North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE FOUR The Concord Times Kntered m second glass .mail matter < it the poatoffiee at Concord, N. C., un der the Act of March 3, 1879. Published and Thursdays. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher W. M. SHERRILL, Associate Editor Special Representative FROST, LANDIS & KOHN 225 Fifth Avenue, York Peoples Gas Building, Chlcagc. 1004 Candler Building, Atlanta RAILROAD SCHEDULE In Effect December 3, 1922. ' Northbound No. 44 To Washington 5:00 A. M. No. 36 To Washington 10:55 A. Id. No. 46 To Danville 3:45 P. at No. 12 To Richmond 7:10 P. M, No. 32 To Washington 8:29 P. M. No. 138 To Washington 9:45 P. M. No. 30 To Washington 1:40 A. M. Southbound. No. 35 To Atlanta 10.06 P. M Wo. 29 To Atlanta 2:37 A. M. No. 31 To Augusta 6:07 A. M. No. 137 To Atlanta 8:41 A. M. No. 11 To Charlotte 9:25 A. M. No. 45 To Charlotte 3:20 P. M. No. 135 To Atlanta 9:15 P. M. L TIME OF CLOSING OF MAILS. The time of the closing of mails at the Concord postoffice is as follows: Northbound. Train No. 44—11 p. m. - Train No. 30—10:30 a. m. Train No. 12—0:30 p. m. Train No. 38—7:30 p. m. Train No. 30—11 p. m. Sou tli bound. Train No:' 37—9:30 a. m. Train No. 43—3:00 p. m. Trafn No. 135—9:00 p. m. Train No. 29—11:00 p. m. Bible Thought For The Day ¥ V THE ETERNAL GOODNESS: —O give thanks unto the Lord, fpr lie is I good: for his mercy,cudureth for ev-! er. —Psalm 107:1. T 4 : j NOT FORGOTTEN, m Many of the Republicans in Con-j K gross who hate Henry Ford and who j worked hard to defeat liis Muscle Shoals proposition, have hoped that this matter Ims Jieen forgotten, hut it has not. This is demonstrated by the ! fact that in Congress recently a gen- i tlemaii from Georgia brought tip the j Fotd offer again and urged Congress to accept it. pointing out that Mr. i Ford plans to nlanufacture at the * plant large quantities of calcium ar senate, which is needed to light the boll weevil. " Mr. Ford not only plans to manufac- 1 ture the arsenate tin large (inanities, but he lias promised to sell it"at al most cost. This means much to the South todas. Congress has just been advised by an investigating commit tee that arsenate this year will have so tie jmp..’rted because the home’out put will not care for the present de mand. Expert declare that the weevil . can be best fought with arsenate. That makes it imperative that the south ern farmers get it. And if Mr. Ford could get Muscle Shoals he would he able to supply the farmers with all j they vvartf. This is a serious matter, i and members of Congress should not let politics or personal feelings"onter into the matter at all. Mr. Ford's of fer is the only practical one received-, and the plant should he utilized at once. MISDIRECTED ENERGY. i ' I According to press reports from I Georgia Ernest Brown, a hoy from that State, has been arrested and lodg -5 ed in jail in Macon, the charge against -him being that he failed to answer the summons of a local draft hoard in July, 1917. And Brown served c with the American Army for 18 . months in France. "1 was lighting 7 Ileinies when the draft board'called ‘ and didn’t hear ’em.'' he told officials locked him up. and he produced an honorable discharge to hack up his argument. About the same time a negro was arrested on a similar *■ charge. lie has had a wooden leg since 1909. and had been exempted by the <fraft board. It seems that there are enough real cases for officials to work on without spending their time m such eases as ‘ these. As The News, of Greenville, s. p C., says, “with Bergiloll, most famous t draft dodger of all. and notorious prof- I iteers at large, with robberies and other crime rampant throughout the ; country, with,a large per cent, of the guilty escaping arrest, it seems a lit - r tie strange that detectives should beml their energies in causing" the arrest of such people as Brown and the negro EW cripple. It is not a good advertise ment for those 'involved, md docsn t j set wolf with the public. THE HEIIKIN VERDICT. lj&- The verdict in the Herrin massaciv $y- case Caused no surprise. Reports from . time to time indicated that the State never had liHn.ll hope of convicting | ijuv one. and acquittal for the five men * was expected. The public generally felt that the jury would hesitate to ; convict", slionhl.lt have sutlklent ground Kg for doing so, ami many of the witness es