f. B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. ffllCl li® ’ 111 PAYMENT li REPLy TO ALLIES Says the. Entire Cost of the / yof Occupation Must Be i aid, and Allows For iXo Deductions. All S! S PREPARE ANOTHER REPLY America Will Take Money From Reparations or Any L Other }Vay the Allies Find * Raise It. 1' - >!;i n h 1H i I»y !he Assu'iatpd *1 • ! i!s;il by tile U liked *'. :: ; >'!,!< to :t« SI reduction of I'l. ! mi' |jn* c\peases of \he Aiper ! i '. I'lii ■ asur\. ' I !{■ . of the $255.ptMUHM>| r ; ii-ii fi_» anmiril installments out -.-ill - (human reparations pay jih V - wi/.lj iliesilli'es proposed, is ac e-! i-«! iir principle. it was stated, hut Wadsworth made it plain that the .t r ;,u view was that the biil should ;c in? 1 htet « ii; of the German payments Allied representatives in the face of f! - rt*j' ••tion of their proposal pre ■m red I.st week, and afterward sub i:■•■ will ny to evolve another i»vo]x>- ,»t e. It!-1 1 will he gi ven Air. Wads u ,ih a! a tall meeting of the confer ••i> »• nutrsday. H\\ si Vli WILL PI \NT I\VO MiI.I.SON MAY TREES ii vTiihdtv to Have Biggest Tree {'hinting lit*** in Its History. • -iidem-e of Associat 'd Press i 'i - . •e!i s.—Massachusetts W\. ■ c ir«*<* iilanting l**e oties and spruces a fi* set duf ny i • v t'Mvns jtmi private citizens, on lam!. Most of the young trees " 1 :« v,,! | at nominal cost by the laic has been a decided a waken ir .Massachusetts to the need of f"t*‘>t conservation.’’ said Chief Fores tiT li i.. Cook recently. “In our state iMir-t:in which we raise pines and uc have 1.500,000 trees of the ago for transplanting. There is ati iin leased interest in this sub t u • expect to produce trans .l ' s in our nurseries at a ■ s' of -1.000.000 annually/’ ’■'h' ii.,vest estimated cost of the i "M plantings is two cents for each a' " irec I In* out ire cost probably ' i! c\,ccd 5,0.000. In some 50 years " ii" silMiild he Wurth S2(MU>(MI. apply companies nre_partic •' cti.c hi creating forests as a "i c.iii'crv ing rainfall oW the - lands surrounding reservoirs, i forester Cook, and cranberry • " A, a are increasing the number of !i ■' planted in the bare acreage ai,,| !iii| their hogs. Cm’s; id will plant 75.000 trees this 1 i 11 ,;:ii. 1 y spruce.'in the campaign !l i' - -t conservation started by for •' .v us \cw England at a meeting ml: .'-•md iids winter. Other eoinmuii ' plantings will he made in • ; rts of the state. h general the trees ro he set out in ’ ' western counties are spruce. In j ’a counties the plantings will ' : "idle pine. As a means of com the serious ravages of white i 'd r rust, the state is offering Mine Scotch pines to he min '”| in titc new forest areas. an «thkk figure in DOROTHY KEENAN CASE 1 !'«• ’ Np.-ts to \rrest Man Not Ilitli ' • 11 Mentioned in Coimertion With ,!i!- < .ist*. ■'"l. Match IP.—Another my.s --• Pad 'entered Tin* Dorothy wilder case with the an il of District Attorney Pec ''««* police today expected to •ustudy a limn not hitherto in connection with the ! - Hie young woman, who was} T,." 1 ; ' ‘ I in her West 57th Street! last Thursday. The police I T' " 1,1 -she was slain for ven-J " ,l|> a " ' i! Front ened here today. Gov- Jernor Cameron Morrison was sched* j tiled to lead the parade, hut on account ! of illness in his family could not at- Gtend. i A concert by Anna Case, soprano, I was another feature ia\es, orator and journal ist. will deliver an address at the ex position tomorrow night. Air. Graves for many years a writer and speaker on subjects of national interest, will discuss recent developments in Wash ington and America’s foreign policy. \\ illiam v iw-iipr t*y •’ v Kfruggs, secretary to Mr. Lnttn! and i also secretary of the Charlotte Con-j solidated Construction Company, and j H. M. Victor, president of the Union j National Bank, for the defense, Mr. Latta remarked during the i trial, “J am 70 years old and this is j the first time I have ever been sued , personally in my life.” The case, has been one in which’’i centered very keen interest owing to | the prominence of Mr. Latta and members of the hotel company. DEVIL AND THE LORD AIDED HIM TO LEAVE 1— Virginia Negro Preacher Stands Not • I pon Order of Going After the j Note. Va.. March 17.