FURNITURE MEN
FLOM Slow
ATTENDANCE -PROMISES TO BE
, THE, BIGGEST IN HISTORY;
MANY BUYERS ATTEND.
High Point.—The mid-summer furni
ture market opened here with an at
tendance of more than 100 buyers.
The mammoth 10-story exposition
building Is filled with furniture sam
ples, virtually all of the leading manu
facturers of the south and east using
the southern market to display their
products.
Two representatives of large furni
ture periodical publishing houses ar
rived here to get stories on the semi
annual show in the exposition.. They
were W. W. Jackson, with the Jl. O.
Reno company, publishers, and Sam
Lavrick, with The Grand Ftapids Fur
niture Record, both of whom have
been visiting the northern furniture
market. They made some Interesting
comparisons of the local market with
the ones Just closed in such centers as
Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Chicago, as
well as other smaller markets.
The number of buyers arriving here
was the greatest ever known to come
in on Sunday since the first exposition
here, and advance conditions indicate
that this will be the biggest market
in the history of High Point, it was
stated.
While buying was a bit light in the
northern markets this summer, furni
ture authorities look for a decided In
crease after, election and expect buy
ing to reach a peak about January,
declared Mr. Jackson, who has talked
with a number of manufacturers and
dealers over the country on the out
look of the furniture industry.
The Reno company representative
studied conditions in every important
market this season, all of which he
has attended. "The popularity of the
furniture Industry can be attested by
the more than 5,000 who registered on
Georgia 70; Florida 76; Alabama 70;
New Furniture mart at Chicago, July
7. The quarters of this mart is the
largest building In the world complete
ly occupied by furniture exhibitors
and It Is leased on a basis,"
he said.
He spoke highly of th« markets at
Grand Rapids. He said, "Six or eight
buildings were cOfflTjlereiy feaaeii-ftjff
exhlbita. That city will always>&old
its own as a buying center. Rockford,
111., Jamestown. N. Y., New York city,
and Evansvllle, Ind., all have held
markets at different seasons and all
have held markets at different sea
sons and all have been a success."
Cotton Crop 56 Per Cent. Normal.
Washington.—A cotton crop of 11,-
934.000 equivalent to 500-pound bales
this year, was forecast by the depart
ment of agriculture in Its first semi
monthly report.
The condition July 16 by states fol
lows;
Virginia 64 per cent of a normal;
North Carolina 56; South Carolina 69;
Georgia 7*; Folrlda 76; Alabama 70;
Mississippi 70; Louisiana 66; Texas
69; Arkansas 70; Tennessee 68; Mis
souri 66; Oklahoma 72; California 90;
Aritona 94; New Mexico 83; all other
states 70.
The forecast was based oh the con
dition of July 16 which was 68.3 per
cent of normal, as compared with 71 2
per cent on June 15 this year, from
which the crop was forecast early this
month at 12,144,000.
Baby Killed in Smash
Spartanburg, S. C.—En route to
Spartanburg with his parents to the
bedside of his grandfather, who was
dying at the General hospital, Howard
Smith. Jr.. the eight-months-old baby
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith, of near
Greer, was fatally Injured near Dun
can when two automobiles collided on
the highway.
Mrs. £mith. mother of the babe. was
thrown to the highway, and painfully
hurt. Her Injuries are npt considered
serious. Mr. Smith escaped with mi
nor bruises.
Secretary Hughes Speaks.
London.— Charles Evans Hughes,
the American secretary of state, whom
(he Prince of Wales referred to as vis
iting England "Incognito" delivered
an eloquent and forecful speech as
president of the American Bar associa
te nat the Pilgrims dinner. Inter
preting American ldeala and expaln-
Ing convincingly the part the United
States could be expected to take In
/ .European affairs. .
The dominant note of the secretary's
•addreaa was that America's devotion
to the cause of peace could be count
ed upon, as well as America's purpose
to co-operate with Great Britain and
' others In every way congenial with
American Institutions In the Interest
of peace.