only told part of wlmt they knew, being afraid to tell everything. . The verdict of the jury, however, does riot remove, the stain from the history of Illinois, ilie five men tried I may not have been gnilty of the kill ; ing of the miners, but some one is, and .it is possible that the verdict in this I case may lead other bodies of men to , think they can take the law in their | hands and get by with it. | The Herrin massacre is one of the blackest blots on the entire history of America, and the State of Illinois should continue the fight to clear up the matter, if it is not too apparent that any one else tried will he freed regardless of the circumstances. THE FLAPPER’S MIND. llow does the mind of the flapper work? The Philadelphia Record says editorially, of this important question : “We are permitted to take a peep int.o the curious workings of the flap per mind in considering the case of the 17-year-ol(l girl who ran away from her home in Atlantic City some weeks ago and was arrested on Mon day in the company of a young fugi tive from justice. "On liis cot in the hospital, where he lay dangerously wounded, the youth begged her to marry him. "No. in-j deed !’ said she. T should say I would j not marry a burglar.’ Noble of her, eh? But it developed—and she frank ly admitted—that she had been living with him. in this city for several weeks : and she didn't love him. she said, hut she had-gone with him in the hope of reforming him. “Where do our young people get j these distorted notions of right and ; wrong? This is not an unusual case. | The news columns are full-of stories! as wild as tliis. and even wilder. Lack j of proper home training may he the j chief factor at the bottom of all these strange ‘moral lapses, hut why is it j that they are so much more prevalent t now than formerly?” There are many instances like the i one described above. Who is respon- > j silde? We agree with The Record in j the opinion that it is hard to under-j stand. Why "are these fanciful ideas' ; more prevalent now than heretofore? \ J COLLEGE GROWTH. - The Alumni News, published at the ! State College, gives some interesting ! figures on the 'growth of the live larg- 1 jest male colleges in the State during i (he past 25 years. The chart published by The News j shows thjit in 1897 The University had 520 students. State lmd 255, Trinity • 154. Wake Forest 253 and Davidson 181. in 1922 Carolina had 1(579 stu- 1 dents. State had 1205. Trinity 784. Wake Forest 711 and Davidson-552. The total at Carolina represents an in crease of 221 per cent.: State's in- : crease was 372 per cent.; j 409 per cent.: Wake Forest's 181 per cent.: and Davidson's 189 per cent. The chart also shows that during the 21 years from 1897 to 1922 each of the livo colleges made an,increase al most everv year. There were one or i two exceptions for each college, but almost every year showed an increase, j These figures give a fine insight in-j to the rapid growth of educational in- : stitutions in the State. What has been i i jtrue of these five colleges Ims been trune of all others in the State. We have awakened educationally, and wo J believe during the next 25 years the j growth will he just as rapid as it has “been during the past 25 years,. SCARCITY OF COTTON. The Manufacturers Record states that recently it received the following letter from one of the foremost hank- i ers of the South: "('often consumption will have to he curtailed, 1 am satisfied, on aeeoiyit of the stock not be sufficient I<> war rant full running time. We tire go ing to enter the next cotton season with a very sniall carry over, and un less the crop to be planted is largo and 1 some method employed to destroy the, boll weevil, we are going to mil up! against a crisis, .which will he iu my j opinion very disastrous.” We believe the banker's opinion is 1 right. The cotton carry-over is less ! than it has been in many years, and if the boll weevil is" not successfully combatted the production this year will not l>e as great as it lias been in the past. The situation is serious-, we believe, and before the end of this crop year we believe cotton is giving lo be ’mighty scarce. MORRISON ACTS. A large number of people during the past several days have been criticising Governor Morrison because he did not announce at once his position in the ! I’eycock case. The day after Dr. Pea cock showed iq/ in Florida