
record.”
"Secrecy in governmental matters |
lias no place in a free government,” i
lie said in a statement issued today,
warning that “before we vote on the '
publicity features of t lie law there
will be a full discussion in the Senate
of these conditions and we shallknow
just what we are voting for when we
vote for secrecy.”
The publicity provision was voted
into the 1924 revenue act, 48 to 27,
by the Senate on the motion of Sen
ator Norris, with Democrats and Re
publican insurgents combining in fav
or of it. The bill recently passed
by the houses proposes its repeal and
several Democratic senators, including
Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, a
member of the finance committee, have
declared against it. This prosopal
promised to be one of the main fight
ing points in the bill when it comes
up in the Senate.
BRABHAM GIVES UP
APPEAL; PAYS FINE
Convicted in Municipal Court ot
Violating Hotel Law.
Winston-Salem Journal.
M. W. Brabham, of Nashville,
Tenn., convicted AVednesday in the
municipal court on a charge of vio
lating he hotel law in Winston-
Salem November 29, yesterday
abandoned his appeal to he superior
court and through his attorney paid
the $25 fine, according to informa
tion obtained last night at the clerk’s
office.
Mr. Brabham was tried jointly
with Miss Virginia Jenkins of Salis
bury. She was acquitted of the
charge.
In rendering this verdict Judge
Watson said he was assuming from
the evidence that the woman might
have been so ill she didn’t know Mr.
Brabham was partially undressed,
but that he could reach no such de
cision in the man's case. He declared
that if he had been caught in a
similar position he never would have
put up such a story in the face of
Plainclothes Officer L. G. Teague's
testimony.
Mr. Brabham left soon after the
trial to visit relatives in Bamberg,
S. C.
! Tlie Golden Rule Universally Popu
lar.
The sentimenC of the Golden Rule
fnries in different languages in state
ment, but tlie meaning is essentially
the same.
Hindu: Do not force upon thy
neighbor a hat that hurts thine own
head.
Persian: Avoid everything calcu
lated to injure others.
Chinese: He who strives to treat
others as he would be treated by
them will not fail to come near to
he perfect life.
Grecian: He who commits in
justice is always more unhappy than
he who suffers from it.
Roman: Let not another's guilt'
make yhu sin.
Jewish: Thou shalt love thy neigh
bor as thyself.
Christian: Whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you, do ye
even so unto them.
Madame Lenin Offended if Men
Show Her Sex Courtesy,
Moscow, Jan. 4.—( A >)—Madame
Lenin would be offended if a male
“comrade” offered her a seat in a
train, opened a door for her, or step
ped aside to give her precedence.
Hand-kissing and hat-tipping have
been relegated to the past in Com
munist Russia for hygienic reasons
and men and women are on a par.
There is no sex in Communism.
But strangely enough men still
continue to kiss each other. Tho old
method of salutation nmong men
relatives and intimate men friends is
so strong that government regula
tions have not wijed it out. Hand
shaning ia also under government
ban. )
KANSAS RECORDS
A GOOSE TRAGEDY
Snow King’s Mate, Mourning His
Cruel End. Falls Victim to Gun.
Parsons, Knna.. Jan. 2.—When a
mammoth white Canadian snow goose
was shot at an island in a bend of
She Neosho, it terminated what is
believed to have been a love story
in birildom.
Hunters of the community believe
that tlie death of the goose was the
final chapter in a tragic story of
bravery, noble leadership, lasting love
and fidelity—the sequel to a tragedy
enacted two years ago that was
marked by news stories and editorials
throughout the land.
That was the woeful death of Snow
King, so dubbed by liis slayer, who
had stalked the bird for three years
as he made his southward flight
dauntlessly leading a flock of brown
geese. Majestically the great bird
soared the river and field where his
hunter lay, cleverly keeping liis dis
tance. But finally man’s carefully
laid plans were fruitful. Disguised
ns a cow, with a bell hung around
his neck and gun holding the tail in
proper position, lie deceived the goose
when it stopped to feed in a cow pas
ture. And Snow King fell.
At intervals since Snow King's
death a great white goose bad been
noticed about the scene of the tragedy.
Farmers talked of its beauty; hunters
coveted it—-but it always eluded them.
It always returned, however, to the
scene of Snow King’s last stanch It
is believed the bird would join differ
ent flocks for it was seen to arrive
with one bunch and then another, but
always remaining after the others
moved on southward.
Sentiment of the community, mixed
with bits of outdoor lore, have woven
a pretty story about this second bird,
which lias been called “Canadian
Beauty.”
One hunter recalled having wound
ad a goose and of keeping it in enmp.
Its wild called and called for it and
finally ventured into camp rather than
be separated from its mate. Another
added that when a goose mates it
mates for life; that if it loses its
mate it will not stay long with any
flock and will fly and swim and feed
alone.
And so they wonder if Canadian
Beauty was the mate of Snow King.
They wonder if she went a little while
with the flloek of brown geese two
yearS ago and, missing Snow King,
returned to the scene of liis disap
pearance in vain search for him.
They wonder if discouragement
prompted her to join other flock, only
to leave them and return to the place
where her lost mate was last seen.
The youngsters, hearing of the
j double tragedy, stood in front of the
window where Canadian Beauty hung
[ for a while, marveling at the 6 feet
I 9 inches of her wing spread, their at
titudes as expressive as if in the
presence of honored dead.
Movies Now Make Own Cob Webs
and Dripping Icicles.