10 PaHbearera Carry Woman to Grave
Ansonla, Conn.,—Mrs. Catherine
• Bristol, 49. whose funeral was held
» here Weighed In excess.at SOO pounds,
and was buried in a casket weighing
430 poundV the largest ever used In
the Btate. according to the undertaker
■who supervised the burial.
Ten men acting aa pallbearers carri
ed the casket from a hearse to the
grave, a distance of 100 feet. They
-were obliged twice to put it down and
r*t during the short journey.
VAMPIRE MURDERER '
HELD FOR SLAYING
17 GERMAN YOUTH#.
-
Hanover, Germany.—Fritz Haar
mann, known as the "vampire mur
derer," has been charged with 17
murders in an indictment Just filed.
The police believe they will be able
to prove his guilt in at least eight
other cases. Numerous disappear
ances reported are being traced to
his house where the crimes were
commltteed.
Eight officials at police headquar
ters have been dismissed from the
service because of allegations that
they were involved In the Haar-,
mann orgies.
HOLD GRAIN FREIGHT RATES
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS
SION REFUSES VALLEY
- STATES' APPEAL.
Washington.—Reductions in western
railroad rates-on grain, grain products
and hay, sought by 10 states of the
Mississippi-Missouri Valley cereal
growing region under the leadership
of Kansas and supported by most
farm organizations concerned, were
definitely refused by the interstate
commerce commission.
At the same time the commission
decided that the results of an inde
pendent investigation it had conduct
ed into the level of rates on these
same products in all sections of the
United States had demonstrated no
need for affy changes, and proceed
ings before it bearing upon both is-
Bues were dismissed.
Railroad earnings in the western
region from the Rocky Mountains to
the 'Great Lakes and south as far as
Texas would have been reduced about
$17,500,000 annually had the conten
tion of the producing states been
granted. The commission held the
financial status of the carriers did not
Justify the step, while in general it
held that the financial condition of the
western grain farmers was showing
a slow improvement, relieving them
of the necessity for the reduction.
A sharp dissent was recorded with
in the commission over the views of
the mtfjttw.,,, Commissl#ners McChord,
McManamy, Eastman. Campbell and
Lewis for various sfated Treaaans re
fusing to follow the majority.
The rates affected by the decision
are those applied to whejt growing
territory where it constitutes the
most troublesome and controversial
problem before the interstate com
merce coidmlsslon in recent years.
The states which led In the presenta
tion of the complaint denied were
Kansas, Nebraska. North and South
Dakota. lowa, Illinois, Oklahoma, Mis
souri, Minnesota and Louisiana.
Conditions In the steel industry
were little changed. Some improve
ment in buying was noted but this was
attributed to an accumulation of de
mand while the mills Were shut down
during the early part of the month.
Taken as a whole, the industry con
tinued to operate at about 40 per cent
of capacity with new buying amount
ing to about 25 per cent. Prices were
steadier but no marked improvement
In the siuation is expected until other
branches of Industry pick up material-
Osiad Woman Grips Rattieanak*. '*■
Anderson, S. C.—The finding of the
body of an unidentified white woman,
with a large rattlsnake clutched In
her right band, apd the curved fangs
atlll fastened in her neck, la reported
by the Seneca, S. C., Farm and Fac
tory. The woman's body waa found
near the North and South Carolina
boundary line by a party of tourists, It
Is stated.
The tourists are said to have met
two small children In the road crying,
and were told that their mother had
gone over a hill to pick huckleber
ries and had not returned. On Inves
tigation, the tourists made the grue
some find. The snake's body gripped
in the woman's hand, and Its fangs
still fastened In her neck! according
to the story.
Ad M|>n Finish Conference.
London.—The international adver
tising conference ended Its 1924 con
vention. confirming Houston, Texas,
as the place for the 1925 convention,
and the election of Lou E. Holland as
presldefit, and Jess E. H. Newell as
secretary-treasurer for the next year.