—‘The devil sent Holland a message and the Lord told hint to go.” declared George Holland; negro minister of Upperville, Va.. on the eve of liis departure for an unknown destination following re ceipt several days ago of an .alleged threatening letter said to have been signed “Kit Klux Klan.” Holland has repeatedly denied from his pulpit what he termed “prevalent contempt of laws against liquor,” and Sheriff Edwards said today the letter was sent by alleged bootleggers of the neighborhood. Among other things the letter stated, according to the sheriff, that the writer was connected with the recent attacks on the Rev. I Harry C. Marsh, a Methodist minister of Middleburg, who was fired upon from ambush upon tlir«> occasions. The sheriff said the letter to Hol land contained a threat against the minister's life. Holland, lie said, de clined offers of protection and decided to leave the community. MINERS OFFER PRAYER BEFORE ENTERING MINES t • Action of Valter (dal Company Min ers is Without Precedent in United states. Dnquoin. 111., March 10.—Daily prayer services for their salety have been adopted by miners employed at a large mine of the Valier Goal Com pahy near here. Short services are hel(i each morning at the bottom of j the shaft before the miners enter their various rooms to perform their fork. The plan is without precedent in coal j mines in the United States, officials j of tlie mine said. Storm Warnings Broadcast by Federal Bureau. Washington, March 18.—The weath er bureau tonight issued the follow tin^: “Advisory southwest storm warnings 10 p. in. Tape Hatteras to Eastport, Maine. Disturbance central over In diana. will move rapidly northeast ward with increasing intensity and be attended by strong south and south i west winds probably reaching gale 1 force Monday morning and shifting to i northwest during Monday.” The. following marriage licenses , were issued Saturday by Register of j Feeds Elliott: Oscar Hurlocker and Miss Margie Earnhardt, both of Ca barrus: Page Young and Miss Bessie Mabre.v, bqjh <>f Concord: and Claude B. Walters ahd Miss Dtkisy Keadling, j both of Concord. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THU R S DAYS Another Cold Wave Is Now Gripping Part of Country (By (he \SMoeln(e Chicago, March 11).—The entire cen tral area of the country today was in the grasp of a hitter cold wave, despite the theoretical proximity of Spring. From the Rocky Mountains eastward, and from the far Northwest to upper Florida, with much of tin* territory covered by snow, temperatures ranging from sub-zero to March records were registered. Freezing temperatures were predict ed for Louisiana all the way to the Gulf coast today. Frost was regarded probable in central Florida tomorrow. Rain in the Southern states v,as ex Reformed Church Here Will Be Rebuilt Soon Members of Church Decided Sunday to Construct Mod ern Structure, Work tQ Start Soon.—Committees at Work Making Plans for Erection of Building;. ♦ r lhe members of /Trinity Reformed < hiirch assembled in a congregational business meeting Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, voted to rebuild the church beginning this'year, A unanimous re quest of the consistory was sent to the congregation and adopted. The provisional plans will call for a modern church plant with equipment lor social, educational and religious ( wori; of u growing congregation. The j church auditorium will he planned for ,a seating capacity of 250, and so ar j ranged that it can he easily expanded ito seat 4(K) or more. The Sunday school equipment will lx* planned to care lor u school of 850 pupils in both the elementary and secondary di visions, with class rooms, and assem i hly rooms. A basement will he pro- I vided under the entire structure, j available if, necessary, to provide for j the social and recreational needs of till | the organizations of the congregation. The estimated cost of such a hudd ling will he about $30,000. Two committees of twelve inembers each will study the needs and plans of finance and report to the congregation at their annual meeting April 22 or prior, at which time final plans can • lie adopted and the work begun. Mr. i-1. D. Moose is chairman of the build ing committee, which has in charge the plans of building, location of the church and parsonage, securing of ar chitect and all items pertaining there- JH,--' ’]I A. • Ilolshouser is chair- F unfit m rue* n/?» 