Governor Morrison-was asked for an expression, and he refused to give one. That start ed the wags to talking, and many of his opponents lmjjp circulated reports to ihe effect that the Governor was really friendly to Peacock, and would not i make any effort to get him back. Such reports have heeu proved false by the requisition papers which the Governor of this State Inis forwarded to the Governor of Florida. Governor Morrison not merely issued the pa pers; he sent a representative with them to appear: personally before the Governor off Florida, indicating that lie was anxious to act in such a man ner tliht the greatest influence would , be brought to bear on the Florida * Governor. I We think Governor Morrison did • right in asking for the return of Dr ' \ l'eacock." Regardless of the attitude of the Florida Governor, Mr. Morri son has done his duty as he sees it. and we believe the majority of the people will applaud him for the stand he has taken. PARDON BOARD NEEDED. A bill seeking the creation of a par don hoard for North Carolina has been introduced in the Legislature, and we hope it will get the reception it de serves at the hands of the solons. The pardoning power should never be giv en to any Governor, we think, and we believe the .Governors themselves will agree in this opinion. In fact the par don hoard was one of the recommen dations made by Governor Morrison, aiul other executives of this State have indicated that they think such a hoard should 1)0 created. The present General Assembly be gins its work in such a manner as would indicate conservatism, both in (appropriations and the number <d hills ! passed, hut we hope before it adjourns it will pass this bill. OLD, BI T TIMELY. We may regard the Chinese as heathen, and peculiar, hut Dr. Fong of ■ China, has outlined a few rules for | guidance of young men of his comi j try who are seeking success, that may | he followed by the men of any coun ■tr.v. They are not new, to be sure. ! but they are good, and repetition will (Strengthen them. They are: ! “Live within . your incohle at all j cost s. “However small may lie your in jectin'. put something aside before the 1 rainy day comes. | "Cse your leisure moments for self i improvement. i "Pay attention to the problem of se lecting your friends. •* "Learn to give some! lung to the sup ! port of charitable enterprises. ! "Keep your body strong by having j a few simple rules of health and oh-1 serve them faithfully." MR. PAGE WRITES ABO IT UONCORD-SALISBURY ROAD Says New Contract For Part of Road Has Been Let, and Work Probably Will Start Soon. On January 10th Mr. J. B. Sherrill. Cabarrus’ representative in the House of Representatives of the General. Assembly, wrote Mr. Frank Page, chairman of the State’Highway Com mission. asking information about the national highway between Kannapolis and Landis. Mr. Sherrill has received the following let lor in reply; "I have your letter of she 1 C*tli. rel ative to the project-between Kannapo lis and Landis, our No. <570. "As you probably know the contract or who lias this project defaulted in his contract and U was transferred to l iihe Harris Construction Company. ; who have promised that they will im : mediately start work on this read. "We are today writing tluV District j Engineer, insisting that he hV ve the; ; Harris Construction so immediately | begin work: if not to so maintain the | present road so that t ralffic will Hot he j inconvenienced by the delay." MA JOR WILLIAM CAIN RECEIVES HIGH HONORS At the Seventh Annual Meeting of Am erican Engineers Received J. James R. Cross Medal. Chapel Ilill. N. C„ January 18. — Major William Cain, for thirty head of the mathematics department' of the University of North Carolina, and now* Kenpn Professor Emeritus, has been honored by the American So iciety of Engineers. At the seventh | Annual meeting in New York Wednes day. lie received the .1. James R. Cross medal, as a reward for his paper on The Circular Arch Under Normal Loads.” At the ceremony of presentation. Major Cain was introduced by Gus tave M. Bra tine, dean of the school oi ' engineering of the University. Many years ago Major Cain aebiev ! ed fame among engineers, not only in i America, lmt the world over, ’by his j authoritative works on engineering [problems, according to University <>f j ffeiais. In liis best known tresitises he ! lists discussed solid and braced elastic j arches, steel-concrete arches ami vault led structures, bridges, retaining walls and bins. ’’Although nearly 7(5 years of ago and retired from active teaching. Major Cain still is si busy worker in his held, studying and writing continual ly. Hi* was not quite fourteen when the 'civil war began. At the timf*. he was in a military school and when untrain ed volunteers were called together to tight for the Confederacy, he was call ed upon to be a drill master. lie "pui i through the paces” many a man old enough to he liis father and is said to have been a strict disciplinarian. 