Carrying out the keynote of this
year's convention, a resolution As
adopted calling upon all nations and
societies to pledge themselves to take
all efforts towarda an exchange of
ideas tor international peace and to
adopt measures to safegard against
the recurrence of war. This resolu
tion was adopted unanimously, dele
gates from every nation represented
ascending the platform and signing
the text.
The convention approved another
resolution expressing thanks to the
Prince of Wales and others who took
part In the convention and those who
arranged for Its success, and adopt
ed a personal code, which is tor the
use of all advertisers. In which pledges
are taken to aet forth only the truth
In advertising.
L.i State of Prostration.
Washington.—Mrs. Samuel H. Mc
Leery, wife of the army officer slain
and robbed near Cheraw, S. C., was in
a condition of prostration, having gone
through the strain of 16 days of search
for Aer husband only to And that he
ha* been killed.
Army officers were keeping her ad
vised of developments in the search
and rendering her every aid. Friends
also were attending her at a hotel.
Hej Condition warf* described as rest
less and very weak from the long
trail she had been forced to endure.
• THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
GRAIN FEATURES
BUSINESS WEEK
WHEAT AND CORN REACH NEW
HIGHS IN EXCITING
TRADING.
New York.—Sharp rallies in grain
prices aroused great interests in finan
cial and business circles last week.
Both wheat and corn spurted to new
high records in excited trading Sep
tember corn rose to SI.OB 1-2, which
Is 30 cents above the price which pre
vailed when Congres adjourned. Sep
tember wheat sold up to $1.29 1-4, a
gain of 23 cents.
While speculative activity natural
ly accompanied these advances and
caused rather wide flunctuatlons, the
basic factors were indications of a
change in the supply and demand
position. Crop reports indicated that
the new corn crop would fall subtan
tially below last year' yield. Mean
while, the 1 supply of the cash com
modity was relatively small, and far
mers showed little disposition to sell
their present holdings.
The chief bullish influence in the
wheat market was the Canadian gov
ernments' crop estimate of 318,000.000
bushels which is 155,000,000 bushels
less than the dominion raised last
year. Some private agencies submit
ted even lower estimates, ranging
from 215,000,000 to 250.000,000 buhels.
With a smaller domestic crop fore
cast the advance in values was con
sidered a natural development
Considerable emphasis was placed
on the beneficial effects of higher
grain prices. Purchasing power in
the agricultural districts it was ar
gued would lie Increased. As a result
the prospects for general business in
the grain belt and of the railroads
which traverse these regions, were
materially Improved. These circum
stances, coupled with the Interstate
Commerce commission refusal to re
duce the rates on grain led to increas
ed buying of railroad stocks. Indlca
-1 tlons 61 any ctirrent improvement in
railroad traffic were lacking. The
lqtest statitics on car loadings, for the
week Including July 4, revealed a fall
ing off as compared with the previous
week. Compared*wlth the correspond
ing week of last year they showed a
decline of about'lo per cent, which has
prevailed for the last month or two.
Fir* Horses Burn at Elizabeth City.
Elisabeth City.—Five of the six city
horses In the city stables Just back of
the quarters of the Elisabeth City lire
department were burned to death in
a fire.which tn*~TS than a half-hour
reduced the frame building to charred
skelstlon timbers, despite the efforts
of members of the fire department to
save the horses and cheeky the flames.
Four city cars, three 'wagons, a
quantity of teed and all the tools of
the city street cleaning department
were likewise lost in the Are. One
horse broke out of his stable, and it
Is believed that this animal was not
seriously burned.
Increases Shown in Population
Washington.—Eleven cities have
grown Into the 100.000 population claas
during the last year. Estimates tff pop
ulation of the principal cities of the
country as of July 1 this year show
there are 79 having 100,000 or more
aa.compared.with «8 last year. The
Census. Bureau. ,in preparing tl\e es
timates. did not calculate the popu
lation of some of the rap'dly-growlng
cities, such as Detroit, Los Angles,
Seattle, Denver! Akron, Bridgeport,
Houstln and Spokane. The population
of tIM country on July 1 is estimated
at 11Z.078.U1.