11 ce 'c?«rhinit.te?‘. which ; has charge of ways and means of ; financing the whole proposition, j The congregation has been talking i new church for several years. A num , ficr of the auxiliary organizations' I have l>een carrying shares of building | and loan for a new church. This was j the first time the congregation was ' given opportunity of expressing them j selves by vote. There was much ani mated discussion, the general trend be ing strongly in favor of beginning _at ■ once. The vote was practically unan imous for the whole provisional pro gram outlined by the Consistory. The members recognize the great | need for the building. It is (difficult ! to accommodate the* Sunday school in the present building, and the work is far from satisfactory. The Sunday school at present conducts 12 class es iu it one-room building. There were, present at the sessions yesterday morning 150, a number sufficient to occupy most of the seating capacity of the present building. The social and recreational life of the church is equally handicapped, for . there is no room at the church for such features, such life that should he given expres sion under the auspices of the church. The young people want such room and the church says tint! they shall have it. The congregation expects to erect a building of the best material and of beautiful design. The building will not he one of the largest, but will he one of the best equipped in Concord. Garden Work Among Negro Farmers. Raleigh, N. G., March li).—As a sup plement to the recent live-at-home cam paign promoted by the Agricultural •Extension Service of State College and the State Department of Agricul ture, G. li. Hudson, State agent, now is starting a movement for garden work among negro fanners. This campaign, if was stated, will run until April 25, and during the last ten days many meetings will be held to discuss 1 >etter gardens and to dis tribute garden manuals and enroll ment cards. These cards will fa* used to secure the names of those who en ter the North Carolina Negro Garden Club and will he held until the farmer has actually prepared his garden and planted six or more kinds of staple vegetables. The garden campaign will be hand led through negro farm demonstration agents, in the counties which hsive them. In other counties, the move ment will he directed by the white demonstration agents. In every pos sible case, stiid Mr. Hudson, speakers will be furnished counties upon appli cation to the Extension Service at Raleigh. Old Civil War Veteran Dead. Nobles, Ind.. March Iff.—Oscar F. Brown, 03 years old. said to he a sec ond cousin of former President of for j of former President Abraham Lincoln, i died as his home here yesterday. Mr. | Brown was one of the oldest Civil War Veterans in Indiana. iSugnr Market. jNew York, March 19. — Raw sugar steady and -unchanged at 740 for Cen jtrifugal. Refined unchanged at 890 to 930 for granulated. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 19, & 23, pected to change to snow in northwest Georgia and western North Carolina. The weather along the California coast was reported fair and warm, and little apprehension was felt there. In the upper Mississippi Valley and the Rocky Mountain region* train ser vice and wire columnnientioh were de moralized. Throughout the northwest orders were issued by railroads cancelling freight trains and certain passenger service. Some roads placed embar goes on perishables. Trains were stall ed for hours in snow drifts. _ I DISCUSS METHODS OF | FIGHTING RUM FLEETS Chief of Prohibition Service and Several Other Higher Officials Hold Conference in Capital. • —.. , „ ! Washington, March 19.