11 is request to enter the war as an actual combatant, after several months of this work, was denied on account of his youth. Finger Prints of German Not These of Grover C. Bergddi. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 19. — Re ports received today from Washington were to the effect that the finger prints of Albert Hoersell, one of the “suspicious characters” taken irom the German steamer D:utschfel<l when she arrived yesterday from Hamburg, do net fttlly with those of Grover Cleveland Bergtloll, draft evader. No report has,teen received yet on Ernest Thrickcw. the other member of tfie Oeutschfeld-'s crew detained by department of justice agents, doth men still detained, however. The escape of two stowaways hi?ld aboard the Deutsclifeld was reported to the notice today by the steamer's captain, Joseph Proempeler. Jn Korea's population of 111,045,000 *ne out of every fifty-six is a Christian, according to an Estimate by church . leaders. THE CONCORD TIMES FILMDOM MOURNS DEATH OF REID Famous Screen Star Died on Thursday in a Los Angeles Hospital. i Los Angeles, Jan. 19.—Filmdom to j day mourned the passing of Wallace Reid, motion picture star, whose death I yesterday ended liis long battle, for (health after abandoning the/Use of l:abft--forming drugs. I His death came as lie lay in the j arms of his wife, known in the sereeh j world its Dorothy Davenport, and just (after he had humbled in semi-delirium ."God—I —please.” Reid had been unconscious for many j hours, hut in liis last talk with his wife when his mind was clear he seemed to he si ware, relatives said, that death was almost upon him. At tlisit time be s.-tid "Tell them. | mama, I have woh my tight—that I j have come back.” • He had affectionately called his-wife "mama” since the birth of llieir son. Biilic, five years ago. ' Reid was a member,ef the Order of Elks, and it was announced the Lodge would conduct public funeral services •Saturday afternoon. His body will he cremated in accordance with Reid’s wishes. NOT GUILTY IS JURY’S VERDICT. Alleged Participants in Herrin Aline Murders Freed. .Marion, 111., Jan. 19.—After nearly 27 hours deliberation a jury of Wil iamson county farmers today de livered a verdict of not guilty in the first case resulting from the Idling- of 21 non-union workers during the Her rin riots- last June. The end of the long trial came so suddenly that both spectators and the five defendants who were charged with the murder of Howard Hoffman, one of the victims of the outbreak, ap peared dkzed. As Judge D. T. Hart well finished reading the last verdict, the only sound that broke the silence in tile court ro im, was a ha f smother ed sob from-the wife of one of the de fendants. Word that the jury had reached a verdict was received by Judge Hart- Avell at his office at 1:3-0 o'clock this j afternoon. He immedia f ely notified I the atttorneys and ordered the de- I 'endants brought from tiiejail a j block away. The news spread among | the crowd, which has stood patiently (about the square watching tlie court house over since t'ae jury retired ar 11:15 a. m. yesterday. The court room filled swiftly. After • warning m pretutors against any demonstration. Judge Hartwell ordered the jury brought in. Five minutes later the last of the separate verdicts had-been read and received in dead silence. While the defendants sat almost motionless in their chairs without.any sign of emotion, tlm jury • filed out by one door, the spectators left by another and, just 10 minutes Tom the time the jury was brought in, the court room was again empty. All of the jurors refused to discuss their verdict and melted away : n the crowds that gathered in little groups i about’ the squarb to discuss the find ing. One said that 15 or 20 ballots were taken. Another declared they were all agreed on the innocence of four of the defendants on the first j ballot.’ blit refused to name the fifth I regarding whom there was a differ ence of opinion. Several jurors in dicated that the verdicts resulted from the alibis submitted by the de fense for all-of the five accused and because they declared that a “reason able doubt” existed . regarding the gui t. of all five defendants. The verdicts were read in the fol lowing order: Leva Mann. Joe Carnnghi, Peter Hiller, Burt Grace ,and Otis Clark. All a>.e union miners ■ exec.: Htiler, who is a taxicab driver. Clark showed the most emotion dur ing the reading and slouched deeper and deeper into his chair, until his name, the last one reached, was read. His wife across the court room-, sob bed as words "not gui'ty” reach ed her oars. The defendants were the last to leave the court, room and returned im mediately to the jail. It was expected they would be released on bon.l within a few hours, although all of them face another trial with eight ethers charged with having murdered An tonio Mukovieh, another victim of the riots. The defense has announced its readiness to proceed with this tr.al at once. Delos Duty, state’s attorney of Wil liamson county, refused to comment on the verdict, but Angus- W. Kerr, chief counsel for the defense, de clared: “It was the only righteous verdict I which could have been rendered and it ought to lie the birth of a new era in (lie industrial disputes in America and the abolishment of the use of hired gunmen in controversies be tween -capital and labor.” TEXTILE ORGANIZER HAS CHARLOTTE HEADQLARTERS Frank Mclvosky, Vice-President of the _ t inted Textile Workers of America, Is in Charlotte Now. Charlotte. Jan. 20.—Frank Me. Kosky. of Philadelphia, vice-president of the United Textile Workers of Am erica, which recently announced that it intended to start a campaign to or ganize all Southern mill operatives, lias been in Charlotte since last week, it became known today, and will be present tonight at a meeting of textile workers. Delegates from mill centers in both this state and South Carolina are expected to attend, it was said. ?»lf\ McKosk.v said lie was here at “the urgent request of the workers” and that he was merely looking over the field, but added that when the workers have requested aid in organi zation that the union always has belli ed. Watermelon Feast in Middle of Janu ary. Clierryville. Jan. IS—-It isn't often that watermelons are served in this .section of the country in January, but last Sunday. January 14, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Heavener and some of their neigh bors on route 1, enjoyed two delicious melons, which, were raised by Mr. Heavener lust sumuie*. They were in perfect condition. DR. HUTCHISON MAKES TOUR OF INSPECTION Head of Campaign Against Doll Weevil Visits Carolinas and Georgia. . Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 20. —Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, noted scientist and 1 engineer, who lms accepted the posi tion of managing director of boll weevil control work in the intensive light upon the post wlihsli has been launched by the American Cotton As sociation, has just returned to New York after a trip through middle Georgia and the Carolinas where he made a lirst hand investigation of con ditions in those sections. Dr. Hutchison stated that the. ob ject of his trip was to learn from the farmers in person tlieir experiences with the boll weevil and with various methods of weevil control. In the course of his trip he. met and talked to a large number of cotton planters, "croppers” and laborers, and lie said lie expects to visit all the important cotton growing sections of the South. “My hist visit to the South since aking lip this work.” Dr. Hutchison said. "was made without announce ment in order that I might ge.t in touch with the nien who actually raise 0,11011. In seeking to find some means hv which the boll weevil can be eradi cated, we must take into considera tion labor conditions and all other factors in the. raising of cotton. ,An excellent laboratory method of Idli ng the boll weevil might be worked out, but it would be of little value if it was too complicated to be put "into practical use by the men who traise and cultivate the. cotton.” A campaign to raise a fund of $2,- ">OO,OOO to finance a flvg-year warfare upon the