The relative rank of some of the
cities Is changed by their newly-esti
mated population. New Orleans has
passed Cinclnatl,' Rochester has out
grown Jersey City, St. Paul has sur
passed Providence, Oakland's popu
lation has grown so that
ranks St. Paul ahd Providence and
Springfield, Mass., has passed Grand
Rapids.
New York has passed the six mil
lon mark, Chicago la fcpproachlng
three million and Philadelphia two
million, while Cleveland la aomewhat
short of a million. Detroit, for
which no- estimate waa made, likely
has paaaed the million utark.
Await* Report Imbrle Slaying
Washington.—A full report from
I Minister Kornfeld at Teheran on the
slaylnf of American Vice Conaul Im
brle atUl waa awaited at the state
department. Official advices so far
have been meager At the Persian le
; gatlon no farther word had been re
ceived since Instructions came to ex
press to the Washington government
Persia's deep regret fo rthe occurence
Minister Korofeld's report wilt be
studied before any effort la made to
tlx responsibility am the Peralaa du
th or! ties, c
DEATH PROMISED *
i • IMBRIE SLAYER.
Morristown, N. J.—No mercy will
be shown those responsible for the
fatal beating of Clve Consul Robert
Imbrie by a fantalcal mob at Te
heran. Persia* H. H. Topakyou,
acting consul-general of the Per
sian government tn the United
States, said at his summer home
near Morris Plains.
"They will be promptly executed
at the place of their crime and
this may be witnessed by the
American minister and his staiff,"
the Persian representative added.
Mr. opakyon declared arrests
hare already been made in the case
and trail by court martial will
take place Immediately.
EUROPE WANTS ASSISTANCE
HOPES AMERICANS WILL BE ABLE
TO HELP EUROPE OUT OF
DIBABTER.
London. The Importance with
which the European powers view
America's participation in the inter*
allied conference on the Dawes report
on German reparations was clearly in
dicated during the deliberations of the
delegates of 10 nations, whom the
British prime minister, Ramsey Mac-
Donald, formally welcomed them at
the foreign office.
Mr. Mac Donald extended a special
welcome to the American representa
tives, Ambassador Kellogg and Col.
James A. Logan, Jr. He remarked
that America's mind illuminated the
Dawes report, which had brought the
delegates together, and he hoped that
the Americans, although only official
spectators, would be able to help the
Europeans out of the wrecks and dis
asters of the reparations negotiations
of the past six years.
The qiemberg of the other delega
tions likewise voiced the % view that
'the presence of the Americans was
likely materially to aid in bringing
about an allied agreement that would
make the Dawes plan workable, there
by pltfCing reparations ton a sane and
reasonable basis satisfactory to the
allies and acceptable to Germany.
Major McLeary Shot to Death.
Ashev^lle. —Major Samuel H. Mc-
Leary, missing army officer, was kill
ed by Mortimer H. King, of near Can
ton, and a companion whose identity
is still- unrevealed by authorities, on
the afternoon of July 2, according to
a sworn confession made at Canton
by King, to federal and local authori
ties. A search is now being conducted
for the body of the major which is
said to be hidden in the brush about
10 miles from Cheraw, S. C.
The motive for the killing, accord
ing to King's confession, was robbery.
After the major had taken King and
his companion into his car and offered
to give them a lift up the road, they
compelled him to stop, at the point of
a pistol, forced him to get out of the
car, shot him to death and carried
his body into the brush at the road
side.
Stripping the body of valuables,
they returned to the car and drove
it to Asheville.
Veteran* Will Meet Next In Chicago.
Columbia, 8. C.—Veterans of the
famous Rainbow (42nd) division
brought their sixth annual convention
to a close with the election of officers,
the passage of resolutions on national
issues and tbe selection of Chicago as
their next convention city.