—-How to deal with the rum fleets which hover off ! the New York and New Jersey coasts ' was discussed today at a conference hetwjeon i'rohihjtionr Coin missions Haynes. A. G. YeWowley. chief of the enforcement squads in the metropoli- I tan districts, ttnd New Jersey agents. Commissioner Haynes conceded ilia) jthe rum fleets are ;t difficult problem and one likely to continue. “There always has been smuggling of all kin'tjx/' said .Commissioner : Ilaynes. ! The bootleg flotillas are not as large as some times reported, according to Mr. Ilaynes. and do not carry high grade liquors. ' “Most of the stuff carried by these ! smugglers Ts stuff made in Cuba anil sold under forged labels." said Commissioner Ilaynes. “Os all the seizures made by Mr. Yellowley frorn these smuggling vessels there has 1 not been one single drop of high grade bonded liquor.” , HIGHWAY COMMISSION BACKS PURCHASING AGENT Says It Finds Nothing Reflecting on the Integrity of W. S. Fallis. j Raleigh, March ID (By the Associ ated Press). —Following criticism of the purchasing department of the State I Highway Commission headed, by \Y. S. Fallis, by several Charlotte automo bile supply and repair concerns, the commission hits made an investigation and found nothing “reflecting on the integrity qf the purchasing agent," Frank Page, chairman, announced to , day. I The criticism which developed from the awarding of contracts was brought to the attention of Governor Cameron Marrison who in turn placed the mat ter before the Highway Commission. The Commission unanimously adopted the following resolution after the Charlotte dealers and Mr. Fallis had appeared before the body: “Whereas, there has been some eris- I icisrri of the purchasing department of the State Highway Commission and •this criticism has been brought to the attention of the Commission, and a thorough investigation having been made, by the examination df wfit i nesses 'and correspondence, we are un able to find anything reflecting on the i integrity of the purchasing agent." PAR CLEARANCE CASE CASE TO BE HEARD IN APRIL ! Supreme Court of United Slates Sets April 23 as Date for tin* Hearing.. Washington, March 19.—Appeals taken by the so-called country banks in Georgia and North Carolina to test the validity of that part ol' the Fed eral Reserve Act under which Federal Reserve Banks undertake to collect at par .within their districts all checks deposited with them, whether drawn upon member or non-member bilks, were advised today by the Supreme court for hearing on April 23 next. The decisions in the lower, Federal and State courts were adverse to the contentions of the hanks that they could charge a small discount for cashing checks which their depositors had sent out of town. The cases were brought by the American Bank and Trust Company and others, from Georgia; apd by the Fanners and Merchants Bank of Monroe and others from North Carolina. • With Our Advertisers. The Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany offers you security and service when you dejtl with it. This institu tion has behind it eighteen years of successful hanking. Patt Covington has some bargains in shoes for men. hoys, women and girls from $1 to $3. See ad. today Cline & Moose have just received a car load of red cedar shingles, 18 j inches long. Also Portland Cement | and lime. See new ad. today. The University of Cambridge has decided to grant degrees to women. j HARDING'S PLANS FULL! DISCUSSED B! CHAIRMAN HULL Democratic Leader Thinks Mr. Harding Has No Chance to Be Re-elected At the Next Election. NOMINATION IS ALMOST ASSURED Says if President Was Good as “Ordinary President” the Nomination Would Not Be in Doubt. Washington, March 19.—Character izing Attorney General Daugherty's, announcement of President Harding's candidacy for a second term as out* Which will have “little or no affect upon tlie national political situation in either party," Chairman Hull, of the Democratic National Committee, today issued the following statement: i "The semi-official announcement by Attorney General Daugherty that President Hurding will hi* a candidate for renoinitmtion is of small interest as news, compared .with the reasons for making the announcement til this time. "If President Harding had only ris en to the level of an ordinary presi dent. it would have been taken for grunted that the party would re nominate him. The doubt concerning his reliohiination has been raised I>A' the fact that his administration to date hi*s been the most conspicuous failure of tiny in the 29 national administra tions. With this fact confronting them, the progressive element in the republican party as well as conserva tives of sound political judgment long ago realized that