iioil weevil will be started within a short time. .. Because of liis Intense interest in the movement as a native southerner. Dr. Hutchison has already begun liis work as head if the group of scientists who will u-ek to find and make practicable some means of destroying the boll weevil. MAKING PLANS FOR CHARLOTTE AUTO SHOW Plans Rapidly Taking Form and A Dig Show Is Promised. Charlotte, X. ('., ./an. lit. —Rapid progress is being made in preparing for the third! Carolinas Automobile Show here. February .1-10. it was stat ed today by Lane Etheridge, president of the Charlotte Automotive Trade As sociation. which is sponsoring the ex hibit ion. Forty exhibits are expected to be on display, including about thirty lines of motor cars and trucks, according to information furnished Mr. Etheridge by'Osmond Barringer, chairman of the space committee. • Severn 1 manufacturers have advised Mr. Etheridge of tlieir intention to have exhibits of tlieir lines of motor cars or trucks at this show. 5 Hereto | fore manufacturers have not been rep resented among the exhibitors here. "I accepMhe evidences .of larger in terests on the part of the manufactur ers." said Mr. Etheridge, "as showing :in 1 importance the show here is at taining. the increasing value of the Carolinas' market and as a recogni tion of the return of sound business ".-auditions in southeastern states.” The exposition building has 00.000 square feet of' floor space on two Moors, about 11,000 of which is in ludcd in the auditorium, where seat ing accommodations for more than .MOO persons ale provided. .1. I*. Harris, chairman of the en tertainment committee, is expected to •lose contracts in New York for the appearance, of artists on the music programs of each day of the show. PRESIDENT EXPECTS TO RE OUT ON MONDAY He Continues to Show Improvement Following Severe Attack of Grippe. 'Washington, Jan. 20. —President Harding had so far recovered today from an attack of grippe that lie hop ed to be at liis desk Monday. No en gagements will be made for that day, however, as he has ,Yn accumulation of ,<>lficial papers awaiting his return to the executive ollices. ~ On the advice of his physician the President, spent the most of the day lying down In liis room. One Hundred Carloads of High Point Furniture Sold Thursday. Ip-gh Point, Jan. 18.—The Southern Furniture exposition, "which opened here Monday, got away with another (lying start today when it: was an nounced that”orders had been placed for more than 100 carloads of furni ture. involving a total expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars. The attendance today was.even bet ter than yesterday, when all attend ance records were broken. Buyers continue to arrive here tonight on ev ery train, nearly 100 having reached the city during the day. One manufacturer represented by an exhibit in the big building reported today that lie had sold 1!) carloads of fill-nit lire since the opening of, the ex position. Another exhibitor said lie sold :*,r> cariogds. while many salt's of smaller quantities were an nounced. However, this is declared to be only the beginning of two weeks of good business for tlie southern furniture, market, many of the buyers' having delayed their visit until late in the week. (‘rime Correspondence School Found by Pittsburg Police. Pittsburgh, Jail. IS.—A correspond ence school for training safe blowers lias been brought to light lie.re, the po lice say. They arrested William T. 'Rihelduf for, 25 years old, of the Wallace build ing. South Highland and Centre Ave nues, last night. In his, home the police found a complete, set of safe blower's tools and instruction books showing how to open twenty-seven dif ' ferent makes of safes. The police refused to give out the title of the books seized. Neither 4Uml,ddhey give the mimes of the pub lishers. saying that, they had communi cated with the police in the city where the hOoks were printed, with a vie.w to having legal action taken against : the publishers. M. Pacliman, the celebrated pianist, • lias received recently many requests to > appear publicly in Chopin’s coat, - which was presented to, him by a i friend as the greatest living exponent of Chopin’s works. I PEACOCK PAPERS NOWIN FLORIDA ' Requisition Papers Carried to Florida by D. 0. France for Governor. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 20.