Fred B. Crawford, of Chicago, for
merly a sergeant In company "C,"
149 th field artillery, was elected pres
ident of the association by a vote of
acclamation. Other officers elected
were Raymond 8. Cheseldlne, of Co
lumbus. 0., first vice president; Char
les Kalm, New York, second vice pres
ident; and A. C. Davis, Los Angeles
third vice president. Father Francis
P. Duffy, of New York. *u re-elected
chaplain of the division.
Appointment of a committee to in
vestigate* the feasibility of hdlding a
reunion in France during 1928, in ad
dition to the reunion In the United
States that year, was authorised. The
convention also adopted resolutions In
regard to transportation rates to con
ventions. which It was asserted should
b lowered so as to conform more
nearly to those granted the American
legion.
Coal Caahler Is Killed.
ROCK Springs. Wyo.—Clyde N. Fish
er, cashier of the Qunn Quealy Coal
company here, who disappeared at the
same time that the semi-monthly pay
roll of the company vanlahed, was shot
and fatally wounded by J. Walker,
A search of the vicinity revealed a
cache of food, water and blankets
and also the entire payroll of the com
pany totaling more than }6,000
Hangs Frem Limb of Tree.
Spartanburg. S. Q. —Claude 81ms, 13,
well known farmer of the Cavins com
munity. killed himself by hanging
himself from the limb of a pine tree
with a rope which he had a few mo
ments before used In plowing, accord
ing to a report received from officers.
The body was not discovered until 11
o'clock at night. Hamp LltUeleld. a
negro, found It.
Rural Policeman M. E. McAbee, of
Woodruff, waa notified and went to the
seen* to take charge of the body.
COTTON SCRIPT IS
GOOOJN FIFTH
WAREHOUBE RECEIPTB WILL BE
ACCEPTED IN RICHMOND
DIBTRICT.
Richmond, Va. —Member banks ir
the fifth federal reserve district wil
continue to accept collateral in th
form of cotton warehouse receipt!
from other than United States llcens
ed warehouses, where the jesponsibll
lty of the private warehouse is assur
ed, Governor George J. Seay, of the
federal reserve bank of Richmond, said
when Informed of the announcement
that the St. Louis Reserve bank will
discoutlnue the practice. Governoi
Seay said that his bank had received
no instructions to carry out the'policy
adopteii by the St. Louis bank.
The fifth federal reserve district In
cludes Virginia, North and South Cam
llna and Maryland. >
Washington.—The action of the St
Louis Federal Reserve bank in noti
tying all Its member banks, and ware
houses, on its approval list, that after
September 1 no cotton warehouse re
ceipt evcept those from United States
licensed warehouses would be accept
ed for rediscount, was described by
H. S. Yohe, officer of the
division warehousing for the depart
ment of agriculture, as the biggest
step taken in the administration oi
the warehouse act since its passage.
Much progress has been made In the
licensing ot public warehousemW
under the warehouse act because of
the attitude of growers' co-operative
associations and bankers towartf re
ceipts issued under the law. The
licensed capacity of cotton, grain, wool
and tobacco warehouses has .been in
creasing and regulations have just
been Issued for licensing broom corn
warehouses in connection with which
an application has been received from
a broom corn warehouseman at Ams
terdam, N. Y., the world's largest
manufacturing and terminal city
handling broom corn.
The New Orleans clearing house as
sociation has declared itself in favor
ot licensing of warehouses under the
act and the Atlanta Federal Reserve
bank also has been working in co
operation with officials here in charge
of administration of the act.
Eleven Cities Figures 100,000 Figurs.