Mr. Harding could not he re-elected, and began to look for another candidate. The failure of the Harding administration was dem onstrated and emphasized by the re pudiation i given it at Ihe polls hi* t November.. “The reactionary supporters of the President'- largely confined to the of ce bidding and office seeking classes, evidently realized that if Mr. Haul ing was ro he renominated, someth Pig’ would have to be done to revive in terest in him which was fast waning, arid also to suppress those party lead ers who are rapidly deserting the Harding cause in search of another candidate. Hence the. -announcement of the Harding candidacy from the President's closest personal friend and most influentiiyl political adviser. At torney General Daugherty. Hence, too. the President’s announced pur-' pose of making a speech-making tour of the country. “The announcement of Attorney General Daugherty will have little or no effect on the national situation in either 'party. One of tin* outstanding issues in the 1921 campaign will be the record of omission and commis sion of the Harding administration, whether Mr. Harding leads the ticket or not.” * MAN DROWNS HIMSELF AFTER KILLING CHILI) Also Tried to Kill Another Child, Who f Escaped With Severe Injuries. Baltimore, i March 19.—Depressed hv financial losses and the death of liis wife four years ago, Edward Boerner, a farmer, drowned himself in a well near Essex yesterday, after killing one of liis daughters and se riously wounding afiother with an axe. News of the tragedy was carried to the home of a neighbor by one of the daughters. Her head and face were covered with blood from three wounds. Railroads Must Pay Government Big Sum. New Orleans, March 17.—Railroads of the United States must pay into the federal railroad contingent fund ap proximately S7S.(KM),(MM) as half of their earnings in excess of six per cent, un der a decision by a tlm*e-jndge feder al court in New Orleans today. The decision upholds the constitutionality j of the federal transportation act of! 1920. The suit was a lest case and the re sult has been awaited with interest by all railroads. It applies directly to ev ery railroad whose earnings amount to more than six per cent, for tin* last j ten months 'of 1920 and tlie full yqar | of 1921. Lorna Ambler Named Corespondent. New York, March 19.—Lorna Am bler, an Australian actress, was named as tlie corespondent m the di vorce suit which Geraldine Farrar is pressing against her actor husband, j Lou Tellegen. j Miss Lois Long, soprano, a daugh ter of Judge li. F. Long, of States-j ville, will sing in Charlotte the first week in April, the exact date to he decided later, at the chamber <>f com merce. Mrs. L. L. Mauldin, who has been confined to her home for three weeks j with an attack of la grippe, is able to he out again. Planes at End of Trip. San Juan. Porto Rico. March 19 (By j the Associated Press) —The six. U. S., Array‘airplanes arrived this morning at 10:30 o’clock, completing their flight from San Antonio, Texas. INCREASED PRODICTION IN INDUSTRY REPORTED 1 International Chamber of Commerce Hears American Survey—Condi**"” Are Improving. Washington. March I UTjr« meat in American eeoponu is being achieved through production alul great etficienc.v in industry rather than by higher prices or through expansion of credit, aceord ! ing to a survey of conditions sub mitted at the meeting of the Interna |tional Chamber of Commerce at Rome ■ today and made public here today hv jtion. A production rate was reached 'in February, the report said, that ap parently exceeds any record establish ed by the basic industries except for a mohth in 1917. General industrial efficiency stands out, it was added, as the foundation upon which the production rite was built, and tin*, economists who studied the situation I noted no tendency toward a decline jin this respect. In line with other industries and | business efforts, railroads have bean | more efficiently operated in recent j months 'than ever before, the report ! stated, adding that this conclusion was based on the’ration of operating costs to gross -earnings. The im proved position ut the rail lines lias been accomplished, according to t Im*. survey, in face of reductions in the compensation received by the 'carriers | for their services. Rail traffic between November. J 1922, and February.