—D, O. France, a representative of the . Gov ernor of North Carolina, arrived here today with requisition papers for Dr. J. W. IVacorJv, wlmn.recently escaped ' from a sanatnrium in that state and tied to Florida. France had an ap pointment, with the governor this af ternoon when he planned to present liis papers ami seek the extradition of Dr. Peacock. DECEMBER FIRE RECORD HIGHEST IN HISTORY Loss From Fire in State During Last Month Was $3,116,703. Raleigh, Jan. 20 ( By tlie Associated Press. —North Carolina in December suffered a fire loss of $3,110,703, break ing all records of the state, according to the monthly report of the iqjjurance department made public tonight. The New Bern conflagration caused a loss of 82,000.000, it was stated. (if this/ amonht, $750,000 was-covered by insurance! One thousand and fifty dwellings. 105 stores, 10 warehouses, 7 factories, 4 churches and 2 motion picture theaters were destroyed in the city. “The summary of official' reports of lires in the state for December,” it was said, "shows that aside from the. ab-| normal loss of $2,000,000 by tlie New Bern conflagration of December 1,1 there was a further loss at other points ! of $1,110,703, from a total of 173 fires, j with property at risk of $5,490,293, on which insurance was carried to the i extent of $2,890,271. . “The main loss came, from fifteen! fires, since the entire loss froth the I other 158 lives amounted to but little over $400,000. "Aside from New* Bern, Charlotte heads the list with two tires, totalling $300,000; the next largest being Gates ville and Spray with another SIOO,OOO. "Dwellings, as usual, headed the list of property destroyed or damaged, the total outside, the New Bern fire being 109, of which 97 were in towns and 12 in the country. The combined damage, however, was but $54,000. while the value of tin' same was $473,000 and the insuranee $223,(M10. "Sixty-four of the tires were, caused by sparks on shingle roofs and defec tive fines : forty were of unknown or igin and fifteen were caused by exs - oil stoves, the largest number for any month. "The figures given out as the De cember tire loss far the United States and Canada also are of unpreeendented portent, aggregating $47,420,000 as compared with $28,907,550 in Decem ber. 1921. "The North Carolina- December,fire loss, excluding the New Bern confla gration, of $1,110,703. exceeds hut lit tle that of December, 1921, which was $1,020,000, hut its full loss of $3,1110,- 703. of. course, breaks all records in the j state and helps to swell the enormous j total <*'f the I'nited States and Cana-j da's great increase.” Winterville. according to the report,) has to its credit a "No Fire Record" for the entire year 1922. New Charters and Amendments. Raleigh, N. Jan. 20.—r The secre tary of stale lias granted the follow ing charters-and amendments to ehar-j tors: Lenoir-Blowing Rock Line, Inc., Le-j noir: to conduct a general automobile business and to _ operate automobile bus lines: capital stock $100,000: paid in $32,000: \V. L. Ernest.-V. J. Smith and (’. 11. Smith, all of Lenoir, prin cipal incorporators. Drexel Furniture Company. Morgan ton. increasing its capital stock from $75,000 (correct) to $1,000,000. Southern Industrial Bank. Charlotte, increasing its capital stock from SIOO,- 000 to $500,000. Gordon Candy Company, Ilobgood, to conduct a general candy, grocery and tobacco sales business; capital stock $10.000; paid in 81.100: E. Gor don House. I). E. Breast, J. K. Moore, all of Ilobgood, principal incorpora tors. . . ■ - "While Building Supplies, Inc., War renton, general building materials and supplies business; capital stock, $75,- 000; paid in $300: 11. IV. White, War venton. D. R. Mustian. Warreuton. Edmund White,«*Warrenton, principal ' incorporators. Newton Baking Company. Newton, general baking business; capital stock $25,000: paid in $1,200: A. J. Salley, Statesville: S. L. Miller and C. L. Everhart, Newton, principal incorpor ators. v - For every inch, of stature a man Mould weigh 3 pounds 5 ounces. FRIEND CUSTOMER: The Psalmist said in haste:' AIT men are liars, "Personally speaking I admit it. 1 am one, Aland tin' girls I’ve kissed. The snakes I've killed. The bears I've shot And the fish I've caught. Rut 1 never lie to anybody About what I si'll. it don’t pay. If I say it is good, It is good. j ■ If 1 say it, t If is so. This week I'm selling Nine inch Dinner Plates For One Dollar a set. They are not china. China Clips and Saucers A Dollar and a Half. Boys’ Knee Pants All sizes; ninety cents up. Small size Men’s Suits, Pawn Brokers' stock Slightly worn 1 Five Dollars each, j Three thousand other items : Priced to seil. ! I've received notice To vat ate this j Se I'm bound to selh Take a Tip; ) Patronize Pat. TO !