Washington.—Eleven cities have
grown into the 100,000 population class
during the last year. Estimates of
population of the principal cities of
the country as of July 1 this year
show there are 79 having 100,000 or
more as compared with last year. The
census bureau in preparing the esti
estimates did not calculate the popula
tion of some of~ the rapidly growning
cities, such as Detroit, Los Angeles,
Seattle, Denver, Akron, Bridgeport,
Houston and Spokane. The population
of the country on July 1 is estimated
at 112,078,611. ; . '
The relative rank of some of the
cities is changed by their newly elect
ed population. New Orleans has pass
ed Cincinnati, Rochester has out
grown Jersey City, St. Paul has sur
passed Providence, Oakland's popula
tion has grown so that it now out
ranks St. Paul and Providence and
Springfield, Mass., has passed Orand
Rapids.
The estimates of population of the
79 cities in the 100,000 class follow:
New York 6,015,504; Chicago, 2,939,-
806; Philadelphia 1,951,076.
Detroit not estimated; Cleveland
912,502; St Louis, 812,698; Baltimore
784,983; Boston 776,783; Los Angelas
not estimated; Pittsburgh 625,916; San
Francisco 548,284; Buffalo 545,263.
Milwaukee 492,087; Washington
486,936; Newark 445,696; Minneap
olis 4177,280; New Orleans 469,534;
Cincinnati 407,835.
Kansas City 359,650; Seattle not
estimated; Indianapolis 350,445; Roch
ester 325,211; Jersey City 3J&157.
Portland, Ore, 278,022; Denver not
estimated; Toledo 276,359; Columbus
266,745! Akron not estimated; Atlanta
227,710; Omaha 208425; Birmingham
200,785.
Worcester 195.405; San Antonio
191,398; Syracuse 188,060; Dallas
187.862; Richmond 183,723; Netf Ha
ven 175,947; Memphis 172,276; Day
ton 169,236; Bridgeport not estimat
ed; Norfolk 164,105; Houston not esti
mated; Hartford 156.167; Yopngstown
155,253; 'Springfield, Mass., 148,402;
Grand Rapids 148,322; FOrt Worth
148.197; Des Moines 145.053; Srcanton
141,451; Paterson 140,637; New Bed
ford 136,602; Trenton 129,705; Salt
Laka City 128,564; Camden 126,399;
Nashville 123,424; Fall River 121,034;
Wilmington. Del., 119,888; Albany 118.-
527; Kanaas City, Kan.. 117,762; Lo
well 115.765; Cambridge 111.944;
Reading 111,812; Tulsa 111,328; Yonk
ers 109,618; Spokane not estimated;
Dahith 108.395.
Twelve Men are Burned
Baltimore.—Twelve men were sev
erely burned and 100 forced to flee
for their lives when two sulphuric acid
tanks, containing of the chemical,
burst at the Davidson Company
plant. Cabin Branch Creek, aear here.
SGi or eight men from tbe Coast
Ouard Station at Cabin Branch were
also burned and Jumped overboard to
escape more serious Injuries.
CONDENSED NEWS FROft
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT Norcs OF INTShfiST TO
CAROUNIAN*
Greenville.— A Pitt county 0000
Roads Celebration to be held here
early In August, at which officials ot
the State Highway Commission toget
her with highway officials from sur
rounding counties and about five hun
dred citizens are to be entertained,
has been announced by prominent
citizens who are fostering this cele
bratlon of the great road system with
which our county Is blessed.
High Point—A suit for $45,000
against Neese Willard, of this etty,
has resulted in a verdict in Randolph
county court for $2,250 In favor o(
Howell Kearns the plaintiff, who want
ed compensation for injuries received
wjblle taking an airplane ride.
Concord.—Charley E. Johnson prom
inent farmer of Harrlsburg, was found
dead, hanging in his barn loft with a
plow line about his neck,
Hertford. —Governor Morrison has
Issued an order directing that a spec
ial term of Superior Court be held for
one week In Perquimans County, be
ginning Monday, August 11. Judge De
vin will preside. The term is only for
the trial of civil cases, and no grand
Jury will be empaneled.
Charlotte.—Wrs. W. H. Mahone, of
Atlanta, Ga„ died at the home here
of her son, W. Mt Mahone, of apoplexy.