* of this year. I the report went on, “has contradicted Jail earlier experience according to which there should he a pronounced seasonal decline with a rise on volume with, the opening of spring.” Gar loadings in December average 83*5,000 per week while the weekly av erage, in .January, the report said, was i 845.000 cars. Notwithstanding the cut in freight I rates, the report noted an approximate equality bf revenues received by the roads i,n 1921 and 1922. This, of it sc.lf, according to the survey, testifies to the larger volume of business in the I'nited States, “for it seems that volume was sufficient not only to over come the reduction in rate, but also the efforts of the lqng coal strike and the, protracted strike of some of the railroads' employee's themselves.** “In actuality the partial recovery in prices has fortunately been applied to good crops.*’ the report said and ad ded that the -total volue of all farm prodsets t'nr 1922 was $14,310,900,000 or a lion t two billion more than in 1921. “The. trend.” the report continued, “undoubtedly is toward a restoration of prices of commodities to a proper balance among themselves.” “Expanding activity,” was noted by tin* economists in their survey of fuel .atttlyi Hover uses. “The prices of coal, however, were held to reflect the protracted strike —and the continuation of wages in coal mines at high level.” Mill consumption of cotton was rated in the report at about two times greater than in 1920 and steel production was computed at about 80 per cent of the rated capacity of the country. Automobile production, the report declared, reached a new peak in 1922 when it was estimated an average of 203,0000 cars were turned out a month. | ONE KILLED. FOUR HURT IN ASHEVILLE ACCIDENT Quart Dottle Found in the Pocket of Dead Man—Rollins Technically Cli de r Arrejit. Asheville. March IS.—Jim Johnson, painter, was killed and four others in-J jured. two seriously, when a thigh j powered automobile crashed info a trolley car on Mejrrimon avenue about , 9:30 o’clock last.night. The injured are: V. 15. Rollins, driver, deep - cuts about the face and neck. Essie West, Guthrie, probably intern al injuries and cuts about the face, . hands and neck. Anne Taylor, gashes about the face., j A quart bottle, cointainmg about a ; ball’ pint of whisky, was found in the ' pockets' of the dead man. Deputy Sheriff Dillingham said. Johnston bled profusely and in addition to deep gashes on his face and head, suffered a fractured skull. Rollins is technically under arrest,! although on guard wa,s placed at his j bedside, the physicians advising the 1 sheriff that the injured man was in such serious condition that this would not be necessary. JOHN T. ELLIS FREED BY COURT IN NEWARK Was Charged With Kidnapping Alex E. Robertson. Suitor for the Hand of Miss Mary Culberson. Newark, X. J., March 10.—John F. Ellis, former private detective, who! was accused of kidnapping Alex A. I Robertson, former gunner in the P.rit- j ish Royal artillery, and suitor for the j hand of Miss Mary Culberson, (laugh-j ter of former Fritted States Senator Culberson, of Texas, was freed by the court today. President Invited to Stop Over in Asheville. Asheville. March 18.—Fred Seeley. ; proprietor of a well known hotel in Asheville, Mayor Gallatin Roberts. I*. | M\ Burdette, president of th<* chamber of commerce, and other civic organiza- j tions have ioined in ?>n invitation to! President Harding and members of his party to stop in Asheville for a j stay on route to Washington after, leaving Florida, Ruth Slants Oat His First Ilontcr of Year. NAw Orleans. March 18. —“Babe”j Ruth hit a home run in the fifth in-j ning of The Yankee-New Orleans’ Southern League team exhibition game here yesterdiay. Dugan was on first when la* cleared the right held fence with a high flv. It was Ruth’s flrst home run for the 1923 exhibition games. • $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance, ANOTHER SOLDIER 7 „, L IED 111 RUHR; i! : ACM sum 1 French Trooper Was Shot in Essfcn Railway Station, and Three Germans Were Wounded There. TAX PENALTIES BEING fNVOKED MiiW Owners Given Until April 15th to Pay 40 Per Cent Coal Tax Under New French Order. "Dusseldorf, March 19 (By the As sociated Press).