New York, Jan. 2.—(A I )—Motion
pictures, like necessity, have become
the mothers of invention.
There was a time, aud not so long
ago, when if a picture called for cob
webs and icicles it was necessary to
find a diligent spider and wait for
freezing weather. But no more.
While “Dancing Mothers” was be
ing filmed here, Clara Bow saw four
men tapping pieces of wood together
and passing them slowly past corners,
beams and other protruding things of
a set.
"What are you doing?” she asked.
“Draping cobwebs,” came the reply,
and thinking it all a joke she walked
away.
But after two hours' work, cobwebs
were draped profusely over the set. A
mixture of glue, glycerine and powder
ed chalk between two boards provid
ed the webs, as the boards were rub
bed together and then separated sud
denly .
Buckets of paraffin wax and heat
will manufacture icicles and skating
rinks. With a ladle, the “prop” men
drip the melted paraffin about the
sets and as it cools the icicles appear.
A little whitening is added when the
paraffin is poured on the floor to form
skating rinks.
Much of the enow seen in movies Is
flaged wheat, which could be oaten if
properly prepared.
No Opposition,
“Ah wins”!
“Wat yuh got"?
“Three aces.”
"No, yuh don’! Ah wins”!
“Wat yuh got”?
“Two nines ’n’ a razor”!
"Yuh sho do. How come yuh so
lucky?”
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GREAT CROWD ATTENDS
FUNERAL OF FIREMEN
Services For Daniel and Edward
Cope Held in Theater at Lexington.
Lexington. Jan. 3.-—As the three
victims of the tire truck disaster of
Thursday midnight were buried this
afternoon, more reassuring news
came from tlie hospital where two
others of the crew of the six on tlie
wrecked truck-are fighting for their
lives. Increasing hope is now held
that both Henry Gibson and Henry
Yarborough, though seriously in
juried. may recover.
When it was realized that no
church auditorium here could hold
those who wished to attend the fu
neral of Daniel C. Cope and son- Ed
ward, tlie services were changed
from First Methodist church to the
Lexington theater. Here within a few
yards of where death claimed them
perhaps 2,000 people packed their
way inside the building and hun
dreds stood outside.
Rev. A. O. Leonard directed the
service aud delivered the funeral ora
tion. Devotionals were led by Rev.
W. T. Totten, friend of the bereaved
families, spoke briefly and Major J.
A. Leonard bespoke the grief of the
citizens of Lexington and their ap- :
preoiation of tlie work of the firemen.
Members of the fire departments of
Lexington, Thonmsville and High
Point formed the escort for the dead.
This service began at 1 o’clock. j
Shortly after 2 o'clock the proves- i
sion moved out highway 75, west of
the city, with an added procession j
escorting the remains of J. Howard
M’chael. third of the dead, to Reeds. |
four miles away, where similar ser
vices were, held for him, as the Copes
were taken on to Shiloh church, a
mile away, and laid to rest. Rev- IV. j
L. Barrs and Rev. R. S| Troxler con
ducted the servicees at Reeds and the
body of Michael was buried there.
The combined funeral procession
stretched out for about two miles.
No arrests have been made in con-1
neetion with the false alarms that j
called these men to their death, but a
careful investigation is proceeding, it
is stated.
REFUSES TO ACCEPT
WISE’S RESIGNATION
Palestine Appeal Committe Affirms
Faith in Rabbi’s Judaism.—Vote Is
57 to 9.
New York, Jan. 3.—The executive
commmittee of the United Palestine
Appeal rejected tonight the proffered
resignation of Dr. Stephen Wise, of
the Free Synagogue, as its chairman.
The retention of Dr. Wise as chair
man was voted by the committee de
spite the intense opposition of ortho
dox rabbis who denounced Dr. Wise
as a heretic, because of a sermon on
December 20th, in which he said that
Jesus was a man. not a myth.
The appeal’s committee rejected the
resignation by a vote of 57 to 9 after
a session lasting 12 hours. The com
mittee affirmed its faith in Dr.
Wise’s Judaism, rejecting the charges
of the orthodox rabbis that his stand
on the question of Jesus’ authenticity
as a man and a Jew would tend to
lead to the conversion of Jews to
Christianity.
To Improve County Home Property.
lVeldon, N. C., Jan 3.—GP)—The
county commissioners • of Halifax
county have appropriated $125.00
toward securing shrubs and grass
■seed for beautifying the ground at
the county home, reports Farm
Agent IV. O. Davis.
This work will be done under the
direction of Mr. Davis, at a saving
to the county of at least $325, as a
commercial landscape gardner would
charge approximately $450 for the
same work, it has been pointed out
here.
E. L. Green, of Rosemary, has
completed a swine feeding demonstra
tion started last April with a herd
of pure bred Duroc pigs. There were
seven pigs in the herd nnd, when
dressed, they weighed 1(505 pounds
or an average of 22!) pound each. The
feed cost during the period was
$155.65.
Estimating the value of the dress
ed pork qt 20 cents per pound, the
profit to Mr. Greene was $165.35,
states Mr. Davis.
Eight Women With Maharajah Kill
ed.
Kaika, Punjab, Jan. 3. Eight
women attendants upon the mahara
jah were killed and two probably
fatally injured today when a lorry
in which they were riding was
struck by a passenger train at a
grade crossing. Two of the dead were
cousins of the wife of the maharajah.
The accident occured as the
maharajah was returning home from
his shooting lodge.
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