She was 76 years old and a daughter
J>i the late Rev. C. W. Key, and sis
''ter of Bishop J. S. Key, of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church.
Reidsville.—William D. Stocks, the
general manager of the F. R Penn
Branch of the American Tobacco Com
pany, has returned from New York
and brings the interesting announce
ment that the Baltimore plant of the
big company is to be moved to Reids
ville where it will be amalgamated
with the Reidsville plant.
Whiteville. —District Foreser E. W.
Kimball, of the North Carolina Geo
aqi ssv ajsq bh* 'XeAjng i«3]3oi
board of county commissioners for
an appropriation with which to aid in
continuing the forest fire prevention
work which the survey has under way
in this county. Mr. Kimball showed the
need for the continuance of the work
with a lot of data hearing him the com
missioner readly granted the appro
priation of five hundred dollars Which
he asked for.
Greensboro.' —A school, row in the
Springfield section of Guilford county,
In which one faction brough charges
against two committeemen was aired
before the county board of education
with the result that the school board
upheld the two and the factions were
advised by the chairman of the board
to get together in peace and unity.
Charlotte. —Four confessed automo
bile thieves received sentences rang
ing from minimum of two years up
to ten years in Mecklenburg
Court. La wren e Long, 26 years old,
admitted receiver of the stolen goods
received the longest sentence, being
sentenced on one count to ten years
and on another to from five to ten
y edra.
Elisabeth City— One tf the most
venturesome bears reported in some
time In Currituck County made a vis
it to the fields and yards of several
citizens there a few days ago. J. T.
Gregory of Shawboro first noticed the
tracks In his fiejd and traced them
Dack through several cotton, corn and
tfatertnelon patches belonging to John
Duncan and others to the yard of
G. Duncan .where the bear nosed about
considerably.
Goldsboro —K C Sasser had the mis
fortune of sustaining Injuries that cost
him the loss of his right eye while
working at his saw mill near Faison.
A cantaloupe crate slat which fell up
on a small saw was thrown into his
face, strikng him in the right eye. He
was rushed to a hospital in Goldsboro
where upon examination by a physi
cian. it was found neeessary to re
move his eye.
FayeStevllle.—Two whiskey stills,
one of them In operation at the time,
and three alleged operators were tak
en by Rural Policeman W. B. Johnson
and Owen McCaskill, Deputy Sheriff
ill West and Chief of Police Ross
Jones when they followed a tip that
led them to the home of Ed Mcßride,
a negro, four miles from this city,'and
found a fire still burning under a
quanity of beer. ,
Wilmington.—Although It cost Un
cle Sam but approximately .0037 to
collect each dollar of the sV fl Wf
SO in customs receipt collected In Die'
16th district during the fiscal year
July 1, 1923 .to July 1. 1934, an in
crease of four hundredths of a mill,
Collector A ,1a McCaskill's district
still holds the national record for the
lowest cost of collecting a dollar for
customs receipt of any district In the
United States.
CharlottOL—Plans for the notable
entargment of the Carolina* exposi
tion annually held here in the fall and
to incorporate with its exhibits of tex
tile machinery aa well aa textile pro
ducts manufactured in the mills of the
two Mates, were discussed at a meet
ing of the exposition board of derec
tora with southern representatives of
large machinery firms, and others.
Chapel Hill. —Aubrey Hawfield
Blake. 5-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D .Blake, is in Watts Hospital, Dur
ham, in a critical condition as the
-eault of being ran down by an automo
bile.
NORTH CAROLINA
EDUCATION SOLD
PUBLICATION TO BE MERGED
WITH ORGAN OF STATE EDU- -
CATION ASSOCIATION
Merger of the "North Carolina Edu
cation" a monthly publUation which
has been In the educational field in
this State for the past 17 ysars with
the "North Carolina Teacher," the or
gan of the North Carolina Education
Association which will make Its first
appearance in September, was announ
ced by Jule B. Warren, secretary of
the association and business manager
of the new monthly. /
Uunder he term of the merger, W. F.