—The killing of a French soldier and a German civilian at Essen, and the announcement' that, the German mini* owners had been al lowed until April 1.7 to pay the 40 per cent, coal tax. were outstanding devel j opments in the Ruhr situation over the week-end. J The soldier was shot at the Essen ! Railway station. A German who en jdeavored to escape, was wounded so . badly he died later. Three others were arrested on suspicion. French headquarters announced that the first of the penalties recently threatened if the mine owners Lilted to pay the coal tax had been Invoked, and though in some instances export licenses were ltciug withheld. Contin ! ue«l failure to meet the tax obligation j will result in the arrest and court j martial, the Germans were warned. 1 MOR RI SON-EVE RETT-M c LEAN STORY ‘‘PI RE FABRIC ATION” i ‘ Governor Morrison Denies There Has Been a Breach lie! ween Him and McLean. Raleigh. March 17. —In response to. telegrams ami inquiries from friends; Governor Morrison tonight issued a statement denying emphatically that there had been a breach l»etween him self and A. \V. McLean, of Lumherton. declared candidate for the office of governor in the next gubernatorial con test* or that he had interested Idm | self to bring into the nice W. N. Ev t **rett, secretary of state, whuse possi- ! ble candidacy has been discussed gen i erally since the adjournment of the j legislature. I “The publication that lam trying to I bring m.v dear friend, W. X. Everett. 1 or anybody else out as candidate for I governor is without foundation,” ho (declared.’ ”1 am not and have not been engaged in the business of try ! ing to get out candidates for governor. “The statement that there has been i n breach of a personal or political I character between my friend A. W. | McLean and myself is a pure fabrica- I tion. There is absolutely no founda -1 tion for any such story. The rela tions between us are as they have tieen for many years.” THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady at an Advance of 9 to j 22 Points iii Response to Firm Liver pool Cables. New York. March 19. —The cotton market opened steady at an advance of ; 9 to 22 points in response to relative ly firm Liverpool cables and reports of unfavorable weather in the South. : Further rains were reported, particti-' larly in the eastern licit sections, j while the weather was unsettled and 1 cold In the southwest and central i belts. It was argued in some quar ters that, the low temiierature would reduce the number of boll weevils, but the market on the whole apjieared more impressed by complaints of delay in farm work, and active months were from 13 to 23 points higher right after j the call with May advancing to 31.48 ; aiKi October to 27.03. Cotton futures opened steady. March 31.18: May 31.47; July 30.30; < )ct. 2*5.93 ; Dec. 2*5.50. Look Out For ('heck Flasher. Mrs. Beulah V. Tyson, secretary of the Concord Merchants Association, lias received a bulletin from the ltal- I eigh Merchants Association stating that Ira 11. Leigh passed a n urn tier of ! no fund checks in that city, amounting Ito about S3O. lie gave bis address as I 822 Cleveland St., Durham. X. C. He pulled the same stunt.off in Danville. 1 Va., using the name of Harrison P. ! Wilson. He usually buys the merehan ! disc and has It sent to different nd- using the name of a lady. HUNTERSVILLE WILL GET A NEW FACTORV New England Capital Plans Erection of Large Cotton Mill There. Charlotte, March 16.—'Another cot ton rhill, employing several hundred j operatives, is practically assureu tor Huntersville. The mill will be one of 1 a chain financed by New England capital and will be a* large as tne Anchor mill. An overall manufae • turlng company, with offices in Cnar , lotto and Hickory, is planning vo I erect a plant in Huntersville. A dete -1 gatiqn of Huntersville citizens go to Hickory soon to present the offer of . {the town. Dr. J. M. L Lyerly, who died at Winston-Salem Saturday, will he bur ied at Crescent Tuesday afternoon, the funeral being conducted from the Crescent Reformed Church at three o’clock. A short service will also lie held at Winston-Salem Tuesday i mornlTig at 9:30. NO. 73.