® i IVINGTON’S I N. C. Monday, January'22, 1923. CLUBBING RATES. You can save money by subscribing ! for other papers iu concoction with 1 The Times or Tribune. ] We will send you The Times ard j Progressive Farmer both one year for i only $2.50. This is a saving of 50 (cents to you, and makes The Times i cost you only $1.50 a year. We will send The Times and the At i lanta Thrice-a-Week Constitution, both 1 one year, for $2.75. We will send you The Times and iSew York Tlirice-a-Week World, one year, for only $2.75. Tlib Times and McCall’s Magazine, both one year for $2.75. The Times and Youth’s Companion, both one year for $4.15. We will club any of the above pa pers with The Tribune, adding the prices as follows to The Tribune’s sub ' scriptkm rate: Progressive Farmer, 50 cents; Atlanta Constitution .75; New York World 75; McCall's Magazine 75. If you have already paid your sub script ion iu Nidvance either to The Times or The Tribune, we will order any of tlie above papers for ymf nt just what they cost us, as indicated above. We will order them for you at gny time. Perhaps Benny Leonard intends to retire as the undefeated lightweight champion, now that he has gone on the stage. PENNY COLUMN Car Load, Horses and Mules Just Ar lived. Can he seen at Harrisburg. Cash or terms. Ben Teeter. 22-2 t-p. For Rent—One Two-Horse Farm. G. C. Ileglar. 18-2 t-p. Concord Has a Mattress Renovating plant. The Southern Mattress Com pany is located at No. 9 McGill Street, equipped wim the latest ma chinery. and prepared to do this work with experienced workmen. All work called for and delivered tlie same day. Satisfaction guar anteed. Wliy send your mattresses away, when they can he made over at home? 15-ts-c. For Sale —Fifty Acre Farm 2 1-3 miles from Concord on good road. R. B. Decs. ! 15-2 t-p. Wanted—One or Two-Horse Tenant. Will furnish stock. A. L. Crisco, Route 1. Concord. lt-3t-p. Steam Tractor in Good Shape. Will sell cheap or swap in. J. W. Starnes, Locust, N. C. 34 f. For Sale—67 3-4 Acres of Land, 5 miles South of Concord, on main highway, good dwelling and barn. See Dr. J. F. Reed or A. B. Pal mer. attorney. 8-4 t-c. For Sale—Two Brood Mares, 5 and 8 years old, and also good mule. Will sell at-bargain. R. B. Little, Con cord,: Route 5. 2S-4t-p. No Hunting With Gun on My Land. W. L. Morris. Nov; 27-to Feb 25. Our Fruit Trees, Vines, Plants, etc., are now ready. Crowell’s Plant Farm, 129 E. Corbin St. 9-ts-c. Enamel Ware and Tin —AT— : / MISS BRACHEN BONNET SHOP PRICES LOW CONCORD PRODUCE MARKET * Corrected Weekly by Cline & Moose. Figures named represent prices paid for produce on the market: Eggs .49 Butter .30 f’ouiitry Hath .25 Country Shoulder .18 Country Sides .15 Young Chickens .20 Hens _< .18 Turkeys .25 to .30 Lard , .12 1-2 Sweet Potatoes .75 Irish Potatoes .75 Onions. $1.50 Peas $1.50 Corn _i i .85 Oats .<’»•> CONCORD COTTON MARKET MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1923. Cotton .27 1-2 Cotton Seed .72 NOTICE. The partnership of Barrier-Widon house & Co. having- lieen dissolved more than a year ago, and the said company having many accounts still on its books, decided at a recent meet ing of its old stockholders, that they had given all parties ample time to make settlement and that all account must now be paid either in cash or by satisfactory note. Therefore debtors' will ](lease take notice that unless sat isfactory arrangement is made by February loth suit for judgment wilt he instituted. 22-2 t. C. IT. BARRIER. Agt. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTIC E. Having qualified as the Administra tor of the estate of Charlie Wade. col., deceased, all persons owing said es tate are hereby notified that they must make prompt payment or spit will !«• brought. l ' And all persons having claims against said estate must pre sent them to the undersigned, duly au thenticated. on or before the 22nd day of January, 1924. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery! M. M. LINKER. Administrator. Palmer & BlackweUler, Attorneys. January 22, 1923.