Marshall, editor and publisher of the
"North Carolina Education" has sold
all rights and interest ifl his publica
tion to the North Carolina Education
Association for the sum of $2,500. The
sale was negotiated yesterday by Fred
Arcer, president of the association act
ing under authority of his executive
committee. * ,
"North Carolina Education" was es
tablished by president E. C. Brooks
>of North Carolina State College while
a prbfessor of Trinity College. Later
Mr. Marshall purchased an interest
and became associated as business .
manager. Upon becoming Stflte Su
perintendent of Public Instruction sev
eral years ago Dr. Brooks became
contributing editor and later sold all
of his interest to Mr. Marshall. For the ;
past year State Superintendent A. T.
Allen has been a contributing editor.
' The "North Carolina Teacher" will
be edited by a board of which Dr. M„
R» Trabue of the University of North
Carolina is chairman,
Short Terms are Opening In State
Miss Hattie Parrott has Just re
turned from Mitchell county where she
attended the annual Rural School Con
ference of Mitchell county held at
Bakersvllle, which marked the begin
ning of rural school conferences held
before opening of the public
schools o fthe count#. So far as report
ed Mitchell i sthe first county in the
State to hold its conference for the
school year of 1924-25. The short tern*
schools of the county opened on Mon
day following the conference.
The conference at Bakersvllle was
a joint meeting of all the
forces of the county. The Board of
Education, the members of (.Be Board
of Commissioners, the superintendent
an dthe supervisor of rural school®
met with the teaching force of the
county, together with the school com
mitteemen, the farm demonstration
agent, the health officer and the edi
tors of the county papers.
County-wide educational policies for
the year were proposed an 1 discussed
and the representatives of the educa
tional force present contributed by
• statement the part they expect to take
In the work of promoting the county
wide program.
The program of the two days meet
ing included addresses by Judge Her-
Tiot Clarkson, Miss Hattie Parrott,
and Jason Deyton, superintendent of
schools In Mitchell county. There were
also talks by. several of the teachers
and editors of the papers.
American Party Enters State
Notice of intention to enter Its
presidential cand'date In the Novem
ber election In this State was served
on Secretary of State W. N. Everett
by the American Party, having its
headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Judge Gilbert O. Nations, Ph. D., as
candidate. The communication was
referred to the State Board of Elec
tions for answer.
Just what the American party is
could not be determined by the Se
cretary of State. Its. letter-head was.
covered with names, but none of theip
had anything of familiarity about them
and Mr. Everett was in some doubts
about them. The letter is signed by
W. M. Linkus, as secretary to its. na
tional committee. The conm ttee is
made up of a score of names.
No ruling has has yet been made by
the State Board of Elections as to the
entry of candidate of new or unrecog
nUed parties In the State elections,
and no definite action will be taken
until the full meeting of the board
hefe to canvass the result of the sec
ond primary. The meeting has not yet
been called, lacking the count in Stan
ley and Jackson counties.
Committee of Forty eight, and
the Peoples' Progressive party, the
latter the vehicle of Senator Robert
M. LaPollette, have made inquiry of
Mr. Everett. The usual requirement
for a new party Is a pet tlon signed
by ten thousand residents and voters
of the S)a(t. but this ruling can be re
placed by other provisions that meet
the approval of the board.
New Corporations
The following certificates of incor
poration were issued from the office
Secretary of State. W. N. Ever-
Edgecombe Market. Inc.,
with SIO,OOO . authorized and $4,000
subscribed by Swlndell-Pulford Figh
Co., and A. 8. Ftilford of Washington
Wd S. D. Langley and W. C Douglas
Jf Tarboro.
Wake Motor Company. Rala'gJr with
authorized capital $35,000 preferred
stock and 750 shares of common stoclc
without nom iMI or nar value.